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2012-11-19 • TDay on Monday
Start: 12:09:30
Daviss: hello there Alt
alt: morning Daviss, I heard from Mr. Wilson this AM, haven't responded as yet... I just got home from the eye doctor.
Daviss: great alt, at least you have heard
alt: yep now, is he a DNA cousin of yours on Ancestry?
Daviss: did you get a thumbs up on your eyes
alt: yeah, I can see a 'rat licking lard" LOL LOL LOL
Daviss: yes, he is lol lol alt
alt: what's his user name?.. he should be a cousin of mine
Daviss: let me look real quick
alt: okay
Daviss: he is listed as Gerald Wilson
alt: okay, I don't have a Gerald Wilson... hmmn, wonder why?????
Daviss: Bel Air Maryland is where he is from
alt: hello vkn
Daviss: hi there vkn!
vkn: Hello to you alt and to you Daviss and to you Seventies
alt: I called a common cousin of ours in Silver Spring, MD and he isn't aware of him.
Seventies: Hello alt, Daviss and vkn. Happy Monday!
alt: Hello Seventies
Daviss: Hi there Seventies mabe you have to play with that bar to find him Does this cousin have any name that may be different than you that I can look at to see if that name shows up alt
vkn: HELP! Search engine to mail list is working again. Not as pretty as previous but working. Will need to get it posted all around the place so help us get it out there
Daviss: Hows it going Seventies and vkn?
alt: could be Daviss, but with the one lady being a neice of my grandfather he should be like a 2nd/3rd cousin... we'll get it squared away when I connect with him.... Thanks again for the contact information.
Seventies: Pretty good...
Daviss: no problem alt
Seventies: Better than Saturday... lol
vkn: It never stops daviss in fact we taught the lil Bunny how to keep on going lol
alt: we'll do the best we can to help circulate the mail list infor vkn.
Daviss: I guess seventies
vkn: aka Ever Ready lol I know you will alt
Daviss: brb
alt: I'm beginning to see some nice photos of Pres Obama with folks here in Springfield on Facebook from his visit here the FRiday before election day.
Daviss: ok back with my fresh cup of java
alt: vkn,there is one photo of him holding a baby that is an Embry descendant... the granddaughter of the lady that introduced him. that one will be a priceless family photo.
vkn: Oh and woe
Daviss: I can imagine the thrill they got
Seventies: alt you know your Springfield community,huh? wow!
Daviss: history has a way of taping in on every generation. Some of us are lucky to get a real first hand glance Its so funny but Taylor and I had a conversation last night
alt: in this case Seventies, my ex-wife's mother was an Embry from Lincoln, AL in Calhoun Co.,
Daviss: The oven went out when we came back from Okla and we really need to get a new stove
alt: very true Daviss, we forget that we are a part of history making times/events.
Daviss: They, meaning her and the kids want to know how we will get thanksgiving dinner donne
alt: oh, oh .. just in time for the holidays .. bummer!!!!
Seventies: You really need to get your bro to hook you up with that military discount Daviss.
Daviss: son Anthony lives in a loft apt and I am not about to walk up all those stairs to cook] but they can go and cook some things
alt: you could use ours' Daviss.. Anita said she ain't doing any cooking this year LOL LOL
Seventies: lol lol alt
Daviss: well, since we have an electric roaster I can cook turkey here
vkn: Just recd an interesting welcome phone call from ??? of the ??? website Thanking me for visiting the site and wondered what resource I might be seeking etc etc etc etc. I recently registered there about 2 months ago etc
Daviss: taylor said what about the dressing
alt: my man is thinking LOL lOL
Daviss: I told here that we could do like we used to do and stuff turkey and put dressing along the side
alt: plan B, huh Daviss
Seventies: OK, is it an AA site??
Daviss: They looked at me with strange light bulb eyes lol and said that i was joking no body ever did that
vkn: A continuing discussion re stuffing or dressing. In my part of the South it is dressing
Seventies: South and in southern/north homes its referred to as dressing. What I really love is Creole dressing! Yummy!!
alt: same here "Up South' vkn.
vkn: lol
Seventies: brb
Daviss: I told them that the only reason I started cooking dressing seperately was because there was never enough left over the next day and what is the day after without a dressing sammich lol
alt: you got it Daviss.... Firday's meals the day after Thanksgivng always were/are 'da bomb'.
vkn: Stuffing will make one sick from inside the bird aka as spoilers, ressing could be eaten for days even without refrigeration
Daviss: yummy for dressing
vkn: or just a cut square cut and laced with giblet gravy daviss
alt: i don't know a lick about the cooking, but I'm and expert on the eating LOL LOL
Daviss: Someone was saying that they did not like fruitcake, but I tell ya my aunt made the best ever in life
vkn: lol @ alt and eating
Daviss: I wish I could have learned from all those people. The only thing I think I learned to cook durn near right is seafood gumbo. I watched my grandmother cook that time and time again because i always wanted the first bowl
vkn: I get my fruitcake from a place in TX Have not ordered any in years Cannot remember name of town
Daviss: the test bowl lol
alt: I watched a session of ASALH on C-Span...AA women in the National Parks Service.. very informtative program, well done.
Daviss: yes alt I watched half of it but had to leave
vkn: ASALH has an excellent marketing/outreach approach
Daviss: vkn do you have an email addy for Bernard Wilson in tucson I am hoping they have a genealogy group and that our group could go down for one of their meetings
alt: Is that Alquire's (sp) last name.?
Daviss: yes alt
alt: is that her husband ?
vkn: Yes I do Daviss
Daviss: I think it is alt
alt: okay
Daviss: Someone was saying look for a Gloria Jackson but I have no clue
vkn: Yes bernard does the heavy lifting for Alguirre
Daviss: Do they have a Gen group vkn?
vkn: yuppers I will connect you with him/her
Daviss: thanks I think it would be a good thing
alt: guess I have my 2013 Conference schedule liined up... OGS in April in Cincy and FGS in Aug in Ft. Wayne.
vkn: Worth considering regional groups Isn't that what ypu have alt
Daviss: ohhhh alt, You are gonna head up to FT Wayne thats great what is that drive time?
alt: yes vkn AAGGMV is a 'regional group' we cover about 9-10 counties in west central Ohio.
Seventies: OK I'm back... :}
vkn: and what about MAGGI you two in StLoMo
alt: 1 hr to Cincy & 2 hr to Ft. Wayne.
Daviss: I would love to go vkn but not so sure.. Our family reunion is in July in Atlanta and MAGGI is in June
alt: St Louis and Chicago are a little too far for me vkn... there is a group in Indianapolis and one in Cleveland.
vkn: okies
Seventies: Oh I was talking to my mom last night and she said that my great grandmother used to make sweet potato pie with white potatoes. Anyone ever heard of or had that??
Daviss: now if the karma is right and I hit the lotto its On!!!
Seventies: LOL Daviss, that lotto is MINE! LOL
Daviss: I have had that Seventies
alt: good luck Daviss & Seventies
Daviss: lol thanks I need it, Seventies is in that 1%
Seventies: How in the world does that taste?? Seems like acorn squash would be better in Sweet potato pie...
alt: I see where Tony Burroughs & Debborah Abbott are going to present at a workshop together in Milwaukee.
Daviss: folks back in the day made something out of everything Seventies and it always worked
Seventies: That's what I was thinking Daviss.
Daviss: What conference is that alt I have heard Burroughs but not Abbott
Seventies: I was watching Food Network and someone's grandmother made squash pie with yellow squash.
alt: not a Conference Daviss, but a 1 day workshop.... Deborah Abbott was the co-chair of IBGS and has been on the staff at Samford for several years Daviss.
Daviss: yes alt, I just have never been to one of her sessions... In Ft Wayne was when I took Burroughs class lol It was the tech session which I should not have been in at all. LOL But I wanted to hear him so I sacrificed my bumbling knowledge to hear the man everyone seemed to admire admire lol
Seventies: Hey I understand that Daviss.
alt: She's quite good Daviss, knowledgeable and gives a very personable presentation... she knows how to 'speak to the people'.
Daviss: so that tells me alt that the next time I am at a conference and she is on I will surely sigh up for her class
alt: you won't be disappointed Daviss
Seventies: I am really wishing we could have some additional conferences here on the East Coast in NY...
Daviss: I hear ya Seventies
Seventies: I need to contact AAGHS NY But I know that they are still suffering from Sandy and Athena...
Daviss: oh wow Seventies
alt: how far are you from Buffalo and/or Rochester Seventies .. I think they have groups.
Seventies: Yes POTUS Obama was just here in NY earlier last week. For me alt, that would be like driving to Ohio.. I'm just an hour outside NYC That was the chapter I'm interested in in Harlem. I think I would have something to share with the group.
alt: sounds like a project for you & Jennifer Stokes to get sumpin' started ar fired up with the NYC group Seventies
vkn: and what about the guy at that college with USCT alt
Seventies: Jennifer called me last night... she's so good at following up. And I stink at it lol
vkn: cannot recall his name at the moment
alt: is it Bradshaw, or sumpin like that vkn?
vkn: Yes Matthew
alt: ah so!!!!! maybe you could even get Denise Oliver-Velez invovled Seventies
Seventies: She's about an hour upstate from me alt...
vkn: Alt you are getting the stuff to Debby Cuffey
Seventies: Up at New Paltz.
alt: Debbie Cuffey to or from vkn ?????
vkn: bi directional alt
Seventies: Yea, I could but she won't accept my friend request on Facebook... lol That's the way the cookie crumbles.. lol
alt: Seventies, our group AAGGM encompasses about a 75 mile circle...... up to an hour to an hour & 1/2 drivng time .. it can be done.
vkn: She is not on facebook seventies She is on the Daily Kos
Seventies: oh okay Some things I only read... :}
vkn: Someone else is automating her on facebook
alt: and the AAGGKY group in Kentucky has about 75-100 mile area they cover.
vkn: o she is not getting your friend requests
alt: it would be work Seventies, but it can be done.
Daviss: who is that Denise?
Seventies: lol
vkn: yes daviss
Daviss: she may have so many that she has not looked up at her msgs
Seventies: alt, I'm gonna try the NYC group. No need in reinventing the wheel.. lol I was told that the MS folk could use help
alt: I can understand that Seventies
vkn: we denise and I talk about once monthly
alt: and appreciate it too LOL LOL
vkn: All the goats are gone daviss
Seventies: If they have a Dec meeting I plan on attending. I'll be in NYC anyways
Daviss: lol Charleston is in a happy home I spect
Seventies: or in a pot of curry goat! lol
Daviss: nawwww not the main man lol he is to old
Seventies: oh lawd! Forgive me... lol
Daviss: yeah you need a spankin.. i'am gonna tell Denise
alt: probably has him 'stuffed' or his head mounted on a wall LOL
Seventies: lol run tell dat! lol
vkn: wupps lol
Daviss: gonna tell her on you too alt
alt: Oops LOL
Daviss: lol lol lol
alt: Denise, would appreciate those comments, might not like them, but she would appreciate them LOL
Seventies: lol
Daviss: yep alt shde sure would.. i do miss her shde = sure
alt: all in jest
Daviss: sheesh meaning she
Seventies: Hey y'all I gotta get back to work.. see you on the flipside. FB
Daviss: later and I will head out also
alt: hang tough Seventies
Daviss: see yall later
Seventies: If y'all don't hear from me just know I hit the lotto... lol
alt: lights & chairs... I got'em
Daviss: yeah right!!! ok alt bye and take care
vkn: okies
Daviss: bye vkn


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I don't follow the logic. Whether the departure of AJ Styles from TNA is legitimate or part of a storyline isn't really the issue for me. If it's real, TNA is letting one of its most talented performers drift away. If it's part of a storyline, then TNA is just doing what they've done so many times in the past, blurring the lines between real world concerns and storytelling to the point that fans don't know and don't care what to believe anymore. Either way, it's not good.
AJ deserves better, from the business and from wrestling fans. On December 16, Styles issued a public statement on his rather unceremonious (and relatively anticlimactic) parting of ways with the organization that's been home to him for over a decade. Wrestling's rumor mill is often rife with intrigue and venom, but with regard to Styles, the rhetoric seems uniquely ignoble. Here's the backdrop: Since 2002, Styles has been an integral part of the U.S.' number-two promotion. Through some of the company's more difficult stretches, he's proven to be one of the most consistently entertaining folks on the roster. Hell, one could even make the argument that Styles helped build TNA into a credible, viable outlet for mainstream wrestling fans who might otherwise have ignored the company altogether. A top-ranked singles performer; a charismatic, energetic and able-bodied performer; a man with a passion for professional wrestling—it's not too much of a stretch to say he's TNA's John Cena.
But that—all that—wasn't enough for TNA to keep him down on the farm. And he's just another name in a big list of folks who have slipped away from TNA this year. Stu Saks spelled it out in his "From The Desk Of..." column in the November 2013 issue of PWI when he provided a list of the folks who had been cut by TNA over the course of recent months. I wasn't convinced, myself. Stu noted that his sources were saying that TNA was in "more trouble than it's been in in a long while" at that point, but around the same time, I heard from some folks in the business that the state of the company was relatively strong. I don't like disagreeing with Stu, anyway. It's like arguing with my father-in-law about which tires are better for my car; I have my own reasons and preferences, but at the end of the day, I'd be crazy to go against the sage-like wisdom that comes with decades of experience.
Hogan's departure, which followed the exodus that Stu Saks described, was a tremendous blow to TNA's continuing assertions that everything was still going swimmingly for the company. The way he went out, with on-screen figurehead Dixie Carter on her knees begging him to stay, was especially embarassing. Maybe they didn't expect things to shake out the way they did, but in retrospect, it's really hard to see the wisdom in how the Hulkster's exit was staged. Now we're hearing that Jeff Jarrett, the architect of Total Nonstop Action wrestling and, for many years, the driving force behind the company on screen and behind the scenes, has officially left the company as well. Yet, as big as Hogan and Jarrett are with regard to the company's origins and recent past, the potential loss of Styles is the biggest blow to an organization that is increasingly short on depth and substance these days.
Much to my surprise, I've seen a vocal contingent on social media sharing some rather bleak predictions about Styles' potential future outside of TNA. I've read a lot of skepticism regarding Styles' marketability as a WWE guy (which, all told, is likely more of a commentary on WWE than on Styles himself) and I've seen a fair amount of people questioning whether or not Styles could even become a formidable player in ROH and independent wrestling. Even grantland.com's David Shoemaker took a rather mean-spirited swipe at Styles shortly before his departure of TNA, as well as Adam Pearce and Christopher Daniels, suggesting they'd missed their moment and likening them to "30-year-old(s) playing Triple-A ball."
A lot of the critique seems more like parlor games and puffery as opposed to substantive analysis of Styles' abilities and TNA's struggles. Styles' noteworthy run with TNA makes one thing very clear: these entities—the grappler and his longtime home—are best served staying together. For Styles, he's a big fish in a relatively small pond and, when he's allowed to shine and flourish, merits top billing solely because of how and what he does in the ring. For TNA, Styles is a bankable, reliable star who never lets his fans down. Is Styles tainted through his longstanding relationship with TNA? Maybe, but only to those who make up their minds by judging individual workers on the missteps and poor decisions of the company itself, which is a rather unfortunate and shortsighted perspective. The fact is, Styles deserves better and TNA can and should do better by him. In the words of some other big-time wrestling guy, "It's what's good for business."
Mike Bessler
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@OfficialPWI Contributor
Friday, December 27, 2013
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Aaron Walker needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
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Library Technology Reports > Libraries and the Mobile Web / Cody Hanson
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What evidence would provide a good indication that the day had come for your library to focus concerted efforts on mobile services? If nearly all Americans owned cell phones? Maybe if a large percentage of those phone owners demonstrably used their device to access the internet? Perhaps if smartphone sales began to approach sales of PCs? If major information service providers were shifting their focus from the desktop to mobile devices? If the trend turned away from mobile devices mimicking the functions of desktop computers, and instead desktops began to emulate mobiles? Maybe if there was evidence that traditional desktop connectivity wasn't reaching people who could be reached on their mobile devices?
If so, then that day is today.
The evidence is compelling. The vast majority of Americans now own cell phones. Nearly half use them to access the internet. In Q4 of 2010, manufacturers shipped more smartphones than they did traditional PCs. Underrepresented groups are accessing the mobile internet in impressive numbers. Google is developing for mobile first and the desktop second. Apple is in the midst of making its desktop computers behave more like its mobile devices. If your library, like mine (and every library I can think of), has been transformed by desktop computing and internet access, now is the time to take action and be proactive in providing robust services to mobile users.
Cody Hanson
Cody Hanson is Web Architect and User Experience Analyst at the University of Minnesota Libraries, where he works to make the online research process more intuitive and fruitful for students, staff and faculty. He was a 2010 ALA Emerging Leader, and he co-chairs the LITA Education Committee. As an adjunct faculty member at Saint Catherine University, he has taught "Library 2.0" in the Master of Library and Information Science program.
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Sony HDR-HC1/HVR-A1 and housings
Posted 17 May 2005 - 02:18 PM
Posted 27 May 2005 - 07:19 AM
Let's hope it has similar picture quality and reliabilty.
I have heard ( actually seen the pictures of models ) that sony intend to offer a consumer version DV/HDV and a DVCAM / HD version just like they offered with the first round of HDV offerings.
Having just spent 3 weeks pushing a a HDV-Z1 around in a Gates housing - It will be a welcome relief to shed all the weight that has just been thrust upon me. It reminded me so clearly why I was thrilled to get rid of my old housed BetaSP unit.
The picture quality of this unit will be at least the equal of the current batch of 3 chip offerings. Perhaps some folk who are more qualified than I can offer some technical comparision of the camera's in terms of output.
I am waiting for the call from Sony (MONDAY ) to get my hands on one of these little beauties to see if it will fit into a housing we already have.
I can't wait.
It might be a big call but I think THIS unit will be the next big thing in underwater video provided it lives up the the lineage before it.
Posted 27 May 2005 - 08:36 AM
The gates housing a tad bit BIG? I'm about to test S&S's version for the sardine run since the S&S rep will be there. It's about the same size as the Gates but slightly lighter.
The pro version of the HC1 is the HVR-A1, with the usual XLR and DVCAM. Apparently it's going to go for $3500. Which is right against a FX1. The lineage would be the PD100 and PD10x. The PD100 was very nice but then the PD10 was not much of an improvement except for the near native 16:9. The A1 will be native 16:9 and if the SD from the Z1/FX1 is anything to go by, it should produce nice video in DV/SD. It's been said that a CMOS sensor has more dynamic range and the 1/3" sensor should help with low light. Then again the Z1/FX1 still can't beat the VX2k/PD170 for lowlight but once there's enough light it's much better.
There's more in the pipeline from Sony. I think there's lower priced models like HC7 etc to hit the $1200 range. The FX-1/Z1 is the snowball at the top of the mountain, HC1 just tipped it over the steep edge.... life is looking good for videographers. B)
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 27 May 2005 - 09:43 AM
I have been primarily a film / video guy for the past 15 years , I have an old housed Betacam SP unit and a Digi Betacam unit and assorted lenses to suit. also have a super 16 A Minimar from Aaton housed. I currently use my first AVID editing system as a footrest ( it takes turns with my rebreather ) , stills have been an annoying thing, until I started to shoot digital SLR'S - then they became an all consuming passion.
I have fond memories of Gates VX1000 offering ( in fact I still have 2 ). I had the first 3 housings from Gates of the new model ( they were ordered last october ).
I was that excited about this unit I ordered them before Gates had even become aware of the camera ( that's confidence for you ).
Still , once the excitement is gone and the moment has passed - this unit brings home some stark reality's.
The FX-1 / Z-1 is dimensionally a big camera , and as such requires a big housing.
I respect other peoples opinion's ( especially when they are spending their own money ) me I have spent mine and am simply putting my view forward.
In short the lack of bulk of the new units for the HC1 will push them into the preferred unit of choice , certainly at the prosumer level. ( Sony tells me this is the target - japanese comes in handy sometimes )
I will give you a update once I have had a close encounter with them next week as I expect them to be almost a direct fit in to some housings I already have.
Posted 27 May 2005 - 11:18 PM
How is the HDV-Z1 under water in regards to light sensitivity? Is it a big difference compared to the PD-150/170?
Canon EOS 350D
Posted 27 May 2005 - 11:36 PM
I hear you on the monster size. I was shooting with a Arri Super 16 for 2 days on a RIB and never wanted more than to leave it to sink into the deep after 5-7 dives a day.
It is a problem that the Z1/FX1 is a bigger camera than the VX/PD. But then again, its wider FOV and crisper video does make up for a lot.
Re the HC1, are you testing the pre-production samples that are available in Oz or production ones? I thought they were out in July? Anyhow there's lanc so any generic TRV housing should fit. Keep us informed.
PS my old Avid editing station( now happily serving as a learning computer in the Philippines somewhere) remnants include a 80GB SCSI III RAID that I paid WAY too much for in the 90s. I think my X RAID is still cheaper than what I paid for old system.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 27 May 2005 - 11:49 PM
The camera has performed fairly well in reasonable available light. The average conditions that I used it in were at best 20 meteres and then full of matter in the water column.
Where the camera really shined was in it's image quality when HID lighting was introduced to the equation.
I think the PD150 was a little better in low light ....... then it really hard to compare the two images as they are so different.
Posted 27 May 2005 - 11:57 PM
The microphone has the same mounting system as the PD100/PDX10 units it replaces.
Posted 28 May 2005 - 07:29 AM
If it fairs really well this might be a better, and a lighter option to use both on land and under the water.
I looked at the Amphibico Phenom housing for the HVR-Z1U at the scuba show in Long Beach, and I must say that it is a beautiful and intelligently made housing. They are also planning sell a prism that you can mount over the window on top of the housing to eliminate the need for an external monitor. Low profile and very nice...
If I am deciding on a HVR-Z1U, this would be the housing to get. I am a strong Gates user and fan, but on this one Amphibico is on top IMHO.
Canon EOS 350D
Posted 28 May 2005 - 07:47 AM
Canon EOS 350D
Posted 28 May 2005 - 11:36 AM
Another question about the HVR-A1U: will it, as its bigger brother HVR-Z1U, be able to record both in PAL and NTSC?
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 12 July 2005 - 10:18 AM
I think that any UW camcorder must have it especially if you are filming with available Light and or & filters.
Now from what I know the white balance is on the HC1 like on the PC1000
only via touchscreen available .
Will be there a housing where we can do Manual white Balance with the Klick off on Button? Maybe via Lanc?
Posted 26 July 2005 - 07:58 AM
Just got confirmation from Amphibico that they WILL be able to access manual white balance through LANC and hence there housing for this camera will offer it! Great news!
Posted 26 July 2005 - 07:59 AM
Posted 28 July 2005 - 07:22 AM
It will also be a good to have as an editing camera / batch capture to the computer instead of wearing out the FX1.
Amphibico Phenom & EVO PRO & Navigator 900
Share Your Underwater Videos | www.flykam.com.au
Posted 29 July 2005 - 02:41 AM
Does anyone have any news of potential prices from anyone?
Posted 29 July 2005 - 04:10 AM
FX1 ca 3500 euro
A1 ca 2800 euro
HC1 ca 1800 euro
Posted 29 July 2005 - 08:46 AM
Posted 29 July 2005 - 06:24 PM
Btw here's a review of the HC1 by Doug Spotted Eagle.
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 31 July 2005 - 08:24 AM
High definition Video 178 megs for 14
I spliced it with Adobe Premiere still figuring out how it works.


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A report in the International Herald Tribune the other day said soybean-crushing plants in China face closings this year because exporters are requiring them to pay in advance for their soybeans.
The demands for upfront payments come after plants reneged on contracts last year, leaving shippers holding the bag for more than $350 million in soybeans, according to analysts.
Problems with Chinese defaults on payments haven't been confined to soybeans. U.S. cotton merchants reportedly are trying to resolve contract disputes that occurred last year when Chinese textile mills began to realize they had purchased more cotton than they could use.
At one point, Chinese mills were behind on payments for $475 million of U.S. and Australian cotton. Some said the mills delayed payments so they could re-purchase the cotton at lower prices.
In a country as huge as China, supply chain and invoice blips are bound to be part of the landscape. But they also seem to be part of a pattern of deception in which Chinese executives seem to think they don't have to play by the rules.
Readers know U.S. manufacturers have complained that the Chinese government manipulates the yuan so that its products are priced 25 to 30 percent below comparable goods in the United States.
Reports also abound of slave-labor wages and sweatshop working conditions. The Washington Post recently reported that a Chinese clothing factory owner said he paid his seamstresses $125 a month for nine hours of work per day. Some workers later said they were actually paid $75 a month for 12 hours a day.
At the end of the article, the factory owner, who was complaining about U.S. efforts to slow the flood of Chinese textile and apparel shipments to this country, said, "We're not taking jobs from America. The competition is good."
Because China is the world's largest market for soybeans and cotton, shippers are treading softly whenever they complain about Chinese trading practices.
The China National Grain and Oils Information Center said it could purchase 24 million metric tons of soybeans — nearly a third of the U.S. crop — this year. USDA forecasts China could import 14.5 million bales — more than half of the U.S. cotton crop — in the same period.
The National Cotton Council has been working with the China Cotton Association to educate its members on the so-called Liverpool Rules, which govern cotton trading in most of the world, to eliminate future contract problems.
China obviously has set its sights on becoming the world's leading industrial power. A recent Newsweek article said China is expected to triple its economic output in the next 15 years, overtaking Japan in 2015 and the United States by 2039. Many analysts believe it won't take that long.
If members of the new Chinese entrepreneurial class can't be made to follow international trading rules and the rules of human decency, this could turn into a nightmare for the rest of the world.


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One Ugly Plant!
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What do actor Tom Cruise and the desert plant Welwitschia mirabilis have in common? Well, one thing's for certain. . .it isn't good looks. Remember the greenhouse scene in the movie Minority Report? Yep, that wasn't a creeping spider or a pile of trash behind the star. It was Welwitschia, one of the ugliest plants alive!
"It is without question the most wonderful plant ever brought to this country, and one of the ugliest," said the Keeper of the Royal Botanic Gardens in England in 1863 when he was given a specimen. Today, botanic gardens around the world grow Welwitschia, but they are infants compared to the ancient ones growing in the wild.
Welwitschias live in the coastal desert regions of Namibia and Angola, Africa. They get the moisture they need to survive from fog rolling in from the ocean. Carbon-14 dating has placed the age of two of the plants at 1,500-years-plus!
"It's a fascinating plant because it is so bizarre," says Judy Jernstedt, a plant morphologist at the University of California who has traveled halfway around the world to see them. "Basically, Welwitschia has only two ratty-looking leaves that last hundreds if not thousands of years."
The stem of an adult plant is a look-alike for an upside-down traffic cone. From it, two long, straplike leaves grow and grow and never fall off. As the centuries pass, the desert winds whip, shred, and tangle them into a shoulder-high mass of twisted ribbons. An African name for the plant says it all: "long-haired thing." Named after Friedrich Welwitsch, the explorer, Welwitschia, bears small cones instead of flowers. Its male and female organs are separated. Where in the scheme of plants does it belong?
And there is another mystery. Desert plants grow with little or no water. They can't seal their tissues completely to hold what little there is, because they need to take in carbon dioxide for photosynthesis. As a result, most have no leaves, or tiny ones. Welwitschia's leaves spread a quarter of a meter and release a liter of water a day! Botanists think it must come from the plant's collection of soil moisture.
A female plant produces some 20,000 seeds each year. In a greenhouse they germinate freely, but in the desert 90 percent of them mold. The 10 percent that survive send down long taproots in just a few weeks.
"Welwitschia combines some traits of gymnosperms such as conifers and also traits of flowering plants, but it still isn't clear to plant biologists exactly where it fits into the emerging picture of plant evolution," says Jernstedt.
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The week's events marked the seventh time that Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week took place in Lincoln Center. Nearly 90 designers showcased their collections to packed crowds of buyers, fashion media and bloggers.
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The fashion industry accounts for nearly 5 percent of the city's workforce, while the biannual show attracts nearly 250,000 attendees, according to Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
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A diminishing aquifer, prolonged drought, the possible impact of fracking, a few rumblings of concern that the federal government might begin to intervene in state groundwater regulations and a few-less-than friendly state legislators have Texas agricultural leaders concerned about how the future water needs of farmers and ranchers will be met.
"Water is a complex issue in Texas," says David Gibson, executive director, Texas Corn Producers Board, speaking during the opening session of the Southwest Ag Issues Summit in Oklahoma City Sunday (Sept. 8).
Gibson, moderating a water issues roundtable discussion, said the drought of 2011 "put water in a different perspective," for corn growers. "We had water issues where we had never had issues before. It woke us up a little bit."
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The drought also captured the attention of several Texas state legislators, some of whom are not particularly attuned to the needs of agriculture. Gibson says several would like to see increased water district cooperation to create a more consistent model. "They want all districts to look the same," Gibson said.
But, he explained, water districts are not the same. Some are located over part of an aquifer that may have more water than is available in another district. Some districts are composed of multiple counties; some are single counties.
He said several state legislators "file a pile of water legislation" every year that does not reflect the needs of agriculture.
Gibson expressed concern that the federal government could take over state groundwater regulations. Currently, the state of Texas regulates groundwater—typically through water districts. "I can't imagine having to deal with groundwater issues under the federal government," he said.
An audience member asked about the current level and lifespan of the Ogallala aquifer. Dr. Jeff Johnson, Texas Tech University, explained that current status of the aquifer "depends on where you are. Some areas are running out of water now; others have deep pockets of water that will still be available after other areas have run out."
But the situation is serious, Johnson said. "In 30 years, we will have significantly less water than we do now. We could see a serious impact on irrigation. But we've heard that we were running out of water since the 1970s. Things change; we develop more efficient irrigation and new technology."
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Gibson said fracking may have more impact on water levels than has been reported and some have pointed out the value of water used for fracking to get oil versus water for producing crops. "They need to consider that agriculture value is spread over a long term," he said.
He also noted that by current Texas law fracking to produce oil is exempt from water use reporting.
Many of the water regulations currently in place, Gibson explained, were initiated through Senate Bill 1, passed in 1997. "Sine 2001, new laws have been enacted that changed regulations."
Currently, the Texas Water Development Board must come up with a water plan for use and conservation, taking into account demand and disappearance for the next 50 years. "The last plan was developed in 2012.
"A lot of legislators want to talk about 'our water,' but they live up and down the I-35 Corridor," not in farm and ranch country, Gibson notes.
Water continues to be a complex and often contentious issue in Texas—as well as in other Southwestern states. "I never go to a meeting that water issues don't come up," he said.
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The names of 36 Wayne County veterans of the Civil War have been reported to this paper, since its request for a list of the names and addresses of local veterans who are still living.
The names of 33 old soldiers were reported in our columns last week and the week before, and three more have been received this week, as follows:
ALDERSON WATTS, formerly of this county, who now lives near Portsmouth, Ohio, who is 81 years of age. A news story concerning Mr. Watt's recent visit to this county appears in this issue. He was a Confederate veteran.
JESSE QUEEN, a Union veteran, who now lives at Salt Rock, on Guyan River. He makes his home with his son, Jim Queen. Mr. Queen is 86 years old, and is in very poor health at present.
JOHN ADKINS, who lives with his son William Adkins, at the mouth of the Parker Adkins Branch, just above the mouth of Raccoon Creek. He is a Union veteran and served for 18 months in the Civil War. Mr. Adkins formerly lived in Cabell county.
After an absence of more than thirty-five years, Alderson Watts, Sr., former well-known citizen of this county, returned last week for a few days' visit with friends and relatives in Wayne and East Lynn.
Watts is 81 years old, having celebrated his 81st birthday [in] May. He is the son of John Hansford (Hanse) Watts and the only brother of Harrison Watts, who died a few months ago at his home near Huntington.
Watts was born near East Lynn on what is now the W. R. Osburn place and lived for many years [near] East Lynn. He later lived at the mouth of Wilson's Creek and at Buffalo Shoals in this county. At the present he is living near Portsmouth, Ohio, where he is farming.
Although advanced in age, he still possesses a strong constitution and agile mind. He is raising a big crop this season, and he engages in the most interesting conversation. . .
Watts is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the 16th Va. Cavalry of the Confederate Army under Col. Jim Ferguson. He enlisted when he was only 15 years old. An ususual fact about his service experience is that he served in the Civil War with his father, who was also a Confederate soldier in the 8th Va. Cavalry under General Corns. Another interesting angle is that when John and his son Alderson went to war in the Confederate Army, Attison Watts, a brother of John. and his son Milton Watts went to war in the Union Army. It was a case of father and son fighthing brother and uncle and visa versa.
During his trip here last week, Mr. Watts discussed the days of conflict between 1861 and 1865. He was in the war three years, fighting most of the time in Virginia and Pennsylvania, but principally in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Although he endured hardships, Mr. Watts says he enjoyed the experiences he had in the War. Being a boy of 15 when he went in, he regarded it as a thrilling adventure.
He recalls that one time he went for [days] without any food and the first thing he ate was an ear of raw corn which in found on the road and which had been trampled by the feet of many horses. He said that he ate every grain of corn on the ear and thought it was one of the best morsels of food that he had ever tasted.
Mr. Watts participated in the Dry Mountain battle in Virginia. The location is called Dry Mountain because the crest of the mountain is above most of the rain showers. In one particular engagement on this mountain, he recalls that the Confederate Army fought in sunshine on top of the mountain while the Union soldiers were struggling in rain and mud at the foot of the mountain in preparation for their attack. In this instance the Confederate Army of sixteen hundred men met the Union forces that numbered thirty thousand (hundred?). He had a close call in the Battle of King's Salt Works, near Tazewell, Virginia, and also in other engagements, but finally survived the war a little worse off for the experience.
Mr. Watts returned to his home in Ohio last Friday. Before leaving he expressed great admiration for the progress that has been made in his home county during the 35 years that have intervened since his last time home. He spoke of the present modern school system in comparison with the first school that he ever attended which was taught by "Uncle" Thomas Napier, one of the pioneer teachers in this section of the state. The school building was made of hewn logs and had dirt floors. The building was heated by an open fire built of wood on the dirt floor in the middle of the room. There were unsatisfactory means of escape for the smoke, and Mr. Watts says that the pupils' eyes were filled with tears from the smoke most of the time. In that school everyone studied "out loud." That was the custom in all schools then. "It sounded like bedlam," Mr. Watts says, "for everyone seemed to be trying to make more noise than anybody else, but somehow we managed to get along and to learn something of our three R's--Readin', 'Ritin' and 'Rithmetic."
Next to our schools, he believes the most progress has been made in our roads. He said that when he had to make the trip from Wayne to Huntington by automobile last Friday, he was amazed at the splendid condition of our roads. Other roads which he traveled in the county made it possible to go by automobile to places that were practically inaccessible for any kind of vehicle only a few years ago.
"Wayne is a great county with a glorious past and a wonderful future," Mr. Watts said in an interview with this writer, "and my advice to the young men and women is not to leave home, but instead remain here in Wayne county and lend your efforts helping to make it an ever better place to live than it now is."
On the night of May the 29th about fifty Klansmen in robes and masks climbed to the top of Well's Mountain with beautiful wreaths of flowers and placed them in token of their friendship and love on the grave of Y. B. Salmons, who had been a loyal and faithful Klansman. The Klansmen came from various parts of Wayne county, some from a distance of at least twenty miles, and after parking their cars at the base of the mountain, they ascended on foot to the brow of the mountain where they assembled themselves in due form around the grave.
The service of the memorial was introduced by prayer after which a very fitting talk for the occasion was delivered by a well-known and well-informed minister of the gospel. After the short service the Klansmen all in white and by the light of the bright burning candles circled around the grave to deposit a wreath as a last respect to their brother, after which they started for the vicinity of Coleman to do likewise to another Klansman's grave.
Wayne County News
Wayne, W. Va.
Dear Editor:
In response to the request recently published in your paper, I shall give you a brief sketch of my service in the Civil War.
I first enlisted in the First Kentucky Capitol Guards where I served for seven months. I re- enlisted out of State Service into the United States service in the 53rd Regiment, Company K, on April 5, 1865, and served until September 15, 1865. I was in service altogether over twelve months, and my discharge record shows me now 79 years of age.
I lived in Kentucky during the War and for a few years afterwards, moving to Wayne county about forty years ago, where I have lived ever since.
James H. Ferguson
Branchland, W. Va.
Route 2, Box 45
June 8, 1926
Wayne County News
Wayne, W. Va.
Dear Editor:
In last week's paper I read an article by Mrs. Donald Clark, stating that she believed she had the only trundle bed in West Virginia, and naming some other rare relics, which was very interesting for me to read. At the same time, it caused my mind to reflect back to childhood days when I used to fill the bobbins for my mother to make the winter clothing for the family.
I will say there is yet another trundle bed in the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. McClellan near the Wayne-Lincoln line. You can see also two of the four-poster beds in this home, well corded and laden with the homemade blankets and coverlids which Mrs. McClellan made on her big old loom which she also has yet with its many belongings. She also has drafts of many designs for making coverlids and she has not forgotten how to use them.
She has a shawl that was woven on her loom, size five by seven feet. Mrs. McClellan has the cards for making rolls, also the spinning wheel used to spin the rolls into thread. This wheel has been in use for ninety years. She also has the old-time reel. Another article of interest is an old bread tray in which she has made hundreds and hundreds of pounds of bread. This tray is made of lynn timber and has been used by Mrs. McClellan for over fifty years. She also has in her kitchen a cupboard, with metal doors instead of glass, carved with flowers, which was made by "Uncle Billie" Rice of near Nestlow many years ago. The shawl which I have mentioned is woven in "Bird-Eye Twill."
Mr. and Mrs. McClellan have lived in Wayne County for forty-eight years, coming here from Scott County, Virginia. Mr. McClellan is 74 years old and Mrs. McClellan is 70.
Mrs. Sarah V. E. Shuff
Wayne, W. Va.
June 8, 1926
A heavy bloom indicates that there will be a big crop of blackberries in Wayne County this year. According to J. W. Mitchell, postmaster at Wayne, one of the old signs for determining in advance whether there will be plenty of blakberries is that rainy weather on June 7th means few berries and dry weather insures a big berry crop.
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The Monkees haven't toured together in more than four decades, so it seemed only logical that at a rehearsal this week in North Hollywood, the band's three surviving members might not be in sync.
But two days ahead of a short reunion tour that began Thursday in Escondido, Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork communicated in a secret language as if it were still 1969.
In the middle of a long jam, Nesmith, 69, took his hands off his vintage-style Gretsch guitar and began addressing Dolenz in an elaborate sequence of arm and hand signals (think of ground crew guiding a plane in at LAX). Dolenz, 67, quickly answered in similar body language from behind his gold metal-flake drum kit. Tork smiled.
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Huntington Beach has quietly paid $150,000 to settle a lawsuit accusing two police officers of wrongfully bursting into a home and arresting a man and a woman under the city's noise ordinance. One of the officers was further accused of reaching under the woman's skirt after she was handcuffed.
The couple, Eric Anderson, 49, and Nadsya Mohoff, 32, was arrested after an officer said he heard noise from a clock radio, their attorney said. Charges against the two, including resisting arrest, were dismissed.
During depositions in the case, police admitted that Huntington Beach officers are issuing $250 noise citations without using a meter to measure the sound.
"There are some things we definitely could have done better in that call," said Huntington Beach police Lt. Mitch O'Brien.
Mohoff and Anderson had just returned from dinner Sept. 25, 2010 with friend Mark Stewart when police came to the front door on Drake Lane, the lawsuit said. Officer Michael Dexter had been flagged by a neighbor who reported seeing a Dodge Charger driving in circles in the cul-de-sac. The Charger was parked in Anderson's driveway.
According to court documents, Dexter and officer Michael Crawley asked Anderson to identify the owner of the Charger. Anderson said it belonged to Stewart and went into the house to find him, closing the front door.
After a few minutes, the officers started banging on the door again. This time Mohoff answered. Asked by the officers to speak to the owner of the Charger, Mohoff said she didn't know what a Charger was. The lawsuit said the officers demanded entry and, when denied, forced their way into the house. They knocked the couple to the ground and handcuffed them, the lawsuit said. Dexter was further accused of reaching under Mohoff's skirt and inappropriately touching her genitalia.
O'Brien denied that Dexter inappropriately touched Mohoff. He said the officers were making a doorway arrest while enforcing the city's noise ordinance, which prohibits any loud noise.
However, the couple's attorney, Mark Eisenberg, argued the ordinance requires a noise measurement device be used. No such device was used in this case and the only noise was from a bedroom clock radio that had just been turned off, he said.
Officer Dexter admitted in a deposition that he had not used a sound meter for the last 20 noise citations he had written. Other Huntington Beach police officials testified in depositions that they believed a measuring device was unneeded.
O'Brien explained the ordinance allows for "officer discretion."
However, Ron Martinelli, a police practices expert hired by the plaintiffs, concluded in his report that police were "deliberately indifferent" to the rights of Huntington Beach residents by citing them for noise violations based on non-forensic speculation.
Eisenberg called Dexter's use of the noise ordinance in this case "a means of circumventing the warrant requirement."
"When (Dexter) wasn't given the cooperation he wanted, he kicked in the door," Eisenberg said. "The bottom line is cops just shouldn't be entering your house without a warrant."
O'Brien said officers do not use the ordinance to gain entry. In fact, O'Brien said that most of the time, police enforce the noise ordinance from outside the front door, usually just writing a ticket.
"Typically we don't go in the house," O'Brien said.
By law, police can enter private property without a warrant if someone's safety is being threatened, a suspect is escaping or important evidence is being destroyed, situations known collectively as exigent circumstances. But there were no such circumstances in this case.
O'Brien said the settlement was not an admission of wrongdoing, but an attempt to curb legal costs.
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KICKSTART DAY: Screenwriting Team Help Forge BLACKSMITH
Kickstart has become an avenue for talented writers to jump into the diverse medium of comics. Steered by top-notch editors Jimmy Palmiotti and Larry Young, these books are unique in both their story and format – slimline graphic novels priced at under $10 and available not just in comic and bookstores but major retailers like WalMart. For the upcoming Spring book Blacksmith, two entrepreneurial young screenwriters are bringing a new twist to the classic action story with the graphic novel Blacksmith.
Blacksmith tells the story of the newest member of a secret society of weapons-makers that have fueled the United States' dominance in the past two hundred years. From industrial age technology to 21st century tech, the Blacksmiths have kept with the times – and kept on the cutting edge. But when Blacksmith Alex Malloy finds out a weapon of his was used to commit an unauthorized public assassination, he's on the run – to stay one step ahead of the law while tracking down his weapons now in the wrong hands. The story is by screenwriters Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman, who are joined by artist Alberto Muriel (A-Team: War Stories: Face, Legion: Prophets) to tell this twisted take on an action tale.
Nrama: So guys, what can you tell us about Blacksmith?
Evans: Well, the Blacksmith is a very original concept, but at the same time with a familiar character. A character we've all been accustom to and seen in movies in the past decades. You can even go back far as to 1963 with the film Dr. No featuring the first days of the James Bond series with the character Q.
Sparkman: Instead of concentrating on your hero who uses the weapons, we've focus on the character that actually makes them. Hopefully this will set us apart from other projects. We are taking a different angle on someone you already recognize.
Nrama: Like you said, this is not about the guys who need the weapons – but the guys who make them. At the center of Blacksmith is a secret society of blacksmiths – weapons-makers – who have supplied the U.S. Government for years. Tell us more about their handiwork and history.
Evans: Well, that's really the cool thing about this concept, is the mythology of the Blacksmiths.
Nrama: Mythology? Just how long have they been making weapons?
Evans: These Blacksmiths have created and supplied the military dating back to the 18th century.
Sparkman: They have been involved in turning the tides of all major U.S. battles: the Civil War, World War I & II and Desert Storm, just to name a few. Also another intriguing factor is no one really knows the true identities of the Blacksmiths.
Nrama: And who is the particular blacksmith we'll be following in this one-shot?
Sparkman: Our main character is Alex Malloy, a young male who is a weapon genius known as the Blacksmith. He's in a league of his own and the top-notch Blacksmith of his era. His specialty is guns and various heavy artillery.
Evans: The authentic thing is that the Blacksmith is by no means a kick ass character, but rather a guy that's a few steps away from being a nerd, building some of the most advance weapons in his own basement.
Nrama: And in your story Alex is having to hunt down one of his toys when a nefarious someone gets a hold of it. What kind of weapon did they take? guys?
Evans: Well, it's not really just a particular weapon but plans for his different creations.
Sparkman: Actually the most dangerous weapon is his mind.
Nrama: And who are the bad guys exactly?
Sparkman: The bad guys are an assemblage of Black Ops soldiers that no longer work for the government, but for themselves and the highest paycheck.
Evans: With every great protagonist there always should be a better antagonist. Your hero can only be as good as your villain.
Nrama: This is a really interesting spin on the action movie. How'd you guys come up with it?
Evans: That's one of the most challenging things in this business is coming up with something no one has ever seen or heard before. Personally we get tired of seeing the same material and so many remakes flooding the business.
Sparkman: We've just decided to take another route with the hero. Instead of your typical macho man we've chose to use the underdog. We can easily spend hours, days and even months trying to brainstorm new ideas. Blacksmith is just the beginning; we have more great things cooking in the oven and soon people we get a taste of what we have in store.More from Kickstart Day: KICKSTART DAY: Burn Notice Writer Gives The Gods a HEADACHE


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Our Evening Service met last week.
People felt the current lighting was adequate, but would prefer spotlights on main areas – on preacher and band, less yellow light, and other mood lighting. A few commented that the lighting was potentially too dim. One comment was to have mood lighting illuminating the bell ringing area.
Our people identified food as hospitality, either inside or outside the church. The thought is that we should have food where possible served before and after service, but it needs to be good, otherwise not worth doing at all. Universal support for good coffee to be served, either by a barista or good quality plunger.
Venues for food after church included Jacksons on George, The Glenmore, The Australian, Cargo Bar and the two Japanese places on York St opposite the church.
People felt like the Chancel (front of Church) worked for the short term, and preferred the orientation as it was set up. They suggested maybe that the band stand in the middle, but were soon at risk of overcrowding the area. Others wanted the musicians to the side, and the preacher facing the main area of the church as to not make latecomers feel embarrassed. Most people did not like the use of the communion table in the middle. They felt it was either ritualistic (high church) or cultish.
If using the existing pew setup, people were universally against the use of the pulpit (seen as high church). Suggestion then for greater visibility of the musicians and preacher was that the chancel should get a raised platform of about 1 foot, but needed to be done tastefully.
Universal support for direct debit and credit card giving. Felt that plate passing was uncomfortable to seekers and new people. Felt there needs to be a box in the back to give, but (naturally) it needed the accountability of how that money was to be handled.
One point that was raised: we should be potentially more thoughtful about where our church sits relative to our culture. Should it match or be different to our cumulative backgrounds? Thought needs to be given on how the space can let us anticipate an encounter with God, with silent spaces, and not being too formal, ordered or predictable.


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Mayor Chris Beutler today announced that the area around the historic Sherman Field ballpark will be named Sampson Park to honor a local family. And he invited the public to participate in the Sherman Field Forever fund-raising campaign for renovations at the facility.
The park is being named for Morris "Sam" and Evelyn Sampson who founded Sampson Construction Company in Lincoln in 1952. The naming recognizes a significant contribution from their son, the current President, John Sampson. The company, which employs about 300 workers, is donating about $445,000 in labor and materials for renovation work at Sherman Field. John Sampson's ties to the Sherman Field include watching the Lincoln Chiefs as a boy, playing catcher for Gary's Sports Shop and Lincoln High School and sponsoring Lincoln High's American Legion team for many years.
"This is one of the largest donations ever made to our City's Parks and Recreation programs," said Mayor Beutler. "We sincerely thank John and his family for helping to build Lincoln and for their generous contribution to the iconic Sherman Field. This is a great example of how a hard working family built a very successful company and have now chosen to give back to make Lincoln an even greater place to live and play."
While the 64-year old field and grandstand were renovated in 1997, the original support facilities need replacement. The renovation project includes two new dugouts, a new maintenance and training building, a restroom building, a ticket and concession building, a new concourse, energy efficient field lighting and a reorganized parking lot with ADA accessibility. The dugouts are finished and the rest of the renovation is expected to be completed by December.
The Lincoln Parks Foundation (LPF) is spearheading the $2.2 million fund-raising campaign. Lincoln natives Joba Chamberlain and Alex Gordon, both current Major League Baseball players, are Honorary Co-Chairs of the Sherman Field Forever Campaign. The campaign cabinet includes John Sampson, Leslie Gordon, Bill Fagler and Dick Clarence.
Lincoln Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson said the project is important because Sherman Field is the primary venue for high school and American Legion baseball games. Between mid-March through mid-July, the field hosts about 250 games. The state high school baseball tournament will use the field through 2012.
"Of all the high school fields in Nebraska, Sherman Field is a favorite among players, coaches and fans because of its history, field surface and the large grandstand, which gives everyone the feeling of being in a big ballpark," Johnson said.
LPF President Liz Lange said nearly two-thirds of the funds for the Sherman Field Forever campaign have been committed. The City is investing $500,000, and $163,000 in federal stimulus funds have been used for energy efficient field lighting. Another $150,000 is coming from the lodging tax revenue in the Lancaster County Visitor's Improvement Fund, and the Lincoln Cares community donation program is providing $40,000. The Lincoln Community Foundation has given a $50,000 grant on behalf of the Myrtle E. Clark Fund, Helen E. Clough Children & Youth Field of Interest Fund, Maurguerite A. Hac Children & Youth Field of Interest Fund, Frances V. H. James Memorial Fund and Maude Hollingshead Memorial Fund.
Lange invited the community to participate by donating cash or purchasing tiles and pavers which will be installed on the new entrance plaza at Sherman Field. More information is available at www.ShermanField.org.
"This field has an incredible history, serving semi-pro players and thousands of young baseball players since 1947," Lange said. "We need the community's help to finish this project so Lincoln can keep the state high school baseball tournament and the American Legion league for many years to come."


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Science Scoops: The World's Tiniest Thermometer
by Stephen James O'Meara
Yup, scientists have done it. They've taken tiny cylinders of pure carbon and turned them into thermometers, each measuring just 10 micrometers long—one-tenth the width of a human hair, or the size of two spores kissing. Instead of filling the carbon nanotubes (less than 150 nanometers in diameter) with mercury, Yihua Gao and Yoshio Bando (National Institute for Materials Science in Ibaraki, Japan) used liquid gallium.
Like mercury, liquid gallium's behavior within the tube changes predictably with temperature. And, as with the mercury in a conventional thermometer, a minuscule meniscus in the nanodevice moves up and down as the liquid gallium expands and contracts in response to temperature. The nanodevice can measure temperatures between 50 and 500 degrees Celsius. The temperatures can be read when the thermometer is viewed through a high-powered electron microscope.
The researchers say that the device "should be suitable for use in a wide variety of microenvironments." For instance, it can measure the temperature change that occurs when small groups of molecules react with one another, and can help scientists learn more about how lasers burn through materials such as skin and other body tissues.
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- The curved upper surface of a nonturbulent liquid in a container.
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- Very small; tiny.
- Do you think it would take more force to move the same volume of mercury or gallium?
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- Design a machine that combines a simple machine, such as a lever, and an expanding column of liquid or air, as in a gallium thermometer. What produces pressure on the column of air or gas? How is the lever connected to the column? What does the lever do when a greater force acts on the column of liquid or air? What happens when the force on the column of liquid or air is reduced? What kind of work does your machine do? Draw a diagram of your machine. Then write a short paragraph describing how your machine works and what your machine does.
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My Trust in You
June 18, 2013 in Uncategorized
Psalm 9
10 Those who know your Name will put their trust in you, *
for you never forsake those who seek you, O LORD.
The light of another rainy day is leaving us. Behind me, tall grass blows against the wide windows, flicking the glass with a cool evening spray. Across the long room, soft light shines through the scarf I've hung around the lamp. We are still lining the generous confines of this new nest with touches of our own.
The last time I wrote you, my son slept a few feet from me under the roof of the tiny 9′ x 11′ house. The occasional thud of a cat landing above kept company with the barks and meows of the family with whom we lived. We were warm, dry and loved; but my four-year-old ached for the space required for the active life of a young child.
My monk-like boy didn't often complain. He spoke with love of every dog and cat who snuffled at our door. He ran to pet and hug any animal that would accept it, and my heart broke as I watched him. My beautiful child, a wellspring of love; he needed more. He deserved more.
What could I do? Starting over takes time. Building from the ground up with only ideas and faith happens slowly, one miracle at a time. My son would have to wait for a string of miracles to give him the things he needed to feed his young life, even simple things. Like space.
I looked at the houses we passed on our walks. I focused on the smallest ones. How much could it cost to live in a small place like that? Look at the yard… J could dig in that dirt. There is even a fence. But fence after fence kept us out. I squeezed my son's tiny hand. We walked on.
God is always listening. God is always working. God is always weaving. And, if we listen, God is always talking.
We went to play groups, as many as we could. We went anywhere just to have a place to jump and tumble and stretch, things the tiny house did not allow. Most of the children there were younger than mine, children awaiting the day when they would start preschool. We are unschoolers. That day, for us, was not coming. We just needed a place to play.
At one of our groups, I started chatting with one of the other moms. We seemed to have a lot in common, or I hoped we did. I hoped that making friends here would be easier for different people like us. When I found this mom shared so many of my own philosophies, I thought I'd hit upon a match.
After group one day, I invited her out for fries. As I asked, another mother I had been talking to walked by with her own little one. As she looked up, I saw something in her eyes. It flashed for a second before she turned her eyes to the floor and moved on. I watched her get into her car and my heart stirred. I heard God speaking. I had made a mistake. It was to this woman I should reach out.
The next time, I asked the her to join us for fries. Her name was Jessica. Fries and the park led to invitations to her house. The friend I had been hoping to make rose up in front of me. I had put my own ideas aside and listened to a movement in my heart. The voice of God said, "Embrace Jessica."
As I was helping Jessica fold laundry one day she said, "I've been thinking about your living situation. We have a lot of space, Erika. Would you guys consider living here?"
My first reaction was fear. Change. Unknown. I hadn't known Jessica very long. Images of the tiny house rose up in my mind. The meows and barks and all the things that came with such a menagerie also rose up. I was afraid. As challenging as the tiny house was, our friend there had been in my life a long time. She was very familiar. Jessica was new to us. I asked to keep the question open.
A few weeks later, J and I were in our car, driving away from the little house. A sudden complication of circumstances required quick thinking, and I called Jessica. "Can we come over, just for the night?" She was ready.
When we got there, she showed us to the extra bedroom downstairs. The comfortable room had an even more comfortable bed sitting in the middle of it. My little one and I climbed into it's luxuriously downy arms, and he fell asleep.
Later, on the back porch with Jessica, we talked over the tumultuous events of the day. Tenuously, I explored the edges of her offer. What would life look like in this new place? How would these two families work together while maintaining their own identities and habits? I watched Jessica's dark eyes while she talked. My trauma kept my emotions high, but inside something else was talking. God said, "Listen. Look at her eyes. Look and listen."
One car load at a time, we moved our things. Fear bit at my nerves with every gesture. I prayed. When the fear would rise I would close my eyes. "I rest it all on you, Lord. Lead me. I will follow You."
As our boxes arrive, Jessica moved hers aside. When we took a tentative step forward, Jessica's arm swept the path clear. I couldn't believe what was happening. Packing and moving made me nervous. Jessica came with us to the old place for support. Her dark, determined eyes flashed over the tops of our well-traveled boxes as she carried load after load with ferocity and gusto. My friend had become a kind of champion. As I watched her move, I let a little of my fear slip away.
Upstairs, I can hear the soft voices of Jessica and her oldest son. The baby is asleep, now. This is their time. My own sweet son sleeps on the downy bed in the next room while I expand my psychic energy to fill the 25′ length of this room. If I need to use the bathroom, ours is just a few feet away. When I get tired, a soft bed waits. A kitchen and a refrigerator are only feet away. God has done this for us, God and Jessica.
Jessica is a young mother. She is new here; and the house was too big for them. Our presence here is medicine for her family. I am an older mother. We are new here, too; and our house was too small. Our life here is medicine for our family.
Talking to Jessica is changing me. I am seeing myself through new eyes. When she hugs me and thanks me for being here, I am stunned with amazement and gratitude.
I apologize for my deficits. I apologize for being too strange. She says they aren't deficits. She says I am not strange. She says I am different, and magical, and wonderful. I think I have given up blinking.
A few nights ago, I sat with Jessica. All the children were in bed. She was showing me the string tricks she had been teaching to her oldest. It had been years since I had seen those old tricks. I thought of those old days. I glanced down at my hands.
When I was a child, I had rubbed the back of my left hand with a pencil erase until all of the outer skin had come off. A self-made, concentrated friction burn. Richie Mylar had shown me that trick. It was the trick of a child in pain. Pain to pain, we passed it. It left a scar. I lived with that scar all of my adult life. I couldn't believe how tenacious it was, that little scar from an erase burn.
I sat with Jessica. I looked down at my scar. It was gone.
I turned my hand towards the light. I stroked. I looked. Nothing.
The tension of all of our recent experiences pressed hard against my heart. Fear, worry, insecurity, self-loathing, doubt, anxiety, pain of every stripe. I looked at the back of my hand. Smooth. No more scar.
Behind me, the living green of the grass reaches all the way back to the woods. On the way, it skips over the sand pit where my son digs almost every day. At the edge of the far woods is a row of lush blackberries canes, dotted with the buds of new flowers. In our new home we are warm and safe. And we wait for the harvest.


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