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Boston Children's Hospital opens as a 20-bed facility at 9 Rutland Street in Boston's South End.
Children's establishes the nation's first laboratory for the modification and production of bacteria-free milk.
Dr. William Ladd devises procedures for correcting various congenital defects such as intestinal malformations, launching the specialty of pediatric surgery.
Dr. James Gamble analyzes the composition of body fluids and develops a method for intravenous feeding that saves the lives of thousands of infants at risk of dehydration from diarrhea.
Dr. Louis Diamond identifies Rh disease, in which a fetus's blood is incompatible with its mother's. Diamond later develops a transfusion procedure that replaces the blood of a newborn affected by Rh disease.
Dr. Robert Gross performs the world's first successful surgical procedure to correct a congenital cardiovascular defect, ushering in the era of modern pediatric cardiac surgery.
Dr. Sidney Farber achieves the world's first successful remission of acute leukemia. He goes on to co-found the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.
Dr. John Enders and his colleagues win the Nobel Prize for successfully culturing the polio virus in 1949, making possible the development of the Salk and Sabin vaccines. Enders and his team went on to culture the measles virus.
The New England Regional Infant Cardiac Program is established with Children's as its headquarters, providing advanced care for infants with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Judah Folkman publishes "Tumor angiogenesis: therapeutic implications" in the New England Journal of Medicine. It is the first paper to describe Folkman's theory that tumors recruit new blood vessels in order to grow.
Children's researchers develop genetic tests to diagnose thalassemia, a serious inherited blood disorder, in unborn children. A similar technique led to the development of prenatal tests for sickle cell anemia in 1982.
Children's physicians report the first surgical correction of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a defect in which an infant is born without a left ventricle. The procedure is the first to correct what previously had been a fatal condition.
Children's surgeons perform the hospital's first heart transplant.
Dr. Louis Kunkel and his research team identify the gene on the X-chromosome responsible for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The following year, Drs. Kunkel and Eric Hoffman identify the protein missing in patients with the disease, called dystrophin. Today, Dr. Kunkel and collaborators are using muscle stem cells to deliver normal copies of the gene and restore dystrophin to diseased muscles.
The gene for a brain protein found in the degenerative nerve tissue of Alzheimer's patients is isolated and located on chromosome 21 by Dr. Rachael Neve.
Researchers in Children's Department of Neurology and Division of Genetics discover that beta amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease, is toxic to neurons, indicating the possible cause of the degenerative disease.
Dr. Joseph Murray, chief of Children's Department of Pediatric Plastic Surgery emeritus, wins the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in organ transplantation.
A team led by Dr. Carlo Brugnara discovers that a common antifungal medication, clotrimazole, prevents dehydration in red blood cells, a factor insickle cell disease.
Endostatin, one of the most potent inhibitors of angiogenesis, is discovered by Drs. Michael O'Reilly and Judah Folkman.
Dr. Anthony Atala successfully transplants laboratory-grown bladders into dogs, a major advance in the growing field of tissue engineering.
Dr. Evan Snyder clones the first neural stem cells from the human central nervous system, offering the possibility of cell replacement and gene therapies for patients with neurodegenerative disease, neural injury or paralysis.
The FDA approves the use of CardioSEAL, a minimally invasive device invented by Dr. James Lock that closes holes in the hearts of the most seriously ill cardiac patients.
Children's establishes its Advanced Fetal Care Center to provide diagnostic services, genetic and obstetrical counseling and prenatal or immediate postpartum intervention for fetuses with complex birth defects.
Dr. Larry Benowitz grows nerve cells in the damaged spinal cords of rats, a significant step in the treatment of spinal cord injuries. The next year, Dr. Benowitz discovers inosine, an important molecule in controlling axon regeneration in nerve cells.
Children's performs its 100th heart transplant.
Dr. Frederick Alt finds that end-joining proteins maintain the stability of DNA, helping to prevent the kinds of chromosomal changes that precede cancer.
Children's performs the world's first successful fetal repair of hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) in a 19-week-old fetus.
Ophthalmologist Dr. Lois Smith demonstrates that insulin-like growth factor 1 is critical to blood vessel growth in the eye, and that its loss in premature babies may lead them to develop retinopathy of prematurity.
Louis Kunkel, PhD, and colleagues from Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center identify a region on chromosome 4 that is associated with longevity. Individuals with these special genes live healthy lives beyond 100 years.
Drs. Scott Pomeroy and Todd Golub use microarray gene expression profiling to identify different types of brain tumors and predict clinical outcomes. This allows radiation and chemotherapy to be tailored to kill cancer cells while leaving healthy tissue alone.
Dr. Nader Rifai co-authors a landmark study showing that a simple and inexpensive blood test for C-reactive protein, a substance produced in the liver when arteries become inflamed, is a more powerful predictor of a person's risk of heart attack or stroke than LDL cholesterol.
Dr. Heung Bae Kim and Dr. Tom Jaksic develop, test and successfully perform the world's first-ever serial transverse enteroplasty (STEP) procedure, a potential lifesaver for patients with short bowel syndrome.
Dr. Frederick Alt and colleagues discover that the disruption of a gene known as H2AX can disrupt the machinery that senses and fixes broken DNA, thereby setting the stage for cancer to develop. The finding has implications for understanding the origin of human cancers.
Children's surgeons perform New England's first multivisceral organ transplant when an 11-month-old patient received a stomach, pancreas, liver and small intestine from a single donor.
Drs. Marsha Moses, Roopali Roy and colleagues show that an enzyme called ADAM 12, when found in urine, is a reliable indicator of the presence of breast cancer. Such "biomarkers" may indicate that a dormant tumor is about to begin growing and spreading, and could be used for screening patients and for guiding therapy.
Children's launches a multidisciplinary study of autism – involving the Developmental Medicine Center, the Program in Genomics, the Program in Neurobiology, and the Children's Hospital Informatics Program (CHIP) – that seeks to define its austism's.
Dr. Richard Malley and colleagues discover that natural protection against Streptococcus pneumoniae infection occurs through an immune mechanism that may be independent of the current Prevnar vaccine, a potential opportunity for developing an improved, more broadly protective whole-cell vaccine.
Dr. Raif Gehadiscovers a gene mutation that accounts for many cases of immune deficiency, in particular two syndromes known as immunoglobulin A deficiency and Common Variable Immunodeficiency that make people highly susceptible to infections. The finding is expected to yield a new diagnostic test for these conditions, which often go unrecognized.
A diuretic drug is found to suppress newborn seizures in studies of rats and human tissue. The drug, known as bumetanide, is now in clinical trials at Children's.
Children's opens a state-of-the-art Proteomics Center, enabling researchers and clinicians to conduct large-scale, systematic studies of proteins and protein actions and interactions in the body.
Drs. Dale Umetsu, Omid Akbari and colleagues report that a newly recognized type of immune cell, NKT, may play an important role in causing asthma, even in the absence of conventional T-helper cells. Moreover, NKT cells respond to a different class of antigens than are currently recognized to trigger asthma.
Children's Urology Department reports good outcomes in seven children with spina bifida who received laboratory-grown bladders, the first complete tissue-engineered organs to be implanted in human patients.
Dr. Doug Cowan creates a tissue-engineered, electrically conductive implant for the heart and shows that it functions well in mice. Such implants would allow using a patients' own cells to permanently treat complete heart block, rather than implant pacemakers that need to be replaced repeatedly in children.
Dr. Mark Puder and colleagues discover that infants with intestinal failure can be saved from fatal liver complications simply by changing the kind of fat used in their parenteral nutrition solution. Further studies are examining whether the same substitution can prevent, not just reverse, liver disease, as well as other conditions such as lung injury and retinopathy of prematurity.
Dr. Scott Armstrong and colleagues isolate rare cancer stem cells that cause leukemia in a mouse model of the human disease. The cells have proven surprisingly different from normal blood stem cells, potentially making it possible to selectively target them with drugs.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is linked to abnormalities in the brainstem's serotonin system, which regulates breathing, blood pressure, body heat and arousal. The study, by Dr. Hannah Kinney and colleagues, provides the strongest evidence yet that SIDS has a concrete biological basis. The findings could lead to a diagnostic test and perhaps a drug or other type of treatment to protect infants at risk for SIDS.
Drs. Sean Wu, Stuart Orkin and colleagues discover a type of stem cell that is the precursor to at least two main cell types that form the heart. The discovery offers a new understanding of how the heart develops and brings researchers closer to being able to regenerate tissues to repair congenital heart defects and damage caused by heart attacks.
Drs. Ofer Levy and Eva Guinan discover that patients undergoing chemotherapy before a bone marrow transplant lose a natural antibiotic protein called BPI that helps protect against graft-versus-host disease. The finding suggests that replacing BPI can prevent this devastating complication of bone marrow transplant.
Dr. George Daley and colleagues demonstrate that unfertilized eggs can be used to create embryonic stem cells that are compatible with the recipient's immune system. Their technique, may provide an efficient way of generating customized stem cell lines from women and would eliminate tissue matching and tissue rejection problems, a major obstacle to successful tissue transplantation.
The laboratory of Dr. George Daley converts skin cells from an adult into cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells. The resulting cell lines, called induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), can potentially form any cell type in the body, and are allowing Children's scientists to model a variety of human diseases.
A study led by Dr. David Ludwig, director of Children's obesity program, demonstrates that diets rich in rapidly-digested carbohydrates not only expand waistlines, but may also cause fatty liver disease, a condition that can lead to liver failure and death.
Cardiac surgeons Drs. Virna Sales and John Mayer create living, growing heart valves in an animal model using tissue engineering techniques, raising the possibility of growing replacement valves and associated heart structures for children with congenital heart disease.
Dr. Morris White and colleagues show that reducing insulin signaling specifically in the brain can prolong lifespan in mammals, providing a molecular explanation for the value of exercise and eating in moderation.
Dr. Lois Smith and colleagues show that increasing intake of omega-3 fatty acids, found in popular fish-oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye.
A team led by Dr. Gabriel Corfas provides the best evidence to date that defects in the brain's white matter are a key contributor to schizophrenia, showing that two of the dozen or more genes previously linked with schizophrenia - neuregulin 1 and erbB4 - induce pathologic changes in the white matter that unbalance the dopamine system. The new understanding of schizophrenia raises the possibility of early diagnosis and perhaps preventive treatment
Dr. David Fisher finds that the cancer-suppressing protein p53 is doubly protective when it comes to melanoma, both guarding against cancer-causing DNA damage from the sun, but and kick-starting the tanning process. The discovery might someday be applied to help prevent skin cancer, even in people unable to tan well.
An international consortium led by Dr. Joel Hirschhorn of Children's Divisions of Genetics and Endocrinology discovered six new genetic variants linked with body mass index in the general population. Most are active in the brain, suggesting that differences in appetite regulation may play a role in obesity.
Neurobiology researchers at Children's successfully get damaged nerves to recover and regrow in a mouse model by temporarily silencing genes that normally prevent regeneration. The findings suggest that targeting these natural growth inhibitors may make it possible to regrow nerves damaged by brain or spinal cord injury.
A study led by Dr. Scott Armstrong of Children's Division of Hematology/Oncology discovers a small but potent epigenetic change (a change in gene activation) that launches a hard-to-treat form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia. As a result of a mutation, an enzyme called DOT1L abnormally alters chromosome structure and activates genes that are normally silent. Armstrong's team is now exploring the possibility of inhibiting the enzyme with drugs.
Neuroscientists at Children's identify Npas4, the first known "master switch" in brain cells to orchestrate the formation and maintenance of inhibitory synapses essential for proper brain function. Npas4 regulates more than 200 genes that calm over-excited cells, restoring a balance that is thought to go askew in neurologic disorders such as epilepsy, autism and schizophrenia.
Building on the 2007 creation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), Children's Stem Cell Program goes on to produce 10 iPS cell lines carrying genes or genetic components for different diseases. The cells are proving be a valuable tool for studying the root causes of disease and for drug discovery.
Researchers led by Dr. Takao Hensch in Children's Neurobiology program described a factor called Otx2 that can trigger the brain's ability to learn by initiating a "critical period," a window of heightened plasticity when the brain can readily make new connections. Though found in the visual system, Otx2 may have counterparts in the auditory, olfactory and other sensory systems that help time critical periods so that the brain sets up its circuits when it's getting the optimal sensory input.
We are grateful to have been ranked #1 on U.S. News & World Report's list of the best children's hospitals in the nation for the third year in a row, an honor we could not have achieved without the patients and families who inspire us to do our very best for them. Thanks to you, Boston Children's is a place where we can write the greatest children's stories ever told."


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David Kelley is building a new "D-school" at Stanford University, where he teaches engineering. The "D" stands for design, and the co-founder of the world-famous design consultancy IDEO plans to make it a center for a new kind of design thinking. Kelley's brand of design is far removed from cool colors and shapes. It's all about using design methods, such as going out in the world and observing real people before, not after, you make something for them. It's about new ways of innovating.
Kelley is at the center of a small group working to formalize this design thinking to teach it in school -- and in corporations. He recently talked to BusinessWeek design guru Bruce Nussbaum. Here are excerpts:
Q: The business community is desperately seeking to learn how to be innovative today. Where should they go to learn how to be more creative? A:
Q: The business community is desperately seeking to learn how to be innovative today. Where should they go to learn how to be more creative?
A:It's not exactly where they go, but that they realize they're going to have to change their behavior -- they need to get involved. We don't have great success until designers actually commit to getting involved physically. Go out and hang with users, visit people that they wouldn't have normally visited. It's about physically going out there.
Q: Where do they learn to do that? A:
Q: Where do they learn to do that?
A:There are plenty of books. Jane Fulton Suri's Thoughtless Acts is really starting to take off. People are really trying to get their minds around this kind of human-centered approach to life. But in addition to reading the latest stuff, managers really need to get out there in the early phases of design. Go out and visit somebody in your marketplace.
Q: Are any B schools teaching this? A:
Q: Are any B schools teaching this?
A:There's Roger Martin [dean of the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto], and I think the London School of Business is good and Northwestern University. But it's so new.
Q: What about at your D-school? A:
Q: What about at your D-school?
A:Of course, at the D-school we're changing from a more conventional kind of design school to a school that actually takes companies out there, takes students out there, and makes them follow somebody for a day and observe. They need the visceral feel of the user experience rather than just sitting in their cubicle at their computer.
Q: The D-school is still in formation, right? A:
Q: The D-school is still in formation, right?
A:We've been running the program for three years, prototyping classes and working with companies. I can't say we've officially launched -- we're still waiting for our building to be renovated. But I have a core faculty, we're hiring people, we're spending money. And we've run classes with companies like Electronic Arts (ERTS ) and Motorola (MOT ).
The big difference is the faculty and students come from different departments: business, humanities, engineering, so forth. We all work on projects together. In the past, group projects would be done by a group of designers or a group of engineers. With engineers, whatever the problem is, a mechanism is probably the outcome. If it's all businesspeople, the answer is always a spreadsheet or a chart with 2 by 2 matrix. Now we have all these different disciplines, and it's not predictable where the innovation is going to go and that's what's exciting.
Q: Are you seeing any trends? A:
Q: Are you seeing any trends?
A:The solutions are more integrated, taking into account technology, business strategy, the user interface. I would say the solutions are more human. There's also an amazing discontinuity as far as what students are interested in. Ten years ago, most of my students wanted to be Bill Gates, do a startup, and become wealthy. They're still entrepreneurial, but they're in my office saying, "I want to do something that has social value."
Those student interests have driven our research agenda -- sustainability, superlow cost for the developing world, K-12 education, health and wellness, and medical stuff.
But the D-school is divided between those projects and projects from our industrial affiliates, so the students get access to both the social value stuff and to Corporate America.
Q: Can you explain the industrial sponsorship aspect? A:
Q: Can you explain the industrial sponsorship aspect?
A:We've been doing this for many years. Companies want to understand our innovation process and put that in a mix with their process. They pick a project that's of interest to them. Nothing evolutionary like make the headlights open up faster on a car. It's more like what's the future of the back seat of a car. Or the future of gaming or radical cell-phone interfaces.
So Electronic Arts or Motorola sends a group of people to give us the problem, critiques our work from time to time, and evaluates the outcome. From the company's side, you have 50 young brains working on the future of their product or service.
Q: What's your goal for the D-school? A:
Q: What's your goal for the D-school?
A:It's very exciting. It's kind of revitalizing the faculty who've been teaching the same classes for years. And the students are turned on to the idea of learning other disciplines. By the time they graduate they have experience making the trade-offs between the business implementation, the viability of their ideas, and how human or usable they are. They've had that mix.
So the D-school approach is to put multiple professors in front of the class, rather than the normal academic setting of the sage standing up there lecturing. Instead, the students get three points of view on every subject. We're really trying to break down the disciplines and to teach design thinking. Do a little research, become an expert, go out, observe people, build some prototypes, see what the users think, and iterate. Design thinking is the glue that will hold the team together.
Q: It's still true that when you say the word design in the business community, a lot of people get nervous because they think of artsy-fartsy types. A:
Q: It's still true that when you say the word design in the business community, a lot of people get nervous because they think of artsy-fartsy types.
A:That's right.
Q: What do you think design means today? Why is it becoming more central to corporations? A:
Q: What do you think design means today? Why is it becoming more central to corporations?
A:Just as my program is changing, I think everybody's program will start to change. Design is shifting toward design thinking and design methodology, which is really tied to innovation. There's lots of ways to do innovation. Design thinking is just one of the possible methodologies. There's plenty of other ways to do it.
You can drive a technology hard, and that can lead to innovation. You can hire Steve Jobs [Apple Computer (AAPL ) co-founder] to be your marketing guy or some other brilliant guy. Design thinking is just one of the systematic ways you can build a kind of culture of routine innovation.
I hope that design in the old sense will continue, but the new way of thinking of design is really more about building on insights, building on human-centeredness. Raymond Loewe was probably the quintessential American designer, and he helped companies with their innovation.
Q: How about the word creativity? A:
Q: How about the word creativity?
A:Actually, I try to stay away from the word creativity. In the late '60s and early '70s, there was a big creative movement, especially in California after the Summer of Love [1967] and the Vietnam War. Stanford was really big on that. We were somewhat driven by my mentor, Bob McKim, at Stanford and Jim Adams, and all these guys were writing books called "Creative Blockbusting."
It's a little tied to that movement -- like let's blindfold the students and take them out and let them feel the leaves on the trees being held by another person. So those of us who are old enough to remember that have that in our minds.
Jim Collins always said creativity plus implementation equals innovation. So if we can move people from saying, "You creative guys," to saying, "You innovative guys" -- meaning the guys who have big ideas but also have a methodology and are clever about how you make them viable in the world -- then I think you've got something.
Q: How will the D-school get its ideas out there? A:
Q: How will the D-school get its ideas out there?
A:We're thinking about all kinds of things like case studies, design-thinking case studies, in the same way that Harvard Business School does business case studies. We're thinking about summer institutes where we bring in faculty from wherever they're interested and take them through the kind of normal workshop stuff. Workshop is a funny word because people think they know what that is -- but it's the kind of deep dive stuff we do at IDEO and moving that to faculty.
Q: Can you describe what you mean by "deep dive?" A:
Q: Can you describe what you mean by "deep dive?"
A:People didn't want to come and live at IDEO for six months, which is what we really wanted them to do to help them with their culture of innovation. But they'd come for a short period. So we developed these really intensive two-day, one-week kind of things.
I think you might see schools where design thinking is going to be a part of the curriculum. One of the things I teach young kids that I'm most excited about -- and I do this at my daughter's school -- is the whole iterative nature of design. Picture that you have them design something, let's say, their bedroom or their bed. They come in and they deliver it as a project, and then that's the end of it. We go on to something else.
But design methodology would say O.K., design your bed, make a prototype or a drawing, bring it in, see what all the other 25 kids in the class did. Then go back and do it again. And again, maybe. So that kind of iterative nature of project learning in K-12 schools is really resonating with the K-12 teachers.
There's another thing about design [is to take advantage] of as many brains as possible without any fear that they're going to steal your thunder. We run into that all the time, where the person in charge thinks it's all up to them to come up with the ideas. I wouldn't do that. I'd try to get as many people I know to help me. It's a team sport. But I think that some of these people who run these companies and universities, it's like it's an individual sport. But it's a team sport.

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September 11 Through a Japanese Lens
By Brian Bremner
Living abroad certainly has its moments -- not all of them exactly pleasant, especially since September 11, 2001. When terror struck in New York, the Pentagon, and rural Pennsylvania, I watched the whole thing on CNN just like millions of other Americans and millions more of every nationality around the world. But from Sept. 12 forward, I have been dealing with the welter of emotions one feels about such outrages in a different place, Japan, which doesn't necessarily see the world as Americans do.
Yes, I know, it seems an obvious point. But it has complicated things. So has the fact that I'm raising two daughters who, truth be told, don't really think of themselves as Americans. They speak Japanese, play with Japanese kids, carry Japanese passports. My eldest, who is 6, has taken notice of the impact of the event, and I have tried to explain what happened as best I could, without scaring the hell out of her with visions of a terror-filled future or coming off as one angry American -- which I certainly was for about six months.
In hindsight, I realize I'm going to remember for a very long time quite a few things that have happened in the year since, most of them inspiring. There were initial and small acts of kindness and acknowledgement in the early days after the attacks. On the train into central Tokyo on Sept. 12, no fewer than three Japanese asked me if I was an American, expressed their condolences, or asked if I had lost anybody close in the attack.
A few days later, during a solitary lunch, a Japanese executive who had lived in America sat down and just started talking about what the attacks had meant to him. After all, the lives of Japanese, particularly bankers and traders working at the World Trade Center offices of Fuji Bank and others, were snuffed out by Islamic extremists as well.
The public discourse in the Japanese press has probably been similar to much of the European press. It started off extremely sympathetic, was mildly supportive but skeptical during the campaign against the Taliban, and has been extremely critical and sometimes quite anti-American ever since. I happen to think that kind of give-and-take about American foreign policy is quite a good thing, by and large. But it's also true that it isn't just the Europeans who see America as arrogant, unpredictable, and maybe even a little dangerous.
Some of the commentary has been surprisingly thoughtful. Early on in the crisis, former Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa reminded his countrymen in a published interview that the U.S. was a very young country that doesn't have a long history of dealing with cataclysmic societal shocks. At first, I thought such thinking somehow trivialized what had taken place in my homeland. But now I think Miyazawa, who lived through much worse turmoil than most ordinary Americans -- a government on a military rampage, the atomic bombings, and a national collapse -- was on to something.
Back in 1995, a devastating earthquake took the lives of 6,000-plus in Kobe. No, it wasn't a terrorist attack, but it was terrifying. I remember the frantic emotions of my wife, Yuki, who couldn't reach her sister in a nearby town for many hours. I recall, too, a TV announcer breaking down at the end of a very long day of nonstop coverage devoted to the carnage.
Obviously, those most directly affected by the quake are still living with the consequences and always will be. But the society at large eventually found a way to rebuild Kobe, place the disaster in the right context, and move on.
The challenge facing the U.S., of course, is different, far more multifaceted -- and potentially lethal. But maybe it's worth remembering Stateside that we aren't the only country to suffer such a lethal blow. In fact, we've had a pretty safe and prosperous run. That's not to say Americans in any way deserved what happened a year ago. But in watching and reading the saturation coverage of September 11 in the American media, it came off as a bit too self-absorbed and overwrought.
I've learned that sometimes it's a delicate balancing act between being a father and a red-blooded Yank with fairly hawkish views on dealing with terror. My daughter thinks America is a pretty scary and predatory country right now. She watched the images of Americans bombing the hell out of Afghanistan, the associated civilian casualties, and my bet is that, in 2003, the big show will move to Iraq.
Obviously, it's tough to make an extended argument to a 6-year-old about the history of extreme Islamic thought and the nightmarish scenarios of a world with loose nukes and all manner of chemical and biological weapons. If we lived in New York right now, I wouldn't have to bother.
What am I getting at here? Well, maybe that context really does matter a lot more than we think. The risk in the U.S. is that the understandable shock and outrage of a year ago didn't create a lot of moral clarity but dulled us to some creative thinking about what American values truly are about. It may also lead the U.S. into some very ugly foreign-policy blunders if the country doesn't try to think through precisely how its actions will affect the rest of the world.
And here's the punch line: I'm pretty sure I would never have given this too much thought if I hadn't experienced September 11 through the prism of Japan.
Bremner, Tokyo bureau chief for BusinessWeek, offers his views every week in Eye on Japan, only for BusinessWeek Online
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MIAMI, Monday—Exactly at noon on the Fourth of March, Miss Thompson and I left Washington. It was raining. The President and Anna and one or two others came to see us off. I am glad that during this trip there will be some young life in the White House, as it makes it a more cheerful place for anyone who happens to stay there.
Almost before we knew it, the skies began to clear and by the time we reached Palm Beach, Fla., it was warm and sunny. Mrs. Donner Winsor and my grandson, William, met us at the airport with General Alexander and Colonel Deemer. We arranged to be at the hospital by eight-thirty Sunday morning. We had a quiet dinner. Afterwards a number of Betty Winsor's friends came in.
On the way down in the plane, I had a chance to talk with several of my fellow passengers. Among them was a young navigator who had been on a bomber plane in the Philippines. He was missing for two years, and as he told me the story, I kept thinking of what his family must have gone through. How hard it must have been to keep up hope during such a long period of anxiety without word of any kind!
He described calling up his family when he was back here and free to call them. He told them he would be home the following Monday morning. Then he said: "They met every train between that time and when I arrived." I can understand that. It must have been like having someone come back from the dead. He looked well, and I asked him if going through so many strange and varied experiences did not give him a tremendous amount of self confidence. I should think that after having lived through so much, nothing would seem beyond one's powers. But like most of our American boys who have seen great adventure, he deprecated any suggestion that he had accomplished anything extraordinary.
Several of the boys brought their short-snorter bills to be signed, and one of them told me he had been two or three times around the world. Another passenger said he came from Washington and had a daughter named Mary Patricia Hanlon, whose mother would be thrilled to see her name in the paper. So here are my good wishes to Patricia.
All day I have been impressed by the fact that for the first time I have been seeing people who have been flown back from India, Persia, as well as North Africa, Sicily and Italy. One boy was brought to the hospital here in five days from India.
The Ream General Hospital in Palm Beach, which I visited on Sunday morning, is beautifully situated, and gives the boys just what they need after the time that they have put in in the hot climate of India which is dry during the day and damp at night. It is not too rapid a transition and yet it does give them enough of a change. The men seem to appreciate their surroundings. They enjoy the beach and the pool, and in spite of some very serious injuries, in nearly all cases they are doing very well. This is the hospital over which there has been some controversy. But there can be no controversy over the fact that it is a good hospital which is rendering valuable service to men who have been badly wounded in the war.


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Electronic Dance Movement returns to Jewel's Catch One for their biggest event ever, bringing with them their first ever all white attire party!
Featuring Top Headlining Talents:
LANGE>>>Voted #31 DJ in the world (2009 DJ Mag Top 100 Poll) from [UK]
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Add the tools your toolbox lacks
Frameworks are foundations, not straitjackets
To an inexperienced programmer, a framework is an invaluable security blanket. It hides the rough edges of an unfamiliar language or platform, it guides you toward pre-established and pre-packaged patterns and best practices, and it wraps complex concepts in simpler abstractions.
A good framework does the hard things and the boring things so that you can concentrate on your things.
Too often, inexperienced programmers choose a framework based on how many things it will do for them without requiring them to write code. The more code they're forced to write themselves, the less happy they are.
This is natural, because when you're inexperienced, you aren't comfortable writing code. But it's also a trap.
If you don't challenge yourself, make mistakes, learn from those mistakes, make more mistakes, and learn from those mistakes, you will remain an inexperienced, unconfident programmer perpetually at the mercy of the frameworks and libraries that are available to you.
Avoiding this trap is hard. Many — perhaps even most — programmers fall into this trap early in their careers and remain there for years, if not forever. Give them the frameworks and libraries they've grown accustomed to and they can connect the dots and create useful, possibly even beautiful things, but put them in front of a blank editor with nothing at their disposal but a compiler or interpreter and a flashing cursor, and they're lost.
Not that frameworks and libraries are to be avoided. Carpenters don't forge their tools from scratch before each job. But the best carpenters know which tools to use, and when.
A good programmer, like a good carpenter, knows when she lacks the right tool for the job at hand and isn't afraid to add it to her toolbox.
Use a framework or a library if it makes you more productive, more organized, or more happy. But when the framework lacks something you need, consider adding it instead of asking for it.
Start small. Challenge yourself. Get better. Get bolder. Add to your toolbox. Before long it'll feel natural and easy, and you'll feel a freedom and a confidence you never felt before.
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Former WWE Superstar Santino Marella recently spoke with Hannibal TV and spoke at length about his infamous showdown with Jim Cornette while in WWE's developmental system years ago. Below are some of the highlights from the interview. On the feud with Jim Cornette that led to Cornette slapping him: "I just finished a month in […]
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Former WWE star Santino Marella recently spoke to Main Event Radio about his release from the company this summer, and if he'll return to either RAW or SmackDown. Santino explained that WWE had an option to extend his contract while he was out with his injury, but decided not to and let his original deal […]
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Santino Marella Comments On His WWE Release
As noted, two-time WWE Intercontinental Champion Santino Marella was released on Friday. Marella took to Twitter to comment on WWE releasing him, writing that his next chapter "shall be even greater." Worry not my friends for the next chapter shall be even greater! It was a dream come true, thank you #WWE — Santino Marella […]
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Zimmerman Wants Better Management of Evidence
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Attorneys for former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman said in a motion Monday that prosecutors are dragging their feet on turning over evidence.
Zimmerman's attorneys said prosecutors aren't turning information over in a timely manner and are providing some material in a format that's useless for defense experts to examine.
They're asking for monthly hearings to manage the turnover of evidence from prosecutors to defense lawyers.
"The state's approach to discovery has been to require the defense to figure out what the state has failed to provide and then ask for it rather than fulfilling the state's legal obligation to provide complete and timely discovery," attorney Donald West said in the motion.
A spokeswoman for the State Attorney's Office didn't immediately respond to an email and phone call seeking comment.
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin during a confrontation in a central Florida gated community last February.
Zimmerman's attorneys also asked prosecutors for cellphone photos taken by a witness and a police officer on the night of the shooting.
Zimmerman's latest filings come less than a week after his attorneys asked prosecutors for any evidence that might suggest Martin's civil rights were violated by Zimmerman. Martin was black, and Zimmerman has a Peruvian mother and a white father.
Martin's parents and supporters claim that the unarmed teenager was targeted because he was black and that Zimmerman started the confrontation that led to the shooting. But Zimmerman's family members have denied that he was racist in anyway.
The U.S. Justice Department launched a probe into the initial handling of the investigation after Zimmerman wasn't arrested for 44 days after the shooting.
Zimmerman's attorneys also asked for information on any probe into the Sanford Police Department's handling of racial tension in Sanford after Martin's death.
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1919 Lincoln County Minnesota Mascot marriages entries
extracted by Becky Davidson
Miss Antoinette Tykwinski and Mr Walter l Fier were united in marriage Tuesday, Jan 28 [1919] at the St John Cantius church of Wilno, Fr Rakowski officiating. After the ceremony a wedding dinner was served to the immediate relatives at the bride's home.
The attendants were Miss Lucille, sister of the bride, and Anton, brother of the groom. Miss Lucille wore a dress of pink silk crepe de chine. The bride was attired in a gown of white ivory satin with silk georgette panels, wearing her veil in coronet style. She also carried a bouquet of bridal roses.
The bride is the oldest daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Tykwinski, prominent farmers of this community. She graduated from the Ivanhoe High School with the 1915 class and has since taught school a couple years in this county [Lincoln county]. The past year she has spent in Minneapolis.
The groom is a son of Mr and Mrs Anton Fier, of Alta Vista, and is one of the leading farmers of that community. He has been in the military service the past thirteen months and recently returned home.
The young couple who on this important occasion cast their lot as one are well known and highly respected by all in this community, and their host of friends extend to them abundance of wishes for a happy and prosperous journey over the sea of matrimony. -Ivanhoe Times
Harry Moorse and Miss Lucy Mary Koltze were married at St Edward's Church in this city last Tuesday [May 20, 1919] morning at nine o'clock. Father W J Stewart officiated.
The bride was gowned in a beautiful creation of white Crepe de Chine and wore the bridal veil and carried a boquet of roses.
The bridal couple were attended by Lawrence Richter and Miss Sophie Moorse. Miss Moorse wore a gown of pink and carried roses.
After the ceremony at the church the bridal party went out to the Koltze home where nearly a hundred guests partook of a hospitable dinner and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs H C Koltze, and came with her parents to this locality, from Iowa, several years ago. Since coming here she has been a popular member of the younger set and there is every reason to congratulate Harry upon his good fortune.
Harry Moorse is a son of Mr and Mrs Peter Moorse and is well known here, being brought up in this community. Harry is the kind of boy who goes ahead and does things without making any fuss over it. Ever since a little lad ha has plugged away, he has studied and toiled - always worked hard and always made good. There are many different classes of men and the class that Harry belongs to is the one that just goes ahead and does its work without any noise or show, but which, when it comes to the test, is always "there with the goods."
Mr and Mrs Moorse will make their home on the Moorse farm in Nordland, to which place the best wishes of a host of friends follow them.
Out-of-town relatives of the Koltze family that attended the wedding were: Mr and Mrs Wm Richter, and Lawrence, Alfred, Julia and John Richter, all of Rock Valley, Ia, John Richter of Lennox, S D, Mrs Rose Miller, of Burlington, Wis, and Fred Koltze, of Sioux City.
Frank Sigvaldson and Miss Alice Amundson were married at the Norwegian Lutheran church here last Wednesday evening [June 11, 1919]. Rev E J Hinderlie read the marriage service according to the Lutheran ritual.
The bridegroom was attended by Rudolph Amundson and the bride by Miss Pauline Sigvaldson. The bride was charmingly gowned in white organdie, with veil and carried roses.
After the ceremony at the church a wedding supper was served at the home of the brides parents, Mr and Mrs Greggar Amundson; the guests consisted of immediate relatives only.
Mr and Mrs Sigvaldson left on the night train from Minneapolis where they will go to Winnipeg and thence to Glenboro, Manitoba, where Mr Sigvaldson is now operating a farm.
This marriage unites two pioneer families of this locality, Mr and Mrs Amundson, the parents of the bride, being among the early settlers of the township of Nordland, Lyon county, and the late Arni Sigvaldson and his wife, parents of the bridegroom, being among the first of the Icelandic settlers of the township of Limestone, Lincoln county. No families in this locality are better known, nor have been more prominent in the development of their respective neighborhoods than these two, and the best that we could say of the son and daughter, whose union of hearts has joined these two families, is that we know them to be children worthy of the parental names they bear.
We congratulate Mr and Mrs Sigvaldson and trust that they may prosper and enjoy life.
A R Johnson and Miss Jonina Johnson were married at the Icelandic Lutheran church in this city last Wednesday evening [June 18, 1919].
About two hundred people witnessed the ceremony. Shortly after eight oclock the strains of the wedding march, played by Miss Margaret Eastman, announced the arrival of the bridal party. After a short halt in the vestibule the double doors of the main room swung back and the bride and groom entered and marched up the center aisle to the altar rail where they were met by Rev G Guttormsson who read the marriage service of the Lutheran ritual and propounded the solemn questions therein prescribed. The ceremony was preceded by a hymn by the choir and prayer by the pastor. The ceremony at the altar concluded the bride and groom marched down the aisle and took a position near the front door of the church where they received the congratulations of the guests as they filed out. The ceremony in the church was solemn and simple and the beautiful decorations of the altar and surroundings caused the impression made upon all to be of a very pleasing kind.
The bride wore a white gown of the latest June-bride style, artistically made and elegantly fitted, and wore the bridal veil and carried whire peonies.
A banquet was served in the basement of the church where covers were laid for about seventy-five. In this basement room the hand of the artist had been busy. The whole room was decorated most beautifully, the color scheme being pink and white. Every table in the room had upon it several large bouquets of cut flowers. A large Edison supplied with the latest records furnished music during the meal. The banquet was served in courses and sixteen young ladies, of the Sweet Sixteen variety, served. The beauty in decorations, dress and person so filled the room that the most exciting taste could hardly have desired a more pleasing sight. The food was ample and prepared and served in a fashion fit for a royal board.
When the last course had been served and the coffee had been brought a short program of impromptu toasts was enjoyed. The speakers were: Rev G Guttormsson, Attorney B B Gislason, Dr Th Thordarson, B Jones, Ernest Johnson and the bridegroom. The function of toastmaster was discharged by G B Bjornson. The half hour occupied by toasts was enjoyed by all and many deserved and pleasant things were said about the bridal couple.
The bride and groom can both qualify as Minneotans of many years standing. Mr Johns has for years had charge of the grocery department in the Big Store. He is a man whom everybody knows and everybody likes, a man without an enemy who still has done his part as a good citizen. The bride, a daughter of Mr and Mrs Ernest Johnson, of this city, has worked for a number of years as a dressmaker and her worth is attested by all who know her. They have both, long since, established themselves in the esteem and confidence of all.
The Mascot wishes them years of comfort and happiness
Leo Tillemans and Miss Bessie Hanson were united in marriage at St Edwards church in this city Father W J Stewart officiating.
Harold Tillemans was best man and Miss Marie Finnegan appeared in the capacity of bridesmaid.
A wedding dinner was served at the home of the brides parents, the guests being immediate relatives of the contracting parties.
Mr and Mrs Tillemans drove to Marshall Monday afternoon where they took thr south bound Great Northern train, intending to go to Sioux City and from there on to Nebraska where they will spend a few days visiting with relatives.
The principals in these nuptials are youths who have attained their maturity in this community and both come from well known pioneer families. Leo is the youngest of the Tillemans brothers and is operating what is known as the old Thompson farm which joins Minneota on the west. He is one of the most industrious young men of this locality and nothing seems to agree with him quite as well as work unless it were more work. While not much more than a boy in years he has already reached a position of comparative independence, financially speaking.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Hanson and is in every way an estimable young lady who will preside over this new Tillemans household in an able and agreeable way.
The Mascot extends congratulations.
Adalbjorn O Bjornson and Miss Gudrun Hallgrimsson were united in marriage at the home of the bridegroom, in the township of Westerheim, last Wednesday evening [ July 9, 1919], Rev G Guttormsson officiating. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion and was well filled with relatives of the contracting parties. The finest country wedding I have ever attended, said one of the guests in describing it to us.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hallgrimsson, of this city, and came here from Canada several years ago. She has won for herself many friends and admirers, through her pleasing manners and charming personality, since coming here, and a large circle of friends now welcomes her to the position of mistress of one of the leading homes of the community.
The bridegroom is the son of that well known Westerheim pioneer, E Bjornson. He is a native of the township, being born on the farm he now operated. He is one of those steady, hard-working men who are building upon the foundation that their fathers laid in the early days and increasing the fertility of the acres of the home farm through the intensive farming methods of the present. Adalbjorn is a man who farms with his head as well as his hands and during the years that he has been gradually taking over the management of the farm he has more than made good. He is in every sense a fine boy and enjoys the confidence of the whole community.
Mr and Mrs Bjornson left on the midnight train Wednesday for the Twin Cities where they will spend a few days.
The Mascot congratulates.
Oliver Hatlestad and Miss Margaret Johnson were united in marriage at the Icelandic Lutheran church here last Monday evening [July 14, 1919] at 8 oclock. The church was filled with relatives and friends who had come to witness the ceremony.
The bridal couple entered the church preceded by Rev G Guttormsson. The wedding march was played by Miss Emily Zeuthen.
The bride was gowned in a most beautiful creation of white georgette over satin, wore the bridal veil and carried a bouquet of roses. The ceremony was performed by Rev G Guttormsson and the ring service was used, the ritual of the Lutheran church being read by the pastor.
After the ceremony a wedding supper was served at the home of the brides parents, Mr and Mrs Albert J Johnson. Relatives of the contracting parties were the only guests at this function.
The bridegroom in these nuptials is a son of the well known Cottonwood politician, Ole H Hatlestad, and is operating a farm in the Cottonwood vicinity. He is a fine appearing young man and stands high in the community where he lives.
The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert J Johnson, of this city, and has been teaching school since her graduation from the local high school in 1914. She has made good in her work as a teacher and she enjoys the esteem of all those who have made her acquaintance.
Back in the eighties, before either of the contracting parties in this marriage was born, the family of Albert Johnson and that of the bridegrooms mother lived as neighbors out in Lincoln county. The first Mrs Hatlestad, mother of the bridegroom, who died when Oliver was a boy, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Knute Anderson, who lived in a log cabin, situated in a very picturesque spot at the bottom of a deep river gulch in the township of Alta Vista, Lincoln county. The Andersons were Norwegians but practically all their neighbors were Icelanders and Mr Anderson was always referred to among his neighbors as Knute of the Gulch. About a mile from this gulch lived a young couple starting life in the New World. That couple was Mr and Mrs Albert Johnson. The relations between the two families were cordial but in the course of time both moved away and it is safe to say that neither family knew much about the other. Thus it was left for these two young people, who did not know anything about each others existence, until Miss Johnson came to the Cottonwood community to teach, to recall to the minds of their elders the friends and the neighbors of the early days.
Mr and Mrs Hatlestad went to the lake region near Mankato where they will spend a few days before going to their home near Cottonwood.
The Mascot extends congratulations.
No one is a whit older than he feels, and Cupid may shoot his arrows into hearts that have beat for three score and ten with the same penetrating effect as his darts produce in the youthful bosoms of those who count but a score of lifes milestones to their credit.
This was demonstrated at the Icelandic Lutheran parsonage last Tuesday [September 9, 1919] when Rev G Guttormsson united in marriage Jonas Olson and Mrs Gudrun Sigurdson, both of whom have passes the allotted three score and ten.
Mr and Mrs Arngrimur Johnson, pioneers of this settlement, performed the role of best man and bridesmaid, respectively.
The principals in this marriage are no strangers to the bonds of matrimony as this is the third time each of them appears before the marriage altar. That they venture for the third time to brave the waves of the nuptial sea proves that their other journeys have been such as to leave pleasant recollections.
Mr and Mrs Olson are highly esteemed and much respected residents of this village and their many friends will join the Mascot in expressing the wish that they may yet have many years of happy union.
A very pretty wedding was solemnized at St Edwards Catholic church Tuesday morning [September 9, 1919] at half past seven oclock when Miss Dorothy Seal became the wife of Francis Elmer Kelly. After the service a bountiful three course breakfast was served at the home of the bride to about thirty intimate friends of the brides parents, Mr and Mrs T D Seals.
The bride has lived in Minneota since infancy. She is a graduate of the local high school also spent one year at the Winona State Normal School. Miss Seals has a host of friends among the people of this village who wish her continued happiness in her new home.
The groom is an enterprising young farmer from Mellette, S D. He served in Uncle Sams army during the late war but returned to the farm when peace was declared.
The young couple left on the noon train Tuesday and, after a short honeymoon they will make their home on a farm near Mellette.
The out-of-town guests were Miss Kathryn Kelly and Mr Raymond Kelly, a sister and brother of the groom.
Cyril J Buckley and Miss Denage Marie Regnier were married at the Catholic church in Ghent last Wednesday morning [September 24, 1919] at nine oclock.
The celebrant of the nuptial mass was Father Van Wallegham.
A large number of guests were present at the ceremony in the church which was followed by a wedding breakfast at the home of the brides parents, Mr and Mrs George Regnier.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr and Mrs John Buckley, of Westerheim, a capable young man who has rented his parents farm and will begin his career on the old place. With his popular and pretty young bride Cyril is certainly beginning under favorable circumstances and the many friends of thie young couple wish them all manner of good fortune.
The Mascot congratulates.
Miss Sophia Mary Moorse was married to Emil Joseph Claeys last Tuesday morning [October 7, 1919] at 9 oclock at St Edwards church in Minneota, Father W J Stewart, officiating.
The bridal couple was attended by Alphonse Claeys, as best man, and Miss Mathis as brides maid.
A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the brides parents, Mr and Mrs Peter J Moorse, to which had been invited the immediate relatives of the contracting parties.
Mr and Mrs Claeys left for the citied on the night train, Tuesday night, where they expect to spend some time.
When they return they will make their home on the Claeys farm the old Jim Pennington farm which belongs to the bridegroom.
Marry Moorse and Joseph Claeys are children of two of our most prominent families and have proven themselves worthy of the esteem in which the community holds them.
The Mascot joins their friends in congratulations.
Ivanhoe Times: Announcement cards were received here the past week of the marriage of Christine Thorgrimson to Mr Christian Hansen, the event taking place at the home of the brides brother, P B Thorgrimson, in Minneapolis, on Thursday September 25th [1919]. The bride is well known in Ivanhoe and vicinity, having grown to womanhood in this community and resided nearly all her life on the farm of her parents in Royal township. She has a host of warm friends who hold her in high esteem. The groom is a young man from near Tyler, a returned soldier who saw service in France and a man highly respected by all who know him. He is a brother of Mrs J T Clawson of this place. The happy couple will be at home after Nov 15th, at Tyler.
A double wedding took place at the home of Mr and Mrs Hall Benson, of Nordland, last Tuesday evening [October 14, 1919] when their daughter, Caroline, was married to Rudolph Hanson, son of Mr and Mrs H R Hanson, and their son, Melvin, married Miss Virginia Appleby, daughter of Mr and Mrs L J Appleby.
The home was prettily decorated for the occasion and the ceremony took place at 7:30, in the presence of a large number of friends and relatives.
Rev G Guttormsson performed the ceremony.
A wedding supper was served after the ceremony and this was followed by a pleasant hour of visiting, after which the bridal party was gotten ready for departure. They motored to Marshall, where they took the Great Northern night train for Minneapolis. The usual shoe and boiler episode contributed to the merriment of the occasion as the bridal car left the Benson home.
The guests are enthusiastic over what a fine time they had and all say that they have seldom been so royally entertained.
These four young people come from three of our best homes and they are as fine young folks as you will find anywhere and we are all glad to know that they are going to remain with us and manke their home here. They will settle on separate farms in this neighborhood and for itsel and the whole community the Mascot extends to the new Mr and Mrs Hansen and Mr and Mrs Benson a cordial welcome and hearty good wishes for the future.
St Edwards church was the scene of two marriages this week. The first nuptial mass was celebrated at 9 oclock Wednesday morning [October 15, 1919], the contracting parties being Emiel Landuyt and Mrs Celestia DeSmet. This couple was attended by Adolph Landuyt, as best man, and Celina DeBaere as bridesmaid.
The second marriage was that of Medard Serlet and Miss Irmine DeBaere, which took place at 9 oclock yesterday morning [October 16, 1919]. Wilfred Dero acted as best man and Miss Celina DeBaere as bridesmaid.
Father W J Stewart officiated at both these nuptials.
Both the brides are of the well known DeBaere family and enjoy the respect and friendship of the community.
Emiel Landuyt is running a farm near Walnut Grove and it is to this place that he takes his bride. He is a man very highly spoken of by all who know him.
Midard Serlet is well known locally and is a young man of good repute and will liked.
To these two couples the Mascot extends its best wishes for the future.
Edward Langan and Miss Margaret Blake were married at the Catholic church in Marshall Wednesday [October 22, 1919] of this week.
A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the brides parents after the ceremony. Many relatives of the contracting parties were present and the young couple were given a due and proper send-off as they left for the Twin Cities on their wedding trip.
The bridegroom is a son of P Langan, of Westerheim, and is one of our most promising young farmers, while the bride is from a well known Marshall family and is a highly spoken of young lady.
They will make their home on the Langan farm in Westerheim. The Mascot joins their many friends in congratulations.
Robert H Jackson and Miss Ella Goslar were married at the home of the brides parents yesterday afternoon, Rev E J Hinderlie officiating.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Harm Goslar and is a popular young lady who has been a favorite in her social set. The bridegroom is a young man brought up in the Taunton neighborhood and is highly spoken of by a large circle of friends.
A wedding supper was served at the Goslar home and many friends and relatives partook of the hospitality of Mr and Mrs Goslar.
Mr and Mrs Jackson will go to the northern part of the state to make their home, we are informed.
The Mascot congratulates.
William Bankers and Miss Mary Domick were united in marriage at the Catholic church in Wilno on Nov 4th [1919].
A wedding breakfast was served to the bridal party and a number of relative at the home of Mr and Mrs John Woskoviack, where the bride has been making her home for the past year.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr and Mrs Anton Bankers, who lived in this locality for many years and now reside at Bock, Minn. He has grown to manhood in this community and is one of our enterprising and energetic young farmers. Mr Bankers is operating the farm formerly run by his father and he and his bride have taken up residence there.
The bride is of the well known Domick family, of Lincoln county, but has for some years been a resident of North Dakota, from which state she came about a year ago and has since been making her home near Ivanhoe. She has been prominent in the social circles at the county seat of Lincoln county. We take pleasure in welcoming her as a permanent addition to the population of this community.
The Mascot extends its best wishes and congratulations to Mr and Mrs Bankers.
EInar Gudmundson and Miss Mabel Komplien were married at the Norwegian Lutheran parsonage, in Minneota, Wednesday evening, Nov 26 [1919]. The wedding ceremony was performed by Rev E J Hinderlie, who read the service according to the Lutheran ritual.
Carl Komplien, the brides brother, acted as best man and Miss Christine Gudmundson, the bridegrooms sister was bridesmaid.
Mr and Mrs Gudmundson left on the night train, Wednesday night, for Saint Paul where they spent Thanksgiving with friends. They returned to this locality last Sunday.
The bride in these nuptials is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Knute Komplien, of Westerheim, and has been prominent in the affairs of the young social set of this community for some time. She is a most worthy young lady and Mr Gudmundson is much to be congratulated.
EInar Gudmundson is a son of Mr and Mrs Bjarni Gudmundson, of Royal, Lincoln county. He has been working in thie localith for a number of years and has gained a reputation as a hardworking steady young man of ability and promise. Einar was one of Uncle Sams boys who went to France, returning from there last spring.
Mr and Mrs Gudmundson will reside on a farm near Ivanhoe.
The Mascot extends its best wishes to this bride and bridegroom who go to their new home with the congratulations of a host of friends.
Knute Rye and Miss Thilda Nomeland were married at the home of the brides mother in Canby Thursday afternoon [November 27, 1919] of last week, at 4 oclock. The home was tastily decorated for the occasion and the ceremony was witnessed by a company composed of the near relatives of the bride and bridegroom and a few intimate friends. Rev C Haugen, of St Stephens Lutheran church officiated.
The bridal couple were attended by Ernest Rye, as best man, and Miss Thilda Knutson, as bridesmaid.
Afgter the ceremony a wedding supper was served.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs K T Nomeland, of Canby and is a popular member of the younger set of that citys social circle. We welcome her to the Minneota locality and congratulate her husband upon his good fortune. Mrs Rye is not a stranger here and she will find her many friends in this locality ready to do their best to make her feel at home.
The bridegroom is a son of Mr and Mrs Ole E Rye and is one of the most progressive young farmers of this locality. He is a graduate of the Minneota High School and a man of sterling qualities who has the confidence and good will of all who know him.
Mr and Mrs Rye are spending a few days with friends in Minneapolis and Northfield. They are expected to return the latter part of this week. They will make their home on the Tom Dovre farm, in Eidsvold, which O E Rye purchased several years ago.
With the many friends of this young couple the Mascot joins in extending best wishes.
Cards have been received announcing the marriage of Agnes Lucelle Reishus, daughter of Mr and Mrs E S Reishus, of Cottonwood, and Dr Harold Goodman Swennes, of Hinckley, Minnesota. The bridegroom is a son of Mr and Mrs Arne Swennes, of Clarkfield. The ceremony was performed at the Lutheran parsonage by the Rev Geo H Trabert, of Minneapolis.
Miss Marvel Poehler, a former classmate and close friend of the bride, acted as bridesmaid, while the bridegroom was attended by his brother Olaf Swennes, of Clarkfield.
The bride was attired in a dark brown velvet suit richly trimmed with fur and wore a gold lace hat to match. Pink Sweetheart roses and sweet peas were worn as a corsage bouquet. The bridesmaid wore a dark blue suit and a corsage bouquet of tea roses.
After the ceremony a seven course wedding dinner was served at the Andrews Café.
We want to add to the above, which was sent in by a friend, that Harold Swennes is a native of this locality, being born on the Swennes farm north of Minneota, and so is well known locally. He was graduated from the department of Dentistry at the State University and for a while practiced at Cottonwood. He is a capable fellow and comes from one of our pioneer families than which there are none better. If he has inherited, as we believe he has, a share of the fighting blood of the Swennes there is no doubt that his carving out a career wherever he goes. Good luck to Mr and Mrs Harold Swennes!
Otto R Rye and Helen Victoria Wahlstrom were married at the home of the brides parents Saturday evening [December 8, 1919], Rev E J Hinderlie officiating. The house was beautifully decorated for the occasion and the ceremony was witnessed by relatives of the contracting parties.
Miss Anna Wahlstrom acted as bridesmaid and Knute Dovre as best man.
The marriage ceremony took place at 7:30 in the evening and was followed by a splendid wedding dinner that spoke highly of the cuisine of the Wahlstrom household.
Otto is a son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Rye and is now managing his parents farm in the township of Nordland. He is a fine boy and is making good and taking his place among the leaders of the community.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Emil Wahlstrom and is a girl of attainments, culture and pleasing personality and Otto is indeed a lucky boy.
The marriage joins two pioneer families of the township of Nordland families that have been close neighbors and have always taken a leading part in the affairs of the community.
Mr and Mrs Otto Rye will be home to their friends after January 1, 1920.
The Mascot extends its best wishes.
Edwin Olson and Annie Serena Christopherson were uniter in marriage at the Norwegian Lutheran parsonage, in Granite Falls, on Thursday afternoon, last week [December 4, 1919]. The ceremony was performed by Rev O T Erickson.
Fred Olson accompanied his brother as best man, while the bride was attended by her sister, Miss Sophie Christopherson, as bridesmaid.
The bride is a daughter of Mr and Mrs Ole Christopherson, of Normania township, and has grown to womanhood in that locality where she enjoys an extensive acquaintance and has the regard and respect of all.
Edwin Olson is well known in this locality. He is a son of the late Eli H Olson, of Swede Prairie, and has been managing his mothers farm in that township for several years. His fathers death threw responsibilities upon the shoulders of this boy, not common to one of that age, but he was equal to the task and he has been equal to the varying tasks that the years have brought him and now he is more fully equipped than ever for the battle of life and we do not hesitate to predict for him a most promising future.
Mr and Mrs Olson will make their home in Swede Prairie.
The Mascot extends congratulations.


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Mental health hearing set next week for 28-year-old accused of assaulting two women on Palm Desert campus
INDIO, Calif. - A judge doubled the bail Tuesday for a 28-year-old College of the Desert student suspected of sexually assaulting two women at the Palm Desert campus.
Riverside County Superior Court Judge Graham A. Cribbs raised bail for Palm Desert resident Jesse Timothy Lara from $25,000 to $50,000 at the prosecution's request at a hearing at Indio's Larson Justice Center.
Lara, who pleaded not guilty last month to a pair of misdemeanor sexual battery counts, has a mental health hearing scheduled for Oct. 10, according to court records.
Riverside County sheriff's Deputy Julio Oseguera said authorities went to COD on September 17th to speak with the two alleged sexual battery victims. Both were allegedly approached by Lara, one on September 16th and the other on September 12th -- on the campus, but officials did not reveal whether they were students.
A COD statement last week said the assaults involved ``unwanted touching'' and that the college was ``moving forward to have the student expelled.''
Students and employees were notified and told to call campus security if they were victims of a sexual assault, unwanted touching or other crimes on campus, according to COD's statement.
Lara is being held at the county jail in Blythe, according to jail records.


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Source: Martha Stewart Living, September 2003
- 2 tablespoons peanut oil
- 1 small onion, finely chopped (about 1/2 cup)
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 to 2 teaspoons chile paste
- 1/2 teaspoon curry powder
- 1/4 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut milk
- 2 tablespoons packed dark-brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons unseasoned rice vinegar
- 2 teaspoons coarse salt
- 1/4 cup coarsely chopped roasted unsalted peanuts
In a medium skillet, heat oil over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until translucent, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer to a blender. To the same skillet, add the chile paste and curry powder. Cook, stirring until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add to blender. Add the peanut butter, coconut milk, sugar, vinegar, salt, 2 tablespoons warm water, and 2 tablespoons of peanuts. Blend until smooth.
Transfer to a bowl, and let stand until room temperature. Before serving sprinkle with remaining peanuts. The sauce may be made 1 day ahead and refrigerated in an airtight container (press plastic wrap directly on top of the sauce to prevent a skin from forming.) Let sauce return room temperature for 1 hour before serving.


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Looking Backward
What The Wave Said
20 Years Ago...
Meadowbrook Sound & Security, Ozone Park, ran an advertisement in The Wave for a holiday sale in which a General Electric Mobile Cellular 'Carfone' was selling for $999, marked down from $1600.
Fog, rain and sleet cut short a groundbreaking and dedication ceremony on December 9, for a long-awaited Broad Channel playground. Participants left no doubt that they wanted to get things over with and back inside, away from the umbrellas. At the same time, Gregory Gray, for whose father, Eugene Gray, it is expected the park will be named, could not help showing his pride. "I'm really honored that the community wants to name the park after my father," a community activist who died 12 years ago, he said.
John Kelly, 46, a resident of Sullivan's Hotel at 160 Beach 116 Street, is being held for murder and first degree assault, in connection with repeated stabbings in a man's back and arms while he slept in his apartment at 150 Beach 120 Street.
One of the pet projects Claire Shulman has nurtured in the past few years has been the behind-the-scenes discussions and lobbying to remove the toll from the Cross Bay Veterans Memorial Bridge. As deputy borough president, Mrs. Shulman met New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) officials, Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) members, and carried her plea to the governor's people trying to enlist help in dropping what is simply a $1 toll for local highway use.
Carlos Vendires, who for years allegedly ran a Far Rockaway group which distributed large amounts of cocaine, was arrested October 22 while carrying 198 pounds of the narcotic, has been indicted and incarcerated and is awaiting a trial date in federal court.
Junior High School 180 in Rockaway Beach ended its fundraising holiday candy drive this week. Principal Robert Spata presented the winners of the candy drive contest with their prizes at an auditorium program. Top winners were David Solot, who won a television-stereo combination and Lisa Morris, who won a school jacket. The top sellers in each class won a bicycle.
30 Years Ago... Bicycle paths along the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn (which officially is known as Shore Parkway), could connect to Spring Creek Park, Canarsie Park, Brooklyn's Marine Park and lead over the Marine Parkway Bridge into Jacob Riis Park.
Is there something amiss in Rockaway – or in the City of New York? The new Green Book, the official directory of the City of New York, lists our Assemblywoman, Gerdi Lipschutz, as living at 21-07 Elk Drive, Far Rockaway. We hope Mrs. Herb Posner doesn't find out.
Eighty boys and three new units were registered with the Boy Scouts on School Night. According to Chip Chalmowitz, chairman of School Night, Rockaway's turnout was the largest of new boys in Queens County.
James J. Briody has been appointed chairman for the Boy Scouts district here. Thomas J. Swift, district chairman announced the appointment.
40 Years Ago... A trailer truck loaded with 256 bicycles owned by the Ross Bicycle Company was stolen from its dock at 350 Beach 79 Street on Saturday.
Enthusiastic representatives of 12 area colleges met with Borough President Cariello to propose an oceanography center to be located at Fort Tilden.
Much decorated Staff Sergeant Vincent D. O'Connor of Neponsit has completed his service with the U.S. Army Special Forces Unit and arrived home last Thursday to return to civilian life. He had three tours of duty in Vietnam.
Preparation for a new streamlined approach designed to ease the flow of traffic on the Marine Parkway Bridge, workmen are tearing up the traffic circle that has been used at the Rockaway side of the bridge since its opening in July, 1937.
50 Years Ago...
The display of Christmas lights at Rockaways' Playland resembles a large Christmas tree and makes a brilliant spot in the Rockaways after dark. It draws much comment from airline passengers and for many it is the first glimpse of Christmas lighting as they come in from overseas and head for Idlewild.
Mrs. David Hegarty of Belle Harbor and Mrs. Knut Olsson of Arverne were chairmen of the annual Christmas party held by the Rockaway-Anns in the Newport Inn, when wives of members of the Far Rockaway Rotary Club were guests for the evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Selig Schwartz of Belle Harobr have announced that the marriage of their daughter, Miss Trudy Schwartz, to Nathaniel White of Belle Harbor will take place on Sunday at the Belle Harbor Jewish Center.


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M-Service & Geräte Peter Müller e.K.
Metric – simple to use!
Measurement software shouldn't result in the user losing time. The Metric measurement software is an alternative to other available programs, which are often complicated to use.
Why Metric?
The fact that Metric can measure in the live image saves an enormous amount of time, given that images need not be saved first and subsequently retrieved again. Through the use of our USB 2.0 camera, the software can be installed on as many computers as desired. Metric is enabled wherever the camera is connected. On the one hand, this removes the need for the troublesome USB dongle, and on the other, it is extremely practical for mobile systems such as the Cellcheck Series (link), given that everyone who wants to share a microscope already has the software installed on their computer.
Metric can be switched between 25 different languages, a feature which has led to the program being used all over the world. This is not only of interest to international clients. In large companies with staff from many different nations, software training is made much easier.
Updates for Metric measurement software are generally free of charge. With the corresponding serial number, the user is immediately taken to the correct version in our download area. This saves time-consuming update contracts and ensures that users can always keep their systems up to date.
It is always possible to carry out an upgrade from Metric PE Standard to Metric Plus or MT at the original update price. Your old version will not lose its value.
Of course, we cannot forget the telephonic support: The Metric header bar contains our normal telephone number, not the Nirvana hotline.
Versions: Metric is available in four configurations. Metric BE is intended only to display and save images and generate cross-hairs for positioning (see function list). The DoubleCheck function enables two live images with cross-hairs to be automatically launched beside each other when two cameras are used.
Metric PE contains basic measuring functions, such as distance, radius and circular measurements, angle measurements and some other basic measuring functions (see function list). For users who prefer to allocate functions to hot keys, Metric PE has the option of creating 30 hot keys.
Metric Plus contains all available measuring functions: Special circular measurements, measuring functions for the PCB area, thickness measurements, drill, milling and thread measurements, DFX overlay, focus calculation and many other special functions. It would take too long to list all of the functions here; therefore they are detailed in the function list below (opens a new window).
Metric MT has two additional functional levels: The buttons located in the left column activate the measurements point, line, circle and circle segment. The three buttons below are intended for the distance, angle and best-fit line. With the four upper measuring functions, all relevant objects or measuring points are marked. Afterwards, measurements can be linked in the computer window (button with PC).
The second is the readout function of X, Y and Z values. Metric MT can generally be combined with practically every measurement system. Regardless of whether the measuring tables are from Märzhäuser, Uhl, Prior, Steinmeyer or others, the XY axis are read and calculated in Metric MT. If no direct USB or RS-232 connection is possible, it may be necessary to transfer data via a suitable interface. Data from measuring spindles such as Mitutoyo, Sylvac, Heidenhain or integrated measuring systems, for instance from Schneeberger, on or in guidance systems is also processed. The X, Y and Z values are permanently displayed in an additional window in Metric. Below is a list of the measuring systems which can currently be read out. If you have a system which is not included in the list, please do not hesitate to ask us.
The scope of features included with Metric Plus and Metric MT is virtually unbeatable in relation to the price. If a specific measuring function which you require for your company is not included in Metric: we would be happy to program a special measuring function for you.
If this has awakened your interest, please feel free to download and test the demo version If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call us.
Alternatively, the navigation bar for Metric PE, Metric Plus and Metric MT contain a comprehensive help menu with a large number of screenshots and the corresponding detailed explanations of all functions included in the function overview list (opens a new window).
Controls for motorised cross tables
which are read in in Metric MT:
•Tango, Märzhäuser
•CNC-Axis Board, Metronic Heidenhain
•MCU-28, Zeiss
•WCB DCDCDrive 6, Winecke & Sinske
•Pro Scann 2, Prior
•L-Step, Lang
•SMC Series (Corvus, Pollux, Basic), ITK Dr. Cassen
•Motor Driver, Navitar Inc.
Interfaces, read in by Metric MT:
•IK-220, Heidenhain
•IM BUS, all common signals, IBR
•Sylvac via RS-232 or USB
•Digimatic DMX-1, via RS-232 or USB Mitutoyo
•Digimatic DMX-2, via RS-232 or USB Mitutoyo
•Digimatic DMX-3, via RS-232 or USB Mitutoyo
•S-Box 25 MUX/USB Bobe/ Mitutoyo
•B-Box 3, via RS-232 or USB Bobe/ Mitutoyo
•AK-1 and IK-2, Winecke & Sinske
•QC-100, QC-200, QC-300, QC-5000, Metronic, Heidenhain
•SCD 2-channel, 3-channel, Märzhäuser
•I-Counter, Hitec
•USB-302, Carmar
•SC-212, Nikon
•KA-Counter, Mitutoyo
All standard measurement transducers can be operated with the aforementioned interfaces and read in in Metric MT. Other signals can be integrated at any time on request.


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Roaming the pasar malam….
How many of you have the habit of roaming the pasar malam? Sometimes it is to roam and buy nothing at all. Of all the pasar malam, I like the one at Pesta on Saturday evenings. (Yes, I know they are the same stall that roams around, but…. I still like the one at Pesta )
These photos was taken few weeks ago.
Bought jagung kukus, ayam percik, etc… But they were all eaten before I took any photos of it. Only took photos of 'see ham'. $1
Sis suddenly wanted to to eat Sayur Lodeh, so we bought this. $1.
It's always binching before we have our proper dinner.
Which pasar malam in BP do you like best? Anyone has the latest updated list of where all the Pasar Malams are?
Pasar Malam Venues Update: (Thanks to Faizi, Tigersden, EG Kee, MailBP, Ipan & John)
Sunday: Taman Nira (Near Low Piak), Taman Sri Sulong
Monday: Taman Bukit Pasir
Tuesday: Simpang Enam (On the way to Parit Betak), Kampung Bukit Putih, Kampung Istana, Taman Soga
Wednesday: Taman Pantai
Thursday: Jalan Omar old Bus Station
Friday: Rengit, Taman Peri, Peserai
Saturday: Pesta, Seri Gading