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Carnival of Genealogy – Carrie Breneman Jones
I love this photograph of my Grandma and Grandpa Jones. Although this was taken before I was born (as my grandfather was in it) this is how I remember my grandmother looking. Round-faced and smiling, and just a bit plump. Comfortable to snuggle up against. (Grandma's are supposed to be plump, right? I hope so, because I'm working on being a good Gramma.)
I wish that my grandfather had lived long enough for me to meet (and remember him), but this Carnival of Genealogy post is about my Grandma Carrie Breneman Jones, who died when I was eight years old.
When I was just a little bitty girl, my mama told me that her mama was really unhappy that they had named me "Sherry". She said that Sherry is also the name of an alcoholic beverage, and her mama just wasn't happy with her for giving me that name.
So I guess it's no wonder when I went to grade school and I really didn't know what my Grandma's last name was, that when the teacher began talking about Kansas' Carrie Nation going into bars with an axe to fight for temperance I kind of wondered for a short time if that was my Grandma Carrie that did that. I don't know why I didn't run home and ask my mom about it, but I didn't, but I did figure out, after awhile, that my Grandma Carrie wasn't the infamous axe wielding Carrie in my history book. (The above doesn't look like the picture of an axe-wielding Grandma, does it?)
My Grandma Carrie was a very crafty lady. Her hands were always busy making something. She loved to crochet, from the very tiny delicate flower shaped earrings to the beautiful heirloom bedspread that she made for my mother, and that my mother later gave to me.
She crocheted doll clothes for my dolls and when my new favorite plastic horse needed a rider and there were none to be bought in the correct size, she created one. My Grandma Carrie created an Indian, excuse me, a Native American brave complete with tiny leather fringed breeches and shirt, and bendable legs so he could sit a horse. I still have him, tucked away (somewhere) and when I find him, I'll try to add the picture here.
And as I write this, I just realized that she may have fashioned the brave after the Native Americans that came to their cabin in Nebraska asking for food when she was just a very small girl, and they lived on the Nebraska prairie where my Grandma herded cattle on horseback by herself on the prairie during the day.
When she was older, Grandma Carrie taught herself to paint and she loved the National Geographic magazine for its beautiful photographs that often inspired her painting. She also painted a picture of my brother's 4-H Dairy Cow "Jenny," too, for him, and "Jenny" hung on our kitchen wall while I was growing up.
I wish my Grandma had lived long enough for me to get to know her as an adult, because I think I inherited many of my interests and talents from her. Like my Grandma, I'm crafty, though I've not had much time to do it lately, and if I can see something, particularly a fabric something, I can often make a pattern for it or create it from one I find. Also like my Grandma and my mom, I painted for several years till I learned I was sensitive to the oil and turpentine smells, and like my Grandma and my mother I love a good book!
And, I wish she had lived long enough to ask her all those many genealogy questions that I now wish I had the answers to!
Other Links:
Wordless Wednesday: Stocking & Jones Family
Wordless Wednesday: Constantine Breneman & Carrie Breneman Jones & family
Tombstone Tuesday – (Jesse) Willis Laird
This past four days have been "Happy Dance" Days! Thanks to a flu bug, I sat with my laptop and searched the 'net for family history.
I hit a jackpot with the Southern Kentucky genealogy website at: http://www.so-ky.com/ when I found my Gr-Gr-Grandmother Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb's brother Willis's death certificate and a photograph of his tombstone.
I started to post his tombstone photograph here, but didn't feel quite right about doing so, as I didn't take the photograph, and so here is the link to the tombstone, and below is the transcription.
Jesse W. Laird tombstone photograph
Jesse W. Laird
Co D 2 KY Cavalry
May 7, 1835
February 15, 1916
More Laird links:
Jesse Willis Laird Death Certificate
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun – Including Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb
Willis' Aunt – Bettie Crabb's Tombstone in Glasgow Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky Cemetery
Willis' brother-in-law – J. R. U. Crabb, Glasgow Cemetery, Glasgow, Kentucky
Willis' sister, Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb, buried in the Milan Cemetery, Milan, Sumner County, Kansas
Amanuensis Monday – Willis Laird Death Certificate
I had a flu bug this weekend, and it is that flu bug that I have to thank for having a "Happy Dance" weekend!
A little virus had me sitting more than usual, and to combat boredom, I started 'hunting' on the Internet for ancestors and their siblings! Thanks to the virus, I don't remember exactly how I arrived at this wonderful Kentucky website, but I'm not sure I had ever been to this one before, and if I had, it has a lot of new 'stuff' on it, including my Gr-gr-grandmother's brother, Willis Laird's death certificate!
As a volunteer here in my own county, I am doubly appreciate of those who find and share family history information, and I want to say "Many thanks to the volunteers of this Southern Kentucky website at http://www.so-ky.com! I am so very grateful to find out for certain now, that Willis is my Gr-Gr-Grandmother Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb's brother"
You can see a scanned image of Willis Laird's death certificate here: http://www.so-ky.com/dth/14/Jesse%20W.%20Laird.jpg
According to the website, Willis' first name is actually Jesse, and though his death certificate doesn't state that, his tombstone does. Comparing the dates on tombstone and death certificate help verify that they are one and the same.
Information on the death Certificate:
Commonwealth of Kentucky
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital StatisticsPlace of death:
County: Hart KY
Vet.Fot. NorthtownRegistration District No. 6174
File No: 4772
Registered No. 513. Sex Male
4. Color or Race: White
5. S/M/W/D: Married
6. Date of Birth: May 7 1835
7. Age: 80 yrs 8 mos 8 da
8. Occupation: Farmer
9. Birthplace: KY
10. Name of Father: Hesikiah Laird
11. Birthplace of father: Unknown
12. Maiden name of Mother: Patsy Carter
13. Birthplace of Mother: Unknown
14. Informant: V. J. Eggsdon/Iggsdon (?) Address: Cave City
15. Filed: Feb 17, 1916 Informant: J. M. Isenberg
16. Date of Death: 2-15-1916
17: I here certify, that I attended deceased from February 4th, 1916 to February 14th, 1916, that I last saw him alive on February 14th, 1916, and that death occurred on the date stated above at 8:00 a.m. (I think, hard for me to read). the
Cause of Death was as follows:Lagrippe – Duration 15 daays
Contributery: Pneumonia
Secondary: (illegible, at least to me)Duration 5 Days
Signed: J. T. Godby, M. D.
2-16-1916 Address: Cave City, KY18. Length of residence – not filled out
19. Place of Burial: New Hope Date of Burial: February 17, 1916
20. Undertaker: J. W. Oster Address: Cave City, KY
What a lot of information is contained in this death certificate! I know that Willis was living in the Cave City area, and that he died 4 years after his sister Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb did.
I know what cemetery Willis is buried in, and luckily enough (and thanks to the Southern Kentucky volunteers) also have a photograph of the tombstone as well as photographs of the cemetery and church there, and will be sharing links to that soon!
Thank you Kentucky volunteers! I'm still doing a Happy Dance!
More Laird info:
Saturday Night Genealogy fun – The Ancestor Meme
by Sherry Stocking Kline
16 October 2011
I love to check out the Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenges that Randy Seaver sends out way each Saturday Night, and this one looks like a great way to quanitfy what research I need to do next! So tune up the "Mission Impossible" music, check out the challenge, and play along!
Hello, genea-world!
It's Saturday Night (in the USA!) — time for some worldwide
Genealogy Fun!Your mission, should you decide to accept it is to:
1) Participate in the Ancestors GeneaMeme created by Jill Ball on the Geniaus blog.
Thank you to Jill for the SNGF idea! Jill is collecting Ancestors MeGeneaMeme entries too.The rules, and the Meme list, is given below in my response.
Here's mine: The Rules:2) Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note, or in a Google+ Stream item.The list should be annotated in the following manner:
Things you have already done or found: bold face type
Things you would like to do or find: italicize (colour optional)
Things you haven't done or found and don't care to: plain type
You are encouraged to add extra comments in brackets after each itemThe Meme:Which of these apply to you?
2. Can name over 50 direct ancestors. (Definitely would have to cheat and look at my family tree program!)
3. Have photographs or portraits of my 8 great-grandparents. (I do have photos of all of them, thanks to my mom, and my generous aunts and uncles who have shared their holdings so that I might scan and digitize them.)
4. Have an ancestor who was married more than three times. (I have some who were married three times, but haven't located any that I know of that were married more than three.)
5. Have an ancestor who was a bigamist. (Not that I know of… Would make the family tree more interesting though, wouldn't it?)
6. Met all four of my grandparents. (I Couldn't. Both grandfathers passed away before I was born. I did meet and know both of my grandmothers.)
7. Met one or more of my great-grandparents. (I remember my great-grandfather even though I was about 2 1/2 years old when he passed away.)
8. Named a child after an ancestor. (We did, though not intentionally. My husband's great-grandfather was named James Kline, and we gave that name as a middle name to our son without knowing that there was an ancestor bearing that as a name.)
9. Bear an ancestor's given name/s. (Not only do I not bear an ancestor's name, my grandmother was unhappy with my mom, her daughter, for giving me the name of an alcholic beverage. Unhappy enough that for a time, when I was very, very small, I wondered if the "Carrie" that took an axe to the bars and saloons in Kansas was my grandmother…)
10. Have an ancestor from Great Britain or Ireland. (I have an ancestor from Great Britain, and I probably do from Ireland as well, but have yet to find that link or proof of it. Very difficult with the name Jones!)
11. Have an ancestor from Asia (No.)
12. Have an ancestor from Continental Europe. (Probably. My geography isn't what it should be….)
13. Have an ancestor from Africa. (No, but my granddaughters do.)
14. Have an ancestor who was an agricultural labourer (in the US and UK) (Yes, most of my ancestors were involved in farming, right up to my own father, and the same on my mother's side.)
15. Have an ancestor who had large land holdings (what's large? Larger than 40 acres? Yep. Larger than 640 acres? Probably.) (Yes, by yesterday's standards my ancestors had large land holdings.)
16. Have an ancestor who was a holy man – minister, priest, rabbi (Jonathan Oatley in Killingly CT in 19th century, several more in 17th century) (We have ministers in my family, and one of my ancestors was "Deacon Samuel Stocking, son of George Stocking. George was born in circa 1582 in Suffolk, England. Deacon Samuel was born in England also and immigrated to America in 1633. They became part of Thomas Hooker's party, and George was one of Hartford, CT's founding fathers.)
17. Have an ancestor who was a midwife (unsure) (Not that I know of.)
18. Have an ancestor who was an author (unsure) (Not that I know of.)
19. Have an ancestor with the surname Smith, Murphy or Jones (many Smiths, no Murphys, only one Jones line) One large Smith line, one Jones line that quickly turns into a huge brick wall.
20. Have an ancestor with the surname Wong, Kim, Suzuki or Ng. (No. Not that I know of.)
21. Have an ancestor with a surname beginning with X. (Not that I know of.)
22. Have an ancestor with a forename beginnining with Z (three generations of Zachariah Hildreths, and a Zechariah Barber) (Not that I know of.)
23. Have an ancestor born on 25th December. (Yes, my great-grandfather, Roderick Remine Stocking was born 25 December 1853.)
24. Have an ancestor born on New Year's Day. (Not that I know of.)
25. Have blue blood in your family lines (supposedly if Royal Descendants book is right) (No. Not that I know of.)
26. Have a parent who was born in a country different from my country of birth. (No.)
27. Have a grandparent who was born in a country different from my country of birth (nope, one great-grandparent born in Canada is the last one born in another country) (No. Two lines came to America in the 1600's. Need to get other lines back that far.)
28. Can trace a direct family line back to the eighteenth century (all but 3 or 4 of my 32 3rd great-grandparents. (Have several lines back to the 18th century.)
29. Can trace a direct family line back to the seventeenth century or earlier (quite a few) (some, not as many as to the 18th century.)
30. Have seen copies of the signatures of some of my great-grandparents (Austin Carringer, Della smith, Georgia Kemp, Frank Seaver, Thomas Richmond) (Just Roderick Remine Stocking, thus far.)
31. Have ancestors who signed their marriage certificate with an X (not that I know of) (My earliest Stocking ancestor, George Stocking, Hartford, CT founder, signed his will with an X. He was, besides being a farmer, a surveyor, so I wonder if he was just no longer able to sign his name due to advanced age, rather than not being literate.)
32. Have a grandparent or earlier ancestor who went to university (not that I know of) (Yes, both my grandparents on my father's side, Elmer and Maud (McGinnis) Stocking attended college, though I believe neither graduated with a four year degree. My grandmother received a teaching certificate and taught for a year or two, perhaps a bit longer.)
33. Have an ancestor who was convicted of a criminal offence (several are in Sex in Middlesex book) (Not that I have found yet.)
34. Have an ancestor who was a victim of crime (logic says someone in 12 generations must have been, not sure about this one) (Probably, but I have not found it yet.)
35. Have shared an ancestor's story online or in a magazine (probably in Genea-Musings…) (I have shared several ancestor's short stories online on my blog here, and in the small town history book that I co-authored, "Mayfield: Then & Now.)
36. Have published a family history online or in print (two books self=published and shared with family) (I haven't published a book, just a notebook that I take to family reunions.)
37. Have visited an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries (several in New England, and the Ranslow Smith Inn in Wisconsin) (Yes, several here in Kansas, and one ancestor's home in Kentucky.)
38. Still have an ancestor's home from the 19th or earlier centuries in the family (not in the family…the Ranslow smith Inn in Wisconsin would qualify if I'd bought it) (My grandfather's farm was bought by my parent's and is still owned by my mother. It has been in the family now since 1903. The house burned down several years ago, however.)
39. Have a family bible from the 19th Century (have Bible pages for births, marriages, deaths, but not the Bible) (The only family Bible that I know of is owned by my Uncle and his family.)
40. Have a pre-19th century family bible (No.)
Amanuensis Monday – Warner L Jones Family Enjoys Guests
by Sherry Stocking Kline
28 April 2011
It's a bit past Monday, but I didn' t find this little tidbit until Tuesday, while volunteering to hunt for an obit for the Sumner County Historical & Genealogical Society's requests.
Unfortunately, after looking through the requested time period's "The Monitor Press" (no longer being published) I didn't locate the obit, but did find a cool little bit of news that tells me that my Grandfather and Grandmother, Warner and Carrie Jones and family, hosted a family gathering, when my mom was just a bit more than 15 years old.
The Monitor Press
Marshall Crawford Publlisher
Published Every Wednesday at
117 East Harvey Avenue
Wellington, Kansas
Bell Phone ………….143Milan – Mr. and Mrs. John Roe and sons, Edwin and John from north of Argonia; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Roe and daughters; Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Breneman and children, Hershel and Ilda Fern, of Wichita; Mr. and Mrs. O. C. Breneman, of Mayfield; Victor Breneman and Kenneth Jones, of Kingman; Mrs. S. E. Breneman; Miss Mildred Swain; Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Jones, of Milan, were dinner guests of Warner L. Jones and family Sunday.
It was neat to read this, and even neater to tell my mom, "I know what you were doing on a Sunday in September, 1937!"
When I read it to her, she said "I know what I was doing, too! If all of those people were there, I was cooking to help feed everyone!"
And if you notice, the article gave all of the out-of-town people's home towns, and in one case, for a rural resident, even told what area they lived in. What a help! Now I know where these people lived (most likely) in September of 1927!
More Links:
Warner and Carrie Jones Photograph
The Otto Breneman Blacksmith Shop – Mayfield, Kansas
Bernice Breneman – child of Mr. & Mrs. Otto Breneman
Constantine Breneman & daughter-in-law Carrie Breneman Jones & children
Wordless Wednesday – Stocking & Jones Family
Sherry Stocking Kline
October 20, 2010
I love this old photograph of my parents, my mom Dorothy Stocking on the left, & dad Harold Stocking on the right, with my mom's Aunt May (Breneman) Jones Willey, and Mom's parents, Carrie (Breneman) and Warner Jones sandwiched between them.
After attending the KCGS Conference with Maureen Taylor, I find myself looking for clues in my photographs.
First, the photograph had to be taken before November 1st, 1947, because Grandpa Jones passed away on that date. (I could look up the car makes, models and years, too!)
Second, either they had been somewhere, or were getting ready to go, because Dad is wearing his 'good' overalls. In other words, he and Grandpa had on new and clean overalls. (As opposed to faded by the sun, 'everyday' overalls that Dad worked the fields and fed and milked the cows in!)
It wouldn't have been church or a funeral, because the men would have worn suits for that, so maybe they went to town shopping for the day, to visit someone in the hospital, or to visit family or friends in another town.
And it's in the colder months, as the women all have on heavy wool coats, and scarves to keep their ears warm, and maybe just to 'tie their hair down' to keep it from blowing in the Kansas wind.
And now I need to ask my mom, to see if she remembers the occasion that prompted the photograph sixty-plus years ago!
Tombstone Tuesday – Myrtle B Jones
by Sherry Stocking Kline
4 May 2010
This eight and 1/2 month old child's stone, located in the Osborne Cemetery, Sumner County, Kansas, about 10 miles west of Wellington, Kansas, and about 1/2 mile East of Mayfield on West 20th Street is another mystery that I would very much like to solve.
Kinfolk? Or Just a Lot of Coincidences?
On the Stone:
Myrtle B. Jones
Dau of W. & M. E. Jones
Died July 5, 1890
Aged 8 Mos 18 Days
(I was not able to read the inscription below the name and date, and as I had my granddaughters with me, and no safe way to clean the stone with me, I didn't try to clean and read it while there and am not able to in the photograph.)
Is Myrtle part of my family? I think so, actually. Myrtle's parents are W. and M. E. Jones, and just two stones over is a stone for Evan Jones, and Evan's parents were Willis and Martha Ellen (Smith) Jones, originally from the Hart & Barren County, Kentucky area.
So Who was Ten-Year-Old George T. Hill?
In between Myrtle and Evan is a ten-year-old boy named George T. Hill (photo coming soon) and while so far the Hill name is not one that has shown up in our family tree, my mother feels that he is related, but she does not know how, and both Myrtle and George died thirty-some years before my mother was born. My family lived next door to a Hill family for (at least) two generations in both families, but the Hill child next to Myrtle does not appear (according to census, etc) to belong to any of those Hills.
Is Myrtle my great-great aunt? I think so. In this small cemetery, buried so closely together, and within a few stones of my father that would be a lot of coincidences for there not to be a kinship. But before I add Myrtle to our family tree as a lost child of Willis and Martha, I'm going to be looking in area newspapers for obituaries and making sure there weren't any other W. & M. E. Jones in this area. And then I may just use a pencil when I add her in…
Wordless Wednesday – Constantine Breneman & Carrie Breneman Jones' Families
by Sherry Stocking Kline
14 April 2010
I love this wonderful old photograph of the family, and am so glad that someone snapped a photo of their get-together.
And like many photographs, I wonder, was this just an ordinary family gathering? A funeral? Someone's wedding?
I may never know, but the question itself reminds me to make an extra note on the back of my photos or in my scrapbooks!
L – R: Ira, baby Paul, & Dee (Hoover) Breneman, Constantine Breneman, Carrie (Breneman) Jones & Children, Rose, Daryl, and toddler Dorothy.
Tombstone Tuesday – Julian Jones – Barren County, Kentucky
by Sherry Stocking Kline
13 April 2010
I snapped this Tombstone for a couple of reasons. One, I hoped he was family, and Two, it just caught my eye. It stood there, and though it said "Gone, but not forgotten," it seemed, well, lonely.
And like some tombstones that you see, it just made me wonder, who was he? Why is he buried there all by himself? What did he do for a living? What did he die of?
All those questions ran through my mind, but I guess first and foremost, was the question, is he part of my family?
On the Stone:
Julian Jones
1863 – 1932
Gone But Not Forgotten
Today I don't have those answers, and even though he is buried near my Smith family stones, I don't have the answer to the "is he family" question.
But it's a puzzle that I plan to solve!
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun!
by Sherry Stocking Kline
10 April 2010
Here is this week's Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge from Randy Seaver!
Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:
1) Tell us: Which ancestor or relative do you readily identify with? Which one do you admire? Which one are you most like, or wish that you were most like? Which one would you really like to sit down and have a heart-to-heart conversation with?
2) Write your response in a blog post on your own blog, in a Facebook note or response to this post, or in a comment on this post.
Oh my, which ancestor or relative do I most identify with? I think my ancestors, especially the women, were brave and courageous, so in some ways I wish I were more like them. My great-grandmother Frances Hitchcock Stocking picked up her life, packed up their belongings, and followed the man she loved, Roderick Remine Stocking, here to Kansas, a flat prairie with tall grass and no trees for firewood (read they used buffalo chips to heat their homestead with) or they drove their wagon about 15 miles south into Oklahoma's Indian Territory (which was illegal, mind you) to pick up firewood. They also lived within a few miles of the Chisholm Trail, and those who still traveled up and down it, even after the cattle drives ended.
And then there is my other great-grandmother on my mother's side, Salinda Rose Breneman, who lived out on the prairie in Nebraska, where Indians might (and did) poke their heads in the window wanting food. And Indians wouldn't have been their only danger. They would have lived in fear of prairie fires as well as rattle snakes, and her children, even at a young age, were sent out on horseback, sometimes with their lunch in a pail to herd the cattle, often being out of site of the homestead for the whole day.
Could I do what they did? I don't think so.
Who would I most want to sit down with? My great-great grandmother, Elizabeth Laird Jones Crabb!
I would ask her what her first husband's name was and thereby break down that brick wall! I would learn first-hand from her what her husband died from (or if they were divorced!) and I would ask her what brought them here to Kansas, and did they miss their home state of Kentucky and their daughter who stayed there?
And maybe I would just ask them how they 'managed?' How did they cope with the hardships, water that came from a well and wasn't the clear liquid that we're used to today, growing and canning and preserving much of their food, and sewing many of their clothes?
And particularly, where did they find the courage to go on when they had to bury their young children because their lives were cut short from disease and farm accidents?
So many questions that I would ask these courageous women!


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The Window Is Closing on the Next Wireless Land Grab
Remember The Beverly Hillbillies? If you don't, here's the premise of the long-running sitcom, as explained in its theme song:
"Come and listen to a story 'bout a man named Jed,
A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed.
Then one day he was shootin' at some food,
And up through the ground come a bubblin' crude ...
Oil, that is ... black gold ... Texas tea."
It goes on to explain how finding oil gave Jed and his kinfolk the cash to leave the holler and move to Beverly Hills, where foolish hijinks involving movie stars and swimming pools would then ensue.
The Beverly Hillbillies, running nine seasons from the early '60s into the '70s, was a big hit for CBS during the shank of broadcast television's golden age. However, more than 40 years after The Beverly Hillbillies' oil well finally dried up, Jed's good fortune now mirrors that of the denizens of broadcast television's current backwoods -- the UHF television stations.
UHF station owners are sitting on the equivalent of newly discovered oil reserves in a world that's fighting for every last drop of crude. The valuable substance in this case is spectrum, the frequencies that the mobile operators covet as wireless broadband usage is driving the telecom industry.
The UHF channels are in the highest wireless frequency range allotted to broadcast television, and those frequencies are more useful to mobile communications than to the lower frequencies of the VHF channels used by the network affiliates and some independent stations.
Suddenly, UHF stations have become a valuable commodity -- not because of their programming, audiences, or facilities, but solely for their spectrum licenses.
Spectrum is the lifeblood of wireless communications, and the major mobile operators are willing to pay big bucks for it.
AT&T tried and failed to buy T-Mobile USA and its spectrum in for $39 billion. Verizon paid $3.9 billion to Comcast and other cable companies for their cache of spectrum. Clearwire is currently being sought by Sprint Nextel for its frequencies, and now in a bit of a turnaround, T-Mobile USA wants to buy MetroPCS and its airwave resources.
To take advantage of the need for spectrum, there is a UHF station buying spree going on, according to Variety. Like real estate speculators searching out run-down properties in changing neighborhoods, investors are scooping up UHF stations for later sale to the highest bidders.
The San Francisco Bay-area UHF station, KTLN, residing on channel 47, a religious-programming broadcaster, was bought for $8 million by OTA Broadcasting, a group headed up by computer impresario Michael Dell in 2011. OTA also owns three other stations: KFFV and MeTV in Seattle, and WEBR in New York City.
But UHF station owners are also facing a dilemma. If those in the higher channels don't sell voluntarily, they might face eviction from their current FCC-designated spectrums and be moved to a new home to share spectrum with another station on a lower channel.
That process is called "packing" and could be done so the FCC can engage in future auctions of contiguous higher spectrum ranges to mobile operators. If that happens, their new spectrum becomes less valuable.
The auctions are planned for next year, though the broadcasting lobby is fighting against it, with the National Association of Broadcasters' president, Gordon Smith, once calling it a "spectrum grab."
Nevertheless, a speculator's investment in airwaves could have a big payoff, with buyers hoping to sell for two or three times the purchase price, according to a television station broker Variety spoke to.
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Roxbury Park in Beverly Hills, California will once again be going to the dogs on Sunday, March 11. That's because it's time for 2012 Woofstock 90210, a free and fun annual outdoor all day event. Best news of all: You're invited to bring your well-mannered dog along to enjoy all the festivities with you.
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My kids and I have been to this event in years past and we'll be there on Sunday. It really is a wonderful thing to do with children, especially animal loving kids. For sure, you and your kids will likely see more different breeds, sizes and colors of dogs than you ever imagined!
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Analysts: Next Generation Consoles Could Cost $99 with Subscription - News
by William D'Angelo, posted on 04 May 2012 / 4,827 ViewsThe possibility $99 Xbox 360 with a two year subscription plan could be a sign of things to come, says analysts. The biggest problem with new consoles is the price which can cost anywhere from $300 to $600. Console manufactures can sell their next generation console at a mass market price and it can come with a subscription for its online service. The model has shown to work with cell phones, so it can possibly work with video game consoles.
Analysts speaking with IGN had the following to say about the possibility of a cheaper next generation console subsidized with a subscription fee. "The model for next gen is interesting," said Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter. "It allows the hardware manufacturer to disguise the price of the hardware by bundling with an expensive service offering, not unlike the iPhone that retails for $499, but which costs only $199 with a two-year, expensive data plan."
"I think this could be a long-term strategy," said Mike Olsen, an analyst at Piper Jaffray. "It works with phones and tablets so why not game consoles? I definitely wouldn't be surprised to see Microsoft offering an Xbox Live partially subsidized Xbox 720 when it comes out and this could have significant interest from hardcore gamers that are upgrading to the next console and would have likely subscribed to Xbox Live anyway. Consumers like it because they save money on the hardware and Microsoft likes it because it gets people locked in for two years."
"It is an interesting business model and despite all the risks, I would argue that it would likely accelerate console adoptions, especially during the early phases of a hardware life-cycle when costs are well above $400," said Jesse Divnich from EEDAR.
When asked about the $99 Xbox 360 with two year subscription the analysts had the following to say. "I don't think it's that great a deal for consumers," said DFC Intelligence's David Cole. "You would be smarter to put the machine on your credit card. But if you don't have a credit card, it might make sense."
"My read is that this offering is aimed at the lower-income, late adopter, casual consumer, and I think it will convince many of them to buy a 360 instead of one of the other two consoles," said Michael Pachter.
"It is an interesting proposition, one that the cellular markets depend upon in its entirety," said Jesse Divnich. "If this is supported by every major retailer, I would anticipate a rather large uplift in Xbox 360 sales."
"Any perceived price reduction should lift hardware sales, I think even with a subscription pricing scheme," said Colin Sebastian at RW Baird. "Depending on the subscription price and term, this doesn't necessarily imply a price cut, but could broaden the potential Xbox consumer audience to the value end of the market. Given weak console sales, I think price experimentation is warranted. If this untaps a meaningful new consumer demographic then we could see Sony following suit."
David Cole did point out that "The Xbox 360 offer is just a rumor at this point. Console companies are always throwing ideas around to see how the market reacts."


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"The fighters need avenues to fight. The UFC can only hold roughly over 200 fighters on their roster and there are way more than 200 fighters out there trying to get in the UFC. I don't care if your fighting in Strikeforce or any other organization, every single fighter out there would love to have that UFC belt wrapped around their waist. The UFC is the NFL in MMA. These other organizations provide avenues not only for the fighters to make money, but to get acclimated with the fans and also fight more. Success breeds competition and competition breeds success. I will go on record by saying this, it's absolutely impossible for anybody to overtake the UFC business-wise and it's been proven by the 50 million dollars that have been lost by two organizations in the past six years," stated the official voice of the Octagon, announcer Bruce Buffer, as he shared his thoughts on the success of the UFC compared to other organizations and much more. Check it out!
JA: Bruce, it was a special night when the UFC went to the Army base for the "UFC Fight For The Troops 2" event.
BB: It was an amazing experience. In my estimation, I've never seen any organization whether, it would be boxing, MMA or a televised fighting show, that would put up millions of dollar to produce a live event on a base. Dana White and the Fertitta brothers have done this promotion for the third time and it's truly rewarding. You have no citizens in the audience except for all Army and Marine personnel. They were so excited for us to be there and the rock star treatment that they gave us after all they do for us is overwhelming. It's a very emotional and exciting experience.
JA: How do you handle the emotional side of an event like this? You still have a job to do at the same time.
BB: I enjoy it. I've been announcing for over fifteen years and to see where the UFC has come to when you have a helicopter with Marines and Army personnel sitting on it's wings, along with the four thousand servicemen and women in the arena; this is where the UFC has gotten too with the admiration from the ever important 18-34 male and female demographic and from the troops. It's truly amazing.
JA: Do you know how much money was raised for the troops?
BB: No I don't. They may go public, but I'm not privy to those numbers. Those numbers are in the UFC office.
JA: You've been with the UFC for a long time Bruce. At what point did you realize that the UFC had made it to the popularity it has with the mainstream media today?
BB: The UFC really made it mainstream when you opened up your Sunday paper and it would be published in the major papers. The UFC was being publicized on the internet, on the message boards, and websites, but we never got local press. For instance, I would open up my LA Times paper and there would be no news about MMA. I would even open up the TV part of the paper and there would be no reference to MMA. When I started to see that mainstream media started to cover us, that's when I knew that was our big break in the United States. People try to create new avenues, but no one really knows if it's going to work until it works. So you have maverick pioneers like Dana White and the Fertitta brothers taking over a business in which the previous owner, Robert Meyrowitz, was brought to a level where he was almost pushed underground for a lack of not being able to get on TV. What kept this company alive was the internet and DirecTV, in my opinion. Then Dana came in and made a commitment with Zuffa and started spending a lot of money to get us to the point we are at today. The Stephan Bonner-Forrest Griffin fight, along with the Ultimate Fighter on Spike, which brought in millions of new viewers...now the mainstream papers are forced to pay attention to us with all of the profits the UFC is generating. One more thing I would like to add is in the 1950's, they made a lot of space movies. In the 1960's, space movies went away for a while until 1972 when a film by the name of Star Wars came out. Star Wars has become a billion dollar franchise and all of sudden, every producer in Hollywood wants to do a space movie. UFC had finally gone through the ups and downs and started gaining profitability along with exposure, so now everyone wants to make an MMA show and create an MMA promotional product. What you have is the UFC being the pioneer company setting the pace for everybody else.
JA: What do you think about all the other organizations, such as Strikeforce, trying to start up and be successful?
BB: The fighters need avenues to fight. The UFC can only hold roughly over 200 fighters on their roster and there are way more than 200 fighters out there trying to get in the UFC. I don't care if you're fighting in Strikeforce or any other organization, every single fighter out there would love to have that UFC belt wrapped around their waist. The UFC is the NFL in MMA. These other organizations provide avenues not only for the fighters to make money, but to get acclimated with the fans and also fight more. Success breeds competition and competition breeds success. I will go on record by saying this, it's absolutely impossible for anybody to overtake the UFC business-wise and it's been proven by the 50 million dollars that have been lost by two organizations in the past six years. Other organizations are realizing the amounts of money it takes to get to the level the UFC has. A lot of people are saying that the UFC doesn't pay their fighters well, but the UFC does pay their fighters very well. Do you want to know where a lot of the money goes? It's to promote the sport and to get the UFC sanctioned in the states that it hasn't already been sanctioned in, as well as other countries.
JA: My dad is an older generation man and he still has that feeling of the UFC being like UFC 1. Do you still encounter those people who still believe the UFC is like the UFC of old?
BB: It's rarer these days because with all of the publicity and with the mainstream news the UFC has been getting, they are forced to watch us and they know what we are about. It's rare being in the age group of 50 and below, but if you talk to someone who is in their 60's who loves boxing and doesn't read the press too often, it will come up. My answer to them is this. Have you ever watched a UFC event today? And most people will answer, "No, it's barbaric." How can you form an opinion when you only watched something one time? Then I ask them have you watched boxing and they answer, "Yes!" I tell them, "Then watch the UFC. It's a lot more excitement."
JA: How do you prepare yourself before the event, and even during the event, when you get ready to announce the fighters.
BB: I have a simple routine. I've announced thousands of fights, so I don't get nervous. I have so many business ventures going on during the week that when I get to go to a UFC event, its like a boy scout going camping. It's definitely work with the traveling, coordination, and for the performance; absolutely it's all work. My routine is simple. I have a power breakfast in the morning, followed by a workout, some meditation, then get my head together to go to the arena and feed off the energy from the fans who are attending the event. When I get in the Octagon, I never know what I'm going to do with the movements except for my basic announcing. I don't rehearse and that's what works for me.
JA: What's it like to work for Dana White?
BB: He's great. He's so busy that you're lucky to get two minutes with him. The fact of the matter is if they give you a job and you do it well, and you're loyal to the organization, the organization is loyal to you. We have a wonderful team and it all stems from the business maverick Dana White, along with Lorenzo and Frank Fertitta, who are at the top of the pyramid, and it's flowing down to the rest of us. From the cameraman to the people who put together the Octagon, it's a well oiled machine.
JA: Do you think the UFC will ever be in New York?
BB: Yes, and I can't wait to walk into Madison Square Garden. Just as I walk into my local arena, Staples Center, in Los Angeles, and the O2 Arena in London, these are pinnacle moments, not just in the UFC evolutionary process, but pinnacle moments in my career. It will be a pinnacle moment when I walk out and step in the Octagon in Madison Square Garden.
JA: What's your role with Michael Buffer's company?
BB: I'm Michael Buffer's manager, for around 18 years now, and we are partners in our company, which I manage all affairs and licensing surrounding the development of the "Let's get ready to Rumble" licensed product, plus the licensing and legal aspects of the phrase in films, commercials and other business avenues.
JA: Is it hard for you to go out there and put a stop to people who try to use the product?
BB: It's business. This is ours and if you take ours to promote your product to make a dollar, widget or a digit, you've made a big mistake without getting a license from us. I don't get out of my car holding my neck and saying my neck hurts looking to sue. All I want is for you to understand that you can't use it. If I think it's promotionally proper, I will give you a license, but you're going to give us what we would have obtained and that's just business. You work hard to get a trademark and if you don't protect your trademark, the government will take it away.
JA: I appreciate your time Bruce. Is there anything that you would like to say in closing?
BB: Everyone wants to know how to get a hold of me for promotional ventures, birthday messages, and appearances at shows. I have a radio show, "It's Time" radio. It's a lifestyles show where we talk about the UFC, Sex, drugs and Rock & Roll, and a lot more. www.bufferzone.net is where you can get a hold of me. Also, if you're in Las Vegas on February 4th, you can come to my own personal poker lounge at the Luxor Pyramid Hotel. We will be having a special poker tournament where there will be lots of people from the world of MMA, plus UFC fighters, and it starts at 6:30, Friday night. Just ask for the "Buffer Poker room" at the Luxor Hotel.


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Copyright Steve Challis 2012
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Saturday, June 11, 2011
Vic's Story...a side trip in the wayback machine...
I was reading Lollipop Goldstein's post about the ginormous black snake yesterday and it reminded me of a story...
Very few things scare my husband. He is the crazy type who actually considers running into a burning building as good, wholesome fun. Vic use to be scared of needles, snakes, and childbirth. Diabetes has cured him of his fear of needles but he is still, to this day, absolutely and completely terrified of snakes and childbirth. I have personally seen him swerve across a road to avoid the little snake...not because he wanted to save the snake but because it scared him that bad. He also almost shot himself in the foot one time because he looked down, saw the snake, and his brain screamed "Kill it" but forgot to notice his foot was only inches away.
As amusing as that is, it's not half as funny as his EMT delivers a baby in an ambulance tale. Vic's fear of childbirth was legendary in the rescue squad. The man could handle blood, guts, and torn limbs but he couldn't even sit through the childbirth training film during EMT class. Well, a few years before I met him, Vic was on duty as an EMT at the Rescue Squad we met at years later. Vic and his partner were the last ambulance available in the county and a call came out for a women in labor needing transport to the hospital. Vic had to go. They arrived on the scene to find, ummmm, let's call her Roberta (but, yes, he still remembers her name after all these years), 9 months pregnant, having delivered multiple babies previously, fully in labor. Delivery seemed imminent. Since Vic was the more experienced EMT on scene, he had to be with the patient...a women fully in labor...and he was scared shitless. One of the things all EMTs have to do is call in to the hospital when we are en route with a patient. This is how it went...
Unit 1532: Vic's voice sounding shaky XYZ Hospital, XYZ Hospital, we are en route to your facility with a 9 month pregnant patient fully in labor, contractions are 3 minutes apart. pause
XYZ Hospital: noting shakiness/fear in the voice coming over the radio Unit 1532, is everything ok?
Unit 1532: Vital signs are good but...what do I do now?
an aside to note that the hospital KNEW Vic was fully trained, the patient KNEW he was fully trained
XYZ Hospital: realizing exactly which EMT is in the back of the ambulance with the laboring patient...snicker...snicker...Well, Vic, you need to check for crowning.
Unit 1532: audible gulp...baby is crowning...silence follows...
XYZ Hospital: Well Vic, it looks like you are going to deliver a baby.
Vic, my dear, darling Hispanic husband with swarthy olive skin goes white as a sheet...
Vic: Jo (his partner), STEP ON IT.
Sadly, while this sped up the ambulance, it increased the bumpiness of the ride. Every bump, every pothole, every railroad track made Roberta feel like the baby was coming that much faster.
Roberta: The baby is coming.
Vic: begging with the best of them...Roberta, please don't push. Please. It's only a little while longer. Please...
Roberta: Almost laughing between contractions Vic, I've got to push. This baby is coming and it's coming now...
Unit 1532: XYZ Hospital...she says she has to push...
XYZ Hospital: Well Vic, then it's time for you to catch. Call us back if anything changes.
about 15 minutes pass
Unit 1532: XYZ Hospital, we are now en route to your facility with 2 patients. Baby girl was delivered at 11:32 am. pauses and then wails with rising panic What do I do now?
XYZ Hospital: by this time, the nurse manning the radio knew Vic and his fear very well Well Vic, you need to clamp and cut the cor...
Unit 1532: interrupting Do I have to?
XYZ Hospital: knowing the ambulance was only 5 minutes out...snickering...No Vic, we will have a doc from labor and delivery standing by at the ambulance entrance. Come on in.
the ambulance arrives at the hospital and the labor and delivery doc is waiting on them...The l&d doc clamps and cuts the cord and thoroughly checks over mom and baby.
L&D doc: Roberta, you have a beautiful, healthy baby girl and you seem to be doing fine. turns and looks at my white as a ghost husband who looks like he could keel over at any minute and says Vic, do you need something?
How funny is that? Mom and baby are fine and the poor EMT almost needs a stretcher of his own.
9 comments:
- Little Miss Flossy said...
Oh Kristin... That story is priceless! I have to say that Andrew is the comPlete opposite and delivering babies is the highlight of his job. He's only delivered three but remembers each one as a miracle. I'd be like Vic, prob out on the floor!
- Sheliza said...
Wow~! What a story! I agree with Little Miss Flossy~ priceless!
- manapan said...
Okay I usually just lurk, but that was awesome! What a great birth story. And good job, Vic!
If you don't mind my asking, how did Vic do when your kids were born? Just curious because I'm due in a few weeks and wondering how my husband might handle being there when I recently had to talk him through his urge to faint while I got a catheter inserted. :) - 6/12/11, 2:03 AM
- mommyodyssey said...
Hilarious! Now you have to tell us how he dealt with the birth of the boys. :-)
- WiseBursche said...
Oh yeah this story is for keeps!
Well Vic, Good job!
Being completely fearless is overrated anyways. - 6/16/11, 1:56 AM
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- Quiet Dreams said...
This is too much! Love that Vic!
- Emms said...
I laughed so hard at this that I'm crying! Thanks for sharing :)
- Meari said...
LOL, poor Vic!


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Hi. As soon as I get enough cash, Im gonna build a PC. I haven't done much looking around yet, just motherboards and processors, but I figured I would ask here and see if anybody could help me come up with the parts for a good machine that can run Linux. If anyone has any good suggestions, please let me know.
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The NBA on TNT will continue Thursday, Dec. 5, with an Eastern Conference doubleheader featuring the Brooklyn Nets and Deron Williams hosting their cross-town rival New York Knicks and Carmelo Anthony at 7 p.m. ET. Charles Barkley will move from the studio to court side analyst role alongside Marv Albert, analyst Steve Kerr and reporter Rachel Nichols. The second game of the night will feature the Miami Heat and LeBron James taking on the Chicago Bulls and Carlos Boozer at 9:30 p.m. Kevin Harlan will handle play-by-play with analysts Greg Anthony and Reggie Miller with reporter Craig Sager.
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Jewish World Review December 18, 2012 / 5 Teves, 5773 The News in Zingers By Argus Hamilton
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The Los Angeles Angels stunned the baseball world Thursday by signing star slugger Josh Hamilton. Most teams hesitated to sign him because they were worried about his cocaine problem. In Southern California it's not a problem, it's a networking opportunity.
U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration for Secretary of State Thursday. Democrats claimed Republicans don't want a black woman for the job. You get so used to Condoleezza Rice you start thinking of her as a good old boy from Texas.
Lindsay Lohan topped off a year of drinking, dancing, tax dodging and car wrecks by losing her house. It was all planned. In case the Mayan apocalypse occurs this week, let it be recorded in the Book of Life that Lindsay Lohan prepared for it more logically than anyone.
The White House warned North Korea Friday the satellite they launched last week is on a collision course with several U.S. satellites. They could accidentally knock out texting, cell phones and e-mails. There might not be a car wreck in California until it gets repaired.
Egypt banned the playing of love songs on radio and TV this past week. Also banned were jokes about Egypt's president. The White House characterized Egypt's ban on love songs as inartistic and the ban on jokes about the president as something to consider.
Google stashed ten billion dollars in the Bahamas to avoid taxes legally Friday. They transferred the cash to Belgium, then sent it to Ireland then ordered it to the Bahamas. Whoever thought that U.S. dollars would wind up on some Trail of Tears like the Cherokees.
A Wells Fargo bank in Virginia was robbed by a man in a Mitt Romney mask Friday two years after it was robbed by a man in a Hillary mask. They can afford it. In 2008 a guy in a George W. Bush mask walked into the same bank and left a hundred billion dollars on the counter.
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Trending likes to bookend a big awards ceremony with a few nominations of its own for the evening's most memorable moments:
Misjudged Moment of the Evening went to host Seth MacFarlane who took a critical monstering for his repertoire, specifically the downright misognyistic "We Saw Your Boobs" song which, rather than lampooning Hollywood's sexism and hypocrisy, served only to mortify the female actors mentioned in its verses. However it was nearly worth it for Charlize Theron's wonderful eye-rolling stare at the Family Guy creator's mention of her name (see also, GIF of the Night).
Meanwhile on internet distraction-generator Twitter, Mia Farrow was the Acerbic Celebrity Tweeter of the evening with offerings as barbed as: "You can tell who's doing coke #oscars."
The Unlikely Apology gong went to famously unapologetic US satirists The Onion who made a rare public apology after an ugly tweet in a style meant to mock bitchy internet culture about nine-year-old nominee Quvenzhané Wallis (think of Larry David's famous "beloved Aunt" typo).
The Onion's own CEO, Steve Hannah called it "humorless comment masquerading as satire". Expect the kerplunk of a satirical P45 landing on someone's doorstep about... now. Finally, the coveted award for Best Photoshop of a Live Broadcast went to... the Fars News Agency. The Iranian state's semi-official news agency took revenge on Michelle Obama announcing that Argo had won Best Picture by crudely altering the First Lady's silver Naeem Khan dress to cover her arms and chest.
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Matthew Freud, the publicist married to Elisabeth Murdoch, has regained control of his eponymous public relations and marketing agency from the Publicis Groupe.
The deal is thought to have valued Freud Communications at between £75m and £100m. Publicis took a 50.1 share in the agency in 2005 and it was revealed last November that Mr Freud wanted to win back control. It is the second time he has bought back the company; he did so in 2001 after a sale to Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.


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Queen's "Under Pressure" and Leftfield's "Release the Pressure"
Two music videos, roughly marking the beginning and end of my interest in popular music (a period spanning barely over a decade), both expressing, perhaps, appropriate horror at and resistance to modernity ("the terror of knowing what this world is about" and "I've got to stand and fight in this creation," respectively).
(That said, with all due respect, while I was a bit late on the bandwagon for this number, I'd say it beats both of the above — The Clash - Pressure Drop. And I have am fortunate to seen the original, arguably even better yet, performed live — Toots & The Maytals - Pressure Drop.)
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A Mother's Day Tribute ~ And Remembering Smokie
We wish to wish and woo a very Happy Mother's Day to all the Moms out there...both canine and human! We hope today is a very special day for you all and filled with love, hugs, and treats! I'd also like to wish my own Mom a wonderful day and a happy day to our pack family's surrogate momma, Harley, who took all three Pupsters under her wing when they were mere puppies as if they were her own! And today, five years later, still relishes in the "momma" role as their parent, mentor, teacher, and boss!
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Happy Mother's Day!
Today also marks one year since our dear, sweet honorary Husky cat Smokie suddenly crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Before she left us, she brought us a starving little feral kitten we named Binx. In a way, she was his mother, bringing him to safety and love. He is a real charmer and has grown into a happy, healthy, vetted boy! Every time we see him roll in the sun, he reminds us of Smokie and how they played together and mirrored each other's actions. Smokie, we miss you every day. Bask in the warm sunlight, our sweet angel.
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News Corp's Rupert Murdoch Files For Divorce Which Won't Affect News Corp Split — EXCLUSIVE 9 AM, 4TH UPDATE 11 AM WRITETHRU (new details): News Corp Chairman/CEO Rupert Murdoch filed for divorce from wife Wendi Deng Murdoch this morning in New York State Supreme Court, Deadline learned at 9 AM.
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One Iraqi family's journey of 500 heartbreaking miles began with a simple gift from an American soldier. A U.S. patrol in the Baghdad neighborhood of Mansur stopped to see why so many cars were parked by the family's house, a fairly common inspection in a city plagued by security problems. Once the patrol's leader learned there was no cause for alarm, he even offered the family's daughter a birthday present.
The small present brought major problems.
Militants accused the family, who wish not to be named, of associating with Americans, and threatened them with violence. The threats grew so pronounced the family fled their native home as refugees to Amman, joining a growing number of people seeking security, or even sustenance, beyond Iraq's borders.
"Families inside Iraq do not have anything to live on," International Orthodox Christian Charities regional director George Antoun said. "They are stuck in Iraq, with no relatives abroad to help and support them.
Iraq's escalating sectarian violence is pushing whole families out of their homes. Fleeing men, women and children will pay steep fees for undercover, safe transport out of the country. Iraq's neighboring states are trying to seal off common escape routes but the tide is still rising. The United Nations High Commission on Refugees estimates as many as 2.2 million Iraqi refugees have fled since the latest war began.
Home away from home
From his pulpit in St. Ephraim's Syrian Orthodox Church in Amman, Fr. Emmanuel Al Bana has watched his congregation grow significantly since U.S. forces invaded Iraq in 2003. The church has about 5,000 members, the core of whom at one time were native Jordanians. Now, around 3,000 Iraqi Christians have joined St. Ephraim's, many within the last two years.
Church World Service staff member Steve Weaver recently visited St. Ephraim's as part of a delegation examining how the faith community should respond to the Iraqi refugee crisis. CWS is working with other Action by Churches Together members, the Middle East Council of Churches, International Orthodox Christian Charities, Christian Aid and Norwegian Church Aid to coordinate a broader response supporting displaced Iraqis.
In Amman, St. Ephraim's is helping refugees as it is able, distributing blankets, clothing and kits to help families with small children. "Iraqis here are not allowed to work," said MECC-Jordan director Wafa S. Goussous. "Ninety percent of Iraqi refugees are poor and only depend on our donations, and relatives abroad."
Pushed beyond the fringe
The poorest refugees are frequently female, widowed by violence and excluded by a patriarchal society. Such is the story of Brenita, a 42 year-old mother of four. Her husband left Iraq six years ago, seeking asylum in Sweden, hoping to bring the rest of his family along later. The last Brenita heard from him, her husband was detained in Nepal. The war forced Brenita to leave her Baghdad home.
"I sold all my furniture, all my belongings to leave Iraq," Brenita said. The proceeds paid for her family's passage on a 24 hour-long bus ride to Amman.
Brenita, her children and her sister, Berita, survive on the little money Brenita earns cleaning and working in a glass factory, illegally. Berita once worked as a nurse but was forced to quit due to medical problems.
"Life is miserable here in Jordan but I prefer living in Jordan than being dead in Iraq," Berita said.
Jordanian law prohibits Brenita's children and other displaced youngsters from attending public schools. Private schools are an option for those who can afford $450 per year tuition.
Such a price was most likely not a problem for Waadallih, a displaced contractor from Baghdad. Militants kidnapped Waadallih's cousin and business partner six months ago, and later sought ransom for his family's safety. With just his life savings, Waadallih and his family fled for Jordan.
Waadillah's daughters have not been to school since the family left, with most of the family's savings paying for US$220 a month to rent a small apartment and US$100 a month to cover medicines for a chronic illness. Jordanian law prohibits Waadillah from practicing his craftsman trade, and he is searching for any other way to survive in the coming months.
"Only God knows," Waadillah said.
No end in sight, little welcome within reach
"The larger story for Iraqi families is that there is no foreseeable resolution to this situation," CWS's Weaver said. "Iraqis routinely say it will take five to ten years for this to play out. So the two million Iraqis living in neighboring countries will not be returning home, voluntarily, anytime soon."
Seeking refuge in neighboring states is about the only option for Iraqis in peril. Jordan and Syria are determining the best legal means to accept refugees through their borders. Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia is constructing a US$7 million high-tech fence to keep Iraqis from wandering into its territory.
The U.S. State Department plans to resettle officially only around 7,000 Iraqis by September. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of Iraqis have been officially welcomed by Scandinavian nations.
Yet processing official requests is not keeping pace with the demand for resettlement. For the first time in five years, the United Nations High Commission on refugees reports an increase in the number of refugees worldwide, largely a result of the Iraq crisis.
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Description: CIMMARON UBERTI US 7TH CAVALRY 45 CAL REVOLVER Cimarron Firearms reproduction of US 7th Cavalry Model 1873 .45 caliber revolver by A. Uberti. Made in Italy. | Caliber / Gauge: .45 | Barrel Length: 7.5" | Serial Number: P36376 | Condition: Excellent.
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Without LEE low profile adapter ring is indispensable if you want to filter holder attached to a wide-angle lenses. Its great advantage is more thread embedded in the adapter, so that the filter is placed as close to the lens, and it reduces the risk of vignetting. The adapter ring has a stable construction and aluminum thread with a diameter of 77 mm.
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Big Space Gun: Free pixel-art graphics for your game
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We've been working in BlackMoon on the game called "Big Space Gun". It supposed to be a "Invaders" little clone, with nice pixel-art graphics and some humorous story. I've made a bunch of graphics, we even had a working prototype for the game, but the game didn't feel quite right. We decided to postpone it at first, and finally buried the project few weeks ago.
But – there's no reason for the pixel-art assets made for this game to be lost&forgotten in our archive. Therefore – I decided to give them away to anyone who would like to use them in their own games or other projects. It's released under WTFPL licence. Just remember to shout on our site
Beautiful work! Thanks! :)
Thanks, very nice!
wow, very nice. I will try to get them into a project. But some one got to break it into separate pngs.
awesome ;) hope to see more work
It's released under WTFPL licence. LMAO
Take a look at my use of this set of art.
Hey BlackMoon Design,
I just wanted to let you know that I used your Earth asset as a logo for my site AliensAteMyGames.com. Thanks a lot!
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Emeril's Basic Sauce for Lasagna
This is the sauce Emeril made to go in the 1-2-3 Lasagna recipe. This makes about 10 cups or 1 1/2 quarts of sauce. This makes enough sauce for the lasagna...
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Grandma Shannon's Amazing Spaghetti Sauce
Be sure to make a triple batch of this sauce... it is tried and true and been around for generations. My 90 year-old Croatian grandmother still makes...
tomato, olive oil, basil, black pepper, tomato paste, tomato sauce, water, +bay leaf, +red pepper flakes, +fennel seed, +garlic, +ground beef, +onions, +parmesan cheese, +salt
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