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POMONA - More than 100 residents living near the 71 Freeway attended a meeting Monday where they heard possible options for the widening of the 71 Freeway.
The meeting, at Westmont Community Center, also provided area residents a forum to present questions and concern about the widening project.
Some residents said they don't want the freeway widening while others said the project is needed and will benefit the city.
"At the end of the day it's going to bring more tax revenue and more police, more fire (service) and more business," one man said.
Representatives of the city, Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority are working together to update plans and studies with the goal of including the 71 widening in a package that could compete for a state funding program.
If the agencies are successful the 71 could go from the existing four-lane expressway to an eight-lane freeway several years ahead of schedule.
Plans call for widening the 71 between I-10 and the 60 Freeway by 2030 but under the program the three agencies are pursuing the project could be completed by as early as 2017.
The project would be completed in two sections. One section would involve widening the 71 from the 10 Freeway to Mission Boulevard and the other section would widen the 71 from Mission to the 60 Freeway.
Yolanda Rivas, a resident of Phillips Drive in the city's Westmont neighborhood, dealt with inconveniences associated with the construction of the Mission bridge and continue to live the 71.
"We deal with the noise and the disruptions," Rivas said after the meeting.
However if the 71 is improved, "it's going to beautify everything," she said. "I'm pretty sure the project will go through."
Abel Gamboa lives in the Phillips Ranch neighborhood and a short distance from the 71.
"I want to be impacted as minimally as possible" by the project, Gamboa said after the meeting.
Among his concerns is that widening the 71 will bring additional traffic that will create air quality problems that will affect his health.
"They're giving us eight lanes. I'm going to be breathing that," Gamboa said.
Gamboa doesn't want to live near a freeway and said if the 71 is widened, he'll either sell his house or rent it out.
As part of the meeting a presentation detailing five design options for the widening were presented.
Option 1 is calls for doing nothing.
Option 2 involves building a semi-depressed 71 freeway, a concept approved some time ago but which comes with a a high price tag and requires acquiring about 140 properties, said Ati Eskandari, Pomona city engineer.
Under options 3, 4, and 4A, less than 40 properties would acquired in whole, in part or temporarily, she said.
Option 3 would widen the 71 into a freeway, add a frontage road connecting Phillips Drive and North Ranch Road and add a pedestrian bridge near Ninth Street to replace the existing bridge at Grier Street.
Option 4 includes the widening; construction of a frontage road between Phillips Road and Old Pomona Road; building an overpass at Old Pomona Road that will connect with Lexington Avenue; and adding the pedestrian bridge.
Option 4A includes everything in Option 4 except the overpass.
"There is not one project that is going to satisfy everyone," Eskandari said Tuesday.
Widening the 71 will play a significant role in improving safety and traffic circulation in the region while reducing traffic congestion on Pomona streets.
"City streets are currently inundated" with traffic, she said. "White (Avenue) or even Rio Rancho Road are inundated depending on the time."
Part of the congestion on city streets results from drivers leaving the 71 bottle neck during rush hour and trying to maneuver on surface streets, she said.
City Council members are expected to review the various options and select one during the Jan. 7 council meeting.
Reach Monica via email or call her at 909-483-9336.


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The Who's Roger Daltrey is heaping some hefty praise on his band. The singer tells "NME" he believes The Who was the greatest rock band of their day, saying he doesn't think there was any band to hold a candle to The Who in their heyday.
Daltrey explains that while some people voiced a preference for Led Zeppelin over The Who back in the '70s, that was because Zeppelin's music is "easier on the ear in a way," and "a little bit more commercial."
Meanwhile, he says the energy that used to come out from a Who concert was terrifying. Roger adds that the only thing The Who should perhaps apologize for is the haircuts.
The Who is currently on the European portion of their "Quadrophenia" tour, which wraps up next month. But Daltrey isn't ready to call the trek the group's final tour. He says performers should never announce a farewell trek because "music isn't like that" - it's "in the blood."
Roger explains that once a tour is over you'll be sitting there not wishing to get onto a stage again a few months or maybe even a year, but then suddenly you'll wake up and feel like you've got to do it again.
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Indiana agrees to abide by the Constitution (June 29, 2012)
According to the event calendar on their website, the Indiana Dunes State Park was hosting and appeared to be co-sponsoring "Running with the Irish 5k." The event was advertised as "co-sponsored by St. Patrick's Church" with the proceeds benefitting St. Patrick's Catholic School.
FFRF staff attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote on March 15, 2012, "It is unconstitutional for a state park to co-sponsor a religious event benefitting a religious school." She also pointed out "apparently co-sponsoring an event with a church to benefit a Catholic school constitutes a government endorsement of religion and alienates those Indiana residents who are not Catholic and who are non-religious."
A June 29 response confirmed that while the flyer mistakenly stated that the event was co-sponsored, the Division of State Parks did not sponsor the Catholic event, and the church was required to obtain a special event permit to use the park.
FFRF downs University of Florida religious quilt (June 29, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has helped to remove an unlawful religious quilt display from a public hallway at the University of Florida.
A large religious quilt display hanging in a hallway shared by the veterinary department and the department of aging and geriatric research said "all creatures great and small/the Lord God made them all." This religious endorsement prompted a concerned student to contact FFRF. Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote a letter to university president Bernie Machen on March 1, 2012, noting that "when a publicly-funded college... posts a statement promoting a religious viewpoint, that statement sends a message that people adhering to certain religious beliefs are favored members of the community and that people who have different religious beliefs or are nonreligious are outsiders in their community."
"Such a religious message offends Florida's underrepresented minority religious population," added Schmitt.
The associate vice president, in a June 29 response said that the quilt was left behind when the veterinary department changed buildings, that she anticipates "removing it from its current location" and does not "have plans to display it at this time."
U.S. Census unlinks to Catholic "research center" after FFRF complaint (July 2, 2012)
FFRF was contacted by a curious researcher in November 2011 who "wanted to look up religion statistics and tried www.census.gov," the U.S. Census website. The census stopped collecting religious statistics in 1936, but provides links to "more information." These links included the Hartford Seminary and the Glenmary Research Center (GRC). The link to the GRC in fact linked to Glenmary Home Missioners, a Catholic missionary organization "dedicated to establishing a Catholic presence in rural areas and small towns of the United States where the Catholic Church is not yet effectively present. Glenmary missioners strive to proclaim and witness to the Good News of Jesus Christ and the power of God's love, mercy and justice." GRC "supports and assists Glenmary Home Missioners by providing applied research to Glenmary leadership, individual missioners, Church leaders and the wider society. The GRC operates under a mandate from the Glenmary Executive Council."
FFRF attorney Andrew Seidel wrote Dr. Robert Groves, Director of the Census Bureau, a letter on May 22, 2012: "The Glenmary website provides little statistical information and, given the goals quoted above, it is clear that demographic research takes a backseat to winning converts." Seidel argued that by linking to the GRC, "the U.S. Census Bureau appears to be endorsing Christianity, and specifically Catholicism." A statistics hound himself, Seidel made a secular suggestion: "There are numerous other organizations and studies the website could mention in place of this proselytizing sectarian one. The Pew Forum on Religion & the Public Life provides a significant amount of excellent information on religious affiliation, demographics, regions, beliefs and practices, and even individual topics. This would provide citizens with more information and eliminate the appearance of religious endorsement."
After numerous follow ups and phone calls, the Census' Web and Social Media Branch reviewed all the links to religious information — and as of July 2, removed them all. Accepting Seidel's suggestion the Census now links to the Pew Research Center. See the new page with the link to Pew at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/religion.htm.
FFRF blocks Indiana school board prayer (July 3, 2012)
The South Dearborn School Board (Ind.) will no longer open its monthly meetings with a prayer, thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
A concerned school district parent informed FFRF that school board officials began each monthly meeting by reciting the Lord's prayer. These meetings are open to the public and often include young students from the district. Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt sent an April 20, 2012, letter to School Board President Daryl Cutter: "It is beyond the scope of a public school board to schedule prayer as part of its scheduled meetings." She added that federal courts have consistently struck down prayer by school officials in a public setting.
Schmitt wrote that "opening school board meetings with a Christian prayer discriminates not only against nonbelievers, but also against any non-Christian attendees. Parents and students should not be made to feel like outsiders when attending meetings."
An attorney for the school district responded on July 3: "In response to your letter of April 20, 2012, the School Board has discontinued the prayer at meetings."
FFRF complaint replaces Georgia restaurant's unlawful discount (July 5, 2012)
A restaurant in Blue Ridge, Ga., will no longer offer a preferential discount to church-going patrons, thanks to the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
On a sign posted next to the cash register, Blue Ridge Mountain BBQ offered and promoted an illegal 10% discount to customers who presented a church bulletin on Sundays. The sign also promoted free meals for pastors who dined with a paying customer.
In a June 26, 2012, letter, Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt warned the manager that the restaurant was in violation of the Civil Rights Act and that "it is illegal for Blue Mountain BBQ to discriminate, or show favoritism, on the basis of religion."
On July 5, FFRF received confirmation that not only had the sign offering the church discount been removed, but it had been replaced by a framed copy of FFRF's letter of complaint.
FFRF gets bible quotes out of Texas classroom (July 9, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has stopped a teacher in the Clear Creek Independent School District (League City, Texas) from passing out class materials with inappropriate religious messages on them.
The teacher had been handing out lessons with a variety of bible quotes and references printed on them. FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt wrote to Superintendent Greg Smith on April 30, 2012: "It is unconstitutional and completely inappropriate for a public school teacher to promote his religious beliefs in the classroom."
Clear Creek ISD's General Counsel Sheila Haddock responded positively on July 9, saying that the lessons were unauthorized supplemental materials. Haddock informed FFRF that she and the school principal had talked to the teacher multiple times, and that she "explained the constitutional implications of his actions." She also said that she had met with the Secondary Social Studies Coordinator "in an effort to reinforce this important message to all instructional staff district-wide."
FFRF halts board prayer in Henrico County (July 10, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation has halted illegal prayer before Henrico County Board of Supervisor meetings in Henrico, Va.
Henrico County officials decided to drop the 25-year-old tradition on July 10 after the group received a letter of complaint from FFRF Staff Attorney Patrick Elliott, as well as an objection from a local concerned citizen.
Joseph P. Rapisarda, the Henrico County Attorney issued a statement: "The Board was beefed on the legal ramifications of having a sectarian prayer. After careful consideration, the Board decided to end the practice of having an opening prayer, effective immediately."
"The Board compounds the violation when the prayers are to Jesus and/or most of the officiants are Christian or Christian clergy. Sectarian prayers make religious minorities and nonbelievers feel like political outsiders in their own community, and show an unconstitutional governmental preference for Christianity over other faiths and for religion over non-religion," wrote Elliott in a July 12 letter to Chairman Richard Glover.
Elliott pointed out that the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has consistently struck down prayers to Jesus and this would likely be the case in Henrico. Elliott added that county officials are free to pray privately, as long as it's not on taxpayers' time and dime.
FFRF stops religious emails at Alabama agency (July 13, 2012)
The Freedom From Religion Foundation ended an inappropriate use of official email by a government agency employee in Alabama.
An employee of the Alabama Medicaid Agency used her official email account to send out an email asking recipients to help ban a supposed upcoming film depicting Jesus as a homosexual. Her email included a quotation from the bible and urged recipients, "Let's stand for what we believe and stop the mockery of Jesus Christ our Savior."
FFRF staff attorney Stephanie Schmitt sent a letter to the agency commissioner on June 20, 2012. She argued "it is grossly inappropriate to include religious references in an email from an official government employee." Schmitt also pointed out that this action was against the Alabama Information Technology Policy regarding email usage.
In a July 13 response, acting commissioner Stephanie McGee Azar agreed that this employee violated the policies of the agency and "appropriate disciplinary action" was taken against her. Azar assured FFRF that all agency employees were reminded that "state email systems shall not be used for conducting any religious or political activities."
FFRF stops bible distributions in Georgia school (July 16, 2012)
Thomas County School District, Ga., will no longer allow bibles to be distributed in its schools, after receiving a letter of complaint from the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
The principal at Thomas County Middle School announced over the intercom on March 20, 2012, that representatives from The Gideons International were in school and would be distributing bibles to students. After receiving a complaint about this from an unhappy parent, FFRF Staff Attorney Stephanie Schmitt informed Superintendent George Kornegay, Jr., in a March 23rd letter, "It is unconstitutional for public school districts to allow the Gideons to distribute bibles during the school day."
In a July 16 letter of response, Kornegay wrote that the school district would comply with the Constitution, and bible distributions to students "will not occur in the future in the Thomas County Schools."
FFRF removes creche from public space in Ellwood City (July 16, 2012)
Seven months after the Freedom From Religion Foundation first protested a city nativity scene, the Ellwood City Borough Council (Pa.) has agreed to uphold the First Amendment. The council voted down a proposal on July 16 that would likely have brought the nativity back to public property, through a lottery system allowing a lone display in front of the municipal building during December. The lottery would have discriminated against non-residents.
On behalf of local complainants, FFRF wrote several letters in December. And in late December, the council voted to move the nativity to private property. After things quieted down, the council formed a "Nativity Committee" dedicated to replacing the nativity. The Nativity Committee wrote what one reporter called "a convoluted, complicated, constitutionally bereft proposal that slaps a figurative 'SUE ME' sign on the borough's back." The council voted the proposal down 4-3 this week, despite ministerial support.
"The invaluable help of FFRF member Stephen Hirtle contributed to the victory. Often having area residents with the courage to take a stand will make all the difference. Stephen, we salute you," said FFRF Co-President Dan Barker. Barker thanked FFRF Staff Attorneys Patrick Elliott and Andrew Seidel for their hard work in ending this violation.


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With their second-half opener looming Sunday against the St. Louis Rams – just San Francisco's second game in 24 days as the Niners return from their bye – outside linebacker Ahmad Brooks stood in the middle of the San Francisco locker room earlier this week speaking matter-of-factly about what the team's defensive mission will be once the 49ers resume play.
"As a defensive unit, the way we play speaks for itself," Brooks said. "We're an aggressive D, and we want to shut guys out."
Nobody in the NFL does that better than the Niners. San Francisco aggressive, ferocious defense spent the first half of the season shutting down and punching out opponents.
But there's still work to be done, and nobody knows that better than coordinator Vic Fangio's unit that ranks either first or second in the NFL in seven major defensive categories.
San Francisco's elite defense has gotten more help from the team's improved offense so far, and special teams have provided roughly the same contribution they gave the team last season. But there is no question defense is still the 49ers' marquee unit, the pillar on which the team's reputation and foundation as a powerhouse and true championship contender is built upon.
That unit lived up to all that with its stellar first-half play, when the defense matured as a veteran unit and built on what the 49ers accomplished in 2011, when San Francisco ranked fourth in the NFL in total defense and led the league in rushing defense.
So far this season, the Niners already have spent time at No. 1 in the NFL in total defense and passing defense. They rank No. 2 in the league in both those categories this week as they enter the back half of the season, and are No. 1 in the league in yards allowed per play, passing average allowed per play, first downs allowed per play and perhaps the key defensive category of all – points allowed per game.
"It's a veteran group of talented players, and you see upward trajectory really in all their play," coach Jim Harbaugh said. "I don't see anybody that's falling off or decreasing in their effort or their performance on the field. And then how they're playing together as a group – all those things – we're seeing good improvement at a high level."
The 49ers have played at the highest level keeping opponents away from their goal line. San Francisco has allowed a NFL-low nine touchdowns, including a league-low six through the air.
The 49ers have not allowed a touchdown in four of their past five games, including their last time out before bye, when they thumped the Cardinals 24-3 in Arizona before a national Monday night audience, limiting the Cards to just seven yards rushing, tying the franchise record for fewest rushing yards allowed in a game.
That was just to show everybody that San Francisco's ferocious rush defense is still alive and well and stuffing opponents. The 49ers have not been as statistically dominant in that area as last year, when the defense built its reputation on being the No. 1 run-stopper in the league, but running against the Niners sure doesn't appear to be getting any easier than it used to be.
In San Francisco's four victories during that stretch – the hiccup was that troubling 26-3 loss to the New York Giants – the Niners have allowed just 12 total points. San Francisco shut out the New York Jets in September and is allowing just 12.9 points per game, which would be a franchise record if it holds to the end of the season.
San Francisco's lone shutout last season came against St. Louis at Candlestick Park, where the 49ers will be looking to shut down the struggling Rams (3-5) again and extend their 11-game home winning streak against NFC West opponents. That's the longest active streak in the NFL.
"You want to be good at everything, but the biggest thing is keeping teams out of the end zone," Harbaugh said. "Number one is keep the other team from scoring, as few points as possible."
The 49ers also have made strides this year defending against the pass, which has made them a complete defense. San Francisco ranks second in the NFL in pass defense after finishing 16th in that category last year.
San Francisco is the only NFL team not to allow a passing touchdown of more than 20 yards this season, and the 49ers have allowed only nine passing plays of 25 or more yards, the third-fewest in the league.
The secondary has been clamp-down in coverage most of the season, allowing the 49ers to dictate what they want to do defensively without even having to resort much to blitzing.
The starting unit of cornerbacks Carlos Rogers and Tarell Brown and safeties Dashon Goldson and Donte Whitner have become a tighter, more consistent group who have become yet another strength for what is becoming generally known as the NFL's best defense.
Defensive coordinator Vic Fangio has lauded the improvement of his secondary to a man, and that includes nickel cornerback Chris Culliver, who has become a regular part of San Francisco's defensive packages and has been superb in man-to-man coverage situations on the edge.
"Little strides in a lot of areas equals a big difference," Fangio said.
One area where the 49ers would like things to be different the rest of the season is creating more turnovers. The Niners led the NFL in takeaways (38) and turnover differential (plus-28) last season, but at midseason this year they've produced only 12 turnovers and their turnover differential stands at plus-3.
Brooks pointed out that San Francisco's defense hasn't been getting as many opportunities to create turnovers because it hasn't been on the field for as many plays as other defenses around the league. The 49ers' defense is averaging just 59.6 plays per game.
But turnovers are about the only thing in which this defense has been lacking, and there's still a half season to work on improving those numbers.
"We were looking at that turnover-ratio chart the other day," Brooks said. "Last year, we were at the top of that chart. We're going to have to boost that up. But we'll just keep doing the same things we've been doing all year, the same things we were doing last year – just trying to go out there and dominate the other team."
So far, so good. And expect to see a lot more of the same the rest of the year.
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Brevard, N.C. - Quotations Coffee Café and the Brevard College Athletic Department will be hosting a special welcoming reception for world-renowned Cross Country and Track & Field Coach, Dr. Jack Daniels on Thursday, December 2nd, from 6 – 8 p.m.
Daniels, a two-time Olympian, was named the NCAA Division III's Running Coach of the Century, as well as Runner's World Magazine "World's Best Coach" and has been involved in both collegiate and post-collegiate track and cross-country for 35 years, coaching 30 individual DIII NCAA National Champions, eight NCAA National Team Champions and 130 All-Americans.
"When I was told that he (Daniels) was coming to Brevard College, I had to ask BC Athletic Director Kim Pate, 'You don't mean THE Jack Daniels, do you?'" commented Mark Peddy, local business owner. "Brevard is fortunate to have a competitor of Olympic caliber and coach of some of the top elite runners in the country coaching our team."
Daniels has a number of personal accomplishments, having received both silver and bronze medals in the Olympics in the Modern Pentathlon competition. He has also received a World Championship Bronze Medal and is a two-time U.S. National Champion and was the first foreign winner of the Swedish National Championship in the same event.
"Running under Jack has been a runner's dream! He has helped my team and I improve a lot, not just physically, but as individuals as well," said senior cross country runner, Tiffen Tapia. "He is by far one of the best coaches I ever had and I am very grateful to have known him and his wife, Nancy."
In addition to his coaching ability, Daniels is an accomplished author, featured speaker and researcher, having written four books on running, including his most recent title, Daniels' Running Formula, 2nd ed. He has also had over 50 articles published in scientific journals and also seen numerous articles on running published in popular magazines. Daniels is also featured speaker at coaches' clinics, running camps and symposia that deals with training.
The community of Brevard is invited to welcome Coach Daniels and his wife Nancy, to the Western North Carolina region. The reception is sponsored by Quotations Coffee Café and refreshments will be provided as we welcome Coach Daniels to Brevard, so drop by Quotations at 147 East Main Street and say hello to one of the world's best running coaches.


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I have compiz-fusion working on Ubuntu Gutsy, and it works well with my nvidia 8800GTX on my desktop and with the Nvidia 8400M on my laptop (fails on my other Alienware m9700 notebook :/ ).
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Remarks by Secretary Eric K. Shinseki
Paralyzed Veterans of America 66th Annual Convention
New Orleans, Louisiana
August 14, 2012
Doug Vollmer, thank you for that kind introduction, and for your long and loyal service to PVA.
Let me also recognize:
- Gordon Mansfield, former Acting Secretary of VA. It's good to see you;
- Bill Lawson, National President;
- Al Kovach, Senior Vice President, and Homer Townsend, National Executive Director, who could not be here. We wish them both a speedy recovery;
- Other members of PVA's leadership;
- PVA members; your families; fellow Veterans; VA colleagues; distinguished guests; ladies and gentlemen.
I am honored to be here today. For more than 65 years, PVA has been the clear and consistent voice, unwavering in your advocacy of veterans with spinal cord injuries and diseases. In your diligent service to paralyzed Veterans, you have promoted medical research, education and awareness, civil rights, and such premier rehabilitative events as our jointly-sponsored Wheelchair Games—a demonstration of the importance of keeping hope alive and of celebrating the dignity of the human spirit.
You, yourselves, have demonstrated that there are lots of challenges, lots of living, and lots of triumph left to experience. We are indebted to you for these lessons in living, and we all salute your unwavering devotion to SCI Veterans and their families.
No one appreciates the value of your good works more than the President. Veterans have no greater advocate than President Obama. His commitment to Veterans runs deep; it is genuine; it is unwavering. He provided me this privilege of serving Veterans, and I am proud to report to you this morning on the state of your VA: How things looked three-and-a-half years ago, what changes we've put into motion, and where VA is headed in the future.
We've been at war for about a decade now—a decade. It takes a superb, disciplined fighting force to handle the intensity of that kind of strain. The men and women who wear our Nation's uniforms, today, are magnificent—just as they have been throughout time. But repeated deployments of this force have created issues that don't show up until the later deployments. More of them are also surviving catastrophic injuries because of improved body armor, better battlefield combat life-saving skills, and strategic medical airlift.
Those higher survival rates also mean more complex casualties: The compounding effects of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), traumatic brain injury (TBI), and multiple amputations—five quadruple amputees from this war—with added complications of blindness and deafness and genito-urinary injuries. We had to create a word for this kind of medical complexity—polytrauma. We have built five polytrauma Centers of Excellence, the best in the world, to care for our seriously injured. We've extended those centers into an entire polytrauma system of care, enabling those patients to go home.
Three-and-a-half years ago, we were still grappling with unresolved issues from two past wars—the Gulf War, over 20 years ago, and the Vietnam War, nearly 50 years ago now. We didn't take care of business decades ago when we should have, and some Veterans were dying without benefits.
Three-and-a-half years ago, an estimated 107,000 Veterans were homeless in this rich and powerful country. The President has said, "[We won't] be satisfied until every veteran who has fought for America has a home in America." The economic downturn of 2008 threatened to compound this homeless situation for Veterans. In spite of all this, the President was clear—it is immoral for anyone who has defended this country to be homeless in America.
In 2009, of over 23 million living Veterans, only 7.4 million were enrolled in VA healthcare, and only three million were receiving compensation and pension benefits. We had an outreach problem. Many didn't know about VA. We had an access problem because even if they knew about us, they couldn't get in. And even then, we were carrying a backlog in compensation claims.
That was the landscape in 2009. After consulting with key stakeholders, among them the executive directors of the six major VSO's, we settled on three key priorities, which remain unchanged today:
- Increase Veterans access to VA benefits & services;
- Eliminate the backlog in compensation claims in 2015;
- And end Veterans' homelessness, also in 2015.
None of these are achievable without the Department of Defense because very little of what we do in VA originates in VA. Most of what we do originates in DoD. So, the first order of business had to be establishing closer, more collaborative working relationships with DoD, at all levels. It takes both departments to create that seamless transition which will return separating Servicemembers to their home communities "career-ready" to work, raise children, and strengthen our economy.
Secretaries of Defense Bob Gates and Leon Panetta, and I have personally met nine times in the past 18 months. Both of them are dedicated public servants who have been insightful, decisive, and good friends to me and to Veterans. A few weeks ago, Secretary Panetta and I testified, for the first time together, before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees.
Our second priority was to fix VA's budget process. Creating change requires resources and, if you want to go faster, you will need more money. For the past three-and-a-half years, VA has been forceful in arguing its resourcing requirements, and the President has been stalwart and unwavering in his support of VA. In 2009, VA inherited a budget totaling $99.8 billion. Congressionally enhanced, it was a good budget; not spectacular, but good. In 2010, the President increased that budget to $127.2 billion—a near 30 percent increase in a single year. Now, that's spectacular. Even better, the President's 2013 budget request, currently before the Congress, is for $140.3 billion—a 40 percent increase since 2009. The President knows what we owe Veterans, and his sense of obligation is reflected in his budgets.
I was once asked what I valued. But before I could answer the question, I was lectured, "Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." The 40 percent increase to VA's budget demonstrates that the President values Veterans, their families, and survivors. He understands our obligation to those who shoulder the responsibility and risk for safeguarding our country. He won't let them down.
So what have we put into motion to address these issues during the past three-and-a-half years? First, to increase access, we have added 57 new community-based outpatient clinics, 20 more mobile health clinics, and, as mentioned earlier, we opened a fifth polytrauma center in San Antonio, Texas, last year. We have three new hospitals under construction—Denver, Orlando, and New Orleans. We just opened the spectacular, state-of-the-art VA medical center in Las Vegas last week—the first new VA hospital in 17 years. As President Obama remarked recently, "We keep our promises."
We have also invested heavily in new telehealth-telemedicine initiatives to overcome the tyranny of distance. Enhanced IT technologies are also beginning to make it easier for Veterans to make appointments, access their medical records, and find out about available benefits and services.
We've placed full-time women Veterans' program managers at 144 medical centers to advocate for women Veterans, and named women Veterans coordinators at all 56 regional offices to assist women Veterans with their claims. Since 2009, we've opened 19 clinics specifically designed to serve women, and trained more than 1,200 healthcare providers in women's health.
We've also increased access to our national cemeteries, opening three new national cemeteries and 14 state cemeteries. Five more national cemeteries are planned as well as five columbaria-only cemeteries in urban areas, and eight burial grounds in rural areas, owned and managed by VA but collocated with non-VA cemeteries. All of this is much needed and long overdue.
Next, you may recall that we made it a point to take care of some long-overdue business:
- For Vietnam Veterans, we granted presumption of service connection for three new Agent Orange–related conditions: Parkinson's disease, hairy cell and other chronic b-cell leukemias, and ischemic heart disease. It's been 45 years; it was time.
- For Gulf War Veterans, we granted presumption of service connection for nine diseases associated with Gulf War Illness. It's been over 20 years; it was time.
- Finally, PTSD is as old as warfare itself. For all combat Veterans with verifiable PTSD, we granted the presumption of service connection for World War II, Korea, Dominican Republic, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama, Somalia, Operation Desert Storm, Iraq, Afghanistan, and others.
These three decisions alone have dramatically expanded access to VA care and benefits for hundreds of thousands of Veterans. Understandably, this also increased the number of compensation claims: Agent Orange—nearly 250,000 claims; Gulf War Illness—roughly 145,000 claims; combat PTSD—over 500,000 claims. Veterans who previously had no access, are now enrolling in VA and submitting claims.
The total claims inventory grew, as did the backlog—those claims older than 125 days. Three-and-a-half years ago, the total claims inventory was roughly 400,000. Today, it's approximately 880,000. The backlog went from about 135,000 in 2009, to roughly 580,000 today. Growth in these numbers is what happens when we increase access. But it was the right thing to do—for Vietnam Veterans, for Gulf War Veterans, and for combat Veterans of all wars—and I would do it all again.
Here's one last snapshot of the claims backlog. In 2009, we completed 900,000 claims decisions—but took in one million claims in return. In 2010, for the first time, we completed one million claims decisions—and took in 1.2 million claims. In 2011, we again produced a million claims decisions—but took in 1.3 million. Now look, if the total number of claims in our inventory today is 880,000, and we generated nearly three million claims decisions over the past three years, you know that today's inventory and backlog are not the same claims that were here three years ago, two years ago, or even last year. There may be a handful of very complex cases lingering on, but the process is dynamic. We move claims.
It's also a big numbers process, and we do most all of it on paper. Paper is what we receive from DoD. With the planned draw-down of up to a million troops over the next five years, the number of new claims will continue to grow. It will take both DoD and VA to enable paperless processing. Hence, my close working relationship with Secretary Panetta; he and I are pulling our departments into the future.
VA has spent the past two years developing a new automation tool called VBMS, the Veterans Benefits Management System. It's being piloted at two regional offices for over a year now. We'll have it up and running at 16 regional offices by the end of this year, and at all 56 regional offices by the end of 2013. I am committed to ending the claims backlog in 2015. VBMS is key to that strategy. VBMS is here, and it's about to be fielded. Because of the President's strong support, we have the resources we need. We will end the backlog in 2015.
For three-and-a-half years, we've had a full-court press on to rescue homeless Veterans from the streets. As I indicated earlier, in 2009, the estimated number of homeless Veterans in this country was 107,000; by 2011, that estimate was down to 67,500. When the Department of Housing and Urban Development announces the 2012 estimate on homeless Veterans, we believe that the number will be below 60,000, keeping us on track to break 35,000 in 2013, and end the "rescue phase" of Veterans' homelessness in 2015.
The "prevention" phase of Veterans homelessness is ongoing and will continue indefinitely—requiring VA to focus its significant capabilities on keeping "at risk" Veterans from slipping into that downward spiral that ends in homelessness.
For example, we have roughly 800,000 Veterans and eligible family members in training and education today—in universities, colleges, community colleges, tech schools, and in the trades. They must graduate—anyone who flunks out in this economy is at high risk of homelessness. So my one-word speech to student Veterans, as I did at Boise State University last month, is "Graduate! Graduate! If I sound like your dad, I am. I'm paying most of your bills. So, Graduate!" PVA can help support these terrific young Veterans who are preparing for the next phase of their lives.
Finally, mental health. In 2005, at the height of operations in Iraq, we had 13,000 mental health professionals handling the healthcare needs of our Veterans. Today, we have over 20,000, and we recently announced that we're hiring 1,600 more clinical staff to address the growth in mental health requirements spawned by a decade of tough, high-risk, high-stress, repetitive, combat deployments. These are magnificent young people, and we are not going to let them down.
We know that when we diagnose and treat, people get better. Among the 8.6 million Veterans enrolled in VA healthcare, mental health treatment is up. At the same time, for Veterans receiving VA treatment, our suicide rates are down—an indication that treatment, including evidence-based therapies, works.
However, too many Veterans still leave the military with mental health issues we never find out about. Most Veterans who commit suicide—perhaps as many as two-out-of-three—were never enrolled in VA. And as good as we think we are, we can't help those we don't treat. Another reason why increasing access and developing a seamless transition between DoD and VA is so important.
One of our most successful outreach efforts is our Veterans Crisis Line. DoD knows it as the Military Crisis Line—the same number, same trained VA mental health professionals answering the phone, no cost to DoD. Since 2007, over 640,000 people have called in, including over 8,000 active-duty Servicemembers. We've made over 99,000 referrals for care and rescued over 23,000 from potential suicide. Younger Veterans are more comfortable with chatting and texting, so in 2009 we added on-line chat, and in 2011, a texting service. We will do anything to reach out to those Veterans in need of our support.
We have worked at greater collaboration between VA and DoD, especially in that critical phase before Servicemembers leave the military. We simply must transition them better. We do this best with warm handoffs between the departments; that is key to preventing the downward spiral that often leads to homelessness and, sometimes, to suicide.
Secretary Gates and I worked these initiatives hard, and Secretary Panetta and I have worked them even harder. We're committed to a fully-operational integrated electronic health record by 2017.
Good jobs are essential for Veterans, and we are proud to have partnered with the First Lady's "Joining Forces" initiative and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce "Hiring our Heroes" campaign. The President and Vice President, the First Lady and Dr. Biden have provided strong leadership in increasing employment opportunities for Veterans and military spouses. The President challenged private companies to hire or train 100,000 Veterans and spouses by the end of 2013. So far, 2,100 companies have committed to 175,000 hires, and 90,000 Veterans and spouses have already been hired.
In January, we, in VA, held our first hiring fair in Washington, DC, with the Departments of Labor, Defense, Homeland Security, and others, attracting over 4,000 Veterans and resulting in over 2,600 interviews and more than 500 job offers on the spot. We followed that successful fair with an even bigger hiring fair in June, in Detroit. Over 8,000 Veterans showed up; more than 5,700 chose to be interviewed; and over 1,200 received job offers. Job offers continue to flow.
Simultaneously, while we were in Detroit, 3,500 people participated in VA's Veteran-owned Small Business Training Exposition—our opportunity for Veteran small business owners to better understand our procurement requirements, demonstrate their capabilities, and improve their preparation of competitive proposals for government contracts. Veterans hire Veterans. So the more successful Veteran entrepreneurs we produce, the better our chances of finding Veterans employment.
So, where are we headed? I intend to be here to update you next summer, and here's what I intend to report was accomplished between 2009 and 2013:
- We will have increased spinal cord injury funding by 28%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 36% as we continue to lead the healthcare community in primary and specialty care, and in seeking out new methods of rehabilitation through SCI research and engineering.
- We will have increased TBI funding by 38%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 51%.
- We will have increased mental health funding by 39%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 45%.
- We will have increased long-term care funding by 39%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 50%.
- We will have increased prosthetics funding by 58%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 75%.
- We will have increased women Veterans funding by 123%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 158%.
- We will have increased OEF/OIF/OND Veterans' funding by 124%. By 2014, that increase will likely be 161%.
- Our Veterans Benefits Management System, VBMS, will be fully operational at most regional offices, and just 40% of claims will be older than 125 days.
Now, who doesn't think the President "gets it" down deep where it counts? Remember: "Show me your budget, and I'll tell you what you value." It's clear from his budgets that our President highly values what Veterans, their families, and our survivors have meant to this country.
Lots of folks talk about American exceptionalism. The faces of American exceptionalism are the faces of the men and women who serve, and have served, this Nation in uniform.
God bless them. God bless our President. And may God continue to bless this wonderful country of ours.
Thank you.


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Digestive and Liver Diseases
UT Southwestern Medical Center is a major referral center for patients with the most complex digestive and liver diseases.
The Digestive and Liver Disease Program encompasses a team of dedicated physicians who specialize in treating colon, gastroduodenal, liver, pancreatic, inflammatory bowel, and diarrheal diseases, as well as esophageal and swallowing disorders. We also perform colonoscopies and many other screening tests for colon cancer.
We are dedicated to providing expert and compassionate care to make an important difference in our patients' treatment and outlook on the future.


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By Jake Landers
Published November 2012
Two woody plants of our area are seldom noticed by ranchers because they are rare on our rangeland, and because they have little impact on livestock or wildlife anyway. But, maybe they are beginning to get a little attention from our city cousins concerned about water conservation and landscaping with adapted species.
I'm referring to Kidneywood and Mexican Elderberry—large bushes or small trees that grow in a few scattered locations in the southern half of Texas and Mexico. Kidneywood prefers rocky calcareous outcrops and Mexican elderberry stays on the edge of streams or river banks where it can benefit from the extra water. Both species have received attention from the landscaping trade because of their drought resistance and ability to grow when water is available into small attractive trees. Both become small trees with pruning and good growing conditions. If planted north of halfway in Texas, they may suffer some frost injury.
The wood of Kidneywood has the unique property of producing blue phosphorescence when placed in water, perhaps the reason it was once thought the plant has medicinal value. Its leaves when crushed smell like tangerine peels, another reason that it may have attracted medical attention. Its scientific name is Eysenhardtia texana. Another common name is Vara dulce. With abundant summer moisture it blooms with a glut of tiny white to yellow-white, sweet smelling flowers that are attractive to many butterflies and bees. Pods are one seeded and as small as an inch of scoring pencil for bridge or golf.
Kidneywood can be browsed by goats and deer to the point of gnarled stubby branches. I have found no reference as to the origin of "kidney" in its common name; perhaps its leaves smell strong enough to be of some benefit as a placebo in our numerous complaints of kidney problems in old age.
Mexican elderberry has the ability to sprout from a piece of freshly cut wood, a very unique property among woody plants that is beneficial in landscape propagation. A very large pith is common in all the Elderberry species, and many times I have used it to embed biological specimens, slicing off thin sections for microscopic examination. Its scientific name is Sambucus mexicana with other common names of Tapiro, Sauco, and Azumiatl. Flat-topped clusters of white flowers become, at the end of spring, clusters of purple berries which have the reputation, at least, of producing some Elderberry wine.
I don't know of Mexican elderberry's value as browse. Its local elderberry cousin is not browsed by deer while nearby Pecan sprouts are kept bare of leaves as high as they can reach. The pith is poisonous, as we were told in botany classes, and I presume that other parts of the plant are also suspect. The berries on the other hand are safe enough to eat or to use in making wine or jelly. Chances are there is some toxicity in the leafy parts to reduce browsing, but the seeds are probably transported by birds and other wildlife eating the berries, and it would be self defeating to do harm to the seed carrier.
Reading The Landscape
Can you identify this plant that is common in roadsides and pasture this month in central Texas where moderate amounts of rainfall have been received in late summer? Is it of value to the rancher? Would you consider it detrimental or beneficial for the land? —JL
|See below for Jake's answer
Jake's summary: The plant is Dove weed, also called Croton, which comes up only from seed when summer moisture is adequate and there is little competition from dense grass cover. The seeds are relished by Dove and Quail and other seed-eating birds. A strong croton oil odor is produced when the leaves are crushed making it completely unpalatable for most grazing animals. A very dense stand may suppress the recovery of desirable range grasses. The scientific name is Croton monanthogynus. —JL


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Event: Full Moon Party
Date: July 12
Time: 7pm-11pm
Where: Sunset Cove
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BOTHELL -- Time is running out for those interested in purchasing a home at Tambark Springs. The community has nine homes remaining for sale, most of which border 33.5 acres of permanent meadowland.
Located between historic downtown Bothell and Mill Creek Town Center, the collection of three- to five-bedroom homes is built by CamWest, a Toll Brothers company. Move-in-ready and presale opportunities are available.
"This is our final release of homes," says Randy Reeves, the listing agent at Tambark Springs. "The community has been a tremendous success [and] we have saved some of the best homesites for last. For example, one of our homes for sale -- our last four-bedroom Cottonwood floor plan -- is bordered on two sides by open space and features an east-facing front door."
Tambark Springs is 3.5 miles south of Mill Creek Town Center and 8 miles north of downtown Bothell. The community is close to Interstates 5 and 405 and Highway 9, and nearby amenities include Alderwood Mall and the University of Washington Bothell.
"In addition to our convenient address, we also offer a low-maintenance lifestyle," Reeves says. "Front yards are maintained by the homeowners' association, and backyards are fully fenced and offer a choice of outdoor-garden packages that include firepits, planting beds or water features."
Presale buyers can personalize their homes using the builder's CamYes! customization program.
"We've held construction on some of the presale homes at foundation or framing so they can be completed quickly but still offer homeowners the opportunity to customize their spaces," says Scott Petrie, the project manager at Tambark Springs. "I like being able to work with the homeowners -- to understand what they are looking for in a new home and make that come true for them."
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There he was. Kicking the ball about with his €100m tootsies. God bless him. Best thing to happen to English football in years. The tv crew messed him about imo by showing him fluffing a couple of moves in a row. Not sure that was fair he probably hit 20 tricks in a row during a 20 minute kickabout. Whatever.
But it struck me that it was a chance missed. I hope the next golden bollocks is a bit of a joker.
Imagine if you will, a player running out for a kickabout at a new club which has come close to bankruptcy in order to sign him... smiling crazily as if drunk, toe punting the ball about, showing no skill, fucking everything up, colliding with photographers, arguing vociferously with colleagues and manager - before leaping over an advertising hoarding, taking out a load of people and feigning a serious knee injury.


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Musical Terms for the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Violin Makers: Nicolò Amati (1596–1684) and Antonio Stradivari (ca. 1644–1737)
Venice and Northern Italy, 1600–1800 A.D.
"Recent Acquisitions, A Selection: 2007–2008": The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 66, no. 2 (Fall, 2008)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide provides a comprehensive view of art history spanning five millennia and the entire globe.
Experience the best of human creativity from every corner of the globe at The Met.
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Research/Subject Files
Evans Index
Royal Society of Canada, "The Need of a Rational Almanac," 1908
Ancient monuments
Archaeo-astronomy, 1983-1984
Astrology, c. 1959-1973
Astronomical symbols, 1966
Automates, c. 1968
Bede, the Venerable
Book dealers
Book, history of (also history of printing)
Clapham, Michael, "Printing," ch. 15 of Singer, A History of Technology, vol. III
New Catholic Encyclopedia, McGraw Hill, c. 1967
Books of Hours
LeClerq & Cabrol, Dictionnaire d'Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie
Prymers - Edmund Bishop, Liturgica Historica
Psalters & Books of Hours / Prayer Books, New Catholic Encyclopedia and Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967
Richter, Louise, Chantilly in History and Art, "Tres Riches Heures de Richard Duc de Berry"
British Horological Institute, c. 1967
Brantingham calendar, SB News-Press, 11 Jan. 1983
Cabrol, ed., Dictionnaire d'Archéologie Chrétienne et de Liturgie
"The Calendar - As It Is - And as It Might Have Been," c. 1981
Freeman-Grenville, The Muslim and Christian Calendars
Hooke, S. H., "New Years Day: The Story of the Calendar"
Hooke, S. H., Sociology of calendar
Jones, Sir Harold Spencer, "The Calendar," ch. 21 of Singer, A History of Technology, vol. III
New Catholic Encyclopedia, McGraw Hill, c. 1967
Philip, Alexander, The Calendar: Its History, Structure and Improvement
Wallace, Lewis A. R., The Luni-Solar Calendar, 1938
Calendar, Anglo-Saxon
Harrison, Kenneth, The Framework of Anglo-Saxon History
Calendar, Athenian
Mikalson, Jon D., The Sacred and Civil Calendar of the Athenian Year
Calendar, Aztec, Maya & Inca
Guerra, Francisco, "Aztec Science and Technology," 1969
Calendar, Chinese
Nakayama, Shigeru, "Characteristics of Chinese Calendrical Science," Japanese Studies in the History of Science, no. 4, 1965
Calendar, Japanese
de Garis, Frederic, for H.S.K. Yamaguchi, We Japanese
Calendar reform
1924 - Enlistment of George Eastman
Achelis, Elisabeth, "Be Not Silent"
Achelis, Elisabeth - Miscellaneous (see also World Calendar Association)
Ashbaugh, Lewis E., "Simplifying the Calendar," New York Times, Sept. 8, 1929
"Calendar Reform - What Has Happened to It?" 1960-1963
"Catholic attitude... Mastrofini" - from Denis-Boulet
Eastman, George
Edwards Plan ( Collier's, Dec. 1946 - Kyle Crichton)
Fleming, Sandford, 1961-1979
Frick, Bertha, Calendar revision bibliography
Hertz, J. H., "The Battle for the Sabbath at Geneva," 1932
Journal of Calendar Reform (UCSC), 1932
Leaflet (A) - "The 13 Months Calendar...," c. 1931-1939
Leaflet "D.C." - "Adjustment of Half-Yearly, Quarterly and Monthly Statistics to 4-Week Periods"
Leaflet (Ge). - "To Honourable Members of the Monetary and Economic Conference," June 1933
Leaflet "G2" - "Charts Proving Different Percentage-Value for Each Day," c. 1933
Leaflet "H." - "Calendar Reform - Health Statistics Part" (suppl. to Pamphlet "D")
Leaflet "L." - "Fixed Calendar Benefits for Labour," c. 1933-1934
Leaflet (L.O.) - "Calendar Revision," June 1936
Leaflet "M." - "Leap-Year Calendar Errors," designed by C. F. Marvin
Leaflet "R." - "Calendar Reform - Its Religious Part"
Leaflet "Ry" - "Calendar Reform Will Help Railways," 1932
Leaflet "SUB" - "Charts Comparing Calendar-Caused Distortions"
Leaflet "U" - "League of Nations on Calendar Reform," 1931
Leaflet No. 1. - "The Calendar's Defects and Inconveniences"
Leaflet 1a - "The Calendar's Defects and Inconveniences"
Leaflet 2r - "Calendar Simplification... Religious Part of the Calendar"
Leaflet 3. - "Governments and Organizations Deceived about Calendar Reform," c. 1936
Leaflet (3a) - League of Nations Report, Litvinoff USSR, Jan. 25, 1937
Leaflet "4u" - "Extending Use of 4-Week Periods"
Leaflet 13 - "13 Periods of Four Weeks in Business," Oct. 1932
League of Nations, 1926
League of Nations, 1927
League of Nations, 1931
League of Nations, 1934
League of Nations, 1937
Leap Day, 1968
Pamphlet "A" - "Calendar Defects and How to Remedy Them"
Pamphlet "B" - "Calendar Reform"
Pamphlet (B.A.) - "Natural Solution of the Early Bible Ages of Man"
Pamphlet "C" - "Moses the Greatest of Calendar Reformers"
Pamphlet "D." - "Calendar Reform Report of the League of Nations Special Committee on Enquiry..."
Pamphlet "E." - "Winning Calendar Reform"
Pamphlet "F." - "Women's Cause in Calendar Reform"
Pamphlet "Fo" - "Women's Cause in Calendar Reform"
Pamphlet "G." - "Calendar Simplification Urged to Safeguard Economic Prosperity," with insert of leaflet "D-C."
Pamphlet (H.O) - "Humanity's Great Opportunity," 1933
Pamphlet (Hu.) - "Humanity: An Appeal for Unity by Use of the Same Weekly Day of Rest," 1933
Pamphlet "-P" - "60 Governments Internationally Preparing for Calendar Reform"
Pamphlet (R O) - "Religion's Great Opportunity"
Pamphlet "S" of calendar reform pamphlets
Pamphlet "W" - "The 7-Day Week and Weekly Day of Rest," 2nd edition, 1931
Pamphlet "X" - Pan. Am. Union 1924 & supplement 1922
Pamphlet "Y" - Royal Society of Canada, "The Need of a Rational Almanac," 1908-1909
Pamphlet "Z" - "Time to Fix the Year"
Pamphlet 1. - "World Crisis Speeds Calendar Reform," c. 1931-1933
Pamphlet 2. - "Calendar-Caused Difficulties Are Imposed on All Nations by 30 and 31-Day Months," c. 1933
Pamphlet 3 - "Calendar Simplification," June 1, 1930
Pamphlet 4 - "Calendar Complications in Asia"
Pamphlet 13/12. - "13 Months or 12?" 1933
Pamphlet 28. - "Nature's 28-Day Month is the Easiest and Best for All Humanity"
"Progress" for IFCL illustration, Pan. Am. Bulletin, 1928
Roster of companies using 13 month calendar, 1933
Rothé, Walter - Universal Calendar, Look Magazine, Dec. 1964
United Nations, 1947
Vajda, Geza
Farley, Atlas of B.C. xeroxes, UCSB Map Room
Sage, W. N., Seminar Outline in British Columbian History
Stow, Mary Catherine, The Opening of the Northwest for Settlement, 1776-1787
Cathedrals - Europe, France
Century, Decade
Classification Systems
Civil - England by place
Civil - Europe by place
Ecclestiastical - England by place
Medieval - White, Lynn, Medieval Technology and Social Change
Michel, Scientific Instruments...
Clocks and watches
Clock and watch makers
History of
Museums (cont.)
Cotsworth, Moses Bruines
1884, 1895 - Genesis of the proposal; DCD text
1907-1920 B.C. (British Columbia)
1970s rediscovery of Cotsworth
Beating the sun, cheating the sun, 1969
Biographical notes, who was who, Canadian Observer, Canadiana, etc., Ackerman
"British Columbia: Its Supreme Advantages"
Calendar Follies, 1924
Calendar illustrations - Muslim, Hindu
Calendar reform pamphlets, 1927
Calendar Secrets - press releases (copies from Library of Congress), December 1934
"Canada's Improving Climate," British Columbia Magazine, vol. 8, no. 9, Sept. 1912
Changing Climate (CC) pamphlet, 1934
"Continuous Glacial Period," Aug. 1906 - Leeds
Cotsworth, Moses Bruines
Crisis in B.C. (from BC Archives), 1917
The Crisis in B.C. - Ministerial Union
Davidson, Andrew - Silbury Hill
DCD's drafts = Westerners
Early years, formative years
Glaciers, wandering poles, memoir and ties to ancient monuments
Ice ages - materials about
Jottings - introduction draft
MBC Christmas greetings and biography, 1934 or 1935, from Library of Congress
Origin of Leap Day, 1932
Outline by periods, intro.
Photographs, 1980-1981
Pyramids, obelisks, henges, and other ancient monuments
Pyramids, obelisks, ... - materials - gen. about
"Some Defects of the Municipal Government," from B.C. Magazine, 1912
Standard Time (BC Archives), n.d.
"Two Pamphlets on Monetary Reform," 1933
"The Way to Peace" (BC Archives), 1940
Yorkshire - "The Most Interesting District in England"
Yorkshire ref. maps: Acomb, Willtoft; notes on Bruines family
Daylight Savings Time
U.S. Uniform Time Act - Act, hearings and reports, 1966
Inventing Standard Time, Smithsonian exhibition catalog
"Marking Time" (Special Collections)
Huntington, Ellsworth, Civilization and Climate, 3rd edition, 1924
Misericords (choir stalls)
Monday Holiday Law
Della Robbia Roundels, Victoria and Albert Museum
Occupations of the Months
Occupations of the months, Kraus, c. 1964-1986
Plate tectonics
Standard Time
Čapek, Milič, "Time," and G. J. Whitrow, "Time and Measurement," from Philip Wiener, ed., Dictionary of History of Ideas, vol. 4
Comte, August, System of Positive Polity
History of
Holder, William, A Discourse Concerning Time
International Society for the Study of Time
Marking Time - "Clocks, Calendars, and Governments"
Measurement of
"Philosophy of Time," Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Stewart, Charles, "The Joints of Time," Atlantic Monthly, 1926
"Time," International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
Time Museum, Rockford, Ill.
Time in Literature
Glasser, Richard, Time in French Life and Thought
"With the Literature of Time..."
White, Lynn, Jr., Medieval Religion and Technology, c. 1978
World Calendar Association, Inc.
Wright, George Frederick, 1838-1921
Old newspaper clippings about UCSB library, 1975-1978
Charles F. A. Voysey: Architect - Exhibition catalog, University Art Galleries, 1970
"Old UCSB pictures - 1st unit library"
Time Bibliography
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Bibliography, L-Z (box 2)
Subjects (box 3)
Misc. cards
Picture Postcards
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Notecards separated from Carousel III
Carousel I, "Time," Dec. 1970 - England, France: sundials, clocks, cathedrals, castles, Roman structures, etc., c. 1967-1970
Carousel II, "Time, England Trip," Dec. 1970 - England: sundials, clocks, churches and other buildings, gardens, etc., c. 1967-1970
Carousel [III], "Time & English Pictures" - England, France: clocks, churches, etc., c. 1966-1970
Carousel IV, "Time" - France, England, Spain, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium: clocks, sundials, churches, etc.
"Time, Cotsworth stuff at UBC"
Library slides
Frick, Bertha - Calendar reform bibliography, Columbia, DCD, 1947