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Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921, MS.141
Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921
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Charles Joseph Bonaparte, 1851-1921 Contact Information:
Maryland Historical Society
Manuscripts Department
Maryland Historical Society Library
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
Fax: 410.385.2105
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Descriptive Summary
Maryland Historical Society
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
REPORTED: February 27, 1973
Barbara Murray
This collection contains papers covering a broad spectrum of the life of Charles J. Bonaparte. Papers are arranged chronologically unless otherwise noted.
The Bonaparte Papers were originally NUCMC'd in 1966 as MS. 141-5. Xeroxes of all known material concerning their provenance are enclosed. Accession numbers known to be included in the collection are: 49481 55259 55390 55915 56515 59720 The collection also apparently contains material not mentioned in these accessions. For unknown reasons, the Bonaparte Papers had been housed all together, regardless of accession numbers, and had only been partially labeled. By 1973, the different accessions were mixed and no longer were able to be separated clearly. Much of the material was unfoldered, uncatalogued and virtually unusable. A decision was made to folder the material and write a detailed inventory of it in order to make the collection more accessible. At the same time, due to the already confused state of the different accessions and out of a desire to make the papers more usable to readers, the Bonaparte Papers were divided into 5 separate collections--MS. 141 (Charles J. Bonaparte Papers), MS. 142 (Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Papers), MS. 143 (Jerome Bonaparte Papers), MS. 144 (Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte Papers), and MS. 145 (William Patterson Collection). A miscellaneous collection (MS 141.1, Miscellaneous Patterson-Bonaparte Papers) was also formed.
The Bonaparte Papers were originally NUCMC'd in 1966 as MS. 141-5. Xeroxes of all known material concerning their provenance are enclosed. Accession numbers known to be included in the collection are:
The collection also apparently contains material not mentioned in these accessions.
For unknown reasons, the Bonaparte Papers had been housed all together, regardless of accession numbers, and had only been partially labeled. By 1973, the different accessions were mixed and no longer were able to be separated clearly. Much of the material was unfoldered, uncatalogued and virtually unusable. A decision was made to folder the material and write a detailed inventory of it in order to make the collection more accessible. At the same time, due to the already confused state of the different accessions and out of a desire to make the papers more usable to readers, the Bonaparte Papers were divided into 5 separate collections--MS. 141 (Charles J. Bonaparte Papers), MS. 142 (Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte Papers), MS. 143 (Jerome Bonaparte Papers), MS. 144 (Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte Papers), and MS. 145 (William Patterson Collection). A miscellaneous collection (MS 141.1, Miscellaneous Patterson-Bonaparte Papers) was also formed.
of Boxes
1 1860-1902 2 1903 3 1904-1905 4 1905-1906 5 1906-1918 6 1919-March 1920 7 April 1920-Dec. 1920 8 Jan.-June 1921 9 July 1921-Nov. 1923 N.D. Copybook (Oct. 29, 1918-Feb. 28, 1919) 10 Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte Autograph Collection 11 Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte photo album, calling card album, and scrapbook
1919-March 1920
April 1920-Dec. 1920
Jan.-June 1921
July 1921-Nov. 1923
Copybook (Oct. 29, 1918-Feb. 28, 1919)
Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte Autograph Collection
Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte photo album, calling card album, and scrapbook
I. Collection contains 40 items dating from Charles' youth (dated 1860-1873). These include drawings, imaginary histories, an allegory, a poem about McClellan, essays, a phrenological character analysis of Charles at age 12 1/2, college diplomas, and correspondence. Correspondence is addressed to Charles' mother Susan M. Bonaparte, his father Jerome N. Bonaparte, and his brother Jerome N. Bonaparte, Jr. Topics covered include school work; health and illness; comments on the course of the Civil War, attendance at a charity fair, attitudes towards novels, advice to his mother about finances, numerous comments on criminality and the law, remarks on W.T.R. Saffell's book The Bonaparte-Patterson Marriage, etc. Also discusses James Brooks and Oakes Ames (who were involved with Credit Mobilier) and mentions deaths of Chief Justice Chase and John Stuart Mill. Letters reflect Charles Bonaparte's Catholic loyalties.
II. There are a few papers concerning Charles' early legal career, including a certification (1870, Sept. 14) of his qualifications for admission as an attorney, business correspondence with Jas. L. Baylies, and correspondence concerning a Smith vs. Seldner case. Also includes a partially filled in income tax form of March 1872.
III. From 1890 on Bonaparte was a member of the Indian Rights Association; in September 1902 he was appointed to the Board of Indian Affairs; in September 1903 he accepted a commission as Special Inspector of the Indian Territory. He resigned these last two posts in Nov. 1904.
This collection contains papers (c. 1882-c.1905) concerning the Indian Rights Association, the Board of Indian Affairs, investigations of Indian problems, etc. Papers are included that were written, received, or collected by Bonaparte concerning S.M. Brosius' accusations against the Dawes commission, testimony and reports concerning financial interests of Indian agents, notes on trust companies, allotment of Indian land, segregation of Delaware land, the Ogden land claim, drawing up of tribal membership lists, withdrawal of rations to Indian private school children, Indian contracts with parochial schools, Indian (esp. Navajo) boarding schools, expenditure of Indian trust funds, defects of the guardian system, directives and opinions of Ethan A. Hitchcock--Secretary of the Interior, etc. Newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and unsigned copies of letters are included.
IV. This collection also contains papers covering the period of Bonaparte's life (July1, 1905-Dec. 17, 1906) while he was Secretary of the Navy under Theodore Roosevelt. The majority of these letters are from Bonaparte to his wife, Ellen C. Bonaparte and are made up chiefly of personal notes, comments on family members, servants, neighbors, etc. These letters to Mrs. Bonaparte contain some mention of political affairs and personalities, such as the Cuban crisis, William Taft's mission to Cuba, ship movements, death of Judge Baer, reform speeches, investigation of the explosion on board the Bennington, the Republican National Convention, suffrage and women's rights, opposition to the Poe Amendment, the Portsmouth Conference, etc. During this time period are also included Bonaparte's letter of acceptance to Theodore Roosevelt of the office of Secretary of the Navy (1905, May 21), and two letters from Roosevelt, one showing pleasure at Bonaparte's acceptance (1905, May 22) and one sending a memorandum from Ambassador Steinburg (1906, Nov. 6). Papers also include letters from political figures, such as 4 from George B. Cortelyou concerning appointments and the campaign fund (1905, July 1; 1905, July 3; 1905, July 15; 1905, Aug. 21); 4 from Elihu Root concerning Navy business (1905, Nov. 9; 1906, June 8; 1906, June 25; 1906, Oct. 17); 2 from Ira Remsen of Baltimore concerning an invitation to speak at Johns Hopkins (1906, Jan. 20; 1906, Feb. 2); 1 from Brooks Adams urging federal railroad rate intervention (1906, Jan. 4); one from William H. Taft concerning the Jamestown Exposition (1906, July 6); and one letter of invitation from John D. Long (1906, June 2). Letters and papers on various governmental and political issues, such as the assassination of William McKinley by Czolgosz (Aug. 24, 1906); confidential information concerning Japanese naval growth and makeup (Nov. 6, 1906); and various miscellaneous issues involving the Secretary of the Navy are included.
(See also Box 11, Ellen C. Bonaparte Autograph Collection).
V. These papers also include letters covering the time period (Dec. 17, 1906--1909) during which Charles Bonaparte was Attorney-General under Theodore Roosevelt. Collection contains papers relating to governmental and political activities, including several such letters and memorandums concerning proposed compromises in the case of U.S.A. vs. Standard Oil Co. (of N.J.) et al; copy of an amendment to the Sherman Anti-Trust Act; 4 letters from Theodore Roosevelt (1907, March 18; 1907, April 9; 1907, July 17; 1908, May 23) concerning the Cabinet and political appointments; and two letters from William Howard Taft (1909, Jan. 22; 1909, Feb. 25) concerning the make-up of his new Cabinet. The remaining papers are miscellaneous in nature, including Republican convention plans, letters to Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte, one letter from Bonaparte's nephew Jerome N. C. Bonaparte, etc.
(see also Box 11, Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte Autograph Collection).
VI. This collection also includes about 3 boxes of miscellaneous correspondence, chiefly incoming, from 1919-1921. During this period, Bonaparte was involved in his Baltimore law practice and also rented out numerous properties. His correspondence deals with trusteeships, wills, real estate transactions, litigations over purchases, paying taxes, etc. Correspondence with tenants involves requests for repairs, reactions to raising rents, requests for charity, etc. Numerous advertisements and stock reports are also included, which comment on the raising interest rates, condition of the market, etc. of the early 1920's. This collection contains many charity appeals, local, national, and international. Some of these letters are marked with notations of the amount to be donated. There are also numerous letters and circulars from reform and good will organizations, such as Baltimore Reform League, National Civil Service Reform League, Baltimore Alliance, Traveler's Aid Society, National Tuberculosis Association, Md. Social Hygiene Society, etc. Especially during 1920, letters and circulars are found which solicit political support for Leonard Wood, Senator Poindexter, Calvin Coolidge, women voters, the American Defense League, League for the Preservation of America, etc. Also included are several letters from Charles' nephews Newbold Edgar and Jerome N. Bonaparte.
VII. Copybook, Oct. 29, 1918-Feb. 28, 1919. This copybook (700 pp.) is made up of signed copies of business and political letters of Charles J. Bonaparte between Oct. 29, 1918 and Feb. 28, 1919. In the front of the copybook is an index of addressees. Some letters are to tenants concerning payment of rent, repairs etc. Other letters concern wills, trusteeships, sale of real estate, management of Bonaparte's own country estate Bella Vista etc. In reply to requests for political support of candidates and involvement in activities are remarks about the future of the country, the League of Nations, the merit system, the Republican convention and the next election, etc. This copybook is heavily damaged and illegible in many areas; parts of some letters are legible.
VIII. Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte Autograph Collection (c. 1897-1909). Collection of letters saved by Mrs. Bonaparte, mostly taken from those received by Charles J. Bonaparte while he was Secretary of the Navy and Attorney General. These letters are from famous and semi-famous people such as American governors, senators, congressmen, ambassadors, bishops, admirals, judges, cabinet members, authors, etc. Letters consist chiefly of letters of introduction; invitations; requests for information and copies of publications, etc. Among others, this collection contains letters from the following people:
Atkinson, Edward
Bancroft, George
Cannon, Joseph Gurney
Chandler, William
Choate, Joseph
Dewey, George
Eliot, Charles W.
Fuller, Melville W.
Flagg, Ernest
Gilman, Daniel Coit
Gompers, Samuel
Holmes, Oliver Wendell
Leupp, Francis Ellington
Lodge, Henry Cabot
Pinchot, Gifford
Roosevelt, Alice Lee
Roosevelt, Edith Kermit
Roosevelt, Theodore
Root, Elihu
Taft, William H.
Tarbell, Ida M.
Wanamaker, John
Washington, Booker T.
Wilson, Woodrow
IX. Scrapbook, photo album, and calling card album of Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte. Photo album is housed in the Graphics Division of the Maryland Historical Society.
X. Although there are major time periods into which the papers of this collection fall, there are also miscellaneous materials of personal, political, and governmental natures scattered throughout the collection under various dates. Miscellaneous political correspondence includes a letter from Elihu Root (1920, Oct. 22); a letter from James Bryce (1913, Jan. 23) concerning the Panama Canal; and a letter from George W. Wickersham (1911, June 17) discussing the Tobacco Trust case. Letters of invitation to speak and dine, letters requesting favors and appointments, letters concerning Republican political plans, and materials concerning civil service reform and reforms in general can be found throughout the collection.
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Via C7-D x86-64 instruction set
I purchased a Biostar Viotech 3100+ as a low energy use mobo and noticed that the single core cpu is supposed to support the X86_64 instruction set.
None of the 64 bit, opensource OS's I have tried (Slackware 13.1, OpenBSD 4.9current, Arch Linux, NetBSD5,1 or Debian 6.0) are bootable and some (Slackware and Arch) return a message that the cpu is an i686.
The CMPXCHG8B instruction set is enabled in the bios.
I googled linux and openbsd in regard to the problem and searched the linux kernel bugzilla without any mention of 64 bit processing on this cpu.
I'm guessing it is either buggy and ignored or the issue has not been brought to the attention of the appropriate kernel coders.
Anyone have any insight into this? I'd like to report it as a bug but it looks like it would take the better part of the day to register at the various bugzilla's and mailing lists only to have someone tell me it is buggy and they are not going to address it.
You should try to bring this up on mailing lists if you're sure it does support 64-bit long mode..
You can use the CPUID instruction to check if it is supported using a small userland program.
As for kernels claiming it's an i686, that's normal for identifying the x86 families.. i686 technically encompasses the Pentium PRO to the Pentium 3, Pentium 4 was a dramatic change for Intel and the family identifier went from 0x6 (6) hexadecimal to 0xf (15) apparently working around a Windows NT bug, there was no i786/i886/i986.
A lot of kernels just pick "i686" as the lowest common denominator for modern x86 compatibles, with SSE/MMX etc.
Thanks BSDfan66. I learned more about cpu instruction sets and the Via C7-D+ lacks the lm flag which is a good indicator of a x86_64 cpu. I'm not overly disappointed as I did not buy it as a x86_64 board although I now wish I had gotten an intel atom based system. The VT8237 southbridge also does not support 2 sata channels in OpenBSD. Old problem that persists
What message(s) do you get from the Slackware installer, and have you tried the 32 bit installer and does it work? Slackware is shipped in two discrete versions, either 32 bit or 64 bit and neither is multilib.
The 32 bit Slackware runs like a bat out of hell on my E2200. If you find you can't get a 64 bit distro to work and you choose to install it I'm sure you'll be pleased. BTW my E2200 is a 64 bit processor according to Intel but if I remember correctly I couldn't install Slack 64 on it either. Now I'm starting to wonder what this means...
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This is a pretty old thread. Both of my Via C7's are now happily running Debian Squeeze i386. One is a laptop that I wanted to scan and connect to the wireless network of my choice. It was easy to set up in Debian using wicd-curses. I recall the slackware64 installer gave an error message that the install kernel was not supported.
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Aliens serving in the US military did not gain citizenship through service alone. The naturalization of soldiers was performed under certain provisions of nationality law facilitating the naturalization of members of the US armed forces. These provisions waived the Declaration of Intention requirement and waived or reduced the residency requirement. Thus many soldiers filed petitions and were naturalized the same day.
The expedited naturalization of soldiers could have been performed at either a Federal, State or local court having jurisdiction over the soldier's military base, or a judge from any of those courts might have held "naturalization court" at the military base. In either case, one copy of the petition should be on file in the court's records. Another copy was filed with the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which holds duplicate copies of all naturalizations granted after September 26, 1906.
To locate a World War I soldier's naturalization, begin by searching the Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers. 1918, among the Records of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and microfilmed as M1952. Note: Not all US military bases are included on this index.
If the soldier's name appears in the index file, the index card will contain the soldier's name, date of naturalization, court of naturalization (indicated by court number), certificate number, and name of the military base to which the soldier was assigned as of that date. The court number can be converted to the name of an actual court (i.e. US District Court, Trenton, NJ) by reference to the Directory of Courts having Jurisdiction in Naturalization Proceedings.*
If the soldier's name does not appear in the index file, the researcher may file a Freedom of Information/Privacy Act request to the Headquarters, Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS), Washington, D.C. 20536, using Form G-639 (identifying the soldier by name, date of birth, and place of birth). A search of BCIS records will be determine whether the alien ever naturalized anywhere in the United States, under military or any other provision of US nationality law.
*Directory of Courts Having Jurisdiction in Naturalization Proceedings, _US Department of Justice, 1963. A microfilm copy of this publication is available through the Family History Library, film #1730286.
This description is taken from the NARA descriptive pamphlet for publication M1952.


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Apostle and Evangelist Mark - Troparion & Kontakion
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From your childhood the light of truth enlightened you, O Mark, / and you loved the labor of Christ the Savior. / Therefore, you followed Peter with zeal / and served Paul well as a fellow laborer, / and you enlighten the world with your holy Gospel.
Kontakion — Tone 2
When you received the grace of the Spirit from on high, O Apostle, / you broke the snares of the philosophers and gathered all nations into your net, / bringing them to your Lord, O glorious Mark, / by the preaching of the divine Gospel.


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The Sony PlayStation-branded 3D Display will not arrive in the UK until next year, according to reports.
The Display is equipped with Sony's SimulView technology, which allows two different players to see two different 3D images on the same 24-inch screen.
After its initial launch at E3 this summer, the £410 display was scheduled for a release this autumn, but unspecified delays means it won't reach European shores until after the turn of the year.
The console-enhancing monitor, which comes with two pairs of Sony Active Shutter 3D glasses, has already launched in the United States.
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Sony hasn't made an official announcement regarding the release delay, but the Amazon UK website confirms that there'll be no European launch in 2011.
A notice on the product page says: We have been informed by our supplier that there will be a delay in obtaining stock for this item and it will no longer be released in Europe in 2011.
"If you have ordered this item from us at Amazon.co.uk your order will take longer to fulfill than originally estimated. We are expecting an update in the new year."
So if you had the nifty, yet-slightly small, PlayStation Display on your Christmas list, time to think again.
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Korean TV Show Sparks Chicken and Beer Craze in China
Fried chicken has been falling out of favor with Chinese consumers, but a new hit South Korean TV show is bringing it back to life.
In "My Love From the Star," a romantic comedy about a Korean actress and her extraterritorial boyfriend, the show's main character (played by Korean A-lister Jun Ji-hyun) is crazy for chimek—"chi" is short for chicken and "mek" for "mekju," the Korean word for beer. She specifically likes to partake in a meal of chimek to celebrate the year's first snowfall.
That on-the-screen tradition is playing out in real-life fried chicken joints across China as fans of the show get their chimek fix.
"These days when my friends and I get together, we order fried chicken with beer," said Ada He, who works for a real-estate company in Beijing and is a self-professed Korean drama lover.
The TV show, which is aired by the Seoul Broadcasting System, has been one of the most-watched TV series on two of the online video platforms where it's available, iqiyi.com and LeTV.com. On iqiyi alone, it has been watched 14.5 billion times since its December debut.
Korean TV series have long been popular in China, and discussions about "My Star" are among the most-discussed topics on Sina's Weibo microblogging platform. More than 3.7 million posts related to the Chinese term for chimek have been published on Weibo over the past few weeks, while Tencent's WeChat is getting on the craze by displaying falling snowflakes or snowmen when users send messages to one another that include the Chinese expression for chimek, zhaji he pijiu.
Even some Chinese celebrities are fans of the show, fueling the craze. "The first snow arrives, where is the chimek?" Gao Yuanyuan, a prominent Chinese actress, posted on her verified Weibo account, earlier this month. "Did you have chimek on the day of the first snow?" the Communist Party's mouthpiece People's Daily asked on its verified Weibo account.
Sim June-bo, owner of Barsak Chicken and Beer, a Korean restaurant in Beijing's Wangjing district, said he has noticed a significant increase in the restaurant's Chinese clientele since the show began airing.
"I have been doing fried chicken business for eight years, but this is the first time I've seen so many Chinese clients coming to order fried chicken with beer," he said.
"In the past, 40% of our clients who ordered fried chicken were Chinese and 60% were Korean. Now it is 80% Chinese and 20% Korean," Mr. Sim said, adding that one day last week there were as many as 100 people waiting to get some fried chicken to go.
At another fried chicken takeaway joint in Wangjing, which is home to several Korean eateries, an employee surnamed Zhang said the restaurant also has seen a notable increase in business.
"Our daily revenue used to be about several hundred yuan, but since last month, it has grown rapidly and can reach as much as 3,000 yuan per day," he said.
Even those who don't follow the drama are falling for the chicken-and-beer craze.
"I am not a fan of the TV series or Korean drama, but I always like to have fried chicken," said Li Zhe, who works for a media company in Beijing.
Mr. Li said he went to a Korean chimek restaurant last weekend with some friends who are fans of the drama and waited in line for about two hours to buy some fried chicken to go.
"After I posted pictures from the restaurant, I got calls from my friends to ask me how to get there," he said.
Of course, what remains to be seen, and what major restaurants like KFC will be watching for, is whether the fad can cure slumping chicken sales amid the recent bird flu spike, or if it's just a passing trend.
"I don't usually eat fried chicken and I don't like beer, as it is so unhealthy," Ms. He said. "But it is such a trendy thing to do now."
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Soha Yassine attends an event held by Muslim and Coptic Christian leaders in Los Angeles on Monday condemning extremists they say are behind an anti-Islam film, and behind the violent reaction to it in the past week.
American Muslims, sometimes accused of failing to speak out against violence carried out in the name of their religion, have forcefully condemned both the amateurish anti-Islam film that triggered recent riots and protest in the Middle East, Asia and north Africa and the violence that it engendered.
"The American Muslim community has been very forceful and consistent in its rejection of a violent response to this intentionally provocative material," said Ibrahim Hooper, director of communications for the Council on American Islamic Relations, a nonprofit Muslim civil rights and advocacy group.
The low-budget film "Innocence of Muslims," apparently made by an obscure producer in Los Angeles and circulated on YouTube, infuriated many Muslims with its cartoonish portrayal of the Prophet Muhammad. The imagery sparked Muslim protests and violence targeting U.S. diplomatic missions, including a deadly assault on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, that killed four Americans, including the U.S. ambassador to Libya.
In a flurry of statements, press briefings, vigils, media interviews and interfaith events, groups representing American Muslims were quick to condemn the violence, host vigils for the victims and send condolences to the families of the Benghazi victims. But they also condemned the film, which seems deliberately designed to anger Muslims.
In getting the initial response out, there was an opportunity to make two points, said Hooper.
"People here understand that America and Americans shouldn't be blamed for the actions of a few individuals who produced this hate film," said Hooper. "They should also understand that all Muslims shouldn't be blamed for the acts of a few individuals that carried out these attacks as well."
The Muslim and Arab American leaders also sought to speak to an overseas audience.
Over the weekend, CAIR released an Arabic-language video appeal aimed at protesters, beseeching them not to blame ordinary Americans and the U.S. government for the film, which was "designed to provoke religious sensitivities and to distract from the positive efforts being undertaken to improve newly-free societies in the wake of the Arab Spring."
Quoting from the Quran, the speaker, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad called on protesters "to emulate Islam's Prophet Muhammad, who did not retaliate in kind to personal abuse."
On Tuesday, the organization released a similar video narrated by Imam Agdu Semih Tadese in Yoruba, a language spoken by millions in Nigeria and elsewhere in West Africa.
"It is clear that the motive behind the film is to enrage Muslims and to display a hatred of Islam," according to subtitles on the video.
"However, Muslims need to demonstrate good behavior as our Prophet (peace be upon him) dealt harmoniously with people. I hereby appeal to our scholars to calm down the youth and encourage people to cultivate exemplary behavior as Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) teaches."
Lesson in freedom of speech
These messages and others also attempt to explain freedom of speech to non-Americans.
"We play a significant role in translating for our fellow Arabs and Muslims in the region to let them know what the First Amendment rights are," said Abed Ayoub, legal director for the Arab-American Anti-Defamation Committee, a 32-year-old civil rights organization.
Since the start of protests, Ayoub says ADC has spoken to dozens of Arab journalists in countries where freedom of speech is still an alien concept. The challenge, he said, is to dispel their belief that this film, or any other form of expression, has the U.S. government's stamp of approval.
"These individuals have been living under dictatorships for decades. Some of them just don't get it," said Ayoub.
On the steps of Los Angeles City Hall on Monday, Muslim leaders teamed up with elders from the Coptic Christian church to try to reclaim the stage from the presumptive filmmaker — an Egypt-born Coptic Christian named Nakoula Basseley Nakoula — and hotheaded Islamists inciting violence.
The stakes are particularly high in Egypt, where the Copts say they have suffered a recent surge in discrimination and attacks by extremist Muslims. The Copts form a branch of Christians who are believed to have settled in Egypt shortly after the crucifixion of Jesus. Moderates in both religions say they want to return to the relative peace between Coptics and Muslim, populations that have coexisted for centuries.
Man behind anti-Islam film reportedly is Egyptian born ex-con
Photoblog: At site of deadly attack on U.S. consulate, condolence notes from Libyans
'Minds full of disease'
"We cannot allow the actions of a few deceived fanatical individuals to define our communities," said Bishop Serapion of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of Los Angeles, who took aim at both the desecration of Islam by filmmakers and the violence of protesters.
Handout photo provided by Newsweek Sept. 18, 2012
He was echoed by Maher Hathout, a co-founder of Muslim Public Affairs Council in Los Angeles, which hosted the event.
"These people are neither Muslims nor Copts. Those are people ... with hearts full of hate and minds full of disease," Hathout told the crowd. "Our job together is to leave no room for these voices to manipulate and take over the arena. The voice that should be heard is our collective voices here."
Satirical take
Everyday residents in the U.S. and elsewhere also are seeking to join the debate, using Twitter and other social media to distribute more cosmopolitan and diverse views to the global audience.
Many seized on a Newsweek cover story this week titled "Muslim Rage," which accompanied by an unflattering image of screaming Muslim men. The article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a well-known critic of Islam, asserts that while some Muslims condemn the killings in the name of the faith, those voices tend to be marginalized.
"The Muslim men and women (and yes, there are plenty of women) who support — whether actively or passively — the idea that blasphemers deserve to suffer punishment are not a fringe group," writes Hirsi Ali, a Somali-born woman who fled to Holland to escape an arranged marriage. "On the contrary, they represent the mainstream of contemporary Islam."
Newsweek called its Twitter followers to comment under the hashtag "#muslimrage." The subject went wildly viral, but perhaps not in the way that the magazine had in mind.
Some of the tweets are insulting, some defensive, but many of the thousands of tweets seemed to ridicule Newsweek's portrayal of Muslims and many — seemingly by Muslims — offered a lighter view of their "rage."
A sampling:
"My iPhone compass won't point me toward Mecca. #muslimrage"
"Sudden midseason change of scarf trends; all oblong hijabs go out of fashion. #MuslimRage"
"Brothers are super strict/overprotective bc they don't want not one guy to see you.#MuslimRage"
"When you need to pray at the mall and all the stores with the good fitting rooms are full.#MuslimRage"
"Walks into a building with a backpack on, whole building get evacuated. #MuslimRage"
"Lost nephew at the airport but can't yell for him because his name is Jihad. #MuslimRage."
The humorous response to #muslimrage was refreshing, according to Ayoub of ADC.
"It's good because it shows maturity," he said. "You know that we are moving past this (stereotype) — that this is not representative of who we are."
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|The one and only...Elizabeth Shown Mills!
Jay Verkler the President and CEO of FamilySearch spoke to us. He basically put out the same information that we Geneabloggers got at our dinner which you can read about here. Seriously, though, if you haven't started helping to index the various projects that FamilySearch has, why not? These are important. They are trying to bring more and more records to you with the images. This is so vital to our research. To be able to see an image of the document we are using is a necessity! You don't have to sign your life away to indexing. Just do it. One or two...or lots more! You aren't making a promise to sit there and index all day every day, but one is better than none and it benefits us all. Know a Scout that is looking for a project? This is a great opportunity and it really benefits the research community.
The second part of the Closing Ceremony was with Senator Glenn F. McConnell giving us all a presentation on the H. L. Hunley. A confederate submarine that was so ahead of it's time. It sank for the last time after destroying the Union ship, the Housatonic, in February 1864. At the height of its glory, the vessel and crew were lost. They would be found over 100 years later in May 1995 and it would be another 9 years before the submarine was completely raised, conserved and the crew given a proper burial. I didn't know anything about the Hunley before this presentation, but I can tell you that I was on the edge of my seat during Senator McConnell's presentation. At the time I didn't know if the recovery was a success, failure, or even still in progress so I was hanging on his every word for the outcome! He was riveting. A proper story-teller! If you would like to learn more about the H. L. Hunley, it's recovery, crew, etc check out the Friends of the Hunley website!
9:30am - "Research Reports: Meeting Standards" presented by Claire Bettag, CG, CGL - An excellent class by Ms. Bettag and well worth attending. She covered the various types of research reports and where to find examples (about halfway down the page you will see the subject "Research Reports" and then links to some examples). Not only did she talk about writing a good research report, she drove home the point that you need to include time to write these reports in your billable hours. The report is as significant to a client as the documents you obtain (even though the client may not appreciate it's significance until that finished report is presented to them with the research!). I really enjoyed hearing about reports especially since I haven't done any. What was the juiciest bonus was being able to listen to Ms. Bettag talk about how she billed clients, what you need to make sure is itemized in the billing statement and why. Honestly, that should be a class in and of itself!
11am - "Convincing Your Audience: How to Construct a Proof Statement" presented by Barbara Vines Little, CG, FVGS - another great class! Essentially there are 2 types of proof statements, 1) a proof summary, you've got documents to provide the proof, and 2) proof arguments, where you do not have documents showing direct proof of a relationship and you need to "argue" your research with documents that you used to come to the conclusion you arrived at. Again, the BCG Standards Manual (affiliate link) is referenced as well as the necessity to conduct a "reasonably exhaustive search". These are recurring themes so if you don't have the Manual, you really need to check it out! Essential element of information...make sure you resolve all conflicts that arose as you conducted your research. If you haven't resolved each conflict, your argument will not hold water. The conclusion you came to may be correct, but you will not have proven it without a resolution of conflict.
2:30pm - "Identity Crises: Right Name, Wrong Man? Wrong Names, Right Man?" presented by Elizabeth Shown Mills, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS, FUGA - Honestly, I did not take a ton of notes here, but it wasn't because I was drooling on my notebook (as was my fear in a previous lecture). Elizabeth Shown Mills is the most exceptional speaker I have ever had the privilege to hear! I was completely engrossed in her lecture and had to urge myself to break away and take notes! The amount of knowledge she has is incredible. She covered various reasons why people from all walks of life may have changed their names from assuming a loved one's name after their death, to names becoming truncated, to assuming a name after the region/land they lived on (which could end up changing if they moved!). A riveting lecture, but these characters could certainly leave their descendants cursing their names for the changes and ensuing difficulties in tracking them!
4pm - "Debunking the Myths Surrounding the Military Personnel Records Center" presented by Patricia Walls Stamm, CG, CGL - turn away now unless you want brutal honesty! If you were looking for the magic code to get the folks in St. Louis to respond to a request, you have not found the Holy Grail! I (and I suspect many of the others that sat in on this lecture) hoped to find out why it seems that we only get back a form-letter response from the Military Personnel Records Center (MPRC) informing us of a fire or of a next-of-kin relationship that is needed (or both). Well, I can at least let you know that as to the next-of-kin bit...if you are not the spouse, child (think direct line here, people), then you ain't getting the record. That means my great uncle's record, (never married or had children) will not be sent to me...until (and thankfully there is an "until") 62 years after the discharge of the servicemember. At 62 years the records go from the hand of the military to NARA and can be accessed (and for me it's been at least 62 years). This doesn't help in regards to the fire though... We were assured that the staff does their best to fully service all requests, but when receiving 500 new requests a day, they are back-logged and it can take 6 months or more before a request is fulfilled. I can accept that, if they were actually taking time on my request! Allow me to go off on a tangent....
Three weeks prior to attending the NGS conference I sent a request to MPRC in St. Louis requesting information on my great uncle, Thomas Brown's, service in the Army. I found his record showing where and when he enlisted on Ancestry.com. I not only filled out the appropriate SF180, but included a cover letter with additional details regarding my uncle. I effectively included every detail of information I had on him with my submission. One week before leaving for the conference I received a letter from MPRC. Enclosed was a form-letter explaining to me the whole "next of kin" bullshit as well as the fire. They enclosed another SF180 and asked that I fill it in with as much information as I had in order for them to see if any portion of his record survived the fire of 1973. I was livid. Had they looked at my original request at all?!?!?! I know they are busy and I'm certainly prepared to wait for a response, but don't send me crap to try to delay the search! At least that was my interpretation...and they should take that interpretation, because the only other one I have is that they are grossly incompetent!
So my take away from this lecture was:
-Researching in person is much more effective then sending in a request, but you still need to contact them, forever and a day in advance with your travel plans to ensure that there is a chance of a possibility of a maybe that they may find the records you are looking for in time for your visit.
-Make sure that you have the appropriate visitation pass to grace their site because if you've got a pass for NARA in DC (or any other branch throughout the U.S.) it doesn't work there.
-If they tell you that they couldn't find the record you are searching for, wait a awhile and resubmit the request, and resubmit the request and resubmit the request, because eventually the fairies that stole the stash of surviving burned records and odd socks, drop them on someone's desk and you may be lucky enough to see a copy of the record (if you get the right person...apparently the fairies don't like them all).
-The magic number is 62 years...then you can screw the next of kin crap and instead deal with the previously mentioned fairies.
One last tip that was given to us (and I just know you'll love this one) is to not inundate MPRC with requests. Wait until one request is fulfilled before submitting another. Yeah...OK...how long were you planning on living? Me, personally, I don't have that kind of time! I don't want to have to will my research on to my great grandkids! I can understand not sending in 5 requests at once, but you've got to be drinking some wacky stuff if you think I'm going to wait for those staffers to fulfill a request before I start swimming through their river of bullshit again to submit another!
Tangent complete.
So not the best way to finish an absolutely incredible conference, but please walk away knowing that the conference was truly an excellent and repeatable experience! If you haven't gone, you really need to start saving those pennies because it will be worth every one that you spend!
I'll be getting into reviewing some of the goodies I purchased and looked at as well as some of the booths I visited, in the next few days. I survived today's PTA meeting, but have a Pack of wonderful little Cub Scouts that want their awards and advancements on Monday. I'll get out the next post as soon as possible!


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|The richness and value of the European performing arts heritage is unquestionable. Even though these collections are now being digitized and published online, they remain scattered, and coordination is lacking between digital libraries and the performing arts field; however, there is a high demand for access to this content. ECLAP fills this gap by creating a considerable, and hitherto missing, online archive for all the performing arts in Europe, and providing solutions and tools to help performing arts institutions to enter the digital Europe by building a network of important European performing arts institutions and archives and publishing content collections on Europeana, the European Digital Library.
ECLAP is presently distributing more than 1.000.000 items which are more than 175.000 content objects, coming from more than 32 prestigious European institutions: images, video, documents, audio, ebook, ePub, animations, slides, playlists, collections, 3D, braille music, annotations, etc.
All interested institutions and stakeholders are invited to contact coordinator Paolo Nesi at email@example.com . See also the Affiliation Agreement web page in which you can get info and advantages to join ECLAP, such as creating your distribution channel/group, share and promote your content on ECLAP and Europeana. More then the 90% of the ECLAP content is indexed in Europeana, while the real content file is only accessible on ECLAP service portal.
ECLAP is creating a best practice network, making use of advanced database and delivery tools for the production and dissemination of the rich multilingual European heritage. This will result in cultural enrichment and promotion of European culture, and in improvements in learning and research in the field of performing arts. ECLAP started as a co-funded project by the European Union ICT Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme, Theme CIP-ICT-PSP.2009.2.2, Grant Agreement N° 250481. ECLAP project phase complted in September 2013. All interested institutions and stakeholders are invited to register, and to see the Affiliation Agreement web page in which you can get all the needed information.
to registered users and partners many functionalities and facilities, such as:
ECLAP is establishing a set of best practice guidelines covering performing art key areas, such as metadata and content modelling, mapping metadata standards, semantic enrichment, IPR management tools, business models, ingestion and integration of end-user contributions, education and leisure tools, digital libraries tools. To this end, ECLAP work is going to organize international workshops, conferences, via a number of working groups. The ECLAP also supports clustering between several projects identified by the European Commision: ECLAP will place at their disposal all solutions and analyses performed, as well as procedures for transcoding metadata and content, and all the experience and codes to replicate ECLAP solutions.
ECLAP Consortium brings together European leading national performing arts institutions, universities and research institutes. The partners belongs from thirteen countries combine their expertise and scientific minds to achieve the ECLAP goals see ECLAP partners' page with all the activities performed in the ECLAP consortium: deliverables, documents, slides, meetings, video, etc.; and the planned activities of the next period.
ECLAP also organises workshops and conferences, to actively fostering networking and strengtheninglinks among the performing arts institutions throughout Europe and at an international level. The ECLAP is developing best practice guidelines. All interested institutions and stakeholders are invited to register, to use and to be an active part and partner of the ECLAP programme and collaboration framework.
If you are intersted in getting involved, you can collaborate with ECLAP to exploit ECLAP services and tools.
If you have any questions or would like to find out more about ECLAP tools and services, please contact firstname.lastname@example.com or visit our website at http://www.eclap.eu/.


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Summary of Congressional Action: 110th Congress, 1st Session
The 110th Congress, first session, has adjourned. The second session will begin in mid-January, 2008. The first session agenda included a number of issues of concern to educators. And, many such issues will be on the front burner when Congress returns. Learn more about the current status of important education issues.
- Education Funding: Just before adjourning, Congress passed an "omnibus" funding bill that includes $3 billion more for education programs than requested by the President in his budget. Congress crafted the omnibus following the President's veto of the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill, which contained $4.5 billion over his budget for education programs. Despite the President's demands to cut education funding, congressional leaders pledged to fund their priorities in the omnibus and cut the President's priorities, resulting in important increases for education.
- Elementary and Secondary Education Act/No Child Left Behind: Despite a push earlier this year to move legislation that would reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, congressional leaders, including Education Committee Chairs Senator Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative Miller (D-CA) decided not to move any ESEA/NCLB bill this year. This decision was in large part due to the massive grassroots campaign waged by NEA and its state affiliates to slow down the reauthorization process. It is unclear if and when Congress will take up reauthorization in the coming year.
- Higher Education: This session, Congress passed major legislation to help make the dream of higher education a reality for many more students by raising the maximum Pell Grant award, reducing interest rates on subsidized student loans, and creating new tuition grants for undergraduates who commit to teaching in public schools in high-poverty communities or high-need subject areas.
Congress is also working on legislation to reauthorize the Higher Education Act. The Senate has already passed a bill that makes many positive changes, but also includes an NEA-opposed "academic bill of rights," which would chill free speech on college campuses. The House Education Committee has passed a bill that will go to the House floor in early 2008. The bill would help ensure equal college opportunities and fair learning environments for students with disabilities, expand college access for low-income and minority students, streamline the federal student financial aid application, and help students transition seamlessly from community colleges to four-year programs. The Committee resoundingly defeated three NEA-opposed amendments that sought to add to the bill the "academic bill of rights," the Teacher Incentive Fund merit pay program; and the Adjunct Teacher Corps, which would allow people to enter the classroom as teachers based only on content knowledge.
Rural Education: The Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which ensures a predictable payment to federally impacted forest counties, expired at the end of 2006, and the one-year extension of the program included in the FY07 emergency supplemental appropriations bill expires at the end of this year. A four-year extension of the program was included in an energy bill considered by Congress, however, the Senate failed (by one vote) to close debate and move the bill forward. Despite reports at the end of the session that a one-year extension would be included in a revised energy bill, those provisions were ultimately dropped before final passage.
- Social Security Offsets: In November, the Senate Finance Committee, Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, chaired by Senator Kerry (D-MA), held a hearing on the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. This was the first GPO/WEP hearing ever held in a Senate Committee with jurisdiction over the issue. A House hearing has been tentatively scheduled for mid-January 2008.
- Educator Tax Relief: In November, the House passed the Temporary Tax Relief Act (H.R. 3996). The bill includes a one-year extension of the $250 tax deduction for educators' out-of-pocket classroom supply expenses. The deduction expired at the end of the 2006 tax year. The House-passed bill would extend the deduction through the 2008 tax year.
- Children's Health: Just before adjourning, Congress passed a bill that would extend the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) through March 2009. This extension came after the President vetoed two separate bills to extend and expand SCHIP. We are waiting to see if the President will sign the extension bill.
- Head Start Reauthorization: In mid-November, Congress overwhelmingly passed legislation to reauthorize the Head Start program. The bill retains civil rights protections against discrimination in Head Start hiring; creates new flexibility to allow the program to serve additional low-income children and families; rejects inappropriate and ineffective testing of four-year olds; and expands the early Head Start program, allowing that program to serve an additional 8,000 low-income infants and toddlers. The President signed the bill into law in December.
- Hate Crimes: This year, the House passed legislation to expand the definition of federal hate crimes and allow federal authorities to assist state and local enforcement efforts. The victory on passage came after a 10-year battle to move the bill. The Senate approved a hate crimes amendment to the FY08 Defense Authorization bill. However, the language was removed from the final version of the Defense Authorization conference report. Advocates will continue to push for passage of a hate crimes bill in the next session of Congress.
- Employment Non-Discrimination: In November, the House passed a version of the NEA-supported Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would prohibit employment discrimination based on sexual orientation. The bill passed by the House does not address discrimination based on gender identification. The legislation is expected to be introduced in the Senate next year.


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Hi, Im working currently on one of those "space games", and hacked together a small demo setup.
The demo is mainly to test some basic properties of the game, in this case if 10000 asteroids (static entities) are to much, or the engine still handles it.
I use Unity for this project, as its a nice engine. (And implementing all this by mysef would take way too long, and take way too much energy)
So what I would like you to test is, if the FPS can keep at 60, or if there are any major slowdowns.
(in the small render windows / or fullscreen)
Also if the engine sound is playing.
There is not much more than flying around asteroids currently. (and maybe one or two little Easter-eggs if you like exploring)
Models and materials are placeholders, and I have turned off any fancy post-processing. (only shadows and a lonely lensflare)
The controls are mapped in a way, that the cursor is always visible for the (not yet implemented) menu.
The reason is that its going to be a more slow moving game, with tactical more choices, and not an arcade shooter.
(in short: L-MB,R-MB,W,S,Wheel)
look: To freely turn the view around the ship, use the left mousebutton and drag.
turn: To change the stearing, use the right mousebutton. The ship will turn towards the last position you have turned to with the right mouse button.
speed: Accelerate with "W" and decelerate with "S". The speed is capped at 100 m/s currently.
zoom: The scrollwheel will change the zoom.
(btw: you dont need to install anything, it runs directly in the browser.)
So when you notice any hiccups or it doesn't run, please tell me your browser version.
And here we go:
edit: a new version with postprocessing, and additional RCS movement (using A,D,R,Q), 2000 asteroids
spaceclutter RCS demo
(old spaceclutter demo, 10 MB)
spaceclutter demo
And the visuals:
here a version with just 1000 asteroids:
spaceclutter2 demo
and here that twitter thing https://twitter.com/TheDamocles
Thu Jan 18, 2018 2:21 pm
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The LA Galaxy Insider project is continuing to evolve on a daily basis and part of that evolution is creating more engagement with the readers.
As part of that pursuit, allow me to introduce a new segment to the blog called "Ask the Insider." After each match, readers are encouraged to provide their questions on the LA Galaxy Facebook page and one question will be answered right here on the blog, with the winner receiving tickets to an upcoming game.
Below is the first installment of "Ask the Insider":
From Marvin G. Machón: How difficult was it for the big four (A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin and Todd Dunivant) to start a game together for the first time this year? Did everything just click or was it hard to adjust to each other again?
Thanks for the question, Marvin.
If it was difficult for LA's "big four" to play together again for the first time in nearly a year, they hardly showed it on Sunday against Chivas USA. Throughout the match, the back four looked like the organized and cohesive unit that anchored the Galaxy to the 2011 MLS Cup championship as they repeatedly shut down the Rojiblancos attack--limiting them to just three shots on goal.
The back four appeared in sync from the opening whistle and it showed during one of the game's definitive moments, which came in the 48th minute of play. With LA up by just a single goal, Chivas were able to take possession inside the Galaxy's 18-yard-box following a flubbed clearance by goalkeeper Josh Saunders. Rather than panic, the back line maintained their shape amid the onslaught as they deflected a pair of Chivas shots from close range—including a goal line clearance by DeLaGarza—before Juninho cleared the ball out of danger. This moment would prove decisive as less than 20 minutes later; Juninho doubled LA's lead setting the stage for LA's 4-0 rout.
While all matches won't be as smooth as last Sunday -- and Wednesday's emotional match against the Crew promises to provide a stiff test to LA's back line -- the quartet's performance was certainly a step in the right direction for a Galaxy team that has aspirations of climbing up the Western Conference standings.
Thanks again to Marvin, you can get your tickets by e-mailing email@example.com. For everyone else, remember to leave your questions on the LA Galaxy Facebook page following Wednesday's match for the chance to have your question featured.
We'll have more coverage of Wednesday's match following Tuesday's training session.


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One of today's most avant-garde and sought after Latino makeup artists, Victor is well known for his ability to transform any woman with his authentic and innovative style. His mission is to help every woman he works with look and feel gorgeous.
Victors's work has been featured on a variety of magazine covers and in fashion editorials for Elle, W Magazine, Vogue China, Vogue Japan, People, People en Español, Vanidades, In Touch and more. He also worked on set for Bravo, E!, MTV, VH1, CNN, and CBS, and produced red carpet looks for several celebrities at the Met Ball, CFDA Awards, the Grammy's, New York Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week and the Tony Awards.
Victor's passion and inspiration for makeup artistry are deeply rooted in his love of art, photography, food and travel. Though based in New York City, he can often be found working in any part of the world.


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In response to concerns for safety around chemical facilities, Congress enacted the Emergency Planning and Community Right-To-Know Act (EPCRA), also known as Title III of the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA). EPCRA covers the manufacture, use, exposure, transportation, and public education of hazardous materials. The SERC is the leading entity in the implementation of SARA at the state level to mitigate the effects of an accidental release or spill of hazardous materials. The SERC establishes Local Emergency Planning Districts within Alaska and manages the State's Local Emergency Planning Committees (LEPC). Alaska statute also directs the SERC to be an all-hazard SERC. This means that the Alaska SERC is tasked to address hazardous materials issues and all other hazards and threats that might create an emergency situation in Alaskan communities. Select the SERC Home link for SERC information. Alaska Statute 26.23.071 establishes the Alaska SERC and specifies it's duties.
Each Local Emergency Planning District (LEPD) has its own LEPC. LEPC members are volunteers who live in the LEPD. The SERC approves LEPC members. The LEPC implements EPCRA at the local level. Select the LEPC Home link for LEPC information.
The responsibility to coordinate SERC and LEPC activities in Alaska resides with the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, 907-428-7000. The SERC Coordinator is Kevin Reeve, 907-428-7019, email Kevin Reeve.
The next SERC/LEPCA meeting will be held in Anchorage on October 25, 2019. The SERC meeting will be held from 1 PM to 5 PM and the LEPCA meeting will be held from 8 AM to 12 PM at the Anchorage Downtown Marriott, 820 W. 7th Ave.
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Notes from the West Virginia Pepperoni Roll Highway
Ever since I first stumbled upon a Pepperoni Roll at a combination bait & tackle/ convenience store/ post office in the mountains of West Virginia, I've been obsessed. And after reading Kenji's thoughts on Pizza-Like-Objects I knew it was time to get them on Slice. Right off the bat let's be clear that this peculiar snack found in West Virginia (and parts of Ohio, Maryland and Pennsylvania ) has almost nothing in common with what's called a "pepperoni roll" in the rest of the country.
Similar to the Philadelphia-area tomato pie I'm so obsessed with, West Virginia pepperoni rolls are more commonly found at bakeries rather than pizzerias, and can be eaten cold. The basic formula is a dinner-roll sized bun of very white bread, with a thin stick of pepperoni baked inside that infuses the dough with orange grease as it sits on the gas-station counter.
They come in a variety of sizes and flavors, with cheese or hot cheese as a standard option. The most common are of the pre-packaged variety found in convenience stores, but there's also plenty of bakeries (and even gas stations) that make them fresh. The story is that West Virginia Pepperoni Rolls were developed as meals for Italian-American coal miners—easy to carry, and held up for a few hours down in the mines.
Although usually enjoyed as a quick snack on the road, Pepperoni Rolls are also served hot at hot dog joints and lunch counters, warmed in a toaster oven or broiler, split and topped with hot dog chili, cheese, more pepperoni, and more rarely, tomato sauce. These tend to be bigger and breadier, and more of a full meal.
Either way it's a fascinating and delicious regional thing that I need to try more of—two places further south that I'm dying to try are the 24-hour Donut shop in Buckhannon that makes them from scratch and Tomaro's in Clarksburg.


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It turns out that Mark Zuckerberg is not the only social media guru in his family.
The father of the founder of Facebook also knows a thing or two about digitally connecting with people and the New York dentist is coming to the Bay Area to share his knowledge.
Dr. Ed Zuckerberg will deliver what is being dubbed his first presentation in the Bay Area on "social media for dentists" Monday at the Sobrato Community Conference Center in San Jose.
The older Zuckerberg will talk specifically about how dentists can use social media sites, such as Facebook, to attract new patients and interact with current ones.
"In this course you will learn how to create a practice Facebook page step by step and see the
many benefits this page can bring to your practice growth," a release for the event says. "You will also learn new waysto motivate your current patient base, create stronger relationships
with your patients and boost revenues during slow months."
Zuckerberg's appearence is being sponsored by the Northern California Academy of General Dentistry.
Members of the organization will be able to attend the event for $99, while the cost for non-members is $199.
For more information, visit the Northern California Academy of General Dentistry's website or you can find the good doctor on Facebook.
Mark Zuckerberg's Father to Give Social Media Talk for Dentists
Edward J. Zuckerberg will be in the Bay Area Monday.
It turns out that Mark Zuckerberg is not the only social media guru in his family.


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Russian troops smashed their way into a Ukrainian airbase in Crimea with armored vehicles, automatic fire, and stun grenades on Saturday, while Ukrainian forces abandoned a naval base after attacks by pro-Russian protesters.
The facilities at Belbek and Novofedorovka had been among the last still under Ukrainian control after Moscow's armed takeover and subsequent annexation of Crimea, which has a majority ethnic Russian population and harbors one of Russia's biggest naval bases.
A Reuters reporter said armored vehicles had smashed through the walls of a compound at the Belbek airbase and that he had heard bursts of gunfire and grenades, making the takeover one of the more dramatic of Russia's largely bloodless occupation of Crimea.
Russian forces had already seized Belbek's airstrip and warplanes at the start of the crisis. The compound seized on Saturday contained barracks, arms depots and a command building.
Colonel Yuliy Mamchur, the commander of the base, said a Ukrainian serviceman had been injured and that he himself he was being taken away by the Russians for talks at an unspecified location.
After the Russians entered by force, Mamchur told his troops he would inform the high command that they had stood their ground. The soldiers applauded, chanting "Long live Ukraine!".
Many stood to take pictures of each other in front of the blue and yellow Ukrainian flag, which continued to fly over the base.
Asked if he thought he would return safely, Mamchur said: "That remains to be seen. For now we are placing all our weapons in the base's storage."
Earlier, an unidentified Russian officer with no rank insignia had gone to the fence to try to negotiate a surrender, but had been rebuffed by a Ukrainian officer with the words: "We have no documents from the Ukrainian president stating that this is Russian soil. Bring me such a document and we will leave."
Ukraine's naval base at Novofedorovka, near Sevastopol, was vacated after unarmed pro-Russian protesters attempted to force their way in, Ukrainian military spokesman Vladislav Seleznyov said in a Facebook post.
He said the Ukrainians had first repelled the protesters with smoke bombs, but then left of their own volition.
He quoted a sailor at the base as saying the Ukrainians had walked out singing their national anthem and waving the Ukrainian flag.
Seleznyov also said Ukraine's only submarine, the Zaporizhya, had been taken to Sevastopol's Yuzhnaya Bay by Russian forces on Friday.
"The Ukrainian commander left the submarine, refusing to raise the Russian flag. It has been seized," he said.
There have been few casualties since Russian forces started seizing control of military facilities in Crimea, though one Ukrainian serviceman was killed and two others wounded in a shooting in Simferopol earlier this week.
Ukraine's Defense Ministry said on Friday that Crimea's bases were still formally under Ukrainian control, but most are now occupied by Russian troops and fly Russia's tricolor flag.
On Friday, extravagant firework displays were staged in Crimea and Moscow to mark the formal unification of the peninsula with Russia, which Kiev and Western leaders refuse to recognize and have answered with sanctions.
(Additional reporting by Pavel Polityuk; Writing by Kevin Liffey and Alessandra Prentice)


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Includes New Options for Turbo Machinery and Porting
MOORPARK, CA – June 12, 2013 – Cimatron Limited (NASDAQ: CIMT), a leading provider of integrated CAD/CAM software solutions for the toolmaking and manufacturing industries, announced today that it has released the newest version of GibbsCAM NC programming software, GibbsCAM 2013. This new version includes enhancements to the entire suite of GibbsCAM software to improve efficiency and profitability. Two new options have been added to the software suite as well, 5-Axis MultiBlade and 5-Axis Porting.
GibbsCAM 2013 includes many software enhancements, mostly focusing on increasing the efficiency of part programming and the efficiency of machine run time. Enhancements include:
- Mill Feature- Allows the user to assign certain machining attributes directly to part features. This allows users to save and reuse Knowledge Based Machining (KBM) information for best practice machining on families of parts. New parts and part changes are handled quickly and easily by a single mouse click.
- Lathe Threading/Thread Whirling- Users can now define lathe threads from any valid shape, including shapes that contain arcs or splines. Post processors can be upgraded to support native arc threads (G35 and G36) for a more efficient NC program.
- Surface Flow- Improved machining strategies for solids machining include an improved algorithm that smoothly handles most nonplanar fillets and other blended faces, resulting in better surface finish and more efficient NC code.
- Geometry Shape Combine- New functionality allows users to manipulate shapes that can be combined through Boolean operations such as union, subtraction, and intersection, trimmed, or broken into segments.
- Profiler modes- The Profiler now has increased functionality allowing users to slice spun bodies, silhouettes, and cylinders.
- Lathe Plunge Roughing- Improvements to Lathe Plunge Roughing result in toolpaths that remove more material in less time with improved tool wear.
- Drilling and Thread Milling Patterns- Users can now place Drilling and Thread Milling in patterns. Pre-mill drilling of patterned milling operations will pick up the pattern automatically.
- Pocketing Improvements- Several improvements to Pocketing continue to improve the efficiency of the program, including features such as "Outermost Shape As Boss" and improvements to mixed-shape pocketing with smarter entry and exit moves.
The new 5-Axis MultiBlade option targets the machining of turbo machinery parts. It simplifies the programming of impellers, blisks and blings with specialized functions that include roughing, blade finishing, hub finishing, splitter, sub-splitter and wall finishing, and extension and control of leading and trailing edges.
A new 5-Axis Porting option provides specialized functionality for the machining of hollow shapes that have significantly different shapes or sizes at each open end or have a significant amount of curvature from one end to the other, including engine ports, manifolds, and throttle bodies. This dedicated new option simplifies the creation of these highly complex shapes with faster programming time, a cleaner, more efficient toolpath and more efficient machine times.
"We are pleased to release GibbsCAM 2013," said Bill Gibbs, founder and president of Gibbs and Associates, a Cimatron subsidiary. "We have worked hard to provide our customers with a robust group of enhancements that will help them become more profitable by increasing the efficiency of not just their NC programming, but also improving their machine run times. We have listened to what our customers want and need, and these are just the types of enhancements that customers need to stay competitive in today's economy."
About Gibbs and Associates and GibbsCAM
For over thirty years, Gibbs and Associates has been a leader in providing cutting edge CAD/CAM technology, while maintaining its signature ease-of-use and productivity. Powerfully Simple, Simply Powerful is the guiding philosophy at Gibbs. Gibbs believes in empowering the NC programmer, machinist, and manufacturing engineer, not eliminating them. Gibbs' goal is to introduce manufacturers to new technologies and new ways of working that makes their machining easier and their businesses more profitable. To achieve this goal, Gibbs creates tools that are naturally intuitive, graphically interactive, extremely visual, associative, and just plain enjoyable to use. Gibbs provides a total quality solution with the service and support that successful customers require.
The current GibbsCAM product line supports 2- through 5-axis milling, turning, mill/turning, multi-task simultaneous machining and wire-EDM. GibbsCAM also provides fully integrated manufacturing modeling capabilities that include 2D, 2.5D, 3D wireframe, surface, and solid modeling. GibbsCAM is Windows® 8 Compatible, Compatible with Windows 7 and Certified for Windows Vista. GibbsCAM's data exchange capabilities are able to access the broadest range of native and industry standard CAD data formats.
GibbsCAM is certified under the Autodesk Inventor Certified Program, is a Siemens Solution Partner Program-PLM for Solid Edge product, and is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product. GibbsCAM is either offered or endorsed by a number of leading worldwide control and machine tool manufacturers, including GE Fanuc, Infimatic, Siemens, Doosan Infracore, DMG / Mori Seiki, Haas, Index, MAG, Mazak, Mitsubishi, Okuma and Tornos. Gibbs and Associates distributes its products worldwide through a network of international Resellers.
In January 2008, Gibbs and Associates merged with Cimatron Ltd., and is now operating as a wholly owned subsidiary. For more information about Gibbs and Associates and its CAM software packages, visit its web site (www.GibbsCAM.com) or call 1-800-654-9399 (outside of North America, call +1-805-523-0004).
About Cimatron
With 30 years of experience and more than 40,000 installations worldwide, Cimatron Ltd., or Cimatron, is a leading provider of integrated, CAD/CAM software solutions for mold, tool and die makers as well as manufacturers of discrete parts. Cimatron is committed to providing comprehensive, cost-effective solutions that streamline manufacturing cycles, enable collaboration with outside vendors, and ultimately shorten product delivery time.
The Cimatron product line includes the CimatronE and GibbsCAM brands with solutions for mold design, die design, electrodes design, 2.5 to 5 axes milling, wire EDM, turn, mill-turn, rotary milling, multi-task machining, and tombstone machining. Cimatron's subsidiaries and extensive distribution network serve and support customers in the automotive, aerospace, medical, consumer plastics, electronics, and other industries in over 40 countries worldwide.
Cimatron's shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ under the symbol CIMT. For more information, visit http://www.cimatron.com.
The Gibbs logo, GibbsCAM, GibbsCAM logo, Virtual Gibbs, and "Powerfully Simple. Simply Powerful." are either trademark(s) or registered trademark(s) of Gibbs and Associates in the United States and/or other countries. Microsoft, Windows and the Windows logo are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release includes forward looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risk and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such statements may relate to Cimatron's plans, objectives and expected financial and operating results. The words "may," "could," "would," "will," "believe," "anticipate," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "plan," and similar expressions or variations thereof are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company's ability to control. The risks and uncertainties that may affect forward looking statements include, but are not limited to: currency fluctuations, global economic and political conditions, marketing demand for Gibbs and Associates or Cimatron products and services, long sales cycles, new product development, assimilating future acquisitions, maintaining relationships with customers and partners, and increased competition. For more details about the risks and uncertainties related to Cimatron's business, refer to its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The company cannot assess the impact of or the extent to which any single factor or risk, or combination of them, may cause. Gibbs and Associates and Cimatron undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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UPDATE: It's time to start warming up for holiday feasting, so where better to do so than brunch? This story was originally published on November 16.
Do we really need to list the reasons why brunch is better than lunch? Or breakfast, for that matter? The word alone implies weekends, sleeping in, and catching up with friends — all while munching on pastries and sipping mimosas.
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Thanks to a friend for pointing Ol' Myrt to this gifted cartoonist Randall Munroe at http://xkcd.com. Randall is sorta a techie version of Gary Larson (The Far Side.) After clicking around a number of Randall's sketches, I discovered this one, and just had to share it with my DearREADERS.
Randall clearly labels his work as: "Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors)." His work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License.
Search Randall's archives for Julian (as in Julian or Gregorian calendar) and you'll find a particularly telling story of yogurt.
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Water, Wine, Milk or Beer? Perhaps none of the above.
Hello everyone!
It's time for another edition of Sidechain's favorite chem demos. The one I'll be describing today holds a place near and dear to my heart. When I was a young high schooler (a shorter polypeptide… get it?), my high school chem teacher showed this to our class. She had a glass of what looked like water. She poured it into a wine goblet, and the water turned to wine (cool, right!). She then poured the 'wine' into another glass, where it became 'milk', which when poured into the final glass turned into 'beer.' When I first saw this, I really thought it was magic. It turns out that the chemical principles are pretty simple! All the student really needs to understand is acid-base chemistry, indicators, and precipitates. Anyway, here's what you'll need:
- Glass #1: 0.1 M Sodium Carbonate (NaHCO3). What I did was make 100mL of a stock solution and add around 50mL to a clear water glass.
- Glass/Goblet #2: A few drops of phenophtalein in the bottom of a long-necked wine glass. I usually use a plastic one and put some tape on the bottom to cover the indicator solution.
- Glass #3: 5mL 1.0M BaCl in the bottom of a clear glass with some tape on the bottom.
- Glass #4: 5mL 12M HCl and 5mL of bromothymol blue indicator, at the bottom of a pint glass/plastic clear solo cup
So if you can't guess, the science behind this is pretty simple.
- Sodium Carbonate is a basic solution that looks like water
- Adding phenothalein will make the solution purple, and look like wine
- Adding Barium ions will precipitate out a suspension of Ba(OH)2, which will look like an opaque white liquid (milk!)
- In the last cup, the concentrated acid will (a) acidify the remaining base, eliminating the Ba(OH) (b) result in the evolution of CO2 gas and (c) make a beer-like color with the indicator
This demonstration is pretty easy to explain to a group of first-year chemists, and is a great application of the skills they have already learned! Just remember not to drink any of these liquids, especially the "beer" (no matter how tempting it may be!)


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"Allied Shinobi Forces Technique!!" (忍連合軍の術!!, Shinobi Rengōgun no Jutsu!!) is chapter 612 of the original Naruto manga.
Despite the swell in numbers of their opponents, Madara and Obito note that their efforts were still futile and that even after this war, history would only repeat itself and they would end up in this very same predicament. Naruto chastises them both noting that when there was a difference of opinion in a group, the majority should rule. Accepting his premise, Obito simply notes that they would make their decision after exterminating the Alliance. Using this time Shikaku, through Inoichi's telepathic ability, is able to relay the strategy he had formulated with the entire Alliance. With this, the Alliance launch their strategy, the first step being to slow down their targets by blinding them, which was executed by the Kumo-nin, with C and a few others using the Lightning Release: Lightning Illusion Flash of Lightning Pillar technique followed by Darui, and other Storm Release wielders using the Storm Release: Laser Circus technique to create a cloud of dust. Secondly the Suna-nin use the Wind Release: Air Current Wild Dance to manipulate said dust to obscure their opponent's vision once again, adding it to what remains of the Insect Jamming Technique and Hiding in Mist Technique from earlier to completely impair the opponents' sensory skills. Following this, Kitsuchi and a group of Iwa-nin sink the beast into a hole allowing his daughter, and other Lava Release users to cover the beast in quicklime which was mixed with water by the Kiri-nin. Finishing off, members of Konoha's Sarutobi clan hardened the mixture using Fire Release. This leads Madara to state how surprised he was that shinobi from different countries were able to pull off such a perfect combination. Shikaku informs them that they have to defeat Madara and Obito while the Ten-Tails was still restrained recommending the Logistical Support and Medical Division to coordinate with Naruto to exploit Obito's weakness and telling all shinobi who were skilled in taijutsu to deal with Madara. As the Allied Ninja Forces bear down on them, Madara and Obito stare disdainfully as Obito notes that they clung onto hope that did not exist and that the Ten-Tails had finally reached maturity.


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Looking for something to do this weekend? Here are five fun, family-friendly events happening around the Bay Area.
1) Tricycle Music Fest West Finale, San Francisco. The San Francisco Public Library and Friends of the San Francisco Public Library present "the biggest little music series in San Francisco." This free family rock show series concludes with an outdoor concert at the Mission Branch. It will feature Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, The Time Outs and San Francisco Rock Project. Encore! Mission Branch, SF Public Library. Sun., 11:30 am. Free. All ages. More info.
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3) Justin Roberts Family Concert, Palo Alto. Come see Grammy-nominated children's singer and songwriter, Justin Roberts, and his band perform comic and soulful songs with creative, unique twists and turns that parents enjoy as much as children. Justin delights audiences nationwide with his songs about baseball, bullies, dinosaurs and losing teeth. Spangenberg Theatre at Gunn High School. Sun., 11:00 am & 2:00 pm. $13-$15. All ages. More info.
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Department of Chemistry
The Department of Chemistry strives to provide a sound foundation in chemistry for students wishing to concentrate in chemistry; to prepare students for professional careers and for graduate study; to provide a proper sequence of courses for those students preparing to teach chemistry in the secondary school or preparing to enter medical, dental, or other health professional schools; and to meet to needs of the students wishing to secure a knowledge of the fundamental principles of chemistry.
Majors in chemistry are expected to affiliate with the Delaware State University Chapter of the American Chemical Society Student Affiliates during their freshman year and to maintain their affiliation as long as they are registered in the department.
Students who select a major offered by the Department of Chemistry must complete the general education program as required of all students. Specific courses required for the various curriculum options are indicated below.
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CHEMISTRY: For students preparing for professional careers in chemistry and for graduate study, the department offers a curriculum which meets the standards adopted by the American Chemical Society for undergraduate professional education in chemistry. The requirements for a major in this program are fifty-three (53) hours, distributed as follows: Chemistry 101-102, 210-211, 303-304, 305, 306, 308, 403, 405 and 407, and nine (9) hours of electives, distributed as follows: six (6) hours in advanced chemistry and three (3) hours in advanced mathematics or physics, or nine (9) hours in advanced chemistry. In addition a chemistry major must take PSYC 201; Mathematics 251-252; and Physics 211-212. Chemistry majors with biochemical interest are also required to take Biology 101-102.
CHEMISTRY PRE-PROFESSIONAL: For students preparing to enter medical, dental, or other health professional schools and who desire to concentrate in chemistry, the department offers a pre-professional curriculum in chemistry. The requirements for a pre-professional major in chemistry are forty (40) hours, distributed as follows: Chemistry 101-102, 210-211, 303, 305, and 403, 405, 407, plus four (4) hours of advanced chemistry elective. In addition, a pre-professional major must take Biology 101-102, 210, 215; plus three (3) hours of advanced biology elective; Mathematics 241, 251-252; and Physics 201-202 or 211-212, PSYC 201, and SCCJ 101.
CHEMISTRY MINOR: A student who desires a minor in chemistry must complete at least eighteen (18) hours in chemistry, distributed as follows: Chemistry 101-102, 210-211 and an elective, at 300 level or higher.
*A chemistry major who makes a score of 560 or higher on the College Board Achievement Test in a foreign language prescribed in the curriculum option, either prior to entering Delaware State University or during the freshman or sophomore year of residence at the University, will be considered to have satisfied the foreign language requirement for the baccalaureate degree in chemistry.