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DEVELOPMENT; Football? Nah, Hardball
By JOSH BENSON
Published: April 17, 2005
''I didn't see the light,'' George Zoffinger finally said, ''but I felt the heat.''
In making his stark admission, George Zoffinger, the president of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, was referring to the events that unfolded from Trenton to the Meadowlands last week, culminating with the announcement that the state and the New York Giants -- after months of angst and acrimony -- had agreed to build a new $750 million football stadium.
Yet in finally yielding to pressure from acting Gov. Richard J. Codey, the combative Mr. Zoffinger -- a millionaire banker and real estate executive -- could not help asserting: ''This is a deal that's being negotiated by the governor. Everyone knows what my stance is and I haven't changed it.''
Mr. Zoffinger's surrender was an appropriately strange end to one of the strangest negotiations in memory, in which the governor used every means at his disposal to prevail not upon the executives of the storied National Football League franchise -- who were seeking a more profitable arrangement with the state -- but on one of his own employees.
For the most part, Mr. Zoffinger -- who avoided appearing at the news conference at the Meadowlands where the specifics of the agreement were unveiled -- demurred on the details of his conversations with the governor, the last of which came in the form of a testy cease-and-desist telephone call on Tuesday.
Asked about the blunt version of events given by one Giants executive -- ''Codey finally told him to shut up'' -- Mr. Zoffinger chuckled ruefully and said: ''Sure, that's about it. Write it.''
But even as he tried to show restraint after his scoldings, Mr. Zoffinger could not conceal his disapproval of the eventual outcome, leaving unclear whether he had actually blinked or merely winked at Mr. Codey's demands.
''This is not a Zoffinger deal,'' he said.
Although Mr. Zoffinger declined to spell out his misgivings, he has expressed concerns about burdening taxpayers with new costs of infrastructure and millions in annual debt payments on the old stadium.
For the governor's part, the agreement to build a new stadium was a major triumph, and the fulfillment of one of his main objectives since inheriting the office last November from James McGreevey, whose administration chased three other professional sports franchises out of the Meadowlands.
Under the agreement announced at last Thursday's news conference, the Giants will pay the cost of construction plus $6.3 million in annual rent. Mr. Codey all but broke into an end-zone dance and gushed, ''That will keep the Giants here in New Jersey, where they belong.''
Standing next to the Giants owners, Wellington and John Mara and Steven and Robert Tisch, as well as Carl Goldberg, chairman of the sports authority, the governor said that when he came into office, he wanted to make the Meadowlands sports complex ''not only economically viable, but a symbol of pride for our state.''
In getting the Giants to build their own stadium -- one where they will be committed to play for at least the next 40 years -- Mr. Codey clearly felt that he had achieved both his goals.
''This is the best deal for the taxpayers of any stadium deal in the N.F.L.,'' he said.
The clash between Mr. Zoffinger and Mr. Codey -- and the governor's eventual victory in the test of wills -- was a long time in the making.
Mr. Zoffinger, who was appointed by Mr. McGreevey in March 2002, has made it clear throughout his tenure that his goal was to remake the sports authority into a profitable entity, pushing for commercial development in the form of a $1.3 billion development called Xanadu -- a five-million-square-foot retail, entertainment, hotel and office complex featuring a chocolate waterfall, artificial ski slope and paintball range -- and taking a tough negotiating line against the resident sports teams.
For his part, Mr. Zoffinger frequently advocated other commercial uses for the Meadowlands, and said that the sports teams -- beneficiaries of what he deemed overly generous deals subsidized by the state -- generated a relatively poor return for taxpayers.
But Mr. Codey had other ideas when he moved into the State House last November. As an unabashed sports fan who saw professional franchises as an integral part of New Jersey's independent identity, Mr. Codey reacted with visceral horror to plans by the Jets, Devils, Nets and MetroStars to abandon their homes, and made it a priority to preserve the Meadowlands as a ''sports mecca.''
''We've lost too many teams,'' the governor complained last week.
As for the role Mr. Zoffinger has played, the governor said with a mixture of anger and wonder: ''He has essentially presided over the destruction of the sports authority. The purpose of the sports authority was to bring sports teams to New Jersey, and they're all leaving.''
For Mr. Codey, the most important of these tenants was the Giants, who ushered in the entire professional sports industry in New Jersey with their groundbreaking move from New York in the 1970's.


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Shalom: International Community Must Condemn Iran Agreement
in meeting with UN Chief: 'Iran will not abandon their nuclear program.'
Vice Premier Silvan Shalom told UN chief Ban Ki-moon in a meeting on Friday that the international community must condemn the nuclear draft deal currently in discussion with Iran.
The conversation in Ban's New York office took place after the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Wednesday presented a draft deal to Iran and three world powers. The countries were given two days for approval of the plan to reduce Tehran's stockpile of low-enriched uranium, seen by the West as a nuclear weapons risk.
"Iran will not abandon their nuclear program. It is their intention to become a powerful nuclear country," Silvan Shalom said.
"What does an agreement like this say to moderate Arab countries? Why should these countries feel obligated to maintain their moderate nature while radical Iran receives incentives and hugs from the international community?" Shalom asked.
During their meeting, Shalom attacked the Goldstone report criticizing Israel's actions in the Gaza war and demanded that the UN chief prevent discussion on the report in the UN Security Council.
Ban replied that it is possible that the report will reach the UN General Assembly.
Shalom told Haaretz that his conversation with Ban Ki-moon lasted 45 minutes and was friendly. The meeting was also attended by Israel's ambassador to the UN, Professor Gabriela Shalev and Deputy UN Ambassador, Daniel Carmon.
Silvan's visit came after a phone conversation on Thursday between Ki-moon and Foreign Minster Avidgdor Lieberman.
During the conversation, Lieberman asked Ban Ki-moon to keep the Goldstone Commission report on Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip from advancing to further votes within the international body.
The damning report, which accuses both Israel and Hamas of war crimes, was endorsed by the UN Human Rights Council last week despite opposition from Israel and its allies.
Lieberman reiterated his stance that bringing the report for vote in the Security Council or at a General Assembly would harm Middle East peace talks.
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|Numéro de publication
|Type de publication
|Date de publication
|3 oct. 1961
|Date de dépôt
|2 oct. 1958
|Date de priorité
|2 oct. 1958
|Numéro de publication
|Richard Frampton, Roth Bert W
|Cessionnaire d'origine
|Trans Lux Corp
|Exporter la citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Citations de brevets (10), Référencé par (22), Classifications (8)
|Liens externes: USPTO, Cession USPTO, Espacenet
Oct.3 1961 B. w. ROTH TAL 3,002,557
SCREEN AND FRAME ASSEMBLY Filed oct. `2, 195e 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 l M u M IN VEN TORS.
ERT W ROTH @fc/mko FRAMPTO/v Oct. 3, 1961 B. w. ROTH ETAL SCREEN AND FRAME ASSEMBLY Filed Oct. 2, 1958 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTORS. BERT' IM @0f/l Oct. 3, 1961 B. w. ROTH ErAL SCREEN AND FRAME ASSEMBLY 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed 00's. 2, 1958 l H6. 4 www Kme,
Arran/Hf 3,002,557 SCREEN AND FRAME ASSEMBLY Bert W. Roth, New Rochelle, and Richard Frampton, Malverne, NX., assignors to Trans-Lux Corporation, New York, NY., a corporation of Delaware Filed Het. 2, 1958, Ser. No. 764,98@ 3 Claims. (Cl. 160--351) This invention relates to a structurally and functionally improved screen assembly which may be advantageously employed in numerous different associations, but which will be of particular value when used to receive light images defined thereon by still and motion picture projectors, so that a background scene may be defined in, for example, a television studio.
, By means of the present teachings, an assembly is furnished in which the screen will be maintained in properly extended condition, free from wrinkles or other defects; the use of the improved structure assuring that the screen will be properly taut and maintained in this condition irrespective of the area of that screen.
A further object is that of providing a screen assembly which may be set up by relatively unskilled labor, and so that properly delined light images may be created thereon regardless of whether a small or a large background screen is being provided.
Still another object is that of designing a screen in which several components may readily be grouped in proper fashion with respect to each Iother to furnish a frame suitable for use with large, medium o r small screens, and in which the structure may be rapidlydisassembled for storage and shipment when it is desirable to do so.
With these and other objects in mind, reference is had to the attached sheets of drawings illustrating one practical embodiment of the invention and in which:
FIG. l is a partly fragmentary front view of a screen;
FIG. 2 is a similar side elevation of the assembly;
FIG. 3 is a sectional sideview in slightly enlarged scale of the components of one of the frame members, coupled to each other;
FIG. 4 is a transverse sectional view in enlarged scale showing in section a preferred arrangement of the assembly adjacent the lower frame member;
FIG. 5 is a sectional plan view taken along the line 5 5 in the direction of (the arrows as indicated in FIG. 4;
IFIGS. 6 and 7 are fragmentary transverse sectional views taken respectively along the lines 6--6 and 7-7 in the direction of the arrows as indicated in FIG. 4;
FlGS. 8, 9 and l0 are views showing various positions to which the parts of the corner units of the frame may be adjusted; and
FIG. l1 is a transverse sectional View in enlarged scale taken along the line llll1 in the direction of the arnows as indicated in FIG. 9. i
Referring primarily to FIGS. l and 2, the screen frame includes horizontally and vertically extending supporting members ll and 12 defining a frame. Within the latter a screen body 13 is disposed. That body is preferably formed with a marginally reinforced zone 14 which assists in the supporting of the screen by the frame. The
-details of this support, as well as the preferred design of the supporting members, will hereinafter be described. The frame assembly may include merely the foregoing ligatented Got. 3, 1961 components, plus corner pieces which will maintain Vthe screen body in properly taut condition, plus some mou-nting expedient. ln most instances it is desired to have the trame of a mobile character. structure is conveniently associated with the frame and may include vertically extending supports 1S secured adjacent their upper ends by clamps 16 to the side members l2 of the frame. The base portions of the supports l5 may be deiined by tubular'members 17, again attached by suitable clamps lil, or otherwise, to the frame assembly adjacent the lower ends of the vertical supporting members l2. Parts 17 are secured in any desirable manner to plates l@ mounted by horizontally extending supports 20. The vertically extending structures above these supports may be braced by hingedly coupled straps 2l secured at their upper ends to the supports l5 and at their lower ends to members 2d at points rearwardly of the main frame. Casters or wheels 22 lie below the members 2li, so that the entire assembly will be mobile.
Having in mind that the present structure is especially intended for use in television studios to provide proper backgrounds, and also having in mind that the light images projected on the screen will emanate from a projector disposed rearwardly of the screen, it is preferred that the screen extend substantially adjacent the supporting door. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2 and in FIGS.4 and 5, screen i3 should preferably have a height such that it will extend around the outer surfaces of the lowermost supporting member or assembly ill, and be connected to a rearwardly disposed supporting member 23; A spacing element or bracket 24 is conveniently interposed between and connected to members 23 and l1 at the lower end of the assembly. Any suitable number of these brackets may be thus employed. As will be apparent, with such a construction, light images defined upon the screen and emanating from a projector rearwardly of the same will have their lower margins appearing adjacent the iioor surface. Therefore, it will be unnecessary either to disguise the gap which would otherwise exist between the floor and the lower zone of the screen, or to elevate actors in advance of that screen upon a platform above the lower horizontal supporting member lll of the assembly.
Corner pieces or units serve to connect the adjacent ends of the horizontal frame members 11 with the vertical frame members l2. These corner pieces, as shown in FIGS. 8, 9 and l0, include preferably hollow tubular members 25 and 2d pivotally connected at their adjacent ends by means lof a bolt 27 or any other suitable coupling structure. Flates Z7', preferably of triangular coniiguration, are secured one to each of members 25 and 26. The adjacent edges of these plates overlap each other, for which reason each of these plates preferably has its base edge and the edge extending from the corner defined by members 25 and 26 lying at angles in excess of 45 with respect to each other. Curved rows of openings 28 and 29 are formed in the different plates 27.'. When the members 25 and 26 are disposed at right angles to each other, these rows will diverge, as clearly shown in FIG. 9.
f The individualV openings of rows 2S and 29 may be aligned with each other by swinging supporting members 25 and 26 from the position shown in FIG. 8 to that illustrated in FIG. 9 and beyond the latter position.
'l`o this end, a dolly spense? a J "ft la When so aligned, a bolt and wing nut assembly 30 may be extended through the openings and tightened. Under these circumstances, members and 26 will extend at obtuse angles with respect to each other. Conveniently, bolt and nut assemblies 31 secure plates 27 against movement with respect to members 25 and Z6. Similar bolt and nut assemblies may provide the pivots 27 for pivotally coupling these members to each other.
The reason for having the corner units embrace an adjustable construction such that the horizontal and vertical supporting members 11 and 12 may in each instance extend at an obtuse angle with respect to each other is that these supporting members, with the screen under proper tension, will tend to sag or bend. This would be true unless members 11 and 12 were made of such heavy stock as to be completely unwieldy. When members such as these do flex or bend, then itis apparent that the screen will not be supported in properly taut condition, free from any wrinkles or other objectionable characteristics. By having the elements 25 and 426 extend in directions deiining an angle greater than a right angle, then, despite the fact that members Il and l2 may be of relatively light stock, those members will not sag or 'ilex under screen tension, so that the screen will embody objectionable characteristics. Rather, members Il and will have, under initial conditions, a slight outward bow. With the screen mounted in position and exerting the tension on these members which will inevitably result, they will be attened, so that throughout the major portieri oi their length they will extend in substantially straight lines, with the major zones of the diterent members lying substantially at right angles to each other.
According to a preferred concept of this invention, it is intended that the horizontal members lll, ver-tical members 12 and the corner units be formed of different parts. Those parts muy conveniently each include metallic tube portions rectangular in section, as shown especially in FIGS. 4 and ll, and which slidably ensleeve smaller tubul'ar sections 32 serving as dowels. These parts may be secured against axial shifting with respect to each other by providing them with openings alignable to receive bolt assemblies similar to the assembly illustrated in FIG. l1. In FIG. 3 there has been somewhat schematically illustrated one end of tubular member 26 and sections ll providing member il. hese sections are coupled by dowcl pieces 32, as illustrated in this gure. It is apparent that with reasonable tolerance existing between the parts, the sagging condition afore described will be greatly emphasized when the screen is coupled to the frame under proper tension.
Obviously, by thus providing sectional assemblies, it will'be feasible for an operator to quickly group together parts such that frames are furnished which will be of diverse sizes to mount screens of different areas. For example, each of sections 11 may have an over-all length of around 3'. The members and 26 providing the corne-r units may each have a length of slightly in excess of 1. Therefore, by grouping together three sections 11' by means of dowel pieces and bolts, and inserting the ends of these sections one into each of the members 26 'of the corner units, an overall length in excess of l2 may be achieved. By resorting to similar procedures, a desired height of frame may be produced. With the parts being of proper length, that frame will properly Amount a 9 by l2 screen 13. By simply adding one section il. to each of the upper and lower units 11 of the trame, and a corresponding section to each of the vertically extending Ymembers 12 of that frame, a screen of, lor example, l5 by l2 may be properly supported.
New, to connect the screen to these vertical and horizontal supporting members, it is preferred to employ a quickly detachable coupling assembly. This will conveniently embrace grommets 33 secured against moveyment within the marginally reinforced zone 14 of the `screen and engaged by the free ends of hook elements 34. Those hoolt elements, as shown particularly in FIG. 4,
may have their shank portions substantially permanently secured to the tab parts 35 of rubber loops 36 encircling adjacent supporting members. It is obvious that the marginal zones of the screen may thus be quickly secured to supporting portions or members adjacent the same, and likewise readily uncoupled from those supporting portions when desired. In the event that the screen does not have to pass below the lower horizontal supporting member 11, as in FIG. 4, then member 23 may be dispensed with, and the loops 36 may be directly associated with member Il.
It is apparent that as desired or necessary, the bolt and nut assemblies 3l may vhave associated with them suitable loch washers, as in FIGS. 4 and 5, in addition to spacing washers, as shown in FIG. ll. Also, if the designer prefers au assembly not requiring the use of wrenches, then in lieu of conventional nuts, wing nuts, as indicated at 30, may be employed. The ends of the strap 24 conveniently terminate in foot or bearing portions 37, as illustrated in FGS. 4, 5 and 7, to assure against undesired movements with respect to the elements, thereby providing an inherently stable structure. It the dolly assembly, as illustrated in FIGS. l and 2, is unnecessary, then it may be discarded, and suitable foot portions may deiine the lower nd of the frame, if such portions are found to be necessary.
As will be apparent, the greater the length of the horizontally and vertically extending supporting members, the greater will be the tendency of these members to sag when made of material of acceptable gauge and supporting :1 screen. The series of openings 28 and 29 may be employed as registering marks compensating for any such sagging tendency, according to the area of the screen. For example, with four each of these openings, an alignment of that pair which are closest to the pivot 27 may provide a frame structure suitable for supporting an 9 by l0 screen. The aligning of the next outermost pair of openings may similarly furnish a mounting for a 9' by l2 screen, the next pair of openings receiving the bolt assembly 3G in the case of a l0 by 14 screen, and the iinai pair of these openings serving to receive the coupling element when a 13 by 18 screen is employed. In other words, an increasingly obtuse angle will be defined by members 25 and Z6 under this series of adjustments. This increase in angularity will in efect be neutralized by the increased sagging or flexure of members il and 12 when mounting screens of progressively larger areas, with a consequent increase in leverage, as well as in the number of tensioning loops. It will be found in connection with this structure that the different-sized screens will be adequately and properly supported, so as to deiine a generally rectangular conliguration, with the opposite vertical mem bers l2 and horizontal members Il extending generally parallel to each other.
Thus, among others, the several objects of the invention as specifically aforenoted are achieved. Obviously, numerous changes in construction and rearrangements of the parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention as denedby the claims.
We claim:
l. A screen and frame assembly, said frame comprising horizontally and vertically extending members having a tendency to ex when subjected to stress, corner pieces comprising elements pivotally connected to each other and coupled to said members, plates secured one to each of said elements and extending toward each other to have a zone of overlapping, said plates being each formed with a plurality of openings within said zone of overlapping, means extensible through aligned oper ings of the different plates for retaining the latter and said elements against relative movements, a screen of substantially rectangular outline surrounded by said members and corner pieces, means yieldingly connecting said members and the adjacent screen edges to place such screen under vtension and accordingly place said members under stress such that they ex and bow toward each other through their central zones, the openings in the diierent plates successively aligning as said elements are swung from positions defining less` than a right angle to positions deining an angle greater than a right angle; the portions of the members adjacent said elements in the ylatter position likewise extending with respect to each other to deiine an angle greater than a right angle and thus maintaining all edge zones of said screen under ysubstantially `equal tension despite the flexing of said members.
2. In an assembly as defined in claim 1, the arrangement of the openings formed in the different plates embracing a pattern such that they extend in rows ontwardly from the pivot connecting the elements and with the other openings in the different plates being out of registry with each other when a pair of those openings are aligned.
3. In an assembly as dened in claim 1, a supporting member disposed rearwardly of, parallel to and `above a lower one of said horizontally extending members, and a spacing and supporting bracket interposed between such lower member and lthe supporting member extending parallel thereto.
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Uke Jam moves, just for this week
Rockland — The weekly ukulele strum session will take place in downtown Rockland this week as its usual location, the conference room at Thomaston's Hampton Inn, is unavailable.
The regular Thursday session will take place Feb. 20 in a vacant office suite of the Thorndike Hotel and Office Complex, at the corner of Main Street and Tillson Avenue.
The jam will take place in Suite 11 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Suite 11 is accessed from the parking lot behind the building, the first door on the left past the entrance off the deck.
Courier Publications' A&E Editor Dagney C. Ernest can be reached at (207) 594-4401, ext. 115; or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Acasto was a post-office 13 miles northwest of Kahokia. (--Campbell's Gazetteer of Missouri, 1874, 145.)Antioch
It was situated on Sec. 1, Twp. 67 N, R. 9 W in Folker Township. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--General Scheme of Missouri, Taft, 24.)
Antioch is located in the south central portion of the county near Suttenfield Creek, on R. F. D from Kahokia. (--The State of Missouri, in 1904, Williams, 361.)Alexandria
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
It is situated on Sections 20, 29, Township 64 N, R. 7 W on 81 west of Winchester. (--General Highway Map, issued by the Missouri State Highway Dept., 8-1-65. Unless otherwise noted all map locations are from this map.)
Mail is via Kahokia--rural; no population. (--Standard Reference Guide of Missouri, 1974, Rand McNally.)
Alexandria is situated on the Mississippi River, a short distance below the junction of the St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad and the Keokuk & Western Railroad, and fifteen miles from Kahokia. The original name of the town was Churchville, the survey and plat of which was made by Francis Church, in September, 1833. The plat contained four public squares and seventy-three blocks. From time to time additions were made to Churchville.
About 1848 or prior thereto, the name of Churchville was dropped by the common consent of the people, and that of Alexandria adopted for the whole town. The change of name was made on account of the alleged improper domestic relations of the original proprietor of the town. Several additions were made from time to time. Thus it may be seen that enough territory was platted into town lots to make a large city.
The first cabin in Alexandria was built by a man, who was attending a ferry there as early as 1832...Among the first merchants of the town were Robert Henning and George Gray...
The original proprietors of Alexandria anticipated a large future commercial city, and in many ways the site was chosen for it was very favorable toward the fulfillment of their anticipation being located just below the mouth of the Des Moines River, which flows into the Mississippi...But the failure to make the Des Moines navigable...handicapped the greater anticipation of those who thought to make of it a great city... (--Clark Co., 336, 337, 338.)
The first permanent settler was Col. John Deaman...Alexandria was a large pork packing point. Thos. Hanan built the most western cabin in the county, near Luray...Mr. Hanson was known as a "Panther Hunter", from bagging two of these animals in one day... (--Campbell, 145, 146.)Anson
It is situated on Sec. 8, Twp. 64 N, R. 5 W on 61 & 136, at the edge of the Mississippi River.
Anson was a post-office ten miles northwest of Kahoka. (--Campbell, 146.)Ashton
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
It is situated on Sec. 27, Twp. 67, R. 8 W on 81 south of V.
Mail is via Farmington, Iowa--rural; no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Ashton was a post-office on the M. I. & N. R. R, 20 miles west of Alexandria. (--Campbell, 146.)
This small village on the Kahoka & Western Railroad, five miles west of Kahoka, was laid out in November, 1883, by Phillip Showalter...It is located on the southwest quarter of Section 8, Township 65 north, Range 8 west, being in the civil township of Lincoln. The first lot containing one acre, was sold to B. F. Strickler, for the sum of $50. Mr. Strickler erected a business house, in which he opened the first store. The town was composed of the general store, one saddler and one harness shop, one milliner store, one grain elevator, one blacksmith shop, the post-office and railroad depot, the latter having been built in 1883... (--Clark Co., 362.)
It had a school-house, two grist mills, a flour mill, two saw mills, a distillery, hotel and two general stores. Population, 1899, (estimated) 175. (--Encyclopedia of the History of Missouri, 1901, Conard, Vol. 1, 70.)
It is on 136, east of Kahoka.
Mail is via Luray; population 50. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
The original town plat of Athens contained nine blocks, each containing eight lots. It was laid out and established in November, 1844, by the pioneer settler of that vicinity, Isaac Gray...It is located on the banks of the Des Moines River, about two and a half miles below the northeast corner of the State. On the opposite side of the river lies the village of Croton, in Iowa. George Gray built the first storehouse in Athens, and kept the first store therein...At one time before the Civil War, it contained eight dry goods stores. In 1877 it contained the following business houses: Dry goods--J. W. Townsend and Edward Schee; groceries--Hiller & Co., and George Wilson. There were also two wagon shops, one blacksmith shop, a district school-house and two churches--the Methodist and Congregational. A large flouring mill did a prosperous business for many years... (--Clark Co., 349.)Bonita
It had one woolen mill, one flouring and grist mill, five stores, one good graded school, and one Methodist Church. The Confederate troops, under Col. Martin E. Green, were defeated by Col. Moore and his undisciplined militia at this place, August 5, 1861. (--Campbell, 146.)
It is situated on Sec. 29, Twp. 67 N, R. 7 W on CC at the Des Moines River.
Mail is via Revere--rural; no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Conard, Vol. 1, 77, states the skirmish was on August 15, 1861. However, War of Rebellion, Vol. III, 82, states the skirmish was on August 5.
See St. Francisville. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)Cama
Cama was in the northwest section of the county, in Wyaconda Township, on Santa Fe Railroad. (--Map of Missouri, 1925.)Chambersburg
Chambersburg was a small village about eight miles northwest of Kahoka. It was established about the year 1837, at which time Simeon Conway and Henry Smith opened the first store there...Jack Noe opened a store there about the year 1850. In 1887 the place consisted of one store, kept by Edmonson, one Methodist Episcopal Church, one Catholic Church, and a few other buildings. (--Clark Co., 344.)
It was a post-office eight miles northwest of Kahoka. (--Campbell, 146.)Churchville
It was situated on Sec. 17, Twp. 66 N, R. 8 W, in Jefferson Township, on Highway NN. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
See Alexandria.Clark City
This town was on the railroad two miles east of Kahoka. It was a competing point for the county seat, and was laid out by Aaron Beachtold for that purpose. It contained the railroad station, a general store, church, school-house, etc. There were several other hamlets in the county containing a general store and a few other buildings. (--Clark Co., 362, 363.)Clay
Clark City, on the M. I. & N. Railroad, 13 miles west of Alexandria, was chiefly laid off by Aaron Becktol and Bryant Bartlett...The people of the town aimed to make it an educational center, and an excellent academy controlled by the Presbyterians was located here...It was a thriving place, containing two churches,--Presbyterian and Methodist, and one store. Population, 1874, about 150. (--Campbell, 145.)
It was situated on Sec. 24, Twp. 65 N, R. 7 W on 136 & EE east of Kahoka.
Clay was a post-office about eight miles southeast of Kahoka, and three miles from Wayland. (--Campbell, 146.)"Cow Bell Tavern"
It was situated on Sec. 7, Twp. 64 N, R. 6 W in Clay Township. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)
Highways 136 and 61 have a junction at this point.
Clay is no longer listed in Clark Co.; there is a Clay in Adair County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
See Fairmount.Des Moines City
See Gregory Landing.
Dumas is located in the northeast portion of the county on Des Moines River, across from Argyle, Ill. (--Williams, 361.)
It is situated on Sec. 14, Twp. 61 N, R. 7 W.
Mail is via Revere; no population. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Eldorado (Luray)
Eldorado (Luray) on the M. I. & N. Railroad, 14 miles west of Alexandria, was laid off by Geo. Combs and R. Q. Starkton in 1837. It had three stores, two churches--Baptist and Methodist, and one public school. (--Campbell, 146.)Fairmount
It is situated on Sec. 10, Twp. 65 N, R. 9 W in Wyaconda Township, at the junction of AA, K & 136.
The town was surveyed and established in August, 1851, by Thomas A. Gassaway and James Owens. It is situated on the southwestern part of Section 21, in Township 64 North, and Range 9, being in the civil township of Washington...At the original survey of the town D. Woods assisted in carrying the chain, and bought the first lot that was sold. "He was well known in those days as the landlord of the Cow Bell Tavern, a name his house got by using a big brass cow-bell suspended on a pole to call his boarders to their meals." James Tower was the first postmaster, and James B. Craven, the first physician of the village...Fremont
Business men in 1877 were Henry Weber, J. B. Sawyer, Charles Caruthers, general stores; E. Hyman, William Lewis, W. McNealey, groceries; the Starr House, by H. Hewitt, who was also the postmaster. One of the most of important industries of the town was the Fairmount Plow and Wagon Shops, established by the 1877 owner, M. Mills, in the year 1857... (--Clark Co., 350.)
It was a post-office twelve miles southwest of Kahoka. (--Campbell, 146.)
It was situated on Sec. 21, Twp. 64 N, R. 9 W in Washington Township, on A, northwest of D.
Fremont was in the northern edge of Madison Township. (--Map of Missouri, 1894, Rand, McNally.)
Fremont was an early name for Stockton. (--Conard, Vol. II, 517.)
There is a Fremont in Carter County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Gregory's Landing (now Gregory Landing)
Gregory's Landing, on the Mississippi, was established about the same time as Alexandria was, but it has never grown to be much of a town. In 1881 it contained one general store, post-office, a large grain warehouse, a church, a school-house and a few dwellings. (--Clark Co., 359.)Hope
Gregory's Landing (Des Moines City), on the M. V. & N Railroad, six miles south of Alexandria, had one store. Population about 150, (1874). (--Campbell, 146.)
It is situated on Sec. 1, Twp. 63 N, R. 6 W on F at the Mississippi River.
Mail is via Canton; population 25. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Hope was located on Section 8, Township unknown. (--Map of Missouri, 1894, Rand, McNally.)
Hope is no longer listed in Clark Co.; there is a Hope in Osage County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Kahoka (elevation 900 feet)
Kahoka, the county seat, is located near the center of the county. It is fifteen miles west of Alexandria. It was laid off in 1851 by W. W. Johnson, Moses Clawson and Miller C. Duer, and had one high school, four churches--Presbyterian, Congregational, German Lutheran and Cumberland Presbyterian, one cooper shop, one grain warehouse, thirteen stores and one bank. Population about 650. It had one newspaper, the Commercial. (--Campbell, 146.)
The original town of Kahoka was surveyed and established by William W. Johnson, Moses F. Clawson, and Miller C. Duer, in December, 1856...
The first house in Kahoka was built by John Cramlin, in 1857. It was a small dwelling house...It was afterward consumed by fire. The first business house in the town was a "dram shop," kept in a small building at the southeast corner of the public square...At the beginning of the Civil War the only store on Kahoka was kept by George Bostic. At the close of the war Jacob Troop...started a boot and shoe shop. Then came Dr. Meyers, who practiced medicine for a while, and then started a drug store...Soon after the close of the Civil War, certain parties began to prospect for the location of the county seat at Kahoka, and this gave the place an impetus which caused it to grow more rapidly, and when it was chosen as the permanent site for the county seat the merchants were Jacob Trump, George Bostic, John Jordan, James Fulton and others... (--Clark Co., 351, 352.)
See, also, Conard, Vol. III, 485.Lancaster
It is situated on Secs. 18, 19, Twp. 65 N, R. 7 W and Sec. 13, 24, R. 8 W in Township 65 N, at the junction of 61 & 136.
This town was surveyed and platted June 26, 1830, by Jacob Weaver, the first settler of Clark County. It was the first town laid out in the territory comprising the county, and at a time, too, when said territory belonged to Marion County. The plat of the town was recorded in Marion County, June 26, 1830, in Lewis County, December 25, 1833, and in Clark County, May 14, 1838. The town as laid out contained twelve lots of eight blocks each, and a few fractional lots. The town was located on the Des Moines River, in the northeast quarter of fractional Section 5, Township 65 north, Range 6 west; being just above the present village of St. Francisville.
This, however, was only a "paper town", as it never was improved and has never been in existence except on paper. Several other "paper towns" exist in Clark County, the mention of which will be mostly omitted on account of their non-historic interest. (--Clark Co., 335, 336.)
Lancaster, county seat of Schuyler County, was an early name for Stockton, Cedar County. (--Conard, Vol. III 582.)
Luray (elevation 750 feet)
This town is situated on the Keokuk & Western Railroad about nine miles west of Kahoka. It was surveyed and laid out on the northern part of Section 10, in what is now Wyaconda Township, in October, 1837, by George Combs and Robert Stark, two of the pioneer settlers of that part of the county...
The first house in Luray was built by Smith Tinsley. It was a one-story log cabin about fourteen feet square, with an open fire place in one side, with a stick and mud chimney. About the year 1838 Mr. Tinsley opened a store in this rustic building, and according to custom in those days whiskey was one of the principal articles kept for sale...The early merchants furnished tea, coffee, sugar, ammunition, etc. to the pioneer settlers, but for want of transportation they would not barter eggs and other produce at any price; consequently a home market was not established for many years later. Wages then were "two-bits" (twenty-five cents) per day, and George Combs, one of the proprietors of the town, helped his few neighbors in that vicinity to butcher their hogs for that price.
In 1887 the business men of Luray were, general stores, J. A. Stafford, J. W. Fonda and J. W. Shore; grocery, J. B. Chamberlain; drugs, M. W. Woolridge; grocery, hardware and notions, W. S. Bellows; postmaster, Nathaniel Davis; corn-mill and saw mill, J. W. Faulkinburg...(--Clark Co., 345, 346; see, also, Conard, Vol. IV, 135.)Meddill
See Eldorado. (--Campbell, 146.)
It is situated in Twp. 65 N, R. 9 W, Sec. 10, in Wyaconda Township. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)
It is situated at the junction of AA, K, & 136.
Meddill is located at the junction of the B-N and Santa Fe Railroads. (--Map of Missouri, 1925, Rand, McNally.)Mount Vernon
It is situated on Sec. 15, 16, Twp. 65 N, R. 8 W on 136 west of Kahoka.
It is a rural branch of Kahoka. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Mount Vernon was laid out in September, 1837, by R. Q. Stark and Justice Ensign. It was located on the southwest quarter of Section 14, and the southeast quarter of Section 15, Township 65 north, Range 8 west, and was at the point first selected for the county seat of justice, but as the latter was not located there, the place was not improved, and consequently Mount Vernon has been known only as a paper town... (--Clark Co., 344, 345.)Neeper
Mount Vernon is the county seat of Lawrence County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Neeper was located in the southwest portion of the county, east of Fairmount, near the little Wyaconda.Neva
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
It was situated on Sec. 21, Twp. 64 N, R. 8 W on D west of M.
Neva was in the northwest corner of the county, in Folker Township on Scotland County line. (--Map of Missouri, 1894, Rand, McNally.)
This small village, six miles north of Kahoka, was laid out in August, 1852, by Mrs. Mary F. Peake. It contained two general stores kept respectively by John Wilson and John Coovert; also three blacksmith shops, a post-office and two churches--the Christian and the Church of God. (--Clark Co., 351.)
It had one store. (--Campbell, 146.)
It is situated on Sec. 19, Twp. 66 N, R. 7 W in Sweet Home Township, on C east of 81, northwest of Revere. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13; Map of Clark Co., 8-1-65.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
Mail is via Revere; population 25. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Revere (elevation 685 feet)
Revere is situated in Sweet Home Township, southeast of Peaksville. (--Map of Missouri, 1925, Rand, McNally.)Riverside
It is situated on Sec. 20, Twp. 66 N, R. 7 W at the junction of DD & C.
Riverside was a station on the M. V. & W. Railroad, three miles south of Alexandria. (--Campbell, 146.)St. Francisville
Riverside is no longer listed in Clark County. There are Riversides in both Jefferson and Platte Counties. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
The original town of St. Francisville was laid out by Francis Church and William Clark on the 9th day of April, 1834. It contained a public square and sixteen blocks. "Church's Addition" thereto was laid out October 8th, 1835; and "Church's Second Addition" was laid out March 18th, 1836; and "Wayland's Second Addition" was laid out September 26th, 1840.
This...village is situated on the south bank of the Des Moines River in Section 4, Township 65 north, Range 6 west...The first post-office in Clark County was established at this place in the spring of 1835, and George Haywood was the first postmaster. The mail came over the State road, from Lewis County and was received only once a month, and every letter cost 25 cents on delivery. The second post-office in the county was established at Sweet Home, an Indian trading point a few miles up the river. Robert Taylor opened the first store in St. Francisville, and Thomas E. Palmer soon became a member of the firm...
Joseph Wayland taught the first school, it being also the first school in the county... (--Clark Co., 339, 340; Campbell, 147.)
It is the oldest settled town in Clark County. It is located on the Des Moines River, nine miles northeast of Kahoka and four miles from Wayland...It was laid off in 1833, by Francis Church. It contained two churches, Presbyterian and Baptist, a good school, two grocery stores and blacksmith shops, and wagon shops. Population, 1899 (estimated) 125. (--Conard, Vol. V, 430.)St. Mary's
It is situated on Secs. 4, 5, 8 & 9, Twp. 65 N, R. 6 W on Highway B and the Des Moines River.
Mail is via Alexandria and Revere. Population 90. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
St. Mary's, twelve miles south of Kahoka, had one Catholic Church. (--Campbell, 147.)St. Patrick
St. Mary's is no longer listed in Clark Co. There is a St. Mary's in Ste. Genevieve County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
This small village, in the southeast part of Jackson Township, was composed of a few dwelling-houses, one general store, post-office, blacksmith shop, and a Roman Catholic Church. D. McDaniels was the proprietor of the store, Herman Zerald, of the blacksmith shop, and J. J. Mahan was the Catholic priest. (--Clark Co., 362.)Sherwood
It is situated on Sec. 15, Twp. 63 N, R. 7 W on 81 on Lewis County line.
Sherwood was located on the northeast corner of Folker Township. (--Map of Missouri, 1894, Rand, McNally.)Union
This small hamlet, about four miles south of Kahoka, was surveyed and laid out December 5, 1855, by Ely and Rodgers. It contained one general store, a church and schoolhouse, post-office, and a few dwellings. (--Clark Co., 351.)
Union is no longer listed in Clark Co. There is a Union in Franklin Co.; Union City, in Stone Co.; and Union Star in DeKalb County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
The original site of the county seat at Waterloo was established in 1836...In the fall of that year, Asher Ousley opened the first store in the place, and during the following winter he took Marion Wilson in as partner...He afterward sold his interest to Robert Taylor, who soon obtained from the county court a license "to keep a grocery in the town of Waterloo, for six months." The license cost Mr. Taylor $16, one-half of which went to the State, and the other half into the county fund. It should be borne in mind that a license to keep a grocery meant a license to sell liquors. Evidently it was a paying business, even though the county was sparsely settled. It was, as may be seen elsewhere, the first business of some of the pioneer towns. The second store in Waterloo was established near the close of the year, by Peake & Watson...John Roberts was the first postmaster.
During the first period that the county seat remained at Waterloo, the town progressed fairly, and did a considerable amount of business, but when the seat of justice was moved therefrom in 1847, it began to decline rapidly. Then when the seat of justice was returned thereto in 1854, strenuous efforts were made by the proprietors of the town to revive the business interests. It, however, revived only partially, and after the county seat was removed from it the second time, and located permanently at Kahoka, its death became a certainty, and there is nothing left there now but the site upon which it once stood. (--Clark Co., 342, 343.)
The town was laid out in 1837 on a tract of land designated as the county seat. In 1858 the county court changed the judicial seat to Alexandria. In 1855 (sic) it was changed back to Waterloo, and that place continued to be the capital of the county until 1872, when Kahoka was made the county seat. (--Conard, Vol. VI, 403.)
It was situated on Sec. 8, Twp. 65 N, R. 7 W, in Madison Township.
Waterloo is no longer listed in Clark Co.; there is a Waterloo in Lafayette County. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Wayland (elevation 535 feet)
This is a village on the Kahoka & Western (now B-N) Railway, eight miles east of Kahoka. The town was established as soon as the railroad was completed. Hon. P. S. Stanley, who was the first railroad agent, built the first dwelling-house in the town, and Dr. Jester built the first store-house...and sold drugs for two years. P. H. Ahern then bought him out and opened the first general store... (--Clark Co., 361.)
It had two hotels, a corn-mill and about a dozen stores and shops. Population (1899), estimated, 300. (--Conard, Vol. VI, 410.)Winchester
It is situated on Secs. 29, 32, Twp. 65 N, R. 6 W at the junction of D, 26 & 136.
This town was laid out and established by William P. Thomas, on the 27th day of July, 1837. It contained a public square, and three blocks, with eight lots each: four blocks with six blocks each, and one block, with five lots...This town is situated about ten miles southeast of Kahoka. Paris Judy opened the first store and grocery...In 1887 the town contained two general stores; one by John W. Dunbar, and the other by Samuel Dunbar; also a store, kept by Samuel Taylor, and one grist-mill and wool carding machine run by M. McCarty. There were also two blacksmith shops, a district school-house and two churches, also a boot and shoe shop and two physicians. (--Clark Co., 345.)Wrightsville
It had one flouring-mill and three stores. Population about 250, 1874. (--Campbell, 147.)
It is situated on Sec. 25, Twp. 64 N, R. 6 W in Clay Township, on H west of 61. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13; General Highway Map of Clark County.)
The post-office was discontinued in 1905. (--Taft, 24.)
Mail is via Canton and Kahoka. (--Rand McNally, 1974).
Wrightsville was situated on Sec. 11, Twp. 64 N, R. 8 W in Union Township. (--Campbell's New Atlas of Missouri, 1874, Map 13.)Wyaconda
Wyaconda is an incorporated village in Clark County, twelve miles southwest of Kahoka, on the A. T. & S. F. R. R. It contained Catholic, Baptist, Methodist Episcopal and Christian Churches, a college (Wyaconda College), a newspaper, the News, a flouring-mill, handle factory, two hotels, bank, and about thirty other business concerns, including stores and shops. Population, 1899, (estimated) 700. (--Conard, Vol. VI, 531.)
It is situated on Secs. 31, 32, Twp. 65 N, R. 9 W at the junction of A & W near Scotland County line.
St. Patrick (earlier Marysville)
Postmaster Anna Logsdon, who also operates a general store...says, "There are some Ryans, McDermotts and Kelleys among the 53 residents, but the Irish heritage is not as strong as it was when the town was first named.Marysville
"The town is more than 150 years old but first was called Marysville," she explained. "But there was another Marysville in Missouri so we had to get a new name.
"There was a priest named Father Francis O'Buigan living here and he chose the name."
The town is the only one in the United States named St. Patrick, and Mrs. Logsdon says her special postmark is in great demand on March 17. (--UPI dispatch in Springfield Leader and Press, March 18, 1980; used by permission.)
There is a Marysville in Nodaway County. (--Rand McNally, 1974). Standard Reference Guide of Missouri.)
Old Timers wanted the county seat of McDonald County named Marysville but were turned down due to another Maryville in Missouri. (--Mrs. Pauline Carnell, Jane, MO.)
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That little chip inside the Sixaxis (attached to the centre of the board) is apparently what gives the controller the capability to recognise motion-based gestures.
An upclose view of the Sixaxis motion-sensing device. It's about the size of a fingernail.
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Friday, Aug. 8, 2014 | 12:41 p.m.
A man was seriously burned today in a kitchen fire at the Palazzo caused by a malfunctioning gas line, the Clark County Fire Department reported.
The fire was reported at 8:32 a.m. at the casino's Grand Lux Cafe, where a gas line supplying a stove malfunctioned, causing a flash fire, officials said.
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Playing junior hockey and keeping your grades up is a challenge.
But certainly not impossible.
Not with the resources, including tutors, teams have made available to their players.
Brock Nixon spent five years in the WHL, mostly with the Kamloops Blazers, and said he never had a problem making the grade.
"It's challenging," Nixon said. "From my experience, my high school in Kamloops was very helpful.
"And, even more now, the teams monitor their players' school quite diligently. I know we had weekly tutoring sessions at the rink. There were lots of opportunities if you were struggling. If you were struggling, the team would know about it right away.
"It's a balance but I think that's one of the best parts about playing junior hockey -- you learn time management and responsibility skills at a young age. Other people wouldn't (experience that) until they are 18 or 20 years old."
Young players being traded during the school year is another issue the newly formed CHLPA has a problem with.
Many players, especially the high draft picks, effectively have a no-movement clause much like NHLers, which prohibits a trade without their consent until they're out of school.
Nixon wasn't dealt until his overage season, but said trades are part of the territory in junior hockey.
"When you make a commitment to play in the CHL, one of the big things the CHL offers is a pro-like schedule and pro-like environment. Part of that is trades.
"Is getting traded to three different teams in Western Canada as a 16-year-old fair? Maybe not, but that's part of the agreement you make.
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Hampshire where they held a family seat as Lords of the Manor. The Saxon influence of English history diminished after the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The language of the courts was French for the next three centuries and the Norman ambience prevailed. But Saxon surnames survived and the family name was first referenced in the year 1256 when John and Robert Joybert held lands.
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Riding the wave of a 21-0 start to the season, Madison was full of confidence and felt it could knock down the opposition each and every time it took the court. But back-to-back losses late last month forced the No. 9 Warhawks to reevaluate themselves.
Madison got its edge back with a late-season run and in Thursday's Virginia 6A Conference 6 final played with the edge it displayed early this fall. The Warhawks started strong and never looked back, defeating Yorktown (20-8) in straight sets, 25-19, 25-16, 24-14.
Sophomore outside hitter Jaynie Carter was consistently at the net for the Warhawks, and her play earned her first-team all-tournament honors.
"We knew we had to work harder, and we realized that we weren't unbeatable," said Carter, who posted a team-high eight kills. "We have to play our game and do our best whenever we step on the floor. We needed to step up our game after those losses."
Madison (27-2) has run off six straight victories since an Oct. 21 loss to Washington-Lee and will host Osbourn on Monday in the first round of the 6A North region tournament.
Yorktown had the gym buzzing after it beat No. 5 Langley on Tuesday on the road. Madison junior outside hitter Marissa Roy (five kills) was admittedly nervous heading into the final against the upset-minded Patriots.
"Langley beat us earlier in the year, so we were definitely on our toes," Roy said. "We were ready."
The Warhawks won an unforced error-riddled first set 25-19 after jumping out to a 12-4 lead. Madison trailed for the first time in the second but regained a 17-15 lead, and with junior Erin Marcus serving, the Warhawks won eight of the final nine points of the set. Ahead 14-11 in the final set, Madison went on an 11-3 run to put Yorktown away.
Junior Stephanie Satterlee (seven kills) delivered the match-sealing block.
"It felt amazing. It was just incredible," Satterlee said. "I was down and I was thinking I hope I really get this block. All the directions that my coaches ever told me were running through my head. I saw her hitting across, and my coach told me to block that, so I did it."
Elsewhere in Virginia 6A, South County defeated W.T. Woodson in four sets in the Conference 7 final and Chantilly outlasted Robinson in five sets to claim the Conference 5 title. . . . No. 3 Stone Bridge swept Broad Run in the 5A Conference 14 final, and Jefferson dispatched Mount Vernon in straight sets for the 5A Conference 13 crown. Tuscarora swept Briar Woods in the Conference 14 consolation match to earn a 5A region tournament berth. . . Top-ranked Loudoun County breezed past James Wood for the 4A Conference 21 title, and Loudoun Valley swept William Monroe in the 3A Conference 18 final.


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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) – Jarvis Summers scored 20 points and sparked a decisive first-half surge Wednesday night to lift Mississippi to a 79-67 win over Alabama.
Ole Miss (17-11, 8-7) snapped a four-game losing streak by racing to a 26-13 lead, after which Alabama could get no closer than six points. The Rebels led 43-28 at halftime.
The win kept Ole Miss in a tie for fourth place in the Southeastern Conference.
Martavious Newby had 15 points and 10 rebounds, while Marshall Henderson and Aaron Jones added 13 points and 12 points, respectively. Henderson set an SEC record at 61 consecutive games with a 3-point shot, breaking the mark on his first attempt from the field.
Shannon Hale led Alabama (11-17, 5-10) with 27 points and nine rebounds as the Crimson Tide fell to 0-13 on the road. Trevor Releford scored 16 points, 14 in the second half, and Levi Randolph added 13.
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Corruption filled the headlines recently when the New Mexico Finance Authority came under scrutiny for allegedly faking its 2011 audit by failing to report $40 million in losses.
In July, State Auditor Hector Balderas designated the agency—which he calls "the people's bank of New Mexico"—as "at-risk" because it had yet to submit an internal audit for fiscal year 2011. What Balderas soon found, he says, is that NMFA Comptroller Greg Campbell had already submitted an internal audit that allegedly covered up the $40 million loss to Standard & Poor's. Balderas requested a copy.
"As soon as we tested the report, we knew it was a fraudulent report," Balderas tells SFR.
Since then, police have arrested Campbell and NMFA Chief Operating Officer John Duff. Balderas' office contracted with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for a special audit of NMFA, which is due in October. SFR recently caught up with Balderas to talk about what the scandal, which he characterizes as "a profound breach of public trust," means for New Mexico.
SFR: How is this important to the average New Mexican?
HB: If your community needs a project and is going to finance on the public finance market— because you are a New Mexican, because we're now known for passing out fraudulent audit reports, you may pay higher long-term interest rates. We also may not be eligible for all the competitive financing opportunities that New Mexico needs.
How did this happen?
There are risks that we believe need to be verified based on the motives. The stakes for those risks [are] very high. You're only dealing with a couple of scenarios that would motivate someone to ruin their career and illegally motivate someone to pass out this audit. The act is so egregious, I believe this initial fraudulent activity could be just a sign that it was used to cover up additional wrongdoings.
Is there anything this office could have done to prevent it?
We did, in the sense that it was our at-risk notification informing the agency and the public that we had never received an audit report for fiscal year 2011. The notification did its job. The notification system properly put out the facts that this agency is violating state law by not submitting a report. Even NMFA doubted my notification. They thought it was a mistake.
One suggestion I've heard for preventing this in the future is by streamlining state government more like Washington, DC, where many oversight agencies are appointed [by] the executive branch.
The lack of accountability in New Mexico is not going to be solved by political parties. Corruption is a problem all across government. There is just not enough investment and oversight. No one wants to increase funding for the state auditor's office. Nobody wants to increase funding in white-collar investigators. But the reality [is that] those are the type of investments we need to reduce corruption in New Mexico.
Not enough of these agencies do internal audits. Most agencies don't even know how much furniture they own, much less have some kind of asset protection plan. In Santa Rosa our audit got delayed because they found new bank accounts. How do you find new bank accounts?
I also think universities don't train government finance officers. There are very few competent government finance officials that can truly run a complex government like the city of Española or the NMFA. I would bet over half the agencies we audit are struggling with poorly-trained finance departments.


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Were Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima real people?
Dear Straight Dope:
My daughter asked me to find out whether Uncle Ben of Uncle Ben's rice was a real person. What about Aunt Jemimah and the man on the Cream O' Wheat container?
Well, Thomas, you've come to the right place, as food is one of the favorite topics around here. Unfortunately, your question doesn't require a taste test. But don't worry, we'll tackle it anyway.
Uncle Ben does, indeed, appear to have been a real person. According to the official Uncle Ben's, Inc. website (www.unclebens.com), he was "an African American rice farmer known to rice millers in and around Houston for consistently producing the highest quality rice." Unfortunately, the site explains, the details of Uncle Ben's life are lost to history, although they seem to be aware that he died sometime before the late 1940s, when Gordon L. Harwell, the first president of Converted Rice, Inc. (the predecessor of Uncle Ben's Inc.) and his partner decided to call the rice that they had been supplying exclusively to the Armed Forces during World War II Uncle Ben's® Converted® Brand Rice.
Unfortunately, no Aunt Jemima (no final "h") ever actually invented or poured any maple syrup (or maple-flavored corn sweetener substitute). The Quaker Oats Company is the owner of the Aunt Jemima brand, and according to a spokesperson, although there have been three different women who played the part in various promotions, the character was not based on any real person. (Incidentally, the outline of the man on the front of the Quaker Oats containers is likewise the figment of someone's imagination. Had Wilford Brimley been around in the late 1800s, I'm sure his portrait would grace the containers instead.)
Heading back into the non-fiction category we come to the chef on the Cream of Wheat containers (the "of" is spelled out; by writing "Cream O' Wheat" you may have been confusing them with one of the other combatants in the Breakfast War, Malt O' Meal). Checking the website for Nabisco, the owner of the Cream of Wheat brand (www.nabisco.com), we learn that the Cream of Wheat Cereal chef was a waiter in a Chicago restaurant where he was noticed by one of the founders of the Cream of Wheat Cereal company: "The fine appearance and features of the waiter seemed especially appropriate for a wholesome, and then, new cereal. It is believed that the chef was in his thirties when the photograph was taken around 1900. The passage of many years has eliminated virtually all records of the original model, his name, or background." As this sounds remarkably similar to the fate of the records of the aforementioned rice miller, I'm somewhat inclined to believe that the chef's name was Ben. In any case, the illustration of the chef was met with such great success that today he still appears as the product's widely known trademark.
So, Thomas, two out of three ain't bad. I'm glad you didn't ask about Toucan Sam, your ratio wouldn't have been quite so good.


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Cyclist's death not a hit and run
Police are investigating the death of a cyclist whose body was found by the side of a road at Barmera in South Australia's Riverland.
The body of the 57-year-old man was found lying next to his bike with his helmet on in Nookamka Terrace about 8:30pm (ACST) on Wednesday.
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Tattoo Clothing Fashion Line by H&M Under Attack
The clothing store H&M has come under fire for its most recent line of clothes that were created and inspired by the main character of a new movie set to hit theaters on Wednesday.
Natalie Karneef, a blogger, wrote a blog article titled An Open Letter to H&M from a Rape Survivor. In the blog post, Karneef objects the idea that a rape victim inspired the new H&M clothing line.
"H&M, you have created a line of clothing based on her character: a woman who has suffered a lifetime of abuse, who is violently raped, and who is hunting down a man who violently rapes and kills other women," Karneef wrote.
A spokesperson for H&M wrote that the company apologizes if anyone was offended by the line, and it was not their intent to upset anyone. The H&M spokesperson stated: "The collection is based on and inspired by the film and character Lisbeth Salander and though we think Lisbeth is a strong woman who stands up for her ideal, we are not trying to represent her specifically."
Kerneef is upset not at the clothes themselves but at the fact that she feels that H&M will "glamorize it, putting a glossy, trendy finish on the face of sexual violence and the rage and fear it leaves behind."
The spokesperson continued, "Our goal is to rather offer a collection that we see in today's trend picture that will appeal to many customers."
The 30-piece Dragon Tattoo collection is the work of Trish Summerville, who worked as the costume designer for the David Fincher film.
Julie Gerstein, style editor for The Frisky, a woman's lifestyle blog wrote: "I doubt that H&M's desire to create a clothing line based on the Lisbeth Salander character in 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo'…It seems more of a marketing decision than a statement on rape culture."


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Wednesday, February 8, 2017
Desert Escape
by Greg
No Dogs. No Trina. Plenty of Dirt. Rock. Water. Cactus. Lots of canyons.
I had time but she didn't. Colorado had snow, which I'm not that great at camping in. I headed south/southwest into the desert. Sought dry warmth. Found it. But also found rain and chill. Visited some places I hadn't explored before. New bike trails in Arizona. California's Death Valley. Other places along the way. Saw some creatures. Met a few people. And had a buddy from home join up for the last part of the trip. I'll let the photos tell most of the story.
Water was a major theme of the trip. While I traveled, the whole Southwest region saw rain. Dry washes were running. Rivers and creeks were full.
To dodge the rain, I headed for Death Valley, the driest spot in North America. It rained. Most of the non-paved routes were closed. Dry rivers ran over dirt roads. Water collected in the bottom of Badwater Basin, 282 feet below sea level.
When the skies cleared, the mountain tops were covered in snow. Some canyons dried quickly. Water lingered elsewhere, ice in higher places.
Thanks for checking in, on our lately-much-neglected blog.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
by Greg
I thought it's probably time to share these photos. Now, while outside it's raining cold rain that may turn to snow. While it's probably snowing in the nearby mountains. But before the pockets of snow melt off the north side of the lower mesas. Before the wildflowers run rampant. (We've already seen a few.) Before spring arrives and thoughts turn away from the winter fun. So...
In December, Mike once again invited me on a snowbike adventure. Nothing went as planned. I should not have been surprised. Of the, oh, five snowbike "rides" he's invited me on over the past few years, they pretty much all went like this one.
We loaded up bikes, packed for single-digit-F camping (or what we hoped would work for single-digit-F camping) and headed down the trail. Riding? No. Pushing our bikes. Because that's (apparently) how it's done. We pushed our bikes through snow too soft to ride. And while pushing, often plunging knee deep, thigh deep, hip deep or even deeper where the snow was too soft to walk, either. This we did for about 4 hours. Only very rarely riding, usually deep in the trees where the snow was more solid. But even this riding involved a tightrope-like concentration of balance and weight distribution, but with way more falling. Falling which created a large hole in the snow that one was then obliged to claw one's way out of.
After these 4 hours, we realized that it would take another 4 hours to arrive at a trail that was (supposedly) packed hard enough to actually ride. As it was already getting dark (and colder) we changed the plan. We'd just backtrack and cross to a firmer trail that would take us out another way. So we turned around and slogged back through the soft snow. Managing to ride a little bit more, due to the cold hardening the trail, plus the snow stamping we'd done by slogging the same trail on the way out. But mostly we post-holed our way back. Then did some riding -- some actual riding, slow, ponderous riding -- on the firmer route that led out. This quick escape route "only" took another 2 hours or so. By the time we were back to a trailhead, we were cold, tired and somewhat demoralized. And we realized we didn't have anything to prove by staying out any longer, so we hit a piece of frozen highway that took us back to our cars, loaded up bikes and drove home to our warm houses.
Yay snowbiking.
In early January, Mike invited me for another trip up the mountain for a day of snowbiking. I, fool that I am, accepted. And this time it was all that he's been promising (and failing to deliver) for all these years. The singletrack was well packed by all the folks who had gotten snowshoes for a holiday gift, and had driven up the mountain to try them out. The wide snow tires of our bikes could zip along quite nicely on the soft-yet-packed surface -- though still with some care, as the un-packed sides of the trail were always ready to grab a tire and suck it in, sending the rider into the deep, soft snow. But overall, it felt very much like riding a bike! And was even fun, in that pedaling/swooping/zooming way that riding a bike is! The weather was freezing but "warm". There was a spot or two of sunshine. And if Mike could somehow guarantee that it would always be that fun, I'd definitely go back up with him.
Yay snowbiking!
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Thursday, February 11, 2016
The Grand Canyon - Moments
by Greg
The vast spaces of the Grand Canyon surrounded us each day as we paddled and made camp. Still, I found time to wander into a few of the quiet corners, moving slowly, eyes to the details. The sense of the immense and wild space of towering canyon walls, slopes, ledges, peaks and mesas all around pervaded these wanderings. Yet I found myself drawn to the details, to small objects, minuscule mysteries, clues, stories in sand, leaf, fossil, creature or tracks of creature, artifact, blossom and stone — especially stone. These details helped make the wider space seem more alive and also more ephemeral. These signs of change, both rapid and geological, narrowed the focus down to these single moments. Moments seen. The shadows of the moments held carefully within the camera. As I moved slowly. Peered intently. Formed questions. Imagined answers.
Each of these moments could perhaps be seen to reflect outward again, to the immeasurable moments that have collected across time and place to create this canyon. Mountains ground to sand. Sand blown into dunes. Oceans born and drained. Small lives lived and the skeletons of those lives sunken and compressed into stone. Of heat and fire, lava and storm. Of mud and water and wind and grit and the grinding away of the deep spine of the earth. All the multitudes of moments gathered into a single moment of observation. Gathered. Then gone. Because the canyon, the world, everything continues to change.
Perhaps change caused by the hasty hand of humanity is as inexorable as the forward grind of geology. The Grand Canyon has been changed. In the 4000 years since humans first arrived. In the 150 years since it was re-explored by the progeny of an industrial revolution. In the 50 years since the river above was dammed. Changed in tiny ways and extravagant ways by every human who has exploited the resources, floated the river, descended the slopes and cliffs, flown over in an airplane or peered over the edge from the rim. And this change will continue.
As I wandered into side canyons, across the beaches and along the river, it was pleasing to see few signs of the industrial society that spreads across the planet and crowds the edges of this refuge; an industrial society that, admittedly, had allowed me—by way of car and road, boat and paddle, information and infrastructure, finances and leisure time—to come to this place. I had a sense that, despite the long string of travelers and explorers and exploiters, the Grand Canyon continues to hold something important. Something more than air and light and water and stone.
Perhaps this: that beneath my feet, churning below the veneer of civilization, there is still a wilder world. And that this wilder world is vitally important. I may visit the small corners where the wildness shows through. I may stand and peer toward these places. Or I may only imagine these places exist. But it remains important for me to know that they do exist. And that were I to lose them, I would have lost something that makes me human. Something that, with gentle attention, I may be able to capture. And hold. If only for a moment.
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'I Worship Men:' Zoe Saldana Gets Pretty & Punchy For 'InStyle UK' Cover
Zoe Saldana graces the June cover of InStyle UK's "Summer Fashion" issue, looking absolutely flawless! This girl could look gorgeous rocking a paper bag, but let's list down the high end designers, shall we? The Star Trek: Into Darkness star looks stunning in a roster of high end designers including Dior, Erdem, Givenchy, Christopher Kane, Rochas, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu. Her off the shoulder Prada kimono was a total standout for her Damon Heath shoot. And to all those guys who adore her, get this: she worships you, too! In the issue, Zoe confess that she loves her men: "I worship men. Men are Adonises." On her type, she says that she loves a tough guy with a sensitive side: "A bad –ss renegade! A pirate! A pirate who can cry. Oh, my God!"
And although she doesn't look a day over flawless, she's aware of Hollywood's obsession with youth:
"I've been told by producer, 'Well, you know we need to get on this because you're not getting any younger.' Women are reminded of their age all the time and it's usually by a fricking fat, big-bellied old man with a comb-over and you look at him and you're like, 'Really? Give me a break. You just have more money and more power in this situation than I do, but not in my life.' I'm tired of watching these 50-year-old actors with these 23-year-old actresses and they're soul mates in the movie. What? [in real life] a 23-year-old would look at a 50-year-old and go, 'Are you kidding me?!'"
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The ACS wants about a half million people, 30 to 65 years old who haven't been diagnosed with cancer, to enroll in the study. Researchers will collect information on their health, diet, exercise, and lifestyles over the next 20 years. Researchers want to find out if any of those factors are associated with the development of cancer in people who are diagnosed with cancer during the study.
The study will follow people for 20 years; this is a HUGE commitment for the participants. But the people who do volunteer should know that they may be helping scientists develop a much better understanding of factors associated with cancer. A similar study started in 1948, the Framingham Heart Study, helped doctors greatly increase their knowledge of the causes of heart disease. The Framingham Study also helped doctors create ways to lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes.
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AFTER two dog attacks in Montville this month, locals are questioning whether the owner or the dog is to blame.
This comes at a time when the State Government has released a discussion paper reviewing the current laws governing the state's cats and dogs.
Proposed changes to the act would put further responsibility on councils to fine owners and euthanase dogs, which injured a person or another animal.
Former Sunshine Coast dog obedience trainer Rosemary Naughton started dog obedience classes on the coast in 1972. She said you could not tell if a dog was dangerous by looking at it.
"We need to get over the thinking that a dog is vicious just because of its size, jaw size and breed," Ms Naughton said.
"The two most vicious dogs I have ever come across, in more than 30 years of training, were a golden retriever and corgi.
"Every dog should be taught basic manners and have basic training and that would stop a lot of these attacks.
"It is up to the owners to ensure their dog, no matter what the breed, gets basic training."
One of the key discussion points in the government paper is how dogs should be classified and whether councils should be allowed to destroy any dog automatically deemed "dangerous" because of an attack.
The discussion paper also outlined the possibility of allowing councils to give on-the-spot fines or compliance notices to owners, who allow their dogs to behave dangerously in public.
Maleny resident Phill Wielson has had his Hungarian Vizsla, Hugo, for six years.
He questions what behaviour is considered "dangerous" in public.
"I would not let young children or anyone just come up and pat Hugo because he might snap," Mr Wielson said.
"But that is not because he is dangerous.
"In my opinion smaller dogs can start just as much trouble as bigger dogs. It's just that because they are smaller, they don't do as much harm.
"Basically, owners should not take dogs on unless they are willing to put in the hard yards and train them.
"When I took Hugo to training I was the one scolded because I had an intelligent dog but had trained him badly.
"It was hard to hear but they were right."The discussion paper is available at dlgp.qld.gov.au. Submissions close on April 16.