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The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Dr. Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after birth.[1][2] Apgar was an anesthesiologist who developed the score in order to ascertain the effects of obstetric anesthesia on babies.
The Apgar score is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The resulting Apgar score ranges from zero to 10. The five criteria (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration) are used as a mnemonic learning aid.
|Score of 0
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|Score of 2
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|blue at extremities
body pink
|no cyanosis
body and extremities pink
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|no response to stimulation
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|cry or pull away when stimulated
|Muscle tone
|some flexion
|flexed arms and legs that resist extension
|weak, irregular, gasping
|strong, lusty cry
Interpretation of scoresEdit
The test is generally done at one and five minutes after birth, and may be repeated later if the score is and remains low. Scores 3 and below are generally regarded as critically low, 4 to 6 fairly low, and 7 to 10 generally normal.
A low score on the one-minute test may show that the neonate requires medical attention[3] but is not necessarily an indication that there will be long-term problems, particularly if there is an improvement by the stage of the five-minute test. If the Apgar score remains below 3 at later times such as 10, 15, or 30 minutes, there is a risk that the child will suffer longer-term neurological damage. There is also a small but significant increase of the risk of cerebral palsy. However, the purpose of the Apgar test is to determine quickly whether a newborn needs immediate medical care; it was not designed to make long-term predictions on a child's health.[1]
A score of 10 is uncommon due to the prevalence of transient cyanosis, and is not substantially different from a score of 9. Transient cyanosis is common, particularly in babies born at high altitude. A study comparing babies born in Peru near sea level with babies born at very high altitude (4340 m) found a significant difference in the first but not the second Apgar score. Oxygen saturation (see Pulse oximetry) also was lower at high altitude.[4]
Some ten years after the initial publication, the acronym APGAR was coined in the US as a mnemonic learning aid: Appearance (skin color), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace (reflex irritability), Activity (muscle tone), and Respiration. The same acronym is used in German (Atmung, Puls, Grundtonus, Aussehen, Reflexe), Spanish (Apariencia, Pulso, Gesticulación, Actividad, Respiración) and French (Apparence, Pouls, Grimace, Activité, Respiration) although the letters have different meanings.
Another such backformation attempting to make Apgar an acronym is American Pediatric Gross Assessment Record. The test, however, is named for Dr. Apgar, making Apgar an eponymous backronym.
The test has also been reformulated with a different mnemonic, How Ready Is This Child, but the criteria are the same: Heart rate, Respiratory effort, Irritabililty, Tone, and Color.
See alsoEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Apgar, Virginia (1953). A proposal for a new method of evaluation of the newborn infant. Curr. Res. Anesth. Analg. 32 (4): 260–267.
- ↑ Finster M, Wood M. (April 2005). The Apgar score has survived the test of time. Anesthesiology 102 (4): 855–857.
- ↑ Casey BM, McIntire DD, Leveno KJ (February 15, 2001). The continuing value of the Apgar score for the assessment of newborn infants. N Engl J Med. 344 (7): 467–471.
- ↑ Gonzales GF, Salirrosas A (2005). Arterial oxygen saturation in healthy newborns delivered at term in Cerro de Pasco (4340 m) and Lima (150 m). Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology : RB&E 3: 46.
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Hey all,
New member, and just finished putting together my Char-Griller Super pro W/ side fire box, I can't wait to use it however, I have to work all weekend so it will have to wait til Tuesday. BBcue-z where is your post for seasoning the new grill? Also I have made the pizza from the "Bible" and also the BBC and bothe turned out spectacular!! Kind of a great end of the week, picked up my new grill/smoker, AND an engagement ring yesterday, work is not gonna be fun this weekend...LOL Any Ideas for an engagement dinner???
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Well it was a long weekend so I thought I'd do some cooking (plus my wife & kids were wanting some pulled pork ).
I mentioned in another thread earlier today some of the things I made and now for the pictures.
Grilled Habanero Hot Wings. Although I thought I used quite a bit of hot sauce, these wings were not as hot as I expected them to be. Though they had a bit of tingling burn to them, they just didn't light me up. I'll use more habanero sauce next time.
I got this idea from Chitown BBQ and just had to try it. Even though we still have some cooked brisket in the freezer I just had to do this before the year was out. The onions caramelize (almost burning) and add a great flavor to the beef. This is also the first time I've ever cooked a brisket using a pan.
The pulled pork that my family strongly 'hinted' for.
Another attempt at beef ribs. They weren't quite as good as last time (which were the best beef ribs I've ever had) but still a nice treat. I will do these again until I get them right!


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24 Mar 1805 - 6 Apr 1883 — Ohio to Utah
by Ilene H. Kingsbury
A sketch of the life of Francis Tuft Whitney as compiled by his great-granddaughter Ilene Hanks Kingsbury with the aid of his son New Samuel Whitney and several of his grandchildren, including Mabel Whitney Hanks, Jane Whitney Adams and Samuel James Whitney.
Francis Tuft Whitney, son of Joseph Whitney and Rebecca Stinchfield Whitney was born March 24,1805 in Massachusetts. His grandparents lived in New Meadow, Brunswick and Lisbon, Maine. His parents settled in Phillips, Maine. In 1816 they, with their eleven children moved to 0hio, where they were among the earliest settlers of Shelby County. Francis was eleven years of age when they left New England, where the family had been for five generations, having come to the New World in June 1635. After going to Ohio his parents had three more children; Samuel, Rebecca and Joseph G. Whitney.
Francis was a descendant of some of the earliest colonists in the New World. His grandfather Benjamin served in the Revolutionary War. His earliest American ancestor, John and wife Elinor Whitney, came to this country in 1635 just 15 years after the Puritans landed at Plymouth Rock on the ship Mayflower. During his lifetime Francis was destined to make his home and help build settlements on the frontiers from Massachusetts, Maine, Ohio, California, Colorado, and Utah.
Little is known of his youth after arriving in Spears Landing, Shelby County, Ohio, but it is supposed the lives of the people from 1816 to 1850 were similar to all mid-western settlers when Chicago had a population of less than 5,000 people and was called "far out west". On Feb. 17, 1827, at the age of twenty-two years Francis married Abagail Blanchard. She was born June 11, 1808, To this union were born ten children: Alvah, Christina, Rizpah, Araminta, Ernestine, Stephen, Oscar, Francis M., Abagail, and Sarah P. Whitney.
You will note that Francis was born in the same year as the Prophet Joseph Smith. When the gospel was preached in Ohio between 1832 and 1846 Francis heard it and joined the church, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, or commonly called Mormon Church. His wife, his sons and daughters, and his friends all protested, but to no avail. And it was with deep sorrow that he left them all and joined the hated Mormons in Nauvoo, Illinois and later went to Council Bluffs, Iowa. On the occasion of his departure from his home and family he wrote a poem, an acrostic telling of his grief and sorrow. He was somewhat of a poet and was called upon to write on all appropriate occasions. (See his poems on the following pages.)
So great was the hatred of those he left behind that he was warned never to return. Attached here to is a letter he received from his brother-in-law which mirrors these feelings. Francis Tuft Whitney left his family and home on the morning of July 18, 1845.
This momentous decision and day was to lead Francis Tuft Whitney over thousands of miles of then unknown territory and to link him with one of the world's longest military marches and colonization programs ever to be written.
During the years 1847 and into 1850 Francis T. Whitney lived in Salt Lake City earning a living at his trade of blacksmithing. Later he taught this to his four sons and they in turn taught it to their sons. Sometime between the years 1848 and 1850 he met and wed Clarissa Alger, daughter of Samuel and Clarissa Hancock Alger. She was born June 2, 1830 in the East. At the time of their marriage she was twenty-five years his junior. This couple are known as original pioneers of Utah, having arrived before the advent of the railroad, which was May 10, 1869. Francis arrived July 29, 1847 and Clarissa arrived Sept. 22, 1848.
In December 1850 George A. Smith led about 30 families from the Salt Lake Valley to southern Utah for the purpose of establishing a settlement. Francis T. Whitney and his bride of a year were in the company. The place they journeyed to was called Center Creek, and later became known as Parowan an Indian name Pah-O-wan meaning yellow water, evil water, or Little Salt Lake. Parowan was begun as a farming district to provide for those who might be employed in the Cedar Iron Works, then in prospect. A fort was built, land enclosed, canals constructed, and harvests sown. The company of Pioneers arrived At the proposed site of the now settlement Jan- 13, 1851 after many weeks of travel in ox-drawn wagons over traceless wastes in the dead of winter.
Note: The following is quoted from page 171 of the History of Parowan, Iron County, as compiled by Andrew Jenson, Assistant Church Historian,
"May 3, 1892 -- Elder Andrew Jenson visited Parowan in the interest of Church History and met the following brothers and sister for the purpose of obtaining Historical information: Richard Benson, Z. B. Decker, Wm. C. Mitchell, John H. Henderson, Sister Clarissa A. Whitney, Bishop Charles Adams, Wm., C. McGregor, and Morgan Richards Jr."
These men and Clarissa Whitney were some of the oldest residents of Parowan and with their help Historian Jenson wrote the Day-by-day account of the founding of Parowan together with other events of interest. From this book I now quote any information regarding the Whitney family found therein.
"Listed among the 100 males, 30 women over 14 years and 18 children under 14 years of age who left Salt Lake City to found Parowan we read the names of Francis T. Whitney, Clarissa Alger Whitney, and her brother John A. Alger and her father Samuel Alger. Also listed as part and contents of the wagon train are the following: 101 wagons, 2 carriages, 100 horses, 12 mules, 364 oxen, 166 cattle, 14 dogs, 18 cats, 121 chickens, 57 plows, 137 axes, 110 spades and shovels, 80 hoes, 72 scythes and cradles, 436 panes of glass, 44 saddles, 56,992 lbs. flour, 35,370 lbs. barley, 3,240 lbs. potatoes, 1,228 lbs. groceries, 9 sets carpenters tools, 2 ¼ sets blacksmith's tools, 1 set sawmill irons, 3 whip saws, 190 lbs. nails, 55 stoves, 1 brass cannon, 129 buns, 52 pistols, 9 swords and 1001 rounds ammunition.
The Pioneer company left Salt Lake early in December 1850, and from the Historical journal I quote under date of December 25, 1850, Christmas day. "The camp crossed the Sevier River; they found the banks slippery and bad, considerable, ice on the edges of the river. Having reached the other side they traveled about one mile and camped. The thermometer fell to sixteen degrees below zero."
P- 37. Saturday, March 1, 1851 -- New Samuel Whitney a son of Francis and Clarissa Whitney, was born in the camp, he being the first white child born in Iron County."
Thus is recorded that on March 1, 1851, six weeks after arriving at their destination, Clarissa Alger Whitney gave birth to her first child, a son, whom they christened New Samuel Whitney. He was called "New" all his life because of the fact that he was the first white child born in Iron, County. I have often heard him say that his place of birth was in a wagonbox, covered with ice and snow. No cabins had been built, and no accommodations or comforts were available to the little Pioneer Mother. This same wagon box was soon hewn into a coffin for a woman who died very shortly afterward and it became her last resting place. Thus, life and death walked hand in hand with adventure.
Francis and Clarissa became active in the life of Parowan in religious and civic duties. For several years he was Supt. of the Sunday Schools. Francis' poetical ability was used on all occasions. Under date of July 24, 1851, Thursday (Pioneer Day) we learn that a celebration was given in memory of the Pioneers with a procession, program, etc. and a comic song given by F.T. Whitney. Toasts were called for and we read the following written by Francis:
"True Patriotism with Saints forever dwell
While robbers and their ocracy will sink to hell;
Freedom Fluid Liberty will be our chief delight,
to bondage, dark despair and night."
p. 52
June 12, 1852. Francis T. Whitney visited the Upper Sevier valley with John Steele, John C. L. Smith, John D. Lee, John Dar, Solomon Chamberlain, Priddy Meeks, to explore the region for possible settlements. They talked with the Indians, were gone 12 days, and traveled 336 miles. (This was the famous exploration of Long Valley).
May 1854. census of city of Parowan
# 325 - Francis T. Whitney - High Priest - age 49 - one house
326 - Clarissa Whitney 24
327 - New Samuel Whitney 3
328 - Eli Alger Whitney 1 ½
329 - Abi Clarissa Whitney ½ p. 105
This couple became the parents of five children. Four of these grew to honorable manhood, each of whom was a credit to their Puritan - Pioneer ancestry. Their third child, a daughter named Abi Clarissa, died at the age of three months. (Note, she was named for her mother and for the first wife of Francis). The names of the four sons are New Samuel, Mar. 1, 1851; Ira Blanchard, Dec. 6, 1856); Job Hall, April 20, 1855; and Eli Alger, Nov. 22, 1852.
p. 122 Parowan History.
Monday, May 14, 1855 Mr. F. T. Whitney of Parowan, is manufacturing a very good article of nails; the cutting machine was got up under the supervision of the Hon. C. C. Pendleton, and the header was constructed by Mr. Whitney, who is an ingeneous mechanic. The work is principally done by Piede workmen, under his supervision (See a model of this nail making machine in the Pioneer Memorial Hall in St. George, Utah).
p. 128. Tues. Dec. 30, 1855. Francis T. Whitney raised on a garden spot measuring 122 x 82 ½ ft. the following: 1200 lbs. fodder, 2000 lb. squash, 1600 lbs. pumpkins, 500 lbs. melons, 150 lbs. sweet corn, 44 lbs. beans and peas, 5 rows of potatoes, and 2 rows of broom corn.
P- 130, 1856. Mr. F. T. Whitney has suspended operations upon his furnace until seeding time is over. There is an abundance of excellent iron ore near the furnace, and good indications of coal. During the winter he has cast some very handsome brass door handles, latches, and other small articles.
P. 168. New Samuel Whitney, (the first child born in Parowan) was set apart for a mission to the southern States Sept. 3, 1883; he returned Oct. 3, 1865.
p. 188. Geo. Taylor, Alex Orton, New S. Whitney and Company have erected a fine brick opera house, 60 x 40 ft. in the clear, with a stage 30 x 50 ft. in the clear. The building is not entirely finished, but so far completed that performances have been given within its Hall for some time.
p. 166-118. Early in the 1850s the people of Parowan thought it well to give the Pay-eed Indians a feast, hoping then to make them more truly our friends. Kanarra, their chief, together with his people were invited. The outcome was good and proved the wisdom of President Young's maxim that "it is better and cheaper to feed the Indians than to fight them". From that time they stole but few cattle, and many learned to work; one becoming a useful hand in the blacksmith shop of Francis T. Whitney, and others becoming good workmen in the fields and canyons and as herdsmen of our stock.
NOTE: The Indian spoken above who worked in the blacksmith shop of Francis T. Whitney had been raised in the home of the Whitneys from the age of about seven years. The Pay-eed Indians had traded the boy and an Indian blanket to Brother Whitney for a horse. The boy was treated as a member of the family and taught the smithy trade. Brother Whitney made Joe Indian, for that was what they called him, a dirk or dagger of which he grew very fond. One day the four Whitney boys and Joe Indian were playing together when the Indian became angry from being teased by the boys. He quickly drew his dirk on one of them, wounding him rather seriously. In fright they ran to their father. Francis reprimanded Joe Indian, took the dirk from him and broke it to bits with a blacksmith hammer. This beloved weapon, now broken, symbolized happiness to Joe, and now that it was gone he no longer wished to live with the white men. He stole away in the middle of the night and never was heard of thereafter. Inquiry as to where he had gone or with what Indian tribe always met with failure. This incident always saddened the Whitneys, for they had looked upon Joe Indian as a friend and brother. Perhaps those of this generation could draw a serious conclusion on the evils of teasing.
Francis T. Whitney served in the Black Hawk War of 1665-66. One of his duties was to blow his horn as a warning of the coming, of the Indians. Years later, his widow received a pension for his services in the war. Hannah Daphne Smith Dalton in her autobiography "Pretty is as Pretty Does", said; "In 1865 the Black Hawk War started. During the year, six military expeditions were engaged in. In 1866 the Indians were very hostile and had to be kept out of the community boundaries. Guards were kept constantly watching the horses and cattle to keep the Indians from driving them away. I remember Brother Whitney blowing his big horn one night. That was the call for all important occasions. Every man, woman and child was up and dressed and the guards brought word that the Indians were driving all the horses and cattle off. Immediately a company was organized to go and get their horses and stock back. Oh! the horrors of that night. Parting, weeping, praying....... The Indians were so badly surprised that they made their escape as fast as possible. The Lord had heard our prayers and what a time of thanksgiving this was!"
During this period of his life Francis often thought Of his former life in Ohio and yearned for his wife and sons and daughters who remained in that state. He tried to establish contact with theme but was always brutally repulsed.
He was somewhat of an inventor, and at one time he and Mr. Billy Ashton made a machine which they hoped would result in perpetual motion. So sure were they of success that they brought their invention to Great Salt Lake City to Brigham Young for his inspection. According to reports of this visit President Young pointed to a large wash tub near them and said, "As well get in that tub and try to lift yourself and it from the floor by the handles as to find success in inventing perpetual motion." This conversation somewhat discouraged the enthusiastic inventors, but they bent their efforts along other lines.
Since writing of the activities of Francis T. Whitney in the Salt Lake Valley in the year 1847 I have discovered in my research on the Mormon Battalion that his name appears with Battalion members who left the Salt Lake Valley on Aug. 16, 1847 to return to Council Bluffs to gather their families to the Rocky Mountains. (Whitney's History of Utah, vol. 1, page 353). We may assume that he traveled from Council Bluffs to Ohio to again contact his wife and family. This journey was unsuccessful and he returned to "Zion" to make his home for the next twenty years.
In 1868 or 1869 the urge to again see his first family became so strong that he returned to Ohio with the purpose in mind to again try to convert them to Mormonism. For fourteen years he remained in Ohio. Year after year passed without his returning to his family in Parowan, Utah. His boys in Utah grew from boyhood to manhood, married and became fathers before he finally returned early in 1883. While he was in Ohio, his first wife, Abagail, died on Dec. 9, 1878 at the age of seventy. He stayed on another five years. During his Ohio stay his last child, Sarah, died age 24 years. One of his sons in Ohio married while Francis was there. During his twenty years in the West seven of his Ohio family had married and had homes of their own. Thus in both of his families great changes took place while he was away from them. While in Ohio he failed to interest or convert any of his family to Mormonism.
Francis T. Whitney then left Ohio for the last time and returned to Utah and Parowan where he had been a pioneer and a founder of the settlement and an explorer and Indian fighter. He came back early in 1883 at the age of seventy-eight years. After a short stay with his wife Clarissa he traveled to Huntington, Emery County, Utah to see his sons Job and Ira who had been "called" to settle that country with others from Iron County. (These two sons subsequently answered another "mission call" to settle in Colorado at Sanford in the San Louis Valley where they and their families spent the rest of their lives).
Very shortly after arriving in Huntington, Utah Francis T. Whitney became ill and died there on April 6, 1883, age 78 years, and was buried there by his sons Job and Ira, two days later. His first born, New Samuel, purchased and erected a monument to Francis T. in the Huntington cemetery. However, in 1952 when members of the family journeyed there to see his grave, the stone was no longer in place and could not be found. On August 5, 1954 the remaining five children of New Samuel Whitney gathered funds and had another suitable marker placed over the last resting place of their Mormon Battalion and Pioneer grandfather. These thoughtful people are: Eva Whitney Richards Bennett, Minnie Whitney Lowder, Mabel Whitney Hanks, Samuel James Whitney, and Bertha Whitney Mitchell.
Francis Tuft Whitney lived ever valiant in the faith of the Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints. He lived a life of sacrifice and hardship and separation from his families; a man who indeed helped to build the West and the cause of "Zion". It is my firm conviction that he is fully justified his actions, first when we read the Prophet Jeremiah 3:14 who said over 2600 years ago "...and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion." And secondly from Matthew 19:29 we have the positive statement about those who give their all for His name's sake: "And every one that hath forsaken houses, or children, or sisters, or father, or mother or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life."
It is with the last thought in mind that I have prepared this history of my Whitney ancestors; hoping that all who read it and all who are descendants of Francis Tuft Whitney shall so live that they, too, shall "inherit everlasting life."
Early in 1846 the hostilities with Mexico over the annexation of Texas and other differences, became such a conflict that the U. S. Government, under President Polk called upon the people of the country for 50,000 volunteers and the sum of ten million dollars for war purposes. Shortly before these events, and immediately prior to the beginning of the Mormon exodus from Illinois, an agent of the Latter-day Saints, acting under instructions from Brigham Young, who had succeeded Joseph Smith at the head of the Church, went to the City of Washington to solicit government aid for his peoples. No gift of money or other means was asked, only employment in freighting provisions and naval stores to Oregon or other points on the Pacific was asked. Pres. Polk received the agent of the Mormons kindly and promised to do what he could for the homeless people. Just at this juncture the news reached Washington that General Taylor had fought two battles with the Mexicans, and tidings determined the President upon taking immediate possession of California and using some of the migrating Mormons as part of the force necessary for that purpose.
Thus, in answer to the call of the government the Mormons who had fled from the mobs in Illinois and Missouri were enrolled in infantry service. The detachment was called the Mormon Battalion. The enrollment was completed on the 16th of July 1846 from Mt. Pisgah and Council Bluffs, Iowa. Francis Tuft Whitney, then at the age of forty-one was one of the volunteers.
Note: The following section of this history deals with the Mormon Battalion and important facts concerning its march. Information gleaned from B. H. Roberts, Tyler, Orson F. Whitney and other Utah writers and historians on the subject.
Sacrifice of the Church: "The young and those who could best have been spared, were then away from the main body, either with pioneer companies in the van, or seeking food and work in the northwest settlements. The force was then to be recruited from among the fathers of families. Five hundred wagons were left without teamsters and as many families without their natural providers and protectors. Moreover the Mormon people, from their then point of view, had little to be thankful for to the government of the United States."
Advantages: The Mormons appreciated the advantage of people entering the service of the U. S. This gave them opportunity to prove their loyalty to the U. S. and allay prejudices of the people. Through this enrollment they obtained right to settle and secure Indian lands. From a financial standpoint the Battalion was a big help. The obtained $42 per man or $21.000 for the Battalion for clothing plus pay while in the ranks, i.e., $50 a month for a Captain, and $7 for a private. They were also given all equipment used.
Line of March: These brave company of 500 marched from Nauvoo, Illinois through Ft. Leavenworth, Council Grove, across the Arkansas river, through Santa Fe (Oct. 9-12, 1846), to the San Luis valley (Jan, 26, 1847) and to the San Diego Mission (Jan. 29, 1847). Upon their arrival at the Rio Grande river fifty-five men were declared physically unable to continue the march, were detached and sent back to Pueblo (Colorado) on November and arrived there Dec. 24, 1646 in a most pitiable condition. The total number to winter at Pueblo was 150. Later, the Pueblo detachment arrived in the Salt Lake Valley on July 29, 1847. Francis Tuft Whitney was with the Pueblo Detachment.
Hardships and Excessive Toil: The roads were extremely sandy in many places, and the men while carrying blankets, knapsacks, cartridge boxes and muskets on their backs, and living on short ration, had to pull long ropes to aid the teams. The deep sand alone, without any load was enough to wear out both man and beasts in the trackless part of the Battalion march through the sand stretches, in addition to pulling at the wagons, companies marched in double-single file, in each other's footsteps to make tracks for the wagon wheels. The only fighting the Battalion engaged in on its expedition was a fight with the Bulls on the San Pedro river, Dec. 9, 1846.
Destitution and Suffering: While crossing southern California the Battalion found the heaviest sand, hottest days and coldest nights thus far with no water and but little food. The men were nearly barefooted; some used, instead of shoes, rawhide wrapped around the feet to shield them from the burning sand during the day and the cold at night. They hewed openings in rocks for the wagons, men and animals to pass. They arrived in the San Luis valley and river Jan. 26, 1847, and there sighted the long looked for Pacific ocean. The joy, the cheer that filled their souls, none but worn out pilgrims nearing a heaven of rest can imagine. They arrived at the San Diego Mission Jan. 29, 1847. The march of the Mormon Battalion was completed. Colonel Cooke's bulletin on the Battalion march told of the achievements and faithfulness of the Battalion and its service to the country. It is copied as follows:
Headquarters Mormon Battalion,
Mission of San Diego,
January 30, 1847
The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding, congratulates the Battalion on their safe arrival on the shore of the Pacific Ocean, and the conclusion of their march of over two thousand miles.
History maybe searched in vain for an equal march of infantry. Half of it has been through a wilderness, where nothing but savages and wild beasts are found, or deserts where for want of water, there is no living creature. There, with almost hopeless labor, we have dug deep wells which the future traveler will enjoy. Without a guide who had traversed them we have ventured into trackless tablelands where water was not found for several marches. With crowbar and pick, and axe in hand, we worked our way over mountains, which seemed to defy aught save the wild goat; and hewed a pass through a chasm of living rock more narrow than our wagons. To bring these first wagons to the Pacific, we have preserved the strength of our mules by herding them over large tracts, which you have laboriously guarded without loss. The garrison of four presidios of Sonora concentrated within the walls of Tucson, gave us no pause. We drove them out, with their artillery, but our intercourse with the citizens was unmarred by a single act of injustice. Thus, marching half naked and half fed, and living upon wild animals, We have discovered and made a road of great value to our country,
Arrived at the first settlements of California, after a single day's rest, you cheerfully turned off from the route to this point of promised repose, to enter upon a campaign, and meet, as we supposed the approach of an enemy; and this, too, without even salt to season your sole subsistence of fresh meat.
Lieutenants A. J. Smith and Geo. Stoneman, of the First Dragoon, have shared and given invaluable aid in all these labors.
Thus volunteers, you have exhibited some high and essential qualities of veterans. Soon, you will turn your attention to the drill, to system and order, to forms also, which are all necessary to the soldier.
By order
Lieut.-Colonel Phillip St, George Cooke
Francis Tuft Whitney was a private in Company B under Capt. Jesse D. Hunter. There were ninety men in Company B. On Feb. 15, 1847 Company B was detached from the Battalion and directed (March 15, 1847) to March to the port of San Diego to perform garrison duty at that place, The other companies (A C D E ) went to Los Angeles. While performing garrison duty at San Diego many members obtained permission to accept employment of the inhabitants of the town such as making adobes, digging wells, building houses, and making bricks. The first bricks in California were made and burned by members of the Mormon Battalion. They made an enviable reputation for industry and frugality, General Kearney said, "Bonaparte crossed the Alps, but these men have crossed a continent."
Some of the achievements of the Battalion are: Opened highways, conquered North Mexico which is now New Mexico, western Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and California; discovered gold in California at Sutter's Mill on Jan. 24, 1848; and were the first to adopt irrigation farming by an Anglo-Saxon people on this continents
The men hold religious services every Sunday. They organized a society called the Young Men's Club for purposes of lecturing, reciting, declaiming, and debating.
On May 4, 1847 Company B received six month's pay, the most of which was expended by each individual in purchasing animals, clothing, etc., as an out fit for the journey to the Great Salt Lake Valley. Wild horses were broken to ride at a cost of $6 to $12. Company B left San Diego for Los Angeles July 9, 1847 and arrived there July 15, 1847. All companies were mustered out of service July 16, 1847 after one year of service. Then the majority of the mean left California for Salt Lake, and arrived there on October 16, 1847. However Francis T. Whitney was not with this group. Earlier with one of the sick detachments he had wintered at Pueblo, Colorado, left there to meet the main body of the Pioneers on the Mormon Trail and he was one of the Battalion to arrive in Salt Lake City on July 29, 1847.
B. H. Roberts says: "World's record for a march of Infantry. Since the Battalion march has not be equaled by any march of infantry in the Worlds' Great War, nor in ancient times, it is not likely now, owing to the new transportation of troops that have developed that the Mormon Battalion march across more than half the North American continent will ever be equaled. It will stand as the world's record for a march of infantry - 2,000 miles."
The Monument to the Mormon Battalion on the Utah State Capitol grounds, depicting so admirably the spirit of the members, bears the name of Francis Tuft Whitney, private, Company B under Capt. Jesse D. Hunter.
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Fico Dougan's family have spoken of their struggle to comprehend his murder after the teenager who stabbed him to death was found guilty this afternoon.
Sandra Opoku, Fico's mother, said she had been "living with numbed emotions" since the popular student died on September 25 last year after being knifed in the heart by 16-year-old Uriah Gardner, of Church Path, Mitcham.
Gardner stabbed 17-year-old Fico, who he barely knew, in an unprovoked attack in his half-sister's living room.
He was convicted of murder today after a jury rejected his defence lawyer's argument for a lesser conviction of manslaughter on the grounds post-traumatic stress disorder, following the death of Gardner's brother, had diminished his responsibility.
Speaking after the verdict his afternoon, Mrs Opoku said: "Trying to deal with the shock of losing our wonderful, beautiful son has been heartbreaking and very, very distressful for all of us. We struggled to find the words to express the pain and sorrow.
"We prayed for a new day to dawn on us and to take away the sheer misery we have been made to go through. We struggled to find the meaning for the senseless manner for which our Fico was taken away from us.
"The initial shock of it all has now given way to the reality that Fico has been killed by someone he did not offend and had no chance to defend himself.
"We are living with numbed emotions because we are struggling to be strong for each other and suppress the pain and sense of injustice.
"How can we ever forget what happened when we are surrounded by memories of Fico day in and day out?
She added: "Fico was very unique in his own way. He was very kind hearted, helpful and always wanted to out a smile on everyone's face.
"He was at ease constantly expressing his love to me and never wanting to make me unhappy. He the man of our household and we could always relay on him to fix anything around the house.
"We now wake up each day wondering what he would have been like now and we ask what was it for? Was there a need for it? Will someone learn from the heartache and distress we are enduring?
"We cannot find consolation anywhere because the dust barely settles before you hear of another family being made to endure the same heartache and it brings back memories of our pain. We will want to forgive but how can we ever forget?
"It is far from easy and we will never be able to find adequate words to describe the impact of losing our darling son, grandson, brother and uncle but we will continue to take solace from our Christian beliefs."
During a week-long trial at the Old Bailey, Gardner's half-sister Tellis Miller, 18, and her friend Montana Riley, now 19, told the court he said rap music made him "want to stab somebody" as he listened to music through headphones on the afternoon of the killing
Uriah Gardner was found guilty of murder today
Fico arrived soon after to see his girlfriend Miss Riley. Within minutes, Gardner rose from his seat "with a vague stare" and walked to the kitchen, where he picked up the blade he used to stab Fico at least six times in front of Miss Miller's two-year-old sister.
Gardner's defence barrister David Nathan argued for a lesser conviction of manslaughter on the grounds of diminished responsibility, suggesting the killing had been triggered by post-traumatic stress disorder following the sudden death of his "father figure" brother Leon.
The court heard Gardner, who turns 17 tomorrow, saw flies swarming at the window of Leon's house as he discovered the 28-year-old lying dead after an epileptic seizure two weeks before Fico's stabbing.
Dr Tim Rogers, an expert in adolescent forensic psychiatry called as a witness for the defence, told the court the teenager's flashbacks to the gruesome discovery were one of several signs of post-traumatic stress significant enough to impair his self-control.
But a second psychiatrist, Dr Phillip Joseph, called by prosecutor Martin Hicks, said he did not believe Gardner's brother's death was "sufficiently catastrophic" to trigger the disorder.
The jury retired to consider its verdict this morning and found Gardner guilty of murder after four hours of deliberation.
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(UPDATED COVERAGE March 6) Paramount Citrus plans to increase capacity 75% at its Delano, Calif., packinghouse, citing increased demand for the grower-shipper's mandarins under the Wonderful Halos label.
The expansion, with Compac Sorting Equipment, is expected to be complete in September and enable Paramount to process more than 52 million mandarins daily.
The facility typically runs from late October to about April, said Nathan Soich, marketing executive for Auckland, New Zealand-based Compac.
Compac plans an upgrade of the site's electronic fruit pregrader and sorter from 40 lanes to 70. Compac also provided the existing technology.
The system will add an autonomous bin-stacking robot, the fourth at the site; plus six more bin filling lines for a total of 52.
After presizing and upon receipt of orders, fruit at the Paramount site goes to one of five high-speed packing cells — eight when the expansion is complete — each with a 10-lane sizer to confirm quality and distribute to net baggers. Altogether, 150 lanes of sorters will be in place.
The sorters use Compac's InVision software. High-definition digital cameras scan passing fruit, taking up to 30 photos of each mandarin as it rotates.
"Compac systems provide us with superior and proven technology," Jason Blake, vice president of California operations for Paramount Citrus, said in a news release.
"This facility is by far the largest and most advanced postharvest facility in the world and it exclusively uses Compac technology for automated sorting," said David Buys, Compac sales and marketing director.
Compac is expanding too. The company plans to add more than 60 staff members.
"We're expanding our (research and development) capabilities and after-sales support areas specifically," Buys said.


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MELBOURNE, Fla. – The Saint Leo volleyball team had a number of chances to claim their initial Sunshine State Conference victory, but the Florida Tech Panthers' persistence paid off as the hosts defeated the Lions 3-2 (25-22, 22-25, 25-18, 18-25, 23-21) in a thrilling SSC volleyball match on Friday evening.
Trading the first four sets with eerily similar scores, the teams squared off for what proved to be a nail-biting deciding set. Trailing 8-7 as both teams switched sides, the Lions (6-7, 0-5 SSC) rallied to take a 14-11 lead. Holding the first match point, the Lions' inability to close the game out saw Florida Tech (11-5, 2-3 SSC) rally off the next four points to steal their first advantage as they looked to claim the win.
The Lions held off FIT in what would prove to be a back-and-forth battle that had Saint Leo look at four match points while Florida Tech held five chances, converting on their final one, capitalizing on the 32nd Saint Leo attack error.
In a match that went its full length, with over 200 points awarded, the Lions saw Lauren Campbell nearly eclipse the 20-kills mark with 19 successful swings. She was one of four Saint Leo players in double figures as Sami Vierk finished with 16 kills, Jordan Sisson had 12 and Meghan Donovan finished with 10.
Putting in a full-time effort, setter Jaclyn Mailoto assisted on 61 of the Lions' 65 kills. Tawni Warren anchored the Lions' defense with 18 digs, one of five Lions with double-digit scoops.
Florida Tech's Janice Valies posted a game-high 20 kills in the FIT triumph.
Despite the loss, the Lions will have less than 24 hours before hitting the road for another SSC contest, this time with Rollins on Saturday. The match is scheduled for 4:00 p.m. in the Alfond Sports Center.
For more on the women's volleyball program visit SaintLeoLions.com. Also, be sure to 'Like' the Lions on Facebook at facebook.com/saintleolions, and 'Follow' the Lions on Twitter at Twitter.com/saintleolions.


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Three St. Albert skaters compete at Brick tourney
Saturday, Jul 05, 2014 06:00 am
The Brick 24th Annual Invitational Super Novice Hockey Tournament at West Edmonton Mall�s Ice Palace featured tremendous hockey action this week, including three young St. Albert skaters, Matt Savoie, Levi Fesyk and Cale Ashcroft playing for Team Brick Alberta.
12:30 p.m. Monday, June 30
Connecticut Yankees 1, Team Brick Alberta 4
Team Brick Alberta found the lead early and held onto it for a 4-1 victory over the Connecticut Yankees.
It was only 56 seconds into the game when Alberta player Ben Hemmerling picked up a pass from Jordan Gustafson and tapped the puck home for an early lead.
Gustafson got into the goal column just two minutes later when he capitalized on a Yankees power play mistake and snapped home the first short-handed goal of the tournament.
The game settled down defensively for two periods until the Yankees� Andon Cerbone made it a one goal game seven seconds into the third period.
Hemmerling stepped up for Team Brick Alberta a few minutes later by taking a pass from Gustafson and putting it in the back of the net.
The assist was Gustafson�s third point of the game.
Captain Matt Savoie scored a power play goal late in the third with help from Roger Lorenz and Liam Watkins to make the score 4-1.
Nicholas Jones made 22 saves off of 23 shots for Team Brick Alberta in the first game of the tournament.
7:10 p.m. Monday June 30
Team Brick Alberta 2, Pennsylvania 3
Team Brick Alberta lost their second game of the tournament in an excellent back and forth tilt with Pennsylvania by a score of 3-2.
Liam Watkins got the only goal of the first period for Team Brick Alberta with help from Matt Savoie and Keaton Downhaniuk.
It was a wild one with Team Brick Alberta outshooting Pennsylvania 10-2.
Ryder Wicken and Luke Janac assisted Luke Woodworth in tying up the game with his first goal of the tournament 28 seconds into the second period.
Woodworth wasn�t done and scored a sneaky short-handed goal with help from Grace Dwyer and Tyler Duke less than two minutes later.
Alberta�s Liam Watkins answered eight minutes into the third to tie the game at 2-2.
Watkins was assisted on the play by Taylor Haggerty and Jackson Roth.
Late in the third period Woodworth completed his hat trick on the power play with help from Alex Rafalski and Braedon Ford.
Three goals would prove to be enough as Pennsylvania took this one by a score of 3-2.
The game was an evenly matched nail-biter with both teams taking exactly 17 shots on net.
8:50 p.m. Tuesday July 1
Team California 1, Team Brick Alberta 0
Team California shut out Team Brick Alberta in a one goal game Tuesday night.
It was a goaltending showcase between two teams that can really score.
Team Brick Alberta outshot California by a margin of three to one but could not find an answer for the riddle of California goaltender Nicholas Avakyan.
Early in the second California�s Kyle Isenberg took a pass from James Mastrosimone and snuck one into the back of the net for the game�s only goal.
Avakyan stopped all 34 shots and was awarded first star of the game for his superb work in between the posts.
12:30 p.m. Wednesday July 2
Toronto Pro Hockey 1, Team Brick Alberta 2
Team Brick Alberta gritted out a tough win over Toronto Pro Hockey in double overtime of an exciting 2-1 game.
The teams were deadlocked until seven minutes into the second period when Toronto�s Mick Thompson found a little space and tucked one home for the one goal lead.
Paul Ludwinski and Shane Wright picked up the assists on Thompson�s goal.
The game seemed to be slipping away from Team Alberta until late in the third period when Liam Watkins took a pass from Ben Hemmerling on the power play and fired home the tying goal.
Matt Savoie chalked up the second assist on the play.
The game stayed locked up until second overtime when Savoie picked up a pass from Seamus Casey and flipped the puck past the Toronto goalie for the game winner.
Nicholas Jones stopped 22 of 23 shots and looked sharp in the extra periods for Team Brick Alberta.
7:30 a.m. Thursday July 3
Team Brick Alberta 6, Chicago Jr. Blackhawks 0
Liam Watkins picked up a hat trick and Nicholas Jones earned a shutout in a big game for Team Brick Alberta late in the tournament.
Team Alberta went up early in the first period and maintained offence throughout the game, scoring two goals in each of the three periods.
The Blackhawks were not able to get on the board but gave Alberta a very tough third period.
Special teams were a big factor in Thursday�s game with Liam Watkins and Rieger Lorenz picking up power play goals and Keaton Dowhaniuk potting a second period goal short-handed.
Ben Hemmerling quietly had an excellent game with a goal in the second period and three assists.
Team Brick Alberta outshot the Chicago Jr. Blackhawks 33 to 17.
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Vargas twirls shutout, holding Orioles to three hits
Trout homers on three-RBI night; Trumbo also leaves yard
ANAHEIM -- When the Angels swapped Kendrys Morales for Jason Vargas in December, they banked on receiving a quality, mid-rotation starter with the ability to pitch deep into games and, when the night was right and his stuff was crisp, even dominate an opponent.
Finally, they're seeing it.
On Friday night, Vargas pitched the first shutout for an Angels rotation that went through a collective funk for the first three weeks, limiting the Orioles to three hits and two walks and, perhaps of equal importance, keeping a short-handed bullpen bored in a 4-0 win at Angel Stadium.
Vargas has now technically hurled back-to-back complete games, after throwing eight innings of two-run ball during an outing in Seattle that the Angels lost, and has dropped his ERA from 6.75 to 3.72 over his last three starts -- a stretch in which he's given up a combined five runs in 24 innings.
"I thought when they made the acquisition in the offseason, it was one of the better ones maybe under the radar," O's manager Buck Showalter said of the Dec. 19 trade with the Mariners. "I hate being right about it."
One night after the offense totaled two runners in scoring position in a series-opening loss, Mark Trumbo hit a solo homer in the second -- his team-leading seventh on the year and his third in four days -- and Mike Trout added a two-run shot to straightaway center field in the fifth, giving the Angels (11-18) a three-run lead that was more than enough for Vargas.
"His tempo was amazing; it was incredible," Trumbo said after starting in right field. "And because of that, there were some nice plays behind him. It's much easier as a defender when the tempo is being pushed like that, with all the strikes being thrown."
True to his track record, which has seen him average only 5.7 strikeouts per nine innings, Vargas recorded only one punchout through the first eight frames. Instead, the 30-year-old left-hander pounded the strike zone, starting ahead on 19 of the 32 hitters he faced, while recording 14 groundouts and displaying the kind of pitch-efficiency that has eluded this much-maligned rotation all year.
Vargas needed only 107 pitches (70 of them strikes) to throw his fourth career shutout, the first by an Angels pitcher since Jered Weaver last August.
"There's no doubt that he's throwing more strikes," Angels manager Mike Scioscia said of the difference in Vargas' outings these past three starts. "I think he's not letting counts get as deep, and when he has a chance to put hitters away, he's making a pitch."
Six days ago, he had the fourth-highest WHIP in the Majors, allowing a combined 44 hits and walks through his first 21 2/3 innings -- a stretch that followed a rough Spring Training. But last time out, Vargas was a pair of late solo homers away from shutting out his former team.
This time, he got his first win of the year, moving his ERA to 1.65 in seven career starts against the Orioles.
"I take more satisfaction in the way we played the game and the way we were able to be so efficient out there and not really give them an opportunity to put together a big inning," Vargas said. "The plays that we made out there early, late, in the middle of the game, they just really set us up for success."
It isn't just Vargas who has turned the corner lately. Really, it's the rotation as a whole.
The last three turns through, Vargas, Joe Blanton, C.J. Wilson and Tommy Hanson (two starts) have combined to post a 2.93 ERA, as the Angels have received six quality starts in their last seven games. And because of that, a bullpen that has been beset by injuries has received some much-needed down time (a 19-inning game on Monday night notwithstanding).
"I think the outlier was more the way they were pitching in the first month of the season," catcher Chris Iannetta said. "That's something you didn't expect from these guys. They've had such a long track record for pitching deep into games and throwing up quality start after quality start.
"Ultimately, you know what, it was a bad stretch. We weathered it, hopefully, and now we can start a new stretch of doing what they do best, and that's pitch deep into games, control counts, keep hitters off balance -- and hopefully it contributes to a lot of wins."
Alden Gonzalez is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Gonzo and "The Show", and follow him on Twitter @Alden_Gonzalez. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Bridgwater II 208-9 beat Taunton Deane 207-8 by one wicket
BRIDGWATER II maintained their lead at the top of Premier One by the smallest of margins with a narrow one wicket victory at Taunton Deane on Saturday.
A fantastic final wicket stand between Tom Pople (33no) and Matt Habberfield (12no) saw their side to an unlikely victory, as an indifferent display by the seconds nearly cost them dear.
Bowling first, Bridgwater struggled to get a foothold in the game as the Deane's early batsmen found the boundary and rotated the strike with ease on a good wicket and lightning outfield.
Ed Habberfield (2-36) made the breakthrough for the visitors, however the Deane looked on course for a big score at 120-2 after 26 overs, with some poor fielding not helping Bridgwater's cause.
The game changed somewhat when Deane skipper Burgess had to retire hurt, and this allowed Matt Habberfield (2-40), Scott Clapp (2-27) and Ian Higgins (2-45) to each pick up a brace of wickets as the home side stumbled to 177 for 9 with five overs remaining.
However, Deane's final pair gave their side a lifeline with an unbroken stand of 30 as the first innings finished on 207-8.
When Bridgwater started their innings Liam Kitch looked in sublime form playing a typically hard hitting innings to get Bridgwater off to a flier - however they were to lose Sealey, Whitemore and Witts cheaply to put the game in the balance at 50-3 from eight overs.
Andrew Skidmore joined Kitch and this pair shared a good partnership in quick time before Kitch fell caught at slip for 41.
This brought another collapse as Habberfield and Clapp didn't last long, and the visitors were now up against it at 120- 6.
With 57 required Skidmore (55) played on to a decent delivery and the Deane sensed a win as they picked up two more wickets for 31 runs leaving Habberfield and Pople with a lot to do.
The final pair showed nerves of steel as they gradually nurdled and nudged their side closer to the victory line, drawing on all their experience and skill - the final run coming through a wide to loud cheers from the visiting side.
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Slate's John Dickerson takes the new Gang of Six plan (whose details are still sketchy) more seriously than TNR's Jonathan Chait. Dickerson says a small bargain is no easier to get than a grand one, so you might as well be ambitious:
So now that McConnell's face-saving deal looks as hard to get as the big deal, the big deal is back in play (at least for this sliver of the news cycle). All along the president has been saying that since a small deal was just as hard as a big one, why not go for the big one and at least get the credit? Yes, such a deal would require some kind of creative tax solution that would appeal to the president's desire for balance. But it would also allow fiscal hawks to point to a big amount of savings as well as cuts in entitlement spending, which they have long sought.
Chait says the House Republicans will simply never agree to it:
In theory, you could image a minority of the House GOP caucus supporting such a plan along with a strong majority of Democrats. But remember that John Boehner needs the support of most House Republicans to keep his job. I suppose it's possible to imagine a sequence of events in which Boehner supports a Gang of Six-style Grand Bargain, it passes over the objection of most House Republicans, and then Boehner quickly discovers a burning desire to help humanity via a private sector job.
Barring such a scenario, I don't see how this goes anywhere.
I agree with Chait, mostly. Much as I wish they would, I don't see how House Republicans can row back from their opposition to any and all revenue increases. But this does not mean that the Gang of Six resurgence is unimportant.
Its real significance–and the reason why Obama supported the new initiative so strongly (without knowing much about what it actually says)–is that it increases the risk to the House Republicans of refusing to agree to any deal. With an authoritative bipartisan proposal back in play, rejecting any and all compromise is a little harder to sustain: the House GOP looks even less reasonable and even more isolated. The political pressure on them to accede to a McConnell-like outcome (which calls for no increase in revenues) thus increases.
In other words, the (apparent) revival of the grand bargain improves the (actual) chances for a small bargain.


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Hello everyone I hope you're having a great day! Let's talk about email marketing and how people can get most of the benefit using this effective marketing strategy anyone expert here?
Content is the king. website owners loose by using less attractive titles of the emails. People don''t bother opening those email which feel like advertising in nature.
I suggest the best method e-mail marketing is marketing products and services over the internet. E-mail marketing covers many areas and can be very easy or complicated. Actually, all things depend on your IT expertise or the price that you are ready to expend on your e-mail marketing effort.
At MochaHost we are using Mailchimp for newsletters and all the rest of the email marketing. It is a good idea to use paid service since you are getting detailed statistics on how your campaigns perform, plus getting a good delivery rate. You can then experiment with different subjects and content and find your best formula. Email marketing can be very, very profitable if you set it up right. If you consider purchasing lists. Make sure you buy only from large companies, to avoid getting ripped off. Also, have in mind that you can negotiate to price a lot. Giving you the emails doesn't cost anything to them so usually you get them for a way lower price than what they initially ask for.
E-mail marketing and email-remarketing are great tools for get in touch with loyal clients, but it probably will not be an effective technique to attract the new ones. I agree that no one read numerous e-mails that look like spam.
Does we give preference or read the email in our inbox? Of course we haven't time for this. But now a days Email marketing is very good source to convey the message or introduce the product or selling it. So we must create the email like that don't bother the receiver and it must be brief and valuable one so he would become the subscriber.
Email marketing is directly marketing a commercial message to a group of people using email. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. It usually involves using email to send ads, request business, or solicit sales or donations, and is meant to build loyalty, trust, or brand awareness. Email marketing can be done to either cold lists or current customer database.
As mentioned by seomarket, email marketing is only ideal in retaining interested visitors/customers, but not in acquiring new customers. That being said, retaining loyal customers is also an essential aspect of online marketing. Email marketing has continued to prove its effectiveness throughout the years, and the main reason for that is the fact that the inbox is a particularly personal environment, which makes the conversion rate on email marketing pretty high.
However, since your visitors have given you the permission to "talk to them" directly through emails, you have a responsibility to send them quality, high value content. Don't fall into the trap of sending soulless promotional emails, which makes you no different from a spammer. You might end up chasing away your most loyal customers if you are not careful with the way your emails are crafted.
Here's a great link to get you started on email marketing: http://www.copyblogger.com/email-marketing/
Hope that helps! -Aaron
yes Email marketing is best way to expand our business..
But your email must have quality and attractive content with short and sweet manner..
Email marketing is good for expand your online business. Through this you can send emails to different persons and this is the best way to tell them about your business, your products. For this it is necessary that your content should be good and attractive.
Indeed content is real king to grab the attention of most of the users and its makes out site high recommended in related professional.
Email marketing is great for retention.
Make sure you have exclusive content and promotions for your list, don't spam them by sending too many emails, it's cool to send them a survey from time to time to better understand their experience of your marketing.
And of course, the list is the only thing you own (after your website), nobody can take it away from you, not Google nor Facebook. It's yours to keep and nurture.
Here are some tips and guidelines of email marketing
Boost customer communicationTalk to them with targetingGet more referrals, more easilyGet immediate response and actionTrack who reads and respondsSave on paper and postage
Yeah, Email marketing is great to interact with the audience and call them as well as convert them to customers. You know..? I got around 5 - 10 people opted in my mailing list everyday, so I got 200 - 300 people a month. I sent the new post weekly and if 10 will buy my product, so I could make 2 - 3 a months and earn $50 - $100 a months with Email marketing..
Thanks for these good thread about email marketing. Email marketing is directly marketing a commercial message to a group of people using email. In its broadest sense, every email sent to a potential or current customer could be considered email marketing. It usually involves using email to send ads, request business, or solicit sales or donations, and is meant to build loyalty, trust, or brand awareness.
Title, title and tile must be attractive and like that to force the users to read it without skipping it. Email marketing can do wonders for increase the output and sales of products if we use it with cleverly and sensibly.
No question is being asked here, so I'm closing this thread.


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My brother finally convinced my dad that we needed to call hospice care, so he agreed. That was a big step. He wants to remain at home, so we have a whole team coming by to meet and assess him.
The social worker and chaplain talked with him, then told us he is not near death, that he's still very much in control and has a lot of fight in him (we could have told them that!) But then the nurse came, and when we asked her how to get him to eat more, she said he doesn't need food, and that the only reason for him to eat is if it gives him pleasure. If he's refusing it, don't push him. I understand that from their perspective, and when he's nauseated, but doesn't he need just a little something to help the medications be more effective? And won't he just die more quickly without any type of nourishment? We are putting pedialyte in his water glass, per the nurse's suggestion.
He had a very strong day on Tuesday, and wanted to go over funeral plans. We even played his musical selections on the computer, to make sure they were correct.
He's going by ambulance to the hospital today to get drained for the first time, and we're hoping that relieves some of the pain and discomfort.
Have a great day, everyone. Summer is still here in the Midwest, although the light is changing and I can feel fall waiting in the wings.
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Updated 10:46 pm, Friday, August 24, 2012
At first glance, Scorpions midfielder Kevin Harmse appeared to have embellished — or, as the English would say, "made a meal of" — his contact with Mike Ambersley in last week's 4-0 thrashing of Tampa Bay.
But Harmse said what looked like a harmless shove was actually a well-disguised knee to the thigh, leaving him writhing on the turf in pain and earning Ambersley a yellow card.
Such confrontations are all in a week's work for the Scorpions' captain, who has done nothing to dispute his reputation as a player who relishes contact.
Indeed, only minutes after Harmse's dustup with Ambersley, he and Luke Mulholland went down in a jarring collision, with the latter earning the worst of it after trying to force the former off the ball.
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"You need physical guys in the middle. You need physical guys at the back," Harmse said. "Look at Pablo (Campos) — he's physical as hell. You need physical players in this league, and I don't think I'm any more than anybody else."
Staying focused: Just as he did following last week's victory, which sent the Scorpions (12-4-6, 42 points) seven points clear atop the NASL standings, manager Tim Hankinson spent much of the week warning his team against taking the final six games of the regular season lightly.
"The sooner we can wrap up the regular-season championship (the better)," Hankinson said. "And the way to do that is to win games."
Complacency could be an even bigger factor in tonight's match at Fort Lauderdale, with the suspension of leading goal scorer Andy Herron and a season-ending knee injury to playmaker Walter Restrepo.
Harmse said he won't be taking any pity on the fourth-place Strikers (8-8-7, 31).
"To be honest, I don't even know those guys," he said. "We just focus on ourselves."
Campos flap: Hankinson said he has cleared up any issues with Campos after hinting that discipline was a factor in his decision to remove the NASL's leading scorer at halftime of the Tampa Bay game. "It was a lot of things," he said.
Pitchkolan out: Card accumulation will force midfielder Aaron Pitchkolan to miss tonight's match.


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NBC's GET OUT ALIVE WITH BEAR GRYLLS Launches Nationwide Search for Contestants
NBC's new adventure-reality series "Get Out Alive with Bear Grylls" (Working Title) is launching a nine-city, cross-country search to find fearless teams of two. Casting producers are looking for confident and competitive duos who think they have the courage and determination to survive in the wild and vie for this unique opportunity to compete for the reward of a lifetime.
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AMD Announces Turks Based FirePro V3900by Ryan Smith on 2/7/2012 3:00 AM EST
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MrSpadge - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - link... seem strange. 2.64 B transistors indicates a Cayman die, but with only 512 stream processors? That's 2/3 deactivated. And FP64 deactivated. Why would they do this on a "professional" card, which is already being heavily castrated and, no doubt, quite expensive?
V7900 is OK for a Cayman, but still: no FP64? Really? Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - linkIt is indeed a Cayman die with a ton of features disabled. The reason for it is that AMD needed a low power card with Cayman's FP64 capabilities and geometry throughput, which Juniper can't match. NVIDIA does something similar with the Quadro 2000. Reply
MySchizoBuddy - Monday, February 20, 2012 - linkfrom what I understand these are not compute cards they are for visualization only. I dunno why FP64 will be required for visualization. Reply
silverblue - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - link...third paragraph, core clock comparison, one too many zeroes. Reply
Rookierookie - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - linkThe blazing fast HD 6570 clocked at 8 GHz Reply
Ryan Smith - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - linkDid I ever mention the V3900 overclocks like a beast? Reply
smyter - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - linkI rank Pro graphics cards in tiers based on price, as there is always a significant price jump between tiers. That being said, I would rank that V3900 in with the Quadro 600 despite the $50 price difference. Therefore I am hoping someone would run a test or 2 telling me if these cards are on par, or if you get some gain for the 600. I tend to lean towards nVidia with the CAD performance drivers based on personal experience, but I also like new and cheap. Reply
jabber - Tuesday, February 07, 2012 - link...pretty much unused on Ebay for £20 a few months later. After some corp has pulled them all out from their latest tech refresh or had to swap them out for the more expensive cards the CAD jockeys wanted in the first place.
They make good general purpose cards for folks that don't game. Reply


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Florida softball edged by Vols in extras
Published: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 6:40 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, March 16, 2013 at 6:40 p.m.
For the second time in as many days, No. 3 Florida and No. 6 Tennessee went to extra innings. Unlike the opening game of the three-game set Friday night, the Volunteers prevailed Saturday 3-1 in what was a pitchers' duel.
Lauren Haeger of Florida and Ellen Renfroe of Tennessee combined to strike out 20 batters and allowed just nine hits. Haeger threw six shutout innings, Renfroe seven.
It was Renfroe's spot-on pitching and the Volunteers' timely hitting, though, that made the difference at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Tennessee got on the board in the top of the first when Haeger struggled at the outset. She faced seven Vols and couldn't escape a two-out, bases loaded jam set up by two walks and an infielder single by Tennessee slugger Cheyanne Taranago. Melissa Brown roped an RBI single for the first UT run.
Renfroe came in and dominated from the beginning. Six of the first seven Gators batters she faced struck out. Haeger, after the bumpy start, was stellar the next six innings. The sophomore faced 20 batters, two more than the minimum, gave up no runs and one hit, walked two and struck out three.
Renfroe held the Gators hitless until the fourth inning. Ironically it was Haeger who got Florida's first hit of the day. She helped her own cause by blasting a home run that tied the game at 1. It was Haeger's team-leading eighth home run.
With the score 1-all in the bottom half of the seventh inning, the Gators failed to cash in on multiple scoring opportunities.
A one-out double by Gator third baseman Stephanie Tofft was followed by Taylor Schwarz getting hit by a Renfroe pitch. With runners on first and second, freshman Taylore Fuller struck out.
Gator coach Tim Walton then called on Bailey Castro to pinch hit for catcher Aubree Munro. It was Castro who hit a pinch-hit, game-winning home run against Tennessee in last year's SEC tournament. Renfroe pitched around Castro and walked her. With the bases loaded, two outs and a chance to win the game for Florida, leadoff hitter Kelsey Stewart popped out and the game moved to extra innings.
In the top of the eighth Tennessee's Lauren Gibson fisted a one-out single off Haeger. Taranago then smacked a 3-2 pitch for a go-ahead double that proved to be the game-winning hit. Kat Dotson immediately followed Taranago with another RBI double, giving the Vols a 3-1 lead.
After a controversial call by the first base umpire on a Kirsti Merritt ground out, the Gators went quietly in the bottom of the eighth.
The Gators fall to 26-3 on the year, 3-2 in the SEC, while the Volunteers improved to 23-5, 3-2. The rubber game starts at 1 p.m. today and can be seen on Sun Sports.
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Dallas -- 7-Eleven Inc. announced two acquisitions that will further expand its U.S. store portfolio.
The company has closed deals with EZ Energy USA Inc. to purchase 67 retail locations in the Cleveland and Pittsburgh markets, and with its licensee, Handee Marts Inc., to acquire 58 7-Eleven convenience stores in those same markets as well as locations in northern West Virginia and western Maryland.
"These two acquisitions provide 7-Eleven with an excellent opportunity to have a strong presence immediately in both the Cleveland and Pittsburgh areas," said Stan Reynolds, 7-Eleven, Inc.'s executive VP and CFO. "We also are interested in looking at other locations in these markets to further expand our presence there."
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Long-Term Improvement in Motor Learning by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
|Tracking Information
|First Received Date ICMJE
|April 13, 2006
|Last Updated Date
|June 30, 2017
|Start Date ICMJE
|April 7, 2006
|Primary Completion Date
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|Brief Title ICMJE
|Long-Term Improvement in Motor Learning by Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
|Official Title ICMJE
|Long-Term Improvement in Training Effects by Transcranial DC Stimulation
|Brief Summary
This study will examine whether continuous use of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in combination with motor training can lead to long-term improvement in movement performance beyond what can be achieved with motor training alone.
Healthy normal volunteers 18-80 years of age who are clearly right- or left-handed may be eligible for this study. Each candidate is screened with a medical history, clinical and neurological examination, questionnaires to evaluate memory, attention, and handedness and a brain MRI, if one has not been done by NINDS within 12 months of entering the study. Pregnant women may not participate.
The study involves 10 sessions (in addition to the screening visit) over 3 months. Sessions 1-5 are completed over 5 consecutive days. Sessions 6-10 are divided over the remaining time. Participants are randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) tDCS during motor training; 2) tDCS after training; or 3) training with sham tDCS. During these sessions, participants perform a pinch force task (squeezing a small device between the thumb and forefinger) and visuomotor tasks (using a device to move the cursor on a computer screen to various targets and holding the cursor in place for 1 second).
During the motor training and performance sessions, participants have the following procedures.
|Detailed Description
Motor practice and use over one session leads to use-dependent plasticity. When practice is repeated over multiple sessions, motor performance continues improving until a plateau in performance, the so-called ceiling effect is reached. This issue is particularly important in neurorehabilitative treatments in which patients usually reach a ceiling effect without further improvement. Thus, it would be desirable to modify ceiling effects in motor rehabilitation. The purpose of this protocol is to determine if repeated applications of TDCS, a form of non-invasive cortical stimulation known to transiently improve performance, in association with training, could elicit additional improvements in motor performance beyond the ceiling effect identified during performance of a visuomotor training task.
We will test the hypothesis that anodal TDCS applied over M1 in temporal relation with motor training will lead to more prominent long-term learning of a visuomotor task relative to sham stimulation (which would document the ceiling effect) in healthy individuals and chronic stroke patients and traumatic brain injury (TB1) patients..
We plan to study 177 healthy volunteers (part 1) and 60 chronic stroke patients (part 2) and 50 TB1 patients with 50 additional healthy volunteers (part 3). Therefore, an overall enrollment of 337 participants is planned.
The study will follow a parallel design. Healthy volunteers (part 1) and stroke patients (part 2)will be randomly allocated to one of three groups. Each group will receive anodal TDCS or sham in a fixed time frame related to motor training (during or immediately after motor training). TB1 patients and healthy volunteers (part 3) will be randomly allocated to one of two groups. Each group will receive either sham or anodal tDCS during training.
Healthy volunteers and stroke patients will participate in 10 sessions. First, they will train a visuomotor task (VMT) on 5 consecutive days while receiving sham stimulation (group 3) or TDCS during (group 1), or immediately after (group 2) the training. Performance of the VMT will be re-evaluated at 30, 60 and 90 days after the first training session.
Traumatic brain injury (TB1) patients and a group of healthy volunteers (part 3) will participate in 6 sessions. First, they will train a visumomotor task (VMT) on 3 consecutive days while receiving anodal tDCS or sham stimulation during the training. Performance of the VMT will be re-evaluated at 30, 60, and 90 days after the first training session.
Primary outcome measure will be the percentage change (from baseline to day 8 in healthy volunteers and stroke patients, and from baseline to day 3 in traumatic brain injury) in the total time necessary to complete 15 correct trials of the visuomotor task.
Secondary outcome will be accuracy (no. of errors) and timing (speed) variability of force adaptation in the visuomotor task (Celnik, own data), and pinch force at all other time points, including day 5 as a measure of learning over the training period and 3 months as a measure for long-term retention. In the patient group the Jebsen Taylor Test will be used to assess gross motor function. To better understand the mechanisms underlying the proposed behavioral gains, we will use single- and paired pulse transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) to identify corticomotor excitability changes. Furthermore the volunteers will answer several questionnaires to evaluate fatigue and mood (PANAS) and perform short neuropsychological control task to control for changes in attention and memory function.
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|Recruitment Status ICMJE
|Enrollment ICMJE
|Estimated Completion Date
|December 16, 2013
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|Eligibility Criteria ICMJE
We will include HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS under the following circumstances:
We will include STROKE PATIENTS under the following circumstances:
We will include TBI PATIENTS under the following circumstances:
We will exclude healthy volunteers and stroke patients, and TBI patients if one of the following conditions applies:
|18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Senior)
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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|United States
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|National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
|Verification Date
|December 16, 2013
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