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LOS ANGELES -- I had a lot of time on my hands during the lockout, so
I started a hockey related project to keep my wits sharp.
There's an empty bedroom in the rear of our home, the decision was
made to construct a play room with hockey memorabilia to allow the
kids in my very large family playtime during the frequent parties we
host. We needed a central piece for the room and I came up the notion
of building a Zamboni bed; I knew that former Avs player Adam Foote
had one built at a cost of $13,000, but needless to say, that wasn't
in the budget.
It was nice to get affirmation that social media provides more than
Twitter trolls and catfishing when our Facebook query for a craftsman
woodworker led us to one Gary Evans, who had a woodworking shop in
Burbank, California.
If you're one of those who believe there are no coincidences in life,
here's some more proof.
I knew I had heard of Mr. Evans before and when we met him at his
shop, I recognized him immediately as an off-ice official for the
Kings games at Staples Center, specifically the official scorer.
Seventeen million cats in Southern California and the craftsman
building our Zamboni bed is an NHL official scorer? I played Mega
Millions that night (didn't win).
So while Gary was busily putting hammer to nail over the past few
months to get the job done, another master craftsman was doing
likewise 10 miles south of the Zamboni project.
Dean Lombardi made all the right moves last season for the Los Angeles
Kings. He dug his heels early on the Drew Doughty contract
negotiation, swapped Terry Murray for Darryl Sutter at the midpoint,
and ended with an all-in move by acquiring Jeff Carter. The team
responded with a magical run, the convergence all championship teams
require to claim a crown and with it came a reported contract
extension for him and Sutter through 2017. In combination with the
ring and the new deal came accolades like this:
- "Kings Look Good to Repeat"
- "LA Brings Back Entire Roster to Defend Crown"
- "Dean Lombardi, Super Genius"
Okay, I made that last one up, but truth be told, no team has brought
back an entire roster (no, Scott Parse doesn't count) to defend a
title in the salary cap era. One only look back to the travails of the
Chicago Blackhawks to see that when people use the phrase "miraculous"
to classify the roster work Deano has done, it's not an exaggeration.
The timing of how the contracts layup and the fair market value of the
deals his stars have positioned his pieces on the chessboard as good
as any of his contending rivals.
During the Kings opening season press conference, he affirmed the
solid position he holds when addressing the usage of compliance
buyouts by saying, "I don't really have any bad contracts."
Somewhere, in suburban Philadelphia, Paul Holmgren is insanely
Throughout his career as a General Manager, the only rap on Lombardi
is that he wasn't a championship manager. He could build an
organization, did it in San Jose and here, but when it came to
figuring out what it took to put a team over the top, he couldn't find
the final piece of the puzzle.
It wasn't for lack of trying; intensity will never be a question with
this man nor is it intelligence. When he allows himself to be
available, there's not a more interesting person to talk to in sports.
His knowledge of the game is on par with any and his intellectual
curiosity extends to other professional sports. When he speaks with
you, he prods you to see how much knowledge you have on the subject
and is always thinking two queries ahead. He has no problem refusing
to answer specific questions but will also disclose great insight
confidentially with the recorder off.
When I heard the reports of Dean willing to go forward for four more
years with the franchise, it was no surprise. He's a lifer, I can't
imagine Dean Lombardi sitting on a boat off Florida fishing and making
an occasional appearance on network television. I'm thinking he'd live
out his final days in some rink in Halifax looking at a prospect. With
the questions answered about his ability to win a title put to rest,
Lombardi's motivation now is singular as he put pen to paper last
week, he looks to build a hockey legacy on the corner of 11th and
Figueroa in downtown Los Angeles.
Lombardi's vision of his depth chart is 20/15; he's moved assets to
acquire players he felt would bring a championship and guessed right.
Not known as a huge risk taker, the bold move to bring Carter when the
team was dying for scoring was at the cost of Jack Johnson, who was
the first big move in his era. In the moment, it was the biggest
gamble he's taken in his professional career given the length of
Carter's contract and questions revolving his work ethic and
character. He sacrificed young talent in Wayne Simmonds and Brayden
Schenn for Mike Richards, as driven on the ice as Lombardi is in the
executive suite. He got the last laugh on the Dustin Penner deal when
the big man joined the band and delivered a sterling playoff
performance. It's the usual chain of events that occur when an
organization wins a Stanley Cup in the era of parity and salary cap,
your GM's educated guesses were right every time.
There are few who progress from GM from championship caliber GM and
the list dwindles to single digits of those whom have built a legacy.
Tenure doesn't guarantee legacy as evidenced by Glen Sather's run on
Broadway, Rangers fans hope that the move of acquiring Rick Nash is
the seminal one that makes Slats a multiple Cup winner at the World's
Most Famous Arena. Brian Burke thought he could replicate the magic he
produced near Disney in Toronto, but without guys named Niedermayer,
Pronger and Selanne, it never happened.
While you'd think this season is crucial in establishing that legacy,
my feeling is that the entire Los Angeles organization gets a mulligan
in the shortened season. The fans should not worry about the crown's
defense, but revel in the end of a 45-year draught. The dude in
Section 301 shouldn't worry about Willie Mitchell's return date, he
should enjoy chirping Canucks, Sharks and Flyers fans until June.
The cold winds of reality blew through the team's practice facility in
El Segundo last Monday as the news of Matt Greene's herniated disc in
his back will have him missing months not weeks of the truncated
season. While he's not one of the high profile players on the Kings,
he's a heart-and-soul player that was essential in the championship
run. Even with Anze Kopitar returning the lineup, Greene and
Mitchell's absence just two games into the season is testament to why
teams haven't repeated in fifteen years. We feel that Los Angeles must
resist the temptation to over pay for a top four defenseman to plug
the large void that the hulking Greene absence creates. The timing
couldn't be worse for a buyer, the few teams that might be willing to
release an asset Lombardi needs will come at the cost of multiple high
value assets.
The future of this team starts the minute after the final game of the
2013 Stanley Cup playoffs. Where this team goes for the balance of the
decade has little to do with how many points Dustin Brown gets in his
contract year or how Jonathan Quick back responds but how the team
selects the next wave of the Royal Army.
Lombardi's track record on trades is strong, when he had only one
trade partner for Ryan Smyth, he ultimately turned into useful grinder
Colin Fraser. Back in the day, Justin Williams was wrangled for
talented but troubled Patrick O'Sullivan and the Kings don't win the
Cup if he didn't ship Lubomir Visnovsky to Edmonton for Jarret Stoll
and Greene.
Although they have a high win percentage in the trade market, the
Kings organization's track record in the draft at the top end leaves
something to be desired. Other than Drew Doughty, the core of this
team was drafted by either predecessor Dave Taylor or another
organization. A less than subtle reminder came this week when the
Kings waived former 4th overall pick in 2007, Thomas Hickey and was
subsequently claimed by the Islanders. At the time, Hickey was a
reach, projected in the mid-first rounder at best and while Every
organizations has whiffs to see names like Logan Couture, Kevin
Shattenkirk and Ryan McDonagh further down the list bring forward
thoughts of what might have been. In fairness, four draftees of the
same draft hit an NHL roster (Simmonds, still Kings property Oscar
Moller, Dwight King and Alec Martinez). In more recent history, the
2010 1st round pick Derek Forbort is still a project and the 2011
draft could be a total washout.
Lou Lamoriello is a legend because it was his crew that got Zach
Parise at the 17th pick of the 2003 draft while Doug Wilson has yet to
put together the winning combination from the structure that Lombardi
set up in North California. The stability of the depth chart should
give the Kings organization the confidence from going away from the
solid, citizen two way talents to the higher risk, higher reward skill
player. This challenge is welcomed as we recall the good old days in
2007 when he was reduced to signing seven free agents as "bridge"
players. With that bridge built with the raw materials of players like
Ladislav Nagy and Scott Thornton, so it wasn't one that was safe as
any speed.
In order for Lombardi to build a legacy in Los Angeles, he must insure
that one of the cornerstones of any franchise, drafting and
development, must be on par with the elite managers in the NHL. While
the organization has been strong in identifying two way depth players
under Lombardi's stewardship, they need to start finding higher end
talent among the teenagers to keep them in contender status annually.
It doesn't matter who picked Anze Kopitar, it does matter who will
eventually replace Justin Williams. Lombardi's received the necessary
supporting from ownership in words, deeds and most importantly, the
wallet that can make this team in it to win it every season. Along
with the commitment come higher expectations as Team Governor Tim
Leiweke conveyed to Helene Elliott of the Los Angeles Times this week.
"The challenge for all of us is how do we stay on top for a long
period of time within a new cap world and not having the second pick
in the draft anymore? And that will be Dean's challenge going forward
in these next few years."
In a revealing interview on FAN590 Toronto last week, Lombardi
affirmed that despite all the support and infrastructure and support
he supplies his charges, future success will rely solely on execution
in unchartered waters for him and the franchise.
"Nobody knows what the script is for sure," he said. "I talked to a
number of people about this over the summer and there are divergent
opinions about this. In the end, it's going to come down to your
players, it's another face of mental toughness no matter what the
coach and general manager preaches. It's going to come down to the
players having the right frame of mind on how to deal with success.
It's a very different challenge to deal with success. You see it right
away with the injuries we've been hit with. You look at a guy like Tom
Brady, it comes down to great players stepping up and doing what it
takes to win. Fortunately, because this team is young, they can learn
and prosper from this down the road."
The luxury of having the Los Angeles core locked up is huge, but the
ability to identify and develop superior talent and specifically top
six forwards (other than Tyler Toffoli, there's arguably no high end
forwards in their hockey gene pool) will determine if the legacy Dean
Lombardi constructs is similar to Ken Holland rather than Jay Feaster.
Dennis Bernstein is the Senior Writer for
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GREENSBORO - Republicans have not been known as the party of health care. But to make headway in the next election they need to embrace what has fast been emerging as the top domestic issue for many Americans.
That was a key message at a retreat for Republican governors and their staff Sunday on lush Lake Oconee.
On the agenda were GOP initiatives to drive down health care costs through plans like health savings accounts, the portability of health care records and other free-market proposals designed to boost competition.
The specter of Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton loomed large over the policy sessions as some members of the GOP fretted about the possibility of "Hillary care" if the U.S. senator from New York wins the White House in 2008. Clinton became known for her failed health care plan during her husband's administration and her campaign has put forward a plan to provide universal coverage.
"When Americans have no ideas and Democrats have bad ideas, Americans will choose bad ideas because Americans will almost always choose something rather than nothing," said Bill McInturff, a Republican pollster.
McInturff said health care is not an issue "gets the blood pumping" in the Republican base. But he said that concern over the nation's health care system has moved beyond the Democratic base and Republicans must come up with their own answer for the problem to compete.
The Republican Governors Association weekend retreat drew former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, President Bush's one-time top adviser Karl Rove and ex-Georgia Gov. Zell Miller as speakers. The current chairman of the GOP governors group is Gov. Sonny Perdue.
Rove's speech was closed to the media. But afterward he said that Republicans must pay attention to health care if they want to win.
"Because health care and education are on the minds of a lot of swing voters," Rove said.
In a recent opinion piece for the Wall Street Journal, Rove wrote that the GOP needed "a bold plan" on health care aimed at putting the patient in charge.
For the RGA, the wonkish policy retreat is aimed at creating a new face for the GOP, which has been struggling recently on the national stage.
The group's executive director, Nick Ayers, said in the last election cycle Republicans were, by and large, focused on attacking their opponents rather than putting forth real ideas. The result is that the party lost control of Congress.
"This is the beginning of the RGA pushing a theme that really good policy equals good politics," Ayers said.
Ayers acknowledged that health care is probably the Republicans weakest issue. But he said there are innovative things happening in the states under the leadership of GOP governors.
It all points to a significant disconnect between Republicans in Washington and in the states, Ayers said.
"Republican governors are popular but most people are basing their assumptions about the party on what's going in Washington," he said.
Ayers said already the new game plan is paying off. The group's fundraising has far outpaced their Democratic counterparts, bucking this year's trend that has had Democrats largely winning the race for cash.
And on Saturday night, Republican U.S. Rep. Bobby Jindal easily defeated 11 opponents to win the race for governor in Louisiana.
He becomes the 23rd Republican governor. Staff from 17 states were at the weekend retreat in Georgia.
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Dry shade is a recurring problem, but there are different kinds. There is the predictable shade from buildings all around you, there is the seasonal shade from deciduous trees, and there is the shade beneath evergreens, which is the heaviest.
Under difficult circumstances, you must give the plants of your choice a good start; they in their turn must then be able to cope without further cosseting. Where trees are involved, whatever you plant will quickly be invaded by tree roots.
Obviously you can't cut big tree roots, but you can find spaces between these and create pockets of decent soil with plenty of organic matter added. Rather than aiming at a uniform sheet of one kind of plant, it is better to vary the plant content, with different shapes and colours.
Euphorbia amygdaloides robbiae is always a great ally, with its year-round rosettes of dark green foliage. It is shrubby, with green flowering spikes in spring. After flowering, you can cut these down, making room for fresh growth. It has a mildly suckering habit that builds into a colony.
The advantage of Welsh poppies, Meconopsis cambrica, which may be orange or yellow, is that they self-sow and do some of the work for you. Once they have had their first flush, in May, sweep the lot away (they break off cleanly at ground level) and you can rely on them to grow again.
We may think of ferns as moisture-loving, but some are amenable to drought conditions, in particular the polypodies. I have a particularly soft spot for Polypodium interjectum 'Cornubiense', which is a bright and cheerful green. It goes well with the solid, dark green butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus , of which you must get the hermaphrodite form so that crops of its cheerful red berries are assured. These will last year round.
The variegated-leaved Arum italicum, often known as Pictum, is deciduous but with a long season, from autumn to May. It gets bird-sown in a charming way - seedlings appearing in unexpected places. Epimedium pinnatum subsp. colchicum is reliable evergreen ground cover. When it looks tired, by February, the whole colony should be razed to the ground, as the coppery young foliage that follows is a spring attraction and accompanied with pale yellow flowers. Dry shade can be interesting and we don't need to wring our hands over it.
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Edited press releaseAmerman Racing's Balance, the favorite for Saturday's $500,000 Ashland Stakes (gr. I) at Keeneland following grade I victories in the Las Virgenes and Santa Anita Oaks at Santa Anita, looms as a solid favorite when the final pool of Churchill Downs' Kentucky Oaks Future Wager (KOFW) launches its four-day run April 6. Churchill Downs handicapper Mike Battaglia has installed the 3-year-old daughter of 1995 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Thunder Gulch as the 7-2 favorite in the field of 24 wagering interests for the April 6-9 pool. The betting interests include a mutuel field that includes all 3-year-old fillies other than 23 individual horses in the pool. The 'all others' wager, which was the favorite in each of the earlier Kentucky Oaks Future Pools, is listed as a 5-1 second choice heading into Pool 3. Wild Fit, runner-up in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (gr. I) and the Las Virgenes, is next in the morning line at 8-1, while the remaining wagering interests are all at odds of 12-1 or higher. The mutuel field was a 9-2 favorite in KOFW Pool 2, followed by Balance and Wild Fit, who were co-second choices at 7-1. Top Notch Lady and Brownie Points are not nominated to the Kentucky Oaks, but trainer Mark Casse plans to make Top Notch Lady a supplemental entry to the race at a cost of $25,000, which is five percent of the Oaks' $500,000 purse. Trainer Donnie Von Hemel said Pin Oak Stud's Brownie Points could also be supplemented to the Oaks if she runs well in the $250,000 Fantasy (gr. II) at Oaklawn Park April 14. A total of $54,054 was wagered during the four-day run of the second KOFW pool. That was the highest total for Pool 2 since the wager moved to a three-pool format in 2004 and it lifted the combined betting total for the two 2006 pools to $120,602. The final pool of 2006 has nine new betting interests: Teammate, Quiet Kim, Bushfire, Ermine, Top Notch Lady, Miraculous Miss, Brownie Points, Sweet Fourty, and Ready to Please. Fillies dropped from Pool 2 include: Baghdaria, Better Now, Folklore, Joint Effort, Misty Rosette, Original Spin, Private World, Sabatini, and Sierra Sweetie.
2006 KENTUCKY OAKS FUTURE WAGER POOL 3 Program--Horse Name, Odds
1--Adieu, 20-1
2--Balance, 7-2
3--Brownie Points,50-1
4--Bushfire, 20-1
5--Celestial Legend, 20-1
6--Crystal Current, 30-1
7--Diplomat Lady, 30-1
8--Ermine, 20-1
9--Ex Caelis, 50-1
10--French Park, 20-1
11--India, 20-1
12--Itty Bitty Pretty, 15-1
13--Miraculous Miss, 30-1
14--Quiet Kim, 15-1
15-- Ready to Please, 30-1
16--Sweet Belle, 30-1
17--Sweet Fourty, 20-1
18--Sweet Sugaree, 50-1
19--Teammate, 12-1
20--Top Notch Lady, 30-1
21--Wait A While, 12-1
22--Wild Fit, 8-1
23--Wonder Lady Anne L, 20-1
24--All Other 3-year-old fillies, 5-1 Morning Line Odds by Mike Battaglia
Balance Favored in Pool 3 of Oaks Future Bet
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The outdoor plant specialists at Tinga Nursery, located between Castle Hayne and Wilmington on Hwy. 133 have the answers to all your landscaping questions. With over 100 years in business, the staff at Tinga has a unique understanding of what it takes to plan, plant and maintain the kind of garden this area is famous for.
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Skin deep: 100 Army recruits turned away because of tattoo policy
By KRISTOPHER RIVERA | El Paso Times, Texas | Published: June 26, 2014
About 100 men and women in El Paso who wanted to enlist in the Army have been turned away because of new tattoo policies that began March 31, said a statement from the Army Recruiting Command in Phoenix.
"A lot of the applicants come in here with tattoos or with gauged ears and they've been wanting to join the military since they were kids and they're not able to," said Capt. Joshua Jacquez, Army recruiting company commander in El Paso.
According to Army Regulation 670-1, which details grooming and appearance standards for all soldiers while in uniform, new recruits cannot have more than four tattoos below the elbow or knee. Tattoos are also prohibited on the neck, face, head, hands, wrists and fingers. Ear gauges are also prohibited. Individual tattoos must be smaller than the recruit's hand. Individual tattoos that are clustered together to appear as one large tattoo are prohibited.
Excessive tattoos in the Army "was nothing that was getting out of hand," said Lt. Col. Jennifer McAfee, U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion Phoenix commander.
And the policy has not hurt recruitment numbers in El Paso, according McAfee.
"We're still putting many men and women in the Army, even though the Army's drawing down," she said.
For 2014, McAfee said the goal is to recruit more than 57,000 people for the Army and 18,000 recruits for in the Army Reserves.
"We're on track to make it," she added.
If new recruits decide to get tattoo removal, they should be cautious, said McAfee.
"(New recruits) they have to be careful about who they go to because they might leave a branding," she said.
A branding is a permanent mark left behind from a burn, which can be the result after a tattoo removal procedure. It can lead to an applicant being denied from enlisting.
"The Army is definitely a profession and we uphold discipline and standards, and that's what our leaders decided to do, change the policy for tattoos," she said.
John Ceballos, a military veteran and member of the "All-Airborne" Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association, said many members in the group have discussed the Army's tattoo policy.
"Back in our days we weren't allowed to have tattoos, so much of us are against it," said Ceballos, who was in the Army from 1967-74 in the 101st Airborne Division.
"We think it's distracting, it's not good etiquette in the appearance of a soldier," Ceballos said about tattoos visible on the neck and other exposed parts of the body while in uniform.
"Usually, most paratroopers would tattoo their paratrooper wings on their shoulder, but it was covered up," he added.
Tattoo policies in other branches of the military require that tattoos be covered up while in uniform.
In the Air Force, the tattoo policy prohibits airmen from having tattoos that cover more than 25 percent of a body part while wearing any type of uniform, such as short sleeve, long sleeve, sleeves rolled up or open collar. Any tattoos above the collarbone, such as on the neck, head, face, tongue, lips or scalp, are prohibited.
In the Marine Corps, new recruits with more than four tattoos will be subject to review according to its tattoo policy.
Tattoos on the head and neck are prohibited. Sleeve tattoos, and half-sleeve or quarter-sleeve tattoos that are visible to the eye when wearing standard physical training gear are prohibited.
In the Navy, tattoos on the head, face and neck are prohibited as well as tattoos on the inner lips or mouth that are visible with an open mouth. Tattoos located on the torso, legs or upper arm cannot be visible while wearing white uniform clothing. Tattoos exposed when wearing a properly fitted crew neck T-shirt cannot be bigger than the applicant's hand.
For all branches of the military, the content of tattoos is also reviewed before men and women can enlist.
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From: "Connie Shotts" <>
Subject: Re: [S-I] Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703
Date: Tue, 19 May 2009 13:53:28 -0400
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Thanks, Linda. As always, you give the best answers! I am look for the
family of James Bruster/Brewster/Bruister, born about 1745 near Coleraine
and left for America about 1760-1765. I believe the family was originally
Scots and had probably been in Northern Ireland for at least a couple of
generations prior to James' birth. In Virginia, James was a sheep farmer
and I suspect that he/his family were sheep farmers in Ireland as well. All
I know for sure is that in 1798 a Robert Bruster, probably a cousin of James
(who was then in Jessamine County KY), died in Mercer County KY and in his
will left his estate to the sons of his brother who were living "about three
miles from Coleraine" in Ireland when he left Ireland in the 1770s. That is
the only solid lead I have back to Ireland; otherwise it's just the family
lore that says James Brewster was born in County Derry Ireland around 1745
and came to America as a young man.
I appreciate your help and your recommendations. I take them to heart and
search as you recommend -- just haven't found anything yet, and know that I
may not from that time period -- but I keep hoping and looking!
-----Original Message-----
[mailto:] On Behalf Of
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [S-I] Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703
Hi Connie,
When the plantations were begun after the ending of 50 years of war in
Ulster, there were no churches with a roof on them. What were left were
ruins of ancient parishes and monasteries. In the early 1600s with the
destruction of Catholicism, these were 'taken over' by Protestants. Some
were too ruined to rehab, so some parish churches were built anew. Preaching
in these were ministers. In the first 30 years the Presbyterian church had
not been separated from the Church of Ireland. Actually it was impossible to
lure English parsons to Ulster to their death. The planting of Ulster was
one in a series of such events implemented by England in Ireland -- and they
all ended in the slaughter of the settlers. That's one reason King James
lured over the Scots, he couldn't convince many English to try this ....
The Scots were more used to harsh conditions and had been forbidden to
migrate there before -- so they came. Reversing previous English policy
regarding the settlement of Scots in Ireland was one of Jamie's more radical
decisions. Most English felt it would not end well.
So most of the early ministers were Scots. They faced an ordeal in the 1630s
when the high churchmen took control of the Church of England and of
Ireland. They persecuted non-subscribing Protestants (instead of Catholics)
-- so ministers who would not recognize bishops were ejected from their
parishes. Some returned to Scotland and some preached illegally while doing
subsistence farming -- living far below the income of any Church of Ireland
ministers who came to replace them.
The picture you should have in your mind is that of very few churches of all
of any name. People living in Ulster (many Scots highlanders, native Irish,
descendents of Welsh, English, Scots (like the Bissetts), etc -- they were
no doubt amazed to see any clergy. Having had little opportunities for
Sunday School, they were not clear on the differences amongst various
clergy. If someone wanted to get married or baptized, often they were lucky
to find someone, anyone, willing to do it. Or they traveled far --- to
Templemore or Belfast or some place with clergy.
In addition to this state where no one was well aware yet of the religious
differences that would soon divide Ulster's people for hundreds of years,
the upper class was realizing that under English law, to inherit an estate,
you needed a legal heir -- you needed a legal marriage (such as only the
Church of Ireland or later the Quakers could do) and baptized heirs --
baptized in the church of Ireland.
So regardless of private religious beliefs, in these early years, many
people were married and baptized in the Church of Ireland. Rule number 2 or
3 of Irish genealogy is ALWAYS check the Church of Ireland parish records,
no matter what you think their religion was. They might appear. You might
get lucky.
Two things work against us here: Not all parishes in the early days were
functional. Many had no minsters or buildings. What did those people do?
What do we do now? We go to one that is functioning. The second problem is
that many of the early records not only were not kept (since there was no
functional church in that parish) but many were later destroyed. Luckily
there were no walls between parishes and people were free to move about the
country. Then as now, people married in the wife's parish, so your ancestor,
cemented into some back-water townland in a non functional parish, might
have been married in another parish where his future wife lived.
Therefore you search WIDE. You always do.
Luckily very earily surviving parish records are often published, like
Templemore. Books that teach about how to do Irish genealogy identify the
Templemore registers as a vast regional treasurehouse. Lots of Irish names
amongst them as well as -- well, you never know. So if your ancestor lived
in Ulster, y ou should check these registers as well as early ones from
Belfast. The Belfast ones may contain the names of individuals living in
northern Antrim or other directions fairly far from Belfast. I could go on
and on but it's too much for an email, assuming I could remember what I read
about it <grin>! Falley may cost $150 but most likely a library near you has
a copy....and she had a whole chapter on just Church of Ireland records that
includes a history of the Church of Ireland -- relevant to a genealogist's
concerns of finding the records.
Many of the people in the Templemore registers are identified by the
townland or parish where they live. So you can sometimes get a bead on where
that was by the entry. Of course some are not. Unless it is indexed by
place, how would John know if there are people in there from Coleraine? I
can't recall, myself if it is or not.
Using Worldcat.org, the nearest copy is 173 miles away in Buffalo. I believe
the FHL has a copy too. I either used it there or in New England at NEHGS.
Library of Congress of course has a copy.....etc...
Meaning, everyone should check this book as part of your Irish research --
the no brainer round when you check all the 'low hanging fruit' that's
relatively easy to get to, especially if you are nice to John and don't make
fun of his ephods.
Linda Merle
----- Original Message -----
From: "Connie Shotts" <>
Sent: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:19:01 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
Subject: Re: [S-I] Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703
Regarding the Register of Derry Catherdral: I understand that this covers
the Templemore parish -- is that correct? Does it cover any other parish
records, such as Dunboe (Coleraine area)?
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 3:01 PM
Subject: [S-I] Register of Derry Cathedral 1642-1703
Thank you for the kind offer but I've purchased a CD of the register
_www.whollygenes.com_ (http://www.whollygenes.com)
I need a copy for browsing. My CD was copied from the text holdings of
Trinity College Dublin Library Collection. PRONI has the text copy,
College Dublin has the text and the Cathedral has the text.
I am pleasantly surprised that there are so many old, out of print and out
of copyright references
I have a CD of Derry Cathedral Register. AD1642-1703, 34.67MB
by Parish Register Society, that someone gave me.
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From: Abigail Ann Young <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Wingfield Family DNA Project
Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2002 11:00:37 -0400
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Oh dear. I think that this could be used as a demonstration of poor
genealogical reasoning, and I fear, also of poor use of genetic genealogy
Mr Preston writes:
> We do now have tests pending with Ancestry.com for additional
> descendants of John Wingfield (b.ca.1695) and his brother, Robert
> (b.ca.1693), both sons of Thomas of York River (1664-1720). Hopefully, we
> can also someday test another descendant of the third brother, Thomas
> (b.ca.1693). As soon as Ancestry.com is ready, we are more than ready to
> see those 24 loci results, so they can be compared with our Group 1 and Group
> 2 tests for the same two Wingfield men's descendants, shown at our DNA
> website:
> http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~leepreston/index.html
But it remains unproven that John, Thomas, and Robert were brothers. All
three men were active in Virginia at much the same time, John and Thomas in
St Paul's Parish, Hanover County and Robert in St Peter's Parish, New Kent
County (the same county as that in which we have evidence of Thomas 'of
York River'). According to Mr Preston's web site, a documented descendant
of John of Hanover County and a documented descendant of Thomas of Hanover
County were tested against a documented descendant of Sir John of
Tickencote. The tests showed a 12/12 match between John's descendant and
Thomas' descendant and a 10/12 match between those two men and Sir John's
descendant. I cannot see that that proves either that John and Thomas were
brothers or that the common male-line ancestor of all three men was Sir
BTW, in this letter Mr Preston says that it was a descendant of Robert of
New Kent County, not one of Thomas of Hanover County that was tested, and
that no descendant of Thomas of Hanover Co has been tested yet. The web
page to which he makes reference appears to state the opposite.
> I will also be adding additional supporting genealogical info to the above
> website as LINKS, as there seems to be a wider interest in Wingfield DNA +
> genealogy results than had been expected. Much of the supporting data has
> already appeared over the past 15 years in the Wingfield Family Society
> Newsletter, published and issued quarterly by WFS President Robert E. Carr.
> See www.wingfield.org for Newsletter availability.
> Sir John Wingfield (d.1631) of Tickencote, England, was surely the MRCA of
> our Tickencote Wingfield primary testee (SC3.1) and the above three sons of
> Thomas of York River -- Thomas, John, Robert. The DNA of descendants of all
> 3 (T, J & R) has been tested against the paper documented descendant (SC3.1)
> of Sir John (d.1631) through his son, Richard, and all 3 (Thomas, John,
> Robert) tests were a "match" with SC3.1. While it could be said, as
> challenged, that the MRCA could have been "earlier" than Sir John (d.1631),
> it CANNOT be said, based on DNA results, that their MRCA could NOT be Sir
> John (d.1631). He is the "paper" documented ancestor of SC3.1, and -->
Yes, agreed -- we cannot say that it was not Sir John. But as I understand
it, with two mutations indicated in a test of 12 loci, we also cannot say
for certain how many generation back the common ancestor was.
> We know that Sir John Wingfield (d.1631) was also the documented father of
> John Wingfield, York Herald (d.1678), as recorded in "MUNIMENTS OF THE
> ANCIENT SAXON FAMILY OF WINGFIELD," page 10, by Lord Powerscourt. We also
> know, same page, that John Wingfield, York Herald, had a son, Thomas, therein
> described as "of York River, Virginia." That proves in written
> documentation the 3 generations downward -- Sir John Wingfield (d.1631) -->
> John Wingfield, York Herald (d.1678) --> Thomas Wingfield of York River
> (1664-1720), are Father, Son, Grandson, and --
Well, yes, though it should be pointed out that Lord Powerscourt also says
that the Thomas Wingfield who was the son of John Wingfield, York Herald,
died without issue. Lord Powerscourt, an early 20th-c antiquarian writer
on family history, is regarded as 'gospel' for the connection between the
Thomas Wingfield baptised in St Benet's Parish, Paul's Wharf, London in
1664 and the Thomas Wingfield who died in St Paul's Parish, New Kent
County, Virginia in 1720, but not for the information that this Thomas died
without issue.
I am not a geneticist but I am an historian. This is not proof. It is an
indication for further research but it is not proof.
The problem, which I cannot find that the Wingfield Family Society is
willing to acknowledge, is that Wingfield is a common surname in Surrey and
Kent, two of the counties from which there was an influx of immigration to
late 17th and early 18th century Virginia. Anyone familiar with the
parishes of early modern Kent will see many familar names in the records of
early modern Virginia. I can readily believe that many of these English
Wingfields have a connection, perhaps fairly far back, with the Sussex
Wingfields or the Tickencote Wingfields that were a branch of the Sussex
As far as I can see the DNA data is consistent with a distant connection,
even between John and Thomas, and certainly between John, Thomas, and Sir
> We know that our selected Wingfield DNA testees are "paper documented" back
> to their respective ancestors, Thomas (1693), John (1695), Robert (1697).
> That only leaves a one-generation gap lacking in written documented proof
> connecting the 3 sons, T J & R, to their father Thomas of York River. The
> reason for this lack of paper proof lies in the destruction of the original
> Vestry Book & Register of St. Peter's Parish, New Kent County, Virginia. It
> does not exist. What does exist is the handwritten copy of the original (or
> a copy of an even earlier copy of the original), created in the mid-1700s. I
> have read this handwritten copy on microfilm (LDS), and it is missing a major
> portion of births during the period of the 3 sons -- 1693, 1695, 1697. The
> balance of the surviving copy contains scrawled images of animals and other
> figures obviously scribbled by children, and includes such graffiti as "I am
> Nicodemas." Under those conditions, one would have to ask if the records
> that are included are really all that trustworthy as "proof." Who was the
> keeper of that paper "proof"? Eight-year-olds? Six-year-olds?
Survival of records is the real issue here. We have no proof that Thomas
'of York River' had sons. The fact that there are gaps in the surviving
records does not make it any more or less likely that the baptismal records
for Thomas Wingfield's sons are lost because it makes it no more or less
likely that he had sons. We have no proof that Thomas, John, or Robert were
closely related to one another. We have no documented link between any of
them and the Wingfield family of Tickencote except the DNA testing and it
cannot prove what it is being asked to prove -- the test is not 'fine'
enough to prove that two men were brothers in the absence of hard evidence.
> Commentators on this DNA List have correctly pointed out that "paper proof"
> is only alleged proof, only as trustworthy as the writer who presented it.
> Fraud can be passed off as paper proof. I have seen it tried, as a Past
> Registrar for my Thomas Jefferson Chapter of the Sons of the American
> Revolution, and I have personally rejected applicants for attempted
> fraudulent "proof." Haven't we now turned a corner in genealogy, where the
> proof of DNA has catapulted us beyond the first rung on the ladder of the
> future? And we cannot go back down. We can only ascend. Where we are now
> means that "paper proof" alone, without the support of DNA, will soon be
> regarded simply as "poof" -- not "proof"!
> Wingfield DNA results have shown us that the only other possible candidate as
> the father of T J & R -- Robert Wingfield, a brother of Jarvis Wingfield,
> both sons of William & __ (Dix) Wingfield) -- cannot be their father because
> of a DNA non-match with our primary descendant (Testee SC3.1) of Sir John
> (d.1631). There is a match of only 8 out of 24 loci between SC3.1 and the
> Jarvis Wingfield testee , as shown in Group 3 of our Wingfield DNA website
> above. Jarvis's descendants are accounted for through his documented will,
> thus, only his brother, Robert, was in question as a possible ancestor of T J
> Thomas of York River was the only Wingfield other than the above sons of
> William & __ (Dix) Wingfield who maintained a continuing footprint in
> Virginia -- 40 years (1680-1720), during the period of possible parenthood
> for T J & R -- the mid-1690's to 1700. There was no other Wingfield male
> who had a continuing presence in Virginia in that time frame. Most Wingfield
> "immigrants" appeared briefly as a name in some record and nothing further
> was heard of them. Many may have never actually come to America. Fraud was
> frequent in attempting to obtain headright land. Whatever the reasons,
> there were no other Wingfield men in Virginia with a continuing presence at
> that time.
> Repeating, repeating -- there were no other Wingfield men in Virginia who
> could be candidates to be the father of the 3, T J & R. If anyone can point
> to any other Wingfield man and tell me that man could have been the father of
> T J & R, I would have to ask for a breath check. There are no others in the
> records. No other Wingfield men were in Virginia, other than momentary blips
> in some paper record. Our "Wingfield Immigrants Register" on our DNA website
> above, and on the official Wingfield website www.wingfield.org names all
> known Wingfields whose names ever cast a shadow outside Great Britain.
But why should we assume that John, Thomas, or Robert were themselves born
in Virginia? Why is it any more likely that they were born in Virginia than
that they were themselves immigrants from England, here casting their
shadow for the first time?
> As to the question whether the above 3 (T J & R) were brothers, their DNA is
> a match. Thomas (1693) and John (1695) both signed as witness to land deeds
> in Amelia County, VA, for John's father-in-law, Charles Hudson. A son of
> Robert (1697) married a daughter of John (1695). These relationships, while
> not "proof," show a relationship closeness among the 3. Taken with the DNA
> match back to MRCA Sir John (d.1631), and taken with the paper documentation
> of all the generations except the one missing generation, these relationships
> do count in our evaluation of proof.
It does seem quite likely that these men were associated. It seems plain
that they were cousins. Perhaps they came from the same parish, or
neighbouring parishes, in Kent or Sussex. But we have no proof that Sir
John was their common male-line ancestor.
More work needs to be done in primary documents in England -- but what we
really need is for more early Virginia records to make their appearance!
Abigail Ann Young
I think this discussion should probably now be taken off the DNA list and
on to the Wingfield list, so I have add a cc: and set the follow-ups
acordingly. AAY
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Estimated water use in the Lower Flint-Ochlocknee Water Planning Region was 593 Mgal/d in 2005, of which 293 Mgal/d or 49 percent was from groundwater and 300 Mgal/d or 51 percent was from surface water (Fanning and Trent, 2009). The largest water withdrawal in the region in 2005 was for irrigation (293 Mgal/d), which was used to irrigate more than 616,000 acres. Industrial users in the region withdrew 123 Mgal/d (mostly for paper and chemical plants). Public supply withdrawals totaled nearly 40 Mgal/d and served 66 percent of the population in the region (all from groundwater), with the balance provided by domestic supply wells. Water withdrawn for thermoelectric power in the region totaled 121 Mgal/d to generate electricity for two powerplants in 2005.
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Capcom has named Kazuhiko Abe as CEO and President of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. and CE Europe, Ltd. Abe is responsible for the management of North American and European business operations, and he will oversee the activities between the offices "in order to promote efficient international operations."
Abe joined Capcom in 2003 as General Manager of Management Planning and in 2006 became the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Capcom in Japan. Prior to joining Capcom, Abe worked for various institutions such as The Mitsubishi Bank and telecommunications service provider Hikari Tsushin, Inc. before taking the role of Executive Officer at Intuit Kabushiki Kaisha.
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Hi everyone,
Up until a few days ago, my partner's Compaq laptop was working ok but now Internet Explorer 7 and Firefox 3 cannot connect to the internet.
My laptop (XP) works fine with the same connection so don't think it's an issue with our broadband.
Symptoms/facts on Vista laptop :
* There are no proxy setting in either browser
* In Internet explorer - the 'Interconnect connection setup' states "You are already connected to the Internet"
* Can ping sites (e. Google)
* Google updater can download from internet
* Windows Update can download from internet
* Windows Network Diagnostics - "Windows did not find any problems with this computer's network connection"
* HP Total Care Advisor - states that Internet connection is good
* Tried switching off firewall - browsers still cannot connect
Any ideas gratefully received!


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From: "John Ashbury" <>
Subject: [MDFR] History Moment - 9-28-11
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:32:05 -0400
On September 28, 1786, Philip Rodenspiller signed a deed for a parcel of
land in Middletown to Jacob Sagaser, of the Reformed Church and to Michael
Troutman of the Lutheran Church, for the purpose of erecting a combined
church for the two faiths. The parishes operated together for 66 years.
On September 28, 1805, Dr. Charles Worthington Johnson, the son of Baker
Johnson and father of Confederate General Bradley T. Johnson, was born in
Frederick. He died in 1883.
On September 28, 1829, a circus displayed the bones of a mastodon at the
Frederick County Courthouse.
On September 28, 1897, Cpl. Alexander Scott, of Company D, 10th Vermont
Infantry, was awarded a Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at The
Battle of Monocacy on July 9, 1862. His citation reads: "Under a very heavy
fire of the enemy saved the national flag of his regiment from capture."
On September 28, 1920, nearly 4,000 Frederick County women registered to
vote for the first time.
On September 28, 1921, drilling for oil began in Thurmont at the end of Main
Street on the property of C. C. Merritt. The company was called the Annie
Laura Oil and Gas Company.
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Could NAFTA Force Keystone XL On United States?
Farron Cousins | May 13, 2013
By Farron Cousins • Monday, May 13, 2013 - 15:05
As the public anxiously awaits the U.S. State Department's final decision on the fate of the Keystone XL Pipeline, the discussion has largely ignored the elephant in the room: the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA.)
Thanks to NAFTA, signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1994, the State Department will likely be able to do little more than stall the pipeline's construction. In its simplest form, NAFTA removes barriers for North American countries wishing to do business in or through other North American countries, including environmental barriers. The goal of the agreement was to promote intra-continental commerce and help the economies of all involved in the agreement.


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When it comes to CPR, timing is everything
UMKC researchers are helping to re-write the book for first responders
Matthew Gratton, M.D., a long-time emergency physician and seasoned combat physician, knows all too well the critical importance of applying the right medical treatment at the right time. When it comes to sudden cardiac arrest, for example, the timing and the treatment can literally mean the difference between life and death. That's why Gratton, chair of the UMKC Department of Emergency Medicine, and his research colleagues are encouraging emergency response personnel to re-evaluate their protocols for treating cardiac arrest patients.
"We used to routinely stop compressions to ventilate the patient or to insert an IV or to administer multiple shocks," Gratton said. "But, over the last several years, more and more of the scientific literature began to suggest that perhaps that was misguided."
Most notably, Gratton looked at the research of Gordon Ewy, M.D., of the Sarver Heart Center at the University of Arizona. Ewy is a leading proponent of continuous chest compression and a long-time researcher into the pathophysiology of the arrested heart. His research has shown that interruptions in chest compressions significantly decrease coronary and cerebral blood flow.
Others were taking note of this as well, including Alexander Garza, M.D., who is a former medical director of the Kansas City Emergency Medical Services (EMS) System and former faculty member at the School of Medicine. (Garza was recently appointed assistant U.S. secretary of health affairs and chief medical officer in the Department of Homeland Security.)
In 2005, based on Ewy's research and numerous other corroborating studies, Garza felt the science was compelling enough to put a new protocol for responding to sudden cardiac arrest into practice in Kansas City. In determining the protocol for implementation, Garza collaborated with Gratton and Joseph Salomone, M.D., associate professor of emergency medicine at UMKC and the medical director of the Kansas City EMS System.
"Our approach was to get rescuers to concentrate most on giving more rapid, deep and uninterrupted compressions when working with sudden cardiac arrest," Gratton said.
They then studied the results from changes in CPR methods as implemented by the Kansas City EMS System in 2006 and 2007. The Kansas City EMS System prioritized the use of at least 50 chest compressions before administering two breaths. The change also meant that EMS personnel focused more on compressions and less on intubating patients, starting IVs and delivering medications. Current American Heart Association recommendations call for a 30/2 ratio of compression to ventilation.
When comparing the previous three years to the year following the change in protocol, Gratton and his colleagues found that there was a marked increase in overall sudden cardiac arrest survival rates (7.5 percent to 13.9 percent). They also found that patients in a shockable rhythm (ventricular fibrillation) who were witnessed to arrest and who were resuscitated with the new protocol improved their hospital discharge rate from 22.4 percent to 43.9 percent. Their findings were published earlier this year in Circulation, the scientific journal of the American Heart Association.
"It really comes down to timing and the physiological changes that are taking place when a person is in cardiac arrest. As what's going on in a cardiac event changes, what needs to be done changes, too," Gratton said. "When the patient's physiology is basically normal, except for heart rhythm, in the first four to five minutes, defibrillation is appropriate. After that, a shock may be ineffective, due to a lack of oxygen in the blood, and actually cause the patient to flatline."
Gratton and his colleagues are in the process of a follow-up study in which they have further increased the number of uninterrupted compressions from 50 to 200.
"We are still compiling numbers, but the preliminary data looks very promising," Gratton said. "Emergency medical services around the country are beginning to change their protocols to reflect the recommendations for increased chest compressions. This has the potential to save thousands of lives every year."
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I am a 29 year olf female 1.5 years post breast reconstruction with submuscular high-profile mentor silicone implants (450cc). I am experiencing visible implant rippling (w/o bra only) on the R breast through the center cleavage and top of implant over the slope. I have had 3 fat grafting procedures (30 cc at a time) to help with the rippling - minimal help. Should I continue with the fat grafting, are there other procedures I should look at, Or is this as good as it gets? No lat flap. Thanks!
Breast Reconstruction Rippling. Previous Fat Grafting to Help With Ripples. Minimal Results. Suggestions?(photo)
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Breast reconstruction rippling. Previous fat grafting to help with ripples. Minimal results. Suggestions? (photo)
At our Breast Reconstruction Center, we have utilizing this technique almost routinely to maximize the aesthetic outcomes after lumpectomy or mastectomy. We have utilized the micro-fat grafting technique, and have been obtaining maximal fat graft survival into the breast. After harvesting of the fat from areas with excess fat, usually the belly, hips, or thighs, the fat is processed and injected back into the breast using the aforementioned techniques. Our patients have been very happy with the results as well as the areas where the liposuction was performed. Contour has been much improved using the micro-fat grafting technique, and the downtime is minimal. Survival rate of the fat is reports 50-90%, and thus is usually compensated for upon injection of the fat. Sometimes it takes multiple procedures.
Fat grafting has become a mainstay in breast reconstruction and has added another edge to breast reconstruction for aesthetics with minimal morbidity and complications. If you are agreeable to it, I would continue with the fat grafting, especially if you are resistant to any flap procedure. Discuss the survival rate and why the fat is failing to correct the deformity with your surgeon. Best wishes for a great result!
More tissue to help with rippling.
You need more tissue to help with the rippling. This can either be more of your own tissue (fat grafting) or biological tissue (Alloderm, Surgimend etc). Thirty mililiters of fat grafting may also not be enough. I'm sitting in the OR where I just finished grafting 125 ml to a breast (different type of reconstruction on a different patient so don't compare).
Or you may need a sheet of artificial dermis to help crate a barrier between the implant and your skin. Your surgeon can help you decide what the best options for you may be.
Alloderm or Strattice to improve breast reconstruction results
From the photos you posted it appears that you have a beautiful result. I would agree with fat grafting as the first option for improvement of rippling in a case like yours, but if you have had 3 sessions and still need better coverage then an acellular dermal matrix graft such as Strattice or Alloderm would be worth considering. Disadvantage is that it is a bigger surgery than fat grafting.
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Rippling after mastectomy reconstruction
Another is to add a dermal matrix sheet between the breast and the implant where the rippling is visible to blunt the impression of the implant on the overlying skin.
Additionally, you can try changing implants to ones that are more overfilled such as the Inspira implants from Allergan or go with a shaped implant that is less prone to rippling.
I would visit with a board certified plastic surgeon to discuss your options in more detail.
Breast Reconstruction Rippling. Previous Fat Grafting to Help With Ripples. Minimal Results. Suggestions?
From your posted photo I think your result is excellent. So try additional fat grafts to slightly improve the wrinkling.
Breast Reconstruction Rippling
Based on your bikini top photo, it looks like you have a great result from your mastectomy reconstruction. congratulations. Unfortunately, as you know, the mastectomy leaves behind thin skin. So you have very little coverage over your implants (even with the under the muscle or submuscle/acellular dermal matrix techniques). Rippling is a limitation of any implant based reconstruction. One option may be to go larger with your implant size to help fill the implant pocket, However, this will not totally remove rippling. Another option is to consider the form-stable silicone gel implants that are available in limited investigational capacities. Hope this helps.
Learn more: http://www.basuplasticsurgery.com
Breast reconstruction rippling
You do not need bigger implants- you need fat
Pre expansion followed by fat grafting can yield long term fat survival
over your reconstruction- i have demonstrated this in over
30 cases and have presented this at the Baker Gordon 2012 in Miami.
See the attached link and video
Best regards,
Dtt deLvecchio
Learn more: http://www.bakergordonsymposium.com/day3.php
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MSHA's Safety Targets Program
Hit By Equipment (Surface)
Do's and Don'ts
Surface Equipment Operation and Foot Travel at Mines
- Wear reflective materials on clothing when traveling on foot in areas where reduced lighting could affect personal safety.
- Use radios or other positive or certain means of communication to convey your travel intentions.
- Make visual contact with equipment operators before walking close to the machines.
- Be certain that all persons are clear before starting or moving equipment.
- Provide illumination sufficient for safe working conditions.
- Ensure a travel lane is clear before moving a vehicle. Train miners to not walk or stand in travel lanes.
- Look over your shoulder when backing up to eliminate blind spots. When using mirrors, use all available mirrors.
- Install "rear viewing" cameras on vehicles.
- Sound horns before moving equipment in areas where miners are present.
- Leave sufficient distance between mobile equipment to ensure that you are visible to other drivers.
- Remain in equipment cabs while staging trucks.
- Train all employees on proper work procedures and hazard recognition and avoidance.
- Turn the wheels of mobile equipment into a bank or berm, or properly block them when left unattended on a grade.
- Minimize situations where smaller vehicles need to approach large haul trucks (e.g., arrange for haul truck drivers to have supplies available at the pre-shift meeting place, rather than having supplies delivered to the truck).
- Equip smaller vehicles with flags or strobe lights, positioned high enough to be seen from the cabs of haulage trucks.
- Turn on all exterior lights and keep the cab windows free of condensation or other obstructions that affect visibility when driving in inclement weather or reduced visibility.
- Install signs or signals that warn of pedestrians where persons routinely cross plant roadways on foot.
- Ensure that all workplaces are kept clean and orderly.
- Establish rules and use signs or signals warning of hazards at locations where pedestrians and mobile equipment are both performing tasks.
- Exercise caution when approaching grades and operate mobile equipment in the appropriate gear at speeds consistent with the grade being traveled.
- Discuss job tasks and identify any potential hazards (conduct a risk analysis) before beginning any work. Identify safe work procedures and take action to eliminate any hazards.
- Utilize radios to communicate when visual contact cannot be maintained.
- Monitor personnel routinely to determine that safe work procedures are followed.
- Always disengage the transmission and set the park brake before leaving the cab.
- Never cross the path of a moving vehicle.
- Never turn your back to a vehicle moving in your direction.
- Don't tune out back-up alarms. Try to recognize the different equipment when more than one alarm sounds.
- Never assume that the driver has seen you through his/her mirrors.
- Never leave mobile equipment unattended unless the brakes are set
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My problem too. I need to make things more visable so I will use them. I pack things away too often and forget to use them!
Tonight I am taking all my old taxes from 1989 through last year (yes, from 1989) and boxing them up. That is going to clear so much space in my lateral file where I will put all my Lucky 8 punches.
Have also cleaned out several other lateral file drawers almost empty. I think I can clean a lot o out of the credenza too, and, I have dozens and dozens of empty file folders and hanging file folders I will pack up. That gives me so much more room for scrap supplies.
This room has gotten way to cluttered!


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* TSX rises 50.21 points, or 0.41 percent, to 12,187.39 * Eight of 10 main sectors advance * CP Rail up 5 percent after job cuts * Primaris Retail gains 14 percent after buyout offer By John Tilak TORONTO, Dec 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Wednesday, led by energy stocks on optimism about Chinese economic growth and by a rally in Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd on its plan to cut jobs in a bid to lower costs and increase efficiency. Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping said China will maintain its fine-tuning of economic policies in 2013 to ensure stable economic growth. Policies in China, one of the world's biggest commodities consumers, can have an impact on the resource-heavy Canadian market. Energy shares rose 1.1 percent. Suncor Energy Inc was up 1.6 percent at C$32.78, and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd advanced 1.6 percent to C$27.86. "There are expectations of better global growth, driven by ongoing U.S. budget talks and speculation that the Chinese economy is turning around for the better," said Elvis Picardo, strategist and vice president of research at Global Securities in Vancouver. "There is also some degree of takeover speculation. Many Canadian energy producers are trading at pretty attractive valuations. The M&A activity in the U.S. certainly points to the attractiveness of energy assets in North America," Picardo said. U.S. miner Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc said on Wednesday it has struck a deal to buy Plains Exploration & Production Co and McMoRan Exploration Co for a total of $9 billion to diversify into the energy sector. At midafternoon, the Toronto Stock Exchange's S&P/TSX composite index was up 50.21 points, or 0.41 percent, at 12,187.39. Eight of its 10 main sectors were trading higher. Canadian Pacific Railway gained 5.2 percent to C$97.85 after the country's second-biggest railroad said it plans to cut 4,500 jobs by 2016 as part of a drive by its new CEO to slash costs. The company played one of the biggest roles in leading the market higher. "This is what shareholders have been looking for. This is what they have been hoping - that CP will face the challenges that they have. The new CEO is making his mark," said Fred Ketchen, director of equity trading at ScotiaMcLeod. Financials, the index's biggest sector, gained 0.6 percent, led by Royal Bank of Canada. Royal, Canada's biggest bank, was up 1.3 percent at C$59.18 and played the biggest role of any single stock in leading the market higher. "The Canadian banks have been firing on all cylinders this year. (They) may also be benefiting today from improved sentiment for banks in general, helped by Citigroup's gains on cost-cutting and Bank of America's advance past $10 for the first time since July 2011," Picardo said. Also boosting the market was Primaris Retail REIT , whose shares rose 14.1 percent to C$26.28 after a consortium led by Canada's KingSett Capital offered about C$2.6 billion ($2.62 billion) to acquire the Canadian shopping mall owner. The index's rise was limited by falling gold mining stocks, hurt by a drop in gold prices to one-month lows. Goldcorp Inc shed 2.1 percent to C$37.05, Barrick Gold Corp fell 1.9 percent to C$33.31, and Eldorado Gold was down 3.2 percent at C$13. 44. As a result, the index's materials sector, which includes mining stocks, lost 0.7 percent. Vincent Delisle, an investment strategist at Scotiabank, said the Toronto market was likely to struggle for the remainder of 2012. "I don't see a year-end bounce, if anything there is a year-end fall, a slight decline. I'm not looking for a Santa Claus rally," he said. The Scotiabank strategist said he sees the benchmark S&P/TSX index rising to 12,800 next year and recommended investors be overweight in the energy, materials and industrials sectors, and underweight in consumer discretionary, financial, telecom and utility stocks.


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Kelsey Grammer has some grown kids and a new baby with new woman Kayte Walsh. And as parents of older kids know, the "rules" about stuff like carseats seems to change faster than you can say "rear-facing double-tethered safety restraints with an interlocking harness."
Kelsey Grammer's first child was born in the early 80s, and, now with new baby Faith, times and rules have changed, which may be why paparazzi lenses caught the Frasier star and Walsh driving off with the sprog in a lap instead of secured in a carseat, a major no-no in the parenting world today.
Sure, Kelsey Grammer's car seat flub probably happens every day for non-famous people, but, when you're in the public eye, your every parenting oversight becomes news.
And after the shots of the couple leaving the airport without properly securing the baby in her seat circulated, many criticized the pair for being Bad Parents.
TMZ spoke with a rep for Kelsey Grammer after the couple were lambasted for not using a car seat, and the site says that the baby didn't leave the airport unsecured, Grammer's camp claims:
"Grammer's rep tells TMZ … at some point, before the family left the airport grounds, Kelsey loaded up a car seat and strapped baby Faith inside before they hit L.A. city streets."
But it doesn't sound like the gossip site is buying the tale, allowing for plausible deniability from Kelsey Grammer's flak while still maintaining it did not appear, at the time the footage was gathered, that a car seat was ready for Faith's adorable little baby butt to enter it:
"Since the footage we posted earlier appears to show Kayte and the baby inside the vehicle WITHOUT a car seat, the rep may be insinuating that the car circled around the airport and picked up Kelsey, who eventually retrieved a car seat. It does appear … after Kayte and the baby drove off, Kelsey went down to baggage claim and picked up the luggage that was checked."
Do you think Kelsey Grammer can be forgiven for doing what not famous parents shouldn't do but sometimes do out of the prying view of paparazzi lenses?


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METAL/NONMETAL MINE FATALITY - On June 11, 2009, a 57-year old mechanic with 31 years of experience was fatally injured at an underground lead/zinc mine while checking for a hydraulic leak on a loader. The victim leaned into the ejector plate relief port in the back of the loader bucket. The ejector plate of the bucket was retracted, crushing him against the back of the bucket.
Best Practices
Train persons to recognize work place hazards. Establish safe work procedures before a task is performed. Securely block equipment and components against hazardous motion at all times while performing maintenance work. If equipment and components are to be moved, always verify persons are aware and in a safe location prior to movement. Consult and follow the manufacturer's recommended safe work procedures for the maintenance task.
|Submit your own suggestion for a remedy to prevent this type of accident in the future.
Please specify if you wish your submission to be anonymous or whether your name may be used. Please include the year of the fatality and the fatality number.
This is the 11th fatality reported in calendar year 2009 in the metal and nonmetal mining industries. As of this date in 2008, there were 12 fatalities reported in these industries. This is the 3rd Powered Haulage fatality in 2009. There were 3 Powered Haulage fatalities in the same period in 2008.
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Ron Paul's fervent supporters revel in his rise in the polls
NEWTON, Iowa – It has been said Ron Paul supporters would walk through broken glass, barefoot to help the Texas congressman win Iowa and beyond but Jeremy Spice and Sarah Howe went a few steps further.
They got tattooed.
In huge letters across his left forearm reads "REVOLUTION," a logo often used by Paul's supporters ; Howe's smaller, matching tattoo is on the back of her neck.
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The two had driven to Iowa from Fort Wayne, Ind., at the last minute to attend a rally for veterans Tuesday evening Paul was hosting.
"We both have this week off after Christmas — it was last minute but we were like, we're going to go," Spice said. "So we left yesterday around noon, got in last night around midnight."
Paul's growing popularity in Iowa is no surprise to those who love him best. In some cases, these supporters have spent years vocally supporting him through straw polls, social media and contributing to his massive money bombs that raise millions within hours.
His support reaches beyond the droves of college students who have come to Iowa to volunteer and who are the most closely associated with Paul's campaign.
Among the Paul fans gathered at a recent event at the Iowa Speedway were a 28-year-old factory worker, a 60-year-old military veteran and a 48-year-old registered Democrat.
With a nose piercing, a Ron Paul stocking hat, a shirt declaring his support of Paul in the 2011 Ames Straw poll and a leather jacket with a "Led Zeppelin" patch on the sleeve, David Richardson, a 28-year-old factory worker from Newton, looked the part of a stereotypical Ron Paul supporter.
Like many Paul fans, the Texan's brand of constitutional conservatism first caught his interest. From then on, the more he read, the more he liked.
"His opposition to the Federal Reserve really caught my attention; it was something I hadn't thought a lot about before," Richardson said.
Deanna Seiler, a Democrat from Elberon, Iowa, said Paul's adherence to the powers outlined in the Constitution attracted her as well as his opposition to trying to turn backward foreign countries into modern societies, which Paul calls nation building.
"What is the purpose of us being everywhere and not here?" she said.
Bob Colby, a 22-year veteran of the military, was the first person to raise his hand following Paul's speech.
"I just have a comment," he said when called upon. "I'm retired military and of all the candidates that are running right now, you are the only one that I would trust to be my commander in chief."
Paul has called for troops to be withdrawn from Afghanistan as well as from other countries, such as Japan, where the United States still maintains military bases.
Not window shopping
Unlike Iowans who have visited rallies for other candidates and say they're still undecided, those who attend Paul events aren't window shopping. They come to see the man they're committed to support in the Jan. 3 caucuses.
"Our supporters have always been very loyal," Paul said. "My attitude to build momentum is to reach as many people as I can, and that means going to these meetings and rallies and the rallies are getting bigger and so I keep doing the same thing."
Paul supporters are not only vocal but are protective of the man they often refer to as "Dr. Paul." If they think a media organization has either ignored Paul, made a mistake about his record and smeared him, they bombard the offender with e-mails, phone calls and online comments.
In some cases, the slights only energize them, according to supporters who initially e-mailed USA TODAY to express their disapproval of a story about a series of newsletters Paul distributed that contained racist and anti-Semitic language.
"We as supporters get even more adamant in our support when the mainstream media marginalized and ignored Ron Paul," Paul Niehaus IV of St. Louis wrote in an e-mail. "That just fuels our intensity."
Paul supporters pride themselves on their research abilities and their comprehensive knowledge of Paul's policies. Instead of relying on websites or listservs, they scour the Web for stories about Paul and make their views about those reports known.
"The reason you hear so much more from Dr. Paul supporters should be clear - we actually have educated ourselves on all the candidates in the field," wrote Jeff Smith of Houston. "When we pick our guy then we feel strong convictions about it. So, if we see someone representing him in an unfair light then we call them out on it."
Such reactions from Paul supporters has made public figures think twice about criticizing him publicly, said Rep. Walter Jones, R-N.C., who has endorsed Paul.
"I would think they don't want to alienate his supporters or him," he said.
Straw polls
The intensity of Paul's backers is also apparent in their ability to mobilize to help Paul win several straw polls at various political events.
Their willingness to show up en masse to vote has irked some Republican and conservative activists, who have claimed Paul's people have hijacked the polls.
After Paul won the Values Voters Summit October straw poll, Family Research Council President Tony Perkins hinted that the ballot box may have been stuffed.
"There were 600 people, over 600, that registered today just for the day, there were a number of people that left after Ron Paul spoke," he told reporters after the event. "You do the math."
Paul has topped the Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll for two years straight.
When the results of the 2011 straw poll was announced, David Keene, then-outgoing chairman of the American Conservative Union, downplayed the results.
"It is what it is. It's a straw poll," Keene said. The audience, filled with Paul supporters, booed.
In Iowa, Republicans have worried that a Paul victory on Tuesday could hurt the state's credibility.
Terry Branstad, Iowa's five-term Republican governor, in response to concerns about the impact a Paul win could have on the state's contest, said last month the top three candidate will likely see a boost if they win Iowa so a first place finish isn't essential.
That's a reflection of the commitment of Paul's supporters and the impact they can have in a caucus with a low voter turnout.
"Enthusiasm times organization equals turnout," said Drake University professor Dennis Goldford in a recent interview. "In a small pond, a modest-sized rock makes a big splash."
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