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Valencia are plotting a January raid on Manchester United as they look to take Javier Hernandez away from Old Trafford.
The Mexican striker finds himself down the pecking order, as Moyes puts his trust in experienced pairing Robin van Persie and Wayne Rooney.
Englishman Danny Welbeck appears to be third choice up top, leaving Chicharito with limited game time.
He started United's midweek victory over Real Sociedad, but has appeared just three times in the Premier League this season, failing to hit the net.
The pacey forward is keen to get plenty of playing time ahead of this summer's World Cup, with competition stiff for a place in the Mexico line-up.
According to insidefutbol.com, Valencia are keen to add the striker to their squad in January.
With the impeding loss of centre-back Adil Rami to AC Milan, Valencia manager Miroslav Djukic is also in the market for a defender, but is keen to secure the services of proven goalscorer Hernandez.
Despite insisting that he is happy at Old Trafford, fan-favourite Hernandez has failed to nail a starting berth at the club since his 2010 move.
Cash-strapped Valencia are concerned, however, with the likely fee required to take the Mexican to Spain, and the striker may have to take a pay-cut.
Hernandez will be hoping to get some minutes on the pitch when United host stoke at Old Trafford this weekend.
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Checking in on the… Sun BeltPosted by rtmsf on January 16th, 2009
Rick Henderson of The Owl's Nest is the RTC correspondent for the Sun Belt Conference.
Toppers Move into Two-way Tie for First
We pegged University of Arkansas-Little Rock and Middle Tennessee as the teams to beat this season, and thus far, that is the case. However, Middle Tennessee was defeated last night by the Hilltoppers in a nail biter 61-63. Steffphon Pettigrew's offensive rebound and subsequent put back with four seconds remaining sealed it for WKU. Unbelievably, the Blue Raiders have not won at Diddle Arena since 1977.

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Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Bike Repair and Co-op Champagne
I have just begun cleaning up and restoring an early 60's Bianchi Gran Sport (similar to the one above) with some help from the good folks at the Bike Kitchen. I know next to nothing about bikes, but look forward to learning a bit via the restoration process. This one is a classic! Emerald green frame, all original Campagnolo components, original Bianchi leather seat (looks like a Brooks), and other assorted things that bike geeks who have seen this have pointed out: chrome on headset, Bianchi badge on front, dual wing nut tire releases. So if the bike doesn't ride well and I need to sell it, I at least have some components that collectors will more than willingly take off my hands.
Step one is rust removal - there is some serious accumulated rust on the wheels, pedals and other spots. This bici (velo for the franco-frenchies) has not seen any road in over 40 years! As scrubbing off rust with a brillo pad is tough work, my friend Josh, who helps to run the Bike Kitchen and also buys wine for Bi-Rite market, offered me a blind taste of something with bubbles in a tiny dixie cup. I guessed big house champagne with a good bit of PN in it. It was fine - definitely champagne and of ok quality but not at all exciting. And I was right - 1997 Palmes d'or from Feuillate. Apparently, vintage co-op champagne tastes like non-vintage NM bubbly from an ok house. Regardless, it felt good to take an occasional break from the brillo pad and sip some champanskoyo.
Step 2 is an overhaul of the bike, which I am told could mean a lot of things depending on what we find. What I am excited about is that, after replacing the tires, I should be able to ride the bike as is. And then slowly tackling the overhaul.
Yep - moving to SF is gradually turning me into a bike geek.
Posted by Joe Manekin at 10/31/2007 06:33:00 PM
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- Mateo said...
good thinking - i've been riding my bike to work in SF for five years and i can barely change a tube.
freewheel on valencia offers lots of bike classes, i'm thinking about joining up come january (so long as it doesn't interfere with my rigorous ski schedule)
- November 1, 2007 at 10:25 PM
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News, reviews, sneak peeks, interviews and looks backstage on all things opera in our fair city...
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis Offers Opera Fans Worldwide the Chance to Win VIP Tickets and Travel Packages with New Video Competition
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has launched Opera Stories Revealed: Share Your Story and Win, a new competition designed to inspire audiences, artists, and fans to share their excitement about opera, in partnership with KMOX radio. The grand prize winner of the competition will receive VIP tickets to the opening night of Opera Theatre's world premiere opera-in-jazz Champion, as well as a music travel package to New Orleans to hear Champion's composer Terence Blanchard perform at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
Opera lovers of all ages and all backgrounds have moving, surprising, and funny stories about opera. Through this contest, Opera Theatre and KMOX 1120 AM encourage those fans worldwide to share a personal video of one of those stories here.
Videos can be captured on a smartphone or standard digital video camera and uploaded directly to the competition's webpage. The story might be that of a first experience with opera, a favorite opera memory, falling in love with opera, how someone fell in love because of opera, or any other experience with opera that surprised or delighted. For inspiration, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis has prepared a series of videos featuring the stories of current singers, staff members, and board members, which can also be viewed here.
Contestants will be able submit videos starting now through March 3, 2013. Through March 3, the public will be able to rate each video, helping to select the top ten finalists. From March 6-March 19, 2013, through online voting, audiences will be able to vote on their favorite video from among the top ten -– with one vote permitted per day per email address. A grand prize winner and two runners up will be selected March 20, 2013.
Grand prize winners will receive not only a VIP experience at the opening night of the world premiere of Terence Blanchard and Michael Cristofer's Champion in St. Louis on June 15, 2013, but they will also enjoy the opportunity to hear five-time Grammy Award winner Terence Blanchard perform live at the 2013 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
The New Orleans travel package features round trip air fare to New Orleans, two nights hotel accommodations, two days' access to the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and a pre- or post-concert meet and greet opportunity with Terence Blanchard. Two runners up will also receive a pair of tickets to the world premiere of Champion, and all top ten finalists will receive an autographed Champion poster signed by Mr. Blanchard.
Opera Stories Revealed: Share Your Story and Win was developed in partnership with KMOX radio. As part of New Voices for Opera, a program designed to grow and deepen engagement in opera, the competition is generously funded with grants from Opera America's Opera Fund and PNC Arts Alive. The support from PNC is part of a multi-year initiative to support visual and performing arts groups with the goal of increasing arts access and engagement in new and innovative ways.
"The PNC Foundation has a long history of providing grants to organizations that strengthen and enrich the lives of our communities," said Rick Sems, the Regional President of PNC Bank. "We understand that a rich arts community is a significant driver of our economic success, providing employment, boosting tourism, and making the region attractive for businesses, residents, and visitors."
Single tickets to Opera Theatre's 2013 Festival Season go on sale to the general public on Saturday, February 23, 2013. Subscriptions are currently available to all four operas in the season: The Pirates of Penzance, a double bill of Pagliacci and Il tabarro, the world premiere of Champion, and The Kiss.
About Opera Theatre of Saint Louis
Opera Theatre of Saint Louis is one of the leading American opera companies, known for a spring festival of inventive new productions, sung in English, featuring the finest American singers and accompanied by members of the St. Louis Symphony. As of 2012 Opera Theatre has presented 22 world premieres and 23 American premieres –- which may be the highest percentage of new work in the repertory of any U.S. company.
Described by the Sunday Times of London as "one of the few American companies worth the transatlantic fare," Opera Theatre of Saint Louis annually welcomes visitors from nearly every state and close to a dozen foreign countries. Although the size of the theater typically limits box office income to less than a quarter of the budget, the company has consistently produced work of the highest quality while never accumulating a deficit.
Opera Theatre also has a long tradition of discovering and promoting the careers of the finest operatic artists of the current generation. Among the artists who had important early opportunities at Opera Theatre are Christine Brewer, Susan Graham, Nathan Gunn, Patricia Racette, Thomas Hampson, Jerry Hadley, Dawn Upshaw, Sylvia McNair, Erie Mills, Dwayne Croft, Kelly Kaduce, and Lawrence Brownlee.
Opera Theatre has always been known for distinguished leadership: founding general director Richard Gaddes was succeeded in 1985 by general director Charles MacKay, with famed British stage director Colin Graham as artistic director and Stephen Lord (1992 – present) as music director. Timothy O'Leary was named general director in October 2008 with acclaimed stage director James Robinson succeeding Colin Graham. For more information, visit ExperienceOpera.org.
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I'm coming to terms with a lot of the "gobbledygook" I was taught while growing-up about protein, meats, and dairy products. As I've said in previous posts, my evolution to a vegan-based diet was a progression after 5 years semi-veggie. As well, our diet changes were driven for health-conscious reasons, and although the ethical reasons to embrace vegan-eating are understood and accepted, they were not the primary catalyst. That said, I want to make sure that in addition to the fibre and nutrient-rich veggie juice we get in our daily smoothies, we also get sufficient veg-based proteins, etc.
While scouring the interwebz to find a palatable, powdered, Organic source of veggie protein, I kept coming back to spirulina. Spirulina is an algae that is rich in protein (16g protein per 1 tsp serving) and essential minerals. The Aztecs have been using spirulina for centuries. In an effort to add variety, I kept looking and found wheatgrass and red maca interesting. Wheatgrass is not high in protein, but it is rich in beta-carotene, calcium, chlorophyll, fiber, iron and vitamin K. Yay! The red maca powder got my attention with it's energy-boosting abilities, as well as having several essential amino acids and a sweet, caramel-like smell. Double-yay! I was still wanting to round the flavors out, so I keep looking. Both pomegranate and açaí are high in anti-oxidants as well being yummy, so I went with them! Triple-yay!
After everything arrived, I tasted each powder separately to get a feel for them. Wow! I was pleasantly surprised with the spirulina, because I had envisioned a flavor resembling that of fresh-cut grass. Not at all what I got. Yes, the best way to describe it is "green," but more like an "I've just eaten a gorgeous fresh kale and spinach salad"-kind of green. The wheatgrass was very light on my nose, and had a slightly-sweet, delicate aftertaste. The red maca filled my nose with a definite caramel fragrance, and tasted a little like a powdered potato. Both the pomegranate and açaí were sweet and tart. Delicious! This is what I'm working with now, although I may change amounts and/or add fruit powders in the future:Basic Kapowder 2 C spirulina* powder
2 C wheatgrass* powder
2 C red maca* powder
1.5 C açaí* powder
2 C pomegranate* powder
* = Organic
:: Sift all the powders through a wire sieve into a large bowl or bucket you have a lid for. I used an empty ice cream bucket. =0) With a wire whisk or spoon, stir through to incorporate all the powders. Store in the fridge. For Smoothies, use 1 semi-heaping Tbsp per blender-full, or 1 tsp (1/3 of a scoop-full similar to the one pictured below) per individual glass (mixed with fruit juice or water). I really like my little coffee scoop like this…
…but my scoop is white. ;0) I find it's a great amount heaping for full blenders or 1/3-full for single-servings.
Green Kapowder Smoothie: banana, 1 heaping-scoop of Kapowder, 1/2 C frozen strawberries, coconut milk. It was awesome!


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Wednesday, October 28, 2009
What do you call them?
What do you call a direct ancestor you've never met?
I used to say I was looking for "Henry C. Meinzen" or "Elvira Bartley Gerner" or whoever it was. Then I began saying I was looking for "my great-grandfather, Henry C. Meinzen" or "my great-grandmother, Elvira Bartley Gerner." When talking to my family about my searches, they knew who I meant when I said "Elvira" or "Henry C." But something just didn't seem right. If those ancestors were alive, I certainly wouldn't address them as Henry C. or Elvira. So in my mind I've begun thinking of them as Gramma Elvira and Grampa Henry.
For me, family history and genealogy are not about names and dates but about relatives I haven't yet had the opportunity to meet. Their bodies are dead but I believe their spirits live on and that we'll meet when we arrive in eternity. It will be a happy day for me because those relatives I've been able to find will not be strangers to me. I will at least recognize their names and that they are family.
So, what do you call deceased relatives you've never met?
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I think right now I still call them by their names, but I'm working on calling them grandma or grandpa so and so...I think it's difficult for me to often remember how they are related, which is part of the problem. I love the photos, especially of William Doyle and Tressa Rose Froman.ReplyDelete
I also find it difficult to know what to call relatives when I write about them. In my blog, I call by grandmother, Grandma--even though she was only a teen when she kept the diary. Sometimes I think that I should call her by her given name--Helena--when I write about her, but somehow it doesn't feel quite right.ReplyDelete
I appreciate your comments and look forward to reading what you have to say. Thanks for stopping by.
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It might seem like quite a jump from sex with a warm apple pie to the touching realism of an illegal immigrant father trying to do right by his son in East L.A., but for Chris Weitz that jump took only a little over a decade.
Mr. Weitz, co-director with his brother Paul of "American Pie" and "About a Boy," and the director of "The Golden Compass" and "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," among other films, will discuss his work onstage at the Avram Theater at the Stony Brook Southampton campus on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Weitz will be the honored guest for this year's Pakula Prize evening, following previous guests Robert Benton, Peter Hedges, and Alexander Payne.
So how does one get from sophomoric quests to get laid to a film like "A Better Life," Mr. Weitz's latest, which chronicles the life of a gardener in the Mexican section of Los Angeles who tries to keep his son away from gangs while dodging immigration agents himself?
"My grandmother is Mexican," said Mr. Weitz, whose father, the late John Weitz, was a well-known presence in the New York fashion scene and also a novelist. But it is from his mother, Susan Kohner, a former actress and resident of Sag Harbor, that Mr. Weitz gets his Hispanic blood.
His grandmother Lupita Tovar, an early film actress, came to this country at 17. "She's 100 years old," Mr. Weitz said. "And she married a Hungarian immigrant," he added, referring to his grandfather Paul Kohner, a Hollywood uber-agent with clients who included Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Billy Wilder, and Henry Fonda.
"My choices on what film to do next are ruled by, 'What do I have to do?' " he said. "In other words, what will I regret for the rest of my life if I don't do?"
"A Better Life" is one of those projects. "It felt universal," he said. "If you tell a particular story, and you tell it well, it can have universal appeal."
Filming it also allowed the 41-year-old director "a chance to get to know L.A. better."
Born in New York, and a frequent visitor to the East End growing up, Mr. Weitz lives with his family in Los Angeles now. "I discovered the sheer variety and extent of L.A.," he said. "The parallel universes that co-exist. It was an incredible treat."
When it comes to directing the second film of the wildly popular "Twilight" saga, "New Moon," Mr. Weitz said the experience was great.
"The film was a faithful adaptation, which is what the studio wanted," he said. "All a director really wants is for people to see his movie." Breaking the record for the biggest one-day gross at $72.7 million (a cloak, or cape, formerly worn by "The Dark Knight"), it would seem that Mr. Weitz's wish was granted.
What's next for Chris Weitz? He chuckled. "My method is very frustrating to others, I'm sure. I just sort of wait around for the next great idea, or script, to strike."
The Pakula Prize offers scholarships to two students who are enrolled in the screenwriting conference, which started at re enrolled in the screenwriting conference, which started at Stony Brook Southampton yesterday and will run through Sunday.
Clips from Mr. Weitz's films will be shown during the interview, which will be conducted by the screenwriting conference's director, Annette Handley Chandler.
Other programs open to the public at the conference are tonight's Ensemble Studio Theatre play readings of Adam Bock's "3 Guys and a Brenda" and Leslie Ayvazian's "Out of the City."
Tomorrow night at 7:30, a panel on children's literature will include Patricia McCormick, Chris Barton, Susan Raab, Connie Rockman, Leonard Marcus, and Emma Walton Hamilton.
On July 17, there will be a reading and informational session on the Master of Fine Arts in creative writing program at 10 a.m. with students and recent graduates. That evening, the Ensemble Studio Theatre will read "The Master Butchers Singing Club" by Marsha Norman, based on a novel by Louise Erdrich.
Those events will also take place at the Avram Theater. Tickets for all events cost $10 and can be purchased at the door or reserved online through stonybrook.edu/avram.


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2006 Volleyball
Findlay 3, Bluffton 0
Beavers start slowly but push Findlay in three-game loss to the Oilers
October 17, 2006
FINDLAY, Ohio - The Bluffton University volleyball team made the short trip north on Interstate 75 to Findlay where it ran into an athletic Oiler squad that dispatched the Beavers in three straight games by scores of 30-9, 30-13 and 30-27. The non-conference loss leaves Bluffton 9-18 while the Division II University of Findlay upped its mark to 18-6.
The Oilers wasted no time in introducing the Beavers to speed and precision of their game as Findlay reeled off 11 consecutive points to start the opener. A Bluffton timeout slowed the onslaught before Findlay caught fire again and used seven straight serves to build a 21-4 advantage less than fifteen minutes into the match. The Beavers struggled to match Findlay's aggressiveness as the Oilers dominated game one for a 30-9 victory.
Although Findlay altered its lineup for game two, the Oilers allowed Bluffton to score consecutive points only once, with the game well in hand. The Beavers were still within striking distance, 10-6, before Findlay went on a 16-4 run, giving the Oilers a 26-10 advantage. Bluffton scored the next two points on a Michele Rosen (Harrison/Harrison) kill and Katie Moore (Bucyrus/Wynford) serve, but Findlay countered with the final three points of the game for a 30-13 win.
Despite struggling with matchup problems throughout the first two games, Bluffton would not go down to the Oilers without a fight. With senior setter Brittany Shultz (Hudson, Ind./Prairie Heights) at the service line, Bluffton rallied for four straight points and a 7-5 lead early in game three. On her next trip back to serve, Shultz helped the Beavers tack on three more scores as Bluffton led, 17-14. Bluffton traded kills with the Oilers and was up by two points, 27-25, before the Oilers strung together the longest rally of game for a 30-27 victory over the Beavers.
Coach Steve Yarnell was pleased with the way his team responded after the Oilers opened the match with 11 straight points in front of rowdy Findlay crowd that got behind the home team. "The girls saw tonight how the speed of the game differs between Division II and Division III volleyball. Playing teams like Findlay is great preparation as we work toward the Heartland Conference Tournament in the upcoming weeks."
One area of concern that the Beavers will address is serve reception. Findlay exposed parts of Bluffton's game that need work. The Beavers struggled to pass the ball to the setter as the Findlay servers kept Bluffton off-balance with their mix of speed and accuracy.
Four Bluffton hitters tallied five kills on the night. Freshmen Jordan Scifres (Greenwood, Ind./Lutheran), Audra Coleman (Lima/Central Catholic) and Michele Rosen along with junior Kalla Aeschliman (Wauseon/Wauseon) all finished the match with five kills. Junior Rachel Alvarez (Convoy/Crestview) put up three block assists at the net for Bluffton.
Scifres led the Beavers defensively with eight digs while sophomore Chelsea Wyse (Archbold/Archbold) posted 12 assists.
Bluffton will travel to face Heartland Conference stalwart Hanover College on Saturday, October 21, 2006. The match is slated to begin at 12 p.m.


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ignored by IAEA, WHO, USCEAR, BEIR, ICRP
Quote: "The collapse of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant caused a massive release of radioactive materials to the environment. A prompt and reliable system for evaluating the biological impacts of this accident on animals has not been available. Here we show that the accident caused physiological and genetic damage to the pale grass blue Zizeeria maha, a common lycaenid butterfly in Japan. We collected the first-voltine adults in the Fukushima area in May 2011, some of which showed relatively mild abnormalities. The F1 offspring from the first-voltine females showed more severe abnormalities, which were inherited by the F2 generation. Adult butterflies collected in September 2011 showed more severe abnormalities than those collected in May. ***Similar abnormalities were experimentally reproduced in individuals from a non-contaminated area by external and internal low-dose exposures.**
TO ALL: The Butterflies of Fukushima are known since 1927! One of the best hidden secrets of the Atomic Military Industrial Complex.
EVIDENCE: Herman J Mueller discovered in 1927 (!) the following: ARTIFICIAL TRANSMUTATION OF THE GENE by radiation –
He used X-Rays on fruit fly Drosophila! 1927!
Emmy Stein generated 1921 with Radium hereditary carcinomas in Antirrhinum plants: http://books.google.de/books?id=gPrtE4K0WC8C&pg=PA143&lpg=PA143&dq=Antirrhinum+radium+Emmy+Stein+1922&source=bl&ots=8EDd9LgkVF&sig=SqeLMTtx98h7aD5LLc_qAtJN3nY&hl=en#v=onepage&q=Antirrhinum%20radium%20Emmy%20Stein%201922&f=false
If Fukushima's and Chernobyl's radionuclides mimic X-rays and their mutagenic effect, then this is transferable to the effect of X-rays / Fukushima on the human fetus:
ONE radiograph during pregnancy: 20 % increase for cancer probability before the child is 10 years old. Two radiographs during pregnancy: 28 %. Three: 70 %. FOUR:…. 100 PERCENT. There is NO SAFE LEVEL OF RADIATION EXPOSURE: http://books.google.de/books?id=aAoAAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=cancer+stewart+xray+1970+radiographs&source=bl&ots=UGZYt0TZGo&sig=ENE9wYZjjNs3Rh2XyptdZwP3Ucw&hl=de&ei=7545Tu6iF8aAOsLrvbMG&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false from: https://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/safe-radiation-levels-never-get-your-facts-here/
ICRP President "Karl Morgan was a friend of Hermann Müller and he remembers the geneticist's warning about undermining the health of a nation and its children": http://www.ratical.org/radiation/NRBE/NRBE14.html
Karl Morgan "There is no safe level of exposure and there is no dose of radiation so low that the risk of a malignancy is zero": http://books.google.de/books?id=9-8EkIhxeK0C&pg=PA18&lpg=PA18&dq=%E2%80%9CThere+is+no+safe+level+of+exposure+and+there+is+no+dose+of+radiation+so+low+that+the+risk+of+a+malignancy+is+zero%E2%80%9D&source=bl&ots=GZXG5ZVK0i&sig=vVvf-pFUOPAPISPaBR5IWmVzlV8&sa=X&ei=AnUyUIq4L6Ss0QWtzoDgDA&ved=0CBQQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%E2%80%9CThere%20is%20no%20safe%20level%20of%20exposure%20and%20there%20is%20no%20dose%20of%20radiation%20so%20low%20that%20the%20risk%20of%20a%20malignancy%20is%20zero%E2%80%9D&f=false
Butterflies of Fukushima! 2011!
Herman J Mueller got the The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1946 for THIS!
An he believed in EUGENICS!: http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/resources/timeline/1927_Muller.php
Chernobyl "compressed several thousand years of evolution into a decade" – New York Times 1996 http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/07/science/chernobyl-s-voles-live-but-mutations-surge.html
X-Rays are also used on larger animals, with horrific effects: "The Monster Maker" http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,862623,00.html
Irradiated Fruit Fly (the antenna grows from the eye):
- The nuclear lessons of Chernobyl (french) by Roger Nymo: http://sanurezo.org/spip.php?article85
- The birth numbers do not only decrease because people don't want children… they can't get as much healthy children as in the past. Mutation rate of insects rised from 1% to 30%: http://radionucleide.free.fr/Stresseurs/fulltext_punaise.pdf
- LESS GIRLS: https://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/less-girls-are-born-because-of-nuclear-power-global-population-growth-control/
- Cancer = Mutation: https://tekknorg.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/nuclear-cancer-industry/
- Insects and their fast mutagenic "reaction" on low radiation are some kind of early warning system for us humans: Irradiated Insects in Japan: http://www.freeml.com/bl/8694840/25149/
- normal insects soon only in the laboratory: http://www.wissenskunst.ch/en/tschernobyl.htm
- Reduced abundance of insects and spiders linked to radiation at Chernobyl: http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/chernobyl/papers/moller-mousseau-biol-letters-09.pdf
- Teratological effects and mutations through radiation – ignored by IAEA, OECD, ICRP, UNSCEAR, SCIENCE – proven by Étienne Wolff in the 1930ies: http://books.google.com/books/about/Th%C3%A8ses_pr%C3%A9sent%C3%A9es_%C3%A0_la_Facult%C3%A9_des.html?id=MQvwcQAACAAJ
- adsorbed Strontium 90 remains in weakly bound outer sphere surface complexes even after incubation for one year. This has clear implications with respect to scenarios where future sea level rise may result in seawater inund0ation of coastalsites.This would result in increased ionic strength in groundwaters, and, therefore, remobilisation of adsorbed Strontium 90 by cation exchange." http://leeds.academia.edu/IBurke/Papers/1664859/Effect_of_groundwater_pH_and_ionic_strength_on_strontium_sorption_in_aquifer_sediments_Implications_for_90Sr_mobility_at_contaminated_nuclear_sites
- Acantharia (Plankton) has a Strontium Skeleton: http://tolweb.org/Acantharia/2385 takes in Radio-Strontium – just as us. But: PLankton is much lower in the Food Chain. And the food chains are much longer there than on land. This means that contamination in fish at the end of the food chain is much higher than the water in which they swim.
- http://www.osti.gov/bridge/purl.cover.jsp?purl=%2F5557734-tlwxvK%2F
Plankton takes in 200,000th of a radioactive substance: http://life-upgrade.com/DATA/FUKUSHIMA-SEA-BECQUEREL.jpg"If the cesium in the fresh water happens to be radioactive cesium-137, from a nuclear reactor or other source, then the fish will contain 1000 times more cesium-137 than the fresh water itself, on a weight-for-weight basis." Source: http://www.ratical.org/radiation/CNR/PP/chp2.htmlCesium 137 activity is 200,000 times higher back waters (!) than before Chernobyl: https://tekknorg.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/08.jpg
- with kind regards,
- Jan Hemmer


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(WEAU) - A man was taken to the hospital after having his own car roll over him.
It happened in the 1200 Block of South Farwell Street in Eau Claire around 4 p.m. Friday afternoon. Police say a man had his car in neutral because he was having car trouble when it started to roll down his driveway.
It says the man hurried behind the car to stop it, but the car knocked him down and rolled over him.
Police say he was taken to the hospital as a precaution and his condition is unknown.


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Comprehensive wireless technology portfolio provides superior results compared to competitive "one size fits all" wireless systems.
Acuity Brands, Inc. will be demonstrating its industry-leading portfolio of wireless lighting controls at LIGHTFAIR® International 2013, April 23-25, in Philadelphia. The booth will feature four distinct indoor and outdoor wireless technologies, allowing attendees to learn first-hand about the features and benefits of each technology and determine the best options to meet their lighting control goals.
"Wireless networking technology can now provide control solutions to achieve energy savings and improve quality of lighting in diverse applications," said Steve Lydecker, Acuity Brands Lighting Senior Vice President of Technology. "Whether it is managing roadway lighting assets for entire municipalities, enabling enhanced occupant experiences in covered parking structures, optimizing industrial lighting operation independent of circuiting, or allowing simple classroom and office energy retrofits – wireless lighting control systems are providing solutions across a wide range of challenging environmental conditions."
Just as modern mobile devices require multiple wireless options based on distance and speed – 3G for connecting to distant cell towers, Wi-Fi for connecting to home and office networks or Bluetooth® for nearby connections – so too do lighting systems. A broad portfolio of wireless solutions is required to meet the needs of different applications.
"Our wireless technologies are impacting the way we manage and control lighting in profound new ways," said Lydecker. "For example, our ROAM® streetlight monitoring system is critical to identifying street and parking light outages. Through smart LED fixture retrofits in parking garages and industrial applications, Adura® mesh technology allows customers to achieve energy savings of up to 70 percent. Our nWiFi™ solution overlays on the existing computer network in office scenarios for easy implementation, and it can be connected to mobile applications so lights can be turned on or off remotely. And our RDT technology allows for simple and cost-effective retrofit of classrooms and private offices using battery operated sensors and energy harvesting switches to provide control solutions without any wiring connections."
Source: Acuity Brands, Inc.


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Ultrasound (US) imaging, also called ultrasound scanning or sonography, is a method of "seeing" inside the human body through the use of high-frequency sound waves. These sound waves are outside the range of human hearing. The sound waves are recorded and displayed as a real-time visual image. No ionizing radiation is involved in ultrasound imaging.
US is a useful way of examining many of the body's soft tissues, including the heart, liver, gallbladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, blood vessels, breast, and bladder. Because US images are captured in real-time, they can show movement of internal tissues and organs, and enable physicians to see blood flow and heart valve functions. This ability to see in "real time" can help to diagnose a variety of conditions. For example, assessment of heart damage after a heart attack and visualization of a blood clot.
What are some common uses of the procedure?
Millions of expectant parents have seen the first "picture" of their unborn child with pelvic ultrasound examinations of the uterus and fetus. Ultrasound imaging is used extensively for evaluating the eyes, pelvic and abdominal organs, heart, blood vessels, and other soft tissues. US can help a physician determine the source of pain, swelling, or infection in many parts of the body. Because US provides real time images, it can also be used to guide procedures such as needle biopsies, in which a needle is used to sample cells from an organ for laboratory testing. Ultrasound is now being used to image the breasts and to guide biopsy of breast cancer.
Doppler ultrasound is a special technique used to examine blood flow. Doppler images can help the physician to see and evaluate:
- blockages to blood flow, such as clots
- build-up of plaque inside the vessel
- congenital malformation
How should I prepare for the procedure?
You should wear comfortable, loose-fitting clothing for your US exam. Other preparation depends on the type of examination you will have. For some scans, your doctor may instruct you not to eat or drink for as many as 12 hours before your appointment. For others, you may be asked to drink up to six glasses of water two hours prior to your exam and avoid urinating, so that your bladder is full when the scan begins.
What does the equipment look like?
Ultrasound scanners consist of a console containing a computer and electronics, a video display screen and a transducer that is used to scan the body. The transducer is a small hand-held device about the size of a bar of soap, attached to the scanner by a cord. The physician or sonographer spreads a warm, lubricating gel on the area being examined, and then presses the transducer firmly against the skin to obtain images.
The US image is immediately visible on a nearby screen that looks much like a computer or television monitor. The physician or sonographer watches this screen during an examination; often, the patient is able to see it as well.
How does the procedure work?
Ultrasound imaging is based on the same principles involved in the sonar used by bats, ships at sea, and anglers with "fish finders". As the sound passes through the body, echoes are produced that can be used to identify how far away an object is, how large it is, how uniform it is, and whether it is cystic or solid.
The ultrasound transducer functions as both a generator of sound (like a speaker) and a detector (like a microphone). When the transducer is pressed against the skin, it directs high-frequency sound waves into the body. As the sound echoes from the body's fluids and tissues, the transducer records tiny changes in the pitch and direction of the sound. These echoes are instantly measured and displayed by a computer, which in turn creates a real-time picture on the monitor.
The live images of the examination may be recorded on videotape, but one or more frames of the moving picture may be "frozen" to capture a still image.
How is the procedure performed?
The patient is usually positioned on an examination table. A warm, clear gel is applied to the patient's body in the area to be examined, to help the transducer make secure contact with the skin. The sound waves produced by the transducer cannot penetrate air, so the gel helps eliminate air pockets between the transducer and the skin. The sonographer or radiologist presses the transducer firmly against the skin and sweeps it back and forth to image the area of interest.
When the examination is complete, the patient may be asked to dress and wait while the ultrasound images are reviewed, either on film or on a TV monitor. Often, though, the sonographer or radiologist is able to review the ultrasound images in real time as they are acquired, and the patient can be released immediately.
What will I experience during the procedure?
Ultrasound imaging is painless, fast, and easy. You will lie on your back on an examining table, but you may be asked to roll on your side. The sonographer or doctor will spread some warm gel on your skin and then press the transducer firmly against your body, moving it until the desired images are captured. There may be varying degrees of discomfort from pressure as the technologist guides the transducer over your abdomen, especially if you are required to have a full bladder. The examination usually takes less than 30 minutes.
Who interprets the results and how do I get them?
Our radiologist, will analyze the images and fax a signed report with the interpretation to your personal physician. Your personal physician's office will inform you on how to obtain their results.
What are the benefits of Ultrasounds?
- Ultrasound imaging is a painless, low cost examination.
- Ultrasound is widely available and easy to use.
- US imaging uses no ionizing radiation, and is the preferred image modality for diagnosis and monitoring of pregnant women and their unborn infants.
- Ultrasound provides real-time imaging, making it a good tool for guiding minimally invasive procedures such as needle biopsies.
- US images can visualize movement and live function in the body's organs and blood vessels.
- Ultrasound scanning is painless and noninvasive.
For standard diagnostic ultrasound there are no known harmful effects to humans.
What are the limitations of Ultrasound Imaging?
Ultrasound waves do not reflect clearly from bone or air. For visualization of bone, other imaging modalities should be selected.
What are the limitations of Abdominal Ultrasound Imaging?
Ultrasound has difficulty penetrating bone and therefore can only see the outer surface of bony structures and not what lies within. For visualizing bone or internal structure of certain joints, waves do not reflect clearly from bone or air. For visualization of bones, joints, other imaging modalities, such as CT or MRI should be selected.


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The NHL and the players association are going to federal mediation. Forget them.
We're going to the Federal League, and you're invited.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman locked out the players in September. Since then, the house elf for Boston owner Jeremy Jacobs has decided to hold his breath until he turns blue. No NHL hockey. No hope, either.
This made hockey fans sad, even those in Columbus. Then Stevie Sunshine had an idea:
If we couldn't watch the best players in the world, then we could at least watch the best hockey movie ever.
I told you a couple weeks ago we landed a restored 35mm print of "Slap Shot,'' and so, to help depressed hockey fans survive Bettman's boondoggle, we're showing the profane and hysterical film at the Music Box Theater on Dec. 6.
When was the last time you saw the Charlestown Chiefs win the Federal League championship on the big screen? Never? Well, because I'm a pleaser, not a teaser, now's your chance.
I asked that question of hockey head Jay Zawaski. He's the executive producer of the "McNeil and Spiegel Show'' on WSCR-AM 670. He also writes the Tribune's ChicagoNow.com "Red Light District" blog.
Zawaski said he had never seen "Slap Shot'' on the big screen because he was born the year it came out. That makes me old.
But it also underscores the chance we're giving puckheads: See the greatest hockey movie ever like you've never seen it before.
"Slap Shot'' heads know the film starts with the national anthem -- truth is, "Slap Shot'' heads know every line in the film -- so we'll start with legendary anthem singer Wayne Messmer. I'll bet there are a lot of hockey newbies who know Messmer only as the Wolves senior vice president and Cubs anthem singer and public address announcer.
If that's all you're aware of, then you have a hole in your local hockey knowledge that's bigger than the one where Bettman's brain used to be.
Listen up, people. Gain some knowledge: Messmer was the anthem singer standing in the Stadium organ loft in 1985 before a Blackhawks-Oilers playoff game when spontaneous cheering broke out. I'm not sure if Messmer got out so much as "O, say'' before Hawks fans thundered an ovation that lasted the entire anthem, but a glorious local hockey tradition began.
Jim Cornelison has a magnificent voice, but he did not bring that with him. Hawks president John McDonough is a business marketing genius, but he didn't invent that tradition. Rocky Wirtz's dad, the late Billfold Wirtz, loved hockey, but apparently hated Hawks fans so much that he doggedly prevented loyalists from seeing it on television.
Now you've learned something, and you'll learn a lot more stuff about "Slap Shot'' if you join us next Thursday. Tribune movie critic Michael Phillips and I will co-host the event and lead a Q&A after the film. I believe "Slap Shot'' is the greatest sports movie ever. Phillips doesn't. I might have to put a $100 bounty on his head.
But here's the thing: Our postgame show got bigger and better. Messmer will join us for questions and stories, and we'll Skype with a Hanson Brother – Steve Carlson, who uttered the immortal "Putting on the foil!''
Carlson as Steve Hanson also likely has a place close to Messmer's heart, and here's why: He is the Hanson Brother standing on the blue line with a shattered glass lens and blood streaming down his face after a pregame brawl who yells at the referee hectoring him during the anthem: "I'm listening to the (bleeping) song!''
Messmer said he would bring Wolves tickets and a game-used stick that we'll raffle off before we end what ought to be an evening of great hockey fun. I'm trying to capture the spirit of the thing.
This has become a big deal. By Wednesday afternoon, we had sold more than 500 tickets in a theater that seats 680, and we still had a week to sell out the Music Box. So, hurry. We've had groups inquire about discounts. Who knew?
At least one of the groups coming to see Paul Newman utter almost every pottymouth word you can imagine is a team of high school hockey players whose parents should expect an investigation by DCFS.
Tickets are $15. Go to chicagotribune.com/slapshot. If you buy 10 or more, they're only $10 apiece. Enter the promotional code -- wait for it -- "reggiedunlop.''
"They brought their (bleeping) toys with 'em!''


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Roberto Di Matteo has admitted there is a real danger of Chelsea allowing Ashley Cole and Frank Lampard to leave against his wishes.
Di Matteo acknowledged there was an increasing risk of two of the Blues' all-time greats effectively quitting Stamford Bridge in January, with no sign of either agreeing a new deal with the club. Reports suggest billionaire owner Roman Abramovich is refusing to offer either of the 30-somethings more than a one-year contract.
Asked if he was worried about what could happen in January, Di Matteo said: "Yeah, but that's the world of football. That's how you live in this world, in this industry. We had the same last season with some players and, at the end of the day, we all have to be professional and try to do our best, even though maybe the contract is not sorted out."
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Forget that sit-down with the hiring supervisor at Subway. When it comes to life-changing interviews for a teenager, you can't top the Eagle Scout Board of Review.
For some Scouts, the thought of answering a barrage of questions from adults is worse than a trip to the dentist.
Turns out, though, that the boy often isn't the only nervous person in the room.
Here's what Kathy, a Scouter from the Northeast, told me:
I've just been asked to sit on the Board of Review for one of my students, since I've known him since he was in the second grade. If I'm to ask questions, can you give me some insight as to what's appropriate? I don't want to look stupid.
Kathy's certainly not the only one at a loss for words at a Board of Review. So I asked our Facebook friends for their go-to questions.
Here are 20 to try the next time you're involved in this important final step on a boy's journey to Eagle:
20 Quality Questions for Eagle Scout Boards of Review
Each question is listed with the Scouter who submitted it:
- What will you do as an Eagle Scout to give back to Scouting? (Mike J.)
- What do you believe our society expects from an Eagle Scout? (Andrea P.)
- Of all the patches on your uniform, which one means the most or which one of them are you proudest to wear? (Joan G.)
- If you could do it all over again, would you, and why? (David T.)
- What lessons did you learn from the Eagle process and how do you think those lessons will help you in your future endeavors? In other words, what will you take away from this experience? (Andrea J.)
- How would you describe the effort you have put into your Scouting career? Expected response: I did my best. (David L.)
- What advice would you give to a new Scout? (Diane S.)
- You are about to breathe your last breath. What is the one Scouting memory (beginning with Cub Scouts and going all the way through) that is going to put a smile on your face? (Donna C.)
- How do you balance accomplishments you are so proud of such as your Eagle with the peer perception that Scouting is uncool? (Dalton L.)
- What is the most pressing issue today? Why? (Kent M.)
- What point of the Scout Law do you think is the hardest for the youth of today to follow? Why? (Brian K.)
- Please stand up, give me the 12 points of the Scout Law, and tell me what each one means to you. (Michael M.)
- Tell me which is more important: earning the rank of Eagle or wearing it? (Ernie H.)
- Why should we make you an Eagle Scout tonight? In other words, how have you demonstrated the characteristics of an Eagle Scout and what is our assurance that you will continue to use them throughout your life? (Pat S.)
- If you could talk to anyone throughout history, who would it be and what would you talk about? (Tom D.)
- If you could change one requirement for Eagle, what would it be? (Scott W.)
- If you could add one point to the Scout Law, what would it be and why? If you could remove one point from the Scout Law, what would it be and why? (Greg P.)
- What is something you found in Scouting that you can improve upon? (Andrew R.)
- What is the moment you knew you wanted to earn Eagle? (Brandy P.)
- There are 21 merit badges required for Eagle. If you had to add one more to the required list, which one would it be, and why? (Jen A.)
What else do you ask?
What one question do you ask in every Board of Review? If you're an Eagle, what was the toughest question you were asked at yours? Share your thoughts below.
Related posts about Eagle Scouts
- Why are so many boys taking so much longer to reach Eagle Scout?
- You tell me: How would you define the term 'Eagle Scout'?
- Video: Eagle Scout Mike Rowe shares his Scouting story
- 100 Years of Eagle Scout painting unveiled (order your own!)
- How to request congratulatory letters for your Eagle Scout
- New study shows 46 ways Eagle Scouts are different
- Looking for Eagle Scout Court of Honor ideas? Read this
- How to find a great idea for an Eagle Scout Service Project
- Special badge for Scouts who earn Eagle in 2012


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DON'T underestimate the chances of David Beckham coming to the A-League. Despite the insistence of Beckham's representatives on Friday night that their client had ''no plans to play in Australia'', talks on a move are a whole lot more advanced than any of us have given credit for.
Now for the really good news. Should Beckham actually come to Australia, football in this country will reach a level it has never known. The impact on the game is beyond measurement and, for the moment, beyond comprehension.
A sport that has long laboured in the shadows of AFL and rugby league would threaten to break open that duopoly, at least for the duration of his stay. Imagine that.
The legacy of Beckham's arrival - combined with Alessandro Del Piero, Emile Heskey and Shinji Ono already being here - would surely be more than enough to ignite an entire nation's interest. Whichever club he ended up in would become an overnight global sensation, just as the Los Angeles Galaxy became when Beckham signed for the club in 2007.
If all goes to plan, Beckham will arrive early next month, as soon as all his commitments with the Major League Soccer are completed. His six-year stint in the US has been a major success but the word from those in the know is that he's looking for somewhere new.
As soon as the 37-year-old's interest in Australia became known, player agent Lou Sticca tried to tip-toe quietly to Football Federation Australia to gauge their interest. Besides, there was only one man who could pay for Beckham, especially if he wanted to come to harbour city: FFA chairman Frank Lowy.
As Del Piero is at Sydney FC, there's little chance of Beckham going there. The Western Sydney Wanderers, however, are right in the running. As the FFA owns the Wanderers, Lowy would have to pay for Beckham himself. There could be no better donation he could make to the game.
Brisbane are second favourites. The Bakrie Group can afford the deal and they'd eagerly hawk his image across Asia. Perth say they want him but would have to move their matches for the rest of the year. Neither Melbourne club would likely have enough money; a similar fate for Central Coast, Wellington and Adelaide. Nathan Tinkler's declining fortune rules Newcastle out.
The next 24 hours are critical. How the news is received will play a big part in whether talks will progress.
So, how did this all happen? Having left his legacy in England, Europe and North America, he's ready to add another special - and possibly final - chapter to his extraordinary career. Crucially, the difference between Australia and other markets is that Beckham's arrival could alter not just the A-League but the whole sport immediately. As it was for Del Piero, seeing the game grow is a compelling factor.
Beckham's brand is managed by Simon Fuller, a man intimately versed in the art of promotion.
It's no secret how much progress Beckham and his wife Victoria have made in the superstar-hungry markets of Japan, China, Indonesia, India and Thailand. However, whether the ex-Manchester United star would want to take his young, English-speaking family to such countries remains unknown. Instead, he could easily serve those markets from here.
His management likes Australia because it ticks the most boxes. Family wise, it's the easiest of the lot. He's still good enough not only to play at the A-League level but to be among the top few players. There's no risk of embarrassment.
It goes without saying that Beckham's team have noted how Del Piero has been welcomed. They've been impressed at how he's been feted and the huge impact he's had on crowds and media interest. Not to rain on Del Piero's parade, but Beckham's appeal - especially to non-football fans - would be considerably bigger.


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Sunday, May 10, 2009
Mother's Day: A Tribute To 3 Mothers In Our Family
Riddle: What did the baby porcupine say when it backed into the cactus?
I know I have birthdays to catch up on, but it recently came to me that I was the only person who knew the story of my mother and 2 grandmothers, amazing women who did the best they could in spite of difficulties I can hardly imagine.
There are so many kinds of mothers: 2-parent-family mothers, stay-at-home mothers, working-outside-the-home mothers, single mothers, widowed mothers, birth mothers, adoptive mothers, foster mothers, single fathers and widowers also functioning as mothers, grandmothers acting as mothers to grandchildren, and motherly women informally caring for children who need mothering. All of these are in our family's history, including mothers who protected their children as best they could from alcoholic fathers, mothers who died young, mothers who lived but neglected the basic duties of motherhood (and thereby also missed its joys). Some of our ancestors did not have ideal families, a few did not lead exemplary lives, but each one had a part in bringing us here to earth. As his wise Dad once said to Grampy, "You will respect your mother because she is your mother."
Our daughters are loving, talented, fun, intelligent, hardworking, college-educated mothers for nearly 20 years now. The future generation of our family is in good hands. I know our granddaughters will be excellent mothers because they have such wonderful mothers as examples to follow.
Let's look at the lives of the mothers I have known.
Dorothy "Dot" Marie (Trout) Nickerson [1919-2003]
My mother was born in Buffalo, NY, as her father, drafted into WW I, was stationed there. They moved back to New Jersey within the year, when he was discharged. Her life was shaped by several very unfortunate events. She was 10 when the Stock Market crashed, bringing the decade-long Great Depression, followed by the deprivation of World War II. As a very young teen, she developed scoliosis and kyphosis, twisting her spine into a hump and causing life-long unremitting pain. It was also a great blow to the self-esteem of this very pretty girl. She was in a cast for a year, which she said helped one curvature, but made the other one worse. Then, a month after her 15th birthday, her father died, plunging her family into grief and even greater poverty. With no money and her mother (a nurse) working nights, she had to stay home to look after her younger brothers and invalid grandmother, missing all the dates, movies, dances and parties she so loved. Three years later she moved with her family to a small town in Maine, which seemed like the wilderness to this big city (Trenton, NJ) girl. The natives were not friendly, and she never really fit in. She didn't leave the house for the last 20 years or so of her life.
Emily "Millie" Van Doren (Hall) Trout [1889-1959] 3 children, 5 grandchildren (1 died at birth)
My mother's mother's life was a story of loss and keeping going to make the best of what's left. She was born on her father's father's Bernardsville, New Jersey farm, but she rarely saw her father. Her mother left him and went home to her parents after the shock of having twins, and he died when she was 10. Her beloved grandfather then lost his farm in High Bridge, NJ and everything he owned by co-signing for a loan or some business venture with an irresponsible son-in-law who skipped out with the money. So by the time she was 10 she had lost 2 homes and her father.
Photo: Clinton, NJ one-room school that Millie may have attended.
She was studious and became a one-room schoolteacher. When she was 21, her husband-to-be died in a terrible accident just weeks before their wedding. She used her savings to become a Registered Nurse at the Polyclinic Hospital in New York City, and became a private-duty nurse to the rich. She married a month before she turned 28 and had 3 children in less than 3 years. At 44, after only 16 years of marriage, her husband died of an ear infection that a few years later could have been cured by a shot of penicillin. Three years later her mother died, and the rest of her life, after starting over in Maine, was unrelenting hard work and separation from all her dear relatives in NJ, including her beloved twin sister.
She was a widow for nearly 25 years. She had a tiny WW I widow's pension that had to cover all of her personal needs, food and bills, but there was always enough for bus fare for us to stock up on books at Portland Public Library, see a movie, buy me an ice cream soda at Moustaki's or a cookie from Cushman's Bakery. She always gave me a book for Christmas and birthdays. She also crocheted doilies and baby booties, shipping boxes of them to a New York City department store who sent the materials (and checks for tiny amounts) to her.
Her only happiness was reading her Bible, listening to ministers on her radio, and me, her oldest granddaughter, whom she called "my little comfort". She used all of her skills for my benefit. From infancy on I was sick just about all of the time in winter - hospitalized with pneumonia at least once a year, wheezing and allergic the rest of the time. I know her devoted round-the-clock nursing kept me alive. She was also my teacher, reading stories to entertain me when I was sickest, then teaching me during my long convalescences. The school let her keep a set of schoolbooks at home each year. Drawing on her years of teaching children of all ages, she prepared my lessons each night, after her long days of doing all the housework and cooking (to spare my mother's back) that started at dawn. She then taught me as she worked. I always returned to school ahead of the class in my lessons. She had taught me to read and write before I started Kindergarten. She gave me most of my happy childhood memories, always ready to take a few minutes to play a game, read a story, make a snack or play the piano and sing with me. She was the hardest working person I ever knew, yet her rough, callused hands were always there gently cooling my fevers, drying my tears and soothing my childhood's fears and heartaches.
Floy (Florence) "Floss" Helen MacDougal [1886-1965] 6 children (1 died at birth), 7 grandchildren
My father's mother was born on a potato farm in northern Maine on the Canadian border. She was the next to youngest of 9 children born to a Canadian-English mother whose parents emigrated to New Brunswick shortly before she was born, and a Canadian-Scottish Civil War veteran father, whose grandfather had been in a Highland Regiment sent by the British to New Brunswick during the Revolutionary War. 3 or 4 of her older siblings died in a diphtheria epidemic a few years before she was born.
Photo: An Aroostook Co. ME country school.
She once told me she had never been off the family farm until she went to school. She did well in school and became a one-room schoolteacher. Intelligent girls who could pass the rigorous teachers' examination (for a good description, see Laura Ingalls Wilder's book Little Town on the Prairie) could have a job, as long as they remained single, at no cost to their families for higher education. It also relieved their families of the cost of feeding them, as teachers had to room and board in their school district. My father remembered hearing his mother recite poems and speeches from memory when he was a little boy. He especially liked Longfellow's "The Wreck of the Hesperus" (1842) and "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" (1861).
She married a month before her 20th birthday and became a potato farmer's wife. She had 6 children in 18 years, her 4th dying at birth. At 52, after 33 years of marriage her husband died of pneumonia in 1939, when my father was 18. Once again, a few years later penicillin might have saved him. Unable to pay the mortgage, their farm was lost. She then moved to Portland, ME so her youngest daughter could attend hairdressing school. They lived in a tiny one-room 3rd floor apartment with the bathroom in the hall, and for years she worked as housekeeper and cook for a wealthy family. Her hands were always busy knitting slippers, braiding rugs and making artificial flowers to earn a bit of money.
Her 3 daughters all married very well-to-do men, and later in life she had her own room in each of their spacious homes. She divided her time between Limestone, Fryeburg and Freeport, ME. She was a widow for 26 years . I was rarely able to visit her, but once, at 15, I "interviewed" her, learning the names of her grandparents and a few dates, but not really knowing what to ask way back then.
Riddle answer: "Is that you, Mother?"
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Happy Mother's Day to the best Mom ever!! Thanks so much for writing this amazing blog entry. There is so much to be grateful for, isn't there? The struggles in my life seem so small compared to those in these women's lives. The important thing to remember is that the love of a mother can get you through anything!! Thanks for loving me, Mom. I love you.
- May 11, 2009 at 1:52 PM
Thanks for the insight into the lives of these 3 mothers.
You expressed compassion and understanding by describing the circumstances that shaped their lives.
The tender feelings you have for your mother's mother made me smile.
I remember her twin sister playing with me as a toddler.
You're a very good writer!
I'm so glad we're related
- May 11, 2009 at 6:32 PM
It's nice to see a blog from you again. Happy Mother's day to all of you!
- May 12, 2009 at 7:32 PM


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Today marks the first product launch (AMD690) from the new and improved AMD (AMD+ATI). The AMD 690 series chipset represents the company's first joint effort at making a chipset that brings together the combined strengths of AMD CPU and platform technology features of the ATI Radeon X1250 GPU. The integrated graphics are based on the Radeon X700 core, but include several improvements that help beef up the X700 technology that was originally launched in 2004 exclusively on the discrete graphics market. By adding HDMI support and DVI outputs, the Radeon X1250 delivers the premium Windows Vista experience by allowing end users to enable features like the Aero user interface. By launching the AMD 690 series chipset it is clear that AMD has aimed this product at the mainstream market, which makes up more than 90% of the overall market according to recent data.
According to the trend chart shown above from Current Analysis, it seems that the sales of computers with discrete graphics are declining. The trend has been attributed to the high price premium that discrete graphics cards are sold at and improvements on integrated graphics cards. Now that Microsoft has finally released Windows Vista, many in the lower and mainstream markets will be looking to upgrade their systems in order to be able to use features available in the market today (HDMI, HDCP, DVI). Before today, the ATI Xpress 200 chipset was the leading ATI based platform that had integrated graphics. The graphics on the Xpress 200 were based on the Radeon X300 series, so by upgrading the graphics and CPU socket that is being used AMD is able to boost the performace of the entire platform.
Since this is AMD.ATI's first product launch since they merged companies it will be interesting to see how the motherboard makers adapt to the new company. AMD has been able to silence those concerns since twelve companies will be offering 690G/690V motherboards in the upcoming weeks.
Legit Reviews has recently been building and using several AMD Socket AM2 based chipsets in our media center computer and to be honest integrated graphics have become better since the last time we have taken a look at them. Read on to find out more about the AMD 690 chipset and to see how the AMD 690G stacks up against the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 and 6150 SE chipsets!
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TOPEKA, Kan. - The Topeka Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 4005 SW 21st Street, shortly after 1:05am Saturday, September 20, 2008.
The two-story structure is occupied as a beauty salon on the lower level and it houses three apartment units on the upper level.
The first arriving fire officials reported smoke showing on the south/alley side of the structure.
A primary search of the lower level was negative and while three people (one adult female and two adult males), were able to exit the structure on their own, firefighters had to rescue two additional people (one adult female and a child), from the upper level of the burning structure.
The Topeka Fire Department's Fire Investigations Unit was summoned to this incident to assist with a cause and origin investigation; that investigation revealed:
• Cause (of this fire) – undetermined and remains under investigation.
• Origin (of this fire) – within a utility room at the rear of the property.
• Estimated dollar loss - $150,000.00 (one hundred fifty thousand dollars), $100,000.00 is estimated structural damage/loss and $50,000.00 is estimated content damage/loss.
AMR was on the scene of this incident and they assisted with preliminary assessments of all five of the people who where in the structure, at the time of the fire. No one appeared to need additional assessment therefore, no transport was necessary.
The Kansas Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross was requested and they responded to this incident to assist four adults and one child with immediate post-fire related needs.


text: SSD (Sawfish Session Dialog) is a small and flexible wrapper for session commands. It is intended to be used with Sawfish, but does not require it. It can be configured to use any command for logout, reboot, shutdown, suspend, hibernate, and lock actions. Preset command definitions are available for: KDE4, GNOME2, XFCE4, MATE, and Razor-Qt. It is part of Sawfish-Extras (currently there's only SSD, but more is planned).


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Press Release: St. John US Virgin Islands
St. John Film Society
Free Movie Night
7:30 pm Tuesday March 15th
St. John School of the Arts in Cruz Bay.
A TRIBUTE TO ANNIE LOVE: (2010, 8 minutes) a short film by Jeremy Garza and Trent Myers. This film documents the memorial tribute that took place in Coral Bay for Annie Love.
by Lisa Denker, Charlotte Lagarde (57 min) 2002
Heart of the Sea is a portrait of Rell "Kapolioka'ehukai" Sunn, who died in January 1998 of breast cancer at the age of 47. Known worldwide as a pioneer of women's professional surfing, at home in Hawaii Rell achieved the stature of an icon—not only for her physical power, grace and luminous beauty, but for her leadership in a community that loved her as much as she loved it.
By the time she lost a 15 year battle with breast cancer, Rell's legacy had grown far beyond athletic feats. HEART OF THE SEA tells her larger-than-life story.
St. John News
- Merchants Question Timing of Park Renovation
While many agree that Cruz Bay Park needs to be upgraded, area merchants question why the work must be done during the height of the winter tourist season.
by Lynda Lohr for the St. John Source
Live Music on St. John Today, Saturday, February 12
Castaways – Kenny Floyd – 8:00 – 11:00 – 777-3316
Larry's Landing – Craig Greenberg – 10:00 – 693-8802
Morgan's Mango – Luba – Piano & Vocals – 6:30 – 9:30 – 693-8141
Rhumb Lines – Lauren – 7:00 – 10:00
Skinnylegs – Hot Club of Coral Bay – 6:00 – 9:00 – 779-4982
Westin, Cruz Bay Prime – James Cobb – 6:30 – 10:00 – 693-8802
A word of caution to my visitors: I'm doing the best I can to present an accurate music schedule, but to be sure, it would be a great idea to call the restaurant or bar beforehand to confirm.
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However, on a electric motor and drive, the permenant magnet motors used make peka torque at 0 RPM and there's little change in efficinecy as RPM increases. However, the drive, is most efficient at full load. At part load it uses I beleive pulse width modulation and some waste heat is created switching on/off the circuits. So you want the electric motor at full load, but the IC engine at minimum RPM and throttle and more improtantly, if it's a automatic, it needs to have the torque converter locked up.
Oh... and jsut ot further comlicate matters, engine effciency and fuel economy are not nessesary the same thing. Efficiency would be fuel conmption rate per delivered HP. Fuel economy is fuel consumed per unit of distance traveled. Many engine reach peak efficiency I beileive right at the point where the torque curves begins to taper off.
OH and in reality, the instanataneous fuel consumption of a engine varies much more dramatically. Very lgiht throttle at low RPM's on a small 2.5L 4 cylinger for example is probably around 50mpg, but full throttle near redline is around 8-10mpg. AN IC engien at idle probably only makes about 5-10HP depending on throttle positon, AC and alternator loads. At a highway crusing speed of 65mph @ 2000RPM and part throttle, it's probably around 40HP and at a nice efficient 45mph, its' maybe just 20HP at 1500RPM.


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Release: 02/07/2013
CLEMSON, SC - Dabo Swinney and his Clemson coaching staff identified the defensive backfield as their top priority early in this recruiting cycle, and going into National Signing Day, felt they had already addressed that need quite nicely.
After Wednesday, there was no longer even a shadow of doubt.
The Tigers nabbed their third straight top-15 recruiting class according to ESPN by signing 23 players, including eight slotted to play in the secondary, four of whom were not publically committed to Clemson going into signing day.
"It was huge," Swinney said at a news conference after the National Letters of Intent had all come across the fax machine. "If there was one huge need on our team, it was definitely in the secondary, if you had to just pick one. And I think we more than addressed that."
The biggest signing day splash for the Tigers was made by ballyhooed cover corner Mackensie Alexander of Immokalee, Fla., who donned a Clemson hat in lieu of those bearing the logos of a slew of SEC schools during a news conference at his school Wednesday morning.
Regarded as the No. 4 overall player in the nation by ESPN, the highest ranking by a Clemson signee since Da'Quan Bowers was ranked first in the class of 2008, Alexander immediately became the headliner of the class.
"He's a rare combination at that position with his size and speed and ball skills and ability to finish plays," Swinney said. "This is a guy that knows how to work, and he is completely driven and focused on being the best that he can be."
Beyond Alexander, Clemson also garnered the signatures of defensive backs Adrian Baker, Korrin Wiggins and Ryan Carter, all previously uncommitted to the Tigers prior to Wednesday, along with public verbal commitments Jayron Kearse, Cordrea Tankersley, Jadar Johnson and Marcus Edmond to fill out their defensive backfield.
"We feel that we've got a very solid team coming back ... but defensive backs were definitely the No. 1 need," recruiting coordinator Jeff Scott said. "It was evident before the season and throughout the year that, for us to be able to have a strong run like we're planning on doing, we needed to get some help in the secondary."
All told, Clemson signed seven players on offense and 15 on defense, along with one athlete, T.J. Green, who Swinney said could line up on either side of the ball.
Along with one five-star prospect, Alexander, the Tigers signed 15 four-star players according to ESPN. Ten members of the class are ranked among its top 300 players nationally, and six are among the top 150.
Four members of the class are regarded among the top 10 players at their respective positions nationally by ESPN: Alexander, Ben Boulware, Dorian O'Daniel and Tyrone Crowder Jr.
Boulware, from nearby T.L. Hanna High in Anderson, is ranked as the No. 78 overall player in the nation and listed as the No. 3 inside linebacker in the nation and top player in South Carolina.
Also in the linebacking corps, O'Daniel from Olney, Md., is ranked the No. 8 outside linebacker nationally and played in the U.S. Army All-America game in San Antonio in January.
"Dorian is one of the top players in the country," Swinney said, "and Ben Boulware is as good a prospect as you're going to sign in any recruiting class."
The final piece to the signing day puzzle was Crowder, who picked the Tigers over Georgia live on ESPNU just after 4 p.m., and is ranked the No. 5 offensive guard in the country.
"He's very strong - he's set a lot of weight-lifting records in the state of North Carolina - and is a very physical young man," Scott said. "At the Shrine Bowl, I had several high school coaches that called me and said, 'Man, this Tyrone Crowder is one of the most physical linemen we've had the last couple years.'"
Offensively, the class included: two running backs from the state of Georgia, Tyshon Dye and Wayne Gallman; two wide receivers, in-state product Mike Williams and longtime NC State commit Kyrin Priester; one tight end, Jordan Leggett; and two offensive linemen, tackle Maverick Morris and Crowder.
On defense, Clemson signed three defensive ends in local product Shaq Lawson, the nation's No. 1 ranked prep school prospect, Ebenezer Ogundeko of Brooklyn, NY, and Dane Rogers Jr. of Shelby, NC, as well as one defensive tackle in Scott Pagano, who hails from Hawaii. In addition to Boulware and O'Daniel at linebacker, former Daniel High standout D.J. Greenlee also signed, while the eight defensive backs rounded out the class.


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Penn State Graduate Women in Science (GWIS) will host "Voices," its annual networking conference, on Saturday, Feb. 8 at the Atherton Hotel.
Voices is a networking and professional development conference hosted annually for students, post-docs, faculty and professionals in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.
Since 2005, the conferences held at Penn State have provided participants with opportunities to interact with others from different backgrounds and experiences as well as provide them with information to help achieve their academic goals and have a successful work-life balance. The participants have the opportunity to find out how various women and men in the STEM fields handle their education, career and personal life. The breakout sessions and panel discussion groups offer time to share ideas, successes and struggles with other students, post-docs, faculty and professionals.
The keynote speaker for 2014 will be Dr. Jacquelyn Bolman, director of the Indian Natural Resources, Sciences and Engineering Program (INRSEP) at Humboldt State University in Arcata, Calif.
The cost to attend is $10 for students, $15 for post-docs and $20 for faculty and staff, and includes lunch. The registration deadline is Feb. 5. Visit http://goo.gl/m7dHqh to register. For more information, visit the GWIS website.


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The Blue And The Gray
series: Wild Kratts
air date: 1/07/13 4:00 PM
Martin and Chris are absorbed in a hilarious competition to discover who is the best acorn planter, blue jays or gray squirrels, when a strange Creature Power Suit malfunction transforms Martin into an acorn and grows him into an Oak tree! Chris activates the squirrel powers of his Creature Power Suit, but gets waylaid by a bobcat and goshawk, and the Aviva, Koki, and Jimmy can't find them. It'll take some animal-loving Wild Kratts kids to get them out of this mess.
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