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Celeste's true identity had plagued me for 20 years, maybe longer.
I don't recall when I first discovered the card in my mother's things, only that I determined early on that Cupp was her married, not maiden, name.
The card could only have come from one of the Cupp cousins in California with whom Mother had corresponded regularly, but any envelope or note that accompanied it had been tossed long ago.
Nor had Mother bothered to scribble an explanation on the back as she sometimes did on photos. Sometimes but not always, inadvertently providing me, years later, with many hours of pleasure (or frustration) comparing faces in the photos that were labeled to faces in those that weren't. Not an option with a memorial card.
At any rate, Mother had known the identity of Celeste's spouse, but hadn't shared this important piece of information. By the late 1980s, anyone else I could've asked was dead and buried too.
After many false starts and dead ends, I began ignoring the memorial card altogether. But last night I didn't. Instead I held it, turned it inside out, stared at it, willing it to reveal its secret. What clue had I overlooked?
I would start afresh.
Celeste's birthplace was Galesburg, Illinois. "Celeste" being an uncommon first name (as opposed to the ubiquitous Mary, Catherine, and Elizabeth), I would begin by searching the 1900 census for 14-yr-old girls named Celeste born in IL. (The 1890 federal census was not an option - most of it had been destroyed before anyone realized it was the only copy.)
If you've ever looked for an ancestor in the census, you already know this wouldn't necessarily be a slam dunk.
For one thing, enumerators were famous for misspelling names, first and last.
Next, in 1900, Celeste would still be living with her parents, so she might be listed (and therefore indexed) by a nickname, "Lesta" for instance.
Or by her middle name, which might or might not begin with "M", as women often dropped the middle name in favor of the first initial of their maiden or previous married name on legal documents.
Lastly, a census index is only as good as the skill and attention span of the person transcribing a name into a database.
Despite using "celes*" in the search box to catch odd spellings, I wouldn't find Celeste in 1900 (as "Celestia") until after I'd identified her parents. And that didn't happen until I'd found her and her first husband and their children in 1910, living with a brother in Waterloo, Iowa.
But I'm getting ahead of myself.
To get beyond the nickname/middle name roadblock, I next searched the 1930 census (again for "celest*"), where she might appear as Celeste Cupp. This returned a slew of Celestes (including two who were nuns) but no "Celeste [M.] Cupp".
However, there was one that did look promising: "Celeste Melton", a widow of approximately the right age in Knox Co, IL, of which Galesburg is the county seat. I say "approximately" because vanity often made women shave years off their age when the census taker came around. But everything else I could find about Celeste Melton pointed to her being the Celeste.
However, I couldn't say for sure that the Widow Melton was "my" Celeste M. born on 12 August 1886 in Galesburg. Further digging proved she wasn't. Bummer.
But I wouldn't give up. Not this time! Celeste Cupp's identity had bugged me for 20-some years, and during that time I'd acquired new skills tools to solve this maddening mystery once and for all!
The first break came when it dawned that if Celeste M. Cupp died in California, she may've been registered to vote there too.
So off I went to Ancestry.com's CA Voter Registrations 1900-1968 database, which I don't use as often as I should because I rarely find any of my California Cousins in it.
From old letters, I came to the conclusion that once that bunch escaped the hard winters and scorching summers of the Midwest and settled in what most described as "heaven on earth", politics and civic duty were not high on their list of priorities - if at all.
But it was worth a shot. And a lucky shot it was, because I got the surprise of my life!
In 1954, not only was "Cupp, Mrs. Celeste M." a registered voter in the city of Los Angeles, her address was the same as "Cupp, Albert I.", my great-uncle! They lived at 7641 Densmore, Los Angeles.
The surprise being that we knew "Uncle Bert" had had three wives, but not four! He'd deserted the first, Jennie May (Morris), and their children, Clara Etta and Arthur.
The second wife, Clare, divorced him after only a few years, but his luck changed with Wife #3, Addie Lee (Jackson). Although they had no children, they were married 21 or 22 years before her death in 1944. At some point after that, probably sooner than later, he married Celeste.
But that didn't prove the Celeste b. 1886 in Galesburg IL was Celeste M. Cupp who died in 1970, right? And if they were one and the same, how did Celeste of IL end up dying in Anaheim, CA?
Well, she was the right age to have had sons who saw a brighter future in the sunshine of southern California in the 1930s than in Illinois. Or daughters whose husbands had a thirst for greener pastures.
Back to the censuses.
In 1910 and 1920, Celeste M. CASTLE was shown as the wife of Fred Castle. In the 1910 census, they were enumerated with one of her brothers. Further digging revealed the brother, Leo Clayton LOWE, was born in Knox Co, IL, and that he and Celeste May Lowe were the children of John Westley and Ellen Hester (Riggins) LOWE.
In the 1900 census, Celeste was shown as "Celestia" and she was 14 years old. A Lowe descendant also has her as "Celestia" in a family tree, with the same birth and death dates as "my" Celeste.
But I wasn't totally convinced yet.
Back to the CA Voter Registrations. But first I should mention Albert ("Bert") and Addie Cupp's address during their marriage was 7651 Densmore Ave, Los Angeles.
According to the 1940, 1942 and 1944 Voter Regs, "Castle, Mrs. Celestia M.", a housewife, was at 7641 Densmore, Celeste and Bert's address in the 1954 Voter Regs.
After Addie died, Bert had married their neighbor and moved to her house a few doors away!
But, to paraphrase that old marching song, it's a long way from L.A. to Anaheim.
When Bert died in 1955, Celeste was 69 years old. Perhaps she could no longer take care of a house by herself, or perhaps she wanted a change of scenery. At any rate, at some point after his death, she moved to Anaheim to be with (or near) a son, Fred G. Castle. She died in October 1970 at the age of 84; 63-yr-old Fred followed four months later.
My next step will be to contact descendants of Fred G. Castle or his brothers, Leo and Horace. Celeste was too old to have more children when she married Bert Cupp, but a Castle descendant might know how she came to be on Densmore Ave in L.A.
For now, the Memorial Card Mystery is solved!
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It was a tremendous 2013 season for Vancouver Whitecaps FC, full of record-setting benchmarks including scoring an MLS franchise high 53 regular season goals, while continuing a trend of improving on wins (13) and points (48) for a third straight year.
Below is a graphic which shows where each of the 'Caps goals were scored from this past season, and by whom. Brazilian striker Camilo (#7) makes the most appearances on the chart, as he scored a career high 22 goals while capturing the MLS Golden Boot. *The number represents the player's jersey number (legend at the bottom).

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The House Ways and Means Committee will release a draft version of potential changes to the taxation of financial products and derivatives, according to a committee aide familiar with the plans.
The draft could be released for review and discussion as soon as this week, said the aide, who asked not to be named in order to discuss the matter.
The proposals are part of Committee Chairman Dave Camp's efforts to overhaul the tax code. The Michigan Republican released a similar draft of international tax changes in 2011, and has said he plans to push a revision of the individual and corporate tax systems through his panel this year.
Camp held a hearing on the taxation of financial products in December 2011, in conjunction with the Senate Finance Committee.
"Today's marketplace features a wide array of products that can result in different tax or financial accounting treatment of economically similar products, including debt, equity -- and mixtures of the two -- and financial derivatives, such as options, futures, and forward contracts and swaps," Camp said in his opening statement at that hearing.
One of the options explored then was marking financial products to market for tax purposes. In other words, taxpayers could be charged on gains in the value of a financial instrument from year to year, even if they haven't sold or exchanged it.
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24 Kan. App. 2d 402
No. 77,451
In the Matter of B.A.M.
1. There is no requirement for an explicit in-court identification of a criminal defendant, at least where the circumstantial evidence supports the inference of the identification.
2. A conviction can be supported by circumstantial evidence.
Appeal from Johnson District Court; PATRICK D. McANANY, judge. Opinion filed September 26, 1997. Affirmed.
Kathleen L. Sloan, of Overland Park, for appellant.
Mary Stephenson Hosack, assistant district attorney, Paul J. Morrison, district attorney, and Carla J. Stovall, attorney general, for appellee.
Before PIERRON, P.J., ELLIOTT, J., and DAVID W. KENNEDY, District Judge, assigned.
ELLIOTT, J.: B.A.M. appeals his juvenile offender adjudication, arguing the evidence was insufficient because the State did not obtain a specific in-court identification of him.
We affirm.
B.A.M. was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia. The State called only one witness, the police officer who issued the citation. The trial court held an in-court identification of B.A.M. was not necessary because identification could be inferred from the evidence presented. Specifically, the trial court found that during the police stop, B.A.M. identified himself as B.A.M., and the officer spent 45 minutes confirming his name, address, driver's license number, and physical description.
This appeal presents a question of first impression in Kansas. Other courts have, essentially, uniformly held that a courtroom identification is not necessary when the evidence sufficiently permits the inference that the defendant on trial is the defendant who committed the crime charged. See, e.g., United States v. Morrow, 925 F.2d 779, 781 (4th Cir. 1991); United States v. Doherty, 867 F.2d 47, 67 (1st Cir. 1989); United States v. Hoelscher, 764 F.2d 491, 496 (8th Cir. 1985); United States v. Fern, 696 F.2d 1269, 1276 (11th Cir. 1983); State v. Lingar, 726 S.W.2d 728, 732-33 (Mo. App.), cert. denied 484 U.S. 872 (1987).
In reaching our decision, we rely heavily on United States v. Fenster, 449 F. Supp. 435 (E.D. Mich. 1978), which analyzes this issue in some detail. Following that analysis, the Fenster court found the objection to a lack of a specific in-court identification was "highly technical" and ruled the reasonable inferences drawn from the evidence permitted a finding beyond a reasonable doubt regarding the defendant's identity. 449 F. Supp. at 440-42.
In short, we find no impressive case law which requires an in-court identification, at least where the evidence supports an inference of sufficient identification.
B.A.M. also argues there was not sufficient evidence, absent an explicit in-court identification, to infer his identity.
The burden of proof in juvenile offender cases, of course, is the same as the burden in criminal cases--proof beyond a reasonable doubt. In re T.K., 11 Kan. App. 2d 632, 637, 731 P.2d 887 (1987). Accordingly, B.A.M.'s identity must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
Officer Melody Rayl testified that when stopped, B.A.M. identified himself as B.A.M.; he gave the officer his address and license number because he did not have the license with him. Officer Rayl then spent 45 minutes with police computer files confirming B.A.M.'s identity--confirming his name and address and confirming that the physical description from the computer matched the physical description she observed of B.A.M.
In this state, a conviction can be sustained solely on circumstantial evidence. State v. Graham, 247 Kan. 388, 398, 799 P.2d 1003 (1990). Clearly, B.A.M.'s identity could be inferred from the circumstantial evidence presented, absent the explicit in-court identification.
We recognize that trial courts in this state have long "required" an in-court identification. We also recognize that the law schools of this state have long taught students to ask the initial question concerning an in-court identification of a defendant. By our decision today, we do not want anyone to believe we are mandating the trial courts and law schools of this state to lessen their diligence. Here, the State's "mistake" is covered by the testimony of Officer Rayl.
On the other hand, we must also observe that the "law is the only profession which records its mistakes carefully, exactly as they occurred, and yet does not identify them as mistakes." Brown, Legal Autopsy, 39 J. Am. Judicature Soc'y 47 (1954).
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IVstudios wrote:Been making homemade cappuccinos lately. They're pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
peterabnny wrote:Sunday mornings I like to have what I call my Cholesterol Special - eggs and bacon with OJ and toast. I cook the bacon first, then fry the eggs in the bacon grease. May be bad for you, but boy oh boy is it tasty!
LibertyCabbage wrote:IVstudios wrote:Been making homemade cappuccinos lately. They're pretty awesome, if I do say so myself.
I'd be up for that, considering I'm a coffee fiend 'n' all. What's the gist of the recipe you've worked out?
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Manchester bus driver puts out fire, suffers breathing problems
March 05. 2013 4:50PM
MANCHESTER - A school bus driver was taken to the Elliot Hospital Tuesday afternoon with breathing difficulties after he used a chemical extinguisher to put out an electrical fire on the bus.
The driver was alone on the full-size bus at Valley and Pine streets when the fire broke out. The call was received by the fire department at 1:39 p.m.
District Fire Chief Michael Gamache said the driver did what he thought he should in trying to take care of the fire himself, but Gamache said firefighters are properly equipped to deal with such a fire.
As a result of his efforts, the driver suffered breathing difficulties that required transport to the hospital for treatment.
Manchester Transit Authority Executive Director Michael Whitten said late Tuesday afternoon that the driver was reportedly doing well at the hospital, but Whitten declined to identify him beyond using his first name of "Joe" without speaking with the driver himself.


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Livingston Manor, NY
Catherine "Katie" Loucks of Livingston Manor passed away on Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Achieve Rehab and Nursing Home surrounded by her family. She was 83.
She was the daughter of the late Louis and Adeline Edwards Kannegiser, born on June 13, 1929 in Livingston Manor, NY.
Katie was an active member in her community; she was a member of St. Aloysius Alter and Rosary Society and a member of the Manor Hose Ladies Auxiliary. She worked in banking for over 39 years and was past treasurer of Sullivan County Republican Committee. She was a member of the New York State Christmas Tree Growers Association. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great grandmother and friend to all that knew and loved her. To her, family was her number one priority; she loved spending time with them, cooking for them and she would do anything she could for them. Her home was always a warm and welcoming place for her family to come and visit. She will be deeply missed.
She leaves behind to cherish her memories her loving children: Douglas Loucks and his wife, Gina, Ross Loucks, Susan Carlson and her husband, Gary, Mary Scandore, and Jeanne Smith and her husband, Doug, all of Livingston Manor, NY; her grandchildren: Andrew Carlson, Christina Marchese, Aaron and Jarrid Schwartz, Nicholas and Gregory Scandore, Matthew, Brian and Daniel Smith; eight great grandchildren; her sister, Adeline Sherwood and many nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her devoted husband of 58 years, Clarence Loucks in 2010 and one brother, Louis Kannegiser.
Visitation will be on Sunday, April 21st at Herbert C. Bryant Funeral Home, 29 Pearl St., Livingston Manor, NY 12758 from 2 to 4 & 7 to 9 p.m. A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 22nd at St. Aloysius Church in Livingston Manor. Interment will follow at Lew Beach Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Catherine's name can be made to Livingston Manor Ambulance Corp., 98 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 or Beaverkill Valley Fire Department, Beaverkill Road, Livingston Manor, NY 12758.
The family would like to extend a very special thank you to the excellent staff at Achieve Rehab and Nursing for their amazing care of their mom and family.
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Wow. We lost two main characters on NCIS this week, people who played a major role in the lives of Ziva David and Leon Vance. I did not see that coming.
The variations on the theme of family relationships woven throughout "Shabbat Shalom" were hard to miss. We began with a father who desperately wanted his son to open up to him, only to have the connection made - albeit in a weird way - after they discovered a dead body together while fishing.
Dad: Sorry, we shouldn't have stayed.
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The body turned out to be a disgraced reporter who was masquerading as a Navy petty officer while in pursuit of a story. In a typical NCIS episode, there are two stories going on: one involving a murder, and another involving the lives of one or more of the NCIS agents. But this episode was anything but typical, as we soon found out.
The second relationship was that of Leon and Jackie Vance: the two were looking forward to spending a romantic evening without the kids. She has always been his rock and most definitely the love of his life: his vehement promise to clear his schedule to ensure this night happened made that clear. Her quick uptake and overwhelming disappointment shone clear, too, when Leon said "is that wine kosher?"
She guessed right away that Eli David was going to make an appearance, after which she scrambled to ensure their Shabbot meal would be as close to perfect as possible. Leon hoped they could salvage the night but:
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The third relationship, marvelously highlighted, was the father-daughter dynamic between Eli and Ziva. So amazing to see the wary hope in Ziva's eyes as she realized her father was near retirement and on the outs with Mossad and had come to America just to see her. He disappointed her badly in the past though, didn't he? And so she kept a close eye on him.
It wasn't until she saw a picture of him wearing a hat - a picture that had been snapped by the dead reporter's camera - that she realized heartbreaking disappointment. Her father had killed the innocent man, all in an effort to ensure his real purpose - to strike up a relationship with his Iranian counterpart - would not be jeopardized. And with that, the two subplots came together.
Her loyalty to NCIS and to Gibbs were without question, as she refused to share wine with her father and finally got up from the table in disgust in order to call up Gibbs to let him know who the killer was.
She thought she felt pain... but that didn't even come close to the agony she felt after her father was shot to death.
And then we saw an amazing shot of Gibbs and Tony standing apart in the hospital waiting room. Stark, and filled with apprehension. Gibbs eventually left alone to meet Leon, as he came out to say that his wife was dead.
This story was amazing and filled with sadness. I cannot imagine a more compelling episode. The writing, the dialogue, the incredible performances all combined to a bring heartbreaking masterpiece to the small screen. I can't wait to see the second part of this story.
Some final thoughts:
- "Shabbat Shalom" is a Jewish greeting, offered on the Sabbath (between sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday)
- We don't know who the shooter was.
- The team is worried that this incident might bring strong waves resulting in war, between the U.S. and Iran, Israel and Iran or all three.
What are your thoughts? And who do you think commissioned the shooting?
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STOCKTON - They just want the damn killing to stop.
In direct response to the city's record-setting number of homicides in 2012, the Stockton Police Department has developed an internal Homicide Reduction Plan.
The plan breaks down the violent act of murder by motive and other factors in order to aid law enforcement in reducing similar homicides from occurring in the future. It organizes the department's ability to respond based on the resources it has at its disposal and those available in the community, including public and private agencies that address mental health and community services.
The plan establishes regular meetings with stakeholders such as the District Attorney's Office, sheriff, Community Partnership for Families, school districts, state parole, county probation and mental health services to develop ideas on how to reduce homicides.
Some of the tactics it is considering include stricter enforcement of referrals to community programs and a stronger focus on education.
"It's the first time I can remember breaking it down to this level so we can look at each motive, and within the component of the motive, see not only what law enforcement can do to reduce similar-type homicides but what other agencies such as faith-based organizations, mental health and community groups can do," said Officer Joe Silva, the Police Department's spokesman.
"Having a plan like this is a more formalized, organized approach than we've taken before," Silva said.
The 71 homicide investigations that Stockton detectives initiated during 2012 is, simply put, "unacceptable" to the department, Silva said.
"It is a concern to the Police Department so that is why we wanted to take a more in-depth look at the root causes," he said.
The plan incorporates all the resources the department has implemented to date, including Operation Ceasefire, formation of the Countywide Gang Task Force with the cooperation of the Sheriff's Office, and inviting the California Highway Patrol to assist on the streets.
Motives such as gang-related issues - that accounted for roughly 50 percent of last year's killings - and robberies might take different approaches to prevent. Child abuse, domestic violence, narcotics and personal disputes are other motives that involve problems where counseling, intervention, rehabilitation or more education might help reduce the most extreme levels of violence.
With information provided by parole or probation officers who deal directly with past offenders, for instance, one client might be required to attend an anger-management program. A school in a violence-prone neighborhood might get more support for an existing after-school program that could be the difference-maker to an 11-year-old considering the gang life.
"Finding the right strategy to combat the different levels of violence is difficult. Many of these cases are referred, and there needs to be follow-up. We are going to refer these people to an appropriate program because we do believe these types of programs will continue to have a positive impact," Silva said.
In designated crime hot spots that have become accustomed to violence, the department's relatively new Community Response Team with its flexible approach to policing can provide proactive enforcement and high-visibility patrols down to the micro level.
The Homicide Reduction Plan recognizes the importance of adult role models. The Police Department sponsors a summer camp at McKinley Center, "because we understand the importance that it makes for youth to have positive role models in their lives, whether it is a family member, a coach, a music teacher or a police officer," Silva said. "Kids need someone they can look up to. If they don't, in some areas there's a high possibility of getting recruited into a gang, and that is something none of us at the Police Department or the community as a whole want to see."
Ron Freitas, San Joaquin County's chief deputy district attorney who runs the homicide and gang prosecution division, applauded the Stockton Police Department's latest plan.
"Look how challenging it is right now," Freitas said. "If you don't have police officers on the street making car stops and finding weapons, you don't have guns being taken off the street.
"Then there are the challenges that AB109 (prison realignment) has put on our (county) jail. People who should be incarcerated are out committing violent crimes. The waiting-for-criminals-to-become-tired policy isn't going to work," he said. "It's almost as fruitless as waiting for them to run out of bullets. What's needed is good solid law enforcement with personnel. It's fundamental to bringing safety back to our community."
During 2012, Stockton officers confiscated 932 firearms off the streets. That's considerably more than the 701 guns they confiscated in 2011.
"So we know we have prevented some types of crimes and potential homicides from happening by the confiscation of those weapons," Silva said. "It's getting back to proactive police work."
Contact reporter Joe Goldeen at (209) 546-8278 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/goldeenblog.


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oh sorry, I thought your baby had been treated for tongue tie. Tongue tie would be a possible cause of what some would call a 'short tongue.' But if it has improved without treatment, that is good. But whenever there is unresolved pain during nursing, baby should probably be assessed for tongue tie by someone who knows how to do so. There are 4 recognised 'types' of tt that can make latch difficult and some are very tricky to diagnose.
An IBCLC is an International Board Certified Lactation Consultant. This is someone who has been educated, clinically trained, tested and finally 'certified' for thier knowledge of breastfeeding problems and thier solutions. If you are seeing a lactation consultant who is not an IBCLC, they may or may not have this level of education and training. It is not easy becoming an IBCLC so they will have those letters after their name on their card, etc. Anyone can call themselves a lactation consultant.
latch pain certainly may get better in time of course, as you have experienced. But did your lc suggest anything more to try-different positions, different latch techniques, etc?
what does 'her suck would get better' mean, to you? I am not sure what that means. latch pain is typically due to a poor latch. A poor suck-does that mean, a weak suck? I am confused.her suck would get better with time and the soreness should at least decrease.


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At first glance, the signing of Laynce Nix to a two-year deal, which a baseball source said would likely happen this week after veteran journeyman takes a physical, might not make a heck of a lot of sense. Aside from birth date, the 31-year-old Nix doesn't figure to give the Phillies any more production in left field than they got out of 39-year-old Raul Ibanez last season.
Put it this way: In a 2011 season that was by far the worst campaign of his 10 years as an everday player, Ibanez still put up better numbers than Nix has posted in his career.
Ibanez in 2011: .245 batting average, .289 on base percentage, .419 slugging percentage, 106 strikeouts, 20 home runs.
Nix in his career: .244 batting average, .288 on base percentage, .430 slugging percentage, and an average of 120 strikeouts and 17 home runs per 162 games played.
But let's try to figure out what the Phillies are thinking, since the deal is not yet official and they will not tell us for themselves.
First, rule out any thought of Nix playing an everyday role in left. He has reached 400 plate appearances just once in his career. John Mayberry Jr. is definitely the better option to enter the season as the regular in left.
Second, rule out any thought of a straight platoon in left, at least to start the season. Mayberry performed just as well, if not better, than Nix did against righties in 2011:
Mayberry vs. RHP in 2011: .250/.330/.455 with seven home runs, 37 strikeouts and 18 walks in 176 plate appearances.
Nix vs. RHP in 2011: .263/.306/.475 with 16 home runs, 71 strikeouts and 19 walks in 320 plate appearances against righties).
So where does Nix fit, other than a left-handed power option to supplement Jim Thome and give Mayberry or Hunter Pence the occasional day off against a tough righty?
Maybe at first base, where Nix started six games for the Nationals last season. Although the Phillies have maintained that they expect Ryan Howard back for Opening Day, the experiences of other athletes who have suffered ruptured Achilles tendons suggest he could miss the first couple months of the season. In that case, the combination of Nix and Ty Wigginton at first base could provide a solid enough platoon to fill some of the offensive void:
Wigginton vs. LHP in 2011: 127 PA, 108 AB, 28 H, 3 2B, 5 HR, 17 BB, 2 HBP, 25 SO
Nix vs. RHP in 2011: 320 PA, 297 AB, 78 H, 13 2B, 1 3B, 16 HR, 19 BB, 1 HBP, 71 SO
Combine the 2011 platoon splits of the two players and the result is a .262/.324/.462 line with 21 home runs and 96 strikeouts in 447 plate appearances.
Although that still presents a drop-off from Howard's production, it is not as steep as you might think. In 644 plate appearances in 2011, Howard hit .253/.346/.488 with 33 home runs and 172 strikeouts. Extend the Nix/Wigginton production over 644 plate appearances and they finish with 30 home runs and 138 strikeouts. So you would actually get better contact and roughly equivalent power at the expense 13 fewer times reaching base.
Now, back to the head-scratchers:
-Nix would certainly bring more power to a bench that already includes Jim Thome, Ty Wigginton and, presumably, Ben Francisco. But in 152 career plate appearances as a pinch hitter he has hit just .187/.276/.269 with two home runs and 40 strikeouts in 134 at-bats.
-You might think Nix's power would play better in Citizens Bank Park, but he has hit just 4-for-36 with one double, no home runs and 10 strikeouts there in his career. Of course, that is a small sample size.
-Nix is atrocious against lefties, carrying a .181/.235/.271 line with two home runs and 74 strikeouts in 199 career at-bats. So again, forget about the everyday job.
-Nix is a career .141 hitter with two strikes.
If Nix is the last offensive piece the Phillies plan on adding outside of short stop, it will have been a puzzling offseason. In Ruben Amaro Jr.'s end-of-the-season press conference, he expressed a desire to put together better at-bats, particularly with two strikes. But the three hitters the Phillies have added are all the opposite kind of hitter: Wigginton is a career .185 two-strike hitter; Thome is a career .172 two-strike hitter. And Nix is a career .141 two-strike hitter. Rather than pursuing the type of veteran contact hitters that gave them fits against the Cardinals, the Phillies have added two swing-and-miss power hitters to go with a power-hitting utility man in decline. None will provide much in the way of options if Mayberry ends up struggling in an everyday role.
The moves will make a lot more sense if the Phillies have something bigger in mind. Like, perhaps, the stealth signing of switch-hitting star Carlos Beltran, or a trade for another proven corner outfielder (or the addition of Michael Cuddyer, whom they targeted early on). In that case, Mayberry would slide back to the rotational role he played last season, bringing speed, power and versatility to the veterans on the bench (Wigginton, Thome, Nix and perhaps Francisco). The Phillies would suddenly have plenty of depth at every position, with Wigginton able to fill in for Placido Polanco and Chase Utley and Mayberry and Nix rotating into first base and the outfield.
Stay tuned for the verdict.


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I can't breathe or smell out of my nose so that's sort of a blessing and a curse type of thing. I mean, I really like to breathe, but I have three small children and not being able to smell is actually extremely helpful in my line of work given the mass amounts of poop and rotting milk in sippy cups I have to deal with around here.
I am horribly sleep deprived since Cole and Stella have been taking turns keeping me up for hours in the middle of the night during the last week. Yesterday I felt like my head might explode, which seemed bad, and my exhaustion was hitting me so hard I could barely function. So after lunch I did the craziest thing, I took a nap. It was awesome.
Is anyone else doing this?
I usually am horrible at falling asleep during the day, but I laid down and was out for three hours. I haven't done that since Stella was born. I really recommend it. Why don't my children beg for this every day?
Today though, there was no nap and I am pretending to care about the Super Bowl....but really I am just excited to see Tim Riggins, David Beckham, and Madonna. I'm tired, and sick, or maybe not sick, but definitely shouldn't be blogging. So how about you guys do some of the work?
I need some answers. Here are the questions.
- I need a crazy good, lose yourself in the story, book. What should I read? Please, oh please do not say Hunger Games, Twilight, The Help, or anything where I have to really concentrate to understand the English used....because I've read them. Think people! Think!
- This year is Alex and my 10 year anniversary and we want to go away for a few days to somewhere mountainous and full of all things appropriate for October that we can't get in Texas, like cool weather, elevation, and leaves of multiple colors. Any affordable ideas?
- I am determined for 2012 to be the year that I take my adult tap dance class. Where would I take such a class and would you be willing to attend my recital for support?
Remember, I'm sick, or not sick, I need your help.


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Last House on the Beach (US - DVD R1)
Thanks to exploitation films Gabe always avoids the left end of every street...
Woe on to he who owns or rents the last house on his block. It's all thanks to Wes Craven and Sean Cunningham, and their seminal and uncompromising thriller, Last House on the Left. Now we've got Last House on a Dead End Street, The Last House in the Woods, The Last House Near the Lake, Last House on Hell Street, and a bunch of other Last House clones that change up the title a bit ( Late Night Trains, House at the Edge of the Park). This bring us to a lesser known ocean side entrée in the canon called Last House on the Beach. A later Spanish pic, A.K.A. Séptima mujer, this one is directed by super sleaze merchant Franco Prosperi, one of the godfathers of the Mondo revolution. Prosperi's co-credits include the origianl Mondo release. Mondo Carne, and two of the most severe genre entries, Addio Zio Tom and Addio Africa.
The structure is taken directly from Ruggero Deadato's House by the Edge of the Parktextbook - some generally bastardly criminals bust into a girls school as part of a half witted robbery/kidnapping plot, then take to pushing the young ladies and their teachers to most torturous and desperate means. The whole beach side estate is generally used to good effect, ensuring some pleasant outdoor photography, and some nice (though pretty innocent) bikini action. Deadato's class war subtext and sense of moral ambiguity is sadly missed, but Prosperi sneaks in a bit of tastily tacky nunsploitation action to fill the void.
Most of the cast is pretty weak (I know, shocker), and the dialogue pretty repetitive and drab (again not unexpected), but Prosperi scores Ray Lovelock ( The Living Dead at Manchester Morgue and Autopsy) and Florinda Bolkan ( Flavia the Heritic and A Lizard in a Woman's Skin, who add a dash of olderschool class to the pot. Both stars play the exact same characters they played for years (Lovelock a suave bad boy, Bolkan a sexy nun), but it's familiarity that makes B-actors into B-stars, so we can forgive them.
So the frat boy foils get worse, from humiliation, to forced stripping, attempted rape, forced alcohol consumption, watching nudie videos, groping, actual rape, and eventually murder. The production is definitely disturbing, and when it counts the beseeched virgins are full the appropriate dread, but despite Prosperi's revolting history on film this isn't all that shocking of a film. Properi pulls off one genuinely upsetting and surprisingly stylized rape scene (the music takes a sudden shift into something out of Suspiria), but Last House on the Beach lacks the gritty realism of the original Last House, the sadness and drama of Straw Dogs, and the genuine frightfulness of Late Night Trains. At its best Last House on the Beach is a less mature director's rendition of House on the Edge of the Park (which isn't really very good), minus the obvious social commentary. Fans can take that for what it's worth.
Though the overall colour pallet is a bit dull and dishwatery, Severin does a generally fantastic job in presented the cleanest version of such an aged and under the table flick. There's almost no print damage or film artefacts, and the general grain and noise levels are as minimal as can be expected. The whole transfer suffers a bit of softness, which mostly appears to have been done on purpose (the beach house is a bit foggy). The softness dulls some of the details, but most genre fans will still be pretty impressed. One of the film's biggest problems, just in general, is that it's filmed under such harsh light for the majority of the run time, which robs it of a lot of atmosphere which the actors and script aren't quite able to make up for.
I can say a lot of things about this generally average invasion/revenge trip, but I can't fault the English dub on any normal levels. Lovelock and Bolkan indicate a mixed beyond Spaniards cast, so it's a good possibility that some of these folks are actually speaking English, but there's no way these are their voices. Still the voices and the faces match up pretty well, as does the lip sync. The dialogue is a lithe high on the track for the music and thin sound effects cues, but there's no overt distortion when noises build up on the Mono track, or when the pretty ladies scream. The music is similar to many moody Italian and Spanish thrillers, but effective. Occasionally composer Roberto Pregadio digs into his western and crime roots, rather then recycling the same horror/porn cues over and over again, which is about as much as fans can expect out the era (both major rape scenes are way over the top musically speaking)
'Holy Beasts vs The Evil Beasts' is a brief interview with star Ray Lovelock, recorded in Italian with English subtitles, which appears to have been recorded in his living room. He quickly covers a lot of the same basic career aspirations that he spoke about so well on Blue Underground's Living Dead at Manchester Morgue, working his way through his early Western and horror career, eventually working his way up to the film in question. Italian and German trailers finish out the disc.
Last House on the Beach is a well made enough thriller, but it's pacing and suspense are a bit lacking, and in their stead there isn't a whole lot of super sleazy gore or nudity. Most of the violence and rape is pretty tame. When the vengeful action final comes tearing down it feels a tiny bit too late, but does carry an odd sense of pathos. We're talking all around pretty average, but an interesting and oft-missed entry for sub-genre fans, even if it misses most of the more entertaining elements that usually follow it. Great A/V production on Severin's part, and I continue to look forward to more of these under the radar first run R1 releases.
Review by Gabriel Powers
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The old Sazuma disc had an Italian audio track, and I believe that was what was mostly being spoken on set since the synch seemed to match up pretty well. You can get a feel for it on the Italian trailer here.
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Disc Details
Release Date: 9th September 2008
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Single side, single layer
RCE: No
Video: NTSC
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: Yes
Colour: Yes
Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono English
Subtitles: None
Extras: 'Holy Beasts vs The Evil Beasts', Trailers
Easter Egg: No
Feature Details
Director: Franco Prosperi
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Ray Lovelock, Flavio Andreini, Stefano Cedrati, Sherry Buchanan
Genre: Thriller
Length: 86 minutes
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Pure skill teams like Ottawa will pretty much top the NHL standings with the current rules, remember when we'd have Cooke hitting anyone and everyone on the first shift of the game? Setting the tone? I doubt we can do that anymore(Yes, I have not watched ONE game all season because I dont' get hockey here in Hong Kong) From what I read here, we're gonna see hockey transform into Olympics.
But play-offs are still a different story, I do hope the whistle do stay in the pocket in the playoffs.
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Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the U.S. economy remains hampered by high unemployment and government spending cuts, and tightening policy too soon would endanger the recovery.
"A premature tightening of monetary policy could lead interest rates to rise temporarily but would also carry a substantial risk of slowing or ending the economic recovery and causing inflation to fall further," Bernanke said today in testimony prepared for a hearing at the Joint Economic Committee of Congress in Washington. Monetary policy is providing "significant benefits," he said.
Bernanke is leading the most aggressive economic stimulus in the Fed's 100-year history in an effort to spur growth and reduce an unemployment rate that stands at 7.5% almost four years into a recovery from the longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression.
While the labor market has shown "some improvement," the Fed chairman said "high rates of unemployment and underemployment are extraordinarily costly."
"Not only do they impose hardships on the affected individuals and their families, they also damage the productive potential of the economy as a whole by eroding workers' skills and -- particularly relevant during this commencement season -- by preventing many young people from gaining workplace skills and experience in the first place," he said.
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William Dudley, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, also signaled that it's too soon to tighten policy.
"Three or four months from now I think you're going to have a much better sense of, is the economy healthy enough to overcome the fiscal drag or not," Dudley said in an interview with Michael McKee on Bloomberg Television that aired today.
Fed officials started a third round of asset purchases known as quantitative easing in September and increased them in December to $85 billion a month of Treasuries and mortgage- backed securities.
The Fed aims to drive down interest rates and encourage investors to seek higher returns in riskier assets, broadening the impact of the central bank's stimulus. Lower borrowing costs for households and businesses allow them to refinance and pare debt, freeing up more cash for spending or dividends.
"With unemployment well above normal levels and inflation subdued, fostering our congressionally mandated objectives of maximum employment and price stability requires a highly accommodative monetary policy," Bernanke said.
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Police say actions in deadly Weare sting were 'correct'By KATHRYN MARCHOCKI
New Hampshire Union Leader
August 24. 2013 11:05PM
Weare police believe they acted appropriately during an undercover heroin buy that turned deadly this month and await results of the state investigation into the officer-involved shooting death of an alleged Manchester drug dealer.
The Hillsborough County Attorney's Office had signed off on the sting plan.
"For the officers of the Weare Police Department - whether they were involved or not - the few weeks that it will take to reach a preliminary finding are very long weeks. Everybody is waiting for a resolution. I think everybody is confident that their actions are correct, but that has to be validated somehow," said Arthur Walker, retired Keene police chief who has been serving as the town's interim police administrator since Chief Gregory Begin resigned, June 1.
Still, Walker stressed, the Weare force recognizes it will be up to the New Hampshire Attorney General's Office and State Police Major Crime investigators as to whether the Aug. 14 shooting death of Alex Cora DeJesus, 35, of Manchester involved a justified use of deadly force.
The Attorney General's Office said the names of the two Weare police officers who fired their weapons and struck DeJesus will not be released until a preliminary finding has been made. Both are veteran full-time officers who have been placed on paid administrative leave pending the results of the investigation, which is standard procedure in these cases.
The investigation conducted by the state prosecutors and state police investigators will take weeks, Senior Assistant Attorney General Susan G. Morrell said.
The New Hampshire Attorney General's Drug Task Force played no role in the undercover drug operation, which occurred about 10:10 p.m. outside Dunkin' Donuts at Lanctot's Plaza on Route 114, Attorney General Joseph A. Foster said.
But the Hillsborough County Attorney's Office was both aware of the undercover drug buy and signed off on it, the New Hampshire Union Leader has learned.
Hillsborough County Attorney Patricia LaFrance would not comment Friday, citing the ongoing investigation.
No warrants were obtained because the operation was planned as an undercover heroin purchase, Walker said.
The incident stemmed from an investigation into heroin dealing in Weare. Several Weare police officers, two confidential informants and the suspected drug dealer were at the plaza where the drug deal was supposed to occur, authorities have said.
At some point, two Weare officers fired their weapons and wounded the suspected drug dealer, who drove off in his car. Police in unmarked vehicles followed him for a few hundred yards, at which point his vehicle struck an ice cream stand. The two unmarked cruisers also collided, but no officers were hurt. DeJesus died at a Manchester hospital.
The investigation will hinge largely on whether DeJesus was armed, fired at or threatened officers in any other way, Walker said.
"That is the essence of the investigation," he said.
State authorities have refused to say whether DeJesus was armed or exchanged gunfire with police.
Nashua police twice arrested DeJesus in the last four years following multiple drug sales involving confidential informants. He pleaded guilty after both arrests and received suspended sentences and recommendations to undergo drug counseling.
In recent years, the Weare Police Department has been plagued with lawsuits and staff turnover.
The department has been without a chief since Begin retired in early June, a year before his three-year elected term expired. His second-in-command, Lt. James Carney, retired July 1.
Carney previously was on paid administrative leave pending allegations of having an inappropriate relationship with a department employee, engaging in fights with officers and civilians, transporting alcohol in police vehicles and other charges.
Walker agreed to take over as interim administrator in early June while the town searches for a new chief. He said he does not believe the Aug. 14 incident dissuaded any potential candidates from applying or demoralized the department.
"This is something that we are dealing with today. What was in the past is in the past. What we are dealing with now is with the people we have now and a situation that existed at a particular point in time," Walker said.
The active-duty force currently consists of six full-time officers, one part-time officer and one officer in field training.
Townspeople have been largely supportive of the force as seen "by their words and actions and kindnesses offered by the average citizen to the officers," Walker said.
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On May 7 the Army�s 6th Ranger Training Battalion will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a daylong open house at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base.
On May 7 the Army�s 6th Ranger Training Battalion will celebrate its 60th anniversary with a daylong open house at Camp James E. Rudder on Eglin Air Force Base.
�It�s a good chance for people to come out and see where their tax dollars are going,� says the battalion�s public affairs officer, Capt. Adam Marsh.
It�s also a good long drive into Auxiliary Field 6, which is, in Marsh�s words, �out in the middle of nowhere,� but there will be lots to do once you get there. The day starts bright and early with a race through the woods. The 5k fun run and 10k trail run start simultaneously at 7 a.m.; to sign up, visit Active.com.
The other events run from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and include snake and reptile shows, a parachute jump, downed pilot rescues and hand-to-hand combat demonstrations.
Throughout the day visitors can wander around displays of weapons, aircraft and firefighting gear. If you�ve ever wanted to climb aboard a Blackhawk or Chinook helicopter, both of which are being flown in Afghanistan, now�s your chance, Marsh says. And while you can find face painting and dunk tanks elsewhere, only the Ranger Camp offers the opportunity to �camo up,� toss a grenade or throw a tomahawk.
Food, drink, t-shirts and hats will be sold, with the proceeds benefiting the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast, a free, convenient place for families to stay while their loved ones � who have some tie to the military � receive, await or recover from medical care.
�We raised $10,000 for the Fisher House last year,� Marsh reports, adding that some 1,400 people attended the Ranger�s 2010 open house.
The 6th Ranger Training Battalion is the last stop for students trying to make it through the very rigorous U.S. Army Ranger School.
�We started the first Ranger class in 1951 and we�ve been training Rangers ever since out here in the Florida swamps,� Marsh explains.
Visitors can see first hand what a �day in the life of a Ranger� is like, from the equipment he�s got to carry to how �sleep-deprived he is, how far he walks in the course of the day, being out in the woods the whole time, eating very little food,� Marsh says.
�It�s a good event, because you can see for yourself how your military is doing,� he says.
To get to the camp, you have to drive down a two-lane road for 17 miles. Here are the directions: From Lewis Turner Boulevard, turn at the sign for the 6th Ranger Training Battalion onto 9-mile road.
Follow 9-mile road until you see another sign for the 6th RTB. Take a left onto 5-mile road. Follow that until you see another sign for the 6th RTB. Take a right onto 3-mile road. This will lead you into Camp Rudder.


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Topic: Changes of life
This doesn't have a title for it yet, but I thought I would share it anyway. I was thinking about turning it into a song, but I am not sure yet. This is still in the editing process.
Sitting here I'm thinking, looking up I'm dreaming,
About the future and what it holds.
Some things from the past, Oh I wish they could have last,
But now they are gone and old.
Its all a mystery, of what things could all be,
Thats why I never plan.
So, I'll take it as it comes, hope I make the right choices
And learn from all I've done.
In maturity I've grown, from everything I've sown,
From the good and from the bad.
There were things that had been fun, but in the end I had run
Away from the sins I behad.
Now everywhere I turn, everything is different from what I've learned,
Every step seems so daring.
How I came here to this, thats the part that I missed,
And now I feel like I'm tearing.
What will I do, what path of the two,
Will I choose to walk in.
I could take the easy way, but in the end I would pay
So I'll walk with hardship all day long.
As I'm standing under this great mountion, that I have to cross,
I know I must go raging on.


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Lucretius is making a philosophical argument about how the images of visible objects are seen by our eyes.
nam cur illa cadant magis ab rebusque recedunt
quam quae tenvia sunt, hiscendist nulla potestas,
for why those should fall more from things and move away
than the ones that are thin, nobody can say.
I am reading "hiscendist nulla potestas" as:
"hiscendi est nulla potestas"
of answering there is no power
This parses "hiscendi" as a gerund, genitive singular.
And "hiscendist" is a contraction of "hiscendi est".
But this is guesswork.


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November 09. 2013 5:39PM
Merrimack firm in spotlight after it signs deal with Apple
By KIMBERLY HOUGHTON
Union Leader Correspondent
— The multiyear contract GT Advanced Technologies announced last week with Apple Inc. elevates the Merrimack company's national and international reputation as the maker of iPhones and iPads begins making some of its products in the United States.
GT will supply the sapphire material the company says is virtually scratch-proof, making it ideally suited as a screen material over reinforced glass because it can withstand extreme strike forces.
"We are very excited about this agreement with Apple, as it represents a significant milestone in GT's long-term diversification strategy," Tom Gutierrez, president and chief executive officer, said in a statement.
Apple will provide a facility in Arizona in which GT will own and operate its sapphire furnaces and other related equipment, according to the agreement. GT will employ about 700 people to run the manufacturing operation. Apple will provide a prepayment to GT of about $578 million that GT will repay over a five-year period beginning in 2015.
"We are pleased to be creating hundreds of new manufacturing jobs in the U.S., and believe that this agreement is in the long-term best interests of our company, employees and shareholders as it builds a robust materials business with recurring revenues," Gutierrez said.
After years of outsourcing much of its manufacturing to Asian suppliers, such as Foxconn Technology Group, and facing criticism from labor groups and politicians for the practice, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has made adding jobs in the U.S. a priority. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company will next month release a new Mac Pro that is being assembled in the U.S.
"We are proud to expand our domestic manufacturing initiative with a new facility in Arizona, creating more than 2,000 jobs in engineering, manufacturing and construction," said Kristin Huguet, a spokeswoman for Apple. "This new plant will make components for Apple products, and it will run on 100 percent renewable energy from day one."
Sapphire materials
Apple didn't specify what products will be made at the plant. Taiwan-based Foxconn is the world's largest contract manufacturer of electronics.
Demand for sapphire materials has surged since Apple started using it as a camera-lens cover in 2012, according to a report last month from market research firm IHS. The material also is used for the home button of the iPhone 5, which has new fingerprint-reading technology, according to IHS.
Earlier this year, Apple applied for a patent for using sapphire to create sturdier displays.
"Sapphire substrates are suitable for covering lenses, buttons and displays because they are transparent, yet more scratch-resistant than glass," IHS said. "Glass can become scratched from contact with hard objects, which can degrade the performance of a camera lens or a fingerprint recognition window."
Apple has a history of spending heavily to buy up supplies of critical components. In 2005, it paid $1.25 billion for flash memory for iPod music players.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said the Apple facility would create at least 700 jobs, as well as 1,300 construction and associated positions in the state.
"Apple is indisputably one of the world's most innovative companies, and I'm thrilled to welcome them to Arizona," Brewer said in a statement.
According to the company's 2013 third quarter fiscal report, GT expects the agreement with Apple to be cash positive.
"By leveraging the new materials operation and our enhanced R&D efforts, we will be well-positioned to drive the growth of other sapphire opportunities, including the expansion of our LED and industrial sapphire businesses in partnership with our (advanced sapphire furnaces) customers," Gutierrez said.
To drive the growth of its new sapphire materials business, GT said it has accelerated the development of its next generation, large-capacity furnace to deliver the sapphire material.
While the deal represents a major coup for GT, it won't affect its presence in the Granite State.
"The new agreement will not directly impact our operations in New Hampshire," a company spokesperson said in an email to the New Hampshire Union Leader. "Our facility in Merrimack remains an important center of research and development for the company, as well as our corporate headquarters."
Bloomberg News contributed to this report.


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Proper, tapered handle holes make this piece period-correct.
By Willard Anderson
Pages: 44-48
From the November 2011 issue #193
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The bowsaw is an ancient tool and a member of a class of saws called frame saws, in which tension from the frame is designed to hold the blade taut. Also sometimes called a "turning saw," the bowsaw features a very narrow and thin blade with handles that turn in the frame – that makes it particularly useful for cutting curves and fretwork. Because the blade is attached by means of loose pins that are inserted in holes at each end of the blade, it is easy for a blade to be removed from the frame and slipped through a pilot hole in the stock, then remounted on the frame for cutting.
VIDEO: Windsor chairmaker Michael Dunbar shows you how to use a bowsaw.
VIDEO: Bill has been a repeat guest on Roy Underhill's PBS show "The Woodwright's Shop."
BLOG: Read more about James Howarth and see his trade card.
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Asiana Airlines signs FHS Components contract with Airbus for its A380 fleet
Asiana Airlines, has selected Airbus' Flight Hour Services (FHS) to provide components support for its A380 fleet. The FHS agreement, which will run for 10 years, provides an extensive scope of A380 line replaceable units (LRUs), guaranteed spare parts availability through pool access service and on-site stock at customer main base and selected outstations, as well as repair to Asiana Airlines.
Mr. Yong Wook Lee, SVP Purchasing & Legal Affairs at Asiana Airlines said: "This long-term commitment for Airbus to support our aircraft recognizes our confidence in Airbus to deliver the best possible service to Asiana customers for our forthcoming A380 flagship's operations around the world."
Didier Lux, SVP Customer Services at Airbus said: "We are delighted to welcome Asiana Airlines as a new FHS customer for its A380 fleet. More than ever, our customers are expecting from us innovative and flexible solutions to enable safe, efficient and profitable operations."
South Korean carrier Asiana Airlines will become the twelfth operator of the A380 when it takes delivery of its first aircraft in the second quarter of this year. The airline has firm orders for six A380s and will operate the aircraft on its primary routes from Seoul to the US.
Airbus FHS contracts have now been selected to cover more than 130 aircraft from operators of the A320, A330, A340 and A380 families. Asiana Airlines is the fifth A380 operator to have selected Airbus Flight Hour Services. This new contract reinforces strong Airbus' presence in services market.


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I've set up an XS School server. I checked connectivity and I am able to ping the router that it is connected to.
The router has allso a build-in AP.
I connected an XO with that AP by setting up the WPA credentials. I can directly access the internet through that. I can allso ping the XS-School server from the XO.
Now I try to register the XO to the XS server but that fails. I get a message: cannot connect to the server. Registration failed.
XS-School server version is 0.6 (latest from laptop.org website)
Is there anyone that can give me a few hints to get this up and running?
Network settings:
internet - router+AP - Local network
Localnetwork is 192.168.1.0/24
Schoolserver and XO have IP provided by DHCP
Do I have to point the XO to the XS IP adress? If so, how do I do that? I thought there would be some kind of discovery from the XO to the XS?... If I am wrong, I realy would like to know what I am doing wrong.


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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay will team with Wayne Taylor Racing regulars Max Angelelli and Jordan Taylor in the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series' season-opening Rolex 24 At Daytona.
Wayne Taylor Racing announced Thursday that they will drive the No. 10 Velocity Worldwide Corvette Dallara DP in the Jan. 26-27 race.
Last year, Hunter-Reay helped drive the No. 2 Starworks Motorsport Ford Riley to a 10th-place finish, teaming with Marco Andretti, Michael Valiante and Scott Mayer.
Hunter-Reay won the series' 2007 1,000-mile endurance race at Miller Motorsports Park in Utah, teaming with Marc Goosens and Jim Matthews.
Also, NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Clint Bowyer will team with Michael Waltrip Racing owners Michael Waltrip and Rob Kauffman and road racer Rui Aguas in the Ferrari 458 GT.


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Graduate Study in Materials Science and Engineering
MS and PhD degrees
Our program, established in 2002, offers both the MS and PhD degree in materials science and engineering. While the program is relatively young, the participating departments and faculty on campus have an extensive legacy of research and of offering relevant materials science and engineering academic training. Our graduation record supports this training excellence; Our graduates have a mean time to degree of under four years for the PhD and two years for the MS. Entering our program with an MS degree allows completion of the PhD in less than three years.
Combined BS/MS degree
Students interested in completing both a bachelor's and a master's degree in five years have the opportunity of doing so. We offer two such programs: one in chemistry and materials science and the other in physics and materials science. How does the combined program work? Students finish the coursework for the bachelor's degree in a little over three years. In the fourth year, students combine bachelor's- and master's-level courses. In the fifth year, students are admitted to the Graduate School and focus solely on graduate work. Students in these programs typically complete a capstone project instead of a master's thesis. For information on these programs, visit the handbook for chemistry undergraduates for background on the BS in chemistry, visit the Department of Physics for background on the BS in physics and see below under degree requirements.
Interdisciplinary study
Because the study of materials is multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary in nature, our programs span two different schools/colleges at Binghamton: Harpur College of Arts and Sciences and the Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science. All graduate degrees at Binghamton University are administered by the Graduate School. Both our MS degree in materials science and engineering and our PhD degree in materials science and engineering are interdisciplinary and offer two areas of study;
- one with a science emphasis (atomic-level studies)
- one with an engineering emphasis (more macro-level studies, including modeling and mechanical behavior).
All students are afforded the opportunity to build an academic program that encompasses both the scientific and engineering perspectives.
Following completion of the MS or PhD, our graduates are able to establish careers in either academic or applied settings.
Degree requirements
The requirements of the materials science and engineering MS and PhD programs allow for a great deal of flexibility. Students are able to select courses of interest and to work on research with faculty in the affiliated departments.
The five-year combined BS/MS programs noted above offer a BS in either chemistry or physics and an MS in materials science and engineering. These are expedited degree programs in which three courses count toward both degrees, and allow the student to enter the professional job environment at least a year earlier than by taking separate science BS and engineering MS degrees. More details are given in the student handbook (see below for download).
The specifications of the degrees are articulated in the following documents:
Professional Science Management Add-On Certificate
Add value to your master's degree in materials science and engineering with the Professional Science Master's Certificate. Through interdisciplinary coursework, you will build your professional skills and position yourself for success in the workplace. Learn more.


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Linux Supercomputer is a Contestant on Jeopardy
I'll Take Linux for $1,000, AlexWho is smarter, Linux or people? IBM's SUSE Linux powered super-computer Watson faces off against human contestants on the TV game show "Jeopardy".
"I'll take Linux for $1,000 Alex."
The IBM Watson supercomputer runs on 10 racks of IBM POWER 750 Servers that can be powered by a number of operating systems including IBM's own AIX Unix operating system as well as Linux. IBM chose Linux and more specifically, Novell's SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) as the underlying operating system for Watson.
According to Novell, there was no competitive 'bake-off' or bidding process in order to have SUSE Linux selected as the underlying operating system for Watson.
"The POWER7 platform on which Watson runs is known for its ability to meet high-performance, high-capacity and near-linear scaling," Kerry Kim, Enterprise Linux Solution Manager at Novell told InternetNews.com. "SUSE Linux Enterprise Server is the fastest operating system on IBM POWER7, based on recent SPEC benchmarks, and thus a natural choice for IBM's DeepQA software powering Watson."
Kim noted that Novell and IBM have a decade-old partnership around Linux and high-performance computing (HPC). Novell and IBM have worked closely over many years to tune SLES for high-performance workloads running on 64-bit and mainframe systems.
SLES is also no stranger to the world of supercomputers in general. According to Kim, of the top 10 fastest computers in the world, six run SLES.
The version of SLES that IBM Watson is running has been optimized for the IBM POWER7 platform. Kim noted that the platform includes advanced memory management, Native POSIX Thread Library (NPTL) and advanced multi-pathing and I/O capabilities. While Watson is competing in a live game show environment, IBM is not using a real-time Linux kernel.
"Real-time kernels are really optimized for deterministic workloads and sometimes performance is sacrificed for predictability or determinism," Kim said.
While the Watson supercomputer is noteworthy for its TV presence, the fact that IBM is using SLES as the underlying OS may not necessarily have a direct financial impact on Novell's bottom line. Novell is currently in the process of being acquired by privately-held vendor Attachmate for $2.2 billion.
"There's no significant direct financial value here, although we remain the clear leader in the lucrative Linux HPC market," Kim said. "However, we think the real significance of the news isn't just financial -- it's in helping create the smartest computer on Earth. This is a significant point in the history of computing and it's great that Linux and Novell played a small part."
Kim also sees Watson's Jeopardy challenge as a win for the broader open source development model.
"I think this is a great proof-point for Linux," Kim said. "It's an amazing achievement for the whole community. This can be seen as a confirmation of the superiority of the open development model."
Sean Michael Kerner is a senior editor at InternetNews.com, the news service of Internet.com, the network for technology professionals.


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The Nekro Live Deadstream
Hi Nekro Kickstarters!
We'd like to invite you to a party! It's today at 8pm Pacific time and we'd like you to be there!
Location: http://www.twitch.tv/darkforgestream
If you're not already... Read more
Environmental Summon Patch now Live!
Hey everyone!
Patch 0.8.0.3 is now live!This is the first of three large-scale patches to hit Nekro. This patch expands the concept of Environmental Summons and introduces a new... Read more
Steam Keys Have Been Sent!
Hi everyone,
You should have all gotten an email from Humble Bundle with your Steam key. Keep in mind that even though you have a key, you can't play Nekro... Read more
Trailer and Steam Keys!
Hi everyone!
Big day today, we have released the official Steam trailer for Nekro! Check it out and let us know what you think!
Additionally, as you may have... Read more
Nekro - Coming May 2nd To Steam Early Access!
Hello everyone, we have some really exciting news to share with you. We will be launching Nekro onto Steam's Early Access service on May 2nd!I'm sure you have a... Read more
Nekro March Update - Let's Play the Nekro Beta!
Hey everyone!
We're getting really close to launching our public Early Access beta on Steam at the end of April! Myself and Greg Underhill, our community manager, play through the... Read more
Nekro Update 2014
Happy New Year everyone!
It's been a long time since our last update but for good reason. We've been hard at work on a massive new feature. We were originally... Read more
Greenlight, Release Date, PAX and Music!
Hello Backers!
What a wonderful month it has been! We have good news, updates and an epic new music track to share with you today in the form of a... Read more
Woohoo! New Nekro Gameplay Video!
An exciting day here at the darkForge HQ! We have moved from pre-alpha into alpha. What does this mean? Well, for starters it means we're getting closer to putting Nekro... Read more
Plushie Party and RTX!
Hi everyone, we have a real special treat for you today. Just a little while ago, we received about 5 boxes of cute 'n' cuddly Punge Plushies!
These adorable pods... Read more
Official Nekro Trailer and Mega Update!
Its been a long time coming, but we're finally live! Our first official trailer, new units, new mechanics, new zones, it's all finally here!
CHECK... Read more
Nekro: Behind the Scenes Video
Greetings everybody! It's been a few months since our last update and we wanted to give you a big one this time.
We are working extremely hard to produce a... Read more
Nekro Holiday Update
Hi everyone!
We wanted to share some Nekro-news with you, as well as offer a special holiday gift! It's been a crazy year, and thanks to you wonderful backers, we... Read more
Giant November Update!
Greetings Kickstarters!
We wanted to give you all an update as to how Nekro has been going. We have made some massive advances and would like to share some of... Read more
Livestream Tonight
Hi everyone,
We wanted to share the link for the livestream event tonight. To remind you guys, the event is at 8:30 PM, PST. We will be covering some new... Read more
Livestream #2 and Update!
Hi everyone!
It's been a while since our last update but rest assured we've been extremely hard at work on the game. We're happy to say everything is moving along... Read more
Live Stream Information
EDIT: This event has already taken place. The stream is now being used for our day-to-day streaming and has thus been locked to anyone that's not a $99 or above... Read more
Introducing the Live Stream!
Hey everybody! It's been a while since our last update. We've been super hard at work getting everything ready for full-scale production mode! This means we're about to put the... Read more
Nekro Status Update!
Hello everybody! We wanted to give a little update as to the state of things post-kickstarter so everyone knows what we're up to!
Check out the Forums!
First and foremost,... Read more
The End
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Is now in Nekro. You guys are AWESOME!!
Let's Keep it Going
Everything from this point forward is removing overhead. Kickstarter takes %5 of what we make, Amazon takes another... Read more
11 Hours Remaining!
We've come so unbelievably far. When we first started this project I had no idea we'd achieve such wonderful financial success for our Kickstarter. But, more than that I had... Read more
Character Customization and T-Shirts!
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The Next Step!
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Nekro: KICKSTARTED!
$100,000!!!! Amazing!! Words can not express out deepest and sincerest gratitude. You guys are absolutely phonomimal!! We're going to do an official "What happens next?" update with information about the... Read more
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This is it! We've come down to the final days of Nekro's Kickstarter Campaign.
We have some big news, and some important information to talk about on this final push... Read more
The Home Stretch!
I wanted to give another update now that we have officially surpassed the 2/3rd mark of the campaign.
Firstly, thank you. Your intense passion about Nekro and dedication has... Read more
New Nekro Stuff!!
As we round the corner to the final stretch of our campaign we wanted to show our deep thanks to you, our backers! To do that we wanted to give... Read more
New game mechanics article, art, video and pooping pigs!
Hey guys!
Just wanted to give a quick update before our big Nekro media explosion that will take place later today. First of all - THANK YOU! To all our... Read more
Getting the word out
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Game Mechanics Q&A Posted!
Hey guys, here's our first game mechanics Q&A to answer some of the burning questions you have about how Nekro actually plays. Check it out here!
Game Mechanics Article
Hey all,
I'm super excited to see Nekro gaining a little traction! We still have a long way to go but you guys have proven that this is possible. You're... Read more


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March 02, 2012 11:00 ET
WINNIPEG, MANITOBA--(Marketwire - March 2, 2012) - Wip It Up is proud to announce the launch of Speech Button a new Application (App) available in iTunes. Speech Button is an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) app for children and adults who are non-verbal or who have difficulty speaking. It was born out of a collaboration of ideas between two practicing therapists from Winnipeg, Canada. Carole Conyers - School Psychologist and Board Certified Behaviour Analyst and Nancy Clarke-Shipman - Speech-Language Pathologist.
"It took a village to raise this App. Not only are we proud of the software we have created, but we are equally proud of how Speech Button came to be! Less than a year ago, after feeling frustrated by the lack of suitable apps for our clients with special needs, we decided to take a chance and create our own app. With the help of a small network of friends and family, Speech Button was born!" stated Carole Conyers; Co-Creator.
Speech Button is a communication App that assists the users in communicating their basic wants and needs. Speech Button is comprehensive enough to be used as a primary communication system for some, or, as a springboard to a more complex system of speech generating applications in the future.
"Thinking back 15 years, when I entered the field of Speech-Language Pathology, I was always trying to find ways to integrate technology into my work. Back then, though, we were limited to floppy disks and tape recorders. Fast forward to the present and we have unprecedented opportunities to use this current technology to help children and adults communicate better." stated Nancy Clarke-Shipman; Co-Creator.
Too many apps marketed to people with special needs have been created by computer techs who do not truly understand the needs of their users. Speech Button was developed by clinicians who work on a day-to-day basis with people with special needs, and thoroughly understand what this population requires in an app. Speech Button was created in response to a need for ready-made, easy-to-use apps that allow children and adults with special needs who are non-verbal or who have difficulty speaking to communicate and enjoy a better quality of life.
Speech Button is currently available on iTunes and the trial version is FREE to download. The full version of Speech Button can be downloaded at a price of $7.99. Speech Button is compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/speech-button/id497365812?mt=8
More information on Speech Button - including a demonstration video: www.wipitup.com
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10 Crazed Fans Who Went Too Far On Stage
When an enthusiastic member of an artist's fanbase tries to get to know that person up close and personal, madness (and sometimes hilarity) can ensue. Check out this list of 10 artists who'll always remember that one time that crazy fan turned into a surprise guest on stage.
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