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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Synergy of Low-Carb Sugar Free Sweeteners
Besides Splenda, there were not a whole lot of good choices for me those many years ago. We had Splenda in Canada (when I was living there) 10 years before the United States. As a result, that is partially, why I was the first in the world to write a cookbook for desserts using Splenda Granular. The other and more important reason I came to write my cookbooks is because, I believe, that was part of God's plan for my life for me to be productive in helping other people. My creative period coincided with a very difficult time in my life, when I was practically falling apart in some ways, due to my old family's utter rejection (disowned, abandoned, told to get lost by a third party actually) of me and my family (my darling husband and precious sons) - long, sad story. I have often wished things had been different (but then my life would not be what it is today - and, possibly, I would not even be a Christian), but one cannot control the choices, actions and decisions that others are responsible for in their own lives, and there are always repercussions - whether for good or for bad.)
The first cookbook became a runaway best seller in 6 short months and eventually the second book did become a best seller as well. I took a long time to write the second one. The Splenda company in Canada practically lost interest in it and in me and a lot of the funding due me went to another Canadian author with a diabetic-style menu cookbook, who had started using Splenda. What the Splenda folks did not realize is that I was suffering from depression due to the actions of my mother, as in the aforementioned story. The publishing company we chose for the 2nd cookbook, the biggest in Canada, hit financial difficulties and eventually that led to us buying our books back from them, as they were selling them for less than $1-00 each at one point. I was getting more pocket money from my husband than their meager royalties! Ironically, they wanted to sell them to us for about $7-00 each! We did get them for less than that though due to a violation on their part of our mutual contract. I did have another traditional diabetic cookbook after that almost ready for publishing, but switched to low-carbing and I subsequently lost interest in it - and, then, so did the Splenda Companies - both in Canada and the United States. The folks in America had made a short documentary video of me baking with Splenda in my kitchen and talking about the product for the launch of Splenda in America and there was an understanding that I would somehow feature - but all of that fell by the wayside. Another author (an American lady) was chosen. They no longer wanted to buy any more of my cookbooks and were certainly not interested one iota in any future low-carb cookbooks that I might have written. I think, personally, that it was so shortsighted of the Splenda companies (McNeil Consumer Products and Johnson and Johnson) not to recognize the low-carb community at all. And, fancy, combining Splenda and sugar in one bag and selling it for a premium! First of all, if I wanted to do that, I could do it in my own kitchen for less money spent, and second of all, if I'm using Splenda to avoid using sugar in the first place - why would I buy a combination product? Not only that, it totally negated their sales to the low-carb community, who don't want sugar at all. Their reluctance to provide liquid Splenda is another short-sighted decision. Then finally the Quick Packs arrived - yay! Now they are discontinuing them. Really, I don't blame the low-carb community for getting upset and switching to another product, when the opportunity avails. As it is, many have switched to sugar alcohols or Stevia or even honey and a Stevia combination - simply to avoid using Splenda. Now there are many questions arising over safety issues in any case. Still, I believe sugar would have been worse for my family than Splenda. Chances are none of you out there will ever consume in your lifetime as much as we have, so I'm still comfortable recommending it as an alternative to sugar in baking. It is inert and stable at high baking temperatures. It seems safe enough, but like with everything else we consume, there are some parts of the foods in our food chain that are not good for us. Meat has problems (hormones, grain fed, etc.), vegetables and fruits have problems (pesticides) and even our water supply is dubious at times - so we all do what we can, but, fact is, we're almost all of us consuming a little bit of something each day that is considered not good for our bodies.
Splendid Low-Carbing (the biggest book - written with enthusiasm, inspiration and sometimes tears) became a best seller and the 4 others have yet to reach that status, possibly because low-carbing fell out of favor soon after poor Dr. Atkins died.
I think if we had consumed that many desserts using white flour and white sugar, we'd probably be in worse shape than we are now. Our sons (22 and 25) have incredible physiques and, well, Ian and I are middle-aged and not too bad, considering prior to our Splenda switch we were sugar coke popaholics and loved sugary desserts, etc., plus we also lived off trans fats (Country Crock margarine) for at least a decade or more, until someone said, "Oops, we made a mistake, butter is better for you!" Gee whiz!.
What I have discovered, especially in the last few years is that Splenda is even better used in conjuction with erythritol (powdered is what I prefer) available at Netrition - Sensato Brand. This is especially true for some things that need a little extra sweetening power than Splenda Granular can give. Splenda does not sweeten chocolate, oats, coconut flour products, peanut butter baked products, etc. optimally. Most other things work well. However, combining Splenda Granular and powdered erythritol or even Xylitol (deadly for dogs to consume - please remember that!) works really well. Erythritol has a slight cooling effect in the mouth if used in excess. It makes a great confectioner's sugar substitute in frostings as, if you taste it - it reminds one of that product. Xylitol may need to be powdered finely in a coffee grinder or powerful blender to prevent grittiness in desserts, and the same with erythritol that comes in granular form. That is why I prefer powdered erythritol. Xylitol may cause gastric distress for some people (however, there are numerous health benefits, such as promoting friendly bacteria in the intestines and strengthening teeth and bones: Health Benefits of Xylitol). Erythritol does not cause any gastrointestinal discomfort at all for the majority of people. Maltitol is very problematic that way.
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- Jennifer said...
Thanks for the kind emails I received. I was touched. God bless you guys!
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:01:00 AM
I'm really pleased to have ordered all of your low-carb cookbooks; I use them regularly. Your recipes for baked goods are the most successful I have tried from low-carb sources. I appreciate all your work in creating these recipes. This post also solves the mystery of why the result still tasted bitter and not sweet when I tried to make my own chocolate by melting unsweetened dark chocolate squares with Splenda.
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 11:52:00 AM
- Jennifer said...
Thank you, Ethyl, for those kind words. I'm so glad that you are happily making low-carb goodies when necessary to stay on track with a lower carb lifestyle.
I made the same mistake, when I first started working with Splenda Granular all those many years ago. I kept adding more Splenda Granular thinking it would make the bitterness disappear - to no avail. It did not have the oomph to sweeten the baker's chocolate appropriately.
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 12:54:00 PM
So THAT'S what was wrong with my extra chocolatey chocolate cheesecake!!!!! Thanks, Jen, what would we do without the benefit of all your knowledge and research!!?
I have ordered erythritol from Netrition. . . and look forward to fixing those chocolate cheesecakes!!!Hope the order arrives soon!
Hope you are well, too, my friend! We had a good trip to Alberta last week, but it was still cold! We left Calgary in a bit of a snowstorm! Outran it, actually, and were happy to arrive home safely.
Love to you, and bless you for all the work you do!
- Thursday, April 16, 2009 8:54:00 PM
- Jennifer said...
Hi Margaret,
So good to hear you are back home safely and outran the snowstorm. :-)
I think you will be happy with the erythritol. It should help correct the sweetness level of your chocolate cheesecakes. Do a taste test before baking.
We learn from each other. I learned a couple of tricks from you too, the last time I was in your kitchen. (((Hugs)))
- Friday, April 17, 2009 10:00:00 AM


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Firefighters, police attend fire scene on St. Peters Road Tuesday about 9 p.m.
©THE GUARDIAN/Nigel Armstrong
A small fire in the basement of an abandoned home in Charlottetown drew firefighters and police quickly to the scene.
The home is across from Fair Isle Ford and beside another property being cleared for development. Both properties are beside Scotiabank.
"An empty building, not sure of the cause yet," said Tim Mamye, deputy fire chief of the Charlottetown Fire Department.
He said the fire was quickly extinguished.
"From what I understand, (the home) is scheduled to be demolished in the near future," said Mamye.
A garage on the property next door is in the process of being hauled off the site, with crews working the area just an hour or two before the fire.
Residents in Park Royal Court seniors complex adjacent to the back of the properties were out watching, saying that development of the land is clearly underway but no one has told them what is going to be built on the site.
On March 29 this year, an abandoned building, a former driving range clubhouse on Mount Edward Road was the scene of a fatal fire that killed three young people who had broken into the structure.
"No sign of anyone in the building," said Mamye of Tuesday's fire.

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I called to get more information on lipo not a tummy tuck. On the phone the receptionist or who ever it was that answered told me that if I had children the doctor would first want to talk to me about a tummy tuck. Yes I thought it was odd to hear this but didnt think about it at first. So I went along with it.
I asked the doctor about the scar, I was told not to worry about it. BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!! I have to get my tummy tuck redone. The scar is way to high.


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TBC Bank awards Nurses with highest immunization coverage
TBILISI, Georgia, 10 July, 2007 - TBC Bank is today awarding nurses who have achieved high immunization coverage in their respective regions with special gifts at a special Thank You Ceremony organized by the TBC Bank in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs and UNICEF.
The successful nurses were selected from the ongoing behaviour change communication campaign launched in February 2007 which will last until the end of the year. The campaign is carried out by the Ministry of Labour, Health and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Science and with the support of UNICEF. TBC Bank of Georgia is one of the supporters of the campaign.
"We are grateful to the TBC Bank for its efforts to support the immunization process in Georgia," says UNICEF Representative in Georgia, Giovanna Barberis. "This is the first attempt to attract Georgian business companies to promote immunization. I also urge mothers to remember that timely vaccination is important, especially at two, three and four months and the national vaccination calendar should be observed."
"We think that the children's immunization programme is extremely useful for raising a healthy generation," says Vice-President of the TBC Bank, Zezva Tsiskarishvili. "One of the priorities of the TBC Bank is supporting social projects which focus on health protection. This year we have selected children's immunization. We are glad to collaborate with UNICEF and to make our contribution in such an important sphere."
"I would also like to congratulate those nurses who have achieved high immunization rates within our campaign. I do hope this will be an incentive for others to work harder and to raise immunization coverage in their regions. They will have opportunity to receive awards from the TBC Bank at the second award giving ceremony to be held later this year," added Barberis.
During the first round of the campaign, 50 nurses from across the whole country are awarded special plastic cards with a value of GEL 100 (60 $US) from the TBC Bank. These are the nurses who have achieved high immunization coverage in their regions/districts and who have been nominated by the regional representatives of the National centre for the Disease Control and Public Health.
There will be another round of the evaluation of the campaign later in the year which will recognize an additional 50 nurses who will also receive awards from the TBC.
Timely vaccination at two, three and four months is especially important as, first, it reduces the risk of post-vaccination complications and, second, it further strengthens the immunity of children against preventable diseases. Hence, at six and seven months a child is more protected against these infections.
The ongoing communication campaign on immunization includes a mix of interventions, such as administrative mobilization, public relations, interpersonal communication, advertisement through mass-media, school promotion and business partnership for immunization.
Medical workers have been mobilized at central, regional and rayon levels. Family nurses throughout the country have carried out home visits to inform mothers and other caregivers about the benefits of immunization and to advocate for timely vaccination.
The campaign also targeted school children to educate them about the importance of timely vaccination and to have them serve as "personal sellers" of the message in their homes. Lessons were arranged in all schools across the country in April and children received school calendars including information on immunization.
Within the media campaign four advertising segments, each lasting three to four weeks, have been broadcast on radio and television. Talk-shows on immunization have been launched on national and regional TV and radio; video-audio releases have been produced, media feature articles in major newspapers have been released and a 12 minute film on immunization has been aired. Informative booklets, posters, banners with campaign messages have also been placed at the entrance of the polyclinics and different strategic locations.
Procter and Gamble company has also donated 15,000 boxes of disposable Pampers nappies for mothers who take their children for immunization.
UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
For further information, please contact:
Maya Kurtsikidze, Communications Officer, UNICEF Georgia
Maya Dzirkvelishvili, TBC Bank


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A MELBOURNE rooming house operator implicated in the house fire deaths of a young Brunswick couple six years ago is now running numerous ''shockingly unsafe'' boarding houses.
Fairfax Media has visited three houses run by Melbourne Housing Service that have poor living conditions inside, broken pipes and wiring, and piles of rubbish outside that are in themselves a fire safety hazard.
The Australian Securities and Investment Commission lists South African-born Alistair Akom as the director of Melbourne Housing Service, which was known as Edge Housing. (Mr Akom was also its director.)
The Tenants Union of Victoria says there is no way of knowing how many houses Mr Akom and his associates run because a central register does not yet exist and their business model is designed to keep a low profile.
Policy worker Mike Williams said they made as much as $1000 profit for each house each week by renting low-quality housing from owners and subletting it to tenants, doing next to no maintenance.
Homeless and community services often refer people to Melbourne Housing Service because there is nowhere else for them to go, with rent subsidies and Centrelink benefits often paid straight into the landlord's account.
One Preston house appears to be a dumping ground for rubbish and belongings left behind at other properties.
It is also home to at least four people, including one with an intellectual disability.
Darebin Council ordered the house to be cleaned up last week after questions by Fairfax and may fine the operator $5633 under the Health and Wellbeing Act.
Another house in Preston, visited on Thursday, had smelly grey water leaking from the bathroom onto the front path and rubbish, including torn mattresses, strewn in the overgrown garden and shed.
A house in Fawkner had overflowing sewage running under the house and also had faulty light fittings that are potential electrical hazards.
Mr Williams said Mr Akom was only one of the city's rooming house operators who had a long way to go before they could meet new minimum standards that come into effect in March.
''It is hard to believe that someone who was found by the Coroner to run a rooming house … where two deaths occurred is still managing properties all over Melbourne,'' he said. ''They're in a shockingly unsafe condition … and many would present a fire hazard.''
Mr Akom and Edge Housing were named as property managers in a 2009 court hearing on the deaths of Leigh Sinclair and Christopher Giorgi in an electrical fire caused by a faulty light fitting.
Mr Akom was one of six people named as having contributed to the deaths, having himself misled Moreland Council about the number of tenants at the property and ignored its directions about fire hazards and overcrowding.
Mr Akom did not respond to a message left on his mobile phone.


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Former William Morris agent David Lonner isn't just finalizing his deal to become an independent manager. I'm told he and Atlas Entertainment founder and workaholic film producer Chuck Roven (The Dark Knight, Get Smart) want to join up in a talent management company together. Roven has always kept his hand in the management biz after starting two incredibly successful management companies — for musicians with 3rd Rail's Bob Cavallo that was bigtime for 10 years, and for motion picture talent with Jimmy Miller that sequed into Mosaic for another decade. "Look, Chuck is a great producer and smart businessman and he adds a lot of value to David," a source tells me. There's no formal deal set, but I hear both parties want to get this venture up and running in the fall. For the past 3 1/2 months since I first reported that Lonner wouldn't make the merge with WME, he's been talking to every significant management biz — 360, 3 Arts, Brillstein, etc. But I hear Roven called him and said, "Look, I'll tell you what I told Bob Cavallo way back when: you represent great talent, and I want to bet on you." (Amazing to me that Variety left this info out of its Lonner story Monday. The trade didn't know…)
Morris Agent Lonner To Join Chuck Roven
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Two very decent men. I would tell talent to flock to them. They are both honest.
It's really impressive how seriously beverly hills very rich kid Chuck Roven has been so successful. Usually these kids do o.k but after a slow start, he's really proved himself to be one of the top in his field. He wasn't born into showbiz tho and I don't even know him, never will. Just had no idea he would turn out like this.
"Decent"????????????? Chuck Roven????????? Are you kidding me?
He is been so horrible to so many people – so high-handed, so arrogant, so downright piggish – and miserable – and rude… and not very talented.
The tri-fecta would be if Alan Gasmer went in with them. Another good guy with great sensibilities. He'd be a good fit.
Does David Lonner still think he is a dolphin in the land of Sharks. Truly a fraud
I had the good fortune of having worked alongside Lonner and can tell you that he is both an exceptional businessman and judge of talent. What is most impressive is his depth of character, even under duress. I wish him all the best and implore the most talented amongst us to get in line to call this man your manager!
Its amazing how many quality people Ari and Rick got rid of. David Lonner is a first class agent with big time agents. Why did they get rid of him. No reason same thing for many others. The word on the street is money problems are mounting. Many agents are going to be asked to share assistants. That means more people on the streets. More agent and support staff firings coming next week. The power struggle continue's in the syndication department. Sean and Lance insist they are in charge. John Ferriter is losing power but his troops are loyal to him. Work it out boys. Consulting, commercials and Miami get ready for a rough time..
David Lonner is a great person. He was a great agent and everyone loved him. People want him to succeed because he cares not only about his clients, but about his colleagues too. He and Fogelman always had a struggle to get along since Lonner was head of Mopic when he first came over from Endeavor before Fogelman become the head. In any event, whenever he and Fogelman got into it 99% of the WMA agents were in Lonner's corner. What Lonner did was instill confidence and good will between everyone. What Fogelman did was instill fear and depression in the staff meetings by regularly calling out agents and embarrassing them in front of everyone. Fogelman never realized that he was hated so much. People just dont like dealing with him. Lonner on the other hand was a gentleman and a great agent. With David you would talk freely and openly and feel like you couuld get so much accomplished.
I am so glad to see Lonner taking his time and not rushing into this important decision. So glad for him that he is starting something new. I wish him all the success in this town. If I was a writer I would want to be repped by David Lonner.
Starting Monday we started cutting clients. Some that have been loyal clients for years. It was not the right thing to do. We were good with them when they were making lots of money but when things were not going as well for them we cut them. It's official, our wages are getting cut. How does Ari, Rick and Dave think we can live on 11 dollars an hour. It's amazing that they would cut our little pay. Next thing we heard is that agents will be asked to share assistants. It already started in Miami. Patty Kim in NY is already sharing an assistant. What is really going on behind the doors in the big offices. Everything seems to be about cutting expenses. To us in the trenches it seems like the merger has caused a major financial burden. I came to William Morris to become an agent but its not looking as promising anymore. Good assistants will begin leaving.
Lonner is one of the great guys in this business… hell, in this world.
Karma is gonna so catch up with Ari for how he's treated him.
I so wanted to say something catty here but these two are each too smart separately so working together just makes so much sense.
david lonner repped me for a few years back in the 90's and it was a privilege to work with him/have him work on my behalf. he is loyal, principled, supportive, a great advocate and advisor, honest (especially when you need tough love), and fair. a combination of qualities you don't often find in hollywood…
david is a good guy, smart and i'm confident he will do well wherever he lands. in fact, i think the added autonomy he will have as a manager running his own shop will allow him to flourish (and his clients with him).
Lonner is a great agent and a great guy. Much brighter than Fogelman. If given the right environment he will get to the top. Here is his chance. I agree with most of these postings. Lonner is the smarter agent and well respected. Fogelman deserves to be fired and reminded about being a human being.


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...I decided to watch a circ video just to confirm to myself my decision to not circ is set. And I could not even bring myself to look at the video. I couldn't even click on it. I still haven't watched it. I guess that pretty much cements it for me. Self-realization is a great thing. :)
I was going to put a thumbs up smiley, then realized that was inappropriate and rude the the poor little guy in the video. I am glad that you are planning to keep your child whole.
Working as a nurse, I've seen circumcision firsthand, including major complications from the circ. It's horrible in my opinion. Intact is definitely the way to go. The care is easy too, just wipe what you see on the outside!
Mom & RN
Pardon the typos - CWOK (cat walking on keyboard)
It is amazing what some folks do to children just because they are "too little to remember".
It is true. My kids have some health issues and my 19 month old has been under general anesthesia 5x in her life, my 4 yr old under general anesthesia 3x in the last year (including a broken arm involving metal rods that then were pulled out with pliers while awake), and a 12 yr old with a decently major surgery last Christmas. Let me tell you, I swear that knowing there are things that have to be done to kids we cannot prevent, why on earth would I chose to cause pain when I don't have to? Life seems to offer enough of that. Every procedure and surgery ,y kids have had, I have been able to watch graphic video clips of then being done after, and felt good they were the right things.
So my gut is pretty strong when it comes to those things. When I literally could not make myself push play, I had an AHA moment. The thought of watching it makes me ill.
Makes me feel really good about our decision. :)
I once heard my brother say to my neice, who was probably 5 at the time, "Life's full of disappointments, kid. Get used to it." I think some parents see it as their duty to show kids just how tough life is, including disappointment & pain. So, I wonder if circ goes under that too, oh so sadly.
DeChRi, I have been participating in circumcision debate boards for at least 15 years, read everything I can get my hands on, and I have never watched a circumcision video. I doubt I ever will.
I heard one IRL, and that was more than enough for me, TYVM. DH and I were visiting my boss and his wife in the hospital with their new baby. Mom was holding him, and he was awake, alert, and making the most pleasant gurgling noises. Then the ped came to take him away for his circumcision. DH and I stayed with the parents a little while longer, then left. On our way out, we passed the nursery - and could hear a baby screaming like nothing we'd ever heard before (our twins were 3 at the time; we'd heard plenty of screaming). We peeked through the blinds, and saw the ped leaning over a baby - my boss's baby. DH and I left the hospital with tears running down our faces, grateful that we never subjected our own babies to that.
If the chips are down, the buffalo is empty.
The "if I can't see it, it won't hurt me" mentality is done a lot in parenting. All I had to do was describe (and not even in detail) the simple was a circ is done, to DH, and he couldn't even LISTEN to me anymore. He cut me off and said "stop, my penis hurts" lol. He, as a man, could not imagine doing that to another male. And he is a pretty mainstream, conservative, go with the norm, trust the Dr kind of guy. He was like...what if they slip???
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Seib & Wessel: What We're Reading Monday
Recommended reading from around the Web:
By Gerald F. Seib and David Wessel
Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, like so many others before him in Turkey, has succumbed to the siren calls of dictatorship, Firat Demir, a University of Oklahoma economist, writes from Turkey. Social engineering and authoritarian decision-making have now become the government's top policy tools. [Foreign Policy]
The Istanbul protests demonstrate what people can accomplish when they join together, but they also show the limitations of street action in a democracy based on the rule of law, writes Sabine Freizer (@SabineFreizer) , former Europe director for the International Crisis Group. [Today's Zaman]
Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers (@LHSummers) argues that the U.S. and other countries "will not benefit from further measures directed at rapid deficit reduction" at this point. "Output and jobs will suffer. A weaker economy means that our children may inherit an economy with more debt and less capacity to bear the burden it imposes. Already, premature deficit reduction has affected economic performance in Britain and several countries that use the euro." [Washington Post]


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Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 30/5/2012 (1882 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
IT was the most devastating call he took in a 30-year policing career: hearing a wanted man had slipped out of a Puerto Vallarta home with two abducted children.
News of the recovery of Dominic and Abby Maryk from a Guadalajara home last Friday brought elation to the children's long-suffering Winnipeg mother, Emily Cablek, as well as a range of officers who worked on the case for nearly four years before getting the kids back.
But that joy was a far cry from the frustration investigators in Winnipeg felt after an earlier attempt to arrest the children's father, Kevin Maryk, failed, only hours before they were to get on a flight to Mexico. Retired Winnipeg Police Service missing persons unit detective Clyde Raven, now a sergeant with the Victoria Beach Police, said learning Maryk had evaded police more than a year after their August 2008 abduction was one of the lowest moments of his career.
Shortly before an early-morning flight to Mexico where a takedown was planned with Mexican authorities, Raven said he got terrible news.
"My whole 30-year career, that was the most devastating call I ever got, that they had lost him," said Raven.
He said Maryk's rental home had been under surveillance in Mexico, but he managed to slip away in the night.
Authorities there were going to wait for officers from Winnipeg to arrive so the takedown could be done together, said Raven, but the moment never came.
"We still to this day don't know how, but he got wind of it and he was gone. He packed those kids up in the night," said Raven, adding a lot of the family's belongings were left behind.
"You can't believe how much that has haunted me since that day, because we were that close," said Raven.
Raven said he was particularly concerned about Maryk having the children, because police believed they could be at risk in his care.
Police have said Maryk made money by dealing drugs. On Friday, police seized drugs, weapons and child pornography at the home where the children were being kept.


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Restaurant news & notes
Published 10:00 pm, Thursday, October 27, 2005
Survey participants ranked Mistral as Seattle's best, giving it 29 out of a possible 30 points. Only seven other restaurants in the United States matched that ranking, and none beat it. It's notable that no Manhattan restaurants scored above 28, reviving the eternal squabble over whether we have less discriminating palates here, kinder natures, or just a lot of great food.
Other top picks for Seattle, with 28 points each, were Cafe Juanita in Kirkland, Nishino, the Herbfarm in Woodinville, Tosoni's in Bellevue, and Rover's. Youngsters Crush, Lark, Lola, Union and Volterra, all made the top-40 list, but hadn't been around long enough to get a points rating.
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Got your attention now?
That's one of the tentative offerings on the tasting menu at Veil, the much-anticipated restaurant scheduled to open Nov. 11 at 555 Aloha St. near Seattle Center (in "LEQA," as the new neighborhood-naming attempt goes, meaning Lower East Queen Anne). It's the creation of Shannon Galusha, an alum of the French Laundry and our own 727 Pine, and managing partner Erik Lindstrom.
Veil will have a 50-seat dining room and a lounge that seats nearly as many, with a regular menu as well as the multicourse prix fixe. Prices on the early menus run $6 to $12 for starters and $18 to $27 for entrees, and run from straightforward appearances (dry-aged strip steak with heirloom carrots and local chanterelles) to intriguing ("the foie gras/peanut butter, jelly and toast" or perhaps the "Pacific scallops, Tennessee barbecue and yucca"). Reservations are accepted at 206-216-0600; we have a feeling you're going to need them.
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Michaels needs to bring in fresh meat; someone to shake up water cooler talk.
Like a bulldog picking up the scent of fresh meat and not quite sure where to find it, Biden tore up everything in sight.
For want of fresh meat and vegetables there was much sickness.
"Yes, it is time we had some fresh meat, old chap," said Emson good-humouredly.
Even after that, a liberal supply of fresh meat rested on the sledge for successive days of feasting.
There is no fresh meat in the country, only tinned beef for us!
It drew tin horns and sure-thing gamblers as fresh meat draws flies.
Here they feed me with fresh meat and all that the country yields; all offer to obey me.
It seemed an awful shame to kill them, but we were sorely in need of fresh meat.
Nothing could restore the crew but fresh meat—yet fresh meat was not to be had.


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Photos of Holi Spring Festival of Colors in India
Spring Awakening: India Celebrates Festival of Colors
Anything goes in India this week as people welcome Spring with a weeklong festival of colors. The festival, much like Mardi Gras, is a celebration of mischief and merrymaking, but the holiday honors Hindi mythology instead of commencing Christian Lent.
Wednesday was Holi, the main day determined by the full moon, and people celebrated by throwing colorful powder and water at each other. Though it's mostly done in fun today, historically the powder had medicinal significance. Medical herbs were thrown on people to ward off any sickness the changing seasons bring.


text: OraFAQ Forum - RDF feed http://www.orafaq.com/forum/ Migration of DB2(Mainframe) Data to Oracle Database http://www.orafaq.com/forum/./mv/msg/175384/526132/#msg_526132 In my company , we want to migrate DB2(Mainframe) database data to oracle database. Now i can migrate data of windows db2 database data to oracle database. So Now i want to move the data of db2(Mainframe) database to db2(windows)database. Or is there any other method to migrate db2(Mainframe) database to oracle database. I need to take entire data's of one database in mainframe to windows db2 database in single shot. Note:- I checked in internet that there are many tools for IBM DB2 to ORACLE. But all tools for windows IBM DB2 to Oracle. But i want MAINFRAME DB2 to ORACLE or MAINFRAME DB2 to WINDOWS DB2. Please help me to complete this activity. If any doubt please ask me..]]> thiyagarajansekaran 2011-10-08T18:35:12-00:00 Re: Migration of DB2(Mainframe) Data to Oracle Database http://www.orafaq.com/forum/./mv/msg/175384/526133/#msg_526133 Did you check whether SQL Developer suits your needs? I think that it might be OK.]]> Littlefoot 2011-10-08T19:39:21-00:00 Re: Migration of DB2(Mainframe) Data to Oracle Database http://www.orafaq.com/forum/./mv/msg/175384/526374/#msg_526374 thiyagarajansekaran 2011-10-10T19:27:01-00:00 Re: Migration of DB2(Mainframe) Data to Oracle Database http://www.orafaq.com/forum/./mv/msg/175384/572340/#msg_572340 Were you able to perform Mainframe DB2 to Windows DB2? I got a similar requirement in my org where I need to replicate the database present in Mainframe DB2 into Windows DB2. Appreciate your support, Regards Ran]]> ranramac 2012-12-11T03:32:30-00:00 Re: Migration of DB2(Mainframe) Data to Oracle Database http://www.orafaq.com/forum/./mv/msg/175384/572409/#msg_572409 Littlefoot 2012-12-11T19:52:37-00:00


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you kept going on about how you couldnt haven been the one throwing up because you were peeing in circles.
An accidental pregnancy to a guy with a trustfund is no mistake. It is a gift from god.
Ifound a recepit for a hotel room in my sock. soo.. Ithink thats where my dog is.
I'm crawling around naked in my room looking for my hairbrush. Just thought I'd put that image in your head.
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I just got cash back from buying a pregnancy test so that I can buy a case of joose. My life is in shambles.
Yeah, the furnace guy just pulled out 4 empty and 1 full beer bottle from the vent. You are no longer allowed over.
the theme of the baby shower is Nightmare On Prego Street
i think you walked me home, then i felt bad for putting you through the trouble so i walked you home...i'm not sure how i got home after that.
I woke up in his bed wearing nothing but my underwear and it was on backwards and my entire body is too sore to move...
Im glad someone is finally more of a drunken slut than I am.
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You said "i miss him" not "i miss his dick." You're getting emotionally attatched. Shame.
About to fuck some random fraternity guy I met at a party. I guess this would be the right time to say I don't want to be with you anymore.
i'm drunk and confused. there might be a 4 year old here.
I told him I don't date guys unless they play a musical instrument. So, he's here and he brought a kazoo.
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The Week in Cleantech (Dec. 30 to Jan. 5) - Will The Solar Bears Come Out In 2008?
Technology Review, my favorite science publication, gave us last week a wrap-up of the year in energy. It's a recap of the main energy-related stories the magazine published in 2007, and is well-worth a read if you want to start 2008 up-to-date on where the science is on most issues of relevance to alt energy investors.
On Monday, Jerome Ball at Alternative Energy Trading argued that the solar PV industry would veer into oversupply in 2008. This is one of the most cogent analysis of the solar PV market I have read in a while, and it takes a somewhat contrarian view - what's not to like! I'm entirely out of solar PV at the moment simply because last time I had cash on hand and was looking for PV stocks, I couldn't find what to me seemed like good value. On a related note, on the VC front, Rob Day's Cleantech Investing Readers' Survey (Part II) revealed that many folks out there feel like solar may be exhibiting signs of bubblishness. Will solar PV be the great bear story of 2008?
On Wednesday, Dan Lewis at AEI told us which were the best and worst returning alternative energy stocks in 2007. Ignore the non-US securities and an unsurprising picture emerges: the vast majority of top performers are solar stocks (many of them Chinese listed in the US) and most of the dogs are ethanol stocks. Unsurprising as it is, this picture is still worth a thousand words. Tom argued some time ago that the correction in ethanol stocks may have been overdone, and Jerome Ball (see above) recently argued that the solar bull may be running out of steam. Might 2008 be a good time to start looking at some of the ethanol stocks again?
On Wednesday, Sebastian Blanco at AutoblogGreen told us that new CAFE requirements had helped turn Detroit's eye back to diesels. Interestingly, while arguments are raging within the cleantech community over whether biofuels or electric powertrains will emerge as the dominant choice for road transportation in North America, diesel may quietly be staging a comeback. While both biofuels and electric cars are years away at best from seriously threatening the dominance of gasoline here, diesel could emerge as a contender sooner rather than later, as evidenced by its prominence at this year's Detroit Auto Show. Purists will certainly say diesel isn't 'clean', but one would be hard-pressed to argue that ethanol is. Moreover, I've always favored evolutions over revolutions, especially when it comes to my portfolio. So, could 2008 be the year to start looking for auto part makers with exposure to diesel?
On Thursday, the Biopact Team told us that investments in renewables broke the $100 billion barrier in 2007. It's a nicely-done overview of a recent study (PDF document) by New Energy Finance on alternative energy investment flows in 2007. On the public market side, the Iberdrola Renovables IPO was unmistakably the deal of the year. The interesting thing about this whole cleantech story is that it's been occurring in concurrence with a very strong bull market in North American equities, often blurring the line between good investment and good market. If 2008 turns out to be the difficult year that many expect it will be for equity markets, we could see the first real round of shake-outs in the short history of cleantech as an asset class, where many of the weaker players either fold because they can't raise money or get gobbled up. As pointed out by Rob Day in his Cleantech Investing Readers' Survey (Part I), successful VC exits in the cleantech space have been few and far between thus far, and a bad year in equity markets could compound this problem.
The Week in Cleantech (Dec. 30 to Jan. 5) - Will The Solar Bears Come Out In 2008? was posted on AltEnergyStocks.com.
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Campaign Finance
Campaign Finance: see Congressional Universe, under "Members." This has online data from campaign finance reports filed to the Federal Elections Commission by all members of Congress, showing who contributed how much to whom and when.
Data Sources
Intelligence and National Security
CIA Public Affairs--Speeches and Testimony: A part of the CIA's official website, this page provides links to statements, speeches, and testimony of senior CIA officials, and thus becomes something of a primary source. Occasionally, declassified documents released by the CIA are also posted here.
News Sources
Drudge Report: Hollywood-based Matt Drudge may not be the world's best reporter, but his website contains links to an extraordinary number of legitimate news organizations, both American and Foreign, and by virtue of this is an excellent site for political news. In addition, it is one of a very few sites where links to political columnists and analysts can be found in a single place.
Political Science Sites
American Political Science Association: The official website for the preeminent American political science organization, the American Political Science Association, including meeting dates and locales, and activities for members.
Public Policy
Center for Nonproliferation Studies: Site maintained by the Monterrey Institute of International Studies
Think Tanks
Think Tanks and Research Institutes: This presents Vote-Smart's list of think tanks and other related organizations that provide thoughtful analysis and contribution to the creation of public policy.
Voting and Elections
The Lijphart Elections Archive: "The Lijphart Elections Archive, housed at the University of California, San Diego campus, is a research collection of district level election results for approximately 350 national legislative elections in 26 countries. The objective of the Archive is to systematically collect election statistics in as much detail as possible, including, as a minimum, the results at the level of the individual election districts in which votes are converted into seats."
Vote-Smart: A site based in Corvallis, Oregon, that monitors all elections: statewide, gubernatorial, and Congress elections, with analysis of incumbents and challengers. Can find the election race(s) in your own zip code.


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Subject: [htdig] avoiding binary attachments when indexing email archives
From: Brett Dikeman (email@example.com)
Date: Wed Feb 02 2000 - 09:03:15 PST
what's the best way to avoid attachments in archived email?
Otherwise, fuzzy searches end up including random "words" made up of
many random characters, drawn from what htdig considered "text"; I
can find it in emails people sent that included binary attachments.
Second, if htdig is on the same machine as the site I'm searching,
how do I avoid the overhead of using http to do the indexing? Giving
full path names in "start_url" broke the rundig script and trashed my
index files.
I tried searching the archives with several different keywords; came
up with lots of stuff, but nothing I wanted :-)
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How Blair got two views on Iraq war
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Britain's Attorney-General explains why he gave conflicting advice on the legality of the invasion.
Britain's Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, has finally spoken publicly about the apparently conflicting advice he offered his Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in the days leading up to the declaration of hostilities in Iraq.
In an interview with London's The Daily Telegraph, he described speculation that he was bullied - by prime ministerial advisers or senior US Government figures - into supporting the war as fantasy.
During Britain's recent election campaign, the issue of Iraq was sensationally reignited when unknown sources leaked a 13-page legal advice from Lord Goldsmith warning Mr Blair that there was a range of problems with the invasion plan under international law.
This advice was originally given to Mr Blair on March 7, 2003. Ten days later Lord Goldsmith supplied the cabinet with a much briefer second opinion; this time, he advised that the war would be legal and Mr Blair released the content of the second advice publicly, never acknowledging the first.
The leaking of the secret document during the campaign incited contempt for Lord Goldsmith in some quarters, with various commentators and political opponents suggesting he had succumbed to pressure.
"I would not have hesitated to give negative advice if that had been my conclusion," he told the Telegraph.
"I have been a practising lawyer for 30 years. I have been chairman of the bar. I have chaired international legal organisations. I have been a deputy High Court judge. I was at the height of my profession when I was appointed Attorney-General.
"And I want to reject the suggestions that I was leant on, or that this somehow was not my genuine opinion. These suggestions that this was not genuinely my view - these are fantasies and they need to be seen as such."
I would not have hesitated to give negative advice if that had been my conclusion."
Lord Goldsmith
Lord Goldsmith said his first advice had been weighing the issues but he recalls that the circumstances changed over the ensuing 10 days when it became clear that an enabling resolution from the United Nations would not be forthcoming.
"I had to reach a conclusion, having weighed up all the arguments. It could not be slightly lawful: it either was or it wasn't. My conclusion was that it was lawful."
He believed that people now recognised that there was "a powerful case" for saying that the authority to use force against Iraq given by the United Nations Security Council resolution 678 of 1990 had been revived in 2002 by resolution 1441.
The "revival" argument was soundly based in precedent and had been relied on twice before, he said.
Asked then why the most he had said in his March 7 advice was that "a reasonable case can be made that resolution 1441 is capable in principle of reviving the authorisation in 678 without a further resolution", Lord Goldsmith said the crucial question was not revival but whether a further Security Council decision was needed.
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For many businesses, a London postcode holds great allure. You'll pay a heavy premium to acquire one. But companies all over the UK are flourishing, proving that there's life outside of the capital.
So how much does location really matter at a time when transport links are improving all the time and technology is evolving quicker than it ever has before? Is operating from outside of a major city a hindrance that can be overcome or is it, in fact, an advantage?
Dale Stokes is the managing director of MDA. From its base in Blackburn, Lancashire, the company produces point of sale marketing materials for the likes of Cadbury and Coca-Cola.
"I think the perception that we all wear cloth flat caps in the north is long gone, but people still assume we're a million miles away," says Stokes. "They hit the toll booth on the M6 and they think it's passport control."
Blackburn is far enough outside of the capital to have its advantages, including cheaper labour and property prices.
"These are our two main costs and, where we are, they're simply lower than in many other areas of the country," explains Stokes. "We've just acquired a new 250,000 square foot fulfilment centre which my competitors tell me would cost 160 to 170% more if it was down south. I pass these savings on to the customer and that becomes a huge selling point for us."
Despite this, adds Stokes, Blackburn really isn't as remote as people might imagine.
"We're about two hours from central London by train, which is really only about a half hour longer than it takes some people I know to drive there from the outskirts of the city.
"The key to making long-distance relationships work is to be the best at what you do and have the best people in your team, to highlight the cost advantages and, if the distance is an issue, take the burden and go to them – but the world's a smaller place these days and that's easily overcome."
Seb Mysko is managing director of Rising Digital, a digital marketing consultancy to the music industry. He has clients across eight countries, including big-name acts such as Deadmau5 and chart-topper Calvin Harris, and – he says – it doesn't matter to any of them where he is, nor even what time zone he's in.
"My clients don't care where in the world we are, as long as the effort that goes in remains uncompromised," says Mysko.
For the record, Rising Digital is based in Leeds. And although Mysko says his business could operate anywhere there's broadband internet, a 3G signal and a kettle, the Yorkshire city has provided the perfect breeding ground for the talent which he's used to grow his team to six.
"Leeds is cool. It's humble, full of creatives, regenerated old industrial buildings and hidden gems. It's also unpretentious, unassuming and hard-working," he says.
The university has helped create a youthful vibe in the area, and the company's Duke Studios has become a hub of activity with designers, developers and fashion industry insiders all rubbing shoulders on a daily basis.
Mysko does, however, accept that some businesses do need easy access to the capital.
"If we were in the management or agency side of the music business then London, in my eyes, is the only option. A&Rs, label managers and so on need to be on the ground doing meetings upon meetings every day – it's an absolute minimum requirement if you're looking to seriously progress a major artist in the UK."
Another business that recognised this has been Timothy James Consulting. The recruitment company was established in 2003 by Chris O'Connell and rapidly grew to become one of the most important companies in the industry, earning a clutch of awards along the way.
The company now employs 45 people at its headquarters, but after several years it became apparent that a London office was going to become a necessity to achieve further growth.
"We had picked up a lot of business in London and we had a strong client base there, so we felt there was a need for us to be 'local'," says O'Connell. "It's hard to work from outside a region and to convince others, as an outsider, that you really understand what they're about."
Timothy James Consulting established its London office in May 2010. It now employs 20 people and is looking to double that amount in the near future. Late last year the company opened the doors to its Manchester office.
"There is a lot of gravitas to owning an office in London, but it's not the be-all-and-end-all," says O'Connell. "The most important aspect is to have good people, good infrastructure and a good brand. Once you have that, you can do a job in any region.
"The reason we decided to move closer to London is because people wanted to feel closer to us."
Of course, this varies from industry to industry and the line of work you're in. Paul Davidson is managing director of East Kilbride's Glencairn Crystal. The company's glassware retails throughout Scotland and to 40 countries across the globe.
"There'd be no advantages to us being in the city," says Davidson. "I've travelled a lot and experienced city life and then I came back home. We have everything we need here, and our customers don't care where we're based."
He established the business 30 years ago and some of his current staff have been with him since his first day. Such staff loyalty would be much harder to find in a fast-paced city, he says.
"People buy our products because of the craftsmanship and they deal with us as a company because of the personal relationships," says Paul. "We employ local people because they understand the importance of these two factors, and they stick around long enough for it to become ingrained in what they do.
"Everything's much more aggressive and staff turnover is much higher when you're at the heartbeat of a city. The pace of life up here much better suits me and my team."
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Department of Art History
|Art History 300
|Course Description
Sites shown in this lecture (you'll need Google Earth for this).
|The Archaic Acropolis
|The Acropolis of Athens
|Panathenaic Amphora
|Plan of the Acropolis in ca. 480 BC
|North slope of the Acropolis: note the columns from the Old Temple of Athena, rebuilt into north wall
|Sculpture from the pediment of the Old Temple of Athena on the Acropolis, ca. 510-500 BC
|Moschophoros and Kritios Boy at time of discovery
|The Classical Acropolis
|Map of the Athenian Empire
|The Oath of Plataia
|Reconstruction of Athenian acropolis in 5th c BC, by Gloria Ferrari
|Bust of Pericles
|Plutarch's description of the building of the Acropolis
|The Parthenon
|Replica of the Athena Parthenos in the Parthenon in Nashville, TN
|Acropolis Restoration Service
|The Parthenon
|360 degree photo of Acropolis (lots of others too)
|The Parthenon converted to a mosque
|Parthenon, Explosion of 26 September, 1687 (engraving by Fanelli)
|The Acropolis of Athens, plan
|The Parthenon
|Plan of the Parthenon (447-432 BC)
|The Parthenon
|Parthenon: view along steps showing curvature
|Parthenon, Diagram of curvature and inclination of columns
|Drawing of temple showing exaggerated refinements
|Reconstruction of pronaos showing frieze and windows into cella
|Drawing of the sculptural program of the Parthenon
|Detail of pediment, metopes and frieze of Parthenon
|Parthenon: Metopes
|Parthenon: Reconstruction drawing of West metopes: battle of Greeks against Amazons
|Parthenon: West Metope 13
|Parthenon: Reconstruction drawing of North metopes: sack of Troy
|Parthenon: North Metope 32
|Parthenon: Reconstruction drawing of East metopes: battle of gods against giants
|Parthenon: Carrey drawing of south metopes
|Parthenon: Carrey drawing of south metopes
|South Metope 27: Lapith and Centaur
|South Metope 31: Lapith and Centaur
|South Metope 31: Lapith and Centaur, detail of centaur
|Parthenon: East Pediment
|Parthenon, west front
|East pediment, in the British Museum
|Reconstruction of east pediment
|East pediment: 3 goddesses
|East pediment: Dionysos
|East pediment: horse of the Moon
|Reconstruction of east pediment
|Another reconstruction of the East Pediment
|Parthenon: West Pediment
|West pediment, in the British Museum
|Reconstruction of west pediment
|West Pediment, figure
|Parthenon: Frieze
|Parthenon, west front
|West front from below, showing frieze
|Reconstruction of west colonnade of Parthenon, showing frieze
|Ionic frieze, from Old Temple of Athena?
|Diagram of Parthenon Frieze
|Panathenaic Amphora
|Parthenon, Reconstruction of North Frieze
|Parthenon, South Frieze: Cavalcade
|Parthenon, North Frieze 42
|North Frieze 10: elders
|North Frieze 6: hydriaphoroi (water-carriers)
|North Frieze 6: hydriaphoroi (water-carriers)
|South Frieze 40: Sacrificial cows
|Painted plaque from Pitsa: sacrifice scene
|Reconstruction of East Frieze
|Parthenon East Frieze 7: women
|East Frieze: gods and peplos scene
|East Frieze 6: gods and goddesses
|East Frieze 6: detail of Artemis
|East Frieze 5: Peplos Scene
|East Frieze: gods and peplos scene
|Painted reconstruction of East Frieze: men, young women, gods and peplos scene
|East Frieze: gods and peplos scene
|Reconstruction of pronaos showing frieze and windows into cella
|The Athena Parthenos
|Interior of the Parthenon
|Reconstruction of interior of Parthenon
|The Athena Parthenos in Nashville
|Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos (Varvakeion Athena)
|Roman copy of the Athena Parthenos (Varvakeion Athena)
|Sculptural program of Parthenon
|Statue of Athena Parthenos, Athens: ancient copy of shield showing Amazonomachy (Strangford Shield)
|Statue of Athena Parthenos, Athens: ancient copy of shield showing Amazonomachy
|The Athena Parthenos in Nashville
|Copy of the Athena Parthenos: bald man throwing a stone
|Plan of Temple of Zeus, Olympia
|Section of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia
|Tools from Workshop of Pheidias at Olympia
|Drapery mold from Workshop of Pheidias at Olympia
|Cup belonging to Pheidias, from Olympia
|Classical Style
|Kouros from Anavysos (Kroisos, ca. 530 BC)
|Olympia, East pediment, aged seer
|Olympia, East pediment, Centaur biting youth.
|Parthenon North Frieze: Cavalcade
|Parthenon North Frieze 10: elders
|Kritios Boy, ca. 480 BC, head
|New York Kouros, compared with second Egyptian canon


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Essential Snow Day Supply: Chocolate Chipsby Michelle Buffardi in Recipes, February 2nd, 2011
Are you snowed in? Hope you've got a shovel and have stocked up on ice melt, bread, toilet paper and . . . chocolate chips. With every big storm warning, local stores always sell out of chocolate chips! Is everyone trapped inside making cookies? Let us know what you're making besides snowmen today; here's some chocolate chip inspiration to get you started.
With nearly 800 reviews, Alton Brown's The Chewy is the most popular chocolate-chip cookie on Food Network. Have you made it?


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After a two-game conditioning stint with the AHL's Hershey Bears, Tom Poti rejoined the Capitals on Thursday night and it's possible the veteran defenseman will be in the lineup for Saturday's season opener against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
"He might be able to play," General Manager George McPhee said. "He should know the system, he just played it for a couple of games and [the Bears] do the same things there that we are here. He's here [Thursday night] going over video with the coaches."
Poti, 35, is "real confident" he will be ready to return to NHL action Saturday barring a setback. If he does face the Lightning, Poti will be making his comeback in the same city where he last played an NHL game on Jan. 12, 2011, before he was sidelined for two years by lingering groin problems and a fractured pelvis.
During his time in Hershey, Poti continued to be pain free. His timing is a little off, but that's to be expected considering the extended period of time he went between playing actual games.
Poti also took contact for the first time during his recovery process while in Hershey and had no ill effects.
"I took a few hits, and you know, there was no – it didn't affect me at all, so I kind of crossed that hurdle a little bit," Poti said. "Obviously, I haven't taken any huge hits, but you never know. You try to avoid those in the game anyway."
The biggest question now is whether Poti can stay healthy for the bulk of the season, and there's no way to answer that one. For as long as Poti is able to contribute, though, the Capitals should be better for it.
"If he's healthy, he can help us. He's a good player. It makes our team better, I think, if he's ready to go," McPhee said. "We've just got our fingers crossed that this lasts more than two days or three days or two weeks. Hope he doesn't go down two weeks from now.
Poti's addition makes finalizing the 23-man roster ahead of Friday's
3 p.m. 5 p.m. deadline a bit tougher, McPhee acknowledged.
As things stand, the Capitals have 13 healthy forwards, eight defensemen and two goaltenders. But that list doesn't include Brooks Laich, who is sidelined by an apparent groin injury. It's unclear whether the Capitals plan to place Laich on injured reserve or suspend him without pay, as they are permitted to do because he originally suffered the injury while playing in Switzerland during the lockout.
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On this Thanksgiving weekend, if you work for, or rely upon, a health and human services nonprofit in or around Aspen, you may be feeling underappreciated. Last week the city of Aspen moved forward with its three-year plan to phase out almost all of its general fund grants to such organizations, which collectively provide direct health and human services to residents and visitors of Aspen and Pitkin County.
City funding of health and human services nonprofits peaked in 2010 at $453,610. The City Council chipped away at that funding level in its 2011 and 2012 budgets, reducing funding to $429,680 and $380,210, respectively, until dropping the hammer so to speak at its Nov. 13 work session that it plans to phase out such grants altogether. Next year's funding levels will see about a 25 percent cut, taking the total grants under $300,000.
In defense of the recommendation, City Manager Steve Barwick invoked the need to protect the bureaucracy, stating that the city's general fund revenues are too "volatile" to maintain current grant funding levels, and that such grants are " ... simply not sustainable for the city. If we stay at this level we are looking at another round of layoffs and cutbacks [for the city]."
Mayor Mick Ireland invited county officials and nonprofit representatives to consider the current funding scheme's "disparate" burden to city taxpayers. According to Ireland, Aspen taxpayers each, on average, contribute $45 more per year ($137 to $92) than county taxpayers, about the price of lunch for two at any Aspen restaurant except McDonalds.
"Disparate"? Let's investigate.
As a matter of tax policy, Ireland's statement is inaccurate. All county residents, whether they live in Aspen, Snowmass, Basalt or unincorporated Pitkin County, pay the same property tax rate to the county's voter-approved "Healthy Community Fund." Ireland seeks to add the City Council's general fund appropriations to this funding equation and assign it as a burden to Aspen taxpayers and call it "disparate." But this appropriation has nothing to do with the voters, it is the result of a council funding decision. Assigning a council funding decision to Aspen's voters and then calling it double taxation is simply an excuse to avoid responsibility for reducing funding to Aspen's most at-risk community members. There is nothing "disparate" about elected officials identifying a priority and choosing to use discretionary funds to address a need.
As a matter of budget policy, city funding of health and human services nonprofits should be considered in the context of all city of Aspen governmental services. Only through such an analysis is the magnitude of the funding disparity so clearly and accurately disclosed.
Let's first consider available funding for Aspen's governmental priorities.
If a government's true priorities can be determined by the amount of money kept on hand that is legally dedicated to meet the needs of certain constituents, then Aspen's annual financial report speaks volumes. At the end of 2011, $56.2 million of Aspen's $69.3 million in governmental fund balance was from funding sources dedicated by law to the following purposes:
Description: 2011 Year End Fund Balance
1. The arts (the Wheeler real estate transfer tax): $26.9 million
2. Affordable housing real estate transfer tax:$12.7 million
3. Transportation and tourism sales and use tax:$5.7 million
4. Environmental improvements (stormwater property tax):$4.0 million
5. Childcare services (Kids First sales tax):$4.0 million
6. Parks and open space (sales tax):$2.9 million
2011 total legally dedicated government fund balances:$56.2 million
Noble causes to be sure, but how much fund balance has the city set aside to serve its most at-risk citizens? Zero dollars. On the basis of dedicated funding, the city has decided that pretty much anything and everything is a higher priority it's most at-risk constituents.
Back to the question of "volatility." During the 24 months encompassing January 2010 to December 2011, Aspen's governmental fund balance grew $18.4 million. In other words, on average Aspen took in an astonishing $768,607 more than it spent on governmental services and capital improvements every month for 24 months. In the private sector they call that profit.
Yes the city is rat-holing much of this money for future capital projects, primarily housing. And of course the largest rat-holed chunk, about $27 million worth as of December 2011, belongs to the Wheeler, but that is beside the point. What is not beside the point is the order of magnitude of the city's other priorities in comparison to its most at-risk citizens.
And the general fund? That source of discretionary funding whose "volatility" allegedly threatens to lead to layoffs and cutbacks if $380,000 in grants to social services nonprofits are not eliminated? It grew 46 percent, or $3.4 million, from $7.4 million to $10.8 million in two years.
"Volatile" revenues Mr. Barwick? Ballistic seems a more descriptive adjective. In light of such growth your ominous warning about layoffs and cutbacks seems disingenuous to say the least.
On the expense side, the city's $380,000 in 2011 health and human services nonprofit grants constituted a mere 1 percent of governmental operating expenditures, by far the city's smallest category of expense, amounting to little more than statistical rounding error against 2011's $37.5 million-plus governmental operating expenditures for all services, which break down as follows:
1. General government ($11.8 million, 33.1 percent)
2. Culture and recreation ($11.7 million, 32.7 percent)
3. Public safety ($4.1 million, 11.5 percent)
4. Debt service on outstanding bonds ($3.4 million, 9.4 percent)
5. Public Works ($2.9 million, 8.1 percent)
6. Childcare (1.8 million, 4.8 percent)
7. Affordable housing ($1.4 million, 3.9 percent)
What can we conclude from this information?
Aspen's current funding level for social services nonprofits is infinitesimal in comparison to its overall spending. In my view, for many reasons it should be a small amount, but it should be a top priority. The city has an obligation to maintain an active funding relationship and open lines of communication with those individuals and organizations providing Aspen's "safety net." This is local government budgeting 101.
Second, positing elimination of funding for Aspen's most at risk citizens as necessary to avoid staff layoffs is, in any context, intellectually dishonest when it is the budget's single smallest expense category.
When city leaders make such assertions while their fund balance grows by over $760,000 a month, it becomes a disgrace. Ghandi said, "A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." The nation of Aspen doesn't seek to mistreat its most at risk, just callously outsource their care to others so that it can focus on the arts, the environment, housing, open space and the like. At least that's the story the numbers tell.
At this time of Thanksgiving, disgrace seems the appropriate description of this cynically calculated policy choice. A municipal election is coming in May. The time for change is long past.
For the employees and board members of the health and human services nonprofits serving our valley, on this Thanksgiving 2012, I offer you the words of the late American poet Odell Shepard:
For what I give, not what I take,
For battle, not for victory,
My prayer of thanks I make"
Thank you for everything you do.
Email Paul email@example.com.


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Coal seam gas play
Shares in the company fell for the fourth-straight session on Friday, taking its losses for the week to 8¢ and the share price to less than 90¢.
"Up to 300mm of rain has fallen in these areas with many unsealed shire roads still closed to heavy vehicle traffic. At this stage it is expected ESG's coring operations will recommence on the 20 January, while the production rig is not expected to recommence drilling activities until the end of January. These dates are contingent on any further wet weather in the district," the company said.
In December the gas developer rose the most in four months after saying a production test at its Narrabri project achieved success, and that one of its locations is producing gas at a rate of more than 2 million cubic feet a day.
On Friday, the shares closed dow 2¢ at 89¢.
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On May 10, 2009, the Atlantic was basically flat. It was a little murky and cold. Not optimal conditions however I paddled anyway. It's amazing how fast the miles fly by in the ocean. There was minimal current and wind and I easily paddled 2 miles south then returned. An easy 90 minute work out on a really beautiful day. The sky was clear.
The big event of the day was the sighting of a large ray which came fully out of the water for my viewing pleasure. I think that I also got a glimpse of a turtle, moving fast. On previous visits to this site, I have seen dolphins, frigate birds, and many fish.
This is a great spot for ocean kayaking. Be sure to bring plenty of water, PFD, extra paddle, paddle leash, and a whole day if possible. If you paddle a few miles to the south (4), there is a lighthouse museum to visit as well as some amazing rock formations.
I recommend a SOT for these conditions. If you wish to paddle a sit-inside, be prepared for waves. They can come up at any time.
This is also a great site for kayak surfing, if the gods give you waves.


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I am not Orthodox (I would, however contend that I am 'o'throdox), but this is a great opinion piece relating Lent and the Prosperity Gospel. Think about it – during this time when so many undergo ritual sacrifice of some sort, supposed men and women of God are begging for money and promising great wealth in return. I do not think of Andrew of Crete from the 8th century, but of Ignatius and Polycarp, Paul and Peter, and Christ Himself, who asked nothing of themselves, but begged to do the will of God. Christ never promised riches, but required us to sacrifice our lives, so that those who die with Him, will live with Him.
In the first week of Lent, we Orthodox Christians traditionally pray the eighth-century canon of St. Andrew of Crete, which, to contemporary American Christian ears, might as well have been written on another planet. The long prayer is an epic journey into awareness of sin and intense longing for repentance and mercy. It will, rest assured, harsh your mellow.
Well, good: Our collective mellow needs some harshing. The strong words of the long-ago saint have the effect of hacking away the sentimental accretions American Christianity has slathered like butter cream icing on the Gospel. How much better off we would all be in this time of economic trial if we had less Joel Osteen and more Andrew of Crete.
Nothing personal against Osteen, the pastor of massive Lakewood Church in Houston, who seems like a nice guy — but that's kind of the problem. We middle-class Americans are so accustomed to a therapeutic approach to religion that we've lost touch with the reality of sin and the need for a strong ethical guide to life. We need commandments, not suggestions.
A few years back, I showed up at Ash Wednesday services at a Catholic parish where I then worshiped, still reeling from having caught an advance screening of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ two days earlier. The film had torn my conscience to pieces, shattering my spiritual complacency, forcing me to understand the seriousness of sin — my sin — and what Jesus suffered to deliver us from it.
A middle-class message
And then, in his homily, the comfortable middle-class priest in our comfortable middle-class parish instructed the congregation that the Lenten season is all about — no kidding — learning to love ourselves more.
If Andrew of Crete could see us today, would he conclude that the problem with Americans is they don't love themselves enough? To the contrary, our problems consist chiefly in that we love ourselves and our pleasures entirely too much.
I don't mean to single out this Catholic priest. I sense that this kind of thing is general in American religion today. It is what the late Philip Rieff, a non-believer, called "the triumph of the therapeutic" in his famous 1966 book of the same name. Rieff said our civilization has done away with its "thou shalt nots," which were intended to tell us how to be good, and instead substituted a psychological pseudo-religion meant to help us feel better about the way we live.
It's unsurprising, perhaps, that a narcissistic middle-class culture that has produced schools where the children have to all be above average would embrace a religion whose purpose seems to be to reassure its practitioners that they're all A-plus students, rather than to lead them to the hard work of repentance and authentic renewal.
All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, of course, but when educated middle-class people do so, they typically have the resources to ameliorate the damage that can result. Not so the poor, whose attraction to more fundamentalist forms of religion tends to mystify and even appall the middle classes.
Take Maria, a Mexican immigrant who used to clean my house. Born a Catholic in a poor village, she became a Pentecostal. With her broken English, she told me that the Catholic priest in her village just said Mass, but didn't help the people know how to live. The Pentecostals weren't like that, she said. They changed people's lives.
Now, I'm the sort of person who would normally have at this point launched a theological defense of Catholicism. But I listened to Maria tell her story, and I came to understand that the Pentecostals who preached to her in Mexico, and who ministered to her here in Dallas, mixed in with their exuberant worship a stout message of moral rigor. For this, she was grateful.
It's not hard to see why. Maria the maid is raising two teenage daughters in Dallas virtually alone, given that her husband's job keeps him on the road. Statistics show that Hispanic teenagers are more likely to get pregnant than not. Maria needs the pastor at her storefront Pentecostal church to talk openly and clearly about sexual purity. And she needs the support of the church community to reinforce those values — as well as preaching and practicing overall self-discipline.
The ranks of the poor
The point here is not theological, but sociological. Even so, it should be clear now that the U.S. economy has been wrecked by indebtedness — in particular, debt accrued by middle-class folks living far beyond their means. Indeed, the poor aren't the only ones who need to hear — and to hear loudly, clearly and repeatedly — hard truths about repentance from their religious leaders.
But there's another class twist on this as well. I know plenty of Christians — Orthodox, Catholic and Reformed — who left the church in which they were raised to join a church that was more serious, either morally, liturgically or both. I'm one of them. One thing we all have in common: We're middle-class intellectual types.
Not long ago, I had a conversation with a wise Orthodox priest. I told him that it was great to see so many converts coming into the church, in search of deep tradition. Yes, he said a bit sorrowfully, but they're all middle class. What he meant was that something was wrong when very few of our converts come from the ranks of the poor.
It's not that ours is a wealthy church or a morally permissive one — far from it in both cases — but that its highly stylized way of worship is something alien in this culture. To me, that is one of Orthodoxy's great strengths, in that it calls the worshiper out of himself. My Latin Mass Catholic friends see their liturgy in the same way. And my Lutheran and Reformed friends love the intellectual heft of their own services.
But I wondered when I worshiped in my middle-class Catholic parishes, as I wonder in my mostly middle-class Orthodox parish today: What do we have to offer the rough, uneducated, poor man who might walk in our door one Sunday, in need of spiritual sustenance? Would he find both repentance and mercy preached, and preached in a way he finds inwardly compelling? Or would he more likely encounter bourgeois self-help nostrums, with or without smells and bells? Would he leave wanting to change his life, or would he depart in boredom or self-satisfaction?
If the latter, then that's not the kind of cheap-grace therapeutic religion the poor can afford. Many of them know that, which is why they seek out the fundamentalist and charismatic churches, which aren't afraid to stand on the old-time religion. In downtown Dallas last Friday, I passed an old black man, modestly dressed and holding up a well-worn Bible like a torch. "Obama can't save you!" he said, nearly shouting. "Only my Jesus can save you! This book is the only change you can believe in!"
You'd never catch bourgeois me doing something like that. I bet Andrew of Crete would have, though. Poor me.
Rod Dreher, a Dallas Morning News columnist, writes the Crunchy Con blog on Beliefnet.com.


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Carpinus caroliniana: Musclewood
British author Ray Mears must have been thinking of the Hornbeam when he said a forager mustn't pass up food no matter how meager.
Not all of the wild edibles can produce the best-tasting and most plentiful foods, but many can make their small contribution. And so it is with the American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, (kar-PYE-nus kair-oh-lin-ee-AY-nuh.)
Where I grew up it was called Ironwood or Hornbeam (which means hard tree.) Here in the South you'll hear it called Blue Beech or Water Beech. While it is not a beech per se, its leaves — which turn orange read in the fall — can remind one of a beech as can its bark. But the hornbeam has its own special look, and it is of a well-muscled, sinewy tree.
Hornbeam looks taut, cut and buff, as if it goes to the forest gym twice a day and lifts … iron. Hence its other common name: Musclewood. Once you have the look of a Hornbeam inside your head you will always recognize it easily.
Hornbeam never grows to a huge size, perhaps six or seven inches through on average. But, it is strong and dense, 45 pounds per cubic foot. It's been used for tool handles and support poles and
as well as bowls and dishes because it does not crack or split or have any flavor. It used to be favored to make charcoal powder.
Related to the Alders, Birches, Filberts, and Hophornbeams, the edible part are small nutlets,
though the barks does have some medicinal uses and the leaves have been employed as an astringent. There are some 33,000 seeds to a pound, though every three to five years the tree will produce larger crops than usual. A heavily seeding tree is between 25 and 50 years old. As fare goes, the nutlets are neither great nor awful, but they are small, which is why they are diminished by most writers. They can be eaten raw or roasted. Ray Mears also reports the sprouts are edible.
As for its scientific name, Caroliniana (like Virginiana) means North America, or at least central North America. Carpinus is the classical Latin name for the Hornbeam, and comes from "carpentum" a Roman horse-drawn vehicle with hard-wood wheels.
The Hornbeam grows throughout eastern North American, from Florida to Quebec, Louisiana north to Ontario It is also found in Texas, Arkansas, central and southern Mexico, Guatemala,
and western Honduras. In timberland the Hornbeam is considered a tough weed because it is too small for commercial use. However, it makes a good firewood.
Seeds of the Hornbeam are an important food for squirrels. Seeds, buds, and or catkins are consumed by many birds: Ruffed grouse, ring-necked pheasants, bobwhite, turkey, ducks and warblers. The fox will eat the seeds as well. Leaves, twigs, and larger stems are eaten by cottontails, beaver, and white-tailed deer. Deer will eat the shoots but it is not a preferred food. The Hornbeam, however, is heavily used by beaver because it is common their habitat. It is also the larval host of several butterflies including the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, Striped hairstreak, Red-spotted Purple, and Tiger Swallow-tail.
Green Deane's "Itemized" Plant Profile
IDENTIFICATION: A small tree, nearly shrubby, to 25 feet,rounded crown, twisted trunk. Leaves alternate, simple, elliptical to oval, 3 to 5 inches long, smaller on younger trees, pinnately veined, tip tapers to a sharp point, long and short teeth on leaves, smooth green above, paler below. Seeds, small, quarter to one third inch, ribbed nutlet on a 3-lobed, slightly folded leafy bract (resembles a maple seed), clustered on a long hanging stalk.
TIME OF YEAR: Flowers March to May, nutlets late August to winter. Wind can disperse them up to 64 feet from the tree.
ENVIRONMENT: Moist areas of established forests, occasionally fields. Makes a nice small yard tree, slow growing.
METHOD OF PREPARATION: Nutlets raw or roasted, boiled or ground to add to other flours or food. Take the papery bracts and rub them between you hands to free the nutlets.
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The city's Innovation and Efficiency Task Force has achieved a total of $62.7 million in cost savings and the group is on track to achieve $100 million in savings by December 2015, according to a report sent to the Phoenix City Council.
The task force is now entering its fourth year. Each year the group evaluates its current structure, goals and challenges moving forward.
The report was given to the city's Finance, Efficiency, Innovation and Sustainability Subcommittee on Feb. 20.
"As the city gets closer to its goal of $100 million in savings, measures being considered are likely to include more complex and challenging organizational changes," the report said. "Innovation and creativity are more critical than ever in the city's efforts to reduce costs on an ongoing basis. Opportunities may also involve actions that require some initial investment where longer term savings and return on investment may be realized. This can be particularly challenging considering ongoing budget constraints and limited financial resources."
This year the task force will be seeking the help of private sector individuals to assist with idea generation and evaluation. They will also be making changes to the workgroup structure.
Last year, the group focused on communications, process improvement, regional public partnerships, rightsourcing and technology.
This year, the task force will set up work groups to evaluate new ideas to be submitted for grant opportunities, develop strategies that center on economic competitiveness, look at ideas that include multiple departments, explore the development of private-public partnerships, and continue to look at rightsourcing.
In 2012 the group was awarded the Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award by the Alliance for Innovation, a national organization focused on local government innovation.
The task force was able to find efficiencies in the transit department, water services, public works and technology.
The task force has worked closely with the City Council Efficiency and Innovation Subcommittee for approval on all action.
For more information, visit phoenix.gov/citygovernment/efficiency.
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QUAKER-ROOTS-L ArchivesArchiver > QUAKER-ROOTS > 1998-09 > 0906733693
From: "Paul Redden" <>
Subject: Re: Quakers and Slaves
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1998 10:28:13 -0400
I have a question on the issue of Slavery also. I have an 1875 Pittsburgh
Newspaper clipping where a 112 year old former slave named Frank Wentt was
under the care of my third great grandparents who had held a society
birthday party for him that year in Pittsburgh. C.G. Hussey had given him
a country home and the use of a house in the city durring the winter. Mr.
Wentt had been born around Winchester, VA and was later owned by Col. David
LUPTON, a Quaker and the father of my fifth great grandfather, Joseph
Updegraff's second wife, Ann Lupton to whom he was given before they moved
to Ohio around 1800 and had been with the family ever since. Now here is
the delimma. The UPDEGRAFF's were staunch anti-slavery. It was their
ancestor, Abraham Op den Graeff who authored and signed the first Quaker
anti-slavery petition in 1688. The HUSSEY's also were anti-slavery with
C.G. Hussey himself contributing a vast portion of his millions to
anti-slavery as well as temperance and womens sufferage and schools for
women. His business partner, Rev. Charles Avery (Methodist) founded the
first African American College in the country in Allegheny, PA (Pittsburgh)
in the 1840's which was used as a documented station for the Underground
Railroad. I also have an anti-slavery pamphlet describing a large slave
auction in 1858 that I believe was authored, or at least sponsored by C.G.
Hussey and that he saved. Most of these documents are scanned or
transcribed and available from my home page.
Paul Redden
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> From: Thomas Hamm <>
> To:
> Subject: Re: Quakers and Slaves
> Date: Friday, September 25, 1998 9:46 AM
> >Hi everyone,
> >
> >Yesterday I sent a note showing the taxing of Quakers, and I got quit a
> >responses. Thanks for all of those.
> >
> >Now here is one for all those who do no think that Quakers had slaves...
> >
> >This one is a little different... It is a receipt..
> >
> >=====================
> >Received of Mr Josiah Peelle twelve dollars for the hire of negro girl
> >Tempy for the present year 1815 March 18. John Eaves.
> >
> >====================
> >This is the same Josiah being taxed in the previous e-mail.
> >
> A couple of possibilities here. The Discipline of Friends was very
> clear--Friends were not to own slaves. Owning or even hiring one brought
> disownment.
> One possibility is that Tempy is one of the slaves who had been turned
> to North Carolina Yearly Meeting by owners who wished to free them but
> could not under the laws of the state. North Carolina Yearly Meeting
> became legal owners of a number of slaves in this way before 1820. The
> yearly meeting may have placed her under Josiah Peele's care.
> Another possibility is that Tempy is a free orphan who had been bound to
> Josiah Peele. He, in turn, could have hired her to someone else.
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