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SPORTSSHP's Walter runs for 321 yards and 6 TDs
Sacred Heart Prep's football team didn't quite know what to expect from visiting Valley Christian-Dublin in Friday's nonleague...Original post made on Sep. 19, 2009
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SCHOOLS & KIDSSwine Flu Vaccines For Our Students?
Is Skelly going to find a way to offer them at school? Our middle school and high school students can't afford to miss school....Original post made by Mom on Sep. 8, 2009
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ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOState unemployment rate continues to climb
California's unemployment rate reached a record 12.2 percent in August, according to the latest figures from the state Employment...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009
Last comment by Mike, on Sep 19, 2009 at 6:33 pm | 5 comments | 2193 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSThe STANDUP ACT for teen drivers
We should be supporting this Act and keeping our kids safe while they learn to drive to benefit us all. http://www.saferoads4teens.org/standup-act...Original post made by Parent of Teens on Sep. 19, 2009
Last comment by Parent of Teens, on Sep 19, 2009 at 4:16 pm | 6 comments | 2269 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOIt's Heeeeere
Hell hath no fury like a taxpayer ignored! More than 100,000 people marched on Washington DC today. From the capitol to the...Original post made by Harold H. on Sep. 12, 2009
Last comment by Perspective, on Sep 19, 2009 at 3:32 pm | 32 comments | 2818 Views
AROUND TOWNTense labor talks continue in Palo Alto
Palo Alto's largest labor union continued its tense negotiations with the City of Palo Alto this week, with both sides saying...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009
Last comment by full disclosure, on Sep 19, 2009 at 12:40 pm | 17 comments | 2294 Views
SCHOOLS & KIDSPalo Alto school enrollment climbs 2 percent
Palo Alto school enrollment this fall is 11,680 -- up 2 percent from last year but not as high as expected, the school district...Original post made on Sep. 17, 2009
Last comment by Erin, on Sep 19, 2009 at 7:27 am | 11 comments | 3887 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESEditorial: A late-night blunder on Downtown Library
The ill-considered action by the Palo Alto City Council, at about 12:40 a.m. Tuesday, to reverse direction on redesigning...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009
Last comment by Charleston neighbor, on Sep 18, 2009 at 7:15 pm | 10 comments | 2046 Views
AROUND TOWNAdobe Meadow / Meadow Park
The Adobe Meadow and Meadow Park neighborhoods, nestled just east of Middlefield Road between East Meadow Drive and Charleston...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009
Last comment by mutti, on Sep 18, 2009 at 6:24 pm | 1 comment | 2229 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESFind Water Polluters Near You
Across the nation, the system that Congress created to protect the nation's waters under the Clean Water Act of 1972...Original post made by Resident on Sep. 14, 2009
Last comment by Walter_E_Wallis, on Sep 18, 2009 at 3:56 pm | 17 comments | 2033 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOGood or Bad ? Cutting Down the Cal Ave trees. Not the big picture.
At this time with the Millions of dollars the City of Palo Alto does not have. With staff out of Control mismanageing public...Original post made by fireman on Sep. 18, 2009
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PALO ALTO ISSUESCouncil kicks back Downtown Library plan
A divided Palo Alto City Council early Tuesday voted to send back key elements of the redesigned Downtown Library for "further...Original post made on Sep. 16, 2009
Last comment by larger collection, on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:03 pm | 41 comments | 2983 Views
AROUND TOWNBitter fruit: An inside look at street vending
The strawberry vendors stand on street corners throughout Palo Alto, at busy intersections, outside shopping centers and...Original post made on Sep. 4, 2009
Last comment by Paula, on Sep 18, 2009 at 1:01 pm | 97 comments | 12132 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESDisaster aides to practice what they preach
Disaster-response volunteers will be holding an earthquake drill Saturday afternoon in Palo Alto, practicing putting out...Original post made on Sep. 18, 2009
Last comment by Annette Ashton, on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:54 pm | 1 comment | 2461 Views
AROUND TOWNMountain View considers bold new transit system
Someday in Mountain View's not-too-distant future, driverless electric vehicles could whisk passengers between the downtown...Original post made on Sep. 16, 2009
Last comment by Allen Payton, on Sep 18, 2009 at 10:42 am | 11 comments | 2374 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTSFire alarm and sirens in neighborhood - 9 PM - 9:20 and going
Loud fire alarm, many sirens. What is going on? ...Original post made by Fred on Sep. 17, 2009
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PALO ALTO ISSUESPalo Alto union workers call in sick
About a quarter of the workers represented by Palo Alto's largest labor union called in sick Tuesday in what city leaders...Original post made on Sep. 8, 2009
Last comment by City Employee/resident, on Sep 18, 2009 at 12:39 am | 143 comments | 5775 Views
ISSUES BEYOND PALO ALTOEast Palo Alto students to be honored Friday
Three East Palo Alto teens will be honored at the annual Family Service Winners Breakfast Friday at the Crowne Plaza Cabana...Original post made on Sep. 17, 2009
Last comment by Ada, on Sep 17, 2009 at 10:49 pm | 1 comment | 2477 Views
PALO ALTO ISSUESGuest Opinion: Room hunting in Palo Alto has shock value, sticker and otherwise
Next to Stanford University, one would think there would be a wide choice of rooms for rent. Not so, especially within biking...Original post made on Sep. 17, 2009
Last comment by exaggeration, on Sep 17, 2009 at 5:53 pm | 2 comments | 5089 Views
CRIMES & INCIDENTSPalo Alto police nab former felon with a gun
A Palo Alto police officer's suspicion that a car had falsified registration led to a multi-felony arrest in the baylands...Original post made on Sep. 15, 2009
Last comment by Thank you, on Sep 17, 2009 at 3:02 pm | 15 comments | 2133 Views
Cherries and Berries
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Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength . . .
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Volume 12 of the series Advances in Microbial Ecology pp 431-468
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Methane oxidation became a subject of scientific inquiry when Alessandro Volta observed in 1776 that gas bubbles collected from a pond were combustible. Methane was subsequently exploited as a source of heat and light. However, in spite of its commercial significance, the biological and ecological aspects of methane oxidation were largely ignored until the pioneering work of Söhngen (1906), who first isolated methane-oxidizing bacteria (MOB). [Quayle (1987) notes that Lowe probably isolated the first MOB in 1892 without recognizing their ability to oxidize methane.] Little additional progress was made until the 1960s, at which time the systematic efforts of several groups provided methodological tools and details on the taxonomy, physiology, and biochemistry of C1 metabolism. Aside from purely academic motivations, this work was stimulated by: (1) the potential use of methanotrophic bacteria as sources of "single cell protein"; (2) the role of methylotrophic bacteria in food spoilage; (3) the possible use of methanotrophs in the bioremediation of certain halogenated organic pollutants or as agents for commercial biotransformations (Higgins et al., 1980). Ecological studies were slower in development, but a number of important observations established the ubiquity of methanotrophs, the impact of methane oxidation in freshwater and some marine systems, and the potential for anaerobic as well as aerobic methane oxidation (see Hanson, 1980, and Rudd and Taylor, 1980, for earlier reviews).
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Hi my names Dean i live in the west midlands and have a 1994 318is, just thought i would say hello
Evening guys, I'm looking to be a bmw owner by this summer. After I move I'll be ok to get a new car and been looking at the e39 540i. Just doing a bit of research before I jump in. Has anyone got any info, buying guides or details on expected fuel consumtion or service intervals etc.
I'm probabily going to keep it stock for a while then maybe get a more free flowing exhaust to turn up the v8's rumble.
540i is a great car....very reliable, cheap motor to repair and replace if ever needed, and parts are abundant for the E39s making running them affordable compared to the cost when they were new.
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March 26, 2014
Pitt (12-11, 4-5 ACC) vs. No. 23 Georgia Tech (15-10, 5-4 ACC)
March 28-30, 2014 • Charles L. Cost Field at the Petersen Sports Complex • Pittsburgh, Pa.
Fri: 5:30 p.m. | Sat: 3 p.m. | Sun: 1 p.m.
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Radio: WREK Radio (Atlanta)
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Series Notes: Pitt
All-Time Record: 0-0
Friday: RHP Rhys Aldenhoven (SR/Victoria, Australia) (2-1, 3.60 ERA) vs. RHP Josh Heddinger (1-1, 4.38 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Joseph Harvey (SR/Audobon, Pa.) (1-1, 3.81 ERA) vs. LHP Devin Stanton (1-0, 3.68 ERA)
Sunday: RHP Matt Wotherspoon (SR/Mountain Top, Pa.) (2-3, 7.76 ERA) vs. RHP Matthew Grimes (3-0, 3.57 ERA)
TAKING ON TECH: Pitt hosts No. 23 Georgia Tech this weekend for the first-ever meeting between the two schools in their nearly 260 years of combined baseball history. The Yellow Jackets are playing well, and had won eight of their last 10 before dropping Tuesday's contest to Mercer, 4-1. Tech has also won two consecutive series against ACC opponents, taking two of three from both Miami and North Carolina, ranked No. 22 and No. 13, respectively, at the time. Offensively, the Yellow Jackets are nearly equal to the Panthers in production (148 versus 142 runs). Table-setter Danny Spingola leads the team in runs scored (23) and is tied for sixth in the league with eight swipes in nine tries. Former walk-on Thomas Smith's .349 batting average and .450 on-base percentage are both in the ACC's top-10, and along with Mott Hyde (.472 slugging percentage, 19 RBI), powers the offense. Jonathan King (2-0, 1.96 ERA) and Cole Pitts (1-0, 3.18 ERA) lead Georgia Tech's starting rotation, but Dusty Isaacs' 11 appearances out of the 'pen have yielded the most decisions on the staff (4-3, 2.25 ERA). Sam Clay's 0.61 ERA and 20 strikeouts in 14.2 innings make him a go-to reliever to preserve a lead.
BROOM FOR THE BLUE DEVILS: ACC baseball was ushered into Pittsburgh with a three-game sweep of Duke last weekend in the Panthers' first-ever home series in their new league, extending their streak of consecutive conference victories at Charles L. Cost Field to 15. The series concluded a week that saw Pitt start its home schedule a perfect 5-0 for the first time since 2012. Opening with wins over Youngstown State and Akron, the Panthers scored 10 or more runs in the first two home games of the year for the first time since doing so against Fordham on March 13-14, 2010 at Trees Field. After rocky play to open March this year, Pitt has rebounded to post victories in five of its last six and eight of its last 12 games. Beating the Panthers at home is a tough assignment regardless, even for the nation's best teams. Pitt has won four of its last five games against nationally ranked opponents at home, including a three-game series sweep against No. 16 Notre Dame last season. Overall, Pitt is 9-13 versus top-25 opponents since 2009, and 1-2 this season after defeating North Carolina, 6-4, on March 9th.
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK: The Panthers officially joined the ACC on July 1, 2013 after spending 29 baseball seasons in the Big East Conference. Pitt is 59-104 (.369 winning percentage) all-time against current members of the ACC and 41-58 (.414 winning percentage) overall under head coach Joe Jordano (1998-present). From 2010-13, the Panthers posted the third best winning percentage (.621, 141-86) and the fourth most conference wins (62-42) among all Big East teams during that span. The ACC has seen a total of nine programs make regional appearances since 2009, including eight with at least two appearances and six with at least five. The conference has also had the second most regional appearances (37) and second most appearances in the College World Series (9) in the past five seasons, with two programs advancing to the collegiate game's biggest stage in 2013 (North Carolina, a No. 1 national seed, and North Carolina State). Six ACC programs are currently ranked in the Baseball America Top-25 Poll – No. 1 Florida State, No. 3 Virginia, No. 20 Clemson, No. 23 Georgia Tech No. 24 North Carolina and No. 25 North Carolina State
BOO WHO?: Boo Vazquez (JR/Youngstown, Ohio), named the No. 11 prospect in the ACC by Perfect Game and the No. 67 prospect in the country by Baseball America, continues to improve his power and proficiency at the plate for the Panthers. The 38th round selection by the Colorado Rockies in the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft is at his best when the competition is the toughest, with roughly half of his offensive production coming in only the nine ACC games of the 23 games played overall so far by the Panthers. In conference play, Vazquez leads the Panthers in virtually every offensive category to include home runs (2), batting average (.371), RBI (13), and slugging percentage (.543). While his offense power and consistency are impressive, perhaps most impressive is the discipline he brings to each at-bat, even with top talent on the mound. In nine ACC games (35 at-bats), the slugger Vazquez has struck out only four times while drawing five walks (.429 on-base percentage).
HOME, SWEET HOME: Dating back to its first season at Charles L. Cost Field in 2011, Pitt has manufactured a rather impressive resume at home. The Panthers are 60-20 (.750 winning percentage) all-time at Charles L. Cost Field with a 30-11 mark (.731 winning percentage) against conference opponents. Pitt, which has held itself above .600 in three straight seasons at home, is also 49-16 (.754 winning percentage) in day games and 23-5 (.821 winning percentage) in March meetings at Charles L. Cost Field. The Panthers have won 10 of its 14 conference series played at home, with nine series victories resulting in sweeps, and they are a perfect 17-0 at Charles L. Cost Field when scoring 10 or more runs. Last season, the Panthers went 25-5 (.833 winning percentage) at home with a 12-0 mark against league foes, batting .313 with 29 home runs and sporting a 2.88 team ERA as well.
PLEASE AND VRANKA: Stephen Vranka (SR/Monroeville, Pa.), has been consistently productive at the top of the lineup for Pitt his year. Having reached base safely in 13 consecutive contests, the senior has chalked up a hit in 13 of the last 16 games and has not been held hitless in consecutive games since Feb. 28 against Ohio State. When the calendar flipped to March, the Panther centerfielder turned up the heat as he posted a .333 average in 16 games to kick-start the Panther offense from the leadoff spot. Heading into this weekend's action with Georgia Tech, Vranka leads the club in runs (21) and extra-base hits (11). Furthermore, Vranka leads the ACC with four triples, with three of those three-baggers coming on March 15 during a doubleheader at Virginia Tech. Vranka has pulled himself into second place on the program's all-time list in career triples (14), four shy of Ben Copeland's (2003-05) record of 18.
CASEY AT THE BAT: Casey Roche (SR/Downingtown, Pa.) was named a First-Team Preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association in December after garnering Third-Team All-American honors following his extraordinary junior campaign in 2013. Roche is always dangerous lurking in the heart of the Panther lineup, but perhaps never more so than heading into this weekend. The senior right fielder is batting .333 (5-of-15) at home this season with five runs and four RBI at Charles L. Cost Field in only four games played, and has accounted for six runs and six RBI in the past five games alone. He has tallied a hit in 12 of his last 15 games, and has not come up empty at the plate in consecutive games since Feb 23 against Fordham. Of course, this is nothing new for Roche, who has made picking up RBI his business from the start. He presently sits in sole possession of third most RBI of all-time in Pitt baseball history with 148 after adding 19 so far in the 2014 season.
CORNER CONTRIBUTERS: Eric Hess (JR/Erie, Pa.) has overcome a slow start to the 2014 campaign to become an offensive force for the Panthers. His .297 season batting average is tied for second-highest on the squad and he is presently riding a five-game hitting streak. In fact, over the past five games, he was quite possibly the hottest Panther hitter as he went eight for 19 (.421 average) at the dish. The first baseman has hit safely in five straight games, adding a double and four RBI while posting a .429 on-base percentage as Pitt went 4-1 in concert with his hot streak. On the opposite corner of the infield, Jordan Frabasilio (JR/Chandler, Ariz.) may have brought some of his home southwest heat with him to Pittsburgh. The third baseman matched Hess at the plate, going eight for 19 as well over the past five contests, and has even only just edged Hess by hitting safely in six consecutive games. No Panther has been swinging a heavier bat in recent days, as he's slugged a cool .632 over that stretch leading into this weekend's series.
FORTIFIED AT FORTY-TWO: Pitt set a program record in wins on May 12, 2013 when it defeated Villanova, 10-2, for its 40th victory of the season (also Jordano's 750th career win) in the Panthers' final Big East game at Charles L. Cost Field. Pitt finished at 42-17 on the year with an 18-6 conference record, edging the Panthers' 1995 39-win season and tying their program best in conference wins (originally set in 2010). Last season marked the sixth time in history that Pitt has won 35 or more games (fifth time under Jordano). The Panthers, who swept a program-record eight three-game series in 2013, also posted their best winning percentage (.712) since 1981 (.758, 25-8) to rank 17th in NCAA Division I baseball. Pitt has held itself at or above .500 in five consecutive seasons (2009-13), two shy of the program record of seven straight seasons (1967-73). The Panthers were one of 35 teams to win at least 40 games last season, placing themselves in the top 11.8 percent at the NCAA Division I level.
STATISTICAL STANDING: Pitt's offense ranked seventh nationally in scoring (7.5) and runs (444), 12th in on-base percentage (.403), 16th in slugging percentage (.448) and 20th in home runs (49) last season. In the conference, the Panthers were first in batting average (.302), on-base percentage, slugging percentage, runs, RBI (394), home runs (by a 20-home run margin over Louisville), total bases (926) and walks (292). Pitt was second in hits (625) and doubles (108), tied for third in triples (23) and fifth in stolen bases (72) as well. The Panthers also placed in the Big East's top-five in ERA (3.59) – the program's best mark since 1981 (3.20) – strikeouts (349) and batting average against (.258). Defensively, Pitt converted 61 double plays on the season to lead the conference and to tie for 10th nationally.
NON-CONFERENCE? NO PROBLEM: Since the start of the 2008 season, Pitt has tallied a 110-63 (.636 winning percentage) against non-conference opponents, including a 22-9 showing (.710 winning percentage) in 2013 and an 8-6 mark this year. The Panthers have won 15 or more non-conference games in each of the past five seasons. Pitt has also won nine consecutive non-conference three-game sets dating back to 2005, with five series resulting in sweeps. The Panthers, who totaled 7.9 runs per game against out-of-league opponents in 2013, are averaging seven runs per game during non-conference play this season.
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While I could provide a detailed run-down of the various census and other records that help flesh out Boyer's life, the following paragraphs taken from a 1977 genealogy book basically do better than I could with only dry census data. While there is certainly a chance that some of this is at least slightly inaccurate, this is a remarkably detailed narrative of the life of a man who, when still apparently an apprentice, threw a pot that still interests us 150+ years later:
Isaac [Boyer] was the son of Martin Sr. and Hoover Boyer, and was [born December 5, 1828] in Adams County, Pa. … [His parents] lived and died [there]. [The] family used to go to Chesapeake Bay to gather shellfish. The father [died] in 1853 and the mother [circa] 1860, and the family drifted westward. [Note: I believe the correct date for the father's death is 1833.] Isaac's brother, Jacob, was the first to come to Iowa. He came with [two associates], bringing a load of liquor on a flatboat to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi and the Des Moines River to Farmington. He was in Indianapolis … from 1832-1842, and when he came to Iowa purchased 160 [acres] of land in … Henry Twp. of Van Buren County … . He married … and remained on the farm where [he and his wife] reared five children. … Isaac, the younger brother, had lived with a cousin, John Boyer, until he was 18 years old. He was then bound out for three years to learn the pottery trade. It was difficult to make a choice between pottery and carpentry, but his aversion to climbing on buildings caused him to complete the pottery apprenticeship. Training completed, he traveled from his Pennsylvania home with a wagon train bound for northern Illinois. He came on a steamboat down the Mississipi to Keokuk, and up the Des Moines River to Vernon [Van Buren County, Iowa], where his brother, Jacob, lived just west of the settlement. He obtained work at the Vernon pottery shop.
[Isaac married his wife, Sydney Harryman, on October 27, 1853 at her home in Van Buren County.] [The couple] lived in Vernon until 1839 [Note: this should read 1859, I believe–certainly not 1839] and [Isaac] continued to work in the pottery shop. He then bought a farm three miles west of Vernon … to which they moved. … In 1864 they bought the Harryman family farm from the heirs. They remained on the farm until 1893 when they moved to Keosauqua where he [died January 23, 1903].
(The above comes from Elijah Harryman … by Ethel Irene Harryman, 1977.)Boyer's bowl, then, would have been made while he was a couple of years into his apprenticeship in Adams County. Almost all of the records I have seen for Boyer list him as a "farmer," and this was quite common for American redware potters–a subject I take up in an article I wrote last year about Philip Sipe of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. Notice also that Boyer's life is quite similar to that of Pennsylvania potter Adam Ownhouse, who crafted the outstanding redware inkstand we sold in March 2011 (and also a bird whistle in the collection of the Met, I recently learned)–and then, too, left for Iowa.
Boyer's "Sager Bowl" stands as a remarkable example to which we can attach rare biographical data–and one that, unlike the many anonymous pots of people we will likely never identify as anything more than "farmers," we can now firmly attribute as a rare signed example of beloved Adams County, Pennsylvania, redware.
Luke Zipp's Baltimore Stoneware Articles: Henry Remmey and Baltimore Survey
It recently came to my attention that The Chipstone Foundation has posted Luke's important article, Henry Remmey & Son, Late of New York, online for free reading. That article appeared in the 2004 edition of Ceramics in America (published by Chipstone), and was the first to not only flesh out the "lost years" of a man who was arguably America's greatest stoneware potter, but the first to reveal the long-mysterious origin of "H. MYERS" stoneware. Luke managed to correct a long-standing misconception with his research–one that I am reminded of whenever I see, on now-very-rare occasions, someone label an "H. MYERS" pot as a product of Philadelphia. Having spent many an afternoon with Luke down at the Maryland Historical Society and at the State Archives in Annapolis, the publication of this article was very gratifying for me, and I think it is remarkable that he was able to contribute one of the more important articles published on American stoneware in the last few decades, when he was still in his early twenties.
This article is a comprehensive look at Henry Remmey's years in Baltimore. I know it is the nature of the passage of time, but I am always amazed whenever–on a trip to Little Italy or elsewhere nearby–we drive by the federal housing project that now occupies the site of a place where some of my favorite pieces of American art were crafted. When you click on the link to read it (below), you will see one image on the left-hand side of the article. These images (with accompanying captions) can be clicked through via the arrow beneath the image.
I am also including, for those who have not seen it or would like to revisit it, Luke's excellent overview article on Baltimore stoneware, which appeared in Antiques & Fine Art in 2006. This, again, served to educate everyone on what was actually made in Baltimore: the long-standing misconception in this case being that the central figure in Baltimore stoneware production was Peter Herrmann (because he was virtually the only one, later on, who marked his work), and that besides the ubiquitous "clover" designs, Baltimore had very little to offer in the way of stoneware. This was, of course, completely wrong, and Baltimore was one of the chief centers of stoneware production in the entire country, with many prolific artisans churning out their ware.
Henry Remmey & Son, Late of New York: A Rediscovery of a Master Potter's Lost Years by Luke Zipp (originally published in Ceramics in America, 2004)
Baltimore Stoneware by Luke Zipp (originally published in Antiques & Fine Art, Summer 2006)
Finally, because it is such a good resource on what is actually "out there" in terms of Baltimore pieces, here's a link to our Baltimore stoneware highlights. This is just a fraction of the Baltimore pottery we've sold over the past several years, but this gives a great idea of what the best pieces look like:
Baltimore Stoneware Auction Highlights
I am very excited to be able to discuss Henry Remmey, Sr.–one of my very favorite potters–alongside Thomas Commeraw and others on October 13 at the Gunn Museum in Washington, CT. You can read more about Mark's and my lecture there by clicking here.
I was more than happy to converse with Aase Astri Bakka of Farsunds Avis about Thomas Commeraw and my thoughts on the recovery; her article on the dive team's discovery was published last week. Since most of you, like me, probably are not able to read Norwegian, Google Translate can create a roughly translated version on the fly. That English version is available here, and you can find the original Norwegian version here.
I am not, of course, sure what Commeraw's jug was doing all the way over in Norway. I am essentially certain that it was either some passenger's personal vessel or part of a larger shipment of liquor. While this would be an interesting topic of study that begs to be investigated, I am unaware of any instances in which the American stoneware potters were shipping their ware as a primary product across the Atlantic. They definitely could and would ship their items great distances within the United States, and their products certainly were used to help transport any number of consumable goods from our country to others. But as a houseware, I simply have never seen–in my own research or someone else's–an instance in which, say, Clarkson Crolius was shipping stoneware across the ocean for use in another country.
The jug itself seems to be one of the smaller examples I have seen. Further photographs and measurements will give me a better idea, but the size of the maker's mark on the vessel–and the fact that Commeraw apparently could only fit one of his double swag designs (sometimes called "clamshells") beneath the rim–both tell me that this was an unusually small vessel for Commeraw's work.
I am excited to discuss this in the book, and I think a lot of you will be as interested as I was to see an example of early New York City stoneware not only end up in the waters off of Norway–but find its way back to the land of the living, two centuries later.
Lager was not really available in the United States until around 1840; some speculate that its relatively late introduction into American homes and pubs was due to the difficulty of transporting its yeast across the Atlantic. The first known American lager brewery was located in Philadelphia, where a Bavarian immigrant (like Seithers) named Johann Wagner successfully managed to get his yeast over from Germany. Initially popular in German communities, lager spread nationally and by the late 1850's, it was a bigger seller than either ale or porter in Philadelphia. Charles Seithers' business came as a direct result of this booming new beer industry, and he shows up around the middle of the 1870's–about the time Radley made his mug–as a lager dealer, perhaps even a brewer.How Aaron Radley knew Charles Seithers–or if they were even friends or close associates–is a question I cannot answer. But based on the fact that his mug was specifically, boldly inscribed to Seithers (and hand inscribed on the bottom by Radley), the mug was pretty clearly a presentation piece, and probably made as a gift from Radley to Seithers–as is the case with other comparable pieces of American stoneware. This puts Radley's mug in a fairly rare category. We can call it so for a number of reasons–the fairly rare form for decorated stoneware; the almost unheard-of decoration of the Liberty Bell; its signature from a previously unknown Philadelphia potter. But as a vessel apparently used specifically for the consumption of lager, unlike so many of the jugs and other vessels made for ambiguous spirituous (or other) liquids, we more or less know exactly what the mug held on a regular basis. By 1877, Patrick McCusker had left Radley's firm, and it took on the name of "Salinger & Radley." By the end of the decade this partnership, too, seems to have dissolved and Radley was out on his own. In his later years (around 1885, when he was about 57 years old), he became a grocer and, eventually, a jeweler, maintaining that profession into his 80's. Aaron Radley died on Halloween, 1914, of some form of pneumonia. Seithers had died a decade prior, on March 8, 1904, of kidney failure at the age of 65. He, too, had given up his profession of the mid-1870's, and had moved on to barbering. In Radley's obituary, those memorializing him called him, "one of the oldest residents of Frankford … who opened the first China and glassware house in that section of the city." I have been unable to find any reference (though one certainly may exist) to Radley owning a merchant's shop, selling china or glass, and I believe this is probably the case of time or miscommunication getting in the way of the facts. The writer was probably really referring to Radley's old pottery.
This is yet another case in which two men who may not even be remembered by their own families today, are memorialized by just one object that happened to survive. Aaron Radley probably made thousands of pots in his lifetime; Seithers likewise would have owned countless objects over the course of his life. But this mug, probably produced in the spirit of giving, now gives us another opportunity to peer dimly into the past.
A Note About Sources: As can probably be gleaned from the text, I used applicable Philadelphia city directories, newspapers, and death records, as well as federal census listings for the bulk of my research. For secondary, modern sources, (as noted in the text) I used Broderick & Bouck's Pottery Works …; for the section on lager, I used Mark A. Noon's Yuengling: A History of America's Oldest Brewery heavily.
Some New Insights into the Washington, D.C. Stoneware of Richard Butt
Richard Butt's stoneware is the most famous of all that made in our nation's capital, his fairly scarce maker's mark being the most commonly seen on stoneware produced there. Butt was born into a prominent Montgomery County, Maryland, family and there have been, previously, no real indications that he was a potter. Around 1826, he purchased the earthenware pottery of a virtually unknown local potter named Whitson Canby. Referred to at least in a loose sense as the "Fair-Hill Manufactory" after a nearby home of the same name, apocryphal stories circulating in newspaper articles dating back to the 1940's tell of eight families of Irish pottery workers who Canby housed in Fair Hill; the ghost of a potter who supposedly hanged himself in the basement was said to haunt the premises prior to it burning to the ground in 1977. (This fact, along with some other interesting tidbits, had to be cut from my article due to necessary space constraints. I hope at some point to put more of my information "out there" in one form or another.)
Earlier in the decade, Butt had run for sheriff in the county, and had also served as deputy sheriff. By around 1830, he moved down into Washington, D.C., and was not only operating a pottery there, but was soon also superintending the Washington Asylum (the local poorhouse)–a job he continued to undertake until 1847, when he was removed for malfeasance. (That saga could constitute a fairly lengthy article in itself.) He also seems to have continued his association with local law enforcement for most of his life; in 1850 he was a participant in the virtually forgotten but nationally scandalized Chaplin affair, in which he and others prevented a local abolitionist from ferrying two runaway slaves into Maryland; Butt was wounded in that altercation. In 1863, President Lincoln appointed him Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.
Butt turned his pottery over to prolific potter Enoch Burnett around the mid-1840's, and there is no evidence that he continued any association with the pottery business after that time. In the 1860 census, he shows up as a "Gardener + Toll-Gatherer," indicating that he was primarily a farmer at this point. But perhaps more importantly, that listing, combined with the rest of his history, shows what was a tendency on Butt's part to gravitate toward bureaucracy and local government affairs. To make what could be a long story short, quite simply, I have believed for a long time that Butt was basically a merchant-type figure who owned his pottery shops as either a primary income source or perhaps a way to supplement his income. Hugh C. Smith (in nearby Alexandria) and Henry Myers (up the road in Baltimore) are two very good examples of comparable merchant figures who paid potters to make their ware.
We know that one of Butt's potters was John Walker–until the publication of my aforementioned article, a potter of completely unknown origin, who seemed to have potted briefly in Washington and then fallen off the face of the earth. In actuality, Walker was an English-born salt-glazed stoneware potter who ended up moving down to Kentucky after working in D.C. The work, though, at Butt's shop is inconsistent in the way that would be expected for a merchant enterprise, where various master potters were superintending the shop.
All of this being said, I have recently come across some interesting information that suggests that Butt may have been, after all, a potter. If he was, I believe he was not a particularly skilled one, probably, and based on his other duties, was probably quick to let other potters perform the bulk of the work for him.The first piece of evidence I located was a copy of an 1862 petition Butt submitted to the federal government, asking for around $1800 in compensation for slaves he had owned that had been freed under the D.C. Emancipation Act. This petition included two signatures of Richard Butt, and I can't help but think they bear a striking resemblance to the two "R. Butt" inscriptions on the jar we sold in July 2008. At the time, we firmly believed that while the jar was made at one of Butt's potteries (probably the Montgomery County one), it was merely inscribed by a potter in the manner of his apparently later maker's marks–not by Butt himself. If the ink and cobalt signatures could be determined to match, I would say that would amount to essentially conclusive evidence that Butt was a potter. The second is a real estate advertisement Butt placed in a D.C. newspaper in 1829, which begged, "For further particulars inquire of Mr. Richard Butt, Stone Potter, on 7th Street." I do not discount the fact that at times pottery owners who were not actually potters were called so in certain period documents, but they would have been done so almost exclusively by third parties who were misspeaking. In this case, Butt himself ran the ad, but whether or not he actually wrote the advertising copy is a question I cannot answer. While, regardless, this does move the scale somewhat in favor of Butt himself being a potter, if Butt penned the words I quoted above, I would say he was, in fact, a bona fide potter. Washington, D.C. stoneware is a topic I have spent a long time researching, and one that has been very difficult to crack. All the hours my brother, Mark, and I spent at the MLK Memorial Library–just around the corner from Butt's pottery–are a testament to that, and it still took me years to break down some of the brick walls that enabled me to eventually write my article. Even today, composing this brief article, I came into its writing still unsure whether Richard Butt was a potter or simply a businessman; however, looking over the signatures, rereading the real estate ad, I can't help but think that Richard Butt was probably, in actuality, a potter. If so, as I said above, he probably was quick to let others work for him, turning his interests to other pursuits. The sole jar that could, in this case, be attributed to Butt himself, was not particularly finely thrown, and bears a decoration not really seen on other area pottery. As with all of my various research pursuits, I will eagerly continue to try to flesh out the story of the potters of our nation's capital–and hopefully this question, along with others, will eventually find its resolution.
We recently shot several more stoneware-related videos, and here are four of Mark discussing some rare examples. This is something we now plan to make a regular part of our website, and are really enjoying being able to add this kind of content to the internet. With that in mind, we have added a new page to CrockerFarm.com, where all of our videos are available the instant they are added to YouTube: www.crockerfarm.com/videos/
Thank you for your positive feedback about this latest addition to our website!
Mark talks about the unheard-of Bell family (Shenandoah Valley of Virginia) stoneware face pitcher.
Mark discusses "People" crocks of West Virginia and Southwestern PA in general, but specifically the two examples we will be selling on March 3, 2012.
Mark discusses the small-sized, four-handled stoneware jug (New York State origin) we are selling on March 3.
Still on the topic of New York State stoneware, Mark talks about the profusely decorated presentation flower pot / urn made by William Warner in West Troy, NY.


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College to host Native American pow-wow
Experience Native American culture at the third annual Kanawaksooma (Quiet Thunder) Celebration, which kicks off at noon Saturday, Oct. 7, at Mt. Hood Community College, 26000 S.E. Stark St., Gresham.
Sponsored by Chako Kum-Tux, the college's Native American Club, and the Bow and Arrow Culture Club, this free 12-hour celebration offers authentic music, dance, crafts, food and entertainment for the whole family.
Harold Paul will perform the emcee duties; Ed Goodell will be the Headman Dancer; and the Rainy Creek Singers from Warm Springs will be the host drum. This year the Circle of Hope organization stepped up to assist Chako Kum-Tux with free salmon. The Circle of Hope is an organization of surviving Native American cancer patients based in the Portland/
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I am at the point that I need to buy a IFS for a 1948-53 type Chevy trk. I am going to use a Camaro or a Must II. I have to narrow the Camaro 2" & use wheels wlarge backspacing or use a Must II which, would be easier ,but I have a problem with the R&P on the Must II.
I would like to hear comments on members that have a Must II IFS with a latter model(I think around 1990) Must R&P or a late model T-bird R&P.
I need PS, but do not like the sensitivity of the Must II R&P & the Flaming river R&P steers too hard for my personel tast.
thanks Don
If your truck is going to be a streetrod, I personally would put a malibu or S10 front clip under it. There well designed, plentifull, parts are cheap,and it will ride real smooth.
the malibu is a couple of inches wider than the S10,but I think the only difference is in the centre link length.
Just measure both and use which ever one is closest to the width you want with the wheels and tires you want to run.
When cutting the frame from the doner chassis get as much of the frame rails as possible and then spend some time measuring both the trucks original frame and the frame of the new front clip to see where the 2 can be easily grafted together.
Don't make the splice of the 2 frames straight up and down,but rather an overlapping of the 2 frames for strength.
Just my 2 cents worth
good luck
Any idiot can restore one---but it takes a real hero to cut one up
HHmmmmm, I personally have a MII under my '38. As far as p/s is concerned it's a simple as "tweaking" the pressure spring in your pump....or use a newer "metric" pump. They don't need tweaking at all because their pressure is lower and more in-line with the MII rack. A friend of mine has done both on his 50 torpedo back. Started last season witha grafted camaro IFS in it. hated the ride, the feel and the handling. Pulled a second frame, went with the MII IFS and is happier than a pig-in-slop with it.
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I just dropped a Chassis Engineering front end in my 39 Chevy. Took about 4 hours by myself. See my gallery for pics. Went in slick. I went thru JPL in Pennsylvania for it. They were cheaper than going factory direct. I got the manual front end. My buddies that installed front ends all agreed that manual was the right way. I will let you know when I get it on the road....but it will be a while. So many parts, so little money....
I use a MII power rack in the 36 with a standard gm pump and do not feel that it is oversensitive at all. It has been in there like that for 4 years without even a leak.
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A People with Passion series
Chicago journalism
August 17, 2011: Clayton Hauck
In June 2006, photographer Clayton Hauck began snapping photos of drinkers in Chicago's nightlife scene, a project that became the widely-beloved everyoneisfamous.com. In February 2011, after nearly five years of shooting, Hauck hung up his nightlife camera and began working in the news arena for the Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Reader, and Hoy.
In the fifth installment of Jack M Silverstein's Chicago journalism People With Passion interview series, Hauck discusses his introduction to photography, the benefits of shooting the nightlife scene, and the time he (nearly) got Arab Spring photos in Morocco.
I went to film school at Columbia. I didn't really know what I wanted to do, but I really liked creative video projects in high school. I went to Columbia figuring, "I'll make movies or be a director," (laughs) which is what everyone at Columbia thinks, and isn't very realistic. I always liked photography also, but never owned a camera until I was in college. Crappy digital Canon. Started from scratch, learning it, wandering around and learning everything by hand. Manuel settings and all that.
Film is such a collaborative field. You need so many different people. Whereas photography was just me and the camera. "This is awesome. I can just go out on my own schedule, at my own pace, wherever I want to go, and just make photos." I don't need anyone. Just kind of capturing reality. Life.
I don't know when I realized I was good, quote unquote. I think that's something a lot of photographers struggle with. It's not that I think I'm not good. I think I'm talented. But there's so much talent out there. It's always like trying to find the balance between, "I know what I'm doing. I'm solid," and not feeling too down about yourself, because you look on the Internet and you stumble on so many amazing photo websites. It can be overwhelming. Like, "Man, am I doing the right thing with my life?" (Laughs.)
This is what you're pursuing – I mean, this is what you do, right?
Yeah, at this point, this is it.
So do you feel like, "Yeah, I have the right and the responsibility and the talent enough and the drive enough to do this"?
Yeah, but more recently. Probably in the last year or so. Which is why I quit all the other stuff, throwing parties and doing nightlife photography, which was really great at the time. It led to where I am now. But I feel like I more recently got to the point where I have what it takes to dip into this full time and really go for it, and try to be the best I can at photography.
The first thing I shot[1] was the opening at Continental, which is down the street – late night bar – June '06. That was around the time when I was working in film. I was an editor slash assistant at a production company, working full-time, crazy hours. I don't want to say I hated my life, but it was a ton of work, and little money, so I would spend a lot of my free time drinking with friends. (Laughs.) I would always have a camera on me, and I would be in bars regularly. So it happened more or less naturally.
I was really awkward at first and bad at it, but you know, you get drunk and you don't care as much. You just snap photos. That's how I learned photography in a lot of ways, which is kind of strange, but I guess works. As long as you get to the end point.
The main challenge was just trying to get better and keep the photos interesting. You would slip into the problem of shooting the same events and the same people, but – and I'm not taking credit for this idea because it's not my idea – but the whole thing was kind of a brilliant, self-perpetuating thing. Everyone likes photos of themselves. Everyone's going to go look for themselves. They're going to use them and other people are going to see them and say, "Who took that? I want that." It's this beast of its own, which is why everybody's doing it.
So I don't even think it was that tough to keep people interested, because they're always going to want to see themselves. But from a personal point of view, it was just trying to be the best photographer I could be. Trying to stay one step ahead of everyone else that was starting to do it. I definitely keep up on other photographers. You look around and see stuff, and some of it you don't like, and then you see a website and you're like, "That guy is really good. What is he doing?" or "What is she doing? What kind of techniques are they using?" That's all part of the learning process too. Figuring out lighting, that kind of stuff.
My biggest thing was always anticipating moments, which is a really big street photographer skill. Because stuff is happening and you don't have control over it. The weird moments stand out – someone double fisting, or doing shots, or spilling, or making out awkwardly, or sleeping. When you spend enough time in a certain environment, you become a part of it, so it's just paying attention and keeping your eyes open and seeing the future. Like, Oh, that's going to go down, and then being there at the right time at the right angle without making them aware that you're there with the camera.
That's one of the things I love about photography – it's just a little moment in time. A slight millisecond or a little bit of a different angle can totally change the photo. It's really interesting. And strange.
So now you're done with EveryoneIsFamous, and I've seen some of your shots at the Reader. One was a cover story – the headline was, "27 years ago" or whatever, "so-and-so talked his way into four life sentences…"
Yeah yeah.
This is a question that I was asking writers. Rick Kogan of the Tribune, he doesn't like the word "journalist." He prefers "newspaperman."
That's old-timey. It's nice. (Laughs.)
Mary Schmich is a columnist. She was like, "I don't know if I'm a journalist." And then she paused and said something like, "That feels like announcing at an AA meeting, 'I am an alcoholic.'"
Yeah, for real.
So let me ask you: Are you a journalist?
I guess because I'm not a journalist by trade or for my background, I've never really thought about the term. So, yeah, sometimes I'm a photojournalist, sure. (Laughs.)
The approach is always different based on what you're doing. That's something I love, being well-rounded, dipping my toes into as many different things as I can. Because you know how the economy is. I was out on a job recently for the Wall Street Journal – I don't know if you heard the story about a couple girls who got killed in Sterling, Illinois in a corn farm. They were detasseling corn, and I guess the irrigation system had electrified some of the water and they got electrified and killed.
We went out there a few days after it happened, and you know, driving around with the journalist, this guy Doug Belkin who writes for the Wall Street Journal. They've got their reporters doing video. I'm asking him, "How does it feel to be asked to do a lot more for not more money?" And he's like, "You kind of have to wear a lot of hats, otherwise they'll find someone who can and you won't have a job."
It's a weird time. I think a lot of people are trying to figure it out and are afraid for their jobs, so you're forced to do a lot of stuff. But it's something I really like. I like being well-rounded and mixing it up and not sticking to one thing. Whether I'm shooting portraits or journalism or parties, whatever it might be, I'm cool with it.
It is a struggle. Am I doing meaningful work? What am I doing wasting away taking photos of this or that that no one gives a shit about? You get an assignment and the subject is really interesting, and you grow as a person, not just get good photos. You learn a lot of life lessons. Even shooting all these Chicago public schools, you see into a world you had no idea existed. It broadens your life horizon.
That's one of my all-time favorite things about this job. We don't go to an office and work in the same spot everyday. Our office is the world. That sounds kind of weird to say, but yeah! You're always in different environments, different situations, with people you wouldn't normally have access to. I did a lot of photos for Governor Quinn, Pat Quinn, when he was running for governor. And that was cool, because we were just hanging out with the governor. He drove us to the polling places and I'm in the back of his car. That shit would never happen if I wasn't a photographer, you know? (Laughs.) It's interesting to see all these worlds. You get a little glimpse. And I love that.
In June of 2009, I covered the Iranian presidential protests in Chicago. I got in touch with people through Facebook, which was cool, but I don't speak any languages other than English, so I had to depend on the English-speaking Iranians.
Language, yeah. It's so important.
You've done some traveling now – Is that something you like about photography? That it offers an opportunity to slice into that language barrier?
Yes and no. I mean, yes, because cameras are universal. Everybody knows what it is. But that's something I struggle with. Wanting to know languages. I hate the fact that I only speak English, a little bit of Spanish, but not enough to talk to anyone. It sucks. There are so many more opportunities if you can actually go places and talk to people.
I've been shooting for Hoy a little bit. You know Hoy? The Spanish-language daily newspaper? We've been talking about doing more in-depth photo journalism projects. They really like my photos, and they trust that I'll be able to manage, which is awesome. But in the back of my mind, I'm like, "Man, am I going to be good enough? I don't speak Spanish."
One of the stories we're working on is Mexican immigrants that live in rural places. There are these weird communities that spring up with Mexicans in the middle of nowhere, and they're doing this big story on it that I might be involved in, and I just wish I spoke Spanish fluently. Is it going to affect my work that I don't? Are people going to trust me? Especially if they're illegal, you know? Some gringo shows up with a camera who's like, "Hey! Let me take your picture!"
I was in Morocco recently, Rabat, Morocco. All the shit in the Arab world was going on, protests, revolutions. Me and my friend were drinking tea, and we hear all this shouting coming around the corner. It's a massive protest. We're not from there – I was staying with a friend who was from Morocco, but he wasn't with us at the time. All these people come by, and we tense up. Is the shit hitting the fan? What are they protesting? We have no idea. We automatically assume it's the revolution.
So we're following them with our cameras, and it's really awesome, because we're getting real life Arab Spring photos. Of course we get back to my friend's house later, and we're showing him the videos and photos, and we're like, "Hey, translate for us." And he's like, "Oh, that's this big teacher protest that's going on. They've been there every weekend." We were shocked, like, "Man! We thought that was it." I was emailing my friend at the Journal who's a photo editor: "Yo! I've got these awesome photos from Morocco. Protests!" He was all excited: "Yeah, send them over." And then I'm like, "Oh, it was a teacher protest." Because I didn't know. Yeah, you kind of need to know the language. It helps. (Laughs.)
You have to do two things at once. I'm not a conflict shooter, so I don't know first hand nearly as well as those people, but in the few things that I have done, yeah – you're seeing through this lens, and you have to make sure you have good photos, and your settings are all okay, but you also have to keep your eye around and make sure you're not missing anything crazy, or that there's someone throwing a rock at you, or a police officer about to arrest you. It's definitely a challenge. I wish I was better, but I haven't done a ton of that stuff.
But in this weird way, and I know this is going to sound horrible, but in a weird way situations like crazy parties where people are moshing and crowd-surfing is, honest-to-god, good training for that. I was at SXSW this past spring, and I shot Odd Future, the rappers, and they're notorious for absolutely destroying everything. At one point one of the dudes jumped into the photo pit feet first and cut my friend's forehead. Another dude smacked somebody's BlackBerry out of their hands. At one point they openly declared war on the photographers. They're like, "Fuck the photographers. We're gonna break your shit and there's nothing you can do about it." And that's a mini war in a way, you know?
So how do you keep your mind on your work and on your focus when the subject that you're looking at is threatening to stop you from doing the thing that you're trying to do?
It's adrenaline, kind of a learned skill. And it's a lot of fun. I can see why people want to go to war zones and be conflict photographers. It's just this rush of energy. A challenge, you know? I can't really sum up in words how you do it. You just learn to do it. You try to stay conscious of everything that's going on while knowing what you're doing with the camera. A lot of times you might just be snapping photos without even looking through the lens, you know? I've done that a lot.
Even in the nightlife stuff. 80 to 90% of the time, I wouldn't even look through the lens. Which is another great skill to have as a photographer: knowing what your frame looks like without seeing it. These are things you learn, tricks you pick up in experience. Experience is the best thing of all, in any art really, unless you're just some crazy natural genius, which some people are. (Laughs.)
If I wasn't making my living by taking photos, I would still be looking at photos all the time. This photo is pretty awesome. (Holds up issue of Chicago Magazine.) David Axelrod, this portrait. That's a great photo. The lighting. The look on his face. The mystery behind it. It just gets you thinking. That's what's great about it: it gets you thinking. It's very noire, you know? And he's an iconic guy, so that helps. If that was just some random dude, it wouldn't be as interesting.
Jack M Silverstein is an oral historian working in Chicago. His non-fiction novella Our President about Barack Obama's inauguration is available at Amazon. Say hey on Twitter @ReadJack.
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My brother is the executor of our late father's estate (of which I am a beneficiary). He died in Feb of 2007. Most of the funds from the estate have been disbursed at this point except from the sale of the house. The house was finally sold in April of this year, though my brother didn't even tell me. Generally speaking my brother has been slow to handle the estate and I am still waiting for the final disbursement for the sale of the house. I have also requested more than once an accounting from him and also will and trust documents but he has either ignored my requests or refused. Is he required to send me these documents as a beneficiary of the estate?
Yes, under the California Probate Code your brother as the executor has the obligation to provide you with certain information regarding the estate. Among these items can include a copy of the will or trust, and an accounting of the estate assets and expenditures. Although he may only be required to provide you with periodic statements, at a minimum it is has to be once a year. Many times the frequency of the accountings will be specified in the will or trust. You can send him a written request under Probate Code section 16061. If he refuses or if you find that there has been some misappropriation of estate funds, then I recommend you get an attorney to go to court and demand the information. In some cases, the executor will be personally liable for misappropriating funds.


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It's that time of year again. E3 is coming and the rumour-pot is getting fat. In fact the heap of things-that-might-possibly-happen-at-E3-2012 has been growing like an underwater Gremlin farm pretty much since E3 2011 finished. Given that this year we have to consider new hardware coming from Nintendo, new hardware possibly coming from Microsoft and Sony, and all the games, reveals, surprises and disappointments that come with such a scenario, the rumour mill has been going into meltdown over the last 12 months or so.
So we thought it was about time we gathered the related rumours, news, speculation, and everything else in between into one place. A place that recounts the year gone by via all of the possible truths, half-truths and outright guesses that might shape this year's E3. And we're going to keep it updated with each and every rumour that appears between now and the show, so make sure to keep checking back to stay on top of what's shaping up to be one of the most intriguing E3s in years.
May 31, 2012
Final Fantasy Versus XIII promoted to full-fledged FFXV? And dropping Xbox 360 in favour of Wii U?
May 29th, 2012
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow - Mirror of Fate confirmed for 3DS
May 23rd, 2012
E3 rumors: More supposed Wii U specs, price and release date 'leak'. Are pretty favourable if not totally made up
PlayStation All-Stars coming to Vita according to resume
May 22nd, 2012
E3 rumors: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 coming to Wii U, Xbox 360 and PS3. Picard and Begbie as yet unconfirmed
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance trailer coming before E3, says Kojima. And... 'Dark Raiden'?
May 21st, 2012
Castlevania: Mirror of Faith coming exclusively to 3DS says report
E3 rumors - Aliens: Colonial Marines a Wii U timed exclusive? New release date info is suspicious and intriguing
Solid Snake and Nathan Drake's voice actors working on PlayStation All Stars Battle Royale. Also... Kevin Butler?
May 19th, 2012
Revised Wii U controller image leaks to Twitter - actual analog sticks, other minor changes shown
GTA 5 release date speculation adds another release date to the already enormous pile of GTA 5 release dates
May 17th, 2012
E3 rumors: Nintendo's Acid Ghost is like Hitman, but with haunting instead of killing. And on a boat
May 16th, 2012
E3 rumors: Nintendo teaming up with Eminem to present new mature game. Called Acid Ghost. What, quite frankly, the hell?
May 10th, 2012
E3 rumors: Star Fox Wii U to detonate space-monkeys in HD, courtesy of Donkey Kong Country Returns dev
E3 rumors: Xbox 360 to get full web browsing with Kinect control
May 8th, 2012
E3 rumours: Dead Space 3 to appear at the show and a release within a year? Quite probably. Here's why
April 27th, 2012
Leaked Rayman Legends trailer reveals Wii U features
April 26th, 2012
Wii U release date won't be revealed at E3, retail games will be downloadable on Wii U and 3DS
April 17th, 2012
Nintendo confirms new Pikmin game will be shown at E3
April 16th, 2012
Nintendo/Miyamoto confirm new Mario game for E3 reveal
April 12th, 2012
Super Mario 4 domain nabbed by Nintendo
April 4th, 2012
Wii U will be in stores this November, claim retailers
April 2nd, 2012
Xbox 720 will be a powerhouse, require always-on internet connection [Rumor]
March 15th, 2012
Xbox 720 won't be announced at E3 or "anytime soon," says Microsoft
January 31st, 2012
Why the next generation Xbox and PlayStation ARE coming soon: A rumour free guide, using just the facts
January 30th, 2012
Microsoft/Sony: No new consoles in 2012
January 27th, 2012
More console launch panic from Nintendo. May kill Wii U brand for new console identity. And it really should
January 26th, 2012
Nintendo reaffirms Wii U's 2012 release; Street Fighter X Tekken producer teases hardware changes
Another new Xbox rumour! Now it runs Blu-ray, blocks used games. And here's why that's 50% bull
January 25th, 2012
Xbox 720 rumour of the day: New Xbox only 20% more powerful than Wii U. Going after Nintendo's old market?
Rumor: Wii U will be twice as powerful as Xbox 360
January 24th, 2012
Rumor: Next Xbox's chip codenamed Oban, in production since 2011
January 12th, 2012
Claims arise that Microsoft or Sony will quit consoles at E3. Here's why that's not impossible
January 6th, 2012
XBOX 720 AND PS4 to make an appearance at E3 2012? UK industry magazine says 'yes'
December 6th, 2011
Ubisoft hiring for Wii U MMORPG
November 9th, 2011
Report: Next Xbox codenamed 'Loop'
October 20th, 2011
Rumor: "Xbox Next" to be revealed at E3 2013 and released soon after
July 12th, 2011
Nintendo hasn't lied to you about the Wii U's future game library, but it has let you assume A LOT...
July 7th, 2011
Wii U improves on current gen, says Gearbox, but system isn't next generation
June 9th, 2011
E3: Miyamoto hints at third Pikmin for Wii U
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Women with diabetes, hypertension or other health problems should seek out specialty care during pregnancy.
After becoming pregnant, women's bodies experience dramatic changes. Their blood volume, for example, increases by more than 50 percent and heart rates tend rise as well, according to specialists at the Everett Clinic.
Sometimes these changes can result in problems for the mother or the baby, said Dr. Laurent Nicolov, chairman of the OB-GYN Department at the Everett Clinic.
Specialty care includes monitoring throughout the pregnancy, including frequent ultrasounds and appointments close to the due date.
Being seen during the first trimester is vital to set up a plan to help ensure that everyone stays healthy.
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Providence Regional Medical Center in Everett made the list of "70 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Oncology Programs" in Becker's Hospital Review.
Hospitals were selected based on quality of treatment and health care rating resources such as U.S. News &World Report, HealthGrades, Thomson Reuters, the National Cancer Institute, American College of Surgeons and the American Nurses Credentialing Center.
Other hospitals in the top 70 include Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Ohio's Cleveland Clinic and Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
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The "Official Mexican Regulation for the Prevention and Control of Infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus" (Norma Oficial Mexicana para la Prevención y Control de la Infección por Virus de la Inmunodeficiencia Humana), which went into effect on January 17, 1995, represents a concerted effort by Mexican authorities to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic within the parameters of the right to health guarantees, inter alia, enshrined in Mexico's almost 80-year-old constitution. This forward-looking legislation is the result of unprecedented cooperation between a wide array of societal actors, including 17 governmental bodies and 19 non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
The cooperation which enabled the Norma Official to be enacted stems in part from the debate within Mexico regarding the scope of human rights protections in Mexican society. Mexico's constitution guarantees the rights of individuals (garantías individuales) against the government. As with most constitutions, however, many of these guarantees are simply "programmatic" in nature, that is, they are not rights which are enforceable by the courts against the State. In order to keep the constitution from becoming a dead-letter document, national governments often complement the guarantees with appropriate legislation which the courts are free to apply. Such is the case with the "right to health protection" (derecho a la protección de la salud) included in Article 4 of the Mexican Constitution. The General Health Law (Ley General de Salud), which attempts to define this right, came into effect on July 1, 1984. This "general" legislation itself has, in turn, been further defined, often amongst great controversy, through the adoption of Official Mexican Regulations (Normas Oficial Mexicana), each of which concentrates on a particular body of law.
In order to fully understand the innovation of the Norma Oficial regarding HIV, it is important to retrace a number of the events that led to the consensus that its adoption was urgent. Human rights became a major issue for both Mexico and her neighbors during negotiations regarding Mexico's entry into the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Despite its 1981 ratification of the main international and regional human rights treaties, Mexico nonetheless retained a reputation for housing a "culture of impunity" regarding human rights violations. Conscious of this reputation and of its potential negative effect on the NAFTA negotiations, in 1990 the Mexican Federal Government created the National Human Rights Commission (Comisión Nacional de Derechos Humanos or CNDH). This new institution, with local branches in each of the 32 Mexican states, symbolized the Mexican government's willingness to address human rights issues. Several complications, however, have plagued the efforts of the CNDH to enforce the existing legal mechanisms for protecting human rights. The most important stumbling block has been the inability or unwillingness of the national authorities in Mexico to enforce existing laws and legislation.
Given this background, the new HIV legislation is an important step forward. For example, the Norma Oficial confronts the widespread use of mandatory testing which existed before its passage. Although designed to prevent the spread of AIDS, such forced testing has the effect of denying innocent Mexicans their fundamental rights. For example, in the early 1990s several jurisdictions either enacted or upheld measures requiring prospective employees, persons in need of surgery, couples seeking marriage licenses, and school applicants, to submit to testing for the HIV anti-body. Refusal to comply with this prerequisite would often result in the withholding of medical treatment or the denial of employment, marriage licenses, or admission to particular schools.
Experts estimate that such repressive measures are usually ineffective in preventing the transmission of the virus and are extremely costly to society. In a country where health care resources are already scarce, mandatory testing is even less justifiable.
Compulsory testing as a prerequisite for the issuing of a marriage license is a clear example of culture and religion triumphing over rationality. This requirement is premised on the belief among many members of Mexican society, including those charged with the enforcement and interpretation of its laws, that couples do not engage in premarital sex. Even assuming the former were true, measures requiring mandatory testing would not necessarily be the most effective way of fighting the disease. This wholly mistaken conclusion has not only lead to a violation of the fundamental right to marry guaranteed in Article 4 of the Mexican Constitution, but also has added to the general climate of fear surrounding the virus.
The Norma Oficial addresses these problems in unequivocal language in Section 6.3, which states:
"6.3.1. All HIV testing shall be governed by the following principles:
6.3.2. It shall not be a prerequisite to engage in any activity, to have access to goods or services, for marriage, employment, enrollment in school, or to receive medical treatment;
6.3.3. It shall not justify the rescission of labor contracts, being expelled from school, eviction from a dwelling, the entry and exit from the country of nationals or foreigners."
Other important issues addressed in the Norma Oficial include confidentiality of all information pertaining to a person's seropositive status. This is a particularly important issue in light of recently documented cases of extortion involving threats to publicly disclose a person's seropositive status. In addition, the law reaffirms the right to receive counselling from "institutions in the health sector" once the person has been informed that they have contracted the virus, with a view to helping them cope with the situation. The Norma Oficial also deals with lamentable living conditions in state prisons and other institutions, which could potentially constitute a violation of the internee's human rights.
Finally, since HIV/AIDS is a disease subject to epidemiological surveillance under Article 134 of the General Health Law, the nearest health authority must be advised of any newly-diagnosed case, usually by the treating physician or his/her personnel. Although the Norma Oficial maintains this obligation on the part of physicians, it provides that disclosure of this information must respect the dignity of those affected and safeguard the person's right to equal treatment, privacy, and non-discrimination, as well as take into account the need to protect public health from communicable diseases.
Whether the Norma Oficial will succeed in preventing the transmission of the AIDS virus depends on the ability of the national authorities to enforce its provisions. Given its recent adoption, it is difficult to assess the true impact of the Norma Oficial at this time. Nevertheless, certain predictions as to its effect on the rights of persons living with HIV can be made.
Under the Mexican Constitution, the Norma Oficial takes precedence over any state law. From a strictly legal perspective, therefore, where the Norma Oficial applies, the lower courts must enforce it over state legislation. In practice, however, this does not always occur. One might ask then what additional measures might be taken to ensure that the new legislation is enforced. The CNDH has played only a limited role in reducing the number of human rights violations, primarily because it is not vested with the power to prosecute human rights violators. Furthermore, from its inception, the CNDH has not had jurisdiction over violations of electoral and labor rights, which constitute a large number of alleged human rights violations in Mexico. Finally, most of the recommendations handed down by the CNDH have been only partially implemented.
In 1992, the Mexican Congress, through an amendment to the constitution, granted the CNDH constitutional rank as an independent governmental institution. The amendment also authorized the establishment of state-commissions in an effort to decentralize the efforts of the CNDH by allowing persons to bring their complaints at the local level. The effectiveness and efficiency of this approach, however, has been seriously challenged. It has simply added yet another tier to the justice system. It may well also have made the monitoring of the human rights situation in Mexico, both nationally and internationally, even more difficult.
The actual effect of the constitutional amendment was to narrow further the CNDH's powers, essentially turning it into an appellate body for complaints brought before the state-commissions. The amendment did not give the CNDH the authority to prosecute, nor did it change the CNDH's original mandate. The amendment also placed limits on the ability of victims of human rights abuses to bring cases by requiring all such cases to be brought before the CNDH within the statutory period of one year. Finally, the amendment prohibits the CNDH from hearing cases which challenge the final judgments of administrative tribunals.
In conclusion, Mexico's adoption of comprehensive legislation designed to protect the human rights of persons living with HIV is an accomplishment in itself. The question remains, however, whether there is a true commitment on the part of the government to go beyond an effort to better its image in the international public eye, now that Mexico has become a member of NAFTA.
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Everyone wants to be happy, we also want to be healthy and financially comfortable but how many
people actually are all these things. Some folks are happy, some are happy and healthy but it is very
rare that you find people who have all three. We can all think of people who have the trappings of
material success and yet have disastrous personal lives.
Anyone who has read the previous two eBooks I've written will know that my modus operandi is to
keep things short, simple but above all of practical use. I have no time for so called self help "Gurus"
whose main motivation is to churn out book after book just to keep you addicted to their own brand
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The things I talk about are the problems I've struggled with during the 45 years of my life and what I
offer are practical solutions that I know work because I use them.
I am happy, healthy and have a comfortable life now but it definitely hasn't always been this way.
Most of my life I felt worthless, inadequate and incompetent. I hated myself and believed I was
destined for a life full of pain and misery. At age 40 and while living on welfare in a one bedroom
apartment in the poorest borough of the UK my Mother died. While at the mortuary that day I made
a promise to mum I was going to sort my life out and make her proud of me.
Within 18 months of mums' passing I met Lolly who is now my beloved wife, I found a well paid job
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My first two books spoke about the spiritual journey I embarked on and the internal values and
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Rolls-Royce, the troubled aero-engine manufacturer, has moved to win back the support of investors with a £1bn sweetener as it shelved plans for major acquisitions.
Rolls' chief executive, John Rishton, has been under pressure since a shock warning in February that a decade of profit growth would come to a halt this year due to defence spending cuts. The announcement hit the share price.
At an investor strategy update, he launched a share buyback with the proceeds of the sale last month of Rolls' gas turbines business to the German engineering giant Siemens, sending the shares up 8 per cent, to 1,092p. That still leaves them nearly 20 per cent lower than at the start of the year, but this is partly down to concerns surrounding a Serious Fraud Office investigation into the engine maker over corruption claims.
The buyback ends hopes that Rolls would make a large acquisition to rebalance the business and offset the impact of cuts at the Ministry of Defence and the Pentagon.
Earlier this year it emerged that Rolls had tried to snap up its Finnish rival Wartsila – a move that would have boosted its marine engineering work, such as designing ships. The deal would have been worth in the region of £8bn, and though the talks collapsed almost immediately, analysts had speculated that Rolls was on the acquisition trail.
Mr Rishton confirmed that "no material acquisitions are planned".
He also confirmed financial guidance for 2014 and 2015, allaying fears of further downgrades after last week's news that Dubai's Emirates airline had cancelled an order for 70 A350 aircraft. The planes would have been powered by Rolls engines and the order book was hit by £2.6bn.
At the event for investors, Mr Rishton also updated them over the way Rolls accounts for the sale of equipment and services in a division known as TotalCare. The accounting regulator demanded a reassessment of its 2013 figures, which saw nearly £40m wiped off last year's profit.
Analysts were in agreement that the buyback was the best news in some time from Rolls. Espirito Santo said it showed management was "committing itself to very tight capital discipline", while Ben Bourne at the broker Liberum pointed out that there had "been plenty of food for the bears recently" so the reiteration of guidance would be "well received". He added: "No material acquisitions are planned, which is a relief as many investors were concerned they would make another play for Wartsila post July, requiring more equity."
Sash Tusa, analyst at Edison Investment Research, said: "We are pleased that the company is responding to the market by returning circa £1bn to shareholders."
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