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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. – The Lamar University women's basketball team saw its hopes of a postseason title come to an end with a 91-65 loss to Arkansas in the first round of the WNIT on Thursday.
Lamar (25-8) couldn't overcome a cold shooting touch in the first half. The Lady Cardinals were just 9-of-33 (27.3 percent) from the floor in the first half, including going just 2-of-13 (15.4 percent) from 3-point range as Arkansas (20-11 )raced out to a 43-22 lead at intermission.
Lamar would get as close as 18 points in the second half, but the deficit was just too big to overcome. Lamar also had trouble overcoming Arkansas' 59-37 rebounding advantage.
"We just shot it really bad," Lamar coach Larry Tidwell said. "And we're really pretty good shooters. And when we don't shoot well, we tend to fall back a little bit. We don't rebound well and we don't play as good on defense as we normally do."
Jenna Plumley, playing in her final game in a Lamar uniform, led the Lady Cardinals with 15 points and four assists. Kalis Loyd had 14 points, while Trashanna Smith, another senior playing her final game for Lamar, had 12 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks.
Sarah Watkins led Arkansas with 25 points and 14 rebounds. C'eira Ricketts had 20 points, Quistelle Williams added 16 points off the bench, Ashley Daniels had 13 points and 11 rebounds, while Chrisstasia Walter finished with 10 points.
Despite the loss, it was still a successful season for the Lady Cardinals, who advanced to postseason play for the second year in a row. Lamar is 51-16 over the past two seasons, the most wins over two years in the history of the program.
Smith ended her Lamar career with 211 blocks, the most in school history, and 925 rebounds, second on the school's all-time list. She also finished with 805 career points. Plumley finished her career with 1,394 points, including 986 in just two seasons as a Lady Cardinal. Her 204 3-pointers at Lamar are a school record. She finished with 571 career assists, including 399 as a Lady Cardinal, second on the school's all-time chart.


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State aid: Commission adopts new rules on services of general economic interest (SGEI)
Brussels, 20 December 2011 – After extensive public consultations, the European Commission has adopted a revised package of EU state aid rules for the assessment of public compensation for services of general economic interest (SGEI). The new package clarifies key state aid principles and introduces a diversified and proportionate approach with simpler rules for SGEIs that are small, local in scope or pursue a social objective, while better taking account of competition considerations for large cases.
Commission Vice-President in charge of competition policy, Joaquín Almunia, stated: "The new SGEI package provides Member States with a simpler, clearer and more flexible framework for supporting the delivery of high-quality public services to citizens which have become even more necessary in these crisis times. The Commission's duty, of course, is to ensure companies entrusted with services of general interest do not get overcompensated, which safeguards competing activity and jobs, and guarantees an efficient use of scarce public resources."
Member States are largely free to define which services are of general interest. But, the Commission must ensure that public funding granted for the provision of such services does not unduly distort competition in the Internal Market.
The new rules, which replace the so-called "Monti-Kroes" Package of July 2005, clarify basic notions such as 'economic activity' to facilitate the application of the rules by national but also regional or local governments.
All social services become exempted from the obligation of notification to the Commission, regardless of the amount of the compensation received. The services concerned must meet "social needs as regards health and long term care, childcare, access to and reintegration in the labour market, social housing and the care and social inclusion of vulnerable groups". Previously only hospitals and social housing were exempted. Other SGEIs are exempted provided the compensation amount is less than €15 million a year.
The Commission also proposes to set a minimum compensation amount for all other services below which the measure is deemed free of aid. The SGEI de minimis amount would be set at €500,000 over three years. This will reduce red tape for small SGEIs. A final decision will be taken in the spring.
On the other hand, in future there will be a greater scrutiny of other SGEIs involving compensation amounts of more than €15 million a year and where the potential for distortions of competition within the single market is higher. Whenever possible, the SGEI should be entrusted through an open and transparent public tender to ensure the best quality at the cheapest cost for taxpayers who pay for the services.
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The new package consists of four instruments that will apply to all authorities (national, regional, local) that grant compensation for the provision of SGEI:
A new Communication, clarifying basic concepts of State aid, which are relevant for SGEI, such as the notions of aid, SGEI, economic activity, convergence between public procurement procedures and absence of aid, etc.
A revised Decision, exempts Member States from the obligation to notify public service compensation for certain SGEI-categories to the Commission. The exemption is extended from hospitals and social housing to a much wider range of social services and a lower compensation threshold applies for triggering notifications for other SGEI activities. The notification threshold was lowered from €30 million to €15 million, taking account of stakeholders' concerns that the previous ceiling withdrew very sizeable contracts in important areas of the Internal Market from the Commission's scrutiny.
A revised Framework for assessing large compensation amounts granted to operators outside the social services field. Those cases have to be notified to the Commission and may be declared compatible if they meet certain criteria. The new rules introduce, in particular, a more precise methodology to determine the amount of compensation, a requirement for Member States to introduce efficiency incentives in compensation mechanisms, the requirement to comply with EU public procurement rules and equal treatment of providers of the same service for determining compensation. Moreover, the Commission may require Member States to adopt measures to reduce the anticompetitive effects of certain compensations that present a particularly strong potential for distorting competition in the Internal Market.
A new proposal for a de minimis Regulation, providing that compensation below a certain threshold does not fall under state aid scrutiny, is expected to be adopted in the spring of 2012, after a final round of consultation.
In 2003, the European Court of Justice ruled on the assessment of public service compensations in the context of EU state aid rules (case C-280/00 Altmark Trans). To take account of this ruling, the Commission adopted the first SGEI package (also known as the "Monti-Kroes-Package", see IP/05/937). The package entered into force in July 2005 and specified the conditions under which state aid in the form of public service compensation is compatible with the EC Treaty (now the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU).
In March 2011, the Commission launched a broad debate on the review of the package, which is due to expire at the end of 2011 (see IP/11/347). In September 2011, the Commission consulted stakeholders on the proposals for new rules (see http://ec.europa.eu/competition/consultations/2011_sgei/index_en.html). The Commission received valuable contributions from Member States, European institutions and stakeholders. Subsequently, the drafts were revised to take into account stakeholders' comments.
The new legislative package (the three already adopted texts) can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/legislation/sgei.html
For further details, please see IP/11/1579,MEMO/11/929
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text: History of Art and Architecture (Scholarly Publications) History of Art (Scholarly Publications) http://hdl.handle.net/2262/138 2019-09-23T04:52:55Z 2019-09-23T04:52:55Z From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a domestic avant garde in contemporary Irish Art HUMPHRIES, JANE http://hdl.handle.net/2262/39171 2016-09-09T16:49:12Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z From Subversion to Celebration: The Emergence of a domestic avant garde in contemporary Irish Art HUMPHRIES, JANE Although the domestic has been critically observed in relation to British artists in the 1990s, it has not been considered cross-culturally in terms of Irish artists.1 Considering many female Irish artists were coming of age in the 1990s, as part of a newly enlightened media-aware generation, conscious of feminist ideas and changing attitudes towards women both in Ireland and internationally, this paper argues that consequently, the domestic, as a subject-matter or material culture, became the vanguard for a `domestic? artistic movement to develop. PUBLISHED 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Visualizing Archaeologies: A Manifesto RUSSELL, IAN http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8858 2016-09-09T15:41:27Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Visualizing Archaeologies: A Manifesto RUSSELL, IAN Is archaeology a science? Is archaeology a humanity? What are the politics of spectatorship and archaeological representation? These initial thoughts form the basis for our archaeological explorations. Within current archaeological discourse, there are a growing number of requests for expressions, which illuminate and expose the interpretive and artistic qualities of presentation and narration. Yet few scholars actively utilize expressive practice to explore these philosophical issues. As such, we feel that it is an opportune time to intervene in visual and textual discourse by issuing a manifesto for our project. We call for a development of a critically reflexive practice of visual archaeological expressionism, which seeks to contest traditional modes of thought and action. PUBLISHED 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Objects and Agency: Some Obstacles and Opportunities of Modernity RUSSELL, IAN http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8698 2016-09-09T15:41:29Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Objects and Agency: Some Obstacles and Opportunities of Modernity RUSSELL, IAN Objects from the past are present all around us, everyday of our lives. It is through interaction with these objects that we glean an interpretation of things which came before. But we must ask can artefacts act? Can they speak? A new field of study has been put forth by scholars at previous academic meetings discussing the theory of object agency; however, at the same time, it is admitted that archaeological artefacts are inanimate and mute. Julian Thomas described the urge to interpret an object's existence in our present timeframe as evidence of previous human or sentient agency as the 'archaeological imagination'. In psychological terms, the externalisation of individual and social expectations for 'past' and 'meaning' onto inanimate objects (artefacts) creates images of the past. However, we can argue that the interpretation of an object and the creation of images of the past are all aspects of the broader psychological function of perception. These modern perceptions are what are used to bridge the existential crisis of sentient beings fulfilling the desire for a notion of purpose and continuity with a greater lineage of agency. However, to what extent do our own methods of structuring and constructing perceptions and rendering meanings through methods of science and humanistic interpretation simply reify systems of supposedly synonymous modern dichotomies and dualities and modern paradigms? This paper is designed to engage with how the concept of 'object agency' obscures the phenomenon of the construction of images of the past through the viewing, interpreting and rendering of artefacts and objects in the world we inhabit. It will also suggest some possible ways archaeology can move beyond modernity through an engagement with the world not as materials but as media. 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Freud and Volkan: Psychoanalysis, Group Identities and Archaeology RUSSELL, IAN http://hdl.handle.net/2262/8692 2016-09-09T15:41:25Z 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Freud and Volkan: Psychoanalysis, Group Identities and Archaeology RUSSELL, IAN Social groupings create material cultures and material objects reflect and maintain group identities. The author explores the role of psychoanalysis in examining and explaining the origins and the need for these identities and their material symbols in the mind. He then shows that modern archaeology itself needs psychoanalysing: as a purveyor of culture, it is in the business of creating or reinforcing modern identities. 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z


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This mission has a rather humorous opening cutscene. After heading to Tony's place on Feldspar Street, Luis will walk inside to find Tony's friend Evan dancing to a Hall and Oates record. After a humorous interaction between Evan and Luis, Luis will go into Tony's room to find him drugged-up and passed out on his bed. Luis gets him out of bed, drags him into the bathroom, splashes some water on his face, and helps him out of the room. After knocking Evan out, Luis and Tony walk to the front door. It appears Tony has some bombing to do -- literally -- but he's in no shape to be executing such attacks. After Luis knocks Tony out for being belligerent, he takes the case of explosives from Tony and goes on his way.
The idea of this mission is to use the explosives in the case to go after three different targets. The first target is a construction foreman. He's located at the nearby construction site, and operates the gigantic crane there. Jump into any car, and the GPS will get you to your destination in short order. You're looking for the segment of Frankfort Avenue that's under construction, nestled in between Iron Street and Hematite Street. Once you're there, the game will instruct you on how to use your explosives. Run up to the base of the crane, chuck three explosives onto it, and then back out of the construction area. Follow the on-screen instructions to detonate the bombs, and watch as the crane hurdles towards the ground. That's one target down.
Your next target is a moving, out-of-service train. Since it's not a static target, you need to jump into a car and get to the train's location as soon as you can, or you may miss it completely. You'll be able to meet up with the tracks the train is running along near the northern end of Frankfort Avenue in Algonquin. Jump down onto the tracks and keep an eye out on your HUD, since it'll inform you when the train is forthcoming. Keep moving slowly and let the train get next to you. Then, throw three explosives at it through your window as quickly as possible. With three explosives affixed to the side of the train, you can then back off and let the train pass you by. Detonate the explosives when the train is in front of you, and watch the fireworks.
Your final task is to blow up an airplane at the Francis International Airport, which is located at the far eastern end of the large island that Broker and Dukes share. There's a catch with this final task, however, since you'll have to get to the airport before a certain time (which will depend on what time it is in your game when you undertake the mission). So, book it like crazy over to the airport, doing whatever's necessary to give yourself enough time to destroy the plane as possible. After breaking through the gate onto the tarmac at the predetermined location shown on your HUD, a new dot will appear. This red dot represents the plane, which may or may not be moving by the time you arrive at the airport, depending on how quick you were. Pull up next to the plane and throw three explosives at it. Then, give yourself enough room and detonate the bombs. With the plane destroyed, this mission will conclude, but first, you'll have to lose the significant cop presence that's all over you. Good luck!
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Company Refused to Let Employee With Non-Contagious Tuberculosis Work, Federal Agency Alleged
DETROIT - Health Partners, Inc., a Southfield, Mich. rehabilitation and nursing company, has agreed to pay $25,000 and conduct training to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced today.
In its lawsuit, (EEOC v. Health Partners, Inc., Case No. 2:11-CV-12024), filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the EEOC charged that Health Partners violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by refusing to allow an employee to start working after she tested positive for tuberculosis on a preliminary skin test. The EEOC contended that such conduct violates the ADA because Health Partners regarded her as disabled even though she was not contagious and did not pose a direct threat of health risk.
Rather than engage in protracted litigation, Health Partners agreed to a two-year consent decree which requires it to pay $25,000 to the employee and train those employees responsible for hiring on the ADA.
"The agency's two-year consent decree provides complete relief to the employee, and also provides protections to future employees," said Nedra Campbell, the trial attorney who handled the case. "We commend Health Partners for making this commitment to train its hiring personnel at such an early stage in this case."
Founded in 1990, Health Partners, Inc. specializes in providing rehabilitation services and in-home nursing care.
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. Further information about the EEOC is available on its web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Approximately 500,000 small to mid-sized businesses in Canada don't currently offer retirement savings plans to their employees.1
As an advisor, a tremendous opportunity exists for you to reach employers in need of a group savings plan and grow your business by:
- Diversifying your revenue stream – each plan sold generates a steady flow of future revenue,
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- Creating a large source of referral opportunities – for future business growth, and
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With this in mind, Manulife has developed FutureStep®, a small-business savings solution that will:
- Enable you to build close relationships with your small-business clients and use your expertise to provide additional value for all their business needs, and
- Help small businesses stand out in their marketplace, stay competitive, retain employees – and provide greater financial security to their employees.
Group RRSP: FutureStep is a Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), a savings vehicle offered by an employer to his/her employees as a way to save for the future. Both employers and employees can contribute to the plan and receive certain tax advantages. The FutureStep Group RRSP features best-in-class investment options, education and online services that are typically only available to larger companies. All of these features are offered within a cost-effective design that is easy to set-up and manage.
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Businesses now have the choice of either offering a FutureStep RRSP or a FutureStep RRSP with a DPSP option. The DPSP option is not a stand-alone offering and can only be purchased with the Group RRSP.
This, in turn, presents you – the advisor -- with a great opportunity to:
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FutureStep offers a range of services to employers and their employees. Our FutureStep product brochure outlines all of the details you need to know about the group RRSP and DPSP option.
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Many people have contributed time and effort to the project over the years, and we would like to thank them. In particular, Roger Cramton and Peter Martin not only conceived ALEL but gave much of their own labor to it. We are also grateful to Brad Wendel for his editorial contributions, to Brian Toohey and all at Jones Day for their efforts, and to all of our correspondents and contributors. Thank you.
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Rebirth of a rivertown
Signs of life in Cairo
Walking down the main business street in Cairo, Ill., it's tempting to think that this spring's floodwaters of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers were sent to put the languishing town out of its misery once and for all.
Many buildings along Commercial Street in Illinois' southernmost town have long been abandoned, left to decay since businesses began departing decades ago. Brick facades crumble to the fractured sidewalks in untouched heaps, and rotting plywood that was meant to keep out trespassers now adds to the rubble, giving the desolate, quiet strip the feeling of a bombed-out war zone or a wild west ghost town. Only a handful of the old buildings are still in use on Commercial Street, among them a tavern and a retail store selling Maytag appliances, both stores flanked by the corpses of former businesses.
In late April and early May, Cairo and numerous other southern Illinois towns along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers faced rising floodwaters that threatened to wipe them off the map, leading Missouri House Speaker Steven Tilley to remark that he'd rather see Cairo underwater than see the Army Corps of Engineers blow up a levee that would flood Missouri farmland. Given that hypothetical choice by a reporter, Tilley remarked with a smile and not even a moment's hesitation, "Cairo. I've been there; trust me. Cairo. Have you been to Cairo? You know what I'm saying, then."
On the surface, Tilley's flippancy toward the town's future seems reasonable. What was once a bustling river city of 20,000 in 1915 is now an atrophied town of only 2,800, and the crumbling downtown, the near total lack of jobs and the prevalent poverty give the impression that the town is dying or already dead.
But a look beneath the surface reveals a different Cairo than the one often portrayed in gloomy stories of promise unfulfilled. Life goes on for the people of Cairo, despite the many projections of their town's demise, and an enthusiastic new mayor is working to change the future of this historic place.
Older than Illinois itself
The peninsula on which Cairo (pronounced care-oh) sits had been visited by Europeans as early as 1660, when the Catholic missionary Louis Hennepin explored the area as part of New France. In 1703, French pioneer Charles Juchereau de St. Denys established a fort and tannery there, but it was raided by Native Americans and destroyed. Explorers Lewis and Clark even passed through the area in 1803 before officially starting their expedition to the Pacific Ocean in 1804.
It wasn't until January 1818 that the city of Cairo was settled in earnest by John Comegys, an explorer and businessman from Baltimore who dreamed of building a great city at the confluence of the two rivers. The name "Cairo" allegedly comes from Comegys' belief that the area resembled Cairo, Egypt, and southern Illinois has come to be known as "Little Egypt" as a result. Comegys died in 1820, and without his guidance the settlement languished until 1837, when businessman Darius Holbrook of Boston convinced the state legislature to incorporate the Cairo City and Canal Company. The company built a shipyard, houses, a hotel, a store and the first of the town's many levees.
Historians believe Cairo served as a waypoint on the Underground Railroad before the Civil War, and it became General Ulysses S. Grant's headquarters for several months during the war. Though Cairo never saw action, thousands of Union troops trained there and fortified the strategic port, which became an important supply depot for Grant's push into the Confederate south. Thousands of African Americans moved to Cairo during that time, with many more freed slaves moving there at the war's end. Their presence would shape the city's future for the next hundred years and beyond.
Cairo grew steadily as river commerce increased, and the federal government recognized its strategic location by building a combination customs house, federal court and post office there in 1872. At one point, the Cairo post office was the third busiest in the United States. Now known as the Cairo Customs House Museum, the building houses Civil War artifacts and numerous other historical items.
Residue of racism
During the civil rights era of the late 1950s and early 1960s, Cairo's African-American community watched the national struggle for equality with hopeful anticipation, but their own struggle was yet to come. Cairo's long-simmering powder keg of discrimination and racial hatred exploded on July 15, 1967, when Robert Hunt, a 19-year-old African-American soldier home on leave, was arrested by local police on trumped up charges and later found hanged in his cell. His death was immediately deemed a suicide by the city's white leadership, but African-American leaders protested to demand justice. What they got was a violent reprisal that precipitated three days of race riots. There had been other incidents of racially-motivated violence in the preceding decades, but Hunt's apparent murder was a catalyst for change.
For several years following that incident, Cairo was a hotbed of racial tension as African-American citizens pressed for desegregation, equal employment, adequate housing and other civil rights objectives – often with bloody results. Sometimes the city's white leadership would act spitefully, like when it shut down the public pool and the little league baseball program to avoid integration. African-Americans organized a boycott of white-owned businesses that refused to hire them, but many businesses instead moved across the rivers to Kentucky or Missouri or shut down completely. Some undoubtedly left to spite the protesters, while others simply left to seek a more peaceful business climate without the taint of racial hatred. The boycotts didn't cause the town's decline – some people say it actually started when Cairo was bypassed by a railroad bridge at Thebes, Ill., in 1905 – but the racial tension accelerated the loss of population and prestige. From 1960 to 1970, the population dropped from 9,348 to 6,277, and the negative stigma of racism stays with Cairo even still.
Even after the violence and tension subsided in the late 1970s, businesses kept leaving. So many businesses have left the city in the past 40 years that the Custom House Museum keeps a collection of pencils, lighters, key chains and other promotional items given away by now-shuttered businesses. The declining importance of barges for transporting goods also starved the town of jobs and revenue, and Cairo has never recovered.
Persistent poverty
Cairo's lack of job opportunities exacerbates its poverty rate, which has a ripple effect on other economic indicators. Median income is $30,729 in the northern half of Cairo, which constitutes one of the city's two census tracts. In the southern half, median income is a mere $11,923, a decrease of 38 percent just since 2000. Fifty percent of Cairo citizens in the northern census tract earn less than $30,000; that's closer to 68 percent in the southern tract. In 2009, 300 of 629 families within Cairo's school district were in poverty. Though unemployment figures specifically for Cairo are hard to come by, Alexander County, which contains Cairo, had an unemployment rate of 11.8 percent in 2010. Statewide, that number was 10.3 percent.
The widespread poverty also affects housing and taxes. Half of Cairo's population rents their housing instead of owning it, compared with the statewide rental rate of 32.5 percent. Meanwhile, about 20 percent of Cairo's houses are vacant, compared with the statewide rate of only eight percent. Property taxes are high because the tax base is depleted from so many vacant houses and closed businesses, making land ownership expensive.
Constant threat of flooding
Flooding has always been a fact of life for Cairo and the surrounding area, and it's easy to see why. The city is situated at the confluence of the largest and third largest rivers in the United States, which together drain almost 1 million square miles of land and carried about 699,100 cubic feet of water per second during 2010. That's more than 5.2 million gallons of water or eight Olympic-size swimming pools rushing past Cairo every second.
And no matter how thick or how high the levee is, the people of Cairo seem to understand one fundamental fact about water: you can stop it from coming through the wall, but you can't stop it from going under. Water constantly seeps under the levee, requiring the city to maintain a pump system to stay dry.
Cairo has flooded repeatedly since its settlement, despite constant improvements to the levee. Especially high waters swamped the city in 1913, 1927, 1937 and 1961, among other years. An enormous 60-foot-wide gate dating from 1914 and weighing 80 tons sits several yards above Cairo's main entrance, ready to be lowered into place to seal the levee in case of flooding.
Even though the most recent southern Illinois flood during April and May this year didn't entirely swamp Cairo, it did cause widespread damage outside the levee, open a series of sand boils that swallowed Cairo streets, cause the partial collapse of a major train overpass atop Cairo's levee and force an evacuation of the city because the pump system couldn't keep up with the heavy rains and seepage.
As the water approached the top of the levee, the Army Corps of Engineers decided to blow up a separate levee constructed to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River. That action would instead flood the Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway in Missouri, for which the federal government purchased an easement decades before, specifically to accept floodwaters threatening towns along the rivers, but the Missouri farmers who own the land filed a lawsuit to stop the levee from being blown up. Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan fought the lawsuit, winning a decisive victory that allowed the levee to be blown. It was during that legal fight that Missouri Speaker Tilley's comment angered Cairo citizens.
"The Missouri people kept saying it was to save Cairo, but Cairo's just a reference point because this is where the [flood] gauge is," says Cairo fire chief John Meyer. "It saved several communities, and once they blew the levee, at Olive Branch, all the water was gone within a day or two. It was that significant, and everybody was wanting to say it was just 'poor ol' Cairo'."
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Hope and a plan
Cairo mayor Demetrius Coleman has only been in office for a couple of months. He was sworn in during the recent flood crisis and spent his first night in office helping reinforce the levee with sandbags. It's no surprise that Coleman has hit the ground running. He didn't have a choice; it was almost literally sink or swim.
Coleman grew up in Cairo, moving away to join the Marines but later returning to live after he visited his hometown on vacation 26 years ago and realized it needed help. He worked as a self-described "community activist," resuscitating the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), while also taking on the role of church pastor. He was later elected to a seat on the city council.
"I just felt that this community deserved better," he says. "It took the political process for me to get to this position, but I'm not a political person, and I've felt that this has been one of the big contributing factors to this community being where it's at – the politics. My focus is bringing people together."
While walking around the large sinkholes that swallowed part of Cairo's Commercial Street, Coleman explains that the flood was actually a blessing in disguise. The high waters revealed that the city's pump system needs a major overhaul after years of neglect by previous administrations, and it focused state and federal attention on the city's plight. U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin visited Cairo during the flooding, and Gov. Pat Quinn arrived later to view the damage. As a result, Cairo could get as much as $4 million in federal funds to update its pump system. President Barack Obama recently declared several southern Illinois counties, including Alexander County, to be disaster areas, making citizens of those counties eligible for grants and low-cost loans to pay for home repair and cleanup costs, among other resources.
But Coleman isn't content to focus solely on responding to the flood. He has much bigger plans for Cairo. One of his main goals is to clean up the city's overall appearance to make it more attractive for businesses. In early June, he signed paperwork authorizing the demolition of several abandoned buildings downtown, which he estimates will begin after the July 4 holiday weekend.
"When I was growing up, people wanted to come to Cairo," he says. "This was one of the most viable points in the area. People came here to shop, they came here for medical treatment, and they came here for entertainment, so we have to do things that spur some of that on again – just simple things like cleaning the city up."
It's his belief that businesses won't begin to return until Cairo is more attractive, so he's hoping to enlist the help of local churches and community groups to clean up the city. His administration is also enforcing long-ignored city ordinances on abandoned cars and buildings while putting together a master plan for redevelopment – the first since the 1950s.
And after years of bad management in which the city's government failed to create a budget, maintain infrastructure, keep records or hold meaningful public meetings, Coleman's administration and that of the previous mayor have righted the ship, attempting to control the city's finances and debt. That won't be easy, Coleman concedes, noting that it's costing about $22,000 each month to run the city's pumps, and it will likely take until August to completely rid the city of unwanted water.
Coleman says he is working to not only clean up Cairo, but to renew the minds of its people.
"Until you affect those two areas, nothing can change," he says. "It was just like a spirit of hopelessness had fallen over this immediate area…. We have to live like people and consider one another as neighbors."
Despite the negative stigma surrounding Cairo's racially-charged past, Coleman says the race issue has faded significantly since the days of riots and lynch mobs. The city is now 71 percent black, according to the latest census numbers, and African Americans now hold several positions of power.
"I'm the black mayor," he says with a laugh. "The city council is predominantly black, so you can't say it's a major factor anymore. We're an economically-deprived community, so that's become a greater factor than race. We've moved beyond that. It's still present, but it just doesn't affect the community the way it did then."
In some ways, Cairo is like many other small towns in Illinois left behind as Americans migrated to urban centers and to the West. Agriculture jobs have dried up, highways have bypassed small communities, and businesses have moved to be near the urban action. Cairo has long been touted as a great city waiting to happen, but perhaps its future holds something else. It more than likely will never again be the bustling city of yesteryear, but it has an opportunity to purposefully recast itself as a small town with potential.
"You can't continue to say you want something different, while you continue doing the same thing," Coleman says. "We're all in the same boat, and we're continuing to sink, so we have to find a way of saving ourselves from sinking any further."
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My son and I made a discovery this weekend: a rusted-out shell of a car that crashed in 1957 and may or may not have a skeleton inside.
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There were a hundred different scenarios created by the mind of my 10-year-old on how the old car ended up in the woods, on its roof and seemingly forgotten. There were no engine pieces, no tires or wheels, no headlight assemblies, just the crushed and rusted shell of what I could only guess might have once been a 1950s Chevrolet. My son convinced himself it was a 1960s Cadillac Eldorado. After closely inspecting the car for a good 15 minutes, he excitedly proclaimed that he had found the reason for the crash.
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About eight years ago the manufactured and modular homes business began to decline, said Bob Troumbly, Sr., who founded the company.
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The Catalyst: Driving Reactions to Issues in the News
How can intellectual property be adapted to spread green tech?
Our Panel Responds:
- Federico Caprotti, clean tech researcher
- John Wilbanks, open source advocate
- Michele Boldrin, economist
- Carlos J. Serrano, economist
- Dennis Pamlin, development policy advisor
By World Trade Organization law, if a patented drug can improve public health in a developing country, it's available for compulsory licensing. That means that developing countries can make generics of the drug while paying a small royalty instead of the full fee to the patent-holder—a practice that makes patent-holding companies deeply uncomfortable. To date, the only drugs so licensed have been antiretrovirals to fight AIDS in Africa.
But as nations move toward global restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions for the good of us all, developing countries have begun to ponder whether other patented inventions could also be licensed. If China, for instance, decides it needs the plans for an electric car to meet a reduced emissions quota, can it get them licensed for generic production? Developing countries think the answer should be yes. Some companies, including Microsoft, Sunrise Solar, and General Electric, say no.
To combat such a revision of WTO law, these and other US companies have recently formed the Coalition for Innovation, Employment, and Development. Hosted by the US Chamber of Commerce, the coalition paints a picture of patents as crucial to turning ideas into industries. "Without the assurance that IP rights will be respected—and effort, creativity, and investments rewarded as a result—innovation will wither," the coalition warns on its homepage.
While this seems a bit alarmist, strong patent laws have significant benefits. Should companies lose trust in patents—should they fear that their ideas will no longer be financially respected as theirs—they have an incentive to make the ideas corporate secrets instead of publicly available patents. The European Patent Office foresees the burgeoning of such legally protected secrets should patents be rendered less binding.
Making technology patentable and thus profitable has indeed been a good way to encourage companies to invest in ideas that serve the public good. However, when billions in the developing world who could benefit from these ideas cannot afford the current system, we need to consider how it can evolve.
How can we reconcile the useful qualities of the current patent system with the need for widespread use of green tech?
Why We Need "Green Licensing"
Federico Caprotti is an assistant professor in human geography at University College London who studies clean-tech investments in China and the United States.
The rationale behind patenting technology is clear: Patents and IP rights protect a corporation responsible for innovation, allowing it to invest in R&D without fearing that another company will steal its innovation and bring it to market without bearing any of the development costs. Proponents of "green and clean IP" rightly point to the fact that more than 70 percent of global R&D in green tech is spent by private companies that want to protect their investments. That is why, for example, Toyota has patented more than 1,000 systems and components on its third-generation Prius hybrid car.
The situation is clear when all we're talking about is a car. Or a hybrid engine. Or the gearing components of a wind turbine. However, it is far less clear when the issue is about climate change and sustainability, not about specific components, technologies, and firms. The pressing issue of climate change forces us to start thinking past our own borders and past the narrow concerns of individual companies. In short, we have to start thinking past the private good in order to achieve the public good. It may be worthwhile to think of some of the greatest technological breakthroughs which have benefited humanity—and which happened without the benefits of patenting and IP. When Louis Pasteur developed the first vaccine against rabies—a disease which still kills upwards of 50,000 people a year—he did not patent his discovery, nor work for profit, but disseminated his knowledge for the public good. Indeed, in the case of the environment, rarely has the market unequivocally "worked" in eliminating the negative impacts—or "externalities"—of fossil fuel use, pollution, and environmental inequalities.
It would be naive to suggest that all green technologies should be free. However, a recent high-profile report by University College London suggests that climate change is the biggest threat to global health in the 21st century. Developing a broader green IP framework is therefore crucial to the success of international climate treaties and emissions reductions standards. It is also crucial for developing countries, which are set to bear the brunt of the projected increased incidence and spread of diseases, extreme weather events, and warming.
One promising avenue is the establishment of an international licensing mechanism focused on green tech and clean tech. This would enable companies and governments in the developing world to use established technologies for a fee, while protecting innovator firms. This already happens in the case of various technologies, from engine components to airliners. However, if the common good and the issue of climate change are to be kept in mind, the licensing of green tech needs to include a fee mechanism. This will enable economies at different stages of development—such as the US, China, and Bangladesh—to afford to use the same licensed technologies to promote sustainability and cleaner production. Ideally, this fee mechanism should account for the fact that several green technologies—from wind turbines to solar film—are manufactured in developing countries, taking advantage of low labor costs and incentives derived from those governments that the Green IP lobby is active in criticizing.
At the same time, the new "green licensing" scheme should focus on established, not cutting-edge or proof-of-concept technologies. This is because it is crucial for countries to start reducing emissions now—not in 20 years. Parallel to this, international agreements should increasingly encourage the joint development of green tech by firms from developed and developing economies. Examples of this already exist: Vestas, the world's largest wind turbine manufacturer, sources 90 percent of the components for its new turbine from Chinese companies (see pdf). In turn, the turbine is manufactured in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region so that it can easily reach the Chinese market. A licensing mechanism which allows for the spread of established green tech today will help developing countries to act on national environmental strategies, while allowing for the protection of innovators and investors in advanced economies.
Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater
John Wilbanks is the vice president of science at Creative Commons, where he heads the Science Commons project.
It's somewhat sadly ironic that the conversation about innovation is almost always itself non-innovative. The issues are framed as binary, zero-sum choices—between a strong patent system and chaos, between a world where everything stays as it is and a world in which no innovation happens.
We live in a world where innovation now takes many forms, some of which are mediated by the network and depend fundamentally on access to information and freedom to operate. There are entirely novel forms of innovation, like the user-driven innovation studied by Eric Von Hippel at MIT or open innovation studied by Henry Chesbrough at the University of California–Berkeley. There has also been an enormous amount of innovation happening in intellectual property itself, where standards-based public licenses have created a vast common space of software, cultural works, and biological materials. We need to take these new forms and classes of innovation into account when we design policy and standardize transactions, or we risk strangling entire zones of innovative discovery in the crib, all in the service of somehow "protecting" traditional innovation.
Instead of engaging in debate about the patent system, we should be having a conversation about the way patents get licensed and used, and how we can use public, standards-based licenses to open up the innovation field worldwide. This can be done within existing law and using voluntary private licenses like those we're developing at Creative Commons in cooperation with companies like Nike and Best Buy. These are companies who are innovating with their patents themselves, not just arguing for higher walls and more police. That's a network way of thinking.
We can find a way to balance the incentives of corporate innovators while making sure the innovators in the developing world have the means to solve their own problems. We've seen similar solutions take root in cultural commerce with extraordinary results, from the existence of Wikipedia to Nine Inch Nails making millions of dollars on songs they also gave away on the internet for free. We can do this for patents, and we can do this for sustainability technology. But it can't be done if the rhetoric around the conversation is consistently fueled by maximalism and confrontation.


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Monsanto has been working overtime to salvage its increasingly poor image as the state of California is fighting to ensure that GMO (genetically modified organism) products are labeled. The California Right to Know campaign has fought on behalf of California's proposition 37, set to be voted on by voters on Election Day, that mandates all GMO products be labeled. But Monsanto has fought to counter Proposition 37 through the "No on 37" campaign, which is now being accused of fabricating a quote by the FDA that implies the agency is opposed to GMO labeling.
As noted by Rodale News, genetically modified ingredients are "derived from lab-created plants that have been genetically modified to resist (and sometimes even create their own) toxic pesticides, withstand drought, or produce higher yields."
California is the first state to allow voters, instead of lawmakers, to decided whether labels like "This product contains GMOs" will appear on food packages. Advocates of labels in California managed to garner 1 million signatures on a petition to get Proposition 37, also known as California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act, on the November ballot.
Proposition 37 will require all foods that include genetically modified organisms to be labeled as such. It also prohibits foods with a GMO label to be labeled as "natural."
The majority of the opposition to Proposition 37 has been funded by big chemical companies, most notably Monsanto, as well as food companies that sell organic foods, since by definition, organic foods would be prohibited from containing GMOs. The "No on 37" coalition has been collecting donations of $25 million dollars to defeat the law.
According to data collected by California's Department of Campaign Finance, the largest donors to the "No on 37" campaign are Monsanto, at $4,208,000 and DuPont, at $4,025,200, since the ballot initiative was first approved in May. Others include Pepsico, Nestlé, Coca Cola, Kellogg's, General Mills, J.M. Smucker, Ocean Spray, and Hormel Foods.
The quote in question is as follows: "The US Food and Drug Administration says a labeling policy like Prop 37 would be 'inherently misleading.' "
According to the California Right to Know campaign, the FDA never issued such a statement. Natural News reports, "The FDA never actually issued such a statement, of course, as the law prohibits the agency from taking an official position on the matter. But for its own malicious purposes, the No on 37 campaign decided to affix both the quote and the FDA seal on its campaign propaganda in an attempt to sway public opinion against the measure."
Deliberate falsification of quote and logs for the purposes of campaigns is in violation of Section 506 of the U.S. Criminal Code, and as such, California's Right to Know campaign has reported No to 37's criminal act to the Department of Justice in a letter.
According to the letter:
The FDA has never taken a position on Proposition 37; it would be unlawful for the agency to do so, in the general election; and the quoted statement from FDA was made in an unrelated context more than twenty years ago. In these circumstances, it appears that use of the agency's seal on this mail piece is clearly fraudulent and the misuse of the seal in this way is a violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 506 and 1017 as well as applicable agency regulations.
The letter also takes issue with the authors of the pro-proposition 37 position provided with the official guide for voters. The statements are supposed to be submitted by registered California voters who submit proof that they are in fact the authors of the argument.
The letter explains, "The three identified authors of the "Rebuttal to Argument in Favor of Proposition 37" include a Dr. Henry I. Miller, who is identified solely as "Founding Director, Office of Biotechnology of the Food & Drug Administration." But as noted in the letter, Dr. Miller does not in fact work for the FDA.
"The use of a false official federal title to make it appear that a high-ranking FDA official proposes the ballot proposition would seem to be a blatant violation of 18 U.S.C. §912, making it a federal offense to "assume[] or pretend[] to be an office or employee acting under the authority of the United States or any department, agency or officer, thereof, and acts as such….."
Natural News is not surprised by the fraud surrounding the "No on 37" campaign.
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The Technical Support Working Group: A Powerful Counterterrorism Tool
By Justin Siberell on February 9, 2017
The terrorism challenges we face continue to evolve at an exceptionally rapid pace, fueled by the tenacity and malicious creativity of our terrorist adversaries. While we cannot predict exactly what the terrorism landscape will look like one decade or even a year from now, we can be confident that harnessing science and technology will continue to be essential to delivering novel solutions for the global terrorism challenges that lie ahead.
I recently had the privilege of speaking to members of the Technical Support Working Group at their annual Threat Day in Washington, DC, to underscore the importance of science and technology tools in our counterterrorism efforts. This interagency event is held each year to provide participants an opportunity to better understand the common global threat picture, including the rise of violent extremism, the enemy's use of information technology and cyberspace, and the challenges we face from terrorism here in our homeland.
While the group's name might sound complicated, its mission is critical to identify, prioritize, and coordinate interagency and international research as well as development requirements for technical solutions to combating terrorism. Through the Department of Defense's Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office and with additional funding provided by the State Department (and other agencies), the Working Group rapidly develops technologies and equipment to meet the needs of the counterterrorism operational community. The Working Group also addresses joint international operational requirements through cooperative research and development agreements with major allies.
The Departments of Defense and State enjoy a close and productive relationship across so many different fields of activity related to counterterrorism, and it is particularly gratifying to be able to recognize our partnership in leading the Technical Support Working Group. As an interagency body that was created in the early 1980s, the working group is building upon 30 years of experience and creativity to address the technical needs of military and law enforcement operators, physical security specialists, and many others in the U.S. and international counterterrorism communities.
Today, the Technical Support Working Group's community has grown larger and more diverse than it was three decades ago, as it has worked to keep pace with the growth of international terrorism. Despite this growth and increased diversity, many of the fundamental objectives and threats to be mitigated today, would be familiar to those who had the foresight to create this interagency body.
As I've traveled and met with counterparts in Australia, Canada, Israel, Singapore, and the United Kingdom -- the Working Group's partner countries -- I consistently hear appreciation for the program and the mutually beneficial results it has yielded. Working with key allies, the Working Group has developed and tested numerous critical capabilities, including an international standard method for crash testing the vehicle barriers that protect our domestic and international facilities. For over two decades, the Working Group has developed increasingly rugged and lightweight robot systems used by civilian bomb squads and military forces to counter improvised explosive device threats and support counterterrorism operations. The trace explosive detection equipment and baggage screening instruments that currently protect international air travel were also developed and improved by the working group over the past two decades. Finally, the Working Group was instrumental in incorporating protection from chemical and biological agents into the industry standard firefighter garments and boots used by first responders around the world.
The Technical Support Working Group's approach is a model for innovative problem solving and good governance. By including international partners and U.S. experts across the academic, research, and private sector communities, the working group has consistently yielded capabilities to enhance our counterterrorism operations and protect personnel and facilities.
About the Author: Justin Siberell is the Acting Coordinator for Counterterrorism in the Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT) at the U.S. Department of State.
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Such great detailing!
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Welcome to Shropshire Climbing Centre
Shropshire Climbing Centre offers a state of the art bouldering and roped climbing facility, in Newport near Telford.
- With over 450 sq.m of bouldering, we are the largest bouldering venue in the region.
- In addition there are 10 roped lines giving between 20 and 30 roped routes.
- In total there is over 450 m sq of climbing surface.
- Genuine Moon Board and Campus board.
- Regularly changed problems by top route-setters
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Whether beginner or expert Shropshire Climbing Centre offers something for every climber or aspiring climber.
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Mon - Fri: 4-10pm term times; 2-10pm school holidays Monday, Weds, Friday (4pm Tues, Thurs)
Weekends: 10-6 (children's climbing clubs 10-11.30)
School holidays: childrens club 2-3.30pm Monday, Weds, Friday, 10-11.30am weekends
Term times: childrens club Tuesday 4.30-6 pm, 10-11.30 am Saturday, Sunday
A series of font-style circuits of different levels, which are changed regularly.
We also have mega-traverses (over 50 m in length) for stamina training.
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Candace Evans
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Internationally acclaimed director/choreographer Candace Evans is delighted to joins us following recent engagements with the Santa Fe Opera (Apprentice Scenes) Fort Worth Opera Festival (Three Decembers-new production), Indiana University (Candide), North Carolina Opera (Carmen) and Madison Opera (Eugene Onegin-new production).
She was honored for her recent direction of La Viuda Alegre at the legendary Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, when her production was selected as one of the top three operas of the 2010 season by the Argentine Music Critic's Association.
Praised as a director "with a flawless sense of timing," (Opera News) other career highlights include Don Pasquale for the inaugural season of the Dallas Opera – Winspear Opera House, L'Italiana in Algeri, La Rondine, Salome, Albert Herring and Ariadne auf Naxos.
Ms. Evan's direction of Merry Widow was selected by Dallas Morning News as one of the Top Ten Classical Events of 2008. Similarly, her productions ofCarmen and Eugene Onegin for the Madison Opera were named Top Ten Classical Events in 2009 and 2011.
Trained as an opera singer, having danced with the Wisconsin Ballet Company, and with a Master of Fine Arts in classical theatre/direction, Ms. Evans is passionate about the integration of all the arts to create seamless and moving operatic experiences. After working in New York City, she relocated to Texas to teach for the theatre/music departments of Southern Methodist University. She has lectured nationally on acting for opera singers, and conducts mask workshops to inspire mind, voice and body integration. She has served as the acting/movement coach for the Dallas Opera, as guest lecturer at the Taos Opera Institute and was recently honored by inclusion to the Frontiers New Works panel for the Fort Worth Opera.
As a freelance artist, Candace is known for her collaborative spirit, and she has directed/choreographed over seventy operas, musicals and plays, including the regional and world premieres of "Jane Eyre" and "Children's Letters to God."
Her 2012/13 Season includes Romeo et Juliette at Arizona Opera and a new production of the Philip Glass opera, Akhnaten, for Indiana University.
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Rugers. Spelling many ways
Trace back to David and Phoebe Ruger.
David Ruger, b 3/29/1782, possible New York.
Parents: John Ruger (m) Elizabeth Duncan. No info on dates or locations.
Davids Wife= Phoebe Kidney, b 4/8/1782, possible New York
Parents: John Kidney (m) Nance Elsworth. No info on dates or locations.
sponsor for Phoebe are Michael Le Roy; Phoebe Le Roy
Athertons - not much, have info up to my great grandfather. David b abt 1890, IL? married Grace Fern Cox b abt 1894? d 4/1976.
Think I remember Grace was buried in Steator Illinois? Davids dads first name Thomas? dates? mother unknown. Graces dads name Frank Osmer and mothers martha catherine, locations and dates unknown.
McPeaks, found up to William McPeak, b abt 1777, VA. Married Jane Potts, b abt 1780 VA.
Appreciate any information.
looking for Atherton
Looking for my dads family. Looks like in Illinois
His name Elliott Eugene Atherton b. 6/21/1922 d. 10/1991
granddad - David ? Atherton b abt 1890 +/-
grandmother - Grace Fern Cox b. ? - d. 4/1976
great granddad - Thomas
great grandmom - Maybe Mary?
David Ruger 1790-??
Just started a search on Ruger family.
David Ruger 1790-?? married Phebea ??, 1790 - ??
*had 1 child=Lewis Jackson Ruger 1835-?, (no info on other siblings)
married Elizabeth C. Adkins 1838-??
*had 1 son=Ed Robert Ruger born later 1890s-1950.
Married 9/22/1922 2nd wife Leona A.(Davis)Hand
Leona born 4/21/1900-9/12/1984
*One daughter Thelma Frances Ruger 7/12/1924,
married Bob Garrison=one son,
married Elliott Atherton = one girl= Linda 3/15/1949.
That is me. Linda Diane Atheton 3/15/1949 -
Married 12/31/1966 to John M. McPeak 5/25/1946
We have 3 kids
1. Dennis Wayne McPeak born 8/8/1967, married Christy
Hinkle. 2 sons. Dylan Wayne McPeak 9/12/1995 and
Grant Jackson McPeak 1/29/2000.
2. Danny Scot McPeak born 6/16/1876, married LaDeana
Sue Uptigrove b) 6/30/1976. 3 children. Ashlynn Sue
6/7/2003, Kenna Rae 2/8/2005, and Logan Scot 9/7/2005
3. Joni Diane McPeak 7/1/1978 married Donnie E Pollard
11/8/1975. 2 kids Janae Diane Pollard 4/23/2002
and Cami Elane Pollard 1/10/2006.
William McPeak born Indiana or Illinois 1/13/1827- 8/8/1904
So far I have not made any connectios, help!!! Don't know his wife, understand they had 7 children. Youngest was Charles, 8/10/1871-11/24/1949. Married Katie Carter 1873-1953. They had 5 sons:
1) Everett Pearl 10/7/1896-12/3/1953 married Mildred Cope
2) Osa Aden 12/16/1900-1/27/1993 married Lola Ellen Tucker 4/24/1904-7/25/1984.
They have 8 children. One is my husband.
3) Howard Victor 12/30/1904-? married Carolyn Erma Phillips ?-9/1967
4) Homer Moore 8/26/1906-7/17/1982 married Iva May Douglas 2/11/1908-12/22/1996
5) Orville Kenneth 6/1/1911-9/15/1933 married Lean Fern Sanders 1/3/1915-8/20/1999
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UK Galaxy S 4 to also use the quad-core Snapdragon 600 chipset, says Samsung
posted by Daniel P. / Mar 21, 2013, 5:51 AM
The updated press release about the UK launch from Samsung itself now states: "Samsung Galaxy S 4 is equipped with a 1.9GHz Quad-core AP or a 1.6GHz Octa-core AP. The selection of AP varies by markets. In the UK the Galaxy S 4 will be available as a 4G device with a 1.9GHz Quad Core Processor".
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- Display 5.0" 1080 x 1920 pixels
- Camera 13 MP / 2 MP front
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- Memory
- Storage 64 GB + microSDXC
- Battery 2600 mAh(17h 3G talk time)
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1. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
I hope India gets the Exynos 5 octa.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 5:56 AM 7
5. htc_evo_3d
Posts: 84; Member since: Mar 11, 2013
If it is better than Snapdragon 600 !@#$%#@!
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:08 AM 4
7. Hemlocke unregistered
India does get the i9505. All of Africa, most of Asia, and some of Europe get the Exynos model, but no LTE. Only Snapdragon models get LTE.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:17 AM 2
10. zackdbassist
Posts: 22; Member since: Mar 15, 2013
@Hemlocks Seems your piece of information is incorrect, head to Gsmarena. They have just posted the list of which country is getting which model and India is indeed getting the Exynos model. :) And most of the Europe is getting i9505 because they have LTE networks esatablished or about to be established. Some lucky countries are going to get both of them.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:21 AM 2
13. Hemlocke unregistered
That's what I said, and that's exactly where the info came from. Screw the A15, anyway. There's a reason why Apple and Qualcomm dissed the A15: The power consumption isn't worth the power, and the Big.little is just a complex Band Aid.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:39 AM 1
25. ama3654
Posts: 295; Member since: Nov 27, 2012
Apple and Qualcomm cannot build the A15 that's why, give it to Samsung for pushing the envelope and providing bleeding edge technology to people. If I want to buy a Core i7, I don't want it to be adulterated with last gen Core 2 duo/quad instruction sets. I want the real deal with all the performance it can provide.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 10:56 AM 0
16. MrJerry
Posts: 403; Member since: Oct 05, 2012
I found that dosent make sense. I just confirmed that GS4 will be released 26th of April in Korea and it will have EXYNOS OCTA WITH HEXA-BAND LTE which covers all countries LTE Bands TD-LTE / FD-LTE Then why the f**k is snapdragon version coming to Australia??
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 7:26 AM 2
27. taz89
Posts: 2014; Member since: May 03, 2011
Because mass production of the octa doesn't start till sometime in q2 Whichi they just wont have enough chips to meet demand for the s4...I too was hoping for the octa but since seeing the 600 benchmarks on s4 am no longer bothered...as long as the phone is fluid I don't mid which chips under there... Only wanted ovta core just to say I have it lol
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 2:40 PM 0
Posts: 328; Member since: Oct 13, 2012
Confirmed. http://www.gsmarena.com/heres_
a_list_of_which_country_gets_w hich_samsung_galaxy_s4_model-news-5739.php
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 8:19 AM 0
4. ama3654
Posts: 295; Member since: Nov 27, 2012
I'll get the octa even if it means i have to travel, damn you Samsung!
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:07 AM 1
11. zhiae unregistered
i wont buy gs4 with snapdragon even if it was 3ghz only exynos
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:28 AM 2
22. kvk066
Posts: 18; Member since: Feb 27, 2013
I feel sorry for people who are against snapdragon.....dont know that Octa will heat up their hands....Octa fans - believe engineers....dont believe marketing people...snapdragon is better in power and also a power house performer
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 10:13 AM 0
Posts: 4851; Member since: Apr 13, 2012
No way this can't be true. That will be the another big let down to use Crapdragon, along with that design! But let's wait and see this might turn or Samsung could use the Exynos A15 for international? I was so happy to finally look forward of getting my hands on a pure A15 Exynos™ device! If this turns out true, ile buy the Exynos Sim free instead ®
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:09 AM 1
28. theindianguy
Posts: 90; Member since: Sep 30, 2011
Dude seriously what's with the crapdragon hate? Just because they screwed up with the Snapdragon S3 doesn't mean their chips actually suck. And there's a reason why most of the manufacturers use their chips. And the qualcomm s600 really is a beast. Peace.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 5:37 PM 0
9. rickywinataa
Posts: 262; Member since: Apr 05, 2012
since UK is implementing 4G LTE EE, i guess samsung would go with snapdragon as it has better LTE support worldwide
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:21 AM 0
12. chunk1x
Posts: 248; Member since: Jun 25, 2011
I don't really care how fast the processor is as long as the phone works well with its software its fine by me. I'm not sure if I would take S4 since Note 3 will better but if the rumors are true its size might be too big for my taste.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 6:34 AM 0
20. Taters
Posts: 6474; Member since: Jan 28, 2013
According to the rumored list from Samobile. The majority will get the Qualcomm 600. Looks like a supply decision. It is easy to have the Exynos in every Note 2 because that device is already ruled out by many customers because of the size. Unless Apple completely cuts off Samsungs SOC division, don't expect even Samsung to be able to crank out 50 million Exynos 5 Octa chips.
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 9:43 AM 0
21. masterchina
Posts: 55; Member since: Sep 27, 2011
Why does Africa get exynos? Aren't they still trying to find out where the coke bottle came from?
posted on Mar 21, 2013, 10:10 AM 0
23. kvk066
Posts: 18; Member since: Feb 27, 2013
I feel sorry for people who are against snapdragon.....dont know that Octa will heat up their hands....Octa fans - believe engineers....dont believe marketing people...snapdragon is better in power and also a power house performer
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During the class one of our expert candle makers will take you step-by-step through the candle making process. You will have the opportunity to smell and test our selection of fragrance and essential oils. We'll share hints and tips on the creation of the perfect fragrance and for the important bit, you will make your own 6oz scented soy wax candle.
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