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- Wound Healing
The succulent aloe plant has been valued since prehistoric times for the treatment of burns, wound infections, and other skin problems. Medicinal aloe is pictured in an ancient cave painting in South Africa, and Alexander the Great is said to have captured an island off Somalia for the sole purpose of possessing the luxurious crop of aloe found there.
Most uses of aloe refer to the gel inside its cactus-like leaves. However, the skin of the leaves themselves can be condensed to form a sticky substance known as drug aloe or aloes. It is a powerful laxative, but it is seldom used because its effects are unpleasant. The uses described below are intended to refer only to aloe gel, not to drug aloe. However, to make matters trickier, some aloe gel products contain small amounts of drug aloe, and it is possible that this contaminant is the actual source of benefits seen in some studies. 20,21
What Is Aloe Used for Today?
We suspect millions of people would swear by their own experience that applying aloe to the skin can drastically reduce the time it takes for burns (including sunburns ) to heal. But, there is conflicting evidence regarding aloe's benefits. Some studies suggest that aloe is not effective for treating sunburn and may actually impair the healing of second-degree burns. 1,2 However, a small randomized trial involving 30 people with second-degree burns found that treatment with aloe cream resulted in faster healing time compared to silver sulfadiazine cream, a common treatment for burns. 39
Aloe also appears to be ineffective for treating the burn-like skin damage caused by radiation therapy for cancer . In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 194 women undergoing radiation therapy for breast cancer, use of aloe gel failed to protect the skin from radiation-induced damage. 7 Lack of benefit was also seen in an open trial of 225 women. 22 One study evaluated aloe soap in 73 men and women undergoing radiation therapy for various forms of cancer and, overall, failed to find benefit except possibly at the highest doses. 23 Another study failed to find aloe gel helpful for mouth inflammation caused by radiation therapy for head and neck cancer. 27
Besides its use for burns, aloe has been widely recommended for aiding wound healing . Results of test tube and animal studies of aloe for wounds have been positive. 3-5,24,25 And a small randomized study involving 49 people recovering from hemorrhoid surgery found that aloe cream reduced pain and hastened wound healing. 37 But, one clinical report suggests that aloe can actually impair the healing of severe wounds. 6 Also, a review of 7 trials involving 347 people did not find evidence that aloe can improve wound healing. 41
There is some evidence (although incomplete) that aloe cream might help genital herpes , lichen planus, psoriasis , and seborrhea . See below for more information.
Aloe gel has also been tried as a treatment to be taken internally by mouth. Two studies suggest that that aloe gel taken in this way might be helpful for type 2 diabetes . 8,9 One study found possible benefits for ulcerative colitis . 28
Very weak evidence hints that regular intake of aloe might decrease risk of kidney stones . 32,33
Oral aloe is also sometimes recommended as an aid in the treatment of asthma , stomach ulcers , and general immune support , but there is no meaningful evidence that it is effective for any of these purposes.
One of the constituents of aloe gel, acemannan, has shown some promise in test tube and animal studies for stimulating immunity and inhibiting the growth of viruses. 10-12 These finding have led to the suggestion that acemannan can help HIV infection . However, the one reported double-blind, placebo-controlled trial failed to show benefits. 26
What Is the Scientific Evidence for Aloe?
Genital Herpes
A 2-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial enrolled 60 men with active genital herpes . 13 Participants applied aloe cream (0.5% aloe) or placebo cream 3 times daily for 5 days. Use of aloe cream reduced the time necessary for lesions to heal (4.9 days versus 12 days), and also increased the percentage of individuals who were fully healed by the end of 2 weeks (66.7% versus 6.7%).
A previous double-blind, placebo-controlled study by the same author, enrolling 120 men with genital herpes, found that cream made from aloe was more effective than pure aloe gel or placebo. 14
Seborrhea is a fairly common skin condition, leading to oily, red, and scaly eruptions in such areas as the eyebrows, eyelids, nose, ear, upper lip, chest, groin, and chin. A double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 44 individuals found that 4 to 6 weeks of treatment with aloe ointment could significantly reduce symptoms of seborrhea. 16
There are contradictory results regarding the effectiveness of aloe cream for treating psoriasis.
According to a double-blind study that enrolled 60 men and women with mild to moderate symptoms of psoriasis , aloe cream may be helpful for this chronic skin condition. 15 Participants were treated with either topical aloe extract (0.5%) or a placebo cream, applied 3 times daily for 4 weeks. Aloe treatment produced significantly better results than placebo, and these results were said to endure for almost a year after treatment was stopped. The study authors also reported a high level of complete "cure," but what exactly they meant by this was not reported clearly. Another study found that aloe cream was more effective than triamcinolone acetonide, a corticosteroid that is applied to the skin. 38 For 8 weeks, 80 patients with mild to moderate psoriasis were randomized to receive aloe cream or 0.1% triamcinolone acetonide. Those in the aloe group had a greater reduction in their symptoms compared to the corticosteroid group.
However, another study failed to reproduce these favorable results. 31 Over four weeks of treatment, marked improvement was seen in 72.5% of skin patches treated with aloe, but 82% of those treated with placebo. This was a statistically significant difference in favor of placebo.
Lichen Planus
Lichen planus is a chronic skin condition characterized by itchy, flat, scaly patches. It can occur in various parts of the body, including the wrists, legs, trunk, mouth, and vagina.
One study evaluated the potential value of aloe vera as a topical treatment for oral lichen planus. 35 In this double-blind, placebo controlled study of 54 people with oral lichen planus, use of aloe vera gel was significantly more effective than placebo in alleviating symptoms. In another study involving 34 women with lichen planus of the vulva (just outside the vagina), aloe vera led to significantly more improvement than placebo. 36
Evidence from two human trials suggests that aloe gel can improve blood sugar control in individuals with type 2 diabetes .
A single-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the potential benefits of aloe in either 72 or 40 individuals with diabetes (the study report appears to contradict itself). 17 The results showed significantly greater improvements in blood sugar levels among those given aloe over the 2-week treatment period.
Another single-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated the benefits of aloe in individuals who had failed to respond to the oral diabetes drug glibenclamide. 18 Of the 36 individuals who completed the study, those taking glibenclamide and aloe showed definite improvements in blood sugar levels over 42 days as compared to those taking glibenclamide and placebo.
A double-blind randomized control trial of 67 patients with diabetes and high cholesterol compared oral aloe vera gel to placebo. All patients were also taking diabetes medications glyburide and metformin. After 2 months, aloe was associated with lowered fasting blood glucose, HbA1c levels (an indicator of overall blood sugar control), total cholesterol, and LDL ("bad")cholesterol. 42
Although these are promising results, large studies that are double- rather than single-blind will be needed to establish aloe as an effective treatment for hypoglycemia.
Ulcerative Colitis
In a double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 44 people with active ulcerative colitis , use of oral aloe gel at a dose of 100 ml twice daily for 4 weeks appeared to improve both subjective symptoms and objective measurements of disease severity. 29 About half of the people given aloe showed response to treatment; about 30% experienced full remission. Benefits occurred only rarely in the placebo group. However, this was a small study, and its results can't be taken as conclusive.
Topical aloe vera cream typically contains 0.5% aloe and is applied three times daily.
For the treatment of diabetes, a dosage of 1 tablespoon of aloe juice twice daily has been used in studies.
Safety Issues
Other than occasional allergic reactions, no serious problems have been reported with aloe gel, whether used internally or externally. However, comprehensive safety studies are lacking. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
Keep in mind that if aloe is used as a treatment for diabetes, and it proves effective, blood sugar levels could fall too low, necessitating a reduction in medication dosage. Close monitoring of blood sugar levels is, therefore, advised.
In addition, there is one report of an herb-drug interaction between aloe and the anesthesia drug sevoflurane, in which it appeared that aloe may have increased sevoflurane's "blood thinning" effect. 30
Another isolated report appears to connect aloe to liver inflammation in one person. 34 (Since aloe does not appear to possess any liver toxicity in general, this report would seem to suggest an "idiosyncratic," in other words, a highly personal reaction to the herb.)
Interactions You Should Know About
If you are using:
- Hydrocortisone cream : Aloe gel might help it work better. 19
- Medications for diabetes : Oral use of aloe vera might cause your blood sugar levels to fall too low.
Revision Information
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Saturday, January 1, 2011
Marzipan Perfect For Tea
The Ingredients:
500g ground almonds
300g sugar
1 cup water
Juice of 1/2 lemon
1 tsp ground cardamon (optional)
2-3 drop of almond essence
Powdered sugar
The Recipe:
Boil the sugar, water and lemon juice in a pan for 10 minutes, until the syrup is thick and sticky and coats a spoon. Be aware not to let it caramelize. Now add the ground almonds, cardamon and almond essence and stir over low heat for 2-3 minutes, until the paste no longer sticks to the pan. Set aside and let cool. Oil your hands lightly, take little lumps of paste and roll into 2.5 cm round balls. Coat in powdered sugar, and serve. A true indulgence. We like to make some extra and store it in the fridge. We roll it into a log, wrap in saran wrap and put it away for a rainy day (it will keep for months). And when some some friends come over for tea and there are no cookies, we can quickly whip out our homemade marzipan.
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2019 Virtual Investor Meetings: U.S. CMBS
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The China Securitisation Market has seen phenomenal growth in the past few years. Hilary Tan, Senior Director and Head of Greater China Structured Finance, discusses the developments and key drivers behind the growth.
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Highlights from the FT-Fitch Global Banking Conference 2019
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Dear José Manuel Cantera , The Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group has reviewed the comments you sent [1] on the Last Call Working Draft [2] of the Device Description Repository Simple API published on 4 Apr 2008. Thank you for having taken the time to review the document and to send us comments! The Working Group's response to your comment is included below, and has been implemented in the new version of the document available at: http://www.w3.org/2005/MWI/DDWG/drafts/api/080525. Please review it carefully and let us know by email at email@example.com if you agree with it or not before 5 June 2008. In case of disagreement, you are requested to provide a specific solution for or a path to a consensus with the Working Group. If such a consensus cannot be achieved, you will be given the opportunity to raise a formal objection which will then be reviewed by the Director during the transition of this document to the next stage in the W3C Recommendation Track. Thanks, For the Mobile Web Initiative Device Description Working Group, Matt Womer W3C Staff Contact 1. http://email@example.com 2. http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-DDR-Simple-API-20080404/ ===== Your comment on 3 Vocabularies: > If an implementation decides to add an additional value to an enumerated > property, such as supportedImageFormats, that new value will be in the > same namespace as the Core Voc or in another namespace? > > How a call from the API will note this fact, as the set of values in an > enumeration are represented as non-namespaced Strings? > > How collisions between values are going to be avoided? Working Group Resolution (LC-1969): The introduction of new properties, new aspects or new values for enumerations constitutes the creation of a new vocabulary. It is possible for a vocabulary to reference a previous version (to avoid having to redefine all of the properties/aspects/values), but this does not avoid the requirement for the new vocabulary to have a separate namespace. An implementation may support multiple vocabularies, and this is supported by the API, so it is permitted for extended vocabularies to co-exist with their predecessors without causing confusion. Only the values of enumeration types as listed in a vocabulary are associated with the namespace. Additional values may be permitted by an implementation, but if avoidance of value clashes is necessary then the introduction of new vocabularies to include such new values is advised. In general, the design and implementation of extensible vocabularies is an open and ongoing issue, which in conjunction with the design of an ontology of the delivery context is something that the DDWG will be deferring to the UWA Working Group. Meanwhile, the mechanism described above will suffice for the DDR Simple API. ----Received on Sunday, 25 May 2008 20:22:24 UTC
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Thanksgiving is often thought of as America's unique secular holiday. That's somewhat ironic, because the very name of the day suggests an external power, force, or being to whom we give thanks. But Thanksgiving also carries with it important environmental implications, because we are also celebrating the bounty of the earth.
In a recent essay, Rabbi Natan Margalit of Organic Torah unifies the two, from within the Jewish tradition. He notes that originally God gave humans only "every seed bearing plant that is upon all the earth, and every tree that has seed bearing fruit." (Gen. 1:29). No animals were to be consumed. It was only after the Flood (and the overwhelming evidence of human moral fraility) that God finally relented and said,
The fear and dread of you shall be upon all the beasts of the earth and upon all the birds of the sky — everything with which the earth is astir — and upon all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand. Every creature that lives shall be yours to eat…
Gen. 9:1-4. And Judaism itself makes the consumption of animal flesh particularly difficult. In the passage just quoted, God makes it very clear that "you must not eat flesh with its life-blood in it." So much for eating meat rare. Margalit observes that in ancient Hebrew, the word nefesh connoted both "life" and "soul." The very act of eating meat is a consumption of a soul. Meat-eating is not banned, but it is disfavored.
Even the most cursory look at the kosher laws reinforces this disfavoring. It is easy for a vegetarian to be kosher; it is hard for a meat-eater to be kosher. The vast majority of rules concern meat-eating; if you forego meat, kashrut is a piece of cake (so to speak). The message is clear: try very hard to not kill souls, and at the very least, always acknowledge that they are souls. Thus, says Margalit:
the Jewish ethics of eating speaks clearly against the practices we see today in the industrial production of meat. The vast majority of meat produced today in the U.S. comes from huge factory farms in which the animals are crowded together, fed fattening food not their natural diet, and then given antibiotics in order to keep them healthy enough in these inhumane conditions to reach the slaughterhouse. They are reduced, in other words, to units of meat production, not animate beings with a God-given life.
We are blessed with many gifts, and Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to recognize and enjoy the bounty that reaches our tables. But, especially if we are eating meat, whether or not we are eating kosher, we can still be informed by this three thousand year old wisdom from the Torah: the life of the animal is a sacred gift from God. We are only permitted to eat it on the condition that we recognize that fact. For us today this means looking to the best of our ability at how the animal was raised and treated. Did the farmer who raised this animal treat it with respect? Was its slaughter done in the most humane way possible?
Margalit might also have mentioned that the production of meat requires far, far more energy than the production of plants. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, meat production constitutes between 14 and 22 percent of the global carbon footprint. Destroying the soul of an animal also means injuring the soul of the earth.
So go ahead and eat your Thanksgiving turkey. I will. But recognize it for the special — I might even say sacred — occasion that it is. Know where your bird comes from. Is your consumption honoring the earth? Ask yourself: how will you change your consumption from now until the next Thanksgiving in order to preserve the earth and honor the souls of other creatures? And in the meantime, make sure to contribute to Reversing Hunger throughout the world, for those who don't eat meat because they cannot afford. Their souls matter, too.
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Questions over police role in church abuse handling process
New South Wales police are facing fresh questions over whether they forged an unhealthy relationship with the Catholic Church in dealing with sexual abuse allegations against priests.
Lateline can reveal that for eight years to 2004, a senior police officer was an integral part of Towards Healing, the church's internal process for handling sexual abuse cases.
The state's former director of public prosecutions says that was a serious conflict of interest for police and should never have been approved.
In the mid-1990s, the Wood royal commission into police corruption was highlighting the need for greater child protection measures in the church.
As the level of disquiet grew about the church's handling of complaints, in 1996 it set up an expert panel known as the NSW Professional Standards Resource Group.
On that expert panel was a police officer from the sex crimes squad.
The officer was there to advise on the law and whether church practices constituted a breach of the law.
The senior police officer reviewed the church's own investigations - at the beginning and end of the process only - and then gave advice on what action to take against alleged offenders.
According to NSW Police, all the information provided by the church to that officer had the names of victims and alleged perpetrators removed.
Alarm bells
Lateline understands this was because the victims were assured of confidentiality. Now, the role of the police in that process has set off alarm bells.
Nicholas Cowdery, the NSW director of public prosecutions from 1994 to 2011, questions why the church set up the resource group with a police officer involved.
"They have done that presumably so they can say publicly, 'what we have done is appropriate, we have brought in the interests of law enforcement and therefore you shouldn't be inquiring any further'," he said.
"The problem with that is that a police officer doesn't leave behind his or her oath of office until they retire, so when the police officer comes into this body that police officer brings that oath of office with him or her and is obliged to enforce the law and take any action appropriate in that regard.
"Well the church may say, 'we just wanted the police officer as a private individual or citizen but with the experience gained as a police officer'... but that really is no answer.
"It places that police officer in an impossible position and it is clear the police officer was not involved in all the proceedings of this body."
Mr Cowdery says the officer could not have known whether the investigations were being done properly or whether priests kept re-offending.
"So the police officer was given a sample at the beginning of an investigation and information at the end of it.
"All of that information as I understand it was anonymised so the police officer had no way of knowing who it was they were investigating, whether from one investigation to another it was the same person who was maybe re-offending, no way of assessing the requirements of law enforcement and whether or not there should be some further action taken outside that body in relation to these individuals.
'Gagging exercise'
"So it was a sort of a gagging exercise in a way too, gagging law enforcement from exposing what went on in this body by controlling the information that the police officer got and by making his or her deliberations subject to controls by the Catholic Church."
A spokesman for NSW Police said it was not a police force position within that program.
"The officer advised the towards healing program on best practice system and process matters as part of her inter-agency liaison duties with the then Child Protection Enforcement Agency," the spokesman said.
"As a member of the board she was involved in the review of cases to ensure proper processes were being followed.
"The identities of the alleged victims and perpetrators were withheld from the board."
Mr Cowdery says the officer was prevented from exercising her powers and duties by the way in which the information was provided to her.
Lateline has spoken to individuals directly involved in towards healing who say the process was undertaken in good faith, with good intentions.
Michael Salmon, the director of the Catholic Church's NSW professional standards office, said in a statement:
"We have audited all the complaints that have come into the professional standards office pursuant to the Towards Healing protocol, to ensure that all matters involving complaints of sexual abuse of children and minors have been reported to the sex crimes squad of the NSW Police pursuant to our normal practice."
There are many channels for reporting abuse crimes to police, including by the bishop in every diocese.
The resources group was just one level of review the church established to tackle the issue of child protection.
But Mr Cowdery says with hindsight this process could be viewed as the church conscripting the police force into its own agenda.
"The police force is a public instrumentality, it is part of our system of government and social control and serves a very public purpose.
"I think it is quite wrong for a member of that police force to be taken away and put into a private body set up by the institution, the Catholic Church, with the most to lose from an unfavourable outcome and gagged."
NSW Police withdrew the officer's position from the resource group in 2005.
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Each Thursday I try to make a list of my thankful thoughts. Sometimes I jot it down on paper, sometimes I share that list here, and other times I just highlight one or two things that I am thankful for. This is my Thursday Thanks Tank.
It's been a while since I've posted a Thursday Thanks Tank. The only reason for that is that I haven't slowed down enough to do it during the day and by nighttime my energy (and brainpower) is zapped.
I am thankful for:
1. Basketball: My boys are having fun. They had their first games this week. It was exciting to watch. I love that they are trying something new.
2. Wisdom from a friend: I love when I share my thoughts and feelings with a friend and I get solid advice -wisdom- in response. I especially love it when that friend is my husband.
3. New recipes that delight the family. We tried 3 new recipes last week. My husband and I loved all 3. The kids liked 2 out of the 3. That's a win!
4. Winning: Speaking of winning, I won a $30 Radio Shack gift card from the Frugal Fairy just for commenting on a blog contest. Now, that's fun!
5. Organization in the Kitchen: I'm going on my third week of mega meal planning (I just made up that term) and it feels fantastic. I'm planing, I'm becoming more aware of what I already have, we waste very little food, there is no stress about what we are going to eat, and there are no unplanned trips to the grocery store.
6. Regular Exercise: I've been going to the gym 5 days a week and it feels amazing. As a result, I'm ready for bed (or falling asleep on the couch) about 9:30 or 10, which is a huge switch for me. I think my husband and I are both benefiting from going to bed at an earlier hour.
7. My new gym bag: Don't you love it? It was a gift from my husband. He's not a Bama fan. Oh how I love that man. I love him more than I love Alabama football, which is quite a lot. (Roll Tide to that!)
Well, that's my list for today. Tonight's grocery shopping night and I am trying to finish up my list before the boys get home from school.
Take some time to be thankful today. It will improve your attitude and allow you to appreciate the good in life.


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Sweeten Up Your Veggies
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Vegetables are not a lot of peoples favorite food group. I personally love vegetables in all of its forms. Sauteed, raw, steamed, grilled, and etc. For a lot of people they don't like vegetables because they are not typically sweet. Sweet foods like cakes and candies mostly appeal to our palettes. For kids you can change this by adding a few simple ingredients. I have not tried this on a kid, but I think it will work. I have made this for my family from time to time, but my son already loves most vegetables except for a small few. So this is only my creative side hoping these tips will help you to get your kids to eat their vegetables.
Try adding some of these spices to some of your veggie dishes. You could try adding cinnamon, nutmeg, or vanilla extract to give the veggies a sweet taste without using sugar. Also ginger is a powerful seasoning that can make the veggies taste totally different. I have found that ground ginger is easier to work with rather than trying to zest the root. I have personally tried using ginger and cinnamon in some of my dishes. For example I made baked carrots with cinnamon and ginger. I used frozen cut carrots, smart balance spread, 1tsp.of ground ginger, 2tsp of ground cinnamon. Mixed all ingredients into a bowl, then place into baking dish and place into a 350 degree oven. You can add extra sprinkles of allspice after the dish has cooled and ready to serve.
A lot of the stores now are selling fruit and veggie trays with caramel and non-fat yogurt. This is more appealing to the little ones because it's sweeter than ranch or blue cheese dressing. I suggest dressing up the vegetables they don't know about is probably better than ones you know they won't eat. And when they inquire about what it is, just say it's made with cinnamon and sugar. Don't give the formal name of the dish. Words like kale and brussel sprouts just do not sound appealing to young ears. When your dealing with kids the less information the better.
Another idea I had is to add the zest of a fruit to your vegetables. You can start with the two basic ones like lemon and orange. It can be added to dishes like snap peas, spinach, and greens. I will have to try this method out as well. Hope these tips and ideas help dinner time at your house go a lot smoother.


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WASHINGTON - A U.S. official Tuesday defended the government's encryption efforts in response to disclosures that the National Security Agency (NSA) has the ability to crack encryption protections.
There were a number of published accounts last week, based on documents leaked by former government contractor Edward Snowden, that suggest encryption algorithms used by the commercial sector aren't stopping the agency from snooping.
These encryption technologies were developed with the help of National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which serves as a quasi-national laboratory for the private sector on encryption.
In commenting on the Snowden leaks, Patrick Gallagher, undersecretary of commerce for standards and technology and director of NIST, said that the leaks "would appear to attack our integrity."
Gallagher, speaking at an Amazon Web Services Public Sector Summit here, said that NIST's role "is to support a technical understanding of the strongest, most secure computer security, including encryption that we can.
"We are not deliberately, knowingly, working to undermine or weaken encryption technologies," said Gallagher.
But Bruce Schneier, a security expert and author, said he gives little weight to Gallagher's denial. "What is it about him that makes him different from other government and corporate officials who have been lying about what the NSA does?" said Schneier.
Gallagher said the NIST work on encryption is done "in the full light" of the public. Its work is published in technical bulletins and is subject to broad public comment.
"We're committed that any time a new issue or potential vulnerability is identified, that we address that in a forthcoming way," said Gallagher. "This is part of the business of the arms race of cyber security," he said.
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DBIx::Class::Migration::Tutorial::Conclusion - Final thoughts
A quick recap and thoughts about where to go next.
Nice to see you get this far! I hope you now have the basic understanding needed to be able to integrate migrations into your DBIC workflow, testing and web development. The next bit is up to you. Use the tools, think about where the gaps are, and give me some feedback. Hopefully over time this tutorial can become better and we can also start to create some basic recipes for good approaches to common problems. Thanks!
You might find looking at DBIx::Class::Migration::FAQ useful in debugging some of the more common error messages that I've seen while preparing this tutorial.
Also, at this point reviewing the API level documentation for DBIx::Class::Migration and DBIx::Class::Migration::Script useful. For more on some of the testing stuff we covered see DBIx::Class::Migration::Population and Test::DBIx::Class.
Lastly, its definitely a good idea to review the documention for both DBIx::Class::DeploymentHandler and DBIx::Class::Fixtures if you have not already. Looking at SQL::Translator may not be a bad idea either.
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Hangover Helper: Memelitas at Cinco de Mayo Taqueria, Woodburn, OR
Just what the doctor ordered.
The tacos at Cinco de Mayo Taqueria in Woodburn, Oregon, are pretty nice (especially the juicy and crisp-edged carnitas) but what haunts me are the memelitas, served four to plate for five bucks.
If you crawl out of bed on a rainy morning and can't quite face the crowds at Woodburn's outlet malls yet, these little masa rounds will revive you: they're rich without being heavy, fried without being too greasy, and filling without being overwhelming. The crisp edges reminded me a bit of Chinese scallion pancakes, and that's a good thing, since those are another one of my favorite hangover-friendly foods.
The outer crunch of the underside of the memelita gives way to warm, sweet corn flavor, heated just slightly by the creeping burn of the red salsa on top. (Bite into the grilled jalapeno served alongside if you dare.) A cooling crumble of fresh cheese and silky slices of ripe avocado add to the comfort factor.
The sopes—a heftier, thicker cousin of the memelita—come topped with moist pork and piles of shredded lettuce, cheese, and crema, but the memelita doesn't really need all that adornment. It's not complicated food, but it's pretty perfect.
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Here is video coverage of the Road Racing Drivers Club's Evening with Jim Hall presented by Firestone was held on April 12 before the running of the 2012 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.
Included in the video is a tribute to Jim Hall written and narrated by RRDC member Sam Posey, and produced by RRDC member Tom Davey. Bobby Rahal, president of the RRDC, talks at length to Hall about Hall's half century in racing.
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Joey Clinkscales
He was the Vice President of scouting for the Jets for many years before going to Oakland to become the Director of player personnel this past off-season. Even though he is not a big name he is what we all desire, a GM with real talent evaluation skills. He is also a good fit for Woody b/c more then likely he would be willing to still have Tannenbaum in the Jets FO b/c they have worked together in the past and he would also more then likely be willing to keep Rex for at least another year while restructuring the offensive assistants. If Woody truly wants to just demote Tanny and keep Rex for next year I think that Clinkscales is most likely the top candidate.
Terrible move. It'd be a status quo hire and I don't think Woody is that out of touch with reality.
if you were clink scales do u take the job?? this might be just a band aid move to appease the fan base to a degree but theres a good chance with this teams current cap issues and QB problems they have a similar year next year then woody has the financial freedom i.e. rex..sanchez..tanny..to blow it up big time and clink scales is left in the wind..idk..if i was clinkscales i guess you would have to get a long term deal w the assurances if rex has another bad year the freedom to pick his own coach...i do feel clinkscales was against alot of tannys picks last few years as there were rumblings of discord in the draft room and now woody sees maybe clinkscales would have been better w final say
I'm not sure if this is the hire that is going to fix everything. It may not fix anything.
Right now our culture is killing the team. When you hire from within, you are accepting the status quo. This move assures minimal changes. I know - Clinkscales is currently employed in Oakland, but he was here for several years and just left recently.
He was head of the scouting department that drafted Gholston, Sanchez, DuCasse, etc. The same scouting department that has nothing to show from the back half of the draft with the exception of Kerley.
What we should be doing is reaching out to Ross (NYG), Gamble, or Caldwell (ATL).
We are the Jets. We are in a perpetual loop of mediocrity. Until we do something to change this, all the internal promotions mean nothing. Sometimes the right moves are difficult. Sometimes the right moves force the organization to take a temporary step backwards. It's because we are not willing to make difficult decisions, not willing to sacrifice the present for the future that we will always come up short of our goal.
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great what the jets need a yes man for the job...........why go out and get a new idenity and bring a new culture to the jets mess............this would be something only the jets do...........
So if we hire Clinkscales and reassign Tannenshiitforbrains, we wind up with EXACTLY the same group of 3 losers that has already doomed this franchise just each with a different title. What a ridiculously bad move that would be.
We should be looking at someone like Scot McCloughan or Brandon Hunt
Clinkscales is finishing up his first year as the director of player personnel in Oakland. He went out there when McKenzie got the GM gig. No way I want any part of that for obvious reasons.
For an organization trying so hard to model the NY Yankees operation the Jets are looking like the NY Mets. Although not fair to Mets fans as they seem to headed in a better direction than the Jets.
The Jets are stuck with Sanchez in 2013. They aren't going any place next year with all the Cap issues and aging players, and FAs that need to be signed. So a new GM that can get us a bunch of good draft picks, keeping Rex, and moving us in the right direction seems like a good move. IMO
Not only is it poor management, but given the amount of money tannenbaum has made in his career, and his "decent" resume in the league circles, he would have to be ABSOLUTELY spineless to accept a demotion and have his former underling be his boss.
If Clinkscales gets hired, here's hoping he keeps Rex as HC. Any wise GM should be listening to the players. The players are definitely going to have Rex's back, as he has always had theirs.
But the guys like Sparano? Doesn't have a working relationship with Clinkscales. Failed in Miami as HC. Failed as OC this season. He should be gone as he's clearly not progressing in any of his roles.
Hiring Clinkscales essentially leaves everything as is. Clinkscales was with the Jets until prior to last season when he left for Oakland. So basically if Woody hires Clinkscales as GM, and re-assigns Tannenbaum, he has the exact same organization he's always had except the titles have changed.


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CRESTVIEW -- Voters of municipal elections on March 12 will decide several positions in Crestview and Laurel Hill governments. To help readers make informed decisions at the polls, the News Bulletin will publish profiles of each candidate running for these offices through March 2.
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To help readers make informed decisions at the polls, the News Bulletin will publish profiles of each candidate running for these offices through March 2.
Each candidate was asked to answer the same questions and received the same amount of space to respond. Candidates appear alphabetically.
Personal:Married to Debbie; four adult children. Member of the Audubon Society, Choctawhatchee Audubon and National Wildlife Federation. District sales manager, Dietz Supply Company.
Relevant experience:
I have 12 years' supervisory and managerial experience at General Motors Corporation and Navistar International, followed by 20 years outside industrial sales.
I served three years on Columbia-Tusculum Community Council in a Cincinnati, Ohio community. I am familiar with Robert's Rules of Order. I currently serve on the city of Crestview Board of Adjustment.
Other education/experience: I am a graduate of Anderson High School, Cincinnati, Ohio. I attended University of Cincinnati Evening College, Industrial Management. I served in the Marine Reserves. I have held a private pilot single engine land certificate since 1990.
Reason you seek this position: I have a desire to serve to help improve the quality of life experience here in Crestview for all citizens.
Biggest issue this position faces and how you plan to address it: I will encourage greater citizen turnout at council meetings, including newer arrivals to Crestview who are concentrated in Precinct 2.
Working together, we can make Crestview the city we are all proud to call home.
Personal: Crestview native; graduate of Carver-Hill High School. Married to Ann Hayes of East Palatka and the father of three children, Marcellus Hayes (Saint Petersburg), Darian Hayes (Bremerton, Wash.) and Shamira Hayes (Crestview). The son of S.F.C. Samuel "Sam" and Sarah Hayes. Currently president of Crestview Board of Adjustment and Carver-Hill Historical and Memorial Society, Precinct 12 polling clerk, church pianist, men's Sunday school teacher, member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, substitute teacher for Okaloosa County School District, member of Friendly Thriftiettes Charity Club, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc. and Army and Air Force Exchange System, or AAFES, retirees association.
Relevant experience:Thirty-two years' service as AAFES retail manager with extensive training and experience in customer service, financial, business and personnel management.
Previously OSHA certified and former AAFES EEO investigator for Southeast Region and Europe.
Recipient of the Highest Award for Achievement from Dale Carnegie Training Course, Army's Commander Award for Public Service, Army's Civilian Award for Humanitarian Service and AAFES service awards for services rendered in Haiti, Homestead AFB (following Hurricane Andrew) and Iraq, supporting the American military.
Other education/experience:Studies at St. John River Jr. College, University of Heidelburg and University of Maryland Overseas Division, Heidelburg, Germany. BA degree (Music) from Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach. Graduate of AAFES's Retail Management School, Dallas.
Reason you seek this position: My platform is to serve all people in my hometown to the best of my ability without favoritism.
I am a listener, and a doer, always there to listen and then respond in the citizens' best interest. I believe we need to continue to increase the quality of life for all our citizens, not forgetting our youth generation. We must establish additional resources for them, such as a city swimming pool and additional recreational improvements.
I believe business growth is great for our citizens, but it must be managed as it is developing. I will be a voice to address these and other issues in a fair and impartial manner, always remembering the will of the people is my duty.
Biggest issue this position faces and how you plan to address it: I don't see any large issues at the time that the council cannot adequately address.
We all know the traffic conditions are a major problem for our city, but since they are state highways, we have no control over this issue. But we must continue to address our state legislators on our concerns of current and future traffic conditions.
One challenge will be to make sure our citizens make their concerns known to their elected officials. I will be one who will have an open line of communication with our entire community.
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This past weekend, over a 36 hour period, Corbin put his creative talents to use at the hot and trendy restaurant, LARK on the Park in Dallas's Klyde Warren Park.
The selection Corbin chose to recreate was a commissioned piece he had recently completed for my dear friend, Kelley Copeland of The Hidden List. The drawing was of Kelley's beloved canine companion Princess, who recently passed away.
As a dog lover, a whole lot of heart went into Corbin's interpretation of Princess as he tediously composed the drawing of her on the giant chalkboard canvas.
Corbin's "Princess," will be on display at LARK on the Park through the month of November. And soon, you will be able to view a complete video of the art installation on their website ~ find it here.
*Here's to a job well done Corbin ~ so proud of you! XO
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I'm an outspoken atheist, but I also try my hardest to be respectful of those that are religious. But there comes a problem. Here's an example of my dillema.
Me: "Hey there, how are you?"
Friend: "Doing just fine, how are you?"
Me: "Oh, doing okay...I have a (insert big life event here that might not turn out well)
Friend: "Really? I will pray for you..."
How do I politely tell them not to waste their time? It kind of grates on my nerves when people just say they'll pray for me. But I know they are doing it because they are concerned, but why can't they show it in other ways? How do you guys deal with this? Do you just let it go or is there some script that I can follow?
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Sorry for straying from the point, but to tell you the truth, there are allot of people who don't ask for prayer but sincerely want it. Also, there are scenarios where people have no idea what to do, you offer to pray, and that prayer becomes a light in a dark tunnel for them.
A father who has a child on her death bed, you can offer him coffee, offer to take him to the doctor, offer to pay his bill for the year, but that won't take away the worry and fear he has for his daughter. Prayer (even if it is purely emotional) can bring comfort to a person.
So it might be annoying to you but it's life for someone else.
Interesting. And since you could give me some insight, I ask you this: Why not, instead of wasting words..why not offer to help them in some physical way? A gesture of kindness can also bring about the same psychological effects. Instead of saying 'I'll pray for you' if the person is say, sick, why not offer to help them get to a doctors appointment? Or if they're in the hospital, offer to look in on their house/pet/family? That's just what I don't understand. Sure, you may believe God is control, but that shouldn't stop you from offering a helping hand.
Yeah...getting 'snarky' is not what you want. But I think that if they're your friends you should find a way to let them know that you're an atheist and that one of the things that can easily offend an atheist or "grate" on their nerves is the offer of prayer as we see prayer as a way of doing nothing while claiming credit for using nothing but good will emotions to "effect" a positive outcome that may occur.
i suppose it's their sentiment that counts
I get that a lot. I just smile and say "Thank you for thinking of me." Sometimes I add that I am an atheist, and sometimes I don't bother; it pretty much depends upon the spirit in which the comment is offered. If it's simply a nice person who is genuinely concerned with my welfare, I usually don't say anything else. If, on the other hand, it is a pointed reference to my lack of belief, I may well launch into a mocking of the idea. I sometimes go so far as to ask them to pray for God to kill me. That usually stops them cold.
Hi Elisha. Question - Does it matter to you that they tell you they plan to have inconsequential thoughts in the privacy of their own mind? Why? Consider this scenario: A Christian tells you of some difficult situation they are facing. You empathize with him/her by saying you will keep him/her in your thoughts. What if he/she said they prefer a prayer? That would be presumptuous of him or her, wouldn't it? If you are uncomfortable with their religious thoughts, even if they are imagined to be for your benefit, it is not his/her problem to correct. It would be very impolite to suggest how they should express their empathy about your situation. Is it possible that you feel uncomfortable because you don't want to give an inaccurate impression that you share a faith in prayers? If so, and if you feel strongly you need to make that point, remember, that is still your problem, not theirs. The gracious response is a simple "thank you." Expounding on your feelings about religion or rejecting their kindly religious-based response is rude and way out of scope of the conversation. Save it for another time when religion is the topic of conversation.
Thank you. This is a very interesting way to look at it.
I'd recommend to pick your battles. At the end of the day, prayer does much less harm than other stupid shit people do (religious or otherwise).
My question is, in the event of something dramatic, what alternative do you have to prayer?
Just about any rational approach. Doing anything positive is better than meaningless superstition.
This truly depends on the situation and what you personally get out of prayer. There are situations where I do not know what more to do. When this occurs, I research and reach out to others; perhaps someone else in my life has the skills or information or resources to provide what I need. There are situations where there is nothing you can do to get what you want. When a loved one dies, there is nothing I can do to bring them back - and that's okay with me. Sometimes, there is nothing more you can do but move on. Other times, there is plenty you can do even if it's hard or difficult to imagine. I accept this, love the support I have in my life from others, and "vow" never to stop learning and striving. Think of this: when you pray, do you do some of these same things? Perhaps we're not so different.
Well, I don't pray. I think, personally, it's a waste of time and an empty gesture. So I try to find any small thing, because any small things helps. Even if it's walking their dog for them, or maybe helping them with some chore to help get that one thing off their chest. If all else fails: Coffee, laughter and companionship to help them through their time. (I'm figuring if they come to me with some sorrow, they are wanting my company anyway).


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- People buy netbooks and then discover that Windows isn't part of the bundle, and they don't like it.
- A teacher found a student handing out Linux CDs and accused him of pirating software.
- A student accidentally bought a Dell laptop with Ubuntu instead of Windows, and complained that she couldn't submit the Word documents required by her college (they say they are happy to accept OpenOffice.org documents) and the installation CD for her broadband service wouldn't install so she couldn't get the Internet (Ubuntu connects to the Internet just fine without it). The local TV station picked up the story as a "consumer rights" case and was amazed to find a virtual lynch mob chasing them for being less than enthusiastic about Ubuntu. They quoted an expert saying that Ubuntu "isn't for everyone" and is more suited to tinkerers than people who just want to get stuff done.
- There are two sorts of computers: Apple Macs, and PCs.
- Apple Macs run Apple software. PCs run Windows software.
- Windows is bundled with PCs. On expensive PCs the bundle might include Office as well.
- If you want extra software, you buy it at a store, take it home and stick the CD in the drive.
Of course those of us who use Linux know different. But for most people, Linux is something they might have heard about once or twice, but they didn't pay any attention and couldn't tell you anything about it. Outside its current user base and their immediate circle of friends and family, Linux has zero mindshare.
This is not another lament about Joe Sixpack being too stupid to understand Linux. The problem is not that Linux is too complicated, its that Linux and Windows do things differently. Imagine someone who was raised on Linux; how would they react to Windows? Software installation would seem complicated and geeky, the single desktop would feel claustrophobic, and as for the idea of paying for software...
So I think we need to sort out a message to broadcast to the world and then focus on it. I suggest the following:
- Linux is an alternative to Windows and Apple. It comes in several flavours.
- Linux isn't easier or harder than Windows, but it is different, and it takes a while to get used to those differences.
- Linux is bundled with a huge range of downloadable free software, including office, graphics and photographic packages.


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If you didn't know what the fuss was about, you would think Mon Repos is just another beautiful beach in the Bundaberg region, but nestled in the dunes this beach marks a very special, ancient ritual for the oceans most wise mariners.
Mon Repos means "My Rest" but there is no nodding off on the job for the mamma turtles when they come to lay their precious clutches of eggs between November to January.
It will take your breath away seeing a mamma turtle make her way back to her own birthplace, working hard in the dunes to lay her eggs, or between January to March watching a clutch of baby turtles emerge from the sand and take their first dip into the big blue yonder.
Mon Repos is the perfect picnic, sailing or swimming spot, you can also access the Mon Repos walking track easily from the beach. If its turtle season just be aware beach hours are 6am to 6pm with ranger guided tours by night.
It's a secluded and gorgeous beach to be visited year round and if you are a bit of a history buff then Mon Repos is where famous aviator Bert Hinkler undertook some of his first historic glider flights.
The distinctive black volcanic rock wall known as the Kanaka wall is a testament to the hard work of Melanesians from the South Pacific Islands who were indentured to work in the Queensland canefields from 1879 to 1904.
Mon Repos is the perfect place to play park ranger and retrace turtle tracks from the night before and remember just how important these birthplaces are for returning turtles many years after.
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Unsung Knicks History – Celtics "Cap-Size" Knicks Salary Cap From the Start
: Unsung Knick History : Written by Brian Cronin : 08-11-2010
This is the second in a series (of indefinite length and regularity) of examinations into different games, events and decisions that impacted Knicks history in some way, shape or form. Stories that are not as famous as, say, LJ's 4-point play or Willis Reed playing Game 7, but still have a place in Knicks history, especially for die-hard fans.
Today, we look at the very first salary cap in Knick history and how the Boston Celtics took advantage of the new salary cap system to keep the Knicks from their goal of signing Celtic Hall of Famer Kevin McHale and almost decimated the early 1980s Knicks!


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Strong company earnings boosted stocks on Wall Street Friday. Investors also saw a chance to add to their holdings after declines earlier in the week.
Nike reported a surge in quarterly profit, sending its stock price to a record. Tiffany topped earnings predictions, boosted by demand from customers in Asia.
Investors were also drawn by a pause in the market's big run-up. The Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its second weekly decline of the year, despite Friday's gains.
The damper on U.S. stock markets was caused by another worrisome chapter in Europe's debt crisis, and some disappointing corporate news.
The Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, a banking haven, is struggling to devise a plan to avoid financial collapse. Stocks were also weighed down on Thursday by weak sales from Oracle. That news brought down technology stocks.
FedEx ended the week 10 percent lower after it reported a drop in quarterly profit and cut its annual earnings forecast on Wednesday. The company is a gauge of the economy because so many shoppers and businesses use its shipping services.
On Friday, investors took advantage of the market's down week and ramped up their stock buying.
A resilient global economy has encouraged investors to pick up stocks on any dips, said Ron Florance, managing director of investment strategy at Wells Fargo Private Bank.
"We still have an astonishing amount of money sitting on the sidelines," said Florance.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 90.54 points, or 0.6 percent, to 14,512.03 Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 11.09 points, or 0.7 percent, to 1,556.89. The Nasdaq composite gained 22.40 points, or 0.7 percent, to 3,245.
Nike shares hit an all-time high, rising $5.93, or 11 percent, to $59.53 after the company reported a 55 percent spike in quarterly net income. Tiffany rose $1.32, or 1.9 percent, to $69.23 after its strong fourth-quarter earnings.
For the week, though, the S&P 500 was seven points, or 0.3 percent, lower than it was at the start of trading on Monday.
The index last logged a weekly decline Feb. 22, falling 0.3 percent, after investors were spooked by the minutes from the Federal Reserve's January policy meeting. The minutes revealed disagreement over how long to keep buying bonds in an effort to boost the economy.
The Dow shed a fraction of a percentage point this week.
A pause in the stock market run-up is now due because gains this year overstate the improvement in the economy, said Terry Sandven, chief equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management.
The biggest risk to the market run-up this year will come when the Fed faces increasing pressure to end its stimulus program. That could happened if the economy continues to improve and stock markets rise, said Sandven.
The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.93 percent from 1.92 percent.
Among other stocks making big moves Friday;
— Micron Technology rose 97 cents, or 10.7 percent, to $10.05 despite reporting a loss in its fiscal second-quarter later Thursday. The chipmaker said that revenue grew 3 percent, to $2.08 billion, better than analysts had expected.
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Richard Mason Brinlee
-b. 19 Mar 1836, Texas
-d. 23 Jul 1911, Roff, Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma
& Sarah Ellen Petit
-b. 1843, Clark County Indiana
-d. 22 Oct 1905, Roff, Pontotoc Co., Oklahoma
--m. 15 Apr 1861, Collin County, Texas
|--Mary Frances "Mollie" Brinlee
|----b. May 1861, Texas
|----d. 10 Jun 1938, Pontotoc, Oklahoma
|---& Benjamin Franklin Tinnin
|----b. Mar 1856, Missouri
|----d. 10 Jun 1929, Vanoss, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|----m. 1 Feb 1877, Hood County, Texas
|--Elizabeth Ann Brinlee
|----b. 1867, Indiana
|----d. ca 1886, Hood County, Texas
|---& Herbert Shelton "Dub" Jones
|----b. 22 Dec 1863, Hillsboro, Montgomery Couty, Illinois
|----d. 25 Oct 1957, Atoka, Atoka County, Oklahoma
|--John William Brinlee
|----b. 16 Sep 1869, Texas
|----d. 29 May 1960, Florence, Fremont County, Oklahoma
|---& Fetnah Ann Bull
|----b. 23 Jul 1869, Texas
|----d. 9 Sep 1940, Denver, Adams County, Colorado
|--Minnie Brinlee
|----b. 20 Jul 1872, Erath County, Texas
|----d. 14 May 1959, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California
|---& Raligh H. "Rall" Jones
|----b. 15 Apr 1861, Illinois
|----d. bef 1930
|--Sarah Alice "Allie" Brinlee
|----b. 20 Jul 1875, Erath County, Texas
|----d. 14 May 1959, Whittier, Los Angeles County, California
|---& James Raymond Jones
|----b. 10 Mar 1876, Texas
|----d. 31 Dec 1931, Okmulgee, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma
|--Charles Robert Brinlee
|----b. 30 Oct 1877, Texas
|----d. 11 Nov 1959, Los Banos, Merced County, California
|---& Patty Avo Poindexter
|----b. 16 Aug 1881, Austin, Travis County, Texas
|----d. 26 Sep 1977, Merced County, California
|--Lillie Ann Brinlee
|----b. Nov 1879, Texas
|---& Burk Frady Smith
|----b. 13 May 1875, Tennessee
|--Burl David Brinlee
|----b. 12 Nov 1883, Texas
|----d. 20 Dec 1961, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
|---& Maggie Ann "Dovie" Whitaker
|----b. 27 Nov 1890, Hood County, Texas
|----d. 5 Jan 1962, Roff, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
This is the family of Richard Mason Brinlee, oldest brother of my great-grandfather Hiram Brinlee, Jr. and son of Hiram Brinlee Sr. and Elizabeth Ann McKinney, and Sarah Ellen Petit. Before he married Sarah, Richard married Ann Eliza Simmons (born 6 August 1842 in Warren County, Kentucky) on 15 July 1858; she is reported to have died 26 October 1860, possibly as a result of complications from childbirth.
In her article on Richard Brinlee in Collin County, Texas, Families (Alice Ellison Pitts and Minnie Pitts Champ, editors, 1994), Bessie Sims Sheppard attributes daughter Mary to Ann Eliza Simmons, but the 1900 census gives May 1861 as the date of her birth and the 1870, 1910, and 1930 censuses back this up (I have not yet found her in the 1880 and 1920 censuses). A copy of Richard and Sarah's marriage certificate indicates that they were married 15 April 1861, so I believe Mary is Sarah's daughter.
The following is a summary of Richard Brinlee's service in the Civil War: Enlisted on 5 July 1862 at age 25 as a Corporal in Company K, Martins Regiment Texas Cavalry (5th Partisan Rangers) at McKinney, Texas and appears on a muster roll for 1 January to 1 July 1863. According to the Statement of Service Slip in his Oklahoma Pension Board file, there are no further records on him.
After Sarah's death, Richard married for a third time to Nancy Ann Baker Herrell (born 15 March 1843 in Knox County, Tennessee, died 1927 in Oklahoma).
I would love to share information with anyone related to/researching this family; you can contact me at my e-mail address, which can be found by going to my profile page (there is a link to that page in the About Me section to the left).
Saturday, September 3, 2011
Surname Saturday: Richard Mason Brinlee and Sarah Ellen Petit
Posted by Greta Koehl at 7:04 PM
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- AnonymousSeptember 4, 2011 at 6:12 AM
Well, poop. For a minute, I held my breath and thought we might have a match on Petit/Pettit. (I tell ya, that was a long minute until my database opened...)ReplyDelete
But unless your Sarah Ellen Petit's folks came from Adams Co., OH by way of Kentucky, I think not.
Oh, double-poop - it would have been fun to have a connection. I don't think Sarah Petit's folks came from Ohio, but I'm not sure - this is not my direct line. However, I may check the Collin County volumes to see whether they have anything on these Petits.ReplyDelete
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Despite two weeks of U.S. airstrikes in northern Iraq, the Islamic State retains its bloody grip on roughly half of the country and is rolling up new conquests in Syria, piling pressure on President Barack Obama to develop a comprehensive, cross-border strategy to crush the group.
The lack of such a response to the Islamic State's use of Syria as a springboard for attacking Iraq is the most glaring omission of Obama's approach to the current crisis. Hitting the group in Syria carries huge risks, not the least being aiding the Assad regime in its war with the Islamic State and other insurgents. Yet not quickly eradicating what senior U.S. officials concede is a terrorist threat without precedent means the danger to international security likely will metastasize.
"There is no policy," said a senior U.S. defense official, who requested anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.
The absence of a comprehensive approach that includes Syria reflects the White House's desire to extricate the United States from 14 years of foreign wars. It also underscores the administration's tardy response to numerous U.S. intelligence warnings about the Islamic State, dismissed by Obama as recently as January as a "J.V. team."
Yet Obama's top military advisers implicitly acknowledged this week that trying to hold the line against the Islamic State in Iraq won't work, and that only by eliminating the group's Syrian strongholds can it be eliminated.
"They can be contained, not in perpetuity," Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday. "Can they be defeated without addressing that part of their organization which resides in Syria? The answer is no."
Following the gruesome slaying by the Islamic State of American journalist James Foley, the White House opened the door to targeted airstrikes _ possibly using missile-firing drones _ against the group in Syria.
"We're actively considering what's going to be necessary to deal with that threat, and we're not going to be restricted by borders," Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes said Friday.
At the same time, Rhodes said, the Pentagon hasn't given Obama "specific military options."
For now, the administration's military plans don't go beyond giving air support and advice to Iraq's problem-plagued army and the militia of the autonomous Kurdish region as they fight to blunt the offensive that has swept the al Qaida spinoff from the northern city of Mosul to the suburbs of Baghdad.
Instead, Obama appears to be gambling that Iraq's incoming prime minister, Haider al Abadi, can rebuild the mostly defunct Iraqi military, reconcile with the aggrieved Sunni Muslim and Kurdish minorities, and convince Sunni tribal leaders to drive the Islamic State from their territories.
That would be a tall order for a brand new premier, who comes from the same Shiite Muslim party as his unpopular predecessor, Nouri al Maliki, and enjoys little, if any, support among ordinary Sunnis. And such efforts aren't a quick fix: It took years for the U.S. military to enlist the Sunni tribes to turn against the Islamic State's forerunner, al Qaida in Iraq.
Under Obama's approach, once Abadi formed a more inclusive government, the United States would organize a broader response to the Islamic State threat by Iraq's Arab neighbors and U.S. allies.
Even Obama seems to lack confidence in his own approach. Asked at an Aug. 18 news conference about how he planned to deal with the Islamic State, he replied, "A lot of that depends on how effectively the Iraqi government comes together."
Obama, many experts said, must develop a multifaceted, long-term plan supported by Middle Eastern partners if he wants to make good on his vow this week to "extract this cancer."
And any approach, they said, means that the cautious Obama will have to agree to deeper U.S. involvement in the Syrian civil war pitting the regime of President Bashar Assad, who's supposed by Iran and Hezbollah, Lebanon's Shiite militia movement, against the Islamic State and a potpourri of weaker rebel factions.
"The notion that the Iraq war can be separated from the Syrian civil war is pure fantasy," said Shadi Hamid, an expert on Islamist groups at the Brookings Institution, a Washington policy institute. "This is what's so worrying about the Obama administration's approach. There is no plan. There is no vision on that front. There is no effort to talk about Syria in a different way."
With the Islamic State still gloating over the on-camera execution this week of Foley – and threatening the same fate for other American hostages – administration officials are struggling to find a way to fight the group without using U.S. ground forces or supporting Assad or his chief foreign supporter, Iran.
Assad's air force has been bombing the group. But that hasn't stopped the militants from conquering new territory in northern Syria and advancing on Aleppo, the country's commercial center and largest city. And the militants have taken at least three more foreign hostages in the past week.
One thing there's little debate over is that airstrikes alone won't work. Yet there is no consensus around a single approach among the analysts who've closely monitored the evolution of the group, whose earliest incarnation formed in the security vacuum created by the undermanned 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
Counterterrorism specialists, veteran diplomats and foreign policy strategists offer divergent and contradictory ideas; each one comes with the caveat that there is no risk-free option.
The thorniest debates are over what to do about Syria. Bulked up by thousands of foreign fighters and U.S. combat vehicles and artillery captured from the Iraqi army, the Islamic State has routed other rebel groups and beaten Syrian forces in every battle they've fought.
"Washington now needs to assemble a combined Iraq-Syria strategy to have any chance of containing the Islamic State. That may ultimately include U.S. air attacks against Islamic State positions in northern Syria," Nicholas Burns, a former undersecretary of state who now teaches at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, wrote in an essay this month.
The most hawkish analysts also propose deploying U.S. ground troops, if necessary, hardly a popular idea among Americans demanding an end to U.S. involvement in overseas conflicts.
Other experts want the ground forces component outsourced to either "vetted" moderate Syrian rebel groups – an approach recently embraced half-heartedly by Obama, who is seeking $500 million for the effort from Congress – or to longtime Kurdish militia allies in northern Iraq.
But those ideas have significant drawbacks. One major flaw: the lack of any sizable moderate Syrian rebel force capable to taking on the Islamic State.
On the other end of the spectrum are arguments that the United States lacks regional leverage or that greater U.S. involvement could only make things worse, so it's better to focus on non-military strategies like bolstering Arab allies and expanding humanitarian aid.
Several experts have floated the idea of forging an international coalition to fight the Islamic State, with emphasis on pressuring Arab nations to do more to stop their citizens from joining the group and cracking down harder on private donors.
Taking into account the limitations of the U.S. role, Obama mainly should focus on averting worst-case scenarios, argued Nada Bakos, a former CIA analyst who was on the team that hunted Osama bin Laden, and Tara Maller, a former CIA analyst who focused on Iraq.
Writing in an Aug. 14 opinion piece for CNN, they said that the most realistic steps would be continuing targeted U.S. airstrikes, securing any chemical or biological weapons stockpiles, tracking Westerners who join the Islamic State and boosting security at U.S. facilities abroad.
Then there's the touchiest suggestion of all: that the Obama administration should restore relations with the Assad regime to fight a common enemy. But such a move would be a death blow to the Syrian revolt.
It also would reverse a years-old U.S. demand that Assad step down and ignite a political firestorm over cooperating with a tyrant who the administration accuses of war crimes, including killing and injuring hundreds of civilians with chemical weapons.
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i want to try virtualization with kvm. i have a server that supports V-Tecnology. i installed all necessary packets so virt-install can work. i have a centOS 5.5 with no graphical interface with kernel 2.6.18-194(default kernel of this distro) , static ip. i have been looking lots of how-to's it seems very simple to do it, but i don't get well along with it, and i'm becoming a little bit feed up of it so i'm writting here.
the kvm % kvm-intel modules load fine.
FIRST QUESTION: in lots of how-to's tells that you need a version 2.6.20 or higher of kernel to have kvm support, but at the kvm-how-to page it tells that it wil work with version 2.6.17 or higher. i supose that if you don't have a friendly kernel kvm it will not work. am i right?
i want to create 3 VM, 2 centos5.2 of 64 & 32 bits, and one fedora of 32b for the coorp i work., each of them in text mode.
with this command:
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so once i press enter after putting the command above. it starts the installation of the CentOS in text mode.
first appears the menu to select the language ---> no problem
second appears the menu called "Installation Method" with 5 options "Local CDRom, Hard Drive, NFS image, FTP, HTTP" and i get stuck here
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if i select http it tells me to configure ipv4 telling if it will be dhcp or manual config. but with this option i supose that i had to add the option of "--network Bridge:default" even with it it does nothing, well if i configure it manually it ask me an IP, Mask, Gateway, DNS. then i put the mirror direction and the path to the centos and it prints me an error
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