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ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S84.91XS
Injury of unsp nerve at lower leg level, right leg, sequela
Diagnosis Code S84.91XS
Short Description: Injury of unsp nerve at lower leg level, right leg, sequela
Long Description: Injury of unspecified nerve at lower leg level, right leg, sequela
This is the 2018 version of the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code S84.91XS
Valid for Submission
The code S84.91XS is valid for submission for HIPAA-covered transactions.
Code Classification
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- 907.5 - Lt eff nerv inj pelv/leg (Approximate Flag)
Present on Admission (POA)
The code S84.91XS is exempt from POA reporting.
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Leg Injuries and Disorders
Your legs are made up of bones, blood vessels, muscles, and other connective tissue. They are important for motion and standing. Playing sports, running, falling, or having an accident can damage your legs. Common leg injuries include sprains and strains, joint dislocations, and fractures.
These injuries can affect the entire leg, or just the foot, ankle, knee, or hip. Certain diseases also lead to leg problems. For example, knee osteoarthritis, common in older people, can cause pain and limited motion. Problems in your veins in your legs can lead to varicose veins or deep vein thrombosis.
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- Common peroneal nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
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Peripheral Nerve Disorders
Also called: Neuritis, Peripheral neuritis, Peripheral neuropathy
Your peripheral nerves are the ones outside your brain and spinal cord. Like static on a telephone line, peripheral nerve disorders distort or interrupt the messages between the brain and the rest of the body.
There are more than 100 kinds of peripheral nerve disorders. They can affect one nerve or many nerves. Some are the result of other diseases, like diabetic nerve problems. Others, like Guillain-Barre syndrome, happen after a virus infection. Still others are from nerve compression, like carpal tunnel syndrome or thoracic outlet syndrome. In some cases, like complex regional pain syndrome and brachial plexus injuries, the problem begins after an injury. Some people are born with peripheral nerve disorders.
Symptoms often start gradually, and then get worse. They include
- Numbness
- Pain
- Burning or tingling
- Muscle weakness
- Sensitivity to touch
Treatment aims to treat any underlying problem, reduce pain and control symptoms.
NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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- Common peroneal nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
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- Neuropathy secondary to drugs (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Peripheral neuropathy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Radial nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Sensorimotor polyneuropathy (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Tibial nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Ulnar nerve dysfunction (Medical Encyclopedia)
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General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.
Present on Admission
The Present on Admission (POA) indicator is used for diagnosis codes included in claims involving inpatient admissions to general acute care hospitals. POA indicators must be reported to CMS on each claim to facilitate the grouping of diagnoses codes into the proper Diagnostic Related Groups (DRG). CMS publishes a listing of specific diagnosis codes that are exempt from the POA reporting requirement.


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Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy
Guide to Calhoun County, Mississippi ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
|Calhoun County, Mississippi
Location in the state of Mississippi
Location of Mississippi in the U.S.
|8 March, 1852
|County Seat
| Calhoun County Courthouse]
PO Box 8
Pittsboro, MS 38951
Phone: 662.983.3122
Calhoun County Courthouse]
- 1 County Information
- 2 County Courthouse
- 3 History
- 4 Places/Localities
- 5 Genealogy Resources
- 5.1 Research Guides
- 5.2 African Americans
- 5.3 Bible Records
- 5.4 Cemeteries
- 5.5 Census
- 5.6 Church Records
- 5.7 Court
- 5.8 Genealogy
- 5.9 Land and Property
- 5.10 Local Histories
- 5.11 Maps
- 5.12 Military
- 5.13 Naturalization
- 5.14 Newspapers
- 5.15 Occupations
- 5.16 Probate Records
- 5.17 Taxation
- 5.18 Vital Records
- 6 Genealogy Societies and Libraries
- 7 Websites
- 8 References
County Information
The County was named for John C. Calhoun. The County has Pittsboro as its seat and the County was created 1852. The County is located in the north center area of the state. [1]
Calhoun County, Mississippi Record Dates
| 1922
| 1860
| 1852
| 1922
County Courthouse
Calhoun County Courthouse
PO Box 8
Pittsboro, MS 38951
Phone: 662.983.3122
Clerk Chancery Court has marriage, divorce, probate and land records from 1922 and land abstracts from 1852. [2]
Parent County
1852--Calhoun County was created 8 March 1852 from Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties.
County seat: Pittsboro [3]
Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Mississippi county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Mississippi County Boundary Maps" (1785-1918) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Variant Spellings
Record Loss
1922--The courthouse burned.
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Genealogy Resources
Research Guides
African Americans
Bible Records
|Tombstone Transcriptions Online
|Tombstone Transcriptions in Print
|List of Cemeteries in the county
|Family History Library
|Billion Graves
|Tombstone Project
|Billion Graves
|See Mississippi Cemeteries for more information.
For tips on accessing Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy census records online, see: Mississippi Census.
- 1805 - 1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry.com — index $
- 1660 - 1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry.com — index $
- 1792 - 1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry.com — index $
- 1880 - 1880 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
Church Records
Church records and the information they provide vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. They may contain information about members of the congregation, such as age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage information and maiden names; and death date. For general information about Mississippi denominations, view the Mississippi Church Records wiki page.
Land and Property
Land and property records can place an ancestor in a particular location, provide economic information, and reveal family relationships. Land records include: deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents.
See Mississippi Land and Property for additional information about early Mississippi land ownership. After land was transferred to private ownership, subsequent transactions were usually recorded at the county courthouse and where records are currently housed.
Local Histories
Local histories are available for Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories see the wiki page section Mississippi Local Histories.
Civil War
- 1861-1865 - Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
- 1861-1865 - Mississippi, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 at FamilySearch.org — index/images
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
- 1889-1942 - Mississippi, Confederate Records, 1889-1942 at FamilySearch — images
- 1900-1974 - Mississippi, Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1900-1974 at FamilySearch — images
- Men from Calhoun County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Calhoun County.
- - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
- Company E - Polk Rangers
- - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine's)
- Company F - Reason's Company
- - 4th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry
- Company F - Sons of the South
- Company I - Benela Sharpshooters
- - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
- Company A - Williams' Company
- Company B - Mitchell's Company
- - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
- Company A - Williams' Company
- Company B - Mitchell's Company
- Company K - Cox's Company
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Do a Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Probate Records
Probate records are held by the Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy Clerk of Court and are housed at the Calhoun County, Mississippi Genealogy Courthouse. Microfilmed records can be found online at Mississippi Probate Records, 1781-1930. See the wiki page Mississippi Probate Records for information about how to use probate records.
Content: Probate Records may give the decedent's date of death, names of his or her spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, neighbors, associates, relatives, and their place of residence.
Record types: Wills, estates, guardianships, naturalizations, and adoptions.
Online Records
- 1780 – 1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
- 1781 – 1930 Mississippi Probate Records 1781-1930 at FamilySearch — images
Mississippi tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years. For more information, see Mississippi Taxation.
- 1852-1889 - State Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.
Vital Records
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. Mississippi law did not require keeping birth or death records until 1912. Births and deaths are kept by the Mississippi Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records are kept by the county. See also How to order Mississippi Vital Records or order electronically online.
See Mississippi Vital Records for more information on getting Mississippi records.
- 1800 - 1911 Mississippi, Marriages, 1800-1911 at FamilySearch.org — index
- 1776 - 1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry.com — index $
- 1826 - 1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry.com — index $
- 1826 - 50 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry.com — index $
- to 1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry.com — index $
Vital Record Substitutes
Genealogy Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Mississippi Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies
Calhoun County Historical And Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 114
Pittsboro 38951 Special items held by the Society [http://personalpages.tds.net/~rosediamond/ Calhoun County, Mississippi Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.] Index to personal pagers of many individuals from the State Archives
Family History Centers
Family history centers provide one-on-one assistance and free access to premium genealogical websites. In addition, many centers have free how-to genealogy classes. See family history center for more information. Search the online FHC directory for a nearby family history center.
- Calhoun County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
- Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
- Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
- USGenWeb Calhoun County, Mississippi project. Has maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
- FamilySearch Catalog
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Calhoun, Mississippi," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calhoun_County,_Mississippi."
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Calhoun County, Mississippi page 378, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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This week: a look at fishing illustrations from the 50's.
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Those are fantastic! I love the one with the woman, who is so genuinely excited about the catch.ReplyDelete
The ink drawings in the magazine also bring a tear to my eye!
Thank you for that, Jordie - I knew I couldn't be alone in appreciating these illustrations for something beyond the subject matter. I love your enthusiasm for those ink drawings. How you expressed it echoes my own feelings. Sometimes the purity of a well-crafted ink drawing, no matter how small or inconsequential, leaves me stunned with admiration for the hand that could create something so flawless - and make it look effortless.ReplyDelete
The Outdoor Life cover is fun.I've seen many similar paintings,and usually enjoy seeing an action painting of a leaping fish.ReplyDelete
I used to work at a small ad agency,doing mostly keylining and layouts,and an occasional drawing.My first illustration was done for the package of a new fishing lure designed by a local small businessman.He named it the Happy Hooker.
Just curious to know what a Hamiltonian considers "up north" {mischievous grin}...ReplyDelete
Actually, these pics bring back a lot of memories of my fishing with my dad around Hillsborough Beach on Lake Huron.
Steve; A few years ago I wrote a post about that quintessential fishing shot of the leaping fish. You might enjoy taking a look at it: http://ow.ly/j80EReplyDelete
Black Pete; In this case 'Up North' was just a few Km outside of Algonquin Park, near Dwight - but during our winter ice fishing trip 'Up North' means North Bay.ReplyDelete
Neither truly qualifies as 'Up North", I know... but from a Souther Ontario perspective any drive that has the car pointing north for 3 to 5 hours is 'Up North'.
And I'm glad to hear those pictures brought back some fond memories :^)
I agree, love those ads - the Dacron is exceptional!ReplyDelete


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Earlier this week Ramona called 911 for a domestic dispute after she claimed to have found Mario -- her husband of more than 2 decades -- in the house with another woman.
Ramona says the marriage is irretrievably broken ... and says it's been that way for at least 6 months.
The couple has one daughter ... who is 18.


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2011-08-16 More on RG105
Start: 21:11:17
alt: hello stevewill, how ya doing this evening?
stevewill: Evening alt...
alt: guess we're early, huh?
stevewill: yes...any early bird specials?
alt: not that I know of... is this your 1st visit to AfriGeneas Chat? well, here's the Boss... hello vkn
stevewill: This is my second visit...the first was brief, but interesting.
vkn: Howdy alt and Stevewill
stevewill: hey vkn
vkn: hope the world is obeying your commands lol Good to see the two of you
alt: I'm not even listened to in my house .. let alone the world vkn LOL
stevewill: I only have an hour...unfortunately.
vkn: Who are you researching steve, in what states and what success are you having ? lol @ alt It bees that way sometime alt lol
stevewill: Currently, my grandmother's side..The Stampleys of Mississippi.
alt: yeah stevewill, give us the 411
vkn: Well steve we are good at squeezing a whole hour into ten minutes lol and we can do the reverse also lol BRB in a sec
stevewill: I've confirmed her grandparents...Henry & Betty Stampley.
alt: so you're back quite a way in time then stevewill .... where in MS is/was your family located?
stevewill: Her father was also a Stampley, but I'm told he changed his name from Chaney. No record of that though.
AYWalton: Good evening all. Greetings, VKN!!!!!!!!!! howdy alt, howdy stevewill. Hey there, Ms. Selma!
stevewill: Fayette..Jefferson County'
alt: hello AYWalton.. good evening to you & hello Selma stevewill is telling us his research in MS.
stevewill: Hey Selma...remember you from my first visit.
Selma: Good evening alt, ay, stevewill and vkn..
stevewill: hey AY
Selma: Hi stevewill..hope I was helpful
stevewill: Walton Yes, you were. Unfortunately, it was very brief.
AYWalton: where in MS, stevewill?
Selma: Oh good...put a plus on my chart vkn...LOL
stevewill: Fayette...Jefferson County
AYWalton: ahhhh ok.
alt: you're already at the 'head of the class' Selma, what else do you want LOL
vkn: heyyy ayw was on a brb
stevewill: My great grandparrents are Clyde & Rebecca Stampley
AYWalton: no problem, vkn! lol
vkn: howdy selma
stevewill: *parents
AYWalton: Selma did I tell you that I found a mention of my cousin in Jet? I was blogging about TheHelp on my blog one of the stories I told was of my cousin in Phoenix who went to the White House wedding when LBJs daughter married Charles Robb. Her name got mentioned in Jet!
Selma: No you didn't mention...What ever your cousin did it is official if appeared in Jet
alt: are you currently in MS stevewill?
AYWalton: I included that in the blog piece.
stevewill: Rebecca's parents were Henry & Betty...Clyde's were Nancy Fleming and his father was also a Stampley
vkn: lol
AYWalton: it was was not in Jet, it was not news. lol
stevewill: No@alt
Selma: Stevewill can can we have some time frames sorry..on my lap top, keep hitting the wrong keys
alt: that was a 'nice' blog AYWalton w/jet information
AYWalton: thanks, alt. brb
stevewill: Clyde was born in 1887? Rebecca 1891? Clyde's mother is Nancy Fleming..father was believed to be Allen Stampley but later revealed it was Allen's brother Clave or Claibourne.
Selma: Later revealed by who?
stevewill: It was info passed down...nothing official as of yet.
Selma: OK
stevewill: family records was reunions have indicated that
alt: is your family also into genealogy stevewill, or are you the 'record keeper"?
stevewill: Clyde had siblings, some of which were Allen's... I have a distant cousin who has done extensive work, but a mere novice.
alt: okay, it is usually a big help if there is at least one other member of the family interested to help in the research.
stevewill: There are several of us working together..sometimes in different directions.
vkn: selma i think the franklin county records are pa and not va.at one time i tried to get that corrected but failed in the attempt.
Selma: Not sure what you are talking about vkn
alt: that happens, not always 'bad'... makes you think about your your sources and also to cite te sources ... cuts down on 'discussions" LOL
stevewill: true...
vkn: on the listing of freedmen children and their dads
Selma: You mean what I posted?
vkn: yes howdy deannie
Selma: No it was a letter written by the FB Agent in Franklin County VA
alt: hello deannie.. how's it going in the windy city?
stevewill: hi deannie
vkn: aha
deannie: Good evening group
alt: I think deannie is a MS reseracher too stevewill
deannie: Great Alt and you
stevewill: deannie, are you from Chicago? really? @alt
alt: yep deannie and MS @stevewill
deannie: hI stevewill what are your counties yes i'm in chicago
stevewill: Fayette/Jefferson County...The Stampleys
deannie: My counties..
vkn: i will double check selma
deannie: my family is from fayette also....
Selma: What made you think the letter was from PA vkn
stevewill: Great...name? @deannie
vkn: I clicked on a link Selma that brought me to a listing of the children
deannie: Tyler/Bradley we have to chat....email address Bradleyclan2004@yahoo./com...have you been there
AYWalton: ok back.
Selma: Oh, where was the link
AYWalton: howdy deannie!
deannie: Hi Angela how are you
stevewill: We must. It's been many years.
alt: oh, oh ... looks like we have a MS connection going on here... that's great!!!!
deannie: stevewill what are your family names
vkn: I need to go back to the source. Not remembering at the moment but it took me to the Valley of the Shawdow site
AYWalton: doing fine, deannie. Hope you are also well.
deannie: yews we do yes i am
stevewill: Alt scores Selma..:}
alt: helle Aadancer
deannie: Hi Aadancer
vkn: Howdy Aadancer
Selma: Ok..great vkn.
Aadancer: Good evening everyone
AYWalton: howdy Aadancer!
Selma: I thought the question that was asked in the letter about whether children of one white parent shoud be included in the list
alt: vkn & Selma.. doesn't Valley of the Shadow 'share' Franklin PA and Staunton (?) VA data sets and information?
Selma: Evenng aadancer
vkn: Selma what is the geographical proximity of Franklin Cnty VA to Augusta County
Selma: Let me get my map book..
alt: yeah, that was an interesting question Selma
Selma: Franklin is down near NC..I think
Aadancer: Wow.. I seem to have come in on some interesting questions...
vkn: Right I think so too
Aadancer: Please Selma... what letter and list are you talking about?
Selma: Franklin is right above Patrick and Henry Co..both those counties border NC allows shares a border with PIttsylvania.. and floyd Aadancer the letter was written by a Freedmen's Bureau officer
alt: And Franklin PA is on the northern border of VA, right?
vkn: right and somehow the data sets get mixed
Selma: Franlkin County PA borders MD
vkn: But I will email about that
alt: and VA.. isn't that where the Valley of the Shadows comes into play.
Selma: Yes..alt aadancer..it was a Register of children ( enslaved)ho who have been recognized by their fathers..but they are no longer with the mothers..
vkn: I research the Franklin VA
Selma: and no white fathers are not part of this list
alt: was this a way to 'indenture' black children Selma ?.... thru the single parent issue.
Aadancer: Where had they gone....sold /separated away from mothers?
alt: Oops bet Selma hit the wrong key.
Aadancer: probably so....hittiing the wrong key
vkn: wb selma
Selma: I have my ankle elevated and iced..and sitting funny.. LOL
stevewill: and for my next trick...@Selma.
Selma: This is for the father's to take responsibility.. Remember the FB at this point is having to support these folks Yes...many of these children had been sold,their mothers and fathers had been sold... Not sure how to word this.. There becomes the issue of inheritance... Legitimate children inherit..
AYWalton: gotta run, folks.
alt: which is why they want to 'eleminate" the white fathers???
vkn: and bstrds do not
Selma: White daddies don't come into play at all alt...
Seventies Soulchild: hello all. sorry I'm late! lol
vkn: howdy Seventies Soulchild
Seventies Soulchild: Are we discussing the UK WDYTYA?
alt: I thought they were determing fatherhood to the exclusion of the 'white' fathers???
Selma: Remember it is the father who says whether or not this child is his...and they are not asking white men
Seventies Soulchild: hi Aadancer, alt, deannie, Selma, stevewill and vkn
Selma: Hi seventies.
alt: okay Selma
Seventies Soulchild: are we discussing RG105
vkn: Great videos on WDYTYA Seventies
Seventies Soulchild: Thanks... it was truly fascinating.
alt: now that is interesting....... in this case the man "knows" he is the father, okay
Seventies Soulchild: A very different narrative from African history.
Selma: The agent was troubled a black man came in and said the child was of a white woman...
deannie: I still here just looking and learning
Selma: The register was to record children of colored men and women Well he assumes he knows
vkn: I can see that being troubling Selma
deannie: I have been chatting with a new MS genealogy from my country...stevewill...how are you this evening
Seventies Soulchild: So what was the man's status Selma? was he enslaved?
Selma: I will post on the Reconstruction forum..for you all to read the letter
alt: good move Selma
Selma: Yes, seventies..these are children who were born during slavery..where the father acknowledges them to be his
Seventies Soulchild: really deannie. that's great. Have you found anything new? I know that our counties are right next to each other.
Selma: I am not doing too good tonite staying it the room
deannie: No...but i talked to a older cousin and he check a county in LA...a parish but I forget the name at this moment....I have it work.....
Seventies Soulchild: Tensas Parish could that be it?
deannie: No
Seventies Soulchild: oh
alt: Selma I'm gonna have to check the census records for Ft. Wayne and see if the Ridgely's were living anywhere near my Adams folks during that period from 1880 forward.
Seventies Soulchild: How about concordia parish
deannie: Nio,,,I will let you know on Saturday when i come in
vkn: Sleepy time y'all See ya on the Reconstruction forum
Seventies Soulchild: I'm thinking of all the Parishes just on the other side of the river in that area of Adams&Jefferson ... oh wait was it jackson parish?
alt: later vkn
stevewill: Unfortunately, my brief stay has come to an end...
Selma: Folks I have to run...will post later on this evening..
Seventies Soulchild: ok I give up.
alt: take care stevewill and come back soon
stevewill: Most definately
Seventies Soulchild: yes come back soon stevewill I spent about 2.5 hrs doing my hair tonight. I'm getting much faster at styling... this is why I was late.
alt: question on the Brit WDYTYA..... did they get back into their African lineage?
Seventies Soulchild: yes they did.. They went back to the Dutch man and his African wife.
deannie: good to see you back stevewill...what are your surnames
alt: and were these 1st generation Africans in the UK?
Seventies Soulchild: Yes, the man's father was a Ghanian diplomat
Aadancer: Sorry folks... had to attend to an important phone call.... Hi there Soulchild...
stevewill: Goodnight all
Seventies Soulchild: Came to the U.K. in the 1950's when Ghana first organizied their own post colonial gov't
alt: and how may generations did they get into in Africa?
Seventies Soulchild: The subject was born in Ghana.
Aadancer: I'm now looking back at the conversation about the Freedmen's Bureau
Seventies Soulchild: I think four Including the subject
alt: oh, so this was 'recent' genealogy, so to speak 1950's
Seventies Soulchild: no... the family went back into the early mid 19th century
alt: mid 19th century.. was that pre-colonial Africa?
Seventies Soulchild: No
alt: after the African slave trade in the UK?
Seventies Soulchild: After the African slave trade was 'banned' by the UK, but it was still going on with the Spanish, Portugese and Americans The Dutch apparently still maintained ElAmin as a trading post. That's where the family patriarch came into Ghana Are you going to tell me you're leaving Aadancer?
Aadancer: There is a documentary series called A SLAVE IN THE FAMILY I saw two episodes in St Croix during the genealogy conference.
alt: okay... my time is up too ... later y'all... thanks Seventies Soulchild, I'll have to check out the link you posted.
Seventies Soulchild: ok do watch its very good alt. Which two Aadancer? Did they show Ainsley Harriet's episode?
Aadancer: Where is the Reconstruction Forum? ...I'd like to read the letter they were talking about
deannie: good nite......I hope to see stevewill in again
Seventies Soulchild: oh gosh let me see if I can get a link to it for you http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-reconstruction/index.cgi/
Aadancer: Both dealt with people in St Croix and Denmark... because the VI had been owned by the Danish. And one of the subjects came back to St Croix and is currently living there.
Seventies Soulchild: If you ever get lost, you can click on "Forums" and select "...more forums" and that will take you to a webpage with all of the forums on Afrigeneas. ok
Aadancer: ok.......This genealogy conference will be yearly and the committee is working to bring a subject from the other film to St. Croix for next year... from Denmark.
Seventies Soulchild: Sounds good. Well I'm still working on my Mississippi research. I still have lots of records to get together.
Aadancer: I guess this work will never be done... and it's amazing what "comes" to you.
Seventies Soulchild: Hey let me get going... I'm sleepy already... lol Have a good evening Aadancer. You're so right about that. Goodnite
Aadancer: Okay... let me know when you're in town..... goodnite
Seventies Soulchild: Ok will do


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Mexico's delay of new derivatives regulations has cost the country's stock exchange operator a source of revenue growth this year, Bolsa Mexicana de Valores SAB Chief Executive Officer Luis Tellez said.
Regulators probably won't publish final rules requiring more derivatives trades to be processed on exchanges and clearinghouses until later in 2013 or beyond, Tellez said today in an interview in New York. Most investors had expected the rules on interest-rate derivatives, known as swaps, to take effect in January, Tellez said.
The regulators are concerned that stricter rules on Mexican swaps may push trading to the U.S., where new standards apply to swaps in dollars, euros, yen and pounds, he said.
The exclusion of peso swaps in the U.S. "is provoking second thoughts" on the part of the Mexican authorities, Tellez said.
Mexico City-based Bolsa's shares, which surged 45 percent last year, have tumbled 8.9 percent this year.
The Mexican regulators are bound by a Group of 20 commitment to impose the stiffer derivatives rules eventually, Tellez said.
The rules, when passed, would have a "positive, significant impact" on Bolsa's revenue, Tellez said.
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Some of you have written to me comparing Rooney Mara's white Givenchy to Victoria Beckham's glorified housecoat at this event in 2008. Click here for a refresher.
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I've eaten enough barbecued brisket over the past two or three months to have made a pretty good dent in the already shrinking cattle herd.
I've gobbled up some decent potato salad, baked beans, sliced white bread, and peach cobbler, and washed it all down with lots of sweet tea.
I've withstood the temptation of donuts at registrations and mid-morning breaks — mostly — and have indulged in too many soft drinks and too much bad coffee. I'm surprised I haven't worn out the seat of my britches by sitting and fidgeting during sessions on economics, crop insurance and other issues that pertain to arithmetic.
I've spent a passel of nights in hotels trying to adjust thermostats to somewhere between cold enough to hang meat and hot enough to smoke it. I have yet to find a pillow that is not either too thin to make a difference or thick enough to create a crick in my neck. And most hotel mattresses fail the old person back test.
Yep, it's meeting time in ag country. It begins in late November and runs well into early March, with short breaks for Thanksgiving and Christmas, then accelerates rapidly early in the year. The Beltwide Cotton Conferences are followed by a slew of regional meetings across the Southwest, including a new one — The Red River Crops Conference — held this year in Altus, Okla., and will alternate between Oklahoma and Texas. The inaugural event was impressive.
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That conference is followed by BIG, the Blackland Income Growth Conference, a February tradition that offers excellent outlooks and updates on a variety of crops and issues.
Persistent drought takes a toll.
More will follow, including the Commodity Classic, held this year in San Antonio. No-Till Oklahoma, in Norman, has become another favored event, and is one of the best opportunities around to learn about the value of reduced-tillage systems and good rotation programs for many crops.
The last few meetings I've attended included a sometimes hopeful, sometimes despairing and finally a darn near jubilant report on farm bill progress. I'm wondering what meetings for the next few months will be like with no drama about the farm bill. I don't think I've attended one in the past four years — maybe longer — that did not mention the need to get working on, get back to working on, or get to some sort of agreement on a farm bill.
The term debate was hardly appropriate. War, at times, seemed to be more descriptive. But in the end, a bi-partisan, workable farm law was enacted and will offer some assurance for a few years.
Of course I expect near-term meetings will turn to discussing how to implement the law, what it will mean to specific farm commodities and when to sign up for various aspects of the new program.
Also of interest during most of the recent seminars, conferences and meetings have been reports on the increasing threat of herbicide resistant weeds, new insect pests, the ever-present problem of production cost increases and feral hogs. Sustainability remains a key topic.
And the big issue for the next few months is likely to be drought — unless it starts in to raining pretty hard in the next week or two. And along with updates on dry weather will come discussions of water rights. Who gets first claim? Is well metering coming? How can we stretch declining water supplies further?
I wish I had the answers. I don't. But I'll try to get to as many educational sessions as I can, visit some farmers, talk with a few experts and see what I can find out.
I guess I'll sample some more barbecue, beans and potato salad; curse at thermostats; and try to find a comfortable position in not-made-for-seniors beds. And I'll be happy to report back. Or maybe I'll see on the road.
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The old Detroit Lions would have wilted after falling behind 20-0 at halftime. These are not the same old Lions.
Matthew Stafford threw two touchdown passes in the second half to rally Detroit from the big halftime deficit, and Jason Hanson kicked a 32-yard field goal in overtime for a 26-23 victory over the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday.
Calvin Johnson had seven catches for 108 yards and two touchdowns for the Lions, who are 3-0 for the first time since 1980. They won in the Metrodome for the first time since 1997, snapping a 13-game skid.
Adrian Peterson rushed for 78 yards and a touchdown, but only 5 of those yards came in the second half as the Vikings (0-3) gave away a large halftime lead for the third week in a row.
Stafford completed 32 of 46 passes for 378 yards, and he saved his best throw of the day for his last.
With blitzing Vikings linebacker Chad Greenway right in Stafford's grill, the young quarterback heaved a pass off his back foot in Johnson's direction. The 6-foot-5 Johnson made a brilliant 40-yard catch with Cedric Griffin all over him, and Hanson calmly drilled the field goal for the winning score.
There was a little confusion after the kick, with officials blowing their whistles and holding off the celebration. But this was a long time coming for the Lions, and coach Jim Schwartz could be heard over the referee's microphone yelling "Learn the (expletive) rules!" as he jogged toward his handshake with the Vikings' Leslie Frazier.
Stafford looked completely lost against the Vikings' aggressive array of zone blitzes in the first half, throwing for just 64 yards.
He was a different quarterback in the second half, certainly closer to the No. 1 overall pick in 2009 who led the Lions so capably in the first two weeks. He calmly dissected the Vikings defense, completing 14 of 23 passes for 257 yards, with much of his damage done to Brandon Pettigrew over the middle.
Pettigrew had 11 catches for 112 yards for the Lions, who were favored in Minnesota for the first time since 1981.
Jared Allen had three sacks, Brian Robison added two and Donovan McNabb threw for 211 yards and a touchdown for the Vikings.
For the third week in a row, the Vikings came out of the gates flying. Peterson had a 6-yard touchdown run, and the defense sacked Stafford, who had hardly been touched in the first two weeks, three times in the first half.
The Lions had minus-7 yards of offense in the first quarter, and Marcus Sherels' 53-yard punt return set up McNabb's 8-yard TD to Visanthe Shiancoe for a 20-0 lead.
Despite coming into the game 0-2, domination like that was nothing new for the Vikings, who have outscored their opponents 54-7 in the first half of the first three games. They led San Diego 17-7 at the break in the opener and were up 17-0 on the Buccaneers last week.
Stafford hit Johnson for a 32-yard TD, and Hanson's 27-yard field goal cut the lead in half at 20-10.
Jahvid Best's 60-yard screen pass gave the Lions a first-and-goal at the 5 as the quarter came to an end, one that saw the Lions outgain the Vikings 190-6.
Stafford's 5-yard TD to Johnson made it 20-17 early in the fourth quarter, and Frazier decided to go for it on fourth-and-1 from the Detroit 17 rather than kick a field goal. Toby Gerhart was stuffed by DeAndre Levy.
Stafford drove the Lions right back down the field, and Hanson's 50-yard field goal tied the game with 5:20 to play.
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After a dramatic four-month closure of the facility, Southern California motorsport fans can rejoice because racing returns to Irwindale Speedway.
It comes with the announcement of a six-race 2012 NHRA Summit Drag Racing Series.
"We're all pleased about being back," said Bob Klein representing the track. "We need to thank everybody, they've all gone above and beyond to get us back on this track and racing."
The competition will kick off Sunday, May 27 (Memorial Day weekend) with races following on June 17, July 8, August 5, August 26, and September 9 (all Sundays).
The four National Hot Rod Association classes competing are: Super Pro, Pro, Sportsman, and Pro Bike. Each vehicle has an elapsed time range (in seconds) in its class: Super Pro (5.70-7.49), Pro (6.40-8.59), Sportsman (7.50-12.60) and Pro Bike (5.70 and slower).
Electronics are allowed in the Super Pro class (staging and launch control). There's no limit on the number of classes racers can compete in, and the entry fee for each class is the same $55.
Gates open at 7:30am, with tech inspection at 8am, a competitor's meeting at 10am, and time trials firing off at 10:15am. Elimination racing begin at 1pm and run until 4pm.
Fans are welcome since the compact-but-contentious eighth-mile drag strip at Irwindale is a great place to watch cars smoking tires and scratching for speed. There will be food and drink concession, free parking, and the pits are open to the public.
Adults are $10, youngsters $5, and children under 5 are free.


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KABUL – Civilian deaths in the escalating Afghan war soared by 24 percent during the first half of 2009 compared with the same period last year, the United Nations said Friday, blaming most of the casualties on Taliban attacks launched with little regard for civilian lives.
The U.N. Assistance Mission to Afghanistan also pointed to stepped-up military operations by the United States and its allies, especially airstrikes, for the steady increase in Afghan civilian casualties over the past two years.
However, the report also said the number of civilians killed by the Taliban and other "anti-government forces" during the first half of the year was double those attributed to the U.S.-led coalition and Afghan government forces. The U.N. termed that a "significant shift" from 2007, when the coalition was responsible for 41 percent of civilian deaths.
Both the U.S. and some elements of the Taliban appear sensitive to the issue of civilian casualties, fearing a loss of support among the embattled Afghan population.
This month, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, issued orders to curb the use of airstrikes to hold down civilian casualties.
A new Taliban "code of conduct," attributed to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, instructs fighters to make "the utmost effort" to avoid killing civilians and to curb the use of suicide attacks. NATO officials dismissed the code as propaganda.
Despite the Taliban code, the U.N. report said insurgent suicide attacks and roadside bombings claimed more civilian lives "than any other tactic used by the parties to the conflict" and were launched "in violation of the relevant principles of international law."
"Far from taking action to minimize the impact of their activities on civilians, sectors of the armed opposition appear to deliberately favor the use of indiscriminate tactics, such as the use of IEDs," the report said, referring to improvised explosive devices or roadside bombs.
"Although such attacks are frequently directed against military or government targets, they are often carried out in crowded areas with apparent disregard for the extensive injury and death they cause to civilians," the report added.
According to the U.N., at least 1,013 civilians were killed in the first six months of this year compared with 818 for the same period in 2008 — an increase of 24 percent.
Of those, 595 died as a result of Taliban attacks, many of them against "civilian traffic, residential compounds and marketplaces," the report said. International and Afghan government forces killed another 310 civilians, including 200 in 40 airstrikes, according to the U.N. The 108 other civilian deaths could not be attributed to either side, the report said.
The U.N. figures are higher than an Associated Press count of civilian deaths based on reports from Afghan and international officials. The AP count shows that 524 civilians died in the first six months of the year — a 27 percent increase over the same period last year.
The report was released at the end of the bloodiest month for U.S. and NATO forces in the nearly eight-year war. At least 42 U.S service members and 31 from other international military forces were killed in July, according to military announcements.
The U.N. said the Taliban and other insurgents have been hiding in civilian areas as part of "an active policy aimed at drawing a military response" to areas where there would be a "high likelihood" that civilians would be killed or injured.
A 36-year-old carpenter, Wazir Mohammad, believes his family fell victim to that tactic when fighting broke out last month between U.S. troops and insurgents in the village of Nangalam in the eastern province of Kunar.
As the family huddled inside their home, a rocket slammed into the ground floor, killing Mohammad's father, brother and grandmother, he said. Five other relatives were wounded. Mohammad, a 36-year-old carpenter, said he didn't know which side fired the rocket.
A doctor in the village, who uses only one name, Nizamuddin, said Taliban and U.S. forces exchange fire almost daily around the village and that rockets and mortars detonate from time to time in civilian districts.
"We are so depressed," Mohammad said by telephone. "We do not know what the future holds for us."
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has publicly berated NATO commanders over civilian deaths and has called for new rules governing the conduct of Western military operations if he wins a second term in the August elections.
However, the U.N. report said the Afghan government also shares responsibility "for a rising toll in terms of civilian deaths and injuries" and the destruction of property.
The report said civilian deaths rose every month this year as compared with 2008 except February. The report cited increased fighting in urban areas, more complex Taliban attacks and the return of militants who had fled across the border into Pakistan.
May was the deadliest month, with 261 civilians killed. The Taliban and other insurgents were responsible for most of the deaths, but 81 were killed by government or international forces, the U.N. said.
The U.N. also noted what it called a "new trend" in insurgent attacks. Since May, insurgents have attached magnetic explosive devices to vehicles to target civilians who have worked with government or international military forces. A provincial council candidate was killed by a magnetic bomb May 29 in Khost.
A month later, such bombs killed a translator and another individual working for the international forces.
Music shops and other places selling "immoral" goods such as DVDs have also been targeted. In an April attack, a young boy was killed when a bomb placed in his wheelbarrow exploded prematurely 50 feet from a government building in Aybak city. The boy had no knowledge of the bomb, the report said.


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Rose Byrne may be a fine actress, but her ability to spell leaves a lot to be desired. On the 'Late Show' last night, Byrne competed against David Letterman in an impromptu spelling bee and failed miserably.
First, Letterman correctly spelled "Schenectady," the city in New York State where Byrne is currently filming a movie with Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling and Eva Mendes.
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MiR Scientific (formerly miR Diagnostics) has appointed Laurence Klotz as chief medical officer. Klotz currently serves as chairman of the World Urologic Oncology Federation. He has also been a member of the Institute of Medical Science and a graduate faculty member at the University of Toronto since 2005, as well as a professor of surgery at the University of Toronto since 2000.
Chembio said in a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Sharon Klugewicz is resigning as its senior vice president and chief quality and regulatory officer on Feb. 22.
First Light Diagnostics has appointed Peter Kaspar to its board of directors. Kaspar has been a member of bioMérieux's executive committee, where he was responsible for the firm's molecular diagnostics unit, global research and development, and later the microbiology unit. Kaspar previously held executive roles within several global organizations, including the Foundation for Innovative Diagnostics.
RenalytixAI has appointed Patti Connolly as its VP of clinical and scientific affairs. Connolly will lead the firm's recruitment efforts for the prospective clinical utility study for its KidneyIntelX assay, which the firm plans to begin in Q4 2019. Prior to RenalytixAI, Connolly served as clinical services director at Pearl Pathways.
RenalytixAI has also appointed and Paul Brenner to the firm's advisory board. Brenner currently serves as a computer science faculty member at the University of Notre Dame and associate director of Notre Dame's Center for Research Computing. Brenner also serves as a senior reserve advisor to the Air Force Cyber College Commandment.
PathAI announced Esther Abels has been appointed its vice president of regulatory and clinical affairs and strategic business development. She will direct the company's development of medical devices and lead its regulatory strategy. Abels was most recently a senior direcgtor at Philips where she led efforts to gain US Food and Drug Administration approval for whole-slide imaging systems.
Diagnos has appointed Jean-Francois Yale to its board. Yale is an endocrinologist and is currently a professor of medicine at McGill University's department of medicine. He chaired the clinical and scientific section of the Canadian Diabetes Association from 1992-1994.
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics announced that its board of directors has appointed Robert Yates as chairman and chief executive officer effective Feb. 12. Yates will succeed Martin Madaus, who is retiring after serving as chairman and CEO of Ortho since June 2014.
Yates is currently Ortho's president and has served as a director on the company's board since June 2014. He was previously the chief operating officer and a member of Ortho's executive leadership team for more than four years.
John Steuart has resigned from Natera's board of directors. The board has also appointed Gail Marcus as chair of the audit committee. She joined Natera's board in March 2017 and currently serves as chair of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
GeneCapture has appointed Greg Thompson as its chief operating officer. Thompson will oversee the product design, commercialization, and medical device approvals for the firm's portable and rapid diagnostic for the point-of-care market. Thompson previously served as VP of design in the medical division and VP of global product design and development at Sanmina. Thompson earned a BSEE degree in computer engineering from North Dakota State University.
OptraScan announced the expansion of its medical advisory board with two appointments — Thomas Montine, chairman of the department of pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine, and Jon Morrow, chairman of the department of pathology at Yale School of Medicine.
The firm's medical advisory board already includes Jiaoti Huang, professor and chairman of the department of pathology at Duke University; Allen Gown, founder and medical director at Phenopath; and Abul Abbas, chairman of the department of pathology at University of California, San Francisco.
Metabolon has appointed Michael Rasche as its president of international business. Rasche will lead the firm's international business activities with a focus on customer and team expansion. Prior to Metabolon, Rasche acted as chief commercial officer at Definiens. Before Definiens, Rasche served as corporate VP of global commercial operations at Ayoxxa. He has also held leadership positions at Dako (now Agilent), Roche, and Bayer Diagnostics in Europe, as well as North and South America.
HTG Molecular Diagnostics has announced that TJ Johnson, the firm's current CEO, will assume the role of executive chairman of its board of directors. John Lubniewski, HTG's president and chief operating officer, will succeed Johnson as CEO. In addition, Ann Hanham will assume the role of lead independent director at the end of Q1 2019.
Lubniewski has served as HTG's president and COO since April 2018, joining the firm in 2011 as chief business officer. Before HTG, Lubniewski served in several leadership roles at Ventana, including senior VP and life cycle leader for platforms and clinical assays, as well as head of global marketing. Prior to Ventana, Lubniewski worked at Corning for over a decade in a variety of roles.
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Tales of a TARP built to benefit bankers, and waiting for CEOs to pay the price
1. The Obama TARP fiasco Romney can't use:
If the dynamics of the presidential campaign were different, a book called Bailout by Neil Barofsky would be getting a lot more attention. Barofsky left a post in late 2008 as a top federal financial fraud prosecutor in New York to become the special inspector general overseeing the $700 billion TARP bailout program. He's written a Mr. Smith-Goes-to-Washington-like account of how even after TARP was turned over to a Democratic administration – in fact more so after the Democrats took over – TARP money was dispensed and TARP rules were written almost completely for the benefit of the bankers who drove America into a ditch.
For example, there's Barofsky's blow-by-blow description of how the rules written by the Obama administration for its much-heralded $50 billion program to help homeowners whose mortgages were underwater were so tilted in favor of the banks and against homeowners actually being able to get relief that only $1.4 billion of the $50 billion was dispensed, with few homeowners getting any help. And Barofsky is not writing about compromises the Obama administration had to make with banker-sympathetic Republicans in Congress; this is all about internal decisions that unfailingly seemed to put the needs and mindset of Wall Street above those of Main Street consumers.
A presidential campaign that wanted to call out the Obama administration for being too friendly to Wall Street and the banks at the expense of Main Street would be using Bailout as the cheat sheet that keeps on giving. But with the Romney campaign's attack coming from the opposite direction – that the president and his team have killed the economy by shackling Wall Street – and with Romney on record in favor of allowing the mortgage crisis to "bottom out" with no government intervention, the former Massachusetts governor and his team have no use for Bailout.
That doesn't mean reporters covering Wall Street and financial regulation shouldn't be digging in, if not now, then after the voting. I want to read a story challenging officials, such as Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, to offer their response to Barofsky's detailed and convincing indictment.
Did Geithner really refuse repeatedly to meet with Barofsky and try time and again to torpedo his investigations into fraud at TARP or his efforts to write rules that would prevent fraud? Did the Obama White House and the Treasury Department really argue to Barofsky that implementing what seem to me to be commonsense reporting and auditing rules for those accepting TARP money would scare off the banks from taking these handouts?
Did both the White House and Treasury constantly try to undercut their inspector general with leaks to the press portraying him as an ambitious partisan, when in fact he is a Democrat and was a relatively obscure if accomplished prosecutor with no previous predilection for showboating?
Did Geithner deputy Herbert Allison, a veteran Wall Street banker, really take Barofsky to lunch at a D.C. power restaurant after Barofsky had issued a series of reports critical of Treasury's administration of TARP's billions (which is an inspector general's ostensible job), during which he delivered a clichéd "You'll never work in this town again" speech?
According to Barofsky, Allison observed that Barofsky was "a young man, just starting out with a family, and obviously this job isn't going to last forever. Have you thought at all about what you'll be doing next?" After which he added, writes Barofsky, "I'm telling you, you're doing yourself real harm. Out there in the market there are consequences for some of the things you're saying."
Worse, according to Barofsky, by dessert Allison had asked if he was looking for "something else in government? A judgeship?"
There's lots more, including Barofsky's account of capitulations the Obama team has made in the implementation of the Dodd-Frank financial reform bill that has rendered some of its key provisions relatively toothless. Again, that's not something the Romney folks would criticize. Nor would they be terribly exercised over Barofsky's explanation of how the rules governing the way TARP money was to be used and accounted for were so watered down that they never required or even encouraged the bailed-out banks actually to lend it out and thereby help revive the economy.
Reporters on the beat ought to get out there and tell us if Barofsky's stories hold up. And they should use his description of these crucial, but often arcane, in-the-weeds issues, as a road map for future coverage no matter who wins in November.
2. Do CEOs ever pay the price?
Last week's announcement that Bank of America was going to pay $2.4 billion in a shareholders' class-action suit brought as a result of the bank's disastrous 2008 purchase of Merrill Lynch reminds me that I wish I could read something explaining who actually benefits (other than the plaintiffs' lawyers) when massive shareholder suits like these are settled or get decided for the plaintiffs. More important, who actually pays?
Dispatches like this one did a good job of explaining what the claims were – that BofA and Merrill Lynch executives hid the nature of Merrill Lynch's near-total meltdown as BofA shareholders were being asked to approve the merger. And some, such as this New York Times story, provided a snapshot of who will get the settlement money: "those who owned Bank of America shares or call options from September 2008 to January 2009," which was the period that began when the deal was announced and ended when it was voted on by the shareholders.
But that leaves lots of questions. A shareholders' suit is supposedly brought on behalf of shareholders who own a company. Yet the prime defendant is the company. So it is the company that pays the settlement, which would mean that the shareholders' assets are being used to pay the shareholders.
Of course, if I owned shares between September 2008 and January 2009 and sold them later in January 2009, I'd only be on the receiving end. But if I still own the shares, wouldn't I be paying myself with my own assets (and with the plaintiffs' lawyers taking their cut on the way through this round trip)?
More important, it is the company's lead executives, such as then-BofA CEO Kenneth Lewis, who allegedly misled the shareholders. They are also defendants in these cases. But I haven't read anything about them paying anything. Did they? Or did the company indemnify them from such suits and/or provide company-paid insurance to cover any personal liability? Did the company or company-paid insurance cover their legal fees? If so, then what's the point of suing them?
And, as long as we're talking about harm done to shareholders, why wouldn't we now see a new, post-settlement shareholders' suit not against the company but targeted only at Lewis and some of his former colleagues who got Bank of America into this jam in the first place and just caused it to pay out $2.4 billion? (The plaintiffs here could be any current shareholders, because they are the ones who are writing the $2.4 billion check.) Again, did the company indemnify Lewis and other executives against shareholder suits, meaning that if a shareholder now sues Lewis over this $2.4 billion settlement, the shareholder is once again only suing himself?
Can someone please sort this out?
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It seems as though the Obama Administration was adept at misleading homeowners into thinking that they would benefit from the TARP program. In the end banks did better than ever because they, in essence, wrote TARP to benefit themselves.
Why are there so many homeowners with mortgages underwater?
Community Reinvestment Act.
Romney can use TARP as ammunition.
This is the kind of garbage that makes me wish the RNC was fielding an actual viable alternative.
So what so many have been saying for so long is true, after all.
The name of the game is "Tilt the Table" and there are four players: the 1%, the 99%, government Democrats and government Republicans.
The Republicans (openly working on behalf of the 1%) and the Democrats (secretly working on behalf of the 1%) are ostensibly at loggerheads with each other while secretly colluding against the 99%.
Reuters, where are your female opinion columnists? Do you feel you have reached your diversity goals because you have one, Wall St. fiasco author, who is not white? In case you haven't noticed, females are over half of the US population. We are earning more college degrees by a large amount, and more graduate degrees as well, and these degrees are not all in Home Ec. And another little reminder, women are determining who are next president will be. It is a pathetic display of your bastion attitudes.
#1: Please someone, give America some means to distinguish between the two parties, in the coming elections. Someone please stand up with some integrity, and DO something about this unholy mess.
#2: We surely need some strong laws, telling corporations what provisions are/ aren't allowed to go in their directors' and CEOs' contracts. We surely need to set some boundaries… What are those guys supposedly paid for anyway? If there are no risks, no personal dangers, no moral hazards, no unusual stress-factors associated with their positions; then why do they get paid one cent more than the average hard-working American?
Aha… I remembered now… Those guys get paid over the odds because:
• It's supposed to make them impervious to financial corruption,
• It's supposed to send a message of confidence to the market that they "hired the best available", and send a bold/intimidating statement to anyone who might negotiate with them.
Well, that all worked, didn't it?
"Can someone please sort this out?"
No they can't. Why? Because this also applies to journalists:
"I'm telling you, you're doing yourself real harm. Out there in the market there are consequences for some of the things you're saying."


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Balfour, Hanigan get signs mixed up in final frame
ST. PETERSBURG -- When the ball left Grant Balfour's hand, Ryan Hanigan thought it was a slider heading for the dirt. He started to go down to block it, but the pitch never dropped with him.
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ST. PETERSBURG -- When the ball left Grant Balfour's hand, Ryan Hanigan thought it was a slider heading for the dirt. He started to go down to block it, but the pitch never dropped with him.
It was a 92-mph fastball headed straight at his chest.View Full Game Coverage
With a 2-2 count on Jon Singleton in the ninth inning of Tampa Bay's 5-0 win over the Astros Thursday night, the Rays' catcher called for some junk from his veteran reliever. He got the opposite.
"Just got crossed up. Put down a slider, threw a heater," Hanigan said. "I think he was just a little amped up. So he's trying to not let that happen again. I got the glove up, so it was all good, but mid-pitch I could tell it wasn't gonna break."
In a scary moment, Hanigan turned his head and threw his arms up in front of his body, an instinctive reaction to the ball whizzing toward him. Singleton swung through the pitch for strike three, and luckily for Hanigan, the ball deflected off his raised glove, bouncing away behind him and to his right.
"Especially in a two-strike count, when it comes out with that trajectory, I'm assuming I'm gonna have to block it, because it's low, I can tell," Hanigan said. "If there's a slider, it would have been way out there. So as soon as I went down and saw it was still carrying, I got my hand back up."
Hanigan had no idea what had happened. ("Did he swing? Did he? Oh, I didn't even know he swung," he said after the game.) All he saw was home-plate umpire Seth Buckminster making a "strike" signal.
He didn't try to tag Singleton, who could have attempted to advance to first on the dropped third strike. But Singleton made no effort to run, turning and heading for his dugout, so Buckminster called him out.
Tampa Bay manager Joe Maddon pointed out that Buckminster was lucky to not get hit, too, in addition to Hanigan. He also used the play to elucidate a lesson for batters.
"OK, If you want to illustrate why it's so difficult to hit a fastball when you're looking soft, that's an example," Maddon said. "Because it's even hard to catch. If your mind's thinking soft -- slider, curveball, change, whatever -- and a pitcher throws you a fastball, that's when you get hurt, or an umpire gets hurt.
"Now, the converse would be that Hanigan thought it was going to be a fastball, and then Balfour throws an offspeed pitch … much easier to adjust to. And that's why you go crazy with hitters, because they'll look soft in situations with two strikes, and then the pitcher will throw something hard -- you have no chance. Vice versa, you do. Classic example of that."
Of course, he returned to potential injuries being averted as the more important point.
"When you're thinking soft, and you get hard, it's really a dangerous moment," Maddon said. "It was lucky that Hanigan didn't get hurt, or he missed it and the umpire got hurt."
David Adler is an associate reporter for MLB.com.


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MintTech2 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 133 designs submitted by 44 freelance designers.
We are looking for a logo that is professional yet edgy. We market to both consumers (specifically gamers) and businesses and so the logo needs to appeal to both groups.
UPDATE 15/02: One thing that I think is lacking in the logos is the ability to recognise what industry we are in. Perhaps some kind of design in the logo that is directly related to computing. Feel free to experiment. I've increased the prize to get as many designs as possible.
Mint Technology
The website draft is here.
The actual domain is mint-technology.co.uk, but it's currently down.
About Mint Technology
We are a start-up company based in the UK that sells high-end computer systems and servers to consumers and businesses.
We market systems capable of high-end gaming, CAD, video editing, sound editing, 3D modelling etc. and our primary aim is providing high-performance, quality systems.
The Logo
The design will be used extensively on the website, on our business cards, leaflets, stationary and pretty much anything else.
- Modern
- Clean
- Adaptable design, as the logo may need to be altered to fit another purpose and thus a smaller size may be required.
- Fit perfectly with the existing colour of the webpage, and be able to fit in seamlessly with very little fiddling.
- Must include "Mint Technology" or "Mint-Technology.co.uk", preferably the former but we're open to suggestion.
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STORY: From the Land of Fire and Ice back to England's shores, Alexandria Featherstone finds herself the new Duchess of St. Easton. Her husband has promised a wedding trip to take them to the place where her imperiled parents were last seen — Italy and the marble caves of Carrara — but a powerful Italian duke plots against Alex and her treasure-hunting parents.
Hoping to save them, Alex and Gabriel travel to Italy by balloon. Fraught with danger on all sides and pressured by Gabriel's affliction to the breaking point, they must learn to work and fight together. The mysterious key is within their grasp, but they have yet to recognize it. This journey will require steadfast faith in God and each other — a risk that will win them everything they want or lose them everything they have.
REVIEW: This is the third and last book in the Forgotten Castles series; book one, 'The Guardian Duke' and book two, 'The Forgiven Duke' must be read before you read this third installment. None of the books are stand alone, unless you read the first one which ends in a cliffhanger.
I liked the first one very much, then I was very disappointed in the second one, and that disappointment extended to this third book as well.
I did find the character of Gabriel Ravenwood, Duke of St Easton well written and three-dimensional, but the heroine, Alexandria, I found to be only two-dimensional and not much likable.
Plot wise I found the first book somewhat believable and inspirational, while the second and the third I thought just too far-fetched and despite action, intrigue and lukewarm romance, I found it totally unbelievable.
These three books should have never offered to the readers as a series, but as one book. I believe it would have read better and wouldn't feel forced and rushed.
I honestly wouldn't recommend it or the series.
Melanie for b2b
*Book provided by publisher through NetGalley.