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Daily Star: Paul Lambert says his fearless cubs have the bottle to put the bite on QPR today. Aston Villa's youngsters face the biggest game of their lives, with Lambert insisting they fear nothing. Rangers boss Harry Redknapp might have experience in abundance, but the Villa manager says his teamare not shaking in their boots. Lambert knows anxiety when he sees it and senses none of it for this massive relegation fight in front of a sell-out Villa Park crowd.
Guardian: Paul Lambert has robustly defended Randy Lerner ahead of Saturday's critical relegation battle against Queens Park Rangers, with the Aston Villa manager claiming that the much-criticised American owner has "done one hell of a lot for this club". The Villa manager also praised Lerner for being "straight and honest" with him during a season when three of the other bottom-five clubs have sacked their manager. The most recent of those dismissals came on Monday, when Reading terminated Brian McDermott's contract following the 2-1 defeat against Villa. Lambert felt it was a hugely unfair decision and, highlighting the sacking of Nigel Adkins at Southampton a couple of months earlier, criticised a culture where managers lose their job depending on whether their face fits. Lambert's own position could hardly be more secure, despite the fact that Villa remain only one place above the bottom three.
Daily Mail: A shared vision will keep Aston Villa and Paul Lambert united this summer, whatever division the club are playing in. Manager Lambert hopes that he can carry on with his Villa masterplan regardless and a meeting with owner Randy Lerner on Thursday has reinforced that wish. "He's been brilliant. I know football and what can happen but I hope I get the chance," said Lambert. Villa entertain relegation rivals QPR on Saturday having beaten Reading last week and are aiming for back-to-back league wins for the first time in two years. Lambert believes that his Villa boys have grown into men over the course of the season and is backing them to handle the pressure against QPR.
Daily Mirror: Christian Benteke has been tipped to land the knockout blow in his heavyweight battle with Christopher Samba. Aston Villa's 6ft 3in Belgium striker bagged his 16th goal of the season in their win at Reading in last weekend's six-pointer. Benteke has been one of the signings of the season since joining from Genk for £8m last summer. On Saturday, in a classic relegation struggle, Benteke will be up against QPR's giant centre-back Samba after his January move. Harry Redknapp paid Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala £12.5m for 6ft 4in Samba, who is picking up a £100,000-a-week. But Benteke's manager, Paul Lambert, reckons Samba will be hard-pushed to come out on top at Villa Park.
Daily Express: Paul Lambert, under pressure to keep Aston Villa in the Premier League, claims Brian McDermott was sacked at Reading because "his face didn't fit". Villa beat Reading in McDermott's last game and victory over QPR today will put distance between them and the relegation zone. "I had chat with Brian and there was no sense of this coming," said Lambert. "People used to say this is a results business. Not anymore. "It's if people don't like your face, or like what you are doing."
ESPN: Aston Villa manager Paul Lambert insists even clubs in mid-table may have cause to fear the Premier League relegation battle this season. Villa took a step towards safety by winning at Reading last weekend and face another critical afternoon with Saturday's visit of Queens Park Rangers. Victory would put serious daylight between Villa and the relegation places, but Lambert believes the jitters are being felt by other clubs as well.
The Sun: Relegation-haunted Gabby Agbonlahor is a hitman in a hurry — because he is desperate to avoid a final-day disaster. The Aston Villa star's crucial winner against Reading last weekend hauled Paul Lambert's team out of the bottom three and led to Brian McDermott's dramatic dismissal. Today, Agbonlahor will try to tighten the noose around Harry 'Houdini' Redknapp's neck by beating another of the Premier League's strugglers, QPR.
BBC Sport: Paul Lambert says struggling Aston Villa should not be "unduly worried" and he has not considered relegation. Villa are three points above the relegation zone ahead of Saturday's home game with the Premier League's bottom club Queens Park Rangers. But Villa boss Lambert insists he is looking up and not thinking about getting dragged into the bottom three.
*The extracts on this page are taken from various newspapers and media outlets. They do not necessarily reflect the views of Aston Villa.
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Propositional Satisfiability (SAT) and Constraint Programming (CP) have developped as two relatively independent threads of research, cross-fertilising occasionally. These two approaches to problem solving have a lot in common, as evidenced by similar ideas underlying the branch and prune algorithms which are most successful at solving both kinds of problems. They also exhibit differences in the way they are used to state and solve problems, since SAT's approach is in general a black-box approach, while CP aims at being tunable and programmable. This report overviews the two areas in a comparative way, emphasizing the similarities and differences between the two and the points where we feel that one technology can benefit from ideas or experience acquired from the other.}, author = {L. Bordeaux and Y. Hamadi and L. Zhang}, institution = {Microsoft Research}, journal = {ACM Computing Surveys}, month = {November}, number = {4}, pages = {81}, title = {Propositional Satisfiability and Constraint Programming: A Comparative Survey}, url = {http://research.microsoft.com/apps/pubs/default.aspx?id=66816}, volume = {38}, year = {2006}, }


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The SWAP includes delineating assessment boundaries of a drinking water source, performing an inventory of land use activities, and determining a relative susceptibility of the drinking water source to these activities. The assessment of public drinking water sources is available to waterworks owners and the public.
On November 13, 2008 there were 2,936 active public water systems in Virginia, serving safe drinking water to more than 80% of Virginia's population. Assessments indicate that some drinking water sources have high levels of protection. While other public water systems are not in control of the land use activities in their surrounding areas. The Office of Drinking Water (ODW) encourages public waterworks to purchase land and/or establish conservation easements to increase the protection of vital drinking water resources.
The SWAP has identified future land use development in source water protection areas as a predominant risk to the viability of public waterworks. The ODW has been working with a number of other state agencies to distribute and share SWAP data in an effort to bring more awareness to source water protection areas.
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Goldman Reveals "Top Trade" Reco #5 For 2014: Sell Protection On 7-Year CDX IG21 Junior Mezzanine Tranche
If the London Whale trade was JPM selling CDS in tranches and in whole on IG9 and then more, and then even more in an attempt to corner the entire illiquid IG9 market and then crashing and burning spectacularly due to virtually unlimited downside, Goldman's top trade #5 for 2014 is somewhat the opposite (if only for Goldman): the firm is inviting clients to sell CDS on the junior Mezz tranche (3%-7%) of IG21 at 464 bps currently, where Goldman "would apply an initial spread target and stop loss of 395bp and 585bp, respectively. Assuming a one-year investment horizon, the breakeven spread on this trade is roughly 554bp (that is, 90bp wider than where it currently trades)." In other words, Goldman is going long said tranche which in an environment of record credit bubble conditions and all time tights across credit land is once again, the right trade. Do what Goldman does and all that...
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Top Trade Recommendation #5: Go long risk on 7-year CDX IG21 junior mezzanine tranche
- Today we reveal our fifth Top Trade recommendation for 2014: Go long risk (sell protection) on the 7-year CDX IG21 junior mezzanine tranche.
- The tranche currently trades at a spread of 464bp.
- We set an initial spread target of 395bp, and a stop loss of 585bp.
- The trade is designed to benefit from several of our key credit themes for 2014: carry, low volatility and roll-down.
- The key macro risk to this trade would be a less friendly mix of growth, inflation and policy than we expect…
- …which would push volatility and risk premia higher.
- On the micro side, balance sheet re-leveraging remains our top risk for next year
We recommend going long risk (selling protection) on the 7-year CDX IG Series 21 junior mezzanine tranche (the 3-7% portion of the loss distribution). As of yesterday's close, selling protection on the tranche involves receiving an upfront payment of 22.5 points and an annual coupon of 100bp, which is equivalent to a running spread of roughly 464bp per year (see Section 5 below for a brief description of the mechanics of index tranches). We would apply an initial spread target and stop loss of 395bp and 585bp, respectively. Assuming a one-year investment horizon, the breakeven spread on this trade is roughly 554bp (that is, 90bp wider than where it currently trades).
In addition to an annualized carry of 464bp, our spread target would imply potential mark-to-market gains of roughly 350bp over the course of the year. Assuming no default losses on the tranche, our spread target translates into unlevered, annualized returns of 814bp. Note that the zero loss assumption is not unrealistic considering that the maximum 1-year investment grade loss rate over the past 40 years was 0.36% in 2008, according to data from Moody's. Our own forecast for the 1-year BBB loss rate also barely exceeds 10bp.
The trade benefits from carry, roll-down and low volatility
The trade is designed to capture several of our key credit themes for 2014:
- A carry-friendly world. As we discussed in our 2014 Global Credit Outlook (see "A carry-friendly world," Global Credit Outlook 2014, November 22, 2013), we think credit carry strategies remain attractive relative to many sources of risks, such as defaults, downgrades or potential shifts in market sentiment. With 'plain vanilla' credit assets trading at their post-crisis tights, we also expect demand to rotate to more complex assets that can offer incremental carry, such as the junior mezzanine IG tranche.
- Low macro volatility. The choice of a tranche that is relatively low in the capital structure is partly informed by our view that macro volatility is likely to continue to hover around current low levels in 2014. In our view, the friendly macro mix of growth, inflation and policy that we envisage should help keep volatility and risk premia at low levels. More importantly, the risks to this benign view look balanced to us. On the growth side, we think the scope for a growth 'melt-up' (or melt-down) remains limited by constraints on credit growth (while the risk of a melt-down has been reduced by de-risking and de-leveraging). On the inflation side, we expect inflation to stay below the Fed's 2% target until the economy comes closer to full employment. Owing to the evident difficulty of pushing growth and inflation to levels consistent with full employment, we expect monetary policy to remain committedly dovish (more on this below). All in all, this should anchor macro volatility.
- Roll-down and spread duration. Even though total returns on synthetic credit instruments are 'technically' not directly linked to movements in rates, they are nonetheless sensitive to broad 'duration risk' repricing. In contrast to many investors we encounter who are worried about the risk of a 'rate shock' in 2014 as large as 2013, we expect the 10-year to be at 3.25% by year-end.
The asymmetry of our initial spread target and stop loss of 395bp and 585bp, respectively, reflects the 'right-skewness' of spreads at this stage of the cycle. It also reflects our view that 2014 is likely to remain a credit carry-friendly environment featuring better growth, low inflation, low volatility and accommodative monetary policy.
In addition to being long spread duration, the trade is also designed to benefit from a curve 'roll-down'. More specifically, the 395bp target embeds roughly 45bp of roll-down as the original 7-year contract will become a 6-year contract a year from now, in addition to a modest 24bp of 'pure' spread tightening. The 45bp roll-down assumes that the 7-year spread will 'roll' towards the current 6-year contract (which we proxy by the December 2019 CDX IG Series 19). The 24bp of 'pure' spread tightening is consistent with our forecast of modest spread tightening for the broad IG market. Finally, the rather wide stop loss, 585bp, is meant to allow for transitory shocks, our benign view on the fundamental drivers of volatility notwithstanding.
Two key risks: An unfriendly mix of growth, inflation and policy, and re-leveraging
The first risk to our trade recommendation is that the mix of growth, inflation and policy turns out to be less friendly than we expect, and thus pushes volatility and risk premia higher. There are two possible drivers for such an outcome. First, spreads could widen in response to QE tapering. We would view this as an opportunity to add risk, since our baseline view is that QE tapering is likely to be accompanied by a much more dovish dose of forward guidance. But the task of communicating this new policy mix to the market may be complicated by the market's temptation to equate 'tapering' with 'tightening'. In our view, it will most likely make sense to fade spread widening due to fears of policy tightening, provided of course that the underlying macro conditions remain visibly intact (hence our rather wide stop loss).
A second potential macro catalyst for higher volatility and risk premia is concern over earlier-than-expected rate hikes in response to either better growth or higher inflation. While such 'bouts of fear' are possible, in our judgment major central banks are likely to try and counter them, since most developed-market economies are still struggling to generate enough aggregate demand to close their output gaps and restore growth to pre-crisis trends. Fiscal headwinds in many economies are set to ease (Japan excluded), and monetary policy in these economies should remain very accommodative. In short, growth should improve, and we consider it an acceptably low risk that the Fed will need to hike earlier than expected in response to either better growth or higher inflation than we forecast.
On the micro front, corporate balance sheet re-leveraging is our top risk for 2014 (just as it was for 2013). A key risk to our trade is therefore a significant increase in idiosyncratic risk beyond what's currently priced in. As we have discussed on several occasions, we expect better growth over the next few quarters to flow through to top-line growth and earnings (a trend that is already evident), and we think this will help stabilize and perhaps even reverse some of the recent trends in debt-to-EBITDA ratios. And we remain sceptical of the popular concern that corporate leverage could rise sharply simply because corporate bond yields are low. That said, the idiosyncratic risk of 'active' re-leveraging remains high for some firms and sectors due not only to low bond yields but also to struggling ROEs and activist shareholders, and especially for companies that have underperformed their peers.
Credit tranches 101
Tranches allow investors to gain exposure to a particular portion of the index's loss distribution and are defined by attachment and detachment points (3 and 7%, respectively in the case of our trade recommendation). Losses affect the tranches according to their seniority in the capital structure. An investor who sells protection on the 3-7% tranche is only responsible for cumulative losses between 3% and 7% of the index (125 names in the case of CDX IG). In other words, once cumulative losses reach the 7% detachment point, the tranche notional is exhausted.
Upon each credit event, the tranche notional is reduced by the incremental loss amount. For example, assuming a first default occurs with a recovery rate of 40% (loss-given default of 60%), the equity tranche (0-3%) is adjusted for the reduced notional to ($1-60%/125 or 99.52 cents). The equity detachment point is now 2.986% (99.52% times 3%). The original notional of the other tranches remains unchanged but now has a smaller cushion against further losses.
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How stupid do you need to be to put your stops where somebody tells you to put them?
And a prop desk no less!
The hiring process is grueling at GS.....they have to make sure they only get the psychopaths.
GS Reco #5, after copy-paste to translate.google.com "GS" --> "English":
"Dust off the basic trade that blew up AIG's London desk, repackage it based on an index that no one knew about until it blew up JPM's London desk, and then sell that idea to yield-starved zombie funds and retirees on fixed incomes. Oh, and have marketing add a glossy cover. I can haz bownus?!"
Losses affect the tranches according to their seniority in the capital structure.
If you didn't already know this, you shouldn't be buying this. Some muppets will have their stuffing ripped out on this trade.
Well, in fact, it's not the JPY strenghtening which impacted equities but quite the reverse (i.e. equities tanking influences EUR/JPY which carried over the USD/JPY). Get your facts straight.
Which came first, the chicken, the egg, or the rooster?
Selling CDS on the lowest tranches of CDO's, what could possibly go wrong? It's not like the financial system almost collapsed just 5 years ago because of trades like this, right? I assume these 'mezzanine' (euphemism for junk) bonds are all AAA rated?
Stop loss is just an open order to sell. If you are in an illiquid enviroment and have a sell order, with Goldman on the other side to buy.... Don't hold your breath in actually selling on the stop.
Yes, I truly believe that ZeroHedge sold out to Goldman Sachs long ago ... sad (or maybe ZH was always a Goldman project). As Pablo Escobar was purportedly fond of saying: "Take my silver or take my lead".
The last time I was banned from ZH was for implying something similar. That may be the greatest proof of all.
You'd think they'd actually support the Goldman recos then, instead of posting them to laugh at?
Not that any retail investor (like a typical ZH reader) I know has access to jump risk, anyway.
Are you synthetically hedgeing your of investor held portions? I'm sorry if I missed it but, what is the original leverage on your side used?
Talk about financal-f******g-ization of the economy. In a couple years the shelves in Walmart or any other store won't contain any real goods any more, just pieces of paper representing derivative trades. Sauté your juinor mezzanine tranches with a little olive oil.
I have no idea what I just read.


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I didn't think the game was as bad as everyone is saying... a one goal game goes to the very last second, Bergy gets robbed on the doorstep and Ference bungles a blue line pass. Stil 2 more tries with 1 at home.
Plenty of opportunities to tie it up. People here are acting (as expected) like the game was as bad as Game 1 from the Leafs side.
Tons of "if"s to go around. If any one of the "if"s had become a "did", the game goes a very different direction.


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Swap out your heavy Raleigh Mojave 8.0 MB for a Kona Jack The Snake Cx bike!
Seriously though, I felt I lost too much fitness last winter using the mountain bike so yesterday I picked up a sweet 2003 Kona Jake The Snake. So I am going from a 41 pound MB to a surprisingly light 22.09 lb CX bike. The Kona appears to be in great shape and it's going to sorta be a shame exposing it to all the winter road muck.
The Kona has bosses for fenders so that is a plus. I'll mount up the fenders, rack, lights, and then source so good studded snow tires and should be good go for most days. Still wouldn't mind getting a IGH bike one day with disc brakes but the Kona was too good of a deal to pass up.
I need to modify the fenders to better protect the RD and cassette which gave me quite a few problems last year by freezing up. Am also curious to see how well the Kona's brakes work in freezing conditions. The plus of the Mojave 8.0 was the discs brakes that gave me zero issues last winter.
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In the opener, the Silver Knights raced out to a 22-5 first-quarter lead before cruising to a comfortable 38-9 upperhand at the break.
Senior Darren Heintzman dropped in 12 of his game-high 27 points in the opening first while Dylan Romine added 12 for Tyler Consolidated. Heintzman was an impressive 9 of 12 from the field, including two 3s and 7 of 8 from the line.


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Top HR officials are being asked to oversee major cost-cutting—in many cases, layoffs. At the same time, they need to plan for future talent needs of their organizations. And often they face these twin challenges with a downsized department of their own.
"When you've got a fire, you can't ignore the fire. You've got to put it out," says Fred Foulkes, director of the Human Resources Policy Institute at the Boston University School of Management. "But you've also got to think about the long term."
Not all HR executives are in that position. Cynthia McCague of Coca-Cola and Rich Floersch of McDonald's serve companies that are doing decent business in the recession. But many top people leaders are like Sid Banwart, chief HR officer of heavy equipment maker Caterpillar. His company has announced a workforce reduction of about 23,000 people, a figure that includes flexible workers such as contract employees. Banwart says the trick now is not to see the situation as a trade-off between today and tomorrow.
"This is a time when we emphasize the power of the 'and,' " Banwart says. "We must deal with the current reality and maintain the ability of the company to grow following the downturn."
He says Caterpillar is continuing efforts to develop future managers. Between now and 2020, Banwart expects the company to need thousands of new leaders. He's also hoping to continue a seven-year streak of improved employee engagement despite the layoffs and a bleak near-term outlook.
As if such juggling weren't hard enough, HR leaders also are being asked to wrestle with new government rules, Foulkes notes. Among them are a set of executive compensation restrictions related to the Troubled Asset Relief Program and card-check legislation that would make unionization easier. In addition, the stimulus package approved earlier this year demands new COBRA policies from organizations.
Add it all up and HR execs have their work cut out for them.
"It's a really challenging job these days," Foulkes says. "There's a lot of issues at the top of the organization, there's a lot of issues at the bottom, and a lot of issues in between."


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GREENVILLE, N.C. – The East Carolina women's soccer team kicks off the 2011 season and opens the ECU Soccer Stadium Friday night when it welcomes in nationally-ranked SouthCarolina for a 7 p.m. (ET) match.
A year ago, the Pirates posted a 9-9-1 record, including a 4-6-1 mark in Conference USA, finishing in a tie for eighth place. ECU returns eight of its 10 goal scorers from last season, including senior captains Jessica Abshire, Kimmy Cummings and Amanda Malkiewicz along with junior defender Hali Oughton and sophomore goalkeeper Christiane Cordero, all of whom started all 19 matches in 2010.
Abshire, a Wake Forest, N.C. native, ranked second on the team in points (11) and assists (5) behind Malkiewicz and netted her first career game-winning strike at William & Mary. She scored a career-best three goals, registered five assists (three in league play) andplayed every minute in 14 of 19 games. Since stepping on campus Abshire hasstarted 60-straight matches, scored seven goals, dished out 11 assists for 25 points.
Cummings started all 19 games at midfield posting career-highs in goals (3), assists (4), points (10) and shots (32). The Mechanicsville, Va. native netted her first goal of the season against No. 10 Wake Forest and added a pair of scores against league members Tulsa and Rice. During her three-year career, she has played in 59 matches,scored six goals, dished out seven assists and recorded 19 points.
Malkiewicz, who was named preseason All C-USA, became the fifth player in school history to lead the squad in goals (7), assists (6) and points (20) in the same season.
The Forked River, N.J. native played nearly 1,200 minutes and pushed her consecutive starting streak to 60 matches with her start at Marshall in the season finale. She closed out the year ranked among the league leaders (all games) in points and points per game (t-7th), goals and goals per game (ninth) and assists and assists per game (t-10th).
In league play, she netted four goals (one game-winning vs. Rice), registered three assists and tallied 11 points and closed out the campaign ranked fourth all-time on ECU's career charts in assists (16) and points (50), while ranking sixth in goals (17).
Oughton has started 36 of 38 career games for ECU netting a pair of goals on 18 shots, while dishing out four assists – including a career-best three last season. The Redondo Beach, Calif. native logged over1,600 minutes on the pitch with a season-best 110 at UAB. Her lone goal (second career) was against Colorado College on a header off a corner kick.
Cordero returns in the goal for the Pirates after posting a 9-9-1 record with a pair of shutouts and 95 saves. The Valencia, Calif. native logged 1,737 minutes in goal and recorded five or more saves 11 times, including a career-best 11 against instate rival N.C. State in a 1-0 victory. On the year she sported a 1.45 goals against average and saved 77 percent of the shots she faced (256).
The Gamecocks return six starters from last season's SEC regular season and tournament runner-up team that went 15-6-4 with a berth in the NCAA Second Round. Senior forward Kayla Grimsley is an All-American candidate and was named to the MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List after her record breaking junior campaign that saw her capture the school's single-season points record (34 points).
All-SEC players Ellen Fahey and Danielle Aureturn in addition to starters DaniHenry, Liz Sinclair and Maria Petroni. Fahey anchors a backline that ended the SEC regular season first in every major defensive category, and will look to join the recent club of departed players Blakely Mattern and Brittiny Rhoades as All-American players. Au, a SEC All-Freshman Team selection, will compliment Grimsley in the attack with an enhanced attacking role.
Henry and Sinclair contributed to South Carolina's 17th-ranked defense last season, and Petroni started 24 of Carolina's 25 games last season as a winger.
The team will break in a new goalkeeper in 2011 with the graduation of Mollie Patton, who left Columbia as one of the top goalkeepers in NCAA history. A quartet of athletes are poised to play between the pipes with senior Roya Mojarab wielding the most experience and redshirt sophomores Alex Holland and Darien Vercillo making waves during the preseason. True freshman Sabrina D'Angelo brings Canadian national team experience to the position as a starter for the U17 team and will push the upperclassmen for the starting position after being named an SEC Preseason Watch List selection.
Prior to the start of the match Friday, Dr. Steve Ballard, SGA President Josh Martinovich, ECU Provost Marilyn Sheerer and Board of Trustees member Bob Lucas will be on hand for a special pregame presentation.


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International tales of Jewish intrigue
By Emily K. Alhadeff, Associate Editor, The Jewish Sound
Jean (Mosseri) Naggar was 19 when her family received an expulsion notice. It was 1957 Cairo, in the aftermath of the Suez Crisis, and Jews were fleeing Egypt en masse. The office they were to report to, ironically, was on a street named for her grandfather.
"I thought it was the end of my life, which hadn't begun," said Naggar. "I used to get very sad and every depressed about it. Maybe I'll never know love, I'll never have a baby; all the things a woman wants, I'll never have."
Her family's expulsion from the country they had lived in for generations is the subject of her memoir, "Sipping from the Nile: My Exodus from Egypt" (Lake Union Publishing, 2012).
Naggar was in Seattle visiting her son and daughter-in-law, David and Karen Naggar, and their five children in early June. She spoke at The Summit at First Hill on June 10 and Sephardic Bikur Holim on June 12.
Naggar's family had connections in Europe, and was able to resettle in England. In time, she reunited with the "boy next door" from Cairo, and after a brief courtship they married and moved to New York, where she established a literary agency.
Only when grandchildren came into the picture did Naggar sit down to write a memoir.
"I looked at these little people and I thought, they will never, ever know — or begin to understand — the childhood I had," she said.
What started as a personal anecdote project about her large extended family turned into a book that has sold more than 30,000 copies.
"There was absolutely nothing written in the press about the Jews from Arab lands," she said.
The Arab-Jewish expulsion narrative has gained awareness, and Naggar has blogged about it on Huffington Post. Though they lost a great deal of possessions (her grandfather's house is now occupied by the Russian embassy), what Arab Jews truly lost was not material, she says. In step with Jewish history, they took what they could and moved on.
Naggar sees the expulsion as the precedent for Egypt's current turmoil.
"The economic chaos started when they got rid of a fully functioning layer of British, French and Jews," she said. "They all disappeared in a year…. It took 50 years for it to burst."
Looking back, she feels sadness and also hopelessness as Islamist forces gain traction in the region.
"It's a beautiful country," she said. "There's a tremendous amount of nostalgia for people who were born in Egypt."
The most rewarding aspect of the memoir is passing it down to her grandchildren, and she urges people to write their stories.
"The day where you could find a bunch of letters in a blue ribbon in an attic are gone," she said. "People should write their stories for the next generation to find."
The Seattle Jewish community also had the pleasure of welcoming Vic Alhadeff (no direct relation) the weekend of May 30. Alhadeff, the CEO of the New South Wales Jewish Board of Deputies and a chair on the Community Relations Council in Sydney, Australia, was also visiting his extended family in Seattle. He presented at Congregation Ezra Bessaroth over Shabbat dinner on May 30.
In a story Alhadeff submitted to this paper last year, he recounts his father's escape from the Island of Rhodes during World War II to Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia). His parents and fiancé, he later learned, had been killed. He married and raised a family, only to discover decades later that his fiancé, Becky, had survived the war and ended up in Belgium. (Becky also thought her fiancée had been killed.) In their 70s, the former couple reunited for an hour in the Brussels airport.
Alhadeff spoke about the Jewish reality in Australia, where Jews are an integral part of the society and have high rates of connection to the Holocaust, Israel, and Jewish education, and are prominent on the "rich list" every year.
Alhadeff encouraged Seattleites to pick up programs his organizations have implemented, like a version of Model UN, which foster interfaith and intercultural dialogue among the youth.
"Many kids will have opportunities for the first time to ask questions," he said.
Before his position as a community leader, Alhadeff was editor of the Australian Jewish News, and before that, sub-editor of The Cape Times in apartheid South Africa.
"It was very challenging time period, because there was a minefield of censorship," he said. Alhadeff balks at the comparison of Israel to apartheid South Africa. "To describe Israel as an apartheid state is an insult to those who suffered under apartheid," he said.
Alhadeff covered Nelson Mandela's career and has written two books on South African history, and he has covered game-changing events like the freedom of Soviet Jewry, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Yitzchak Rabin's assassination.
When it comes to Alhadeff's most controversial issue as a Jewish newspaper editor in Australia, he didn't hesitate to cite gay rights.
"The most controversial issue, and the one I remain proudest of, [is gay rights]," he said.
It was 2000, and a Jewish float was going in the pride parade for the first time.
"I published a photo on the front page," he said.
He received hundreds of letters, most in support of the coverage.
"I was accused of suppressing critical letters," he said.
"The most gratifying part of this whole issue was that months and years later gay Jews in Sydney point to that moment as a sea change to being accepted," he said. "Many family members for the first time understood they were not being gay on a whim, but that was who they were."
Alhadeff said he found the Friday night service at the EB synagogue "moving and nostalgic. I hadn't heard those tunes since my Bar Mitzvah years at the Sephardi synagogue in Zimbabwe, and it was very special to be there and to meet so many people from Rhodes."
Rabbi Ron-Ami Meyers said about 70 people turned out for the dinner.
"Full credit to Rabbi Meyers for organizing the dinner," said Alhadeff, "and to the community for responding with such interest."


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We are just starting to think about a big tour next year. The longest tour we have done is a week-long tour a couple years ago.
So far the general plan is to leave in May (when my semester is done). We want to start in San Francisco, head north either along the coast or a bit more inland up to Portland, then head along the Columbia River. We want to see the Scablands. We want to hit geology-stuff along the way. Not yet sure of exact route through Idaho and Montana. Further east, we are not yet sure if we want to go through the UP of Michigan or up and over Lake Superior. Ultimate destination is Boston (my mom lives there).
Time is not a huge factor, we plan to put our "other lives" aside for 6 months.
We want to keep our apt we have now, and have to find someone to help care for our kitties while we are gone. ("Whadda ya mean ya can't freeze-dry 'em?")
We have our bikes and most of our gear already. I'm riding an LHT and my bf has a Cross Check he set up for touring. We plan to pull Bob trailers (got 'em already), and have small panniers for day-stuff on the bikes.
We have been trying to entice a friend to go with us. He's young and not tied down and it sounds like his kind of adventure.
I don't have any specific questions, but if anyone has any suggestions, we'd love to hear them.


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Re: Aikido in a street situation
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Hi Tony
When the would be muggers demanded his wallet, Abbe Sensei carefully took it from his inside pocket, dropped it at his feet before making his generous offer. It was a rare occasion for Sensei to leave the dojo on his own as we usually all caught the same tube train home.
Henry Ellis
I didn't know that Henry, but it seems the real fighting mind set does have it's common thought?
I had a similar situ in my cab one night, where they all (5) decided they weren't going to pay the fare and what they were going to do to me if they got out...... London style cabs have a locking system for the back doors
This made the hackles in my neck bulge as I thought 'ere we go again' took a deep breath and quietly said to them through the partition. "Look fella's there's five of you and one of me, I ain't going to be able to take all five of you, but rest assured one of you is going to die, which one is it gonna be? It went quiet for a few seconds and then they all broke out in laughter!! Here's me sitting there wondering what the joke was about......!!
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Recreational marijuana may be legal in Washington but pot plants will continue to be eradicated as the new state law does not permit production of the plant – only use and possession (unlike the medical marijuana law, which allows Washington patients and caregivers to both use and cultivate medicinal cannabis). By law, only state licensed and regulated cannabis distribution stand-alone stores (to open after December 1, 2013) will be authorized to cultivate and provide recreational pot to Washingtonians.
Earlier this week the Washington State Patrol (the state police possessing "general authority" enforcement powers) announced that the annual Marijuana Eradication Program will proceed despite the November passage of I-502, which legalized recreational pot in Washington.
Lt. Ron Mead of the State Patrol Narcotics Division made no concession to legal marijuana when promising: "Our eradication efforts have been aggressive in recent years, and will continue to be aggressive in coming years."
Indeed, in 2012 the Marijuana Eradication Program obliterated 200,000 plants that surely could have been put to better use (though encouragingly, that figure was down from a whopping 600,000 plants destroyed in '09).
One issue still in question is federal funding – there has been speculation via a state analysis that the feds might withhold the $1.5 million annually they provide the State Patrol to wipe out weed, but Lt. Mead said he doesn't anticipate a problem receiving the funds.
More rational was the rhetoric from State Rep Roger Goodman (D-Kirkland) who told King 5 News: "Politically, I don't see a reason for spending money on [the Marijuana Eradication Program]. It's the federal government's drug war, let them pay for it. We're not going to pay for it anymore."
Besides using helicopters for aerial enforcement of pot eradication, the State Patrol also uses choppers for transport of donor organs and blood supplies for medical emergencies. Maybe they should stick exclusively to that practice, seems like a much wiser use of the Patrol's budget and resources.


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Louganis says induction is in mom's memory
What: Induction ceremonies during 64th annual Salute to the Champions dinner
When: Tuesday, 6:30 p.m., Town & Country Resort, San Diego
Who: Diver Greg Louganis; pitcher David Wells; sailor J.J. Fetter; plus Veterans Committee selections David Grayson (football) and Bob Larsen (running coach)
Meet the Hall of Famers
Greg Louganis in the news
Halfway around the world, he finally had a hint of what it felt like to be the other guy, the poor kid from Crawford or Grossmont or Patrick Henry who had to compete against the reigning Olympic silver medalist in a San Diego high school diving meet.
Actually, what Greg Louganis felt first was the back of his own head cracking against the springboard, whereupon he was filled with dread. Not the fear that he'd injured himself, but the fear that his big secret was out for the world to see, given away by the blood in the diving pool at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul.
Eventually, the worry that he'd be found out as HIV-positive gave way to the realization that he had to get back on the springboard with the lingering effects of a concussion, no longer the invincible Louganis. As it was, Louganis, 28, had been "holding on by the skin of my teeth" to stave off the teenage-daredevil act that was the Chinese diving team, and now he still had to dive the finals of both his Olympic events with those five stitches in his skull.
"Once I hit my head on the board," Louganis said, "from that point forward, I became the underdog."
The first part hurt bad. The second part? Not so bad.
Instead of impressing people with his sheer dynamism and incomparable skill as the greatest diver in history, Louganis won the springboard with courage and resilience, successfully defending his Olympic championship. As he climbed the 10-meter tower for his last Olympic descent a week later, though, the weight on his back grew heavier with each step. The pressure was put on him by the well-nailed final dive of 14-year-old Xiong Ni.
"I had to follow it, and I was feeling it," said Louganis, now 50. "Suddenly, I had this image pop into my head, this visual of my mom sitting at home, watching the Olympics on TV. Knowing her, I could've bombed the 31/2 and mom would say, 'Oh, what a pretty splash.' It made me laugh, put things in perspective."
Frances Louganis, though taken by cancer in 2004, is the inspiration who finally brought Louganis back for a proper salutation from his native city. Greg Louganis, whose upbringing in East County was both painful and the foundation of his success and status as an Olympic icon, will be inducted Monday into the San Diego Hall of Champions.
"Really, honestly, the reason I'm doing this is in memory of my mom," Louganis said. "I don't pay a lot of attention to that sort of thing — the Olympic Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame — but these are the type of things she'd really get a kick out of."
As easy as Louganis made it look, performing the tight spins and somersaults of a world-class gymnast while effectively jumping off a cliff into the sea, his whole life has come with a huge degree of difficulty. Born to teenagers who put him up for adoption, taunted and belittled and even beaten up by other kids for the darkness of his Samoan skin and less-than-macho interests, slowed by dyslexia, hampered by adolescent drug and alcohol use, confused by his sexuality, damaged by relationships and ultimately beset by AIDS, Louganis has had plenty to cope with beyond the pressure of having the world watch his every move with rapt attention.


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Its' harvest time again at The Perin Orchard in Emmett, Idaho. Bite into one of our unique Red Spur apples and you will see what makes them so special. Enjoy the crisp juicy flavor from the first bite clear to the core. Our apples are great for eating fresh and are also excellent for applesauce, apple juice, pies, baked apples, etc. Mmmm, fresh baked apple pie.
No ladders are required because the dwarf trees are close to the ground. We have fresh apples to pick no matter how tall you are, 2 feet to 7 feet, more or less. Bring the family; children are welcome. Pack a lunch; enjoy the crisp fall country air as you stroll through the orchard. Handicrafts including birdhouses are available, as well.
The Perin Orchard, owned by Reisse and Geraldine Perin, has over 400 mature tress on 5 scenic acres of land. The trees were planted by one of the prominent orchard families in The Payette Valley. The Perins bought the property several years ago to enjoy the views and save the trees that were falling to development. Both "U Pick" and "We Pick For You" are available by the pound, by the box or by the pickup load. Contact us for current prices and harvest schedule. Weekends or by appointment.


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Oklahoma City teen to be tried as adult in Bricktown shooting
As recently as Jan. 31, the teenager accused of shooting eight people after an Oklahoma City Thunder playoff game declared his unwillingness to give up the gang life, telling a jail detention officer he "would be back on the streets" in as little as 15 months.
Now Avery Myers is looking at life in prison if convicted in connection with the shootings, after a judge ruled Friday that Myers will face trial as an adult.
Myers, 17, of Oklahoma City, is charged with eight counts of shooting with intent to kill, or in the alternative, eight counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon.
The shootings took place after a May 21 game between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Los Angeles Lakers.
Associate District Judge Richard W. Kirby considered testimony from five mental health experts over a four-month period before rejecting a motion by defense attorneys to have Myers certified as a juvenile.
"The court finds compelling the testimony of each of the mental health experts in this case and that none of these professionals recommend that the defendant be certified as a juvenile," Kirby wrote in his ruling.
If convicted as a juvenile, Myers would have been released on his 19th birthday, regardless of whether he completed a treatment plan.
Among the evidence Kirby considered in making his decision were Myers' level of gang involvement, violent behavior and substance abuse.
Myers has been disciplined five times since being booked into the Oklahoma County jail on May 29, including once on the day before he was set to appear in Kirby's courtroom for the final day of testimony in his certification hearing.
"He was verbally belligerent and disrespectful to an Oklahoma County officer and threatened him with gang gestures and comments regarding 'Tupac,' a known gang figure," according to the judge's report.
On Dec. 11, Myers received a 30-day sanction for fighting with another inmate. He punched the inmate two additional times while the inmate was being restrained. On Jan. 12, Myers got into a fight with an inmate and had to be pepper-sprayed when he refused to stop fighting.
On Jan. 31, Myers recited violent and obscene lyrics by rapper Tupac, telling the detention officer "it was a thug life," and he was the "modern-day Tupac." The officer also testified that Myers told him "he doesn't care about county (jail)," and he would "be out … in 15 months and back on the streets."
In August, Kirby ruled there was enough evidence to prosecute Myers, who is accused of shooting into a crowd of unarmed people.
Prosecutors, Kirby wrote, proved "there is good cause to believe the defendant would not reasonably complete a plan of rehabilitation, and that the public would not be adequately protected if the defendant were to be sentenced as a youthful offender."
Defense attorneys argued that Myers, then 16, acted in self-defense because he felt threatened by a group.
Defense attorneys told the judge they plan to appeal the ruling.
Myers is set to appear in Oklahoma County District Court on March 6.


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PhD@UP: Second Consortium meeting and two workshops organized in Prishtina
In the framework of the TEMPUS project: "PhD in Food Science and Food Technology and Creating Capacities for PhD Reform at the University of Prishtina/ Kosovo", financed by European Commission, the second consortium meeting and two workshops were organized during 29th -30th of September at the Faculty of Agriculture and Veterinary of the University of Prishtina, Kosovo.
The first day consisted of two sessions:
· Consortium meeting, which started with a presentation of the project on: "Status Quo of the PhD program development", by Vice-rector for Teaching and Scientific Research at UP, Prof. Bajram Berisha, continuing with a presentation on "Activities overview and next steps" by Martina Handler, WUS Austria. The upcoming project activities were discussed and set (location of study visits, workshops as well as deadlines) in accordance with project partners.
· Workshop: Presentation of the Preliminary Results of the Gap Analysis and Benchmarking Report, by representatives of the University of Graz. During the workshop recommendations for PhD structure based on the current human and infrastructure capacities at UP were given and discussed among the participants of the workshop.
The second day comprised another workshop on:
· "Research Capacities - Local Needs", where the main issue discussed during the workshop were training needs of UP staff on the basis of:
- Human capacities
- Infrastructure capacities
- Outputs (projects and publications)
- Networks
The aim of the workshop was the development of an analysis report and action plan for research trainings, as well as the specifications of research equipment to be purchased for the PhD program.
The PhD program is in the final stage of development, therefore after the accreditation by Kosovo Accreditation Agency, the University of Prishtina will announce the call for enrolment, which is expected for February of 2012.
The announcement will be published on this project web page as well.
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Closing conference of the Tempus project: "PhD in Food Science and Technology and Creating Capacities for PhD Reform at the University of Prishtina / Kosovo" (PhD@UP). Within the Tempus project "PhD in Food Science and Technology and Creating Capacities for PhD Reform ...


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Not many people were expecting a whole lot from River last season. The Pilots had one senior and a team of relative unknowns.
That won't be the case this winter for coach Mark Romick and the Pilots.
''Last year, we had a lot of young kids,'' Romick said. ''We've got eight lettermen coming back. We've got a lot of parts, but it's going to come down to to whether or not those parts fit well together to make a total package.''
The fitting together of those pieces was delayed some because the Pilots' football season extended into a 12th week.
The Pilots finished last season with an 8-12 mark and won the sectional title and eventually fell to state semifinalist Hiland. Gone from that team is point guard and heart-and-soul Kyle Earley, who was an all-OVAC and all-District player.
The inside is where the Pilots figure to have the most strength this winter.
The inside is anchored by 6-foot-7 center Terry Kirkland who blocked more than 100 shots last season.
He's joined on the interior by 6-5 forward Zach Hammond who was one of the Pilots' leading scorers a season ago.
Hammond has been slowed by an injury he sustained during football season.
Doing a brunt of the dirty work on the inside for the Pilots will be senior Harold Earley (6-3).
The Pilots' backcourt could also be a strength if the guards learn their roles quickly and learn to work without Earley.
Also back is 6-1 guard Jamie Brown who saw action a season ago. Sophomore Dylan Potts (6-foot) expects to be in the mix for playing time. He saw some varsity minutes late in the season. Junior Ty Ash is another who saw time and expects to play a bigger role.
River was the beneficiary of a transfer during the offseason. Derek Blackstone came to River after being in the Monroe Central district.
Ticketed primarily for reserve duty are: Kurt Indermuhle, Kerry Wichterman, Isiah Greer, Tyler Jeffers and Devin Potts.
Romick's coaching staff returns intact. Gard Curtis is again the chief assistant. Kris Pfalzgraf is the reserve coach, while Scott Piatt and Justin Cochran are also on the staff, handling the freshmen.
Because of the extended Pilots' football season, River will open the campaign Dec. 8
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Nov. 30: Monroe Central 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 7: at Caldwell 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 8: Frontier 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 11: Shadyside 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 14: Shenandoah 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 8: at Buckeye Trail 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 22: at Tyler Cons. 7:30 p.m.
Dec. 29: at Frontier 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 2: at Magnolia 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 4: Frontier 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 8: Tyler Consolidated 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 11: at Fort Frye 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 15: Caldwell 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 19: Magnolia 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 22: Buckeye Trail 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 25: at Shenandoah 7:30 p.m.
Jan. 29: at Shadyside 7:30 p.m.
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investments (ODI) under the automatic route for all new transactions to 100 percent of net worth from 400 percent.
- The reduced limit would also apply to remittances made by Indian companies setting up unincorporated entities outside of the country in the energy and natural resources sectors, but would not apply to ONGC Videsh Ltd, the foreign unit of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, or Oil India Ltd.
- The RBI has also reduced the limit for remittances made by resident individuals under the liberalised remittance scheme to $75,000 from $200,000 per financial year.
- It has banned use of remittances for purchases of property outside India.
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Is there any way to turn off the sending of invitations? Sometimes it would be nice to schedule without everyone getting an invitation...calendars are checked regularly so an invitation isn't always needed (esp. for recurring meetings). Also, every time a meeting is edited (even in the comment area) a modified update is sent out to all of the invitees. It would be nice to be able to choose whether or not to send the information out again--much like when a new invitee is added to the meeting after the original meeting is scheduled. Maybe this is already available and I'm not finding the solution(s).
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CD Collection
Computers and a printer are available to research the CD Collection. Printer copies are 10 cents each to defray the cost of ink and paper.
Numbered CD's
001. Marriage Index: Louisiana, 1718-1925
002. Marriage Index: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, 1720-1926
003. Marriage Index: Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, 1641-1944
004. Marriage Index: Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, 1624-1915
005. Marriage Index: Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Texas, 1766-1961
006. Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1799-1992
011. New Netherland Vital Records, 1600's
012. Everton's Computerized Family File, Volume 1, 1400s-present Family Pedigrees (3 CD's)
013. Family Pedigrees: Everton's Computerized Family File Volumes 2 & 3, 1400s-present (4 CD's)
014. Family Pedigrees: Everton's Computerized Family File Volume 4, 1400s-present (3 CD's)
015. Family Pedigrees: Everton Publishers, 1500-1990
017. Birth Records: US/Europe, 900-1880
019. Gen. Rec's: Egle's Notes & Queries of Pennsylvania, 1700s-1800s
110. Social Security Death Index: A-K & L-Z (2)
113. Family History: 217 Genealogy Books
115. Genealogist's All-in-One Address Book
117. Family History: New England Families #1, 1600s-1800s - Contains 13 books:
118. Canadian Genealogy Index, 1600's-1900's
119. Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865
120. Military Records: Connecticut Officers and Soldiers, 1700's-1800's
129. Church Records: Adams, Berks & Lancaster Counties,Pennsylvania, 1600's-1800's
130. Pennsylvania German Church Records, 1729-1870
133. Maryland and Delaware Revolutionary Patriots, 1775-1783 by Henry C. Peden, Jr. - Contains 11 books:
134. Massachusetts Civil War Soldiers & Sailors, 1861-1865
145. Military Records: Revolutionary Pension Lists - Contains 9 publications:
146. Military Records: U. S. Soldiers, 1784-1811
156. Mid-Atlantic Genealogies, 1340-1940
157. Early New York Families, 1600s-1900s (2 CD's)
159. New England Families #2, 1600s-1800s
162. Virginia Genealogies #1
Contains all five volumes of "Genealogies of Virginia Families" -- a collection of family history articles compiled from eighty-four years of "The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography." Most of the articles trace lines of descent through seven or eight generations, covering three or four centuries.
163. Pennsylvania Genealogies #1, Pre-1600-1900s - Family Histories
164. Mortality Index: US, 1850-1880
166. Church Records: Selected Areas of Pennsylvania, 1600s-1800s
167. Mayflower Vital Records: Deeds & Wills 1600s - 1900s
170. Immigrants to the New World 1600s - 1800s
171. Genealogies of Mayflower Families, 1500s - 1800s
172. Pennsylvania Vital Records, 1700s-1800s
173. Genealogies of Long Island Families, 1600s-1800s
174. Virginia Vital Records #1, 1600s-1800s - Contains 6 books:
175. Ohio Vital Records #1, 1790s-1870s
Contains images of the pages from the two-volume book "Gateway to the West" compiled by Ruth Bowers and Anita Short from over 350 articles that originally appeared in the "Gateway to the West" periodical, published in Ohio from 1967 to 1978.
Materials included are: marriage records, indexes to estates, will abstracts, death, cemetery, and divorce records, indenture and apprenticeship records, baptisms, land grants, ministers' licenses, minutebooks of courts, deed abstracts, partition records, guardianships, and naturalization records. The majority of these materials cover the years 1800 to 1850 and are from seventy-six of Ohio's eighty-eight counties.
177. Ohio Vital Records #2, 1750s-1880s - Contains 3 books:
178. Church Records: Maryland and Delaware, 1600s-1800s
179. Family History: Connecticut Genealogies #1, 1600s-1800s
181. English Origins of New England Families, 1500s-1800s
183. Early Settlers of New York State, 1760-1942
184. Colonial Families of Maryland, 1600s-1900s - Contains 7 books:
185. Kentucky Genealogies #1, 1700s-1800s
188. Index to Griffeth's Valuation of Ireland, 1848-1864
190. New Jersey Biographical Index, 1800s
192. Quaker Encyclopedia of Quaker Records, 1750-1930 (2)
193. County & Family Histories: Pennsylvania, 1740-1900 (2)
195. Maryland Genealogies and Marriages, 1634-1820 - Contains 6 books:
196. Birth Index, Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1680-1800
197. Census Index: Ireland, 1831 & 1841
201. Library Resources: U.S./Canada Surname Folder Index
202. Genealogical Records: Virginia Historical Index
207. Family Archives: Local & Family Histories: Massachusetts 1620-1930
208. Maryland Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volumes 1-38, 1960-1997
209. Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Wills, 1682-1834
215. Vital Records: Rhode Island, 1500's-1900's
225. Marriage Index: Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, 1850-1951
226. Marriage Index: Georgia, 1754-1850
227. Marriage Index: Arkansas, California, Iowa, Lousiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Oregon, Texas, 1728-1850
228. Marriage Index: Illinois, Indiana, 1790-1850
229. Marriage Index: Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, 1728-1850
236. Ohio Marriage Index 1851-1900
237. Marriage Index: Georgia, 1851-1900
238. Genealogical Records: New York, 1675-1920
239. New York City Marriage Index 1600's - 1800's
241. West Virginia Marriage Index 1863 - 1900
242. Marriage Index: Mississippi and Florida, 1800-1900
244. Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900
248. Marriage Index: Alabama, 1850-1900
250. Marriage Index: Illinois, 1851-1900
255. Land Records: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin, 1790-1907
256. Passenger & Immigration Lists: Boston, 1821-1850
257. Passenger & Immigration Lists: Irish Immigrants to North America, 1803-1871
258. Naturalization Records: Philadelphia, 1789-1880
262. International Land Records: Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1838
268. Scottish Immigrants to North America 1600's - 1800's
273. Passenger & IImmigration Lists: New York, 1820-1850
276. Scotch-Irish Settlers in America, 1500's-1800's, Immigration Records
284. Census Index: Massachusetts, 1870
303. Census Microfilm Records: Kentucky, 1850 (3)
310. Census Index: Colonial America, 1607-1789
314. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties 1820
317. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850
350. Complete Book of Emigrants 1607 - 1776
351. Roll of Honor: Civil War Union Soldiers
352. Immigrants to America, 1600s-1800s Immigration Records
354. Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
356. Passenger and Immigration Lists Germans to America, 1875-1888
357. Passenger and Immigration Lists: Irish to America, 1846-1865
397. Marriage Index: Connecticut, 1635-1860
398. Marriage Index: Texas, 1850-1900
399. Marriage Index: District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, 1740-1920
400. Marriage Index: Ohio, 1789-1850
403. Selected US/International Marriage Records, 1340-1980; 1560-1900
449. Local & Family Histories: New England, 1600's-1900's
452. Census Microfilm Records: California, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas & Utah, 1850 (4 CD's)
453. Census Microfilm Records: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, & Mississippi, 1850 (6 CD's)
500. Family History: Southern Biographies & Genealogies, 1500's-1940's
501. Immigration Records: Immigrants to Pennsylvania, 1600's-1800's
502. Massachusetts Town, Probate and Vital Records, 1600's-1800's
503. Virginia Colonial Records, 1600s-1700s
506. Lineages of Hereditary Society Members, 1600s-1800s - Contains 13 books:
510. Colonial Virginia Source Records, 1600s-1700s
511. Genealogical Records: Early Tennessee Settlers, 1700s-1900s - Contains 14 books:
512. Genealogical Records: Pennsylvania Colonial Records, 1600s-1800s
513. Virginia Land, Marriage & Probate, 1639-1850
515. LOCAL & Family Histories of Connecticut, 1600s-1900s (2)
517. Early South Caroline Settlers, 1600's-1800s
518. Colonial New Jersey Source Records, 1600s-1800s - Contains 9 books:
519. Early Kentucky Settlers, 1700s-1800s - Contains 12 books:
521. Maryland Settlers and Soldiers 1700s-1800s - Contains 15 books:
524. Genealogical Records: Early North Carolina Settlers, 1700s-1900s
526. Massachusetts Genealogical Records, 1600s-1800s
527. Early Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi Settlers, 1700s-1800s
528. Early Ohio Settlers, 1700's-1900's - Contains 7 books:
530. Pennsylvania Biographies and Genealogies, 1600s-1800s
550. Virginia Genealogies and Biographies, 1500s-1900s (2 CDs) - Contains 22 volumes:
650. Land Records, Kentucky, 1774-1924 - Contains 4 books:
651. Land and Tax Records: Ohio, 1787-1840 - Contains 5 books:
652. Land Records: Bucks and Lancaster Counties, PA, 1682-1825
MISCELLANEOUS CD's
American Genealogical & Biographical Index (2 CD's)
Ancestry Reference Library 2000 Reference Library - Contains 15 books:
Arkansas Histories, Genealogies and Maps for 40 Counties:
Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Clay, Cleburne, Conway, Craighead, Crawford, Crittenden,Cross, Faulkner, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Johnson, Lawrence,Logan, Madison, Marion, Mississippi, Newton, Perry, Poinsett, Pope, Randolph, Scott,Searcy, Sebastian, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Van Buren, Washington, White, Woodruff, Yell.
Baker County, Florida Federal Census Records 1870
Bassett's Kilkenney (Ireland) Guide & Directory (1884)
Biographical & Genealogy Master Index (2 Discs)
British Census and National Index 1881: England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, and Royal Navy (on shelf)
Canada Census 1881 (on shelf)
Civil War in South Carolina
Colorado Marriages 1858-1939
Compendium of New England Pioneers (14 Genealogical Dictionaries of early New England Settlers)
Colorado State Census 1885, Arapahoe County
Columbia Co, Florida Federal Census Records 1880
Comanche Co, Texas Federal Census Records 1860
Dade County Florida Federal Census Records 1840,50,60,80
Dade Co. Florida; 1860 Liberty Co. Florida Federal Census Records 1840,50,60,80
Early Records of Hartford, Connecticut - Contains 6 volumes:
Emigrant Roster & Voyage History, 1840-1869 (Leave: Liverpool London HAM & Arrive: New York New Orleans Boston Philadelphia) (FI)
English Parish Records: England: (General)
Expansion of New England 1620-1865
Family Finder Index: vol. 1 A-C; vol. 2 D-I; vol. 3 J-P; vol. 4 Q-Z
Fauquier County, Virginia, Deeds: Vol. 1, Books 1-6, 1759-1778; Vol. 2, Books 7-8, 1778-1785
Florida Federal Census 1850, Alachua to Jefferson
Florida Federal Census 1850, Leon to Washington
Florida Federal Census 1860, Alachua to Levy
Florida Federal Census 1860, Liberty to Washington
Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, edited by John W. Jordan, LL.D. (Heritage Books CD #1124)
Genealogical Library Master Catalog Volume 1 - Family Histories
Genealogical Library Master Catalog Volume 1 - Genealogical Sources
Genealogical Library Master Catalog Volume 1 - Local Histories
Georgia Vital Records - Marriages 1775-1900
Hamilton County, Ohio Burial Records Volume 1-9
Hamilton County, Ohio Marriages (Restored) 1860-1869
Hill Co, Texas; 1840 Lowndes Co, Georgia; Federal Census Records 1900
Hill Co, Texas Federal Census Records 1860/70
History of Western Maryland; Frederick, Montgomery, Carroll, Washington, Allegany and Garrett Counties / J. Thomas Scharf, A.M. - Contains over a hundred biographies of the early settlers in Western Maryland
Indiana Histories, Genealogies and Maps for 9 Counties:
Clark, Daviess, Knox, Madison, Perry, Posey, Spencer, Switzerland, Warrick.
Ireland Volume 1 - Heritage Books CD1420 - Contains 6 books:
Ireland Volume 2 - Heritage Books CD1649 - Contains 13 books:
Kentucky Histories and Genealogies for 65 Counties:
Kentucky History Edition 4: Adair, Boyle, Casey, Cumberland, Garrard, Green, Lincoln, Madison, Marion, Mercer, Nelson, Taylor, Washington counties.
Kentucky History Edition 5: Anderson, Franklin, Jessamine, Woodford counties.
Kentucky History Edition 6: Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble counties.
Kentucky History Edition 7: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, Pendleton.
Kentucky History Edition 8a: Bullitt and Jefferson counties.
Kentucky History Edition 8b: Bath, Boyd, Bracken, Carter, Clark, Clinton, Estill, Fleming, Floyd, Greenup, Johnson, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Lee, Lewis, Magoffin, Mason, Montgomery, Morgan, Owsley, Pike, Pulaski, Robertson, Rockcastle, Russell, Wayne, Whitley, Wolfe.
"History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" by William Henry Perrin
Kentucky Volume 1 (Heritage Books CD #1374) - Contains 5 books:
LDS Emigrant Roster & Voyage History - Crossing the Ocean 1840-1869
Marriage Records: Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina
Maryland Reference Library - Contains 33 books:
Massachusetts Probate Records Index for Middlesex and Essex Counties
Massachusetts Vital Records, 1690-1890 (A)
Missouri Histories, Genealogies and Maps for 38 counties:
Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Carter, cedar, Christian, Cole, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene,Henry, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Laclede, Lawrence, McDonald, Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Newton, Oregon,Ozark, Polk, Pulaski, Reynolds, Ripley, St. Clair, Shannon, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster, Wright.
National Gazetteer; A Geographical Dictionary of the United States in 1884
New Hampshire Volume 4 (Heritage Books CD #1416) - Contains 6 books:
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Disc 1, 1870-1899 Vols. 01-30 (See Worden's Index below)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Disc 2, 1900-1915 Vols. 31-46 (See Worden's Index below)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Disc 3, 1916-1928 Vols. 47-59 (See Worden's Index below)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Disc 4, 1929-1939 Vols. 60-70 (See Worden's Index below)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Disc 5, 1940-1960 Vols. 71-91 (See Worden's Index below)
New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Worden's Index 1870-1998
PERSI 2000 Periodical Source Index
"Reminiscent History of the Ozark Region" Contains:
over 800 pages of Ozark region history and genealogy including 668 family biographies in 12 Arkansas and 16 Missouri counties.
Ricker Compilation of Vital Records of early Connecticut
Social Security Death Benefits Records: United States 1937-1993
SAR Patriot Index Edition III
Sons of the American Revolution Revolutionary War Graves Register
South Carolina Census 1790
South Carolina Records and Reference
Tennessee Histories, Genealogies and Maps for 87 Counties:
Anderson, Bedford, Bledsoe, Blount, Bradley, Campbell, Cannon, Carter, Cheatham, Chester, Claiborne,Cocke, Coffee, Crockett, Cumberland, Decatur, DeKalb, Dickson, Dyer, Franklin, Gibson, Giles, Granger,Greene, Grundy, Hamblen, Hancock, Hardin, Hawkins, Haywood, Henderson, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys,James, Jefferson, Johnson, Lake, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Loudon, Macon, Marion, Marshall,Maury, McMinn, McNairy, Meigs, Monroe, Montgomery, Moore, Morgan, Obion, Perry, Polk, Rhea, Roane,Robertson, Rutherford, Sequachie, Sevier, Smith, Stewart, Sullivan, Sumner, Tipton, Trousdale, Unicoi,Union, Van Buren, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Weakley, White, Williamson, Wilson.
History and Genealogies
Fayette, Hardeman.
History, Genealogies and Maps
Hamilton, Knox, Madison, Shelby.
Texas Birth Index 1926-1949
Texas Birth Index 1950-1979
Texas Birth Index 1980-1995
Texas Marriage Index 1966-2000
Texas Divorce Index 1968-2000
Texas Death Index 1964-1999
Tombstone Inscriptions of El Paso County Colorado
U.S. Federal Census 1800 Index
U.S. Federal Census 1810 Index
U.S. Federal Census 1850 Index
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia
U.S. Federal Census 1860 Index: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
U.S. Federal Census 1870 Index, Ohio
U.S. Federal Census 1870 Index, Pennsylvania
U.S. Federal Census 1880 (56 CDs)
United States 1691-1850 Marriage Index
Alabama, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
Using Google Power to Connect to Your Ancestors added 5 May 2014
Vital Records Index of North America, 1631 - 1888, 7 CDs
Vital Records Index British Isles (TC)
World Family Tree: European Origins, Volume E-1
World Family Tree: Pre-1600 to Present, Volumes 1-32, 43-49, 62, 70
Wuerttemberg Emigration Index (A)
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10 month ago I looked in the mirror and I did not recognize the body that was staring back at me. I knew that I needed to make some changes but felt so very overwhelmed when I thought about having to lose 40 lbs. I decided to break my goal up and focus on losing 20 lbs. 20 lbs. seemed do-able and not near as frightening as 40 lbs. I slowly started adding in exercise and really started to clean up my eating (especially over the last 2 months) and it may have taken 10 months but last Wednesday I officially reached my first weight loss goal of 20 lbs.
When I look in the mirror now I am staring to recognize the person who is looking back. My face is not as full and my stomach not as bloated. My arms have definition and my legs and thighs are slowly starting to tone up. I still have at least 20 more lbs. I want to lose and know that it may take some time so I plan to work hard all while having grace with myself.
I have no doubt in my mind that my body will never look just the way it did before I had children and I am OK with that. I actually don't know how it could after it has spent almost 2 years as safe haven for my two sweet little boys. Pregnancy and motherhood have left their scars on my body in the form of stretch marks and a flabby tummy and wider hips, but they are scars I wear with pride as they are a reminder as to why I am working so hard to lose this weight….I am losing it for those 2 boys. Those boys need to grow up in a home where their parents set an example of healthy living for them. Where eating healthy is a priority and playing outside is expected. Where their mom is confidant about her body and does not talk negatively about the way she looks.
Those boys deserve that.
I deserve that.


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Tiger's biggest threat in pursuit of major record
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. The next major is eight months away. The next showdown is nine days away.
Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are assured of being paired together next week at The Barclays for the start of the FedEx Cup playoffs. And while these playoff events are more about making money than making history, this could become meaningful down the road.
Woods has never faced a rival with this kind of potential.
He has never won at least three times in a year without being looked upon as the undisputed best player in golf.
For the first time in his quest to break Jack Nicklaus' record in the majors, the biggest challenge for Woods is no longer overcoming a failed marriage, four knee surgeries, a tender Achilles tendon or even the fact that he's simply getting older.
It's another player.
McIlroy and Woods have played in the same tournament 12 times this year. McIlroy has finished ahead of Woods seven times, including wins at the Honda Classic and the PGA Championship. They both tied for 40th at the Masters. McIlroy has seven top 5s in those events, along with three missed cuts.
This is not about where they were at a similar stage in their careers. Woods is incomparable in that regard. McIlroy has won twice in his first 16 majors as a pro. Woods won five majors in that span, including the career Grand Slam at age 24.
It's about where they are now.
So dominant was McIlroy at Kiawah Island, where he had rounds of 67-66 on the weekend to win the PGA Championship by eight shots, that it's easy to get caught up in all things Rory. He is only 23, younger by some four months than when Woods won his second major, and he is doing things only thought possible by Woods. A record score at the U.S. Open last summer at Congressional. A record margin of victory at the PGA Championship on Sunday at Kiawah Island.
McIlroy has won two majors by a combined 16 shots.
To put that in perspective, only five majors have been won by eight shots or more in the last 35 years - three by Woods, two by McIlroy.
But let's see how this plays out.
McIlroy could turn out to be like Johnny Miller, a comet on the golf horizon in the 1970s when he fired at flags and slaughtered the competition. Miller won two majors, with a 63 on the last day at Oakmont and a 66 in the final round at Royal Birkdale.
Perhaps McIlroy will be like Tom Watson, who was 10 years younger than Nicklaus.
Nicklaus already had the record for most majors when Watson won his first one, although Watson kept him from winning more. He beat Nicklaus twice in 1977, in the Masters and in the "Duel in the Sun" at Turnberry. He beat him again in 1981 at Augusta National and kept him from a record five U.S. Open titles in 1982 at Pebble Beach when Watson chipped in for birdie on the 17th hole.
McIlroy is 13 years younger than Woods. They have never gone head-to-head on Sunday in a major. Ultimately, that will be the measure. Along the way, however, McIlroy is stashing away large bits of confidence that few others could when Woods was at his peak.
There is no reason for McIlroy to be intimidated. His name on the leaderboard means just as much. He is a favorite in any color shirt.
Nick Faldo once explained why Woods had such a huge advantage in the majors. Faldo thought after the 1997 Masters that Augusta National would be the only place Woods could win a major because the golf course suited him and because it was the only major where the media was kept outside the ropes. Only later did he realize that Woods was the only one who could handle the commotion inside the ropes in the final round.


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Awards as PI
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|Comprehensive Grant
|Guiding the developmental program of human embryonic stem cells by isolated Wnt factors
|Basic Biology IV
|Asymmetric stem cell division oriented by a local self-renewing signal
- Cell Stem Cell 2008 Wnt signaling mediates self-organization and axis formation in embryoid bodies. (PubMed: 18983966)
- Dev Dyn 2010 A study on the interactions between heparan sulfate proteoglycans and Wnt proteins. (PubMed: 19705435)
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2008 Wnt-mediated self-renewal of neural stem/progenitor cells. (PubMed: 18957545)
- Nat Commun 2012 Endogenous Wnt signalling in human embryonic stem cells generates an equilibrium of distinct lineage-specified progenitors. (PubMed: 22990866)
- Cold Spring Harb Perspect Biol 2012 Wnt proteins. (PubMed: 22952392)
- Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2013 Prospective isolation of human embryonic stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitors that integrate into human fetal heart tissue. (PubMed: 23391730)
- Science 2013 A localized Wnt signal orients asymmetric stem cell division in vitro. (PubMed: 23520113)


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Posted: Thursday, March 6th, 2014 1:29 PM HST
Big Island farmer sues over GMO registration rule
By Associated Press
HILO, Hawaii (AP) An unnamed Big Island papaya farmer is suing for relief from new registration requirements for growers of genetically modified crops.
The lawsuit filed earlier this week claims the county's new registration law is "burdensome and intrusive."
Papaya crops are exempted by the county's new law restricting the planting of genetically modified crops to enclosed structures such as greenhouses. But papaya growers are still required to register with the county.
Registration requirements are required to be fulfilled Wednesday.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff cultivates a variety of papaya that was genetically engineered for resistance to a destructive virus.
The lawsuit says the plaintiff believes giving up confidential information opens him up to vandalism or having trade secrets stolen.
Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports county attorneys are evaluating the lawsuit.


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Our Friaries
Dublin - Adam & Eve's
Franciscan Friary,
4 Merchants' Quay,
Dublin 8.
Tel: (01) 6771128
Fax: (01) 6771000
Website: www.franciscansdublin.ie
Founded before 1233, probably in 1231. In 1348, 23 of the community died of the Black Death. Suppressed and abandonded in 1541. New friary built in Cook Street in 1615; in 1619 chapel destroyed but rebuilt. In 1799 nine friars were here, whilst three others were working in parishes. New church built in 1749, and the present church was begun in 1834, and completed in its present form in 1938.
Adam and Eve's today has taken on a number of very different aspects. The Merchants Quay Ireland project includes two very active ministries directed towards the poor and needy in the centre-city area. One element is a specialized ministry to drug-users. The other is a ministry to the poor and especially the homeless, giving them food and advice.
The Church continues its own ministry, providing the traditional Franciscan "service church" ministries. The structure of these ministries is as follows:
Church of the Immaculate Conception
- Monday to Friday: 8.15, 12.00 noon & 1.05pm
- Saturday: 12.00 noon – Devotion to Mary Immaculate
- 5.30pm Vigil Mass.
- Sunday: 10.30am, 11.30am & 9.00pm
Novena in honour of St. Anthony
- Every Tuesday with Mass and Devotions at 12.00 noon & 8.00pm
- Weekdays: 11.00am-12.00 noon & 12.30-1.00pm
- Saturday: 11.00am-12.00 noon & 4.30pm-5.30pm
- Novena for the Sick: 4th to 11th February.
- Novena in honour of St. Anthony: 4th–13th June.
- Novena for Faithful Departed: 2nd to 11th November.
- Christmas Novena: 26th December to 2nd January.
Secular Franciscan Order Meetings
- 2nd Sunday of the Month: 3.30pm
- The following Tuesday at 1:05pm Mass
The Repository and Mass Office is the point of contact for those interested in Mass intentions and/or religious goods. This office can be accessed from the quayside entrance to the church.
- Monday- Friday: 10.30am - 2.00pm except Tuesdays 10.30-1.00pm
- Monday - Friday 10:30am - 2:00pm
Following the example of St Francis of Assisi, Franciscans in Dublin have always had a concern for those who struggle with poverty or marginalisation. For over 40 years the Tea Rooms for the homeless have been part of life at Merchants Quay. Subsequently, in the 1980s, an outreach to drug users was founded here. Both projects are now run by Merchants' Quay Ireland which is part-funded and supported by the Franciscans. For further information, go to www.mqi.ie


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NAWCC Bulletin No. 90: February 1961
Bulletin of the National Association of Watch & Clock Collectors, Inc.
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542 - Clockmakers and Watchmakers of Western Pennsylvania by George Swetnam
559 – Some Points on Determining the Authenticity of Various Parts of a Clock by William L. Wadleigh Jr.
579 – An English Lantern Clock by That Celebrated Maker—Daniel Quare, London by Bill Brewer
592 – A Battery-Powered Clock by Bill Burnham
610 – Howard Clock Stories by T. Asahina and R. Katsumori
628 – Clock Regulation Made Easy by E. J. Tyler
634 – A Solution for Circular Error by Richard Borghi
553 - Notes on Overhauling a Repeater by Hugh P. Abrey
564 – Duplex Watches by Dana J. Blackwell
595 – The BULLETIN Visits … The Collection of James W. Gibbs (Second of Two Parts)
636 – My Favorite Watches (Part 7) by Charles Kalish
557 – An Appreciation —Oscar Theodore Lang by John A. Miner
572 – Details of the 1961 Tour (Rates appear on page 578)
584 – A Vignette—Henry Abbott by William C. Moodie Sr.
616 – New Members
619 – Clocks at Mystic Seaport by Edwin Pugsley
632 – A Memorial to Our First Secretary-Treasurer-Editor—Lawrence D. Stallcup by J. E. Coleman
647 – An Early 18th Century Alarm Clock from the George Garbe Collection
648 – Vox Temporis
654 – Review of Current Periodicals
659 – Book Review
660 – Chapter Activities
676 – Extension of Makers' List by Brooks Palmer
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