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On Public Institutions In Oconeo
Chain Gang, Poor House, Jail.
The following,reports to tho State
Board of Public Welfaro bavo boen
recolvod by Tho Courier, hoing dupli
cates of tho reports bled by tb,e as
sistant secretary with tho State au
thorities in welfare work:
Tile OConce County Chain Gang
is now being discontinued for lack of
funds. (The examination was made
about tho time this stop was being
considered in tho fuco of no funds,
but this has since been rondered un
necessary by supplying funds to en
able continuance of operations until
ibo brat of the year 102:3.) Tho
equipment is nhovc tho average In
South Carolina, and is well cared for
hy \V. C. Kelley, foreman, and his
Tho camp shows some improve
ment, over last year, the preparation
of tho food and tho attitude of the
foreman being commendahle.
The kitchen needs screening. Tho
camp should bo located nearor tho
water supply.
Chain ("aug Score Card.
Poss!- Ac
blo. tua!.
25 21
105 81
50 48
15 15
5 5
65 3:1
3 0 2 5
70 62
60 30
5 0 50
25 5
10 9
80 64
1 5 1 5
10 10
5 5
30 25
5 0 -i I
3 0 6
.10 6
150 123
2 5 1 3
Total score. 1000 759
Ocouco County Almshouse.
1'nder tho supervision of W. R.
Cobb the Oconeo county almshouse
Inmates and property aro well eared
for. A good winter garden and a
good herd of milk cows insures a ra
tion for tho inmates, varied and suf
ficient. Tho attitude of the Supervi
sor and tho superintendent toward
tho inmates ls commendable. Some
repair work is needed on the cot
tages, barns and fences.
Almshouse Score Card.
Possl- Ac
blo. tual.
Suitable location. 25 20
Adcq. Supt.'s quarters. . 25 25
Eire hazard. 50 19
Sunlight, ventilation ... 50 28
Housing facili ties .... VS S i 00
Sa ?In rj fiicillt jos . 25 y
!!.,.'.;!?. of inmates .... 75 73
Inmates' quieter's . . t'PO 07
Food ri lui food Ut g . . .' ?j O.*.
(iccupiMlop, recreation j., 3,0 15
Special care ot sick .... 40 30
Records. 20 20
Disposal of refuse .. .. 30 15
General conditions .... 80 27
Equipment ?fe supplies.. SO 63
Repairs. 10 30
Administration and staff 80 :>0
Medical .service.40 15
General supervision ... 10 10
Total almshouse score. . 1000 727
Oconeo County Jail.
Practically tho same unsatisfac
tory conditions are found at Oconee
county jail this year as they wero
last year. This jail is far from what
lt should bo. Tho Sheriff (W. M. Al
exander) says ho has asked for re
pairs and equipment, but is not given
any assistance, and he doesn't know
what to do. However that may ho, he
does not. use advantageously or pro
tect that equipment which he has;
the jail runs Itself on tho Inside;
there is no "boss." Tho whites and
blacks aro allowed to run together
contrary to law; a kangaroo court
exists, which is against tho law; most
of tho bedding was found to be in a
filthy condition nnd giving off bad
odors; and two prisoners, one white
and ono negro, with venereal dis
eases wen? living with tho other pris
oners when n vacant, room was avail
able for their isolation. A number
of pr ison (>rs had no hunks or cols
and had to sleep on tho floor.
Aboul nf tien of these prisoners
wine walting to he taken to the chain
gang or penitentiary. When they de
part, a good opportunity will present
Itself for the sheriff to . clean up"
tho Jail If ho will.
Tho food is fair, hut should be hei
fer at 75c. per day.
Oconeo Jail Score Card.
l'ossi- Ac
hie, tnal.
Separate and adequate
Jailers' quarters .... 10 S
Security of jail. 1 'i 1
Ciro hazard. 50 35
Ventilation. 50 30
Facilities for classifica
tion . 100 6 0
Sanitary facilities .. .. ILM) 66
Coll facilities & type.. GO 15
Jailer's miscellaneous du
ties . 15 15
Records of prisoners . . . :i0 2 2
Condition in prisoners'
(| natters. 100 4 9
P 1 ii II t and equipment
ready for use. 10 10
Full uso of classification
facilities. 3 0 0
Personal hygiene of pris
oners . fi 0 2 0
Xo fees given. 10 0
Prisoner's' food & feeding CO 50
Discipline & occupation
of prisoners. 25 10
Jail equipment and re
pair . HO 6:5
Medien] service, for pris
oners . 10 40
Sufficient staff. 10 8
Adequate salary for staff 10 . 9
Complete Jail score . .1 000 514
Ellison Capers,
Assistant Secrotary,
Guards' quarters.
Convicts' quarters ..
Sheltering of ?stock ....
Medical attention.
Record of convicts . .
Convicts' food & feeding
in p. c. off good conduct
Camp ?rounds.
Guards' quarters.
Convicts' quarters . .
Kitchen & equipment...
Stock .
Wnter supply.
Sewerage disposal . .
Disposal of manure ....
Disposal kitchen refuse .
Personal hygiene.
Records .
? 1 * i
Supt. Hand Makes Comparisons Ho>
tween Oity and Rural Seliools.
(Columbia Slate.)
Superintendent W. H. Hand, of tbo
Columbia city schools, in a. discus-!
sion of "The Longer School Day,"
lias tho following to say:
Ono, Aesop, tolls us of a cortain ,
fox that gravoly advised all of his
friends in convention to have their I
tails cut off because of tho alleged in-?
convettienco and danger which said
tails entailed upon their possessors.
Somewhat likewise city folk and oity
teachers aro givon to commiserating
and patronizing the rural schools.
Now the rural schools need a great
deal of attention and improvement,
but there aro rural schools and rural
schools. Many of thom have good
school houses, good teachers and rea
sonably long terms. In rural schools
of this class aro to be found somo of
the best prepared pupils in the land.
They know much from studying
books and they know much from tho
Studying of things around them, and
ono of the agencies which have con
tributed to their advancement has
been thoir school day of scnsiblo
length-not from sun to sun, but
from $.30 in the morning to 3.30 Itt
tho afternoon. In these schools tho
supervision of tho children's study
has not been ideal, but there were
sot apart regular periods for study
under tho oyo and direction of the
teacher. The children of these schools
Carry their lunches and oat them,
though not warm, at a sensible hour
in the day. Then, during the longer
recess periods, the teachers are tho
companions of the children to a de
gree rarely reached by the city teach
ers with city children.
Does Its Work Deliberately.
After all, is it not possible for our
highly organized city schools to i~arn
something from the better rural
schools? Tho rural school opens Its
daily session early, runs through Its
schedule deliberately, intersperses
recitations with study and relaxation,
provides a time for a needed lunch,
does Its school work chlofly at school
and ls through. In contrast, the city
school opens its daily session late,
runs through Its dally schedule like
an express train, almost every minute
of the teacher's time is assigned to
recitations, the teacher and her pu
pils meet only In the classroom, the
school closes early and-the children
go home to be taught by their moth
ers, because the teacher has had lit
tle or no timo to give assistance
where it wns needed and when it was
needed. The close of the school day
finds the teacher moro or less fa
tigued, she carries home with her an
armful of written exorcises, many of
which should never have been writ
ten; sho is hungry and oppressed.
Ravenously or languidly she eats af
ter her fast, then she sits down to
read and correct that armful of ex
ercises. It ls such moments thai she
fpeis thst her work herd and thal
j abo ls underpaid.
{ HOW ii lt VVltb her pupils? Ai tllO
close ot the school day they snatch
\ ap a few books, nish home as hungry
i young bears ?i gulp down their
lund, rush out to play or to the mov
ies or for a Joy ride, stay out until
darr or later, rush in to eat again,
sit down in the noise and confusion
of tho family fireside to go through
tho form of studying for a period,
then fall asleep with lessons un
learned. Day after day this routine
is gone through in tho name of edu
cation and being educated. What a
ludicrous performance! Any busi
ness enterprise or industrial plant
that would undertake to run on such
a schedule would bo in the hands of
a receiver ia short order, and Its
managers would be objects of ridi
In tho Industrial world wo h.'ivo
left behind us the twelve-hour work
day and ten-hour day, and many of
us are trying lo reduce tho eight
hour work day. All this is in the
world of machinery in which ono ma
chine does tho work of ten men, L'O
men, BO men. in tho Intellectual
world things aro a little different.
There is yet no patent process where
by a group of children may be edu
cated by al tending school a few hours
a day. five days a week, .''>(> weeks in
the year for six or seven years-tho
time at which the majority of Amer
ican children leave school, lt takes
time for the human mind lo grow and
for human charactor to be developed.
There is yet no royal road to learn
Advantages of Long School Day.
The advantages of a longer school
day with a lunch period at school
would be:
Tho teachers without neglecting
tho recitations would have more time
lo teach tho children and to direct
the children In how to study.
The teacher would be able to re
lieve herself and her pupils of-some
of the drudgery of written exercises.
Hundreds of those exercises are call
ed for simply boca uso the teacher has
no other way to reach all her pupils
in tho course of the short school day.
The children would have the ad
vantage of being drilled in their
study, and of getting tho prophr as
sistance and instructions when lt is
needed. Children need to bo taught
how to study.
The parents would bo relieved at
STOMACH MISERY, j
GAS, INDIGESTION j
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Sour, Upset Stomachs
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"I'ape's Diapopsip" ls the quickest,
surest relief for indigestion, gases,
flatulence, heartburn, sourness, fer
mentation or stomach distress caus
ed by acidity. A few ta blots gkvo al
most immediate stomach relief. Cor
rect your stomach and digestion now
for a few cents. Druggists soil mil
lions of packagos.-adv,
least in a measuro, of having to keop
school every afternoon or night to
do the work which the teacher was
employed t? do; The average home
ls not a suitable place for study, nor
the habits of the average homo con
ducive to study, i
Homo study would not' be done
away with In the middle and higher
grades of tho school, but th- neces
sity for home study would bo mater
ially lessened.. In the elementary
grades h Dine study would be practi
cally eliminated. *
Study, recitation, relaxation and
play would bo bettor ditsrlbnted.
Tho health of both teacher and
children would bo improved by hav
ing a midday lunch, Lunche! ? h ou ld
be served at school In a sanitary
lunch room. The children co iii buy
a cheap warm lunch, or bring their
lunch from homo and oat lt in the
lunch rop?L One of tho curb its par
adoxes to ho observed in Schools ts
this: We tench health and > gieno,
then proceed to violate our I aching
tn our habits.
Finally, thousands of home - in our
land ought to hall with ?th light a
longer school day to a, i ! om in
keeping their children off thc streets
and out of lanes and alleys ns many
hours ns possible. Tho hour In tho
afternoon in somo back ali' or on
some sido street or In sonic pl ter un
supervised placo may poison and de
stroy the morning's work of (he heit
teaching of tho best teacher ; nd thc
best mother in tho land. ,:> roo ver.
if the truth must be told, hundreds
of childron aro being better trained
[nt right and righteousness, In truth
fulness, In obedience, in ?pod man
ners, and in other civic y lr tu os than
they are being taught Iii tip If 1 vn
homes- and this statement does hot
apply exclusively ,lo what s i. peo
ple are pleased to call tin lower
classes of society.
rho Quinine That Does Not A'foci tits 1 Mad
Ilccnuae ot Its tonio mid lnxntlvo e((< I,ANIA?
TIVK 1IKOMO QUININ7? la bett?-: lh.Hi ... > . uy
Quinine ?ind does not cause BcrvOii nor
ringing in head. Remember thu tiitl ram'
look ior the signature ol U. V Ott' . wc
Founders' Day Jan, nth, WW tc a
Great liny at thc University.
Tho main address on ?o undo rs'
Day, which will be c?l?br?t Jan,
11th, 1023, in Columbia, will bo de
livered by Hon. J. J. Mc?wain. H< p
resentative in Congress from I'm Ith
Congressional District, who i > < c
cepted tho invitation to rel o for
the occasion to his alma ma or, In
1S07 ho was graduated with ighest
distinction from tho South Carolina
College, where his score .< a ul at
was marked by energy, pori .nee
amid adverse material ?ircu.pl tances,
fearless leadership and pej.fcxellanoe,
and high scholastic attfr:;\m ls in
tho Clarlosopbic Society ho b in his
foronsic training in oratory il de
bate, winning tho college high hon
ors, which wero an earnest ol bis
later achievement in polijtj ul ser
Millson M Hm i t h. of .. )?
Pas been elected hy ..".he sm
dei 1 body Its speaker ?ov ?'*??Ud
ers' Day, Mr. Smith, vue is from
Walhalla, is ; member i f tho V M.C,
A. Council Cabinet, a successful de
bater in inter-collegiate contests, a
member of tho Senior Honor Club
selected by tho faculty, and winner
in his sophomore year of first place
lu tho South Carolina Inter-collegi
ate Oratorical Association in 1921?.
As student manager he Is in charge
of '.he steward's hall. His many
friends feel that the choice is a happy
ono and that he will bo a worthy
representative of the studonts on
l'onnders' Day.
Rainfall and Temperature.
Below ls a record of meteorological
observations taken by H. W. Brandt,
co-pperatlvo observer of tho Weather
Bureau of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, during the week ending
December 17, 19 22, at 7 p. nt". (Tho
Instrumental readings are from gov
ernment standard instruments ex
posed In tho manner recommended
by the chief of tho Weather Bureau):
Character of
Dec. 11-Cloudy .
Dec. 12-Cloudy .
Doc. 13-inly cldy
Dec. 14- Cloudy .
Mee. 1 ."> Cloudy .
Dec. IC-Cloudy .
flee. 17-Cloudy .
Dec. 1 7-Cloudy .
Total rainfall . .
The Battery Park Hotel hfl Replaced
by a Modern Struct uro.
A dispatch from Asheville, 'N. C.,
Asheville's hotel facilities will ho
enhanced by tho erection of the mil
lion-dollar (Jeorgo Vanderbilt and tho
opening of tho Kenilworth Inn next
February. Tho Battery Park, which
has boen an Asheville landmark for
nearly half a century,will he replaced
by a $fi00,ooo structure by E. w.
Crovo, St. 'Louis capitalist and tho
owner of the fl rovo Park Inn and tho
Manor. Tho hill-one hundred feot
high-on which the Battery Park ls
standing, will he leveled. Tho new
flro-proof structure will contain two
hundred rooms, with a private bath
for each room. Wilbur Bavendorf, a
former Now York hotol man, who
has operated the Battery Park for
the pas! year, will continue as losseo
of tho new hostelry. Construction of
tho building will cominoncc shortly
and upon its completion tho presont
hotel will be demolished.
The Battery Park has been run for
nearly forty years, mid has always
been a popular rendezvous for resort
visitors, in Civil War days Battery
Park hill bristled with cannon de
fending Asheville.
Subscribo for Tho Courier. (Best.)
(The Wonderful
By Christopher G. Hazard
(?. lU22,>Wcatoru NeWBpapor Union.)
TT STOOD lu the corner bf o rather
.*? needy room. It was festooned with
strings of popcorn und cables of cran
berries. Wisps of tissue paper and
tinsel ornaments wero out upon the
branches, and small candles stood
ready to Illuminate the occasion. There
wero many Invisible things upon the
tree, too. The Imaginations of the
children had been as busy as tholr
dreams. Family resources may bo
limited, but there aro no bounds In tho
realms of Santa Claus and hope. In
the magical Christmas timo thc clouds
of poverty are all as gilded and beau
tiful as any sunset can furnish. Any
thing may happen then. Cinderella is
as hopeful as her more favored sis
ters: not an urchin but has an expect
ant eye. So tho Tanner Christmas tree
was as beautiful us a picture and as
full of presents ns a picture could ho.
But, however pictured by fancy and
made of good wishes, the presents wero
all invisible, No one could see what
was In the heads of the dreamers and
tho hearts of tho anxious but needy
providers. For weeks tho mill had
been closed, and now the family pock
etbook was about empty. Father Tan
ner looked at the tree, could not see
a gift on lt, and shook his head. Moth
er Tanner was Inclined to make the
best of lt.
Yes, the tree was one of the family.
It had been the tree of last year's
Christmas and the tree of the year be
fore that. It was a tree that kept Its
evergreen habit and (hat did not seem
to grow old. It was like a living tree,
made to bring forth Its fruit every
year. It had been so good to them that
they had named lt Bounty. And now
lt stood there In the (lark, all dressed
up, but with nothing but blossoms,
without any fruit. It could see the
hurrying children running to their
morning disappointment. It could
hear their cries of surprise and
Chagrin, Silly Sam, more needy of
amusement than the others,, would look
In vain for his expected go-enrt ; Suo
would miss the two dress patterns for
her big doll, her new hat and high
chair for her little doll; Hill Tanner
woilld not get hi? skates; Dick would
still need ? sled, it was anything hut
a j.ann y live.
lint li w ' wonderful tree, rt had
>i power ol milking Itself felt all over
u neighboiiio.nl. ;L could ?unmion ? li
ta Claus hy a kind of wireless message
that went through walls and every
thing, lt reached ns far as tho folks
who were having a Christinas evo
party two blocks away and marie them
think of Mr. Folsom's nilli boss and
Mrs. Folsom's laundry woman. They
had been wishing for some new fun
for their party that day and now lt
came Into their heads to go over and
be Santa for the Tanners. So the tree
drew a very silent but very busy com
pany to the Tunnel's' back door.
As the children bad left directions
for Santa on the table It was easy to
find out what the tree was expected to
do, so, presently, It did lt. There was
more, too, than orders for the wanted
things; thofroerrymnkcrs had brought
with them enough to satisfy any rea
sonable tree ; there were picture books,
picture puzzles, gomes, a scissors
grinder that could make the sparks
fly, a train of cars that could go, a doll
that couid say "mama," and candy
enough to go round. For Father and
Mother Tanner there was a pocketbook I
With gold In lt, and a note of good
cheer that was better than tho gold. |
So the'wonderful tree spent the rest i
of the night In trembling Joy. It could
not sleep for thinking of the friendly
love that had provided such a happy
morning to come. And when the first
of tho morning light brought nil the
Tanners downstairs tho tree fairly
Shook with pleasure, amid the wonder
and the glee of that Christmas day.
As for tho servants of Santa Claus,
they had never had such a merry
Christmas before. Their hearts were
so warm that they did not mind tho ;
frost. Thoy sang over the pleasure of
giving pleasure and relief. They said
they knew that Santa Claus lind to live
up .North so that he could cool off after
his warm Interest In the happiness of |
others. They addressed bim In verses |
that must have mudo him Jollier than ?
ever, calling him :
Thorn IH a man who lives up north
AU <iad in robes ?and fur?,
And every year ho sallies forth
AH lovo his going spurs.
Ho mitigates tho winter's cold
That otherwise would freeze,
And keeps himself from growing old
Hy tending Christmas trees.
Tho children for his coining walt,
So do the old folks loo;
Unhappiness goes ont tho gat?
When Santa comes to you.
And their own presents never seemed
BO. Iorgo omi good before.
Ask anyone you know
which is the highest
quality baking powder
and almost invariably
they will tell you ROYAL.
"My cakes are 100% better
.ince I bought that can of
Royal," writes one delighted
user, and * every where
among your friends, neigh
bors, relatives-^** *wUl
hear similar commendations.
Royal Contains No Alum
Leaves No Bitter Taste
IN THE days before prohib?- ,
tlon, an old, southern narky *
0 was wont to eelebrate Christ- ;
* inns with a quiet and solitary *
\ bottle of liquor. Upon one oe- t
* caslon he was going home with *.
s his prize under his arm, when t
* bo stumbled on the curbstone. J
t The bottle slipped, fell and t
J broke, spilling tho contents all t
t over the pavement, ?
* The old darky regarded tho J
1 catastrophe with gentle mourn- *
J fulness. \
0 "Dore, now," he murmured, * ?
t "Christmas come un' gone!" '
Natives Still Cling to Old Customs and
Songs; Day Is One of Great
|tICII a strong-winged thing j
Is Christmas Cheer that It
has betaken Itself even to
that Isolated Island of tho !
far north, where the short
est day is four hours long, nnd where
nt Christmas time the sun docs not
rise above the horizon for a week.
Christmas ls n great day with the
people of leeland and they'still cling I
to all their old customs and songs and
'the day to them ls one of great hap- j
One of their favorite old songs is
Ulled with simplicity that '? touching!
and vet gives a gi Imp so of fl plillos-1
oppy of life thai i^ pretty fin? :
When i go srood and thtnli Aright
At penco with man, i< ...TUM) to ??od.
Thou lookst on ;>><: with ?y*?j of tiff til.
Tasting now Joya In joy's nbodu.
For little children
in a flat,
Drawbacks aro |
For how can San
ta with his
Crawl through
a radiator'
To Remove Chewing Gum.
Wet tho material well around
the gum with kerosene and rub
lightly. This will promptly remove the
gum. Then wash ns usual. (
Colds Causo Orlp and Influenza
LAXATIVE DR0MO QUININE Tablets remove the
cause. There is only ono "Bromo Quinine." E. W.
GROVE'S signature on tho box. SOc.
No Argument There.
(Boston Transcript.)
<PIvo-yenr-old lOlslo was exception
ally trying ono aftornoon and had
boon reproved timo after time. At
last hor mother exclaimed, "I .should
think you'd get tired hearing me talk
to you so much!"
In most decided tones tho child ro
plled, "Woll, mothor, I do."
"Dodson's Liver Tone" Strai
Salivating, Dangerous Cal
You-Don't Lose a Day's
I discovered a vogotahlo compound
that does tho work of dangerous,
sickening calomel, and I want
every reader of this paper to
buy a bottlo for a few cents,
and if it doosn't straighten you
up better and quicker, than sali
vating cnlomol, just go back to tho
Store and get your monoy back.
I guaran too that one spoonful of
Dodson's Liver Tone will put your
sluggish liver to work and clean your
'.hlrty foot of bowels of the sour bile
and constipation poison which ls
clogging your system nnd making
you fool miserahlo
I guarantee that ono spoonful of
this harmless liquid livor modicino
Favors Fifty Million Dollar ?sWO ot
Bonds for State Highways^
._ 4
Tho Charleston News and Courier's
report of tho State Good Roads Con
ference contained tho following sum
mary of li. D. Jennings' statemont of
Iiis views on the proposition:
L. p. Jennings, of Sumter, thought
that it would not ho wise to start with
a bond issue of less than fifty million
dollars, and that tho Statp plan
should bo such that every county
seat in South Carolina would bo con
nected with a hard surfaced system
of roads. He thought that lhere
should bo a careful survey of the en
tire State, showing just where tho
roads are to bo built, the material
from which they are to he construct
ed, and tba*, oac'i county bo paid for
work already done by lt in tho Slate
system, based on the price of tho
work at tho flotation of tho bond
issue. /
Mr. Jennings said that a hard-sur
faced system of roads would save the
peoplo untold millions of dollars In
each year, and tho issue could soon
be paid for. Me said that the auto
mobiles of tho State consume $)7.
000,000 worth of gasoline each year;
that approximately $5" 000,0.,"
paid every two years for now
and that the wear and teat
each year aggregates *10
Estimating that the gu soli
sumption would be reduced o
and that tho lifo of a cur 1
increased from two years
years, and that its wear and teni"
would ho decreased two-thirds hy n
system of bard-surfacod ro. ds, Mr,
Jennings claimed that approximnloiy
? 10,000,000 annually would bc ??veo
to tho IrtO,OOO automobile owners ii
Die Slate, estimating brich car td b?
worth an average o? ? t ,oot> and tho
repair hill on il to ho $100 annually^
Assuming, however, that hard-sur
faced roads connected only tho coun
ty seats, ho said, and that tho auto
mobile owner traveled on them only
one-third of his mileage, then the
saving would bo at least $10,000,000
a year-enough to tako np tho $50,
000,000 bond issue in six years, and
pay the interest.
No Worms In a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms havo an un
healthy color, which Indicates poor blood, and asa
rule, thero ls moro or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC (liven regu
larly fortwoor thrco weeks will enrich ti; ? blood.
Improve thodl|?estlon, and net asa itenernlStreni?th
eninrf Tonic to tho wholo system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel tho worms,and theChild willbo
tn perfect health. Pleasant to take. GOc per bot tia
Heard tho Kitten Hoi!.
(Everybody's Magazine.)
\ Hobby, aged four, was playing
with lils kitten before tho llroplaco
.when it,began to purr contentedly.
Tho boy's mother was surprised
presently to soe her son grab bis pot
j by tho tail and drag lt across tho car
I pot to tho accompaniment of ngon
? Ized protests from "tho unfortunate
i animal.
I "Hobby!" she crotd reproachfully,
"you must not hurt your kitty."
I "I've got to get him away from this
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Watch an E-ink Screen be Abused (video)
The middle section of the video is rather funny because whoever is throwing the ball has my athletic skills. They keep missing the device.
BTW, the first section of the video shows 2 screens, and only one is the newer HD E-ink screen. The black frame is the older screen, and the reason it broke is that it has a glass backplane. The newer HD E-ink screen uses a metal foil backplane (developed by LG Display I believe). As you can see from the video, it's a lot sturdier than glass.

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I am having Inspiron 1525 from last 2 years and it was working fine. suddenly today it started showing bettery status as "plugged in not charing". I tried to take bettery out and push it back couple of times. Once it worked and charged better from 5% to 92% but again after making some sound it came back to original status as "plugged in not charging".
Does that mean there is a loose socket OR issue with better? I think it should be first one but can you please suggest how to fix it.
The battery might need replacing. Test by removing the battery and use just the adapter plugged into an outlet. If it works that way, replace the battery.


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ATA drives not showing up
H Gang
I have a couple of ATA DVD drives that will not show up with Win 7RC. They show up in the Bios, but when I click on my computer the only thing that shows up is the HD. I have changed the cable, no change. They are getting voltage, the door opens. I know these are good drives.
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Windows 7 Professional x64
Go into "disk management" right click "my computer" and click "manage" and see if they are "offline" if so just right click on the DVD and click "online" At least see what the status they are in.
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I am running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit on a Compaq laptop that is 2.5 years old. Recently all the drives disappeared from the My Computer folder and the list of folders, networks, and home groups on the left are cleared out. Even the Control Panel is empty. I can however in the address bar type...
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Milbank: The Rolls-Royce of populists
WASHINGTON — Meet Willard Mitt Romney, champion of the common man.
"Do you realize over the last four years the median income in America has dropped every single year?" the candidate asked his supporters during a stop in Springfield, Va., last week. "At the same time," he added, "food prices are up; electric prices are up; gasoline prices have doubled. These are tough times for the American people."
But these are not tough times for a lot of Romney boosters, judging by the look of things. Romney made this stand for the little guy in the heart of Fairfax County, which has the second-highest median household income in the nation (neighboring Loudoun is No. 1). Seemingly everyone in the 200-person crowd was fingering a smartphone, with the exception of the guy in the polo shirt in the second row reading The Wall Street Journal, and the guy in the eighth row in a linen blazer checking the Drudge Report on his iPad.
To get a better sense of the economic status of the invitation-only crowd, I strolled the parking lot — and found a fleet of BMW, Mercedes, Volvo and Cadillac SUVs, and sports cars bearing the Jaguar, Audi, Lexus and BMW labels. Parked near the entrance: a black Rolls-Royce Silver Spur III with vanity plates saying "MY ROLLS" — and a Romney bumper sticker. When it comes to speaking up for the downtrodden, Romney isn't just another man of the people. He is the Rolls Royce of populists. With evidence building that his prospects have been hurt by his dismissal of nearly half the country as moochers, Romney has been making it his job to worry about the 47 percent of Americans he said it wasn't his job to worry about.
But when such an appeal is attempted by a man who has painstakingly crafted for himself a public image combining Scrooge McDuck and Thurston Howell, there is bound to be a certain amount of awkwardness and inconsistency. Consider, for example, his new ads showing him speaking in front of a sooty group of coal miners, as various miners in their Appalachian accents criticize Obama's coal policy.
But the Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch reported that the miners who appeared behind Romney in the ad had had their shifts canceled early — and they weren't paid for the lost time while they stood on the stage behind Romney.
There was also his unexpected response when NBC's Ron Allen asked him about his difficulty connecting with middle-class Americans. "One hundred percent of the kids in our state had health insurance," Romney boasted. "I don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record."
But the next morning, he took the stage in Springfield and announced: "I got to get rid of Obamacare" — the nationwide program based on his own empathetic program in Massachusetts. And, there was this I-feel-your-pain moment: "I've been across this country; my heart aches for the people I've seen," he proclaimed in a high-school gymnasium. Inconveniently, a 1985 video surfaced the next day in which Romney explained that Bain Capital's goal with the companies it invested in was "to harvest them at a significant profit" — as if they were organs being removed from an accident victim.
Why the Baron of Bain would be making a late appeal to the downtrodden is obvious. The latest Washington Post/ABC News poll finds that American regarded Romney's "47 percent" remarks negatively, 54 percent to 32 percent.
But the outreach to the 47 percent he privately regarded as parasites furthers the impression that Romney is inauthentic — an impression encouraged by the candidate's contrived delivery. In Springfield, Romney at one point recited a verse from "America the Beautiful" (though he has stopped singing the tune) and later in the speech held his left arm aloft, pretending to be the Statue of Liberty lifting her lantern.
The speech was at an American Legion hall to a group of veterans, so Romney, who didn't mention veterans in his acceptance speech at the Republican convention, built up the part of his usual stump speech where he promises to increase Pentagon spending (while also cutting taxes and the deficit).
He thanked the "heroes" in the hall — and then hung around backstage, leaving the "heroes" waiting 20 minutes or more because the Secret Service wouldn't let them leave until Romney was gone. Romney, champion of the little guy, then took his motorcade to downtown Washington for a $50,000-a-plate fundraising dinner. Even a man of the people needs to eat.
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JPublish is a powerful Web publishing system designed to ensure a clean separation of developer roles. It includes support for multiple templating engines, including Jakarta Apache's Velocity, FreeMarker, and WebMacro. It supports numerous scripting languages including Python, BeanShell, and JavaScript. It is modular and provides for easy extensibility.
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Release Notes: The view interface was changed to include the path to the template. All template implementations now support named templates via the path parameter. FreeMarkerViewRenderer is now locale sensitive. Templates can now have actions. A content interface is now used to provide content to view engines which can be cached. InternalURI classes were added, and the FreeMarker and Velocity renderers were reworked to take advantage of FreeMarker's built-in cache for parsed templates. Numerous other bugfixes and enhancements were made.
Release Notes: A PageInstance class was added to replace the current Page class. There is only one PageInstance per page path. Changes were made to the Page class so that it wraps the PageInstance class. getLocale() and setLocale() were added to the Page class. Page property accessors now use the Page Locale. An org.jpublish.util.NumberUtilities class was added, exposed as numberUtilities in the context. The org.jpublish.util.DateUtilities class was also added, exposed as dateUtilites in the context. A custom error handler bug was added, and an upgraded to Velocity 1.3 was made.
Release Notes: Parameter actions are now disabled by default.
Release Notes: Added a virtual file system for all subsystems and replaced the StaticResourceLoader with StaticResourceManager. A FileSystemStaticResourceManager was added, along with a FileToPathIterator. getPageConfigurationWriter() has been implemented, and methods for getting, putting, and removing script actions were added. Pre-evaluation and post-evaluation actions were also added.
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Selena Gomez Hair and Makeup at VMAs 2013
MTV VMAs Beauty: Get Selena Gomez's Sexy Hair and Makeup
Donning a deep-blue Versace gown, Selena Gomez went for a sleek silhouette with a hint of sex appeal that translated to her beauty look, too. Makeup artist Gita Bass created her sexy blue cat eye, while hairstylist Lona Vigi gave the starlet her sleek blow out for her ligher and slightly more red hair color. Here's how they created her look.
To make sure Selena's skin was glowing, Bass first prepped her complexion with Simple Hydrating Light Moisturizer ($13), and then she applied Armani Luminous Silk Foundation ($60) to even out her skin. "After moisturizing, foundation will spread easily and stay on longer," Bass expalined. Then, she focused on creating a navy eye makeup look inspired by the intricate corset in her dress. Bass used Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes in Navy Blue ($19) to line and define her eyes and finished with multiple coats of mascara. The final touch was the Tom Ford Lip Color in Black Orchid ($49) for a nice contrast.
Considering the exposed corset of her dress, Selena opted to keep her hair simple and glossy. Vigi started off with a blend of Frizz-Ease Hair Serum Original Formula ($10) and Straight Fixation Smoothing Crème ($6) and applied it to her wet strands for shiny, frizz-free hair. Next she blow dried Selena's hair using a round brush and the Harry Josh Pro Tools Pro Dryer ($250, originally $300). Once her hair was completely dry, Vigi finished the look with Frizz-Ease Secret Weapon Flawless Finishing Crème ($7) for that silky smooth finish.
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Higher-education cuts
What Gov. Brown proposes if his tax increase plan fails in November:
- $300 million from California community colleges
- $500 million from UC and CSU
California's colleges and universities are looking at fewer classes, higher student fees and layoffs unless more money can be injected into the state budget, educational leaders in San Diego and Sacramento said Wednesday.
They reiterated their plea that voters to pass Gov. Jerry Brown's proposed tax increase on the November ballot, but some questioned whether the public support would be there.
At a meeting in Sacramento, University of California Regent Bonnie Reiss urged staff to develop budget numbers that reflect the effects of deeper reductions should voters reject the tax.
"As horrible as the numbers might look to us, the better from our planning perspective to see what a conservative financial reality might look like," she said.
As the regents were meeting, leaders of San Diego County's five community college districts gathered locally to discuss Brown's revised 2012-13 budget.
"It's clearer than ever that voter approval of the governor's tax initiative in November is the only way to avoid further dismantling of California community colleges," Francisco Rodriguez, superintendent/president of MiraCosta Community College said at a news conference in San Diego.
Opponents of the tax increase said education cuts were being used as a cudgel in the battle over taxes.
"We're into bullying right now," Richard Rider, chairman of San Diego Tax Fighters, said of educators' warnings. "They need to charge the students more, like a user fee."
Brown this week unveiled his revised $91 billion general-fund spending plan that calls for $8.3 billion in cuts along with the tax increase to cover a $15.7 billion shortfall. Spending for UC and the California State University system would remain flat.
The tax initiative calls for increasing the sales tax by a quarter-cent for four years and hiking income taxes on a sliding scale for seven years on those making more than $250,000 per year.
He plans automatic "trigger" cuts in January if the tax measure fails. The greatest burden — $5.5 billion in cuts — would fall on K-12 schools. UC and CSU would each face $250 million in reductions, while the community college system would lose $300 million.
The cuts, if they come, would follow sharp reductions in public funding already imposed on colleges and universities as the state has struggled through a multiyear budget crisis, officials noted.
Fees have risen steadily at the colleges and universities.
The UC regents will consider boosting tuition again, by 6 percent, at a meeting in July. If approved, it would raise the cost to $12,923 a year, nearly double what it was five years ago. That does not include the cost of room and board, or campus-based fees, which average about $1,000.
UC and community college officials said it is too early to offer too many specifics on what would be cut if the tax measure fails. In general, UC officials said, there would be layoffs, delays in hiring faculty and consolidation, cutbacks and elimination of programs.
For this region's community colleges, officials said a large number of classes would be eliminated, resulting in students being turned away.
"If the governor's tax initiative doesn't pass, it means a $5.5 million cut in January at my place," said Robert Deegan, superintendent/president of Palomar College. "So, immediately, that would mean we have to cut hundreds of classes."
Constance Carroll, chancellor of the three-campus San Diego Community College District, said the district would have to cut 700 to 800 classes.
At the news conference held at San Diego City College, the community college leaders were joined by several students who spoke.
"Community colleges, for a lot of people that's where it starts," said Cody Dean, a 20-year-old Palomar College student.
Dean, who said he works three jobs, will transfer to UC Berkeley in the fall. Without community college, he said, he never could have gained admission there.
"When you're making cuts to community colleges, you're making cuts to dreams, you're making cuts to innovation, you're making cuts to options."
Several students who spoke at the regents meeting urged the governing board not to consider the proposed hike over the summer, a time when students are away from campuses and less likely to attend meetings and express themselves.
During the morning session of the regents meeting, a group of students in orange jumpsuits similar to what some prisoners wear began marching in a circle in the audience, chanting that they were "sentenced to debt" by the cost of attending the university.
The regents adjourned to closed session rather than have police confront the protesters, and the disturbance subsided.
When the regents returned after noon, a major issue of discussion involved a form of financial aid known as Cal Grants. The state budget will force UC to rethink its commitment to providing substantial aid to students from middle-class families with an income of $80,000 or less, officials said. With revenue shortfalls, officials said the cutoff may be $50,000.
"We would want to make it up. Whether we could or not" is another question, said Sherry Lansing, chairwoman of the board.Copyright © 2017, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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I bought a new bench for the foot of our bed last week. Then I moved the one that was here up to our guest room, which was the whole point--I wanted something up there for guests to open their suitcases on. This one is nice and long: Plenty of room for laundry baskets! Just kidding--we … [Read more...]
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The US Supreme Court [official website] heard oral arguments [day call, PDF] in a collective bargaining case as well as a laches case on Tuesday. In Harris v. Quinn [transcript, PDF; JURIST report] the court heard arguments on whether a state can "compel personal care providers to accept and financially support a private organization as their exclusive representative to petition the state for greater reimbursements from its Medicaid programs." The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit held [opinion] that "a collective bargaining agreement that requires Medicaid home-care personal assistants to pay a fee to a union representative [does not] violate the First Amendment." The court also ruled, "we lack jurisdiction to consider the claims of plaintiffs who have opted not to be in the union. Because they are not presently subject to mandatory fair share fees, their claims are not ripe." Counsel for Harris argued that charging personal care providers compulsory union fees "violates the First Amendment because the purpose of this mandatory association is inherently expressive." Counsel for respondent, however, argued that the fees will assist the state government in doing a more efficient job providing services to a "vulnerable population." Counsel for the US also argued on the respondent's behalf.
In Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. [transcript, PDF; JURIST report] the court heard arguments on "[w]hether the nonstatutory defense of laches [Nolo definition] is available without restriction to bar all remedies for civil copyright claims filed within the three-year statute of limitations prescribed by Congress, 17 USC § 507(b) [text]." There is a circuit split on the issue, and the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has adopted a presumption [opinion] in favor of applying laches to continuing copyright infringements. Counsel for petitioner argued that the Supreme Court "has never applied laches to constrict a Federal statute of limitations, and rejected such a claim just four years ago." Counsel for the US also argued on the petitioner's behalf. Counsel for respondent, however, argued that the Supreme Court has on numerous occasions stated that, as in the case at hand, whenever there is "a rolling statute of limitations, laches is a necessary protection for the defendant because the events may move so far away from the underlying facts."
In Navarette v. California [SCOTUSblog backgrounder; JURIST report] the court heard arguments on whether police, after getting an anonymous tip about drunken or reckless driving, must actually observe that kind of misconduct before they may stop a vehicle.


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Emily Boyd's debut release, Wonder, brings together an eclectic array of musical elements. From blues singers to avant-garde indie rockers, this self-released album synthesizes all of Emily's influences into a singular musical experience. The unique lyricism and experimental arrangements, thanks to artist and producer Molly Bancroft, mark Wonder as a strong beginning for a young singer-songwriter. Born and raised in rural Ringgold, GA, Emily was constantly surrounded by music in the form of family room jam sessions of blues and southern rock classics. By the age of 15 she was already writing and performing music in local bars and festivals. In the following years she played in a variety of groups around Chattanooga, TN and Athens, GA before settling in Atlanta in 2003. The release of her debut EP from her own Art Box Records is the realization of many years of musical growth, experience, and commitment to songwriting.


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text: Big weekend for Whitecaps FC youth July 26, 200812:00AM PDT Previous Next The Whitecaps Men's Residency and Women's Prospects both face playoff matches this weekend, while the Girls Prospects are at the San Diego Surf Cup and the Whitecaps BCSA Super Y Affiliates are profiled at Swangard. Residency face Quakes in PDL playoffs Vancouver Whitecaps FC Residency take on San Fernando Valley Quakes on Saturday, as they challenge for the PDL Western Conference title in Fresno, California. Read more . . Whitecaps at Surf Cup this weekend Vancouver Whitecaps U-11 and U-12 Prospects Girls are in action at the prestigious Surf Cup in San Diego, California, this weekend. Read more . . Whitecaps and BCSA profile Affiliates The Whitecaps and the British Columbia Soccer Association are profiling their Super Y League Affiliates and twenty teams, during a pre-game ceremony prior to the Whitecaps Men's vs. Carolina game Saturday 7pm at Swangard. Read More . . Women Prospects face Xtreme in PCSL playoffs Vancouver Whitecaps Prospects Women will play the Tri-Cities Xtreme in the semifinals of the 2008 PCSL Challenge Cup Tournament on Saturday. Read more . . Previous Next


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ThunderSnarf is a web reporting and trending tool for Thunder Cache Pro which
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make generate-plist
To install the port: cd /usr/ports/www/thundersnarf/ && make install cleanTo add the package: pkg install thundersnarf
cd /usr/ports/www/thundersnarf/ && make install clean
pkg install thundersnarf
PKGNAME: thundersnarf
SHA256 (thundersnarf-1.3.tar.bz2) = 7ecf838f83df8dfa7ac4378faebeea5323f3e38729ae9eb88957c348c7789a5c
SIZE (thundersnarf-1.3.tar.bz2) = 2103014
NOTE: FreshPorts displays only information on required and default dependencies. Optional dependencies are not covered.
===> The following configuration options are available for thundersnarf-1.3_4,1:
APACHE=on: Install apache for reporting viewing
DOCS=on: Build and/or install documentation
PGSQL=on: Install PostgreSQL (report data storing)
PHP=on: Install PHP for reporting generating
===> Use 'make config' to modify these settings
tar:bzip2 php pgsql
Number of commits found: 23
Convert to USES=php
While here convert some ports to optiosn helpers
${RM} already has -f.
Submitted by: mat
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
USEify USES=php.
The following variables have been folded into arguments:
- USE_PHPIZE -> USES=php:phpize
- USE_PHPEXT -> USES=php:ext
- USE_ZENDEXT -> USES=php:zend
- USE_PHP_BUILD -> USES=php:build
- WANT_PHP_CLI -> USES=php:cli
- WANT_PHP_CGI -> USES=php:cgi
- WANT_PHP_MOD -> USES=php:mod
- WANT_PHP_WEB -> USES=php:web
- WANT_PHP_EMB -> USES=php:embed
Submitted by: mat
Exp-run by: antoine
Sponsored by: Absolight
Differential Revision: https://reviews.freebsd.org/D6936
Remove ${PORTSDIR}/ from dependencies, categories v, w, x, y, and z.
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
- Add NO_ARCH
- Switch to options helpers
- Modernize plist
Approved by: portmgr blanket
MASTER_SITES cleanup.
- Replace ${MASTER_SITE_FOO} with FOO.
- Merge MASTER_SITE_SUBDIR into MASTER_SITES when possible. (This means 99.9%
of the time.)
- Remove occurrences of MASTER_SITE_LOCAL when no subdirectory was present and
no hint of what it should be was present.
- Fix some logic.
- And generally, make things more simple and easy to understand.
While there, add magic values to the FESTIVAL, GENTOO, GIMP, GNUPG, QT and
SAMBA macros.
Also, replace some EXTRACT_SUFX occurences with USES=tar:*.
Checked by: make fetch-urlall-list
With hat: portmgr
Sponsored by: Absolight
www/thundersnarf: Add stage support and several fixes
The PR that provided stage support corrected an almost empty pkg-plist
so that it now has over 2400 entries. However, that wasn't the only
issue. Some additional fixes "while we're here" are:
* Convert to USES+=tar:bzip2 (PR)
* Use new style for LIB_DEPENDS (PR)
* Simplify WRKSRC (remove redundant :R modifier)
* Convert to USES+=pgsql and WANT_PGSQL from USE_PGSQL
* Convert to USE_PHP+= pdo pdo_pgsql
* Remove manual RUN_DEPENDS
* Remove redundant "-m 555" as INSTALL_SCRIPT already does this
* Unmute installation commands
* Use COPYTREE_SHARE instead of cp -R
* Remove pkg-message post-install target (missed by PR)
* Remove whitespace in WWW line of pkg-descr file
* use @owner, @group in pkg-plist (functionality lost by PR)
* Add port-extract to remove unwanted file that appears (F10+)
Submitted by: Joe Benden
Fixes by: marino
Approved by: stage and just-fix-it blankets
Fix RUN_DEPENDS
Add NO_STAGE all over the place in preparation for the staging support (cat:
- Cleanup :install target which was previously done by bdrewery in r316958
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- Update to 7.31.0
- Bump PORTREVISION for ftp/curl shlib change
- Add TEST_DEPENDS
- Convert to new options framework
- Adjust options:
- Add COOKIES
- Add CYASSL, NSS, POLARSSL, THREADED_RESOLVER, TLS_SRP [1]
- Add GSSAPI and SPNEGO [2]
- Remove KERBEROS4
- Rename LIBIDN to IDN
- Remove TRACKMEMORY [1]
- Sort option handler
- Add SLAVEDIRS: ftp/curl-hiphop
- Cosmetic change
- Cleanup Makefile header
- While I'm here, fix typo (PORTREVSION) in x11-wm/ede/Makefile
Changes: http://curl.haxx.se/changes.html
PR: ports/172325 (-exp run), ports/177369 (based on) [1]
Submitted by: Hirohisa Yamaguchi <firstname.lastname@example.com> [1], hrs (via email) [2]
Exp run by: miwi
- Remove redundant :install target on LIB_DEPENDS and RUN_DEPENDS
This fixes the following warning when running 'run-depends-list':
"install" non-existent -- dependency list incomplete
With hat: portmgr
Convert a bunch of www ports to new options framework
- unbreak build
since the port has NO_BUILD set use s/USE_APACHE/USE_APACHE_RUN/
with hat apache@
- remove www/apache20 and devel/apr0
- s/USE_APACHE= 20+/USE_APACHE= 22+/
- unify s/YES/yes/
- cleanup APACHE_VERSION <= 22 usage
- add entry to MOVED
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- Set postgresql version 9.0 as default
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have you been spying on me when I'm dressing Nathan?
we've had issues getting dressed since 2.5…he's now 3.75 and he's a lot better…but like you said, if I haven't connected fully or I'm hungry/tired and he knows it then we have major protest and lots of negative expression.
I find it very hard NOT to say, "fine, don't go to school" or "okay, I guess you're going to be late to preschool because you can't cooperate." I need to engage less and listen/guide more!
Wonderfully helpful to here how you and others handle the day to day!
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It's a celebration.
In honor of the month of May being proclaimed Older American's Month, the Coastal Community Center hosted an old-fashioned block party complete with a cook-out, dancing and live music.
A crowd of more than 100 people attended the event which included presentations of appreciation to the Dunehoppers, St. Augustine Record editor Peter Ellis, the St. Augustine City Commission, the St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners, Melvin McQuaig with St. Johns County Food Service and Kevin Cannon, executive vice president, Prosperity Bank.
All were honored for their commitment and dedication to the elder community of St. Johns County through their efforts to support programs, activities and services which enhance and improve daily life for the over-60 resident.
"Everyone here has been involved in an on-going basis in almost every aspect of this organization," said SJCCOA operations director Pat O'Connell. "They are true community friends and are always willing to lend a hand wherever and whenever the need arises."
The block party festivities began at 10 a.m. when a team from Prosperity Bank fired up the grill and got the cooking going.
The musical group The Dunehoppers struck all the right chords to put everyone in a party mood, and the company of friends and family added to the air of excitement and fun. "The entire afternoon was just delightful", said Doris Oxford (who is always one of the first out on the dance floor at any event!) "It's great to get together and have a good old-fashioned party, and we're all enjoying every single minute of it."
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William Carn's new band, Run Stop Run and his latest album of the same title could also be titled simply "run." Carn's recent work and collaborations, as well as his work as a professor of music, provide tremendous insight into Carn's work ethic. Now,by adding touring to his busy schedule, Carn is truly a man in motion.
Like many artists, Carn seems to enjoy himself most when he is at his busiest. Taking a moment out of his tour schedule to talk with me, Carn is relaxed and enjoying the moments that being a musician affords him.
Carn reflects on what makes his ability to balance so many projects successful and how that knowledge can help young musicians. Carn chuckles, "Time management is always the hard part; especially when you are freshly out of school, because most likely you are not going to be making much money as a musician. I had a part-time job which afforded me the opportunity to work on my music. Self motivation is important too because at the end of the day, when you are finished at your job, you still want to play, want to practice, want to write music so staying focused and motivated is important."
Carn has worked with some tremendously talented musicians across the music spectrum, but is still incredibly grounded about playing with such diverse and talented people as Jeff Healey, Feist, Jon Secada, David Binney, and Dionne Taylor. What makes Carn such a unique artist is his love of giving back. He does that as a professor at the University of Toronto Jazz Studies Program and the Humber College Music program. Yet even Carn, with a laundry list of talent with whom he has performed, still retains a wish list of artists that he would like to collaborate with in the future. "I'm not sure he would want to work with me because I don't know if what I do fits with his work, but I would love to play with Pat Metheny and his group," Carn marvels.
Carn looks off reflectively when asked about his work as a professor. "I've had some very inspirational teachers. I still look up to my teachers. In fact, I remember my grade 8 band teacher took out all the musical instruments and laid them out on the floor; which is kind of disgusting now that I look back on it. All the kids went around and tried them all. He told us to write down our top three choices. My top choice was French horn because I loved the sound. I tried a few instruments and I couldn't get a sound out of any of them. So, now I start to panic because I don't want to fail music. So, I pick up the trombone and this big sound came out so I said 'OK, there we go."
One of his fondest memories playing the trombone occurred less than a decade later when he was 19 years old playing in the mammoth pit orchestra for the performance of Les Misérables at the Toronto Sky Dome, home of the Toronto Blue Jays (it is now called the Rogers Center). During that performance, with over 150 musicians by his side, Carn performed for over 50,000 people. "They opened up the Sky Dome and it was a moment that reaffirmed for me in my mind that I was going to play music for the rest of my life. It was one of those larger than life moments," said Carn.
Music helped him stay focused during that surreal moment. "It was overwhelming. Whenever you took your eyes off the music and looked up, it was just insane. The stars were out, 50,000 people were watching you. I just kept telling myself to focus on the music, focus on what's in front of me.
Working as a professor has an additional added benefit when it comes to performing and recording. "Teaching allows for the opportunity to reflect because you get to problem solve with your students and they ask questions about stuff I generally don't think about very often. So it gives me the opportunity to pause and reflect on what I do with my music," confirmed Carn.
It seems to be working well for Carn. Several reviews are in on the album and the reviews are generally glowing. Esther Callens of the Birmingham Times said "Run Stop Run offers a fresh innovative look at modern jazz and it is remarkable." Jazz Blogger, Ralph A. Miriello placed Carn's album on his top ten lists for 2011.
But Carn keeps running. He's just wound down a three month tour and two dates in March have already indicated the start of the next leg of being on the road. Much like that eighth grade moment, bringing the trombone to life in his hands, Carn has stayed in perpetual motion, evolving his music and defining the trombone in modern jazz. Carn's latest work suggests much more is on the horizon.


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Things were no different last week for the leveraged ETF field as gains and losses were almost confined to the similar spaces as that of the prior week. Bull ETFs on Russia and India remained the top picks (read: Leveraged ETF Roundup: India and China Surge).
However, semiconductor emerged as a winner last week with a bullish note on the space. Let's take a look at some top and worst performing leveraged/inverse ETFs last week to check the leaders and laggards in the market now.
|Top Perfromers
|Return Last Week
|Daily Russia Bull 3x Shares (RUSL - Free Report)
|Daily India Bull 2x Shares (INDL - Free Report)
|Daily Semiconductor Bull 3x Shares (SOXL - Free Report)
|UltraPro QQQ (TQQQ - Free Report)
|Worst Performers
|Return Last Week
|Daily Russia Bear 3x Shares (RUSS - Free Report)
|Daily Semiconductor Bear 3x Shares (SOXS - Free Report)
|UltraPro Short (SQQQ - Free Report)
Russia ETFs in Focus
Russia received the much-needed thrust last week from its historic gas deal sign worth $400-billion with China. Russia has been threatened by the West from the start of this year with some economic sanctions against it for its Crimea invasion and intentions to foray into eastern Ukraine.
Amid such a situation, this 30-year deal has given Russia ETFs a big-time boost as Russian energy giant Gazprom will transport no less than 1.3 trillion cubic feet of natural gas – around one-fifth of China's present annual demand. As a result, investor inclination toward Russia has returned, making RUSL the topper last week. RUSL gives three times exposure to the DAX global Russia Index. On the other hand, RUSS – a triple leverage inverse equity fund of Russia – shed the most.
India ETF in Focus
India ETFs are yet to be done with the rally. The ETFs are still surging on Narendra Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s win in the general election. Narendra Modi – perceived as a reform-oriented politician – as India's prime minister designate has raised optimism about the nation and the stocks surged. As result, INDL became the second best performer last week, like the prior week (read: Indian Elections Led to a Surge in These 3 ETFs).
Semiconductor ETFs in Focus
The semiconductor industry has been on fire this year. The industry has exhibited a stronger trend in Q1 despite geo-political concerns, slowdown in China and sluggish U.S. growth thanks to a harsh winter. Per the data collected by SEMI , combined equipment billings grew 33% in Q1. Per the sources, this jump was mainly due to easy year-over-year comparison as last two years the industry witnessed sluggish investment.
As a result, SOXL – which offers thrice the exposure on the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index – was the third top performing leveraged ETF last week. And for a valid reason, SOXS – offering three times inverse exposure to the PHLX Semiconductor Sector Index – were among the top losers.
NASDAQ-100 in Focus
TQQQ also added substantial gains last week which spurred investors to consider the NASDAQ-100 Index again. TQQQ looks to track daily investment results that match up to triple the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index (read: Short the Nasdaq with These Inverse ETFs).
This Index consists of 100 of the largest domestic and international non-financial companies listed on The NASDAQ Stock Market. Investors should note that NASDAQ was hard hit this year on high-beta pain. However, somewhat better economic indicators, bullish housing data and fair valuation might have again brought back investors to this space.
As a result, TQQQ had a notably strong performance last week while SQQQ – that offers three times the inverse exposure to the same index – lost 7.27%.
Bottom Line
Investors should note that the above products are not suitable for long-term sell or hold purposes as these are rebalanced on a daily basis. Instead, investors should strictly make a short-term play on them should they believe this would be the trend in the near future (Zacks doesn't rank inverse and leveraged ETFs in view of their short-term performance objectives) (read: 3 Non-Leveraged ETFs Beating SPY).
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Strong Mayor responds to Voice of San Diego's charge that he broke the law by hiring stadium consultants without contracts.
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to rule a thankless town. Strong Mayor must needs get Shakespearean on their asses."
What thou hath rot upon you, Oh Lame Duck Jerry? Why ruin your legacy to the city--of cronyism and favors to rich friends-- by complaining now when you are called to the carpet as the clock ticks down to the inevitable handing over of the crown of Mayor to anybody but Dirty Dumanis? Why not leave power in a spirit of goodwill and graciousness--and let those pugnacious scribes fight over how they will look to smear you in your waning days as Chief Head of San Diego?
I will most remember you, Colonel Saunder, as that craven politico who did an about face on Prop. 8 when daughter-dearie came crying to you about how she wants to marry her girlie friend. So much for loyalty to your values! Bon voyage, Jerry!


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On a night of big individual performances across the league, Blake Griffin and Chuck Hayes both had monster games to lead their teams to victories.
Griffin and Hayes both notched the first triple-doubles of their careers in Wednesday's games.
Griffin produced 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists to help the Los Angeles Clippers claim a 127-119 double-overtime victory over Washington.
And Hayes notched 13 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in the Rockets' 131-112 triumph over Golden State.
Griffin was happy with individual achievement but was more excited about a rare victory of the Clippers.
"It means a lot, but the best part about it was getting the win," Griffin told the Associated Press. "It's always great to keep your teammates involved and keep them going, but you also have to give credit to these guys for hitting shots. It was pretty draining. We just needed to tough it out."
Houston coach Rick Adelman was enthusiastic about Hayes' performance.
"I can't emphasize enough the improvements he's made offensively to be more than just a screener," Adelman told the Associated Press. "He's becoming a great passer. We saw that tonight. He attacks them. It's a pleasure to watch a guy like that with his work ethic and everything he does is just really terrific."
Here's a look at the top standouts and those who struggle on a busy night across the association.
Los Angeles Clippers F Blake Griffin: Notched his first career triple-double with 33 points, 17 rebounds and 10 assists and was plus-12 in the Clippers' 127-119 double-overtime victory over Washington.
Houston C Chuck Hayes: Produced his first career triple-double with 13 points, 14 rebounds, 11 assists and was plus-17 in the Rockets' 131-112 triumph over Golden State.
Houston G Kevin Martin: Notched 34 points and was a team-best plus-19 in the Rockets' victory over the Warriors — their fifth straight triumph.
Indiana F Danny Granger: Tallied 33 points, five rebounds, three assists and was a team-best plus-28 in Indiana's critical 111-88 over Charlotte, tightening the Pacers' hold on the No. 8 playoff spot in the East.
Orlando C Dwight Howard: Produced 33 points, 11 rebounds, three blocked shots and was plus-12 in Magic's 111-99 victory over New York — their fourth straight triumph.
Los Angeles Clippers G Eric Gordon: Tallied 32 points, four rebounds, three assists and was a team-best plus-14 in the Clippers' overtime victory over the Wizards.
New Jersey F Kris Humphries: Notched 18 points, 23 rebounds, four assists and two steals and was plus-5 in the Nets' 98-94 overtime victory over Cleveland.
Phoenix G Aaron Brooks: Tallied 25 points, eight assists, three steals and was plus-21 in the Suns' crucial 114-106 triumph over Toronto to keep their flickering playoff hopes alive.
Golden State F Dorell Wright: Erupted for 34 points, five rebounds, six assists and three steals in the Warriors' loss at Houston.
Atlanta F Josh Smith: Tallied 33 points and 12 rebounds and was plus-4 — the only Hawk player with a positive plus-minus score — in the Hawks' 105-100 loss to Philadelphia.
Utah C Al Jefferson: Hit 14-for-18 from the field for 32 points and added 12 rebounds in the Jazz's 106-94 loss at Oklahoma City.
Golden State G Monta Ellis: Struggled with a 5-for-13 shooting night with three turnovers and was minus-14 in the Warriors' loss at Houston — their sixth straight defeat.
Boston G Rajon Rondo: Had 11 rebounds, 11 assists and seven steals, but clanked through a 2-for-12 shooting night with four turnovers in the Celtics' 100-97 home loss to Memphis.
Atlanta G Joe Johnson: Went 5-for-14 from the field with four turnovers in the Hawks' loss to Philadelphia.
Utah F Gordon Hayward: Hit 1-for-10 from the field with a turnover and was minus-8 in the Jazz's loss at Oklahoma City.
New York C Amar'e Stoudemire: Struggled through a 6-for-20 shooting night and was a team-worst minus-15 in the Knicks' loss to Orlando — their seventh in their last eight games.
Charlotte G Gerald Henderson: Clanked through a 4-for-14 shooting night and was minus-19 in the Charlotte's big home loss to the Pacers.
Utah G C.J. Mills: Went 2-for-12 from the field with two turnovers in the Jazz's loss at Oklahoma City.
Boston C Nenad Krstic: Hit 2-for-6 from the field, had four turnovers and was minus-7 in the Celtics' home loss to Memphis.
Memphis G Mike Conley: Struggled through a 1-for-9 shooting night with five turnovers and was minus-9 in the Grizzlies' 90-87 victory at Boston.
Milwaukee G John Salmons: Limited to eight points on 3-for-14 shooting in the Bucks' 97-90 loss to Sacramento.
New Jersey G Jordan Farmar: Hit 2-for-10 from the field and had four turnovers and was minus-2 in the Nets' victory over Cleveland.


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The debut of the iPad came at an opportune time for Avnet and García, co-founders of YouTube's top channel for scripted dramas. In 2010, the two men—both industry veterans—started kicking around the idea of producing short, high-quality pieces for the Web that appealed to a female audience. However, at the time, says García, "it was still sort of a question: Will people watch anything on the Internet that's not just a short little amusing lark?" Then the iPad debuted and answered that question with a resounding "Shh! I'm watching 'Modern Family'!"
Encouraged by the new trend in viewing habits, Avnet and García set to work. Now approaching the one-year anniversary of its launch, WIGS hosts 13 Web series as well as standalone short films, which have collectively garnered more than 22 million views. WIGS series stars include Catherine O'Hara, Julia Stiles, and America Ferrera.
If the episodes weren't so short, you could be forgiven for thinking you were watching a drama on premium cable. "We are working with a lot of very talented actors," says Avnet. "The work would have to be good if they bought into what we were asking them to do." Adds García, "We wanted to treat the platform with respect."


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When I first saw the subject of this article, I rolled my eyes. One more story, no matter how good, on TPOs, and I'll tape it to my list of infinitely returning (/recurring) book article "ideas," aka, articles I've had enough of. But, until then, the quality of this particular iteration, penned by Agate's Doug Seibold, has me cradling its paragraphs in loving blockquote tags…
Here, Seibold describes his initial reasons for distrusting "the TPO option" and what eventually changed his mind:
There were a few more rules to [the hardback] game that also cut against the TPO option. The first was that if a hardback did really poorly, the smart thing to do was mercy-kill it, rather than release a paperback edition. The second was that the review media were disinclined to pay as much attention to TPOs as they were to hardbacks. The third was that booksellers didn't quite know what to do with TPOs; many stores' high-profile table positions were segregated between "new releases," i.e., hardbacks, and "new in paperback," i.e., reprints–leaving no real place for the TPO.
What really changed my mind about TPOs, though, was learning more about just how much the rules of hardback publishing have evolved. …. It's so much easier for stores to stock paperbacks than hardbacks, despite the fact that they (as well as the publisher, and the author) earn a higher return on every hardback sold. Why? The reward of that higher margin is undercut by the hardback's higher inventory cost. Even books selling in consistent but small numbers are likely to be returned, simply because of that inventory cost. I used to believe that the sales life of a decently performing hardback could be nine to twelve months if it was selling steadily. Now I understand how these factors all conspire to make that life much, much briefer.


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Growing up as a goalkeeper provided me a distinct perspective on the game, one that has made its way into my coaching sessions. My favorite phrase – almost exclusively directed toward my team's goalkeepers – is, "The best save you will ever make is the save that you didn't have to make."
In other words, situations in which you correctly align and organize the defense to stop a developing attack are considerably more useful to your team than having to stop a shot yourself. If your goalkeeper can organize your defense so well that he doesn't need to stop shots, he becomes much more valuable than the goalkeeper who can only stop shots. Stop the threat before it's a threat.
In practice, during a shooting drill, this difference is obfuscated. One is inclined to look at the aerobatic and athletic keeper and think, "Wow, he's a great goalkeeper."
We're all guilty of it – including me. On the score sheet, it is similarly hidden. A zero-shot, zero-save performance is sure to precede a, "Wow, he didn't have to do much," statement. And sometimes this is true. But not all of the time.
|Tackles per game
|Seattle Sounders FC
|Montreal Impact
|Colorado Rapids
|New York Red Bulls
|Toronto FC
|Real Salt Lake
|Houston Dynamo
|Columbus Crew
|San Jose Earthquakes
|Vancouver Whitecaps
|Philadelphia Union
|FC Dallas
|New England Revolution
|Chivas USA
|Chicago Fire
|Sporting Kansas City
|LA Galaxy
|D.C. United
|Portland Timbers
I'm not saying that goalkeepers shouldn't worry about saving shots – obviously they should – but the boxscore bias undoubtedly exists. The difference that the intelligent and articulate (i.e., loud as hell) goalkeepers are making on their team is hard to quantify, though there is clear evidence that age and experience help greatly in this regard.
Defenders can (and should) adopt the same mentality. Tackles, an event tracked by Opta and available on the MLS chalkboards, are very similar to goalkeeper saves. Sure, a save is always in your team's immediate best interest, but it also requires you to be under some kind of pressure. Tackles are exactly the same – they're usually made because the potential threat was allowed to become an actual threat.
In the comparison that I am drawing between saves and tackles, the player with the most tackles per game is akin to the super athletic and aerobatic goalkeeper with a sieve of a defense in front of him. This doesn't mean that this player is the best tackler (nor does it mean that the goalkeeper with the most saves is the worst organizer – sometimes, after all, there's nothing you can do to straighten out subpar defenders), it just means that he was forced to tackle at a very high rate given the game situations he has been placed in by his team.
Since tackles are an indication of a micro-event resulting in your favor, in the context of a macro-situation not in your favor (e.g. you usually only make tackles when your team is under pressure), it's understandable that tackles per game is a very poor indicator of performance. At right are MLS' 19 sides ranked by tackles per game.
With Seattle and Montreal successfully completing the most tackles per game, while D.C. United and Sporting KC are near the bottom of the list, my point stands firm: There is little correlation between the rate at which teams make tackles and their standing in the table. Some teams that allow the potential threat to become a real threat find themselves near the top, while others lag.
The truth is probably somewhere in the middle – which, not coincidentally, is where most of the current playoff teams are found on this table. Even the best teams will allow potential threats to manifest themselves at some point; having a masterful ball-winner in the middle, then, is the field equivalent of the spectacular shot-stopper.
Devin Pleuler is a computer science graduate from Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston, where he played on the men's varsity team as a goalkeeper. He's certified as a coach through both the USSF and NSCAA, and writes the Central Winger analytics column for MLSsoccer.com.


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November 2, 2009
"Wine Tycoon" Pours Onto Retail Shelves Across North America
From plant to pick to press to pour, computer simulation game lets you run your very own French vineyard
Wine experts predict that the 2009 Bordeaux vintage could be one of the best on record, thanks to September's perfect weather conditions. How do weather conditions affect wine? How do you make a successful wine? If you've ever wondered what it would be like to own your own vineyard and make your own wine, you can now do so from the comfort of your home and for just about twenty bucks with Got Game Entertainment's "Wine Tycoon". In this just released simulation game for your PC, you can create the vineyard of your dreams in the famous wine regions of France. Commanding operations from your very own French chateau, you must build your winery, plant and tend your vines through all four seasons of the year, and hire staff to harvest and process your grapes to produce French wines such as Bordeaux, Burgundy, Pinot Gris and Champagne, all in the ultimate goal of becoming a wealthy wine baron.
Published in North America by Got Game Entertainment, and developed in the UK by Virtual Playground, makers of popular "tycoon" games, "Wine Tycoon" derives its authenticity and accuracy from enviable research done by Virtual Playground's Colin Courtney, the company's development director and CEO.
"Over the years I have gained a passion for wine, and had the opportunity to travel throughout Europe, visiting top vineyards and Champagne houses," said Courtney. "With the help of two other researchers, we have pulled together the information needed to make this game as accurate as possible, while keeping the game flowing and fun."
With two levels of game play -- Career and Free Play, both with a tutorial for those who want it -- "Wine Tycoon" allows you to either patiently develop your gaming and wine-making skills, or roll up your sleeves and jump right in with just the funds to start a vineyard from scratch. "Wine Tycoon" also features an interesting and informative bonus Wine Encyclopedia with a glossary of wine terms and concise descriptions of French wines, grape varieties and wine regions.
After your grapes are harvested, sorted, and pressed, it is then, during the fermentation process, that you can control the flavor and quality of the wine, by blending different wines together. Further, some wines will command a better price if they are aged while other wines are best drunk young. As your winery grows in size and reputation, you will get a steady stream of buyers knocking on your chateau door with offers to buy, but is their offer the best? That's for you, the wine tycoon, to decide!
"Wine Tycoon" makes its retail debut at $19.99 (USD) and is
rated "E" for Everyone (Alcohol Reference) by the ESRB.
For more information, visit WineTycoon.GotGameEntertainment.com.


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LOS ANGELES {AP} Forget the glory days of gridiron triumphs, Hertz commercials and movies that endeared him to millions.
Five years after his ex-wife and her friend were found dead outside her Brentwood condominium, the defining event in O.J. Simpson's life is the case that became what many called the Trial of the Century.
It's a legacy that leaves him dismayed with both the news media and an American public still fascinated by a man acquitted in court but convicted in the minds of many.
"Everyone used this as their cause, and I've learned to live with it," Simpson said in an interview with The Associated Press. "It isn't about me anymore. It's about having a scapegoat.
"People need something to argue about," he says. "I listen to these talk shows and I think our country is bored. How else can they keep these stories going for so long? I guess we can't deal with our lives, so we sit around talking about someone else's life."
In a moment of reflection, Simpson adds, "The O.J. case evidently has become part of people's lives."
On June 12, 1994, Nicole Brown Simpson was slashed to death along with Ronald Goldman. Simpson, tried for the murders, was acquitted in 1995 and released from jail to begin his life anew amid a backlash from those who believed he got away with murder.
Both victims' families sued him in civil court and won judgments of $33.5 million in damages in 1997 from a jury that held him liable under a different standard of proof. That verdict is still on appeal.
Afterward, Simpson successfully challenged paying the award and lives well today on a hefty pension plan he set up when he was making millions. Such pensions are exempt from civil court judgments, although any money Simpson earns would be seized immediately by the court.
His life today is shaped by those boundaries, but Simpson exudes a cheerful personality. "My premature retirement is not as bad as it's cracked up to be," he says.
The years of his superstardom are a dim memory.
"I play golf. I raise two kids. I don't go out. I live the simplest, most regulated life, not the life I imagined for myself. But I find it rewarding," he says.
"I have two terrific kids, I have friends."
There is a girlfriend named Christie, but he avoids discussing the relationship. His priority now, he says, is caring for Justin, 10, and Sydney, 13. He drives them to and from school and attends their athletic events. The children live with him while his in-laws, Lou and Juditha Brown, battle for custody. Recent reports have indicated an amicable settlement is near, but neither side wants to comment.
Simpson, whose Brentwood home was sold in foreclosure and torn down by the buyer, rents a Pacific Palisades home for $6,000 a month, drawing $25,000 a month on his $4 million pension. In another spectacle last February, lawyers for the Goldmans and Browns auctioned personal property seized from the home, garnering $430,000, more than half of it from a man who bought Simpson's Heisman trophy to impress his girlfriend.
His older children, Jason and Arnelle, visit frequently and his sister, Shirley Baker, spends large amounts of time with him and the children.
His longtime housekeeper and secretary remain loyal employees.
Simpson adamantly maintains he did not kill his ex-wife and her friend and he insists the case will be solved eventually.
Asked about the likelihood of someone else being arrested, Simpson says, "I have no doubt it's going to happen."
"If tomorrow I was able to solve this case, I wouldn't spend one day at the trial of those people," he adds.
"They (messed) up my life, but I don't feel the disgust people displayed toward me."
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Brazil's pervasive use of ethanol biofuel demonstrates potential, proponents say.
Industry leaders at the recent SAE World Congress in Detroit express little confidence in the future of biofuels and are equally lukewarm about diesel engines, blaming U.S. consumers and regulators who fail to see their value.
John DiCicco, senior lecturer-School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan, says researchers have been chasing the "magic enzyme" to making biofuels production cost-effective compared with gasoline for more than 30 years with few successes.
"We've seen zero measurable benefit to date, and I don't see one on the horizon," DiCicco says in a panel discussion.
The Detroit Three would argue otherwise. General Motors Co., Ford Motor Co. and Chrysler Group LLC have millions of vehicles on the road capable of running on a gasoline-ethanol mix.
There are so many flex-fuel vehicles, the cost for those OEMs to make their cars and trucks flexible to burn either fuel has sunk to an inconsequential level.
GM has invested heavily in startup companies researching cost-effective production of next-generation cellulosic ethanol from garbage and non-grain sources.
"We think there will be a (research) breakthrough," says Roger Clark, senior manager of the Energy Center at GM, a unit focused on developing technologies to meet new corporate average fuel economy and emissions standards.
Clark says Brazil's pervasive use of biofuels demonstrates its potential and also points to grain-rich states such as Minnesota and Iowa, where consumers are embracing E85.
But critics argue ethanol refining facilities in the Midwest drive down the per-gallon cost of E85, erasing its 30% energy deficiency against gasoline. Ship it to the coasts, however, and E85 loses its edge.
According to E85prices.com, the recent price spread between a gallon of E85 and a gallon of gasoline was 27%. In California, the spread shrinks to 16%.
John Juriga, director-powertrain at Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center Inc., says his company could add FFV technology to its products but finds little motivation from consumers.
"It offers (government) credits, but we don't need them," he says. "So we're not going to put (FFVs) out there, because we don't see the value."
2010 World Congress Attendance: 10,000 Down 38% from 2009