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CHARLOTTE--A new space for activists to gather during the Democratic National Convention opened this weekend. The Coalition to March on Wall Street South and other Charlotte activist groups have opened the "Solidarity Center" in uptown.
The vacant space in the Area 15 building is now filled with people. Solidarity Center will serve as a place for several local organizers to meet and network with other activists and hold workshops before and during the Democratic National Convention.
"We are working very hard to make this upcoming DNC a safe, family-friendly environment for everyone who wants to come out and have their voices heard,"said Luis Rodriguez.
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A guest column from AAM Field Coordinator Mark Musho: Odds are a funny thing. Sometimes it's pretty tough to figure out how they come up them. The odds of getting struck by lightning are 576,000 to 1. The chances of catching a ball at a major league ballpark are 563 to 1. The odds of winning the mega lotto are 18 million to 1, while the chances of striking it rich on Antiques Roadshow are 60,000 to 1. The odds of becoming president 10 million to 1 and apparently the chances of an elected official holding a public forum on the economy and jobs without it spiraling into a free for all are 2 to 1. I'm basing these odds on last week, when I attended two forums hosted by Congressman Patrick Murphy in the 8th Congressional District of Pa. The forums where held to foster a discussion on the present state of the economy in the district and what could be done to bring more jobs into the area. The 8th District of Pa. encompasses all of Bucks County and parts of northeast Philadelphia and the inhabitants are as diverse as the landscape. The 1st forum was held Thursday evening in Upper Bucks at Pennridge High School. Upper Bucks is beautiful rolling hills of bucolic farmland, with agriculture its leading industry. The forum was attended by approximately 100 people. The panel for the event included Mike Russo, executive board member of United Steelworkers Local 4889; Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM); and, Jim Horan, CEO of Y-Carbon. The panel was moderated by Congressman Murphy. [Left to Right: Mike Russo, executive board member, USW Local 4489; Congressman Pat Murphy, 8th District PA; AAM Field Coordinator Mark Musho; AAM Executive Director Scott Paul] The format for the evening consisted of opening remarks from panel and moderator, then questions collected from the audience on index cards. This method seemed to work for a while as the panel discussed topics such as green technology, Chinese imports and their effect on our economy and the need to bring back and strengthen domestic manufacturing. Mr. Russo and Mr. Paul both spoke of creating a manufacturing policy and the need to level the playing field for domestic manufacturers. Jim Horan spoke of the struggle for new businesses to obtain capital to get operations up and running, thereby creating jobs in our communities. About an hour into the program is when a handful of attendees started shouting out from the audience trying to disrupt the program. To the credit of everyone on stage they spent the rest of the meeting trying to keep the discussion on track. The next forum was held Saturday afternoon at Bristol High School in Lower Bucks. Bristol is a blue-collar neighborhood just a couple of miles outside of Philadelphia. It was surrounded by several large manufacturers; U.S. Steel, Dial Soap, Rohm & Haas, and 3M. These facilities are either no longer there or are reduced to minimal operations. The format for the program and the panel were the same. However, due to the lack of disruption, the panel had an opportunity to really delve into the discussion of jobs and what is needed to bring back manufacturing to this area as well as the rest of the country. Questions from the audience covered a wide array of topics but the central theme was the same, how do we go about making things in this country again. The answer from all panel members was unanimous. The first step we need to take is to create a national manufacturing policy. The panel discussion was relative and informative and the audience seemed truly engaged. Congressman Murphy at both events reaffirmed his commitment to bringing jobs to the district. He spoke of revisiting and strengthening trade agreements like NAFTA and CAFTA. He also addressed China and its need to become a better trading partner by dealing with currency manipulation and opening up their markets to our U.S. exports. In regards to China, panelist Scott Paul added that we need to address "government subsidized imports" such as paper that are flooding in to our markets and putting domestic manufactures at risk. As I left the auditorium in Bristol I couldn't help but wonder, what are the odds that the rest of the House, Senate and Leadership in Washington will understand this message and do something about it? I was also thinking that the odds for dating a super model, 88,000 to 1, weren't that bad.
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By developing treatments for dyscalculia, Butterworth hoped to test competing theories about the cognitive basis of numeracy. If, as he believes, dyscalculia is at heart a deficiency of basic number sense and not of memory, attention or language, as others have proposed, then nurturing the roots of number sense should help dyscalculics such as Christopher. "It may be the case that what these kids need is just much more practice than the rest of us," Butterworth says. Christopher's school is one of several in London working with the software, and students in Cuba, Singapore and elsewhere will also soon start using it.
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Christopher starts with a game involving a number line — a spatial representation that scientists believe is key to number sense. "What is the number that is right in the middle between 200 and 800? Do you know it?" Babtie asks. Christopher shrugs. "Think of any number that is bigger than 200 and smaller than 800 and put it in this box. It could be 201," she says. He enters 200, and Babtie reminds him that the number needs to be greater than 200. He selects 210, probably mistaking it for 201. A classic sign of dyscalculia is difficulty in grasping the place-value system, according to Babtie. "That will do fine," she says. A soft computer voice tells Christopher to "find the number and click it". The game involves zooming in and zooming out to rescale the number line, and Christopher talks through each move — a strategy that Babtie encourages — but it takes him more than a minute to locate 210. His classmates, meanwhile, are learning to multiply two-digit numbers.
Some children at Christopher's school have more profound numeracy problems. One nine-year-old classmate says that she doesn't know if 50 is greater or less than 100; another the same age confuses four dots for five and routinely tots up small sums on his fingers, a common strategy for dyscalculics.
"OK, time to stop. We'll do some more of this another day," Babtie says to Christopher, after 20 frustrating minutes. It is clear he would rather be back in class than here in this room practicing a skill his classmates learned years ago.
How many are there?
Butterworth, now 69, straddles the academic and public spheres. A fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and social sciences, he made his name probing obscure speech and language disorders and has appeared in the British media for many years. In a Sunday Times article in 1984, for example, Butterworth claimed that the speech patterns of former US president Ronald Reagan indicated Alzheimer's disease. Reagan was diagnosed with the condition a decade later.
In the late 1980s Butterworth studied a stroke patient who would change the course of his professional life. The woman, a 59-year-old former hotel manager from Italy, fared about average on verbal IQ tests and had a good memory, but when Butterworth's Italian colleagues asked her to count, she would start, "uno, due, tre, quattro," and then stall. "Miei matematica finisce alle quattro" — my mathematics stops at four — the woman, known as CG, would tell them.
Neurologists had presented case studies of 'acalculic' patients such as CG from the early twentieth century onwards, if not before, but "people hadn't thought a lot about the specific brain areas involved in calculation", says Butterworth. Brain scans of CG revealed a lesion in the parietal lobe, a part of the brain just above the ears. Later, Butterworth found another patient with the opposite pattern of disability: neurodegeneration had robbed him of speech, language and much of his knowledge, save for the ability to do intricate calculations. Butterworth grew more certain that numerical abilities relied on specialized brain networks, and not only on those supporting general intelligence, as many scientists believed at the time.
Genetics and the vagaries of brain development disrupted these networks in dyscalculics, Butterworth proposed. And Moorcraft was one of Butterworth's most revelatory subjects because of the great disparity in his abilities in different domains. Butterworth and his colleagues also tested 31 eight- and nine-year-old children who were near the bottom of their class in mathematics but did well enough in other subjects. Compared with normal children and those with dyslexia, the dyscalculic children struggled on almost every numerical task, yet were average on tests of reading comprehension, memory and IQ.


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A supporting actor who is probably best known to audiences for his work in
High Fidelity
, in which he played a shy music geek with a penchant for shoe-gazing and Belle and Sebastian,
Todd Louiso
began his screen career in the late 1980s. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father worked as a dancer and choreographer and his mother worked in an advertising agency, Louiso took an early interest in acting. After spending much of his primary and secondary school education in an alternative arts school, he studied film at New York University.
Louiso began his career with minor roles in such films as
(1989) and
Billy Bathgate
(1991), the latter of which provided him with an introduction to
Tom Stoppard
, who was the film's screenwriter. The two formed a friendship which led to Louiso producing and directing the short Fifteen Minute Hamlet, which was based upon Stoppard's play of the same name. The film screened at several festivals, including Sundance, and it earned a fair amount of critical acclaim. While at work on Fifteen Minute Hamlet, Louiso moved to L.A. to further pursue his screen career, and, after appearing in such films as
Scent of a Woman
Apollo 13
(1995), and
Jerry Maguire
(1996), he had his most high profile role to date in
Stephen Frears
' widely celebrated adaptation of
Nick Hornby
High Fidelity
(2000). ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi
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In this film version of E. L. Doctorow's Billy Bathgate, Loren Dean plays the title character, a street-smart kid who inveigles his way into the confidence of 1930s gangster Dutch Schultz (Dustin Hoffman). Billy is ordered to look after Schultz' new moll, Drew Preston (Nicole Kidman), while Dutch fends off tax evasion charges and such up-and-coming rivals as Lucky Luciano (Stanley Tucci). Even though they know they're playing with dynamite, Billy and Drew fall in love. In attempting to escape Schultz' wrath, Billy succeeds only in putting himself in the thick of a gun battle between his boss and Luciano. When "Charley Lucky" emerges triumphant, Billy is forced once again to rely on his wits to escape being sent to the bottom of the briny in a cement overcoat. Bruce Willis shows up in an extended cameo as Dutch Schultz' former business associate. Billy Bathgate was adapted for the screen by British playwright Tom Stoppard. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Driven by an extravagant, tour-de-force performance by Al Pacino, Scent of a Woman is the story of Frank Slade (Pacino), a blind, retired army colonel who hires Charlie Simms (Chris O'Donnell), a poor college student on the verge of expulsion, to take care of him over Thanksgiving weekend. At the beginning of the weekend, Frank takes Charlie to New York, where he reveals to the student that he intends to visit his family, have a few terrific meals, sleep with a beautiful woman and, finally, commit suicide. The film follows the mis-matched pair over the course of the weekend, as they learn about life through their series of adventures. Though the story is a little contrived and predictable, it pulls all the right strings, thanks to O'Donnell's sympathetic supporting role and Pacino's powerful lead performance, for which he won his first Academy Award. Scent of a Woman is based on the 1975 Italian film Profumo Di Donna. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
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Ron Howard. Astronaut Jim Lovell (Tom Hanks) leads command module pilot Jack Swigert (Kevin Bacon) and lunar module driver Fred Haise (Bill Paxton) on what is slated as NASA's third lunar landing mission. All goes smoothly until the craft is halfway through its mission, when an exploding oxygen tank threatens the crew's oxygen and power supplies. As the courageous astronauts face the dilemma of either suffocating or freezing to death, Mattingly and Mission Control leader Gene Kranz (Ed Harris) struggle to find a way to bring the crew back home, all the while knowing that the spacemen face probable death once the battered ship reenters the Earth's atmosphere. The film received an overwhelmingly enthusiastic critical response and a Best Picture nomination, but lost that Oscar to another (very different) historical epic, Mel Gibson's Braveheart. In 2002, the movie was released in IMAX theaters as Apollo 13: The IMAX Experience, with a pared-down running time of 116 minutes in order to meet the technical requirements of the large-screen format. ~ Don Kaye, Rovi
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The sophomore film from former music video and commercial director Michael Bay, this fast-paced action yarn featured rapid-fire editing, a cutting-edge rock soundtrack and liberal use of shots awash in a haze of burnished hues, all trademarks of producers Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. Nicolas Cage stars as Stanley Goodspeed, an FBI chemical weapons expert handed a unique assignment. Francis X. Hummel (Ed Harris), an insane Marine Corps general, has taken 81 tourists hostage on the abandoned island prison of Alcatraz. He and his men are threatening to bomb San Francisco with deadly gas unless $100 million is paid in war reparations to the families of servicemen killed in covert operations. Goodspeed is teamed with former British spy John Patrick Mason (Sean Connery), the only man ever to escape "The Rock," as well as a Navy SEAL team. When their military escorts are ambushed, it's up to odd couple Goodspeed and Mason to break into Alcatraz and stop Hummel. The Rock was the last film produced by Simpson, who died of a drug overdose before the film's release. Solo, his partner Bruckheimer continued making the sort of glossy, frenetic films for which the duo was famed. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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Cross What's up Doc with Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and you get this dark screwball comedy of murder and lost luggage. Mafia hitman Tommy Spinelli (Joe Pesci) is flying to San Diego with a bag that holds eight severed heads, which he's bringing to his superiors to prove that some troublesome rival mobsters are permanently out of the picture. Medical student Charlie Pritchett (Andy Comeau) is headed to Mexico with his fiancée Laurie Bennett (Kristy Swanson) to meet her parents. Charlie's suitcase is identical to Tommy's, and it's not until Tommy arrives in San Diego that he discovers that there are no heads in his bag, while Charlie realizes his duffel most certainly does not contain his vacation wardrobe. Tommy finds Charlie's address in the bag and heads to the fraternity house he calls home, where he drafts Charlie's friends Ernie (David Spade) and Steve (Todd Louiso) into finding him some replacement heads post-haste. Meanwhile, Laurie's parents (Dyan Cannon and George Hamilton) are a bit miffed to discover that their future son-in-law is travelling with a bag full of rotting heads, while Laurie is ready to give Charlie his walking papers. Eight Heads in a Duffel Bag was the directorial debut of screenwriter Tom Schulman, who won an Academy Award for his script for the movie Dead Poets Society. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Love Liza is a psychological drama about a man trying to come to terms with his wife's suicide. Wilson Joel (Phillip Seymour Hoffman) is searching for answers as to why his wife, Liza, killed herself. He is unable to bring himself to read the suicide note Liza left behind. Instead of facing his demons, Wilson becomes addicted to sniffing gasoline. Kathy Bates co-stars as Liza's mother. This film was written by the star's brother Gordy Hoffman, and directed by newcomer Todd Louiso. Love Liza was screened at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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The directorial debut from Jason Reitman, the media satire Thank You for Smoking stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick, a man who has turned spinning news and information into a successful career for the tobacco lobby. He plots strategies with his colleagues (Maria Bello and David Koechner) on how to make other dangerous products more appealing to the American public. Nick ends up going to Hollywood with his young son (Cameron Bright) in order to get a movie producer to include characters smoking in his newest film. Nick is kidnapped by a vigilante group concerned about the harmful nature of his product. The cast includes William H. Macy as a Senator who runs on a strong anti-tobacco position, Rob Lowe as the Hollywood bigwig, and Robert Duvall as the king of the tobacco industry. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Christopher Buckley. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi
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Forget terrorists or hijackers -- there's a handful of deadly assassins aboard a jet liner and they don't even have arms or legs in this airborne thriller. Neville Flynn (Samuel L. Jackson) is an FBI agent handling what seems like a routine assignment -- serving as bodyguard for Sean Jones (Nathan Phillips), a Hawaiian surfer dude who is flying to California to testify in a high-profile criminal trial after witnessing mobster Eddie Kim (Byron Lawson) murdering one of his underlings. However, Flynn's job gets a lot more challenging when he discovers Kim's associates don't want Jones to talk, and have devised a unique way to ensure his silence. A cache of highly dangerous poisonous snakes has been hidden on board the jet, and is released using a timed mechanism once the flight is well underway. The snakes quickly attack several members of the flight crew and are eagerly eying the passengers when Flynn decides its time to get medieval on the reptiles. Also starring Rachel Blanchard, Benjamin McKenzie, and Mark Houghton, Snakes on a Plane was produced under the title of Pacific Air Flight 121, but in several interviews Samuel L. Jackson expressed his enthusiasm for the script's original title, Snakes on a Plane, and the high-concept moniker quickly made the film's title and theme a favorite with bloggers and on Internet fan sites all over the world. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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Adapted from author Amy Sutherland's book Kicked, Bitten and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premiere School for Exotic Animal Trainers, this romantic comedy details one woman's remarkable experiences during a year-long stay with the students at the Exotic Animal Training and Management Program at Moorpark College. A program that teaches students to communicate with exotic animals from around the world, The Exotic Animal Training and Management Program produces professionals who not only hold key positions at the world's top zoos, but frequently consult on television and film productions as well. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
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The Scheel Center is located near a gang-run slum in Jocotenango, a troubled community bordering Antigua. Like the Dreamer Center School, the Scheel Center serves the area's most disadvantaged and vulnerable students. Many of Scheel's 150 students come from very troubled homes and backgrounds, escaping lives of drugs, prostitution, and gang violence to pursue a lifelong dream of education. The Scheel Center offers an accelerated elementary education for older-than-average students (some begin first grade at age 12 or 13) and a technical/vocational high school education. The Scheel Center also provides on-site dental care and psychological counseling.
Because of the unique background of the students at the Scheel Center, some of them will not be able to continue their academic pursuits after the 8th or 9th grade level, or they will at least need to secure a part time job in order to do so. In an effort to equip all our students for life after school, the following technical courses are currently being offered to students when they start their "basico" year. Each course's objective is to prepare a student with the prerequisite knowledge and skill required to get a job in that field.
The technical training include:
The carpentry program at Scheel began in 2009. During the first few months of the program, both boys and girls were taught theory and took part in hands-on training. First, students built their own workbenches, then moved on to coat racks, painting frames and (most recently) study desks, which they will later be able to take home and use for their other studies. (Many of our students do not have any hard surface on which to do homework.) This course is taught by local business owner and expert carpenter Tomas Hernández.
Culinary Arts
The cooking class is a favorite amongst many of Scheel Center students. The cooking class focuses on: sanitary cooking practices, use and care of commercial grade cooking equipment, preparation of both basic and advanced entrees and desserts, and generally promoting a love for the culinary arts. Edna Súarez is the head of the kitchen and co-teaches this course with Ana Maria Trujillo.
Computer Skills
Since 2009, Scheel Center students have had access to a computer lab to acquire the computer skills to prepare them to succeed in a high tech world. Computer courses cover: basic computer skills, typing, navigation of Windows, use of a word processor, use of a spreadsheet, accessing the Internet, using email, performing Internet searches, and the criteria for a reputable Internet source.
Each year, our schools turn away many prospective students because of limited space or geographical distance. When possible, The GOD'S CHILD Project provides these children a monthly scholarship to attend public school. Through scholarship incentives, students earn their educational assistance through good attendance and good grades. Students see their hard work pay off, and their families proudly support them in a venture that pays more than pennies and promises long-term rewards. The GOD'S CHILD Project is currently providing scholarships to over 900 children.
Assistance for Women
Mothers' Club
The Mothers' Club is a women's empowerment group that provides encouragement through weekly classes to over 500 Guatemalan women. Members of the Mother's Club learn about everything from nutrition and health & wellness to self-esteem, spirituality and human rights. Mothers' Club attendance is the ticket to collecting fresh produce in the Scheel Center's Friday food distribution. For many women, this opportunity to learn, laugh and play together is their only break from the male-centered machismo culture that engulfs the rest of their lives.
Dental Clinic
The GOD'S CHILD Project has two dental clinics that provide care to children and families who would otherwise not dream of accessing such services. Clinic staff educates patients on the importance of oral hygiene and provides toothbrushes, toothpaste, floss and mouthwash when these donations are available.
Many of the children participating in our programs have suffered physical, emotional or sexual abuse, while others have been forced into labor or prostitution. The psychologist counsels those children and anyone requiring emotional or mental assistance in dealing with past or present situations. By working through their problems, participants have a better chance of completing their education and effectively breaking out of poverty. The psychologist also runs the Mothers' Club.
Food Distribution
Every Friday morning at the Scheel Center, mothers congregate to receive donations of fresh, local produce and dry goods. This ensures their families have nutritious meals for the coming week and helps offset food costs. To participate, women must simply attend their weekly Mothers' Club meeting. Throughout the week, the donations department collects fresh produce and dry goods from restaurants, farms, plantations and farming cooperatives in Guatemala.
Social Work
Our families are assigned a social worker, who conducts monthly home visits and serves as the bridge between families and The Project. We call them guias, which means "guides" in Spanish, because they are entrusted with the important task of guiding families down the road to breaking out of poverty. They do this by referring individuals to counseling and legal assistance, and encouraging them to take advantage of the support available through The Project. Families who have broken the chains of poverty remain with their guia, preventing relapse into poverty through unemployment, illness or other developments. The social work department also coordinates special programs like food distribution, clothing drives, disaster relief efforts, and our new solar energy program.
Emergency Relief
When disaster strikes, our staff and volunteers are never far behind. Whether responding to heavy spring flooding in North Dakota and Minnesota or landslides and hurricanes in Central America, communities rely on The GOD'S CHILD Project to be there in their darkest hour.
Sponsorship is a unique opportunity to connect and support one very special child. Sponsored children receive money for education costs, clothes, shoes, food and medical care every month. The families of sponsored children also benefit from access to a wide variety of GOD'S CHILD services. Currently, there are over 800 children being sponsored by almost 1,400 padrinos, or godparents. It costs US$150 to sponsor a child for a month. Many sponsors donate less than this, requiring multiple sponsors for each child in the program. Children maintain written contact with their sponsors, exchanging cards and holiday presents. Many GOD'S CHILD alumnae remain with their sponsors into adulthood, when they become fully self-supporting and request to be removed from the list…a proud moment for everyone involved.


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Posted: Sun Mar 26th, 2006 05:46 pm |
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JeremyScott Member
Howdy Y'all Im Jeremy and Im 25yrs old and recently delved into the 2nd War For Independance. Im a security guard at a chemical plant here in Houston, so please excuse me if I post at odd hours of the day as my schedule often changes with out notice. My interest in dealing with the 'Civil War' is Texas's involvement. Im 8th generation Texan and I know I have two ancestors that fought in 2 different Texas Cavarly Regiments. They were both engaged in the 1864 Red River Campaign. Also please excuse me if I post what maybe "noob" type questions as I do not know a whole lot about the civilwar. That is why I am here. But I will do my best as not to ask the typical questions like why did the South loose or why was slavery bad type questions. Im more interested in the battles and campaigns aspects. As well as weapons. Im a huge weapons nut. Sorry for my long introduction. I hope to learn a lot from this board and have fun here as well. Best Regards Jeremy |
Posted: Mon Mar 27th, 2006 02:50 pm |
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Bill Member
Jeremy Welcome Hurry back there y'all Bill Wyndham |
Posted: Mon Mar 27th, 2006 03:30 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
Welcome to the board Jeremy. Don't give being a "noob" a second thought. We're glad to have you and hope you enjoy the board. BTW, you can quickly see other members from Texas (or any other state) by clicking the "Members" button on the top right of each page, then clicking the state names under the members locations. A graphical map will come up with a list of other members from whatever state you chose. Of course, if they didn't list their state when filling out their profile, they won't be listed. Enjoy! |
Posted: Mon Mar 27th, 2006 04:10 pm |
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David White Member
Howdy Jeremy: Perhaps our ancestors rode together in the Texas Cav, I have one ancestor who fought in the Red River Campaign and one who rode with Sul Ross in Georgia and Tennessee. I saw where you posted on another thread looking for a Red River Campaign book. The one you were given by Basecat is pretty good and the most recent. Dr. Joiner is a good guy and I actually wrote a review of the book for this website that Javal might still have on the site somewhere. If you want to drill down to your relatives, however, give me their outfit and I might have some recommendations for you. Good to have another Texan on board! |
Posted: Mon Mar 27th, 2006 04:13 pm |
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javal1 Grumpy Geezer
Here ya go.... David's Review |
Posted: Tue Mar 28th, 2006 07:56 am |
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Kent Nielsen Member
Howdy and Welcome |
Posted: Tue Mar 28th, 2006 04:30 pm |
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samhood Member
Jeremy: Greetings. I like your picture! The Gallant Hood. Assuming you are a Gen Hood fan, check out http://www.johnbellhood.org. Regards, Sam Hood, Huntington WV |
Posted: Fri Mar 31st, 2006 04:41 pm |
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Digitas fight for the girls rights
Digitas launch the "Because I am a Girl" campaign for PLAN France , an international NGO focused on the child. Relayed in 68 countries, this digital campaign for the protection of girls transposes in France situations experienced in developing countries.
See the two shocking « Married at 12 » et « I'll never go to school ».
To support the campaign, visit the Facebook page of PLAN France or www.droitsdesfilles.fr .


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i gotta a name for a new surf brand which im gonna sell at low prices, ive got the logo i made up and the stuff to print it on but what tshirts can i use??? am i allowed to print it on blank tshirts and sell it on as my make?? or is that illegal??? plus what price do you think i just sell them for?? i want it to be cheap but what would people pay? if its to cheap people might think its nasty etc, i was thinking between £5 and £10 any ideas on that? cheers
chris : )


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