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David Crockett: Hero of the Common Man
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BeschreibungPerhaps no other figure in American history is more shrouded in myth and legend than David ("Davy") Crockett, the Tennessee frontiersman whose death at the Alamo in 1836 insured his place in the Valhalla of American heroes.A gregarious, fun-loving man, Crockett was capable of spinning the tallest of tales, but the truth of his life was far more fascinating than the myth. His hunting and exploration adventures, his service as a soldier under Andrew Jackson in the Creek Indian War of 1813, his rise in politics to the United States Congress, his incessant search for "elbow room" that took him to Texas - these were the real fabric of a heroic life.In writing of the historical Crockett, Groneman dispels the myths to discover the genuine hero beneath them. He writes at length of the defense of the Alamo, describes how Crockett's reputation and heroism have been tainted by revisionist historians, and presents new evidence that the Tennessean's heroics during the siege have, if anything, been understated.
Untertitel: 'American Heroes (Forge)'. Sprache: Englisch.
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Erscheinungsdatum: Februar 2007
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Indian Coleslaw
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You will be in raw food heaven with this Indian Coleslaw brimming with flavor and nutrients.
3 cups green cabbage, finely chopped
3 cups tomatoes, chopped
1 cup fresh grated coconut
1/2 cup raw ground peanuts
1 large date, soaked, pitted and mashed
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons peanut oil
1/2 teaspoon ground brown mustard seed
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin seed
1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
1 tablespoon minced Jalapeno, or to taste
Sea salt, to taste
Recipe Directions
Mix first 4 ingredients together in a large bowl and set aside.
In a small bowl, mash the soaked date, add in the balance of the ingredients, and blend to a smooth dressing.
Pour the dressing into the cabbage and tomato mixture and mix well.
Recipe Notes
This salad keeps well for 2 to 3 days in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Information
Recipe makes 4 servings.


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Ada Evening News (Newspaper) - April 18, 1946, Ada, Oklahoma WK.. « condidote drop, rn on th. photo,,..!,., ho I. <o«W with Mw mom tihtotiox as His brld.to-b.-h. .anta (ha resulting picture ta lank enaugh like bim but eat tea much like him. Fair this afternoon, tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer tonight. Continued mild Friday. THE ADA EVENING NEWS Average Not March Paid Circulation 8078 Member: Audit Bureau of ClrcTiiatl— ADA, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 1946Legion Meet Off lo Fast Start TodayHigh School Baseball Teams of Area Battling Through Opening Rounds A colorful crowd of baseball spectators was on hand Thursday morning to see opening games of the American Legion sponsored baseball tournament. The crowd varied from IOO to about 300, according to the teams that were playing at the time and the number of students who could get out of classes The closest game played during the morning was a 7-6 victory of Vanoss over Ada. The games was scheduled to last an hour and a half, but it took two hours and a half to finish the contest Fairview Noses Atwood Fairview, runner-up in Class B division of the state tournament last year, had to play airtight ball during the sixth and seventh frames of the game to win 4-2 over Atwood. Baxter, who pitched for the Ada American Legion team last summer, was on the mound for Fairview and gave up only two hits. Cougars Lost Advantage The Ada Cougars held a two run advantage going into the last half of the seventh, but a home run by a Vanoss player turned defeat into victory. Vanoss .plays the winner of the Wayne-Dale game at 10:30 a.m. Friday. Sasakwa didn't have much trouble getting ll hits to defeat Francis 11-4 and the right to meet Calvin Friday morning in the semi-finals of the lower bracket. McLish Clicks McLish romped past Stratford, 14-3. after collecting 12 runs in the first inning. All the time during the remainder of the contest, McLish was trying to get needed IO-run margin that would end the contest, but the game went seven innings. The Calvin team had to play only five innings before getting the needed IO point margin. A two-bagger in the fifth by Charles Kight helped Calvin score five runs and lead 13-1. Kenneth Mc-Charen held Fitzhugh to three hits. Byng Pirates drew a forfeit in the first round and were playing Konawa at press time. The winner of the Byng-Konawa game will meet McLish Friday morning. Semi-Finals Friday Division finals and tournament semi-finals will be played Friday afternoon. Teams from larger schools will play at the High School diamond at 2 p.m. and smaller schools start an hour earlier. Three games will be played at the High school Friday, two games at the fairgrounds and one at Hays school. Tournament finals will start Saturday morning at IO o'clock at the fairgrounds. Centrahoma walked past Latta 9-1, in the first afternoon game of the meet. Centrahoma meets the winner of the Fairview - Wolf gam^ Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the High school diamond. Fairview defeated Atwood earlier in the day.Sells Poppy To Truman, Kisses Him WASHINGTON, April 18, UPL. Four-year old Betty Lou Hall made "news" today by kissing President Truman after selling him the first buddy poppy of the 1946 campaign. The president smiled broadly as Betty Lou kissed him on the cheek. "That's news," commented Brig. Gen. Harry H. Vaughan, the president's military aide. "It usually the the politician who kisses the baby." Betty #Lou is the daughter of Author Alvin Hall, an infantryman killed in action in Europe in December, 1944. She made the trip to Washington from the Veterans of Foreign War's national nome for widows and orphans of ex-servicemen in Eaton Rapids, Mich. The VFW conducts the poppy sale annually to raise relief wont funds. fc-. Vet Readjustment Pay Rises OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18. — (jP) — Payments of readjustment allowances to veterans exceeded those paid to displaced civilian workers for tile first time in Oklahoma during March and the total paid to both reached a record high of more than S3 000,000, it was announced yesterday. Harry E. Pendergast, executive director of the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission, said March veteran unemployment payments totalled $1,944,-229. compared to $1,350,932 paid to civilians. FIVE CENTS THE COPT Fliers of State In ' Meeting Here TodayWEATHER Oklahoma: Fair this afternoon, tonight and Friday; somewhat warmer tonight and east portion this afternoon; continued mild Friday.Some 150 Airman Fly In, Center Discussion on G. I. Bill for Flight Training Brightly colored airplanes from almost every section of Oklahoma arrived in Ada Thursday morning bringing aviation minded men here to attend a meeting of the Oklahoma Aviation Association that is of interest to most flight instructors as well as persons who want to learn to fly. One of the principal topics of discussion is the G. I. Bill for flight training for ex-servicemen. This discussion started at IO a.m. Thursday and was being continua ed into the afternoon after the meeting adjourned to attend a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Dozens Fly In All types and models of airplanes—about 50 in all—landed at Walker Airport and their occupants were transported by automobiles to Ada for the meeting. Two men from Ft. Worth, Tex., arrived early and furnished the group with some information that was desired by flight instructors in Oklahoma. Clarence Rawls, manager of the Walker Airport, said that 150 men were in attendance at the meeting during the morning and that most of them arrived m Ada by plane. Get Needed Information One of the flyers said that every flight instructor is interested in the part of the G.I. Bill that provides for flight training for ex-servicemen. The flyers further said that any flight instructor missing the meeting was "missing out" on some information that would be hard to obtain from other sources. Col. William Shockley, aviation training officer for the Veterans Administration; C. M. Humphry, contractor officer for the VA, and T. P. Witt, training officer for the state accrediting agency, are among the principal speakers. The meeting will probably continue until about 9 p.m., according to local fliers.> 'Visiting Pilafs Talk Aviation Situation, Prospects At C of C. Moating The Chamber heard aviation authorities here for the meeting of the Oklahoma Aviation Association, including Bennett Griffin, nationally known Sooner State aviation expert. Griffin has*been placed at the head of the new CAA Aeronautical Center, being organized and constructed at the Army-abandoned Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City. This will coordinate in Oklahoma four of the CAA's most important phases, including flight research and training, under Griffin. The crowd that overflowed the ballroom of the Aldridge hotel moved in slowly waiting for places at tables, and was estimated at more than 200, including over 150 state visitors here for the OAA meeting. Griffin declared that the CAA has won mony "battles" for aviation not apparent to the public. He defended "standardized" training of inspectors and rigid flight tests as responsible for an outstanding safety record. Col, Shockley, training officer of the Veterans Administration, spoke briefly, declaring it is a mat opportunity to tram former GI's to fly. Luther Edge, chairman of the C. of C. Aviation committed, introduced officers of the Oklahoma Aviation Association: Gene McGill, Alva, president and also head of the national organization of Flying Farmers; Carlos Webb, Hugo, vice president; Keith Kahle, Oklahoma City, secretary. • Alfred K. Young, state CAA official, was a guest of the C. of C. Members of the State Aviation Commission present were: A. W. Hays, Muskogee, chairman; Dewey Mank, Blackwell; Frank rooten, Idabel; Lloyd Catlin, Oklahoma City; and Guy Thrash, Ada.Second Program Of 'Youth for Christ' Announced for Ada After an inspiring beginning, the Youth for Christ program in Ada, sponsored by the Ada Ministerial Alliance, Saturday night offers its second call for "Saturday Night Spent Right", with its special appeal for youth of this city. The program will be held from 7:30 to 9 o'clock at the First Baptist church with three-minute speakers from the Free Will Baptist, Asbury Methodist, Pentecostal Holiness and First Baptist churches. Principal speaker will be Ted Hollingsworth, Bethany - Peniel college, Bethany. There will be group singing led by John Roy Harris, and s^reral special musical numbers. The Youth for Christ movement here was launched with unusually good response for a first program, leaders report. There were 106 at the First Christian church last Saturday night, and they found there a program that was inspiring and reverent. The first program at Oklahoma City more than a year ago attracted only 50 youths and now the Saturday night meetings draw as many as 5,000 and over. In coming weeks additional featured speakers and music Will be offered. On April 27 a 14-year old boy from Dallas will be the speaker; later the East Central Concert Singers will have a part on the program. Adults are invited to attend the Youth for Christ meetings, as guests, with the programs centering their appeal to boys and girls and young men and women.U. J. lo Recognize Tito's Government WASHINGTON, April 18.—(ZP) —The United States has agreed to full diplomatic recognition of the Tito government of Yugoslavia, the state department announced today. The announcement was made after assurances had been received from Yugoslavia that it accepts existing treaties between the two countries. The department released two letters from Secretary Byrnes which were delivered to the Yugoslav charge d'affaires here April 16. The second expressed American willingness to accept as Yugoslav ambassador to this country Sava N. Kosanovic Tito's minister of information at Belgrade. The United States ambassador win be Richard C. Patterson, Jr., formerly envoy to the previous Yugoslav government of King Peter and more recently a political representative in Belgrade. The United States thus nor-rowed the circle of governments in Europe which ii does not fully recognize—in most instances because of differences with Russia over their make-up and policies. The step appeared to be one more move in the direction of restoring organized peace and normal relations to the war-torn continent.Demo Starts Bus Schedules Between Ada, Oklahoma Qty Denco Bus Lines Thursday inaugurated a direct route service from Atoka to Oklahoma City through Ada and Friday will have a full schedule in effect, as announced in an advertisement elsewhere in The News today. The state corporation commission this week granted Denco the authority to start operations on the schedule, which extends previous service from Newman on into the state capital. A commission hearing has been set for Friday morning on notice of appeal of the order granting Denco the route into Oklahoma City.. Oklahoma Transportation company filed the notice after having earlier protested granting of the route to Denco. OTO recently was granted a direct route from Oklahoma City through Ada and has buses already operating on its schedule. As scheduled at present, Denco buses will leave Ada at 7 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 3:45 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and ll p.m. They will leave Oklahoma City coming this way at 6 a.m., 10:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m.f 5:30 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. The scheduled trips, by way of Asher, Tecumseh, Norman into the capital, call for the shortest running time by bus between Oklahoma City and Ada, Denco officials said Thursday.FSA FimT Purchase Progran Eads Sooi OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18. —(ZP)—The farm security administration's farm purchasing program will be closed to both civilians and veterans after the end of May, agency officials announced today. State FSA Director Joe C. Hayes added that the agency now is unable to meet even twenty per cent of its veteran demands for farm operating loans. He explained that a deficiency appropriation provided by congress recently was hardly sufficient to cover loans pending at the time the bill became effective. Hayes said that at the present time the FSA has no funds available, even for veterans, for loans for farm operations. "But we have about $500,000 available for farm purchase loans to returned veterans," he said. "However this situation is not so good because the high price of farm land makes it impossible for borrowers to repay the loans and make a living from these farms." WASHINGTON, April 18.—(JP) —The house post office committee was urged by Rep. Lyle Boren (D.-Okla.) to approve his bill to reduce air mail postage from eight to five cents an ounce. OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18. —(ZP)—Harold Carey, state representative from Oklahoma county's district five, today announced he would seek re-election on the democoptic ticket.Iran Slaps On Complete Censorship» Suddenly Resorts to Drastic News Control, Using Old Russian Form By JOHN M. HIGHTOWER WASHINGTON, April 18—(ZP) —The state department announced today that it is taking up the question of Iran's new tight censorship of out-going news with the American embassy at Tehran. The department declined to say specifically whether it was merely inquiring or strongly protesting. (An Associated Press delayed dispatch from Iran, the first received since imposition of the new censorship, said that the U.S. embassy was sending a note of protest to the Iranian foreign ministry. An embassy spokesman said the note would express "grave concern" in strong diplomatic language.) "Taking The Matter Up" The guarded comment that "we are taking the matter up with the American embassy at Tehran" suggested that full information on the whys and wherefores of the Iranian case might be a primary objective of the state department's action. The department started an urgent two-way protest to deted-mine: I Whether the action was Russian inspired, and 2. What the United States might be able to do to get the iron lid lifted. The possibility of a formal protest is being explored. Indications are that an explanation is being asked from the Iranian government of Premier Ahmed Qavam. Suspect Russia Is Factor This is expected to show whether there is any connection between yesterday's diplomatic imposition of "blind censorship" and the increasing Soviet pressure on Qcvam's government because of the still pending row over Iran in the United Nations security council. The form which Iran chose for control over out-going news is one that was used in Russia from about March I or earlier until March 29 but then partially -modified. Can Distort Stories It is known both among newspapermen and within the state department as "blind censorship" because it denies correspondents the opportunity to learn what changes have been made in their censored dispatches. This may be used by an unscrupulous censor to distort the meaning of stories. The new censorship policy as disclosed to correspondents by the Iranian ministry of posts and telegraphs was reported to Washington by the American embassy at Tehran The start of the censorship was so tight, the embassy told the state department that reporters were not even allowed to inform their home offices. The correspondents in Iran include representatives of the Associated Press, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, United Press, Chicago Daily News and Time magazine. Has Been News-Free Iran ha? been a free-news country and, in the opinion of American diplomatic authorities, the steady flow of information out of that country during its continuing dispute with Russia has served Iran's interests well on the whole. A check of American officials brought the information that at the moment Iran appears to be the only country in the Russian orbit which actually has a completely blind censorship. Romania, Bulgaria, Poland and others were described here as having imposed varying degrees of control t on outgoing news dispatches but with nothing now as extreme as the form applied by Iran.JI* Whitaker Is Taken br DeathCam# ta Ada From Arkansas in 1892 James David "Jim" Whitaker, 78. Ada pioneer died at his home in Portland Park west of Ada at 1:40 a. rn. Thursday. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Criswell Funeral Home. Whitaker was born in Georgia, moved to Arkansas and came on to Ada in 1892, only two years after the then small village had begun to grow around Jeff Reed'3 store. He was married in 1927 to Mrs. Minnie Hughes and she is the only survivor of his immediate family. Mrs. Renfro Herndon, Ada, is a niece and Clyde Hopper and Roy Hopper nephews. Mr. Whitaker joined the Christian church in 1893. - ALTUS, Okla., April 18.—(ZP) —The bodies of Miles Thompson and E. E. Hutchinson were recovered late yesterday from the waters of Lake Altus where their light airplane plunged last Friday. The two Altus businessmen drowned after their plane struck a powerline and fell into the water. House Votes OPA Extension, Porter Attacks It Bitterly Delay Bread, Flour OrderBritish-Canadian-U. S. Deadlock Over Food Crisis Measure Holds Up Reduction By OVID A. MARTIN WASHINGTON, April 18.—(ZP) —A British-Canadian - American deadlock today over ways to ease the world food crisis delayed an order which will put this nation on a diet of less bread and flour. Representatives of the three countries met yesterday at another of a long series of meetings of the combined food board. But they failed again to agree on what each should do in the way of contributing wheat and flour to the famine-stricken areas. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson has ready an order to cut American supplies of flour 25 per cent, but he is withholding his signature ending further efforts of the three countries to agree on joint relief efforts. Others Could Help More The American government is taking the position that the major burden is falling upon this country and that Canada and Great Britain could contribute more than they have offered. It is the official view here that both Britain and Canada could cut deeper into their reserves and reduce their own consumption further. Meanwhile, as the White House announced that President Truman will discuss the food crisis in a radio address at 7:15 p.m. (EST) tomorrow night, the chief executive's famine emergency committee called upon the government to adopt still more rigid food conservation measures. Present Measures Inadequate The committee headed by former war food Administrator Chester Davis released, with Mr. Truman's approval, a letter of recommendations it sent to the White House April 9. The letter declared that present voluntary measures are inadequate and said existing price control regulations are causing excessive feeding of grain to livestock. It urged the government to hike ceiling prices on corn and by-product protein feeds—an action which, the committee said, would curtail livestock feeding and thereby make more grain available for food for the hungry abroad. Corn Price Action Uncertain There was no immediate indication whether any action will be taken on the corn price recommendation. This step has been suggested from time to time in recent weeks, but it has been resisted by government stabilization officials on the ground that it would constitute a break in the hold-the-line price policy. Urging immediate adoption of the proposed flour restriction order, the famine committee declared that the government's voluntary program under which consumers are asked to eat 40 per cent less wheat products will not save as much as had been expected.Urges Tri-Party Jap (unionCabinet Secretary Startles Japanese Politicos By RUSSELL BRINES TOKYO, April 18.—(ZP)—Premier Shidehara's chief cabinet secretary startled political Japan tonight with a statement urging a tri-party coalition government and declaring: "In my opinion, the Shidehara cabinet must resign and consult with the three parties as a means of obtaining political stability." The secretary, Wataru Nara-hashi, considered .one of the cabinet members closest to the premier, announced that Shidehara would become president of the progressive party tomorrow and would consult with Iowiro Nato-yama, president of the liberal party, and Tatsu Katayama, social -democrat leader, regarding a coalition. Hatoyama, under fire from some elements and under investigation by General MacArthur^ headquarters to determine if he is qualified to occupy the diet seat to which he was elected last week, recently demanded resignation of the Shidehara cabinet. He said he would attempt a coalition among conservative elements with the objective of attaining the premiership for himself. Both the liberal and progressive parties actually are conservative, as are many in the social-democratic party and so are many of the independents elected to the diet. The liberals won 139 diet seats; the progressives 93, social democrats 92 and independents 80 of the 466 places. *- Read the Ada News Want Ads. Spongers 'Reconvert' The world's greatest sponge fishing fleet is back to normal after years of wartime service. Operating off Tarpon Springs. Fla., 200 divers and their 176 boats will collect over $3,000,000,000 in sponges from the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The divers operate in six-man boat crews, sharing proceeds of the catch. A diver's average yearly wage is $10,000. Above, a diver hooks a sponge from the Gulf bottom. When raked up, a sponge automatically re-seeds itself, growing sn inch per year.Architects Awarded Contracts on State Institutions Jobs OKLAHOMA CITY, April 18 — (ZP)—The state board of affairs announced awarding of architectural contracts on building projects at 22 state institutions under the 1946-47 state building program. Plans are being drawn on projects included in the 1946 program. Construction contract bids will be asked when they are completed. Contracts for construction of 1947 projects will not be signed until after July I. Awards were (1946 program unless otherwise specified): University of Oklahoma, Norman — Petroleum building and equipment (1947), Leonard H. Bailey, Oklahoma City; general classroom building and equipment (1947), Hudgens-Thompson-Ball and Associates, Oklahoma City; press building and equipment, Noftsger and Lawrence, Oklahoma City. Central State Hospital^ Norman —Dining hall, kitchen and equipment, Albert Ross, Ada; repair steam tunnel and system, W. H. Shumacher and Associates, Oklahoma City. At East Central East Central State College, Ada —Library building and equipment and industrial arts building and equipment (1947), Albert Ross, Ada. Northern Oklahoma Hospital. Enid — Infirmary building and equipment, Noftsger and Lawrence, Oklahoma City. University Hospital, Oklahoma City—School of nursing, additions to University hospital, Ross-Win-kler-Reid, Oklahoma City; power house and laundry, Leon B. Sen-ter, Tulsa. Oklahoma School for Blind, Muskogee — Repairs, laundry building and equipment, William T. Schmitt, Oklahoma City, and H. H. Niemann, Muskogee. Oklahoma College for Women, Chickasha—Library building and equipment (1947), Bruce W. Berry, Oklahoma City, and Paul Harris, Chickasha; filter for swimming pool, repairs to auditorium, Forrest L. Butler, Oklahoma City. At State Prison Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester — Hospital detention ward and tuberculosis ward building and equipment; mattress factory building and equipment, and chapel and equipment, Joseph I. Davis, Tulsa. Western Oklahoma Hospital, Supply—Dining hall, kitchen and eauipment, Bruce W. Berry, Oklahoma City, administration building and equipment. Bruce W. Berry, Oklahoma City, and Louis C. Williams, Oklahoma City. E a stern Oklahoma Hospital. Vinita—Tuberculosis hospital and equipment (1947), Black and West, Tulsa. Training School for White Boys, Helena — Vocational shops building and equipment and pasteurizing plant and equipment, Black and West, Tulsa. Whitaker State Home, Pryor— Steam tunnels and lines (1947), Black and West. Tulsa. At Northeastern Northeastern State College, Tahlequah—Industrial arts building and equipment and extension to heating plant (1947). Forrest L. Butler, Oklahoma City; library building and equipment (1947), Walter T. Vahlberg, Oklahoma City. Northwestern State College. (Continued on Pagk 4 Column 5)Thousands Stream Into Jerusalem For Easter Ceremonies By CARTER L. DAVIDSON JERUSALEM, April 18.—<ZPi-Through streets lined with barbed wire barricades and teaming with armed troops, thousands streamed into this ancient city today to see Christian worshippers recreate with symbolic ceremonies the last hours before Christ was crucified. An undercurrent of tension prevailed throughout the holy city as Palestine's |bree-cornered Arab-Jewish-British political controversy was complicated by a country-wide strike of 50,000 civil servants, who are demanding increased pay and better working conditions. A three-hour walkout in sympathy with the strikers, was set for today by several thousand persons employed in special wartime departments of the Palestine government. Although so-called terrorist groups have been idle for the past few days, there was no relaxation by authorities, who remained alert against any possible outbreak Arab Legionnaires, with automatic rifles slung over their shoulders, mingled with the colorfully garbed celebrants of the sacred rijes of antiquity. Easter observance of the western and eastern Christian faiths coincide this year, making the holy sepulchre site and other sacred places more crowded with worshippers than usual. The ancient rites of Maundy Thursday began at daybreak and will continue all day as sect after sect stages its interpretation of the events of the day on which Christ led disciples into the "upper room" for "the last supper." There were virtually no American uniforms to be seen and only occasionally one of the other allies, who formerly had made Jerusalem a popular furlough spot * -County's Pail ta (amar Drive SlowTotal Contributions, Only Third of Goal; Citizens Asked to Taka Fart Not so good, is the report today on Pontotoc county's part of the drive for funds for the American Cancer Society and its expanding war on a murderous ailment. As of Thursday morning, the net reported by Louis Long, drive treasurer, was $1,042.39 toward a quota of $3,000. A magic show recently staged by Rex Morrison, Ada school superintendent clever magician and also county cancer fund drive chairman, attracted an overflow crowd and voluntary contributions totaling $217.54. Morrison and Long again call attention to the ease with which contributions can be made. Letters with self-addresses envelopes have gone out to hundreds of Pontotoc county residents, who have only to enclose a check or cash and drop the envelopes in the mail. Then, others can send or bring contributions to the office of the Retail Merchants Association, third floor of the American Building, where Long has his office. *- Read the Ada News Want Ads.Sets Life At Nine MonthsLegislative Defeat Far Truman; Chester Bowles Calls Measure 'Impassible' PRESIDENT SILENT Hopes for Bettor Results In Senate; Bill Would Wreck Price Control—Porter WASHINGTON. April 18—(ZP) —The house voted overwhelmingly today to continue OPA for nine months, but in a form OPA Administrator Paul Porter said would wreck price control. It was one of President Truman's worst legislative defeats since he entered the White House a year ago. The roll-call vote on passage was 355 to 42. The house, meeting at IO a m. (EST) two hours earlier than usual, tossed the amendment-ridden bill over to the senate, where the White House said today that President Truman hopes for "much better results." Asked at a news conference if the city executive had any comment on the house amendments. Press Secretary Charles G. Ross told reporters: "Not for print." Truman Depends On Senate Asked if the president was going • to "do anything about it?" Ross replied: "He hopes for much better results in the senate." He did not elaborate. A bloc of democrats, chiefly from the south, combined with republicans yesterday to so amend the bill with amendments that Chester Bowles, economic stabilizer, said the house had started "a joy ride toward enono-nile disaster." Earlier, the house refused on a 370 to 20 roll call vote to shelve the continuation bill, rejecting a motion by Rep. Rankin (D-Miss) to send it back to the banking committee. Sabath Says OFA "Murdered" Before the final vote was taken, Rep. 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Does he cry in front of you?
In 11 years together I've seen him cry one time and that was his grandmothers funeral.
I like it that way. Sorry but I am traditional and old-fashioned and don't belive men should cry on a dime. In fact I don't think they should cry at all except at said funerals.
You know, I don't know that I've ever seen him really cry. I want to say I have, but I really don't remember.
I have seen him cry three times When his favorite Granny died, and when he saw how weak my father was our last visit before Dad passed away, and when a small owl collided with our windsheild and died. Tough guys who cry make my eyes water.
I love a guy who can take care of himself, but I don't think it's un-manly to have one or two soft spots.


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We will have lots of burlap bags at the Nashville Flea Market this month. This is a sweet potato sack. We also have some coffee bags that are huge. These are great to use as is for decor, or for fabric in different projects. In addition, we will have some of the French hand painted burlap bags and some good old plain ones too.
I love the green graphics on these.
We will be under shed # 2 (across from Shed #4) on Saturday, April 28th and Sunday April 29th. We aren't sure about Friday the 27th, but will post that information later.
If you are going to be there, please stop by and say hi! I think we like the socializing part of the flea market best of all!


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As the Vancouver Whitecaps prepared for that rite of autumn bestowed on all successful Major League Soccer teams – a playoff run – their downtrodden cousins to the east congregated for what is rapidly becoming their own annual tradition.
For the sixth consecutive fall, players, coaches and media gathered Tuesday to pick over the bones of another wasted Toronto FC campaign, and some critics circled like vultures, pecking at every last morsel of flesh on what is rapidly becoming a decaying carcass of a sports franchise. It was hardly surprising, given the new depths to which the once-model MLS franchise has sunk.
The 2012 squad set franchise lows for wins (five), points (23) and goals conceded (62). It didn't go unnoticed, as attendance at Toronto's BMO Field, for so long the team's calling card, fell to an optimistically inflated 18,155, good for just 10th in the 19-team league.
Team owner Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment has already tried its best to address that issue by reducing 2013 season-ticket prices to 2007 inaugural-season levels in an attempt to win over a disgruntled fan base, but that will count for naught if the on-field product is not up to snuff come the new year.
To that end, head coach Paul Mariner, who took over in June following predecessor Aron Winter's bungling 1-9 start, headed to Europe Tuesday night to begin a scouting mission on the "four or five" new players his team will require to put that right.
"We've known for quite some time what we need," he said, "and we've known where we're going to get them as well."
That will mean the end of the line for a number of players in Toronto. Mariner estimates that he has just seven MLS-calibre starters on his club, and when a number of them went down with long-term injuries, other players failed to grab their opportunities to fill the voids.
"The old saying in football is you're only as good as the deepest member of your squad and we had too many fringe players asked to play too many games," Mariner explained. "Learning on the job is fine and dandy, but if you're not up to it, and some of the lads didn't have the physical capability and mental capability, then you're going to get torn down."
One player in particular who was torn down was Dutch striker Danny Koevermans, whose season ended when he tore knee ligaments in July, and many, Mariner included, pointed to that injury as the moment the season ended for his club. As the team's lone bona fide goal scorer – his return of 17 goals in 21 MLS starts speaks for itself – his loss was keenly felt, particularly as TFC ended up on the wrong side of one-goal games on 12 different occasions. His return to health – he estimates to be back by April or May – will be key to a turnaround, but he's far from alone in those stakes.
Fellow designated player Torsten Frings, 36 next month, underwent hip surgery last month, and getting him back up to full speed, along with the return of No. 1 goalkeeper Stefan Frei, who broke his ankle in March, will imbue the team with a solid spine to build around.
Director of team and player operations Earl Cochrane says the team has flexibility on the "vast majority of contracts," and TFC also has the luxury of the No. 1 pick in next January's SuperDraft, an asset that Mariner has stressed must be turned into an "impact player."
Still, no rookie can be expected to come in and address this team's shortcomings. A reliable central defender to play alongside Irish international Darren O'Dea will be key, as will another central midfielder, and a striker who can take some of the scoring load off Koevermans would also be a worthwhile pickup.
Given the way the supporters' goodwill has been squandered by mismanagement in the team's six seasons, many used the word vital to describe the 2013 campaign, and while an MLS Cup is likely out of reach, contending for a playoff spot will be crucial.
"In the big picture … I think it is vital. It is a good term to use," said Frei, who has already played under five coaches in his first four seasons. "It's tough because I've been here for so long, but every year, or sometimes even every half-year, it's like a new start. And as much as you say we've been here for so long, unfortunately it does reset when you pull the trigger.
"For the fans who have been here the whole time and people looking from the outside in, they've been waiting and waiting and for them it isn't so much of a reset for them, it's still all the pain from last year and the year before and it keeps on piling up and we understand that. So like we said … it's a result-based business and the results have to come in and I think they have to come in soon."Report Typo/Error
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RiRi and Jen had something to prove to the men in their past.
Sorry Chris Brown, John Mayer and Brad Pitt, your exs bared all in more ways than one in GQ. We bet you're eating your hearts out now! Now, BFFs, two questions #1: Would YOU strip to make your ex sick, and, #2: Are nude covers liberating or degrading? Vote now!
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Howl's Moving Castle
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Howl's magical, mobile dwelling in Howl's Moving Castle, the latest film from Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.
(PG) Selected release
The Japanese master animator Hayao Miyazaki is famous for his heroines: young, determined, often unprepared for the adventures they find themselves facing, yet always able, somehow, to rise to the occasion.
There's Kiki, the apprentice witch of Kiki's Delivery Service, who leaves home to learn her craft; Satsuke and her little sister Mei in My Neighbour Totoro, whose fears about their mother's illness are mixed with the pleasures of meeting vast, magical woodland creatures; Chihiro of Spirited Away, a sulky 10-year-old on a car trip who is plunged into a world of spirits, demons and demanding tasks.
At first, in Howl's Moving Castle, it looks as if Miyazaki is giving us a familiar, if slightly older, heroine: the retiring Sophie, a dutiful young woman of 18 who works in the hat shop her father once ran.
But the director has a surprise for us: at the beginning of the film, Sophie is transformed, by a malicious spell, into an elderly woman. She spends the rest of the movie in this guise, her adventures and ordeals mediated by the fact that she is creaky, cranky and increasingly fearless. Old age has its constraints but it has its liberating aspects, too.
Howl's Moving Castle is an adaptation by Miyazaki of the children's book of the same name by Diana Wynne Jones. He has infused it with his own myths, themes and preoccupations. His setting is a heady combination of influences: a 19th-century pastiche of historical, mythological, natural and magical worlds.
Sophie lives in a European-looking town (Tudor meets Tyrolean), where the people are dressed like characters from a Quality Street tin: hussars, men in cutaway coats, women in button boots and petticoats.
But it is also a brave new technological era of inventions, real and imaginary. The streets teem with trolley cars, carriages, prototypes of cars. Up in the skies, strange aircraft skim through the air.
Magic lurks and hovers, wonderful and threatening: at one point Sophie is literally swept off her feet (and above the rooftops) by a handsome stranger who seems unconstrained by gravity.
Beyond the town, there's a lyrical pastoral landscape: in the hinterland, there's a particularly strange machine, known as Howl's Moving Castle.
It is a vast, creaking building that has a doorway with a magic portal into several different worlds. It waddles on four metallic chicken legs, and steam blows from various funnels and pipes. It belongs to the shape-shifting wizard Howl, who is said to devour the hearts of beautiful young women and is spoken of by the townspeople with a frisson of excitement and fear.
The magician Howl.
When she is cursed, the suddenly elderly Sophie takes refuge in the castle. She meets Howl, who turns out to be an impulsive, often petulant young man, with blond hair and earrings and more than a touch of vanity. She encounters a small boy-cum-sorcerer's apprentice, a fire demon and a mysterious scarecrow. She comes across kings, wizards and a wheezing, hilariously deadpan dog.
War threatens the population: a careless monarch plays at hostilities, has a witch as an adviser, and seems happy to dispatch aircraft that look like winged sharks or armadillos to drop their bombs.
Growing a little less creaky and wrinkled - and magically still young while she is asleep - she wrestles with love, fire, jealousy, danger, wonder and the enigma of Howl.
Miyazaki has an appeal that crosses generations. Adult audiences are drawn to the depth and variety of his vision, but so are kids, and for exactly the same reasons. He makes imaginative, exhilarating, rich and strange movies that are seriously enchanting and full of grace and gravity.
It's not like watching a standard Hollywood animation, with movie references and niche elements inserted for different age groups, the kind of film that feels as if it has been scripted after focus group research.
His sense of "good" and "bad" characters is ambiguous: there are always challenges and surprises in store when it comes to the way he presents his villains.
Howl's Moving Castle has its bleak moments, as bombers blitz the towns, and some of Howl's transformations can be a little unnerving. But it is also full of lyricism, wit and inventiveness, and kids respond to this: at the English-language version screening that I attended, the audience was full of children - many under the age of 10 - who gave the film their rapt attention.
The cinemas showing Howl's Moving Castle have chosen the English-language dub, but if you want to see the Japanese-language version with subtitles, you can go to the Nova, which is screening both versions.
There are successful elements in the dub: Christian Bale voices Howl, Lauren Bacall is the Witch of the Wastes and, in a lovely touch, Jean Simmons (who was Ophelia to Olivier's Hamlet and Estella in David Lean's 1948 Great Expectations) is the voice of the transformed Sophie.
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New Orleans' homeless rate swells to 1 in 25
By Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
NEW ORLEANS The homeless population of New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina has reached unprecedented levels for a U.S. city: one in 25 residents.
An estimated 12,000 homeless accounts for 4% of New Orleans' estimated population of 302,000, according to the homeless advocacy group UNITY of Greater New Orleans. The number is nearly double the pre-Katrina homeless count, the group says.
'ROUGH GOING': Homeless still feeling Katrina's wrath
The New Orleans' rate is more than four times that of most U.S. cities, which have homeless populations of under 1%, said Michael Stoops, executive director of the Washington-based National Coalition for the Homeless. The cities with homeless rates closest to that of New Orleans are Atlanta (1.4%) and Washington (0.95%), he said.
A USA TODAY 2005 survey of 460 localities showed one in 400 Americans on average were homeless.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin appealed to federal lawmakers this past week to provide funds and housing vouchers to help the city's homeless problem.
The percentage of New Orleans' homeless is one of the highest recorded since U.S. housing officials began tracking homelessness in the mid-1980s, said Dennis Culhane, a University of Pennsylvania professor who has studied homeless trends for more than 20 years.
"In a modern urban U.S. city, we've never seen it," he said of New Orleans' homeless rate.
Many of the homeless are Katrina evacuees who returned to unaffordable rents or who slipped through the cracks of the federal system designed to provide temporary housing after the storm, said Mike Miller, UNITY's director of supportive housing placement.
There are also out-of-state workers who came for the post-Katrina rebuilding boom but lost their jobs, and mentally ill residents in need of services and medication, he said. Many of the city's outreach homeless centers and public mental health services have been closed since Katrina.
Nagin has pledged to move the homeless from encampments around the city to more permanent shelters. Last year, the city and humanitarian groups found shelter for nearly all of the 250 people living in an encampment across from City Hall.
Nagin has suggested reinstating a city ordinance that would make it illegal to sleep in public places. Homeless advocates say the law would just crowd the jails.
"It just shows a real disconnect" between the city and the problem, said James Perry, head of the Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. "The answer is not going to be jails."
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Bexley Native Josh Radnor Talks About Last Season Of 'How I Met Your Mother'
Bexley Native Josh Radnor Talks About Last Season Of 'How I Met Your Mother'
Bexley Native Josh Radnor Talks About Last Season Of 'How I Met Your Mother'
Josh Radnor was back in central Ohio on Sunday, backstage at the Lincoln Theater, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Columbus Children's Theater.
"I feel I can't overstate how important this place was to me," said Radnor.
It's where he got his start in acting.
"Time is playing all sorts of tricks on me these days, I don't understand where it's gone," he added.
The local actor says his time on 'How I Met Your Mother' has been a blur, and he's delighted with its growing success over the years.
"It's kind of bittersweet, but it's also, you're ready for it to be over - because it's a long time to do one part and one thing. But at the same time, you've got to honor it and recognize how much all our lives changed because of it, and what a really amazing time it's been."
Josh plays Ted Mosby. The new season takes place over a 3-day wedding weekend, with an emphasis on getting to know his mother, who appeared for the first time last season.
"They've always played with time in really interesting ways. We're still going to flash forward and flash back and do all those fun 'How I Met My Mother' things."
Radnor says that complications ensue with everyone. He added that the season finale is extra special for the actors and the viewers.
"I feel in some ways, it rewards the viewer who has watched for eight years, because there's so many inside jokes and built-up things. There's a lot of wind in the sails of this story. It definitely will certainly go down as a special experience, and I know for the rest of my life, if people talk about my career, this is one of the things they will mention. I doubt this will get buried, I mean, maybe I'll do so much work that people will forget I was ever on this show; but right now it feels like something that people passionately care about, and it's a great thing to be a part of."
Radnor says they've already shot eight of the 24 episodes for the new season.
After this season, he hopes to shoot the third movie he's written and he also says he want to get back to acting on stage.


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The prince, who had ruled the tiny Mediterranean principality for more than half a century, had struggled with health difficulties for years. He died after a battle against heart, kidney and breathing problems.
He will be buried later today next to his wife, the Hollywood star Grace Kelly, who was killed in a car crash in 1982. He never remarried, and often cut a lonely figure in his later years.
The prince's 56-year rule made him Europe's longest-serving monarch. His son, Prince Albert II, succeeds him as the ruler of Monaco, a tax haven which became renowned as a playground for the rich and famous during his reign.
At the start of the funeral pageantry today, Prince Albert emerged from Monaco's royal palace with his sisters, Princesses Caroline and Stephanie, who were both wearing black lace headscarves.
The prince's children and the rest of the funeral party walked behind the coffin, which was draped in a red and white flag emblazoned with the coat of arms of the Grimaldi family.
Hundreds of mourners watched the progress of the cortege, and the funeral service was attended by more than half a dozen heads of state, including the French president, Jacques Chirac.
At the cathedral, a sword was placed on the prince's coffin and, opening the Roman Catholic service, Archbishop Bernard Barsi said the prince had "entered into the sleep of death" and had been a father "both loving and loved".
The archbishop noted that 49 years ago, "almost to the day," Prince Rainier had married Kelly in the same cathedral, describing them "an exceptional couple, united in heart and spirit".
The prince will be buried beside her tonight in the Grimaldi family crypt, during a private service attended only by close family.
Most of Monaco's 32,000 residents have only known the rule of Prince Rainier, and the royal family is popular in the principality.
"I like this family .... it's thanks to Rainier that Monaco became what it did," said 60-year-old Arthur Alves. "It's a bit the soul of Monaco, its image around the world, that we are saying goodbye to today."
All businesses in the principality, including its fabled Monte Carlo Casino, were today closed as a mark of respect.


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The Buy and Hold Apocalypse
Market Timing Is Bunk
Buy and Hold
Longtime skeptical readers will be wondering why I am focusing so much on how to measure market returns in making my case for why the "buy-and-hold approach" is far from dead. In my Technophrenia series, I wrote an article called "A Market of Stocks," arguing that the very concept of a "stock market" was an historical anachronism created by the tighter linkage between companies when the U.S. economy was less complex. One of the main reasons why people want to measure the performance of the "market" outside of its component stocks is to enable some form of market timing, a practice that has convincingly been debunked by most academic work in recent years.
Market timing is bunk? Yep. Consider, for instance, the returns on small company stocks between 1925 and 1992. If you had been invested in small company stocks over this period, your average annual return would have been 12.1%. If you sat out the single best month during that 67 year period, you would have only made 11.2% a year. If you missed out on the best five months, well, forget it... you would have only notched gains of 8.5%. Finally, if you had missed the best ten months -- something all sorts of market timers managed to do in 1995 -- you would have only retained 6.3% annual gains, almost half of what you could have made had you been fully invested. This data and other data like it has proved again and again the wisdom of buying and holding stocks.
Certainly people can trot out responses to this that look at the value of missing the worst days or the worst months. There is only one slight catch there -- you have to know when to take your money out. Anyone can guarantee that their money is in the market during its best days in order to nail the 10.5% average annual return in large company stocks and the 12.1% average annual returns in small company stocks. All they have to do is not try to time the market. To miss the worst days and not miss the best days you have to have perfect timing. And given that the returns for the best single day or month often occur right after those of the worst single day or month, perfect timing is really important. Two of the largest single-day gains occurred in 1987, right after the precipitous October 19th drop.
The case for owning quality stocks purchased at a discount to their value as a continuing enterprise is made by simply looking at the returns for the Dow Dividend Approach -- a wonderful proxy for the classic "buy and hold" stock, a foundation of Foolish investing and a mindlessly simple approach to duplicate. Even during terrible market conditions over the past thirty-five years, stocks that meet this criteria have at the very least performed at break-even levels over five-year long periods. The long-term evidence overwhelmingly suggests that looking for true value stocks when the economy gets dicey is not a bad way to fly -- look at the returns for Dow Dividend Approach between 1973 and 1974. Long-term total returns for the Dow Dividend Approach over periods of ten years or longer have been simply incredible.
The latest drop in the "market" has caused many to tear at their hair and question the continued validity of owning stocks for long periods of time, hypothesizing that what we are seeing is a "buy and hold" apocalypse. The "buy and hold approach no longer works," they cry. However, no one ever said that you can buy just anything at any price and hold it. The emphasis of the "buy and hold" methodology has always focused on established companies which currently dominate the financial landscape, the kind of stock that routinely appears on the Dow Jones Industrial Average or the S&P 500 Average.
Short-term speculation, investing on margin, investing fresh money into a loser so that it grows to absolutely dominate your portfolio returns -- this is not the "buy and hold" approach. Certainly there will be weeks, months and even years where your investment returns are negative. If you have not appropriately girded your portfolio for market drops with "buy and hold" stocks, the falls can be quite precipitous. No one disputes the long-term returns of stocks and no one can dispute the fact that the longer your investment time horizon, the more likely you are to have higher total returns over any other option, with fifteen- to twenty-year horizons virtually guaranteeing this. Concerns that there has been a "buy and hold" apocalypse exist independent of the truth.


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The following correction was printed in the Observer's For the record column, Sunday January 2 2011
The National Theatre had a triumph with Terence Rattigan's After the Dance, not Design for Living, which is by Noël Coward and was a hit at the Old Vic.
Some things in life are circular – but here's a giant spinning wheel. I've just filled out, as requested, what's billed as a regular Populus opinion poll survey for the BBC, delivering my views on licence fee settlements, quality, distinctiveness et al. And now Sir Michael Lyons, supreme BBC trustee and grand master of its strategic review, is writing to me (and millions of others) promising many more such polls "to track editorial and creative ambition".
We "will want to see signs of improvement in audience perceptions of the distinctiveness of BBC1 and BBC2 by the end of 2011", he vows. That means a boost in AIs (Appreciation Index scores). He'll give quality stronger emphasis on the QRIV assessment framework (that's Quality/Reach/Impact/Value for money). He needs BBC management to add to the daily flow of information via Barb and Rajar. He seeks quarterly reports on distinctiveness and quality monitoring.
Anything else before you go, Sir Michael? Yes, indeed. An "annual business plan for each BBC service". And an "annual budget alongside that plan, explaining in detail how that money will be spent". Plus a "budget commentary that shows how the DG's five editorial priorities [quality and the rest] have been used to determine spending priorities". Oh! and "a new model of regular market engagement and communication in areas of greatest market sensitivity… updating business plans at the half-year point wherever new initiatives evolve or emerge".
Pause for breath, perhaps. Have a post-Populus cup of coffee. Then think dark, dismal thoughts.
Can you measure "creative ambition" by ticking boxes? Terence Rattigan's Design for Living (one of the National Theatre's triumphs this year) flopped and vanished when first performed. Mahler's reputation endured 40 years of neglect. Van Gogh was only an icon after he died. You can't, simply can't, judge "ambitious original UK drama" or "inspiring output in music and the arts" by asking Joe (or Peter) Public to fill in a few forms. Even local government might choke on this diet.
Of course, the BBC Trust's great strategic effort, somewhat undermined by what Mark Thompson and George Osborne stitched up on the last night of the cuts, hasn't won glowing opinions. Too much, too late. But now there's a second stage of disappointment waiting to dawn. Polls, plans, updates, into infinity? Well, certainly. We all loved to feed on such stuff through the years of Blair and, especially, Brown. Today, though, there's surely scope for something better. Something – um! – distinctive, bringing quality and ambition in train. Get me a fresh survey form, fast.


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Mobility Tricycle Projects
From The Collaboratory
In many areas of the developing world, those living with a physical disability have very limited access to personal transportation devices. When devises such as wheelchairs are available, they are often very expensive relative to the local economy and are not designed for the rough, unpaved surfaces found in most rural villages. An estimated 20 million people are in need of an "appropriate" wheelchair (for short distance travel) or tricycle (for long distance travel) that can be fabricated locally and that is designed specifically for typical economic and physical conditions found in many areas of the developing world. Several organizations are currently working to provide these appropriate solutions; in West Africa, one such organization is The Center for the Advancement of the Handicapped in the village of Mahadaga, Burkina Faso.
The Mobility Project partners with The Center for the Advancement of the Handicapped (CAH) to support and further the center's ministry of providing personal transportation technologies for those with limited mobility. The Mobility Team provides design and manufacturing assistance to fabricators at the CAH in order to reduce cost and improve performance of hand-powered tricycles and develop new mobility solutions such as self propelled electric tricycles.
Purpose statement
Work in partnership with missionaries, staff and clients of the Center For The Advancement Of The Handicapped in order to design hand and electric powered tricycles that can be fabricated, operated and maintained in the village of Mahadaga, Burkina Faso.
- Partner with The Center For The Advancement Of The Handicapped (CAH) to design hand powered and electric tricycle that meet the following criteria:
- Simple, appropriate solutions that are cost effective relative to locally available resources
- Sustainable solutions that maximize the use of locally available materials and value the expertise of local craftsmen.
- Solutions that promote technology transfer in order to maximize ownership and minimize dependency.
- Create appropriate documentation, training materials and fabrication aides that will enable transfer of design and manufacturing processes to craftsmen in the CAH workshop.
- Work directly with CAH craftsmen in order to train them in the manufacture and maintenance of tricycles.
- Provide long term support to our clients so that they are able to take full ownership of the fabrication and maintenance process.
Current Projects
Hand Powered Tricycle
Electric Tricycle
- Frame Design & Frame Manufacturing Fixtures
- Rear Wheels & Axles
- Motor & Drive Train
- Wiring, Electrical Systems & Controls
The Mobility team, in conjunction with the Integrated Project Curriculum's Trike Testing Procedure Project, led by Andrew Patton, is planning to start long-term, comprehensive testing of the electric tricycle as a whole. To this end, Trike Testing Procedure Criteria are being drawn up, which will include criteria on which the team wants to test the trike each time it is ridden, and modes of systemic failure which the team wants to periodically inspect and map out, as these system failures progress over time.
It is strongly encouraged that members of this team visit the page above, and make any additions or changes to it that they deem necessary or helpful. The team wants as much input on the criteria of this long-term testing as possible, so that the most beneficial information can be gathered and analyzed about the tricycle and each of its systems.
Past Projects
- Frame Design & Frame Manufacturing Fixtures
- Rear Wheels & Axles
- Motor & Drive Train
Seth Betteridge, Luke Herwig, Austin Galaska, Madi Brunk, Luke Barton, Andrew Joy, Michael Joy, John Kreider, Justin Henry, Taylor Eberly, Kari Senum, Lauren Long, John Nordstrom, Rachel Mazurek and Jared Detweiler
- 09-10 Project Planning Article
- 10-11 Project Planning Article
- 10-11 Mobility Project Manager's Meeting Log
- 11-12 Project Planning Article
- Mobility Team Page Template
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For more information about this project, please contact:
Seth Betteridge
- e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
- phone: 518-669-9005
John Meyer
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The islands that line 200 miles of Belize's Caribbean coastline are some of the country's most popular tourist destinations. And there are plenty of services ready to sail you between the islands and the mainland.
If you're looking for a way to change the pace of your vacation, consider taking a trip between the Cayes and the mainland. After all, both locations have different atmospheres.
When traveling between islands, consider how you want to get around. While the larger islands have small plane services, most people consider traveling by boat to be the more scenic way to go.
There are plenty of ferry services to choose from, but the largest offer routes to the following locations:
|Belize City, Ambergris Caye,
Caye Caulker, and
Caye Chapel
|Belize City to Ambergris Caye: $13(USD)
Belize City to Caye Caulker: $8(USD)
|1 ¼ hours
45 minutes
|Corozal Town and San Pedro
|From $9(USD) one way to $20(USD) for round trip on scheduled trips;
$18(USD) for non-scheduled one way services
|1 ½ hours
|Punta Gorda to Puerto Barrios and Livingston, Guatemala *
|$10(USD) to $13(USD)
|South of Corozal Town to the road to Copper Bank, Cerros, and the Shipstern peninsula
|Free service from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. daily
*This is a water taxi service, not a regular ferry.
These are not the only companies available for such services, but are the largest and most well-respected companies in the area. However, there are plenty of other reputable ferry and water taxi services available in Belize.
Caye Caulker Water Taxi Association: 501-223-1969
Thunderbolt: 501-226-2217
Lady Lowe Ferry: 501-422-2691
Requena (water taxi): 501-722-2070
Specific policies concerning ferries can change from area to area in Belize. To find out more about the local ferries in your destination, see one of our local ferry guides for the nation.
|Guide to Ambergris Caye Ferries
|Guide to Belize City Ferries
|Guide to Caye Caulker Ferries
|Guide to Corozal Ferries
|Guide to Dangriga Ferries
|Guide to Placencia Ferries
|Guide to San Pedro Ferries
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