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"I took you at your word and didn't go to any trouble," says Bob Wilkins, as he opens the door to what he describes as "a bachelor's home" next to the Royal Colwood golf course.
Near the entrance, a single row of sculpted, big green apples is piled vertically in a glass vase - the first of many pieces of exceptional art in his house. The novelty piece is standing next to a bear painting by Norval Morrisseau.
"Some people love the apples, some people hate 'em. Who knows why," he says, summing up an almost universal response to art.
The view of the golf course was the catalyst for Wilkins's decision to buy the house in 2007 after he decided to sell his house in Kelowna. "I had a specialty finance company called Instant Auto Loans - my two sons run it now," he says.
Three years later, Wilkins says he "misses work sometimes" and is "still figuring out how to do retirement."
WWilkins set out to renovate his home, which was originally built in 1965, and he has some dramatic before-and-after pictures that demonstrate the scale of his accomplishment.
"I am pleased with the result," he says. "For starters, the wiring was like a rat's nest and rewiring the whole place cost $35,000."
There are no kitchen pictures in this column. Wilkins isn't much of a cook, although he admits to making a concerted effort to prepare decent food every day.
"Cooking is always a new adventure," he says, without enthusiasm.
His house was built around his two Porsches. His stylized last name is etched in the elegant glass door to the garage from the house. "Garage" is unquestionably the heart and soul of the home.
You could literally eat off of his highly polished garage floor, with the Porsche insignia embedded in the tiles between the two shiny cars.
"The reason I renovated this house is to have a place to put my cars," he says. The perfectly maintained vehicles are his hobby. "I guess you could say I am a Porsche aficionado - two cars doesn't really constitute being a collector."
I ask Wilkins why people think Porsches are so special. Phototographer Ted Grant winces at the question and continues to snap more pictures than all of the other House Beautiful columns put together.
"Because they are well-built and fast," Wilkins says. "You could go 150 miles an hour in the black one."
Wilkins tells a story about driving his kids in 1986 in France in a similar Porsche early on a Sunday morning. The kids noticed a small plane overhead and dad decided to race the plane, which turned out to be an aerial police transport looking for speeders.
"They fined me over $1,000 and I was terrified they would take my kids away," Wilkins says. "It was a four-lane highway with no traffic. It wasn't dangerous, but it was stupid."
His living room is an unusual mixture of high-end art, an exquisite little Italian glass heart-shaped lamp with a yellow aura, a giant teddy bear and penguin that are his "lucky charms," modern furniture, and - whimsically and centrally placed - a baby grand piano (literally a toy) that his three grandchildren play with.
The bear motif appears frequently throughout the house in Inuit carvings, and in four paintings by Morrisseau.
"I have an affinity for the species. I don't know why," he says.
"I decided to collect Morrisseau's work a long time ago and gave one to each of my sons when they got married. I bought them after I read an art critic's comment that one day the work could be more valuable than Picasso's."
He also likes bears and birds, he says, as he points to an original Fenwick Lansdowne work in the bedroom used by his grandchildren.
Through the Japanese-style sliding glass doors, the living room leads to the office, which leads to the master bedroom which leads to ensuite which leads to a walk-in closet - a practical design that reminds me of a Russian doll collection.
The bedroom opens to a deck overlooking a pond and the golf course, where Wilkins spends most of his time reading. Two large trees at either end of his property frame the 18-hole course's scenery.
"I have 17 birdhouses," he says. "I watch the birds and I watch guys playing golf. I am continuously amused here."
Wilkins gets a kick out of the fact that he can even see the course from his bathtub.
The property also works well for Rosie, the 10-year-old little dog that climbs up onto the couch and all over Wilkins as if he were furniture. "She doesn't have to be on a leash here," he says.
Wilkins has his family over often and has lots of space for them, and for visiting golfer friends. "I love my kids and my former wife - she and I are good golf buddies on a regular basis," he says.
Wilkins's office is filled with Marilyn Monroe prints, pictures and motifs. "To me, Marilyn Monroe is everywoman," he says. He recalls an early job from age 22 to 27 when he was a dishwasher in London at the Playboy Club. The experience left him with a lifelong appreciation for Monroe.
"They paid me $35 for six days a week, but of course I would have done the job for nothing," he says; "I had so much fun it was unbelievable."
I ask Wilkins what he thinks characterizes his home as a "bachelor" house.
"Probably 'good one' - as in 'just hit a good one' - the statue of a golf monkey by the front door and the clubs, I guess. The house ambience has sort of an eclectic rhythm, with a design that is more happenstance than plan," he says.
"I am happier than I deserve to be, really," says Wilkins. "I am just so pleased to live here. I feel, like, blessed."


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Nassau amends statement for selling $328M in bonds, notes
Nassau County Friday amended its official statement for selling $328 million in long-term bonds and short-term notes to reflect a federal-court decision that threw out a wage freeze on county workers that a state control board had imposed.
The county noted the decision in its statement to investors as it moves to sell $141.5 million in general improvement bonds and $187 million in short-term bond anticipation notes for various construction projects.
"It is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of this and similar matters or their ultimate impact on the county's financial condition," said the amendment, which also noted that the appeals process could last at least a year.
U.S. District Court Judge Leonard Wexler ruled Thursday that the Nassau Interim Finance Authority's power to freeze pay raises and annual step increases expired in 2008. NIFA imposed the freeze in March 2011.
Officials estimate the county could have to repay more than $80 million in back wages if the decision stands. NIFA is appealing.
Deputy County Executive Tim Sullivan said the offering was amended "for disclosure purposes. Anytime there is a significant event it has to be disclosed."
However, Minority Leader Kevan Abrahams (D-Freeport), of the county legislature, said, "In our opinion, the county failed to disclose the true cost to taxpayers if the decision is upheld."
Wexler's ruling came in a lawsuit filed by Nassau police unions challenging the freeze. It is expected to apply eventually to other county unions, which filed similar lawsuits.
Police Benevolent Association president James Carver said his members expect to receive all back pay.
Wexler's decision "is strong enough -- they shouldn't be using taxpayer dollars to go forward with this appeal," he added.

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STEIN COUPLINGS FOR BERRY-ESSEEN BOUNDS AND CONCENTRATION INEQUALITIES by Subhankar Ghosh A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Ful llment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (APPLIED MATHEMATICS) May 2012 Copyright 2012 Subhankar Ghosh
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Emacs: find files anywhere, updated for 2017 #
Back in 2016 I posted my emacs setup for finding files globally. It unifies find-file and switch-to-buffer, and also lets me find files without switching folders. I've been improving it since then and wanted to post an update.
The biggest change is speed. I profiled the code and found two bottlenecks in the construction of the global file list. The list is roughly 15000 elements, so I precomputed as much of that as I could, and the startup time went down from 0.8 seconds to 0.1 second. It feels instant now.
PM2.5 to Air Quality Index (AQI) #
I wanted to understand the relationship between particulate matter measurements (PM2.5) and the U.S. air quality index (AQI).
The formula is on wikipedia, defined as a piecewise linear function. But it's weird that the slope isn't monotonic! It starts at 4.2, then drops to 2.1, but goes up to 2.5, then drops to 0.5, then goes up to 1.0, then back down to 0.66. Weird!
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Countless metal racks line the basement, garage, and two tool sheds in the backyard of Walter Backerman's house, holding his collection of more than 7,000 antique seltzer bottles.
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Standing in the kitchen of his Parkside Hills home in New York, Walter Backerman holds a picture of his father and grandfather.
As a third generation seltzer man, he follows parts of the same cobblestone route his grandfather began in 1920s Manhattan.
Walter maintains a collection of more than seven thousand antique bottles that he circulates to his customers. Many bear the family name, a tribute to his father and his grandfather before him.
Now, after 90 years of the Backermans being in the business, Walter knows all too well that he may be the last of the family's seltzer men. Watch the video below to meet Walter and find out more about what his family's seltzer legacy means to him.
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Risk-Based Therapy in Treating Younger Patients With Newly Diagnosed Liver Cancer
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00980460
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 21, 2009
Last Update Posted : August 7, 2020
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|Condition or disease
|PRETEXT Stage 1 Hepatoblastoma PRETEXT Stage 2 Hepatoblastoma PRETEXT Stage 3 Hepatoblastoma PRETEXT Stage 4 Hepatoblastoma
|Drug: Cisplatin Drug: Dexrazoxane Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride Drug: Fluorouracil Drug: Irinotecan Hydrochloride Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis Procedure: Liver Transplantation Drug: Temsirolimus Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
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|234 participants
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|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
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|Official Title:
|Treatment of Children With All Stages of Hepatoblastoma With Temsirolimus (NSC#683864) Added to High Risk Stratum Treatment
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|September 14, 2009
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|June 30, 2020
Experimental: High-risk group (regimen H)
Patients receive up front VIT chemotherapy comprising vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 1 and 8 and irinotecan hydrochloride IV over 90 minutes on days 1-5, and temsirolimus IV over 30 minutes on days 1 and 8. Treatment with VIT repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Responding patients then receive 6 courses of C5VD with 4 courses of VIT in between each 2-course block and non-responding patients receive 6 courses of C5VD in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo tumor resection or liver transplant after course 4 of C5VD followed by 2 courses of adjuvant C5VD. Patients may also receive dexrazoxane IV over 5-15 minutes on days 1-2 of courses 5 and 6.
Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fluorouracil
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Irinotecan Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Procedure: Liver Transplantation
Undergo liver transplant
Other Names:
Drug: Temsirolimus
Given IV
Other Names:
Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
Given IV
Other Names:
Experimental: Intermediate-risk group (regimen F)
Patients receive C5VD chemotherapy comprising cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1, fluorouracil IV over 2-4 minutes on day 2, vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 2, 9, and 16, and doxorubicin hydrochloride IV over 15 minutes on days 1-2. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 6 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients also undergo surgical resection after course 2 OR surgical resection or liver transplantation after course 4 of C5VD. Patients may also receive dexrazoxane IV over 5-15 minutes on days 1-2 of courses 5 and 6. (Closed to accrual as of 3/12/2012)
Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Dexrazoxane
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fluorouracil
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Procedure: Liver Transplantation
Undergo liver transplant
Other Names:
Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
Given IV
Other Names:
Experimental: Low-risk group (regimen T)
Patients undergo surgery and then receive adjuvant cisplatin IV over 6 hours on day 1, fluorouracil IV over 2-4 minutes on day 2, and vincristine sulfate IV over 1 minute on days 2, 9, and 16. Treatment repeats every 21 days for 2 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity.
Drug: Cisplatin
Given IV
Other Names:
Drug: Fluorouracil
Given IV
Other Names:
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
Drug: Vincristine Sulfate
Given IV
Other Names:
Experimental: Very low-risk group
Patients undergo surgery and then receive no further treatment.
Other: Laboratory Biomarker Analysis
Correlative studies
Procedure: Therapeutic Conventional Surgery
Undergo surgery
- Event-free survival [ Time Frame: Time from patient enrollment to progression, treatment failure, death from any cause, diagnosis of a second malignant neoplasm, or last follow-up, assessed up to 7 years ]Estimated by the method of Kaplan and Meier.
- Incidence of adverse events graded according to Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events version 5.0 [ Time Frame: Up to 7 years ]All grade 3 or 4 or greater non-hematological toxicities as well as any toxicity that requires submission of an Cancer Therapy Evaluation Program Adverse Event Reporting System report will be reported while the patient is on protocol therapy. The frequency of each toxicity type will be quantified as the percent of reporting periods on which the toxicity of the relevant grade is reported.
- Rate of death [ Time Frame: Possibly, probably or likely related to systemic chemotherapy, assessed up to 7 years ]The estimated on-protocol-therapy death rate and its 95% confidence interval will be reported as the cumulative incidence of on-treatment death and the 95% confidence intervals at four and six month.
- Disease status at the end of 2 courses of therapy [ Time Frame: Up to 42 days ]
- Feasibility of referral for liver transplantation [ Time Frame: Up to 7 years ]A patient for whom referral is considered appropriate who receives a consultation after enrollment will be considered a success with respect to feasibility.
Choosing to participate in a study is an important personal decision. Talk with your doctor and family members or friends about deciding to join a study. To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contacts provided below. For general information, Learn About Clinical Studies.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|up to 21 Years (Child, Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients must be newly diagnosed with histologically-proven hepatoblastoma
In emergency situations when a patient meets all other eligibility criteria and has had baseline required observations, but is too ill to undergo a biopsy safely, the patient may be enrolled on AHEP0731 without a biopsy
Clinical situations in which such emergent treatment may be indicated include, but are not limited to, the following circumstances:
- Anatomic or mechanical compromise of critical organ function by tumor (e.g., respiratory distress/failure, abdominal compartment syndrome, urinary obstruction, etc)
- Uncorrectable coagulopathy
For a patient to maintain eligibility for AHEP0731 when emergent treatment is given, the following must occur:
- The patient must have a clinical diagnosis of hepatoblastoma, including an elevated alpha fetoprotein, and must meet all AHEP0731 eligibility criteria at the time of emergent treatment
- Patient must be enrolled on AHEP0731 prior to initiating protocol therapy; a patient will be ineligible if any chemotherapy is administered prior to AHEP0731 enrollment
- If the patient receives AHEP0731 chemotherapy PRIOR to undergoing a diagnostic biopsy, pathologic review of material obtained in the future during either biopsy or surgical resection must either confirm the diagnosis of hepatoblastoma or not reveal another pathological diagnosis to be included in the analysis of the study aims
- Patients will be staged for risk classification and treatment at diagnosis using Children's Oncology Group (COG) staging guidelines
- At the time of study enrollment, the patient's treatment regimen must be identified; if the patient's primary tumor was resected prior to the day of enrollment and a blood specimen for the determination of serum alpha fetoprotein was not obtained prior to that surgery, the patient will be considered to have alpha fetoprotein of greater than 100 ng/mL for the purpose of treatment assignment; if tumor samples obtained prior to the date of enrollment were not sufficient to determine whether small cell undifferentiated (SCU) histology was present, treatment assignment will be made assuming SCU is not present in the tumor
- For patients with stage I or II disease, specimens for rapid central review have been submitted and the rapid central review diagnosis and staging must be available to be provided on the AHEP0731 eligibility case report form (CRF)
- Patients must have a performance status corresponding to Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) scores 0, 1, or 2; use Karnofsky for patients > 16 years of age and Lansky for patients =< 16 years of age
- Patients may have had surgical resection of some or all sites of hepatoblastoma prior to enrollment
- Organ function requirements are not required for enrolled patients who are stage I, PFH and will not be receiving chemotherapy
Creatinine clearance or radioisotope glomerular filtration rate (GFR) >= 70 mL/min/1.73 m^2 OR serum creatinine based on age/gender as follows:
- 1 month to < 6 months: 0.4 mg/dL
- 6 months to < 1 year: 0.5 mg/dL
- 1 to < 2 years: 0.6 mg/dL
- 2 to < 6 years: 0.8 mg/dL
- 6 to < 10 years: 1 mg/dL
- 10 to < 13 years: 1.2 mg/dL
- 13 to < 16 years: 1.5 mg/dL (male) or 1.4 mg/dL (female)
- >= 16 years: 1.7 mg/dL (male) or 1.4 mg/dL (female)
- Total bilirubin < 1.5 x upper limit of normal (ULN) for age
- Serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase (SGOT) (aspartate aminotransferase [AST]) or serum glutamate pyruvate transaminase (SGPT) (alanine aminotransferase [ALT]) < 10 x ULN for age
- Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 750/uL
- Platelet count > 75,000/uL
- Shortening fraction >= 27% by echocardiogram
- Ejection fraction >= 47% by radionuclide angiogram (multi gated acquisition scan [MUGA]); Note: the echocardiogram (or MUGA) may be done within 28 days prior to enrollment
- Serum triglyceride level =< 300 mg/dL (=< 3.42 mmol/L)
- Serum cholesterol level =< 300 mg/dL (7.75 mmol/L)
- Random or fasting blood glucose within the upper normal limits for age; if the initial blood glucose is a random sample that is outside of the normal limits, then a follow-up fasting blood glucose can be obtained and must be within the upper normal limits for age
- Normal pulmonary function tests (including diffusing capacity of the lungs for carbon monoxide [DLCO]) if there is clinical indication for determination (e.g. dyspnea at rest, known requirement for supplemental oxygen); Note: for patients who do not have respiratory symptoms or requirement for supplemental oxygen, pulmonary function tests (PFTs) are NOT required
- Patients with seizure disorder may be enrolled if on non-enzyme inducing anticonvulsants and if seizures are well controlled
- Prothrombin time (PT) < 1.2 x ULN
- All patients and/or their parents or legal guardians must sign a written informed consent
- All institutional, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and National Cancer Institute (NCI) requirements for human studies must be met
Exclusion Criteria:
- Patients with stage I or II disease who do not have specimens submitted for rapid central pathology review by day 14 after initial surgical resection
- Patients that have been previously treated with chemotherapy for hepatoblastoma or other hepatoblastoma-directed therapy (e.g., radiation therapy, biologic agents, local therapy [embolization, radiofrequency ablation, laser]) are not eligible
- Patients who have received any prior chemotherapy are not eligible
- Patients who are currently receiving another investigational drug are not eligible
- Patients who are currently receiving other anticancer agents are not eligible
- Patients who have previously received a solid organ transplant are not eligible
- Patients who have an uncontrolled infection are not eligible
- Females who are pregnant or breast feeding are not eligible for this study
- Female patients of childbearing potential are not eligible unless a negative pregnancy test result has been obtained
- Males and females of reproductive potential are not eligible unless they have agreed to use an effective contraceptive method
- Patients receiving corticosteroids are not eligible; patients must have been off corticosteroids for 7 days prior to start of chemotherapy
- Patients who are currently receiving enzyme inducing anticonvulsants are not eligible
- Patients must not be receiving any of the following potent cytochrome P450, family 3, subfamily A, polypeptide 4 (CYP3A4) inducers or inhibitors: erythromycin, clarithromycin, azithromycin, ketoconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, posaconazole, grapefruit juice or St. John's wort
- Patients who are currently receiving therapeutic anticoagulants (including aspirin, low molecular weight heparin, warfarin and others) are not eligible
- Patients who are currently receiving angiotensin-converting enzymes (ACE) inhibitors are not eligible
- Patients must not have had major surgery within 6 weeks prior to enrollment on the high risk stratum; patients with history of recent minor surgical procedures (vascular catheter placement, bone marrow evaluation, laparoscopic surgery, liver tumor biopsy) will be eligible
To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00980460
|Principal Investigator:
|Howard M Katzenstein
|Children's Oncology Group
Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
|Responsible Party:
|National Cancer Institute (NCI)
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|Obsolete Identifiers:
|Other Study ID Numbers:
NCI-2011-01975 ( Registry Identifier: CTRP (Clinical Trial Reporting Program) )
AHEP0731 ( Other Identifier: Children's Oncology Group )
AHEP0731 ( Other Identifier: CTEP )
U10CA180886 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
U10CA098543 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
|First Posted:
|September 21, 2009 Key Record Dates
|Last Update Posted:
|August 7, 2020
|Last Verified:
|August 2020
Neoplasms, Complex and Mixed
Neoplasms by Histologic Type
Liposomal doxorubicin
Liver Extracts
Antineoplastic Agents
Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Topoisomerase II Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic
Tubulin Modulators


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I've been pretty easy on my favorite former employer lately, even to the point of gushing over Nokia World 2011 and pouring out pure fanboy praise over a fantastic phone that will only see limited release. But I don't think I'd be performing my duty as a recently-renewed Developer Champion if I didn't provide some much-needed critical feedback. Lovingly, of course.
Nokia's physical withdrawal from certain locales is not a new subject for me, but it's reached a point where I'm more concerned than ever. Of course most of my focus is on the United States, and more specifically, my home near Dallas, Texas. In just a few years Nokia as a brand has become a complete non-factor here and just about the entire country. I'm keenly observant of devices used by others and, outside of a small circle of open source enthusiasts, I'm seeing everything but Nokia phones in the hands of the general public.
None of that is news to most people. And Nokia has made it very clear that it expects its fairly new Windows Phone strategy, coupled with impeccable and compelling industrial design, to get its high-end products back into regions (like the US) where product sales margins matter.
The continued problem as I see it, though, is that Nokia seems to expect that they can concentrate all efforts on a few key cities. Its shrinking supply chain system has led to greater consolidation of localization activities at sites far removed from the end customers. Now, for core needs this consolidation need not be an issue; a phone engine is a phone engine is a phone engine. But as many companies are becoming increasingly aware, last-mile localization is an absolute must for finished goods.
This translates to customer Care activities as well. Contract employees at remote call centers just cannot identify with many of the diverse clientele they are called upon to support. It's not just language barriers; cultural differences can be a real hindrance (not to mention cybersecurity risks). But more than that, trade customers (i.e., AT&T, Telcel, Orange, et al) will not tolerate delays in problem resolution. They will require local presence in key markets. Continue reading


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- mobile coverage in inner city areas in south africa, Jamaica and other developing areas: %100
- out of the kids surveyed, %70 had used mobile internet in the last day
- even texting is expensive, but people workaround it using pleascallmes
- kids are creating de-facto p2p networks over bluetooth, with the same sharing etiquette of web p2p nets.
- kids figure out the technology, but need help coping with the culture shock
- there are known trees where, if you climb up a particular branch, you can get reception. people go up, send & receive batches of SMSs, and walk on. (is there a collaborative map of these?)
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The clock is ticking. Massive tax hikes are threatening to push America's already declining economic freedom over the "fiscal cliff," a politician-made economic catastrophe.
President Obama's proposal to avert the fiscal cliff is a $1.6 trillion tax hike plus new stimulus spending, along with expanded power for himself to raise the debt ceiling without congressional approval. The House Republican leadership has offered a counter to the President's frivolous proposal, but the counterproposal appears to cave on tax increases and punt on entitlements. Heritage's Alison Fraser and J. D. Foster point out that "the Republican counteroffer, to the extent it can be interpreted from the hazy details now available, is a dud. It is utterly unacceptable. It is bad policy, bad economics."
Such bad policies and economics will have a drastic impact on our economic freedom, which is already in trouble after four years of the "Yes, We Can" Administration's programs and spending. Since 2008, America's economic freedom has been declining at alarming rates: America has fallen from fifth freest economy in the world to 10th freest. (continues below chart)
As the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom demonstrates, economic freedom is the path to prosperity. The decline of America's economic freedom means that our economy is losing its capacity to achieve dynamic and sustained economic growth. That's bad news for American individuals, families, and entrepreneurs, who will reap fewer rewards for their hard work in the future.
Waning economic freedom means lost opportunities for average Americans. The opportunity cost of bigger government is paid for in the loss of economic vitality. A future with fewer jobs and lower incomes can wait at the bottom of the fiscal cliff, or it can follow just as surely from ill-designed policies to avoid it.
There is a better way. The Heritage Foundation has proposed Saving the American Dream, a sweeping pro-growth tax and spending reform roadmap designed to grow the economy and restructure entitlement programs to provide real economic freedom and long-term security for the American people.
As Heritage's Kim Holmes noted in Understanding American Prosperity, "All of us—not just our politicians—must be vigilant, determined to safeguard liberty and the American Dream. And that means understanding that the foundation of American prosperity rests in economic freedom."


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Setting goals is the beginning of goal attainment. Dreaming feels good but at some point, you have to decide and follow through with making your dreams your reality. Follow these 3 steps to your goal attainment celebration.
First, understand why goal setting is important. By setting goals, you have a clear blueprint to take you from where you are now to where you want to be. A blueprint serves as a detailed roadmap including precise steps that must be followed, in sequence, in order to move from vision to actuality. Goal setting creates order and allows for realistic assessment. You can not move from dreaming about flying a plane to being a pilot without research, training and practice. All 3 steps are relevant and necessary and must be followed in sequential order.
Secondly, set short-term goals, due tomorrow or next week; set midterm goals, due in 6 months or in 1 year; and set long-term goals, due in 5 years or as appropriate for you particular goal. The series of miniature tasks all lead to fulfillment of that ultimate target. This will help you identify what you need to do to make steady progress towards your ultimate goal. A short-term goal that is due tomorrow can include making phone calls to known experts or carving out 2 hours for internet research on your specific topic. A midterm goal that is due in several months can include completion of a continuing education course to increase your knowledge. A long-term goal due in 5 years can include international travel or formal education.
Third, focus on the long-term objective with the end in mind. Work your way through the small action items that will bring you closer to the bigger than life goal that you may find hard to imagine attaining today. Each week, set a short-term action for yourself that will lead you to your midterm goal that may take 6 months or more to achieve. Each month, access your short-term goal progress, make modifications and recommit to attain midterm goals by the due date you set for yourself in the near future. By achieving smaller goals leading to your large goal, you will build confidence and be encouraged to keep going.
Now that you have a plan for achieving your goals, begin to visualize what your life will look like once you attain your long-term goals.
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Spain on the Brink
During this bizarre Spanish autumn, event followed event with the somberness of a Greek tragedy. For more than a year, the Spaniards have sensed that the end of the Franco era would come not in a graceful "transition" but in a harsh effort to preserve the old man's dictatorial powers. Since the assassination of Premier Luis Carrero Blanco on December 20, 1973, Franco and his family had increasingly surrounded themselves with figures of the extreme right, such as Rodriguez de Valcárcel, president of the appointed National Assembly, and Torcuato Fernandez Miranda, a Falangist minister in the present cabinet, all opposed to even the timid attempts at liberalization advocated by Carrero's successor, Premier Carlos Arias Navarro.
By the end of this summer, the ultra-right wing of Franco's government, getting ready for a stormy winter, passed an antiterrorist law that not only imposed a mandatory death sentence for those convicted of killing or aiding or abetting in the death of a policeman but also made political protest a highly punishable crime; it also allowed policemen to enter private homes and make arrests without a warrant.
Thus the police were given an autonomy of action they had not possessed for fifteen years. On September 27 the antiterrorist law rapidly went into effect. After a summary kangaroo trial which caused a deep split within the government, five young members of the Basque ETA and a Maoist group known as FRAP were grimly executed by police firing squads. The armed forces, significantly, declined to participate, although normally they are in charge of political executions.
Following these killings, Franco's government staged a strange, enormous rally in support of the government in the Plaza de Oriente in Madrid, a rally in which thousands of government employees and members of far-right groups were quickly recruited to shout their approval of Spain's defiance of the rest of Europe, of the Vatican, and of the foreign press which had condemned the executions. For a moment, it appeared as though the country was in the hands of the ultra-right. But if one looked beneath the surface, even before Franco's heart attacks three weeks later the ultras appeared to be floundering. In the past the large rallies in the Plaza de Oriente were organized in times of the regime's weakness—not in moments of strength. As one observer close to the Spanish political scene remarked to me: "Make no mistake about it. Despite the government's public bravado about Western Europe's condemnation of Spain, privately they are badly shaken." The trials of twenty-five additional members of ETA and FRAP awaiting death sentences were held up, and trials of other political prisoners were removed from the Military Tribunal to the more innocuous Court of Civil Order.
If outward calm had been restored, Spain remained in a state of confusion that worsened three weeks after the rally when Franco suffered his long series of heart attacks. But…
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Jump Ultimate Stars was released in Japan on November 23, 2006.
Jump Ultimate Stars is a fighting game which is based on the characters from various anime and manga series including Naruto, One Piece and Dragon Ball Z. It was developed by Ganbarion and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. The game has over 300 characters from 41 different manga series. It is the second game in the series.
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- Sasuke Uchiha
- Kakashi Hatake
- Gaara (support)
- Sai (help)
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Playable Naruto Stages
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Gibson ES 125, I was speaking of my fondness for the non-cutaway design on electric hollowbody guitars. Well here's another similarly designed vintage beauty, the Hofner E1. For a guitar made in the early 1960s this one appears to be in fantastic condition, and the Buy It Now price is a very attractive £475. In this modern age, a two pickup electric guitar of this design looks really incongruous, but I can't help liking it. Interestingly, there's no pickup selector switch - I guess you select pickups by using the volume controls.
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On receipt of a complaint conforming to the requirements, the Engineering and Codes Division shall conduct an investigation. The complaint and supporting information as set forth in the rules shall be forwarded to the home inspector. The home inspector shall submit a response to the Engineering and Codes Division within two weeks after receipt of the copy of the complaint.
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Hot Trend: Photographer in the Delivery Room — Would You Have One?
Jun 2012
Obviously, you're going to take a million pictures of baby right after she's born — and probably even have a photographer do a newborn shoot. But what about having a professional snap away during labor and delivery? According to The New York Times, more and more parents-to-be are hiring photographers to capture their baby's birth day — messed up hair, ugly delivery room and all.
The Times article explains that couples are less likely to be scared and grossed out at the thought of birth than in the past, and instead see it as a beautiful event (it is!). They book the photographer in advance, call them when the mom-to-be goes into labor and she shows up toward the end of labor (around six centimeters dilated, according to one photographer). The reward? Capturing an amazing moment that can never be reenacted. Awesome idea!
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Having said that, as a Catholic I believe it is long past time to stop accepting the dictates of fools and charlatans about our Church and, by extension, our faith. The matter of Lawrence Murphy, the priest who abused potentially hundreds of innocent children at the St. John's School for the Deaf in Milwaukee, has been only the latest brickbat by which the Catholics have been beaten over the last 20 years. A few thoughts:
- I don't think any Catholic, or any Christian of any denomination, needs to pay much attention to the harangues of a cynical atheist like Christopher Hitchens.
- Likewise, I don't much care what the cynical, blowsy Maureen Dowd has to say, either. She may claim to be nominally Catholic, but there is nothing in her background or her writings that suggests she understands the first thing about the Church.
- The glee that the MSM has demonstrated in invoking the Watergate narrative in this matter ("What did the Pope know, and when did he know it") is either silly or offensive. I'm having a difficult time deciding which. The latest "revelation" I've read moves the scandal all the way back to Paul VI. I supect a letter directed to one of the Avignon Popes will surface in the coming days.
- The key to understanding what happens is one word: anachronism. We are imposing the value judgments of today on events that happened years ago. The belief that was prevalent at the time was that pedophile priests could be treated and cured. As it turns out, that is not the case. It took too long for the Church to understand that, but we understand many things now that we didn't in, say, 1963.
- Is there evidence that Pope Benedict was derelict in his duties? Not especially. We now have the testimony of William Levada, formerly the Archbishop of San Francisco, who now heads the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the office held by Benedict when he was known as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Levada goes into great detail in discussing recent events and the news coverage. It's a longish piece but it's well worth your time to read it in full. The most relevant paragraphs are these:
I grew up in Wisconsin, in the Green Bay Diocese. Rembert Weakland, the Archbishop of Milwaukee, was always a controversial figure in the Church and his role in what happened in Milwaukee has not received a lot of attention. Weakland himself was forced from the Church in 2002, following revelations that he was an active homosexual who had long-standing affairs during his time as Archbishop. Weakland had both the motive and the standing to take action against Lawrence Murphy, but he did not. Is there a reason? No one knows, because it doesn't appear that he has been asked.
Goodstein's account bounces back and forth as if there were not some 20 plus years intervening between reports in the 1960 and 70's to the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and local police, and Archbishop Weakland's appeal for help to the Vatican in 1996. Why? Because the point of the article is not about failures on the part of church and civil authorities to act properly at the time. I, for one, looking back at this report agree that Fr. Murphy deserved to be dismissed from the clerical state for his egregious criminal behavior, which would normally have resulted from a canonical trial.
The point of Goodstein's article, however, is to attribute the failure to accomplish this dismissal to Pope Benedict, instead of to diocesan decisions at the time. She uses the technique of repeating the many escalating charges and accusations from various sources (not least from her own newspaper), and tries to use these "newly unearthed files" as the basis for accusing the pope of leniency and inaction in this case and presumably in others.
Weakland's successor, Jerome Listecki, says the blame belongs in Milwaukee:
Mistakes were made in the Lawrence Murphy case. The mistakes were not made in Rome in 1996, 1997 and 1998. The mistakes were made here, in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, in the 1970s, the 1980s and the 1990s, by the Church, by civil authorities, by Church officials, and by bishops. And for that, I beg your forgiveness in the name of the Church and in the name of this Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Listecki is correct. Yes, the Church has had a global problem and only in the last decade or so has it started to find a solution. It is important to understand that individual Archbishops have great authority and their own views matter a lot. If you doubt the importance of an individual archbishop, consider the ongoing attacks that John Nienstedt, who is the Archbishop here in the Twin Cities, faces from the likes of Nick Coleman. Weakland wielded enormous power in the Archdiocese, and by extension throughout heavily Catholic Wisconsin. And for reasons we do not know, he did not stop what happened at the St. John's School for the Deaf.
But you know what? In the end, the issue isn't really affixing blame for what happened. The larger issue is healing those who were hurt and ensuring that future generations of children will never face what the children at St. John's did. The Church continues to make progress on both fronts. We have a long way to go and it will take the prayers of the faithful. As a Catholic, I have a responsiblity to offer prayer and support for the victims. I do not have any obligation to accept the dictates of Maureen Dowd or her partners at the New York Times.


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Angelina Jolie says she developed high blood pressure and Bell's palsy last year.
The actress-director tells Vanity Fair that she credits acupuncture for her full recovery from the paralysis, which was caused by nerve damage and led one side of her face to droop.
Jolie also opens up about her divorce from Brad Pitt in the magazine's September cover story, which was released online Wednesday. Jolie filed for divorce in September 2016.
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She says they care for each other and for their family and are "both working toward the same goal." She says she does not want her six children to worry about her and that "it's very important to cry in the shower and not in front of them."
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With an overwhelming 64% of the votes, Jose Villarreal's goal in Vancouver is the clear winner of Group 4 in our Goal of the Year Poll.
That goal, along with the winners of Groups 1-3 will advance to the Final Round of voting which begins Monday, January 7. The Goal of the Year winner will be announced Monday, January 14!
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Ohio health care law opponents to file petitions
Opponents of the new federal health care overhaul say they've gathered enough signatures to ask Ohio voters this fall whether the state should amend its constitution to keep people from being required to buy health insurance or face penalties.
The amendment's backers acknowledge that approval of the measure won't automatically exempt the state from the mandate in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. But they say they hope to use the amendment to legally challenge the law.
A coalition of tea party groups called the Ohio Liberty Council is among the amendment's supporters who planned on Wednesday to file more than 546,000 signatures with Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted. They need roughly 385,000 valid signatures for the amendment question to get on the Nov. 8 ballot.
The amendment would prohibit any federal, state or local law from forcing Ohio residents, employers or health care providers to participate in a health care system.
The Obama administration has argued that the coverage requirements rest on a solid constitutional foundation: the power of Congress to regulate interstate commerce.
But critics say that does not give the government the right to direct people to buy specific goods or services.
Last week, a federal appeals court in Cincinnati affirmed the merits of the health care law, agreeing that the government can require a minimum amount of insurance for Americans.
Timothy Jost, a professor at Washington and Lee University law school in Virginia, said unless reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court, the ruling by the three-judge 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals already settles the question of whether Ohio residents would be required under the federal law to buy health insurance.
"At this point it serves no legal purpose," Jost said. "It's just a political statement."
Chris Littleton, a co-founder of the Ohio Liberty Council, contends the amendment would provide the best chance for a case over whether the mandate is constitutional. He said it also would ban any future state-passed mandates from being imposed on Ohio residents.
Such amendments are being pushed in other states. Lawmakers in Alabama, Florida and Wyoming are putting similar measures before voters next year, the National Conference of State Legislatures says.
More than 30 legal challenges have been filed over the health care overhaul, some focusing on different issues such as states' rights.
If the Ohio amendment meets state requirements, voters in the political bellwether could have a chance to weigh in on two divisive new laws this November.
Last week, opponents of Ohio's new collective bargaining restrictions delivered nearly 1.3 million signatures to Husted's office. Proponents of the referendum, which would invalidate the entire bill, need just over 231,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot.
Husted's office has until July 26 to verify both sets of signatures.


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The results aren't surprising: Work and money-related worries consistently rank at the top of the survey. Financial stress affects health, productivity and relationships, and it can cause depression and anxiety. The only way to combat financial stress is to increase financial well-being.
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The intersection of Trade and Tryon features a waterfall and various holiday decorations. The fountain also include several interesting historical markers that provide insigth to the regoins past.
The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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These are two of the many letters written between Norma and Reinhart Kowallis while he was stationed on the island of Okinawa in 1945. In these letters she talks about her sister's Audrey and Phyllis and Ruth and Glena, her brother LaMar, her parents, her brother-in-laws Wayne and Spence, her daughter Cheryl and nephews Jay and David, along with assorted other relatives and neighbors. The letters are currently being compiled into a book.
[1st letter]
Pleasant View, Utah
29 October 1945
Dearest Reinhart,
Again I haven't written for two days. Saturday morning we cleaned & in the afternoon I had to visit Sr. Wade & help her with her talk for conference. Friday night Audrey & I went down to the Singer Sewing Machine Co. We are starting to take a sewing course. It lasts 8 weeks & it is every Friday night. You get the course free when you buy a sewing machine. I have never taken advantage of mine so now that Audrey is buying one we decided to go down together & take the course. I will need to know all I can about sewing if we have any sized family at all & it is really a money saver if you can do it. Sunday afternoon I spent at the church practicing songs for our Singing Mother's Chorus for Conference & then practicing for our play. We then received word that Mrs. Harris our neighbor had died, So we had to visit the family & make arrangements to fix lunch for them to eat on their way to Snowville–as the buriel was to take place there. They surely decided to have the funeral in a hurry–it was today. This morning I went down to Grace's at 9 o'clock. She wasn't ready so I started making her sandwiches. Mary Case came & helped me. Then Amelia Dickamore came & we packed six boxes of lunch. Amelia left & then Sr. Roylance came & we rode down to the Malan Mortuary with her. The funeral was held there. They wanted us to take care of the flowers & be the flower girls so we had that job too. Sr. Roylance had to go to the Doctor after the funeral so Grace & I shopped around, On the way home I had them stop at the Paramount Ice Cream & I treated them to malts. They won't ever let me help with the gas so I repay this way. We got home about 4:30 this afternoon. We stopped & visited Mrs. Tennis. She has been sick. She is a Catholic, but we visit her just the same. She says if she wasn't so old she would join our church.
When I got home a package had just arrived from you. It was the neclace & the pins & turtles. Oh honey, I'm just so happy about this neclace. I like it even better than the other one. It is just so dainty with all of them the same color. Mom was glad to get the turtle too. She has is sitting on her little nick-nack shelf. I think it tickled her to have you remember her. I am not going to give the kids theres until Christmas. LaMar is sending three chains. They should be here about tomorrow & then I'll send them on to you. I hope they will get there before you intirely give up hope of receiving them. Thanks so much for making them.
Already the kids have started Halloweening. They are busing soaping windows & doing the usual pranks. But Mitzie has them buffaloed–they don't dare come up here.
Today we have also been busy gathering up as many articles of clothing as we can spare. The Church has sent out an urgent call from the people. Our Saints in Europe are going with only rags to cover them. Some only have rags that they put around them when they come to the door. If we do not help them, they will starve this winter. It is really wonderful the way everyone is responding. Dad was over at the Church tonight & they have all kinds of stuff. We sent two huge boxes of stuff. I put in that old brown fur coat that I used to wear so long ago. We put in sweaters, dresses, two men's suits. About 4 old coats, several pairs of shoes & all kinds of stuff. The telegram came to the Church Saturday morning & they sent out the call Sunday & then stuff had to be in to the store house tonight. That's fast work isn't it–but they say it's imperitive that they get it at once.
Sunday night 4 of our returned Soldiers spoke. I can truthfully say I was a little disappointed. They just gave that old – "On such & such a date I was here & then we moved here & so forth." They didn't even end with "In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen" but just sat down without bearing a testimony or anything. One fellow, Glen Christofferson, who was on Gwam when you were & was on one of the pictures you sent home told about the Church services on Gwam & told how much the Church had ment to him. Everyone was thrilled over his humble & sincere testimony & he was the least active when he was home, but while he was away he tried to learn more about the church. Maybe it's just that we are tired of the war & all we want to know is that our boys still have that faith in God & a testimony of the Gospel. Don't think I don't want to hear every little detail of what you are doing & so will the people here at home. I know you wouldn't give a talk like they did but I couldn't help but think how I would feel if I was the wife of one of those fellows. For instance, the one fellow said, "I guess it was luck or something else that brought me home, but I ain't talking." That was Howard Berrett. [Here there is a crossed out and scribbled over line] I'll be so glad when you can be up there giving you welcome home talk. Nearly everyone is coming home now but you. I keep thinking every day a letter will come saying "kill the fatted calf–put on the glad rags–your one & only is coming home." Maybe I'll get that letter tomorrow–I hope.
Here are a couple of snow Goose feathers from the goose Wayne got when he went hunting Friday. He gave us two ducks he also got. I thought you could sort of imagine you were duck hunting if you saw these feathers. [See photo of feathers on previous page]
LaMar has started taking his R. T. training now & he's plenty happy. Mr. Seely's boy has his bunk right across from LaMar.
When I got home today, Mom had some more tales to tell me about Cheryl. David & Jay have been staying out over the week end & David of course loves the water. He had turned it on & let it run down the road. Cheryl, who followed him around, thought the mud & water was especially for her benifit. When Mom found her she was black from head to toe. Her shoes were mud inside & out. Her dress was black & her sweater was black. Her hair had mud all over & through it. Then her big eyes looked up at Mom through the blackest face you ever saw. Mom had to strip her & put her in the tub. Her shoes had to be washed inside & out.
When I came home she was so sweet & clean. I went in the house & in a few minutes I dashed out. She & David were at the back of the house & over in the young peach orchard. A pile of rotten peaches had been thrown over there. Cheryl was sitting in the middle of them. She was squeasing them with her hands & then rubbing her hands on her dress. David had the hose sprinkling her hair & I think he was trying to get her clean. What a mess! She's in bed now & sweet & clean, but about five minutes after she gets up she'll be black as coal. Goodnight my Sweetheart.
Love, Norma
[2nd letter]
Pleasant View, Utah
30 October 1945
Dearest Sweetheart,
Just think–today I received two letters from you–dated the 20th of Oct & the 21st. You say you arn't getting many letters from me & I'm not getting many from you. Here is one way you can tell if you are getting all my letters. If a day goes by & I don't write, I always mention it in my letter. I usually say, "I didn't get to write yesterday," or something to that effect. I am wondering if you received the letter where I listed all of the pictures the family wanted printed up from those you developed & printed for me.
So–you are thinking of trading me off for Ruth. Tsk Tsk! I never thought it would come to that. Ruth is still going with that friend of Margaret's–much to the families displeasure. I do wish she could find a good man with a fine disposition like yours–but then there's only one like you in the world & I just won't give you up–no sirree.
Glena is the bell of the ball. About five fellows call her every night. She is going with a Lee Lollie (who is a Catholic) but he goes to our church & he says he is going to join it. Then of course she is still writting every day to Alma.
Spence doesn't expect to get home until February. He has just been writting about his experiences in Switzerland. They could only spend so much while there & he saw something he wanted for Audrey for Christmas so he spent what he had & then sold his shirt, two shaffer life time pens & his eversharp pencil, his rain coat, socks, candy, gum & his insignias. Then he sold some of his American money. He was broke & he had five days left to stay in Switzerland & he didn't know what he was going to eat. I think Spence will find a way though–he usually does.
Why couldn't it have been you coming home–I guess I hadn't better say "instead of Paul," because I'm glad he is going to get home, but I just wish you could get a break like that.
That is pretty nice–you get to go to Church twice in a day & then get pie alamod & ice cream. They must have some pretty good meals down where Paul is.
Have you seen any more of Delbert? Aunt Anna hadn't heard from him the last I saw her. Maybe she has by now. He isn't very sociable, but maybe you could help him a little.
I went to Relief Society this afternoon. We practiced our play after meeting. Just as we were about to leave it just started blowing & pouring down. I was glad Amelia had her car. As soon as I came in the door at home Cheryl came dashing in the front room from the kitchen & calling "Ma Ma." She triped & went flat but scrambled up & kept coming. I surely have to laugh at her. She thinks those beads you sent are for her & she just about had a fit when I took them. She wants to take all the letters she finds down to the mail box. They are all for "Da Da." I tell her to pull her pants up if they sort of hang down & she reaches down & tugs away to get them up & just looks so funny.
Audrey is going down to Sing for a barn dance at the 6th ward & Dad & Mom are going too. I think I'll just go to bed & try to get some rest. Cheryl gets me up at 6 o'clock in the morning calling "toe toe" & jumping on my head & pulling my hair. Then she plants three or four juicey kisses on my mouth. Then I usually open my eyes & give her a grin. She is always so tickled when she finally gets me to open my eyes.
We'll be looking for you for Christmas so don't dissapoint us. We are so sure that when Santa comes prancing in with his reindeers it will be you that he will have in that big black bag–so don't dissapoint us. Of course if you come earlier why you can just skip the black bag.
All My Love & then some
LDS Servicemen's Conference in Okinawa in October of 1945. Over 400 LDS servicemen attended the conference including Capt. Reinhart Kowallis.
Friday, December 27, 2013
Excerpt from "Letters from the Pacific"
Labels: 1945, Cheryl, Glena, Japan, Jensen, Kowallis, Norma, Okinawa, Pleasant View, Reinhart, Utah, World War II
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Aw, such precious insights into the past..Mother going one hundred miles an hour as always (how'd she manage?) and Cheryl so precocious (she didn't change much). Thank you BartReplyDelete
Jill -- As I read her letters, I often wonder how she did everything. She seems to have done more in one afternoon than I do in a week and with a 1 year-old to care for as well.ReplyDelete
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Universities were not always the engines of research and discovery," says Robert Rosenberg, associate vice president of communications at the University of Chicago.
"World War II changed all that."
Rosenberg says there was an exodus of scientists out of Germany and other countries and in the 1930s they came to the U.S. Teams came and did the first controlled nuclear project (Manhattan Project), which led to the production of plutonium and nuclear power and nuclear energy and the birth of Argonne National Laboratory.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt recognized science had a major impact on our winning the war and asked Vannevar Bush, director of the office of scientific research and development, to research what the federal government's role should be.
Bush wrote "Science – The Endless Frontier" establishing universities as bastions of science and discovery. More than 80 percent of funding for research at universities comes from the federal government, Rosenberg says. From new computer technology and the creation of the high tech boom in the 1980s to the creation of biotech it was all done at the university level.
Rosenberg says the federal government investment has been a model in other countries such as China and England.
In 1980 the Bayh-Dole Act further changed the landscape granting ownership rights to universities and the transfer from public to private sectors.
"Northwestern, the University of Chicago, University of Illinois are like the coal miners of the 21st century creating new knowledge," Rosenberg says.
The overall idea is to use and disseminate the discoveries and information to create a value in society.
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Colonial America was a very thirsty place. Slaking that thirst could be challenging: Early vineyards failed, as did the first plantings of hops and barley, and wines and brandies from Europe were prohibitively expensive for the average colonist.
Fortunately, there were apples.
Apple cultivation started in America as early as 1630, and a well-tended orchard was a necessity for a successful homestead. Most apples were used to make hard cider, but many drinkers wanted something with a little more oomph; the result was a spirit called applejack. Innovative drinkers learned that cider's strength could be boosted by leaving it outside on a frosty night, then separating the remaining liquid from the ice the next morning. This residue was highly alcoholic, and about as nuanced in effect as a collision with a stone wall (perhaps not coincidentally, a popular drink was the Stone Fence, made of hard cider spiked with a harder spirit). This rough liquor was also high in impurities—some referred to it as "essence of lockjaw"—and promised a skull-splitting headache for the foolhardy drinker.
In 1698, a Scottish distiller named William Laird settled in New Jersey and began to produce a more refined applejack, a pure apple brandy aged in oak, with the flavor of a rich, fruity whiskey. Small farm stillhouses soon sprang up, and by the 1830s nearly 400 distilleries were producing New Jersey's homegrown spirit.
"Jersey Lightning"—as it was also called—was immensely popular in the mid-Atlantic region. George Washington is recorded as having requested an applejack recipe from the Laird family in 1760, and during the Revolutionary War, troops under Washington's command drank it while campaigning in New Jersey. In 1780 the Lairds established the country's first commercial brandy distillery, and in the years that followed taverns and inns did a brisk business in applejack, serving it straight or in warmers such as scotchem—a mixture of applejack and boiling water, flavored with a dollop of mustard.
Future generations of bartenders found more palatable uses for applejack. The spirit's most prominent use is in the Jack Rose—a cocktail made from applejack, lemon or lime juice and grenadine—but it also enjoyed renown in drinks such as the Manhattan-like Marconi Wireless, the almond-scented Supreme (see recipe, right) and the maple-accented Applejack Rabbit. Now in its 10th generation of applejack production, the Laird family has been the only commercial producer of applejack since the 1950s, selling its eponymous spirit nationwide and in the United Kingdom, while also marketing Captain Applejack in Virginia and North Carolina. Urban sprawl long ago displaced New Jersey's orchards, so today's applejack is made from apples grown in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. Laird's modern recipe blends apple brandy with neutral grain spirits and a touch of apple wine, which gives the applejack a lighter taste.
Demand for applejack declined in the 1960s, but the company is seeing a renewed interest among mixologists, such as Misty Kalkofen, bar manager at Green Street in Cambridge, Mass. "Applejack is really versatile," she says. "It's an apple brandy, but when blended with neutral spirits it acts more like a whiskey, so you can do a lot of things with it."
Applejack's versatility can also be seen in cocktails that use small amounts of applejack for flavor, such as the rye whiskey-based Diamondback and the gin-based Pink Lady. Kalkofen says this versatility, matched with applejack's engaging history, is winning the venerable spirit new fans. "People are starting to appreciate the history of the cocktail in American culture," she says. "When you tell them that applejack is from the first licensed distillery in the United States, and that the Laird family is mentioned in Washington's journals, that intrigues people and gets them interested."


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A sampling of Osama bin Laden tweets by comics, pundits, writers and others:
@toddlevin Todd Levin
Bin Laden was killed in a mansion?!? Must Be nice.
@GhostOsama Osama Bin Laden
Well this sucks…I accidentally enabled location on my tweets.
@KeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann
Note Fox News has switched to "Usama Bin Laden" presumably so they don't get caught calling him "Obama Bin Laden" for a 2nd time tonight
@KeithOlbermann Keith Olbermann
BTW all time highest-degree of difficulty #SportsCenter segue attempt: from "Bin Laden Dead" to "Highly anticipated Heat-Celtics Game 1″
@AnnCoulter Ann Coulter
Due to cutbacks Osama, only 58 virgins available… we're sorry for any inconvenience.
@toddbarry Todd Barry
Not sure I should watch Bin Laden coverage on @CNN, or just wake up and read 900 page article in @nytimes
@ChrisKattan Chris Kattan
Does this mean I can get all my shampoo bottles and box cutters back from TSA?
@SteveMartinToGo Steve Martin
Slow news day.
@charliesheen Charlie Sheen
Dead or Alive. WE PREFER DEAD! Well done SEAL team! AMERICA: #WINNING that's how we roll…. c
@JohnStamos John Stamos
"I've never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure." ~Mark Twain
@JenKirkman Jen Kirkman
If I was Obama's speechwriter I would have begged him to say, "Mission ACTUALLY accomplished."
@AndyKindler Andy Kindler
When I first saw the cheering crowds outside the White House, I thought Celebrity Apprentice had been canceled.
@RealGilbert Gilbert Gottfried
I refuse to say anything that might seem insensitive about #Osama Bin Laden's death so let me say my thoughts & prayers are with Al-Qaeda
@ConanOBrien Conan O'Brien
Yesterday, we took care of one maniac with a beard. Today, Will Ferrell will take care of another. #Beardpocalypse
@robdelaney Rob Delaney
This is a wonderful 9th birthday present for my "terror sex" baby, Trevor.
@toddbarry Todd Barry
What's the best version of the "Trump asking for Bin Laden death certificate" joke you've seen so far?
@JenKirkman Jen Kirkman
Remember when McCain in the 2008 election said, "Folks, I know how to catch Bin Laden…." He must have just told Obama today.
@toddlevin Todd Levin
FOX News: Bin Laden's death "The fulfillment of George W Bush's solemn promise to America."
@jimmykimmel Jimmy Kimmel
I really hope bin laden didn't get reincarnated as one of Mariah Carey's babies.
@jdharm J.D. Harmeyer
Leave it to the people who run Mike Tyson's app to put Bin Laden's death in perspective. yfrog.com/gy5xvivoj
@real_jackbauer Jack Bauer
You're welcome, America.