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We know the weekly feature in which we rip various sportswriters is on hiatus, but we can't let the earth complete one more revolution on its axis without commenting on our friend Jay Mohr, online journalism's answer to Paris Hilton. Call it Why Your Internet Columnist Sucks, and bear with us, please, while we vent.
In his latest column over at SI.com, the poor man's Denis Leary takes a poke at Little League baseball, trotting out the weary, cliched premise that kids' leagues which don't keep score are somehow preparing our youth for pea coats and collective farming. Mohr complains that his Godson, who plays in a T-ball league for 6- and 7-year-olds, hit two home runs that were limited to doubles because of the league's no-homer rule. Also, the game was declared a tie even though his team won. Says Mohr:
I am so sick and tired of all the coddling that goes on in kids' sports these days. If your child feels bad when he gives up a home run, then help him get over it. Why not teach kids at a young, impressionable age that there are winners and losers? Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. That's what the game — and life — is all about.
We agree with Mohr that life isn't fair sometimes — like that time we had to sit through Crash, for instance. But while Mohr the neo-journalist is at that impressionable young age, he needs to be made aware of two things: First, the "Kids these days are too soft and parents are too overprotective" angle ceased to be fresh many years ago ... in fact, French archeologists have found cave paintings dealing with the subject as far back as 18,000 B.C. Second, no Little League in our wide and wonderful land implements hitting restrictions such as these all the way through every age division. It's only in some T-ball leagues — for 6- and 7-year-olds — that home runs are not allowed, and if you ask the typical child of that age how he feels about it, he won't care; he'd rather be at home playing in mud anyway.
Mohr, by the way, is a devout Yankees fan who claims that his team's traditional success has nothing to do with payroll — making him one of the last members of baseball's version of the Flat Earth Society.
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WICHITA — A privately funded trade office designed to promote Wichita's aviation industry in China has opened in Beijing.
The office will work to connect Wichita and Chinese businesses for parts, maintenance and other products and services.
The office is a pilot project initially budgeted at $300,000 to $500,000, according to officials with the Kansas Global Trade Services, which is overseeing the office.
Private sponsors from both China and the U.S. are funding the office, said officials, who noted that Beechcraft and Cessna Aircraft already have donated enough to fund the program for the first year.

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The alleged gunman who injured four outside a downtown Houma nightclub early Sunday is now behind bars, police said.
The alleged gunman who injured four outside a downtown Houma nightclub early Sunday is now behind bars, police said.
Deandre Woodside, 101 High St., Houma, turned himself in to police hours after the shooting, Police Chief Todd Duplantis said Monday.
He is charged with five counts of attempted first-degree murder and remains in the Terrebonne Parish jail. If convicted of attempted murder, he faces up to 50 years in prison.
The shooting happened about 1 a.m. Sunday outside of The City Club, 7861 Main St., following a fight that started inside, police said.
"It appears it was a dispute between two individuals inside the lounge, it spilled out outside and we had the shooting," Duplantis said.
Four of the counts stem from the three men and one woman who were left with non-life-threatening injuries, Duplantis said. All remain unidentified.
The fifth charge resulted from a gunshot that penetrated the boot of a responding officer. The officer was not injured.
Joshua Woodside, 410 Ashlawn Ave., was also arrested on a charge of inciting a riot related to the shooting.
It was not immediately clear what role Woodside played in the shooting. Duplantis said police are not yet ready to divulge details because of the ongoing nature of the investigation.
Duplantis said he couldn't immediately provide an update on the conditions of the four gunshot victims.
Duplantis said he expects more arrests to follow.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Jerry Brown is undergoing radiation treatment for prostate cancer, his office said Wednesday.
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He said it is being treated with a short course of conventional radiotherapy. He called the governor's prognosis excellent.
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Yellow Sockets & Disc Stats
I'm not a big fan of yellow sockets. They throw me for a loop. And from looking at other disc priests, it seems there's plenty of disagreement about what to put in your yellow sockets.
Here's what I've got in my yellows right now:
2 runed
1 reckless
1 luminous
And I just socketed over one potent. What gives?
Lucky for me, I'm only interested in one thing at the moment: 25-man bubble-botting discipline. Poor Dawn, having to recommend gems for all purposes, all playstyles. I have it easy!
But first, a blog post
I wrote my last post right after giving up on guilds on my server. The one guild of interest to me hadn't responded to my app after two weeks, so I interpreted that to mean "no thanks." Well, the day after I posted I got a tell from their recruitment officer, and 15 minutes later had a ginvite. Many thanks to my future wife for going to bat for me. (She doesn't know it yet, shhh.) So now I'm back to raiding, doing 7/12 hard modes. Sweet!
And my move across country is pretty definite, but won't happen for another five weeks. So I have some quality raiding time before…well, I don't know what will happen then.
Stats for bubble bots
Wait, haven't we covered this before?
Why yes, yes we have. I apologize if this is redundant for you. The following analysis only applies to 25-man bubble-spamming disc priests. No other healing scenario lends itself to this kind of oversimplification. Under normal circumstances, you'll be casting 9 shields and PoM, rinse & repeat. Obviously you'll cast the occasional Penance, or Pain Suppression, whatever. So this is not exact, but it gives a fine approximation, which is enough for our purposes.
Do not try this for holy. Do not try this for 10-man disc healing. Or for any other healing spec. Healers are not like DPS classes; we cannot be reduced to Patchwerk-style simcrafting.
Haste: Because of the way Borrowed Time works, bubble-spamming disc priests need about 150 haste rating to reach the soft cap, which is where your GCD hits its minimum of one second. You probably had this much haste the day you hit 80 and are scary past that now. Therefore haste has zero value for a bubble bot.
Crit: Power Word: Shield can't crit. But its glyph can. So you get 20% value for crit. PoM bounces can crit, of course, but you get five bounces (at most) per nine shields. So we'll boost the value of crit by half to 0.3. Good enough for science.
Spell power: Your shields grow by about 1.5 hit points for every point of spell power. (Yes, that's where all of our talent points are going!) This is our super-stat for super-sized shields.
So, to sum it up:
Spell power = 1.5
Crit = 0.3
Haste = 0
And you can fill in your own stat weights for intellect & spirit.
I've been using Halion for the last week or so. It matches nicely with my other crit/haste gear, of which I have a ton. It also looks awesome.
The thing is, once I got it I started OOMing on every fight, 10 or 25, with or without replenishment. (That's because I'm always casting!) Even doing my best to abuse the Rapture bug, I still popped more mana pots and begged for more innervates than I have in a long time. Thanks to Matron for indirectly kicking my butt.
So I gemmed full luminous in all my red and yellow sockets. And did not regret it one bit, despite the insane amount of conformism and peer pressure amongst disc priests to gem runed only, ever.
What's the numeric value of luminous? It only has value if you need the mana. If you don't, it's obviously the wrong gem to use. In fact, last night I got a new staff, Heroic Dying Light. It has so much additional intellect, and an ungainly amount of spirit, that after using it for a few fights (including LK25) I've decided to drop my luminous gems for runed. So far so good. (And yes, I am still always casting!!)
There are two reasons to socket haste: First, haste is an excellent stat for 10-man tank healers. If you do both 10 and 25 seriously then reckless is a viable gem to use.
The second reason is that haste is the best yellow stat for shadow priests. Any piece of gear you share with shadow will likely have reckless in it.
For bubble-bots though, haste is useless. If those two conditions don't apply to you, reckless is kryptonite. Don't touch it.
Crit is also an excellent stat for 10-man tank healers. And for bubble-bots, well, it's not terrible, but it's still not very good. It has about 1/5 the value of spell power, which means you'd need an unreasonably good socket bonus before using a potent gem for your bubble-spam role. Bottom line: probably not.
(This article is required reading if you want to know the relationship between crit & haste for disc priests.)
As you can see, a lot depends on what you do when you're not bubble-botting. If you have more than one job, you'll need to prioritize your gemming towards one or the other.
And remember, gemming is a minor component of your healing!
Full-time bubble-bot: You have only two choices. Runed or luminous.
Bubble-bot / 10-man: You have three choices: Runed , luminous, or reckless. Potent is also acceptable.
Bubble-bot / Shadow: You have two choices: Runed or reckless.
Ah, the flow chart!
Blue sockets?
Exercise for the reader.


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You have to feel for Faust; slaving away at his studies for years on end not getting anywhere. It's almost no surprise that he went for the option of summoning the demon Méphistophélès and swapping his hell-dwelling visitor's services on earth for eternal torment. It's a compelling tale based upon a centuries-old legend - immortalized in literature by Goethe - that since that time has been referenced in hundreds if not thousands of other works including Gounod's opera which premiered in 1859.
In film, diabolical deals crop up in a number of works including The Coen brother's O Brother, Where Art Thou?, with the character Tommy Johnson selling his soul to the devil at a crossroads for the ability to 'play the guitar real good' (the film in turn is a 1930s era retelling of The Odyssey). There's also a hint of Faust in The Godfather with the undertaker asking the feared character of Don Corleone for a favour, only for the gangster to request a favour in return. Both versions of Bedazzled (the 2000 remake starring Liz Hurley) also involve deals with the devil in disguise.
Television also provides a number of examples of the Faustian theme. One of the most well known examples of recent years involves a Halloween special episode of The Simpsons that parodies Faust with Homer Simpson selling his soul to the Devil (in this case played by the usually saintly neighbour Ned Flanders) for a donut. Other examples occur in Lost, The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Other works of literature too have incorporated the theme – Oscar Wilde's The Portrait of Dorian Gray telling the tale of a young aristocrat who sells his soul to be eternally young with shocking and destructive results. Isaac Asimov also included satanic soul-selling in his science fiction stories as did Bulgakov in The Master and Margarita which sees the Devil in disguise visiting 1930s Moscow.
And finally popular music has also taken a influence from the work. Examples include the at-times nonsensical lyrics of Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody (in particular the operatic section) being interpreted as a murderer selling his soul and atoning on the night of his execution. Blues guitarist Robert Johnson (like his similarly-named aforementioned counterpart) was also said to have acquired his musical skill through a fiendish exchange with Lucifer. Radiohead have also taken influence from the work, most notably the tracks Faust ARP and Videotape – the latter featuring the lyrics "Mephistopheles is just beneath / and he's reaching up to grab me".
There are a wealth of other cultural references to Faust. If you'd like to share one you know of, let us know by commenting below.
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Boston Calling, a two-day music festival, takes place Saturday and Sunday on City Hall Plaza. Musical acts include The Shins, Fun, Of Monsters and Men, Young the Giant, Andrew Bird, Marina and the Diamonds, Matt and Kim, The Walkmen, Youth Lagoon, Portugal, Young the Giant, The Man, and others. The music begins at 1:30 p.m. both days. Tickets are $120 to $325. www.bostoncalling.com, www.ticketmaster.com
"Rapture, Blister, Burn" by the Huntington Theatre Co. is the story of college friends who take different paths through life and come together years later only to wonder who made the better choice. The comedy examines family, career, romance, and the way we make life decisions. There are shows at 8 p.m. Saturday and 7 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $15 to $60. Boston Center for the Arts, 539 Tremont St., Boston. May 24-June 22, 617 266-0800, www.huntingtontheatre.org.
Club Passim fires up the Campfire for the 10th consecutive year. The weekend music festival began as a way to bring artists into the club on slow holiday weekends, but has since developed into a showcase for new talent. Dozens of artists, including Chrissi Poland, Andrew Kerr, Lloyd Thayer, Jean Rohe and Rachel McCartney, will make music during the weekend. It begins at noon Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Tickets are $10 per day. 47 Palmer St., Cambridge. 617-492-7679, www.clubpassim.org.
Guerilla Opera's production of "Giver of Light," a drama inspired by the true events of the 13th-century Sufi mystic poet, Rumi, sets the story in contemporary Midwestern America, where a man encounters a mystic who forever changes his life. Shows are at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for seniors, and free for students. Boston Conservatory, 8 The Fenway, Boston. 617-912-9222, www.bostonconservatory.edu/tickets.


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Even before the telltale-missed period, your body may send out signals that you've conceived, says Shari Brasner, an OB-GYN and author of Advice From a Pregnant Obstetrician. These include breast tenderness, bigger or darker areolas, fatigue, and frequent urination. Some newly pregnant women experience light bleeding at the time their periods are due. "The fertilized egg burrows into the wall of the uterus," explains Dr. Brasner. "This can cause bleeding that women might mistake for a period."


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Martyr Heliodorus and 30 others in Pisidia and Phrygia
The Holy Martyrs Alexander, Alpheius, Zosimus, Mark the Shepherd, Nikon, Neon, Heliodorus and others suffered for confessing the Christian Faith in various places of Asia Minor during the reign of Diocletian (284-305).
Saints Nikon, Neon, Heliodorus and other young men and women saw all the idols in the temple of Artemis fall down and smash to pieces when they carried the head of Saint Mark the Shepherd inside. They believed in Christ, confessed their faith and died as martyrs at Maromilium.


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Readers comment on pedestrians in crosswalks, lighting Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, climate change and more.
Look before crossing
I saw the recent story about the problem on Southwest 62nd Avenue with people being hit in the crosswalks. If you are attempting to walk across the path of a two-ton vehicle, yield to the larger body.
It is state law that vehicles must stop for people in the crosswalk. However, the law of physics dictates the winner in this case. Just because a vehicle is supposed to stop doesn't mean they will. It is better to wait for a break in the traffic than to be hit.
Sure, the driver can and will be cited but that will not unbreak the bones or bring the victim back to life. There is an attitude that people have about a state law overriding common sense. If the people who live along that road would turn off their iPods, put away the smart phones and just pay attention, there would be fewer accidents.
Mitch Mallard,
Why light stadium?
While watching the Florida-Kentucky game on ESPN last week, the aerial shots shown of the O'Connell Center revealed the empty Ben Hill Griffin Stadium gloriously lit up.
The University of Florida constantly complains how its budget is being slashed and it cannot afford to do this or that. How much did the power cost to keep the stadium lit for how many hours for what possible reason? The university needs to look inside for cost savings before asking for more Florida taxpayer dollars while it wasted our money to keep the lights on.
Rick Ford,
Dehumanizing word
Thank you for the sympathetic Feb. 13 editorial about Florida students whose parents are undocumented.
As a member of the Interfaith Alliance for Immigrant Justice, I have met many talented students at UF who have had to drop out of school because they could not work enough hours to pay for out-of-state tuition, or have had their siblings experience this situation. This is due to the profoundly unfair standards for residency in our state, one that punishes students because their parents cannot attain proper immigration status.
While I applaud The Sun for publishing commentary with such a strong civil-rights stance, I would like to make an appeal that you change your word usage from "illegal" immigrant to "undocumented." As a formerly undocumented immigrant, I have felt the sting this pejorative and inaccurate word.
I still find it very dehumanizing and strongly implore The Sun to reconsider its policy.
Candy Herrera,
Science is undeniable
Sen. Marco Rubio claims that despite the "significant scientific consensus" that man-made activity is contributing to climate change, he has seen "reasonable debate" on whether this is true.
With the recent wave of extreme weather, we cannot afford to have our elected leaders championing climate denial and ignoring the biggest challenge of our generation.
Of course, what Rubio said is just not true. The science is undeniable: according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Earth's average temperature has risen by 1.4�F over the past century, and is projected to rise another 2 to 11.5�F over the next hundred years." Fossil-fuel emissions are the primary cause of this rapid increase and continue to be.
I am a young voter at the University of Florida. At my campus, we are committed to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions and investing in renewable energy.
It's time our elected leaders stop debating and start taking action.
Heather Dean,
Not just unfortunate
Richard DesChesnes wrote Feb. 13 regarding the Newtown, Conn., tragedy, "It is unfortunate that so many children were killed by a deranged individual. If current laws were observed, it might not have happened." The cold-blooded slaughter of 20 innocent children and six heroic adults is "unfortunate?" I wonder if the families of those gunned down would refer to the murder of their child, sister, mother, or wife as unfortunate? It is unfortunate when you are late to work because your car broke down. It is unfortunate when your air conditioner breaks on the hottest day of the year.
What happened in Newtown was not unfortunate. It was terrifying, horrifying, gut-wrenchingly sad, traumatic, heartbreaking and other adjectives that I can't even imagine because I'm not the parent of a murdered 6-year old child. DesChesnes' word choice was not only unfortunate but grossly inadequate and inappropriate.
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http://www.greencarcongress.com/2017/11/20171110-calh2.htmlFive additional hydrogen stations proposed for California
The California Energy Commission has issued a "Revised Notice of Proposed Awards" that recommends five additional hydrogen fueling stations previously recommended for funding by Energy Commission staff. The newly awarded stations are:
Beverly Hills (FirstElement Fuel)
Studio City (FirstElement Fuel)
San Jose (Shell)
Redwood City (FirstElement Fuel)
Mission Hills (FirstElement Fuel)
The Energy Commission's commissioners must approve the awards at an upcoming meeting before they are considered "awarded." With this addition, California has a total of 66 retail hydrogen stations open, in development, and proposed.
SageBrush wrote:The ARB report reads like an advert.
I was surprised to read that H2 still costs $10 a Kg despite the majority being sourced from NG. For the Mirai that works out to ~ 16 cents a mile ... for a car that costs $57k to the consumer ... that is thought to cost Toyota $100k in losses on every car.
They have a LONG way to go, California funded H2 fueling stations or not.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/2018/01/20180114-doe.htmlDOE analysis suggests rapid convergence of FCEV and BEV TCOs; FCEVs less expensive for majority of LDV fleet by 2040; mass compounding
GRA wrote:As Toyota, along with Honda and Hyundai are still eating ca. $15k in fuel costs per FCEV
WetEV wrote:GRA wrote:As Toyota, along with Honda and Hyundai are still eating ca. $15k in fuel costs per FCEV
At $150 per kWh, the expected battery cell cost in 2025, that would be the same as adding 100kWh.
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Furious 'Duck Dynasty' fans loaded for bear
Now U.S. Congress diving into sordid fray
WASHINGTON — Sarah Palin and Gov. Bobby Jindal are among those coming to the defense of "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson over his comments on homosexuality, but their words pale in comparison to Rep. Steve Stockman, R-Texas, who is targeting the star's network with both guns blazing.
A&E Network suspended "Duck Dynasty" star Phil Robertson from his own television show after calling homosexuality illogical, while proffering his male viewpoint preferring female anatomy to that of other men.
The congressman from Texas said he is "fuming" over the controversy.
"Your personal views on private relationships aside, the radical left once again seeks to personally destroy anyone who voices an opinion different than theirs," writes Stockman.
He continued, "The liberal war on speech must end now. Liberals define "tolerance" the same way the Soviets defined "peace" — the eradication of opposition. They are on a mission to eradicate dissent. Please stand with Phil today."
He pointed out that Robertson never personally condemned anyone and simply stated what his Christian faith teaches, but may have lost his job.
"And trust me, you are next," the Texan claimed, warning, "They will target YOU in YOUR workplace if we don't punch back."
Whether one agrees with Phil Robertson or not, said Stockman, "it is wrong to take away a man's job for voicing his personal religious beliefs."
Stockman also noted he stood up for Tuffy the Rodeo Clown "when the radical Left took away his job for taking part in a skit that has mocked all presidents past and president."
The National Organization for Marriage is wading into the fray, with an online petition demanding that Robertson be reinstated with an apology from A&E.
The group posted this statement on their website:
The gay lobby bullies are at it again. This time they've attacked one of the most popular Christians in America — Phil Robertson, patriarch of Duck Dynasty's Robertson family. They are calling him "vile" and say he is pushing "extreme stereotypes" and "lies." The grossly misnamed Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and their Hollywood ally GLAAD have demanded that Phil be punished and, incredibly, Wednesday night A&E succumbed to the gay bullies and suspended Phil Robertson!
What is this man guilty of that would spur such "outrage" and result in him being banned by A&E?
Even the words of President Ronald Reagan appear to apply to the arguments today. At a Dallas prayer breakfast in 1984, Reagan addressed the importance of religion in America.
"Those who created our country, the Founding Fathers and Mothers, understood that there is a divine order which transcends the human order," he said. He cited the Mayflower Compact ("In the name of God"), the Declaration of Independence ("Nature's God"), and the fact oaths of office are oaths "before God."
"The state was tolerant of religious belief, expression and practice. … Society, too, was tolerant," he said. Until the courts took prayer out of schools, and the attacks began.
"Those who are attacking religion claim they are doing it in the name of tolerance, freedom and open-mindedness. Question. Isn't the real truth that they are intolerant of religion?"
Stockman's fellow Texan, Sen. Ted Cruz also weighed in, posting this message on his Facebook page:
Free Speech Matters
The reason that so many Americans love Duck Dynasty is because it represents the America usually ignored or mocked by liberal elites: a family that loves and cares for each other, believes in God, and speaks openly about their faith.
If you believe in free speech or religious liberty, you should be deeply dismayed over the treatment of Phil Robertson. Phil expressed his personal views and his own religious faith; for that, he was suspended from his job. In a free society, anyone is free to disagree with him–but the mainstream media should not behave as the thought police censoring the views with which they disagree.
Fans of "Duck Dynasty" have turned to social media to oppose the suspension, with at least seven variations of "Bring Back Phil Robertson" pages now on Facebook.
The most popular among them had 300,000 likes as of early Thursday morning.
The Facebook page features a link to a petition calling on A&E networks to "end the wrongful suspension of Phil Robertson." The petition had over 32,000 supporters early Thursday morning.
Others Facebook pages include: I Back Phil Robertson, Phil Robertson Support Page and Phil Robertson For President.
And the website IStandWithPhil.com has also launched a massive petition to fight A&E's treatment of Robertson.
The Arts & Entertainment Network, better known as A&E, gave Robertson the boot Wednesday after learning of his remarks.
"It seems like, to me, a vagina – as a man – would be more desirable than a man's anus, " said Phil Robertson. "That's just me. I'm just thinking: There's more there! She's got more to offer. I mean, come on, dudes! You know what I'm saying? But hey, sin: It's not logical, my man. It's just not logical."
"We are extremely disappointed to have read Phil Robertson's comments in GQ, which are based on his own personal beliefs and are not reflected in the series Duck Dynasty," A&E said in a statement. "His personal views in no way reflect those of A&E Networks, who have always been strong supporters and champions of the LGBT community. The network has placed Phil under hiatus from filming indefinitely."
Robertson's comments came in an interview with GQ magazine, where he championed biblical values and the battle against breaking God's commandments.
"Everything is blurred on what's right and what's wrong … Sin becomes fine. Start with homosexual behavior and just morph out from there. Bestiality, sleeping around with this woman and that woman and that woman and those men," he said.
Paraphrasing Corinthians, he says, "Don't be deceived. Neither the adulterers, the idolaters, the male prostitutes, the homosexual offenders, the greedy, the drunkards, the slanderers, the swindlers – they won't inherit the kingdom of God. Don't deceive yourself. It's not right."
"We're Bible-thumpers who just happened to end up on television," he says of his family's instant rise to fame. "You put in your article that the Robertson family really believes strongly that if the human race loved each other and they loved God, we would just be better off. We ought to just be repentant, turn to God, and let's get on with it, and everything will turn around."
But Phil, 67, also indicated he's not too concerned with how other people are living.
"We never, ever judge someone on who's going to heaven, hell. That's the Almighty's job. We just love 'em, give 'em the good news about Jesus – whether they're homosexuals, drunks, terrorists. We let God sort 'em out later, you see what I'm saying?"
See why Duck Commander Phil Robertson is "Happy, Happy, Happy." And get up close and personal with The Duck Commander Family
Sarah Palin says the suspension of "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson over recent comments he made about homosexuality is an attack on free speech.
Palin re-posted a picture of her meeting with the stars of the A&E show on her Facebook page Wednesday night, writing that "intolerants" were behind the suspension of the show's star.
"Free speech is an endangered species. Those 'intolerants' hatin' and taking on the Duck Dynasty patriarch for voicing his personal opinion are taking on all of us," Palin wrote.
Earlier this month, Palin met the cast of the show when she was in Monroe, La., on her book tour and posted several photos of their time together on her Facebook page.
Gov. Bobby Jindal, R-La., also criticized Robertson's suspension by A&E.
"I remember when TV networks believed in the First Amendment. It is a messed up situation when Miley Cyrus gets a laugh, and Phil Robertson gets suspended," said Jindal in a prepared statement sent through email and Twitter this morning.
The governor also described Robertson and his family members, who all appear on the reality television show together, as "great citizens of the state of Louisiana."
"The politically correct crowd is tolerant of all viewpoints, except those they disagree with. I don't agree with quite a bit of stuff I read in magazine interviews or see on TV. In fact, come to think of it, I find a good bit of it offensive. But I also acknowledge that this is a free country and everyone is entitled to express their views," said Jindal.
The homosexual activist group GLAAD is blasting Robertson's remarks as "vile."
"Phil and his family claim to be Christian, but Phil's lies about an entire community fly in the face of what true Christians believe," said spokesperson Wilson Cruz.
"He clearly knows nothing about gay people or the majority of Louisianans – and Americans – who support legal recognition for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples. Phil's decision to push vile and extreme stereotypes is a stain on A&E and his sponsors who now need to reexamine their ties to someone with such public disdain for LGBT people and families."
"The long knives are out for Phil Robertson," noted radio giant Rush Limbaugh. "The left is hysterical. Rather than just let it go … they're making a huge, huge deal out of it. It's outrageous. But his views … they line up almost exactly with the views of the new BFF (best friend forever) of the libs, the Catholic Church."
The controversy has prompted Robertson to issue somewhat of a backtrack, as A&E released a statement Wednesday from Phil.
"I myself am a product of the '60s; I centered my life around sex, drugs and rock and roll until I hit rock bottom and accepted Jesus as my Savior. My mission today is to go forth and tell people about why I follow Christ and also what the Bible teaches, and part of that teaching is that women and men are meant to be together," says the duck hunter.
Robertson continues, "However, I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty and like Him, I love all of humanity. We would all be better off if we loved God and loved each other."
Regarding the future of his megapopular television show, Robertson said the end is at least fairly near.
"Let's face it," he says. "Three, four, five years, we're out of here. You know what I'm saying? It's a TV show. This thing ain't gonna last forever. No way."
And on sacrificing the family's privacy in order to spread the good word:
"For the sake of the Gospel, it was worth it. … All you have to do is look at any society where there is no Jesus. I'll give you four: Nazis, no Jesus. Look at their record. Uh, Shintos? They started this thing in Pearl Harbor. Any Jesus among them? None. Communists? None. Islamists? Zero. That's eighty years of ideologies that have popped up where no Jesus was allowed among those four groups. Just look at the records as far as murder goes among those four groups."
The interview is sparking plenty of public reaction online, including:
- "Well, I guess that's the end of Duck Dynasty. No way the show won't be canceled now."
- "I'm glad someone with notoriety is standing up to these perverts and their demented lifestyle."
- "Atta boy, Phil! I applaud you for saying what you mean and meaning what you say. Hang in there … as our pastor always says … be worried when you are not getting crucified and attacked by people, because that means you are not doing what you are supposed to be doing being a follower of Jesus Christ. And, if you are getting attacked and criticized, then you must be doing something right! Thank you, Phil, for taking a stand! Satan will do anything to cause turmoil and conflict between believers and deceive. Kudos to Phil!"
- "Praise God for these men to have the courage to stand 'UP' for God's word in what is right and what is wrong. Wrong is sin."
- "Phil's not anti-gay. He's pro-vagina!"
The slew of Twitter reactions made Phil Robertson a trending topic on Wednesday and Thursday. The hashtag #IStandWithPhil gained popularity after A&E released a statement about Robertson's suspension.
"Duck Dynasty" has been a ratings juggernaut for A&E, recently drawing nine million viewers for its Christmas special.
Robertson may appear in some previously taped scenes when "Duck Dynasty" returns Jan. 15 for its fifth season, a network rep said.


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The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX100V, first announced in February, is hitting stores in April and Pocket-lint has managed to get an afternoon with it for a hands-on play around Kenilworth Castle in England.
The new model's key selling point is that it delivers a mind boggling 30x optical zoom in a camera that isn't going to be "that" big or "that" heavy; "that" should give you plenty of chance to perv on your neighbours, and anyone else for that matter, from afar.
Thankfully, the camera comes with optical SteadyShot image stabilisation with Active Mode, which means that you won't get a stack of photos that are all blurry because you've not been able to keep your hands steady - understandable at that magnification.
30x zoom is as you might expect, pretty impressive, and it certainly allowed us to get close enough to see things that we couldn't see with our naked eye - we estimate it's the equal to walking about 200 metres closer to your subject - handy if you can't physically get that close.
But it's not just about zooming in, the new HX100V adds more to the mix over and above the HX1, released last year, that it replaces.
One of the big changes is that it now comes with a manual zoom focus ring as well as the W-T toggle around the shutter button and this does give it an "SLR" like feel.
The ring can be used to zoom in and out, and then for manual focus, however it's a long cry from the implementation of the control ring found on the Canon PowerShot S95. Unfortunately we found zooming in in this way on the pre-production model we were testing slower than using the toggle switch - that might be because it was pre-production.
Inside and you'll get a 16.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS Sensor that is now standard across the company's new Cyber-shot cameras - the HX7, HX9, WX7, and WX10.
That means, say Sony, that you'll get a new high-res panoramic scene mode, that at the press the shutter button and sweep of the camera allows you to capture huge panoramic images with an incredible 10480 x 4096 resolution, over 40 million pixels.
You'll also get an intelligent auto mode as well as a superior auto mode. The difference between them is that the superior mode will also work to enhance the image with HDR-like effects when needed rather than just choosing the right scene mode.
Geotagging is via a built-in GPS, and this being a camera from Sony the chance to snap 3D images as well.
In our brief play the camera performed well, the superior auto effects appeared virtually instantly and the zoom's stabilisation was good from what we can tell from the pictures we have. It's worth pointing out that Sony have said that while the hardware is 100 per cent finalised the images are only around 90 per cent with final tweaks still to be made before the camera comes out in April.
Other points of note is that the Alpha fleck design has trickled down here to the casing, and that you get an electronic viewfinder as well as a 3-inch tiltable LCD screen on which to see all this stuff going on.
The camera is expected to cost around £400 when it hits the shops in April.
We plan to have a more in-depth First Look review in the next couple of days


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LETTER: 'Councilmember Intentionally Misrepresenting Annexation Issue'
B-Town Blog:
At the White Center and B-Town Blog-sponsored public debate last Tuesday, October 2, Burien City Council member Jerry Robison stated that "if White Center does not vote to go to Burien now, next year, Seattle would annex White Center and could do it without a vote of its residents."
It is the view of Independent White Center committee, a group opposing annexation, that Mr. Robison continues to intentionally misrepresent this complex issue to frighten White Center residents.
We asked Seattle City Council member Jean Godden, Vice Chair of the Seattle Parks and Neighborhoods committee, to respond to Mr. Robison's claim. Her response is included below in an email sent to Mark Ufkes, member of the Independent White Center committee:
Just checked my emails and found yours. As we are in the middle of back-to-back budget briefings and about to have a budget public hearing, I apologize for being slow in responding. I should let you know that, misinformation to the contrary, the Seattle City Council has never within my tenure (nine years) contemplated annexing White Center without a vote. As budget constraints currently stand, we are unlikely to seriously consider such a move in the near future. And, as you point out, even if we were to take the issue up again, we would require a vote of those affected before taking any action.
You certainly can share that information,
Jean Godden
P.S. We are presently working on a biennial budget. And, whereas Seattle is in better shape financially than in any of the past four years, I have seen no budget item nor legislative statement that would indicate that Seattle would be looking at any annexation proposals in 2013.
– Mark Ufkes
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Chris Brown is known for his catchy tunes, schoolboy charm and smooth dance moves.
Brown also made headlines in February 2009 when he was arrested in connection with an alleged assault of his pop-star girlfriend, Rihanna. The incident prompted Brown and Rihanna to skip the Grammmy Awards and threatened Brown's wholesome image.
Chris Brown took the music scene by storm in 2005 when "Run It!" — a track from his self-titled debut album — topped the Billboard singles chart. The R&B singer's other hits include "Kiss Kiss" and "With You," both off his sophomore release, "Exclusive."
Not only can Brown sing and dance, he can act, too. He starred in "This Christmas" and "Stomp the Yard," both released in 2007.


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Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2013 is a 60-day trial build of Microsoft's flagship productivity suite.
The program includes the 2013 versions of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, OneNote, Access, Publisher, and Lync. These won't run on Windows XP or Vista, unfortunately. and you can't install them alongside an earlier release of Office, either. It's one or the other.
The download link here takes you to the Microsoft site, where you'll need to register with a Microsoft account, and will be given a product key (make a note of this, or print it, as you'll need the key to activate the program later).
And once the process is complete you should be able to download the build. Either 32 or 64-bit versions are on offer, and both come in the form of an IMG CD image.
One potential small irritation here is that the 64-bit image is 769MB in size, so you may find your disc burning software says it's too large to save to a CD, and can't be burned to a DVD. If you have similar problems then the simplest solution is probably to use something like 7-Zip to extract the contents of the IMG file, then burn the contents to a DVD, just like any other data disc.
A simple way to get a free look at the next incarnation of Office


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Monday, September 10, 2012
Moth in a box
Posted by Sarah at 10:31 PM 7 comments
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Spooky Halloween Book No 3.
Posted by Sarah at 11:02 PM 7 comments
Halloween Book 2
Posted by Sarah at 10:55 PM 2 comments
itty bitty Halloween Book
Posted by Sarah at 10:51 PM 1 comments
Sunday, August 05, 2012
One day I am going to make myself a book..
Love Sarah
Posted by Sarah at 9:17 PM 6 comments
Friday, August 03, 2012
Little itty bitty princess book
etsy. Just about to finish up another book and hopefully list that one tonight, then onto some halloween books, I cant wait..
Love Sarah
Posted by Sarah at 1:38 PM 4 comments
Saturday, July 28, 2012
working away happily
Posted by Sarah at 9:52 PM 6 comments
Sunday, July 01, 2012
Etsy store re-opened.
Have a great day one and all..
Love Sarah
Posted by Sarah at 9:38 AM 3 comments
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Another teaser
Posted by Sarah at 11:26 PM 3 comments
Sneak peak at more books
Posted by Sarah at 11:22 PM 0 comments
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
new little book
Posted by Sarah at 11:18 AM 7 comments
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Sneak peak
Love Sarah
Posted by Sarah at 6:54 PM 7 comments
Monday, May 28, 2012
I'm backkkk....
Hi there Bloggers, its me Sarah! Sarah who you ask? Me, its me I am back, finally after more than a year away playing mum again, I am once again at the table creating. And it feels good. I am loving getting inky, gluey dirty fingers all over again. Even this little one who seems to have grown up way too fast, is loving watching her mum do what she loves. God forbib if anything is within her reach though. I never seem to get it back in the same state. LOL
Missed you all, and its great to be back..
Love Sarah
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MONTEVALLO, Ala. – A second-half surge downed the Georgia College men's basketball team (15-9, 9-7 PBC) as they fell at the University of Montevallo (16-9, 9-7 PBC) 76-66 Wednesday night.
GC struggled to get things going in the second stanza, getting out-scored 38-32. Montevallo hit 17-of-23 free throws in the second half alone, compared to just 8-of-14 for the entire game for Georgia College.
Montevallo also did some damage from the three-point line, hitting 8-of-14 (.570) from long range. The biggest threat was Jonas Brown, hitting six threes for 18 points.
Senior Reece Wiedeman (Suwanee, Ga.) led the Bobcats with 17 points and eight rebounds. Junoir guard Jared Holmes (Indianapolis) hit 10 points in limited, foul-trouble duty. The Bobcats got 24 bench points, but it wasn't enough to pull off the win.
Montevallo got six players in double-digit scoring, led by Brown's 18, and getting 13 from Ryan Westbrooks as well as a 10-point, 14-rebound double double from Ronald Severtsgaard.
The first half was nearly dead-even, as UM reached the lockerrrooms with a slim 38-34 lead. The Falcons hit five three-point shots in the first half, compared to just three for GC. The Bobcats had 11 assists at the break, led by four from JP Davis (Albany, Ga.).
The Bobcats were out-rebounded 39-31, and fall to 0-6 when they're beaten on the glass.
The Bobcats are back in action Saturday, Feb. 26 at 3:30 p.m., traveling to North Georgia to round out the regular season.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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How to Use
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Reading 2: Life in Walnut Grove
Walnut Grove became a center for both Chinese and Japanese agricultural workers in the Delta. The town was started in 1851 by John Wesley Sharp, who was instrumental in building one of the levees along the Sacramento River. He built a boat landing and a hotel for travellers on the river, and eventually constructed a lumber mill, brickyard, armory hall, ferry, school, and a general store with a post office in the back. All these businesses attracted settlers to Walnut Grove, and when Sharp died in 1880, the town was thriving.
After Sharp's death, the heirs sold a large portion of the estate to Agnes Brown and her son, Alex. By 1890, Alex Brown ran the hotel, a cattle ranch, a store, a warehouse, and cultivated 4,000 acres of crops. He was also U.S. Postmaster and an agent of the Southern Pacific Railroad line of steamers, Wells Fargo and Company Express, and the Western Union Telegraph Company. Brown, a highly successful entrepreneur, was involved with commerce, agriculture, shipping, banking, and private utilities--enterprises which were carried on by his sons.
Brown was a staunch supporter of the Chinese American and Japanese American communities in Walnut Grove. He provided financial backing to several Asian businessmen and rented land to others at reasonable rates. The Chinese community, which may have been established as early as 1875, grew during the 1880s. Chinese businessmen developed a commercial and social center for the hundreds of Chinese laborers who worked throughout the region. Although these laborers usually lived near their jobs, they came into town on their days off. Similarly, Japanese businessmen, wanting to serve the area's agricultural workers, began settling in the northern section of Walnut Grove's established Chinatown about 1896. By 1905, Japanese were farming approximately 80 percent of the land in the Walnut Grove vicinity.
When a fire broke out in the Asian section of town in 1915, Brown provided two tug boats that hosed water on the fire for two days. After the fire, the Japanese rented land from Brown, and built their own community north of Chinatown. Brown himself constructed a building with space for 14 businesses, organized a water company, and supplied water and sewer facilities to the two Asian districts (as well as to the small European American district). Recognizing the need for houses, hotels, and boarding houses, as well as businesses, in the new nihonmachi, Japanese architects and carpenters from all over Northern California volunteered to help with the rebuilding effort. Thus, unlike many other California cities, where Asians worked in buildings constructed by European Americans, Walnut Grove developed a Japanese commercial district whose buildings were designed and built by Asians.
By the 1920s, hundreds of Japanese laborers flooded the town every weekend. One Japanese woman who owned a barber shop remembered that on weekends, when the town was teeming with people from nearby farms, she often cut hair from dawn to dusk with no breaks. She estimated that every Sunday 1,000 men would come into Kawa Shima, as the local Japanese community called Walnut Grove. By then there were two movie theaters, a Japanese Association, Methodist and Buddhist churches, a variety of commercial services, schools, a dentist, and a surgeon.
Brown sought to attract more European Americans to Walnut Grove by building a new section of town known as Brown's Alley, but the population remained primarily Asian during its early years. Walnut Grove became the only town in California with two complete Asian communities functioning within a European American-managed community. The Chinese section suffered another devastating fire in 1937, but rebuilding began immediately. By the 1940s, however, the Chinese population was rapidly aging and dying out due to the strict immigration restrictions that did not allow them to replenish their numbers. During World War II, the Japanese became the victims of Executive Order 9066, which forcibly removed them--citizens and non-citizens alike--to relocation camps. Although most of Walnut Grove's Japanese residents returned after the war, they did not stay long. Some moved their families to nearby cities and others returned to Japan. The heyday of Walnut Grove was over.
The Brown family is no longer involved in community businesses, but the influence they had on the development of Walnut Grove remains evident in the town's historic districts. Although many changes have occurred over the years, the majority of Walnut Grove's original buildings are still standing. Today the Chinese Masonic Lodge (the Bing Kong Tong Benevolent Society) is privately owned and not open to the public, and the Japanese language school serves as a community center. The Buddhist church is still a contributing part of the town. The Alex Brown General Store (now "The Big Store") is still open to the public under the present proprietors, the Lee family. The town's convenient location and emphasis on tourism attracts summer boaters on the Delta waterways. The surviving late-1930s Chinese buildings, and the Japanese district that looks much as it did in the 1920s, remain as a testimonial to the memory of a once-thriving community.Questions for Reading 2
1. What businesses were controlled by Alex Brown?
2. How did Brown help the Chinese and Japanese immigrants?
3. Where in Walnut Grove did the Japanese first settle? Why did they move?
4. Why did Japanese from other areas help in the building of a nihonmachi in Walnut Grove? How did their involvement help make the Walnut Grove nihonmachi unusual?
5. Why did Walnut Grove begin to decline in the 1940s?
Reading 2 was compiled from Mary L. Manieri, "Walnut Grove Chinese-American Historic District," "Walnut Grove Japanese-American Historic District," and "Walnut Grove Commercial/Residential Historic District" (Sacramento County, California) National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1990; and Tushio Sakai and Carol Branan, "Walnut Grove Gakuen Hall," (Sacramento County, California) National Register Registration Form, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, 1980.


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June 15, 2000
Santa Barbara, Calif. -
Mark Amaral, the head coach at Peninsula College in Port Angeles, Washington since 1997, has been selected as an assistant coach in the UC Santa Barbara men's basketball program, head coach Bob Williams announced today.
Amaral arrived at Peninsula College in 1997 to resurrect a basketball program after a 17 year absence from intercollegiate athletics. In the program's first season back, he guided it to a respectable 11-16 record. In 1998-99, finished 19-9 and then in 1999-2000, Amaral guided his team to a school-record 28 victories, a conference championship and a sixth-place finish at the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges Tournament. In three seasons, Amaral's teams posted a 58-30 record.
"Mark is a great addition for us. He fits perfectly into our staff," Williams said. "He brings great J.C. head coaching experience with him, but he has also been an assistant at the four-year level so he really offers the best of both worlds. Mark is extremely knowledgeable in the passing game and he will really help us in that area. I tried to recruit him to my staff at UC Davis and now, I am very happy that he will be joining us here at UCSB."
Prior to becoming head coach at Peninsula College in 1997, Amaral spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Montana Tech, starting with the 1994-95 season and ending with the 1996-97 campaign. In 1993-94, he was a Basketball Scouting Service Director. Amaral spent one year (1992-93) as an assistant coach at Lewis & Clark State College in Idaho and for two years (1990-92) he was an assistant coach at Carroll College in Helena, Montana.
"I am very excited about this opportunity," Amaral said. "I look forward to being part of Coach Williams' staff and I believe this program a chance to accomplish some great things."
Amaral spent two years as a player at West Valley Community College before moving on to play his final two years at The College of Idaho. In addition to his coaching duties at Peninsula College, he was a physical education instructor and Community and High School Relations Coordinator.
Amaral, a native of San Jose, received his BA in Business/Marketing in 1990 from The College of Idaho. In 1994, he completed his MA in Physical Education at Idaho State. He is married (Chris) and has a two-year old son (Tanner).


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Topic: Boba Fett Vs. Kir Kanos
Interesting thought as I dug up my Crimson Empire comic and read it again. Who do you think would win? I'm leaning towards Kir here because he not only specializes in hand-to-hand he isn't a half bad shot either. But, Kir was easily beaten by Darth Vader (but the way Vader fought him was a bit of a stretch).


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Suppose we have five rings that carry a number of free
positive charges that are moving counter-clockwise.
This current results in a magnetic field that is strong
inside the rings and weak outside. Now suppose a set
of external agents come along (one for each charge)
and simultaneously spin down the charges as seen from
above, at the same time and at the same rate, in a manner
that has been pre-arranged. Once the charges on the
rings start to deccelerate, the magnetic field begins
to decrease in
As the magnetic flux through the rings decreases, Faraday's
Law tells us that there is an electric field induced
by the time-changing magnetic field that is circulating
clockwise as seen from above. The force on the charges
due to this electric field is thus opposite the direction
the external agents are trying to spin the rings down
in (counter-clockwise), and thus work is done on those
As the strength of the magnetic field decreases, the
magnetic energy flows from the field back to the path
along which the charges move, and is now provided to the agents
trying to spin down the moving charges. The energy provided
to those agents as they destroy the magnetic field is
exactly the amount of energy that they put into creating
the magnetic field in the first place, neglecting radiative
losses. This is a totally reversible process if we neglect
such losses. That is, the amount of energy the agents
put into creating the magnetic field is exactly returned
to the agents as the field is destroyed.


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April 14, 2014
Technology meets literature as students map a classic novel
Topic: Academics
In a small classroom in the School of Social Work Building, 12 industrious students peered at what looked like a simple schematic of sorts on a large projector screen.
The image consisted of big dots placed in a random fashion connected by lines, forming a simple network. Moments later, another image showed a much more complex network of red and blue blobs all over the place.
As they looked at these diagrams, one of two instructors, Justin Joque, talked about, naturally, "Moby-Dick."
Wait. What?
Dots and lines and colored blobs may seem to have little to do with one of America's most famous, albeit most difficult to — well — navigate, novels. But in this class, the two were intricately related.
The dots, or "nodes," Joque told the students, represent things — people, books, places. The lines indicate relationships between the nodes. In all, these are networks, and "networks can be made up of nodes of different types. Distance doesn't matter. Only points and connections matter.
"We associate networks as these heavy, computational works," Joque continued. "A traditional plot summary is very lineal; networks allow you to show the complexity of a novel."
The class was "Mapping Moby-Dick," and, true to its name, it was all about using maps to figure out, and then illustrate, what Melville was talking about and where he was going with all of his characters, geographic hop-scotching and symbolism.
That's right. Maps. Not essays. Not term papers. Not multiple-choice tests.
This was the course followed by Joque, visualization librarian for U-M Libraries, and co-instructor Patrick Tonks, assistant director for programming at the Institute for the Humanities. Tonks designed the concept of the course and recruited Joque to handle the technical aspects.
Students Alissar Langworthy, center right, and Sam Torchio, seated, discuss a mini-course where they are mapping the novel "Moby-Dick." Also pictured, from left, are Patrick Tonks, assistant director for programming at the Institute for the Humanities, and Justin Joque, visualization librarian for U-M Libraries. (Photo by Roger Hart, Michigan Photography)
The format was relatively simple for this one-credit mini-course. Before each class, students read a few chapters, then during class discussed what they saw or didn't see, liked and didn't like. The goal by the end of the term was to create a map to explain any aspect of the novel students chose.
"I loved the open format of the class," says sophomore Sam Torchio, 19, who is working toward Bachelor of Business Administration and Bachelor of Computer Science degrees. He had not read "Moby-Dick" before. "The course was truly structured for the students to be able to find what aspects of the novel they enjoyed, and spent the semester delving into those sections of the book."
According to the course description, "there is always more than one way to read a novel," and one way, apparently, is by making maps. Students' final map projects, the description says, had to be "visually compelling and communicate something interesting either about the text itself or the context in which the book was written." What they portrayed, and how, was completely up to students.
"It's my hope that a class like this provided students who might be more comfortable assembling a data set than writing an essay an opportunity to get invested in the in-depth reading of a work of literature," Tonks says.
But before you pull out the Crayolas … there's a catch: These aren't ordinary maps, the kind you colored in fifth grade or studied in 11th-grade geography. These "maps" illustrate an increasingly important skill in this digital age called "data visualization." So this unusual course was essentially rediscovering "Moby-Dick" by redefining maps.
"Increasingly, students, as well as academics and professionals in all fields, are being asked to engage with the world visually and as 'data,'" Joque says. "In many ways, this way of seeing and representing the world requires an entirely different set of literacies than those required for writing a traditional essay. So our hope was to get the students thinking about different modes of communicating and representing complex ideas."
To wit, the software tools students used were ArcGIS for mapping; R for charts and graphs; Cytoscape for network diagrams; and Adobe Illustrator for diagrams and cleaning up visualizations, Joque says. Such tools are used to produce maps in the "real world" to show such data as the percentage of land devoted to each crop, by county, across the United States. The class also studied much older multidata maps such as one depicting Napoleon's march to Moscow, showing places and timing.
If that sounds as complicated as reading "Moby-Dick," welcome to the 21st century. But these are 21st-century citizens, these students who "realized very quickly how intimately familiar with maps and diagrams they are from the daily use of Google maps to info graphics in The New York Times to the reporting of sports statistics," Joque says. They "all seemed to grasp the idea of mapping the novel very quickly."
Tonks says when he used a similar technique of encouraging using technology in a class he taught where students read "Jane Eyre," "one student used a video game-building platform to design a three-dimensional model of Thornfield Hall," the key setting for the novel.
Students say they are loving the voyage into learning literature through data visualization.
"I read 'Moby-Dick' before, but I was too young to fully appreciate it," says sophomore Alissar Langworthy, 20, a philosophy major. This time around, she has concluded that, "I loved reading the book — but it also was very enlightening to learn about data visualization. It's an area I never really had explored but was really important to learn about. I never realized that an argument could be made with a single image, and the amount of information that can be contained in good visualizations far exceeds what one would expect."
Shortly before final presentations, Langworthy was working on her final project, which would illustrate both the geographical journey of two characters on another whaling ship, the Town-Ho, and the information transfer between them.
"The geography of the story will be represented as a subway map," Langworthy said, "with each 'station' being an event of the story and each 'hub' being an intersection of two ships." Information transfers were to be shown with "bus routes branching off from the hubs. The lines will travel from the place where the transfer of information happened directly to the next spot that the information is transferred, bypassing any physical journey that happened in between."
Torchio said he wanted to create with his map "a graphical interpretation of the island of Kokovoko," a fictional island in the South Pacific.
"The idea is to take the small pieces of information about the island and the character Queequeg," who hails from Kokovoko, "that are given to the reader, and turn them into some aspect of the island." He found passages about these topics in the book and organized them into categories. "From there, I will infer certain aspects of the island that must exist in order for those customs and facts to be true."
There is a lot more to say about both projects, but you get the idea.
Tonks and Joque are pleased with how students interpreted the novel-mapping idea. "A lot of the students have pushed the definition of 'the map,'" Joque says.
Final presentations will take place Thursday (April 17), with students co-exploring one another's sensational maps.
They had a whale of a good time.
— Sheryl James is a freelance writer for the University of Michigan.


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Broncos' power forward-turned-tight end Julius Thomas making his mark now that he's healthy
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. – The most intriguing new face turning heads at the Denver Broncos' offseason workouts isn't Montee Ball or Sylvester Williams. It's third-year tight end Julius Thomas.
The 6-foot-5, 255-pound former power forward is finally healthy after spending the bulk of his first two seasons with the Denver Broncos dealing with a bum right ankle.
Treating every practice like it's game day, Thomas is finally flashing the skills that made him an attractive prospect coming out of Portland State in 2011 even though he had played just one season of college football.
Last week, he outraced the safeties and hauled in a 50-yard TD pass from Peyton Manning. This week, he stretched out his long, lean body for a one-handed grab in the flat before weaving his way into the end zone.
"It feels great. I mean, just being able to go out there, and run around, and feel healthy," Thomas said. "For so long, I feel like I was dragging a leg around. Just to go out there and feel like I'm playing at a high level, it's really encouraging and I feel blessed."
"I'm not surprised by what he's doing," cornerback Champ Bailey said. "He's been doing that for the last two years, it is just getting that opportunity to do it with the first team and getting some reps there. That is great because he has the talent. It's just all about learning how to play this game and the mental part of it. We've seen him mature a lot over the past two years. I'm looking forward to seeing him get more reps this year."
Thomas was a power forward at Portland State who was a bully in the blocks, swatting 62 shots and pulling down 520 rebounds while leading the Vikings to two NCAA tournament appearances.
But basketball wasn't really in his blood. He said he never quite felt like the hardwood was really his canvas, figuring he'd be more at home pulling down passes than rebounds, blocking linebackers instead of shots.
So, once he exhausted his basketball eligibility, and with one scholarship season left, he contacted Vikings football coach Nigel Burton about stepping onto the football field for the first time.
Thomas was a quick study, catching 29 passes for 453 yards and earning All-Big Sky Conference first-team honors. His stock soared at the East-West Shrine Game, where he captured the attention of scouts with his athleticism and grabbed a 5-yard TD pass.
That was enough to entice the Broncos into selecting him in the fourth round that year, hoping they'd discovered in Thomas the next Antonio Gates, who made a smooth transition from the basketball court at Kent State to the football field and became a perennial Pro Bowler for the San Diego Chargers.
Thomas said his basketball background helped him navigate the crash course of NFL football. He makes split-second decisions, deciphers defenses, anticipates the action, adjusts on the fly just like he did on the basketball floor. He said shielding a defensive back to give the quarterback an opening is just like posting up a player under the basket to give the point guard a clear passing lane.
But Thomas injured his right ankle on his first — and so far only — reception of his pro career, and after working out with Manning after the quarterback's arrival in Denver in March 2012, he discovered he needed an operation that sidelined him again.
He's played just nine games in his NFL career.
In this era of ever bigger tight ends like New England's Rob Gronkowski and offensive mainstays like Gates, Thomas said he can fit right in.
"In my mind, I can do the same kinds of things they can," he said.
If he can stay healthy, he'll get the chance to prove it this season.
Thomas is getting more work than he expected this offseason, especially in the passing game, because Joel Dreessen recently underwent arthroscopic knee surgery and won't be back until training camp in late July.
"It's been a good deal for Julius in the sense that he gets more opportunities and more reps," coach John Fox said. "He's a guy that we have a good feeling about his abilities. Now it's just a matter of getting him in there, and this gives him a good opportunity."
He's making the most of it, compiling his own highlight reel of jaw-dropping plays.
"I'm proud for him because he came in and when he first started, everybody thought he was going to be a great player and then he got injured and had his ups and downs, but I knew he was going to be good, because he was a basketball player and most of the basketball players that play football can play," wide receiver Demaryius Thomas said. "To see him out here doing the things he's doing is amazing. I knew he had it and I just feel like he can help us out and is just going to get better and better once he keeps practicing with Peyton and everybody else."
Manning loves having another big receiver lining up with him.
"He's a great athlete. A big target. If you can't complete a ball to Julius as a quarterback, something is wrong with you," Manning said. "He has a great wingspan and great size and jumping ability. I think he's just continuing to get better for us."
Thomas made the most of his late start in college football and he aims to do the same in the NFL now that his right ankle is mended.
"It's been a frustrating experience but I try not to focus on that," Thomas said. "It's just about making it to the next day, the next play and coming out here and trying to improve, and really, that's where all my focus is now. I'm doing what I can to get better."
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South Bay Blue Star Moms
The South Bay Blue Star Moms is a military support group based in the Silicon Valley area of California, especially dedicated to supporting the troops and assisting the mothers and their families who have children serving in the United States military. A chapter of the Blue Star Mothers of America, the South Bay Blue Star Moms provide military family support in the San Francisco South Bay area in Northern California. Throughout the year, we create and send military troop care packages to show our loved ones they are heroes, we appreciate their service, and we continue to support them while they are away from home.
We share our concerns, our support, our pride and our devotion for our loved ones serving in the United States Armed Forces. Through various events and activities, we support fellow Blue Star Moms, associate members, our children serving in the military, our Veterans and our community. We provide military family support to benefit our members and their families. We promote causes that will benefit military personnel through a military advocacy program.
The South Bay Blue Star Moms is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, non-discriminatory and non-profit organization. Our mission is to support fellow Blue Star members, their sons, daughters and any other family members who are currently serving or have served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America.
In the summer of 2004, our founding mothers came together out of a need for a local military support group while each had a child serving in the Armed Forces. The South Bay Blue Star Moms was formed. By early August of that year, the South Bay Blue Star Moms was six members strong. The first general meeting, held on August 24, 2004, was promoted in the media and approximately 20 military moms and a few dads attended the first general meeting. The South Bay Blue Star Moms is affiliated with the Blue Star Mothers of America, Inc., a group formed during WWII and officially chartered by Congress. In the fall of 2004 South Bay Blue Star Moms received their charter and officially became California Chapter #4, with a 501 (c) 3 status.
Our Blue Star Flag
There is a proud tradition surrounding Service Star Banner flags dating back to WW I. The Blue Star Service flag was designed in 1917 and is typically displayed in the window of the homes where a son or daughter or loved one is on active duty. The number of stars placed in the white field indicates the number of currently serving members. Should the person fall in the line of duty or die while in the service, a gold star replaces the blue. Display of the Service Banner is done during time of war and shows the pride of the family and reminds all who see it that our national freedom is a cherished commodity demanding much from all those who proudly support and serve our country.
If you would like to print a star banner you can follow this link to the Home of Heroes website.
Blue Star Flags are available for purchase at:
- www.emblem.legion.org - site for the American Legion Catalog
- www.serviceflags.com - has the history of the Blue Star Flag
General meetings are on the third Tuesday of every month at:
2120 Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA 95051
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And you've even tried to ask your friends and family, your network, but you get the same useless answer.
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You can live without it. Perhaps that's not true. Allow me to correct it – you can temporary live without it.
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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
Danny Chatman
Mr. Danny William Chatman, age 59 of Jasper, Ga., died Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2010 at Northside Hospital-Cherokee in Canton, Ga. following a period of declining health.
Born Dec. 10, 1950 in Pickens County, Danny was preceded in death by his father, Harvey Chatman; and a brother, Reginald Chatman. Mr. Chatman was employed by Phoenix Water and Sewer and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Jasper.
Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Frances Chatman, Jasper; daughters and son-in-law, Raven Chatman, Shay Watts and Portia and Roy Elrod, all of Canton; sisters, Beverly Hooks and Andrea Johnson, both of Jasper; brothers, Steve Dawson, Jasper, and Cedric Dawson, Cleveland, Ga.; and very special friends, Martha Nell Johnson and Jake Stephens, both of Canton. Eight grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins also survive.
The funeral service was held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16 from Friendship Baptist Church in Jasper with the Rev. L.S. Thomas officiating. Interment followed in Norton Cemetery. Pallbearers were: Fred Anderson, Darron Gregory, Sidney Hooks, Ricky and Jerome Benson and Shawn Goss. Roper Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Jerrie Roper
Mrs. Jerrie Louise Roper, age 69 of Ball Ground, passed away Saturday, Jan. 30, 2010 at Embracing Hospice in Cumming.
Mrs. Roper was preceded in death by her husband, Gerald Roper; and grandson, Jonathan Pitner.
Survivors include her children, Ricky Pharr, Jasper, Lynn Chester, Crandall, Anne Kelley, White, and Denice Whitfield, Ball Ground; mother, Mary Lou Holder, Ball Ground; sisters, Barbara Thomason, Ball Ground, and Geraldine Jeans, Canton; and brothers, John Holder, Braselton, and Joe Holder, Fairmount. Nine grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
The funeral service was held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2 from Sosebee Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Sylvester Ridings officiating. Interment followed in Yellow Creek Baptist Church Cemetery.
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Edsel Hammontree
Mr. Edsel C. Hammontree, age 68 of Jasper, passed away Feb. 2, 2010 at his residence.
Mr. Hammontree retired from Lockheed in Marietta, Ga. He was an avid car enthusiast who enjoyed building and showing street rods.
Survivors include his wife of 48 years, Gilla Hammontree; son and daughter-in-law Craig and Tuesday Hammontree, Jasper; daughters and sons-in-law, Angela and Peter Wessner, Marietta, and Donna and Jeff Camron, Cartersville; grandchildren, Matthew Wessner, Marietta, Catie and Carah Camron, Cartersville, and Samuel Hammontree, Jasper; sisters and brothers-in-law, Geraldine and John Moody, Jasper, and Debra and Thomas Baker, Plano, Tx.; and brother and sister-in-law, James and Suzanne Hammontree, Jasper. Many nieces and nephews also survive.
A memorial service is planned for Sunday, Feb. 21 at 1 p.m. at Sharp Mountain Church Fellowship Hall in Ball Ground, Ga. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Margaret Elizabeth Reeves Gallagher was born on Dec. 4, 1918 in Sycamore, Ga. She died peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 2, 2010. She is now with Jesus Christ to whom she gave her life more than 50 years ago.
She was predeceased 11 months ago by her husband Richard ?Mickey?. She was lost without him. In addition to the relatives listed, she is survived by her brother, Don Peterson.
Margaret grew up in Atlanta, Ga. where she met her first husband, Robert ?Bob? Clarke, and had her two sons, Bob and Bruce. Both served during the Vietnam War and came safely home to marry the loves of their lives, Pam and Sally, leaving Margaret with a rich legacy of four grandchildren, Susan, Kathy, Bobby and Jimmy, and five great-grandchildren, Jordan, Ryan, Erin, Morgan and Cameron.
She later married Mickey in the early 1950s and remained his wife until the day he died. Both were active in the church in Rochelle Park, N.J. and then in Jasper, Ga. where they made their permanent home for most of their adult lives. Margaret was a trained bookkeeper and dedicated social worker serving in nursing homes and caring for the elderly. She had a heart for the lost and abandoned and gave her time and love to the elderly with selfless compassion. She and Mickey were founding members of The Chapel Assemblies of God in Jasper which started in their living room. They taught countless Sunday School classes, led youth groups, helped prisoners and gave their whole hearts to the church.
After Bruce?s death in 1974, she dedicated much of her life to his children, Susan Clark Staley and Kathy Clark Silverglate, caring for them every summer during their school years (always with the encouragement and love of their mother, Sally).
Margaret moved to Charlotte seven years ago to be closer to her oldest granddaughter, Susan who, along with her husband Kevin, helped care of her and Mickey in the sunset of their lives.
Her legacy will live on in her relatives but also in all who know Jesus Christ because she was not afraid to share Him.
Estelle Farmer
Estelle Cox Farmer, age 94, of Dogwood Forest, Gainesville Ga., formerly of Athens, passed away peacefully on Feb. 2, 2010 following an extended illness. She was surrounded by her loving family and caretakers.
Mrs. Farmer was born Nov. 3, 1915 in Pickens County, Ga. to the late Quillian A. Cox and Lemma Duncan Cox. She received her early education in a one-room schoolhouse, then graduated from Tate High School. She graduated from LaGrange College in 1937 where she received her AB degree in French. Always a leader, she was president of her class in 1935, ?36 and ?37 and was elected Miss LaGrange College her senior year. She received both her Master?s degree and Specialist degree in Education at the University of Georgia.
Mrs. Farmer taught school in Union Point, Gainesville, Atlanta and spent 21 years of her career in the Athens city schools. In 1966 she became principal of Gaines School. She was principal of Oglethorpe Ave. Elementary School for nine years and retired in 1978. She was a notable educator. The day of her retirement was proclaimed ?Estelle Farmer Day? by the mayor of Athens.
As her teachers progressed into administration, Mrs. Farmer advised, ?Be firm, be fair and be friendly.? She also advised, ?Never ask someone to do something you wouldn't do yourself.? Among her statewide awards and offices were the Kappa Delta Pi district award for Excellence in Administration, membership in the Georgia Social Studies Committee for Curriculum Development and membership on the Georgia Accreditation Committee.
Mrs. Farmer and her late husband James were charter members of Milledge Ave. Baptist Church. They were also members of the Athens Country Club. She was a golfer, a gardener and a bridge player. She cherished any and all children. Family, friends and her church were most important to her. She provided and received love, affection and endless entertainment to those close to her, including her devoted nephews and niece.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband. James R. Farmer; her sisters, L.M. DeLong, Gladys Chambers and Lois Cox; by her brothers-in-law, Bob Chambers and Jack Farmer; sister-in-law, Pearl Farmer; and nephew, Bob Farmer, and his wife Marian Anne.
Survivors include her niece, Sissy Pledger and husband Ed; her nephews, Bobby Chambers and wife Patti, Frank DeLong III and wife Lise, Jimmy Farmer and wife Jane, Len Farmer, Travis Farmer and wife Pat; brothers-in-law, Frank DeLong Jr. and wife Dollie and Robert Farmer; sister-in-law, Major Farmer; great-nephews, Rob Chambers, Jim, Bob and Sean Farmer; great-nieces, Sally Kirchner, Emilie DeLong, Nicole DeLong and Leslie Farmer; and a number of great-great-nephews and nieces and by several cousins. She is also survived by Mary Gillespie, Odessa Richie, Joyce Woodard and Betty Chester, who were her loving caretakers and dear friends.
A memorial service is scheduled for Feb, 13, 11 a.m. at Milledge Ave. Baptist Church, 1690 South Milledge Ave, Athens, Ga. Dr. Edward R. Bolen will officiate. The family will receive friends following the service. In lieu of flowers, those who wish may contribute in Estelle C. Farmer?s memory to Milledge Ave. Baptist Church, 1690 Milledge Ave., Athens, Ga 30605.
Rev. John Mullins
Rev. John J. Mullins, age 58 of the Hill City community. passed Thursday morning, Feb. 4, 2010 at North Carolina Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, N.C.
Survivors include his wife, Darlene Mullins, Hill City; step-mother, Pauline Mullins, Jasper; son and daughter-in-law, Jeremy and Marjorie Mullins, Fort Drum, N.Y.; daughters and son-in-law, Shena and Eric Wilmarth and Rachel Mullins, all of Jasper; brother, Bill Mullins, Jasper; sister and brother-in-law, Mary Ruth and Reggie Weaver, Ellijay; and grandchildren, Makayla and Jared Angel and Jesse, Cameron and Elizabeth Mullins.
The funeral service was held Sunday, Feb. 7 at 2 p.m. from County Line Baptist Church with the Revs. James Sanders, Hershel Ledford and Ralph Harper officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with Pickens Star Lodge #220 in charge of the Masonic graveside service. Pallbearers were: Bill, William and Alan Mullins, Danny Buchanan, Greg Davis and Eugene Bruce. Honorary pallbearers were: Jesse and Cameron Mullins and Makayla and Jared Angel. The family did accept flowers or memorials may be made to the grandchildrens education fund. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
C.J. Mulkey
Mr. C.J. Mulkey, age 61 of Augusta, Ga. and formerly of Tate, passed early Saturday morning, Feb. 6, 2010 at the Veterans Medical Center-Downtown in Augusta.
Mr. Mulkey was an Army veteran having served with the 173rd Airborne Division in Vietnam from 1968-1970 and honorably discharged in 1974.
Survivors include his wife, Shelia Hall Mulkey, Augusta; daughters and sons-in-law, Becky Estes, Jasper, Shannon and Brad Hill, Homer, Ga., Shawna and Roger Levine, Watkinsville Ga., and Brandie and Daniel Rogers, Ellijay; brothers, Kenneth and Mark Mulkey, both of Tate; sisters, Jean and Roy Roberts, Tate, Helen and Alan Roland, Ranger, and Susan Mulkey, Jasper; second mother, Irene Anderson; his cats, Alex and PeeWee; and his beloved dog, Arttie. Nine grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive. He was preceded in death by his parents, Cleadus and Clewell Mulkey; brother, Buddy Mulkey; and sisters, Deborah and Evelyn Mulkey.
The funeral service was held Monday, Feb. 8 at 2 p.m. from Gospel Temple in Ball Ground with the Rev. A.W. (Butch) Roberts officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with local Chapter #47 DAV in charge of military graveside services. Pallbearers were: Gary and Donald Anderson, Daniel Rogers, Roger Levine, Brad Hill and Derick Mulkey. The family did accept flowers; however, memorials may be made to Alliance Hospice, Augusta, or the American Cancer Society. A special thank you to the staff of Alliance Hospice and the doctors and medical staff at the Augusta Veterans Medical Center-Downtown. Cagle Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Denise Martin
Ms. Denise Higgins Martin, age 50 of Jasper, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 at her residence.
Ms. Martin was employed in the retail business and was an active member of Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Jasper. Denise loved animals and needlepoint.
She was preceded in death by her father, O.A. Higgins; her twin sister, Diane Scott; and her grandparents, Ed and Dessie Spain. Survivors include her mother and step-father, Jean and Michael Hogue; and sister, Becky Higgins. Numerous other relatives and friends also survive.
The funeral service was held at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 4 from Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Jasper with Pastor Ben Mock and Pastor Tony Ramirez officiating. Interment was held Friday at Highland Memorial Gardens in Birmingham, Al. with the Rev. Steve Thomas officiating. Contributions can be made to Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1036 N Main St., Jasper. Ga. 30143. Sosebee Funeral Home in Canton in charge of arrangements.
Charlie Cochran
Charlie Arnold Lee Cochran of Cartersville died Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010.
Mr. Cochran was born Feb. 29, 1917 in Fannin County, the son of Fred and Kansas Cochran. He was a US Army veteran of World War II and was a mechanic for over 40 years. He loved raising a garden, fishing and hunting. He lived in the Center Community in Cartersville and was a member of Friendship Baptist Church in Ludville, Ga. Mr. Cochran was a beloved father and grandfather.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nellie Mae Cochran; his parents; two infant sons, Donald and Richard; brother, Cecil Cochran; and sisters, Essie Rogers, Ella Roy and Ora Eads. He has one surviving sister, Ruby Nelson of Washington State.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, Robert Henry and Latrice Cochran, Cartersville; grandchildren Robert Lee and Julie Cochran, Clint and Bridget Cochran and Tifney Deputy and Jason Neal; and great-grandchildren, Tyler and Alex Cochran, Elijah and Adam Deputy and Ruby Cochran.
The funeral service was held Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 2 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church in Ludville, Ga. Burial was in the church cemetery. Owen Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.