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Press Release
Local volunteer unit welcomes new members
Published on Mon, Nov 5, 2012 (3:15 p.m.)11/05/2012 NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev -- Nellis Composite Squadron, one of 16 units in the Nevada Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), welcomes the following members who joined the unit in October:
Senior members:
Shiela Barela
Dale Jones
Roberta Jones
Cadet members:
Christian Banuelos
Avery Barela
Steven Cott
Mathew Smith
Makima Stanley
The cadet program provides young adults between the ages of 12 and 21 a well rounded program of leadership, aerospace education, physical fitness, and moral and ethical decision making.
Civil Air Patrol, the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, is a nonprofit organization with 61,000 members nationwide, operating a fleet of 550 aircraft. CAP, in its Air Force auxiliary role, performs 90 percent of continental U.S. inland search and rescue missions as tasked by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center and was credited by the AFRCC with saving 54 lives in fiscal year 2011. Its volunteers also perform homeland security, disaster relief and drug interdiction missions at the request of federal, state and local agencies. The members play a leading role in aerospace education and serve as mentors to more than 26,000 young people currently participating in the CAP cadet programs. CAP received the World Peace Prize in 2011 and has been performing missions for America for 70 years. CAP also participates in Wreaths Across America, an initiative to remember, honor and teach about the sacrifices of U.S. military veterans. Visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or www.capvolunteernow.com for more information.
There are more than 500 senior, and 300 cadet CAP members in Nevada
For more information about Nellis Composite Squadron visit http://nvwg.cap.gov/units/ncs/ncs.htm
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The White House social agenda must move on.
A day after Chicago's Desiree Rogers resigned as White House Social Secretary, a successor is already in place.
The White House announced Saturday that Julianna Smoot has been named Deputy Assistant to the President and Social Secretary.
Smoot was U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk's Chief of Staff and previously worked for Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin.
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"Racing's Future" is a new Q&A series in which I aspire
to help everyone in the industry. In addition to shining a spotlight on youth
who plan to have a career in horse racing, I hope that the opinions expressed
in their responses will offer industry leaders insight into what a younger
audience believes the sport should improve upon.
Meet Averie Levanti
15-year-old Averie Levanti, who may
be familiar to Horse Racing Nation fans and readers for being honored as the 2013 Tim Reynolds Memorial Fan of the Year,
resides just outside of Reading, Pennsylvania. Averie has been an avid fan of
racing for the past three years. Passionate for photography and writing, it is
her goal to make a living in the racing industry. Follow her on Instagram, @averieelizabethh, to see her racing photos
and observations.
How did you become interested in
horse racing?
I read Bill Nack's book on Secretariat when I was in sixth grade and 12
years old. Never would I have thought when I walked into that book store that I
would be walking out with the book that literally changed my life and made it
what it is today.
What do you love about horse
Nothing matches the adrenaline rush you get when the field turns for
home. It's truly the greatest and most exciting sport in the world. Seeing
those animals run is incredible and unlike anything else. And above all else,
there's always more to learn. You learn every day, but you can never truly know
Who are some of the people you
admire in the industry and why?
This is difficult because I look up to so many people! Barbara Livingston
is a standout because I have a growing interest in photography and I've always
admired hers, but Eric Kalet edges her out slightly as my favorite
photographer. I have way too many writers and columnists to name. Tons of
jockeys, trainers, and owners: Gary Stevens, Mike Smith, Javier Castellano,
Joel Rosario, Johnny V, Rosie Napravnik, Shug McGaughey, Kathy Ritvo, Todd
Pletcher, David Jacobson, Jerry Hollendorfer, Bill Mott, Dale Romans, Ed
Stanco, Mike Repole, the Moss's, the Ramsey's. I could continue, but I'm
stopping myself.
What aspects of horse racing do you
wish you knew more about?
I'm much stronger on the racing industry than I am the breeding industry.
While I still know a good deal on the breeding industry, I'd like to learn
more. I also wish I knew a lot more on things such as a horse's conformation
since it usually plays such an important role in selecting the proper racehorse
and could ultimately lead to how a horse ends up performing on the track.
What racetracks have you been to?
Penn National, Parx, Aqueduct, Belmont, Saratoga, Delaware, and Monmouth.
(Churchill and Pimlico soon to be added!)
What is your favorite racetrack?
Belmont Park with Saratoga and Delaware close runner-ups. The presence
and beauty of Belmont is unlike any other racetrack I've ever been to.
Of the racetracks you have not been
to, which one do you want to visit most?
Churchill Downs is a big one, but that is soon to be checked off the
list. So aside from that, probably Santa Anita Park or Gulfstream.
What are your favorite moments in
your "horse racing life" thus far?
Princess of Sylmar winning
the Kentucky Oaks after I chose her to win the race four months prior. Super
Saturday when she won the Beldame was the greatest day of my life. Being able
to become so close with the Stanco's and Princess has been a dream come true.
Orb's Derby, Shackleford's Preakness, and attending last year's Belmont are big
stand outs also. And meeting Smarty Jones!
Who are your favorite racehorses of
your lifetime? Before your lifetime?
My favorite horse of all time has to be Princess of Sylmar. She's one of
the greatest sources of pride, happiness, and love in my life. Shackleford was
the horse who brought me to love racing to the extent I do today so he holds a
special place in my heart. I've always adored Ben's Cat also. He won the first
stakes race I ever witnessed at a track. Before my lifetime is hands-down
Kelso. I'm a diehard fan and believe he's the greatest racehorse who ever
lived. Spectacular Bid is a close second.
If you could change something about
the industry, what would you change?
This sport always appears to be on a constant downhill spiral and because
of that racetracks are trying their hardest to come up with new ways to draw
more people to the track and television networks are searching for ways to
attract more viewers. One thing that I've come to notice is a lot is focused,
for example, on what celebrities are attending and what they're wearing and
whatnot. And when I say "a lot", I mean too much. Yeah, it's cool and
all that there's celebrities attending major races but myself, as a diehard
racing fan, honestly doesn't care who's there and what they're wearing. I don't
care how luxurious the track may be. All I care about is the horses. I mean,
that's what we're at the track or watching for, right? It seems to me in order
to bring more interest into the sport, the attention is being shifted away from
the horses. Too much is being focused on the social aspect of the sport and
that's not what this sport is about. It's about the horses, bottom line.
What do you think is preventing
horse racing from being a more popular sport?
Actually found this quite a difficult question, but one thing that does
stand out to me is the way racing is viewed from the outside and how negative
press tends to be. You never see racing making the news. If anything it's who
won that year's Kentucky Derby, and usually when it does make the news it's
just yet another relentless attack on the sport. Press focuses in on the
negative aspects of the sport rather than the positive ones, and someone
hearing this from outside the sport only knows of the negative light being cast
upon it because that's all that's ever talked about. Eight Belles is a prime
What do you think is the most common
misconception about horse racing?
This could go along with the previous question. Nearly every time I
mention racing to someone new for the first time I always get the "Oh,
that sport is horrible! It's so bad for the horses! They get treated so poorly and
are run to death!" And that just goes to show the majority of the general
public's view on horse racing. People don't realize that these animals are bred
and born to run. Unfortunately there are some horses who are treated poorly,
but most are under great handling and care and are truly loved. Mishaps and
injuries are a regularity for any sport, but people dwell on and attack this
sport more than others because the athletes aren't human.
How would you convince someone who
is not an avid follower of horse racing to begin following the sport?
I would try my hardest to get them to go to the track one day with me.
One can't truly capture the essence of the sport without physically being in
attendance at a horse race. Whether it be a grade one or a $5,000 claiming
race, you still get the same rush when at the track in person.
What career do you plan to pursue
in the horse racing industry?
Writing is my favorite thing in the world so my dream is to get a degree
in journalism and hopefully become a turf writer.
How are you currently contributing
to the horse racing industry?
I've used social media for the past couple years to connect with other
fans of racing. I've posted a few articles on HRN in the past with mostly
positive feedback and my biggest accomplishment was being named HRN's 2013 Tim
Reynolds Memorial Fan of the Year.
What is one
thing you aspire to personally accomplish someday in the horse racing industry?
I'd just love to make some type of a difference. In my most recent
article, "Lack of Youth and the Demise of Racing", I touched in on the topic of the youth community in
racing and the very limited opportunities available today. I'd love to open
doors and create opportunities through organizations for the younger generation
of racing that I didn't necessarily have available to myself.
About Mary Cage
Mary Cage, a 21-year-old avid fan of horse racing, has been around horses all her life, having owned, shown, and judged them for as
long as she can remember. She began writing her own horse racing blog, Past the Grandstand, in August 2011 and has since been
published in America's Horse, American Racehorse and the Appaloosa Journal, as well as with the websites of The Blood-Horse and The Equine Chronicle. She has also had photos published with Paulick Report and Thoroughbred Daily News. In addition, she works as one of the social media coordinators for the Texas Thoroughbred Association and has interned at WinStar Farm with a marketing focus - with projects involving photography, videography, giving tours, data entry, etc.
In her personal horse experience, Mary has been around horses all her life and has won several Appaloosa National Champion and Reserve World Champion titles in the show ring. She has also worked as a hotwalker and groom.
Mary has always aspired to have a career with horses and since
her love for horse racing began, she has dreamed of pursuing a career in the
Thoroughbred racing industry, possibly as a writer/photographer and marketing/communications specialist. She is currently attending the University of North Texas, where she is a journalism major with a concentration in advertising and a minor in marketing. With this blog, she hopes to show readers horse racing through the eyes of a young fan and transport you to some of racing's biggest events through her photos and words.
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Visual Dictionary Looks At Words Through Photography
We've all heard that a picture is worth about a thousands worlds, but it was Ansel Adams who once said, "When words become unclear, I shall focus with photographs. When images become inadequate, I shall be content with silence." It's a charming thought that is fortuitous captured in Visual Dictionary's collection of images of words in the real world.
The site features a user-submitted catalog of signage, graffiti, advertising, tattoos - or any other word and image combos. The effort began in 2006 and now includes more than 5,000 images of more than 3,000 words. Users continue to submit images and the creators claim they are working on new innovative ways to display the images.
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Now Reading
CFL.ca StaffMONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes might be without veteran quarterback Anthony Calvillo when they take on the Stampeders at Percival Molson Stadium on Thursday night.
Monday, Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman said that Calvillo is listed as questionable for Thursday night's home game vs. the Calgary Stampeders because of a sore shoulder, and will be going for an MRI.
"If there is any quarterback in the CFL who can win a game without any reps on a short week it's Calvillo," said CFL.ca's Rick Moffat.
"The left shoulder trouble didn't prevent him from throwing for 440 yards and that was still with uncharacteristic drops from the Als' big play receivers."
Calvillo was briefly knocked out of Friday night's game against the Blue Bombers, but did return in time for Montreal's ensuing possession. The injury likely occured in the second quarter, when Calvillo was tackled by Bombers defensive tackle Brandon Collier.
The 19-year veteran ended the game with 443 passing yards and three touchdown passes, as well as an 80 per cent completion percentage.
Should Calvillo be unable to play against the Stampeders, backup quarterback Adrian McPherson will likely get the start behind centre.
Last season, McPherson completed 28 passes for 311 yards and one touchdown. He was also dangerous on the ground, running 50 times for 181 yards and four majors.


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Intimate letters written by the former personal butler to Princess Diana are to be sold by an Australian man who claims to be his ex-lover. Starting Tuesday, antiques dealer Gregory Pead will display 53 items at his shop in eastern Australia, including handwritten letters, photographs, and postcards he claims were sent to him by royal butler Paul Burrell. The letters, dated in the early 1980s, contain Burrell's candid thoughts about working for the royal family as well as declarations of his love for Pead, Pead's business partners said Monday. "They are love letters; some of them can make you blush," said Lorraine McConnell, a co-owner of the Times Past Collectibles store on the Gold Coast, a resort area 60 miles south of the Queensland state capital of Brisbane. Burrell, who married in 1984 and has two sons, has never acknowledged having a relationship with Pead.
The former butler stood trial last month on charges of stealing hundreds of items from the late princess's estate. The trial collapsed when Queen Elizabeth II confirmed that Burrell had told her he was holding some of the items for safekeeping. Burrell then began granting interviews to the British media, talking about life inside the palace and embarrassing the royal family. In a letter to Pead, dated March 1981 and released Monday, Burrell describes being suspended for several days during an investigation into reports of homosexuality among staff aboard the royal yacht Britannia. "The Queen was informed, and when I returned to work she discussed it with me," Burrell says in the letter. "She said she was 'so pleased' I was able to return to work and 'this awful business' was over.... Now that my boss knows, I have nothing to worry about--do I?" the letter continues.
Other letters--which are written in fountain pen on palace stationery--provide descriptions of Princess Diana's wedding dress a week before she was married to Prince Charles as well as security measures for a royal event, Pead's business partners said. Rick Andrews, co-owner with Pead and McConnell of the antiques store, said he can see no reason why the private letters should not be sold. "They are no good anymore, and he [Pead] doesn't want them," Andrews said. "I would say they will go on the market and it depends what the market is prepared to pay for something like that. Are they worth a dollar each or $10,000 [U.S. $5,600] each? You never know."


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I've recently been speaking to a couple of groups about "The Fun of Being Married." While researching the subject, I ran across some funny comments regarding marriage, such as the following. Danny Archuleta provided the following "Men Are Just Happier People" quotes:
• "When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in $20, even though it's only for $32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back. When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators."
• "A man will pay $2 for a $1 item he needs. A woman will pay $1 for a $2 item that she doesn't need but it's on sale."
• "A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush and toothpaste, shaving cream, razor, a bar of soap and a towel. The average number of items in the typical woman's bathroom is 337. A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items."
• "A woman has the last word in any argument. Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument."
• "A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband. A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife."
• "A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn't. A man marries a woman expecting that she won't change, but she does."
• "A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book and get the mail. A man will dress up for weddings and funerals."
• "Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed. Women somehow deteriorate during the night."
• "Ah, children. A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends, favorite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams. A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house."
Dick Engerg's book "Humorous Quotes for All Occasions" offers the following quotes:
• "No woman ever shot her husband while he was doing the dishes." — Unknown
• "I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one's wife happy. First, let her think she's having her way, and second, let her have it." — Lyndon Johnson
• "I can always tell what kind of a time I'm having at a party by the look on my wife's face." — John Bedrosian
• "You may marry the man of your dreams, ladies, but 14 years later you're married to a couch that burps." — Roseanne
• "My wife divorced me because of illness. She got sick of me." — Unknown
• "Wives are people who feel they don't dance enough." — Groucho Marx
More quotes about marriage:
• "The trouble with some women is that they get all excited about nothing and then marry him." — Cher
• "It destroys one's nerves to be amicable every day to the same human being." — Benjamin Disraeli
• "It wasn't exactly a divorce — I was traded." — Tim Conway
• "I am a marvelous housekeeper. Every time I leave a man, I keep his house." — Zsa Zsa Gabor
Bob Billingsley is an El Dorado Hills resident and bi-weekly columnist at the Mountain Democrat.


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My Nonprofit Reviews
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Review for United Service Organizations Inc, Arlington, VA, USA
I have been writing a presentation on the USO for over a month for a college course on Nonprofits. The USO is amazing! Just to comment: the salary paid to the CEO is way below what he would make at a for- profit organization. When leading such a giant organization with integrity while staying true to the mission, you want the best of the best. And the best of the best deserves to be paid what they are worth. As the daughter of a veteran, I can tell you my Dad thinks Mr. Gibson deserves every penny of his salary and is grateful for all he does for the USO.
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MONTEREY (CBS SF) — A Monterey County parolee was arrested Friday on suspicion of trying to kill his grandmother by banging her head on the ground, punching her and choking her, the sheriff's office said.
Stephen Kennedy, 35, of Bradley also allegedly held a knife to his 72-year-old grandmother's throat and told her he was going to kill her, according to the sheriff's office.
The woman, Fay Wray, was allegedly able to distract Kennedy and escape from the home they apparently shared at 74980 Copperhead Road.
Deputies found and arrested Kennedy, who allegedly had wounds consistent with his grandmother's account of the crime, the sheriff's office said. He denied the attempted killing, though.
Almost 52 grams of suspected hashish were allegedly found in his property.
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First of all, what is crowdfunding and why would someone try such a thing?
Um...Great. But does it work for fiction?
So, I'll be honest. I found, as I suspected, that crowdfunding is really difficult with fiction. It's hard enough to do with non-fiction, but even more so with fiction because it's more difficult to appeal to a reader's need. But, that shouldn't scare you off! Look at the odds against a pre-published writer already!
I decided to find some examples of some recent successful crowdfunding campaigns for novels just to prove it can be done:
How does this help me become traditionally published?
Ah! Great question. :) You see, you can frame this process however you'd like. What if you could take the results of a successful campaign TO a publisher and say:
Where would one go to attempt such a thing?
The two main hosts are Indiegogo and Kickstarter. Kickstarter is bigger, but indiegogo has some different options that made it a better fit for me. Mainly, Kickstarter doesn't allow self-help books for some odd reason, but they do allow fiction. So that left IG as my only option. Another difference is that Indiegogo allows you to do fixed funding--you have to earn it all to get any of it--or flexible--you keep whatever you get. Fixed-funding projects earn a lot more and cost less, but they do carry more risk.
What if it fails?
We're writers. Haven't we all attempted a project or sent off a proposal only to be rejected? Well, think of potential failure as being a lot like that. You have the opportunity to learn from the mistakes of those who have gone before so you can avoid them. But your project could very well fail. As could mine.


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VOTE: Slow Money on Change.org's Top 10 Ideas for Change in America
The fine folks at Change.org are mobilizing their community to rally around a single idea to present to the White House—an idea that could change America for the better.
Here's the thing: we want our idea to win. We think it's a pretty good one, and we hope you'll think so, too. But we need your help. Voting ends in two short days, so go vote!
What am I voting for, exactly? you ask? Read on…
Slow Money: invest in local food systems to save the economy and the planet
We need to bring our money back down to earth. Anyone with a 401K or an IRA account is an investor, and we investors need to reconnect to the places where we live.
Think about it: if we invest just 1% of that money in local food instead of Wall Street gimmicks, we'd grow carrots instead of derivatives, beets instead of bonuses. We'd create a thriving economy that makes real, healthy food, instead of a fake one that just makes money for bankers. Let's invest our money where our food is.
We will be recognizing the wisdom of Paul Newman: "I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer who puts back into the soil what he takes out."
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Branded3 Seminar: Digital Futures
Thursday, 14 March 2013 from 09:30 to 16:00 (GMT)
Who's Going
San Francisco, California
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Event Details
Thursday 14th March: Digital Futures
The Branded3 team are regular speakers at major SEO and digital marketing conferences around the UK and Europe and have a fantastic reputation in the industry for expert insights.
We launched Branded3 Seminars in September 2012 to offer an intimate alternative to large conferences and provide delegates with valuable tips for their own digital strategies.
Our March Seminar will provide an exclusive insight into how we future-proof our strategies for our worldwide clients.
Set in the heart of the business district, we're holding our Digital Futures Seminar at The Barbican in London.
At just £95+VAT per ticket, the Seminar provides excellent value for money and includes lunch and refreshments.
Take a look at the schedule below and book your place now to avoid disappointment!
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9:30 Registration & refreshments
10:00 Introduction from Vin Chinnaraja, CEO
10:15 The Latest Advanced SEO & Link Strategies, Patrick Altoft, Director of Search
This session will focus on the newest aspects of SEO which are either driving results now or are going to help future-proof your SEO strategy.
11:00 Break & refreshments
11:15 The Importance of an Integrated SEO Strategy, Tim Grice, Head of Search
Tim will delve into recent Google updates, advising on the many pitfalls companies may encounter. SEO is no longer an activity that can sit in a silo, it has to be integrated with other marketing activity in order to future-proof market share.
12:00 Q&A session
12:30 Lunch
1:15 Latest Google Algorithm Update, Speaker TBC
1:45 Five Digital Trends for 2013, David Crawford, Managing Director
As we approach the end of 2013's first quarter, David will take a look at how the top digital predictions for the year are shaping up and, more importantly, what we need to watch out for and concentrate on over the coming months.
2:30 Break & refreshments
2:45 Getting ROI from Social Media, Andrew Machin, Head of Creative & Social
Andrew takes a detailed look at why investment in Social Media is a justifiable spend for your business and what return on investment you can achieve from effectively utilising its channels.
3:30 Q&A Session
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Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:27:33 -0600
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> Hi Elden,
> There is lots of research about the Wayland family and we have noted the
> following websites in our file.
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wayland/
> http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~wayland/wayland/index.htm
> There is also lots of information about the Wayland and related families
> if you would care to brouse the archives of the ARIZARD-L list.
> In addition there are two very good articles from the Izard Co. Historian:
> 1. Vol 12 Jan 1981 #1 "History of the Family of Frank Wayland" by Otho E.
> Wayland, Sr.
> 2. Vol 13 Jan 1982 #1 "The Wayland Family" by Paul Townsend Wayland.
> We're sure that both stories about the Wayland family would be interesting
> to you. If you do not have access to these Izard Co. Historians, let us
> know and we can try and make copies for you.
> I have a old note from my Aunt Velma saying that her mothers name was
> Alice Idella May. Also Bernice's middle name was May, and she was called
> May by my Aunt. Also if I remember correctly, Alba Henrietta was called
> "Sweet". Before my Aunt Velma died, we collected Wayland information and
> took it to her, and that is the reason for our collection.
> Jeff and Luther are NOT brothers. According to the two articles in the
> Historian, Jeff's parents were Thomas J. and Samantha (Sanders) Wayland.
> Thomas J.'s parents were Henry and Mary E. (Matthews) Wayland (Henry's 5th
> child, by 2nd wife)
> Luther's parents were James Frank and Flora Ella (Hudgens) Wayland
> James Frank's parents were George Washington and Francis Jane (Matthews)
> Wayland
> George Washington was 2nd son of Henry and (1st wife) Hester (English)
> Wayland
> We hope we have the relationships straight. If not, we're sure someone
> will correct us.
> According to the 2nd Historian article, Luther R. Wayland was the 12th
> child of James Frank and Flora Ella (Hudgens) Wayland, and quoting from
> the article:
> "Luther married Maud May, his first wife, and they had no children. Later
> he married Jerry Holt and they had one son. Luke, as Luther was known to
> most everyone, moved to Tulas, Oklahoma in 1923 and still lives there. "
> We would be interested in your Skidmore's. After my grandfather Ware died,
> my grandmother Nora (Shelton) Ware married William Henry Skidmore, son of
> Henry and Annie Ledford Skidmore. They lived in Fulton Co. and are buried
> in the Elizabeth Cemetery. Other than Will's own children by his first
> wife, Callie Campbell, we have not done much research about the Skidmore
> family. It would be nice to have a better record of his family, since I
> never knew my grandpa Ware, but considered grandpa Skidmore as "my
> grandpa".
> Wanda (Ware) and Jim Hobbs
> =========================
> wrote:
>>Good to here from you Jim and Wanda,
>>Yes - I believe you are correct that Alice I. is actually Della Alice -
>>I've also seen her as Dellar. I'm not sure if Della or Dellar was a
>>nickname that stuck or was actually her given name. I was not aware of a
>>child by the name of Bernice - but I have another girl named "May Wayland"
>>in my records. I wonder if these 2 are the same also? (Maybe Bernice May
>>My grandmother Annie May spoke of the Waylands many times. There is
>>actually another WAYLAND / MAY connection within this same family.
>>sister Anna Maude May married Luther R. Wayland and they had one child,
>>I'm not sure if the child survived long. Luther apparently died early too
>>and Anna Maude later married Garland Moody and had several children.
>>I'd love to know more of the Waylands as past the generation we're
>>discussing I know very little. Were Jeff and Luther brothers (I've
>>they might be but was not sure)? Thanks for the info so far - you've
>>already filled in some gaps.
>>If you happen to know any more info about the MAY family I'd be very
>>curious also. We really don't know much about the MAY's past Della's
>>father - but I do have quite a bit of info on her mother's side about the
>>Skidmores and several previous generations that I'd be glad to share if
>>are interested..
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Stacey Vanek-Smith: Sadly, gridlock seems to be gripping the debt talks. If a decision can't be reached by Aug. 2, the U.S. could be forced to default on some of its debts. Julia Coronado is chief economist for BNP Paribas. She joins us live. Julia, good morning.
Julia Coronado: Good morning.
Vanek-Smith: So Julia, the markets are down, but things do stay stable. What effect are the debt talks having?
Coronado: Well, as you know the stock market is off a little bit. But after the run we've had in recent weeks, it's hardly a blip. And we're also seeing interest rates rising, signaling less confidence in the federal government. I think probably one of the bigger moves is in gold. Gold is hitting all-time highs yet again, and I think that reflects a sentiment that governments in general lack stability.
Vanek-Smith: The price of oil is down as well this morning, right?
Coronado: Yes, and that's probably reflecting some economic concerns. And of course one of the big questions is what impact does that have on the recovery? And it is true that no matter what is agreed to in Washington, we're losing federal support. And so we have the lack of that boost to the recovery, and it's just yet another headwind facing the U.S. But I think if we avoid a government shutdown, the implications are very gradual and drawn out over time.
Vanek-Smith: Will this debate do any long-term damage to Treasury bills, assuming that they are able to resolve it?
Coronado: The world is changing -- we're entering an era where the U.S. is driving growth, and it isn't the dominant one. While the dollar is still the reserve currency, the U.S. economy isn't at the center of the world anymore. I think this is just one indication of that -- it's important, though, the policy members retain the credibility and discipline so there isn't a more disorderly damaging reaction, loss of confidence -- in the U.S. as a place to invest. It's very important that they continue to take the right decisions.
Vanek-Smith: Julia Coronado is chief economist with BNP Paribas. Thank you, Julia.
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Did Mike Huckabee just flush his presidential aspirations down the proverbial toilet? Well, if American mainstream media has an ounce of journalistic gumption remaining the answer most certainly would be "yes". Huckabee has just been caught on video, at a Christian supremacist conference, stating that Americans should be forcibly indoctrinated at gunpoint. The organization which hosted the "Rediscover God In America" conference, United in Purpose, has edited Huckabee's comment from footage of his speech, but not before People For The American Way's Kyle Mantyla captured the unedited footage, in which Mike Huckabee states, "I almost wish that there would be, like, a simultaneous telecast, and all Americans would be forced–forced at gunpoint no less–to listen to every David Barton message, and I think our country would be better for it."
"When undocumented workers are taken out of the economy, the jobs they support through their labor, consumption, and tax payments disappear as well."
A joint report from The Center for American Progress and The Immigration Policy Center calculates the striking costs for trying to remove undocumented immigrants from Arizona. Although S.B. 1070 has not been fully implemented in AZ, were it to be, it would: decrease employment by 17%; result in the loss of ~600k jobs; reduce state tax revenue by 10%; and, shrink the state economy by ~$49 billion. Intro and summary (pdf). Full report (pdf).
Creepy is a software package for Linux or Windows – with a Mac OS X port in the works – that aims to gather public information on a targeted individual via social networking services in order to pinpoint their location. It's remarkably efficient at its job, even in its current early form, and certainly lives up to its name when you see it in use for the first time.
You can enter a Twitter or Flickr username into the software's interface, or use the in-built search utility to find users of interest. When you hit the 'Geolocate Target' button, Creepy goes off and uses the services' APIs to download every photo or tweet they've ever published, analysing each for that critical piece of information: the user's location at the time
So here's the Android bait-and-switch laid bare. Android was "open" only until it became popular and handset makers dependent upon it. Now that Google has the handset makers by the balls, Android is no longer open and Google starts asserting control. Andy Rubin, Vic Gundotra, all of them: shameless, lying hypocrites.
A cartoon video which recounts the unrest in the Middle East using the characters in the popular Angry Birds game and the children's story Three Little Pigs is racking up the views on YouTube.
The video, which has been posted on the YouTube channel of a Russian named Egor Zhgun, had been viewed more than 236,000 times on the video-sharing site as of Wednesday afternoon.
In the 1980s the Department of Energy started to design what would have been the biggest science experiment in the world, the Superconducting Super Collider. Waxahachie, Texas was all set to host a particle accelerator that would have dwarfed Switzerland's Large Hadron Collider, today's reigning champ. Construction began in 1991, then was abruptly canceled in 1993.
The SSC was designed to collide protons and anti-protons at energies of 40 TeV, today the LHC can only ever hope to reach 14 TeV. The LHC has tunnels 17 miles in circumference; the SSC would have been more than 54 miles.
Congress pulled the plug in 1993 for a couple reasons. The projected budget swelled from about $4.4 billion to $12 billion. Political support for the project had always been shaky, and it essentially came down to whether Congress wanted to fund the International Space Station, or the SSC. The ISS won out.
Today the old SSC site sits rusting away. No one wants to buy the derelict buildings, so they are slowly rotting into the Texas prairie. Workers had drilled over 14 miles of tunnels underground.
For what the US has paid to "liberate" Iraq, they could have built one of them in every city larger than Durham, North Carolina.
Here's a one-minute clip, excerpted from roughly 45 minutes of video of the public Duffy townhall, that the Polk County GOP doesn't want anyone to see:
that lying fucking sack of shit! he's rolling around in cash right now!!
Army to probe psy-ops allegations in Rolling Stone
A military officer trained in using psychological tactics to influence the emotions and actions of enemy troops told CNN Thursday her unit was ordered to used those skills to manipulate visiting lawmakers into securing more troops and funding for the war in Afghanistan.
After a fellow officer questioned the legality of using "psychological operations" on elected U.S. officers, both received reprimands that could threaten their military careers, she said.
"We're not allowed to do that against any U.S. citizen, whether it is a congressman or my neighbor three doors down," said Texas National Guard Maj. Laural Levine. "That is the first thing you are taught — never target Americans, ever."
The unbelievable truth about Ireland and its banks
Ireland's central bank and new government will confirm on Thursday that the hole in the country's banks is even wider, deeper and darker than seemed to be the case last November, when those bust banks forced the country to go with a begging bowl to the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for 67.5bn euros (£59bn) of rescue loans.
Regulators at the Irish central bank have conducted a review of how much extra capital – as a buffer against future losses – is required by Bank of Ireland, Allied Irish Bank, EBS and Irish Life and Permanent.
Unless something unexpected happens in the next 24 hours, the total amount of additional capital that will need to be injected into these banks will be a bit less than 35bn euros – including 8bn euros that was supposed to be injected into them at the end of February, but was postponed because of Ireland's political turmoil.
Anyway, let's assume that the total amount extra that these banks need is circa 30bn euros. That would take the total quantity of state investment in Ireland banks to a breathtaking 75bn euros (actually a tiny bit more than that).
That is an almost unbelievably large number. When I think about it, I have a small panic attack – because it represents 45% of Ireland's GDP and 55% of its GNP.
Spirit Stays Silent
Despite NASA's best efforts to wake her, Mars Exploration Rover Spirit remains silent on the Red Planet's surface. It's been a whole year since we last heard from the little wheeled robot and hope has all but faded for her revival.
For the next month, NASA will continue to listen out for Spirit, but after that time search operations will be scaled back to focus on sister rover Opportunity. Opportunity continues her marathon drive to Endeavour Crater, over seven years since she landed on Mars.
"Spirit was so close to us, just a year ago. Snap your fingers, and she's a hundred million miles distant and we can't even prove she's alive."
Damn you John and damn Randall. This comic always makes me feel so sad.
Maybe it it were a combat battalion in Afghanistan. That would be sad. It is a machine that did an amazing job way past anything hoped for or dreamed of.
It will come home someday and be put in a museum. Not in America, not in our lifetime, since America has sold its science soul to make war. But someday humans will get to Mars and recover the rovers.
Amazon's cloud drive might be 'illegal' claims music industry insider
Yesterday Amazon revealed its Cloud Drive service that offers users 5GB of storage with the ability to play music files through its Android application or web browsers. Now it seems that the music labels are up to their usual tricks by asking Amazon to sign new licensing terms.
Last Folio
Serendipity led Yuri and the documentary fi lm team to an abandoned jewish school in eastern Slovakia, where time had stood still since the day in 1943 when all those attending it were taken away to the camps… the school books all still there, essay notebooks with corrections, school reports, even the sugar still in the cupboard…
These decaying books lying on dusty shelves; the last witnesses of a once thriving culture, are treated by Yuri like the survivors that they each are – every one captured as a portrait, preserved in their fi nal beauty, pictures speaking a thousand words.
Data Protection: Betrayed by our own data
Most people's understanding of what can actually be done with the data provided by our mobile phones is theoretical; there were few real-world examples. That is why Malte Spitz from the German Green party decided to publish his own data collected from August 2009 to February 2010. However, to even access the information, he had to file a suit against telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom.
The data, which ZEIT ONLINE has made available for download and acts as the basis for our accompanying interactive map, were contained in a massive Excel document. Each of the 35.831 rows of the spreadsheet represents an instance when Spitz's mobile phone transferred information over a half-year period. Seen individually, the pieces of data are mostly inconsequential and harmless. But taken together, they provide what investigators call a profile – a clear picture of a person's habits and preferences, and indeed, of his or her life.
iPad will fail
According to Lark, the high cost of additional accessories for the iPad makes the tablet inaccessible.
"An iPad with a keyboard, a mouse and a case [means] you'll be at $1500 or $1600; that's double of what you're paying," he said. "That's not feasible."
I really want that $800 keyboard.
More interestingly, an iPad with a mouse? My impression was that it won't pair with a bluetooth mouse. (Unless maybe jailbroken.)
A bit of a stretch. Apple has done well charging premium prices for (relatively) seamless tech. If you have an iPad and you want to use a keyboard normally you'd switch to your laptop.
I give up
Comedy Central want $2 for me to watch the show on my iphone when I can watch it for free on Flash enabled devices… and the reviews suggest that the app's not worth it. Bah.
BP Managers Said to Face U.S. Manslaughter Charges Review
Federal prosecutors are considering whether to pursue manslaughter charges against BP managers for decisions made before the Gulf of Mexico oil well explosion last year that killed 11 workers and caused the biggest offshore spill in U.S. history, according to three people familiar with the matter.
U.S. investigators also are examining statements made by leaders of the companies involved in the spill — including former BP Chief Executive Officer Tony Hayward — during congressional hearings last year to determine whether their testimony was at odds with what they knew, one of the people said. All three spoke on condition they not be named because they weren't authorized to discuss the case publicly.
this will never gain traction, in the US? pffffft
Was it profitable in Somalia?
From that link: "Three of the top 10 suppliers to the USA in 2005 were in Africa: Nigeria, Algeria and Angola."
According to this, about 0.6% of U.S. oil imports come from Libya.
Libya rebels to start oil exports 'in less than a week'.
Free the people!
Poor Tunisia: the start of it all, but too small to be noticed.
Like a Boss!
So, where's the monolith?
Trump proposes massive onetime tax on the rich
Trump, a prospective candidate for the Reform Party presidential nomination, is proposing a onetime net worth tax on individuals and trusts worth 10 million or more.
By Trumps calculations, his proposed 14.25 percent levy on such net worth would raise 5.7 trillion and wipe out the debt in one full swoop.
By my calculations, 1 percent of Americans, who control 90 percent of the wealth in this country, would be affected by my plan, Trump said.
The other 99 percent of the people would get deep reductions in their federal income taxes, he said.
It will be interesting to see this coming back to him when he's trying to get the Republican nomination…
My God Harriet! We'll have to make due with only two mansions on Barbados!
Anyway, even if he (Trump) did that, most of the gazillionares would move their $$ off-shore and sequester it in ways that would reduce that projected amount to a pittance.
Now I get it. He's gotta say something utterly common sensical like this to balance out the birther routine. Dang. He's so fair and balanced he's going to split the Fox arrow.
Trump will be branded a communist pretty soon I bet, because this 14.25% tax on the 90% 'wealth' of the country, is not in stockpiles of cash stashed in a vault, but most likely is stocks, bonds, options and real-estate, so it seems to me his proposal will in effect mean giving the state a 14.25% interest in most, if not all, companies. That will probably have a very negative impact on the net-worth of it all, and thus the plan seems somewhat flawed.
There will probably be a hundred or more reasons why, even when implemented, this will not work, but it's a fun way to point out how absurd the wealth is divided. I wonder how many of the 99% not-richest of the country actually find his idea appealing – I fear it won't be as many as he is trying to reach.
@Jim: agreed that it's impractical, but it's interesting that Trump even had this idea, and also interesting to think through ways that it could be implemented. Some countries do have "wealth taxes" (taxes on assets rather than income), although I think those are slowly going away. (John, does the NL still have one? France does, I think.)
Yes. For Box 3 there's a tax of 1.2% on assets exceeding a certain amount, depending on the kind of asset.
See wikipedia
Japan business lobby gives OK to scrap corporate tax cut
Japan's top business lobby gave the government the green light to scrap a planned cut in the corporate tax rate and urged firms to look at shifting production to western Japan as the nation grapples with its worst crisis since World War Two.
Hiromasa Yonekura, chairman of the Japan Business Federation, said the influential lobby would not fight the government if it decided to shelve a plan to lower the corporate tax rate, which at around 40 percent is among the highest in the industrialized world.
In America the businesses would demand bailouts after a Tsunami.
RIAA lobbyist becomes federal judge, rules on file-sharing cases
Last week, Washington, DC federal judge Beryl Howell ruled on three mass file-sharing lawsuits. Judges in Texas, West Virginia, and Illinois had all ruled recently that such lawsuits were defective in various ways, but Howell gave her cases the green light; attorneys could use the federal courts to sue thousands of people at once and then issue mass subpoenas to Internet providers. Yes, issues of "joinder" and "jurisdiction" would no doubt arise later, but the initial mass unmasking of alleged file-swappers was legitimate.
Howell isn't the only judge to believe this, but her important ruling is especially interesting because of Howell's previous work: lobbying for the recording industry during the time period when the RIAA was engaged in its own campaign of mass lawsuits against individuals.
The fact that she did not recuse herself for that relationship is a gross violation of judicial ethics. She should be removed from the bench and lose her license to practice law…
Atheist Song – First hymnal for Atheists
WWDC 2011 sells out in under 12 hours
If you were hoping to get a glimpse of the wild machinations and famous technology tracks of the Worldwide Developers Conference but hadn't yet found the $1599 necessary to purchase a ticket, I'm afraid you'll have to wait until 2012: This year's conference is sold out.
If you're going (I'm not, because I won't fly in the US), you're going to meet a lot of small developers. All the larger companies have a procurement process that takes way, way more than 12 hours to approve a purchase request.
And in other news: small developers are making money on the Apple platform.
"All the larger companies have a procurement process that takes way, way more than 12 hours to approve a purchase request."
Maybe it's a European thing, but in the U.S. you charge expenses to a credit card that you're personally responsible for (even if it's the company-issued AmEx), and get reimbursed after the fact based on receipts. No procurement hooey.
haha…for $1600 plus expenses you'd better have it in your approved budget a year in advance.
Hey, maybe they can have a group debugging session at WWDC to see if they can squash that Daylight Savings Time bug. I caught it by updating to 4.3.1. Phone's now an hour behind the correct clock. Thanks, Apple, great attention to detail.
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Härom dagens satt en duvhök mitt på golvet och åt på sitt byte. Helt obekymrad över alla tågresenärer som passerade.
Dagens Nyheters fotograf, Roger Turesson, förevigade vardagsdramatiken.
In the Netherlands, birds of prey (mostly hawks) have been making a come-back the last decade. They're still hunting at places where people don't come, it's just that the definition of "places where people don't come" has changed – they're hunting next to freeways and in the wide center divide. Stop a car nearby to take a picture and they're gone, they still avoid people. This goshawk has gone a bit further already…
I biked by one sitting on a fence post at eye level about 8 meters away the other day. Also have seen several roadkilled foxes along country roads.
My backyard is kind of an animal refuge. We have rabbits, opossums, and sometimes a red fox (we live in the Fox River Valley) who hunts the rabbits.
Dutch bankers' bonuses axed by people power
An online campaign has overturned ING's executive pay policy, and the mood in Amsterdam is getting increasingly militant about bonuses at bailed-out banks.
Britain has a rival when it comes to bashing bankers. After a furious row over pay packages at Amsterdam-based ING in which thousands of customers threatened to make mass withdrawals, the Netherlands is now vying for the title of Europe's most bonus-hating country.
A growing Dutch political storm could end with a blanket ban on bonuses to financiers who work for institutions bailed out by the taxpayer.
ING customers mobilised on Twitter and other social networks to protest at bonuses paid to bosses at the bank, one of the biggest in the country. The threat of direct action raised the spectre of a partial run on ING, terrifying the Dutch establishment. Fred Polhout, union organiser at the bank, says: "People were outraged. We heard about the bloated sums being paid again in the City and in New York; but suddenly the issue exploded on our own front door."
And this is ING with their squeaky-clean frugal Dutch "Save your money" image.
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Sprint through the finish line - Presidential campaigns still asking for cash - Election activity abounds in D.C. - Dozens more sketchy PACs, super PACs formed
By Dave Levinthal and Anna Palmer
With Tarini Parti
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SPRINT THROUGH THE FINISH LINE: No matter that the Day of Political Reckoning has arrived. Outside political groups injected another $54 million worth of spending into the presidential and congressional races from Thursday to Monday, funding eleventh hour waves of telemarketing and television, radio, print and online ads that directly endorse or attack candidates, a PI analysis of spending disclosures shows.
It's a big-dollar coda to the more than half-a-billion dollars such groups unloaded in October. And the bulk of it is going either toward bashing President Barack Obama or promoting Republican Mitt Romney. Dave has the full rundown here: http://politi.co/QkE0yf
ROMNEY DONORS FLOCK TO BEANTOWN: The Romney campaign is putting together one last night of events for the Massachusetts Republican's biggest donors and bundlers. Anna's full story: http://politi.co/SqPFqR
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGNS STILL ASKING FOR CASH: If you thought campaigns would stop sending emails soliciting donations hours before Election Day, by now, you know you thought wrong. The Obama and Romney campaigns continued to fire off emails asking for last minute donations, Tarini is reporting: http://politi.co/YCHq04
ELECTION ACTIVITY ABOUNDS IN D.C.: While there's no electoral drama to be had in the ultra-blue District of Columbia, the nation's capital is flush tonight and Wednesday with election-related events and activities. Among them:
— Quarles & Brady's director of government relations, Thomas A. Hart, is helping host an open-to-all gathering at 7 p.m. at the L2 Lounge in D.C.
— The AFL-CIO began its war room at 5 a.m., using Angelia Wade as its lead election protection attorney. The group is live-blogging at www.aflcio.org/election2012live
— Downtown restaurant I Ricchi is trying to woo women today with a half off special. "Women before us pushed the boundaries of political protest to secure women's voting rights in 1920. Vote Tuesday 11/6. Then Come celebrate with us," a flier circulating K Street reads.
— Bracewell & Giuliani's Policy Resolution Group will host a "post-election virtual breakfast webinar at 10 a.m. Wednesday, with insight on how the election will affect energy, environmental, tax and financial policy from Scott Segal, Justin Ackley, George Felcyn, Gene Godley, Ed Krenik, Paul Maco, Frank Maisano, Dee Martin, Paul Nathanson, Mike Pate, Salo Zelermyer and Josh Zive. Registration here: http://bit.ly/U6LXSI
— Glover Park Group's Joel Johnson and Podesta & Partners's Heather Podesta are among influence industry notables participating in " The Day After," a discussion hosted by the National Journal at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center.
Have a post-election event taking place? Email us before 7 p.m. today.
A joyous Election Day to you, PI faithful, as our long, national slog toward this moment is finally over — unless, of course, it isn't, either thanks to voting anomalies in Florida, a recount in Ohio or gods only know whatever else. Obama has frequently mentioned in recent days how this is the last time he'll ever be campaigning. But as students of history, it should be noted that three U.S. presidents have been elected to national-level office after their time in the White House ended: John Quincy Adams served in the House, John Tyler was elected to the Confederate House and Andrew Johnson became a senator.
Flashing back to the present, be assured that we'll be all over creation bringing election news to you tonight, which you may find in word and image on C-SPAN, POLITICO.com and the Twitter hashtag #POLITICO2012.
Fire off any Election Night tips, rumors, comments or suggestions to email@example.com and email@example.com — right after you first follow us on Twitter at @ apalmerdc and @ davelevinthal. Tarini is email@example.com / @ tparti.
Good luck to all, and now, back to this ...
DOZENS MORE SKETCHY PACS, SUPER PACS FORMED: Another round of political action committees and super PACs — all bearing similar names, all formed by a purported Floridian who does not return messages — have hit the FEC's rolls in recent days. This time, "Edward Bush" of Boynton Beach, Fla., has formed organizations such as Republican Conservative Super PAC of Hawaii and Alabama Republican Leadership Federal Committee, and the shenanigans are decidedly similar to mass filings that have occurred several times in September and October. (More on that here: http://bitly.com/SVj1ii)
What does the FEC do if it suspects a person is creating committees using fake names or false information? The commission's reports analysis division reviews each new filing to "ensure that it complies with reporting requirements, and may send a Request for Additional Information if any potential issues arise. Beyond that, the commission "can't comment on any specific committee or report or whether or not the agency is looking into a particular matter," a spokesman tells PI.
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HK TO MATCH SANDY DONATIONS UP TO $50K: Holland & Knight is looking to do what it can to help the Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. The firm's managing partner Steven Sonberg announced Monday that the firm will match the first $50,000 of individual contributions from the law firm's 17 offices.
WATERS UPS $$ ANTE: MJ Lee and Anna have the scoop on California Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters shelling out $207,000 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in the final weeks before the election, bringing her total giving this cycle to the party committee to $250,000. Click here for more details on the lawmaker's increased activity as she looks to assume a leadership slot on the House Financial Services Committee: http://politi.co/SVQtVK
GREENER PASTURES FOR GRASS-ROOTS ACTIVISTS: There's so much secret money in conservative politics that even volunteers are getting paid — and paid well. Grass-roots activists who used to knock on doors and make phone calls for free are the latest beneficiaries of the historic spending spree to defeat Obama and elect GOP lawmakers, our Kenneth P. Vogel reports: http://politi.co/RQVBc3
DAILY FUNNY: Stephen Colbert apologizes for the inaction of his super PAC and not appearing "naked astride a centaur in your dreams." He also urges you to vote: http://bitly.com/SRco2Y
DAILY FUNNY, PART II: Because we all wonder what would happen if CBS's Bob Schieffer ate a "crack-filled sandwich:" http://bit.ly/RQFzyX
• Women individually or as part of a married couple gave 16.5 percent of the $272 million that the 100 biggest donors gave to outside groups, reports Julie Bykowicz of Bloomberg News. http://bloom.bg/PSCL9y
• GOP mega donor Sheldon Adelson will attend Mitt Romney's election night event in Boston on Tuesday night, reports Kevin Bohn of CNN. http://bit.ly/RdpjtP
• The Virginia Senate race has seen $52 million in spending from outside groups, reports Luke Rosiak of The Washington Times. http://bit.ly/RbxBlU
• A firm created a month ago gave $5.3 million to FreedomWorks for America and issued a six-page press release explaining its contribution, report Michael Beckel and Reity O'Brien of the Center for Public Integrity in partnership with the Center for Responsive Politics. http://bit.ly/Vvmokt
• An Arizona-based nonprofit that contributed $11 million to a California pro-business group pushing for conservative causes has been tied to the Koch brothers and Karl Rove, reports Aaron Sankin of Huffington Post. http://huff.to/U5bFad
The American Party of Oliver Spring, Tenn. — Treasurer: Paul Thomas Torgerson
Regular Folks of the Range of Duluth, Minn. — Treasurer: Tiss Underhal
Friends of Bartlett of San Diego — Treasurer: Michael Clerkin (super PAC)
Blue South Project SuperPAC of Birmingham, Ala. — Treasurer: G. Douglas Jones (super PAC)
KTADA PAC of Camillus, N.Y. — Treasurer: Marvin Meissner (super PAC)
Hitch a Wang Bang Noodle 911 Night Long of Webster, Texas — Treasurer: Jason Posey (super PAC)
NEW LOBBYING REGISTRATIONS: (Firm:Client)
Alston & Bird LLP: Airport Shoppes Corp. dba International Meal Company Caribe
BancVue: BancVue
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STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich., Nov. 19 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps have received a prototype of an enhanced Joint Light Tactical Vehicle from BAE Systems and its partners.
The final prototype of the Enhanced Protection JLTV will be delivered by May of next year.
The prototype vehicles will undergo continued government testing over several months to aid in the finalization of the requirements for the engineering and manufacturing development phase of the program.
"The military looks to JLTV to provide the improvements in protection, performance, and payload needed to fill the capability gaps between the HMMWV and MRAP families of vehicles," said Ann Hoholick, vice president and general manager of New Vehicles and Amphibious Systems for BAE Systems' U.S. Combat Systems. "This vehicle is similar to the three Category A prototypes that were delivered earlier this year and has been further improved to allow for enhanced and scalable survivability without sacrificing essential expeditionary capabilities."
BAE said the project team, which includes ArvinMeritor and Navistar Defense, leveraged years of armor design, development experience and innovative blast-mitigation techniques that have been matured on BAE Systems' Mine Resistant Armored Protection family of vehicles for the JLTV-A-EP, which incorporates enhanced armor protection and suspension system.


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This paper presents a computer simulation used in an accounting education course that adds value to the course that would otherwise not be present. There are several outcomes that the simulation successfully meets to enrich the learning experience. The paper supports the argument that computer simulations are a critical component of successful teaching and benefit the users. The use of this simulation helps create a bridge between the classroom and the business world that is invaluable.
The use of simulations in the classroom can be a very valuable part of the educational experience. As stated by John F. Lobuts (1999), the role plays and simulations are but a disposition to the love affair, passion, commitment, and ideals that the authors call education, with simulations as a benchmark to the process. Some material necessitates the use of a unique approach to help the learner grasp the concept. Classroom simulations are a critical component of the learning process and should be incorporated whenever appropriate. Some concepts would not be successfully taught if education simulations were not used.
To gain knowledge of accounting information systems, and to utilize accounting information in making business decisions, students at our college participate in a business venture titled, Marketing Peanut Butter: A Computer Simulation that brings their education to life. This upper division course teaches financial, managerial, and cost accounting to students made up primarily of computer science and technology management majors. The simulation is intended to maximize the limited classroom time so that students leave with a hands-on understanding of accounting as opposed to just theory and memorization. Dietz (1992) refers to the computer simulation as an extremely powerful analytical tool. There are many objectives that need to be attained in accounting and are because of the use of this simulation.
At our college, many teachers love to teach and will do whatever it takes to drive the message home. It is not enough for students to memorize; they need to learn to think critically. The in-class simulation helps them do that. Many colleges will ask themselves, "Who are the stakeholders we are trying to satisfy?" Most often, the answer is, "The employer who will hire the student in the future." Too many classes send students out in the real world unprepared and experienced to deal with real issues. If the employer is truly the most important stakeholder, we should prepare our students to meet the needs of these employers? Computer simulations not only strive to meet the needs of those employers, but help the student learn problem-solving skills that they can use in their personal lives. In addition, Robinson (2000) points out that "simulations offer a welcome respite from the everyday drill of lecture and testing." This is an additional benefit to the classroom experience.
In this simulation, students plan and carry out strategies using many of the same tools used by their counterparts in the business world: They research markets, plan and develop new products, alter product quality through research and development expenditures, price products competitively, distribute products through marketing channels into geographic territories, and promote them using advertising and sales promotion. The students also perform financial accounting functions by interpreting past information and managerial accounting functions by planning for the future.
So, are we nuts? The students say, "No way!"
The objective of the simulation is twofold:
1. Apply accounting and management principles in a competitive environment.
2. Attempt to produce a high quality product, and accumulate higher profit.
The students compete in this simulation during ten weeks of the semester. Two classes are divided into eight teams per class. A day class and a night class compete against each other so a total of 16 teams compete each semester. The team that finishes with the highest total profit at the end of the run is the benefactor of some extra credit points, a perk that adds to the competitive spirit. Upon the completion of the project, the students have the opportunity to complete a self-evaluation, not only scoring their participation, but also the participation of their teammates. This helps form group cohesiveness from the beginning.
Each team is given a manual that provides a guide on decision-making, the business environment, marketing strategies, and marketing management. Teams receive information about the product choices, possible locations, costs of productions and promotion options. The teams also examine a management report that represents the previous quarter. All teams are given the same beginning information. A budget is included in this report that must cover all anticipated costs. Students are assigned into teams randomly with the explanation that they will have no idea who they are working with in the "real world." They are instructed to pick a company name and a peanut butter brand name. Some students use their full creative capacity even when it comes to just choosing a name and it becomes very interesting when they are shared among the class. Some company names are "Gimme an A Inc.", "The Other Nuts" and "Scoopy". Other outside accounting classes vote on the "best name" and the winning team gains a small advantage with market share. The teams put a spreadsheet together for "what-if" analysis in budget planning, and after that, "anything goes."
The teams meet, review all of the information and work together to make decisions on pricing, costs, and other business strategies. A decision form and a proposed profit plan is submitted to the instructor by each team each week. This decision form includes the territories where teams want to market, the sales price, amount to spend on sales promotion and advertising, amount to spend on research and development, and any market research reports that they would like to order. When the students return to the following session, they receive computer generated results from their decisions in the form of an updated management report. This report shows the total revenue earned, cost of goods sold, operating expenses and net earnings by territory. The simulation takes all teams decisions into consideration simultaneously, so the teams learn the process of competitors' choices and how competitors' choices or their own might affect others at the same time. It also magnifies the unknown element in business planning. Lederman (1999) states that computer technology, along with other technology enhancements, affords students an efficient means through which higher level thinking skills can be enhanced. This becomes evident in the process.
Each week this process continues with the teams making new decisions, adjusting expectations, bench marking competitors, and hoping that the reports come back with a higher profit. All results are cumulative, so some teams can find themselves with profits of hundreds of thousands of dollars or losses of equal amounts. When the simulation is complete, the students are asked to evaluate the project in nine different areas. Table 1 shows the mean results for their evaluation which includes a 1 to 5 rating with the following breakdown: 1-strongly disagree, 2-disagree, 3-neutral, 4-agree, 5-strongly agree.
The following results were taken in the Fall Semester 2002 and are the combined average of the one day and one evening class. The results were compiled from surveys taken from approximately 60 students. The students were asked if they felt that the outcome was achieved.
Outcome Number
Mean Score
Group Collaboration
Management Decision Making/Consensus
Coping in a Competitive Environment
Application of Accounting Concepts
Quarterly Evaluation
Financial vs. Managerial Accounting
Competitive Benchmarking
Importance of Forecasting and Planning
Consequences of Risk Taking
Table 1. Results of Student Evaluations in Nine Areas
As you can see from the mean values, the students agree that the outcomes are achieved. When asked whether they had a better understanding of accounting in the "real world" through the use of this simulation, the mean response score was 3.9 which shows us that this is a helpful process. The outcomes, with some key observations, are covered in the remainder of this paper.
Working in a group is an essential part of this simulation. Many students feel the initial desire to work alone, but when they begin to work together, they quickly find the value of group decisions which
is shared risk-taking and greater range of ideas. Working and making decisions as a group is evident in many aspects of the business world and this synergy can produce many valuable elements for the business. Friendships are formed and enrich the learning environment even more. Some students mentioned that they were "humbled" when they compromised on decisions to the majority of the group only to find out that the group did in fact know what was best. The verbal element of talking it out and trying to help one another understand the data is also of value in this experiment. A student mentioned in her final report that "when someone came up with an idea, they had a tendency to feel very strongly about it but after hearing others opinions would often agree on a less drastic solution." This kind of result helps the students to see the group value of compromise.
As conflict emerges, it forces the students to review alternatives presented and to choose the most beneficial path. Compromises are made and the learning process is enriched. In almost all instances, a natural leader emerges and facilitates the team in making these decisions in a calm respectful manner. Leaders possess many traits that top executives have in the business world such as the ability to guide others through decision-making alternatives and inspiring participation from each member. In the "real world," compromises are made daily and are a critical part of a productive successful company.
Competition can be a healthy element in classroom learning and seems to drive students to perform at their best. The students are rewarded for being the best in their class by receiving extra points. The composition of students between the day and night classes is very different, and these differences drive the competitive spirit between classes as well. The day classes are primarily made up of younger students who have had little experience in the job market. Many of these students have only been out of high school for a short time. The night classes have many students who often have extensive job experience and are going back to school in pursuit of a degree. Competition is a very real part of the business world and a company must learn how to cope and thrive in order to attain success.
The students appreciate the opportunity to take the concepts learned in a simulation in the classroom and apply them to assimilation. Most non-accounting majors are overwhelmed when it comes to the most basic concepts of debits and credits and welcome the event that takes them out of their textbook and into real world application. Several of these students feel that they just "don = t get it" until this simulation comes along. Their desire to perform successfully forces them to reach into the knowledge that has been presented to them to this point and find new ways to gain an advantage. Reading the financial statements helps them understand how this data influences future decisions. Students internalize what each individual element represents and see the real consequences that are the result of their choices.
The students have an opportunity to spend money on research. As they choose this expenditure, they discover the value of decisions is only as good as the information that they receive to make them. They take this information into consideration when preparing their future decision reports. The management report gives them the results of their past performance and allows the team to study previous decisions and plan ahead for market changes and conditions. Students interpret financial results with these reports. For example, if their revenue is low because of unit sales, they may consider lowering the price to increase demand. Teams may also add or discontinue a product line that is not performing positively. Different alternative decisions can be made on a weekly basis and these evaluations are an important part of learning.
Financial accounting is based on information from the past, and managerial accounting is based on current or future information. The simulation shows students all the unknown variables that a manager must use to help make wise decisions. For instance, while few "unknowns" exist in financial accounting, (to the extent of estimates), there are many unknowns in managerial accounting B including budgeting, competitors = decisions and market conditions. A student referred to managerial accounting as the "profession that knows more than financial accounting." A manager is aware of all planning being put into place so a current loss may not mean a loss for the future. The project helps the student understand the risks of making bad decisions and teaches them methods to lower those risks in the future.
The teams try to determine what the competition might be doing more successfully. Teams use information about what other teams are doing when making decisions, and try to beat opponents in market share through manipulation of their pricing strategy. Some purchase research that will help them to meet their expectations. The results of both day and night classes are given to both classes so they can perform competitive bench marking. A student noted that "sometimes we didn't implement a teams decision because we could see that it did not work for some other team."
As one student noted, "I have learned that it makes no sense to have a competitive price if you are not covering your costs." By forecasting, the teams are able to make sure that they are covering their costs and have a desired profit margin added in. Companies in the "real world" are in the business of making money so these profit projections become critical as planning tools. The creation of a budget can give the team a way to see how different decisions will affect their bottom line. As they incur more advertising, promotion, or research and development costs, they will need to have increased revenue to cover those costs. A flexible budget will give the team an opportunity to see the results of increased market share on their bottom line.
Risk taking becomes a team decision. Teams are given their results weekly, and the reactions are very dramatic. Teams do not use real money since many students would be devastated when they read their results. Other students wish that they were using real money because of their huge profits. In either case, there is a direct relationship between the decisions made and the future profits that they experience, and they come to realize how careful they need to be when making financial decisions. One student mentioned that "it is a little easier to take risks in a game than it would be in the real world, but it definitely gave me a good idea of the stress that is there."
Although the Peanut Butter Simulation has been around for many years, the program has shown an increasing value to our students recently as the importance of real world experience has become more apparent. Higher education has been experiencing many ongoing challenges and the old style textbook teaching is not enough anymore. We have seen the need to alter our methods by increasing the use of activities that will give the students the experience not just the knowledge of the subject matter. This simulation currently in use had become the stepping stone in the movement towards a higher quality education.
Students who participated in this simulation felt that more of these exercises would improve the overall learning process so that when they leave the classroom, and college, they are more prepared to work in their chosen profession. One student even declared that "this game kept me coming to class, wanting to participate and awaiting the outcome for the next period." Students say "it is a lot of fun," "even exciting," "educational," and "enjoyable." The simulation creates a bridge between college learning and the business world. The students appreciate the bridging of the gap as will their future employers. A simulation of this sort may sound a little "nutty" but based on the results; this project is an effective learning tool that students remember forever.
*Lecturer Bunney L. Schmidt, MAcc, CMA, and CPA, and Professor Steve Teeter, MBA., teach in the Accounting Department at Utah Valley University. Ms. Heather Baker, M.S., is a Provo High School Instructor.
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Dietz, M. (1992). A Outline of a successful simulation project. @ Industrial Engineering, 24(11), 50-54.
Lederman, N. & Niess, M. (1999). A Is it live or is it Memorex? @ School Science and Mathematics, Volume Ninety-Nine, Number Seven, November 1999, 358-359.
Lobuts, J.L., & Beazley, H. (1999). A The Teacher, The Learner, The Teacher, The Learner: And the Cycle continues. @ Simulation & Gaming , Volume Thirty, Number Three, September 1999, 377-341.
Robinson, J., Lewars, T., Perryman, L., Crichlow, T., Smith, K. & Vignoe, J. (2000). A Royal Flush: A Cross-cultural Simulation. @ Business Communication Quarterly , Volume Sixty-Three, Number Four, December 2000, 83-90.


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Having a phone with the latest Ice Cream Sandwich onboard pretty much places you on top of god-like status. With the announcement of Google's flagship phone, the Galaxy Nexus, it will be the first phone to utilize Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. HTC on the hand unveiled its latest creation, the HTC Rezound, just this month towing Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread but promises an Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade later on in the first quarter of 2012.
These two devices are powerful, to put it bluntly and without hype. But, they have features that make one better over the other. Here's a quick comparison of the HTC Rezound versus the Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
The Galaxy Nexus has a sexier feel with dimensions of 135.5 mm x 67.94 mm x 8.94 mm, while the Rezound has 129 mm x 65.5 mm x 13.65 mm — much thicker than its counterpart. These could be the most sexy and attractive Android devices on the market today, with each one sharing its own set of pros and cons.
The Galaxy Nexus continues the legacy of its predecessor, the Nexus S, featuring the signature curved glass design that is present in many of Samsung's line of products. The Rezound, meanwhile, continues to adapt the similarities of many HTC designs having rounded corners and a black elegant look. Plus, the red Beats-inspired accents on several of HTC's latest handset simply look chic and trendy in a simple kind of way.
In terms of processing power, both devices sport dual-core processors, which put them on an equal level, except that the HTC Rezound has been clocked higher with a 1.5-GHz Qualcomm processor compared to the 1.2-GHz on the Galaxy Nexus.
It is not yet confirmed whether the Galaxy Nexus ships out with a low-clocked processor as model versions may vary according to carrier. The same scenario happened in the case of the Samsung Galaxy S II when T-Mobile's edition was clocked with a 1.5-GHz chip while both the AT&T and Sprint versions used the 1.2-GHz chip.
On the memory lane, both the Galaxy Nexus and Rezound share a massive 1 GB of RAM–enough to completely satisfy memory-hungry and memory-eating applications. The 16 GB onboard internal memory of the Rezound will definitely please you, as will the Galaxy Nexus that comes in two variants to choose from–a 16 GB or the 32 GB model. The only catch for having that massive internal memory for Galaxy Nexus users is that it doesn't support an external microSD card.
Screen sizes are both brilliant and sharp as the devices are capable of handling 1280×720 resolution, with the Galaxy Nexus leading the pack boasting a 4.65-inch screen compared to the Rezound's 4.3 inches.
Samsung's trademark HD Super AMOLED is present here, garnering fabulous eye candy display that makes HD viewing a pleasure on the Galaxy Nexus. HTC hasn't released any details with regards to the Rezound's display, but from what we know, the resolution is actually astounding as it can cram up to 342 pixels in one single inch, surpassing even that of the iPhone's 330 ppi Retina Display, making it the sharpest display on any phone in the market today.
Battery Life
When it comes to comparing battery life, it's quite difficult to guess which phone could last a day or more by judging only the basis of battery capacity. Certain factors like hardware and software will greatly make a difference in the longevity of a fully charged battery.
Fast battery drain is common in many Android devices, especially those with hardware that tend to eat up more juice than can be handled. But, for those of you who want know the numbers, the Galaxy Nexus has the larger battery capacity with 1,750 mAh, while the Rezound sits at 1,620 mAh.
One of the biggest gaps between the two would be their cameras. The Galaxy Nexus is far behind the competition, sporting only 5 MP, which lags behind the Rezound's 8-megapixel camera. Although having fewer megapixels, the Galaxy Nexus promises to outweigh its disadvantages by offering a few tricks up its sleeves. Having Ice Cream Sandwich, for example, is its leverage because that Android version has native support for panoramic photo shooting and features a zero shutter lag that is not normally present in many Android devices.
The Rezound on the other hand not only features a high-resolution camera but also offers an f/2.2 aperture sporting a 28mm wide angle lens complete with BSI sensor. If you're a serious photographer or hobbyist, then you might want to consider waiting a little longer for the actual shot comparisons. There are phones, however, that shine better even when they are outclassed by looking at the specs.
Wrap Up
The HTC Rezound is slated for a November 14 release date with a US$300 price tag. The Galaxy Nexus should be available in most carriers starting with Verizon. Although, Samsung has not yet indicated the official release date and price, but the device is expected to arrive later this month.
Regardless of which of these two uber-awesome Android phones you're going to grab for yourself for the holidays, only one thing is certain–you never made the wrong choice. So, which one is it for you?


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A San Diego police officer who was hit in the head with a screwdriver during a monthly bicycle ride known as Critical Mass has been released from the hospital, police said Saturday morning.
The incident occurred Friday night at Sixth Avenue and Market Street in downtown San Diego, police Officer David Stafford said. Police initially said that a bicyclist threw the screwdriver at the officer's head, but they are also investigating reports that the screwdriver was possibly thrown from a nearby balcony.
Stafford said the officer was on patrol in the area. He was taken to a hospital in a patrol car and was bleeding from the head.
There was no information immediately available on a suspect.
Hundreds of bicyclists take part in the ride, which occurs on the last Friday of each month. The ride usually begins near Balboa Park, with no preplanned route. The rides started as a protest of sorts for bicyclists to show that they have a right to the roads, too.
In July, Critical Mass participants were involved in an incident at Mission Beach when riders got into a confrontation with a couple in their 50s who was walking along the boardwalk. Both pedestrians and some riders suffered injuries.
Also on Friday, a cyclist died during a Critical Mass event in Los Angeles when he lost control of his bicycle and crashed into a concrete wall on the UCLA campus.


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Community health "report card" rolled outReport explains what was measured, how it was done, and top health issues that need work
Prenatal care? Violent crime? Illegal dumping?
For the past year, the Snohomish Health District and its Public Health Advisory Council (PHAC) have delved into the world of health statistics to discover what the most pressing health issues are for Snohomish County residents.
The Health District compiled the findings in a "report card" presented to community leaders April 30.
Snohomish County data for 80 different health indicators was compared to Washington state and U.S. data; trends in the measure over time, whether improving or worsening; and national goals such as Healthy People 2020, or goals set by a professional association.
The report card highlights areas the community does well in and areas that need work.
The Health District expects the report will lead to community engagement in developing community health improvement plans that tackle the top priorities.
The top-scoring six health issues that emerged from the Community Health Assessment were
· youth physical abuse
· youth and adult obesity
· suicide
· dental decay in children
· access to a primary care physician,
· first trimester prenatal care
These priorities are based on the number of people impacted, the seriousness of the issue in terms of health effects, and whether there are proven community-based interventions.
The PHAC also considered community values and the presence of local organizations which might assist in tackling the topic.
The Snohomish County Health Leadership Coalition, led by Premera, has already identified youth obesity as a priority after meeting to identify ways of reducing health care costs.
The group has targeted increasing activity levels in 10,000 5th graders in the county.
The PHAC will work with Snohomish Health District staff to engage the wider community in actively developing Community Health Improvement Plans (CHIP) for the top three priorities in 2013-2014.
If you or your organization would like to get involved in a Community Health Improvement Plan or learn more, please call 425-339-8618 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
The report card is posted on the Snohomish Health District's website and available by request.


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- Dark Phoenix
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I used the Kwik Sew unitard pattern as a base. I made a mock up, fit it to my form (for some reason the upper arms were REALLY loose. Just fyi to those using the pattern... and my biceps are not tiny), and marked where all the colored panels needed to go. I also had to compensate for the vinyl-coated spandex not stretching quite as much as normal spandex.
Satin-stitching the Phoenix on the chest was interesting... thank you again, Walking Foot of the Gods! Also, turning the corners at the tips of the gloves and boots was a huge pain in the ass.
For the shoes, I built the bottoms around a pair of high heels. There is a short zipper on the inside of each ankle- this allows me to insert the shoe, then actually get my foot in. The bottom of the shoe slipcovers have a patch of thick leather suede so I don't wear through them... or fall and bust my ass. You know how it goes.
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- I've been wanting to make Dark Phoenix for years now... but I knew I didn't want to use regular ol' spandex. I needed something awesome. Finally, I found it in the dregs of the L.A. fabric district, lol. Gorgeous, glossy, metallic vinyl coated spandex. It looks like sparkly automotive paint. I'M A CAR!
It is misery to wear for about the first 10 minutes, then my body seems to adjust to being covered in non-breathable vinyl from the neck down. Also, even though I put a thin cotton jersey lining in, I have to powder myself to get this on, then peel myself out of it like a banana when I'm done. Also, SHOWER IMMEDIATELY.
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