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By: Anonymous on March 20, 2008 - 5:17pm - Add new comment
Nate Karns said last week his control problems were due to a lack of focus. Well, what it is it this week?Karns, who walked six in 31/3 innings at A&M, walked the first two batters he faced and mixed in a wild pitch to boot. That allowed Jordan Danks to drive home two runs with a single to center to give Texas a 2-0 lead.Tech got a leadoff runner when Chris Hall singled, but he was erased ona a bunt attempt by Joey Kenworthy, and Kenworthy was stranded at second on back-to-back strikeouts by Jason Seefeld and Roger Kiesechnick.
By: Anonymous on March 20, 2008 - 4:21pm - Add new comment
About 45 minutes before first pitch and some news has come out.Texas outfielder Kyle Russell will not start any of the three games this weekend against Texas Tech due to a strained neck muscle. He could be used as a pinch-hitter or in a limited role, but the coaches are trying to rest him and get him healthy, according to UT officials.Russell was struggling at the plate, however, hitting just .236 with a home run and seven RBIs. Last year he was one of the top hitters in the nation with 28 home runs and 71 RBIs.
By: Anonymous on March 20, 2008 - 1:34pm - Add new comment
It's about 31/2 hours before the Red Raiders and Longhorns open a three-game series at Dan Law Field. Finally, Tech is back home to start a 10-game home stand that runs though April 2.
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Sorry, everyone. I thought I'd wrapped up before I left College Station to stay the night in Austin. How ironic I'm here and Tech's next league opponent is UT.Anyway, a good outing all around by Tech. Of course, the tone was set by Bettis, and you can see why the Tech staff was so adamant about not letting him get away to the pros. Even pitching-savvy A&M coach Rob Childress proclaimed Bettis will be "a special one" in the conference before all is said and done.
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 2:42pm - Add new comment
Both teams go 1-2-3 in the eighth as we head to the top of the ninth Tech up 8-2.If you want a little bit of hope, remember this. Tech won the Sunday game in 2004 after losing the first two, and that team went on to finish third in the conference and make the NCAA regionals.If Ramos and Karns can come back and pitch like Bettis did today (61/3 innings, two earned runs, seven hits, a walk, five strikeouts) then those prospects look pretty good.gw
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 2:30pm - Add new comment
Chad Bettis gave up a pair of soft hits and got the first out of the seventh before being replaced by Zach Stewart.Stewart walked the first guy he faced but got Brooks Raley on an RBI fielder's choice and Dane Carter on a deep fly to right that Roger Kieschnick caught at the wall.Tech leads 8-2 going to the eighth.gw
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 2:01pm - Add new comment
A&M finally got to Bettis in the bottom of the sixth on a one-out double by Kyle Colligan and an RBI single by Brooks Raley.Bettis then gave up the first two walks he's allowed all day around a strikeout of Blake Stouffer, and escaped further damage by getting Luke Anders on a grounder to first.But what lessened the damage was a two-run home run by Roger Kieschnick in the top of the inning. It's his eighth on the season and justifies the five intentional walks he's gotten in the series.Tech leads 8-1 going to the seventh.gw
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 1:37pm - Add new comment
Bettis allowed a leadoff walk to Duran to open the fifth but retired the next three to keep the lead at 6-0.Sorry to those listening on the radio. I do tend to get a little loud when talking on the phone. And, Hyatt, I'll quiet down when you get some talent.gw
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 1:21pm - Add new comment
Tech pushes it to 6-0 on a one-out RBI double to the right-center field wall by Jason Seefeld. But Tech left the bases loaded, stranding a total of eight through four innings.If not for the effort of Bettis, that would come back to hurt the Red Raiders. Bettis has dominated the Aggies so far, allowing just one hit, retiring the side in order in three of the four innings and sitting down the last eight batters he's faced.Going to the fifth Tech up 6-0.gw
By: Anonymous on March 16, 2008 - 1:02pm - Add new comment
A&M goes quietly in the third inning as Tech still leads 5-0.But we have a celebrity sighting as Texas A&M women's basketball coach Gary Blair, well known in West Texas, stopped by to say hi to the Tech radio booth. Blair just returned from Kansas City where he led the Aggie women's basketball team to the Big 12 Tournament title. He told me to say high to Burle Pettite, Jim Douglass and all his other friends.gw


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COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (AP) Kosuke Kimura scored in the 43rd minute and the Colorado Rapids beat the San Jose Earthquakes 1-0 in chilly conditions Saturday night to advance to the MLS Cup.
Kimura scored on a shot from along the sideline that eluded goalkeeper Jon Busch. The goal was Kimura's first of the season.
GAME REPORT: Colorado 1, San Jose 0
The seventh-seeded Rapids reached the MLS final for the first time since losing to D.C United in 1997. They will face the FC Dallas-Los Angeles winner Sunday in the title game Nov. 21 in Toronto.
Temperatures dropped into the high 30s in the matchup of the two lowest-seeded teams in the Western Conference. The Earthquakes were seeded eighth.
San Jose had five corner kicks and more scoring chances, but trailed 1-0 after 45 minutes.
The aggressive Earthquakes put three shots at Colorado goalkeeper Matt Pickens in the first 8 minutes. Tim Ward send a low drive from 15 yards from the left post in the third minute, Geovanni had a shot from the slot and Chris Wondolowski kicked one through traffic, but Pickens smothered them all.
The biggest save wasn't made by Pickens at all, but by Kimura in the 26th minute. Ryan Johnson broke free in front of Pickens, but Kimura came in at the last instance to strip Johnson of the ball and swat it out of harms way.
Meanwhile, Colorado's offense was limited to a couple of harmless shots by Cummings and Anthony Wallace. That was until Kumara gained control of the ball along the sideline.
Kimura appeared to send a cross to Cummings in front of the net, but the ball never connected with Cummings. Instead, it bounced past Busch and into goal.
Colorado kept up the pressure at the start of the second half. Conor Casey and Drew Moor barely missed catching the right post in the 50th minute.
The Earthquakes regained momentum. Wondolowski had a step on his defender in the 53rd minute, but lost control of the ball and Geovanni never got through the three-man wall on a free kick in the 56th minute.
Busch kept it a one-goal game with a diving save on a shot by Pablo Mastroeni in the 63rd minute. Busch came out to force a missed shot by Cummings on a breakaway in the 65th minute.
Geovanni kicked the ball off the goal line on a shot by Moor in the 71st minute. Arturo Alvarez shot over the crossbar in the 84th minute.
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Well on its way to racking up a million views before it's even a week old, the latest YouTube viral - "Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit" - has become a bit of a phenomenon. In the clip (assuming you're too lazy or prudish to just check it out yourself), a guy secretly records 60 glorious seconds of his girlfriend playing the hula hoop segment of Wii Fit in her panties - then quietly signs off by turning the cam on himself and flashing a look of depraved triumph.
I studied this video carefully. Very carefully. I watched it repeatedly, many times a day and in many different lighting conditions, and two thoughts occurred to me after this intensive review:
1) Where am I? What day is this? Am I in the future?
and then, shortly after:
2) This has got to be a marketing stunt.
It was just a little too perfect. Considering the timing, reading the reactions, seeing how other outlets were beginning to talk about it... it all seemed a bit convenient. Then there was the video's poster, "tinsleyadvertising" - an ad agency?
Had Nintendo made a foray into viral marketing?
The circumstantial evidence was damning; now I just needed someone to try on the bloody glove. For that I went straight to the man behind the behind (I'm sorry, I couldn't help it), Giovanny Gutierrez...
So you're the guy in the video?
That's me in the video. I work at Tinsley Advertising, a full service ad agency here in Miami (check out tinsley.com). I'm their director of interactive media.
Now even though the president of the company told me this is just a private video you posted with your Tinsley account, I'm not fooled. Admit it: you're a part of a clandestine, Nintendo-sponsored viral marketing campaign!
The whole thing was just an idea I had for a spec viral video. I came up with the idea because that really is my girlfriend (not my sister like many have assumed), she loves Wii Fit and even more, looks hot doing it. It's just crazy how it's blown up. It was on Digg, then national TV (G4's Attack of the Show), there's already spoofs online (HERE and HERE), and now you are inquiring about it.
So you deny this video was commissioned by Nintendo?
Yes I do.
What about Nintendo of Japan?
iie. (That's no in Japanese.)
These denials aren't surprising – Nintendo wouldn't risk dirtying their own hands with such sneakery. The video was commissioned by a PR firm at the behest of Nintendo, wasn't it?
What about a marketing agency?
Again I am sorry to disappoint you but the answer is no. However, if they were clever enough, they would have. Especially since they are now trying to claim the product is for adults (check out that article about that young girl crying to her parents that Wii Fit told her she was overweight). I can't tell you how many blog posts and comments I've read that this video convinced them to buy Wii Fit.
If we've learned anything from this, it's that viral YouTube marketing strategies are still extremely effective and powerful.
So… you're saying nobody paid anything for this?
I did, when my girlfriend found out. I was in the doghouse for a while. Though in the end I feel like I made a million theoretical dollars on YouTube.
My elaborate conspiracy theory is totally worthless?
Oh. Um… so who's the girl?
Her name's Lauren.
She's pretty cute.
Tell me about it. And that video did her no justice. Had she known she would have put on makeup, removed the glasses, let her hair down and maybe even worn something cuter.
Now you're just bragging. So she knows you posted the video?
How did she react?
She was FURIOUS - called me on the phone screaming her head off and then hung up on me - but now finds herself actually laughing about it and enjoying her 15 minutes of fame as "the Wii Fit Girl".
What does she do?
You're not going to believe this (after all the NOs) but she works in advertising.
What?! Are you 100% certain she doesn't work for Nintendo?
I guess you can say she works it alright.
Oh brother. So do you read Joystick Division?
I'm a hardcore gamer and subscribe to some game feeds, and Joystick is one of them.
Now you're my hero for two reasons.
Special thanks to Giovanny and his lovely girlfriend Lauren, for being such good sports.
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Queer Liberaction, the newly formed LGBT direct action group, will hold its first "Milk box" at 4 p.m. Sunday in front of the now-closed Crossroads Market at Cedar Springs and Throckmorton. The group says MIlk box, in honor of Harvey MIlk, is a chance "to publicly speak our mind and educate Dallas's Queer Community as to exactly how we are being oppressed." Read the full press release after the jump.
Queer Liberaction Kicks Off Milk Box
What is Queer Liberaction's "Milk box" you might be asking yourself. Â It is a way to celebrate our freedom of speech, but instead of getting up on a soapbox we will be getting up on a Milk box in honor of Harvey Milk. Our rights might be able to be taken from us, but they will never be able to steal our voice. Â
Help Queer Liberaction kick the Milk box off right this Sunday at 4:00 PM. We will meet at the corner of Throckmorton and Cedar Springs in front of the old Crossroads Bookstore to publicly speak our mind and educate Dallas's Queer Community as to exactly how we are being oppressed. Angry over the current state of things, or tickled pink?  Come tell Dallas Gays and Lesbians about it or just come and listen and help hand out flyers. Anyone and everyone is welcome!
If you haven't already done so, be sure to put our upcoming events on your calendar. QL will stage a Queer kiss-in on Saturday, February 7 at noon. This will take place by the Dallas Museum of Art at Ross and Harwood in Downtown Dallas. Also, be sure to attend our big Freedom to Marry Day demonstration at 11:30 am on Thursday, February 12. The festivities will begin in Founder's Plaza outside the Records Building at 509 Main St. Â
Queer Liberaction is also in need of a few things to help make the Freedom to Marry Day demonstration a success. Please contact us if you're able to help us with any of the following.
* Limousine rental for a couple hours
* Flowers, bouquets of flowers
* Rice, flower petals to throw, bubbles
* Poster board
* Professionally printed bannersÂ
* Donations
Queer Liberaction


text: Harris Corporation (NYSE:HRS), an international communications and information technology company, has received $42 million in orders from an international customer for an end-to-end tactical information system that connects commanders with armed forces serving at the tactical edge. The nation is acquiring the Harris Integrated Tactical Area Communications System (ITACS), which provides fully integrated IP-based voice, data, and video services across the battlefield. This system connects users to a high-capacity Tactical Internet, which supports a wide range of battlefield services, including telephony, video teleconferencing, messaging/email, common operational picture and command and control. ITACS is fully integrated with the latest Harris mobile ad-hoc networking radios and advanced combat net radios to connect to lower echelons. ITACS provides a smooth migration from legacy, circuit-switched area communication systems using bulky radios to powerful IP systems. Modular and software-defined, the system addresses today's customer missions while remaining upgradeable to emerging needs and requirements. "ITACS extends the proven Falcon III ® mobile, tactical networking capability across the entire battlefield command structure,'' said Brendan O'Connell, president, international business, Harris RF Communications. "The system effectively creates a mobile Tactical Internet designed to meet mission-critical requirements in harsh and rugged tactical environments, providing unprecedented situational awareness, adaptability and maneuverability to commanders and their troops.'' The system includes the new Harris Falcon III® RF-7800W High Capacity Line-of-Sight radio. The RF-7800W is a quick-to-deploy solution for high-capacity, long range networking requirements. With this radio, warfighters can establish secure point-to-point and point-to-multipoint data communication links over long distances, with exceptional throughput in excess of 180 megabits per second. Harris RF-7800W systems have been deployed in more than 20 countries worldwide. They also are in use by all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense and have been an integral part of the U.S. Army Network Integration Evaluation exercises.


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HELP!!! Attack of the Aphids!
Does anyone have any tips on getting rid of these little guys?
I dont want to kill them, something organic and safe that will make them go away!
I planted fennel and this flower that was supposed to attract lady bugs, but it didnt work!
They are all over the mint plant!
This aphids are not mint, they are squares!
Any suggestions?
P.S. This isn't my picture =)
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This website has a bit on how to control aphids, including an interesting part on how ants farm aphids. Control the ants: control the aphids.
Awesome thanks so much Melanie! =)
Wow thanks for all your responses and support on the contest =)
LADYBUGS are voracuous predators of aphids try and encorage these tiny beetles
Hey congrats on contest. I voted for you!
Marigolds! A few years ago I decided to start my entire garden inside my house in early March. Everything was looking great until one day I noticed a thick carpet of white/green aphids on my seedlings. I was extremely disappointed and lost about 85% of my crop. The only plants that were not effected by the aphids were sitting beside some Marigolds plants! Ever since then I've always planted Marigolds with my veggies.
You can order them via mailorder, and sometimes local nurseries carry them. Here in Victoria, Cannor nurseries had them in the refrigerated case along with the nematodes.
wow! I never knew you could buy ladybugs?!
Where do you get them?
Thanks for the tips!
There may be a good reason not to kill them although I'm not sure why. That is an interesting request. Not to kill aphids. Having thought about it for a split second I realize that they are food for Ladybugs or Lady Birds as some call them. Kill the aphids and there is no food for the Lady Bugs/Birds. Blow them off with a hose would be one way to remove them. I know that Dill Weed attracts predator insects like the Lady Bug/Bird.It also attracts aphids and that is why the Lady Bug/Bird arrives. The Lady Bug/Bird may not be seen in the first year but they will come. Just wait and watch. Or you can help out as I do. Whenever I see a Lady Bug, I bring it home. "Welcome Little Bird. Go gettem!"
Insecticidal soap usually works for aphids. You can buy it, OR make it by dissolving about 2T biodegradable dishsoap in 4L water. Use a spray bottle to apply it. Green aphids are usually easier to deal with than black ones.
You can buy ladybugs and introduce them as well, but usually you need to introduce them into the garden early in the season as a preventative measure


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The European Uncharted 2 multiplayer demo [beta to some - Ed.] appears to have started a day early, with users posting videos of themselves playing on YouTube.
Naughty Dog's Evan Wells spotted the clips and posted them on his Twitter.
"I Just downloaded it and tried to? get online and to my surprise I could actually play," wrote a surprised PixelJimi on the YouTube comments section.
This appears to only be available to those who have special pre-order codes from participating retailers, as you lot pointed out.
We're off to test this now. Let us know below how you get on.


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Board of Directors Job Description
Joe Goode Performance Group (JGPG) promotes understanding, compassion and tolerance among people through the innovative use of dance and theater, as interpreted by the artistic vision and work of Joe Goode. The mission of the Company is to:
Role of the Board of Directors
The JGPG Board plays a vital role in supporting the mission of JGPG. Board members are part of the ensemble that makes the Company a success. Many Board members are long-term fans and supporters of Joe's work and that loyalty helps to draw in additional viewers and contributors to the company.
In its official capacity, the Board of Directors governs and holds fiduciary responsibility for JGPG. The primary means of governance are:
Director's Obligations
Directors serve a three-year term, renewable one time and Board Member responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Supporting the financial sustainability of JGPG
Performance, Event and Marketing Support
Meeting Attendance and Participation
What's in it for you?
Our highest aspiration is to attract Board members that are both committed to the arts and to the innovative work of JGPG.
If you join us, you will:
If you are interested in learning more about a Board role, please contact Chris Murchison, Chair of the Board Development Committee, at email@example.com.
Communications & Development Intern
Position reports to: Communications Manager
About the Internship:
Interns will gain hands on arts administration experience in a supportive and creative work environment. The internship is primarily designed to assist the Communications Manager in day-to-day activities.
Communications Responsibilities:
Communications responsibilities include assisting in all aspects of company communications including assembling marketing and press materials for events; collecting and archiving press clippings and media; assisting with graphic design of posters and flyers; assisting with regular eblasts; and assisting with company social media.
Development Responsibilities:
Development responsibilities include updating constituent records, executing queries, and pulling reports using Patron Manager software; assisting in the assembly and mailing of the annual appeal; assisting in planning the Spring fundraising party; and assisting with data management and donor cataloguing. Some weekend and evening work required.
Strong communication skills; detail-oriented; ability to manage multiple tasks at once; passion for the performing arts; experience with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or InDesign strongly preferred; knowledge of Word and Excel required.
– 10-15 hours per week
– 3 month commitment requested
How to Apply:
Interested candidates should send a one-page resume and a one-page cover letter outlining internship interests, career goals, and availability to Alicia Arroyo at firstname.lastname@example.com. No phone calls please.
Joe Goode Performance Group volunteers are passionate, dedicated friends of the company interested in sharing their time to serve the mission of the company. We are always looking for individuals to assist with our performances and special events. If you are interested in learning more about volunteering please firstname.lastname@example.com let us know your interests. You can also join our email list to keep up to date on our upcoming events and volunteer calls.


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Living in the United States, we are often stuck in a bubble of US-centric news. This is true for diabetes as much as any other topic. But as World Diabetes Day attests to, diabetes is hardly just an American thing. In reality, there's much more going on in the global diabetes research arena than you might think (since our media announcements are pretty much limited to, err, Boston, Miami and the Bay Area). So today, here's a quick look at what's up with diabetes research around the world:
Last month, a group of D-bloggers visited the Diabetes Research Institute in Miami and got a glimpse at some of the work going on there. But what you might not know is that the DRI shares their facilities with researchers in many countries, as part of the Diabetes Research Institute Federation.
Sweden: The Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden and the DRI partnered on research to help scientists view transplanted insulin-secreting cells while they are inside a living organism. The project, which was originated in Sweden by Dr. Per-Olof Berggren, PhD, transplants pancreatic mouse islets into the anterior chamber of a mouse's eye, which allows them to watch the vascularization of the islets and also to watch the immune attack on the islet cells. While I don't think anyone wants islet cells transplanted into our eyes, this research is helping scientists "watch" the process of diabetes unfold — and learn.
Argentina: The DRI is working with Dr. Rodolfo Alejandro, MD, professor of medicine and director of the clinical islet cell program at the DRI on clinical trials that have the potential to benefit both people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes. Using a novel protocol involving stem cells and oxygen therapy, scientists are using a person's own stem cells and high oxygen levels to help regenerate insulin-producing cells. Right now they're doing the clinical trials in Europe, Asia and Latin America, as well as Miami, in people with type 2 diabetes. If successful, this technique could be used for people with type 1 diabetes as well.
The DRI isn't the only organization working on internationally to find a cure for diabetes. Here are a couple of other organizations working hard:
Germany: DeveloGen, a biopharmaceutical company based in Cologne, is also working on beta cell regeneration. Beta cells are the particular islet cells that produce insulin, so regenerating them could potentially reverse type 1 diabetes and also help treat type 2 diabetes. DeveloGen has identified a "secreted molecule" to screen for potential beta cell regeneration targets. For people with type 2 diabetes, DeveloGen's beta cell regeneration factor stimulates beta cell proliferation, thus increasing beta cell mass, and helps the body produce sufficient insulin. They are currently working with JDRF to advance new drugs that would stimulate beta cell regeneration into clinical trials (they're currently in pre-clinical trial mode).
New Zealand: On the far side of the world, Dr. Bob Elliot and his team at Living Cell Technologies has begun clinical trials in xenotransplantation — the process of transplanting cells between species, in this case, from a pig to a human — in Russia and New Zealand. What they're doing exactly is transplanting specially encapsulated porcine cells (the pig cells) that produce insulin into patients in hopes that these cells will take hold and not be killed off by the patient's immune system. According to their web site, clinical trials are being conducted in a small number of people: 10 in Russia, 4 in New Zealand. In October 2009, they reported a successful implantation by a minimally invasive surgical procedure into the abdomen of a 47-year-old man who has had type 1 diabetes for 20 years. They are still looking for people for the clinical trial, though there are heavy restrictions on xenotransplantation in many countries, including the United States (obviously!) so it would probably take some "medical tourism" for Americans to participate in these studies. Dr. Elliot recently wrote an op-ed for the Australian publication Life Science about the struggle for public and governmental acceptance of this procedure, as not everyone is comfortable with this kind of animal-human sharing.
Certainly this is not an exhaustive list. Lots more is happening out there. It's just meant to remind you that our best hope for a cure may come from outside our borders some day, so keep your eyes on the horizon. And don't be discouraged by media headlines that deceptively report "breakthrough" after "breakthrough": remember that research is a slow and incremental process, whereas the media deals in flashy headlines. Still, keep in mind that media coverage of diabetes research is a good thing! Think of the alternative...


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Tasmania Premier
Earlier in the week it was reported that the Tasmanian Labor Party would follow its federal, Victorian, NSW and Western Australian counterparts and end its power-sharing alliance with the Greens.
At the time, Labor backbencher
Mr Best has threatened in the past to sit on the crossbench if another alliance were struck with the Greens as a result of a minority government.
Ms Giddings said on Thursday she would not be commenting on "idle media speculation".
Popularity for the government is flagging and a recent poll showed support at 22 per cent. In the same Enterprise Marketing and Research Services poll, support for the Greens had increased in the state by four points to 19 per cent, the highest in 18 months.
"We will be making further announcements about Labor's election campaign in the weeks and months ahead," Ms Giddings said a statement.
Tasmania is not due to vote until March but on Thursday the opposition said an election should be called to clear any confusion. Latest polling suggests the Liberal Party will win the next election with a clear majority.
Currently two of the five Greens in the Tasmanian Parliament,
The pair are the first Greens in Australia to sit in a government cabinet.
Greens leader and Minister for Education Nick McKim refused to say if the parties' alliance had severed.
He said he and the party were not interested in the "political grandstanding and pre-election posturing" that had occurred during the week.
"Tasmanians are understandably getting very bored of politicians talking about politics," Mr McKim said.
"We believe that Tasmania is a better place when people work together, and that's what we remain committed to. We are proud of our role in delivering stable and effective government."
The parting of the pact is unlikely to affect the Tasmanian Parliament as it will not sit before the election, therefore the government is not reliant on the support of the Greens.
Mr Hodgman said at a press conference on Thursday that the Liberal Party would not do a deal with the Greens at the next election, claiming it leads to "compromised government", and decisions based on "political self-interest".
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Yugoslavia opens airwaves to outsiders
The new Yugoslav government's telecommunications minister Boris Tadic has announced that the country's airwaves will be opened up to foreign entities. A group of experts has been assembled to draw up new broadcasting legislation in line with EU countries.
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BURY will kick off the 2014/15 campaign with a home game against Cheltenham on August 9.
The fixtures for next season, which were announced at 9am today, will see David Flitcroft's men meet Hartlepool away seven days later followed by Luton away on August 19.
The festive period will see the Shakers meet Northampton away on Boxing Day, followed by Mansfield at home two days later.
And if the JD Stadium men are battling for promotion at the end of the season, the focus will be on their away game against Tranmere on the final day of the regular season.
Full fixtures
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16th Hartlepool a
19th Luton a
23rd Plymouth h
30th Accrington Stanley h
6th Wycombe a
13th Carlisle a
16th Stevenage h
20th Burton Albion h
27th Exeter a
4th Tranmere h
11th A.F.C. Wimbledon a
18th Portsmouth h
21st Shrewsbury a
25th Southend a
1st Cambridge Utd h
15th Morecambe a
22nd Newport County h
29th Dag & Red h
13th Oxford Utd a
20th York h
26th Northampton a
28th Mansfield h
3rd Dag & Red a
10th Accrington Stanley a
17th Wycombe h
24th Carlisle h
31st Burton Albion a
7th Exeter h
10th Stevenage a
14th Cheltenham a
21st Hartlepool h
28th Plymouth a
3rd Luton h
7th Oxford Utd h
14th Mansfield a
17th York a
21st Northampton h
4th Cambridge Utd a
6th Morecambe h
11th Newport County a
14th Shrewsbury h
18th Portsmouth a
25th A.F.C. Wimbledon h
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Though New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans get
most of the immigration spotlight, boats docked at ports all along the
country's coastlines. The National Archives and Records Administration
keeps records for many of these ports. Below, you'll find a handy list
of dates for 23 popular entry points' records. For a complete rundown,
look for the section on Available Immigration Records in the Guide to
Genealogical Research in the National Archives, 3rd edition. If you can't find your ancestors at the first city you check, try
others nearby. (Keep in mind that each port may not have complete
coverage within the span of years listed.)
• Baltimore 1820-1897, 1891-1957


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November 17, 2011 - Northwestern Oklahoma State University Division of Nursing is pleased to announce that Cheryl Kent, RN, MS, has been appointed by the National League for Nursing (NLN) to serve as an ambassador. As a participant in this elite corps, Kent will help keep faculty and administration informed about the NLN's initiatives, grant opportunities, conferences, publications, workshops and other benefits available to members.
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Paul D. Fields Jr. holds a number of "firsts" for the City of Cambridge.
He was the first African-American department head. He is the first African-American to serve on City Council. And he is surely the first African-American to serve in any elected position in the city, save possibly a political party Central Committee member.
But Fields' firsts are not foremost on his mind.
"I don't look at it as being the first African-American," he said. "I just look at it as being my chance to support my constituents, the people of the city, to represent them the best that I can."
A political cartoon appearing in The Daily Jeffersonian the day following Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 presidential election struck a cord with Fields. It depicted a young African-American boy holding a basketball exclaiming even he could be president.
"That spoke a lot to me," said Fields. "To open up different avenues to let kids know that there are different things they can do, not just athletes. We can be school teachers. We can be politicians. We can be bankers. All those avenues are open to us. All we have to do is work hard."
And work hard he did. Following graduation from Cambridge High School in 1981, Fields served 30 years at the city's waste water treatment plant, the last few as superintendent before retiring. For more than 26 years he's maintained membership on the city police auxiliary. And since 1990, he's helped coached football players at his alma mater, Cambridge High School.
Fields was quick to thank his family.
"I would not be the man I am today were it not for my family, especially my wife and my mother, Laura Fields."
He married wife Sally more than 31 years ago. Son Gary Sigman and daughter-in-law Amy have two children, Alaina and Grant. Daughter Charlotta Wilbur and son-in-law Brian have a son, Mattais. The Fields have a second son, Darren Fields.
Willingness to participate is a trait cultivated in Fields by his father.
"I remember talking to my dad before," he said. "He always said instead of trying to be on the outside to change something and yelling ... to get on the inside and talk softly. And normally you'll get them to understand the changes you want."
An opportunity to be the first African-American elected to City Council did not figure in Fields' decision to seek office.
"I ran because I wanted to support the First Ward and let the voices of the people down there be heard. I wanted to do my part," he said. "Back when I worked for the city, I always wanted to see how being on council and help trying to change things in the city to make things better would work. I worked my tail off and got to that position, and now I have a chance to try and make a difference in my community."
Do certain expectation accompany the first African-American council member?
"You have to understand I'm a product of my family," Fields said. "Being a bi-racial family ... I really don't see color. I judge people by their character. I don't judge people by their color, by the way they look. I judge people on the things they do and how they act. I think it's very important that I get judged by my character. Yes, I am the first African-American council member, but I want to be judged on what I do, the things I've done. Judge me on what I do, not what you see on the outside."
The race in which Fields won his council seat also included a senior citizen and a woman. The slate of candidates was both unusual in that regard, but also quite expected.
"That's the type of people we have in the First Ward," said Fields. "We have really good people down there. Great people down there. I grew up down there, lived my whole life down there. I've gotten to known a lot of the people down there personally. We're one big family, first and foremost. And we look out for one another. There's a variety, and you saw it in the race. And I hope the person that won that race won it because of what he represents, not what he looked like.
"I want to quote one of the people that means a lot to me. Martin Luther King, in his 'I have a dream speech' [said] 'Judge me on my character, my content.' Don't say there's an African-American there. Say that's Paul Fields there, and this is what he represents."


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Arthritis & Rheumatism, Volume 63,
November 2011 Abstract Supplement
Abstracts of the American College of
Rheumatology/Association of Rheumatology Health Professionals
Annual Scientific Meeting
Chicago, Illinois November 4-9, 2011.
Hospitalization in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
Asiri1, Alhussain, Gladman2, Dafna D., MacKinnon1, Anne G., Urowitz1, Murray B.
Toronto Western Hospital and University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
Patients with SLE may require frequent admission to hospital. Understanding the characteristics and risk factors of hospital admission of lupus patients would allow effective planning of services and resources utilization. We aimed to identify the causes and risk factors for hospital admissions and re-admissions of lupus patients to a network of three large teaching hospitals, and the outcomes of those admissions.
Patients who were admitted to the between January 2009 and December 2010, who had a diagnosis of SLE were identified and their information collected from electronic patient record. Simple calculations for percentages and means and P-values were performed.
We identified a total number of 77 SLE patients admitted to hospital over the two year period with a total number of 165 admissions. SLE admissions represented 54% of total rheumatology admissions and 0.26% of total UHN admissions. The mean length of hospital stay in SLE patients was 14 days. When compared to patients in the lupus cohort seen during the same time period and not admitted to hospital, those admitted were more often Black, of younger age, shorter disease duration had a higher SLEDAI-2K and ACR/SLICC damage index. The main causes of admissions were disease flare 55 patients (71%) and infection in 16 patients (21%). Hospitalization outcome showed that in 27 patients (35%) the problem remained unresolved, 34 patients (46%) partially resolved and 14 patients (18%) had complete resolution of the primary problem. 22% had admission to ICU and 4% of patients died. 43 patients (56%) had re-admissions at least twice over 2 years. Mean hospital stay was 14 days for all admissions. Readmission causes were infections and non-resolved lupus flare in 44 % and 24 % respectively. Re-admissions for other medical or surgical causes accounted for 18% and 14% of the re-admissions respectively.
Admissions for SLE patients accounted for 54% of all rheumatology admissions. Major causes for admission are SLE flare and infection. There is a high rate of re-admission within a 2 year period. The major causes for re-admissions were infections and unresolved SLE flare. SLE patients utilize a significant proportion of rheumatology inpatient resources and services.
To cite this abstract, please use the following information:
Asiri, Alhussain, Gladman, Dafna D., MacKinnon, Anne G., Urowitz, Murray B.; Hospitalization in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. [abstract]. Arthritis Rheum 2011;63 Suppl 10 :2285


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Does anybody know if the VC reachs as much as 5 stops only because of the new separate processor, or also because of different mechanics on the stabilization?
Mike Cialowicz: $1400 and they make you spend an extra $225 for a tripod collar... ridiculous. I was really looking forward to this lens, especially since it's lighter and smaller than the 2.8 version, which makes it great for hiking. However, at $1625, looks like it's a big skip.
Can't wait to see what the Tokina 70-200 f/4 is like.
Yep it is lighter for hiking; would you carry a tripod when hiking? which weight it has?
Combatmedic870: Took them a while.....I wonder if it will be better then the legendary canon 70-200 F4 IS L
Yep it took six years more. And the Canon is the first with four stops for Canon, while the Nikon is the first with five stops for Nikon! It seems they were serious at the time introducing the lenses.
Where are the specifications?
Retzius: And the only Photokina in recent history where Nikon and Canon released NOTHING for DX, thereby neglecting the segment that accounts for 90% of their camera sales.
Yeah, they ignored 90% of their base. Smart move.
True they didn't announce a crop camera. However what I said about lenses is valid both for crop and full frame! (and they announced full frame cameras, why not at least a full frame lens to accompany it?)
It's the Photokina with less DSLR lens announcements: no one for the two most important players: Nikon, Canon. Canon even didn't officialy announce the 200-400.
Nice in announcements from full frame, compact, mirrorless bodies.
FTMF says the release for two lenses, but the spec list says only for the pancake
here it says: "Articulated LCD Tilting" but I don't find it in official sites
*1 means ISO less than 3200?
Isn't a mistake in the weight at 143g?
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What IS Guilt?
Guilt is an emotion that occurs when a person believes that they have violated a moral standard."
To understand where your guilt comes from, you must first revisit your personal values and core beliefs. You may be holding on to outdated programs that no longer serve you as an adult. You may be giving your power away to a belief system that no longer applies to your life.
You need to identify who and what defined the moral standards you believe apply to you, as well as what constitutes a violation. Even more important, is to understand – within the framework of your belief system – how you ought to be making amends for these perceived violations.
Is there room for Recovery? Repentance? Redemption?
And if there is, then why are you still beating yourself up over something you can remedy?
What if guilt isn't real?
I have a crazy outlandish question for you. What if guilt isn't even real? What if you continually punish yourself emotionally for these crimes you've committed (via human nature), and there was no use at all for the self loathing?
Interesting, isn't it?
I want you to consider something for a moment. If you are incarnated on this planet right now, what is the point? Do you have a purpose, a mission? Or are you wandering aimlessly? Do you believe you can mess up your own life to the point that you can never get it back on track? What does that even mean? What if the purpose to living in these human bodies is to gain experience?
Follow me on this one… if you are simply here to gain experience, then wouldn't it also be safe to say that you can't do it wrong?
Did you hear that – you can't do life wrong!
Life – it's yours for the taking. Your choices are yours for the making. You can't do it wrong – and I want to show you how you can eliminate guilt from your life for good.
Guilt is overrated, outdated, and useless
With every choice you've made and action you've taken that you believe has been 'wrong', you have subjected yourself to an onslaught of self-loathing, self-judgment, self-punishment.
Guilt eats at you, sometimes for years, equating to the heaviest of burdens.
No matter what you believe, if you are religious or not, there is absolutely no way any form of unconditionally loving Divinity would set humanity up for such long-term punishment. Guilt serves no purpose but to make the individual miserable. It does not promote any kind of health or well-being, doesn't help you progress closer to your goals – it simply keeps you feeling down in the dumps for a very, very long time.
From my perspective, this is counter-intuitive and counter-productive to our mission of gaining wisdom and experience.
Four Steps to Conquer Guilt for Good
1. Look at the consequences of your choice.
Every time you have a choice to make or an action to take, look at what the consequences are. You are intelligent and capable of making your own decisions, with the key here being that you pay careful attention to the consequences.
Understand that you have free will and you get to choose… it's helpful to be aware of the cause and effect involved with your decision. In fact, some choices seem less appealing when we recognize what they may cost.
2. Pay the consequences.
Next, pay the consequence for the choice you made, the action you took…. ONE time. This is essential for you to understand. You do not beat yourself up repeatedly, you face the consequence, that you already knew would be applicable, and that is that.
There is no room for long-term self-punishing pity parties.
3. Learn a lesson.
Learn the inherent lesson in this experience. In every situation, we are gifted with the opportunity to learn. Look back on the guilt you currently carry, and see if you can release it by acknowledging how much wisdom you've gained from that particular choice and subsequent consequence.
4. Move on.
Move on with your life. If you ever have the opportunity to make this same choice again, you are better equipped to make a decision. Follow the same process. Continually.
Key Points:
- You can't do this wrong, you are here to learn, to grow, to gain experience and wisdom.
- Understand consequences of your choices and be willing to pay them before you take action.
- Pay the consequences for your choice ONE time.
- Learn the lesson inherent in the experience.
- Move on.
- Answer each of the questions – you may want to start a journal or a blog to reflect on your journey.
- Share your thoughts with us! (Leave a comment, make a post in the Facebook Group, or even shout out on Twitter!)
- Deeply contemplate how you can apply these four steps to your life. Can you give up guilt?
I look forward to a discussion on the topic of guilt!
With mucho a latte of love and respect,
Your Transformation Tour Guide
p.s. Do you know where you get stuck on your path to Self Awareness? Take the 'Why Am I Stuck?' Quiz and find out.


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Presaging, perhaps, a society dominated by technological networks, American government as we know it was put together by people who were keen to solve their problems by creating new systems.
Two-thirds, three-quarters, at least 35 years old, noon on the 20th day of January, Congress shall have the power to, etc., etc., etc. For all our florid talk of constitutional rights, most of the Constitution is a technical manual for choosing leaders and passing laws.
Thus it makes sense that when a group of politically minded Americans or Utahns are unhappy with the status quo, they are likely to create a new system, that will, they hope, bring about better results.
The extreme rightward lurch of Utah politics is the product of an unfortunate and unique system, a caucus and convention network that gives a few true-believing activists disproportionate power over the more numerous sensible middle.
A proposed solution is to allow other candidates to circulate petitions that would, with enough signatures, get them on a primary election ballot alongside the candidates chosen by the existing convention system. That primary, open to many more voters, would, in theory, pull the process to the political middle.
And, in theory, an even better system would be to do away with the conventions altogether and just allow any and all candidates to file for office and have all voters affiliated with each party winnow the field down to one nominee in a statewide primary.
As a journalist, I've seen both systems in action. The former in New York, the latter in Kansas. They are more open. But the results are not predictable.
In 2010, the New York Republican Party power structure inexplicably promoted the candidacy of Rick Lazio for governor. He was the man who was utterly destroyed by carpetbagger Hillary Clinton in the 2000 Senate race. He was effectively political road-kill when he was dubbed "Little Ricky" by New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.
The race became much more interesting when a self-made millionaire and tea party favorite named Carl Paladino, who wasn't even allowed to speak at the state party convention, used the kind of petition system being advocated for Utah (and a lot of his own money) to get on the GOP primary ballot. Paladino soundly dispatched Lazio in the primary, racking up 62 percent of the vote. (Before, predictably, losing to Democrat Andrew Cuomo by numbers that were the reverse of his primary triumph.)
For decades, the Kansas all-comers primary held the dominant Republicans to the center, nominating and, usually, electing moderate managers who balanced budgets and offended few. But in the last two election cycles, with no change in the system, the party and the state have been pulled far to the right.
With the active backing of Gov. Sam Brownback, GOP voters in low-turnout primaries have ousted long-serving legislative moderates and replaced them with folks who have been very comfortable voting for such Utah-like ideas as exempting the state from federal gun restrictions, cracking down on abortion and labor unions, making the tax system more regressive, even passing a bill that specifically prohibits state support of any kind of development that could be described as, horrors, "sustainable."
Meanwhile, the Sunflower State's two U.S. senators, Pat Roberts and Jerry Moran, once considered moderate Republicans, have been voting with Utah's Mike Lee on such key issues as last week's gun control filibuster.
The Kansas situation may be an anomaly, triggered by the overwhelming name-recognition and fund-raising prowess Brownback built in two terms in the U.S. Senate. But it suggests that no system is immune to being captured by extremists.
If we want to pull the Utah political system more toward the center, it will take more than a revised primary system. It will take every tool in the political shed.
George Pyle, a Tribune editorial writer, fondly remembers the Senate campaign slogan of a Kansas cattleman, "Send an honest bull-shipper to Washington." Top that by email, email@example.com, or Twitter, @debatestate.


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Mirza, Heidi (2006) 'Race', gender and educational desire. Race, Ethnicity and Education, 9 (2). pp. 137-158. ISSN 1361-3324. DOI UNSPECIFIED
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In the government, media, and public mind the relationship between 'race' and education is overwhelmingly negative. In Britain when we talk of 'black and ethnic minorities in schools' we think of underachievement, rising exclusions and low aspirations. However, research evidence shows racialised people, particularly the women, have a positive and enduring relationship with education. Drawing on historical, archival, personal and research evidence, this article, which is drawn for the text of an inaugural professorial lecture, looks at the pervasive myths behind the link between 'race and education' and asks, "Why is there a crisis in 'multicultural education' in 21st Century Britain?" The author argues that by understanding the black and Asian collective desire for education, we can begin to reclaim the meaning of education, reinstating it as a radical site of resistance and refutation, so evident in the postcolonial experience.
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Jim M0BMU was firing up his transmitter on 137kHz today using WSPR. Managed very good reception of his 200mW ERP here at 69kms range. See screenshot - he is the yellow dashes. He was clearly audible by ear too, so a 12 wpm CW signal would have been copied well.
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It's enough to make you leap out of your seat: A magnetic vortex almost as big as Earth races across your computer screen, twisting, turning, finally erupting in a powerful solar flare. Japan's Hinode spacecraft recorded just such a blast on Jan. 12, 2007.
"I managed to stay in my seat," says solar physicist John Davis of the Marshall Space Flight Center, "but just barely."
Davis is NASA's project scientist for Hinode, Japanese for Sunrise. The spacecraft was launched in Sept. 2006 from the Uchinoura Space Center in Japan on a mission to study sunspots and solar flares. Hinode's Solar Optical Telescope, which some astronomers liken to "a Hubble for the Sun," produces crystal-clear images with 0.2 arc-second resolution. (Comparison: 0.2 arc-second is a tiny angle approximately equal to the width of a human hair held about 100 meters away.) "We're getting movies like these all the time now," he says.
This particular movie is visually stunning, but the most amazing thing about it, notes Davis, is where the scene unfolded--in the sun's chromosphere. "We used to think the chromosphere was a fairly uneventful place, but Hinode is shattering those misconceptions."
Chromosphere means "sphere of color." It's the name astronomers of the 19th century gave to a narrow and very red layer of the sun's atmosphere they saw peeking over the edge of the Moon during solar eclipses. The color comes from the chromosphere's abundant hydrogen which emits light at a wavelength of 6563 Angstroms, also known as "hydrogen alpha" light. Hinode's telescope is equipped with filters tuned to this specific color.
The view from space is impressive. Visually, the chromosphere resembles a shag carpet with threads of magnetism jutting up from the floor below. Hinode's movies show the threads swaying back and forth as if blown by a gentle breeze. There is nothing gentle, however, about "spicules" shooting into the chromosphere from the underlying photosphere. "These are jets of gas as big as Texas," says Davis. "They rise and fall on time scales of 10 minutes."
And then there are the explosions. "The fact that Hinode is able to observe solar flares taking place in the chromosphere is very important," he says.
The origin of solar flares is a mystery. Researchers have long known that flares develop from magnetic instabilities near sunspots, but even after centuries of studying sunspots, no one can predict exactly when a flare is about to happen. This is a problem for NASA because astronauts in space are vulnerable to intense radiation and high-energy particles produced by the explosions. An accurate system of forecasting would help explorers stay out of harm's way.
Hinode may be looking right into the genesis zone of flares. If so, "it could teach us how flares work and improve our ability to predict them." Meanwhile, hang on and enjoy the show.
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Hinode, Japanese for "sunrise," was launched Sept. 23, 2006, to study the sun's magnetic field and how its explosive energy propagates through the different layers of the solar atmosphere. The spacecraft's uninterrupted high-resolution observations of the sun will have an impact on solar physics comparable to the Hubble Space Telescope's impact on astronomy.
"For the first time, we are now able to make out tiny granules of hot gas that rise and fall in the sun's magnetized atmosphere," said Dick Fisher, director of NASA's Heliophyics Division, Science Mission Directorate, Washington. "These images will open a new era of study on some of the sun's processes that effect Earth, astronauts, orbiting satellites and the solar system."
Hinode's three primary instruments, the Solar Optical Telescope, the X-ray Telescope and the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer, are observing the different layers of the sun. Studies focus on the solar atmosphere from the visible surface of the sun, known as the photosphere, to the corona, the outer atmosphere of the sun that extends outward into the solar system.
"By coordinating the measurements of all three instruments, Hinode is showing how changes in the structure of the magnetic field and the release of magnetic energy in the low atmosphere spread outward through the corona and into interplanetary space to create space weather," said John Davis, project scientist from NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Ala.
Space weather involves the production of energetic particles and emissions of electromagnetic radiation. These bursts of energy can black out long-distance communications over entire continents and disrupt the global navigational system.
"Hinode images are revealing irrefutable evidence for the presence of turbulence-driven processes that are bringing magnetic fields, on all scales, to the sun's surface, resulting in an extremely dynamic chromosphere or gaseous envelope around the sun," said Alan Title, a corporate senior fellow at Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, Calif., and consulting professor of physics at Stanford University, Stanford, Calif.
Hinode is a collaborative mission led by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and includes the European Space Agency and Britain's Particle Physics Astronomy Research Council. The National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo, developed the Solar Optical Telescope, which provided the fine-scale structure views of the sun's lower atmosphere, and developed the X-ray Telescope in collaboration with the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of Cambridge, Mass. The X-ray Telescope captured the rapid, time-sequenced images of explosive events in the sun's outer atmosphere.
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The Marshall Space Flight Center manages the development of the scientific instrumentation provided for the mission by NASA, industry and other federal agencies.
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The regular quarterly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Oklahoma Historical Society convened in the Historical building,
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, July 27, 1939, at 10:00 A. M., with Judge Robert L. Williams, President, presiding.
The Secretary called the roll which showed the following members present: Gen. Charles F. Barrett, Judge Thomas H. Doyle,
Judge Samuel W. Hayes, Gen. William S. Key, Mrs. Frank Korn, Mrs. Blanche Lucas, Hon. John B. Meserve, Mrs Jessie E. Moore,
Hon. W. J. Peterson, Judge William P. Thompson, Mrs. John R. Williams, Judge Robert L. Williams and James W. Moffitt, the
The Secretary presented reasons for absence from the following members: Judge Harry Campbell, Dr. E. E. Dale, Judge Thomas
A. Edwards, Mr. George H. Evans, Dr. Emma Estill-Harbour, Judge Robert A. Hefner, Col. A. N. Leecraft, and Mr. Jasper Sipes,
and upon motion duly seconded the absentees were excused.
The Secretary presented the minutes of the Board meeting held January 26, 1939, and the minutes of the Annual Meeting held
May 11-12, 1939.
Hon. W. J. Peterson moved that the reading of the minutes of the Board meeting held January 26, 1939 and the Annual Meeting
held May 11-12, 1939 be passed at this time. Motion was seconded and carried.
The President reported that the expense incurred by Professor Rex W. Strickland, now of the School of Mines, El Paso, Texas,
attending the Annual Meeting at Durant, to deliver an address on "Miller County, Arkansas Territory, (now a part of Oklahoma),
The Frontier that men forgot," was $44.45 and that he had paid the money to professor Rex W. Strickland.
Judge Samuel W. Hayes moved that Judge Robert L. Williams be reimbursed from the private funds of the Society. Motion was
seconded and carried.
Mrs. Blanche Lucas moved that Professor Rex W. Strickland be allowed stenographic hire to reproduce for the Society the address
he delivered at the Annual Meeting of the Society at Durant. Motion was seconded and carried, same not to be published without
his consent.
The exhibit of museum articles lent to the First National Bank and Trust Company for their anniversary celebration was discussed.
Mrs. John R. Williams moved that the Board express its appreciation to the First National Bank and Trust Company for the treatment
accorded the exhibit and the spirit of co-operation on the part of the bank officials to interest people in the work of the
Historical Society, also for the $100.00 donated the Society relative thereto. Motion was seconded and carried.
The President presented the matter of continuing the WPA project sponsored by the Historical Society for another ten months
after the termination of the present project.
Hon. W. J. Peterson moved that the President be authorized to execute a contract on the part of the Historical Society as
sponsor and to use any funds available, either state appropriation or private funds of the Society, to provide for the sponsor's
share of the contribution. Judge William P. Thompson seconded the motion.
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Judge Samuel W. Hayes moved to amend by adding that the President be authorized to make application for the transfer of state
appropriated funds to meet any emergency arising in the sponsor's contribution for the WPA project. The amendment was seconded
by Hon. John B. Meserve, and the motion as amended was carried.
The President read part of a letter from Mr. Carney O. Dean, a representative of the Motter Bookbinding Company, regarding
the publication of a master index for the seventeen volumes of Chronicles of Oklahoma now completed, also a letter from Dr. E. E. Dale of the University of Oklahoma regarding the Master Index.
Judge Samuel W. Hayes moved that the Board authorize the President to consent to the publication of the master index with
no financial obligation on the part of the Historical Society, provided that the work be supervised by James J. Hill, assistant
librarian at the University of Oklahoma, without cost to the Society.
The President asked permission to sign a release for work done on a WPA project, sponsored by the Oklahoma Historical Society,
at the Sequoyah home shrine.
Honorable John B. Meserve moved that the President and Secretary be authorized to sign said release. Motion was seconded and
Judge William P. Thompson moved that a committee of three be appointed to confer with the State Highway Commissioners, in
regard to roads leading from the main highway to the Sequoyah home shrine and from the main highway to the Robert M. Jones
shrine. Motion was seconded and carried.
The matter of paying the typewriter rent for the WPA projects at Oklahoma City and Muskogee was discussed.
Judge Samuel W. Hayes moved that the rent be paid quarterly as heretofore, thus securing some reduction, and accordingly allowed
out of the transferred WPA funds from state appropriations.
The Secretary presented the following list of applicants for membership in the Society:
LIFE: Clara Alice Ward, Tulsa.
ANNUAL: J. A. Bodovitz, Ardmore; A. F. Connelly, Oklahoma City; Rev. W. N. P. Dailey, Potteraville, New York; Harry J. Daitch,
Akron, Ohio; Miss Cooleela Faulkner, Claremore; Clarence W. Fink, Okmulgee; G. E. Frey, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Joe Ham, Oklahoma
City; Miss Ella A. Ketcham, Oklahoma City; George I. Laingor, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Paul Lynch, Fort Smith, Arkansas; C. C.
Roberts, Oklahoma City; Mrs. Elizabeth Thurman Smith, Clinton; Robert W. Spann, Granite; Mrs. Bland West, Norman.
Judge Thomas H. Doyle moved that they be elected members of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Motion was seconded and carried.
Hon. John B. Meserve moved that it be the sense of this Board of Directors to put forth every effort to increase the membership
of the Society. Motion was seconded and carried.
Honorable W. J. Peterson moved that the President be given authority to prescribe the duties of the various employees of the
Society. Motion was seconded and carried.
Mrs. Jessie E. Moore transmitted to the Society a copy of the Chickasaw Roll of 1818, the original having been made up for
the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Chickasaw Treaty of October 19, 1818, between the Commissioners for the
United States and the Chiefs and Warriors of the Chickasaw Nation, this copy having been compiled by Mrs. Melven Cornish of
McAlester, Oklahoma, and is presented to the Historical Society by Mr. and Mrs. Melven Cornish.
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Mrs. Blanche Lucas moved that this gift be accepted and that Mr. and Mrs. Melven Cornish and Mrs. Jessie E. Moore be thanked
for this donation. Motion was seconded and carried.
Judge Thomas H. Doyle reported that Mr. G. B. Parker and associates of the Scripps-Howard publications donated to the Society
a complete bound file of all their editions of the Oklahoma News and a number of volumes of other newspapers and The Oklahoma City Directory, and moved that Mr. Parker and associates be thanked for their generosity in supplying these copies for the Historical Society.
Motion was seconded and carried.
The following letter was read:
Board of Directors—Oklahoma Historical Society.
Since the room which was to have been furnished by the women's organizations named by the Board has not materialized, I desire
to present to the Historical Society the following articles given by generous donors to the Oklahoma Memorial Association.
1 A hand painted picture by Maxine V. Lewis, subject "Oklahoma under six flags."
2 An American walnut desk and chair, presented by the Board of Regents of the Oklahoma College for Women at Chickasha to
honor Dr. George W. Austin.
3 A small American walnut book case, presented by the Women's Culture Club of El Reno.
4 An American walnut book case and desk, presented to honor the Governors of Oklahoma.
5 An inlaid table of various woods, made by the prisoners of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, at McAlester, and presented
by the Warden.
6 A Majestic refrigerator, presented by the John Brown Department Store.
7 An electric range, presented by the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company.
Signed Anna B. Korn, President
Oklahoma Memorial Association.
Gen. William S. Key moved that they be accepted and the donors thanked for this contribution to the Museum and equipment of
the Society. Motion was seconded and carried.
Upon motion of Hon. John B. Meserve the meeting stood adjourned subject to call.
Judge Robert L. Williams, President,
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If you've listened to our recent podcasts, you know about my frustration with the synthesis of the Christian Christmas and the secular Christmas. Here's a good example of a secular writer viewing Christmas as wonderfully sacred, and yet entirely secular. Hopefully we'll continue to think, as Christians, about the best way to challenge these views.
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Ben Bartlett lives in Louisville, Ky., with his wife and two terrific kids. His degree is in Political Theory and Constitutional Democracy from Michigan State University, and he has a bunch of education from a bunch of other places with nothing official to show for it. He has taught high school speech and debate, worked for a congressman in Washington DC, and worked in the health and energy industries. He is interested in how pop culture, history, politics, and theology interact with the inner and community lives of individuals... which is weird because he now works as a business analyst. Few things make him happier than reading, discussing, and recommending books.
- http://nowheresville.us The Dane
I have absolutely no problem with this guy's view of Christmas. It's pretty much like my own except for that he values the holiday more than I do.
The Danes last blog post..20081119.ChurchLies
- http://www.benbartlett.blogspot.com Ben Bartlett
I tend to agree with you (looking at my wording in the post, not sure if I said that right, but I do).
I think I just want to challenge Christians to realize that trying to celebrate the "sacredness" of Christmas through use of wintery scenes, ribbons, and Christmas trees is not going to have much impact. The Christmas of Christ and the Christmas of presents and nostalgia are two entirely separate things.
Ben Bartletts last blog post..A Song and a Blessing
- http://nowheresville.us The Dane
True. And I would say that neither one is necessarily a bad thing.
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Ed Schultz is passionate, committed and I think his heart is in the right place. He is also arrogant, insulting, and I think, a hypocrite. While I may agree with Ed on an issue; I very much disagree with his contemptuous style of presenting his view on the same issue. His wise-cracking, purposefully disrespectful and condemnatory manner in which prefaces many stories undercuts some of the gravitas of his righteous indignation. Basically he makes himself into the intolerant bomb thrower he ridicules.
By consistently using nasty nicknames for those whose political opinion and style he disagrees with, Ed greatly reduces the intellectual level of his stories to that of a childish name calling contest. While this may play well with his hard core liberal base; it lessens his legitimacy and effectiveness in communicating his point of view to a broader audience. His overly strident belittling of those on the other side of a political or social issue is off-putting to a significant number of viewers, even to the point of offending them. It also places him in the same light as the "mean spirited" people he often points out are examples of people behaving badly or "psycho talking", when they use inflammatory language to besmirch people Ed shares political kinship with.
Ed virtually always calling Sarah Palin "Caribou Barbie" or Congressman John Boehner "the Tan Man" is no different than and as insulting as, someone on the Right referring to Nancy Pelosi as "Speaker Botox Face" or Vice President Joe Biden as "Hair Plug Man". Being gratuitously disrespectful and insulting to one's political opposition is exactly the sort of blind self-righteousness that many of us in the media have been critical of. It may be mildly amusing to a specific target group one is trying to pander to; but it is self defeating in that is an obstacle to real productive discussion with people whose opinions differ from our own.
In the aftermath of the immensely tragic mass shooting in Tucson many, including President Obama, have justifiably been calling for a lessening of the vitriol in what is said and written in the media. Ed Schultz, as one of the biggest (small pun intended) perpetrators of cheap insults among the major media Left, should be taken to task by others of us in the media and perhaps by his employer. As a political-social columnist and commentator I absolutely understand the line between constructive criticism and censorship; but good advice about maintaining a certain level of simple human respect is not in any way the same as insisting on an absolute level of political correctness that precludes expressing one's opinion clearly.
Making fun of someone based on the way they look, the political party they belong to, the activities they pursue or they style of living is called prejudice. An honest and fair discussion about issues and policy is what political and even advocacy journalism is about. Insults, nasty nicknames, disparaging wise-cracks all make informative and persuasive discussion more difficult and less likely. There are better and more informative ways to use valuable media time to communicate things to the American public. I would be glad to discuss my above criticism with Mr. Schultz on his or any other MSNBC show. And don't worry I won't call him No-Neck Ed.


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Well, it should have been a neat trip to Oregon's Pacific coastline, destination Tillamook. The nice voice of the "electronic gal" speaking from the Garmin Nüvi GPS guidance device directed me via Salem on Hwy 22 NW to "Oregon Coast".
Yes, indeed, it's a beautiful trip - you go over "hills and mountains" uphill and downhill mostly at 55 mph (+tax). The signs show your crossing the Siuslaw National Forest, well, wood harvesting is a big issue here.
It takes you a while getting to Tillamook and then to the picturesque viewpoints at the coast. After a short stop at a rest area ahead of Tillamook, the guidance system made trouble. OK, sometimes, it's not unusual that the GPS signal reception is low, and "you" are unable to navigate - this electronics mess-up was different. The device didn't load the maps - gave me the overall direction and the GPS-metered speed, but no road, no street, no nothing. Then it blacked out.
Ok, having arrived at Tillamook, already quite late in the afternoon, I decided to get to Alamo's Portland RCC for changing the navigation device I rented for 2 weeks.
But how to get there?
Remember the old days when we were allowed to use the electronic calculator at school for the first time at tests and exams? Quite the same bull$4*+ happened after the batteries had run low. Yea, we had this neat non-electronic "brainware-based" slide rule as ersatz-remedy, oh boy, this thing saved grades and finally even lives. Think of Apollo 13 - "Failure is not an option"; and the engineers used slide-rules for calculating crucial items on the "altered" moon mission then, remember?
So, with brains, you get almost anywhere. Well, I have always Walmart's Rand-McNally Atlas for North America at hand. With the help of a magnifying glass - don't forget this because sometimes you have to read really fine print - I was able to navigate on my own with the Oregon map provided.
The route getting to Portland was quite easy to find - take Hwy 6 East to Portland, uphill and downhill, again with 55 mph (+ tax).
The nasty thing does really begin with approaching Portland, the whole area in the evening is a huge traffic jam. Now, the task was to get to Alamo's RCC near Portland Airport.
The Hwy 6 E changes to Hwy 26 E "Sunset Hwy", then I-405 South change to I-5 North then I-84 E, finally I-205 North Exit 24A to NE Airport Hwy and Frontage RD where all the rental car companies have their facilities there.
When I arrived at Portland last Monday and was shuttled to the Alamo's RCC I took their free map with me. It helped a lot in this situation.
Changing the GPS guidance systems was not a big deal but the Pacific view was blown to pieces. OK, I could have gone there without this electronic device, on the other hand I wanted to be at my motel room before dusk.
OK, fellas, don't leave your accomodation with a neat map or atlas.
Electronic devices are prone to sudden failures or malfunctions - it is so!
If your brain still works properly you will get out of any mess, for sure.