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Introducing Abby Kaitlyn. Born May 1, 2012 at 10:58 p.m. 18 inches long and 5 pounds, 8 ounces. A perfectly healthy little peanut. We are so blessed.
It's overwhelming and flat-out unbelievable that this 37-week roller coaster has ended with a beautiful baby in my arms. Our life is forever changed in the best way possible.
Thinking back to the day of her birth, I feel like I'm envisioning a story someone else told me. You know how you picture what characters and scenes from a book would look like, based entirely on the author's descriptions? That's how I feel about Abby's entrance into the world. The experience was so surreal that it doesn't feel like it actually happened to me. And even though it's been 5 weeks, it's still shocking to see her in our house just hanging out. Just one of us.
Her timing was a little hilarious for a few reasons. The morning of May 1, I completed a blog post called, "Hurry Up and Wait." I had edited it, spell checked it, uploaded the photos. I had all but hit 'publish,' as I was waiting on my husband's opinion (depending on the topic, I occasionally e-mail him my posts before publishing them, to make sure everything makes sense). Jason was really busy at work, so I decided to wait for his response and post the blog that afternoon… But then I went into labor :)
I tell that part of the story because the morning of May 1, I was feeling pretty frustrated, and my blog reflected that sentiment. Going back and reading it now is pretty funny. Here are a few excerpts:
"That's right — I just typed 37 weeks. I'm full term and feeling annoyingly boastful about it! If Abby comes today, she's not premature. I'm pretty sure I've never been so proud of myself. So how do you celebrate being full term? You play the waiting game, of course."
"I'm certainly not trying to rush Abby. I want her to come when she is 100 percent ready. But I really don't want to be induced and force my body to do something it's not naturally ready to do. And, let's face it — My doctor totally got my hopes up a few weeks ago that I wouldn't make it to 40 weeks. Obviously, it could still happen. But I'm a total gun jumper, remember?"
I didn't think this baby was coming anytime soon — and neither did my doctor. I had my weekly appointment the day before (April 30), and after a few weeks of constant progress, I had stalled. My doctor kindly said, "It's not going to be this week." I'm not going to lie — I was disappointed. I was ready to give Abby a big ole smooch on her huge, chubby cheek. After the appointment, I had a few strange occurrences (looking back, that definitely was my mucous plug!), but I blamed everything on the cervical exam I had in the office.
At 37 weeks 2 days, I had hit that part in pregnancy where you can't imagine being pregnant for much longer. I was trying so hard to be calm and patient. Honestly, my body still felt pretty good in the physical sense. It was the mental part I was struggling with. (Oh, and the peeing every 5 seconds part.)
Little did I know, I'd be holding Abby later that day!
12:00 p.m.: I was actually working from home the morning of May 1 and got a ton of stuff done. May 11 was set to be my last day of work, so I was pushing to get everything done by then. When lunchtime came around, I was absolutely fixated on McDonald's. This was pretty strange for me, as I hadn't really given into the whole "cravings" part of pregnancy. But for only the third time during my pregnancy, I devoured the salty deliciousness that is McD's and then passed out on the couch for a little bit. (In hindsight, I think my body was storing up for the long night ahead!)
3:45 p.m.: The last piece of our nursery, a glider rocking chair, was delivered. We had ordered it weeks before, and it was the last thing we needed for Abby's nursery. I paid the delivery guy at my front door, walked back into the nursery and all of the sudden, felt a warm liquid trickle down my leg. What the?! My water broke! I think Abby knew her room was ready for her. I'm telling you… this girl has her dad's comedic timing.
I sat in the bathroom and laughed to myself for a few minutes. Was this really happening? Am I peeing in my pants or is my water actually breaking? I was so excited at the prospect that I was going to meet my daughter in 24 hours or less!
After composing myself, I called Jason, who had been answering my calls within one ring for the past few weeks (a distinct change, as he normally couldn't take many calls while at work). I decided to mess with him, just a little bit :)
Me: Hey! Guess what?!
Jase: Uh… are you… what?!
Me: They delivered the glider! I thought I was going to have to go pick it up, but this nice guy delivered it for just $20! It looks really good in the nursery.
Jase: (Slightly annoyed.) Ok, Ashley. That's great. I'll see it when I get home. I have to go.
Me: Ok. Sounds good. But we probably won't be home because my water just broke!
It was a moment that I had thought about so many times. I think it went perfectly :) While Jason rushed home from his office, I decided to shave my legs and put some make up on. I know that's super cliché, but hey, it was all I could think to do in the moment. I debated washing and straightening my hair, but that seemed a little too daunting. I hadn't even packed a bag yet — I wasn't due for 3 weeks! But luckily, Jason had packed some of my necessities (like contacts) for me. Trying to pack a bag was actually really hard. I just kept walking in circles. And, unbeknownst to me, once your water breaks, it continually breaks until you give birth. I was completely unprepared for that, so I probably changed underwear 10 times in 20 minutes. All that said, it was obviously a very exciting time for us. I kept taking pictures, as this was the last time we were going to be in our house just the two of us. Jason kept asking really cute questions, like "What should I be wearing to meet our daughter?"
5:00 p.m.: Sitting in rush hour traffic while you're in labor is a strange thing. Shouldn't you get some sort of alarm to put on your car so everyone gets out of your way? I continued to take pictures while sitting on an old towel. I started getting "real" contractions about half way to the hospital, but they were completely manageable. I thought, "If this is it, I've totally got this without an epidural!" What a silly, silly thought.
We had a few funny situations once we pulled into the hospital. Checking in at the front desk, obviously in labor, a non-pregnant girl cut us in line. Really?! Then, when we got to the counter, the woman asked me if I had an appointment. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or punch someone. The waiting area in triage was also a bit of a disaster. But luckily, since my contractions were consistently less than 5 minutes apart lasting longer than 1 minute each, I was the first person called back. I'll never forget the walk back to the triage exam room — I got the worst contraction I'd had so far. I could tell that things were progressing very fast.
6:30 p.m.: From this moment on, my hospital experience was wonderful. The triage nurse was fantastic. Even though she had been doing this for years, she was so excited for us. As she was checking my progress, she kind of freaked out and yelled, "I see hair!" I started crying at the prospect that my daughter had hair as Jason proceeded to text my mom and sister the nurse's comment. My mom and sister took this to mean that Abby had crowned and would be out in minutes. My sister, who was two hours away in college, jumped in her car and started driving. Jason will never live that down.
Since I tested positive for group B strep, I made sure that they started the antibiotics that I needed right away. The antibiotics take about 30 minutes per round, and you have to get two rounds, four hours apart. For some reason, I had a feeling that I wasn't going to have enough time to get both rounds. (Not to give it away, but my intuition was pretty much spot on.)
7:30 p.m.: Waiting in triage for my room to be ready on the delivery floor, my contractions got extremely intense. I had been in active labor for some time now, between 4 and 5 c.m. The nurse kept telling me how good I was doing, as Abby was so low. She couldn't believe how fast things were moving.
When I was wheeled into my delivery room, my doctor was waiting for me. Seeing her brought a huge sense of relief to me. She was so calm, kind and confident. At that point, I was getting contractions back to back. I had little to no time to recover between contractions, but I tried to relax and focus on Jason. He was so sweet and catered to my every need. He rubbed my legs, held my hand, propped me up, slow danced with me, left me alone… Whatever I needed, he did. It really helped that he watched the monitor and told me when the contractions were on their way down. Knowing it was almost over helped get me through. For the most part, it was just me, Jason and the delivery nurse in the room.
8:30 p.m.: There was a distinct change at some point when the pain became too much. I looked at Jason, and he gave me the nod of approval. Bring on the epidural! I had thought about whether or not to get an epidural for months. I went into the experience with an open mind — I would do what I needed in the moment. Could I have made it without one? Of course. But I had labored for hours without it and in that moment, I didn't see any reason not to bring my body some much-needed relief. It was the right decision for me, and I'm glad I made it. The anesthesiologist was awesome. I'm sure she's everyone's favorite person on the delivery floor. She raised the bed and had Jason stand in front of me. The hardest part was I had to hold perfectly still has she inserted the catheter, which when you're getting back-to-back contractions can be quite difficult. I remember that being a low point. During each contraction, I remember involuntarily saying, "Owwwww… Owwwww…" I couldn't stop saying it. No screaming or movie moments. Just holy crap. Oww.
Once I got the epidural, it was a waiting game. Jason stayed by my side (except when I forced him and my sister to go eat dinner downstairs). My parents and sister were there most of the time. My in-laws even stopped by. We took pictures, talked about what it was going to be like to have Abby here and just hung out. My legs felt like they weighed 100 pounds each. I could move them, but not very well. The nurse had to prop one of my hips up, which was pretty uncomfortable. Even though I had the epidural, I could still feel each contraction. They felt like an intense muscle spasm in one of my butt cheeks — but much better than what they felt like without the juice. I was actually glad I could still feel them. I wasn't sleepy or out of it. I was just more relaxed.
9:30 p.m.: I've heard epidurals can stall your progress. Luckily, this didn't happen to me. I had hit 6 or 7 c.m. a while ago, so the nurse said she didn't want to check my progress again until after I had the second round of antibiotics. I think she was worried I wasn't going to have time to get it… and perhaps ignorance is bliss!
We had a few scary moments where Abby's heart rate fell drastically low. I'm still not exactly sure why this happened but they said that the umbilical cord was probably being pinched. They threw the oxygen mask on me, moved me in different positions and made me breath deep. I freaked out each time this happened, of course. Once I found the right position, her heart rate shot back up.
10:30 p.m.: Finally time for the second round of antibiotics. Before I could even ask what was going on, the delivery nurse was frantically on the phone calling for the doctor and running around preparing gowns, gloves and everything for the actual birth. It all happened so fast. I guess the time had come! But apparently my doctor was still upstairs in the middle of a surgery. I vaguely remember hearing this. Huh? Really? This is really happening? I'm not going to have my doctor?!
All the sudden, THREE, yes THREE young men walked into the room. After the fact, I realize it was a resident and two students. All I remember is that I saw them out of the corner of my eye and with both my legs up in the air, I yelled, "There doesn't need to be THREE of you!!!" Hey, a girl in labor gets one dramatic moment, right? Jason remembers the situation as if it was a Three Stooges episode. He said they came in the door, all bumping into one another, exuding zero confidence.
But luckily, in a true movie moment, my beautiful, confident, amazing doctor busted through the doors and told everyone to clear out. Or at least that's how I picture it. Thank God for her.
The nurse prepped my doctor as she talked me through the next steps. I always thought that I'd just want Jason in the delivery room, but everything just happened so quickly and naturally that I was actually really excited to have my mom and sister there too. It was a family event. I even had a mirror so I could watch. (I highly suggest this!)
10:48 p.m.: I pushed in rounds of three. I couldn't believe how hard I was pushing. I never dreamed that it would feel like that. I pushed for three, maybe four rounds. Each time, I could see Abby's head come farther out. I was inspired each time to push harder so that I wouldn't waste the previous progress. When her head came out, I can only describe the feeling as a huge rush of relief.
10:58 p.m.: After 37 weeks 2 days, I was holding my daughter. I got to hold her on my bare chest for 30 minutes. It felt like 30 seconds. At this point, I didn't know what she looked like. I just held her close and felt her. I felt her breath. I felt her skin. I felt what it was like to be a mom for the first time. I was holding her with one hand and Jason with the other. I definitely had tears in my eyes, but to be honest, I didn't sob like I thought I would. I was so happy. SO happy. I kept telling her that we'd protect her and love her. Jason's reaction was something I'll never forget.
They tell me that Jason cut the cord, that I got a few stitches, that I delivered the placenta… but I don't remember any of this. I was in a fog. A lovely, amazing, once-in-a-lifetime fog.
Abby was here, and she was perfectly healthy. Everything I had prayed for had come true. It was truly unbelievable.
I'm not sure why we always assume something is going to go wrong. I guess as a first-time mom we just can't believe our bodies are capable of such a miracle. We listen to too many horror stories. We know too much from Internet research and exaggerated movie moments. But our bodies were meant to do this. Enjoy your pregnancy because your baby is going to be healthy and in your arms before you realize what's happening.
Since she was born, Abby has already gained a few pounds. She's grown a few inches. She can support her head (when she wants to). We've had awesome moments (singing her to sleep), awful moments (insatiable, exhausting growth spurts), hilarious moments (the projectile trifecta)… And it's only been 5 weeks.
I have puke all over my chest as I write this. And I couldn't love it any more.
Thank you for following our story. Sharing this experience has been such a blessing. I hope it has brought some comfort to you during your pregnancy.
Here's to the late nights, the first smiles, the blow-out diapers, the overwhelming emotions… Here's to being a first-time mom!


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IRVINE, Calif. -- A silver certificate worth $1,000 when it was printed in 1891 has sold at auction in Southern California for $2.6 million.
Stack's Bowers Galleries of Irvine says the certificate is one of only two of its kind still in existence. The other is on display at the Smithsonian Institution.
Silver certificates were government-issued documents that could be exchanged for silver dollar coins. They were circulated from 1878 until 1923.
Wednesday's sale came during the auction of 85 pieces of paper currency from a private collection. Stack's Bowers says the sale is a record for a paper currency transaction.
The buyer wishes to remain anonymous.

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Between The Buried And Me
Between the Buried and Me have not made a name for themselves through playing it safe. Pushing the envelope of heavy music with each successive release, they have continually evolved in thrilling new directions while maintaining the honesty and integrity that has connected with so many listeners. With The Parallax II: Future Sequence, the first concept album of their career, the North Carolina based unit have delivered their most complex, ambitious, and accomplished work to date. "We're certainly not the average metal band – we write what we want to write, and we've never really tried to fit in anywhere," states guitarist Paul Waggoner. "With this record we held nothing back. We were excited to experiment and see where it took us, and working with a concept was a really interesting new challenge." The concept was first introduced to the band's fans with 2011′s The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues EP, which established the narrative's two characters, Prospect I and Prospect II, the story commencing with the events of Parallax II. Separated by millions of light years, the two men exist in ignorance of the other yet are intrinsically connected by a shared soul, which ultimately brings them together. "Both men exist in isolation, one because he runs away from the life that is his and the other when he leaves his dying planet in the hope of creating new life elsewhere, through the planting of souls," explains vocalist Tommy Rogers. "As the story progresses you realize they are actually the same person, and at the end of the journey they're responsible for destroying all life as they know it, reinforcing the idea that humanity is a destructive species, and that there's some kind of innate flaw about us that causes us to destroy everything we touch." While the story is very much based in fiction and grounded in the imagination of Rogers, it was important that the vocalist was able to emotionally connect with it, and relate it to his own life, thereby making it relatable for listeners. "That was probably the hardest thing for me, making sure I could find that connection. The main thing that these characters go through is confusion and isolation, and I think that's something every person deals with in their lives at some point. As a musician you spend a lot of time with your own thoughts, so despite the science fiction of it all it is still a very personal record." Such an epic storyline demands a suitably grand and expansive soundtrack, and musically the record captures the sound of five men pushing themselves further than ever before. Having never fallen into the trap of prioritizing complexity for complexity's sake, Between the Buried and Me are renowned for their capacity for writing intensely complicated and often challenging music yet never losing sight of the importance of good songwriting, something that is demonstrated constantly across Parallax II's twelve tracks. With swathes of crushing riffs, dizzying leads and convoluted rhythms that shift in unpredictable directions, the record also boasts a great deal of melody that is never trite or obvious. Equally, there is a wealth of rich ambience and atmosphere suffusing the record, the combination of these qualities making for an immersive listening experience. "The EP was a very interesting challenge for us, because it was very concise. In a lot of ways we didn't necessarily get to experiment or expand on parts in the way that we usually do," Waggoner states. "With the full-length we really went for it, we left nothing on the table – if we came up with an idea we thought was cool we did it. It's an extremely dynamic record, it's over seventy minutes of music and never really settles into one style, and we've got some different instruments on there too. There's some banjo and mandolin and sitar, and we had friends come in and play some saxophone, and there's a flute solo on there too. It's still rooted in guitar, bass and drums, but there's some interesting other flavors on there as well, which is exciting for us as a band." While the project began with the concept being broadly sketched out, Rogers waited until the music was written before he began to write the lyrics, taking the various themes and ideas and making them work with the music in a cohesive manner. Written in a stream of conscious style, the lyrics take the form of the thoughts of the characters, allowing you an insight into their feelings rather than supplying a straightforward narrative, and it was important to the members that each song stand on its own merit and could be enjoyed when listened to apart from the whole. "I don't think you necessarily need to understand or even know the whole concept to be able to get something out of each of the songs here," Waggoner says. "It was important to us that we were very much aware of the whole, but to not get so caught up in it that any particular song couldn't stand up on its own." Produced by the band – which is rounded out by guitarist Dustie Waring, bassist Dan Briggs, and drummer Blake Richardson – alongside longtime collaborator Jamie King, the recording process was smooth, though labor intensive, if for no other reason than the sheer amount of material that had to be tracked. Stepping back from it, the band are proud of everything they have achieved. "This whole process was a lot of work, and it's definitely the most rewarding piece of music we've ever written," states Rogers. "It's a very coherent record, and I think nowadays records are getting thrown out there without much thought put into them. I like that what we've done is kind of bring back the whole album feel, which was really important once but doesn't seem to be any more." With plans to play Parallax II in its entirety on forthcoming tours, the band hope this album introduces new fans to their music, yet they maintain the humble aspirations that have always driven them. "I'm a firm believer that if you create something that's unique and different there's always going to be a niche market for that. Our mentality is to keep doing what we're doing, writing music that challenges both us and the listener, and to keep playing to everyone who wants to see us," Waggoner states. Rogers concurs with this, adding "I think what we do speaks loudly to people. We're a very genuine band, we do what we want because we love doing it, and I think that's what people want. They want honesty in their music, and they want music that comes from the heart rather than comes from a computer, or that is made by people motivated by making money. We're just going to keep writing the best songs we can and with that continue to grow, and hopefully through doing that more and more people will find us." Bio written by Dan Slessor
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Craig Thomas, Michigan State University Extension
In the first article of this series we noted the importance of water in dairy cattle rations. By weight, water is the most important nutrient in a milking cow's ration easily making up greater than 80% of the ration's total weight. The previous article focused on the chemical and mineral composition of dairy cattle drinking water. Hopefully that article motivated you to have your farm's drinking water tested for the constituents most often leading to water quality issues: total dissolved solids (TDS), sulfate (SO4), chloride (Cl), iron (Fe) and nitrate-nitrogen (NO3-N).
In our previous article we suggested that further water testing and/or treatment should be considered if the above named constituents are greater than acceptable levels (see Table 1), because at these higher levels these constituents may negatively affect animal health and/or milk production, interfere with the germicidal activity of cleansers and sanitizers (e.g., chlorine) and cause problems with water system components (e.g., pipes and pumps). In fact, some water quality problems such as excess iron can lead to such poor animal performance (e.g., health problems, reduced milk production) that it can be a "business-breaker" (2). High levels of some constituents (e.g., iron, nitrate-nitrogen) can also endanger human health if people are drinking from that water source (1). If levels of these constituents reach "retest levels"; further testing is warranted and one should even consider sending multiple samples to multiple certified laboratories to confirm/deny whether these constituents are problematic. If on further testing a constituent reaches or exceeds "actionable levels" dairy producers should consider consulting professional water treatment options for their cattle's drinking water.
Water treatment options vary somewhat depending on the water quality issue involved. A major difficulty in treating drinking water on dairy farms is posed by the huge volumes of water involved. Recall that high producing dairy cows may consume up to, or even greater than, 50 gallons of water per day. Multiplying this use over hundreds, or thousands of cows, quickly results in a staggering daily volume of water requiring treatment. Thus, one of the best water "treatment" options may be finding an alternate water source that isn't plagued with the offending constituent (2).
Water treatment options include distillation (too costly), reverse osmosis (RO), ion exchange resin system (traditional water softener employing salt), oxidation + filtration via aeration (often called an "iron curtain") and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) injection systems (2).
Removal of excess TDS and excess sulfate + chlorine usually employs traditional water softeners or RO systems. Reverse osmosis systems remove 80-90% of these constituents depending on their design. Conventional water softeners are effective, but are not designed to handle large volumes of water and require an acceptable place to dispose of the brine flush water needed to recharge the system. Depending on the number of animals served, it may be necessary to design a water treatment system in such a way that large volumes of "treated" water can be stored for use at times of peak demand (2).
Oxidation systems are mainly employed to remove excess iron from cattle drinking water. The "iron curtain" system employs aeration to convert the iron to a precipitate (Fe+3) which is then subsequently filtered from the water. The hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) system employs the Fenton Reaction which converts iron from Fe+2 (soluble in water) to Fe+3 (insoluble in water) and then filters out the Fe+3 as a precipitant. This system injects H2O2 into the drinking water (8 oz of 35% H2O2 per 1,000 gallons of water). This system is quite cost effective. A suitable injection pump costs around $500 and the cost of 15 gallons of 35% H2O2 solution is around $100 (enough to treat ~240,000 gallons of water)(2).
When working with water treatment vendors it is absolutely essential they understand the following items about your farm's situation (2):
1) Do they know how much water your dairy uses? More than likely, your dairy uses much more water per day than the typical water treatment professional is accustomed. I have put together a short paper, Estimating Water Usage on Dairy Farms, that helps producers understand the volumes of water needed on a modern dairy farm. The paper also has an accompanying spreadsheet that producers can use to estimate daily water needs on their operations. To get a copy of the paper and/or the spreadsheet, send me an e-mail request specifying your request.
2) What is the treatment rate (volume/time) of their system? Again, your dairy will most likely consume water, particularly at peak demand periods, with which typical water treatment professionals are unaccustomed. Can their systems keep up and provide enough treated water to meet your peak demand?
3) Does the water treatment provider guarantee their system will meet peak demand and reduce the undesirable constituent to acceptable levels? Will their system meet this requirement throughout the expected useful life of the system? Are they willing to provide such guarantees in writing?
4) What is the expected useful life of their system and what are their system's maintenance requirements and costs? Who is responsible for maintenance—you or them? Do they offer a service contract, and if so, what does it cost and what does it cover?
5) What chemicals (e.g., other mineral elements) does their system/method add to the water and at what concentrations? They may add nothing, but some systems add significant amounts of constituents (e.g., chlorine) that may cause an entirely new set of problems.
6) Ask potential water treatment providers to allow you to contact other customers using their system. Visit these other installations of this provider's system to determine whether their products, services and warranties are as good as advertised. Run from any water treatment provider not willing to provide you this information.
Caveat Emptor: "Buyer beware!" Unfortunately, the field of water treatment is filled with an abundance of people and companies willing to sell water treatment systems of every size, shape and treatment method, whether your water needs treatment or not, and whether their method actually works or not. For those wondering about the effectiveness of one or many of the supposed treatment methods an interesting and helpful website is available to untangle most of the wild and bold water treatment claims. It is entitled: "H20dot con: Water-related Pseudoscience Fantasy and Quackery" and is available here. The site was developed by Dr. Stephen Lower, a retired Chemistry professor at Simon Fraser University, in Vancouver, Canada. Dr. Lower developed and writes at the site to help consumers sort out which of the many water treatment methods actually have scientific merit and which ones are most likely hype and/or downright quackery. Most water treatment methods offered to solve purported bad water problems in commercial dairy farms were first available and/or sold to homeowners and consumers. To quote from the website about Junk Science in the Market Place:
"Magnets and "catalysts" for softening water, magnetic laundry balls, waters that are "oxygenated," "clustered," "unclustered" or "vitalized" (purporting to improve cellular hydration, remove toxins, and repair DNA), high zeta potential colloids and vortex-treated waters to raise you energy levels, halt or reverse ageing and remove geopathic stress—- all of these wonders and more are being aggressively marketed via the Internet, radio infomercials, seminars, and by various purveyors of new-age nonsense. The hucksters who promote these largely worthless products weave a web of pseudoscientific hype guaranteed to dazzle and confuse the large segment of the public whose limited understanding of science makes them especially vulnerable to this kind of exploitation. The purpose of this site is to examine the credibility of these claims from the standpoint of our present-day knowledge of science. The latter, of course, is always evolving and is never complete, but it makes an excellent "B.S. filter" that is almost always reliable. It is hoped that the information presented here [at the web site] will help consumers make more informed decisions before offering up their credit cards to those in the business of flogging pseudoscience."
Hopefully you are routinely sending water samples of your cow's drinking water to a certified laboratory on a quarterly basis and maintaining a historical record of those analyses. If your water test results suggest that you may need to consult a professional water treatment company to rectify a problem, an appropriate closing message on water treatment methods would be, "Show me the science and the proof of improved cow health and performance before I show you five or six figures in George Washington's finest dollars." (1)
Next month we will have the final installment in this series. That article will address the important issue of "water delivery"; "Are you providing an ample supply of good quality, fresh, clean water to your cattle?" In that article we will detail the results of theThumb H2O Project's measurement of whether the milking cow facilities on real dairy farms met guidelines insofar as waterer numbers, space, location, and cleanliness are concerned.
Table 1: Actionable levels of important water constituents (1, 2, 3).


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David Ortiz is one of many members of the Boston Red Sox eager for a fresh start after a disappointing last-place finish in the 2012 season. But before turning his attention solely on the upcoming season, Ortiz reflected once more on what went wrong last season. And it included a not-so-stealth shot at former manager Bobby Valentine, who was fired in October after one very controversial season on the job. "An organization and a team is like the human body," Ortiz told reporters, according to The Boston Globe. "If the head is right, the body is going to function right. But if the head is mixed up, they're going to be all over the place. That was part of our situation last year. Guys weren't comfortable with the manager we had. "The first move our organization did was go and try to fix that. I'm pretty sure we're looking at that as a positive move. It's like a fresh start. Pretty sure a lot of guys are comfortable with a manager like John (Farrell). We're going to get back to the basics." Ortiz, 37, played in one game after July 16 last season because of an Achilles' tendon injury, from which he says he is nearly fully recovered. In 90 games in 2012, he hit .318/.415/.611 with 23 homers and 60 RBIs. The longest-tenured member of the Red Sox, Ortiz signed a two-year, $26 million contract to remain with the team this offseason.
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Vermont Medicine "Miracle and the Martyrs" Article Receives CASE Award
- 01-28-2013
- By Jennifer Nachbur
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District I has recognized "The Miracle and the Martyrs," an article that ran in 2011 in Vermont Medicine, the University of Vermont College of Medicine's magazine, with the bronze medal in the Article of the Year category of the association's Excellence Awards for 2013.
Freelance writer Sarah Zobel authored the article, with support from Vermont Medicine editor Edward Neuert and Assistant Dean for Medical Communications and Planning Carole Whitaker.
"The Miracle and the Martyrs" detailed a nearly forgotten chapter in the medical history of both Vermont and the nation: the early years of experimentation with the use of X-rays after their accidental discovery by Wilhelm Rontgen in 1895. The discovery, which for the first time allowed physicians to see inside a living human body without surgery, seemed nothing short of miraculous. Two graduates of the UVM College of Medicine were among the pioneers who first experimented with X-rays, and helped found the modern discipline of radiology. They did so, however, at great personal cost. Only through their work and the work of other radiological pioneers did the dangers of excessive X-ray exposure become clear, and guidelines for exposure and safe procedures for patients and physicians become developed. Both UVM physicians – Laurie Morrison, M.D. (Class of 1902) and Walter Dodd, M.D. (Class of 1908) suffered gradual severe tissue damage and, ultimately, early death from radiation poisoning.
Key inspiration for the article came from alumnus and former Professor and Chair of Radiology John Tampas, M.D.'54, who worked with the Morrison family for many years to help preserve the extensive early radiological instrument collection left behind by Lawrie Morrison, M.D.
CASE District I, which covers institutions in the entire Northeast region of the U.S, as well as eastern Canada, annually bestows its Excellence Awards on individuals and schools doing innovative work in the fields of special events, fundraising, stewardship, volunteer engagement, alumni relations, student alumni initiatives, advancement services, and communications. The organization recognized this year's award recipients at the CASE District I Awards Celebration event on January 30, 2013 in Boston, Mass.


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Feb. 15, 2014
By Charles Goldberg
AUBURN, Ala. -- KT Harrell took a rare off-target midweek game against Kentucky quite hard, hard enough for teammate Chris Denson to reach out to him.
"I sent him a text after the last game and said, 'don't worry about it...we need you in the next game.'"
Did Harrell respond? "Look at his performance."
Look indeed. Harrell scored 26 points and Denson blasted his way to 30 more as Auburn's dynamic shooting guards helped the Tigers past Mississippi State 92-82 Saturday in Auburn Arena.
Denson's post-game analysis of Harrell's play?
"It was great, great, great."
Harrell, who had scored in double figures in every game before being held to seven against Kentucky on Wednesday, had 14 by the half as the Tigers overcame a fast Mississippi State start.
"I'm a really a confident player," Harrell said. "It's not about one game defining you. It's about how you bounce back that defines you.
"I'm a shooter. Shooters go through slumps sometimes. But the important thing is to stay confident and keep shooting."
Harrell did. And Denson did. They combined to fire it up 28 times, hitting 16 of them. They were also a combined 23-of-25 from the free throw line. Denson and Harrell, one of the highest scoring tandems in the nation, combined for a season-high 56.
"That's their jobs on this team," said coach Tony Barbee. "But it has to be a team that is more than Chris Denson and KT Harrell. We had four guys in double figures. It's good to see those guys step up."
Auburn won for the fourth time in its last six SEC games to improve to 12-11 overall and 4-8 in the league with a game at Florida on Wednesday. State lost its seventh straight game to fall to 13-12 overall and 3-9 in the conference.
It was a game for Auburn fans to cheer the win, to salute the basketball lettermen who returned for the game and to go crazy when fan Patrick Burch made a 94-foot putt during a timeout to win a new car from Lynch Toyota.
Auburn had a comfortable lead in a second half that dragged because of fouls. Six players fouled out, including four Tigers. Auburn hit 37-of-41 free throw throws. The 37 free throws were two off the school record set against Mississippi State in 1959.
The game featured an early dramatic shift. Mississippi State couldn't miss -- or just barely could -- in the early going. The Bulldogs hit seven of their first nine shots for a sizzling 78 percent and a quick lead.
The game was tied at 22-all with 7:38 left in the first half. Anybody's game? Not really. Auburn promptly outscored State 18-3 to close out the first half. By the time the half was over, State had cooled off to 44 percent from the field. The Bulldogs found the shooting edge to start the second half, hitting their first five shots. But Auburn was on target, too, preventing State from making a serious run.
Charles Goldberg is a Senior Writer at AuburnTigers.com. Follow him on Twitter: Follow @AUGoldMine


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"You've got to Lose to know how to Win"
I have a feeling it was a song lyric but I've forgotten which song >.>;;
But anyway, my reason for the quote is because it does seem like your life's kind of hard right now, so I guess later on you'll know how people feel in that sort of situation and it will help you?
I'm almost positive that's where I was going with this
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Newtown's police commissioners want Connecticut law changed so officers and others who responded to last month's deadly school shooting are covered by workers' compensation.
A resolution passed Tuesday by the Newtown Board of Police Commissioners said "fairness and compassion dictates" the law be changed to provide appropriate benefits to those who suffered physical and emotional injury "as a consequence of their heroic efforts" on the job.
Scott Ruszczyk, the president of the police union, said after the meeting that 13 police officers have been directly affected by last month's shooting that left 20 students and six adults dead at Sandy Hook Elementary school.
The union has said some police officers who responded to the shooting were so traumatized they weren't working, but had to use sick time and risked going without a paycheck. Ruszczyk said police were using donations to police to cover salaries of those out of work.
In the past, advocates have pushed to change the statutes on workers' compensation, which include provisions for officers who suffer mental impairment as the result of using or being subjected to deadly force - but not for those who witness crime scenes with mass casualties.
Concerns about the potential cost to cities and towns have been an obstacle, but the issue is likely to resurface in the next legislative session, state Rep. Stephen Dargan, a West Haven Democrat who is co-chairman of the legislature's public safety committee, said last month.
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Robert Morris University
Pittsburgh -- Students from Robert Morris University recently installed a small water-driven turbine at Allegheny Land Trust's Wingfield Pines Conservation area. The turbine is driven from abandoned mine drainage (AMD) that flows from abandoned coal mines under the South Hills.The turbine was installed inside the AMD overflow pipe that runs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The team of senior RMU engineering students, Eric Balent, Chris Chavez, Ben Schermerhorn, and Brian Bevilacqua are led by advisors Yildrim Omurtag and Tony Kerzmann. The team has worked on the turbine design and fabrication since early January as part of their senior project.
"It's very rewarding to work on a project that has real life implications, and to help Allegheny Land Trust improve the ecology at Wingfield Pines," says Balent.
The energy generated is to be used to aerate one of the ponds on the south end of the property that has low dissolved oxygen levels during the dry and hot months. Duquesne University students have been monitoring the ponds for several years. "Turning one of our region's most visible and polluting industrial scars, abandon mine drainage, into a source of energy that improves the ecology of Wingfield Pines is exciting" says Roy Kraynyk, the trust's director of land protection.
Allegheny Land Trust has protected 1,500 acres in 22 municipalities since incorporating in 1993. The mission of Allegheny Land Trust is to help local people save local land that contributes to the scenic, recreational, educational and environmental well being of our communities. To learn more about Allegheny Land Trust visit www.alleghenylandtrust.org or call 412-741-2750.
ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITYRobert Morris University, founded in 1921, is a private, four-year institution with an enrollment of approximately 5,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The university offers 60 undergraduate and 20 graduate programs. An estimated 22,000 alumni live and work in western Pennsylvania.


text: Irvine, Calif.-based CrowdStrike, which sells "active defense" services and a threat intelligence platform, was getting interest from Black Hat attendees. The firm, founded by former McAfee executives George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch, has preached the need for organizations to use active technologies to combat cybercrime rather than passive detection measures. CrowdStrike's cloud-based Falcon platform provides detection, attribution and a range of response actions, including deceptive tactics and other ways to disrupt targeted attacks.


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Horsehead Holding Corp. (NASDAQ: ZINC), announced today that it will hold its annual shareholder meeting on May 09, 2013 at a location to be determined. The record date for purposes of shares to be voted is March 21, 2013. About Horsehead Horsehead Holding Corp. ("Horsehead") (Nasdaq: ZINC) is the parent company of Horsehead Corporation, a leading U.S. producer of specialty zinc and zinc-based products and a leading recycler of electric arc furnace dust; The International Metals Reclamation Company ("INMETCO"), a leading recycler of metals-bearing wastes and a leading processor of nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries in North America; and Zochem Inc., a zinc oxide producer located in Brampton, Ontario. Horsehead, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pa., employs approximately 1,100 people and currently has seven production and recycling facilities throughout the U.S. and Canada. Visit www.horsehead.net for more information.
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One hundred planes will converge on Nhill Aerodrome on Saturday for a Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre Fly-in.
The centre's president Rob Lynch said warplanes would be exhibited and a plane from the Royal Australian Air Force Roulettes would put on a show at 2pm.
"People can expect a full day of entertainment for the young and the old," he said.
"There will be plane activities for most the day, a book launch, vintage cars and children's activities."
Mr Lynch said money raised by the fly-in would help restore an Avro Anson aeroplane used during the Second World War.
"We've already raised well over $20,000 but need to raise at least $40,000 more for the restoration of the plane," he said.
Nhill Aviation Heritage Centre board member John Deckert said people could also learn about the history of the RAAF training base in Nhill.
"When England entered the Second World War, Germany had such superior air power that English pilots suffered great losses and more pilots and crew had to be trained," he said.
The base, which could house 2000 people, was one of 34 across Australia.
"We didn't train pilots but about 10,000 navigators, bombers and ground crew were trained at the Nhill base," he said.
Mr Lynch said he hoped the Avro Anson would be fully restored by 2019, which would mark the centenary of the first plane landing at Nhill.
Mr Lynch said people could call him for more information on 0428 911 387 or Mr Deckert on 0437 351 753.


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Class A No. 2 Cats pounce on Falcons, 77-47
HAMLET — Everyone who steps on the floor opposite Oregon-Davis knows what they're going to do; they've been doing a long time.
The problem is finding a way to stop the ICGSA Class A No. 2 Lady Cats.
OD used its signature fullcourt trap to create havoc against John Glenn early, forcing 10 turnovers in the first frame while jumping out to a 16-0 lead and never surrendered the advantage once in a 77-47 rout of the visiting Lady Falcons on their home court at The Den Tuesday night.
"They executed what we wanted to do — get off to a good start. That's what we had to do, to put some doubt in their minds as far as our press," said 20th year Lady Cats skipper Terry Minix. "I know obviously everybody knows that's what we do, we press. Everybody works on it so we wanted to get off early and make sure they understood that maybe that press is a little bit tougher than they thought."
"You spot any team that many points you're going to struggle the rest of the thing. This is the best team in the state at getting up early," said Glenn coach Kyle Amor. "They bring the intensity every time. We were expecting it, we prepared for it, but some of that stuff you can't simulate at practice."
OD opened the contest with 16 unanswered points before Glenn ever got going. Trailing 25-12 at the first quarter break, the Lady Falcons closed the gap to single digits twice in the second frame as they began to work their press break, but the Cats found an even higher gear to close out the half on a 12-1 run and take a 43-21 cushion into the intermission.
Exacerbating Glenn's early turnover woes, the Falcons found themselves in foul trouble early as OD pushed the ball in transit and drew five fouls in the first three minutes alone, converting 6-of-8 free throws in the first period.
Glenn sophomore guard Natalie Shetler was benched with her second infraction less than a minute into the contest, complicating the Falcons' ball-control issues even further, while fellow starter Loren Vukovits was whistled for her second foul at the 6:03 stop, and replacement Hannah Strange earned her second foul less than a minute later.
"I think within the first two minutes we had six fouls, maybe less than that. When you put one of our ball handlers like Natalie in foul trouble early it takes a little bit to find ourself," said Amor. "Did we take some charges that probably should have gone our way? Quite possibly, but they are that physical a team and you've got to meet that intensity or sometimes the ref will go with the more physical team and the kid that turns away and shies away from the contact, it's going to be a foul on them."
While teams expect the Lady Cats' swarming ball pressure, the larger Glenn lineup was surprised by OD in the battle of the boards as the home team out-rebounded the Falcons by a sizable 44-28 margin.
Leading the way was junior forward Haley Collings, who pulled down an eye-popping 19 rebounds while putting up a career-high 24 points — she went 5-for-5 from the floor in the second quarter alone — in her third straight game in double figures.
"Haley Collings, what can you say about a kid like that? Just unbelievable. She's a warrior, and every game in the last three or four games she's been just getting better and better," said Minix.
"I think the confidence came from the Michigan City game… She understands that she has to score, she's capable of scoring and rebounding against kids that are bigger than her. I think that was a big turning point. A light came on there and then we went over and played Triton and she did the exact same thing over there."
Meanwhile for OD, Ashley Campbell put up a near double-double of 17 points with nine assists, while Alicia McIntosh finished with 11, and Jesse Avarone put up nine points despite sitting out stretches early in foul trouble. Freshman Lexi Minix helped power the OD defense in the halfcourt, racking up four steals and numerous deflections while putting up six points, and junior Kendra Sauer also had a productive night with eight points as OD won its third straight since dropping its first two games at the Texas Roadhouse Holiday Classic at South Bend Washington Dec. 27 and 28.
"Kendra Sauer came in and gave us some great minutes. Lexi played probably one of her better games. She had a ton of steals, was very, very aggressive… she just controls the tempo a little bit for us," said Terry Minix.
"And when you've got Ashley, Jessie and Alicia, the big three, they're just unbelievable. And Lincy Jones came in and gave us some good minutes. All in all, it was a good team win. We've just got to keep rolling and not be happy with a 30-point win against John Glenn. We've got to get better every day at practice."
Glenn was paced by sophomore Kyler Columbia's 15 points with three steals and two assists. Shetler finished with 12 points, while Katie Dreesen clutched five rebounds with two assists to go with three points, and senior reserve Dillyn Schleg played a strong supporting role with two assists and four points.
The Lady Falcons slip to 11-3 with their first consecutive losses of the season after Triton snapped Glenn's 11-game win streak at home in Bourbon last Friday.
"Ultimately I told them don't hang your heads on this one," Amor said. "It's not a conference game, it's not a sectional opponent. It helped us prepare for what we're going to see in the first round of Bi-County next week. And that's all it was. We saw what we are capable of; it's kind of a measuring stick. We've got some room to make up for on that measuring stick, but our girls will respond. That's just their personality."
OD improves to 12-3 on the season and will look for a measure of revenge against Sectional 51 foe Argos at home Thursday.
"We played them last year over there at their place. We played without Jessie because she had actually gotten hurt in the John Glenn game last year, and they kind of drilled us by 20 points," Minix said. "They're very good, they're big; we're just going to need to do what we do. If we rebound, if we run the floor, our press is working and we hit free throws we can compete. I'm not going to say we'll win every game we're in, but we can compete with anybody."
At Hamlet
Score by quarters
Glenn: 12 21 34 47
GLENN (47): Carah Ochs 7, Kyler Columbia 15, Dillyn Schleg 4, Natalie Shetler 12, Katie Dreessen 3, Hannah Strange 4, Erin Patterson 2; Totals: 18 6-9 47.
OD (77): Ashley Campbell 17, Alicia McIntosh 11, Jesse Avarone 9, Lexi Minix 6, Haley Collings 24, Kendra Sauer 8, Lincy Jones 2; Totals: 29 16-24 77.
3-pointers: Glenn 5 (Ochs, Columbia 3, Shetler), OD 3 (Campbell, McIntosh, Averone); Rebounds: Glenn 28 (Dreessen 5, Strange 5), OD 44 (Collings 19); Turnovers: Glenn 22, OD 14; Steals: Glenn 5 (Columbia 3), OD 20 (Minix 4); Assists: Glenn 8 (Columbia 2, Dreessen 2, Schleg 2), OD 16 (Campbell 9); Fouls (fouled out): Glenn 16, OD 13 (Minix).
Records: OD 12-3, Glenn 11-3
JV score: OD 37 (Taylor Kranenburg 11), Glenn 26 (Ashley Burnett 10).


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im getting this album. idk if its on itunes or what but i need it.
Ha this is a great thread and plenty of people remember the music, but I can't recall a single song. Probably because I haven't played since I got metroid fusion as a 3DS ambassador.


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Bridgestone Invitational Begins Today at ClubCorp's Firestone Country Club
Official play begins today in the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio. Players slated to play include Tiger Woods – who has already won the tournament seven times – Ernie Els, Bubba Watson, Phil Mickelson and defending champion Adam Scott.
Firestone Country Club has served as the site of the tournament since 1976. The tournament was originally called the World Series of Golf (1976-1998). In 1999, it became an official World Golf Championships event.
Firestone Country Club is home to a rich golf history. In 1915, Harvey Firestone purchased 1,000 acres of farmland south of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company factory as part of a plan to provide his employees and their families' houses, schools, churches, a public park – all within proximity to work. He commissioned his landscape architect, Alling DeForest, to design a community. DeForest created the community around a public park shaped like the original Firestone emblem.
Today, the entire community is considered a historic landmark along with its Firestone Country Club, Firestone Stadium and Harvey S. Firestone Memorial Park.
Firestone's Rich Golf History:
- In 2010, the club marks its 57th consecutive year of tournament golf.
- Firestone is the only club to have hosted three nationally televised professional events in one year – 1974.
- Firestone has hosted three PGA Championships and is currently the home of the World Golf Championships – Bridgestone Invitational.


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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2010-01-19T05:25:32.000+0000 Last Updated: 2010-01-27T10:11:21.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.10.0 (27/Jan/10)
Reporter: Ota Mares (ota) Assignee: Thomas Weidner (thomas) Tags: - Zend_Validate
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"The integers are formed by the natural numbers including 0 (0, 1, 2, 3, ...) together with the negatives of the non-zero natural numbers (−1, −2, −3, ...). Viewed as subset of the real numbers, they are numbers that can be written without a fractional or decimal component, and fall within the set {... −2, −1, 0, 1, 2, ...}. For example, 65, 7, and −756 are integers; 1.6 and 1½ are not integers." [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integer]
Basically its just a naming issue but in some cases it can lead to confusion why floats are accepted by Zend_Validate_Int as an int does consist only of natural numbers. Maybe there is a special reason or i am confusing something big time?, but a more logic name would be Zend_Validate_Number.

require_once 'Zend/Validate/Int.php
$foo = new Zend_Validate_Int();
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-21T14:47:42.000+0000
Using your example on latest release I get: 1. true 2. false 3. false
In my eyes this is correct behaviour. I see no problems.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-21T14:48:27.000+0000
Closing as fixed for next release. Probably already fixed within the last 7 months.
Posted by Ota Mares (ota) on 2010-01-22T01:56:29.000+0000
Hi Thomas, i found the culprit. The validator is dependent on the specified locale and i think that shouldnt be? :)
Using following code will return true in all three cases:

<?php
setlocale(LC_ALL, 'de_DE.utf8');
require_once 'Zend/Debug.php';
require_once 'Zend/Validate/Int.php';
$foo = new Zend_Validate_Int();
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-22T02:32:34.000+0000
But the system relies on this locale. Also PHP relies on this locale.
Why should then Zend_Validate_Int not rely in this locale when you don't specify a locale at all?
Zend_Validate_Int then uses system-settings which also PHP uses. In my eyes this is correct behaviour.
There is only one difference... when you specified a Zend_Locale object within your registry, then this object will be used instead of system settings. But this is not given due to your example.
Posted by Ota Mares (ota) on 2010-01-22T04:33:08.000+0000
Because an integer is allways an integer and that is a natural number, independent of the locale. It doesnt matter if you are in brazil or germany, an integer is allways the same.
And thats why the validator is confusing, it does not validate if the number is an integer but a numerical value alltogether. Simply said, the validator does not do what its name implys.
How about renaming the validator? I am also confused about Zend_Validate_Digit, for me it seems that Zend_Validate_Int should be named Zend_Validate_Digit and the digit validator should be ditched alltogether.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-22T10:30:33.000+0000
I still don't see your problem...
As said also your second example returns true for the first, but false on the other two testcases.
Posted by Ota Mares (ota) on 2010-01-25T00:57:49.000+0000
I just redownloaded the ZF-1.9.7 minimal package to be sure. The testcode from the comments above returns true on all three zend_debug::dump cases. There is nothing else in the directory besides the zf and the test file.
I am trying to prove there is an issue, and i can reproduce it. I dont know what else todo.
Maybe some other users could test it on their systems?
Posted by Ota Mares (ota) on 2010-01-25T01:34:31.000+0000
Oh also i just tested it on my hosting webspace, same issue. You can view the "test" at following site:
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-25T11:08:15.000+0000
When you say that this issue occurs with 1.9.7 then I also expect that you are using 1.9.7.
On the other hand, when I say that this issue is fixed with the next minor release (which is the upcoming 1.10) then I expect that you tested it with 1.10 when you say that the issue is still there.
Don't you think? ;-)
Posted by Ota Mares (ota) on 2010-01-27T07:24:36.000+0000
Duh, i interpreted your message as if it allready was fixed seven months ago and that it should work in the current 1.9.7 release.
Posted by Thomas Weidner (thomas) on 2010-01-27T10:11:21.000+0000
Looking above at "Fix-Versions" you can see that it reads "1.10.0", which is the actual release. :-)
7 months was the time between the fix and the next minor release. Some API changes and additional have been done. Therefor it was not possible to backport the changes to 1.9.x.
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GIRLS: Prairie View 43, Kirk (Miss.) 39
Holding Kirk scoreless in the third quarter, Prairie View overcame a 26-19 halftime deficit on its way to a 43-39 victory in the Class 2A North State quarterfinals at Leake Academy on Thursday afternoon.
By advancing to the semifinals, the Lady Spartans (26-5) clinched a spot in next week's State Tournament at Canton, Miss.
In Thursday's game, Prairie View outscored the Raiderettes 9-0 in the third quarter en route to starting the second half on a 16-0 spree. Jay Hicks' bucket from the paint tied the game at 26 and Tori Simmons sank two free throws in the waning seconds of the third quarter to give the Lady Spartans a 28-26 lead.
Kristen Oliphant's 3-pointer and a pair of deuces by Simmons on a 16-footer and a layup off of a turnover gave Prairie View its biggest lead of the game, 35-26, with just over six minutes remaining.
Kirk drew within 39-37 with 1:21 to play, before the Lady Spartans received a bucket from Hicks and two Oliphant free throws to put the game away.
Prairie View led 14-9 at the end of the first quarter, before the Raiderettes outscored the Lady Spartans 17-5 in the second frame to go up 26-19 at the half.
"We played a lot better in the second half," Prairie View coach Ed Bain said. "The second quarter looked pretty bad. We weren't hitting our outside shots early in the game. Kristen Brooke and Tori started hitting some outside shots in the second half."
Oliphant and Simmons paced the Lady Spartans offensively with 13 and 12 points, respectively. Also contributing to the scoring were Sarah Cammarasana with five points, Kaylah Hobbs and Hicks with four apiece, Erika Guerrero with three and Dani Anderson with two points and 12 rebounds.
Hayden Grantham topped the Raiderettes' scoring with 14 points, Lauren Snyder and Danielle Dipado had eight apiece, Beth Tillman added five and Beth Boxx four.
Prairie View is paired against Oak Hill, a 41-37 overtime winner over Marshall, in Friday's first semifinal at 1 p.m., with Indianola and perennial power Leake taking the floor at 2:15.
"Oak Hill's the real deal — they can play," Bain said. "We'll have to play better than we did today."


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Week 37: Earliest Memory. What is your earliest memory?
This challenge runs from Saturday, September 10, 2011 through Friday, September 16, 2011.
I have a vague memory of climbing onto the wing of a small plane. The plane was white, but there was a strip of black non-skid on the wing next to the fuselage. The only time this could have happened was at age 2.5, when my mother took me for a sightseeing plane ride in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It was well over a decade later before I flew in a small plane again. I don't know what kind of plane it was, but it would have been something like a Piper Cherokee, and not a Cessna. The Cessnas have the overhead wings. I don't think we were the only passengers on the flight. Unfortunately, my mother doesn't remember any details from that day to corroborate what I remember.
I have some other brief snippets of memories from age three through five or so, after which I have much more recall.
Why is it, then, that I can't remember why I came into the living room?
This and all other articles on this blog are © copyright 2011 by Daniel G. Dillman


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When this season is over, the Ads are going to look back at games like this where they had leads in the third period and left points on the table... and kick themselves.
Riku Helenius allowed 3 goals on 28 shots in the loss.
First Period
Second Period
NOR Lundin, (3) (Bochenski, Konopka), 4:46 (PP)
NOR Keller, (8) (Bochenski, Jackson), 6:18
BRI Iggulden, (19) (Walter, Smith), 16:25
Third Period
BRI Colliton, (4) (MacDonald), 11:43
BRI Joensuu, (14) (Smith, Kohn), 19:03
Justin Keller was named the game's second star.
Box score from TheAHL.com.


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Thank You Letter To A Soldier
I always stop and thank a United States Serviceman or woman. I have seen this letter go around to many different social networking places so this is just in case you have not seen it! So amazing and you might shed a tear or ten.


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Renting a car
This article is a travel topic
Travelling by car can get you places which can be very difficult to reach by public transport or tour. It gives you the convenience of going your own way, in your own time, and it can often be cheaper than public transport alternatives, especially if travelling as a couple or a group.
The downside is that in some places, traffic conditions may differ wildly from what you are used to, and foreign conditions can add stress to your travels that you can do without. See Driving in China for one example. In some circumstances it may be better to rent a car with a driver. In countries where wages are low, this may not cost significantly more than the cost of the car alone.
Base price
Price is normally calculated by number of days. Usually the more days you take, the less you pay per day. Cars are classified according to a class, small to large, prestige and specialty vehicles, and there is a sliding scale of prices for each car class. When you book you are usually given an example of a car type in that class, but it need not be that type you are receiving.
Rental car companies normally permit a small amount of time, usually around an hour, for late returns. After that they can charge up to another full day rental for a late return. If you know you are going to exceed the rental period you can often call the rental company and arrange an extension. Normally the standard contract rate (without discounts) would apply.
Most rental companies have a one day minimum rental period. Price for durations less than a day normally are not regulated. If you need to return the car at significantly different time of the day, you can try haggling to get extra hours for free.
Insurance Surcharges
If the car is damaged or stolen, or if your car damages another or injures or kills someone, your liabilities (to the rental agency and/or others) can go far beyond the fee you agree to pay for the rental. In addition to paying for any repairs required, the rental car company will charge you for any loss or revenue while the car is being repaired, and administration costs for managing the repair.
Usually when you come to rent a car you are presented with several insurance options. Some of these are
You should take the time to consider the insurances offered, how they effect your liability, their cost, and whether your personal car insurance, travel insurance or charge card (used to rent the car) provides partial or full coverage. Sometimes some of these insurances and surcharges are compulsory, e.g., in foreign countries where your personal insurance doesn't offer coverage. Sometimes some coverages are built into the base rate.
If insurance or waivers are optional, consider the following before accepting the charge:
Rental companies tend to prefer bona-fide visitors rather than local renters when it comes to excess levels and excess reduction. Sometimes these are lower for international visitors booked in advance, for airport renters with a flight number, or for people using a corporate discount code.
Many of the insurances are void if you use the car in a manner not permitted by the contract, e.g., driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, using it to commit a crime.
Distance charges
Some rental agreements may have a limit on how far you can travel per day or in total, and will charge for additional distance traveled. Others have unlimited mileage.
Even with unlimited miles, you may see limits that confine you to adjacent states or regions. Getting those limits relaxed may involve added fees; violating them may generate stiff penalties...all in the rental contract.
Other surcharges
Rental car companies are notorious for finding additional surcharges, sometimes not added until the point of sale. These can include location or airport taxes, improvement fees and other surcharges, admin surcharges, registration recovery surcharges and other local taxes. Sometimes local taxes are not just the local sales taxes, but also local vehicle taxes that are "recovered". At the Las Vegas airport, such fees can increase the cost of a rental by close to 60 percent.
This practice has become so notorious that some consolidators promote themselves on the basis they guarantee to offer a fully inclusive price, but check the fine print.
Choosing a car and optional extras
You need to choose a car to meet your needs.
Booking and haggling
The decision over whether to book in advance or whether to shop around on arrival can be difficult, and depends on the location and the time.
When renting with major rental agency at major western airports a reservation doesn't guarantee your rental. On their side, the rental agencies overbook, and on your side you can usually make a reservation without any commitment and cancel at any time with no penalty. Although a reservation will not guarantee you a car in this case, it will give you priority over someone without a reservation.
Some things to consider when choosing whether to book or turn up and try for a better standby rate.
If you book with a travel agent they often take a require prepayment in full, and will give you a voucher to present at the rental car desk on arrival.
You may also encounter somewhat better offers or treatment if you book through the agent/agency arranging your flight, or through or by citing your membership in clubs or large associations, e.g., AAA/AA, AARP.
Delivering the car to your location
Some rental car companies offer an option to deliver a car to your initial hotel, and/or to pick it up in the hotel at your final destination. This option may be offered free as part of an extended period of rent (e.g. 1 week and more, as for Budget in Portugal). In this case, an agent comes with a full set of papers, everything is filled out on spot and may not need to visit rental office at all. Other rental car companies may pick you up in the car, and take you back to the rental car agency to fill out the paperwork. This is mainly so their driver has a way to get back to the rental car office, rather than being left stranded at a hotel without a car.
If your hotel has only paid parking around it, it is your responsibility to pay for parking time required for an agent to prepare papers with you.
Payment and security deposit
Rental companies invariably require a mechanism to have a security deposit in case of damage, fines or even failure to return a car.
Many operators require that they have a true credit card that they can make charges against, often rejecting debit cards that can have the money withdrawn from them. Usually a hold will be placed on a credit card for a security deposit amount. However. in many cases they mean a card with protruding card details text, i.e. number, expiration, cardholder's name (cards like Visa Classic or MasterCard)--as opposed to Visa Electron or Cirrus/Maestro.
Renting with cash only is unusual, and your should check with the rental company that it is acceptable. If permitted it involves paying an amount of cash as a deposit roughly equal to your maximum liability which can be many times the cost of the rental. Some rental companies will accept payment for the rental in cash, as long as there is credit card available for the security deposit.
The security deposit amount held is not usually fixed in your contract. If having part of your credit card limit held may impact some other part of your holiday plans, you should check with the rental agency.
Before you set out
Make sure you know:
And before you move the car, adjust your seat and then all mirrors to met your needs.
Frequently you will be provided with a free driving map of the region.
Checking initial condition
Before you go, check the exterior and front glass of the car and ask personnel to mark in the contract every scratch and dent you find, and sign the scheme on both copies of your contract, or even keep digital photos of the condition of the car and picture any damages at time of pick up and at time of drop off. When you return the car, it will be checked against the scheme you put in the contract. You can save considerable hassles at the end of the rental by just taking the time to note every scratch and dent.
Filling the tank
Normally, a rental car is expected to be returned with the same fuel level as when rented.
Some agreements offer you purchase of fuel at an attractive discounted rate. In this case make sure you are going to be driving enough to empty the tank, and that you can return it virtually empty. Many rental sites will charge you to fill the tank as though it is totally empty, not for the actual gallons/liters needed to fill it.
Normally, the most economical approach is to agree to return the car full. Note that:
If the car breaks down
The rental car agency will provide a number to contact in case of problems with the car. Make sure you contact this number first, because they usually will have agreements with service organisations to fix or move the car. If you incur costs of towing, etc, without contacting them you may make yourself liable for the cost.
If you have a flat tyre, or similar, and the cost won't be covered by the rental car company, it may just be simpler to get the tyre fixed then to arrange service through the rental car company, who may end up charging you more. However, if the repair will be covered by your travel insurance, you may want the rental company to arrange the repair so the paperwork is complete.
Returning a car
Normally you return the car to a rental office at your final point in their working hours and have a final calculation done there.
At smaller locations, sometimes the office will be unattended, and have a lot to park the car, and a drop box for the keys.
If you arrive at the office when it is closed, and you can't return it when open, it usually works to leave the car in the lot, or nearby and place the keys, contract and the information about the car somewhere secure and obvious. You will remain liable for the car until the office opens, and will usually also be charged up until that time.
With a pick-up-at-hotel option (see "Delivering the car to your location" above), you only need to park a car (for paid parking, pay for the next 1 hour) and hand keys to an agent that comes to the hotel (with a cheque for parking payment if applicable).
If you damage the car
If you incur damage to the car the car rental company will initiate the standard process that they have for vehicle damage. They will identify the damage, and you will be required to fill in and sign an accident report form. If the office is unattended at the time you return the car, they will contact you and advise you to fill in the form and return it to them.
They will charge or place a hold on your credit card for the full amount of any excess that was defined in rental agreement, even if that is obviously greater than the value of the damage. They will obtain quotes for the repair, and advise you the cost of the repair, and their administration cost. This process can take up to a month to complete. If this cost is greater than your excess, then that completes the process. The rental car company retains the excess. Otherwise, your card will then be refunded for the difference.
This is usually clearly explained in the documentation that the company will produce when you return a damaged car.
Choosing an operator
Major global car rental companies have famous brands that operate in many countries throughout the world, for example Avis, Hertz, etc. Sometimes the regional operator can be an independent company using the name under licence, and often the local operator is just a franchisee. These major brands allow bookings through all the electronic booking services, and there is a seemingly endless amount of Internet booking services that allow you to do comparison searches between them.
Using a global operator can have advantages. They often have priority "clubs", which record your details in advance, and can make renting a car as simple as just picking up the keys. You can generally rely on them operating out of prime locations, such as in the airport terminal, rather than in the shed down the street. They usually run cars for a short period of time before updating their fleet. However, don't think that because you are renting from a global operator you can rely on them to do the pre-rental car inspections correctly, or that their terms and conditions of rental are consistent.
The next level is the national or regional chain. Many countries have national operators, which may also operate out of a few neighbouring countries in the region. Sometimes these operators can also have prime locations, and sometimes they operate using shuttles or from less prestigious sites.
The next level is the purely local operator. It is unusual for these operators to have the prime locations, often they operate from less prestigious sites. The rental car industries sees its share of shady operators, and often they can be found in this category. This is unfortunate, as many of these operators can offer good value, and good service. It pays to seek out some local advice or reviews.
Often the choice is one between brand, price and convenience.
See also


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No parent wants to see his/her child suffer. A diagnosis of cancer in a child is one of the most devastating events in a parent's life. One of the best coping mechanisms is to be informed. Cancer is extremely complex and difficult to understand. It is important to ask as many questions as necessary - to be completely clear about the diagnosis and what to expect, and to understand why certain tests are being done. Parents are entitled to a clear explanation about anything related to their child's condition. Here are some important questions you may consider asking your child's physician:
What type of cancer does my child have?
What is it called and what does the name mean?
What caused the cancer?
How do I explain the disease to my child? How much does he/she need to know?
What do we do about the disease? What is next?
How do we know if a treatment is working? What about other treatments I have read about in magazines and on the Internet?
Are there any problems that will occur from the treatment?
What if the disease comes back again?
What do I do if my child has a problem coping with the disease or the treatment for the disease? Where do I turn for help?
What support groups are available?
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Release Notes: A number of minor bugs have been fixed. Javadoc documentation is now produced for the JSR166 classes (java.util.concurrent). An incompatibility in the STaX API implementation has been fixed, and the missing properties files for the tools are included in the released tarball.
Release Notes: The main feature of this release is major changes to Classpath's build system. Notably, configure now tries to find ecj, javac, and gcj (in that order), and the --with-ecj and --with-javac options were removed. To override this, set JAVAC when calling configure. Building also now requires a version of javah so that headers may be generated. There have also been many bugfixes over the past four months.
Release Notes: Small compile, configure, and build fixes.
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Not bad. What round do you think we could pick up the RT Mike Adams in?
1: Luck - Best prospect in a blahblahblah. Conspiracy: Colts have lined up to draft Elway, Manning, and now Luck. Didn't they have some guy that was good a while back? Aliens?
2: Robert Griffin - I think he needs a year or two on the bench if you want him to come in and start throwing it like a franchise QB. OTOH, if you want to go old school like the Broncos then he might shine from day one. He can throw the ball way better than Tebow. It sickens me that he would fit perfectly in Miami. He would also fit perfectly here, but the Jets would never go with that kind of offense on the product, even if it's just to bs a couple of seasons as the young player possibly develops.
3: Brock Osweiler - > Ryan Tanehill as. Would be my choice to scare Sanchez if he came in the 3rd or even 2nd round.
4: Ryan Tanehill - Not a bad QB prospect, but neither was Kellen Clemens.
5: Brandon Weeden - Honestly, he might be able to start. Probably ends up a really good backup.
1: Trent Richardson
2: Lamarr Miller - Well rounded RB prospect with good size and quickness. I like him as RB prospects go. I think maybe even a top 50 talent.
3: David Wilson - He's fast. May struggle a little early on, but I think he will have 15 minutes in the NFL.
4: Chris Polk
5: Doug Martin
1: Justin Blackmon
2: Kendall Wright
3: Alshon Jeffery
4: Michael Floyd
5: Mohamed Sanu
1: Coby Fleener
I'm behind here.
C - Not going 5 unless I do:
1: Peter Konz
2: Ben Jones - Aaon Murray will miss him.
3: Mike Brewster - OSU C has solid size and technique that he recommends you don't sweat.
G- Not doing 5 unelss I do:
1: DeCastro
2: Cordy Glenn - Underrated as a muh.
3: Brandon Washinton - Road grader.
4: Kevin Zeitler - Wisconsin has a solid OL history, IIRC.
5: Kelechi Osemele
1: Matt Kalil - One of the best players in the draft.
2: Riley Reiff - Extremely well coached under Ferentz like every Iowa OL.
3: Jonathan Martin - Might end up a LG in the long run.
4: Mike Adams - The best RT prospect of the 4, but can handle LT.
5: Cordy Glenn - Underrated as a muh. Coudl be 4.
I'll do defense later. No FBs.
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Not bad. What round do you think we could pick up the RT Mike Adams in?
The thing that gets me about Weeden is sense he is 28 will likely go undrafted or a 7th rounder. It can be caulked up to a man in a boys world.
Take a look at Zebrie Sanders. He should be ranked ahead of Adams. I think he could be a late 1st rounder.
Sanders is someone I like, but I think i like Adams a little more.
1) Blackmon
2) Floyd
3) Wright
4) Jefferys
5) Sanu
real nice effort. Nick Foles has a chance to be that 3rd QB this year. He will be at Senior Bowl. (as will Weeden).
I think he's more of a TJ H type than he is a Fitzgerald type...nothing wrong with that eiher.
1 - Quentin Coples - Possibly a blend of Mario Williams and Justin Tuck.
2 - Whitney Mercilus
3 - Courtney Upshaw
4 - Chandler Jones
5 - Andre Branch
1 - Nick Perry - Has some similarities to Suggs, but never dominated college for a season like Suggs did.
2 - Melvin Ingram - Adalius Thomas huh? That would be cool.
3 - Vinny Curry - I really think this guy can ball. Small school
4 - Ronnell Lewis - He seems quick twitch.
5 - Courtney Upshaw/Cam Johnson
Really a good group...Combine will tell alot of the story, I hope.
1 - Michael Brockers - I am already pretty devastated that there's 0 chance at landing this guy.
2 - Dontari Poe
3 - Fletcher Cox
4 - Quinton Coples - Possibly could rise at this position.
5 - Devon Still
1 - Michael Brockers - Yeah...
2 - Dontari Poe
3 - Jerel Worthy - Tons of talent.
4 - Fletcher Cox
5 - Devon Still
1 - Zach Brown
2 - Ronnell Lewis
3 - Bobby Wagner
4 - Travis Lewis
5 - David Lavonte
1 - Luke Kuechly
2 - Dont'a Hightower
3 - Vontaze Burfict
4 - Bobby Wagner
5 - Ronnell Lewis/Courtney Upshaw - One of these guys possibly/maybe...or I'm just f'n lazy and waiting for combine.
1 - Alameda Ta'amu - Arguably the best pure NT in the draft.
2 - Star Lotulelei
3 - Josh Chapman
4 - Mike Martin - I like the undersized NT. Last year there was Whitlock, the year before that guy (Grady?) from Louisvill, and this year is Mike Martin. I like him as much as I liked Whitlock, if not more.
5- Brandon Thompson
1 - Morris Claiborne - Stud.
2 - Dre Kirkpatrick
3 - Janoris Jenkins - You have to wonder about him, but he's loaded with talent.
4 - Alfonzo Dennard
5 - Chase Minnifield - Virginia always puts out solid/interesting prospects, and he might be the best of the bunch. Really it's between him and Cam Johnson...
1 - Mark Barron
2 - Robert Lester
3 - Tramain Thomas
4 - Markelle Martin
5 - Harrison Smith
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I'm becoming very intrigued by Kendall Wright.
Seems like people consider him a gamechanging outside deep threat. Considering we had the least explosive plays in the NFL last season....
Santonio could break huge plays in 2010, don't know if he lost a step in 2011 or motivation, or as I'd like to think it was that he didn't have a legit threat opposite him when we lost Braylon and gained Plax.
How does Wright compare to Percy Harvin and Mike Wallace? Seems to have similar body type.
I've changed my mind of Floyd, he's 3rd behind Jeffery for me now. Getting Alshon at 16 would be sweet.
Robert Lester in the 2nd.
Poe should be a NT. No Crick? I think he will be the best 3-4 DE of the group. I love the idea of him in the 2nd round.


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These two sisters have been in my collection for many years. They've frustrated me a bit because, search after search, I could not find anything that matched the handwritten inscription on the back of the photograph. The back reads, "Lela Kellers, 6. Vada, 4. Forest dated Lela." The photo was taken in Alliance, Ohio by Lorin E. Miller, probably around 1900-1910, based on the style of card used and the fashion of dress.
Today I decided that simpler might be best. Lela and Vada are somewhat uncommon names. Instead of searching for Kellers or Keller, I thought I would perform a wide-open search, with no geographic or surname restrictions. I was only going to search for two siblings with those first names. The first hit that came up was an entry from the 1900 US Census for Lella and Vada Aswalt, of Alliance, Stark County, Ohio:
Aswalt, William, b. Sept 1862, OH, widowed, occ. Railroad Brakeman
Aswalt, Elby, b. May 1886, OH, son
Aswalt, Lella L. b. Sept 1895, OH, daughter
Aswalt, Vada. b. Mar 1898, OH, daughter
After looking at the actual census, rather than the transcribed index, I believe the surname is actually "Oswalt." I wasn't getting too excited at this point, because Aswalt/Oswalt wasn't in anyway similar to the surname Kellers. However, the next family on the census caught my eye:
Keller, Jessie, 53
Keller, Tabitah, 51
This made me wonder if something happened to William Oswalt which motivated the Kellers, who were possibly relatives, to take the children in. I looked at the 1910 Census (Alliance, OH) where the Oswalt girls are living with the Keller couple:
Jesse Keller, 65, watchman Railroad
Tabitha Keller, 62
Lela Oswalt, 14, grand-daughter
Vada Vell Oswalt, 12, grand-daughter
Vada and Lela's brother Elby is married with a family of his own by the 1910 census and is living in Alliance. It is interesting to note that William Oswalt, the father, is living with his son Elby at the time of the 1910, 1920 and 1930 censuses. So it would seem the girls haven't been orphaned, and are just living with their grandparents.
I went in search of the girl's birth records. I found Lela Viola Oswalt, born 30 September 1895, Alliance OH to Wm. H. Oswalt and Almeda Keller, in the Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1800-1962. I couldn't find Vada. I did find a boy named Raymond Oswalt, born 13 Feb 1900, Alliance, to the same couple. I learned in the Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997 Index that Almeda B. Oswalt died on the 14th of February 1900, presumably, of complications during childbirth.
William H. and Almeda Kellers were married in Stark Co., Ohio on October 18, 1894. This was William's second marriage.
|Stark County, Ohio Marriages, 1894 -1896, Volume 15, page 84
Familysearch shows a marriage occurring on October 18, 1885 between William H. Oswalt and Carrie Bevington. Elby or (L.B) is the son of William and Carrie Bevington.
I haven't been able to find out if Vada and Lela married. I did find a couple of trees on Ancestry that have death dates for Lela and Veda (without mention of any spouses), but I am wary of pulling information from member-submitted trees without being able to verify the information myself.
We can assume that the person who wrote the note on the back of our photograph was not a direct relative, which would explain the mix-up with the surname. I suspect we've followed the correct trail here, but again, there are no guarantees.
If you have knowledge about the lives of Vada and Lela that you'd like to share, or if you have a picture to compare this one with, I'd love to hear from you.


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