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UPDATE 2/2/12: I removed the "Turkey In The Straw" video and replaced it with "Colonel Corn" because it's not only better, it's really just totally great.*
Freddie Fisher & The Schnickelfritz Band were a fun, nutty novelty band from the 1930s, pre-dating Spike Jone's debut in 1942, and if their music has a familiar sound to readers of this blog, they should - most of the members left band leader Fisher and formed the Korn Kobblers. A nice person has posted an album of Fisher & Co. songs of wildly-varying sound quality, but hey, it's free, so who can complain? Gonna have to find an album by these guys. For further study...
Freddie Fisher & The Schnickelfritz Band
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*"really just totally great" - how's that for good writing? Pulitzer Prize, here I come!
Monday, January 30, 2012
"America's Most Unsophisticated Band!"
8 comments:
- Dylanthulhu said...
- 8:54 PM, January 30, 2012
Mighty sophisticated of ya!--Bill
- 11:02 AM, January 31, 2012
- DonHo57 said...
The trumpet player looks and plays amazingly like George Rock, Spike Jones' longtime side man...is it one and the same?
- 3:30 PM, January 31, 2012
- Mr Fab said...
Good call, Don! Yep, George took over after original trumpeter Nels Laasko left to help form the Korn Kobblers in '39. He became a City Slicker in '44.
- 4:12 PM, January 31, 2012
- RadioWizard said...
Reminds me a bit of the Hoosier Hotshots..."Are ya ready, Hezzie?"
- 6:20 PM, February 01, 2012
- Mr Fab said...
That's something I'm gonna have to figure out, Jack - the timeline of all these groups. Who came first, what members were in what band, etc.
- 9:29 AM, February 02, 2012
- Bill said...
According to the Hoosier Hot Shots own web site (www.hezzie.com):
- 10:51 AM, February 03, 2012
- emailsyucky said...
Looks fun.
Thank you!
- 12:53 AM, February 09, 2012
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Dozens of hostages missing as desert stand-off goes on
More than 20 foreigners were still either being held hostage or missing inside a gas plant today after Algerian forces stormed the desert complex to free hundreds of captives taken by Islamist militants.
More than a day after the Algerian army launched an assault to seize the remote desert compound, much was still unclear about the number and fate of the victims, leaving countries with citizens in harm's way struggling to find hard information.
Reports on the number of hostages killed ranged from 12 to 30, with anywhere from dozens to scores of foreigners still unaccounted for.
One American worker at the complex has been found dead, US officials said today as the Obama administration sought to secure the release of Americans still being held by militants on the third day of the hostage stand-off.
The officials identified the dead American as Frederick Buttaccio, a Texas resident, but said it was unclear how he died. They said US officials recovered Mr Buttaccio's body today and notified his family.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton said she spoke by telephone to Algerian prime minister Abdelmalek Sellal to get an update on Americans and others in danger at refinery. She said the "utmost care must be taken to preserve innocent life".
The Obama administration confirmed that Americans were still being held hostage, even as some US citizens were being flown out of the country.
French foreign minister Laurent Fabius said this evening that a Frenchman was killed when the Algerian army stormed the gas plant. "The Algerian authorities have just informed us that one of our compatriots, Mr Yann Desjeux, unfortunately lost his life during the operation to free hostages," he said in a statement. "The lives of three others of our compatriots who were on the site during the terrorist attack have been saved," he added.
Norway's Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg, eight of whose countrymen were missing, said fighters still controlled the gas treatment plant itself, while Algerian forces now held the nearby residential compound that housed hundred of workers.
Leaders of Britain, Japan and other countries expressed frustration that the assault had been ordered without consultation. Many countries were also withholding information about their citizens to avoid helping the captors.
Night fell quietly on the village of In Amenas, the nearest settlement, some 50 km from the vast and remote desert plant. A military helicopter could be seen in the sky.
An Algerian security source said 30 hostages, including at least seven Westerners, had been killed during yesterday's assault, along with at least 18 of their captors. Eight of the dead hostages were Algerian, with the nationalities of the rest of the dead still unclear, he said.
Algeria's state news agency APS put the total number of dead hostages at 12, including both foreigners and locals.
Norway's Stoltenberg said some of those killed in vehicles blasted by the army could not be identified. "We must be prepared for bad news this weekend but we still have hope."
Northern Irish engineer Stephen McFaul, who survived, said he saw four trucks full of hostages blown up by Algerian troops. Mr McFaul is expected to arrive back in Northern Ireland tomorrow.
"We are still dealing with a fluid and dangerous situation where a part of the terrorist threat has been eliminated in one part of the site, but there still remains a threat in another part," British prime minister David Cameron said.
Four unnamed British men who were said to have been in the compound during the siege have given interviews on Algerian television about their experience.
"I think they did a fantastic job," one man said. "I was very impressed with the Algerian army."
A second man said: "The gendarmes did a fantastic job. They kept us all nice and safe and fought off the bad guys."
The attack is a serious escalation of unrest in northwestern Africa, where French forces have been in Mali since last week fighting an Islamist takeover.
A local Algerian source said 100 of 132 foreign hostages had been freed from the facility. Some may be held hostage; others may still be hiding in the sprawling compound.
Two Japanese, two Britons and a French national were among the seven foreigners confirmed dead in the army's storming, the Algerian security source told Reuters. One British citizen was killed when the gunmen seized the hostages on Wednesday.
Those still unaccounted for today included 10 from Japan and eight Norwegians, according to their employers, and a number of Britons which Mr Cameron put at "significantly" less than 30.
The attackers had initially claimed to be holding 41 Western hostages. Some Westerners were able to evade capture by hiding.
They lived among hundreds of Algerian employees on the compound. The state news agency said the army had rescued 650 hostages in total, 573 of whom were Algerians.
"(The army) is still trying to achieve a 'peaceful outcome' before neutralising the terrorist group that is holed up in the (facility) and freeing a group of hostages that is still being held," it said, quoting a security source.
Multinational Insurgency
Algerian commanders said they moved in yesterday because the gunmen had demanded to be allowed to take their captives abroad.
The captors said their attack was a response to a French military offensive in neighbouring Mali. However, some US and European officials say the elaborate raid probably required too much planning to have been organised from scratch in the single week since France first launched its strikes.
Paris says the incident proves that its decision to fight Islamists in neighbouring Mali was necessary.
Al Qaeda-linked fighters, many with roots in Algeria and Libya, took control of northern Mali last year, prompting the French intervention in that poor African former colony.
The Algerian security source said only two of 11 militants whose bodies were found yesterday were Algerian, including the squad's leader. The others comprised three Egyptians, two Tunisians, two Libyans, a Malian and a Frenchman, he said.
US defence secretary Leon Panetta said those responsible would be hunted down: "Terrorists should be on notice that they will find no sanctuary, no refuge, not in Algeria, not in North Africa, not anywhere.... Those who would wantonly attack our country and our people will have no place to hide."
Warning of More Attacks
The kidnappers threatened more attacks and warned Algerians to stay away from foreign companies' installations, according to Mauritania's news agency ANI, which maintained contact with the group during the siege.
Hundreds of workers from international oil companies were evacuated from Algeria yesterday and many more will follow, said BP, which jointly ran the gas plant with Norway's Statoil and the Algerian state oil firm.
The overall commander of the kidnappers, Algerian officials said, was Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a one-eyed veteran of Afghanistan in the 1980s and Algeria's bloody civil war of the 1990s. He appears not to have been present.
Britain's Cameron, who warned people to prepare for bad news and who cancelled a major policy speech on Friday to deal with the situation, said he would have liked Algeria to have consulted before the raid. Japan made similar complaints.


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On Thursday, July 15, 2010, Nancy and I were driving to a Bolger family gathering the following day, in central Iowa. Iowa is our home territory, of course. We were born and raised in Coon Rapids, Iowa, north of I-80. In the years since we moved away from Iowa, we have always returned from the south, it seems. This trip, we were returning from visiting Annette and Larry in Utah, so we were coming in on I-80, via Omaha, in to West Des Moines.
What made it notable was, with all the familiar town names we saw along that stretch of highway, we had rarely actually approached the last fifty to hundred miles directly east on I-80 into West Des Moines, where we had our motel reservation.
Familiar names along the way, and related thoughts:
Minden - knew Methodist Church kids from there, from camp and MYF
Shelby - ice cream cones at gas station there in middle years
Harlan - Brother Jim worked there for a few years
Walnut - Nancy has ancestors who lived there - antiques - we went there for her to look for genealogy records once.
Atlantic and US 71 - often path to Carroll when we lived in Emporia
Wiota - girls basketball power, in the 40s - do they still have a school?
Anita - State Highway 148 - commonly used when we were going to Coon Rapids from Emporia
Adair - Adair County, Arbor Hill - Had Kinnick ancestors there
Greenfield - Paul and Dorothy Kinnick married there (my maternal grandparents)
Menlo - another town where MYF friends lived, active group
Stuart - where Grandma Dorothy Sorenson (Kinnick) lived when they first came over from Denmark - her mother is buried there.
Earlham - friend during governor Ray years lived there; had a meat packing operation
Madison County line - where are the covered bridges?
Van Meter - home town of Bob Feller, baseball pitcher
Waukee - used to be out in the country; now part of metro Des Moines
That is enough for a start. It gets me going. More to follow.
Oh, the memories! ;-)


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Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Hello Readers! I thought I'd post an update as it has been a few weeks. Without race reports and such I just don't have that much to blog about.
What's new? Well, summer vacation has come and gone! I went back to work on Monday. Every year the summer goes by more quickly. You know how that is. Time does fly by. I no longer wish for Friday as Friday is here before I know it.
I don't mind being back at work at all. Monday was actually a fun day as many of the students came in to pay their activity fees and I was able to catch up with them. Students won't be back until after Labor Day so I have a few weeks to get ready.
My Dear Tyler moved out at the end of July. Oh, talk about a heartbreak! As I was an emotional wreck all summer knowing the move was near but I was sure to tell Tyler that this is all working out perfectly. We want him to go to college, to be successful, to work, to be independent. That is just what he is doing; however, it is a change and I have difficulty with changes. I realized that I NEED to be NEEDED! I didn't raise needy boys but being needed is something that fulfills me. Something I can work on. Tyler is only 38 miles away, hello! I see him every week at least once or more and it is all working out perfectly. No More Tears as Ozzy would say..
On the bodybuilding endeavor..I'm 7 weeks out to the NPC Northstar. EEK! Workouts are going great. I'm lifting roughly an hour, 5 days a week. Running 5 miles a day in the AM and about 20 minutes of hills/sprints in the PM after I lift. My building phase is over, I have built some quality muscle and now the fat removal has begun! My body looks as if it belongs to two different people. My upper body is lean and my lower body is not! I've always held most of my fat in my butt/thighs and that certainly isn't changing.
I don't know if I can get the lower body lean in 7 weeks but I will try. I am doing my best and that is all that I can ask of myself. It's difficult to know how much cardio to complete as my body is completely accustomed to running and I don't know how much fat that is burning. My body is also used to eating low calories and performing well. Most BBrs are able to use cardio to burn the fat away as it is a new shock to the body. Mine, not so much.
I am posing each day, working on the mandatory poses. I haven't yet perfected which music I am going to use. Probably Metallica, music only, I don't think I want any words. Julia was very happy with my posing last Saturday. I have finally perfected the lat poses, which were my worse poses. I'll be adding auxiliary poses soon to create my night routine.
My suits are ordered. A plain black lycra for prejudging and a glitzy rhinestone covered one for evening. Fun!
Now that I am back to work my schedule has changed. Instead of running with Topaz on the trail each morning I'm running with him out on trail near home in the dark before work or getting on the treadmill for HIIT. After work I head home, pick up Troy, bring him back to school for football practice. Practice is 4 hours so I have plenty of time to head over to the gym to get my lift on, back home for another run session. This session either consists of hills/sprints or Topaz run. Home again for plenty of time to get dinner ready and head back into town to pick up Troy. It works! I am able to plan plenty of time to get everything in. My energy level is high.
My nutrition changes a bit every week. I make sure I am drinking 1.5-2 gallons of water each day. I eat every 3 hours, a protein and vegetable. Usually a ton of greens, cucumber, tomato, green pepper and chicken breast with olive oil and vinegar as my garden is at full peak now. Lots of fresh veggies! A few days a week I have oats, sweet potato or brown rice. I drink 1 or 2 protein shakes a day post workout and usually right before bed to get those last protein grams in for the days total.
That's about it. Thanks for the emails/comments wondering where I am. I am here and all is going well!
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Sunday, August 01, 2010
Lake Maria Trail Run
This morning Topaz and I headed off for Lake Maria State Park, just out of Monticello. I really enjoy running here. There aren't any people, there is an abundance of wildlife, plenty of water for Topaz to lay in and drink from. It's just a great place for a run.
The main trails are dirt, some crushed rock, no roots to speak of. It is not your Superior Hiking Trail, sad, but true. There is only one! Speaking of which, I will be heading up there next weekend for a run and I can't wait. I haven't been up on the SHT yet this summer.
Most of the grade here is rolling hills, lots of thick forests of maple and oak, some open areas. There are secondary trails that are grass-more like the deer trails at Afton State Park. I tend to become lost when I run upon those! I'll navigate them in the winter when I have on my snowshoes and can always come back the way I came :)
There are huge signs along the main trail that I can actually understand. I love that!
Today we spotted 6 deer, two of which were small fawn, three bald eagles, 1 fox and a wolf. Oh, and a huge group of turkeys..they flew up into the air as we rounded a corner, scaring the heck out of us. I screamed and Topaz cowered. It reminded me of the bird in the tree along the SHT, Beta Run, where I hit behind Pierre's leg!
Good times.
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Mauritius is magical – sparkling blue lagoon, white beaches, green heart, and more. This dream island has a spellbinding history that's best read from plates and glasses
Being a top chef is tough – always, even here on Mauritius. Beads of sweat gather on Michel de Matteis' brow and his voice betrays impatience. A little man dances in front of him, his eyes sparkling beneath his pirate's bandana, an octopus in his hands. This crazy scene is a price negotiation. "Too much, way too much," says Michel, 55, chef de cuisine at the elegant Royal Palm. Grabbing the old fisherman's catch by the tentacles, he squeezes, testing it, then lets it slip back into the tub of seawater. Splash. "Come on, let's keep going," the maître says to me. "We're looking for red grouper."
The best fish is found on Cap Malheureux, the Cape of Misfortune, at the rough north end of the island, where storms once tossed the colonial masters' ships onto the rocks and tons of sugar meant for export poured into the sea, sweetening the surf. The Indian Ocean is as smooth as a mirror today. A pair of newlyweds from China are having their picture taken with the belltower of the Notre Dame Auxiliatrice church. A honeymooners' paradise.
But the island nation is more than white beaches, blue ocean and scenery for braggarts on Facebook. Its 1.3 million inhabitants have a unique multicultural history, which ensures that every roadside snack becomes a tantalizing trip around the world. That's what I'd like to talk about.
The Portuguese arrived on the island in the early 16th century, found only jungle and sailed away again. The Dutch followed in 1598, intended to stay, but were chased away by pirates. In 1715, the French conquered Mauritius, stayed, founded the capital Port Louis and imported slaves from the African continent and Madagascar to work the sugar-cane plantations. The British took over in the early 19th century, abolished slavery – and hired nearly half a million workers from India instead. Mauritius gained independence in 1968 and is as colorful a nation as its flag.
Michel strides toward me, his gold chain swinging. He's holding some kind of perch the length of his forearm and as red as the chapel roof. "I love this fish. It has such a subtle taste." Michel speaks the language of a Michelin-starred chef and follows every food-scene development in his native France even though he's been in Mauritius for 13 years. What made him come? "I was cooking in Monaco: stiff collar, stiff cuisine, one Michelin star. After the first one, you want a second, after the second, a third. All you get is a heart attack."
The offer from the Royal Palm came at just the right time, but the entire first year was a learning experience "I had to get to know Mauritius. The fish, the spices, the cuisine. It was a difficult time but also the beginning of a love affair."
The affair is ongoing. Michel heads back to his team which is prepping the dinner. Tonight, he will serve a black tiger shrimp rougaille – his version of the island's Creole dish. And the red grouper he stood waiting for beneath the hot sun? He'll also throw that into the pan.
I drive along the coast to Mon Choisy, the most beautiful beach in the north. The branches of the casuarina pines seem to reach for the water, and in their shadow, I spot the islanders: Hindu girls in magnificent saris, giggling; elderly Muslims enjoying a smoke; Creole rasta boys smirking, their eyes never leaving the Hindu girls. Everyone is picnicking because that's what you do on Sunday on Mauritius. "And attend church, of course," says Nina Sansquartier, 68. Dressed in a sleeveless blouse and pleated skirt and sitting on a colorful blanket, she's shovelling biryani, a spicy rice dish, from a giant pot onto a dozen plates. The food is for her extended family of about 40.
First church, then off to the beach. Picnics are all part of the Sunday round
"We're Creole Christians on a pilgrimage," explains Nina, "and there's no chicken in my biryani because of Lent." The Sansquartiers have visited 14 different churches in their rusty yellow bus today. Inside, some of Nina's offspring have been performing any number of Bob Marley cover songs. He's great for that.
"Buffalo Soldier" marches tirelessly through my head as I make my way to the island's economic hub and engine of creativity, Port Louis. The capital (population 150 000) is buzzing with energy. I sit down on a bench in front of the Blue Penny Museum. Behind the thick walls of this colonial building lie the world-famous blue and red Mauritius Post Office stamps – paper-thin and worth millions.
Stamp collectors flock here from around the world, three quarters of them from Germany, but I'm not one of them. I'm more interested in meeting the historian Shakti Callikan, 36 – half Indian and half French, and very beautiful, too. "Most tourists to Mauritius spend all day on the beach and never leave their hotels. The only local people they meet are the pool boy or the waiter." She wants to change that with her small MyMoris agency. Over the next few hours, I will have a chance to see, feel and most of all taste the real Mauritius.
Amina, 60, has yellow teeth and a broad grin, and makes the best roti in town: paper-thin flatbread filled with thick curry and water spinach. She has been cooking, baking and smiling beneath the tower of the Jummah Mosque for the last ten years. "Around 17 percent of the islanders are Muslim," says Shakti as I chew. After Hindus (52 percent) and Christians (30 percent), they're the third-largest religious group on this island of Eden.
The Indian Muslims of Port Louis have been trading in spices for generations. Lentils and chili peppers of every possible color are displayed on 19th-century wooden shelves in shops hidden behind black basalt walls. Shakti introduces me to Abdullah Ibrahim, 82. What do you sell, Abdullah? "Rice, flour and oil." How long has your family been doing this? "For four generations. I was born in this shop." And how is business? "Bad. Taxes are high, and people don't have the money to buy things." The old man returns to his ledgers.
Because Mauritius is an island, it has to import a large portion of its food supplies and that drives prices up. And because the European Union has abolished export subsidies, sugar cane has gone from being a lucrative export to dead stock. In an attempt to branch into other industries, the government is building a "cybercity" just outside Port Louis in hopes of attracting start-ups. What about tourism? "Most hotels are foreign-owned," says Shakti, "so a good share of the profits flows out of the country."
We wander up Queen Street past street vendors – the smell of roasted peanuts fills the air. Stepping through a red gate, we find ourselves in China Town. "The first Chinese arrived around 1820, when Port Louis harbor began growing in importance," Shakti explains. Now, some three percent of the islanders are of Chinese origin.
Shakti guides me down a narrow corrider into which three tables and a tiny food stand have been squeezed. Miss Yong, 60, rules here with an iron hand. She doesn't want to talk – "No, no, no!," but sets down many, many plates of food. Fried noodles, dim sum with chicken in a rich broth, sweet sesame dumplings: Cantonese food in the middle of the Indian Ocean. "There are also advantages to prices being high," says Shakti. "People appreciate good souls like Miss Yong, who serve delicious but inexpensive food." The islanders will only eat at a U.S. burger chain "on special occasions," says Shakti, laughing, herself included. But not, of course, Miss Yong.
Highway M2 circles the island like a gray ribbon on a green carpet. I drive south, no – I creep south. All hell appears to have broken loose on this road. Half a million Hindu pilgrims are heading to the Grand Bassin, a small crater lake near the village of Le Pétrin. The word is that the lake is connected to the Ganges River underground, and so its waters are sacred. Quite a theory, I think to myself, but the semi-nude young men on the road in front of me are convinced that this is true. So, with a five-meter-tall statue of the god Shiva hoisted on their shoulders, they march along in the midday heat, singing. Their faith is evidently a jolly one.
The Chamarel Rum Distillery buildings at the foot of the 828-meter Piton de la Petite Rivière Noire appear painted onto the plain. The estate is alive with the spirit of the old sugar barons but without the cruelty of slavery, of course. Sugar cane is still cut by hand, a backbreaking chore, but today it's called "organically grown." Dany Ramsami, 41, stands among the copper kettles and brass pipes in a blue shirt and crewcut, sniffing the contents of a glass. He smiles. "Organic rum: This is our top product. It's double-distilled and aged for six years in oak barrels from Bordeaux." Only 800 bottles are produced each year, and annual production comes to a good 180 000 liters.
Of this, 80 percent is sold domestically and only 20 percent bottled for export. Compared to giant rum manufacturers like Bacardi, this is a tiny business. "We're more interested in quality than quantity," explains Dany, adding, "the worldwide organic trend is a big help, of course – orders from Europe are increasing all the time."
Almost half of Mauritius is devoted to growing sugar cane, and most of the plantations are near the coast. But to produce good rum, it's important for the cane to grow tall, as it does here in this hilly, 70-hectare plantation on the edge of the Black River Gorges National Park. I survey the armada of bottles before me. There's white Chamarel rum with a hint of bananas, and brown rum that has been enriched with coffee aromas. Dany says I have to sample them all.
As my sight begins to cloud, I decide it's high time for some food. Fortunately, there's a restaurant right next door to the distillery. It's called L'Alchimist and serves creative island food. Shall I once again order rougaille, that fantastic stew full of wonderful things plus lots and lots of garlic? I decide to opt for roast wild pork served with pumpkin mousse and a rich gravy, instead – a delicous example of Creole cuisine, poetry for the palate.
Mark Twain once said something that every marketing brochure should contain: "God first made Mauritius, and from it he created Paradise." Twain was brilliant and said lots of things worth quoting, but this is obviously nonsense. Adam could never have bitten into the apple on Mauritius because apples aren't native to this island.
What to see and do in Mauritius
La Goélette
At the restaurant of the luxury Royal Palm Hotel, head chef Michel de Matteis serves up a glorious blend of island and French haute cuisine. Don't miss his fiery tandoori lobster.
My Moris Tours
Shakti Callikan and Maya de Salle-Essoo know the real Mauritius well. Their excellent tours take visitors to food stalls, markets, tea rooms and artisans' workshops.
Flying Dodo Brewing Company
Named after a famously extinct bird, this brewery is very much alive and producing the best craft beer in the Indian Ocean. Beer hunter Oscar Olsen invites brewmasters from around the world to Mauritius.
Dinarobin Hotel
This five-star hotel lies at the foot of Le Morne Brabant mountain. If lounging on the beach does not appeal, there's a wide selection of water sports as well as golf to pass the time. The spa is one of the best on the island.


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7 comments:
Thank you so much for sharing your story. I have looked forward to each posting.
Very best to you and your family,
- October 16, 2010
Thankyou for sharing, a man of integrity, you were very lucky to have him
- October 16, 2010
Bill, it's been an honor to get to know your grandfather and your father.
You are blessed to have had both of them.... and WE are blessed to share their stories and get insights into your heart. I can only guess how hard this entry has been to write... but hope it isn't the last.
Please consider continuing this blog in some way - do you have any idea of what happened with some of Harry's comrades? Perhaps your grandfather shared thoughts on world or British events after the war? Just a thought....
Gratefully, Linda H-F near San Francisco, California, USA
- October 16, 2010
I've been silent but still guarding the blog!
I realize the end is inevitable but I think the last installment should be you: your childhood, school, Sundhurst, your job as engineer and teacher, not private facts, of course, but your life as a consequence of THOSE parents and ancestors.
I launch an idea: put a date for next summer for a meeting of the blog followers at Asiago. It sounds difficult but great!
Rocco & Fulvia, Verena, Margherita and Federico (we all remember you)
- October 18, 2010
Bill, I check nearly every day and was so happy to see Installment 4 posted. I can almost hear/see you crying as you type your words. I remember my father in the same way so I think I can relate. Please let me know if you ever make it to Chicago...dinner is on me. Rich Traub
- October 18, 2010
We will never be able to thank you adequately for the time, effort and love you put into telling your grandfather's story through the many letters saved by Jack and Kate; but perhaps knowing that we have awaited every letter with great anticipation tells you something about how appreciative we are. I suspect most of us actually learned more than we had ever known about this truly mystifying war, thanks to Harry; I know I was prompted to delve into it's cause and effect. Ironically, according to news reports, WWI was officially over just one week ago, when Germany paid it's last reparation payment to France, 92 years after the end of the conflict.
My husband, an avid fly fisherman himself, felt an immediate comradeship with your father and was fascinated with his Hardy fishing rod. You are welcome in the flyfishing streams of Idaho. Bring your father's rod and we can take you to Silver Creek, a wonderful Trout fishing stream near Sun Valley.
Boise, Idaho, USA
- October 23, 2010
- Kitten said...
Thanks Dad!
That is all I have to say, just good to be able to know about the family's history, honestly and completely....I agree with the comment from Rocco - tell the readers about Sandhurts and Wellbeck! About George and all your other interesting friends!!
- November 13, 2010


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From the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Ehrlichiosis is the general name used to describe several bacterial diseases that affect animals and humans. Human ehrlichiosisis a disease caused by at least three different ehrlichial species in the United States: Ehrlichia chaffeensis, Ehrlichia ewingii, and a third Ehrlichia species provisionally called Ehrlichia muris-like (EML). Ehrlichiae are transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected tick. The lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) is the primary vector of both Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii in the United States. Typical symptomsinclude: fever, headache, fatigue, and muscle aches. Usually, these symptoms occur within 1-2 weeks following a tick bite. Ehrlichios is diagnosed based on symptoms, clinical presentation, and later confirmed with specialized laboratory tests. The first line treatment for adults and children of all ages is doxycycline. Ehrlichiosis and other tickborne diseases can be prevented .
In the United States, the term "ehrlichiosis" may be broadly applied to several different infections. Ehrlichia chaffeensis and Ehrlichia ewingii are transmitted by the lonestar tick in the southeastern and southcentral United States. In addition, a third Ehrlichia species provisionally called Ehrlichia muris-like (EML) has been identified in a small number of patients residing in or traveling to Minnesota and Wisconsin; a tick vector for the EML organism has not yet been established. The symptoms caused by infection with these Ehrlichia species usually develop 1-2 weeks after being bitten by an infected tick. The tick bite is usually painless, and about half of the people who develop ehrlichiosis may not even remember being bitten by a tick.
The following is a list of symptoms commonly seen with this disease, however, it is important to note that the combination of symptoms varies greatly from person to person.
- Fever
- Headache
- Chills
- Malaise
- Muscle pain
- Nausea / Vomiting / Diarrhea
- Confusion
- Conjunctival injection (red eyes)
- Rash (in up to 60% of children, less than 30% of adults)
Ehrlichiosis is a serious illness that can be fatal if not treated correctly, even in previously healthy people. Severe clinical presentations may include difficulty breathing, or bleeding disorders. The estimated case fatality rate (i.e. the proportion of persons who die as a result of their infection) is 1.8%. Patients who are treated early may recover quickly on outpatient medication, while those who experience a more severe course may require intravenous antibiotics, prolonged hospitalization or intensive care.
Skin rash is not considered a common feature of ehrlichiosis, and should not be used to rule in or rule out an infection. Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection can cause a rash in up to 60% of children, but is reported in fewer than 30% of adults. Rash is not commonly reported in patients infected with Ehrlichia ewingii or the Ehrlichia muris-like organism. The rash associated with Ehrlichia chaffeensis infection may range from maculopapular to petechial in nature, and is usually not pruritic (itchy). The rash usually spares the face, but in some cases may spread to the palms and soles. A type of rash called erythroderma may develop in some patients. Erythroderma is a type of rash that resembles a sunburn and consists of widespread reddening of the skin that may peel after several days. Some patients may develop a rash that resembles the rash of Rocky Mountain spotted fever making these two diseases difficult to differentiate on the basis of clinical signs alone.
Immune-compromised Individuals
The severity of ehrlichiosis may depend in part on the immune status of the patient. Persons with compromised immunity caused by immunosuppressive therapies (e.g., corticosteroids , cancer chemotherapy, or longterm immunosuppressive therapy following organ transplant), HIV infection, or splenectomy appear to develop more severe disease, and may also have higher case-fatality rates (i.e. the proportion of patients that die from infection.)
Blood Transfusion and Organ Transplant Risks Associated with Ehrlichiaspecies
Because Ehrlichia organisms infect the white blood cells and circulate in the blood stream, these pathogens may pose a risk to be transmitted through blood transfusions. Ehrlichia chaffeensis has been shown to survive for more than a week in refrigerated blood. Several instances of suspected E. chaffeensis transmission through solid organ transplant have been investigated, although to date no cases have been confirmed that can be attributed to this route of transmission. Patients who develop ehrlichiosis within a month of receiving a blood transfusion or solid organ transplant should be reported to state health officials for prompt investigation. Use of leukoreduced blood products may theoretically decrease the risk of transfusion-associated transmission of these pathogens. However, the filtration process does not remove all leukocytes or bacteria not associated with leukocytes from leukoreduced blood; therefore, this process may not eliminate the risk completely.
For more in-depth information about signs and symptoms of ehrlichiosis
The diagnosis of ehrlichiosis must be made based on clinical signs and symptoms, and can later be confirmed using specialized confirmatory laboratory tests. Treatment should never be delayed pending the receipt of laboratory test results, or be withheld on the basis of an initial negative laboratory result.
Physician Diagnosis
There are several aspects of ehrlichiosis that make it challenging for healthcare providers to diagnose and treat. The symptoms vary from patient to patient and can be difficult to distinguish from other diseases. Treatment is more likely to be effective if started early in the course of disease. Diagnostic tests based on the detection of antibodies will frequently be negative in the first 7-10 days of illness.
For this reason, healthcare providers must use their judgment to treat patients based on clinical suspicion alone. Healthcare providers may find important information in the patient's history and physical examination that may aid clinical suspicion. Information such as recent tick bites, exposure to areas where ticks are likely to be found, or history of recent travel to areas where ehrlichiosis is endemic can be helpful in making the diagnosis. The healthcare provider should also look at routine blood tests, such as a complete blood cell count or a chemistry panel. Clues such as a low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), low white blood cell count (leukopenia), or elevated liver enzyme levels are helpful predictors of ehrlichiosis, but may not be present in all patients depending on the course of the disease. After a suspect diagnosis is made on clinical suspicion and treatment has begun, specialized laboratory testing should be used to confirm the diagnosis of ehrlichiosis.
Laboratory Detection
During the acute phase of illness, a sample of whole blood can be tested by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay to determine if a patient has ehrlichiosis. This method is most sensitive in the first week of illness, and quickly decreases in sensitivity following the administration of appropriate antibiotics. Although a positive PCR result is helpful, a negative result does not completely rule out the diagnosis.
During the first week of illness a microscopic examination of blood smears (known as a peripheral blood smear) may reveal morulae (microcolonies of ehrlichiae) in the cytoplasm of white blood cells in up to 20% of patients.
The type of blood cell in which morulae are observed may provide insight into the infecting species: E. chaffeensis most commonly infects monocytes, whereas E. ewingii more commonly infect granulocytes. However, the observance of morulae in a particular cell type cannot conclusively identify the infecting species. Culture isolation of Ehrlichia is only available at specialized laboratories; routine hospital blood cultures cannot detect Ehrlichia.
When a person develops ehrlichiosis, their immune system produces antibodies to the Ehrlichia, with detectable antibody titers usually observed by 7-10 days after illness onset. It is important to note that antibodies are not detectable in the first week of illness in 85% of patients, and a negative test during this time does not rule out ehrlichiosis as a cause of illness.
The gold standard serologic test for diagnosis of ehrlichiosis is the indirect immunofluorescence assay (IFA) using E. chaffeensis antigen, performed on paired serum samples to demonstrate a significant (four-fold) rise in antibody titers. The first sample should be taken as early in the disease as possible, preferably in the first week of symptoms, and the second sample should be taken 2 to 4 weeks later. In most cases of ehrlichiosis, the first IgG IFA titer is typically low, or "negative," and the second typically shows a significant (four-fold) increase in IgG antibody levels. IgM antibodies usually rise at the same time as IgG near the end of the first week of illness and remain elevated for months or longer. Also, IgM antibodies are less specific than IgG antibodies and more likely to result in a false positive. For these reasons, physicians requesting IgM serologic titers should also request a concurrent IgG titer.
Serologic tests based on enzyme immunoassay (EIA) technology are available from some commercial laboratories. However, EIA tests are qualitative rather than quantitative, meaning they only provide a positive/negative result, and are less useful to measure changes in antibody titers between paired specimens. Furthermore, some EIA assays rely on the evaluation of IgM antibody alone, which may have a higher frequency of false positive results.
Antibodies to E. chaffeensis may remain elevated for months or longer after the disease has resolved, or may be detected in persons who were previously exposed to antigenically related organisms. Up to 12% of currently healthy people in some areas may have elevated antibody titers due to past exposure to Ehrlichia species or similar organisms. Therefore, if only one sample is tested it can be difficult to interpret, while paired samples taken weeks apart demonstrating a significant (four-fold) rise in antibody titer provides the best evidence for a correct diagnosis of ehrlichiosis.
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Doxycycline is the first line treatment for adults and children of all ages and should be initiated immediately whenever ehrlichiosis is suspected.
Use of antibiotics other than doxycycline and other tetracyclines is associated with a higher risk of fatal outcome for some rickettsial infections. Doxycycline is most effective at preventing severe complications from developing if it is started early in the course of disease. Therefore, treatment must be based on clinical suspicion alone and should always begin before laboratory results return.
If the patient is treated within the first 5 days of the disease, fever generally subsides within 24-72 hours. In fact, failure to respond to doxycycline suggests that the patient's condition might not be due to ehrlichiosis. Severely ill patients may require longer periods before their fever resolves. Resistance to doxcycline or relapses in symptoms after the completion of the recommended course have not been documented.
Recommended Dosage
Doxycycline is the first line treatment for adults and children of all ages:
- Adults: 100 mg every 12 hours
- Children under 45 kg (100 lbs): 2.2 mg/kg body weight given twice a day
Patients should be treated for at least 3 days after the fever subsides and until there is evidence of clinical improvement. Standard duration of treatment is 7 to 14 days. Some patients may continue to experience headache, weakness and malaise for weeks after adequate treatment.
Treating children
The use of doxycycline to treat suspected ehrlichiosis in children is standard practice recommended by both CDC and the AAP Committee on Infectious Diseases. Unlike older generations of tetracyclines, the recommended dose and duration of medication needed to treat ehrlichiosis has not been shown to cause staining of permanent teeth, even when five courses are given before the age of eight. Healthcare providers should use doxycycline as the first-line treatment for suspected ehrlichiosis in patients of all ages.
Other Treatments
In cases of life threatening allergies to doxycycline and in some pregnant patients for whom the clinical course of ehrlichiosis appears mild, physicians may need to consider alternate antibiotics. Although recommended as a second-line therapeutic alternative to treat Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), chloramphenicol is not recommended for the treatment of either ehrlichiosis or anaplasmosis, as studies have shown a lack of efficacy. Rifampin appears effective against Ehrlichia in laboratory settings. However, rifampin is not effective in treating RMSF, a disease that may be confused with ehrlichiosis. Healthcare providers should be cautious when exploring treatments other than doxycycline, which is highly effective in treating both. Other antibiotics, including broad spectrum antibiotics are not considered highly effective against ehrlichiosis, and the use of sulfa drugs during acute illness may worsen the severity of infection.
Prophylaxis (Preventive Treatment)
Antibiotic treatment following a tick bite is not recommended as a means to prevent ehrlichiosis. There is no evidence this practice is effective, and this may simply delay onset of disease. Instead, persons who experience a tick bite should be alert for symptoms suggestive of tickborne illness and consult a physician if fever, rash, or other symptoms of concern develop.
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Other Considerations
The clinical presentation for ehrlichiosis can resemble other tickborne diseases, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and anaplasmosis. Similar to ehrlichiosis, these infections respond well to treatment with doxycycline. Healthcare providers should order diagnostic tests for additional agents if the clinical history and geographic association warrant.


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Could partisanship get worse? It just did
WASHINGTON — If you thought the partisan warfare in Washington couldn't get any worse, think again.
It just did.
The drive Thursday by Senate Democrats to change the rules for confirmation of most judicial and executive-branch appointments brought a volley of invective — Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul called Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid "a big bully," for one — and instantly seemed to harden party divisions. Democrats were defiant and Republicans outraged in a showdown that will affect other issues and could further sour the tone of politics beyond the Senate floor.
For years, first Republicans and then Democrats have threatened to use the "nuclear option," a procedural change to filibuster rules designed to undercut the power of a minority of senators to block the majority. On the superpower theory of Mutually Assured Destruction — that is, if you use the most powerful weapon against your enemy, your enemy will use it against you — neither side had ever deployed it.
But after an angry and sometimes sarcastic exchange on the Senate floor Thursday between Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Democrats voted for detonation. By 52-48, they revised the rules so only 51 votes would be required to confirm non-Supreme Court judicial nominees and executive-branch appointees. Until now, opponents could use a filibuster to force supporters to muster 60 votes.
The move represents the most fundamental change in Senate procedure in decades.
STORY: U.S. Senate goes 'nuclear' on filibuster rules
Every Republican voted against the new rule. Three Democrats joined them: Sen. Mark Pryor of Arkansas, Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan.
"It's time to change the Senate before the institution becomes obsolete," Reid, a Nevada Democrat, declared on the Senate floor. Underscoring the seriousness of the debate, nearly all 100 senators were seated at their desks, something that happens only during the most momentous of occasions.
"You'll regret this, and you might regret it even sooner than you think," McConnell, a Kentucky Republican, replied in his remarks.
The immediate matter at hand was the GOP's decision to block three nominations by President Obama to the influential D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. Republicans refused to confirm Robert Wilkins, Nina Pillard and Patricia Millett not on grounds of their qualifications or even ideology but because they argued the court's workload doesn't demand more judges. That stance also happened to preserve a partisan division on the court that tended to favor Republicans.
"Enough is enough," Obama told reporters at the White House, applauding the vote. "This isn't obstruction on substance, on qualifications. It's just to gum up the works." He noted that use of the filibusters to block confirmations had exploded in recent years. Twenty of his U.S. District Court nominees have faced filibusters, compared with just three before he took office.
The broader issue is government gridlock generally, in the Senate and the House. A study this fall by the Pew Research Center found the current Congress on track to be one of the least productive in modern times in terms of substantive legislation enacted.
The Senate, which has long fashioned itself the world's greatest deliberative body, is an institution that has long been defined by its rules and the power it gives to the minority to resist a rush to judgment (the positive
This time, Democrats changed the rules through a series of procedural maneuvers that involved mustering a simple majority, not the 60 votes a filibuster would have required. That bit of parliamentary legerdemain drew as many brickbats from Senate Republicans as the substantive issue at hand.
In the past, last-minute negotiations by Senate graybeards, including Arizona Sen. John McCain, have reached deals that averted such a vote. On Thursday, there was no last-ditch reprieve. During the vote, McCain talked to reporters just outside the chamber. "They will pay a very, very heavy price for it," he said.
The new rules made an exception for nominations to the Supreme Court, which would still have to meet the 60-vote hurdle. But maybe not for long.
Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, scolded Democrats in a speech on the Senate floor after the vote. "The silver lining is that there will come a day when the roles are reversed," he said. "When that happens, our side will likely nominate and confirm lower court and Supreme Court nominees with 51 votes."
There will be fallout ahead.
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