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Posted on May 18 2016
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A phase change is the metamorphosis of a material or mixture from one phase to another. If the state of matter is changed, as in a liquid to a gas, it is called a change of state. Also called phase shift.
Facts on File Dictionary of Physics, p149, and McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Physics, p 425.
Change of state
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LAKE CHARLES, La. (AP) Citgo Petroleum Corp. pleaded guilty Wednesday to violating environmental laws in a massive 2006 oil spill at its refinery in southwestern Louisiana, federal officials said.
The spill shut 20 miles of the Calcasieu River, its ship channel and three area lakes for weeks. The cleanup cost millions of dollars and involved thousands of workers.
Citgo pleaded guilty to negligently failing to maintain storm water tanks and failing to maintain adequate storm water storage capacity at its refinery, resulting in about 53,000 barrels of oil being discharged into the Indian Marais and Calcasieu rivers, the U.S. Justice Department said in a news release.
The company must pay $13 million, the largest fine ever for a criminal misdemeanor violation of the Clean Water Act, the Justice Department said.
The refinery, which is in Sulphur about 20 miles from the Texas border, also must implement a comprehensive environmental compliance program.
"The protection of the environment is among our highest priorities," said U.S. Attorney Donald Washington. "We will not allow corporations or their employees to escape liability for failing to do their part in preventing harm to the environment."
Citgo spokeswoman Shawn Trahan declined comment.
The guilty plea comes nearly three months after the federal Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Environmental Quality sued Citgo, which is an arm of Venezuela's state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA.
The EPA contends that Citgo failed to maintain its wastewater treatment facilities and oil skimming system for 10 years before the spill.
In 1994, Citgo converted its lagoon waste water system into a tank system for handling excess wastewater and storm water. To cut costs, only two storm water tanks were built, but as early as 1998, employees and outside contractors advised Citgo that an additional tank was needed, federal authorities said.
Despite being notified of the inadequate storage capacity, Citgo did not approve construction of a third tank until 2005, officials said. The company was also accused of failing to follow standard procedures for maintaining the tanks.
A heavy rainstorm in June 2006 overwhelmed the capacity of the two existing tanks and forced oil that had collected in the tanks into the two rivers.
The company admitted earlier this year in state court that it was at fault for the spill, which generated more than 200 lawsuits.
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About 750 immigrant children were being held at a detention center in Nogales as of Saturday, officials said, the result of an influx of border crossers in South Texas that has the federal government scrambling to keep up.
Jimena Díaz, consul general of Guatemala in Phoenix, visited the center Friday and said there were about 250 children from Guatemala, with the rest of the group coming from El Salvador and Honduras.
The children are being kept in separate groups, divided by age and gender. Most of them are between 15 and 17, Diaz said, but there are a few much younger than that. Teen mothers with their children are also being detained separately.
The placement center, part of the Nogales Border patrol Station on West La Quinta Road in Nogales, was recently reopened to handle the new arrivals. It is a refurbished warehouse with no indoor plumbing but portable toilets were moved in and showers were installed, Diaz said.
José Joaquín Chacón, consul general of El Salvador in Arizona, visited Saturday and said that while the situation was not optimal, the condition of the minors was good and it was improving.
While the mood was anxious, with some of the minors at the center for three days, the children had been given plastic balls and playing cards to pass the time. Border Patrol agents were also working to set up a recreation area, Chacón said.
Consular Officials from the Central American countries have been explaining the process they are going through and the children have been in contact with family members in the United States.
"What they want is to be with their families, we are asking them to be patient," Diaz said. "Due to the large quantity it's something that's going to take some time."
Border Patrol cannot send them to their families directly, Diaz said, but once they are at a shelter can family reunification begin. The problem right now is that all the shelters are full.
In a statement, Customs and Border Protection said that once the youths are processed, certain individuals will be transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, where appropriate custody determinations will be made case-by-case, prioritizing national security and public safety.
The surge in border crossers, especially unaccompanied minors, is the sum of various factors, Diaz said, including poverty and crime in the children's home countries and smugglers spreading rumors of amnesty.
According to reports, federal officials told Gov. Jan Brewer's office more than 1,000 minors would be coming into Arizona over the weekend.
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Curtly Hampton descends from a family of sporting winners. His maternal grandmother founded the first softball team in Alice Springs. His mother is one of five siblings, including four daughters. All four are now in their 40s or 50s, but still play to this day.
"They're the most successful softball team in Australia. They haven't lost a game in five years," Hampton said proudly.
It is a far cry from the back-to-back wooden spoon his Giants have claimed during their fledgling seasons as an AFL club. GWS began this year more promisingly, but consecutive triple-figure hidings have quashed any early enthusiasm.
Hampton, as one of the Giants' back six described by Leigh Matthews last week as the worst he has ever seen, is culpable by association. While unperturbed by the criticism, Hampton wants to lead the way forward for the league's newest entity.
"I've played probably the most games in our backline, apart from Heath Shaw," he said. "I had a good pre-season and I really wanted to try and step up this year and become one of the leaders in the team, especially in the backline. And having recruited Heath Shaw, I really wanted to step up and get the respect from him."
The Giants have also recently been branded football's biggest sledgers, an allegation Hampton vehemently denies.
"We're not like that. We don't have that sort of personnel in our team; we know we have no reason to trash talk because we haven't achieved much in our short career. So I personally haven't heard it. If I heard it, I'd pull up [the perpetrator] myself."
He may only be 21, but Hampton is no stranger to pushing for and achieving change. Having been a victim of racism both growing up in Alice Springs and while at boarding school in Adelaide, he preaches the mantra of reconciliation via education.
Believing that Aboriginal studies should be taught at every school in the land, he approached his then-school Immanuel College proposing the subject's addition to the curriculum.
"I said that to them and I think it came as a bit of a surprise."
His alma mater has since made indigenous studies compulsory.
Not surprisingly then, Hampton is a firm believer in the "Recognise'' campaign being promoted this weekend by the AFL, a project that strives to ensure that indigenous people are formally recognised in the constitution.
"Indigenous round is at this time of year for a reason, because it's reconciliation week this week and National Sorry Day [as well]. They're big days on the calendar for indigenous people. It's good that people want to reconcile, because we all want to be one, we don't want to say that we had it tougher than you; we want to come together and be one."
Hampton's olive-branch extending ideology belies the "pretty horrendous things" he has witnessed and endured, which have extended to racial profiling.
"I've had incidences where my cousins and brothers, and even myself, we'd go down to the shop in Alice. We'd get followed around by the security guards and we'd get patted down and searched, because they obviously had the thought that indigenous kids would love to steal."
This shabby treatment occurred notwithstanding the fact that Hampton is the son of former Northern Territory sports minister Karl Hampton, who coincidentally was behind the push to bring an AFL game to the Red Centre. The dream was realised on Saturday when Melbourne took on Port Adelaide. Hampton's younger brother Jamie played in the fixture following that match, a representative game between talented youngsters from the Northern Territory and South Australia.
While proud of his entire family, his dad is Hampton's "bigest role model".
"He had a pretty tough upbringing; lost his mum at a young age and then his sister only a few years apart. His dad worked 'out bush' building roads.
"For someone who never really had anything growing up and always said he wasn't the smartest, he ended up pretty high up in the Northern Territory government, which is a pretty good effort in my book."
It is a matter for debate as to whether NT sports minister or the GWS captaincy is a higher honour, but if Hampton's ambitions one day come to fruition, the family will be able to boast of having held both mantles.
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Help with the job hunt • Davis County residents are invited to take free job skills classes from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Tuesdays from Feb. 26 through March 26 at the Davis Community Learning Center, 210 E. Center St. The classes are an introduction to Davis Applied Technology College courses, job searching, building a resume, interviewing skills and a wrap-up. Call Anica Smith at 801-402-0670 to register.


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Cascadian Farms — Organic and Easy
Cascadian Farms started off as a small farm in 1972, farming organically on a few acres in the Upper Skagit Valley of Washington's North Cascade Mountains - hence the name.
And now, they've expanded to become the leading grower, manufacturer, and distributor of a wide range of delicious organic products.
Walk into any health food store and you can't miss them. Their name is on anything from granola bars, to breakfast cereals, to frozen blueberries, to pickles. That about covers all the basic food groups. It is reliable and convenient organic produce and food.
My favorite products are a staple for a weekend breakfast: frozen blueberries for pancakes and frozen Country Style Potatoes - they make hash-browns so much easier.
And what else is great? Cascadian Farms are on Bob Greene's list for The Best Life Diet as seen on Oprah.
Fit's Tips: Keep a couple of bags each of frozen peas and corn - they're great to have on hand for soups and stir-frys.


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Anna Paquin & Ryan Kwanten Film 'True Blood' in Los Angeles (PHOTOS)
Anna Paquin and Ryan Kwanten- who play brother and sister on True Blood- were spotted on set of their hit show in Los Angeles Wednesday.
Looks like Ryan had a few action scenes because you can see him in character as Jason Stackhouse on the ground running away from something. Not a bad view from behind!
Glad to see Kwanten's arm muscles look as good as ever, too.
The fourth season of True Blood premieres on HBO on June 26, so to tide you over check out the new promo. Welcome the witches!


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Soapstone Letter E
We have an assortment of soft and smooth soapstone letter "e"s that measure approximately 3 inches by 3 inches. A unique addition to any gift!
These letters were originally designed to be holiday ornaments, but holes for ribbons were not made.
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A going concern
So long! Farewell! Auf wiedersehen! You off somewhere?
Sure am, baby. I am outta here!
Got a new job, have you?
Yes, indeed. And before I go, I am going to make this lot suffer ...
Let them know precisely how they've got on your nerves over the past years, refuse to do any work in your notice period, generally fail to conceal your glee at the fact you're leaving - that kind of thing?
Exactly that kind of thing.
That sounds like fun! What a shame it's the worst idea in the history of worst ideas.
What should I care? I'm resigning!
Unless you're resigning from all work, for ever, you need to reconsider your attitude. Listen to the wise words of Margaret Stead, career coach and CEO of careersnet.com. "The most important rule to remember when resigning is that you never want to leave on bad terms," she says. "Courtesy, etiquette and professionalism go a long way. There is no sense in making enemies, as the job world is smaller than you think."
No setting fire to the end-of-year report in front of the boss's face, then?
No pouring glue into the photocopier?
Not even a little "laxative in the sugar bowl" joke?
Good grief. NO. We're going to be cooperative, helpful and considerate at all stages. Is that clear?
Spoilsport. When can I tell them I'm leaving?
If you've got a new job, your next employer probably has an idea of when they'd like you to start and you'll need to fit in with them. If you have some flexibility, it would be nice to not totally land your current employer in it. "There is never a good time to resign, but there may be a time for leaving that causes a lot of havoc," says Stead. However, is it really worth causing those problems, not only for your boss, but for your poor, put-upon coworkers, too?
OK, I've picked a date I think will create the minimum of hassle. Now what?
No matter how informal your working environment, resigning is a pretty formal affair. Just dropping it into conversation when you bump into your boss in the kitchen isn't the done thing. Type up a formal resignation letter and arrange a mutually convenient time to talk it over with your boss.
Which would be 28 days before I'm out the door?
Theoretically, you can do it like that (presuming your notice period is a month, of course). But it's nicer to give them a bit of advance warning - a week or so before your actual resignation date would be nice.
And is it in this letter that I get to really, you know, stick the boot in?
Just let it go, will you? "When putting together your letter of resignation, remember to keep the tone of the letter pleasant and positive," says Stead. "Reiterate that you have enjoyed your position and the experiences and learning you have had with the company, but you feel now it is time to move on in your career and that you have been offered an opportunity or a change of direction you wish to take up."
Do I really need to tell them where I'm going? I'd rather not.
No, you don't have to. "Resignation letters are a courtesy to your employer," says Stead. "You only need to state you are leaving your current position to pursue other opportunities."
That's done, then. All I have to do is put my feet up for a month ...
Or get ready to walk them out the door. "In some industries, once an employee resigns, the employer will ask the person to leave on the spot," says Stead. This is especially likely if you deal with sensitive information and you're going to work for a direct competitor. "Be prepared for this scenario by clearing personal files and removing personal software from your computer, removing personal information and belongings, and getting your workspace organised before you resign."
Any other nasty little surprises I should look out for?
Oh, yes. They might want you to stay.
That would be a surprise.
But it happens. "If your boss counteroffers when handing in your resignation, don't feel you have to make a snap decision," says Stead. "Ask for time to make your mind up. However, if you already know you're definitely going to leave, say so there and then."
The weird thing is, people seem quite sad I'm leaving.
"It's never easy resigning because you are rejecting the company and the people you work with," Stead says. "You will probably find yourself balancing the emotions of the people around you, to some extent. Make the experience as positive as you possibly can for your colleagues - and then you won't feel so bad about leaving."
Still, it is going to be nice to take my foot off the pedal for a bit.
Oh yeah? What with all the projects you've got to finish off, the handover notes you have to write, offering to help your boss find your replacement and gathering together the contact information for key colleagues and clients? You're going to be busier than you've ever been ...


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412 E Van Hoesen Boulevard, Portage 49002
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This property has been Sold!
06/29/2016 at $70,000
Solid ranch in Portage! Convenient to I-94 and the Westnedge Shopping/Dining Corridor & Schools. House roof, furnace, central air & windows are all replacements. The bathroom has been remodeled. There is a dining room addition off the kitchen. The fenced rear yard is child and pet friendly. Includes stove, washer and dryer. This home is value priced for todays market. Although the home is in good condition, the seller is not in a position to help with any desired repairs.
Property Information
- Status
- Sold
- Address
- 412 E Van Hoesen Boulevard
- City
- Portage
- Zip
- 49002
- County
- Kalamazoo
- Township
- Portage City
- Possession
- Day of Closing
- Total Finished SqFt
- 796
- Above Grade SqFt
- 796
- Garage Desc.
- 1, Attached
- Water
- Public
- Sewer
- Public
- Year Built
- 1954
- Taxes
- $1,528
Rooms and Land
- Basement
- Crawl Space, Full Basement
- Cooling
- Central
- Heating
- Forced Air, Natural Gas
- Acreage
- 0.2
- Lot Dimensions
- 66x132
- Appliances
- Dryer, Oven, Range, Washer
- Exterior Materials
- Aluminum
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Preparedness 101
With all the natural disasters in the news today, I thought about how so many people are becoming more self-reliant and how that's such a great thing. But then I thought about how many people must go through their day without even giving thought to what would happen if they found themselves in the middle of such disasters. Heck even the government stepped up it's attempts to educate Americans on being prepared when disaster strikes.
Being prepared is being American in my opinion and I have always striven to ensure my family was prepared for the unknown that mother nature (or fellow man) could throw at us. While I'm certain we are nowhere near as prepared as others, I do try everyday to do something to help us become more prepared.
If anything good can come from the disaster hurricane Katrina bestowed upon Louisiana, it's the knowledge that you can't count on the government to take care of you and your family in a crisis situation and you can always count on mother nature putting a whooping on ya when you least expect it. Since Katrina, I must say I stepped up my knowledge on being prepared as well as actually investing in what it takes to be prepared.
One way I've invested, is with Shelf Reliance's Thrive Q program. It's a program that lets you build (with the help of their online calculator) a food storage program for your family and then either you can purchase it all right away or set a budget and get it shipped monthly. I opted for the monthly shipments and I'm quite happy with the program. I get a shipment of food (#10 cans) each month delivered to my door, that is as close to my set budget as possible without going over. The food has an incredible shelf life (most foods are ~25 years unopened) but it's really meant to be rotated through your normal pantry items. We open and use cans from time to time, replacing them on the list as we consume them. Of all the options for food preparedness, I honestly think these guys have the best solution. The food is excellent and it's reasonably priced.
If you don't have a food preparedness plan yet, you should really check them out, it's one less thing to worry about when mother nature finally gets fed up with your polluting ass. If you don't have any idea how to even start getting prepared, you should start here.
PanaVise Products, you got one yet?
I think it's probably a name most folks in the hobby electronics world already know, but if you have no idea who PanaVise is, you should! PanaVise is the company that makes the most amazing vises and holders for all kinds of things. They have expanded the product lines over the years to include all kinds of mounts for nearly any gadget or gizmo you could ever want mounted. I think the best thing about PanaVise besides the fantastic high-quality products they make is the folks that work for them, what a great group of employees they have!
I got an email today from one of those great employees letting me know they were throwing a little contest on Facebook to promote their product page and the prize is apparently gonna be pretty cool! All you gotta do is post a picture on their Facebook product page of the most creative use of your PanaVise project and you could win. I'm all for free stuff, especially when it comes from PanaVise.
Folks who are just starting out in electronics always ask what is the "must haves" regarding equipment, well I'd immediately say a high-quality, sturdy vise. Specifically the PanaVise models, either the 201 or one of the 3 series. I bought my 201 vise and 308 weighted mount from AllSpec about 5 years ago and I haven't worked on a single project since that didn't utilize it. The only gripe I had about my beloved 201 was the time it took to screw the jaws in and out. Well, PanaVise was paying attention (the president of the company no less) when a very smart gentlemen created a home-brew solution. In fact, they worked with him to create an even better version and now they sell them for folks who already own a 201. Now that's listening to your customer base! If you work on electronics, do yourself a favor and pick up one of the PanaVise vises, you won't be sorry you did.
Sadly, my Amazon wish list does have a few PanaVise products on it that are still marked as "Not Purchased". I really want the low profile 305 model with another 308 weighted base. My wife purchased me the 315 circuit board holder thinking it'd work with my 201, but alas it doesn't.
I have not received any sort of compensation for writing about these guys, when a product works as well as the products they make, it's no effort to blog about how great they are!
Stocking up on those parts you use the most….
I've never really "stocked" up on parts for my projects as I always just ordered the minimum parts I needed for each project. I guess I did buy the pack of assorted resistors from Radio Shack back when I first started working with electronics. Identifying the parts I used the most and buying them in bulk up front never was something I had given much thought to, well, that is until I read this blog post from the guys over at Dangerous Prototypes. They blog weekly about parts and how they use, source and stock parts for all their work. I guess that's what it took to finally realize I could save myself some serious cash and even some time buy identifying the parts I use the most, determining a standard package type for them and buying them either by the reel or in large quantities.
I've started doing more and more project with SMT only parts so I knew I really wanted to stock only SMT parts for now. A quick search on eBay netted me a few "kits" for resistors and capacitors in the 0805 package which is what I really wanted to standardized on for all my passives. I like the fact that I can get standard 1/8 and 1/10 watt values in addition to 1/4 when I need it in this package and the cost is minimally more than the 0603 package in most cases. I also picked up a few storage boxes for all those tiny parts, highly recommend them! Finally I made a few orders to Mouser and DigiKey to start stocking up.
I ordered 4,000 .1uF ceramic caps from Mouser (actually got 0603 package for these as they were the right price and 0603 isn't much harder to work with than 0805), got the reel for $12. Should never need decoupling caps again! I ordered 50 ATMega328's and 50 ATTiny2313's from DigiKey and 500 each of the standard 0805 resistors in 1/8W 0805 package.
The kits I got from eBay helped fill out the voids in the values for my cermamic capcitors and resistors. I think I paid a total of $50 for both kits and shipping, way worth the price.


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Child obesity levels improving
It looks like all the warnings about kids being overweight might be paying off, as a group of experts reckons the rate of child obesity is slowing.
The National Heart Forum found evidence that far fewer of you will be badly overweight by 2020 than people previously thought.
It was thought that 42% of boys aged two to 11 would be overweight or obese, but that number's dropped to 30%.
And for girls, the figure has fallen from 48% to 27%.
There are currently 1.5 million kids in England who are overweight or obese - meaning they are at risk of things like heart disease and diabetes.
And numbers of overweight kids had been rising for years.
The Department of Health has set a target of reducing the number of overweight and obese children to 2000 levels by 2020.
It's not clear exactly why obesity figures are dropping, but it might have something to do with all the campaigns to get kids to eat more healthily and do more exercise.


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By Carter Pann
Piano duet
For Two Pianos. Composed by Carter Pann (1972-). Contemporary. Performance score. With standard notation. Duration 13 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41796. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.110417960).
Item Number: PR.110417960
Steinway artist Joel Hastings has championed Carter Pann's piano music, presenting an all-Pann concert, in which the composer has also performed.


text: Mellanox® Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end interconnect solutions for servers and storage systems, and Jeda Networks, the leader in software-defined storage networking (SDSN™), today announced the world's fastest and most efficient Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) switching solution. Mellanox Ethernet switches integrated with Jeda Networks' Fabric Network Controller™ (FNC™) software deliver a solution that is easier to manage and less costly than existing FCoE switch offerings. The software defined storage solution separates the Fibre Channel Fabric (FCF) control plane from the data plane, supporting high-speed FCoE data flows over lossless Ethernet switches while centralizing the FCF management through a highly-available FNC server. Storage traffic flows over 10/40Gb/s links with the lowest latency in the industry, and management is simplified and centralized. "The ability to make reliable Fibre Channel storage networking faster and more affordable is a huge benefit of this new breed of FCoE solution," said Paul Evans, principal architect at system integrator Daystrom Technologies. "Many of our customers have been interested in FCoE, but didn't see enough benefits to make them switch from their existing FC platforms. The Mellanox SDSN solution with Jeda Networks changes that: lower-latency, faster connections, simple management and lower cost. It's a compelling solution that appeals to all parts of a business." The solution is designed to work with industry-standard converged network adapters and storage arrays that support FCoE. Setup and management is up to four times faster and easier than with competing switches. "We have been impressed with the performance and capabilities of the Mellanox Ethernet switches," said Stuart Berman, CEO and founder of Jeda Networks. "Together with Mellanox, we can deliver a robust, high-performance FCoE fabric to customers that can support both 10GbE and 40GbE with 2.5X higher performance than 16Gb Fibre Channel." "The promise of FCoE is delivering superb performance for business applications on converged Ethernet networks while reducing total cost of ownership," said John Kim, director of storage marketing at Mellanox Technologies. "Mellanox continues to lead in high-bandwidth and low-latency networking solutions for storage, and we're proud to add FCoE to our portfolio. Now our switches can support InfiniBand, RDMA over Converged Ethernet (RoCE), and FCoE, giving customers more flexibility and performance to connect their enterprise storage."


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What is your favorite Johnny Cash song?
Folsom Prison Blues
I Walk the Line
Sunday Morning Coming Down
A Boy Named Sue
Give My Love to Rose
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
Guess Things Happen That Way
All Over Again
Ring of Fire
Don't Take Your Guns to Town
The singer had been released from the hospital Wednesday after a two-week stay for an undisclosed stomach illness. He died at 3 a.m. ET Friday in Baptist Hospital in Nashville, according to his manager, Lou Robin.
"I hope that friends and fans of Johnny will pray for the Cash family to find comfort during this very difficult time," Robin said in a statement.
Cash had been diagnosed with Shy-Drager syndrome in 1997 and had undergone a heart bypass operation eight years earlier. In recent years, he suffered from autonomic neuropathy (a disease of the nervous system) and pneumonia. His second wife, June Carter Cash, died in May.
Cash will be laid to rest next to her after a private service Monday near their home north of Nashville. A public memorial may be held later, a spokesman said.
The singer's storied life and career carried him from a dirt farmer's shack to the international spotlight and folk-hero status. Cash was regarded as a true original in American music. His rockabilly origins gave rise to rock 'n' roll and his plaintive songs gave him international acclaim as a folk singer.
Rodney Crowell, who wed Cash's daughter Rosanne in 1979, released a statement: "I am deeply saddened by the loss of my children's grandfather and my very dear friend. I loved big John with all my heart. The citizens of the world have lost one of their most enduring guiding lights. As a musical hero to millions, a trailblazing artist, humanitarian, spiritual leader, social commentator and most importantly, patriarch to one of the most varied and colorful extended families imaginable, Johnny Cash will, like Will Rogers, stand forever as a symbol of intelligence, creativity, compassion and common sense. I'm thinking Mt. Rushmore."
In a statement, the Dixie Chicks declared Friday "a sad day in country music ... Johnny Cash's voice was arguably one of the most recognizable and influential in country music. It's devastating to lose two great country artists in the same year. Johnny Cash and his wife June Carter Cash were truly a dynamic force in shaping the music industry. Our thoughts and prayers are with their family."
Ed Benson, executive director of the Country Music Association, called Cash "an international ambassador for country music and a musical trailblazer throughout his life...It is incomprehensible to imagine what country music would have been like without Johnny Cash."
Cash nearly self-destructed before rising from his private hells of addiction and depression to become one of the world's most admired and successful performers. He was the only musician inducted into each of three notable assemblies: the Songwriters' Hall of Fame, the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cash received six CMA awards, including Entertainer of the Year in 1969.
In a 1997 interview with USA TODAY, Cash said a turning point in his life occurred at age 16 when his voice "broke" after a long day of cutting wood with his father. He said, "I remember when I came in the back door and started singing 'Everybody's gonna have religion and glory,' my mama turned around and said, "Who's that?' And I said 'That's me.' She came over and hugged me and said, 'God's got his hand on you, son. Don't ever forget the gift.' "
Others also recognized it. After hearing Cash sing, a voice teacher closed the lid on her piano and said, "Don't ever take voice lessons again," before sending him home.
That deep bass rumble vaulted Cash to chart heights with hits like Folsom Prison Blues, I Walk the Line, Sunday Morning Coming Down, Orange Blossom Special, A Boy Named Sue and Ring of Fire, co-written by June Carter Cash. Most recently, he scored six MTV Music Video Award nominations for his aching cover of Nine Inch Nails' Hurt.
As a child, Cash and his siblings toiled with their parents in the cotton fields of Dyess, Ark. At 12, he suffered his deepest and most enduring pain when his older brother Jack, 14, was ensnared by a table saw and killed. "Losing Jack was like losing my life," he said. "He was my friend and protector. It was as though I was alone in this world."
Cash linked that pain to his desperate years of drug dependency and violence that included getting himself uninvited to the Grand Ole Opry after he shattered dozens of its footlights. Career lowlights also included a disastrously addled appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall.
But along came savior June Carter, whom he first laid eyes on when he was 18 and on a Dyess High School senior class trip to the Opry. She was performing with the famous Carter Family and doing her solo comedy act with Ernest Tubb as straight man.
Six years later he saw her there again and said, "You and I are going to get married someday." In 1962, six years before their marriage, she joined his tour, criticizing his wrinkled shirt on the first night and ironing it backstage. "Thus began her lifelong dedication to cleaning me up and my lifelong acceptance of that mission," he wrote in 1997's Cash: The Autobiography.
The couple had one child, John Carter Cash, and Johnny had three daughters from his earlier marriage to Vivian Liberto.
Cash credited June with aiding him in his continuing battle with addiction. "You never get over chemical dependency," he said. "I've always got to watch out. One is too many and a thousand is not enough."
Cash had a deep sympathy for down-and-outers, even for three armed intruders who burst into his Jamaican home with knives and guns on Christmas Day in 1982, demanding a million dollars. Cash wrote of the incident in his autobiography: "I grieve for the desperate young men and the societies that produce and suffer so many of them."
All sorts of plain and famous people entwined in Cash's life, from admirers Waylon Jennings and Bob Dylan to presidents Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton. Merle Haggard says his turning point came when he was an inmate at San Quentin, sitting in the front row for Cash's prison concerts.
After dreaming that Webb Pierce was singing a song Cash had written, the singer had legendary honky-tonker Johnny Horton hypnotize him to help him remember the lyrics. That became the song I'd Still Be There.
When close friend Faron Young committed suicide in 1997, the Cashes held a ceremony to scatter his ashes in their garden, but the wind blew them back at the mourners. He recalled, "When I came home, I found I had Faron on my windshield. I turned the wipers on. There he went, back and forth, back and forth, until he was all gone."
In later years, Cash's colleagues came to include such rockers as Tom Petty, who played a major role in his critically praised Unchained album.
"I planned to do an album with just my guitar, and when I got to the studio, there was Tom Petty asking if he could just play a little rhythm guitar or something," Cash said. "The next day, all the Heartbreakers came in, and then we got to really rockin'. That youthful energy is what inspires me."


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Nicki Minaj 'wants wedding in a hot tub'
Nicki Minaj reportedly plans to have fire breathers and "naked performers" at her wedding.
The 31-year-old singer is rumoured to be engaged to her long-term partner Safaree Samuels, after she flashed a giant diamond ring while at a Los Angeles airport last month.
Although she is only just thought to have accepted the proposal, Nicki apparently already has grand ideas for her big day.
"She wants to arrive by elephant and to get soaking wet by jumping into either a pool or a hot tub for the ceremony," a source told British magazine Heat. "She's talking fire breathers, naked performers and actually exchanging vows in the hot tub. She wants it to be the most outlandish do of all time."
Although the ceremony might be outrageous, Nicki is going to keep some things more traditional. She won't go for a skimpy gown, instead planning on wearing something couture and toning down her make-up too.
Ideally the star will stretch the festivities out for a few days and apparently hopes to pay tribute to her past too.
"Nicki really want to get married in the Caribbean, as she was born in Trinidad and wants to celebrate that part of her heritage. She's talking about renting a private island and hosting a three-day party - she wants the whole thing to be unforgettable," the insider said.
The singer has been in a relationship with Safaree for ten years and he showed his dedication to her last year by getting a tattoo of her face on his forearm, which took six hours to complete.
"The problem is that a lot of people go and tattoo people they don't know. Why not tattoo somebody I know, you know," he said at the time.
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Chief Brendan Sheppard of the Qalipu Band was scheduled to meet with federal officials in Halifax on Thursday, January 31 to discuss the ongoing issue with application reviews that will allow more people to join the band. As of January 29 there were 23,876 members in the band. Approximately 70,000 people applied for possible Qalipu status up to November 30, 2012.
Chief Brendan Sheppard of the Newfoundland Qalipu Band said that the band council is willing to work with the federal government to make sure that the review process for all applications for possible band inclusion is completed on a fair and equitable basis.
Chief Sheppard said that, despite what some people are saying, the band has not asked the federal government to alter any criteria for band enrollment and/or to stop processing any applications beyond the December 31 review deadline.
The issue at hand arose when the newly formed Qalipu Band, in agreement with Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), said that interested persons in Newfoundland had until November 30, 2012 to file an application for possible acceptance in the group.
The agreement also stated that the Band had until December 31, 2012 to review the applications and people would then have 90 days to appeal their decisions if they so desired.
The agreement seemed fine except that the Band received over 70,000 applications for possible status and could not review all applications by December 31.
Some people are wondering if the remaining applications will be processed at all or, if they are, will they have to face tougher criteria for acceptance.
Chief Shepaprd said, "Quite frankly, that is a lot of fuss and rumour. At this time (January 29) nothing has been decided although we are looking to try and resolve this matter with the federal government."
Chief Sheppard said that while the government has no obligation from a legal perspective to proceed beyond the dates agreed to by both parties back in 2008, the AANDC officials have never said that this matter is over when the dates, as specified in the original agreement, expires.
Chief Sheppard said, "I wrote to AANDC officials back in August indicating that we're willing to move beyond the agreement date for the review of applications.
" We haven't received any response from the Minister, but he did appoint Fred Caron as a special representative to sit down and discuss how we're going to move forward on this."
Chief Sheppard said that he would be meeting with AANDC officials in Halifax on Thursday, January 31 to discuss the ongoing issue.
"I can understand these peoples' frustrations," Chief Sheppard said.
"However, I ask those people to be patient as I did in the first phase of applications. I ask people to wait until a solution or a reasonable resolution is found to this particular matter and let the message come forward, hopefully in short time, as to how this is going to unfold."
A spokesperson from the AANDC said on January 29 that the Minister has asked Mr. Caron to explore possible measures to address the situation connected to the enrollment process, and to ensure that the integrity of the process is maintained and reflects the spirit and goals of the agreement.
The spokesperson said that: We have committed to working closely with the newly elected leadership of the First Nation to explore next steps to address the situation. Given the ongoing nature of the discussion between Federation of Newfoundland Indians (FNI) and AANDC it is not possible to predict, at this time, the result of the discussions or when a final decision will be made.


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The Campaign for Fair Education Funding held a rally Thursday morning to urge the General Assembly to grant the $100 million increase to basic education funding formula proposed by Gov. Tom Wolf.
Advocates said that the Pennsylvania constitution guarantees each student in the commonwealth receives a thorough and efficient education, but school districts are facing a difficult time funding this provision.
Currently, Gov. Tom Wolf's budget proposal, along with the House's proposal, has granted basic education the $100 million the group has hoped for.
With rank-and-file legislators heading out of town Wednesday and not set to return to Harrisburg until just five days shy of the traditional June 30th budget deadline, legislative leaders were continuing to come up short on an agreement on a spending plan and revenue package that will close out the FY 2016-2017 and FY 2017-2018 budget cycles.
On Wednesday afternoon in the Capitol Gov. Tom Wolf signed House Bill 202, a bill that creates an alternate testing pathway for career and technical education.
It's just about ten days until the traditional budget deadline of June 30/July 1 and as things look on Tuesday, a lot remains on the table to be agreed to.
As revenue generation has been a key component to ongoing budget talks, tax policy in some manner has been part of the discussion; and, with the legislative calendar turning ever closer to June 30, Democratic and Republican lawmakers have been showing their differences of opinion in terms of how taxes should play in terms of the overall revenue picture for the Commonwealth.
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Mogwai Launch Their Own Whisky
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Limited edition RockAct81w whisky unveiled: perfect for a Secret Dram
Following their eighth album Rave Tapes coming out this week, Mogwai are celebrating its release by announcing their own whisky, RockAct81w, a limited edition Scotch. Says the press release: "The single cask whisky [...] is limited to 324 numbered bottles, which were distilled in September 2004 at Glenallachie Distillery, Speyside, and bottled this month by the Creative Whisky Company."
The band will be signing bottles at the Good Spirits Co in Glasgow ahead of their show at Glasgow Concert Hall next Tuesday, January 28, when the whisky officially goes on sale. The band are starting their mammoth European and US tour tonight at Mill Volvo Tyne Theatre in Newcastle, moving onto London this weekend; head to the whisky's website, have a look at the dates here and watch the video for Rave Tapes closer 'The Lord Is Out Of Control' below:
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Many of you know that I lost my best friend to a car accident three years ago. I'm still in a bit of shock over it. One of the things that we did together was talk about weddings. We both loved them. We watched TLC's A Wedding Story in our dorm common room every chance we got. She had an opinion on every dress. We promised each other that we would be bridesmaids at each other's weddings.That was a promise that I was able to fulfill when she got married a few years after we graduated. I took … [Read more...]
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Praised for his TV adaptation of the 1975 movie on 'Glee', Murphy is on top of the list of those who would bring the film back to big screen.
"Glee" creator Ryan Murphy is in talks to revamp cult 1975 movie "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" after paying tribute to the Richard O'Brien film on TV. A week before the Rocky Horror Show-themed Glee episode airs on October 26, Murphy has been named as the favorite to direct a new version of the camp classic.
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My husband was diagnosed with CC November of last year. It's almost a year. We started out on gem/cis. Condition was stable. Bilirubin was pretty much normal, slight elevation in alk phos. Went to a major medical center where they performed a TACE. while waiting for tace and for 4 weeks after no chemo. During this time the large mass that was TACE showed cell death (left) but the right side showed disease progression. New Onc said he would probably have done TACE but would have kept hubby on low dose gemz to keep the right side from progressing. Be that as it may, the new Onc started us on Irirenotecan & 5FU. We have seen a dramatic increase in Bili and AlkPhos. Had scan last week, disease is progressing. Onc. decided to increase and add Oxi plus Irirenotecan & 5FU. 2 doses of that. Husband could hardly get out of bed as a result. So tired the Onc ordered another CT scan. Scan shows liver damage and water accumulation and disease progression.
Onc has ceased treatment and says the liver is too badly damaged. Has recommended we seek Hospice care and he gave my husband 2 weeks.
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I still have faith that his liver will get better since the treatment will stop.
We have been to Memorial Sloan, John Hopkins, NY Pres and a local Onc. I can't think of what else to do next.
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From: Carolyn W Dyer <>
Subject: Re: [BLEVINS-L] Need some Blevins feedback
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:38:56 -0400
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In reference to Levi Blevins 1779 Virginia died 1861 Lawrence County,
Kentucky. I removed Solomon from the Levi Blevins family many years
ago. Solomon is connected to the Blevins group we find in Bath County.
I would place him more in line with the James Blevins family living in
Bath and Menifee County, Kentucky. No parents have ever been
established for Solomon. He appeared around 1830 and the only Blevins
families there at that time was the family of James Blevins. I have
collected a large research file on Levi Blevins with many documents
found in the Archives such as deeds and court document . I have
information on Levi before arriving in Kentucky, but have no
documentation to connect him with parents, brothers or sisters. Only
theory on who that could possibly be. My theory is there is a connection
to the James Blevins 1751, Levi Blevins 1779 and William Blevins 1780.
As of this date we have found no documentation to support our theory. I
also have documentation to place the family of Solomon and Elizabeth
Quinley Blevins in Bath County, Menifee, Morgan and Greenup County,
Kentucky. Elizabeth is found 1880 living in Greenup County, KY. We
visited the grave of James Blevins 1751 on Memorial Day of this year.
Gail Blevins of Ashland is responsible for placing a Revolutionary War
foot marker on the grave to let others know.
We are in constant research seeking any information to help solve the
Blevins mysteries of Eastern Kentucky.
I have identified the following as the Children of Levi and Mary Blevins
Children of LEVI BLEVINS and MARY are:
2. i. NATHANIEL3 BLEVINS, b. 1805, Virginia; d.
Bef. 1840, Lawrence County, Kentucky. married Rebecca Wooten January
1824, Floyd County, Kentucky
3. ii. ABAGAIL BLEVINS, b. 1807, North Carolina. m.
Benjamin Porter 1927 Floyd County, KY
4. iii. MARGARETT "PEGGY" BLEVINS, b. 1814, Virginia;
d. Bet. 1861 - 1868, Johnson County, Kentucky. Married James
Mollett/Mullett March 16, 1834
5. iv. SAMUEL J. BLEVINS, b. 1816, Virginia. Married
Mary Mollett/Mullett 1839 Lawrence County, KY
6. v. JAMES BLEVINS, b. 1820, Virginia; d. Aft.
1880, Johnson County, Kentucky. Married Elizabeth Mollett/Mullett
March 1837, Lawrence County, KY
7. vi. ZELPHENEY BLEVINS, b. 1822, VA; d. 1863,
Johnson County, Kentucky. Married John B. Mollett/Mullett 1841
Lawrence County, KY. died 1863
8. vii. EMARETA BLEVINS, b. 1826 Lawrence County,
Kentucky; d. Dec 1880 Lawrence County, Kentucky Married James Price
March 1843. He died 1880
9. viii. ELLENOR "ELLEN" BLEVINS, b. 1829, Lawrence
County, Kentucky. Married Stephen Williamson Feb 21, 1850 Lawrence
County , KY
ix. SARAH "SALLY" BLEVINS, m. PATRICK PORTER
JR., 18 Jul 1827, Floyd County, Kentucky. Married Patrick Porter.
I have no information on this family .+
Carolyn Wilson Dyer
Georgetown, Kentucky
>Sandy, it is good to see your inquiry after a long absence. Your message on
>the close residences of your Levi Blevins and that of William Henry Blevins,
>the son of Nathan and Mary (Rogers) Blevins does throw some new light onto
>the subject of the ancestry of your Levi. However since the known family of
>Nathan and Mary (probably 2nd wife) is believed to be fully identified (see
>pasted data later), it is unlikely that Levi was a brother of William Henry.
>When we study the Blevins families located in Scott and Russell Counties of
>Virginia in 1820 and 1830 and of Lawrence Co, KY for 1830, the only
>unidentified male born ca. 1817 that I find is:
>Levi Blevins born ca. 1779 had an as yet unidentified male born ca.
>1815-1820. Carolyn Dyer has tentatively identified that male as Solomon, but other
>researchers have failed to confirm that theory. (Although your Levi in census
>records gives his birth as both TN and KY, that still doesn't eliminate
>Virginia if he moved to KY as a small child and was raised there. (Could your
>Levi possibly be this unidentified son of Levi the elder?)
>A little over two years ago, I compiled an 84 page discussion paper entitled
>Blevins Families of Southwest Virginia. (I would be happy to share that
>discussion paper via an email attachment if you can open, read and print from a
>Word document and are interested in reading it. That offer also extends to
>others interested in these families.) That paper discusses the apparently
>closely connected families of my 4th great uncle Daniel Blevins b. ca. 1760's,
>Levi Blevins born ca. 1779, and William Blevins born ca. 1780. In addition to
>their connections in southwestern VA in the 1810/1820 and beyond timeframe
>and 1820's and beyond in KY, etc. for Levi and William, all three of these
>families were in Ashe County, NC records in the period between 1800 and 1810
>with Levi having at least 12 Ashe County land transactions between 1803 and 1816
>and is reported by one researcher as leaving twin daughters who were married
>by 1816 in that county. Daniel and Levi were on the 1810 Russell County, VA
>tax list along with Nathan Blevins (the Revolutionary War pensioner) who was
>almost certainly a brother of Daniel, and of Wells and my James of Ashe
>County. Nathan was also on the 1810 Ashe County, NC census and died in Ashe
>County in 1834. Nathan had been in the Russell Co, VA personal property tax
>records in 1787 and again in 1789 when his probable brother Wells Blevins had
>joined him there. About 1790 Nathan moved to Greene Co, KY, only to join
>probable brothers in Ashe Co, NC by 1803.
>The discussion paper also discusses separately some introduction to the
>family of Carolyn's ancestor James Blevins b. ca. 1751. It does not attempt to
>repeat any of Carolyn's research, but rather provides data from official
>records. It is very possible that her James was also in Ashe Co, NC around 1800
>before being found in Lee Co, VA in the 1810 tax list and 1820 census. James
>moved to eastern KY about 1821 as did Levi by 1824 and William by 1826 as
>well as some of the children of Daniel and Sarah. My theory is that James is
>the same James whose "improvement" is referenced in an 1802 land entry on
>Helton Creek in Ashe County to Daniel Strunk. Also in some census records James'
>son James born ca. 1802 and daughter Hannah born ca. 1804 give their
>birthplace as North Carolina.
>The known birthdates of the children of both Daniel and Carolyn's James
>leave open the possibility that they had a prior marriage and earlier
>unidentified children.
>I am pasting below one page of data from that discussion paper as it relates
>to Nathan and Mary (Rogers) Blevins. Note that based on the 1830 and 1840
>Scott and Russell Co, VA census records, there are no unidentified males and
>no male born prior to 1820. I am crossing my fingers that the pasted
>information below will come through the Rootsweb server in the format that I am
>seeing as I enter it into this message. Many times I have see emails that were
>compressed to a size that made the census records unintelligible. If that
>happens my only recourse is to send you part of the Word document.
>I look forward to your comments.
>Ron Blevins of West Point, VA
>SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CLUSTER - DANIEL and SARAH BLEVINS
>Z 2104. NATHAN BLEVINS2 (Daniel Blevins1); born ca.
>1795-1800; died ca. 1843-1850; married Mary S. Rogers, a native of Tennessee. In the
>1830 Scott Co, VA census, Nathan has one daughter 5-9 and two daughters under
>age 5, but no other female in his household; thus Mary may be a second wife.
> W. C. Blevins in his discussion paper The First Nathan Blevins writes in
>part "The father of Linkhorn, the younger, was a Nathan Blevins. This Nathan
>was married to a Mary Rogers, born in Tennessee. When Daniel the father of
>Linkhorn, the elder, ...died....in southwest Virginia his wife Sarah gave up
>the homestead and returned with her children to the Clinch River settlements,
>thought to be in Tennessee. The last child born to Nathan and Mary Rogers
>Blevins in 1843 was named Fletcher...." In his discussion paper Linkhorn
>Blevins' Relatives -The Five Nathans, W. C. Blevins again writes in part "Very
>little is known about this Nathan. The certificate of marriage for Linkhorn,
>the younger, born 1832, lists his father and mother as Nathan and Mary Blevins.
> This is the only known documentation for this Nathan Blevins. The date of
>Nathan's birth is approximated from the 1830 and 1840 Russell Co, VA census
>which listed him as ages 30-39 and 40-49, thus born ca. 1790-1800, and the
>1820 census for his father Daniel Blevins where Nathan is believed to be one of
>the males age 18-25, thus born ca. 1795-1802. In the 1850 census for Nathan'
>s widow Mary, the oldest child is a daughter Mary born ca. 1826, but the
>1840 Russell County census included a daughter age 15-19, thus born between 1820
>and 1825. It should also be noted that another researcher Mary Jo Basham in
>a letter to this writer, dtd. 9 Sep. 1996, wrote that Nathan Blevins' wife
>was named Mary Daniels. The 1850 Russell Co, VA census shows that the eight
>children then at home were all born in Scott Co, VA. The 1840 census
>included a male age 10-14 who was not in the 1830 or 1850 census and has not been
>identified. That male may be John Blevins who was age 20 in the 1850 census,
>listed as a laborer in the household of Aaron and Catherine Nash, only seven
>households removed from that of Mary Blevins and her seven other children.
>Source: Emails dtd. 10 Mar. 1998 from Pauline Graham and Walter Blevins, 12
>Mar. 2001 Kenneth Wm. Blevins
>The First Nathan Blevins, unpublished discussion paper by W. C. Blevins,
>dtd. 20 June 1988.
>Letter dtd. 9 Sep. 1996 from Mary Jo Basham of San Diego, CA. Ken Blevins
>email dtd. 14 Mar. 2001
>Census - see below: Earl Blevins letter dtd. 2 Feb. 1994. Russell
>Co, VA vital statistics.
>1830 Scott Co, VA 1840 Russell Co, VA 1850 Russell,
>VA #706 1900 Wise Co, VA #33
>Nathan Blevins 30-39 Nathan Blevins 40-49 Mary Blevins 48
>TN Nathan Blevins 54 VA wd.
>1 female 5-9 1 female 40-49
>Sarah 24 VA Hopkins 25 son
>2 females 0-4 1 female 15-19
>Candess 22 John 22 son
>1 male 10-14 Linkhorn 18
> Sarah A. 74 sister
>Daniel Blevins 60-69 1 female 10-14
>Daniel 16 Kandissie 70 sister wd.
>1 female 50-59 2 males 5-9
>Thomas 14
>1 female 20-29 2 males 0-4
> James 12
>1 male 15-19
> William 9
>1 male 0-4
> Fletcher 7
>1 female 0-4
>Z 2120. possibly Lucinda Blevins b. ca. 1820/1825
>married Henry Smith, 24 July 1838, Scott Co, VA
>+ Z 2121. Sarah A. Blevins b. May 1826 d.
>after 1900
>+ Z 2122. Candess Blevins b. Feb. 1830 d. after 1900
>married Benjamin McClanahan, 27 Aug. 1852, Russell Co, VA
>+ Z 2123. Linkhorn Blevins b. July 1832 d. ca. 1912
>Lincoln Co, WV
>married Alcey Burchett, 28 Oct. 1857, Russell Co, VA
>+ Z 2124. Daniel Austin Blevins b. ca. 1834 d. 1883
>married Aley Hale,
>Z 2125. Thomas Blevins b. ca. 1836
>Z 2126. James Blevins b. ca. 1838
>+ Z 2127. William Henry Blevins b. 1840 d. 7 July
>1911, Scott Co, AK
>married Cynthia Eleanor Anthony, 22 Apr. 1872, Scott Co, AK
>+Z 2128. Nathan Fletcher Blevins b. ca. 1844/1847
>married: 1.Mary Turner, 7 Jan. 1868, Russell Co, VA
>3.Frances ______
>In a message dated 8/22/2005 10:56:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> writes:
>This is to all the veteran Blevins researchers and anyone else who knows
>this line. Alot of you have heard of the Levi Blevins b 1817 Ky or Tn. He
>married Elizabeth Young in Tishomingo Ms 1840. These are my gr gr grandparents.
>I have found something that I would like to see if anybody knows any info or
>can tell me where to go on this line. I have found a Wm Henry Blevins b
>1841 VA. I first find him in 1850 at age 9 with his mother Mary Blevins age 48
>Tn, and his brothers & sisters, Candes, Linkhorn, Daniel, Thomas, James &
>Fletcher. I follow Wm all the way to Crawford Co. AR where spends the rest of
>his life. He and his wife Cynthia are buried there. The point to this is, I
>do believe there is a strong connection between this Wm Henry Blevins and my
>Levi Blevins b 1817. I dont think they are brothers unless they are half
>brothers, but I do believe that possibly Wm's father could be brother to my
>Levi Blevins. The reason for this is that when Wm Henry Blevins & his!wife and
>family, move to Crawford Co Ar. They are right next to, or in between all
>the other family of Levi Blevins, like James Henry Young, which is the gr
>nephew of Elizabeth Young Blevins and James Phillips, who is the brother of my gr
>grandmother Nancy Phillips Blevins. Also the Cradducks are close by too,
>which are connected to my Blevins family. I think that the father of Wm Henry
>Blevins is Linkhorn Blevins, and I would like some suggestions from anyone
>from this line or some thoughts about any missing Blevins males from this line.
>Thanks for your time.
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Hey guys,
I mean men! My name's Matt (If my profile name hadn't given it away) and I work at a Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. This by itself can be a very stressful and frustrating job, as with any fast food joint, due to the fast-paced nature high customer demand--And that with little to no intrinsic reward at the end of it all, nothing to show for it. As some of you may know though, these jobs can be loads easier if you work with a tight crew of respectful co-workers always willing to help each other out. Rarely does this in fact happen. Everyone sooner or later resorts to looking out only for their own skin, and occasionally--if not the occasion for the every-man-for-himself mentality--you get a manager who seems less interested in putting the time and effort in to make things go as smoothly as possible than in barking demands and talking down to people when inconsequential, minute deviations are made.
I have just such a manager, which in itself wouldn't be too terrible, I don't think, save for the fact that she seems to pick on me specifically. She has somewhat of an attitude to begin with, one of her most noticeable traits being quick to lose patience with customers who are indecisive or vague. We all do some times, but she lets her annoyance come through at the drop of a single order change. Of course this isn't the point. I am not the most efficient nor the speediest worker by any measure, and unfortunately, due to loss of morale, nor do I care to be (My customers are never any less catered to with urgency, regardless of my motivation). That said, I do work as hard as my co-workers and always try to find something to do. It actually drives me a bit up a wall if I can't remind myself of something to do quickly.
Enter: Bossy manager. She seems to know what I'm doing at all times and always finds something to pick at me about that she doesn't much bother about with my co-workers. But it's not just the nit-picking, it's the tone of voice she uses: She talks to me like I'm one of her rebellious little children, that "You made Mommy mad." tone of voice. It's not condescending, but it is totally devoid of a lack of respect and clearly indicates that she thinks I'm some sort of slacker who never gets anything right. The worst is when I do something that needs to be done, like put biscuits in the oven. This is a prime example for you guys. Even if it needs to be done, if it isn't at her prompting, she gets upset, as though I'm undermining her authority. There have been a handful of occasions where, after wariness of incurring the wrath and not wanting to confront her bossiness (Her response when asked if she wants another pan in, whether yes or no, tends to be offered with attitude) I or other co-workers didn't put a pan of biscuits in because we figured she would simply delegate that to someone, and then she became upset when she realized nobody had taken the initiative to put one in. This is blatant contradiction. That said, I'd be remiss if I didn't emphasize that she treats the other co-workers with much more respect and tact than I.
Some may think, "well, imagine having to be a manager hard at work at a fast food joint". I have, and I work with three other shift managers, including the general manager, who are always hard at work on some priority (I actually have one manager who's a bit pokey, or rather shuffles about with too many targets and not as much ability to focus on a few key priorities, but his overall good demeanor and dedication to making everything work smoothly for everyone else makes it easier for me and others to work and we generally handle the rushes quite a bit better). She does not do this. She literally--not figuratively--stands around until she decides something seems critical enough to get her attention. The word there is 'decides'. I kid you not, we've been backed up on customers, one man short and without a second to catch a breath, and she's just stood at the manager's desk staring out the window. Coincidentally, I don't seem to have any of the performance problems with either of the three other managers. In fact, just the knowledge that she's on the hunt actually stunts my performance because I'm always on edge.
Now, I hope this hasn't come across as some sort of whiny rant from some twenty-something who knows little about the world, but I do need some serious advice in dealing with this. Currently, there's not much else I can do. As I tend to work mornings and she's the morning shift, we see each other all the time, and my only other options are other minimum wage jobs most of which tend have poor management themselves.
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Either take it, or quite.
Matthew,. you're frustrated, aren't you? And maybe feeling a little bullied?
Your post covered a lot of territory, and I'm not sure how much I can help with all the problems. Let's see if we can pick out a few key issues for improvement, and see where it goes from there.
First of all, your manager can not change your mood or how you feel about yourself. She doesn't have a voodoo doll of you that when she pokes pins in it, it upsets you or frustrates you. You do that to yourself.
You can learn how to feel good regardless of her attitude towards you. Do not react emotionally to anything she says, ever. Have you ever watched an old detective movie featuring a hard-boiled detective type? He doesn't react emotionally to taunts, setbacks, criticism, or confrontations. You need to be like that with your boss. Maintain a good mood by default, and don't react emotionally to anything she says or does. Be polite and professional, and do not allow your good mood be impacted by anything she says.
Next, you need to learn how to build rapport. That's too long of a topic for my answer, so I'm going to refer you to an expert. This is the best book I have ever read on the subject:
Creating Harmonious Relationships: A Practical Guide to the Power o...
If you master the communication techniques described in that book, it will open doors for you regardless of the outcome of your current situation. You'll notice that it's out-of-print, which is somewhat surprising for a book of that quality. You'll also note that all 3 reviewers gave it a perfect score. I would too, if I bothered to review it. You can afford a used copy. Read it cover to cover, think about it, read it again, figure out how to implement the techniques, and use them in your daily interactions with other people. Master the art of building rapport, so that no matter what happens, in the future your relationships, working and otherwise, start out on the right foot and stay that way.
One more thing: you need to pursue excellence in your work regardless of what she or anyone else thinks or tells you. In other words, don't wait for her to pat you on the head and tell you what a good boy you are (which might leave you waiting for a long time). Take delight in your work and find enjoyment in it. Something called "mindfulness training" might help, though it might be a bigger commitment than you're ready to make just yet. Lemme know if you're interested in that. The situation you want to create is one in which they need you more than you need them. That's probably not the case right now, which is much of the source of your frustration.
Great success to you.
Turn it around. Let's look at it from her perspective.
She's in charge of multiple "slackers" who obviously can't be trusted to do the right thing. (her opinion) You need prompting, even micromanagement, or nothing will get done...and getting stuff done *is* her responsibility. You employees are nothing more than equipment that can talk back.
But, oops, there's one who keeps showing initiative, but only sometimes. She can't figure this out...you're giving her mixed signals. And, YOU take the initiative and try to get things done. Uh oh, this is HER responsibility, and you're stepping on her toes.
Jeez. If she doesn't smack you down and into submission, you might get a promotion and replace her. Can't let that happen.
You're a direct threat to her job!
Based on your description, I'd be willing to bet your other 3 shift managers have taken notice of you, and by taking notice, made things slightly more difficult for you.
Ultimately it comes down to this. Do the best job you can. That's all anyone can ask. Ideally, the cream will rise to the top.
You could find another job but not at another Popeyes because that lady works at every single Popeyes. Apparently they have some sort of breeding program to breed to most attitude combined with the lowest level of helpfulness. Be thankful that you get paid to deal with that. As a customer who is trying to purchase some of that delicious chicken, buttery biscuits and red beans & rice (now I'm drooling) I have to pay for the misadventure of dealing with this woman.
HAHA! And I'm the guy who has to feel bad because it's either give you 15-minute-old biscuits (So as not to 'waste' them--A concept I still fail to understand because there wouldn't be a quality control time limit if the aim was not to 'waste') or lose my job.
You definitely made that post too long. At minimum wage, no matter where you go, this type of manager will likely exist. They work in these places because it's the only kind of management affordable at the price offered.
That said, you have a few options:
1. The deal or quit.
2. Ask her what it will take to get her off your ass.
3. Confront her/Ridicule her. I did this over a 3 years delivering pizza. Had a series of managers that did VERY illegal things. I didn't take their crap and when they threatened to fire me, I threatened them with legal action. That said I did my job, and typically did the job of my superiors. It's risky, but you can put this manager in her place. Call her out. If she's not working, tell her to get to work. Be serious, and authoratative. If she's staring out the window and it's busy, tell her to do her job, or call someone who will and get out of your store. Don't do this unless you think it will work and aren't scared of being fired.
I only used #3 when all else failed. I never considered #1 an option unless I had another, better job lined up. #2 was always my first stance. Personally, I have a 3 strikes rule. If you are rude/condescending etc to me repeatedly, I warn you twice, and the third time you're fair game.
And with that, I recant my earlier position, in favor of this one (or multiple positions as the case may be)
...some twenty-something who knows little about the world...
Welcome to the workforce. Folks start at the bottom for a reason. You have learned what a crappy boss looks like, maybe. You are learning the difference between being in charge and being a real leader. Whether you stick with Popeyes or move on, eventually you'll get your shot at leadership. When you do get that shot, your subordinates will judge you on how you do as will your new bosses who will have expectations of their own you must live up to if you want to keep your job. It can be a cruel tightrope. Again, welcome to the workforce!
What you're experiencing may well be the "Peter Principle" in action.
Or, in the words of a far wiser man than I, "How come everyone else is a jerk?"
Can I also bring in Parkinson's Law?
The best bet with any boss is to find out what type of person they are and what they expect from you, then go from there. Use the carrot, and not the stick; give that person what they want out of a worker, and both of your days will be easier in the end. Googling "types of bosses" and reading a few articles there might help.
If she's the type of person whom you can pull aside and have a conversation in private with about the matter, do so. It might help to resolve the issue... Just remember to be tactful and polite in your conversation.


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We might start getting more demand for diesel in US and the refineries will be producing more of it, hense, the price likely to be lower than 93
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Well, they needed a lot of diesel to power their electric generators for Olympic games
They did cut back a lot and i'm sure they wont need it as much in the near future
For your "Hyundai" comment:
It will not just save you money, it'll give you better performing car that takes less trips to gas stations while throwing less carbon into the air
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