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On a trip to Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks, we found ourselves close enough to the Idaho border that we just needed to cross the border and cross another state off our list. We knew that we wanted to see the other side of the Grand Teton mountains, but we weren’t sure what else we would find. As we were journeying over the mountains, we got sidetracked for a little while at the beautiful Teton Pass, just five miles from the border. After a nice little hike there, we eventually made it into Idaho. | {
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Angina
If your coronary arteries become partially blocked, it can cause chest pain (angina).
This can be a mild, uncomfortable feeling similar to indigestion. However, a severe angina attack can cause a painful feeling of heaviness or tightness, usually in the centre of the chest, which may spread to the arms, neck, jaw, back or stomach.
Angina is often triggered by physical activity or stressful situations. Symptoms usually pass in less than 10 minutes, and can be relieved by resting or using a nitrate tablet or spray.
Heart attacks
If your arteries become completely blocked, it can cause a heart attack (myocardial infarction).
Heart attacks can permanently damage the heart muscle and, if not treated straight away, can be fatal.
Dial 999 for immediate medical assistance if you think you're having a heart attack.
Although symptoms can vary, the discomfort or pain of a heart attack is usually similar to that of angina. However, it's often more severe and may happen when you're resting.
During a heart attack, you may also experience the following symptoms:
pain in other parts of the body - it can feel as if the pain is travelling from your chest to your arms, jaw, neck, back and abdomen
lightheadedness
sweating
nausea
breathlessness
The symptoms of a heart attack can also be similar to indigestion. For example, they may include a feeling of heaviness in your chest, a stomach ache or heartburn.
A heart attack can occur at any time, including while you're resting. If heart pains last longer than 15 minutes, it may be the start of a heart attack.
Unlike angina, the symptoms of a heart attack aren't usually relieved using a nitrate tablet or spray.
In some cases, a heart attack can occur without any symptoms. This is known as a silent myocardial infarction and is more common in elderly people and people with diabetes.
Heart failure
Heart failure can also occur in people with CHD when the heart becomes too weak to pump blood around the body. This can cause fluid to build up in the lungs, making it increasingly difficult to breathe. | {
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KANSAS FIRESTONE DEALER SOLD MCVEIGH GETAWAY CAR
JUNCTION CITY, Kan.-There is yet another link between a tire dealer and the Oklahoma City federal building explosion. The car that bombing suspect Timothy McVeigh was driving when he was stopped by police for a traffic violation after the blast was purchased from Tom Manning, manager of a Firestone MasterCare Center in Junction City.
Mr. Manning told TIRE BUSINESS: ``Yes, I sold a used car to Timothy McVeigh. It was a personal sale, and had nothing to do with my store here. And that's all I'm going to say.'' Then he hung up.
According to a published report in the Los Angeles Times, Mr. Manning sold a yellow 1977 Mercury Marquis to Mr. McVeigh five days before the bombing. As part of the sale, Mr. Manning received a Pontiac Sunbird station wagon in return.
As of Aug. 3, when the story ran, Mr. Manning had not yet testified before a federal grand jury because he was on his honeymoon.
The newspaper also reported that another employee of the Firestone dealership, James Fulgium, testified on July 25 that he saw the bombing suspect switch his Arizona license plates from the Sunbird to the Mercury.
Some 90 minutes after the federal building bombing, Mr. McVeigh was arested in Perry, Okla., for a traffic violation.
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The military dropped bombs on suspected lairs of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) rebels in Maguindanao province on Wednesday, a military spokesman said. The air strike came a day before the scheduled visit of United Nation's World Food Program Ambassador against Hunger KC Concepcion to evacuation centers in the province. | {
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Beyond the Hero’s Journey, Peter Pan and the Crocodile
An anthropomorphic canine, a flying boy, a wayward shadow, a one-armed pirate, swordplay, faeries, redskins, lost boys, mermaids – and a very wicked crocodile…
Not long ago I had the pleasure of seeing the 1924 silent ‘Peter Pan’ at the beautifully restored Orpheum Theater as part the Los Angeles Conservancy’s ‘Last Remaining Seats’ program to benefit historic theaters in Los Angeles county. Robert Israel accompanied the film on the Orpheum’s ‘Mighty Wurlitzer’, tickling and pumping out the playful and evocative original score by Philip Carli – a score that included whistles, birdsong, Indian whoops and tom toms and had the 1926 pipe organ sounding very like a modern synthesizer, only in deep breathy analog and through a three-story forest of pipes.
As with all four of the major 20th century fairy tales written in English (The Wizard of Oz, The Hobbit/Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars (1977) are the other three), ‘Peter Pan’ continues, a century into its life, to bubble up rivers of surprising narrative insight (a central hypothesis on this blog and elsewhere being that narrative – in all its conceits and devices – is to consciousness what syntax – in its parts of speech and grammar – is to language¹).
We’ll be visiting Peter Pan again in these pages, but for the moment I want to point out something new and revealing – it’s actually old by the standards of the tradition, but new to me and not in evidence in any of the versions of Peter Pan made after 1924.
Among the many doublings in the story and especially in the original stage play (two of the other conspicuous pairings [or perhaps parings], are Peter and his shadow and the traditional dual casting of George Darling and Captain Hook²), among these many doublings, the ticking time bomb of the Crocodile counting down the last hours and minutes of Hook’s life, it turns out, was always played on stage and again in the 1924 film version by the same actor who plays Nana, the Newfoundland in the nursery.
The actor was George Ali, he’d been doing the roles on stage for two decades since ‘Peter Pan’ opened theatrically in London in 1904, and his exquisite pantomime alone is worth the price of admission and then some. But the revelation of his performance is to be had in the duality. As Nana he is all bashful tenderness, humbly warming Michael’s blanket at the grate and handling all of the Darling children as tenderly as a puss with her kittens. Yet there’s something terrifying in Nana’s hugely restrained delicacy too. Wild, animal energies are at their mute breaking point in Ali’s conception of the biggest breed on earth, abused by George Darling, ursine in tooth and claw, and left alone with three sweet-faced toddlers: I’ll eat you up, I love you so – indeed.
Now here’s where we get some real narrative and neuronal fireworks. Without doubling Nana later in the character of the crocodile, we’re forced in other versions of the story to suppress our uncanny terror of her by resorting to an access of sentimentality (loving Nana, in Salinger’s formulation, more than god could love her), and I would say again of the really great modern Fairy Tales – and this may be definitive of them: they are not sentimental; rather, they are uncanny, transcendent and transgressive. Ali’s performance in both parts makes sentimentality impossible and so restores the stakes Barrie must originally have had in mind: they make Nana dangerous. With her huge paws, massive muscular jaw and hesitant, passive-aggressive restraint (particularly against the hapless, interfering papa Darling), Ali is already telegraphing something of Nana’s reptilian future as Neverland’s Crocodile id; and as the Crocodile – the most terrifying, relentless incarnation of any I’ve seen – there’s still some relic of goofy canine amiability in the performance (which naturally makes it all the more terrifying). After all, wagging his great lizard’s head, he allows Peter to extract the enormous clock unharmed (after Peter half disappears, head and shoulders, into the dreadful maw). In this the Crocodile shows his own twisted restraint and a lustful aptitude for delayed gratification – though for different ends – it’s the meatier prize of Captain Hook he’s really after.
Slavoy Zizek in his marvelous ‘Pervert’s Guide to Cinema’, clarifies Freud regarding the knotted relationship of id and superego, pointing out that they are not at odds so much as they are in an obscene conspiracy against the ego – the superego stealing id energy to drive the prosecution, the id supplying an endless stream of grotesque and ridiculous witnesses for a jurist (picture the rectal judge in ‘The Wall’), who can never be satisfied. And while it may be more than we need say that by linking Nana and the Crocodile in one performer, we are given the story’s superego and id energies (and by proxy our own, while we’re in the tale’s thrall), it is very much worth allowing the split characterization to tell us something about the other dual characterization, and dual nature, of George Darling and Captain Hook.
The Darling’s nursery as directed by Herbert Brenon and photographed by the great James Wong Howe is a sensual, incestuous eden of the late Gilded Age. It is flouncy, albumenal, wet and warm. Mother’s kisses come delicate to the open lips of her ecstatic children and linger suggestively over their thrilled, open-eyed faces; nightly visits are made by an adolescent boy played by a young woman; all of the children seem on the brink of various sensual realizations; Wendy is pining for her first kiss – the ‘thimble’ (ahem), she never really gets. The innocence of the Darlings is redolent, baroque and fragile. And into this chamber occasionally stumbles the clumsy, cruel and conceited George Darling, always in street clothes where the others are in nightgowns. He has never been as absurd or brutish as he is here. An interloper and a trespasser, George is the real danger to the nursery’s fragile innocence, and it’s Nana who recognizes it. Nana who might otherwise have been George’s animal id, is instead his oppressive superego, an enormous insult to his patriarchy, and a humiliation to which the rest of the family is openly a party. And so George is at his most petty and ridiculous in his dealings with Nana, slyly putting his ‘medicine’ into her bowl (an act which will be precisely doubled later, in a more destructive reversal, as deadly poison for Tinkerbell), and eventually banishing her from the nursery altogether. Whereupon the younger Darlings are saved from him by Peter Pan.
Once in Neverland the roles are amplified and reversed. As the Captain, George Darling becomes openly fillicidal, a hook-handed, perverse child killer, seeking to destroy Peter and to deprive him of sexual experience by killing Tiger Lily, Tinkerbell and Wendy – all three, and to have his own ‘sons’ John and Michael, as servants or marched off the plank to their deaths. He is pride, vanity and an obsessive lust for parental control unbound. Peter’s freedom, the innocence of the redskins and the lost boys, the blooming sensuality of the young women, all are a threat to him. This is George’s superego run amok, yet superego it is: the incarnation of Hook’s desires may be frightful, but his actions are luckless and impotent. He can make the law, but he cannot enforce it. He is, in fact, even less effectual than George Darling. Enforcing anything is left to his uncontrollable reptilian desires and the steady march of time.
And so we have the Crocodile and his clock, a wonderful, modernist enjambment of earthly desires and cosmic forces, relentless and inescapable. The Crocodile shows us George Darling’s id energies run just as wild (and unsupervised), as Hook’s superego. The two must come together, sharing a matter anti-matter destiny. Once finally and fully sated, with Hook in his belly, the Crocodile sinks beneath the waves and disappears from the tale.
And amid all the conflagration, the really important question is – where are we? And here, I think, Barrie, through one of the great tales ever written, helps us to see what is most important about narrative art and story telling. Of course the ego at the center of all the whirling gyre is JM Barrie’s, and by the magic faerie dust of story and his great skill, it is also us. We are the tension – we provide it and exist in the ether of it – between all of these baroque and compounded doublings (and we’ve only just made a beginning with Nana, the Crocodile, George Darling and Captain Hook). Almost effortlessly we juggle them, move through them, climb their aggregate steps as on the face of a temple to find ourselves solitary and clear-eyed at the summit. And in case you haven’t lately considered the actual importance of narrative art, and what it offers and affords the mind, consider this: as the id and superego (and a hundred other facets of consciousness), slug it out in this and many other of the great narratives and fairy-tales, the ego, the persona – the self – is given space, it is given room to breathe. It can exercise its muscles, consider its options. It can grow.
Narrative provides the microscopes and molecules for humanity’s best moral laboratory. It is here that the self – which has access to both the analytical abilities of the superego (we might as well transpose ‘pre-frontal cortex’ here), and the drive to action of the id (or the limbic system) – can work out the vagaries and varieties of its ethical motivations. In story after story, the ego, suspended in the primordial play of narrative, is freed from its usual constraints; freed to observe them in action; freed to enlarge the possibilities for finding balances and counterweights among all the doubles of the self; freed to develop more and more progressive and sophisticated ethical positions and to put them into action.
This is the job, and this is what great narratives and great fairy tales always avail us. It’s why Nabokov called Dickens’s stories fairy tales too, he meant it in the best sense (I think he had the same ambitions for his own carousels); he meant that in the midst of all the baroque menageries – Copperfield and Steerfroth, Carton and Darnay, Scrooge and Tiny Tim just as much as Pan and Hook, Wendy and Tinkerbell, Michael and the Mermaids – we are given a theater in which to more completely find our selves.
¹If, as Lacan had it, ‘the unconscious is structured like a language’, then by my estimation, consciousness is structured like a narrative.
²Though this, curiously, was not honored in the ’24 version and didn’t make its return to film until 2003. | {
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What is ACRE Business Parks?
With projects in Pemba and Palma, African Century Real Estate is developing two modern Industrial Parks in one of the future economic centers of the country.
The ACRE Business Parks will be unique places on a national and international level, where economic agents from various sectors will have a work environment in which all details will be properly conditioned – security, energy, water, a defined and organized internal circulation of vehicles, parking, among others.
Our concern, as promoters of the global project, is to build from scratch the Parks specifically planned for the logistics and industry sector.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
First day of Middle School
Oh boy....I'm old enough to have a middle schooler. :( Oaklen first day of school went fine. He said it only took him half a day to get into his locker. Haha. We mentioned many times this summer getting him a practice lock and he kept saying "it won't be hard to figure out".
We had to work on getting his schedule changed to include band in which he will be playing the drums. Oaklen said he did NOT want to join the band he wanted to draw, watch tv and play video games. After getting his equipment I think he is excited. Are you seeing a pattern here? He's at that age where nothing mom and dad say can be right until he tests it himself.
These little ones below want to be just like bubby and had to have a "pack pack" too. Luckily I found these lunch boxes that were perfect size to pass as little back packs. :) | {
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Secrets secrets are no fun..unless each meal has the ultimate secret recipe you won't stop talking about! Special guest Ian Harding of ABCFamily's "Pretty Little Liars" stops by to whip up an amazing dish with Daphne. | {
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some one can explain me how Dijkstra algorithm works?
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The Djikstra algorithm finds the shortest path from one node to all the others producing a shortest path tree.
1. You start from a random node (node A in Your picture). Node A has a value of 0 because it's the starting node.
2. The path from A -> B = 2 so You assign the value 2 to node B.
3. The path from A - > G = 6 so You assign the value 6 to Node G. Since node A has no more neighbor nodes (there are no more nodes directly connected to node A) You are done with it. Your next node is the node with the smallest value (which is B with a value of 2).
4. Here we have B -> C = 7 so node C gets 7 + the value of B which is 2. So C = 9. B - > E = 2. So E gets the value 2 + 2 = 4. That's it for node B. The next one is E which has the smallest value (4).
5. The connections with E are E->F = 2 (F gets a 4 + 2) and E->G = 5. Now here is the important bit; G already has a value (it's 6). But since 5 < 6, we delete the value 6 and instead write the five. Thats because the path A->B->E->G = 5 is smaller than A -> G = 6. So G gets a new value: 5.
This process is repeated for every node. Here is a animation that could help You visualize the algorithm:
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Don't think Ham8 would really be needed there. This game seems like
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The game uses no textures, so there is not even the need of a C2p routine. It's the kind of games that existed a lot on the amiga, with Blitter drawn polygons. The blitter is just not fast enough to render enough polygons to make a game that looks as good as these from your picture.
Maybe if combining the blitter with the processor itself, especially if it's a 060, we could get a lot more polygons drawn from that couple, but i'm pretty sure that has already be done by someone and the result probably was not so great, or we would know about more such games | {
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Immortal – South American Tour Dates
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
A few more photos
Those buildings in the background are awfully close. They're just a couple of blocks away. It's astounding that all of these buildings, beautiful as they are, are in a little time-warp envelope in the middle of Seoul.
The colors on this gate are fantastic. Apparently, most of these buildings have been rebuilt. Regardless, they're beautiful. What could be better? I'm glad you asked...Guys with knives and spears! You're damned right. Spears make any building better.
My companion didn't know what the Chinese characters on the gate meant. Can anyone enlighten me?
Blah blah...This is actually during a concert. I was hidden just offstage during a piece I didn't have to play.
Well, it looks as if the next month or two will be insanely busy. I'll be traveling more than your average migratory bird, apparently. I need to swing by Boston and take care of my apartment, but I'm not sure yet when I'll be leaving there. Blech...Too many things to take care of.
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O.K... Here is a short Chinese character lesson.Read from the right to the left.The fist character is "heung" means "rise" the second one is "Rae" means “etiquette" the last one is “moon" simply means "door" | {
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I had such a great time with my mom and baby group today. We went to a local cidery called Sea Cider Farm & Ciderhouse and got a tour and tasted some ciders. It was quite a relaxing way to spend the afternoon and the ciders were quite delicious, especially paired with their nibblies tasting plate.
Their front door is quite picturesque:
The view from the parking lot (which their cafe also looks onto) would be particularly nice in the summertime:
The small store nook features some wonderful handmade and local products. I picked up a dark-coloured wine bottle cheese plate from local artisans Two Glassy Ladies which I love!
A lot of people aren’t aware that Sea Cider exists, so if you live near Victoria it’s in Central Saanich and definitely worth a visit. The cider tasting menu (to sample four ciders) was a reasonable $8, and the tasting plate (shared between two people) was $14. Yum! | {
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Understanding how populations of neurons encode information is the challenge faced by researchers in the field of neural coding. Focusing on the many mysteries and marvels of the mind has prompted a prominent team of experts in the field to put their heads together and fire up a book on the subject. Simply titledPrinciples of Neural Coding, this book covers the complexities of this discipline. It centers on some of the major developments in this area and presents a complete assessment of how neurons in the brain encode information. The book collaborators contribute various chapters that describe results in different systems(visual, auditory, somatosensory perception, etc.) and different species (monkeys, rats, humans, etc).Concentrating on the recording and analysis of the firing of single and multiple neurons, and the analysisand recording of other integrative measures of network activity and network states—such as local field potentials or current source densities—is the basis of the introductory chapters.
Provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary approachDescribes topics of interest to a wide range of researchers
The book then moves forward with the description of the principles of neural coding for different functionsand in different species and concludes with theoretical and modeling works describing how informationprocessing functions are implemented. The text not only contains the most important experimental findings, but gives an overview of the main methodological aspects for studying neural coding. In addition, the book describes alternative approaches based on simulations with neural networks and in silico modeling in this highly interdisciplinary topic. It can serve as an important reference to students and professionals.
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Pyongyang, August 1 (KCNA) -- The puppet military war-like forces of south Korea, engrossed in treacherous acts and confrontation with the fellow countrymen, should be eliminated as early as possible as they are trouble makers in improving inter-Korean relations, says Rodong Sinmun in an article on Friday.
It continues:
The south Korean military gangsters are letting loose a torrent of vituperation to prevent the inter-Korean ties from improving and incite the confrontation.
It is Han Min Gu, puppet minister of defense, who is leading in these moves.
Traitor Han and other military trigger-happy forces branded the goodwill of the DPRK for the improvement of the inter-Korean ties and national reunification as "camouflaged peace offensive" and "the reconciliation-war double-dealing tactics". Not content with this, they made no scruple of committing extreme provocative acts of challenging the dignity of the supreme leadership of the DPRK and its social system.
This proves that they are a group of madmen bereft of elementary reason, engrossed in the confrontation with fellow countrymen, and a group of traitors who bring nothing good to the nation in mending the inter-Korean ties and are not worth a penny.
The cynic ploy of the military group to prolong their remaining days through the intensified confrontation with the DPRK is no longer workable.
Whoever encroaches upon the inviolable dignity of the DPRK and its social system even a bit will never be safe, wherever he or she is in hiding.
Han should clearly realize how miserable fate he will meet for his reckless remarks. | {
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Three students injured in France after man 'deliberately' rams group with vehicle
Three Chinese were injured Friday afternoon when a vehicle hit a crowd deliberately in the suburbs of Toulouse, south France, the head of the Chinese Consulate in Marseille told Xinhua citing a source from the local police in Toulouse. One of them is said to be in a serious condition.
At least three people were injured Friday when a speeding auto deliberately slammed into a crowd outside of a school in Toulouse, southwest France.
Initial information about the conditions of the injured - identified by authorities only as Chinese students - conflicted. According to the same source, the driver was 28-year-old.
Police said they were looking into his psychiatric history after he told officers as they arrested him he heard voices telling him to hurt someone, local media said.
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The injured students, said to be aged 22 and 23, have been taken to hospital in Toulouse.
Two men aged 22 and 23, and a 23-year woman who was in a more serious condition, were hit on a pedestrian crossing outside IGS College just before 4pm local time (3pm United Kingdom time), the reports said.
"The individual arrested immediately after the event said he had been planning this act for a month".
As the Europe 1 television network reported, the incident happened at the exit of Lyceum-college St. Exupery.
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STATEMENT ON ALKALINE HYDROLYSIS/DÉCLARATION SUR L’HYDROLYSE ALCALINEBY THE COMMISSION FOR DOCTRINEOF THE CANADIAN CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
(La version française est ci-dessous.)
The death and resurrection of Christ is the heart of the Christian faith. Christians live in hope that after death, we will share in Christ’s bodily resurrection (cf. Rm 6:5). This is why the Church has always taken pains to ensure that the burial of the dead – one of the corporal works of mercy – reflects this faith in the resurrection of the body. The dignity accorded to the bodies of the deceased – including the method of their disposition – is not only a proclamation of our faith in the importance and value of the human body but is of great importance in the process of grief and healing for the bereaved.
In recent decades, the practice of flame-based bodily cremation has increased in our country to the point that it is now more popular than traditional burial. Although the Church prefers traditional burial as the clearest representation of Christian hope in the resurrection, it does not object to cremation, provided it is not chosen for reasons contrary to Christian teaching. In recent years, however, new forms of bodily disposition have been developed, specific among them alkaline hydrolysis, in which the body of the deceased is placed in a metal cylinder and dissolved in a chemical bath, leaving only bone fragments similar to those resulting from cremation. The resulting effluent is then flushed into the local sewer system, while the remaining bone fragments are dried, ground and placed in an urn for the family of the deceased, as is the case with cremation.
The process of alkaline hydrolysis is currently being marketed as a “green” and ecologically friendly alternative to cremation, since it consumes less energy and does not release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. However, the claim that it is ecologically superior is currently disputed. It is now available in a growing number of Canadian provinces.
Our research leads this Commission to the opinion that alkaline hydrolysis does not manifest adequate respect for the dignity of the human body as proclaimed by the faith of the Church. This is primarily due to the fact that, apart from bone residue, the remnants of the entire body are disposed of in the sewer system. It is further compounded by the fact that, in the operation of certain alkaline hydrolysis machines, the machine operator may first be required to puncture or crush the skull of the deceased in order to ensure the complete digestion of soft tissues. This adds another indignity to the body.
In a forthcoming document, we will consider in greater detail the deep reasons for the Church’s teaching on the disposition of human bodies, including the connection of this teaching to the grieving and healing process for the loved ones who often must decide the method of bodily disposition. At the moment, however, given the reasons enunciated above, and as authorized by the Permanent Council of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, we invite Diocesan and Eparchial Bishops to discourage the practice of alkaline hydrolysis in their respective diocese or eparchy and to indicate to Catholic funeral homes and Catholic cemeteries that its use is not to be promoted or offered. | {
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New Times music critics reveal their deepest, darkest record-buying secrets
For most people, music is a very personal matter. Songs, albums and artists carry a significant and significantly different meaning for each of us. That's especially true with music critics. While we do get to reveal a little bit about our passions and taste through our writing, polls like annual Top 10 lists are often impersonal barometers that don't give an accurate portrait of the men and women whose work you see in the pages of this section. That's why we've decided to reveal a little more of ourselves and sate your ravenous appetite for year-end lists (or beginning, as it were) with this, our Top 10 Personal Obsessions list. You'll find that some of us are online record-buying junkies, others use CDs as a means of fear management, while some specialize in collecting stuff that most rational thinking humans would probably pass on. In any case, the next few pages should allow you frightening glimpses deep into our souls and record collections.
My name is Bob, and I'm addicted to eBay. But I'm not alone. In fact, several of my co-workers have also been stricken with eBay-itis, a seemingly incurable disease that compels the victim to spend hundreds of dollars on items that are worthless to almost everyone else. For example, the guy in the office right next to me, we'll call him "Dwight," has been known to drop hundreds for posters of late-period Joan Crawford films. While another of my New Times brethren, "Annie," constantly regales me with stories of how she gets antique cookie jars for really cheap, "like $200." Normally, I scoff when I hear of people making such ridiculous purchases. Don't they know that for the same $200 they can get a mint-condition Replacements Let It Be poster or a multi-disc Dylan '66 live boxed set? Since most of my disposable income has been going into the coffers of those hawking hard-to-find, out-of-print and import CDs (the term euphemistically used to describe illegal bootlegs), I decided to offer my Top 10 eBay purchases as evidence of my own particular mania.
1. Tommy Keene, Based on Happy Times (Geffen). For power-pop aficionados, this is the holy grail of out-of-print CDs. Basically abandoned by Geffen after its release in 1989, the commercial failure of this unheralded masterpiece ushered in Keene's almost five-year absence from recording. Shortly after hitting stores, compact disc copies of the album vanished. Only a few thousand CD copies were reportedly ever made, and most of those headed to the cut-out bin. Hunters at used-record stores have been known to scour the aisles for this elusive treasure. Though the disc sells regularly on eBay for upward of $30 (or as much as $75 in one instance), I was able to get mine for the unbelievably low price of $25.50, due mostly to a mid-September glut of the disc on the auction site.
2. Beatles, The Complete BBC Sessions (Great Dane). An exhaustive nine-disc bootleg chronicling the Fabs' radio appearances from 1962 to 1964. Although the quality is sometimes murky, most of the 257 tracks are indispensable listening for Beatles fans who came away unsatisfied with Capitol's official Beatles Live at the BBC release in 1994. Manufactured in Italy by Great Dane Records in 1993, it includes cuts from the lads' performances on The Beat Show, Saturday Club, Pop Go the Beatles, The Ken Dodd Show and Top Gear. The most amusing aspect of the collection for me was hearing the songs preceded by sometimes indecipherable Liverpudlian banter, and various shout-outs to "Susie in Chemsfordshire" and "Brian in Hexbury on Glen" and almost everyone else who wrote the moptops a fan letter. The set also includes a handsome 36 page booklet with rare photos and extensive, if sometimes inaccurate, liner notes. Another steal, as I was able to get this for $123.50, considerably less than the $280-plus that the previous set went for.
3. Beach Boys, Smile Box(unreleased). The definitive and most sonically impressive collection documenting the greatest album never released. Three discs of studio alternates and a fourth featuring the album as it was purportedly to have been sequenced. (For a full run-down of the history of this particular bootleg set, check out Robert Wilonsky's article in the December 23 edition of New Times.) This was a must-have for me, and I got it for a relative bargain at $135. Smile bootlegs have been around for ages, but the sound quality, packaging and format of this makes it the ultimate, that is until Capitol releases the official version, something that may happen as soon as this year.
4. Professionals, I Didn't See It Coming (Virgin). This sophomore album from the post-Pistols group fronted by Steve Jones and featuring Paul Cook is one of the true lost treasures of the postpunk/New Wave era. This is a legit rerelease of the group's 1981 album. It was reissued last year as a Japanese import, and I was able to pick it up for just under 20 bucks. I don't know if it really qualifies as a guilty pleasure, but I've always enjoyed Jones' singing immensely. Cuts like the disc opener, "The Magnificent," and the anthemic "Payola" feature some of Jonesy's best vocal work ever. | {
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Catching Back Up
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Been crazy around here for a number of reasons, so trying to catch back up with this blog.
Crazy windy tonight. Game might be very interesting.
Former White Sox player Greg Norton was in the ballpark for BP today. Great to see Norty, who brought along his six-year-old son and a friend to the game. After retiring (makes me feel old), Norton managed at Class AAA for a couple of years before taking this year off to be with his family.
Robin Ventura, Paul Konerko and Mike Gellinger all made a beeline over to see Norton.
Stop Bullying Message
Special thanks to Brent Lillibridge, who visited McClellan Elementary School down 35th street this morning to send the kids an anti-bullying message and debut a new video released by the club: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZkb-ZdLqsc
Fans who attend home games often know we feature a special “Hero of the Game” in the third inning when a serviceman or woman is brought out onto the field between half innings to be recognized by our fans and the teams. The always-touching moment features a standing ovation, and members of both teams (and the umpires) stand and applaud. We received this email from one of our honorees who is now back on duty in Afghanistan:
First Name: Michael
Subject: Hero of the game
Message:
On April 19th I was the Hero of the game. I’m in Afghanistan now and I wanted to thank you for all you did for me. It was the greatest feeling ever being down there and having the greatest fans in the world cheering for me. The only bad thing was I couldnt here what was being said. Is there any way I can get a script or video of what was said. All I heard was “Operation Iraqi Freedom” Anyways as a Service Member I think what you do for all the troops is great and I will never forget this. The Staff that made it possible, the chevy pride crew that guided me to the field, and the Players who also stood up and clapped all make serving this country the greatest job in the world and worth every sacrifice we make.
No, Michael, we thank you. God bless.
Remembering
With Kevin Hickey’s passing and funeral this week, we’ve now lost two important members of the White Sox family this season.
You’ll see our players wearing patches to honor Bill “Moose” Skowron and Kevin “Hicman” Hickey the rest of this season.
Losing Kevin was tough on our entire team. When the bagpiper began Amazing Grace at the end of his funeral service on Tuesday morning, I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place. A tough, tough emotional day.
Hicman was one of a kind. Definitely South Side. Definitely proud to be a White Sox.
I was supposed to play golf with Hick and Mark Salas after our workout on April 5, the day Hic didn’t show up for our workout. EMT’s found him in his hotel room and rushed him to the hospital. He never really came back to us after that. Man, I will miss him.
AJ Pierzynski and Don Cooper showed great courage in speaking at Tuesday’s funeral. AJ talked about all of Hickey’s exhortations from the bench during a game (“Show him your credentials, Paulie!” … “Crown him!” … “You’re better than him!”) and remarked that Hickey would be the happiest guy in heaven because of the three-game sweep of the Cubs.
Cooper joked that Hickey probably was already nagging God. “What can I do to help?” he imaged Hickey asking incessantly.
No one worked harder. No one took more pride in wearing a big league uniform. Another dear friend lost.
Roland Hemond came up for the service and pulled a beat up sheet of paper out of his coat pocket.
“Look at this, look at these numbers,” he said to me, pointing at the line. “Hickey against George Brett, 0-15 for his career. Wade Boggs, 1-11 …”
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“Hey, Alexei,” Ken Williams called out to Alexei Ramirez today as BP ended. “Look at the scoreboard. It’s 84 degrees! You don’t need to wait until June 1,” he said laughing.
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Bank of England says will not change animal-fat banknotes
The Bank of England has made the announcement, following calls from activists to make changes.
In a statement, the bank said "after careful and serious consideration" and extensive public consultation there will be no change to the composition of future bank notes.
Earlier this year, the central bank faced a backlash when it emerged that it was using tallow, a rendered form of beef or mutton fat, in its new plastic £5 note, which went into circulation in September. The Bank of England has conducted in-depth investigations into alternatives and considered these in the context of the manufacture and use of plastics in other everyday household products.
British vegetarians will have to carry on using United Kingdom banknotes that contain traces of animal fat after the Bank of England decided not to switch to another product following controversy late previous year.
The move is likely to enrage animal rights activists such as PETA and the National Council of Hindu Temples, which have expressed their outrage at the use of tallow in new bank notes.
"The only now viable alternative for polymer banknotes is to use chemicals ultimately derived from palm oil", the Bank continued, adding that 88 per cent of respondents to its consultation were against the use of animal-derived additives and 48 per cent were against the use of palm oil-derived additives.
But the central bank said the only alternative was to use palm oil, which "raises questions about environmental sustainability", and said that switching to this would cost £16.5m over the next 10 years.
It said: "The case for moving to polymer banknotes remains compelling".
Concerns had also been raised about the environmental impact of using palm oil, which researchers have said is a cause of deforestation, pesticide pollution and emissions.
The Bank said it had to balance these responses against its other public duties and priorities as well as the other evidence gathered over the past months. Some Hindu temples in the United Kingdom banned the £5 note. | {
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Bathing suit clad model Eva Sloan posing with a nozzle atop a fireboat. I thought it might be the Roosevelt Blvd. Bridge over the Ortega River in the background but my friend Bill Yates who has lived in Jacksonville most of his life, much of it in the Ortega area, thinks this may be the [...]
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The plaintiffs in a partisan gerrymandering case asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday not to grant lawmakers’ request to stay an order requiring them to redraw the 2016 congressional map.
“Applicants pay lip service to concerns such as State sovereignty and administrative inconvenience,” wrote attorneys for Common Cause NC, one of the plaintiffs. “But their true motive is as plain as day: the Republican contingent of the legislature wants to enjoy the fruits of their grossly unconstitutional actions for yet another election cycle. That is not a proper reason to seek a stay, let alone grant one.”
A federal three-judge panel ruled last week that GOP lawmakers disenfranchised voters by unconstitutionally using partisan gerrymandering to create a map that would result in the election of 10 Republican congressional candidates and three Democratic ones.
Legislative defendants asked the judges to stay their ruling, which they denied, and asked for the Supreme Court to step in. They stated in their request that the three-judge panel used a “novel legal theory to hopelessly disrupt North Carolina’s upcoming congressional elections.”
Attorneys for the League of Women Voters, another plaintiff in the two cases that were rolled into one trial, argued that lawmakers have not shown that the lower court’s decision was made erroneously and previously told the court that redistricting at this juncture before an election would not be overly burdensome.
“Third, appellants motion should be denied because, if remedial proceedings are stayed, North Carolina’s voters will likely be condemned to a fourth consecutive election under an unconstitutional congressional map,” their motion states.
Similarly, attorneys for Common Cause wrote that a stay would harm the pubic more broadly.
“Not only is there a strong public interest in constitutionally drawn legislative districts, but moreover, a stay would tend to legitimize the flagrant partisan abuses of the North Carolina legislature — abuses that have continued now for almost a decade — and would invite legislatures across the nation to follow suit,” their motion states. “The Court should not signal that it will reward gamesmanship and obstinacy, especially when fundamental constitutional rights are at stake.”
Both motions address lawmakers’ argument that this case can’t be decided until a partisan gerrymandering case out of Wisconsin is decided, Gill v. Whitford. Plaintiffs note that the facts of the North Carolina case are different and egregious enough to stand on their own — “the evidence of unconstitutionality is even stronger here.”
If the Supreme Court does grant a stay, both plaintiffs ask for an expedited schedule so as to allow a remedy to be implemented this year. You can read the Common Cause motion here and the League of Women Voters motion here.
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Rodney Graham | That's Not Me
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
November 24, 2017 - February 18, 2018
Since the early 1980s, Canadian Rodney Graham has shown himself to be a distinctive artist whose diverse practice encompasses many things – a painter, photographer, sculptor, video-maker, actor, performer, producer, historian, writer, poet, sound engineer and musician. Defying easy categorisation, his works are informed by psychology, literature and story-telling. His cyclical narratives are layered with puns and references as various as Lewis Carroll, Sigmund Freud, Raymond Roussel and Kurt Cobain, and are all infused by a sense of humour that betrays Graham’s place in the post-punk scene of late 1970s Vancouver. Avant-garde experimentation has always informed Graham’s practice demonstrated here with a survey of film works and an important presentation of photographic light boxes.
Astute, contained and profound, Graham’s work has a strong contemporary relevance. This major exhibition includes work made from 1993 through to the present, and is organised in partnership with the Baltic Centre, Gateshead. | {
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How I Cured My Erectile Dysfunction Part II: Diet & Supplements
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In part I of this guide, we covered how I used Exercise to treat my erectile dysfunction. Too many men are suffering in silence from a problem I would never wish on any man. If younger you are, the more likely your affliction is porn induced. To make it clear once again- the quickest and most effective cure to porn induced erectile dysfunction is to completely abstain from pornography and masturbation for an extended period of time. It varies for most men, but for most of the men I consult with, 3-4 months is the norm.
However, if your diet sucks, you can abstain as long as you like, but you’ll only end up complicating your ED situation. Its an absolutely horrible experience to cure your ED through drugs, surgery, or some other artificial means and gain the resulting confidence, only to have it smashed to pieces when you go limp again-usually due to some underlying bad habit such as a poor diet.
This might sound harsh, but if you suffer from porn-induced ED, you will never completely cure your ED if you do not take your diet seriously. It will come back to haunt you again. Lets make ED a bad memory, guys- something akin to “Yeah, I once had measles-no biggie.”
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While you are recovering your abilities, its important to improve your nutrition to avoid any other habits that may be contributing to your erectile dysfunction. I went off porn, masturbation and sex for 5 months once, and when I resumed having sex, my ED was even worse! I was tired, confused, frustrated and depressed.
While I was on the right track with abstaining from porn and masturbation to rewire my brain, I was complicating my situation by having a terrible diet, and drinking alot more than I should have on the weekends. Once I fixed my diet and cut drastically cut down on alcohol consumption, my testosterone levels shot through the roof and my ED slowly improved in conjunction with exercise and supplementation.
One of the many consequences of bad nutrition is poor blood circulation and a reduction in testosterone due to lack of certain nutrients and minerals. At the very least, you should be taking a multivitamin that contains Vitamin B3(niacin), a vasodilator which enhances blood flow, calcium, vitamin E , selenium and zinc. I take only Optimum Nutrition Opti-Men supplement which is the most complete mens multivitamin on the market right now. Once your ED is completely cured, it has the added bonus of keeping your libido ridiculously high.
However, a well rounded vitamin is not enough. All men have to be aware of the minerals and nutrients that are most important to their sexual health.
There are 4 main minerals and nutrients that contribute to your sexual health and have the direct effect of enhancing your recovery from ED.
1) Zinc: Zinc is absolutely vital to your sexual health because it increases testosterone and enhances sperm mobility. Personally, zinc has been the most hands down effective and dramatic supplement when it comes to treating my ED and its symptoms. I get my zinc from unprocessed meat , seafood and low fat dairy products and most importantly, supplements. I’ve used only one zinc supplement which I take on a daily basis:
I take 100-150 mg/ day depending on my zinc intake from my diet.
2) Selenium: Selenium is a mineral with antioxidant properties which has been linked to increased testosterone. Selenium is most commonly obtained from Brazil nuts, but is also present in seafood, unprocessed meat and certain grains. I don’t go crazy on the selenium, but I do supplement when I can with Now Foods Selenium.
3) Potassium: Potassium balances the sodium levels in your body, which is important because sodium prevents your blood vessels from constricting. Narrowed blood vessels lead to a spike in blood pressure and consequently, reduced bloodflow to your penis. Potassium is best obtained from bananas, avocado, egg plant, broccoli, and red meat. Its a readily available mineral which you don’t really need to supplement.
4) Omega 3 fatty acids:Fatty acids are critical to circulatory function- increased blood flow to the heart which means a healthier heart. Best obtained from fish, most commonly- tuna, salmon and sardines. If you are not a big seafood fan, fish oil is is very common supplement in most drug stores. I’ve only ever used Nature Made Fish Oil Omega 3
Whatever is bad for your heart is particularly bad for your penis. Processed food and fast food impede blood flow to your heart and eventually your penis. Stick to whole grains, fruits, vegetables, heart-healthy fats including nuts, fish and olive oil. If you drink alcohol, stick to red wine. Too much alcohol changes the balance of sex hormones, which always negatively affects your testosterone. If you smoke, seriously player-stop. Nicotine contracts and damages your blood vessels, which messes with the flow of blood to your penis.
Drugs:
There is only one medication that I have taken during the during the worst of my ED, and it is Cialis. I probably used it about 5 times during a year long period to maintain several short term relationships while I focused on more natural methods of curing my ED.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve at least heard of Cialis. Its a drug that increases the blood flow to your erection, which leads to much stronger erections.Its in the same family as Viagra and Levitra- with one main difference. While Viagra and Levitra last up to 8 hours, Cialis lasts up to 36 hours, making it ideal for men with active sexual lives. Cialis is usually prescribed in 10mg doses, though it comes in multiple dosages, up to 40mg.
Cialis is ideally obtained with a prescription from your doctor, which I recommend. One Cialis pill will run you around $20. However, during my ED days, when porn-induced ED was brushed aside by most medical professionals, I wasn’t entirely comfortable with visiting a doctor concerning this, or paying the regular price. I researched and found a legitimate way to gain access to generic Cialis. The generic Cialis retailed at this pharmacy contains Tadalafil the active ingredient in Cialis and had the exact same effect as brand name Cialis.
I recommend a legal online pharmacy where I get my generic supply- complete with a doctors prescription and at a rate of $3/pill ! I’ve been ordering from here for almost two years :
Contrary to popular (wrong) belief, Cialis does not increase your libido in anyway. When I take it, I don’t feel anything till I am aroused. My erection is noticably bigger, and much stronger.
There is a possibility, as with any drug that enhances your abilities to become dependent on Cialis for erections. We do not promote that here at QuitPornGetGirls. If you seriously want to get rid of your ED- go natural first, then use medication like Cialis to enhance your sex life.
I still take Cialis on occasion, usually when I am having sex with a girl in my rotation that I want to keep around a little longer, or on on days when I know I will be having sex several times. I’ve been taking generic Cialis on and off for over two years, coupled with a healthy diet and exercise, and have experienced no side effects. Most importantly, it has greatly enhanced my sex life. If you plan on having an abundant and varied healthy sex life, Cialis will definitely come in handy at some point.
There is still research being done on porn induced Erectile Dysfunction, and I advise every man struggling with ED to tackle it headlong starting with Diet, Exercise and finally, supplement with a decent medication. Life is too short to throw away years of your life on ED.
Be Happy,
Chris
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Abstract
Despite countries’ commitments to improve nutrition, starting with the protection of breastfeeding, aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes continues to promote their indiscriminate use. The baby food industry appears to use similar interference tactics as the tobacco industry to influence public health, promote their products and expand their markets.
Learning from the tobacco experience, this paper assesses whether the baby food industry uses any of the six tobacco industry interference tactics recognized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and summarizes examples of documented evidence.
We conclude that the baby food industry uses all six tactics: (1) manoeuvring to hijack the political and legislative process; (2) exaggerating economic importance of the industry; (3) manipulating public opinion to gain appearance of respectability; (4) fabricating support through front groups; (5) discrediting proven science; and (6) intimidating governments with litigation. There is abundant anecdotal evidence. Published evidence is limited and varies by tactic. Examples of interference are provided for the Philippines, Vietnam, Laos, Turkey, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Mexico and the United Kingdom, and most for Tactic 3.
Interference in public health policies shows commonalities between the two industries. The tobacco control movement offers a useful framework for classifying and addressing interference with public policy by the baby food industry. Revealing the depth and extent of interference used by the baby food industry is critical if countries are to counter interference and implement commitments to improve nutrition. | {
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Reviewing the Safety & Effectiveness of NervaCORE
Product Introduction
NervaCORE is a brain supplement that claims to help improve your mental health by enabling your brain to process information more effectually. This causes enhanced intelligence, boosted mental functions, increased energy levels, as well as decreased mental exhaustion. Apart from these benefits, the product is also claimed to be useful in terms of augmenting your motivation, lowering stress, and enhancing your sociable prowess.
This particular brain supplement performs all the aforementioned benefits by boosting the levels of neurotransmitters in the body with the utilization of naturally-occurring vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, and other nourishing components. It is claimed that after consumption of 1-2 capsules, the user is able to obtain the improved mental strength he or she requires. This effect is said to last from 2-6 hours.
Defining Neurotransmitters
Neurotransmitters are the chemicals that are in-charge of delivering messages or information between brain cells called neurons. Some of these neurotransmitters are serotonin, dopamine, and glutamate, among others.
During younger age, the body generates sufficient neurotransmitters for maximized capacities and functions, which constitutes to a healthy-functioning brain. But this changes with ageing since the body’s production of such neurotransmitters reduces. This can result to a mental state called mild cognitive decline or MCI.
On the other hand, while some of the components here have the potential to generate gains for the brain, not all ingredients in NervaCORE have been proven to show any mental benefits.
What about Adverse Reactions?
Generally, the ingredients in NervaCORE are safe for human intake. The only side effect you probably can expect is minor stomach discomfort, if there’s any side effect at all.
Nevertheless, niacin can trigger flushing and phosphatidylserine can trigger sleeping issues, specifically with over 300mg consumption.
NervaCORE Price
A bottle of NervaCORE that contains 90 capsules has a price of $54.95. If you choose to enroll in the company’s recurring shipment plan, you can get a 15% discount. Hence, every month you’ll get a fresh supply of NervaCORE with your credit card being billed $46.71 for every transaction.
The company behind NervaCORE also provides a 60-day 110% satisfaction guarantee as well.
To ask for a refund or discontinue your autoship plan registration, call customer support at 587-873-4858.
About the Company
This supplement is created by Catalytic Edge Lifestyle, Inc., which is mainly headquartered in Edmonton, Canada. Their URL was listed in June 2015, making as presume that the company is a newbie. It’s not registered with the Better Business Bureau yet, as of this writing.
Customer Feedbacks
Reviews of NervaCORE have been scarce. During the time of research, we only found one review on Amazon where the supplement was given a 5-star rating. But that was only a single feedback.
The Takeaway: Is NervaCORE Efficient?
There are dozens of nootropic supplements in the market right now. There’s also a large demand for such products, seeing that most people nowadays are preoccupied with tasks that keeping a healthy brain for focus and motivation almost becomes a luxury. Nowadays students and professionals alike need to be sharper and more focused in their tasks in order to achieve their goals. It’s no wonder nootropic supplements like NervaCORE are sought after by many.
On the other hand, the general consensus on nootropic supplements is that not all their ingredients are clinically tested and proven. While some may have the potential to generate benefits that could be great for the brain, others just lack scientific proof. Also, many of these supplements are quite expensive.
The good thing about NervaCORE is that it offers a 110% satisfaction guarantee, which also includes free shipping and handling. Plus, you don’t need to return the bottle back to the company. This is something new and NervaCORE’s company possibly does this to stand out.
While many nootropics don’t have positive feedbacks, this doesn’t mean NervaCORE is just the same. Probably there’s something in this supplement that can really help you improve your mental functions. The only way to find out is to try it. | {
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Data Blog
In the course of my research and teaching, I draw a lot of graphs and tables of interesting data. In the classroom, the purpose of this data visualization is to clearly and concisely convey empirical data that speaks to often complex political processes, trends, or theories. Some of this work eventually makes its way into my published research work or public presentations, but much of it is used exclusively in the classroom. This website is a way for me to publicly display some of that work. Because the theme of the blog is effectively “things I am currently teaching and thinking about,” the particular topics on display will vary and might appear rather random at times. I am not sure anyone will be interested in this work, but if you are reading this, then perhaps you will be.
In my Public Opinion & Survey Research course, we recently examined how national attitudes on particular issues evolve over time. Typically, attitudinal change on social issues occurs slowly over time as the result of generational change. Contrary to this expectation, the past few years have witnessed a dramatic transformation in attitudes concerning the rights of gays and lesbians. The American National Election Survey began asking questions concerning support for gay and lesbian rights beginning in 1988 as these issues began to enter the national political agenda in a significant way. The survey has consistently asked two sets of questions concerning
There is a growing consensus among political scientists that American politics is becoming increasingly polarized, but there remains much disagreement concerning its causes anc character.. There is broad and consistent evidence that party leaders and elites have become more polarized; however, there remains significant questions about whether the broader public has become more polarized (see Fiorina and Abrams review of the literature). The evidence is mixed concerning whether Americans are increasingly polarized on major political issues. Yet, there is growing evidence that “affective” polarization may be on the rise. Affective polarization refers to how individuals feel about members of the | {
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Thursday, 27 December 2012
It's the last Thursday of the month, it's the last Thursday of the year...... it's only right that we push the boat out and make it an end-of-year-special, no?
Yoink that booze, prepare your comfiest easy chair and strap those headphones to your ears.
As always, the two websites you need to be at by 9pm tonight are of course:
While I'm on, here's the full 2-hour set from last Tuesday evening that I guested on at Future Radio's Hip Hop Sessions Christmas Special.Just-1 and Mr Eps did the first hour or so and I did the remaining time. Christmas and hip hop don't traditionally go together so my collection of Crimbo hits is a little sorry to say the least so I apologise. I did burn a cd crammed with Christmas stuff that I was going to use as well but for some reason it played up after I'd dropped my Xmas Intro. Maybe I'd just put too many files on the cd-r? I dunno, I'm not used to Pioneer CDJ's really.
And don't forget that next week is the last Thursday of the month, in fact, of the year so ABU will be dropping the monthly podcast on you. And being that it's that weird time between Xmas and New Year where each day just blurs into the next (or is that just me?) I have prepared a special Retro Special to keep the holiday cheer going.
Tuesday, 18 December 2012
Just a quick message to tell you that I will be doing a guest spot alongside DJ Just-1 tonight on the Hip Hop Sessions Radio Show on Future Radio at 10pm.
As it's the last Tuesday before The Big Day then this will feature a heavy Christmas flavouring of tunes to celebrate the season of goodwill and all that jazz.
Saturday, 8 December 2012
The 2012 World Championship B-Boy Battles are happening today and it is the finals.
Broadcasting directly from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, be sure to check out this page to watch the live stream here on ABU!
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
As I've mentioned a few times previously, this month sees the return of the No Half-Steppin' Xmas Jam.
Blasting beats out of Norwich is the Sure Shot Productions crew on 15th December at a free event in The Rumsey Wells in the heart of the city.
Doors open at 6pm and they will rock and don't stop - well, until midnight anyway.
Here's some shots of last year's event:
Live acts performing are ORIGINAL ONE (aka Def J), Solid 'n' Mind's own MC WHIRLWIND D (with Chrome on the wheels) as well as CHROME & ILLINSPIRED.
Resident dj's JUST-1 and CHROME provide some beat-bombs with support from MR EPS and REPO.
Remember that No Half-Steppin' only drops the classic hip hop steez so 'waiting for the good joints' is not an option.
And like all NHS nights, it's completely free.
See you there!
Slackness alert.
The show went out last Thursday but I realised I hadn't posted the link up yet (although the Facebook crew will already have it). Oops.
2 hours of freshness, boogie beats, ill drops, some comedy turns from The Jerky Boys and Micky Flanagan as well as yours truly in the mix. There's even a hint of Christmas about this month's session as well. Gobble, gobble.
Oh yeah, I realised my mistake about Jan Hammer's past musical endeavours when it was too late. Blame old age for that ;-)
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address@hidden wrote:
>> the one that I think has the strongest legs is Erlang
>
> Funny you should mention that as I'm half way thru the new Erlang book.
> This model, if not the language itself, is a perfect vehicle for an
> implementation of provisos (much discussed on this list). Using closures,
> SBCL threads, and some transparent networking I believe this could all
> be implemented in common lisp. Laying this model under the algebra gives
> us the ability to write parallel algebra using provisos transparently.
>
> Tim
Portland Oregon hosted last year's functional languages conference, and
I went to two of the language-specific workshops on the weekend before
the conference itself. It was an agonizing decision -- all of the major
functional languages were represented, and the only one I really
consider myself fluent in is a subset of Common Lisp. In the end,
though, I chose Erlang and Scheme.
For what it's worth, I think the Schemers were right in the great
Lisp/Scheme schism, and having spent nearly 3/4 of my career writing
assembly language and FORTRAN for a living, I have a great appreciation
for the power of low-level languages. They're addicting -- perhaps the
most addicting of all is Forth.
Also, the Scheme workshop featured a fascinating paper by the Gambit-C
Scheme team on Termite, where they've implemented the primitives of
Erlang concurrency in Scheme with competitive performance on a number of
tests with Erlang itself. Presumably it could be implemented in SBCL if
it can be implemented in Scheme. Google for Scheme Gambit Termite and
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MIL wants to celebrate important wedding anniversary with big family get together in antiques infested chintzy country hotel. This want work with madly active 2.5 YO DS will it?
We live abroad but will begoing back to Uk this summer for a few weeks and renting a family friendly apartment in London so we can see family and friends and manage DS n safe space,continue with routine etc. (DS NEEDS routine or turns impossible. Possible ASD issues, being investigated. Not good in social situations at all,we don't/can't do restaurants etc yet, bad sleeper etc).
MIL wants us all to attend big family get together at country hotel several hours away. Spindly antique tables with china vases of flowers at grab height. Piles of cushions and curtains to climb and pull. Breakables everywhere. All very exquisite and hair curlingly posh. Well heeled older people sipping sherry in quiet peace. Croquet on lawn. Fine dining with tablecloths and silver,mlnen, glassware etc.
DS is 2 now but I can't see him being any less prone to destruction, climbing, running about, letting off wild shrieks etc by the summer. WIBU to say sorry we just can't do this and please come over for a nice lunch with us instead where we can manage DS? Or maybe just send DH up for the meal and overnight gathering?
It's sad we won't see the whole family but I don't see how to manage it. And if its an evening meal DS will be in bed and one of us will have to stay up in rom with him missing the meal anyway.
What does your DH say? I would suggest he goes on his own and you arrange a separate lunch or similar where you can meet up with the ILs and have another, smaller, celebration. I can't understand why anyone thinks this sort of occasion is appropriate for young children .
Guess it will have to be DH. Parents of mad 2.5 year old toddlers, would you think it would be do-able? I don't think it is fair to expect DS to manage to spend 48 hours in a quiet place filled with breakables being quiet, he is too small to understand and I can't carry or hold him 24/7.
Say thank you for the invitation, very kind, but we don't want to do that with ds. (V. important to say "we don't want to" - there is no arguing with that).
Obv it would be nice if MIL said - ooh, what would suit you better then? But if she's planned it already then all you can do is say no, it won't work for us, we do hope you have a nice time.
We have friends with children who live abroad. They used to run themselves ragged by travelling around to see everyone when they came back to the UK. Then they started saying "we will be at x location for x dates, if you'd like to visit, let us know when". They do the travelling from abroad, we all travel within the uk to see them. They get to see the people who really care about them. It works well!
No friends there, is tiny village hundreds of miles from London. No other accommodation there. We used to live in London, have friends there hence staying there as a base when visit UK. Would have to hire car and drive there and stay for weekend. Feel terrified at thought of it.
Bertha, that's what we are doing. Hiring flat in London and asking people to drop round. Impossible to drive about staying with people especially with toddler. Easier to have base and play host and go out/stay in on our own terms.
Btw, I'd have done it with dc1 (quiet calm child) but not with dc2 - I'd have spent the whole time taking him off somewhere else to keep him busy/happy/stop him disturbing people, and it would have been hard work and lonely. And no one ever thought he had asd, he was just being a 2yo.
I'd also object to "send dh by himself" actually. You're presumably having a holiday? Not really ok to spend a couple of days of your holiday alone with your hard-work toddler, is it? If it was my mum having a primadonna all-about-me-never-mind-the-children family party I wouldn't expect to leave dh alone with the kids during our holiday so I could go.
Oh, what a shame if you and your son didn't goIt sounds important to your in-laws, can you not just go, grit your teeth and survive for 48 hours.Your attendance matters to them and it sounds like there are some sentimental reasons they have chosen this hotel
Nottingham is do-able for a day-trip from London, if you are happy to hire a car and spend several hours travelling each way with your DS. Could you arrange to go along for a few hours to see everyone, maybe for the afternoon? Might be a reasonable compromise?
TBH even driving more than an hour or two with DS is going to be very challenging. I can grit my teeth all I like. But it won't change the fact that not only DS but everyone else in that hotel will have a very bad time of it. I will have to spend the entire time removing him and standing outside with him because he is noisy and he screams and he won't stop running and exploring and if I try to hold his hand or put him in a chair he will wriggle go floppy, bang his head and scream. How can I do that for a while weekend in a quiet country hotel? He won't be able to manage an evening meal,mi don't even think he could manage breakfast at a table with a table cloth without smearing butter, pulling cloth off knocking over flowers, chucking silverware, and wanting to jump up and run about. He can't sit still for 20 minutes. He covers his face and cries if strange people talk to him or touch him. And all the family will be strange to him.
It will not be enjoyable for anyone and MIL will be embarrassed and upset by the slightest social faux pas.
How understanding is your MIL about your DS? I ask because if she's going to get professionally offended at a "sorry, that doesn't work for us" answer, then personally I'd nod and make all the right noises, then send your DH alone while you stay in your London base with your DS who will be suffering with some very inconvenient illness, what a shame. | {
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PAW PAW, MI -- Investigators are asking for help from the public on two break-ins, seven years apart, that they believe are connected to the same man.
According to a news release from the Michigan State Police, in the first incident, Dec.12, 2005 in the 36000 block of 52nd Ave., Paw Paw Township, the culprit was chased out of the house by the homeowner, but left behind a ski mask.
In the second case, on July 26, 2012 in the 28000 block of South Shore Dr., Almena Township, a neighbor chased away a man who had broken into a garage and was attempting to steal motorcycles. In that case, he left behind a pair of gloves.
DNA matches on the hat and gloves have led investigators to believe the same man is responsible.
A Michigan State Police forensic artist sketched a drawing of the suspect after the 2005 incident; because the drawing was done more than 7 years ago, authorities caution there may be some changes in the suspect’s appearance.
They ask that anyone who recognizes the suspect or has information regarding these incidents to call the Michigan State Police at 269-657-5551 | {
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In this Newsletter:
A Message from the President
John Topping, President and CEO, Climate Institute
A decade ago moviegoers flocked to see two films, Deep Impact and Armageddon, about killer asteroids on a collision course with Earth. In the films humanity groped to use its technology to avoid a fate similar to the demise of the dinosaurs. Recent news reports are eerily reminiscent of the Hollywood thrillers, though the time scenarios may be in decades or centuries rather than days. The IPCC has made clear that large-scale global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed if we are to avoid irreversible and quite disruptive climate change. Yet global carbon dioxide emissions from the energy sector have been rising at an annual rate of about 3%, an increase from the trend a decade ago. There already are signs that we may be experiencing the beginning of a kind of metastatic climate change where the warming feeds on itself, with methane emissions from a thawing Arctic tundra and melting sea ice and glaciers changing albedo and enhancing warming above that due to emissions from human agricultural and industrial activity. In addition, reports of a rapid acceleration in the rate of ocean acidification – a likely byproduct of the same factors threatening climatic disruption - suggest that the marine food chain may be at risk of a rapid unraveling.
In these circumstances some climate scientists are resembling the actors in asteroid films and are looking at improvised geo-engineering solutions to avert metastatic climate change. Already seeing evidence of reinforcing climate feedbacks and despairing of rapid changes in global energy systems, some highly regarded scientists are advocating a serious look at a variety of measures - sulfate clouds over polar regions to arrest glacial melt, satellite discs to deflect radiation back to space, or fertilization of the oceans with iron filings that might stimulate algal growth and possibly carbon dioxide absorption. Each of these may have unforeseen and unintended side effects, they concede, but we may soon be past a tipping point of glacial melt in polar regions that could in two or three centuries swamp all Earth’s coastal cities. We may ultimately be forced to such drastic measures as a last resort, and research into geo-engineering remains essential.
Still, the primary focus should be on two priorities. First is the identification of a workable approach to resolve the Alphonse - Gaston quandary, where industrial and developing countries each hesitate to act for fear that their actions alone won’t make much difference. Michael MacCracken, the Climate Institute’s Chief Scientist, has put forward a remarkably insightful proposal for reciprocal North-South action on emissions. The developments of the past few weeks in Mexico and the Philippines provide some hope that banking on such action is no longer utopian. A second imperative is the identification of and stimulation of large-scale near term emission reductions to reverse the upward spiral that could soon move us past crucial tipping points. All of these must be viewed through a lens of a global economy in distress with few countries or regions immune from economic hardships that threaten livelihoods. Dependence on several hundred billion dollar annual carbon transfers may amount to a white flag of surrender, ensuring that we will pass irreversible tipping points.
Fortunately there are several measures that might produce large-scale reductions in global emissions, and some even with immediate benefits to the global economy. In my view the most obvious of these involves the removal of barriers to energy recycling - the subject of much of this newsletter. Credible estimates indicate that US carbon dioxide emissions might drop as much as 20% with savings annually of tens of billions of dollars for consumers and industry by removing anti-competitive restrictions on the resale of electricity and by adopting transmission pricing that no longer discriminates against local generation. Four countries in Northern Europe - Denmark, The Netherlands, Latvia and Finland - have each benefited from extensive energy recycling. The Calderon Government in Mexico seems to see increased use of natural gas cogeneration as an integral part of its ambitious green energy agenda. A particularly appealing aspect of this is the potential to make a huge dent in emissions both in the US and in such developing countries as China and India by harnessing waste heat that would otherwise be vented into the atmosphere.
There are two other approaches that I believe merit extensive research. The first is changing agricultural soils management to greatly increase sequestration of carbon dioxide in soils. We know that soils store even more carbon than trees and also that farmers are extraordinarily quick in adjusting to changed circumstances. If we can grasp how new soil management practices will increase carbon sequestration and develop economic incentives for farmers with minimal transaction costs, this might greatly offset energy sector emissions. The second option is the development of bio-fuels from carbon dioxide and bacteria or algae. While this may seem far fetched, the involvement of Craig Venter who brilliantly mapped the human genome suggests that this may be achievable quickly enough to make a difference. If successful this has two huge advantages: the fuels could be used in existing engines with no need for retrofitting, and it is possible that these bio-fuels might be produced onsite at major fossil power plants and prove much more economical than carbon capture and storage. Unlike energy recycling where there is a wealth of experience, these options will require significant research and analysis. However, the potential benefits are so great that serious exploration of both makes sense | {
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Secretary of Energy Nominee Samuel Bodman (2-2-05)
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Following the announcement by Spencer Abraham that he would retire
as Secretary of Energy, President George Bush nominated Deputy Treasury
Secretary Samuel Bodman to be the new Energy Secretary. In remarks
at the White House on December 10, 2004, Bush said: "Sam Bodman
is an experienced executive who has served in my administration
as Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
During his varied and distinguished career in the private sector,
Sam has been a professor at MIT, president of an investment firm,
the chairman and CEO of an industrial company with operations worldwide.
In academics, in business, and in government, Sam Bodman has shown
himself to be a problem solver who knows how to set goals and he
knows how to reach them. He will bring to the Department of Energy
a great talent for management and the precise thinking of an engineer.
I thank him for agreeing to serve once again." The full text
of Bush's statement and Bodman's response is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/12/20041210-3.html.
Recent Action
The full Senate confirmed Samuel Bodman as energy secretary
by a unanimous voice vote on January 31st. He was sworn in on February
1st with a private ceremony. It is a great honor and personal
privilege to serve President Bush and the American people as Secretary
of Energy, Secretary Bodman said in a press
release. I look forward to working with the fine men and
women of the Energy Department to advance this department's critically
important missions, including preserving Americas pre-eminence
in the physical sciences, ensuring the responsible stewardship of
our nations nuclear weapons stockpile, advancing our international
nuclear nonproliferation efforts, and ensuring reliable, secure, affordable
and environmentally responsible supplies of energy for our growing
economy. (2-2-05)
Fifteen members of the Senate Energy & Natural Resources
Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Sam Bodman for Secretary
of Energy on January 26th. Committee Chairman Pete V. Dominici (R-NM)
stated that Bodman's credentials as a former business executive and
chemical engineer were "broad enough...to help us pursue good
energy policy." (1/27/05)
Previous
Action
On January 19, 2005 the Senate Committee on Energy & Natural
Resources held a confirmation hearing for Samuel Bodman, Bush's nominee
for Secretary of Energy. Amid discussion of some of the most controversial
and pressing environmental, economic and national security topics,
Republicans and Democrats alike were courteous and offered the nominee
their support.
In their questions to Bodman, Senators plied for his commitment to
a wide variety of issues, ranging from the expansion of domestic nuclear,
coal, oil, and natural gas, to nuclear defense, climate change, and
scientific research. Bodman pledged to maintain a "balanced approach"
while pushing ahead with some of the president's major initiatives.
Bodman underscored his support of DOE science programs and the entire
scientific community, regarding Los Alamos National Laboratory as
the "crown jewels" of US scientific leadership. Highlighting
his background as a chemical engineer and business executive, he called
himself a "hands-on" manager and promised to be a "strong
voice for the physical sciences."
The nuclear energy program and nuclear defense system were treated
as important vehicles for fostering research, energy independence,
and national security. Bodman addressed the nation's fear of expanded
nuclear energy programs, prioritizing the construction of Yucca mountain
waste facility along with supporting research for next-generation
plants.
On domestic fossil fuel production, Bodman declared clean coal a
"high priority" and pledged to support efforts to lift restrictions
for oil and gas drilling on public lands, assuring Sen. Murkowski
(R-AK) that he "expects to be an energetic advocate for ANWR
drilling" and offered his enthusiastic support for Alaska natural
gas pipeline. He also hedged these comments with assurances that his
criteria for deeming a site appropriate for development involves equal
regard to "supply, efficiency, infrastructure, new or renewable
energy sources and environmental impact."
Bodman expressed cautious enthusiasm for renewable energy programs,
stating that while wind power seemed to have a lot of potential, he
found solar power to be "not as successful as I would have forecast."
He agreed with Sen. Salazar (D-CO), however, that "we need to
be more aggressive on these issues."
Declaring his unfamiliarity with the energy budget for 2006, Bodman
could not speak to questions regarding levels of funding within the
Department of Energy for key initiatives, such as nuclear waste and
nuclear weapons programs. In response to Sen. Bingaman's (D-NM) charge
to restore funding to the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste facility, Bodman
declared he would "follow the will of Congress and of the President
and follow through on this issue." (1/20/05)
Background
Sam Bodman, President Bush's nominee to head up the Department of
Energy, is the former Deputy Secretary of Commerce and current Deputy
Secretary of Treasury. He has a strong background in chemical engineering
at Cornell and MIT, and 31 years experience in the private sector
as president of Fidelity Investments, and CEO of Cabot, a Boston-based
chemicals firm. Bodman's experience in finance and management likely
reflects the Bush administration's intention to prioritize the security
of the nation's costly nuclear defense system, which consumes more
of DOE's budget that any other energy program.
As the Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Bodman had specific oversight
over the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Patent
and Trademark Office and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Bodman has appeared before congressional committees three times to
address controversial issues; first in March 2003 to defend the administration's
termination of the Advanced Technology Program before the House Science
Committee, and again in July to testify about the administration's
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The Impact of Ambiguity in Social Listening and Analytics
There are many forms of ambiguity in social media posts, with the most popular being sarcasm. Sometimes it is confused or used in an interchangeable way with irony. Here is a definition for the two terms from stackexchange.com :
“Irony is used to convey, usually, the opposite meaning of the actual things you say, but its purpose is not intended to hurt the other person. Sarcasm, while still keeping the "characteristic" that you mean the opposite of what you say, unlike irony it is used to hurt the other person.”
For the purposes of this blog post, both irony and sarcasm are responsible for and present the same problem when trying to automatically annotate a post with sentiment or an emotion. The author of a social media post may write something positive about a brand e.g. “I love the new flavour” but if it’s sarcastic, then it is really a negative post, and vice versa e.g. “don’t you hate this ice cream flavour?”.
DigitalMR’s claim to fame, since 2014, is that its R&D focus to solve the problem of low accuracy in automated sentiment analysis in any language, has produced a solution – listening247 – that delivers over 80% sentiment and semantic precision (precision is one of the accuracy metrics in big data analytics). The reason why it is not and cannot really be 100% is because of ambiguity. The outcome of ambiguity in this context is that humans will not agree amongst themselves about the sentiment of a sarcastic or ironic post. Some will think it is positive, some may think it is negative, and in some cases others will think it is neutral for the brand mentioned in the post – i.e. the sentiment is not towards the brand but something else (see Fig.1); it follows that we cannot expect an algorithm to produce a result that everyone agrees with in a case like this. In our research, we have found that on average 10%-30% of posts about a category contain some form of ambiguity. In the example below, 43% was the highest level of agreement among 30 market research practitioners; this is why 80% precision is an excellent result for automated sentiment analysis.
Figure 1: Manual Sentiment Curation of an Ambiguous Tweet (Base n=30)
Some of you are already aware that DigitalMR uses machine learning to annotate sentiment in an automated way. Machine learning implies that there is an algorithm or a combination of multiple algorithms which are trained with the use of a training dataset, to create a model that does the job. There is one possibility to expect 100% sentiment precision; If supervised machine learning is used (as opposed to semi-supervised or unsupervised), it means that humans create the training dataset manually. If only one human is responsible for creating a training dataset, then the model will only use this person’s judgement to annotate posts for sentiment. In a case as such, because only one person has to agree with the sentiment annotated by the model, if that person is the judge of the model’s precision – then 100% precision is achievable – because that person will not disagree with herself.
It is needless to say that when machine learning is used for automated sentiment analysis, by definition, the identification of sarcasm/irony is a solved problem. “Why?” you may ask. Because a human curator (the person who creates the training dataset) has an understanding of sarcasm/irony, and more often than not, he or she will detect it and annotate a post accordingly. | {
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After spending nearly 11 years in prison for breaking into an animal experimentation laboratory to expose animal cruelty, a young man is finally released and risks it all again to save more animals.
Who is he? What kind of a person would risk so much to save the lives of animals?
The Animal Liberation Front, comprised of clandestine animal rights activists, is now labeled the #1 domestic terrorist threat by the FBI.
Who are these �animal liberationists� and why do they believe that breaking the law is the best way to help animals? What inspires them to challenge the status quo, fight against all odds, and endure public reproach?
Director Shannon Keith goes BEHIND THE MASK and captures the hearts and souls of men and women who unveil their individual struggles for Animal Liberation.
This controversial documentary weaves together the lives of people who face jail, devastation, and even death for their ideals.
BEHIND THE MASK exposes never-before-seen footage that reveals the extent to which these individuals will go to save the lives of animals.
People of all ages and backgrounds, from all over the globe, tell their tales of liberation, incarceration, sacrifice and determination, while exclusive underground footage reveals heart-thumping action sure to leave you wondering, who are these people?
Behind the Mask film screening at the Southern California Library of Social Studies and Research during the Liberation Fall event. The film starts at 7pm sharp. | {
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Based on the number of flights leaving Amsterdam's Schipol airport, and the timing of his Facebook status, it is feared he was on the fated flight.
Malaysian Airlines has confirmed that flight it lost contact with flight MH17 in Ukrainian airspace around 50km from the border with Russia.
It is feared all 295 people on board have been killed.
Footage of thick black smoke billowing from the ground has been published on the Life-Marie YouTube channel claiming to show the scene of the crash.
Earlier today, Russian jets shot down a Ukrainian SU-25 fighter plane that was on military operations over the east of Ukraine.
It was the first time Ukraine had directly accused Russia of using air power in the war.
Government forces are fighting to quell a pro-Russian separatist rebellion.
In a previous attack on a military transporter, which it said was launched from Russia, Kiev was unable to specify whether it came from land-based missiles or airborne.
Russia's defence ministry declined to comment on the accusation.
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The Ukrainian Defence Ministry said the plane was brought down on Wednesday night near Amvrosiyivka, about about 9 miles from the border with Russia, by rockets which hit it in the tail as it wheeled away from the border.
"It is likely that this was carried out by air-to-air rockets from the Russian airforce which were patrolling the border in a pair," the ministry said in a statement on its website.
The pilot safely ejected, Andriy Lysenko, a spokesman for the National Defence and Security Council, told journalists.
The downing of the SU-25 came against a background of increasingly strident charges of direct Russian involvement in the three and a half month conflict in which the pro-Western government in Kiev is fighting to put down a rebellion by separatists who want a future in Russia.
In March, a Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 disappeared with 239 people on board.
It is believed to have crashed in the Indian Ocean but despite extensive searches no wreckage has ever been found. | {
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
GPS: Tracking device for children BUT first lets try you with the GPS tracking device for your trolley....
Sainsbury’s have begun a trial which monitors the shopping habits of customers. Currently only a voluntary system, customers are asked if they would like to participate when they enter the flagship superstore in Crayford, Kent. They are then given a specially equipped trolley and a handheld scanner, which they use while selecting items to purchase. The trolley contains a GPS device which tracks movement around the store. The information gathered is then downloaded after the goods have been paid for. Sainsbury’s are encouraging customers to enter the trial by bribing them with vouchers and discounts. The company hopes to use the information to help plan decisions on the layout of stores and the positioning of products.
Although this seems relatively benign, it has some potentially worrying consequences. If successful, the system may stop being voluntary, and be introduced throughout all stores. Currently, customers can choose whether to use a loyalty card which tracks purchases, and opt-out if they prefer not to. This system will give the company even more information about consumer habits, allowing more targeted, potentially unwanted marketing to be sent out to shoppers. It will also keep records of any purchases from the in-store pharmacy, which may be private and confidential.
If the “trolley tracker” system is to be rolled out throughout England, it should remain completely voluntary, to allow customers shopping habits to be anonymous and avoid receiving additional unwanted marketing. | {
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The “TeeHee” App is Launched!
Thursday, 23 April 2015 12:00
Ryan launched his personal mobile app called “TeeHee” developed by company Victorious. The app features a game, releases previously unseen footage, hosts live chats and gives fans the opportunity to submit their own content. | {
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PHOENIX – Diane Douglas, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, discussed her lukewarm attitude toward the AzMERIT test and seemed puzzled when asked about Proposition 305
, a ballot measure asking voters to stop the expansion of school vouchers in Arizona. Recent AzMERIT results
showed a slight improvement
over the previous year.
The new voucher, passed by the state Legislature and supported by Gov. Doug Ducey, would allow 1.1 million students in Arizona to use vouchers
.
Voucher supporters say it provides parents and students with more school choice, including the opportunity to attend private school that they otherwise couldn’t afford.
Save Our Schools
, which organized the ballot petition putting the expansion on hold until voters decide in the November election, said voucher expansion would rob public schools of financial resources and there are not enough safeguards under the law.
Douglas, who gave an excellence award this week to Austin Centers for Exceptional Students, a charter school, later answered questions from Cronkite News reporter Monica Sampson.
Sampson: Do you have a comment on the recent AzMERIT scores?
Douglas: Well, I’m glad to see that they’re going in the right direction…upward. I’m disappointed that they’re not higher than they were. But…let me say I’m not convinced that’s necessarily a reflection of the great job our teachers are doing. I have never been a fan of the AzMERIT tests. and I’m not sure that that’s the best measure of all that our students achieve academically.
Sampson: What would you plan as an alternative to standardized testing?
Douglas: What I hope to see us move to in Arizona is more formative testing. Our teachers can give the test along the course of the year to see how the students are doing, because this testing is intended to measure student achievement and to show us how we can help students be more successful. A test like this was never intended to grade a school, or a district, or a teacher, or to base a teacher’s salary increase on, in my opinion.
Sampson: Do you think there should be fewer tests?
Douglas: Well, people have to understand from a state level there’s not a lot of testing. We have the state-wide test, the AzMERIT that’s required and now the new civics test
that is required, but that’s all we mandate on the state level. The rest are chosen by district or by charter schools to, meet their students’ needs. I think some of those tests will help provide our teachers the information that they need on a daily basis to make their students more successful.
Sampson: You visited a charter school today. Do you have any concern about charter schools compared to district schools when it comes to test scores?
Douglas: One of the things that will change now that we’ll have a menu of assessment and that will let all schools pick what they think serves their students’ needs the best.
Sampson: The district schools are dealing with everything from homeless students to English Language Learners and special needs students. How do they compare?
Douglas: I haven’t looked at the exact breakdown if you’re asking about the AzMERIT scores. I haven’t … had the chance to dig into charter versus traditional district but we will be taking a look at those to see. But really in the charter schools and traditional district schools, it’s about offering the opportunities that the parents think are best for their children. That’s what school choice is really all about, to make sure that the child gets fitted with the right education. I’ve known parents with multiple children in their household: some to charter (schools), one goes to a traditional district. They use all the options that are available and that’s what’s very important.
Sampson: What are your thoughts on Prop 305?
Douglas: Prop?
Sampson: 305, do you have any thoughts?
Douglas: 305?
Stefan Swiat, spokesman for Arizona Department of Education: 305? What are you talking about? | {
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January 14, 2004
There seems to be this completely inaccurate view that bands get on the radio because they’re good. Hah.
Others imply they get on the radio because they look marketable and are willing to play ball with record companies. Perhaps this helps them close the deal, but it’s not what gets them in the door. No it’s something much more annoying….
Maybe you’ve noticed the airwaves flooded with whiny, untalented, excessively skinny people. They’ve taken over with their nasally, Woody Allen-esque voices and there’s nothing we can do about it, because it’s all of our fault.
The reason these three chord pop punk trucker hat wearing complainers are creeping through every radio station up and down the coast is the condition of our stereos. The average joe or jane doesn’t think to put any money into his/her car stereo. As a result, the only frequency that can be played well by your four and a quarter inch Hyundai brand Speakers happens to be exactly in the range that all the AFI’s and Cyndi Lauper’s of the world like to complain in. Since these high voices resonate better, it’s all we hear on the radio.
So have some compassion for the Barry Whites and Tim Armstrongs of the world and go get some six by nine’s and a subwoofer. It’s good for the music.
January 13, 2004
Rachel has the most depressing picture on her wall, at first I thought it was a picture of just her, which seemed odd. Upon interrogation, I was informed “I’m talking to Omar on the phone, so it’s a picture of both of us.” Omar is Rachel’s boy who lives in Honduras, which, if you’re geographically disinclined, is in Central America. Comparatively, slo and LA are in the same zip code.
January 12, 2004
First day in San Luis Obispo has been everything I wanted it to be. Ping pong with Wong, saw Rachel, and made commitments to go to firestone and party tomorrow night. Good times. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll get some pics to post here.
I’m quite tired considering it’s not even midnight, I guess sitting on your bum for 3 hours while stepping on something will do that to you. Anyways, off to sleep…
January 11, 2004
“I just don’t understand any of it, and i’m glad i’m living in san luis obispo, where the scene kids are all art students and the radio kids don’t get along with them, and we’re pretentious pricks and i’d never play anything on lobster records on kcpr in my life.”
-Lindsey K.
January 10, 2004
Today, I made my little sister promise me that she will never buy a book from a school bookstore. ever. The convenience factor is very persuasive, but you just can’t beat some of the prices that you can get with minimal research over the internet. How much did I save this semester? Let’s see…
First, let’s consider if I had bought all of my books at the cambus bookstore:
-Photography: The Concise Guide is $40.75
-Black & White Photography is $58.50
-PHP & MySQP Web Development is $49.99
-The Natural Speaker is $29.75
Total: 178.99 + 8.25% Sales Tax = $193.76
I paid:
-Photography: The Concise Guide, a new copy from half.com for $30.50, shipping and taxes included.
-Black & White Photography, a new copy from half.com for $40.62, shipping and taxes included.
-PHP & MySQP Web Development from WalMart for $31.80, shipping and taxes included.
-The Natural Speaker, a new copy from half.com for $22.78, shipping and taxes included.
(08:54:58) red/green: Lauren says she wants a bookshelf
(08:55:05) red/green: and if you could crank one out that’d be great
(08:55:11) red/green: now she says NOOOOOO
(08:55:16) red/green: I was just KIDDING
—
(08:55:18) Randy: What kind of bookshelf?
—
(08:55:34) red/green: a larger bookshelf
(08:55:44) red/green: with like 4-5 shelves
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(08:55:54) Randy: How tall?
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(08:56:16) red/green: six feet tall
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(08:56:52) Randy: How deep of shelves?
—
(08:57:26) red/green: a foot-foot 1/2? It’s actually to hold books
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(08:58:01) Randy: How urgently does she need it?
—
(08:58:06) red/green: not at all
(08:58:20) red/green: we would have got one at the auction if it was cheap
(08:58:26) red/green: and if we had something to move it with
—
(08:58:48) Randy: OK, I’ll put it on my to do list. I have a couple of projects ahead of it though.
In reference to why all the tech jobs are being outsourced to countries like india, china, and the like:
“The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers, the problem is a lack of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum wage or lower in the U.S.”
-Scott Kirwin, founder of Information Technology Professionals Association of America
The new american dream: Go into severe debt in college only to get a job that pays less than minimum wage. excellent…
January 5, 2004
January 1st was the most unhealthy day of my life. The first thing I ate was a krispy kreme donut and the last thing I ate was a bacon wrapped hot dog. In between those two meals it was not much better, many peanuts gave the shells off their back to keep me happy.
The rose bowl parade was impressive, but way too early in the morning. The high point was seeing the Stealth Bomber do a fly by. The six year old in me fainted as the excitement was too much. I also got to see the Cal Poly float for the first time. If you don’t know, half of the float is built in Pamona and half is built in San Luis Obispo. It’s pretty obvious where it splits:
As for the game? Well, just another USC dominated event. They ended up winning 28-14, but that doesn’t reflect that in the middle of the third they were up 21-0. With this win USC gained a portion of the National title and I went home happy.
January 1, 2004
In honor of the pure testosterone driven battle that is football, I give you this quote from the man with quite possibly the highest levels of testosterone and the smallest amount of compassion in the history of the world.
“Man’s greatest joy is to slay his enemy, plunder his riches, ride his steeds, see the tears of his loved ones and embrace his women.”
–Genghis Khan | {
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Jaw breaker
I don't know that I can rightfully recommend this ball gag to anyone but an experienced, large-mouthed user. It's just not a good ball gag. The taste alone is enough for me to rate this badly, but there are other factors as well. Not for first timers.
This rubber ball gag is definitely not for people with small mouths, jaw problems, or beginners. I wish I could be nice about this ball gag, as it was my first and I've used it numerous times over the years, but I just can't be kind. The ball is large. It's about 2.5 inches in diameter and absolutely kills my jaw during use. The leather cord connecting to the ball is semi frayed and leaves small specks of black all over your hair and face and neck. And the taste of the gag is genuinely awful. You can ignore the taste after a while, I suppose, but when you first put it in your mouth, it's overpowering and terrible. You can't get the taste out of your mouth for days. The smell is just about the same; it's just very strong.
The ball itself, as I mentioned before, is very large. I guess I just don't have a big enough mouth to comfortably wear this ball gag for over 5 to 10 minutes, because any longer than that, and my whole jaw aches for days. It's very hard to swallow with this gag in, especially if you're not standing up or lying on your back. It also makes breathing more difficult.
The cord seems very short, as well. It's a cinch closure but the length isn't very much and can be difficult to impossible for someone with a larger head to get on. The cinch on mine comes off easily if you're not careful and watch out, and is hard to get back onto the cords if it does come off.
The plus side is that it's durable. I've had mine for around 4 to 5 years now and there are little to no marks on the gag from teeth, and the cord is still intact, but the smell and the taste are still prevalent, as well.
Follow-up commentaryI still don't like it2 months after original review
Nothing could change my mind about this ball gag. It's just too large and tastes too gross for me to like it. I'm actually seriously considering just throwing it away, as I haven't used it quite a while.
This content is the opinion of the submitting contributor and is not endorsed by EdenFantasys.com | {
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Grand Theft Auto IV (Special Edition) Walkthrough & Strategy Guide
Since you opted to go out on a date with Michelle instead of manning up and helping your cousin defend himself against some hooligans, the game will give you a chance at some redemption here. Drive around a bit after you drop Roman off until you receive a phone call from him. The Albanians have found him again and are roughing him up on a basketball court nearby. After receiving the call and the call ending, you'll get some direction from the GPS, so follow the directions until you arrive at your destination.
Your destination in the car and the destination itself are two different things, however. Roman is being roughed up on the basketball court, so you'll need to get out of your car and run to his rescue (simply go forward from where his car is parked, then swing right along the chainlink fence and to the court). It's here that a brief cutscene will ensue. The Albanians are clearly a little scared of you and try to reason with you. Naturally, you'll break some skulls regardless. | {
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Installing “Save For Web” On Windows GIMP
In my previous blog post, I have discussed the importance of saving images for the web in a way that they will have the smallest file size possible so that uploading them, opening the site and downloading the image will be as fast as we want. I have also mentioned that Adobe PhotoShop, a proprietary image editing software, has “Save for Web” feature by default. The free and open source GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program) which functions the same as Adobe PhotoShop does not have the “save for web” but you can easily add the plugin for such feature.
Adding the “Save for Web” plugin to GIMP installed on Windows is the topic of this article. I hope that this blog will be useful to some co-bloggers who do not know about it. Likewise, I suggest to Internet café owners to have the software on their servers so that they could save the images correctly for their customers who would upload them to their social networking accounts.
If you do not yet have GIMP installed in your Windows computer, you can download the installer at http://www.gimp.org/windows/. After installing, launch GIMP and open a JPG, PNG or BMP image file. Click “File” and you will see that there is no “Save for Web” in the Save As options. The following are what you should do to install on Windows GIMP the “Save for Web” feature that you need in order to save images with very small file size:
Transfer “Save for Web” plugin on the desktop and then extract and you will see this.
Copy ‘webexport.exe’ file to your personal plug-ins folder which in my case can be found at C:\Documents and Settings\ecz\.gimp-2.6\plug-ins.
After installing the “Save for Web” plugin on your Windows GIMP, the ‘File – Save As’ option in your program should now look like this:
There you have it, you now have GIMP image editing software with “Save for Web” feature. In my future blogs, I will discuss how, as a dummy user, do I prepare the images I upload to this blog using this software. Watch for it! | {
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Question of the Day
Should NFL players be fired for 'taking a knee' during anthem?
WAILUKU, Hawaii (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Hawaii opposes two measures targeting homelessness on Maui that the county mayor says would protect public health and safety.
The organization singled out bills that ban sitting or lying on sidewalks and going to the bathroom in public areas. Three other measures presented to the County Council last year prohibit drinking in public areas, stealing shopping carts and aggressive panhandling.
“The poorest Maui County residents will face criminal penalties for the basic life functions of sleeping and going to the bathroom,” the group’s legal director, Daniel Gluck, told The Maui News (http://bit.ly/1RwJ5wL ) in an email Friday.
The package of bills is “intended to help protect and preserve the public health, safety and welfare,” Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa said in a letter to council Chairman Mike White in November.
Council members argue that the measures could face legal challenges.
“There are policy and constitutional concerns on these bills and each of them will have to be thoroughly reviewed,” White said in an email Friday. “I have not received a strong indication on the need for these new laws to address homelessness and if they are even enforceable.”
Arakawa said in a Maui News column last week that the proposed bills have been approved “through our Corporation Counsel attorneys.”
The Corporation Counsel’s office sought guidance from the ACLU on the panhandling measure because the group sued Hawaii County over its anti-solicitation ordinance, Gluck said. The settlement resulted in that county repealing provisions that criminalized solicitation and begging. | {
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Hearings Tonight On Rezoning, Sewage
July 03, 2007|By JON CAWLEY, [email protected] | 757-247-4635
GLOUCESTER — Tonight's Gloucester County Board of Supervisors agenda is packed with four public hearings including a discussion of proposed new regulations for alternative sewage disposal systems and a rezoning request to build a senior community off Main Street.
The regular monthly meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Colonial Courthouse on Main Street. The public hearing portion of the meeting begins at 8 p.m.
Supervisors could act tonight on any of the issues discussed.
The first public hearing concerns a rezoning application for the senior community, called the Villas of Gloucester Courthouse. Supervisors are being asked to rezone nearly 60 acres, most of which are designated single- family to a multi-family zone. The wooded and vacant property is near the intersection of business Route 17 and T.C. Walker Road.
Developers would construct 31 buildings containing 124 condominiums with attached garages and estimated sizes between 1,300 and 1,870 square feet. The average cost per home would be $265,000, according to rezoning documents.
If built, the Villas are expected to house 211 people and no school-aged children. Developers would pay $3,000 for each condominium built, or $372,000 total, to offset public service costs, documents said.
The night's second public hearing will address a long-standing Gloucester issue concerning alternative septic systems -- devices that are capable of allowing waste disposal in areas where conventional septic tanks would not function. There are currently no state or county regulations regarding maintenance and use of the systems that are permitted by the Virginia Department of Health.
A county work group drafted an ordinance that would provide oversight for the developing technology.
Among the proposed rules:
* A signed agreement detailing the owner's maintenance obligations that would be filed with the Circuit Court clerk's office prior to installation.
* Alternative sewage disposal systems that are not maintained or serviced on a yearly basis would be deemed misused or neglected.
* Maintenance and service providers would be required to report to county officials all discovered failures, deficiencies, modifications and expansions of alternative systems.
* Verification of a minimum of 12 inches of separation between the sewage drain field and seasonal water table.
* No alternative sewage disposal system would be permitted on any new lot, created after the ordinance's effective date, within the 100-year flood plain.
Following the sewage system discussion, supervisors will vet an amendment to height requirements for residences within flood zones.
The proposed change would increase from 35 feet to 40 feet the maximum height allowed for residences within flood plains. The allowance would accommodate homes built, or reconstructed, in areas where finished first floors are required to be elevated 1 foot above base flood level.
The last public hearing of the night will address a proposed lease agreement to allow county health department offices to move from their current location on Carriage Court to the Main Street Center. * | {
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This chapter continues with CBM Elements and the design factors related to the anthropology of culture. Cultural history is covered in its entirety. Cultural history covers these types of history:.artistic, agricultural, crime, disease, economic, educational, ethnic, familial, gender, geographic, health, legal, linguistic, political, racial, religious, reproduction, science, sexual intercourse, social, time periods. Cultural history is a narrative representation of events. This history is comprehensive in that it includes many of the histories that have been written by or about a population. Histories serve to preserve the past, tell the stories of human beings, record information, and chronicle a legacy. The point of building or researching a cultural history, according to Burke (2004), is to explore new facets of history and re-evaluate the old.
Cultural history is a narrative representation of events. This history is comprehensive in that it includes many of the histories that have been written by or about a population. Histories serve to preserve the past, tell the stories of human beings, record information, and chronicle a legacy. The point of building or researching a cultural history, according to Burke (2004), is to explore new facets of history and re-evaluate the old.1
A cultural history is a universal history that includes all information that is discovered. This information can be gathered from a variety of sources including primary source documents, secondary source documents, oral histories, interviews, artifacts, and other forms of media. Within the larger society, histories may be recorded or chronicled by historians, writers, scribes, or other persons who are known to possess knowledge or who can interpret knowledge. Other histories may be documented by local inhabitants. Locate histories written about the population from people who live in and outside of the society or culture. Oral histories, that are recorded personal narratives of everyday people, may also be acquired. These histories aid in obtaining a balanced representation and can further authenticate historical representations. If these histories do not exist, then this weakness may become evident in the design. Access multiple media formats (pamphlets [e.g., religious, fraternal], radio, newspapers, magazines, books, television, documentaries, local historical societies, etc.) to compile these histories. There are also other methods for gathering historical data such as chronology, cliometrics, demographics, genealogy, and historiography. | {
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Prone Shooting
Prone Shooting is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games Sport.
As the name suggests competitors lay down on a ground sheet and the rifle is supported by means of a sling attached from the upper arm to the rifle. Distances shot are 20, 50 and 90 Metres, and a normal match consists of 60 business shots fired within 75 minutes. Most clubs shoot on a standard 20 shot paper target. So a match will consist of three details, each firing 20 business or competition shots, with a short break between details to change the paper target. If Electronic target machines are available then the entire 60 shot match is shot without a break.
Scoring
Each competition shot fired can score a maximum of 10 points. Each target has a inner ten (or in old terminology a "Bulls Eye", to score a 10 the bullet has to touch or clip this inner ten. But if a shooter has a perfect shot and eliminates the inner ten then they score extra, the total number of points and inner tens will decide the final score for the shooter.
Prone Targets
In Prone the 20 metre card has 11 targets on it, the very centre one been used for sighting in the rifle, then one competition shot is fired into each of the other 10 targets. The 50 metre card has 5 targets on it, again the very centre one is used for sighting in the rifle, then 5 competition shots are fired into each of the 4 targets. The 90 metre card has 3 targets, usually the bottom target is used to sight in the rifle, then 10 competition shots are fired into each of the other 2 targets.
20 Metre Prone Card
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Just a couple of questions about pex tubing and sharkbite connectors, I'm seeing lots of references to the stuff as being very forgiving in regards to freezing and I'm wondering about it's use in a house setting and the grades available. I don't know if the grades involve quality or usage, I'm assuming usage but I'm seeing such drastic price differences in the tubing that I guess I figured I should ask and get opinions. One website lists a 300 foot role of the 3/4 inch water line for around 150 when another website lists a 100 foot roll of the same for 80 bucks, I'm thinking a quantity price break? Also, they list colors available, I'm thinking red would be good for hot water and blue for cold just to make it easy to tell at a glance. We've used CPVC for the Skanee house in the past and in the winter we've always had a problem here and there with water lines freezing and breaking, it seems that nomatter how careful you are, some water is left after draining the house for the winter. I'm thinking that hooking up the pex lines to a manifold and putting an air valve on each one under the sinks, so each could be individually disconnected and blown out and left disconnected for the winter would help solve the problem? The manifolds where they would be disconnected would be under the house, both the red and the blue lines are listed for potable water, I would want to get the best grade I could find for the lines, also I'm not having any problems finding local suppliers for the pex tubing but when I ask about sharkbite fittings I get a blank stare, is there a particular store name I should be using to ask for them?
Cody, "Sharkbite" is a brand name. Go to Lowes and you will find this type fitting in the plumbing department hanging on a rack in little plastic bags near the PEX tubing. Different brand but work the same way. You just push the end of the PEX tubing into the fitting (after installing the ferrule in the end of the tubing). If you want to remvoe the line, push in on the collar on the end of the fitting while pulling on the tubing. This type fitting is available in both brass and plastic. The fittings at Lowes are white plastic. I used the red & blue PEX, Easier for simple brain to keep track of which is hot water and which is cold water. JackDisclaimer: These fittings were purchased at Lowes in Ft. Myers & Port Charlotte, FL. All Lowes may not stock them.
I had an old house with galvinized pipe that was closing up replumbed with pex, had seen it used in new houses. Used red and blue, a lot easier to work with than pipe. Get the tool and use crimp fittings if your going to do a house. Cheaper than copper and not likeley that the crawlspace will get broken into and be stolen. Plus the old house kinda scared me to have a torch under there.
Cody , Iam on the same page as Jack , I had to buy my sharkbite fittings at Ace and they are pricey,However I love them I would use plastic if I could fined them.I forgot to mention I have pex in my house as well makes it nice. FWIW
Do the crimp fittings come apart easily for draining? Also, I'm hearing the pex tubing is very forgiving to freezing but I'm assuming the connectors will freeze and break if they freeze up. At Menards they have several crimping tools ranging from about 30 bucks to 100, any things to watch out for with them? From reading the website it sounded like the main thing for pex was to cut the tubing square and insert the insert into the end to get a seal then pushing the tubing all the way into the connector, where does the crimping come into play? Would the brass be better than the plastic for this application or does it really matter, I'm sure the price for the plastic connectors is somewhat cheaper but I don't want to cheapen the entire project just to save a buck on material, I want to do the best job possible and do it once lol.
Cody, I have always used the crimp fittings these guys that buy the shark fitting have a lot more money than me and they make a drain to install in the lowest area to drain the system or you can install one shark fitting to break the line but they will start leaking after a period of time of disconnects, it's what ever flips your switch.
Sharkbite fittings are different than most plastic fittings. They actually have a serrated stainless ring that bites into the pipe to hold it. They are code approved for use in walls and enclosed spaces although I would avoid doing do where possible. Home Depot is the cheapest source I have found for Sharkbite fittings even comparing against online sources. Home Depot is also convenient, at least for me.
I used FlexPex brand tubing in my bus. It is much more flexible than other brands. You can get it with red or blue lettering. I bought a 100' roll of each color and now I have a ton left over. I could easily replumb my bus from scratch again.
Crimp rings are really not designed to ever come off. I would probably cut the end off and start fresh if I had to recrimp. Just leave a little slack in the walls. I had to replace some plastic fittings in my travel trailer and I couldn't get the PEX off the fittings after removing the crimp rings. Sharkbite fittings are designed to be taken apart with a $2 little plastic tool.
Sharkbite fittings could get pricey for a house. Crimp fittings could be cheaper, but the crimp tools are not cheap.
We don't have any home depot stores up here, we did get a lowes about 100 miles east of us a year ago tho lol. I'm thinking of making each line individual to the manifold with an air valve under the sink, that would be a crimped fitting with the other end at the manifold a disconnect fitting, that way I can disconnect each line at the manifold and then just go one by one with the air compresser to blow out each line, there would be about 6 hot water lines and about 8 cold water lines so it may not be a budget breaker to do it that way.
As much bad press has been printed about Qest, I used all Qest plastic fittings and haven't had one leak yet. And the plumbing was done 15 years ago. But-I will use the Pex with compression fittings just for convenience. Pex also makes nice manifolds for hot and cold. Good Luck, TomC
Sharkbite is the brand name of a particular type of fitting, and they are made of brass. They are the last thing that will have a problem with freezing... They have a ring tool that is designed to release the tube from the fitting, it's more of a capability of enabling repair or if you screw up the install, not to do routine maintenance. That said, I did drain lines in the bus this winter by releasing a pipe at the lowest points. I do intend to install drains, just didn't think of it when I was doing the install. I have to say I am impressed with how much new tech has come up in the mundane world of plumbing in the past years.
Certainly one should never plan to have to disconnect a PEX line from a fitting on a routine basis. One should add valves for draining if it there is a need to drain the plumbing.
If the house is winterized, do you blow air through the system to push all the water out? My father and brother do this with their sprinkler systems here in Minnesota. They use a small portable compressor to do this.
We used the Manabloc manifold system in our bus (http://houseneeds.com/shop/plumbing/pexplumbing/vanguard/pexmanifoldsbuypage.asp). It comes with the Qest type fittings on the Manabloc. I used the 14 port version. When I looked at trying to fabricate my own manifold, it did not make much sense. I have a SIL in real estate and we looked at several model houses and this the the "standard" in our area for quality houses.
The manifold just makes good sense. If any line develops a problem, you can simply shut off that line and keep on trucking until you can get the problem fixed (recall that the problem may not be the plumbing, but the "appliance").
Like others, I used the Qest type connectors. At the time, HD had them. They can be ordered on line. Have not had any problems and have had to disconnect various connection and never had a problem.
I think you are off on the wrong foot and complicating the water purge procedure. I have only one air input to the system and that is at the fresh water IN pipe and the air fill stem is left connected. When I need to purge the system I connect a 40 psi regulated source to my water after turning off the main valve. I then go to each spigot/faucet and turn on the cold valve till I get air. I then do the same with the hot. I repeat at every outlet and then the manifold. I go back and repeat as many times as is needed to get air at the purge start every time. I take apart NOTHING but only use the sink valves. After draining the main tank I push air thru the line going to the tank in the same manner. The tank is what I drain first and I it is draining while I do the line purges.
It would be nice if all the lines had a natural slope to allow passive draining but alas....
Hope all is well with you Cody.
John
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All the plumbing in the Skanee house is in a relatively small area but set up like a spyder with the lines going in different directions, each time I tryed to blow out the lines somewhere there was a pocket of water left and I ended up with a busted pipe, I had a plumber come out and blow out the lines the last time and guess what, a busted pipe at a small pocket of water. I'm just tired of the hassles of closing up the house for the winter cause I can't winter out there anymore and haven't for a while. None of the lines are very long with the longest being probably 15 ft or so, most of them, like the bathroom and laundry room, are easily within 8 ft of the manifold, what I want to do is unhook the lines and leave them unhooked from the manifold after blowing the water out of them, what I've been doing in the past is chasing water around the system by blowing it out of other areas, thats why I'm doing a complete rethink of the system. I've had drains all over the crawlspace and I always ended up with a broken pipe somewhere. Another thing I've got to do is come up with a good way of draining the dishwasher and washing machine, what I do now is actually remove them and take them outside and disconnect the pump and all the lines and drain out the lines then bring them into town and tuck them away in a heated basement. I don't leave any heat in the skanee house in the winters, so we remove anything that might freeze, can goods etc, everything.
I had second thoughts about my post but I thought others might benefit. I suspected you had been driven to your planned method and procedure. I also had to repeatedly go from one to the other many times till I no longer got water. I also found that I needed to have a large air supply to blow all the water up some of the pipes and out the spigot. Really need to configure all the plumbing to gravity drain....not just the sewer, at the installation phase.
My dishwasher has a chamber in the very bottom that fills and retains water and is the input to the pump. I suspect that if I poured anti freeze in the dishwasher it would freeze proof the dishwasher......what do you think? Brief energize on the drain circle to get the pump circulated. Would be easy to flush it all out. That would work with my washer if I coupled my drain out let pipe to my inlet cold and hot to circulate the antifreeze mix thru the pipes and pump.
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John, thats pretty much what the plumber did, used household antifreeze to winterize the dishwasher and washing machine after blowing out all the water he could get, I tasted that antifreeze for much of the next summer, looking for a quicker easier way than removing them and physically opening them up to drain them.
AMAZING that the taste would persist for that long. Simply amazing! But then my surprise doesn't change much. Really timely info for some I imagine.
The RV stores sell a RV water system antifreeze that is supposed to have no flavonoids in it and completely flushes for safety. Sales men lie to consumers and I don't have any first hand experience, however.
Your removing the washer and dishwasher annually blew me away. I hope there is an alternative for you and I realize that the winters in your area art brutal. Straight alcohol used to be the only antifreeze you could find for a car. How much is isopropyl 100% and can that be safely purged/rinsed? You could use "shine" if you could find a way to recover that coveted liquid. Spit balling here one last time.
Good luck with this,
John
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I don't really think RV and household antifreeze are any different. All of the plumbing antifreeze I see in stores is RV antifreeze. I have known plenty of caretakers and the like who use RV antifreeze for winterizing plumbing in seasonal use buildings.
I think that rv antifreeze and household stuff are the same. I could tell it was there tho, we've got ice cold well water, our well water comes up at 46 degrees and it's absolutely pure so it took a long time for it to taste the same to me.
I have about 600 Durapex fittings that I'll make you (or anyone else) a good deal on. When Menard's changed their fittings to the ones they have now that cost $5-$6 each, I bought 1000 of these at a good discount to do my bus and several others (many said they want them, few came through ) Anyway, they are 1/2" pex with the crimp ring similar to the previous photo. They are female adapter, which means they can be screwed onto a copper male adapter if you build your own manifold. They can be taken apart. It'sdifficult to get the ring off, but not impossible. I have some spare rings, too.
Anyway, if you are interested, I can fix you up with as many as you want for about $1.60 each. If you just want to try a few, I'll send some up, no charge. Just send me your address.
You can see them in photos on my website, I think. Look for the fresh water system page....
I've had experience with pex and sharkbite as well as pex and copper freezing in the winter.
We have a 1900's house that we remodeled for our daughter. We replumbed it all with pex. It has no basement, only a crawl space so plumbing was a bit of a "challenge". Most of the plumbing is in the walls but water still has to get from the well into the house so a short distance of pex is exposed to the cold. We applied heat tape to this section but the tape failed and the section of pex froze. It did not split and when thawed out was fine. I read an article where a whole house under construction in Minnesota had pex and froze with no leaks whatsoever. Pex is NOT gauranteed to not split but it doesn't split.
The pex fittings are cheap but you need a special tool to use it. Kinda like a big vicegrips which compresses the ring to effect a seal. The only way to get it apart is to cut the ring off with a hacksaw. Not easy.
I had the opportunity to use sharkbit fittings yesterday to replace a section of old copper pipe in my house which developed a leak.. Part of the problem with old copper pipe is it is hard to solder due to residual water in the pipe and because it is old and worn i.e. thinner- also hard to cut clean with a tubing cutter. But with sharkbite you simply cut the pipe(I had to use a hacksaw rather than a tubing cutter), clean off the burrs and push on a sharkbite fitting. The beauty of sharkbite is you can connect copper to pex as well as to plastic. In this case I replaced a two foot section of copper with pex. Once I got the copper tube cut with the hacksaw it took about 2 minutes to complete the repair. The "problem" with sharkbit is the price. Whereas a copper fitting costs about 75 cents a pex fitting costs about 1.50 and a sharkbit fitting costs $10. So its a little expensive to do a whole house.
If I was going to replumb anything I would buy the pex tool and use pex fittings EXCEPT where it was difficult to use the tool. In that case I would use sharkbite. I would also keep a small emergency kit consisting of a few sharkbite fittings for when there are any failures/modifications. This can also apply to those with copper plumbing.
As far as draining, pex is so easy to use I would build in drains rather than take any fitting apart.
The way I originally set up the skanee house, all the plumbing is easy to get at in and in a relatively small area, with no second floor connections, the water line comes in from the well, it's buried about 6ft deep and straight up under the house where the pressure tank is located, the tank is directly under the bathroom and the laundry room is right off the bathroom with the kitchen directly off the bathroom on the other side, all the fixtures are within 15 ft or less from the pressure tank so it's not a major job nor is it an expensive one to do, even with the sharkbite fittings if I can locate stores that handle them.
The way I originally set up the skanee house, all the plumbing is easy to get at in and in a relatively small area, with no second floor connections, the water line comes in from the well, it's buried about 6ft deep and straight up under the house where the pressure tank is located, the tank is directly under the bathroom and the laundry room is right off the bathroom with the kitchen directly off the bathroom on the other side, all the fixtures are within 15 ft or less from the pressure tank so it's not a major job nor is it an expensive one to do, even with the sharkbite fittings if I can locate stores that handle them.
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The Diary of an Amateur Seamstress
Ginger Jeans (Closet Case Patterns)
I’m officially a jeans champion! My foray into the world of trousers is only relatively recent and, before the Ginger Jeans, I had only two pairs under my belt (*pun SO intended*). Before this, trousers were super intimidating to me. I’ve always struggled to buy them because they are either too small for my hips or too big on my waist/thighs. I guess I thought that any attempt at making trousers would revolve around the same difficulties. But with the success of the Tyyni Cigarette trousers and Sew Over It’s Ultimate Trousers, I started to think that jeans might actually be a possibility. To me, jeans seem like the pinnacle of trouser-based achievement. And, honestly, I would’ve probably avoided making them forever if holes hadn’t started to appear in my favourite store-bought pair!
Fortunately, I’d heard so many good things about the Ginger Jeans pattern that I knew immediately that it was the one I wanted to try. I’m so glad I did, because these jeans are AMAZING!
Miss Elizabeth Bennet has the tongue of three dogs. (please read in context)
When I committed to making jeans, I knew that I didn’t want to go with conventional denim. So I traipsed around Joann’s for a while, trying to find something sufficiently different from the norm. Fortunately, I came across this amazing anchor denim and I knew that it was perfect! The pattern suggests using stretch denim with at least 2% lycra – this fabric met the specifications, so I was good to go!
Because I’m a terrible person, I once again refused to make a muslin. I don’t think I’ve ever made one and, unless something is super critical or complex, it’s unlikely I will. That said, don’t let me discourage you from your muslin-making ways! I promise, you are infinitely more patient and practical than I! So, as per my usual method, I simply traced off the appropriate pattern sizes (I think 10 waist, 12 hips) and hoped for the best. Fortunately, the fit is dead right with no alterations and I wouldn’t change anything on my next go round!
Let’s talk details. One of the most intimidating things about making jeans has to be the endless topstitching. I’ve done a bit of topstitching in the past and always enjoy the finish that it gives to a garment. But there is a LOT of topstitching on jeans and, in most cases, it’s going to be pretty visible. I realised early on, however, that although I couldn’t escape the visibility of my topstitching, I could let go of my compulsive need to have it all look totally perfect. Because while there is a lot of topstitching, this just makes it even less likely that someone’s eye will be drawn to that little wave of stitching where you veered off course. I actually didn’t find the topstitching a problem at all – I took it slowly, practiced things like bar-tacking on spare fabric first, and just generally didn’t worry about it not being perfect. I highly recommend not worrying!
If you are really worried about it, you might want to consider investing in an Edge Stitch Foot. This was one of the recommendations made by some of my lovely readers when I put out a call for help on topstitching in the middle of fabric. In the end, I wasn’t patient enough to wait for a new foot – so I just estimated and went for it. Next time around, I think I’ll get a proper foot, just to make the whole process easier. The main issue is that you can’t really mark on your fabric for topstitching (unless you have a super reliable way that is guaranteed to wash off). But an Edge Stitch Foot will definitely save you a lot of time and anxious energy!
One thing I adore about this pattern is its attention to all of the details that you find on store-bought jeans. The topstitching replicates almost exactly what you would see on any pair – same with the bar-tacking and the pockets! Of course, you could sew the pattern without any of these extra details and it would still make a great pair of trousers.
The pockets are especially cute! I was really intimidated when I saw the various pocket components (coin pockets, yokes, regular pockets etc.), thinking that it was going to end up being a complicated process. But it ended up being truly simple. In fact, although there were definitely parts of the overall pattern construction that gave me pause and I had to play through in my mind a few times, there really weren’t any stumbling blocks. If you’re going to make the jeans, I highly recommend referring to the Ginger Jeans Sew-Along tutorials. I found these posts incredibly helpful. They elaborate on the instructions included with the pattern and are accompanied by detailed photos of every construction stage. In some instances, the tutorial also offers alternatives to the methods included in the pattern instructions. So if you’re stumped by anything, checking the Sew-Along posts is definitely a good idea!
Now for the scary bit – the fly! Making the Ginger Jeans wasn’t my first time installing a fly. I’d worked through this process on the Tyyni trousers and, although it was definitely complicated, it wasn’t as horrendous as I expected. That said, the Ginger Jeans take the process to a whole new level of simplicity. The fly is probably the most impressive part of the jeans (to me) because it looks so professional, both on the outside and the inside of the jeans. As much as I would love to take credit for this, I literally just followed the instructions.
Where the fly on my Tyyni Trousers definitely looked a bit ragged on the inside, the construction on the Ginger Jeans is just so clean. I don’t think I’ve had a make that looks so well put-together internally! Having a serger definitely helped with this (especially because denim can fray like nobody’s business). If you don’t have a serger, zigzag stitching will work just as well, and will still help to capitalise on the super clean look that is basically inherent to this pattern.
I genuinely have nothing bad to say about the Ginger Jeans. They’re amazing. The jeans are definitely a time investment – just switching thread back-and-forth for topstitching takes up about 10 hours (I joke but it really does feel this way). All things considered, however, I was honestly so impressed with how quickly the jeans came together. I will definitely be knocking out more of these in the future.
Although the construction is complex enough that I probably wouldn’t recommend the pattern for beginner, you could definitely make these jeans with relatively little sewing experience. Using the Sew-Along for reference, as well as the pattern instructions, you could easily make a great pair of jeans! I’ve learnt so much from sewing this pair but without any struggle or frustration – which, to me, is the mark of a truly well-made pattern.
Same jeans, different angle.
So if you’re debating whether or not to make your own jeans, debate no longer! Trust me when I say that the Ginger Jeans pattern will get you where you want to go. You will end up with a beautiful pair of jeans and feeling like the trouser ninja that always were inside!
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These are amazing!!! You really did a bang up job!!! That top stitching is impressive!!! Thanks for making it look SOOOOO easy!!! Maybe next year I’ll have a go at these! Love your photos and dear Jane Austen, of course…who dosen’t??? Thanks for making me smile, again! ❤
They look great! I love the little anchors!
And wow what an in-depth review!
Jeans and bras seem like the two things that are like the pinnacle of home sewists…
I’m very far away from jeans and bras but I just love seeing everyone’s really impressive completed makes!
Also Im having a really hard time seeing any wobble at all in the topstitching… In fact the storebought jeans I have on right now have more imperfections in the topstitching than yours!
Thank you! I love the anchors too! And I’m happy that you can’t see any wobbles (although they’re definitely there!). I’m sure you aren’t far away from jeans and bras. I honestly thought the jeans would be so complicated but, if you can sew in a straight line, you basically have all the skills needed. The pattern really holds your hand through the whole process! So definitely don’t write it off because I’m VERY sure that you could make an amazing pair! ❤
By the way, I would soooo not have the patience to do all that topstitching! I don’t mind making the occasional muslin, but topstitching? Not so much – at least not at this point in time! It’s one of the aspects of jeans making that worries me, actually! And the thought that I might royally eff up. LOL. But you make me feel more and more brave about trying with every pair you knock out of the park! 😀 Well done!!
Haha! Thank you! I’m really happy with how they came out! 🙂 Honestly, the topstitching wasn’t that bad. It looks like a lot but it didn’t feel too crazy. If you ever decide to dip your toe into the world of trouser making, this is definitely a great place to start! ❤
Love these so much! You’ve made them so well and the fabric is lovely. I’ll definitely give this pattern a go if I ever get brave enough! Currently I’m too messy for top stiching but will keep practicing.
You should definitely give it a go! I was so worried about it but the pattern is super easy to follow. Topstitching is a bit iffy for me but I got loads of great advice from readers on here. The most common bit of advice was to get an Edge Stitch Foot (I think I linked an example in the post) because it makes it much easier to keep your stitching straight! ❤ | {
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My interest, as a software developer, is the Web as a writing environment. The current state of the art in writing on the Web is the phenomenon of weblogs, which have been written about far and wide, but in many ways are still just getting started.
As an expert on weblogs, I’m often asked what they are. I like to say that there are two definitions, one narrow, one broad. Narrowly, a weblog is a site written by one person or a small number of people, in a personal style, presented chronologically, generally not for pay.
More broadly, a weblog is what a personal website is in the early 21st Century. The software used to edit a weblog is both easier and more powerful than personal website software of the 1990s. The innovation in weblog software is that engineers, like myself, have learned how to make writing for the Web easier, while the users have become more familiar with networking. In the future both trends should continue, and weblogs will do more, as will the writers who employ them.
I think weblogs are a very big idea. In fact I have a bet with Martin Nisenholtz of The New York Times, saying that by 2007 the top stories in world news will break on weblogs. This is not merely a bet between gentlemen—there’s real money on the line. I’m sure I will win.
We’re returning to what I call amateur journalism, people writing for the public for the love of writing, without any expectation of financial compensation. This process is fed by the changing economics of the publishing industry which is employing fewer reporters, editors and writers. But the Web has taught us to expect more information, not less, and that’s the sea-change that the big publications face—how to remain relevant in the face of a population that can do for themselves what the “BigPubs” won’t.
Where much of what the Berkman Center does is defensive—protecting the Bill of Rights, especially the First Amendment, in the context of the Internet—I represent the offense. My job is to help people use the Web to exercise rights in clearly non-infringing ways. If the people I help get in trouble with the government, so the theory goes, our country and perhaps the world is in serious trouble.
An example of weblogs at work: In early April, Dean of Harvard College Harry R. Lewis ’68 published a letter about copyright on the Internet. Shortly thereafter Wendy Seltzer, a fellow at the Berkman Center, published a critique of Lewis’ policy. Seltzer is an expert on copyright on the Internet, and her opinion, very respectfully stated, while critical of Lewis, was of obvious interest to the community defined by our weblog. So I linked to Wendy’s piece, and the Dean’s letter, without comment, from the main Berkman weblog.
All this happened very quickly, in hours, and while the University has justifiably expressed an interest in our use of the Harvard name and logo, the comment from Seltzer, and our inclusion of it on the Berkman blog, caused no waves. I find this very gratifying—weblogs are playing a valuable role in respectful debate among powerful and informed people. The dean had to do his job, and we had ours. This is scholarly discourse in the age of the Web: it’s quick—and thoughtful. It’s everything I hoped it would be when I accepted the fellowship at the Berkman Center.
One of the best ideas I’ve heard so far came from Mike Clough, a foreign policy expert I met at the Berkman Center. The idea is to somehow give a weblog to any New Hampshire voter who wants one, and then, much as I’m helping people at Harvard get started, to help the citizens of New Hampshire get started.
Citizen bloggers covering the candidates for U.S. president. Everyone who hears the concept says Hmm, that might work. More than anything, I want the U.S. presidential election of 2004 to be a real election, to mean something. I wonder if many other citizens feel the same way?
With New Hampshire so close to Cambridge, the technology so ripe and the candidates so willing, it seems we may actually be able to route around the professional press and make something real happen this election cycle.
So we’re just getting started with weblogs here at the Berkman Center. We’ve opened a server, where anyone with a harvard.edu e-mail address can create a free weblog. Our hope is that many people will take us up on this offer, and we can explore the potential of this new medium together. Toward that end we have regular meetings every Thursday at the Berkman Center, 7 p.m., to help people get started with their new weblogs, and to share ideas and learn from each other. If you’re interested, come by and let’s get going.
Dave Winer is a fellow at the Berkman Center of Internet and Society at Harvard Law School. He is the editor of Scripting News (www.scripting.com), one of the longest-running weblogs on the Internet. | {
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Local connection gets Ward to Tiffin
February 9, 2013
Cody Leist
PDT Sports Writer
PIKETON — When moving on to the next step in life, it helps to have some form of familiarity.
In the case of Piketon senior Aaron Ward, hometown ties make the transition into college football as a member of the NCAA Division II Tiffin University football program seem a little more familiar. Ward, a Special Mention Division IV All-Ohio last season as a defensive lineman for the Redstreaks, will have 1999 Waverly graduate Josh Ison as at least one local connection. Ison finished his second season as the Dragons’ special teams coordinator, linebackers coach and head strength coach.
Tiffin earned Ward’s services over the University of Findlay, a Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference rival, and Division I Football Championship Subdivision member Morehead State. He was regarded as the school’s top defensive lineman recruit and will start the fall as a freshman with an undeclared major.
“I was really impressed with their athletic facilities,” Ward said. “Also I really like the offer they presented me and I feel like it’s somewhere I can (become) a better person and further my education.”
While a part of the school’s first-ever playoff win last fall, Ward finished with 32 tackles (seven for loss), one sack and one forced fumble. While his numbers were down as a defensive lineman, Piketon coach Tyler Gullion chalked it up to teams scheming away from the 6-foot-4 Ward, who will move to a defensive end as a part of a 4-3 scheme.
“We moved Aaron around (from) defensive end to defensive tackle and just whatever needed to be done, he did,” Gullion said.
The trip to the Division IV, Region 15 Semifinals was something Ward agreed to as a reason for the spiked interest from schools. In just the school’s second playoff appearance, the Redstreaks defeated Minford 49-27 — eight weeks after they lost to the Falcons 19-14 in the regular season — before bowing out to St. Clairsville, the eventual state runner-up, 59-27 the following week.
Gullion felt one reason for his team’s success came in large part to the work Ward put in.
“The sky’s the limit for him,” Gullion said. “I’ve been telling him for three years he doesn’t know how good he could be. He’s really a humble kid.”
The future Dragon did say afterwards that looking to play football beyond the high school level was a goal of his for quite some time.
“It’s something that I felt like I could achieve and I’m glad that I put in all of the work that I did to get where I’m going,” Ward said.
The coaching staff has told Ward the biggest thing he needs to do between now and the time he steps onto campus is to tune up what he has and get into the right shape. Ward doesn’t expect to redshirt.
Cody Leist can be reached at 740-353-3101, ext. 294, or [email protected]. | {
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John Goodman on How to Play Angry Characters
John Goodman has seen “Inside Llewyn Davis” three times, and walked out with a different thought on each occasion. He left one viewing feeling “gobsmacked” by the questions of what an artist is willing to give up to succeed and where the line exists between art and show business. He left another feeling deep worry for the title character, whose future is unresolved at the movie’s end. But the third time, Goodman says, “I was thinking that all the other characters, you could write a short story about each of them. They’re all interesting characters. They’ve all got stories to tell.”
That includes Goodman’s own character, right?
“Mehhhh,” Goodman says. “He’d be too irritating. You can’t sit through that guy for more than 10 minutes.”
Ten minutes is about all the screen time Goodman gets in “Davis,” his sixth collaboration with the brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, about a misanthropic folk singer (Davis, played by Oscar Isaac) who spends much of the film wandering New York’s East Village circa 1961, bumming favors and cigarettes. But 10 minutes is all Goodman needs to kill it as a bombastic jazz musician who finds himself riding in a car from New York to Chicago with our folkie antihero—a situation that brings joy to neither.
“He’s just an angry guy,” Goodman says of his character, Roland Turner. “It reflects on Llewyn because he represents a possible future for Llewyn, sitting in the back seat of a car, having somebody drive him to the only gigs that he can get because he’s so angry and so obstinate about his music.”
But Turner is more than just a fun house–mirror version of Davis. He is a weird, ornery narrative projectile hurled by the Coens at their protagonist for intense dramatic and comic effect. He’s the sort of character Goodman has played before. He admits that all of his Coen roles, with the exception of Gale Snoats in “Raising Arizona,” have been “kind of bitter guys. Or angry. Rage-fueled.”
A character whose defining quality is anger can, in the wrong hands, be one that the audience dismisses before ever bothering to engage. But Goodman’s Turner demands the attention, and rewards the viewer for it.
“Just by reading it over and over, the character found its own voice,” he says. “That’s the way it’s supposed to happen—something happens inside you that changes the way you read the script. That’s the character speaking to you and you gotta listen to him, let him out. Don’t fight it. Relax. It’ll be over in a minute.”
Turner’s voice, wonder that it is, is only the second most distinctive thing about the character. The first is his hair, an execrable bowl cut that earns Goodman a spot in the weird movie hair hall of fame alongside Jack Nance in “Eraserhead” and Hugh Jackman in “X-Men.” It was Goodman’s idea.
“I wanted it to look like Gerry Mulligan, the great baritone sax player whose haircut always stood out to me as really different,” he says. “It was a little too thick.” | {
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Meet Les Mis' Eponine, Cry A Thousand Tears When You Hear Her Sing
We saw Les Misérables at an early screening around a month ago. It. Was. Wonderful. As emotionally wrenching as it was true to the original, Les Mis exceeded all of our expectations (even for those of us who had seen it on stage a million times).
One of the highlights, apart from the obvious Javert/Valjean "Confrontation" and Anne Hathaway's stunning, heartbreaking rendition of "I Dreamed A Dream," was Samantha Barks, a stage actress who might have landed the most enviable first movie role, ever. She's a powerful Eponine, tugging at our heartstrings with her overlooked-friend-unrequited-love situation, and we're dying to see where she goes from here. In the meantime, we snagged some alone time with the 22-year-old Londoner, picking her brain about working with the all-star cast, her gorgeous hair, and that time she played this same role opposite Nick Jonas. Read on, and we'll see you at a Les Mis showing this week.
The movie was so emotional and beautiful, and we cried so many tears all the way through it. Being a theater person, was the live, on-camera singing hard for you, or was it just par for the course?
"There were aspects of it that felt comfortable for me — coming from theater, you'll always perform live — but there were aspects of it, like being up at five in the morning, that were much harder. I'm a theater girl so we're nocturnal, practically. And I've got to say, my neighbors hated me because warming up your voice at four in the morning is cruel. It was a new experience, for sure, because I've never done a film before. To have one of those cameras so close is thrilling for me. But to get to combine with live singing was so special."
What was your favorite scene to work on? Was it the big solo or something more surprising?
"The big solo, for me, is always gonna be such a special moment, to get to sing 'On My Own' on such an epic scale. But, oh gosh, you know, another scene I loved doing is 'A Little Fall of Rain' with Eddie [Redmayne]. I thought that was so much fun. It wasn't fun in a way, because it was very emotional, but something about working with him is incredible. He's this amazing actor. Watching him, and being around him, and he is so approachable that you'll never feel like an idiot after asking him questions, because he is such a good guy."
Speaking of your big solo, have you ever seen the episode of Dawson's Creek where Katie Holmes sings "On My Own"?
"No! When was it on? I feel like I was too young to be watching it. I love that song though, so I'd like to see it."
Overall, how were your nerves, walking into such a superstar cast?
"I was petrified. I'd never done a film, and to do it on this scale was certainly intimidating. [The rest of the cast] did everything they could to not be intimating, which is so amazing and it was such a lovely bunch of people. Plus, they were nervous, too! I was like, 'I know why I'm nervous, but you guys are amazing.' They were just that passionate about these roles, though."
It's so funny that everyone else was nervous. Did that sort of put you at ease?
"It did, because we all had something to bring to the table but we all had something to learn as well. I'd never done film before but I had musical theater experience. Eddie had so much film experience but hadn't done a musical before. Amanda had done a musical film, and she doesn't sing live very often because in Mamma Mia! they got to pre-record. So, it was really exciting to have that and share stories of our different experiences on set."
We heard you guys did epic Friday night sing-alongs in preparation for filming. Was that chill or intense/intimidating?
"It was super chill! That was an icebreaker because I remember being asked if I was coming to Russell [Crowe]'s dinner party and I was like, 'Yeah, absolutely.' Then, we all just started singing and playing the piano. Me and Annie sang a duet of 'Take Me Or Leave Me' [from Rent]. Really though, when you start singing, with Russ, with Annie, with all these people who, a few days ago were really intimating, you're suddenly bonded through a passion for music. We all felt so relaxed around each other. Annie got up and sang 'Don't Cry For Me Argentina.' We just felt free to do anything we could and that's what this movie needed. We needed to be comfortable with communicating through song about the world we're trying to live in."
What was your most memorable on-set moment, from this movie?
"There was one amazing moment that I'll never forget. We were all in the barricade and Tom Hooper said, 'Ten minutes of camera roll. Fill the barricades. Action.' People were throwing tables out of windows, wardrobes, and we had to assemble a barricade in ten minutes, on the spot. My heart was pounding and it was such an adrenaline rush. I felt so alive. They said 'Cut,' and everyone was like panting. That was one of the most amazing days of my life. I've never felt adrenaline like it."
We can't believe that stuff was really thrown down at you. We're pretty sure we saw a piano in that barricade...
"That was real. That piano probably narrowly missed my head."
Click through for Samantha's best beauty secrets, and a video of her phenomenal solo.
Photo: Courtesy of Universal Pictures.
What's next from here? More film? A return to the theater?
"I think I've been filled with such a great experience in this film that it's definitely made me hungry for more. I'd love the opportunity to get a fantastic film role if I'm lucky enough. Stage has got such a personal space in my heart but I'd love to be able to have a varied career in both."
Do you have a dream role, on the stage?
"The reason I started in musical theater was the role of Elphaba [in Wicked]. I love that role. It's a beautiful role."
You played this same role, or Eponine, in Les Mis on stage in London, with Nick Jonas. There was so much talk around it as far as, 'Should he be in this?' Do you think that was unfair or distracting at any point?
"It's weird, because the Internet is a new thing for me and I only take the positive bits from it. I use Twitter to communicate with supportive people and it's lovely. I'm very unaware of any kind of negative things that surround shows or my work. But, I just loved the 25th anniversary. It was such a wonderful moment of history for me and Les Mis."
Now, let's talk beauty for a second. You have phenomenal hair — how do you keep it so gorgeous and shiny?
"The most important secret: Don't over wash it. You shouldn't wash your hair every single day. I hate having my hair constantly cut, so if I'm getting it cut I really get the bare minimum. I always get highlights. Never go for an all-over dye because that can dry it out. I love volume, so for me, I love volumizing dry shampoo. Just have fun with your hair! Try new things and have fun. I love someone like Katy Perry because her hair is always so crazy and she's so theatrical with it. I love it."
Would you ever do something like that? Like color your hair pink?
"I'm a bit of a daredevil so if someone is like 'Dye your hair blue,' I'm like 'Okay!'. There is a streak in me that enjoys that kind of thing."
For years, fans have been drawing comparisons between the youngest Kardashian-Jenner and older sister Kim. Not only do Kim and Kylie have similar personal style, the duo is also uncannily identical. Despite having different fathers, the half-sister's favor one another, and the proof is in the side-by-side Insta: Kim read
There are so many looks Cara Delevingne we could never even dream we could pull off (even though we should try more often). But perhaps her latest look is achievable for mere mortals? At Montreal's Osheaga festival on Saturday, the model-actress sported cotton-candy pink hair. 🌷 Cara beim Konzert ihrer Freundin read | {
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Day 105: I’ve Got It!
Okay, first things first. (What kind of saying is that anyway? Of course the first things are first. How would anything else even be possible?)
Aaaannnnyway…
I had a 5-miler this morning and I was really hoping it would not rain. I woke up before the alarm clock went off at about 10 minutes to 6, and decided to just get up. Out-the-Door Goal Time: 6:15. Actual Out-the-Door Time: 6:22. Hrmph.
But I think I was late because I had put off washing the water bottle on my new Nike hydration belt, so I had to do that. Plus, I’m just super slow in the mornings. Sometimes I just wander around and forget what I’m doing.
Oh yeah, I also was late getting out the door because I wanted to take a picture of my belt and I couldn’t decide the best way to do it. I ended up with this.
With the belt on, I can really see my…um…problem area.And, why does my hand look like a giant paw?
After the first mile (on an unseasonably warm and NON-RAINING, but windy morning), I still hadn’t decided whether or not I was okay with wearing a belt. It was bouncing a little. But then around Mile 3, I tightened it a little more and it stayed put. It was good to have and I think it’ll be okay for what I need right now. And for 15 bucks, I’m cool with it.
But the most AWESOME happened on my run around 4.75 miles. I guess I had been letting my mind wander and suddenly my NaNoWriMo idea solidified in my brain! I felt like screaming, By Geowge, ahyve got eet! (Okay, that was my lame attempt to write in a British accent. Luckily, my story will be in your basic American Teenager English.) The really good news is that I was almost done with my run, so I didn’t forget my idea. When I came in the door, I scribbled what might turn out to be the first sentence on my sticky note pad. So, at least I have an idea of where I will be going Nov. 1-30.
Hopefully tomorrow I’ll have some time to think through an outline or something close to one, or at least start one. Although, I know there are plenty of writers who don’t use an outline. They just write. I’m not sure what kind of writer I am yet, though, because I’ve never written anything as long as a book (unless you count my 10K recap).
So tomorrow’s a scheduled rest day because on the plan for Sunday is a 10K race. Since I don’t have a race, I’m thinking of doing a 3-miler and some strength training. I did some weights and crunches this morning after stretching, but T Junior woke up and I had to move on to Mom stuff: making eggs and wiping little hands and letting dogs out, then in, then out again. You get the idea.
And one more thing: I’m convinced my old 4-mile route in and out of cul-de-sacs through the neighborhood is actually more than four miles. I took a new more straight-forward route and I finished my five miles in almost exactly an hour, maybe a couple minutes before. I KNEW it didn’t take me an hour to run four! Ha! (I need one of those Garmin watches. Santa, are you listening?) | {
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Desperately need help
I love what you said. For me “it feels different “…how I hate justifying it…i can walk away, I build my account…and one day…im absolutely a lunatic in the casino…im sick of it…i have stopped, then go again…been to GA, counselors, meds…i hate how dismissive I am when it comes not to having that somebody called “courage “…it is a sickness…id be a millionaire if I walked away, instead…im in such debt
I love what you said. For me “it feels different “…how I hate justifying it…i can walk away, I build my account…and one day…im absolutely a lunatic in the casino…im sick of it…i have stopped, then go again…been to GA, counselors, meds…i hate how dismissive I am when it comes not to having that somebody called “courage “…it is a sickness…id be a millionaire if I walked away, instead…im in such debt
Lady Bug, Stopping is a big step and the is so wonderful that you decided to stop on your own. That is the easy part. One of the things that I have learned through the G.A. Program is the motto One day at a time. You only worry about today, not tomorrow when it comes to not gambling. Also, being on a sight like this is very helpful and attending the G.A. meetings in your area as well. You get to be introduced to new people that do not judge. you are in a friendly environment. And I keep a progress journal here on this sight. i write in it every night after the time of night that I stopped gambling which was 8:15 p.m.33 days ago. I decided to stop on my own as well. I was making positive changes in my life and I am continuing to do so and gambling wasn’t one of them. Unfortunately, it took me three times around the block to knock some sense into me. I know this sounds cliche, this time just feels different. You are right it is an obsession very much so. I have learned that it is also classified as an illness just like a drug addict or an alcoholic maybe even more so. I wish I could tell you how to beat the obsession. the truth is I don’t know. I do know that staying positive and moving forward and removing things in your life that draw you into the situations. For me it was lotto all three times, scratchers. For the first few days I didn’t go into the gas stations or liquor stores to get sodas or water or when i was at the store I couldn’t even walk past the machines. Now I am okay! It doesn’t bother me anymore. For some people it takes a lot longer. i was just ready to stop. The only thing that bothers me about gambling now is what a fool I was for spending so much damn money on it. I wish you the best and hope that some of this helps a little. Keep fighting and remember one day at a time. Stay positive! Also, keeping busy helps at first! | {
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Ok I know not everyone is a fan of anime but I also dont know of any girl who didnt watch this show as of yet.
Sailor moon also known as Bishjo Senshi Sailor Moon ( Bishjo Senshi Sr Mn?, officially translated Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon is a media franchise (Manga/Graphic Novels, Live action show, merchandise, musical cds, dramacds, ect.) created by mangaka Naoko Takeuchi. The plot is that; One day, Usagi Tsukino (Serena), clumsy 2nd-year middle school student (8th grader), stumbles upon a talking cat named Luna. Luna tells her that she is destined to be Sailor Moon, "champion of love and justice", and she must search for the fabled Moon Princess. Usagi (Serena) finds friends that turn out to be destined senshi (Soldiers or `Scouts`) as well, and together they fight to save the world from the certain doom brought upon by the Dark Kingdom (Queen Beryl, the generals, Metallia.. etc.).
Genres: action, comedy, magic, romance, science fiction, shoujo, slice of life...
Objectionable content: Mild (mild bad language and/or bloodless violence) So the intended audience for it is a pre-teen to teen one.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=363
As of 2004, Toei has control over the license to distribute Sailor Moon outside of Japan.
In 2009 Funimation announced that it was **considering** an entire re-dub of the Sailor Moon series and asked people to take part in a survey on what their next project should be. The re-dub of the Sailor Moon series was included. The results of the survey have not been released to the public.
On February 4, 2010, Toei began negotiations to re-license the entire series globally.
In February 2010 the show returned to Albania in its original form.
As of March 1, 2010, a new remastered Sailor Moon has returned to Italian television. Toei has also stated if it is popular in Italy, an international revival will begin.
However, it has yet to be announced if the English version will be re-licensed.
**It should be noted that the English version only consists of most of the 1st season as well as the entire 2nd, 3rd and 4th seasons (minus the SuperS TV special)**.
Recently, Toei is offering 200 refurbished episodes of Sailor Moon at MIPTV ( http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/17240.html ). The 200 episodes presumably include all the Sailor Moon TV anime series including the original series (46 episodes), Sailor Moon R (43 episodes), Sailor Moon S (38 episodes), Sailor Moon Super S (39 episodes), and Sailor Moon Stars (34 episodes, the only episodes that have never been available in the U.S.).
The anime is also scheduled to begin playing in Hong Kong once more in August 2010.
Sailor Moon has returned to Portuguese television in January 2011 and is going to make its way to Africa sometime in 2011.
It is March 2011 and the word/rumours on the interweb on why it is that there is still no mention of an English language release is $$$ ...
What do you think of this? Are you excited by this news?
Sailor Moon as it was originally intended I know i am excited! | {
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More categories could include;
- Geology - What Sport
- What kind of tree - Famous Perons
- Matrices - Wars
- What era - Biology
- Fashion - U.S. Presidents
- Governments - History (Modern/Ancient)
- Politics - Animals
- Rivers of the World - Religious Studies
- T.V. Charcters - Astronomy
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Holiday Gift Guide: The all-purpose Mac setup
Welcome to TUAW's 2011 Holiday Gift Guide! We're here to help you choose the best gifts this holiday season, and once you've received your gifts we'll tell you what apps and accessories we think are best for your new Apple gear. Stay tuned every weekday from now until the end of the year for our picks and helpful guides and check our Gift Guide hub to see our guides as they become available. For even more holiday fun, check out sister site Engadget's gift guide.
Holiday deals are in full swing, and now is the time to start thinking about your gift list. If you are a Mac owner or buying for one, we have a list of some must-have accessories that'll help you create the best all-around Mac work (or play) environment.
External Keyboard/Mouse
If you have an iMac or a MacBook Pro, your system already has a nice keyboard and mouse/trackpad combination. Mac mini or Mac Pro owners will benefit greatly from a nice keyboard and mouse. Top of the list is Apple's wireless keyboard and its Magic Trackpad (US$69) or Magic Mouse ($69). The Apple wireless keyboard ($69) is rock solid and perfect for desktop use. If you pair it with a Magic Trackpad, you can duplicate the awesome keyboard/trackpad combination of the MacBook Pro/Air. The Magic Mouse is also an excellent product for those who prefer a mouse to a trackpad.
External Monitor
This is another category applicable only to Mac mini and Mac Pro owners whose systems ship without a monitor. Most people connect any old monitor, which you can do if you have the right Thunderbolt/Mini DisplayPort to DVI or VGA cable. If you really want a treat, you should take a closer look at Apple's Thunderbolt Display ($999). At 27 inches, this display is big and beautiful. It also contains a MagSafe connector that'll charge your MacBook Pro/Air and has a Thunderbolt port that can be daisy-chained with other Thunderbolt devices.
External Speakers
External speakers are essential for all Mac owners, because the ones that ship on a MacBook Pro/Air and the iMac range from merely decent to mediocre. One excellent but expensive choice is the Sonos Play:3 ($299), a wireless system that lets you pipe your iTunes library all over your house. We reviewed this system earlier this year and liked it quite a lot. There are also a handful of AirPlay-compatible speakers on the market now, including the Philips Fidelio SoundAvia, SoundCurve, SoundRing and the SoundSphere, which was reviewed by our sister site, Engadget. There's also the JBL On Air Wireless ($200) and the compact iW1 from iHome ($299). You can find a full list of AirPlay speakers at the AirPlaySpeakers.com website. If you're looking for wired speakers, Bose is an excellent choice if you can afford it. Otherwise, you can't go wrong with a mid-range offering from Logitech or Creative.
Printer
Every computer needs a printer, and there a lot of options for Mac owners. If you have a Mac and an iOS device, you will want to grab a printer with an AirPrint option, so you can print documents wirelessly from your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Pickings were sparse when AirPrint was first announced, but most major printer companies now sell AirPrint-compatible models. Apple has compiled a recent list of AirPrint compatible printers from Canon, Epson, HP and Lexmark. You can find this list in an article on Apple's support website.
Backup Device
Every computer owner should back up their data on a daily basis, and Mac owners are no exception. Apple has made backups easy with Time Machine, a backup utility that ships on every Mac. The best choice for a backup storage device is Apple's Time Capsule (starts at $299). It's an Airport Extreme wireless router with built-in storage for backups. It'll provide an almost zero-configuration way to start backing up your data. If you already have an AirPort Express and only need a hard drive for backup, you can purchase an external drive like the Western Digital My Book for Mac (starts at $139). If you need additional storage or RAID support, there are other options like the LaCie Network Space 2 (starts at $159) or the Netgear ReadyNAS Duo (starts at $299). Drobo and Pogoplug also sell backup solutions that offer greater capacity and additional features like cloud storage and media streaming. We've reviewed several of these products in the past, including the Drobo FS (starts at $699), the LaCie Network Space 2 and the Pogoplug ($45).
Wi-Fi Router
Another must-have for any home network is a wireless router, and your best choice in the Mac world is the AirPort Express ($99) or the AirPort Extreme ($179). Both have several Mac-specific features like built-in support for AirPlay and AirPrint which makes it attractive for Mac owners. The AirPort Express is the smaller of the two and is great for travel and use in apartments and smaller homes. The AirPort Extreme is its bigger brother and is great for use in a larger house with multiple machines. If you think the Airport Extreme is out of your price range, then you'll want to read our article about buying the Airport Extreme to see if its multiple features change your mind. If you still decide to go with a non-Apple product, you'll want to find a model that has gigabit ethernet, support for 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz, and a USB port. D-Link, Netgear and Linksys make quality wireless routers.
External Hard Drive
Most Mac owners will want an external hard drive for file storage. You can choose from a portable, smaller drive like the Western Digital MyPassport for Mac ($199) and the LaCie Starck Mobile (starts at $109). LaCie also has a series of rugged drives (starts at $160) such as the Rugged Mini and the Rugged Safe, which includes biometrics and an encryption option. If you don't need the portability of a smaller drive, you'll want to consider a larger hard drive like the Western Digital My Book. We recently reviewed the 3 TB My Book Studio model. All these drives are formatted for the Mac and can be used for basic file storage and USB-based Time Machine backups. Those who want ultimate peace of mind in a storage device should look at the ioSafe drives. They are expensive, but they offer protection from fire and water. We recently reviewed the SoloPro model (starts at $249). iPhone owners may be interested in the GoFlex Satellite (starts at $209) from Seagate, a portable drive that lets you transfer media from your Mac and watch them on your iOS device.
Wireless headset/headphones
There are a variety of wireless headphones and headsets on the market, but the best ones for the Mac connect via Bluetooth. All Mac computers ship with Bluetooth and will easily connect to a pair of Bluetooth cans without the need for a USB dongle. I have a non-Bluetooth wireless headset from Logitech and am always losing the dongle. Plantronics makes several headphones and headsets that'll work with the Mac including the popular BackBeat 906 headphones. There's also Jabra, which makes the HALO headset and other less expensive models. We recently reviewed the NuForce BT-860, which is another inexpensive but capable wireless headset. When shopping for someone else, make sure you buy the right product -- headphones are for listening only and headsets are for listening and talking.
Battery Backup
If it hasn't happened to you yet, it will. One day, you will be in the middle of editing an important document and a power surge or outage will cause you to lose your work. Notebook owners can skip this advice, but desktop owners need to keep reading. To protect your precious iMac, Mac mini or Mac Pro, you should be using a battery backup. They provide surge protection as well as a backup power source, which gives you ample time to save your documents and shut down your computer in case of a power failure. The most widely available consumer models are made by APC, and they cost as low as $60. CyperPower also makes a decent battery backup, and their latest Adaptive Sinewave models (starts at $130) feature a pure sine wave electrical output. This clean source of energy is better for sensitive electronics.
Accessories for the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air owner
MacBook Pro and Air owners could use a few accessories specific to their portable needs. There are the protective accessories like the InCase cover for the MacBook Pro/Air, the Moshi Clearguard keyboard protector ($25), Trackguard trackpad protector ($12) and the PalmGuard palm rest protector ($20). You can also add an anti-glare film like the RadTech ClearCal (starts at $20) if you have a MacBook with a glossy screen. We've used some of their products in the past, and they make quality stuff.
Other devices that make having a Mac fun
The iPad ($499), iPhone ($199 for 4S) and Apple TV ($99). All three devices can share content via iTunes, AirPlay and iCloud. You easily can watch the videos on your Mac using the Apple TV and share your photos seamlessly between your iPhone and iPad using iCloud. Because they are so intertwined, it's great to have all these devices in one household.
If there's any must-have accessory that you use with your Mac, share it with us and others in the comments. | {
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Professional chaplains are among the few caregivers in the hospital who have the time to sit and listen to the patient and family members. We listen without an agenda and work to support the patient and family members in whatever ways we can. | {
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“Trick” Candidate Websites Dupe Low-Information Voters
Democrats are outraged with the National Republican Congressional Committee for creating “trick” websites that are fooling Democrat-leaning low-information voters into financially supporting Republicans. The NRCC has set up a number of sites that look like pro-Democrat fundraising sites, except for one crucial word.
For instance, a website for Florida Democrat Alex Sink has a smiling picture of her with the words: “Alex Sink Congress: Make a contribution today to help defeat Alex Sink and candidates like her.” Not support, mind you. Defeat. That one word apparently escaped the notice of many Democratic supporters who have unwittingly given money to Republicans—money that will go to defeat their actual candidate of choice.
According to some “experts,”
the websites ((The NRCC has also set up nearly identical candidate websites for Democrat hopefuls Amanda Renteria (CA), Martha Robertson (NY), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ), and John Tierney (MA).)) appear to violate a Federal Election Commission regulation prohibiting political committees and parties from using a candidate’s name in special projects. . . . The only exception is when the site makes it unambiguously clear it is opposed to the candidate.
I don’t know how the websites are ambiguous. They have almost no text in them at all. They make it “unambiguously clear” (to anyone who can read) that they are raising funds “to help defeat” the candidate in question. This isn’t buried in fine print. Smaller print maybe. But we’re talking about websites with about fifty words of copy in them.
Seriously. I think this is pretty hilarious. It may be a low move on the NRCC’s part, but I can hardly bring myself to hold it against them. There is no information whatsoever on these sites about the substance of what these candidates stand for. The only thing donors are looking at apparently is a face and a name. For most of them, that’s enough information to go on. Which means they deserve whatever they get.
For years, conservatives have claimed that low-information voters were the main voting base for the Democrats. If you needed any more proof, here it is. ((And, just for the record, I don’t think the Republican voters in aggregate are any better informed. I think the whole voter base in general is largely uneducated about the nature and purpose of civil government and the actual positions of the candidates for local and national positions. We are all being manipulated into giving a veneer of legitimacy to an out-of-control leviathan that long ago jettisoned the very rule of law upon which its charter of government is founded.))
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The Democraps are outraged that the Republicans are stooping down to their level of deceit.. They should know that two can play those dirty little games.. Hell they have been doing to for years.. see how you like the pay back !
Funny thing is the Republican are not really pulling any dirty tricks. I say, Help defeat. Its not republican fault if most liberals are lower educated and low informed voters. The website says exactly what it intends to do with all donations. If the reverse was pulled by democrats I would be upset that their are that many idiots verse the being upset at the party who put out such a website.
The Democons are crying foul when the Republicans have followed the law…. It is that the Democons never follow the law and are guilty of voter fraud that when someone comes up with a GREAT idea, like this one, the Democons rant and rave because they didn’t think of it first…
Where was the brilliant Karl Rove when this was thought up???? He was too busy crying because his donations have dropped of 98% since he has been bemoaning the Tea Party…. Karl; get on your hands and knees and beg forgiveness…. and I personally hope you aren’t forgiven….
So please keep donating to the Tea Parties directly so we can win this November and get rid of Harry Reid and then impeach and indite the Kenyan and his criminal buddies, like Valery Jarrett, and send them to prison for a very long time…. | {
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1. Chop the garlic finely. Place it in a small mixing bowl and add the mustard and vinegar. Mix well with a fork. Add the herb of your choice and salt and pepper to taste. Whisking with your fork, dribble in the olive oil in a steady stream until the dressing has emulsified.
2. Put the (well dried) greens in a large glass bowl (or other appropriate serving dish) add vinaigrette and serve.
Note: If you put all the ingredients for your vinaigrette into a small glass jar with a tight fitting lid, you can just shake the jar to mix. Then, if you have dressing left over, you can refrigerate it in that jar to reuse for a few days!
You might also want to ensure that that excellent vinaigrette is evenly distributed. I like to pour a little of the dressing into the empty bowl, then swirl the completely dried greens around until they are all lightly coated. Bring the rest of your dressing to the table for anyone who feels they've been short-changed.
Have you ever made salad dressing with butter in place of the oil? To die! Also a spoon of poppy seeds or toasted sesame seeds will bump your salad to another level.
Another piece of the answer comes from the discussion in a more recent question about washing greens. If the greens are not dry, the dressing will not adhere well. And, also as Amanda says above, "made fresh" makes a difference. Unless you want bottles of dressing lining your refrigerator door, just make dressing as you make the salad, right over the bowl.
Here's my signature dressing, usually on endive/watercress/boston mixture with tomato and sourdough croutons (and avocado optionally for a dinner salad):
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon balsamic or red wine vinegar (add pinch sugar if you use wine vinegar)
hard shake of oregano, grinding of pepper
Whisk this, then dribble in olive oil while whisking until you like the taste and consistency, about half a cup? I like it quite acidic myself. Then add
1 tablespoon dark sesame oil
1 tablespoon soy sauce
Makes a lot. I usually overdress the salad because I like the dressing so much. | {
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Last weekend, Congress passed a trillion-dollar budget bill. Among its provisions, plenty of things not related to spending. One of these so-called riders is aimed at saving the hundred-watt incandescent light bulb. But as NPR’s Peter Overby tells us, the move by Republicans is more about politics than light bulbs.
Here is Overby:
Old-fashioned incandescent bulbs waste a lot of energy. So under federal law, they’re being slowly phased out. And the first to go, starting on New Year’s Day, is that old reliable of home lighting: the 100-watt bulb. But what looked like energy efficiency when President George W. Bush signed to law four years ago now looks like oppressive big government to many conservatives.
So the conservatives made sure that the spending bill had a rider which says the Energy Department cannot spend money to enforce the phase out of the 100-watt bulb. Here is where things get interesting. Overby went and talked to industry representatives and found that few if any actually wanted to repeal the ban:
But from the perspective of the lighting industry, this rider is several years too late to make a difference, and they don’t want Congress changing things now….
companies long ago started changing their product lines from traditional incandescents to halogens, compact fluorescents and LEDs.
So far, so interesting. The companies being regulated actually want the regulation and getting rid of it would create uncertainty. So, “the move by Republicans is more about politics than light bulbs.”
But is this really the whole story? I think it would be natural to ask just a few more questions. If the ban were lifted, nothing would keep the companies from making the newfangled bulbs anyway, right? So why in the world would a firm favor legislation that limits its options? Why would it expend scarce resources lobbying Congress to keep the ban? Overby says that they “spent months giving show-and-tell demonstrations to lawmakers.” That must have taken up a fair amount of company time. But why do it?
My guess is that it has less to do with the firms wanting to limit their own options and more to do with them wanting to limit the options of would-be competitors who haven’t made investments in the newer technologies. They must worry that there is still a market for the older bulbs and they’d prefer that other firms be forbidden from serving that market.
Much relatively recent research has argued that regulation was often sought by industries for their own protection, rather than being imposed in some ‘public interest.’ Although the distinction is not always made clear in this recent literature, we may add that regulation which is not directly sought at the outset is generally ‘captured’ later on so it behaves with consistency to the industry’s major interests, or at least has been observed to behave in this manner.
When I used to teach capture theory to my students, I’d often encounter incredulity. It sounds like formalized conspiracy theory. Are we
really supposed to believe that all regulations come about because industries have somehow greased the palms of politicians? Well, no. Sometimes it’s that obvious. But often, it is subtler.
As the light bulb story illustrates, some regulations come about because some politician has some well-meaning belief that the regulation will improve lives. But once the regulation is on the books, it tends to favor incumbent firms. So even if it proves to be inefficient, the incumbent firms are willing to exert a great deal of pressure to keep it there lest the market be opened up to others with different business models.
For a helpful and enlightening compendium of observations about capture, see this post by my colleague, Adam Thierer. It is interesting to note that progressive thinkers have often been the first to uncover these stories. | {
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The Team
Katie Liew – Founder
After being made redundant, Katie decided to take time off and travel to Africa and developing countries, where she was able to grasp the meaning of poverty in its truest sense. Here, she rediscovered her passion for volunteering, social justice, and international aid.
All the wrong turns she’d made in her career as an accountant, was soon discovered to be a blessing in disguise, and now dedicates her time to The Underground Collaborative.
Thank you for joining us on our journey. We hope you share our vision.
Board Members
Ferdi Fourie
Ferdi brings to The Underground Collaborative a real passion for life. Having grown up on the other side of the world and moving continents has allowed him to live a life that is rich and full of experiences, shaping him to help those less fortunate in our society. This passion has led him to work in the not-for-profit sector for the last 15 years in various roles and industries, such as the music industry professional associations, international aid and the local healthcare sector.
He has extensive experience in the fundraising sector and currently works for St John WA heading up their fundraising, and also volunteers as an Executive Committee Member of The Fundraising Institute of Australia WA.
Marius Van Der Merwe – Chairman
Marius is a Partner at Butler Settineri, and specialises in audit and investigation. His portfolio includes listed companies, NFP entities, local governments and Australian financial service license holders.
As a qualified CA and member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, Marius has a passion for governance. He provides assurance and advisory services to Boards and senior management on financial reporting, processes and sustainability. Marius spends much of his spare time guiding NFP entities through the start up phase, and has a love for golf!
Tamara Cook
Tamara is self-confessed philanthropic events junkie, and established Known Associates Events in 2007. A highly-skilled events professional, Tamara has project managed multiple high profile events from 1000-seat black tie balls for royalty, to outdoor festivals and intimate cocktail soirees. She has a Communications degree and over 20 years of events experience in Australia and the USA. | {
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27 July 2009
My latest reading
Books I've Read Lately:
Wicked by Gregory MaguireNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiTeatime for the Traditionally Built by Alexander McCall Smith
Teatime for the Traditionally Built is another of those lovable books about the Number One Ladies Detective Agency run by Precious Ramotswe in Botswana. Precious takes a very leisurely approach to her work, but it all gets done.
WickedI thought was going to be about the nature of good and evil as represented by the Wicked Witch of the West for Frank L Baum's Wizard of OZ series. I've only read The Wizard of Oz, and that was long ago so I couldn't make too many comparisons. In Wicked, the green witch is given a background and a history. Mostly she tries to do good and it all goes wrong and in the end she is quite mad and is happily sewing roc wings onto her monkeys, a thing she would have abhorred in her youth when she was an Animal (as opposed to mere animals - small 'a') rights activist, without the least thought as to what the monkeys, never mind the rocs, might be feeling about it. The best thing about the book is its presentation of Gilda, the good witch, as just the sort of person who would have worn that ridiculous dress in the Judy Garland musical.
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami has another character, Watanabe, trying to contend in a world full of things beyond his control. In this case, the thing usually beyond his control is mental illness in the people around him. Early, in his high school years, he had a crush on his best friend's girl friend. At the time, it seemed to him that the trio were only animated when his friend, Kizuki, was with them. Kizuki commits suicide. Years later, he meets Naoko again. During the course of their ensuing friendship, she mentions that her boyfriend had only seemed really animated when Watanabe was there. While developing his friendship with Naoko, Watanabe meets and is pursued by Midori, another young woman with her own problems.
Norwegian Wood is one of those books where the story is slight, but oddly engaging. It's very easy to just let yourself go with the flow of it. | {
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The might of the Empire and the Sith Order is nothing to be scoffed at, the power of the Republic Forces and the Jedi council, not to be taken lightly, nor the reach of the Exchange, the Influence of the Hutts, or the plethora of micro-factions scattered through out the galaxy. The Galaxy is a dangerous place that does not welcome new comers to the arena, often times these power players will go out of their way to squash a “rebellion” or “uprising” before said group can establish themselves as a faction. So how, when the Dark Templar, a small cult of Revanites hated by both Republic and Empire, by Sith and Jedi, started openly recruiting members, both force sensitive and non-sensitive, survive?
Deep within the bowels of Nar Shaadda, from a time long before the arrival of the Hutts, when the Rakata still ruled this galaxy, an armory was built. Within this armory weapons, knowledge, and secrets where stored. Over the millennia this structure was forgotten about. Buildings were built upon buildings, and soon, the armory was buried beneath an entire Cityscape, lost to the ages, forgotten; until, a young man came, seeking the secrets of the lost creator race. Once Jedi, now Sith, armed with the knowledge of both, he forayed deep into the city-moon's depths; there he discovered this lost structure. He knew the potential that this place held, knew that there would be few greater places one could use for a last stand. This man, Revan, expanded upon the ancient Rakata armory, building further, strengthening already near impregnable defenses. It was into this armory that Revan poured his secrets, his knowledge, his weapons, his discoveries, his power...that was over three hundred years ago.
Long believed to be mere rumour, it would be by mere chance that the founders of this Dark Templar Order came into procession of such a powerful prize. As the Dark Templar were being formed, a Republic archaeological expedition was under way, searching for the armory. While the exact location remained undetermined, the small band of Dark Templars ambushed the unsuspecting Republic party, massacring it and her Jedi guardians. With the entire Republic Archaeological team dead, the Dark Templar took what information the Republic did uncover, combined with their own, they where able to secure the armory for themselves.
Buried deep beneath the surface of the sprawling Hutt City-Moon, the armory provided a unique protection for the Dark Templar, immunity from orbital strikes. Even if a force so wished to incur the wrath of the Hutts, the armory is so deeply nestled beneath the city scape that any form of orbital bombardment would be near harmless upon the armory itself. In addition to this, the location renders almost all heavy armour and artillery useless. If one were to invade the Dark Templar in their new-found fortress, they would have to do so solely with Infantry, an incredibly costly and bloody prospect for any foolish enough to wade through the city under-dark and fight against the Dark Templar fortifications.
The armory itself is a massive structure, capable of housing a huge standing army and all of the support forces required to keep it operational. Fully self-sustaining one could in theory lock themselves away from the galaxy. While the armory was once a hostile place, where many ancient defense droids prowled, the Dark Templar have since taken complete control. The armory has been transformed from a fortress, to a utopia of sorts, where the members of her order live and thrive and work to uncover the many secrets that lay within the treasure trove artifacts Revan left behind.
The Dark Templar knew from the get go, for the armory to be successful it would need to be self-sustaining. From farming to livestock raising, to manufacturing, education, and medicine. Everything that could possibly be needed for a people to survive was built and implemented within the superstructure fortress. Being nestled so deep into the Nar Shaadda city scape, the Dark Templar are able to tap into numerous power systems and siphon all the energy they could possibly ever need undetected.
It is here, deep within the corrupted heart of Nar Shaadda that the revolution grows, the very manifestation of the greed and corruption, the avenging force trains, and learns, and grows strong. As Empire and Republic weaken, the Dark Templar grow in strength, her numbers swell, her warriors prepare, her bulwarks are fortified, and soon, her armies will march across the galaxy with a righteous zeal. A storm is brewing, one that neither Empire, nor Republic, are prepared for. | {
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How was the Weekend? How the Social Context Underlies Weekend Effects in Happiness and other Emotions for US Workers
In this paper we estimate the size of weekend effects for seven emotions and then explore their main determinants for the working population in the United States, using the Gallup/Healthways US Daily Poll 2008-2012. We first find that weekend effects exist for all emotions, and that these effects are not explained by sample selection bias. Full-time workers have a larger weekend effects than do part- time workers for all emotions except sadness, for which weekend effects are almost identical for all workers. We then explore the sources of weekend effects and find that workplace trust and workplace social relations, combined with differences in social time spent with family and friends, together almost fully explain the weekend effects for happiness, laughter, enjoyment and sadness, for both full-time and part-time workers, with significant but smaller proportions explained for the remaining three emotions - worry, anger and stress. | {
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Exile: A Persian Sung Drama
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Based on Recital of Exile Occidental by Shahabuddin Suhrawardi
Adapted by the director
Since 2014, Saidpour has been developing his Theatre of Active Imagination, a long-term multidisciplinary project in collaboration with performing artists and filmmakers from Iran. The first experimentation—Exile: A Persian Sung Drama—was workshopped and subsequently filmed in 2015 in an architecturally splendid bathhouse from the late Safavid era in Tehran. Exile featured composer-musician Siamak Jahangiri as well as vocalists Hosein Alishapour and Ashkan Kamangari. Three superb artists in the gamut of Persian classical music. | {
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Chicago area readies first televised court hearing
WHEATON – Nearly two decades after the nation watched O.J. Simpson struggle to put on the famous glove, Chicago television viewers will get their first opportunity Wednesday to see a criminal defendant stand before a local courtroom judge.
Judge Robert Kleeman ruled Tuesday to allow one television camera and one still camera in his DuPage County courtroom for the first live broadcast of legal proceedings in the Chicago area. A suburban Chicago woman was expected to enter a plea Wednesday in the stabbing deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl she was babysitting.
Prosecutors say the woman, Elzbieta Plackowska, stabbed her son about 100 times and girl 50 times, at least partly out of anger at her husband.
During Tuesday's hearing a media coordinator told the judge that journalists wanted to put two sets of cameras in his court – one near the witness stand and another next to the jury box. But deputy public defender Michael Mara worried the one near the witness stand would be distracting. The judge agreed.
"I don't think that's necessary," Kleeman said.
When Plackowska enters her plea Wednesday, one still camera and one television camera will be directly behind her as she faces the judge.
DuPage County State's Attorney Robert Berlin said he was satisfied the cameras won't be a problem during the arraignment. But Berlin said if and when the case goes to trial he would want the cameras moved away from the jury box. Berlin was worried about shutter noises from the cameras but photographers had equipment that muffled the sounds.
Tony Capriolo, the media coordinator, said he was disappointed in the judge's ruling because the spot near the witness stand would allow the public to see the faces of Plackowska and the attorneys, while the camera position the judge approved does not,
"This is only going to give us a view of the backs of heads," he said.
He said he recognizes that for judges and attorneys the cameras represent a dramatic change that makes those involved in legal proceedings that have never been photographed a bit leery. The only way that more cameras will be allowed is for everyone involved to see for themselves how unobtrusive televising and photographing the hearings actually is, he said.
Capriolo also said that the local television stations are expected to stream the hearing live on their websites, but he did not know if any of them were planning on carrying it live on television.
Wednesday's arraignment is the highest-profile test yet of a pilot project launched by the Illinois Supreme Court last January to allow media organizations to electronically record court proceedings. Until recently, Illinois was among about a dozen states that do not allow cameras in courtrooms at all.
The pilot project, in which 23 counties have been approved for cameras, has resulted in cameras inside courtrooms during two recent murder trials, with officials saying that both cases went smoothly and that the cameras did not cause any major disruptions. But those trials — one in Kankakee and the other in the far western edge of Illinois – did not attract the kind of media attention expected from one of the biggest media markets in the United States for the Naperville double-murder case.
The case also will be watched closely by the legal community in Cook County, which soon expects to bring court cameras into Chicago itself. The county's chief judge, Timothy Evans, submitted a cameras-in-the-court application soon after the high court announced the pilot program, but the application was deferred because the court wanted to see how things played out in the test counties.
Every state allows some form of recording and broadcasting in at least some court proceedings, with cameras in most states, said Ben Holden, the director of the National Center for the Courts and Media, in Reno, Nev. According to one article by the former director at the center, the first time a hearing was televised was in 1953 in Oklahoma.
Chicago is not the only big city where cameras have not been allowed. Cameras are not allowed, for example, in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh or anywhere else in Pennsylvania.
But they have been a big part of some of the nation's most sensational trials, with the most sensational of all in 1995 when former football great O.J. Simpson was acquitted on charges that he killed his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and a friend of hers.
The nation saw Simpson struggling with the glove prosecutors said he left at the scene after the slayings and attorney Johnnie Cochran telling the jury, "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."
Since then, some of the country's biggest criminal cases have been broadcast live, from that of Casey Anthony, the Florida woman who was acquitted of murdering her 2-year-old daughter to the verdicts in the trial of New York City police officers charged in the shooting of an unarmed African immigrant Amadou Diallo. More recently, cameras have been in the courtroom for appearances by a man charged in the 1979 slaying of 6-year-old Etan Patz in New York.
In Los Angeles, where cameras have captured hearings of all sorts of celebrities, ranging from music producer Phil Spector to Lindsay Lohan, cameras have become part of the courtroom landscape.
"We have cameras in the courtroom somewhere in the county every couple of days, if not daily," said Mary Hearn, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles Superior Court. "It's not a big deal." | {
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Producers, Processors and Manufacturers all use our services to deal with the natural imbalances in the Dairy Market.
A unique approach to many aspects of both broking and trading finds essential supplies of raw or part processed product for clients, often at the eleventh hour, while finding a “home” for their excess.
Our place in the market is that of a trusted ally in smoothing the way for both ends – from farm gate or factory gate.
We offer an outsourced extension to our clients, bolstering their own management teams with detailed planning, logistics and implementation. Delivering on their agreed requests every time.
Quality Driven suppliers are guaranteed through our technical expertise and deep knowledge of the dairy industry.
These relationships have evolved over many years, becoming a comfort for our clients and a benchmark by which we gauge any new entrant to the market or expansions into new product lines.
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The University of Cincinnati will hold Commencement for summer and fall graduates at 9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 10, in Fifth Third Arena. The ceremony celebrates the achievements of master’s, baccalaureate and associate degree graduates.
UC’s Office of Institutional Research reports that over summer and fall, 2,613 students applied for graduation, up more than 200 over the same period last year. Their total degrees include:
Four educators from around the Tristate will be honored with the university’s Cincinnati USA Outstanding Educator Award. The educators were nominated by soon-to-graduate UC students who wanted to honor a K-12 educator who had a lasting impact on the students’ pursuit of a college degree.
Each of the award recipients will be presented with a $1,000 UC scholarship to be awarded to a high school senior who plans to attend UC in the 2012-2013 academic year.
In another unique addition to December’s ceremony, the national anthem will be sung by the University of Cincinnati Cabaret Singers under the direction of Sean Taylor. The performance will celebrate the World Choir Games that are coming to Cincinnati July 4-14.
The UC Commencement ceremony will be webcast by UC’s Presentation Technologies & Services Group, marking the 13th year that Commencement can be viewed via the Internet. | {
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~ A Journal of Democracy and Public Affairs
Snowden vs. Epstein
Who will you believe: Edward Snowden, Laura Poitras, and Glenn Greenwald, or NSA and the United States government? That is the fundamental question underneath Edward Jay Epstein’s recent article in the Wall Street Journal, “The Fable of Edward Snowden”. You can tell from Epstein’s title which side of this question he takes.
For some reason, the Wall Street Journal decided to give extra exposure to Epstein and his book about Snowden, How America Lost Its Secrets: Edward Snowden, the Man and the Theft. It even arranged an interview with Mary Kissel, the Journal‘s untiring answer to MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Kissel opens with this question: should President Obama pardon Edward Snowden? When you try to stir interest with a question that has almost nothing to do with the interview’s main subject, you know you’re off to a bad start.
Early in the Kissel-Epstein love fest, they both refer to Snowden’s theft of government secrets. They want to frame his action emphatically, for if Snowden stole information, he is a spy. If he is a spy, he has lied about his dealings with the Russians, and he is a traitor. If he is all of those things – a thief, a spy, a liar and a traitor – we should certainly not let him back into the country for any other purpose than to stand trial.
So let’s consider this premise, that Snowden stole information from the United States government. The concept of theft applies to this case only if the United States government owns the information. That’s not possible, though, since we own it. We paid for it. We did not give it to the government for safe keeping. We did not transfer ownership as part of any sort of contract. Try to spin a legal theory whereby Snowden took something that did not belong to the people who paid for it, and you come up empty.
If I reveal a fraudulent business operation, where someone distributes suitcases full of counterfeit one hundred dollar bills, would you call me a thief or a spy? Of course not. You would initiate legal proceedings against the counterfeiter.
Of course Epstein will say that ownership is not the issue here: what matters here is secrecy. Government has to manage state secrets, just as it has to manage nuclear weapons. By this reasoning, if you remove a nuclear warhead from an ICBM in its silo, you have stolen it. Similarly, if you remove state secrets from a computer system and publicize them, you have stolen the secrets. This argument is groundless, however, since we have granted government exclusive access to weapons of mass destruction. We have not granted government a similar right of exclusive access to information, certainly not information that pertains to ourselves.
In fact, the information Snowden revealed pertains not only to citizens, but also to extensive, illegal surveillance programs used to collect personal records government has no authority hold. Compare this illegal behavior with another type of crime. If I reveal a fraudulent business operation, where someone distributes suitcases full of counterfeit one-hundred dollar bills, would you call me a thief? Of course not. You would charge me with a crime and prepare an indictment.
As we have learned, though, prosecutors do not like to charge high ranking officials with crimes they commit while they perform their jobs. Moreover, they say the crimes are not crimes. James “Not Wittingly” Clapper claims everything NSA does is legal, because a secret court that authorizes intelligence activities approves its programs. Besides, how can a national security agency commit crimes, when its whole purpose is to protect us?
Significantly, charges of treason against Snowden originate almost entirely within the government.
By this logic, Edward Snowden must be a spy, because he was not actually a member of NSA. He came in as a contractor to steal what belonged to the agency. Under this narrative, he used his access to state secrets to betray his government, and his country. Then he fled, first to Hong Kong and then to the Russians. For Epstein’s purposes, one could not ask for a better prima facie case against a traitor.
Significantly, charges of treason against Snowden originate almost entirely within the government. Mainstream media, as well as writers like Epstein, report the charges as if they have substance. Snowden counters these charges with a reminder that government cannot use its authority to conceal information about illegal activities. That is, it cannot use treason as a cover to protect itself. “If I am traitor, who did I betray? I gave all my information to the American public, to American journalists who are reporting on American issues. If they see that as treason, I think people really need to consider who they think they’re working for. The public is supposed to be their boss, not their enemy.”
Edward Epstein wittingly makes a case for Not Wittingly. Not Wittingly – and the president, for that matter – see unrestricted data collection as pivotal for national security. Yet unrestricted data collection violates the Fourth Amendment, which explicitly rules out exactly that activity. A young, intelligent computer technologist, with his whole life to lose, had guts to say, “Here’s what’s going on. Government engages in far more surveillance than you might have guessed.”
Snowden knew government would go nuts in response. That response, from the moment it began, proved Snowden right. You could see from government’s panicked, hyperactive reaction that Snowden told the truth. In so doing he returned the public’s property to the public. Government will never forgive him. On the other side of the great divide between government and public, Snowden acted as our champion and advocate. The more government calls him a traitor, the more we should appreciate his competence and courage, the more thankful we ought to be for what he accomplished.
Snowden knew government would go nuts in response. That response, from the moment it began, proved Snowden right.
Let’s introduce several more characters in Epstein’s drama: Oliver Stone, Laura Poitras, Glenn Greenwald, Ewen MacAskill, and Sarah Harrison. Epstein suggests that our knowledge of Snowden’s story comes from several sources, including Stone’s film, Snowden. People understand, however, that Snowden is a fictional version of Snowden’s career. Laura Poitras recorded what actually happened in 2013 in her film CitizenFour, a remarkable documentary that you must see if you have not already. This film captures the significance of Snowden’s accomplishment, and the drama of his meetings with Poitras, Greenwald, and MacAskill in Hong Kong. This documentary reminds you the camera does not lie.
The last individual, WikiLeaks’ Sarah Harrison, helped Snowden escape the long arm of the U. S. surveillance and security state. She flew with him from Hong Kong to Moscow. For Epstein, all the people who helped Snowden are co-conspirators, equally traitorous and untrustworthy. Therefore no source close to Snowden can tell his story satisfactorily. The only people who can tell his story, Epstein maintains, are the people inside government who want to shut him up. They want to shut Snowden up in two senses: put him deep in a federal maximum security facility, and make sure no more of the information he gave to Greenwald and Poitras ever becomes public.
Are Poitras and Greenwald liars and traitors because they helped Snowden? Clearly, the people who awarded Poitras an academy award and the George Polk Award in Journalism for CitizenFour do not agree with Epstein. The Guardian, recipient of a Pulitzer prize for its articles by Glenn Greenwald, would also disagree with Epstein’s assessment. Add the people who nominated Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as all the other prizes and recognition Snowden has won.
No one interested in Snowden’s personal safety seeks a presidential pardon for him. Snowden knows that if he returns to the United States, under protection of a pardon or any other circumstance, something bad will happen to him.
So why did the Wall Street Journal sign on to a hit piece by someone who agrees with James Clapper and the rest of Snowden’s enemies? Why did they cast their lot with the surveillance state? Simply publishing an article does not align the Journal with its author’s positions, of course, but the Mary Kissel interview takes the public relations process another significant step. If you follow her work, you know the Journal uses her interviews to promote material it wants to bring to readers’ attention. That’s why she interviews Journal editor Paul Gigot, as well as other columnists, every week.
I cannot say why the Journal would make a mistake about the Snowden story at this point, except that Epstein’s book about Snowden comes out this month. The Journal has not been particularly friendly to the NSA in the past, and it has generally been a voice for civil liberties. It does not seem to practice the chameleon-like journalism the New York Times is famous for. Yet it promotes Epstein’s work, endorses it, and reopens the case against Snowden because, according to Kissel, Snowden wants a pardon from Obama before the president leaves office. No one interested in Snowden’s personal safety seeks a presidential pardon for him. Snowden knows that if he returns to the United States, under protection of a pardon or any other circumstance, something bad will happen to him.
Poitras and Greenwald, as prominent journalists, are the Emile Zola’s of our era. Zola wrote J’Accuse…!, an open letter to France’s president about Alfred Dreyfus, falsely accused of treason and sent to Devil’s Island on a life sentence. Zola went to trial for publication of the letter, and was forced into exile in London for his trouble. The United States government has forced Poitras into exile in Berlin for hers. Greenwald writes from Brazil. They both travel and work more freely because they do not live in the United States.
Snowden’s case symbolizes this question: “Are you loyal to the United States Constitution, or to the United States government?” The two are not the same, and in fact Snowden’s documents show how the United States government made itself the Constitution’s enemy.
Why the comparison to Zola? Alfred Dreyfus’s case in the 1890s became the litmus test for the question, “Are you loyal to the French Republic, or to the French Army?” Similarly, Snowden has become the symbol for a parallel question: “Are you loyal to the United States Constitution, or to the United States government?” The two are not the same, and in fact Snowden’s documents show how the United States government made itself the Constitution’s enemy.
When Greenwald’s first articles about Snowden’s documents appeared, the United States government immediately demonstrated its grasp of this conflict – and its significance – when it charged Edward Snowden with espionage. It rallied its national security doctrines, apologists and machinery to proclaim, “It’s us or our enemies.” Enemies means people who care about the Constitution. Its leaders recognized the surveillance state would have to defeat Snowden’s ideas – his ideal of a free state – as well as his credibility in order to survive.
Over nearly four years, the United States government has gradually lost ground. Now Epstein and the Journal step up to say, “Let’s stop this retreat. We ought to strengthen our case against traitors who lie.” Epstein and the Journal deserve to lose the fight they have picked. When they open their indictment with the word “theft”, which confirms their view of Snowden as a liar and spy, they declare their contempt for our Constitution. They support the structure of falsehood and illegality endorsed by Mr. Clapper and his friends at NSA.
This interview from the Wall Street Journal illustrates how closely Edward Snowden’s story parallels that of Alfred Dreyfus in France 120 years ago. It is the Affair of our time, except that the central figure is exiled, rather than in prison.
One hundred twenty years from now, the people who condemn Snowden so confidently will stand discredited, in the same way that Dreyfus’s accusers stand discredited now. | {
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I had a look at that - unfortunately, it's on the same weekend as Truck Nine (which I have tickets for). It's a shame, cos my brother lives right by Trowbridge, which would make it all a lot easier in case of downpour. | {
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Kamala Harris lays out the core ideals of her 2020 campaign in her new book, ‘The Truths We Hold’
By Kate Tuttle
Jan 28, 2019 | 11:30 AM
Kamala Harris delivers the commencement speech at her alma mater, Howard University, on May 13, 2017. (Courtesy of Kamala Harris)
As the campaign season ramps up, so too are the releases of political memoirs; we recently saw publication of Chris Christie’s "Let Me Finish," as well as Cliff Sims’ gossipy “Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House.” One of the most high-profile books is by a notable entrant into the Democratic race for president. In “The Truths We Hold,” U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris makes her case for America’s attention, respect and votes. Books such as this tend to play it safe, and they aren't built to change minds — I can’t see a Republican falling for Harris after reading her autobiography — but they do strive to attract supporters who might not know much about the candidate, put a positive spin on any potential negative talking points and paint a picture of what this person would be like were they ever to occupy the White House.
If the pages of her book are to be trusted, a Kamala Harris White House would be a busy, hardworking place staffed with serious policy wonks who strive to maintain a personal touch. It’s difficult to imagine a politician, or life story, in more direct contrast to the executive office’s current occupant (whose name, notably, appears only a scant handful of times in her book).
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Harris grew up in Oakland, the elder daughter of immigrant parents — father from Jamaica, mother from India — who met in graduate school at Berkeley. The pair raised her and her sister in a household that valued education, political activism and community service. Her parents divorced when she was young; her mother, Shyamala, who had arrived at Berkeley as an act of rebellion against the social expectation that she would return to India and an arranged marriage, found her home in Oakland’s black community, where she was “welcomed and enveloped.” She raised her girls to be “confident, proud black women,” grounding them in a childhood anchored by music, church, piano lessons and a neighborhood community center.
All that changed when Shyamala, a cancer researcher, took a job in Montreal and moved the girls from the Bay Area, a place “bursting with black pride,” to a cold new city where she enrolled them in a French-speaking school named Our Lady of the Snows. After her Canadian sojourn, Harris went to Howard University, the historically black college, and then returned to her beloved California for law school.
As is the pattern in these books, Harris braids together the personal and the political — readers might find themselves tempted to skim through what feels like a campaign speech to return to a life story that genuinely entrances. But that would be a mistake; Harris provides a very clear picture of the kind of leader she hopes to be, as well as the way her mind works when she confronts various issues, including crime, healthcare and foreign policy.
Pointedly, she begins with a long chapter about her tenure as Alameda County district attorney, a job that has provoked some skepticism among potential voters on the left. Harris identifies herself as “a progressive prosecutor,” focused on fairness and justice. “I know that some … questioned how I, as a black woman, could countenance being part of ‘the machine’ putting more young men of color behind bars,” Harris writes, but she argues that her focus is on the victims, also disproportionately people of color. At the same time, she adds, we need to reform our prison system, which she says too often serves as “a living monument to lost potential.”
Harris is perhaps at her most impressive in talking about our current situation — both politically and economically. In letters from her constituents, she writes, she sees one narrative, “the story of Americans trapped in a cost-of-living crisis, where everything from housing and healthcare to child care and education is way more expensive than it used to be while wages remain as low as they’ve been in decades,” she writes. “The letters I receive consistently tell the story of the hollowing-out of the middle class.”
Throughout, there are unmistakable echoes of the kind of inclusive tone often struck by former President Obama. “For all our differences, for all the battles, for all the fights, we are still one American family,” she writes, “and we should act like it.” But at other moments, she hints at a harder edge than the “no-drama” former president. During her time as California’s attorney general, during the worst of the economic downturn, she found herself in a battle with the biggest mortgage bankers. “They seemed to be under the misimpression that I could be bullied into submission,” she scoffs. Later, she expresses her hope to be “a joyful warrior,” a phrase that harks back to the last century, and perhaps foreshadows a fierce fight for the country’s top office. | {
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SUMMER BREEZEMARGATE – SELF CATERING
Summer Breeze is a well established 13 sleeper family holiday home and is situated in the quaint beach village of Margate. Stepping back in time is how one could describe your beach holiday with all the added convenience of modern comforts. It is situated close to all amenities and just a short drive to the main swimming beach, shopping center, golf course etc.
A housekeeper can be arranged for the duration of your stay at an additional cost.
IN SUMMARY
Guests Permitted 13
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O'Hara's Irish Red | Carlow Brewing Company
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After browsing around to see what the highest rated Irish stouts were on the site, I was quite surprised to see this Irish red from County Carlow at the Whole Foods in Hillcrest.
It pours out a wonderfully dark but unmistakably amber into the old Duvel tulip, with a nice, fluffy head that's just slightly tan in color. Good lacing as the head dissipates.
The nose is quite spicy up front, with a strong malt backbone. Little to no bitter notes. On the palate it's very malty with just some hints of spice and a little tiny bit of funkiness... I get a little bit of pine resin and the hops are there, barely, at the end.
Mouthfeel is pretty good; it's a tad thin but not off-balance. It's drinkable: smooth and if anything a bit too sweet, but overall a nice showing.
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Pours a nice clear amber with a one finger head that is gone pretty quickly,heavy caramel malt aroma along with some brown sugar and highly toasted grain makes it pretty aromatic.Pretty sharp mouthfeel though pretty darn prickly on the tongu the only drawback to this brew in my opinion.Big and toasty flavors some almost butterscotch flavors come thru no hop bitterness really but that tru to the Irish red style.Pretty flavorful but the mouthfeel brings down the scores a little on this one.
After drinking a few of these beers the mouthfeel was alot smoother and rounder,maybe just one bad bottle in the bunch the better mouthfeel made this brew alot better.
Appearance This one poured a deep reddish brown with a good, solid off-white head that showed some tenacious retention. So far so good.
Smell The malts here are big at the nose and full of unsweetened molasses. Its almost reminiscent of a bock in that regard. Theres little else to the bouquet that I can pick out.
Taste The malt flavors are very intense. The raw molasses from the nose steps back a bit but the gooey liquid malt flavor is sharp. Its almost yeasty in a way with lots of butter on the sides of the tongue.
Mouthfeel This is medium-bodied with an English-type of bitterness from the malts and some light carbonation. It feels very concentrated in between the cheeks.
Drinkability This is a lot bigger than it looks. Its a big beer for sure and I seem to have enjoyed it more than the few others who have posted reviews.
A pretty beer: red/brown color with a huge tan head that resembled whipped cream. Very sticky. The aroma was on the light side, light roasted malt and some fruit. Lemony taste, some caramel, and a little bitterness at the end. A pleasant beer, easy to drink a few of these.
New arrival at the Richmond Road location of the Liquor Barn, in Lexington, Ky. This 330 ml(11.2 oz) bottle pours a clear copper body with a one inch head that is tinted between offwhite and beige. The head quickly falls to a film, leaving some patchy lace on the glass. Aroma is mostly spicy herbal hops, with a slightly sweetish pale malt background. Mouthfeel is light bodied with prickly carbonation. Taste begins with some biscuity pale malt sweetness that is quickly subdued by an herbal/floral hops bitterness. The mild hops bitterness rides through to the finish. Crisp and refreshing, and pleasantly drinakble. Not quite as good as a Smithwicks, but in the same league.
Ruddy copper with strawberry hues and a quickly rising and then quickly departing foamy head that leaves a fine cap and long tendrils rising up the side of the glass like vines. Aroma is bright, almost moist, sweet malt with some pungent hop and cinnamon. Thin mouthfeel leads to an odd malt base, almost smokey, with some fruit and spice and a slightly tannic finish that imparts an iced tea flavor. Sort of metallic flavor lingers. Small bits of hop poking through, but could easily be missed.
Pours red, a little darker than average, no head.
Aroma was kind of flat beer.
Taste, some slight tang to the ale, but really not much going on. The bitterness prolly isn't desireable in this style of beer. Tastes as if it is a half red, half brown ale blend with the slight nuttiness and subtlety (read: boring) that fans of session beers like. Lacking depth, substance, ingredients it seems.
Pours a deep ruby brown color forming a large creamed coffee like hue, fine speckled lacing forms evenly on the sides of my chalice. Aroma has some mild fruit notes, hints of grape and cherry with earthy rounded notes with a nice malt presence. Much more palatable than the last Irish Red I tried at double the price. Hints of peated malt, fruitiness lingers on throughout the maltiness, this beer could become one dimensional unless you really really like it. Underlying fruit blends nicely together, minimal hops. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with even flowing carbonation going on. No harsness on the palate really smoth and expressive. This was a solid authentic offering of the style from across the pond. | {
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A's Pitcher Throws Perfect Game
Oakland's Braden is perfect against Rays
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OAKLAND, CA - MAY 09: Dallas Braden #51 of the Oakland Athletics celebrates after pitching a perfect game against the Tampa Bay Rays during an MLB game at the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum on May 9, 2010 in Oakland, California. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
Updated at 11:37 AM PST on Monday, May 10, 2010
An Oakland A's pitcher threw a perfect game Sunday in front of a small hometown crowd on Mother's Day. The 12,228 who showed up for the game saw Dallas Braden become just the 19th pitcher in Major League history to accomplish the feat.
It took Braden 109 pitches to retire all 27 batters against the Tampa Bay Rays -- 77 of the pitches were strikes. The final score was 4-0, but all the other zeroes are what made the game special.
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Braden threw his arms in the air after Gabe Kapler grounded out to the shortstop for the final out. The left-hander pointed to the sky in honor of his mom, Jodie Atwood, who died of cancer when he was a high school senior. He then shared a long and tearful hug with his grandma, Peggy Lindsey, the woman who raised him, in front of the dugout.
"It's without a doubt a team effort," Braden said. "You got eight guys out there chasing balls and knocking balls down for me. So this is ours, not just mine, this is ours."
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Before Sunday, Braden was probably best known for his angry reaction when Yankee-great Alex Rodriguez walked across the pitching mound on April 22. The squabble was still making news last week. On Friday in Boston, A-Rod said he didn't want "to extend his extra 15 minutes of fame." Braden took care of that himself by throwing the no hitter.
It was also the very first complete game of his career.
It was the majors' first perfect game since Mark Buehrle did it for the White Sox against the Rays on July 23.
An A's pitcher hasn't thrown a perfect game since Catfish Hunter did it May 8, 1968. Dave Stewart threw a no-hitter in Toronto on June 29, 1990.
It was also a quick game, lasting just over two hours. A perfect game means none of the 27 batters make it to first base. A no-hitter means no one gets a hit, but batters can get on base either by a walk or an error.
Last Mother's Day does not hold a good memory for Braden. He was hit by a line drive by Vernon Wells one year ago.
"You know, a year later you don't expect anything like this," he said. "I'm just happy to be putting on the costume a year later." | {
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Anyone can watch this Live event on the pay per view channel. The show starts at 3:pm on Aug 22,2015 here is the Channel to purchase tickets and the commercial for event.http://social.filmon.com/themovement | {
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Derby Talk
Derby Talk is a forum for Pinewood Derby, Awana Grand Prix, Kub Kar Rally, Shape N Race Derby, Space Derby, Raingutter Regatta and other similar races where a child and an adult work together to create a race vehicle and a lot of fun and memories
Basically the detectors (receivers) are mounted in a LED holder and a hole slightly smaller then the holder is drilled into the track. The holder is then pushed up thru the hole from underneath (it won't go though because of the smaller hole) and a piece of foam can be used to keep it in place. There are pictures of this method at the link above. (Clicking on the pictures should zoom them and some have additional detail in the zoom.)
I have a wooden track but otherwise configured the same way (e.g. I'm using LED holders, push from the bottom, etc).
The problem I have is that the wires for the receivers (+ the wire to the timer) are bent into 90's and weaken over time and break. What I wonder is if there is some sort of shield I can wrap to keep this from flexing too much and breaking.
rcrit wrote:I have a wooden track but otherwise configured the same way (e.g. I'm using LED holders, push from the bottom, etc).
The problem I have is that the wires for the receivers (+ the wire to the timer) are bent into 90's and weaken over time and break. What I wonder is if there is some sort of shield I can wrap to keep this from flexing too much and breaking.
What if you snipped the leads for the photodiodes down short and soldered flexible wires to them?
I've tried to address the main issues builders have come across while building the timer. There are still a few areas I'm working on (solenoid start gate circuit, updating the schematics, etc.) so it will be an ongoing process.
There are a couple of custom configurations that I've helped people with and I'm working to make them a general configuration option for everyone, these should be done in the next week or so:
option for the timer to drive two displays per lane (front & back of finish line) for up to 4 lanes
option for the timer to drive the Adafruit 1.2" displays (they have to be used upside down because of the decimal point location)
A few examples of recent PDTs built are shown below, you can see more on the Timer Builds page of the website.
option for the timer to drive two displays per lane (front & back of finish line) for up to 4 lanes
option for the timer to drive the Adafruit 1.2" displays (mounted upside down because of the decimal point location, also requires modifying display library)
a hardware test mode to help test and verify the PDT construction. If the PDT utilizes displays the HW test mode will let you test lane detector and start gate operation and set the display brightness level
jzarvey wrote:
Hi all. Thought I would give an update on this project. I was able to "splice in" to our Pack's Fast Lane P2XL timer. Note that this "timer" only displays finish order and for this year we were looking to be able to interface it with a computer to use with Grand Prix Race Manager. With the help of Indy's Arduino timer, some help from Indy himself, and some reverse engineering of the Fast Lane timer I was able to accomplish our goal and save some money for the pack.
Our derby was today and everything worked the way we wanted.
I will be putting together an outline of what I did and posting it in the near future. For now, it is time to recover from the Derby.
Hi all,
I our pack also has the P2XL timer, and I'm interested in "splicing" in an Arduino to facilitate serial communication to a computer running Derby Day software. Did the outline referenced above ever get put together?
Had a GPRM user that was running into trouble using the software with your timer. I did notice that the GPRM settings on your website list a Retrieve Data command. That command is not necessary if the timer will send the results to the computer automatically after the heat is over. I had the user remove that command and the interface started working for him. If you could update your settings, I would appreciate it.
gpraceman wrote:Had a GPRM user that was running into trouble using the software with your timer. I did notice that the GPRM settings on your website list a Retrieve Data command. That command is not necessary if the timer will send the results to the computer automatically after the heat is over. I had the user remove that command and the interface started working for him. If you could update your settings, I would appreciate it.
HI Randy - thanks for the heads up on this issue. I've corrected the website to indicate that the field needs to remain blank. I also cleaned-up the wording of that section to match the labels, etc. of the latest version of GPRM.
The main benefit of the new website is that it is mobile ready - basically it is usable on phones or tablets. (If you ever tried using the old site on a phone you will know what an improvement this is.) All of the old links should redirect to the new site but I will attempt to get them all updated.
Here's a picture of a recent build (Pleasant Hill Baptist Church - Ohio) with a clever track design - it has two sets of (selectable) lights & detectors which allows for either Pinewood Derby (on the rails) or Hot Wheels (between the rails) racing. | {
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The True Value of Financial Wellness in The Workplace
Workplace Wellness As unemployment drops, companies are finding more comprehensive benefits packages like these are making them employers of choice.
Chatrane Birbal
Senior Advisor, Governmental Relations, SHRM
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According to a 2018 study by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), U.S. organizations are increasingly offering comprehensive financial benefit plans as a means of recruiting and retaining top talent. That’s no surprise as the same study revealed personal anxiety and financial stress can have a significant effect on employees, leading to decreased productivity, inability to focus, poor health and low retention.
Chatrane Birbal, senior advisor on governmental relations at SHRM, believes there are emerging trends in employee financial wellness that correlate directly to the economy. “With the unemployment rate now less than 4 percent,” she says, “employers want to remain an employer of choice.” And that means expanding benefit options beyond basic healthcare to include comprehensive retirement offerings, financial advice, stock options, low- or no-interest loans and, perhaps most importantly, education assistance.
Overcoming student debt
For younger workers, student debt has become a major issue to consider. Birbal points to federal government estimates that indicate “there are 44 million Americans with student loan debt, bringing the total U.S. student debt burden to more than $1.5 trillion.” Given such daunting statistics, it’s no surprise to Birbal that retirement plans aren’t always top of mind for recent graduates. “Younger individuals entering the workforce may be fixated on getting rid of debt and not thinking about retirement because it seems so far away.” But new plans and innovative solutions may help turn the tide.
SHRM has been advocating for a bill in congress to address the issue of student debt. “One of the policy issues that we work on is the expansion of employer-provided education assistance to include student loan repayment as a benefit.” It’s an example of HR professionals and employers working together to develop innovative solutions that truly speak to the needs and wellbeing of their employees. In fact, says Birbal, “Tying retirement to repayment of student loans may become a new norm.”
Focusing on the long term
Still, Birbal stresses that everyone needs to take a step back in order to see the bigger picture and that retirement planning is still hugely important. “The latest research shows that Americans have a $4.3 trillion deficit in retirement savings. Employers know that many employees, particularly those that are new to the workforce, need to do a better job of planning for retirement.”
According to Birbal, that’s where your HR professional comes into play. “In today’s modern workplace, HR professionals really serve as strategic business partners in their respective companies.” They work with management to create the compensation packages that employees truly need and value, and they advise employees about all the different benefit options available to them and the best ways to plan for long-term financial fitness.
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We’re indebted to Gwyneth Borden for raising up her hand, once again, to offer her wisdom as a civic leader. A candidate for BART Board of Directors and a long time BART transit user, Gwyneth Borden is a high-energy diva visionary with incredible insights for BART’s future. In a conversation on the run up to Election Day 2016, she shared her wealth of ideas about how to make our regional transit more efficient and effective.
Once “the crown jewel of public transportation,” Gwyneth shares details on where BART currently requires investment to attain a “state of good repair,” as it suffers from antiquated tracks, train control system, and a power infrastructure built in the late 1960s. Nearly 45 years after the first riders hopped on BART in 1972, an estimated $9.6 billion is required to turn things around before the system ages beyond repair.
Gwyneth says a key funding component to the tune of $3.5 billion as a general obligation bond measure is essential to replace tracks, improve safety and increase train reliability as physical parts of the system reach the end of their practical lifespan. That bond measure appears on the November 8th general election ballot as Measure RR.
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Looking at ways the fare structure can revised to better serve low income commuters and students and improving access for disabled riders. Keeping BART in a state of good repair to avoid getting in this position again.
Expanding service and hours, coordinating with other transportation systems, and exploring BART’s considerable assets to create housing near stations.
San Francisco Chronicle has endorsed Gwyneth Borden for an opening on the BART Board of Directors, citing her “depth of experience in the private and public sectors…and commitment to transit.” Learn more at BordenforBART.com. The district seat she seeks is a San Francisco one, covering the BART stations from Powell Street to part of Balboa Park.
Gwyneth has worked in the public, private and nonprofit sectors. Gwyneth is the executive director of the Golden Gate Restaurant Association (RA), while also serving on the SFMTA Board of Directors. She served on the Mayor’s 2030 Transportation Task Force, the San Francisco Planning Commission for six years, the 2003 Expenditure Plan Advisory Committee that authored the half-cent sales tax for transportation which today funds the city’s transportation projects.
Prior to her time at GGRA, Gwyneth worked for 10 years at IBM, where she worked on innovative initiatives like Smarter Cities and Smarter Planet. A former aide to then Supervisor Gavin Newsom, she actually started her career on Capitol Hill working for retiring Senator Barbara Boxer. | {
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Few of us in America ever pause to count the cost, in pounds, shillings and pence, and in terms of human suffering, at which the English people laid the foundations for this country. That in itself is a story worth recalling. —Wesley Frank CravenDissolution of the Virginia Company
Caveat: John’s actual surname is Army. He is not a member of the Arvin family, but he is an interesting character in his own right. See Sidebar below.
John “Arvine” was born in England in Elizabethan times, that is to say during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I. He was born in the southern Cotswolds of the West Country in the year 1589, the year following England’s great defeat of the Spanish Armada. He was baptized there, in one of the fine stone churches built with wool money—St. George’s Anglican Church in the town of King’s Stanley, Gloucestershire, on 25 September 1589.1The Cotswolds (“cots,” stone sheep pens; “wolds,” the rolling hills) were the very heart of England’s woolen industry, producing what was considered the finest wool in the world. Just about everyone living in the Cotswolds at this time was involved in the woolen industry in one way or another, so we can guess that the Arvines were sheep farmers or engaged in some trade which processed the wool cloth or brought it to market. We have no documentation of John’s early life, but we can conjecture that the family was typical of the West Country rural farmers or townspeople “of the middling sort.” They apparently were church-goers, although there are no other life events recorded (births, marriages or deaths) for Arvines or variant spellings in Gloucestershire Parish Registers that have survived. (There is a possible exception: the marriage of John “Hardine” to Elizabeth Allen on 26 November 1576.)2 They may have lived in the area only during the time John was born.
John and his family were contemporaries of William Shakespeare, son of a glove maker (and an unlicensed wool trader), who was also born and raised in the West Country, in the nearby town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, twenty-five years earlier. By the time John was a youngster, though, Shakespeare had moved to London and was on the threshold of greatness as a playwright and a favorite of the royal court. But we can imagine that much of John’s early childhood, schooling, clothing, lifestyle, housing, pastimes, etc. would have been similar to Shakespeare’s. (John probably could read and write, as we shall see later.)Shakespeare’s early life in the West Country would have been similar to John’s. It is also likely that at some point in time John’s family came to consider themselves Puritans, part of a growing movement within the Anglican Church. These Puritans, believed that the state Church of England still had too many trappings of the Catholic Church in it; that it was not “pure” enough. They would not conform to the traditional Anglican style of worship, and also became known as “non-conformists.”
John was 14 years old when Queen Elizabeth died, the Tudor line ended, and James of Scotland came south to accept the English crown as the first Stuart king. And it was during the reign of King James that England, which had emerged as a world sea power under Elizabeth, realized its goal of colonizing the New World. John would play a part of this great effort and it is because he did so that we are here today. In fact, that is why this sketch is written in English.Great Britain, as the King called it, was in competition with other countries, especially Spain, at this time in colonizing newly discovered territories, including America. Emigration from England to these places became a national goal. Economic and social conditions at the time also led to mounting pressure on those of the middling sort and the poorer sort, and the hope of making a better life away from the mother country sprang up in the hearts and minds of the people. “Low wages and hard living conditions, both in town and country caused many to look to Virginia as a land of opportunity.”3 Inflation during the sixteenth century and an increasing population combined to relentlessly drive down the purchasing power of wages in the Kingdom. By 1600 it had declined by 57% from the turn of the previous century.4 In addition to economic pressures, King James, as the head of the Church of England, also took a hard line with the Puritans, and persecuted them for their non-conformity. (“I will make them conform or I will harry them out of the land.”) This also made emigration an attractive option. A traditional joint-stock company was organized and granted a charter by the King in 1606, primarily to make a profit, but also as a patriotic enterprise to realize England’s goals of colonization in America. Its name was, “the Treasurer and Companie of Aduenturors and Planters of the Cittie of London for the first Colonie in Virginia.”Known simply as “The Virginia Company of London,” it was given monopoly control of the lower Chesapeake Bay, and was allowed to colonize this area for its own benefit. It was this company which established the colony of Virginia, named after the Virgin Queen Elizabeth, and its first settlement, Jamestown, named after King James. The company was continually recruiting “Adventurers” (venture capitalists) of the merchant class to invest in the stock of the company, and “Planters,” (those who would actually plant themselves in the colony, the spot where they planted themselves being called the “plantation.”)“The Virginia Company certainly used handbills, ballads, sermons by friendly ministers and other means of cheap mass advertising to persuade the ordinary men and women that the crock of gold could be found in America. The large merchants doubtless had their own methods. The majority of emigrants were probably recruited and shipped by individual small merchant partnerships using pack-horse men, peddlers, carriers and other agents to reach the villages and towns of England with news of the benefits to be gained by venturing overseas. Probably, too, many men were recruited in the seaports where they had already drifted in search of adventure and employment. One vital point to remember is that the English were not a particularly settled nation. For most emigrants, the distance across the Atlantic and the virgin soils to be expected there were the only new factors. They and their families were already accustomed to migration; emigration held few additional terrors.”5 John Arvine was one of those who were to come under the influence of the Virginia Company of London.
In 1607, when John was just 18, Jamestown was established. The Company had a flare for self-promotion, and did its best to make sure England was well aware of the colony. It launched a great multi-ship flotilla from London and the port town of Plymouth, bound for Virginia, in 1609 amid much fanfare.Broadsides were regularly posted in the yard at London’s great St. Paul’s Cathedral, and brochures were readily available there as well. Until 1621 when King James put an end to it, the company operated a national lottery to fund its efforts. Captain John Smith and Ralph Hamor had returned home from Virginia and had each written a book. The great Indian chief Powhatan’s daughter, Pocahontas, who had saved Smith’s life early on in the colony, had become legend. She had married John Rolfe, bore him a son, and even made a visit with them to England in June of 1616. The Rolfes had landed at Plymouth and traveled to London by coach with their entourage, where they had remained through the following winter, much to the fascination of the royal court and the entire country. But Pocahontas had fallen ill as they were about to return to Virginia, and had died at Gravesend, London’s port. Rolfe had been forced to leave Thomas the baby with friends at Plymouth and return alone. (Thomas returned to Virginia later as a young man, in John’s time, and lived out his life there.)The mismanagement of the little colony, which would almost prove to be its undoing, was also common knowledge in England and had put the company in ill repute. Thousands of Planters had died in Virginia or on the way over, and the Adventurers’ stock had “decayed,” as Captain John Smith put it. Even one of Shakespeare’s never-produced plays, Timon of Athens, hinted at the disaster that was early Jamestown (from digging for gold to digging for roots.) Shakespeare was a close personal friend of Rev. Richard Buck, who had married Pocahontas and John Rolfe at the church at Jamestown in 1614.6Jamestown had become “laughingstock,” to use a phrase that Shakespeare coined, for the comedians of the day.
Due to the Virginia Company’s mismanagement, the early years of the colony were disastrous times of disease, starvation, Indian attacks, community labor practices and martial law, not to mention a financial abyss for the investors. The King’s Privy Council allowed the Company to rewrite its charter three times in an effort to right itself in those early days, and finally in 1618 it came out with its “greate Charter” which did away with martial law and established a representative form of self government in the colony. It also initiated the famous “headright” land grant system whereby fifty acres of land in Virginia was granted for each person who “adventured” himself or another person to Virginia at his expense. In 1619, a new treasurer, Sir Edwin Sandys, with his deputy John Ferrar, took control (both at an exorbitant Sallarie, some thought.)8 But he was bursting with a myriad of new projects for the company, even though it was under serious financial strain and more than £8,000 in debt at the time.9 The Company’s Adventurers had expended over £100,000 of their own and company money, and countless man-hours of time and labor, on the economy of Virginia.10Emigration to Virginia picked up considerably, however, with this reorganization and with the treasurer’s more active recruitment and development projects. “Sandys endeavored…to interest prospective settlers of good character in all sections of the country, and with some success. In reviewing the first year’s accomplishments the council claimed that settlers of that year had been mostly choice men born and bred to labor and industry…100 men ‘brought up to Husbandry’ had come out of Devon, above 110 were from Warwickshire and Staffordshire, about 40 from Sussex and the remainder ‘out of divers Shires of the Realme.’”11 In fact, now began what is known as The Great Migration.12 The net population of the colony began to slowly grow, although horrific losses to disease and Indian attacks continued. Based on emigrant lists the company itself had prepared, there were about 700 English in Virginia in March of 1619. These, together with the 3,570 sent over during the next three years, in forty-two separate sailings, made a total of 4,270 in the colony during the period. But in these years over 3,000 died, leaving only about 1240 alive by March of 1622.13 And the worst was yet to come.The Company’s response to all these loses was to simply recruit and ship even more settlers across the Atlantic as replacements. (In April and May of 1622 alone ten more ships departed for Virginia with 580 settlers and 120 cattle.) And it was at this point in time, on one of those ships, that William Newman and his partner John traveled to the new world. They were among those who had decided that Virginia offered more for them than England. They had decided to become Planters, and plant themselves in America. There were basically four reasons why men like William and John emigrated to America: the age-old call of adventure, wanting to be associated with a highly publicized venture, being footloose with nothing much else to do, or having adventure thrust upon them by their families.14 Captain John Smith wrote that, at the time, “…Tobacco [is valued] at three shillings the pound, and [in Virginia] they value a mans labour a yeere worth fifty or threescore pound…”15 In other words, a person could make a tremendous amount of money growing tobacco in Virginia. Our partners must have felt that the opportunity to seek their fortunes growing tobacco in the colony outweighed the risks of being there. And so, they went.
There is no record of any Arvines or Newmans (including The Robert Newman Company) investing in the joint-stock of the Virginia Company of London as Adventurers. But William and John may have had financial support from their families or from The Robert Newman Company, because trans-Atlantic passage alone cost the goodly sum of six pounds sterling. (Historians differ on how to value English currency of the period, but we can think of a pound sterling, written £, as about $1000.00, a shilling as $50.00, and a penny, often written as “d” after the Roman coin dinarius, as $4.00 in today’s money.) It is also quite possible that they were recruited in Plymouth by a certain Robert Newland. He was a highly favored provisioner to the Virginia Company of both settlers and supplies, who operated from the Isle of Wight, which is off the south coast of England opposite Portsmouth. He “…hath beene well approved by Plimouth & other Countries wch doe imploye him.”16 Newland may have put William and John in touch with his associate, a certain Nathaniel Basse, gentleman, who was developing his own plantation in Virginia and actively seeking settlers to populate it.Robert Newland and Nathaniel Basse were both associated with a group of strong Puritan-leaning Adventurers led by Sir Richard Worsley, Member of Parliament, Knight Baronet and also a resident of Isle of Wight. The group had been granted a patent for a plantation in Virginia in 1619, downriver from Jamestown, and it had been occupied. But it had been abandoned after the death of its Captain, Christopher Lawne, and many of the settlers. By 1621 Nathaniel Basse and another member of the group, Edward Bennett, a wealthy merchant with a fleet of ships, had both been granted their own patents for plantations further downriver from Jamestown in an area known as Warrascoyack, named after the Indian tribe living there. The area is close to the present-day city of Smithfield. 17 Bennett’s plantation was below Burwell Bay on the James River at present-day Rock Wharf. Basse’s plantation was nearby, being situated on the east side of Pagan Bay, on the Pagan River before it empties into the James. Today it is a marshy area up from Pagan Point. Here is the surveyor’s description of it, taken from its sale years later:
“…beginning at ye mouth of Polentine swamp, which divides ye sd Taberer’s land from ye land of Mr. James Day, thence up the said swamp north 32 degrees west, 80 poles to a locust sapling in JohnMunger’s line, then by Munger’s south west 92 poles to a white oaknear ye head of a small gutt, thence down ye said gutt south 25 degreeswesterly 60 poles to Hutchinson’s creek, and thence by various coursesdown ye sd creek and ye Crosse creek to ye Maine Pagan creek, thennortheast by ye Maine creek side 120 poles to yr mouth of said Taberer’s own creeke, then up that creek and Jones’ hole creek to a locust post in ye marsh, and then north 53 degrees west 40 poles to ye first station.”18 [1 pole = 16.5 feet]
Basse’s patent was for more than 300 acres, conditional on his recruiting and transporting one hundred settlers to develop it.19 These “hundreds” or “particular plantations” as they were called, were private enterprises and were not under direct control of the Company, although they did operate under its corporate umbrella. The particular plantation concept had caught on in recent years after former Governor Argall and Ralph Hamor had returned to Virginia with John Rolfe, and then began to recruit settlers to come to their own plantations at their own expense. It was seen by the company as a way to expand the colony at no further cost to itself, and it was very much encouraged.Nathaniel Basse had named his plantation “Basse’s Choyse,” and had already escorted some settlers into the colony to “seate” it. It may have been that Robert Newland recruited William and John, and put them in touch with Basse, who agreed to advance passage for them into Virginia in return for their becoming “half-share tenants” on his plantation. They would work for him for perhaps three years, splitting the profits of their labor, after which they would be freemen and on there own. Since this was a private arrangement, the two sides could have come to any agreement acceptable to the parties without approval of the company. However, it seems more likely that William and John paid for their own passage and were freeman from the very beginning, only intending to settle on Basse’s plantation as a favor to him in meeting his quota and as a convenience to themselves. Basse family traditions vary, but it appears that Nathaniel Basse was already building on his plantation, and had made a trip back to London with his wife Mary. They may have left some of their children under nanny’s care in the colony, and Basse was now about to return with more of his own settlers on a company-chartered ship which was carrying servants and apprentices for the company. It is our good fortune that numerous records of the Virginia Company (which was in operation until 1624) still exist. Thomas Jefferson, a Virginian of a later era, obtained an extensive collection of these records and sold it to the United States. (They formed the first holdings of the Library of Congress.) From these records we can draw an amazingly detailed picture of John’s trip to the New World and his early life there.
The ship that took him to the New World was the Furtherance, a 180-ton galleon typical of its class. It might have been quite similar to the Mayflower, a galleon which had taken another Puritan group of Planters (associated with Christopher Lawne, and later known as “Pilgrims”) from Plymouth, England, to Cape Cod two years before. We know that the Furtherance left Gravesend about June 11 or 12, 1622. Watermen would have ferried the passengers a few miles down the traffic-congested Thames River in their open barges from London to Gravesend, where the transatlantic sailing vessels moored, for a toll of 2d apiece. “The good ship the Furtherance” was to carry a total of eighty passengers on this trip, counting those who would board later at the provisioning stop to be made at the Isle of Wight. Ship’s master was Captain William Eden, with the mysterious alias, Mr. Sampson. We even know some of the passenger’s names: John Walker, --- Hosier, William Jackson, William Apleby, John Manby, Arthur Cooke, and Steven.20 Also on board were three indentured servants and an apprentice whom the company was transporting to the colony at its expense: George Pelton, Richard Willis, Clement Melton and Richard Buttry, a “tayler.”(Typically, servants and apprentices contracted to work for the company for seven years in return for half of the profits of their labor—“tenants at halves”—after which they would be freemen. No land was included in the deal, but the company provided them with a year’s supply of food and cattle, along with clothes, weapons, tools and other equipment.)
These four must have been brimming with confidence (outwardly, at least) and cut dashing figures, because we know from “The Accompt of the charge of the .4. servants sent into Virginia in the Ship called the furtherance” thateach had been expensively outfitted by the company with a canvas suit, a wastcote, two cloth cassocks, a pair of knit and a pair of Irish stockins, three shirts, two pairs of shoes, a [knit wool Monmouth] cap, three bands and three handkerchiefs, plus points, garters, girdles, knives and trusses. They had been allocated five ells [= 225 inches] of canvas for their sea beds and bolsters [pillows], a sea rugge, three gallons and a pint of aqua-vite [water of life – wiskey], and a caske to put it in, a chest to pack things in, and maylinge cord. The company had also paid “the wages [expenses] of the .4. men till .26. Mai at 6p a peece by the day whereof .3. of them were entertained [room and board] the xxxth of Aprill and the other about a week after,” and twenty-four pounds “for the passage and dyet [meals] of them into Virginia.” It also paid ten shillings, “To the Surgeon that was hired to look unto the passengers on shipboard towards the charge of furnishinge his chest,” and 22d “ffor a Testament for one of them much desiringe the same.”They were also given three shillings each, “at their departure for to serve them at the Ile of Wight and at their arrival while they should stay at Iames City.” And there was one last entry: “Item to Mr. Allin who had the conductinge of them and the rest of the passengers to Gravesend for one nights supp and breckfast before they could be taken in a shipboard…20s 8d.” The company was spending 10 lbs sterling per man of stockholders’ money just to outfit them and get them to Virginia.21And from an invoice for on a later trip on another ship we get a good idea of how servants were provisioned by the Company. We have Mr. Webb’s “A Proportion of the Charge to Furnishe and Transport Six Men to Virginia.” Six indentured servants were suppliedwith “Vitailes” [victuals]--three hogsheds [wooden casks 43 inches high and 27 inches diameter] of meale containing 9 buz [bushels] a peece, a hogshd of Oatmeale to contain 9 buz, one hs of vinegar, 10 Gallons Oyle with the Caske, a firkin [9 gallons] of butter, one hundred wt of Cheese half Cheshire and half Suff, a firkin of beife suett of 56 pound, Twentie Gallons of aquavite, 40ll of Sugar and for other spice, a hogshed of beare the Caske to be Iron bound. Apparrell--for 6 men, alowing to each man 3: Sutes of Clothing, 4: shirts, 4: bands, 4: pr shooes .3: pr Irish stockins, a Monmouth Cap etc. Tooles--of sundry sorts, Nailes for their vse. Armes--for 2 of the 6 men, to be completely armed, for a long peece, for Powder half a barrel, and for shott. Transport--And for Transport of the six men to Virginia…36 lbs. Fraight--of the abovesaid Goods being estimated at Two Tun and an half. The Company spent almost 20 lbs sterling per man of the stockholders’ money to feed, clothe, equip, arm and transport these six servants.22It’s no wonder the stock had “decayed” and the company was heavily in debt by this time, and going deeper.Others on board the Furtherance included twenty-five shipwrights, led by a Captain Thomas Barwick, whom the company was sending to the colony to serve as builders of “Boats, Pinnaces and Ships, for the necessary vse of the Colony for fishing, trade, and Discovery, &c,”23 and, “Leonard Hudson a Carpenter with his wife and fiue of our Apprentices for the erecting of the East India Schoole,” (intended to be a free school for the colonists’ children, built on a 1000-acre tract of company land).24 These were but two of “The many wilde & vast pjects set on foot all at one time…” by Sir Edwin Sandys.25For the officers of the Virginia Company there were some conflicts of interest with these expenditures. “[Captain John] Smith was of the opinion that had they managed their own estates no more ably than they had the affairs of Virginia they would have long since become bankrupt. Yet it is noticeable that few of the officers in England had lost their estates or had exhibited any desire to relinquish their offices. The reason was that these great men who controlled the company were insensible to the petty losses entailed in the collapse of the common stock, while they enjoyed many opportunities of profit from the freight for colonists and supplies sent in their ships. The freight rates of £6 per person and £3 per ton of goods had encouraged them to overload their ships, thereby occasioning much sickness and many deaths. For though all passengers died they were still sure of their freight, ‘and then all must be satisfied with Orations, disputations, excuses and hopes.’”26 The company’s main operatives owned the ships which collected some of the revenue. Gabriel Barbour, who had run the lottery, had the Bonnie Bess. Robert Newland, “a ventrous charitable merchant,” was building the Plantation and had been awarded five shares of joint-stock, gratis, by the company. Edward Bennett had a whole fleet of ships, the Seaflower its flagship. And Sir Edwin Sandys had (what else) the Treasurer.
Here is the wording of a contract drawn up for the captain of a ship chartered by the Company during these times. (Note the peculiarities of Early Modern English, including archaic syntax and spelling and an almost complete lack of punctuation):
William Ewens. Covenant with the Company for Virginia. July 1621.
To all whome these presents shall come greetinge Knowe yee that I Wm Ewens Mr
of the good Ship the George of 150 tun burden nowe resident in the Riuer of Thamesfor and in consideration of the Sume of 480li of good and lawfull money of England tomee in hand paide and deliuered by the Treasurer and Companie of Adventurors andPlanters of the Cittie of London for the first Colonie in Virginia before the insealingeand deliuery hereof and for and in consideracon of certaine coueants between themand mee agreed I the said Wm Ewens do promise and couenant in manner and formefollowinge Imprimis that the good Shipp the George before her departuer out of Riverof Thames shalbe stronge and staunch and in all things well fitted and prouided aswellwith furniture belonging to a Shippe as also Marriners and Sea men fitt and sufficientfor a safe and good performance of the voyage now intended and couenanted
Item I doe couenant and promise with the first opportunity of wynde and weather tosett sayle wth the first Shippe for the Porte of the Cowes neare the Ile of Wight andthere to receaue and take into the said Shippe such Passengrs and goods as the saidTreasuror and Company shall direct and appointe and no other and I do furthercouenante and promise after the Passengers and goods shalbe receaued in to the saidShippe to departe from thence the directest course for the Porte of James Citty inJames Riuer in the Kingdome of Virginia and during the time of the said voyage togiue and make such allowance of victuall to the Passengers as by the Shedull herevntoaffixed is specified. And I doe promise and couenant to deliuer the said Passengers andgoods (mortality and dangers of the Seas onely excepted) safe and well condiconed atJames Cittie in Virginia accordinge as the said Treasuror and Company shall directand appointe.
And I do further promise and couenant to take and receaue in to the said Shippe theGeorge such Tobacco as the Governor and officers residinge in Virginia shall ladeaboord here duringe the time that the said Shippe shall abide in Virginia for theAccount of the said Treasuror and Company here in England & the said Tobacco andtheir goods to deliuer and consigne safe and well condiconed (the danger of the Seasexcepted) to such ffactors in England or Holland or Ireland and at such Ports as thesaid Treasuror and Companie shall appointe and ordaine.
And to prformance of all and singular the Couenants aboue recited to be well landtruly holden kept and pformed in all things by mee I said Wm Ewens binde my selfmy executors and Administrators and goods and namely the Shippe aforesaid wth thefraight tackle boale and apparel of the same vnto the saide Treasuror and Companie and their   Successors in the Sume or penaltie of 1000li of lawfull money of England well and trulyto be paid by these presents: In Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and Seale thisday of July 1621 And in the yeares of the raigne ofor soueraigne Lord James by the grace of God King of England Scotland ffrance andIreland Defender of the faith that is to say of England ffrance and Ireland the 19th andScotland the fower and fiftith.27
Passengers on these ships rode like cargo in the galley and were referred to as “light freight” by the crew. Supplies, called “heavy freight,” were stored below them in the hold of the ship. There was probably lots of mail on board, and we know that in that mail was the usual letter from the Company’s council in London to the governor in Virginia with exhortations and instructions on how to run the colony. (The original of this letter, which road with John across the Atlantic in 1622, still exists today. It resides in the Library of Congress.)28
The Furtherance sailed from Gravesend and made its way to the Isle of Wight, mooring at the bustling port ofthe Cowes, where ships often made short stops on their voyages. William and John may have boarded previously at Gravesend or were set to board now from the Isle of Wight. Either way, the ship was probably provisioned at the Cowes, most likely by Robert Newland. But it was delayed in getting under way again because of unfavorable strong west headwinds. In a letter from Newport, capitol of Isle of Wight, back to London on June 27, Newland writes to the company’s deputy treasurer Nicholas Ferrar (brother John Ferrar had fallen ill), saying that he had to buy new shirts for some of the company’s passengers because, although “...you say Capten Barwik had order to open the Chest wher the shirtes is[;] but thoues Chist ar stod in the ship and ar not to be Com by[.] Some of youer pepell hath gon a month in a shirt so that of nesitie they most [must] have Chaing[.] I do for you as for me[,] sell nothing but what Nesistie is done[.] the fordrence [Furtherance] paseger hath ben 2 times at the Coues [Cowes] to goe abord but the wind is Come to be westward a gaine so now that [they] be hear at Nuport and Capten Barwike will not leat his pepell Remane a bord befor the wind is faier.”[He concludes by announcing that his new ship should be ready by August.]29When they finally did get under way, the captain was obligated to take, “the directest course,” to the colony. That was the northern route established by that flotilla of 1609: down to the Canary Islands, thence due west to the Somers Islands (Bermuda) and on to America. (The old southern route, from England to the Canary Islands, southwest to the West Indies, and up to the Chesapeake was longer, hotter, required more provisions and risked confrontation with the Spanish and pirates in the Caribbean.) Captain Eden would have sailed up the mouth of the James River and landed at the aging wharf at Jamestown close to where the old triangular palisaded fort still stood. James Fort had been rebuilt by Captain John Smith himself after a fire in 1608 but was now in faded glory, slowly being given over to crop tobacco. But it was still the location of Governor Francis Wyatt’s residence, former Governor George Yeardley’s houses, the church, the store houses, the old marketplace, the gaol and the pillory. It was still the symbolic civic center of “James Cittie.”30“The voyage to Virginia, usually lasting two to three months, even under the best of circumstances, was often one of severe hardship. On board vessels fitted out by the Ferrars the ordinary discomfort, sickness, and tedium were made much worse by the fact that ships were frequently overcrowded and the food provided unsatisfactory both in quality and in quantity. The result was that the toll in sickness and death left many shiploads sadly depleted when the long crossing was finally ended. Even those who survived were often so weakened by the voyage that they died in a short time or lived to be of little service.”31The Furtherance must have arrived at Jamestown, unannounced and unexpected, in the midsummer heat of late August 1622. Standing today at the original site, it takes only a little imagination to look out onto the river and see the Furtherance right out there, moored to the trees, its disembarking passengers walking up the gangway to the shore, brushing past you as they enter the gate and spill into the fort. Look around. These are the same grounds where Pocahontas turned cartwheels as a young Indian maiden. That 50 ft. by 20 ft. wooden church that the new arrivals are going into, perhaps for a hastily-prepared prayer service by Rev. Richard Buck and a welcome speech by the Governor Wyatt, is the replacement to the church where Pocahontas and John Rolfe were married. The tobacco which Rolfe had introduced to the colony seems now to be taking up every unused space in the fort—a real moneymaker. The church is also the venue of the legislative General Assembly with its elected Burgesses, the first representative form of government in the New World. The General Court of the colony also meets there. William and John, as we will see, would be on the docket of that Court in less than two and a half years, as defendants. (The church would later be replaced by a brick structure about 1639, and a brick belltower would be added sometime after 1647. This Memorial Church, built in 1907, now stands over the remains of the orginal brick church, and its foundations can be seen through plate glass in the floor. The belltower is the original 1647 structure. The lines of the original fort, represented by the palisade in this image, have been recently "rediscovered." See apva.org)
Our two partners were both 33 years old when they arrived, coincidentally the same age as Nathaniel Basse and the Furtherance’s master, Captain Eden. This was older than most of those who adventured themselves to Virginia. Many of them were in their teens and twenties. William and John might have had a little more capital, a little more savvy, a little more experience—with family or Newman Company support—than the average settler. They would have been considered “persones of qualitie” for disciplinary purposes (able to be fined for money rather than subjected to corporal punishment.)32 Unlike William and John, most indentured servants arrived with almost nothing, only what the Company had provided them. And when they arrived, these passengers were in for a shock. The colony was in a desperate state, still trying to recover from the Indian Massacre of Good Friday, March 22, 1622. The Furtherance, the Margaret& Iohn, and the Iames had all set sail before news of the massacre got back to London, and were on the high seas traveling to the colony as the bad news was going back the other way. The colony’s treasurer George Sandys (Sir Edwin’s younger brother) had written up a report of the massacre and compiled a list of those killed. (It began, “Here following is set downe a true list of the names of all those that were massacred by the treachery of the Sauages in Virginia, the 22nd March last to the end that their lawfull heyres may take speedy order for the inheritinge of their lands and estates there for which the honourable Company of Virginia are ready to do them all right and fauour:”) He was sending the list home to the company on the Seaflower.Powhatan’s confederation of Indian tribes had made an extensive and well coordinated attack on all parts of the colony simultaneously that day in an effort to extinguish it once and for all, and they nearly succeeded. According to George Sandys’ list, upwards to a third of the total population of the colony, some 347 people, including John Rolfe, were killed. Warrascoyack had been hit the hardest in the attack. Nathaniel Basse soon learned that his plantation had been destroyed and that his eldest son Humphrey had been killed, as were most of his tenants.33 (Humphrey’s twin Samuel and others may have survived because some sympathetic Nansemond Indians led them to safety.)34 Edward Bennett’s nearby plantation, Bennett’s Welcome, was also totally wiped out, almost everyone killed there. All tolled, a total of fifty-three people in Warrascoyack had been killed. Martin’s Hundred, halfway between Warrascoyack and Jamestown on the north side of the river was likewise completely “ruinated and spoyled” and twenty women were taken captive.35On and on it went. In fact, almost all the plantations up and down the river had been hit to some extent, many of their buildings burnt, crops destroyed and livestock slaughtered. Jamestown itself was saved only because of a tip from a young Indian boy who had been adopted by a settler.36It had taken a few weeks to decide, but by the “vnanimyous voice of both the Counsell and the Planters,”37 the Governor ordered that all outlying settlements up and down river had to be abandoned and all survivors, their livestock and possessions had to be withdrawn to the seven or eight plantations closest to Jamestown. This relocation was probably just being finished up as the Furtherance was finishing its crossing. Ralph Hamor, the respected “Ancient Planter” who had brought John Rolfe home from Plymouth a few years before, had been in charge of “draweinge the people from the Wariscoyack to Jamestown.”38 Hamor, along with his brother Thomas and their neighbors, had survived the massacre armed only with “spades, axes and brickbats.”39 His plantation was also close to Basse’s Choyse.
Things didn’t get any easier for new arrivals. The colony had built a 10 ft. by 20 ft. “guesthouse,” as “an house of entertainment for the new comers at Iames City.” It had been built on company landin 1619 a few miles to the northwest of Jamestown towards the Chicahominy River, and was intended as a place for settlers to stay initially until they had became “seasoned” (gotten used to the Virginia climate, food, water, etc.) But it could not handle all the new arrivals even in the best of times, and with the Jamestown area now choked with relocated survivors and new ships constantly bringing in more “new Comers” to the colony, it was hopelessly inadequate. (The area, called “Pasbehay Country,” is now being excavated as an archeological site.)40 And in fact when Captain Nathaniel Butler, retiring Governor of Bermuda, wrote his scathing expose about his visit to Virginia in 1622 on his was back to England, he accused the colony of not even having a “Guest house Inne”. To this charge, the Company answers that, while this is true, Strangers are put up in the “pryvate houses” of the settlers by the Governor.41“One can readily imagine the effect on the colonists, who had been enlisted by the most highly colored picture of Virginia and the prospects of improving their position in the new world, when they arrived to find a country only in the first stages of development, their supply of food, clothing, and other equipment inadequate, and then to be seized with an attack of diarrhea, crowded into the household where their presence was probably resented, and to lie there for days under the scourge of a severe fever. There must have been little in the stern reality that fulfilled the glowing anticipations with which they sailed from England. It was enough to make them despair, and to leave those who survived neither in a mood nor a condition to promote with enthusiasm those ‘public ends’ for which they had been sent.”42We don’t know exactly where William and John were or with whom theystayed for those first few months after their arrival. But we know they certainly did walk the very grounds at Jamestown that can be walked today, almost 400 years later, in the first permanent English settlement in America.And surprisingly, even at this desperate time the colony may have put the Indians on the defensive and run some retaliatory “excursions” against certain tribes. Former governor George Yeardley led one such expedition against the Nansemonds and Warrascoyacks, killing many, burning their houses and taking their corn.43William and John may have been picked by levy to participate in one or more of those raids, if they were sufficiently seasoned.
Meanwhile, the good ship Seaflower arrived back at Gravesend, England, with the stunning news of the massacre, and with the colony’s plea for help. When the news broke in the City of London in July of 1622, the Company published the list of the dead which the colony’s treasurer George Sandys had compiled, and organized a relief effort for the colony. Twenty barrels of gunpowder plus various pieces of arms and armor from the Tower of London, things such as “iron skulls,” coates of mail, short pistols with fire lockes, and harquilbussies (guns made obsolete by muskets), all of it “being vnfit for any modern service here” were graciously donated by his Majesty.44 The Abigail then lay at anchor off the coast of Kent in the English Channel, ready to depart for Jamestown, and everything was loaded into it, including many replacement settlers recruited for the colony. It soon set sail. The Seaflower was loaded with traditional English longbows and emergency food supplies, including £500 worth of flour, and left soon afterward, intending to stop briefly at Bermuda before continuing on to Jamestown.
Back in the colony, “Careful arrangements were made to protect the colonists from Indian attacks. Each community was put under the absolute authority of a military commander, and no one, without his consent, was allowed to hold any communication with an Indian. A watch was set every night at each plantation. Each man was required to have a palisade about his house. Settlers who went beyond the fortified areas had to go in groups and well armed. They had to take their weapons to work with them and keep a sentinel on guard. No plantation was ever to be left without sufficient arms and ammunition and a force to guard it.”45 The heads of several plantations were commissioned as Captains and given authority to “try all causes in a plantation except capital offenses.” It is likely that at this time Nathaniel Basse, gentleman, became Captain Nathaniel Basse. “Capt. Nat. Basse” is promptly ordered “to Ransom Englishman prisoners to the Nansemung Indians.”46The good ship Furtherance stayed on at Jamestown to render emergency assistance to the governor, but Captain Eden apparently had enough time on his hands to get himself into trouble. For in October, 1622, a petition was brought before the Governor and Council by Ralph Hamor’s brother Thomas seeking to force payment from that rascally Captain Eden (alias Sampson) because he “did take of your petitioner in the presents of doctor Potts & Capn Nathaniel Basse two peeces [matchlocks], and thereby did binde to pay to your said petitioner two hundred pound sterling here in James Citty…”47 Could this sort of thing be why our Captain Eden found it necessary to use an alias?But there were more pressing matters to occupy Governor Wyatt and his Council. Because much of the harvest and livestock was destroyed by the Indians, food was getting very scarce, and very pricey. The Treasurer and Council in London had responded to the Council in Virginia’s request for food advances, in effect by saying, “You may face starvation, but let this be a lesson to you.” In a letter as cold as stone written 1 August 1622 and sent aboard the departing Abigail, the treasurer writes, “The feare of your want of Corne doth much perplex vs, seeing so little possibility to supplie you, the publique stock being vtterly as you know exhausted, and the last years Adventures made by Private men not returned, as was promised, we have no hope of raising any valuable Magazine [advances to the particular plantations last year were not paid back, so we can’t raise another supply for you] …Other waies and means are so uncertaine, as wee cannot wish you to rely vppon anything, but yourselues…and that at last you will vnderstand, it is fitt and necessarie to yield the return of Adventures yearely as to receiue them.”[see how important it is to pay back what was advanced to you?]48 The officers of the Virginia Company really did put profit ahead of people.Wyatt and the Council had already anticipated this sort of response, and had, now in late October, issued commissions to several ships captains, including Captain Eden in the Furtherance49 and Captain Ralph Hamor in the Tiger50 to travel far and wide up the Chesapeake and trade with other Indian tribes for food, and use force if diplomacy failed. Two other ships, one captained by Mr. Robert Bennett, of the famous Bennett family, were also commissioned in the next few weeks. These excursions would bring in a critical 4,000 lbs of corn to the colony as winter closed in.51
Then in December, 1622, the greatest disaster of all struck the colony. When the Abigail arrived, the colonists learned that instead of food so desperately needed, it carried the obsolete armor, the gunpowder and the scolding letter from London. But much worse, it carried an epidemic of a flu-like contagion (later called plague), delivered by the arriving passengers, most sick themselves, to the struggling colony. It is suspected that, seeing as how the Governor’s wife Margaret Lady Wyatt was on board the overcrowded vessel, Dr. John Pott, the colony’s physician-general, “well practiced in Chururgerie and Phisique,” waived a quarantine of the ship and allowed all to come ashore, spreading the epidemic across the now high-density colony.52 That winter and through the next spring, more than 500 died due to malnutrition, sporadic Indian attacks and the contagion. George Sandys, who himself fell ill, writes about “…the living being hardlie able to bury the dead.”53 Compounding the disaster, news came that the Seaflowerhad blown up and sunk off Bermuda (the captain’s son had been smoking in the gun room). With so much of their crops and cattle destroyed, and with new settlers arriving all the time, unannounced and undersupplied with victuals—fourteen more ships arrived in 1623—it was another starving time for the colony. It was again on the very brink of extinction. William and John were literally lucky to be alive. But could they survive until spring…
Even as the colony lay starving over that winter, the Virginia Company and its sister the Bermuda Company were wrangling with the King and his Privy Council to establish a monopoly contract to manage tobacco importation into England. Actually, the officers “were hoping to use a tobacco contract to loot the [Virginia Company] project, having given up hope of profiting through the joint-stock operation itself.”54 The director of this new management company (Sir Edwin Sandys naturally) would be paid an astounding £500, the treasurer, Ferrar, £400 and the total to all officers would be about £2,000. This would have been in addition to their Virginia Company salaries. The scheme was to be financed by an import duty on tobacco, with the two companies and the king chipping in with any additional money needed. The Virginia Company was about £2,000 in debt at this point. The scheme not only had the investors worried, but would also impose an “unbearable burden” on the planters. It was ultimately defeated in Parliament, and “…it is little wonder, with this state of affairs at home, that the news of Virginia sufferings through the preceding winter led almost immediately to a royal investigation.”55
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In the spring of 1623, Captain Nathaniel Basse and his surviving new settlers, including William and John, probably moved across the James and down to Warrascoyak, to “resoul” Basse’s Choice and to set about rebuilding it in anticipation of the spring planting season. Perhaps Nathaniel Basse arranged for William and John to occupy the plantation as “tenants at half-share” (or as freemen) at this time. The two of them apparently formed a single household, William the head.Rebuilding would have been a huge task and a team effort. They probably got started salvaging whatever they could of the remains and rebuilding the burned out houses. These were the typical “wattle and daub” style homes built throughout the colony at this time. Made of wood with half-timber studs set right into the ground, they had lattice-work interior walls and thatch roofs. Most all had one room with mud floors and a hearth along one end, although Basse’s residence might have been larger, perhaps even two-storied.56 Each homestead was to have a palisaded fence around the place to protect the garden from Indians and animals. Despite having to rebuild almost everything, the settlers would have also needed to plant crops such as corn, wheat and barley. And of course they would have planted just as many tobacco plants as they thought they could tend that year. The tobacco was money, and with it they had to buy everything else they needed—their “necessaries.” These were bought at the “Magazine,” which was a store house operated by the Virginia Company, a monopoly whose prices were very high (another “opportunity of profit,” and another conflict of interest for the company.) As if all this weren’t enough, the colony had resolved, and was directed by the company, to run more retaliatory raids against the Indians in July 1623. Each captain launched a coordinated attack on an assigned area, even though, as Governor Wyatt estimated, there were only 180 capable men in the whole colony. These dangerous and time-consuming sorties were in addition to the necessary restrictions placed on everyone for their own safety by the governor and council. There was also a levy of every fifth man placed on the settlers for workers to build a second fort down at Point Comfort. Adding in the sickness and poor nutrition of the settlers and the shiploads of new Comers arriving continually, often sick and always needing food and shelter, it’s no wonder that the stress level in the colony was running critically high. Governor Wyatt, himself also sick that year, wrote to his father that, “I often wish little Mr. Farrar here, that to his zeale he would add knowledge of the Contrey.”57William and John may have started to chafe under the direction of the company and the management of the governor and council during this time. And being at Basse’s Choice would also mean following Captain Basse’s supervision and orders regarding the rebuilding and operation of the plantation. Since they may have been freemen, and the same age as Basse, William and John might have become resentful of his methods and management at Basse’s Choice. For them, this matter would soon come to a head.
Meanwhile back in London, the Virginia Company had become polarized into factions for and against its strong-willed de-facto chief executive Sir Edwin Sandys. When news of the massacre reached them, the anti-Sandys faction sprang into action against him. They solicited the private letters sent home to England aboard the returning Abigail testifying to the misery in the colony and presented them at the company’s council meeting.58 Nathaniel Butler’s report on the colony was also made public, and also painted a very grim picture. When word of the shocking events and conditions in the colony came to the King’s attention, he initiated an investigation into the company’s operation.The factions battled all year long in 1623 about the issues involved. The King’s Privy Council appointed a five-member commission headed by future Virginia governor John Harvey in October 1623 to actually travel to the colony, “and certify us accordingly what you find viz., how many severall plantations there be and which of them be publique and which private and particular, what people, men, women and children be in each plantation…” They also notified the colony of the appointment of this commission, and issued a request to “…send home at the first opportunity of Shipping an exact list as well of all such as have died or ben sleine since the Massacre as also of all such as are now livinge within all plantations[.]”59
And so, the Lists of the Livinge & Dead in Virginia were prepared (probably by George Sandys) and sent back to London. On it, we find William and John living at Bass’s Choice—two of only twenty English alive there. In fact, only about fifty English were alive in all of Warrascoyack, and but 1275 in the whole colony. Here’s a small part of the list:
The second part, “A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE DEAD IN VIRGINIA SINCEAPRIL LAST.” enumerated those who had died just since the massacre. It shows twenty-six had died in Warrascoyack, a staggering number.60 Death, whether from disease, accident or attack, was never very far away. Among those on this list was Mr. Robert Bennett, brother of Edward Bennett. Captain John Smith later referred to the colonists of this time as “those strange little miracles of misery,” and surely they were. But William and John, against overwhelming odds, had become survivors.
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The little church at Jamestown was becoming the venue for all governmental functions in the colony: administrative, legislative and judicial. Administration was of course handled by the governor and his council in session there. The House of Burgesses met there as well, legislating for the colony. Captain Basse was the elected the Burgess from Warrascoyak to serve in the House for 1623-24.61 And at some point in time (we don’t know exactly when, as there has been extensive loss of records) a General Court was established to handle civil and criminal offenses within the colony. It also was held by the governor and his Council of State, composed of senior members of the colony. Records are not complete, and there is little remaining except the stark entries of the results of the proceedings, but fragmentary records of this General Court give us a few glimpses of these rough and tumble times in the colony, when death was always close at hand and discipline was of necessity harsh and without appeal.At the court held 11 December 1623, we find that Captain Barwick, leader of the shipbuilders, has died, along with seven or eight of his crew. Captain Eden (of the Furtherance, which had made another trip back to the colony that year) is shown involved in court proceedings to disposition Barwick’s property.Tragically, almost everyone who arrived at Jamestown aboard the Abigail had also died, including its master, Captain Each. Before he died, the council had given him a commission to build the fort at Point Comfort in Warrascoyack, and which he had only just begun. Captain Roger Smith, of the plantation Smythe’s Mount and member of the governor’s council, was commissioned to take over its completion.In another court session, held 24 January 1625, we find a witness testifying about Captain Basse, recovering bodies from “the fort,” (perhaps Point Comfort) and bringing them over to “the olde fort.” (perhaps James Fort)62 This may have been in the aftermath of another Indian attack sometime in 1624. Apparently some of the dead were transported from Warrascoyack to Jamestown by Basse. The court decided there was little point in censuring the sentinel who was supposed to be on guard duty, since he was among the slain.
Then, also in January 1625, we find an entry of great importance to our story. William and John appeared before the General Court in that little church at Jamestown, as defendants. The court convened on 3 January 1625. Presiding were some very familiar names of the colony: Sr. Francis Wyatt, Knight &c, Sr. George Yardley (sic), Knight, Doctor Pott, Capt [Roger] Smith and Capt [Ralph] Hamer (sic). A number of issues were resolved and decisions were written up that day. Among the decisions, we find this entry:
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“Yt is ordered yt Wm Newman and John Army for their Contempt in disobeying Capt Bass his Commissio’ grantedhim by the Gou’nor shall pay each of them 10 powndster in the best merchantable Tobacco and ytArmyfor his absenc in not Cominge to Churgeshall payhis fine according to the act of yegenerall Assembly”63
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Something very serious and traumatic had happened involving Captain Basse, William and John. But what was it? The latter part of this entry is plain enough. John had violated the second “Act” of the general Assembly of 1619: “That whosoever shall absent himselfe from divine service any Sunday without an allowable excuse shall forfeite a pound of tobacco, and he that absenteth himself a month shall forfeit 50lb of tobacco.”64 Of course, why he did not attend church is never revealed. Was this an early example of Puritanism starting to assert itself in the colony? The Puritans would have objected to attending a “conforming” Anglican Church service, perhaps even to the point of not attending. Or was there some other reason? No explanation is given in the record, and we are left to wonder what happened. And exactly what the first part of the entry means is even more difficult to discern. They were apparently found guilty of a very serious offense in the colony, but what? One could speculate that William and John had grown disrespectful of Basse’s authority in operating the plantation sometime in 1624. Were they among those who refused to gather sassafras? Back in February 1623, in a move typical of the company (which had been falling into increasingly desperate financial straights) deputy treasurer Mr. Farrar sent word from England that sassafras roots were to be gathered for shipment back home aboard the Abigail. Each laboring man was to gather one hundred pounds. But Governor Wyatt wrote privately to his father that the order was not enacted, “save by some above James Cittie, the others resolving to stand to the penaltie of ten pounds of Tabago for every hundred pound of Sassafras not gathered though indeed it was a very trifle not a days labor.”65 So frustration and resentment was building at this time.William and John’s offense must have been much more than a trifle. They might have committed what could be called “felony” back in England, although the term was not used in this record. Under English common law, felons were subject to confiscation of their property, banishment, loss of bodily parts or even death. To our disappointment, the exact charges against them are not recorded. The partners could have refused to do any number of the other duties required at the plantation: standing guard duty, helping build the new fort, running excursions against the Indians etc. They could have taken some action against Basse, or they might have stolen property, traded with the Indians, or spread rumors (all considered serious offenses). But exactly what did they do and why? Their fines were listed in “pownd ster,” rather than in pounds of tobacco, as some other penalties imposed on the same day were. This would be a very large fine in the colony at this time, far more than ten pounds of tobacco. It would amount to almost the cost of two trans-Atlantic passages for each man. A penalty like this was something beyond the authority of the commander of the plantation to impose, and was just short of a “capital offense,” which carried the death penalty. (Note, by the way, that they did not receive a sentence of physical punishment. This implies that they had the financial wherewithal to actually pay a cash fine rather than receiving a lashing or spending time with their ears nailed to the pillory, or in the gaol, as was customary for those without means to pay fines.) But what could they have done to be fined such a huge amount? Paying this fine would probably have completely wiped them out financially. It amounted to almost a total confiscation of all their funds and property. It would have been cheaper for them to actually leave the colony rather than pay their fines. Apparently this is what the governor and council intended; banishment from the colony! And in fact, it appears that this is what actually happened.
Back in 1623, as the King’s court action against the Virginia Company had progressed, the commission led by John Harvey had been ordered to visit the colony to investigate its condition and, among other things, take a Muster of the inhabitants and inventory it supplies of food and weapons. They arrived in March of 1624 and stayed through the entire year. They found that the colony had come a long way towards healing itself since the massacre. They returned to London in February 1625 with the results of their investigation and prepared their Muster. Here’s how a small part of the original Muster looked as written up by the commission:
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M U S T E R SoftheInhabitantsinVirginia1624/1625
THE MUSTER OF THE INHABITANTS AT WARISCOYACKTAKEN THE 7THOF FEBR 1625[new style]
A MUSTER OF THE INHABITANCEOF BASSESCHOYSE
CAPT NATHANIELLBASSE HIS MUSTERNATHANIELL BASSEaged 35 in the Furtherance 1622WILLIAM BARNARDaged 21in the Furtherance 1622EDWARD WIGGEaged 22 in the Abigail1621
Some of the old equipment sent from the Tower of London had apparently found its way to them; however, they have no lead or shot for the “peeces.” They have no food other than the corn, and have no livestock or fish. The Muster shows only thirty-one English living in Warrascoyack, down from about fifty the year before.66
In March 1625, just as the case against the Virginia Company was reaching its conclusion at the Court of King’s Bench in London, King James suddenly died, and his son ascended to the throne as King Charles. By May of that year Charles had upheld his father’s decision that the company be put into receivership to wipe out its crushing debts and that Virginia become a royal colony for the protection of its settlers. Of course, none of this was yet known in Virginia. And for William and John, it was irrelevant. For them, the die had been cast. Perhaps because of the enormous fine imposed on them, they had come to a decision: they would leave the colony and return to England!Either their indenture to Captain Basse had run its course and they were now free to leave, or they had been freemen all along and they had now simply had enough. As the many letters collected by the anti-Sandys faction vividly demonstrate, there was much misery and longing to return to the mother country in the colony. However, not many people had the financial means to put their longings into action. William and John must have been able to afford the trip home. Perhaps, instead of paying their fines, they simply paid for passage home. Or perhaps they borrowed the cost of passage from another colonist, or their families in England agreed to pay their way back. Unfortunately, with the demise of the Virginia Company of London in 1624, the abundant flow of records it has supplied to us now stops, and we are left with much less documentary evidence. We must rely on more speculation and conjecture to connect the dots now. But it seems clear that they did leave the colony at this time.The partners probably returned to England, “at the first opportunity of Shipping,” in 1625. William Newman may have returned to Totnes, in the shire of Devon. And John apparently returned to his friends and possibly his family in his hometown of Plymouth, also in Devonshire, although there is no documentary evidence and the name of their ship is not known.
What was called plague struck Plymouth in 1627, but there are few details about its effect on the town or the townspeople, including John. However, we do know that soon after returning, he married Mary Smythe at Saint Andrew’s Anglican Church, described as “the mother church of Plymouth,” (and in fact the only church in Plymouth at this time) on Saturday, 17 July 1627.67 How ironic for someone who had a few years before been fined for not “Cominge to Churge.”Had he known Mary prior to going to Virginia? Had he “married well,” into a moneyed family? There was a Mary Smith, youngest of seven children born to William and Aline Smith and christened 26 June 1586 in Shute, Devonshire. She would have been three years older than John, who was 38. Her parents had both passed away by the year 1600 and were both also buried in Shute. Is this the Mary Smythe that John married? Did Mary or her family pay for John’s return, or advance him money for passage? Or did he have enough money to purchase passage himself, or borrow it from another colonist or from William Newman? We have no answers to these questions.
In the years that followed, John rose considerably in social status, and became a tobacco “factor” in Plymouth—a merchant, buying “merchandise,” i.e. tobacco, from planters in the colony and probably reselling it in England at wholesale or retail. This would have required considerable “ready cash in hand,” i.e. working capital, to finance and considerable skill to operate successfully. It could also be quite profitable.Although physically absent from the colony and happily married back in England, Marywith a child on the way (at age 42?), John was still very much involved in the commercial activity of Virginia, as well as the matters of its court. His name again appears in what is now being called The Minutes of the Council and General Court. The little church at James Citty was still the venue for the court, and this session was held on the 4th of March 1629. Presiding at the court were Doctor Pott [now governor], Capt Smyth, Capt Mathewes, Mr. Secretary [Christopher Davison] and Mr. Ferrar. Various matters were disposed of, including this one: Roger Saunders’ suit against Richard Popely. Saunders, who had set a large bond of four hundred pounds sterling to be heard by the court, affirmed that he had been damaged in the amount of 2600 lbs of tobacco, which he had satisfied [advanced] unto John (in Plymouth). After hearing the matter, the court ruled that Richard Popely was indeed at fault, and must do two things: first, discharge a bill wherein John was indebted to Mr. Thomas Flint in the amount of 900 lb. of tobacco and second, discharge another bill wherein Saunders was indebted to John for 800 lb. of tobacco. Popely was also ordered to surrender to Saunders one newly-arrived indentured servant for the entire length of his indenture.68John is listed the following winter in the Port Book of Plymouth, Overseas imports and exports (List of Exchequers, Queen’s Rembrancer), for the year from Christmas 1629-Christmas 1630. Here, on 29 January 1630, he is listed as one who imported (presumably tobacco) from Virginia on the 120-ton ship the Retourne. Five men are listed as importers “with warrant,” including John, and a William Vengham, who was also listed as the master of the ship. All are listed as “natives” of England.69 This was at a time when tobacco prices were peaking in Virginia. John may have been able to profit from his “factory.” The boom times were followed by a depression in 1630-31, however, and there was probably considerable turbulence in prices for tobacco. Fortunes may have been made and lost by the tobacco factors and merchants, including John, in England during these times. It was by its very nature a risky business.
John and Mary continued to live in Plymouth, and a son was born to them circa 1631, although a Parish Register of his birth was either not made by the vicar of St. Andrew’s, or it has not survived. They decided to name their son William, likely after another family member, or perhaps even after John’s old partner William Newman, with whom they may have stayed in touch. Other children may also have been born, but if so, they apparently did not survive past infancy.Then another unexpected turn of events occurs—John and Mary made a big decision. They would adventure themselves to Virginia, patent some land, and plant themselves in the colony.
In these times, inevitably, tobacco importation continued to expand dramatically. In 1633, a total of 405,000 pounds of tobacco was imported; in 1634 it had risen to over half a million pounds.70 In England at this time, licenses to sell tobacco at retail became a requirement. At Westminster on 29 January 1634, The Tobacco License Commission, which had been set up to regulate its importation, gave the power to Lord Treasurer and others to, “combine with such persons as desire to have licenses to sell tobacco.” Also, the Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Thomas Lord Coventry, was warranted “to pass such licenses for the selling of tobacco by retail as shall be granted by the commissioners appointed for that purpose in the authorized form.” So on 28 August 1634, William Newman purchased a license to sell tobacco at retail in Totnes, Devon at a cost of six pounds sterling. And on 7 March 1635, John Newman (a relative? and/or a member of the Robert Newman Company?) obtained a license to sell in nearby Dartmouth at a cost of five pounds sterling.71 Perhaps they also had an agreement with John to purchase tobacco from him directly. Again, no documentation.
John, Mary and little William made their way to Virginia at this time, possibly in the fall of 1633 or the spring of 1634, so that they could build a house and be ready for the planting season of 1634. Unfortunately there is no record of their actual ship’s passage. It is apparent, however, that John is in much better financial shape than when he emigrated to the colony in 1622. He could afford to pay for the passages of himself, his wife, his son (probably in more comfortable accommodations), and perhaps five indentured servants, whom he may have planned to have work for him. He had set his sights on becoming a planter, and running his own full-fledged plantation.
John, now 45 years old, found the colony much changed and rapidly developing when he returned. It hardly seemed possible, but the population was now almost 5,000 English, with over 500 residents in Warrascoyack alone.72 Settlers seemed to be everywhere, not just up and down the James, but also on other rivers in the Chesapeake as well. Two thousand settlers would migrate to Virginia this year alone. And a whole new colony had been established to the north, much to the consternation of some Virginians. Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, had been granted a proprietorship of this enormous wilderness, almost 12 million square miles, by King Charles. Calvert had graciously allowed the king to fill in the name of the territory on the charter, and the king had filled in “Mary Land” in honor of his Catholic queen from France, Henrietta Maria. By the spring of 1634, Calvert’s brother Leonard (departing from the Cowes) arrived in the Chesapeake with two ships, the Ark and the Dove. They made a brief stop at Point Comfort, then proceeded up the Potomac and landed at a small island. Having prayed to St. Clement on the way over, they named it St. Clement’s Island. Within two weeks they had moved to the mainland and established a capital, which they named the Cittie of St. Mary. (In 1639, a certain Dr. Thomas Gerrard would patent the island; it would become part of his St. Clement’s Manor.)And in Virginia, mostly to improve access to the courts, steps were being taken to divide the colony into counties. There would be eight in all, and Warrascoyack was to be one of them. Land was now being homesteaded at a prodigious rate, although the pace of the actual patenting was slow. Governor John Harvey was not a proponent of fast growth, instead stressing good relations with the Indians. But he was about to be forced out as Governor of Virginia by the Council, and would have to travel back to London to defend himself from their charges against him. In his absence, Captain-General John West, Esquire, would take over as interim governor in May of 1635, and the patent floodgates would fly open. The Puritans had started to homestead down-river from Warrascoyak in the areas along the Nansemond River, and it is likely that John and family, upon arrival in the colony, settled right away in this area.One of the older generation of the Bennetts, Mr. Robert Bennett, had died back in 1623, but a new generation had come to America to look after the Bennetts’ interests. It included another Robert Bennett, a nephew of the elder Mr. Robert Bennett. He was taking steps to patent 700 acres of land for himself on a creek which runs parallel to the Nansemond River, near its mouth. Another young member of the Bennett family had also come to America, and was also was taking steps to patent an even larger tract of land, some 2000 acres, further up the same creek. His name was Richard Bennett. He was only 25 years old and still a bachelor, but this youngster was destined to have a profound effect on the colonies of the Chesapeake. Richard was, of course, quite wealthy. But he also had a charismatic personality and just seemed to be a natural in colonial politics. He had quickly become the populist leader of the Puritans in Virginia. The creek that these two young Bennett gentlemen were settling on would soon come to be called Robert Bennett Creek, and later still, simply Bennett Creek. And in a few years Richard would show remarkable influence on the Puritans of this area by leading more than 350 of them north to a new settlement, Providence, in Lord Baltimore’s Mary Land, as yet another new governor of Virginia started making life difficult for them in Virginia.
John and Mary decided to establish their plantation along this creek also. They must have worked hard to “seat” it: girdling trees, building a wattle and daub house with garden, and preparing the land for crops. They may have been influenced to settle there by the Bennetts’ presence, and the Bennetts may have been good neighbors in helping get John and Mary settled and established that first year. In fact, all the people of the area probably helped get new settlers established, and John and Mary would likely help others in the area later on. They also started the preliminaries needed to patent their land as required by the colony under the famous “headright” system. There was a definite procedure in place for patenting land at this time. “The first step involved the proving of the headright by the claimant appearing before either a county court [for John and Mary, at Warroscoyack or Elizabeth City] or the Governor and Council [at Jamestown] and stating under oath that he had imported a certain number of persons whose names were listed. The clerk of the court issued a certificate which was validated in the secretary [Richard Kemp]’s office. Authorization for the headright was then passed on to a commissioned surveyor who ran off fifty acres for each person imported and located the grant in the area selected by the claimant as long as the land had not already been patented and had not been barred for white settlement in order to maintain peace with the Indians. Upon completion of the survey and of marking of the boundaries, a copy of the record along with the headright certificate was presented to the secretary’s office where a patent was prepared and a notation made of those imported. The final step was the signing of the patent by the Governor [Captain-General John West, since Sir John Harvey was off defending himself in London] in the presence of, and with the approval of, the Council.”73 John had stated under oath that he imported five other persons in addition to Mary, William and himself. However, John did not necessarily pay for the five men’s transportation, nor did they necessarily travel with him and his family to America. It was a common practice for these warrants to be falsified simply to allow for a larger tract of land to be patented. The colony was glad to see the development, land was plentiful, and the King got more quitrent. “Following the dissolution of the company, the Assembly set the fees to the secretary regarding land patents along with other authorized charges. In 1632 the secretary collected thirty pounds of tobacco for issuing a patent plus two pounds for each sheet required to record the document. In 1633 the fee for patents by the secretary was designated as fifteen shillings which could be collected either in tobacco or corn according to current price.”74“Surveyors usually took the edge of a stream, either a river or a creek, as the base line of the survey and then ran the boundaries for a specified distance along a line at a right angle to the base. Terminal points were laid out and witnessed by neighboring owners with some distinguishing mark as a large stone or a tree with three or four chops.”75“The stamp of the seal of the colony [a crimp paper embosser, producing a raised seal on the paper] was required during much of the seventeenth century as the final step of approval for a patent, and during most of this time no fee was charged for this.”75
All three neighbors, John, Richard Bennett and Robert Bennett, had their patents issued on the same day—June 26, 1635. Perhaps a ceremony or “reading” of the patents was done at Jamestown. John’s land was entered first on the records of the colony. Here is a transcription of the patent in its entirety:
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(185)To all to whome these presents shall come I Capt John West EsqrJohnGovernr and Capt Generll of Virginia send greeting in our LordArmieGod Everlasting Whereas by Letters bearing date the twoPatte 400and twentieth day of July one Thousand Six Hundred thirtieacresfowerfrom the Lords of his Majesties most Honorable Privie Counciltheir Lordshipps did authorize the Governor and Counsell ofVirginia to dispose of such pportions of land to all plantersbeing freeman as they had the power to doo before the yeare 1625when according to diverse orders and constitutions in that caseprovided and appointed all dividents of lands any waies due orbelonging to Adventurers or planters of what conditionsoever were to bee laid out and assigned unto them accordingto the severall conditions in the same mentioned Now Knowyee that I the said Capt John West Esqr doe with the Consentof the Counsell of State give and grant unto John Armiefower hundred acres of Lands situate lying and being within theCounty of Warrasquioke as followeth (vizt) on a Creeke on the SouthExmdeast side of Nansemond river and on the East side of the Creek aboutthree miles up the said Creek running up Southerly beginning at a little creek and running Easterly into the woods lying over againstthe land of Richard Bennett and adjoining Unto the land of RobertBennett the said fower hundred acres of land accruing due untohim the said John Armie upon these consideration’s following (viz)fiftie acres of the said fower hundred acres of Land being dueunto him the said John Armie for his owne psonall Adventureinto this Colony and fiftie acres more of the said fower hundred for the psonall adventure of his wife Marie Armie into this Colonyand fiftie acres more of the said fower hundred for the psonalladventure of his sonn William Armie into this Colony and twohundred and fifty acres of the said fower hundred acres of landbeing due unto him the said John Armie byand for the transportationat his owne pper coste and Charges of five psons into this Colonywhose names are in the Records mentioned under this Pattent To have and to hold the said fower hundred acres of Land with hisdue share of all Mines and Mineralls therein conteyned and withall rights and priviledges of hunting harvesting ffishing and ffowelingalsoe all woods waters and vines and all pfitts commodities andhereditaments whatsoever within the precincte of the said fower hundredacres or to said lands or any of the them in any wise belongingunto the said John Armie his heirs Executors &c And said assignesfor over in as large and ample manner to all intents and purposesas is expressed in the said orders and Constitutions or by Consequencemay be justly collected out of the same or out of his Majesties Letters Pattente whereon they are grounded To bee held of our Most SoveraignLord the King his heires and Successors as of his Mannor of East(186)Greenwich in free and comon Soccage and not in Capitenor by Kts service. Yielding and paying unto our saidSoveraigne Lord the King his heirs and Successors for ever or to his or their rent gatherers for every fiftieacres herein by these presents given and granted yearlyat the feast of St Michaell the Archangell the fee rent of one shilling to his Majestie Ye Provided alwaies that if the said John Armie his heirs or assignes shall notplant or seate or Cause to be planted upon the saidfower hundred acres of land with in the time or termeof three years now next ensuing the date hereof thatthen it shall and may bee lawful for any Adventurer or planter to make Choice of and seate upon the same Givenat James Citty under my hand and Sealed with the sealof the Colony this twentie sixth day of June one Thousandsix hundred thirtie five and in the Elth year of the -reign of our Soveraign Lord King Charles over England&cJohn ArmieMary ArmieWilliam ArmieJames SmithTho: WebbJohn MorganThomas WilliamsRichdDavis76
“‘The Manor at East-Greenwich’ refers to the residence of King James I at the royal palace of Greenwich and was used as a descriptive term in many grants to indicate that the land in America was also considered a part of the demesne of the King. The land was held not ‘in fee simple’ with absolute ownership, a concept which was not a part of English law at the time; but it was granted ‘in free and common soccage’ with the holder a tenant of the King with obligations of fealty and of the payment of a quitrent. The fixed rent replaced the service, military or personal, required under feudal law; and the socage tenure in effect did not subject the land to rules of escheat or return of the land to the King if inherited by minors or widows.”77 We can even get a good idea of exactly where this land is. It is described in his patent as being, “on the East side of the Creek about three miles up the said Creek[,] running up Southerly[.] beginning at a little creek and running Easterly into the woods[,] lying over against [Water was seen as joining land together rather than separating it. Read as, “joined by water with”] the land of Richard Bennett and adjoining Unto the land of Robert Bennett.” A careful reading of the patent and examination of a detailed map of the area reveals that the “little creek” is probably Dean’s Branch. The surveyor began his work from the confluence of Dean’s Branch and Bennett Creek, and shot a line running due east from it. It is our good fortune that some of this land has never been developed, perhaps because it was too marshy. It ultimately was transferred to the City of Suffolk to be set aside as a park. It is called Bennett's Creek Park. John’s land can be walked to this very day! From the point where Dean’s Branch flows into Bennett Creek, imagine the survey line running due east. The southern side would have been John’s land; the northern side belonged to young Robert Bennett. Richard Bennett was on the other side of Bennett Creek, across from them.John and Mary were in good company at this location, being amongst the most prominent of their fellow Puritans in the entire colony. Their next-door neighbor to the west was a “widdowe,” Martha Tomlin. A certain Robert Newman (kin to William Newman?) lived up north of Robert Bennett. Thomas Butler, Clarke and Pastor of Denbie, and George White, Minister of the word of God, both also lived in the neighborhood, this a reflection of the strong religious element of English society at the time, “the Age of Faith.” John had moved up considerably in social status now and was with the very cream of the Puritan crop in Virginia.
In the fall 1636, Edward Dewall, an indentured servant to Symon Cornocke, also of Warroscoyack, asked John and two other colonists to witness his will. Dewall had decided towill a property back in England, a “Hoast-house or Inne,” called the Rose and located in Redding, to his master Symon Cornocke.When the paperwork was prepared, on November 11 of that year, John Army[sic] signed with his name, not with his mark, as a witness. This is significant to us because it indicates that he apparently was able to read and write at least his name. Thus it would be a safe bet that he was literate, as would be expected of a former tobacco factor and merchant.78 (This will was rather unusual in that it deals with an indentured servant owning property. The will was proved in November 1640, but Edward Dewall’s brother Humphrey in England contested the disposition of the Inne to Symon Cornocke. Did Cornocke unfairly influence his servant to will him the property? We may never know.)
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A new governor would come to Virginia in 1642, Sir William Berkley. He was a young, well educated Royalist, and was staunchly loyal to King Charles. As the English Civil War was breaking out in the homeland between the Puritan Parliamentarians and the Royalists, Berkley took a strong stance and harsh measures against the Puritans in the colony. And in January 1649, more than 350 of them would indeed follow Richard Bennett out of Virginia and would indeed establish a settlement which they called Providence (on the Severn River “over against” an area that would later become Annapolis) in Mary Land.79 It would be logical to assume that John, Mary and William were among these Puritans. After all, they must have known Richard Bennett well, all of them neighbors and prominent members of the Puritans at Nansemond.
However, no record of John’s life is to be found anywhere in the Chesapeake after he signed Edward Dewall’s will. There is no record of him up in Providence. There is no record of him on Kent Island, in the Chesapeake, “over against” Providence—where many settlers following Richard Bennett also made their home. There is no trace of him in the Virginia settlement of Chicacoan—the area “over against” St. Mary’s City, Maryland, where his former partner William Newman would later settle. No, there is no further record of him anywhere in America because he was no longer in America. Instead, the evidence points us in a whole new direction—again.
Just when their lives in Virginia were going so well, John’s family was shattered by a terrible tragedy. Circumstantial evidence points to the fact that Mary may have died or been killed in 1638. Almost four hundred years of the sands of time have drifted over the events that occurred, so we may never know exactly what happened, or the pain and heartbreak that took place. Did she die during childbirth, or from disease? Was she killed in an Indian attack? Whatever the facts are, John must have abandoned Virginia soon after her death. He probably decided to bring in his crops for the year, sell his land and make preparations to once again return to England. And we do not positively know what became of William and any other children they may have had. John may have decided it was impossible to care for his family without his dear wife, and also that it was becoming increasingly difficult to make a living as a planter in the colony due to the ever decreasing price of tobacco, which had fallen now below subsistence levels because of ever increasing production. He may have found it advisable to take William and any other children back to his mother country and his old hometown.He apparently sold his plantation on Bennett Creek to Mr. Thomas Burbage, Merchant, who had made several purchases of land in the area in the fall of 1638. Burbage then assigned John’s land to Peter Knight, Merchant, who repatented it in his own name on November 18, 1638.80 (This land would have been worth about 2200 lbs. of tobacco, based on a comparable sale in the area. 450 acres of land was sold by John Parrott to Robert Newman, Planter, “in consideration of the full sum of 2,500 lbs. of good & merchantable tobacco with casque.” By coincidence, Robert Newman had later resold that parcel to Richard Bennett in August 1638.)81John probably returned to Plymouth, a strong Puritan community in the midst of the mostly Royalist Southwest of England, in the late 1638 to resettle, reestablish himself and care for his surviving children. You could guess that he started to again attend his old church St. Andrew’s in Plymouth. He might just have been seen as a very eligible widower in the eyes of the ladies of St. Andrew’s church!
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John now found himself rising into the ranks of a “new merchant” class, a force which was steadily gaining power and influence in England and rivaled the old Merchant-Adventurer establishment in London. And now with even more working capital apparently available to him, he might now have been considered almost a “gentleman” himself. He became involved in adventuring “trading cloth” (and probably other trucking goods as well) to the Chesapeake, which was now being called dismissively, “parts of America.” Trading cloth (also called stroud cloth, as in Stroud, Gloucestershire), was semi-finished woolen cloth used for bartering with the Indians in the Chesapeake. It was typically bleached white, or dyed red or blue. John may have made trips to London in the course of his adventuring business. Perhaps he needed access to a larger market than the one presented by Plymouth. “In fact, it is questionable that any port in England could successfully compete with London in the supply of goods suited to the English taste, a point which may help to explain the subsequent enslavement of the planters to the London merchants [for generations].”82 One can imagine him traveling to London on the same coach line that had carried John Rolfe and Pocahontas to London back in 1616.He made at least one such trip to London in the fall of 1640, (on the eve of its “City revolution.” England was falling into Civil War.)While there, he entered into an agreement with a certain Dr. Thomas Gerrard, one of the first “chirurgeons” in parts of America. Gerard had accumulated large tracts of land in Maryland and Virginia. One of his holdings was St. Clement’s Manor, where the Arkand the Dove had landed in 1634. Dr. Gerrard had recently arrived in “in the Realme of England” on the Blessing.
Gerrard was being handsomely outfitted for his return trip to Maryland by his brother-in-law Abel Snow. Abel, a Merchant “of Cursitar’s Office on Chancery Lane” in London, had advanced Dr. Gerrard a very large amount of money--over £178. Abel had also given the good doctor more than £69 in ready cash, had purchased various commodities and sundry items for him, and had paid the customs duties on the 22 hogsheads of tobacco which doctor had brought with him to London for import. Apparently Abel Snow and/or Dr. Gerrard knew John, and knew that he was an Adventurer (a venture capitalist). Abel brought John in on an additional “adventure” that he was making with Dr. Gerrard. Each of them was going to advance Gerrard a substantial amount of “blew tradeing cloth,” which he could take to Maryland and for which he would make them “a return.” The good doctor signed a joint note for over £15 each to his “Loving brother” Abel Snow and to John on Friday, 15 October 1640. John is referred to deferentially in the note as, “Mr. John Army [sic].” This was a sizeable transaction. The note was witnessed by two witnesses when Dr. Gerrard signed, sealed and delivered it, probably at the Cursitar’s Office on Chancery Lane.As we saw with the London Company of Virginia, many risky adventures associated with “parts of America” might never yield “a return,” and this one apparently did not. Abel and John’s note was never satisfied by Gerrard, who was later taken to court in Maryland over this and other matters.Here is what happened: Abel Snow patented his own manor, Snow Hill Manor, also in Maryland, but it was seated by his brothers Justinian and Marmaduke Snow rather than by him. When Abel died in England without heirs, Dr. Gerrard attempted to claim Snow Hill Manor as his own, due to the fact that he was married to the Snows’ sister, Susannah. This was despite the fact that he had never paid Abel back the money he owed him. Marmaduke Snow opposed Dr. Gerrard’s attempt to usurp Snow Hill Manor, and considerable litigation, suits and countersuits, ensued in the Maryland Provincial CourtMarmaduke apparently had purchased or took on consignment the unpaid note from John, for he entered it into the record as evidence against Gerrard in his lawsuit.83 Here is a transcript of the note as it was entered into the Maryland Provincial Court records:
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I doe hereby Certefy that this is a true Coppy of an Acco betweene the sd Abell Snowe and Thomas Gerrard Sealed deliuered and accknowledged by the said Thomas Gerrard as a foresd in the pr   of C Baltemore Likewise my said Brother Abell hath sent & adventures two peecesof blew tradeing cloth by me which I am to make him a returne of, the Cloth cost xylb—injsAlso Mr John Army hath sent just the like[sic]Adventure by me wch I am to accompt to him for likewise,Witnesmy hand the day and yeare aboue writtenTho. Gerrard
Witnes hereunto Robt Styles Valerius SuttonThis is a true Coppy examined by meWillm FynneyThomas Cornwallis of the Cross in Maryland in America Esqrand John Langford of the pish of St Clement Danes in the Countyof Midde gent, doe make oathe tht this is a true coppy (by them nowlately examined of the acco beareing date the fift of October 1640,And that they were prsent & did see the within named ThomasGerrard Signe seale and deliuer the said Acco beareing date asaforesd) and that these deponts names subscribed therevnto as witt-nesses are their owne proper hand wryting
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The case went on for years in Maryland Provincial Court. Marmaduke Snow eventually won an astronomical judgement against Dr. Gerrard for 1000 lbs. sterling in the Provincial Court. But Gerrard, even though he had abandoned the Manor and moved across the Potomac to Virginia, appealed to the Upper House of General Assembly of Maryland in 1666, where he won a reversal of the order of the Court. It is unknown if John’s note was ever redeemed.
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Only a few short months after he originally took the note from Dr. Gerrard back in 1640, John, now an eligible 52 year-old widower, possibly with young children in his care, remarried. His bride was Thomasine Maye, whom he married on Sunday, 20 January 1641, again at St. Andrews Anglican Church.84 Was she living in Plymouth at this time? Also a parishioner of St. Andrew’s? Surprisingly, details of her life are obscured by an overabundance, rather than a scarcity, of information. Parish Registers (also called Bishops Transcripts, since copies were to be sent to the Bishops) show no fewer than six baby girls born or christened in England between 1581 and 1611 who were given the name of Thomasine May or something close, all but one of them in the Southwest of England. Any one could have been the Thomasine he married. His bride may have been considerably younger than John, and of child-bearing age. There is a possibility that John and Thomasine may have relocated at this time to the North of England, in the village of Leake in Yorkshire, possibly to be near a relative (brother or cousin?) named “Willmi Armie”.[sic] A son may have been born tothem on 24 February 1643, and they named him Thomas, perhaps after his mother Thomasine.85 A son was also born to “Willmi Armie” and his wife, and was named Cuthbert.86 It is not known for how long John and Thomasine lived in Leake, if at all.
King Charles fled London on 11 January 1642, and the English Civil War began soon after. It culminated in 1649 with the establishment of the Commonwealth under the Puritan-controlled Parliament and the Lord Protector, Oliver Cromwell. Whether from Leake or Plymouth, John and Thomasine lived through it. They might well have been in Plymouth during some or all of the many sieges attempted on Plymouth by the Royalists, none of which were successful. Even King Charles himself approached Plymouth in September 1644, but would not actually lay siege to the town itself because “…[It is] a hard choice for a king that loves his people and desires their love either to kill his own subjects or be killed by them.”87Later during the War, King Charles took refuge on the Isle of Wight, and was taken prisoner and held at Carisbrooke Castle near Newport for almost a year in 1647 and 1648. This is probably very close to where John and William Newman had stayed while they waited to board the Furtherance back in 1622. Charles attempted to escape several times. One of the king’s escape attempts was unsuccessful because he got stuck in a window of the castle. That window and Carisbrooke Castle itself still stand today, and can even be toured. Charles was escorted from the castle to London to stand trial, and ultimately was beheaded in January 1649 (just as John’s old friend and neighbor Richard Bennett was leading his Puritans to Providence in Mary Land.)
Virginia, ironically, had remained loyal to the King (he had called it “My Old Dominion.”) And during this era of the Commonwealth in England, Richard Bennett, along with the famous William Claiborne and three others, would be commissioned by the Council of State in England and charged with the task of “reducing” both Mary Land and Virginia to the will of the Commonwealth. This they accomplished peacefully in 1652, and at that time Richard Bennett returned to Virginia and his homestead over against John’s old plantation on Bennett Creek. Bennett was elected by the Assembly (at the direction of Council of State in England), to replace Sir William Berkley as Virginia’s first governor under the Commonwealth. Sweet revenge on the man who drove him out of Virginia in the first place! After having served three consecutive one-year terms, former Governor Bennett agreed to represent Virginia’s interests in England, relocated there, and lived in “the City” for three years. John would certainly have known this, and it is certainly possible that John might have visited Richard while in London on business. In November 1657, Bennett completed negotiations withLord Baltimore, Cecilius Calvert, to return the proprietorship of Mary Land to him. In 1658, former Governor Bennett again returned home to his Virginia plantation in what had then become Nansemond County. There he embraced Quakerism, and stayed active in the politics of Virginia. He was elected year after year to the Council of State, which had outgrown the little church and now met in its own State House in Jamestown. He was also a Major-General in the Virginia Militia from 1662 to 1672. Richard Bennett’s will is dated 15 March 1675 in Nansemond County. It was proved there on 12 April 1675. Tragically, his son had drowned the prior year, and his grandson, also named Richard Bennett, inherited the bulk of his sizeable estate.
John’s old friend and partner, William Newman also returned to Virginia, perhaps around 1650. He is shown as patenting 1000 acres in Northumberland County with a new partner, John Meekes, on 6 May 1651.88 The area, across the Potomac from St. Mary’s City on the Coan River, was semi-autonomous (they didn’t send a burgess to Jamestown) and had come to be known as Chicacoan, in the “Northern Neck.” It was rapidly being settled by the English. “A fine group of settlers, many from the merchant class in England, came to this region.”89 (In 1657, John Washington, a wool merchant from Sulgrave, England, immigrated here. In a later era, his great-grandson George Washington would be born here.) 100 acres of William Newman and John Meekes’ land was resold to Wm Snodell, who re-patented it in March 1658.90 Other parts of this land were re-patented by Peter Knight in March 1662 and by Anthony Lenton in December 1662. William is last heard from on a Jury of Inquest impaneled to enquire about the strange death of Ursula Batten, a bystander who was accidentally killed on 10 December 1662, as “a beast” was being shot. Her death was ruled accidental.91 William Newman’s land, as well as “Capt. Popely’s ancient landing” is referred to in a deed in York County, 12 January 1666.92William Newman’s will was proved in 1670 in York County.93
Alas, John may have once again experienced the pain and sorrow of becoming a widower, as he apparently lost his second wife Thomasine to death, although again we have no record of the death.Ever the eligible widower, this time 66 years old, John again remarried. He married Seth Holcraft on Friday, March 24, 1656. Again the marriage is recorded at St. Andrew’s Church in Plymouth.94 We know nothing of his wife Seth or their life after this third marriage, but can speculate that he continued to live his life comfortably in Plymouth with her for a number of years, perhaps continuing to be an Adventurer, perhaps keeping in touch with William, his son by his first wife Mary, and Thomas, his son by his second wife Thomasine. Both sons may have by this time been living in “parts of America” themselves. William, born circa 1631, would have gotten his basic education in Plymouth, and may have himself ventured back to Virginia. Capt. Samuel Mathewes uses a “Wm. Urwin” as a headright for his patent of 3,000 acres on 20 August 1642 (when William was only 11 years old?)95 And the one and only surviving Quit Rent Roll for 1704 shows a “Wm. Arving” paying the tax on 100 acres in Essex County, Virginia. (He would have been 73 years old.)96 And “William Arvin” paying the tax on 100 acres also in Essex County in 1715 (at age 84?)97Thomas, born in 1642, and also having grown up and being educated in Plymouth, might be the “Thomas Army” shown as a headright on Capt. David Mansell’s patent for 600 acres taken on 6 October 1654 (although he would have been only 12 years old.)98 And he might be the “Thomas Ervin,” shown patenting 230 acres in Old Rappahannock county in Virginia on 20 February, 1662, when he was barely twenty years old.99
Perhaps John lived long enough to witness the demise of the English Commonwealth and The Restoration of the Monarchy as Charles II returned from exile and ascended to the throne in 1660. We have no records beyond this point with which to conclude the story. All that is certain is that it did indeed conclude. John Arvine [or Army], native of England, emigrant to parts of America in the Kingdome of Virginia, indentured servant or freeman, survivor of Jamestown but banished from the colony, wealthy tobacco factor and “new merchant,” again an emigrant to Virginia as a prominent Puritan planter, three times married and twice a widower, and finally prosperous Adventurer, likely died in his hometown of Plymouth, England, circa 1670. Although no records have survived, he was likely buried at St. Andrew’s in the churchyard that was located on the north side of the church.
A modern-day writer tells us that, “Being an ancient parish church, St. Andrews used to have a churchyard. However, by the mid-19th century it had become so heaped with bodies that it was higher than the roadway [Bedford Street] and obscured part of the church so in 1884 it was leveled and the bodies removed to the burial ground in Westwell Street, a few yards to the west. In place of the churchyard was erected a memorial cross, St. Andrews Cross, but this landmark [and the church itself] was badly damaged in the Blitz of March 1941 and later removed for safety.”100Another Elizabeth, HRH the Princess Elizabeth II, laid the foundation stone for the restoration of St. Andrew’s Church in 1949.
Sidebar:Just who is John Army?
The subject of this sketch is a composite character. You may have noticed that there is information included here which pertains to John Arvan, John Arvine and John Army (or Armie, or even Armye), all of it documented, but not all of it about one single person. I believe that there is a slight possibility that “Armie” is simply a mistaken spelling of “Arvine.” If so, it opens up the life of a person named John Arvine to us. But it is much more likely that Army was in fact John’s real surname. So this sketch is most likely about John Army rather than John Arvine. Although the surname Army is very rare, there is in fact much more documentary evidence from this time period available about John Army (Armie, Armye) than about John Arvan or John Arvine. In fact, there is precious little about anyone other than John Army.
Review what we have seen. First, we do have evidence that a “John Arvan” was baptized in September, 1589 in Gloucestershire. But there is no further evidence about him. None.Next, consider the land patent that someone named John was granted in June, 1635. It is the most substantial evidence we have about John’s life in the Virginia colony. But does it relate to John Arvine?Some background: These patents were prepared in two copies. One copy was given to the patentee, and the other was retained by the secretary of the colony, to be bound into volumes for recordkeeping. The originals no longer exist, but clerks had rewritten the secretary’s copies from time to time into new bound volumes. Although many other records were tragically lost over time or destroyed in fires—from Bacon’s Rebellion in 1676, to the fire which burned the Jamestown Statehouse in 1698, to the burning of Richmond during the Civil War—these volumes have, remarkably, survived. They were originally maintained by the colony of Virginia, which became the Commonwealth of Virginia. They later came into the custody of the Land Office and are now under the protection of the Library of Virginia in Richmond. A clerk, L. Edward Harrison, rewrote Volume Number 1 in 1683, and it is his work that could now be considered closest to “primary evidence.” More than two hundred years after L. Edward Harrison’s work—in the late nineteenth century—these volumes were studied and abstracted to print by Dr. William G. Stanard, secretary of the Virginia Historical Society and editor of its magazine. He interpreted the faded name on the patent in question as “John Arvine,” and that’s the way he published it when he ran a series of articles in the Virginia Magazine of History and Biography in the 1890’s [Volume 3 (1896), p 53]. The name was also published as “John Arvine” by the William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine in May, 1899 [1st Series, Volume VII, pages 205-315]. Excerpts from both magazines are published in Virginia Land Records by the Genealogical Publishing Company [page 179 and page 550.] This is our only evidence that a John Arvine did in fact live in the colony at this time.Later still, in 1934, Harrison’s bound volume was also abstracted by Nell Marion Nugent, custodian of the Land Office in Richmond. For years she studied and transcribed many volumes and literally hundreds of patents in preparing her monumental work, Cavaliers and Pioneers: Abstracts of Virginia Land Patents and Grants 1623-1800.She interpreted the name on the very same patent as “John Armie,” and that’s the way it appears in her work. [Book No. 1—Part I, p 23]Whose interpretation is correct? Well, take a look at how Harrison spells the name on another patent, the original dating from the time when the widow Martha Tomlin, John’s next-door neighbor, patents her property in July of 1635. [Cavaliers and Pioneers, Book 1—Part I, p 27]As Ms. Nugent abstracts Harrison’s writing, the widow’s land is “adjacent to land graunted John Armie, beginning next above his land.” And when Martha Tomlin sells her property to Apaphroditus Lawson in May 1638, John again is mentioned. Ms. Nugent abstracts Harrison’s writing on this patent as, “John Armye.” [Cavaliers and Pioneers, Book No. 1—Part II, p 84] This makes for a strong case that John’s patent was written as “John Armie,” not “John Arvine.” The patent book that L. Edward Harrison rewrote in 1683 has been digitally scanned by the Library of Virginia and can be viewed on their website; you can make your own decisions. [For John’s land, see Patent Book No.1, page 185-186. For the spelling in Martha Tomlin’s patent, see page 234, line 23. For the spelling in Epaphroditus Lawson’s patent, see page 535, line 10. Clerk Harrison’s signature is on page 953.] Interestingly, the Library of Virginia does not list either “Arvine” or “Armie” in its on-line alphabetical search facility of patentees’ names, perhaps indicating they are not completely sure themselves of the correct spelling.But if you decide, as I have, that the name on the patents must be John Armie (or Armye), then John Arvine vanishes entirely from this sketch.
Now back to the review of what we have seen. We know from the 1625 Muster that John Army must have also been born about 1589 (although we do not know where—perhaps Plymouth?), and all subsequent documentation presented in this sketch refers to John Army (or variants), from the 1624 “Lists of the Livinge & Dead in Virginia” to his 1656 marriage to Seth Holcraft in Plymouth, and everything in between. And the documentation is quite coherent. So the preponderance of the evidence indicates that his name really was Army. And for those of us who would hope to claim John as a direct lineal ancestor, this is quite a disappointment.
But in a larger sense, the exact surname is not so important after all. Indirectly, John really can be claimed as an ancestor by all us English-speaking people who are now living in “parts of America.” After so many years and so many generations, his genes surely live on in millions and millions of us. He was seventeenth century England’s “everyman,” the arch-typical prototype of a new merchant class that sprang up and came to power in England at this time, and which drove the colonization of America. Consider the following from Merchants and Revolution, Comercial Change, Political Conflict, and London's Overseas Traders, 1550-1653 (2003), by Robert Brenner: “…in plantation development in early Virginia, the distinction between merchant and planter tended to be blurred; merchants took up plantations, planters became merchants, and all sorts of merchant-planter partnerships were formed. This was especially true at the top level of the society, for in order to market large amounts of tobacco, it was generally necessary to combine plantation ownership with trade.”[p 116] “…the traders who were responsible for the crucial inputs of capital and entrepreneurship for colonial development were ‘new men’ in several senses. Few of them had been members of the great London trading companies, or overseas merchants of any kind. Nor did they come from the upper ranks of either London or county society. Originally men of the ‘middling sort,’ they were born outside London and were, in many cases, the younger sons of minor gentry or prosperous yeomen. A few came from borough commercial families. “From their provincial homes, many of these men entered directly into colonial entrepreneurship by emigrating to the colonies and starting up plantations, a path nearly universally eschewed by the City’s company merchants. In this case, they often used their plantation profits to return to London and set themselves up as full-fledged overseas merchants. Even then, they tended to remain intimately involved in all aspects of the colonial economy, including plantations and politics as well as trade. Indeed, the tight connections retained by the leading colonial traders with the ruling Virginia Council…provided an important key to their dramatic success.” “…a critical feature of the overall evolution was the emergence from the mass of small traders of what might best be termed a colonial entrepreneurial leadership.”[p 114-115]John certainly was representative of this colonial entrepreneurial leadership. And John’s success is our success, even to this very day. His life is our heritage. | {
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Councilman's satellite offices bring services into the District 3 communities
Arlene Trost and Donna Wielock staff District 3 Councilman Bruce Kraus' satellite offices in Arlington, Oakland and South Side. February 14 marked the one-year anniversary of the office in the UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center.
Working one day a week for the past year at the Councilman Bruce Kraus' satellite office in UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center, Arlene Trost and Donna Wielock have handled nearly 600 requests for help from city residents.
One of three satellite offices they staff, the women are in the South Side office every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help with constituent services. The Arlington office is open every Tuesday in the Allegheny County Adult Probation Day Reporting Center, 2322 Arlington Avenue from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and by appointment in Oakland at the Peoples Oakland office, 3433 Bates Street.
The mobile telephone for the satellite offices is 412-689-1130.
"Our 'girls' come in about once a month," Ms. Wielock said of a group of seniors who come to the office regularly. "They help us with a lot of things, they're very knowledgeable in the South Side. They're very welcoming."
The women use the contacts they've made since the first satellite office in Arlington opened almost six years ago to help get residents' problems resolved. They joked about how they're hesitant to share those contacts when staff from Mr. Kraus' downtown office ask for the names and numbers.
They have been able to get help for residents from the Parking Authority, Public Works, PWSA, along with county and state agencies and offices. Their hosts at the outpatient center have also been helpful.
"The people here (at the UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Center) are like our family," Ms. Wielock said. "They work with us really well."
People coming in for help haven't been limited to District 3 residents. They've had people come in from other council district and even neighboring municipalities.
The women help were they can and refer the problems to the right council office or appropriate municipality.
Many times when someone comes in it's because they don't want to call the city's 311 Response Center themselves. Ms. Trost said many of the seniors don't understand when they submit a complaint to 311, the complaint remains anonymous even if the operator asks for a name.
Instead, Ms. Trost or Ms. Wielock will submit the complaint under the councilman's name and follow-up with the resident within 10 days.
Ms. Wielock says she keeps current with messages left on the mobile phone they use, frequently answering calls in the evening while at home.
Early on, before there was a mobile phone for the satellite offices, the women would give out their personal cell phone numbers. The practice now occasionally comes back to haunt them with residents calling at all hours.
Recently, Ms. Wielock received a call at 4:30 a.m. on her personal phone in the morning from a woman complaining her street hadn't been cleared of snow yet.
"She said our street isn't cleaned yet, why isn't it cleaned yet," Ms. Wielock told her they have 48 hours to clear the streets and "thank you very much for calling."
Ms. Trost added they get a lot of calls complaining about city lots needing cleaned. Without the "Redd Up" crew, they often rely on Allegheny CleanWays and help from the Allegheny County Adult Day Release Center in Arlington to supplement the work done by city Public Works.
Ms. Trost and Ms. Wielock also help with neighborhood events. A recent heath fair was held at the South Side Market House with 157 seniors participating. In addition to receiving flu shots, seniors could also get information and more from health related businesses participating in the fair.
The health fair was in partnership with the UPMC Mercy South Side Outpatient Health Center.
In addition, they helped out with ice cream socials at Morse Gardens, Carson Towers and the Market House.
To celebrate the one-year anniversary of the South Side satellite office, they are planning a celebration in the first floor conference room of the Outpatient Center on Thursday, March 12 from 10 a.m. to noon. All are welcome to come down and say 'hello' during the celebration. | {
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