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Turning Journalism Into History: A Talk by David Halberstam
Dean Orville Schell: It is such a pleasure to have David Halberstam here. For many, many decades, we've been reading his writing… In many ways he is sort of a chronicler of the last half-century of the American people and life. David started at Harvard, was at the Crimson, went from there to the Daily Times-Leader in Mississippi and then the national scene, where he gave the scoop down south. And then ultimately ended up at The New York Times and went to Vietnam. And his odyssey through various subjects is quite interesting, because he hasn't been stuck in any stations of the cross. He's covered Vietnam, he's covered the auto industry, civil rights, Japan—remember back in the days when Japan was like China—it could do no wrong and everybody else was just scrambling around them to figure out the riddle of their success. He's covered baseball, football… I believe David has 16 books.
Halberstam: It's about to be 21. (Laughter)
Schell: Many of them I know you all have read. They include The Making of a Quagmire, his book on Vietnam. It really was a tipping point in that struggle. It seems like a long time ago even now as many similarities have been cropping up with our struggle in Iraq. The Best and Brightest, The Powers That Be, The Summer of '49, War in a Time of Peace. His next book is on the Korean War, The Coldest Winter, which will be coming out in a few months.
So join me in welcoming David. He is going to be talking about the role of history in journalism. (Applause)
Halberstam: Thank you very much, Orville, and thanks to all of you all for having me here today. I gather you have had a good, rich number of sessions. Let me see if I can erase the good feeling… [Laughter]
It's my 21st book and this one is about the Korean War, that notorious black hole in our contemporary history—especially the miscalculation, which led to the extension of that war to fighting with the Chinese. The book is called The Coldest Winter. I'm very proud of it. I'm 73 years old, and I think it's my best book.
I thought that I might talk a little bit about a book that I wrote some 35 years ago, which allowed me to cross over from journalism to being both journalist and historian, The Best and the Brightest. I sort of had a foot in both camps, and I probably was accepted by neither—certainly the historians watch people like me warily. Sean Wilentz, the rather well-known, rather gifted historian at Princeton once did a 4,000 word fulmination against David McCullough, one of his books, and took time out to whack me. He said that one of my books, The '50s—that the book had been defeated. And I wrote him a letter saying, "how do you defeat a book?" [Laughter]
You put it out there, people buy it. This particular book sold about 250,000 copies, I think it was, in hardcover. About 400,000 copies in book clubs. It did very well in paperback. It had an eight-part, very good History Channel documentary. And I thought, that was really a pretty good run for a book. But anyway—there's always a little wariness on the part of the more classically trained historian. At any rate, I thought I'd talk a little bit tonight about The Best and the Brightest, and why I did it and then perhaps I could give you some guidance. And then the Dean and I will have a conversation about walking this narrow tightrope that I do, and then we can take questions from you.
The Best and the Brightest reminds me of moments when John Kennedy was a young man running for the presidency, and a young woman asked him how he became a war hero, and he said that it was "entirely involuntary"—that the Japanese had sunk his ship. And in a way, that's what happened to me. I went out to cover a war and then it didn't work. In the sadness of it, in the wreckage of that war, I had a need for better answers than I had come up with.
And that's what involuntarily turned me into a historian. I'd like to go backwards before I go forwards on this. And that is to give some of you here tonight the sense of the apprenticeship that I did. That is, that it didn't just happen overnight. I had been the managing editor of a very good college daily. I had worked in the summers on metropolitan papers. When I graduated from college, which was just the very beginning of what would soon be the civil rights movement, the year after Brown vs. The Board of Education I had taken a job on the smallest daily. And then I had four very good years at a great paper in Nashville, Tennessee. I thought I'd mention that, because it was a particularly important part of my apprenticeship. I was there from 1956 through 1960 and the sit-ins began in that particular city. I was lucky enough to cover them, to be a principal reporter on a very good paper. I would say that not only were we the best paper in the traditional Confederacy at that time, but we made a very good case that we were the best non-national newspaper in the country then, and I worked with very gifted people, and many of them went on to distinguished careers… It was a very, very good crew. And I was this young guy—probably their first Ivy League hire. And instead of being just one of 50 young Ivy League people hanging around The New York Times or The Washington Post city room, I was the one guy with this sort of hunger, hanging around there. We'd go out to dinner every night and I'd just hang on their every word. How they'd done stories, I would ask them that, how they had done this—it was really quite thrilling. And I very consciously—for those of you who are apprentice journalists, or working on it—I very consciously worked on the part of my game that was weakest. And I knew I did certain things reasonably well. I had a certain quickness. I could write generally better than most people in the city room. But where I was weaker was in the legwork. And I set out very consciously in those years, to learn how to do it better, to overcome innate shyness, to sort of get that quality that takes you from one good interview to the next one. In fact, to this day, when I lecture to young journalists at different journalism schools, when I sometimes sense that their interest is ebbing—I'm not going to help them and their peers to become an anchor man or an anchorwoman and I feel their attention span shrinking, and I would say, I will now tell you the best question for any interview: [Laughter] I'd look at them and say, "Who else should I interview?"
So it was really a wonderful four years. And when I came out of there, I was really in training. I had been trained and taught by very good people. And within six months, I was hired for a relatively minor slot at The New York Times bureau, because the Third World was exploding. In six months I was in the Congo. In 18 months I was in Vietnam. I looked around at foreign correspondents with all this great training and as soon as I got overseas, I realized that I had been better trained than most of them.
So I will now fast forward slightly to the decision in the Philippines. In 1968, I had just come back from my second tour in Vietnam. I was deeply depressed by it. We had 500,000 troops there. We were inflicting on this small Asian country the heaviest bombing in the history of mankind. And I had a profound sense that in fact the war was over. It didn't work. I was also deeply dissatisfied with my own reporting. I had done well, won the right prizes, but I had not done well enough for myself. I had too many questions still to answer. It was at the cutting edge of—between being a journalist and a reporter. After I came back, in the fall of '67, and I'd spent 1968, which was an enormously explosive, volatile year, I'd spent that covering the domestic repercussions of the war back in America.
And I knew that it was all over then. We were stalemated, and we were going to have to go home.
And I thought of a book, in my dilemma, of how and why, but principally why, we'd gone to war there. How could men who were said to be the ablest men to spearhead the government of this century. Being the architects of the greatest American tragedy since the Civil War. Although the current incumbents have probably done more harm than that. I tried to figure out the proper equation for this book to work. I would try to get an advance that would cover four years of work. I would try and spend two and a half years doing the legwork, and a year and a half writing it, which was by the way, in the pre-computer typewriter era where the rewriting was slower. One of the great things about the age of computers is how much easier it is to rewrite and how much less retyping there is. My friend in Iowa once said, God had not done anything for writers in a long time. He realized that and he gave them the word processor. It can make your life so much easier in terms of the rewriting.
Anyway, I thought if I did two interviews a day for that period—I thought I was increasingly confident of my skills as an interviewer—I thought I would have plenty of rich material. I knew how good of a reporter I was back then. I knew that was a special strength. I had morphed myself over, from someone for whom that was not a strength, into someone who had one.
I once did a book on Michael Jordan, the basketball player, and one of the things that intrigued me about him was that when he began to ascend… even when he was a young man at Chapel Hill, in the summer most great athletes like that only concentrate on the things they do best. But Michael was always working on the things that were weakest in his game.
I thought I could do the legwork. And I thought, two-and-a-half years of legwork—that is a really long time. I can really do a lot of interviewing. I can find out what happened and who the people were. And if I had a lot of good material, then I thought the writing would be good… If you have good stories, good anecdotes, great insights and good thoughts, then your writing will seem good. The more you put out, the more you'll get. You really know a book is going to work when you start weeding out good anecdotes.
The question was, could I do it in an election? I mean, I'd been this person in college who had not done well, I was not a good student, I was at the bottom half of my class. I was not someone whose intellectual skills were applicable to academia. And I thought well, you know, I had been doing this stuff for a long time. I knew I could write. I know that there were people out there who were intellectually superior and were great historians, but I can interview them. I mean, I can find George Kennedy, and Walter Lippman, and interview them and learn from them. So I can pass that test. And then I pondered that this thing would be taking up four years of my life. I had left the New York Times about a year and a half earlier, cause I was restless. You know, what other writer might do it better? And the person I thought who really had better credentials was my friend Bernard Fall and he had been killed. He was a great teacher to all of us. He was a wonderful historian. If you have not read his book on the battle of Dien Bien Phu. That one got very small play and I commend it to you review it both to read what happened to the Americans there because it was known in advance, eleven years before they arrived in full force, that it was a battle in which they would not be able to win. Bernard had been killed there in 1967.
So I thought if I didn't have the exact historical knowledge, I could find people who did. I had enough literary skill and in my case, the advantage of writers and reporters is that you have to do it all the time. You don't get 10 years to read—you're very market driven. I had the work ethic, and I had the passion to do it. And the advance was $41,000 after the agent's fee.
And I made it last four years. I had to make money doing other things at the same time. And it worked.
A friend of mine once asked Teddy White, one of the people who pioneered what I ended up doing and who made my life a lot easier. My friend asked Teddy a curious question: What makes a best seller? And Teddy answered that in the beginning it came from your gut. It was something you did because you had to do the story you had to tell. And that was true of this book. Who would have thought a book on how we went to war in Vietnam would be a commercial success? And I certainly did not do it for the money. I did it because I had no alternative to doing it. It was an act of witness. And it stayed thirty-six weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, which just stunned me. The key was density of information. Anecdotes and stories and insights, and I thought if you did, and you got that, the book would not only be accurate, but something very important for a book. You would have a voice of authority. It's one thing to get it right. But it's another thing to have it and to get it in your bones that you have the authority. And the more you know, really, the more confident your voice gets. And the more fun it will be for readers, because there will be so many wonderful stories. And there were really wonderful stories.
[Halberstam tells a story—inaudible due to laughter]
Reporters are charged traditionally with "who, what, why, when, where." I think the most important question, as you go towards being a historian, is why. Why do things happen? Why do they not happen? What are the forces at play? And that's really, I think, what put me out of the routine of daily journalism. This is not just a book you do. This is part of your own education. This is a great, great gift you get from this life. And that is the chance to be paid to learn. I mean, what defines your life at the end of it when you hit 70 or even a few years more is love and friendship and family and things you've done. But I think it's the education and the ability to spend, what is now 52 years, learning every day. Going out every day and asking questions and coming away with just a little bit more knowledge. What a blessing. And each book was really like a graduate school. I'd enter graduate school for four years and learn this and go on to the next one and learn something more. And so I got to study the rise of modern media, a book about the industrial challenge of the Japanese, a book about the Civil Rights movement, a book on the impact of technology on the society of the '50s, the conflict of the Cold War, the rise of the China lobby in the Korean War—that's a great education. That's more than any person really has a right to expect.
I was in this without knowing it, a part of a larger movement of restless reporters of a generation. Restless, with the narrow boundaries of journalism as they existed in the '50s and into the '60s. We probably were responding without knowing it, to the changes forced by technology. One thing print had always been was the fastest carrier, but there was a new faster carrier, television and it was self-evidently more powerful and seemingly more dramatic. So we had to do things they couldn't do. We had to go places where they couldn't go. We had to use skills that they didn't use. And we were very lucky, because they were so incredibly lazy. (Laughter)
In television newsrooms across the county: there's a football game, let's get the camera angle of the local fans at a bar cheering on their team. Because the instrument itself was so powerful, and it was an end in itself, really, this storytelling, they did not do reporting that was really complete. What they did was a greater gift: they raised the question in people's homes every night that we had the chance to answer if we used our skills properly.
If we did this, we had to be thoughtful of where we went and where we didn't go, we had to write reasonably well, because we were now in competition with something. A new media carrier, which had drama and excitement, was competing with the time of our audience. There they were out there, and they were offering something exciting and easy to follow. And if we were to compete, we'd better be very good storytellers.
There is, I think, craft.
I think you can keep learning, for those of you who are starting out. How do you do it?…Knowing where to look. Knowing how to build steam. Knowing how to sustain a narrative drive. How to keep a reader interested—this is a real challenge. Everybody's attention span is short. We are really competing. I mean, it used to be just television. Now it's 200 channels. It's four channels of Law and Order. There's 20 sports channels. And there's the Internet, there's the blog—every person is his or her own editor. First you have to get it right. You have to make it accurate. Then you have to learn how to dramatize it, to bring it alive, to find the people and the events that make it real. So you're not just a reporter, and you're not just a historian—not in the world we live in with all the competing forms of information. You are a playwright too. You've got to bring in the drama. Impress upon people why they need to know it…
I love to interview, and I think the great thing about doing it is it makes you younger. Going out and interviewing people, always I find that refreshing. When I did the book on the Korean War, I took sustenance from the people I interviewed. What I've come to think of, as I've gotten older, is the nobility of ordinary people. I don't much like covering powerful people anymore. But I really like covering the older Korean veterans. The only time I really faltered was about 23 years ago, doing The Reckoning. It was a very, very hard book: Industrial redevelopment, Tokyo, Japan, industrial decline. It was not easy trying to write about industrial decline and the collapse of Detroit. It was not an easy thing to do. And I came home one night, about 25 years ago, and I told my wife that I didn't think I could do it much longer. I thought I was getting old for the first time. And she said, "Don't worry, you'll be like Harrison." Harrison Salisbury was a great New York Times reporter… a man of such extraordinary energy that people like me were always moved by him. I looked him up—I was about to be 50 and Harrison was about to be 75. So instead of having a 50th birthday party for me, we had a wonderful celebration of 30 guests for Harrison, for his 75th. The publisher of The New York Times came in and looked down at the people gathered there: Neil Sheehan, Tom Wickard, Tony Lewis, Seymour Hersh, and he turned to the room and said, "there's nobody here but people who have caused trouble for The New York Times!" ([Laughter)
It made me feel younger, and the great thing is, 23 years later, I am 73, and I am just signing a contract for another book. So Harrison really did save me—it gets to be more fun, the more you do it. Thank you for having me here.


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Regents Scores Delayed by Computer Glitch
The Department of Education said Wednesday it would have all the Regents exams scored, uploaded and available to schools by Monday, as originally scheduled, despite delays caused by a new electronic scanning system that faced some serious glitches this week.
The delays so far have put the scoring of three out of five Regents tests behind by one or two days, according to D.O.E. spokeswoman Erin Hughes. The tests affected are Living Environment, U.S. History and Global History.
"Implementing a new technology system at large scale is always complex," Hughes said in an email statement. "We apologize for the scoring delay, particularly for those seniors who are waiting for exam scores. We thank participating teachers for their flexibility and feedback as we scale up our system to implement June distributed scoring for the first time citywide."
In an effort to reduce the chances of cheating, the city changed its policy this year so that teachers cannot score the exams of any students at their schools - even kids who are not in their classes. Instead, the essay portions of the tests were taken to a McGraw Hill office in Connecticut where they were supposed to be scanned and transmitted to teachers working at scoring sites around the city.
Gotham Schools first reported the grading problems on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, teachers who were sent to various locations to score Regents exams have found themselves with little to do.
"Today, we graded thematic essays until around 10:00. Then we sat for two hours with nothing to do, as one or two exams intermittently showed up in the system," said Lawrence Collin, a social studies teacher at Henry Street High School for International Studies. "And our seniors still do not know if they will graduate because exams haven't been graded yet, and nobody knows when they will be finished."
In Monday's Principal's Weekly, principals were told to notify affected seniors and their parents to ensure they understood participation in the graduation ceremony does not mean that all requirements have been met.
Brian Belardi, director of media relations at McGraw-Hill Education, said the company regrets the delays in the scoring of the Regents exams.
"Our investigation into the matter revealed that the delays were caused by intermittent slowdowns in the process that transforms digital images from scanned exam booklets and readies them for scoring by teachers," he said in an email. "We have been working around the clock in collaboration with the NYC Department of Education to streamline this process, which will increase the rate at which scanned exam booklets are transmitted to teachers for online scoring."
The issue led several teachers to bemoan the city's reliance on outside contractors.
"I'm there. I'm ready to work and nothing is coming through. It's just a boondoggle," said Sean McManamon, a history teacher at Brooklyn Technical High School.
"The whole thing was that they didn't trust the scorers, that there was inflation or scrubbing," he said. "Now they come along with this program that's very expensive and it just not very efficient.
"This is a huge waste of public tax dollars," said Greg Lundahl, a social studies teacher at Washington Irving High School in Manhattan. "And then meanwhile the mayor is saying he doesn't have the money to pay us a cost of living raise."
In a separate but related issue, the principal of Chelsea Career and Technical Education High School said he learned Wednesday that a box of 85 English Regents exams was lost. Brian Rosenbloom said he double checked the school's security camera footage to make sure the exams had been picked up after the test was given last week.
"This is utterly insane. It's grossly unfair to teachers, students and parents. I can't give out report cards. How can I give out report cards without Regents scores?" he said.
D.O.E. spokeswoman Hughes said city officials are searching for the school's missing box which contains students' essay answers.
"Often times when a box is missing we search for it and find it which we are currently working to do. We have the student's multiple choice answer sheets and they are being scored," she said.
Meanwhile, Brooklyn Tech teacher McManamon counted himself as one of the lucky ones. Because the scoring site was at his school he could run up to his classroom and get some work done as he waited for more scanned tests to become available.


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Also I am kind of annoyed that they included this tiny board instead of a larger one with the veritcal ground and 5V areas. Or at least update the manual to reflect that
My budget per student can't accommodate the 100$ per kit price of the SIK. But this kit seems to do a lot of it anyways. Can you say which of the 15 things in the SIK Guide this one covers?


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This is weird.
The girls started school yesterday. All went well: each of them was dropped off at her respective place of learning and handed safely to her teacher, and each of them managed to find her way safely home on a bus. They both had homework… for us – I filled out a bunch of paperwork yesterday afternoon – and they had stories to tell of getting settled and of meeting new people. It was good.
We're doing it again today. Beanie just helped me put lunches together while Punkin' and Daddy negotiated their showers. As soon as I hit "publish," Bean and I will head upstairs to do our morning thing while Dad and Punkin' eat some breakfast and contemplate what time they should leave today – taking yesterday's experience into account – to arrive at school at a more comfortable time.
What I'm writing about here, though, is the weirdness of this week. The kids go to school Wednesday and Thursday, then have the next four days off. This is going to make establishing a routine (which Punkin' is already resisting) that much more difficult. I'm thinking that I'm going to continue to wake them at school-day time on Friday and Monday, and that we'll run through everything that needs to happen in the morning anyway – even if we don't have anyplace we need to be. The quicker we can get settled into a routine that we don't have to think too much about, the better off we'll all be.


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For TODAY ONLY all my art is 50% OFF, including this Sophia called "Hide", the original and reproductions: BROWSE THROUGH MY STORE. Use coupon code 'boxing'.One of my favorite biblical images is hiding under the shelter of his wings, and rising on wings as of eagles.I thought I was finished drawing Sophia. I already have around 55 images. But this image popped into my head last week and she demanded to be drawn to fill out her story a little more. You can see all of them in one place … [Read more...]
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Envision, Plan and Make Your Escape
Envision, Plan and Make Your EscapeOur absolutely unbelievably amazing online community, The Lasting Supper, is entirely made up of escape artists: people who've escaped or are in the process of escaping from unhealthy churches, relationships, jobs and other unhappy situations. (I warmly invite you to come and join us.) Today I want to share with you some observations I've made from my own life as well as the lives of my friends about escaping.My Sophia series of 52 drawings, in a … [Read more...]
help me with my Sophia project
Please help with my Sophia project! I'm compiling a book of all my Sophia drawings along with my thoughts about each one. But I would love to include comments from Sophia fans. Here's what you do:I have created an "I Am Sophia" album on my nakedpastor Facebook page.Go there and make comments on any of the drawings. Along with your comment, please leave your initials, name, pseudonym or whatever, as well as your city and country. By posting your comment, you're allowing me to include it … [Read more...]
yes there is beauty
You see this tree, how beautiful he is. He is very tall and stands in a nearby forest. I've looked at him many many times. But I just notice him recently.Why did I just notice this tree? I don't really know, but I love him and think he is so beautiful. He is not perfect. There are broken branches everywhere, and he is sparse here and there. He is top-heavy. But he is uniquely beautiful just as he is! I imagined him saying that he needed me to draw him. I felt like drawing him. So I did, with … [Read more...]
Sophia "rising" to meet life
I am assembling my Sophia book. I'm calling it "The Liberation of Sophia". Sophia means wisdom. The liberation of her wisdom has necessarily meant her liberation from the kind of religion that binds, oppresses and imprisons.Sophia has a significant relationship with the moon. Moon is reflected light. It is not direct light. Leaving and even rejecting a religion that boasted direct light has meant that she has had to find her own light, discern new light from new sources in new places. She … [Read more...]
have you lost yourself?
I've been busy creating my Sophia book, "The Liberation of Sophia". I have over 50 drawings. There are still some originals available, and they are all available as fine art prints. I'm compiling the several posts I have already written about her and tweaking them.I love the one and only canonical story about Jesus as a boy found in Luke 2: 41-52. His mom and dad took him on a trip to Jerusalem. On their way home they realize he isn't with them. They desperately search for him. After three … [Read more...]
souls going against the flow
I want you to know that I am taking reasonable offers on all my original Sophia drawings. Get one now while you can. This is only going to last a day or so and I won't be giving them away so inexpensively in the future. In fact, I'm taking reasonable offers on all my original artwork. Now's your chance! Just email me!Some have asked, so I want to give a brief history of Sophia.I have been an artist for years, usually painting serene, contemplative watercolor landscapes such as The Forest … [Read more...]
new Sophia drawing "Deep"
One of my favorite verses in the bible is Psalm 42:7... "Deep calls to deep at the sound of your waterfalls; all your breakers and your waves have rolled over me." Sophia, like all of us, is always invited to go deeper. But because of all her trials, she feels she has no choice. The mystical creatures, the loons, provide wise guidance, sleek assurance and a deep safety for her. The creatures of the deep rescue her.I remember meeting a loon while I was out in the middle of a lake on a … [Read more...]
the fears are gone
I came across an old blog post, The Sum of All My Fears". I realized, upon reading the list of 10 fears, that all of them were related to me being a pastor within the church. Take a look:angering my superiors; upsetting people in my church who can do damage; being excommunicated; losing these friends; my family being hurt because of me; our church closing down; being unemployed; being attacked and ridiculed by those within and outside of the church; offending more people … [Read more...]
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today signed an agreement with TechComm, an affiliate of the Center for Innovation in Arlington, Texas, to foster agricultural research opportunities between businesses and universities in the Southwestern United States and to help commercialize USDA-developed technologies.
Officials with USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and the Center for Innovation signed the Partnership Intermediary Agreement today in Arlington, Texas. The Center also has a similar agreement with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), allowing the Center to help coordinate projects between ARS, DoD and NIH. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency.
"The signing of this agreement will help create opportunities for businesses and universities in this region of the country to collaborate with ARS scientists conducting important agricultural research across the United States," said Richard J. Brenner, ARS assistant administrator for technology transfer. "Collaboration with organizations like TechComm helps establish a strong and unique network to assist ARS in identifying potential private sector partners, and to provide those companies with resources to help them commercialize ARS innovations that benefit consumers."
"Signing this agreement today puts TechComm in a select economic development group working together with ARS to give our organizations ready access to the U.S.'s most distinguished agricultural scientists and their innovations," said Wes Jurey, chairman and managing partner of the Center for Innovation and chief executive officer of TechComm. "This opens up new possibilities of commercializing ARS patents that could translate into new business endeavors and perhaps job opportunities."
TechComm is the newest member of the ARS Agricultural Technology Innovation Partnership (ATIP) program. The ATIP program, begun in late 2007, is a formal partnership with well-established economic development entities to facilitate commercialization of USDA research patents, thus creating innovation-based economic development. The group is comprised of local, state and regional economic development organizations and is designed to create and enhance opportunities for partnerships between businesses and ARS.
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I've learned, in my short time here on Earth....it's really hard to 'fix' stupid.....
This is a discussion on How do you argue with the truly stupid? within the The Second Amendment & Gun Legislation Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Dayton Daily News, columns and blogs, etc. By Vic December 21, 2009 3:07 PM | Link to this Leon, Although you rhymed, a no time, ...
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Leon, Although you rhymed, a no time, was you analysis worth a dime. My central point still stands unanswered: The Second Amendment does not give gun rights to Americans for the purposes of their individual security, or to fight against a tyrannical American government. The gun rights are for Americans to come together as a Well Regulated Militia to fight other governments. Please prove me wrong by citing a High Court decision, or scholarly interpretation that backs up your contention. Finally, Ive been to many, not all, but many of our Revolutionary and Civil War Battlefields. These experiences pale in comparison to the three actual real battlefields I defended our nation on while in the Army.
I've learned, in my short time here on Earth....it's really hard to 'fix' stupid.....
Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives.
---Ronald Reagan
I read someone's signature once that said something like, "Never argue with an idiot. He will bring you down to his level and beat you to death with experience."
Proverbs 26:4 *¶Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 27:22 *¶Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
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An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.
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First you gotta hit'm upside the head with a 2x4 to get their attention, then grunts and gestures might work. Failing to communicate requires more applications of the 2x4.
"If we loose Freedom here, there's no place to escape to. This is the Last Place on Earth!" Ronald Reagan
The People Think the Constitution Protects Their Rights;
Government See IT as an Obstacle to be Over-come.
I'm grateful for his service, but embarrassed by his lack of education and motivation to do a Google search AND READ ANY NUMBER OF FIRST PAGE HITS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BE PREPARED - Noah didn't build the Ark when it was raining!
Si vis pacem, para bellum
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Badly, or not at all. My grandfather was correct in his estimation of the chances of success, in this area.How do you argue with the truly stupid?
Others are more eloquent:Can't fix stupid.
Still, the person in that post poses a legitimate question: What proof is there that the original goals behind the 2A were something other than to support preparations for militias?
I believe the whole of the discourse during the Constitutional debates and the ratification debates by the Congress and in each of the states clearly covers the question of why the 2A was created. As to the manner of the wording, that's a 1700's holdover of grammar, framing the context of the point being made.
In short, I would point people to The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms, by Stephen Halbrook, 2008, The Independent Institute. Most of what a person would need to read in order to understand the breadth of discussion on the matter at the time of the framing and ratification can be found referenced in this one book. No references I found support the person's contention that militia preparation was the purpose of the 2A, in the least way. But that's just my read. Review for yourself, by checking out the book and its coverage of the material of the day.
Prior discussion -- US Constitution 101: Applicability of protections to all citizens.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
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To quote the High Court:That is his answer. Has he been living under a rock for the past year?The Second Amendment protects an individual right to possess a firearm unconnected with service in a militia, and to use that arm for traditionally lawful purposes, such as self-defense within the home.
"a reminder that no law can replace personal responsibility" - Bill Clinton 2010.
My answer to them would be.... "LOL, that's a good joke as I know you can't be serious and be that stupid ".
I have heard several people argue the only reason "the people " had a right to carry a gun back then, was because they had to shoot their food to eat. But then, some people listen to MSNBC and believe everything they say. LOL.
I have strong feelings about gun control. If there's a gun around, I want to be controlling it.
Clint Eastwood
If it something a piece of paper, a government, or a person gives you it isn't a right its a privilege since it's up to the giver whether they will allow you to have it. A right is something your born with and comes from the fact that you take upon yourself the personal responsibility of its possession. The bill of rights only restricts the government in any attempts to abridge someones natural rights. You don't have a right to speak because someone allows it, you have it because you wont shut up. Which is the best way of looking at all rights. It's always sad when a person starts thinking they need someones authority and approval in order to exercise free will.
"Never argue with an idiot. People watching are hard pressed to tell the difference"
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Let the dogs out...let the dogs in.....let them out....let them in....feed them...let them out....let them in....and so on....so I called Ruthie.
They love Ruthie....but this weekend was very busy for her. SHE HAD 14 DOGS BOARDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moose decided that he was in charge so he spent most of the day Friday sitting in the middle of his kennel space just watching the other dogs.....if any of them stood up and walked around their space....Moose would advance in their direction and barked and carried on until the dog would sit down and look the other direction....."don't be eyeballin' me dog!!!"
Saturday morning.....he marched around the perimeter of his space and kept an eye on the others......again...if anyone moved or blinked....Moose went off..and made so much noise the poor dog would retreat to the corner....and sit.
Moose was VERY territorial while he was there....Ruth said he peed on his bed FIVE TIMES!!!!! She said he's never done that before...but there were a lot of dogs there and I think it just put him over the edge....
You know that BOBO in the Pet Smart commercial....I bought Moose a 20 inch yellow one just to take with him for the weekend.....Saturday morning when Ruth went downstairs, there was fiberfil all over Moose's space and the BOBO was flat....every piece of stuffing and BOTH squeakers were on the floor destroyed!!! I think he had to show just how 'mean' he can be.....
Moose's new toy is bigger than he is. We call it a "binky"......my sister in law bought one for her labs....and they loved it...so I bought three of them for my gang. Moose killed two of them....this is the only one left. He takes it everywhere.....outside, to the kitchen when he eats....it rarely leaves his mouth....when it does, it's very close by....at night...I say "it's time to go to your room" and he rushes to get it and carries it to his bed. The dog is goofy.
My daughter loves Eeyore. The blowup Eeyore was in Disney's catalog two years ago. I got it a week before Christmas in 2004 and this past Christmas, December 2005, was the first time we could get it up. As you see in the photo, my daughter with Bella and Gypsy. Moose was afraid of it when it was in the UP position. But the little snot thought it was funny to go PEE on it when it was down. EVERY TIME HE WENT OUT TO PEE....EEYORE GOT IT RIGHT ON THE HEAD!!!!
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Nunez Heading to Futures Game
Stockton Ports' third baseman Renato Nunez will be the Oakland A's representative at the 2014 MLB All-Star Futures Game in Minneapolis in July. Nunez is the only member of the A's organization on the Futures Game roster this season. Michael Ynoa and Addison Russell were the A's representatives in 2013. Nunez, who is from Venezuela, will compete for the World team.
The 20-year-old infielder has been on a hot streak of late. Over his last 10 games, he is batting .444/.524/.889 and he has five extra-base hits in his last two games. This recent surge has pushed his overall slashline to .274/.340/.500 for the season. Nunez has 12 homeruns, second-most on the Ports behind league-leader Matt Olson.
Ports Win Eighth Straight
The Ports earned their eighth-straight win on Tuesday when they beat the Lancaster Jethawks by a score of 6-4. Stockton is 6-0 to start the second half and their overall record of 43-33 is third-best in the Cal League and second-best in the Cal League's Northern Division.
Chapman Collects First Hit for Beloit
A's 2014 top-pick Matt Chapman made his Beloit Snappers' debut on Tuesday night and he picked up an RBI single in four at-bats. Chapman now has seven hits in his first 18 at-bats as a pro.
Forsythe to Sacramento
Midland catcher Blake Forsythe received a promotion during the Texas League All-Star break, moving up to Triple-A Sacramento. Forsythe replaces Ryan Lipkin, who was placed on the disabled list.
Widely considered one of the top defensive catchers in minor league baseball, Forsythe was batting .224 with a 613 OPS for Midland before the promotion. He was acquired from the New York Mets' organization earlier this season. Forsythe will share time behind the plate with Ryan Ortiz in Sacramento. No announcement has been made yet as to who will replace Forsythe in Midland.
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The Texas League All-Star game took place on Tuesday and several Midland players fared well during the festivities. First baseman Max Muncy went hitless in the game, but he finished second in the pre-game home run derby. Seth Frankoff and Nate Long each tossed scoreless innings (both netted one strike-out), while Josh Whitaker had a hit, an RBI and a stolen base. The Texas League season resumes on Wednesday.


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As I mentioned in my last post, we made a cross-country move last fall which, as you probably deduced, means we finished the Hilton Head remodel! I fully intended to share before and afters, but I can't find any after photos of the project to share. Figures. I know it's been two and half years… Continue reading
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Well, hello there! Gee, I miss blogging. Like really miss it. How it used to be. The connection. The memory keeping. Part journaling. Part catharsis. I've felt the itch for a long, LONG time, but everything else is more important. Or at least it seems to be. Blogging isn't exactly a quick thing. You have to take… Continue reading
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I'm a total commitment phobe when it comes to pillows. (Rugs too, but that's another post.) Am I alone in this or do other people suffer the same affliction? My first problem is that I don't like the color of the sectional. We had to pick our color from a one inch sample and went… Continue reading
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Don't get excited. There's only one picture, albeit a cute one: I don't really have much to show in the way of progress pictures. The house is in shambles: everything in boxes, furniture piled in corners, plastic sheeting everywhere. We really tried to be organized with this remodel and finish one project at a time,… Continue reading
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For those of you who might be confused as to why we're remodeling when we're supposed to be building here's the dealio: we bought our rental house. Our lease was set to expire in March and our landlord said it was no problem to renew for another 6 – 9 months. Two weeks later he… Continue reading


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BEAUTIFUL and USEFUL | A Thrifting Strategy for CosmeticsPin It
Hi all! My blog went KAPUT earlier today (THANK YOU to Cindy and Laura and Amy for letting me KNOW!) but I'm BACK! (Still trying to figure out what happened and sensing YET another reason to leave blogger for wordpress...advice anyone?)...but in the meantime, here is Tuesday's post a little early to let you know all is well. I just have one question for you...
NOTICE: Hoarders and folks with hoarder tendencies.....DO NOT READ this post!!
The rest of you guys? Let's talk about turning junk into fabulousness! So last week, I go to the thrift store and there is a basket of "junk" 75% off. Now of course, at the thrift store, the original prices are around 30 cents for each item, so at 75% off, they were each around 7 cents. Now THAT is cheap. However, it was junk. I started thinking about each piece and deciding whether I could use it within a month. If I could, I bought it. If not, it stayed at the store. This is the pile that came home with me.
Are you itching yet?? It all seems kind of gross right? Here is my strategy.
1. When I'm at the store, any cosmetics or bathroom products must be sealed. You can tell if those little bottles have been opened or not by slightly twisting the cap. Brand new bottles will have a little resistance when you try to twist them. Those bottle went into my cart. the bottles that twisted to easily went back in the bucket.
2. When I bring them home, everything is unwrapped and anything in bottles gets thrown into a tub of soapy water (along with the other dishes and such).
Once they are cleaned up a bit, they start to seem a little bit prettier...now of course I don't need soap with a butterfly on it, but I kind of like it. Those piles of soap in the photo above? They were all hotel soaps. Again, don't buy anything unopened, but new hotel soaps piled in stacks can be quite beautiful! ...and if you don't like the look of the soap, it can still be used to make your HOMEMADE LAUNDRY SOAP. USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL.
Some of the items were just plain useful. These shoelaces were in the pile in nasty old cardboard packaging. Taken out of the packing, they are clean and brand new and still encased in a plastic wrapping. My husband is always going out and buying new things right when he needs them (crazy I know!). It sometimes drives me crazy that he spends regular price on everything he needs (of course, I pay sale prices for things I don't need, so I suppose it evens out). Anyway, he often buys new shoelaces. I have never bought a new pair of shoelaces in my life, so I was surprised when he was grabbing a pair every few months for his dress shoes. This little pile will save us a few bucks over the next 6 months. USEFUL.
Then there are all the little lotions. The Mary Kay sample was my fav. I love that stuff and it is quite expensive. A new, cleaned up bottle for 7 cents --yes please! The other little bottles are perfect to toss in a purse or in the car, especially during the winter. The trick to making these little bottles beautiful? Store them in a cute ceramic dish and combine them based on color. This selection all combined shades of blue and white. The ones that did not match were the first to get tossed in my purse. USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL.
...and like I mentioned to those with hoarding tendencies, this strategy is not for you. If you do not use these things up, they will eventually take over your living room. Try to buy things that you KNOW will be used up within a month or 2 and then USE THEM. Now, THAT is USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL, don't you think?
To check out more USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL projects, peek at the DIY Page!
For my favorite USEFUL and BEAUTIFUL projects from others, you might want to check out my pinterest board titled "the inspiration"...there is gold in there! Pure gold!
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Purdue's White Earns Big Ten Runner of the Week Honors
Sept. 14, 2010
PARK RIDGE, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference named Purdue's Charles White as its recipient of the men's cross country Runner of the Week honor on Tuesday.
Big Ten Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week
Purdue's Charles White earns his first career Big Ten Runner of the Week honor after helping the Boilermakers take the team title at the IPFW Invitational on Saturday. White finished the 8,000-meter race in 24:12, eclipsing his previous career-best time by more than 30 seconds and marking the fastest 8K by a Purdue runner in more than two seasons. He also took the race's individual title, his first at Purdue.
Last Purdue Runner of the Week: David Rae (Sept. 3, 2003)
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Gary S. Becker, a faculty member at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and pioneer in applying the economic theory of human capital to show ways in which individual and family decisions are made on the basis of economics, will receive the 2007 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. President Bush will award the Medals of Freedom to eight recipients at a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5 at the White House.
"Gary Becker has broadened the spectrum of economics and social science through his analysis of the interaction between economics and topics such as education, demography, and family organization," President Bush said in a White House announcement. "His work has helped improve the standard of living for people around the world."
Becker, who received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics Sciences, co-teaches a course for MBA students on economic analysis of major policy issues with Kevin Murphy, the George J. Stigler Distinguished Service Professor of Economics and Edward Snyder, dean of Chicago GSB.
Becker also holds faculty appointments in the Economics Department and the Sociology Department. The GSB houses a University-wide research center that was named in his honor in 2006. The Becker Center on Chicago Price Theory builds on the rich tradition of Chicago Price Theory that emphasizes the fundamental role of markets and incentives in understanding and improving all aspects of modern life.
Becker is one of only a few economists to have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom and is also one of the few to receive both the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the National Medal of Science, which he received in 2000. His teacher, the late University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman, also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Medal of Freedom was established by President Harry Truman in 1945 to recognize civilians for their service during World War II, and it was reinstated by President John Kennedy in 1963 to honor distinguished service.
"I am surprised by my selection, yet also highly appreciative of receiving this award," Becker said. "I am honored to join the distinguished persons who have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom during the past 60 years."
Becker recently wrote "Health as Human Capital: Synthesis and Extensions," and co-written "The Market for Illegal Goods: The Case of Drugs," "Education and Consumption: The Effects of Education in the Household Compared to the Marketplace," and "Evolutionary Efficiency and Mean Reversion in Happiness."
In 2000, he published Social Economics, co-written with Kevin Murphy.
He published Accounting for Taste in 1996 and The Economics of Life in 1997, which he co-wrote with his wife, Guity Nashat-Becker.
Becker's research has extended economic analysis to decisions made by families, discrimination against minorities and crime, and gender issues. His work looks at diverse aspects of human behavior that were previously considered to be largely irrational. Assuming that people behave rationally in attempting to make the most of their lives, he also has been able to apply economic theory to the study of relationships among individuals.
His 1957 book (his doctoral dissertation), The Economics of Discrimination, combines economic analysis with a study of prejudice against minorities.
In his 1964 book, Human Capital, he developed the idea that an investment in a person's education and training was similar to business investments in new equipment.
In his 1981 book, A Treatise on the Family, he expanded that work to a study of the interactions within a family, including those between parents and children, husbands and wives, and among siblings. Becker concluded that women's entry into the work force and their increased earning power have reduced demand for children, because women's time has become more valuable.
Becker received an AB from Princeton in 1951 and his PhD in Economics from the University of Chicago in 1955. He is a founding member of the National Academy of Education and a fellow in the American Statistical Association, the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society and the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.
Becker also is a member of the American Economic Association, of which he was president in 1987, and he writes a blog with Richard Posner, a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and a Senior Lecturer in the Law School at the University of Chicago.
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Polymer Synthesis/Polymer Engineering
Volume 121 of the series Advances in Polymer Science pp 81-121
Polymers containing disulfide, tetrasulfide, diselenide and ditelluride linkages in the main chain
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The present review articulates the syntheses and properties of industrially important disulfide and tetrasulfide polymers. The diselenide and ditelluride polymers have also been reviewed, for the first time, so that a comprehensive view on the polymers containing group VIA elements can be obtained. The latter two polymers are gaining considerable current attention due to their semi-conducting properties. The emphasis has been made to sift through the developments in the last ten years or so to get the latest flavour in these rapidly developing polymers. We have also attempted to bring to the fore several contradicting results, like, for example, the crystallinity of ditelluride polymers, to clear the mist in such reports. We hope that this review will help those working in the field to assess the progress achieved in this area and that it may also provide useful orientation for those who wish to become involved.
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Rock Cabinet Knobs
Homes that are outfitted with a natural or rustic look or theme can be accentuated with cabinet knobs that are crafted from natural stones like river rocks; these add a decorative and natural touch that are a perfect accompaniment other nature inspired accents like tree branch wall decor. In order to make a base for the rocks so that they can be attached as cabinet knobs, first cut a half-inch dowel into sections of �� each. Next, drill a 1/8th inch diameter hole lengthwise through the center of each section. Select the river rocks that you want to use and then place them with their good sides down into a box or bowl that is filled part of the way with sand. This will hold them steady. Spread epoxy (using a stick) on one cut end of each dowel, and affix the dowel to the rock. Allow this to dry thoroughly. Once drive, varnish the rocks with two coats of varnish, giving each coat time to dry. Attach the knobs using wood screws that are long enough to pass through both the dowel and the hole in the cabinet door. Set a washer on the screw before sliding it through the cabinet hole; thread another washer on the other end of the screw and attach the rock to the screw.
Clay Cabinet Knobs
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Scanbuy, a leading mobile engagement solutions provider, has released its quarterly trend report showing that it processed nearly 24 million mobile barcode and NFC scans in the third quarter this year, demonstrating continuing strong growth in usage and interest by mobile consumers.
Scanbuy's trend reports analyze the traffic on the ScanLife mobile app. Highlights include:
- The most popular type of content accessed in mobile engagement campaigns was video, product information, app downloads, customer relationship management and news
- The most "liked" brands by the ScanLife community were CVS Pharmacy, WB entertainment, IHOP restaurants, GameStop and MTV
- Industries that saw the most scans included food and beverage, consumer electronics, retail, media and wireless
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GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul released a scathing video attacking rival Newt Gingrich for what the Texas congressman calls "serial hypocrisy" on issues such as climate change and Medicare.
The ad uses Gingrich's own words to make its point that the former House speaker is not, as the Paul campaign says, a consistent conservative. In one example, there is a clip from a commercial Gingrich made with House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi that "our country must take action to address climate change."
In another example, Paul uses Gingrich's now-famous comments that a Medicare plan by House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis., is "right-wing social engineering."
The Paul video also reminds viewers that Gingrich has received lucrative payments from Freddie Mac and health care companies since leaving Congress in 1999.
"Our campaign is making a bold move to debunk the myth that the Newt we are seeing on the 2012 campaign trail is the conservative he has been touted to be all along," Jesse Benton, Paul's campaign chairman, said in a statement Wednesday.
Paul's campaign said it plans to e-mail the video to its "far-reaching e-mail list of conservative voters" across the country, including in early voting states such as Iowa and New Hampshire. The campaign will also purchase banner ads on national and state websites that attract conservative readers.
Gingrich has risen to the top of national opinion polls for the GOP nomination, positioning himself as the latest candidate who can be an alternative to rival Mitt Romney.
He's called the commercial with Pelosi "the dumbest mistake I ever made" and apologized for his comments about the Ryan budget plan. And he has said repeatedly that he has not lobbied since leaving Congress, amid reports by Bloomberg News, The New York Timesand others that have shown he has earned millions for his post-speakership activities.
Gingrich has said he is "a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney," which has sparked Romney to fight back and say he is more electable than the former speaker.
Catalina Camia leads the OnPolitics online community and has been at USA TODAY since 2005. She has been a reporter or editor covering politics and Congress for two decades, including stints at The Dallas Morning News and Congressional Quarterly. Follow her at @USATOnPolitics.
USA TODAY's Jackie Kucinich (@jfkucinich) and Fredreka Schouten (@fschouten) also contribute to the OnPolitics blog.


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ISAMU KENMOCHI: Kashiwado Modern Japanese Chair
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Another mid-century modern classic, the Aeron chair never goes out of style. As they are typically seen in black, i think this taupey color is a unique take. I would use one as an occasional chair in the living room.
A great mid-century style rocking chair, with the perfect wood color and cushion color. I could see myself sitting quite comfortably in this.
Lovely wood chairs in an array of colors to choose from.Tags: home, furniture, style, chairs, home decor, pink, seating, living, living roomsAdded 8 Years Ago from Orangeandbrown
It's really hard for me to find a chair I REALLY want to own. Here it is!Added 8 Years Ago from Orangeandbrown
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This piece by Tim Wigmore was inspired by an old saddle sitting around his studio and an interest in making seating that was less static. Voila!
I love this refurbished mahogany sofa. Add a couple od pillows and its perfect.
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Jan. 10, 2006
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. --
All-Southeastern Conference and NCAA All-South Region performer Felicia Guliford grabbed cross country MVP honors Monday night, as the University of Tennessee women's cross country and track & field teams held their annual banquet at the UT Boathouse on Fort Loudoun Lake.
Guliford, a junior from Gallup, N.M., picked up the cross country MVP accolades after pacing the Lady Vols to their third straight SEC title and their fourth consecutive NCAA South Regional crown this fall. Her runner-up outcome at the conference meet and fifth-place performance at the regional race spurred the Big Orange women to a school-best 125-32 record during the 2005 campaign. Guliford was also the choice for indoor track's Most Improved award after earning All-America acclaim on UT's distance medley relay and pulling off a double victory in the 3000 and 5000 meters at the 2005 SEC Indoor Championships.
Classmate Katie Flaute, meanwhile, grabbed the Scholar Award for her academic prowess and was chosen as the cross country team's Most Improved after a season in which she achieved both All-SEC and NCAA All-South Region status while dramatically improving her times. In the classroom, the Dayton, Ohio, native garnered first-team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District IV accolades and was a member of the SEC and Lady Vol Academic Honor Rolls.
With former Lady Vol national champion, 2004 Olympic gold medallist and 2005 World Championship gold medallist Dee Dee Trotter on hand as the evening.s speaker, Head Coach J.J. Clark also honored a string of other Lady Vols. Those student-athletes, who are listed below, helped the track & field team claim both the NCAA and SEC Indoor Championships a year ago and lifted the cross country team to its third straight SEC crown and fourth consecutive NCAA South Region trophy during the fall.
Lady Vol MVP: Tianna Madison
Ilrey Oliver Sparks Memorial Competitive Award: Tianna Madison
MVP - Indoor Track & Field: Nicole Cook, Courtney Champion
MVP - Indoor Field Events: Tianna Madison
MVP - Outdoor Track & Field: Cleo Tyson
MVP - Outdoor Field Events: Tianna Madison
MVP - Cross Country: Felicia Guliford
Most Improved - Indoor Track & Field: Felicia Guliford
Most Improved - Outdoor Track & Field: Antoinette Gorham
Most Improved - Cross Country: Katie Flaute
Freshman of the Year: Cleo Tyson
Coaches Award: Caitlin Ward
Lady Vol Spirit Award: Nicole Cook
Scholar Athlete: Katie Flaute
Community Service Award: Tianna Madison
Track & Field All-Americans: Courtney Champion, Nicole Cook, Antoinette Gorham, Felicia Guliford, Patricia Hall, LaTonya Loche, Tianna Madison, Brooke Novak, Toyin Olupona, Cleo Tyson
Cross Country All-Region: Katie Flaute, Felicia Guilford, Carly Matthews, Leah Soro
Cross Country All-SEC: Sarah Bowman, Katie Flaute, Felicia Guliford, Leah Soro
2006 Senior Recognition Awards: Ariel Brooks, Katie Flaute, Felicia Guliford, Patricia Hall, Carly Matthews, Brooke Novak, Jessica Reust, Mindy Sullivan, April Thomas, Caitlin Ward, Catherine Wright, Rachel Zamata
2006 Thornton Center Honor Roll: Sarah Bowman, Courtney Champion, Nicole Cook, Katie Flaute, Antoinette Gorham, Felicia Guliford, Tianna Madison, Kimarra McDonald, Lindsey McFarland, Jamie Rebella, Jessica Reust, Leah Soro, April Thomas, Caitlin Ward, Catherine Wright, Rachel Zamata


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Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of 7475 Aluminum Alloy by Spray Forming
ZHU Yu-gui, ZHANG Hao, ZHANG Lin, SHI Lin-bo, ZHANG Di (State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix composites, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China)
A large-size 7475 aluminum alloy billet of Φ 360 mm ×1 200 mm was prepared by fully automatic controlled reciprocating spray forming technology. The as-deposited billet has an equiaxed and homogeneous structure with a grain size of 30-40 μm and no macro-segregation. The relative density of the as-deposited alloy gets up to 97%. The initial microstructure and the effect of subsequent treatment (including extrusion and heat treatmen)t on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the 7475 alloy were studied. The results show that the billets could be fully densified after deformation at small extrusion ratio and the optimal mechanical properties were obtained after T6 heat treatment, i.e. 480 ℃ /4 h+135 ℃ /16 h: the tensile strength gets up to 625-635 MPa and the elongation reaches 12%-12.6%. This indicates that the qualified as-deposited billets were produced by fully automatic controlled reciprocating spray forming technology.
【Key Words】: 7475 aluminum alloy spray forming heat treatment microstructure mechanicalproperties
【CateGory Index】: TG27
【CateGory Index】: TG27
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