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This online memorial is created in loving memory of Michael (Mikel) Surget, whose life story is told throughout this memorial website. If you have a story of your own to add, you are encouraged to do so in the guestbook. Mikel brought many adventures and stories to the lives of those that knew him. Please don't go before signing Mikel's guest book. Let us know you came to visit. :o)
The song you hear playing is I'M OUT NINE by DEAD MOON one of Mikel's favorite bands.
A gamut of emotions runs through my being when I realize that my son is dead. A tidal wave of emotion that takes the breath away, still rolls in and over my person as the words "my son is dead" goes through the mind. There is a want to deny that it is possible, that I will never see him again, all the missed opportunities! You can be crippled by grief and thoughts of what could have been. However, thoughts do not change what is and what is, is that you are no longer here in this world. I will never touch you again. I will never kiss all over your face again. I will never hear your voice again. Death has a way of waking one up and then knocking one down. I see you so differently now Mikel/Michael. MyMichael. Death has made you my beautiful boy again. I lost you. I had lost you and now I have found you and you are not here.
I was fifteen years old when I gave birth to Mikel ... he was a month early. He had been due on Christmas but showed up for Thanksgiving. I was so thankful he showed up. It was a horrible time in my life, basically he saved me as I had found out I was pregnant after a suicide attempt. It changed everything. Everything. There was something, someone to live for and reality rapidly changed. It was not an easy life for him or I, basically we grew up together. We played many different rolls for one another through the years, but I don't think he ever fully grasped that he has been raised basically by a child. He just saw me as "Mom" like we all see our parents, we don't think about their lives outside of ours. However, he did one time mention that someone had complimented him on how well he turned out in spite of being raised by a teenager and it is true, he turned out really well. He was an incredibly smart and gifted child. Sure, every parent says that but he was moved into the gifted class in second grade and always did well in school. He was a very sensitive boy. His feelings were easily hurt and he was very protective of me for a very long time. He also was a ball of energy and enjoyed sports. He played football with his best friend Ryan Hill, until we moved from NJ to AZ and then he stopped wanting to go. In fact he started to hate it so much that he would get in-grown toenails that had to be removed by a doctor just so he wouldn't have to play. We had two toenails removed in one season. Finally, we gave up the ball and he picked up the board. The skateboard that is and he was in love, madly in love. We spent much of our lives after that at skateparks, skateshops and doctor's offices from injuries. He met his friend Matt Price at Unity Church and they were nearly inseparable for a time. He was always interested in art and photography ... just like Matt and they created a skate video called: TOO HOT TO SKATE which I am unable to locate so if you have a copy or a link to where it can be found please send it along. UPDATE: My Brother was able to locate his copy ... it should be viewable here:
Also here is a mix up some of his tricks on the board:
There were many bumps in the road for Mikel, we all have them but he had some cards stacked against him, not to make excuses just to understand that he struggled as he got older with many of the same things that I go through myself. There is a saying that an unhealed healer cannot heal and that is certainly the case in my relationship with Mikel, especially as he got older. We went through many of the same things. I know his dark night(s) because I know my own, but this is all in retrospect now and that is always 20/20. I had no idea it had gotten as dark as it did for him. I didn't know that because I was dealing with my own dark night(s). He just didn't make it through.
There is a small sense of relief that he will not have to face another one, if you know of what I speak then you understand, but there such deep sadness that he couldn't see his way through that night to see that it would have worked out, whatever he thought wouldn't work out, would have, but that is over now and I know that you cannot tell someone that is in the midst of darkness that there is light. I know this personally. When the dark night comes it is as if there has never been light and one doesn't even recall what light is.
He just didn't make it.
I am not saying that it shouldn't have gone the way it did. I don't know his agony, I only mine. I only know that sometimes it gets so dark that you may not make it out. Only someone who has gone through this will understand what is being shared here. There are some moments where there is no bright side. Mikel struggled with this but I didn't realize how dark it had gotten for him and there are no quick fixes to these kinds of things. Chemistry has much to do with how the body functions and a few members of our family have had chemistry that is dibilitating. Again, I didn't realize that he had inherited this chemistry. I knew that he had some challenges with drugs but that is typical in this day and age. However, what he was going through was more than addiction and I didn't know that. I didn't understand it and even if I did, I don't know that I could have helped him, we might have just sunk together. You don't ever know and death ends your ever finding out.
Let's get back to the brighter days. Mikel was actually born Michael Ryan Surget. I had named him Mikel Ryan Surget but the person that took down the information for the birth certificate put down Michael and I never went and legally changed it. However, I told Mikel this story when he was a teenager and he started spelling it that way. You probably know him as Mikel, but there was a time that he was Michael.
He was a beautiful baby! My files are currently a mess and I can't find his baby pictures at the moment, but the first time I laid eyes on him I knew the depths of Love. Even at my young age I experienced a profoundly deep sense of LOVE when I looked into his amazingly huge and LOVE FILLED EYES. I can still see them right this minute as if I am there looking at him again (happy tears).
He was so small, but actually huge for a premature child. I had gestational diabetes while pregnant which made him gain weight quicker than a normal pregnancy, which worked well since he came early. They kept him in the hospital to gain weight and he was jaundice as well ... it was torture to go home without him. He was colic for the first two months of his life, if you don't know what that is, it is gas in the intestines and it is very painful and he cried all the time.
All the time.
But like all things, it passed (gas ;o) and the first three years of his life were pretty good. I won't say it was easy. It was not easy and I have challenges that I have had to face all this life with depression and bouts of instability in my mental well-being and so I don't know how this affected Mikel when he was young ... I just know that it did, there is no way that it couldn't have. However, he was such a resilent boy. He cared for me so deeply and I him. He was the most important thing in my life and it probably wasn't fair to make him the whole world, but for the most part, he was my whole world and I was his for quite a long time.
I have dedicated many songs to Mikel one which you will find on the photo page, "Thanks for my Child" is one of the first one's I did. I was so grateful for him. At that point in time he was the best thing that had ever happened to me.
He loved to draw me pictures and write little stories and that grew as he grew up. He started a company with his friend Matt Price called KWESCHIN (For Life) and he made hats and t-shirts which you will see in the photo section. He was exteremly creative. He made this video out of still photos he set up and took himself ... it blew my mind and still does:
There are so many stories that can be shared ... we took cross-country road trips ... stopping at all the skateparks along the way and we listened to THE TEACHINGS OF DON JUAN in the car:
We read books together and went to Disney World and we snaggled ... he loved to snaggle (snuggle) there were endless amounts of hugs and kisses while he was growing up. He would often grab me an throw me down and hug on me in a very affectionate way. He was a very talented and creative person. He didn't mind torturing me with things like staging a car accident photo shoot (see photos) which made me fear his death for years after that. He liked to make you think about things that aren't always easy to consider. He used to get so mad at me at times and say:
"The only consistancy in your life is inconsistency!"
"You always state the obvious!"
It used to make him mad that I always would state the obvious. But he never held a grudge until he got older. When he was a teenager he was such a free spirit ... a free bird ... I know many of you out there ... Matt, David, Eugene ... you guys knew the Mikey I knew ... but things changed after I left AZ. Something shifted in him and never went back. He grew angry and it didn't go away.
My mind wants to keep making attempts to go back and do things differently, to be stronger, to push him harder, to help him more completely, but that person did the best they could with what they were at the time and it wasn't enough. However, you can see and take responsiblity for the inabilities in one's life without a guilt trip. You just see what you see and maybe it shifts things in you and for someone else, even if you can't give it to the one who helped you see it.
You never know what life is going to use you for.
Life used Mikel to touch many lives. I know there are so many of you out there who's lives have been touched by knowing Mikel and I hope you share those stories ... I know it is helpful to write what is being written here right now. It is helpful to me because I have been missing him. The Heart is Breaking. It has broken many times since April and continues to Break but this pain is a Gift. MyBaby. Dammit. A very painfilled HeartBreakingly Beautiful Gift.
There is a saying:
"There is beauty in the pain."
It isn't always easy to see, but it is there. MyBeautifulBoy. It probably seems I am rambling, but it is what is needed at this time, to have an outlet to remember myBaby. To let the Heart ache and break and the tears flow. I hope you use this space to process out anything that you have come up for you around Mikel as well. Thank you for taking the time to read this and for whatever relationship you had with my Son.
Wrote the following a day after Mikel passed. It came up to share it here.
November 26, 1986 - April 29, 2017
Wayneji and Kayemomma came by yesterday and it was known you were gone. As soon as we sat down on the couch and Wayneji looked at me and said:
"Do you know what happened."
All the events of that past night flashed through mind's eye … Erlinda leaving a message that you were gone … gone, gone, what does gone mean … has he run off again? A loud banging around 3am … getting up to see who was there but it was just a cop car in the parking lot … maybe he was banging on someone's door … maybe this one. All those things now look like precursors breaking the blow that you are no longer in this world.
The body trembles and weeps at this loss. Even though in one sense it was almost expected, one can never expect death, even when they see it coming years in advance.
MyBoy it is over for you … you don't have to look at those judgmental eyes anymore. You are no longer misunderstood. Your anger is finally resolved. The HateFace has been removed … revealing to those that Know who is truly there.
In a sense you didn't have a chance … you never really had a chance. You were born to a self-destructive teenage mother that had very little support in raising you. I know my breakdown when you were fourteen, crippled you. I know it took the foundation out from under your feet and left you fending in an unfamiliar world. And then to worsen the blow Mark died (http://www.virtual-memorials.com/main.php?action=view&mem_id=8939&page_no=1) shortly after that and all our foundations were rocked again. I couldn't help you … who is to say … how does one ever know if they could have done anything differently. In the mind, the mind always says it could have been different … I could have gotten my act together and taken care of you in such away that you didn't end up feeling so alone and abandoned. I came back, we had a few years together that left you feeling a bit stable again … we had a house … we had some support, more support than had been had in a long time and we were all together. But I was not altogether and then I left again … this time you were eighteen and I thought you could handle being on your own. But another series of events hit you like a ton of bricks and then you had no where for a time … going from friend to friend, couch to couch … it finally got too much and you reached out and came to us but by that time you had really sunk quite low. You had scribbled tattoos all over your body … writing on the outside the pain within. It was then I got the first glimpse that I would you lose you.
There have had a few sleepless nights but none so dark as the first time you went to jail. Never had I felt so completely connected to your person … connected in fear and holding you in the Light. It was not a Dark Night you went through alone. I thought jail might wake you up a bit … that it might show you it is not a road you wish to take and I suppose it did because you are no longer here.
You got out of jail, but it hadn't taught you anything but hatred … and you didn't want help you just wanted to get back to your friends … celebrate your release where I wanted to get you settled in … you walked away and I left and again … things did not go well for you for a long time.
Then you got a job and some stability and you met Erlinda. Although you both had rocky times you love/loved one another. But relationships are not easy and do not always last in the way we would like them to and you were faced once again with life on your own … basically alone because no one really saw you.
Even I struggled to see you at times … I struggled to see past the anger and past hurt and past the tattoos and the drugs and drinking and the raging to the Heart that really was so very Tender and Bright. Mikel it was always so obviously there, yourHeart. I know you had a deep anger and even sometimes hatred towards my person. I was not what you wanted and most times not what you needed. I have been told that sometimes death is the cure. I would say that with what we have gone through, and I say "we" because it seems that I have handed down to you, that which was handed down to me … in many regards … as your Heart shined so brightly because you knew mine, but your mind was in turmoil because you knew mine.
I know the dark night you faced … I didn't think you would opt out, but that is always an option. I know how bleak it looks sometimes. I know that it seems as if people will always look at you that way, never hear what you truly mean or see who you truly are. That the eyes will always be judging and cold. But you no longer have to see them. You served your time and it is over.
This body grieves you. This body grieves for all that it didn't do. This body grieves that so much anger and pain was held in your body. Such a beautiful body. I know the want to destroy it … to blame it for all ones woes. Not seeing that we do it to ourselves … we don't know until it is too late that we have done it to ourselves. Our fear and lashing out pushes everyone away and then we wonder where everyone went.
You are in us all now … all of those whose lives you touched in one way or another. You are in us now. You get to see from the inside; what we were not able to show you from the outside.
I know you had your bright moments … those moments that come that are good and remind one why they keep on keeping on, but I was not able to show or share with you what those things come and go in. It was not something you could hear from me and it is still something at times that is a struggle myself … to rest in … especially now … especially when the mind … when the thoughts are running rampant with loss and blame and guilt, but there is something that is not a thing that can be rested in. It is where the mind can't go. it is where the mind can't reach because the mind itself is in it.
That which is:
If I could have helped you in some way to know this, it might have offered you some solace, but sometimes the mind's noise is so loud and scary and fearful that you don't stop and see that those are just thoughts. You don't see the Dark Night is nothing more than thoughts. But I know. I know how real thoughts get … how real they can seem … so real that the only way you think you can silence them is through death. And that is one way, but it is not the only way. The way I would have liked to show you, to show myself is that you can take the attention off of them. At first is it very challenging to do so, but you can take the attention off of thoughts any time … right now (pause)
… and put it on That which doesn't move and then you are in Peace.
True Peace.
Not the peace that comes and goes:
But this I was not able to give you … it is not some thing one one can give … it is who one is. All one can do is point another to it. In a sense, to Point and to be Still for them and this has not been something that has been stable in my person. I don't always place the attention there and yet now you have brought the greatest gift in your death … the gift to remember Stillness, even when the mind is screaming it is not here … when the mind is blaming for everything that wasn't done and didn't happen, your death is fertile training ground for Truth.
"Life uses anything and everything to point to Truth."
I won't lie and tell you the mind hasn't come out with it's big guns loaded. I have not tried to deny the things that it has shared in regard to my part in your death. Placing the attention on Truth; on Stillness, on That which does not move is not to avoid what its coming up, it is not about avoidance. It is simply what is True.
Picking the Truth over the illusion is no easy task. Often the illusion, such as now, makes it a very challenging choice. However, when you choose Truth first and then see where it leads, maybe no where, maybe all over, one never knows, then you bring Stillness wherever you are. I did not get this Pointing through to you in this life. It is very hard to Hear the one you hold responsible for your pain, as you blamed me and here I am still blaming life. I can't Hear life because I blame it for how I am and you couldn't hear me because you blamed me. Yet now, you are Still once again, you do not move, you now hold the Truth for me. I know where you are. You are in the space between thoughts. You see through us all now. Life in the world is over for you. Another day does not have to be faced. Now I face it for you. I now know what it means to say:
"The body weeps; but I do not weep."
And that:
"Sometimes death is the cure."
Now you are my Teacher. Now you are That which does not move, alter or shift in any way, shape or form. What I could not be for you; you are for me. Your life is not in vain; it is used in the Truest sense. To Point one back to the Truth of who they Are and there is no Greater Gift a Life can give.
MyFriend. MyBrother. MySon. Mine but not Mine. Namaste.
The following is a writing assignment for an English class back in 1994, when I was 23 years old which offers a glimpse at the kind of relationship I had with him at that time.
March 9, 1994
Mikey is my seven year old son. Of course, I am going to sound prejudice because he's my son, but he is the sweetest, most gentle, sensitive and sincere little boy I've met.
Mikey is very opinionated, but he also has an open mind to other people's thoughts. When he believes in something, he stands by it till the end. Michael is very picky about his clothes and appearance (spends a lot of time in front of the mirror).
What I find most special about my son is how loving he is. He has had a lot of loss in his short seven years (family loss), but he doesn't hold grudges and he tries to understand everyone's side. If I 'm upset with something he has done, he feels like his life is over until I accept his apology (and he'll hug and kiss me and tell me he's sorry one hundred times until I do accept it).
Mikey is the most important person in my life and I wouldn't want to be here without him.
A short but utterly sweet story about Mikel and his brother Tyler. When I was pregnant with Tyler ... Mikel and I were sitting outside of my mother's home and he said:
"Mom can I ask you something?"
And I said:
And he said:
"Am I the father of the baby?"
And this threw me for a loop ... I couldn't imagine why he would be asking such a thing and I replied:
"No Mikel you are not the father. Why would you ask that?"
"Because I wished so long and hard for a brother that I thought I made him."
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In my free time I've been practicing flow arts, amusing myself with burn festivals and random bursts of torrented television, most of it either British or Sci Fi. The best of it tending to be both. I'm also trying to get back into the rave/electronica scene.
Being me. I may not fit into societies mold but for the first time in a long time i feel at home in my own skin.
Big into sci fi.
TV: Dr. Who, Eureka, Dune, Farscape, Firefly (anything Joss Whedon), Jekyll, Sliders, Stargate Atlantis & Universe, Torchwood, Twin Peaks, etc.
Movies: The Firth Element, District 9, Hackers, The Riddick saga, anything with Kevin Spacey in it, alot of 80's and early 90's cheese and 1,000 bonus points if you've ever seen Johnny Dangerously.
Books: Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, Jim Butcher, Terry Brooks, Orson Scott Card, Glen Cook, Gordon R Dickson, George R R Martin, Larry Niven and many, many more.
Music: To be updated later, a vast and varied assortment of everything from the dawn of time to about 2003. I listen to very little modern 'music'. Short list, shpongle, tool, NoFx, indy rock (genre). Most often listening to Pandora set to basically a universal random shuffle all.
I'm also a gamer. Primarily Xbox though I've got almost every system somewhere. I don't play much anymore but im always down for drunken rockband.
A trusted friend
A car (read freedom)
Some form of technology. Gadgets, gizmos and the like
A ball. Anything roundish will usually do
and to make it an even 6 we'll add pants. I don't really like pants and i think the world would be a better place without them but apparently that's just me.
Bonus: The 4 things i never leave the house without are: keys, wallet, cell phone and a hacky sack (hey, you never know)
But seriously...
If you need a good friend, like good conversation and are not put off by a bit of crazy...
I'm aggressively easy going, if you love something that seems a million miles from my norm i would do it just to say its done. You don't have to be a perfect match to get along and while love and or sex would be nice, I'm most interested in expanding my world. And hey, if every thing works out, i may just expand yours a bit as well.


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Back (5-4-0), a 38-year-old Swede fighting out of Finland, has previously been ranked in the European top ten and his last win also came against Gontijo back in September.
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Extreme 34S depletions in ZnS at the Mike gold deposit, Carlin Trend, Nevada: Evidence for bacteriogenic supergene sphalerite
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AbstractWe identified submicrometer-sized framboidal sphalerite (ZnS) below the base of supergene oxidation in a Carlin-type gold deposit of Eocene age in Nevada, United States, where the framboidal sphalerite forms a blanket-like body containing >400,000 metric tons of zinc. Framboidal sphalerite <0.1 ??m in diameter, formed in the early Miocene, ranges from <0.1 to 0.35 mol% FeS; the ??34S values range from -25??? to -70???, the lowest values measured in a marine or terrestrial environment. These S isotope data demonstrate the involvement of sulfate-reducing bacteria and provide the first documentation that sphalerite can form significant supergene sulfide-enrichment blankets.
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The individual beginnings of outcasts of different backgrounds are forced by fortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America. When fire breaks out of control the outcasts are given the opportunity to earn enough money to get out by transporting two crates of unstable dynamite through miles of jungle in ancient trucks in this taut thriller. One stunt features two trucks attempting to cross a rope bridge over a raging river.
In 1953, decades before the phrase "high concept" was ever uttered, a French film received international distribution on the back of a simple, literally explosive premise. Henri-Georges Clouzot, later director of the great horror movie Les Diaboliques (1955), found in George Arnaud's novel La Salaire de la Peur what John Huston found in B. Traven's The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre (1948) — an action-adventure so spare and suspenseful that it comes over as more than a mere thriller.
Wages Of Fear has the force of an anecdote. An American outfit, Southern Oil Company, is drilling deep in the South American jungle, and the gushers have caught fire. The only way to beat the blaze is to blow it out "like a candle, only you have to blow hard," which means two lorryloads of highly unstable nitroglycerine have to be driven out to the fire. The only road from the depot to the disaster area runs through miles of trecherous terrain littered with dangerous turns, crumbling planks, falling rocks and ragged hardtop, and one good jolt will vaporise truck, nitro, drivers and a substantial swathe of the countryside. No union men can be asked to take suicide jobs, so company boss Big Bill O 'Brien (William Tubbs) recruits desperate souls from among the losers who haunt the nowhere town of Las Piedras, begging for work.
The first hour of this two-and-a-half-hour film, which was once trimmed severely for overseas release but is now usually seen complete, is all character stuff, introducing the doomed and the damned. The leads, fated to be unhappy partners, are Mario (Montand), a tough Corsican with a low-cut vest and a permanent fag drooping from his lips (even around the nitro), and Jo (Vanel), an older huckster whose sharp white suit and trim haircut-and-tache mark him as an operator with pretensions to style. The other drivers are sleek German Bimba (Van Eyck), who we take to be an ex-Nazi until he reveals that he spent the war in the salt mines as an enemy of the Reich, and tubby Italian Luigi (Folco Lulli), a building site foreman ordered to get a new job because of cement in his lungs. Mario rooms with Luigi and has an up-and-down relationship with gamine drudge Linda (Vera Clouzot), but neglects both when Jo comes to town.
On the road, Clouzot stages a string of unforgettable sequences. One stretch of ruined track can only be crossed by driving at under six miles an hour or over 40, no overtaking is possible. The truck in the rear takes the fast option while the lead lorry is forced to go slow, and a fender-bending bump will go off like Krakatoa. A mountain turn requires that the trucks back out onto a rickety wooden platform; the lighter first lorry barely makes it, giving Mario, in the second track, a truly sweaty moment that sends Jo cowering for the hills. A 50-ton boulder has fallen into the road, and Bimba calmly drains a litre of nitro into his thermos to blow it up, only remembering when the fuse is lit that this will rain pebbles all over the countryside and a few good hits on the cargo will set it off.
Finally, after the lead lorry has been detonated, Mario has to get the truck through a blast crater filled with oil from a ruptured pipeline, and the nerve-shredded Jo ("la mort qui marche") gets his leg stuck under the wheel. Clouzot is sometimes labelled a gimmicky filmmaker, taking properties so strong that even average direction will make them great. But since both his hits were remade and bungled by Hollywood (Sorcerer, William Friedkin's 1977 take on Wages and Jeremiah S. Chechik's Diabolique in 1996) it's easier to appreciate the skills he brought to the table, especially his handling of neurotic, unlikeable characters who we are still compelled to identify with.
Wages Of Fear is so tense we don't even need to see the explosion when it comes (a blast of wind whips the tobacco out of the cigarette Jo is rolling for Mario), though both that wooden-turning area and (in the horribly ironic finale) the empty truck on the return trip are sent tumbling down the mountain, falling apart like matchstick models. Mario's thought for the day: "And aren't we all the walking dead ?"
Clouzot achieves an analysis of the human condition at least as bleak as Huston's The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre but without the grandstanding speeches and with more subtle performances.


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Merchants House Museum [NY]
The Merchant's House Museum is New York City's only family home preserved intact, both the interior and exterior, from the 19th century. Built in 1832, this red-brick and white-marble late Federal and Greek Revival row house on East Fourth Street was home to a prosperous merchant family for almost 100 years (18351933). The façade, with its steeply pitched roof, dormer windows, marble door surround, and elaborate fan light recalls earlier Federal-style homes; while, inside, the formal Greek Revival parlors reflect the latest architectural fashion of the day. The Merchant's House is considered New York City's prime example of a Greek Revival home. Complete with the family's original furnishings and personal possessions, the house offers a rare and intimate glimpse of domestic life during the pivotal era of the 19th century when New York City was transformed from a colonial seaport into a thriving metropolis and the center of U.S. commerce. Three floors and eight period rooms display the possessions of the inhabitants—including their furnishings, clothing, and personal items. The costume collection includes 420 articles of clothing—primarily women's dresses and their accompanying accessories, such as petticoats, collars, undersleeves, and chemisettes. The majority of the dresses range from 18401885, with two examples of 1830s dresses and an extremely rare dress ca. 1813-1815 that is in excellent condition, as well as a rare mid19thcentury corset. The 19thcentury rear garden is also open for viewing.
The museum offers self-guided tours, mp3 download or cell phone audio tours, guided house tours on a variety of subjects, guided neighborhood tours, an introductory slide show, docents available to answer questions, an outreach slide show and lecture program, a traditional afternoon tea, period rooms, online exhibits, and the option of friending Gertrude Tredwell (one of the houses residents, 18401933) on My Space or Facebook.


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Key DS release Nintendogs, which released in three separate SKUs, achieved cumulative sales which would have charted the pet simulator at number three – the 'Lab and Friends' version is the highest individual charter at number nine.
Eidos' Conflict: Global Storm climbs one place to fourth whilst Ubisoft's Far Cry: Instincts slips two spots to fifth. EA's fourth top ten title, Black and White 2, enters the charts in sixth whilst Midway's Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks climbs three places to seventh.
Elsewhere, Sega's historical battler Spartan: Total Warrior enters the charts in eighth place whilst another Sega/Creative Assembly title, Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion, slips from fourth to tenth spot this week.


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David Letterman has responded to recent threats against his life, made by an Islamic jihadist who called for Letterman's tongue to be cut out and his neck slit after the comedian made fun of the death of al-Qaida leader Ilyas Kashmiri.
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Lotus F1 boss Tony Fernandes is keen to foster relations with development teams as the famous marque makes its grand prix return.
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Lotus F1 team principal Tony Fernandes has admitted that it is unlikely that fans will see the famous marque returning to any other category as a constructor, although he is not above 'lending' the name to select partners for use on the lower rungs of the ladder.
Speaking at the unveiling of the first Lotus F1 entry since 1994 in London recently, Fernandes confirmed that he was keen to foster a solid development programme to help feed talent into the grand prix operation in future years, but admitted that he could not see Lotus becoming an all-encompassing manufacturer of race machinery as it had been under the guidance of founder Colin Chapman.
The team's Malaysian links have already seen it spread its umbrella to rebrand test driver Fairuz Fauzy's World Series by Renault operation Mofaz Racing as Lotus F1 Racing Junior Team, with a carry-over of the famous green-and-yellow livery revealed during the F1 team's shakedown at Silverstone last week. There will also be support for the Litespeed F3 team that first gave rise to a possible Lotus return in the top flight, with Nino Judge's equipe acting as a talent scouting and development pool.
"I don't think [we'll see Lotus return to F3 as a constructor]," Fernandes told journalists, "but we have two or three developmental teams and it shows, again, our seriousness about this that we had put money behind Fairuz in the Renault series and that we will assist Litespeed as well.
"Both of those teams will be development teams for us, so it shows you that we are taking this as a long-term project. We have put a substantial budget behind this as it is very important to not only develop future drivers, but to develop engineers and know-how.
"From my experience at Air Asia, one of the first things I did when we made some money, was to build an academy where we trained our own pilots and our own engineers - we invested a lot of money. Similarly, when I looked at [taking over] West Ham [football club], the thing I liked about them most was the academy, so we are putting a lot of effort into the development side of the team."
Fostering a happy and well-planned team is clearly something that Fernandes has high on his priority list, and he admits that he is happy being a hands-off team principal if there are other better suited to making decisions.
"I'm looking at the car and I can't see whether it's a good or bad car - that's my not my expertise," he admitted, casting an eye over the T127, "[My strength] is in bringing in a group of people and giving them the right environment to work in. I think that is one of the things that [chief technical officer] Mike [Gascoyne] has said, and the team have said - that they are enjoying being back in F1.
"Sometimes, when you work in a corporate environment and everything is bureaucratic, you don't the best out of people. My ability is being able to bring a group of people together and to give them the right environment to do their best, the power of giving someone the ability to perform. And then get Mike the best drivers...."
Those drivers in year one will be veteran Jarno Trulli and coming-man Heikki Kovalainen but, while Fernandes is happy with the line-up, he insists that harmony must again be the important element.
"I think the key thing is that we really are a team, not a group of individuals," he stressed, "The success of Lotus will be as a team. Even with my limited knowledge, if you look at the way Heikki, Fairuz and Jarno work together, I think that is a much better approach than having two drivers trying to out-do each other.
"I think they should use their energy to make the team a better team, and I'd like it to be positive energy. Of course they will be competitive, that's the way they are - they wouldn't be in F1 otherwise - but I think they will use their competitiveness in a positive way to build a better team."


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Just in time for the Easter holiday, the Dove Award Winning Group, Selah, releases the inspiring song, "Hope Of The Broken World". The single is the title track to the new album that will be in stores August 23rd. Hope Of The Broken World follows the group's 2009 studio album of You Deliver Me.
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Friday, April 15th, 2011 – The Judds highly anticipated original docu-series debuted this past Sunday with over 1.7 million total viewers tuning in to watch the special two-hour premiere featuring the mother-daughter duo preparing for their first tour together in 10 years. Outside of launch week, The Judds was the highest rated premiere on the new Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN) as well as the number one social media trend for cable during the episode. Hundreds of viewers logged on to participate in a live, online chat during the two-hour premiere.


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There wasn't an oversized ribbon handy to slice through with a pair of scissors in order to commemorate the completion of the Chisago County Emergency Communications Center June 13. However, County Commissioner George McMahon cut through perhaps a more fitting material to mark the occasion: sheriff's caution tape.
The 4,713-square-foot Center City facility has been in the works since November of 2009.
It replaces the outdated communications center that was formerly housed in the county jail.
McMahon said the county made do with that communications center, but a mandate by the federal government in the 1990s to "narrowband" communications – decrease the amount of bandwidth used by county and municipal radios – forced the county to build a new communications center in order to handle the new technology.
The entire cost of the project is $2.1 million, which is right around the amount the county had budgeted for the center's construction.
The estimated cost of implementing the entire communications system, dubbed, "Allied Radio Matrix Emergency Response," or ARMER, is estimated at nearly $10 million, which the county bonded for and will pay for over the next 20 years.
That cost includes building towers for the system, purchasing the radios, training county and city officials on how to use them and general maintenance.
The launch of ARMER coincided with the completion of the communications center.
During the unveiling ceremony for the center, Chisago County Sheriff Rick Duncan lauded everyone involved with the planning and construction of the building.
"This is a great day for all of Chisago County, for all public safety, he said. "It has been a long road to get to this place."


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DEA improperly paid $854,460 for passenger lists
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak secretary $854,460 over nearly 20 years to obtain confidential information about train passengers, though the DEA could have lawfully obtained it for free through a law enforcement network, The Associated Press has learned.
The employee was not publicly identified except as a "secretary to a train and engine crew" in a report on the incident by Amtrak's inspector general. The secretary was allowed to retire rather than undergo administrative discipline once the discovery that the employee had effectively been acting as an informant who "regularly" sold private passenger information since 1995 without Amtrak's approval, according to a one-paragraph summary of the matter.
On Monday, the office of Amtrak Inspector General Tom Howard declined to identify the secretary or say why it took so long to uncover the payments. Howard's report on the incident concluded, "We suggested policy changes and other measures to address control weaknesses that Amtrak management is considering."
Passenger name reservation information is collected by airlines, rail carriers and others and generally includes a passenger's name, the names of other passengers traveling with them, the dates of the ticket and travel, frequent flier or rider information, credit card numbers, emergency contact information, travel itinerary, baggage information, passport number, date of birth, gender and seat number.
Sen. Chuck Grassley, the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, called the $854,460 an unnecessary expense and asked for further information about the incident in a letter he released on Monday to DEA Administrator Michele Leonhart. Grassley said the incident "raises some serious questions about the DEA's practices and damages its credibility to cooperate with other law enforcement agencies."
Under a joint drug enforcement task force that includes the DEA and Amtrak's own police agency, the task force can obtain Amtrak confidential passenger reservation information at no cost, the inspector general's report said.


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Popular interest in energy exchange traded funds (ETFs) is on the rise and an ETF provider has responded by launching a new fund in order to capture the short side of oil.
Oil today is trading above the $67 a barrel mark on a resumption of weakness in the U.S. dollar, reports Ikuko Kurahone for Reuters. Oil prices are going to be closely watched in the coming weeks and months as investors watch for both signs of inflation and a signal as to where the greenback could be headed.
United States Commodity Funds, the same provider of that natural gas ETF you've been hearing so much about, recently launched the United States Short Oil Fund (NYSEArca: DNO), with an expense ratio of 0.6%, reports Don Dion for TheStreet. DNO is an inverse ETF product that will try to reflect percentage changes of the spot price of light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma, as tracked by price changes of the benchmark futures contract in the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Potential investors should note that commodity futures are volatile, and the fund is more speculative and includes a higher degree of risk.
The fund may eventually be subject to new regulatory changes imposed by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) that are expected to be announced this fall. DNO will likely face creation limits, which could curtail the fund if it attracts too much investor demand. So far, the new ETF has attracted a strong showing of investor interest.
DNO should reflect the returns of the United States Crude Oil Fund (NYSEArca: USO) on a one-day basis, but the returns may diverge over the long-term because of compounding, according to IndexUniverse.
The new ETF's main competitor is the PowerShares DB Crude Oil Short ETN (NYSEArca: SZO). SZO differs in that it owns out-month contracts instead of DNO's front-month futures contract. SZO compounds its returns on a monthly basis.
For more stories on oil, visit our oil category.
Max Chen contributed to this article.
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Irving, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - The Dallas Cowboys signed defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence to a four-year contract on Wednesday.
Dallas traded their 47th overall pick in the second round and their No. 78 pick in the third round to Washington to move up to No. 34 overall for Lawrence.
Lawrence finished with 10.5 sacks and 20.5 tackles for loss in his junior season at Boise State. The year prior, he posted 9.5 sacks, giving him a total of 20 in two seasons with the Broncos.
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¡Si no has visto Granada, no has visto nada!
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We apologize for the lack of updates over the past few weeks, but we were trying to lay-low for awhile because our visas expired and we were no longer legal residents of the country…just kidding (kind of). But don't worry, we are now well on our way to becoming legal residents due to our most recent trip (there have been a couple attempts) to the capital city of Almería, the province we live in.
The past few weeks we have been getting acclimated to our schools and new schedules. This is a big week at my school (Sara) because it is up to the other American language assistant and I to accurately portray how Americans celebrate the amiable tradition of Halloween. Tomorrow I'll be spending the day gutting and carving faces perhaps on pumpkins, but likely on whatever type of gourd Spain has to offer. Maybe we'll even use watermelons.
School has been very different for the both of us. I (Matt) have a lot of freedom in the way I conduct classes. I mostly teach the younger kids (12-14 year olds) whose level of English is not very high. Usually I show them a bit of American culture and we play a simple game to practice English, like Balderdash or Hangman or Charades. Sara, on the other hand, has not had much freedom yet. Usually she just reads a page or so from a textbook to her captivated pupils. Still, she's doing her best to work in some rousing games of heads-up seven up whenever possible.
As for our travels, we had our first grand adventure this weekend in Granada. Granada is an amazing and beautiful city, which is divided into 3 sections: Christian, Jewish and Muslim sectors. There is also a radiant castle, which is set upon a hilltop (which we the pleasure of climbing twice when entrance tickets were sold out) called the Alhambra. We toured the Alhambra on Saturday evening and were able to go inside the Palace of Carlos V. It had many elaborate decorations, such as a leveled ceiling which represents the 7 levels of heaven in Islam. The Muslim sector of the city is also on a large, steep hill, and has a gorgeous view from a plaza called the mirador. We ascended to the mirador at sunset to look out over both the city and the castle, a breath-taking sight.
We also had a confusing mishap at the bus station on the way back from Granada. Apparently, we did not know this, the Spanish also practice daylight savings time, it just so happens that we turned back the clock in Spain on the day we were to return to Vera. When we arrived at the station our phones said that the time was 4 pm. The clocks all throughout the bus station said 3, and we thought to ourselves "That's weird that the clocks in a bus station, of all places, are wrong". Our bus (the last bus that day) left at 5, and as 4 pm approached (or what we thought was 5 pm), we anxiously looked outside to search for our bus. When we went outside it was nowhere to be found! After questioning multiple bus drivers, who were of no help to us, we asked another driver. He told us that the bus would show up at the other end of the station, and we replied "But there's no bus there, and it is supposed to leave about now". He looked at us funny and told us that it was only 4, and that our bus would be coming at 5. Although we were very confused, we decided to trust him, and realized what must have happened. When we returned to Vera on our bus, we found that our friends had all known about this change.
So, now that we know what time it is, are no longer in danger of being deported, and will hopefully finally get our first paycheck providing us with a few much needed Euros later this week, things are back to normal in our quiet little town of Vera. Check out the new pictures posted this evening and ¡rompe la pana!
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The Holiday / It Could Happen to You / Sleepless in Seattle / Something's Gotta Give
The Holiday / It Could Happen to You / Sleepless in Seattle / Something's Gotta Give
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U2 – Vertigo – 360 Tour – Seattle
June 4, 2011 Qwest Field – Seattle, WA USA.
Connie Smith sings SEATTLE
This tune can be found on Connie Smith's 1969 RCA album "Connie's Country", which was produced by the legendary Bob Ferguson. "Seattle" was written by Ernie Sheldon and Jack Keller. From the liner notes for this track: "Connie's preference for melodic songs and her way of making a pretty song even prettier make this band highly appealing. Connie sings it with warmth and joy and makes you glad you're living". This video combines all of the power of two natural beauties: Connie Smith and Seattle, Washington. Look for pics of Bill Anderson (who discovered Connie) and the talented Marty Stuart (who married her!). This is one of my all-time favourite Connie Smith songs. I hope you enjoy it.
PLAYOFF HIGHLIGHTS: LA Galaxy vs Seattle Sounders, November 11, 2012
The LA Galaxy host the Seattle Sounders in the first leg of the Western Conference Final. Subscribe to our channel for more soccer content: www.youtube.com – Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com – Like us on Facebook: www.facebook.com – Add us to your circle on Google Plus: plus.google.com About MLS: Headquartered in New York City, Major League Soccer is the top-flight professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. MLS features many stars from the US, Canada, and around the world. Major League Soccer's 17th season features 19 clubs each playing 34 regular-season matches. Those clubs are the Chicago Fire; Chivas USA; Colorado Rapids; Columbus Crew; DC United; FC Dallas; Houston Dynamo; 2011 MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy; New York Red Bulls; New England Revolution; Philadelphia Union; Portland Timbers; Real Salt Lake; San Jose Earthquakes; Seattle Sounders FC; Sporting Kansas City; Toronto FC; Vancouver Whitecaps FC; and, in their inaugural season, Montreal Impact. For more information about MLS, log on to the league's official website at www.MLSsoccer.com Tags LA. Galaxy, Seattle, Sounders, SEA, Robbie Keane, David Beckham, Landon Donovan, Christian Wilhelmsson,Josh Saunders, Sean Franklin, Fredy Montero, Mario Martinez, Mike Magee, Playoffs, Playoff, MLS Cup, Western Conference, Final, Goal, Goals, gaol, gaols, Highlights, highlight, pro soccer, sports, MLS, Major League Soccer, Football, Futbol, Soccer
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Hilarious Misses and fails, and dives by some of the greatest players in soccer. Music: Linkin Park- In the End Clips: www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com www.youtube.com
10 mph – Seattle to Boston
Nationally-Acclaimed FIRST FEATURE-LENGTH DOC on YouTube. This inspirational comedy documentary follows two guys who leave soul-numbing cubicle jobs behind to cross the country on a Segway. Get it on iTunes: www.itunes.com The OurStage promotion has ended.
Kelly Clarkson Shares a Special Message with Seattle Children's Cancer Patients
Kelly Clarkson shares a special message with our young cancer patients, and they respond with their own messages of gratitude. See the video that started it all: youtu.be behind the scenes footage: youtu.be and learn how this project came to be: bit.ly Thanks to Kelly for taking the time to share this message, and to everyone involved in producing this video.
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Seattle Mariners 10th MLB Combined no-hitter VS Dodgers*HD*
***I OWN NO RIGHTS TO THIS VIDEO**** ALL RIGHTS GO TO -MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL (MLB) -SEATTLE MARINERS -EVERYTHING ELSE I DONT OWN 10th combined no-hitter for MLB history! Go Mariners! Congrats Kevin Millwood, Brandon League, Lucas Luetge, Tom Wilhemsen, Stephen Pryor, and Charlie Furbush! Kyle Seager with the Game (potential) winning RBI!
www.BookMaker.eu With the Giants stifling the Cardinals' offense in Tuesday's 4-2 win, the teams head into Wednesday's game with identical 60-50 records despite their vastly differing offensive numbers. The Cardinals have scored a National League-best 548 runs entering Wednesday's matchup, while the Giants are 18th in the Majors with 455. The Giants are boosted by their 34-24 record in games decided by two runs or fewer, while the Cardinals are 16-31 in that category. Ryan Vogelsong takes the mound Wednesday for the Giants ranking third in the Majors with a 2.38 ERA, having allowed more than three earned runs in a start just twice this season. His last time out, Vogelsong gave up four earned runs in 6 1 innings against Colorado to break his streak of 16 straight quality starts. www.BookMaker.net
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Driving In Seattle (Washington) USA
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Possession of live fur-bearing animals at any time is restricted to licensed fur-bearing animal propagators, persons authorized under Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, or representatives of recognized organizations for approved instruction or demonstration purposes. Fur-bearing animal propagators may take fur-bearing animals alive only during the commercial harvest season and live fur-bearing animals may be held only in facilities that meet required specifications. Details on propagator requirements are given in a separate leaflet available from the Fur-bearing Animal Program, 4200 Smith School Road, Austin, Texas 78744.
No person may possess the pelt or carcass of a fur-bearing animal at any time except as indicated below. For fur-bearing animals taken by a recreational hunter, there is no bag or possession limit. A licensed trapper may possess a pelt or carcass of a fur-bearing animal at any time. Nutria pelts may be possessed at any time. Pelts that have been reduced to a finished product shall not be considered part of the possession limit.
Live fur-bearing animals may be taken and possessed for three days or less by representatives of recognized organizations for approved instruction or demonstration purposes at scheduled meetings provided prior written authorization has been obtained from the department.
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A FUNDRAISING event encouraging people to hold tea parties has been launched for 2014.
Tea for Helen is being run by the Hatfield Peverel-based Helen Rollason Cancer Charity.
Information packs are now available for the event which can be held at any time during the year.
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What She Wants – Travel Napkin
On the road in Texas thinking about beauty and goodness, selfishness and altruism.
How do you balance the tension between the two? Does one even need to worry about it?
On the road in Texas thinking about beauty and goodness, selfishness and altruism.
How do you balance the tension between the two? Does one even need to worry about it?
Maybe my last Guest napkin from Waco since Caitlin is graduating this year.
And later, when I went on my photo shoot I found this grave marker:
I thought it was pretty OMG!
I came down to the dining area at the hotel in Waco. I saw a young woman with great, fun, spikey hair sitting down with someone who looked like her mother and a friend. I went and found a guest napkin & drew them. The mother had copper eyeshadow, and I love copper eyeshadow on almost anyone. Haven't ever really figured out why, but I do. I know, the color of her eye shadow in the drawing isn't copper, so sue me. This story has nothing to do with this drawing.
As I was drawing a woman asked if she could borrow one of the chairs at my table. They sat at the table next to me and I overheard them talking about the big Baylor Sing competition of the night before. My daughter was in the same event so I asked them what they thought of it.
We got into a friendly discussion about the various acts, which were good, bad, ugly, etc. It turns out their daughters were also in the competition (they were in acts that we ranked very high, so that was good). I mentioned that I was an artist and I didn't think enough attention was paid to the visuals of set design, costumes, etc. in the judging. They said they noticed I had been drawing and I explained about 'The Napkin Dad', and told them about this website/blog. I gave them my card.
My wife showed up so I went to help fix a plate of food for our daughter, still upstairs getting ready. When I came back my new friends were laughing and cracking up about something. They had just gone to my site on their iPhone and said, 'You won't believe it, but Hilary, the girl with the wonderful eyebrows? We have known her since she was 6 months old, she is one of my daughter's best friends.'
I brought out the drawing I did of Hilary and they took a photo to immediately send to Hilary's mother back in Phoenix. I like this story. Life is good sometimes and it makes me happy.
Here is the link to Part One
Drawing and story by Marty Coleman
Today I am in Waco, Texas visiting my daughter. I am hanging out at Common Grounds, a coffee spot right off the Baylor campus. I am watching the parade of students come in, order their drinks and go back out to their next class. The woman serving, Hilary, has beautiful eyebrows she is not sure she likes. Sometimes she does, sometimes she doesn't. I like them, and told her so.
|Hilary, The Girl with the Wonderful Eyebrows, at Common Grounds, Waco, TX
I am down in Waco, Texas at the Baylor University homecoming. Our daughter, Caitlin, is a typical sleep-deprived, coffee-infused college student. Not enough time, too many obligations. Everything is hard and will end in certain disaster. Except it never does.
I really think college is much less about learning stuff and much more about learning yourself and your limits, and how many times you can go over that limit and still survive. So far, so good for Caitlin.
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I agree with Jonathan T Clark's (Argus December 20th) sentiments regarding trimming local governments.
There are currently 50 councillors for 20 wards in Newport which seems ludicrous after you take into account AMs that represent Newport in assembly. Too many tiers of government means less action and more costs.
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The Meadowbrook freshman boys took first place in the East Central Ohio Leaguje Tournament by defeating top-seeded Cambridge, 42-37, at Cambridge Middle School. Meadowbrook defeated Coshocton and Dover en route to the championship game where they defeated Cambridge for the second time this season. Meadowbrook finished with a 17-7 overall record (13-6 in the ECOL). The team includes, l to r, Tyler Dudley, Preston Dansby, Carter McManaway, Gunner Burkhardt, Dalton Wiggins, Ethan Gadd, Kaleb Graham, Nathan Stoney and Coach Mel Pesuit.


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The world's richest man joins Karl Marx and Nikita Khrushchev on a list of non-Chinese making the greatest impact on China, published today by a state-run newspaper's website.
After regularly topping Forbes magazine's list of the world's richest people for several years, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates may find fewer peers among '50 foreigners shaping China's modern development', compiled by People's Daily Online, the website of the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper. Joining him are famous and infamous foreigners, including well-known anti-capitalists Marx, Lenin and Stalin.
The criteria for inclusion included people having their impact on China since 1840, and that the list represented the "50 [foreigners that] could doubtlessly best demonstrate the epochal features that China collided with the world".
Despite being the list's only true technologist, Gates may feel honoured to be included alongside Albert Einstein and Charles Darwin. He will perhaps feel more comfortable with other list members including former basketball star Michael Jordan and film director Steven Spielberg, and perhaps even Harland 'Colonel' Sanders, the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken.
However, Gates may wonder if members of the open-source movement or Oracle CEO Larry Ellison were on the selection committee when he realises he's being associated with former North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, World War II Japanese monarch Emperor Hirohito, and Okamura Yasuji, who commanded Japanese forces in China during the Second World War, one of the most hated figures in Chinese history.
The list does not rank the 50 foreigners, merely listing them by date of birth.
Full list here.


text: CNA is proud to endorse the first-ever Manufacturing Day on October 5, 2012. The day will highlight the importance of the Manufacturing industry to the United States economy and draw attention to the many rewarding high-skill jobs available within the industry. "We are well aware that there are upwards of 600,000 vacant manufacturing jobs in the United States," said Steve Earley, Vice President and Manufacturing Segment Leader –CNA. "That is why CNA is proud to endorse important initiatives like Manufacturing Day, which seek to fill the talent pipeline within this industry." Manufacturing Day is for students, parents, educators, media, customers, suppliers and the community at large. Through open houses, public tours, career workshops and other events, visitors will learn about real career opportunities, training, and resources. In addition, manufacturers will learn about business improvement resources and services delivered through manufacturing extension partnerships. CNA will continue the celebration of Manufacturing Day on Facebook and Twitter throughout the whole month of October with games, safety tips and helpful manufacturing-related facts. CNA will also be promoting its direct industry involvement at various trade shows, as well as by hosting a webinar on October 26 th titled Human Factors – The Aging Workforce. The informational webinar will explore the various ways you can learn how to help your aging workers improve their efficiency, decrease work-related injuries, and positively influence your company's bottom line. For more information on the webinar or to register, visit http://media.thefabricator.com/webcasts.cfm. Manufacturing Day is co-produced by Rockford, Ill.-based Fabricators & Manufacturers Association, International (FMA), the U.S. Commerce Department's Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), the National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) and The Manufacturing Institute. It is supported by dozens of national and regional manufacturing associations, including CNA. CNA has been the preferred business insurance provider of the FMA for more than 20 years. In addition, over the past four years, the CNA Foundation has supported 27 summer manufacturing camps for Nuts, Bolts and Thingamajigs (NBT), FMA's educational foundation. The mission of NBT is to engage, nurture and excite individuals of all ages in the pursuit of careers within the manufacturing industry.


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Family Pathways recently held its first Sporting Clays Benefit to raise funds for its local food shelves, youth services and senior services programs. The event was held at Wild Wings of Oneka a beautiful private hunting and sporting clays club in Hugo. Participants and sponsors came together to take aim on impacting issues like local hunger, reaching special needs and at-risk students, and assisting isolated seniors and family caregivers – all issues Family Pathways programs address.
When it came to skill, Jon Olson of Olson's Sewer Service took "Top Gun" honors; second place went to Pat Johnson with Minnesota Energy Resources and third place to Brad Kolstad of Chris Mastell Trailers. Joe Olson of Milaca (not related to Jon Olson) won the Baikal 310 over/under shotgun. All participants enjoyed strategizing on how to hit the most targets in the duck flurry. Family Pathways wishes to thank all who helped raise over $6,000. To learn more about the program services Family Pathways offers our communities and how you can contribute, volunteer or receive assistance visit familypathways.org.


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Pa. vows to protect its tobacco payment
Pennsylvania will continue to fight the tobacco industry's lawsuit to reduce payments to the Master Settlement Agreement, the 1998 deal that requires tobacco companies to pay billions of dollars to offset public health costs from tobacco-related diseases.
The agreement called for tobacco companies to continue paying states for as long as they sell cigarettes. Payments to Pennsylvania typically yield more than $300 million a year.
Attorney General Kathleen Kane on Tuesday said Pennsylvania will continue to litigate those claims rather than accept reduced payments from the tobacco companies, who dispute charges dating to 2003.
"I could not agree to a settlement that contained unclear terms and financial projections," Kane said.
Pennsylvania was among 31 states that rejected the settlement offer.
The major tobacco companies contend they were paying too much and states were not carrying out their responsibilities to seek money from smaller companies that weren't a party to the settlement.
The tobacco companies pegged Pennsylvania's share of the disputed payments at about $50 million a year.
State Rep. John Mahr, R-Upper St. Clair, a member of the Tobacco Settlement Investment Board, said Kane has yet to brief the panel.
"Obviously, tobacco settlement proceeds have had an important role in advancing health care, life sciences and non-smoking programs," he said.
Debra Erdley is a staff writer for Trib Total Media. She can be reached at 412-320-7996 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Yes, I know it is only June. 🙂
November books a year out with Simplicity By Christy. With that said…if you would like a fall session, meaning September thru November please book NOW. It will be very limited this year being some appointments are already booked.
Our infamous Christmas Sessions will be announced in August. Please suscribe to our blog over to the left(on full version of blog, not mobile version) so your are kept up to date when this is announced. You may also go to our website and suscribe to our email list. Our Christmas Sessions book in 1-2 days max. You can be placed on a waiting list afterwards.
I have also have had a lot of requests for our "bed in a field sessions" and some other themed mini-sessions. My mind is twirling and whirling lets say! This year had been a little different for me. I have had to work with what was given to me. So hold tight! We will see!


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hi everbody im new to the forum
i recently purchased a home with a forced hot air furnace ( I came from a coal boiler home) and would like to add a coal stove/furnace to the forced air set up
i have done some searching but could find what im looking for. looking for something that I can hook into the duct work,has a hopper that holds enough for a few days where to start?? any suggestions or recommendations thanks in advance for your help