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You could say their marriage began in a Beetle. When Brad and Jeannie Wildin married, they drove away from the church in Brad's 1971 Beetle.
"My father drove a VW bus for work in the 60s and it was where I first learned how to drive," Brad said. "So in 1973 I found the 71 and got it. I enjoyed it, it was the best vehicle I've ever had in the snow."
Today the couple has another love bug, a 1975 lemon yellow Super Beetle convertible, but the story of how they got it is anything but ordinary.
Brad's father, Bill Wildin, bought the convertible in 1981. He was the second owner. Wildin bought it to drive around New York City.
"He lived in Connecticut and used the train to commute to and from work, but while in the city he used the car to drive around the city," Brad said.
The car spent most of that time parked on top of a high-rise building where Bill Wildin worked.
"That's where you used to have to park cars there," Jeannie said. "You would drive into an elevator and it would lift you up to the top. That's the first place we saw the car."
Bill Wildin also bought the car for a second reason. During that time he was thinking of buying an island near Tahiti, he thought the convertible would be a perfect island car.
"He asked us if we would come down and manage the island, but with three kids in school that was not going to happen," Jeannie said. "He ended up not going through with the deal."
After Bill Wildin retired in 1990, the bug became a hobby. He worked to fully restore the Beetle including touching up the paint, re-doing the seats, and keeping up with the car's unique issues.
"When we visited I asked what he was going to do with the bug, because I had always liked it," Brad said. "He said, 'Sell it,' I asked, 'For how much?'
After being told a price of $13,000 Bill quickly countered with his price.
"I said, 'I'll give you what it's worth in Kansas, $1,000. He of course said no, but never sold it," Brad said. "Someone offered him $11,000 for it, but he turned that down too."
When Bill Wildin died in 2009 the fate of the convertible was in question.
"I asked Prawphan, Bill's wife, what she was going to do with the bug, and told her the story about how I had offered him $1,000 for it, and how someone had offered $11,000 for it and he turned it down," Brad said. "A week later she called and asked me when I was going to come get it."
After settling on a price, Brad and Jeannie bought the convertible, and it was shipped to Marion in 2010.
When picking up the car, the Wildens took a couple of their grandchildren.
"My 5-year-old granddaughter, when she saw the car said, 'Grandma, I love this car that's topless!," Jeannie said.
The convertible now lives a life of pampering. Bill and Jeannie keep it housed in their garage on wheeled "skates" so it can be moved around to make room for other vehicles.
The Wildins say they enjoy the convertible for just what the tag says, "1DERFUL." The customized tag is an ode to Bill Wildin, who told his grandchildren to call him "Grandpa Wonderful."
The Wildins can often be spotted cruising the lake road, or giving the grand kids and their friends a ride, listening to the only station the radio picks up, an AM oldies station.
"They love to go vrooming in it," Brad said. "We call it bugging. One granddaughter asked if we were going to leave it to her."
They have taken the bug to Wamego, but mostly stay locally.
"We tried to drive it across the Rocky Mountains, but we found out quick it didn't like the mountain air," Brad said "We finally just turned around and went back."
Brad's father had a similar experience as he tried to drive the convertible from Connecticut to Kansas with his dog.
"They got about 100 miles from home and into the mountains and it died so it had to be shipped back," Brad said.
The convertible has also been showcased in parades for Old Settlers' Day.
"It's really been a hoot," Jeannie said. "It's so fun to drive and the grand kids love it."


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Gillett painted a story of lies and deceit. She said Bashara betrayed her and lied to her about his wife and children.
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Gillett said she was in love with Bob Bashara.
"In retrospect, I realized he lied to me and manipulated me and now I find myself in a position I never imagined I would be in," Gillett said.
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She said she soon found out Bashara was married to Jane Bashara but that she was always lead to believe they were separated.
"After several more months when I confronted him again, He told me that they had to wait a certain amount of period for family issues and that they still were going to proceed with a divorce, that he and Jan discussed a divorces," Gillett said. "That they both had agreed on a divorce and that they were living very separate lives. At no time did I think that was a good, solid relationship."
Gillett said that near the end of her relationship with Bob Bashara she fully believed the Basharas were divorced.
"I was told in May of 2011 that the divorce was final," she said. "For the last eight months of our relationship I though he was finally divorced. We looked for a house. We went many places in Grosse Pointe in in the area."
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Utley returned to Michigan after serving a prosecutor in Cook County, Illinois. She joins David Griem in Bob Bashara's defense.
Utley stresses Gillett misunderstood her relationship with Bob Bashara.
Background on Bashara murder case:
Jane Bashara was found dead in the back of her SUV in a Detroit alley on Jan. 25. She had been reported missing the night before.
Sources say a man named Joe Gentz was forced to kill the Grosse Pointe Park mother under the order of her husband.
Gentz has been charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
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Because of default in the payment of the indebtedness, secured by a Security Deed executed by Delores A. Evans and Larry C. Evans to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Citywide Group, Inc., its successors and assigns dated January 2, 2007 in the amount of $161,000.00, and recorded in Deed Book 425, Page 676 and re-recorded at Book 426, Page 667, Appling County, Georgia Records; as last transferred to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC by assignment; the undersigned, Nationstar Mortgage, LLC pursuant to said deed and the note thereby secured, has declared the entire amount of said indebtedness due and payable and pursuant to the power of sale contained in said deed, will on the first Tuesday in February, 2013 , during the legal hours of sale, at the Courthouse door in Appling County, sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash, the property described in said deed to-wit:
All that tract or parcel of land situate, lying and being in Land Lot No. 455 in the Third Land District of Appling County, Georgia, containing 8.0 acres, more or less, and being bounded, now or formerly, as follows: On the North by lands of Rodney M. Anderson and Teresa P. Anderson; on the East by lands of Rodney M. Anderson and Teresa P. Anderson; on the South by lands of Tillman; and on the West by lands of Fortson. Said tract being more particularly described on a plat prepared by Merlin J. Tomberlin, Surveyor, dated March 13, 2000. This being a portion of that 20.74 acre tract of land conveyed to Rodney M. Anderson and Teresa Anderson by virtue of a warranty deed from H. Curtis Tillman and Runell K. Tillman dated March 12, 1985 and recorded in Appling County Deed Book 212, Page 876 and that 25.84 acre tract conveyed to Rodney M. Anderson and Teresa Anderson by virtue of a warranty deed from Michael O'Shaughnessy dated March 18, 1983 and recorded in Appling County Deed Book 203, Page 366. Subject to a twenty (20) foot easement for the purpose of ingress and egress as more particularly shown on the above-referenced plat.
Which has the property address of 470 Curtis Tillman Road, Surrency, Georgia, together with all fixtures and other personal property conveyed by said deed.
The sale will be held subject to any unpaid taxes, assessments, rights-of-way, easements, protective covenants or restrictions, liens, and other superior matters of record, which may affect said property.
The sale will be conducted subject (1) to confirmation that the sale is not prohibited under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code and (2) to final confirmation and audit of the status of the loan with the holder of the security deed.
Notice has been given of intention to collect attorneys' fees in accordance with the terms of the note secured by said deed. Notice has been also given, in writing and by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the borrower, of the name, address, and telephone number of the individual or entity who shall have full authority to negotiate, amend, and modify all terms of the Security Deed and the note thereby secured in accordance with O.C.G.A. Section 44-14-162.2(a).
Said property will be sold as the property of Delores A. Evans and Larry C. Evans and the proceeds of said sale will be applied to the payment of said indebtedness, the expense of said sale, all as provided in said deed, and the undersigned will execute a deed to the purchaser as provided in the aforementioned Security Deed.
Nationstar Mortgage, LLC
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Many Monday nights I climb the stairs to Harvard & Highland in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The bar sits above its sister institution Union Pig & Chicken, and you can order from UP&C's menu until 11pm. I teach until 9:30. They have barbequed tofu, mac n cheese, and greens. They also have an assortment of, I am told, delicious meat, but I am a vegetarian and that this comfort food is available to me post-classroom is almost as luscious as the space itself.
Harvard & Highland is a comfy urban bird's nest--snuggled up above the concrete. Streetlight glow trickling in through the big windows lets you settle in, stay a while. This isn't prime time for the bar of course, late Monday night. So it seems special. Friendly bartenders, beautiful cocktails. --Sherrie Flick
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By Joy Katz
In my second year of grad school, I threw a party for the incoming MFAs. A party in my little apartment with something in a big pot, like chick pea stew. In strode a guy freshly shaven in a jacket and tie. He said he'd have a Manhattan. This was before cocktails made their comeback, a long while before the glamstalgic first episode of Mad Men, so the jacket, the well-brushed hair, the casual, confident demand utterly lacked context. I have beer and wine, I said, irritated, certain this guy was very insane. He eventually became a good friend.
I had my first martini sometime later that year, no idea what a martini was for or what was in it, just thought I'd order one, and I held it and sat watching my friends play pool at the sticky pool table in the Central West End of St. Louis. The guy who demanded a Manhattan now lives outside of Paris and does international security work he cannot discuss. I remember very well his short story in which the narrator is made of metal. Eventually, over the next decade, martinis became a regular part of my life. I love that they are made of metal, an icy shaker of bitter liquors.
A cocktail is part of my peaceful life. I have enough of a dark side just in my brain; I don't drink much. But I have a weakness for the kind of places that have opened, even near my house, in Pittsburgh, the kind of bars I used to like to go to in New York, where you shout at your friend over an expanse of marble and order things from bartenders wearing vests and ties.
My students are friendly. They are respectful of each other. In certain moments they seem to me not quite real — made of something warmer than metal, definitely. Even though they are at this moment driving cars and writing checks and caring for pets. Some of them are married; some have kids. They are throwing parties in their apartments and ashing their cigarettes into the last dab of hummus.
My students work hard, they are serious. It's time for midsemester feedback, I tell them in an email. Is there anything not working for you in 20th Century American Poetry? I ask as though I were, ridiculously, in sleeve-garters, ready to shake up an assignment out of ingredients they dream up. Someone brings candy corn to class. We talk about John Berryman. It is all so good. It is almost too sweet, my students, this story. I had better—quick—spit, lest the gods switch up my luck.
We talk about Berryman's sequiny cocktails of poems, the Dream Songs. In them a man tries to hold together his elegant, ugly, hairy, sad, bored, brilliant, keening, awful, crude selves among the "tranquil hills, & gin." At a party a few years ago in someone's apartment here in Pittsburgh, the poet CA Conrad practically spit when Berryman came up. He said, I hate the Dream Songs. Really? a young woman poet asked, surprised. I hate suicide, Conrad said.
The mad artist is a myth; a poet shows up and does her work. This I tell my students. And: Let's get back to the words.
This is just a chill little sour, but it can't not taste of Theodore Roethke's "crucifixion on barstools." It has a tang of Elizabeth Bishop's private corrosion, Larry Levis' boozy, lyric staggering, Dorothy Parker's disillusion, Howard Nemerov dragging his decrepit raincoat around the lovely side streets near Wash U., in St. Louis. The old story goes: one night Nemerov, walking home, was kicked out of his own gated neighborhood. I'm the Poet Laureate! Nemerov said. I don't care if you're the Pope, the cop said. Get out.
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The world of Kamigawa is a land deeply rooted in tradition and spirituality. For longer than anyone can remember, they have honored the kami, powerful spirits that inhabit and drive everything, from the wind to light to growth itself. Knowing that the kami created and control everything that is and will be, the people treated these spirits as gods. The physical and the spiritual lived in harmony for ages.
This plane, reminiscent of sengoku-era Japan, contains two symbiotic worlds. One is the utsushiyo, the material realm of mortals, and the other is the Kakuriyo, the realm of the kami. For many hundreds of years, Kamigawa's denizens peacefully worshipped the spirits inherent in everything - spirits of sacred places, objects, and ideas.
Each of these kami was a divinity, and the way to happiness was to honor the kami and live by their ways. The inhabitants of Kamigawa were content with this life of devotion. Then the unimaginable happened: their gods turned on them.
Slowly at first, kami began to take form in the material world. Some scholars believed the kami were delivering a message or a warning. But their appearance was so alien, so surreal, that no meaning could be discerned.
At that time, the plane's most powerful warlord, the daimyo Takeshi Konda, ruled over the Towabara Plains from his stronghold at Eiganjo. But even as his armies and samurai secured more territory in Konda's name, the kami manifested in ever-greater numbers.
Then came a night that changed Kamigawa forever. A few miles from Eiganjo Castle, the kami set upon the town of Reito. Scores of spirit-world monstrosities swept through the town, killing nearly every living thing. Hundreds were slain; few survived. The Kami War had begun.
Over the next twenty years, spirits of every shape and size would descend on the plains, ravage everything in their path, then inexplicably stop just short of Eiganjo. Throughout this spirit-world siege, Konda remained within his stronghold, mysteriously safe from harm.
Kamigawa's people were left to wonder why the kami betrayed them even as they fought for survival. What had they done wrong? How could they discover why the kami were so angry? And what happens when a world must kill its own gods to survive?
In truth, it was the proud daimyo Konda who began the war. With aid from moonfolk allies, Konda kidnapped a kami to secure his own power and immortality. This outraged the great O-Kagachi, the kami of all things. Its ire began a struggle that would take countless lives.
It was the self-serving machinations of the ochimusha named Toshiro Umezawa, ironically, that set the stage for the end of the Kami War. Only the intervention of Konda's daughter Michiko as well as the stolen kami itself, an entity that came to call herself Kyodai, could placate the kami and restore a fragile peace to the land of Kamigawa.
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Stretched between Egypt and Israel, the 362 km2 of the Gaza Strip are in the headlines with tragic regularity, masking the fabulous archaeological riches under its soil. Pharaonic, Assyrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic sites fill the territory, an essential relay point on the overland road between Africa and Asia and an important port at the outlet of the Incense Route.
The Musée d'Art et d'Histoire is offering a large exhibition displaying the multiple facets of this archaeological heritage that reflects the multiplicity of civilisations that have permeated the region. The event is being held in the framework of a UNESCO-sanctioned project to create an archaeological museum on the site of the ancient port of Gaza. Funded by a board of Palestinian civilian trustees, the future museum's development will proceed with scientific and technical support from the Museums Division of the City of Geneva.


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I was working on an interesting automation project here at Adobe recently. In short, we wanted to have a utility that shows a particular set of configurations and settings on our various servers and indicates to us if any of the servers are different from the rest, configuration-wise. Sounds simple, right? Sure! So, I thought it would be cool to enhance this a bit and instead of just indicating that yes, there is a difference, I would indicate exactly what that difference was.
Since I'm working predominately with text files, the first thing that came to mind was a diff algorithm. (D'uh!) The front-end for the tool that we use is built in Flex, and so I started looking for a diff algorithm implementation in ActionScript. No luck. Guess I'll have to write my own :\ I started doing some research on the various approaches to diff algorithms and came to the consensus that the Myer's diff algorithm[1] is widely accepted as the best general-purpose diff algorithm around. After about 6 pages into the research paper, though, I realized it would take too long to grok this all and implement it from scratch. So, instead, I found an implementation of the Myer's diff algorithm and ported it to ActionScript. A few hours later, it was done!
As you can tell from the example above, text additions are green, and omissions are red. Any text that is the same remains black. And that's it!
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The code is too long to post here, but you can find it in my GitHub project -> https://github.com/charlesbihis/actionscript-diff
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(Reuters) - Police at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday arrested a National Football League player from the San Francisco 49ers for making a false bomb threat to screeners, officials said.
Aldon Smith, 24, had been randomly selected for a secondary screening at the airport by a Transportation Security Administration agent, airport police Sergeant Karla Ortiz said.
"The suspect then became belligerent and uncooperative with the process and with the TSA agent, making a comment indicating that he was in possession of a bomb before proceeding towards the gate area," Ortiz said in a statement.
When police talked to Smith at the gate he again became uncooperative and was taken into custody, Ortiz said. He was taken to the Los Angeles Police Department and booked on a charge of making a false report of a bomb threat, she said.
San Francisco general Manager Trent Baalke said the team was disappointed to learn of the incident involving Smith.
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Things are looking up in the small farm crop industry. Farmers who are embracing new ideas in farming technology are finding they can increase crop production, extend growing seasons, and generate extra income. A new farming trend uses seasonal high tunnels, sometimes called hoop houses, to help farmers grow locally grown, fresh food to sell in their community.
These high tunnels look similar to green houses and are at least six feet in height, which modifies the climate inside to create more favorable growing conditions for vegetables and other specialty crops. Made of ribs of plastic or metal pipes covered with a layer of plastic sheeting, high tunnels are easy to build, maintain and move.
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) recognized the value of these structures and in 2010 delivered a three-year pilot program for seasonal high tunnels offered under the Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food Initiative for farmers and producers. The project was started in 2010, and is funded through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP), the EQIP Organic Initiative, and the Agricultural Management Assistance Program.
Several north-central Texas producers learned about the program from NRCS field offices and workshops offered. They took advantage of the program, and are using technical assistance from NRCS to find more diverse and creative ways to use the high tunnel technology.
"The seasonal high tunnels are getting a lot of notice in this area of north-central Texas due to the extended growing season and better crop
production," said Todnechia Mitchell, NRCS district conservationist in Milam County, Texas.
The NRCS pilot program will determine the high tunnel's effectiveness in conserving water quality, reducing pesticide use, maintaining valuable soil nutrients, and better crop yields for producers.
In Milam County, one organic producer is using aquaponics in his seasonal high tunnel structure. This practice combines a traditional aquaculture such as raising fish or other aquatic animals, and hydroponics that cultivates plants in water. This unique farming method has advantages such as conservation through constant water reuse resulting in cleaner water for plant production, thanks to the fish contributing nutrients to the water and plants filtering nutrients out of the water.
"As an organic producer, high tunnels increased my crop yield and better water quality from the start," said Ben Godfrey, organic farmer and owner of Sand Creek Farm and Diary in Cameron, Texas.
Moreover, on the 169-acre Sand Creek Farm and Diary, Godfrey acknowledged the success of his crop yields, including cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, and his new crop, strawberries, have produced the highest margin for extra income using high tunnels.
"The biggest significant changes in using the high tunnels are a better crop yield and the higher probability of a guaranteed sold product," Godfrey said.
"One of the benefits is less water usage for sure, no chemicals or pesticides, and no fertilizers. So environmentally, it's the cleanest production we have on our farm and that includes the higher water quality," he said.
Godfrey added the food quality is better and he can get more market share due to the crops being protected in a controlled environment. He currently has expanded his business into the Austin market and a few surrounding counties near his organic operation in Cameron.
Up in the Dallas marketplace, Barking Cat Farms has a 20-acre organic farm in Hunt County near Rockwall, along with a Texas licensed nursery totaling 4,000 square-feet in Dallas. Since 2004, organic farm and nursery owners Laurie Bostic and Kim Martin have grown over 200 varieties of vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers for retail and wholesale customers.
These two producers use organic intensive, minimum-till methods while utilizing rollers on a steel rail system to maximize their high tunnel capabilities. Using the rail system to position the high tunnel where they need it most gives them the workload capability of more than one high tunnel while obtaining higher crop yields for better sales of their locally grown products.
"We are going to be making a quantum leap forward using the high tunnel technology, and be able to do a lot more production," said Bostic.
"We read about the rolling rail system technology with high tunnels, so we wanted to apply that on our farm," she said. "We had heard that the NRCS high tunnel program would be coming to Texas, and as soon as it did we applied through the NRCS Greenville office and were accepted."
The farm does not go outside of an average 35-mile radius for its retail and wholesale customers, and it never ships products so locally grown, fresh food is very important to the farm's success. Their customer base includes fine Dallas restaurants, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) members, and retail florists in Dallas and Rockwall.
Martin noted the organic farm is already diversified in multiple markets and crop production, such as flowers, herbs, vegetables and some fruits are always needed by the public.
"The extended growing season will give us the opportunity for early production of our sweet and hot peppers, along with fine greens for our Dallas retail restaurant market," said Martin. "There is far more demand than organic producers in North Texas for good locally grown food, so in terms of meeting demand, the high tunnels will help quite a bit."
According to Martin, one of the problems the high tunnels will help control on their farm is pest management, which has been a problem from white-tailed deer, grasshoppers and caterpillars.
"There is a high probability we can exclude larger deer from damaging our specialty crops while having better pest management using the high tunnels, but we cannot eliminate all pests such as grasshoppers and caterpillars even though it can be controlled better than in an outdoor environment," Martin said.
Bostic and Martin both agreed that their relationship with NRCS prior to getting into the high tunnel program was excellent, and the technical assistance they received over the years made the difference in using the new technology offered from the pilot program.
"We are very pleased with the partnership using NRCS conservation programs on our organic farm, and the results for our locally grown products," said Bostic.
These producers have taken an opportunity through NRCS Farm Bill programs, added their own creativity and taken small farm production to a whole new level using high tunnel technology.
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Anthony Burger
Anthony Burger, age 32 of Chatsworth, Ga., formerly of Canton, Ga., died suddenly Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010.
Survivors include his father, Tony Burger, Chatsworth, Ga.; mother and step-father, Jobyna and Buddy Stansel, Jasper, Ga.; and sister and brother-in-law, Jackie and Jay West, Canton. Several aunts, uncles and cousins also survive.
The funeral service was held Friday, Feb. 26 at noon from the Chapel of Darby Huey Funeral Home with the Revs. Johnny Padgett and Floyd Tenney officiating. Interment followed in Cherokee Memorial Park.
Randall Gibson
Mr. Randall Lee Gibson, age 55 of Dallas, Ga., formerly of Jasper, passed away Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010 at Wellstar Paulding Hospital in Dallas.
Survivors include his son, Philip Lee Gibson, Marietta; brothers and sisters-in-law, Ricky Gibson and Juanita Carder, Nelson, and Charlie and Sherry Gibson, Talking Rock; sister, Nancy Moore, Smyrna; nephew, Joshua Moore; and nieces, Marla Moore, Shanda Hampton, Katie Goforth and Heather Weaver. Several great-nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23 from the Chapel of Cagle Funeral Home with the Rev. Johnny Garrison officiating. Interment followed in Jerusalem Baptist Church Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Philip and Charlie Gibson, Joshua Moore, Carlos Hampton, Philip Chumley and Jason Goforth.
Hazel Parry
Hazel Leone Parry, age 94 of Austell, died Monday, Feb. 22, 2010.
Mrs. Parry lived in Pickens County from 1973 until 1997. She was a founding member of New Lebanon Presbyterian Church in Jasper, Ga. She taught the hearing impaired and special education in Atlanta and Pickens County.
She is survived by daughter, Elizabeth Carney, Calera, Al.; son, Jack Parry, Annapolis, Md.; and granddaughters, Tracey Patterson, Austell, and Dina Holsomback, Montevallo, Al. Four great-grandchildren also survive.
A memorial service was held Friday at 2 p.m. from Presbyterian Village in the Lakeside Room. Rev. Debbie Wells officiated. Donation in her name may be made to Presbyterian Village Caring Hand, http://www.ph gainc.org/donate-ways.htm. www.davisstruempf.com
Gerald Headrick
Mr. Gerald Dean Headrick, age 59 of Jasper, passed away Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010 at his home.
He is survived by his wife, Sherry Whitaker Headrick, Jasper; daughters and sons-in-law, Lori and Jamie Assad and Ashley and Chip Davis, all of Jasper; sons and daughters-in-law, Von and Tracy Headrick, Jasper, and Kyle and Anna Headrick, Dawson County; brothers, Claude Headrick, Tunnell Hill, Ga., and Ron Headrick, Fairmount; sisters, Libby Patterson and Pat Blankinship, both of Jasper, and Janice Stone, Adairsville; mother-in-law, Shirley Whitaker, Jasper; grandchildren, Lindsey Headrick, Abigale Montgomery and Lucas Headrick, all of Jasper, and Ryan Headrick, Dawson County. Several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Monday from Sharp Top Baptist Church with the Revs. Autry Dean, Joey DuBois and Gary Reavis officiating. Interment followed in Philadelphia Baptist Church Cemetery. Roper Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements.
Dixon McCormack
Mr. Dixon L. ?Dick? McCormack, age 87 of Big Canoe, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010, at his residence.
Born May 15, 1922 in Birmingham, Al., he was the son of the late Samuel Leonard and Alma Frank Leonard McCormack. Mr. McCormack was a World War II veteran having fought with Patton?s 3rd Army as a member of the infantry from the Battle of the Bulge in France to Arnhem and on to the outskirts of Berlin. After the war, he went to Auburn University graduating with a BS in Industrial Engineering. While at Auburn, he was a member of the Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity. He was also a member of the Georgia Mountains Auburn Booster Club. He worked for Republic Steel for 30 years, most of the time in their Atlanta sales office, from which he retired as their assistant district manager.
Mr. McCormack loved to play golf and was a member of the Big Canoe Sconti Golf Club. He loved playing for ?putts? and taking the ?old duffers? money, then playing Gin Rummy afterwards in the clubhouse.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Good-McCormack, Big Canoe; daughter and son-in-law, Sue Ann and Gary Gibson, Lawrenceville, Ga.; sons and daughters-in-law, Frank and Karen McCormack, Pickens, S.C., Walter Randy McCormack, Belen, NM, and Robert and Rebecca McCormack, Belen, NM. Seven grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, two step-daughters, their children and families also survive.
At his request, Mr. McCormack was cremated and a memorial service was held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28, at the Big Canoe Chapel with Dr. Jimmy Allen and Dr. Gray Norsworthy officiating. Interment of the cremains was prior to the Memorial Service at 2 p.m. on Sunday at the Big Canoe Cemetery with the Rev. Jim McCormick officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Big Canoe Chapel.
Roscoe Parris
Mr. Roscoe Harford Parris, age 82 of Ellijay, passed away Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 at his residence.
Mr Parris was retired from the Cherokee County Sheriff?s Department and was of the Baptist faith.
He was preceded in death by a daughter, Joyce Hancock; and son Raymond Parris. Survivors include his wife, Jone Parris, Ellijay; daughters and sons-in-law, Shirley (Mike) West Talking Rock, Lynn (Thomas) Easterwood, Jasper, and Elaine (Chester) Turner, Ellijay; sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth (Denise) Fowler, Blue Ridge, Kem (Angie) Fowler, Ellijay, Johnny (Elaine) Fowler, Nelson, and Tommy (Barbara) Fowler, Ellijay; sisters-in-law, Nevada Parris, Canton, and Ann Martin, Ellijay. Twenty-three grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Luke Wheeler and Lynn Wheeler officiating. Interment followed in Macedonia Memorial Park.
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Willene Cody
Willene Moss Cody of Jasper, Ga. passed away Feb. 28, 2010.
Willene grew up as a farm girl in Jasper. In the late ?60s and early ?70s she worked for Mr. Dub Lawson at Lawson Chevrolet. As he mentored her, she helped him establish one of the finest Chevrolet dealerships in the Southeast which still operates today in Jasper.
In 1977, she pursued to establish a Chevrolet dealership. The following year, Cody Chevrolet in Dahlonega was founded by Willene and Bill Cody. She was the first woman in Georgia and the second in the United States to establish a General Motors dealership when business women were not accepted in the auto industry. Year after year, she continued to over-achieve in the auto industry by achieving top honors in sales and service satisfaction. The dealership always finished in the top 5 percent of the Southeast Region and achieving #1 overall Customer Satisfaction Index ranking on several occasions. She achieved Top Sales Volume Dealer for the southeast for Chevrolet cars in July 1986. Also, Willene established the Cody Scholarship at North Georgia College and State University which was the first for female scholar athletes at the University and is still awarded each year. After developing stage 4 breast cancer in 1996, she retired from the auto industry in 1998. Willene was a member of Ellijay Church of Christ.
She is survived by her loving husband of 38 years, Bill Cody; daughter and son-in-law, Donna and Ricky Poore, Dahlonega; son and daughter-in-law, Clyde and Monica Cody, Jasper; step-daughter, Brenda Price and husband Jerry, Jasper; granddaughter, Lindsey Lark and husband Justin, Canton; grandson, Austin Blevins, Canton; sisters and brother-in-law, Barbara and Billy Mabry, Marietta, and Joan Locke, Jasper. Several step-grandchildren and step-great-grandchildren, her Soul Sister, Jeanette Lawson and husband Dub of Jasper, numerous cousins, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, in-laws, and a multitude of friends and brothers and sisters in Christ.
The funeral service will be Thursday, March 4 at 2 p.m. from the Ellijay Church of Christ in Ellijay, Ga. with Minister Butch Jones officiating. Interment will be in Jasper City Cemetery. The family received friends on Wednesday, March 3, from 4-8 p.m. at Cagle Funeral Home in Jasper. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her honor to Ellijay Church of Christ, 351 North Main Street, Ellijay, Ga. 30540 or Northside Church of Christ, 744 Noah Drive, Suite 113, Jasper, Ga. 30143.
Bertie Cantrell
Mrs. Bertie Lee Cantrell age 82 of Jasper, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 at Embracing Hospice in Cumming.
She is survived by her daughter Darlene Mullins, Jasper; brothers and sisters-in-law, Jack and Marjorie Wilson. Collinsville, Al., Lloyd and Edna Wilson, Adairsville, and W.L. and Charlotte Wilson, Jasper; sisters and brothers-in-law, Cleo Garrison and Pauline and J.C. Hightower, all of Jasper, Betty and David Reece, Ball Ground, and Lois and Wade Cantrell, Jasper; special friend, Ella Mae Reece, Jasper; and grandchildren, Rachel and Jeremy Mullins and Shena Wilmarth. Five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 28 from County Line Baptist Church with the Revs. Ralph Harper and Hershel Ledford officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were: Ralph and Larry Cantrell, Tommy Garrison, Eric Wilmarth, Adam Burton, Victor Smalley and Tony Wilson. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.


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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Why I attended My First Genealogy Conference
While I was actively engaged in writing on the APG list I still wasn't coming face to face with other genealogists. In February 2007 I attended my first APG meeting. There I met Melinde Lutz Sanborn who ran the meeting and Polly Kimmitt, who was also a first time attendee.
Between the APG list and the APG meeting I really felt that I needed to attend NERGC so that I could, first and foremost, learn from the sessions and secondly to meet other genealogists.
The conference in April 2007 was held in Hartford, CT which was a big help. I had grown up near Hartford and my Dad still lived in a nearby town. I could stay with him, save some money and have my big adventure.
I was nervous because I didn't know anyone except the few people that I had briefly met at the APG meeting a few months earlier. But my desire to attend was greater than my fear of not knowing anyone.
There were some great highlights of the conference for me. The best perhaps was attending the sessions and speaking with Hank Z. Jones, the Palatine expert. I have a Palatine ancestor and had spent hours intimately pouring over his books. He was a wonderful speaker and very accommodating when I approached him.
Another highlight was hearing Sandy Clunies. She was a terrific speaker, entertaining, engaging and knowledgeable. I also went to see a talk by Diane Rapaport who spoke about her book The Naked Quaker. I was captivated by that talk as well.
I think I went to every talk by Megan Smolenyak and Colleen Fitzpatrick. I approached Megan in the Exhibitor's Hall and spoke with her briefly. I was petrified at the time. But I really wanted to tell her about this crazy research idea about the Edwards family owning Manhattan. I'm not so scared to talk to Megan now but I am still trying to sell her on the Edwards family!
I remember seeing Melinde Sanborn in the Exhibitor hall as well. I caught her at a moment when she wasn't talking with anyone else. I don't remember what we talked about. I just remember wanting to meet her again and let her know how interested I was in genealogy and how happy I was that I attended the APG meeting. Melinde has this incredible way of engaging people in conversation, identifying their potential and then forcing them, with the softest words, to be their absolute best. Not all at that one moment of course, but over time. I remember she made me feel so welcome.
During the course of the conference I randomly passed a man in the hallway named George Silver. I stopped him and asked him if he was one of the Silvers from Kincardine, Scotland. We compared notes and indeed he was. I had found my first cousin. Besides being a distant cousin, George happens to be one of the most delightful people you could talk to. I was so happy to see him again at NERGC 2009 and fully expect to see him in 2011 as well.
By the end of NERGC 2007 I found myself wandering over to Melinde and offering to volunteer to help with NERGC 2009. Yes, I admit, after my first conference experience I wanted to get involved.
Did NERGC 2007 change my life? Absolutely! It may not change yours quite as much as it changed mine but I'm sure you will have no regrets if you decide to make this your first experience at a genealogy conference.
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And to think, you are now speaking about your passsion, and at the same conference as Megan. Congratulations.
We are trying to confirm that we are going to be attending this conference. Thank you for the reminder.
All the Best,
This post reminds me of my first conferences, both the smaller Fairfax conference and then FGS last year. Wonderful experiences, and they certainly open our minds to the breadth and depth of research resources and opportunities out there.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 11:57 AM
My first NERGC was 2005 in Portland, Maine. I went alone and stayed at the hotel for the whole time! It was exciting! I met new people and asked if I could go out to lunch with them. We all wandered around looking for someplace to eat and a college student advised us of a great place! I met Marcia Melnyk for the first time and went to all her lectures! Then bought some of her books! Her books and lectures put me on the right track!ReplyDelete
I went to a special luncheon and Elizabeth Shown Mills spoke to our small group. And this is the first time I heard Walter Hickey. I went to several of his lectures!
I went to the conference because I had read about it in Dick Eastman's newsletter! Thus I decided to explore the different genealogy societies. Just before the FGS conference in Boston, I joined TIARA and then joined MSOG, NHSOG, ESOG and the Lawrence History Center. I wanted to check them all out. I was hooked!
Karen T.
- AnonymousJanuary 23, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Thanks for this,I feel the same why, I hope I have as much fun as you did.
I feel the same way as well. I really want to attend a conference this year. The main one is the NGS Conference in NC, if the money situation allows. If not, I'll make the Lufkin Texas in July.ReplyDelete


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The Nordics have been drinking aquavit for centuries – since the 15th century, in fact. The tipple is usually around 40% alcohol and flavoured with strong herbs such as dill, caraway and anis – making them a perfect partner for pickled fish, such as herring.
Tomorrow Saturday 29th November we're honoured to be joined by the all-knowing Aquavit expert Jon, who will be on site from midday onwards, offering helpful teachings and tastings to all our customers about a range of different aquavits. In fact, we did similar taste training at the cafe this week and we learnt a lot about not only the Aquavits that we serve at the cafe but also different types available on the market. Jon is bringing several aquavit – and will be making some aquavit based cocktails, too.
Aquavit is usually drunk ice cold but when you do the tasting without food, you sip it instead of down it all in one – and this is why Rebekka, Trine and Joanna look a bit shocked in the picture as it is a lot stronger in flavour this way! Just remember, when you serve it at home, pop the bottle in the freezer for a good few hours before hand and serve the shots – with food – and you don't need to sip.
If you are popping by on Saturday, join our competition, too: Everybody who buys any aquavit tomorrow at the cafe will be entered into a competition to win 2 extra bottles (A 700ml bottle of Hammer Aquavit AND a 700ml bottle of Jubilæums Aquavit) – winner will be drawn at end of the day and be notified by phone to come pick up their extra stash. Usual rules apply, no alternative prize.
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Puesta del Sol
|Puesta del Sol Süd
"Salida del Sol, Puesta del Sol are East Town, West Town. "Sunrise" and "Sunset." Or were when the streets and sky weren't covered with toxic gas.
Puesta del Sol ist ein Ort im Sierra Madre, den man im Fallout: New Vegas Add-On Dead Money finden kann.
Puesta del Sol's construction crews had numerous clashes and arguments with the casino construction crews and the construction lagged behind Salida del Sol. It was as if construction efforts ran out of steam and money.
There are two sides to Puesta del Sol, North and South. There are at least two levels in most areas, often allowing the player character to move safely on rooftops or balconies. This can be invaluable in avoiding red clouds and passing through radio sources safely.
Puesta del Sol Nord
Upon entry through the Puesta del Sol north gate, there is a hole in the wall to the north. To the other side, then north, there is a courtyard. Rather than going through the hole in the wall, going west to the "town square" leads to the Service-Route. Northwards is an intersection.
The intersection (there is a signpost with "town square" written on it) leads to a hologram vendor. To the west and facing the southern wall is a hole in the wall. Inside is some crates, a staircase and trip wires. At the top are some wooden planks, which lead to the zone to pick up the radio frequency "743.00Hz ULF" (Elijah's frequency). There is a bear trap right behind the ledge at the end of the planks.
On the westward path, past the hole in the wall, there is another intersection. To the east a courtyard that leads to a hologram vendor. To the west is a path, that when followed leads to the service route and the entrance to the path connected to the Puesta del Sol-Schaltstation.
Through the path connected to the switching station is a gate leading to Puesta del Sol south.
Puesta del Sol Süd
The gate leads to the area where Dean Domino must be left in Strike Up the Band. Nearby is the entrance to a Zerstörter Laden.
On the path south-west and past a hologram which appears after Strike Up the Band, there is a hole in the wall leading to a store on the northern wall. Inside the store is a vending machine code for Buffout. The store also has a Sierra Madre Verkaufsautomat.
To the south is an archway leading to a building. The building overlooks an area filled with the Cloud. Westwards is an area filled with the Cloud.
To the north is the second entrance to Puesta del Sol south, as well as an entrance to a ruined cafe. Once again, to the west is an area covered with the Cloud.
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Puesta del Sol Nord
- The Foreman's key: Needed to unlock the Service-Route. It can be found on a desk at the top of the stairs at the far west part of Puesta del Sol North, just southwest of the switching station entrance.
- A stained note can be found in the north-east corner of the map.
Puesta del Sol Süd
- The vending machine code for the auto. rifle upgr. internals mod for the automatic rifle can be found next to the wires where you leave Dean in the quest Strike Up the Band.
- The vending machine code for the holorifle adv. calibration mod for the holorifle can be found on top of the tallest roof. To get there, go into the ruined cafe and exit through the top floor (exit located southern part of cafe, not north or east). Follow the rooftops to the center building in the square and you will see a grating leading to the platform above. The vending code is on the ground at the base of the center column opposite the ramp you came up.
- The vending machine code for Buffout is located east around corner from ruined cafe in a shop with a vending machine.
- The vending machine code for the demolition charge can be found in the southwest side of Puesta del Sol South, near a pool table on the third floor of a building with a wire ramp surrounding a courtyard of toxic cloud. It is on the same level as a sun bathing room, above the laser pistol.
- 4 of Diamonds-Sierra Madre: Enter Puesta del Sol South from the ruined store, take a left and the room you enter will have it on the top shelf along the wall. The Jack of Spades is in the same room behind the couch.
- A journal can be found in the ruined store on top of a little bookshelf in a room with a queen-sized bed.
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Puesta del Sol appears only in the Fallout: New Vegas Add-On, Dead Money.
Hinter den Kulissen
"Puesta del Sol" translates as "sunset" in Spanish.


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After Tampa Bay Buccaneers linebacker Quincy Black's violent helmet-to-helmet collision with Ryan Mathews last November, head coach Greg Schiano's hope was that the neck injury would not be career-threatening.
Three months and one surgery later, Black's future with the Bucs and the NFL remains in doubt.
"You generally like to walk out of any surgery and say that it was a successful surgery, but the reality is, that because of the nerve damage and the nerve grafting and everything, you won't know if it's successful or not for several months," general manager Mark Dominik told the Tampa Tribune on Thursday.
"It's a tough injury and a unique injury and ... it's hard for us to have any timetable or feel for it."
Dominik already has begun making contingency plans, as Black is expected to miss "most, if not all, of training camp and the 2013 season."
If the Bucs opt to release Black to save $5.5 million in salary, the linebacker becomes eligible for a $1 million insurance payment this year and $500,000 in 2014.Follow Chris Wesseling on Twitter @ChrisWesseling.


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KANSAS CITY, Mo. 00 The Detroit Tigers clinched the AL Central title with a 6-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Monday, and Miguel Cabrera helped his chase for the Triple Crown by going 4-for-5 with a solo home run.
Cabrera's sublime offensive campaign has played a major role in Detroit making consecutive postseasons for the first time since 1934-35.
The slugger leads all American Leaguers in batting average (.329) and RBI (137), and moved one home run ahead of Texas' Josh Hamilton with his 44th homer of the season, inching closer to becoming the first Triple Crown winner since Carl Yastrzemski of the Red Sox accomplished the feat in 1967.
Cabrera's blast came during a five-run sixth inning that was capped by Gerald Laird's three-run double, and the Tigers popped the champagne to celebrate an improbable two-week run.
On September 18, the White Sox led the AL Central by three games, but their 2-10 swoon, coupled with Detroit winning nine of its last 13, has the Tigers in the playoffs for the 14th time in franchise history.
Jhonny Peralta broke a scoreless tie with a solo home run in the fifth, and the Tigers scored five more off Bruce Chen (11-14) an inning later.
Cabrera hit an opposite-field shot over the right-field wall to get the scoring started, and Fielder followed with a double before scoring on David Lough's error.
Laird came up with the bags full and two outs and lined one into the left- field corner to clear the bases for a 6-0 advantage.
Alex Gordon led off the bottom half with a homer off Rick Porcello (10-12), ending the starter's outing.
Al Alburquerque entered from the bullpen and allowed a double and two walks to load the bases, but limited the damage to Jeff Francoeur's run-scoring groundout.
Francoeur added an RBI single in the eighth, but was thrown out trying to stretch it into a double to end the inning.
Jose Valverde closed out the win and his 35th save with a scoreless ninth, and was joined on the mound with his teammates to revel in another division crown.
Game Notes
Porcello, who had not won since Aug. 7, gave up four hits and three walks to become just the fifth pitcher since 1900 to begin his major league career by posting a double-digit win total in each of his first four seasons prior to turning 24 years old ... Cabrera eclipsed the 200-hit plateau for the first time in his career ... Fielder had four of Detroit's 14 hits ... Chen allowed six runs -- two earned -- on 10 hits in 5 2/3 innings.


text: SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY COMMISSION (As approved June 3, 2004) Minutes of the regular meeting of Thursday, May 6, 2004 The San Francisco Public Library Commission held a regular meeting on Thursday, May 6, 2004 in the Koret Auditorium, Main Library. The meeting was called to order at 4:02pm. The following members were present: Commissioners Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Higueras, Commissioners Steiman, Streets, and Strobin were excused attendance. Agenda Items: 1. Public Comment 2. Approval of the Minutes of April 1, 2004 3. Privacy Policy 4. RFID Recommendation 5. City Librarians' Report 6. Library Security Issues Report 7. Friends of the Library Report 8. Labor Union Report 9. New Business 10. ADJOURNMENT 11. APPENDIX A AGENDA ITEM #1 PUBLIC COMMENT An anonymous member of the public discussed a lawsuit this person had filed against the Library. Mr. Peter Warfield discussed recent Sunshine Ordinance Task Force rulings on his complaints against the Library. Mr. Timothy Gillespie informed the Commissioners that he moved back from Canada, and called attention to recent press reports concerning RFID and the Library and to a website critical of the Library. AGENDA ITEM #2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2004 Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2004 An anonymous member of the public found the minutes full of errors and distortions, discussed comments attributed to President Higueras before the Board of Supervisors Rules Committee, and suggested that the minutes were widely read. Mr. Peter Warfield found the minutes too brief and inaccurate in reporting discussion concerning the library citizen advisory committee. COMMISSION discussion of AGENDA ITEM #2 APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES OF APRIL 1, 2004 Approval of the April 1, 2004 Minutes was tabled in order to allow for inclusion by the Secretary of a report on the presentations made by Library and Department of Public Health staff concerning RFID issues during the April 1, 2004 regular Library Commission Meeting. Please note: Amendments to these Minutes are in alternative typeface. Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 AGENDA ITEM #3 LIBRARY PRIVACY POLICY Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood presented an overview of the proposed Library Privacy Policy. Mr. Underwood then discussed in detail the process used to gather additional comment and input from Library staff and interested members of the community as well as civic organizations. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #3 LIBRARY PRIVACY POLICY An anonymous member of the public complained that the revised draft had not been posted but found the policy at least set a benchmark and was therefore a step in the right direction. Mr. Peter Warfield found the proposed privacy policy improved, but still woefully deficient and full of gaps. Mr. Warfield also objected that the revised text of the policy was made available just prior to the meeting. Mr. Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), expressed happiness with the substance of the proposed policy, but emphasized the importance of how such a policy was implemented, and recommended periodic independent privacy audits. Mr. David Molnar, UC Berkeley doctoral student, called attention to the importance of including specific mention of the chips' security tag in its RFID section in order to avoid potential conflict with the language in the proposed Bowen state legislation on RFID use. Mr. David Pilpel, member, Sunshine Ordinance Task Force, suggested that the language be redrafted in order to be more internally consistent and clearly state what would be the Library's policy. Mr. Charles Munster, Laborers Union, questioned the politics of the proposed Policy and asked why there was any section for law enforcement access to library records. Mr. Timothy Gillespie expressed concern about the San Francisco Board of Supervisors involvement in the proposed policy and while noting that the draft represented a great deal of work by Library staff opposed its adoption without further review and public discussion. Ms. Marcia Popper, Council for Neighborhood Libraries, requested additional information concerning concurrent use of barcodes and RFID technology and about the placement of Section 12 "response to lawful law enforcement requests" within the policy. Mr. Seth Schoen, Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF, called attention to a mistaken reference to the privacy policies of IPOs that should properly refer to ISPs (internet service providers). Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #3 LIBRARY PRIVACY POLICY Commissioner Coulter suggested that the policy be redrafted to read in a single voice and called attention to the point that privacy issues were addressed in several other library policies. Commission Bautista suggested that the proposed policy be rearranged by section to more closely align topics and that specific language be included to remove any doubt about protecting users' privacy. Commissioner Chin suggest hat the redrafted policy move from the most general to more specific to address in turn all users, computer and online users, and those for whom RFID was a special concern. Commissioner Bautista noted the importance of "privacy audits" as recommended by the American Library Association (ALA). President Higueras discussed the importance of including different points of view in the revised policy, calling attention to useful comments offered by Mr. Tien and Mr. Schoen. Approval of the proposed Library Privacy Policy was tabled to a future meeting for redrafting to include suggested revisions, clarification, and improvements that were raised during the Commissioners' discussion of and public comment on the proposed policy. AGENDA ITEM #4 RFID RECOMMENDATION (A Presentation was made by Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood outlining the staff response to Commissioners' requests for more information concerning specific aspects of the proposed RFID technology.) Presentation on and discussion of use of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system in the Library in order to reduce workplace injuries and enhance Library operations, and possible action to approve acquisition of RFID-based technology to replace existing barcode based circulation and magnetic security systems, subject to adoption of suitable criteria and policies to protect user privacy. The City Librarian reported that this action would simply authorize the Library to expend the approximately $300,000 for RFID as outlined in the proposed budget (initially presented at the April 1, 2004 Commission meeting). Ms. Vicky Wells, San Francisco Department of Public Health Occupational Health and Safety Officer presented information responding to specific health related concerns raised by the public. Ms. Wells also noted that vendors of this technology could be required to submit certificates of compliance with FCC (Federal Communications Commission) health and safety standards. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #4 RFID RECOMMENDATION Anonymous member of the public cited opposition by the American Civil Liberties Union to RFID implementation, noted the lack of mention of explanatory documents, and suggested that privacy concerns were the essence of this issue. Mr. Peter Warfield opposed to RFID implementation, and found the documentation, information concerning costs, and privacy policies inadequate. Mr. Warfield suggested that reports concerning employee repetitive stress injuries (RSI) were not substantiated. Mr. David Molnar reported his research indicating that no existing RFID system possessed the kind of protections deemed essential to preserve privacy. Mr. Timothy Gillespie recommended that questions concerning theft of library materials should be addressed but cautioned that previous Library technology based programs such as Info Express had proved to be unsuccessful. Mr. Lee Tien, EFF, opposed to RFID implementation, again repeating his concern with potential problems with this new technology and expressed distrust of vendor claims that RFID technology would resolve the Library's RSI injury-related concerns. Mr. Tien expressed hope that if RFID were to be approved, that the Library's RFP (request for proposals) process would be used to carefully evaluate any system and critically review vendor claims prior to implementation of RFID technology. Mr. Seth Schoen, Electronic Frontier Foundation, (EFF), noted that current technology limitations of the ability to read RFID tags might quickly be superceded by more powerful readers, said claims concerning reduction of employee RSI injuries were unsubstantiated, and suggested other means were available to address those issues. Mr. Ken Jones expressed mystification about concern that someone might be able to read coded numbers on his library materials and observed that the new system could be very beneficial to the Library in reducing injuries and theft. Ms. Lee Asseria read a letter from Ms. Ann Brick, ACLU, opposed to FRID implementation. President Higueras called for a recess at 5:57pm The Public Library Commission returned to session at 6:06 pm Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #4 RFID RECOMMENDATION In response to Commissioners' questions Ms. Wells amplified on her discussion of a lack of data suggesting any health risks associated with use of RFID technology and about RSI injuries. It was the consensus of the Commission that the Library should proceed cautiously with RFID implementation. Commissioner Coulter noted that the Library's process to consider use of RFID provided an opportunity to work together with respected civic organizations like ACLU and EFF as partners in a dialogue to address their concerns. President Higueras suggested maintaining dialogue with those expressing concerns with this technology and that staff make efforts to address remaining questions. He noted that the Library retained the option not to proceed further if it did not identify a system that met its needs. Commissioner Chin urged independent verification of vendor claims and suggested a making a comparison of the costs and benefits of both the current and proposed systems. It was the sense of the Commission as they were not technical experts and as the technology was coming to the library world, more input was needed to fully understand the issues. Commissioner Coulter urged the Library to work with vendors, ACLU, EFF and others to develop a trial that would test some of the claims made both for and against RFID to see what happened. MOTION: by Commissioner Coulter, 2nd Commissioner Chin that the Library Commission authorize expenditure of the budgeted reserve funds for acquisition of RFID-based technology to replace existing barcode based circulation and magnetic security systems, subject to adoption of suitable criteria and policies to protect user privacy. Approved by the following vote: 4-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Higueras) President Higueras remarked that the Commission's decision to proceed with allocation of the reserve budgeted funds for RFID did not indicate that the Commission would rush into this technology. President Higueras noted that the Library was committed to working with those expressing concerns about use of RFID so that in the Library's RFP (request for proposal) process questions and issues of concern could be addressed prior to full implementation. AGENDA ITEM #5 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT The City Librarian reported on the following subjects: Library Legislative Days in Sacramento (April 21st) and Washington, D.C. (May 3rd &4th); an update on the library citizen advisory committee; Proposition 14 3rd cycle eligibility review completed; the Ocean View Branch public art project, and exhibits and programs. Ms. Hildreth also reported on a re-flooring project at the Chinatown Branch that came to her attention too late to include in the meeting agenda. Deputy City Librarian Paul Underwood reported on a recent conference he attended on developing library policies. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #5 CITY LIBRARIAN'S REPORT An anonymous member of the public admired the Ocean View public art, commented on competitive nature of the 3rd cycle Prop 14 applications, and spoke about the proposed library citizens' advisory committee. AGENDA ITEM #6 LIBRARY SECURITY ISSUES REPORT (Library Director of Security Rachel MacLachlan presented an update on the security status of the Library system) Ms. MacLachlan presented an update report on Library Security related issues. The Director of Security noted that incidents and problems continued to reflect problems going on in the larger society, but noted that there had been fewer problems during the past year. She noted that disputes over computer access, while much improved since the installation of online booking, were still a significant problem area. Ms. MacLachlan reported that security in branches had been much improved since additional staffing had been made available. Ms. MacLachlan reported that exterior problems at the Main Library were down, partially as a by product of the Mayor's recent efforts to address quality of life issues in the Civic Center area. Public comment on AGENDA ITEM #6 LIBRARY SECURITY ISSUES REPORT An anonymous member of the public agreed that the security problems in the libraries reflected larger social problems and noted that it was necessary to take action to stem a general decline. Mr. Peter Warfield suggested that the use of online computer booking resulted in library computers being under utilized because of the system's rules on time limits. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #6 LIBRARY SECURITY ISSUES REPORT In response to questions by President Higueras, the Director of Security observed that is an ongoing effort to successfully address the outside social problems that manifest themselves in the libraries. Commissioner Bautista lauded improvements in addressing restroom cleaning problems as well as staff's efforts to meet security needs in the branches. AGENDA ITEM #7 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT Ms. Deborah Doyle, representing Martín Gómez, Executive Director of the Friends of the Library reported on: the 8th Annual Library Laureates Dinner on April 30; concerning the Friends Board's consideration of $720,000 in grant requests submitted by library staff for 2004/05, and on upcoming author programs sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Commission discussion of AGENDA ITEM #7 FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY REPORT President Higueras thanked the Friends of the Library for their support for the Ocean View Branch Library art project. AGENDA ITEM #8 LABOR UNION REPORT (No report offered) AGENDA ITEM #9 NEW BUSINESS (No items were proposed) ADJOURNMENT MOTION: by Commissioner Bautista, 2nd Commissioner Coulter that the meeting be adjourned. Approved by the following vote: 4-0 AYE (Bautista, Chin, Coulter, and Higueras) There being no further business, at the hour of 7:32 pm the Public Library Commission adjourned. Michael Housh, Commission Secretary 6/4/04 Please note: Amendments to these Minutes are in alternative typeface. Copies of Commission Minutes and handouts are available in the Office of the Commission Secretary, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 ATTACHMENTS: 4/30/04 draft Privacy Policy (PDF 162K) 5/02/04 RFID memo & revised budget (PDF 169K) Minutes of the regular Commission Meeting of May 6, 2004 Appendix A The Public Comment Summary Statements included in these Minutes are authorized by San Francisco Administrative Code Section 67.16. These summary statements are provided by the speaker. Their contents are neither generated by, nor subject to approval or verification of accuracy by, the San Francisco Public Library Commission. The number of members of the public who spoke anonymously at this meeting. 1 Explanatory documents: Copies of listed explanatory documents are available as follows: (1) from the Commission Secretary/Custodian of Records, Main Library, 6th Floor, (2) in the rear of the Koret Auditorium immediately before and during the meeting, and (3)to the extent possible, on the Library's Web site. Additional materials not listed as explanatory documents, if any, that are distributed to the Library Commissioners prior to or during the meeting in connection with any agenda item will be available to the public for inspection and copying in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.1 and Sunshine Ordinance §§ 67.9, 67.28(b) & 67.28(d).


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MONTGOMERY | Two more official meetings in Alabama will wrap up the Nov. 6 election.
MONTGOMERY | Two more official meetings in Alabama will wrap up the Nov. 6 election.
The state canvassing board is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Secretary of State Beth Chapman's office to canvass and certify the votes from the general election.
The canvassing board is Chapman, Attorney General Luther Strange and Gov. Robert Bentley or their representatives.
"Counties will get their elections results to us by that date, and we will certify those," said deputy secretary of state Emily Thompson.
About 2.05 million Alabamians voted for president on Nov. 6. That is 72.3 percent of the state's registered, active voters.
Then, on Dec. 17, the state's nine members of the Electoral College are scheduled to meet in the Capitol to cast ballots for Alabama's choice for president and vice president.
Republican electors will vote for presidential nominee Mitt Romney and vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan. They won Alabama's nine electoral votes but lost nationwide to Democratic President Barack Obama.
Obama won 26 states, most of the populous ones, and Romney won 24 states, most of those with smaller populations. Obama won 332 of the 538 possible electoral votes.
Lynn Robinson of Addison is a first-time elector. She is a pledged Romney delegate from the 4th Congressional District, which includes part of Tuscaloosa County.
She said she will cast a ballot for Romney, whom she also supported in 2008.
"I'm quite depressed," she said. "For us it's sad, but we're proud of Romney and Ryan. It's been a pleasure to work so hard for him, not only this time, but four years ago.
"My county was 86.79 percent for Romney," she said. "I guess that's somewhat of a consolidation prize."
Bob Cusanelli of Carrollton is an elector for the 7th Congressional District pledged to Romney and Ryan. The district includes the southern two-thirds of Tuscaloosa County.
He was a John McCain elector in 2008, when McCain lost the national vote to Obama.
"McCain won Alabama that year, and that's who I voted for," Cusanelli said.
"I'm disappointed, obviously, because I believe President Obama is taking us in the wrong direction," Cusanelli said.
Cusanelli said he believes elections should not be decided by popular vote. He said he believes in the Electoral College system devised by the nation's Founding Fathers partly to prevent large population centers from winning elections over smaller states.
"A lot of people think the Electoral College is outdated and antiquated, but it's still as important as when it was first instituted," he said. "Otherwise, the only place candidates will campaign is where there are lots of people. In this way, our nine votes are still important."
Montgomery attorney Will Sellers is an at-large elector for Romney and Ryan.
"We're pledged to carry out the will of the people," Sellers said.
States are given electors based on their number of representatives and U.S. senators. Alabama electors are required to vote as the state voted.
The electors sign six copies of their results and send one to the president of the U.S. Senate, two to the archivist of the U.S., two to Chapman's office and one to the chief judge of the Middle District of Alabama in Montgomery.
Alabama's electors are Terry Lathan, District 1; Sue Neuwien, District 2; Bob Fincher, District 3; Lynn Robinson, District 4; Elbert Peters, District 5; Ed Allen, District 6; Robert Cusanelli, District 7; and state Sen. Jabo Waggoner, R-Vestavia Hills, and Will Sellers, who are at-large members.