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LOS ANGELES—Suh first heard the word God in Korean—ha-na-nim—from his 70-year-old grandmother when he was about 12. It was a word seldom uttered in North Korea, where media portrays American missionaries as evil white devils and Bible possession is punishable by death.
"Is that somebody's name?" Suh asked. "No," his grandmother said. "It's a term for an invisible being who watches over us. But He exists. So just believe in Him." That was all she could—or would—say about God, leaving the young schoolboy puzzled but otherwise not too concerned. Now 46, Suh recalls that strange conversation as his earliest introduction to God.
Wiry, auburn-skinned, and slight in the way that's characteristic of most North Koreans, Suh in 2006 was the first North Korean granted asylum under the North Korean Human Rights Act signed by President George W. Bush in 2004. Only about 130 North Koreans have been successfully resettled in the United States under the law since then—an indication of how difficult it is to escape and start over in a new land.
Now a trusted deacon at a church for North Korean refugees in Los Angeles, Suh has his own experience with God to share—but it's not easy to get him to talk.
That's understandable for someone who underwent the hardships he suffered or the privileges he shared as a captain in North Korea's military. Remnants of that life remain visible on his body. An accidental detonation left his lips puffed and swollen, his chin splotched with shiny, vein-shaped skin that looks smooth yet leathery. Suh's fingers are flayed and deformed, arched painfully, and mottled with rough-edged fingernails sprouting like weeds among thorns.
Suh inked a fading tattoo on his arm with a needle and thread when he was a young soldier: a four-letter allegiance to protect his country, and the date of his promotion. He doesn't want to show the tattoo or disclose his full name in fear that retribution will strike extended family members back home. Instead, he offers his new name: Abraham. And everyone in his church calls him "Deacon Suh," a title to which he still responds with a start.
When Suh speaks, he angles his body to the right, his neck twisting slightly so that he rarely makes eye contact. He distrusts journalists: One hid a camera in a bag and filmed him through a hole punched in the fabric. The whole world already knows the atrocities in North Korea, Suh says, so what's more to talk about? But Suh warms up as he starts talking with me in Korean about how he became a Christian—and he voluntarily extends the conversation to an hour and a half.
Suh escaped from North Korea by leaving behind his wife and crossing the Tumen River to China with his year-old son. But life in China was hard. Able to speak only a few words of Chinese, he constantly feared discovery by Chinese officials, who routinely repatriate North Korean refugees. A Korean church in one of northern China's rural villages sheltered him, but Suh found the church members annoying. They kept visiting him, grabbing his hand to pray, and weeping for his salvation: "My heart was shut to them."
Indebted to the church members for protecting him, Suh allowed them to drag him to worship, but he felt "trapped in a lecture room. The only thing I could think about during service was how to leave a second earlier." Indoctrinated into faith in evolution, he thought ludicrous the idea that God formed man out of clay and breathed life into him. Unless he could see and experience this God personally, Suh refused to believe.
The church deacons were relentless. They stuck into his hand a thick Korean Bible and urged him to read it. It collected dust on his desk, until one night when Suh had trouble falling asleep. He lay in bed, opened the Bible, and read. It took an hour to read one page, because Suh couldn't understand the vocabulary: Woman's descendant? Man of God? He gave up and went to sleep.
That night he dreamed. In his dream, Suh and his friends in North Korea were debating the impossibility of God's existence. All of a sudden, a speckle of light twinkled in the distance. It kept expanding until Suh had to shield his eyes from the brightness. Through his blurred vision, he saw a figure of a man with golden hair who gazed down at him. Suh spoke first: "Who are you?" The figure replied, "I'm the Jesus whom you have so stubbornly denied. Quit being so stubborn, and just follow Me."
When Suh woke up, he was drenched in sweat. No longer able to fall back asleep, he reached for his Bible again and read until dawn. He professed faith in Christ soon after. During those weeks, living in hiding in rural China, he began to grow as a new Christian.
About three months later, someone in the village reported Suh. A truck loaded with Chinese officers screeched in front of the church. As his church friends screamed protests, Suh let himself be led away to the truck, staring into space with an almost peaceful emotion that he still can't explain. The Chinese sent him and his son back to North Korea.
The next few months in prison camp seemed endless. Suh was delirious most of the time. Guards forced inmates onto their knees, refusing them sleep, food, or access to bathrooms: "I felt my knees rotting away."
Some prisoners were so exhausted and hungry they fell to the floor in a limp heap, rolling in their feces-soiled clothes as guards kicked and pummeled them with sticks and fists. "When I think about those days there …" Suh's sentence trails off, and he continues with a deep sigh. "All I could do was pray. I just kept calling out to God for help."
Help came when guards dragged Suh and his son onto a train, apparently headed to another prison camp. The train had no glass in its windows—people had stripped it away to trade for food—so with a prayer Suh grabbed his son and jumped out. He crossed the river once again back into the same village in China.
Suh knew it was madness to return to the same place, but he remembered his tearful church friends who had prayed so fervently for him. He waited until midnight, then crept up to the door of a young deacon. He dared not shout out the deacon's name, so he stood outside and coughed. The deacon and his wife were amazed because they thought they would never see him again.
This time Suh made his way to Vietnam, armed with a bamboo stick and a knife hidden in his sock. He reached Hanoi but could not find the South Korean embassy. Unable to speak Vietnamese, he could only ask in halting English, "South Korea?" For five days he searched for the embassy before spotting a cross in the distance. Suh rejoiced—a church!—but when he reached it, it turned out to be a hospital.
Suh loitered around the hospital wondering what to do until a man in a hospital gown stepped out and asked him in Korean, "Are you Korean?" The man paid a local rickshaw runner to take him and his son to the South Korean embassy. "I escaped from North Korea," he told the consul at the embassy. "I ask for protection." The consul told him to get out.
Suh wondered if he had heard wrong, or if he had come to the wrong place. Why would a South Korean brother ask him to go away, knowing full well he had nowhere to go? Then the consul picked up the phone and barked orders. Within minutes, the Vietnamese police surrounded the building. Suh, raging at this fellow countryman who would drive him out, whipped out the knife hidden in his sock and snarled, "If you don't call off the police, I'll slash your throat." The consul convinced the police to disperse, and Suh ran out soon after.
Vietnam was no longer a place of hope and safety. With his now 2-year-old son clinging to his back, Suh crossed over to Laos on foot. Even now, that's all his son can remember: holding on to his father's back as he traveled across unfamiliar streams and hills. For days Suh could see only mountains and the round, pale moon. His son burned with fever, limp and unconscious on his back. Exhausted, famished, and frustrated, Suh exploded into a tirade at God: "Why are you making us go through all of these sufferings, only to kill us? Are we to die and rot here in a foreign land?"
At that instant, something rustled in the bushes. Suh froze, thinking it was some kind of beast. A young lady emerged instead. She picked up his son and started walking away. Suh stumbled and chased, shouting hoarsely, certain she was kidnapping his son. Instead, she led him into a Christian home in a village—the only Christian family in that area.
"I knew then it was all God's doing," Suh said. The Christian lady got his son the medicine he needed, and his fever subsided. Instance after instance like that led Suh to look back and "realize that God had always been present and working. Even the bad is all part of His grace."
Suh later met a manager of a South Korean pub in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, who connected him with a South Korean consul very different from the one in Hanoi. This consul booked a hotel room for Suh and his son. When they were about to eat another meager dinner of boiled corn, a South Korean pastor arrived with clothes, shoes, and several traditional Korean dishes cooked by his wife.
Suh and his son traveled to Bangkok, where they lived six months in an apartment with three other North Korean defectors. He finally received a South Korean passport, lived three years in Seoul, and saw again his wife who also managed to escape.
Currently, Suh and his family live in Los Angeles under refugee status. His whole family professes Christ and goes to church together every Sunday. Suh still has daily struggles. He still has trouble trusting people, even other Christians, and especially South Koreans. He can't find work because he can barely string together an English sentence; his wife works in a Korean massage parlor.
Suh also misses his hometown in North Korea, and dearly wishes to return so he can evangelize his relatives—but he doesn't believe that will happen. He follows news about North Korea with a mix of skepticism and hope, desiring reunification but believing he won't see it in his lifetime. Still, he says, he feels at peace now, a luxury he never enjoyed before.
Will 2 million Korean-Americans pressure the next president and Congress to make human rights in North Korea more than an afterthought?
The Hudson Institute's Michael Horowitz recalls past grassroots campaigns in the United States—to free Soviet Jewry, bring down South Africa's apartheid regime, and stop Sudan's government from terrorizing the people of southern Sudan and Darfur—and says the same thing could happen if Korean-American churches take the lead.
Two-thirds of Korean-Americans are churchgoers, and occasionally they have stirred. In 2004 the inaugural conference of the Korean Church Coalition (KCC) for North Korea Freedom saw more than 2,000 pastors praying for the North Korean people. In 2005, 2008, and again this year KCC organized prayer vigils and conferences. But Horowitz says KCC has not brought consistent pressure on politicians: He says Korean-Americans, a powerful and rich demographic, can quickly affect U.S. policy if leaders push hard.
KCC executive director Sam Kim insists that his organization is bringing about change, but on a different scale than what Horowitz envisions: KCC represents thousands of churches and "cannot make a stand where we are critical of the government and members of Congress. We don't go and threaten them." Kim says 100 high-school students his organization brought to Washington this summer learned, "They can make a difference and they start speaking out more … in a peaceful, prayerful, and nonconfrontational manner."
Hannah Song, the president of LiNK (Liberty in North Korea), a grassroots organization that aids and protects North Korean refugees, says North Korea should not be an issue only for Koreans. LiNK formerly targeted Korean-American college students, but its headquarters in Torrance, Calif., now includes workers from various ethnicities. Last year LiNK interns presented speeches and documentaries at 800 events in high schools, colleges, churches, and community centers in 43 American states and three Canadian provinces. But some Korean churches decline invitations because they're "not interested."
Song criticizes media coverage of North Korea, pointing to headlines that either gossip about Kim Jong Un's pretty female companion, or politicize the matter by focusing on nuclear threats: "It can be very frustrating and challenging because then most people will say, 'I don't want to get involved in political things.' We're working to try to help the people. That shouldn't be a political issue." —S.L.
The United States, mostly concerned about North Korea's nuclear weapons, sometimes pressures the regime by threatening to withdraw food aid. China doesn't want North Korea tinkering with nuclear weapons any more than the United States does, but China also is getting tougher on border controls: It claims that North Korean escapees are "economic migrants," not refugees—ignoring the reality that any North Koreans it deports will face severe punishment back home.
South Korea is at the mercy of the two. It needs U.S. support and military power, even as its younger generation simmers with anti-American sentiments. The older generation still hopes the country will be unified, but many younger South Koreans prefer the country to stay divided because they fear that the poverty-stricken north would leech the south's resources. The more than 23,000 North Korean refugees in South Korea who live on government support do not relieve South Koreans' negative image of North Koreans.
North Korea, meanwhile, will not shut down its nuclear weapon plans or move away from humanitarian atrocities any time soon. Despite hopeful talks about Kim Jong Un's policy shifts, the new leader's first act was to direct guards to shoot to kill any defectors crossing borders to China. Prison camps and public executions still exist, as does deathly antagonism against Christianity. —S.L.


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New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Features Humanities Article for Lincoln Bicentennial Day Program on Feb. 12
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has selected the Humanities magazine article, "Lincoln's Centennial," by Anna Maria Gillis for inclusion in its Lincoln Bicentennial Day program on Thursday, Feb. 12. The article, featured in the January/February issue of the magazine, chronicles the centennial celebration of Lincoln's birthday in 1909 and will be read by Arthur Mitchell, founding Artistic Director of the Dance Theatre of Harlem.
Thursday's Lincoln Bicentennial program is a part of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' three month series, Mystic Chords of Memory: Abraham Lincoln and Performing Arts, which honors the bicentennial birth of Abraham Lincoln. This series of free public programs, which began on Jan. 22, reflects the breadth of the sixteenth president's passion for the arts and testifies to the depth of his impact on artists from his time to the present. These free programs will be offered through March 21. More information about the program series can be found by visiting www.nypl.org/lpaprograms.
"Anna Maria Gillis's 'Lincoln's Centennial' is a beautifully written piece about how the Centennial was celebrated in 1909," said Alan Pally, Manager of Public Programs at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. "It complements our Bicentennial Day program by making connections to many aspects of the 1909 celebration that will be a part of our 2009 celebration, such as the readings of the Gettysburg Address and a Julia Ward Howe poem and the performance of 'The Battle Hymn of the Republic.'"
Joining Arthur Mitchell on Thursday to perform readings by and about Lincoln are Dance Theatre of Harlem alumni dancers Virginia Johnson and Duncan Cooper. Readings include:
- Humanities magazine article on Lincoln Centennial;
- Autobiographical sketch written by Lincoln;
- Excerpt from First Inaugural speech;
- Gettysburg Address;
- Excerpt from Second Inaugural speech;
- Excerpt of speech given by Frederick Douglass, given on the occasion of the dedication of a statue in Washington, D.C. (1876); and
- Poem by Julia Ward Howe, read by her in Boston at the Lincoln Centennial in 1909. She was 90 at the time.
The readings are preceded by a rare public screening from the Library's Theatre on Film and Tape archives of Sam Waterston in the final scene of the 1993 Lincoln Center Theater production of Abe Lincoln in Illinois. The program will conclude with a performance of "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," sung by Metropolitan Opera Chorus members Constance Green, Ellen Lang, Irwin Reese, and John Shelhart, with Robert Rogers at the piano.
All programs in the series are produced by and presented at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza, Bruno Walter Auditorium. Thursday's program begins at 3:00 p.m., and media interested in attending should contact Rima Corben at 212-592-7710 or @email.
Humanities magazine is a bimonthly review published by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts houses the world's most extensive combination of circulating, reference, and rare archival collections in its field Its divisions are the Circulating Collections, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, Music Division, Billy Rose Theatre Division, and the Rodgers & Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.. The materials in its collections are available free of charge, along with a wide range of special programs, including exhibitions, seminars, and performances. More information is available at http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa.

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Friday, July 10
King of Golf Cartoons: '10,000 Free Golf Balls'
Copyright © Jerry King. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
How many golf balls have you lost in a round of golf? Have you ever run out of balls before you completed a round?
−The Armchair Golfer
Jerry King is an award-winning cartoonist whose credits and clients include Golf Digest, United States Golf Association and Disney. His golf cartoons are regularly featured at ARMCHAIR GOLF.
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I've never ran out of golf balls during a round but I've come close. I think the most I ever lost during a round was six, leaving me two to finish the round. Losing that many balls wasn't funny at the time and isn't even funny when I look back upon it. It was totally indicative of the kind of golf I'm capable of playing at any given time.
- The Armchair Golfer said...
I would guess that at some point in my golf journeys I've lost six golf balls in a round, certainly three or four. I don't think I've ever run out of balls during a round, unless when I was a teen, in which case I would have bummed some off my golf pals.
- Mike said...
I never ran out of balls either, mostly because I always find other lost balls on the course. That's saved me some money a few times because there's no need to buy more.
I know the cartoon is a joke, but I actually think it's a pretty good idea. For the number of balls that I've found on any given course, I've seen a lot of golf balls that I wouldn't normally see. If they had company info on them, it would be free advertising. Pretty interesting. Maybe I should start the trend. Ha.


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This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event August 4, 1964: Disputed Gulf of Tonkin Incident Allegedly Occurs. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
South Vietnamese gun boats attack the North Vietnamese island of Hon Me as part of operation OPLAN 34A. Daniel Ellsberg, a Pentagon official working under US Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, will later describe 34A as a "100 percent US operations, utilizing some South Vietnamese personnel along with… foreign mercenary crews, totally planned and controlled by the US, through MACV [Military Assistance Command Vietnam], CIA and CINCPAC [Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet]; some people in the GVN [Government of (South) Vietnam] had very limited knowledge of the operations, but no hand in planning or managing them." [Ellsberg, 2003 Sources: Daniel Ellsberg]
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The USS Maddox is gathering intelligence off the coast of North Vietnam. [Pilger, 1986, pp. 148; Herring, 1986, pp. 119; Media Beat, 7/27/1994] When a group of North Vietnamese torpedo boats come within range of the vessel there is a brief, but tense, exchange of fire. The USS Maddox fires on the boats, which respond with torpedoes. The torpedo boats are quickly driven away when aircraft from the USS Ticonderoga come to the assistance of the Maddox. The US government and the press will report that the torpedo boats had launched an "unprovoked attack" against the Maddox while it was on a "routine patrol." [Herring, 1986, pp. 119; Media Beat, 7/27/1994] When reports of the incident are received in Washington, the Maddox is ordered to continue is operations close to North Vietnamese shores. Another destroyer, the C. Turner Joy, is sent to support it. [Herring, 1986, pp. 120]
Two days after an engagement with North Vietnamese torpedo boats (see August 2, 1964), Captain John J. Herrick of the USS Maddox sees two "mysterious dots" on his radar screen. He determines they are torpedo boats and sends an emergency cable to headquarters in Honolulu reporting that the ship is under attack. Honolulu quickly passes the report on to Washington. [Pilger, 1986, pp. 195] President Johnson meets with his advisers and decides that the US must respond. "We cannot sit still as a nation and let them attack us on the high seas and get away with it," Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara says. [Herring, 1986, pp. 121] A few hours later, a cable arrives from Captain Herrick, which reads: "Freak weather effects on radar and over eager sonar men . . . No actual visual sightings by Maddox. Suggest complete evaluation before any further action taken." A little later, Herrick cables that though it was "a confusing picture," he did believe that there had been an attack. [In 1985, Herrick will reveal that this judgment had been based on "intercepted North Vietnamese communications" which he had not seen.] Half an hour later, the White House receives a third cable from Herrick, in which the captain says he is now uncertain what had happened. But this last report is ignored and President Johnson announces in a televised address, "Renewed hostile actions against United States ships on the high seas have today required me to order the military forces of the United States to take action in reply." Meanwhile, US forces in Vietnam launch "retaliatory" air strikes against five North Vietnamese patrol boats and the oil facilities at Vinh. [Pilger, 1986, pp. 196; Herring, 1986, pp. 121; Ellsberg, 2003] The American media praises the president's speech and actions. The New York Times states the following day that Johnson had gone to "the American people… with the somber facts." And the Los Angeles Times urges its readers to "face the fact that the Communists, by their attack on American vessels in international waters, have themselves escalated the hostilities." But time will reveal that there had been no attacks. US Navy squadron commander James Stockdale, who had been in the air at the time of the alleged attacks, will later recall: "I had the best seat in the house to watch that event and our destroyers were just shooting at phantom targets—there were no PT boats there… There was nothing there but black water and American fire power." [Media Beat, 7/27/1994]
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The Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Relations Committee hold closed hearings on the Gulf of Tonkin torpedo attacks (see August 2, 1964)
(see August 4, 1964). Senator Wayne Morse of Oregon, who had received a tip from an unnamed Pentagon insider (not Daniel Ellsberg), asks US Defense Secretary Robert McNamara if the torpedo attacks might have been a response to operation OPLAN 34A which had conducted attacks on the North Vietnamese island of Hon Me on July 31 (see July 31, 1964). The Senator raises the possibility that the North Vietnamese may have thought the ship was supporting OPLAN 34A's attacks. Morse suggests that McNamara should inquire as to the exact location of the Maddox on those days and what its true mission was. McNamara responds: "First, our Navy played absolutely no part in, was not associated with, was not aware of, any South Vietnamese actions, if there were any…. The Maddox was operating in international waters, was carrying out a routine patrol of the type we carry out all over the world at all times. I did not have knowledge at the time of the attack on the island. There is no connection between this patrol and any action of South Vietnam." [New York Times, 6/13/1971; Herring, 1986, pp. 122; Ellsberg, 2003]
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In response to alleged "unprovoked" attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats against the USS Maddox on August 2 (see August 2, 1964) and August 4 (see August 4, 1964), Congress passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, authorizing President Johnson to take "all necessary measures to repel any armed attacks against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression." [US Congress, 8/7/1964; Herring, 1986, pp. 122-123] It sails though the House unanimously and in the Senate it meets only the slightest resistance with two dissenting votes. [Herring, 1986, pp. 122-123] When Daniel Ellsberg leaks the Pentagon Papers seven years later, it is revealed that the resolution had been drafted 2 months earlier, well before the alleged incident. [Pilger, 1986, pp. 196]
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One day after the alleged "unprovoked" attacks on the USS Maddox by North Vietnamese torpedo boats (see August 2, 1964), the vessel's captain, John J. Herrick, reports to Washington: "Evaluation of info from various sources indicates DRV considers [my] patrol directly involved with 34-A ops (see July 31, 1964) DRV considers US ships present as enemies because of these ops and have already indicated their readiness to treat us in that category." [Ellsberg, 2003]
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McCutchen leads Pirates to win over Astros
Andrew McCutchen had a solo home run among his four hits, Jose Tabata also homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Houston Astros 5-2 on Saturday night.
Charlie Morton (2-3) rebounded from consecutive poor starts and allowed one earned run in six innings, and the Pirates matched a season high for runs at PNC Park, winning for the first time in their past three games.
Jordan Schafer went 2 for 4 with an RBI for Houston, which had won two of its previous three. The Astros have scored 10 runs in their past six games.
McCutchen went 4 for 4 with his third home run and three singles. He had three hits in as many at-bats against Houston starter J.A. Happ (2-3), giving him six consecutive hits against left-handed pitching and improving his average against lefties to .452.
Morton had lost each of his two previous outings, allowing 11 runs in those games. He was charged with two runs on seven hits and a walk with no strikeouts. The only runs he allowed came when Schafer drove in Chris Snyder with a double in the fifth, and when Jose Altuve scored on Justin Maxwell's fielder's choice in the sixth.
That was the only run Morton allowed that inning after gave up three consecutive singles to begin it, preserving the Pirates' lead.
Chris Resop and Tony Watson combined for two scoreless innings, and Juan Cruz pitched the ninth for his third save. Regular closer Joel Hanrahan is on the bereavement list after the death of his grandmother.
After Tabata scored on Neil Walker's sacrifice fly in the first, McCutchen gave the Pirates a 2-0 lead with a homer to right-center, his third.
Tabata's seemingly innocuous-looking pop fly the opposite way down the right-field line with two outs and no one on in the fifth cleared the 21-foot wall to give Pittsburgh a two-run lead back.
Morton got the final batter he would face, Matt Downs, to ground into a double play to end the sixth. The one run the Astros scored that inning after loading the bases with nobody out was better than the Pirates did in their sixth inning the previous night. Houston starter Bud Norris got out of the jam and the Astros won 1-0 Friday.
Pittsburgh fared better Saturday when its first three batters of the sixth reached. The Pirates scored twice - Clint Barmes drove in Pedro Alvarez with a sacrifice fly, and Casey McGehee scored on Rhiner Cruz's wild pitch.
Happ was charged with five runs - all earned - on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts in five-plus innings.
Notes: RHP Brad Lincoln will start for the Pirates on Monday in Miami. LHP Erik Bedard will have his outing pushed back until Wednesday in Washington. Bedard left his previous start during the second inning Wednesday due to back spasms. ... Alvarez snapped an 0-for-22 slump with a sixth-inning double. ... Pittsburgh RHP A.J. Burnett (1-2, 6.08) faces LHP Wandy Rodriguez (3-3, 2.14) in the series finale Sunday afternoon.


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Mail service suspended after recent dog attacks
By Ed Greenberger, THELAW.TV
Dogs are often called man's best friend, but occasionally that friend can turn into your worst enemy. Dog bites occur dozens of times a day in every state in America, and they are becoming more common. According to the American Humane Association (AHA), the statistics are mind-boggling:
• 4.7 million dog bites occur in the U.S. every year
• 800,000 of those bites require medical attention
• The U.S. insurance industry pays out $1 billion each year in dog bite claims
• Half of dog attacks occur among children younger than 10
Some local governments have gone as far as banning specific breeds that are thought to be particularly dangerous, such as pit bulls. However, pit bulls aren't the only dogs that bite. The AHA says at least 25 different breeds have been involved in dog attack deaths.
"Dog attacks can happen with many breeds and they can happen anywhere," explains attorney Martin Sweet of legal information website THELAW.TV. "In fact, most dog attacks happen with dogs you know and close to your property."
Of course, the old story involves the dog attacking the mailman. That's exactly what's been happening lately in one Houston neighborhood. A neighborhood dog has reportedly attacked three different postal carriers there over the last two years. After the most recent attack last month, the U.S. Postal Service took the rare step of suspending mail service in that neighborhood.
Unfortunately, that's not an uncommon story. After a young Indiana girl lost her nose in a vicious pit bull attack in 2009, the city of Elkhart, Indiana considered banning pit bulls before eventually adopting non breed-specific laws.
Dog bite victims do have rights. Most U.S. states make dog owners liable when a dog bites a person. A few states force victims to prove the attack was vicious or that it occurred because the owner was negligent or violated animal control laws.
A dog owner's homeowner or renter insurance policy typically covers dog bites, but only a small percentage of dog bite victims ever see any payments from insurance companies. Many dog attacks go unreported and uncompensated, so it's a good idea for victims to contact an attorney.
"In most cases, an insurance adjuster will offer a victim who has no legal representation only 20 percent of what would be offered if that victim has a lawyer," says Orlando, Florida personal injury attorney Kenneth Williams of The Atlantic Justice Law Group.


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UGE's clients are environmentally conscious people who care about where their energy comes from and how it is delivered to their home. The product in question, EDDY the VAWT is targeted towards customers interested in consumer electronics and renewable energy. Some of our customers are very tech savvy, owning various clean energy collection devices (wind, solar, etc.); On the other hand, we also want to engage consumers who do not have an extensive knowledge of wind turbines. We also aim to be the Apple of wind turbines, in that our products look great and are marketed that way as well.
Create a logo (a new image) for our existing product - currently named the UGE 600 VAWT. The new trademarked title is Eddy (the VAWT). Eddy is the smallest wind turbine in our product line. The logo should showcase UGE's dedication to quality in clean energy, and at the same time give Eddy a fun, approachable, "Jude Law", personality. On the other hand, Eddy's image does not have to be a wind turbine with eyeballs - this we leave to you the designer to interpret. Eddy's name is a tribute to the phenomenon (of the same title) often seen in fluid dynamics - think turbulence/vortex (or see wikipedia).
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OMGUS Finance Division - Investigations and Interrogations FREE
Records: 12,493 · Complete: 100%
The following background information is taken directly from the descriptive pamphlet published by NARA for this title, M1923.*
The origin of the Office of the Finance Adviser and its predecessor, the Finance Division, can be traced to February 14, 1944, when the reorganization of the Civil Affairs Division of Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces (SHAEF) created a German Country Section with a finance division as one of its component parts. Six months later, European Theater of Operations United States Army (ETOUSA) established the United States Group Control Council for Germany (USGCC). The rapid growth in staff and in activities due to the changing military situation in Europe, however, required further redefinition of finance functions and responsibilities, and on November 25, 1944, Finance became one of the 12 independent divisions set up within USGCC.
At this early stage, the Finance Division concentrated on planning for the denazification of German finance, discovery and control of German foreign exchange assets (Project "Safehaven"), freezing and blocking of property, decentralization of German financial agencies and institutions, elimination of discriminatory laws and practices, and acquisition of financial intelligence. Decentralization of banks and other financial institutions was necessary to sever the close ties of those institutions with the giant German industrial concerns, an association that had been vital to the German war effort.
Following the surrender of Germany on May 8, 1945, the Division financially disarmed and denazified Germany through the decentralization and restructuring of the German financial system. It assumed full responsibility for policy formation, administration, and control, and facilitated financial transactions involving U.S. occupation forces. With regard to property, the Division prevented certain specified transactions, and controlled, administered, and accounted for tangible property required to be deposited with the Military Government (MG) under MG Law No. 53. This included foreign exchange assets, such as jewelry, precious metals, coins and stamps, securities, and foreign currencies.
The Division undertook investigations based both on captured German records and on interrogations of German officials. These investigations sought to locate German assets concealed abroad in "safehavens" secured through secret arrangements between the Nazis and German industrialists that would fund party operations in case of the defeat of Germany. The Division continued to block and freeze those assets in order to prevent their possible use in funding underground Nazi activities from within postwar Germany.
The reorganization of the military government included a redistribution of functions based on Military Government proclamations. To implement the reorganization, the Finance Division was dissolved effective March 1, 1948. Established were, among others, an Office of the Finance Adviser (OMGUS) (OFA) and a Property Division (OMGUS). The OFA retained from the former Finance Division the power of review regarding policy changes and proposals; the interpretation of those multipartite agreements, programs, and policies with implications for subjects other than finance; and the review of policies requiring Länder implementation. Responsibilities for foreign exchange, the blocking and freezing of property, and external assets were transferred to the Property Division (OMGUS). The Finance Adviser provided advice regarding monetary and financial policies and procedures, represented OMGUS in Allied Control Authority and other multipartite negotiations, and was the U.S. member of the Allied Banking Commission.
On April 7, 1949, the Finance Division was reestablished. The transition from military to civilian occupation administration was initiated by the Presidential appointment of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany (HICOG), who assumed his duties on September 2, 1949. On September 3, 1949, the functions, personnel, equipment, and records of both the OFA and the Finance Division were transferred to the newly created Finance Division in the Office of Economic Affairs of the High Commission for Germany (HICOG), which assumed responsibility for the field of finance. The transition was completed by September 21, 1949, the same day of the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany. OMGUS was formally abolished on December 5, 1949. Most of the OMGUS records, including the records of the Finance Division, were retired to an Army record center in Kansas City until they were accessioned into the National Archives in the early 1960s.
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Records Regarding Bank Investigations, 1945–1949, is arranged alphabetically by subject and consists primarily of memorandums, letters, cables, reports, exhibits, newspaper clippings, and civil censorship intercepts on the financing of the German war effort and German financial institutions. The records include reports on Nazi gold, the use of Swiss banks, and links between German and Swiss banks, inclusive of Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Golddiskontbank, Dresdner Bank, and Reichs-Kredit-Gesellschaft. The investigations contain information regarding Aryanization, bank operations outside of Germany, industrial ties, liquidation proposals, and the restitution of Hungarian property.
Records Relating to Interrogations of Nazi Financiers, 1946–1947, is arranged alphabetically by subject and consists of interrogation reports and transcripts, exhibits, and questionnaires. Names included are Bernhard Berghaus, Alois Alzheimer, August von Finck, Eduard Hilgard, Kurt Schmitt, and Franz Schwede-Coburg. Also among these records are files relating to Carlowitz & Company and Japanese firms operating in Germany.
The images are digitized from eight rolls of microfilm publication M1923, which reproduced bank investigation reports, interrogations of Nazi financiers, and related records of the Office of the Finance Division and Finance Advisor in the Office of Military Government, U.S. Zone (Germany) (OMGUS), during the period 1945–1949. These records are part of Records of United States Occupation Headquarters, World War II, Record Group (RG) 260. The table of contents for each roll of microfilm is provided on pages 5-7 of the descriptive pamphlet.
*Some of the information on this description page is taken directly from the NARA descriptive pamphlet for M1923, published in 2008, and prepared by Cynara Robinson. A PDF version may be viewed or downloaded here.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 42 diseñadores freelance.
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Gail Lee (Cumpston) Brokaw also wrote to me about her family. You can now see a page on William Henry junior and her mother Frances:
http://www.cumpston.org.uk/#/wm-henry-jun-frances-w-cumps/4563413184 and a page on William Henry Senior and his wife Sarah:
Frances is Gail's mother, who was married to William Henry Cumpston, brother of Jessie Emma Cumpston, son of Ivah and Royal Frank Cumpston.
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The Philadelphia City Archives has declarations of intention and petitions for naturalization which were filed in the city and county courts only between 1790 and 1930.
The Archives does not have the records of the United States Circuit and District Courts of Philadelphia, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, or the records in any local court outside of Philadelphia county.
Note: There are exceptions to this, owing to mistakes made by the W.P.A. and not corrected by Filby. The principle exception is that entries marked "DC" between 1860 and 1870 are most likely records filed in the Philadelphia County District Court, which are in the City Archives' possession.
All names in the W.P.A. and Filby's have either one or two entries following them. The price for naturalizations at the City Archives is based upon a complete set of papers (declaration and/or petition). Therefore, please remit only one fee for each set of papers.
The fee for a set of papers is $ 5.00, payable to the "City of Philadelphia"
Our address is:
Philadelphia City Archives
Suite 150
3101 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104
The fee of $5.00 is for a search of the records and copies, if the records exist. Otherwise, a certificate of no record will be sent.
Owing to a decision made by the court officers in the 1930s, only the declarations of intention of the Quarter Sessions Court were indexed, not the petitions. There may still exist a possibility that your ancestor petitioned the Philadelphia courts for citizenship.
Most naturalizations which have occurred in Philadelphia since 1897 were done in the United States District and Circuit Courts. Please contact the National Archives, Mid-Atlantic Regional Branch, 9th & Market Streets, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107 (215-597-3000) for instructions on researching those records.
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Heidi Loege brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 133 Designs von 62 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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Gordon Nixon
President & CEO
RBC Financial Group
The Greater Halifax Partnership
Halifax, Nova Scotia
October 12, 2005
Good afternoon, and thank you Stephen, for that kind introduction.
Id like to congratulate the Greater Halifax Partnership on the release of your new immigration strategy today.
I was given an advance copy and was impressed by the breadth of vision and tactics you have recommended. Its right on the money.
And for those skeptics in the crowd, Id like to say that any similarities between the strategy and my remarks are strictly a function of how whole-heartedly we are in agreement.
I know our entire team here in Halifax is looking forward to our partnership with the GHP in helping make the strategy a reality.
For an employee of RBC Financial Groupeven one from Montreal by way of Torontoa visit to Halifax is like coming home. We opened our very first branch here in the 1860s, and now we are Canadas largest financial institution and operate in 30-plus countries worldwide.
On a personal note, I also have family roots in Nova Scotia, as my grandfather grew up on a farm in Truro, and my daughter is in her 3rd year of the Commerce program at Dalhousie.
Royal Bank is truly a Canadian success story, and our performance ranks with the best in the world. Im proud to say weve accomplished it all from a Canadian base, and we greatly appreciate the support and business we receive in Atlantic Canada.
So I am here today, representing one of the countrys largest employers as well as a financial institution, acutely concerned about Canadas future.
Canadas standard of living not only lags behind the United States, but our real per capita GDP growth is sliding relative to many other countries and our productivity growth, which is measured by GDP per person employed, is also slipping.
So while were starting from a reasonable economic base, a strong fiscal position and a high quality of life, we cannot be complacent as we are losing economic ground in an increasingly competitive world. We must address our future economic policy if we are going to live up to our potential.
The bottom line is you cant have a well-intentioned social agenda without a sound economic agenda.
It is only with a strong and globally competitive economy that we will have the foundation for improving the quality of life for Canadians and investing more in healthcare, education and social services.
New immigrants to our country have an important role to play in all three of these areas, and thats why my topic today is The Immigrant Advantage.
Canada is standing at a crossroad. We must not only attract, but improve how we accept new immigrants. In an increasingly competitive and global world, our future depends on it.
I gave a speech in Toronto recently, focusing on the role immigrants play as employees. Thats one important link in the prosperity chain.
But immigrants also play a critical role in Canadas economy as consumers, business owners and taxpayers, as well as through their rich cultural contributions to our communities.
Today, Id like to focus on why we must welcome newcomers into our workplaces, our marketplaces and our economyfor the advantage of Canadas entire prosperity chain.
Immigration has historically been critical to Canadas
growth, yet there has seldom been a time in our history when
it has been so important.
Our competitive advantage cant be driven by the resource industry, and is no longer dominated by capital assets like plants, equipment and machinery.
It is being driven by human capital.
But Canada is a small nation. Our national birth rate just hit an historic low, and our workforce is aging. Clearly, if we are to succeed at home and abroad, were going to have to import talented people to make up the gap. We are already facing a skills shortfall in many parts of Canada and in the years ahead, we will be counting on immigration for all of the net growth in our labour force.
But theres going to be a global war for talent. Countries like Italy, Spain and Germany are seeing birthrates fall as dramatically as ours, and a workforce going gray as quickly as ours. Well be going head-to-head with them for talent, as well as with powerhouses like China and India, who are literally pouring investments into higher education, technology and innovation.
For every one engineer graduating in the United States, there are three graduating in China. And many Chinese immigrants are now moving back to China, because they see better opportunities at home than here.
In Halifax, this situation poses a serious economic risk: you face a shrinking workforce, a smaller business-economic base, and a declining tax base. There is no question that this will have a significant economic impact on the rest of Nova Scotia, and on all of Atlantic Canadaa point clearly raised in the GHP strategy.
The Canadian government has set a target of welcoming 300,000 new immigrants to our shores each year. Right now, new Canadians make up about 70 per cent of the growth in the Canadian labour force. But by 2011, they will account for all the growth in our workforce.
Halifax alone has set an aggressive target of attracting 2,800 newcomers annually, and, more importantly, keeping 70 per cent of them here.
Our success depends not only on our ability to attract new immigrants, but on providing an environment where new Canadians can maximize their potential. This can be Canadas competitive advantage, but we have to work harder both to attract and maximize the potential of talented people.
Historically, we dont have the best track record. A Statistics Canada report found that our most recent immigrants had higher levels of education than people born in Canada. Yet, many more are working in jobs below their level of education and earning less than those born in Canada. And they experience higher unemployment rates.
But I hope that is going to change.
The federal governments Internationally Trained Workers Initiative is a step forward for our nation, yet no level of government can bear the burden alone. Governments can attract skilled immigrants to Canada, but once they have arrived, businesses have to pick up the ball.
But we have not.
In fact, were dropping it--at least according to the Public Policy Forum.
In a survey conducted with over 2,000 Canadian employers in 2004, the Forum found three pieces of discouraging news.
The Conference Board of Canada goes one step further, saying that Canadian companies are myopic about the one-two punch thats on the way: Canadas aging workforce on the one hand, and the impending skill shortages on the other. They strongly recommend that businesses need to pay attention to maximizing the talents of visible minorities and immigrants.
This solution will bring untold benefits up and down the prosperity chain for our businesses, our communities and our countryand it will have a profound human impact as well.
Id like to share a quick story with you about Binoj
Binoj emigrated to Canada from India in April of 2004 with a Bachelor of Commerce and an MBA in his back pocket. Hes is 34 years old, speaks three languages, and has 8 solid years of financial services experience.
He also brought with him the spirit of an entrepreneur--because Toronto wasnt his final destination: Halifax was.
It takes real courage to come to a place where your cultural community isnt well established. Of the 100 or-so Indian families in Halifax, Binoj didnt know a single soul. But thats exactly why he chose to come. With fewer immigrants here, he felt there was a greater opportunity to build a future.
The bad news is that education and enthusiasm arent always enough.
In fact, if Binoj had landed in Canada even five years earlier, you could almost predict how his story would go. He would likely be underemployed now, working somewhere in a job unrelated to his training. He might feel like he was wasting his education, and not contributing to Canadian society.
In fact, his first job interview was at a grocery store for a cashiers job, which he lost to another immigrant.
The store actually did end up hiring him, and while he spent his days working as a stock clerk, he spent his nights working towards his Mutual Funds license.
And Binoj had another ace in his pocket: MISA, the Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association.
Within a week of arriving in Halifax, he had already connected with MISA. In fact, MISA helped him find that grocery store job as a quick way for him to get some Canadian experience. But everyones end goal was to find a position that tapped his professional training in financial services.
MISA eventually connected RBC and Binoj. Right away, we knew he was a high-potential candidate, and we hired him as a Personal Financial Service Representative at our Spring Garden Road branch in January.
Im happy to say that Binoj has joined us today. I will only embarrass him for a moment by telling you that hes a tremendous asset in attracting new business to RBC. Clients, especially new Canadians, love to deal with him. He even spends two hours every week with the Nova Scotia Nominee program, helping educate newcomers about how to navigate the banking system in Canada.
I wanted to share this story because it's a win for everyone: for Binoj, for RBC and our clients, for Halifax and for Canada.
RBC sets a high premium on diversity. I chair our Diversity Leadership Council, made up of senior leaders from across our businesses. Just to let you know how important this issue is, I can tell you that it is the only committee other than my executive committee that I sit on.
This Council sets RBCs strategy and goals for diversity and employment equity, as well as monitoring our progress.
Currently, about 23 per cent of our workforce is comprised of visible minorities.
But that number drops to about ten per cent for our executive management team, and we know weve got to do better, so were taking action.
One of the largest barriers to employment for skilled immigrants is in the area of foreign credentials. The governments Internationally Trained Worker Initiative has an entire program dedicated to thisbut businesses can do their part as well. For example, weve contracted specialists to evaluate the Canadian equivalents of foreign credentials, so we can make sure were not overlooking good prospective employees.
While I do want to spend a few more minutes today talking about the importance of immigrants as prospective clients and as business owners, I want to make one last point about the employee link in the prosperity chain.
I mentioned that I gave a speech on this topic in Toronto a few months ago, which we posted, as usual, on our websites.
Now I have to be frank with you: I dont tend to get a lot of feedback from my colleagues when I give a speech.
My critics might say its because of my stage presence: and no one wants to be the bearer of bad news to the CEO . or maybe its because topics like economic policy or financial services reform dont exactly keep an audience on the edge of their seats, or even awake!
In any case, I didnt expect much feedback from my immigration speech.
But the topic really struck a chord, and I was surprised when so many employees thanked me for talking publicly about something that really matters to them.
Heres an excerpt from an e-mail I received:
I can totally understand the stress a qualified immigrant goes through. I came to Canada from India and have a Masters of Commerce Certificate in Banking & Finance from Bombay University. The only company that gave me an interview was Royal Bank, where I have worked for close to 7 years now. I am proud to work for an institution that values diversity. This is definitely a ' win-win' situation for everyone.
I agree: welcoming newcomers into the workplace is a win-win situation, and we must all work towards this goal.
From RBCs point of view, every new Canadian we hire helps us build institutional knowledge about our key cultural markets both here and abroadand thats invaluable in the global marketplace.
Newcomers to Canada quickly become consumers of goods and services as well, and thats the second link in this prosperity chain Ive been talking about.
According to Dr. Jeffrey Gandz of the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, visible minorities possess $76 billion worth of combined purchasing power in Canada. While visible minorities and immigrants arent always the same group, this does gives you the sense of the scope of opportunity.
Demographically, businesses simply cannot ignore the opportunities presented by immigrants as consumers.
RBC has about 11 million clients in Canada. Right now, almost 15% of them represent a cultural marketnew Canadians and visible minorities. Much of our future growth will also come from cultural markets. So, what does that mean for us?
Imagine you are a newcomer, starting virtually from scratch.
So financial services companies have a unique role to play in easing the way for newcomers.
RBC is often a first choice for immigrants because of the strength of our brand. But our policies and procedures have tended to make it difficult for them to do business with us.
We are committed to making it easier: in fact, we believe we cant afford to get it wrong.
Thats why we recently developed a comprehensive strategy for cultural markets. Our goal is to put the right products, people and training in place so that we can better serve diverse markets right across the country. For example:
Were also launching a comprehensive Newcomer to Canada website in a few weeks, targeting the first priorities faced by newcomers: housing, employment and education.
Here in Halifax, weve beefed up training so that key people in our branches know exactly what an immigrant requires to open an account. We want to be sure that no newcomer is turned away because were unfamiliar with the process or requirements.
We also work closely with Cornwallis Financial and the Nova Scotia Nominee Program, to make sure that newcomers have access to all the information they need, in plain language, about the financial services business in Canada. This is where Binoj volunteers every Monday.
The net result is that RBC is now the bank of choice for immigrants in Halifax.
I dont want to turn this speech into an RBC commercial,
but I did want to give you some concrete examples to show
how we are adapting to the realities of a new marketplaceand
to remind you that new Canadians have high potential as clients
and consumers. I cant emphasize strongly enough: this
is not just about social justice, this is also about business
New Canadians are also bringing a wealth of creativity and ideas to our country, creating jobs and driving economic growth through the creation of small businesses. And increasingly, the business community in Canada will depend on the talents and energy of immigrants.
Canada is moving towards an era of unparalleled diversity that will transform the face of our small and medium-sized enterprises. In an economics report released last year, RBC found that the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs will represent the single biggest shift in the makeup of our business community in the last century.
Todays small business owners look a lot like me: white males, 40-65 years of age.
But tomorrows entrepreneurs will be cut from a different cloth.
Theyll be better educated, and more diverse as well: in fact, most small and medium sized businesses will be run by women, visible minorities and new Canadians.
This new landscape can be a challenge for financial services companies. If we want Canada to grow and prosper, we must support what Peter Newman calls The New Canadian Establishment: that emerging business sector being created by new Canadians.
I want to thank you for inviting me here today, and to commend The Greater Halifax Partnership for the leadership and foresight you have shown in your immigration strategy.
As I said at the start, Canada faces many economic challenges, and there are a number of policy issues that must be addressed. We are competing in a world where significant economic shifts are occurring. Countries are actively competing against each other for talent, capital and investment.
If we are going to succeed in this new world, our politicians, our business leaders, our labour leaders and our academics must work together to address policy issues and ensure our businesses have every competitive advantage.
We must do more than open the door to new immigrantswe must make Canada the destination of choice for talented people with skills, energy and drive.
The bottom line is that, unleashing the power of diversity and capitalizing on immigration can help forge Canadas prosperity chain, and given the inherent strengths of our country with respect to immigration, it can, and should be, one of our best competitive advantages and to those of you who run businesses, it will provide an opportunity not to be missed.
Thank you.


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By Chris Scott Barr
I've been using the Windows 7 beta on one of my desktops for a couple of months now. Honestly, I haven't noticed any more issues with it than on my XP or Vista installations. Naturally I'm looking forward to the actual release of the OS, but for now I have to wait patiently like the rest of the world. At least there's a nice update coming down the pipes in short order.
Cinco de Mayo seems to be a pretty big day for going out and getting smashed, so you might want to download your copy of the Windows 7 Release Candidate early in the day. That's right, the official release date for RC1 is May 5th. Actually on second thought, you might want to wait until the next day to install it. You don't to be late for happy hour because you're stuck troubleshooting a driver issue or something do you?
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Allison Janney (b. 1960) is an Emmy Award winning actress most famous for her role as C.J. Cregg on The West Wing, in which she appeared alongside Big Bird in the episode "Eppur Si Muove." Several years earlier, she guest starred on Aliens in the Family, as Principal Sherman in the episode "A Very Brody Tweeznax."
Janney also appeared on Sesame Street, alongside her West Wing co-stars Stockard Channing and Lily Tomlin, in the celebrity version of "Dance Myself to Sleep," which debuted in The Street We Live On. The scene was filmed at the same time as the West Wing episode, and on the same set.
On December 9, 2009, Janney appeared with Red Fraggle at the Jim Henson Company's Fraggle Rock Holiday Toy Drive Benefit event at Kitson in West Hollywood.


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For 147 years, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has served as the primary law enforcement agency for animal abuse laws in New York City.
Its uniformed agents flashed badges, carried guns, made arrests and for years starred in an Animal Planet show called "Animal Precinct."
But now, that unit is losing its bite.
In the past few days, the ASPCA has laid off almost all its 17 remaining enforcement agents.
It's now leaving their responsibilities to the New York Police Department.
The change has been sought for years by some animal advocates.
They say the ASPCA's small enforcement staff couldn't handle the volume of abuse reports.
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Ever notice how the beach changes from summer to winter? We are now in the �winter beach� and this is the time when shelling is best.
By Tom Baird
Ever notice how the beach changes from summer to winter? We are now in the �winter beach� and this is the time when shelling is best.
Throughout the summer, sand is deposited on the beaches and the dunes build. The beach becomes higher and wider. In winter, changes in wave height and direction cause sand to be pulled offshore from the beach and deposited in protective offshore sandbars. The winter beach is narrower and lower. While this phenomenon is more extreme on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, nevertheless our Panhandle beaches also go through this cycle.
Because sand is pulled off the beach in winter, shells that were buried all year are now exposed. Both tourists and residents can be seen carrying buckets or bags of shells to take home. The most commonly collected shells are the giant cockles and white angelwings, with the occasional empty shell of a large left-handed whelk.
The giant cockle or heart cockle (Dinocardium robustum) is familiar to most residents. It is that big � up to five inches long - tan or cream colored bivalve with parallel ribs with brown patches. It occurs around Florida wherever one finds their preferred habitat - sandy shallows off beaches. Therefore, the big bend area, with its lack of wave energy, and therefore lack of beaches, does not offer suitable habitat for the giant cockle. The giant cockles found on our Gulf beaches is a more colorful variety than their Atlantic cousin and is classified as a subspecies, Dinocardium robustum vanhyningi, often called Van Hyning�s cockle.
These bivalves are filter feeders that use their long muscular foot to dig down into the sand and extend their siphons into the water column to pump in suspended food particles. The cardium part of theirgenus name, Dinocardium, may remind you of heart. To see why they are sometimes called heart cockles, find two shells of about equal size and place their edges together. Now turn them to the side and look at the shells with their edge facing you. The profile from the side resembles a Valentine heart. The fully grown shells are also about the size of a human heart.
You probably remember the old song about Molly Malone singing, �cockles and mussels, alive, alive oh!� As Molly was pushing her wheelbarrow, the cockles she was selling were not our Van Hyning�s cockle, but the common European cockle, Cerastoderma edule, or any of several small cockle-like clam species that are harvested using rakes at low tide. Cockles are still available at seaside stalls in the United Kingdom. Our own giant cockles are edible also and the reddish flesh makes fine chowder. However, few people go to the trouble to harvest our giant cockles. For a bit of trivia, cockles are even mentioned in the Magna Carta. That historic document granted English subjects the right to collect up to eight pounds of cockles from the shore without hindrance or confiscation.
Our beaches have several other smaller shells that are classified in the same family as the giant cockle. One can easily find shells of the Atlantic strawberry cockle (Americardia media), spiny papercockle (Papyridea soleniformis), Florida pricklycockle (Trachycardium egmontianum), and even the smooth-shelled common egg cockle (Laevicardium laevigatum).
Much sought after by collectors this time of year is the delicate bright white shell of the angelwing (Cyrtopleura costata). More common on the Atlantic or southwest coasts of Florida, nevertheless angelwings are commonly found on Cape San Blas beaches. To be so fragile and elegant, it seems surprising that these bivalves live burrowed into muddy clay deposits offshore. They can also be found in St. Joseph Bay where there are muddy clay bottoms. They need the stiff muds for support because the muscles holding the two shells together are quite weak. In fact, this clam cannot fully close its shell making it susceptible to extreme environmental changes. With its muscular foot, the animal digs a burrow in the stiff muds and projects two siphons just above the surface of the substrate. Once in place it pumps water through the siphons to filter suspended food particles. In life, the burrows and gaping valves of this animal provide a refuge for several species of small mud crabs. Even the abandoned burrows provide a home for other sea creatures long after the angelwing has departed.
Since these clams are adept at boring into stiff clays, it is not surprising that they are closely related to shipworms, which are not worms at all but boring clams. You have probably inspected their tunnels winding through pieces of driftwood thrown up on the beach.
More commonly found on Panhandle beaches are the Campeche angelwings (Pholas campechiensis). Occasionally, one finds the little false angelwing (Petricolaria pholadiformis). While true angelwings can grow a shell almost six inches long, false angelwing shells only reach a two inch maximum.
So whether you are a shell collector or just like to look for pieces of polished beach glass, the �winter beach� is a great time to stroll our beaches.
Tom Baird has been a fisheries biologist, high school and community college teacher (oceanography and microbiology), director of a science and environmental center, teacher of science and principal in Pinellas County as well as an educational consultant. He retired from the Florida Department of Education and he and his wife divide their time between Tallahassee and Cape San Blas.