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I missed Cool Tool Friday last week because I was on vacation, so I thought I'd sneak in a Cool Tool entry on a Monday. This week I'm excited about GPS navigation systems, and in particular, the Garmin iQue 3200. I've had the iQue for some time now — probably about four months — but taking it on vacation reinforces how cool it really is. I drove 4 hours to the beach, drove around a new area for a week, drove home, and drove some relatives to a distant airport I've never driven to before, and didn't get lost once (except when I wasn't using the GPS). But not getting lost is sort of a given with a GPS, I think, and isn't really the biggest advantage since even if you had directions scrawled on the back of a cocktail napkin, you probably wouldn't get lost. The real advantages are:
- Never having to get directions. Just hop in your car and go, whether you know where you're going or not.
- Automatic rerouting. If you miss a turn, the device will reroute in a matter of seconds, and fix your mistakes for you.
- Location-based services. Don't know about other GPS devices, but the iQue has a very comprehensive database of locations which you search for by all kinds of criteria, which means you don't even need to know where you want to go so much as what you want to do.
- Always having a map. Even if you aren't using your GPS device's ability to route, it's nice looking at a map of where you're going. You can see landmarks around you on the map that you can't see through your windows, and quickly evaluate shortcuts to avoid traffic problems.
The iQue is a handheld GPS rather than one that actually installs or is integrated into your dashboard. Since I drive a Jeep with a soft top, everything that might be overly tempting has to be removable and small enough that it can be locked in a console or glove box, so the iQue is perfect for me. In-dash units have a lot of advantages (always available, larger screen, integrated antenna), but the iQue actually has several advantages over many in-dash units (fast processor, expandable memory, handwriting recognition, PDA functionality, portable). As always, in a perfect world, I would have one of each, but as it stands, I'm pretty happy with the iQue.
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The Washington Monument which is shaped like an Egyptian obelisk was finished on December 6, 1884. It is the most prominent structure (555 feet) in Washington, D.C. It was built in honor of George Washington, who led the country to independence and then became its first President. The Washington Monument is open daily except July 4 and December 25.
The admission is free and if you want a ticket you will need to go to the Washington Monument Lodge, located along 15th Street, opens at 8:30 a.m. for distribution of free, same day, timed tickets on a first come first serve basis. The One person may pick up as many as six tickets as well as select their preferred ticket time from what remains available for that operating day. All individuals (including children) must have a ticket.
If you wish, you can also reserve your tickets by visiting the National Park Service ticket website at http://www.recreation.gov, or by calling 1.877.444.6777. Note that there is a $1.50 service charge per ticket. These tickets may be picked up at the "will call" window of the Washington Monument Lodge on the day of your tour.
Tips: During peak season, tickets run out quickly and the line for tickets forms at 7:00 a.m, so get early…
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St Helier Hospital campaigners will hand over a 13,000 strong petition to medical chiefs tomorrow calling for A&E, children's and maternity services to stay open.
Sally Kenny of the Lower Morden Residents' group to Save St Helier Hospital will hand over the petition at the Merton Clinical Commissioning Group board meeting.
The failed healthcare review, Better Services Better Value (BSBV), was axed in February after twice recommending the hospital's A&E, maternity and children's services be closed.
However, a consequence of the review is a £219m redevelopment of St Helier Hospital promised in 2010 is unlikely to go ahead due to the uncertainty it has faced under BSBV.
The Merton CCG board meeting is open to members of the public to attend and starts on Thursday, March 27, from 9am at the Civic Centre in London Road, Morden.


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This article was published 1/2/2013 (1661 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Alzheimer's disease and other sources of dementia give us little cause to celebrate. They are perniciously resistant to a cure, and set to affect a growing elderly population in greater numbers every year.
The Memory Clinic, by Toronto doctor/researcher Tiffany Chow, is aimed at patients and their families, but will be of interest to many others, including the "worried well" who want to understand the disease and find out what they can do to avoid it.
Dr. Chow divides her time between clinical research and a clinic for patients with early-onset dementia. (And, presumably, writing books.)
Her book balances both worlds -- it is in turn a personal memoir, a collection of stories, a guide to prevention, an update on the latest research, and inspiration to weary caregivers. The tone is personable but serious, with an occasional spot of hope or humour in spite of the subject matter.
The book clears up some common misunderstandings. For example, dementia is not synonymous with Alzheimer's disease. Dementia is a set of symptoms involving loss of cognitive function, and Alzheimer's is only the most common of many causes of dementia.
In fact, Dr. Chow's own research is focused primarily on frontotemporal dementia, another form that tends to affect people at a younger age and quickly alters the patient's behaviour and personality.
There are even multiple forms of Alzheimer's disease, including an early onset form that claimed the life of Ah Quan, the author's Hawaiian grandmother. The celebration of Ah Quan's life and desire to avoid her fate are running motifs in the narrative.
A recent Spotlight on Research exposition, organized by the Alzheimer Society of Manitoba, demonstrated the ways Winnipeg physicians and researchers are active in fighting dementia on many fronts. The event also showed, during a short period after the presentations, what sort of questions the general public wants answered.
The questions centre around a few themes, including: what can we do to avoid dementia? When and how will we find a cure? And how can we live with or beside these diseases today? The Memory Clinic addresses all these questions.
In terms of prevention, since you may be wondering: first, choose your parents and grandparents wisely. Failing that, get a good, long and diverse education, eat well and stay trim, get physical exercise, build and maintain strong social networks, and manage your stress. Happily, these recommendations are conducive to healthy living, benefits to brain longevity aside.
Less happily, despite the best efforts and intentions, dementia can strike almost anyone, and there is still no cure for Alzheimer's or most other dementias. The book ends with a look at the science behind the diseases and some of the promising avenues of research.
The difficult role of caregivers is also evident in stories from the clinic. It is usually couples who walk through the door, after one or both are "starting to lose it." The stories have, at best, bittersweet endings.
Losing a family member to a brain disorder is a slow and difficult process. While Ah Quan died quickly, many cases of Alzheimer's last well over a decade.
Dr. Chow's first advice to caretakers is to learn to take care of themselves and avoid burnout. That is more vital, as she puts it, than learning to pronounce the generic names of medications.
Drawing something positive from the slow erosion of a mind is not easy. The author's respect for Buddhist teachings certainly helps, especially those that encourage us to practise compassion and accept impermanence. Finding a way to connect, to ease pain or fear, or catch a lucid moment, can be a reminder that "to experience joy and love does not require perfect cognitive function."
Paul Klassen is a Winnipeg engineer. His wife, Mari Garcia, and her adviser, Dr. Zahra Moussavi, are among many Winnipeggers working to detect, avoid and lessen the impact of brain disorders that cause dementia.


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1) ECONOMICS The FT's chief economics commentator, Martin Wolf, evaluates the impact of Baroness Thatcher on Britain's economic performance both during her time in power and afterwards.
"For the UK, the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s did mark the first sustained period since the 19th century when GDP per head rose more than in the other large European economies. Unfortunately, the post-crisis economic malaise, the high inequality, the persistent regional imbalances and the over-reliance on an unstable financial sector mar this success."
2) SOCIETY Hugo Young was a political columnist for the Guardian from 1984 until 2003, and wrote a biography of Margaret Thatcher, One of Us. Two weeks before he died, in 2003, he wrote this piece about Thatcher and her legacy. The Guardian published it on Monday. Young praises Thatcher's self-confidence, and how little she cared if people liked her – a quality he notes is markedly lacking in today's politicians. But he worries about the change in British social attitudes that she fostered: Read more


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JACKSONVILLE BEACH, Fla. - A young surfer who helped rescue Superstorm Sandy survivors from flood waters in New York, has died in a surfing accident in Puerto Rico.
Lifeguards from the American Red Cross Volunteer Life Saving Corps at Jacksonville Beach were among some of the first responders on scene last week, when Dylan Smith was found in the waters of Maria's Beach, a popular Puerto Rican surfing location.
Jacksonville lifeguards Tim Kline and Ryan Karish were among a group of Life Saving Corps guards that had traveled to Puerto Rico for a vacation. A group of people, including Kline and Karish, were out surfing in the area where Smith was found floating in the water.
"We were sitting there watching a couple of our buddies in the lineup, but it was a little too big for both of us to feel comfortable getting in," explained Kline. "We looked down and we saw a photographer yelling for help and we both took off."
The guys teamed up with a doctor and a nurse who were also on the beach and together, did what they could to keep him alive.
"Someone who is trained for that situation, you just try to put the person's personality to the side and do what you can. That's what we did," said Karish.
The sad irony is Smith died on the very surfboard he used to save other people. The 23-year-old rescued dozens of people in New York in October during Hurricane Sandy. He used his board and a makeshift rope ladder to shepherd people out of reach of the Sandy's storm surge and fires.
Karish said they weren't trying to be heroes. They just wanted to save one.
"I can just imagine him seeing these people across the way and wanting to do everything he can for them and anyone who's trained should want to help people. I know he had that," said Karish.
"Anyone who is going to go out there during Sandy, especially to save random people, he had to have a cool head on his shoulders and that sucks," said Kline.
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Michigan Tech Mind Trekkers Take Science Fun to Knoxville
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May 24, 2011—
Michigan Technological University's Mind Trekkers, a travelling science show produced by the University's Center for Precollege Outreach, packed up some of its most engaging hands-on activities and hauled them to Knoxville, Tenn, this week to perform at the Global Finals of Destination ImagiNation, an international science competition. Student volunteers and Michigan Tech staff will be showing youngsters there how to make liquid nitrogen ice cream, electrify their hair with a Van de Graaff generator and "walk on water" (actually, on oobleck, a non-Newtonian fluid that acts like a solid under pressure).
Mind Trekkers is participating in Destination ImagiNation's Innovation Expo, featuring science-focused organizations and companies such as NASA, Texas Instruments, Volvo and the US Air Force. Michigan Tech is the only university presenter. Sponsors of the exhibition are IBM, 3M and Motorola.
The event begins Wednesday, May 25, and runs through Saturday, May 28 at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. More than 14,000 young people from 50 states and 49 countries are participating.
The Innovation Expo will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the Knoxville Convention Center Exhibit Hall B.
We're taking Mind Trekkers to Destination ImagiNation to continue our mission of turning as many students, families and communities as possible on to the incredible opportunities of careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)," said Cody Kangas, assistant director of pre-college outreach at Michigan Tech. "This venue is a perfect fit for Michigan Tech, since some of the brightest young minds in the world will be together in one place, participating in activities that will make them stretch their minds," Kangas continued. "As students are getting their 'geek' on, Mind Trekkers will be right there with them, showing them that science can be a blast."
Last summer, Mind Trekkers performed at the national Boy Scout Jamboree, and in October, 2010, the group participated in the first USA Science and Engineering Expo in Washington, DC. More recently, they have taken their hands-on science show to Detroit, Green Bay, Wis., and across the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
To learn more about Mind Trekkers, see http://www.mindtrekkers.mtu.edu.
Michigan Technological University (www.mtu.edu) is a leading public research university developing new technologies and preparing students to create the future for a prosperous and sustainable world. Michigan Tech offers more than 120 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in engineering; forest resources; computing; technology; business; economics; natural, physical and environmental sciences; arts; humanities; and social sciences.


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Surah Maryam,
39- Warn them of the Day of Bitter Regret when the affair will be resolved. But they take no notice. They have no belief.
Allah says they will suffer terrible regret, because they are not honest. Because they ignored the faith, even though the religion is true and they know that everything is true, they will suffer bitter regret.
41- Mention Abraham in the Book. He was a true man and a Prophet.
He was always honest. Prophets never lie. Most people lie, but not prophets. Not telling lies is a great blessing. Some people speak and you can be sure they will lie. That is very painful. One cannot establish direct connections with them. Allah reminds us of the beauty of honesty in the person of the Prophet Abraham (as).
42- Remember when he said to his father, 'Father, why do you worship what can neither hear nor see and is not of any use to you at all?
And we ask Darwinists if matter can see? No. Can it hear? No. Does it make you independent of anything? No. So why worship it? Blind matter cannot do such conscious and intelligent things. It cannot bring the most perfect visual system in the world into being. It cannot bring the finest hearing system into being. Not even the best quality music equipment has such a sound technology. Consider the sounds that form in the human brain; there is no hissing or imperfection. Just a breathtaking clarity and stereo effect. A piece of flesh the size of a lentil does that. Allah does it in that piece of flesh the size of a lentil. Yet some people ascribe it to chance.
43- Father, knowledge which never reached you has come to me, so follow me and I will guide you to the right path.
He says he wants to save him.
44- Father, do not worship satan. Satan was disobedient to the All-Merciful.
He says, he (satan) will make you rebel against Allah, too, and lead you down crooked paths.
45- Father, I am afraid that a punishment from the All-Merciful will afflict you,..." He says he is afraid Allah will punish him."and turn you into a comrade of satan.'You will become one of satan's people, so I am warning you in good time, he says.
46- He said, 'Do you forsake my gods, Abraham? If you do not stop, I will stone you. Keep away from me for a good long time.'
He says he will kill him in a terrible way. Stoning is one of the most painful forms of death. "…keep away from me for a good long time." Do not approach me," he says. Consider the kindness, beauty and love of the Prophet Abraham (as); then look at those people's ruthlessness and psychopathic natures. He threatens to stone his own child. He threatens him with stoning. And he tells him to keep away. That is why children leave their fathers. "...keep away from me for a good long time." They do not share the same beliefs, so he has to leave.
47- He said, 'Peace be upon you. I will ask my Lord to forgive you. He has always honored me.May Allah forgive you, he says. Allah bestows blessings, he says.
48- "I will separate myself from all of you and all you call upon besides Allah …" I will never accept that belief, I will leave and break all binds with you, he says. "…and I will call upon my Lord. It may well be that, in calling on my Lord, I will not be disappointed." If you pray, Allah will heed that prayer. There is an extraordinary system. Prayer is very important. People do not realize how important prayer is. If you pray, Allah will heed your prayer. The world revolves around prayer. The whole system is based on prayer.
49- "When he had separated himself from them, and what they worshipped besides Allah,…" I do not want to be a Darwinist-materialist, I do not want to be irreligious, he says. I can no longer live in this house with you, he says. He leaves his family and emigrates. Some people wonder how anyone can leave their parents. But what is he to do if they are irreligious, if they encourage him to be irreligious? Tell us, what is he to do? Is there any other way out? As with the people of the Cave. "…We gave him Izaac and Jacob, making each of them a Prophet.."
Then the Day of Reckoning, insha'Allah.


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Super cool skateboard skate deck by designer and artist Shepard Fairey, featuring Jason Jessee. 100% wood.Tags: wood, Graphic Design, obey, SHEPARD FAIREY, skate deck, Jason JesseeAdded 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
I am not generally a tank shirt person (aka the wife beater) but this grey one with the Palestinian Woman on the front is intriguing, as if she is peaking out of this guys inner being. Way cool tank from Shepard Fairey.Tags: red, tank tops, cool stuff, obey, guy stuff, SHEPARD FAIREY, PalestinianAdded 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
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I think this is a sweet woven shirt, its got a neat color combination and all. Obey to top it off.Tags: obey, Woven shirtAdded 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
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I recommended a similar jacket without a hood though, so I figure for those of you who enjoi the comfort of a hood during windy days, or simply to snuggle up in, this is for you!Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
I suppose this is talking about the graffiti on the rock, I'm feeling this.
I find this to be a cool tank top by obey featuring the words Loud and Soft and a very cool triangle filled with colours. I want this.
It's a sweet design from Obey, and it focuses on a cool canopy shot from up above.
Just another creative and cool tank top from OBEY woot! BEAT CLUB.
With the earthquake in Haiti I feel this tank is quite cool for one, and serves as a nice little reminder.
I'm feeling them, looks like shorter shorts are coming back.Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
Double woven carpenter shirt. These are the exact shirts you buy to look awesome while working (at least for us blue collar workers out there).
Plaid gauzy work shirt with a great plaid pattern. Need much more convincing? Cheap and durable..anymore?
Awesome gauzy button up shirt from Obey. Great new stylings on this reasonably priced shirt.Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
Another shirt to support a great cause. Remember to text "HAITI" to 90999 to donate $10 to the red cross!
How can you say no to this cause or the shirt by just looking at it?
Im a painter and have been looking for a great pair of white jeans for work. These couldnt be anymore perfect.
Another great pair of cheap Obey denim in grey. Great color that can with limitless shirt combinations.Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
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This is a pretty sweet coat, Obey all the way, wool, double breasted, you know it it's got it really.Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
This is amazing. I need it. It reminds me of my favorite film Secret Window. Check it out and you will know.
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This is a sweet. Tank. Top! Obey all the way, as always.Added 8 Years Ago from Obeyclothing
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Stripes, Obey, V- Neck. Must have.
It's standard, its simple, it's amazing. I need it. Oh and it's OBEY!


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The CompanionRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.
I am a humble companion,
and people love me so,
even though I am big trouble-
it easily does show.
I am known to obey,
and I often run around-
although I also stay.
What am I?
AnswerA puppy.
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PEER into ponds, forage through flowers and spy under stones to discover how many species are at the headquarters of a wildlife charity.
Nature lovers can take part in BioBlitz at Worcestershire Wildlife Trust's Lower Smite Farm headquarters for 24 hours from 12pm on Saturday, July 19.
Dominique Cragg, the event organiser, explained "Our BioBlitz promises to be a really exciting event and it will be a great chance to explore the farm and get up close to many different species of wildlife.
"A BioBlitz is a brilliant opportunity for nature-lovers of all ages to hunt for wildlife alongside experts and enthusiasts.
"The event is carried out for a set length of time – ideally 24 hours – in a specific location and you don't have to have any experience or identification skills to take part.
"It's a really fun way of discovering wildlife you may never have seen before as well as increasing your knowledge.
"But it's also a really important way of contributing to science – all sightings throughout the event will be recorded and submitted to the Worcestershire Biological Records Centre to help understand the distribution of our wildlife."
Three of the farm's habitats will be explored – the garden, the pond and the orchard - and people can get involved with looking for everything from butterflies and bees to birds and dragonflies.
Experts will be on hand to help identify anything that is found and there are a series of talks during the evening in the run up to the night-time activities of star gazing and moth trapping.
Admission costs £3 for adults and £1.50 for children which covers all activities over the 24 hour period.
Visitors can come and go as they need to and all monies raised will go towards the conservation work of the Worcestershire Wildlife Trust.
For more information visit www.worcswildlifetrust.co.uk.


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A person who never graduated from high school. Most probably have a criminal record and are working at minimum wage jobs, such as dollar store, mcdonalds,verizon wireless,etc. Since they have no marketable job skills, the mostly occupy the lowest jobs that exist because they are so undesirable. These people think they are better than black people simply based off their skin color. Many life off of their credit cards and live beyond their means because they are ashamed to be poor.
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Detroit - It was a horrific scene overnight; four people died following a wild car chase that began along I-94 in Detroit.
A car was being chased by another car down Hurlbut early Sunday morning along the service drive above the highway.
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She lost control and drove over the embankment onto I-94. The girlfriend's car landed on top of a black pickup truck.
"I thought it was like a little movie," said Cortez McCullum who witnessed the accident.
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Excerpts from the book The Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees, by Rowena McClinton, University of Nebraska Press, 2007. [The work is a two-volumed, annotated translation of the diary originally written in German by Moravian missionaries Anna Rosina Gambold and John Gambold, her husband, between 1805 and 1821. Springplace, or Spring Place, was established by Moravian missionaries in 1801 in northern Georgia. The Moravian Church (Unitas Fratrum) is a Protestant Pietist denomination originally founded in Moravia and continued by refugees in Germany. In the 18th century, Moravians established a colony in Bethlehem, PA, and later others at Bethabara, Bethania, and Salem, NC. The Gambolds were missionaries of German origin.]
1. Volume 1 (1805-1813):
--"On the 18th [of July 1810] Mr. Wallace, from whom we received the wheat flour some weeks ago, came to our place on his return journey from Georgia. Oh, how happy we were that we were in a position ourselves, through help that arrived from Salem with the last packet, to pay this well-meaning man, who had offered his further service to us." (p. 371)
--"On the 9th [of July 1811] Mr. Matthew Wallace from Tennessee stopped in at our place. He is the one who helped us with a nice quantity of flour last year when we were in the greatest distress; we accepted it as sent to us directly from the hand of God. He brought us a gift, a little sack of excellent flour, from his wife, out of recognition, as he had us told, because we had given her husband a piece of bread for his journey last year.
"This gift came to us once again at just the right time, as our supply of flour was almost at an end, and our new wheat has not yet been thrashed. Mr. Wallace had a boy with him; a soldier's son, he was about fifteen years old. He and his wife had taken him in as their child, because they do not have any of their own children. They have raised him from the time he was small. They seemed to be religious people. In various ways Mr. Wallace offered us his service, which we accepted with thanks. However, he only drives to Georgia once each year and this only for the needs of his family. At this opportunity we ordered some small household items from him." (p. 440)
--"On the 2nd [of August 1811] Mr. Wallace arrived at our place again and as a courtesy to us gave us several pounds of coffee since we drank the last at breakfast this morning and our okra harvest is not in yet. We accepted this help also as from the hand of God with many thanks.
"Mr. Wallace told us early on the 3rd that his adopted son had expressed a desire to stay with us because the well-mannered behavior of our children really pleases him, as indeed does everything that he sees and hears here. It really hurt us not to be able to admit him, since at the current time, it might especially make for a great offense if we accepted children of white people. Mr. Wallace agreed with us and cordially took leave." (p. 443)
--"On the 27th [of July 1812] a young, very well dressed man from Tennessee came here. His name is Samuel Houston [i.e., the Sam Houston whose sister would later become Matthew Wallace's second wife and who himself would be elected governor of TN and of TX] and he brought a letter of recommendation from Mr. Matthew Wallace, in which his request to be allowed to stay for some time to profit in some school knowledge was supported. His whole behavior was very charming, and in further conversation we learned that his salvation lies close to his heart and that he would most like to live hidden and away from the noise of the world. When we explained that we were only here for the Indians and could not take any white people for instruction, he decided to travel on to Georgia to see if there was something for him there. Brother Gambold recommended him in a letter to Dr. Brown in Athens, and because the wagon in which he had come here had not stayed here, early on the 28th we had our Dick take him to it on horse." (p. 495).
--"On Sunday the 6th [of September 1812], our Susan Fields's mother, Jenny Brown, attended the Singstunde as well as the sermon from the gospel for Sunday. She has been visiting here since Friday. Mr. Matthew Wallace from Tennessee, who was driving to Augusta, offered us his service if we had anything to order from there. We gratefully accepted this." (p. 499)
--"On Saturday the 3rd [of October 1812], our friend Mr. Matthew Wallace of Tennessee, who brought us various necessities from Georgia with his wagon, arrived here with a company of other drivers and a number of travelers this afternoon. Because of all the business we found it necessary to postpone Holy Communion until the following day. (p. 502)
--"On Sunday the 4th [of October 1812], when the drivers left here in the morning, Mr. Wallace, who had already been overcome by strong colon pains yesterday, was so sick that he could not travel. At our persuasion he gave his wagon to the drivers and went to rest in our house. Brother Joseph Gambold took over his care, and the rest of us went with our children to Mountjoy, where Brother John Gambold baptized the little daughter born to the Negro woman Candace on August 29th with the name Virginia. . . .
"Early in the day on the 5th our Ruth went home with her mother on a visit. Today, to our joy, Mr. Wallace was well enough recovered that he could leave at noon. " (p. 503)
--"At noon [on the 28th of January 1813] William Connor, the adopted son of our friend Matthew Wallace, arrived here from Tennessee with his wagon and a very poor family of seven people, whom he had taken in on the way. We made a meal for everyone and tried to lodge the indigent family, who were on a journey to Georgia, in an old cabin on the Vann estate for the time being until an opportunity for them to go on might present itself. For their maintenance there, we gave them a good quantity of meat. . . .
"Early in the day on the 29th, William Connor lef t us, as well as Mr. Wallace's Negro, who arrived here in his company yesterday. With them we sent a packet of letters to Maryville [i.e., in Blount Co., TN]. . . ." (p. 517)
--"On the 10th [of May 1813] we had the joy of seeing our friend Mr. Matthew Wallace from Tennessee here again after a long absence. Through him we received a barrel of wheat flour, which was very welcome to us since we have not been able to find any to purchase since last summer. There were also five drivers with their wagons in Mr. Wallace's company. We happily provided them with hospitality. . . ." (p. 537)
2. Volume 2 (1814-1821)
--"On the 5th [of October 1815] Mr. Uttar arrived here. From his neighborhood he brought news of unusual number of deaths in a short time. Among these was the wife of our friend Matthew Wallace [i.e., Rachel Elizabeth McGhee]. " (p. 85)
--"On the 11th [of May 1818] we received a friendly visit from our old friend Mr. Matthew Wallace from Tennessee. He ate with us at noon, as did Mr. George Harlan on the 13th ; we sent a packet of letters to Colonel Meigs [i.e., Col. Return Jonathan Meigs, the U.S. agent to the Cherokees]."
--"Very early [on the 29th of May 1820] the wife of our friend Mr. Matthew Wallace from Tennessee [presumably Mary Houston, his second wife] arrived here in the company of Misses Russell and McCartney for a visit. Some years ago she was very deeply awakened and we had pleasant conversations with each other until afternoon. Today there was very warm weather.
"On the 30th our friend Mr. Matthew Wallace also visited us. He is very interested in the beautiful work of God among the Cherokees, and since he knew various things about our dear faithful ones in their former condition, he could do nothing but cry out in astonishment, 'That is a miracle of God!' Finally a welcome rain began and continued the whole day." (p. 361)


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A TAUNTON school came away victorious after blitzing their way through a Multi Academy Trust football tournament.
St Andrew's Primary School successfully saw off three other primary schools at the Bridgwater College event, to be crowned winners over every age category they entered.
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A Most Outstanding Presentation Award for Basic Science Research was presented to UCSF School of Dentistry PhD candidate Dr. Michael Le (D'11) at the Eighteenth Hinman Student Research Symposium. Dr. Le's project examined the effects of various levels of fluoride ion in drinking water on import, storage, and export of iron by mouse ameloblast cells. The study was directed by Dr. Pamela Den Besten, Professor in the Department of Orofacial Sciences and Co-Director of the Oral and Craniofacial Sciences (OCS) Graduate Program at the UCSF School of Dentistry.
Eight awards were given for the most outstanding student presentations, four in clinical research and four in basic science research, in addition to an award from the National Students Research Group of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR).
The Hinman Symposium featured oral and poster presentations of research projects by dental students and graduate students from dental schools across the US, and this year 101 students represented 45 dental schools in 28 states, the District of Columbia, and 3 Canadian provinces. It was sponsored by the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, and co-sponsored by the Hinman Dental Society, and was supported in part by grants from the National Institute for Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), the ADEAGies Foundation, the Procter & Gamble Company, the UTHSC College of Dentistry Alumni Association, and the Tennessee Dental Association Foundation.
The Symposium was opened by Dr. Timothy L. Hottel, Dean of the University of Tennessee College of Dentistry, followed by Dr. Franklin Garcia-Godoy, Senior Executive Associate Dean for Research, and by Dr. Mustafa Dabbous, founder of the Symposium. Dr. James A. Roos, President of the Hinman Dental Society, welcomed the participants. The keynote speaker at the Welcoming Banquet was Dr. Rena D'Souza, current President of the American Association for Dental Research and Professor and Chair of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College of Dentistry. Her topic was "Why Translational Research Matters to Dentistry." Dr. D'Souza presented a vision of students using the skills they learned in research in their future dental practice to collect, analyze, and submit data on performance of new materials and techniques to dental schools, dental societies, private industry, and public health administrators. The goal is for all dentists to be part of an oral health research network.
Dr. Garcia-Godoy encouraged the students to remain active in research regardless of whether their career paths take them into dental practice or academics. Dr. Lynn Mertens King, Chief of the NIDCR Research Training and Career Development Branch, addressed the participants and emphasized the role of NIDCR in supporting research training for dental students and the career options available to future leaders in clinical and translational research. Also attending the meeting and offering an insight into opportunities beyond dental practice was Rebecca Van Horn, Dental Science Liaison for Procter & Gamble.
UCSF Dentistry Dean Dr. John D.B. Featherstone and Associate Dean for Research Dr. Richard Jordan join the School community in congratulating Michael Le for this honor and recognition of his work.
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Cons? I can't think of any once you've gotten over the hurdle of paying for something that we grew up listening to for free. However, nice as it would be to cruise almost anywhere in North America with the reliable companionship of some good DJs and a fair selection of news, sports, and talk channels, I'd take along a regular AM/FM receiver, too. Local radio news and weather can be really useful, plus exploring the dial for unique, even oddball, regional programming can sometimes be a cruising pleasure. —B.E
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I saw you requirement for not leaving the site but have you tested this out at all?
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SLU faculty are invited to attend on campus events. Event Details: July 14 - July 16, John and Lucy Cook Hall, 3674 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, MO, 63108 The John Cook School of Business, the International Association of Jesuit Business Schools (IAJBS) and the Colleagues in Jesuit Business Education (CJBE) will present "The World Forum: Sustainability and Business Practices — Implications for Our Schools" Sunday through Tuesday, July 14-16, at John and Lucy Cook Hall, 3674 Lindell Blvd.
The event serves as the 16th annual meeting of the CJBE and the 19th annual meeting of the IAJBS.
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This week two people (one of whom was Kate, so expect to see goodies from her in the near future!) wrote to me about English paper piecing (EPP) asking for some quick-start tips about where to begin, so I thought I may write a whole post about it. The summer holidays are here and EPP is a deliciously sociable and portable way to fit in some sewing while still spending time with family and friends. I'm relatively new to English paper piecing, but my learning curve has been made shorter and less painful by the kindness of people like Ruth, Katy, Lynne and Kerry, so I hope that they won't mind that some of their guidance is bound up within this post and being passed on. I write not as an expert, but someone who is relatively new to this and so remembers all the tiny things I had questions about myself.
What is English Paper Piecing?
English paper piecing is basically the process of wrapping fabric around paper to make crisply formed shapes to be sewn together by hand. Once sewn, the papers can be removed and a beautifully pieced patchwork is left from which to make cushions, quilts or anything else you can think of. Because it's hand sewn it is more fragile than patchwork produced on a machine, but with that fragility comes beauty and an intrinsic look of love and care apparent within the tiny just-visible stitches.
Fabric Choice
Fabric choice is important. Ruth talked to me about certain fabrics 'needling better'. Because of the open weave of a quilting cotton your needle is able to enter the fabric easily making it a perfect choice for EPP. Ruth said Liberty Tana Lawn (which I used in the cushion seen in some of the photos) was the rare alternative fabric that she'd found to quilting cotton that is also relatively easy to needle.
Having now worked with both, I'd say that quilting cotton definitely has the edge and the needle travels in and out with noticeable ease making your work faster, but the Tana Lawn is so beautiful that the results are definitely worth pursuing and I'll happily choose to use it again
Books and patterns and doing your own thing
|Picture from Feathering the Nest by Brigitte Giblin
If you want to follow a pattern from a book, then I'd recommend Tacha Bruecher's Hexa-Go-Go: English Paper Piecing 16 Quilt Projects for a modern look or Brigitte Giblin's wonderful Feathering the Nest for a more traditional look. I won't talk about either in more depth here, as I'm intending to review them both at length very soon. Alternatively, you could sew along with Katy using her Hexy MF pattern. However, if you want to do your own thing, this is a really easy option with EPP. For my stars and hexagons cushion, I simply downloaded the outline of a repeating pattern from the free library at Connecting Threads. You can use this to see how the shapes go together and you can also print a copy out and colour it in to give yourself an idea of how you want to use colour and pattern (I didn't do this for my cushion and wish that I had). The free downloads in the library don't come with printable shape templates, so you'll need to go to a shape generator site to create printable sheets of the correct shape (I'll give you the link to this a little later in the post). It's up to you to decide on scale - you can paper piece with shapes as small or as big as you like. To give you an idea, 1" pieces are displayed on the projects seen throughout this post - these are slow but enjoyable to piece together: a more quickly finished project may use pieces of 2.5".
With English paper piecing it's also easy to freestyle and create your own patterns...you can just cut out shapes and see how they look and fit together.
Please excuse these gloomy photographs - I hadn't intended to share them here, so I was making no attempt to photograph them nicely at the time.
Paper choice: you can buy pre-cut papers for your project (I think I remember Katy often recommending this shop: http://www.paperpieces.com/ ) or you can print them out on your own paper at home to save money. I chose to do the latter and found that using a relatively sturdy paper/card of about 220gsm has meant that I can use the papers several times over. Because you'll keep the papers in place until large sections have been pieced together, you'll need many, many paper pieces. Be prepared to spend a while cutting paper and, for new sewists, remember never to use your fabric scissors on paper as it will blunt them horribly.
Creating shape templates
You can use this fantastic site to create most shapes you'd need to your exact specifications. When EPP quilters talk about the size of a paper piece they generally refer to the length of one of the sides of the shape and not its diameter. So if I use 1" hexagons, then the length of the each side of the hexagon will measure 1".
When you're choosing sizes for EPP you don't need to think about seam allowances - those pieces of paper will slot together and butt up against one another exactly as they are. So obviously that means that if, as I did for my cushion where I chose to put 6-point stars made from diamonds interspersed with hexagons, then the edges of both the diamonds and hexagons used would both need to measure the same length for them to butt up to one another perfectly. Once you've printed your shapes, cutting with accuracy is really important - it will affect the ease with which you piece together your shapes.
Making the template for cutting fabrics
So, the paper pieces you've just cut will go inside your fabric, but your fabric needs to be cut a little bigger so as to wrap around the shape. You'll need to create one larger template from which to cut your fabrics. I use clear plastic to make my template - this means you can use it with a rotary cutter more easily and also see through it better if you wish to place part of the fabric's design in the centre of your shape (this is called fussy cutting). However, if you don't have any template plastic to hand, you can just as easily use a sturdy bit of card.
To make the template, simply make one of your paper pieces 1/4" bigger on all sides. You can happily use a ruler to do this, although if you have a perspex grid ruler it's even easier. Use this single template to cut your fabric from.
Cutting the fabrics
You can use scissors or a rotary cutter to cut your shapes. Unless you're fussy cutting fabric, you can cut many at time. With a fresh blade, my rotary cutter will happily make it's way through over a dozen hexagons at a time, making quick work of cutting hundreds of hexagons.
Basting the fabrics around the papers
Before you can begin sewing shapes together, you'll need to secure the fabrics to the paper shapes. To do this you can either use large basting stitches (front view, back view) which can be removed afterwards or you can use fabric glue. I use Sewline fabric glue which Kerry recommended to me, as it's a quick option that allows you to get on with the fun of sewing proper.
However, some people (such as Katy) feel that basting is actually part of the fun of the slow, meditative process that is EPP, so don't discount it just because it takes longer. It's also better in certain situations. On a rare, hot day I took my EPP outside and found that in the intensity of the sun my glue began to melt and a few of my papers fell out before I hastily retreated inside, so if you're taking your sewing with you on holiday you may wish to think about this.
Wrapping the fabric around the paper
To wrap the fabric around the paper, place a paper template in the centre on the wrong side of your fabric shape. Then neatly fold the edges inward. When I'm glue basting a hexagon I tend to glue one side and then glue its opposite side, until all are stuck down, whereas if I'm thread basting I tend to work around the shape one side at a time.
Thinking about thread
This is an area where I'm still trying to decide on my preferences. I began using a regular polyester thread, which I was happy with. However, I later bought a dual duty hand quilting thread by Coats intended for piecing and quilting, which seems stronger, but is possibly a little thicker than I'd like. I'm still not entirely satisfied. Lynne recommended using a light 50-weight thread for piecing and her favourite brand is Aurifil. I wonder what others use?
Your stitches will be very slightly visible, so you'll need to pick a colour that will blend well with your fabric choices.
Thinking about needles
In my hurry to begin I started piecing with a regular hand-sewing needle. However, I soon invested in shorter, finer needles. I buy mine locally and they're called Gold Eye Quilting Needles Between (no.9) made by Clover. However, Kerry and many others rave about Clover's Black Gold needles, so I believe if you want the deluxe option that may be what you should buy and I'm intending to try them myself at some point.
Types of stitches
You can use either a ladder stitch or a whip stitch for piecing (you'll find tutorials or videos demonstrating both via Google). I've tried both and although the ladder stitch will mean that your stitches aren't visible, I found it to be slower, less enjoyable, and most importantly, substantially weaker. For this reason I use a whip stitch.
When I first started EPP I became slightly obsessed with how many stitches per inch one should be making 'to do things properly'. Actually, there is no 'properly' and it's all about personal preference and what feels good to you. But just in case there are any control freaks out there who, like me, still want a rough guide, I use about 20 - 25 stitches per inch. I now think this is at the higher end of what's necessary and I know others who use about 15 per inch and their piecing is perfectly sturdy.
How to sew it together
To sew, simply place the pieces face-to-face and stitch along the edge, stitching through the fabric that runs along the edge of the paper piece, being careful not to sew through the paper itself. It's careful work and the more care you take the less visible your stitches will be. However, it's also meant to be relaxing and enjoyable and when I went to the quilting exhibition at the V&A museum a few years ago one of the things that made me feel slightly weepy was seeing the visible, fragile stitches; the imperfections; and the sign of human hand within the stunning quilts - so don't ruin your enjoyment striving for perfection - English paper piecing creates work with an heirloom feel where there's little wrong with leaving tiny traces of your own presence.
If you're not following a pattern, where it will advise you on this, bear in mind that it's easier for you to avoid having to sew together deep 'v' seams. Often, you can avoid them simply by breaking your work into oddly shaped sections that keep the seam lines to be sewn relatively gentle (this will only make sense once you begin working on larger areas, so don't feel stressed if you can't comprehend quite what I'm saying here).
If you feel stuck with how to piece two shapes together, butt them up against one another in the way you wish for them to look and work backwards. Often you'll sew one seam and then twist it into another place to sew the other side of the shape - you don't need to tackle both sides at the same time (as you often would when you're working on a machine, pinning everything into place beforehand. In fact no pins are needed - you can hold it in place with your fingers as you sew). Know that you can bend and gently fold your shapes and sometimes this will be necessary to be able to sew the seam needed.
Clever tricks
Ruth (who, as well as creating her own lovely work, is also a technical editor on many of Kaffe Fassett's books) has kindly passed on many clever tricks while I've been beginning my adventure with EPP and I hope that she won't mind me sharing some of her insight here. As a new English paper piecer, when it came to sewing diamonds together to make the star below, I began by stitching each diamond together in turn. This meant that by the time I reached the sixth diamond I had a deep 'V' seam to negotiate (I don't actually mind these, but it's easier if you don't have to tackle them) and it also meant that I was left with a very tiny, but irksome, hole at the centre of the star.
Ruth showed me that by assembling the star first as two halves, using three diamonds on each side, I could avoid the deep 'V' seam and simply place the two halves of the star together and join them sewing along one straight, easy-to-sew seam running across the centre of the star, eliminating that irksome hole that formed in the middle.
Not only was this an invaluable trick, it also taught me a lot about English paper piecing in general. That is, to look for the way of piecing things together which keeps the seam lines simple, even though it may not feel intuitive at first sight.
You'll quickly find that you need somewhere to store it all. I don't like tins as they're hard to store and rattle in my handbag, but if I'm piecing in the garden then I do put everything in a tin to prevent it from blowing away.
However, most of the time it's stored in a series of small bags and if certain fabrics have been paired with one another then I hold them together with paper clips.
I'm currently working on making something to store it all in that will slot into my handbag easily and keep all the different bits of paraphernalia and different stages of piecing in contained areas.
Removing the papers
Don't remove a paper until it has something surrounding it on all sides - the papers are there because it makes it easy to sew a seam together. When it comes to removing them, simply take out your basting stitches and gently pull the paper out, or if you've used glue, you can ease the papers out by warming the glue with an iron. Either way, they tend to come out easily and without damaging your work.
Over to the experts
These are my thoughts as a beginner. I know from some of my regular readers' responses to previous posts about my own adventures with English Paper Piecing that many of you are long-time paper piecers, so if you have your own tips and tricks or links to tutorials and techniques that you think may be useful or could expand on this, then please do share them in the comments.
I've always loathed the expression about skinning cats, so will just say that I love that there's more than one way to peel a satsuma and I'd love to hear about ways other that my own and Kate and other EPP newcomers may too.
Florence x
Ps. I'm really sorry to write one post before responding to the comments to the last - totally the wrong way around, especially when they were so very lovely. I will reply as soon I'm home this evening and thank you for all your kindness - which was so much appreciated. xxxx...xxx...xx...x


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There's something going around here at the Townsquare Towers in Toms River...it's sweeping the 4th floor. I've even heard rumors of a 2nd floor Plague -- you folks on 3 better get prepare.
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Both countries will continue to have regular discussions and program reviews to ensure the terms of the agreement are being met, according to the release.
The U.S. has similar arrangements with the European Union and Canada.


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