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The Famed McEntees of Ulster County, New York
Besides resolving the confusion over the last name being McEntee or MacEntee, which has raged for about 120 years now, there is another motivation: aligning the MacEntees with the famous and well-regarded McEntee clan in Kingston. This group of men and women include a famous Hudson River School landscape painter, by marriage the co-designer of Central Park in New York City, a woman famous for her still life paintings, a writer of children's stories, a famous civil engineer instrumental in the cement used to create the base for the Statue of Liberty, and many Civil War soldiers of high rank - including one man responsible for provisinf vital tactical information allowing the Union to stop Lee's army at the Battle of Gettysburg.
James S. McEntee (1800 – 1887)
James S. McEntee, the patriarch of the McEntee family was born on March 21, 1800 in the town of Westernville in Oneida County, New York.[1]
He married Mary Susan Swan (Abt. 1805 - 1826) of Westernville about 1825 and around that same time they moved to Kingston, Ulster, New York. On February 1, 1826, Mary Swan McEntee died while giving birth to an unnamed infant who died as well. Both are buried in the same coffin at the Westernville Presbyterian Cemetery in Westernville, Oneida, New York[2].
On July 29, 1827, James remarried, this time to Sarah Jane Goetschius[3] of New Paltz, Ulster, New York. She was born in New Paltz on January 23, 1808 and died on November 2, 1893 in Kingston, Ulster, New York. James and Sarah had the following children, all born in Rondout (now part of Kingston), Ulster, New York[4]:
• Jervis McEntee, born July 14, 1828
• Jane McEntee, born 1829
• Mary Swan McEntee, born 1830
• Augusta McEntee, born 1833
• Maurice Wurts McEntee, born January 30, 1836
• Sarah McEntee, born 1837
• Lucy McEntee, born 1840
• Girard Lindsley McEntee, born June 8, 1847
James S. McEntee was a civil engineer by trade and he helped lay out the Erie Canal as well as the Union Canal of Pennsylvania. In addition, he helped survey the Delaware and Hudson canal which would later serve to ship coal from Honesdale, Pennsylvania down to New York City. Other projects with which he was involved: his company mined the first coal from the Lackawanna Valley in 1830; he built the Tarrytown to Irvington section of the Hudson River Railroad in 1847; and he surveyed the Ulster and Delaware Railroad.[5]
Although somewhat in dispute, it has been stated that James S. McEntee was responsible for the discovery of "natural cement" in Ulster County. While blasting rock for the D&H Canal, laborers noticed a type of rock similar to limestone which was used to balance the pH in soil. One test to see if it was indeed limestone, was to burn the rock in a blacksmith's forge, then apply water. If the rock, which was at that point a soft chalky material crumbled it was truly limestone. However, with a great deal of disappointment, the material instead "seized up" and after a few hours became harder than the rock found in its original form. What was one man's disappointment was McEntee's surprise: he realized through his earlier work on the Erie Canal that the laborers had in fact discovered natural cement and not agricultural limestone. In the ensuing years, many cement plants would be established in the Rosendale area and the product would be included in the construction of the base of the Statue of Liberty, the Manhattan Bridge as well as many reservoir projects in the Hudson Valley.[6]
James S. McEntee died on June 30, 1887 in Rondout with only his wife Sarah, Jervis and Girard surviving him.
Jervis McEntee (1828 – 1891)
Jervis McEntee was born on July 14, 1828 in Rondout, the eldest son of James S. MacEntee and Sarah Jane Goetschius. In 1854 he married Anna Gertrude Sawyer[7] who was born on January 29, 1834 in New York, New York, the daughter of a well-known Universalist minister, Rev. Thomas Jefferson Sawyer and his wife Caroline Fisher[8]. In his later life, Jervis McEntee suffered periodically from Bright's Disease, especially during the Winter of 1876-1877 during which time his wife, known as Gertrude, nursed him back to health. This put a strain on Gertrude's own health and she died in October, 1878[9] in Rondout. Jervis would later die on January 27, 1891 also in Rondout[10].
While the name Jervis is not very common (with Jarvis being a bit more so), it is interesting to read about the colleagues of Jervis' father, James S. McEntee:
Looking to the success of the Erie Canal, the Wurts brothers hired civil engineer Benjamin Wright and two surveyors, John Mills and Edward Sullivan to conduct a survey to determine the feasibility of a canal from Pennsylvania to the Hudson River. In December 1823, at the suggestion of Wright and his soon to be successor John B. Jervis, the survey team began plotting the course from the Hudson River near Kingston, New York to the present day town of Port Jervis, to the Delaware River, then up the river to the Lackawaxen Creek and onto Honesdale, Pennsylvania.[11]
One can easily deduce that Jervis was named after John B. Jervis while his brother Maurice's middle name, Wurts, was after one of the Wurts brothers.
Jervis had become a well-known landscape painter and a member of the Hudson River School after studying with Frederic Church beginning in 1850. In 1885, Jervis decided to dedicate himself fully to his art work and opened a studio in New York City in 1858. Most of his time painting was spent in the Rondout and Catskill regions of upstate New York. During his career, Jervis' painting style would change from the more traditional style of his colleagues to one incorporating the brushstroke techniques of the Impressionists.[12]
The paintings of Jervis McEntee often differed quite a bit from the other Hudson River School artists: they were small in size, depicted melancholy or dark scenes with dark cloudy skies, and when exhibited they often included passages of poetry that he had written. While others would paint landscape scenes of Spring and Summer, those of Jervis McEntee often depicted Autumn, and the season at its end before the cold and snow of Winter set in. In his diaries, he wrote, "Some people call my landscapes gloomy and disagreeable . . .They say I paint the sorrowful side of nature...But this is a mistake...Nature is not sad to me but quiet, pensive, restful."[13]
|Photo credit: Seward R. Osborne Collection
Maurice Wurts McEntee was born on January 30, 1836 in Rondout[14]. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1855 and later served in the United States military during the Civil War. During the war, he attained the rank of 1st Sergeant, 1st. Lieutenant and Adjutant, 20th New York State Militia, April-August, 1861. He also served as Acting Master in United States Navy under Admiral David Farragut[15].
Maurice was honorably discharged on May 14, 1867 at which point he began to pursue a career in writing. He became a reporter for Kingston's newspaper, The Daily Freeman and later served as its editor. In addition, he penned stories of the sea for youngsters, under the pen name, Uncle Blue Jacket (an obvious reference to the Union side of the War of the Rebellion). Tales such as "How Uncle Blue Jacket Captured the Picket-Boat[16]" and "Uncle Blue Jacket's Duck-Boat[17]" appeared as part of Harper's Our Young Folks series (1865-1873).
A review of census records from 1850 to 1880, indicates that Maurice remained a bachelor all his life and lived with his parents up until his death[18]. Maurice McEntee died on June 14, 1883 in Kingston.[19]
Girard Lindsley McEntee (1847 – 1913)
|Photo credit: Seward R. Osborne Collection
Girard Lindsley McEntee was born on June 8, 1847 in Rondout[20]. He enlisted in the United States Army at the young age of 14 as a drummer for Company F, 20th New York State Militia, from April to August of 1861.
He married Mary Nichols of New York who was born on March 20, 1851and died in Kingston on May 18, 1925[21]. He owned a successful insurance agency in Kingston for many years and also served several years on the Kingston Board of Supervisors.
Mary Swan McEntee (1830 – 1892)
Mary Swan McEntee was born in 1830 in Rondout[22]. In 1854 she married Calvert Vaux who was born December 20, 1824 in London, England. Vaux was an architect and was one of the founders of the American Institute of Architects in 1857. Vaux also became fast friends with his brother-in-law Jervis McEntee.
In 1858, Vaux collaborated with Frederick Law Olmsted on the design of Central Park, having won the commission based upon Vaux's skills in landscape drawing as well as his "before and after" sketches of the proposed park. In the ensuing years, they would form Olmsted, Vaux and Company and go on to design Prospect Park in Brooklyn as well as Morningside Park in Manhattan.[23]
Sarah McEntee (1837 - abt 1902)
Sarah McEntee was born in 1837 in Rondout[24]. At this point in my research, not much has been discovered about Sarah but at age 37, she received her degree as a Doctor of Medicine from the Eclectic Medical College of the City of New York on February 4, 1874[25]. Her death date is unknown but like her brother Maurice, a review of census records from 1850 to 1880, indicates that she never married and lived with her parents their deaths.[26]
Lucy McEntee (1840 - aft 1880)
Lucy McEntee was born in 1840 in Rondout[27]. Again, like many of the McEntee daughters, not much is known about her including when she died. She married John Newman Andrews, born September 16, 1838 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware, about 1860 after he had graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point. Andrews went on to serve in the Civil War and was made a Captain and a Major at Cedar Mountain and a Lieutenant Colonel at Franklin, Tennessee. He would later serve in the Indian Country[28] and in the Spanish-American war, finally retiring on April 1, 1899[29].
Charles McEntee (1806 – 1876)
Charles McEntee, the brother of James S. McEntee, was born in 1806 in Western, Oneida, New York and like his brother, produced some notable offspring. He married Christina Tremper of New York in . Charles and Christina had the following children, all born in Rondout:
• Julia McEntee, born 1834
• John McEntee, born June 23, 1835
• Charles H. McEntee, born January 21, 1842
• Anna McEntee, born 1848
• Lilly McEntee, born 1851
Charles McEntee was a flour merchant [30] in the Ulster County area and for a short period in his life, moved with his family to Brooklyn[31]. Charles McEntee died on December 12, 1876 but not before moving back to Ulster County[32]. Christina Tremper McEntee died on March 6, 1889 in Rondout[33].
Julia McEntee (1834 – 1919)
Julia McEntee was born on March 1, 1834 in Rondout[34]. She married John Dillon in 1866. John Dillon, co-owner of the McEntee & Dillon Ironworks company, was born in New York in 1831 and died at Kingston in 1873.
Julia studied art in Paris as a student of Georges Jeannin, a floral painter, and she would later focus solely on still life subjects, mostly floral arrangements. She also spent time working with her first cousin Jervis McEntee in his Rondout studio. Her technique and brushstroke show a great influence of the Impressionist movement.
After her husband's death in 1873, despite having to manage her husband's part of the family business, she still managed to pursue her painting. She lived in New York City during the 1870s and 1880s although the census reports for that period show her home as being in Ulster County. It was likely that, like her cousin Jervis, she spent her the winter months in the city and moved up to the "country" of the Rondout area in the warmer months.[35]
Julia McEntee Dillon attained a level of skill and a large following which allowed her to paint at the famous East 10th Street studio and exhibit her works in shows at the National Academy of Design (New York), the 1893 Columbia Exhibition (Chicago), the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, and the Brooklyn Art Association.
Julia returned to live full-time in Kingston and set up her studio on Pearl Street. When not painting, she was involved with raising monies for Kingston's first hospital, other charitable endeavors and was seen as a "liberated woman." Julia McEntee Dillon died in 1919 in Kingston and is buried along with many other McEntee family members in the Montrepose Cemetery.
Charles H. McEntee (1842 – 1862)
|Photo credit: Seward R. Osborne Collection
Charles H. McEntee was born on January 21, 1842 in Rondout, the youngest son of Charles and Christina McEntee. In August of 1862 Charles was responsible for raising Company H of the 120th Regiment of the New York Volunteers[36] and served as Captain. He died on December 21, 1862 in Falmouth, Virginia, after being stricken with "brain fever" and leading his company for less than four months.[37]
Charles' body was brought back to Rondout and his body was buried in Montrepose Cemetery in Kingston where his parents erected a broken column to mark his grave.
John McEntee (1835 – 1903)
John McEntee, pictured above on the far right, was born on June 23, 1835 in Rondout and while at this time there is no much known about his personal life, his public life and service during the Civil War have been documented extensively. John McEntee's pivotal role in gathering military intelligence for the Union is a subject that I intend to write about, in much greater depth, in future posts.
John enlisted at Kingston as a Quartermaster Sergeant on September 24, 1861 at the age of 26 and was part of Company S, 80th Infantry Regiment New York. On February 18, 1862 we was promoted to Full 2nd Lieutenant with Company K. On September 22, 1862 he was promoted to Full 1st Lieutenant. On October 5, 1862 he was promoted to Full Captain with Company A. On December 19, 1864 he was promoted to Full Lieutenant Colonel and was discharged from Company S on April 16, 1866.[38]
His rapid ascent from Sergeant to Lieutenant Colonel is due to his work during that period with the Bureau of Military Information and the Army of the Potomac. John McEntee's skill was interrogating prisoners of war, reviewing captured documents, and determining the different between rumor or "camp gossip" and fact. One example when on June 11, 1863:
. . . he nailed down one elusive fact, the location of Albert Jenkins' cavalry brigade, a part of Stuart's command that was still west of the Blue Ridge. Some of the prisoners taken at Brandy Station were likely to know where Jenkins was, but these men, McEntee found, were very unlike infantry prisoners. They were gentlemen's sons, well educated, veterans of the considerable scouting experience, and hence "familiar with all the different means of pumping." But one of them, a lieutenant in the 12th Virginia Cavalry, was "wise beyond his own conceit." The prisoner asked what the losses in the recent battle were; McEntee replied that Benjamin F. Davis, a well-known colonel in Pleasonton's command, had been killed (true) and that General Jenkins was also killed (a fabrication). Falling for this ancient ruse, the Virginian replied that "that was a damned lie , that Jenkins was in the Valley in command of all the forces there, infantry and cavalry."[39]
John McEntee was also heavily involved in the Dahlgren Affair (concerning partially-forged papers found on the body of a Union soldier indicating an assignation attempt on President Jefferson Davis) and more importantly, he played an important role in the Battle of Gettysburg. In brief, McEntee's intelligence gathering and work with a young black man named Charlie Wright allowed General Hooker to realize that General Lee's army was moving towards Maryland. Hooker's army then shadowed Lee's troops, undetected on the other side of the Blue Ridge Mountain. For this reason, the battle was not just an "accidental collision" of both sides – it allowed the Union Army to protect Washington from Lee's forces and to foresee that the Confederates would group at or near Gettysburg.[40]
John McEntee died in Kingston on December 19, 1903 at the age of seventy-eight.
Coming up: Part Three - The Not So Famed MacEntees of Ulster County, New York
[1] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[2] Last, Kathleen L., Inventory of Westernville Presbyterian Cemetery, October 1999 - February 2000, <http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/oneida/western/western_lp.htm>, examined for any reference to "McEntee," accessed February 28, 2008.
[3] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[4] Id.
[5] "Obituary of James S. McEntee," New York Times, July 1, 1887.
[6] The Century House Historical Society, Natural News, Rosendale, New York: online <http://www.centuryhouse.org/>, Spring 2002, "Living on Hollow Ground - The Natural Cement Industry of Rosendale, New York" by Brenda L. Wood.
[7] 1860 US Census,
[8] Eddy, Richard, The Life of Thomas J. Sawyer . . . and Caroline M. Sawyer, Boston, Massachusetts: Universalist Publishing House, 1900, p. 288.
[9] Id., p. 290.
[10] MacEntee, Jervis, Jervis McEntee Diaries, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Archives of American Art, <http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-jervis/>, accessed February 28, 2008 citing entry for November 1, 1890, upon which someone else had written the following, "Died January 27, 1891 at 11 a.m. of Bright's Disease. Was in bed sixteen days. (emphasis in original)"
[11] The Century House Historical Society, Natural News, Rosendale, New York: online <http://www.centuryhouse.org/>
[12] Falk, Peter Hastings, ed., Who Was Who in American Art, (Madison, Connecticut: Sound View Press, 1999)
[13] MacEntee, Jervis, Jervis McEntee Diaries, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Archives of American Art, <http://www.aaa.si.edu/guides/site-jervis/>, accessed February 28, 2008.
[14] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[15] Naval Historical Center, Officers of Navy Yards, Shore Stations, and Vessels, 1 January 1865, Washington, D.C., <http://www.history.navy.mil/wars/cw/wgsquad1.htm
[16] Trowbridge, J.T. and Lucy Larcom, eds., Our Young Folks: An Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls, Boston, Massachusetts: Fields, Osgood & Co., 1870, Vol. VI, pp. 248-254.
[17] Id., Vol. IV, pp. 154-162.
[18] 1880 US Census, <http://www.ancestry.com/>,
[19] New York State Department of Health, Vital Records, (Albany, New York), <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mwalters/NYVitalStatsDeaths.html>,
[20] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[21] Id.
[22] Id.
[23] Rosenzweig, Roy and Elizabeth Blackmar, The Park and the People: A History of Central Park, Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press, 1998.
[24] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[25] "Conferring Medical Degrees on Ladies," New York Times, February 5, 1874.
[26] 1880 US Census,
[27] Heidgerd, William, The Goetschius Family in America, (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984), p. 83.
[28] 1880 US Census,
[29] Leonard, John William, Who's Who in America, 1903-1905, Chicago, Illinois: A.N. Marquis & Company, 1905, <http://books.google.com/books?id=4nfOl6a6QSkC>,
[30] 1850 US Census, <http://www.ancestry.com/>,
[31] 1870 US Census, <http://www.ancestry.com/>,
[32] 1880 US Census, <http://www.ancestry.com/>,
[33] "Obituary of Christina McEntee," New York Times, March 7, 1889.
[34] General Records of the Department of State, U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925, (Online: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007), <http://www.ancestry.com/>, accessed March 1, 2008, citing issue date July 24, 1872.
[35] 1880 US Census, <http://www.ancestry.com/>,
[36] Van Santvoord, Cornelius, The One Hundred and Twentieth Regiment New York State Volunteers, (Rondout, New York: Kingston Freeman Press, 1894), <http://books.google.com/books?id=LA9CAAAAIAAJ>, accessed p. 297.
[37] Id. p. 298.
[38] Fishel, Edwin C., The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Military Intelligence, New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Books, 1998, p. 293.
[39] Id. p. 423.
[40] Id. p. 1.


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Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration
The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration (OFT) proclaims the ecological mission of the Orthodox Church as . . . the Reconciliation of All Things in Christ!
OFT exists to hallow God's Name 'on earth as it is in heaven' by seeking the transfiguration of creation through the activation of the Christian calling toward transfigured life. In the context of the liturgical life of the Orthodox Church, the Fellowship seeks to extend the transfiguring activity of the sacraments into all creation through ascetic practice, the keeping of the commandments and the acquisition of virtue, thus restoring the beauty and integrity of God's earthly temple.
OFT is a SCOBA endorsed organization founded in 2006. It is a pan-Orthodox effort overseen by a nine member Steering Committee and aided by an eight member Advisory Board.
The office of OFT is located in Santa Rosa, California, where Executive Director Fred Krueger maintains an extensive library of creation related resources, and administers program development and educational communication with OFT members. To date, OFT has published two newsletters and organized four Christ in the Wilderness program events.
The Orthodox Fellowship of the Transfiguration is located online at http://Orth-Transfiguration.org . The OFT Community Forum can be accessed from the website.

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Poniard's Fortunes Likely Rest on Picoplatin
Disappointing Phase III results in SCLC but promising Phase II results in colorectal cancer make company's future uncertain.
There was more disappointing news for cancer patients and doctors treating small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) as Poniard Pharmaceuticals, formerly known as NeoRx, announced on November 16 that its pivotal Phase III SPEAR trial of picoplatin in the second-line treatment of SCLC failed to meet its overall survival primary endpoint.
Poniard says that the SCLC trial failed because more patients on the best supportive care arm received chemotherapy following disease progression than those on the picoplatin arm, meaning survival was better in the control arm than anticipated. The company is awaiting further data in January.
Picoplatin is in development as a treatment for SCLC, colorectal cancer, and prostate cancer. It reportedly has an improved safety profile compared to existing platinum-based chemotherapeutics to overcome platinum-resistance associated with chemotherapy in solid tumors and delay time to relapse. Severe toxicities associated with most current platinum-based drugs include neuropathies, renal toxicity, and myelosuppression.
On news of the trial results, the company's stock declined a breathtaking 78%, but then recovered as much as 36% as the company announced, on November 17, that picoplatin showed comparable efficacy to an already approved treatment, oxaliplatin, in a Phase II mid-stage colorectal cancer study. The company also announced new results from its Phase I cardiac safety trial, which showed no picoplatin clinical cardiac-related events.
According to Jerry McMahon, Ph.D., CEO, "Our updated proof-of-concept Phase II safety and efficacy results continue to suggest that picoplatin could be superior to oxaliplatin as a neuropathy-sparing alternative when used in combination as a first-line treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer." The company is continuing follow-up on patients to obtain median overall survival data to facilitate an end of Phase II meeting with the U.S. FDA.
The study results showed that the drug, given once every four weeks in combination with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the FOLPI regimen, has comparable efficacy to oxaliplatin, given in combination with 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin in the modified FOLFOX-6 regimen, as assessed by one-year survival rate, progression-free survival, and disease control.
If the SCLC trial top-line results had been positive, the company intended to initiate rolling submission of an NDA with the FDA by year-end, Dr. McMahon said, targeting approval and commercial launch of picoplatin in 2010.
Poniard had also planned to continue exploring potential development and commercialization partnerships for picoplatin but is currently burning through $10 million a quarter, and as of September 30 was down to $40.1 million in cash and investment securities. In March, the cash-strapped company initiated a restructuring resulting in discontinuation of all of its preclinical research activities and release of 12% of its workforce (eight employees). That same month, Pionard's auditors presented the company with a going-concern warning.
Still Banking on Picoplatin
At this point, Poniard appears to be dependent on Phase II results with its only drug candidate to find a partner. "Based on the current data in colorectal cancer, as well as encouraging efficacy and safety data from more than 1,100 cancer patients treated with picoplatin in clinical trials, including the cardiac safety trial data, we are continuing discussions with potential partners," Dr. McMahon said. But analysts remain skeptical regarding the drug's utility in lung cancer. "The likelihood for this drug ever winning approval in SCLC in slim to none, in our view," wrote Canaccord Adams' analyst George Farmer, Ph.D.
Before cutting out its preclinical research program during a cash-conserving reorganization last year, Poniard had been thinking beyond picoplatin. The company licensed a class of protein kinase inhibitors for treating a variety of diseases from Scripps Research Institute. The candidates were discovered through a research collaboration supported by Poniard. "We are pleased with the productive collaboration with Scripps Research," Dr. McMahon said in a statement issued at the time. "We are on target with our program at Poniard to identify a kinase drug candidate that has the potential to be combined with our lead product picoplatin."
But while Poniard might eventually have developed a kinase inhibitor pipeline, and the CEO was more than well-qualified to shepherd the development of protein kinase inhibitor drugs, he was hired to develop picoplatin, according to Dr. Farmer. Prior to his job at Poniard, Dr. McMahon was president and head of research at Sugen, where he was a co-developer of Sutent, a small molecule multitargeted kinase inhibitor and the only drug ever to gain simultaneous FDA approval for two types of cancer.
Poniard's fortunes may, however, rise and fall on picoplatin. Despite the clinical trial results in SCLC, Dr. Farmer thinks that "picoplatin has potential in other diseases, and the drug can be a better oxaliplatin. But developing it is going to require the right partner and finding that partner will be difficult given Poniard's current financial situation. Even though Poniard has a credit facility in place, I can see a potential partner dragging it out. The company should have planned for the worst case."
On November 23, Poniard sold 3,465,878 of its common shares to Azimuth Opportunity for gross proceeds of approximately $7.4 million. The company plans to use the $7.3 million in net proceeds from this sale to focus on regulatory and partnering activities for picoplatin, clinical development, other general corporate purposes, and working capital.
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Toyota Motor (TM), the world's largest car manufacturer, and its island-nation brethren, Nissan Motor (NSANY) and Honda Motor (HMC), face sizable production disruptions following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that rocked Japan. The global leader in auto output has shut the doors on numerous plants in its home country, as supply-chain interruptions loom and the unstable nuclear climate has led to significant power issues. As the threat of a meltdown persists at a nuclear plant a little over 100 miles outside of Tokyo, the nation's electric utility has scheduled rolling blackouts in an effort to conserve power. As a result, the auto makers have closed their facilities and have halted production for the next few days.
The earthquake, itself, did not seem to inflict too much damage, relatively speaking, to the facilities located in the areas hardest hit. However, amid Japan's current fragile state and the ongoing power losses, Toyota has temporarily closed a dozen plants through March 16th. Nissan, meanwhile, will also keep the lights off in four facilities through the 16th, with two other locations on hold until the 18th. Honda's stoppage will last a few days longer, staying closed until the 20th. The total output lost for Toyota and Honda, the nation's first- and third-largest manufacturers, may top 40,000 and 16,600 vehicles, according to the respective companies. In addition, Honda continues to have difficulty reaching some of its suppliers, having only been in contact with about half of them as of its last statement. Nissan, Japan's second-largest producer, did not provide an estimate as to the impact.
Estimates currently suggest that such disruptions will cut six billion yen ($70-plus million USD) a day off of Toyota's profits, with Nissan and Honda each losing out on roughly two billion yen on a daily basis.
The auto makers are likely to be one of the most prominent of the production stories coming out of Japan, along with electronics names such as Sony Corporation (SNE) and Toshiba Corporation, which have also shuttered plants.
The production cutbacks, although painful, are necessary actions given the significant blow the nation's infrastructure has absorbed in such a short time. Naturally, shares of all three auto makers fell sharply on the news. Over the long haul, however, the trio will probably not lose too much momentum in the global car market. This setback would seemingly allow General Motors (GM) to gain a little ground in its efforts to reclaim its position as the world's leading auto maker (in terms of volume). Still, we think Toyota's title is safe for now.
At the time of this article's writing, the author did not have positions in any of the companies mentioned.


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Pulled Pork Stack
|Vegetables, Bread, Meat
|Day Part
|Lunch, Dinner
|Menu Part
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Stack up the flavor with saucy pulled pork finished with Cattlemen's Memphis Sweet BBQ Sauce. It's the perfect blend of sweet and savory topped with refreshing coleslaw.
12 cups Cooked, pulled pork meat
6 cups CATTLEMEN'S® Memphis Sweet Barbecue Sauce
6 cups Shredded coleslaw mix
¼ cup Minced red pepper
¼ cup Minced green pepper
2 tbsp. Sliced scallion
'3 tbsp. White vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
12 each Seeded soft roll, split
1. Combine pork and BBQ Sauce, hold refrigerated until ready for service. Combine slaw mix, red pepper, green pepper, scallion, vinegar, salt and pepper. Refrigerate until service.
2. To make each sandwich heat 1 cup pork mixture and place on heel of roll. Top pork with 1/4 cup coleslaw and cover with crown of roll.


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MIAMI | It's not just fun and games in the city of Miami, although it's easy to lose oneself in the lush tropical landscape, blue skies, clear water and miles of world-class beaches.
MIAMI | It's not just fun and games in the city of Miami, although it's easy to lose oneself in the lush tropical landscape, blue skies, clear water and miles of world-class beaches.
But look closely and you'll find plights that plague any big city — crime, poverty and homelessness being chief among them.
With that in mind, the universities of Alabama and Notre Dame wanted to leave more of a legacy than just occupying the city for one week for a football game. They opted to make a difference.
The schools joined with Roots in the City, a south Florida nonprofit organization, to help beautify 2.5 acres in the historic Overton community in inner-city Miami. The project involved building plant beds for vegetable and botanical gardens, laying sod, clearing space for a parking lot and planting a rose garden.
More than 400 volunteers turned up Sunday for an afternoon of sweat, fellowship and service.
"Some volunteers are building the plant beds, some are painting them," said Alabama SGA senator Ryan Flamerich. "They're going to be used to grow fruits and vegetables all year round. We're really proud of it. We hope that it can be sign that there are a lot of traditions at both universities and not all of them are football. Football is a great tradition, but we can do a lot of good things for the communities."
Three thousand cinder blocks were used to construct 10 plant beds, which were painted crimson and white and blue and gold, the team colors for the respective universities. The plant beds will house a variety of fruits and vegetables, including turnip greens, collard greens, mustard greens, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, corn, melons and beans that will be made available for a weekly farmers market.
Marvin Dunn started Roots in the City while teaching at Florida International University. He wanted his students to learn the value of service.
"I started bringing my students here to put a garden in as a way to give back to the community," Dunn said. "That morphed into a vegetable garden from a botanical garden. Then we established grants so we could hire people from the community to take care of the garden. So now we have six full-time workers from the community. We get groups like this occasionally to come in and help.
"It really adds an element of appreciation for folks who live here. Many of them are from the islands in Caribbean, and some folks are from Georgia, Alabama, north Florida. They know planting. They know vegetables. It brings a certain nostalgia to a lot of people."
The schools purchased the cinder blocks, and Roots in the City added 12 truckloads of potting soil and $1,200 worth of sod to help round out the project.
Recent Notre Dame graduate Katie Callaghan and her parents took part in the altruistic effort.
"I think wherever we are it's important to be fully present and to have a full awareness of the atmosphere and the environment around us," Callaghan said. "To just show up and go to a football game is to kind of be blind to the rest of the city. This is an opportunity to experience the rest of the city.
"I think it's a great thing that this was organized. It's certainly something that the folks from the two different teams can do together, which I think is encouraging just to see people doing that."
Wayne Albertie helps run Camilia's House, a nonprofit organization with a mission to help end chronic homelessness. He said Sunday's event will have ripple effects on the community.
"Oh man, it's great," Albertie said. "We love it, people coming and giving back. We always preach to the people we help that when you want to start changing lives, it's about service. Always try to plug in and help other people by giving back. If you're not giving back, then I don't know what you're doing."
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Eurozone inflation stable, eases pressure on ECB
BRUSSELS (AP) — The inflation rate in the 18-country eurozone held steady in February, against analysts' expectations of a further slide that would have put more pressure on the European Central Bank to ease monetary policy.
Inflation was an annual 0.8 percent, according to the Eurostat agency. While that leaves it below the European Central Bank's target of around 2 percent, it will ease immediate concerns that the currency union is sliding into deflation, a sustained drop in prices.
Deflation can choke off growth as consumers and businesses delay purchases in hopes of getting better bargains down the line, and can be very difficult to get out of.
Economists were forecasting a dip to 0.7 percent, so Friday's figure suggests the ECB is unlikely to loosen its monetary policy further at its rate-setting meeting next week.
"Stable eurozone consumer inflation ... eases pressure on the ECB to take further stimulative action," said analyst Howard Archer of IHS Global Insight.
A closer look at the figures show the core inflation rate — which excludes the price of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco — rose to 1 percent from 0.8 percent.
Still, Jonathan Loynes, an analyst at Capital Economics, said the long-term trend remains one of low inflation, and that investors should not rule out further ECB action, particularly as economic growth remains subdued.
The ECB could trim its benchmark interest rate, which is at a record low 0.25 percent, or provide some form of boost to the amount of money in the financial system.
The weak state of the economy was highlighted in separate figures showing the eurozone unemployment rate remained at a near-record 12 percent in January. Some 19.175 million were without a job across the eurozone, or 17,000 more than in December. The jobless rate has held steady since October.
The unemployment rate for the wider 28-nation EU — which also includes members like Britain and Poland who don't use the euro currency — has remained stable since October at 10.8 percent, Eurostat said.
The Europe-wide statistics hide huge differences between economies. The unemployment rate is lowest in Austria and Germany at around 5 percent and stands at about 26 percent in Spain and 28 in Greece.
Youth unemployment, meanwhile, edged down marginally across Europe. The rate of jobless for those aged under 25 in the eurozone fell by 0.1 percentage points to 24 percent, a drop of 87,000. In the wider EU, the rate fell from 23.7 percent to 23.4 percent.
Youth unemployment was highest in Greece and Spain, where almost six out of ten under 25 are jobless, and lowest in Germany with a rate of only 7.6 percent.
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Nic Newman: Journalism, media and technology predictions for 2013
Digital strategist Nic Newman has written a 30-page Google Doc on his predictions for journalism, media and technology this year.
The ex-BBC strategist provides a really good summary of key developments in digital journalism in 2012, and makes a few predictions for this year.
In addition to predicting the rise of mobile (he uses the buzzword of the week 'phablet', which has been used to describe the hybrid, larger phones that are approaching tablet size), he makes another point he makes is one of visual storytelling and the importance of images. That leads into him noting the rise of TV-style coverage by online news sites, including WSJ Live, the Huffington Post and the New York Times.
Following WSJ's launch of WorldStream, a platform where reporters at the title share mobile phone footage to provide a behind-the-scene glimpse of the newsgathering process, Newman forecasts that in 2013 we'll see "more experimentation with short-form video", with this area offering "significant opportunities for newspapers and start-ups to disrupt traditional broadcasters".
Another trend he notes is one of real-time news and he makes predictions around paywalls.
The Washington Post and at least two national UK newspapers will join the metered paywall club in 2013.
The full document is at this link.
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Continued good oral health care – from daily brushing and flossing to regular dental visits – will help the older adult keep a healthy smile, and can also contribute to good overall health.
The link between good oral health and good overall health is strong. The U.S. Surgeon General and numerous health associations continue to spread the message that "oral health is essential to general health and well-being."
Periodontal (gum) disease or tooth decay (cavities) are the most frequent causes of tooth loss. Older Americans continue to experience dental decay on the crowns of teeth (coronal caries) and on tooth roots (because of gum recession). In fact, older adults may have new tooth decay at higher rates than children.
Severity of periodontal (gum) disease increases with age. About 23 percent of 65- to 74-year-olds have severe disease, which is measured by 6mm loss of attachment of the tooth to the adjacent gum tissue. At all ages men are more likely than women to have more severe disease. At all ages, people at the lowest socioeconomic level have the most severe periodontal disease.
Oral and pharyngeal cancers, which are diagnosed in some 31,000 Americans each year, result in about 7,400 deaths each year. These cancers are primarily diagnosed in the elderly. Prognosis is poor. The five-year survival rate for white patients is 56 percent and for African American patients is only 34 percent.
Most older Americans take both prescription and over-the-counter drugs. Over 400 commonly used medicines can be the cause of a dry mouth. Reduction of the flow of saliva increases the risk for oral disease, since saliva contains antimicrobial components as well as minerals that help rebuild tooth enamel attacked by decay-causing bacteria. Individuals in long-term care facilities—about 5 percent of the elderly—take an average of eight drugs each day.
Painful conditions that affect the facial nerves are more common among the elderly and can be severely debilitating. These conditions can affect:
Neurological diseases associated with age, such as Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington's disease, and stroke also affect oral sensory and motor functions, in addition to limiting the ability to care for oneself.
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December milk production in the top 23 producing states totaled 15.7 billion pounds, according to preliminary data in USDA's latest Milk Production report issued this week, up slightly from December 2012. The 50-state output, at 16.8 billion pounds, was down fractionally from a year ago. Revisions subtracted 32 million pounds from the original November estimate, now put at 14.9 billion, up just 0.1 percent from November 2012. Total 2013 milk output in the U.S. hit 201.19 billion pounds, up from 200.32 billion in 2012.
December 2013 cow numbers totaled 8.5 million head, up 1,000 head from November and 6,000 head above a year ago. Output per cow averaged 1,846 pounds, down 1 pound.
California output in December was up 1.6 percent from a year ago, thanks to a 30-pound gain per cow and 1,000 more cows in the herd. Wisconsin was down 1.9 percent, on a 35-pound loss per cow as the cold weather took its toll. Cow numbers were unchanged. Idaho was down 1.1 percent, despite a 30-pound gain per cow but cow numbers were down 15,000 head. New York was up 1.6 percent on a 20-pound gain per cow and 3,000 more cows. Pennsylvania was off 0.7 percent, due to 4,000 fewer cows. Output per cow was unchanged. Minnesota was down 2.5 percent on a 25-pound loss per cow and 5,000 fewer cows.
Michigan was up 0.8 percent, on 4,000 more cows, though output per cow was off 5 pounds. New Mexico was down 1.8 percent, due to a 50-pound loss per cow. Cow numbers were up 2,000. Texas inched 0.2 percent lower, thanks to a 35-pound loss per cow. Cow numbers were up 7,000 head. Washington state was up 1 percent on a 5-pound gain for cow and 2,000 more cows in the herd.
USDA's Livestock Slaughter report estimates 256,700 culled dairy cows were slaughtered under federal inspection in December 2013, up 7,600 from November 2013, but 2,100 less than December 2012. The 2013 total was estimated at 3.125 million head, 23,400 more than 2012.
Prices increase
Dairy product prices saw healthy gains at this week's Global Dairy Trade auction as the weighted average for all products jumped 1.4 percent, led by a 10.8 percent surge in butter and 10.4 percent increase in Cheddar cheese. The only decline was skim milk powder, off 0.5 percent, while whole milk powder inched up 0.1 percent.
The average butter price equated to about $2.1124 per pound, up from $1.9155 in the Jan. 7 event ($2.0609 per pound on 80 percent, up from $1.8688). The Cheddar average was $2.3282 per pound, up from $2.1119; skim milk powder, $2.1311, up from $2.1264, and the whole milk powder average was $2.2419 per pound, up from $2.2380 in the last event.
The bulls found plenty to feed on the week of Jan. 20 and the gains at the GDT helped fuel prices in Chicago where the Cheddar blocks closed Friday morning at a record high of $2.31 per pound, up 8 cents on the holiday-shortened week, 66 1/2-cents above a year ago, and the highest level since May 2008. The barrels closed at a record $2.2750, up 7 1/4-cents on the week and 70 1/4-cents above a year ago. Two cars of block traded hands Friday, the first sale of block since December 20, 2013 and then it was only one car, while three cars of barrel were sold last week, two the week before that, and none this week. The lagging National Dairy Products Sales report shows the U.S. average block price at $2.0722 per pound, up 6.8 cents, and barrels at $2.0424, up 9.3 cents.
Cheese production levels continued to be mixed the week of Jan. 13, according to USDA's Dairy Market News. Increased milk supplies were available for cheese makers. Sharply higher prices enticed some processors to raise production, while others worried about higher priced inventories. Super Bowl orders are often the last big push for retail cheese demand. Good export orders for the first quarter of 2014 are also helping to clear inventories.
Cash butter was soaring as well and shot up to $1.94 on Wednesday, the highest it has been since Oct. 9, 2012, but relapsed Thursday and Friday, closing at $1.89 per pound, up 3 3/4-cents on the week and 38 1/2-cents above a year ago. Twenty four carloads found new homes on the week and the NDPSR average hit $1.6244, up 5.4 cents.
Many butter manufacturers are busy filling current export orders behind good sales, according to DMN. There are concerns about the increased butter prices possibly reducing export interest as the U.S. price converges with the GDT and Oceania prices. The market tone is firm with inventories being tighter than normal for this time of year. Moderate amounts of cream continue to find its way to the churns resulting in higher production levels. Domestic demand is good in the Northeast and Central, while above expectations in the West.
Cash Grade A nonfat dry milk closed at $2.05, down 4 3/4-cents on the week. Extra Grade, in its last week of trading, closed at $2.09, up a penny. Twenty-five loads of Grade A sold this week. The NDPSR average was $2.0362 per pound, up 2 cents, and dry whey averaged 59.5 cents per pound, up 0.2 cent.
Nonfat dry milk prices are unchanged to higher in a firm market, according to DMN. Production levels are mostly steady to higher. Domestic demand trends are mixed and dry whey prices moved higher this week across the nation.
Class I base price $22.02
Meanwhile, the Agriculture Department announced the February 2014 Federal order Class I base milk price this week at a record high $22.02 per hundredweight, up 54 cents from January, $3.81 above February 2013, the highest since September 2011's $21.78, and equates to about $1.89 per gallon.
The AMS-surveyed butter price used in calculating the Class I value averaged $1.5939 per pound, down 4.7 cents from January. Nonfat dry milk averaged $2.0270 per pound, up 8.5 cents; cheese averaged $2.0308 per pound; up 17.3 cents; and dry whey averaged 59.39 cents per pound, up 2.7 cents.
December 2013 butter stocks slipped to 111.45 million pounds, down 10.2 million pounds or 8 percent below November 2013 and were down 41.6 million pounds or 27 percent below December 2012, according to the Agriculture Department's preliminary data in this week's Cold Storage report.
American-type cheese, at 618.79 million pounds, was up 4.8 million pounds or 1 percent from November but was down 16.8 million or 3 percent below a year ago. The total cheese inventory on Dec. 30 stood at 1.01 billion pounds, up 12.43 million pounds or 1 percent above November but was down 14.06 million pounds or 1 percent below a year ago.
Speaking of cold, Old Man Winter made sure he's not forgotten this week, bearing down again on the Midwest and the Northeast in particular with snow and bitter cold that may be around for some time. Reports of thousands of canceled flights and discussions about "Polar Vortex" were commonplace. Dairy farmers know all too well the stress that comes with that kind of weather. Pre-storm warnings generally spur fluid milk sales as residents hunker down at home.
Export aid approved
Cooperatives Working Together accepted 13 requests for export assistance this week to sell 2.03 million pounds of cheese and 2.46 million pounds of butter to customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. Product will be delivered through June and raised CWT's 2014 cheese exports to 2.74 million pounds, plus 2.99 million pounds of butter to seven countries.
Milk production across the U.S. is trending higher along the seasonal trend, according to USDA's weekly update. Bottling demand has improved.
Milk production in Europe is increasing at accelerated levels, due to high milk prices and margins, mild weather and expanding herds in some countries. Milk production totals for November showed year over year increases of 3.8 percent for France and 19.7 percent for Ireland. For December, the UK realized a 10.7 percent increase. Producers in some countries are going over quota levels and willing to pay the levy rather than reduce production.
Eastern European milk output is also expanding with estimated increases of 2-3 percent. Weather is also mild and supportive of production. Russian demand for butter, cheddar cheese and whey is providing export opportunities for Eastern manufacturers and Russia has begun to lift its ban on Lithuanian dairy products.
Australian milk production has begun to decline at an accelerated pace as Victoria, South Australia, and portions of New South Wales are in the midst of an intense heat wave. Temperatures well over 100 degrees Fahrenheit are lowering cow comfort and impacting production.
New Zealand continues to show projected increases of 6 percent or more over last year's drought shortened production season. The focus continues to be on powder production with some producers seeing the combined margins for butter and skim milk powder, equaling or surpassing those of whole milk powder.
Leahy argues for supply management
In dairy politics, as I reported last week, the National Milk Producers Federation surrendered its fight for its Dairy Market Stabilization Program, which included the controversial supply management provision. House Speaker John Boehner had threatened that he would not allow it to come to the floor for a vote, calling it a "Soviet-style dairy program."
But Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., called Boehner's analysis "dead wrong," according to an interview by Vermont Public Radio's Bob Kinzel and featured in the Jan. 21 Rutland Herald. Leahy said, "The fact is it is voluntary, it has a sunset provision in it we ought to give it a try. The farmers I talked with around Vermont much prefer this to the system that Speaker Boehner and others support."
The article quotes Leahy, "It'll get resolved. It's just who blinks first. We have the votes in the Senate. Right now we have the votes in the House; it's whether they'll knuckle under the speaker and the lobbyists or whether they'll stick with the farmers. It's really that simple a choice."
Rep. Collin Peterson, D-Minn., says a compromise is in the works but hasn't agreed to anything at this point and still supports the DMSP.
National Milk is exploring an alternative approach to the dairy safety net, according to NMPF's Chris Galen. Galen said the plan would hopefully include a margin insurance program with "the proper economic incentives for participants that reflect and help address supply and demand signals that also have some cost control mechanisms."
NMPF is engaging with Ag Committee staff on an alternative dairy safety net which, Galen said, will "include certain inducements to achieve a supply demand balance using the framework of our margin insurance program." He said they're hopeful those adjustments would be to the program's margin insurance payout structure or the premiums that participants would have to pay, to name a few.
"We still want and need to have any alternative approach to offer an effective risk management tool for dairy farmers," Galen charged, and pledged that NMPF will not support any program that "doesn't effectively address the needs of our members throughout the U.S." The process is ongoing, according to Galen.
California federal order ahead
Meanwhile, momentum is building toward a federal order in California. Members of the California Dairy Task Force met this week in Sacramento in an attempt to revitalize the dairy industry in the Golden State. The task force is an informal group of dairy producers, cooperatives and processors established by Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross. Several issues were discussed including the quota system, investment decisions, risk management and alternative pricing to the Class 4 markets.
"From the time the task force started until now, we have seen a dramatic increase in interest to go towards a California federal order," Rob Vandenheuvel, GM of the Milk Producers Council, said.
Dairymen are still waiting on details regarding a federal order. The cooperatives have been working diligently in putting together a draft order to be submitted to USDA. The federal order process is lengthy and there was some discussion by task force members about what can be done in the interim. Text and audio of the complete interview is available at www.dairyline.com.


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A day before President Barack Obama is scheduled to release Vice President Joe Biden's recommendations to curb gun violence in the United States, the National Rifle Association told U.S. News and World Report that they have seen membership grow by 250,000 in the month since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Politico reported membership had grown by more than 100,000 five days ago. The NRA says that when Politico reported the story, membership was close to 200,000, but the number has drastically grown in just five days. The association now has over 4.25 million members, but the NRA says that number is always fluctuating as memberships expire and new members join.
"I would say that every time President Obama opens his mouth and Sen. [Dianne] Feinstein opens her mouth and they talk about gun bans and restricting the rights of law abiding Americans, people pay attention to that and sign up," says Andrew Arulanandam, the NRA's public affairs director.
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Kolkata: England captain Alastair Cook, who took over the reigns from Andrew Strauss before the India series, on Tuesday said that the added responsibility has brought the best out of him.
"May be the added responsibility makes you more accountable to the side. That may have helped my batting...I really don`t know if it happened that way but it`s nice.
"As a captain you always want a good start with the bat... Show that you can cope with the demands. That`s how it has happened but I can`t put a finger on how it happened," Cook, who has hit two centuries in last two Tests, said while addressing the media on the eve of third game against India.
Stating that he was not someone who believed in the momentum, Cook said, "After the first game it (momentum) was with India but we managed to bounce back in Mumbai. So, not really (think that momentum helps).
"With the series at 1-1, and two more matches to go, it`s a good place to be as a player. You want to play in big games and that`s what we have over the next two weeks. That`s exciting."
After their loss in Motera, England bounced back on turning wicket of Wankhede to thrash India by 10 wickets and level the series 1-1 and Cook feels that the victory had a positive impact on his team.
"It (the Mumbai win) certainly left us a little more confident and belief that what we are doing is fine. That doesn`t mean it is going to count for anything in this match.
"What we are doing on spinning tracks is right. But we need to improve on that, and we`ll need it. We are going to need some stand-up performances like we did in Mumbai if we are to have a chance," insisted the skipper.


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"300: Rise of an Empire"Link
Lena Headey's Queen Gorgo seeks vengeance for the events of "300" in a new trailer for "300: Rise of an Empire."
Directed by TV commercial ace Noam Murro and produced by Zack Snyder, "Rise of an Empire" is not a sequel or a prequel but a free-standing tale set in the same world and taking place before, during and after the events of "300."
The story is based on Frank Miller's "Xerxes" ("300″ was based on Miller's landmark graphic novel of the same name) and the historical Battle of Artemisium, a naval engagement concurrent with "300′s" battle at Thermopylae.
"If you took '300' and you zoomed out, that's what this movie is all about," Murro said at Comic-Con International in San Diego last summer. "It takes place at about the same time as '300.' It's just bigger and it gives a whole bigger scale and scope as to what happened historically."
The trailer, released Wednesday, shows Headey's queen at what appears to be her husband's ("300's" Leonidas, played by Gerard Butler) funeral pyre, accompanied by new hero Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton).
"Leonidas and the brave 300 are dead," the tearful Gorgo says. "Have I not given enough for dream of a united Greece, Themistocles? A king. A husband."
"Avenge him," Themistocles replies, setting the scene for the events of "Rise of an Empire."
The film once again pits the Greeks against the Persians, led by god-king Xerxes, the nefarious 9-foot-tall antagonist played by Rodrigo Santoro, and Artemisia I of Caria, a Persian naval commander played by Eva Green ("Casino Royale"). Artemisia is portrayed as a blood-thirsty warrior, eager for conquest.
"The ecstasy of steel and flesh, sweat and muscle and rage," she says in the trailer. "War."
And the Greeks seem to fear her, too.
"She has sold her soul to death himself," Themistocles warns. "She's going to bring all of hell with her."
"She's the toughest character I've ever played," Green said at Comic-Con. "It's always been a fantasy for me to play a character who's a woman with swords. She's so ballsy, she's so brave, independent, she's fearless, ruthless. I call her kind of a ruthless Joan of Arc."
The trailer shows brutal and bloody action scenes, set to Black Sabbath's "War Pigs,"as Artemisia and Themistocles wage naval warfare.
The film also stars Jack O'Connell as Calisto, Hans Matheson as Aesyklos, Callan Mulvey as Scyllias, David Wenham as Dilios, Andrew Tiernan as Ephialtes, Igal Naor as King Darius and Andrew Pleavin as Daxos.
Producer Snyder, of course, is the director of "Man of Steel," his first major hit since "300." In between came "Watchmen," "Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole" and "Sucker Punch." Snyder is also directing the upcoming untitled Batman/Superman film.
"300″ was a box-office hit, despite controversy surrounding the portrayal of Xerxes and his Persian army as an effete villain and a savage horde; the Iranian Academy of the Arts filed a formal complaint through the United Nations, denouncing the film's take on Iran's history.
"Empire" is slated to hit theaters March 7. Click through the gallery above for scenes from the first "300."
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Apple is testing iOS 6.0.1, which includes a fix for the keyboard bug, and resolves a camera flash issue, according to reports.
BGR reports that a 'reliable Apple source' has said that Apple's iOS 6.0.1 is being tested with different carriers in the US.
Among the changes that are expected to arrive with the update, BGR's report notes that it should "fix the horizontal lines bug on the screen when the keyboard or app folder is open, and it will also fix a problem with the camera's flash not going off."
BGR also says that Apple's iOS 6 update will improve WiFi support, fix some cellular data issues, add a consolidated cellular switch for iTunes Match, fix Passbook security bug, and fix the bug that caused Exchange meetings to be cancelled.
Apple has also begun working on iOS 6.1, says the source, indicating that the iPad mini won't have the larger update to its operating system when it launches on Friday.
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SINGAPORE (AP) — Voters handed Singapore's ruling People's Action Party its second by-election defeat in eight months, giving the opposition another seat in Parliament and signaling widening discontent over immigration policies and rising income inequality.
Opposition Workers' Party candidate Lee Li Lian won 54.5 percent of about 29,800 votes cast Saturday in the Punggol East district, beating three other candidates including the PAP's Koh Poh Koon, who received 43.7 percent. The Workers' Party now has seven seats in Parliament and the PAP has 80.
"Despite this victory, the Workers' Party is still a small party with much to do and improve upon," party chairwoman Sylvia Lim told reporters.
The PAP has been in power since 1959 but has seen its support decline in recent years, winning only 60 percent of the votes in the 2011 general election — its lowest share since independence in 1965 — as it struggles to stem rising discontent over the high cost of living, an influx of foreigners and rising income inequality.
The PAP "will continue to work to improve the lives of Singaporeans, and present our report card for voters to judge in the next general elections," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a statement.
Lee had called the by-election after the sudden resignation of PAP lawmaker Michael Palmer over an extramarital affair, adding to a list of sex scandals that have rocked the city-state in the past year.
Lee and other PAP heavyweights had hoped to avoid another electoral embarrassment after the party's loss in a by-election in May last year.
Analysts say the PAP defeat forces the party to re-examine policies that have brought popular discontent.
"This is a shock for the PAP," said Bridget Welsh, an associate professor of political science at Singapore Management University. "They went to the polls so quickly with confidence and had expected to win. So, this is a devastating loss. It forces the PAP to have a very serious evaluation of their policies, and what they've done wrong."
Political blogger Andrew Loh said the PAP's loss "is a reflection of the uncertainty that Singaporeans have about their future. They also want stronger voices in Parliament."


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Tessa Virtue, Scott Moir thank London for memorable worlds
If they could, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir would've changed one thing about the World Figure Skating Championships.
The hometown heroes would have switched the national anthem at Saturday's ice dance medal ceremony from the Star Spangled Banner to O Canada.
They didn't win, but London did, in the minds of the globe-trotting skaters whose seventh career worlds will always be their most memorable.
"We never could have imagined a hometown world championships," Virtue, the 23-year-old Londoner, said. "London is on the world stage and it has handled it gracefully. We felt the excitement (ahead of last week) building. It's what everybody has been talking about.
"The skating crowd is phenomenal. There are no more knowledgeable fans."
Three-time men's world champ Patrick Chan said the atmosphere at Budweiser Gardens – even when it wasn't filled to capacity early in the week – inspired the skaters. The arena, with a capacity of 6,691 for figure skating events, was the smallest venue used for the worlds in the 10 times Canada has hosted the tournament.
"I don't think we're pulling wool over anyone's eyes in trying to compare with Moscow, Nice (France), Tokyo," Moir, the 25-year-old Ilderton, Ont., native, said. "It's a unique worlds and I think the community did an amazing job.
"It was really neat for Tessa and I to see our community pull together."
Collectively, the Canadian team enjoyed a wildly successful worlds. They will now send 17 of a possible 18 skaters to the Olympics next year.
London is the springboard to the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia just like it was for the Olympics in Vancouver three years ago when it held the national championships.
"This venue has done so much for the city, bringing it to life," Virtue said. "It has brought so many amazing artists. It was really special to share with our family
"Thank you (London). We feel that support, not just this week, but everywhere we go."
Soon, it will be back to work in Canton, Mich., to start forming their Olympic-season short and free dances.
"I have (an) idea and very soon, I will (unveil it)," coach and choreographer Marina Zoueva said.
Virtue said she was healthy this week and the calf cramp that acted up at Four Continents didn't hinder her performance. She wore two new dresses in competition at these worlds.
"Be a little more fresh, something different, more excitement," Zoueva said. "Like a woman, when we have a new dress, we (feel) much better. Even me, I'm more excited when I come to a competition with a new outfit."
Now, her job is to tailor programs that will erase Virtue and Moir's bitter taste of silver here and get them back on the Olympic podium.


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Last Name: Phelps
First Name : Anson
Middle Name: D
Subject's City: Corning
Subject's State: CA
Subject's County: Alameda
Subject's Country: US
Date: 1851-1900
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Comments: Anson D Phelps (Nee: Phelps) | Corning CA US | 1851-1900 | Comments: Photo believed to be of Anson D. Phelps and Persis MacDougall family abt 1895 in either IA or CA. Some members in photo are Libby family members who married into family. Believe 2 in last row, far right, are Mabel Libby and her husband, Adelbert Anson Phelps. My grandmother, Bessie Mae Phelps, is front row 4th from right. Would love to know more of the names of this family.
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