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Thursday, December 14, 2006
christmas letter
What a wild year we have lived. We have a new son, Anatoly Gustav Wren O'Melay (born 10.10.06). We live an enchanted life filled with hard work and all the fruits of it. The children are thriving, growing and learning. Our day is full of animals: a Jersey cow named Nimue (nim-oo-ay) and her calf Merlin, laying hens and roosters and many other chickens destined to become dinners, a new puppy named Rosie that we rescued from the shelter a few months ago, our cat Sylvia, and a whole garden full of food and bugs and spiders and dirt.
Most of Anatoly's gestation was spent gardening, milking and canning tomatoes. He is a strong little guy who is rearing to go and become part of the pack. His birth, so easy and natural, was a glimpse into our future. His life so far has blended effortlessly into our own.
Kassiopeia (born 6.18.04) is two: she is tall and thin and wily. Her new baby brother is the center of her attentions as she grows into a little mama. Her favorite color is Pink: all things Pink, including Ponies and Princesses and Pirates (yes, pink pirates!).
Tristan (born 08.09.02) is 4: he is starting to read and write. His love for the computer and all things technology inspires him to learn. Recently he started a Tae-Kwon-Do class and excels in it. his competitive boyish nature is balanced easily by his compassion and empathy for his siblings.
Karl devotes his life to building this utopia for our family. His work now is akin to the job that was his passion in the city, and that feels right. There is plenty of time at home with the family. A barn and fences and a garden built from nothing are new projects over this past year. There is always more to come, which reminds us to live in the moment.
Tabitha found peace this year in the garden, meditating on growth, birth, death, and life in the shade of huge tomato vines. Anatoly grew inside while the fruits of her labor in the garden were ready to harvest. There has been lots of canning and freezing, saving for the winter of indoor baby-holding and knitting. Milking Nimue gives a pleasant rhythm to the days. The highlight of the year was of course the birth of Anatoly. He has been a sweet reward for the year's work.
Everything that we ever dreamed of, as we moved blindly from the city, is slowly coming our way. Perhaps not as we planned it, not *when* we planned it. The fullness of life reveals itself through our hard work and dedication.
It is our dearest wish that our life here will build our children a strong foundation of respect for our earth and all its creatures.
Peace and Love,
The O'Melay Family
7 comments:
- Prairie Chick said...
What a wonderful picture of your family! You all look so happy and content. Just the way it should be. Happy Holidays!
That's a really nice Christmas letter and photo. May the coming year be full of further adventures and discoveries..
- Danielle said...
Very nice! I didn't notice the pup until I zoomed in. So sweet!
- Gracious Acres said...
Utopia indeed. Congratulations on a year of sweet success and hope for bountiful blessings in 2007.
- sugarcreekfarm said...
Love the picture, and the year's recap. Wishing your pile a blessed holiday, and continued happiness in 2007.
I'm loving that sweater Tabitha's wearing. Wish I could knit. But (as I always say) I think I'm missing the knitting gene or something.
- squire said...
Great "year in review", I follow your blog with great interest. Are you compiling a new years "list" of things that you would like to get done.? I find like both near-term and long- term goals just to keep me on track.
- Eren said...
Amazing photo of your family. Wishing you and yours a wonderful and peaceful holiday season from ours. Blessings!


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What is Artificial Intelligence (HTML version),
John McCarthy, Stanford University.
An important introductory paper for undergraduate students.
This Web page has links to other versions of John McCarthy's paper.
If the above link is not operational, then you can read
(Local Copy of the March 29, 2003 version): "ps" - PostScript and "pdf" - Acrobat Reader formats.
(Local Copy of the November 12, 2007 version):
Part 1: Basic Questions Part 2: Branches of AI Part 3: Applications Part 4: More Questions Part 5: Bibliography
Gary Marcus:
Why can't my computer understand me? (August 16, 2013).
This article was published in the New Yorker magazine to celebrate
the talk presented by Professor
Hector Levesque on occasion of the Research Excellence Award that
he received in August 2013 at the
premier international conference on
artificial intelligence.
The Turing Test:
Computing Machinery and Intelligence by Alan Turing,
published in "Mind", vol. LIX, N 236, pages 433-460, October, 1950.
Because of the advancement in software agents technologies,
nowdays this test has commercial applications discussed in
this New York Times article (NY Times, December 10, 2002) and in
several other articles.
The recent CAPTCHA project has a goal
of developing electronic tests that can tell humans and computers apart.
Patrick Hayes and Kenneth Ford
Turing Test Considered Harmful. This paper was published in the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on AI (IJCAI-1995), Montreal Canada, August 20-25, 1995.
Building Watson (a computer that won in Jeopardy competition over
human champions):
"An overview of the DeepQA project" by
David Ferrucci, Eric Brown, Jennifer Chu-Carroll, James Fan, David
Gondek, Aditya A. Kalyanpur, Adam Lally, J. William Murdock, Eric
Nyberg, John Prager, Nico Schlaefer, Chris Welty from IBM Research.
Published in "AI Magazine", vol 31, N3, 2010, pp. 59-79.
A related
Watson's Jeopardy! Challenge Web site at IBM Research.
Prakash M Nadkarni, Lucila Ohno-Machado, and Wendy W Chapman.
Natural language processing: an introduction. This paper includes a
discussion of IBM "Watson" technology. Published in: Journal of the
American Medical Informatics Association, 2011, volume 18, issue 5;
Sep-Oct 2011, pages 544-551.
For those of you who want to learn more about games.
You can read about
General Game Playing Project and also about
Artificial Intelligence and
Interactive Entertainment.
1975 ACM Turing Award Lecture
"Computer science as empirical inquiry: symbols and search" by
Allen Newell and Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie-Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA.
Published in Communications of the ACM, Volume 19 Issue 3, March 1976, Pages 113-126.
Provided by the
ACM Digital Library.
Knowledge-based model of mind and its contribution to sciences.
An Interview with Ed Feigenbaum, a professor from
Stanford University.
Published in ``Communications of the ACM'', Vol. 53 No. 6, Pages 41-45.
text PDF)
What is a Systematic Method of Scientific Discovery? by
Herbert A. Simon, Carnegie Mellon University. Published in
Systematic Methods of Scientific Discovery:
Papers from the 1995 Spring Symposium, ed. Raul Valdes-Perez, pages 1-2.
Technical Report SS-95-03. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence,
Menlo Park, California.
Where is AI Heading?
"Eye on the Prize" by
Nils Nilsson,
Stanford University. Published in "AI Magazine", vol 16, N2, 1995, pp. 9-17.
How do you teach a computer common sense? Researchers at a company
called Cycorp in Austin, Texas, are trying to find out. Since 1984, they
have been incorporating a huge collection of everyday knowledge in an AI
project named
The Cyc project aims to develop a comprehensive common sense knowledge base,
and associated reasoning systems. They are now being used to
enable the development of knowledge-intensive applications for industry
and government.
Why people think computers can't, written by
Marvin Minsky,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Published in
"AI Magazine", vol. 3, N4, Fall 1982, p. 3-15.
SHRDLU, a program for understanding natural language, written by Terry
Winograd at the M.I.T. Artificial Intelligence Laboratory in 1968-70.
SHRDLU carried on a simple dialog with a user, about a small world of objects
(the BLOCKS world).
Terry Winograd is professor of computer science at
Stanford University.
SHRDLU resurrection:
this Web site collects information about subsequent versions and updates.
Thinking machines: Can there be? Are we?, Terry Winograd, Stanford University.
Programs with Common Sense, John McCarthy, Stanford University.
How Intelligent is Deep Blue?, by Drew
McDermott, Yale University.
[This is the original, long version of an article that appeared in the May 14, 1997 New York Times with more flamboyant title.]
If the link above fails, download a local copy.
A Gamut of Games. This article reviews the past successes,
current projects, and future research directions for AI using computer games
as a research test bed. Written by
Jonathan Schaeffer,
University of Alberta, Canada.
Published in ``AI Magazine'', volume 22, number 3, pp. 29-46, 2001.
Allen Newell:
The Scientific Relevance of Robotics. Remarks at the Dedication of
the CMU Robotics Institute.
Published in the AI Magazine, Vol 2, No 1, Spring 1981.
When Robots Meet People: Research Directions In Mobile Robotics
written by
Sebastian Thrun, Stanford University. He is a head of the team that
built Stanley, the robotic car. Stanley was judged to be the "Best Robot
Of All Time" by Wired Magazine, and
NOVA shot a great
documentary about Stanley and the race, which is available online
Natural Born Robots,
Scientific American Frontiers.
Robots, Re-Evolving Mind written by
Hans Moravec,
Carnegie Mellon University. He also provides a photo of
Shakey, the robot.
The next generation of WWW can benefit from the AI-inspired technologies:
``Semantic Web Services"
by McIlraith, S., Son, T.C. and Zeng, H. Published in IEEE Intelligent Systems, Special
Issue on the Semantic Web, 16(2):46--53, March/April, 2001 (Copyright IEEE, 2001).
This paper is available from
Sheila McIlraith web page in Stanford University. Additional
information about
Web Services Activity is
provided by Semantic Web Services Interest Group.
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the WWW, thinks about evolution of the Web in
the 21st century.
Here is Tim Berners-Lee's
Semantic Web Road-map,
written in September 1998.
The additional information:
American: The Semantic Web (a new form of Web content that is meaningful to computers).
This paper has been published in
Scientific American (May, 2001). The paper is written by
Tim Berners-Lee, James Hendler and Ora Lassila.
The Future of the Web: Tim Berners-Lee's Testimony before the United
States House of Representatives Committee (on 2007-03-01).
"A logical framework for depiction and image interpretation",
R. Reiter (Univ. of Toronto), and A. Mackworth (Univ. of British Columbia).
Published in:
Artificial Intelligence, vol 41, N 2, 1989, pp. 125-155.
Logical vs.Analogical or Symbolic vs. Connectionist or Neat vs. Scruffy, written by
Marvin Minsky,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Published in
"AI Magazine", vol 12, N 2, 1991, pp. 34-51.
Reasoning with Cause and Effect,
a research excellence lecture by
Judea Pearl, Univ. of California,
Los Angeles.
From here to human-level AI, John McCarthy, Stanford University.
Christof Koch (Professor of Cognitive and Behavioral Biology,
California Institute of Technology)
The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach
March 22, 2006, UC Berkeley Campus.
Dr Alex Taylor sets a difficult problem solving task,
will the crow defeat the puzzle?
Are crows the ultimate problem solvers? -- Inside the Animal Mind: Episode 2.
BBC Two Programme website.
Pieces of mind,
Scientific American Frontiers.
Computer programs as empirical models in cognitive psychology:
Herbert Simon, the Psychology Department at Carnegie Mellon University.
Human beings use symbolic processes to solve problems,
reason, speak and write, learn and invent. Over the past 45 years,
cognitive psychology has built and tested empirical models of these processes.
The models take the form of computer programs that
simulate human behavior.
What has AI in Common with Philosophy?, John McCarthy,
Stanford University.
Mathematical Intuition vs. Mathematical Monsters,
Synthese, 2000, p.317-332, written by
Solomon Feferman, Stanford University. See also his paper
The Logic of Mathematical.
Discovery. Vs. the Logical. Structure of Mathematics reprinted as
Chapter 3 in the book "In the Light of Logic". Author: Solomon
Feferman. (Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-508030-0,
Logic and Computation in Philosophy series).
Where Mathematics Comes From", written by George Lakoff and Rafael Nunez,
published by "Basic Books".
Book review: "Where Mathematics Come From, Reviewed by
James J. Madden,
Department of Mathematics, Louisiana State University.
Asimov, Isaac: "Robot Visions" and "Robot Dreams", there are
several paperback editions.
cps721 (Artificial Intelligence).

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The negative "cager" comments are plentiful in most commuter forums, time to credit when due.
I had quite the crappy start to my commute this morning, that wound up in me meeting two cool people. I had switched rims on my bike this morning and could not get the tire to seat correctly due to what I think is a defect in the bead of the tire that wasn't a problem for the other rim. Finally, I thought I had it, but ended up pinch flatting 4-1/2 miles into my commute. So as I'm changing the tire on the corner of a main road and a sub-division, a mini van pulls into the side street and stops. This woman gets out and says "did you need some help? A phone? I assume your on your way to work." So, I decline her offer, but thank her and she says to me, "I was wondering where you were, I usually see you crossing the bridge as I'm on my way home every morning. I usually know what time it is when I see you". She had actually passed me on the side of the road working on my wheel, had turned around and came back to check on me. She leaves and I start working on my wheel again.
I get the tire mounted and inflate it with my CO2 inflator and it's still not seating right. So I had to let the air out of the tire and try to seat it again. And my CO2 cannister is empty, which is the moment I realize the spare cannisters that I thought were in my bag, had never left the shelf in my garage. So I lock my bike to the guardrail, ditch my bag in some woods near my bike and start the 4+ mile walk back to my house to get the spare cannisters. I get about a mile down the road and I see a car traveling the other way pull over. And, the driver asks if I need a ride towards my house. It turns out that he was on his way to taking his daughter to pre-school and saw my bike locked to the guardrail and he then passed me walking, turned around and picked me up. He says to me, "we were wondering where you were today (he and his daughter), we see you pretty much in the same spot on the road, at the same time every day.". As we were talking on the way to my house, I found out that he worked as a wrench for 10 years and his wife used to race professionally. They were both former bike commuters. He dropped me off pretty much on my door step. And I ended up hoofing it back to my bike with fresh CO2 cannisters. At least it's a nice day, 49F and sunny.
That's three people I've run into who have told me that the know what time it is when they see me on the ride as they're driving along. I must be punctual in my commute, because all three have mentioned they know what time it is when they see me. Most of the drivers on this particular commute are pretty cooperative about sharing the road. Compared to when I worked and road in Providence, I have very few negative encounters. I'm stopping by the LBS on the way home for a new tire, I have no idea what's wrong with this tire, other than it's a Kenda, which I've had a past experience with a Kenda tire distorting as it wore, so I'm chalking it up to a cheap tire.


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Back in February I wrote about a town in upstate New York that wanted its residents to just shut up about the potential hazards of fracking in their community. The details:
I had never heard of a town that actually imposed a gag order on its own citizens, until the Natural Resources Defense Council (which publishes OnEarth) received complaints about a town board in Sanford, New York (population: 2,400), that told its residents they could no longer bring up concerns about fracking at town meetings.
NRDC and a local partner, Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy, sued the Sanford town board this morning, claiming that the ban on fracking discussions violates the First Amendment rights of the town's residents, some of whom are NRDC members. In a complaint to the U.S. District Court, the organizations say the town violated the U.S. and New York State constitutions by restricting residents' right to free speech during the public participation portion of town meetings, which remains open to all other topics -- just not fracking.
In the face of the citizens' lawsuit (and one would hope, just plain common sense), the Sanford town board has now repealed its gag order, and its residents once again have the right to speak up during public comment sessions about the potential threat that hydraulic fracturing poses to their land, air, water, and health. In response, today NRDC and Catskill Citizens for Safe Energy dropped their lawsuit.
I expect the board members are going to get quite an earful at the next meeting. Hope they take notes!
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Besides, on the approach we are measuring what is probably the loudest configuration," Franken continues. "That means flaps, leading edge slats and landing lights extended, landing gear lowered, and an unfavourable trim condition."
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Survivor: Tocantins — Spencer Spills Survivor Secrets
March 13, 2009 03:07 PM by Ryan Haidet
The youngest person to ever play the game became the fifth person voted off of Survivor: Toncatins — The Brazilian Highlands. 19-year-old Spencer Duhm, a major Survivor fan, revealed many things about his experience in Brazil during a conference call with reporters. He discussed the moment he learned he had been picked for the show, what it was like to be dirty all the time and why he kept his homosexuality to himself.
The Alternate Gets Selected
This excited Survivor fan was actually not a first-round pick to be a contestant. In fact, he was an alternate and brought all the way to Brazil just in case. Just hours prior to the start of the game, the producers decided to include him in the competition and he couldn't have been more happy. "One of the people there said it was the loudest silent scream they had ever heard because I was still in the area where the other cast members were — they couldn't see me, but they could've heard me if I would have made a huge scream or big scene — so I couldn't say anything. Jeff Probst is the one who told me and I flipped out. I couldn't believe it. I thought they were kidding. I was in shock because I had prepared myself going down there for being disappointed and not getting to play and just going for that experience of the pre-game stuff. So when I found out, I basically lost it, adrenaline was pumping and all that fun stuff. It was amazing."
Some might say that being a teenager and taking on Survivor could be a detriment. But Spencer said that was definitely not the case. "No it wasn't a factor in the game at all, but it was an incredible honor. Still to this day, I still can't believe that I was the one chosen to be the first teenager ever and I never thought that would happen. I applied just for the thrill of applying. It was just a complete whirlwind. I was in like a fantasy world. It was surreal, it really was."
Spencer's Survivor Secret
This youngster didn't hide that he was a super Survivor fan, but did keep a big secret — that he is gay. "I thought, 'You know, I'm not going to bring it up, I'm not even going to make it an issue. If they ask me, I'll totally tell them, but if not, I'm not even going to worry about it.' It never became an issue and I was surprised they even showed the interview where I talked about it."
Many rumors have surfaced online that say Spencer is in a relationship with a past Survivor winner — Todd Herzog of the China season. When asked about it, Spencer (understandably) was reluctant to discuss the topic. "I would rather not (talk about it), actually. I understand that you have to ask about that, but I'd rather not."
Subject dropped.
A Tough Challenge
In the most recent Immunity Challenge, the tribes were tasked with catching balls that shot from a giant slingshot. The first tribe to snag five would win the contest — and Spencer didn't really do very well. "I just couldn't get the hang of it," he said. "I played baseball when I was a kid. I was a terrible outfielder — I don't catch flyballs very well. It was just really bad."
And his poor performance in guarding Tyson was noticed by his tribemates as JT yelled at him to step it up. "The weird thing is, JT scored all of our points and Brendan scored just as many points on Taj as Tyson scored on me. And Joe didn't score any points either. I thought it was a little unfair that I was targeted just because of the challenge — I was the only one held responsible. But people look for anything, for whatever reason, to vote you out or to target you and they felt like, for some reason, that I was more responsible than anybody else. JT scored every point for us and none of the other people on my tribe did anything, but again, I was the one singled out and blamed for it, which I thought was unfair. Sydney and Stephen — again I like everybody on my tribe so I'm not trying to throw them under the bus — they were launching the balls so they weren't at risk at all for performing poorly. It was a little unfair, but that's OK."
Alliances Everywhere
Even though it didn't seem to be the case, Spencer revealed that there were loads of alliances going on at Jalapao. "I had an alliance with Joe and Sydney and I had an all-guys alliance. And once I went down to the water and I talked to JT and we got over the whole challenge thing, all four guys talked about keeping all the guys and voting off Taj or Sydney. Taj was mainly the one we were talking about 'cause she had been the plan after Sandy. That's why I ended up voting for her. Sydney, her name was brought up, and Joe went to Sydney and said, 'Hey it could be either you or Spencer tonight and if you don't turn on Spencer then it could be you.' So that's why they turned on me. They went back to JT and Stephen and they were like, 'Fine we can switch it back to Spencer.'"
He said that his main alliance formed very early on. "I made my alliance with Joe and Sydney on Day 2. That was my primary one — the one I was loyal to. But all of us (guys) pushed an all-guys alliance, too. But I felt like that was too obvious, so I made the other alliance to keep me safe a little bit longer. I didn't form the guys' alliance, I was just a part of it. I did go and form the one with Joe and Sydney."
Dealing With Boredom, Loving Strategy
He said boredom was the toughest part of the game. "There were days when we didn't have challenges or council or anything like that. They don't show that on TV because nothing goes on. You just conserve your energy, but still be helpful and be social. Man, those were the longest days."
But on days when there was Tribal Council, Spencer was psyched. "I think the strategizing was the easiest part, that was fun. I really really enjoyed that. Honestly, I enjoyed going to Tribal Council when I felt like we knew who was going home. It was fun. We'd come back from Tribal Council and people would be really upset and disappointed and like, 'Oh that was so hard.' I'm thinking, 'Hours ago we were so ready to get rid of that person and now we're all bummed? Get over it, this is a game.' That's part of the reason why it was so easy for me to handle being voted off — 'cause it was a game."
And after he was voted out of the game unanimously, Spencer said he realized that he hadn't really learned anything about life like some contestants say they do. "I felt really bad when I got voted off when I thought about that I'm thinking, 'There's nothing about life that I've discovered.' I had no epiphany or anything like that. I did learn that I'm so competitive that it can take a toll sometimes on other people. In challenges I would get a little freaked out and stressed and kind of overreact, but they didn't really show too much of that."
What To Do If You're On The Next Survivor
Spencer, who says the Amazon was his favorite season, has some advice for anybody who may end up as a player of the game. "Just be very cautious of what everybody is telling you. This is kind of obvious — you just can't trust what people say even if they come across as an extremely genuine, very honest person. They're still playing the game for themselves, everybody is. They wouldn't go do this adventure just to be out there and suffer through hunger and stuff to just be a pawn. So just be aware of that at all times. Also know that things can change at any moment like I found out. They change at the last second and I ended up going home."
Ah, To Be Dirty
One other aspect of the game he particularly enjoyed was getting dirty. "I loved it. I loved it because it's part of the show," Spencer said of that aspect of the game. "Not because I go out and want to roll in dirt and be filthy for 15 days. It was part of the experience and I thought, 'Hey, if I'm not dirty I'm not on Survivor.' It was really disgusting as far as always looking at your nails and having them be filthy and not being able to wash your hair. You feel disgusting, but you get used to it really quick."
Images courtesy of Monty Brinton/CBS.
Remember that Survivor takes a week off as CBS is airing the NCAA championship. On Wednesday, March 25, a special recap episode featuring never-before-seen footage will air. Then an all-new episode returns on Thursday, April 2.
Stay tuned to RealityTVMagazine.com every Friday for interviews with the latest person voted off of Survivor: Tocantins — The Brazilian Highlands.
Check out an interview with Sandy Burgin who was the fourth person voted off the show.
For other great Survivor: Tocantins news, please feel free to check out SirLinksALot: Survivor Tocantins. Discuss on our reality TV message boards. You can also read more about each of this season's contestants by checking out our Survivor bios page.
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The nutty flavour of arugula - also called rocket or roquette - adds piquancy to salads. The dark green, lobed leaves of common arugula (Eruca sativa) form a loose, open bunch that can reach 15 to 25 centimetres across before the plant bolts. Wild arugula (E. selvatica syn. Diplotaxis tenuifolia) is about half the size, with smaller, more deeply lobed leaves. It has a stronger flavour and is slower to bolt.
Sow in spring as soon as the ground can be worked, planting seeds six millimetres deep, 2.5 centimetres apart in rows 15 to 20 centimetres apart. When leaves of seedlings touch, thin to 10 centimetres.
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Leaf mustard (Brassica juncea) is large-leafed and pungent, and includes colourful varieties - most mature in 45 days. Milder and slower to bolt, mizuna mustard (B. rapa var. japonica), widely grown in Japan, has deeply cut, feathery leaves.
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Cress adds a peppery taste to salads; it can also be used in sandwiches and as a garnish. Watercress (Nasturtium officinale), the most familiar type, is a perennial that grows wild in streams. Upland cress (Barbarea verna), a hardy biennial, tastes similar but is easier to grow.
Watercress can be seeded outside in a rich, neutral soil (pH 7) kept constantly moist. Sow seeds three millimetres deep and thin to 10 centimetres apart when leaves start to touch. Harvest by snipping off the top eight to 10 centimetres of the plant until small, white flowers appear in early summer. Plants mature in 60 days; stems placed in a glass of water in the refrigerator will stay fresh for up to a week.
Upland cress grows best in rich, moist soil and tolerates some shade. Sow six millimetres deep in rows 25 centimetres apart, thinning to 15 centimetres apart when leaves start to touch. In most of Canada, mulch plants before it snows to enjoy spring greens. Matures in 50 days, but outer leaves can be harvested as soon as the plant produces a rosette of leaves. As the plant ages, harvest milder-tasting leaves from the centre.


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Dear Mr F Goodwin,
After a lot of consideration we have decided to strip you of your Knighthood. Your behaviour when in charge of RBS left a great deal to be desired. Almost anyone I can think of would have loved to make that kind of money.
You made a huge amount of money and salted it away with all the masses of dosh you made previously; and quite right too.
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Agree with you on Hernandez but some of our marquee players looked very lazy this evening.
Wright, Delgado, and Beltran all looked they were on mental vacations. LoDuca's the only guy who looks like he came to play and even he got caught in a stupid play, try to stretch a single.
Let the B team play tomorrow. Let Wright, Beltran, and Delgado pay a hefty fine to the team and carry the bags for a week. LoDuca gets a pass only because he went 4-5.
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Quinoa (pronounced KEEN-wah) is a hot food trend but it is truly an ancient food. Considered the "mother grain" of the Incan civilization in the Andes Mountains of South America, quinoa has become popular here in the Midwestern USA for several reasons.
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We've seen the amazing video of that bull jumping in the crowd at the rodeo over the weekend at the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agriculture Center in Williamston. We spoke to a couple about just how terrifying it was to be in the line of fire and injured in the incident.
A broken foot and a bruised leg are what 67-year-old Butch and 68- year-old Virginia Trimnal suffered after a bull jumped a five foot fence into the front row where they were sitting on Saturday at the rodeo in Williamston Saturday. It was not the first rodeo for either of them, but it was their first at the Ag Center in Williamston. Butch tells WITN the reason they were on the front row is because his wife has health issues preventing her from climbing up the bleachers. Little did they know in the matter of seconds a bull had come over a five-foot fence toward them.
" When I saw the top of his head come across the top rail I knew then he was coming over. The only thing I could think about was getting my wife out of the way so I pushed her off to the side and she landed on the floor," said Butch Trimnal.
The couple says the Ag Center has offered them unlimited tickets to any events in the future along with assisting them with their medical bills.
Williamston, NC -- A day at the Old Ford Fire Department Rodeo in Williamston turned into a scary scene Saturday after officials say a bull jumped into the audience during a show and injured a couple.
According to an eyewitness, rodeo officials were trying to round up the bull after a rider fell off when then bull charged right into the audience. This picture taken by a viewer shows the bull just before it charged the couple in front of it.
Officials say two people were injured. They say the man tried to knock his wife out of the way, but both were injured.
The eyewitness says the bull then jumped right back into the ring and rodeo officials were able to control it.
The rodeo was held at the Senator Bob Martin Eastern Agricultural Center. Department of Agriculture Spokesman Brian Long says the bull jumped some 5 feet into the stands. Long says the couple received leg and foot injuries, but were able to drive themselves home from the hospital.
Ann Conner was with her family at the rodeo and sitting right next to the couple video taping when the bull jumped into the audience.
Conner says, "He's getting closer and closer and then you hear the girls scream and that's when he came sailing just right over the railing. I've never seen an animal jump that high."
EMT's then rushed over to treat the couple. They are expected to be okay.
Martin County Deputy Claud Ambrose says, "I've worked these rodeos probably 7 or 8 years and that's the first time I've ever seen anything like this happen."
Long says the Department of Agriculture, which owns the facility, is investigating the accident.
As for the bull, he wasn't injured in the high jump, and was used in the show later that evening.
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I bought these two gems as a pair and the colors are very similar. I would think that they were made at the same time by the same glass blower.
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Elliot – Boy Name or Girl Name?
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Ok, first thing's first. I'm going answer my own question. Elliot is a boy name.
No, let me rephrase. Elliot is currently a boy name. It could become a girl name, though.
"What!? It's not in the top 1,000 for girls. Stop your crazy-talk."
It's not crazy-talk. Elliot isn't in the top 1,000 for girls, but that's only because baby girls are getting multiple versions of the name. Combine the raw numbers for these various spellings (Eliot, Elliet, Elliette, Elliot, Elliott and Elliotte) and the Elliot group would rank about 703rd for girls. That's well within the top 1,000.
Of course, if we combine spellings for girls, we ought to do the same for boys. Last year there were baby boys named Eliot, Eliott, Elliot and Elliott. The last two versions were popular enough to rank on their own (297th and 350th, respectively) and all four combined would reach 175th.
If we lumped all of those girl and boy Elliots together, we'd have over 2,600 babies. About 16% of those babies would be female.
It's too early to know if Elliot will go the way of Avery and Peyton, but I think the potential is there.
First, 16% is nothing to sneeze at.
Second, there's a pop culture precedent. At least one female TV character is named Elliot.
Third, Elliot does sound rather feminine. It sounds like the girl name Ellie (now ranked 145th and climbing) plus the common French feminine suffix –ette. Parents opting for the "Elliette" spelling have already caught on to this.
Where do you think Elliot is headed–will it remain a boy name? Will it turn into a girl name? Will it reach unisex territory and be mired there indefinitely?
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The French suffixes -ot and -et are masculine diminutives, with -otte and -ette being the feminine equivalents.
Therefore Eliot, Elliot, Eliott, Elliott, Eliet, Elliet, Eliett, and Eliette are male names, and always will be, no matter how many girls have them. Eliotte, Elliotte, Eliette, and Elliette are the female forms, and should be used accordingly.
Another example: Charlot is the masculine diminutive of Charles, while Charlotte is the feminine.
I'd rather see it on males. That said the usage now is transferred from the surname and we know those are all up for grabs by both sexes now, for better or for worse.
In the course of my work, I read a lot of fiction by children, and while I don't think I've seen any Elliots at all as authors, when the name shows up in stories, the character is always a girl. The same is true of Reece and Campbell, which I'm old enough to immediately think of as boys' names, but which the twelve-and-under set apparently associate with girls.
I think that Elliot will remain similar to what it is now – used primarily for boys but every now and then for girls. Since it's been several years since the introduction of the TV show character you mentioned, I think that if this name were destined to become more popular for girls it would already be on its way.
I think the potential is there, too. I must admit to having a knee-jerk reaction against parents "stealing" boy names to use for girl names. I have bristled at the thought of using Simon and Ciaran for girls (seriously, why would you do that instead of using Simone and Ciara? but people have suggested they'd like to do it!)
I can't put my finger exactly on the reason why, but I do tend to prefer names that are unambiguously male or female even though I swear up and down that I try to be as free of gender stereotypes as possible when dealing with people. I just like to know one way or the other when I read a name.
Boy. I don't think it should be used as a girl's name. I know too many Elliots, all male. It sounds weird as a girl's name.
Well, I think it's a thousand percent a boy's name, but my sister's 19 year old friend just had a baby girl and named her Elliot. I guess I could see it going girl, but I certainly hope not.
My 3-year-old daughter's name is Elliott. I had never heard of a girl named Elliott before and I thought it would be cute. I honestly had no idea it would be so controversial. But, after years of criticism, I'm starting to see it's becoming – dare I say – a bit "trendy." I've personally come across 4 other little girl Elliott's and heard of several others (all about my daughter's age and younger.) Who knows if it will officially become a "girl" name (probably not), but I'm glad to see it's becoming a little more accepted.
It's totally a boy name, in my humble opinion. It's also my son's name. I don't really care one way or the other what people do as far as naming their kids, but I just can't picture it on a little girl, especially given that it's my son's name! I think it is strong, masculine and it sounds intelligent and creative.
When my husband and I chose the name we did so based on its meaning, derivative from Elijah and its uniqueness. We are actually big fans of Scrubs, but never considered that it was used on that show for a girl before making our choice.
Interesting debate!
Wow, Monica. So "strong," "intelligent," and "creative" are specifically masculine traits? My daughter will be born within the month, and her name will be Elliot… and, if she follows family-suit, she will be strong, intelligent, and creative. And female.
I'm honestly shocked by people who feel they need to know what sex someone is based on the reading of his or her name. Are human beings still so shallow that they cannot fathom communication with another human being without associating that being with a particular sex? Why *must* people be immediately handled differently based on their sexual organs (not even touching on preference)?
110% a boys name. Having it on a girl would be pretty strange. Name it what you will but I would not find it an attractive feminine name. Dont like to be controversial but that's my opinion and I'm entitled to it :)
Because I have 2 year old twin boys in daycare and I work as a high school psychologist ( I get to talk to many teen moms) ,I get to see a lot of different names, and I have seen many girl Elliots. I do like it on a boy but also a girl. I know a lot of people are against boys names becoming girls names but really I personally think names can be shared, I like Ryan/Ryann/Ryanne for a girl and I don't think that its so bad…
People can name their kids whatever they want these days. I love Elliot for a girl. I am into androgynous first names and think this is perfect paired with a super feminine middle name like Rose. Elliot Rose has a nice ring to it. Plus, if you want, you can call her Elle.
what a great conversation i have a 8 year old daughter called Elliot Mae but she prefers to be called Ellie at the moment and knows no other girls with the name. I find the name a strong feminine name I guess we all have different ideas
I recently saw on a blog a little girl who is two and they spell her name Ellyot. Noticed that spelling wasn't on your list.
If we ever have another girl her name will be Elliot. Unsure of what spelling we would use. Ellyot for the moment is a top contender. To us it is spunky and cute for a little girl but could still work for a grown woman.
Changing and "I" to a "Y" does Not make a name feminine. I would stick with Elliot, Elliott or even Elliotte.. All better then Ellyot…
Thanks Allison. Believe it or not it's not about making the name more feminine. To us it is feminine on it's own. With nicknames like Elle and Ellie I cannot imagine naming my son Elliot. Us liking the spelling Ellyot is just a personal preference. It has nothing to do with trying to be "trendy" or make the name "girly".
could i ask where this data is for? uk? usa?
we named our baby girl Elliot in january this year, we personally love the name (obviously) and loved on the girl on scrubs, and i think actually suits a girl a little better, with the shortnames of ellie and elle, but have unfortunately come across alot of disapprovals (particularly from our parents) and "oh its a boy?" ect.
really glad to see its not quite as unheard of as we first thought :)
I know of plenty of television series with men and women named Elliot. I'm in love with the name especially for girls. I think it should be unisex, but of course I also agree with what most of you have said already, that parents can name their kids whatever they want.
I knew when I named my daughter Elliott that I was inevitably on the upswing of a trend! Dagnabit! Anyway, for me, it is a beautiful family name with deep meaning that reflects my daughter's spunk and spirit. We alternate between calling her Elle, Ellie, and Elliott. People are very rarely rude–we've only gotten a couple confused looks or questions. They usually tell us they think it's cute or pretty, especially after we explain WHY we chose the name.
We are also considering the name Elliott for a girl. For me the name comes from a beloved singer, the late Elliott Smith. My husband loves the name Elle so its a win/win. I have a very unusual name and rarely meet anyone with my name and have always loved being different. Is Elliott that different? Probably not but still on the less popular list and that is appealing to us.
I named my son (born April 2011) Elliott Sawyer. I, obviously, prefer it as a boy's name but I have accepted it as a unisex name. I don't like it but there are many things in life I don't like but have had to accept. :)
We named one of out 18 month twin girls Elliot Louise, her sister is Clancy Jane. We often call her Ellie or ellie-bean :)
Our daughters name is Ellyit Rose and I have had nothing but compliments about her name. I had a plethera of names come to me randomly throughout the pregnancy but this one stuck out the most and longest. I don't like Elliot for a boy at all. Our sons name is Kolten.
In the series "Scrubs" one of the main Characters ( Who is a female ) is named Elliot. lol.
I had twin girls back in 2009 and I named them Emma and Elliott. I've always loved both names and was very excited that I didn't have to choose between the two for a girls, I was able to have them both. We call them M and L for short.
My wife is 8 months pregnant with our third child. We came up with names before we found out gender. Boy would of been Elliott or Henry and a girl was going to be Evelyn. Once we found out we were expecting a girl I was writing her full name down on a notepad and it came to me Elliott with a feminine spelling Elliette. I called my wife and told her and she loved it. I came up with it but I struggled with it for a while because I hate made up names or weird spellings. I wanted Evelyn up until a few weeks ago. Then I found Elliette Ellis online. She was a dress designer who started in the 1950s and continued until the 90s. Her company is called Miss Elliette. Knowing that someone else has had that name for a long time and after reading this page made me turn around and be fully on board for the name. We are also big Elliott Smith fans too. It's a strong name and will be awesome on a girl.
Eliot can be a name for a boy or a girl. I should know. I am an 18 year old female named ELIOT! As long as the parents and the kid like the name who really cares what society thinks. :)
My 6 year old daughter is called Elliot Rose. She is so comfortable with her first name, she is a confident, strong and intelligent girl. I had plenty of comments when she was born 'oh but that's a boys name!' We took a great deal of time and care picking her name. My other daughter is called Eden, another one of those 'unisex' names.
I have an almost 8yr old Eliot Mae daughter, Jan 2004. So glad to see so annual other girl Eliots here. She loves her name, but finds it odd that so many folks think it's a boy's name!! I love traditional boy names for girls, but also named her after the female writer George Eliot and spelled it that way for that reason. We call her Elle a lot, but not Ellie, and just family.. The rest of the world calls her Eliot and most seem to like it.
I'm sorry, but I find it bizarre that someone would name their baby girl a traditionally male name. Same goes with unisex names. Why wouldn't you want to give your child a beautiful,traditionally feminine name? Seems easier for the child. People try too hard to be unique. Remember that you are naming a human being who has to live with the name.
Why COULDN'T you use Elliot for a girl? Why is it so "bizarre" to some people, I don't understand. If my baby is a girl, her name will be Elliot, which can be shortened to Ellie. Maybe people need to be reminded that MANY traditionally male names are now popular for girls?! For example: Robin, Ashley, Leslie, Tristan, Hilary, Kelly…do any of those names seem only appropriate for boys, because that's where they came from!! There are also plenty of female celebrities I can think of with "male" names that don't seem masculine on them at all: Blake Lively, Reese Witherspoon, Cameron Diaz…
"Elliott" isn't inherently a male or a female name. It's a Scottish surname that evolved into a given name. So…it isn't ridiculous to give the name to either a boy or a girl. It isn't "bizarre"…it isn't "1000% a boy name"…and it isn't "French" (so the "French suffix" argument is irrelevant). Most people named (variations of) Elliott just happen to be male right now.
I am considering naming my son Elliot. I agree that it can be used for a boy or girl, but I have to point out that you can shorten Elliot to Eli for a boy. I read the posts about how it shortens to girl nicknames, but it does shorten for boys as well. Either way it is a good name!
My 18 month old, is called Elliotte, she really suits her name, and we occaisonally shorten it to Elle and Ellie. we added the e on the end to make it look a bit more feminine when written down
I love her name, and hope that when she is older she will love it too.
Her full name is elliotte Jane lindsay
My daughters name is Elliot. She is 18 months old. I honestly do not get why anyone is even concerned with what other people name their children. That's what I find odd about all of this. Get a life.
I don't think it's so much about whether a name can ONLY be used for boys or girls, but rather that the trend is worrisome if you want to name your son Elliot. One poster mentioned the fact that names like Robin and Ashley were one exclusively boy names too, and I think that actually sums up the concern. I would never name my son Ashley or Robin or Leslie at this time. So if Elliot is going to go the way of these other names, then I would have to think hard before giving my son that name.
I think what's particularly difficult is that it's hard to know how likely a boy named Elliot would be mistaken for a girl or how likely they would be to have girls with that name in their class. Going by national statistics, it would seem that a boy named Elliot would be far more likely to meet other boys named Elliot than girls named Elliot. But one poster on here mentioned that she'd personally met 4 little girls named Elliot, whereas I've only met one PERSON named Elliot in my entire lifetime. So I have no way of knowing where the girl-Elliot's and boy-Elliot's are located and whether my son would be ever meet another Elliot or whether the only elliots he'd meet would be girls. And if as the person with access to children's literary works says, children these days — despite the statistics to the contrary — PERCEIVE that Elliot is a girl name, then I would be concerned that he'd get teased for his name.
It's not so much that I don't believe that Elliot CAN be used for a girl, it's that, knowing that it is growing in popularity as such gives me pause about using one of my favorite names for a son.
I will be having a girl in November and I have seriously been considering Elliotte for her. I had only heard of one other girl named that (not to mention the television show that had an Eliot, I honestly thought that was her last name since I didn't watch it much). At first I wasn't sure what I thought but then it really grew on me. I would plan to pair Elliotte with a really feminine middle name like Lilly or Sofie. I think it's still a little different but not as different as her mother (me) I grew up with a "different" name and I didn't want something common for her – but not totally off the wall either. I can call her Elli for short and that sounds girly. I like it more for girls than boys just because that's what makes it different. I didn't think I'd find a website devoted to the subject, but that just shows what you can find on Google :)
I am 6 months pregnant. I already have two boys, Edward and Geoffrey. We named my first son Edward after my husband's father who passed away when my husband was a teenager. I really didn't like the name, but I certainly wasn't going to argue with my husband over something like that. Now that my son is five, I am hearing the name Edward all the time for babies… he even had a little girl tell him his name is cool. Imagine that, Edward being a cool name again. Geoffrey told me if we have a baby girl we should name her Elliot, which I laughed away until I started thinking about it and now I really like it for a girl. I think I like the spelling Elliotte, but I'm sure my husband will want to go with Elliot. We'll have to discuss since I got to pick the spelling for Geoffrey, which he wasn't too fond of but it was my turn to pick since he got Edward.
We named our daughter Elliot after watching a Kirstie Alley movie in which she was a missionary doctor named Elliot -long before Scrubs was on TV. I had a 5th grade student say she would name her girl Elliot when she got married, happy to say, her and her husband are the proud parents of a beautiful baby girl named Elliot:)
Also, our daughter, Elliot, is now 24 and happily married with a son. She has never had a nickname – it has always been Elliot (friends – Elliot-Smelliot). When she had a boy move to her school in 3rd grade named Elliot- he was chided about having a girl's name:)
I named my daughter Elliot June in Dec. 2010. Lol and Elliot-Smelliot is one of her long list of nicknames along with smelly ellie, elle, ellie, but almost everyone calls her ellie girl or ellie. I chose Elliot over Ellie because I felt like Ellie is more of a child's name compared to an adult Elliot. I want people: employers, teachers, etc to take her serious. Whereas Ellie might come off as childlike or immature. Elliot is sucha a strong name and thats why I feel in love with it.


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But first here's what the fevered minds at Mac|Life came up with, based on the success of the iPhone/iPod touch as a gaming platform: "Take this nifty little gaming platform and assign it double duty as both a handheld and a console system. The GameDock accommodates the iPhone and iPod touch and hooks directly to your TV and the Internet. Whether you download a game wirelessly via the handheld or wiredly via the GameDock, you pay just once for two versions of the same title.
"This is where things get interesting. When you download a game straight to your handheld, you can immediately begin playing the touch-controlled version of the game. And it's glorious! And the next time you seat your handheld in the GameDock, the console immediately sucks down the full, expanded version of the game from the App Store, and stores it in its voluminous hard drive.
"So now you can play the console version of the very same game -- with more features, more content, expanded controls, and, thanks to the GameDock's integrated graphics processor, better visuals.
"And should you first download a game when your handheld is seated in the GameDock, the 'mini' version of the game shoots straight into your iPhone or touch, ready to play the next time you disengage from the console and hit the road.
"Of course, the GameDock scheme wouldn't be quite so interesting if not for its seamless integration of content. For some game titles, the handheld version of the game exists as sort of an autonomous 'mini game' -- its gameplay model runs independent of the console version's. But for other titles, the handheld and console versions of the same game work together. Gameplay models obviously differ between the mobile and full versions, but each version hooks into the other in creative, novel, symbiotic ways. And through the power of syncing, your progress in level- and achievement-based games is saved and always propelled forward, regardless of which version you're playing."
Pretty clever, huh? But what if, instead, Apple used the GameDock as a way to sell more Macs by offering Mac-only gaming options that tie in with the iPhone and iPod touch? In my scenario (which, I admit, might not be technically possible), Apple wouldn't enter the console game wars, but would turn the Mac into Wii-like computer gaming system.
Instead of connecting to a TV, the GameDock would connect to a Mac (and perhaps be built into high-end iMacs), allowing Apple computers to run the "bigger" versions of the "mini" games on the iPhone and iPod touch that Mac|Life suggested. The GameDock would also allow multi-touch, accelerometer-equipped game controls (made by Apple, natch) to be used with the Mac games.
This might greatly enhance the "halo effect" of the iPhone, iPod touch sales on Apple computers. And it would certainly enhance the number of games available for the Mac.
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of course it should be free roam. u should be able to be bruce wayne and explore all of ur mansion. then take the elevator and go down into the batcave. see all the equipment. etc. etc. change into different costumes. take the batplane or batmobile out and explore a huge gotham city. have little random crimes that go on automatically and then sum u have to trigger. then have the main story. also throughtout being Batman not bruce. have alfred talkin in ur ear. u should be able to climb and grapple to the top of bulidings. also glide, jump and swing around the rooftops. meet nightwing and robin up for sum missions.
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The Pending Home Sales Index, the leading indicator for the housing market, slipped from near-record levels but remains historically high, according to the National Association of Realtors. April and May were the highest months on record for existing-home sales.
The Pending Home Sales Index, based on data collected for May, stands at 124.9, which is 2.0% below April but 3.7% above May 2004. April's downwardly revised reading of 127.5 was second only to a record of 128.1 in October 2004. The index is based on pending sales of existing homes, including single-family and condos; a sale is pending when the contract has been signed but the transaction has not closed. Pending home sales typically close within one or two months of signing.
David Lereah, NAR's chief economist, said the index shows robust home sales were expected for June and July. "Pending home sales are at the third highest on record, so we're looking at a banner year for the housing market," he said. "To put the index in perspective, we're running about 25 percentage points higher than what is considered to be historically strong."
An index of 100 is equal to the average level of contract activity during 2001, the first year to be analyzed. Coincidentally, 2001 was the first of four consecutive record years for existing-home sales. 2001 sales are fairly close to the higher level of home sales expected in the coming decade relative to the norms experienced in the mid-1990s. As such, an index of 100 coincides with a historically high level of home sales activity.
Regionally, the PHSI in the West rose 1.6% to 122.7 in May and was 2.8% above the level of a year ago. In the South, the index slipped 1.2% to 137.2, but was 7.9% higher than May 2004. The Northeast index declined 3.3% to a reading of 116.6 in May, but was 4.9% higher than a year earlier. The index in the Midwest fell 5.7% to 115.0 in May, and was 2.9 below a year ago.
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In 2008, Rick and Darrell found themselves in the Real Estate Bust, and the Great Recession pushed them to explore other business opportunities. Darrell started a small business, initially sourcing teak wood for boat builders from the Rain Forest of Papua New Guinea (PNG)—located north of Australia in the South Pacific.
One afternoon, while eating in a PNG restaurant, Darrell tasted the coffee, which was brewed from beans grown in the Highland Region of Papua New Guinea. One rich, delicious sip, and he knew what he had to do. Darrell became the importer, forming Komobo, and brought the hand-picked, green beans back to Rick. Rick was so impressed by this coffee, he was determined to roast the beans to perfection. He turned to brew master Chris Keesecker of Java Dawg who employed the time-tested tradition of cast-iron roasting, and Rick's dream for the "Unbridled Taste" of Paddock's Coffee TM was born.
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BATON ROUGE—United States Attorney Donald J. Cazayoux, Jr. announced that an Indictment was returned today against Gerald Estrade for threatening to murder a former federal law enforcement officer in violation of federal law. A complaint was filed and arrest warrant issued on January 8, 2013, and Estrade was taken into federal custody at that time.
Gerald Estrade, 56, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, is charged with threatening to kill the former United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, James "Jim" Letten, and his family.
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The Phoenix Swim Club, site of the 2000 U.S. Masters Swimming Short Course National Championships and of USA Swimming Grand Prix meets in 1996, '97 and '98, has been purchased by Athletes International Ministries (AIM).
The 10 acre complex, which includes a 50 meter x 25 yd and 25m main pool, and a 25m practice pool, will be called the Boreyko/AIM Sports Complex. The swim club will continue to be called the Phoenix Swim Club.
The price includes a $1 million endowment, $150,000 to pay outstanding debts and taxes, and $1 million for renovations. Scheduled renovations include expanded locker facilities ,toilets and showers, an upgrade of the weight room, a new indoor lesson pool for children, and an enclosure for the 25 meter pool. All renovations, including a bulkhead will be ready well in advance of the 2000 Masters Nationals, according to Richard Bonney, Director of Operations.
Gary Hall, M.D. will remain as president of the Phoenix Swim Foundation, Bonney will remain as director of operations, and the entire coaching staff will remain.