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Every Sunday, from 01/06/2019 to 05/19/2019, 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
At 9am, we offer a blended worship service with choir, organ, and sometimes a band. (Some elements of this service feel traditional, and some feel contemporary; ergo, blended.) During the 9am service, we offer Sunday School for 3-year-olds through 7th graders and a nursery for infants and toddlers (0-3 years), so this is our most popular service for families with youngsters and tweens. Please visit our children and youth ministry pages to register for Sunday programming. In addition, our prayer room is available after both the 9am and 10:45am services if you would like someone to pray with you.
At 10am, we have a fellowship time between services, with gourmet fair-trade coffee and tea, plus cookies or doughnuts.
Is 9am too early? Next time try our 10:45am service, a 45-minute, band-led, casual worship. We offer a nursery for children ages 0-3 years during this service. If you would like someone to pray with you, our prayer room is open after the 10:45am service as well as after the 9am service.

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"Seeing" is only half of the equation. When you're outside in low light or darkness, being seen is a crucial part of keeping safe. When someone wears one of Art Promos' custom imprinted reflective items, not only will they be seen when it matters most, your logo or personalized message will also be seen. Our diverse selection of promotional reflective items means that there's a tool that is just right for a variety of different situations. Choose from:
Promotional reflective items make useful and memorable giveaways for any business or organization that promotes safety-consciousness. They're perfect for taking to safety-related events and trade shows. They can also be used by schools and groups that work with children, especially those where off-site trips and activities may call for extra safety precautions and awareness.


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Sometimes a broker will do anything to get clients. That includes, in this case, filming a rap video in an act of self-promotion, brought to our attention through videogum.
Though he claims in the rap that he's not a rapper, it's impossible to ignore the agent's skills in rapping a rhyme to stress the importance of buying a home (like voting!), and the importance of buying a home in San Diego. With him.
U.S. & World
The day's top national and international news.
Realtor Rafael Alberto Perez (initials: R.A.P.), boasts the following:
Now not too long ago, the housing market fell flat.
Foreclosures, toxic loans and all of that.
In sight was the death of the American dream.
Home ownership is back, now the new routine.
Set your goal, write it down, continue forward.
Your American Dream, Your Daily Routine,
Working hard every day, a future you'll build.
Provide for your family, a castle from skills,
A place to raise the kids or a cash flow machine.
Which do you prefer?
Take ownership, get involved, remember to vote.
This region can be yours, we still have a hope.
What's your American Dream? Is it silent, does it scream?
You're building a future, one day at a time
To get a net worth, of a million not a dime.
Kind of catchy. Definitely ambitious. Would you call R.A.P.?
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My first visit & post to your forum. I did a search on the Revolution Reflex & saw this topic. I have just acquired one of these kites. Got to the post above & was agreeing with the comment & realized it was me being quoted. Thought it must be a sign to join your forum.
Just out here in the sticks, SHBKF
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Here's an image of the PB 4-8 plastered to the Cruze by light wind.
Image of Reflex & 20th Anniversary 1.5 "half B"
Revolution reflex?
All about quad line kiting. If the dark side appeals to you, this is your place.
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The amount of interaction on this forum varies quite a bit. Right now we are in a lull...
The amount of interaction on this forum varies quite a bit. Right now we are in a lull...
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Not only is it Canada Day tomorrow (July 1) in Newfoundland and Labrador, it is also their Memorial Day.
Memorial Day is held in memory of those Newfoundlanders and Labradorians that lost their lives in combat, especially during World War I.
Members of the Newfoundland Regiment fought and died at Beaumont-Hamel in France during the opening day of the Battle of the Somme on July 1, 1916.
Because Newfoundland and Labrador was not yet a part of Canada until 1949, they were still considered a British colony.
They went to war in August, 1914.
The first day of the Battle of the Somme was particularly hard for the Newfoundland Regiment because only 68 of 801 soldiers survived. All of the others were either killed, wounded, or went missing in action.
You can visit the trenches at Beaumont-Hamel and see the statue of a caribou - the Newfoundland Regiment's emblem.
For more on their history, visit the Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial website at <www.vac-acc.gc.ca/remembers/sub.cfm?source=memorials/ww1mem/beaumonthamel>.


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At the time of this speech, Bartz was the CEO of Yahoo! and one of just two women heading Fortune 500 companies. She'd worked her way through decades of being one of just a few women in this profession, and her extemporaneous remarks describe how she fell in love with computing, starting with a job where she "was to add up the total of all the possible license plate combinations in the state of Missouri." Far from taking an inaccessible view of her own experience, Bartz is a speaker able to put the computation back into computer science in a way that any listener can grasp.
In this speech, she bridges from her experience to the audience before her by describing how the field had changed. "It isn't just from paper tape to the world of today but how we thought about the world....we were so ancient," she says. This turns out to be less of an apology for coming from the wayback time, and more of a paean to what women bring to the evolving issues of technology:
When we think about technology...no longer do we actually think about it only from the computer technologist's point of view, but we think about it from the psychologist's, the psychiatrist's, the anthropologist's, the economist's...How is technology affecting our users? How is it affecting our world? I think, finally, with this complex feeling of technology, women are going to take the leadership. It is about feeling, about making a difference in the world, and it's about using our technology for the greater good--not just making money, not just getting awards, because we, because of our brains, can change things. I think there's no greater calling than that.Bartz is no stranger to readers of this blog, where we've covered her since she took the reins at Yahoo! and had her very first speech there dissected and analyzed by industry observers. She has been vocal about issues like women getting talked over in meetings--even at her level--and this is her second appearance on Famous Speech Friday, in part because I like her willingness to speak as a woman CEO about embracing failure. Here's what you can learn from this famous speech:
- Surprise the audience and toss your notes: "I brought prepared remarks and I'm not gonna use them," was her opener to this speech. Her speechwriter may not have been happy, but the result is better eye contact and connection with the audience, right from the start. Like Bartz, you can do this well in a crowd you know, on an issue that's part of your ethos, and in a situation where you feel comfortable. It's like catnip for the audience, an irresistible ploy.
- Give the group a call to action: Bartz asks the crowd to reach out to younger women to "make sure they stay in science and math, that they are inspired by numbers, that they are inspired by problem-solving, that they're just inspired by the fascinating world we live in." The message is both uplifting and grounded in something the listeners can do on a personal level, another irresistible combination.
- Get real: Bartz reflects on meeting Yahoo! interns at the meeting and puts into real terms their goals: jobs, connections and the need to be inspired. It's one of several nice moments in which she includes experiences at this conference in her remarks, lending them immediacy and relevance at once. Because she includes more detail than the usual speaker's trite "As I was walking across your beautiful campus this morning," she lets you know she's been an actual and active participant at this gathering.


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HSH.com: Are Home Warranties Worth Buying?
Lorraine Labonne-Storch opted not to buy a home warranty when she bought a home in New Jersey seven years ago. The home inspector had told her the boiler was on its last legs, but she didn't want to pay the $500 fee for the warranty.
Less than a week after closing, her boiler burst into flames and had to be replaced for $12,000. Labonne-Storch now regrets her decision to skip the coverage. As she learned, a home warranty can pay for itself in one visit from a repairman. And that includes the $100 deductible that many plans have for a service call.
The home warranty would have only covered up to $1,600 for repair or replacement of the boiler, but "any little bit would have been helpful," Labonne-Storch says.
Now a real estate agent, Labonne-Storch's first advice to buyers is to purchase a home warranty.
"When a buyer is buying a home, you have to keep in mind that these are used items," she says. "You never know, because the last thing you want to do is spend big money on big-ticket items."
What warranties cover and how much they cost
A home warranty can be an inexpensive insurance policy for a home that has old appliances, or for new homeowners who don't know the age of the appliances or home systems they're inheriting.
In addition to charging a small deductible, home warranty companies typically place some limits on what they'll fix.
"Their goal is to keep the prices reasonable," says Stephen McDaniel, assistant general director at the Service Contract Industry Council. "And they can look at the lifetimes on certain appliances."
A typical home warranty plan might cover air conditioning and heating with ductwork, electrical, plumbing (including stoppages), clothes washers, dishwashers, ranges and ovens, refrigerators, water heaters, and clothes dryers.
When is a home warranty a good deal?
Knowing the average life span of an appliance can help determine if buying a home warranty is a good deal. Even with new appliances or home systems, the original equipment manufacturer warranties can be less than a year. Today's appliances and systems have a lot of technology packed into them, meaning a lot more things can break, McDaniel says.
McDaniel recommends getting a copy of the contract before buying a warranty, and going with a company that offers good phone support. Some companies require annual maintenance on appliances to keep the warranties valid, and some may ask for the approximate date of appliances.
Warranty companies require users to call them to schedule a repair, which will be done by a contractor the company chooses. If you own a home and plan to sell, you should know that these contracts typically can be transferred to a new owner, giving peace of mind to potential first-time homebuyers.
When is a home warranty a bad deal?
There are times when a home warranty may not make financial sense. A newly constructed home or one with new kitchen appliances may not need to be backed by a warranty. Bob Schacke, a home inspector in Chicago who gives his clients 90-day warranties, says most appliances have an average lifespan of 11 years, so any appliance that's less than 11 years old is probably in good shape and won't require a warranty.
Schacke recommends reading a warranty's fine print, since some warranties won't cover old appliances. At that point, it's "buyer beware," says Schacke.
As is the case with any extended warranty you buy, there are several clauses in the contract that could render the warranty useless. For example, all systems must be operational for the contract to be valid. If standard maintenance isn't done, such as cleaning the air conditioning coils regularly, a repair request might not be covered.
Lastly, another drawback of home warranties is that you can't select the repair company you work with. If you had a repair company you liked working with in the past, it may not be contracted under the warranty company's network.
Labonne-Storch says checking into a home warranty is as common as researching the lowest mortgage rates when buying a home. She now has a home warranty from her utility company that costs only $21 a month and doesn't require a service fee. It covers her washer, dryer and refrigerator.
The contract has paid for itself, says Labonne-Storch, who has used the service five times in six years.


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The Ultimate Helm is a Spelljammer novel, and is the sixth book of The Cloakmaster Cycle.
It continues the story of Teldin Moore, a farmer from the planet Krynn, whose life is changed when a spelljamming ship crashes onto his farm and destroys it. The novel is 314 pages long. It was published by TSR Inc. in September 1993.[1]
The Ultimate HelmEdit
The Ultimate Helm picks up the action shortly after Teldin Moore comes within sight of The Spelljammer.
An index of the novel The Ultimate Helm is located at the subpage Ultimate Helm, The/Index.
- Author: Russ T. Howard
- Cover Art: Michael Scott
|Spelljammer fiction
|Novels of The Cloakmaster Cycle
|Beyond the Moons by David Cook | Into the Void by Nigel Findley | The Maelstrom's Eye by Roger E. Moore | The Radiant Dragon by Elaine Cunningham | The Broken Sphere by Nigel Findley | The Ultimate Helm by Russ T. Howard
|Spelljammer Short Stories
|Smoke Powder and Mirrors by Jeff Grubb (from Realms of Magic) | Gunne Runner by Roger E. Moore (from Realms of Magic) | Through the Door at the Top of the Sky by Roger E. Moore (from The Dragons at War)
|Spelljammer Comics
|TSR Worlds
|The Rogue Ship Part 1 | The Rogue Ship Part 2 | The Rogue Ship Part 3 | The Rogue Ship Part 4 | Trial by Wyldfire | Circle of Fear | Paying the Price | Monster | The Geas | Exile on Taladas | Serious Trouble | Alone | The Armada | Nimone | The Song of the Einheriar
- ↑ The Cloakmaster Cycle Six: The Ultimate Helm
- Spelljammer reference: none given
- TSR reference: 8038
External linksEdit
- Paul Westermeyer's review of 'The Ultimate Helm' at Beyond the Moons (the official Spelljammer website)
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


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Last Thursday, Patrick and I went to Paris to meet up with the European Mozilla team and attend to the French community event Mozilla Add-Ons Workshop (MAOW). Although most of the event was in French — the only word I know in French is bonjour (thanks Alix; keep 'em coming!) — it was still a very rewarding and fun experience with keynotes in English by Brian King and Wladimir Palant, creator of the Adblock Plus extension.
William really deserves a huge pat in the back for pulling this event off. It's fantastic that Mozilla has the ability and resources to gather their local communities like this because it's very obvious that it's appreciated by everyone attending. On a more personal note, I was excited to meet Daniel Glazman for the first time. And of course, meeting Brian and Stas again was great, as always.
Wladimir Palant doing what he does best — blocking ads! Photo (c) Brian King.
Aside from the MAOW event, I was also in Paris because of more direct business purposes in my role as SUMO manager. I had the great pleasure of meeting Delphine Lebédel and Vanessa Yve, interns at the Paris office working on SUMO localization. We sat down together for a long time to talk about their experiences with SUMO and the result was a long list of invaluable feedback that we will be working hard on incorporating into SUMO.
Delphine Lebédel
Vanessa Yve
A huge thanks to Vanessa and Delphine for being so pleasant to work with and for being honest and open about their initial confusion and frustration while working on the SUMO website. It's constructive feedback like this that really allows us to work efficiently on creating something truly useful.
Visiting the Paris office was also an opportunity for me to meet face to face with William again to discuss SUMO and the perception of the project among the local communities in Europe. We had a great, long meeting where we touched on this and many other things.
All in all, it was a very rewarding trip. The European Mozillians are really really fun to hang out with. 🙂


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Crystal Republic continues this trend with six tracks that once again prove that Howard has few contemporaries of note. The title track runs through seven minutes of moody pads and a melody and bassline that play beautifully against one another. "Laboratory" does the same, but to lesser effect, its bassline too powerful for the elements around it to escape. Horns build a ground from which "The Glass Ceiling" overhangs. Twinkling bells and Howard's ever-present drum machine, meanwhile, help to fill it out.
Over on the second vinyl, "Material"'s bassline is just as intrusive as "Laboratory," but the track is balanced nicely by the melodies that Howard employs around it. Like much of the material here, it builds to minor and subtle climaxes throughout, never boiling over, but never letting up either. "Data" in album format and long version finish things off in similar fashion to the rest, highlighting Howard's appeal in a nutshell: If you're into this sound palette, there's virtually no chance you won't find something to play here. If you hate it, Crystal Republic is an easy skip.


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Mama Fu's Asian House recently re-released a new Black Market Menu across all locations.
Following the overwhelming success of last year's Black Market Menu, which debuted the Menu Master award-winning Banh Mi Sandwich, Mama Fu's has introduced its second seasonal menu of exclusive new food items.
The new seasonal Black Market Menu has become even more exclusive than its previous launch, now only being offered to members of the Mama Fu's loyalty program, also known as Mama Fu's "Fu-natics."
The secret menu features an entrée salad, two rice dishes, Korean Street Tacos, and two shareable, bite-sized dessert plates.
New to the Mama Fu's basket menu category, which focuses on popular street foods associated with the concept's Asian-inspired roots, the Korean Street Tacos rival the restaurant's iconic Banh Mi Vietnamese-style sandwich.
Other items featured on this spring's Black Market Menu include a Ginger Chili Glazed Salmon, Sichuan Kung Pao, and Spicy Seoul Stir Fry.
Keeping with the brand's made-to-order promise, Pork Tenderloin will be introduced as an additional protein choice.
"The Black Market Menu gives us an opportunity to showcase our culinary innovation while giving back to our loyal customers," says Randy Murphy, CEO of Mama Fu's. "Our culinary team continues to revive and refresh our menu options, and this new menu gives our most loyal customers the exclusive chance to experience the innovation in our kitchens before anyone else."
The 2013 Black Market Menu includes:
- Ginger Chili Glazed Salmon—Pan-seared salmon filet glazed with ginger chili sauce on a bed of spring greens. Served with orange wheels, daikon radish, and pomegranate vinaigrette.
- Spicy Seoul Stir Fry—Spicy Korean Chili Garlic sauce tossed with cabbage, mushrooms, onions, red bell peppers, bean sprouts, and scallions. Garnished with cucumber sticks and served with white or brown rice. Choice of pork tenderloin, chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu.
- Korean Street Tacos—Soft flour tortillas filled with the choice of pork tenderloin, chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu with kimchi, pickled carrots, daikon radish, and green onions.
- Sichuan Kung Pao—Fiery Kung Pao sauce tossed with celery, water chestnuts, red bell pepper, onion, peanuts, and chili peppers. Served with white or brown rice. Choice of pork tenderloin, chicken, beef, shrimp, or tofu.
- Banana Bites—Crispy wonton wrappers filled with banana, dusted with cinnamon sugar, and served with whipped cream and chocolate sauce.
With 13 locations open and operating in four states, Mama Fu's has a contemporary and user-friendly menu that allows guests to navigate their options more easily. Guests can choose between a rice dish or noodle bowl, as well as their protein of choice, from a selection of Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, and Korean menu options.
More health-conscious guests can order a Steam Bowl or salad, or have their protein prepared wok-seared, a cooking method that reduces oils and starch.


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1946 Ford Roadster Pickup - You're Barred
Fabricating A Custom Nerf Bar
So, armed with a hydraulic tubing bender and a notcher, both supplied by The Eastwood Company, I secured all the materials I figured I'd need for a paltry $15, and set to work. Eastwood states that its bender can produce up to 60-degree bends in steel and chromoly tubing in 1 1/2-, 1 5/8-, and 1 3/4-inch diameter, and up to 90-degree bends in 3/4- and 1-inch tubing, and though I didn't need to produce bends over 45 degrees I couldn't get it to produce more than 60-degree bends in 1-inch tubing. The bottle jack that operates the die required a couple more inches of travel before the die moved. Referring to the instructions, the jack rod could be extended to provide more travel; 90-degree bends were then attainable, though this only applies to smaller-diameter tubing.
In operation, the bender was simple to use and performed effortlessly. It didn't take long before I was ready to break out the welder. In fact, I spent more time measuring and cutting than I did bending.
While the ends of the nerf bar feature the tubing simply cut at an angle and butt-welded, the joint between the lower tube and the mounts required a notch in the end of the latter to fit snugly around the tube before welding. I've done this in the past (and even built rollcages in the same manner) by careful use of a cutting disc in a grinder, and a file, but a decent tubing notcher saves much time Eastwood's tubing notcher makes use of easily sourced hole saws and a regular electric hand drill, meaning perfectly notched tubing is within everyone's reach. Just take it slow with the drill; hole saws don't take kindly to high speeds.
A project like this should easily be completed in a day, and can make a big difference to the appearance of any car, for very little outlay. Until you get the bill for chrome-plating that is ...
Light Options
I'll readily admit the trailer lights on the truck were a temporary measure the night before leaving for Bonneville in 2008, and of course they're still there, but hidden behind the nerf bar they're not that bad. Plus, I like the fact that they're so bright compared to vintage lights. However, I had considered a couple of other options when planning the project. Originally I'd planned to curve the ends of the nerf bar around the corner of the pickup bed, and thought it'd be neat to use the lights I took off my other project, the "Purple Pig" '49 Chevy, as this'd provide reflectors too. I think this would have looked rather neat with the lights turned on their side. Teardrops were another brief option, if for no reason other than I already had a new pair, and their shape is very close to the curve of the ends of the nerf bar, but they're somewhat over-used in my opinion. Likewise, the '59 Caddy lights, which also would have had the disadvantage of being the rearmost part of the truck, and most likely would constantly be getting broken.


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A wimple is a garment worn around the neck and chin, and which usually covers the head. Its use developed among women in early medieval Europe. At many stages of medieval culture it was unseemly for a married woman to show her hair. A wimple might be elaborately starched, and creased and folded in prescribed ways, even supported on wire or wicker framing (cornette).
Italian women abandoned their headcloths in the 15th century, or replaced them with transparent gauze, and showed their elaborate braids. Both elaborate laundry and elaborate braiding demonstrated status, in that such grooming was being performed by others. Today the wimple is worn by some nuns who still don the traditional habit. [1]
In literature[edit]
Geoffrey Chaucer in his Canterbury Tales has the Wife of Bath and also the Prioress depicted wearing them. The King James Version explicitly lists wimples in Isaiah 3:22 as one of a list of female fineries, however the Hebrew word "miṭpaḥoth" (וְהַמִּטְפָּחוֹת) means kerchief.
See also[edit]
- Headscarf
- Christian headcovering
- Headpiece
- Hijab, the Islamic head covering worn by Muslim women.
- Veil
- ^ Heron, Lynford (January 18, 2003). "Woman, Prayer & Head Covering". Centurion Press. Archived from the original on 2010-03-18.


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These are the 5 Most Endangered Historic Places in Hawai'i
Each year, we look for our state's most endangered historic places through a partnership with the Historic Hawaii Foundation and the State Historic Preservation Division. The list is a call to action, but it's also a way to appreciate the hidden treasures of our built environment. This year we see Kapahulu Avenue with new eyes, imagine the way plantation workers gathered in the 1900s and consider—if only for a moment—if an ugly building is worth saving.
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Manoa's Historic Residences (Honolulu, Oahu)
What is it?
In Manoa, a large, foursquare, Craftsman-style home from the 1920s stands with six others of the same period. Collectively, they've greeted visitors and residents alike into Manoa Valley for nearly a century. With the island's largest concentration of historic residences, privately owned, historic homes like these are the backbone of the neighborhood's culture and character.
What threatens it?
Historic neighborhoods are threatened slowly, one by one, by individual demolitions. The craftsman-style house in Manoa is just one example. Although it's 90 years old and in good repair, its new owners have filed a demolition permit and can't be prevented from taking it down to make way for the new, modern home of their dreams.
"They're tearing down beautiful old homes and building McMansions that are oversize and don't fit," says Linda LeGrande, longtime Manoa resident and community activist. "I don't see the point in tearing down an old house when it has life left in it. It's really hard to live with that."
This highlights a particularly complicated threat: Individual homeowners, bit by bit, have the power to permanently alter a historic neighborhood. "Honolulu has chosen to provide incentives for preservation but has no regulatory prohibitions. They control what you can build, but they don't control demolition," says Kiersten Faulkner, executive director of the Historic Hawaii Foundation.


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The original Shuriken Toss never made sense. Why would rogues, a purely melee class, want a single ranged attack? We don't have the supporting toolbox to make the transition into a ranged DPS spec. Melee uptime is our top priority. Because of our reliance on our melee attacks, mobility is our most requested feature. Why would a class want Shuriken Toss when they can have Shadowstep?
Patch 5.2 is turning a one-off ranged ability into everything a rogue needs to attack targets from range. If you use Shuriken Toss on a target that is farther than 10 yards away, your auto-attacks gain a 30-yard range for 10 seconds. The auto-attacks turn into tiny shuriken that you throw at your target. These shuriken have several special properties, but the extended range is obviously the most important aspect of the ability. With Shuriken Toss, ranged auto-attacks, and Deadly Throw, rogues suddenly have a ranged repertoire.


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Having a bad job is better than having no job, but there's no doubt that monotonous, bottom-wage manual labour is the pits. Photographer Michael Wolf snapped this haunting series of Chinese workers building cheap toys for... us.
The labour depicted here is of a very different kind than that at Foxconn in one important way: these people know what they're building. Dolls, trucks, little Mickey Mouse figurines. They're cogs, but not in a machine so vast they don't know what the end result is. Still, it's not exactly rewarding work—and their faces show it all, though Wolf tells us the atmosphere in the factory was mostly "busy, not depressing."
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Bullish sentiment rose to its highest level since March 29, 2012, even as bearish sentiment stayed above its historical average for the 15th consecutive week in the latest AAII Sentiment Survey.
Bullish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will rise over the next six months, rose 1.3 percentage points to 42.2%. This is both the highest level of optimism registered by the survey and the first time bullish sentiment has been above its historical average of 39% on consecutive weeks since last March.
Neutral sentiment, expectations that stock prices will stay essentially unchanged over the next six months, declined 1.5 percentage points to 23.2%. This is the 10th time in 12 weeks that neutral sentiment is below its historical average of 30.5%.
Bearish sentiment, expectations that stock prices will fall over the next six months, edged up 0.2 percentage points to 34.6%. This is the 15th consecutive week and the 31st out of the last 35 weeks that bearish sentiment is above its historical average of 30.5%.
The short-term outlook among AAII members has improved dramatically since November 15, 2012, with bullish sentiment jumping 13.4 percentage points. A good start to the holiday shopping season and the market's ability to hold steady despite continued uncertainty about the outcome of budget and tax negotiations in Washington are helping to boost optimism.
Seasonality may also be playing a role. In a report last week, Sam Stovall, the chief equity strategist for S&P Capital IQ, said December has the highest monthly average bullish sentiment readings. According to Stovall, since our survey started in 1987, bullish sentiment has averaged 41.8% in December. December also ranks number one in terms of S&P 500 performance. Stovall calculates an average December monthly gain of 1.36% for the S&P 500, using data dating back to 1900.
Even with the improvement in bullish sentiment, it is worth noting that bearish sentiment continues to stay at above-average levels. Failure by Congress and the president to avoid the fiscal cliff would likely have a damaging impact on individual investors' moods, especially if it seemed that the standoff would be protracted. Furthermore, many AAII members remain concerned about the pace of economic growth, ongoing political gridlock and Europe's sovereign debt crisis.
This week's special question asked AAII members for their opinions about companies declaring special dividends or paying their typical first-quarter dividend before the end of this year. The majority of survey respondents said such actions were a good idea given the possibility of higher tax rates next year. Several respondents differed, however, saying that the actions benefited executives and large shareholders, were a ploy to attract new shareholders or may not be the best use of company resources. A small group of respondents were indifferent, saying these actions will have no lasting impact. Several AAII members pointed to the ongoing gridlock over the fiscal cliff as the reason for the special dividends and the accelerated dividend payments.
Here is a sampling of the responses:
- "Given the uncertainty about tax reform, this may be a good approach for both the companies and investors."
- "Great. Less potential tax to pay to the IRS."
- "I think it is fine so long as the companies are not borrowing to make the dividend payments."
- "I'm not against it. I really wish, though, we had a political system that absolutely worked for all of us citizens."
- "It is more in the interest of the CEOs and board of directors than in the interest of the average shareholder."
- "I think it is short-sighted and a bad idea."
This week's AAII Sentiment Survey results:
- Bullish: 42.2%, up 1.3 percentage points
- Neutral: 23.2%, down 1.5 percentage points
- Bearish: 34.6%, up 0.2 percentage points
Historical averages:
- Bullish: 39.0%
- Neutral: 30.5%
- Bearish: 30.5%
The AAII Sentiment Survey has been conducted weekly since July 1987 and asks AAII members whether they think stock prices will rise, remain essentially flat, or fall over the next six months. The survey period runs from Thursday (12:01 a.m.) to Wednesday (11:59 p.m.) The survey and its results are available online at: http://www.aaii.com/sentimentsurvey


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Nov. 14. 7700 block Stenton Avenue. Complainant states that between 8:30 p.m. on Nov. 13 and 1 a.m. on Nov. 14, an unknown person broke the driver's side window of a white 2004 Chevy Venture and stole the global positioning system.
Nov. 15. 7700 block Stenton Avenue. Complainant states that between 5 p.m. on Nov. 14 and 2 p.m. on Nov. 15, an unknown person broke the passenger side front window of a gray 2004 Toyota Scion and stole the global positioning system and a black jacket.
Nov. 15. 200 block E. Willow Grove Avenue. Complainant states that when she returned home she noticed bedroom window open more than when she left and several items missing. Taken was a Dell Inspiron computer and charger and one digital camera and charger. Reported at 5:55 p.m.
Nov. 18. 8200 block Seminole Avenue. Complainant states that she had package mailed by department store via Fed Express and she never received shipment. She did find empty box in her front yard.
Nov. 19. Bells Mill Road and Forbidden Drive. Complainant states that between 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m., an unknown person damaged driver side door lock and stole a black purse containing a wallet with various credit cards, identification, and gift cards. Also taken was one Kodak digital camera and an iPod.
Nov. 20. 8100 block Germantown Avenue. Complainant states that a male came into store and stole a cameo brooch. Black male, 6'6" tall, thin build, 220 lbs., wearing blue jeans and a black jacket.
Summary — Six crimes for week: one burglary, two thefts and three thefts from vehicles.
Remember to keep doors and windows locked to your home and vehicle.
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Coca-Cola to expand Milwaukee bottling plant
Brown Deer Road facility will bottle Smartwater
Coca-Cola will invest $30 million to expand its Milwaukee bottling plant.
The company announced Wednesday plans to re-equip its plant on 118th Street and Brown Deer Road to be able to bottle its Smartwater product.
The plant will also blow-mold the plastic bottles for Smartwater.
Four hundred people currently work at the Coca-Cola plant. The expansion will add 16 new employees.
"We're pleased that there are going to be more jobs. We hope there will be even more jobs, but I think it shows Coca-Cola's understanding that there's a good workforce here that there's good infrastructure, and it's a great place to do business," Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said.
The Milwaukee plant is the fifth Coca-Cola plant in North America to be redesigned to produce Smartwater.


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Supreme Court strikes down overall political donation limits
Individuals free to give all they want, high court rules
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling Wednesday, striking down limits on the total amount wealthy individuals can give to federal candidates in an election cycle, means more money in a political system already awash in it.
But it may also mean more transparency, because the extra money will flow to politicians who have to reveal where it came from.
Four years after the court opened the door to unlimited political spending with its Citizens United decision, "it is much better to rewrite the balance and let accountable institutions - parties and candidates - compete with shadowy groups" like so-called social-welfare organizations and the umbrella groups known as super PACs, said Nathaniel Persily, a Stanford University law professor.
Other observers were less hopeful.
"It might mean strengthening political parties, because more money will flow to party leaders," said Richard Hasen, a UC Irvine law professor and commentator on election law. But he said the court not only made it easier to funnel big contributions to candidates, it also signaled "all contribution limits are vulnerable," including the surviving limits on donations to individual campaigns.
The ruling was the latest in a series by a conservative majority to overturn campaign finance regulations as a violation of free speech - the basis of Citizens United, which allowed corporations to use their treasuries to support or oppose federal candidates.
Law overturned
Wednesday's ruling invalidated a law that had imposed a $123,200 ceiling on donations by any individual to multiple federal candidates, parties and political action committees during a two-year election cycle. The court had upheld that law in 1976 but said Wednesday that it unduly limited free expression.
"The First Amendment safeguards an individual's right to participate in the public debate through political expression and political associations," said Chief Justice John Roberts in the majority opinion. "When an individual contributes money to a candidate, he exercises both of those rights."
Federal law still restricts donations to a single candidate - to $2,600 each in the primary and general elections - so the aggregate contribution ceiling serves as an arbitrary limit on how many candidates an individual donor can support, imposing a "special burden on broader participation in the democratic process," Roberts said.
The ruling allows individuals to contribute up to $3.6 million in a two-year federal election cycle if they make the maximum allowable donation to every congressional race and to parties and political action committees.
Wealthy donors
The Obama administration and others supporting the challenged law argued that its repeal would allow candidates and wealthy donors to evade the remaining contribution limits by funneling money through parties and PACs. But Roberts said campaign disclosure laws, and restrictions Congress could place on transferring funds to candidates, were adequate safeguards.
That was disputed by the court's more liberal justices in a dissent by Justice Stephen Breyer. Outlining a scenario in which a single contributor could direct as much as $2.37 million to a candidate through political committees, Breyer said Wednesday's ruling "undermines, perhaps devastates, what remains of campaign finance reform."
The central issue in the case was whether an aggregate limit on an individual's campaign contributions protects the system against "corruption or the appearance of corruption," the sole legal basis the court has recognized to justify restrictions on campaign financing. Roberts said the term refers only to protections against outright bribery - exchanging money for political favors - and not to efforts to limit the influence of wealthy donors.
"Constituents have the right to support candidates who share their views and concerns" and to expect the recipients to be "responsive" once in office, the chief justice said.
But Breyer said the court, and Congress in imposing the limits, have long recognized the potentially corrupting influence of big campaign contributions.
"Where enough money calls the tune, the general public will not be heard," he said.
Hasen said the majority has adopted a narrow definition of corruption that could topple other campaign finance laws and make it easier to buy political influence. Referring to the corruption charges filed last week against state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, Hasen said, "In the future, you won't have to break the law to take big money from donors."
Lost cause
But Persily said the legal battle to keep money out of politics has already been lost. Advocates will have to try to limit the damage through such measures as stronger disclosure laws and more public funding of campaigns, the Stanford professor said.
Supporters of campaign finance restrictions bemoaned the ruling.
It is "Citizens United round two, further opening the floodgates for the nation's wealthiest few to drown out the voices of the rest of us," said Miles Rapoport, president of Common Cause.
House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, praised the decision. "Freedom of speech is being upheld," he said.
Locally, the ruling appears likely to invalidate a similar ordinance approved by San Francisco voters in 2000. It limits an individual's total contributions in a city election to $500 times the number of offices on the ballot.
California law
No such limit exists in California law, only restrictions on the amount any individual or company can give to a single candidate. That system offers a disturbing preview of the national scene after the ruling, said Daniel Newman, president of Maplight, a Bay Area organization that tracks money and influence in politics.
"You see it in the influence in Sacramento of the wealthiest industries and interest groups," Newman said. He said by allowing major donors to take part in more campaigns nationwide, the ruling would also fuel out-of-state funding for primary-election challenges to members of California's congressional delegation.
Many major donors will also be unhappy, said Wade Randlett, a San Francisco Democrat who has raised millions of dollars in Silicon Valley for President Obama and his party.
In the past, he said, contributors could tell fundraisers that they had already reached their aggregate limit, and "you're relieved that all the calls will stop until November."
"Now (your) only tactic," he said, "is to disconnect your phone and hide in the dark."
Ruling's details
Highlights of the decision on campaign contribution limits:
What the court did: Overturned, as a violation of political free expression, a federal law that put a $123,200 ceiling on the amount an individual can contribute in aggregate to federal candidates, political parties and political action committees in a two-year election cycle. The ruling does not affect limits on contributions to individual candidates and parties.
The effect: Increased that limit to $3.6 million, assuming an individual gave the maximum allowed by law to a candidate in every congressional race and to a political party and PAC.
What's left: The law that sets limits of $2,600 in a primary election, and another $2,600 in a general election, on an individual's contribution to a single candidate. Also laws that bar direct corporate contributions to candidates and limit "soft money" donations to parties for such activities as voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives.
Dissent: Four justices said the challenged law was a constitutional measure to limit the corrupting influence of big-money individual contributions on political campaigns.
Read the ruling: The court's ruling in McCutcheon vs. FEC, 12-536, can be viewed at http://1.usa.gov/OdizPc.
How they voted
The U.S. Supreme Court's 5-4 vote Wednesday to overturn aggregate limits on contributions by any individual to federal candidates, parties and political action committees in a two-year election cycle as a violation of free speech:
Lead opinion: Chief Justice John Roberts and Justices Antonin Scalia, Anthony Kennedy and Samuel Alito.
Concurrence: Justice Clarence Thomas, who joined Roberts' opinion and also called for striking down the remaining limits on contributions to individual candidates.
Dissent: Justices Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan, who voted to uphold the aggregate contribution limits.
Chronicle senior political writer Carla Marinucci contributed to this report. Bob Egelko is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @egelko


text: Wintertime Creations. Here in Eastbourne the days are short and the temperature has dropped to a shiver. The wind and rain tap tirelessly on my studio door, and long evening hours are spent in front of a crackling fire. Outside, the colours of Summer have forfeited to a soft grey, and we are set for a long cold Winter. I dream of the warm sunshine of Summer, with its attending glorious hues. Until then, I will just have to live vicariously through my winter artworks. One hundred days working in front of a warm fire should produce one hundred exciting accidental artworks. We shall see! And then Summer will return. Bravo!


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Thursday, February 24, 2011
Some resources for locating North West Company employees
I have learned a lot, but still cannot prove that David Thompson's Beaulieu was the man I call 'Our Beaulieu.'
But I have come across quite a few books which list names of men who worked for the North West Company.
Among these are the following:
"The Northwest," by B.C. Payette, in the University of Victoria Library under number FC3206 P39.
I believe the book was written and self published by a descendent of a North West fur trader named Payette, who worked at Spokane House at about the same time that James Birnie was there, and Beaulieu.
Somewhere in the middle of the book is a page that is headed by the words: "La Compagnie du Nord-Oues -- Liste des Bourgeois, Commis, engages, et voyageurs de la Compagnie du Nord-Ouest, apres la fusion de 1804."
This translates more or less as: 'North West Company, list of bourgeois [gentlemen], clerks, engages and voyageurs of the North West Company, after the merger of 1804.'
The North West Company merged with smaller companies at various times but always maintained the name of the North West Company.
There are no Beaulieus listed in the Department of la Riviere Athabasca, nor is there any listed at Fort des Prairies.
But at La Bas de la Riviere Rouge [lower Red River district], a Jos. Beaulieu is listed among the voyageurs contre maitres, or 'master voyageur.'
At le Pic [Lake Superior] a Louis Boileau, Interpreter, appears; At Lac Aux Flambeau voyageur Basile Beaulieu.
I believe both these latter two men are members of the Hudon dit Beaulieu family who later settled in Minnesota; I will mention them later.
Another listing in this same book has the men at the Lower Red River Department in 1805, and Joseph Beaulieu is listed there as well, with Louis Boileau at Pic Dept., and Basil Beaulieu at Lac des Flambeaux.
These lists must be copied from original records somewhere which I have not found; perhaps they are in the Hudson's Bay archives but not on microfilm reels.
They probably came from the following book, in fact:
From: "Les Bourgeois de la Compagnie du nord-ouest, original journals, narratives, letters, etc., relating to the Northwest Company," par L. R. Massan (New York: Antiquarian Press, 1960) vol. 1.
"List des bourgeois, commis, engages, et voyageurs de la Compagnie du Nord-ouest apres la fusion de 1804:
Le Bas de la Riviere Rouge: Voyageurs -- Contre Maitres, Jos. Beaulieu
Le Pic: Interprete, Louis Boileau; Lac la Flambeaux: Voyaguers, Basile Beaulieu."
Payette got his information from here, but where did author L. R. Massan find the original list?
Somewhere there has to be primary information -- where?
From: "New Light on the Early History of the Greater Northwest -- the Manuscript Journals of Alexander Henry, Fur Trader of the Northwest Comapny, and of David Thompson, Official Geographer and Explorer of the Same Company, 1799-1814 -- Exploration and Adventure among the Indians on the Red, Saskatchewan, Missouri and Columbia River," editor Elliott Coues:
From Alexander Henry's Journal -- "Oct. 2nd 1805 -- We set off for Pembina River with Le Sueur, Huneau and wife. Fire on the plains in every direction; burned our horses' feet passing through smoldering turf. We slept at night in Beaulieu's tent on Sale River."
The footnote says: "Beaulieu is a very old name in these annals. A half-breed family of that name was found on Slave R. when the N.W. Co. first reached it, in or about 1778, showing prior presence of the French so far as this.
"Francois Beaulieu, one of that family, born in the region, was one of the six voyageurs who started with (Sir) A. McKenzie for the Pacific May 9th, 1793, from the place where the party had wintered on Peace R., he was baptized by Mgr. Tache in 1848, then supposed to be over 70 years old, and died Nov. 1872, almost a centenarian.
"The Beaulieu of the text is Jospeh, listed as voyageur contre-maitre, N.W.Co., Lower Red R., 1804.
"Basile Beaulieu from Montreal, was a voyageur N.W. Co. in 1804-5, at Lac de Flambeau (Torch L.), Minn.
"One Beaulieu, given also as Bolieu, and never with Christian name, was one of three men under Mr. Quesnel at the Rocky Mountain House on the Saskatchewan River when Thompson arrived there, Oct. 11th 1806; he went with Thompson into the Rocky Mts., where we hear of him at various points, 1807-11."
Considering that Charlot Beaulieu Birnie was born in the Red River district about 1805, it seems quite likely that the Joseph Beaulieu listed in Payette and in Coues is her father.
The Sale Riviere is today's Lasalle River, which flows from the west into the Red River, south of modern-day Winnipeg.
There are other books which give information on some of the men who worked in the early fur trade, and below is another in which we found some information:
From: "Five Fur Traders of the Northwest," edited by Charles Gates and published by the Minnesota Historical Society of St. Paul.
In 1801, colorful Archibald Norman McLeod was a partner of the North West Company and in charge of the post of Fort Alexandria -- not the Fraser River post that Anderson was at, but the one on the prairies a hundred miles west of Swan River.
From the Diary of Archibald N. McLeod: "Tuesday 7th [1800] -- No so cold as usual.
"Blew fresh, a good deal of the snow thawed today, Lambert & Beaulieu went off.
"I wrote Messrs. McGillis, Harrison & Nolin by them."
Francois Nolin was listed in 1799 as clerk in the Fort Dauphin department; Lambert is mentioned in the post journals and might have been McLeod's employee.
Beaulieu was never mentioned as one of Fort Alexandria's employees, and I couldn't find when he arrived at McLeod's post, unless he was one of the "two men came here late in the evening from Shell River, with letters."
Here's the journal for the few days around this time:
"Sunday [April] 5th -- Easter Sunday -- A cold, tho clear day. The Stone Indians went off, we kept all the horses in the fort all day except two poor lean horses, being apprehensive they should take it into their heads to prefer riding home to walking. Two men came here late in the evening from Shell River, with letters from Messrs. Chaboillez, McDonell & Mr. McDonell in particular tells me he has only one keg mixed rum, in his house & only half a roll Tobacco.
"Monday 6th -- Cold and blowing hard, the people are some cutting fire wood, others hauling, some for Gum & others working at the Batteau. Several of the people are ill with severe colds. One of the Shell River men having brought his violin with him the people danced all night.
"Tuesday 7th -- No so cold as usual. Blew fresh, a good deal of the snow thawed today, Lambert & Beaulieu went off, I wrote Messrs. McGillis, Harrison & Nolin by them. I sent 15 steel traps, two horses & a colt, a short gun, with some other articles to River a la Biche. Cadotte killed a swan today."
Now, I had assumed until this time that Beaulieu was one of the Shell River men.
Re-reading this I am not so sure.....
Let us continue reading McLeod's journal for a day or so longer.
"Wednesday 8th -- Far from being a warm day. Most of the people are ill with bad colds, the Batteau was finished today. Jacques & & [sic] the two Le Fevres arrived from the Lower Fort with the men's horses & my black horse. La Verdure sent up both his horses for his boy & some dried meat as they catch no fish, they have already eat half a bag Pimican [pemmican]. Mr. [Daniel] Harmon writes me he found everything in good order below. The snow about here I believe is determined to remain with us, whilest all the country round us has not a single spot remaining. Some of the men & women danced this evening.
"Thursday 9th -- Thaws a great deal, the Red River men went away. I wrote Mess. McDonall & Chaboillex, I sent the former 13 1/2 qts....."
So the Red River men were also at the Fort when the Shell River men arrived -- I wonder which group of men Beaulieu belonged to?
I thought that one of the Red River men might have been the freeman, Joseph Fallardeau, who arrived from Riviere que Appelle on the 27th March with a letter from Mr. McDonell.
I also note that on Sunday 29th March a man named "Bellile arrived from Mr. Perignes ahorse back on old Le Fevre's horse."
Was this Beaulieu?
No, he is not, because McLeod's journal continues -- on Thursday 2nd "the Tonnerre went off, as did Bellile who left LeFevre's horse here."
So far we have a fair bit to mull over:
If Charlot was born in Red River around 1805, then this Beaulieu is likely her father.
If so, he might play the fiddle.
His brother is supposedly the Francois Beaulieu who paddled to the west coast with Alexander Mackenzie in 1793.
It is possible that the Red River Beaulieu came west and met David Thompson at Fort des Prairies, travelling across the Rocky Mountains with him.
If so, he is a voracious eater!
Historian T.C. Elliot also made the connection in his article, "David Thompson's Journeys in the Spokane country."
A footnote says: "Beaulieu was a French Canadian freehunter and voyager; name also spelled Boileau; first name not identified. James Birnie of Astoria and Cathlamet and an officer of the North West Company and the Hudson's Bay Company for many years, married a Boileau, probably a daughter of this man."
Another archival document links Charlotte Beaulieu Birnie with Josephine Beaulieu; it says:
"The only sister of Charlotte Beaulieu married a Rondeau and lived at or near St. Paul, Minn., supposed to be very well to do."
Source: Mss. 1092, Oregon Historical Society, Gathered and compiled by Ben Holladay Dorcy of Portland, OR -- a descendent of James Birnie -- above quote appears on page 126 of the transcript, but a descendent other than myself has confirmed the information is in the original document.
Josephine Beaulieu's descendents say she was born in "Montana" about 1808-1810.
No records exist for Josephine's birth, of course, but her son's death certificate records his father was born in Canada, but his mother in 'Montana.'
Montana was not a state until 1889, but David Thompson's Beaulieu traded for furs in the area around Saleesh House, now known to be near present day Thompson Falls, Montana.
But like everything else we have here, this is secondary information.
Still, a recently discovered document in the Minnesota archives once again hints of the family connection to David Thompson's Beaulieu.
Along with Joseph and Josephine Rondeau's descendents, other residents in St. Paul, Minnesota, included descendents of Bazile and Paul Hudon dit Beaulieu, two French Canadian brothers who worked the North West Company's fur trade south of the Great Lakes.
Clement Hudon dit Beaulieu (1811-1893), son of Bazile, noted that the Beaulieu who accompanied Thompson in 1807-11 was a man named Henry, a member of the Hudon dit Beaulieu family.
There were two Henri/Honore Beaulieus listed in the North West Company's fur trade records for 1811-1821 -- an Honore Beaulieu appeared in the English River records, 1813-15, F.4/32, fo. 131, and Honore/Henri Beaulieu appears in Montreal and Fort William, 1816-1821, F.4/32, fo. 32, HBCA.
Though it is impossible to prove that Henri Hudon dit Beaulieu was the man who accompanied Thompson across the mountains, a modern day descendent of Hudson dit Beaulieus say he did not.
But a handwritten note in the same file strengthens the argument that the Rondeaus of St. Paul understood they were descendents of David Thompson's Beaulieu:
"The Christian name of Saskatchewan Beaulieu was Henry H -- the Rondeaus of St. Paul are his descendents on the maternal side."
(Source: Handwritten note [1920?], Clement H. Beaulieu and family papers, 1857-1932, Mss. #P60, Minnesota Historical Society Archives.)
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Nor'West Loyalist Museum in Williamstown, Ontario which opens in May has tons of information on David Thompson ( died a pauper) after instrumentally opening up the West! A shame! McGillivray should be considered the real Father of Canada not Mcdonald!
Yes; Montrose McGillivray who clerked for Alexander Caulfield Anderson at Fort Alexandria for a short time, and who accompanied Anderson on one of his expeditions across country, was a descendent (grandson, I believe) of this man. Thanks for reading this. There was another grandson in the area, too. NancyReplyDelete
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By Lucas Allen
(Web correspondent)
Many of you (including myself) may not have seen the 2010 surprise hit "Kick-Ass", but are now interested in seeing it once Jim Carrey became involved in the sequel. As previously reported, Carrey was confirmed to star in the upcoming summer 2013 sequel "Kick-Ass 2" by the film's director Jeff Wadlow via his Twitter page and today by Jim Carrey himself. Carrey will play the role of Colonel Stars alongside returning film stars Aaron Johnson, Chloe-Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, and Nicolas Cage.
If you never read the original comics the films are based on, you might ask yourself, "Who is Colonel Stars?" Here's some information gathered from various Wiki sites. Colonel Stars first appeared in Issue #1 subtitled 'Taste the Awesome', but then made his final appearance in the second issue subtitled 'Warning: This Book Contains Greatness'.
"SPOILER ALERT" - The following description was taken from a Kick-Ass Wiki site:
"Colonel Stars used to work for John Genovese alongside the man who would become Lieutenant Stripes. Both men became born-again Christians before leaving Genovese's employment. Because of this, both survived when Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl took the organization down.
Colonel Stars and Lieutenant Stripes both formed Justice Forever, inviting other superheroes to join. They soon recruited Remembering Tommy, Night Bitch, Insect Man, Battle Guy and later Kick-Ass. Their first mission involved taking down a human trafficking organization.
Colonel Stars shows contradictory elements in appearing to be a hardened tough guy when in reality sometimes appearing to be quite soft. He seems to be a genuine nice person making a difference. He later admits that although he has no problems letting his dog, Sofia, eat a criminal's genitals, the guns he carries are empty and are there purely for intimidation purposes. Colonel Stars was later killed by a group of Supervillains led by Red Mist."
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Beckham required only a 59-game stopover in the minor leagues on his flight from Athens, Ga., to Chicago. All he did while on his apprenticeship this season was lead the minors in doubles while playing every infield position but first base. The White Sox expect the natural shortstop's maturity and energy to translate into immediate results. And so should you
UPDATE: Ben Bradler:
A little more than a year ago, Beckham was swinging a metal bat for Georgia. Now he's hitting .271/.336/.415 with wood in 34 major league games as a 22-year-old. With his offensive tools, athleticism, youth and feel for the strike zone, Beckham has the potential to be a star in the big leagues.


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During the night, the storm known as "Sandy" has slammed its core onto the New Jersey coast. It's not yet known the extent of the damage and casualties. Likely the damage toll will be enormous. Hopefully, evacuations have limited the casualities.
For meteorologists, and selected others, we've known that a storm like this was coming. Not just days in advance, but years! Be it a "tropical cyclone" or a "nor'easter" or a hybrid cyclone, like Sandy has been becoming, it doesn't matter what we call it. Strong winds and low pressure produce a "storm surge" that spreads death and destruction over wide areas. The winds topple trees, shred low-quality housing, and fan fires that can start from downed electrical lines. Such storms put at risk any one and any property close to the coast, regardless of the names we give them.
For decades, now, the humming machine of "development" has been busy, putting lives and property at risk by building in zones that would be at peril from such a storm. Some people have warned against this very occurrence, but because they couldn't say precisely where or when it would happen, those warnings have gone unheeded. Various amendments to infrastructure that could minimize the damage and casualties have been given low priorities by politicians and the general public - "Oh, we can't afford those improvements, now! Maybe later!"
Well, the time for such has come and gone. The ticking clock has wound down and the alarm has already gone off. We will see over the next several days just what has happened as a result of Sandy. Those who argued against development along the eastern coasts have been vindicated, and the disbelievers have learned that the forecasts of gloom and doom were not paranoid delusions but solid predictions based on a knowledge of the past and the inevitability of the future.
The same nay-sayers who acted as if this day would never come, now will start searching for someone to blame for their misfortunes resulting from the storm. In reality, they mostly have themselves to blame - they were too ignorant to learn about the very real hazards they confronted, too short-sighted to imagine they would ever become victims. What resources they saved by making storm preparations low priority will be swamped by the bill for the storm damage. As the old advert saying went, "Pay me now - or pay me much more, later!" Yes, preparations can be costly, but the damage will be even more so. It's your choice ...
For many, the storm known as Sandy will be seared into their memories, some even suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder for decades. But the memory will eventually pass, likely before the next big storm hits over the same areas affected by Sandy. The terror and tragedy will be mostly forgotten within one generation, and nearly gone within two. In sixty years, the collective memory of this night will have passed into the vague recesses of the past.
Most areas along the east coast of the USA will not have experienced this sort of devastation. How many will grasp the significance of Sandy for themselves? Likely far too few. Their complacency will be reinforced - "I was right - bad things always happen to someone else! For me, such an experience is not possible, so I need do nothing to examine my situation and prepare for such an event." For them, the clock is still ticking, but the inexorable passage of time will make disaster inevitable for many of them. Will they be ready? Will they heed the warning to abandon developments that put lives and property at risk? Probably not.
NOTE added: As bad as Sandy has been, it is far from the worst sort of event that is possible. It's good to hear that evacuations saved many lives, unlike the Hurricane Katrina disaster. But Sandy is well short of the worst possible storm making landfall on the east coast. The media make Sandy seem to be of epic proportions, but nature has more powerful punches it can throw at us. And the threat goes into states on the Gulf Coast as well as the Atlantic Coast, so people should be thankful they were spared, and more willing than ever to begin preparations ... now!
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University of Hawaii to honor more than 40 faculty and staff at system convocation awardsUniversity of Hawaiʻi
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HONOLULU - More than 40 faculty and staff from all University of Hawaiʻi campuses will be recognized and presented with various teaching, research and service awards at the University of Hawaiʻi's 2007 Convocation Awards Ceremony, a celebration of excellence within the 10-campus system.
The ceremony will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at 10 a.m. in Orvis Auditorium on the UH Mānoa campus. A luncheon will follow the ceremony at the Campus Center Ballroom.
UH Board of Regents Chairperson Kitty Lagareta and UH President David McClain will present remarks during the ceremony. Presenting the awards will be Lagareta and McClain, UH Mānoa Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, UH Hilo Chancellor Rose Tseng, UH West Oʻahu Chancellor Gene Awakuni, Hawaiʻi CC Chancellor Rockne Freitas, Honolulu CC Chancellor Ramsey Pedersen, Kapiʻolani CC Chancellor Leon Richards, Kauaʻi CC Chancellor Peggy Cha, Leeward CC Interim Chancellor Manuel Cabral, Maui CC Chancellor Clyde Sakamoto, and Windward CC Chancellor Angela Meixell.
In addition to administrators, faculty and staff from across the system, guests at this year's ceremony will include Sen. Norman Sakamoto, Sen. Brian Taniguchi, Sen. Jill Tokuda and Rep. Mark Takai.
Presented annually to recognize faculty and staff from all the campuses throughout the UH system for their excellence in teaching, research and service, the awards include:
- Regents' Medal for Excellence in Teaching
- Regents' Medal for Excellence in Research
- Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service to the University
- President's Award for Excellence in Buildings and Grounds Maintenance
- Frances Davis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
- Hung Wo and Elizabeth Lau Ching Foundation Award for Faculty Service to the Community
- Masaki and Momoe Kunimoto Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions to Career and Technical Education
- Robert W. Clopton Award for Outstanding Service to the Community
- UH Mānoa Chancellor's Citation for Meritorious Teaching
- UH Mānoa Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Service
- UH Mānoa Distinguished Graduate Mentoring Award
- UH Hilo Chancellor's Awards
A webcast of the ceremony can be viewed shortly after the event at www.hawaii.edu/about/awards. It will be available on the website for up to one year following the event. The ceremony will also be broadcast live on Mānoa Campus Cable Channel 67 and at the following campus HITS locations:
- Honolulu CC: Bldg 7, Rm 420
- Kapiʻolani CC: Naio 110
- Kauaʻi CC: LRC 122
- Leeward CC: ITV Studio (Library Room 116)
- Maui CC: Kaʻaike 105A
- Molokai Education Center: Room 102
- UH Hilo: LRC 350
It will also be broadcast in the near future on ʻOlelo Channel 55.
For more information, visit: http://www.hawaii.edu/about/awards


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Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about how the health law affects insurance for smokers and programs may help them quit.
Michelle Andrews answers a question from a reader about how the health law affects insurance for smokers and programs may help them quit.
Question: The health law will soon allow some insurers to charge up to 50 percent higher premiums for smokers. How will the insurer know who is a smoker? As an HR rep, how will I be able to convince our employees to take this seriously? — Ann
Andrews: The provisions that allow insurers to charge smokers higher premiums take effect in January and apply to health plans sold on the individual and small group markets that aren't grandfathered under the law. The insurer may well rely on people to self-report their tobacco use, asking them, for example, if they've used tobacco regularly in the past six months. You're apparently concerned that people won't disclose that they're smokers, and some may not. But it's important to remember that research shows that most smokers want to quit, and under the health law people won't be penalized as long as they're trying to do so, even if they don't succeed. If a company has a wellness program that offers a tobacco cessation program and if smokers participate in it, they're not going to have to pay the higher rate. Participation is enough, workers don't have to actually succeed at quitting, which often takes several tries. So that may encourage people to 'fess up to their smoking habit.


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RPi Apache2
Installing Apache 2.x Web Server on Raspberry Pi
This is a guide to install the Apache HTTP Server "Apache" on the Raspberry Pi computer running Debian "squeeze". The core of this guide is a basic installation of Apache, configured to serve static HTML pages. The serving of dynamic HTML pages via additional software like PHP and Ruby on Rails is beyond the scope of this guide, although these instructions could be used as a foundation before installing those additional components.
The guide has been developed/tested using debian6-19-04-2012. A standard 2Gb image has enough room for this install, although you may want to use a larger image to give yourself a bit more elbow room on the already-cramped root folder. (Learn how to expand your image here or here.) This guide requires a network connection.
The installation was all done from the basic (pre startx) command prompt.
A little Debian/Apache foreknowledge: The default Debian install of Apache will be configured to run in the "www-data" user space, and use the "www-data" group. The version of Debian used for this guide (debian6-19-04-2012) already includes the "www-data" user, but not the "www-data" group. The following commands will create the "www-data" group, and add the "www-data" user to the newly-created group:
# Create the www-data group sudo addgroup www-data sudo adduser www-data www-data
A touch more Debian/Apache foreknowledge: The default Debian install of Apache will be configured to serve HTML pages from the "/var/www" folder. While this folder is created during the Apache2 install process, it will likely be created with the wrong owner:group (root:root). We can ensure a smoother install and successful running of Apache2 by creating this folder ahead of time and changing owner:group to www-data:www-data.
# Create the /var/www folder and reassign ownership of the folder sudo mkdir /var/www sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www
Get the latest version of Apache2 from the Debian repository:
# Update repository information sudo apt-get update # Install Apache sudo apt-get install apache2
The "apache2" package requires the installation of a slew of additional packages (often called "dependencies"). Press "Y", then "enter" (or just "enter", as "Y" is the default response), and sit back while the "apt-get" package manager does its thing. Towards the end of the install, you should see a few lines that look like this:
Setting up apache2-mpm-worker (2.2.16-6+squeeze7) ... Starting web server: apache2apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.0.1 for ServerName. Setting up apache2 (2.2.16-6+squeeze7) ...
This is a sign of a successful install!