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Editorial: Don't fall prey to scammers
Scamming knows no season. Whenever people have money and are vulnerable, scammers are prepared to make them victims.
The Wisconsin Better Business Bureau (BBB) reports it has received numerous complaints and inquiries from consumers across the country about fraudulent job offers for positions as "mystery" or "secret shoppers."
Consumers say they receive a letter, generally by postal mail, containing instructions and accompanied by a check. The instructions usually direct the recipient to deposit the check, spend a specific amount of money in local, retail stores as a "secret shopper" and send the remaining amount back via Western Union or MoneyGram. In most cases, consumers are instructed to spend a couple hundred dollars while the balance of the check is to be wired to an unknown individual, often located outside the U.S.
In the past, consumers who followed these instructions have informed the BBB the cashier's check was later determined by their banks to be counterfeit. The result was that, not only were they now responsible for the amount of the bad check, but they also faced the danger of having their accounts closed.
Mystery shopper scam letters being sent frequently use Wisconsin return addresses, which turn out to be fraudulent and often are found to be rented boxes at UPS stores to make it look as if they have a valid, tangible location when they do not. In some cases, perpetrators actually "hijack" and use valid company names and real addresses to stage their scheme.
If such a mailing is received, the BBB offers these tips:
--Whether it's in the form of a job, loan, grant, sweepstakes or lottery, don't fall victim to any advance-fee scams. All of these scams work the same way, the same as above.
--Although the funds from a deposited check may be available for use within 1-5 business days of deposit, it can take several weeks for the bank to determine the check is counterfeit or otherwise invalid. Instructions to draw money on checks shortly after they have been deposited may be the work of unscrupulous companies attempting to take advantage of this technicality.
--Promises of financial relief, suspicious job offers or prize winnings for contests people didn't enter are ploys to trick them into wiring considerable sums of cash to random individuals, usually overseas. Acting on such offers puts people in danger of unwittingly violating local, state and even federal laws.
--Never wire transfer money to any unknown person with whom there's never been any personal contact.
--Always check with the BBB before doing business.
The BBB also cautions the public to avoid the following new and/or most common scams:
--BBB Phishing Frustrations. Businesses and organizations around the country are receiving fraudulent complaint emails from scammers who are abusing BBB's name and reputation.
--Mortgage Relief Misleaders. Homeowners are tricked into paying large upfront fees for mortgage relief services and then companies disappear abruptly.
--Hotel Hoaxes. Hotel guests receive calls in their rooms--often late at night--claiming front desk computers have crashed and credit card numbers are needed again; victims provide information, but callers aren't hotel employees.
--Cheating Contractors. Homeowners are left with little recourse after door-to-door repairmen promise incredible deals, require large upfront fees and then skip out before completing work.
--Check Cashing Cons. Sellers receive checks for more than items are worth and are instructed to wire excess money back. Checks later bounce and victims are responsible for lost funds.
--Social Media Scams. Victims are sent "popular" viral videos on social networking sites, but must upgrade software to view files. Downloads may install malware or viruses placing victims at risk for identity theft.
--Swindling Sweepstakes. Consumers who didn't enter sweepstakes or foreign lotteries are informed they have won large sums of money or other prizes and must pay smaller sums in order to collect; payments are made and nothing is received.
--Canine Cons. Scammers set up a fake website selling non-existent puppies for rock-bottom prices. Victims wire money to the so-called seller, but never receive their puppy.
--Pay the Con Artist Using Pre-Paid Debit Cards. Because consumers are getting wise to wiring money or fake checks, many scammers now prefer to be paid using untraceable, pre-paid debit cards.
--Timeshare Scams. In this tough real estate market, timeshare sellers should beware of companies claiming to already have a buyer and wanting upfront fees.
--Job Scams. Scammers are working overtime to take advantage of the high number of people looking for jobs, especially online.
--Lousy Legal Advice. Some scammers are offering low-cost legal advice, but don't have any legal qualifications. The only problem? The consumer may end up in even more legal trouble.


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New York Rangers Must Find a Way To Move KotalikJanuary 19, 2010
Sure Michal Rozsival and Wade Redden have not lived up to expectations since signing their respective contracts two seasons ago, but the two of them can at least be effective in some way, even when they are not scoring. The same cannot be said for Ales Kotalik, whom the Rangers inked to a three year/$9 million deal this off-season. He was good early on, providing that punch from the point that this team had lacked for years, but now, more than halfway in, Kotalik is proving to be the biggest bust the Rangers have signed in recent years.
Let's look at it this way, Michal Rozsival has increasingly upped his play since earlier in the season. He has done so well of late that he has found himself on the top defensive pairing with Marc Staal, and is eating up important minutes, even late in games with the score being close. Rozsival, who scored 13 goals in the year prior to signing his contract, scored only 8 last season and is on pace for even less than that this season. But even so, he has been very effective and although I would not hesitate to move his contract, his defensive play is no longer proving to be detrimental to the team.
Wade Redden's tenure has been nothing short of a disaster. He signed a six year/$39 million contract when coming off a mediocre year in Ottawa. Last year, early on, he was horrible, but picked it up late in the season and into the playoffs. It seems he is doing the same this season. He still always remains relatively calm with the puck and has increased physical play, including getting into his second fight in as many seasons in the last game. If he can develop a mean streak that we saw against Montreal the other night, then he can be effective as well. Last season he dropped Chris Clark in a fight, and Sunday he held his own against Benoit Pouliot. Can the coaching staff convince him to do this more often?
Now to Ales Kotalik, the so-called "powerplay specialist". He was doing exactly that at the beginning of the season, quarterbacking the man advantage and scoring goals left and right. At the end of October, he had 5 goals and 7 assists. Two of those goals came while on the powerplay as well as all seven assists. In the three months since, he has only 3 goals and 7 assists. If one looks at his even strength numbers, they will find that in 44 games, he has only 4 goals and 2 assists. These is worse than Chris Higgins' numbers.
This could be ignored if he was producing on the powerplay, but he isn't. He has been utterly invisible there and has even found himself a healthy scratch five times this season, including his sixth tonight when the Rangers face Tampa Bay. His effectiveness is close to zero. He has lost his spot on the powerplay and when he gets time at even strength he has done nothing. He has only 2 goals in his last 27 games. On a team that needs secondary scoring to be successful, and as someone who is being relied upon to put the puck in the net, this is inexcusable.
Is it entirely his fault? No, absolutely not. He had career years in Buffalo playing alongside Chris Drury, and he only got two games on the same line with him this season. There was not a chance given to him for chemistry to develop. He has also found himself on the fourth line with Boyle and Brashear for the last month. He had his chance, failed, and now he isn't getting another one.
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Contest has ended. Winners are announced here. Stay tuned for future giveaways!
What is your view when you're playing your instrument?
Do you look at your pedalboard? A packed audience? Out a window? The clouds? A wall? A rehearsal space? A sleeping pet? We want to see your view in a photo.
The next time you plug in your guitar or favorite instrument, take a photo of what you see. We want to see your playing and creative space from your perspective. Post it on Twitter, Instagram, or Pinterest and hastag it #StrymonView.
We'll choose two winners who will both get an El Capistan dTape Echo and Tap Favorite combo.
Contest runs until June 2, 2014. Official entry rules are below. Have fun! 🙂
Upcoming contests, giveaways, and new product releases are often announced via our newsletter before anywhere else. Sign up for our newsletter and we'll let you know what we're up to! 🙂
I'd love to win this pedal I already have a big sky and timeline but that would be some
More nice real estate taken up on my board!
Best pedals ever!
I have Timeline, and Flint. Love all the Strymon Pedals and I want to own them all.
Good luck to me.
Love this gear!
Hope I win and if I do I will post it on Facebook and promote your products
Please pick me!
I love your products; They are amazing
cant wait to try out this bad boy!!!
Never tried any of your products but they sound intriguing from what demo's I have heard & seen online.
Amazing Pedals
Must have the delay pedal.
This is the one pedal I've been dying to add to my arsenal! Amazing tape delay! Goodluck to whoever eons this !
Strymon…it's just more essential to play good music
Bluesky is great, I love it !
This pedal reminds me of cake, i like cake.
this paddle gets a reel tape sound
Bei pedali mi piacerebbe averne uno gratis
I actually own an el cap and I'm not just saying this to kiss up, but it's my favorite pedal ever and in my opinion the best pedal ever made. If I was to win I would actually give it away to my friend who is new to playing guitar. In life, we decide we wanna go deeper into things when we love doing them. The el cap would be a key factor to help him get a sound to fall in love with.
Good luck to everyone. Strymon top pedals!!!
I´d love to win
I already have- and LOVE- an El Capistan; in case I win, if Strymon won't substitute a BlueSky or Flint, the worst thing would be, I'd set up one El Cap for a sweet slapback and some other setting for the "Favorite" call-back, and run it into my current El Cap set to other, longer delays 'n' 'verb, and use one, the other, or both together. ( B^}= Or, MAYBE I'd be nice and give the new El Cap to some deserving soul!
I loved that pedal ever since I tried it out at a buddy's pedalboard, hope I can get mine!
Great pedals
My El Capistan puts me into another dimension and unleashes my creative energy. Strymon is my mantra and the El Capistan my muse. Pedal genius!
Timeline is awesome. But I need this one.
The Capistan is the Best tape Echo Pedal I've tried !!!!!
Great Products!
I own the BigSky and Timeline!
This would add such a great ambient tone
I will like to win El capstan to be with my Timeline and Blue sky on my pedal board , and big thanks to you guys at Strymon for all your good work on those inspiration effect pedal.
I'd love to add one of these to my pedal board!
I already own the Ola pedal and love it so I figure this would be a good way to add to my Strymon collection w/o breaking the bank :0(
Very excited about this contest. Strymon pedals are top on my list and I would love to own one.
Best sound evevr!
as you can see… I have not been able to add an exotics to my collection – would I notice the difference in quality do you think??
I love
this pedal!!!
How cool..!! I'd love to win. I always sign up for these giveaways but never win! I think this pedal is amazing! It would be a dream come true to win.
Amazing pedal! My favorite pedal by far.
Strymon pedals are second to none! I have two Strymon pedals on my board at present. Both of which I use in conjuction with an expression pedal. Unique to Strymon (as far as I know) is that you can assign any on the controls to the expression pedal. That's very cool and very useful.
I love my Lex Rotary pedal!!
I am a current owner of the Flint and must say I absolutely love it! Just started collecting pedals so I don't own a pedal board yet but I'll still try my best to send some creative photos. I must say that the El Capistan is definitely a Dream Pedal for me. It's unarguably One the best and most versatile Tape Delay pedal, with a pure sound and sleek design. Been a Strymon fan since I saw a friend with the Timeline, and will always be. Wish everybody all the best for the contest!
Wow… i love!
There have been several of these giveaways requiring you to participate in online social media. I would love to enter but refuse to conform to any part of what is intrusive/marketing. I am not giving my rights to privacy away for some million to one shot.
That said I like the Strymon pedals. Rock on!
This would facilitate an infinite palette of colours 2 add 2 my music through my guitar.
Love my Blue Sky!
Can one submit more than one photo?
My Frogpool
Left Brain Artists
I would love to win it
avery good prize to win
Too Cool, In it..
.. the next time you're playing your instrument, take a photo of what you see or what you're looking at and post it ..
"I can see the pure power of noises. It can wake up minds
.. and it might even make people disappear .. well,
at least leaving the Room"
I would use it with pride ! Regards from Slovenia (EU) !
I have a friend that would love this
oh wow, that's good.
can hear it now
STRYMON pedals makes me a better guitar player. I don´t even dare to step on stage without having at least one of their pedals on my pedalboard 🙂 . It´s just simply magic that happens when you connect your guitar with one of these pedals and that is why I can´t wait what kind of songs and tones the ElCapistan is holding inside. #STRYMONVIEW
Very nice sounding pedals
These pedals would sound gorgeous with a Strymon ! Yah pic.twitter.com/S199cNhfKG
Need that pedal badly!
El Capistan is one of my "Grail" pedals tha will be a staple on my board, when it arrives that is!


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Field Education
Put your values into action with social work field internships
Field internships are a key part of our students' social work education, providing invaluable support for what our students are learning in the classroom. Direct engagement in service activities in a wide range of agencies and organizations gives students the opportunity to personally experience how social workers can make a real difference in people's lives.
Goals of field education
At the National Catholic School of Social Service, we are committed to helping our students:
- learn to provide social services across fields of practice;
- acquire the knowledge, values and skills for intervention with individuals, groups, families, communities and other systems;
- develop a professional identity consistent with social work values;
- develop the skills necessary to evaluate their social work practice;
- gain experience with various client populations including diverse racial and ethnic groups, and at-risk populations;
- develop a professional commitment to social work practice;
- evolve a practice style consistent with the student's personal strengths;
- develop the ability to work within a social welfare agency or organization.
Field experiences to fit each student
Undergraduate Senior-level and Foundation-level M.S.W. internships are designed to develop the knowledge and skills that comprise the professional base of social work practice. In this generalist practice internship, students are exposed to the full range of social work practice.
Micro-level activities may include: assisting clients in crisis, providing case management services to homeless individuals, visiting elderly residents in their homes, working with students in a school setting, providing services to juvenile offenders
Mezzo-level activities may include: co-leading support groups, psycho-educational groups, or social skills groups, participating in community development, setting up a community task force.
Macro-level activities may include: conducting a needs assessment, writing a grant proposal, testifying at a hearing, organizing the local community around a particular issue.
Advanced level M.S.W. field education and other courses build on, expand, and deepen generalist knowledge and skills. Whatever concentration is selected, the focus throughout is to help the student integrate and apply the knowledge and principles of social work practice at an advanced level within the context of the values and ethics of the profession.
Clinical students come to CUA with a wide range of professional goals, including practicing psychotherapy, leading support groups, serving homeless individuals or individuals with chronic mental illness, providing crisis intervention and supportive counseling, etc. They intern in agencies where they can gain practice skills in these areas at an advanced level. Clinical students with special interest in health may choose our Health Care Specialization, which prepares students to practice clinical social work with an understanding of the roles health and illness play in the lives of individuals, families, agencies, and communities. Clinical students may also choose our specialization in Social Work with Military, Veterans, and their Families.
Social Change students' goals range from advocating for policy change, to becoming agency administrators, to working in community organizations and international development. In their internships, they gain expertise in social management/administration, social planning, and policy analysis.
Combined students have learning opportunities for both direct practice and indirect practice in their field settings, gaining experience in both clinical and macro social work practice.
The field education program is excellent because of the wide range of placements that are available ... NCSSS works hard to make that experience valuable for the student."- MSW student
"Being a field supervisor is one of the most satisfying aspects of my job. I love the opportunities I've been able to take advantage of at Catholic. This relationship really helps me maintain my Social Work identity in a host environment. Thank YOU."
- NCSSS field instructor
NCSSS leads CUA in community service hours
- NCSSS social work interns help CUA break campus-wide service goal of 125,000 community service hours.
- Between August 2011 and May 2012, our interns provided over 110,000 hours of social work services throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area.
- Follow the link above to read about MSW student intern Kathryn Juliana, intern at the Homeless Children's Playtime Project, Inc. in 2011-2012. The Homeless Children's Playtime Project, Inc. founded by NCSSS MSW alumna, Jamila Larson, executive director of HCPP, is one of the many agencies and organizations where our BSW and MSW students are currently interning.
Some of the 175 agencies
where our students interned in 2011-2012
- Adventist Behavioral Health
- Alexandria Community Services Board
- Amtrak Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Armed Forces Retirement Home
- Baltimore City Public School System
- Bread for the City
- Capitol Hill Village
- Catholic Charities - Homeless Services
- Catholic Charities of Arlington, Family Services Department
- Catholic Charities: Tenants' Empowerment Network/St. Martin's Program
- Catholic University (CUA) Counseling Center
- Child & Family Services Agency (CFSA)
- Children's National Medical Center
- Christ Child Society School Counseling Program
- College Park Youth and Family Services
- Family Advocacy Services of Virginia
- Identity, Inc.
- IONA Senior Services
- Montgomery County Adult Behavioral Health Program (HHS)
- N Street Village, Inc.
- National Council for Adoption (NCFA)
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Network to End Domestic Violence
- National Rehabilitation Hospital
- Open Arms Housing, Inc.
- Our Place, DC
- Pathways to Housing, DC
- Post Permanency Family Center (Adoptions Together)
- Prince George's County Department of Social Services
- Psychiatric Institute of Washington (PIW)
- Public Defender Service for D.C. - Offender Rehabilitation Division
- Sasha Bruce Youthwork
- Sexual Assault Response & Prevention Program, University Health Center, University of Maryland
- Sibley Memorial Hospital Inpatient Psychiatry
- So Others Might Eat (SOME)
- Suburban Hospital Crisis Intervention Service/ Inpatient Psychiatry
- U.S. Administration on Aging (AoA) Office of Elder Rights
- U.S. Attorney's Office: Victim Witness Assistance Unit
- U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Service
- U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families
- U.S. Department of State, Office of Children's Issues
- University of Maryland Mental Health Service
- Veterans Administration Medical Center
- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Bethesda
- Whitman-Walker Clinic


text: With gains on the purchase of ING Direct, a temporary liquidity bump in advance of the HBCB card deal, and special loan loss reserve provisions during the second quarter for the acquired credit card loans, Capital One's "first clean quarter" for 2012 was the third quarter, when the company reported earnings available to common shareholders of $1.17 billion, or $2.01 a share, excluding income from discontinued operations. Capital One's third-quarter return on average assets was 1.6% and its return on average tangible equity was 21.5%, compared with ROA of 11.8% and ROTCE of 22.6% a year earlier. The company's net interest margin -- the average yield on loans and investments minus the average cost for deposits and borrowings -- was 6.97% in the third quarter, increasing from 6.04% the previous quarter (when the company's margin shrank because of the ING acquisition, without yet realizing a full quarter's benefit from the HSBC cards), but narrowing from 7.4% a year earlier. The year-over-year narrowing of the margin is in line with the industry, in the prolonged low-rate environment. So Capital One is ready to continue outperforming most of other big banks, simply because the credit card business is more profitable than other lending operations. Shares of Bank of America and Citigroup are still cheaper to book value, but more expensive to forward earnings. Bank of America trades for 0.9 times tangible book value, according to Thomson Reuters Bank Insight, and for 12 times the consensus 2013 earnings estimate of 96 cents, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The consensus 2014 EPS estimate is $1.25. Citigroup trades for 0.7 times tangible book value and for 8.5 times the 2013 consensus EPS estimate of $4.65. The consensus 2014 EPS estimate is $5.13. Capital One trades for 1.5 times tangible book value, but for only 8.2 times the consensus 2013 EPs estimate of $7.03. The consensus 2014 EPS estimate is $7.39 So there you have it. On a forward P/E basis, Capital One's shares are still cheaper than the shares of Bank of America and Citigroup, and Capital One has unbeatable earnings power. Interested in more on Capital One? See TheStreet Ratings' report card for this stock. -- Written by Philip van Doorn in Jupiter, Fla. >Contact by Email. Follow @PhilipvanDoorn


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Aveda Comforting Tea Reviews
TastyThis tea is especially soothing if you have a sore throat. I love going into an Aveda store on a chilly day when they're handing out cups of this stuff. Delicious! — 6 years, 4 months agoGingembre1 | 2 reviews
Yummy...I love this tea. It's comprised of a variety of herbs and it feels very healthy to drink. The taste does take some getting used to...it's different, but good. — 6 years, 4 months agolauragravina | 1 reviews
ehhthis tea tastes okay when made correctly. be careful though not to use too much it can end up tasting like your drinking a cigarette. — 6 years, 4 months agoluvwii | 25 reviews
The best tea I ever hadIf you are looking for a drink for your quiet time. Look no further. This tea is everything the name says and more. It not only comfors you but I relaxes and refreshes you. Helps you to mellow out from the first sip to the last. I recommend everyone to at least try it once. You won't be sorry. — 9 years, 5 months agoDebraJ77 | 3 reviews
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DELICIOUS!This tea is everything it claims and more! Worth every penny! — 9 years, 6 months agolauraewen | 7 reviews
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text: Power walk off with a win By Mike Whiteford April 7, 2013 Story Share Kenny Kemp West Virginia's Eric Wood (15) is congratulated by teammates after hitting a home run Sunday against Asheville. CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The early four-run deficit hinted ominously that the Power's season-opening losing streak would extend to a fourth day.But the team's hitters chipped away, the relievers kept it close and, after the Power executed an unusual double play to escape a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the ninth, the momentum seemed to shift in the home team's favor."When Asheville had the bases loaded, and we turned two,'' said Power first baseman Stetson Allie, "that's when I knew we were going to win.''And so they did. Allie, a 6-foot-4, 250-pound second-round draft pick, strode to the plate with two outs in the 11th inning and rocketed an opposite-field home run onto Morris Street to give the Power a 6-5 victory over the Tourists Sunday afternoon at Appalachian Power Park and prompt a celebration at home plate. A noisy crowd of 1,039 attended.It was an uplifting victory for a team that had lost its first three games, failing to score in the season opener on Thursday and picking just one run Saturday night."This is definitely a way to get a run going,'' said right fielder Walker Gourley, who contributed three hits and two RBIs. "It was good to come out here and get the monkey off our back, and now we can relax and concentrate on what we do good.''The Power's prospects looked bleak when it fell behind 4-0 in the second and trailed 5-2 entering the sixth. And though the Power scored twice in the sixth and tied it with a run in the seventh, the situation again looked grim in the ninth when the Tourists loaded the bases with none out.Power manager Michael Ryan then beckoned to the bullpen for Pat Ludwig and brought the infield in. Ludwig then induced a ground ball to third baseman Eric Wood, who initiated a home-to-first twin killing.Ludwig then ended the inning by fanning Matt Wessinger, who homered twice on Friday. "I was excited,'' said Allie. "Our team needed this win. I was just so pumped.''Said Ryan: "We talked this morning about team cohesion, pulling for one another, developing a relationship with each other so we can become closer as a team. Teams that have success are usually a close-knit bunch, and that's what we're trying to instill in these guys here. We had guys pulling for each other. We had guys hugging, slapping each other on the butts and really pulling for each other and wanting everyone to succeed. It's an individual game played by a team. Some guys develop that into a selfish nature. We're going to stay away from that. I'm not saying we are that, but we want to avoid that.''In its comeback, the Power scored twice on Gourley's two-run double in the third, two more in the sixth on Wood's solo homer to left and Ashley Ponce's infield single that brought Raul Fortunato all the way home from second and the tying run in the seventh on Allie's single that scored Gourley, who had doubled.And though the Power committed four errors, right fielder Gourley caught a fly ball in the fourth and threw home to nail a runner who tagged at third. Diaz picked the ball out of the dirt on a short hop and made a diving tag. In the 11th, Diaz threw from his knees to gun down a potential base stealer."Frankie Diaz by far had one of the better played games I've seen, throwing guys out, calling a great game. He got down a sacrifice bunt and had great at-bats,'' said Ryan. "He wanted that game so bad. You could tell by his conviction and the emotions he was showing. I'm very proud of him.''Ludwig blanked the Tourists over the final three innings, allowing just one hit, to earn the victory. Jason Creasy and David Jagoditsh pitched shutout relief over the previous 42/3 innings. "We're making steady improvement and getting back to the team we know we are,'' said Gourley, a Goldsboro, N.C., native. "It really showed tonight. We played good defense and pitched well and had some timely hits, which is something we haven't had the past few nights.''POWER POINTS: The Power will play host to the Charleston RiverDogs in a three-game series beginning at 7:05 tonight. ... Sunday's Marshall-Houston game, which began at 10 a.m. at APP, lasted three hours, 44 minutes, pushing back the start of the Power-Tourists game to 3 p.m. Making matters worse, it was travel day for the Tourists, not to mention the inconvenience to fans who arrived at the park expecting a 2:05 p.m. start. ... Jameson Taillon, a Power pitcher in 2011, pitched five shutout innings for the Class AA Altoona curve on Saturday.Reach Mike Whiteford at firstname.lastname@example.com. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Pair pleads not guilty in Garrison Ave. murders 2 Problems mount for Poca funeral home owner 3 Drug giant blasted for placing WV baby rehab clinic on fault list in opioid crisis 4 Former Kanawha deputy resigning as Monroe County sheriff 5 Dear Abby: Father of woman's children avoids popping question Magnolia's Cisar showing no signs of slowing down Previous Story Hope for Herd defense and calamity at Augusta Next Story


text: You are here:HomeThe SommeBattle Of The SommePozieres Ridge23 July General Gough, commander of the Reserve Army, was keen that the Australians attack Pozières on their immediate arrival in the battle zone. Major General Walker pointed out the need for at least minimal preparation and convinced Reserve Army staff of the need to attack from the south-east in co-ordination with the British II Corps advance on the flanking German line. Artillery preparation began on 19 July. The assault on Pozières, which displayed good co-ordination between the artillery and infantry, was delivered at the same time as major attacks on the left of the Fourth Army. < Return to Pozières Ridge page


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Angela from Shady Acres required an updated site to help answer common customer questions, and to showcase her boarding kennels and cattery for prospective clients. We pulled out all stops and delivered an exceptional site.Visit Site
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We couldn't be happier with our new website! Clear Assembly did a great job with every aspect of the project.
Website, Brand, Photography, Copywriting …
Many business owners are too busy to worry about the nuts and bolts of a website or digital strategy. As Shady Acres was leading up to the Christmas peak season, this was especially the case for Angela, so we took every aspect of the project into our own hands. Professional copywriting was sought, and after only two meetings with Angela we had enough information to complete the site build. We also organised multiple photo shoots to get plenty of interesting visual material.
Boarding enquiries increased just weeks after the site was launched. The new professional image has increased boarding rates, while the additional information has improved customer education and reduced confusion and unnecessary enquiries. This gives Angela and the team more time to get on with their work, while increasing the number of new customers.


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In the process of looking for a new place to live at the end of this month, I've come across something quite perplexing that I can't figure out. I was looking on craigslist, under the Waco apts/housing for rent section, when I came across an ad that seemed too good to be true. The ad offered all utilities paid, a spacious and luxurious condo, pet friendly, downtown location, and all at a very reasonable price. In fact, I'll reprint the ad below:
Great new 1 bed room luxury apartment on the 11th floor, the condo is roughly 750 square feet.
Apartment Features -
- All UTILS included
- Window Covers, Stove, Fridge, Dryer, Dish washer, Washer, Lighting Covers
- Great Condo Location
- Security available 24 hours a day
- Hardwood floors (Pine)
- 1 parking spot included
Lease Details:
- Lease for twelve months or more
- First months rent & $170 Security deposit required
- Dogs & Cats welcome
1915 S 8th St
Well, for starters, there's no contact information listed. I emailed the posting address but haven't heard anything back yet. Also, the address 1915 S. 8th Street doesn't appear to exist. I drove by there twice today and the closest is a complex called the Nineteen Eleven condos or something (owned by my archnemesis K&S Properties, no less). Also, the address listed isn't in downtown, and there are very few if any buildings in downtown that would be able to have a condo on the 11th floor. There were at least 5 or 6 of these ads, clearly by the same person/entity, posted on the craigslist rental page for today alone.
So what's the scam? This is the part I can't figure out. Lying to people about the amenities and quality of your complex is something I can at least wrap my head around, but why go through all the trouble of posting a fake/misleading ad for a complex that doesn't seem to exist and is impossible to contact? I don't get it. Am I missing something here?
Although the scammers never responded to my email (fitting since I asked for contact information), apparently a similar craigslister received this response from them.
Hello *****,
Thank you inquiring about my condo for rent. I am scheduling viewings of the unit and would be interested in showing you around the building.
Due to poor renting experiences in the past I am requesting that you confirm you have an reasonable credit score and would like to hear more about your current employment to avoid dealing with under qualified tenants.
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Benji Marshall says Wests Tigers are determined to learn the tough lessons from their round one debacle against Newcastle but he's adamant the team's approach is on the right track.
The Tigers were comprehensively outplayed 42-10 by the Knights in a very forgettable first-up effort under new coach Mick Potter.
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Green DeWitt was born 12 February 1787 in Lincoln County, Kentucky and at an early age his family moved to the Missouri Territory. His parents are believed to be Walter and Sarah DeWitt. He was schooled in both Missouri and Kentucky to which he returned for two years at age 18. On his return to Missouri, he married Sarah Seely on 15 Dec 1808 in St. Louis County, Missouri. Sarah Seely was born 27 Jun 1787, 88 or 89 in Brooks County, Virginia and was the daughter of Jonas Seely. Green DeWitt was a Sargent in the War of 1812 in the Infantry of the Missouri Territory under Capt. John E. Allen and later under Lt. Colonel Dodges command and is said to have achieved the rank of Captain before the end of the war. DeWitt lived in St. Louis and Ralls counties of Missouri where he was at one time sheriff in the latter. Green and Sarah Seely DeWitt and family arrived in Texas in 1826 with children Naomi Q., Eveline, Christopher Columbus and Clinton Edward. Oldest Missouri-born daughter Eliza remained in MO to finish school and came later and one daughter Minerva was born in Texas. The family is listed in the DeWitt Colony Census of 1828. James DeWitt who is listed as a widower in the same census was a brother of Green DeWitt. According to The Kentucky Land Grants Volume 1 Part 1, Chapter II Virginia Grants (1782-1792), Green DeWitt had uncles Phillip and Peter DeWitt living in Kentucky.
Parents and Brother of Green DeWitt
No doubt Green DeWitt knew personally and was influenced by both Moses and Stephen Austin as fellow Missourians on the development of Texas through the Empresario System. His first petition to the Mexican authorities in 1822 for a contract was turned down. After a visit to Texas in 1824, DeWitt went to the capital Saltillo of Coahuila and Texas and was awarded a grant on April 15, 1825 to settle 400 colonists on the Guadalupe River. Peter Ellis Bean accused DeWitt of misappropriation of public funds back in Missouri that would disqualify him from an empresario grant, but with the support of the Baron de Bastrop and Stephen Austin nothing came of it.
Because his efforts gave rise to the birth and development of the DeWitt Colony, Green DeWitt can be considered the second most successful Texas Empresario after Stephen F. Austin. Because of personal limitations and/or circumstances, his personal political and military impact on the development of Texas culminating with independence in 1836 was apparently much less. This assumption is based on the paucity of archival documents about or from him (his name is mentioned only 2 times in the over 5000 documents of the Texas Revolution compiled by Jenkins). At best he was not a writer or communicator leaving records reflecting his activities. Consequently, few details are known of Green DeWitts character and personality relative to Austin and other personalities of the period. He appeared to neither exhibit the persistent and astute salesmanship and organizational skills nor possess the vision and zeal for mission that was exhibited by Austin. His efforts appeared to focus on fulfilling his contract in order to reap the payoff in fees and land and in these efforts he was overwhelmed by circumstance. He appeared not to take an active part in the political leadership of the area other than in security matters related to Indian raids that would affect attraction of colonists. There is record of exercise of his authority to perform legally binding marriages, the first of which appears to be that between John Oliver and Nancy Curtis. He is notably absent as a leader in the political records of Gonzales town causing historians as Lukes in DeWitt Colony of Texas to suggest he had the same or less interest in development of the town, its government and economy than an average citizen. DeWitt was apparently in touch with others in the Austin colony as resistance to the centralista government of Mexico increased up until just before his death in Monclova. Besides his own letters concerning official business of the colony to the government, Austin, Kerr and a signatory to some land grant documents, one of the two times he was mentioned in Papers of the Texas Revolution was in a letter of 15 Apr 1835 from Monclova written by F.W. Johnson to Gail Borden Jr. in San Felipe
The second is in passing at the end of a letter from James Kerr to Gail Borden in Jun 1835 which referred to his earlier death in Monclova. A note from John Blackaller to Samuel May Williams describes a bill for $6.00 from Martin Villatrago in Monclova for DeWitt's coffin.
Green DeWitt is said to have been among the land speculators seeking control of more land outside the colonies in Monclova in 1835 where he died. His most significant personal business arrangement on record was a contract with J.D. Clements in 1830 to build a saw and gristmill on the Guadalupe River north of Gonzales. In his memoirs, Recollections of Early Texas, John Holland Jenkins states that Sam Houston delivered a speech at "DeWitt's Tavern" upon his arrival on 11 Mar 1836 in Gonzales to organize an army after the Texas Independence Convention and his appointment as Major General of the Texas Republican Army. Green DeWitts immediate personal income theoretically possible from fees from new settlers and land titles was cut short by limitations on immigration by the central Mexican government in 1830. As Stephen F. Austin pointed out in a letter (See Powers of the Empresario by Austin), premium lands rewarded to the empresario could not be eaten or could not be made into clothes. Their value was in the future. Consequently, DeWitt left lands of large future value to his family, but likely was in near poverty toward the end of his career as empresario because of putting all of his assets into development of the colony. His financial position is suggested in the special petition by wife Sarah Seely using her maiden name for a title to land in the colony in 1830:
[Oil painting in the GonzalesCo Museum, photo courtesy John A. Moehring] "I, Sarah Seely, wife of Green DeWitt, with a family of six children, with all due respect and in the best form of law, present the following statement: In the year 1826 I arrived in this country with my above mentioned family from the state of Missouri, one of the United States of the North. Since the year, 1826, until now I have dwelt on a sitio of land, chosen by my husband on the right bank of the Guadalupe River, opposite the town of Gonzales. My husband, before mentioned, has made improvements such as houses and out buildings for the family and has opened a rather large farm. The family has suffered much in consequence of being in an unpopulated country on the frontier, through exposure to the incursions of the savage Indians, and for want of supplies. For these reasons and also because my husband, the said Green DeWitt, finds himself much embarrassed in his affairs on account of the enterprise that he has undertaken, and because of other circumstances which have placed the family in an unfortunate situation, I, the petitioner, with a view to acquiring and preserving a secure estate for the maintenance of myself and children, humbly beg your excellency to have the kindness to concede to me and my children in fee simple for myself and my heirs the sitio of land above mentioned on which I now live, with the understanding that all the requirements of the law in the matter will be fulfilled. Therefore I ask and beg you be so kind as to favor me by doing as above stated."
Stephen F. Austin and Samuel W. Williams endorsed the petition. DeWitt stated that the petition had been made with his knowledge and consent. He stated that at the time of marriage to Sarah Seely she had possessed considerable property which he had spent in development of the colony, that he had no means to repay her, he had conceded all improvements on the land and he hoped for grant of the petition. Sarah Seely was granted the title in February 1831 in her maiden name. According to descendant Edna DeWitt in her compilation Lest We Forget relates that
Historians complimentary to Empresario Stephen F. Austin have pointed out that throughout developments leading to separation of Texas from Mexico, he took his position between loyalty to Mexico and the most extreme hawks of the War Party for independence always with the welfare of his colonists in mind and his personal fortune a secondary consideration. The empresario system in its strictest form was one in which power and personal fortune was dependent, at least initially, on welfare of the colonists. Independent of the balance between welfare of the colonists, Texas and self-service exercised by empresarios Austin and DeWitt, in the end the personal fortunes of both went unfulfilled while their colonies were the major force in the progression to an independent Texas Republic.
The Sarah Seely league is just south of Gonzales town in the bow formed by the Guadalupe River where it meets the San Marcos River to the north. Just across the Guadalupe on the north side on the town border is the labor granted to Green DeWitt where the family made their original homestead. The area was subsequently referred to as DeWitts or Santa Annas Mound. Across the Guadalupe River on the northeast border of the Sarah Seely league were two more labors of land granted to DeWitt, one on the town border in the cluster of labors of land granted to Braches, Berry, Burket, Oliver and Zumwalt. DeWitt was granted two more leagues on the east bank of the Guadalupe River north of Gonzales just south of the league granted to his oldest daughter Eliza DeWitt. Green DeWitt died on 18 May 1835, probably of cholera, and was buried in an unmarked grave while seeking control of more land for speculation in Monclova, Mexico. His widow, Sarah Seely DeWitt died on 24 Nov 1854 in Gonzales and is buried, as are numerous descendants, in the DeWitt Cemetery near Gonzales.
On April 1, 2004, the DeWitt Cemetery was designated a state historical site by The Texas Historical Commission due to efforts of the Gonzales Historical Commission.
Green & Sara Seely DeWitt Family
Eliza DeWitt (1809-) is listed in the DeWitt Colony Land Grant Titles as a widow who received title to a land grant in the DeWitt Colony on 15 Apr 1831 with date of arrival as 19 Jan 1830. Her first husband was Thomas Hamilton whom she married on 22 May 1830. On 21 Dec 1834 she married James C. Davis, alcalde of the Gonzales Ayuntamiento of 1834 until his murder by Indians. It is unclear if the pair had children. On 26 Oct 1836, 2 times widowed Eliza DeWitt Hamilton Davis married Thomas Jones Hardeman (1788-1854) in Houston, Texas. Hardeman was son of Thomas and Mary (Perkins) Hardeman and born at Hardeman's Stockade near Nashville, Tennessee 31 Jan 1788. His family moved to WilliamsonCo, Tennessee in 1803 where he married Mary Ophelia Polk in 1814. Hardeman was captured by the British and sustained a head injury refusing to talk under interrogation. After the death of his wife in 1835, he move to Texas with his brothers Blackstone and Bailey. Hardeman served in numerous offices in Texas including the Congress of the Republic as representative from Matagorda County in 1837-39. Thomas Hardeman and Eliza DeWitt had three children. Four sons of Hardeman's first marriage in TN were Thomas Monroe Hardeman, William Polk Hardeman, Owen Bailey Hardeman and Leonidas Polk Hardeman. With Eliza DeWitt, children were Laura (1849-1927; m. Aaron Burleson Jr.), Sara Eliza (1842-1865; m. Capt. William Henry Jones) and Thomas Hardeman Jr. (b. about 1848). Hardeman died on 15 Jan 1854 and was buried in Bastrop County. In 1937 his remains were removed to the State Cemetery.
Thomas Monroe Hardeman (left) was born in Bolivar, Tennessee, the son of Thomas Jones Hardeman Sr., came to Texas in 1832 with his father and uncles who settled on Caney Creek in MatagordaCo, TX. Hardeman was a veteran of the Battle of Gonzales and fought in infantry company F, 1st Regiment under Capt. W.J.E. Heard at the Battle of San Jacinto. He was a militia major in the Battle of Plum Creek in 1840 under Gen. Felix Huston. He later married Miss Susan Burleson, daughter of Joseph Burleson, the brother of Col. Edward Burleson. They lived in Prairie Lea in CaldwellCo. where Susan Hardeman died in 1861. In 1862 Hardeman joined the CSA and died enroute to his unit in VA at Knoxville, TN and is buried in the Polk Family Cemetery in Bolivar, TN.
Thomas M. and his brother, William Polk Hardeman (1816-1898), were among a group of about 21 commanded by Capt. Phillip Dimmit, who met and assembled at Gonzales under the command of General Houston with intentions, as several reported in later life, to go to relief of the besieged Alamo. Author John Henry Brown relates:
One of the party, L.E. Daniell related in later years that the horses were abandoned due to exhaustion by forced marches and they retreated on foot down the Guadalupe River for four days without food. A claim filed in 1838 supports the report:
W.P. Hardeman subsequently served as a Texas Ranger on the frontier and for a time under Deaf Smith. He was with Col. John Henry Moore's rangers against the Comanches at Wallace's Creek in1839 and also participated in the campaign against Córdova in East Texas the same year. He was at the battle of Plum Creek, pursued Gen. Rafael Vásquez after his invasion of Texas, was part of the Somervell expedition and served in the US-Mexican War. He rose to Brigadier General in the army of the CSA and with his cousin Peter Hardeman escaped to Mexico where he served as a battalion commander in Maximilian's army and was part of a colony of Confederate exiles near Guadalajara. He returned to Texas where he was active in public service and was one of the founders of the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas (Texas A&M). Hardeman was married to his uncle Bailey's widow Rebecca and later to Sarah Hamilton. He died on 8 Apr 1898 and is buried in the State Cemetery, Austin.
Naomi Q. DeWitt (1815-1877) married William A Matthews and they had a son William C. who died young. It was Naomi's wedding dress that is said to have provided the material for the Old Come and Take It flag displayed by DeWitt Colonists in the first resistance to centralista dictatorship under Santa Anna.
Eveline DeWitt (1817-1891) married Charles Mason, they had children Charles W. (1841-1867; m. Alvina F. Mathews), DeWitt (1844-1890; m. Maria Pratt), and Isham (born about 1856).
Christopher Columbus DeWitt (born 1820) married Parmelia Narcissa Barrow. Sworn affidavits attest that C.C. DeWitt served in the Republican Army of Texas in the Battle of Gonzales, the Siege and Battle of Bexar that followed, the Comanche Battle of Plum Creek and in response to the raid on San Antonio by General Vasquez in 1842. In later years he was a Gonzales County Judge. C.C. and Parmelia DeWitt had children Green (1843-1911; m. Mary Ella Harris), Sarah E. (1845-1869; m. Robert B. Lockridge), Thomas Jones Hardeman (1848-1879), Jonas (1850-1851), Minerva (m. A.D. Walker) and Christopher Columbus Jr. (died 1913; m. Anna Electra Burrows). The family is listed in the 1850 GonzalesCo census, Town of Gonzales: DeWitt, C.C., 30, m, $5,000, Mo; DeWitt, P.N., 22, f, Tenn; DeWitt, Green, 7, m, Texas; DeWitt, S.E., 5, f, Texas; DeWitt, T.J.H., 2, m, Texas; DeWitt, J., 6/12, m, Texas; Neathery, T.S., 28, m, Ky
Clinton Edward DeWitt (1823-1860) married Sarah Naomi Elizabeth Frazier. Clinton served in the Battle of Salado in 1842 and served as Gonzales County Sheriff 1850-1852. They had children Nancy, Naomi Q. (born 1850; m. Henry Clay Denman), William Augustus (1851-1863) and Narcissa (1860-1923; m. Lucien L. Chenault. Clinton DeWitt died in a shooting for which his brother-in-law, Thomas Frazier was charged and acquitted. The family is listed in the 1850 census of GonzalesCo, Town of Gonzales: Dewitt, C.E., 26, m, Sheriff, 3,000, Mo; Dewitt, S.A.E., 18, f, Tenn; Dewitt, Nancy, 10/12, f, Texas.
Minerva DeWitt (born 1829) married Isham Green Jones, brother of Capt. Augustus Harris Jones and William E. Jones. They had five children Charles (D.D.) (born about 1847), DeWitt (born abt 1849), Isham G. (died about 1898), Minnie (m. William Mooney Dilworth), and Buckner (Buck) Harris. The family was counted in the 1850 census of GonzalesCo, Peach Creek District, living near Jones brothers Augustus Harris and Russell III in household 16-16: Jones, I.G., 26, m, $5,000, Ga., 650, Nov. 2; Jones, M., 20, f, Texas, 650, Nov. 2; Jones, Charles, 3, m, Texas, 650, Nov. 2; Jones, Dewitt, 1, m, Texas, 650, Nov. 2; Stevens, Henry, 21, m, N.C., 650, Nov. 2. Isham Green Jones died on 15 Feb 1867 of lung problems resulting from a lead bullet wound.
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Major James Kerr was born near Danville, KY on 24 Sep 1790, the son of Baptist minister James Kerr and wife Patience Wells. Information on Kerr's family was recorded in his family bible. His sisters Mary Kerr (m. John Alexander Clark) and Margaret Kerr (m. Captain Henry Stephenson Brown) and families were also early residents of the DeWitt Colony area. His grandparents were James and Hannah Kerr and Richard and Mary (Nancy?) Brown Wells. Major Kerr moved with his family to St. Charles County, Missouri in 1808. He served in the War of 1812 as a Lt. in the company of Capt. Nathan Boone and with Capt. Boone's Rangers in maintenance of security of the area. He was said to be a favorite friend of Nathan's father, Daniel Boone. He was elected Sheriff of St. Charles County, MO and studied law on his own. In 1819 he married Angelina Caldwell, the daughter of General James Caldwell from Saint Genevieve, MO, who was speaker of the House of Representatives of the Territory of Missouri. He was elected twice to the Missouri State legislature and in 1824 to the Senate, but at the close of the session he resigned to go to Texas. It is said that Kerr resigned and removed to Texas in part because of unpleasant relations with his father-in-law who he had defeated in the election for Missouri Senator. Major Kerr was well known by fellow Missourians who emigrated to Texas and he knew many of them well including Stephen F. Austin. Austin and Kerr were lifelong friends and colleagues in the development of Texas. Austin was godfather to Mary Margaret Kerr and Kerr is said to have been present at Austin's death.
James Kerr arrived with his wife, three children and black servants, among whom were Shade, Jack and Annis, at the mouth of the Brazos River in Feb 1825. He first settled or camped in Brazoria where his wife died at Perry's Landing in Brazoria in June 1825. According to family histories, five year old John James died on a trip with his father, brother and sister and black servants to the DeWitt Colony and Gonzales area in August 1825. According to John Henry Brown in History of Texas, Major Kerr left his infant daughter Mary Margaret (later married Capt. Isaac Mitchell and then J.C. Sheldon of Galveston) with friends (the William Pettus family) in San Felipe and then proceeded to the DeWitt Colony in July with his servants. In 1833, Major Kerr married Sarah G. Fulton, an adopted daughter of John Linn, the founder of Linnville on the coast near current Port Lavaca. Father Valdez of the Goliad region performed the Catholic ceremony. Sarah Fulton was the daughter of David and Sarah Moor Fulton, Irish immigrants to New York. Family legend says she was orphaned when her parents died on the voyage to America. James and Sarah Fulton Kerr had children Charles Linn who died in infancy, James David, Thomas Richard who died while serving in the Confederate Army, and a daughter Sarah Angeline (m. General W.P. Laughter). Major Kerr was surveyor-general of the DeWitt and DeLeon colonies. He was given power of attorney by both DeWitt and Ben Milam to manage affairs of the DeWitt Colony and Ben Milam's abortive venture as an empresario.
Although Major Kerr's homebase was in current Jackson County near Edna as early as 1827 on the site known as the Old Kerr Farm in the Austin Colony, he was the first on-site developer and settler in the DeWitt Colony and had major impact on the colony and its welfare throughout its life. Between 1825 and 1833 his home was a headquarters or meeting place of sorts for discussion and planning sessions related to the developing problems with Mexico and Indians. He was an active participant in the consultations of October 1832 and April 1833 at San Felipe which set Texas on a course of independence from Coahuila y Texas and the central Mexican government. Kerr was severely suspicious and critical of land speculators as exampled in a letter to Chambers in Jul 1835 in which he suggested that several critics of the the Mexican government were motivated by it. He was chairman of the meeting on 17 Jul 1835 at Millican's Gin of settlers from the Lavaca and Navidad River regions which was the first declaration or call for an independent Texas. He helped form the provisional government at the third consulation of 3 Nov 1835 at San Felipe and was a delegate with Elijah Stapp from the Municipality of Jackson for the convention of 1 Feb 1836 at Washington on the Brazos which formally declared the Independence of Texas. He failed to attend the meeting because of occupation with the safety and flight of family and Jackson area residents on the Runaway Scrape after the Alamo defeat. It is said that he and Elijah Stapp drew straws for which one would be in attendance. Like Stephen F. Austin, James Kerr was an unwavering and loyal Anglo-Mexican patriot working for the welfare of the Texian colonists, their economic and political freedom as adopted citizens of Mexico, above all other interests. He was a prototype of the majority of DeWitt colonists in that he was intensely loyal to the adopted Federalist government of Mexico and its Constitution of 1824 while working for regional autonomy of Texas within that system. As late as Jan 1836, Major Kerr made it clear in a letter of that date that independence to him meant the independence of Texas as a state of the Republic of Mexico under the Constitution of 1824 and that the fight was in its defense and against its subversion by the Centralista dictatorship. When all hopes for the Constitution were subverted by the racist and militaristic Centralista dictatorship, Major Kerr played a key role in the break with Mexico and the struggle for establishment of an independent Republic of Texas.
Major Kerr was active in organization of local government in what is now Jackson County during the years 1836 to 1846 under the Texas Republic. He served in the Congress of the Republic in 1838-39 and was author of numerous pieces of legislation that is characterized as important to Texas development. Among these were a law to prevent dueling and for move of the capital from Houston to Austin. Major Kerr was recognized as a practicing physician from skills learned solely from experience in the field. All eye witness accounts of his life and historians use superlatives as splendid intellect, well-cultivated, prudent, wise, kind, genial, firm, generous and humorous to described his personality. Although Major Kerr was an owner of numerous slaves, 8 or 10 of which he brought to Texas, he was known to treat them as family and he gave each homes, livestock and provisions after they were freed in 1865. In a letter from Nathaniel Cox to Stephen F. Austin of Apr 1825, Cox suggested that, as numerous potential immigrants to Texas from the southern United States, Kerr might be inhibited from emigrating to Texas if anti-slavery laws prevented him from bringing his servants because "it would ruin a helpless family should he lose them." According to family tradition, Kerr was able to bring his black servants into Texas legally because they were technically not "American slaves" whose importation of which were forbidden by Mexican law. They were exempt by having been born or lived in Missouri when it was Spanish territory. The fact that Major Kerr considered his black servants as family is supported by their listing along with family members in his family bible. According to John Henry Brown in The Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, his former servants Jack and his parents Shade and Annis were the parents and grandparents of numerous offspring, who became widely known and greatly esteemed for their fidelity and patriotism in every conflict.
In a letter of Mar 1836 to David Burnet, first President of the Republic of Texas, Kerr donated his DeWitt Colony tract to the public:
Kerr family stories relate two anecdotes about his appearance. At one time he was in a contest for Jackson County's ugliest man, during the judging Major Kerr smiled and the contest judge asked him to quit making faces so he could be judged along with the others on the way the Creator made him. Another goes that in a saloon in Texana, a very homely man was noticeably looking him over. The man came over and said
In reply to Major Kerr's question why, the homely man said:
Kerr asked the man to come near a window so that Kerr could examine him, he looked him over closely and the Major said:
Another story says that at the camp in Brazoria where his first wife died in 1825, she was buried in a liveoak log hewed out for a coffin. Thirty years later, Major Kerr decided to move the body to his home in Jackson County, the body in the live oak coffin was exhumed and found perfectly preserved by onlookers, but it immediately crumbled into dust when exposed to the air. Major James Kerr died in Jackson County on his farm 7 miles north of Edna on Kerr's Creek in the Kerr Cemetery. Engraved on the vault over his site is
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Constructing an identity in the blogosphere while reflecting on learning and teaching and technology...
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Thoughts on school leadership for the future
Margaret Wheatley who wrote Leadership and the new science, looks at chaos theory and its relationship to leadership, schools as living systems and the idea of servant leadership.
Robert Starratt says: "During ordinary times, which are never ordinary, but especially during a period of school restructuring, educational administrators need to consider their responsibility to promote an ethical environment in their schools." This is something I am very interested in.
My position in the new leadership structure is that of Domain Leader for English looking at the scope and sequence for the students studying in this discipline from years 7 to 12. The main new focus of the restructure is to look at horizontal integration across each year level. I think the role of the domain leader is to bring the new understandings of learning for the digital age to the discipline of English, not just continue doing what an English coordinator has always done. We need to do it with the emphasis being on links across discipline areas for each year level as well as looking at communication and reflection skills that are needed to help our students be lifelong learners.
So there was a lot to think about as a result of the presentation. I think that blogging is definitely a way that teachers can reflect critically with others. I also found a video via Ubiquitous Thoughts that Scott Mcleod at Dangerously Irrelevant thinks should be required viewing for secondary educators, among others. The talented student, Consuela Molino, who made this video is talking about college teaching but it also applies to us in secondary education. One of the quotes from the video says it all, I think: "If your sole purpose is just to prepare them for the future, then you have to go outside and see what the future's going to be."
Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Nancy White and online communities
Also yesterday I participated in a live conversation with Nancy White in Seattle on Blogs and Community: launching a new paradigm for online community, which was hosted by the Knowledge Tree. It was the first time I had participated in an Elluminate event and it was interesting, although because it was the first time, the technology takes the foreground and not the experience itself. I think you have to get more familiar with the technology to allow it to be a totally transparent tool. The recording of the event can be found here and the article and a podcast with Nancy White can be found here. One of the interesting facets of the discussion that the 22 participants became, in effect, a community for the time we were in the discussion which felt very unusual when I asked a question in the text chat thinking that someone else would answer and Nancy herself stopped and commented on my question. And I was trying to be unobtrusive. One of the best things about blogging that I have experienced is the sense of inclusion I have felt since I joined the edublogosphere. I am glad that, in the words of the cliche, "you learn something new everyday", and if you're lucky it can be two things.
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Learning is social
I'm just reading Jeffrey Wilhelm's new book (with Michael Smith) called Going with the Flow: How to engage boys and girls in their Literacy Learning. It's full of good ideas for learning that is authentic, social and inquiry based. Just thought I'd share this excerpt:
Principles for making it Social
- Create a context of inquiry, whether for a lesson or a unit.
- Ask a significant question or pose a real problem.
- Connect the question/problem to the material, to student lives and to the world.
- Pose questions or problems that must be addressed from a number of perspectives.
- Foster debate; consider, read, and discuss these multiple points of view.
- Create situations in which students can read, write, talk, role-play, and make things together that address various facets of the question or problem.
- Provide time for exploration.
I try to do these things in my classroom already, as so many of us do, but it is good to be reminded. Even though it is not even the start of Term 4 (still another week of holidays!) there is a need to prepare for next year and the new curriculum opportunities that arise for us then, especially at our school where so many changes will be happening in 2007.
Friday, September 22, 2006
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Naked language in our blogs
It is now holidays for which I am grateful, but I wanted to mention also the last class of the term on Friday, which happened to be my Recreating the Writer blogging class. For anyone who does not see the point of classroom blogging, I wish they had been there in that classroom. The students were totally engaged on their blogs, some of them publishing poems or stories they had written in the last couple of weeks. The only sounds except for typing noises were, "How do you make a hyperlink again?" "How do you upload a file?" and the help from other students that was forthcoming. And then, "Ooh, look, I've got a comment from Brazil," or "I've left you a comment," speaking to a friend across the room. This continued till the very end of the class and I had to remind them that the bell would begoing in a few minutes. It is very satisfying and enjoyable to be in a room where creativity, thoughtfulness and communication were so evident. So good on you, David Crystal for recognising the significance of blogs.
Saturday, September 09, 2006
How do we know that blogs and podcasts improve student learning?
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Saturday, September 02, 2006
A Century of Spelling Research
While there is ample evidence that diverting attention to spelling when writing "disrupts the planning process" of writing, there is an alternative to those who propose spending more time on direct spelling instruction:
Advise writers to delay focusing on correct spelling until their ideas are firmly in place, while, at the same time, building up spelling competence through massive reading.
A number of studies show that good writers delay editing concerns until the final draft, and "premature editing" has been shown to be a predictor of the frequency of writing blocks.
Sounds about right to me. At the same time there are strategies that we can teach students to self correct and at our school we are looking to have David Hornsby come to work with us on a whole school approach to teaching these strategies.
Krashen's final piece of advice: "let spelling develop naturally through massive reading in the early years, and provide older writers with some guidance in the use of spell-checkers and spelling dictionaries, as well as advising them to delay spelling concerns until the final draft."
I think this is something the movers and shakers of the Aussie group, the Literacy Educators Coalition have been saying as well.
First annual K to 12 Online Conference 2006
Announcing the first annual "K12 Online 2006" convention for teachers, administrators and educators around the world interested in the use of Web 2.0 tools in classrooms and professional practice. This year's conference is scheduled to be held over two weeks, October 23-27 and October 30 - November 3 with the theme "Unleashing the Potential." A call for proposals is below.
There will be four "conference strands"– two each week. Two presentations will be published in each strand each day, Monday - Friday, so four new presentations will be available each day over the course of the two-weeks. Each presentation will be given in podcast or screencast format and released via the conference blog (URL: TBA) and archived for posterity.
Week 1
Strand A: A Week In The Classroom These presentations will focus on the practical pedagogical uses of online social tools (Web 2.0) giving concrete examples of how teachers are using the tools in their classes. They will also show how teachers plan for using these tools in the delivery of their curricular objectives.
Strand B: Basic/Advanced Training (one of each per day) Basic training is "how to" information on tool use in an educational setting, especially for newcomers. Advanced training is for teachers who have already started using Web 2.0 tools in their classes and are looking for: (a) advanced technology training (eg. how to write your own blog template or hack existing ones), (b) new tools they can make use of in their classes, (c) teaching ideas on how to mash tools together to create "something new," (d) a pedagogical understanding of how technologies such as weblogs, wikis, podcasts, social bookmarking sites, RSS feeds and others can deepen learning and increase student achievement, or (e) use of assessment tools to measure the effectiveness of Read/Write Web technologies in their personal practice and with their students.
Week 2
Strand A: Personal Professional Development Tips, ideas and resources on how to orchestrate your own professional development online; the tools that support Professional Learning Environments (PLEs); how to create opportunities to bring these technologies to the larger school community; how to effectively incorporate the tools into your personal or professional practice; or how to create a supportive, reflective virtual professional community around school-based goals.
Strand B: Overcoming Obstacles Tips, ideas and resources on how to deal with issues like: lack of access to tools/computers, filtering, parental/district concerns for online safety, and other IT concerns while trying to focus on best practice in the use of Web 2.0 tools.
CONVENORS and KEYNOTES: For organization purposes, each strand is overseen by a conference convenor who will assist and coordinate presenters in their strand. The first presentation in each strand will kick off with a keynote by a well known educator who has distinguished his/herself and is knowledgeable in the context of each topic. This year's convenors and keynote presenters are:
A Week In The Classroom
Convenor: Darren Kuropatwa and Keynote: Bud Hunt
Bud Hunt teaches high school language arts and journalism at Olde Columbine High School in Longmont, Colorado. He is a teacher-consultant with and the Tech Liaison for the Colorado State University Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project, a group working to improve the teaching of writing in schools via regular and meaningful professional development. Bud is also the co-editor of the New Voices column of English Journal, a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English. A consumer of copious amounts of New Media, Bud blogs and podcasts about his practice and larger educational issues at http://www.budtheteacher.com.
Basic/Advanced Training
Convenor: Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach and Keynote: TBA
Personal Professional Development
Convenor: Will Richardson and Keynote: Ewan McIntosh
Ewan McIntosh is an educational technologist and teacher of French and German. Based in the Edinburgh area of Scotland he frequently works around the UK and Europe, leading student and teacher workshops and conferences. He is an experienced workshop facilitator in the area of Web 2.0 technologies in education across stages and curricular areas. Ewan blogs at http://edu.blogs.com
Overcoming Obstacles
Convener: TBA and Keynote: Anne Davis
Anne is known for seeing the educational possibilities in the use ofweblogs with students in classrooms, having implemented wonderful ideasand weblog projects with students and teachers in K-12 classrooms and atthe university level. She currently works at Georgia State University inthe Instructional Technology Center in the College of Education as anInformation Systems Training Specialist. Her weblog, EduBlog Insightsis a co-winner of the Best Teacher Blog in the second international Edublog Awards, a web based event thatrecognizes the many diverse and imaginative ways in which weblogs arebeing used within education.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS: We'd like to invite you to submit a proposal to present at the conference. If you have something you'd like to share with the community, both people who are new to blogs and/or experienced bloggers please email the appropriate conference convenor above with your ideas. The deadline to submit a proposal (just the proposal, not the finished product) is September 30, 2006. One of us will contact you to finalize the date of your presentation. Your presentation may be delivered in any web-based medium (including but not limited to…podcasts, PowerPoint files, blogs, websites, wikis, screencasts, etc.) and must be emailed to your assigned conference convenor one week before it goes live, (see above strands) so that it can be uploaded to the server.
The conference organizers are:Darren Kuropatwa
Darren Kuropatwa is currently Department Head of Mathematics at Daniel McIntyre Collegiate Institute in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He is known internationally for his ability to weave the use of online social tools meaningfully and concretely into his pedagogical practice and for "child safe" blogging practices. He has more than 20 years experience in both formal and informal education and 13 years experience in team building and leadership training. Darren has been facilitating workshops for educators in groups of 4 to 300 for the last 10 years. Darren's professional blog is called A Difference ( http://adifference.blogspot.com).
Sheryl Nusbaum-Beach
Sheryl is a technology/education consultant for the National Education Association (NEA), the Center for Teaching Quality, SRI International, the Virginia Community College System, the Virginia Department of Education, the Miami-Dade Public Schools, and the Alabama Best Practices Center. She has had several journal articles and book chapters published, been featured on public broadcasting television and radio shows, and is a regular presenter at local, state, and national conferences speaking on topics of homelessness, teacher leadership, virtual community building, and 21st Century learning initiatives. Sheryl blogs at 21st Century Collaborative ( http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/blog/).
Will Richardson
Will Richardson is known internationally for his work with educators and students to understand and implement instructional technologies and, more specifically, the tools of the Read/Write Web into their schools, classrooms and communities. A public school educator for twenty two years, Will's own Weblog ( Weblogg-ed.com) is a primary resource for the creation and implementation of Weblog technologies on the K-12 level and is a leading voice for school reform in the context of the fundamental changes these new technologies are bringing to all aspects of life. Will is the critically acclaimed author of the best-selling book Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Tools for Classrooms (March 2006, Corwin Press).
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