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List of resources for Cameroon
Following is a list of websites for additional information about the Peace Corps and Cameroon and to connect you to returned Volunteers and other invitees. Please keep in mind that although we try to make sure all these links are active and current, we cannot guarantee it.
A note of caution: As you surf the Internet, be aware that you may find bulletin boards and chat rooms in which people are free to express opinions about the Peace Corps based on their own experiences, including comments by those who were unhappy with their choice to serve in the Peace Corps. These opinions are not those of the Peace Corps or the U.S. government, and we hope you will keep in mind that no two people experience their service in the same way.
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- 1 Connect With Returned Volunteers and Other Invitees
- 2 Online Articles/Current News Sites About Cameroon
- 3 Recommended Books
- 4 Recommended Travel DVD about Cameroon
- 5 Recommended Film about Cameroon
- 6 Recommended Book about the Peace Corps in Cameroon
- 7 Books About the History of the Peace Corps
- 8 Books on the Volunteer Experience
Connect With Returned Volunteers and Other Invitees
This is the site of the National Peace Corps Association, made up of returned Volunteers. On this site you can find links to all the Web pages of the "friends of" groups for most countries of service, made up of former Volunteers who served in those countries. There are also regional groups who frequently get together for social events and local Volunteer activities. Or go straight to the Friends of Cameroon site: www.friendsofcameroon.org
This site is known as the Returned Peace Corps Volunteer Web Ring. Browse the Web ring and see what former Volunteers are saying about their service.
This site is hosted by a group of returned Volunteer writers. It is a monthly online publication of essays and Volunteer accounts of their Peace Corps service.
http://www.friendsofcameroon.org This site is the official site for returned Peace Corps Volunteers who served in Cameroon, and is affiliated with the National Peace Corps Association. Founded in 1987, FOC supports small village-based development projects, provides a reource to remain connected with Cameroon and other Cameroon RPCVs, and sponsors periodic social events for Cameroon RPCVs. Membership is open to anyone who served in Cameroon.
Online Articles/Current News Sites About Cameroon
Site of the Africa Information Center
Recommended Books
- Amin, Julius. The Peace Corps in Cameroon. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1992. [HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!]
- Banerjee, Dillon. So You Want to Join the Peace Corps: What to Know Before You Go. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press, 2000. [RPCV, Cameroon]
- Lederer, William J & Burdick, Eugene. The Ugly American. Ney York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.: 1958.
- Ardener, Edwin. Kingdom on Mount Cameroon: Studies in the History of the Cameroon Coast 1500– 1960. New York: Berghahn Books, 1996.
- Barley, Nigel. The Innocent Anthropologist: Notes from a Mud Hut. Prospect Heights, Ill.: Waveland Press, 2000.
- Delancey, Mark. Cameroon: Dependence and Independence. Boulder, Colo.: Westview Press, 1989.
- Maren, Michael. The Road to Hell: The Ravaging Effects of Foreign Aid and International Charity. New York, NY: The Free Press, 1997. [RPCV, Kenya]
- Goheen, Miriam. Men Own the Field, Women Own the Crops: Gender and Power in the Cameroon Grassfields. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 1996.
Recommended Travel DVD about Cameroon
- Globetrekker Cameroon. Pilot Productions. 2005.
Recommended Film about Cameroon
- Sisters-in-Law. 2005. By Florence Ayisi and Kim Longinotto
Recommended Book about the Peace Corps in Cameroon
- Amin, Julius. The Peace Corps in Cameroon. Kent, Ohio: The Kent State University Press, 1992.
Books About the History of the Peace Corps
- Hoffman, Elizabeth Cobbs. All You Need is Love: The Peace Corps and the Spirit of the 1960's. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2000.
- Rice, Gerald T. The Bold Experiment: JFK's Peace Corps. Notre Dame, Ind.: University of Notre Dame Press, 1985.
- Stossel, Scott. Sarge: The Life and Times of Sargent Shriver. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 2004.
Books on the Volunteer Experience
- Casebolt, Marjorie DeMoss. Margarita: A Guatemalan Peace Corps Experience. Gig Harbor, Wash.: Red Apple Publishing, 2000.
- Dirlam, Sharon. Beyond Siberia: Two Years in a Forgotten Place. Santa Barbara, Calif.: McSeas Books, 2004.
- Erdman, Sarah. Nine Hills to Nambonkaha: Two Years in the Heart of an African Village. New York, N.Y.: Picador, 2003.
- Herrera, Susana. Mango Elephants in the Sun: How Life in an African Village Let Me Be in My Skin. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999 [RPCV, Cameroon]
- Hessler, Peter. River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze. New York, N.Y.: Perennial, 2001.
- Kennedy, Geraldine ed. From the Center of the Earth: Stories out of the Peace Corps. Santa Monica, Calif.: Clover Park Press, 1991.
- Thompsen, Moritz. Living Poor: A Peace Corps Chronicle. Seattle, Wash.: University of Washington Press, 1997 (reprint).
- Smith, Mary-Ann Tirone. Lament for a Silver-Eyed Woman. New York: William Morrow, 1987. [Novel by a Cameroon RPCV]

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The set of special orthogonal matrices is a closed set. What does that mean, and why do we care?
A question like this is usually discussed only in an upper-division set theory class, which is a class for seniors majoring in math on the theoretical side. Not math for engineering or science, but math for its own sake. By the time you get to a set theory class, you have passed all the difficult classes. Geometry, trigonometry, calculus and differential equations are behind you. As Terry Pratchett might say, you have gone through mathematics and come out the other side.
In an upper division set theory class, you will consider a math fact such as "a set contains its elements". This fact will be given a fancy name, like "The Baire Category Theorem", and you will be asked to prove it. Since you are in the habit of following along (or you wouldn't have made it all the way through mathematics and out the other side), you know exactly what to do. You pull out a sharp pencil, and using the precise notation you were given earlier, you work out the proof in 4 or 5 lines. You are filled with a feeling of peace and confidence, as the rightness of the proof is crystal clear. Then you put the pencil away. You have finished your homework before your coffee has grown cold.
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[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]Chad Ford has an update on the the draft and an interesting piece on the upcoming trade market.
First Ford wrote that there is a slight chance that Rubio can fall all the way to the Knicks at 8. According to Ford:
-Rubio does not want to play in Memphis
-OKC will likely pass on Rubio because of Russell Westbrook
-Sacramento likes Rubio, but they are not sold. Apparently Sacramento is growing to love Jonny Flynn and might even take him at 4.
-Rubio is apparently dodging Washington because his people feel like sharing a back-court with Gil Arenas will not work
-Minny appears to be leaning towards Curry or Evans
-Golden State can use Rubio, but they have a rocky relationship with Dan Fegan, Rubios agent.
-New York the only problem here is the lost salary for dropping down to 8. But Rubio would be nuts not to be thrilled with playing here in NY. Whatever salary he would lose by slipping to 8, Rubio would make back in endorsements. No problem.
i do not want a skinny european player who wont contribute for like 4 years in.
Rubio would be great for us, he's exactly what we need, he has superstar written all over him.
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I seriously doubt Sacramento will pass on Rubio. But if we steal him at #8, I'll be going crazy. Dancing in the streets of Fort Fun, Colorado. He's the perfect PG for D'Antoni's system.
i think rubio would be a nice addition and will be great in a few yrs however i would rather have a curry or flynn cuz they are very athletic and can shoot!!!! or a holiday who is incredibly athletic strong big and can play 2 way ball
i feel like those guys will have more an immediate impact as well as have a high ceiling for developement
i do think rubio is special but i just think that he wont be a force or have an impact really until he matures and developes a little bit... unfortunately i think we need to make an impact sooner than later to lure future free agents wether they be lbj or anyone of star quality
i realize not many will agree but you need to realize i am not disagreeing that rubio is an amazing talent i just think they other guys have a chance to be stars as well and will have an impact right away
and for the record i will not be mad if we draft rubio
Stephen Curry was beginning to grow on me, but now the "pundits" suggest he will not make it to the 8th spot. They also suggest that Jrue Holiday and and Jonny Flynn will not make it to the 8th pick. I do not think, however, that Rubio will slip to the 8th spot. We might get him, but we might have to trade up or trade with whomever takes him after the draft.
I do not have the slightest clue who the Knicks pick will be and I am not sure that whomever we pick will be the Knick rookie who plays in 2009-10. June 25th will be interesting.
No way that many teams pass on him! Only Way G-State passes is if both Curry and Rubio are still on the board and even then that is a stretch considering Curry made it clear he did not want to be drafted by them.
Sac. was rumored to have wanted Rubio so bad they wouldve taken him with the #1, so I doubt he slips past 4.
Now maybe we can trade Wilson and the number 8 for the #4 or even better (for us that is) if Donnie can buy another first rounder this year and we package it, a future second round pick and the number 8 for the number 4.
But Rubio falling the number 8 is about as likely as Lebron coming in 2010!
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
We offer Cutino's contract and the number 8 to Sac for Kenny Thomas and cash and ofcourse the #4 saving Sac about 8 million dollars. Sac likely gets Jrue Holiday who is a player I hear they like along with 8 million in the bank.
Three of the NBAs worst team, including the worst team at 16-59, are the least attended:
Sacramento Kings (16-59): 28 games under 75% capacity
Memphis Grizzlies (22-54): 26 games under 75%
Charlotte Bobcats (34-43): 22 games under 75%
Sac. had the worst attendance last year, and with no hope of being any better next season, meaning attendance stays down (even if they drafted Rubio) 8 million in cap covers the annual loss in tickets and merchandise this past season and the next two.
"I'd Rather Melo shoot with 3 men on him than Jefferies shotting wide open"
-Jeff Van Gundy
*favorites this thread for those who doubted Rubio.
A skinny euro who won't contribute in 4 years?
He was a 14 year old kid who contributed right away in one of the top leagues in the world, Rubio is the most NBA ready player in this draft...and the most professional, tested and advanced by far. His experience makes him the number pick alone. Don't worry about him not contributing.
Ricky not being physically dominant hasn't stopped him since he was 14 and it won't stop him now.
I would be estatic if Rubio fell to us at 8.
Honestly, all the other PG's look profoundly retarded running an offense compared to Rubio...just on terms of court awareness, Ricky sees everything on offense and defense. No one else in this draft has that ability.
Who ever gets Rubio, that franchise will be the first to be a .500 +team before any other lottery team in this draft
There's absolutely no chance is there?
Isn't Chad Ford just stirring the pot for name's sake?
I think it's 50/50 as to whether or not he even joins this years class.
That's a lot of coins he can save and enter next year.
Still, fingers crossed
Wow, Memphis has to be the worst run franchise if they can't trade Rubio for a pick + something else. I think its obvious, Rubio has to go #2.. its just the question on what team trades up for him or if Memphis decides to pick him and trade Conley.
If memphis decide to miss out on the opportunity to trade or pick Rubio, then Sacramento gets to make that decision for #4.
Too many people put so much stock into where Rubio wants to play. In reality no one cares about what team Rubio plays for..the pressure will be on him to play for the team that drafts him.


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Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition ReviewBy Matt Keil - Posted Mar 02, 2010
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 builds on the surprisingly destructible terrain of the first game to deliver a strongly online-driven sequel. The campaign isn't the meatiest, but the strong multiplayer will keep you coming back for more and more.
The Pros
- Greatly improved destruction and level design
- Bullets now penetrate walls, changing play dynamics
- Vast unlock/reward system keeps multiplayer interesting
The Cons
- Campaign feels anemic
- AI enemies lack some killer instinct.
- Still stuck talking to squad only if in an online squad
One thing is clear when you finish Battlefield: Bad Company 2: EA DICE has played Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, and they learned from it. The sequel to 2008's irreverent spin on the Battlefield franchise delivers many improvements and takes some cues from Infinity Ward's juggernaut while simultaneously mocking it. The result is a bit of an odd duck, but an appealing one.
Their Final Mission…Again
The first Bad Company was notable for being the franchise's first serious attempt at a single player story-driven campaign. B-company members Redford, Sweetwater, Haggard and Marlowe were last seen driving away from their convoy in a truck loaded down with gold bars, but as Bad Company 2 begins, they have evidently lost the gold. What exactly happened between then and now remains a mystery, but the point is that the Bad Company mercenaries have more work to do if they ever intend to become independently wealthy, and if Redford ever intends to finally retire.
The U.S. Army recruits their services to track down a secret weapon from World War II that the Russian Federation is dangerously close to acquiring. In exchange, they'll be allowed to return home to America, no questions asked or, more importantly, charges pressed. It's a slightly more serious adventure than the first game, with wacky hijinks kept to a minimum in gameplay. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense, and the superweapon in question would feel more at home in Star Trek Online than here, but it's serviceable enough as shooter tales go. The personalities of the characters do come through in dialogue, and once again Haggard provides many of the best moments. Make sure to stop moving every now and then to listen to incidental conversations in quiet sections, when many of the lengthier discussions take place.
The campaign is much more linear and focused than Bad Company, with great care placed upon making each location feel like a real place and not just a big Battlefield map. There are rather few set piece moments and an over-reliance on scripted waves of soldiers swarming in as primary obstacles. However, the new destruction system allows buildings to be completely leveled, and the AI is willing and able to take advantage of it. Cover disappears before your eyes all too often, and combat is a matter of taking down enemies and finding somewhere to hide after the jerk with the RPG-7 blows a hole through the house you're camping in.
Waiting for Orders
This element would be more meaningful if the AI knew what to do after it deprived you of cover. Enemies are distressingly easy to pick off at your leisure, and the entire campaign feels anemic because of it. You'll steamroll through campaign quickly, and there's not a whole lot of incentive to replay it unless you missed some collectible guns or didn't blow up all the radar units and really want that achievement/trophy. It almost seems like the developers themselves knew people wouldn't want to replay the campaign, as the achievement for finishing the game on Hard only requires you to play the final level again.
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Online Company
Many will come to Battlefield: Bad Company 2 for multiplayer rather than campaign, and they will not be disappointed. The experience system has been expanded beyond the standard procedure of leveling up an overall rank and unlocking cross-class weaponry. Each kit type has unique unlocks earned by using said kit successfully, as well as a vehicle XP track that awards bonuses for in-vehicle kills. Strangely, much of what you unlock early on seems to be inferior to much of what you start with. Also odd is the decision to force non-VIP players to actually unlock basic tools of each kit's function, like the engineer's repair gun and the medic's first aid kit.
The maps feel smaller than Bad Company, with less emphasis on long-range tactics and more on close-in fighting. This at least means you won't have to deal with 12 year-olds lobbing artillery shells all day, but robs the matches of some of the scope they once had. The ability to fully level a building makes Rush games (formerly known as Gold Rush) interesting, as careless (or careful, depending on your strategy) fire can leave objectives totally open on all sides. Brutal fights can break out over unprotected objectives. Bullets finally penetrate walls and other objects, so it's a lot harder to hole up than before. The new full destruction system adds a lot to the multiplayer overall.
Can You Hear Me Now?
As with the first game, you can group into squads of four and spawn on each other to get directly into the hot spots of the battle. Once again, being in a squad only lets you use voice chat with your squadmates, not your entire team. Bad Company 2 seems to have decided to focus on squad-by-squad tactics more than full team strategy. It feels much less hopeless when your squad is the only one actually doing its job on the field. There are even new single squad modes that take full advantage of the feature, including a Squad Deathmatch that pits a number of four-man crews against one another. There's also a Squad Rush mode, an 8-player variation of the Rush gametype, but for the first thirty days of the game's release, it can only be accessed by preorder customers. It's a good mode, but obviously population will be limited for the first month of availability.
Battlefield: Bad Company 2 doesn't hold too many surprises. It's a refinement of what came before, with no truly drastic alterations to the formula. Some fans of the first game may be put off by the influence of Modern Warfare on the sequel, but it never loses the Battlefield feel in multiplayer. Despite the very likeable main characters, the single player experience remains underwhelming, especially in light of its insistence on comparing itself to Modern Warfare. That's not what Battlefield fans are after for the most part, though. Shooter fans want large scale multiplayer with massive destructive potential, and in that department, Bad Company 2 has very little in the way of competition.


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A company that specializes in helping institutions convert their traditional courses to online ones has launched a grant program that will help fund research on the impact and effectiveness of online learning. Academic Partnerships (AP), whose latest clients include Utah State University and the University of Arkansas System, is accepting proposals for a first round of projects. The company has committed to funding up to $100,000 in 2013 for research done specifically by faculty members working within those online programs developed with Academic Partnerships.
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text: "Looks like sumtin from sumwhere else..." JOSMAN087 posted:12/19/2011 11:45:43 AM http://www.nbc-2.com/story/16323848/2011/12/14/its-a-bird-its-a-planeits-a-ufoJester87 posted:12/20/2011 12:11:48 PM That is weird... It has a really weird shape to it... Odd, Thats all i know to say, odd...spiritech0 posted:12/20/2011 2:26:20 PM Ooh! I wanna play! (Ahem...) I like how they put the alien spacecraft on fake landing gear clearly not made for its frame so they could not only carry it easier on the rig, but "disguise" that old thing as the latest military grade RC gadget. Silly MIB, we know thy game. Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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So Close, Yet So Far Away…
The tie with the Boston Red Sox was very short-lived…
Much to Julia's happiness and my dismay, the Yankees lost to the Philadelphia Phillies while the Boston Red Sox pounded the New York Mets.
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Melky Cabrera's game-tying single in the bottom of the 9th inning brought visions of yet another walk-off win, but unfortunately, this time there were no late inning heroics. It appeared that it could have happened in the 10th inning when both Johnny Damon and Derek Jeter singled, but Mark Teixeira hit into a double-play. After a walk to Alex Rodriguez, Ramiro Pena flied out to end the inning.
In the top of the 11th inning with Brett Tomko on the mound, Chase Utley drew a walk and promptly stole second. Carlos Ruiz doubled to score Utley with the eventual winning run. This day clearly belonged to Ruiz, who had 3 hits on the day (and was 7-for-12 for the series). He tagged Johnny Damon at out the plate when Damon tried to score on a Mark Teixeira single. He also threw out speedy Brett Gardner on an unsuccessful attempt to steal second.
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There is a new AL East leader as the Red Sox moved in front of the Toronto Blue Jays with a 12-5 rout of the Mets. The Blue Jays lost to the Atlanta Braves, 10-2. So, the Yankees are back in 3rd place, a game behind the Red Sox. The Jays are in 2nd, a ½ back.
Credit: Bill Greene/Boston Globe staff
The Yankees now head to Arlington, Texas to face the Texas Rangers. The Rangers lead the AL West by 3 ½ games over the Los Angeles Angels (with a record of 26-17). I wonder how the Texas crowd will react to A-Rod. There is a little something that Alex admitted to doing while a member of the 2003 Texas Rangers, so it'll be time to face the music…
The Yankees played in their 11th consecutive game without an error, which has set a new franchise record. Despite today's loss, the Yankees finished a very successful home stand with a mark of 8-2. Hopefully, they'll continue this level of play as they take the show on the road.
Go Yankees!
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Ahh, love the feeling of the Yankees looking up!! Can't wait to watch the Rangers-NYY game just for the reaction. It ought to be good.
Scott – how was your afternoon? Mine was GREAT!!! Did you happen to see the standings for the AL East this afternoon? Oh, from reading your blog I guess you did. But just in case you missed it – I've posted it on my blog!😉 Oh – and great minds think a like! Love the picture of Youk after hitting his home run; now where have I seen that before…… And good luck in Texas – seriously I do wonder how the Texas fans will react. It could be a tough time for the team. I hope that all goes well and that the fans realize that A-Rod's action are not a reflection of the NY Yankees.
Have a great night!
Scott – How goes the quest to sign Bay? I hope you guys enjoy Texas! Remember not to underestimate Kinsler!
The Jays lose so I guess that means your guys are now in second place. Of course you're still down below looking up! lol! Hope you had a great day!🙂
Defense wins games… well, at least it's part of winning a game.


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The Suquamish are a Lushootseed (Puget Salish) speaking people that traditionally lived along the Kitsap Peninsula, including Bainbridge and Blake Islands, across Puget Sound from present Seattle. Many of the present Suquamish live on the Port Madison Indian Reservation in the reservation towns of Suquamish and Indianola.
The ancestral Suquamish have lived in Central Puget Sound for approximately 10,000 years. The major Suquamish winter village was at Old Man House on the shoreline of Agate Passage at d'suq'wub meaning "clear salt water." The Suquamish name translates into the "people of the clear salt water." The Suquamish depended on salmon, cod and other bottom fish, clams and other shellfish, berries, roots, ducks and other waterfowl, deer and other land game for food for family use, ceremonial feasts, and for trade. The Suquamish, due to the absence of a major river with large salmon runs in their immediate territory, had to travel to neighboring marine areas and beyond to harvest salmon.
The Suquamish lived in shed-roofed, cedar plank houses during the winter months. The Suquamish had winter villages at Suquamish (Old-Man-House), Point Bolin, Poulsbo, Silverdale, Chico, Colby, Olalla, Point White, Lynwood Center, Eagle Harbor, Port Madison and Battle Point. The best known winter village was at Old Man House, the home of Chief Seattle and Chief Kitsap. The Suquamish periodically left their winter residences in the spring, summer and early fall in family canoes to travel to temporary camps at fishing, hunting and berrying grounds. The seasonal camps consisted of portable frames made of tree saplings covered with woven cattail mats.
The Suquamish produced a variety of ingenious tools and other devices to efficiently harvest fish and gather other foods. The Suquamish are best known for their traditional basketry. The "hard baskets" made from coiled cedar roots were used for gathering berries, but were also watertight, which made them ideal for carrying water and also for cooking. The Suquamish would heat stones in a fire and drop them into the water-filled baskets to make soups from smoked salmon and wild potatoes. The Suquamish decorated the berry baskets by imbricating them colored barks in a various designs.
The Suquamish mostly traveled by water in dugout cedar canoes. The canoe maker fashioned the canoe from a single cedar log, which after carving required steaming and spreading to make the canoe wider for buoyancy and greater cargo space. The Suquamish also had a large network of trails leading from their winter villages to important camping areas and neighboring tribal villages.
The Suquamish had their first recorded contact with non-natives in 1792 with the arrival of British explorer Captain George Vancouver. Vancouver anchored off Bainbridge Island and traded with the Suquamish and surveyed Suquamish waters. Over the next fifty years, the Suquamish adapted to a changes brought on by the entry of non-natives into the Puget Sound. Fur traders and missionaries were the first and were then followed by permanent settlers traveling over the Oregon Trail. Settlement intensified in the 1850s after Congress passed the Oregon Donation Land Claim Act that opened Suquamish and other tribal lands to non-native settlement. Entrepreneurs also began building sawmills to harvest the vast stands of virgin timber on Suquamish lands, including mills at Port Madison, Port Gamble and Port Blakely. The Suquamish cut and delivered logs to the mills to support themselves.
In 1855, Washington Territorial Governor Isaac Stevens arrived in Puget Sound intent on clearing the land for more intensive settlement. Four years earlier, the City of Seattle, named for Chief Seattle, was established by Seattle pioneers, who were indebted to the Suquamish/Duwamish Chief for helping them during their early struggles to survive. Governor Stevens needed to clear the aboriginal title to the land to claim the property ahead of his plans to bring the transcontinental railroad to Puget Sound. On January 22, 1855, Suquamish leaders, led by Chief Seattle, signed the Treaty of Point Elliott at Mukilteo. The Suquamish gave up title to their lands, which encompassed most of present Kitsap County, for acknowledgement and protection of their fishing and hunting rights, health care, education and a reservation at Port Madison.
The Suquamish continue to live on the Port Madison Indian Reservation. The Suquamish Tribe has 950 enrolled members of which half live on the reservation. The Suquamish have persevered despite attempts by the federal government to assimilate them through land policy; especially the allotment of the reservation into separate parcels assigned to family heads in 1886, the destruction of Old Man House village and scattering of the tribal settlement in 1904, and the mandatory attendance of Suquamish children at Indian Boarding Schools from 1900-1920. The Suquamish presently are experiencing a cultural resurgence and are planning to begin construction of a new community house in the tradition of Old-Man-House. We continue to exercise their treaty rights to fish and gather shellfish. We are exercising our ancient right to self-governance and currently have 240 employees in a variety of government programs. Relying on our ancestral traditions, the Suquamish look forward to a prosperous future.
Chief Seattle was an ancestral leader of the Suquamish Tribe born in 1786 at the Old-Man-House village in Suquamish. His father was Schweabe, a Suquamish Chief, and his was mother Scholitza, a Duwamish from a village near present Kent. Seattle was a six years old when Captain George Vancouver anchored in Suquamish waters off Bainbridge Island in 1792.
Seattle achieved his status as chief of the Suquamish and a confederation of Duwamish bands after he planned and executed an attack strategy that saved the Central Puget Sound people from a sneak attack from upriver tribal forces from present King County. Seattle, who was in his early twenties at the time, devised a plan calling for falling trees across the White (now Green) River above Renton that would capsize and disorient the raiding party allowing for Seattle's forces to attack and capture them. The plan worked and the people were so impressed that he was promoted to Chief and the former leaders became his sub-chiefs.
Chief Seattle witnessed the transition of his people from their ancient aboriginal life ways to a new one brought by the arrival on non-natives and imposed on them by the United States Government. The Suquamish had to adapt their culture based on fishing, hunting, berry and root gathering and traveling by canoe to accept a new economy and lifestyle forced upon them by religious, social and political institutions. Missionaries, fur traders and finally, permanent settlers brought new technology, a currency system, disease and the concept of private property to the Puget Sound.
The change was destructive and disruptive. The United States had already freed land up for settlers by allowing non-natives to claim Indian lands under the Donation Land Claim Act, angering many of the Tribes. The United States wanted to clear the land of Indian title to allow for settlement via a new transcontinental railroad. The federal government accomplished this by signing Treaties with the Indian tribes. Fearing a military conflict that could not be won in the long term, Chief Seattle signed the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott with the U.S., agreeing to live on the Port Madison Indian Reservation and give up title to the remainder of Suquamish lands. The U.S., led by Governor Isaac Stevens, agreed to provide health care, education and recognize fishing and hunting rights.
Some of the Tribes, such as the Puyallup and Muckleshoot who signed the Treaty of Medicine Creek, were angered by the Treaty and their reservations, and took up arms against the settlers and the military. The Indian forces eventually attacked the settlement on Elliott Bay. Chief Seattle kept his forces out of the battle and remained at Suquamish. For this action, other acts of kindness and long friendships with early Seattle residents, the founders of the city named the settlement after Chief Seattle.
Seattle remained on the reservation but continued to travel to the City he was named for intertribal meetings and other business. It was in Seattle that he had his only known picture taken and he gave his famous speech. Chief Seattle died in 1866 in Suquamish.
Seattle died before the federal government enacted "Americanization" policies intended to assimilate the Suquamish into the larger society and eliminate tribal governance thereby relieving the U.S. of their treaty committments. These policies included: 1) allotment of Indian reservationi lands to individual families to scatter the Tribe away from their concentrated winter villages 2) forced attendance of Suquamish children at off-reservation boarding schools where use of tribal language and culture was prohibited and punished and 3) the federally sponsored sale of reservation lands to non-natives that has resulted in the loss of 14 miles of reservation waterfront and over 5,000 acres of Suquamish landholdings. The assimilation policy failed and Chief Seattle's people, the Suquamish Tribe, continue to persevere by honoring their ancestral ways and preserving their culture.
A group of Seattle pioneers placed a marble headstone on his grave in 1890 in recognition of his legacy. The headstone has both of the popular spellings of Chief Seattle's names; Seattle and Sealth. Sealth is an approximation of the native pronunciation of the Chief's name. The Treaty of Point Elliott, recorded 35 years earlier, shows his name as Seattle. The Suquamish Tribe does not object to the use of either name.


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The Phils have finished playing their first official game of Spring Training, defeating the World Champions Yankees by scoring two-runs in the bottom of the ninth, winning the ballgame, 3-2.
After having to come from behind to win their first spring training game over Florida State, 13-6, in seven and a half innings, the Phils, after taking the lead in the seventh via an RBI double by non-roster invitee Oscar Chavez, scoring Juan Castro from second base, lost the lead in the top of the ninth as reliever and eventual game winner Sergio Escalona gave up RBI singles to David Winfree and Jose Gil. The Phils would win the game in the bottom of the ninth as non-roster invitee Paul Hoover hit an RBI double to left, tying the score as Quintin Berry just beat in the throw to the plate, allowing Hoover to move up to third base with one man out. Two batters later, with pinch runner Dwayne Wise on third, and with two men out, Wilson Valdez hits an RBI single which ricocheted off of Yankees' relief pitcher Wilkins Arias, scoring Wise with the winning run, giving the Phils a 3-2 win, and a 1-0 record in Grapefruit League play.
Phils' starter Roy Halladay, in his first game since the trade that brought him to the National League Champs, was in excellent form, striking out three batters in two scoreless innings, just missing a perfect outing as Placido Polanco commited a throwing error on a grounder to third base in the first, as he threw 21 of his 24 pitches for strikes. Kyle Kendrick, who is competing for the number five starter job with Jamie Moyer, followed Halladay with two scoreless innings of his own, giving up a hit, as he struck out one. The next two pitchers for the Phils, Jose Contreras and Andrew Carpenter followed by both pitching two scoreless frames apiece, with Contreras giving up two hits and Carpenter one, as they, between them, struck out five Yanks (Contreras (3), Carpenter (2)). The Phils' winning pitcher, Escalona, had a bad ninth inning, blowing the save, his first in Grapefruit League play, as he gave up two runs on four hits, while striking out a batter, in one inning of work. Escalona's record is now 1-0 with a high ERA of 18.00.
Besides the RBI hits by Chavez, Hoover and Valdez, the Phils had a total of eight hits in the game, with returning Phil, Polanco getting a hit in the first, a single, while John Mayberry, Jr., and Castro both got a basehit, while Brian Bocock had two. Chavez and Hoover had the Phils only extra-base hits, both doubles.
The Phils next Grapefruit League game will be a road game against the Toronto Blue Jays that will start at 1:05 pm.
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Before you publish a story you might want to check the score. The official score was 3-2 and not 2-1.
Actually, I had it right in the body of the story. I didn't realize until your post that I had it wrong in the header.
But wasn't it fun to see the Phillies come back in the bottom of the 9th and steel from the Yankees, just when they thought they had it won…
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Actually it was more fun to read, since I wasn't near a TV-set when it happened.


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Gallo and the Knicks off to a good start. But someone needs to put a hand in Taj face and D. Rose with the "oh my" DUNK.
Felton showing some defense and Gallo finally hitting an outside shot weee. I don't like how Amare is holding the ball so much, but this team looks still looks like it has a lot of room to grow which is a good thing.
I'm lookin forward to seein how AR does.
Gallo and the Knicks off to a good start. But someone needs to put a hand in Taj face and D. Rose with the "oh my" DUNK.
WOW what a dunk by rose
Felton and Swaginari playin good so far....
Amare needs to step up his defense but he does a nice job of passing out of the double team which is something that our last 2 low post options couldnt do (Randolph and curry). Z-Bo did good sometimes but he threw too many soft passes. With McFlurry, you knew as soon as he got doubled that he was gonna turn it over
Pretty nice game so far. Entertaining to say the least.
Good to see Gallo getting his rhythm back and Felton playing solid though I still think he settles for too many pullup 3's early on the clock.
Hope Amare gonna get it going later. Go Knicks!
I really wish Chandler wouldn't throw up so many long distance 3s. Even though he made one, I think he should move the ball or take it to the rim a bit more. The ball seems to stagnate each time he holds onto it.
Amare still loves to watch the ball and not his man. His defense still needs a long way to go, but its still an improvement over last year.
Felton outplayin Rose so far
Im hopin to see Randolph make an impact right here
Gallo's back this team could be in the upper 6 in the league, yea i said it. if we could do a little tweaking to the defensive rotations, and of course getting the chemistry to a great level then this team could do some damage.
lets hope we could hold on to this lead and walk away with a win, a win could propel us to a great stretch cause our next few games are winnable in my opinion
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Uh oh Gallo's back.
Haterz sit down! Lol..
fields is a fine starter will get better as he learns as for Mozgov i agree he's better suited for the bench but i like him starting for now
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The children of Thurman Doyle Shreve and Margaret "Maggie" Elizabeth Sarah McCauley Shreve hosted the annual reunion May 25 for the descendants and friends of Berlin Stark and Polly Watson Shreve and Eugene and Alice Howell McCauley at the Izaak Walton League Club House on Files Creek Road in Beverly.
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Originally Posted by JPizzack
oh also...I was just thinking about this;
We always said that Ham would be a #1 WR on pretty much any team because he's that talented, and that athletic....
.......except in SF. The offense is far too conservative for any of the "stud" WRs to really shine. Just funny to me how it worked out.
If it does in fact go the way I think, then I feel really bad for Ham.
i dunno about ANY team
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correct. however, Gore is getting older, jacobs is worse off, and then it comes down to Kendall Hunter....who actually is pretty good.
Jacobs isn't even listed on their depth chart currently >.<
looks like he IS fighting for a job.
Gore numbers last year were pretty ridic. I was really surprised
its so weird that coughlin and fassel share the same bday
Originally Posted by MattMeyerBud
i dunno about ANY team
any *OTHER* team...lol
Oderint Dum Metuant
It's too bad, I'm too good....
Originally Posted by JPizzack
no idea. i did read he got injured though.
he did get injured in one of the pre season games Game 2 or 3.....as I remember it he had an mri and it came back negative...but I'm realy not sure on that
Originally Posted by MattMeyerBud
its so weird that coughlin and fassel share the same bday
and Kase 1....Happy b day Kase 1...!
you guys watching the cut thread .....stanback and douglas have been cut....unofficially
Ware cut. saying some to make it 10 characters long.....
Very disapointed about Douglas.
"Too stupid to understand PFF!!!".......
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Armed with rakes, students at Logan Middle crunched through the streets.
Their mission is to clean up the signs of Fall which are blanketing the neighborhood surrounding their school.
"We're just trying to make the community look a little better for the global village," said Conner Knerzer, Logan Middle School 7th grader. "That's our new school theme."
"At Logan Middle School, we are now the global village and part of our initiative is to help out and give back to the community," said Jenna Fernholz, Logan Middle School 7th grade teacher. "So, that's what our students are doing here."
About 90 neighbors signed up to be on this list to have their yards raked by the students.
"Our students are very eager and very willing," said Fernholz. "And actually pretty excited."
They are so excited they started raking the yards of neighbors who had planned to tackle the brush piles themselves.
"I think it's wonderful," said Dawn Holweger, North side neighbor. "It was such a surprise to me to see all these happy faces out here working so hard."
"I am enjoying it because I know I'm helping out others and helping out the community," said Knerzer.
Which is exactly the type of learning the teachers are hoping this service project is accomplishing.
"At Logan Middle School, as part of the global village, we really feel that community and the world is very important," said Fernholz, "and our kids need to understand that."
"I think it brings everyone together," said Holweger. "It kind of opens up the communication, and it lends a helping hand for those who maybe aren't able to do this themselves."


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Compact and versatile Wi-Fi® speaker featuring AirPlay®, DLNA® Wireless Direct and HTC Connect™
- Update: Spotify® Connect now available
- AirPlay built in as well as iPhone/iPod/iPad Digital Connection via USB (Playback and charging)
- Dual 77mm woofers, 20mm tweeter, and dual 10w + 10 w amplifiers
Suggested Price: $149.99 Suggested Price
Steps for Updating Your Wireless Speaker
Please Note, this firmware update enhances your Wireless Speaker with Spotify Connect, Pandora, and vTuner Internet Radio services
Step 1: Connect your SMA speaker to your wireless network
Step 2: Access your speaker's Web Control menu by doing the following:
Windows 7® or Vista users: Click the Start icon on your Desktop and select "Network". Your SMA speaker will appear as an icon in the explorer menu on the right. Right-click it and select "View Device Webpage". The Web Control Menu will open in your default browser.
Windows XP® Users: Click the Start icon on your Desktop and select "My Network". Click on, "Display icons for UPnP devices connected to the network" and your speaker will appear as an icon in the explorer menu. Double-click on the speaker icon and the Web Control Menu will open in your default browser.
Safari Users: Open your Safari browser and click on the Bookmark icon on the upper left side of the screen. Click on "Bonjour List" and select your speaker from the list.
Step 3: Download the firmware and change history files.
Firmware Zip File Change History File
Unzip the file and save it to a place on your computer that you'll remember.
Step 4: From the Web Control Menu, click on "Firmware Update" and click "Start". Within 2 minutes, the firmware update screen will open.
Step 5: Click the "Choose File" button and find the unzipped file that you just saved on your computer.
Step 6: Click "Upload" and then click "Yes" on the confirmation screen. The update will begin and you can watch its progress from your computer. Once the update finishes, follow the instructions on your computer and unplug the power cord from your speaker.
Spotify Connect Update
Spotify Connect is a Premium feature that lets you play and control Spotify on your devices. Choose music on one device and listen on another. At home, hit play on your mobile and hear high fidelity sound on your wireless speaker. You can also control the music from your mobile phone.
Download the Spotify App
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Pandora and vTuner Update
Expand your audio entertainment options with an endless playlist of your favorite music and access to more than 10,000 internet radio stations from across the globe. With a firmware update, Pandora® and vTuner® Internet Radio are now built right into Pioneer's line of SMA wireless speakers and are designed to help you discover and enjoy new music.
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Open the App Store or Google Play on your device and search for "ControlApp" to download. You can also click on the applicable badge below:
(if you already have ControlApp installed on your device, you will automatically be asked to download the latest version)
The firmware is compatible with the XW-SMA1-K, XW-SMA3-K and XW-SMA4-K only. Your SMA speaker and your wireless device must be on the same network in order for Pandora and vTuner services to function properly. Specifications and features subject to change. PIONEER and the Pioneer logo are registered trademarks of Pioneer Corporation. Pandora and the Pandora logo are registered trademarks of Pandora Media, Inc. vTuner is a registered trademark of Nothing Else Matters Software, Ltd. Apple is a trademark of Apple, Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries. Safari is a trademark and The App Store is a service mark of Apple, Inc. Android is a trademark of Google, Inc. Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. See the App Store and Google Play for details regarding device compatibility.
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regulatory standards. Please note that the use of this accessory with iPod, iPhone, or iPad may affect wireless
Spotify is the registered trade mark of the Spotify Group. Compatible digital mobile devices and premium subscription required where available, see pioneer.eu/spotify
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Trojans in tough position
Geography is one reason given why Eastern Panhandle teams have a difficult time setting up games with athletic teams elsewhere in the state of West Virginia.
It's true.
We sit out here on our little handle known as the Eastern Panhandle. Then you throw in another handle, the Northern Panhandle, and the state born of the Civil War Era looks a little different compared to most.
Teams from most everywhere else traveling here must leave the state to get here, and vice versa for our schools traveling elsewhere in the Mountain State. They don't want to do it because of time and distance and seem to have some kind of aversion to a route that takes them out of the state.
At least Class AAA teams in Berkeley and Jefferson counties have each other to play to guarantee any number of games, depending upon which sports we reference. It's neighbors playing neighbors.
Then there's Hampshire.
Poor Hampshire.
Probably poorer Hampshire, too, in terms of its bank account these days.
Located atop a mountain in the Potomac Highlands, a very picturesque location, Hampshire finds itself in an area geographic region filled with Class A and AA schools – not Triple-A, like the Trojans are. To play schools of equal size on the road within West Virginia, Hampshire must travel a distance.
To the far reaches of the Eastern Panhandle, it's almost two hours – give or take, considering school buses going up and down the mountains of U.S. 50 take a little more time time than we would in a car.
To hit the middle of the state, where Class AAA, Region II stretches, it's two hours in a car to Elkins over many more mountains for Hampshire and almost three to Weston, the location of Lewis County and, naturally, longer on a school bus.
Midway through the school year 2012-13 finds Hampshire in a new section after the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission did its every-four-year realignment, and the Trojans were moved from playing the Berkeley and Jefferson county schools in tournament action to playing the state's centrally located Class AAA schools – an area that lost two schools to Double-A during the realignment. It was one of the most-significant realignments in years because some traditional powers in their previous classes drop down one notch.
Then there's Hampshire.
In essence, Hampshire, an interior Eastern Panhandle school, got moved out of the panhandle. The SSAC relocated the Trojans.
If any one school got the short end of realignment, it was Hampshire.
Not that Hampshire could avoid it; not that Hampshire could do anything about it.
It's geography again.
Hampshire was nearest to the schools in the other part of Region II than were any of the schools from Berkeley and Jefferson counties, so logic dictated that the Trojans become a members of Section 2. Hampshire had previously been with the schools of Berkeley and Jefferson counties in Section 1.
In the current setup, Section 2 includes Buckhannon-Upshur, Elkins, Hampshire, Lewis County. Hedgesville, Jefferson, Martinsburg, Musselman and Washington make up Section 1.
The Trojans have been sent west, rather than going east.
Previously, Hampshire always went east, whether it was in a previous two-team setup with Musselman for many sports or the three-team baseball alignment of the past several seasons with Jefferson and Washington.
While Horace Greeley once delivered the famed, "Go west, young man," Hampshire doesn't seem to be as receptive.
Take a look at its winter sports schedules, for instance:
* In wrestling, aside from the regional tournament that forced everybody to go to Lewis County, Hampshire's most-distance venture to the west to wrestle was to Frostburg, Md., to compete against Mountain Ridge.
In gambling terms, that's a virtual push, because Frostburg is more north of Hampshire's location in Romney than it is west.
* In swimming, all eight of Hampshire's regular-season meets were at Shepherd University in Jefferson County.
* In girls basketball, the Trojans managed a back-to-back visit to Lewis and Buckhannon-Upshur, having to spend a night in a hotel somewhere out near Interstate 79. Hampshire played Elkins both home and on the road. The Trojans' lone opponent from among its former section foes was against Jefferson.
The Trojans have the top seed for this week's Section 2 tournament, and if they finish first or second will either be at home or hitting the road in the regional, in both cases, playing a former section foe.
* In boys basketball, Hampshire opened its season against its section foes, making two trips west in the span of three days, staying overnight on the second visit. Like the girls, Hampshire played just Jefferson among its former section foes and spent much of the season playing in the Appalachian Mountain Athletic League against regionally based teams.
"Our conference makes us play 16 games," Hampshire boys basketball coach Luke Samples said, noting that it limits other opponents, including home-and-home series with its new sectional rivals, and pretty much takes it out of the equation with the most of the teams in Berkeley and Jefferson counties.
"That's the best competition in the state, and we can't even play them," Samples said. "You only get better when you play better competition."
Should the Trojans get past sectional play, they'll see their former contemporaries. Who knows how Hampshire will rate in its sectional alignment because it dropped two of three games to the other section teams. Both Hampshire and Elkins are 12-8, Lewis is 11-9 and Buckhannon-Upshur is 2-19.
"The thing about the other section, obviously it plays the best basketball in the state," Samples said of Section 1. "This section is more winnable, but we played sectional games the first three of the season because of travel. You like to think you get better as the season goes along."
No matter what Hampshire does in the regular season, it must contend with the centrally located teams of the region during sectional competition.
To see what direction Hampshire will go in the spring is unknown. Its schedules were not posted anywhere on line as yet.
Regardless of where it plays its regular-season games, Hampshire has to live with its alignment through the rest of this school year and three more schools years. It's a long time, a whole cycle of students who are freshman this school year.
After that, things likely will become even more complicated, should the SSAC follow its current design.
The SSAC might be forced to change things elsewhere in West Virginia, though, because Spring Mills, which opens next fall, will be Class AAA and Berkeley Springs, the top Class AA school in the latest realignment,will probably move into Triple-A, too.
Depending what happens elsewhere in the state, Keyser, the No. 12 Double-A, is a 80 students short of Berkeley Springs and could play a spot in Class AAA, too, if other small Class AAAs lose a bunch more students.
Not counting Keyser, it would put eight Class AAA teams in the Eastern Panhandle, which, averaging the numbers, would represent about 20 percent of the number of schools in the biggest class.
That's significant. That also would be a considerable number above every other city in West Virginia beside Charleston, Beckley and Huntington in terms of larger schools.
The schools of Berkeley and Jefferson counties are in close proximity to Martinsburg, for example, and that's six schools starting next school year.
But if you look elsewhere, Morgantown has the Morgantown, University, and, to a lesser extent, Preston County. That's three schools. Parkersburg has the school named for the town, Parkersburg South and, again stretching, Ripley. That's barely three. Wheeling, on the other panhandle, has Wheeling Park, Brooke and John Marshall near by. Again, three.
It looks like things could change even more in the next realignment.
No matter what, though, Hampshire wil always be atop the mountain with a picturesque view isolated from most every other school within its class.


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By combining the power of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Spitzer Space Telescope, and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new distance record for finding the farthest galaxy yet seen in the universe.
The diminutive blob, which is only a tiny fraction of the size of our Milky Way galaxy, offers a peek back into a time when the universe was 3 percent of its present age of 13.7 billion years. The newly discovered galaxy, named MACS0647-JD, is observed 420 million years after the big bang. Its light has traveled 13.3 billion years to reach Earth.
This is the latest discovery from a large program that uses natural zoom lenses to reveal distant galaxies in the early universe. The Cluster Lensing And Supernova survey with Hubble (CLASH) is using massive galaxy clusters as cosmic telescopes to magnify distant galaxies behind them, an effect called gravitational lensing.
Along the way, 8 billion years into its journey, this light took a detour along multiple paths around the massive galaxy cluster MACS J0647+7015. Due to the gravitational lensing, the CLASH research team, an international group led by Marc Postman of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md., observed three magnified images of MACS0647-JD with the Hubble telescope. The cluster's gravity boosted the light from the faraway galaxy, making the images appear approximately eight, seven, and two times brighter than they otherwise would, enabling astronomers to detect them more efficiently and with greater confidence. Without the cluster's magnification powers, astronomers would not have seen this remote galaxy.
"This cluster does what no manmade telescope can do," said Postman. "Without the magnification, it would require a Herculean effort to observe this galaxy."
The object is so small it may be in the first embryonic steps of forming an entire galaxy. An analysis shows that the galaxy is less than 600 light-years wide. Based on observations of somewhat closer galaxies, astronomers estimate that a typical galaxy of that epoch should be about 2,000 light-years wide. For comparison, the Large Magellanic Cloud, a companion dwarf galaxy to the Milky Way, is 14,000 light-years wide. Our Milky Way is 150,000 light-years across.
"This object may be one of many building blocks of a galaxy," explained Dan Coe of the Space Telescope Science Institute, lead author of the study. "Over the next 13 billion years, it may have dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of merging events with other galaxies and galaxy fragments."
The estimated total mass of the stars in this baby galaxy is roughly equal to 100 million or a billion suns, or about 0.1 percent to 1 percent the mass of our Milky Way's stars.
The galaxy was observed with 17 filters — spanning near-ultraviolet to near-infrared wavelengths — using Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Coe, a CLASH team member, discovered the galaxy in February 2012 while pouring through a catalogue of thousands of "lensed" objects found in Hubble observations of 17 clusters in the CLASH survey. MACS0647-JD, unlike all the others, only appeared in the two reddest filters.
"This immediately told us that MACS0647-JD is either a very red object, only shining at red wavelengths, or it is extremely distant and its light has been 'redshifted' to these wavelengths, or some combination of the two," said Coe. "We considered this full range of possibilities."
Coe and his collaborators spent months systematically ruling out these other alternative explanations for the object's identity, including red stars, brown dwarfs, and red (old and/or dusty) galaxies at intermediate distances from Earth, and concluded that a very distant galaxy was the right explanation.
"All three of the lensed galaxy images match fairly well and are in positions you would expect for a galaxy at that remote distance when you look at the predictions from our best lens models for this cluster," Coe said.
The paper will appear in the December 20 issue of The Astrophysical Journal.
Redshift is a consequence of the expansion of space over cosmic time. Coe estimates that MACS0647-JD has a redshift of 11, the highest yet observed. The wavelengths of near-ultraviolet light from the galaxy have been stretched into the near-infrared part of the spectrum as the light traveled through an expanding universe. "At early times, galaxies are ablaze with hot, young blue stars, but they appear extremely red when we see their light with Hubble."
Images of the galaxy at longer wavelengths obtained with the Spitzer Space Telescope played a key role in the analysis. If the object were intrinsically red, it would appear bright in the Spitzer images. Instead, the galaxy was barely detected, if at all, indicating its great distance. The research team plans to use Spitzer to obtain deeper observations of the galaxy, which should yield confident detections as well as estimates of the object's age and dust content.
The first galaxies probably formed somewhere between 100 million and 500 million years after the big bang, the astronomers said. Galaxies formed at earlier times are found to be more pristine, relatively free from heavy-element enrichment by later generations of supernovae.
The small-fry galaxy, however, may be too far away for any current telescope to confirm the distance based on spectroscopy, which spreads out an object's light into thousands of colors. Nevertheless, Coe is confident the fledgling galaxy is the new distance champion based on its unique colors and the research team's extensive analysis. By measuring how bright the object is at various wavelengths, the team determined a reasonably accurate estimate of the object's distance. Near-infrared wavelengths are the most critical to making distance estimates for such far-off objects.
The galaxy will almost certainly be a prime target for the James Webb Space Telescope. "We are reaching the limit of Hubble's vision because the galaxy is barely resolved," Postman said. "To really see finer structure you need a bigger telescope." At near-infrared wavelengths, Webb's resolution will be three times sharper than Hubble's. The Webb telescope's larger mirror will also collect enough light to obtain a spectrum of MACS0647-JD. This will yield a more definitive and precise measurement of the galaxy's distance, as well as the galaxy's mass, age, and amount of heavy elements it contains, which were forged by the first generation of stars.
The new distance champion is the second remote galaxy uncovered in the CLASH survey, a multi-wavelength census of 25 hefty galaxy clusters with Hubble's ACS and WFC3. Earlier this year, the CLASH team announced the discovery of a galaxy that existed when the universe was 490 million years old (redshift 9.6), 70 million years later than the new record-breaking galaxy. So far, the survey has completed observations for 20 of the 25 clusters.
The team hopes to use Hubble to search for more dwarf galaxies at these early epochs. If these infant galaxies are numerous, then they could have provided the energy to burn off the fog of hydrogen that blanketed the universe, a process called reionization. Reionization ultimately made the universe transparent to light.
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I'll be with a large group travelling to Houston, TX in the 3rd week of October for the Sweet Adelines singing competition. One of our members, and a dear friend of mine, is still nursing her toddler, and since she's usually a stay-at-home mom, she doesn't own an efficient breast pump. She tried using a manual Avent Isis pump the last time we went away for a weekend event, but after 2 days, she was extremely uncomfortable. When I was in the same situation a few years ago, I managed to hand-express enough to get by, but unfortunately, it just doesn't work for her.
We're trying to see if we can find someone in the area who's got a good electric pump they're not using that she could borrow for the week. She may be willing to pay a little for it. We looked at websites of local companies that rent breastpumps, but it's all based on monthly rates for a minimum 3-month rental. She's not planning to save the milk (she'll be pumping and dumping), so she's not too concerned about borrowing a used pump in that respect.
We'll be staying in a hotel near the convention center, so location could be an issue (I visited many years ago and recall Houston to be pretty sprawling).
If anyone has any ideas about what she could do, or if anyone is willing to lend an old pump, (or knows someone who might) let me know!