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Mr. Fricklas has received the Walter C. Voss award from ASTM and is past chairman of D08.04 on Felts and Fabrics, a subcommittee of Committee D-8 on Roofing, Waterproofing, and Bituminous Materials. In addition, he has received the J.A. Piper Award from the National Roofing Contractors Association, the James Q. McCawley Award from MRCA, a Life-time Achievement Award from the Institute of Roofing and Waterproofing Consultants, and an honorary membership in the Roof Consultants Institute.
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Chinese-Style Dumplings
- Dough:
- 4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups hot water
- Filling:
- 2 boneless duck breasts and legs with skin, put through meat grinder fitted with medium blade
- 1 cup finely chopped savoy cabbage
- 3 tablespoons freshly chopped scallions
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped chives
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 2 tablespoons chili paste
- 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon Chinese five-spice powder
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Sauce:
- 1 cup black vinegar
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon chili paste
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped mint leaves
- 1 tablespoon freshly chopped Thai basil leaves
- 1/2 habanero pepper, minced
- Peanut oil, for cooking
- Cilantro leaves, for garnish
- Lime wedges, for garnish
This recipe makes 48 dumplings-a large batch. If you halve the recipe, use the whole egg, and, if it's more convenient for you, just use 2 boneless duck breast halves. If you have the patience to shape all of the dumplings, just freeze some of them; they will keep, tightly covered, for 2 weeks.
For the dough: Whisk the flour with the salt and stir in the water until dough is shaggy. Turn onto a lightly floured board and knead briefly; dough should be soft and pliable but not too sticky. Rest, covered, while you make the filling and the sauce.
Place all the ingredients in a large bowl and mix until thoroughly combined. To check for seasoning, fry a bit in some hot oil until just cooked through. Adjust the seasoning as necessary.
Combine all but the last 2 ingredients in a bowl for dipping. Sprinkle the basil and habanero over the top.
Flour your work surface lightly and roll the dough, or pieces of it, about 1/8-inch thick (too thin and the dough will tear as you fill the dumplings). Cut out circles with a 3-inch round cutter. Cover the dough with a side towel or piece of plastic wrap as you work.
Have a small bowl of water next to you. Place a scant tablespoon of filling in the middle of a dough circle, and press it so that it spreads slightly toward the side edges of the dough. Using your fingertip or a small pastry brush, wet the edge of the dough. Fold the dough up around the filling so that the filling sits on the work surface-that's the bottom of your dumpling-and the seam is between your fingers. Pleat the dough that is facing you, about 6 times, pressing it against the back to seal-only the front of the dumpling should be pleated. The corners of the dumpling should curl slightly away from you, toward the unpleated side.
Heat a skillet, just large enough to accommodate the number of dumplings you want to cook over high heat. Add a thin coating of oil, heat, then add the dumplings in concentric circles. They should be touching. Cook until the bottoms are golden brown, 3 or 4 minutes (reduce the heat if they are browning too quickly). Add enough water to come about 1/4 of the way up the sides of the dumplings-it will spatter. Cover the skillet, adjust the heat so that the water is simmering, and cook for about 7 minutes. Uncover the skillet and, if there is water left, let it cook off. Check the dumpling bottoms-if they need to brown a bit more, let them, adding a bit more oil if necessary.
Serve the dumplings immediately, drizzled with some dipping sauce and garnished with cilantro and lime wedges.
Recipe courtesy of Bobby Flay, 2008
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The event, to be held May 16, honors area companies and non-profit organizations in several marketing categories. The Pinnacle Awards are to be presented in more than 20 campaign and element categories. Two companies will be selected to receive the top honor of "Marketer of the Year."
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Another upside performer was a company whose shoes I wear almost every day. Nike (NKE) rallied over 4% to close at $96.32. Oh happy day!
Even though I don't own shares of NKE, I'm happy for the Nike shareholders who will experience the benefits of an important announcement the company made on Nov. 15: The Board of Directors approved a two-for-one split of both NIKE Class A and Class B Common shares.
The stock split will be in the form of a 100% stock dividend payable on Dec. 24 to shareholders of record at the close of business Dec. 10. That means it's not too late for you and me to participate, even though it's 10 days before NKE announces its results from its last quarter on Dec. 20.
Upon completion of the split, the outstanding shares of NIKE Class A and Class B common stock will increase to approximately 178 million and 720 million, respectively. The company expects its common stock to begin trading at the split-adjusted price on Dec. 26.
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Okay Nike, you have my attention and the attention of a number of potential investors. NKE is a company that rewards shareholders patience and pays them to own the stock, irrespective of all the fear-mongering about the so-called "fiscal cliff."


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Here's how RW members rated this race (23 votes).
In short: If you need to clear your head ....In full: ... then this cheeky little race is perfect. When not admiring the views, you're gritting your teeth to climb upwards or watching your footsteps as you fly down. Excellent organisation, a challenging course, good value and great cake :) Date of review: May 21, 2011
In short: Wonderful race, will be back again next year.In full: Great race, some very steep climbs but some lovely downhills to compensate. And the coffee cake afterwards was divine!Date of review: May 21, 2011
In short: Lovely raceIn full: This race was just as good as last year, and the cake was just as lovely too. I brought my daughter with me this time and she really enjoyed it, but struggled with the heat. The only disappointment was when we ran past lots of dug up fields and pathway where last year it was a lovely trail. Shame, but nothing the organisers could do about that.I loved the coaster. I've got so many t-shirts sat in the back of the wardrobe given out at races, and then I never use them, so this made a welcome change.I'll be back next year.Date of review: July 16, 2010
In short: PB'ers stick to the flat tarmac, people who want to enjoy a brilliant little race with superb scenery and an excellent atmosphere come and try this!In full: Brilliant little local race, organised by a church group who could teach some running clubs a thing or two. As everyone says this is not for PB seekers, but I really can't see how running around a flat piece of tarmac trying to shave off the odd second can possibly compare to races like this, they put the pleasure back in running! I think this has the potential to grow each year and wish the organisers the very best of luck with it, I'll definitely be back next time.Date of review: May 24, 2010
In short: Tough, but incredible views.In full: Forget PB's! It's over 10k anyway, & a hard hilly trail race.But postcard views.It was very hot this year which made it tougher, as there was no shade.Free cake & drink at end & coaster.Date of review: May 24, 2010
In short: What a tough, but rewarding runIn full: Great scenery, great organisation, one of the toughest runs i have ever undertaken. Really pleased with my sub 50 minute time. The event was excellent from start to finish. I would recommend this run.Date of review: May 24, 2010
In short: Brilliant local raceIn full: Fabulous race. Stunning scenery. Well organised. Gorgeous cakes at the finish, although there were some issues with water at the end.Thanks to the weather, it really lived up to it's name! Date of review: May 24, 2010
In full: Hot hot hot!! And such a 'Steep Lane'!!! Was worth it when you reached the finish line though.......cake, juice and tea at the finish, lovely. Definitely lived up to it's name this year! And so many more runners this year.Date of review: May 24, 2010
In short: Fantastic "local community style" event, well organised, on a challenging but scenic route In full: A great example of how the smaller, friendly type of event can provide a better experience than the big corporate type races. The cake and personalised certificates at the end were a nice touch too!Date of review: May 23, 2010
In short: Grat CourseIn full: What a great course, scenic and challenging. Well done to the organisers for putting on a first class race. Will definatly be back next year.Date of review: May 6, 2009
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Last week Jessica Cox made a whirl-wind trip through Alaska, and inspired young and old alike. If you are not familiar with Jessica's story, she was born without arms but hasn't let that stop her not only from living independently, but achieving her dreams. She does with her feet all the things we do with our hands. But there's more. She also drives a car (without special accommodations), and fly's an aircraft—an Ercoupe—as a Light Sport
Pilot. Jessica's real gift is the ability to share her story with others, in this case teenagers, and motivates them not to be bound by their own perceived limitations.
For the two-and-a-half days Jessica and her husband Patrick were in Fairbanks, I had the pleasure of transporting them to a variety of speaking engagements, which included two charter schools, the Boys and Girls
Home of Alaska, Hutchison High School, and a public lecture at the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. The biggest event was a banquet presentation with youth from a variety of groups including Boy Scouts, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, a high school Marine ROTC group, 4-H club members, and more.
Jessica does an outstanding job of using her own personal story to convey important lessons for youth. I won't steal any of her thunder, but these include figuring out how to do what those of us with arms and hands consider trivial—like fastening a four point seat belt harness in the pilot's seat before her first flight lesson. One has to look at each new challenge and, as she says, "think outside the shoe." She also touches on the need for persistence, such as having to take her driver's test more than once to convince the Arizona Department of Motor Vehicles to issue her a driver's license. But perhaps most
importantly, not to let yourself (or others) tell you what you can't do—like learn to fly an airplane. AOPA is happy to reinforce that notion with programs such as the AV8RS, a free online membership for teens interested in aviation.
Jessica's visit didn't just "happen." The dynamo behind the scenes
that brought her to Alaska, is Dee Hanson, Executive Director of the Alaska Airmen's Association. Dee
brought Jessica to Alaska in 2010, knew the power of her message, and wanted to make sure it got to youth in other parts of the state. In addition to Fairbanks, Jessica made appearances in southwest Alaska at Bethel and Napaskiak, and flew to the Yukon River community of Galena. Alaska Airlines and ERA Alaska helped sponsor the visit, along with long list of businesses, aviation groups and individuals. But without Dee investing hours of her time putting this package together, this campaign wouldn't have happened. Hats off to the Alaska Airmen's Association for making this investment in the youth of Alaska.
And a big Thank You to Jessica for fitting us into her busy schedule. I look forward to her next visit.


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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (53 votes).
In short: Good hills.In full: No water stations or distance markers was poor, but generally an enjoyable race with friendly marshalls.Date of review: February 28, 2010
In short: very hillyIn full: first time i have done this race and just loved those hills really makes you work well done all runnersDate of review: February 28, 2010
In short: Gotta love those hills! In full: Never thought I would enjoy a race with only one flat bit in it at the end but this was great, gave my legs a right workout, forget about PBs and just enjoy every kind of hill imaginable! Distant glimpses of the moors were nice too.Date of review: February 24, 2009
In short: Undulating my bottom!In full: Definitely hilly- misrepresneted by undulating. Toilet facilities were a bit haphazard but present. I did find the marshall were very friendly and about the only thing that kept me going... Did miss the first 2 mile markers- as did others, so was relieved if not a little dead when saw the 3 mile sign. Do actually enjoy hills,but this was much hillier than expectedDate of review: February 23, 2009
In short: Great Yorkshire scenery, bloody tough hills!In full: Not for the faint hearted but great fun !? The hills were tough but achievable. I'm sure I missed some lovely sights as I spent much of the uphill slogs staring doggedly at the floor, willing the climbs to end. Good local support and pleased that the race took you into the countryside. I found the finish a bit narrow and as a result couldn't overtake at the end, otherwise I would have sent people flying, so that would be my only gripe. I would rate it as my favourite 10k race.Date of review: February 23, 2009
In short: Hill, Hills, HillsIn full: Enjoyed the race, the hills were tough, but thats what you get in this part of Yorkshire. Very well organised race with great marshalls. The start was a bit crowded due to the narrow roadOh and I got a PB.Date of review: February 22, 2009
In short: One of the tougher local 10K'sIn full: This one will test you up the three main hills. Similar to Meltham in terms of toughness, but probably slightly easier due to the longer downhill/flat finish.Date of review: February 22, 2009
In short: Challenging hill climbs. I'm sure that I'll think differently about it tomorrow :-)Date of review: February 22, 2009
In short: Heard it was undulating (the word hilly would better describe it), however throughly enjoyed it. Only things I would change is for the cars to exit through the same gate we came in (a couple of marshalls could organize that) saves cars trying to squnDate of review: February 22, 2009
In short: Undulating is a misrepresentation - steep climbs and descents - not a PB courseIn full: Good marshalling and friendlyToilet facilities rather confusing in the clubhouseMuch hillier than expected.Drab weather did not inspire an average coursePlenty of water after race Car exit bit slow due to one-way systemDate of review: February 22, 2009
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South Korea claimed the last ticket to the Thomas Cup Finals in Wuhan, China, from May 20-27 when they finished fifth at the Asian qualifiers in Macau on Sunday.
They joined China, who defeated Japan 3-0 in the final, Indonesia and Malaysia from the Asian qualifiers. They will be joined by Denmark, Germany, England and Holland from Europe and three more countries – one each from Oceania, Pan-America and Africa – for the Finals in May.
South Korea missed out on automatic berth to China after suffering defeats to Malaysia and Indonesia, but swept the 5th-8th play-offs by beating Taipei 3-2, Thailand 4-1 and India 3-2 on Sunday.
Kashyap Parupalli had given India the lead when he defeated Lee Hyun Il 21-18, 21-17, but the Koreans then won the next three matches via Lee Yong Dae-Ko Sung Hyun, Shon Wan Ho (above), and Yoo Yeong Seong-Shin Baek Choel to confirm their progress to the Finals. Hong Ji Hoon gave a walkover to B. Sai Praneeth in the dead rubber to make the final score 3-2 in favour of South Korea.
China, as expected, were a class above their rivals in the qualifiers and claimed top spot when Chen Long, Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong and Du Pengyu all won in straight games.
Chen Long (left), defeated Sho Sasaki 21-19, 21-16, Chai Biao-Guo Zhengdong edged Shoji Sato-Naoki Kawamae 21-17, 22-20, and Du Pengyu was too good for Kazushi Yamada, winning 21-12, 21-11.
Indonesia finished fifth in the Uber Cup after posting their third straight victory in the play-offs, when they beat Hong Kong 4-1. They had earlier defeated Malaysia and Singapore 5-0.
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Looks great Norma. How did the sauce taste? Better than the canned stuff?
Hi Norma,If you can, run the tomatoes through a food mill rather than a food processor. You'll notice a huge difference in the flavor of your sauce.Matt
Matt,I don't own a food mill. I used the 6 in 1 sauce in combination with these tomatoes. I only removed the skin of the tomatoes that were really loose after the low heat bake, which was at 200 degrees F for about 1 1/2 hrs. The rest of the skins, I just processed in the food processor. I didn't even drain any of the 6 in 1 sauce. Thanks for your suggestions,Norma
It's not the skin, it's the seeds. Ground up seeds can make the sauce sour.Matt
another thing i think of is people say tomatoes loose flavor and texture changes being in the fridge. "dont refrigerate tomatoes"how ever i dont think the tomato sauce will stay good for that long out of the fridge but it may taste better if used quickly ?
Thanks for making the sauce and "bumping" the recipe back up. I have some 6n1 crush tomatoes left in the freezer and will make this sauce per the recipe exactly before I run out of the 6n1's. JT
cranky,Thanks for your thoughts in letting the seeds in. I didnt notice any bitter taste with letting the seeds in. I will try out your better half's method of making sauce and see what kind of results I can get with that. I had simmered tomatoes before but didnt add the ingredients your wife did. I can imagine how good that tastes. http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,10535.msg105757.html#msg105757Norma
Wait, does this mean some people don't use fresh tomatos to make sauce?? Seems like I'm the last to find these things out. jokingly, DonI just crush my tomatos with a masher, I have never noticed bitterness from seeds.
cranky,Thanks for asking the boss how she goes about making her sauce. Probably over the weekend I will give it a try. It sounds great to me. Thank the boss for me. Since you have been making sauce for over 40 years and think this is the best sauce, I appreciate you sharing it. Norma
One other thing. Try it without parmesan before you smother in cheese.
Don,LOL, you are funny! Thanks for telling how you crush your tomatoes and how you also never noticed any bitterness from seeds. Norma
Right now, nice looking plums are going for $1.20 for a kilo. When the price drops to under a dollar a kilo I buy about seven kilos to dehydrate(I built my dryer) for my sundried tomato pesto pizzas and packing in garlic oil. I use much the same recipe for my fresh sauce as cranky except I do add a half a cup white wine while simmering and I include 1/2 sweet onion. I mash the tomatos as they cook down. Nice thread, I've enjoyed it.Don
Jackie Tran,I just wanted to try out this sauce of Les's with his method to see if different types of tomatoes would then produce the same kind of sauce as the grape tomatoes. It did create the same sauce in my opinion. The first time I tried Les's recipe I didn't have the anise seed, but all the others times I have tried out this recipe of Les's the taste is great with the added anise seed. Let us know when you try out Les's recipe how you like this sauce. I am going to used some on pizza at some time. I just didn't have enough tomatoes before to try out how this would work. I added a little more anise seed and other ingredients, because I used more tomatoes than called for in Les's recipe. Les's recipe was very good, in my opinion when used on pasta or different pasta products.Norma


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The other night, running late, I offered the kids a fast food dinner option, and so off we go to the McDonalds on Monroe Avenue. As I get older, I'm not so crazy about fast food joints, but kids are kids, and away we went. It was not to happen though, since we stood like museum dummies on one side of the counter while a poor soul and his daughter waited in vain in front of us, and behind the scenes, well, people were back there, but it didn't look like work. So off we went to Wendy's up the street, and lo and behold the family behind us at Micky's were there, unable to wait it out either.
So that night, I did what any writer does, I wrote, a pretty scathing condemnation of the place, and figured that corporate HQ wouldn't care, given the volume of the complaints they receive, or shrug it off, because when you sell that much grey meat, eh, who cares about a few cranks, right? Well that was Wednesday, and a few days later I get an e-mail from HQ, expressing concern. Then this morning, I get an e-mail from the manager of the place, and a half hour later she calls me.
The resolution? While she was polite and all, and said the place was improving, she didn't offer me a free Coke or anything (and I wasn't asking for anything, by the way). You know, sorry for your experience and all, but hope you come back in. And chances are at some point out of desperation I will, if only to placate the kids. But the fast food burger joints offer little in the way of nutrition, and often have side effects that lessen what little enjoyment a meal can offer (like the Wendy's meal I had that night, the one that kept reminding me I had it earlier, over and over again). The sad fact is that for years Americans have been eating a crappy diet (and hey, I could be a poster boy, so it's not like I'm pointing fingers), and fast food, while as of late, is neither fast nor food.
Earlier in the year I came across Barrita from Seven Bridges Farm at the Public Market downtown. The cattle there are fed a diet designed by a nutritionist, and it is simply the best beef I have ever had in my life. I'm not eating a ton of meat lately (my cro-magnon days are well in the past), but at this point, if I have a choice, I'll make the trek to the public market and get some.
But back to the story at hand. If there is one thing that keeps a business afloat, it's customer service. I mean, if you don't react to your customers, good and bad, then you better hope you sell a good product, or one that the public can't do without. And that's the dilemma here – I mean, the manager was real nice on the phone, and to take the time to e-mail me, but it's not like I'm dying to go back there. So what's next? No idea. Life plods onward, and away we go.
As always, if you know of anything of interest in Pittsford, feel free to drop me a line here.


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Rim to Rim to Rim
A bucket list run in the Grand Canyon
Our Grand Canyon adventure got rolling on Thursday, October 11, 2012, when we converged in Phoenix. The first order of business was introductions. I've known Tom for a while, but I had never met two of our team (Shannon, a dentist and retired Army Ranger Colonel from New Orleans, and Tim, a law-school professor from Atlanta). The fit seemed good, with each man bringing the right perspective, level of experience, sense of humor and commitment.
The next order of business was to eat, and stock up on provisions for the big day. Four men wandering around the grocery store is something that everyone needs to see. We know where the beer is, maybe the chips, and are lost after that. We bought oatmeal and bananas for breakfast, beer and ice for the road, and then some things that, for me, were unexpected : garbage bags, for staying warm and dry; Pringles, for salty snacks; and razors, for (in Shannon's words) cutting limbs, in case we need to carry out a man.
The tone was set.
We dined on Pappa John's pizza in a local park, and took away some additional slices for trail food .
Properly fueled, we settled in while Tom drove us north.
We pulled into Grand Canyon National Park around 6 p.m., and were delighted to get free admission, a federal gesture to Colonel Shannon and his service to our country. Before checking into the hotel, we visited the South Kaibab trailhead, to get our bearings and view our starting line in the dwindling daylight.
From there, we claimed our rooms and grabbed dinner.
Given the miserable weather forecast and Tom's unrelenting optimism, we opted to push back our start time from 4 a.m. to 5 a.m., reasoning that the rain would pass through and we'd have idyllic skies. While the idyllic skies never came, I'm happy to report that, despite everything that would occur that weekend, Tom's unrelenting optimism remains intact.


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History: World War I
Compiled and Written by Lou Hoffman
As the twentieth century dawned, most of the state's traditional martial rivalries subsided. Conflicts of the past were replaced by new global wars that tested the resolve of all New Mexicans.
Pancho Villa
However, in the darkness of the early morning 9 March 1916 Francisco "Pancho" Villa raided Columbus, N.M. with approximately 485 men known as Villistas. The border town was garrisoned by one squadron of the Thirteenth U.S. Calvary. Another 30 men from Company I, First N.M. Infantry, Deming, N.M. hearing of the raid and seeing the smoke, arrived at and took over some of the duties of the 13th, releasing more members of the regiment to chase the Villistas. Eighteen American soldiers and civilians were either killed or wounded. The Mexican irregulars' losses numbered approximately 100 with seven wounded and captured.
After the immediate threat of a return engagement subsided, the men of Company I returned to Deming where they and all of the other units of the N.M. militia were placed on active state service in their respective armories.
Punitive Expedition
From 16 March 1916 to 14 February 1917, an expeditionary force of more than 11,000 regular Army troops under the command of Brig. Gen. John J. "Black Jack" Pershing operated in northern Mexico in pursuit of Villa. Although this Mexican Punitive Expedition is considered a minor event in U.S. history, it is a story filled with adventure and intrigue. The origins of the expedition are rooted in the 1910 Mexican Revolution, when a rebel faction led by Francisco I. Madero, Jr. , overthrew Mexico's dictator of more than 30 years, President Porfirio Diaz.
Madero's victory was short-lived. On 19 February 1913, Gen. Victorio Huerta arrested Madero and forced him to step down. On 22 February, Madero was presumed assassinated on orders from Huerta. A civil war erupted a few days later between Huerta's forces and supporters of Madero, who were led by Governor Venustiano Carranza and Pancho Villa. With a contingent of several thousand men, Villa formed a military band known as the Division of the North and operated in the mountains of northern Mexico.
Francisco "Pancho" Villa
Source: http://www.mexicomaxico.org/Caballero/pancho.htm
President Woodrow Wilson's administration refused to recognize Huerta because of the manner in which he had seized power, and it instituted an arms embargo on both sides of the civil war. But, when Huerta's forces appeared to be winning the civil war in early 1914, Wilson lifted the arms embargo by offering to help Carranza. This action had volatile consequences.
On 15 July 1914, Huerta resigned and moved to Spain. The United States and six Latin American nations then officially recognized the Carranza government on 19 October 1915. But, this insulted Pancho Villa and his followers, who had earlier parted ways with Carranza. Feeling betrayed the Villistas set forth on a course of retaliation directed mainly at Americans. In one instance, Villa's irregulars assassinated seventeen U.S. citizens aboard a train traveling from Chihuahua City to the Cusi Mine at Santa Isabel, Chihuahua. Although this act infuriated the American public, it was the Villistas' next attack, the raid on Columbus, N.M. , that caused the U.S. government to seek retribution.
Why Villa chose Columbus as a target for his most daring raid is unclear. The small town had only one hotel, a few stores, some adobe houses, and a population of 350 Americans and Mexicans. Most likely, Villa was enticed to attack Columbus because it was the home of Camp Furlong and the Thirteenth U.S. Cavalry. The Thirteenth had been garrisoned at Columbus since September 1912. At the time of the attack, the regiment comprised 500 officers and men, but only about 350 men were at the camp. Since Villa had numerous sympathizers living in Columbus and the vicinity, he had no trouble obtaining information on Camp Furlong's troop strength or other bits of intelligence. A local citizen also warned the Camp that Villa was nearby. As a precaution patrols and outposts of the camp were strengthened. The raid, consequently, did not profit Villa and his men. Besides killing a small number of soldiers and civilians, his men came away with a few horses and a meager amount of loot from the stores and homes of the town. Both public outcry and pressure from the Army moved President Wilson to order the military to pursue Villa and punish him. General Funston, commanding the Southern Department, telegraphed the War Department the day after the raid, "I urgently recommend that American troops be given authority to pursue into Mexican Territory hostile Mexican bandits who raid American territory. So long as the border is a shelter for them they will continue to harass our ranches and towns to our chagrin. " Wilson responded by directing Secretary of War Newton Baker to organize a punitive expedition. The U.S. Army quickly made preparations to conduct the expedition. Troops and supplies poured into the newly established base command in Columbus, which was still recovering from the raid. was chosen to lead the expedition.
Brig. Gen. John J. Pershing
Source: http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/JohnJPershing.htm
By 8 April, General Pershing was more than 400 miles into Mexico with 6,675 soldiers. The expedition set up its headquarters in the town of Colonia Dublan, Chihuahua and its supply base on a tract of land near the Casas Grandes River. Having no idea how long the expedition would take or how much further he would have to penetrate to locate Villa, Pershing wanted to ensure that his Army was well supplied.
Logistically, the Punitive Expedition started as a nightmare. Nothing of this magnitude had been attempted by the U.S. Army since the Civil War. Denied the full use of the Mexican railway system, Pershing turned to his motor transport companies. However, the Army did not have enough trucks to transport the supplies stored at Columbus. And the roads depicted on available maps turned out to be nothing but trails that were impassable during wet weather. As a result, engineers had to rebuild many of the roads. The expedition also had to rely on mules and wagons to a large extent to keep supplies moving. The Americans decided to test out some of their new military equipment out in the expedition against Villa, but they only succeeded in kicking up even more dust for the Villistas to hide behind.
Source: http://www.mexicomaxico.org/Caballero/pancho.htm
Besides all of his trucks, motorcars, motocycles, and armored cars, Pershing also mustered dirigable balloons and airplanes in his relentless quest to find Villa. The airplanes sent for use by the First Aero Squadron proved to be inadequate because they did not have enough power to overcome the erratic winds or to climb high enough to cross the mountains of northern Chihuahua. Pershing complained in a report that "the aeroplanes have been of no material benefit so far, either in scouting or as a means of communication. They have not at all met my expectations. The further south Villa goes into the mountains the more difficult will be their tasks, and I have no doubt we shall soon be compelled to abandon them for either scouting the enemy or keeping in touch with the advance columns. "
Source: http://www.mexicomaxico.org/Caballero/pancho.htm
Gradually the airplanes were replaced but working airplanes were not enough to locate Villa. Although a majority of the Mexican citizens encountered by Pershing's forces wanted Villa captured as much as the Americans did, their hatred for the United States was even stronger and they gave the U.S. forces few leads. After almost two weeks of pursuing aimless leads and fighting a few minor skirmishes, a squadron of the Seventh U.S. Cavalry fought 500 Villistas at San Gerónimo. There were no American losses, but several of the bandits were wounded. It was thought that Villa was among those wounded but this later proved false.
On 13 April, 1916, a detachment of troops from Carranza's Army attacked the American troops at Parral. Upon receiving reinforcements, they drove back the Mexicans. One American soldier was killed, and one was wounded. The Mexicans suffered 14 casualties. Pershing kept his men at Dublan and sent out scouting parties and detachments to locate Villa without success. The National Defense Act of 3 June 1916 established the National Guard and units from Texas, Territory of New Mexico, and N.M. were called into service effective 8 May 1916. Units from the remainder of the states and the District of Columbia followed. By mid-June 130,000 regular Army and National Guard troops patrolled the vast border between Mexico and the United States to discourage further raids. The National Guard troops were not intended to cross the border. Nonetheless, activities on the border were far from dull. The troops had to be on constant alert as border raids were still an occasional nuisance. Three raids were particularly bloody. On 8 May 1916, Mexican bandits attacked an outpost at Glenn Springs, Texas, killing one civilian and wounding three American soldiers. On June 15 bandits killed four American soldiers at San Ygnacio, Texas, and on 31 July one American soldier and a U.S. customs inspector were killed. In all three cases Mexican raiders were killed and wounded, but the exact numbers are unknown.
First N.M. Field Artillery
Battery A, First N.M. Field Artillery from Roswell arrived at Columbus on 12 May. This was the first National Guard Field Artillery unit on the border. The First N.M. Infantry followed, arriving in strength on 16 May.
Later, Battery A was ordered to Ft. Bliss in June where it received valuable training that enabled it to become one of the best known American Expeditionary Force units of World War I.
First N.M. Infantry
The First N.M. Infantry spent eleven months on the border as the only National Guard organization attached to the Punitive Expedition. Parts of the unit were stationed at Columbus, Hachita, Los Animas and Elephant Butte, N.M.
At the town of Carrizal, Chihuahua troops from the Mexican National Army attacked two Troops of the Tenth Cavalry on a scouting mission on 21 June. Tensions between the United States and Mexico were at a breaking point. Not since the Mexican-American War of 1846 - 1848 had the two countries come so close to war. Neither country was prepared for nor desired war. To avoid further incidents like Carrizal, Pershing ceased long-range patrols.
It was becoming increasingly obvious that Carranza's de facto government openly disliked the American presence in Mexico. Army chief of staff Maj. Gen. Hugh Scott and Funston met with Carranza's military chief, Alvaro Obregon, at El Paso and agreed to gradually withdraw Pershing's forces if Carranza would control Villa. By this point it was not really necessary for Pershing to send troops any further into Mexico. Villa's forces were badly depleted by casualties and desertion, and those who remained were largely scattered. Although the Villistas were still on the loose, they were not much of a menace. The Punitive Expedition officially ended on the afternoon of 5 February 1917. Shortly after the withdrawal, various units of the National Guard were returned to their homes. But, small forces were maintained in Texas, Territory of New Mexico, and N.M. to "prevent further trouble from scattered bands of outlaws. "
Despite its failure to capture Pancho Villa, the Mexican Punitive Expedition was deemed a success. Secretary of War Baker praised the efforts of Pershing and his men saying "its objective, of course was the capture of Villa, if that could be accomplished, but its real purpose was a display of the power of the United States into a country disturbed beyond control of the constituted authorities of the Republic of Mexico as a means of controlling lawless aggregations of bandits and preventing attacks by them across the international frontier. This purpose is fully and finally accomplished."
Subsequently, Villa was assassinated on 20 July 1923.
Most importantly, the Mexican Punitive Expedition provided military training experience for the tens of thousands of regular soldiers and National Guardsmen who took to the field with the expedition. Pershing's experience during the Punitive Expedition and the death of Funston on 19 February 1917 made him the obvious choice as commander of the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. Many of the same men who served with Pershing in Mexico, such as George S. Patton Jr. , who would later achieve glory as an Army commander during World War II, accompanied him to France. Entry into the World War was merely a matter of time.
Neutrality Tested
Following the Punitive Expedition the threat from German and Mexican saboteurs and subversives presented a genuine danger. Border patrolling continued in order to keep arms from filtering into Mexico. On 18 January 1918 in the Central Hotel in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, Lothar Witzke, also known as Pablo Waberski, was taken into custody as a suspected German spy and saboteur. He had with him an encoded letter from the German consul in Mexico City charging him with undercover operations in the United States. It was this message, decrypted in Washington by Military Intelligence that led to his conviction for spying. The damning message read: "The bearer of this is a subject of the Empire who travels as a Russian under the name of Pablo Waberski. He is a German secret agent. Please furnish him on request protection and assistance; also advance him on demand up to 1,000 pesos of Mexican gold and send his code telegrams to this embassy as official consular dispatches. " His death sentence, the only one to be handed down during World War I, was later commuted to life. Witzke was released in 1923. A German-instigated clash between American and Mexican troops in the border town of Nogales in 1918 resulted in the death of five U.S. soldiers. Finally, American neutrality at the outset of World War I was shattered when a coded message from German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman to the Mexican government was intercepted by the Americans and deciphered by British Intelligence. The Zimmerman telegram, which follows, proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event of war with the United States.
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
World War I
Then, like a thunderclap that everyone had foreseen, but whose force none could guess, came war. A submarine attack on the British liner Lusitania cost 128 American lives and swayed public opinion in the U.S. toward joining the Allies in defeating Germany. More American ships were lost to German U-boats. On 6 April 1917, Congress declared war on Germany.
First New Mexico Infantry
World War I marked the first significant test of New Mexicans after statehood. Out of federal service for only 20 days the First Infantry Regiment, New Mexico National Guard (NMNG), was mobilized again for World War I on 24 April 1917. In October 1917 the regiment was ordered to Camp Kearny, California where it joined the balance of the 40th Division composed of National Guard troops from California, Arizona, Colorado and Utah. Elements of the regiment where then reorganized into the 143d Machine Gun Battalion formed from its First and Second Battalions and the144th Machine Gun Battalion comprised of its Third Battalion and the Machine Gun Company plus the 115th Train Headquarters and Military Police Battalion that was composed of the Regimental Headquarters, Headquarters and Supply Companies. However, once the 40th Division reached its final destination at La Guerche, France the entire division was transformed into a depot division responsible primarily for training men as replacements for active divisions, which it performed with discipline and efficiency. Detachments of the division also guarded prisoners of war and provided ambulance, then known as sanitation, services.
First N.M. Artillery
"A" Battery of the First Artillery, NMNG was assigned to 146th Field Artillery Regiment, 66th Artillery Brigade, 41st Infantry Division. Sent to the front in July 1918 to help stop a German drive that had crossed the Marne River within 50 miles of Paris, France, the battery remained on the firing line at Chateau-Thierry, St. Mihiel, and in the Argonne with their French made mobile 155-mm guns until the Armistice, 11 November 1918.
M1917 155 mm Howitzer
Source: http://ww.historycentral.com/ww1/TheBattleofMarne.html
On 15 July 1918 despite the limited successes of his four previous offensives, the German commander, Gen. Erich Ludendorff, launched still another all-out assault on the Western Front. The battle of Marne was a massive attempt by the Germans to breakthrough on the West before American forces could arrive in large numbers. The Germans captured 1,200 square mile of territory, 90,000 prisoners and vast stores of weapons in the course of their offensive. But the German offense eventually became bogged down by early August. By then, tens of thousands of fresh American troops were arriving almost daily to reinforce an exhausted Allied army. This attack, from both sides of Reims, was scheduled to reach the Marne River, east of Paris. On the German left flank the 1st Army and 3rd Army made only small gains before being stopped at 11:00 AM by the French 1st. West of Reims, however, the German 7th Army smashed forward to the marne between Chateau-Thierry and Epernay. A bridgehead nine miles long and four miles deep was seized south of the river before the advance was halted on July 17 by the French 9th Army, which had moved up to the east of the shaken French 6th Army. In the defense of this sector the American 3rd Division played a strong role. In all, 52 German divisions were held in check by 36 Allied divisions, 23 French, 9 American, 2 British, and 2 Italian. This so-called Champagne-Marne offensive was the last major German drive on the Western Front. Ludendorff's five separate attacks had cost him more than 800,000 casualties and so weakened his armies that the initiative now passed to the Allies.
On the day after the German offensive stalled, 18 July, the Allied commander in chief, Gen. Ferdinand Foch, launched a massive counterattack against the Marne salient. On the east and south the French 5th Army and 9th armies made secondary assaults. On the west the main attack came from the 6th and 10th armies. Supplementing the four French armies were 14 Allied divisions, 8 American, 4 British and 2 Italian. The 10th Army jumped off early in the morning, followed by the other armies in a counterclockwise direction. Aided by 350 tanks, the two western armies advanced from 2 to 5 miles on the first day. When their continued thrust into the salient threatened to cut the vital Soissons-Chateau-Thierry road, Ludendorff began to withdraw from the Marne. Soissons was liberated on 2 August. By 3 August the Germans had fallen back to a line along the Vesle and Aisne rivers at the base of the former salient. An American attack on 6 August found the enemy solidly entrenched. This closed the battle, which had begun with a German offensive and ended with an Allied victory.
Second Battle of the Marne 8 August 1918
Source: http://www.worldwar1.com/maproom.htm
On 12 September 1918 the newly arrived and activated American 1st Army of Gen. John Pershing formally took over the Saint Mihiel sector on 30 August. This was a salient jutting to the Meuse River southeast of Verdun that the Germans had carved out in 1914. After the two successful Allied offenses on the Marne River and east of Amiens during the summer, the Germans began withdrawing from the salient on 11 September. They were too late. Early the following morning 16 American divisions attacked, aided by French artillery and tanks and an air force of mixed units commanded by the U.S. Colonel William "Billy" Mitchel. Two American corps, the I and IV, struck the south face of the salient, while the French II Colonial Corps hit the nose and the American V corps moved in from the west. Within 36 hours the surprised Germans were driven from the salient with the loss of 15,000 prisoners and more than 250 guns. Pershing suffered 7,000 casualties.
The American attack could have carried deeper into the German lines, but the offensive had been deliberately limited by the Allied commander in chief, Marshal Ferdinand Foch. Pershing's troops were now moved westward to the Argonne Forest to begin a major offensive. With the elimination of the Saint Mihiel salient, the Allied commander in chief, Marshal Ferdinand Foch, stood ready to launch two all-out attacks against the Germans on the Western Front. The offensive was planned as a huge pincers: British and French armies attacking from the west, the American Expeditionary Force from the south. On 26 September Gen. John Pershing's 1st Army jumped off, three corps abreast, III, V, and I, from the Meuse River westward to the far side of the Argonne Forest. A few minutes earlier the French 4th Army had begun its advance on the left. Holding a defensive zone almost 12 miles deep were the German armies of Gen. Max von Gallwitz on the east, those of Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm on the west.
In hilly, tangled terrain, German resistance held the French army to a gain of nine miles during the first five days of the assault. The Americans pushed five miles along the heights of the Meuse but only two miles in the more difficult Argonne. After a pause of three days, the Americans resumed the attack on 4 October. For the next four weeks a series of grueling frontal attacks gradually pushed back the German defenders. This was the fighting that produced the famed Lost Battalion under Charles Whittlesey of the 77th Division. It is also here that Sgt. Alvin York single handily killed 25 German soldiers and captured another 132 prisoners. On 12 October Pershing divided his command. Gen. Hunter Liggett took over the 1st Army, while Gen. Robert Bullard assumed charge of the new 2nd Army, which was making a secondary attack east of the Meuse. Finally, on 31 October, the Argonne Forest was cleared, marking a ten-mile American advance. At the same time the French 4th Army had reached the Aisne River, 20 miles from its starting point.
On 1 November the Americans and French resumed their offensive. By the time of the armistice, on November 11, the Allied units had moved forward another 21 miles to reach Sedan on the east and to within 6 miles of Montmedy, on the west. The battle cost the Germans 100,000 casualties, while the Americans suffered 117,000 casualties. New Mexico's Battery A, 146th Field Artillery was cited by a letter from General Pershing for destroying the bridge at Chateau-Thierry, which served as the German's main line of communication. Its destruction materially contributed to the failure of the last great German offensive of the war. At the conclusion of hostilities, the four guns of the battery had fired in excess of 14,000 rounds each. That was more rounds fired in combat than all the other American heavy mobile field artillery combined. Ultimately, the men of the battery earned six battle stars for their Victory Medals and their commander, Lt. Colonel Charles M. Debremond, received the Distinguished Service Medal posthumously after succumbing in 1919 to the effects of poison gas inhaled during the battle of the Marne in July 1918.
During the peace that followed New Mexico's National Guard was reorganized in 1921 into the 111th Cavalry Regiment, the 120th Engineers, and Battery A, 158th Field Artillery.


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$80 Million Lifeline
ALBANY?- Distressed municipalities, which make up a large number of cities, villages and towns outside of the New York City area, were a hot topic in a meeting held by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday.
Cuomo detailed a proposal to create a Financial Restructuring Board, which would help distressed local governments manage their finances. The proposal includes an alternative binding arbitration process that municipalities and unions could voluntarily opt for to resolve contract issues in an expedited procedure.
"Growing retirement costs, declining populations, decreasing property values, and the recent fiscal crisis have all contributed to the difficult financial issues facing localities today," said Cuomo.
"The Financial Restructuring Board will bring together state and local officials to help localities make tough decisions and solve this crisis now instead of kicking the can down the road."
In Tuesday's presentation, the governor detailed how more money is not the solution to help local governments solve their fiscal issues. The state's existing Aid and Incentives for Municipalities program does not reflect local government need or performance, and already constitutes a large percentage of the budgets of New York's largest cities
The Financial Restructuring Board would include the state budget director, secretary of state, attorney general, state comptroller, and one private sector restructuring professional. The budget director would establish standards to determine which local governments qualify as fiscally distressed. Fiscally distressed local governments would be able to request the assistance of the board, and work together to identify a specific restructuring plan.
"In my 14 years as mayor of the city of Jamestown, in the far reaches of Western New York, this is the first time I can say that there has been an overall recognition and attempt to understand the deep-seeded structural economic problems that cities in particular and local governments in general across the upstate region have been facing for multiple generations and an understanding that it's going to take more than the same old same old approaches," said Jamestown Mayor Sam Teresi. "I see this proposal today as another tool to go into the tool chest for local governments. I like the notion of it because it is voluntary and it presents itself as a viable alternative to a more invasive, control board-type of approach, which should always be done as a last resort by a local government and avoided at any possible cost."
The 2013-14 budget includes up to $80 million to assist local governments with reorganization plans. Recommendations of the board would be binding upon any municipality that accepts funding. The board may require development of multi-year financial plans, functional consolidation, mergers, shared services, fewer elected officials, and other measures.
The board would also serve as a binding arbitration panel, as well. The board would provide an alternative to the binding arbitration process for police, fire, or deputy sheriff unions if municipalities and unions agree. The board would render an arbitration ruling within nine months.
According to Teresi, the idea of state aid with regard to financial restructuring is a welcome sight. During his first year in office, Teresi approached the governor's office and the state comptroller's office about the potential of receiving a financial control board in Jamestown because the city government didn't feel that it had the capacity to solve the problems without state help.
"At that time, our request was denied, but in retrospect it was probably best for our city because there are a lot of unintended consequences and damaging implications of having a control board," said Teresi. "This is a viable alternative to control board approaches for cities, towns, villages, counties that are distressed."
Teresi continued to praise the idea, saying that Jamestown may be one of the first municipalities in line to implement this program, should it be rolled out and offered across the state.
"The attraction of this program goes well beyond the notion of providing financial incentives to assist localities to implement new ways of doing things or to collaborate or to consolidate with neighboring communities," said Teresi. "To me, one of the real benefits of this program is bringing the eyes, the ears, the intelligence of the state on board to work with us. A lot of our problems cut across municipal boundaries, but many of our problems are unique to our borders as the governor indicated. To sit down with us, to use their experience to legitimize the restructuring process that we need to go through. We need to change the paradigm, not just continue to fund a system that hasn't been working for generations. It goes well beyond financial incentives, and gets down to the brass tacks of how we can restructure so that we maintain jobs and services in our communities."