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William Ferguson
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William Ferguson may refer to:
- William Ferguson (tenor), opera tenor, see The Tempest
- William Gouw Ferguson, Scottish painter of still life
- Will Ferguson (born 1964), Canadian writer
- Bill Ferguson (American football) (born 1951), NFL linebacker
- Bill Ferguson (cricket scorer) (1880–1957)
- Willie Ferguson, Scottish footballer with Chelsea and Queen of the South
- Willie Ferguson (footballer), Scottish footballer with Celtic, Burnley and Manchester City
- William Ferguson (racing driver) (1940–2007), in Formula One competitions
- Billy Ferguson (1938–1998), Northern Irish footballer
- Bill Ferguson (politician) (born 1983), Maryland state senator
- William Ferguson (politician) (1954–2011), Ontario, Canada politician
- William Ferguson (Manitoba politician) (1862–?), Canadian politician
- William Ferguson (1891–1961), Australian politician
- William John Ferguson (1859–1935), Australian politician
- William Ferguson (1800–1828), Irish soldier of Irish military diaspora, aide-de-camp to General Simon Bolívar in Hispanoamerican wars of Independence.
- William Ferguson (Australian Aboriginal leader) (1882–1950), Indigenous Australian leader
- William Ferguson (botanist and entomologist) (1820–1887), British botanist and entomologist
- William Ferguson (engineer) (1852–1935), New Zealand civil engineering manager and consultant
- William Ferguson (Los Angeles) (1822–1910), settler
- William Ferguson (pioneer) (c. 1809–1892) early settler of South Australia
- William C. Ferguson, visiting professor, trustee, acting president (1995–96), chairman of the board of trustees of Albion College
See also[edit]
- Sir William Fergusson, 1st Baronet (1808–1877), Scottish surgeon
- William Fergusson (physician) (1773–1846), Scottish inspector-general of military hospitals and medical writer
- William Scott Ferguson (1875–1954), Canadian–American historian, President of the American Historical Association
- Ferguson (name)
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The Fletcher Town Council unanimously agreed Monday to help pay for updating the data systems in town patrol cars to ease the stress on the Henderson County 911 center.
The Fletcher Town Council unanimously agreed Monday to help pay for updating the data systems in town patrol cars to ease the stress on the Henderson County 911 center.
Currently, police officers are radioing in to dispatch to get information about license plates, driver registration, firearm serial numbers and more. New data systems for the computers in the patrol cars would enable officers to look the information up themselves.
Fletcher Police Chief Tim Christol came before the council to request funding for technology improvements. In conjunction with the Henderson County Sheriff's Office, he came up with a proposal to implement the new mobile data units in three phases.
"Phase one would be upgrading four unfunded computers," he said. "This would also include software license fees to load on all 13 patrol cars in Fletcher."
This phase would cost $29,070, but Henderson County Sheriff Rick Davis has made a commitment to help Fletcher by giving $10,000.
"That would leave $19,070 to Fletcher," Christol said. "The other two phases of the project would come in the next two fiscal years."
Phase two includes placing GPS locators in the vehicles to help find cars in emergencies and provide mapping capabilities. Phase three deals with managing records.
Davis attended Monday night's meeting to explain why the upgrade is needed.
"The mobile data terminals are very unique in law enforcement now," he said. "Before, the equipment we had in patrol cars could only run tags. We've seen how much this can do for our officers on the road and lift some work off dispatch."
Currently, the Henderson County Sheriff's Office provides 911 dispatching to Fletcher, EMS and every fire department in the county.
"We've made these (mobile data units) mandatory for the Sheriff's Office," Davis said. "We are getting true performance from our officers on the road. The officers are far more productive."
By switching to this system, dispatch telecommunicators are less worked, officers are more productive and there is more available airtime over the dispatch channels.
Davis said that while the Sheriff's Office provides the 911 center for Fletcher and other agencies, it is not a requirement.
"If we are providing that service, and we are mandating it for our officers, if you are tapping into our database, we feel it is fair to expect for you to be on the same threshold," he said.
Davis explained he approached Fletcher first with this request because they are the biggest user, other than the Sheriff's Office, of the 911 center. He will be following suit with other agencies.
Councilman Wayne Garren made the motion to approve taking $19,070 from the town's fund balance for the upgrade. Garren's motion was seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Eddie Henderson.
In other business, the council also unanimously approved Christol's request for a position upgrade in the police department to operations captain for deputy chief responsibilities.
The council approved moving $4,000 into the police department's budget to fund someone within the department getting a new title and a raise in pay.

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Has anyone had any experience with either the Microloop II by Induction Loop Systems and Multisensing Sounds Labs or the Room Home Loop Kit by TecEar?
The two systems seem fairly similiar by feeding sounds from the TV, etc. into your T-coil in your hearing aid. The prices are somewhat similiar too with the Microloop being a little more. I like the looks of the TecEar system better but I'm interested in quality.
Any experiences out there?


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For the formation we may compare American vamose, to skedaddle, from Span.
The boys weren't over-keen about staying with the herd and they can vamose.
To "vamose the ranch" means to clear out, to depart, to cut stick, to absquatulate.
To vamose (from the Spanish vamos, let us go), came in at the same time.
We mounted our ponies, old Jerry called out in a cherry tone, "vamose!"
If we quarrel with them, we have to vamose; if we fight, we are wiped out.
In 1872, Barter was cowhided by a woman, and a committee formally requested the editor to vamose the town!
One afternoon I ordered Atasca to vamose, and got up and dressed carefully.
Yer goin' to shut up your desk and your books and this hull consarn inside of an hour, and vamose the ranch.
And if we warn off the passengers from going this trip, and let the stage go up empty, Bob would suspect something and vamose.


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I wrote that with probably the biggest shit-eating grin that has ever existed and I feel neither shame nor remorse.
I like to get loud and am by nature a boisterous person. To me, life is all about laughing and being ridiculous. I abhor blandness in people. I like to call this trait ostentenacity, which sounds better than it looks typed. And is also a lie, I've never said that before now. But I do like it.
I'm not from Texas, but I've lived here for half my life. Unfortunately much of that time was in small towns, but now that I'm in a city I plan to never, ever live outside an urban area.
That limit is once, maybe twice a week.
I'm learning how to sew. Like, with a machine and everything. I want to make my own clothes. And possibly someone else's, eventually.
I can eat as many tacos as any man can eat (2-3).
I have a great sense of space and am able to create aesthetically pleasing arrangements of furniture when a bed is not involved. Beds take up too much space, I don't know what to do with them. Besides the obvious.
I am proudly able to drink as much whiskey as any ten men can drink. Provided they are small men. If they are normal sized men, then five of them.
I do a really good karaoke of Peggy Lee's Fever. My Cracklin Rosie, however, will knock your socks off.
If called upon I can prove myself not an unworthy participant on the dance floor.
I'm clever. I say this without presumption, as I'm not the smartest or most learned person in the room unless it's just me and my cat, but I have a quick mind that makes connections easily, so I can at least be witty.
I read comics as well because I am an adult geek and I can spend my money however I like. I did not, however, read them when I was a kid geek. Mainly because I did not have money to spend however I liked. But now I can read about Batman and Atomic Robo while I drink some Kool-Aid. Please note, I will not actually drink Kool-Aid. It tastes terrible.
I don't watch a lot of ongoing tv, as I cancelled my cable, but I do own a number of box sets, mostly cartoons and sci-fi. I do, however, have friends that pay for tv and I go to their place to stay current on series they are watching, like Dr. Who and Adventure Time. Farscape is probably my favorite series to rewatch that I own.
I love watching Kung-Fu, Blaxploitation and B movies with other people. I am always willing to sit down and watch a spectacle that isn't a horror film. I think that everyone in those acts stupid as hell and it irritates me because I would have just set the entirety of East Texas on fire before getting chainsawed by an inbred redneck. It's East Texas, who's gonna miss it anyway?
Other than that, I pretty much watch anything else, as it seems I have a weakness for moving pictures to the point where I can't sleep if a tv is on.
I feel that Speed Racer is the number one Feel Good movie of all time. Understandably, you may not feel the same way. We don't have to talk about it if that's the case. If it's not, let's fuckin' watch Speed Racer.
My taste in music is fairly varied and Pandora keeps making it worse. New Wave, irish folk, afro-rock, mariachi, lounge, hiphop, zydeco. I could keep going but you get the idea. Out of everything, my favorite band is Clutch. I might like your dad's southern rock band.
All of my favorite food can be eaten out of a hand and bought off a truck. Gyros, pizza, tacos, hotdogs. And technically ramen but that is due to a very specific truck that no longer runs and tricked me into thinking it was but instead was serving burgers.
I don't think a day goes by where I don't have at least a glass of milk. It is delicious and refreshing.
I will always need something to read.
I need a drink. A blended whiskey with ginger beer is preferred but whatever you have is fine.
I enjoy pornographic material.
I require at least one article of clothing that is purple. My favorite currently are pants.
People call you weird.
You call yourself weird.
You wanna watch some cartoons.
You want to go to a con dressed as a lazy superhero.
You are looking for an object containing the properties of Bombasticity. I have that object.
I'm a sucker for a woman in a Starfleet uniform.


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Higher education (HE) lecturers teach academic and vocational subjects to undergraduate and postgraduate students aged 18 upwards. They work in universities and in some further education colleges.
Teaching methods include lectures, seminars, tutorials, practical demonstrations, field work and e-learning. Multimedia technologies are increasingly used.
HE lecturers also pursue their own research to contribute to the wider research activities of their department or institution. The aim is to have this published in books or scholarly articles, which can help raise the profile of their employing HE institution.
Administrative tasks take up a significant part of the working day. Many lecturers also take on a pastoral role with their students.
As HE lecturers progress along their career paths, they may be expected to undertake a managerial role of the relevant department.
The work carried out by HE lecturers varies according to individual areas of responsibility and research but often includes:
- delivering lectures, seminars and tutorials;
- developing and implementing new methods of teaching to reflect changes in research;
- designing, preparing and developing teaching materials;
- assessing students' coursework;
- setting and marking examinations;
- supporting students through a pastoral or advisory role;
- undertaking personal research projects and actively contributing to the institution's research profile;
- writing up research and preparing it for publication;
- supervising students' research activities;
- completing continuous professional development (CPD) and participating in staff training activities;
- carrying out administrative tasks related to the department, such as student admissions, induction programmes and involvement in committees and boards;
- managing and supervising staff - at a senior level this may include the role of head of department;
- representing the institution at professional conferences and seminars, and contributing to these as necessary;
- establishing collaborative links outside the university with industrial, commercial and public organisations.
- Starting salaries for higher education (HE) lecturers range from £33,000 to £43,000+.
- At a senior lecturer level or above, with increased management responsibilities, salaries can range from £39,000 to £58,000.
Salaries usually depend on academic attainment and experience. There is a nationally agreed single-pay spine in place. For details see the University and College Union (UCU).
Income figures are intended as a guide only.
Working hours
Although long working hours are common, there is some degree of flexibility, with lecturers being able to plan the timings of tutorials and manage their own research. Some lectures and seminars take place in the evening.
Part-time contracts and working hours are available and have become common in many HE institutions.
Career breaks are possible but lecturers need to maintain an active research profile. Some may take a sabbatical (usually up to one academic year) to concentrate on their research activities in greater depth. This would normally only be available to lecturers with a minimum of three years' service in their institution.
What to expect
- HE lecturers usually split their time between teaching contact, administrative tasks and their own research activities. The amount of time devoted to each activity varies between institutions and specialities.
- Lecturers may work in lecture theatres, classrooms, studios, laboratories, hospital wards and, if their area of study includes field work, outdoors. Some lecturers have their own offices, but others may share an office, particularly in universities where space is at a premium.
- Some lecturers get the chance to work outside their own institution, in areas such as consultancy, the media, publishing and public speaking, but this varies according to the particular area of specialty.
- Opportunities for fully self-employed status are rare. Some subject areas require lecturing staff to undertake enterprise activities.
- The UCU has an equality unit, which can provide help and guidance in different areas of equality.
- Lecturers are employed in HE institutions throughout the UK. A flexible approach to relocating may help in gaining a permanent post, particularly as posts in specialised fields are often only available at a limited number of institutions.
- There are opportunities to work abroad. Demand for higher education lecturers in countries such as China, Australia and Hong Kong has increased.
- Travel abroad for specialist conferences may be required.
To become a higher education (HE) lecturer you generally need to have a first or 2:1 degree in a subject that is relevant to what you want to lecture in. You would be starting out with a potential disadvantage if you get a 2:2 or lower, but securing a career as a higher education lecturer is still possible if you gain further qualifications and experience.
For example, you also need to have, or be working towards, a relevant PhD along with:
- demonstrable experience of, (or clear potential for), teaching;
- the ability to produce original research for peers;
- early publication of academic work.
If you do not have a PhD and want to teach an academic subject, you are likely to find it difficult to get work as a lecturer.
If you are still completing a PhD, you may be able to take on teaching duties in the role of a graduate teaching assistant, which will provide good experience.
In some research student positions, teaching and administrative responsibilities are given as a condition of receiving a bursary.
It is possible to study for a teaching qualification once in post, such as the Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
In the early stages of your career, it may be very difficult to gain a permanent contract as an HE lecturer and you may have to accept posts on a fixed-term contract.
You will need to have:
- the ability to sustain an interest in, and enthusiasm for, the specialist research area and to impart this to students and peers;
- published research and willingness to participate at professional conferences and seminars;
- a capacity for original thought;
- expertise in the particular subject area;
- the potential to expand knowledge in order to teach a broad curriculum;
- excellent oral and written communication skills;
- confidence in dealing with a range of people;
- the ability to organise workload within competing demands;
- the capability to work both independently and as part of a team;
- excellent analytical skills;
- commitment to the profession and continuing professional development (CPD);
- a flexible approach to work;
- good IT skills.
Work experience
For more vocational courses it is often necessary to have several years' experience of working in the relevant field, as well as a degree or professional qualification. In these instances, expertise in the profession may be just as valuable as a PhD.
A formal teaching qualification is not essential for entry into the career but you may need to be able to demonstrate your capability for teaching. Any work experience that reflects this will be useful.
Higher education (HE) lecturers are employed by a range of institutions. Universities and further education (FE) colleges make up the largest proportion of employers, but there are a number of specialised postgraduate institutions, such as law schools and business schools, that also employ lecturers.
Most HE and FE providers are state-run, but there is a small independent sector. A quality assurance scheme for independent further and higher education colleges in the UK is provided by The British Accreditation Council; its website also features lists of accredited institutions.
Opportunities are available overseas. Details of HE institutions in the Commonwealth countries are available from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
Look for job vacancies at:
Individual HE and FE institutions also list current vacancies on their websites.
Informal networking, through conference attendance, participation in national subject-area working groups and membership of relevant associations, is increasingly important for finding out about posts.
Get more tips on how to find a job, create a successful CV and cover letter, and prepare for interviews.
Professional development
Most institutions offer a variety of in-house training to their staff, covering:
- administration;
- management skills;
- personal development;
- research techniques.
Universities usually support staff who wish to take a training course outside their own institution, if it is directly related to their work.
Once in post, you may complete a formal postgraduate teaching qualification, such as the Postgraduate Diploma in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. These qualifications are often now compulsory if you are a new member of staff on a permanent contract and may be completed alongside your normal working duties.
Courses generally cover theories of learning, practical skills and principles of learning within an HE context. Many universities run their own courses and these can usually be taken a module at a time, although deadlines for completion may apply.
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) accredits these courses as well as continuing professional development programmes (CPD). If you successfully complete an accredited course, you can apply for professional recognition with the HEA at the appropriate fellowship category:
- Associate Fellow;
- Fellow;
- Senior Fellow;
- Principal Fellow.
For more information, see HEA Fellowships.
The HEA also offers workshops, toolkits, research and other resources to help those who are new to teaching in higher education.
Career prospects
During the first few years, it is likely you will concentrate on building up your teaching skills and experience and will develop your research profile.
Higher education institutions have the quality of their research assessed by the Research Excellence Framework (REF). This is then used by funding bodies to help to decide where their research funding goes.
To help with this, you will be expected to actively contribute to the research profile of your department by consistently producing work of a publishable standard.
You also need to network with peers by attending and participating in conferences and seminars throughout your career.
Early responsibility is common and most lecturers are given a high degree of independence in their work very early on. As your career progresses, you can expect to take on further responsibility in teaching, research or administration and, in some cases, a combination of all three. Management responsibilities are also likely to increase.
Promotion to more senior levels depends on a willingness to undertake different roles and on the continued demonstration of an active research profile. These senior levels may include posts such as senior lecturer and principal lecturer.
If you continue to build up expertise after achieving these positions, you may be able to progress on to more senior levels, to roles such as:
- reader;
- chair/professor;
- dean.
There are opportunities to take on more developmental and managerial duties, e.g. programme/course director or module leader, which can reduce the proportion of hours dedicated to research and student time.
Further career opportunities include working as an examiner or an academic author.
Prospects for promotion vary and depend on a number of factors, not least the financial position of the institution. Funding for new posts is increasingly dependent on the results of the REF and may create internal bottlenecks.
External promotions are possible, but generally the number of vacancies within a particular specialist area is likely to be low.
Career breaks may have a detrimental effect on promotion prospects, especially if they interrupt the cycle of research publications.


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Rupert Murdoch has not even signed a check yet for British Sky Broadcasting, his most recent blockbuster acquisition project, but already his son James is looking for ways to enhance the pay-TV company's programming lineup.
Final regulatory approval for the purchase of BSkyB by News Corp., the Murdoch media empire, is expected any day now. Then it ought to be only a matter of time before News Corp. and BSkyB settle on a price for the 61 percent stake in BSkyB that News Corp. does not already own.


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JERUSALEM (Sep. 24)
Senior Israeli officials are warning the public not to raise their hopes that new information could lead soon to the release of captive Israeli air force navigator Ron Arad.
Pointing out that similar cases in the past had led to disappointment, they suggested Israelis avoid euphoria over an announcement by Lebanon earlier this week that it believes Arad is alive.
The airman was shot down over Lebanon in 1986 and is believed to have been taken captive by a Shi'ite terrorist organization.
A lawyer actively involved in negotiations on missing Israeli servicemen also cautioned Israelis to lower their expectations.
Uri Slonim said there was "nothing substantive" at this time regarding either Arad or any other missing Israeli soldiers. Wednesday, Slonim paid a New Year's call on the mother of the missing airman, Batya Arad. She declined to comment on the Lebanese announcement, saying she had taken a vow to make no statements until her son returned home.
The words of caution came after Israeli negotiators at the bilateral peace talks in Washington reported Tuesday that they had received word from the Lebanese delegation that their government had "reason to believe that navigator Arad is alive."
On the instructions of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, the Israeli negotiators asked the Lebanese delegation for further information, but without success as of late Wednesday.
Rabin also reportedly instructed Uri Lubrani, co-chairman of the Israeli team negotiating with Lebanon, to tell his counterpart that Israel regards Lebanon as responsible for providing the information on Arad.
The prime minister said he hoped the Lebanese were serious enough "not to play with the life" of the missing airman. Rabin indirectly criticized Israel's foreign minister on Thursday for making the Lebanese disclosure public prematurely.
Speaking to army radio, Rabin said: "Reports on the fate of the missing soldiers and the prisoners have been with us throughout the years. The problem is that the story was publicized before the matter was checked."
Earlier in the week, Peres informed reporters in New York about Lebanon's announcement and said at the time he believed Iran might be involved in the case.
On Wednesday evening in New York, Peres raised the Arad case during a meeting with U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Israel believes Arad is being held by one of three Moslem fundamentalist groups: Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad or the Organization of the Oppressed on Earth.
Sources here believe he is being held in the Bekaa Valley in the Syrian- dominated eastern part of Lebanon.
Several times over the past few years, Israel has received signals that Arad is alive, giving life to efforts to bring about his release.
Israel has also asked the Lebanese for help in obtaining information on the fate of three members of a tank crew missing since the Lebanon War, which started in 1982.
Zecharia Baumel, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman have been missing since the battle at Sultan Yaakub on the eastern Lebanese front against the Syrians.


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Matthews: Obama's Speech 'Like a Fox Commercial' - 'Fair and Balanced...Over and Over Again'
MSNBC's Chris Matthews appears to have a serious case of Fox News envy.
In a special installment of "The Last Word" following Barack Obama's debt ceiling address to the nation Monday, the "Hardball" host said, "I thought the President used a couple of words we're familiar with: 'Fair and balanced.' It was like a Fox commercial" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
LAWRENCE O'DONNELL, HOST: Chris, you're reaction to first the President's speech.
CHRIS MATTHEWS: Well, I thought the President used a couple of words we're familiar with: "Fair and balanced." It was like a Fox commercial there. I thought that was interesting. Fair then balanced then fair again then balanced again, over and over again to make a case for his position.
For the record, Obama said the word "fair" three times, and "balanced" seven times, but never in the same sentence.
Is Matthews now so fixated on Fox that any use of those words - no matter how separated - makes him uncomfortable?
I wonder what the going rate is for curing Foxphobia.


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Sweyn the Silent echoed the fatal sign, and roderic drew back, resting his right hand upon the mantel.
roderic was inflamed with anger and disgust; but he had none, upon whom to wreak his revenge.
Ere roderic could recover for a new attack, he felt a sharp cut across his bare neck.
She had just begun to renew her representations upon this head, when roderic approached.
The form however that terrified roderic, and the voice that addressed him, were perceived by him alone.
As he drew nearer, roderic seized the hand of the lovely captive.
In the meantime King roderic had set his army in motion against the invaders, and easily penetrated to the neighbourhood of Ferns.
roderic surveyed his victim with an eye of avidity and triumph.
But ere the king had time to do more than learn the extent of the invasions, roderic and Magnus had returned to their ships.
Medoro received the well known signal, and stood before roderic.


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Most services are located at the KU Lawrence campus.
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Clark, G.F. (1859). A History of the Town of Norton, Bristol County, Massachusetts, From 1669 to 1859. Boston: Crosby, Nichols, and Company.
Ellis, Francis. "Rare Mary Lyon Letters Found: Are in Day House; Founder of Mt. Holyoke College Frequently Visited in Old Norwood." Norwood Messenger, 2 April 1938. Wheaton College Archives.
Helmreich, P.C. (2002). Wheaton College 1834-1957: A Massachusetts Family Affair. New York: Cornwall Books.
Larcom, L. (1885). "Wheaton Seminary: A Semi-Centennial Sketch." Cambridge.
Paine, Harriet E. (1907). The Life of Eliza Baylies Wheaton: A Chapter in the History of the Higher Education of Women. Cambridge: Riverside Press.
Wheaton College Archives (hereafter WCA): Wheaton Family Correspondence (185C.3): Letters to E.B. Wheaton 1848-1878: Trustees to E.B. Wheaton, 22 March 1870.
WCA: Founders: Manuscript by M. Moniot: "The Founders of Wheaton Seminary." 1979.
WCA: Founders: Manuscript by J. Copeland. Not dated.
WCA: Founders, Mary Lyon (2 of 2). 1389: Lyon, Mary Correspondence: "Teaching". Not dated.
WCA: Wheaton Family Coll.: Manuscript by E. B. Wheaton: "Incidents in the life, and a brief act. of the death of Hon. Laban Wheaton."
WCA: Wheaton Family Correspondence (185C.3): Letters to E.B. Wheaton 1879-1890: M.C.B. Chase, C.M. Pike, F.V. Emerson, & E.A. Norcross to E.B. Wheaton, 27 September 1879.
WCA: Wheaton Family Correspondence. 089: Laban Morey Wheaton: Correspondence, etc.: L.M. Wheaton to T. Eddy, 18 April 1835.
WCA: Wheaton Family Correspondence. 089: Laban Morey Wheaton: Correspondence, etc.: maxims written by L.M. Wheaton. Not dated.
WCA: Wheaton Family Memorabilia. 089: M.C. Smith: Note about silk floss. Not dated.


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Signs of Aspergers
Autism & Aspergers: what's the difference?
Aspergers is a syndrome that is part of the family of Autism Spectrum Disorder. Sufferers from Aspergers are better off than those with Autism because they are high functioning physically and verbally. People, more often children, with this syndrome, have trouble with social situations and are emotionally deficient, even though their intelligence can be of a very high order.
There are many signs of Aspergers and these symptoms are rarely noticed until children reach school age where there is a higher demand to perform, cooperate and interact socially. It is not necessary that all the symptoms be present in children but even a few of them do point towards the Aspergers condition. Some children rarely start a conversation and will wait to be approached or they might be overly interactive focused on their topics of conversation. This leads to difficulties in socializing with their peers. They quite often use words that are normally used only by adults and consider this quite normal. They cannot appreciate the difference in voice tones and will take everything seriously or they might laugh very loudly in a way that is not congruent with the conversation. They get obsessed with things and try to learn everything about anything that has aroused their interest. Changes, even small ones, in routines can be very upsetting. An Aspergers child going to school will find school holidays difficult to adjust to.
Children who have Aspergers will say whatever comes to their mind, even if it is not appropriate. The subjects they talk about will be those that interest them, and the fact that their friends are indifferent to them, will make no difference to their continuing with a conversation. They find it very difficult to build up friendships, more because they are not able to comprehend how they can do so. Just like autistic children, they will avoid eye contact. Many of these children are habituated to repetitive movements like rocking back and forth or flapping their hands, and they resort increasingly to them when they require calming themselves. Their voices rarely show emotion and the tones when they are talking will be absolutely flat. These children also have problem with co-ordination and may find it difficult to run, and may walk awkwardly.
The signs of Aspergers in children may include not showing any interest in the latest fads when they grow into their teens, and will not have the conventional way of thinking or exhibit social norms that are part of their peer group behavior. They think of themselves as original thinkers who are creative, and thus spend their time pursuing their own interests and perceived goals. They have a tendency to respect rules and structure and this quite often leads to their being excellent in scholastic pursuits. But again here, the syndrome is likely to lead them to concentrating on one particular subject like Math and showing complete disinterest to History or English.
Children with Aspergers need to be encouraged by parents and teachers, and this does call for a lot of patience. There is a need to build up an environment that the child with the syndrome finds safe and trusts. This will in turn enable the child to ask for help when it is required. Aspergers can have comorbid disorders, such as ADHD, resulting in unique behaviors requiring tailored treatments. To learn more, obtain The Essential Guide to Autism.


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Figuring out any celeb's marketability is an inexact science.
But Nielsen's annual State of the Media report for 2010, released Monday, offers what it dubs "the most comprehensive" projection of various athletes endorsement potential through so-called N-Scores that measure name recognition, favoribility and "46 specific personal attributes."
And the winners are: Fox's Terry Bradshaw is the highest-scoring TV announcer. Shaun White ranks highest among active male athletes while Venus Williams is the top female athlete. Among NBA players, Shaquille O'Neal ranks first while Dale Earnhardt Jr. tops NASCAR drivers. Predictably, Tiger Woods' N-Score has plummeted, but it's not as if another PGA Tour star stepped up to fill that vacuum -- Arnold Palmer, at 81, had 2010's highest N-Score for any golfer, active or retired.
Reid Cherner has been with USA TODAY since 1982 and written Game On! since March 2008.
He has covered everything from high schools to horse racing to the college and the pros. The only thing he likes more than his own voice is the sound of readers telling him when he's right and wrong.
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Andrea Mays is a lifelong Shakespearean who grew up reading the Folger Library edition of his plays and listening to vinyl performances at the New York Public Library.
Literary journalist Michael Dirda is almost as well-traveled as he is well-read, but his Savannah Book Fest appearance marks his first visit to our city. Like many visitors, though, his first impression came long ago from "The Book."
David Greenberg was too young to fully appreciate the actions of Richard Nixon, Watergate and the president's eventual resignation from the country's highest office in the early '70s.
Against all odds, a select group of poor Japanese-American children in the 1930s and '40s became Olympic swimming champions. Against all odds, in 1937, teacher Soichi Sakamoto became their coach.
When Steve Osborne started to write stories from his experiences as a New York City police officer, he never thought they would turn into a book.
Erik Larson makes the past come to life, writing books about history that read like fiction.
The author of several successful novels, poems and screenplays, Rita Mae Brown decided in 1990 that she wanted to write for the fun of it.
Lincoln Child began writing at a very early age. "I've always enjoyed writing," says the best-selling author of the Jeremy Logan thrillers.
Getting laid off from her job proved to be just about the best thing that could happen to Sara Gruen, author of the best-selling novels "Water for Elephants" and "At the Water's Edge."
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Debbie Macomber was stunned by what she learned about the Savannah Book Festival.
Nature is an important part of author Ellen Malphrus' work.
The story of Rosemary Kennedy is astonishing, heartbreaking and enthralling, all at once.
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Manufacturing wages are expected to rise by 1.1% over the next 12 months, a decline from the 1.5% stated in the last survey. Almost 53% of respondents planned to provide raises of up to 3%, with another 35% saying that wages and salaries for their companies will stay about the same. This does not include the additional costs of benefits, which have been significant, particularly for health insurance. Seventy-nine percent of manufacturers cited rising health insurance costs as a primary challenge, making it the second-most important concern after the fiscal cliff.
Inventories are expected to decline by 1.5% over the next year, with 46% of respondents saying that their inventory levels would stay the same. Meanwhile, the prices for final goods are anticipated to increase by 1.5% on average, slightly above the 1.4% gain suggested last time.
More than 44% of manufacturers plan to keep their prices about the same, with around 36% suggesting final price increases of up to 5%. Almost 8% expect to lower prices. In terms of overall pricing pressures, 39.6% of manufacturers worry about rising energy and raw material costs for their products.
More than 40% of manufacturers cited increasing international sales as one of their primary drivers of growth. Illustrating the importance of overseas markets, firms that were anticipating higher exports over the next year tended to be more optimistic about their overall business outlook. In fact, two-thirds of these export-increasing firms were positive about their outlook versus just 45.2% of those who anticipated slowing or no change in their export sales.
The slowdown of the global economy is a major challenge for the manufacturing sector, which depends heavily on exports for growth. Recent weaknesses have slowed the growth rate of exports, as we have seen in official government data. Here, too, we can see an impact. Export sales are expected to grow 0.7% in the next 12 months, down from an anticipated 1% growth in September and 1.3% gain in March. Even with an easing in the pace of export growth, more than 30% of manufacturers expect them to increase over the next year. Roughly 59%anticipate no changes in their export levels.


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The Swiss medical device specialists at Debiotech and STMicroelectronics have announced the first "evaluation prototypes" of the unique "highly miniaturized disposable insulin pump" they've been working on for several years. As you can see, it's literally the size of a credit card. I wrote about it last spring, lamenting that these things always take ages to make it to market.
Well, it seems they've "moved a step closer to market availability" this week with the unveiling of working prototypes now ready for mass production. Cool!
From the press release:
"The tiny device can be mounted on a disposable skin patch to provide continuous insulin infusion, enabling substantial advancements in the availability, treatment efficiency and the quality of life of diabetes patients. The breakthrough Nanopump, which relies on microfluidic MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical System) technology, has successfully passed initial testing stages and is now ready to enter volume manufacturing."
Of particular note from the company's materials (see my emphasis in italics):
"Microfluidic technology also provides better control of the administered insulin doses, more closely mimicking the natural secretion of insulin from the pancreas, while detecting potential malfunctions of the pump to further protect patients...
"Each pump actuation injects only 200 nanoliters of drug, and reproducibility is better than 2%, bringing it very close to physiological delivery of insulin. This precise control may also allow the use of more concentrated insulin, once available on the market. It should also extend the use of pumps for children who have low needs of insulin..."
"As a disposable device, manufactured using high-volume semiconductor processing technologies, the MEMS-based Nanopump is also much more affordable... Unlike other insulin pumps, the Insulin Nanopumpâ"¢ does not require any substantial financial investment upfront...."
"Its design with a permanent part containing the electronics and a disposable part containing the reservoir and the pumping mechanism, makes it affordable and attractive for every patient."
I wonder how much longer till we can get even more details (like actual price) and get our hands on some units for the community to test drive?


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'The Descendants' won't bring Alexander Payne down
TORONTO – Alexander Payne might not be the most prolific of directors as his fifth big-screen foray in 15 years, The Descendants, opens today.
But this keen-eyed chronicler of human foibles sure knows how to rattle our cages.
In 1996's Citizen Ruth, he turned the abortion debate into a laughing stock by bashing both sides of the issue with biting aplomb.
In 1999's Election, he created an enduring symbol of insufferable ambition in Reese Witherspoon's irksome high school overachiever, Tracy Flick — a reference since linked to Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton.
In 2002's About Schmidt, he inspired Jack Nicholson to lose his bad-boy cool by sporting a geezer comb-over.
Alexander Payne's filmography
Citizen Ruth (1996)
Box office: $153,155
Awards: Nominated for a Sundance Festival grand jury prize.
Story: When an inhalant-huffing homeless hussy (Laura Dern) is forced by the courts to have an abortion or face jail time, she suddenly finds herself caught up in an ugly tug-of-war between pro-choice and pro-life supporters.
Election (1999)
Box office: $14.9 million
Awards: Adapted screenplay Oscar nomination; Golden Globe nomination for actress Reese Witherspoon.
Story: In a Midwest suburban high school, corruption runs amok after a well-liked history and civics teacher (Matthew Broderick) decides to sabotage a run for class president by the gratingly ambitious know-it-all Tracy Flick (Witherspoon).
About Schmidt (2002)
Box office: $65 million
Awards: Acting Oscar nominations for Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates; Golden Globe wins for Nicholson and screenplay.
Story: A mild-mannered Omaha actuary (Nicholson) loses his bearings when his wife suddenly dies after he retires and he hits the road in a Winnebago.
Sideways (2004)
Box office: $75.5 million
Awards: Five Oscar nominations, including best picture and director; a win for adapted screenplay.
Story: Drunken debauchery, violence and life-altering revelations ensue when a sad-sack would-be novelist (Paul Giamatti) takes his soon-to-wed TV actor friend (Thomas Haden Church) on a weeklong trek to Santa Barbara wine country.
And in 2004's Sideways, he forever sullied the reputation of merlot with a single vine-wilting putdown.
On this morning, however, Payne is basking in the afterglow of a rousing standing ovation for his low-budget opus No. 5 at the film festival here.
Does the man whose characters often simmer with barely submerged rage feel more at ease after such a warm response to The Descendants, a bittersweet tragi-comedy whose familial dysfunction erupts in the tourist-free zones of workaday Honolulu? The director gives one of his measured replies, quoting a near-forgotten funnyman of yesteryear.
"Joe E. Lewis said, 'Money doesn't buy happiness but it calms the nerves.' And that is how I feel about a film being well-received," says Payne, 50, a Stanford grad and Omaha native who comes off as professorial with his occasional use of arcane words ("parvenu," anyone?), attractively foppish mane of gray and scholarly knowledge of cinema. "It doesn't necessarily change my life or bring me profound happiness. But it calms the nerves."
Now the ever-fickle paying public gets its chance to pass judgment on his latest R-rated adventure in the vagaries of modern life just as the holiday multiplex arena is about to be overrun with singing Muppets and dancing penguins. Payne's philosophy is one of resignation: "I'm not worried because I can't do a damn thing. It's done."
Considering his track record, chances are excellent that The Descendants will continue its ascent as a film to be reckoned with during awards season. Online prognostication websites such as Gold Derby already have positioned it as one of the shoo-ins in the Oscar best-picture race.
No time for pranks
As Payne proved with Sideways, a bumpy detour into the pinot noir-sodden abyss of Santa Barbara wine country, he is that rare accolade-worthy filmmaker who speaks to both the art-house crowd and the popcorn-munching masses. Besides five Academy Award nominations, Sideways snagged an adapted-screenplay win for Payne and frequent collaborator Jim Taylor, and took in a solid $100 million-plus at the box office worldwide.
The Descendants also is the beneficiary of what is being declared as a career-peak performance by George Clooney. That might be partly attributed to the fact that the director found the secret to preventing the actor, whom he calls "a Borscht-belt comedian trapped in a body of a leading man," from indulging his penchant for childish pranks. Simply keep the guy too busy to bust out the whoopee cushions. As Clooney explains, "I didn't have a chance to do anything rotten. It was one of those parts with a lot of work to do."
Not that he doesn't seek out prime opportunities to rib Payne, especially now that the two are also close friends. Says Clooney, "We were doing a Q&A after a screening in Honolulu, and someone said, 'I've never seen Hawaii look like this.' I said, 'Not since Pearl Harbor.' I looked over at Alex, and he just acted like he didn't hear me."
Mostly, Clooney focused on his first full-out father role as a joyless, workaholic lawyer whose world is upended when his cheating wife falls into a coma following a boating accident. As a result, this self-described "backup parent" is chagrined to find himself being responsible for his two mouthy, mixed-up daughters, ages 10 and 17.
While performers often get a boost from being associated with Payne, whether by capitalizing on a persona-polishing shift to comedy like Witherspoon or by earning a 12th Oscar nomination at age 65 like Nicholson, the filmmaker professes not to be overly impressed by the presence of a Hollywood hotshot on his set.
"When I'm shooting, I don't care who the star is. I have an actor playing a part, and I'm serving the script, not serving anyone's career," Payne says. "My hope is that after 20 minutes, perhaps the audience forgets it is George Clooney or Jack Nicholson and just sees the character."
Clooney, who took a cut in pay just so he could team with Payne on the under-$25-million film, was itching to collaborate with him ever since he saw Election. "I thought he was a genius."
He still thinks that, even if Payne rejected him during their first encounter.
"I met with him for Sideways," says Clooney, whose stature was seen as a bad match for the part of Paul Giamatti's errant groom-to-be pal, played by Thomas Haden Church. But it wasn't an outright dismissal. "Alex did say that some time we should find something to do together. Two years later, he called and said, 'I've got a script.' And I said, 'I'll do it.' "
Sight unseen? "Until he does a bad film, I will do anything he wants to do."
Clooney even agreed to trash his dashing good looks to play Matt King, who prides himself on living below his means even though he hails from a line of rich island land barons. That translates into a cheap haircut, a tucked-in, short-sleeved Hawaiian shirt and wrinkled khakis worn high with the help of a too-tight braided Dad belt.
The overall effect: the company nerd at a luau.
The actor relates that the first time he walked out of wardrobe in costume, "I said, 'That is it for me. My career is over.' Alex was howling with laughter."
Actually, Payne tells a slightly different version of Clooney's reaction: "He looked at me and said, 'I'm never going to get laid again.' "
If The Descendants— Clooney calls it "a coming-of-age movie for a 50-year-old guy" — reveals a different side of the actor, it also shows that Payne has matured as an artist. Which might please those critics who have accused the director of abusing and demeaning his characters and, by extension, those who are in the audience.
Director learned empathy
Author Kaui Hart Hemmings, who was elated when she learned Payne was going to make a movie out of her debut novel, sees a difference that sets The Descendants apart from her favorite director's other titles.
"His films are usually sardonic and dry, although they also are filled with empathy. But this is the most empathetic of all of them," she says. "Just the way he uses his observational skills to show what people are really like — the way they dress, how they speak to each other — brings out the true humanity."
Payne, who tends to question such observations, does not disagree that he has evolved in his point of view. "Well, I am 50. If I'm not going to be mature now …what the heck?"
His less glib approach just might be the result of being away from the spotlight for seven years. During that time, he underwent a divorce in 2006 after three years of marriage to actress Sandra Oh, whose much-praised portrayal of a jilted wine pourer in Sideways was followed by a spot as a regular on TV's Grey's Anatomy.
Maturity also means you're aging. Payne was not so gently reminded of that after falling into a generation gap while advising newcomer Shailene Woodley, 20, for a segment in which she and movie dad Clooney hunted down her mother's paramour.
Says Payne: "The perfect suggestion was 'Do it like Woody Allen and Diane Keaton and just be bickering like them.' But I couldn't say, 'Do it like you're in Annie Hall,' " which came out 14 years before she was born.
"She had no idea of what I was talking about."
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Is that really works on scarches? or stone chips? because my ride had lots of stone chips on it :cry: and how u guys remove it?
that is a bottle of wax included a pen with it. it has to apply it on the scarched area then put wax on it.....
if your car is black u get the black one...some ppl said it doesn't work but some does! so just wondering it works or not? anyone knows?
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Liberty Avenue's grimy grinning guy is finally going away.
I refer to the dusty, smiling face on the sign above the old China Chef restaurant at 905 Liberty Avenue. Anyone regularly traveling this busy Downtown thoroughfare probably has noticed the cheerful chef grinning down at them in perpetually happy fashion.
Considering his buffet went out of business roughly a decade ago, our Chinese chef sure is one happy fella. He seemingly has not a care in the world. But Eve Picker is about to knock that smile right off his face and knock the rest of that ugly sign right off the rundown building.
Picker, 46, of Friendship, is the loft lady of Pittsburgh. Over the past four years, the local architect and developer has made the risky proposition of Downtown loft dwellings succeed in two locations. She's about to try again at the erstwhile China Chef.
Partnering with a nonprofit arm of the city Urban Redevelopment Authority, Picker's No Wall Productions will transform the five-story building into the $2.2 million Liberty Lofts.
By summer, the space should house a retailer on the ground floor, eight one-bedroom lofts on the upper ones whose monthly rental rates will range from $1,200 to $1,700.
Standing in the dark, dank remnants of the restaurant Thursday, I saw a faded sign advertising a long-ago daily special for $3.40 and smelled mildew. Picker saw potential and smelled future success.
"We already have a waiting list of people interested in living here," she said. "This project may look a little small, but to me it signifies big things."
Big things such as the ongoing revitalization of this particular portion of the Cultural District, of which Picker is playing a substantial role after debuting First Avenue's Firstside Lofts in 1997.
Two years ago, she renovated the old Bruno Building at 945 Liberty into retail and residential loft space. Next to the Bruno, the curtain is rising on another Picker production: a new, narrow three-story building opening next summer and following the same retail-loft formula.
Combined with the recently proposed $27 million African American Cultural Center near William Penn Place, Liberty Avenue's future suddenly appears brighter than it has in years. But long mocking efforts to upgrade the street is a certain chef grinning blithely over his shabby little structure.
"This place is one of the first things you see walking down from the convention center or the (Westin Convention Center) hotel," Picker said. "It's really been a blight on Liberty Avenue."
Still will be for a while. The work this place needs transcends merely taking down the old restaurant's tacky tapestries.
"We're starting out with just a shell of a building - no plumbing, no wiring," Picker said. "The upper floors are just a big, open empty warehouse space. I don't think they've been used since the 1940s or '50s, but we want to get people in them next year."
Picker has some lofty goals for Liberty Avenue. Should they be successfully realized, enough people interested in stretching Downtown's horizons will be sporting satisfied grins to more than make up for the loss of one gleeful Chinese chef.