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But she was much more impressed when one girl on my hall was a Lauder and another was related to the Guggenheims.
Which brings us to a new challenge that the Lauder gift presents to the Met.
"This is the great painting in Vienna at the turn of the century," Lauder said at the time.
Heir to the Estee Lauder cosmetics fortune, Lauder served as ambassador to Austria under President Ronald Reagan.
To his subjects like Lauder, who joked that he hoped "he manipulates the lines out of my face," Samaras responds "fat chance."
Lauder expounded his case in a series of articles, and in a book increased the list of plundered authors to nearly a hundred.
Another branch from the same line is projected to go to Lauder.
Lauder Brunton considers the action on the heart to essentially consist in the prolongation of the systole.
On August 17, however, a pardon is dated from Lauder (ibid., 763).
It is very touching to see the confidence of Mr Lauder in the virtue of his fellow-countrymen.

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NEW ORLEANS - For the third straight year, the Allstate Sugar Bowl will sponsor the Allstate Sugar Bowl CYO Basketball Tournament. The 2010 event will run from Dec. 1-4 and will be played at four local high schools: Brother Martin, Jesuit, Rummel and St. Augustine. This year marks the 57th year of the tournament.


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The Northeast―from rugged Maine to cosmopolitan New York―has been the country's densest population center since the Revolution. Yes, it's crowded, but along sections of its coast, there's still breathing room. Whether you seek an island that takes you away from it all or a city in the center of it all, the Northeast has options.
It's a region of contrasts. Maine isles sprout slender pines; the island of Manhattan seems to grow towers of glass and steel. Quiet coastal villages such as Maine's Wiscasset, bisected by one main highway, counter cities such as Boston, encased by a complex matrix of highways and jumbled, if charming, city streets. Salty towns such as Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Portland, Maine, have transformed into artsy hubs.
Islands offer contrasts, too. Long Island has its string of tony Hamptons on the South Fork and cradles quieter towns, such as Greenport and Orient, on the North Fork. Massachusetts has its famous island pair―Nantucket (exuding a regal, yacht-club aura tempered by its hardworking whaling heritage) and Martha's Vineyard (a sprawling island with varied towns to sample). And Maine offers less developed isles such as Little Cranberry Island near Acadia National Park.
Wall Street and the arts lure many to New York City. Culture and a smaller metropolitan setting entice them to Boston. A simpler way of life―with less traffic, open waters, seafood, and cleaner air―takes them to coastal villages. And many appreciate that the best of both worlds is within driving distance. With major airports nearby and commuter railways extending farther outside metro areas, the quaint coastal towns have received more attention.
In Maine, Acadia National Park draws millions of visitors each year, but the entire shoreline offers scenic wonders. From Portland, the coast stretches south toward harbor towns and northeast (or Down East, as locals call it) in a meandering maze. From Midcoast Maine north, a series of charming towns, such as Camden, dot Route 1 on its way to the easternmost town in America―remote Eastport.
At 18 miles, the New Hampshire Seacoast, as it's known, is short and sweet, but its 25 coastal towns have New England character and plenty of beach access.
Boston naturally serves as Massachusetts' population and cultural center. Some make their home in Cape Ann to the north or the larger Cape Cod to the south, flanked by Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard.
Because of its size, airport, and cultural offerings, Providence anchors Rhode Island's coastline. Newport, with its naval complex and historic ties, is another city of interest. Block Island, accessible by air and ferry, is a beauty with some 900 year-round residents.
As venerable as they are, the small Connecticut enclaves of Mystic and Stonington seem to have a humble seafaring persona that differs from the swank towns of Greenwich and Westport or the community of Rowayton, part of Norwalk. These three well-heeled, lovely-to-live-in towns have a certain prestige attached and maintain interest in Manhattan happenings. Any of the state's coastal cities pair proximity to metro areas with small-town charm.
In New York, of course, there's "The City," as locals refer to Manhattan. But there's more. Long Island's pastures and open spaces possess character not found on Fifth Avenue. Shelter Island feels like a quiet old farmstead and oozes a Victorian feel, while Fire Island combines coastal beauty with a sometimes raucous social scene. The airport at Long Island's Islip offers an easy alternative to La Guardia and Kennedy.
There's both the buzz and congestion of the cities and the harsh reality of winter. Some oceanfront properties have been developed in haphazard fashion, leaving a mishmash of beach house styles.
Down East Maine is just that―way down east, and residents of those rural towns may feel isolated at times.
New Hampshire has a limited amount of coastal property, and property taxes are high. Massachusetts has that darn traffic around Boston (expected to improve in the wake of the "Big Dig" road project). Rhode Island and Connecticut offer access to big cities, but the commute can get old. In some eyes, a detractor to Mystic, Connecticut, and its environs is the booming casino that opened nearby. Marketing plans often include deals or packages based in Mystic, which might help tourism but bothers some residents.
New York is, well, New York, in all its glory and with all its issues, from terror threats to high-priced restaurants and hard-to-find, expensive housing.
Housing Options:
On Nantucket, saltbox houses huddle on dunes in cloaks of signature gray shingles. In Long Island's Southampton, brick and marble edifices hide behind green hedges, while the same island's small town of East Marion features farmhouses that hug the highway. Maine has its share of farmhouses, too, with simple and austere lines.
Throughout New England, Federal-style homes mingle with grand Victorian summer cottages. Designs for new construction often call on such traditions, mimicking elements of old sea captain's houses built in the Federal style or playing with Victorian farmhouse details.
Housing Costs:
The average condo price in the Portsmouth, New Hampshire, area sold in the last half of 2003 was $236,000, while some waterfront condos ran more than $1 million. In the nearby beach town of Rye, New Hampshire, condos on or near the water range from $600,000 to $1 million. Single-family homes near the water in Rye can run $1 or $2 million. Ditto or even much higher for a house in charming Bellport, New York, out on Long Island. In the actual Hamptons, millions are the norm. Rhode Island's Block Island is also pretty pricey: Average single-family home price? $1.4 million. Maine offers the best property values for your money. There's still some undeveloped land, and property taxes are relatively low. On Little Cranberry Island, Maine, a house away from the ocean, but near enough, goes for $225,000, and a five-bedroom, historic home at the island's center goes for $385,000.
Your Next-door Neighbors:
The region draws people from all over the globe, including professionals, creative types, and fishermen. Smaller towns maintain a core of natives who might size up newcomers, but New Englanders prove warm, friendly, and open, even if they are practical and no-nonsense. Out on Long Island and on Martha's Vineyard, you'll rub elbows with celebrities, but if you become a resident, you'll soon stop staring. From artists and chefs who flock to islands and coastal hamlets to retirees living out their dreams, this region welcomes one and all.
How You'd Spend Your Free Time:
You might walk down to the water to catch a glimpse of the Hudson in New York, or roam a broad beach all by yourself in Rhode Island. Big cities bring big bands such as the Boston Pops or the bright lights of Broadway, but clamming in Rhode Island or New Hampshire asks a smaller ticket price. Highway 6 on the north part of Cape Cod offers endless antiquing, and some make a pastime of attending the yard sales out on Long Island. In Maine, trek over to a lobster dock to grab tonight's dinner. And in Newport, Rhode Island, you might attend a holiday ball at one of the historic mansions in town. In Connecticut, residents join local sailing clubs where members bring their own meat to grill while they cheer kids' sailing races.


text: When Vivienne Jolie-Pitt got cast in Angelina Jolie's movie Maleficent she got paid. Everyone is making a huge deal out of the fact she was paid $3000 a week. Yes, it is a lot of money, but it also happens to be scale for a SAG theatrical feature for a weekly performer with that size of a budget. Technically it is slightly less than $3K, but I think the original report just rounded up the $100. I realize that if she worked every week of the year she would be making $150K at the age of four, but that is not going to happen. The other girl that was cast was also paid the same amount as Vivienne. I am all for great headlines, but the thing is your kids would have been paid the same amount so I don't see the huge story.


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I, ______________, take The Aspiring Writers Pledge to write a book in 2010 with the intent of publishing. I promise to update my progress weekly, ask when I need support and encourage others to complete the task at hand.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
The Aspiring Writers Pledge
37 comments:
- Lindsay said...
Ooh, ooh! Count me in! I have a manuscript that's just begging to be finished ASAP. Great idea, Liz!
- February 23, 2010 at 8:57 PM
- C.L. Moyer said...
I'm in. You can find me at:
or on Facebook:
I have the first of four ms for my mystery series written and am in the rewriting stage on that one, Stolen Spring.
Go us!!!!!
- February 24, 2010 at 8:59 PM
- Kerrie T. said...
Hi Liz. I'm Zoe's running buddy. :) This is great! I'm going to take the pledge and post it on my writing blog (http://howtobeanauthor.blogspot.com). I finally decided what genre I want to write: picture books, so now I'm gonna go after it like I'm doing with all this marathon training!
- February 24, 2010 at 9:24 PM
- lunar_amaranth said...
Found your blog via Facebook. I'm the full time mommy of one hyperactive four-year-old, so I empathize with not always having time to write. I've been puttering away at a story for about five years now, and have finally settled down to really finish it.
Your pledge is a great idea...I've posted it on my writer's blog over at http://nightphoenix.com. Added you to my blogroll as well!
- February 25, 2010 at 8:42 AM
- Heather said...
Joining the fray--Great idea!!!
I'm Heather, host of Craftlit.com podcast. First YA novel done and in the hands of agents, sequel 1/3 drafted (but a first draft...so...you know...).
Mother, knitter, spinner, Professor, Ed writer, blogger (mamaoknits.com) volunteer...yikes! That's a lot when I write it out that way. Thank you for the push in the right direction.
- February 25, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Corra McFeydon said...
Great post!! Your blog is so organized!
I respect your hard work and understand it must be so challenging to make this pledge while attending school and working full-time as a mother. Good for you!! :)
from the desk of a writer
- February 25, 2010 at 4:31 PM
- Mia said...
Oh, this is a brilliant idea! Um, I'm a complete newbie(started writing last year) but I'll eagerly join you.
I actually found you from Charity Branford's Pledge (http://charitywrites.blogspot.com)
Say, we could have a special badge to display to!! No? It's just an idea...
- February 26, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Mia said...
Sorry *ahem* there's a typo there. I do apologise, the last "to" should be "too". Dang I can fail at typing sometimes..
- February 26, 2010 at 4:45 PM
- Liz H. Allen said...
Ha ha. No worries. I am the Queen of Typos. I swear, I must have been absent the week we learned grammar in school.
- February 26, 2010 at 5:18 PM
- Corra McFeydon said...
Hey Liz -
I linked this pledge at the bottom of this post.
from the desk of a writer
corra's writing room
- February 27, 2010 at 2:03 AM
- Charity Bradford said...
Goodness, thought I posted earlier, but I'll post again. Love this idea! I posted the pledge on Thursday over on my blog. My Writing Journey
I'm the mother of four kids. I've always written things down, and my current book has been swirling through my mind for years. Two years ago I finally wrote it down in all of its 60K crappy glory. I put it away for several months, but came back and started revisions. I need to be more consistent so I can finish and send it out into the world. In Jan I decided it was time to get serious, so thanks for the extra help!
- February 27, 2010 at 7:52 PM
- J. Kaye said...
Although I can't commit to a novel, I am pledging to work on at least one of my novels every day in 2010. It would be very cool to have one completed though. :) I'm adding you to my blog roll and hopefully we can cheer each other on this year!
- March 1, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Corra McFeydon said...
Hi! This is just a quick note to let you know I linked this article in my February review at Wordpress. I can't figure out how to do trackbacks to Blogger. I'm also tweeting it either tonight or tomorrow.
from the desk of a writer
- March 1, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Lisa Schlegel said...
I made this promise internally in January. Now, I'll hop on the wagon and make it publicly. Thanks for the opportunity to join others on the road to completed manuscripts and hopeful submissions.
- March 2, 2010 at 8:02 PM
- porcelaine said...
What a wonderful idea. I've decided to join in as well. Although my goals are a little different. I'm not prepared to produce a novel just yet. Nonetheless I've committed myself to serious targeted writing exploits to bring me one step closer.
I've added your button and referenced the pledge on my blog:
Best of luck!
- March 3, 2010 at 3:26 AM
- Melissa said...
Took the pledge. It's on my facebook page. I've created an event page for the actual writing to record my progress.
- March 6, 2010 at 11:47 AM
- Mary McDonald said...
Count me in. :-)
- March 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Lilah Pierce said...
Its a wonderful idea and I absolutely love the it! However, I know I would fail if I were to take this pledge. I'm just not ready to set specific goals. But I will be some day, and when I am, hopefully I will still be able to take the pledge. (Hope it doesn't lose anything because I will probably being using a different year.)
Anyway, good luck to you, and everyone else who has pledged! I admire you all!
- March 21, 2010 at 8:38 PM
- bewitched said...
ok, so I am taking this pledge...it is exactly the kick in the ass my procrastinating, ADD, self needs to treat my writing as more than just a hobby!
A little about myself...
I am a stay at home mom of 6 kids ages 18,11,10,8,6,3. I love being home with them but yes, they do lead to mucho distractions! My house is never clean and I often write in the most undisciplined way possible...that is I get inspired and rip through a page or pages and then often don't return to it for months as I hate the revisions.
My inspirations and loves are all things Beat...that's the Beat Generation, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Burroughs. I also have a love for the chew 'em up and spit 'em out, grab 'em by the balls work, of Hubert Selby Jr. My writing is not mainstream and is not for everyone, but that's ok there are many small presses out there that may someday appreciate it.
Well that's all folks...
- March 26, 2010 at 12:56 PM
- Swimmer said...
I'm with ya!!
My blog is www.lovingbooksandmore.blogspot.com
and I just posted
- March 28, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- Tara said...
I took the pledge! Thanks!
- March 29, 2010 at 4:18 AM
- Jen M. said...
What an inspiring promise! I've pledged and posted the link on my blog, http://displacedyankeeinnc.blogspot.com/
Thanks for the cyber-encouragement!
- April 1, 2010 at 6:24 PM
- Your Jen said...
I took the pledge as well. Very happy to have run across you. Thank you!
- April 11, 2010 at 9:34 PM
- Liz H. Allen said...
I'm so thrilled to see all of you joining in. Please be sure to spread the word and update us often so we know how you are doing.
- April 13, 2010 at 6:46 PM
- Cinnamon said...
I'll join. :)
- April 29, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Liz H. Allen said...
Great to have you! I'll add you to the list! Along with your pledge post, I'm sure we'd all love to know more about you and what you are writing.
- April 29, 2010 at 3:42 PM
- Sandra Stiles said...
I took the Writer's Pledge. This is just what I needed. I also posted it on Facebook.
- June 27, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Michelle Leeds said...
count me in! :)
- August 10, 2010 at 8:05 AM
- Alegria said...
I'm in!=)
- August 16, 2010 at 1:22 AM
- Raleigh RoxStar said...
I'm a little late to the party, but after finishing NaNoWriMo I think I can still make it. Looking forward to next year.
- December 4, 2010 at 8:14 AM
- Constance said...
FANTASTIC idea :-)
good job *nods*
I am just starting out.
this is moi --> http://precociousscribe.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html
- February 9, 2011 at 2:51 PM
- dldzioba said...
I'm late to the party but I'm game. I'm actually a little ahead of the game. I finished my first draft last month. It's with beta readers now.
- March 4, 2011 at 9:44 PM
- Rebecca Clare Smith said...
I'm even later to the party, but I'll pretend I'm trying to be fashionable. It was my plan all along to arrive here over a year behind everyone else.
This is my corner of the internet:
- March 30, 2011 at 2:50 AM
- Diva J. said...
I take the writer's pledge in 2011. I know, I'm late, but at least I'm committed :)
- March 30, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Ren said...
I followed Rebecca over so I'm fashionably late as well :)
- April 1, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Leah said...
I pledge^^
- April 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Jodi Janz said...
I would love to join your party. I do not need the boost to write but my husband is nagging me to take the next step and do something with all the novels I'm writing. So I promised him I would pursue publication this year - 2011. So I am adding your pledge to my blog as a reminder every day to take one more step closer to the ... fire?
Feel free to check me out at jodijanz.blogspot.com
I am writing a raw and first-draft story right on my page.
- April 19, 2011 at 6:39 PM


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LOS ANGELES – The University of Kentucky women's soccer team saw its season come to an end on Friday night at Drake Stadium, as the Wildcats fell to No. 2/2 UCLA in the second round of the 2013 NCAA Women's Soccer Championships, 3-0.
"Congratulations to a well-coached UCLA team that beat us tonight," UK head coach Jon Lipsitz said. "They are a fantastic team who we expect to go far in the tournament. We also appreciate all the operations here at UCLA for being first-class in hosting us. This was a game where we knew certain details had to go our way. Giving up an early goal changed the game, but we are extremely proud of our effort and what we wanted to accomplish this season. I can't wait to start preparing for 2014 because the potential of the future of this program is so exciting.
"I would be remised if I didn't give thanks to Mitch Barnhart who flew out across the country today to watch us play. I don't think there is another AD in the country who would travel this way to support these student-athletes knowing he has to be in Georgia for a football game tomorrow. That just shows the unbelievable dedication and support that he and the UK athletic department has for all 22 sports and the passion that he has for this university."
The season was yet another one for the record books under Lipsitz, as Kentucky won 14 matches and finished in the top five of the Southeastern Conference for the second year in a row. The senior class of Kayla King, Danielle Krohn, Kacie Kumar, Caitlin Landis and Ashley VanLandingham combined for 51 wins in the last four years, making it the second winningest class in UK women's soccer history and only the second class to win 10-plus matches all four years.
Kentucky has set new standards under Lipsitz and his staff, as the Wildcats have now hosted an NCAA Tournament match each of the last three seasons, and advancing into the second round the last two.
The Bruins scored early in the match, putting the pressure on early, as junior defender Caprice Dydasco scored her first goal of the season in the fourth minute. Dydasco got the ball wide from goal about 30 yards out and fired a rifle into the far post past a diving Kayla King to her right into the upper 90.
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Courtney Proctor scored her third goal of the season in the 71st minute as she took a ball from the top of the box and launched it to the far post past a diving King. The Bruins then added a third, putting the game out of reach in the 81st minute as Dydasco scored her second goal of the match and second of the season to put UCLA ahead 3-0 with under 10 minutes to go in the match.
UCLA ended up outshooting Kentucky 20-5 overall in the match, with the Bruins putting 12 on target, while holding the Kentucky attach to just one shot on goal the full 90 minutes.
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Lab Theater to perform Tony Award-winning drama, 'Proof'
The department of theatre and dance at the University of South Carolina will produce the award-winning drama, "Proof," Oct. 7 - 10 at the Lab Theater on Wheat Street.
David Britt, acting instructor in the department, will direct the all-student cast.
Tickets are $5 and available at the door. All performances are at 8 p.m.
The drama follows Catherine, a college dropout who has spent the past few years caring for her father, a famous mathematician, who suffers from a mental illness. Now, following his death, she must deal with her own volatile emotions; the arrival of her estranged sister, Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that her father left behind. Over the long weekend that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father's madness—or genius—will she inherit?
"I chose this play because our students are coming into their adulthood," said Britt. "One of the biggest impacts adulthood brings is the realization of what we have in common with our parents. We inherit all sorts of behaviors from our parents."
The play has received many accolades, including a Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2001, Tony Award for Best Play in 2001 and a major film adaptation in 2005, starring Gwenyth Paltrow and Anthony Hopkins.


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':.::.■ .v'v.v. •>>>>; mBB^HiiBi ■■mi .... ^M^^ HE PIERZ JOURNAL VOL. 2. ■^/.-■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■i NO. .5 J LOCAL SCHOOL THOMMES-SASKOSKI /m ncrn TAI\U V KasPer Thommes, Lastrup Blacksmitli. CLUSfcl) lUllJAY | Weds Bertha Saskosi Tues.,May 30 220 Pupils Were Enrolled This! Year —Average Daily Attendance Was 112 1911, The en- The tend- 815, 12 pu- ng to were very e, but better ist on dance. School ended June 8, after a successful yean total number of pupi' rolled this vear was 220 total dumber of daily a making- an average-of 1 pils each day. Accord this record 108 pupils absent every day The school is making good headway as a who no doubt could do much if the people would insj more regular attem This is, however, a common fault in all schools. B ut why is it? I, as principal of the school.shall undertake t o solve the problem, which is) easilv done. It is simply because tbe people do not understand how much harm is d one bv keeping the children out of school. I shall attemplt to explain the importance of regular attendance. No child, no matter how bright, ca/n afford to miss one day of school. This is self-evident! How can one expect to ttiake his work a success if bet misses many lesson*. Ever# lesson iniss'ed is a vacant spjot in his record. All les-onsafre linked too-ether in such a ivay that today's lesson must t|>e understood before one cam understand tomorrow's. Then-fore, if one lesson is ttt'wjked, one link is out rf the ch.ain; and how can one expect io make a durable chain if so )ie cf the links are poor, or m(s<ing en- tirelv. Not only is (the lesson i missed on the day bne is absent, but the following lessons are also weakened (|>n account of not haviug had a/, clear understanding of the one. The success (of the pupils of this year will show how 'Important it is to attend. No one,with a few exceptions, has been promoted, who has not attended regularly./ Some, of course, who hav* attended regularly, have not been promoted, because of 'the inability of the child toj do the required work. I The graduating class of this year is rather/ small, only four having succeeded in getting their diplomas. These are: Albert Mfeyer, Mary Brunette, Anton Macho and Frank Macho, IJIany of the CasperThommes,son of Mr.and Mrs.Math. Thommes of Agram, and Bertha Saskoski, daughter of Mrs. Saskoski of Lastrup, were married in St. John's church, at Lastrup, Tuesday, May 30. Nick Thommes,brother to the groom, and Thos. Saskoski, brother to the bride, acted as best men; Lena Saskoski, the bride's sister, and Margareth Thommes, sister to the groom, served as bridesmaids. The wedding dinner was served at the home of the bride's mother in Lastrup,at which only the relatives and a few close friends were present. The young couple will live in Henry Kingen's house in Lastrup. The Journal wishes them a long life and unmeasured happiness. Clothes of Pinapple By far the prettiest cloth made, is turned out in Manilla, by the women who weave pineapple fibre into the most beautiful satiny fabrics. American women are learning that it is most beautiful for evening gowns, because of its airiness and strength. They are also learning that fhere is nothing so strengthening after housework, as a glass of one of the brands of the golden grain belt beers, prescribed by physicians often for women. A case in the house always prevents man- y a worry when company comes. Secure your supply from E. S. Tanner, Little Falls Minn. VILLAGE COUNCIL HELDMEETING Last Saturday Evening — Routine Business Attended—A Few Bills Passed were $6.35 8.80 6.80 MARKET DAY WAS WELL ATTENDED Many People in Town in Spite of Heavy Roads—Village Team Won Tug-of-War others lack one ojr two certificates. These will, no doubt, be in the 1912 diss. In all, the eighth and seventh grades have succeeded in getting forty-ninej certificates from the county|rbut they are scattered and h-fice only four have succeeded required numtj cates needed fo, Todav a scho ing held at Fisf children were The heavy roads, caused by regoing | rajn )-*ie |-wo preceeding nights, did not deter many from coming to town last Saturday, Market Day, and a good sized crowd attended. The tug-of war between the village team and a team from the rountry was won by the village team. The village team was composed of John J. Boser, Geo. Boser, NicK Meyer,Joseph P. Meyer, Frank Flicker, August Leiter, Jake Duscher, Nick Ahles. Those who pulled in the team from the country are John Brummer, Jos. J. Brummer, Geo. Tretter, Marshall Loop, I.W.Driver, John Meyer, Geo. Waller, Chas. Wise. This contest, as the one on last Market Day, was for a purse. It is probable that a team from Agram will take a crack at the village boys next Market Day. Jun large rigs fur of our liberal business men board has sho by giving $15 penses of the The principa sisters join in, pupils an enj They also wisj who #-iil att! would start t If this wish teachers, a s year is prom The follov, absent nor t entire vear: \ Catherine Be Meyer, Loretta Catherine Domb Bares, Peter Gr Macho, Ber William Weiss, Marie Bares, Lo getting the • of certifi- . diploma. picnic is be- [■ lake. The ^1:en out in i°id by some s.irmers and srhe school ^generosity "■rdsthe ex- nertainment. honorable hing their I2a£ vacation. ^7,,tall- those fit all- next year, c'y first day. ssranted the ".sful school vere neither '6 during the -, Francis Hartmann, ■y, Loretta [el, Svlves- rd Eller, ia Karst, ,a Staub, Valentine Krantz Pays Welcome Visit Valentine Krantz and wife of Red Lake Falls and his son-in- law and daughter, Math. Bauer and wife of Elrosa,Stearns Co., were visitors at Hubert Bares' a few days this vveek.Mr.Krantz's health has been poor for the past few months and his stopover visit here was on his way home from Paynesville, where he had consulted a physician. Mr. Bauer is wheat buyer in the C. Borgerding elevator at Elrosa; New Stockbuyer for Pierz George Olson of Clarissa is now here buying stock. Mr. Olson is well satisfied with the prospects in this field and will probably make Pierz his permanent home. Joe Meyer was Falls Tuesday. in Little Frank Neisius, Stephen Gravel, John Stumpf, Clara Faust, Gertrude Nohner, Mary Brunette,CrescentiaFaust, Agnes Meyer and Henry Brunette. Nick Ahles, Prin. Last Saturday at 8 o'clock P. M. the members of the council of the village of Pierz met in regular monthly session. All members were present. The proceedings of all previous meetings were read and approved. The following bills allowed: C. Tembreull,corporation cock Henry Roch, rebate on 44 yds. cement sidewalk.. Frank Grell, mantles John Dombovy, repair on engine 4.05 Fairbanks Morse Co 1.74 J. Borgerding Co., lumber 1.35 Upon motion the bids that were received for sprinkling the Main street were laid over until next meeting. Upon motion resolved to allow members of the fire department the sum of $20 if one member attends and if two members attend to allow them thirty dollars. Additional bills: F. Fuhrmann, work on street $20.39 Pierz Journal, publishing etc 11.60 Upon motion resolved to allow the base ball team $fo.00 towards a ground. Adjourned subject to call. Frank Grell, Recorder LIGHTNING STRIKES C. KUSCJEL'S BARN Building Burned so Rapidly That Owner Had Scarcely Time to Save Horses The heavy wind and electric storm which passed over P;erz and its vicinitySaturday night was the most violent experienced here in a long time. The wind was from the east and was strong, straight and steady. Houses were shaken, trees were uprooted, and machine sheds and outhouses were upset. About ten o'clock a strong reflection of fire was seen in the southern sky. At first glance it was thought that this fire was only a mile or two from the village, but a telephone message to Buckman gave the information that the blaze was about one milesouth of the latter place. The next morning it was learnt that Carl Kushel's barn, about three and one-half miles south of the village of Buckinan had burnt to the ground. This building, which was new and one ot the largest in this neighborhood—50 bv 100 feet—was struck by lightning about nine o'clock. It took fire and so rapidly spread the flames, that the owner had scarcely led the last horse out of the burning building, when the roof fell in. The loss is partially covered by insurance. LOST—Last Sunday evening, a pup, four months old, dark brown. Finder please return to me and receive reward. 51-3 pd Mike Thommes HenryWaninger and Christ Reese of Platte were business visitors in Pierz the the fore part of the week. STRAYED—A black mare strayed to my place near Ruckerabout a week ago.Owner may have same by calling at my place. Henry Ferguson 51-1 Michael Ries, of AltoVisto. Iowa, father of Joe Ries, arrived here yesterday for a short visit with his son. PIERZ B. B. TEAM WON FIRST GAME Defeated Buckman Sunday by Score of 17 to 5—Laurels of Little Falls Here Next Sunday In a loosely played game at Buckman, Sunday, Pierz defeated the Buckman team by a score of 17 to 5. At the beginning Buckman took the lead, running in three scores to Pierz' one, but lost it in the third inning and was never again able to regain it. As the game advanced the Pierz team tightened up more and more, becoming used to the ground, with the result that the Buckman team was shut out j during the last four innings. Leo Wermerskirchen was on the mound for the locals and pitched an excellent game, for his first this season, striking out eighteen men. The feature of the game was an unassisted triple play by J. N. Faust. The game brought out the fact that the batting department of the local team was one of its weakest points and ofte that must be remedied before long. Next Sunday the local team will play the Little Falls Laurels here. The score by innings: 123456789 Buckman 30002000 0- Ql'AkE FELT IN TIIE COUNTY SEAT Several Residents Felt Slight Shock at 5:30 Friday Afternoon The earthquake shock, which was felt Friday afternoon in South Dakota, was also felt a bout the same time in Little Kails by several people. John Wetzel was sitting in his rooms reading at 5:30 Friday afternoon when he felt his chair sway slightly from side to side. At the time he gave little attention to the circumstance, but later, in conversation with others, he was told that they too had felt the shock. Dr. G. M. A. Fortier also felt the shock, as did others in the Vasaly block.— Transcript. BARNUM CIRCUS AT SUPERIOR & DULUTH World's Best Show to Exhibit There on Friday, June JO, and Saturday, July l.j DENGELKRZENBERG Well known Young People of Buck' man Married last Tuesday. Pierz 10300410 8- - n -17 Catherine and Annie Joa of St. Martin spent a week at the home of Nick Schraut. They returned home yesterday. COMMERCIAL CLUB HELDJIEETING And Decided to Promote a Grand Celebration for the comming Fourth Last Tuesday morning at nine o'clock in St. Michael's church, Buckman,occurred the marriage of Otto Dengel, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dengel, and Margareth Kelzenberg, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Kelzenberg. Math. Kelzenberg brother to the bride, acted as best man, while Mary Dengel, sister to the groom, was bridesmaid. After the ceremonies at the church the bridal party and guests repaired to the home of the bride"s parents and indulged in liquid and solid refreshments, and in the pastimes of card- playing, music, singing and dancing, until a late hour. May they live long and happy. die Th e Pierz commercial club held its monthly meeting in the village hall Wednesday e- venirg with a fair attendance of members. The proceedings of the previous meeting were read and accepted'. Bill of Meyer Bros, for S3.60 was allowed. Bill of J. Neisius for $3.85 was laid over. President Virnig reappointed the old committee on sports for the next Market Day. It was decided to have a 100 yard foot race in addition to the tug of war. After some discussion as to the best manner of promoting and conducting the coming Fourth of July celebration, the chair appointed the following committees: On Collections C. E. Gravel, E. L. Kaliher, On Music A. E. Macho. On Sports. Jos. Ries, E. L. Kaliher, C. E. Cravel, E. H. Kerkhoff On Parade John Dombovv, E. H. Kerkhoff, Ed. Seguin' Jos. P. Meyer. On Fireworks. Frank Grell, P. A. Hartmann, F. X. Virnig, J. Blake, On Advertising E. H. Kerkhoff. These committees will meet again in the village hall Monday evening, for the purpose of forming a more definite program. Jos. Froelich left last Monday for Montana, where he intends to do some work on the land he bought a few months ago. Andrew Stroman of Swanville was here Wednesday. RESULTS OF THE CO. EXAMINATIONS Names of Those in this Neigborhood Who Passed the Exam- inations Below we give the names of those in this neighborhood who passed the recently held county examinations: District 14—Frank Macho, Albert Meyer, Anton Macho and Mary Brunette. District 36—Leo Saskoski. District 39—RuthBeckman, Christine Thielen and Lizzie Tretter. District 41—Jos. F. Mischke, Agnes L. Kapsner and Nick L. Billig. District 78—Clara Thommes and Marv Langer. District 99—Edward Kobilka and Agnes Poster. State of Ohio, \ City op Toledo, [ ss. Lucas County. ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the tirm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said tirm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this6th day of December, A. D. 1888. !**■*.. , A- W. GLEASON, IbEAL.; notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY &Co., Toledo, O. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family pills for constipation. EYES: Dr. Walman, the EyeSpecialist, will be in Pierz, June 12. Office at Hotel. Dr. Walman gives special attention to difficult eye troubles, such as cross eves, chronic headaches, dim and failing eyesight. ... Mrs. Jos. Blake of Lastrup was a visitor in our village Tuesday. The people of Pierz and vicinity are t'> be given an op* portunitv of seeir.g the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth which will give two performances in Superior on Fridav, June 30, and in Duluth on Saturdav, Julv 1. Main wonder'lll features, new to American circus goers ar** promised. A companv of 400 of the world's most prominent circus talent, principal* lv European, will prewent an array of novelties. There will De an elaborate forenoon oarade and a new nianagerie. In the menagerie among man- v other wonders is to be found Baby Bumbeeno, the only giraffe ever born in America. It is just one year old. Among the more sensational numbers on tile long- bill are John Ducander's company of bell-ringing horses, from England; the FYmelli company of Italian acrobats, the Siet rist-Silbon family of German aerialists, Jupiter, the baloon horse, Charles the First, a chimpanzee bicycle rider and roller skater, the great Geor- yetty cfamily of French jugglers, the Les Deko and Les Silvas familv of French equil- librists, Noonan's brass band of elephants, Capt. Winston's troupe of riding and juggling seals and sea lions, Berzac's com pan V of mule and pony actors, Nederweld's dog and monkey circus, Victoria Co- donna, the world's greatest wire dancer,and the fifty funniest clowns in the world. The Barnum and Bailey circus is now at the zenith of success. It travels on a train more than a mile in length. It employes 1,286 people and has 700 horses. In the menagerie are forty elephants and over 1,000 other strange animals. The show carries its own dynamos illuminating the twenty tents and the show grounds with 4,000 incandescent lamps, arc lights, search lights and beacons. The railroads will make special arrangements to convey visitors from outlying towns to Superior and Duluth on show day. Broke Auto Axle Near Rucker W. H. Ryan of LittleFalls, while on his way to MilleLacs lake, last Sunday morning, had the misfortune to break an auto axle about one mile northeast of Rucker. He drove back to Little Falls Sunday evening, but came out again Monday with anew axle and passed thru here again on his wav home with his new axleized auto at nine o'clock in the evening. It was a hard day for Ryan but a comfortable one for the fish. One of Frank Altrichter's best horses was found Monday morning tangled in a barb wire fence. The animal was badly cut, especially in one of its hind legs. F. J. Gilbride and Frank Waninger left last Tuesday for Wilmar, S. Dak., where Mr. Gilbride will go into the jewelry busines; Frank will do cement work. And. Mohler of southwestern Hiilman was in Pierz yesterday on a horse deal or sale. He says that small grain in his neighberhood has never looked better than so far this year. A large yield is expected and he savs he thinks that some farmers will get 25 to 30 bushels of wheat per acre.
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Discussion in 'Off-topic Zone' started by Sam I Am, Oct 19, 2011.
A Meerkat trying to stay awake. :laugh2:
Yoda with human flesh
Fail! :laugh2:
Today's xkcd is brilliant
Traffic Lights
Diablo costume! I want!
A large cluster of stars as seen by the Hubble space telescope
These women fight bulls without weapons.
And because it's debate day...
History of Earth as a clock. The Earth's age is approximately 4.54 billion years old.
Mantis are tough, but I don't think he is going to win this fight.
The Helix Nebula
Pretty sure that's a "she" mantis...
Little known fact... the female mantis frequently begins cannibalizing the male during coitus by biting his head off forcing the the male to ejaculate more quickly. After the fact, she finishes eating him...
Glad I'm not a mantis...
But you're right... she ain't winning that battle...
Volcano erupting as seen from the International Space Station (ISS)
This kind of brilliant blue is caused when ice is under such tremendous pressure that the air bubbles in it are literally compressed out and, since air-free ice absorbs every color in the spectrum except for blue, the blue is reflected back to our eyes.
Coyotes are adapting to life in suburbs and cities. Here's one using public transportation in Portland, Oregon!
Happy Birthday Neil deGrasse Tyson
Not even going to ask how this came about.


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Fox News' Emanuel advances Lieberman's dubious claim about public option increasing debt
Research ››› ››› DIANNA PARKER
On Fox & Friends, correspondent Mike Emanuel advanced the falsehood that a public option will increase the national debt by adopting Sen. Joe Lieberman's claim that it "could rack up major debt, sending the country into a recession worse than the one we're currently in." In fact, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) found that health care bills with a public option reduce or have no major impact on the deficit; moreover, every proposed bill with a public option thus far has required enrollees to cover its costs through premiums, rather than have the plans be paid for through federal revenues.
Emanuel repeatedly advances Lieberman falsehood on public option, calls it an "interesting take"
From the November 9 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends:
STEVE DOOCY (host): Clearly, Harry Reid is going to be involved in this, Mike Emanuel. Do we know what other senators could play a vital, pivotal role?
EMANUEL: Well, it's interesting. Senator Joe Lieberman, who is the independent from Connecticut, was on Fox News Sunday yesterday. And he had an interesting take about the public option. Let's take a listen.
LIEBERMAN [video clip]: If the public option plan is in there, as a matter of conscience, I will not allow this bill to come to a final vote, because I believe the debt can break America and send us into a recession that's worse than the one we are fighting our way out of today.
EMANUEL: And you may ask yourself at home, why is Joe Lieberman such a big deal? He is only one of 100 senators. Well, if Joe Lieberman agrees to join the Republicans on a filibuster, then guess what? Health care reform could be stuck in mud, if you will, and not go forward in the U.S. Senate -- guys.
DOOCY: Joe-mentum.
EMANUEL: Senator Joe Lieberman's already saying that he will hold up health care if the government-run public option is in there, arguing another massive entitlement could rack up major debt, sending the country into a recession worse than the one we're currently in, guys.
But CBO has shown that a public option reduces or has no impact on the deficit
CBO estimated federal budget deficit reductions of $109 billion during first decade. CBO found that the health care reform bill that passed the House on November 7, the Affordable Health Care for America Act (H.R. 3962), "would yield a net reduction in federal budget deficits of $109 billion over the 2010-2019 period."
CBO said public option in HELP bill "did not have a substantial effect on the cost" projections for the bill. According to a July 2 analysis of the Senate HELP Committee bill, the bill "includes provisions regarding a 'public plan,' but those provisions did not have a substantial effect on the cost or enrollment projections, largely because the public plan would pay providers of health care at rates comparable to privately negotiated rates -- and thus was not projected to have premiums lower than those charged by private insurance plans in the exchanges."
Bills with public option require its costs to be covered by premiums, not federal funds
House, Senate health committee bills require premiums to cover costs of public plan. Although the Senate has not released the text of its compromise bill, both the House bill and the Senate HELP Committee bill require their public options to charge premiums sufficient to cover administrative costs as well as the cost of enrollees' benefits. The Senate Finance Committee bill did not include a public option.
From the Affordable Health Care for America Act, H.R. 3962:
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PREMIUMS. --
(1) IN GENERAL.-The Secretary shall establish geographically adjusted premium rates for the public health insurance option --
(A) in a manner that complies with the premium rules established by the Commissioner under section 213 for Exchange-participating health benefits plans; and
(B) at a level sufficient to fully finance the costs of --
(i) health benefits provided by the public health insurance option; and
(ii) administrative costs related to operating the public health insurance option.
From the Affordable Health Choices Act as passed by the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee:
(A) PREMIUMS SUFFICIENT TO COVER COSTS. -- The Secretary shall set premium rates in an amount sufficient to cover expected costs (including claims and administrative costs) using methods in general use by qualified health plans.
Bills' tax revenues are used to cover expansion of coverage, with or without public option
Senate Finance bill with no public option requires tax on high-cost plans to cover expansion of Medicaid and subsidies for lower- and middle-income Americans purchasing insurance. According to CBO's analysis of the Senate Finance Committee bill, the revenues from the excise tax and penalty payments, along with the savings from Medicare, would pay for the expansion of the Medicaid program and the subsidies to help certain lower- and middle-income Americans purchase private insurance through the exchanges.
House bill requires tax on high-income Americans to cover expansion of Medicaid and subsidies for lower- and middle-income Americans purchasing insurance. CBO's November 6 cost estimate of H.R. 3962 indicates that expanding Medicaid and providing subsidies for some families to purchase insurance through the exchanges would cost roughly $891 billion over 10 years. This cost is offset, in part, by revenues from a surtax on high-income Americans as well as savings from Medicare and other federal health programs. From CBO:
The estimate includes a projected net cost of $891 billion over 10 years for the proposed expansions in insurance coverage. That net cost itself reflects a gross total of $1,052 billion in subsidies provided through the exchanges (and related spending), increased net outlays for Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and tax credits for small employers; those costs are partly offset by $167 billion in collections of penalties paid by individuals and employers. On balance, other effects on revenues and outlays associated with the coverage provisions add $6 billion to their total cost.
Over the 2010-2019 period, the net cost of the coverage expansions would be more than offset by the combination of other spending changes, which CBO estimates would save $427 billion, and receipts resulting from the income tax surcharge on high-income individuals and other provisions, which JCT and CBO estimate would increase federal revenues by $574 billion over that period.
CBO score of Senate HELP bill shows bulk of cost is for subsidies for lower- and middle-income Americans purchasing insurance. CBO's July 2 analysis of the Senate HELP Committee's bill, which includes a public option, shows that the subsidies to help certain low- and middle-income Americans purchase insurance through the exchange would cost around $723 billion.
Numerous media outlets reported Lieberman's claims
Media outlets run with Lieberman's baseless claims. The Associated Press, Politico, CNN.com, NBC News' First Read blog, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal have all uncritically reported Lieberman's stated rationale for saying he would join a filibuster of the Senate health care bill if it included an opt-out public option. By contrast, in an October 27 post to CBS News' Political Hotsheet blog, Stephanie Condon wrote: "Lieberman has said he opposes a public option because of the potential burden it could place on taxpayers. However, Democrats have crafted a public option that would be financed by premiums rather than federal funds."
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crazy drops all day
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crazy drops all day
stayed patient and waited for the afternoon incoming tide. Perfect barrels for 2-3 hours. No complaints.
I had the greatest time ever yesterday. 48th was firing all day practically, there was a West OZ looking sandbar that had some crazy barrels which led into an easier barreling left. Vince was killing it, making air drops left and right. Needless to say it was one of the best solid swells weve had in a while.
My epoxy santa cruz was dinged too! Theres a big gash in the bottom. I think it hit some dune fence or maybe it was from my knee after getting maytaged a few times.
but who cares it was so much fun!
Rhode island point breaks, coves, and rock bottom beach breaks. It was so much fun despite the disturbing number of kayakers at one western spot. Will post pictures later.
sunday- joined 10+ early birds at dawn for 3 hours.solid head high sets with bigger ones coming thru' once in a while. Got a few before it got way too crowded-3 guys to a wave and so on.....ended up going two piers south defitinely less crowded and more spread out. finally saw some rights coming in and got a bomb that changed my perspective on my own surfing-turns out i can do it!! it felt so good to stomp my feet at the bottom turn and pump(for my life) came out the back laughing at everything soooo high. At hour 5 my shoulders locked up so i headed in on a nice left that decided to close out on me when i wasnt looking but thats ok, i was still laughing.
Monday- woke up at 8 with a headache from the beer drinking, checked it down the street,and went out to chest to head high waves which quickly got rid of my headache. or maybe it was the sun, or the beautiful weather, or the fact i was solo choosing waves. ate an awesome breakfast thinking about taking the longboard out for the afternoon.
I hope everyone had so much fun this weekend of grand waves. stay positive and healthy for wind,tides,and swells will come together again soon for us to enjoy.
PS-post pics if you got em'!


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Eva Longoria Wardrobe Malfunction [NSFW]
Eva Longoria attended the premiere of her newest movie at the Cannes Film Festival and had a pretty serious wardrobe malfunction. She had a sense of humor about the whole thing, tweeting a picture of her next outfit saying, "Here's my dress for tonight! No wardrobe malfunctions tonight!!!" Check out the picture below:
source: egotastic.com
Thanks to the zoom, there is an even more descriptive picture of the malfunction here. Be warned, it is definitely R rated!


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Nuggets are large masses of gold found in soil and stream beds, known broadly as alluvial deposits. While nuggets have been found on many goldfields around the world, those from Victoria were particularly large and abundant. From the time of the first goldrushes in the early 1850s, the discovery of a large nugget generated such excitement that news spread far and wide. Thousands of people from around the world migrated to Victoria, dreaming of making their fortunes on goldfields dripping, so they hoped, with nuggets.
Pride of Australia Nugget. D.25.23Source: Museum Victoria
No one knows how many nuggets were found. During the late 1800s, the Mines Department compiled an official list of discoveries and also made models of some of the large nuggets. By the time the reporting system ceased in about 1910, 1300 nuggets over 20 ounces had been recorded. However, almost certainly many more nuggets were found than were recorded, as many discoverers avoided publicity for fear of being robbed. None of the large nuggets found during the goldrushes survived, as all were quickly melted down. Today, fossickers with metal detectors still find large nuggets – those that the original diggers missed – on the Victorian goldfields.
While there are several theories for the origin of nuggets, the evidence points conclusively to them coming from the gold-bearing quartz reefs. Many big alluvial nuggets contain lumps of quartz, or show imprints of quartz crystals enclosed by the gold as it crystallised in cavities in the reefs. Why large masses should suddenly crystallise is not completely understood. However, it has something to do with conditions in the surrounding rocks changing the solubility of gold in the warm water that had dissolved it in huge amounts and carried it up from deep in the crust.
In some goldmines, large slugs of gold were found where quartz reefs cut particular layers in the surrounding sedimentary strata. These layers became known as 'indicators' and were actively sought out by the early miners. Over millions of years of erosion, the landscape was worn down, exposing the quartz reefs and the enclosed gold. Gradually, weathering caused the reefs to disintegrate, freeing the lumps of gold. These moved into the soil, then down slope into the nearest stream.
Victorian nuggets are rich in gold, with most being at least 95% gold, or about 23 carats. The remainder is mostly made up of silver dissolved in the gold. The composition of the nuggets is very similar to the composition of gold found directly in the quartz reefs.
The Welcome Stranger, found near Moliagul in 1869, is the biggest known nugget, containing 2300 ounces of gold.
Welcome Stranger Nugget. D.25.24 Source: Museum Victoria
The Welcome, from Bakery Hill at Ballarat in 1858, contained 2200 ounces. The 1743-ounce Blanche Barkly, found at Kingower in 1857, the 1600-ounce Precious, found near Rheola in 1871, and the 1110-ounce Viscount Canterbury, found in 1871, also at Rheola, were other big finds.
In the 20th century, the largest known nugget found with a metal detector was the Hand of Faith, containing 870 ounces, from Kingower in 1980.
Hand of Faith Nugget. D.25.19 Source: Museum Victoria
The Museum has only one nugget, the 50 ounce Bunyip, ploughed up near Bridgewater in the early 1970s. However, it has the historical collection of gold nugget models made by the Department of Mines, as well as models of recently discovered nuggets.
Terry F. Potter, 1999. The Welcome Stranger.
Hi Bruce. Thanks for your enquiry. We have not been able to find any reference to one of the largest gold nuggets found by tram workmen in Melbourne, Ballarat or Bendigo. It is not mentioned in the list of the biggest nuggets above, nor in this website, which discusses some of the gold finds in Melbourne. You may also be able to contact Ballarat & Bendigo historical societies and museums to see if they know anything about the story.
Hi there! We asked our geology expert, who says that it is a complex question and depends on the State you are in, and the status of the land in question. You can try the Prospectors and Miners Association of Victoria as a good starting point for research about the ownership of gold nuggets.
Hi Omega. It might be possible for one of our mineralogists to look at an image of the gold pieces and advise on whether they are real. If they can't tell from a photo, they can suggest some other avenues for you to try. Forward your images and request from our identifications page and we'll get back to you.
Katie, we don't have a photo of the Welcome Nugget on our website but you can see it the Powerhouse Museum's here
Monica, the Museum does not offer valuations, and the Hand of Faith is not an item in our collection. You could contact a professional gold valuer for further advice.
Hi Naomi. The Precious Nugget was valued at about 6868 sterling pounds. A model of the nugget and further information can be found at the Powerhouse Museum. Unfortunately we couldn't find the value of the Viscount Canterbury Nugget when it was discovered in 1870 but it weighed 1114 oz and you be able to find out the gold prices of that period in the newspapers of the day. Try searching them on Australia Trove on the National Library of Australia website. Gold prices vary daily, so to work out what they are worth today you could calculate it by looking at the gold prices in the daily paper, on the internet or on the nightly news.
Hi, the Museum does not offer valuations, and the Hand of Faith is not an item in our collection. You could contact a professional gold valuer for further advice.
Hi Haley, Bailey & Rochelle. We don't have the biggest nuggest in Australia but we do have a list of those in Victoria. 1. The Welcome Stranger, 2284oz, finder: John Deason & Richard Oates, 1859, Moliagul; 2. The Welcome, 2217oz, Red Hill Mining Co, 1858, Bakery Hill Ballarat; 3. The Blanche Barkly, 1743oz, unknown, 1857, Kingower; 4. The Precious, 1717oz, Ah Chang & party, 1871, Catto's Paddock, Berlin; 5. The Canadian, 1619oz, unknown, 1853, Canadian Gully Ballarat; 6. The Lady Hotham, 1177oz, unknown, 1854, Dalton's Flat Ballarat; 7. The Sarah Sands, 1177oz, unknown, 1853, Canadian Gully Ballarat; 8. Viscount Canterbury, 1114oz, Schlossman & Davis, 1870, John's Paddock Kangederaar; 9. Unnamed nugget, 1034oz, unknown, 1855, Blackman's Lead Maryborough; 10. Unnamed nugget, 1011oz, unknown, 1853, Canadian Gully Ballarat.
Hi Haley and Bailey, we have found a reference in the Mineralogical record that suggests Australia's biggest 10 nuggets by net weight are 1. Welcome Stranger, Victoria, 2,520 ounces, 2. Welcome, Vic, 2,217. 3. Blanche Barkly, Vic, 1,743. 4. Precious, Vic, 1,717. 5. Canadian, Vic, 1,319. 6. Burrandong, NSW, 1,286. 7. Lady Hotham, Vic, 1,177. 8. The Golden Eagle, WA, 1,135. 9. Sarah Sands, Vic, 1,117. 10. Viscount Canterbury, Vic, 1,114.
Hi Olivia, the Berlin goldfield is now known as Rheola, and is in the Greater Bendigo Region of Victoria.
Thanks for your question Misael. The largest gold nugget on display is the Hand of Faith, found at Kingower in Victoria, in 1980. It was purchased privately by the Golden nugget Casino in Las Vegas, and is on display there.Melbourne Museum also has life-sized replicas of nuggets on display, and a genuine nugget, the Bunyip Nugget, in its collection.
Hi Amy, the Welcome Stranger no longer exists. It was sold after it was found and melted down. A replica is housed in the Old Treasury Building in Melbourne.
Olivia, we do not have an image of the Blanche Barkly nugget in our own collection. Nor do we have a replica of the nugget. There may have been an image of this nugget in London newspapers when it was returned to the UK. You may also wish to search for image of the nugget using the Picture Australia website.
Hi Lisa, perhaps contact the South Australian Museum, they may offer an identification service, or be able to suggest somewhere closer to home for you to take your specimens.
Hi Alf,
The best source for this kind of information would be the Department of Primary Industries.
Best of luck!
Hi Kylie, gold was formed millions of years ago and as a molten metal was forced into seams in various rock formations. As those millions of years passed, the action of water and temperature changes destroyed the rocks and the gold was washed out into rivers and creeks. Why is gold found on the bottom of rivers? Gold is a very heavy metal - it is nearly twice as dense as lead - so it quickly falls to the bottom of the stream. Hope this helps.
Hi Kylie, it appears that gold is usually found in quartz rocks. Due to erosion, the rocks are broken down and the gold particles are then released into the environment and run-off carries these particles to rivers. Because gold is a heavy metal, it sinks to the bottom of the river bed, see here.
Hi San
Some nuggets have been found in some rivers and creeks in PNG, but obviously these aren't very common because gold itself is quite rare. Significant finds have been made near Mt Kare in PNG, for example.
Hi! Thanks for the question, without an image an accurate identification is impossible, the object sounds like a nugget of pure 'blue'!
Good question, Bro - we've done some research on this and we think a useful educational site with links to other sources is: http://www.enotes.com/topics/gold-rush . An interesting first-hand account of a gold-seekerfrom the California Gold Rush , with information about the discovery, can be read at: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/californiagoldrush.htm. Many of the diggers came to Victoria in 1851 when gold was discovered here, and made a contribution to Victoria's history.
Hope this information is of interest
You can find lots more information on gold by visiting Dynamic Earth, a stunning exhibition at Melbourne Museum that uses cutting-edge technology and thousands of minerals to tell the story of our ever-changing planet.
Whilst visiting the Museum stop in at the Discovery Centre and have a look at some of fantastic books on gold and mineralogy.
Hi Maddi, Gold was first discovered near Bathurst, NSW in 1823 by O'Brien, the NSW Government surveyor. The first gold nugget (16 ounces) appears to have been found in January 1849 by Thomas Chapman at Daisy Hill, near Maryborough, Victoria. But, in June 1851, James Esmond was the first to claim a registered finding of a 51 ounce nugget in Clunes, Victoria.
Hi Kim,The largest nuggets found are listed in the article above, under the 'Which are the biggest nuggets?' heading. The largest nugget in Moliagul was found at Black Lead, at a depth of 1 inch.
Hello Shenani,
Hello Eden - we checked with our Geology Department on this, and they've provided the following info:
The Precious is 40.5 x 29 x 11.5 cm
Hope this helps!
Hi Emily,
We are delighted to hear that you have found this information helpful. If you look at the above comments you will find out that the Welcome nugget weighs 2,217 ounces. You should be able to calculate its value when you find out the current market price of gold per ounce. Good luck with your homework!
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You've already read the OnMilwaukee.com staff picks for best and worst of 2011. Now we opened up the conversation to our peers in TV and radio across Milwaukee. Just like our own selections, we asked each of the respondents the open-ended question: what is your "pick" of the year? The could choose the category and the winner (or loser).


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Mary Chesnut scholar to conclude 1863 series
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The University of South Carolina will launch an evening series featuring Walter Edgar, historian of the American South, and top Civil War writers and scholars who will discuss the historical events of 1863.
"Conversations on the Civil War, 1863" runs Jan. 17 – Feb. 21, with sessions taking place Thursdays from 5:30-7 p.m. in the Campus Room of Capstone House. The series is free and open to the public but requires registration. To register, contact the Institute for Southern Studies at 803-777-2340 or by email.
Each session features Edgar and a scholar who will discuss a range of topics including the Emancipation Proclamation, the military campaigns in the summer of 1863, diarist Mary Chesnut, the impact of the Civil War and Gettysburg.
"All historians agree that 1863 was the critical year of the American Civil War. The issues ranged from the battlefield to the home front. In my conversations with these scholars, we will deal with all of these issues," said Edgar, the Claude Henry Neuffer Professor of Southern Studies Emeritus.
The series schedule:
Jan. 17 – Thavolia Glymph, associate professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke University and author of "Out of the House of Bondage: The Transformation of the Plantation Household." Glymph will discuss the Emancipation Proclamation, how it "led the 'Union war' to become a war to end slavery" and how "it would forever change the character and meaning of war."
Jan. 24 – Mark M. Smith, USC's Carolina Distinguished Professor of History and author of "Listening to Nineteenth-Century America" and co-editor of "The Handbook of Slavery in the Americas." Smith will delve into the ways people – soldiers and civilians – experienced Gettysburg. Smith, whose work examines history through the senses, will discuss the sounds and smells and other profound ways people were shaped by the bloodiest battle in the Civil War.
Feb. 7 – Winston Groom, author of the book, "Forrest Gump," on which the blockbuster movie was based, and multiple books on the Civil War. "I hope to give the audience a sense of what the war was like for ordinary Southern people. For the first time, Northern troops besieged a Southern city. In the aftermath, Vicksburg in 1863 would have been an excellent time to have stopped the war," Groom said.
Feb. 14 – Stephen Wise, director of the U.S. Marine Corps Museum and author of "Lifeline of the Confederacy: Blockade Running During the Civil War." Wise will discuss the summer military campaigns of 1863, with focus on the campaign directed at Charleston Harbor. He said, "The fight for Charleston introduced a new era of engineering and gunnery; it was a testing ground for African-American troops and tremendously impacted life in Charleston and the Palmetto State."
Feb. 21 – Julia Stern, professor of English and American Studies at Northwestern University and author of "Mary Chesnut's Civil War Epic," will "unpack the way in which at levels domestic, historical and epic, Chesnut's literary genius uniquely illuminated the greatest conflict of the American 19th century."
Edgar retired from the university in May after 40 years of teaching and service. He is an acclaimed writer and editor of more than a dozen books, including "South Carolina: A History," regarded as the definitive book on the Palmetto State's history, and "The South Carolina Encyclopedia." He hosts the popular "Walter Edgar's Journal" on S.C. ETV Radio.
"Conversations on the Civil War, 1863" is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and its Institute for Southern Studies.
Conversations on the Civil War, 1863
- Jan. 17: Thavolia Glymph, associate professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke University, speaks on the Emancipation Proclamation
- Jan. 24: Mark M. Smith, USC's Carolina Distinguished Professor of History, speak on the sights, sounds and smells of Gettysburg.
- Feb. 7: Winston Groom, author of "Forrest Gump" and several books on the Civil War, will discuss how the war affected the lives of ordinary Southern people.
- Feb. 14: Stephen Wise, director of the U.S. Marine Corps Museum, will discuss military campaigns of the summer of 1863.
- Feb. 21: Julia Stern, professor of English and American studies at Northwestern University, will discuss the diaries of Mary Chesnut.
- All programs begin at 5:30 p.m. in the Campus Room of Capstone House and are free and open to the public. (registration required)
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Media Shouldn't Write Off Justice Scalia In Coverage Of Voting Rights Act
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National media tend to assume conservative Justice Antonin Scalia's vote in the upcoming Voting Rights Act case - Shelby County v. Holder - is a foregone conclusion because of his decisions on other questions that involve race, such as school desegregation. But Scalia's approach to remedies for impermissible racial discrimination, the harm that the Voting Rights Act addresses, has respected prior rulings and Congressional action, a noteworthy position considering the constitutionality of the Voting Rights Act has been repeatedly upheld.
To be clear: traditional swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy is more amenable to legislation and policies that take race into account than Justice Scalia. Unlike Scalia, Kennedy has explicitly disavowed Chief Justice John Roberts' radical request that the Court refuse to approve any government recognition of race, ever. Therefore, it is understandable that the media focuses on Kennedy when speculating over which conservative Justice might uphold the "preclearance" provision within the Voting Rights Act - Section 5 - that requires states with a history of racial discrimination submit election practice changes for federal review and approval.
For example, The New York Times reported the reasons that Kennedy, who has rejected the ahistorical "colorblind" approach to constitutional law even as he struck down specific school integration plans, might also reject the challenge to the constitutionality of Section 5:
The issue in Shelby County is whether Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, viewed as the nation's most effective civil rights law, remains necessary to prevent racially biased voting laws in nine states and parts of seven others with egregious histories of discrimination against minority voters.
In the Shelby County case, as a federal trial court and a federal appeals court found, there is no room for equivocation [as in recent school desegregation cases]. If Justice Kennedy votes to strike down Section 5, he will be calling a halt to an unfinished effort to end what the Supreme Court once called "an insidious and pervasive evil."
Congress gathered an enormous amount of evidence in 2006 about the persistence of voting discrimination in covered jurisdictions. It found that discrimination was still heavily concentrated in those places and so widespread that case-by-case litigation -- what Justice Kennedy has called "very expensive," "very long" and "very inefficient" -- is inadequate.
Without Section 5, from 1968 through 2004 more than 1,500 discriminatory voting changes would have gone into effect. And last year, Section 5 blocked attempts to discriminate against voters in many parts of the country.
But these reasons for why Section 5 is still constitutionally justified might also satisfy Scalia's approach in the last decade to long-standing antidiscrimination law. In 2004, Scalia announced in Tennessee v. Lane that he would defer to Supreme Court precedent in future racial discrimination cases where he has to consider the extent of Congress' power in enacting statutes such as the Voting Rights Act. In the 2006 Voting Rights Act case of LULAC v. Perry, Scalia applied this approach in his deferential treatment of Section 5's constitutionality. As recounted by election law expert and Professor of Law and Political Science Nathaniel Persily:
There are three reasons, it seems, why Justice Scalia believes compliance with Section 5 is a compelling state interest. First, he relies on precedent, echoing his opinion in Tennessee v. Lane, in which he suggested that for the sake of stare decisis he would relax his review of the strictures of congressional power when race was involved. He cites the Court's decision in South Carolina v. Katzenbach, emphasizing that "[w]e long ago upheld the constitutionality of § 5." Second, although he admits in a footnote that no party in these cases raised an as-applied constitutional challenge to Section 5 and he assumes its constitutionality, he describes Section 5 in almost glowing terms as legislation that uses race "to remedy identified past discrimination" and "applies only to jurisdictions with a history of official discrimination." Besides the race riot examples, Justice Scalia had always clung to the view that narrow race-conscious remedies for individual victims of discrimination could be constitutional. Third, he argues that Section 5 must be a compelling state interest because, if it were not, "then a State could be placed in the impossible position of having to choose between compliance with § 5 and compliance with the Equal Protection Clause."
Persily qualified his analysis of Scalia's "remarkable" favorability to Section 5 by stating he was still pessimistic the conservative Justice would uphold this portion of the Voting Rights Act if faced with the challenge directly, as he is in Shelby. However, in the interim between the LULAC decision and today, Scalia will have even more documented evidence of voter suppression in violation of the Voting Rights Act to consider, as described in the recent Times article and confirmed by federal courts this past year.
Furthermore, even for antidiscrimination statutes that Scalia feels produce "puzzling results," Scalia held in the 2010 civil rights case of Lewis v. Chicago that "it is not our task to assess the consequences of each approach and adopt the one that produces the least mischief. Our charge is to give effect to the law Congress enacted...If that effect was unintended, it is a problem for Congress, not one that federal courts can fix."
Scalia's repeated deference to the decisions and legislation of Congress for combating racial discrimination, pursuant to the powers granted under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, should give media pause before automatically assuming his vote in rejecting the current challenge to the "crown jewel" of civil rights law is lost. Indeed, just last year, in Coleman v. Court of Appeals of Maryland, Scalia once again reminded observers that out of respect for long-standing civil rights law, he still treats legislation effectuating the Reconstruction Amendments' ban on racial discrimination deferentially.
If Scalia meant what he said, Kennedy might not be the only swing-vote in Shelby. The media should keep that in mind as they determine whether the Supreme Court will strike down a provision of the Voting Rights Act repeatedly reauthorized by Congress and upheld by the Court. They've counted to five wrongly before.
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Doan Keynotes 2007 GovEnergy, Participates in Local Volunteer Effort
August 3, 2007
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New Orleans, LA – GSA Administrator Lurita Doan, honoring President Bush's challenge to all Americans to volunteer more of their time and service to worthy causes, will join a home repair project on Sunday in the Zion neighborhood in her hometown of New Orleans.
The effort is associated with the 2007 GovEnergy Conference, which Doan will open with a keynote address on Monday morning. Doan said the neighborhood project was organized by the Zion City Community Development Corporation—a local, non-profit grass roots organization that educates homeowners and renters about energy conservation products. Doan and conference attendees will visit several homes and install "energy toolkits." The kits include "low tech" energy devices such as fluorescent light bulbs, shower heads and weather stripping. Residents will also receive energy conservation materials prepared by GSA and the Department
of Energy.
"This experience is very rewarding for two reasons." Doan said. "First, as a New Orleans native, I'm always pleased to be able to give back to my community. As Administrator, I'm also proud that GSA offers so many energy-efficient goods and services. These offerings not only help conserve precious resources, they also help our client agencies meet their environmental goals."
The 2007 GovEnergy Conference is geared to help federal agencies reduce energy use and costs and to meet requirements outlined in the Energy Policy Act of 2005. GSA is a co-sponsor of the event with the Departments of Defense, Energy, Veterans Affairs and Homeland Security, and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Administrator Doan will officially open the conference on Monday, August 6, at the breakfast plenary session. Her remarks will focus on how GSA can assist federal agencies in their energy conservation efforts.
The conference is now in its 10th year and will run through August 8th. For more information, visit www.govenergy.gov.
Founded in 1949, GSA serves as a centralized procurement and property management agency for the federal government. GSA manages more than one-fourth of the government's total procurement dollars and influences the management of $500 billion in federal assets, including 8,300 government-owned or leased buildings and 205,000 vehicles. GSA helps preserve our past and define our future, as a steward of more than 420 historic properties, and as manager of USA.gov, the official portal to federal government information and services. GSA's mission to provide superior workplaces, expert technology solutions, acquisition services, purchasing and E-Gov travel solutions and management policies, at best value, allows federal agencies to focus on their core missions.
Did You Know? The Federal Government is the largest single consumer of energy in the United States. Federal buildings account for 30 percent of the Government's energy use.


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However after just 2 days I was out of my mind with the lack of physical activity and just didn't feel tired at all. I start reading a book on boxing and suddenly got the urge to do something.
Went into the spare room (got some weights, an exercise bike & mirror) did about 15 minutes of shadow boxing and then after still being bored I went for a 20 minute run... AT 2:20am!!! It was awesome, the usually packed seafront was dead, the wind was just right, I think I will have to run more before bed, because I came in, jumped in the cold-ish shower and fell straight to sleep!


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YOUNGSTERS in Worcestershire are being encouraged to get their skates on and get down to a new Roller Disco in a county village.
The events, for children aged eight to 12 years old, are set to take place on the last Friday of each month at Peopleton Village Hall, near Pershore.
The first disco was a sell out so from this month there will be two sessions to choose at 4.30pm until 6pm or from 6.30pm to 8pm.
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Becker muscular dystrophyBenign pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy; Becker's dystrophy
Becker muscular dystrophy is an inherited disorder that involves slowly worsening muscle weakness of the legs and pelvis.
Becker muscular dystrophy is very similar to Duchenne muscular dystrophy, except that it gets worse at a much slower rate and it is less common.
The disorder is passed down through families (inherited). Having a family history of the condition raises your risk.
Becker muscular dystrophy occurs in about 3 - 6 out of every 100,000 births. The disease is found mostly in boys.
Females rarely develop symptoms. Males will develop symptoms if they inherit the defective gene. Symptoms usually appear in boys between ages 5 and 15, but may begin later.
Muscle weakness of the lower body, including the legs and pelvis area, slowly gets worse, causing:
- Difficulty walking that gets worse over time; by age 25-30 the person is usually unable to walk
- Frequent falls
- Difficulty getting up from the floor and climbing stairs
- Difficulty with running, hopping, and jumping
- Loss of muscle mass
- Toe walking
Muscle weakness in the arms, neck, and other areas is not as severe as in the lower body.
Other symptoms may include:
- Breathing problems
- Cognitive problems (these do not get worse over time)
- Fatigue
- Loss of balance and coordination
Exams and Tests
The health care provider will do a nervous system (neurological) and muscle examination. A careful medical history is also important, because symptoms are similar to those of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. However, Becker muscular dystrophy gets worse much more slowly.
An exam may find:
- Abnormally developed bones, leading to deformities of the chest and back (scoliosis)
- Abnormal heart muscle function (cardiomyopathy)
- Congestive heart failure or irregular heartbeat (arrhythmias) - rare
- Muscle deformities, including:
- Contractures of heels and legs
- Abnormal fat and connective tissue in calf muscles
- Muscle loss that begins in the legs and pelvis, then movesto the muscles of the shoulders, neck, arms, and respiratory system
Tests that may be done include:
- CPK blood test
- Electromyography (EMG) nerve testing
- Muscle biopsy or genetic blood test
There is no known cure for Becker muscular dystrophy. The goal of treatment is to control symptoms to maximize the person's quality of life. Some doctors prescribe steroids to help keep a patient walking for as long as possible.
Activity is encouraged. Inactivity (such as bed rest) can make the muscle disease worse. Physical therapy may be helpful to maintain muscle strength. Orthopedic appliances such as braces and wheelchairs may improvemovement and self-care.
Genetic counseling may be recommended. Daughters of a man with Becker muscular dystrophy may carry the defective gene and could pass it on to their sons.
Support Groups
You can ease the stress of illness by joining a support group where members share common experiences and problems.
See: Muscular dystrophy - support group
Outlook (Prognosis)
Becker muscular dystrophy leads to slowly worsening disability, although theamount of disability varies. Some men may need a wheelchair, while others may only need to use walking aids such as canes or braces.
Lifespan is usually shortened because of heart and breathing disease.
Possible Complications
- Heart-related complications such as cardiomyopathy
- Lung failure
- Pneumonia or other respiratory infections
- Increasing and permanent disability, that leads to:
- Decreased ability to care for self
- Decreased mobility
When to Contact a Medical Professional
Call your health care provider if:
- Symptoms of Becker muscular dystrophy appear
- A person with Becker muscular dystrophy develops new symptoms (particularly fever with cough or breathing difficulties)
- You are planning to start a family and you or other family members have been diagnosed with Becker muscular dystrophy
Genetic counseling may be advised if there is a family history of Becker muscular dystrophy.
Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF. Muscular dystrophies. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 608.
Review Date: 2/1/2012
Reviewed By: Neil K. Kaneshiro, MD, MHA, Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine; and Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, and Department of Anatomy at UCSF, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc.


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Man Ordered To Remove American Flag Because It Is A 'Threat To Muslim Community'
A Webster man says his apartment complex manager told him his American flag was a "threat to the Muslim community," and that he has to take it down. But he's not giving up without a fight.
Stepping onto Duy Tran's balcony in Webster, one thing is clear: "It means a lot to me," he said.
He's talking about his American flag that he proudly put up when he moved in just a few days ago. But then an apartment manager at the Lodge on El Dorado told him he had to take it down.