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HRILP Project 1: Assistance to area firms with pro bono asylum cases
The HRILP allows students to help provide legal advice and case support to alumni who have taken on pro bono asylum or refugee work.
- Students worked on an amicus brief, available here, which overturned a lower court decision on female genital mutilation.
- The HRILP worked with an attorney and a New England Law graduate, now with Bingham McCutchen LLP, on a Tibetan asylum case.
- Students worked with two local attorneys on two asylum cases, one involving religious persecution and other a woman taken as a sex slave by rebel groups.
Project 2: Combating Human Trafficking
The HRILP is focused on combating human tracking by working with the Massachusetts Human Trafficking Task Force.
- Presently, the HRILP is working to understand, summarize, and formulate an approach to the 2008 reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act for Massachusetts law enforcement, federal area law enforcement, federal area agencies, and state based victim services providers.
Project 3: Human Rights, Refugee, and Migration Field Work
The HRILP is devoted to creating ongoing opportunities for students to work abroad on issues related to human rights, refugee and asylum law, and migration and immigration issues.
- A student studied abroad in Zacatecas, Mexico, working with migrant workers on accessing their labor, immigration, and human rights.
- A student doing the Malta study aboard program through New England Law's consortium program worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in Valletta.
- In a very competitive process, the ILP put forward a New England Law student who was selected to spend the summer in Kenya working with refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Sudan, Rwanda, and the Congo.
The ILP offers a hands-on approach to immigration work, which allows students to gain crucial field experience and apply classroom lessons by assisting real people with needs, while supplementing the students' classroom education with experiential learning opportunities.
If you are interested in working with the ILP, look for future calls for student volunteers.
Past HRILP volunteers
- Tristan R. Brown, Class of 2015
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- Long V. Nguyen, Class of 2015
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Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper
January 11, 2004
BASEBALL: The Best Players In Baseball 2004
Who are the best players in baseball, at any given time? Well, one easy way to frame the question is, what players have been the best over the past few years. As it so happens, Bill James has provided us with two tools ideally suited to measuring this question, although unless I've missed something (I haven't received my 2004 Bill James Handbook from Amazon yet), nobody has yet combined the two: Win Shares (which purport to measure a player's total contribution to a team's bottom line win/loss record) and Established Performance Levels, which take a weighted measurement of a player's accomplishments in a given category over the prior three years, giving the most weight to the most recent (I explain the EPL method in a little more detail in this column).
So, for the past month or so, I've been working up Established Win Shares levels for the game's top players. Although I haven't got to everyone, I'm far enough down the list that I can say with confidence that there are, conveniently enough, 25 players with an EWSL of 25 or greater entering 2004. Here they are, in descending order (I rounded off; players are listed as tied only if they were tied before rounding); listed age, position and team is for 2004:
A few thoughts and observations:
*No pitchers. That says a lot about the volatility of pitchers. By contrast, lots of left fielders and first basemen.
*Much as I can't stand the guy, there's still Barry Bonds, and there's everybody else.
*Most of these guys are in their thirties, which is suggests that at least at the very high end, investing in players in their early 30s may not be a terrible bet.
*I was a little surprised at how high Thome and Boone ranked.
*Chavez is easily the most consistent of the players listed here, with WS totals the last three years of 26, 25 and 25. Of course, at his age, you'd like to see more forward progress.
*The most glaring absence is Vladimir Guerrero, due to the injuries and weakknesses I noted yesterday (I'd still love to have had him, though): his WS totals are a less than spectacular 23, 29 and most recently 18. Oddly, he's never had a 30-WS season.
UPDATE: Turns out that Soriano is 28, not 26.
Posted by Baseball Crank at 11:49 AM | Baseball 2004 | Comments (15) | TrackBack (3)
Thanks for the analysis, Crank. Nice job. I've posted a link to this from my own website. And I've also created a little more analysis regarding Vlad's Win Shares.
http://www.baseballgraphs.com/blog/comments.php?id=53_0_1_0_CPosted by: studes at January 11, 2004 07:00 PM
Cool. Yeah, I used the Baseball Graphs charts to do this analysis.
Here's the direct link to your link abovePosted by: The Crank at January 11, 2004 07:58 PM
Do you care to present any reason or proof that makes you think Albert Pujols is older than 24?
Come on.. something substantial please.. not just "He's from the Dominican Republic, so he must be lying".Posted by: U L at January 11, 2004 09:13 PM
Given that a significant factor in Win Shares is playing time, I'd say that missing 50 games hurt Vlad's WS total this year. And for 2001, it's probably his (relatively) low OBP (.377).
His best OPS season was actually 2000, and it's arguable that his 98-00 is better than his 01-03.Posted by: Josh Heit at January 11, 2004 09:33 PM
I don't pretend to be an expert on Pujols' age. I know I've seen it called into question in quite a few places, and the main reason to give some credence to those questions is the sense -- reinforced by this analysis -- that Pujols being just 24 is a little too good to be true. I'm not going to over-project Pujols based on his age if there are reasons to think he's not that young.
It's hardly news that ballplayers sometimes lie about their ages - as Rob Neyer's pointed out, it's been going on as long as there's been baseball. These days it mostly happens with Latin ballplayers, since they're the only ones with a credible opportunity to get away with it.Posted by: The Crank at January 12, 2004 07:04 AM
The reason so many of the top-rated players by your method are in their early thirties is probably a result of the method. Since you use the actual performance of the prior three years, when you look at someone with a 2004 age of 30-32 you're using their age 27-31 season, a.k.a. most player's "peak" years. When you look at a 25 year old, you're looking at their performance at 22-24. I'd actually be surprised if you didn't wind up with the best players around 30 using this method.Posted by: chanimal at January 12, 2004 04:57 PM
I'm aware of that, but I'd have expected to see more guys around 28-30, i.e., guys whose 3-year peak started at 25 or 26. Of course, some of these guys are a bit past their actual peak, but still better than the competition. What struck me is the guys 33 and up, who are thus ranked for their seasons starting at age 30 or older. There's 8 of those guys in the top 25 and 5 in the top 8, plus four 32-year-olds who are rated on their seasons from age 29-31.Posted by: The Crank at January 12, 2004 09:10 PM
Crank, using the "established performance" method with the win shares was a cool idea. Incidentally, what was the best EWSL for a pitcher?Posted by: Chris at January 15, 2004 12:21 PM
If this was a game of "which of these things is not like the other", I would pick Luis Gonzalez. That World Series performance a few years back was awful (how often do you say that about a player with a series clinching walk-off hit?). Seeing him swing the bat in that series made me want to see the film of his 50+ HR'sm, just so I could believe it happened. He just never strikes me as an elite player.Posted by: Steve at January 15, 2004 05:00 PM
what happen to the name" sammy sosa" in that list. cause he put up the numbers.Posted by: tony at January 29, 2004 07:51 PM
Will the Win Share formula ever include a factor for steroid use?Posted by: andrew at February 25, 2004 03:55 PM
this web site should have all of the greatest playPosted by: Josh at March 9, 2004 12:44 PM
This list is crap!!!!
You don't even have Vlad Guerrero in the top 25?
Vlad is easily in the top 5, because he can hit anything, is fast, and has the best arm in the leaguePosted by: ryan at March 28, 2004 09:36 PM
This list really does suck! You don't even have Sammy Sosa or ken Griffey jr. in the top 25. When Ken griffey jr. is healthy he is a top 5 player in baseball. What about Ivan Rodriguez? He is a way better player than Jorge Posada.Posted by: bret mcgaughey at May 12, 2004 11:16 PM
thats a very nice lookin list there but theres one little tiny problem.........bary bonds is a ****** ****** any man who takes performer enhancing drugs should not be aloud to be put in the hall of fame or the record books cuz its cheating. im in highschool and if i were caught cheating on a test or something id be kicked out and my name would be tarnished forever and thats wat i think should happen to barry.....if he can come back clean and still perform to the best of his ability then and only then will i consider him as one of the greatest but at this moment i can truly honestly say he is ****** ***.Posted by: tilly willy at November 30, 2004 04:05 PM


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George Beverly Shea, "America's beloved Gospel singer," passed away last week at the age of 104, following a brief illness.
In an era when artists reinvent themselves with every album, Shea was an anomaly who became an icon, never changing his style to reach critical mass. And yet, in a remarkable musical career spanning more than seven decades, he released 72 albums (including nine CDs) of sacred music, recording his first of 53 records with RCA in 1951.
George Beverly Shea received 10 consecutive GRAMMY nominations and won two –including a Lifetime Achievement Award for artistic contributions to the recording medium by The Recording Academy at 102 years of age, making him the oldest living GRAMMY recipient.
At the 53rd annual GRAMMY Awards ceremony in 2011, Shea received a standing ovation from the crowd of fellow artists and industry peers. Many sought him out on the red carpet to have their picture taken together and gave him props for still singing – with excellence – at his age, having just performed a Christmas concert several weeks before the event.
Following a career in radio that began in 1929, George Beverly Shea's perennial smiling face and rich baritone voice graced the stage at nearly every Billy Graham crusade since 1947, and additional evangelistic meetings held by two succeeding generations of Grahams, including son, Franklin, and grandson, Will.
Along with choir/program director Cliff Barrows, Shea was one of the original members of Billy Graham's team. He sang in every state of the union and in 185 countries on every continent to more people in live audiences than any other artist in history – more than 220 million people.
George Beverly Shea was a gentle spiritual giant, whose sweet spirit and tender timber of a voice prepared audiences for Graham's message around the world for more than six decades. "This is why I sing, to soften people's hearts with a quiet little song, so they will be open to the life-changing message of the Gospel," he said.
In addition to performing and recording hundreds of inspirational favorites, Shea wrote a number of popular Gospel hymns. At 23, he composed the music for one of his best known solos, "I'd Rather Have Jesus," to the words of a poem left on the piano by his mother. Others include "The Wonder of it All," "I Will Praise Him" and "If That Isn't Love."
Shea's fingerprints were even on "How Great Thou Art," his signature song, that he first learned in London in 1947 and subsequently brought it to America during Billy Graham's historic New York Crusade at Madison Square Garden in 1954.
As the choir rehearsed the chorus, George Beverly Shea sang the verses, changing the lyrics to "Oh Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder, consider all the 'worlds' – instead of 'works' – Thy hands have made." Further, he replaced "I hear the mighty thunder" to "rolling thunder," later prompting hymn writer Stuart Hine to permanently alter the lyrics.
While many seeker-friendly churches today incorporate a timely, contemporary style of worship, George Beverly Shea's music was timeless. He had a unique, God-given talent that remained strong and seemed to improve with advancing age. The last few years of his life, he was sought out by popular artists, such as Michael Tait, Ricky Skaggs and Guy Penrod to record duets together on music projects geared to younger audiences and Millenials.
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I first met George Beverly Shea --"Bev" to his friends -- backstage during the Billy Graham Crusade at Memorial Stadium in 1981. Though 45 years my senior, he and I developed a close personal friendship that began in 1984, traveling with Billy Graham as he conducted six crusades across England.
That summer, I accompanied Bev Shea and Grand Ole Opry legend George Hamilton IV, to the gorge at Burrington Combe near Bristol, England, where years before a local preacher was inspired to pen the lyrics to the classic hymn "Rock of Ages" after finding shelter from a storm in the fissured cleft of a giant granite formation. Accompanied by Hamilton's guitar, the two men sang the song that speaks of God's providence and protection – a moving moment, which was caught on film and I was blessed to witness.
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George Beverly Shea's anointed melodies captivated a generation of millions of crusade-goers, now middle-aged and seniors, who grew up listening to him sing. I regularly enjoyed his musical artistry for more than 32 years, hearing him perform hundreds of times at crusades around the world.
But the man, the method and the message transcended the music. His exemplary life was a reminder that God protects, preserves, upholds and blesses those who selflessly dedicate their talents in service to him.
Many reporters who interviewed Bev Shea were impressed by the simplicity of his faith and testimony. ASSIST News Service observed he was "A man of deep sympathies; he will listen endlessly to the troubles of others, but dismiss his own with a word and a smile."
Four years ago, a group of family and friends gathered at The Billy Graham Training Center at The Cove in Asheville, N.C., to celebrate Bev Shea's 100th birthday. They presented him with a Rodgers organ, to be installed in his home, which would eventually be used at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Six months later, Bev called Warden Burl Cain and asked him to send someone to get the instrument, as he wanted to donate it the prison. When the warden reminded him the organ was his to use until he died, Shea replied, "I'm dying to have it go there now." One month later, he put on a musical evening in the prison chapel, accompanied by his organ, attended by 600 inmates.
Shea was a deeply spiritual man who had "a hunger to know more about the Lord," and liked to say, "we have promises to memorize and songs to sing." His advice for other believers: "Keep your devotions, study the word, enjoy his presence and learn from him daily."
Franklin Graham observed that Bev Shea's life was a living testimony to the Scripture engraved inside his wedding band, Psalm 28:7: "The Lord is my strength and my shield; my heart trusted in him and I am helped; therefore my heart greatly rejoices, and with my song I will praise him."
As George Beverly Shea eternally adds his booming baritone to the heavenly choir, his melodious legacy lives on here in our hearts.
Larry Ross, president of A. Larry Ross Communications, a Dallas-based media/public relations agency founded in 1994, has more than 37 years' experience in mainstream and Christian public relations, including serving as director of media/public relations and principal spokesperson for evangelist Billy Graham since 1981.


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Virus Early Transcription Factor (VETF) Multicenter Phototherapy Protocol (VETF)
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Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : September 5, 2007
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Phototherapy UVB TL01 currently represents the first choice in treatment to induce the repigmentation of vitiligo spots. The problem though is that there are no systems or scales which enable an objective evaluation of the therapy, commonly known as percentage of repigmentation.
Recently, a European Task Force (VETF, Vitiligo European Task Force) of experts on vitiligo, within the European Society of Pigmentation, has proposed a gravity classification on the basis of three parameters/standards - extension, progression and the level of depigmentation - and used to classify patients in ten European centres. The aim of the trial is to validate the VETF scoring system set up in relation with the therapeutic answer to the standard treatment for vitiligo and phototherapy.
Leaving aside short term side effects, such as sunrush/erythema and sunburn, which are reversible and infrequent, the main problem with phototherapy is represented by the cumulative long term effects of ultraviolet rays. These can cause premature ageing of the skin (photoaging) and the appearance of skin cancer/neoplasia. Therefore the aim is to get the best results from phototherapy whilst limiting its length.
Aims of the trial:
- To validate the VETF scoring system. As phototherapy is currently the only universally accepted treatment for vitiligo, it seems logical to test the VETF scoring system first to evaluate the effectiveness of phototherapy.
- Secondly, the target of this multicentric trial is to compare the effectiveness of two different phototherapy protocols; a first protocol foresees non-stop treatment for 6 months; a second protocol foresees periods of interruption during the treatment. This will help to verify whether interrupting a cycle of phototherapy is useful or not.
This interruption might make the ultraviolet rays more effective 'stimulus on the melanocytes', and may also reduce long term damage caused by phototherapy.
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Genetic: Sequential phototherapy
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Group B: 6 months non-stop treatment.
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|Istituto San Gallicano - Rome - Italy
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I dare you to say it out loud.
If my name was Yigal Azrouël, I'd be all Destiny's Child on everyone's ass, begging them to say my name over and over again.
This name evokes daydreams of riding a camel in the desert, clad in a paisley djellabah and hand-made sandals bedazzled with seashells, looking out for the next oasis for having a desert-party in with the locals.
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What was I talking about ?
Yigal Azrouël!
Now who or what is this mythical creature I speak of?
What say ye, Wikipedia?
Yigal Azrouël is an Israeli American New York based fashion designer. He was born in Israel of French-Moroccan descent and currently lives in the United StatesAh.
Well that explains the name, now what about the fame?
I'm enraptured by his spring/summer '10 collection, the silhouettes are classicly manly yet he plays so wonderfully with textures, length, draping and colourblocking.
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The Lagoon Nebula, also known as M8 or Messier 8, is a large gas cloud within the Milky Way Galaxy, barely visible to the human eye under good conditions. It appears a few degrees above and to the right of the Teapot asterism in the constellation Sagittarius. Visually about three times the size of the full moon, the Lagoon Nebula is the largest and brightest of a number of nebulosities in and around Sagittarius. Follow the links below to learn more.
How to see Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula
History and mythology of Messier 8
How to see Messier 8, the Lagoon Nebula. Although it can be seen at other times, the Lagoon Nebula is best viewed in the Northern Hemisphere from mid-summer to mid-fall. In early May, M8 crosses the local meridian — meaning that it is highest and due south in the sky — at about 4 a.m. (Daylight Time). By July 7, it crosses the meridian at midnight. By early September it is crossing the meridian as it gets dark, making it prime for early evening observations.
A line drawn from Phi Sag through Lambda Sag and onward approximately as far as those two stars are apart will lead the general area of M8.
As just a very faint patch to the unaided eye, the nebula takes on an oblong shape in binoculars. A brighter nucleus (the so-called "hour glass") is visible on one side, separated by a dark rift, from an open star cluster on the other side. Unlike the published timed-exposure photographs, to the unaided eye the faint nebulosity appears grayish with little if any hint of color.
The Lagoon Nebula is widely visible throughout the populated areas of North America. However, due to its location in the sky (-24 degrees declination), observers farther south see it higher in the sky, which is better for observing.
History and mythology of Messier 8. While the fanciful name Lagoon might suggest a mythical origin, there is no known mythology associated directly with this interstellar cloud. The name apparently refers to the shape with the dark lane through the middle, not unlike two lagoons separated by a sandbar. While visible to the unaided eye and therefore certainly seen in antiquity, there is no known mention of this nebula until 1654, when Sicilian astronomer Giovanni Battista Hodierna recorded his observations of the star cluster within the nebula. The area was observed by several other astronomers, including Charles Messier in 1764, after which it ultimately also became known as Messier 8, or M8, the eighth object in Messier's catalog.
Messier 8 science. M8 is about 5000 light years away, and roughly 130 light years across in the longer dimension. Composed primarily of hydrogen, much of it ionized (heated or energized) by radiation from the nearby superstar Herschel 36, M8 is known as an emission nebula. As such it also is a star-forming region, sometimes called a "stellar nursery." There is an open star cluster, NGC 6530, of young, hot, blue stars probably only a few million years old. In addition to these young stars, there are also many dark "Bok" globules of condensing gas and dust on their way to becoming "protostars" and ultimately full-fledged stars like those already formed nearby.
The Lagoon Nebula's approximate center position is RA: 18h 04m, declination: -24°22′
Bottom line: The Lagoon Nebula aka M8 is the largest and brightest of a number of nebulosities in and around Sagittarius.
Trifid Nebula, a summer Milky Way treasure
Larry Sessions has written many favorite posts in EarthSky's Tonight area. He's a former planetarium director in Little Rock, Fort Worth and Denver and an adjunct faculty member at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He's a longtime member of NASA's Solar System Ambassadors program. His articles have appeared in numerous publications including Space.com, Sky & Telescope, Astronomy and Rolling Stone. His small book on world star lore, Constellations, was published by Running Press.


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Here were some other travel bugs that were at Geo Jamboree that couldn't be taken, but could be discovered:
This one was on a car. We actually "discovered" quite a few car travel bugs at this event - they are becoming quite popular.
After the picnic DH and our friend did some more geocaching and I took DD to swim in the lake. The weather was very overcast and it did rain and drizzle on and off, but nothing too bad. Until about 9:30 that night. From about 9:30 that night until about 8:00 the following morning it rained cats and dogs. Oy. All I can say is thank goodness we've camped enough to know how to stay dry because it is no fun at all sleeping on wet sleeping bags and/or having all your stuff get wet. We've already done that and learned those lessons, so fortunately, we were fine, but I know a lot of other fellow geocacher-campers were not so lucky. The only thing that was really a pain was that instead of being able to put the tent and the tarps away when we got home, we had to set the up again in the backyard and lay the tarps out and let them dry. Luckily it was nice and sunny that afternoon so DH actually took the hose first to everything and gave everything a good wash, which everything needed anyway, so it was sort of just as well.
Well since I last posted the "attended" logs for Geo Jamboree 7 are up to 124 so far and CT A-Team posted that plans are already being made for next year's Geo Jamboree 8, so if this sounds like fun and you live within traveling distance to Kettletown State Park in CT, keep your eyes out!
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Gold resources in deposits will be over in 20 years from now
In case you wondered: no, this is not an April's Fools Day joke. The main experts of Goldman Sachs bank have revealed their latest forecast regarding gold reserves in deposits and it doesn't look good – at least at first sight.
According to the relevant authorities the known deposits of gold, diamonds and zinc will run out in 20 years. The prediction for other metals such as copper, platinum and nickel is of approximately 40 years. From the statement by Eugene King, there is shortage of precious metal resources in gold deposits, apart from the small number of deposits with quality resources.
But that's not the only reasons that could lead to physical gold scarcity. The excavation of gold deposits sometimes can impact negatively the environment destroying the ecosystems and therefore, groups of activists protest against these excavations.
For instance, the north of Spain hides gold deposits underground which, on the one hand could mean increasing the gold reserves of the country; but on the other hand, the use of cyanide and other substances would poison underground water, putting hundreds of lives at risk.
Regarding the level of production and extraction, it has been reduced noticeably. Nonetheless, USAGOLD analyst, Peter Grant expressed that the gold production could reach a peak pretty soon.
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Director George Seaton's The Big Lift, released in 1950, is one of the new-to-me movies I've watched during this month of focusing on Montgomery Clift's career. It's an interesting film from a historic perspective, as an artifact of a particular time after World War II when the Cold War was really ramping up, but as an entertaining movie I found it somewhat lacking.
To keep this from turning into another book-length review like that last two I posted, I'll keep it simple and break it down into the Good, the Bad, and the Random.
The Good
Montgomery Clift, of course! He plays Sgt. Danny MacCullough, an Air Force engineer who is assigned to fly food and supplies into Berlin during the Berlin Airlift. As always, Monty turns in a very good performance, believably portraying a nice if too-trusting guy who is burned when the German woman he falls for turns out to be a double-crosser.
Like Clift's character in The Search, MacCullough is a relatively uncomplicated, angst-free fellow (at least until things go wrong with his girl and he's forced to become a little more circumspect about people), especially compared to some of the characters he would portray for the remainder of his career. Monty is believably romantic and smitten during his love scenes, and heartbreaking when he realizes he's been used and betrayed.
Paul Douglas. Although he and Montgomery Clift didn't get along at all (a theme you'll see recurring throughout Clift's career is that many of the men actors and directors didn't like him, while many of the women he worked with adored and mothered him), Douglas and Clift have a good rapport as Air Force buddies with different ways of looking at Germans in the years after the war. Douglas's character, Sgt. Hank Kowalski, loathes Germans and is angry when he's assigned to ground duty in support of the Airlift. His Polish background plus the fact that he was held in a German prison camp during the war make his feelings understandable, but his character not always very likeable.
Kowalski takes up with an adorable German woman named Gerda (Bruni Löbel), whom he treats very disrespectfully, to the point where you wonder why she puts up with his verbal abuse. He also encounters the prison guard who physically and mentally tortured him during the war and brutally beats the man almost to death. Kowalski makes a big turnaround by the end of the movie, however, realizing that hurting the man who hurt him didn't ease his mind at all, and that while some Germans were terrible people some were good, the same as everywhere in the world.
Cornell Borchers as Clift's love interest, the duplicitous Frederica Burkhardt. Borchers isn't overwhelmingly pretty (almost any woman would have a hard time looking pretty next to Montgomery Clift), but it's easy to believe that Sgt. MacCullough would be smitten with her intelligence, her apparent anti-Nazi sympathies, and her sad tale of war widowhood. Unfortunately for him, the story of her life is a big lie – she has a former-S.S. boyfriend living in St. Louis, Missouri and is playing MacCullough for a sap. She wants to marry him as a way to get to the States and reunite with her lover.
O.E. Hasse as a good-natured if cynical German named Stieber who befriends MacCullough. Stieber is Frederica's neighbor and a spy for the Russians. He doesn't have any particular sympathy for communists, however, he's in it because he needs the money and because everyone in Berlin is spying on someone. He's an amusing, likeable character and eventually saves MacCullough from making a big mistake and marrying Frederica.
History. Getting a good look at bombed out, post-war Berlin as it was during the years when it was divided among the Allies is genuinely fascinating and disturbing. The privations experienced by Berliners during those years and the tension people of all western countries felt as the Soviet Union became more aggressive are well portrayed.
At one point in the movie MacCullough's uniform becomes stained by paint and he ends up traveling though the Soviet section of Berlin in civilian clothes – dangerous because not only would he be in huge trouble with the U.S. military if he was found out of uniform, but because his safety is much more at risk without the protection of his military status. It's a stressful sequence as you wonder whether or not MacCullough will be caught by the Russians, and also if he might not be ratted out by Frederica, who by now we have some reason to suspect.
Choo Choo! While in the Soviet part of Berlin MacCullough, Kowalski, and their girlfriends visit a nightclub that's raided by Soviet soldiers. In order not to be caught without his papers, MacCullough hops on stage with the German singers and joins their part-English, part-German rendition of "Chatanooga Choo Choo." It's pretty much worth watching the movie just to see Monty Clift dancing and singing, if only for a moment. Not the kind of thing that came up too often in his other films.
The Bad
Oh good grief, when will the story actually start? That's what kept running through my mind for about the first half hour of the movie, as I watched airmen talking about going to Berlin, getting on planes to go to Berlin, and discussing what they were going to do in Berlin, including a too-long explanation of how radar works. Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas don't have a lot to do or say for quite a while. It's not until the groundwork is set and about 30 minutes have passed that we finally get to know our two stars' characters and the plot really gets in motion.
All military roles with the exception of those played by Clift and Douglas were portrayed by actual military personnel stationed in Berlin. And oh boy, can you tell it! Remember how I said that when Monty portrayed a soldier in The Search, audience members thought director Fred Zinnemann had cast an actual soldier in the part? Yeah, they wouldn't have thought that if they'd compared him to real military men like the ones attempting to act in The Big Lift. God bless those wonderful men, WWII veterans who saved the world from tyranny, but they really weren't so great as actors – especially when sharing the screen with people like Paul Douglas and Montgomery Clift.
Propaganda. The movie is preachily pro-America and pro-democracy. Don't get me wrong, I'm in favor of both those things, but after a while I felt like I'd been hit over the head with a hammer. The scenes with Kowalski and his girlfriend Gerda were the worst offenders, with him abrasively espousing US views and her trying her best to sort through her thoughts about politics while defending herself against his rude remarks as best she can.
The saving grace of their storyline is that eventually Gerda reads the US Constitution for herself and realizes that the American political system means she has the right to think and speak for herself, and that she doesn't have to put up with Kowalski's bullying anymore. Of course by that time he's had his own "not all Germans are the devil" epiphany and is impressed by her spunk and newfound love of liberty.
It all just could've been a lot subtler and less obvious, is what I'm saying.
The Random
What might have been. Montgomery Clift's schedule was freed up to film this rather so-so movie when he turned down Sunset Boulevard. Billy Wilder had written the part of Joe Gillis specifically with Clift in mind and he had previously agreed to do it. Apparently he was dissuaded from taking the part by his acting teacher, Mira Rostova, and by his close friend/lover/who knows, the much older cabaret singer Libby Holman. The two thought the story of a young man being kept by an older woman was a little too close to Monty's reality. William Holden played Gillis, of course, and was absolutely wonderful in the part. Still, I can't help wondering what kind of brilliant performance Clift would have turned in. Alas.
Naughty Monty! George Seaton went to all sorts of trouble to find a nice apartment for Clift and Rostova (with whom Monty was joined at the hip on every movie set) to live in while filming – not the easiest thing in the war-ravaged Berlin of 1949. Upon arriving and seeing the place Monty complained that the apartment didn't have a garden, persistently enough that eventually General Lucius Clay, Commander of the American Occupation in Berlin, moved himself and his family out of their own home and gave it to Clift for the duration of filming. Not the nicest way to act, Monty dear! He was the hottest young actor around after the release of The Search, Red River, and The Heiress and evidently it had gone to his head.
Baby, it's cold out there. After a lot of political wrangling with Soviet authorities, George Seaton was able to film parts of The Big Lift inside the Brandenberg Gate leading into East Berlin. However, on the day of shooting, the Russians set up loudspeakers and harassed the cast and crew with communist propaganda. The scene was shot without sound and dialogue had to be dubbed in at a later time.
So there you have it, a quick look at The Big Lift. As a slice of Cold War history, it's well worth watching…once. If I ever watch it again, however, I'll be fast forwarding to the Montgomery Clift bits and leaving out the rest.


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August 04, 2013, 04:51:16 pm »
We bought a 2014 Subaru Forester to use as a Toad. We are happy with the car but didn't realize it would be so hard to get a tow plate for it. Apparently there was a total reworking of the front end for 2014 so the suppliers have to get their hands on a Forester to design and fabricate a tow plate for it. Our tow guy was going to put a Delco tow plate and Delco tow bar on our rig. Now we can't get the Delco tow plate (no clue why, Delco told our guy they would have it by early July but no joy there) so he said he can get a tow plate from Blue Ox but then he needs to install a Demco Tow Bar to Blue Ox Base Plate Adapter. It's only another $81.00 so we aren't worrying about the cost (comparatively speaking with the rest of the money to hitch this thing up) but it is potentially one more part to go wrong. Does anybody have experience with such a thing?
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If you have not already purchased the Demco Tow Bar you might want to consider going with a Blue Ox tow bar. I have used one for 8 years and it has performed flawlessly.
It looks like Demco has a wide selection of adapteres and I don't see any reason why an adapter supplied by Demco would cause any problems. Hopefully it would replace the attachment points on the tow bar with Blue Ox compatible attachment points.
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Holly, You might want to call Camping World ask for an estimate from them before going with your current estimate. Last week I saw the SMI system installed in a Jeep Grand Cherokee and it was real nice. Nothing to do inside, just hook up and go. For full timing it might be a better system. He had it installed along with the tow bar & plate at Camping World in Hanover, Pa.
Did you get your noise and counter top fitted?
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I recently purchased a Roadmaster tow bar and when I went to have the CRV plates installed they did not have the right plates. They said it would be cheaper to install BO plates and get an adapter between the tow bar and plate. I see no problem with this scenario at all. Can't speak to the Demco.
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Quote from: Awilson on August 05, 2013, 06:11:54 pm
Can't speak to the Demco.
I have used Demco baseplates on three toads with no problems. This does not address your problem, but on two occasions I have asked Demco for their assistance on solving a problem and they have gone the extra mile. I can't see where a Demco adapter and towbar wouldn't do the job, but as mentioned it seems the BlueOx towbar would be the cheaper fix. Regardless either solution should work just fine. Good luck on whichever you choose!
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We decided to go with the Demco tow bar and Blue Ox base plate with the adaptors as recommended by the hitch guy. I was concerned we were adding additional parts to fail but the adaptor replaces a piece on the Demco tow bar so no additional parts or rattles. It actually looks like it will be a better join since the adaptor has three tabs interlocking with two on the base plate as opposed to the standard Demco one tab interlocking with two.
To answer Tom: No, we still have the noise. Ford says we have to wait for their regional repair guy to look at but they didn't call before we left for our 3.5 week trip and we are in crunch mode now trying to clear the house before our new tenants move in on August 27th. If we can get ourselves organized enough, we may try to book into the Ford dealer and repair shop that Phoenix uses in Mishawaka, Indiana. We will be up that way for the rally/reunion and could hit it on the way back down with a bit of a detour, but at least it will be going to someone that knows the RV.
As for the countertop - Phoenix DID replace it and did a very nice job. We had to return because they swapped the hot and cold water and the sprayer was leaking. Poor Bobby had to wedge himself under the sink and swap the hookups. In another post Ron Ditmer talks about how difficult it is to work in the tight space under the sink. Ron was correct as Bobby confirmed that the faucet hook ups are all attached prior to mounting the countertop at the faucet.
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Early in his press conference Tuesday, Jets coach Rex Ryan was talking about the switch from quarterback Mark Sanchez to Greg McElroy.
"Where the team is now, I think it's best for our team," Ryan said. "I truly believe I think it's best for our team right now. That's how I feel about it."
That's a short way of saying that with playoff chances eliminated and Sanchez coming off a five-turnover game, there's nothing to lose in the short term.
Ryan apparently wasn't thinking about the long-term, because he talked around questions about Sanchez's future.
When asked why McElroy wasn't considered when the playoffs were still a possibility, he said: "I'm not going to get into all the other particulars."
Ryan said he didn't know yet whether Sanchez or Tim Tebow would be McElory's backup Sunday. He said he told Sanchez the news last night, but didn't decide who to start this week against the Chargers until this morning, after "a lot of conversations," with members of his staff.


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If you want to prove a point, do it against the champs. It's what the Dallas Cowboys thought they did in the opener; it's what made us believe in the Cincinnati Bengals; it's what helped solidify the Washington Redskins' place among the contenders.
All three teams beat the New York Giants, shaping the way the football world considered them.
And the fact that the New Orleans Saints couldn't do it led us to cross them off.
That brings us to the Atlanta Falcons taking on Big Blue this Sunday -- a high-powered showdown in a week that features a whopping six games between teams with winning records. It's the kind of game better saved for the playoffs, which was the case last year. (Not that Atlanta wants to remember it ...)
Giants-Falcons on Sunday is the kind of game that can provide a statement. For the Falcons, who serve as hosts a week after the Carolina Panthers talked trash and took names, they can correct the nasty rumor that they aren't quite built for the postseason. If they take down the same team that bounced them from last season's playoffs, perhaps it will finally remind us that the Falcons are tied for the best record in football.
For the Giants, a win would not just sustain their lead in the highly competitive NFC East, but also prove that -- records be damned -- they'll be the Giants everyone hates to play in the playoffs.
So much to learn on Sunday at the Georgia Dome ...
Here is your Week 15 primer, with games ranked in order of intrigue, from 1 to 16:
New York at AtlantaSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 1:Doesn't it feel like the Falcons are the underdogs? That we take their win total for granted and offer little credit for the results they've compiled while knocking off one opponent after another? It does to me. But ask the players and get the answer: The only true barometer will be success in the playoffs. That's part of the vibe inside the locker room. The goal, instead of merely piling up wins, is to build toward the postseason. And stopping a physical, balanced offense like the Giants' unit would make the case that they're doing that. Hitting the G-Men with a rejuvenated run game starring Jacquizz Rodgers (finally) would do that, too. As for the Giants, their record isn't nearly as good, but they already seem playoff-ready. Drumming the Saints jumped Eli Manning out of his alleged funk. Taking down the Falcons in their house would take that further. #NYGvsATL
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San Francisco at New EnglandSun 8:20 p.m. ET, NBC Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 2:When Dwight Clark leapt higher than one thought possible and came down with "The Catch" off a throw from Joe Montana, New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in the stands, cheering for the San Francisco 49ers. It was his childhood team, the one he always wanted to play for. And it would provide a nice backdrop for this Sunday's showdown ... if only there wasn't so much else to find out. If Brady beats his hometown squad, maybe he'll find some satisfaction in that. But on Sunday Night Football, this mega-rumble will be all about 2012. It might also be a Super Bowl preview, especially if the Patriots continue to perform like they did in their most recent prime-time battle, when they completely dismantled the Houston Texans on Monday night. It won't be easy, though. As Patriots linebacker Jerod Mayo told me this week, a quarterback like Colin Kaepernick adds a dimension that few other teams present. #SFvsNE
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Green Bay at ChicagoSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 3:What a roller-coaster ride it has been since these two last played. Back in Week 2, after the Green Bay Packers won, the Chicago Bears went on to catch fire. They took what seemed to be solid control of the NFC North, doing so with a well-rounded team that seemed slump-proof. Meanwhile, with offensive-line woes, the Packers sunk to mediocrity. Um, not so much anymore. Now, Chicago's in a free-fall, losing four of its last five and definitely feeling the pressure. Now, Green Bay's leading the division after winning seven of its last eight. The good news for the Bears is they won't have to stop Adrian Peterson this week. The bad news is, if they lose, they are suddenly looking up at a playoff spot. Huge one. #GBvsCHI
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Denver at BaltimoreSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 4:It would be tough to ask the Denver Broncos to do any more than they already have done. At 10-3, they've won the AFC West and revived Peyton Manning's career, supporting the iconic quarterback with a defense that might be nastier than what he once had in Indianapolis. On the road, in an early game, with little to prove, this isn't about them. Nope, this one is about the oddly vulnerable Baltimore Ravens, who enter this game with a new offensive coordinator in Jim Caldwell. Word is, they'll ramp up the no-huddle approach, and the move to ditch Cam Cameron might streamline the offense. But will Baltimore need time to work out the kinks? Is there time? #DENvsBAL
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Pittsburgh at DallasSun 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 5:After dealing with tragedy before, during and after last week's game, the Dallas Cowboys return to mostly football this week. That's not to say the horrific car accident that ended the life of one teammate and changed the life of another is off their minds. But slowly, they will begin to move forward. What they have is a defense with depth issues and an offense that must find out if star receiver Dez Bryant can catch with a fractured finger. While the Cowboys try to work all that out, they encounter a Pittsburgh Steelers team that has struggled recently, has performed poorly on the road for much of the season, and has a banged-up quarterback in Ben Roethlisberger who believes he's ready to play when evidence might be pointing the other way. Both teams face obstacles off the field and on. And both are eyeing coveted playoff spots, trying to make it work somehow. #PITvsDAL
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Indianapolis at HoustonSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 6:The fact that this Week 15 game is actually important -- and will be entertaining -- is stunning. By this point, we thought the Indianapolis Colts would have been pondering their draft spot while the Houston Texans would have been on cruise control in the AFC South. Yet Andrew Luck (and some superhuman will) have the Colts almost locked in on a playoff spot, with seven wins in their last eight games. Meanwhile, the Texans just suffered a humbling beatdown in New England. If the Colts beat Houston at Reliant Stadium -- no easy task -- they'll be just one game back in the division race. Luck faces a true test in trying to throw through the trees that line the Texans' defensive front. And a still-growing Indy D must stop Arian Foster. The Colts might be catching the Texans, who won't be in a good mood after Monday night's embarrassing debacle, at the wrong time. #INDvsHOU
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Washington at ClevelandSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 7:The Washington Redskins are white hot, thanks in large part to the sparkling tandem of Robert Griffin III and receiver Pierre Garcon. With that tandem's magic, Washington is very much in the playoff mix. Yet, if RG3 plays on an injured knee, so much of what makes the offense thrive -- his mobility -- is limited. And while the Cleveland Browns aren't quite world-beaters, it's worth noting they have won three in a row(!). They have a shutdown corner in Joe Haden to put on Garcon. And Cleveland has a rare power back (Trent Richardson) who can match the way the Redskins run. Considering this is in Cleveland, too, it might be a far more difficult game than the Redskins would've imagined earlier in the season. A loss, even on the road, would be a serious blow to Washington's playoff hopes. #WASvsCLE
- Watch: Game Preview
Minnesota at St. LouisSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 8:It's December, and we're still talking about these teams? Yup. For the St. Louis Rams, this is the first time they've had a .500 record in December since 2003. That in itself is an accomplishment for a franchise that is rebuilding as fast as only they thought they could. And the fact that they are 4-0-1 in the NFC West only adds to it. The answer to the question of whether or not they are ready to take the next step in becoming a playoff contender comes Sunday. The Rams can frustrate Christian Ponder, but can they stop Adrian Peterson, who appears hell-bent on breaking Eric Dickerson's rushing record? St. Louis' 10th-ranked defense boasts a feisty front and two corners who can handle the Minnesota Vikings' lackluster receivers by themselves, so don't be surprised to see the Rams sell out against the run. #MINvsSTL
- Watch: Game Preview
New York at TennesseeMon 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 9:Maybe if Tim Tebow were playing, this would be ranked higher. I wish I was kidding. Somehow, we got stuck with a dud of a Monday night game this late in the season; though at least the New York Jets kinda sorta have something to play for. With Gang Green at 6-7, not even Rex Ryan is talking playoffs. But stranger things have happened. Not many, but a few. In all seriousness, from another perspective, it will be fascinating to watch new Tennessee Titans play caller Dowell Loggains try his hand with quarterback Jake Locker against a defensive guru in Ryan. Some intrigue there. (Hey, I'm tryin'!) #NYJvsTEN
- Watch: Game Preview
Seattle at BuffaloSun 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 10:If the New York Jets have a miniscule chance of making the playoffs, the Buffalo Bills have even less hope. Some, but not much. Things would be looking better if they had held on last week and if they hadn't just placed Fred Jackson on injured reserve. Yet, they still have C.J. Spiller. Though it might not be enough to beat a Seattle Seahawks team that just dropped 58 -- 58! -- on the Arizona Cardinals. It would be tough for Pete Carroll's team to be playing any better. However, this is a road game, which tends to weaken the Seahawks a bit. But my guess is, not enough. #SEAvsBUF
- Watch: Game Preview
Tampa Bay at New OrleansSun 1:00 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 11:As fun as this game could be to watch -- two big-play offenses going head-to-head -- it just won't mean much. Both teams are long shots to make the playoffs; the New Orleans Saints, in fact, might have no shot. That's too bad, since both squads are entertaining. At the least, Josh Freeman, Doug Martin and Co. likely need to win out. Can they begin that march with a victory in the Superdome? Will the Saints be energized by their favorable bounty ruling? Or will they shrug it off, still frustrated with a lost season? #TBvsNO
- Watch: Game Preview
Detroit at ArizonaSun 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 12:All rubbernecking eyes are on Arizona after the Cardinals gave up 58 points to an archrival. Team president Michael Bidwill said evaluations won't be made until after the season, but it's no surprise that those around coach Ken Whisenhunt are on high alert. Bidwill also said such results are "unacceptable." Will the Cardinals rebound, quarterback situation and all? Whisenhunt has done some impressive things in Arizona since taking over in 2007, including making a run to the Super Bowl. Can his team show enough fight for him to hang on? #DETvsAZ
- Watch: Game Preview
Carolina at San DiegoSun 4:05 p.m. ET, FOX Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 13:The Norv Watch is on, with even those currently on the San Diego Chargers' coaching staff seemingly resigned to their fate. They won last week against the Pittsburgh Steelers, and Turner got the game ball, which might be his parting gift. The Carolina Panthers, meanwhile, are on the heels of a wake-up win over the Falcons, and things might be looking up for Ron Rivera's staff. Finishing strong could work wonders for the future of the franchise -- and that of Cam Newton, as well. #CARvsSD
- Watch: Game Preview
Jacksonville at MiamiSun 1:00 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 14:The battle for Florida? Does that get your heart pumping? Eh, not mine, either. (Especially since Tampa Bay would have something to say about that.) The Miami Dolphins' playoff hopes are gone, but every game is important in the development of a young quarterback (Ryan Tannehill). For the Jacksonville Jaguars, with the fate of just about every member of the organization up in the air with a few games left, it's worth debating whether a strong finish even matters. #JACvsMIA
- Watch: Game Preview
Kansas City at OaklandSun 4:25 p.m. ET, CBS Get Tickets
Why this game is No. 15:Someone will earn a win. So that's the upside. A tough year for two rivals, but if they are still into bragging rights, they can get some Sunday. On the flip side, the loser has a good shot at the No. 1 pick. So, there's that. #KCvsOAK
- Watch: Game Preview
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A lot of people, when they set up their home entertainment systems, don't even bother to consider buying a DVD projector. This is a big mistake. While this item will not always be the right choice, it certainly has its good uses. For example, did you know that the video picture quality of a DVD projector is very high in quality? Some people even prefer them over plasma screen TV's.
One basic thing you will have to consider is where do you want to mount it? Some projectors can attach to the ceiling, while others will have to be rested on top of a table or some other object. I am of the mind that it is better to hang it on the ceiling because then it's out of the way. No one is going to step on it or knock it off its surface. (Nor will they be able to spill anything on it!)
You will have to set a budget, too. If you are very serious about setting up a first rate home entertainment system then I would suggest setting aside about $500 for a DVD projector. You may very well be able to do better than this, but you certainly don't want to get caught in the trap of buying one that will not give you a great viewing experience.
I would say that those are the two single most important factors to consider when buying a DVD projector. Issues of brand and model quality can be easily sorted out by reading some reviews or going into the store and trying it out for yourself.


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Composite Technologies Co., LLCwww.ctcplastics.com
Composite Technologies Co., LLC (CTC), established in 1993 in Dayton, Ohio is a manufacturer of custom compression molded thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials for consumer and industrial applications. CTC is the owner of numerous manufacturing process patents including long-glass fiber reinforcement (LFRT) technologies and a revolutionary mixing and delivery system. CTC is also the owner of a patented technology that enables products and components to have durable, four-color graphics molded directly into the plastic surface of the finished product.
CTC is a recognized leader in compression molded plastic products with manufacturing capabilities including both extrusion and injection compression molding, transfer molding and gas-assist compression molding. The company has a seasoned in-house engineering staff that eliminates their clients from hiring costly middlemen and helps expedite the entire design/manufacturing process.
Recognizable consumer products manufactured by CTC include snow sleds, wakeboards, plastic composite basketball backboards and bases, plastic wagons for children, and lawn and garden carts. For the industrial sector, CTC produces plastic dumpster lids, molded pallets (skids) that replace the wooden skids and various automotive related accessory items.


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My hesitation was that I'm still a newbie and have been known to screw up stuff now and again... OK, regularly. But all the big kids were singing its praises so I jumped on the bandwagon. (Too many metaphors there, but you know what I mean;)
The video is so simple and straightforward, even I could understand it! And then they give you a test batch to try out. If you make a mistake or get confused they help you.
I'm working on some birth records now for somewhere in Texas and it's so very moving to see these records and know that my keystrokes could lead to someone finding their ancestor. OK, I'm hooked.
Plus, I get to pick from a list of records I want to index. That's really nice. I took a look at some handwriting on records from the War of 1812 and I'm not there yet. But Texas births... I'm all over that!
It comes to you in little batches so I don't feel like I've got this gigantic job to to. It's just filler work for me. Do a couple every now and then. Writing this blog post is taking longer than the batch I just finished.
Yeah, I can do this indexing thing... and I bet you can too. To sign up to index the 1940 US Census, go to http://the1940census.com/
And to get all warmed up and try your hand at indexing, go to http://the1940census.com/getting-started/
Photo of the Day from my archive:
My GF, John Lee Kelly (1892 - 1969) and his mother,
Christiana Eckhart Kelly (1861 - 1932)
ca. 1910.
The URL for this post is: http://nutsfromthefamilytree.blogspot.com/2012/02/1940-us-census-indexing-i-took-plunge.html


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The shortened holiday trading week proved to be quite unkind for many who had hoped that a fiscal cliff deal would be reached by now. Bearish pressures reigned supreme as gridlock in Washington D.C. encouraged profit taking ahead of the new year given the uncertain tax environment that 2013 holds in store. There is still lingering hope that policymakers will reach an agreement before the deadline, however, a "Hail Mary" resolution seems quite unlikely given the lack of negotiations seen thus far [Download 101 ETF Lessons Every Financial Advisor Should Learn].
Global Market Overview: Stocks In Red With No Deal In Sight
Looming fiscal cliff drama took its toll on Wall Street, sinking major equity indexes into red territory ahead of the weekend. The Dow Jones ETF (DIA, B) led the way lower with a 1.17% loss on the day, while the Nasdaq ETF (QQQ, A-) proved most resilient shedding just under one percentage point.
On the international front, China's market was the only one to end the week on a positive note; however, next week's manufacturing data could once again spoil optimistic sentiment building overseas.
Bond ETF Roundup
"Risk Off" sentiment permeated the bond market as well; not surprisingly, U.S. Treasuries and investment grade corporate debt notes posted gains, while riskier high-yield notes slumped into red alongside stocks.
Commodity ETF Roundup
A slightly stronger U.S. dollar on the day created headwinds for futures prices across the board. Natural gas led the way higher on the day followed by corn futures, while precious and industrial metals lost ground.
ETF Chart Of The Day #1: VXX
The Barclays iPath S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN (VXX, B+) was one of the best performers, gaining 5.10% on the day. Volatility levels spiked as another day passed without a clear solution in place, bringing us closer and closer to the dreaded fiscal cliff [see our Low Volatility ETFdb Portfolio].
ETF Chart Of The Day #2: XLE
The State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR (XLE, A) was one of the worst performers, shedding 1.74% on the day. XLE gapped lower at the opening bell only to trade sideways for most of the day; selling pressures returned in the final hours of trading and big volumes poured out of this ETF, perhaps pointing to further downside in the coming days [see also Energy Bull ETFdb Portfolio].
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Masters: Not just any body
Silver medalists Lima and Ribeiro of Brazil, gold medalists Robert Jones and Oksana Masters of the U.S. and bronze medalists Levin and Andreeva of Russia pose after adaptive rowing mixed double sculls medal ceremony during at the 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup III on May 5, 2012 in Belgrade, Serbia.
Sports celebrities such as Rob Gronkowski, Abby Wambach, Jose Bautista and Candace Parker were tapped for this year's edition of ESPN The Magazine's Body Issue. So was a 23-year-old named Oksana Masters.
On her first trip to New York City, Masters walked out in front of a professional photographer, a large group of assistants, editors and photo editors. Then she disrobed.
"Before the photo shoot, I always struggled with being comfortable in my own skin, especially as a female and how they are portrayed these days," said Masters, admitting there was a brief "panic moment" once the shoot began. "There was some pressure. But after doing it, I am definitely more comfortable with who I am."
So who exactly is Oksana Masters?
She is a U.S. Paralympic rower who has teamed up with rowing partner, Rob Jones, and together, they have set their sights on a world record in the 1,000-meter trunk and arms double rowing competition. The 2012 Paralympic Games will be held in London Aug. 29-Sept. 9.
A few photos of Masters in a national publication will reveal just a little bit about who she is.
"Words can't describe what the experience was like," said Masters, who was born with both legs deformed and webbed fingers because of radiation exposure from a nuclear power plant in her native Ukraine. "After I saw the pictures, I didn't know what I was so self-conscious about. I guess I always focused on the legs. I truly learned a lot about myself and was glad I had the courage to do it."
It wasn't the first time a Paralympic athlete had posed for the Body Issue, but Masters was the lone rower in this year's issue and she took extreme pride in that.
Rowing was a foreign concept to Masters before 1996, when the 7-year-old was adopted and moved from Ukraine to the United States. It took some time to get used to her new surroundings and for the pain endured in the Ukraine to dissipate.
"I felt like Cinderella or Annie walking into the new mansion," said Masters, for who soup was almost a delicacy growing up and, if she received just one meal a day, she was happy. "And even things like a grocery store blew my mind. So many options, so much to choose from."
Masters had one leg amputated when was 9 and the second was amputated when she was 14. It was before her second operation when she was introduced to the sport of rowing.
"My mother and I had just moved to Louisville and at first, I didn't want to row because it was called 'adaptive rowing' and I didn't like that," Masters said. "It took me a while to get used to that. But I started to make new friends and I loved being in the water. I've also been crazy enough to stick with it."
While in Louisville, Ky., last December, she was matched up with Jones, who is a U.S. Marine and lives near Washington, D.C. They met for a few training runs and Masters said she felt an immediate chemistry.
With Jones, Masters said the duo has a natural rowing swing, and that's hard to pull off. Jones is also an amputee, but unlike other Paralympic sports, there is no real classification for their disabilities in rowing.
Their goal is to set a new world record while in London. They took one step closer to their goal when they clocked a new American record while at the World Cup in Serbia earlier this year.
Masters and Jones finished with a time of 4 minutes and 5 seconds, which was 10 seconds faster than the previous American record. In the process, they also beat the team from Brazil, which had earned the bronze medal at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
"Absolutely, we are ready to go for a world record," Masters said. "Of course we want to win a gold medal, too, but we know exactly what time we have to get and we're aiming for it."
Masters is not kidding about the numbers. Inside her home, she has printouts hanging on the wall with every country's final times, splits and stroke rates. She constantly compares the times to her own and she admitted that she is studying the numbers at least once a day.
"Yeah, I'm kind of obsessed," she said.
Masters said the Chinese — current world record holders for her event — will be the team's main competition at the Paralympic Games. She also mentioned athletes from Brazil and Australia as teams to watch and knows not to count out the home team of Great Britain.
And there have been no lapses in preparation.
"Rob and I are out on the water six out of seven days a week," Masters said. "Twice a week, we do two workouts in the boat. Three times a week, we row and we work out in the gym in the afternoon. On Saturday, we do our long row of the week. It's pretty crazy."
But if there was any shortage of confidence for Masters, it was earned during that photo shoot in New York.
"I had never heard about the Body Issue before I got an email inviting me to pose," Masters said. "It was an amazing experience and I wouldn't change it for the world. I didn't even think twice about my decision and I had no idea how good it would make me feel about myself."
Story courtesy Red Line Editorial, Inc. Aaron Gray is a freelance contributor for TeamUSA.org. This story was not subject to the approval of any National Governing Bodies.


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Vaccines and Fraud
I'd like to take the time to remind my readers of the so-called "Flu Pandemic" that swept the nation back in 2009 and what we learned from that experience. Many of us were labeled "conspiracy nuts" because of our outspoken opposition to the vaccines and the "Pandemic" label which we surmised was just another scam. Of course, the "conspiracy nuts" were once again proven to be correct in their analysis.
I offer these past blog posts as a reminder and a warning for all to remain vigilante regarding the poisons our government readily allows to be foisted upon us.
First up: CFR Recording Suggests Creating False Scarcity To Drive Up Demand For H1N1 Vaccine.
The video is no longer available BUT the transcript is still online at the link provided. The point is in the title. They laughed about creating a "false scarcity" to drive up the demand for the vaccine.
Second: "The New 'Twilight Zone' — Obama Declares Swine Flu Emergency"
Take note of this paragraph which describes a "shortage" of the vaccine:
"Because of vaccine production delays, the government has backed off initial estimates that 120 million doses would be available by mid-October. As of mid-October, only 11 million doses had been shipped to health departments, doctor's offices and other providers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said.
The government now estimates to have about 50 million doses of swine flu vaccine out by mid-November and 150 million in December."
Then we have the "conspiracy nuts" being vindicated as shown in the post: It's Official: Flu Pandemic a Hoax
And finally, the "conspiracy nuts" warned about the danger of receiving the H1N1 Vaccine and were once again vindicated: Medical Doctor Retracts H1N1 Vaccine Advice After Reading Insert
We have learned a great deal from History. Let us not forget what it has taught us.
The Truth EXPOSED
Get ready to have your mind blown. You will never be the same after watching these videos. You will NEVER believe anything you see on the news again. And you will know that there is a great manipulation taking place by the Media AND the Federal Government.
I am only posting the very first video of this series. Please follow the link at the bottom of this post to view the rest. I've included the link to his new website so that you may learn more about this fraud being perpetrated on the American people.
This is basically proof that there are many PsyOps being performed for the news media. Some of these might even be classified as "False Flag Operations" on a small-scale. Remember, they are designed to form opinions and beliefs FOR YOU.
I recommend viewing the rest of the videos here and visiting the main website at WellAware1.com.
I've railed about the MSM and their dirty tricks. Even the apology supports the fact that they did this on purpose. Watch both videos:
Obama Admits: Not American Citizen
From his own lips:
Michelle Obama Admits Obama Home Country is Kenya
Let us "conspiracy nuts" now remind you that we have been consistent concerning this issue. And as the naysayers keep on naysaying the proofs of this fact keep stacking up.
Let me say this once again, Loud and Clear, for all those that are having a difficult time hearing it:
Barack H. Obama is not eligible to hold the Office of the President of the U.S.
And his wife offers yet another proof by admitting Obama's home country is "Kenya".
Don't believe it? Hear it for yourself:
It's Official: Flu Pandemic a Hoax
Here are some excerpts … for all those that used the term "conspiracy nut" for those that put out the warning:
Appearing on The Alex Jones Show, outgoing Chair of the Council of Europe's Sub-committee on Health Wolfgang Wodarg said that his panel's investigation into the 2009 swine flu outbreak has found that the pandemic was a fake hoax manufactured by pharmaceutical companies in league with the WHO to make vast profits while endangering public health.
"This was the mildest flu ever and the people were much more clever than the government so we have to find out what was going on with WHO – why did they do this pandemic alarm," asked Wodarg, noting that pharmaceutical interests within the World Health Organization were instrumental in creating the panic and reaping the financial dividends.
Wodarg said there was "no other explanation" for what happened than the fact that the WHO worked in cahoots with the pharmaceutical industry to manufacture the panic in order to generate vast profits, agreeing with host Alex Jones that the entire farce was a hoax.
However, Wodarg pointed out, "There is no law for WHO, there is no one who punishes those people in WHO, we only have national law, so this is very important that we collect the information and on the national level we try to find those people responsible and we try to punish them."
It would be my hope that those who rushed in panic for a vaccine will no longer be so gullible and begin to question the so called "authorities"… and do some research prior to making a decision that may have a high cost attached to it. With this pandemic also came a danger from the vaccine … and who knows what microscopic implants are now loose in the body of those that were vaccinated.
hmm…. now you're asking yourself: "implants??"
Do the research!!
Read the rest of the above cited article and see the videos.
The Pandemic Fraud
Are you not amazed at how many Americans flocked to stock up on "flu" medicines and ran for vaccines (which could have caused them serious harm) during the so-called "swine flu pandemic"?
Even more, I am amazed at how many of them labeled me as a "conspiracy nut" for assisting them with reliable information regarding the issue. Okay, so I'm a conspiracy nut … right? Then please explain why the rest of the world has decided that the swine flu pandemic was a fraud. Seriously? You don't believe that any one other than "conspiracy nuts" believe the pandemic was a fraud? Then please explain why there are investigations about the pandemic fraud.
The Parliamentary inquiry will determine if a "falsified pandemic" was declared by WHO in June 2009 on the advice of medical advisors, many of whom have close financial ties to the very pharmaceutical giants – GlaxoSmithKline, Roche, Novartis, – that produced the H1N1 vaccines.
It will also look into the controversy surrounding the fact that two shots were initially advised when it was later revealed that one dose was entirely suitable.
Pharmaceutical companies are thought to have made a profit of somewhere in the region of $7.5-$10 billion on H1N1 vaccines. The worldwide death toll from H1N1 is thought to be around 13,500, just over a third of the number who die from regular flu every year in the U.S. alone.
PACE has noted that the alleged conspiracy could have exposed "millions of healthy people to the risk of side-effects of insufficiently tested vaccines".
Steve Watson, Infowars.net
If recollection serves me right – were there not supposed to be tens of thousands of deaths from this swine flu? And didn't we "conspiracy nuts" repeat over and over that this swine flu wasn't as dangerous as the typical flu we have dealt with for decades?
Maybe those disbelieving will wake up a bit more and realize that not only is there something going on but they can actually do something about it and protect themselves, their families and friends as well as insure Freedom throughout this union. The sounding of the alarm at the outset of this fraud should be recognized as somewhat of a success.
It's a shame the politicians controlling the purse strings for the money that purchased all those now useless vaccines did not do their due diligence and investigate the matter as thoroughly as the rest of us. Or was that a vaccine producers lobbiest handing them a check for their next campaign??
Climategate: Caught Green-Handed!
Lord Monckton's new report: "ClimateGate: CAUGHT GREEN-HANDED!" is a "Must Read" for anyone who wants to know the truth about all the nasty details of the biggest scientific fraud of the modern era.
Get it Here (in .pdf – direct link to document located in The Ice Files).
Hard Facts: Joseph Moshe Silenced
The link to this video was left in a comment at this post on The Ice Blog.
I think my readers will be very interested in this report. And those of you that deny the U.S. government has dirty hands … may have a change of mind after viewing the video.


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Anna May Wong and Asian American Popular Culture
Shirley Lim
Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905–February 3, 1961) was the first Chinese American movie star and the first Asian American actress to gain international recognition. Wong broke the codes of yellowface in both American and European cinema to become one of the major global actresses of Asian descent between the world wars. She made close to sixty films that circulated around the world and in 1951 starred in her own television show, The Gallery of Madame Liu-Tsong, produced by the defunct Dumont Network. Examining Wong's career is particularly fruitful because of race's centrality to the motion pictures' construction of the modern American nation-state, as well as its significance within the global circulation of moving images.
Born near Los Angeles's Chinatown, Wong began acting in films at an early age. During the silent era, she starred in films such as The Toll of the Sea (1922), one of the first two-tone Technicolor films, and The Thief of Baghdad (1924). Frustrated by Hollywood roles, Wong left for Europe in the late 1920s, where she starred in several films and plays, including Piccadilly (1929) and A Circle of Chalk (1929) opposite Laurence Olivier. Wong traveled between the United States and Europe for film and stage work. In 1935 she protested Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's refusal to consider her for the leading role of O-Lan in the Academy Award–winning film The Good Earth (1937). Wong then paid her one and only visit to China. In the late 1930s, she starred in several B films such as King of Chinatown (1939), graced the cover of the mass-circulating American magazine Look, and traveled to Australia. In 1961, Wong died of Laennec's cirrhosis, a disease typically stemming from alcoholism. Yet, as her legacy shows, for a brief moment a glamorous Chinese American woman occupied a position of transnational importance.
Asian American Literature, U.S. Empire, and the Eaton Sisters
Edward Tang
The Eaton sisters, Edith Maude (b. 1865–d. 1914) and Winnifred (b. 1875–d. 1954), were biracial authors who wrote under their respective pseudonyms, Sui Sin Far and Onoto Watanna. Raised in Montreal, Canada, by an English father and a Chinese mother, the sisters produced works that many scholars have recognized as among the first published by Asian American writers. Edith embraced her Chinese ancestry by composing newspaper articles and short stories that addressed the plight of Chinese immigrants in North America. Winnifred, on the other hand, posed as a Japanese woman and eclipsed her older sibling in popularity by writing interracial romances set in Japan.
The significance of the Eaton sisters emerges from a distinct moment in American history. At the turn of the 20th century, the United States began asserting an imperial presence in Asia and the Caribbean, while waves of immigrants entered the nation as valued industrial labor. This dual movement of overseas expansion and incoming foreign populations gave rise to a sense of superiority and anxiety within the white American mainstream. Even as U.S. statesmen and missionaries sought to extend democracy, Christianity, and trade relations abroad, they also doubted that people who came to America could assimilate themselves according to the tenets of a liberal white Protestantism. This concern became evident with the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act (1882) and the Gentleman's Agreement (1907), legislation that thwarted Chinese and Japanese immigration efforts. The lives and writings of the Eaton sisters intersected with these broader developments. As mixed-race authors, they catered to a growing U.S. consumer interest in things Asian, acting as cultural interpreters between East and West. In doing so, however, they complicated and challenged American beliefs and attitudes about race relations, gender roles, and empire building.
Women, Militarized Domesticity, and Transnationality in the U.S. Occupation of Okinawa
Mire Koikari
After World War II, Okinawa was placed under U.S. military rule and administratively separated from mainland Japan. This occupation lasted from 1945 to 1972, and in these decades Okinawa became the "Keystone of the Pacific," a leading strategic site in U.S. military expansionism in Asia and the Pacific. U.S. rule during this Cold War period was characterized by violence and coercion, resulting in an especially staggering scale of sexual violence against Okinawan women by U.S. military personnel. At the same time, the occupation also facilitated numerous cultural encounters between the occupiers and the occupied, leading to a flourishing cross-cultural grassroots exchange. A movement to establish American-style domestic science (i.e., home economics) in the occupied territory became a particularly important feature of this exchange, one that mobilized an assortment of women—home economists, military wives, club women, university students, homemakers—from the United States, Okinawa, and mainland Japan. The postwar domestic science movement turned Okinawa into a vibrant theater of Cold War cultural performance where women of diverse backgrounds collaborated to promote modern homemaking and build friendship across racial and national divides. As these women took their commitment to domesticity and multiculturalism into the larger terrain of the Pacific, they articulated the complex intertwining that occurred among women, domesticity, the military, and empire.