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OAKLAND -- Ten years ago Robert Kamin and Susan Poff adopted a troubled 6-year-old Oakland boy who no one else wanted.
The couple, who both worked as therapists, knew of the difficulties to come raising a boy who had been rejected by at least two other families and spent his toddler years living on the streets, sifting for food scraps in garbage cans.
Despite their hopes for a normal life, their son, Moses Kamin, murdered them after an argument in which he was scolded for smoking marijuana at school.
As the 16-year-old was sentenced Friday to 25 years to life in prison, family members spoke of the couple's persistent and optimistic outlook for their son and wondered why he would choke both to death.
"They adopted a child that no one else wanted and they believed with their entire being that they could give him a healthy and productive life," Teresa Poff, Susan's sister said. "You killed the only two people that ever loved you."
Moses Kamin attacked his parents a year ago in their home at 284 Athol Street. The attack came after Kamin had an argument with his mother about being suspended from school. After the argument, Kamin told police, he attacked Poff, 50, from behind, choked her until she passed out and then tied a T-shirt around her neck to ensure she could not breath.
Kamin then hid the body, removed light bulbs from all the lamps in the house and waited in the dark for his father to return from work. When Robert Kamin, 54, walked in, his son surprised him, choked him until he passed out and then tied a plastic bag around his head.
Kamin tried to hide the bodies in a shallow grave in the backyard but eventually placed both in the family's PT Cruiser and tried to ignite the car with him in the front seat. When that failed, Kamin went back inside and waited until police arrived about two days later responding to concerns from family and co-workers who had not heard from the couple.
Kamin initially denied involvement and blamed an acquaintance, but after a lengthy police interrogation, the then-15-year-old admitted to the killings and told police details of the crime.
As the case against Kamin proceeded, his defense attorney, assistant public defender Drew Steckler, declared his client insane and sought to have Kamin placed in a state mental institution.
Steckler cited a defense-hired psychologist's opinion that found Kamin suffered from multiple personality disorder. The disorder was sparked, the psychologist found, by a rare confluence of life events including the teen's horrific childhood and an identity crisis that was made worse by Kamin's recent failed attempts to find his biological siblings.
Kamin pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and was evaluated by two court-ordered psychologists. Those psychologists, however, split on their opinions, with one finding that Kamin is "likely" insane and the other finding that Kamin was sane and understood what he was doing when he killed his parents.
Deputy district attorney Stacie Pettigrew believed the insanity plea was "contrived" and pushed for a jury trial, at which point Kamin agreed to a plea deal to avoid a prison term that would have guaranteed he would never be released.
Despite the plea deal, both attorneys continued to argue Friday about Kamin's sanity. It was an argument made more for a future parole board than for the judge who had previously agreed to the plea deal and the 25-years-to-life sentence.
Kamin will be 41 years old when he becomes eligible for parole.
The argument revealed shocking new details about Kamin that had remained confidential until Friday.
Those included a text message he sent to a friend five days before the killing in which he offered to kill a person in order to gain entry into a gang. It also included a journal entry Kamin made in which he talked about killing his mother.
According to Pettigrew, Kamin wrote that he was angry that his mother had scolded him for playing violent video games and fantasized about attacking her with a kitchen knife.
Kamin, who has said little throughout his court appearances, spoke Friday to his extended family. He apologized for the murders, told his aunts and uncles not to forgive him and promised to fade into oblivion.
"I shouldn't be forgiven for what I did," Kamin said. "I know that you all think I am a monster, and I'm going to do what monsters do best. I'm going to fade away."


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Inauguration Ceremony to be held Dec. 12
Fairfax County Office of Public Affairs
12000 Government Center Parkway, Suite 551
Fairfax, VA 22035-0065
Contact: Merni Fitzgerald, Director of Public Affairs
703-324-3187, TTY 711, Fax 703-324-2010
Media Pager: 703-324-NEWS (6397)
Dec. 7, 2007
Inauguration Ceremony to be held Dec. 12
The inauguration ceremony for the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, Fairfax County constitutional officers, and the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District directors will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 12, at 6:30 p.m. in the forum of the Government Center, 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax. The event is free and open to the public.
Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Stanley P. Klein will administer the oath of office to Board of Supervisors Chairman Gerald E. Connolly and 15 other elected officials, whose terms of office begin Jan. 1, 2008. The ceremony also will include musical performances by local artists. A reception will follow.
In addition to Connolly, the district supervisors to be installed
Sharon Bulova, Braddock District
John W. Foust, Dranesville District
Michael R. Frey, Sully District
Penelope A. Gross, Mason District
Pat S. Herrity, Springfield District
Catherine M. Hudgins, Hunter Mill District
Gerald W. Hyland, Mount Vernon District
Jeff C. McKay, Lee District
- Linda Q. Smyth, Providence District
The three constitutional officers elected countywide are:
Raymond F. Morrogh, Commonwealth's Attorney
Stan G. Barry, Sheriff
- John T. Frey, Clerk of the Court
The three directors of the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation
District are:
Johna Good Gagnon
Sally B. Ormsby
- John W. Peterson
The inauguration ceremony will be broadcast live with closed captioning on Fairfax County Government Channel 16. It also will be video streamed on the county Web site at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cable/channel16/vod.htm. It will be rebroadcast on Channel 16 at 8 p.m. on Dec. 15, 19 and 22.
An inauguration Web page is available at www.fairfaxcounty.gov/inauguration. Media and the public can use this page as a source of information about the inauguration activities. On the night of the ceremony, photos of the swearing-in will be available. Video clips will be posted on the site later in the week.
For more information, call the Office of Public Affairs at 703-324-3187, TTY 711.
For more news and information, visit www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news.

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CHICO — Clayton Schuler spent extra time working with his longest-tenured hitting coach to work his way out of a slump at the plate. On Sunday morning, that instructor — Schuler's father — got a gift in the form of watching his prized pupil's hard work pay off.
Schuler doubled twice and drove in three runs, and Andrew Shippelhoute tossed a complete game as the Chico Nuts American Legion baseball team beat the Sacramento Stingers 8-2 in the matinee of the final day of the Father's Day Tournament at Doryland Field.
"It was really special, a special day to do that. I love him, he's my father and I can't thank him enough for everything he's done," Schuler said. "Especially all the work he's been helping me put in, it was special to have it all paying off on the field today."
Michael Sanderson had three hits and two RBIs and Ryan Souza continued his torrid hitting, rapping two doubles to drive in two runs, and Ian Melton also had two hits for the Nuts, who provided plenty of support for Shippelhoute.
The right-hander yielded just six hits over seven innings, walking two and striking out four. He gave up two runs, both unearned.
"I just tried to fill up the strike zone as much as I could," Shippelhoute said. "I know I have a solid defense behind me so it was important to be aggressive in the zone and let them play."
Chico struck for two runs in each of the first two innings, first on Schuler's two-run double and then again in the second on Sanderson's two-out, two-run bloop single to right. The Nuts broke it open in the third on Zach Visinoni's RBI single that preceded Souza's ringing two-run double to left-center.
Schuler rounded out the Nuts' scoring in the sixth with an opposite-field double that plated Sanderson.
"I've been trying to focus on hitting solid line drives up the middle, and guys have been getting ahead on me," Schuler said. "I wanted to be more aggressive, get something pretty big early in the count and so I tried to go out there and jump on it."
Sacramento got its lone runs in the fifth, both unearned, on an infield single by Josh Savea that scored a runner on an errant throw from third base. The Stingers scratched across one more on a wild pitch, but nothing else against Shippelhoute, who took advantage of three strong pitches and a consistently wide strike zone to make quick work of the day's opener — he threw first strikes to 22 of the 29 batters he faced, throwing 88 pitches to help close out the game in just an hour and 55 minutes.
"It's huge to come out of our tourney with a win. It gives us some good momentum," Shippelhoute said. "We've got some big tournaments coming up, so the more momentum we have going into those, the better off we'll be."


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Two Kent families gathered at Davey Elementary recently to help celebrate the Kent City Schools' "Excellent with Distinction" rating by the Ohio Department of Education.
Four generations of family members posed with a special banner marking the Kent honor, which was mounted on the school. Similar signs are displayed at all Kent schools. Double-sided pole banners are also mounted at the intersections of West Main and Gougler Streets and West Main Street and Spaulding Drive.
Both the Brown and Dunlap families have long and strong ties to the Kent Schools with younger family members currently attending Davey Elementary.
Henry "Monk" Brown, a 1944 Roosevelt graduate, worked for the Kent Schools for 28 years. He was a bus driver and headed the custodial crew.
"The schools were my second home," Monk Brown said. "I went to school here when this was Roosevelt High School. I graduated from here, and I worked all over the district. The Kent Schools set the standard for what schools should be like."
His daughter, Robin Brown who graduated from Roosevelt in 1976, was a cook at the high school for eight years. Robin's daughter, Kelly Brown, a 2002 RHS grad, has a daughter, Alana Edwards, who attends preschool at Davey.
Robin's son, Keane Crockett, who graduated from Roosevelt in 1995, has three daughters attending the Kent Schools. Alexis is a sophomore at Roosevelt, Adreane is a sixth grader at Stanton and Ariana is in the second grade at Holden.
"We have a lot of pride in the Kent Schools," explains Robin Brown. "It's part of our family legacy."
Becky and Jim Dunlap are also proud of their three-generation ties to the Kent Schools. Now in her 24th year, Becky teaches third grade at Longcoy Elementary.
Son Ben, a 1994 RHS grad, teaches at Roosevelt and is the head boys' basketball coach. His wife, Carol Lawrence Dunlap, is a preschool aide at Davey and a 1994 graduate of Roosevelt. Their children, kindergartener Noah and second grader Taylor, also are students at Davey. Ben's brother, Nick, a 1997 RHS grad, and his wife Tiffany have a daughter, Addie, who will be attending the Kent Schools.
According to Becky, "When we moved to Kent before we had children, I asked my neighbor about the Kent Schools. She told me that no matter what your child excels in--the Kent Schools has a program for them. That always stayed in my mind, and I've always been proud to teach in a school system like ours."
Kent's "Excellent with Distinction" rating is the highest mark awarded by the Ohio Department of Education. In addition to this honor, every Kent school achieved an "Excellent" rating. This is the first time since the inception of the federal mandate "No Child Left Behind" that all school buildings received the top ranking.
"Our community is investing in excellence," says Superintendent Joe Giancola. "When you see multi-generational families like the Browns and Dunlaps, who have benefitted from the excellent educations provided by the Kent Schools, it's clear that that the investment by our community has really paid off."


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``We just didn't generate enough offense and play enough in their end,'' Komets coach Al Sims said. ``Our team wasn't in sync most of the night. I can't put my finger on it, but the puck was out of reach, the puck wasn't there and Toledo played well. They made us play in our own zone a lot.''
Just like the Komets did earlier this month in two wins at Toledo, the Walleye played patiently, waited for Fort Wayne turnovers and won the game with two power-play goals. After taking a tripping call earlier in the play, Komets defenseman Daniel Maggio earned a cross-checking major against Toledo's Byron Froese before the whistle blew. That gave the Walleye a seven-minute advantage, part of which turned into a two-man advantage when goaltender Kenny Reiter was called for slashing.
As part of the power play, Terry Broadhurst scored to break a 0-0 tie early in the third period, and Joey Martin scored another power-play goal after Kaleigh Schrock was nailed for unsportsmanlike conduct on a dive that even Olympic great Greg Louganis would have agreed was a total flop. Schrock pirouetted to the ice 10 feet away from the nearest Walleye when ``The Nutcracker'' ballet moves won't be in fashion for another month.
``They forced us into drawing penalties, and we had no discipline in the penalty department at all,'' Sims said. ``These referees in this league don't care if it's 12 penalties to 1, 10 penalties to 1, if you are taking penalties that are penalties, they are going to call them. Most of our penalties were penalties.''
Finally finding some energy, the Komets tried to rally late. With Reiter sitting on the bench for the extra attacker, Colin Chaulk poked in a rebound with 1:53 left to give Fort Wayne a chance. The Komets had a glorious opportunity in the final seconds when Brett Smith set up Thomas Beauregard in front, but a Toledo defenseman threw his stick out at the last second to slow down the momentum of Beauregard's shot and allow goaltender Jordan Pearce to make the save.
``(Brandon) Marino threw the puck to the net, and I saw Beau on the slot and I slid it back to him,'' Komets center Brett Smith said. ``I think it was just a collision of sticks. If he could have gotten it to roll to the net, it's going in, no doubt.''
Beauregard thought so, too.
``It was so close,'' he said. ``It was like stick-on-stick, and I really thought that was my chance. It would have been a real good comeback. We were really working hard to get that second goal, but the good thing is we don't have to think about it too long.''
But another sloppy, uninspired performance tonight and there won't be any Thanksgiving next week for the Komets, who will have lost three games in a row for the first time this season. Instead, they'll likely be too tired after practices to eat.
``It's not good enough,'' Smith said. ``We can't have mad scrambles in the final minutes. We have to play a whole game and stay out of the penalty box. We get no momentum because too many penalties killed us.''
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HIV Vertical Transmission in Vietnam
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|HIV Infections
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|Counseling on Formula Feeding and Antiretroviral Prophylaxis Successfully Reduced Transmission of HIV-1 From Mother to Child in Northern Vietnam
- HIV-infection in the children. [ Time Frame: 2004 - 2007 ]
- Mortality in the children in the first 18 months [ Time Frame: completed 2007 ]
- Safety of formula feeding measured by the mortality by 18 months [ Time Frame: Completed by end of 2007 ]
Biospecimen Retention: Samples With DNA
|Study Start Date:
|March 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|December 2007
|Primary Completion Date:
|December 2007 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Observation 135 HIV mother to check up and delivery in the Obstetric and Gynecology in two big city in Northern Vietnam (Hanoi and Haiphong)and follow up their children from the birth to 18 months. They were provide the antiretroviral by the National program for prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, also the counseling estimates 6 hours for each mother-child pair while study progressing. Using the Nested PCR to diagnosis HIV infected in the children in difference time point before 18 months. Our Outcome are
- The rate of HIV transmission form mother to child in our study is 6,7%(9?135). In utero is 1,5% and 5% in gestation.
- Sixty-nine percent of HIV pregnant women were get antiretroviral. Most of them (84%) get nevirapine at delivery (6 children HIV infected). The rest get triple antiretroviral(2 infected child).
- Selective cesarean section not comment for HIV pregnant women.
- Non breast feeding were recommended and all mothers chose formula feeding to their child so that we had no data for transmission by breast milk.
- Two HIV infected child die before 18months versus non die in uninfected child.
- CD4 T cell count lower than 200/microliter were observed dominate in mother infected child.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|Child, Adult, Senior
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
|Sampling Method:
|Probability Sample
HIV-1 infected pregnant women were identified in the Obstetric and Gynaecology hospitals in Hanoi (2004-2007) and Haiphong (2006-2007).
They were encouraged to participate in a prospective study with regular clinical follow up of their children from birth to 12-18 months of age. All participants signed an informed consent.
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV Mother willing to enroll to study and their child For mother: Their HIV status was diagnosed by at least one quick test and two different ELISA serological tests.
For their child: the child had tested HIV at list 3 time one at birth, one at 12 or 18 months and one in between.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The child had less than 3 time to test.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00669604
|Obstetric and Gynaecology Hospital
|Hanoi, Vietnam, 10000
|Study Chair:
|Phung D Cam, MD,PhD
|National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam
|Responsible Party:
|Phung Dac Cam, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00669604 History of Changes
|Other Study ID Numbers:
|Study First Received:
|April 28, 2008
|Last Updated:
|April 29, 2008
Keywords provided by National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Vietnam:
Mother to child transmission of HIV
HIV infected children
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
HIV Infections
Lentivirus Infections
Retroviridae Infections
RNA Virus Infections
Virus Diseases
Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
Immune System Diseases
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 21, 2017


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From Estampas Copiadas de las Figuras, Palenque, Mexico: 1787. Jay I. Kislak Collection.
Kislak Fellowship Description
The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress invites qualified scholars to apply for a postdoctoral fellowship for advanced research based on the Kislak Collection. The Kislak Collection is a major collection of rare books, manuscripts, historic documents, maps and art of the Americas donated to the Library of Congress by the Jay I. Kislak Foundation of Miami Lakes, Fla. The collection contains some of the earliest records of indigenous peoples in North America and superb objects from the discovery, contact, and colonial periods, especially for Florida, the Caribbean, and Mesoamerica.
The Kislak Fellows Program supports scholarly research that contributes significantly to a greater understanding of the history and cultures of the Americas. It provides an opportunity for a period of up to 8 months of concentrated use of materials from the Kislak Collection and other collections of the Library of Congress, through full-time residency at the Library. The program supports research projects in the disciplines of archaeology, history, cartography, epigraphy, linguistics, ethno-history, ethnography, bibliography and sociology, with particular emphasis on Florida, the circum-Caribbean region and Mesoamerica. We encourage interdisciplinary projects that combine disciplines in novel and productive ways. Select the "Sample Kislak Collection Items" tab for a representative selection of the types of items available for research in the Kislak Collection.
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Applicants may be of any nationality and must possess a Ph.D. degree, or equivalent terminal degree, awarded by the application deadline date of the year they apply.
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The Kislak Fellowship for the Study of the History and Cultures of the Early Americas is for a period of up to 8 months, at a stipend of $4,200 per month, for residential research at the Library of Congress. The Library of Congress will pay stipends monthly by means of electronic transfer to a U.S. bank account. Transportation arrangements, housing, and health care insurance and costs are the responsibility of the Fellow. The Library will provide Fellows with information on housing and can provide Fellows with contacts for commercial providers of health care insurance. The Library is required to ensure that nonresident alien visitors maintain minimum levels of medical insurance, and will provide information about insurers that offer qualifying policies to nonresident aliens.
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Bartolomé de Las Casas (1474-1566) to Holy Roman Emperor Charles V (1500-1558)
Manuscript letter, ca. 1528
Dominican Priest Bartolomé de Las Casas was a passionate champion of the rights of the indigenous people of the Americas. In 1502 he left for Hispaniola, in the West Indies, with the governor, Nicolás de Ovando. As a reward for his participation in various expeditions, he was given a royal land grant including labor of the Indian inhabitants as a reward for his participation in various expeditions. Horrified by the Conquistadors' treatment of the Indians, he returned to Spain in 1510 to take holy orders, determined to devote his life to mission work in the Americas. In 1544 Las Casas was named Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, where he worked to alleviate the burdens of colonialism on the Indians.
Hernando Cortés (1485-1547)
Dowry agreement for Montezuma's daughter, June 27, 1526
Copied from a Spanish manuscript, [Valladolid]. Manuscript, ca. 1750
In this document, Hernando Cortés justifies a large dowry to Doña Isabel, the late Emperor Montezuma's (1480? - 1520) eldest daughter, when she married a nobleman of considerable standing in New Spain. Cortés recounts the importance of Montezuma's aid to the Spanish during the conquest of Mexico. Cortés, who served as guardian for Montezuma's daughters and as Captain General of New Spain, was a generous trustee, granting Doña Isabel lands, several ranches, and Indian labor.
Descripcion de las Costas Yslas Y Vajos desde San Martin una de las Yslas de Barlovento hasta La Havana... Manuscript, Havana? 177? -?
The manuscript is a pilot-guide detailing the hazards of navigation between the island of St. Martin and the ports of Havana, San Juan and Santo Domingo, through the Windward Passage between Hispaniola and Cuba and on to Veracruz in Mexico. A short section covers the route from Veracruz through the Straits of Florida to Cadiz in Spain. In effect, this derrotero [sailing atlas] describes the route of the bullion fleets from the Spanish colonies of the West Indies and Central America to Spain in the 18th century.
Pedro Menéndez de Avilés (1519-) to Don Cristóbal de Eraso
Manuscript sailing orders, July 21, 1572
In the age of piracy on the high seas, sailing instructions were top-secret documents upon which rested the security of the king's fleet and his treasure. Here, Menéndez de Avilés, governor of Florida, gives Don Cristóbal de Eraso complicated and detailed instructions for sailing to Spain on the Buenaventura with his fleet, via the islands of Flores and San Miguel. He is admonished not to proceed beyond a designated rendezvous without further instructions from Menéndez, "under penalty of paying with his person and his property for any injury to his Majesty or his royal treasury."
Don Andrés, Aztec notary
Techialoyan land records, with text in Nahuatl
Santa Maria Itztacapan, Mexico. Aztec, seventeenth century, Manuscript on amate (fig tree bark) paper
Techialoyan land records
San Juan Tolcayuca, Mexico. Aztec, seventeenth century, Manuscript map on amate (fig tree bark) paper
Because the Spaniards annihilated the Aztec civilization and burned its archives, surviving examples of Indian codices are rare. This manuscript and map are part of the "Techialoyan" land records created in the seventeenth century using old methods to substantiate native land claims with the Spanish authorities. This map contains indigenous cartographic conventions that differ considerably from those of Europe. For example, one must rotate it for proper viewing. Also, the bell-shapes denote a community, and the trail of footprints depicts a path or road. Documents like these portray the legitimacy of a local community and its rights to a territory.
James I (1566-1625)
Royal Proclamation: Proclaiming Peace with Spain and Forbidding Armed Vessels from England Attacking Spanish Merchant Ships. Given at our Mannour of Greenwich the 23 Day of June, in the First Yeere of our Reign of England, France, and Ireland, London: Robert Barker, 1603
This proclamation was directed at Sir Walter Raleigh and his associates. Raleigh was a thorn in the flesh of James I. Even before the death of Queen Elizabeth he opposed James' claims, and was ready to go to any lengths to prevent his accession to the throne. Consequently, one of James' first acts as King was to dismiss Raleigh from his various offices of State and order cessation of hostilities with Spain. Raleigh was condemned to death on a charge of conspiracy, but was reprieved and imprisoned in the Tower of London where he wrote his unfinished History of the World. Released in 1616, he led a disastrous expedition to Brazil seeking gold. On his return, he was beheaded under his former sentence.
Horatio Nelson (1758-1805)
Account of the proceedings of Captain Nelson of His Majesty's Ship Boreas relative to the illegal trade carried on between the Americans & the British West India Islands, Bound manuscript, 1784-1786
In 1784, Captain Horatio Nelson was given command of the Boreas, a twenty-eight-gun frigate, with orders to enforce the British Navigation Acts that required all imports be carried in English ships. The acts had become a major problem after the end of the American Revolution because American vessels dominated trade between the West Indies and the former colonies. When Nelson seized four illegally laden American ships that had obviously violated the Navigation Acts, the captains sued him for illegal seizure. In the ensuing trial, the judge eventually found in favor of the British navy. However, to avoid arrest and imprisonment, Nelson spent nearly eight months aboard his frigate.
Account of a voyage to Jamaica, Manuscript journal by an English carpenter, 1816-1818
This journal describes a journey from London to Jamaica, life on the island, and a voyage to Wilmington, Delaware, and back to England
Claude Joseph Désiré Charnay (1828-1915)
Photographic album albumen prints, 1859-1860
An album of thirty-five albumen prints is from the first systematic photographic expedition to the ruins at Mitla, Izamal, Chichén Itzá, and Uxmal, Mexico. French photographer and explorer, Désiré Charnay, made the photographs during two seasons of fieldwork in 1859 and 1860. Charnay's work was instrumental in attracting serious scholarly interest in pre-conquest Mexico, thus setting the stage for later intensive archaeological studies of Mesoamerican civilization.
Codex-style vase with sixty hieroglyphs, Red and black on cream ceramic.
Guatemalan lowlands. Maya, Late Classic Period, A.D. 700-900
As in all societies where lineage serves political purposes, the Maya kept dynastic lists in varied forms, including architectural elements, sarcophagi, and ceramic objects. This vessel, with its calligraphic hieroglyphs and restricted palette of red and brown-black on cream, is part of a tradition called "codex style" that is thought to mimic the appearance of Mayan books. Most painted vessels of this type deal with mythological topics, but this example is one of a small set that appears to deal with historical information. The vase records the names and dates of rulers associated with the city-state of Calakmul in the Yucatan, Mexico.


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My breakfast this morning is Kellogg's Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites, in the new Cinnamon Roll flavor, which I am eating right out of the box. If I don't put the box down soon, there will be none left! I'm not sure I would like these with milk, but they are delicious on their own. In fact, I like all the Frosted Mini Wheat varieties, especially Chocolate and Touch of Fruit in the Middle. The Cinnamon Roll is my new favorite. They are an "Excellent Source of Fiber and Grain", but don't let that scare you. They are really good. I am now closing the box and saving them for someone else (if I don't get back to them first).
Am I the only one noticing this? I don't eat Froot Loops every month but every couple of months I get the urge for that fruity flavor that brings back memories of my childhood. I get a huge family sized box and I eat it ALL MYSELF! NO SHARING. Today, after not having it for several months, I bought a box and noticed it says *now provides fiber* and *same great taste*. I thought, well *BONUS* for me-right? NOT!
It looks like regular Froot Loops and smells like regular Froot Loops but one spoonful had me checking the date code - did I get an old box? Nope! Date code is 2010! They taste terrible, no flavor, and they have a weird aftertaste. Am I the only one noticing this? Did my tastebuds become defective from yesterday (when I was eating Lucky Charms) to today?
WAYNESBURG, PENNSYLVANIA -- I was getting the last 2 bowls of cereal from my raisin bran box. I ate 1 bowl and took 1 bite from the second bowl and noticed that what I thought were tiny parts of the flake in the milk appeared to have little arms or legs sticking out of 1 end. I looked closer and that's when it happened. THEY WERE MOVING!! I almost threw up and still want to. I didn't have them in any other box of cereal in the same cabinet door or on the cabinet itself. They were just in the cereal and after I pulled the bag out they were crawling in the box as well. This is very sick since I have no clue what I just ate. Be aware. I emailed the company and contacted the local store as well.
CABOT, ARKANSAS -- I opened a brand new box of my favorite special k chocolatey strawberry cereal and opened a brand new milk and poured it into my bowl. After about 3 bites I noticed a flattened bug (dunno what it was) floating around... I then noticed 2 other flattened bugs... I'm disgusted. If they were live I would think it happened in storage or transit but the fact that these bugs were flat and dead leads me to believe it happened during manufacturing. I'm absolutely disgusted.. Who knows if I ate one during my 3 bites. I can't see myself ever being able to stomach any kind of cereal ever again.
I was looking for a healthy breakfast snack to bring to work and I saw a box of Special K Fruit Crisps. I decided to buy a box of the strawberry kind. I am so glad I did! They taste just like Pop Tarts. Each pack comes with 2 bars and are a total of 100 calories per pack. That's way less than a packet of Pop Tarts.
The only downside is that the bars are not as big as a Pop Tart. I've been pairing the bars with some cottage cheese or yogurt and fruit. If you like Pop Tarts, but want to save on calories and carbs, I would recommend these Fruit Crisps. They also come in blueberry and chocolate flavors.
BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN -- I bought three boxes of Special K red berries cereal in June 2012. The expiration date on the box was May 2013. When I opened the cereal the following morning and poured it into a bowl, I was shocked to see dozens of little bugs climbing out of the cereal when I started pouring milk on it. I will never buy a Kellogg's product again. What kind of filth infested factory allows bugs to get inside their product. Shame on Kellogg's manufacturing.
I am sorry to hear this happened to you. Please call our contact center and give this reference number and they will be able to help you out.
I purchased an 8 pack of pre-made Kellogg's rice crispy treats. I opened one package (stamped numbers on package are **) and found what looked like a roach 'blended' into the snack. After many searches, it seems Kellogg's doesn't make it easy to make them aware of these issues. I won't be buying these again.
NEW HAMPSHIRE -- I bought the organic cereal strawberry fields. I thought there were supposed to be strawberries in it. I could count on one hand and have a few fingers left of the strawberries in the box. What a letdown, all flakes. Add more strawberries or just call it wheat flakes. Ridiculous. A big company like that too cheap to spring for more than that.
TAMPA, FLORIDA -- I am thoroughly disgusted as I just opened a brand new package of Kellogg's Raisin Bran Crunch cereal only to find there were live, little bugs not only in the box, but in the cereal bag as well. An unopened bag of cereal should NOT have ANYTHING but the cereal in it. This USED to be my favorite cereal, but not if this continues. It makes you wonder what's going on at the factory. I know for a fact it didn't come from my home because I opened another brand new, unopened box of Life cereal and no bugs were present and both boxes were in the same cabinet.


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WALES v SAMOA - Big Match Preview
THE HEAT is well and truly on Wales caretaker coach Robert Howley and his besieged troops to secure a must-win victory over Samoa this evening.
The Pacific Islanders, famous nemeses at the World Cups of 1991 and 1999 when Wales were also playing at home, could prove to be the stuff of nightmares tonight.
The hosts may be smoking hot favourites to restore national pride, the bookies are giving punters short odds of 1-4 as opposed to a generous 7-2 on the Samoans.
But no one will be truly shocked if Samoa secure another famous upset in Cardiff – after all, they've got form.
Wales only lead the series of games between the two 5-3 since they won the first ever Test 32-14 in Apia in 1986. As well as those two World Cup catastrophes, Samoa's third victory was a 34-9 mauling in 1994, again in Apia, against a Wales side that contained current kicking coach Neil Jenkins.
With Wales reeling from their abominable performance against Argentina, which saw them fortunate to only lose 26-12, they will be looking for some big performances from their big players.
The return of Ryan Jones on the blindside, and as captain, after he missed the calamity against Los Pumas with a shoulder injury, cannot be underestimated.
The contact area is an aspect of the game Samoa love and much is also expected of openside flanker Justin Tipuric who is given his big chance at the expense of out-of-form skipper Sam Warburton, demoted to the bench.
Dan Biggar has an opportunity to transform his fine regional form with the Ospreys onto a bigger stage after being handed the coveted No 10 jersey in place of Rhys Priestland who drops down to the replacements' bench.
Wales fans will be hoping he will manage the jump to the big time better than in the past, having failed to do so in his limited opportunities so far.
Paul James' time may also have come, in at loosehead instead of the veteran Gethin Jenkins.
Mike Phillips' return, after he came on in the second half for Scarlets scrum half Tavis Knoyle, could also be crucial. The Bayonne man has been out of form for a while but he is a world class player who Wales will need to fire.
His inability to attend a pre-autumn Tests training camp in Poland because of club commitments was a factor in Knoyle starting ahead of him last week.
It was only the second time in 38 appearances since the 2008 Six Nations Championship that Phillips had not started for Wales.
And the combative 30-year-old, who will win his 70th cap after being put back in the driving seat, was yesterday showing the fighting spirit Wales will need if they are to win tonight.
"Unfortunately, I couldn't go to Poland, so preparation wasn't great for me for last week's game," he said.
"I didn't go to Poland, where a lot of work was done, so I guess maybe it (not being picked to start against Argentina) was a possibility. But whenever I wear the jersey, I am going to give absolutely everything. People know that.
"There is always pressure, but you have just got to play your role and give it everything."
The 2008 and 2012 Grand Slam winner, who had a great World Cup last year when Wales reached the semi-finals, added: "I am an experienced player who has been in the Wales squad for a number of years now.
"I know the way in which we are going to play and I know the management team very well."
Wales should have just enough to win.
To paraphrase Eminem, failure's just not an option.
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A roundup of area filming news
Now Filming
What: A supernatural cop drama in which Ichabod Crane, a Revolutionary War hero, is mysteriously transported to modern times to face off with the Headless Horseman and the coming apocalypse.
Stars: Tom Mison, Nicole Beharie, Orlando Jones, Katia Winter, Lyndie Greenwood, John Noble
Notes: Production on season two began May 5. The show will begin airing its second season 9 p.m. Sept. 22. For extras casting information, follow AB Casting on Facebook.
'Secrets & Lies'
What: A murder mystery that follows a family man who quickly becomes the prime suspect in a shocking murder after he finds the body of a young boy. To clear his name, he sets out to find the real killer himself.
Stars: Ryan Phillippe, Juliette Lewis, KaDee Strickland, Natalie Martinez, Dan Fogler
Notes: Production on the remaining nine first season episodes, and a few pilot reshoots, began July 24. Filming is slated to run until Thanksgiving. The show will premiere next spring.
'The Choice'
What: Based on Nicholas Sparks' 2007 novel, the love story of two neighbors who embark on a relationship that spans a decade and is tested by life's defining moments.
Stars: TBA
Notes: The film will be the fifth Sparks film adaptation shot in the area. Production is expected to start this fall (September/October).
What: Chronicles the life of jazz pioneer and cornet player Buddy Bolden.
Stars: Gary Carr, Ian McShane, Michael Rooker, Nelsen Ellis
Notes: The film began production in 2007 and returned for reshoots in 2010. The film will do reshoots and shoot additional scenes locally and in Atlanta this fall.
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'Under The Dome'
What: A sci-fi CBS summer series based on the novel by Stephen King about the inhabitants of the small town of Chester's Mill, which has been cut off from the rest of the world by a mysterious dome.
Stars: Mike Vogel, Rachelle Lefevre, Dean Norris, Britt Robertson, Eddie Cahill
Notes: Production wrapped this week after shooting for more than four months. The new season now airs 10 p.m. Mondays on CBS. The season finale will air Sept. 22.
What: A comedy about a woman who discovers her husband is having an affair and decides to go on a road trip with her hard-drinking grandmother.
Stars: Melissa McCarthy (who co-wrote the film with her husband, Ben Falcone, who directed), Kathy Bates, Susan Sarandon, Dan Aykroyd
Notes: The movie wrapped filming June 25 last year in Wilmington before moving production to Niagara Falls. It was released in theaters July 2.
Coming soon to Theaters
'The Remaining'
What: A thriller about a group friends whose wedding weekend is turned into chaos after the Rapture kickstarts the end of the world.
Stars: Alexa Vega, Bryan Denchart, Johnny Pacar, Italia Ricci, Shaun Sipos
Notes: Out Sept. 5. The film began shooting in early 2013 and returned in October for four days of additional filming.
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Chutes and Ladders was one of the board games I played when my age was a single-digit number, along with Sorry! and Candyland. While Candyland was a sugary, sweet fantasy world with candy cane forests and gumdrop mountains, Chutes and Ladders was more like reality because just when you thought you were ahead, life would knock you on your ass and you'd fall behind. For those unfamiliar with the rules, you'd roll the dice and then move your figure that many spaces forward. If the space you landed on had a ladder, you got to move up to the space the ladder pointed to. If you landed on a chute, you fell down to a previous space.
Last year, I felt like I'd landed on square 87 and slid down the long, long chute to square 24, and not just because those squares show the doofus who's trying to sneak cookies from the cookie jar. Life was going pretty well. I was exercising and eating right and I'd gotten a shiny, new job and all was […]


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Writing Reviews for Open WorldCat
As of October 9, 2005, any reader who wishes can submit reviews to Open WorldCat, the pilot project that is taking OCLC records to the public through Google, Yahoo, and other book related web sites. Librarians should take this opportunity to share their reviews with readers and other librarians everywhere. With contributions by many, librarians and their clients can make Open WorldCat a high quality alternative to the reader advice on Amazon and other commercial web sites.
It is easy. Here is what you do to add a review to an Open WorldCat record.
1. Find Open WorldCat. There are several ways of doing this. The easiest way is simply go to http://www.oclc.org/worldcat/open/tryit/default.htm. Save this link.
2. Enter your title in either the Google or Yahoo search box. Click "Search." I do not recommend the Google Scholar box, as it takes an extra step and does not find as many of the titles as the other two.
3. Click the correct title on the results list.
4. Click the tab that says "Reviews."
5. Click "Write an Online Review."
6. Open an Open WorldCat account if this is your first visit. It is free. If you have an account, sign in.
7. Select a rating for the book.
8. Give the review a title. You may use author and title of the book or you may give your review its own title.
9. Paste in your review. You can write the review at this point, but you are much better off having written it in advance. Open WorldCat will time out as you write if you take fifteen minutes to compose. Proofread before you submit. Your readers will appreciate a better edited review.
10. Click "Submit Review." You will be returned to the record and your review will be on the screen. Proofread again. You can edit again if necessary by clicking "Write an Online Review."
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This morning, Motorola Solutions and Zebra dropped some big news. The gist is that Zebra is paying $3.45 billion to acquire Motorola Solutions' enterprise mobility business. Zebra becomes an end-to-end mobility solutions provider. Motorola focuses on its government radio business.
Unlike previous acquisition news in this industry, this deal brings together two companies that complement one another rather than simply gobble up a competitor. On paper (and only having a couple hours to think about this), the deal seems like a great one for Zebra. While I can't comment on the cost of the acquisition, Zebra's strength in the industry just got a whole lot stronger as the company can now offer a total mobility solution. Great for Zebra, but how will VARs figure in this deal?
In general, Grant Wickes, VP of marketing for System ID Bar Code Solutions points to Motorola and Zebra's "strong channel DNA," feeling that the combination will be generally good for the channel in the long term. Short term, he says might suffer. "Integration (alignment and arrangement of channel account managers [CAMs] and channel marketing folks) is always disruptive in short term as decisions are frozen until personnel alignment is determined," he says.
David Bissonnette, executive vice president for Strategic Systems & Technology Corporation says the deal is a "two great things that taste great together" event for partners who sell both Motorola and Zebra. "Being able to work with one combined sales and channel organization means that our reach will be greater, our joint account planning will be much tighter and our administrative overhead will go down," he remarks.
Pete Wenzel, president of General Data Co., thinks the deal "is a brilliant move on both Zebra's and Motorola's part. Frankly, partners and distributors have been scratching their heads for years questioning Moto's strategy." He goes on to say that Motorola has been the "tale of two separate companies" for years. "I'm not qualified to say what synergies there may have been in the back room of technology development, but from a partners point of view, there was ZERO synergy between Enterprise and Government & Public Safety divisions," he states. "It has been clear for a long time that senior Moto management (all being from the radio Government & Public Safety side of the business) really had no clue as to what to do with the Enterprise space."
Robert Ladd, president and CEO of Miles Data Technologies says "As a reseller, I like consolidation because it gives us fewer channel programs to manage. At the moment, I can't envision any negatives for the reseller channel. Over the past 10 years, Zebra's management team has gained a better understanding of the mobile computing business so I believe they are ready for what I'm sure was a well studied acquisition opportunity."
VARs who worked with one of the companies often worked with the other, so I'm not sure how much partner consolidation there will be. Wickes cautions that MDF programs/dollars and manufacturing leads available to partners could be reduced as two combined channels come together. Time will tell.
Wickes adds that both companies see opportunity and growth in Enterprise, so he expects that we'll see added focus on direct sales to big customers, which may have some disruption to the part of the channel that caters to big companies. "Conversely, both companies leverage channel to sell efficiently to SMB, so that will create continued opportunity for resellers in this segment," he says.
What long-term effect might this have on the channel? "Mobile computing as a segment continues to grow at double digit rates which is good news in and of itself," says Bissonnette. "Specific to our business, we are even more encouraged by the fact that over the last six months, so many of our large enterprise clients have decided on Android as their go forward operating system for their business applications. With so many new enterprise ready Android based mobile devices being released by Motorola/Zebra, we as resellers are in a great position to capitalize on this trend."
Ladd believes that there will be more synergistic opportunities with Zebra and the Motorola Enterprise business than there was with Motorola's Enterprise and 2-Way Radio businesses.
Wickes expects that there will be more acquisitions by Zebra (and maybe others) as the hardware consolidation ends and these companies look at adding software as way to add value to their offering.
Wenzel offers a unique perspective: "After the acquisition of Intermec by Honeywell, Zebra was put into a defensive position to protect their dominance. There was a new 800 lb gorilla in the room. My own speculation [that proved wrong] was that Honeywell, not being in the printer business and wishing to keep a good relationship with Zebra, due to so many overlapping customers and deals, would spin off Intermec printer and media division to Zebra. Zebra has thrown down the gauntlet to Honeywell over this deal! It creates a similar market situation as the beverage business with two titans Coke & Pepsi = Honeywell/Intermec & Zebra/Moto with Dr. Pepper/7Up = Datalogic. It will be interesting to see it play out."
Of course, all of this is speculation. As more information comes out, we'll have a better understanding of how VARs will stand to benefit or be hurt by this deal. What are your thoughts? Feel free to comment below on whether this news will positively or negatively affect your business.
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ROOSTER IN THE CITY -- Caller in the 100 block of Court Street reported at 12:46 p.m. Tuesday that a rooster was at a nearby house. An officer responded and counseled the owner on city codes.
SHOPLIFTER -- Caller at Safeway on South State Street reported at 12:47 p.m. Tuesday that someone stole a cart full of groceries. The merchandise was recovered and a report was requested.
CLIMBING CELL TOWER -- Two men were seen climbing the cell tower behind the Ukiah Police Department at 300 Seminary Avenue at 8:04 p.m. Tuesday and came down when asked to by an officer.
SHOPLIFTER -- An officer responded to Safeway on South State Street at 10:14 a.m. Wednesday and arrested a 26-year-old Ukiah woman for burglary.
DUI ARREST -- An officer stopped a vehicle in the 300 block of East Perkins Street at 1:44 a.m. Thursday and arrested Marc Pipes, 32, of Ukiah, on suspicion of driving under the influence.
MAN READING THE BIBLE -- Caller in the 100 block of North State Street reported at 3:01 p.m. Tuesday that a man was on the steps of the Mendocino County Courthouse reading verses from the Bible out loud. An officer responded and counseled the man.
PURSE RETURNER YELLED AT -- Caller in the 200 block of North Orchard Avenue reported at 3:15 p.m. Tuesday that she found a purse and returned it to the owner, who then accused her of taking money and food stamps from it.
The following were compiled from reports prepared by the Ukiah Police Department regarding calls handled by the Fort Bragg Police Department.
BUMPER PULLED OFF -- Caller at Safeway on South Main Street reported at 6:19 p.m. Tuesday that someone pulled the bumper off his car while it was parked. An officer took a report.
Those arrested by law enforcement officers are innocent until proven guilty. People reported as having been arrested may contact the Daily Journal once their case has been concluded so the results can be reported. Those who feel the information is in error should contact the appropriate agency. In the case of those arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicant: all DUI cases reported by law enforcement agencies are reported by the newspaper. The Daily Journal makes no exceptions.
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There is something about finger foods that simultaneously screams I am an adult and I am a kid. Patties aka sliders aka kebabs as I call them are very popular in my home. I find them very versatile as they are great for school lunches, afternoon snacks, playdate snacks, light dinner, cocktail parties and dinner parties. I dress them for the occasion by using different dips and fun garnishes.
I used the Bob's Red Mill Black Bean Flour as a base for these kebabs, and added their Whole Grain and Beans Soup Mix for taste and texture. The bean soup mix contains 4 kinds of beans, plus seeds and grains. I soaked the beans for 2 hours prior to cooking to soften up the beans. Then I cooked the beans in a pressure cooker for about 15 minutes or 4 whistles. My pressure cooker is my secret weapon in the kitchen. With it, I can whip up lentils, beans and meat stews in no time.
I then blended together the flour and the beans, turning them into a thick paste suitable for making sliders. A little more work on the stove, and voila!
I was gratified to see that my 5 year old and my husband both enjoyed eating it. My husband and I used some spicy sauce and had a fun appetizer for dinner.
I have used egg as a binder in this recipe, but for a vegan option, use breadcrumbs as a binder.
Bean Kebabs (makes approximately 20 kebabs):
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Whole Grain and Beans Soup Mix
- ½ medium sized Red Onion finely diced
- ½ cup finely cut Cilantro Leaves
- 1 cup Bob's Red Mill Black Bean Flour
- 1 Egg
- 1 Tbsp Garam Masala
- 1 tsp Salt
- Oil for pan frying
- Soak the dry Whole Grain and Beans Soup Mix for 2 hours. Cook the mix in a pot per the cooking instructions at the back of the soup mix packet.
- When cool, blend the cooked soup mix using an immersion blender. The result should a thick paste. If there is excess water then cook off the extra water till the blended cooked soup mix is a thick paste.
- Add the remaining ingredients to the soup paste and mix thoroughly.
- Pressing firmly, form mixture into patties about 2 inches wide and ½ inch thick.
- Heat up a large frying pan on medium/high heat and pour some oil.
- Place the kebabs into the pan and brown the kebabs until browned, about 2-3 minutes per side.
Serve the cooked kebabs with sour cream for the kids. For the adults use a mint yogurt dip or cilantro chutney.
Rashmi Nigam is a wife, mother, foodie, and blogger who chronicles her journey towards raising healthy eaters at YumKid. She draws from her real food upbringing as well as her travels, to prepare simple, unprocessed meals for her family. You can also follow her on Twitter or Facebook.


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By kBobby Hanson
From: Spokane, WA
Apr 22, 2005
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|I climbed this in Fall 2001. The anchor at the top was pretty crappy. Look for a (better) third bolt up above the first two (one of which spins). I found a CTR ring up here on a tiny (2"x2") ledge. Weird.
By Harvey Miller
Jun 16, 2005
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|Yeah, one of the anchors at the top is bad. A good option is to use the good anchor as a bolt, and then finish the climb by traversing to the left to the anchors at the top of Nice Little Crack. Its not very far. Belay your follower from the top, and then rap from those anchors.
By Walt Haas
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Mar 28, 2007
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
IIRC Lenny Nelson told me a few years ago that he had bolted this route. Unfortunately I forgot the name he gave it :-( Nice route though.
With TR protection, you can climb the slightly more difficult face a few feet to climber's left of the bolts.
By tony tuttle
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Sep 7, 2010
rating: 5.8- 5b 16 VI- 14 VS 4c PG13
Climbed on 9/5/2010. I liked the crag, nice place to get away to on an otherwise crowded Storm Mountain Saturday. Nobody else ventured to these climbs.
The climb itself is pretty fun. Nothing too difficult, the crux for me was where the blocky holds disappear and there are a couple of smeary moves on rounded rock.
The roof was really fun to pull over as well but nothing too crazy.
The suspect bolt is still there. We backed up the anchor with a nut placed a little lower.
This place is worth the extra approach if you don't want to fight crowds.
By Daniel Winder
Aug 17, 2012
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b PG13
|Needlessly PG-13. The last bolt is way too low to prevent a ledge fall if you somehow blew it going over the roof.
By DrApnea
From: Wenatchee, WA
Apr 30, 2013
rating: 5.7 5a 15 V+ 13 MVS 4b
|Done in approach shoes. A fun line, no harder than 5.7, It really should be a trad climb though since nearly every bolt had a spot for pro within 3 feet of it if you had the right gear (Tricams, nuts, and mastercams).
By Andrew Gram
From: Salt Lake City, UT
Aug 31, 2015
rating: 5.8 5b 16 VI- 15 HVS 4c
|OK route that would be very good with one more bolt at the roof. Definitely a candidate for rebolting - rusted stud bolts, most likely with mixed metals.


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Last season's Champions League winners Chelsea headline the four English clubs vying for a berth in the last 16 of the Europa League on Thursday, as several high-profile names stare at the exit door.
Chelsea go into the second leg of their tie with Sparta Prague at Stamford Bridge holding a 1-0 advantage thanks to Oscar's late strike a week ago in the Czech capital.
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Despite the ignominy of becoming the first Champions League winners to bow out at the group stage, Lampard, who is just three goals shy of Bobby Tambling's club record tally of 202, insisted more European success was still firmly on Chelsea's radar.
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ARLINGTON -- Count Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks among those who give great credit to Rangers' Triple-A pitching coach Brad Holman. The two were together at Class A Myrtle Beach in 2012 prior to Hendricks being traded to the Cubs at the July 31 Trade Deadline for Ryan Dempster.
"I would sit next to him every day in the dugout and learn from him," Hendricks told Chicago reporters. "He was unbelievable. He did a lot to get me to this point."
Hendricks joined the Cubs rotation after pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Jason Hammel were traded to the Athletics and is 4-1 with a 1.73 ERA in five starts. Holman is in his second season at Round Rock.
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Use of Telemedicine in Collaboration Between a Psychogeriatric Unit and Nursing Homes (TESAM)
The recruitment status of this study is unknown. The completion date has passed and the status has not been verified in more than two years.
Verified May 2011 by Sykehuset Innlandet HF.
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The investigators want to evaluate the use of video-conference in the collaboration between the investigators psychogeriatric department and nursing homes. The study aim is to give supervision on a regular basis to the caregivers on a special care unit for patients with dementia with behavioural disturbances during a period of half a year. The investigators want to investigate the impact on caregivers and patients by applying certain tests at baseline, during the intervention and half a year after the intervention.
|Dementia Behavioural Disorders
|Behavioral: Training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference
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|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
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Primary Outcome Measures:
- Neuropsychiatric inventory - nursing home version (NPI-NH) [ Time Frame: week 48 ]The investigators want to find out if a supervision of staff members over a six months time, using video-conference technic, contributes to improvement in patients' behaviour registered by NPI-NH
Secondary Outcome Measures:
- Person-centered Care Assessment Tool (P-CAT) Person centered care assessment tool (P-CAT) [ Time Frame: week 48 ]Measures the effect of our intervention related to apply person centred dementia care
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Experimental: Training and supervision of staff
Staff members get training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference kit
Behavioral: Training in person centered care by supervision using video-conference
The investigators will use video-conference for supervising and training of staff members in nursing homes
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Northrop Grumman will develop new high-speed processing subsystems for the U.S. Air Force's fleet of B-2 stealth bomber aircraft, under a $108 million low rate initial production contract for Increment 1 of the B-2 extremely high frequency (EHF) satellite communications program.
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The media have been saturated with the gripping story of four athletes who went fishing off Clearwater. National Football League players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith along with former University of South Florida football players Will Bleakley and Nick Schuyler were thrown into the sea when their boat capsized.
These men set off confident in their knowledge and skill, but were overpowered by nature.
The tragic result of an enjoyable outing of four friends reminds us all to take proper care when setting out upon the waters. Boating is thought to be relatively safe. In most places, a person with no boating experience can rent a boat and take to the high seas, no questions asked.
Most boating accidents are preventable. It starts by everyone on a boat wearing a properly fitting U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket. Wearing a life jacket will keep you afloat and help delay the effects of hypothermia. Life jackets save lives.
Whether your state requires boater education or not, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary urges that every boater take a boater education class. Operating a boat requires more than just throttling up or setting a sail and getting under way. There are navigation rules, weather considerations, knowing how to respond to a person overboard, knowing how to place a distress call and knowing how to respond when you are physically unable, among other bits of knowledge. Educated boaters save lives.
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What if you end up in the water unintentionally? If you are wearing your life jacket, you're halfway there. If the boat capsizes, keep everyone together and stay with the boat. Flares, mirrors, strobe lights, whistles and other signaling devices allow rescuers to quickly locate people who are already in the water and need help. The Coast Guard will search at night as well as during daylight; anything that will make you more visible significantly aids your ability to be detected.
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The Seahawks are struggling offensively with rookie quarterback Russell Wilson at the reins of what Pete Carroll calls a scaled-back scheme. But Carroll, despite his team having the NFL's worst passing game (No. 32) isn't thinking about making a change to high-priced veteran acquisition Matt Flynn—because Flynn isn't healthy enough to play.
"We have a little bit of a problem with Matt," Carroll revealed to ESPN Seattle on Monday. "Matt's still not full speed. Anybody that thinks, OK, let's go with the other guy, well, he can't practice yet."
The problem, according to Carroll, is an elbow injury which affects Flynn's ability to throw the ball. So at the moment, Flynn, signed away from Green Bay in the offseason, isn't an option to create a quarter-pole quarterback controversy.
"He throws 15 throws a day, a couple days a week, so that's not really enough to get him ready in a game plan," Carroll told ESPN Seattle. "He has to throw 50 balls a day to get ready, so that's not even an issue for us yet to have a chance to put him in."
So now the questions are when exactly did Flynn get hurt to such a degree, and whether Carroll chose Wilson outright for the starting job in the preseason without factoring in injury.
Flynn was a hot free agent after the former Packers backup to Aaron Rodgers threw for 480 yards and six touchdowns in a Week 17 win over Detroit last season. Consider in four starts this season, Wilson has throw for only a combined 594 yards.
The Seahawks have a strong, physical defense with a strong, physical running game led by Marshawn Lynch to match. At an asterisked 2-2 with a tough matchup at Carolina coming up in Week 5, they're not getting enough from Wilson and their receivers to be a legitimate NFC playoff threat.
It will be interesting to see what happens if the offense continues to stagnate and the Seahawks keep losing with teens on the scoreboard. At this rate, when Flynn is healthy, Carroll strongly needs to consider making a change.


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I like the idea of transforming garbage into free mulch and fertilizer. It's a win-win situation when I can save money and keep my eggshells, coffee grinds and weeds out of landfills. Compost is the single best additive available for improving any soil. Soil too sandy? Add compost. Too much clay? Add compost. Lacking nutrients? Compost. No wonder gardeners call it black gold.
3. Add 50 percent (or less) of greens
Green materials are rich in nitrogen, and likewise, are mostly green, or at least fresher than browns. Greens include grass clippings, fruit and veggie scraps and freshly picked weeds. Cornstarch packing peanuts and coffee grinds, though not green, also are rich in nitrogen. So even though they defy the color-coding principles set forth here, they are greens. Greens help speed the decomposition of your rotting garbage.
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You should never include fats (meat or fish table scraps, dairy products, oils, etc.), diseased plants or weeds that have gone to seed in your pile. And never add materials that don't decompose, such as plastic or glass. Bird and rabbit droppings, and horse manure are OK, but kitty litter and dog poop are not. As a rule of thumb, excrement from carnivores is off limits.
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'"I was talking to [coach] Lindy [Ruff]. The environment that we live in is very different than the pre-lockout CBA," Regier told ESPN.com. "With the offer sheets and unrestricted free agency at the latest at 27 — it forces teams to make decisions earlier and to make them for a longer period of time. And, obviously, the players have the same decisions. And as expensive as it might be to keep your own players, it's even more expensive to go buy them on the open market. If you can."'
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Hello all,
I have just recently completed a project on the Buffalo architect and first-class passenger Edward Austin Kent. I conducted all of the research on Kent and wrote a short film detailing some aspects of his life. The film is 12 minutes long and premiered at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. A couple of his buildings around the Buffalo area are also featured in the piece and Helen Churchill Candee is also portrayed.
Here is the link to the film below. I hope you enjoy it!