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all their menu's advertise neopolitan style pizza Im not really sure honestly nystyle description seems to fit them best though just with the lack of greasy-ness
.....and flour will always be nice and cheap
too low of a temp and/or not long enough of a cook time. can't open a shop with undercooked/raw looking pizza.
At the retail level, I have been seeing some increases in the price of flours that I use. For a while, they had dropped but nowhere near the level I was paying a few years ago.Peter

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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Ocwen Financial
"That's something that we are looking because we're generating substantial amount of excess cash flow in Ocwen," Chairman Bill Erbey told TheStreet during one of several interviews for this profile published Wednesday . "We haven't told anybody publicly what that would be," he added.
Investor Wilbur Ross, who sits on Ocwen's board of directors, believes such an expansion would be a natural fit.
"When you think about what the skill sets are, it's managing very complex interactions with consumers under very stressful circumstances, mainly default, and doing it with a lot of, I don't want to say entry level, but almost entry level people, and doing it on a vast scale, and along the way managing that process in two continents, mainly the Americas and India. So those are skill sets that are pretty rare, and pretty valuable. There are all sorts of other consumer debt instruments that I have no doubt that they could service. So even if something were to go slow with mortgage servicing, I think there are plenty of other opportunities. Consumer's finance is not going to go away, and there aren't that many people that are good at it," Ross says.
Ocwen reported third quarter earnings Thursday , though the issue did not come up on a conference call with analysts and investors.
Rick Biggs, partner at New York-based hedge fund Consector Capital, which owns Ocwen shares, sees an opening for Ocwen in consumer debt collection. He says Portfolio Recovery Associates, Inc.
But Zach Gast, analyst with research firm CFRA, believes collecting consumer debt be a more difficult transition for Ocwen than it may seem on the surface. That's because non-mortgage-related consumer debt collecting is based on a different business model. First of all, the amounts involved are smaller, meaning lots of investment in infrastructure for a relatively small payoff.
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SPOKANE, Wash. - When deputies Mike Northway and Matt Spink were shot and wounded by Charlie Wallace Tuesday afternoon neighbors living nearby rushed to help save their lives.
It was the actions of those Good Samaritans that Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich credited Wednesday for saving his deputies' lives.
Krista Crawford and her fiancée Thomas had just gotten home from work. Shortly after that they heard a lot of commotion. When they looked down the road, they saw Spink and Northway had been shot and blood all over the ground.
"We are like 'Oh my gosh, we need to help.' Other than that there was no one around, we need to go see if they need any help," Krista Crawford said.
Crawford, who is an occupational therapist, ran to aid Deputy Northway, who had been shot four times.
"I grabbed an arm and covered it and just kind of waiting and was trying to talk to the officer during the whole thing to keep him awake," she said.
Her fiancée Thomas Deo, meanwhile, did everything he could to help.
"I was just trying to help, I was getting gauze, just trying to make the officers as comfortable as possible," he said.
Instead of running from the danger, they ran to it.Good Samaritans video
"It was kind of instinctual really, I saw someone down, someone hurt, and there wasn't anyone else around, I'm not going to just leave him there," Crawford said.
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"We were all walking together down here and the squad cars were sitting right there," he said. "She yelled 'Oh my God' and started running. That's when I realized something was wrong."
That's when Jacks' training and experience as a former Deer Park EMT kicked into action.
"There was a squad car backed up here at an angle this way and his rear tire was hitting the curb. Mike was right about here. Half on the curb and half off," Jacks recalled.
Jacks said that Northway was shot in the wrist, leg and arm; he held the deputy's head and asked him questions to test his mental state while Crawford applied pressure to his leg to help stop the bleeding and keep him alive.
"I think the fact that they were alert and conscious and able to talk was definitely good news," Jacks said.
With Northway so grievously wounded, its not known if he would've survived if it hadn't been for the quick thinking and action of the Good Samaritans who ran to their aid.
"I don't know, you just saw the need and it just kicks in and you go and do what you have to do," Jacks said.
If you ask them if they consider themselves heroes for stepping in to help save the deputies' lives though, Krista Crawford said they were just in the right place at the right time.
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j-z wrote:i heard that higher quality greens tend to mean they have a lighter flavour, is this true? if so im probably better off with a lower quality one. i ordered a pound of the third grade dragonwell from tenren as well as a sample of the 1st grade just to compare anyhow. so far the green tea ive tried that ive liked best was the yamamotoyama sencha, which i know a lot of people seem to look down on but i guess the flavour just appeals to me.. kind of burnt and sweet, great smell to it too.
is there any reason for suspecting bad business practices of tenren? it seems a big accusation to suggest they would intentionally mislead the customers like that, maybe all businesses do that i dunno but i tend to want to give the benefit of the doubt unless ive received some sort of evidence to make me think differently. anyways i just look forward to something other than this gunpowder green ive been stuck with the past week, anything has to be a step up from that.
Proinsias wrote:Another vote for Postcards Teas, Master Luo's long jing is spectacular.
j-z wrote:yeah i read about yamamotoyama using tea from brazil. im not personally offended that they dont label it as such tho.. maybe there's a strict definition for what is 'real sencha', like it has to be grown in japan or something, i dont know all that vintage stuff, i kind of feel that if its grown with the same cultivar (if thats the right word for it), like the same sort of plant stock and in a similar climate and processed the same way then its all good, it certainly tastes better than the japanese grown sencha ive had in any case
Tead Off wrote:Ten Tea is a big company in China...
gingkoseto wrote:Tead Off wrote:Ten Tea is a big company in China...
The Ten Fu in mainland China is more of a daughter company of Ten Ren of Taiwan. North American Ten Fu stores (they seem to franchise instead of manage stores as a chain) are more connected to Ten Ren than to Ten Fu. Last time I checked, the LJ sold in Ten Ren in Toronto is from Taiwan and labeled so on the package.
Overall I wouldn't say Ten Ren is of low quality. Their Toronto stores lean toward the higher end. I think their $50 tea is definitely a lot better than $5 tea of a lot of other brands - you know, if we consider quality only, and don't talk about price. I think Ten Fu in mainland China is definitely of decent quality. I heard a lot of complaints about their prices, but rarely complaints about their quality on oolong or greens.
hopeofdawn wrote:I've had Dragonwell before, and enjoyed it a great deal--but I've also heard that authentic Westlake Dragonwell (long jing/long ching?) really does live up to its reputation as a superior tea.
Which, of course, makes me want to compare. Can anyone recommend a good source for authentic Westlake Dragonwell? It seems like every tea retailer out there has 'dragonwell', but the quality (and the location it comes from) seems to be all over the map, so I'd love any recommendations people might have!
j-z wrote:i heard that higher quality greens tend to mean they have a lighter flavour, is this true? i
oeroe wrote:For me it often seems that the second grade is the most characteristic of given tea. At least with longjing from AGT this is the case (although I've tasted only their wang and jipin).
oeroe wrote:Teaspring doesn't have good Longjing.
oeroe wrote:Amazing Green Tea has good Longjings
bagua7 wrote:Sorry but I have to disagree here. Their quality is similar to that of Jing Tea Shop, both of which I tried their offerings.
I don't trust vendors which use marketing gimmicks about their products:
oeroe wrote:Well, have to admit that personal taste is quite important factor here
oeroe wrote:but I really don't think that Teaspring's LJ is really worth it's cost. Leaves don't look like the to quality for me, and taste was quite flat, I did find it boring. Maybe we appreciate different things in the taste, maybe I got a bad patch.
oeroe wrote:I don't trust vendors which use marketing gimmicks about their products:
Have you tasted their teas? I also dislike that kind of marketing, and their teas aren't exatly to my taste, but their quality is quite high, IMHO.


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Kahton Anderson, 14, charged with opening fire on a Brooklyn bus and killing a 39-year-old man, shows what's wrong with the racism meme, writes Heather Mac Donald in National Review.
The day before Anderson shot at a rival "crew" member and killed a passenger, the Obama department released data showing that black students are suspended at three times the rate of white students. "The civil-rights industry predictably greeted this information as yet more proof that schools are biased against black students," writes Mac Donald.
But "behavioral differences, not racism, drive the disparity between black and white student suspensions," she argues.
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Sometimes it was for violating the school's uniform code or disrespectful chatter in class. . . . Sometimes it was worse: He had a sealed arrest from 2011, and often, high-school-age members of a crew students knew as "R&B" or "RB'z" — the initials stand for "Rich Boys" — loitered outside the school, waiting to fight him.
About three weeks after he got into a fight near school last year, he was transferred to Elijah Stroud Middle School in Crown Heights. . . .
But he seemed to do no better at Elijah Stroud, where he had been suspended from the early fall until very recently.
"The lack of impulse control that results in such mindless violence on the streets unavoidably shows up in the classroom as well," writes Mac Donald. "It defies common sense that a group with such high rates of lawlessness outside school would display model behavior inside school."
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 19, 2010) – The U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team swept Puerto Rico 25-13, 25-17, 25-14 on Saturday afternoon in Tijuana, Mexico, during Pool B competition of the IX Pan American Cup.
Team USA improves to 2-0 during the Pan American Cup Pool B competition. The U.S. continues action on Sunday evening against Trinidad & Tobago at 6 p.m. in Rosarita. The Americans will square up against Costa Rica on June 21 at 6 p.m. in Rosarita before concluding pool play on June 22 against host Mexico at 7 p.m. in Tijuana. The Pan American Cup is a qualifying event into the 2011FIVB World Grand Prix.
The U.S. scored 12 of the final 13 points of the opening set to win 25-13, despite Puerto Rico pulling to within one after trailing 11-6 early. The Americans stretched a 9-8 advantage in the second set to 18-12 via a 9-4 scoring run en route to a 25-17 victory. Team USA used a 9-3 scoring run to pull away from a slim 10-8 advantage in the third set to win 25-14.
"I am happy with today's performance because it was different than yesterday, when we had a lot of ups and downs," U.S. Women's National Team Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand) said. "Today, we kept the consistency during the whole match."
Megan Hodge (Durham, N.C.) led the U.S. with 13 points as she scored all her points on 20 attacks without any errors for a .650 hitting efficiency. Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation, Fla.) added 13 points with 10 kills on 14 errorless attacks as part of a .714 hitting efficiency. She added two blocks and an ace in the match. Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) chipped in seven kills on 18 swings, three blocks and an ace for 11 points. Heather Bown (Yorba Linda, Calif.) contributed five kills on 11 attacks and three blocks for eight points. Nancy Metcalf (Hull, Iowa) recorded four kills, a block and an ace for six points in the victory. Alisha Glass (Leland, Mich.) added a match-high four blocks to go with two kills on two swings for six points.
Glass provided the U.S. with 23 running sets on 68 total set attempts, helping the Americans to a 49.4 kill percent and .434 hitting efficiency. Stacy Sykora (Burleson, Texas) tallied a match-high eight digs and had six excellent service receptions on 15 attempts. Hodge added four digs and four excellent service receptions.
McCutcheon started Glass at setter, Metcalf at opposite, Akinradewo and Bown at middle blocker, and Larson and Hodge at outside hitter. Sykora was the designated libero for the match. Cynthia Barboza (Long Beach, Calif.) was a sub in the second set.
Team USA out-blocked Puerto Rico 13-3 for the match and held a 3-1 advantage in aces. The U.S. also had a 41-33 advantage in kills. The Americans had just five hitting errors, while Puerto Rico had 23 hitting errors to go with six service errors for 29 total errors.
"We were dominated at the net and their middle players did a good job complemented by their corners," Puerto Rico Head Coach Carlos Cardona said.
Tatiana Encarnacion paced Puerto Rico with 13 points, while Sarai Alvarez added 12 points in the loss.
"We started well in each set but then they opened a gap and we couldn't catch them," Puerto Rican Captain Vilmarie Mojica said. "We have a lot to improve as a team."
At last year's Pan American Cup hosted by USA Volleyball in Miami, the U.S. defeated Puerto Rico on the final day of pool play to advance directly to the semifinals with a 5-0 record. However, Puerto Rico topped Team USA in the bronze medal match after the Americans lost a four-set semifinal to 2009 Pan American Cup champion Brazil. Later in the summer, the U.S. defeated Puerto Rico 3-2 and 3-0 during the FIVB World Grand Prix.
In other Pan American Cup Pool B action on Saturday, Costa Rica plays Trinidad & Tobago at 4 p.m. in Rosarita and host Mexico challenges Peru at 7 p.m. in Tijuana. Pool A matches today include Brazil versus Dominican Republic at 5 p.m. in Tijuana and Cuba versus Canada 6 p.m. in Rosarita.
Glass put up a block between two Puerto Rico errors to give the U.S. an early 4-1 advantage in the opening set. Puerto Rico answered with consecutive points to move to within one at 4-3. Larson tallied a kill and block surrounding kills from Akinradewo and Metcalf as part of a 4-0 American run that yielded a 9-4 advantage. Trailing 11-6, Puerto Rico battled to within one at 11-10. Holding a slim 13-12 advantage, Hodge started a 5-0 scoring run for the U.S. that included two blocks from Glass, a Bown block and a kill from Larson at 18-12. Puerto Rico stopped that run with a point, but would not score another tally the rest of the set as the U.S. scored seven unanswered points that included four Puerto Rico errors, a Bown kill and Larson slamming a kill and blocking an attack. Despite the lopsided victory in the opener, the U.S. converted just 37 percent of its attacks into points. However, it totaled six blocks and had just three errors to Puerto Rico's 15 errors.
Team USA built a 6-2 lead in the second set as Metcalf started a string of four unanswered points that included kills from Bown and Hodge. Puerto Rico battled back to within one at 8-7. Akinradewo and Hodge slammed consecutive kills to give the U.S. breathing room at 12-9. Hodge and Glass added to the lead with back-to-back kills at 15-11. Bown gave the U.S. a 16-12 lead with a kill at the second technical timeout and the Americans extended their margin to six points at 18-12 with consecutive Larson kills. After Puerto closed to within four at 19-15, Akinradewo scored a kill and block on consecutive plays to yield a 21-15 lead. Akinradewo blistered a quick attack for a point and Metcalf followed with a block pushing the gap to seven points at 23-16. Hodge finished the set with consecutive kills at 25-17. Akindradewo finished with six points during the second set as the U.S. converted 63 percent of its attacks into kills to go with three blocks.
Akinradewo gave the U.S. a 2-0 lead in the third set with a kill and ace. The teams traded points and the U.S. reached the first technical timeout leading 8-6. Hodge slammed a kill off the Puerto Rican block out of the timeout to stretch the USA cushion to 9-6. A Hodge kill and Puerto Rico error increased the American advantage to 12-8. Larson and Metcalf slammed consecutive kills to extend Team USA's lead to 14-9. The U.S. went into the second technical timeout leading 16-10 following back-to-back kills from Akinradewo and Metcalf. The Americans picked up an Akinradewo quick attack for a kill followed by a Puerto Rican attack wide of the antenna and Larson ace to give the U.S. a 19-11 advantage. Bown put up consecutive blocks and Metcalf followed with an ace to stretch to lead to 23-13. Glass gave the U.S. match point opportunities with a block at 24-13. Bown ended the set with a kill off the slide at 25-14. Team USA converted 67 percent of its 21 errorless attacks into points during the second set and added three aces and four blocks.
U.S. Women's National Team Press Kit for Pan American Cup
Additional information on the event can be found on the USA Volleyball Pan American Cup event page at usavolleyball.org/events/3057.
U.S. Women's National Team Roster for 2010 Pan American Cup
# - Name (Pos, Ht, Hometown, College)
1 - Ogonna Nnamani (OH, 6-1, Bloomington, Ill., Stanford)
2 - Alisha Glass (S, 6-0, Leland, Mich., Penn State)
3 - Christa Harmotto (MB, 6-2, Aliquippa, Pa., Penn State)
5 - Stacy Sykora (L, 5-10, Burleson, Texas, Texas A&M)
6 - Tamari Miyashiro (L, 5-7, Kaneohe, Hawaii, Washington)
7 - Heather Bown (MB, 6-3, Yorba Linda, Calif., Hawaii)
8 - Cynthia Barboza (OH, 6-0, Long Beach, Calif., Stanford)
11 - Jordan Larson (OH, 6-2, Hooper, Neb., Nebraska)
12 - Nancy Metcalf (OPP, 6-1, Hull, Iowa, Nebraska)
15 - Courtney Thompson (S, 5-8, Kent, Wash., Washington)
16 - Foluke Akinradewo (MB, 6-3, Plantation, Fla., Stanford)
18 - Megan Hodge (OH, 6-3, Durham, N.C., Penn State)
Head Coach: Hugh McCutcheon (Christchurch, New Zealand)
Assistant Coach: Karch Kiraly (San Clemente, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Paula Weishoff (Irvine, Calif.)
Athletic Trainer/Medical Support: Jill Wosmek (Silver Lake, Minn.)
Technical Coordinator: Jamie Morrison
Team Leader: Mary Wise
International Referee: Julie Voeck
IX Women's Pan American Cup
June 18-26, 2010 * Tijuana and Rosarita, Mexico
(All Times Listed as Pacific Time)
Pool A
June 18: Argentina def. Canada 22-25, 25-20, 25-22, 19-25, 15-11 (at Rosarita)
June 18: Cuba def. Brazil 27-25, 23-25, 25-17, 25-21 (at Tijuana)
June 19: Brazil vs. Dominican Republic, 5 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 19: Cuba vs. Canada, 6 p.m. (at Rosarita)
June 20: Brazil vs. Argentina, 4 p.m. (at Rosarita)
June 20: Dominican Republic vs. Cuba, 5 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 21: Canada vs. Brazil, 4 p.m. (at Rosarita)
June 21: Argentina vs. Dominican Republic, 5 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 22: Dominican Republic vs. Canada, 4 p.m. (at Rosarita)
June 22: Cuba vs. Argentina, 5 p.m. (at Tijuana)
Pool B
June 18: USA def. Peru 27-25, 25-22, 25-17 (at Tijuana)
June 18: Puerto Rico def. Costa Rica 25-13, 25-15, 25-19 (at Rosarito)
June 18: Trinidad & Tobago def. Mexico 25-21, 25-15, 25-23 (at Tijuana)
June 19: USA def. Puerto Rico 25-13, 25-17, 25-14 (at Tijuana)
June 19: Costa Rica vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 4 p.m. (at Rosarito)
June 19: Peru vs. Mexico, 7 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 20: Puerto Rico vs. Peru, 3 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 20: USA vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 6 p.m. (at Rosarito)
June 20: Costa Rica vs. Mexico, 7 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 21: Trinidad & Tobago vs. Peru, 1 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 21: USA vs. Costa Rica, 6 p.m. (at Rosarito)
June 21: Mexico vs. Puerto Rico, 7 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 22: Costa Rica vs. Peru, 1 p.m. (at Tijuana)
June 22: Puerto Rico vs. Trinidad & Tobago, 6 p.m. (at Rosarito)
June 22: USA vs. Mexico, 7 p.m. (at Tijuana)
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June 24: 2B vs. 3A, 5 p.m., at Tijuana (Match 28)
June 24: 2A vs. 3B, 7 p.m., at Tijuana (Match 29)
Classification 5-10
June 24: 4A vs. 5B, 4 p.m. at Rosarita (Match 26)
June 24: 4B vs. 5A, 6 p.m. at Rosarita (Match 27)
Classification 5-8
June 25: Winner Match 26 or 27 vs. Loser Match 28 or 29, 3 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 32)
June 25: Winner Match 26 or 27 vs. Loser Match 28 or 29, 6 p.m. at ROsarita (Match 31)
June 25: 1B vs. Winner Match 28 or 29, 5 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 33)
June 25: 1A vs. Winner Match 28 or 29, 7 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 34)
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June 25: Loser Match 26 vs. Loser Match 27, 4 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 30)
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June 26: Loser Match 31 vs. Loser Match 32, 1 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 35)
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June 26: Winner Match 31 vs. Winner Match 32, 3 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 36)
June 26: Loser Match 33 vs. Loser Match 34, 5 p.m. at Tijuana (Match 37-Bronze)
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Antarctica is a dynamic and diverse continent with mountains, volcanoes, deserts, fossils, and some of the Earth's most ancient crust. The continental shelves and ocean basins surrounding Antarctica record ice-sheet histories as well as unique geodynamic processes and other geologic phenomena. Much of this geology is hidden beneath thick ice sheets or beneath the sea; therefore, innovative approaches are needed to decipher its history. Projects supported by the Antarctic Earth Sciences (AES) Program provide insights into Antarctica's rich history and lead to increased understanding of the processes that shape it today.
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Can't we just take a pill?Posted Tuesday, July 14, 2009, at 8:49 AM
While most people leave behind their prize possessions or a massive amount of cash when they die, it looks as if my children can look forward to a lifetime supply of this magazine, thanks to their mother's absent-mindedness... That's Louie, the Interior Decorator, in the foreground, waiting for me to leave the house, so he can begin his next decorating project.
Unfortunately for the sellers of this "miracle drug," my friend doesn't believe in credit cards and wouldn't trust his own mother to collect a nickel a month from him, much less $29.99. However, I was curious, so I decided to launch an investigation of the "memory-boosting supplement" called Lucidal.
The long and the short of my investigation was that the makers of the product did not list all the ingredients and the product could not be confirmed as a memory booster. However, my problem was with the company's questionable marketing practices. I felt sure that if my friend had reached them to order the Lucidal, it would be the last time he would get through - being put on "hold" if he called back to complain and stop the monthly deliveries (and charges). (Remember the old Book-of-the-Month Club? I didn't think I'd ever get shut of that deal...)
The whole issue just shows how worried we all are about losing our memories. Almost everyone I know over 60 is sure they're coming down with Alzeimer's. Every time we forget where we put our keys, we just know it won't be long before our family is checking us into the Alzeimer's Wing of the Old Folks' home.
You can tell who's losing their memory by the number of times we get the same e-mail over and over. The thing is, none of us remember getting it before, so we laugh our heads off at it and send it on to our friends again. Every once in awhile, one of us says, "I think I've read this one before," but usually we just laugh and keep the thing going.
One of the most ridiculous things I've ever forgotten involves my subscription to "U.S. News & World Report." For years, I kept renewing my subscription every time the magazine agency called to offer me a terrific deal if I subscribed for X number of years. I couldn't remember when my subscription expired, and I assumed that the subscription agency should know this little detail.
Ah, not so! By the time I got a letter from the circulation department of "U.S. News & World Report," I had bought subscriptions up to 2021! They wouldn't take any more of my money! 2021?? I might not even live that long! I'll have to bequeath my "U.S. News & World Report" subscription to my children in my will!
Lest you think I left my forgetful friend high and dry, I'll tell you that I went online and bought us both a supply of Gingko Biloba and a book entitled "The Memory Doctor." I read it and then gave it to him, along with a book of crossword puzzles and a word search. These items were recommended by the Memory Doctor, who also included a simple little memory test designed to see if the reader really had a problem. My friend was pleased to see that his memory wasn't as bad as he thought it was.
The Memory Doctor said that memory problems are usually caused by our not paying attention when we "upload" information. He gave several practical methods - or memory pegs - for remembering things we don't want to forget. In the back of the book, he included a list of medications which interfere with memory. (Zanax? Well..yeah...) He also mentioned some vitamins (B5, B6, and B12) that might help, plus ingredients such as Alpha GPC, which contains Choline and something called Vinpocetine.
I've never heard of Choline or Vinpocetine, but I've taken Ginkgo in the past...I just can't remember if it did me any good...
Most of his advice centered around the developing of concentration, and I suspect that it's a good idea to focus on maintaining our memory with a conscious effort.
But I think most people would rather take a pill...
From the suddenly cool hills of Tillman, this is your forgetful rural reporter Madeline, signing off on a beautiful summer's day.
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I know I have alzeimers (sp)and so do all my friends...............and my sister tells me never to order from the 'Video Professor' for a free Ebay selling guide, just pay postage $5.95,,,,you'll receive a lifetime of other lessons every month till way past 2021, along with a bill for $29.95 and a phony phone number to call and cancel.
Terrible getting old and missing out on all these wonderful deals. I can't remember where I left my stamps, can't pay bills or order any new offering.
-- Posted by Dexterite1 on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 10:07 AM
Oh, heck, the stamps are changing so fast, I can't keep track of which ones in my drawer are current!
-- Posted by goat lady on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 7:33 PM
Memory research funded by advertisers who depend on people remembering their message, has found that the short-term memory of most people starts deteriorating by 50, and by 60 "forgetfulness" is common. The media has fueled the Alzeimers hysteria about what is a natural progression. It is absurd to think that one's teeth, eyes, heart, etc. deteriorate but not one's brain.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 7:59 PM
Thank you, fjguy, that's quite a comfort. I don't have Alzheimers I'm just losing my memory. I guess we should be thankful for small favors.
-- Posted by Ducky on Tue, Jul 14, 2009, at 8:47 PM
Haha! Hey, Ducky, wanna room together in the Alzeimer's wing??
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Jul 15, 2009, at 5:54 AM
Ok, everybody, get busy doing Sudoko puzzles, crosswords (the harder ones), any of those brain games...they work!
My mom was sharp as a tack because she was not to be disturbed in the morning until she had finished her crossword puzzle and two cups of coffee. The crossword kept her brain busy, but also kept her on top of what was going on in the "younger" world. Once in awhile she would call me and ask me a question like, "Who's the rapper whose name mimics a candy?" After finding out, she would make a note of it in her Crossword Dictionary. In conversations later, she would know those "pop trivia" and felt as if she was on top of things!
It works.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Wed, Jul 15, 2009, at 9:17 AM
Sure, Goatlady. We'd have a ball. We just wouldn't remember any of it. It.
-- Posted by Ducky on Wed, Jul 15, 2009, at 9:59 AM
How do you develop the patience for those crossword puzzles? I love words, but I can't get the hang of all those gimmicky specialized crossword words -- and the abbreviations! There seems to be a standard assortment of three and four letter words that fit into most of the puzzles.
Your mom sounds like a very neat lady,lovebooks! I think I met her long ago and not so far away!
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Jul 15, 2009, at 5:19 PM
I think the secret to crossword puzzles is the A-Z Crossword Dictionary. It was her "bible" for doing puzzles, and the one she left us was well-worn with tons of notes scribbled in the margins.
-- Posted by lovebooks on Thu, Jul 16, 2009, at 8:04 AM
I like Text Twist. It's amazing how many simple words I'll overlook. I'm getting better at it. I can almost feel those new neural pathways developing.
-- Posted by Ducky on Mon, Jul 20, 2009, at 1:24 PM
Is "Text Twist" a game or a book to look up words?
-- Posted by goat lady on Wed, Jul 22, 2009, at 5:54 PM
It's a game. It gives you a bunch of letters and you have to make as many words as possible from them. The fewest number of letters you can use is 3 and you can't use a letter more than once. The difficulty increases as the levels increase. It's addictive.
-- Posted by Ducky on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 9:50 AM
Do you play it online? I may have to try it. I'm in dire need of new neural pathways....
-- Posted by goat lady on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 10:49 AM
"Text Twist" can be found on IWON--or at any number other places. Fun game! Try "Letter Linker" too.
-- Posted by geezerette on Thu, Jul 23, 2009, at 5:23 PM
Madeline, I am someone from your distant past. We attended grade school together at Boyd School & high school at DHS. I've enjoyed your articles & wanted to let you know. You will remember me (hopefully) as Judy Adkins.
-- Posted by nrgregj on Tue, Sep 8, 2009, at 10:41 AM
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Skip to comments.Sam Francis,columnist, 57, dies -a leading voice of traditional conservatism.
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Sam Francis, columnist, 57, dies THE WASHINGTON TIMES Samuel Francis, a syndicated columnist and author, died Tuesday night at a Washington-area hospital of complications following major heart surgery. He was 57. Mr. Francis was an editorial writer for The Washington Times and served from 1987 to 1991 as the deputy editorial page editor. He remained a staff columnist through September 1995. Mr. Francis received the Distinguished Writing Award for editorial writing from the American Society of Newspaper Editors in both 1989 and 1990, and was a finalist for the Scripps Howard Foundation's National Journalism Award (Walker Stone Prize) for editorial writing for those years. Mr. Francis emerged in the 1990s as a leading voice of traditional conservatism. "He was a fine writer and a brilliant scholar, who had the courage of his convictions," said Patrick Buchanan, who had both social and professional relationships with Mr. Francis. "He had
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Thanks for posting.
A gracious tribute to a true conservative.
He'll be missed.
His best column ever was the one where he made fun of Amy Biehl after she was beaten to death by a mob in South Africa.
There's a nice tribute on the VDare site.
Sorry. All that comes to mind is NBC's Fred Francis (former Pentagon correspondent). Still, sad to hear. 57 is such a young age.
Maybe he was right. I'm still waiting for the Republican Party to become conservative. But, then again, I'm still waiting for the Tooth Fairy also.
While this forum will continue to be a useful place to discuss what kind of country we want this to be, the focus on politics here along with the expediency of pushing pet causes which Francis always criticized and avoided (apart from culture) will mean the battles of the Hard Right will be won elsewhere.
Lately he pointed out that Democrats have become stupid while staying evil and that the Republicans have gone from being the lesser of two evils (from a paleo perspective) to the only slightly lesser of two evils.
My own view is that power and evil go hand in hand. It's not monotonic or inevitable but it's the natural tendency of many politicians without external limits on their behavior. Fortunately there are enough Republicans with limited government principles to keep things under control, but (IMO) the recent National ID bill is not a good sign.
I think I recall his columns in a Catholic paper called, "The Wanderer". Good writer.
I don't suppose that one is linkable anywhere?
Nope -- BIH, Mr. Francis.
Francis re-fought immoral battles of 1964
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One of the last columns written by former Washington Times columnist Sam Francis, before his death last week, decried the positive portrayal of sex between men and women of different races. A commercial for Monday Night Football was really "an act of political-cultural subversion."
Francis went on, "Breaking down the sexual barriers between the races is a major weapon of cultural destruction because it means the dissolution of the cultural boundaries that define breeding and the family, and ultimately, the transmission and survival of the culture itself."
"Breeding"? Those sentences define Francis as a man still fighting for causes in 2004 that were obviously immoral and rightly lost in 1964. Francis never understood that the idea of America crossed racial and ethnic boundaries and made "from many, one."...
Benedict Arnold didn't personally kill any of our patriots, either, but he can BIH too, for the same offense (undermining America).
Francis, apparently unrepentant to the end, continued to publish intellectual fodder for racists, mostly in obscure outlets, up until his death. Samuel Francis was the intellectual tribune of the remnant of America's white supremacists. America is a better place without him.
I don't want to dance on anyone's grave but Francis reinforced the leftist stereotype that conservatism is a racist ideology.
I'm not too familiar with Francis' body of writing but here he appears to have caught a dose of multiculturalism, something, like the clap, that is best avoided. It's a little like anti-semitism, which has been subjected to a rather rigorous political-disease eradication effort among conservatives, though it seems to be raging like resistant VD among liberals.
Interesting too that the Olympians decided not to pull this particular thread---perhaps because the embarrassment of pulling a article on Sam by a paper still respected in White House circles and the very publication that once employed Sam would be too acute. At any rate, WorldNetDaily webpublished today a tribute to Sam by Pat Buchanan. Whether WND or Pat are verboten here these days, I can't say---I'm not here enough any more to know or care.
May God rest Sam's soul.
Because someone is correct on a number of conservative issues doesn't make them someone to listen to. Francis had too many unfortunate white-supremicist beliefs to be taken seriously. Our cherished political foundations may have been created by all-white settlers. But the beliefs, benefits, and laws were not just meant for white Europeans...they're for all Americans of whatever ethnic background or skin color.
I am of the opinion, that like the term Liberal, the "C" word has been rendered nearly meaningless, and unfortunately assisted by Francis and others with certain single issue passions that distort the meanings of Conservatism.
If we are not careful, we will be looking dumber than Democrats. We need to take that word back and reinforce it's definition before radicals destroy it, and the Republican party with it.IMHO.
Nice swan song, enjoy your banishment.
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Shell morphology: The shell is large, up to 180 mm long and is modioliform, elongate, elliptical, thin and fragile, essentially equivalve. The anterior margin is moderately rounded, whilst the posterior margin is broadly rounded. The ventral margin is straight in young specimens, with a slight ventral concavity in medium sized specimens that becomes more pronounced in larger specimens. The dorsal margin is very broadly convex, more or less straight over the span of the ligament. The umbones of the largest specimens are eroded, prosogyrate, subterminal and positioned within the anterior tenth. An indistinct, raised, broadly rounded ridge extends from the umbonal region to the posterior-ventral margin. The external surface lacks sculpture and is generally smooth, except for concentric growth lines, fine radial lines in the periostracum that extend from the umbo to the ventral margin, and fine periostracal corrugations in the median ventral area. The shell has a dull-white colour beneath a dark-brown to straw-yellow periostracum. The periostracum is often marked by irregularly shaped dark brown pigment patches, and is overlain by numerous byssal thread attachment plates. The interior is off-white in colour, and predominately nacreous. The ligament is opisthodetic, parivincular, and extends posteriorly from the umbones to occupy between 41 - 59% of the dorsal margin. The adult hinge is edentulous, except for a posteriorly directed projection of the anterior hinge margin beneath the anterior end of the ligament. The hinge is thickened below and anterior to the umbo. Hinge denticles were absent in the smallest specimen (36 mm length).
Muscle scars: The anterior adductor scar is rounded but truncated posteriorly, and is located below and partially anterior to the umbo, distant form the antero-ventral margin. The posterior adductor scar is round and contiguous with a small siphonal retractor scar ventrally and the posterior portion of the posterior byssal retractor scar dorsally. The anterior retractor scar is located in the posterior portion of the umbonal cavity. The posterior byssal retractors form two scars with a large intervening gap. The anterior scar is elliptical, directly beneath or slightly anterior of the posterior end of the ligament. The second scar is also elliptical, parallel to the antero-posterior axis of the shell and located antero-dorsally to and bordering the posterior adductor scar. The pallial line is distinct from the shell margin, and extends from the postero-ventral edge of the anterior adductor scar to the posterior adductor. It curves slightly upwards and then more strongly downwards to form an indentation in the byssal gape region at ca. one-quarter to one-third of the distance from the anterior. The small siphonal retractor scar is located at the posterior end of the ventral pallial line, usually but not always contiguous with the posterior adductor.
Internal morphology: The posterior byssal retractors are divided into two widely divergent main bundles that attach separately to the shell. A posterior portion inserts along the postero-dorsal edge of the posterior adductor and an anterior portion attaches to the shell just below the ligament's posterior end. The posterior pedal retractors are very thin, arising from the antero-dorsal part of the foot, passing the lateral to anterior retractors and inserting on the shell anterior and lateral to the posterior portion of the posterior byssal retractors. The siphonal retractors are integrated with the pallial musculature. The anterior retractors arise from the dorso-lateral section of the byssal-pedal mass and pass anteriorly to insert in the antero-dorsal extremity of the umbonal cavity. The pair of slender labial palp suspensors extend forward as branches of the anterior retractors to attach to the shell just behind and adjacent to the anterior adductor. The posterior adductor is oblong; whilst the anterior adductor is round in cross-section and about one-half the size of the posterior adductor.
Foot & byssus: The foot is long and thick, with the shape in preserved specimens dependant on the degree of contraction. The byssal strands are light to dark brown in colour, and are flat, wide and unornamented. The byssal gland extends down the foot behind the byssal groove, without an extension dorsal to the origin of the anterior byssal retractors.
Mantle & mantle cavity: The connections between the edge of ascending lamellae and the surface of the mantle lobes and the visceral mass are weak or lacking, resulting in the incomplete separation of the incurrent and excurrent chambers. The muscular longitudinal ridges for the attachment of the ascending lamellae to the mantle lobes and visceral mass are lacking. The ventral edges of the inner mantle lobes are thickened and muscular. The excurrent tubuliform siphon is capable of a slight extension beyond the perimeter of the shell, but lacking an internal diaphragm. The horizontal branchial septum is incomplete; fusion of the inner mantle immediately below the excurrent siphon forms a short horizontal shelf, not directly attached to the ventral edge of the posterior adductor. The incurrent and excurrent chambers are not completely separated posterior of the posterior adductor. The posterior end of the gill axes attach to the ventral surface of the horizontal branchial septum. There is a short extension as the valvular siphonal membrane joins the right and left mantle lobes, extending anteriorly a distance into the pedal gape. Small central papilla on the valvular siphonal membrane extends anteriorly into the pedal gape. The pedo-byssal gape is extensive, with the incurrent aperture extending from the anterior end of the valvular siphonal membrane to the posterior edge of the anterior adductor.
Ctenidia: The demibranchs are approximately equal sized, thick and short with poorly developed food grooves on the ventral edges. Dorsal food grooves are present in the deep folds just below the junction of the ascending lamellae and the areas of attachment to the mantle lobes and the visceral mass. The filaments are wide, and fleshy. The ctenidia and filaments are light-brown in colour. The distal interlamellar junctions are lacking. The descending and ascending portion of each filament is connected apically to one-quarter of the height of the demibranch. Every second to fifth filament is a 'principal filament' with a septum rising to greater than one-third the height of the demibranch. 'Tubular connections' between the free edges of the ascending lamellae and gill axes are lacking.
Labial palps: The paired labial palps are broadly triangular, thick and muscular. The inner pair are more posterior than the outer pair, but not markedly so. Plicate ventral to the oral groove on the inner surface of the inner palp and dorsal to the oral groove on the inner surface of the outer palp. The outer palp surfaces are smooth. The mouth is situated in the normal anterior position at the basal junction of the inner and outer palps. The antero-ventral portion of demibranchs is situated between the inner and outer palps coincident with the plicate palp surfaces.
Digestive system: The alimentary tract is essentially straight, without a recurrent loop and is situated directly on the body mid-line. The intestine leaves the posterior end of the stomach and traverses posteriorly ventral to the pericardium to a level just posterior to the ventricle's mid-point. The rectum enters the pericardium and ventricle from below at the mid-point of the ventricle, but anterior to the level of the auricular openings.
(Gustafson et al., 1998)


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Sources with knowledge of the matter told X-bit labs that no technology, which is widely referred to as "reverse-Hyper-Threading" is available in Advanced Micro Devices modern central processing units (CPUs). The information about appropriate technologies is claimed to be "misunderstanding".
No Reverse HT in Socket AM2 Chips
One source close to AMD said that he has not heard of any technology that could boost single-threaded applications performance on the dual-core chips by combining the resources of the two execution engines. Another one, polled by The Inquirer web-site, also said that the technology does not exist. The source which informed an X-bit labs affiliate about the technology could not be reached for verification.
The first mention of the "reverse-HT" technology is dated 9th of April and belongs to X86-secret web-site. The latter reported that AMD's processors code-named K10 will have a technology that would boost performance of single-threaded programs, particularly games, on several processing engines. The web-site described the tech as "emulation [of a] single virtual processor with two (or several) physical processors" and claimed that the capability was to be enabled in a processor code-named K10, citing an unnamed source inside AMD.
Official AMD did not comment on the news-story.
In fact, there is a huge misunderstanding with AMD's processor code-names in the industry. Some observers and analysts believe that the K-generation code-names reflect a product, not a micro-architectural change. Following that logic, the K8 is the original single-core AMD64 processor, K9 is a dual-core chip and K10 may be either dual-core chip with new memory controller, or the quad-core processor. The logic seems to be quite incorrect, in fact, even though such vision was caused by claimes made by AMD itself.
Back in October, 2003, it was said by AMD's Fred Weber that the K9 processor would appear in 2005. He then clarified the information in an interview with a web-site:
"What you see as we move forward is larger caches, multiple cores on a die […] Opteron, eighth generation processor, was really designed for 130nm moving to 90nm, our ninth generation is going to be designed for 90nm moving to 65nm, taking advantage of those additional transistors to make even higher performance," said AMD's chief technology officer back in 2003.
In 2005, however, AMD delivered its dual-core K8 micro-architecture chips. Moreover, even in early 2004 the company said that it would release dual-core processors in 2005, but did not attributed any micro-architecture number to the project. Right after the dual-core K8 release some sources indicated that this was actually the project K9 (following the claims made by Mr. Weber 1.5 years ago, as the chips were made using 90nm process technology). However, AMD itself refers improved version of its dual-core chips as K8L, which means that it does not consider the current AMD Opteron or AMD Athlon 64 X2 chips as K9, at least now.
The code-named K8L chips are to debut in 2H 2007 or 1H 2008, which, will mean that the K8 micro-architecture will be afloat for five long years. It is unclear, what will succeed the K8L, but it is obvious that the latter would live for at least a year or even two. It is logical to assume that after the project K8L, the K9 finally emerges. Given that microprocessor micro-architectures live for five-six years, the successor of the K9 – presumably, K10 – should emerge sometimes in 2014 – 2015, nearly a decade from now.
AMD knows the peculiarities of its microprocessors due to be released in a decade. Moreover, a decade after the first dual-core x86 chips appearance virtually 99% of applications should take advantage of hardware multi-threading, which means that there is no need for any reverse-HT capabilities in the K10. At the same time, even if AMD's chips in AM2 form-factor are mistakenly referred to as "K10", the reverse-HT capability, according to present information, is still not available.


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Faced with a drawer full of low-voltage power supplies for various household gadgets, Club member Herb Sauter of Ocala, Florida, labeled them for easy identification. He applied a piece of white tape to the front of each power supply bearing the name of its mating gadget. This prevents a potential mismatch that could ruin the electronic device or cause a fire.
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Johannes Vermeer, Girl with a Pearl Earring, ca. 1665. Oil on canvas, 17 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (44.5 x 39 cm). Royal Picture Gallery Mauritshuis, The Hague, Bequest of Arnoldus des Tombe, 1903 (inv. no. 670)
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"The Engaging Gaze: Portraiture from Leonardo to Vermeer," Sunnie Evers
What transforms a painting into a celebrity? Leonardo¹s Mona Lisa and Vermeer¹s Girl with a Pearl Earring each create a dynamic visual relationship that engages the viewer in a series of unanswered questions.
Sunnie Evers is a scholar, teacher, visiting lecturer, and fundraiser. She has over 15 years' experience working in education, teaching at Stanford, UC Berkeley, and Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. She is also involved with the boards of a variety of nonprofit institutions including San Francisco Ballet, Narrative Magazine, and Save Venice. She received her PhD from UC Berkeley in 1995 and has presented papers at scholarly conferences internationally on Veronese and his patrons.


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Pretty damn good.
Funny how he had to repeat himself like 5 times. It's hard to make a point to retarded theists.
Wow, this is incredible. The OP needs to post this EVERYWHERE.
So String Theory is an explanation of observable facts? What are they?
Jerome.. String Theory is basically what's referred at a Grand Unified Theory. And attempts to tie together both Einstein's Relativity Theory and Quantum Theory. So those observations you asked about would pertain to both those theories, while also pertaining to String Theory.
I think I'm going to start asking creatards if 'Music Theory' means music never happened.
Rob Klaers:
Thanks for the response. So "String Theory is basically what's referred at a Grand Unified Theory. And attempts to tie together both Einstein's Relativity Theory and Quantum Theory." My understanding is that no current GUT (of which there are several) is commonly accepted, which would seem to indicate that theories can be disputed. Also, "attempts to tie together" theories would not seem to qualify as an Explanation of facts, but as conjecture of what might explain those facts. It seems any definition of the word theory includes a certain amount of conjecture, which is what would be expected but does not really fit the bill of rock-solidness that is being suggested here.
@Jerome - you are correct in stating that there is no currently accepted GUT. All the observations that lead to Relativity and Quantum theory are just what they are - observed facts. Both Relativity and Quantum theory give us predictive utility that allows us to anticipate future observations.
In the case of a GUT, to date, no theory has suitably tied together all of those observations into one eloquent explanation - thus there does not exist a Grand Unified Theory. String Theory is an attempt at a GUT that has yet met the mark, and has not been represented as having done so.
I'm not certain what sort of 'rock solidness' you are seeking. Music theory doesn't imply that music does not exist. It is not complete, and will likely never be complete. It's predictive utility doesn't fail, however. If we found that it did, then we would have to rethink it. Is there a particular theory that you are having trouble wrapping your mind around?
Uhm, NOT yet met the mark - I wish we could edit our posts here.
@Jerome - You are misunderstanding Rob's response (perhaps because he didn't explain it well - sorry Rob). String Theory is an accepted (though extremely hard to understand) theory regarding quantum physics. It is a *CONTENDER* for the GUT or TOE (Theory of Everything). There is still a lot of work to do to work out how everything works together.
Also, you missed the main point. All Theories are "contended". Even Einstein's Theory of Relativity is constantly under scrutiny. That doesn't mean that most scientists have any doubt that it's right, it's just the "tao of science", so to speak. Many xians look at the fact that all Theories are constantly being tested and any Theory can be thrown out the window if evidence rules against it as a weakness. But in reality, that is science's strength. It means that anything that is considered a Theory by the scientific community is absolutely valid *considering the evidence that we currently have*. It means that Theories are as close to absolute truth as our feeble minds can get to right now.
Compare this to the "theory" of creationism where the term "theory" means "An assumption based on limited information or knowledge, a conjecture, abstract reasoning, or speculation". One big problem with religion is that it is so conceited that no matter how much evidence is presented to dispute it, the religious either just ignore this evidence or make up any fairy tale that they can think of to sidestep the evidence while at the same clinging to any sliver of evidence and take it as far out of context as they need to in order for it to fit into their delusions.
A really good example of this is the Great Flood. It is amazing how the religious will use sea shells on mountain tops as "evidence" of the flood, despite the fact that this evidence does nothing of the sort and, when viewed in its entirety, actually *disproves* the Flood. When asked "where did all the water come from and where did it go?" They always answer where the water came from with some fairy tale that they had to make up (because there is no evidence at all to support any of these "theories" and is a logical fallacy) and ignore any questions that they can only come up with an answer that even they can't chew on.
Science is not allowed to ignore any facts, no matter how distasteful. Pure science MUST take into account ALL facts. This doesn't mean that science can't be manipulated, as we constantly see with the medical sciences or other junk sciences such as man-made global warming, because any time money is involved, you have to take a very close look at what people are pushing and what people are trying to suppress, but as a general rule, science is the pure, impassive, rational search for the truth.


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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A "c" or Not a "c?" That is the Question
In wrapping up the final edit on the next issue of Casefile Clues, Madaleine asked me about the transcription of a name from the deed referenced above.
I'm uncertain of whether it should be interpreted as McComas or MComas? [The reference to the same name below makes me think the last vowel is an "a."
The spelling of the name in this case is not crucial to the argument or the article, so I'm not inclined to spend a great deal of time on it, but I am curious. Does the writer mean that little flourish to be a "c" or is it just a flourish? He makes similar marks on his "W"s as well. There are no other upper-case "M"s in the document or I would have had a better comparison. Just a part of the deed is included in this post.
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- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 1:00 PM
Gotta be a letter of some sort with someone's name.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 1:07 PM
Looks like an M just great penmanshipReplyDelete
Looks like just an 'M' to me. Sometimes they didn't write the 'c', as in Daniel M'Naghten of M'Naghten's Rules.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I see D M Comas, both at the place you indicate and at the bottom. And nicely written, at that.ReplyDelete
Yep, looks like D M Comas to me.ReplyDelete
Let's investigate the entire document and use a bit of deductive reasoning. Having done so, if we look at the capital 'W's interspersed throughout the text, they too have that little curl as the letter concludes, so I believe the name is Nick D M Comas.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMarch 14, 2012 at 2:57 PM
A flourish, if you look at the "W" in the 3rd line it has that same flourishReplyDelete
Michael, it could be an M followed by an apostrophe, a form that was sometimes used instead of Mc.ReplyDelete