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WASHINGTON, July 13 (UPI) -- The Democratic National Committee Tuesday announced its lineup of speakers for its convention, whose theme is "Stronger at home, respected in the world."
Former presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson are among the speakers scheduled for the Democratic National Convention, top DNC officials told a news conference in Washington.
Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., was not scheduled to speak, but DNC officials said it was likely she would.
Richardson, chairman of the convention, said he was pleased Ron Reagan would be speaking at the event, adding the speaking engagement was a "mutual agreement" between Reagan and party officials.
Rounding out the list of speakers were Reps. Stephanie Tubbs-Jones of Ohio, Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Bob Menendez of New Jersey; Sen. Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts; Christie Vilsack, wife of Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack; Gov. Janet Napolitano of Arizona; Baltimore Mayor Martin O'Malley and Retired Marine Lt. Col. Steve Brozak of New Jersey.
Teresa Heinz Kerry and Kerry's two daughters and two stepsons will speak, as will vice presidential hopeful John Edwards' wife, Elizabeth Edwards, and Kerry's Swift Boat Crewmates.


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Utah is only one of two states in the country that is going with the integrated approach. I'm not saying whether or not that's a good or bad thing, but I would personally like to give an option. —Jefferson Moss
SALT LAKE CITY — Should all Utah high schools follow the same sequence of math classes, or should an individual school district be allowed to select how and when to teach concepts such as algebra and geometry?
One State School Board member says he believes districts should be given more latitude to implement Utah's math standards, or he at least thinks it's an idea state education officials should explore.
"Let's at least start the discussion on whether we should allow some flexibility and how we could accommodate that," Jefferson Moss said.
When Utah adopted the Common Core State Standards, the State School Board also decided to make the transition to a so-called "integrated" math model in which students are instructed in various mathematical subjects simultaneously instead of taking a year of geometry sandwiched between two years of algebra.
Under the new model, students are taught a blend of algebra, geometry and statistics each year, with subsequent courses building upon the concepts students have already mastered.
But the switch to an integrated model represents a significant disruption to math education in the state and has resulted in transition pains. Several districts have hesitated to purchase textbooks while new resources are developed, and parents unfamiliar with the integrated format have raised concerns about being unable to assist students with their homework.
On Friday, Moss requested that the State School Board schedule a discussion on allowing individual districts to abandon the integrated model and return to the practice of teaching two years of algebra and one year of geometry. The issue was tabled, but Moss said he plans to call for debate in a future meeting.
"Utah is only one of two states in the country that is going with the integrated approach," he said. "I'm not saying whether or not that's a good or bad thing, but I would personally like to give an option."
Bonita Richins, a math and STEM education specialist with the Cache County School District, said district flexibility would require further development of the state's year-end tests to create two sets of questions based on the different math models.
Allowing both models would also impact students transferring between schools, she said, noting that they may fall behind their peers when moving from one model to another.
Richins said an integrated model is common outside the United States and can help students who otherwise struggle with mathematics. When algebra and geometry are taught separately, she said, some students have difficulty making the jump between subjects.
"I like the integrated model. I think it makes us more competitive as a state worldwide," Richins said. "There was a really big disconnection between algebra and geometry before. This way, you show them side by side how the algebra and geometry work together."
Cache County was among the districts that held off on purchasing new textbooks until this year, she said, instead opting to produce materials based on open-source content and lessons developed by local teachers.
Richins said the district recently approved the purchase of new textbooks that align with the integrated model and would be adversely affected if the state returned to the algebra, geometry, algebra format.
"If they wanted to switch back to the old model, we would have a huge problem there," she said.
Moss said that was reason to explore a flexible approach rather than a statewide shift away from the integrated model. Districts have spent the past several years making the transition, and many would likely remain integrated if given the choice.
"We don't want districts to feel like we're changing our minds while they're in the process of buying textbooks," he said.
Moss also mentioned the issue of students transferring schools, but he added that families regularly move to Utah from other states where their children likely were not learning under an integrated model.
"You're going to have all these kids moving in," he said. "They're going to be behind or they're going to be lost because now they have joined this approach that no other state other than Vermont is actually using."
That concern has also been raised by Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, chairman of the House Education Committee. Gibson said one of the reasons educators advocated for the adoption of the Common Core State Standards was to limit the impact on students moving between states, which would seem to conflict with Utah's use of the integrated math model.
"That in and of itself becomes problematic if one of the core premises for adopting the Common Core was to have mobility," he said.
Gibson said government is best at its most local level, and district school boards should be empowered to make curriculum decisions. He said most of Utah's lawmakers have heard from constituents concerned with the new math standards, and it's promising that members of the State School Board are open to examining the issue.
"I support our State School Board. I support our local school boards, and I want our education system to do well and perform well," Gibson said. "But we have a big disconnect between students, parents, teachers and administrators right now, and it is a big frustration."
The Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics has remained supportive of Utah's math standards and last week sent a letter to members of the State School Board encouraging them to "stay the course."
In the letter, the council compared a change of direction to plowing under a field of freshly sprouted crops, when instead cultivation and nourishment are needed to produce a quality harvest.
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He said some of his colleagues on the school board may be reluctant to appear uncertain about Utah's core standards — which would remain unchanged independent of an integrated or traditional math model — but there have been enough questions raised by parents and educators to warrant a conversation on how best to move forward.
"They want to know that the board has a clear direction, clear strategy on where we're going in terms of standards, in terms of the integrated approach," Moss said. "I'm fine with that. I completely agree with that. But at the same time, I personally have had enough people with concerns over the integrated approach that I'm saying we as a board should be open to having a discussion."
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These guys can really jive and wail. Led by bassist Dave Post and featuring alto saxophonist, Buddy Terry, who played with huge names such as Ray Charles, Count Basie, Art Blakey and Horace Silver, this little big band's sound encompasses New Orleans and swing jazz as well as their own variation on standard blues genres. They certainly seem to have a great time with each other and the music. Hailing from Hoboken, New Jersey, they have played venues such as Lincoln center in New York and various regional blues and jazz festivals from Boston to Atlanta.
The disc contains a first-rate mix of outstandingly well-arranged classics and originals as well as a killer assortment of solos. "Down Home Girl," opens the CD with tremendous performances by trombonist, Rob Susman and guitarist, Fausto Bozza, who also contributes wry, walloping vocals to this tune. "Hay Burner," follows a touch lighter but with equally vivacious swinging energy and broader, more colossal sound. John Martin's baritone on "Don't Do It" is fierce. Post's stellar arrangement on classic blues standard "I Want A Little Girl" opens with Bauer's notable piano and features Buddy Terry on alto. "'Deed I Do," another swinger, features Terry's deep, rich vocals, Susman's cutting trombone and punchy trumpet solo by Les Rogers.
Fausto Bozza contributes some in-your-face vocals on T-Bone Walker's "Gonna Build Me A Playhouse." This one is marked by Ronnie Rauso's guitar solo. Percy Mayfield's "Lost Mind" is next. This one was arranged by Neal Pawley who offers up some subtley rousing vocals, here. Buddy Terry on alto is the highlight of Big Al Sears' slamming tune, "Castle Rock" and Tom "T-Bone" Stinson on organ shimmers. Up next is Fausto Bozza's high-flying burner, "Wake and Bake," featuring, on tenor, Dan Alvaro. Dave Post's delightful saunter, "Happyland," is accented with Terry's alto and Carlos Francis' shrill, shrewd trumpet. Neal Pawley's dazzling arrangements on "Lonesome Train" are marked by Albert Leusink's jaunty trumpet and Andy Reidel's guitar. Finally, Post's arrangements on the Ellington classic "Way Back Blues" are enriched by Terry on alto, John Martin on clarinet and Neal Pawley on trombone. Paul Pizzuti and Jason Pharr on drums are also not to be dismissed as they keep the pulse solid, steady and driving throughout.
What a great collection! This one is guaranteed to hook you with its high energy, outstanding variety of solo performances and superior arrangements.


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It's that time again and we're here with this week's social media happenings.
Twitter UK will be launching their third-party targeting project in the next month. This will allow UK advertisers and agencies to target users based on their previous web activity and other personal data collected by Twitter.
Representatives from Twitter UK say that the idea isn't to create more advertising, but to have relevant advertising. In theory, instead of the repetitive ads for dating websites, you will see adverts for products that you would actually consider buying.
Businesses will be able to send in scrambled emails from subscriber lists or browser cookies from their databases, in order to match them up with potential customers.
Of course, Twitter will be under tough scrutiny in the wake of numerous Internet privacy issues related to personal information. However, they've assured us that users will be able to opt-out of 'promoted content' and that there is a 'do not track' option.
If Twitter is successful with this venture, they'll be able to expect a boost in their ad sales and greater appreciation from users. Currently, Facebook requires several steps to opt-out of ads, whereas Twitter's will be a one-click option in the account settings. Plus, the EFF signed off on it, so it must be okay.
Andy Murray won against Djokavic on and off the court. Twitter reported that Murray racked up an impressive 37,000 tweets per minute during the finals and his victory tweet was retweeted 70,000 times in just over an hour. After the final match, Google reported two million searches for Murray (and 500,000 for his girlfriend Kim Sears).
It was a big year for Wimbledon overall in terms of social media with over 6.6 million tweets about Wimbledon compared to only 2.2 million tweets in 2012.
However, Djokavic wasn't left empty handed. He was clear champion of Facebook with 3.1 million new 'likes' during the championships.
This week we found out that even a 14-month-old could hold their own in an eBay auction.
Sorella's father, Paul, received an email telling him he'd won a 1962 Austin Healy Sprite. He left his phone unlocked and unattended and that's when Sorella accidently opened the eBay app and bid $225 on the car.
The sellers found out about the mishap and offered to back out of the deal. However, Paul is keeping the car and fixing it up for when Sorella is ready to hit the road.
For the time being, Paul and his wife have added facial recognition technology to their phones and changed their passwords (just in case Sorella's purchase wasn't an accident).


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If you're feeling like a bit of an adventure and you enjoy games in the vein of X-Com and Jagged Alliance I highly recommend you download the Russian demo of Silent Storm 2. I've put a couple hours into it and while I don't have a clue as to what they're saying I can already tell this is going to be an excellent turn-based strategy game once JoWood gets around to releasing it in North America.
I totally want to DL it but I've read there should be an english demo before to long and decided to wait for that.
I'm really looking forward to this game. Have you heard if it will be out this year?
That screenshot looks great for TBS, but I think I'll wait for the english one too if it's not too long.
This definitely looks like something I would enjoy. I just hope the language doesn't effect my experience.
Tycho more or less gushed about this today. I'll probably try waiting for the English demo, too, but it's clearly something to watch.
My friends and I would !
I tried to download the demo and was getting 7.5k/sec. Not a good site or it was slammed one. Anyone know another place to pick this up?
I played it for a bit and liked what I saw. However everything being in Russian kind of hurts since there is a lot of text. I'm just going to wait for the US demo.
Since I speak/read/write Russian, I decided to give it a try just for the hell of it, even though I am not into turn-based tactics genre.
The Russian heritage didn't help much, though, because upon starting the install, I discovered that it's packed with all-Russian text prompts in Installshield, which made it look a funky Greek/Swedish-looking mixture with my US-EN Windows XP. Amazingly, even changing locale in Control Panel's Regional Settings didn't help. Perplexed, I started digging around regional settings and forgot to try the game itself.
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Psychophysics of footwear fit and a methodology for needs elicitation
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|Footwear comfort is a complicated entity. Therefore, identifying related needs is the first step towards developing comfortable footwear. Fit and aesthetic designs have been considered to be the most important criteria when buying footwear. The focus of this thesis is to identify the customer needs for footwear comfort as well as develop methodologies to study the attractive attributes of footwear design and the relationships among the foot-shoe allowances, perceived footwear fit and fit preferences. The results of one-on-one interviews indicate that footwear comfort and discomfort are found to embed positive and negative sensations respectively, especially in relation to tactile, visual, auditory and olfactory sensations. Important characteristics of comfortable shoes appear to be a good fit, suitable heel height, no localized pressure under the ball of the foot and an attractive appearance. Shoes with a poor fit in the forefoot region tend to be perceived as uncomfortable. Wilcoxon signed rank tests showed significant differences in ten perceived characteristics between comfortable and uncomfortable shoes, including: "like the size", "uncomfortable shoes", "unpleasant odors", "like the texture", "like the feeling", "discomfort/pain", "comfortable shoes", "right temperature", "right humidity", and "like the sound emitted". The ten items reliably (Cronbach alpha > 0.9) distinguished between comfortable and uncomfortable shoes. There were no significant differences between comfortable and uncomfortable shoes for aesthetic-related characteristics. Thereafter, a methodology was proposed to investigate the aesthetic requirements of leather shoes. A ratio scale of customer satisfaction (CS scale) and a new index; namely, the Customer Satisfaction Improvement Index (CSII) was developed. Three groups of respondents, "young office ladies", "mature office ladies" and "teacher or trainer", were recognised within the 50 respondents and specific needs for attractiveness were identified for each group. As a result, the proposed methodology enhances the benefits of applying Kano's method, which classifies product attributes into different categories, for investigating the needs in attractiveness of different products in the population with multiple market segments. The last part of the thesis is focused on determining the relationship between the objective and the subjective measures related to footwear fit. Twenty In-Shoe Shape Simulating Instruments (ISSIs) were developed to assess the shape of the foot inside the shoe. These reusable ISSIs could be economically produced at a cost of around HK$6 each. An experiment conducted with these ISSIs showed that the preferred perceived tightness was induced by 5 of the ISSIs having a thickness of 0.66-1.11mm and made of silicone (Elastosil ® M 4600). In this psychophysical study, two prediction models were proposed to predict the perceived footwear fit by considering the foot-shoe allowances in the toe, metatarsophalangeal joint (MPJ) and mid-foot region. As the participants' perception of footwear fit and preference were taken into consideration, the third degree polynomial relationship was constructed to predict the preference rating (7-point Likert scale) from the perceived footwear fit (5-point scale). In addition, the ideal and acceptable foot-shoe allowances were determined at foot width and foot girth dimensions. The results of the signal detection analysis indicate that participants felt neutral or liked the perceived footwear tightness (i.e. preference rating ≥ 4) in more than 80% of the cases where foot-shoe allowance was no more than 6.37mm, 12.09mm and 10.72mm at the foot breadth, ball girth and waist girth respectively. This thesis consists of qualitative and quantitative findings related to the needs of footwear comfort. The invention of ISSI could help the footwear customization industry in determining the preferable foot-shoe allowance for each individual customer. The proposed tolerance for perceived tightness could be useful in designing a shoe last for mass production.
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LOS ANGELES, July 25, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- UC Hub has entered into an agreement with TMG Holdings, LLC (the "Company" or "TMG") to sell 100 percent of Three Inc to TMG in exchange for assigning some equity in the new spin out company in trust for UC Hub creditors . This is an attempt by management to clean up and restructure UC Hub while reducing debt load.
TMG intends to facilitate mergers and acquisitions of several prime businesses and real estate they feel would be candidates for growth and expansion in today's market environment. Three, Inc will change its name, and begin the necessary filings for a potential spin out. It will be designated to become a marketing company for a "beach lifestyle" clothing, sunglasses, hats, sandals and surfing accessories company. The beach lifestyle TV Channel to be broadcast over the Internet and to mobile phone subscribers has just begun the design phase. TMG is also in advanced negotiations with celebrity surfers for the merchandising and licensing of certain products.
TMG will provide real estate assets including a $1.4 Million dollar industrial building near Los Angeles Airport . In addition to assigning some equity for debt, TMG has plans to set aside a discounted warrant program for the existing shareholders of UC Hub Group Inc as of this date.
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Creditor Garnishing For Ex-Wife's Bills
Discover card is garnishing my wages because of an oustanding bill of $6700. In my divorce my ex-wife was supposed to pay for it. She hasn't and now they're garnishing my wages for it. I know I can sue my ex but what else can I do? I don't want my wages garnished.
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Third party creditors are not bound by agreements between parties to a dissolution action (yah, you noticed all ready).
Your remedy is to sue your ex - under the dissolution cause number. It is a motion for an order enforcing the decree. Procedurally its tricky, but provides that you can ask your ex to pay your fees and costs incurred enforcing the decree, so an attorney may be more interested in taking it on. Hope this helps - Powell


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Hands Of God Appear In SkyFriday, December 7, 2012 14:11
The world is in meltdown phase as the Cosmic Convergence approaches. The sun has gone mad. Russians pray on the streets of Moscow to be delivered from the Mayan curse. Strange signs are appearing in the holy temples of Cambodia, Laos, and Tibet. The forces of good and the forces of evil are rising around the world. Eerie music erupts from the clouds and the Trumpets of Doomsday have been heard by millions across all continents. The Earth is moaning and shrieking. The skies are filling with terrible omens Please like my Facebook page and share your experiences of health, the spirit and paranormal.
And now the clouds themselves paint images of the titanic battles to come as the armies of the world gird themselves for more war. Gods hands are appearing, reaching out to humanity in warning and supplication. Angelic beings dance across the sky. Chattering demons peer down at the mortals swarming below preparing for a harvest of souls.
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Gods hands appearing in skies around the world
The hands of God, are they reaching out to comfort, warn, ot condemn? Appearing all over the world, this past year millions have seen a hand or hands appear in the sky.
Is it a sign that you and your loved ones will be protected? Or something more ominous?
Face of God appears
The face of God is also appearing. People have seen the face in Europe, Asia, and North America. The vision in the clouds seems to be spreading.
Weeping angel appearing in sky
Has God sent an angel to protect Mankind? While some think so, others believe the angel is weeping. Because millions have heard what they describe as the sound of Doomsday, and hundreds of Youtube videos have captured the bizarre trumpet-like sounds, some speculate that the vision of the appearing angel is not a sentinel of peace, but Gabriel preparing sinners for Judgement Day.
Veil of tears descends upon the Earth
Lending an aura of believability for those that claim Judgement Day is fast approaching, ominous clouds hanging heavily over the land emulate the Bibles description of the Veil of Tears in the heavens.
Satan curses America
Incredible photo of Satan sneering at Statue of Liberty
Satan curses America
When Godly events occur, Satan often rears his evil head. The visions in the sky are no exception. The Devil is busy preparing to reap a fine harvest of souls, say the devotees of many of the worlds religions. And what better proof than the startling image above snapped by an amazed tourist by Americas famous Statue of Liberty. Is it a sign that evil has fallen over a great country that is abandoning God?
And there will be signs in the heavens, the prophets have proclaimed. Others advise if your eyes see evil, pluck them out!
Satan riding high as thunderbolts sear the sky
The Devil now freely roams the planet
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That is ridiculous how well the quotes fit the movie. That dood did an amazing job.
Old, but oh so good.
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Lmao, i know mate it's epic or what
kids of today
I once left my lights on before going to class. Naturally by the time I got back my battery was dead. I couldn't use the key to physically unlock the door because my vehicle, when the battery dies, locks up the locks themselves. All of the keyholes were unusable. I really have to question the fucking logic in that.
Damn, that marching band one is crazy!
You guys ever hear about this story? Pretty freaky stuff...
Seven dogs starved of food and water for two weeks are suspected of eating their owner after he returned to his hometown of Batam after a holiday in Manado, local media reported on Tuesday.
A neighborhood guard was curious when he saw luggage lined up at the front of Andre Lumboga's house, days after the 50-year old arrived back home.
He approached the house, smelled something foul and called the police, according to a report.
"His skull was found in the kitchen, and his body was found in the front of his house," Eriyana, a local police chief in Batam, an island off Sumatra, told VIVAnews Web site.
Lumboga arrived home last Wednesday, but his body was just discovered on Monday.
"We suspect that the dogs were hungry, so they attacked Andre, because they had not been fed for 14 days," he said.
Police also found bones of two other dogs, believed to have also been eaten by the hungry canines.
Lumboga was from northern Sulawesi island, a predominantly Christian area, where the local spicy diet is famous in Indonesia for including dogs, bats and forest rats.


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TEIXEIRA, M.M. et al. Emergence of clonal complex 5 (CC5) methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a Brazilian hospital. Braz J Med Biol Res [online]. 2012, vol.45, n.7, pp.637-643. Epub Apr 26, 2012 ISSN 1414-431X. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0100-879X2012007500065.
In this study, genotyping techniques including staphylococcal chromosomal cassette mec (SCCmec) typing, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multilocus sequence typing (MLST) and restriction-modification tests were used to compare the molecular characteristics of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolates recovered at two times within a 10-year interval (1998 and 2008) from a tertiary Brazilian hospital. In addition, the antimicrobial susceptibility profiles were analyzed. All 48 MRSA isolates from 1998 and 85.7% from 2008 (48/56 isolates) displayed multidrug-resistance phenotypes and SCCmec III. All but one of the 13 representative SCCmec III isolates belonged to CC8 and had PFGE patterns similar to that of the BMB9393 strain (Brazilian epidemic clone of MRSA; BEC). In 2008, we found an increased susceptibility to rifampicin and chloramphenicol among the SCCmec III isolates. In addition, we detected the entrance of diverse international MRSA lineages susceptible to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (SXT), almost all belonging to CC5. These non-SCCmec III isolates were related to the USA 300 (ST8-SCCmec IV; PFGE-type B), USA 800 (ST5-SCCmec IV; subtype D1), USA 100 (ST5-SCCmec II; subtype D2), and EMRSA-3/Cordobes (ST5-SCCmec I, type C) clones. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of the emergence of isolates genetically related to the EMRSA-3/Cordobes clone in southeast Brazil. In this regard, these isolates were the most common non-SCCmec III MRSA in our institution, accounting for 8.9% of all isolates recovered in 2008. Thus, despite the supremacy of BEC isolates in our country, significant changes may occur in local MRSA epidemiology, with possible consequences for the rationality of MRSA empiric therapy.
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Someone once wrote that DD is the only game where one has to do dishwashing in order to proceed.
So far I don't know any other game like that either.
A similar thing is true for making Honey. Only the Ultima series had this kind of possibilities, and to a small extend the Gothic games as well, as far as I know.
Crafting has almost always been limited to weapons and armor since then.
But apart from that : This dishwashing experience is only a small part in it.
I still wish that DD would be expanded one day for the things that remained unused in it. Like the character of "Der Adler" (English "The Eagle"), or the places one cannot travel to because they were cut from he main game.
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(UPDATED COVERAGE, May 21) The Food and Drug Administrative has extended the comment deadline on the proposed rule on the sanitary transportation of foods after United Fresh Produce Association and other groups said they needed more time.
The May 31 deadline is extended 60 days, according to a news release from the FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition.
"We're gratified that FDA has allowed the extra time for comments on the proposed rule as we requested," said Ray Gilmer, United's vice president for issues management and communication.
"United Fresh and other organizations have been working to analyze the impact of this complex draft rule, and the additional time will allow a full examination and meaningful suggestions for improving the proposals. Of course, this comes as we're also reviewing the other proposed FSMA rules."
United Fresh, the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, the American Trucking Association and the Grocery Manufacturers Association and 18 other groups wanted the comment deadline extended 90 days.
The proposed rule was published Feb. 5. It is the seventh and final major rule from the FDA in relation to the Food Safety Modernization Act. It covers trains and trucks that haul food, specifically addressing temperature control documentation and the cleaning of vehicles and containers. Documentation of previous loads would also be required under the proposed rule.
As with all of the FDA's proposed food safety rules, the sanitary transportation rule does not apply to smaller operations that have less than $500,000 in annual sales.
"The proposed rule contains complexities that would affect the interrelated responsibilities of shippers, carriers and receivers that warrant careful examination," according to the letter sent by United Fresh and other groups.
Comments can be made at www.regulations.gov with docket number FDA-2013-N-0013.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association already filed comments. As of May 19, there had been 73 comments filed; the GMA indicated it needs more time to review the proposed rule. The grocery group applauded FDA for not including packaged, shelf-stable foods in the rule.
However, the group raised questions about what requirements would be for foods that are subject to the sanitary transportation rule but are the property of a single entity that acts as shipper, carrier and receiver. The group suggests an intracompany supplier verification exemption.
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"Families that pray together, stay together," could possibly read "Families that play together, stay together."
Families that develop traditions of playing games together, often beginning as alternate forms of entertainment during Lent, have found that it can help teach the faith, avert boredom, expand creativity and strengthen family life.
"When families play together, they create their own joyful excitement. When they sit in front of the TV for entertainment, they are at the mercy of whatever is passively fed to them by the media," said Christopher Ruff, who is director of the Office of Ministries for the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisc.
He and his wife, Clare, began playing charades with their first two sons when they were just four and two. It was a way to provide an outlet for their energy, said Clare. Today the Ruffs have five children, ranging in age from 2 to 12. John, the oldest, is still an enthusiastic participant but, Clare said, "is getting wise to the fact that I use the games as a tool to bring order and tranquility to an otherwise turbulent time."
To play charades with children of varied ages, the Ruffs choose to stick with well-known books, movies or television shows. The younger children need suggestions for easy things to pantomime. For example, 5-year-old Chiara enjoys acting out Cinderella by pretending she is sweeping and then putting a crown on her head and dancing.
"The kids love it," said Clare. "I think it helps them with public speaking, frankly, because they're used to getting up in front and having to do something on their own."
The Ruffs also play 20 Questions, which is especially useful in a car. One of the children will think of an animal and the others have to guess within 20 questions what the animal is. You can only ask yes or no questions, like: "Does it swim?" "Does it have four legs?" The one who guesses the animal correctly gets to think of the next one. If no one guesses within 20 questions, the same person gets to take another turn.
Clare said this game helps bring the kids out of boredom, which she believes is a springboard for bickering.
"I used to say a Hail Mary or an Our Father, but I realized it wasn't producing the effects I wanted." She added, "Board games have been a terrific failure for us. Too many age groups, too many pieces. The younger ones always walked off with the dice."
The Ruffs have also discovered that their children thoroughly enjoy home videos, an alternative to their no-TV rule for Lent. "It's fun for them to see the affection, gentleness and tenderness that was lavished on them when they were small, too," said Clare. "I think it helps root them in their identity as a person."
Bob and Sharon Morris of Steubenville, Ohio, believe it is vitally important that children identify as a person who belongs to a family. From the time their seven children were babies, they would invite other families into their home on Saturday nights for dinner and games. The games, said Bob, were "somewhat of a gimmick on our part to make the tradition of having family life together a reality."
The Morrises started the evening by reading the Sunday Scripture. Everyone at the table had to offer a comment, which led to some rich discussions about the faith. After dinner, the games would begin. They were simple enough for everyone to participate, like rolling golf balls toward a wall, and the one who got closest to the wall without touching it would win.
The "penny" game was played when there were lots of children around, said Sharon. One person places a penny somewhere in a room where it can be seen out in the open. Everyone walks around the room and when they see the penny, they walk to one side of the room and sit down. The idea is not to be the last one to find it.
The Morris children today range in age from 14 to 33. Thirty-one-year-old Joseph laughs when he recalls those Saturday nights, but says there was no question they had to be home. "I think there were many times when we rolled our eyes, but by the end of the evening everybody had a good time. Some of the fondest memories as a family were playing games. Even when we get together now, we still love to play."
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South Tahoe splits league doubleheader at home
April 23, 2013
Baseball Standings
Elko 9-0
Lowry 8-4 (Lowry holds tiebreaker with Fallon)
Fallon 8-4
Truckee 4-4
So Tahoe 5-6
Fernley 4-5
Sparks 3-6
Sp. Creek 2-7
Dayton 1-8
Remaining Series
Spring Creek at Elko, April 26 and April 27 (DH)
Fernley vs. Dayton, April 24 and April 26 (DH)
Truckee vs. South Tahoe, April 30
Sparks vs. Truckee, April 24 and April 27 (DH)
The table has been set for one final regular-season showdown.
In a Mount Rose League doubleheader filled with emotion Saturday, the South Tahoe and Truckee baseball teams split the pair, with the Vikings blowing open the first game in the middle innings en route a 10-0 win and the Wolverines outlasting the hosts, 11-8, in the nightcap.
The Division I-A rivals will square off one more time at Aces Ballpark on April 30 to end the regular season, with possible homefield advantage in the postseason on the line. Playoff seeding is based on records within the Division I-A; South Tahoe is 5-6, with only the one game against the Wolverines, and Truckee is 4-4 in the DI-A, with four games remaining.
Game 1 on Saturday began as a pitchers' duel between Truckee's Erik Holmer and South Tahoe's Jordan Mann, both of whom held the opposition scoreless through four innings.
Holmer ran into trouble in the fifth, however. The Vikings scored five runs, highlighted by a two-run home run by Cody Higgins off of the storage container beyond right field.
The Vikings were not done. They scored five more runs in the sixth to end the game on the 10-run mercy rule.
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Truckee managed just five hits off of Mann, who struck out five and walked three in six innings. Chris Towle went 2-for-3, while Holmer and Teagan Pado each had one hit.
Following the home run by Higgins, Holmer fired a pitch behind the back of Tyler Sharp. He then hit Mann with a pitch.
Sergio Burgueno went 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs. Dominic Diana added a two-run triple and came across the plate twice. Liam Loftis contributed a double and two runs. Mann and RJ Rivera went 2-for-3 with Mann knocking in two RBI and Rivera adding two runs.
The Wolverines committed three errors in the game.
In Game 2, South Tahoe jumped out to an early 3-1 lead and held it through four innings, before Truckee exploded for a seven-run fifth. Truckee added a run in the sixth and another in the seventh, while South Tahoe scored four times in the bottom of the seventh to make it close.
Riley Guiragossian started and earned the win for the Wolverines. The junior went 4 1/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on five hits and a walk.
South Tahoe finished with 10 hits, led by Sharp and Mann, who both contributed two hits and an RBI apiece with Sharp smacking a double. Burgueno blasted an RBI triple, and Higgins contributed a clutch two RBI single. Christian Coats put down an RBI single and Loftis also contributed a hit.
Each team committed three errors, with Truckee's coming early in the game and South Tahoe's coming late.
Truckee coach Mike Ellis found himself riled up on a couple of occasions, once in the fourth inning when Aaron Pado was picked off of first and the coach thought he was safe, and then again in the fifth when Holmer hit a Texas-leaguer to right field with the bases loaded but was called out on the infield fly rule.
The Vikings are now 11-11-1 overall, and the Wolverines are 11-11-1.
UP NEXT: South Tahoe is scheduled to host a non-conference game against Portola on Wednesday at 4 p.m. The Vikings will then travel to North Tahoe for a doubleheader on Saturday at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
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Cricket Ireland are hoping to tempt Sussex batsman Ed Joyce back to Irish international cricket and hope to have him as part of their 2011 One Day International World Cup.
Dubliner Joyce, who had previously played for Ireland, opted to line out for England in 2005, qualifying by virtue of his residency there.
However, he has since fallen down the pecking order in the English team and is now believed to be eager to return to action with Ireland.
Joyce will need to announce his decision ahead of next winter's 50-over event so that Ireland can lobby for a fast-track of his eligibility.
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BANGKOK – The Thai government on Wednesday took the first steps toward adjusting a costly rice subsidy program, setting up a committee of government officials and farmers to agree on an acceptable price in coming weeks.
The much-anticipated talk between Thai government officials and local farmers wasn't expected to settle how much the government would pay to support rice prices for the next crop season. But both sides appear to want to find common ground after an attempt last month to cut 20% off the state buying price of rice. Farmers protested, contributing to a drop in the prime minister's popularity, and the earlier decision in favor of a price cut was reversed.


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1Realize that this will take some time. When you have decided you want to be a scene kid, gradually get there. It may take a long time to get to your standards. If you do it all in one day, you may be labelled as a poser.
2Start with an attitude. A common scene kid is normally bold, and likes attention. Maybe you could twist it by being quieter and sweeter. A normal scene kid is bubbly, you have to be bubbly as well, but you could also twist it by being very serious at times. Try not to act sad as you could get called an emo kid, and you do not want that. Take a couple of weeks or more to get to this stage.
3Listen to music. A common scene kid will listen to anything. Pop-Punk, Hardcore, Rock, even at-Country.
4Get some outfits. Don't skip to hair first, as if you are a prep, this will look very odd. Most scene kids wear any bright color and black. You could base yours on one colour EG: Hot pink or neon green. Get as many items as you can of this colour, and also get some accessories that are a different colour to stand out. Most kids wear studded belts; black, really dark blue, gray or brightly colored skinny jeans are good too. Don't forget color isn't everything. Check out what other scene kids wear. Some scene kids wear fashionable pink wigs and stylish outfits, some wear vintage, and others just wear whatever they want.
5Gradually get the hair. Start off with very soft layers, then sharper layers, then get choppier layers etc. Also, fringe bangs are very popular amongst scene kids. Get these gradually, so as not to be labeled a poser. Only get these if you have the right head shape, though. Very important - You must dye it. If you have problems with your hair such as alopecia , then try not to tease so much and use heat protectant before you straighten your hair. The normal colours are platinum blonde and brown/ black/ neon. Try going for a completely different colour like a shade of red with black etc. Make sure most of the colours of your clothes won't affect your hair colour. Try to see if it will work first. Also, go for highlights in neon colours, or a colour opposite of your hair colour base. Make it stand out!
6BE YOURSELF. The most important part of being a scene kid is being an original and not a follower. To be a Scene kid is to be a leader. Remember no matter what that you are you and that you have to like who you are.
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- Be yourself!
- Shoes-slip on Vans or Converse All-Star and ballet flats are extremely common.
- Accessories- Layered necklaces in the same range colours are quite common. Go to Claire's and buy loads of different coloured beads. Also get loads of jelly bangles and wear them all at once. A good place for them is Blue Banana [UK/ Internet Order for people anywhere else] and they are 75p for a set of 12. Get 3 or more sets.
- Get a unique name. Not Kiki Kannibal, Dakota Rose, HannaBeth, Blair Ravish, Matthew Lush or anything that's already taken.
- Summer- Not many common scene kids wear flip flops. If you want to, get some from the Animal/ Freespirit shop. Also some shorts, and pair them with a Tee of your choice and accessories. This will look very good and individual.
- Hoodies- White, pink, black anything will go! Some patterns (like BAPE) The possibilities are endless!
- Skirts- Wear them with tights/legwarmers . Have tutu skirts, denim skirts, mini skirts.
- Jeans- skinny jeans are main, but you can also wear capris,etc.. Get some black/ blue/gray normal coloured jeans, and then loads of vivid colours. Pink, green, zebra print, checkered... anything unique will do!
- Winter wear- coats. Get a bomber jacket or a fur-rimmed one. Scarfs- get a desert scarf, a good-quality, thick one. Gloves, maybe fingerless plain black ones.
- Look at scene queens for ideas on how to look.
- Nike High tops are pretty cool with skinny jeans too, but they can't look too preppy.
- T-Shirts/ tanks- some patterned/ band t's, graphic tees, some plain. Go for plain if you want your necklaces to stand out. Babycakes, Dropdead, Kiki Kannibal are all good places to purchase jewelry and clothing. And patterned/ band t's if you don't have any/ fewer necklaces/ accessories on. You can also wear shirts with the American eagle logo on it occasionally so you won't seem like such a scene poser. this will also add a little variety to your wardrobe and make your outfits more interesting.
- Take up to a year to do this, or more. If you change within one week, you will get called a poser/ wannabe.
- Don't tell people you're scene. You will get called a wannabe/ poser.
- When it comes to dyeing your hair, make sure your hair is in good condition. If your hair is dry, consider doing some hot oil treatments for a few weeks beforehand, so your hair doesn't get damaged from the dye.
- In the beginning you will be called a poser, if you are a true scene girl you won't care.
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- Money
- Good quality clothes/ accessories/ shoes.
- Camera
- Myspace/facebook or other social networking sites are a must.
- Eyeliner
- Mascara
- An ATTITUDE - Be confident and try to stand out.
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with Walt Zimmerman (WZ)
Conducted by Joyce Reinhardt Larson (JL)
3 May 1995, Fargo, North Dakota
Transcirption by Joyce Reinhardt Larson
Editing by Mary Lynn Axtman
I am Joyce Reinhardt Larson, a volunteer interviewer for the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection of North Dakota State University in Fargo. It is a pleasure to visit with Walt Zimmerman and his wife Doris in their home here in Fargo, North Dakota.
JL: Walt, we'll begin just by asking you to state your name and your date of birth and where you were born.
WZ: My name is Walt Zimmerman and I was born October 4th, 1924 at Lehr, North Dakota. [Born] on the old farmstead that my grandfather built in 1905, I guess.
JL: Was that the homestead then?
WZ: That was the homestead, yah. We finally ended up..., my folk's bought that but my grandpa built that in 1905. So that's where I was born.
JL: Your grandfather. Was he your father's father?
WZ: Yah.
JL: Where did they come from in South Russia then?
WZ: Well, my dad wasn't born in Russia. He was.... I suppose even my grandpa was born in Germany, originally. I mean that's where they...[originated]. I never quite figured out how they [got to Russia]. Because I've got a cousin in Minneapolis and he's been over there. I guess they were well-to-do, the great-grandparents were. Because during the war they had a building or house over there that was all built out of rock. And I guess with the war, they had to leave everything. Now, I guess, they would classify him as a millionaire, the great-great-grandpa, not my grandfather though. But of course, they had to leave everything. And now my cousin's been over there and he has found this place and the cemetery where my relatives were born. I guess now that house is still standing. But they made an apartment house out of it now because in Germany you can only have so much square footage for an apartment. So I guess there is four apartments in there now in this big home that they had there.
But my cousin has been over there and he does a lot of this [research]. He works for 3M and he has..., well, his job is like a scientist. Whenever they come out with something new, [then] he goes for 2 or 3 weeks to Germany, Africa and Australia. Wherever. So while he is in Germany, he is always traipsing around in the cemeteries and looking for his ancestors. He has a lot of information. He lives in Minneapolis.
JL: When did your father die then and where is he buried?
WZ: My dad died on November 8, in 1965.
JL: What was his name?
WZ: Christ.
JL: Christ Zimmerman.
WZ: Christ.
JL: And what was your mother's name and where did her family come from?
WZ: Her name was Emilia Dalke. She was born in Russia. She was 4 years old when she came over from Russia.
JL: Do you know where?
WZ: Well..., wherever it was? Friedenstal and the Bessarabia and those areas. We never found out much about my mother's relatives.
JL: Is that right?
WZ: Grandpa was not the kind to tell everybody anything and for some reason [we don't know]. But like she [his wife] said, now with our side, and of course, being the names are the same, they've got it back to 1732. 1632, I guess.
JL: That's amazing.
WZ: The list is clear back. Down to ministers and bankers and just about everything. So we used the same background because up to her great grandpa and mine, they were the same down the line.
JL: That is very interesting. How many brothers and sisters did you have?
WZ: I had one brother. He passed away 2 years ago and a month after my mother passed away.
JL: What was his name?
WZ: Melvin Zimmerman. He lived in Tucson.
JL: A small family then?
WZ: Yes. Just the 2 of us, yah. And mother passed away two years ago, too.
JL: Did she live out there?
WZ: She lived in Lahr and Ashley and that area.
JL: The family farm. Was that passed on?
WZ: It was passed on to my uncle. But it belongs to my cousins now, except the land. When my dad had a heart attack in `55, then my uncle bought it and he is gone too now. But anyway, the daughters own the land and they rent it out to the state, or wildlife or something. So it's still in the family.
JL: Your mother didn't tell you much about the "old country"?
WZ: Well, she didn't know anything.
JL: But your father. Did he talk about Germany?
WZ: He didn't know too much either. See, he never..., he was born in the United States. So I don't know, he never said much either, except what we found out now through Dallas in Minneapolis. But that's where we got all of our information, through him and through her uncle Dave. He's a minister and he did a lot of checking into all this.
JL: So you really don't know much about that time of their lives then?
WZ: No. For some reason, it was a secret. I don't know. There must have been a reason for it. Maybe they had to get out for some reason, from Russia and from Germany, and a lot of these people would like to forget things rather than remember.
JL: Did you speak German as a child?
WZ: Oh yes.
JL: Can you still speak it?
WZ: Oh yes.
JL: Do you know the name of the dialect?
WZ: No, I don't. I think it is Platt Deutsch or whatever. It's mixed up, is what it is. It's half German and half English. But we talk German, I guess, just to be funny or something. We have some friends in Minneapolis and when we are together we talk German a lot. It is kind of interesting because if you don't [speak it], you are going to lose it. And at my age, I can't lose too much anymore.
JL: How about your children, then?
WZ: No, they don't.
JL: How many children did you have?
WZ: Three boys.
JL: Three boys. What are their names?
WZ: Wayne and Neil and Merle. Wayne and Merle are in Fargo here, and Neil is out in Seattle. We are going to see them in a couple of weeks.
JL: So they've never heard you talk German then?
WZ: They did. But they didn't talk it. The one of them always said, "how come you talk German?" So they wouldn't know, understand [what we were talking about]. Neil said, "How come you always have to talk Mexican?" But Wayne was in the service and he spent 2 1/2 years in Germany. So the first thing he did, he enrolled in some Mary's college out in Virginia or someplace..., Massachusetts. He went to school at night to learn. So, between his German and their English and their sign language, he made it in the 2 1/2 years he was over there. In fact, he even got credit for going to school. He can understand some of it, but not enough to amount to anything.
JL: What are some of the childhood memories that you have?
WZ: Oh, boy.
JL: Did you have to work pretty hard?
WZ: You bet we worked hard. We had running water at our place.
JL: You did?
WZ: We had 2 pails and went down to the well and [then] we ran from the well to our house. That was our "running water."
JL: I should have known that was coming.
WZ: We had...? I guess a lot of things that.... Then, of course, different things like at Christmas time. There are some things you can remember. I can't hardly remember my name but I can remember some things. Things were rough. The depression and all the things like the grasshoppers and dust. Oh, it was bad. But one thing I remember at Christmas time. One time and I don't know why I do, but I do. But one Christmas when I woke up in the morning, what I had gotten for Christmas was an orange and about 6 or 8 peanuts and a little rifle that looked like a pencil. You know, a pencil on the end and that was my Christmas. We used to get a catalog. I think it was called the Force, or something. [Was] like the Spencer catalog they have now. And for 19 cents you could buy that thing. That's what I got for Christmas. And I always thought that they COULD HAVE afforded 50 cents worth. But that was it! You know, that is something that sticks in your mind.
JL: They didn't have that many kids to buy for.
WZ: No. My dad hardly ever bought anything unless he could pay for it. I remember when they got married in `24, in the fall of `23. After he was gone, after he died in `65, my mother had all receipts and stuff. He had bought equipment, like a drill and a plough and a harrow and a disk from an implement dealer in Lehr. It was $450.00 and it took him until 1937 to pay for it. But he paid for it.
JL: Did he take a loan from the bank, do you know?
WZ: I don't know if it was from the bank or whether it was just a promissory note through the implement dealer. But maybe it was only $400.00 and some dollars.
JL: That was a lot then, too.
WZ: But he paid for it in 1937. I looked through his stuff. He had made a little filing cabinet out of cheese boxes and stuff and that is where all his stuff was in. And after he was gone, then I went through all this stuff that he had. It was in 1937 when he finally paid that up.
JL: Were they pretty frugal? They hung on to their money then.
WZ: Yah. They hung on to whatever in the thirties. There was no money until 1937, or 1938 when the crops started getting a little better. And then we started [buying]. Bought a tractor, a couple of tractors. But it was slim pickings. Just like I always said, "I got a lot of lickings from my dad and I know I needed them, most of them." I got some tough lickings. I guess I forgave him but I never forgot.
JL: Was he pretty strict?
WZ: Oh, my dad was strict and so was my grandpa. Oh, he was strict like that.
JL: You mean...?
WZ: Just, THIS WAS IT!
JL: No questioning.
WZ: That is the way the old Germans did it then. My dad was good to me. I guess I needed the lickings.
JL: You hate to say anything bad.
WZ: Jah.
JL: But they were known to be...?
WZ: O yes. They were strict.
JL: But not always. They probably didn't have to be like that. [Not] quite that much.
WZ: No, they wouldn't have to be. That's the way they were brought up.
JL: I know it. And some people have a hard time talking about it then.
WZ: Jah, that's right.
JL: Bad memories.
WZ: Like I said, "I forgave my dad for the lickings I got, but I never forgot."
JL: Were you as strict with your kids?
WZ: No. No I couldn't. I guess I'm... and that's not right either, not good. I mean, I tried to be..., we tried to almost be too good to our kids. We do things that we couldn't [when we were young]. Of course, her dad was good to her and us, so we tried to give them whatever we can. I mean, come Christmas time and whenever. And the same way with the grandchildren. They could talk me out of my shirt, I guess, if it was warm enough. I mean, that's what it is about.
JL: That was a totally different philosophy then what you grew up with. What do you think made that change?
WZ: I don't know if our hearts softened that much or not, but it's different. Well, I think for one thing, money is easier to make. Boy, I know one year and I don't know the year, she had my total earnings for the year were $3,300.00. And it doesn't take much to make that much now. We have been married for 49 years now in October, so things have changed.
JL: But also, the prices have gone up so much too.
WZ: Gosh you know, when we started farming in `48 [1948], I bought a tractor and I paid $1,800.00 for it. And then I farmed with it for 3 years and I sold it for $800. Made $500 on it then already. You can't hardly buy a lawn mower for $1,500.00 now. So everything, cars and everything. But I've enjoyed it.
JL: When did you and your wife get married?
WZ: October 18th, `46 [1946].
JL: You farmed then?
WZ: We farmed for about 3 years, yah.
JL: Was that down at the homestead?
WZ: Down at Lehr, yah. In that area. One year we were dried out and one year we blew out and I don't remember what the other year was. But then I said, "That's it!"
JL: Then you moved to the big city of Fargo?
WZ: No. We moved to Bismarck and I worked in a Standard station up there in `49 [1949]. After we had our auction sale and everything, I think we had $760.00 left over and we bought a trailer house. That was enough for a down payment. And we lived in that a while and then we sold it. Then I went to work for the Davis music store. They had a music store and an appliance store in Bismarck. We were there until 1961 and we moved over here to Fargo. I wanted to get closer to good fishing and now I'm here and the fishing still isn't any better. But we have a lot of fun. We got a cottage down at the lake and the grandchildren and the kids come down.
JL: What did you do here in Fargo then?
WA: First I worked for Allan's Auto House, a Volkswagen dealer. After that, then I worked for the Americana Nursing Home until I retired. That nursing home job was the best job that I ever had. I really enjoyed it.
JL: Where was that?
WZ: Americana. Right on University. Right from 13th Avenue where that Standard station is. Right north of Scheels. I worked there for 14 years. I enjoyed that.
JL: Oh yes. I know where it is now. Could you tell me a little bit about when you were in school as a youngster?
WZ: I went to country school. Our school was about a half mile from the house. We always had the teacher staying with us. Not that they [the teachers] stayed there [with us] helped me any.
JL: Did you speak German in school?
WZ: No. No.
JL: You weren't allowed to? So the teachers spoke English too?
WZ: Oh yah. Most of them spoke English at that time. In fact, I don't know of one of them when I went to school that didn't. Well, I guess one of them did. He was the only one that talked German. He was a local man and he taught there for about 2 years. He could understand it.
JL: Did that help the family to learn English by having the teacher living in?
WZ: Oh, yes. My dad and like her dad too, they made it a point to learn English.
JL: They didn't want to hang on to their language?
WZ: No, no. Neither my dad or her dad. They lived in America and that's the way they were going to talk. But a lot of the Germans, they hung on as long as they could.
JL: Yes, they did. In your school, do you remember other nationalities of kids, or was it all German children?
WZ: Yah, I think they were all Germans.
JL: You went through the 8th grade?
WZ: Yah. And then I took one year of correspondence and I went to high school one year. Then I had to stay on the farm and help with the work.
JL: Did you feel bad about that? The fact that you had to give up high school?
WZ: Well, no. I guess I would have liked to have gone to high school. But that's the way it was then.
JL: How about your brother? Did he get more?
WZ: Oh yah. He went to college and everything.
JL: Was he younger than you?
WZ: Yah. He was 11 years younger than I.
JL: And things changed in that amount of time then?
WZ: Oh, yah. They changed by then already.
JL: Was religion important in your family?
WZ: Oh yes. We were Baptists. We were strictly Baptists. We still are, but not that same kind of Baptist.
JL: Do you think that things have changed over the years?
WZ: Oh yes! You know, it used to be that the Protestants and the Catholics they just didn't inter-mix. You just didn't!! They wouldn't allow it. But now a lot of our best friends are Catholic. Like I always said, "they all want to go to the same place," I think. At least that's what they tell me.
JL: It doesn't really matter what they really are?
WZ: Yah. Like I said, "that has really changed with all of them, even the Lutherans and Catholics." They were pretty strict too, years ago. But now it's not so much.
JL: Being Baptists then, could you go to dances or play cards or anything like that?
WZ: You could if you got by with it.
JL: Were you folk's strict about it?
WZ: No. I guess I never went to dances very much. I played at dances a lot. I played the keyboard and the accordion.
JL: You do? Do you know some good old German songs?
WZ: Oh, I know a few. Yah.
JL: I am going to have to come back and get that on tape. How did you learn?
WZ: By myself. My family was... and a lot of her side of the family were musically inclined. My uncles and some aunts, most everybody played something. There was a couple that maybe would sooner sew or cook or something that didn't. But all my uncles were musicians. One played the fiddle, one played the guitar and one the accordion and my dad played trombone and the piano and the old pump organ, years ago. I had some uncles and aunts too that didn't have the interest in music though.
I've got pictures of all of that. I have an uncle that was a photographer. One of the first ones from way back in 1915 - 1920. He took pictures in black and white and I've got a lot of those. They were always fooling around and playing the accordion, fiddle, or guitar.
JL: Did you listen to Lawrence Welk?
WZ: Oh yah. I always listened to Lawrence Welk.
JL: So he was looked up to, wasn't he?
WZ: Oh yah. He lived only about 40 miles from where we were born and raised. I still listen to him. I listened to him last Sunday night when he was on there.
JL: I am glad that it is on again.
WZ: I am too. I would like to go to Branson. I guess they have quite a place down there. We were going to go last fall but then my health wouldn't permit me to leave early enough. Next year we are going to go for our 50th wedding anniversary if we are around. See, we make plans for a year or two ahead all the time.
JL: Good for you! You always have something to look forward to then.
WZ: Sometimes the planning is just as much fun as actually doing it. Last year we went to Seattle by Amtrack from Tempe. We bought our tickets in May. We planned this for a whole year. Then all of a sudden, it was over with and there wasn't anything else. Time to plan something else again.
JL: In your church, was everything done in German?
WZ: To begin with, yes. Oh, I would say that I was probably about 10 or 12 years old, then they were real good to the Germans. They only had one English service a month and then the others were in German. Well pretty soon, they got turned around and they had every other Sunday in English. Then pretty soon they had one German service a month and then they got away from it completely. But we used to have songbooks that had English on one side and German on the other side, so you could sing the same song, or the verses were alternated in the book. We had a lot of good times.
JL: What was the Christmas program like? WZ: We had a lot of fun. We sang and everybody learned something [a part in the program]. The Sunday school teachers were the leaders. And of course, we had the big bag of goodies, apples and stuff.
JL: Isn't that the German tradition?
WZ: I kind of think it is.
JL: I remember it myself.
WZ: See, we have a German club here in Fargo. The Red River German club. We have Christmas at the Moravian church. Last year we weren't here, but I think this was the 4th or 5th year. They have Santa Claus come in or someone, the Belzennickel from over there [in Russia]. They give out little gifts and if somebody wants to give a little recitation or a little piece he wants to say. Last year, even I got up there and made a fool of myself and said a little verse. The Moravian church, they do a lot of singing too, German singing. Then they serve cookies and coffee. We just have a really good time there. They have it usually the first Sunday in December in that church.
JL: Tell me about that Belzennickel.
WZ: Belzennickel. That was the..., I guess I have seen pictures of it. They didn't call it Santa Claus then. But they would have, usually the dad or an uncle dress up in an old sheepskin turned inside out and he was the Belzennickel. He brought the stuff and he also had a whip or a stick with him. If the children hadn't behaved or something, they got a bag of coal or something. They didn't get presents like this [now]. I guess from what I gather, the kids were pretty scared of the Belzennickel. I guess that was probably the idea to get the kids to mind. They'd tell them that if they didn't behave the Belzennickel would come and give them coal instead of candy or something.
JL: Do you think that it really did happen, or was it a scare tactic?
WZ: Oh yes. They had this Belzennickel. I've seen pictures already and write-ups. Like we get this magazine 4 times a year from our German club and there is write-ups in there about it.
JL: So you remember that in your home?
WZ: No. We didn't have Belzennickel. In fact, we didn't have Santa Claus either. Well I guess the Sunday school teachers or who ever passed out the gifts and stuff. That wasn't the real reason for having it in church. We had our little songs and stuff. Santa Claus was not supposed to be in church to begin with. It was the birth of Christ, of course. Now with Santa Claus, you make a buck off of that stuff now.
JL: Would you say your parents and grandparents were superstitious?
WZ: I can't think of anything. The only thing is..., when somebody would get sick, they would take their Brauche. If you had ringworm, or something. You didn't go to the doctor all of the time. If you went to the doctor, the only thing that I can remember is if you had a sore hand or something, they would pack it in axle grease and tape it up and you would go home and wait for it to heal. That was supposed to help so you wouldn't get infection. There was Brauche for warts. It helped too. It worked too, I know it did.
JL: When we say Brauche, why do we laugh a little? What is there about it?
WZ: Because there are so many people that don't believe in it. They think it is just like a quack doctor. My grandson, he had a wart on his hand and I had an uncle too that did a lot of this for boils and stuff. I told my grandson that I can take care of that wart. He said, "How Grandpa?" I said, "Well, never mind. Just get me a piece of string." And I tied it around the wart and then I went outside and buried it. That was a big joke to some people.
JL: Did it take care of it?
WZ: Well..., then anyway nothing was said. That's why I say, "They laugh when they say..., about Brauche'ing." My sons laugh too. That's a big deal and then nothing was said. Then one day I asked Pat, "How's your wart coming?" He said, "Grandpa, it is gone." Well, I said, "Do you believe in it now?" He said, "Well, I guess I have to. I had it here and now it's gone."
JL: So what did you do?
WZ: I took a string and laid it over and around the wart. Then I took it off and tied a knot in the string besides. Maybe a couple two or three [knots], I don't remember. But anyway, I took it out and buried it. And he wanted to know where I buried it and I wouldn't tell him. You see, that is part of the secret. He asked, "Well, what did you say?" I said, "I can't tell you that either." Which I can't. You aren't supposed to. Maybe a couple of months later I said, "Pat, how's your wart coming?" I wanted him to tell me that the wart was gone. When I asked him about it, then he said, "oh, that's been gone a long time already." Of course his dad, my son, he kind of chuckles and I think to myself, "Go ahead and chuckle. I don't care." But it worked.
JL: So in your mind, you said some verses then? Would you call it a little prayer?
WZ: Something like that, yah. Just a little line.
JL: It had religious connotations to it then?
WZ: Not really.
JL: Magical then?
WZ: Magic, I would say. Yes. It's something, but I can't explain it. But I..., at one time had a bleeding wart where you put your glove on and my uncle took care of it that way. Years ago people had a lot of boils. I know of one gal that had a boil and it was in this spot where she wouldn't want to show it to everybody and of course, it hurt. So my uncle told her that he could take care of it. "I'll Brauche for it and it would go away." Well finally, it hurt so bad that she had to let him do it and he Brauche'ed. It took about 2 days and it opened up and it was all gone.
JL: Where did you learn that from?
WZ: I didn"t learn it from anybody.
JL: You mean your parents weren't Brauche'ers or aunts and uncles?
WZ: My uncle was. But you have to have faith. You have to make up your mind that this is going to work.
JL: You must have seen it a lot when you were younger?
WZ: Yah, my uncle did it. But he never told me what he said either. Then we had an old lady in town and years ago we used to have a lot of ringworm. I had ringworm right on my cheek and down and it was bad. So my folk's took me into town. I don't know how old I was, 8 or 9 years old, I guess. I had to lean on a little chair and then she Brauche'ed with her foot. With her shoe and she had nails in that stupid shoe and [it was] scratched all up. But she mumbled something [German words]. It was about 2 or 3 days and it started drying up and it went away. I don't know why but it works.
JL: Would they do it for more serious things?
WZ: I guess nobody's ever trusted me for that.
JL: Nowadays, you don't have many boils and warts either. But how about stomach aches?
WZ: I guess if I did [Brauche], I did to myself. They did it with the babies. When they had colic, they rubbed them down and you would think they were going to break their arms. And boy, you would lay them down and they would go right to sleep. So there is a lot of these old remedies. This fellow, he teaches at NDSU, Kloberdanz. He wrote a book about this Brauche and stuff and I read his book. He is quite a sharp guy and then, of course, his wife Rosie is pretty sharp too.
JL: What I read in his material is that a lot of times Brauche is..., that it runs in the family. Then you often find that there is a blacksmith in the family that would have made iron crosses.
WZ: They did that too. Have you ever been to Strasburg? You see, he had that [book too]. Sometimes, when we've gone from Ashley to Bismarck, either going out west or something and then we drove through Hague. I'll tell you, it is really something the way those crosses are made. These guys around here now that claim they are artists, or something, they don't know anything about it.
JL: About that...?
WZ: Well, about building stuff. I mean with the different doves and leaves and everything. It's quite a deal.
JL: You don't know of anybody that made them?
WZ: I don't know of anybody, no. You see [those crosses] mostly there around Hague. The Catholics did most of those steel ones. First they were wood and then they were steel. In fact, I read in a book where they could tell..., no it was on a tape. I guess I saw a video tape that they could tell the different ages, not ages but times, how [many] years ago [they were made]. They say that it was before 1900 when the crosses were made out of wood and then at another time when they started making certain crosses and stuff for the cemeteries.
JL: You mean certain designs?
WZ: Certain designs, yah. Father Sherman is another one that is really good. For an Irishman, he does a pretty good job. I think he teaches in Grand Forks.
JL: He has some good books out, too.
WZ: He has some good books, too.
JL: He had a class that I would have liked to take. That's very interesting. What about marriage ceremonies? Do you know anything in particular about them? You got married in the church?
WZ: You just asked the girl to marry you. Then her parents and your parents got together and if it was all right, you went ahead and got married.
JL: You mean the parents had something to say about it?
WZ: Well, yah. Well, I guess we did. I don't know why. We had her folk's and my folk's [permission].
JL: What if they wouldn't have agreed?
WZ: We probably would have gotten married anyway. Of course, my folk's and her folk's knew each other very well.
JL: How many miles apart did you two grow up?
WZ: About 5 miles.
JL: So you went to the same country school?
WZ: No. Not the country school, but the same church.
JL: Did you have a wedding dance? This was a Baptist wedding?
WZ: No, no. We just got married on a Thursday night, no Friday night. A lot of our friends got married on Thursday night and we went to theirs. Then Friday night we got married.
JL: Did you have a reception at the house?
WZ: No. At the church in the basement..., no schoolhouse. That was, I guess, that was the big building then. Now it's not even..., you couldn't have a clubhouse meeting in there [now].
JL: What kind of food did they serve?
WZ: Well, kuchen and coffee and cake and whatever. Cookies, I suppose. I don't remember too much.
JL: Any German food do you remember?
WZ: I don't know. We didn't have any sausage, did we? Sandwiches, I guess. Germans eat good.
JL: I know. How about hochzeit schnapps?
WZ: No. We didn't have that.
JL: How about the bride's clothes and things? Was there anything traditional there?
WZ: Not at our wedding, no. She had a nice dress and I had a suit I guess. That was it.
JL: Do you know of any people who had arranged marriages or was that farther back in time?
WZ: Oh, yah. That was a little bit before our time. There were couplers [Kupplers] that coupled one [a marriage]. They [would] say, "I know this guy over here and he's got a daughter and she'd like to get married. Why don't you take your son over there?" I guess these couplers [Kupplers] got paid a little money for it, too.
JL: What is it they do?
WZ: They call them coupler [Kuppler]. It's a coupler.
JL: Is that how you spell it, too?
WZ: Jah.
JL: C-o-u-p-l-e-r?
WZ: Ja. In other words, a coupler [Kuppler] would be to get you together to make a couple. They call them the coupler [Kuppler] in German, which means that too. Evidently they didn't have a German word for coupler [Kuppler]. Well, maybe they did, but I don't know. There was some lonely hearted daughter or who was a hired girl or somebody. They would get them together and get married and live happily ever after.
JL: Who were these couplers [Kupplers]?
WZ: Thet were neighbors. Some guys that they didn't like to work and charged $2, $3 for coupling [Kuppling]. That's probably all they did. Witch for water [too].
JL: Were they the same people?
WZ: Yah, a lot of them were. They probably did a little Brauche'ing too, so they had enough money for schnaps or whatever.
JL: It's all a little bit related.
WZ: Jah. It all fits together.
JL: A little bit magic. Magical is the word I think of.
WZ: Jah.
JL: I am going to talk again about food. I am interested in some of the food. What kind of things did you have at home?
WZ: Oh, we had a lot of homemade bread and homemade sausage and knepfla, sauerkraut and strudels and pickled watermelon and whatever you had. The food was good, yah. You didn't have a refrigerator or freezer or anything. And the hams in the fall, you stuck them in the grain bins after it was good and smoked and that would keep for a long time out there. Canned chickens and made ice cream about once a week or so.
JL: Once a week?
WZ: Well, I don't know once a week. It was quite often.
JL: Did you have a friendly neighborhood? Did people do things with other neighbors or did it have to be the relatives?
WZ: Oh yah. That one game that we used to play...? Go directly to jail..., Monopoly. And we played rook(SP) and stuff. Those wasn't supposedly the regular [playing] cards. And then you played Chinese checkers and ate. Then we played some more and then we ate some more. Went skating and sang songs. Yah, a lot of times, someone on the pump organ or the piano and play and everybody would sing.
JL: It was all good clean entertainment, wasn't it?
WZ: Yah. We have..., 'course when we're in Arizona, I have my accordion along and last year I took my keyboard along and we had jam sessions in the different parks. Every Friday night, we would play for 2 or 3 hours and get a whole bunch them together. Bunch of fiddles, accordions and guitars and singing. That's what I miss, because here we don't get time in the summertime to do that.
JL: And we don't have the same group of friends.
WZ: We had one, not last year, but the year before, one of our guitar players and singer passed away the day before Christmas. He was about 80 years old. All these young guys! And we had 4 guys. One was from Oregon, one from Oklahoma and one from Arkansas and I was from North Dakota and this gal was from Illinois. The name of our band was Four Hits and a Miss. Four guys and a gal. And we just had a ball.
JL: Did people dance then?
WZ: No. We just had a small clubhouse. There was usually no room to dance. They'd sing and tell a few jokes or something.
JL: How about a German newspaper? Do you remember any German newspapers in your home?
WZ: Well, we got..., I think, the Der Staatsanzeiger or something. But I guess I didn't pay much attention. We had the local papers, the Ashley Tribune and the Wishek..., whatever it was. Wasn't Star, was something else. That was about the only papers we had.
JL: Do you have any idea of [what in] the United States culture that maybe caused the most concern in your families? I know that was before your time.
WZ: Well, just before the war, my dad, and this was back in the thirties. They had a lot of relatives over there [in Germany] and they had a lot of unrest over there. My folks used to send a lot of stuff to Germany, to the cousin's and....
JL: Like what?
WZ: Oh, clothes and shoes. Just about anything. Then after awhile, they got so many clothes and stuff, then they even sent some money over to them. Because from 35 [1935] on up, I guess, was somebody in the 30s [1930's] which caused unrest over there then already. My folk's sent quite a bit of stuff over and [so did] other aunts and uncles. They would get together and make a package and send it to Germany to cousins over there. I don't know if we still have any, but I am sure there are some over there, probably a third, or fourth cousins. But I can remember when one time, I know my dad would always send stuff over there. One time, one of them wrote and said, "they had enough stuff now, could you send me some money?" And Dad didn't go for that. He said,"I haven't got any money either." That was the end of that. I think that kind of took care of the letter writing too, because once they didn't get anything, they didn't write anymore.
JL: No more communication?
WZ: No more communication. No, because they had to take care of themselves.
JL: I guess one more question now. How about the political views of your parents and yourself as you were growing up? Who did they favor in government?
WZ: Of course, my dad and her dad, they were strict Republicans. They were always on the election board and school boards too. And if they had anyone as far as committee men or something, my dad was on it and so was her dad. I don't know if they ever all voted or if they always voted Republican, but that's the party they favored. See, years ago, you were one party or the other. There was no crossover in voting. You were Republican, you voted Republican and that was it. Where now, you can cross over. You vote for the man you want, but in those days they didn't. In fact I was..., even before we were married, I was on the election board and sat up all night until 4 o'clock in the morning counting votes. So I know a little bit about that too.
JL: Walt, this has been very interesting and maybe I'll come back with some other questions. I think you have a lot of interesting things to share.
WZ: Well, like I say, "I have been around the horn."
JL: Thank you so much.
WZ: Your welcome.
Transcription by Dorothy Denis
Editing by Mary Lynn Axtman
October, 1997


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As crime-fighting teams go, Dr. Martin Gänsewein and Pascha are an unlikely pair. Martin is a shy, scrupulous forensic pathologist who spends his days autopsying dead bodies, while Pascha is the gregarious ghost of a former car thief whose murder Martin reluctantly helped solve. After narrowly surviving that adventure, Martin wants nothing more than a little peace and quiet.
Unfortunately, the good doctor is out of luck thanks to the arrival of Marlene, the spirit of a nun killed in a fire that ravaged her medieval convent and home. Though disappointed that his new sidekick isn't a leggy blonde, Pascha empathizes with Marlene - and suspects that the deadly fire was no accident. The ghosts are determined to uncover the truth, but they can't do it without Martin's help.
Together with Martin's girlfriend Birgit, the trio embarks upon a madcap (and frequently hilarious) adventure that will enchant listeners from beginning to end.
©2012 Jutta Profijt (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.
"Finally wore me down"
While the performance and world building are good, the exuberant sexism finally wore me down. When our protagonist, the ghost of a car thief, asserts that prostitution will always be *necessary* "as long as women withhold sex" and the ghost of a nun who ran a shelter for battered sex-workers for 30 years, agrees with his analysis of *the* cause of prostitution, I ground my teeth, sighed and deleted the book.
It's one thing for our ignorant, young former car thief to hold, well, ignorant opinions. And he does. Hold many. However, often those same opinions are challenged by the behaviors or conversations of characters whom we respect and our young car thief thinks again. The crude sexist opinions he spouts about women, relationships with women, what women are good for, etc. seem to be impervious to other information. The lecture about prostitution was simply the last straw.
"All around Great! "
Another great mystery and no Pascha has a partner. So many parts where I'm laughing out loud. I'm outside in my gardens digging out weeds and laughing my a## off! Can't wait for the next book. Never thought I would like it so much, sorry I waited so long to start this series of books. Now onto book 3.
"Surprisingly fantastic!"
I'm not a huge audiobook fan in general. I'd far prefer to read a book than to listen to it, but listening to books works well when I'm exercising, doing chores or walking around the city. So I usually keep an audiobook handy on my iPod when I can't hold a book in my hands & a different book on my Kindle for all other times.
Imagine my surprise, when I wanted to continue listening to this book rather than actually reading another during my commute on the train one day. And this was the first audiobook where my mind didn't wander at some point during the story!
Lovely story and outstanding narration which elevates the story even more.
Highly recommend!
"Very Clever"
Enjoyed it as much as the first book. The author extended the plot and characters in clever ways. The narrator is delightful!
After listening to the first book morgue drawer four, which was in my humble opinion was very good, I was anxious to listen to this book. Unfortunately, I was totally disappointed, this book was predictable and boring. Don't waste you time or money. You've been warned.
"Loved the whole series"
Great series. Yes I could tell it was translated but that didnt distract from the humor or over all story. Great light read
"Good Second Act in the Martin and Pascha Series"
Dr. Martin Gänsewein, forensic pathologist and the reluctant sidekick to a deceased car thief, Pascha, had hoped that solving the mystery of Pascha's murder would release the ghost to head on to where ever good car thieves go. This is not to be though. While Martin is recuperating from his own brush with mortality in the hospital, Pascha amuses himself by hanging around in the hospital hoping to find a spiritual companion in his strange in between state. He does find one, but as it is the ghost of a middle aged nun, it isn't the one he would have chosen.
However, Pascha is drawn into the odd events at the convent where a mysterious fire resulted in the death of one nun and the hospitalization of another.
I was interested in where Jutta Profijt was going to take this mismatched pair for the second in the series and I wasn't disappointed. While the pacing was a bit uneven and the beginning slow, it ends with some very lively action.
I took advantage of the Whispersync for audio deal which allowed me to take up my Kindle when the iPhone I was listening to it on ran out of battery at an important moment. It did start right at the point the audible had stopped.
The narrator, as before, was excellent.
"Good Story, Great Characters and..."
some very funny parts that made me stop what I was doing so as to give full voice to my enjoyment. I enjoyed the first book in this series, both story and performance and likewise this second book. Mr. Andrews makes Pascha sound like he's from Queens, NY with the attitude to go with it. He can be boorish, obnoxious and insensitive as well as single-minded and soft-hearted. In other words, he's lovable.
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