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San Diego County water officials claimed Monday to have uncovered evidence of a "shadow government" that secretly controls key budget decisions for the Metropolitan Water District as part of a coordinated campaign to discredit the county water authority's push for more independence and lower rates.
The fresh round of charges drawn from more than 500 pages of emails and other documents is the latest salvo in an intensifying feud between the San Diego County Water Authority and Metropolitan, its primary supplier.
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"Major decisions at MWD have first been determined by a shadow government operating in secrecy, outside the public's view and then rubber-stamped by a majority of MWD's directors," water authority board Chairman Michael Hogan said in a statement accompanying the release of the documents.
Metropolitan's rate structure, particularly its fees to ship water through its network, will cost the region's ratepayers $40 million more than it should this year alone, the authority contends.
The allegations were delivered at the outset of a Metropolitan committee hearing in Los Angeles on a new round of rate increases that could reach as much as 12.5 percent through 2014.
Metropolitan officials and others dismissed secrecy claims, saying the board has been transparent and open. Some maintained San Diego trying to shift costs to other agencies.
Metropolitan board members on the panel did not publicly respond to the San Diego charges.
"It's a lot of fuss over nothing … There certainly seems to be a fair amount of paranoia," Metropolitan General Manager Jeff Kightlinger said in a later interview.
The rate increase had its defenders, who urged Metropolitan to invest in long-term supply projects.
Ken Rausch, executive director of the El Monte Chamber of Commerce, compared investments in water projects to preventive medicine and auto repairs.
"If you don't invest today, it will cost you dearly tomorrow," he said.
The panel, after hearing from about 40 speakers over two hours, voted to recommend that the full board postpone action until April when it convenes Tuesday. However, the full board can override that recommendation.
A number of San Diego County water agency, city officials and community leaders testified in opposition to higher rates.
"This is not just about money. You're talking about lives," said Jimmy Knott, an Oceanside community activist noting that Metropolitan does not offer aid to help the poor pay their water bills.
San Diego City Councilwoman Lorie Zapf told the committee that the city has had to cut staff, pensions and spending.
"This agency should do the same," she said of Metropolitan.
Kightlinger said the overarching dispute is not surprising given the amount of money at stake. He said many Metropolitan agencies are convinced the San Diego authority, itself a member, wants to shift about $38 million in costs associated with the transfer of Imperial Valley water to the San Diego region to other members.
The county water authority paid Metropolitan $203 million last year.
One of those drawing San Diego's ire is the Western Municipal Water District, which serves parts of Riverside County. The district had worked with others to pay for a $50,000 study that suggests the San Diego-Imperial water transfer is too expensive when compared to buying the same amount from Metropolitan.
"We're simply trying to understand the costs associated with the (Imperial) transfer to San Diego as it's our responsibility to defend our customers and keep water rates as low, fair and equitable as possible," said John Rossi, the district's general manager.
Metropolitan is Southern California's primary water supplier, serving about 19 million residents. The San Diego County Water Authority buys a majority of its water from Metropolitan and delivers it to a number of agencies, including the city of San Diego.
The county water authority claims that many Metropolitan agencies commanded payments from members that were then used to hire consultants and others to influence the full Metropolitan board. Taken together, the 20 agencies in this group make up a 75 percent voting bloc on the 26-member Metropolitan board. The county water authority controls just 17 percent of the vote.
The allegations imply that Metropolitan agencies in question, which described themselves in emails as a "secret society" or "anti-San Diego coalition," control rates, steer more funding their way and undermine San Diego's purchase of water from Imperial.
"The water authority has been demonized and blackballed" only because it sought to protect San Diego ratepayers, Hogan said in his testimony.
Dennis Cushman, county water authority assistant general manager, offered biting testimony. He told Metropolitan panelists "it was your plan all along to cook up special financial rewards for your agencies," such as steering MWD dollars to local projects.
Kightlinger said various water agencies have routinely formed separate groups to work on issues of mutual concern. "It's pretty common," he said.
The county water authority is expected to introduce the new information as evidence in pending litigation against Metropolitan. The documents show that the rates were set in an "arbitrary" and "capricious" manner, which is justification to toss out the MWD policy, the county water authority said.
Metropolitan has long denied the claims, saying that deliveries to the end of the pipeline are more expensive and that the long-standing rate policy is fair.
County water authority leaders allege that the records show that the group of members was provided advance documents and other information that they then subsequently used to form positions in secret. Those positions were then voted into policy in later public meetings of the full Metropolitan board.
Top MWD administrators were in the loop and at times participated in providing information, the county water authority claims.
Their meetings were not disclosed and members created private email accounts and a secure website to prevent scrutiny, according to San Diego officials.
The group also paid consultants, both former MWD executives, a combined $15,000 to develop policies that were then lobbied before the full board, the authority contends. One of them, Ron Gastelum, declined to comment when reached by email.
The hundreds of pages of emails, correspondence and other material were obtained through Public Records Act requests filed by the county water authority as part of the litigation.


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"P.S. Things are tight right now, and some people who would otherwise contribute may not be able to."
I can't imagine why....
For a monthly donation of $15 (or a one-time gift of $150) we'll send you Faith Clips, the fascinating DVD by Fr. Robert Barron, in which he answers 50 frequently asked questions about the Catholic faith. It's a $19.95 value.
wait, so they want you to pay $150 for a 20 dollar dvd? huh? and how could it cost them that much money to keep a website open?
Now I joined that site to show a Catholic friend why he would be better off seeking answers from Atheist sites instead. I also joined Christian Forums. It is difficult to describe how they make me feel. My first impression is that I am dealing with an alien race. I know we are the same species but I am so far removed from that mind-set that I have absolutely nothing in common with them. Well at least not on an intellectual or philosophical level. I know it can sound conceited of me but I genuinely cannot figure out how so many people – I mean adults - can be so plain ignorant of basic science and ask such pathetic questions. They consider whether Adam and Eve had belly buttons to be a meaning philosophical debate.
Apparently you can fool some of the people all of the time. Their leaders have absolutely no shame in swindling them of money while claiming to be moral authorities in all aspects of their lives. While this blatant robbery does annoy me I find it difficult to sympathize will the suckers who allow them themselves to be fooled over and over again. Shame on them too. I think Jesus must be turning in his grave watching them all. Oh wait a minute maybe he is no longer in it. I think I shall go ask them what they know about that. If you don't hear from me for a few days could someone please call the fire department.
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@ Strega. I was thinking about that. Maybe I secretly like it.....you know some kind of deep seated catholic guilt syndrome. I was very bold today and need to be punished before I can be forgiven. Kinda like this lol.
Well, now Reg, I think I can arrange that for you, but it will cost.... let me see.... oh yes, $75,000. Do you have Paypal, by any chance? I can arrange for six pain-free filled installments to be directly debited from your account. Oh and your 'safe word' will be unsubscribe. Please do not lose this word, as a duplicate cannot be supplied.
Good one. Here is a proper "unsubscribe" campaign that was running here a few years ago. The church was not happy about it. CountMeOut . It is offline but still worth a quick read. Now I will turn over on my other side and the church can swipe my credit card.

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Very few things can breach more barrios and cross more divided lines than music, and at the First Church of God, Center of Hope's 3rd Annual Gospel Jazz Fest, artists from lands spanning the globe came together in musical unity in remembrance of a man who, like music, crossed boarders and changed history, Nelson Mandela.
Started by the late Reverend Geremy Dixon Sr., and continued by his son, current Senior Pastor of First Church of God, Center of Hope, Geremy Dixon Jr. the concert featured musicians who play with a gospel inspiration.
"Several years ago, Sister Cathy Gill, who runs our young adult ministry [Warriors of Judah]," explained Pastor Dixon, "had the idea to have a jazz festival. She was able to put together a dynamic event. We really had no idea how it was going to take off, what type of talent was going to be involved. That year it was fantastic, we brought it back again the next year. This is our third year doing it, and year after year, it gets better and better."
Pastor Dixon accredits much of the success to the efforts of the Warriors of Judah and the youth ministers that comprise its ranks. "That young adult ministry is made up of dynamic people, who, and I'm pleased to say, are passionate about the Lord, passionate about people, and passionate about putting on presentations that honor God in their excellence."
Ushered and hosted by the Warriors of Judah, City of Hope's youth ministry, the four hour long jazz celebration entertained all with a selection of local and international jazz musicians and singers.
For more information go to www.firstchurchofgod.com/.
Pictured: The Rembert James ensemble "Bone Voyage" performing at the concert. L-R Joey Navarro - piano, Richard Grant - trumpet, James - trombone, Leon Mobley - percussions, Emile Borde- steel drums. Not pictured: Marcus Miller - drums, Keith Jones- bass.


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I got a message back from Steve about it saying he would play it on the next show. He also said he was thinking of getting it re-recorded as he has access to professional musicians, singers etc.
Glad you said that, I did try doing an American accent but it just sounded ridiculous so I just did it with my own. If it does get remade, I would be happy to send him the audio samples, even if my singing is rubbish!
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The disparity here is due to the fact that most of Mr. Romney's cash inflow comes from investment income, which is taxed at a much lower rate than is earned income. Mr. Obama's proposed "Buffett rule," named after billionaire Warren Buffett, would force those who earn $1 million a year to pay at least 30 percent in taxes, whatever the source of their income – a point the administration was eager to highlight with the release of the Obama family return.
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So from here you really have to make sure that the blog admin will actually send backlinks after you post. So when the blog admin does not offer backlinks, then you should consider again becoming a guest blogger.
2. Getting Friends and Friendship
More than just getting backlinks, you will also get a network of friendship between bloggers from writing on this person's blog. Friendship or friendship is indeed important for both bloggers. The relationship between the two bloggers can be mutually beneficial if one of them wants to complement each other.
The guests who have taken the time to make good articles can be rewarded by blogger owners with a quality backlink. And if both of them have benefited from this relationship, then we can be sure that this relationship will last for a long time.
3. Increase Traffic
If you have agreed with the blog owner to display a blog link or simply include your profile, then by becoming a guest blogger you can get profitable blog traffic.
But to be able to make readers or blog visitors interested in articles and yourself as a writer, you must be able to make your writing interesting to read and visit. Because when readers or blog visitors are interested in your writing on other people's blogs, they will also be curious to visit your own blog. Thus, your blog traffic will increase.
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Being a guest blog especially on a blog that already has a big name, of course will make you motivated to make the best articles possible. On blogs that are already popular this is indeed not an arbitrary article that can be displayed. They (the admin) who manage the blog will strictly select which articles are eligible to be published.
Therefore, when someone decides to become a guest blogger in this well-known place, of course they will be encouraged to make articles as good as possible. From here, in the end, your writing skills will continue to be tested and honed.
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Finally, the benefits of writing on someone else's blog (being a blogger) are getting # your self promotion and blog. As mentioned earlier that when you have an agreement with a blog owner that they will display your personal data or your profile and maybe your blog, then you have indirectly received a form of branding promotion.
And some well-known bloggers say the promotion of other people's blogs is very effective and profitable. Especially if you can become a guest blog in a place or blog that already has a big name, then your promotion will be better and better quality.
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In the last company I worked for, we used a VNC tool that had full control over the systems, I could open the systems directory, user manager or take full control of the user and I find each of these services to be equally beneficial.
The company I am working with now is using UltraVNC and it is configured horribly. I know I could use FastPush or one of the pieced together software packages to remove and redistribute the client in the appropriate manner.
My question is, what would be the best tool to maintain UltraVNC or should I use another package?
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I'm going to be offline a few days this week while my computer is in the shop. Its cardreader has stopped working at 1-1/2 years and it's supposed to be warranted for 3 years.
Also, Windows has been displaying a persistent message that my copy of Windows is not valid and I might be a victim of software piracy, blah, blah, blah. I think that the guy that built my computer should fix the problem.
When I get the computer back, I'll have a lot of catching up to do. I am hoping it might be done by Wednesday or Thursday.
I may feel inspired and post something tomorrow morning, but when I disappear in the afternoon and am gone for several days, you'll know why. If my internet withdrawal grows too severe before I have my computer again, there's always the public library, I suppose.


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Model A Ford sightings proliferated over the past week, thanks to a convening of the Model A Restorers Club. These were spotted September 21 on Route 250 heading over to Staunton for a visit with President Woodrow Wilson's 1919 Pierce-Arrow limousine. A few days later, 250 were parked on the lawn of Montpelier.
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Robin Thicke Threatens Lawsuit Over Steamy Affair Rumor
A steamy tabloid story involving Robin Thicke and Paula Patton has the 'Blurred Lines' singer threatening legal action over what he claims is a "false story."
Thicke and Patton announced their separation in February, which immediately ignited speculation as to why the duo decided to split after eight years. While Thicke in the past has been the subject of a few cheating rumors, a salacious story that was printed in Star Magazine yesterday has Thicke livid as it involves not only him, but Patton as well, and he's looking to stop the rumors to protect their reputation.
Star Magazine reported that for two years, Thicke and Patton allegedly carried on a consensual three-way relationship with a massage therapist. The breaking point in the relationship, however, was when Patton supposedly walked in on Thicke and the masseuse engaging in an affair together without her and literally caught Thicke "with his pants down."
Now, Page Six reports that Howard E. King, a lawyer for Thicke, has filed the following letter to Star Magazine demanding a retraction.
"On behalf of Mr. Thicke, as well as [the alleged masseuse], we categorically deny every assertion of fact posited in your email [asking for comment] and are certain there can be no reliable, trustworthy source of any such story, given its gross deviation from the truth. Any purported source of such a story is lying."
"Publication of this blatantly false story absent a failure to fully investigate the truth combined with reliance on what has to be a flimsy source, will support a finding that the story is published in wanton and reckless disregard of the truth, leading to a finding of malice and the imposition of actual and punitive damages."
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This is a list of articles on the MIRC implementation running as a plugin to CTP.
Release Notes
A list of releases and their contents is available at MIRC Software Release Notes.
Main Articles
- MIRC is the top-level article. It describes the installation and configuration of the program.
- MIRC Pipelines describes how to modify the configuration of the asynchronous pipelines that store files and create MIRCdocuments.
- DICOM Service - Advanced Configuration describes how to configure the DICOM Service for specialized workflows.
- MIRC Templates describes the formats of the various template files used in MIRC.
- MIRC Hardware Considerations provides guidance in the selection of hardware for a teaching file site.
- MIRC PHI Access Logging describes the responsibilities of authors and administrators with respect to MIRCdocuments that include PHI.
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- The MIRCdocument Schema describes the XML structure of MIRCdocuments.
- The MIRCquery Schema describes the XML structure of a query transmitted from a MIRC query service to a MIRC storage service.
- The MIRCqueryresult Schema describes the XML structure of a set of results transmitted from a MIRC storage service to a MIRC query service.
- The MIRC TCE Service contains information for third-party developers wishing to interface to MIRC.
- The RSNA MIRC Source Code describes how to get and build the MIRC software.
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Monday, August 10, 2009
Healthcare "reform" means less freedom
No freedom of choice. Since Congress wants to force everyone to have health insurance, the government must define the minimum type of policy you have to buy. And the minimum level of coverage is almost certainly going to be much more than a bare-bones, high deductible type of policy you can get today. You will inevitably be forced to buy the type of policy mandated by the government. Also, you will not be able to choose your doctor once you inevitably end up getting your insurance from the government-approved "exchange." "You're assigned a primary care doctor, and the doctor controls your access to specialists. The primary care physicians will decide which services, like MRIs and other diagnostic scans, are best for you, and will decide when you really need to see a cardiologist or orthopedist." Even worse, you will have no freedom to choose not to have insurance, since if you decide to be uninsured you will have to pay a substantial fine.
No freedom to benefit from healthy choices. Since Congress ultimately wants everyone to pay the same rate, the young and those who live a healthy lifestyle will subsidize the old, the infirm, the obese, and the sedentary among us.
No freedom to keep your existing plan. There are all sorts of ways that you could lose your existing plan. If you change jobs, or if your employer decides to not offer insurance or to change the type of coverage they offer, among other things, you would be forced into a government plan.
One very important thing to remember, above all, is this: the more things that the government controls or provides us, the more government encroaches upon our liberty; more power for government always means less freedom for the individual.
13 comments:
- randy said...
These bills are awful and should be buried. On top of that, in our current fiscal condition, we shouldn't be considering anything that makes it worse. Bad plans and bad timing shouldn't be evidence that all universal care ideas are universally stupid though. For example, the horror stories painted about Canada might be misleading:
- August 10, 2009 at 3:56 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
Caveat: NPR is not an unbiased source of news. I've heard plenty of bad things about Canadian healthcare. And in any event, you simply can't have a mandatory universal healthcare system without rationing, and without restricting people's freedoms. There is no free lunch, especially when the government is running the program.
- August 10, 2009 at 4:02 PM
- Dead Cat Bounce said...
I've spent much of the day educating myself on all that is going on in this proposed reform and alternatives. I'd like to recant my support for any mandated purchase from your previous blog, but just clarify that I've always opposed a single-payer option. I appreciate your calling my attention closer to these issues, and why you've chosen to phrase the debate in term of freedom (though I'm not enamored with the article). I must admit in my willingness to be open-minded regarding reform, which I think we can all agree is needed (albeit in very different ways), I've been distracted from what are the real and redressable issues in healthcare.
Government mandates and autonomy is absolutely not the way to go. That this type of power-grab can be packaged in such a emotional and absolute terms is appalling.
There is no telling how much we could save by doing away with state monopolies (allowing interstate insurance competition), instituting tort reform and penalties for frivolous lawsuits, instituting tax incentives and reforming government entitlements. I'm for more preventative medicine and education, but I'm not sure we have to have a net increase in costs/taxes to accomplish this. Have heard all kinds of stats on this. But the fact that they don't want to do this gradually but want to essentially socialize is very telling but not surprising.
The breadth of the bill is shocking. Access to bank accounts? Government agencies decide what is covered (increased lobbying and corruption)? Not treating the tax as a tax? I found this site informational:
- August 10, 2009 at 5:52 PM
- CDLIC said...
In my opinion, the following is an excellent article that gets to the real bottom line regarding the direction the USA is headed. The title of the article is 'Obama: A Modern Day Plebeian Tyrannical Politician'. The parallel between the decline of Rome due to plebian tyrannical politicians and the same now taking place in the USA is stunning, and the more that Americans become dependent on the massive handouts the more likely we will go the way of Rome as clearly reviewed in the article.
- August 10, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
Dead Cat: All of your former transgressions are forgiven. As penance, all you have to do is to spread the word exactly as you have expressed it here.
- August 10, 2009 at 7:35 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
CDLIC: I think you are being too pessimistic. Aren't you encouraged by the eruption of Town Hall fiascos? By the ongoing decline in Obama's popularity? By the sidelining of cap and trade and healthcare reform? Obama has taken some very serious hits, and this is fantastic news for the country. What makes today different from ancient Rome is the internet, and its ability to spread the truth at lightspeed.
- August 10, 2009 at 7:40 PM
- CDLIC said...
Actually, I am a very optimistic person--have to be since I agree with almost everything you write.
And yes, in the short run I am encouraged by the Town Hall meetings; by the declining popularity of Obama and Congress; by the exposure of the truth regarding cap and trade and healthcare reform; by the beating Obama has taken recently in the polls, and how the news in the short run is good for the country; and yes, the Internet with its light speed technology does act as somewhat of a brake on the forward momentum of those plundering via government approval--but remember, the Internet also can be used by the government to enslave its citizens (we see a recent attempt by the Obama administration to do just this).
I ask you do you believe those living in Roman times were any different from those living today when it comes to human action (human nature) regarding getting something for nothing at the expense of the producer? If you do not, then the principles that governed and eventually caused the decline of the Roman Empire are the same basic principles that will lead to the decline of America, i.e., principles allowing the non-producers to receive the wealth of the producers via the actions of the politicians.
ALL great civilizations slowly collapse when the parasite--government--eventually kills the host--producers--via the distribution of the wealth taken from the producers and given to the non-producers through such bailouts, cash-for-clunkers, welfare, foreign aid, universal healthcare, wars, etc. It happened to Rome; it in England (a mere shadow of its greatness), and is now happening to the USA and an ever increasing pace.
I am still holding out hope that the parasite does not destroy the host too quickly; however, when the government--parasite--has BOTH the mandate to protect its citizens but also has the power to make laws, laws the parasite will inevitably pass to keep itself in "business" and its non-producers in support. Therefore, I am very pessimistic that the current form of government can in any way prevent the eventual collapse of our civilization.
The only bright spot I see in the long term is the excellent work by Dennis Riness (www.civilizaitonengineering), work which clearly identifies how to build the world's first stable, durable civilization and put a stop to the ever accelerating attack on the producer.
Hopefully, his exact identification of the intellectual confusion that has led to the collapsed over the last 3500 years of every past and current civilization will be acted upon before the parasite kills the host.
REMEMBER THIS MOST IMPROTANT PRINCIPLE: The parasite never willingly leaves the host.
It is time to realize the Titanic is sinking due to the "sucking" of the host, thus, an alternative must be build before the looming iceberg created by the current system delivers all to the freezing waters below.
- August 10, 2009 at 11:23 PM
- CDLIC said...
I forgot to add the following quote to the end of my last post:
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom.. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it."
~~~~ Dr. Adrian Rogers, 1931
- August 11, 2009 at 1:40 AM
- Unknown said...
CDLC: I think that's a GREAT quote.
- August 11, 2009 at 10:55 AM
- Scott Grannis said...
Indeed, that is a quote that bears repeating often.
- August 11, 2009 at 11:20 AM
- Unknown said...
Obama just shot himself in the foot.
This is worth spreading
- August 11, 2009 at 5:17 PM
- CDLIC said...
Wow! You are absolutely correct: "He shot himself in the foot" and he may not recover once the general public clearly understands what he really said.
Thanks for posting this. I am sending it to my entire mailing list.
- August 11, 2009 at 7:34 PM
- Dead Cat Bounce said...
Ironic that in one breath Obama can argue that the Post Office is less competitive than the private parcel services [due to its inefficiencies and inability to adjust to market demand] and in the next argue that a gov't option won't involve subsidies to be competitive. I must have missed the analogy, unless of course it is completely disingenuous (if I am to credit him with any intelligence). The PO "borrows" billions from the gov't every year now and won't be profitable for the foreseeable future, isn't this the type of unsustainable model that taxpayers want to avoid, even ignoring the principle issues of the quality and freedom of such an "option?"
Here is something that made me sick. The PO has been buying $1M+ homes for employees to relocate. Just another example of gov't corruption that very few people are aware of in the opaque governmental world of self-regulation. Not only is this unjustified from a cost-value perspective, it should be illegal misappropriation of tax dollars. When Clinton created subprime and turned Fannie and Freddie into unregulated and undisciplined taxpayer funded hedge funds, gov't employees made out like thieves at the taxpayers expense. Why are we not going after these funds or at least shaming the individuals responsible? When will the average gov't expansionist learn that these people do not work for us, they work for themselves? Should I not expect these same abuses to happen when gov't agencies are granted the power to decide what types of things are covered in the gov't option plan and which providers will receive funds? Again this doesn't even touch on the inherent fallacies and complications of the plan.
Here is the PO link:
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Well, that is what I asked, but I am guessing that after they got the publicity, someone said "Hey, they just got arrested" and alerted the media!I don't know!Rob
I would be surprised if they kept the boys since they disqualified Corey, Frenchie, etc for lying to them about their past.
TPTB = The Power that Be (a.k.a. the executives and other higher-ups that run things)IIRC = If I Recall CorrectlySorry about that, RudyRules!
Sucks about the twins; maybe they'll fail to make it to the third round anyway (how come it's never the folks that fail to mkae it to the final 24/32 or the next round that have a criminal background? They probably do but it's not an issue if they're out I suppose).
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Young veteran broaches taboo mental health topics
When Army veteran Andrew O'Brien spoke to an Austin reporter about his experiences in Iraq, his post-traumatic stress disorder and his subsequent suicide attempt, he was surprised by what happened next.
"An online commenter called me 'weak,' " O'Brien says. "He said what I saw in Iraq was nothing worse than a highway car crash."
A few years ago, O'Brien might have reacted to the insult by pounding his fists into a wall or drowning his sorrows in booze. Today, as he kicks off a three-month, national bus tour to talk about PTSD and the rising incidence of soldier suicide, he is ready with a healthier, more constructive response.
"Don't judge our returning vets - that's the very mentality I'm trying to break," O'Brien says. "And don't act like we shouldn't be affected by our tours or that they weren't that big a deal."
In fact, they were life-changing.
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O'Brien, who launched his tour in Houston, speaks heart to heart with soldiers, vets and their families about these once taboo subjects.
"They think that we'll come back from war, be different for a few months and then go back to normal," he says. "But we all come back different people. We'll still have pieces of the person we were before, but no one will ever be the same."
The nightmares begin
O'Brien, 25, grew up in Dallas in a family he describes as dysfunctional. "I have a brother, Lee, who is two years older. He's the one who really raised me."
When Lee joined the Army, O'Brien followed close behind. He was 19 when he enlisted, in search of an extended family and a meaningful way to serve his country, and 20 when he deployed to Iraq.
Early on, O'Brien worked as a truck driver who delivered supplies all over the country. In time he became lead gunner. In both jobs, he was constantly on the lookout for IEDs, or improvised explosive devices.
One day, O'Brien and his group were heading out on a delivery as a another team was heading back to base. It was that second team that was slaughtered by an explosive device, part of which lodged in the gunner's head. The dead man was only 19 and had a wife and a son.
O'Brien wasn't supposed to check on the bodies; in fact, he was explicitly told to stay away.
But he was drawn to the scene.
"I thought if I saw what happened, I'd pay more attention. I'd keep it from happening to my guys."
That was the beginning of the nightmares, paranoia and heavy drinking, which continued when O'Brien finished his Iraq tour and returned to an Army base in Hawaii. After six months on American soil, he went to see a staff counselor, who diagnosed his PTSD and gave him permission to stay off the firing ranges.
When O'Brien showed that paperwork to his sergeant, she called him a string of expletives. Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs has met its latest goal of hiring 1,600 new mental health professionals, including 33 at Houston's Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center. At the time, however, O'Brien had to make do with his sergeant and his counselor, who also stopped believing that he had PTSD.
By November 2010, O'Brien says his head felt like a shaken soda can, ready to explode. After an argument with a close Army buddy, he went home and tried to think of a painless way to kill himself.
In the kitchen were four bottles of pills. He swallowed them all. Then he banged holes in the walls with his fists and drank a beer, hoping to speed up his passing.
Instead, he called 911, then passed out.
Out of the fog
O'Brien said he woke up a different person, happy to be alive. In time, he also believed he had information to share with others.
In 2012, there were 349 suicides in the U.S. military - an all-time high. There also were record numbers of veterans, more than 256,000 who had served in Iraq or Afghanistan, seeking treatment for PTSD between 2002 and 2012.
O'Brien ticks off the messages he delivers to anxious family members:
A It's great to familiarize yourselves with PTSD, but don't try to understand what your soldiers have endured. You'll never be able to put yourself in their shoes.
A Don't push or nag. "They come back kind of like rebellious teens. If you push them in one direction, they'll do the opposite."
A Try to understand their anxiety and paranoia. In a tight, crowded space, for example, they're going to be on guard, waiting for an attack.
A Offer your unconditional support. "We need a strong person to stand behind us, no matter how crazy we get," O'Brien says. "And please don't give up, or we will give up on ourselves."
To active-duty soldiers and vets, O'Brien offers this advice:
A Don't apologize for the way you reacted to the sights and sounds of war. "We're all wired differently, and everybody's reaction is justified."
The bus tour, sponsored by mcharitylife.com, launched June 7 in Houston. Helping O'Brien manage travel details is veteran Timothy Fraser, 26.
"Andrew has started a national conversation about PTSD and suicide," says Fraser, who has PTSD. "A lot of times, doctors or therapists will try to solve the problems by pushing medication. That has its place, but it's even better to get people to come out who wouldn't normally share their feelings. It gets them thinking in a more positive manner."


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A Guide to the UT Texas Hillel, Jewish Campus Life Records, 1929-2004
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UT Texas Hillel is a campus chapter of the national body, Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, which began at the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana in 1923. The national foundation promotes Jewish values on university campuses within the U.S. and internationally.
The UT chapter formed in 1929 as the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, and membership remains open to Jewish students enrolled at UT, UT alumni, and the Austin Jewish community. The chapter is comprised of a Board of Directors, Hillel Staff, and a Student Council. Known as the Building Fund Committee (1945-1967) and the Advisory Board (1967-1984), the Board of Directors (1984-present) has consisted of community members who invest their time in Hillel's development. The Staff were paid members of UT Texas Hillel and consisted primarily of the Director, a Rabbi who is not a member of the Board of Directors. The records show that a Secretary and Program Coordinator were later added to the staff.
The foundation has sought "to provide facilities for religious, cultural, educational, social events, social welfare, and interfaith work amongst the university community." Hillel fulfilled these goals by funding a new building, offering Shabbat services and Beit Midrash classes, granting refugee scholarships, and actively calling attention to events happening in Israel and the Soviet Union through campus protests, lectures, dinners, and ads in the Daily Texan. It also offered a variety of activities for Jewish fraternities and sororities and the UT community, including art festivals, Israeli dancing, an Outstanding Guest Speakers series, and hosting the annual Israeli Block Party.
The Student Council and the Directors on the Hillel Staff conducted the essential work of the foundation. Since the Student Council changed yearly it is hard to note any one influential member; this is not so for the Directorship. Principal Directors included Elconan Saulson (1947-1963), who spearheaded the Refugee Scholarship efforts, and Cary Krozberg (1971- 1972, 1982 1987), who worked with the Student Council throughout the 1980's to promote issues related to Israel and Soviet Jewry. Other Hillel Directors include:
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The records of UT Texas Hillel, 1929-2004, contain six linear feet of foundation documents, correspondence, meeting minutes, self-published newsletters and brochures, photographs, printed newspaper clippings, and scrapbooks, which document the organized activities of the University of Texas' Jewish student body. The material is divided into three series: UT Hillel, comprised of records and publications created by or directly related to the UT chapter, including the Board of Directors, Hillel Staff, and the Student Council; Hillel Beyond UT with material from the national foundation and other chapters; and Jewish Interests, which contains material not specifically related to Hillel about local and international Jewish activities and experiences.
A substantial portion of the records cover the early years (1935-1955) of UT Texas Hillel, specifically outlining the Building Fund Committee's (later called the Advisory Board, then Board of Directors) struggle to construct their own building in West Campus. The first two Directors, Newton Friedman (1942-1944) and Elconan Saulson (1947-1963), complement the Building Fund Committee's efforts, while establishing Hillel's importance within the UT community.
Correspondence written by each of the foundation's hired Directors (2 inches) illustrates the individual Rabbi's views, social concerns, and plans and ambitions for Hillel. Also, the Student Council records (6 inches) illuminate the guidance of the Director and document, primarily through printed newspaper clippings and meeting minutes, cultural and social activities such as religious programs, campaigns for oppressed Jews, and local social gatherings.
The records not directly related to UT Texas Hillel represent activities conducted by Hillel foundations at national, state, and university levels. The Jewish Interests records contain collected materials about activities UT Texas Hillel members participated in, as well as world events impacting the Jewish community at large and resonating with the Director's social concerns.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 20, 2013) – Two U.S. women's beach volleyball teams and one men's team have advanced to Sunday's semifinal matches at the NORCECA Beach Circuit event in Guatemala.
The event is the third on the NORCECA beach tour this year.
| Emily Day lunges for the ball during a match on April 19
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The women's USA-1 team of Jenny Kropp (Grand Island, Neb.) and Whitney Pavlik (Laguna Beach, Calif.), which is the defending champion, will have to play their compatriots, Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) and Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) in one of the women's semifinals. In the other semifinal, the Canada-1 team of Kacie MacTavish and Caleigh Whitaker will play the Guatemala-1 team of Maria Jose Orellana and Lourdes Ramirez.
In the men's bracket, the USA-1 team of John Mayer (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) and Stafford Slick (Andover, Minn.) will face Cuba's Karell Piña and Sergio Gonzalez. In the other men's semifinal, Puerto Ricans Roberto Rodriguez and Erik Haddock will play Mexicans Juan Virgen and Lombardo Ontiveros.
In women's action on Saturday, Kropp and Pavlik won their pool by defeating Jamie Farley and Laurie Bachler of the Virgin Islands, 21-6, 21-6 in 23 minutes. In their quarterfinal match, Kropp and Pavlik beat Diana Peguero and Nairobi Agramonte of the Dominican Republic, 21-9, 21-19 in 35 minutes.
Hochevar and Day, who won both their pool play matches on Friday, went straight to the quarterfinals on Saturday where they defeated the Canada-2 team of Victoria Altomare and Sophie Bukovec, 21-19, 21-16 in 30 minutes.
In men's play on Saturday, Mayer and Slick completed pool play with a victory over the El Salvador-2 team of Carlos Guatemala and Armando Guatemala, 21-11, 21-13 in 26 minutes. The U.S. pair advanced straight to the quarterfinals, where they beat Guatemala's Andy Leonardo and Erick Garrido, 21-12, 22-20 in 32 minutes.
After going 0-2 on Friday, the USA-2 team of Joey Dykstra (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Andy McGuire (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) won their final pool play match on Saturday, defeating the Canada-2 team of Michael Plantinga and Cameron Wheelan, 21-18, 21-19 in 33 minutes. However the pair did not advance from pool play.


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Adidas Formally Unveils New High Tech UniformsI mentioned in a recent post that adidas designed state of the art uniforms for the 2009 All-Star Game. Today at the adidas Court in NBA Jam Session, the NBA and adidas formally announced an expansion of their partnership agreement, signifying that adidas is now the official compression undergarment provider for all 30 NBA teams. The outer portion of the uniforms is 30% lighter than the old uniforms, thus providing greater comfort and freedom of movement. The undergarments are comprised of a TECHFIT Padded or PowerWeb compression layer; the former helps to prevent injury with the strategic placement of foam padding that cushions players against injuries such as hip pointers, knees to the thigh or elbows to the midsection, while the latter uses compression technology to increase performance and boost energy. The performance increases are created by Thermoplastic Polyurethane powerbands that compress the athlete's muscle fibers, allowing for more efficient movements that improve acceleration and endurance while also reducing fatigue.
Lawrence Norman, the vice president for adidas Global Basketball, gave the opening remarks at the ceremony where the new uniform technologies were unveiled. "For adidas, innovation is in our DNA," Norman said. "We were always innovators, for athletes like Jesse Owens and Muhammad Ali and in basketball for legends like Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and future stars that you saw yesterday like Derrick Rose and Michael Beasley and two of the greatest big men in the history of basketball, Dwight Howard and Tim Duncan. You will see a lot of innovations this weekend but for adidas Basketball all we care about is how can we help these great players be one step faster and jump one step higher."
Mark Verstegen, the founder of Athletes' Performance and Core Performance, did an on court demonstration of the features of the base uniform layers, with All-Star Dwight Howard modeling the TECHFIT PowerWeb and All-Star Tim Duncan modeling the TECHFIT Padded. Research by the University of Calgary-Human Performance Lab suggests that the TECHFIT PowerWeb can help an athlete to increase his sprint velocity by up to 1.1%, boost his power production by up to 5.3% (by improving core stability) and add up to 4% to an athlete's vertical leap. According to adidas, the TECHFIT Padded provides for greater flexibility than similar products while also offering 30% more impact resistance. Duncan said that he switched to adidas TECHFIT Padded after suffering lingering injuries and bruises to his legs and hips; he explained that the adidas TECHFIT Padded is custom fitted and offers better protection than the previous forms of padding that he had worn. Duncan worked with adidas to determine the shape and placement of the padding to maximize its effectiveness.
After Verstegen, Duncan and Howard finished displaying the new uniform technology, the two All-Stars were available to answer questions from the media. I asked Duncan to describe in more detail the biggest difference between the new adidas compression base layer and the previous base layer that he had worn. He replied, "I think they are more based for the NBA player. Before, I did wear some protective stuff but they were smaller and the pads weren't in the right places. They (adidas) have done a lot of research in where we want the pads and how we want our bodies covered. They fit a lot better."
Duncan has made it clear on many occasions--including during yesterday's media availability--that he loves playing the game but "could do without" all of the media obligations that go along with being an All-Star. In a sense, that adds even more weight to his endorsement of the adidas products because, as Duncan said, "It's easy to speak out for this because it is something that I actually use and wear."
I asked Howard how the adidas TECHFIT PowerWeb differs from other compression apparel that he has worn. Howard said, "I haven't really worn anything but regular biker shorts. The PowerWeb keeps all of your muscles tight and it lasts longer that biker shorts. Biker shorts are just like regular underwear."
As you might expect, the gregarious and outgoing Howard was more effusive than Duncan; while Duncan described in earnest and serious tones why he uses adidas TECHFIT Padded, Howard spoke fancifully of the "Kryptonite protection" contained in the TECHFIT PowerWeb chest padding (a close reading of the promotional material distributed by adidas made no mention of "Kryptonite protection")--but in their own ways, both players expressed the belief that these new base uniform layers will boost their performance levels while also helping them to avoid injuries.
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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Feb. 6, 2015) – Diversified Royalty Corp. (TSX:DIV) (the "Corporation" or "DIV") is pleased to announce that its board of directors has approved a cash dividend of $0.0157 per common share for the period of February 1, 2015 to February 28, 2015, which is equal to $0.1884 per common share on an annualized basis. The dividend will be paid on February 27, 2015 to shareholders of record on February 20, 2015.
About Diversified Royalty Corp.
DIV is a multi-royalty corporation, engaged in the business of acquiring top-line royalties from well-managed multi-location businesses and franchisors in North America. DIV's objective is to acquire predictable, growing royalty streams from a diverse group of multi-location businesses and franchisors.
DIV expects to increase cash flow per share by making accretive royalty purchases and through the growth of purchased royalties. DIV expects to pay a predictable and stable dividend to shareholders and increase the dividend as cash flow per share increases allow.
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The greatest benefit of outpatient surgery is you get to return home the same day a surgical procedure is performed. This results in reduced stress and quicker recovery times because most people prefer to be in the comfort of their own home, rather than in the hospital while recuperating.
Because of these added benefits, HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital has made many minor and intermediate procedures available through our Outpatient Care Department. This includes urologic, gynecologic, ophthalmologic and ENT (ear, nose and throat) procedures, as well as many minimally invasive procedures.
Some of the most common outpatient procedures we perform include:
In fact, St. Joseph's is one of the only hospitals in the metro-east to offer balloon kyphoplasty, a minimally invasive treatment for repairing spinal and compression fractures.
We've also recently invested in new state-of-the-art technology to provide some of the most advanced, minimally invasive surgeries available today.
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Don't think you have to travel to a larger facility in the city for great care. You can receive the same care - if not better - at HSHS St. Joseph's Hospital in Highland. For more information on outpatient surgical procedures, please call (618) 651-2770.
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Two Old Women: An Alaskan Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival (Hardcover)
Based on an Athabascan legend passed along from mother to daughter for many generations on the upper Yukon River in Alaska, this is the tragic and shocking story--with a surprise ending--of two elderly women abandoned by a migrating tribe that faces starvation brought on by unusually harsh Arctic weather and a shortage of fish and game. The story of survival is told with suspense by Velma Wallis, whose subject matter challenges the taboos of her past. Yet, her themes are modern--empowerment of women, the graying of America, Native American ways.
Twenty years after its first publication, Two Old Women continues to be a publishing phenomenon, despite scant national publicity. This word-of-mouth book has been translated into seventeen languages, selling more than 1.5 million copies. This twentieth anniversary edition includes a new introduction by the author, new afterword by the editor, and a discussion guide for book-group readers.
About the Author
Velma Wallis is one of Alaska's bestselling authors. One of thirteen children, she was born in Fort Yukon, a small Gwich'in Athabascan community at the confluence of the Porcupine and Yukon rivers. She and her family live in Fairbanks, Alaska.


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Lorry Pichler loves being a school nurse. She loves the interaction with children and feels a sense of accomplishment in being able to help with their medical needs. But as a nurse for the Southeast Kansas Interlocal #637, which provides special education services for 13 southeast Kansas school districts, Pichler realized she needed to know more about how to best serve the exceptional students she sees daily.
Pichler was one of a number of nurses who met with Pittsburg State University administrators in 2011 and 2012 to design a new master's degree program for nurses who work in school health settings. That new program got underway this spring.
The program leads to Master of Science degree in education with an emphasis in school health. The online program is a cooperative effort between PSU's Department of Teaching and Leadership and PSU's Irene Ransom Bradley School of Nursing.
"Special education has grown so much," Pichler said. "It is important for school nurses to understand the needs of these children and to learn how to interact with them in the most effective way."
Alice Sagehorn, chair of the Department of Teaching and Leadership, said the nurses' input was critical to developing the right program for them.
"We asked the school nurses what they wanted to learn so we could tailor the program to their needs," Sagehorn said. "There was a great deal of interest among the school nurses in learning more about working with children with autism and other exceptionalities. It was also important to them for the program to be online, so they can continue to work as they pursue the degree."
The result was an interdisciplinary program. Twelve of the advanced hours are taught through the school of nursing. The remaining 24 hours are through the College of Education. Included in the coursework is a leadership component.
Of the 36 hours, 15 are in special education, including courses on autism, children with disabilities, special education law and partnerships with families of exceptional children.
Sagehorn said that no similar program exists in Kansas. For more information on the Master of Science with a major in Education and an emphasis in School Health, call 620-235-4488.


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GOP faithful rally in NC to back state's direction
About 200 supporters are expressing their appreciation for North Carolina Republicans efforts to cut taxes, require identification before voting and make getting abortions more difficult.
Republican groups organized a rally Tuesday at the government complex in Raleigh to praise the GOP-led Legislature and Gov. Pat McCrory for their work passing conservative policies. The event was planned in part to counter "Moral Monday" protests, rallies held by opponents of Republican policies which have drawn several hundred demonstrators weekly since April.
Linda and Bill Parke of Pinehurst said they're McCrory backers and wanted to support ideas they believe North Carolina should follow. Seventy-seven-year old Bill Parke says the deal between the governor and top legislative leaders to cut personal and corporate taxes is a step in the right direction.


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Barbara provided the following interesting background information:
"Edward Francis Roche, his wife Dorothea and their children Mary Elizabeth, Henry, Catherine, Dorothea, John & Francis James, came from Ireland to New Zealand in 1880 ... My great grandmother, their second child Frances, had in 1878 been sent to New South Wales [with her husband Bartholomew Murphy] in disgrace because she not only became pregnant to the stable boy, but he was also a Catholic ... By the time Catherine married, her parents would have been 61 (Edward) and 63 (Dorothea)."as well as an extract of Catherine's will:
"I give ... all moneys ... to pay the net annual income arising therefrom to my sister Frances Murphy of Sydney in the State of New South Wales, widow ..."I forwarded images of the photos by email, while in a subsequent letter Barbara sent me a photocopy of a copied photo of Catherine's mother Dorothea from her own family collection. It was obviously the same portrait as the one I had purchased on eBay a couple of years earlier.
In the mean time, I also contacted my friend Peter Koninsky in the United States, and asked if he would consider parting with the photos, in exchange for some other old New Zealand photos that I hoped to find for him in due course. Peter had no hesitation whatsoever, putting them in the post within a day or two, and they are already in Barbara's hands. She was, of course very excited:
"I will wait for the original photographs to travel through your hands again and come to rest, in a welcoming home here with me, for good ... Having the two photos will give my research a solid base and somehow place Frances and descendants firmly back with the family."Barbara also sent me some of her and fellow descendant Graham Brady's Roche research material, including the following obituary for Mr. Roche from the New Zealand Herald (29 September 1903):
"How marvellous! The photos are on the way! Will be great to receive ... Some family member must have disposed of the family photos for them to find their way onto the open market. Glad you found them."
"Thank you once again and I look forward to your story. It should give a lot of researchers hope."
Edward & Dorothea's children were as follows:
MR. EDWARD FRANCIS ROCHE"Yesterday, at 'The Croft,' Otahuhu, Mr. Edward Francis Roche died at the ripe old age of 75 years. The deceased, who came out to the colony nearly 30 years ago from Ireland, was well known in agricultural and pastoral circles, and resided for many years in the Waikato district. On the sale of his estate in the Waikato, Mr. Roche went to live at Tauranga, where he remained for some years. Among his numerous acquaintances the deceased was highly respected as a man of sterling integrity. He leaves a grown up family, the eldest son being in the employ of the Auckland Education Board ... One of the daughters of the late Mr. Roche is the wife of Mr. W.H. Herries, member of Parliament for the Bay of Plenty electorate. The interment will be private."
- Mary "Minnie" Elizabeth Roche (1853-1937) m. William Percy Gage-BrownThe moral of the story, if there is one, is that when doing family and local history research, it always pays to leave a paper trail, or an internet presence of some sort. In other words, make postings on mailing lists and online forums with details of your interests or questions. It is also wise to leave some means for a potential reader to contact you at some stage in the future, although one should take care not to reveal too many personal details. Nothing may happen for years, or it may never result in anything, but it could, as in this case, have a very happy ending.
- Edward Francis Roche b. 1855 d. in Burma, while a judge in the Indian Civil Service
- Frances Roche (1854-1930) m. Bartholomew Murphy
- Henry Roche (1857-1950) a civil engineer who worked on the Auckland-Rotorua railway line and for the Waihi Gold Mining Co. m. Charlotte Amy Purchas, daughter of medical missionary Rev. Arthur Guyon Purchas
- Catherine Louise Roche (1859-1912) m. Sir William Herbert Herries (1859-1923)
- Dorothea Roche (1860-1932) m. George Frederick Bendall, farmer of Otahuhu (NZ) & Lindisfarne, Hobart (Tasmania)
- John Longfield Roche, a farmer in the Waikato, m. Isobel Constance Marshall
- Francis James Roche b. 1865, also an engineer, m. Kathleen Clara Stock