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Here is the March 2009 issue of the Black and Blue Bottom, the Almaden Cycle Touring Club newsletter. These are in PDF format:
ACTC, The Black and Blue Bottom, Almaden Cycle Touring Club, ssloansjca
My Black and Blue Blog blog was originally created by me when I published the Almaden Cycle Touring Club (ACTC) newsletter the Black and Blue Bottom. It was used to aid in the production that newsletter. Now, it is just used to present views and content related to ACTC. Posts here are solely the opinion of the poster and do not reflect the opinions of the ACTC, anybody's employers or anybody else but the poster at the time the post was made.

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I figure you blog readers might like to know, beyond its blizzard-y content, I based the composition loosely around one of my very favourite paintings -- The Reply of the Zaporozhian Cossacks by Ilya Repin.
There are few works of art that I think get across such a great sense of story. Repin was a master of this. I learned a lot about story with this piece -- makes you wish the man were still alive so we could all go ask him :)


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The open preview of the Hamachi mobile client brings Hamachi networks into reach from an iOS or Android smartphone or tablet. Now, IT managers and network owners can give members of their team secure, on-the-go access to critical information on corporate networks. Network resources, such as intranets or proprietary software, are now securely available from mobile devices.
Check it out:
- Log in to the preview site with your LogMeIn ID: https://preview.logmein.com
- Click on Networks in the left navigation
- Add mobile clients and configure how you want them to connect: simply click Add Client, select Add mobile client and then follow the on-screen instructions
For additional tips, support and information on the Hamachi Mobile preview, visit our community. Let us know what you think by sending feedback to email@example.com.
Note: The mobile client is free to use during preview, but is expected to be a premium feature upon release.


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Share your favorite iPhone or iPad accessory on Pinterest for your chance to win!
The iMore Accessory Store has added a handy new "Pin it" feature, so you can share your favorite iPhone and iPad accessories quickly and easily on everyone's favorite new social pinboard, Pinterest. To test it out, have some fun, and frankly -- give the awesome members of the iMore nation some free stuff! -- we're going to hold a "pin it to win it!" contest.
It's simple to enter.
- Head on over to store.imore.com
- Find the accessory you love most
- Hit the Pin it button and share it to Pinterest
That's it! We'll pick a few of you and give you whatever you pinned -- cases, charges, headsets, helicopters, whatever!
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When I heard the Rainbow PUSH Coalition along with other community organizations were staging a funeral for democracy, I thought it was a bit melodramatic. Of course, there are always challenges to voter rights, but to say democracy has crumbled and died was a bit much.
But after attending the "funeral" I got a better idea of the purpose of the event.
"There are a number of ways to protest something other than a press conference or a march. You can do it through the arts and sarcastic symbolism," said Rev. Alexander Bullock, President of Rainbow PUSH Michigan and the NAACP Highland Park branch.
Sarcastic sybolism. That would explain the theatrical mourners, the coffin, the hearse, and the pamphelt comemorating democracy's loving memory. Any type of creativity is welcome and after taking it in, I couldn't help but find the dark humor of the affair. From african style drumming and dancing to props, songs and speaches, Demoracy went out in style. In terms of attendance, one would think democracy's funeral would draw more than 50 people, but then again, maybe not. Maybe that's why it's "dead" in the first place. Apathy.
But Bullock says he's still optimisitc:
"I thought it went well. It's not how many people show up, it's how many people you reach (through media). The message was clear enough so people could get it. The mock funeral was part of a series of events leading up to a major, major march in August. We seek to organize and inform."


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September 14, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that the FY 2007 national student loan cohort default rate increased to 6.7 percent, up from the FY 2006 rate of 5.2 percent.
September 11, 2009$12.4 Million Awarded to School Systems in 24 States, D.C. to Promote Instruction of Critical Foreign Languages
The U.S. Department of Education today announced the award of more than $12.4 million in Foreign Language Assistance Program grants to local and state school systems in 24 states and the District of Columbia, aimed at promoting the instruction of foreign languages critical to national security.
September 10, 2009
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September 4, 2009Recovery Act Funds Accelerated to Save Jobs, Drive Reforms in Schools with Students in Greatest Need
Delivering unprecedented resources to states and school districts, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that more than $11 billion is now available to further save jobs and drive reforms.
September 3, 2009U.S. Department of Education Closes Out Summer Reading Initiative—"Read to the Top!"—With Record Success
Despite busy schedules and summer heat, a record number of Cabinet members and senior administration officials joined U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan for the Department's weekly reading initiative, "Read to the Top!" during June, July and August.
September 3, 2009
More students are entering and returning to the nation's schools and colleges than ever before, according to the National Center of Education Statistics (NCES).
In fact, as America's youth head back to classes, public elementary and secondary schools are preparing to serve a record 50 million students this fall with another 5.8 million attending private schools.
September 2, 2009
Thank you very much, John. John Wilson is a forceful and thoughtful advocate for HBCUsand he already has begun to reinvigorate the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
August 27, 2009Education Department Provides More Than $3.4 million in Grants for Native Hawaiian Education Programs
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded more than $2.7 million to eight vocational education programs on Oahu and on the 'big island' of Hawaii to support career and technical education efforts helping Native Hawaiians.
August 26, 2009Obama Administration Announces Historic Opportunity to Turn Around Nation's Lowest-Achieving Public Schools
Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced draft requirements for $3.5 billion in Title I School Improvement grants to turn around the nation's lowest performing schools.
August 26, 2009
Senator Kennedy was a tireless agent of change on behalf of the American people. His passing marks a great loss for both the United States Senate and the Nation.
He dedicated his life in public service to ensuring fairness and opportunity for all people. I drew inspiration from Senator Kennedy throughout my career, and will miss his voice as a champion of education reform.


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Jobs for a Bachelor of Business Administration
What kinds of jobs are available to someone with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree? Such a degree helps prepare graduates to manage people. Business degrees often offer many specializations that can allow a person to focus more intently on a field of interest. One option for someone seeking such a degree is a human resources management major. Such people can learn about business coaching, benefits analysis and recruiting. It is sometimes possible to earn a degree online. Other types of jobs for those who seek a different major are available and will be discussed also.
Those who earn the degree can often look for jobs in the fields of human resources or business, labor relations, and industrial relations. Some topics students can study while in school include employee compensation, contract negotiation, employment law, training development, managerial accounting, and organizational theory and behavior.
Specific careers available to graduates may include employment resources, employee benefits, human resources, occupational analysis, and human resources development specialist. When looking at potential careers, some positions – especially generalists, managers, consultants, chief officers, and analysts – not only require education, but also require training, and years of experience.
A human resource manager, recruits, gives guidance, direction and manages employees. He or she deals with hiring, compensation, organization development, performance management, wellness, safety, organization development, employee motivation, wellness, safety, administration, training, and communication.
An effective human resource manager is important to the overall productivity of a company.
A human resources generalist is responsible for organizational development, staffing, recruiting logistics, improvement systems and performance management. Not to forget compliance and employment to regulatory concerns, reporting, space and organizational planning. Employee training, orientation, organizational development, employee counseling, employee wellness, welfare, safety are some additional responsibility of a human resource generalist. [bls.gov]
A human resource manager will also manage the daily operations of a Human Resource office; administer procedures, human resources policies, and programs in the office.
An employee benefits manager is responsible for administering and developing employee benefits programs. Such programs can include life and medical insurance, pension plans, including 401(k) retirement plans, and education benefits. An employee benefits manager also designs, researches and evaluates benefit options offered by a government or business agency. In addition, managers may provide financial counseling for employees who are soon to retire.
This job has become more complex in recent years. Besides pensions and insurance, many companies offer other benefits as homeowners' insurance, dental and optical insurance, accidental death and disability insurance, thrift savings plans and stock options, making an employee benefit manager important to companies.
An occupational analyst integrates, analyzes, and researches occupations to devise and develop plans for worker relationships. Maintain and modify an occupational classification system, provide industry, government and business with the necessary information to use a work force, make plans for surveys and studies are some other responsibilities associated with this job.[http://www.webster-dictionary.org/]
Not to mention, prepares information obtained to publish charts, books, brochures, manuals, and films, make reports and descriptions of job duties. An analyst is also responsible for job restructuring, employment and government programs. He, or she may also provide technical assistance to government agencies, public and private companies.
A human resources development specialist is the person responsible to ensure a company is properly staffed. He manages the company's personnel, recruits possible employees, checks references, conducts interviews, and negotiate wages. Human resource development specialists are responsible for a good deal of the administrative paperwork for new employees, enroll them in benefits, including such things as direct deposit, 401K plans, and healthcare options. When someone is hired a specialist may work to resolve internal conflicts, evaluate job performances, employees, and conduct job training. [hru.gov]
Other types of jobs that could be pursued with a degree in business administration include positions as an operation manager, administrative assistant, Executive assistant, and marketing manager. [payscale.com] A graduate can also aim for positions as budget analysis, budget risk consulting (one who determines possible problems a business could face), a chief financial officer (one who oversees operations including manufacturing, marketing and property management , and research and development), and chief lending officer in a bank, credit union, or savings institution. Many of these positions require a significant amount of professional experience in addition to a business education.


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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
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ERIE -- Two construction workers and a school district employee were injured Wednesday following an explosion in Erie Middle School's gymnasium that shook nearby homes and caused part of the building's roof to collapse.
One of the victims remained in critical condition Wednesday night, one was in serious condition, and one was treated and released from a hospital.
No students or teachers were in the building at the time of the explosion, which occurred in a part of the school that is being renovated, officials said.
Investigators said they determined the explosion happened when a plumbing contractor, working on the school's construction project, was lighting a hot water heater in the mechanical room above the gymnasium. They said it was the first time the natural gas had been turned on following the extensive remodel, according to Laura McConnell, a spokeswoman for the Mountain View Fire Protection District.
Emergency dispatchers began receiving calls at 12:13 p.m. Wednesday about the explosion at the school, 650 Main St., according to McConnell.
When emergency crews arrived, they found the explosion had caused part of the gym's roof to collapse. The three victims suffered fall- and burn-related injuries, McConnell said, with two being transported to local hospitals by ambulance and one victim airlifted from the scene.
Officials did not release the identities of the three victims.
Late Wednesday night, McConnell said one of the victims had been upgraded from critical to serious condition. One was still critical. The third victim, who was one of the contractors on the project, was treated and released from a hospital.
Rick Ring, chief operations officer for the St. Vrain Valley School District, said one of the contractors was taken to University Hospital with first- and second-degree burns and possible internal injuries. The other was treated and released "and is doing fine," Ring said.
While school was not in session Wednesday, McConnell said there were some school officials present who were overseeing construction inside the building. Although officials initially indicated that all three victims were contractors, John Poynton, spokesman for the district, confirmed Wednesday evening that one of them was a district employee.
Superintendent Don Haddad visited the district employee at a hospital and said the man was "coherent and talking" but had sustained broken ribs, broken vertebrae and burns.
"It's a very difficult situation," Haddad said. "Our thoughts and our prayers are with the individuals."
The explosion could be heard at neighboring homes and caused several neighbors to run outside to see what was going on.
"I was just watching TV when I heard this big old boom and the pictures fell off the wall," said Lisa Armijo, who lives a few doors down from Erie Middle School. "I just grabbed my kids and ran outside. It was pretty scary."
Another neighbor, Mike Meade, said, "I knew it wasn't a kid jumping around or something falling over. You could tell right away it was a pretty big explosion."
Klipp Architecture and Adolfson & Peterson Construction have been removing the school's second floor this summer, as the district expands the school's capacity from 532 students to 950 students.
Of the school's 115,000 square feet, 50,000 square feet are being renovated, while 25,000 square feet are being demolished and replaced, according to officials. Although the second floor is being removed, new classrooms will be added on the northwestern and eastern sides of the school, so it will have 26 classrooms, up from 20.
Construction began in November, while school was in session. Temporary classrooms are being used to house students as the remodeling work is done. The entire project was scheduled to be finished for the fall of 2013.
Classes are scheduled to start at Erie Middle School on Aug. 16.
The Erie Police Department, Lafayette Fire Department and the Colorado State Patrol also responded to assist Mountain View Fire and the Boulder County Sheriff's Office at the scene Wednesday.
District officials are hoping that structural engineers can get in the school Thursday to evaluate the damage.
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Five Things We Would Change About Tyler — NOW.
There's no question Tyler is a great place to live. I've spent most of my life here and I still enjoy all the walking the Azalea District and going to Rose Stadium every Friday each fall. I reflect fondly on childhood memories of fishing in Lake Tyler and riding in the Beauty and the Beast Bicycle Tour.
Still, I can't help but think I've earned the right to gripe about the city I've always called home. There are few things about the Rose Capital I think we all would like to change, such as:
If you've spent an extended amount of time driving on South Broadway, you understand the blood-boiling phenomenon that is Tyler traffic. I often wonder if the federal government assigned the nation's worst driving offenders to Tyler as punishment for violating some obscure rule limiting the number of churches and banks allowed in one city.
Never mind the red lights that are ignored or the turns that are not signaled, I would be happy if I could find a single parking lot with less than five cars straddling a white line. It's bad enough that the best movie theater and most new restaurants are on the opposite end of town than most residents; we shouldn't have to risk our lives by sharing the road with bad drivers on the way there. If I could change one thing about Tyler, I would begin by reforming the drivers education system.
Availability of Alcohol
It is no secret that East Texans like to have a good time on Friday and Saturday night. We've all got a good alcohol story, and most of us have the scars to prove them. For those of us in Tyler, however, the stories sometimes involve the arduous process of simply obtaining the goods. As long as Smith County remains dry, thousands of us will continue making the trip to Lake Palestine or to Jacksonville.
Not only does this make party planning a royal pain, it also is dangerous. I fail to see how safety is improved by ensuring people spend more time on the road with a truck full of booze. I understand the law prohibits drinking and driving, but the fact is that some people have polished off a 12-pack by the time they make it home.
Closing Time
Have you ever wondered where you could find a good cup of coffee after 11 p.m.? How about a restaurant that serves until midnight? If you can never get enough of Whataburger or IHOP, you're in luck. Unfortunately for the rest of us, that's about where the options end.
I can't count the number times I've craved unattainable food after leaving a party. Sometimes, I feel like I would pay $50 for a big plate of tacos. Often it seems the entire city becomes a vacant wasteland of unplugged neon signs just as the night is getting started.
Local Culture
Some of the things I like best about Tyler I enjoy because they are unique. Jucy's Hamburgers and Stanley's Famous Pit Bar-B-Que, for example, offer dishes I can't find anywhere else. I would love to see more independent coffee shops and record stores that give Tyler a hometown vibe. Instead, we have four Starbucks and countless big-box retailers that offer the same experience to residents in thousands of other cities.
More Live Music Venues
Sure, venues like Click's Live, The Oil Palace and Electric Cowboy can be fun, but they're not enough. Without more opportunities to play for a live audience, Tyler's budding music scene will never reach its potential. For most bands, live shows generate more cash and publicity than any other promotion. More stages could mean greater success for the local bands and artists trying to make a name for themselves.
Larger venues also could attract big-name bands that typically skip East Texas in favor of Dallas, Houston or Austin. With a local college population of almost 20,000 students, it's easy to see the potential for revenue.


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History Extended Major
Part of the Bachelor of Arts program
Commencing semesters, 2019
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School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry
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Why study History?
History provides an essential framework for all the humanities and social sciences. It is an on-going dialogue between the present and the past: about how the past should be understood and interpreted, and about the meanings we should assign to the past. An informed understanding of the present and our expectations for the future go hand-in-hand with knowledge of history. The study of history further promotes the acquisition of important professional skills such as the ability to initiate an original inquiry, conduct archival research and documentary analysis and interpret evidence. At UQ, topics within this major include: Great Empires, Genocide, Global History, The Foundations of Europe and Islamic Civilisation.
View the course list for courses that can be studied as part of the History extended major.
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Local veterinarians and dog blogs are warning of an outbreak of potentially deadly canine parvovirus in the area – a warning especially interesting to the dog havens of northeast Seattle, including Maple Leaf.
Everett this week temporarily closed its three dog off-leash areas after unconfirmed reports that dogs had become ill after visiting the areas.
Renton-based ACCES (Animal Critical Care and Emergency Services) sent out a notice over the weekend that it has seen seven cases of parvo over the past two weeks, an unusually high number for the emergency clinic.
Currently there appears to be a community-wide parvo outbreak
The animals seen at ACCES have tested positive for parvo at both the clinic's Seattle and Renton locations
Monitor your pet for vomiting, diarrhea, and/or lethargy
The strain has been affecting EVEN VACCINATED ANIMALS
See your regular veterinarian to have your pet tested for parvo if you notice any symptoms
Minimize your pet's contact with other animals at this time
Contact your vet to see whether it's advisable for your pet get a booster for parvo
The ACCES notice can be read here at the Seattle DogSpot blog, which notes it has posted three times about parvo so far this month.
The Everett release notes that the virus spreads easily and can live in the ground, in feeding dishes, on collars, leashes, hands and clothes of pet handlers for long periods of time. Dogs can shed the virus for up to two weeks before showing any signs of illness.
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Fully automated production of high-precision, low-volume parts
The strategic switch from motor sport to precision part specialist and the very high level of automation in production for a relatively small company represent the two foundation stones on which the Alsatian company GAT (Gaertner Automotive Technology) based a successful future at an early stage.
The full works
"Crazy" contours, challenging materials, the finest tolerances and tight schedules - anyone who has spent as many years developing and manufacturing motor sport engines and vehicles as the German/French twin companies GÄTMO Fahrzeugbau and GAT cannot be easily put off course.
On the contrary: When the GÄTMO company was founded over 40 years ago, the main focus was on the development and construction of rally and motor sport vehicles (Formula Junior, Formula König and Formula 3). Very soon it became clear that the various individual parts should not only be developed within the firm (and then manufactured elsewhere), but to remain flexible and meet tight schedules the production needed to be done in-house as well. In 30 years of engine and vehicle construction a great deal of experience was built up - especially in the area of mechanical processing. But it soon became clear to Martin Gaertner, the son of the founder, that this extremely anti-cyclical business could only be lucrative when ways could be found to exploit the necessary technologies and machine tools to the full. This led to a strategic reorientation and the extension of the service portfolio to include CNC processing of customer parts as well as investment in honing machines and heat treatment equipment.
A partnership based on mutual confidence
This change in strategy led to the need for more machines, as Martin Gaertner explains: "We had CNC machining centers that were OK as such, but every little disturbance gave us headaches. The service staff was always overloaded with work and sometimes the machines were down for weeks. So we started looking for a new supplier, and in 2006 we installed a second-hand Hermle U 1130. At first that was just a stop-gap solution. We were completely satisfied with the machine - and still are. Also, the service really earned its name, which wasn't exactly the case before."
So the "stop-gap solution" developed into a close partnership that was reflected by further investments. Subsequent years saw investments in C 40 UPs with PW 160 pallet changers and in a Hermle RS 2 robot system. And that was when GAT finally completed the transition to highly automated manufacturing of precision parts.
Robotic automation
At the moment, the state-of-the-art at GAT is represented by the C 40 U machining center plus RS 2. The machining center with robotic support has a workpiece magazine with 50 pallet locations, an additional magazine for 194 tools as well as a robot for fully automated pallet and workpiece handling. In addition, the machining center has an 80 bar internal coolant supply, a tool failure monitoring system, a 3D touch probe for measuring tools and workpieces, as well as a flexibly deployable motor spindle (max. 18000 RPM).
A satisfying feeling
Martin Gaertner relates: "This change of strategy meant that we were able to open up channels to new customers in the areas of crane technology, measurement equipment, hydraulics, security technology, as well as within the motor sport sector. Entering the world of 5 axis technology, and the high degree of automation thanks to the RS 2, gave us an additional boost.
We reckon to have the most modern machinery within a range of hundred kilometers and we are in a position to satisfy all customer wishes for single-part and series production up to 60000 items / year - reliably and on schedule.
We see our guarantee to deliver as being based on our having adopted the high quality requirements for racing engines and components in respect of materials, precision and reliability, of course coupled with adequate machinery.
GAT processes up to 2000 orders per year with approx 9000 active parts, and that requires a great deal of flexible and powerful processing machinery. Taking account of the extreme delivery expectations as well, technical availability and service become the paramount factors. We simply can't afford to try any experiments, and we know we can rely on our partnership with Hermle day after day after day."


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Security-analytics firm Bay Dynamics has pulled down $23 million more in venture funding to help the company speed up its international expansion and execution of its action plan to reach customers and differentiate itself from competitors.
The Series B financing is led by Carrick Capital Partners and includes Series A investor Comcast Ventures.
The company claims hundreds of customers including some of the Fortune 50.
Bay Dynamics' Risk Fabric ranks the riskiest users, devices, applications and other network entities, according to a report by Gartner on User and Entity Behavior Analytics, the category in which it places Bay Dynamics. The platform can discover insider threats as well as data theft, and can analyze likely attack surfaces in customer networks, Gartner says.
It does this by drawing on input from security platforms made by other vendors including Symantec, FireEye, HP, Microsoft, Qualys, CA and ThreatConnect, and analyzing the data to expose and halt risky behavior.
It competes against the likes of Exabeam, Fortscale, Gurucul, LightCyber, Rapid7, Splunk and Varonis.
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Blackwell Deception is the 4th in the acclaimed Blackwell 2D graphic adventure series. Street psychics. Their blinking neon signs are everywhere, promising love and wealth and happiness. They make a fortune preying on the gullible and milking them dry. So when these victims begin dying and leaving confused spirits behind, it can only take a genuine psychic (and her wayward spirit guide) to clean up the mess. From seedy downtown nightclubs to penthouse apartments to a luxury yacht on the Hudson River, Rosa and Joey will unearth the truth about the underground world of street psychics. Including some secrets that Joey would rather be left buried.
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Roger Mayweather talks Victor Ortiz vs. Robert Guerrero? & More
Roger Mayweather talks Victor Ortiz vs. Robert Guerrero? & More
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This blog is for the cemeteries of Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties of Michigan. I am adding headstones I have and will be searching for obits, photos or data from places such as familysearch.org, grand traverse indexes, and adding just a bit of data to give the headstones a life.
If you have headstones you would like to add here please feel free to email Brenda
Credit will be given to all subscribers by adding names and email, IF you want. Thank you for your participation in this project for Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties of Michigan. Brenda
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Welcome: Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties Cemeteries
This blog is for the cemeteries of Grand Traverse & Leelanau Counties of Michigan. I am adding headstones I have and will be searching for obits, photos or data from places such as familysearch.org, grand traverse indexes, and adding just a bit of data to give the headstones a life.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Seeking Michigan Death + online
The following message is sent to you as an officer, Webmaster or newsletter
editor of your genealogy society.
The Library of Michigan and the Archives of Michigan today launched Seeking
Michigan, www.seekingmichigan.org, the brand-new, one-stop shop for Michigan
historical records never before available electronically. Michigan death
records, 1897 to 1920, and Civil War service records are two highlights of the
digital collections available on this free Web site.
Below is the press release issued today by the Michigan Department of History,
Arts and Libraries.
For more information, please contact Randy Riley, special collections manager at
the Library of Michigan, (517) 373-5860.
Thank you,
Gloriane Peck
Special Collections Librarian
Library of Michigan
'Seeking Michigan' Web site employs today's technology to deliver Michigan's
history to information seekers
The Department of History, Arts and Libraries today announced the launch of the
Seeking Michigan Web site (www.seekingmichigan.org), a growing collection of
unique historical information that - through digitized source documents, maps,
films, images, oral histories and artifacts - creatively tells the stories of
Michigan's families, homes, businesses, communities and landscapes.
Seeking Michigan's first major project is the digitization of roughly 1 million
death records covering the years 1897 through 1920. These records - never
before available electronically - are indexed for easy searching by name, death
date, location and age, and hold tremendous research opportunities for
genealogists, historians and students.
Whether they are interested in Civil War records, photographs, architecture,
music, photography or family history, Michigan enthusiasts are sure to discover
a brand new side to Michigan through this unique online resource, a
collaboration that has long been in the making between the Archives of Michigan
and the Library of Michigan. Site design and digitization of resources were
funded through various grants.
"Seeking Michigan takes great information from both of our agencies and makes it
available to everyone in a convenient and easy-to-navigate Web site," said State
Librarian Nancy R. Robertson. "We were inspired by the state motto in designing
the site. If you look, you will discover stories, photos and much more to
connect you to our state's pleasant peninsulas and one-of-a-kind past."
With plans in place to add much more material, Seeking Michigan currently
-More than 100,000 pages of Civil War documents;
-Approximately 10,000 photographs;
-A variety of Michigan sheet music;
-Roughly 1 million death records;
-A rich section about Michigan's 44 past governors;
-Works Progress Administration data (circa 1936-1942) about land and buildings
throughout rural Michigan; and
-Oral histories with notable Michigan residents.
According to Sandra Clark, director of the Michigan Historical Center, Seeking
Michigan boldly moves the archives and library experience outside of the bricks
and mortar of the building in which the collections are housed. By employing
the latest Web technologies and social media, the site aims for an enhanced user
experience. "We want to give visitors historical content and, whenever possible,
the context for that content," she explained. "For K-12 educators, there's also
a 'teach' page that links up with related resources and grade-level content
Clark noted that Seeking Michigan will open up Michigan's history to a whole new
market of information hunters. "Seeking Michigan is definitely a big boost for
those who already have an interest in our state's history, including scholars,
authors, genealogists and publishers," she said. "What we're very excited about
is the prospect of introducing new generations of Michigan residents to the
Michigan they thought they knew and helping them forge connections with our
state's remarkable past."
Seeking Michigan was made possible with generous funding from the Talbert and
Leota Abrams Foundation, a Lansing-based nonprofit that primarily focuses on
funding library and educational science programs. Since the mid-1980s, the
Abrams Foundation has provided more than $2.5 million toward the development of
the Library of Michigan's and Archives of Michigan' genealogy collection,
including the digitization of the death records so crucial to family historians'
research efforts. The National Historic Publications and Records Commission
provided additional funding.
The Library of Michigan Foundation (www.michigan.gov/lmfoundation) and the
Michigan History Foundation (www.michigan.gov/mhfoundation) helped facilitate
the funding process for Seeking Michigan and provide donors the opportunity to
contribute to Seeking Michigan and many other initiatives.
The Archives of Michigan is part of the Michigan Historical Center. The
Michigan Historical Center and the Library of Michigan are agencies within the
Department of History, Arts and Libraries (HAL). Dedicated to enriching quality
of life and strengthening the economy by providing access to information,
preserving and promoting Michigan's heritage and fostering cultural creativity,
HAL also includes the Mackinac Island State Park Commission and the Michigan
Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs. To learn more, visit
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Down Cemetery Data
Down Cemetery
Mayfield Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan
Located: SW Corner, Section 7, T-25-N, R-11-W
From Corner M-37 & M-113, 1 mile S. on M-37 to Harrand Rd.,
2 Miles W.on Harrand Rd., N. Side; NE Corner Harrand Rd. & Co. 633
GPS Coordinates: N javascript:void(0)44°34.230', W085°41.763'
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Blackman Cemetery Data
Blackman Cemetery
Bowerman Rd., Paradise Township, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.
Location: Almost center of Section 20, T 25 N, R 10 W
From Cor. of Center Rd. & Blackman Rd. S. of Kingsley, .5 mile S. on Blackman
Rd., .5 mile E. on Bowerman Rd. (Seasonal), S. side
GPS Coordinates: N 44° 32.892' , W085° 32.818'
Cemetery on seasonal road, surrounded by woods. It has been recently mowed.
No houses or buildings noted within app. 3/8 mile.
Additional Comments:
Only 10 headstones remain with adequate identification. There are several with
only initials, e.g. "L.A.B."
Data from Norman W. Remington
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
The Beer Substitute
Traverse City
8 Sept 1905 pg 2
The State Fair grounds at Detroit are located within less than 1,000 yards of a cemetery, and there is an old law upon the statute books that prohibits the sale of intoxicants within that distance of the resting place of the dead. And, while there was little danger of a protest being entered by the occupants of the place to the selling of liquors in their immediate vicinity, some of the live business men of Detroit took it upon themselves to see to it that the rights of the dead men should be carefully maintained. The prospect was that the man who wanted to take a drink of beer when he visited the fair to take in its sights would be compelled to go dry. and there was a good deal of mourning over the outlook.
But it sees, that a way has been found to beat the law, and no visitor will need to go dry. Somebody has discovered that malt mean, a brewed de-coction, resembles beer so closely after it has been frozen that it is very difficult for even an expert to tell the difference in taste. The meal is practically non-alcoholic, and it is said the law cannot stop its sale. This will be sold under the name of beer across the street from the fair, and with the beers signs that will be used about the place, it is believed that the thirsty buyer will never know when he calls for beer that he is not being served with the real article that made Milwaukee famous.
If the managers of the State Fair can work with this kind of a gag successfully upon the confirmed beer-drinks they are sharper then we give them credit it for.
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Sunday, January 18, 2009
John & Anna Lillie Family
Thanks Holly for the photographs and family lore.
Lillie Family: Big Plot but the family scattered, only three in the family plot. John G. Lillie son of Thomas Lillie & Anna Youker; Anna Youker Lillie w of Thomas, dau of John G Youker & Catherine Burkdorff, Anna Ellen Lillie- dau of Frank & Orilla Lillie.
Anna brought her family to Grand Traverse County c 1880 , her husband Thomas has turned up "missing" by then. Anna's brothers and families were here. Eventually Anna's sons John & Frank find their way to Simcoe Co Ontario. WHY ONTARIO? John later left for Alberta Canada died there in 1918,he is buried in Oakwood here , and Frank stayed in Simcoe- when his daughter died she was buried in Oakwood in T.C.
I am a descendant of Melissa Jane, who raised her children in Ontario then moved to Sault Saint Marie Mi, where my father was later raised then he moved to this area where he met my mom and so began my family in Traverse City.....Full circle back to Grand Traverse. Holly~
The big stone center says just LILLIE nothing else, the 3 stones in front are each individual. Anna Ellen is near the bush. Anna Youker Lillie/ left front, her son John G. left back {as you look at it}
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Sunday, January 11, 2009
Harry C. Stauffer
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Saturday, January 10, 2009
Catherine Youker Bradshaw / Phebe Youker
Catherine Youker Bradshaw-birthdate unknown, Prob Andover, Allegany, N.Y. (father Henry Andover NY 1850's) (parents Henry Youker & Priscilla Phelps- dau of Basil & Phoebe. ) Henry Fam 1860 Potter, Penn 1860 census, to G.T. by 1866. I apparently wasn't able to glean the inscription on the stone.
The Youker family is from N.Y. originally then on to Pennsylvania, Potter County. There are many Youker's still in the G.T. area. There is a Youker family reunion every year in Mayfield?, which I have not yet attended)
Phebe Youker- b 10 July 1858 d 19 Aug 1869 Inland Twp daughter of Henry Youker & Priscilla Phelps
Phebe A. , dau of H & P Youker, Killed by a falling tree, Aug 19 1869. aged 11yrs 1mo 9d
"Oh, youth beware and do prepare to meet the monster death; For he may come, when you are young, and steal away your breath"
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Friday, January 9, 2009
Wilbur, Clara & Hazel Gordon, Oakwood Cemetery
Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City, Michigan
Gordon Stones are the 3 to the right of center tree
Father: Wilbur M. Gordon
b. 1863 d. 1939
Mother: Clara M. Gordon
b. 1865 d. 1949
b. 1889 d. 1976
1900 census, SD 2 ED 261 Page 11B lines 58-62 taken on the 11th of June shows Wilbur and Clara living at 8th Street, Sioux Falls City, Ward 2, Minnehaha, South Dakota. The data gleaned from this record: Wilbur is born May 1863 in Maine, as were both parents, married to Clara born August 1865 in Pennsylvania, age 34, assumed marriage date is 1886 making them married 14 years at this time. Clara's father was born in Pennsylvania with mother born in New York. Children include Hazel age 11, Earl age 7 and Marjory age 1 with all three children being born in South Dakota. Wilbur's occupation is mail carrier.
Wilbur and Clara are living in the 1st Ward of Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, shown in the census taken April 3rd 1930, Enumeration 28-14, SD 4 Page 2A Lines 44/45 living on Webster Street. Wilbur and his parents are from Maine with Clara and father born in Pennsylvania and mother born in New York. Neither of the are working at the age of 66 and 64 years of age living in a home they own. Wilbur was 22 years of age at marriage with Clara age 20years.
The Social Security record shows Hazel born 18 Aug 1888 and died Nov 1976 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan.
Hazel's obituary in the Traverse City Record Eagle newspaper 13 Nov 1976 page 7.
Hazel Rose Gordon, 88, of 1560 E. Front Stree, Traverse City, died at Traverse Geriatric Village Thursday evening after an extended illness.
The daughter of Wilbur and Clara (Matthews) Gordon was born 18 Aug 1888 at Sioux Falls, South Dakota and moved to Traverse City in 1900 with her parents. A 1908 graduate of Traverse City High School, she taught country school for two years, then attended Olivet College, graduating in 1914.
She taught English in Eaton Rapids, Mason, Traverse City, Royal Oak and Green Bay, Wisc., retiring in 1948 after 36 years of teaching. After retirement, she spent summers at her cottage on Long Lake and winters in Arizona until 1965 when she made her home with her sister Marjory Graham in Traverse City.
Preceding her in death was a brother, Earle. Surviving are her sister, Mrs. Hugh A. (Marjory) Graham, and many nieces and nephews.
Rev. Dr. Howard Towne will officiate at the funeral to be held Monday at 10 a.m. at the Hibbard Funeral Chapel. Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery, Traverse City.
Memorials made be directed to the Northern Michigan College or to Olivet College, envelopes are available at the funeral chapel where friends may call.
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Lenah Beth Bower
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Evergreen Cemetery, Kingsley, Michigan
Elijah is the son of John Winchcomb & Elizabeth Simms. Elijah was born about 1857 in New York. Lillian was born 1870 in Ohio the daughter of Ephraim C. Cook and Mary Brighty. Elijah and Lillian married in Grand Traverse County, Michigan on 8 Sep 1890. (search.labs.familysearch.org)
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
Jerry D. Rouse
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Engagement or pre-wedding photos of William and Mey Mey taken in Kintamani, Ubud and Jimbaran, in Bali.
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The Wedding Ceremony of Helena & Tony in Bali was held at Fransiscus Xaverius Curch, located in Tuban, Kuta, Bali, while the Wedding reception was held at Discovery Kartika Plaza Hotel, about 5 minutes drive from the church. Here are some of the wedding photos, check it out..
Bali has so many beautiful places that impossible to cover in 1 day. Malcolm and Susy did their pre-wedding photo shooting in 2 days. The first day's route was North – East Bali route, end up at beautiful Uluwatu Beach. The second day's route was north route, and end up at beautiful sacred Tanah Lot […]
Balinese traditional Wedding costume always attract my attention because of it's very artistic and full of beautiful colors. There is a wide selection and combination of traditional wedding costume that Balinese has to offer. Pre-wedding photos of Balinese couple: Tirtha and Eka, taken in Denpasar and Ubud. Here are some of their photos:
Pre-wedding photography of Edo and Mega, taken in Bali, Indonesia, in some exotic locations: Kintamani, Penglipuran Village and Jimbaran Beach. Here are some of their photos:
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Engagement photos of Asti and Indra, a couple from Manado, Indonesia, taken in some unique locations in Bali. Here are some of the photos:
Below are some teaser photos of The Wedding Ceremony of Dewi & Myles. The wedding ceremony was held at Anantara Seminyak Resort, Bali, Indonesia.


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The Sundance Film Festival will give the world its first look at Amanda Seyfried as a porn star in the bio-pic Lovelace and Ashton Kutcher as Steve Jobs in a chronicle of the Apple entrepreneur's life in jOBS — just two high-profile projects in a packed Premieres section for the indie showcase.
The festival, which runs from Jan. 17-27 in Park City, Utah, already announced its competition lineup and Midnight Movies last week, but this non-competitive group is typically the place where films with celebrity-filled casts and best-known directors debut.
Other titles in today's announcement include Before Midnight, the third film in the Richard Linklater-directed Ethan Hawke-July Delpy Before Sunrise and Before Sunset series — as well as new films from Steve Carell, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Naomi Watts, Brit Marling, Paul Rudd, and Dakota Fanning. Directors Jane Campion, Park Chan-Wook, and Michael Winterbottom are also bringing their latest projects.
Many films in the Premieres group are from actors or filmmakers who had previous success at Sundance, such as Lovelace's Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, who brought Howl to the festival three years ago, and Gordon-Levitt, who has become a Park City fixture with his crowdsourced filmmaking endeavor hitRECord.org.
Among the other Sundance favorites: Filmmaker Drake Doremus, whose long-distance love story Like Crazy was the breakout film of Sundance two years ago. He returns this time with Breathe In, co-written with longtime collaborate Ben York-Jones, which also stars their Like Crazy actress Felicity Jones as a visitor from abroad. Only this time, she's an exchange student, upending the homelife of her host family.
"It's a different style," says Sundance festival director John Cooper. "There's more play between all the different characters. That family dynamic is harder to pull off. It has more weight to it, because he's moving away from youth."
Watts and Robin Wright co-star in Two Mothers, a drama about two women who fall in love with each other's sons. It's directed by French filmmaker Anne Fontaine (Coco Before Chanel) and fits a theme of sex and power that presented itself throughout Sundance's selections this year. "It's the kind of performances that you don't see come around very often. The chemistry between all four of them, it's scintillating," says festival programmer Trevor Groth. "It just really swept me away."
Festivalgoers are forever seeking the next Little Miss Sunshine at Sundance, and this year brings a movie that — on the surface, at least — sounds like it might fit the bill. It might just be because The Way, Way Back also co-stars Steve Carell and Toni Collette, who shared seats on that earlier hit's yellow, VW bus, but it also comes from the promising writer-directors Jim Rash (Dean Pelton on NBC's Community) and Nat Faxon, who shared an Oscar with Alexander Payne for the adapted screenplay of The Descendants.
The plot also focuses on a young kid, this time a 14-year-old boy who spends the summer with his mother and her new boyfriend and comes of age while working at a seaside waterpark for the season. But Cooper and Trevor say it has more in common with another Sundance favorite, 2009's Adventureland. "That's a fairer comparison than Little Miss Sunshine," Groth says. "There's a nostalgic quality to it, like the films we watched in the '80s. More like a Meatballs."
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Devin McCourty of Patriots has shoulder surgery
Devin McCourty will be spending much of the remainder of the offseason rehabbing, after a league source said Friday that the Patriots defensive back has undergone minor right shoulder surgery. He is expected to be ready for training camp.
New England's first-round pick in 2010, McCourty played all 18 games last season, starting eight games at cornerback and 10 at safety, recording 60 tackles and five interceptions.
McCourty was moved to safety for the Week 7 game against the Jets and remained there, returning to cornerback for the final two regular-season games after Aqib Talib suffered a hip injury.
McCourty also served as the Patriots' primary kickoff returner.
New England intends on keeping McCourty at safety this season.
Mathieu to visit
Former Louisiana State cornerback Tyrann Mathieu will make a pre-draft visit to the Patriots, NFL.com reported.
Mathieu, who checked in at 5 feet 9 inches and 186 pounds at the combine, was dismissed from the LSU football team before the 2012 season for multiple violations of team rules.
In 2011, however, he was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy after recording 77 tackles, 1½ sacks, 5 forced fumbles, 4 fumble recoveries, and 4 interceptions.
Mathieu is seen by some as more of a slot cornerback than outside corner, given his size.
The 20-year old — he won't be 21 until May — reportedly also will visit San Francisco, Minnesota, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Arizona, Cincinnati, Houston, Seattle, and Atlanta.
NFL teams can host up to 30 players on pre-draft visits.


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Do you guys agree or would rather have another studio/director giving it a go?
I'd rather have Madhouse adapt Berserk. What is a man without his dreams, right?
The fundamental problem with those movies wasn't the technical ability of the animators. It was how they never understood what made Berserk "Berserk." The whole trilogy is tone deaf. Compare any scene with how the '97 anime portrayed things, and the difference is obvious. One is in keeping atmospherically with the manga, the other is a fucking mess made by people who merely went through the motions of an adaptation.
The Griffith being rebirthed into femto scene was quite interesting and reminiscent of 2001 a space odyssey's stargate sequence much like today's twin peaks episode
Apart from the assassination scene, which I quite liked, that's the only thing I really remember from these movies. That scene is really visually interesting fan fic, which only makes it clear that they should be making original movies instead of shitty adaptations.In the current anime landscape, I don't want to see any Berserk adaptation.
Agreed. Found out studio 4C was behind the tekkonkinkreet movie, which i liked, but i never wouldve guessed it was the same people, the animation is 2d, messy but it fits the style completely, and i guess their plot and movie making messiness works there?...


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Monday, August 5, 2013
Blizzard Announces More Info on "Connected Realms"
Patch 5.4 Feature Preview: Connected Realms
To be honest, it sounds more like what has been implemented for The Secret World and is being implemented for Age of Conan than anything else.
Still, they're server merges. No way around it. I've been perusing some online listings of active accounts on servers --I still wonder how they manage that-- and I've found that Ysera has dropped quite a bit over the past few years (down to something like 1/4 the size of Area 52), matching what I've noticed in game. I do wonder how this is going to work long term, and whether a Horde-heavy realm will be matched up with an Alliance-heavy realm to balance things out.
But the merges have begun. (Just don't call them that.)
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I wonder if it's just going to be the same as the lower levels are now, just the same servers we see there now in the high levels. I'll have to read up on it.ReplyDeleteReplies
They're not getting rid of the CRZ, but what they're doing is combining servers into --in effect-- much larger servers. They'll identify a toon by '*' or '#' so that you'll know if the toon you see is on your server or part of your "Connected Realms".Delete
However, they'll still use CRZ to populate the low level zones, but they'll do it by combining Connected Realms in the CRZ.
If that sounds confusing, it probably is. The Connected Realms are still --in effect-- a server merge, but without the headache of running into issues if you're over the limit of toon numbers on the combined servers* or having to lose a toon's name because it was already taken on another server.
There's nothing that says that once the Connected Realms are in place that they can't get rid of servers and put the "Connected Realms" on a single server, in effect performing a server merge without people calling it that.
*For example, if I've got 7 toons on Ysera and 6 toons on another server that Ysera merges with, I suddenly have 13 toons on a server. Who do I get rid of?
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My assumption is that you will still have separate servers in the login screen... they'll just end up in the same place when you get into the game.Delete
I suspect CRZ, if it does continue (I hope it doesn't but there are indications it'll be hanging around), will connect at the server (not connected server) level but will draw from connected server pools. If that makes any sense. So you'll only see a (*) after a name in a CRZ zone, not (*)(#) (and all of a sudden, I'm recalling the discovery of ASCII art back in grade 2). If it is implemented like that, though, you won't know if someone is in your connected server group or not so maybe it won't work that way.
Brain hurts.
I wish they'd just merge servers and be done with it. I think the negative press predictions are way overhyped... the subscription losses are a bigger deal than server mergers would be, I think everyone acknowledges that there are a bunch of servers that are underpopulated right now, how would it be bad if they were moved to more populated servers?
I expect we'll see the same server listed because it's a nice identifier, but once the connected realms happen they could be virtual servers or merely another identifier in a database. We'll never know for sure, because it will all be behind the scenes.Delete
I like a big server. Bring it on, I say.ReplyDeleteReplies
It would definitely make things more interesting getting a raid group together for taking out other faction's leaders. On my Horde server A-52, it's something like 8:1 Horde; if that got corrected by joining it to an Ally heavy server, the old Horde steamroller through Stormwind would find the going pretty tough.Delete
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August 2011 4xForward - EditorialPosted in Features on August 1, 2011
If all there was to wheeling was simply going out and doing it in the dirt, my job would be much simpler. But like most of our readers, the building/buying/fixing/creating part is near the top of our sport/hobby/sickness. That means we are in constant search of the right deal on any certain part we deem necessary for the full build of whatever we are working on. If you are a newcomer to this world of ours, you may not have delved into the inner workings of what it takes to make your ride the best you can make it. Rest assured, the more you get involved, the more this manner of life will become apparent to you, and hopefully to your significant other as well.
For me, it's not that I really need any more parts, pieces, jeeps, Jeeps, or anything else in the 4x4 realm. I have so many projects and piles of parts that even if I worked 24/7 for the rest of my life, I would never finish. For that matter, it's not like the word need is even thrown into the thought process. Need? What the heck difference does that make?! When a voice inside your head directs you to, say, save every Willys jeep you can find, then you at least have to try.
The other day I was talking with a friend who mentioned that he needed to get rid of Jeep parts and pieces from a recent build, stuff that had been in his shop a long time. It wasn't critical, but since the former owner of these parts seemed to have forgotten about the pieces, my friend felt he should put them on eBay or Craigslist and simply liquidate them. I, ever the optimistic hoarder of pieces and parts of forgotten jeepdom, piped up and asked if perhaps I could purchase/have the pile of parts and take them off his hands. It was the least I could do for a friend, right?
That's when the world came crashing down around me. OK, maybe it wasn't not that bad, but it was a very telling moment that I have to stick in my memory banks and refer to whenever I feel the need to buy more jeep parts without doing due diligence on their origin. For in this instance my friend simply turned to me incredulously and said, "Rick, I think these were your parts to begin with!"
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The East Central University men's basketball team lost a 72-80 game to Henderson State in Great American Conference action at the Kerr Activities Center.
The Tigers (6-12, 3-9 GAC) were led by junior Colby Carr, who tallied 14 points and nine rebounds. Junior Gregory Ardister added 14 points and junior Miles Mitchell tallied 11. Fellow junior Jason Williams led the team with 12 rebounds, while also garnering nine points.
The teams traded points in the first minute of the game before ECU started a 10-0 run, over a four-minute span, to take control of the scoreboard, 13-4. The Tigers pushed their lead out to 10 in the first six minutes of play before the Reddies (10-8, 5-7 GAC) cut the lead to two (20-18), with 9:39 remaining in the half. ECU pushed back and built the lead back out to 10 and went into the locker room with a 36-31 lead.
The teams traded points for the first three minutes of the second stanza, but a 4-1 run by HSU cut the lead to one (43-42), with 16:54 left on the clock. The Reddies kept fighting and kept the score within three points for the next five minutes before taking a 49-50 lead, with 11:50 remaining.
The Tigers kept the game close for the next two minutes, but a 5-0 run by HSU came them a five point advantage. The Reddies pushed the lead out to as many as 12 (55-67) before ECU made one final push late in the half.
With just under four minutes left to play, the Tigers used a 10-2 run over a three-minute span to cut the deficit to three (70-73). However, HSU took advantage of 8-of-9 trips to the charity stripe in the final minute to earn the 72-80 win.
While the Tigers made four more shots from the field, five more triples and out-rebounded HSU 42-39, the Reddies earned the win with the clock stopped. HSU made 30-of-44 free-throw attempts and only allowed ECU to get to the line 19 times (nine makes).
The Tigers will next face-off with the other Tiger team in the GAC, when Ouachita Baptist comes to the Kerr Activities Center for a 4 p.m. game, Saturday, Feb. 2. The game is part of the annual Hall of Fame ceremonies, with the induction ceremony taking place prior to the start of the men's game.


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Freeh: Some corruption in BP settlement program
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — An independent probe led by former FBI Director Louis Freeh found evidence of a plot by lawyers to "corrupt" the BP settlement program but nothing that warranted shutting down payments to victims of the company's 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, according to a report issued Friday.
Freeh, who was appointed by a federal judge to investigate alleged misconduct by a staff attorney who worked on the settlement program, cleared court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau of engaging in any "conflict of interest, or unethical or improper conduct."
But the former FBI director concluded that top members of Juneau's staff engaged in conduct that was improper, unethical and possibly criminal. He recommended that his report be forwarded to the Justice Department.
"The nature and seriousness of this type conduct varied in degree but was pervasive and, at its extreme, may have constituted criminal conduct," the report said.
Juneau said Freeh's report validates his team's work, and he played down the alleged misconduct by two former members of his staff as an "isolated situation."
"We will continue the job of processing claims," he said in a statement. "We welcome the recommendations from the Freeh report and we look forward to working with him to help improve all aspects of the claims process."
BP spokesman Geoff Morrell said the report "confirms what BP has suspected for some time: there has been fraud and unethical conduct within the facility itself and among various claimants and their lawyers - and immediate steps need to be taken to prevent it in the future."
"The evidence of conflicts of interest and misconduct assembled in Judge Freeh's report is shocking, but it simply underscores that neither BP nor the public has had any idea of what's really going on within the (settlement program)," Morrell said. "Judge Freeh's continued investigation is essential to assuring public confidence in the integrity of the claims process."
Two of the lead plaintiffs' lawyers who brokered the settlement with BP last year said Freeh's report "confirmed what we knew to be true all along: that Patrick Juneau has, for more than a year, led the Court-Supervised Settlement Program with integrity, transparency and objectivity."
"It is a testament to Mr. Juneau's running of the program that Judge Freeh's recommended that the Settlement Program continue paying claims unabated, with Juneau at the helm," the attorneys, Stephen Herman and Jim Roy, said in a statement.
While the report points to certain conduct within the program as problematic, Freeh said, "this should not prevent the (settlement program) from fairly and efficiently processing and paying honest and legitimate claims in a timely manner."
It also found that two private attorneys — Glen Lerner and Jon Andry — used Lionel Sutton, a lawyer on Juneau's staff, to expedite a claim by their firm for nearly $8 million. In return, Sutton received more than $40,000 in fees from payments on claims he had referred to their law firm before joining Juneau's staff, the report says.
Freeh recommended turning over his report to the Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana to determine whether Sutton, Lerner, Andry or Sutton's wife Christine Reitano, who also worked as a lawyer on Juneau's staff, violated any federal laws "regarding fraud, money laundering and conspiracy."
Freeh also recommended that the court consider disallowing the $7.9 million payment of The Andry Law Firm claim based on "long-held principles of equity which prohibit a party before the court to benefit and enrich itself after having engaged in dishonest, unethical and improper conduct."
"In this matter, the conduct of The Andry Law Firm is particularly egregious," the report said. "In effect, Mr. Jon Andry's AndryLerner firm was making secret, improper payments to Mr. Sutton at the precise time Mr. Sutton was a senior CAO attorney, working in concert with Mr. Jon Andry to expedite payment of The Andry Law Firm claim."
Michael Walsh, an attorney for Lionel Sutton, said Freeh's allegations about his client's conduct possibly warranting a criminal probe are "absolutely unfounded."
"There was no criminal activity on Mr. Sutton's part," Walsh said. "If Mr. Sutton had done anything criminally wrong, he would not have cooperated with Mr. Freeh."
James Cobb, a lawyer for Andry, said his client hasn't done anything wrong and doesn't deserve to be smeared by Freeh.
"It appears to me that Mr. Freeh reached a conclusion first and then worked his way backwards, citing facts which are unsupported in the record," Cobb said.
Lawyers for Lerner and Reitano didn't immediately respond to emails seeking comment.
Sutton resigned from his job at the settlement program in June. Reitano was fired later the same month. She has demanded to be reinstated, saying she didn't do anything wrong.
BP had asked U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to suspend all settlement payments to businesses and residents pending the outcome of Freeh's investigation, but the judge denied that request on two separate occasions.
Freeh's probe isn't over. His report said his work is "ongoing" and will result in recommendations for strengthening the settlement program's operations and anti-fraud measures.
In April 2010, the oil drilling rig Deepwater Horizon exploded off the Louisiana coast, killing 11 workers and leading to millions of gallons of oil being spewed into the water. Marshes, fisheries and beaches from Louisiana to Florida were fouled by the oil before the well was sealed.
BP set up a compensation fund for individuals and businesses hurt by the spill and committed $20 billion. Juneau took over the processing of claims after the settlement was reached last year.


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Randy R wrote:Is there such a list available somewhere? And in the USA, would the "region" be the state or Napa, Sonoma, Finger Lakes, etc? If the latter, there must be a million of them in the USA? Well, several dozen anyway.
Probably the most accurate designation of "Region" in the US would be the AVA (American Viticultural Area) which is controlled by regulation and, in theory, is supposed to represent a unified area within which wines have a common character. [bwahahaha]
I can't look it up easily while traveling, but I'm sure there are plenty of lists online ... probably either Wine Institute or the feds would be good places to look for accurate, up-to-date lists.


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4 Fab Finds for Baby and Us
Just because there's a baby in the family doesn't mean the living room has to look like a Fisher Price factory. These are a few pieces we have around our house that I realized were purchased because of baby but are perfectly functional and attractive to us adults too:
Sometimes items with such longevity cost a bit more, but think of it this way: You might use them long before you even have children and they can be held onto long after the little ones are all grown up!
- The Offi Scando coffee table has curved edges that are kind to baby as he's learning to crawl and walk.
- Sheepskins might be cuddly surfaces where baby can practice a little tummy time, but they're also soft and beautiful for adults. We throw our Bowron over the back of the sofa when baby's not using it.
- Our IKEA Lillberg rocker was initially purchased for the nursery but it just didn't have enough "rock" for us our our baby's taste. However, it's now found its way down to the lving room where it's still a fun place to sit and rock little rocks (with one foot propped up on the Scando) while reading to our son or just hanging out with him.
- The Eameses' House of Cards is something he'll play with on his own when he's older. For now, we show him the colorful images and enjoy it for ourselves.
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Oroville (California)
Oroville [14] is a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills of Northern California. With a population in the greater urban area of 40,000, it is the seat of Butte County. A relaxed place, it boasts a massive dam that has created the man made Lake Oroville. There are excellent outdoor activities including boating, hiking, biking, and fishing.
For a Californian town, Oroville has had a rather extensive history. It was the first major town in the area and grew enormously in the mid-19th century due to the Gold Rush, after which it slowly transitioned in to being the county of seat of one of California's poorest counties. Constantly overshadowed by neighboring Chico (due to the university campus there), Oroville has spent most of its post-Gold Rush existence quietly serving administrative purposes with some unfortunate race tensions in the middle of the 20th century.
In recent years, outdoor tourism has become one of the main draws of the town and more people have moved there as it becomes a "bedroom community" of towns such as Chico and even Sacramento. Visitors to Oroville will more than likely be spending their time hiking or on the lake as the town proper, while having a nice, old historical area, isn't heavy on cultural attractions.
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By bus
There are three main bus methods to get to Oroville.
By car
You will most likely need a car once arriving in Oroville, so it is better to arrive with your own first. Oroville straddles Highway 70 and has four exits off this main thoroughfare.
By train
During Gold Rush times, there were several trains a day down to Sacramento and San Francisco. Today, sadly, there is no service whatsoever.
Get around
There is meager public transportation in Oroville. There is a small bus line that is relatively new and gaining and reliability, but it primarily serves the downtown area.
Taxis are scarce and not to be seen running around. You actually have to call a taxi to come to your specific location if you want one and they are not cheap.
While the immediate downtown area is pleasant to walk, to go anywhere else will require your own car. If you don't have one upon arrival, there are several rental offices in town such as Enterprise and Hertz.
There are no items specific to Oroville that warrant special attention of purchase. Here are a few places where more basic items can be found.
Oroville is not lacking in drinking options, which is probably a tribute to its bawdy Gold Rush past. The issue is more that the vast majority of bars fall under the "dive" classification.
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Curtis Calvin Carson Jr., 91, a Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge and a civil rights advocate, died of heart failure June 19 at Stapely, a retirement residence in Germantown.
Judge Carson was a senior judge in the court when he retired in 1995. He was appointed to the court in 1971 by Gov. Milton J. Shapp and was elected to successive terms until becoming a senior judge in 1990.
As chairman of the legal redress committee of the Philadelphia Chapter of the NAACP during the 1960s. Judge Carson was involved in legal proceedings and demonstrations that led to the enrollment of African-American boys at Girard College. He also was instrumental in efforts to enable African-Americans to join labor unions and to secure the hiring of African-American drivers by the Greyhound Bus Co.
Born in Cowpens, S.C., Judge Carson was raised by an aunt and, later, by an uncle after his mother died when he was 3. He graduated from Hackensack (N.J.) High School and received a bachelor's degree from what was then Virginia State College for Negroes.
He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1947, worked for a time in the law office of Raymond Pace Alexander, a prominent African-American lawyer who later became a judge, and his wife, Sadie, then had his own practice for several years.
In 1952, he and two other lawyers became the first African Americans to be named as assistant district attorneys in Philadelphia, serving under District Attorney Richardson Dilworth. Leaving the District Attorney's Office in 1958, he became an associate in the law office of Cecil B. Moore, and joined Moore in his campaigns for civil rights.
Judge Carson was a former chairman of the Parkside YMCA and an active member of the Barristers' Association of Philadelphia, the Martin Luther King Foundation and the Germantown Community Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by sons Curtis III and Gregory; a daughter, Carol Ann, and two grandchildren. His wife of 61 years, Vida Timbers Carson, died in 2007.
A memorial service was held July 9 at Christ Church and St. Michaels in Germantown. – WF


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NICHOLSON - Anne Farmer Freeman, 82, died Monday, June 2, 2014, at Northridge Medical Center.
Mrs. Freeman was born in Nicholson, the daughter of the late Alton Ray Farmer and Marjorie Rogers Farmer. Mrs. Freeman was a homemaker and a member of New Harmony Baptist Church. Mrs. Freeman was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Edward Freeman.
Survivors include a daughter, Julie Bruce, Commerce; sons, Brett Freeman, Commerce, and Tim Freeman, Nicholson; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held Thursday, June 5, at 1 p.m., from New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Thornton officiating with the interment in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday, June 4, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Little-Ward Funeral Home, Commerce, is in charge of arrangements.
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Dozens speak against Westar Energy's proposed rate increase and plan to 're-balance' rates
Topeka ? Westar Energy customers on Thursday strongly criticized a proposal by the utility to increase residential rates while reducing electric rates paid by big businesses.
A standing-room-only crowd of more than 80 people packed a hearing room at the Kansas Corporation Commission, with more participating via videoconferences set up in Hutchinson, Salina and Pittsburg.
Westar's proposal would increase rates on average residential customers by $7.50 per month.
It would raise residential bills by 8.8 percent and small businesses by 6.2 percent, while decreasing industrial bills by 8.4 percent and bills that public schools pay by 7.6 percent.
In all, Westar has proposed raising residential rates by a total of $62 million and small business rates by $21.5 million, while decreasing big business rates by $46 million and public school rates by $3.6 million.
Westar says the overall rate increase is needed to pay for environmental upgrades at its coal-burning La Cygne power plant.
The utility said the rates have to be "re-balanced" because big businesses are paying more than the cost of their service, said Jeff Martin, Westar's vice president of regulatory affairs
"That is not good for Kansas jobs or the economy and it's also not very fair," Martin said.
But dozens of speakers disagreed.
Rabbi Moti Rieber, with the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation and director of Kansas Interfaith Power and Light, said increasing the rates on low-income residents was "immoral."
"Why are we having to shoulder such a large proportion of this rate increase?," asked Dennis Pickering of Pittsburg. "We have no way to pass on our expense whereas a business, if their rate goes up, they pass it on."
Westar's Martin said factories' electrical needs are more steady and predictable than those of a typical home.
But Robert King, who retired from Goodyear in Topeka, said at Goodyear, the electrical use varied greatly every day.
Bob Woolin, with AARP (formerly the American Association of Retired Persons), said raising residential rates while reducing big business rates is similar to Gov. Sam Brownback's tax plan that cuts taxes for the wealthy while doing away with deductions that help the poor.
"In our rush to make Kansas appear to be pro-business, we are making Kansas appear anti-resident," Woolin said.
Maren Turner, director of AARP-Kansas, said the increase will force some elderly residents to chose between paying their utility bill and buying food or paying for medicine.
The Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board, which represents residential customers and small businesses, says the proposed increases are out of line.
Since January 2009, Westar has received 18 rate increases, for a total of $469 million, said David Springe, consumer counsel for CURB.
An average summer residential monthly bill was $74 in the summer of 2008. With the proposed increase, that would go to $115, which is 55 percent higher than five years ago, he said.
But Westar's Martin said the utility's pricing still is a bargain. He said Westar's residential customers pay 15 percent below the national average.
The KCC will accept written comments from the public through Sept. 23. Comments regarding the case should reference Docket No.13-WSEE-629-RTS and should be sent to the Kansas Corporation Commission Office of Public Affairs and Consumer Protection, 1500 S.W. Arrowhead Road, Topeka, Kansas 66604-4027. Comments may also be submitted by email to email@example.com.
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U.S. consumers owe a debt of gratitude to the U.S. Association of Importers of Textile and Apparel. The USA-ITA is making sure shoppers continue to enjoy buying $12 cotton slacks and $15 blouses at their local discount stores.
Association attorneys recently persuaded the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit to defer consideration of the U.S. government's motion to lift a preliminary injunction on threat-based safeguard cases aimed at Chinese imports.
The deferral means no action is likely on the motion until early May and it could be later, according to textile manufacturing and labor groups that have been trying to bring the threat-based provisions into play since last fall.
"This decision severely imperils the chances for the threat cases to proceed in time for the U.S. textile industry to achieve meaningful relief from surging Chinese imports," said the National Council of Textile Organizations' Cass Johnson. "It is a classic case of justice delayed is justice denied."
The issue for attorneys for the USA-ITA and the manufacturers and labor revolves around the word "threat." Last November, NCTO, the American Manufacturers Trade Action Committee and other groups filed petitions asking the government to impose safeguards based on the threat of a significant increase in Chinese exports after textile import quotas expired on Jan. 1.
The petitions would have limited the growth of Chinese imports to 7.5 percent above the amounts shipped by Chinese manufacturers in 2004.
USA-ITA attorneys sought an injunction from the U.S. Court of International Trade, arguing the government could not consider imposing safeguards on the possibility that China might increase its textile and apparel shipments.
The U.S. Court of International Trade issued the injunction on Dec. 30. Since quotas expired on Jan. 1, China's exports to the United States have soared by more than 1,000 percent in categories such as cotton trousers, according to the U.S. Office of Textile and Apparel.
That meant U.S. shoppers can continue to find ample numbers of low-priced slacks and blouses and other clothing at Wal-Mart and Sam's Club and other retailers. But it also appears to be accelerating job losses in the U.S. textile manufacturing sector.
Leaders of the textile worker union UNITE HERE estimate the industry has lost 11,000 textile and manufacturing jobs since the end of December, brining the total to 378,000 since Jan. 2001.
"If the stay has been granted, the U.S. government could have provided relief by ruling on the threat-based petitions in a matter of days," said the National Textile Association's Karl Spilhaus. "With no prospect of imminent relief coming from the courts, it is more imperative than ever that the U.S. government self-initiate safeguard cases in sensitive categories immediately."
"The failure to issue a stay in the Federal Circuit will allow China to keep flooding our market with textile and apparel imports," said AMTAC's Auggie Tantillo. "Any delay in imposing safeguards will give China a substantially higher baseline of imports on which growth limitations would be measured."
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'Avengers' Scarlett Johansson on 'Getting the Crap Kicked Out' of Her on Set (Video)
Scarlett Johansson was one of only a few actresses among a sea of men as she walked the red carpet at the premiere for The Avengers, Disney and Marvel's superhero ensemble pic, which will hit theaters on May 4. But like her character, Black Widow, Johansson was able to hold her own in the boys' club.
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Dressed to kill in a black strapless outfit, the actress spoke to The Hollywood Reporter before heading into the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood to watch the film on Wednesday night.
Anyone who's been paying attention has probably seen the clip from The Avengers featuring Johansson as Black Widow where she kicks some major bad guy butt with her hands literally tied behand her back. The actress talked to THR about the physical and mental challenges of the film's intense fight scenes.
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"I think just kind of going back day after day, knowing that you're going to get the crap kicked out of you and you do it willingly is sort of a challenge in itself, a mental challenge," she told THR. "But also I have to say that every time you fail at a stunt, it hurts until you get it right."
The film, directed by Joss Whedon, stars Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man), Chris Hemsworth (Thor), Chris Evans (Captain America), Mark Ruffalo (The Hulk), Jeremy Renner (Hawkeye) and Johansson as a group of superheroes who must work together to save the world from Thor's evil brother, Loki (Tom Hiddleston).
While many of the characters have already starred in their own films, Johansson's Black Widow has only appeared in Iron Man 2 before this upcoming tentpole. However, Johansson was quick to point out that the character has a long and interesting history in the comic book world.
VIDEO: 'Avengers' Scene Featuring Scarlett Johansson's Black Widow Released Online
"She's really the first female superhero," she told THR. "There's a huge rich background for me to kind of pick from and play with and layer."
Also known as Natasha Romanoff, Black Widow was created by Stan Lee (who attended the premiere on Wednesday), scripter Don Rico and artist Don Heck, and has been appearing in comic books since 1964.
Johansson said her character in the film was "not different than she was in the comics."
"Joss [Whedon] and I were very conscious, very aware that she had this huge following. And why is that? Because she's this very multi-dimensional, enigmatic character to play," Johansson told THR.
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