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The Nez Perces' successful deliverance up Canyon
Creek Canyon after the fight with Colonel Sturgis enabled them to reach
the high plains that rolled gently away to the Musselshell River,
twenty-five miles north. They probably camped the night of September 13
in the area of present-day Molt, Montana, and Big Lake Basin before
traversing the open ground and multiple tributaries to reach the area of
modern Lavina, where they turned west to about where Ryegate is today.
There they forded the Musselshell and continued toward the Big Snowy
Mountains. The trek was not easy, given their depleted condition and
loss of horses coming out of the Canyon Creek encounter, and the pursuit
by Sturgisand especially by the Crow scoutsmade it even
worse. Some Nez Perces later claimed that after Canyon Creek Joseph
began to exude more authority than heretofore; that his assertiveness
increased measurably as the tribesmen left Sturgis farther behind and
they became more confident that they would reach Canada safely; and
that, as the intratribal unity that had been born of the common threat
and danger began to fray, disputes and disharmony broke out with greater
frequency. [1]
Sturgis started on the trail with pack mules at dawn
on the fourteenth, and early into the day's march, a large party of 150
Crows caught up with the command. [2] They
were "gaudily arrayed in war costume, but more eager for Nez Perce
ponies than for Nez Perce blood," wrote the colonel. [3] Because their own horses were so fresh,
Sturgis sent them ahead, hopeful that they might catch the tribesmen and
somehow hold them until the troops arrived. The scouts raced forward,
but were unable to stop the Nez Perces. They did harass them
sufficiently to cause them to abandon about four hundred more ponies
(some that were recovered proved to be mules taken from Howard's command
at Camas Meadows), and, joined by some Bannocks, they kept up a running
skirmish with the Indians' rear guard that resulted in their killing
five Nez Perces. [4] Also, on the
fifteenth, the Crows and Bannocks tried unsuccessfully to cut off and
capture the families, but were prevented by the Nez Perce guards. "My
heart was just like fire," recalled Yellow Wolf.
I do not understand how the Crows could think to help
the soldiers. They were fighting against their best friends! Some Nez
Perces in our band had helped them whip the Sioux who came against them
only a few snows before [in 1874]. This is why Chief Looking Glass had
advised going to the Crows, to the buffalo country. He thought Crows
would help us. [5]
I do not understand how the Crows could think to help
the soldiers. They were fighting against their best friends! Some Nez
Perces in our band had helped them whip the Sioux who came against them
only a few snows before [in 1874]. This is why Chief Looking Glass had
advised going to the Crows, to the buffalo country. He thought Crows
would help us. [5]
The moving encounter with the Crows, coming on the
heels of the Canyon Creek engagement in which those scouts had appeared,
must have confirmed to the Nez Perce hierarchy the propriety of finally
adapting their course toward the British Possessions. [6] Theodore Goldin witnessed the distant
affair and years later recollected what he saw:
The Crows had come up with a considerable body of the
enemy and were hotly engaging them near the edge of a belt of timber,
but the fighting seemed to be at fairly long range. As we watched the
fight, still spurring forward with the hope that we might soon have a
part in it, we were surprised to see the Nez Perces ride out of the
timber in almost perfect line of battle formation; there were possibly a
couple of hundred of them and for some distance they moved forward in
what appeared to be perfect alignment, then the two flanks opened out
into a perfect skirmish line with the seeming purpose of flanking the
Crows. This style of fighting was too much for our allies; they couldn't
understand it, and as practically all of them were young warriors, they
fired a few hasty shots and then broke and fell back in great confusion.
In fact by far the larger part of them kept on falling back until they
reached the reservation miles away. [7]
The Crows had come up with a considerable body of the
enemy and were hotly engaging them near the edge of a belt of timber,
but the fighting seemed to be at fairly long range. As we watched the
fight, still spurring forward with the hope that we might soon have a
part in it, we were surprised to see the Nez Perces ride out of the
timber in almost perfect line of battle formation; there were possibly a
couple of hundred of them and for some distance they moved forward in
what appeared to be perfect alignment, then the two flanks opened out
into a perfect skirmish line with the seeming purpose of flanking the
Crows. This style of fighting was too much for our allies; they couldn't
understand it, and as practically all of them were young warriors, they
fired a few hasty shots and then broke and fell back in great confusion.
In fact by far the larger part of them kept on falling back until they
reached the reservation miles away. [7]
Following far behind, Sturgis's officers also caught
glimpses through their field glasses of the Nez Perce procession moving
far ahead of their rear guard. During the march, the troops came across
the bodies of two dead Indians on the trail, evidently having died of
wounds received the previous day.
After making about thirty-five miles, by nightfall
Sturgis's soldiers were so fatigued that men and horses were strewn over
the back trail for ten miles, with at least one-third afoot. "Captain
Bendire's detachment," reported Sturgis, ". . . did not arrive in camp
until late at night, with every officer and man on foot." [8] That evening a courier brought orders for
Howard's troops to return to the Yellowstone, and next day Major Sanford
with Bendire's company (along with Fisher and his scouts, whose
one-month enlistment time had expired) started back while Sturgis with
the Seventh Cavalry pushed ahead to the Musselshell, which they reached
on Saturday, September 15. By then, the condition of the horses and the
men had become so critical that Sturgis decided he could go no farther.
The men had been on half rations for the past few days and now were
reduced to eating pony meat. Ninety-three of the Seventh's horses had
been lost, either killed in the fighting, wounded and abandoned, or
played out and abandoned on the trail, leaving an equal number of the
men dismounted. Compounding this, a painful hoof disease appeared among
the remaining cavalry mounts, making them too sick to carry their
riders, most of whom had themselves become too weak even to walk. [9] "Under these circumstances," declared
Sturgis, "I felt compelled to suspend further pursuit, in order that
both men and animals might rest, and the troops provide themselves with
game until our supplies [en route by wagon from Fort Ellis] should
overtake us." [10] He sent a letter to
Howard notifying him that the Nez Perces were heading toward the Judith
Basin and that he was reluctantly abandoning "a hopeless pursuit before
my horses are completely destroyed." [11]
The fact that the Nez Perces faced similar afflictions with the loss of
even more of their horses, and that he believed that they, too, would
commensurately slow their progress after the troops stopped pushing
them, made Sturgis's decision all the more palatable. On the nineteenth,
the colonel's adjutant read aloud an order acknowledging his men for
their hard service"a bombastic card of thanks," recalled one Seventh
cavalryman. [12] Sturgis remained in camp
on the Musselshell and one of its tributaries until September 22, during
which period his men continued to subsist on pony, mule, and buffalo
meat, along with locally available buffalo berries, "which we broke off
in great clusters as we rode under the trees that bore them," remembered
Redington. "Those berries are certainly the best puckerers on earth.
They put on a pucker that never comes off." [13]
While Sturgis rested his troops on the Musselshell,
General Howard with his own force moved to catch up. On learning by
courier of Sturgis's encounter on Canyon Creek, Howard left his command
near Rocky Creek in charge of Major Mason and rode thirty-five miles
through the night with fifty mounted men, reaching the battlefield on
the morning of the fourteenth after Sturgis had departed in his pursuit
of the tribesmen. He notified Sturgis that he expected supplies from
Fort Ellis and that he had brought forward five hundred pounds of
freshly slaughtered beef for Sturgis's men. Howard then sent to the
Bighorn Post (Fort Custer) for supplies for his own troops, and after
the balance of his command got in (including the troops sent back by
Sturgis), he started with the Canyon Creek wounded down the Yellowstone
to Pompey's Pillar on September 17. From there, two days later, the
column started north over the prairie, reached the Musselshell on the
twentieth, and marching west joined Sturgis the next day. [14]
With the certainty that Colonel Miles would march
diagonally northwest from the Tongue River Cantonment based on the
information contained in Howard's September twelfth dispatch, Howard and
Sturgis continued purposefully to slow their pace, thereby causing the
Nez Perces to correspondingly decrease their own rate of advance,
ultimately to the benefit of Miles's movement. (Although most evidence
for this purposeful delay by Howard and Sturgis appeared in writings and
documents filed after the fact of most of the Nez Perces'
containment and surrender at Bear's Paw, there is indeed pre-Bear's Paw
documentation to support it. However, all contemporary evidence suggests
that their troops and animals were likely too severely fatigued to
continue the march even had they been disposed otherwise, and that the
intended delay was more of a happy coincidence. [15]) With Sturgis's soldiers now constituting
a part of Howard's command, and the supplies from Fort Ellis having
arrived, the weary troops crossed the Musselshell on the twenty-second
and plodded their way west, up Careless Creek toward Judith Gap, amid
rumors that their campaigning was at an end. "The latest scheme for our
return," wrote Captain Stephen P. Jocelyn, ". . . is to march from here
north to the Missouri River at the mouth of the Musselshell. There or at
Fort Peck (east down the river) we take steamer to Omaha." [16] Grazing the animals was difficult because
the buffalo herds the troops had seen there in August had eaten almost
all the grass. On the twenty-fourth, the men moved eight miles to Elk
Creek, and next day skirted the Big Snowy Mountains and entered the
Judith Basin. There the scouts came on a recently vacated camp of River
Crows with several dead inhabitants lying around; according to
Redington, it was the village of Dumb Bull, upon which the Nez Perces
had taken vengeance on September 21 by attacking, wrecking their
property, taking their dried meat, and running off their ponies. [17] Reaching Beaver Creek on September 26,
Howard next day sent Major Sanford's four First Cavalry companies
homeward, believing that Sturgis's Seventh companies would suffice for
the duration of operations. [18]
Also on the twenty-seventh, a courier brought word
that the Nez Perces had crossed the Missouri at Cow Island. Deeming it
no longer necessary to follow directly on the trail, Howard now
determined to get to the Missouri River and find a steamer to transport
him upstream. Over the succeeding four days, Howard's column followed
the road to the trading settlement of Carroll City, located on the south
side of the Missouri about twenty miles above the mouth of the
Musselshell. There he learned of Miles's movement from the Tongue, and
on October 1, the general and one hundred foot soldiers boarded the
steamer Benton and started for Cow Island, forty miles west,
resolved to there pick up the Nez Perces' trail; the rest of his command
would remain with Sturgis at Carroll pending Howard's further
communication with Miles. "The plan is to turn over the closing of the
campaign to Miles and then start for home," wrote Major Mason. [19]
Cow Island, situated in the Missouri River about 120
miles downstream from the river port of Fort Benton, served as the head
of navigation during low-water each autumn. Cow Island, in fact, in 1877
comprised two large islands (both extensively covered with cottonwoods)
and several smaller ones, located in a major bend on the south side of
the stream. The width of the river to include the islands was
approximately twenty-two hundred feet, although the navigable channel
spanned only about five hundred feet. Across from the island proper, on
the north bank of the river and west of the mouth of Cow Creek, stood
Cow Island Landing, where steamboat cargoes were unloaded to await
delivery upstream by freight wagons to Fort Benton for military and
commercial use. A road paralleled Cow Creek to ascend the pine-dotted
bluffs leading from the canyon to the open benchlands north of the
Missouri. South of the river, the bluffs rose sharply in similar
fashion, but without access to the river.
During the summer of 1877, a civil engineer unit
upstream from Cow Island was working to remove obstructions and
stabilize the river channel at Dauphin Rapids, near the mouth of the
Judith River. Company B, Seventh Infantry, from Fort Benton, served as
guard to the engineers. On August 18, a detail of men started for Cow
Island to guard commissary supplies. No permanent buildings stood at the
landing, only tents surrounded by a drainage ditch, approximately two
and one-half feet deep, with its excavated dirt thrown outward forming
an embankment that could double as an entrenchment in an emergency. The
tents and ditch stood about four hundred feet upstream from the landing
area above the mouth of Cow Creek. [20] By
the afternoon of September 23, when several hundred Nez Perces appeared
on the south bank, [21] the garrison at the
landing numbered twelve men in the charge of Sergeant William Molchert,
who had been sent down from the project just a day earlier to obtain
additional rations from the army stores located there, plus four
civilian disbursing clerks who represented the freighting interests in
the region. One of them was Michael Foley, chief clerk for the agent of
the Josephine line of steamboats, Colonel George Clendenin, Jr.,
a breveted former Union army officer. [22]
Fifty tons of government and commercial freight lay under tarpaulins at
the landing awaiting shipment by wagon to remote corners of the
territory, including Deer Lodge, Missoula, Helena, and Fort Shaw.


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12 Tips for OBGYN Hospitalist Job Contracts
1 The first tip is if you do not ask, then you will not get. Too many physicians accept the "standard" contract, sign it without a careful review, do not ask nor negotiate more favorable terms, and do not pay the $500-$1000 to have an attorney review it.
2 It is harder to get major changes in subsequent contracts then it is in the first one. But even in subsequent contracts, it is easy to ask for things like pay raises, more paid time off, more paid CME, and if on salary-to ask for fewer shifts per year. You will be surprised to find that the human resource people, or whoever reviews your contract, frequently will grant you these increases, BUT ONLY IF YOU ASK!
3 If your hospitalist group all have their contracts renew at once, it is worthwhile getting together to try and negotiate a better deal for all of you. You can share the cost of the attorney to review for you (and possibly negotiate for the group).
4 Compensation: Read the salary survey results in www.societyofobgynhospitalists.org . Have a good idea what other OB/GYN hospitalists are being paid in the geographical area. Just call them up and ask. Most colleagues will give you a general idea. After all, you would do the same for a newcomer, correct?
Most OB/GYN hospitalists get either hourly pay or salary for so many shifts per year with only the exceptional position also having productivity factored in. Beware "bonus" additions to salary—be sure they are easily obtainable (ask currently employed hospitalists if they have received their "bonuses").
5 Watch out for restrictive covenants—how long and how large a geographical area (footprint)? Are they restricted to OB/GYN hospitalists versus general OB/GYN in private practice? Will you have to leave the area if this hospitalist job does not work out for you?
6 Malpractice insurance: Do not sign unless employer provides occurrence malpractice insurance or claims made with employer paying "tail coverage." If you are working part-time and pay for your own malpractice insurance, ask for an increased hourly wage because the hospital (or employer) does not have that expense in your particular case.
7 Especially with your first contract, engage an attorney who concentrates his or her practice on physician employment agreements. Let them negotiate the deal for you without you alienating your future employers. You can let the attorney be the "bad guy." You can just say, "I don't understand this legal stuff," or "My attorney is making me ask for…"
8 Ask for a sign-on bonus and/or ask for moving expenses (why not? They can just say no).
9 Negotiable costs: Employer paid CME, medical staff dues, DEA fees, transportation costs, and medical Society dues are all negotiable, while disability, health insurance, and retirement packages are generally less negotiable.
10 Other negotiable expenses: Payment of previous malpractice tail insurance, debt, and/or loans can sometimes be negotiated over years of service (generally at least three years).
11 Not-for-cause termination: 90 days is common; try for 120 days—the duration should be the same for both you and the hospital (employer).
12 If you are working for a staffing company, will there be "ownership" opportunities in the future-stock options, etc.?
Further resources:
As an independent contractor, I have been negotiating my own contracts for over eight years (using my accountant as an advisor) I have taken some of these ideas from a recent book I reviewed: The Final Hurdle: a Physician's Guide to Negotiating the Fair Employment Agreement by Dennis Hursh, published 2012.
Information for Hospitalists on Legal Issues, Contracts, and Negotiation:
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A sample hospitalist contract:
I, of course, am not an attorney and I am not offering legal advice here or anywhere, but I have spoken to a lot of different OB/GYN hospitalists about their contracts and would be glad to share my experience if you would like to contact me.
Good luck in negotiating your own contracts!
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This is a great sales week for you. Do you know how I know? Because you get to decide it's going to be and I want you to make that decision right now. Say to yourself, "This is week is going to rock!"
Will there be roadblocks? Setbacks? Missed deals? Probably so. But, don't let those define you—rise above all the clutter and negativity and prepare yourself right now to win.
So much of what we do as salespeople is mental. In my opinion, the psychology behind our profession is not talked about nearly enough and it needs to be. Yes, everything a professional salesperson does, every task we perform, every duty we execute is a learned skill, but the mindset behind it is what really makes a person successful.
That's why you have to make the decision right now that this week is going to be great. No. It's going to be better than great—it's going to be amazing.
I've talked at length about my distaste for how I see people dreading Monday morning. I want you to look forward to it, because that's when the action starts—that's when the fun begins and that's when you take control. Everything else is just the set up for your sales week.
Therefore, this week I want you to:
-Focus on the positive: Notice I didn't say ignore the negative. That's unrealistic. Things are going to happen, just don't let the bad ones be the focal point.
-Visualize success: Take some time to get a picture in your mind's eye of what a successful week would look like. I mean get a very, vivid idea of what you want to accomplish and how it would make you feel and what it would do for you this Friday. See it? Close your eyes and let it soak in.
-Spread Joy: Put a smile on your face and be the type person others want to be around this week. We all know people who we actually try to avoid because all they do is complain and bring everyone down—don't be that person. Be the opposite, be the person who picks everyone's spirits up. If you have a fellow salesperson who is struggling—help them. Do you know of someone who is "down"—do something to brighten their day and their week.
-Get your chin up: Walk proud. Be proud of who you are and what you do. Present yourself with a purpose and a passion for the products and services you represent. It all starts with posture and filters down from there.
There you go. It's going to be a great week for you—an amazing ride. Buckle up and get ready. Now go make something magical happen!
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Parenthood has not quelled the bloodthirsty beast inside Dexter Morgan, Michael C. Hall revealed at the Dexter panel at the San Diego Comic-Con.
If anything, the scourge of other serial killers is antsier than ever, thanks to sleep deprivation.
"The theory of being a father, for all of its conventions, appealed to Dexter," Hall said. "The reality... is something else entirely. He didn't appreciate how trapped it would make him feel, and how difficult it would be to exorcise his compulsions."
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Not only is Dexter the Dad as dark as ever, he also has a new tot-sized confidante with whom to share his extracurricular exploits. "He can say anything to the baby he wants — and we might see some of that," said the actor. Watch the Season 4 trailer below for a glimpse at what Hall is talking about.
Hall was joined on the Comic-Con panel by Julie Benz, his on-screen sis/off-screen wife Jennifer Carpenter, and John Lithgow, who joins the Showtime series this season as a serial slayer dubbed "The Trinity Killer." Lithgow revealed that, five episodes into Season 4, he has yet to share a scene with any of the regulars — and that is pretty much all he revealed.
"I can't tell you anything about this marvelous character, but he has many layers and colors," Lithgow said. And for the sake of the San Diego Convention Center, maybe it's best that he did keep mum.
"I could speak two sentences right now," Lithgow teased, "that would make this whole building explode."
Lithgow also joked that the Trinity Killer's first victim "is High Commander Dick Solomon," a nod to his 3rd Rock from the Sun alter ego. "I think we need to rest my zany television persona," he said.
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Today when we talk about high-tech innovators and unique inventors in the United States, one man is sure to come into play, and he's none other than Elon Musk.
The billionaire entrepreneur Musk, CEO of Tesla Motors and Space X is one of the most famous and admired leaders in the tech Industry. Many regard him as the 21st century Father of invention. As I mentioned earlier, he's responsible for Tesla, Space X, Hyperloop One and Solar City.
What is Elon Musk fixated on in his revolution
This powerful billionaire entrepreneur is primarily focused on helping to fix human-made climate change by establishing environmentally friendly companies.
Moreover, he has found success in each company he has created and is seen as one of the most diverse serial entrepreneurs in the world. Also by the end of 2017, Elon Musk plans to introduce a software update to Tesla on the Hardware 2 platform.
With a combination of ultrasonic sonar and cameras, this super software will allow a Tesla to seamlessly drive itself across the United States.
Is he the next step of human evolution?
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But the big question is "Has He Accelerated Humanity's Technology a Century Into The Future?"
Well, this kind of question cannot be answered with a straight "Yes or No" because everyone has their views and opinions. I think Elon Musk is doing a lot of great stuff and there's no doubt that his inventions has been revolutionizing the world of technology and beyond.
But is Elon really making such a significant difference?
But can we say he has accelerated humanity's technology a century into the future? The best answer to this question should be based on the unique views and opinions of people, and as such, we're going to check out the views of different users on Quora so we can get true, unbiased opinions of the masses.
Quora takes the matter a bit further by asking " Has Elon Musk accelerated humanity 300 years in the future of technology?"
Alright, let's check out some of the answers!
A user known as David Hicks argues;
"Why do people act like Musk is some demi-god? 300 years? The guy is smart and visionary, yes, but he hasn't exactly invented anything revolutionary yet.
The electric car was around a century ago, solar panels built into roof tiles are just an evolution of other integrated solar products, the space shuttle was reusable and around for decades, and the home battery energy storage is just a big battery.
What Elon is good at is taking a concept that is based on sustainable use, and making it practical, refined, and attractive to consumers, such as the Model S, which is probably the first electric car that is both fast and has an excellent range and good practicality.
Same thing with the solar roof, it's better looking than solar panels and a direct replacement for a traditional roof, making it good aesthetically and from a cost and sustainability standpoint.
Is Elon just in it for the money?
Elon is a good businessman with an understanding of what sort of technologies need to be implemented for a more sustainable future, but he's not catapulting humanity forward 300 or even 30 years. (Consider that while an electric car is more sustainable than a petrol one, it's still highly unsustainable compared to a bicycle)"
Another user, Victor Volkov says:
"Let's see here: Youtube: 11 years old
Google: 20 years old.
Microsoft: 41 years old. (I actually thought it was younger than that)
Moon landing: 47 years ago.
First flight: 111 years ago.
First commercial internal combustion engine: 132 years ago
Patent for a first commercially produced lightbulb: 136 years ago.
If he progressed us 300 years from now, we would at least have space fleets and orbital stations. Or something of similar magnitude. One better car is nowhere close to 300 years of progress."
Well, Elon Musk is human, and for the most part, he's doing great things for humanity's technology. He deserves some credit for that. I also think this guy needs to give him some credit! What do you think?
Salageanu Dragos made two great points;
"Not yet. While inspirational, we still need to see electric (and self-driving) cars becoming mainstream, a significant amount of commuters traveling by Hyperloop and economies being changed by the Powerwall before we talk about humankind history-altering achievements.
Vision, luck and hard work, holy trinity of success
Vision isn't nearly enough, that's why Elon is working so hard (and I think he'll achieve a lot – maybe not all that is on the table, but definitely more than expected).
300 years is a lot. I'd say 20–30 years. Which, times 7.4 billion, is a helluva achievement."
Another user known as Jasper Kips says;
"No. I saw a lot of reasons why the answer is no. I have some respect for Musk, and he certainly played a role in the current advances in technology and thinking about things like cars, energy storage, and even space flight. But his role is more as a facilitator, than as a visionary.
Tech and unpredictability
Now technology advancement is a curious beast. Things happen when the time is ripe. More people are working, independently, on the same idea. Nowadays we shout patent infringement, but it really happens all the time.
Electrification was worked on by different people, resulting in an ideological battle between AC and DC supporters, telecommunications saw phone like apparatus developed independently, printing the same story, and, most famous for court battles, the touch smartphone.
A hand from unseen forces?
History somehow manages to get the right man in the right place at the right time. Jobs' iPhone, Bell's telephone, the Wright brothers plane, all advancements, that had parallel developments, but they happened to be the first.
The same with Musk, he just is at the right place, at the time and he is the right man. Musk is the right man because he can funnel attention towards his project, and he presents the project in a good, entertaining and efficient way. And if there were no Musk, there would be another person.
The making of the man
Technology has made tremendous advancements in past decade. That advancement would have taken place without Jobs, with our Branson, and without Musk. A little slower, but think in months and not in centuries, but they would happen.
Remember, we attribute it to Musk because we know him, but do you know who built the first working and commercially viable quantum computer. (It wasn't Musk or Jobs)."
And that's it. So far we have explored the views of several people, and I believe their feedback have to some extent, answered the burning question.
For the most part, the Space X mission is still a hot topic as the CEO revealed that two people have paid for a private mission to the moon which is set to launch in 2018 with the company's Falcon Heavy rocket.
Even if he hasn't accelerated humanity's technology a century into the future, he's still on the move, and that's what matters.


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There are always
stories to tell...
"I don't expect you to understand. To be honest with you, I don't quite understand myself. But here we are, and we'd love if everyone could help us make the best of it."
Katy was the hellcat who hightailed her blonde head all the way to California when she was 18 years old... That had gone over much like the Dixie Chicks country radio career… a bunch of fireworks and then a quick, horrifying fall.
"You're trying to put me in some context that doesn't exist anymore. A month ago I most likely would not have come over last night. But yesterday, I had no reason not to…"


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Press Releases
Alexander Statement on Retirement of Dr. James Billington
Posted on September 25, 2015
WASHINGTON, D.C., Sept. 25 – U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander today made the following statement about the retirement of Librarian of Congress Dr. James Billington:
"Dr. Billington's nearly three decades of distinguished service ensured that the Library of Congress will preserve our nation's history and enlighten its people for many generations to come. His legacy will be one of innovation and diligence. I wish him the very best in his retirement. It was well earned."
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PATRIZIA acquires EUR 100m portfolio of 27 German retail properties
Portfolio weighted towards food outlets with strong convenience focus.
- 55,600 sq m of retail accommodation across Germany
- 98% of portfolio food anchored
- High occupancy at 99% with WALT of 9.2 years offers sustainable income
Augsburg/Frankfurt, 8 April 2019. PATRIZIA Immobilien AG, the global partner for pan-European real estate investment, has acquired a portfolio of 27 retail properties across Germany from Marathon Asset Management for around EUR 100 million on behalf of PATRIZIA Retail Opportunity SCS fund (the 'Fund'), increasing the portfolio of retail assets PATRIZIA manages across Europe to around EUR 8.3bn.
The portfolio, which comprises around 55,600 sq m of total lettable space is made up of retail parks and grocery stores and has a 98% focus on properties with food anchor tenants. Current occupancy is high at 99%, with a weighted average lease term (WALT) of 9.2 years with future potential for rental growth. The tenant structure of the portfolio is dominated by the four largest German food retailer chains – Rewe Group, Edeka-Verbund, Schwarz-Gruppe and Aldi – which provide three quarters of the rental income.
PATRIZIA Retail Opportunity SCS SICAV-FIS, a Luxembourg special fund launched in 2016, targets core and core-plus retail properties with stable income distribution yields. PATRIZIA is an experienced manager of retail assets in Germany and, with a national portfolio of EUR 5.1bn assets under management, is one of the largest and most active retail investors and one of the most important landlords on the German market. PATRIZIA is also Europe's largest investor in supermarkets, having invested EUR 638m in the 24 months up to the end of 2018.
Daniel Herrmann, Head of Fund Management Retail at PATRIZIA, commented: "The acquisition of this portfolio, with its potential for sustained income growth, will significantly optimise the risk-return profile of the Fund for the benefit of our clients. At the same time, we are acquiring modern, well-located properties with excellent tenants from the food retail sector and which occupy a dominant position in their respective catchment areas."
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG:
PATRIZIA Immobilien AG has been active as an investment manager in the real estate market across Europe for more than 35 years. PATRIZIA's activities include the acquisition, management, repositioning and sale of residential and commercial real estate through its own licensed investment platforms. As a global partner for pan-European real estate investment, PATRIZIA operates as a respected business partner of large institutional investors and retail investors in all major European countries. PATRIZIA manages more than EUR 40 billion of real estate assets, primarily as an investment manager for insurance companies, pension fund institutions, sovereign funds, savings and cooperative banks and as co-investor. For further information, please visit: www.patrizia.ag.
Andreas Menke
Head of Corporate Communications
Phone: +49 (0) 821 5 09 10-6 55


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Under the direction of the Associate Executive, the Program Director plays a key leadership role in the effective operation of branch activities. The Program Director serves as a role model and coach to all branch staff and helps develop a welcoming, nurturing, and thriving community within the branch. This position assumes responsibility to delegate key job duties to qualified staff including team leads, program coordinators and key staff. As such, this position demands strong supervisory skills as well as the ability to prioritize tasks in order to move the branch forward to reach strategic goals.
How you will contribute to our Cause:
The Y's cause is to strengthen the community. Every day we work side by side with our neighbors to make sure everyone, regardless of age, income, or background, has the opportunity to learn, grow, and thrive. There are many places to work, but few opportunities to do work that matters. Not only will you have the chance to help children, youth and adults of all ages reach their potential, you'll be making a huge difference in your community as well.
The Program Director is directly tasked with ensuring both a positive member and participant experience as well as representing the branch and association with community groups and people of influence through partnerships, collaboration, and philanthropic relationships. The member relations aspect of this position requires that relationship building be a top priority at all times, attending to the needs and requests of members, program participants, volunteers, and all people associated with the YMCA in a courteous and friendly manner.
Job Responsibilities - Training/Oversight: Ensure all instructors are certified in the area of instruction for Aquatic Group Exercise, Health, and other Health and Wellness programs. Provide leadership and coaching to Wellness and Aquatics Group Exercise as appropriate Oversee the development and implementation of a staff recruitment program to ensure the Wellness, Aquatics Group Exercise, and Adult Physical Fitness Adaptive Programs are appropriately staffed. Facilitate on-going training and provide certification opportunities for instructors. Ensure all departments have an ongoing evaluation of all staff at least once per year. Ensure classes are audited classes on a regular basis.
Programs: Oversee specific program activities related to group exercise, personal training, wellness floor monitoring, aquatics group exercise, and adult physical fitness adaptive programs Create, implement and oversee all health and wellness programs with goals and objectives including but not limited to member retention, program and membership growth and revenue goals Enhance member relations and retention by developing and implementing innovative programs Ensure all programs meet YMCA standards Oversee analysis of member feedback, program feedback, and instructor feedback tools Secure facilities for program activities and events Oversee coordination of registration and participation in programs Oversee timely communication with staff and participants. Stay updated on current training ideas and philosophies. Present these materials to instructors and staff on an ongoing basis
Communication & Mission Advancement
In conjunction with other exempt staff, promote and incorporate the YMCA three areas of focus. Assist in the marketing and distribution of program information. Continuingly review and evaluate wellness and aquatics group exercise policies and procedures Establish and maintain file/data management schedule and recordkeeping Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of program retention strategies Develops and monitor program budget to meet fiscal objectives Establish new program activities and expand programs within the community in accordance with the association and branch strategic plans Personally participate and solicit others for necessary YMCA financial development programs such as The Annual Campaign and capital projects Ensure all member and community inquiries and concerns are responded to in a timely manner Actively participates in wellness impact team meetings Serve as an exempt staff member to the YMCA of Austin, performing those duties as assigned by Branch Director and President/CEO of the YMCA. Actively and enthusiastically support the branch and association goals and directions through effective completion of tasks and verbal display to peers, staff, members, and guests.
What you bring to the Cause: The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education: Bachelor's degree from a 4-year college or higher in non-profit management, recreation management, sports management, kinesiology, public health or a similar field preferred.
Experience: Five years or more of direct supervision, community/member engagement, and management of large programs including revenue centers focusing on small group training and personal training.
Knowledge & Skills: Thorough understanding of the mission, voice, and culture of the YMCA of Austin. Strong written and verbal communication skills Ability to manage projects and coordinate events in conjunction with other staff members and volunteers in order to achieve long and short-range goals of the Association. Ability to work well under pressure and meet deadlines.
The organization has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
The YMCA of Austin provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. YMCA of Austin complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which we have employees.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.


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The flavor reminded me of a pasta dish I had with zucchini cream sauce back when I was still eating dairy. Aha, I thought, I will add cashew cream and that will balance out the salt and make a perfect pasta sauce. So I dumped about 2.5 cups of raw cashews and half a cup of blanched slivered almonds in the blender with four cups of water, blended on high for a few minutes, mixed the resulting cream with the zucchini and a bit of freshly grated nutmeg and black pepper, and heated it over a low flame until it was warmed through. Success! It was delicious on pasta--my omni-with-some-exceptions partners gobbled it up--and after generously saucing a full box of elbow macaroni, we still had two cups of sauce left over that I think we'll have cold as a spread on French bread, or maybe use as a dip; it would go great with pita chips or carrot and celery sticks.
If I were going to make it from scratch rather than starting with leftovers, I'd use 2 or 3 zucchinis, 1 cup cashews, and ~2 cups water (more for a pasta sauce, less for a dip/spread), plus salt, pepper, and nutmeg to taste. Very simple and very tasty.
P.S. to mods: any chance you could correct the "hors d'ouvres" tag to "hors d'oeuvre"?


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By Jing Wang
Shopping has changed a lot since the rise of the web. Although the vast majority of purchases remain offline and in-store and will continue to do so for years, digitising "the shelf" will soon be the standard for bricks and mortar stores, as consumer shopping behaviour is evolving.
Consumers are shifting to ROPO:
While brands invest billions per year in physical shelf presence, consumers are turning to the web to research, discover and purchase products, throughout the day and across screens and devices. In fact, 84% of smartphone shoppers turn to their mobile phone to help them shop while in a store. One-third of shoppers use their smartphone to find information instead of asking store employees (I personally do this myself). Instead of using retail shelves, these constantly connected shoppers browse pages of products online – the "Digital Shelf" – looking for answers to their questions.
These consumers are known as ROPO (Research Online, Purchase Offline) or reverse-ROPO shoppers. The latter, you've guessed it, is someone who browses products in store before making their purchase online.
There are many reasons for ROPO shopping. The most common one is related to needing time to make an informed decision and being able to compare products more easily, then see the product first-hand before committing to a purchase. For reverse ROPO, it occurs because while many people still prefer to see, touch or sometimes taste products in store, many items are available at lower prices through online vendors. For both ROPO and reverse ROPO shoppers, content online is an essential part of their purchasing journey.
How do brands and retailers react to this:
Brands and retailers are going omnichannel to ensure they remain relevant to the trend in shopping behaviour. Traditional brick-and-mortar retailers are expanding their digital presence, while pure-play retailers are deepening engagement with consumers by opening physical stores.
Think of luxury brands, from Louis Vuitton to Chanel and Gucci, who have been racing to embrace digital and are partnering with multi-brand retailer sites like Farfetch, developing their own platforms or both. Look at Wayfair, the home furnishing retailer, as they follow other digital-native retailers that have entered the physical store space, including mattress-maker Casper. Amazon, after two decades of operating exclusively online, opened its first brick-and-mortar food store "Amazon Go" in Dec 2016 in Seattle and recently invested in its "4-Star" store in New York offering walk-in customers the option to browse and buy items that are rated 4 stars or above on Amazon.com.
Thinking in terms of "Bricks" vs. "Clicks" is outdated; "Brick-and-click" is the current and future retailer reality.
A strong digital presence has never been more critical:
It is not simply a case of investing your offline vs. online channel, it is about making your online product content relevant and engaging to drive sales for both physical and digital shelves.
Brands must have a strong digital presence, even if their products are not suited for traditional Ecommerce. Hard luxury brands, particularly in watches and jewellery, are still heavily reliant on department stores and own boutiques and view Ecommerce as the home of counterfeit goods and unauthorised "grey market" sellers. The iconic watchmaker Patek Philippe's online store, where consumers can browse products via decent product images and informative product information but won't find an "Add to Cart" button. The "only look but not purchase" experience is certainly atypical of most shopping websites, but that makes sense in specific circumstances and is an excellent example of how some high-end retailers are dealing with a dilemma born of the digital age and they know digital presence is crucial.
So where to start?
A tactical approach to start building your digital shelf is to think about the three main steps shoppers may have when browsing your product online.
A typical ROPO shopper would:
- Begin with searching products on retailer sites to find what they are looking for.
- Instead of waiting to be sold to, they are actively looking for information about the product and compare products across brands to inform their purchases.
- Once they have all the information, they turn to customer reviews to help them finalise purchasing decision.
To meet shopper expectation, brands need to:
- Be visible in the right places and have maximum search visibility on retailer websites.
- Inform shoppers about your product through compelling content (including titles, photos, feature bullet points, descriptions and enhanced content)
- Nail the basics of rating and reviews by seeking out digital influencers to provide a great deal of reach and positive impact to your brands. Apart from that, you would also need a robust product content ecosystem to effectively build and maintain your digital shelf at scale.
Stay tuned to our next blog from this Ecommerce series, where we will be talking about how to make your product appear at the top of digital shelf and engage shoppers with great content and bring them further into the buyer's journey.
Click here for part 2.
About the author:
Jing Wang, has 5-year background in DAM business operations, change management & E2E support design.
Her current role is project consultant leading business engagement and consulting for DAM integration programmes, Ecommerce product content & digital shelf ecosystem for FMCG & CPG clients.
Outside of work, Jing can be found in Zumba dance studio and badminton court. She also enjoys spending most of her weekend mornings on Yoga mat.


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Named for Cronulla's first copper, Henry Tugwell, a man set with the unenviable task of patrolling the beach on horseback in a woollen suit and helmet, Henrys is somewhere you can get stuck into some serious libation.
Just a block or so back from the famous beach you'll find a surprisingly interesting list of wines, that goes all the way up to a 2005 Penfolds Grange Shiraz ($780/bottle), coupled with well-considered cocktails.
Even at its everyday end, this succinct wine list delivers, with a 2014 Paul Jaboulet Parallele 45 Rosé ($11/glass) coming up with the savoury goods to complement a Chicken Liver Parfait ($23). This well-proportioned share plate presents a quenelle of smooth, unoxidised parfait with toast and house-pickled vegetables, under a feathery cloud of shaved foie gras. It feels both decadent and delicious; particularly against the salmon pink Rosé.
It's the Kingfish Crudo ($20) that really makes me sit up and pay attention. This masterful combination of raw kingfish, horseradish, oyster emulsion, avruga caviar and colourful fine ribbons of heirloom vegetables is at once briny and delicate enough to showcase the beautiful fish. It is testament to the talent of Brazilian Head Chef Rafael Tonon, who you might know from his time at Barrio Chino.
Look to the pale pink La Dolce Bitter ($20) for a foil to this menu highlight. Combining gin, Campari, Aperol, amaro, lemon and grapefruit juices into a bitter-sweet, recognisably Italianate cocktail, it's got Spring in Sydney written all over it.
This Bondi-based chef is definitely in touch with beach culture, producing a solid array of cold dishes that are lean on starches. His pretty Scallop & Prawn 'Fettuccine' ($21) is created by cooking prawn and scallop meat sous vide, then flattening it and cutting it into pasta-like ribbons.
And while the Wagyu Bresaola ($24) sits under enough shaved truffled Parmesan to make it slightly more naughty, it's fleshed out with a 63-degree (runny) egg and Jerusalem artichoke rather than served on bread.
Sitting back and pondering my meal over a clever rum-based espresso martini update, Rumbunctious ($18), you can colour me impressed. If this spot demonstrates the standard of the Publica Group (who also own Clubhouse Rosebery and Goldfish Bar & Kitchen in the Hunter Valley) this area is in for a real treat when their redevelopment of the waterfront Pavilion Gunnamatta is completed next year. I'm quite looking forward to it myself.
Henrys Cronulla
1 Ocean Grove Avenue, Cronulla
1 Ocean Grove Avenue, Cronulla
Ph: (02) 9527 0305


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Waverley Cemetery Walk 2
Opened in 1877, Waverley Cemetery covers an area of approximately 41 acres. The Waverley Municipal Council is the cemetery Trustee.
Some of the notable persons buried in Waverley Cemetery are listed hereunder and the locations of the graves are shown by corresponding numbers on the map of the cemetery at the end of this page:
- ALEXANDER KENNETH MACKENZIE (1830-1884) dairyman. Owner and operator of the Waverley Dairy. Mackenzies Point, South Bondi, named after him.
- SAMUEL BENNETT (1815-1878) newspaper proprietor, journalist and historian. Publisher of the "Empire" and "Australian Town and Country Journal", began Sydney's first evening newspaper the "Evening News" in 1867.
- RICHARD DRIVER (1829-1880) solicitor and politician. A chief law reformer, concerned with the development of Sydney, including preservation of Sydney Common (Moore Park). Driver Avenue named after him.
- THOMAS FISHER (1820-1884) businessman and benefactor. His business career ranged from a boot shop to trading ships and hotels. The major share of his estate went to the University of Sydney "to found a library" hence the Fisher Library.
- JAMES WHITE (1828-1890) pastoralist, racehorse owner and breeder. Lessee of the Belltrees property. Owner of Cranbrook, Rose Bay, from 1873. Built Newmarket Stables, Randwick. Owner of two Melbourne Cup winners.
- 6a. RICHARD HILL (1810-1895) pastoralist and politician. Manager of W.C. Wentworth's Vaucluse House estate in 1820's. Owner of numerous pastoral properties. Founding member of Aborigines Protection Board.
- JOHN TAIT (1813-1888) hotel licensee and race horse owner and trainer. Set up stables at Bryon Lodge, Randwick, in the 1860's. His horses won many races including 3 Melbourne Cups.
- WILLIAM DYMOCK (1861-1900) bookseller. The first Dymock's Book Arcade opened in Pitt Street in 1884, and moved to the George Street location in 1890. The new arcade measured 200ft (60m) x 30ft (9m). Became Alderman on Sydney Council 1898.
- JOHN MARKS (1827-1885) agriculturist and politician. Alderman and Mayor of Kiama Municipal Council, and cattle breeder in the 1860's. His Sydney home, "Glenrock", became part of Ascham Girls School, Woollahra.
- JOSEPH DICKSON (1803-1891) businessman. A Councillor on the first Waverley Council, 1859, he was the first to raise the matter of a cemetery in Waverley. Operated a soap and candle factory. Dickson Park, Bondi, is named after his family.
- SIR (HENRY) NORMAN MACLAURIN (1835-1914) physician, company director, university administrator. Medical Officer to the Police Department, surgeon at St Vincent's Hospital and the Sydney Infirmary. Nominated to the Legislative Council 1889. The longest serving Chancellor of the University of Sydney.
- HENRY HUDSON (1836-1907) engineering contractor and manufacturer. Hudson Bros. were builders of railway carriages, manufactured mining, refrigerating and agricultural machinery. Alderman and Mayor of Redfern.
- LEON FRANCIS VICTOR CARON (1850-1905) musical director. Conductor of the Melbourne Opera House and the Lyster Grand Italian Opera Company. Organised the Caron Opera Company. Composed original cantata for the Melbourne International Exhibition of 1880.
- EDWARD FLOOD (1805-1888) builder, pastoralist and politician. Illegitimate son of an Irish convict, he became an alderman on Sydney's first city council and Mayor in 1849. His pastoral empire included numerous areas of Waverley Municipality.
- 15a. GEORGE O'MALLEY CLARKE (1836-1899) gold commissioner and magistrate. Gold Commissioner at Lambing Flats (Young, N.S.W.) in 1860. Presiding magistrate at Sydney's Central Police Court.
15b. MARGARET TURNER CLARKE (1836-1887) nurse and musician. One of the first women to train at Florence Nightingale's nursing college in London. Formed Visiting Relief Society in Lambing Flats after the famine of 1865. Founder of the Home and Training School for Nurses, in Sydney. She was an accomplished harpist.
- 16a. STAN McDONALD (1882-1959) surf lifesaver and beach inspector. Appointed the first Chief Beach Inspector of Waverley Municipal Council. A member of the Bondi S.L.S.C. Awarded the Silver Medal and Certificate of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society, and the Certificate of Merit of the S.L.S. Association, for surf rescues. Nicknamed the "King of Bondi".
- SIR JOHN HAY (1816-1892) pastoralist and politician. Squatter in the Upper Murray area. Elected to Parliament in 1856, became Secretary of Lands and Works, also Opposition Leader, and Speaker. The Riverina town of Hay is named after him.
- THOMAS HODGES MATE (1810-1894) grazier and storekeeper. His emporium in Albury grew after gold was discovered and is still the largest in Albury. Elected to Parliament in 1860 he helped pass the Public Schools Act.
- THOMAS BUCKLAND (1814-1896) merchant, pastoralist and banker. Partner of Sir Daniel Cooper; president of the Bank of N.S.W. Grandfather of poet, Dorothea Mackellar.
- HENRY CHAMBERLAIN RUSSELL (1836-1907) astronomer and meteorologist. N.S.W. Government Astronomer from 1870, he began systematic work on star positions and observations of double stars and star clusters.
- ETHEL CHARLOTTE PEDLEY (1859-1898) musician and writer. Founder of St Cecilia Choir and representative of the Royal Academy of Music, and the Royal College of Music. Best remembered as the author of the children's book, "Dot and the Kangaroo".
- 22a. SIR EDWARD KNOX (1819-1901) sugar refiner and banker. Founder of the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. in 1855, and was Chairman until 1901. Helped found the Sydney Chamber of Commerce. His home, "Fiona", became part of Ascham Girls School, Woollahra.
- JOHN YOUNG (1827-1907) building contractor. His contracts included St John's College at the University of Sydney; sections of St Mary's Cathedral; the Dept of Lands building; the Sydney G.P.O. He was Mayor of Leichhardt 1879 and 1884, and Mayor of Sydney in 1886.
- EDWARD HAMMOND HARGRAVES (1816-1891) gold rush publicist. While the three Tom brothers and John Lister were undoubtedly the first discovers of gold in Australia (Ophir in 1851), the legend of Hargraves as "the discoverer of gold" persists.
- MAGGIE OLIVER (1844-1892) actress. Irish parts formed the main part of her repertoire, her favourite role being Paddy Miles in "The Limerick Boy", which required some male impersonation. Critics praised her ability to breathe life into the most wooden of farcical parts.
- EDWARD CHARLES CRACKNELL (1831893) superintendent oftelegraphs, electrical engineer and torpedo expert. He opened the Colony's third telegraph line in 1858. Fired the Colony's first torpedo, at South Head in 1871. Was instrumental in connecting Australia with overseas telegraph systems.
- CHARLES OWEN PEART (1872-1896) high diver. An Englishman known as "Professor Peart, the Champion High Diver". His act consisted of diving from a height of 50 ft into a tank 6ft x 6ft containing 3ft 6inches of water. He was accidentally killed when performing for Fitzgerald Bros Circus and Managerie in Sydney.
- GEORGE SARGENT (1859-1921), CHARLOTTE SARGENT (1856-1924), AND FOSTER HENRY HARTLEY SARGENT (1878-1924), pastry cooks. In 1889, they began selling meat pies in a Paddington shop for a penny. Sargent's Ltd was formed in 1906. They controlled 36 refreshment rooms and shops in Sydney and Melbourne, a catering section, a manufacturing depot and ballrooms.
- ALFRED DAMPIER (1848-1908) actor/manager. Producer of native Australian plays such as, "For the Term of his Natural Life" (1886), "Robbery Under Arms" (1890), and "The Miner's Right" (1891). "Marvellous Melbourne", staged for the 188889 Exhibition was a particular success and concluded with the heroine's horse winning the Melbourne Cup (off stage).
- (SARAH) FANNY DURACK (1889-1956) swimmer. Learnt to swim in Coogee baths. Won gold medal for 100 metres freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. Between 1912 and 1918 she broke 12 world records and her success did much to promote women's swimming.
- THOMAS DAVIES MUTCH (1885-1958) journalist, politician and historian. Known to genealogists as the compiler of the "Mutch Index", a comprehensive index of early settlers and convicts. Minister for Public Instruction and Minister for Local Government. His reorganisations created the Child Welfare Dept. Alderman on Mascot and Randwick Councils.
- CAPTAIN LEE WELLER ( -1896) sea captain. Weller was a murder victim of Frank Butler who had also killed two other men. "The Mountain Mystery" case was a sensation in 1896 when the bodies were discovered in the Blue Mountains. Butler was extradited from the United States and hanged at Darlinghurst Gaol on 16th July, 1897.
- JOHN SANDS (1818-1873) engraver, printer and stationer. By 1870 as stationers, booksellers, printers and account book manufacturers, the firm of John Sands Ltd. was one of the largest of its kind in Australia. Also printed the Sands Sydney Directories 18581933.
- FRANCIS ROBERT LOUIS ROSSI (1823-1903) landowner. Inherited Rossiville near Goulburn, which was robbed by bushrangers Ben Hall and John Gilbert in 1864. Connected with the Goulburn Volunteer Rifles and Goulburn Cathedral. Registrar of the District Court of Goulburn. Succeeded as Comte de Rossi in 1896.
- MAJOR JOHN BOND (1860-1948) soldier, lifesaver. Served in the South African war with the 1st Army Medical Corps (his name was third on the original roll). Retired from the army with the rank of major. Instructor and examiner with St John's Ambulance Brigade. Pioneer instructor of surf lifesaving at Bronte and Bondi. The Bond family managed the Bronte Baths for many years.
- ROSE ANN CREAL (1865-1921) nurse. Matron of Sydney Hospital, Principal Matron of the 2nd Military District (N.S.W), Matron of the 14th Australia Military Hospital in Egypt (WWI) where casualties of the Australian Light Horse were treated. Awarded Royal Red Cross (lst Class) in 1919. The Rose Creal Medal established at Sydney Hospital. Accorded a military funeral.
- HAROLD MACLEAN (1828-1889) public servant. Gold Commissioner at Sofala in 1852, senior commissioner on the western goldfields 185864. Sheriff of N.S.W. in 1864, Maclean determined to reform the inhuman conditions of the colony's prisons. He banned the treadmill, and initiated identifying prisoners by photographs in 1871.
- FRANCIS O'BRIEN JNR (1840-1922) solicitor. Among the first pupils to attend Sydney Grammar School and the University of Sydney. Francis obtained his M.A. in 1868, one of the first awarded. His father, Francis O'Brien, was the owner of much of Bondi including the beach, until it was purchased for public access. Many streets in Bondi are named after or connected with the family.
- WILLIAM HENRY PALING (1825-1895) musician, merchant. Arrived in Sydney from the Netherlands in 1853 and founded the W.H. Paling music warehouse in Wynyard Square. Founded the N.S.W. Academy of Music in 1855. Organist with Sydney Choral Society. Piano instructor at School of Arts. Mayor of Petersham in 1881. Left an estate valued at 208,563 pounds.
- EDWARD M.G. EDDY (1851-1897) Railway Commissioner. Eddy Avenue, at Sydney Central Railway, is named after him. Eddy extended the railway system, introduced better rolling stock, improved stations, enlarged the tramway network, and permitted the first experiments in electric traction.
- DAVE BROWN (1913-1974) footballer. Grew up at Bronte Beach where his parents ran the surf sheds. Attended St Charles School and Christian Bros. College, Waverley. First toured England with Kangaroos in 1933, playing in 32 games, scoring 19 tries and 114 goals, a tally of 285 points which remains unequalled. He was known as the "Bradman of Rugby League".
- HENRY HOUGH (1804-1880) millwright and farmer. Owner of Hope Farm in Waverley where he built a windmill for grinding corn and other cereal products. These gave their names to Mill Hill Road, Hough Street, and Hope Street, Bondi Junction. The mill was a familiar and picturesque landmark until it was demolished the year after Hough's death.
- WILLIAM HENRY GOCHER (1856-1921) pioneer daylight surfer. At Manly in 1902, Gocher challenged local government regulations which forbad sea bathing in daylight hours. He advertised that he would swim at midday, clad in a neck-to-knee costume. Although he was finally arrested, he was not prosecuted and this forced beach side Councils to allow all day bathing.
- BERNARD THOMAS DOWD (1884-1978) civil servant and historian. Fellow, and Councillor of the Royal Australian Historical Society, member of the Waverley Historical Society. Dowd wrote "The Centenary of the Municipality of Waverley 18591959".
6b. JAMES RICHARD HILL (1836-1898) banker and financier. Worked his way up in the Bank of N.S.W. from junior clerk to President. Chairman of A.M.P. Society, Director of Tooth's Brewery and Sydney Hospital.
16b. BASIL (BAZ) McDONALD (1913-1986) surf lifesaver and beach inspector. Known as "Mr Bondi", he followed in his father's footsteps as a Bondi lifesaver and beach inspector, and the family business of hiring out beach equipment at Bondi Beach. Awarded the Order of Australia in 1980, he took part in many rescues, including "Black Sunday" in 1938.
22b. EDWARD WILLIAM KNOX (1847-1933) industrialist. Son of Sir Edward and brother of Sir Adrian Knox. Began with C.S.R. as a junior clerk, became general manager in 1880. Alderman on Woollahra Council 18871902. Commodore of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron 18834.
Waverley Library's Local History Collection; The Australian Encyclopedia; Australian Dictionary of Biography.


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The New Immunosuppressant Leflunomide Appears To Be a Potent Inhibitor of Humoral Xeno Sensitization (1991)
Transplantation of Diabetic Patients With Xenogeneic Pancreatic Islets Has to Consider Natural Xenophile Antibodies (NXA) In Patients Sera As a Major Obstacle to Success (1991)
Enzyme Activities in Commercial Collagenase Preparations and Their Kinetics During Islet Isolation Procedure (1994)
Down-Regulation of Xenophile Antibodies by Specific Immunosuppressive Protocols to Facilitate Xenogeneic Organ Transplantation (1993)
Expression of Porcine Pancreatic Islet Antigens Varies and Determines Binding of Human Natural Xenophile Antibodies (NXA) (1993)
Production of Xenophile Antibodies (XA) in Type I Diabetic Patients is Strongly Influenced by Diabetes and/or Dialysis (1993)
The Human Cell Mediated Response to Xenogeneic (Porcine) Transplantation Antigen Depends on the Stimulator Cell Compartment (1992)
A Clinically Successful Protocol to Suppress Autoantibody Production in SLE Patients Is Analyzed For Its Efficacy To Inhibit Natural Xenophile Antibodies (NXA) (1991)
Immunhistochemische und immunelektronenmikroskopischeUntersuchungen zum Vorkommen von dendritischen Zellen im Pankreas der Ratte (1987)
Dendritic cells, first described by STEINMAN and COHN in the mouse spleen and now called lymphoid dendritic cells (LDC), were investigated in the rat pancreas with the monoclonal antibodies 29AI-L. T. and MRC-OX17, which both recognize the la-antigen immunohistochemically and immune electron microscopically. la-positive cells with a dendritic morphology were found in the connective tissue of the cxocrine and endocrine pancreas. Immune e1ectron microscopically, the Ia-antibodies were 10- calized on the cell surface and in sm all vesicles. A small portion of the la-positive cells showed additional acid phosphatase positivity, i. e. were la-positive macrophages. The other la-positive cells were probably LDC, which may be important in the elimination of foreign antigens, e. g. bacteria and vIruses.
Xenogeneic Cellular Response of Human Lymphocytes Against Porcine Lymphocytes and Isolated Pancreatic Islets (1992)


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Hi Peeps,
So, it turns out it was a good thing I got my hiney over to urgent care the other day when my right middle finger was turning a monkey poop green color.
I found out yesterday I had a staph infection—yikes!
It's all good though. I'm on the mend with 4 doses of antibiotics a day, along with a healthy dose of probiotics, too.
Here's a bit more about my experience of being a patient in the exam room during my urgent care visit…
My wait to see the doc was very short and for that I was grateful.
I was escorted into the exam room by a very friendly staff person [not a nurse] who took my blood pressure, my temperature and my blood oxygen levels with a fancy all-in-one machine. Super cool!
She asked me a few questions and left me alone to wait for the doc.
I was instantly uncomfortable with the position of the patient chairs—in a direct line with the door–and I felt uneasy in my body.
The overhead fluorescent lighting made things worse. The lighting cast a bright glare below which made me feel like I was about to be interrogated at a police station–the kind I've seen on tv.
My head hurt and I focused on my breath.
I distracted myself by looking at my phone.
Suddenly, I heard a loud rap at the door and the doctor [and a nurse-in-training] blew in like a gust of wind on a stormy day.
The doc quickly introduced himself [and the nurse] and asked me a bunch of questions about my finger.
After that the convo went something like this:
Doc: So what do you do for a living?
Me: I design spaces like the one we are in now.
Doc: [Suddenly interested] Really? Exam rooms?
Me: Yes. And I teach people like you how to design exam rooms and other wellness spaces that make docs, patients, nurses and staff feel nurtured and safe.
Doc: [Slowing down] So, I think we're doing a pretty good job in that department. [Goes onto explain everything they've done to make things simply and easy for patients.] What do you think?
Me: [Politely] I think there's room for improvement.
After that we talked a little bit more about what could be done to improve the space to help patients feel less anxious and more nurtured, safe and comfortable.
And then things quickly moved on to dealing with the issue of my finger.
I'm suddenly at the end of my email [there's so much to share] but I'll be back first thing tomorrow morning with more juicy answers to yesterday's Wellness Design Pop Quiz.
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Friday, June 05, 2015
Publication Date: May 8, 2015
Publisher: Rebelight Publishing
Fitting into a new school in a new city isn't easy, but dreams come true for Sera with a gift from her parents: a gorgeous and spirited American Paint horse. Sera's bubble bursts when a mean girl, Brittany, tells her that neither she nor her less-than-well-trained horse belong with the rest of the "reiners" in their riding class. As Sera sets out to prove Brittany wrong, she risks losing her passion for training and the friendship of Dev, another girl who truly understands her.
An earlier version of this story was originally published by Stabenfeldt (Stavanger, Norway) in 2011 as Wager the Wonder Horse and distributed in six languages: Norwegian, Hungarian, Czech, German, Finnish and Swedish.
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While I stand beside Wager, stroking his soft, soft neck, he licks out his food trough like a puppy dog. He finishes and twists his head around to snuffle me, then shifts in his stall until he's facing me. I marvel at how he's careful not to bump me. Dani's training has been good for both of us. "You're a good boy," I say, and he nods his head once up, and once down, which makes me laugh. "Ohh ... I think you want a treat." I give him a piece of carrot from my pocket, and he closes his eyes and crunches, as if it is the second best food he's ever tasted.
I get an idea.
Wager keeps his eyes glued on me as I pull another piece of carrot from my pocket, and press it against my cheek. "Kiss!" I say. "Give me a kiss."
Wager reaches for the carrot. As soon as his nose touches my cheek, I pull my face away, give him the carrot, and tell him he's a good boy. I do it again and again. After five tries, I don't even need to hold the carrot against my face. He understands, and I feel happiness run all the way through me, from my nose to my toes. "You really are a trick pony."
A soft creak behind me makes me jump. I turn and see Brittany leaning against the stall door. "Don't let Dani see you do that."
"Why not?"
She shrugs. "At best she'll think it's stupid. At worst she'll think it'll lead to bad habits. Either way she won't like it."
"We're just having fun."
Brittany studies Wager, and a line appears between her eyebrows, like the one Mom gets when she's reading, or when she's talking to me and really wants me to listen. She shakes her head. "The only thing that counts is what happens in the arena."
"Wager is smart. He could be a champion...."
Brittany gives me the same look as that day in the lunch room -- like I'm from another world. "That's not what his pedigree says, but maybe he'll surprise us." She flips her ponytail and walks away, while my big flood of happy dries into dust.
Anita Daher has been entrenched in the publishing industry since 1995, and is (thus far) the author of fourteen books for children and teens. Aside from short stints as a grave-plot seller, tour guide, and children's party clown, she's worked in aviation, publishing and broadcasting. When not word wrangling, she enjoys inhabiting characters on stage and screen.
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My boss lady has 1 horse, 1 colt, and 1 adorable donkey. She's moving her horses to her new stables, and is going to teach me how to take care of them. I'm so excited!ReplyDelete
Misty, taking care of horses is what I love best--even more than riding! I used to love how when I was brushing Wager, he'd enjoy it so much, get so relaxed, his bottom lip would fall open... I loved groundwork, as well. A horse, a colt, an adorable donkey and you sound like a recipe for another great story! Have fun!ReplyDelete
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I had a wonderfully busy and colourful few days at Black Sheep Wools last week where they were hosting workshops and a lecture with Kaffe Fassett and Brandon Mably.
It started off on Thursday with a patchwork workshop where everyone planned out their quilts on Kaffe's flannel grid-wall. The fabric clings to it so you can move things around and play about before doing any sewing. It's like grown up fuzzy felt!
We had all the lovely new limited edition shades of Handknit Cotton chosen by Kaffe. You can see more and download the patterns here.
On the Thursday evening Black Sheep hosted an inspirational Kaffe colour lecture which included many wonderful images of Kaffes inspiration, knitting design, paintings, needlepoint and more!
We had some classic garments on display from the Kaffe archive, including the beautiful Holly from Rowan Magazine 50. Who else wants to knit this and hang out near some beautiful Acers?!


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