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Editor's note: The IRONMAN Texas course has been changed as of July 2016. The below article may no longer offer relevant advice.
Based on finish times alone, IRONMAN Texas is one of the more difficult IRONMAN races. The course itself is fast and very spectator friendly, but Texas weather in mid-May (temperatures can reach 90-degrees Fahrenheit with high humidity) can make for a challenging day. The tips and pointers below are from OutRival Racing, the Official Coach of IRONMAN Texas. These tips are dialed-in for intermediate athletes but are relevant to beginners and advanced athletes as well. A video preview of the entire course can be found here.
The swim start is about a mile walk from T1. It is not recommended to make this walk barefoot in the dark so plan accordingly. There will be rows of port-o-johns and dry clothes drop off throughout Northshore Park. All athletes must enter the swim through the starting corral which gets very crowded. To guarantee you are in the water when the gun fires, plan to be in the water 15 to 20 minutes early. You will have plenty of room for a warm-up swim. There will be dozens of kayaks around to grab while you are waiting. Stronger swimmers will want to make your way to the front line early and tread.
To stay focused, mentally break the swim into three sections. The out portion is 1,500 m, coming back is another 1,500 m then the final stretch in the canal is about 1,000 m. The start is crowded but spreads out quickly. The sun will be behind and to your left as you swim out, up and to your right while coming back and in front of you during the canal. The lake is wider than it appears onscreen. During the back section a cove to your right can be deceiving. Remember the mouth of the canal is very close to the bridge. Do not turn too early. The canal itself is roughly 50 feet wide consisting of a concrete "shore." The good news is, sighting is simple and there is huge crowd support. The bad news is the water will be choppy as it bounces off the walls.
Stairs and volunteers will help you out of the canal and into T1. A clearly marked path will lead you through the bike bags (call out your number loudly!) and into the changing tent. Start hydrating and fueling immediately. Multiple sunscreen fairies will post right outside the changing tent. It is highly recommended to sacrifice five seconds of your race and save your skin from the Texas sun. Thank your volunteers and then hydrate some more!
There are a few quick turns to get your bike leg started, but before you clock your first mile you will find yourself on Woodlands Parkway. This is an eight-mile stretch of smooth, flat, city roads with lined with trees. This is also a great time to refuel if you didn't take the time to do it during T1. Hydrate some more! This is a very high sweat rate course and it is imperative for you to replace fluids and electrolytes.
The wind in Texas is somewhat unpredictable. However, in mid-May there is a high probability you will have a slight tail wind on the way out and a strong head wind on the way back. Ride conservatively with the wind. You must stay aero when riding against the wind, so plan accordingly. Thank your volunteers every 10 miles at the aid stations and hydrate some more. There are no "climbs" in southeast Texas, but there are some decent rollers through the National Forest. The steepest hills are actually very short, but can sneak up on you when you get back to town. Stand up on the rollers to stretch out your back and use some different muscles.
Between miles 105 and 110 there are a few short steep rollers along Flintridge. There will be a few quick turns to get you back into T2. In previous years, athletes choosing to leave their shoes on their bike during dismount have met very hot concrete with bare feet, so consider leaving your shoes on as you dismount the bike. Revisit the sunscreen fairies on your way out of transition because there is minimal shade on the run course.Rookie professional triathlete and OutRival Racing teammate, Matt Hanson, kept his power output for the bike section nice and steady in 2013. He rode conservatively for the first 30 miles when the course was fairly flat in anticipation a back half head wind. That strategy paid off and he averaged four more watts for the last 56 miles than the first with an overall normalized power was 237 watts. His Variability Index (VI) was 1.03, meaning he kept his effort smooth and steady. Additionally, Hanson rode at 83 percent of his Functional Threshold Power, what is expected from a strong age group athlete. This set him up for a 2:59:40 marathon en route to a second place in his age group, third place overall amateur and 13th overall placing. Pace the bike smart to run hard. (See Hanson's full file from the 2013 IRONMAN Texas here.)
The three-lap course extremely spectator friendly. There are only a few "lonely" miles on the entire course. Within the first few hundred meters of each lap (mile .2, mile 9.5 and right before mile 18) there is a steep grass embankment about the height and distance of a flight of stairs taking you from the waterway level up to street level. Swallow your pride and literally walk up this hill. Take in as much fluid as your stomach can handle and stay on top of your electrolytes.
There are a few slight inclines/declines throughout the course but the biggest "hill" is running over the Lake Woodlands bridge about a mile into each lap.The energy through the tunnels and along the waterway is strong. Pick up the pace through these sections and enjoy the race. Those of you trying to win can use this section to keep an eye on who is in front of you and behind you. Those of you trying to finish can accept as many high-fives as you can handle.
Given the nature of the looped course, you will know the terrain after loop one. Strong bikers should anticipate temperatures progressively getting hotter throughout laps two and three. Beginners should expect the opposite as the sun starts setting. Thank your volunteers along the way and prepare yourself to hear "You. Are. An IRONMAN!" The Woodlands is very triathlon friendly with several local teams and hundreds of residents racing. The community will come out in full force and pick you up when you need it. Train hard, train smart, and get ready for a furnace. (I mean fun race!)
For more information on the course the folks at OutRival Racing welcome you to reach out directly or stop by their tent at the Memorial Hermann IRONMAN Texas expo.
This article was written for TrainingPeaks and IRONMAN by Michelle LeBlanc and the coaching staff of OutRival Racing, the official coach of IRONMAN Texas. LeBlanc is a former professional triathlete, head coach and founder of OutRival Racing based in The Woodlands, Texas.


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A New York City cab driver has been suspended, accused of wearing a swastika armband while on duty.
The 27-year-old driver from the Bronx was suspended by the Taxi and Limousine Commission on May 9 after the agency investigated a customer's complaint. He will not be allowed to drive a taxi for 30 days.
As part of its investigation, the agency obtained photos that they say showed him wearing the swastika armband on his left arm while driving in Manhattan.
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Although she seemed to slip out of the spotlight and off the radar, the talented actress was actually hard at work. Not only did she shoot a slew of new films, but she also landed a major high-fashion campaign - and she's ready to step back in front of the camera to promote her upcoming role in the Clouds Of Sils Maria. Kristen looks more mature and insanely chic and oozes a newfound sense of confidence as she poses on the September 2014 issue of the magazine.
Sure, KStew may love to dress down, but she looks flawless when she gets glam - in fact, this just might be one of her most stunning shoots to date. Her beautiful blue eyes sparkle as an icy blue shadow offsets the red highlights in her hair, which is swept to one side. She rocks a black manicure and an exquisite ring on her index finger, which matches the embellishments on the dress perfectly.
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Tigers Return to Action on Friday and Saturday Versus Morehead State
Nashville, Tenn. – Tennessee State will host a Friday-Saturday Ohio Valley Conference series with Morehead State this weekend at Tiger Field. The Tigers and Eagles will play a doubleheader on the first day with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 pm. Day two kicks off with an Easter Egg Hunt at 12:00 pm on the Ed Temple Track directly behind the softball diamond. A single game at 1:00 pm will close out the day's events. All the events are free and open to the public.
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The Tigers (10-21, 1-5) are coming off a 1-2 weekend as they hosted UT Martin and Southeast Missouri State. TSU won the first game against the Skyhawks 4-2, marking the first victory over the defending OVC champions since 2009. UTM grabbed game two, while SEMO picked up the win in the only game played on Sunday. Lightning and rain caused a delay during game one that lasted close to three hours, wiping out any chance for game two to be played before the start-time-curfew.
Senior Jennifer Givens has posted the second highest average in the OVC with a .395 average (34-for-86). Givens has crossed home plate 14 times on the season and continues to lead the Tigers with 13 stolen bases. Freshman Kiarra Freeman (.333) is tops for TSU with 16 runs scored, while fellow classmate Audrey Sensing leads with 16 runs driven home.
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Author Claims Patents Made Industrial Revolution Possible; Then Shows Why He's Wrong
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Jon Stewart: You say that the big difference there was the 'democritization of inventing.' This idea that, once people owned the idea of inventing... and I guess this happened in Britain... once the idea that ideas could be yours, and you would own them, that's what opened the floodgates.Nice theory. Too bad the actual research has long debunked it. The mistake that Rosen makes here is a simple one that trips up plenty of people: it's confusing correlation with causation. The problem is that when people have looked at the issue in more detail, they've actually discovered that the correlation doesn't work the way that Rosen and other patent system proponents predict. In fact, it happens the opposite way. That is, greater IP protection trails periods of greater innovation. That is, what happens is that the industrialization period or a period of great innovation happens, and then those who led the way get upset about new competitors and new upstarts, and push for greater protectionist policies to keep the competitors out of the market. In fact, Rosen's later comments highlight why intellectual property tends to slow down the rate of industrialization, rather than aid it:
William Rosen: Exactly. Once you actually empower people to get wealthy and famous as inventors, the floodgates are open. And an Oklahoma landrush starts to begin, where everyone's chasing not land, not 40 acres, but the next new invention. And the steam engine comes along right about that time.
William Rosen: Sustained technological innovation is incremental -- small improvements. And that was the real magic of the era: all these micro inventions from one-time blacksmiths and carpenters... And that's why a steam engine could be made to operate a toy in the first century in Alexandria, but a working one... takes a village.Odd wording choices aside, the problem with patents is that they get in the way of this kind of incremental innovation. Patents are designed to protect the big breakthroughs... and then limit follow-on innovation for the course of the patent. If the big breakthrough is the most important thing, then you can maybe make an argument that patents make sense. But, most innovation is, as Rosen notes, about that incremental improvements, where "it takes a village." But a patent denies the "village" the opportunity to make those improvements (at least without adding a significant cost) and thus delays innovation.
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Tina Marlene Goodman (Philosophy BA 1994) is The March Featured Poet of The Horror Zine, March 2011 issue.
Heather Brooke (Communications '93), best known as one of the leading figures exposing the British House of Commons' resistance to disclosing expenses of Members of Parliament (MPs), generating a furor that culminated in the resignation of Speaker Michael Martin.
Dr. Bernie Gratzer, Former chief aerodynamacist for Boeing and professor or aerodynamics at the UW. He has changed the look of the modern airplane with his aerodynamic winglet that is seen on Boeing 737ng, 757, 767, 737 Classics and on gulf steams business jets, Falcons and Hawkers. Not only did Dr Gratzer perfect the performance of the Winglet, with its introduction it has saved more fuel and reduced more green house gases than any other aviation invention in the past 15 years.
Jean Smart – 1974 UW School of Drama
Emmy Award winning actress most well known for her outstanding TV roles on Designing Women, Frazier, Samantha Who, 24, and Hawaii Five-O. Star of many movies and Broadway plays, with a recent Tony nomination for The Man who Came to Dinner.
Paul Magers, UW '77, fellow Phi Delt, is our CBS 2 News anchor here in Southern California. Winner of several Emmy Awards & Golden Mike. Had guest anchor postion for the NBC Nightly News and the Today Show.
Adam Smith, Law Dawg '90, is now a U.S. Congressman from the great state of Washington's 9th District.
Carmela Conroy, Jackson School of International Studies (B.A.,'84) and School of Law (J.D., '90) is the U.S. Consul General in Lahore, Pakistan. She leads about two dozen Americans and 160 Pakistanis to represent the United States in Punjab Province, population about 90 million.
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Hooray for Jean Smart. She is an amazing actress!
Also remember Dawn Wells. She was my Alpha Chi sister. Went on to become Mary Ann on Gilligan's
Ken Troske (BA, economics, 1984) is now a tenured full professor at the University of Kentucky and just recently finished serving on the Congressional Oversight Panel for the TARP bailout. He is well published, too.
His website is here: http://gatton.uky.edu/faculty/troske/
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50 Years of Cowboys Football Begins Saturday
We are coming up on the day we as Cowboy fans having been waiting for since Emmitt Smith retired in 2005. Saturday the great Emmitt Smith will join the other two Triplets when he is inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. It's been a long time coming and it will be a very emotional day for all of us.
The current Cowboys team will be there supporting Emmitt and playing the Hall of a Fame game on Sunday. Interestingly enough, they will be facing the Cincinnati Bengals who now house a number of former Cowboys including Roy Williams and Terrell Owens.
Needless to say, this is our last week without football. This weekend the Dallas Cowboys kickoff the football season with a bang starting with Emmitt Smith and the Hall of Fame.
I couldn't think of a better way to get the 50th year of Cowboys Football started.
Make sure you tune into the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday on ESPN coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. Central time. Followed by the Hall of Fame game Sunday evening on NBC, kickoff at 7 p.m. Central time.
FOOTBALL IS BACK! How Bout Them Cowboys!
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We don't throw around the word game-changing lightly, but this gadget definitely fits the bill. Triple C Design's iCharge ALL puts a stop to all those wild goose chases through airport lounges and friends' apartments for outlets to charge your dying device. The sleek, pocket-sized battery pack enough electrical power to fully recharge your iPhone or iPod and buys you hours of extra use on your iPad.
The iChargeALL has bailed me out several times when I really needed a charge for my iPhone! Especially after installing ios7, the phone seems to lose power quicker, so I always have my iCharge at the ready! The only thing is that if you have a bigger phone case, you may need to remove it in order for the iCharge to properly connect.5
So I will have to say that I am somewhat disappointed with this product. I am more disappointed that I utilized the points I earned to buy it when I could have used it on several other products I wanted. Bummer.
My issues... First, I do not like that it doesn't snap into my phone (iPhone 4s) and can just charge. I have to find some way to prop it so it stays in place or hold it, which is a nuisance. Secondly, I have to charge it immediately after using which I find not very convenient. One use and done? So then I'm trying to find a USB port to charge this device. I thought I would be able to get at least a couple charges out of it.
Overall, I am glad that I have it for those "just in case" situations. But I have to always make sure its charged which sometimes I am not very good at. And I do like the size and how I can just throw it in my purse, that does make it convenient. But more disappointed that I used my points on it...
I bought the iCharge ALL specifically for use on a road trip, where I would be taking a lot of pictures and didn't want to be troubled with having to find an outlet at every coffee shop or restaurant I patronized to get my power fix.
While the iCharge certainly is portable, it doesn't just firmly snap onto your phone. I was hoping that I could click it into place, throw it in my bag, and my phone would magically charge while I was out and about. I found that the connection to the phone port isn't that stable, and you have to figure out a way to prop up the device so that it doesn't disconnect from your phone. I was on the fence between ordering this device and another that gives only 1/2 a charge. Given the inconvenience of the iCharge ALL's poor design, I would have ordered the other option.
I travel frequently and always find myself elbowing my way to the closest plug in station or outlet. This product has saved me and my words with friends playing on my iPad. The only issue is that is is recharged through a computer Hdmi port. This is not always convenient when traveling. Other than that it was great to have in my bag on my last trip.3
I purchased one of these for my boyfriend for Christmas, and I was so jealous of it that I ended up getting one for myself and the rest of my family as well. I used it recently when I was with some friends, and they were all so jealous! It's a perfect size to fit in my purse without getting lost, and I was able to fully charge my almost dead phone!5


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8 oz semisweet chocolate chips
3 oz flaked coconut
2 oz unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
1 egg, at room temperature
1 1/3 cup flour
1 1/4 cup butter, at room temperature
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup dark brown sugar
1 1/2 tablespoon cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 teaspoon baking powder
pinch salt
Preheat oven to 325. Grease or spray 2 cookie sheets. In a large bowl cream together the butter and both sugars. Add the egg and vanilla and beat well. Slowly add in the melted chocolate. In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, cocoa, salt and coconut. Slowly beat into the chocolate butter mixture. Mix until well combined then fold in chocolate chips. Drop in 1 tablespoon amounts 1 inch apart on the cookie sheets. Slightly flatten each cookie with the back of a spoon. Bake 13 minutes or until no longer shiny. Allow to cool about 3 minutes in the pan then remove to a wire rack. Incredible warm or at room temperature.
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Nigel Slater's Hot, Sweet Plum Chutney
Not much is better on a leisurely weekend afternoon than a snack of sharp cheese, good bread, and a homemade preserve or two (and maybe a glass of wine). Nigel Slater's Hot, Sweet Plum chutney from Ripe is just the thing to round out a few slices of cheddar.
Made with plums, raisins, cider and malt vinegars, and just enough muscovado sugar to sweeten and thicken the preserve, this chutney puts all of those jars languishing in fridge doors to shame. At once spicy, sweet, and tangy it plays well not only on a cheese board, but also piled on leftover roast pork and smeared on a turkey sandwich.
Reprinted with permission from Ripe: A Cook in the Orchard by Nigel Slater. Copyright 2010, 2012. Published by Ten Speed Press. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.
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- Yield:makes 2 pints
- Active time: 20 minutes
- Total time:1 hour
- 1 1/2 pounds plums
- 12 ounces onions
- a generous 3/4 cup raisins
- 1 cup light muscovado sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed dried chile
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons yellow mustard seeds
- 2/3 cup cider vinegar
- 2/3 cup malt vinegar
- 1 cinnamon stick
Halve the plums and discard the pits. Peel and coarsely chop the onions. Put the fruit and onions into a large stainless steel or enameled pan with the raisins, sugar, chile, salt, mustard seeds, vinegars, and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil, turn down the heat, and leave to simmer for an hour, giving the occasional stir to reduce the risk of the chutney sticking.
Spoon into sterilized jars and seal.
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Neither issue in the Milford School District's two-fold referendum passed today after more than 1,800 local residents cast their ballots, according to official results provided by the Department of Elections for Kent County.
Neither issue in the Milford School District's two-fold referendum passed today after more than 1,800 local residents cast their ballots, according to unofficial results provided by the Department of Elections for Kent County.
The district presented the two-fold referendum, with the first ballot question requesting the public's approval of bonds to finance the demolition and rebuild of the Milford Middle School and the second ballot question requesting school tax increases to fund a yearly $2.1 million operating budget.
The bond issue request was rejected, with 842 votes in favor and 1,020 votes against. The current expense issue was rejected with 769 votes in favor and 1,074 votes against, according to the official tally results, which include absentee ballots, provided by the Department of Elections for Kent County.
Milford School District Superintendent Phyllis Kohel said she was disappointed with the results, but said the outcome was not necessarily reflective of the community's support of the district.
"This has always been a very supportive community," she said. "It's a bad time."
Kohel speculated that residents may have been dissuaded by the district's proposed tax increases with Gov. Jack Markell's ongoing campaigns concerning a possible gas tax increase and needed funding for the Clean Water for Delaware's Future plan.
While the next steps for the district are yet to be decided by Kohel and the Board of Education, both Kohel and Milford Board of Education President Marvin Schelhouse expect that another referendum may be sought in six months.
"It is a critical need for this district," Kohel said. "We'll have to regroup and talk to our community and come back to another referendum."
Schelhouse said that with the district's deficit spending in the last few years, the district will be financially secure for another year, but will be facing the decision of possible cuts to staffing and programming if the current expense tax is not approved in a future referendum.
"If we didn't' have a reserve, just imagine where we'd be right now," Schelhouse said. "Education is so important, I can never emphasize the importance of educating kids enough, and I don't want to see that hurt because of this situation."


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Calling all people who care about the environment! Earth Hour 2009 is tonight — and we are asking everyone to show solidarity and cast a vote for the earth by simply turning off their lights at 8:30 P.M., local time wherever you are. Cities across the world are participating — if you live in the US, you can find out more information at www.earthhourus.org. Otherwise, check out www.earthhour.org. Earth Hour began in Sydney in 2007 where 2.2 million homes and businesses switched off their lights for one hour. This year, the campaign has been taken to the global level to show officials at the Global Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen how much this issue matters to all global citizens.
Inhabitat writer, Jorge Chapa, writes from Sydney:
Here in Sydney, the lights went out at precisely 8:30p.m. The Sydney ferries honked the arrival of Earth Hour; the Sydney Opera House turned off its lights; and the Harbour bridge went dark. I had the pleasure of seeing Sydney from 47 levels above the city, at a candlelit party. It was a sight to see all the buildings slowly turned off their lights — the floors going dark, and for a little while you could see how the city's inhabitants were making a difference and "voting for Earth." Earth Hour was created in Sydney and its residents certainly showed their support. At the candlelit party, we talked about the initiative — with an awareness that even a few years would have been inconceivable.
I've had the pleasure of going through three Earth Hour events. It is a simple even that I hope I can keep being a part of for years to come.


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Summer is the time when the most Americans travel abroad. Some visit family and friends; others simply sightsee. Our neighbors Mexico and Canada are by far the most popular. The U.K. is a distinct third, while Germany, Italy and France are fairly close together in occupying spots 4-6. In all, the government tracks visitors to the top 38.
Some travelers like to go to more exotic and far - flung destinations, very few of which make it onto that list.
There's another travel list kept by the government. That's the State Department one of countries carrying a travel warning, recommending that Americans " avoid or consider the risk of travel to that country."
The three dozen countries currently on that list qualify because, as the government puts it, "long-term, protracted conditions ... make a country dangerous or unstable" or the U.S. government's "ability to assist American citizens is constrained due to the closure of an embassy or consulate."
There's a similar list, known as travel alerts, for short - term issues. That currently has three countries on it.
We thought it would be interesting to see if there was much, if any, over-lap between the the government list of most-visited countries and the two travel advisories.
Click ahead to see the seven countries that did, along with the State Dept.'s reason for inclusion. You'll also see the number of U.S. and total foreign visitors the countries receive each year and their global ranking in each category.
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Buddy Garcia
|Hector Steven "Buddy" Garcia
|In office
April 12, 2012 – November 7, 2012
|Preceded by
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|Succeeded by
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| June 16, 1967
Brownsville, Nueces County
Texas, USA
|Political party
|Austin, Texas
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Texas State University at San Marcos
Hector Steven Garcia, also known as H. S. "Buddy" Garcia (born June 16, 1967),[1] is a former interim member of the Texas Railroad Commission, the elected body which regulates the oil and natural gas industries in Texas. Garcia was appointed to the commission by Governor Rick Perry on April 12, 2012,[2] to replace Elizabeth Ames Jones of San Antonio, who stepped down after seven years on the panel to challenge State Senator Jeff Wentworth in District 25 in the Republican primary on May 29, 2012. Neither Jones nor Wentworth won the senatorial nomination; instead the party in a July 31 runoff nominated the more conservative Dr. Donna Campbell of New Braunfels.
Garcia's appointment expired with the November 6 general election. Christi Craddick of Midland won the post over the Democrat Dale Henry of Lampasas. She is the daughter of State Representative and former House Speaker Tom Craddick.[3]
A Republican who resides in Austin, Garcia served from January 2007 until his appointment to the railroad post as a commissioner at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. He is a past deputy Texas Secretary of State and a former state border commerce coordinator. He is a member of the Texas Coastal Land Advisory Board and the Gulf of Mexico Alliance.[2] He worked in the negotiation of a dispute with Mexico over the use of water from the Rio Grande.[4]
Garcia graduated from Saint Joseph Academy in his hometown of Brownsville in far south Texas. He first attended Texas A&M University - Kingsville on an academic scholarship and played football there, but he transferred after a year to Texas State University in San Marcos, from which he received in 1990 a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science.[4]
Garcia is a former staff member for State Senator Eddie Lucio, Jr., a Brownsville Democrat. He was also a member of Rick Perry's staff from 1999 to 2000, when Perry was lieutenant governor under George W. Bush. Garcia is a former deputy legislative director for Perry and special assistant to the governor for Texas/Mexico border issues.[5] He is a volunteer coach for the Northwest Austin Little League.[2]
- ↑ Buddy Garcia. Mylife.com. Retrieved on September 13, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gov. Rick Perry has appointed H.S. Buddy Garcia of Austin to the Railroad Commission of Texas for a term to expire at the next general election. Texas Royalty Council, April 12, 2012. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.
- ↑ TCEQ's Garcia named to Railroad panel: Will only serve until November elections. kxan.com. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. liberalarts.txstate.edu. Retrieved on May 23, 2012.
- ↑ Appointing a buddy. blog.chron.com. Retrieved on May 9, 2012.


text: The first of the original 13 states to ratify the federal Constitution, Delaware occupies a small niche in the Boston–Washington, D.C., urban corridor along the Middle Atlantic seaboard. It is the second smallest state in the country and one of the most densely populated. The state is organized into three counties—from north to south, New Castle, Kent and Sussex—all established by 1682. Its population, like its industry, is concentrated in the north, around Wilmington, where the major coastal highways and railways pass through from Pennsylvania and New Jersey on the north and east into Maryland on the south and west. The rest of the state comprises the northeastern corner of the Delmarva Peninsula, which Delaware shares with Maryland and Virginia (hence its name). Most state government operations are located in Dover, the capital.


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Sometimes my interests in railroad history and genealogy coincide. When Gustaf Elg and Maria Sofia Bork take their family to Minnesota, Maria leaves behind a brother, Olaus Bork, who turns out to be a very interesting person: He played an important role both in developing an iron works at Skyllberg, and in construction of a narrow gauge railroad, which linked Skyllberg to the outside world.
Olaus was born into the blacksmith profession at Liljendal, but he did not have an easy start in life. Only four out of nine children reach adulthood: Olaus (b 1836), Maria Sophia (b 1838), Christina (b. 1842) and Per Gustaf (b. 1844). Their father dies of smallpox, only 39 years old. When Olaus moves to Tyfors in 1852, to start his apprenticeship for the blacksmith profession, the parish record decribes him as "able and willing, but undernourished". Olaus serves as an apprentice blacksmith at several different mills, marries Eva Helena Österberg and starts a family, and in 1863 he is hired as a blacksmith at Rönneshytta, in the province of Närke.
A year later, he is asked to take up a position at the nearby Skyllberg Works (a smelter at Rönneshytta produced pig iron which was then processed in rolling mills at Skyllberg). A history of the Skyllberg works notes that "Bork, who was likeable man, rose through the ranks to become master mechanic and master builder at Skyllberg. He was a gifted practical man, with no formal training, who nevertheless carried out several more or less (sic!) successful engineering projects."
The mill area in the 1880´s. In the foreground, the new rolling mill is being constructed. "Kårberg" poses with proud driver, and in the background Olaus Bork and family keep a watchful eye. Todd Lindahl collection.
In an interview with at local newspaper, on his 80th birthday in 1917, Olaus Bork recalls how the engineering workshop and foundry at Skyllberg were constructed under his leadership. After spying at several other mills, he designed several of the machines himself, or they bought one machine and made copies as needed. At Kårberg, Olaus built a nail factory, including wire and galvanizing mills. Many of the machines were made at Skyllberg, under Bork´s guidance.
The nail factory at Kårberg. Olaus Bork at the Engine.
In 1873, a standard gauge railroad arrived, passing only two miles from Skyllberg. Olaus was tasked with building a connecting narrow gauge railroad and reload station at Lerbäck. He also oversaw the construction of a number of railroad cars at Skyllberg. Initially the trains were pulled by oxen or horses. In 1881, a four-wheel steam locomotive was ordered, named "Kårberg". Build by Nydquist & Holm (Sweden´s premiere steam loco builders) it became Sweden´s smallest steam loco used in common carrier traffic on narrow gauge, with a weight of only 5 ½ tons, on 26" drivers.
"Kårberg", mfg. photo, 1881, Nydquist &Holm # 150
Swedish Railroad Museum
Swedish Railroad Museum
In 1883, work was begun to extend the railroad nine miles in the other direction, from Skyllberg to Askersund. This gave Skyllberg access to a deep water port on Sweden´s largest lake, and gave the town a rail connection to the standard gauge network. The original contractor (no doubt the lowest bidder..) lacked all experience of railroad construction, and abandoned the project before it was completed. Again, Bork was called to the rescue, and completed construction, which included almost all trackwork, one bridge and another 50 flatcars built at Skyllberg. In the 1917 interview, Bork tells how he came close to disappearing with a construction train, when they came to a spot where the whole roadbed had disappeared. The lost earth masses were later discovered in a nearby lake.
The Bork home overlooked the mill area.
Today, the Skyllberg head office is located in the same spot.
Todd Lindahl collection.
Today, the Skyllberg head office is located in the same spot.
Todd Lindahl collection.
The railroad company was a joint project between the town of Askersund and the Skyllberg Works, but the project was not without friction. No Skyllberg representative participated in the opening ceremony. In 1888, the railroad company decided to lease the railroad to Skyllberg, as the prospects for profit remained dim. After this, Skyllberg studiously avoided naming any of its locomotives after the town of Askersund.
When the railroad was opened in December 1884, Oalus Bork was engineer on the inaugural train. Despite its small size, Kårberg could handle for almost 50 years, until this traffic ceased in 1931 (maximum speed was 12 mph..). In the early years, Olaus Bork personally drove most scheduled trains. On one occasion, he attempted to run the train from the highest point on the line to either end without using any steam. He succeeded, but in his own judgement it was "a foolish and risky stunt, as I had to maintain too high speed through some curves".
The Skyllberg owners expanded the rail net in several stages for the mill´s own needs. In 1883, two miles were built from Skyllberg to the new nail factory at Kårberg, and in the early 20th century, about 10 miles of logging and peat harvest track was extended east from Lerbäck. This meant that the narrow gauge had to cross the Swedish State Railway´s mainline at grade. A spur was also laid from Lerbäck to a sawmill at Rönneshytta.
Olaus´family were not spared tragedy either. Two of Olaus´sons emigrate to Minnesota, to join their aunt Maria Sofia, uncle Gustaf Elg and a number of cousins who worked for the railroads. In April 1889, Karl Gustaf Bork and his cousin Adolph Elg were sent to Glasgow, Montana to work in a railroad machine shop being built there. When Adolph and Karl arrived in the new town, they found that were no rooms available for the night. That night they slept under a wagon parked in the street. Sometime during the night it began to rain hard and both men became soaked. Kurt came down with pneumonia and died there in Glasgow, 25 years old. The two youngest children died Before age ten.
Olaus Bork with his eldest son, Karl Gustaf Bork
Olaus Bork is a superintendent at the Skyllberg Works for 33 years. From his house he can keep a constant watch over the mill area. He leaves his post in 1897, age 61, dies in 1926 and is buried in Lerbäck.
The Skyllberg Works are still in business. It is a family owned company and has been in the same family since Olaus Bork´s time. All production is now located at Kårberg, but the head office stands on the same spot where Olaus´home was located, and some of the old mill buildings are still there.
The mill area in November 2012. The closest building is the workshop and foundry built by Bork.
In the distance we see the engine house, and the carpentry/pattern shop.
In the distance we see the engine house, and the carpentry/pattern shop.
Photo Lennart Elg
I have posted more photos from the mill area in 2012 at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/850c084qsxvqvcw/Fj6fsUXZtk .


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Birthday wish granted for 12-year-old boy with autism
Hundreds of pugs showed up to help with the party
Hundreds of pugs showed up to help with the party
Hundreds of pugs showed up to help with the party
A 12-year-old California boy has been granted his one birthday wish — a pug party.
Since he was a baby, Hayden has always loved pugs and for his 12th birthday, he requested one thing — to lay on the floor and be surrounded by pugs.
In May, Hayden's mother Cierra Baumunk went to Facebook to invite the public to his surprise pug party requesting all pug-owners and their pups. Hayden was diagnosed with autism when he was young.
"Well, I did not know it was going to be this big," Baumunk said. "I had no idea. I just posted something online that my son wanted to have a birthday party with some pugs and soon it turned into hundreds of pugs. We had no idea it was going to be this big."
Hundreds of pug-owners came from across the west coast to celebrate Hayden's birthday.
"I heard people came all the way from Oregon just to be here today. It's so overwhelming and brings so much joy to our family. We are just so excited and so happy and so grateful. It is just a blessing," Baumunk said.
A person gave a pug to Hayden and his family Saturday and they named the pug "Pumpkin".
"It melted my heart," Baumunk said. "It made me happy. I can't wait to make new memories with our new family."


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But when I returned to Rome for Christmas, I was surprised to realize that what I remember most is not ancient, spiritual Jerusalem but secular, young
I think of the city's long, luscious beaches, of its eye-catching Bauhaus architecture brought to
In Israel, everything -- be it a hill or a hat -- seems to have at least three meanings. For someone like me, whose knowledge of the Holy Land was forged in Sunday school, spending time here with a Jewish friend was like having a pair of magic glasses.
Late one afternoon we found the old Jewish cemetery on Trumpeldor Street in central Tel Aviv, where many city luminaries were buried. In the thickening twilight, Penny scrambled down a flight of uneven stone steps while I stood at the entrance. The burial ground looked to me like most others, except that the graves were marked by table-like slabs bearing Hebrew inscriptions and stones left by visitors, as in the unforgettable last scene of "
"Oh, my God," Penny called out. "This is the grave of Bialik. And here's Gutman."
Earlier we had visited the homes of Haim Nahman Bialik, a Russian-born poet and translator who helped make Hebrew the lingua franca of Israel, and a museum dedicated to the artist Nahum Gutman, who celebrated the young Jewish state in painting, both of which I found interesting. But discovering their graves meant something sharper and more personal to Penny.
She is my smart, passionate and funny friend from
When I heard Penny was coming to Israel to attend her niece's wedding, I made plans to meet her in Tel Aviv. After that we spent two days in the Upper Galilee and then I drove her to her sister's for Shabbat while I saw Jerusalem on my own.
Tight security at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion International Airport -- where it took me a full three hours to pass through security before an international departure -- brought the grim reality of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict home to me.
Shoppers' bags are checked at the entrances of central Tel Aviv's charming Nahalat Binyamin crafts market, and a young waitress at a cafe who looked like a varsity cheerleader told us she was about to start her two-year stint in the army.
Penny was delayed one morning on her way into the city from her sister's suburb of Ra'anana about 10 miles north when a car bomb went off, fraying nerves and snarling traffic. The explosion, we learned later, was an organized crime killing, not a terrorist attack. The second intifada, launched in late September 2000, is thought to have killed more than 6,000 civilians and military personnel.
But the Mediterranean sun shone benignly while I was in Tel Aviv, a modern, high-rise city of about 400,000 that reminded me of Miami. It is as fresh and tart as a glass of fresh pomegranate juice.
It is a mark of how safe I felt in Tel Aviv that I could imagine the daily potential for violence only as I spent my jet-lagged nights rereading "Exodus," Leon Uris' novel about the country's painful birth in 1948.
There are, doubtless, more searching, scholarly books about the country's modern history. But "Exodus," a historical novel about how a handful of Jewish pioneers started arriving in the Holy Land in the 19th century, put the Palestinian desert under cultivation and built leafy, graceful cities in the sand dunes, was just right for me.
Street names in Tel Aviv recall many of the figures I got to know in Uris' 1958 novel, such as Joseph Trumpeldor, a famous Jewish soldier who died in a 1920 firefight near the Lebanese border, and
To appreciate Tel Aviv's past, it's best to start at Rokach House in the Neve Zedek neighborhood. The endearing, copper cupola-topped house was built in 1887 by Shimon Rokach, whose family was established in the Holy Land when modern immigration accelerated, fueled by pogroms and Zionism.
As the number of immigrants swelled, Jewish leaders moved out of old enclaves to found new colonies. Neve Zedek was one of the first to be settled. A handful of families moved to what was then a wasteland but later became known as "Little Paris."
Their lifestyles are described in displays at the Rokach House, with its beautifully set Sabbath dinner table and bougainvillea-bowered patio, lined with vintage tile.
Across the street, the Nahum Gutman Museum has a permanent exhibition of the artist's affable Tel Aviv streetscapes and a marvelous temporary show of illustrations by 19th century visitors to the Holy Land.
I paused at "Jews Before the Wall of Solomon," an 1860 engraving by French artist Alexandre Bida, while Penny explained that Jewish people customarily tuck bits of paper bearing prayers in the cracks of Jerusalem's Western Wall, all that remains of the Second Temple built about 2,000 years ago by King Herod.
After that we explored Neve Zedek, now one of Tel Aviv's trendiest neighborhoods. It's filled with cafes, galleries and boutiques such as Birkata on Yechiely Street, where Penny pointed out a pair of clunky platform shoes that are all the rage with Israeli women.
When it got late we stopped at Suzana, a restaurant near the Suzanne Dellal Centre, home of the Batsheva Dance Company founded in 1964 by
The dish had such a ripeness and bounty that it made Penny think of a passage from the Book of Deuteronomy describing the richness of ancient Israel, a "land of wheat and barley and vines and fig trees and pomegranates; a land of oil, olives and honey."
The next morning at Tel Aviv's busy Carmel Market, she made sure I got to taste freshly squeezed pomegranate juice, which was delicious.
We strolled along tree-lined Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv's best address when it was built in 1910 and still an architectural marvel. Its buildings illustrate the Colonial style (favored when Palestine was a British protectorate); Art Deco and the Bauhaus, or International Style, with its rounded corners, white stucco and unornamented facades.
We stopped to see Independence Hall, where the leaders of the Jewish community in Palestine, led by
Penny, who says she cries every time she goes to the Western Wall, got misty-eyed at Independence Hall. After that she caught a bus back to her sister's house and I went back to my hotel where I sat on the roof terrace.
I thought about Herzl and Trumpeldor, the founding of Israel and the history of the Jews everywhere apparent in the sparkling city of Tel Aviv.
The air was fresh and cool. I could hear the sound of traffic from Hayarkon Street and saw lights blinking on near the beach. These struck me as good signs of everyday life in a city where crime bosses, not innocent citizens, are the ones who die in car bombs.
That is how I hope always to think of Tel Aviv.


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yes, it's major flaw is precisely that. Though I don't know how much money went into actually making them look cheaper. Death Proof's car chase sequence seems pretty expensive and I think it was worth the investment. Planet Terror is not really fun.
I must say to all those who think RR's sense of humor was a flaw in "Planet Terror": that was the ONLY thing that gave me any redeeming value in Robert Rodriguez's work. I mean, Sin City was fun but sometimes the SFX were just...KINDA bad. even if most of them weren't. and the pacing. with Planet Terror, it seemed like he wasn't afraid to make bad stuff fun. I know some of us want him to be the next John Carpenter, yeah, and there was a major 80s influence over this film, but if it wasn't for the humor mixed with over the top carnage, this would not have been worth half of my 4 hours in the theatre.
...theory that the second gang of girls were all part of the crew on 'Kill Bill' and the director Rosario's in love with is Quentin. So he's taking the male gaze one step further by having these women chat about him in the way we'd LIKE to think that they talk about us when we're not around, but we're really watching a heightened fantasy of his like we so often get in these slasher films with the gratuitous nudity and gore. Only Quentin is EMOTIONALLY masturbating on us with this. Is he onto something? I looked all over and that podcast was nowhere to be found.


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against owners of the mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts.
My mother sometimes talked about this strike. She was already working in the mills. Immigrant families left Canada in search of work and in hopes of a better life. Agriculture had dried out because our ancestors knew nothing back then about crop rotation but they'd heard there was lots of work in the mills of Fall River, Lawrence and Lowell, Massachusetts as well as Manchester, New Hampshire. Mills sprung up in many cities and towns. It became a way of life until the mills left in the 1950's and headed south where labor was cheaper than in these northern mills where workers had learned to unionize to protect their rights.
On January 12th, 1912 the labor protest that became known as the "Bread and Roses" strike began in Lawrence.
A new state law had reduced the maximum workweek from 56 to 54 hours. Factory owners responded by speeding up production and cutting workers' pay. Polish women were the first to shut down their looms and leave the mill. As they marched through the streets, workers from all the city's ethnic groups joined them. Over the next months, increasingly violent methods were used to suppress the protest, but the strikers maintained their solidarity. After Congress held hearings on the situation, the mill owners were anxious to avoid bad publicity. They settled with the strikers, bringing to an end a watershed event in American labor history.
The Bread and Roses Strike of 1912 changed U.S. labor laws forever.
On January 12, 1912, workers in the American Woolen Company Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, opened their pay envelopes to find that their wages had been cut. They took to the streets in protest, beginning a history-making confrontation between labor and capital. The "Bread and Roses Strike," as it became known, broke new ground in several ways. More than half of the workers in the Lawrence textile mills were women and children, and women played a major role in the strike. Most of the workers were unskilled newcomers from the Middle East, southern and eastern Europe. They spoke more than a dozen different languages and practiced a variety of religions and ethnic customs. What bound them together was the need to improve their living and working conditions.
By the turn of the twentieth century, New England's factory towns were generally miserable places. Wages were low, rents were high, and living conditions were crowded and unhealthy. The factory floors were brutally hot in summer and painfully cold in winter. The machinery was dangerous; pressure to speed up production increased the risk of accident and injury.
The photo below is that of a "spinner" girl. Girls and boys worked as young as ten years of age in the mills. It was the same for bobbin girls or lap boys, bobbin girls kept the spinners supplied with bobbins as needed. I really don't know what my mother started as in the mills but I do know that as far back as I can remember she was a weaver in the weave room. I remember my brother being a bobbin boy when he started working in the mills. Later he worked in the "Mule Room". Actually, it was really the Spinning Room but it was called the "Mule Room" simply because the spinning machine was called a "spinning mule". My grandfather, aunts and uncles were all weavers. During World War II the Lawrence Mills wove material for army uniforms as well as blankets.
Under Massachusetts law, schooling was compulsory for children under age 14, but poverty forced many parents to lie about their sons' and daughters' ages and send them to work in the mills. One boy, asked if he'd like to go to school, said that he would love to, but he wanted to eat. My mother was eleven years old in January of 1912 and had left school in sixth grade to work in the mills.
In response to reports on the deplorable conditions at the mills, the Massachusetts legislature voted to reduce the maximum workweek from 56 to 54 hours. The law took effect on January 1, 1912. Although the legislation was intended to help the workers, many of them feared, correctly, that the mill owners would simply speed up production and cut their pay by two hours a week.
When workers opened their first paychecks in January and discovered that what they feared had in fact come to pass, a near-riot broke out. Polish women were the first to shut down their looms and leave the factory; they marched through the streets of Lawrence shouting "short pay!" They were soon joined by other workers drawn from the city's many different ethnic groups.
Because the country's most established labor organization, the American Federation of Labor, drew its membership from mostly white, English-speaking skilled craftsmen, it had no interest in a strike that involved women and unskilled, foreign-born workers. The AFL denounced the Lawrence protest as "revolutionary" and "anarchistic."
The owners were initially unconcerned. Without the assistance of the AFL, the Lawrence workers would never be able to sustain a strike. But the more radical Industrial Workers of the World, (I.W.W.) stepped in and sent organizers to Lawrence. Relief committees were formed to provide food, medical care, and clothing to strikers and their families. One magazine reported, "At first everyone predicted that it would be impossible to mold these divergent people together, but aside from the skilled men, comparatively few [broke the strike and] went back to the mills...."
The strikers employed some new tactics. Large groups went in and out of stores, not buying anything but effectively disrupting business. Huge marches were organized, with strikers singing songs, chanting, and carrying banners. One reporter wrote, "It was the spirit of the workers that was dangerous. They are always marching and singing."
One group of women carried a banner proclaiming, "We want bread and roses too." Roses signified the respect due to them as women, rather than just as cheap labor. The slogan caught on and provided the refrain for a popular new song—and the name of one of the most important events in American labor history. Once it was clear that the strikers had solidarity and leadership, management and city officials responded with force. The state militia broke up meetings and marches; soldiers sprayed protesters with fire hoses in frigid winter weather.
Bread and Roses by James Oppenheim
As we come marching in the beauty of the day,
A million darkened kitchens, a thousand mill lofts gray,
Are touched with all the radiance that a sudden sun discloses,
For the people hear us singing "Bread and roses, bread and roses."
As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men,
For they are women's children and we mother them again,
Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes;
Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread but give us roses!
As we come marching, marching, unnumbered women dead
Go crying through our singing their ancient cry for bread.
Small art and love and beauty their drudging spirits knew.
Yes it is bread we fight for but we fight for roses too!
As we come marching, marching, we bring the greater days.
The rising of the woman means the rising of the race.
No more the drudge and idler - ten that toil where one reposes,
But a sharing of life's glories: Bread and roses, bread and roses!
In February, children of strikers were sent to live with sympathetic families in other cities, a tactic that had been used successfully in Europe. The exodus of the children was a public relations disaster for the Lawrence authorities, and they forbade children to leave the city. On February 24th, a group of defiant mothers accompanied their children to the railroad station. Police surrounded and brutally clubbed women and children alike, then threw them into patrol wagons; 30 women were detained in jail.
Newspapers reported this ugly scene, and people all around the country were outraged. A congressional investigation began. As witnesses described working conditions in the mills and the events of the strike, President William Howard Taft ordered an investigation into industrial conditions in Lawrence and throughout the nation.
By March, the hearings had caused so much negative publicity that the American Woolen Company decided to settle. On March 12, 1912, management agreed to the strikers' demands for a 15% pay raise, double pay for overtime, and amnesty for strikers. The striking workers had demonstrated a powerful lesson: even traditionally powerless groups such as women and recent immigrants could prevail if they worked together.
Here is what the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Labor Union said about it:
"One of the most prolific strikes in United States history was the Bread and Roses strike in Lawrence, Massachusetts in 1912. On the heals of a labor victory in legislation, reducing the work week from fifty-six to fifty-four hours, employers in Lawrence's mills reacted by slashing wages to compensate for lost work. The mill owners expected their workers to be unhappy about the slash in pay, but did not expect the full scale retaliation that followed.
Lawrence at the turn of the century was a city of immigrants from many different backgrounds. These immigrants worked in Lawrence's mills, and because of their different ethnic backgrounds, mill owners believe that the workers would not be able to organize because of ethnic differences. The owners proved to be wrong. In the first week of the strike, angry workers walked from mill to mill hurling bricks and stones through mill windows encouraging workers in those mills to walk off the job as well as a result of the pay cut. During the first week 14,000 workers walked off the job in Lawrence and were followed by 9,000 more in the coming weeks.
The Industrial Workers of the World, the IWW or "Wobblies," took a major role in orchestrating and leading the strike. They successfully organized the different ethnic groups who lived and worked together and raised the money necessary to feed and provide for the strikers and their families. Many children were sent away to other cities in order to maintain the resources for the striking workers. This move gained tremendous sympathy from the public, and therefore the factory owners attempted to make sure this practice was stopped immediately. On February 24, 1912, they sent police officers to prevent some mothers and children from leaving Lawrence on a train to Philadelphia. The officers beat up the women and children and caused a public relations nightmare that led to a Congressional investigation of the strike. The owners realized that they had been beaten and finally came to terms with the IWW.
The true heroes of this strike were the women of the city of Lawrence. Women's neighborhood associations were focused more the womanhood than ethnic identity, and thus became more inclusive and unifying which significantly helped the IWW to organize the striking workers and their families. Women also were prolific forces on the picket lines. They were better than the men at finding scabs who were attempting to cross picket lines, and were often more militant than their male counterparts."
Mass Moments
Commonwealth of Toil: Chapters in the History of Massachusetts Workers and Their Unions, by Tom Juravich, William F. Hartford, James R. Green (University of Massachusetts Press, 1996). Rebel Voices: An IWW Anthology, by Joyce Kornbluh (Charles H. Kerr Publishing, 1988). Bread and Roses: Mills, Migrants, and the Struggle for the American Dream by Bruce Watson (Viking, 2005).
Massachusetts AFL-CIO at http://www.massaflcio.org/1912-bread-and-roses-strike
Labor Notes http://labornotes.org/node/679
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Re: my custom mandalorian costume
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Police: Man arrested on exit ramp
Staff reports
BRIDGEPORT -- A man police said was going up to cars stopped on an exit ramp frightened motorists and nearly caused an accident Wednesday night.
Eric Lein, 28, of Fairfield Avenue, was charged with breach of peace and reckless use of a highway by a pedestrian after dispatchers received several complaints that a man dressed in black was approaching cars as they reached the bottom of the cxit 2 Fairfield Avenue ramp on the Route 8/25 connector.
Responding officers saw the suspect standing in the middle of the roadway, with traffic backed up behind him, the incident report states.
An elderly woman told police that she was startled when Lein came up to her car, and was so frightened that he was a carjacker that she nearly rear-ended the car in front of hers.
Lein was released after posting a $500 bond.