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"MACHYNLLETH (MACHYNLLAETH), a market town, borough, and parish, comprising the townships of Machynlleth, otherwise Y Dre, Is y Garreg, and Uwch y Garreg, each of which separately maintains its own poor, in the lower division of the hundred of MACHYNLLETH, county of MONTGOMERY, NORTH WALES, containing 2381 inhabitants, of which number, 1657 are in the township of Machynlleth, or Y Dre, 39 miles (W. by N.) from Montgomery, and 209 (W. N. W.) from London. ... The church, dedicated to St. Peter, ... There are places of worship for Independents and Calvinistic and Wesleyan Methodists. ..." [A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833]
See also the bibliography on the Machynlleth and Dyfi Valley site by Dick Williams
Barfoot, James. Machynlleth turnpike : pictorial evidence. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 78 (1990), p. 163-4
Barfoot, James . Plas Machynlleth : arweinlyfr hanesyddol. Machynlleth : Norwich : Celtica ; Jarrold, 1997. 20p
Barfoot, James. Machynlleth Town Hall excavations, 1983. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 74 (1986), p. 79-84
Barfoot, James. Plas Machynlleth ice-house. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 74 (1986), p. 85-7
Bourne, Mark. Ash is for the crooks : the stickman of Machynlleth. Country Quest 26/5 (1985), p. 49-50
Briwnant-Jones, Gwyn. Railway through Talerddig : the story of the Newtown & Machynlleth and associated railways in the Dyfi Valley. Llandysul : Gomer, 1990. 144p Concrete by bucket and spade : gems of Italian Renaissance architecture created in miniature in a Welsh hillside garden near Machynlleth. Concrete Quarterly (Winter 1991), p. 26-7
Davies, David W. The Maglonians : one hundred years of football in Machynlleth 1885-1985. [s.l.] : Gwasg Cambria for Machynlleth Football Club, c1985. 76p
Davies, David W. The town of a prince : a history of Machynlleth. [Machynlleth] : Machynlleth Rotary Publishing, 1991. 177p
Davies, David W. Machynlleth town trail : (a historical guide to the town). Machynlleth : Machynlleth and District Civic Society, 1988. 37p
Davies, David W. The Parish Church of St. Peter, Machynlleth. Machynlleth : Rector, Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council, 1982. 12p
Davies, David W. The goodly heritage : a study of the development of religion in a Welsh town: Machynlleth = Yr etifeddiaeth deg . Machynlleth : Tabernacle Arts Centre,Machynlleth, 1988. 226p
Davies, David W. A history of education in Machynlleth : with particular reference to Machynlleth Junior and Infant Schools = Hanes addysg ym Machynlleth gan gyfeirio'n arbennig at yr Ysgol Gynradd ac Ysgol y Babanod. Machynlleth : Parent Teachers Association of Machynlleth Junior School, 1986. 75p
Davies, David W. A pictorial history of Machynlleth = Mewn hen luniau. Machynlleth : Machynlleth and District Civic Society, 1996. 201p
Evans, Elwyn. Machynlleth Toll Books. National Library of Wales journal Vol VI/1, Summer 1949. Full extract by Gareth Hicks plus name index on Genuki
Evans, J J Argraffwyr Machynlleth Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society vol 9/2 1959 Welsh Journals Online
Gibson, Alex. The excavation of a malt-house in the grounds of Plas Machynlleth, 1994. Montgomeryshire Collections 85 (1997), p. 77-86
Green, Cedric C. The coast lines of the Cambrian Railways. including a general history of the Aberystwyth & Welsh Coast railway / Volume 1, ; Machynlleth to Aberystwyth. Didcot : Wild Swan, 1993. 282p
Handley, Roger. Walking around the Plynlimon hills : from Aberystwyth, Borth, Machynlleth, Talybont & Devils' [sic] Bridge. Machynlleth : Kittiwake, 2002. 32p Jones, Richard. History of Owain Glyndwr and his associations with Machynlleth. Machynlleth : Owain Glyndwr Centre Management Committee, [1996] 16p
Jones, Richard Gwaith argraffwyr Machynlleth o 1789 ymlaen Journal of the Welsh Bibliographical Society vol 9/2 1959 Welsh Journals Online
Machynlleth and district, the official guide. Carshalton : Home Publishing, [1971] 40p Machynlleth from 'Pigot's North Wales directory', 1828. Cronicl Powys, No. 40 (April 1997), 17-19.
Morgan, Thomas O. New guide to Aberdovey and its neighbourhood : with some account of Towyn, Machynlleth, and the vales of Dovey and Dysynwy. Aberystwyth : J. Cox, 1854. 118p
Nixon, Margaret M. Craft of a byegone age is revived : [weaving at Machynlleth]. Country Quest 30/8 (1990), p. 36-7
Pritchard, Terry. Across the Plinlimon watershed : the walk from Machynlleth to Ponterwyd; [George Borrow's route]. In George Borrow Bulletin 6 (1993), p. 20-5
Sheringham, J D T. Machynlleth and Penegoes land tax 1794, MONT. Q/RE L2 - N.L.W. Montgomeryshire Collections (Transactions of the Powys-land Club) 73 (1985), p. 135-43 The parish of Machynlleth : church and parish accounts 1889 (presented at Easter Vestry, 1890). Machynlleth : Adam Evans, 1890. 20p
Business and Commerce Records
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Ratgoed Quarry Company, records 1827-1909 "Gaewern Slate Works, Machynlleth; Ratgoed Quarries, Tal-y-llyn; Cymerau Quarries, Tal-y-llyn; Llwyngwern Slate Quarry, Llanuwchllyn; Towyn Company Limited, Tywyn; Abercorris Slate Quarry, Rhiwgwreiddyn, Corris; Cambrian Slate Works, Machynlleth"
- Dyfi Valley Bookshop, [Machynlleth] notes and photocopies 1851-[20th century] (mainly [20th century]) "Notes (and presumably transcripts), [20th century], taken from papers offered for sale by Dyfi Valley Bookshop,..............................."
- Humphreys and Parsons, records [solicitors, Machynlleth] "Records of the practice of Humphreys and Parsons, Machynlleth, Powys, relating mainly to the clients of the solicitors ................ 19th cent. - 20th cent., including records relating to Machynlleth National School, 1853-1895; records relating to charities, 1846-1899; records of the Machynlleth Town Hall Company, 1871-1907; records relating to Machynlleth Urban District Council, 1895-1947; records relating to the Mid Wales Law Society, 1952-1963.
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Machynlleth area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
Church and chapel data from The Religious census of 1851 : A Calendar of the returns relating to Wales, Vol 11, North Wales. Ed. by Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, UWP, 1981. The names given towards the end of each entry are those of the informants.
Machynlleth Parish consisting of Machynlleth township, Isygarreg township and Uchygarreg township; statistics; Area 14861 acres; Population 1165 males, 1295 females, total 2460
- Machynlleth township; population 761 males, 904b females, total 1665
- St Peter's Parish Church Attendance - morning 220, afternoon 176, evening 60 Services in English in morning, Welsh in afternoon and evening George Venables, M.A., Rector
- Salem, Machynlleth, Independents Erected 1841 Attendance - average - morning 75 scholars, afternoon 150, evening 160 "The Sunday School is always held in the morning and is comprised of Adults as well as Children all of whom attend divine service in the afternoon and evening..........." William Davies, Independent Minister, Machynlleth
- Tabernacl, Machynlleth, Wesleyan Methodist Erected 1806 Attendance - morning 80 scholars, afternoon 160, evening 300 John Hubert, Wesleyan Minister
- Graig Chapel, Penyrallt St, Machynlleth, Independents Erected before 1800 Attendance - morning school, afternoon 169, evening 147 Griffith Wilson, Deacon, Garth, Machynlleth
- Room in Graig Fach, Machynlleth, Latter Day Saints Erected 1850 Attendance - morning 13 scholars, afternoon 30, evening 35 Revd. Thos Ellis, Minister, Shoemaker
- Bethesda, Machynlleth, Baptists Erected 1838 Attendance - morning 12 scholars, afternoon 18, evening 20 Lewis Roberts, Minister
- Maengwyn Chapel, Machynlleth, Calvinistic Methodists Erected before 1800 Attendance - morning 145 scholars, afternoon 377, evening 318 "The only Service held in the morning is a School. Our Sunday Schools in Wales are composed of Adults as well as Children. Many of the poor children belonging to this Congregation are educated in the National School and therefore are obliged by their Rules to attend Church twice every Sunday which accounts for the small number of children belonging to this School" Thomas Hughes, Minister, Maengwyn St, Machynlleth
- Isygarreg township; population 223 males, 192 females, total 415
- Derwenlas Chapel, Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Erected 1823 Attendance - morning 43, afternoon 34 scholars, evening 39 John M Jones, Deacon, Draper
- Derwenlas, Independents Erected 1848 Attendance - morning 67, afternoon 45 scholars, evening 65 Rowland Evans, Deacon, (?) Morben Isaf, Machynlleth
- Penuel, Glaspwll, Independents Erected 1822 Attendance - morning 25 scholars, evening 54 Thomas Lewis, Deacon, Caersaer, Machynlleth
- Glaspwll, Wesleyan Methodist Erected 1820 Attendance - morning 25 scholars, afternoon 60, evening 40 John Hubert, Wesleyan Minister
- Derwenlas, Wesleyan Methodist Erected 1843 Attendance - morning 60, afternoon 47 scholars, evening 50 John Hubert, Wesleyan Minister
- Uchygarreg township; population 181 males, 199 females, totaL 380
- Soar, Independent Attendance - average - general congregation 38, scholars 20 Thomas Rowlands, Local Preacher, Dolgarnedd
- Horeb, Uchygarreg, Wesleyan Methodist Erected 1841 Attendance - morning 23 scholars, afternoon 67, evening 65 J Hubert, Minister
- Forge Chapel, Uwchgarreg, Welsh Calvinistic Methodists Erected 1825 Attendance - morning 71 scholars, evening 54 Thomas Hughes, Minister
Church of St Peter, Machynlleth on the Montgomeryshire Churches Survey site
Baptist churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site - Bethesda
Independent churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site :-
- Aberhosan
- Derwenlas
- Graig
Calvinistic Methodist (Presbyterian) churches on the Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society site :-
- Forge
- Maengwyn St
- Derwenlas
Rees, Thomas & John Thomas Hanes Eglwysi Annibynnol Cymru (History of the Welsh Independent Churches), 4 volumes (published 1871+). The Machynlleth section (in Welsh) has been extracted - with translation by Maureen Saycell (April 2010) The Derwenlas section has been extracted, as has Glasbwll; and Soar - all have been translated by Maureed Saycell (Sept 2012)
Church Records
Detailed information on deposited registers and transcripts for this parish is given on the Powys Archives page Montgomeryshire parish registers
As a guide only, the principal extant parochial church records for this parish span the dates shown below (as detailed in Parish Registers of Wales, NLW 2000) but exact current holdings should be confirmed with the individual Archives;
- Baptisms 1684-1722, 1731-1993; Marriages 1684-1722, 1731-1971; Burials 1684-1722, 1731-1993
Parish Registers, or copies, for all or part of these dates are held at the NLW, and/or Powys Archives.
Bishops Transcripts for various periods are held at the NLW
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Machynlleth Baptist Church Birth and baptism register, 1801-1823 "The Baptists in Machynlleth met at first in members houses. John Blayney converted the upper storey of his house in Pentrerhedyn Street for use as a chapel, followed by David Pugh who placed the loft of the White Horse Inn at the disposal of the church. .................................."
- Soar Congregational Chapel, Uwchygarreg, Machynlleth, records "Records of Soar Congregational Chapel, Uwchygarreg, 1910-2000, including accounts, 1928-1957; Sunday School registers of attendance, 1914-1936; report on chapel, 2000; ..........................."
Description and Travel
- The transcription of the section for Machynlleth from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- A Topographical Dictionary of Wales by Samuel Lewis, 1833
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Rees, John Maldwyn, papers "Papers relating to Richard Rees ('Maldwyn', 1851-1927), of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and Edward Walter Rees, ('Gwallter Dyfi', 1881-1940), of Carmarthen, including correspondence, 1874-1940; printed materials, 1866-1937; papers relating to the National Eisteddfod and the Gorsedd of Bards, 1909-1939; papers relating to the National Petition on the Legal Status of the Welsh Language, 1938-1939; papers relating to Maengwyn Calvinistic Methodist Chapel, Machynlleth, 1875-1920; and various papers relating to manifold aspects of Machynlleth life."
- Wiliams, William a Myfi, papurau (papers) 1835-1973 "Papers of the Rev. William Williams and his wife Myfi Williams. They include the diaries of the Rev. William Williams, 1936-1944, 1971-1984; papers, 1937-1942, dating from his schooldays and college days; lecture notes; research notes on the history of Maengwyn chapel, Machynlleth, and the Methodist cause in Montgomeryshire; sermons etc.; and poems and stories written by Rev. William David Davies. There are also four notebooks including drafts, 1973, of an intended novel by Rev. William Williams on Rev. John Elias (1774-1841). The papers of Mrs Myfi Williams include notebooks and files of notes on local history; compositions submitted for various eisteddfod competitions, 1958-1976; radio scripts, 1961-1967 etc. ......."
Historical Geography
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Machynlleth to another place.
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Jones, David; First World War memoir "David Jones was born in Machynlleth. He was called up in 1914, to the 7th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. After training in England, he took part in the Gallipoli landings. He was injured and taken to the military hospital in Alexandria. ..........................."
- Diaries of Miss Olwen Trefor Jones, Machynlleth "Miss Olwen Trefor Jones (fl. 1949-1994) lived in Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire (now Powys), and kept a journal"
- Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, newspaper cutting "Page, including engravings, from The Illustrated London News, 24 January 1963, relating to the opening of the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway"
Land and Property
Victorian Powys for schools site - Plas Machynlleth - seat of the Londonderry family
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Bonsall family, papers "Deeds, plans and other documents relating to Galltyllan estate in the parishes of Machynlleth, Penegoes and Darowen, Montgomeryshire, 1674-1919.............."
- Bontdolgadfan (Williams family) papers "Papers of the Williams family of Bontdolgadfan, including deeds for property in Bontdolgadfan, 1731-1877; Bontdolgadfan Calvinistic Methodist chapel baptism register, 1812-1864, records of Bontdolgadfan Welsh and English chapels, Machynlleth, 1867-1877; papers relating to eisteddfodau at Bontdolgadfan, Llanbrynmair and Machynlleth, 1870-1923; account and memorandum books relating to the Post Office, Bontdolgadfan, 1884-1902; records of the Llanbrynmair Agricultural School Library, 1845-1847; balance sheets of the [Llanbrynmair] Friendly Society, 1858-1876; family correspondence, school exercise books and personal papers of the Williams, Griffiths and Roberts families, 1836-1922, journal or autobiography of the Rev. Richard Williams, 1802-1842; records of the overseers of the poor for Llanbrynmair, 1744-1876; records of Maglona Lodge of Good Templars, Machynlleth and other societies, 1863-1877; sermon notes, 1816-1917; and diary of Richard Tibbott, 1741-1742."
- Dolforgan Estate Records "Estate records, almost all title deeds, of the Dolforgan and Llynlleoedd [Machynlleth] estates, Montgomeryshire, 1570-1879, together with papers, mainly rentals, accounts, and particulars, of the following manors belonging to the Powis Castle estate: Kerry, Cydewain and Halcetor, 1579-1745, Starta Marcella, 1623-1702, and Tirymynech, 1650-[mid-18 cent.]."
- Plas Machynlleth Estate Records 1604-1923 "The fist occupant of Plas Machynlleth (or Greenfields) was John Edwards (d. 1789), a Machynlleth solicitor, who purchased the property in the 1750s. ..........."
Map of Montgomeryshire parishes on Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society's site - shows dioceses
Victorian Powys for schools site - Map of Machynlleth in1842, and 1903
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
Machynlleth Workhouse - on Peter Higginbotham's site
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Poor Law Union records 1837-1930 "Machynlleth Poor Law Union was formed in 1837 and operated in the constituent parishes of Cemmaes, Darowen, Isygarreg, Llanbrynmair, Llanwrin, Machynlleth, Penegoes and Uchygarreg in Montgomeryshire, Pennal, Tywyn in Merionethshire and Ysgubor-y-coed in Cardiganshire. ..................."
- Machynlleth Poor Law Union Relieving Officer, records "Papers of Ivor Jones, Relieving Officer, 1922-1930, relating mainly to the cases of Mary Davies, Pennal, Merionethshire, and Ann Davies, Cemmaes, including letters, 1923-1930; bills and receipts, 1930."
Public Records
Details of extant records on Archives Network Wales for the following;
- Henry Evans (Solicitor), Machynlleth, Records "Records, 1837-1955, of former local government bodies of Machynlleth, Montgomeryshire, and neighbouring parts of Merionethshire, comprising minute books, letter books, ledgers, account books, reports, valuations, registers and rate books of the Machynlleth Poor Law Union, 1837-1930, minute books, letter books, ledgers, account books, reports, valuations, registers and rate books of the Machynlleth Rural District Council, 1892-1957, a letter book and rate account books of the Mallwyd Urban District Council, 1922-1930, and minute books, account books, registers and other records of the Machynlleth and Estimaner (Ystumanner) Petty Sessions, 1853-1953, together with miscellaneous administrative, financial and personal papers, 1837-1931, from the offices of Henry Evans relating to clients, local government, local businesses, and other solicitors who practised in and around Machynlleth"
- Machynlleth salvage papers "Machynlleth Salvage Papers, 1858-1925, including correspondence from Machynlleth Urban District Council clerks' office, 1895-1923; rate books, 1861-1886; Poor Law rate books, Machynlleth parish, 1916-1917; Machynlleth Poor Law Union overseer's book of receipts and payments, 1910-1927; papers relating to the local government elections, 1894-1908; Machynlleth Waterworks papers, 1878-1910; Dovey fishery papers, 1890-1902; papers relating to Royal visits, 1889-1911; papers relating to roads and streets, 1898-1911; Machynlleth sewerage schemes papers, 1897-1914; papers relating to Machynlleth town hall, 1862-1891; papers relating to Machynlleth markets and fairs, 1903-1916; papers relating to the fire brigade, 1909-1914; papers relating to Machynlleth isolation hospital, 1912-1913; and papers relating to the Owain Glyndwr Institute, 1910-1925"
- Machynlleth Rural District Council, records 1940-1974
- Machynlleth Citizens Advice Bureau 1983-1997
- Machynlleth Urban District Council, records 1897-1974


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An ocean away, Jack Wilson leaves prison burning for revenge. Like Mike Burke, Jack has had something taken from him. And he, too, dreams of starting life over. Only Jack's dream is the rest of the world's nightmare. Driven by his obsession with a Native American visionary, and guided by the secret notebooks of Nikola Tesla, the man who is said to have "invented the 20th century," Wilson dreams of the Apocalypse - and plans to make it happen.
As a terrifying worldwide chain reaction is set in motion, one thing stands between Jack Wilson and the time of reckoning he is calling forth: Mike Burke. With nothing left to lose, and little understanding of precisely whom and what he's facing, Burke risks everything, one last time, in a battle of wits with an enemy who knows no fear . . . and shows no mercy.
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Nurse [as she was walking out of the Dirty Utility room]: "Where's the timer for the pregnancy tests?"
Secretary: "Oh, the lady from lab threw it out. It was expired."
Nurse: "Wait. She came to our department and threw something in our department out? And she said that the timer expired?"
Secretary: "Yeah. She said that it could be a JCAHO violation if we were using an expired timer."
Nurse: "It's a f**king clock. How does a clock expire?"
Secretary: "Ask the 'Lab Nazi.'"
We have to keep a timer in the Dirty Utility Room (which happens to be one of the many ROOMS in the emergency DEPARTMENT) so that pregnancy tests are read at precisely 3 minutes. If they are not read at 3 minutes, that could be a JCAHO violation because patient safety could suffer.
Now companies are apparently putting expiration dates on electronic equipment to assure patient safety. If electronic equipment is used past its expiration date, that could be a JCAHO violation.
They still haven't replaced the timer in the Dirty Utility Room, so we're officially screwed if the hospital gets inspected, but I also can't verify whether these damn things have expiration dates on them. I need to know if anyone else out there has electronic equipment with expiration dates on it in the hospital. If so, please send me pictures. If anyone has any kind of proof about expiration of hospital electronics, I'd also appreciate it if you'd send me a copy so I can post it.
I am getting to the point that I want to become a JCAHO inspector just to mess with people's heads. Imagine how much fun it would be to look at a chair, point at it, say it is expired, and then get 5 college graduates with advanced degrees to trip over each other in order to get rid of the chair. There's probably some JCAHO internal message board somewhere with a Top 10 list of dumb things that surveyors got hospital admins to do.
All you medical supply companies – take note. You can increase your profits exponentially by putting an expiration date on all your equipment. Medical computers expire in 3 years. TVs used in hospitals expire in 2 years. Construction companies – chisel an expiration date in the hospitals you build. Ten years ought to do it.
Who gets to make up the rules that JCAHO follows, anyway?


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Cape Town - The ANC agreed on Tuesday to some of State Security Minister Siyabonga Cwele's hawkish proposals on the Protection of State Information Bill.
Cwele notably appeared to have persuaded the ruling party to re-introduce a maximum five-year prison sentence for the disclosure of classified information, and to re-introduce a clause that would have the new law trump any other legislation dealing with such information.
Without explicitly naming the Promotion of Access to Information Act, the new official secrets act would therefore trump it Ä as Cwele has asked for, and commentators have cautioned could render the bill unconstitutional.
African National Congress MP Sam Mozisiwe also indicated that the party would water down the protection afforded to whistleblowers and the media in section 43, more or less along the lines proposed by the minister a fortnight ago.
But the party would not bow to Cwele's argument that the threshold for liability be lowered by re-inserting the term "ought reasonably to have known" in the offences clauses in the contentious law.
"We have looked into that and unfortunately for now we are unable to agree with the department on that," Mozisiwe said.
The Democratic Alliance and the Congress of the People said they were disappointed with the ANC's decisions, especially to limit the protection given to whistleblowers under clause 43.
"We need to add to make this a substantial exemption clause in place of a public interest clause," said DA MP Alf Lees.
The opposition, rights groups and the ANC's alliance partner, the Congress of SA Trade Unions, have all argued in vain for a public interest principle to be written into the bill as a legal defence for those charged with revealing state secrets.
But the ANC has always ruled it out, with Cwele saying it would amount to tearing up the bill before it became law.
The minister has been widely criticised for putting his views to the department last month, with opposition parties saying he was flouting the separation of powers.
The minister and the party have defended it as a salutatory exchange of views.
"We have agreed to some of their proposals, which is quite a number of them, and we have also disagreed with some of their proposals," said the ANC's Teboho Chaane, the acting chairman of the ad hoc committee finalising the bill in the National Council of Provinces (NCOP).
Chaane scheduled another meeting for Wednesday to finalise deliberations on the bill, before political parties will vote on it in committee.
After two-and-a-half years of controversy, it is due to be debated in the NCOP by month's end.
It then has to be sent back to the National Assembly, which will be able to deal with it only in the new year. - Sapa


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Bank of Ozarks makes $216M acquisition of Summitt
{}LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Little Rock-based Bank of the Ozarks Inc. says it has reached an agreement to acquire Summit Bancorp Inc. for $216 million.
{}Bank of the Ozarks said Thursday that Arkadelphia-based Summit has 23 branches and a loan production office spread across nine Arkansas counties. At the end of 2013, Summit had $1.2 billion in total assets, $778 million in loans and $994 million in deposits.
{}Summit formed in 1996 as Horizon Bank of Columbia County. Four years later it changed its name to Summit and expanded in southwest and central Arkansas.
{}George Gleason, chairman and chief executive officer of Bank of the Ozarks, says his bank has a presence in the northern and central parts of the state, so the Summit acquisition fits well as Bank of the Ozarks expands.
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In the context of an optical fiber delay-line implementation by use of silica fiber stretching capability, we experimentally demonstrate that highly birefringent fibers preserve their ability to maintain the polarization coherence in spite of the high magnitude of the stresses applied to them during large stretching. Two experimental demonstrations are presented. In the first, polarization cross coupling versus stretching is characterized. This stretching induces a variation of group delay in the span 0–45 cm. The second is a test of the fiber stretcher in an interferometric application.
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Now that I've finished my first year of HND at college, I have all this free time on my hands. I also have quite a lot of motivation to design some cool things as I spend nearly ever hour of my day scouting through designers' websites and looking at portfolios. This illustration was a product of my boredom.
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Expect Slower Growth in Non-Farm Payrolls on Friday
Economists' consensus for growth in non-farm payrolls in May is just 155,000. That would be a small decrease from the 160,000 payroll increase reported last month, which was weaker than expected.
One reason it's not higher is that the government's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) subtracted out about 35,000 striking Verizon workers.
The unemployment rate is expected to slip from 5% to 4.9%. Average hourly earnings are expected to grow at a 0.2% pace, a bit less than last month's 0.3% pace.
On Thursday, ADP reported private sector payrolls grew 173,000, a number that doesn't subtract out the Verizon workers. That indicated potential for a stronger than expect non-farm payrolls report on Friday.
PNC Chief Economist Stuart Hoffman explained:
The ADP report indicates continued solid job growth, although the BLS figure for May is likely to be noticeably weaker because of the Verizon strike. PNC is projecting job growth of 145,000 when the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases the May employment report on Friday, June 3. This is down from 160,000 net new jobs added in April. However, with the Verizon strike settled, job growth will bounce back in June.
Greg Valliere of Horizon Investments , however, believes slower payrolls growth is here to stay. He wrote Tuesday:
We may be entering a new stretch of modest monthly nonfarm payroll gains; Friday's consensus is for a rise of only about 160,000 workers. But forecasters continue to revise upward their second quarter — and second half — GDP forecasts, and there are signs that inflation is percolating.


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With a free shuttle to and from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, this hotel provides a stylish home away from home, with elegant accommodations.
The new year kicks off with the Peachbowl Parade down Peachtree St.
Favourite son and Nobel laureate Martin Luther King Jr is feted during King Week, culminating on the anniversary of his birth, 15 January.
There's nothing like hearing 'to be or not to be' delivered with a southern drawl, and you can do just that during the Georgia Shakespeare Festival, which kicks off in June.
In mid-September, it's off to Stone Mountain Park for the Yellow Daisy Festival, a frenzy of daisy-related arts and crafts.
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The Spring Web modules allows the developers to develop/manage web applications using spring framework. Since Spring framework's annotations supports allows the developers to develop fully configured web applications without the use of xml files. This makes the development of web application much easier.
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OLDER people are more fearful of developing dementia than they are of cancer, a new poll suggests.
Two-thirds of people over the age of 50 fear that they will develop the condition while just one in 10 said they were frightened about getting cancer.
When 500 adults aged over 50 from across the UK were asked which condition they feared the most, 68 per cent said dementia and 9.44 per cent said cancer.
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Meanwhile just 3.88 per cent said they were frightened about getting a heart condition and 0.73 per cent were concerned about developing diabetes.
There are around 800,000 people with dementia in the UK but as the population ages this figure is expected to soar in coming years.
Symptoms can include memory loss and difficulties with thinking, problem-solving or language. It occurs when the brain is damaged by diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease or a series of strokes.
Paul Green, director of communications at over-50s company Saga, which conducted the survey, said: "Whilst these fears are completely understandable, it's important that education around the condition is enhanced to give a greater understanding of the benefits of early diagnosis - and how this can help those living with the condition continue to lead fulfilling lives."
Commenting on the poll Hilary Evans, director of external affairs at charity Alzheimer's Research UK, said: it was no surprise to learn that fear of dementia in people over 50 is high. "The challenge is to find new ways to treat and prevent dementia to show there is hope of taking on dementia and beating it."


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They have a binder with gluten free options listed. You may need to ask for the "allergy" binder.
10945 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934
Just met a friend here for brunch. Mimi's has a gluten free menu which of course can just be a courtesy only. However, our server, Justice, was very affirming and related personal family experience with food sensitivities which was comforting that she knew the importance of every step. The reason I would say Celiac friendly was because a manager, Joe White, came out to check on me and told me his son had been GF for 10 years and that he knew xxc was a huge problem! Although I ordered very simply as I always do, sometimes that is not enough if the kitchen is not on alert. That was 2 hours ago and feeling fine! I would go back there!
4420 N Oracle Rd, Tucson, AZ 85705
The chicken is good and their mashed potatoes are great but they could make a better effort to offer gluten free fries :0) prices are good! better prices than olive garden!
304 E. University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84057
They don't always have a separate gluten free menu which means you have to flip through the allergy guide which takes forever and doesn't have very many options. It sounds like they sometimes have a separate menu. I'll definitely be calling ahead next time to see if they have updated menus.
5858 SW Loop 820, Fort Worth, TX 76132
Stopped for breakfast while travelling. They had a separate gluten free menu and offered substitutions for toast without asking. I don't think they had pancakes or waffles on the gf menu. Seemed to understand how to handle it in the kitchen. The food was very good.
500 Huntington Dr, Monrovia, CA 91016
Their roasted potatoes are listed as GF but are now fried in a shared fryer. Ask the chef to fry them in a separate pan.
4414 SW College Rd, Ocala, FL 34478
They had a few pieces of paper printed out and stapled together with suggested menu items. It hadn't been updated since 2014. I'm gluten sensitive. I wouldn't trust it if I was celiac. Update... I got glutened. I think it was cross contamination on the grill.
304 E. University Pkwy, Orem, UT 84057
I was offered a GF menu and it was very delicious. The menu had several items not on the original menu and had tips to order from the original menu.
7450 West Bell Road, Glendale, AZ 85308
I told my waitress FIVE times I couldn't have anything with wheat, it was like poison to me. She promised to check with the chef and then brought me the tomato basil soup and a basket of bread. I had her remove the bread. The soup had wheat and made me sick. I wrote the corporate office to ask them to educate their servers and they didn't even respond. I won't go there again.
17231 17th St, Tustin, CA 92780
Always accommodating. They have a GF menu and clean the grill/change gloves.
3015 W. Memorial Road, Oklahoma City, OK 73134
Ask for GF Menu. Note that fried foods will be fried in same fat as wheat breaded foods.
3401 Dale Rd, Modesto, CA 95356
Nothing special. They have a book listing individual gluten free items. The roasted potatoes were very good.
3322 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410
They have a good selection for breakfast, lunch and dinner. A GF menu is available and they can roast the potatoes for breakfast.
596 North Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89014
Not celiac friendly!! Had an unfortunate experience here.
9195 W. Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95758
it's just salads they're not even cheap btw.
3322 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro, NC 27410
A manager here has Celiac's and so they were very accommodating. They had a gf menu and knew what to do!
8250 Gateway Overlook Dr, Elkridge, MD 21075
Bad experience. Not knowledgable or very accommodating.
8250 Gateway Overlook Dr, Elkridge, MD 21075
Terrible experience. I am pretty sure my fruit bowl came off another guests plate after yet ate some of it...
596 North Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89014
I ordered the salmon, spinach, and potatoes off of the gluten free menu and while eating found a French fry in my potatoes. The French fries are fried in a fryer that is used for everything else...I made my waiter aware of this and he sent the manager to my table. She apologized and offered to switch my meal for something else. I calmly explained to her that I am, fortunately, only sensitive to gluten and so I could still eat my food but for someone with celiacs this was a big deal. She offered to bring me a muffin or dessert to make up for it. Yep. She offered a muffin. NOT A CELIAC FRIENDLY PLACE. But, as I said I am sensitive to gluten (and still in the early stages of transitioning back to a gluten free diet--I was silly enough to go off of it when my results for gluten intolerance came back negative but that's a whole different story) and so I kept my original food but probably won't go back.
7450 West Bell Road, Glendale, AZ 85308
Casual chain restaurant serving French & American staples in a rustic-inspired setting.
7660 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, CA 93720
great omelet, very knowledgeable about gluten
7660 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, CA 93720
Do not offer gluten free. The manager did not even know what gluten was. Treated me horrible when I told them we wouldn't be eating there. Not celiac friendly AT ALL
10209 River Coast Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32246
A separate menu is required; items are not marked. They clearly state cross-contamination may be an issue. There are no GF bakery items. I had the GF Eggs Benedict on hashbrown pancakes. It was delicious. The server was great, but the food was very slow coming out. Don't go if you're in a hurry.
596 North Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89014
Great service and we loved the gluten free corn beef hash Benedict and potato hash Benedict.
1835 Newport Blvd, Costa Mesa, CA 92627
Their gluten free menu is quite extensive and includes instructions for management and chef to avoid cross-contamination. So cool.
10001 Jefferson Davis Hwy, Fredericksburg, VA 22407
Had a great dinner. Menu is limited for entrees, but the salads are filling and large. Great soup options. But the piéce de rèsistance is the dessert, petite chocolate mousse! It is worth the trip! You will not be disappointed!!
525 E Altamonte Dr, Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
I was a bit apprehensive, but the staff was very accommodating. They seemed to totally understand the issue. I had the grilled chicken, potatoes and fruit. The food was good! (And the best part? I had no bad reaction!) whew!
1250 S Alma School Rd, Mesa, AZ 85210
I was NOT impressed. Their gluten free menu consisted almost entirely of salad. No meat and potato type dishes were available. Just salads with salmon and such on top. Extremely disappointing. Not only that but then the server brought us a basket of bread.. Seriously?
1250 S Alma School Rd, Mesa, AZ 85210
They have a completely seperate menu that even tells you what cooking sauces and salad dressings are gluten free as well as kids menu
1115 Walnut St, Cary, NC 27511
Nice selection of GF breakfast items. Server was knowledgable.
596 North Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89014
Great breakfast! Found Mimi's while vacationing in Vegas. Wanted to get something off the strip that didn't cost a fortune. Mimi's was perfect. Staff was knowledgable about GF options.
596 North Stephanie Street, Henderson, NV 89014
Mimi's new French Bistro menu allows for family and friends enjoy full meals (including desserts) when dealing with allergy restrictions. Everything is fresh and the staff is well trained in allergen sensitivity and their menu. Portions are perfectly sized and their Salmon is Wild Atlantic so no farm raised or a Pacific radiation fears. The Cioppino is Gluten/dairy free and delicious.
7660 N Blackstone Ave, Fresno, CA 93720
They recently changed their menu and no longer have a gluten free section :/
10945 Parkside Drive, Knoxville, TN 37934
Excellent and concerned wait and kitchen staff. mimiscafe.com
6814 Eastchase Parkway, Montgomery, AL 36117
Nightmare experience! They bring u a nutrition guide, and u have to try and put a meal together. Took 1.5 hrs till everyone's food was received, and both GF dishes were gross! Please don't waste your time or money.
6814 Eastchase Parkway, Montgomery, AL 36117
Must ask for menu.
8250 Gateway Overlook Dr, Elkridge, MD 21075
Did not have a good experience here. Gluten containing food was placed on the plate with GF.
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Tommy Hill furthers his advantage in the MCE British Superbike Championship with an accomplished lights-to-flag win at Oulton Park; Brookes passes Byrne on the final corner for second.
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Tommy Hill has increased his advantage in the MCE British Superbike Championship standings after producing a faultless lights-to-flag victory at Oulton Park.
Having dominated qualifying to start on pole position, Hill duly got the hole shot into the opening bend and wasn't headed thereafter, the Swan Yamaha rider proceeding to gap his opponents consistently over 16 laps to finish more than 4.5secs ahead by the chequered flag.
Even so, if Hill's performance up front was certainly calm, the battle raging behind him proving rather more intense as up to six riders disputed what would become the runners-up spot.
Michael Laverty held it initially, ahead of Shane Byrne, Josh Brookes and Ian Lowry, but the race would open up on lap four when Laverty had his Samsung Honda turn around on him as he exited of Brittens, delaying his close-following rivals and allowing Hill's lead to expand from 0.5secs to 2.5secs.
With Lowry also dropping his Padgetts Honda simultaneously in the first part of Brittens, Byrne now held second position, ahead of Brookes and a charging Alex Lowes, who had rocketed up the order from 19th position on the grid to be challenging for the podium by just lap five.
However, his race would come to an unsatisfactory end on lap nine when he became the third Honda rider to drop his bike at the Brittens chicane from a fairly comfortable fourth. Despite this, Lowes has a chance to make amends in race two, his fastest lap on the way up to fourth earning him pole position.
With Hill now five seconds up the road, attention turned to the battle for second place as Brookes placed continuous pressure on Byrne. With podium credits up for grabs, Brookes maintained a watching brief behind the Kawasaki rider before successfully launching his one-and-only passing attempt at the final corner on the final lap.
A good result for both Brookes and Byrne on a day they couldn't maintain the pace of Hill, their performance means the reigning champion has only extended his advantage to 14 points.
Behind them, Noriyuki Haga stayed out of trouble for fourth position, the Japanese rider bringing himself up to within a point of the crucial sixth place in the overall standings.
A race of high attrition, as well as Laverty, Lowry and Lowes crashing out, Alastair Seeley and Jon Kirkham retired from good positions with technical issues, while Tristan Palmer was also on course for a top ten finish when he slid off the GBmoto Honda.
As such, James Westmoreland came through for a second consecutive top five finish, the WFR Honda rider just keeping a fast-approaching Tommy Bridewell at bay. The Supersonic BMW rider had started a lowly 17th but picked his way up the order to finish in sixth place, in turn moving himself up to fifth in the overall standings.
Shrugging off his foot injuries, Chris Walker was a noteworthy seventh on the Pr1mo Bournemouth Kawasaki, just ahead of Peter Hickman, who turned his fine qualifying performance into Buildbase's best BMW result in eighth place.
Graeme Gowland made it two WFR Hondas in the top ten in ninth, while Hickman's team-mate Barry Burrell made it a day of success for Buildbase BMW in tenth position.
Rounding out the points' paying positions, Patric Muff crossed the line 11th, Luke Quigley 12th, Scott Smart 13th, Michael Rutter 14th and Mark Aitchison 15th, the latter picking up a point on his BSB debut aboard the Quattro Plant Kawasaki.
Looking ahead to the second race, Lowes starts from pole position, with Hill, Haga and Byrne making up the front row, while Brookes is joined by three non-finishers - Seeley, Laverty and Lowry - on row two.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. – The spring season continues as the College of Charleston coed and women's sailing teams compete in three regattas this weekend.
The Cougars will travel South to the Sunshine State for the USF Women's Intersectional hosted by USF on Feb. 16-17 in Tampa, Fla., and the Mendelblatt Team Race hosted by USF/Eckerd College on Feb. 16-17 in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Last year, CofC placed third out of seven schools at the Mendelblatt regatta. The defending ICSA Team Race national champions will sail two FJ crews in senior All-American Mac Mace (Newport Beach, Calif.), senior All-American Ben Spector (Santa Clarita, Calif.) and senior Chris Banholzer (Hartland, Wis.) as well as the team of senior Cory DeCollibus (Duxbury, Mass.), sophomore Ali Blumenthal (Bellport, N.Y.) and senior Sarah Scudder (Mamaroneck, N.Y.).
In the women's event at USF, the Cougars will be represented by junior Grace Lucas (Little Silver, N.J.), freshman Michaela Reynolds (Providence, R.I.) and senior Sarah Somes (Grosse Pointe Park, Mich.) in A-Division and sophomore Clerc Cooper (New Orleans, La.) and junior Elizabeth Chambers (Mooresville, N.C.) in B-Division.
"The team had a good showing last weekend at the SAISA Open," CofC Head Coach Ward Cromwell said. "They were a close second out of 20 teams, falling just short to a veteran Florida Gators team. We are excited for the weekend ahead. The women's event should be great and we are looking forward to matching up with Stanford and some of the top SAISA schools at the team race event at home."
CofC will play host to the Charleston Spring Coed Intersectional on Feb. 16-17 at the J. Stewart Walker Sailing Complex in Mt. Pleasant, S.C. The Cougars have two crews competing in the 18-team field regatta against the likes of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Clemson, Christopher Newport, Eckerd College, Georgia Tech, Georgetown, George Washington, the U.S. Naval Academy, Old Dominion, Providence, Salve Regina, Stanford, UC Santa Barbara, South Florida, Wesleyan and Wisconsin.
For fans interested in supporting the Cougars and attending this weekend's home regatta, the best place to spectate is the outside wall of the marina at the Walker Sailing Complex. Racing begins at approximately 10 a.m. (ET) and will take place right on the Cooper River by the marina in Charleston Harbor.
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With the worldwide Bring Back Our Girls campaign ignited after militants kidnapped more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria, two Vernon-based artists are showing that female sexual abuse, neglect, and murder can also happen close to home.
Ryan Robson and Jessika LaFramboise are revealing the dark underbelly of sexual exploitation, as well as the many missing and murdered women in B.C., through their joint exhibition, Dear Diary, which is about to open at Gallery Vertigo.
Some may be familiar with Robson's work. The artist, who goes by the name Ryan Ryan, was asked to remove her controversial exhibition, Lady Like, prematurely after it was displayed in an open hallway exhibition space, managed by Gallery Vertigo, at the Vernon campus of Okanagan College in January.
A number of the school's staff and students were said to be distressed with the subject matter of the art, which showed skeletal remains to faceless, semi-clothed females in various poses, including bondage.
The work, Robson says, was in part a response to her being sexually abused as a child and started as her grad show at the Nova Scotia School of Art and Design in Halifax.
"It was something I was challenged to do by my teachers," she said. "They encouraged me to take risks and draw what I wanted rather than what others expected of me. I was driven by the subject matter. I had things inside me I needed to say."
Over the years, Robson has added to the pieces, bringing new life to the series.
LaFramboise's exhibition, entitled She was standing there. And then she was gone, was created to inform the community about the missing and murdered women cases in B.C. It was slated to go up at the college after Robson's exhibition. However, after the controversy, the North Okanagan Artists Alternative, which operates Gallery Vertigo, offered LaFramboise and Robson an opportunity to show their work together at the gallery's space in downtown Vernon.
"I am incredibly grateful that Gallery Vertigo is giving us this opportunity, despite the subject matter not being especially pretty," said LaFramboise, adding she and Robson have not created their work to offend.
Instead, the women say they are attempting to create conversation within the community.
"My intentions are to learn about life and to release things that no longer serve me and to do so as honestly as possible," said Robson. "It allows me to heal and reflect on things in society that I see as unjust. I would choose a heated conversation over silence any day."
LaFramboise says the subjects of her paintings are real people with families who miss them.
"The show does not make a direct statement about the politics involved, the government, the media, or the RCMP. It is entirely about personalizing these women that have been deemed high risk," she said. "High risk often means that a woman is Aboriginal, living under the poverty line, and/or partakes in high risk behaviour like hitchhiking, drug use, casual sex, or prostitution.
"Everyone, male or female, should be vigilant in their safety and, maybe even more importantly, the safety of others."
The joint exhibition will also include diary-like entries to compliment the work and to give the public a deeper view into what inspired the women's art.
Both Robson and LaFramboise say they hope the entries will create a dialogue between viewer and artist.
"Keeping the subject matter quiet is what makes these subjects taboo. And when you cannot speak about these subjects, then we cannot begin to help victims heal. As a community, we need to heal," said LaFramboise.
The opening reception for Dear Diary takes place at Gallery Vertigo Saturday, June 7, starting at 7 p.m. The show will be on the walls at the gallery for the entire month of June.
Hours are Tuesday to Saturday, noon to 4 p.m. Gallery Vertigo is located at 1 – 3001 31st St., in downtown Vernon. Check www.galleryvertigo.net for more information.


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Date of birth: 3 Nov 1919 Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana
Date of death: 17 Jun 1935 Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana
Source: Franklin Daily Journal, Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, July 13 2000
LOCAL MAN KILLS BOY Martin V. Woodsides Kills Fifteen Year Old Boy With Shot Gun Charles Chandler Victim Shot in Chest Monday Night SURRENDERED TO POLICE Charles Chandler, age 15, was shot and killed shortly after 8 p.m. Monday by Martin V. Woodsides after the boy was caught stealing cherries from a tree at the rear of the Woodsides home on South Holland Street. Chandler accompanied by Oval Burton, Tommy Anderson and Robert Whitlock, went to the Woodsides home and climbed the cherry tree and helped themselves to cherries. Mr. Woodsides, who saw the boys stealing the cherries, took his shot gun and waited for them at the corner of the alley. As the boys started walking north in the alley Woodsides fired at them, the full force of the shot striking young Chandler in the chest. The boy died almost instantly after being fatally wounded. He fell a few steps from where he was shot. After shooting the boy, Mr. Woodsides walked up town and looked for night officer Joe Hege to give himself up. He stated that he had shot a boy and did not know until afterward that the boy had been killed. Local officers took Woodsides in charge and he was later taken to Franklin by Sheriff A. R. Mulkins and his deputy. Woodsides is alleged to have stated after the shooting that he only intended to scare the boy. Woodsides is being held in the Johnson County Jail at Franklin where he will probably be slated on a manslaughter charge. The boys who were with Chandler when he was fatally shot escaped injury as they were behind the Chandler boy when the shooting occurred. The Chandler boy wore a white shirt and could be easily seen in the dark. After Woodsides reported the shooting to the officers they had difficulty in finding the body where it lay in the alley directly behind the Albert Cox residence. After the coroners investigation the remains were removed to the Mutz & Holdcroft chapel. Funeral Rites Wednesday Funeral rites for the victim Charles Chandler will be held from the Mutz & Holdcroft funeral chapel at 3 p.m. Wednesday in charge of the Rev. J. A. Sumwalt. Burial will be in Rest Haven Cemetery here. The boy is survived by the parents Lowrey Chandler and Mrs. Clemie Hedger Slevin of Edinburg; two brothers, Thomas and Forest and one sister Elma Chandler at home and other relatives. The boy was born in Edinburg, Nov. 3, 1919 and lived here his entire lifetime.
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Johaan Bruyneel book tour will stop in Portland
Posted by Jonathan Maus (Publisher/Editor) on June 17th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Johaan Bruyneel, one of the men behind Lance Armstrong's eight Tour de France victories, has a new book and he'll be stopping in Portland to talk about it on July 8th.
The book is, We Might As Well Win.
Here's info on his Portland visit:
Johan Bruyneel Book Signing/Talk
Powell City Books (1005 W. Burnside)
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- October 12, 2011, 3:40 PM
The National Air Transportation Association has entered into an agreement with HD Supply Facilities Maintenance to provide association members with discounted supplies such as knee protection, ramp cones and eyewash stations as well as other commercial products. A spokesman for the NATA said it represents a saving of up to 14 percent off HD Supply's core catalog prices. "We have provided HD Supply a list of our member companies and we will work with them to make sure they maintain a current list as new members join the organization," he told AIN.


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You will need to clear the cache on your device to get an updated database of your transcoded files. When you move files around, the transcoder sees it as a "delete" and "new file." When you see a "File not Found" error it means the transcoded file is no longer on the drive and your phone's cache is out of date.
Is there any timescale on the coding work to speed up getting updated photo's out to devices. I only found this app last night and think it's GREAT, it would just be better if photo's arrived on the mobile device a little quicker.
Were on the iphone do I clear this cache?
:smileyvery-happy: Never mind I found it. But now I get first time setup then a message "Unable to process photo database".
What device do you have, 5stringplyr?
You'll see the error "Unable to process photo database" if you do not stop the WD Photos app using the iPhone task manager before switching the "clear cache" toggle. This is something we're fixing in a future release of WD Photos.
My Book Live 3TB
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How do you stop WD Photo from using the Task Manager?
Hi there,
I have obverved a similar behaviour. I have tried everything a read in this thread but I'm still not able to see all folders.
All folders are beneath public/Shared Pictures. 11 in total but only 3 appear in no particular order (2nd, 3rd and 9th) Displayering 517 pictures. There are 16 319 in total available (shown in mybooklive/UI / setup / twonky media.)
Cache is configured to 5 GB (which hasn't changed anything. Allways only 3 folders appearing)
Cache was cleaned
Indexing was restarted on Server side
Acer Iconia A500 running Android 3.0
WD Photos 1.3.0
WD My Book Live 3TB
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Twonky Media 5.1.9
What else can I try ?
Any ideas would be appreciated.
I have a very similar story. I have cleared the cache, reinstalled wd photos (on my iPad). Still only a minor number of my photos show up. Having spent two days and read nearly ever post here I'm nearing explosion point. Please please can someone find a solution.
I have almost 100gb on my wdtv live hub and WD photos only sees 3 photos. What is up with this?
Having the same problem with WDphoto not showing all my photos on IPad2
I have done every thing in this thread but nothing is working is there going to be a fix to this soon.
I noticed the same problem...which I believe may be caused by insufficient memory allocated to caching photo thumbnails on my android phone (bionic). I was able to increase the number of directories and photos displayed, by increasing the cache size in the WD Photos app settings (now maxed at 5 GG) and clearing the cache, so that it rebuilds again. It's still unclear how many directories and photos, will eventually process with the cache set this large. The WD 2go App doesn't have this problem since it doesn't display photo thumbnails. Kind of a dilemma, WD Photos is intuitive, but limited by the thumbnail cache issue...and WD 2go app isn't intuitive since all you see is directory & file names and dates. Which means it's time to cull through thousands of photos, organizing them, and descriptively title them... Mañana right! Given the thumbnail caching memory requirements it would be awesome if WD provided a way to organize files on the My Book Live Network drive to point WD Photos to a subset or sub directory tree of the potentially massive Shared Photos directory! Re-organizing seems further complicated by the WD Photos reticence in recognizing when photos have been reorganzied or deleted, even after clearing the cache. WD Photos seems to be a work in progress...promising but not quite there yet!
I have the same issue with WD Photos on My Book Live 2TB on iphone4/ipad - only one out of the six folders in my public/shared pictures folder is displayed, and even then just 495 out of the over 1000 pictures are listed. It does not appear that the number of pictures will increase - transcoding time or not - stuck at 495 photos for days. Cleared cache, increased cache to 5gb, deleted drive etc same result.
Is there a physical limit to number of pictures in first folder seen?
... after raising my cache to 5gb the number of displayed pictures has now crept up from 493 to 511 after 5 hrs! Seems it will be ages before all 5pictures are displayed, if ever.
I think the problem wd was aiming to solve by these thumbnails is replaced by a more frustrating one of not seeing all the pictures you want to see. my suggestion: marry the two; display all folders and pictures initially using dummy icons, gradually update the thumbnails as is being done now, but give priority to any pictures on demand.
I have had the same issue for weeks. I am running the latest version of WDphotos and from my IPAD1 running OS5 I can see some of my folders but not all. Nothing has changed for weeks. I am not convinced that clearing the cache on the ipad actually does anything as when I am offline I see the same photos as when I am connect the MBL......a real shame as the app and NAS box would be awesome if this worked. I have a case open with WD support but its vry slow going....
Hi, have you had any response from WD? I am having the same problem but also have photos doubled and reorganising or adding files does not update on my iPad. Not impressed with this.
I also had the same problem of WD Photos not showing all my Photo folders and only recognizing about 50 more pictures each day. Solution . . . . Unplug the power cord of the drive, then plug it back in. The drive will reboot and after an hour it started installing about 800 pictures per hour. Alot faster than before. After five or six hours it may slow down again, however, I just unplug it again and it downloaded pictures to WD Photo faster again.
I also have a case # about this with WD.
I bought the duo 6tb yesterday and have put all my pics under the shared folder. There are about 50 different folders containing about 25K pictures. The WD photo is just showing a few folders and pictures.
I then created a new folder"master pics" under shared pictures and moved all the 50 odd picture folders under this new folder. Now WD photo is not working at all. It shows me the same folders as earlier - keeps updating and gives error saying picture not found. I have uninstalled and reinstalled WD photo as well - no luck as yet.
My assumption is/was that I will get to see one folder "master pics" and then can navigate to different sub-folders.
The WD 2go pro is working fine though.
Oh well.....
Since you've moved the files while it was transcoding, you have to wait for the transcoder to complete its previous tasks before it will start transcoding the "new" (moved) files.
You can circumvent the wait time by going into the My Book Live's dashboard > Settings > Remote Access > Advanced, and press the "Rebuild" button. This will wipe out all of the transcoded entries as well as the transcoding queue and start from the beginning.
After taking out what I thought were corrupted jpgs and doing a rebuild, purging cache on the iphone & ipads, there are then folders that appear to have problems that didn't have problems previously. Folders that show 0 photos when they were fine before and had 30 photos in them.
I've repeated the rebuild and cache clearing steps several times and after each time a different folder decides not to show photos that was fine in the previous rebuild. Those folders that decide not to show photos had not been disturbed, nothing added, moved or deleted.
I have 16 folders, 100 files in three of them and about 10 to 30 in the rest. Most photos are in the 500KB range but a few are up to 2MB but nothing larger than that. I've left it alone for two days, many of the folders reappear within two hours but then a folder with 0 photos shows up and then there is no new activity, no more photos populating the file, for the next 46 hours.
The promise of what this product has been able to deliver is far outweighed by the attention that needs to be devoted to building the files to perform within it's limited perameters. If files need to be changed, added or removed, each action requires remembering the protocol and following it specifically. This removes the convenience factor entirely.
Raspberry Pi fans: The WDLabs team has learned a great deal from engaging you and designing products for DIY community. We continue to investigate emerging ideas, however, and the time has come for our engineers to explore new areas. The WDLabs products for the Raspberry Pi ecosystem are now available only on a limited basis and will be discontinued. WDLabs engineering support will also be discontinued on the WDLabs community, although the WDLabs community forum will still be available for forum member interaction. Our understanding of and appreciation for the creative Raspberry Pi community is highly valued by Western Digital and may resurface in the future.
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Author | exchange4media News Service | Friday, Mar 28,2008 11:53 AM
Lintas Media Group has joined the subscribers' list of Audience Measurement and Analytics Ltd (aMap), India's first overnight television ratings system. Sathyamurthy NP, Joint President, Lintas Media Group, said, "Our subscription to aMap will enhance our understanding of television consumption trends beyond just demographics." The other subscribers of aMap include the likes of NDTV, Zee Network, INX, Network18, Sahara Entertainment, Balaji, etc.
The Indian market is witnessing a plethora of changes in television viewership trends. Several new channels have launched recently and several others are on the anvil. Viewership is getting fragmented and in this scenario it is important for agencies to find the right channel that caters to their clients' brands and reaches out to the right audiences, minimising wastage of ad spends. It becomes essential to analyse this immediately and take action appropriately.
Overnight data from aMap helps identify opportunities, analyse changing trends immediately and check on deliveries frequently and implement changes much faster. aMap provides data based on demographics, durable ownership, viewership and various other parameters. It has an advanced module called Target Group Viewing Behaviour, which helps track audiences based on their viewing and viewing intensity. This, coupled with several user friendly reports, makes aMap a necessity for an advertiser, agency and broadcaster.
aMap gives the previous day's ratings the next day, not just by demographics, but also by ownership, language spoken at home and several other parameters.


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Providing Time, Space and Support
Providing time, space, and support for mothers to express milk is essential if mothers and their babies cannot be together throughout the work day. Breastfeeding helps babies and mothers stay healthier, and most breastfeeding mothers need to pump throughout the day to make sure their babies get the nutrition they need.
Employees need a secure, comfortable, clean and private space to express milk. The space should meet these requirements:
Work with your employees to establish flexible break times for expressing milk. These breaks are similar to regular breaks to eat, drink, or use the bathroom. While every mother is unique, most women take 2-3 breaks of 15-30 minutes per 8-hour work day.
Depending on the location of your lactation room, mothers may be able to multi-task by reading emails or writing notes. If the employee has child care near your office, she may use her break time to leave the office to breastfeed.
Your policies to support breastfeeding should be communicated to all current and new employees. If possible, consider allowing female employees to telework while breastfeeding or to keep infants with them for part of the work day.
Here are some sample workplace lactation policies that can be modified for your business:
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Heart failure
Novartis's experimental heart failure medication failed to win the backing of U.S. regulatory advisers, creating a potential hurdle to the company's plan to build a portfolio of cardiac therapies around the drug.
An 11-member advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Thursday that the product, serelaxin, shouldn't be cleared for sale. The FDA doesn't have to follow the advice of its advisers and is scheduled to rule on the therapy's approval by May 17.
The FDA staff determined there is insufficient evidence that serelaxin will benefit patients, in a report posted March 25. The drug, similar to the hormone relaxin that protects the hearts of pregnant women, failed to win backing from European Union regulators in January who questioned the drug's efficacy. Serelaxin could generate $523 million in sales in 2018, based on the average of eight analysts' estimates compiled by Bloomberg.
Facebook aims to bring Internet everywhere
Facebook is giving more details about its effort to connect remote parts of the world to the Internet — and it involves drones, lasers and satellites.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that Facebook is hiring "key members of the team" from Ascenta, a U.K. company whose founders created early versions of the world's longest-flying solar powered drone.
Zuckerberg also unveiled the Facebook Connectivity Lab. The operation will employ the Ascenta hires as well as hires from NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab and Ames Research Center.
The lab's goal is to bolster Internet.org, a project that aims to connect the more than 70 percent of the world's 7 billion people who are not yet online.
Wal-Mart sues Visa
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is suing Visa Inc. over fees that it charges the world's largest retailer when customers use a credit or debit card.
Wal-Mart said Visa conspired with banks to illegally fix and inflate fees that retailers pay on card transactions, and that the fees cost U.S. retailers and shoppers more than $350 billion between 2004 and November 2012.
Wal-Mart's complaint was filed Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Arkansas.
San Francisco-based Visa declined to comment on the suit.
Retailers have long complained about the billions of dollars in "swipe" or "interchange" fees that they have had to pay, which average to about 2 percent of the price of a purchase.
In December, a judge approved a settlement over card fees between 19 merchants and Visa and MasterCard. The settlement was originally valued at $7.25 billion but shrank to about $5.7 billion because some retailers opted out.
Guests on local
TV, radio shows
"Shagbag": David Morwood, plastic surgeon and jazz drummer, cast of "Oh Brother Where Art Thou" tribute at the Paper Wing Theatre, Shane Dallmann, movie trivia expert, 9 a.m. Saturday, 1460 AM, and 101.1FM KION. Streaming on1460kion.com.
"Winslowart": Claire Fullerton, author of "A Portal in Time," 1 p.m. Thursday, Comcast Channel 19, Broadcast channel 27.1 and streaming live on www.kymbtv.com.
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There are limits to free speech
by Ray Hanania
The debate continues to rage over the question of limits on the expression of free speech. Last week, a Coptic Christian in the United States was identified as the producer of a hate video that targets Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).
This week, a French magazine, Charlie Hebdo, published vulgar images of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) apparently not only to test the boundaries of free speech but to also intentionally insult and disparage Muslims.
From every corner of the Western world, public officials from US presidential candidate Mitt Romney to Israeli leaders are saying that free speech must be tolerated even when that free speech offends a specific religion.
But is that really true? Is it really true that there are no limits on free speech? Despite the protests from the West, there are limits to "free speech."
For example, in some Western countries like Germany, it is illegal to express the opinion that "the Holocaust is a fraud." If someone declares that opinion, free speech or not, they will be arrested, jailed and tried for violating the hate crimes law.
In fact, there are similar free speech restrictions in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, and even, ironically and hypocritically, in France (the Gayssot Act), where the French magazine's vicious and intentional assault on Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has been defended as an expression of free speech.
Since 1998, there have been more than two dozen cases of successful prosecutions of individuals whose "free speech" violates specific laws involving Holocaust denial. In the United States, where it seems that racism and hatred of Islam and Muslims exists in substantive force, there are laws that prohibit overt acts of "anti-Semitism."
Why is it that the "free speech" defamation of Islam and the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) is acceptable and excused in the West, but not the defamation of the "Holocaust" or the use of "anti-Semitism?"
It isn't just expressions of anti-Semitism in major public ways that are prosecuted. Last year, France brought hate charges against a famous British fashion designer associated with Christian Dior, John Galliano, who made an anti-Semitic comment while he was drinking at a bar. Not only was Galliano charged, but he was publicly humiliated and forced out of his working relationship with Christian Dior. He was basically forced out of the fashion industry.
Oh, the Western media which is now defending the makers of the anti-Muslim video, led the charge against Galliano demanding that he be prosecuted, arguing that he be fired and banned from public appearances.
What is it exactly that is different about hating a Muslim or hating a Jew? Is it all about who you hate? Shouldn't it be the fact that someone hates and then expresses that hatred in a public form that justifies a people, a government or police taking action or not taking action?
Clearly, the West has an inherent hatred of Arabs and Muslims. Most Americans and people in the West can't tell the difference between Arabs and Muslims and they use the words interchangeably and incorrectly.
But accuracy and truth are not the goals, apparently, when it comes to Arabs and Muslims. The real issue is racism, a fundamental racism that exists against mainly Muslims and anyone or any person who "looks" Muslim and comes from the Middle East or the Arab world.
After Sept. 11, 2001, some 14 people were attacked, injured and killed because they "looked" Muslim. How exactly does someone "look" Muslim? Or Christian or Jewish for that matter?That's why many of the post-Sept. 11 backlash killings in America — the land of the "free" — were not Muslim at all but Sikhs and Pakistanis and Indians. Even Christian Arabs like myself are often attacked and criticized in America because the people attacking us believe we are Muslim.
Frankly, I am proud to be mistaken for a Muslim. As a Christian Arab whose mother is from Bethlehem, Palestine, I consider myself Muslim by culture. I often use the incidents of stereotype as opportunities to "educate" ignorant Americans.
Are there fanatics and extremists and terrorists in the Arab and Muslim community? Yes, there are. But so too are there extremists and terrorists in the Christian community and in the Jewish community. We've seen war crimes committed by American soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and by Israel in Gaza and the West Bank many times.
The difference though is how people respond. Do they respond with principle and denounce the act of hate? Or, do they act with politics in mind, driven by racism, and instead only denounce perpetrators of hate when those perpetrators are of a different religion or race?
Racism is a sickness that is commonplace in the West. It needs to be treated. But until the people who suffer from the disease of racism and hatred recognize their ailment, don't expect anything to change any time soon.
Ray Hanania is an award-winning columnist. Reach him at http://www.TheMediaOasis.com.


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Well this is rich. Cramer-Krasselt has resigned the Panera Bread account claiming the client is just too difficult to deal with. An internal memo reads: "There comes a time when no matter
what the acclaim for the work, no matter what that visibility, no matter how good of a relationship we have with the marketing department, no matter what the test scores and results that contributed
to reversing falling comps before the campaign and that outpaced previous work and became great case histories -- despite all that: the constant last-minute shifts in direction, the behind-the-scenes
politics, the enormous level of subjectivity that disregards proof of performance -- all churn people at a rate that becomes much too much even in this crazy business. The previous agency found that
out as well. There is a pattern. And in the end, no amount of money makes it worthwhile. Fortunately, we have always been in a position to act in situations like these if we really, really have
This is Australia-based but it should be of interest to everyone in advertising globally. Australian site Mumbrella will host a Hangout Thursday, June 12 at 12 p.m. Singapore/Hong Kong time. The topic will be scam ads or the practice of creating ads simply to win awards. Recently, DDB CCO Amir Kassaei said he's not against scam ads. No, seriously. While the Hangout will focus on the prevalence of scam ads in Australia, the practice (crime?) is a global one. Remember JCPenney's Speed Dressing ad? It won a Bronze Lion that was later rescinded. In the Hangout will be Sapient Nitro Asia-Pacific ECD Andy Greenaway and The Works Creative Partner Damian Pincus. Questions will be posed by Mumbrella editors Robin Hicks and Alex Hayes. There is no specific link yet other than the fact that it will be hosted on the Mumbrella site.
As if agencies didn't have enough to contend with these days, Altimeter Group Analysts Rebecca Lieb further outlines the challenges agencies face today when it comes to winning business. She rightly posits that agencies are increasingly facing competition from large consulting firms, PR firms, social media agencies and even IBM, which recently announced plans to launch an agency. Of this murkiness, Lieb writes: "This is a tough and transitional time for clients and agencies alike. More and more, we're seeing clients who are asking for execution before strategy. Who are uncertain of desired outcomes. Who often look to agency partners with one field of expertise to assist them in areas in which they have little or no experience. Who remain looped in an RFP process that lasts much longer than expected because they're uncertain which type of candidates to vet. Then, they find themselves making apples-to-oranges comparisons when they receive responses from a wide variety of candidates, ranging from agencies to consultancies to PR, search and social media firms." Tough and confusing indeed.
BoomAgers CEO Peter Hubbell has had it with all you twenty-something hipsters who think anyone over the age of 50 is useless. More accurately, he has a message for Madison Avenue's fixation with youth and the 18-49 demo. Of this, he says: "2014 is the beginning of a new era -- The Age of Aging -- because it's the year when the last of the boomers will turn 50 and effectively age out of the marketing cohort that is deemed to matter most to advertisers: age 18 to 49. In five years or so, there will be more people over 65 than under age five for the first time in world history. There is no other global trend that will do more to affect global economies than The Age of Aging." He says boomers are quite angry about this, adding: "When I go out and speak, boomers bend my ear about how they're really really frustrated about advertising -- some are pissed off. I hear things like: 'Wait a second! What do you mean you're using pop culture icons I don't even know because I don't stay up late enough to watch the shows they're on?'" Now you may respond saying, "Meh. They're just old farts. No one cares." But you should. They have far more disposable income than you and they're still spending it. Give them something to spend it on.
I, myself, have seen cases where an agency in a similar situation, walked away but allowed it to appear as if it was "fired" by an obnoxious client rather than reveal the truth of the matter, simply to avoid being labeled as a tough "shop" to work with. I'm sure this scenario has been repeated many times. I applaud Cramer-Krasselt for its stand up approach to what must have been a very frustrating client-agency "relationship[".


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Sandvik Hosts "Surgeons of Steel"
Cutting tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant hosted 30 eighth-graders for an educational event at its productivity center in Schaumburg, Illinois on April 27.
News Post: 5/21/2012
Cutting tool manufacturer Sandvik Coromant hosted 30 eighth-graders for an educational event at its productivity center in Schaumburg, Illinois on April 27. Known as the "Surgeons of Steel," the students from Eisenhower Middle School in Rockford, Illinois have special interest and capability in metalworking and technical fields.
"The greatest challenge facing the future of manufacturing is the limited amount of skilled labor. That's what our participation in these events aims to address" said Tom Henry, manager of the productivity center. "It's encouraging to see so many interested young students who are excited about the manufacturing industry. It's inspirational."
During the student visit, Mr. Henry and Kevin Clay, sales manager, presented a brief overview of the company's "Bridging the Skills Gap" presentation and detailed manufacturing processes such as milling, drilling and turning. The company's Craig Dimond, Jesus Nava, Brett Voigt and Rob Munn also provided a CAD/CAM presentation, along with a number of live machine demonstrations on milling, drilling and turning, including a demo on gear cutting on the new Hofler gear milling machine.
Eisenhower Middle School is participating in the Rockford School District's Introduction to Manufacturing Program, which created the Pathways for Technical Careers Academy to expose interested students to local colleges and manufacturing businesses to help them begin developing career aspirations in the manufacturing industry. Program participants were presented with their honorary "Surgeons of Steel" T-shirts by Sandvik Coromant during a Rockford School District Event in February, when the program kicked off.


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Tagging cattle challenges time management concept
Jan 14, 2005
The discussion remains heated on animal identification. As the winter picks up and the meeting season clicks along, a very common request is for more information on what is new in the world of cattle electronic identification. The Dickinson Research Extension Center is deep in the throws of the animal identification issue. The DREC actively was placing electronic IDs (EIDs) in calves this past fall. Currently, the tracing process is getting started and the total re...
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