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I'm wondering what an original soundtrack with a manufacturer's labeling error might sell for. Would this cause a stir???
The reason why I'm asking is that back around '86 I bought a second copy of the Star Wars soundtrack. Obviously this isn't an original pressing run of the album. I bought the second copy because I had played the first set to death.... Now remember the first release the album orders went like this album 1 sides 1 and 3, album 2 sides 2 and 4. The second set I purchased has album one, sides 1 and 2, album 2, sides 3 and 4. The question comes is that on the second album both sides have been labeled side 3 with all the listings for side 3. The album was pressed correctly, just not labeled correctly. These albums have been played twice since they were purchased.


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The Metro system in D.C. is famously clean and far-reaching, and an excellent way to avoid what one study in 2015 called the worst traffic congestion in the country. Metro stations generally get you within a couple blocks of the main tourist sites, such as the National Mall, which stretches from the U.S. Capitol building to the Lincoln Memorial. On the way it passes the White House and a dozen other monuments and museums. Many top-ranked museums here have free admission, including the National Gallery of Art and all the Smithsonian institutions such as the National Air and Space Museum.
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What are the details behind the heroic acts pictured in a poster about two African-American soldiers in World War I? Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) helps find the answer. Then, is this a hand-drawn map of Valley Forge that George Washington used during the American Revolution? And does a Tucson man own one of the first transistor radios ever made? Finally, after 70 years, a Washington man wonders whether a business card ties his father to Prohibition-era underworld crime.
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Host Tukufu Zuberi switched roles for this story and brought a question of his own to HISTORY DETECTIVES. Tukufu collects posters featuring African Americans in combat. One in particular intrigues him. Titled Our Colored Heroes, text on the poster tells an incredible World War I story. A raiding party of more than 20 Germans attacked two African American doughboys on sentry duty. The poster quotes General Pershing who praises the two colored sentries who 'continued fighting after receiving wounds and despite the use of grenades by a superior force.' Did all of this actually happen? And why was this poster made? Tukufu, along with fellow HISTORY DETECTIVES host Elyse Luray track down the truth, and call on the insight of U.S. Senator Charles Schumer to answer Tukufu's question.
The family involved, the Herman Johnson family, apparently has a prominent standing both at UMKC and KU. Herman Johnson was a Tuskegee Airman. UMKC has a minority scholarship in his name and a building named after Herman and his wife, Herman and Dorothy Johnson Hall. KU has a Dorothy Johnson scholarship fund.
Their daughter Tara Johnson, who lives in Toledo, OH, frequently travels to KC for business, the company name: Herman Johnson, LLC. Tara and her son DeMarqus appear in the story.


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Great comments on this thread. Very informative! I love how the Mao supporters have explained in such detail the considerable strengths Mao still brings to her skating, especially the difficulty of her transitions and choreography.
Right now, at this moment, I feel like Kim and Kostner are co-favorites for Worlds. Kim--because she is incredible, and she is Olympic champion. Kostner--because her basic skating is so gorgeous right now, and she is World champion. They have the credentials, they have the skating skills, and most importantly, the judges love them.
This does not necessarily mean Kim and Kostner will win gold and silver. I just think their chances are better than anyone else's.
Below them is quite a large group of medal contenders: Mao, Suzuki, Wagner, Osmond, Tuktamysheva, Sotnikova, and Gold.
Outside threats, to me, would be Korpi, Murakami, and Leonova (if she makes the team?).
For those arguing that Mao is co-favorite with Kim and Kostner, I'd say no. She should be, based on credentials and skating skills. But her jumping problems keep her from favorite status, IMO. The URs and edge calls are just tough to overcome.
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Here at last! I left the United States on Wednesday morning, and by Saturday morning, after too many hours in the air, I arrived in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Then I went on a seven-hour drive, up a winding road into the mountain district of Bener Merieh. An additional 4 kilometers by dirt track leads us up to the village of Pancar di Lombok, which sits on the high mountain top at about 8,000 feet above sea level.
In the dirt front yard of a simple wooden house surrounded by colorful fruit trees and coffee plants, with oxen tied to a nearby fence and chickens running about, about 20 village children are gathered, singing and laughing and playing games.
Parents and grandparents are happily watching their enjoyment. For a long time, before 2006, children could not come out to play or go to school. Due to conflict in this area of Aceh, they were confined to their homes. Day-by-day they lost opportunities to learn how to communicate their needs and ideas, explore their world, gain knowledge and make friends.
The children gathered today in Pancar di Lombok are recapturing lost time through structured play. Guided by their facilitator Kemalawati, the children play games and sing rhyming songs that build physical coordination, literacy and numeracy skills, memory recall, and a sense of belonging with fellow playmates. Tapping his toes and snapping his fingers to the beat of an introducing song, 6-year-old Ari takes his turn in the children's circle to shout out with confidence, "Namanya saya Ari!" ("My name is Ari!")
In this area of Banda Aceh, ChildFund International is working in 33 villages like Pancar di Lombok, helping children and communities to rebuild after the end of the long conflict. The ChildFund team has trained village community facilitators such as Kemalawati in how to engage and teach children through structured play. Kemalawati's ability and enthusiasm, and the obvious affection that the children have for her, demonstrate that the ChildFund team has succeeded in its task.
The facilitators work with the children for two hours after school each week day. This activity is part of a larger project to rebuild communities like Pancar di Lombok. The ChildFund team is also helping to strengthen school curricula and bolster families' incomes.
I'm coming down from the mountain now, feeling good about the difference that ChildFund is making in the lives of children affected by conflict in Aceh.
Anne Scott joined ChildFund International in August 2008 as vice president of Global Programs.
I'm always interested in reports from Indonesia, but must locate a map to realize where Banda Aceh is located in the expansive area called Indonesia. My sponsored 'son' lived in Surabaya on Java. He and his own little family now live in Denpasar on Bali. Our two visits to see him and to meet his birth family were worth every penny. May God continue to bless His workers in that country.
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We got some new Classic Figures, too : army builders and several Cantina Characters, too! Did I mention the rest of the Bounty Hunters in 12" scale?
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The location of the Model School was not given anywhere on the program, but it did say the Commencement was held in the Normal Chapel.
Milton E. Kerr, my grandfather's older brother, was one of the graduates. He had just turned 15 a month before graduation. At the Commencement, he delivered a recitation on Christian citizenship.
The thirteen members of the Model High School Class of 1906 were:
- Harriet Mae McQuistion
- Helen Griffith
- Sylvia Eleanor Cooper
- Martha Eva McCoy
- Frank Dickson Campbell
- John Henry Bingham
- Milton Efner Kerr
- Jessie Elizabeth Kissick
- Gertrude Maude Lindsey
- Jean Irene Moorhead
- Thomas Dewitt Reed
- Mary Jane Rodgers
- Bessie Ida Clark
Milton Efner Kerr was the son of Kate (Katharine) Pettis Kerr. His father, also named Milton E. Kerr, had died in 1895 when Milton was four years old. In 1902 Kate went to work as a teacher at Slippery Rock Normal School in Butler County, Pennsylvania.
I believe the Model School pictured above, located in Slippery Rock, is the one from which Milton graduated.
Prior to rediscovering this commencement program, I had thought Milton and Rosmer attended school in Mercer. For some time after their father's death, they lived in Mercer with their mother and maternal grandmother, in a home adjacent to that of their paternal grandparents. I didn't know whether Kate was commuting to work in Slippery Rock every day or whether she had moved there, and I don't recall ever hearing that Milton and Rosmer had lived in Slippery Rock. Consideration of the new information on this commencement program led me to take another look at the unidentified photo below.
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The only thing written on the back of the photo is "This is where we live, upstairs." There's not a clue as to the location of this house, but I've always thought it was from Rosmer's side of the family. Now I am convinced of that. I compared the handwriting with the few samples I have of Kate Pettis Kerr's handwriting. The letters s and t are particularly telling. Kate tended to high-cross the letter t, and she often finished the letter s with a tail similar to that of a Q. I feel certain the handwriting on this photo is hers.
I suspect this house stood in Slippery Rock a hundred years ago. Maybe it's still standing. My hope is that someone from Slippery Rock will recognize the house and let me know so I can rule out these other possibilities:
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- Chicago IL
- Omaha NE
- Mercer PA
- Detroit MI
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A consultant, Vincent Leonetti, picked up the tab, and, he told the Phoenix, is not asking for reimbursement. A former South Jersey Transportation Authority official, he was recently hired to give advice on renovations to the service plazas. The turnpike pays him $100 an hour. He has a contract for up to 18 months, with no maximum total. So far this year, he has received $5918, the authority says.
On its face, it would seem impossible or foolish for state-agency employees to accept the gift of this expensive meal from a contractor. Strict ethics rules set up to thwart conflicts of interest — or public perception of conflicts of interest — prevent state employees from accepting any gifts from consultants or anyone else. They are reminded of this in a memo each holiday season, says Edward Karass, the state controller, who oversees state-government expenditures from his office in Augusta.
But the Maine Turnpike Authority is different from many other state agencies. It doesn't have to abide by the normal state ethics rules. And, according to its spokesman, Dan Paradee, it doesn't have its own code of financial ethics.
The June 20 dinner was, in fact, an exception. Usually such dinners are paid for – albeit indirectly – from the turnpike authority's coffers. That practice, too, separates the turnpike from most other state agencies, where official spending for dinners is subject to strict guidelines.
The way these dinners generally work, turnpike officials say, is that another consultant who was at the meal at Eve's, Roland Lavallee, of HNTB Corporation, is the one who pays. But then the authority reimburses HNTB for the food, including meals eaten by the HNTB executives present. (The booze, though, is covered by HNTB, says Lavallee, making it another — and regular — gift to the turnpike personnel that employees in other state agencies would be ethics-bound to refuse.)
But when the Maine Turnpike Authority pays, who actually shells out? Since the authority is entirely financed by tolls, those of us who toss our coins into the toll baskets are the people who pay. We threw in $84 million last year, when the tolls jumped considerably. (Or we bought E-ZPasses.) They are spending our money on these dinners.
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Former Vice President Al Gore addresses graduating seniors at Princeton University's Class Day celebration on Monday, June 2, on Cannon Green.
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At Princeton's Class Day ceremony Monday, June 2, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore gave an uplifting message about the power of today's graduating seniors to stoke society's will to confront the world's most pressing challenges, particularly climate change.
Gore, a well-known advocate for addressing climate change, discussed the challenges facing humanity and the role of the Class of 2014 in resolving them. The past several years have seen the widespread acceptance of humanity's role in climate change, legislative steps to control greenhouse gases, and the popular adoption of renewable energy, he said in the Class Day keynote address. But the "conversation" still needs to be changed, Gore said. As with civil rights, meaningful action against climate change can only be made when much of society agrees that the problem exists and has the will to solve it, he said.
"The will to act is itself a renewable resource," Gore said to the graduating class and their family members seated on Cannon Green. "The ice is melting and the water is rising, and we're still struggling to establish the reality of what is happening. … We have to resist merchants of doubt who are hired to confuse people to the point where they don't know what is the truth."
The power of friendships and the bonds between classmates is an enduring theme of Class Day. (Photo by Danielle Alio, Office of Communications)
This isn't the first time that seemingly impossible tasks have fallen to the generation of newly minted college grads, Gore said. He referenced the cynicism many adults directed at President John F. Kennedy's 1961 charge to land a man on the moon before 1970. When the goal was realized in 1969, Gore said, the average age of the mission engineers was 26 — meaning they were 18 when Kennedy broached the idea.
"Young people who take the time to get a quality education and empower themselves with the kind of skills that you have acquired here at Princeton can change the world," Gore said. "The fact that the world has resisted change thus far is of no import."
Gore conjured an image of future generations looking back on those seated before him and, depending on the state of the Earth left to them, asking either how the Class of 2014 could have failed to act, or how they found the "moral courage" to change the planet for the better. If the question comes from that better world, Gore said, "I want part of the answer to be that the Princeton Class of 2014 helped to lead the way."
Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, a 1983 alumnus, delivers his first Class Day speech and recalls the history of the event, from the "Dark Ages" of earlier Class Days to the "Renaissance" of recent events. (Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications)
Preceding Gore, Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, in his first Class Day address, discussed the history of Class Day. From its establishment in 1856 through 1962, the ceremony earned annual notice from The New York Times, he said. The paper would carry word of the event with over-descriptive articles noting the most minute of details, such as that the popular dance in 1914 was the one-step (although 23 seniors considered dancing "morally undesirable").
Class Day presenters-of-yore would unexpectedly summon students to the stage for humorous and sometimes unflattering awards, such as a 1934 graduate deemed the Prettiest in Class and presented with a mirror, Eisgruber said. Like all Princeton students at that time, the recipient was male.
After 1962, Class Day then entered the "Dark Ages" of sober award presentations and sedate speeches by little-noticed speakers, said Eisgruber, who, as a member of Princeton's Class of 1983, placed his Class Day near the nadir of this era.
Class Day, organized by seniors, features awards, lighthearted speeches and a keynote speaker selected by the class. The day was established in 1856 to give students the opportunity to celebrate their graduation and accomplishments in a less formal setting. (Photo by John Jameson, Office of Communications)
Beginning in 2001, however, with the appearance of comedian Bill Cosby, each subsequent class has seemingly sought to outshine that before it in terms of speaker celebrity, he said. Recent speakers include comedians Jerry Seinfeld (2003), Jon Stewart (2004) and Steve Carell (2012); former President Bill Clinton (2006); actress and 1987 alumna Brooke Shields (2011); and journalists Charles Gibson of the Class of 1965 (2010) and Katie Couric (2009).
While the Class of 2014 had, by inviting Gore, "raised the bar with someone with a Nobel Prize, an Academy Award and who has held executive office," Eisgruber took it upon himself to capture fully the tradition of Class Day by reviving the giving of unexpected and lighthearted awards.
Class president Luchi Mmegwa speaks about the achievement of graduating: "It's amazing to look out and see that we all made it to this day. Four years ago, when we all arrived on campus, we came wary of the challenges ahead … With each passing year, we became better at dealing with the challenges that make the Princeton experience one of the most remarkable and difficult college experiences anywhere in the world." (Photo by John Jameson, Office of Communications)
Eisgruber called to the stage class president Luchi Mmegwa to honor him for his stance in November against burning in effigy a stuffed bulldog to celebrate Princeton's second-consecutive football victories over Harvard and Yale. Eisgruber presented Mmegwa and incoming class president Benedict "Benny" Wagstaff with a large stuffed tiger adorned with a mortarboard, dubbing them "Outstanding Protectors of Stuffed Animals." Eisgruber said he expects the tiger to return to campus during Reunions "intact, well-groomed and looking magnificent, as magnificent as the Class of 2014."
Gore followed up on Eisgruber's admiration of recent Class Day speakers and wondered how he fit in with a roster of actors, television personalities and comedians. Admitting that he was "once named one of the 100 funniest men on C-SPAN," Gore dusted off old jokes from his vice presidency that made light of his sometimes flat-seeming disposition: "Al Gore is so boring his Secret Service codename is Al Gore."
He briefly commiserated about the disheartening effect of grade deflation, when an A can become a B, saying, "Heck, I won the popular vote and got marked down to second place." Following that reference to his controversial loss in the 2000 presidential race, he said, "You win some, you lose some and then there's that little-known third category."
Members of the Class of 2014 sport their uniquely designed senior jackets, which they will wear when they return to campus as alumni for events such as Reunions. (Photo by John Jameson, Office of Communications)
Seniors Adam Mastroianni and David Drew talked about the camaraderie and perseverance gained from their unforgettable time at Princeton.
"When we applied to Princeton, we said we were passionate about learning, that we wanted to change the world and that we deserved to be here," Mastroianni said. "And when Princeton admitted us, it didn't just say yes, it said prove it. And then through every challenge, it taught us that we can't prove it."
In a speech in which he referenced long papers, tough classes and an unshakeable virginity, Mastroianni said, "I hope Princeton humbled us enough to know that we can't measure our lives in achievements alone."
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Whyte Brothers Grocery
Postcard of the interior of the E. Whyte Grocery, Fruit & Wine Company
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Upon food and drink depend your health. 'Tis what you save that brings you wealth.
So read the jingle which was part of the advertisement of the E. Whyte Grocery, Fruit & Wine Co. from a Willis Wood Theater program of Oct. 15, 1905. The ad continued: Purveyors to the People; Table & Health Wines. 1121-1123 Walnut. Both Phones. About 1908 the store moved to 1115-1119 McGee.
The proprietors were four brothers: William Wallace Whyte, George P. Whyte, Ebenezer Whyte, Jr. and Frank D. Whyte. These brothers hold a unique position in Kansas City merchandising since they were the founders of the city's first chain stores, the Whyco Stores.
The Whyte brothers had received early training in the business from their father, Ebenezer Whyte, Sr., a grocer at 912 Main. He arrived in the United States from Scotland in 1858 as a draper (salesman for a Scottish woolen house).
In Chicago he met and married Sophia Pritchard, an English girl, daughter of George Pritchard, baronet, astronomer to Queen Victoria. Sophia had received her formal education in Paris.
Whyte first settled in Chicago where he joined with a man named Rose to establish Rose & Whyte, pork packers. They sold the company in 1877 to Plankington & Armour, packers from Milwaukee, thus giving the start to Armour & Co. in Chicago.
When Ebenezer Whyte, Sr., came to Kansas City by train in 1877, he was seeking a permanent location. He had left his wife and their five children in Chicago. Riding on the same train with Whyte was another passenger seeking a new location, William Rockhill Nelson, who later founded The Kansas City Star.Whyte was often to recount this story to his children and grandchildren.
Both men chose to settle in Kansas City and Whyte wrote back to his family, God willing, I will come back for you in two years.
South Location
Whytes first store was way out south at 912 Main. At the time the business of Kansas City was centered around 5th and Main. The store carried many more items than groceries and fruit. Shelves were lined with glassware, wash bowls, pitchers, tinware, queensware and crockery. Heavy hickory baskets and woven clothes baskets were hung across the front of the store. Bushel baskets and barrels of merchandise and grocery items filled the space between sidewalk and curb.
Since Kansas City's business was moving south, Whyte's location proved to be good. He prospered and sent for his family. A home was established at 9th and Cherry. The four young sons joined in the business, each taking an active part.
Ebenezer Whyte was an autocrat, typical of his generation of English and Scottish gentlemen. In his store, he wore no necktie but a gold collar button with a diamond secured his stiff collar. He sent his collars each week to Troy, N.Y., to be laundered, starched and blocked. In the early 1890s he built Waverly Block--the 900 block of East 11th. The family occupied the 17-room corner unit. When his sons married they brought their brides to live there. The remainder of the block, built like the row houses of the East, was rented. The 902 and 904 units contained 12 to 14 rooms each.
The Waverly Block building was of cut greystone such as those on Fifth Avenue in New York. It was about 15 feet back from the sidewalk. Above each entrance door were leaded stained-glass transoms.
Each apartment had fire-places and its own coal-fired hot-water unit in the basement. The whole block was heated by a steam system whose furnace was in an attached boiler house on the alley. In winter the furnace took over a ton of coal a day.
After the death of Ebenezer Whyte in 1901 his four sons took over the business. Their mother was named president of the company and is so designated in early city directories.
Home Delivery
The early Whyte stores, at 1121 Walnut and later at 1115 McGee, had two horse-drawn delivery wagons with the company name on the sides. About 1915 the wagons were replaced by trucks.
Deliveries were made of orders placed by phone or given by customers who came into the store.
The other large grocery of those days was Quinns at 5th and Walnut. In the first decade of the century Fred Wolferman moved to Walnut from his father's butcher shop on 9th.
In 1915 the Whyte stores discontinued the sale of wine and spirits, anticipating the 18th ammendment. However the corporate name was not changed. In the 1890s the company's ad in the Kansas City Journal quoted Old Crow whisky at $3.50 a gallon and lesser brands as low as $2 a gallon.
The Whyte store on McGee was about 75 feet wide and a half block deep, to the alley. The second floor was the bakery for bread, cakes and pastries.
There were three front display windows. The north window was refrigerated and adjoined the meat department whose storage walk-in refrigerator was near the rear of the store. The center window would slide upwards to permit selling to passers-by. The south window was fixed and at one time the coffee roaster was installed there. The refrigerated meat display was an innovation. At the old Walnut store, as was customary in those days, carcasses or quarters of beef, lamb and swine had been hung on meat hooks outside the store.
Walls were covered with shelves to the ceiling--14 feet high with ladders on tracks to give access to the upper shelves. Some of the lower shelves were replaced with tilt-out, glass-fronted bins in which were stored dried beans, dried fruits, sugars, teas, coffees and spices. These were sacked each time a customer wanted some. Jams, jellies, peanut butter, lard, pickles, olives, cookies, crackers, cheeses were all in bulk and weighed or counted out to order.
Live chickens, turkeys, ducks and geese were brought to the store daily by farmers and penned in an area in the basement. Each day a sufficient number of poultry was dressed out for sale. There were no packaged meats. Bacon was sliced to order; roasts, steaks and chops were cut while the customer looked on. Liver was free for the asking as dog or cat food.
There were 10 to 15 clerks to wait on customers, whose orders were written up for later delivery or packed to take out. Deliveries were made in folding wooden boxes which were unloaded at the customer's homes. Take-outs were wrapped in paper and tied with string. The large, heavy kraft sacks of today were unknown, as were paperboard and corrugated boxes.
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Hotels and restaurants of Kansas City and Excelsior Springs were important customers. George P. Whyte went twice a week to Excelsior Springs on the train, either the Wabash or the Milwaukee, to solicit orders. The depot in the West Bottoms was reached by the 9th Street cable car.
The first Whyco store was opened in 1915 at 2603 Prospect, soon followed by stores at 33rd and Troost and 31st and Brooklyn. In the next 10 years or so the chain numbered 50 stores, two of which were in Kansas City, Kansas. Milk was 5 cents a quart and bread 5 cents a loaf.
These stores were relatively small, and the store manager or clerk served each customer. No fresh meats or delicatessen meats were sold in these stores. Customer deliveries were made by neighborhood boys with coaster wagons.
A huge sale celebrated the 50th anniversary of the stores on Nov. 1, 1927. A news story of the day read: Three sons of sons are coming on to carry on the Whyte tradition in the Kansas City trade. George P. Whye is a buyer in the organization and Ebenezer Frank Whyte, a student at Harvard University, and Kenneth Whyte both have announced their intention of remaining in the business.
Shortly after the anniversary sale a large national chain of grocers initiated a move to purchase the 50 Whyco stores, but the Whyte brothers refused the offer. The decision was regretted in the dark days of the Depression that were soon to come.
The effects of the crash of 1929 took their toll and Whyco stores began closing. There were only about 16 at the time of the final shutdown in 1932.
In the 10 years after 1932, Ebenezer Whyte, Jr., lived in Miami, and died in the spring of 1942. Frank died later that year and Will soon followed. George survived into the late 1950s.
Descendants of Ebenezer Whyte are scattered across the country. One, Ebenezer Frank Whyte, the Harvard grandson mentioned earlier, now a resident of Jenkintown, Pa., has memories of the stores back to 1909 when his father, Frank, first let him wait on the trade and pack orders for delivery.
Two great-granddaughters living in the Kansas City area are Mrs. Jeanne Whyte Shopen, 2714 W. 71st Terrace, Prairie Village, and Mrs. Clarbeth Whyte Moore, 6416 Sagamore, Mission Hills.
Kansas City Times
December 10, 1971
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Republic of the Congo Population: 4,492,689
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|Upon independence in 1960, the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of the Congo. A quarter century of experimentation with Marxism was abandoned in 1990 and a democratically elected government took office in 1992. A brief civil war in 1997 restored former Marxist President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, and ushered in a period of ethnic and political unrest. Southern-based rebel groups agreed to a final peace accord in March 2003, but the calm is tenuous and refugees continue to present a humanitarian crisis. The Republic of Congo is one of Africa's largest petroleum producers, but with declining production it will need new offshore oil finds to sustain its oil earnings over the long term.
About 70% of the population lives in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, or along the railroad between them
|Central Africa, bordering the South Atlantic Ocean, between Angola and Gabon
|Geographic coordinates:
| total: 342,000 sq km
land: 341,500 sq km
water: 500 sq km
Size comparison: slightly smaller than Montana
|Land Boundaries:
| total: 5,504 km
border countries: Angola 201 km, Cameroon 523 km, Central African Republic 467 km, Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,410 km, Gabon 1,903 km
|169 km
|Maritime claims:
|territorial sea: 200 nm
|tropical; rainy season (March to June); dry season (June to October); persistent high temperatures and humidity; particularly enervating climate astride the Equator
|coastal plain, southern basin, central plateau, northern basin
|Elevation extremes:
| lowest point: Atlantic Ocean 0 m
highest point: Mount Berongou 903 m
|Natural resources:
|petroleum, timber, potash, lead, zinc, uranium, copper, phosphates, gold, magnesium, natural gas, hydropower
|Land use:
| arable land: 1.46%
permanent crops: 0.18%
other: 98.36% (2011)
|Irrigated land:
|20 sq km (2003)
|Natural hazards:
|seasonal flooding
|Current Environment Issues:
|air pollution from vehicle emissions; water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage; tap water is not potable; deforestation
|International Environment Agreements:
| party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
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| noun: Congolese (singular and plural)
adjective: Congolese or Congo
|Ethnic groups:
|Kongo 48%, Sangha 20%, M'Bochi 12%, Teke 17%, Europeans and other 3%
|French (official), Lingala and Monokutuba (lingua franca trade languages), many local languages and dialects (of which Kikongo is the most widespread)
|Christian 50%, animist 48%, Muslim 2%
|4,492,689 (July 2013 est.) note: estimates for this country explicitly take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution of population by age and sex than would otherwise be expected
|Age structure:
| 0-14 years: 45.1% (male 1,020,784/female 1,006,148)
15-24 years: 20.6% (male 464,410/female 460,955)
25-54 years: 28.2% (male 636,447/female 628,629)
55-64 years: 3.4% (male 67,117/female 84,919)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 50,358/female 72,922) (2013 est.)
|Dependency ratios:
| total dependency ratio: 84.9 %
youth dependency ratio: 78.7 %
elderly dependency ratio: 6.3 %
potential support ratio: 15.9 (2013)
|Median age:
| total: 17.1 years
male: 16.9 years
female: 17.3 years (2013 est.)
|Population growth rate:
|2.86% (2013 est.)
|Birth rate:
|39.63 births/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Death rate:
|11.03 deaths/1,000 population (2013 est.)
|Net migration rate:
|0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2013 est.)
| urban population: 63.7% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization: 2.84% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
|Major urban areas - population:
|BRAZZAVILLE (capital) 1.611 million (2011)
|Sex ratio:
| at birth: 1.03 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
15-24 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
25-54 years: 1.01 male(s)/female
55-64 years: 0.79 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.69 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2013 est.)
|Mother's mean age at first birth:
|19.8 (2005 est.)
|Maternal mortality rate:
|560 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
|Infant mortality rate:
| total: 72.45 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 77.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 66.98 deaths/1,000 live births (2013 est.)
|Life expectancy at birth:
| total population: 55.6 years
male: 54.27 years
female: 56.96 years (2013 est.)
|Total fertility rate:
|5.49 children born/woman (2013 est.)
|Contraceptive prevalence rate:
|44.7% (2011/12)
|Health expenditures:
|2.5% of GDP (2010)
|Physicians density:
|0.1 physicians/1,000 population (2007)
|Hospital bed density:
|1.6 beds/1,000 population (2005)
|Drinking water source:
| improved:
urban: 95% of population
rural: 32% of population
total: 71% of population
urban: 5% of population
rural: 68% of population
total: 29% of population (2010 est.)
|Sanitation facility access:
| improved:
urban: 20% of population
rural: 15% of population
total: 18% of population
urban: 80% of population
rural: 85% of population
total: 82% of population (2010 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
|3.4% (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
|77,000 (2009 est.)
|HIV/AIDS - deaths:
|5,100 (2009 est.)
|Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
|4.7% (2008)
|Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
|11.8% (2005)
|Education expenditures:
|6.2% of GDP (2010)
| definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 83.8%
male: 89.6%
female: 78.4% (2003 est.)
|School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
| total: 9 years
male: 10 years
female: 9 years (2003)
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|Country name:
| conventional long form: Republic of the Congo
conventional short form: Congo (Brazzaville)
local long form: Republique du Congo
local short form: none
former: Middle Congo, Congo/Brazzaville, Congo
|Government type:
| name: Brazzaville
geographic coordinates: 4 15 S, 15 17 E
time difference: UTC+1 (6 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
|Administrative divisions:
|10 regions (regions, singular - region) and 2 commune*; Bouenza, Brazzaville*, Cuvette, Cuvette-Ouest, Kouilou, Lekoumou, Likouala, Niari, Plateaux, Pointe-Noire*, Pool, Sangha
|15 August 1960 (from France)
|National holiday:
|Independence Day, 15 August (1960)
|approved by referendum 20 January 2002
|Legal system:
|mixed legal system of French civil law and customary law
|18 years of age; universal
|Executive branch:
| chief of state: President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997, following the civil war in which he toppled elected president Pascal LISSOUBA); note - the president is both the chief of state and head of government
head of government: President Denis SASSOU-Nguesso (since 25 October 1997); note - the position of prime minister was abolished in September 2009
cabinet: Council of Ministers appointed by the president (For more information visit the World Leaders website )
elections: president elected by popular vote for a seven-year term (eligible for a second term); election last held on 12 July 2009 (next to be held in 2016)
election results: Denis SASSOU-Nguesso reelected president; percent of vote - Denis SASSOU-Nguesso 78.6%, Joseph Kignoumbi Kia MBOUNGOU 7.5%, Nicephore Fylla de SAINT-EUDES 7%, other 6.9%
|Legislative branch:
| bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (72 seats; members elected by indirect vote to serve five-year terms) and the National Assembly (139 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms)
elections: Senate - last held on 5 August 2008 (next to be held in July 2014); National Assembly - last held on 15 July and 5 August 2012 (next to be held in 2018)
election results: Senate - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - RMP 33, FDU 23, UPADS 2, independents 7, other 7; National Assembly - percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - PCT (and allies) 117, UPADS 7, independents 12, vacant 3
|Judicial branch:
| highest court(s): Supreme Court or Cour Supreme (consists of NA judges) note - the High Court of Justice, outside the judicial authority, tries cases involving treason by the president of the republic judge selection and term of office: judges elected by parliament and serve until retirement age
subordinate courts: courts of appeal; regional and district courts; employment tribunals; juvenile courts
|Political parties and leaders:
|Action Movement for Renewal or MAR Congolese Labour Party or PCT Congolese Movement for Democracy and Integral Development or MCDDI [Michel MAMPOUYA] Movement for Solidarity and Development or MSD Pan-African Union for Social Development or UPADS [Martin MBERI] Rally for Democracy and the Republic or RDR [Raymond Damasge NGOLLO] Rally for Democracy and Social Progress or RDPS [Jean-Pierre Thystere TCHICAYA, president] Rally of the Presidential Majority or RMP Union for Democracy and Republic or UDR United Democratic Forces or FDU [Sebastian EBAO] many smaller parties
|Political pressure groups and leaders:
|Congolese Trade Union Congress or CSC General Union of Congolese Pupils and Students or UGEEC Revolutionary Union of Congolese Women or URFC Union of Congolese Socialist Youth or UJSC
|International organization participation:
|ACP, AfDB, AU, BDEAC, CEMAC, EITI (candidate country), FAO, FZ, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNITAR, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
|National symbol(s):
|lion; elephant
|National anthem:
| name: "La Congolaise" (The Congolese)
lyrics/music: Jacques TONDRA and Georges KIBANGHI/Jean ROYER and Joseph SPADILIERE
note: originally adopted 1959, restored 1991
|Diplomatic representation in the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Serge MOMBOULI
chancery: 1720 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 726-5500
|Diplomatic representation from the US:
| chief of mission: Ambassador Christopher W. MURRAY
embassy: 70-83 Section D, Maya-Maya Boulevard, Brazzaville;
mailing address: B.P. 1015, Brazzaville
telephone: [242] 06 612-200
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The economy is a mixture of subsistence hunting and agriculture, an industrial sector based largely on oil and support services, and government spending. Oil has supplanted forestry as the mainstay of the economy, providing a major share of government revenues and exports. Natural gas is increasingly being converted to electricity rather than being flared, greatly improving energy prospects. New mining projects, particularly iron ore, that may enter production as early as late 2013 may add as much as $1 billion to annual government revenue. Economic reform efforts have been undertaken with the support of international organizations, notably the World Bank and the IMF, including recently concluded Article IV consultations. Denis SASSOU-Nguesso, who returned to power when the war ended in October 1997, publicly expressed interest in moving forward on economic reforms and privatization and in renewing cooperation with international financial institutions. Economic progress was badly hurt by slumping oil prices and the resumption of armed conflict in December 1998, which worsened the republic's budget deficit. The current administration faces difficult economic challenges of stimulating recovery and reducing poverty. The drop in oil prices during the global crisis reduced oil revenue by about 30%, but the subsequent recovery of oil prices boosted the economy's GDP from 2009-12. In March 2006, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) treatment for Congo, which received $1.9 billion in debt relief under the program in 2010. Congo also restructured old defaulted London Club debt in 2007, which effectively cancelled 80% of its private debt. Contracts with China have increased Congo's publicly held debt. Officially the country became a net external creditor as of 2011, with external debt representing less than 22% of GDP and debt servicing less than 3% of government revenue.
|GDP (purchasing power parity):
| GDP (purchasing power parity): $19.41 billion (2012 est.) $18.69 billion (2011 est.) $18.08 billion (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|GDP (official exchange rate):
|GDP (official exchange rate): $13.69 billion (2012 est.)
|GDP - real growth rate:
|3.8% (2012 est.) 3.4% (2011 est.) 8.8% (2010 est.)
|GDP - per capita (PPP):
| GDP - per capita (PPP): $4,700 (2012 est.) $4,700 (2011 est.) $4,700 (2010 est.)
note: data are in 2012 US dollars
|Gross national saving:
|59.9% of GDP (2012 est.) 61.3% of GDP (2011 est.) 48.2% of GDP (2010 est.)
|GDP - composition, by end use:
| household consumption: 22%
government consumption: 15.6%
investment in fixed capital: 51.9%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 105.6%
imports of goods and services: -96.1% (2012 est.)
|GDP - composition, by sector of origin:
| household consumption: 22%
government consumption: 15.6%
investment in fixed capital: 51.9%
investment in inventories: 1%
exports of goods and services: 105.6%
imports of goods and services: -96.1% (2012 est.)
|Agriculture - products:
|cassava (tapioca), sugar, rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables, coffee, cocoa; forest products
|petroleum extraction, cement, lumber, brewing, sugar, palm oil, soap, flour, cigarettes
|Industrial production growth rate:
|4% (2012 est.)
|Labor force:
|2.89 million (2011 est.)
|Unemployment rate:
|53% (2012 est.)
|Population below poverty line:
|46.5% (2011 est.)
|Household income or consumption by percentage share:
| lowest 10%: 2.1%
highest 10%: 37.1% (2005)
| revenues: $6.382 billion
expenditures: $5.927 billion (2012 est.)
|Taxes and other revenues:
|46.6% of GDP (2012 est.)
|Public debt:
|18.4% of GDP (2012 est.) 17% of GDP (2011 est.)
|Fiscal year:
|calendar year
|Inflation rate (consumer prices):
|Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.9% (2012 est.) 1.3% (2011 est.)
|Current account balance:
|$1.277 billion (2012 est.) $1.85 billion (2011 est.)
|$12.14 billion (2012 est.) $11.63 billion (2011 est.)
|Exports - commodities:
|petroleum, lumber, plywood, sugar, cocoa, coffee, diamonds
|Exports - partners:
|China 38.9%, US 12.9%, France 9.5%, Australia 8.8%, Netherlands 6.8%, Spain 5.3%, India 5.3% (2012)
|$5.835 billion (2012 est.) $5.023 billion (2011 est.)
|Imports - commodities:
|capital equipment, construction materials, foodstuffs
|Imports - partners:
|France 19.2%, China 13.3%, Brazil 9%, US 6.1%, India 5.7%, Italy 4.8%, Belgium 4.3% (2012)
|Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
|$6.091 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $5.658 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Debt - external:
|$2.958 billion (31 December 2012 est.) $2.523 billion (31 December 2011 est.)
|Market value of publicly traded shares:
|Exchange rates:
|Cooperation Financiere en Afrique Centrale francs (XAF) per US dollar - 510.53 (2012 est.) 471.87 (2011 est.) 495.28 (2010 est.) 472.19 (2009) 447.81 (2008)
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|Electricity - production:
|559 million kWh (2012 est.) country comparison to the world: 159
|Electricity - consumption:
|588 million kWh (2012 est.)
|Electricity - exports:
|0 kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - imports:
|470 million kWh (2010 est.)
|Electricity - installed generating capacity:
|559,000 kW (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from fossil fuels:
|51.2% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from nuclear fuels:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from hydroelectric plants:
|48.8% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Electricity - from other renewable sources:
|0% of total installed capacity (2012 est.)
|Crude oil - production:
|298,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - exports:
|290,000 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - imports:
|0 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Crude oil - proved reserves:
|1.6 billion bbl (1 January 2012 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - production:
|10,460 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - consumption:
|10,710 bbl/day (2011 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - exports:
|5,146 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Refined petroleum products - imports:
|5,326 bbl/day (2008 est.)
|Natural gas - production:
|946 million cu m (2012 est.)
|Natural gas - consumption:
|930 million cu m (2010 est.)
|Natural gas - exports:
|39 million cu m (2012 est.)
|Natural gas - imports:
|0 cu m (2012 est.)
|Natural gas - proved reserves:
|90.61 billion cu m (1 January 2012 est.)
|Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy:
|6.518 million Mt (2010 est.)
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|Telephones in use:
| 14,200 (2011)
country comparison to the world: 196
|Cellular Phones in use:
|3.885 million (2011)
|Telephone system:
| general assessment: primary network consists of microwave radio relay and coaxial cable with services barely adequate for government use; key exchanges are in Brazzaville, Pointe-Noire, and Loubomo; intercity lines frequently out of order
domestic: fixed-line infrastructure inadequate providing less than 1 connection per 100 persons; in the absence of an adequate fixed line infrastructure, mobile-cellular subscribership has surged to 90 per 100 persons
international: country code - 242; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2011)
|Broadcast media:
|1 state-owned TV and 3 state-owned radio stations; several privately owned TV and radio stations; satellite TV service is available; rebroadcasts of several international broadcasters are available (2007)
|Internet country code:
|Internet hosts:
|45 (2012)
|Internet users:
|245,200 (2009)
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| 27 (2013)
country comparison to the world: 125
|Airports (paved runways):
| total 8
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 5 (2013)
|Airports (unpaved runways):
| total 19
1,524 to 2,437 m: 8
914 to 1,523 m: 9
under 914 m: 2 (2013)
|gas 232 km; liquid petroleum gas 4 km; oil 982 km (2013)
| total 886 km
narrow gauge: 886 km 1.067-m gauge (2008)
| total 17,289 km
paved: 864 km
unpaved: 16,425 km (2004)
|1,120 km (commercially navigable on Congo and Oubanqui rivers above Brazzaville; there are many ferries across the river to Kinshasa; the Congo south of Brazzaville-Kinshasa to the coast is not navigable because of rapids, thereby necessitating a rail connection to Pointe Noire; other rivers are used for local traffic only) (2011)
|Merchant marine:
registered in other countries: 1 (Democratic Republic of the Congo 1) (2010)
|Ports and terminals:
| major seaport(s): Pointe-Noire
river port(s): Brazzaville (Congo); Impfondo (Oubangi); Ouesso (Sangha); Oyo (Alima)
oil/gas terminal(s): Djeno
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|Military branches:
|Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army (Armee de Terre), Navy, Congolese Air Force (Armee de l'Air Congolaise); Gendarmerie; Special Presidential Security Guard (GSSP) (2011)
|Military service age and obligation:
|18 years of age for voluntary military service; women can serve in the Armed Forces; no conscription (2012)
|Manpower available for military service:
| males age 16-49: 928,664
females age 16-49: 914,265 (2010 est.)
|Manpower fit for military service:
| males age 16-49: 577,944
females age 16-49: 566,587 (2010 est.)
|Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:
| male: 50,000
female: 49,641 (2010 est.)
|Military expenditures:
|1.7% of GDP (2011)
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|Transnational Issues
|Disputes - International:
|the location of the boundary in the broad Congo River with the Democratic Republic of the Congo is undefined except in the Pool Malebo/Stanley Pool area
|Refugees and internally displaced persons:
|refugees (country of origin): 8,404 (Rwanda); 89,424 (Democratic Republic of Congo) (2012) IDPs: 7,800 (multiple civil wars since 1992) (2009)
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And the Michigan Pace Car Winner Is...
It's been an exciting day at the Pure Michigan 400! U.S. Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient David Balestrino Jr. was named honorary starter of the race, HGTV star Carter Oosterhouse served as grand marshal and NASCAR driver Joey Logano came out on top as the race day champ!
But Joey wasn't the only one walking a winner. Today was also the day we gave away the official Pure Michigan 400 pace car - a 2013 Ford Fusion Energi - as part of our partnership with Michigan International Speedway, Ford Racing and Quicken Loans. Of the five finalists selected, Danielle Neufer was randomly given the set of keys that would start the car. Danielle was the last finalist selected for the giveaway - in fact, she just entered to win the morning of the race! See her reaction in the video below.
Please join us in congratulating Danielle on her new ride!
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Soundmagic ST80 bluetooth earphone with modular wired/wireless cables
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Soundmagic E80 in-ear monitor headphone
"At the time this review was written, the Soundmagic E80 in-ear monitor was on sale for $51.99 USD on Micca Store's website. Here is a link to a listing of their product at the time of the review: http://www.miccastore.com/soundmagic-e80-noise-isolating-inear-headphones-p-138.html Introduction Reviewing headphones is a labor of love. To be completely honest, the better an earphone..." --Hisoundfi
Soundmagic MP21
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Soundmagic E10s
Match awarding-winning headphones with a switchable Apple/Android phone mic and, with the SoundMAGIC E10S, you get unbeatable smartphone headphones at this price. SWITCHABLE MIC What marks this particular E10 version out is the addition of a 'smart' mic. Switchable between Apple iOS and Android phones, this makes these the one-stop-shop headphones if you use both devices. If, for...
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" Note: the star ratings are not absolute, but instead relative to its street price at this time (~$55) The pl50 represent a good value in budget IEMs, provided you like its particular sound signature and quirks. The pl50s have a tiny form factor. They are easy to insert and remove, and are more than flat enough to lie down in. Needless to say, they are among the most comfortable..." --JxK
Soundmagic PL11
"Build Quality: Not much to say than a solid IEM. The outside is "gunmetal" it looks like metal and feels like metal, but then again. I have been fooled before. The clip ...is just a clip, no deficiencies or poor moving around from it. The L shaped 3.5mm jack is also good. No weird wiggling parts, feels and looks solid. As it's an earphone, this section is generally good. The tip of the earphone..." --bowei006
SoundMAGIC E50 / E50S
" SoundMAGIC E50 Review "Small Size but Big Sound" Introduction This is my review of the SoundMAGIC E50, a iem from their new reference series. I want to provide a little background information in the hopes that it can help put my views in perspective and provide some context for the content of this review. Music has always..." --RedJohn456
Soundmagic E10
"The review below is for the E10M but the E10 is exactly identical, bar the extra mic. So lets begin. Packaging: Mine came in a nice little box with plenty of tips. I tried swapping out the stock ones with each one of them. There's also an adaptor that allows you to connect the earphones to a laptop or desktop with separate ports for head phone and mic...." --rajeevrn
Soundmagic E30
"This is an update to the review after living with several sets of these beauties for 3 years....I now have acquired 7 sets of the e30. A quick synopsis of my resume. 30 years of hardcore interest and investment in hifi, instrument building, musician. I've owned many decades of home stereo equipment and have a definite preference and fondness for Vinyl. The soundmagic e30 have proven..." --thelostMIDrange


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University community invited to CPUC meeting
Posted September 28, 2009; 12:08 p.m.
The Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) will hold its first meeting of the academic year from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in 101 McCormick Hall. All members of the University community are invited to attend.
Agenda items include an update by Provost Christopher Eisgruber and others on how present economic conditions will affect the University's budget this year and beyond and what cost-savings initiatives have been implemented.
Also to be discussed is a new task force composed of students, faculty, staff and alumni that will review the relationships between the University and the eating clubs. James Steward, the new director of the Princeton University Art Museum, will be introduced. In addition, there will be an update on H1N1 and flu-like illness on campus.
The CPUC, which first met in October 1969, has the authority, according to its charter, "to consider and investigate any question of University policy, any aspect of the governing of the University and any general issue related to the welfare of the University; and to make recommendations regarding any such matters to the appropriate decision-making bodies of the University or to the appropriate officers of the University."
President Shirley M. Tilghman presides over the meetings. The proposed meeting dates for the rest of the year are Nov. 16, Dec. 14, Feb. 8, March 29 and May 3. All are at 4:30 p.m.
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After thinking about it and thinking about it and thinking about it, I finally decided that I better stop thinking and start doing. This past weekend, I begin my new workbench project. I decided to follow Chris Schwartz's lead and make a Roubo workbench like he had done (check out his blog). I happen to also have his Workbenches book too.
The Workbenches book was fun to read, but after completing it, I didn't rush out and start making my new workbench. Perhaps I'm the type that like to think about things and decide if a certain plan would fully satisfy my needs. For whatever reason, I contemplated building a workbench for over a year. While my existing workbench was passable, it certainly wasn't nice enough or functional enough to call it a 'final' workbench.
So after picking up some wood -- southern yellow pine for the base -- I got started. While I'm not completely copying the plans, I'm using a very close approximation to the Roubo workbench. I used my bandsaw to cut those massive tenons and then I flattened things out with my reconditioned Stanley No.4. I made sure I started off with a sharp blade.
In a short time I managed to produce quite a pile of shavings. This pictures above certainly illustrate that point very well. That was after a couple of the legs. While if produced a lot of shavings, it was fun work since I made sure there was a sharp blade on it.
|From 2009.10.24 Roubo Workbench
I took down all the measurements for my first mortise and got to work. I set up a handy side stand to help keep things aligned properly and easy to adjust when running the drill press with the forstner bit. I also made sure I reduced the speed of the drill press to 1100 rpm to help keep the bit sharp.
Once the drill press cleared out a bulk of the mortise I got my chisels out for the cleanup. I knew this part would take a while, but it was quite fun so it didn't bother me. The chisel was quiet and I played some nice tunes on of my radio.
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Thanks Jay,just curious as I`ve seen this in a couple lines.I will tell you this much,if you keep him in the house with you,a ton of delivery work can be done right from the couch. Jim
Thanks Jay,just curious as I`ve seen this in a couple lines.I will tell you this much,if you keep him in the house with you,a ton of delivery work can be done right from the couch. Jim
Sight To Sea Labradors
Southern Cross at Sight to Sea MH QAA "Crosby" (by NAFC FC AFC Cody Cut a Lean Grade)
Tealwood's Willing at Sight to Sea JH ( by CH I am Able)
Briarglen's Running on Faith JH (by FC Fish River's Out of the Park)
Glendair's Come Home to the Sea ( By Ch Topform's Edward MH, QAA)
Sight To Sea's Take Aim SH (by Sight to Sea's Southern Comfort SH )Aug 23 2003-Feb 2013 Go get em , Man!
Owner www.sighttosealabs.com
Manager of www.DeCoverlykennels.com
Jay, where in Wisconsin are you?
Sharon Potter
Chesapeake Bay Retrievers...too many to list.
Team Huntsmith
Personally, I always like a good project dog.... nothing is more satisfying than turning a dog around. It's the journey..... I learn so much more about dog training with a project dog than any other type. I learn a lot about myself as well.
FC Tribute to Justice, JH "Honor"
FC AFC Contempt of Court "Ruckus"
Medal Of Honor, QAA "Valor"
HRCH Kirby's High Sierra, SH, QAA "Kirby" Feb. 19, 2002 - Aug. 14, 2014
HRCH Niki Snowbird, SH, QAA "Niki" July 22, 2001 - May 11, 2015
Southland Order In the Court, QAA "Gavel" July 17, 2002- March 24, 2013
Southland Rusty Nail - derby points, qual placements "Rusty"
Disoderly Conduct "Chaos" -qual placements
I have a special needs dog and was told she would never make a test dog or hunting dog, but only a pet at four months old. With time, paitence, and a solid training program, she clearly has overcome many obstacles and has become a phenominal test and hunting dog. She is timid and at first would become scared when she couldn't see me. Overtime, she learn to trust me and I can now send her anywhere without any fears. What we found while training her, was she didn't know she had a handicap.Using the same training methods used on the rest of our dogs, which is a solid training program, she progressed along with the other dogs, but slower. Except for a few adjustments in the training, she does everything the other dogs do and also makes the same exact mistakes that they do. Unless your in a hurry to get a dog trained, take your time,follow a solid training program step by step, and give your dog lots of love. Yeah, they won't be a stylish dog out there running full speed and making unbelieveable retrieves, but you would be surpised what they can do when given the chance.
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HRCH UH C & L 's Madison Grace MH....500 Points (blinddogmaddie)
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"It's very important to constantly analyze what you are doing and whether your dogs are being good or bad because of what you are doing or in spite of what you are doing." Mike Lardy
If you love him keep him and let him know you love him..... If your not that much in love with him.... find a caring home for him. I would probably find a rescue group to help since he is sensitive and sounds like he needs a home which can and will work with his problem. I was advised to "get
rid" of a dog awhile ago. I knew that if I let some "stranger" take him I would do nothing but worry about him, but that's me. I still have him,
and I have his 10 week old daughter..... I'm happy I struggled these pass 4-5 years with him..... he can be a pain in the neck.... still..... but he is
loving and sweet natured. Again, that's my attitude about such things.... you may not have the time or patience for your boy and therefore might
do better finding him a caring home.
It is what it is....
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I've dealt with a several dogs like this. Of the ones that turned out two of them were chessies, one a lab. Some of them can do pretty well IF you are willing to give them the benefit of the doubt and put some sound training into them (and patience) The two chessies both now have passes toward AKC Senior and HRC Seasoned. The lab's owner didn't want to pursue past Junior.
The question is, how committed are you to this dog? If you are attached to him, it is well worth trying to work him through it, and hopefully he turns out able to perform the way you want him to. If he doesn't work out training-wise, you can get another dog to hunt with and just enjoy having him around. However, if you don't truely enjoy him, it is best for both of you (incuding him) to part ways... Have enough respect for the dog to do what is best for him as well.
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HR RO3 UJJ Ironpaws Westshore Meant To Be RE WC CGC CC "Toby"
SHR Iron-paws Rags To Riches CGC "Zipp"
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Does he have prey drive? If he has prey drive you can do a lot to turn him around, the prey drive will compete with the fear-insecurity and usually come out on top. If he doesn't have a strong bird-prey drive, I'd keep him as a pet or find him good pet home. You'll both be happier. I'd do this with any dog without a strong working desire, special care case or not. A dog without a strong bird drive will never make an outstanding hunting dog, you'll just be pushing against a wall in training, which is not fair to either you nor the dog. A friend of mine just went through this with one of his pups (~1yr), who ended up having a bit of gun-shyness, even after all the intro work was done correctly. The dog just didn't have the prey-hunt desire to continue on with work and little disruptions would become issues to be worked through. It becomes exhausting working against nature, and the end result of a maybe average hunting dog is just not worth the struggle, when you could be putting forth less effort and have a superior hunting dog.
It just sometimes happens, despite Breeding, Training, Circumstances, and Effort that you come across a dog that just isn't cut out for the job. You can push and prod all you want & try to push that dog into that role, but if he doesn't have the internal desire to do the job. He'd be much happier on someones couch, retrieving a ball and you'd be much happier working with a dog that really wants the job.
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"Hunting is a skill to be learned whether you do it early or late it still needs to be learned"
GMRH-I HRCH Quick MH (most importantly Duck/Upland Enthusiast) Rip. July-2014
GMHR HRCH Lakota MH (most importantly Upland/Duck Enthusiast)
MHR HR Storm SH (Beginning Upland & Waterfowl Enthusiast)
If your dog likes pigeons, capitalize on that and encourage his retrieving drive with birds. Get together with a knowledgable Chessie person in your area and get some training sessions started. Get out the launcher!! Get the dog excited. Tell him he's a good boy when he goes out and gets that bird. You may have to treat your 2 year old like a puppy just starting out, but that's OK. He will catch up. Cultivate and encourage his prey drive and then consistently but gently do some more formalized training. Chessies can be tricky. I know, I have a few.


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Israeli professor to speak on Arab-Israeli conflict, Feb. 5
Posted January 31, 2003; 03:26 p.m.
A lecture on"The Islamization of the Arab-Israeli Conflict" is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, in Bowl 1, Robertson Hall. Meir Litvak, senior research fellow at the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies and senior lecturer in the Department of Middle Eastern and African History at Tel Aviv University, will deliver the talk.
Litvak, an expert on modern Shi'i history and Palestinian politics, has participated in numerous international conferences and colloquia. He also is the author of the book, "Shi'i Scholars of 19th-Century Iraq: The 'Ulama' of Najaf and Karbala,'" (1998) and numerous journal articles and chapters in books on topics including the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hamas, Islam, Palestinian identity and Jihad.
The lecture is sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs , the Program in Jewish Studies , the Center for Jewish Life and the Program in Near Eastern Studies .
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of storage and network chip maker LSI (LSI) rose 2 cents to close at $8.47, after Morgan Stanley's Joseph Moore raised his rating on the stock to Overweight from Equal Weight, with a $10 price target, writing that "After some modest disappointments in 2013, we think LSI is set up for growth in 2014, with potential drivers from Hard Disk Drive share recovery, and growth in Flash Controllers and Networking."
With the stock currently fetching 11 times his 2015 EPS estimate of 69 cents, which is unchanged today, LSI has "one of the lowest valuations in our coverage group on cross cycle estimates," writes Moore.
Within the traditional hard disk drive controller chip business, where LSI has only one-third of the market versus two thirds for competitor Marvell Technology Group (MRVL), Moore thinks LSI has a chance to take share in the coming 12 months:
LSI is coming off a difficult year in 2013, as Marvell took away most of the Seagate notebook business, and has been gaining share within Seagate enterprise. The offset to that, the LSI wins within a new customer (we believe Western Digital in the 1 TB desktop platform), have been slow to materialize. But with management saying on the earnings call that a new customer would ship "10s of millions of units" next year (at a $3.50 or so ASP, we believe) there is likely growth potential in HDD next year. We would anticipate that this WDC share remains controversial until LSI actually shows up in teardowns, as Marvell's execution in hard drive SOCs has been very strong over the years. But we do think that the improved profitability of the hard drive industry warrants the investment required to maintain a second source. We assume 25 mm incremental units next year at $3.50, for about 3% incremental revenue growth. We have also seen Seagate's enterprise business oscillate between LSI and Marvell in recent years, with Marvell taking significant share in 2013. We think that Seagate plans around this oscillation to essentially have dual custom development teams at their disposal. At the 28 nm node, we do think that LSI takes some of that share back over the course of next year. Overall, we project 5% growth in LSI's HDD business in 2014, healthy for a business that has served as the primary growth overhang on the stock.
As far as solid-state drives, or SSDs, LSI had a tough year as personal computer use of the drives remained muted because of stable pricing of flash memory chips, which held back broader adoption, he writes. And flash suppliers such as Toshiba cozied up to Apple (AAPL) and Marvell, while the third-party flash plug-in card market where lsi sells controllers came under pressure. But Moore sees brighter times for LSI in 2014 serving a bunch of companies looking for merchant silicon to act as drive controllers:
Samsung (which makes it's own controllers) gained substantial share, shrinking the merchant market; we estimate that Samsung has just over 30% share. LSI does participate with Samsung on SATA solutions but it's a minority of their business. But Micron, Intel, Sandisk, and Toshiba all rely on 3rd party SSD controllers (some of them SoCs from Marvell or LSI which use some of their own IP). Hynix has tried to use Linkamedia to build SSD controllers but has struggled to drive any traction in the market. The ASIC/semi-custom approach is likely to become more the norm within this space.
Lastly, Moore sees upside in LSI's relatively new business of supplying chips to wireless base station equipment:
Looking ahead, we see LSI's opportunity for silicon content in basestations to grow 5-7x the current data-plane + CPU solutions as customers move from DSPs toward full-custom basebands (only 2/5 of basestation OEMs use full-custom basebands today – we believe ERIC & ZTE). We believe LSI to be targeting ~40% share of the $800mm 2016 baseband SAM and 50% share of the $400mm opportunity for their Axxia products in the Transport + Control + Switch market while also gaining share in Digital Front Ends for basestations (a $400mm SAM, currently dominated by FPGA players).