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Milestones:Apollo Guidance Computer, 1962-1972
Apollo Guidance Computer, 1962-1972
The Apollo Guidance Computer provided spacecraft guidance, navigation, and control during all of NASA's Apollo Moon missions. It was developed under the leadership of Dr. Charles Stark Draper at the MIT Instrumentation Lab - now Draper Laboratory. This pioneering digital flight computer was the first real-time embedded computing system to collect data automatically and provide mission-critical calculations for the Apollo Command Module and Lunar Module.
AGC was a true pioneer: a mission-critical real-time, embedded digital computer system built using commercial integrated circuits. AGC and the associated guidance, navigation and control system components made possible the lunar rendezvous mode trajectory used by the Apollo program to put the first human beings on the moon and return them safely to earth.[1] The AGC performed flawlessly on 15 manned flights, including nine flights to the moon and six successful lunar landings. It was used for three manned Skylab missions and navigated the final Apollo spacecraft to a docking with a Russian Soyuz spacecraft in 1975.[2]
Astronauts repeatedly worked the AGC, achieving flawless moves and life-critical lunar landings. For additional information, see reference 3.[3]
ACG was one of the first computers to use integrated circuits. "During 1963, the MIT Instrumentation Lab consumed 60 percent of the integrated circuit production in the United States. By 1964, more than 100,000 IC's had been used in the Apollo program. Approximately 2000 man-years of engineering were consumed in the development of the Apollo computer hardware." [2]
Software for the AGC was developed using a mix of assembly language and an interpreted mathematical language. Processes for software validation and verification were developed, making extensive use of hardware and software simulators. By 1968, over 1400 man-years of software engineering effort had been expended, with a peak manpower level of 350 engineers. [2]
References and Further Reading
- ↑ Wikipedia, Apollo Guidance Computer, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 John Tylko, MIT and Navigating the Path to the Moon: AeroAstro Magazine Highlights, 2009 MIT http://web.mit.edu/aeroastro/news/magazine/aeroastro6/mit-apollo.html
- ↑ David A. Mindell, Digital Apollo: Human and Machine in Spaceflight. 2008 MIT Press
Additional Resources
Human Space Travel primary sources (oral histories, first-hand accounts) by people involved in the technologies of human space travel.
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Have you ever attempted to make a soufflé and it just didn't live up to your expectations? That's when it pays to have friends who actually know what they are doing. After trying unsuccessfully to recreate a fabulous soufflé I enjoyed at a brunch given by chef, and fellow food blogger, Brett of In Praise of Sardines I broke down and asked him for help. Thank goodness for talented friends who are generous with their advice!
Here is what Brett had to say when I asked him for some tips to making my soufflé light and fluffy:
- Butter the ramekins thoroughly, then coat with very fine breadcrumbs.
- Use cake flour instead of all purpose in the bechamel.
- Use extra egg whites. Whip them to soft peaks that are dancing on the edge of becoming stiff peaks.
- Work quickly and fold with a light touch.
Brett also shared his soufflé recipe (see his butternut squash pudding soufflé) with me which I fiddled with a bit, incorporating some ideas that seemed to work from my other soufflé endeavors, which I share with you now. Note that soufflés really are a bit tricky to make; this is not a beginner recipe. But if you are confident with your egg white whipping and folding skills, you should have no problem with this one.
What I love about Brett's approach is that you can actually make these soufflés in advance, which is perfect for a brunch gathering or a party in which you want to have most of the cooking done ahead of time. We ate half of them right out of the oven, and we re-baked the other half for a later meal. Both sets were delicious.
Asparagus Soufflé RecipePrint
- 1 lb asparagus spears, bottom ends trimmed and discarded, thick spears peeled, spears cut into 1-inch pieces
- Salt
- 1/4 cup chopped shallots
- 1 clove garlic, chopped
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped, or 1/2 teaspoon dried
- 4 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup finely ground dry bread crumbs
- 3 Tbsp cake flour (can substitute all purpose flour)
- 1 1/4 cup whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Pinch dry ground mustard
- Pinch ground cumin
- Pinch ground ginger
- Freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 cup grated Gruyere cheese (can substitute Parmesan, but frankly I prefer the Gruyere)
- 3 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- 5 egg whites
- 6 8-ounce ramekins
1 Blanch asparagus for 2 minutes in boiling salted water (1 teaspoon of salt for every quart of water). Drain. Rinse in cold water to stop cooking. Set aside to let cool.
2 Melt 1 Tbsp butter in saucepan on medium heat. Add shallots, garlic, and thyme. Cook gently until soft, do not let brown. About 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
3 Purée asparagus and shallot mixture in a blender. Measure out 1 1/4 cup of purée.
4 Butter 6 8-ounce ramekins. Coat well with the bread crumbs, reserving any leftover bread crumbs.
5 Make a thick béchamel sauce. Over medium-low heat, melt 3 Tbsp butter in a medium sized saucepan. Add the cake flour and whisk to completely incorporate the flour into the butter, continue to stir for a couple of minutes. Do not let brown. Very slowly, add the milk to the mixture, little by little, whisking constantly. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of salt, the nutmeg, cumin, mustard, ginger, and some fresh ground black pepper. Lower the heat to low and let cook for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally to keep the mixture from sticking to the pan.
6 After 15 minutes, remove the béchamel from the heat and stir in the cheese. Transfer the béchamel and the asparagus mixture to a large mixing bowl (if you have a mixing bowl with a pour lip on the side, use it, it will make it easier to pour out later). Taste the mixture and adjust the seasonings. The souffle base should be well-seasoned. Stir in the egg yolks until well combined.
At this point you can make ahead the souffle mixture. Refrigerate to store for up to two days. Return to room temperature before proceeding.
7 Preheat oven to 400°F.
8 Prepare to make a water bath (a bain marie). Have ready a 9x12 baking dish with at least 2 inch sides. Put on a kettle of water to boil.
9 Add a pinch of salt to the egg whites and using a mixer, beat the egg whites to firm but soft, almost stiff, peaks. (Make sure there are no traces of egg yolk or shell in your egg whites before starting.) Do not over-beat. Over-beating results in stiff peaks that are dry, somewhat reminiscent of styrofoam. Use a rubber spatula to first fold in one quarter of the beaten egg whites into the asparagus mixture, then the remaining three-quarters. Use a light touch to keep from deflating the egg whites.
10 Fill ramekins with the mixture up to a quarter-inch from the top. If you want, sprinkle leftover bread crumbs on top. Place the ramekins in the bain marie baking dish. Place baking dish on the middle rack in the oven. Pour boiling water into the baking dish around the ramekins until the water comes up halfway the sides of the ramekins.
11 Bake for 10 minutes at 400°F, reduce the heat to 350°F and bake for about 15 minutes more, until puffed up and golden brown. Don't open the oven door until the soufflé is just about done, or it may fall.
You can serve the soufflés immediately or you can serve them later. To proceed for serving them later, let the soufflés sit in the bain marie for 15 minutes. Then use run a sharp knife around the edges and invert the individual soufflés to a buttered baking sheet. Cool to room temperature, wrap in plastic and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days. Return to room temperature before re-baking. Heat oven to 400°F, bake the souffles on a buttered baking sheet, not in ramekins, for 7-8 minutes, and serve.
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Prospect Q&A: Hultzen on fast track
Second overall pick could make rotation out of Spring Training
By David Heck / Special to MLB.com | January 16, 2012 5:00 AM
After posting a 1.37 ERA in 118 innings his junior year, Hultzen was selected with the second overall pick by Seattle in the 2011 Draft. He didn't get a chance to play in the Minors after signing, but he did take part in the prospect-laden Arizona Fall League, where he put together a 1.40 ERA in 18 frames. The 22-year-old left-hander also earned a start in the AFL Rising Stars Game, pitching two hitless innings en route to the win.
As a polished college product, Hultzen is expected to take part in Major League Spring Training this year, where he could theoretically earn a spot in the starting rotation. With the Mariners' recent trade of Michael Pineda to the Yankees, Hultzen's chances are starting the year in the bigs only have increased.
MiLB.com recently talked with Hultzen about his past few months in professional baseball, what his approach will be in March and what he'd be doing if he wasn't on the diamond.
MiLB.com: You were drafted second overall this year. Did you expect to go that high, and can you describe what that was like?
Danny Hultzen: It was absolutely crazy. I actually didn't have any real expectation for that Draft. I had an idea that I'd kind of be up there, but I really never thought in a million years I'd go No. 2. It was a crazy experience just because it was so unexpected, but it was great because I was with my family and teammates. I was glad I could share that moment with them.
MiLB.com: You were a 10th-round pick by the Diamondbacks in 2008. Did you ever consider signing, or were you definitely going to college?
Danny Hultzen: I was definitely going to college. I hadn't even considered playing professional baseball. First of all, I really wanted to get a good education. Second of all, I wanted to get the college experience of growing up, living on your own, becoming more responsible and having that kind of lifestyle under my belt and not miss that experience. It feels like you're missing out on something if you don't go to college, so I was dead-set on going. I know that was the right decision for me. I know that's not the right decision for some people, but it was definitely the right decision for me.
MiLB.com: You got to throw out the first pitch at a Mariners game in August and spend some time in the TV booth. That must have been a fun introduction to the organization.
Danny Hultzen: That was awesome. It was Brad Miller, the Mariners' second-round pick, and I. We went out there, they showed us around, we got to go on the field and watch batting practice. All the big league guys and all the coaches, everyone with the team was there. It was awesome. We got to see where, if we're lucky, we could end up. It was cool to get a glimpse of that.
MiLB.com: You're from Maryland, and you went to college in Virginia. Had you spent much time out on the West Coast before that visit?
Danny Hultzen: Never. I've been to California a couple times to visit some family, but I'd never been out [to Seattle], so it was definitely a change of pace. It's a lot different than back home, but it was one of the coolest places I've been. I look in one direction and see mountains, and I look in the other direction and the ocean is right there. You don't find that in Maryland.
MiLB.com: You got to play in the Arizona Fall League, where your performance earned you the starting job in the Rising Stars Game -- which you won. What was that whole experience like?
Danny Hultzen: It was a good first step in professional baseball. I didn't get a chance to play in the regular year during the summer, but I got sent to play somewhere. It was definitely an honor to play in the Arizona Fall League. It was awesome to play against some really good competition and set the tone for the next couple years, however long this baseball career lasts. It was a good glimpse of the first step in pro baseball.
[The Rising Stars Game] was awesome. I felt honored again, not just to be there but to get the start. It was a cool experience playing against all these guys -- you read about these dudes and see them on TV. I was shocked to be playing against them all of a sudden.
MiLB.com: Mariners GM Jack Zduriencik has said you will probably be there in Major League Spring Training. Being your first season, do you think that puts pressure on you or does it feel like you're playing with house money?
Danny Hultzen: I don't really look at it like that at all. I'm out there to do my job and play baseball. Whether it's in big league Spring Training or regular Spring Training, my job is to play my hardest. I don't like to worry about all the noise that comes around that. My job is to play, and that's what I'm going to do.
MiLB.com: You batted .314 over your college career, and you won the John Olerud Two-Way Player Award in 2011. Are you disappointed you won't be hitting very much as a pro?
Danny Hultzen: I'll definitely miss hitting a lot, but I'm excited to just focus on pitching. It got a little hectic in college trying to do both. I loved it, don't get me wrong, but it'll be nice to focus on pitching. I'm not going to lie, though, I still grab a bat and swing it around to get that feeling again.
MiLB.com: You were a history major in college. What would you be doing if you weren't playing baseball?
Danny Hultzen: I don't like to think about it too much. I'm pumped I'm still playing baseball. Some of my friends from high school and college buddies are at that point in their lives, finishing up college and going into the real world fighting for jobs. Given the economy, it's definitely really hard to find a job, so I have no idea. I'm just glad that I don't have to think about that.
MiLB.com: Both your parents have medical backgrounds. Did you ever consider that career path?
Danny Hultzen: I did not. You can ask anybody. When I go to doctor's appointments to get blood drawn, I can't do needles. I can't do any of that stuff. Medical stuff is out for me.
MiLB.com: I looked on Twitter and didn't see you on there. Do you think you'll make the leap anytime soon?
Danny Hultzen: You know, I might. I'm not really a big social media type, but my friends are on it and it's a fun way to keep in touch with people and kind of be out there in the social world. I'm not sure yet. I haven't pulled the trigger on that one yet.
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2011-12 (Junior): Played in all 31 games…averaged 8.9 points per game…hauled in 3.4 rebounds per game…scored a season-high 27 points at Stetson (2/11/12) including nine free throws…Also played all 40 minutes against the Hatters…led the team in field goal attempts (267) and three-point attempts (154)…averaged 25.8 minutes per contest…ranked second on team in steals (34).
Junior College: Played two years at East Mississippi Community College in Scooba, Miss. ... scored 952 points in two seasons ... led EMCC to a 52-12 record and two appearances in the NJCAA national tournament ... averaged 17 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.7 steals as a sophomore ... shot 45 percent from field and 37 percent from three-point line as a sophomore ... scored 20 or more points 11 times as sophomore ... career high was 32 points hitting eight three-pointers ... honorable mention All-American by National Junior College Athletic Association ... named the top incoming player in the Atlantic Sun Conference by the National Hoops Report ... honored as a top-20 junior college transfer by Sporting News ... averaged 14.9 points, 2.9 assists and 1.6 steals over his two seasons.
High School: Scored 1,518 points as a three-year varsity starter at Glencliff High School ... averaged 21.3 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 steals as a senior ... increased his field goal percentage from 37 percent as a junior to 51 percent as a senior ... shot 79 percent from the free throw line ... named the District 12AAA Most Valuable Player and to All-Region 6AAA his senior year ... McDonald's All-American nominee
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Westchester County entered into a landmark desegregation agreement on Monday that would compel it to create hundreds of houses and apartments for moderate-income people in overwhelmingly white communities and aggressively market them to nonwhites in
The agreement, if ratified by the county's Board of Legislators, would settle a lawsuit filed by an antidiscrimination group and could become a template for increased scrutiny of local governments' housing policies by the Obama administration.
"This is consistent with the president's desire to see a fully integrated society," said Ron Sims, the deputy secretary of housing and urban development, which helped broker the settlement along with the Justice Department. "Until now, we tended to lay dormant. This is historic, because we are going to hold people's feet to the fire."
The agreement calls for the county to spend more than $50 million of its own money, in addition to other funds, to build or acquire 750 homes or apartments, 630 of which must be provided in towns and villages where black residents constitute 3 percent or less of the population and Hispanic residents make up less than 7 percent. The 120 other spaces must meet different criteria for cost and ethnic concentration.
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Affordable housing is defined by a complex formula, but generally it is meant to help working families keep from spending more than a third of their gross income on housing. A family of four could make up to $53,000 as a tenant and up to $75,000 as an owner and still qualify.
There is no minimum income level, "but it's not going to be no-income," said Craig Gurian, executive director of the Anti-Discrimination Center, which filed the lawsuit. "This agreement is not focused on facilitating housing for the poorest of the poor." The center is a nonprofit anti-bias advocacy and litigation group based in New York City.
Mr. Gurian said that while black and Hispanic residents have a disproportionate need for affordable housing, "this is an opportunity-creating agreement, not a guarantee" that the homes would go to minority members.
"Residential segregation underlies virtually every racial disparity in America, from education to jobs to the delivery of health care," said Mr. Gurian.
No communities have been chosen to receive the homes, officials said. But according to the Anti-Discrimination Center, more than two dozen predominantly white towns or villages are eligible, including Bedford, Bronxville, Eastchester, Hastings-on-Hudson, Harrison, Larchmont, Mamaroneck, New Castle, Pelham Manor, Rye and Scarsdale.
A federal monitor, James E. Johnson, has been appointed to ensure that the county abides by the settlement. Given that 120,000 acres in the county meet the criteria, the monitor "should have no difficulty making sure that Westchester ends its policy of allowing affordable housing to be off-limits in the most highly white neighborhoods in the county," Mr. Gurian said.
The lawsuit, filed under the federal False Claims Act, argued that when Westchester applied for federal Community Development Block Grants for affordable housing and other projects, county officials treated part of the application as boilerplate — lying when they claimed to have complied with mandates to encourage fair housing.
A Westchester official originally dismissed the suit as "garbage." But the county was largely repudiated in February when Judge Denise L. Cote ruled in Federal District Court that between 2000 and 2006 it had misrepresented its efforts to desegregate overwhelmingly white communities when it applied for the federal housing funds.
Judge Cote concluded that Westchester had made little or no effort to find out where low-income housing was being placed, or to finance homes and apartments in communities that opposed affordable housing.
As part of Monday's agreement, the county admitted that it has the authority to challenge zoning rules in villages and towns that in many cases implicitly discourage affordable housing by setting minimum lot sizes, discouraging higher-density developments or appropriating vacant property for other purposes. Westchester agreed to "take legal action to compel compliance if municipalities hinder or impede the county" in complying with the agreement.
It was unclear Monday to what extent localities could thwart the agreement, if any chose to do so. Mary Beth Murphy, the town supervisor of Somers, which is among the possible locales for new housing, said that while she was unaware of the agreement, "we certainly are committed to affordable housing and have amended our zoning legislation in recent years to create more opportunities."
The agreement could spark challenges to suburban county governments across the country that have resisted pressure to undo decades of residential segregation.
The county admitted no wrongdoing, attributed the judge's ruling to a technicality and argued that since it had previously invested in affordable housing, "what is different is the locations where the housing must be built."
"We are settling the lawsuit because we have no choice," Mr. Spano said.
The suit by the Anti-Discrimination Center applied to towns and villages in Westchester. The federal government deals directly with the county's larger cities, among them Yonkers, which nearly went bankrupt before capitulating in a housing segregation case that began in 1980 and dragged on for years. That city, which had concentrated public housing in its southwest, was forced to build on the east side, where more whites lived.
The agreement is subject to approval within 45 days by the county's Board of Legislators, which is also required to approve a $32.9 million bond sale to help finance the housing. Without legislative approval, the litigation would resume and the county would be faced with having to prove at trial that it did not knowingly file false claims.
Most of the homes would be new construction, although some existing houses and apartments could qualify if the county made them permanently affordable.
The case was litigated by Mr. Gurian and the center's lawyer, John Relman, and supported by testimony from Andrew A. Beveridge, a sociologist at
Dr. Beveridge found that "racial isolation is increasing for blacks, falling slightly for whites" and that "income level has very little impact on the degree of residential racial segregation experienced by African-Americans."
Mr. Gurian said that the 750 homes called for by the agreement "represents only a small percentage of need," but that "it's designed to be practical."Continue reading the main story


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Among a sea of more than 3,000 journalists clacking away at keyboards in the media centre at the Rio+20 conference, Zofeen Ebrahim desperately searched for an adapter for her computer. Having arrived in Rio de Janeiro just 12 hours earlier, Ebrahim bubbled with nervous energy, or perhaps jetlag.
"I need to get something to eat and then I want to find a woman leader who was here 20 years ago," she said as she struggled to plug in the adapter loaned to her by a fellow journalist.
A mother of two from Pakistan, Ebrahim was in Rio last week to cover the conference along with 16 other journalists from developing countries around the world. Their trip was part of an IFAD-supported training programme presented by the Thomson Reuters Foundation (TRF) and IPS International News Agency.
"When I left Pakistan to come here, my country had a prime minister," Ebrahim said between mouthfuls of pizza in the canteen of the conference venue. "When I landed in Rio, my country no longer had a prime minister." Just the day before, Pakistan's Supreme Court had removed Yousuf Raza Gilani, the country's longest-serving prime minister, from office.
I asked Ebrahim if she felt that she was missing the year's best news story in her own country by coming to Rio. She immediately shook her head and said she did not. The Rio summit on sustainable development "is important for Pakistan," she added. "It is a story that needs attention, too."
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Ebrahim and other journalists from developing countries face multiple challenges that go well beyond the annoyance of overcoming jetlag or finding a local adapter. One of the biggest is a lack of access to experts when covering highly technical topics. This is where TRF and IPS step in, with training that focuses on best practices to help the journalists increase the quality of their stories on issues related to climate change.
No one knows the struggles of reporting on climate change more than Bassem Abo Alabass, a 24-year-old journalist from Egypt. In his brief career, Abo Alabass has already seen the inside of a prison cell for two days after taking to the streets in Cairo, not as a journalist but as "one of the people."
He is not surprised when I tell him that he is the only registered journalist from Egypt attending the Rio+20 conference.
Abo Alabass recently wrote a piece, for the news website Ahram Online, about a scientific report on the decreasing water level of the Nile. Because it was online, he was able to track how many readers followed the story. "Very few people read it," he said. "People in Egypt have only one thing on their minds. Making climate change a story that they can connect to right now is hard."
Two days after we spoke in Rio, Abo Alabass returned to Egypt and came home to a new president-elect, Mohammed Mursi. Eighteen months after street protests forced Hosni Mubarak to quit, Mursi had become the country's first democratically elected civilian president.
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When you are faced with revolutions on your doorstep, it is difficult to write a story on sustainable development that will interest readers, IPS trainer Miren Gutiérrez told me during a pause in the journalists' workshop in Rio. Couple that with the fact that they were competing with those 3,000 other journalists for interviews at the Rio+20 conference, and an already tough job just got tougher.
But for Zofeen Ebrahim, it was worth the trouble. "I am glad I came here," she said, running to do an interview on the last day of the conference. "This is just too important, not just for people in Pakistan, but for everyone."
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Iva May, daughter of Erie Alanson May and Martha C. Jones was born in California about 1885. At the time of the 1900 census1, fifteen-year-old Iva resided at home with her parents. Her father, an active and involved member of his farming community, had two biographies written up in mugbooks in 1892 and 19052, both of which mention Iva as being "at home" with no further illumination.
By 1910, however, Iva is found in the Sonoma State Home (pictured above), where she is still residing in 19203. Assuming the biography published in 1905 was honest and correct in stating Iva still lived with her parents, we can posit that Iva entered the facility in Sonoma sometime between 1905 and 1910, or between the ages of 20 and 25. Which leaves us wondering... what were the circumstances of her admission, and what was the nature of the illness or condition that necessitated her incarceration there in the first place?
Searching for an Illness
The California Home for the Care and Training of the Feeble Minded (as the facility was called until a name-change in 1909 to "Sonoma State Home") opened its doors in Sonoma County in November of 1891, with a mission to serve the needs of the developmentally disabled4. The name can be misleading to modern researchers, however, as "mental illness" as a term has changed drastically since the opening of the facility to our present day. By the early 20th Century, the Sonoma State Home was caring for epileptics, autistics, and those with palsies. Anecdotally, the facility was also serving individuals diagnosed with social "behavioral issues" such as women deemed "oversexed", homosexuals, and juvenile delinquents5.
In the 1892 mugbook biography of her father, Iva is mentioned as "at home and in pursuit of [her] education", raising interesting questions as to the state of her mental capacities. Was Iva born with any sort of developmental disability? If so, was sort of school was she attending? Was the assertion of her school attendance a glazing over of the truth of her condition? Or did her condition advance organically or come on with some sort of accident or trauma?
Census information is conflicting on this point. In 1900--when still in residence with her parents in Tulare County--in answer to the questions of whether she could read, write and speak English, the words "No" were originally written, then crossed out and the word "Yes" inserted above--in what seems to be a different hand. In 1910, her census entry notes "no speech" in regard to the ability to speak English. Her 1920 census information says she can neither read nor write.
As her father was an educated man--he worked in government in the Dakota Territory and published a newspaper in Tulare County, California--it can be assumed that his children would be educated to the best of their ability, suggesting that Iva's lack of literacy was not the result of family culture but of her own limitations. If Iva could, indeed, read and write in 1900, but by 1910 was seemingly mute, then trauma or a sudden onset of illness could be presumed. If not, the 1892 biography is now suspect, and we can suppose that Iva was born with developmental difficulties and was moved to a facility perhaps as her age (and the age of her parents) increased.
As to the fate of Iva after 1920, not much is currently known. Iva has not yet been located under her maiden name in the 1930 census. No other information found on her father, Erie May, mentions Iva (including his 1942 obituary6, which only mentions his son and second wife as survivors); an obituary for her mother who passed away about 1926 has not yet been found. A 1973 death notice for her brother Erie Howard May makes no mention of his sister.
All of this leaves us with a number of questions: From what illness-or what kind of trauma-did Iva May suffer?
Hospital Records
Records for patients (inmates) of the Sonoma State Hospital survive in the inventory of the Department of Mental Hygiene, and reside in the California State Archives, Inventory F36077, but are restricted. As per an e-mail exchange with an archivist, "Records held at the California State Archives that are exempt from the disclosure under any California Law are completely open 75 years after the last date on the record. Patient information falls under this 75 year rule." Under this rule, most of the applicable records of inmates discharged or deceased (which run through 1949) will not be available until somewhere around 2025. Some admission record books and application lists should now be available for research, and will have to be consulted on a trip to the Archives in Sacramento.
Superior Court Records
According to a 1914 publication8, California law stipulated that parents or guardians interested in admitting a charge into a facility for the feeble-minded had to petition the Superior Court in their county of residence. If approved, the Judge would refer the charge for admission. Tulare County Superior Court will have to be contacted in regard to availability (if any) of applicable records.
Newspapers in the time period may have addressed Iva's move to the Sonoma State facility. This would particularly be true if her incarceration was the result of an accident or sudden onset of a malady. A review of local papers in the estimate time period of 1905-1910 (ideally the Daily Tulare Register8) should be undertaken.
In Part Two of this post, I hope to shed some light on the mystery of Iva May, and share with you the results of the research strategy outlined above. It is possible that until the full release of inmate records from the State Home this matter cannot be fully resolved, but alternative sources must be consulted in the meantime!
1. See 1900 US Federal Census, ED 63, Sheet 2A, Poplar, Tulare, California, Dwelling no. 24, Family No. 26, Household of Erie A. May (lines 5-8). According to this census, Iva was born April 1885.
2. See Guinn, JM, Historical and Biographical Record... of the San Joaquin Valley, California, 1905, page 1218. See also, Lewis Publishing Company, A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California, 1892, page 522.
3. See 1910 United States Federal Census, ED 168, Glen Ellen, Sonoma, California, Sheet 12B, Sonoma State Home, line 60. See also 1920 United States Federal Census, ED 135, Sheet 7A, Sonoma State Home, line 49.
4. History of Sonoma Developmental Center. As accessed 21 May 2010.
5. See Black, Edwin; Eugenics and the Nazis -- the California connection, from The San Francisco Chronicle, 09 Nov 2003. Black's article delves into the darkest aspects of the California Mental Hygiene Department's history, particularly that of enforced sterilization projects and the specter of eugenics. The Sonoma State Home (and its director, Fred O. Butler) were notorious (if legal) offenders. For a great post on this issue and the Sonoma State Home, see Comstock House History's post here.
6. See The Oakland Tribune, "G. A. R. Post Becomes History as Last Member Passes Away", 08 September 1942, Page C17.
7. See Online Archive of California.
7. NY State Report on Provision for the Mentally Deficient, available at Google Books here.
8. Applicable holdings at the Tulare Public Library, Tulare, CA


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According to a letter issued last month, but released Wednesday, producers must obtain child-permits if they wish to film the Gosselin children in the future. They must also allocate a portion of the proceeds into a trust fund for kids, the Associated Press reported.
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Students at Strong Elementary School ended a fundraiser for The Mill Foundation for Kids with a "jumpathon," the latest in a series of collaborations between the school and the organization.
Beginning with first-graders, students in different grades filled the school's gym and divided into smaller groups. In each group, one student would grab a jump-rope and jump for a full minute before passing the rope to another student. Many students opted to continue jumping without a rope as they waited for their turn.
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Fox News' Sean Hannity brushed aside Rep. Keith Ellison's (D-MN) assertion that Hannity was "immoral" for "saying things that aren't true." Yet Hannity has a long history of using his Fox News program to push false and misleading claims.
Hannity Dismisses Claim That He Says "Things That Aren't True"
Hannity Dismisses Ellison's Claim That He Is "Immoral" For "Saying Things That Aren't True." On the February 27 edition of Hannity, host Sean Hannity replayed part of his February 26 interview with Ellison. During the exchange, Ellison responded to Hannity's question about the federal debt being "immoral" by saying, "You are immoral for telling lies." Hannity asked, "I'm immoral? What did I do that's immoral?" Ellison responded, "You tell mistruths. You say things that aren't true." Speaking before the clip was aired, Hannity said Ellison "at times, seemed incoherent" and "really started grasping at straws." After the clip was aired, Hannity said to guest J.C. Watts, "I just gave him the rope and said, go. Here you go, rant away." [Fox News, Hannity, 2/27/13]
Hannity Has A History Of Pushing False And Misleading Reports
10. Hannity Hyped RNC's Doctored Audio Of Supreme Court Arguments. Hannity uncritically aired a Republican National Committee (RNC) ad that used audio from Supreme Court oral arguments to attack health care reform -- but the audio used in the ad was dishonestly edited. [Media Matters, 3/30/12]
9. Hannity Distorted CBO Data To Attack Obama. Hannity claimed that a January 2012 Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report showed that if Obama were to win a second term, taxes would "go up 30 percent." In fact, the report only stated that taxes would increase at such a rate if all the Bush tax cuts were allowed to expire. [Media Matters, 2/2/12]
8. Hannity Falsely Claimed A White House Adviser "Advocated Compulsory Abortion." Hannity claimed that White House science and technology adviser John Holdren "advocated compulsory abortion" and sterilization. PolitiFact had previously rated a similar claim -- made months earlier by Fox News' Glenn Beck -- "pants on fire" false. [Media Matters, 9/9/09]
7. Hannity Falsely Claimed Obama Called The Death Of Four Americans "Just A Bump In The Road." Hannity claimed that Obama referred to the death of four Americans in the September 2012 attack on a U.S. compound in Benghazi as "just a bump in the road." In fact, Obama was referring to the difficulties Arab countries were facing in transitioning from autocratic rule to democracy. [Media Matters, 9/25/12]
6. Hannity Spread False Report That Egypt Was Considering Necrophilia Bill. Hannity hyped a thinly-sourced report from an Egyptian newspaper to claim that the Egyptian government was considering a law that would allow a husband to have sex with his dead wife. The Christian Science Monitor called the story "utter hooey," and multiple sources later debunked the claim. [Media Matters, 4/30/12; Huffington Post, 4/26/12]
5. Hannity's Special On "Liberal Bias" Featured Wildly Distorted And Out-Of-Context Quotes. Hannity's "Behind the Bias" special, in which he purported to investigate the "bias" of "the mainstream media," featured multiple deceptively cropped quotes. For example, he played a clip purporting to show that Katie Couric called President Ronald Reagan "an airhead"; in fact, Couric was citing a conclusion from a biography of Reagan. [Media Matters, 4/24/11]
4. Hannity Cast Doubt On Scientific Consensus About Climate Change. Even though the overwhelming majority of scientists agree that global warming is occurring and is likely caused or exacerbated by human activity, Hannity has repeatedly denied or cast doubt on the existence of climate change. [Media Matters, 12/4/09, 1/13/10, 8/27/10, 11/19/10, 6/24/11]
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Prevent Colds and Flu
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Many of us consider cold and flu season to be winding down by late winter, but it's not time to let down our guards quite yet. Influenza actually peaks in January or February most years, and can even drag on into May. To stay healthy through the rest of the winter and into the spring, give your immune system the natural ammunition it needs to fight that "bug" that's going around the office or that your child brings home from school.
Healthy Immunity
A strong immune system is essential for protecting us from colds and flu and for maintaining overall health. When immunity is compromised by a nutrient-poor diet or unhealthy lifestyle factors, we are vulnerable to every passing "bug."
A cold is an infection of the upper respiratory tract caused by a virus. Most of us catch about two colds a year. While more than 200 viruses can cause a cold, most are caused by rhinoviruses. We all know the symptoms—congestion, sore throat, sneezing, headache, and coughing. Most colds clear up in a week to 10 days.
The flu, on the other hand, is more serious. It is also an upper respiratory tract infection, but it's highly contagious and caused by a type of influenza virus. Because the flu is spread easily through coughing and sneezing, flu epidemics are common, particularly in winter. Symptoms begin much like those of a cold, but in many cases, a fever develops followed by hot flashes and chills. The flu can make you feel weak, achy, and extremely uncomfortable and can last for 12 days or more followed by residual fatigue and coughing.
Start with Your Diet
A healthy diet is the first step to giving your body the solid foundation it needs to fight colds and other infections. A diet rich in fruits and vegetables provides antioxidants, which your body needs to boost immunity. Colorful fruits and vegetables are also sources of vitamins A and C, essential for keeping your immune system strong. Also, be sure to drink plenty of fluids.
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The most well known immune-boosting nutrient is vitamin C. While this vitamin does little to protect you from getting a cold, it can help decrease the duration and severity when you do get one. Vitamin C helps strengthen the immune system by increasing the number of white blood cells, which are important for fighting viruses. For children, look for a vitamin C supplement specifically formulated for kids. It will contain calcium ascorbate, which is gentler on the stomach.
Vitamin E can boost the immune system and enhance your body's resistance to infections. This vitamin enhances the body's ability to produce antibodies, which help eradicate viruses, stimulates the activity of natural killer cells, which destroy virus-infected cells, and lowers levels of substances that cause inflammation. It also protects the immune system from the wear and tear of constantly defending the body. Immune cells produce large quantities of free radicals to kill bacteria, and yet they are highly susceptible to free-radical damage themselves. Vitamin E quenches free radicals and protects immune cells from damage.
Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant and immunity booster. It enhances white blood cell function, increases resistance to infections, and helps maintain skin and mucus membrane (such as the eyes and nose) defense to infection. Vitamin A works synergistically with vitamins C, E, and the mineral selenium.
A powerful immune-system stimulant, zinc is best taken at the first sign of stuffiness and a sore throat. It can shorten a cold's duration and may even stop it altogether. Studies show that zinc can help restore a weakened immune system.
Finally, garlic has both antiviral and antibacterial properties. Taking a garlic supplement may help reduce your risk of getting an upper respiratory infection, such as a cold or the flu. Garlic boosts immune function by stimulating infection- fighting T-cells. Take some garlic when you feel a sore throat coming on. Add plenty to your diet when you're stuffed up, too—it's also a decongestant.
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When you're physically and mentally worn down, you are in no shape to fight a virus or infection. Adequate sleep is important year round and even more so during cold and flu season. Rest will help restore your energy and make you less susceptible to complications like pneumonia.
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Thanksgiving is one of the most popular holidays of the year. Whether you get excited for the food, family, entertainment or the conclusion of the holiday in order to start decorating for Christmas, there is so much to anticipate on Nov. 24. If you find yourself vacationing to Branson during Thanksgiving this year, it may be helpful to know what shows, attractions and shops are open for the holiday.
The following is a list of shows performing their regular or holiday/Christmas shows on Nov. 24, 2016.
– Acrobats of China at Yakov Theatre
– Amazing Pets at Grand Country Music Hall
– Andy Williams Christmas Extravaganza at the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center
– Carpenters Once More at the Historic Owen Theatre
– Christmas on the Trail at Shepherd of the Hills
– Crazy 'Bout Patsy and Other Country Legends at the Branson Hot Hits Theatre
– Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede
– The Duttons at the Dutton Family Theater
– George Strait Country at the Little Opry Theatre
– Grand Jubilee at Grand Country Music Hall
– Hamners' Unbelievable Variety Show at Hamners' Variety Theater
– Hank Williams Revisited at the Historic Owen Theatre
– The Haygoods at the Clay Cooper Theatre
– Hughes Brothers We're Thankful for You at the Hughes Brothers Theatre
– Hypnolarious at the Lodge of the Ozarks Crystal Theatre
– The Legend of Kungfu: Return of the Dragon at the White House Theatre
– Legends in Concert at Dick Clark's American Bandstand Theater
– The Lettermen at the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center
– Maxine's Christmas Carol at the Andy Williams Performing Arts Center
– Million Dollar Quartet at the Welk Resort Theatre
– Motown Downtown at the Branson Hot Hits Theatre
– A Neil Diamond Tribute at the Historic Owen Theatre
– New Jersey Nights at King's Castle Theatre
– Pierce Arrow at the Pierce Arrow Theatre
– Puttin' on the Ritz at King's Castle Theatre
– REZA: Edge of Illusion at the Starlite Theatre
– Sanders Family Christmas at the Little Opry Theatre
– Shoji Tabuchi at the Shoji Tabuchi Theatre
– Showboat Branson Belle
– A Tribute to John Denver at the Little Opry Theatre
– A Tribute to Marty Robbins at the Little Opry Theatre
– Twice Adopted at Hamners' Variety Theater
The following is a list of attractions open on Nov. 24, 2016.
– Adventure Ziplines of Branson
– Branson Dinosaur Museum
– Branson Promised Land Zoo
– Branson Zipline
– Branson's Wild World
– Hollywood Wax Museum
– National Tiger Sanctuary
– Ripley's Believe it or Not
– Silver Dollar City
– Talking Rocks Cavern
– Titanic Museum
– Velvet Collection Celebrity Car Museum
– Veterans Memorial Museum
– World's Largest Toy Museum
– Xtreme Racing
Branson's most popular shopping centers will also have special hours for the evening of Thanksgiving leading into the early morning of Black Friday. The Branson Landing will be open from 6 p.m. to midnight on Thanksgiving Day and their Black Friday Blowout event will start at 7 a.m. the next day.
Tanger Outlets will also be having their Moonlight Madness sale beginning at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. This will last all through the night and into Black Friday, finally closing at a later time, 10 p.m., on Friday night.
Whether it's a show, attraction or some shopping, there are plenty of places to check out this Thanksgiving. Be sure to take advantage of everything that's open for the holiday this year.
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Here is a rundown of the county basketball games from Friday night:
Montgomery County 59, Collins 47
The Titans (11-6) led the Indians (18-3) 42-37 after three quarters at the Toyota Classic semifinals at Scott County. However, Collins went 1-for-16 from the field and had seven turnovers in the fourth quarter, when it was outscored 22-5.
Junior forward Ralphie Stone had 13 points and senior forward Dez Marshall 12 points and 13 rebounds for the Titans. Check here for stats.
Omar Prewitt led Montgomery County, which very well could represent the 10th Region at the Sweet 16, with 19 points and 16 rebounds. Junior guard Bryan Wallace, who played last season at Shelby County, added 14 points (7 in the fourth quarter).
North Oldham 61, Shelby County 38
The Mustangs (10-8) blew out the Rockets (6-13) in the second half for a 23-point victory at Mike Casey Gymnasium.
Cornerstone Christian 78, Christian Educational Consortium 43
Josh Woodward scored 20 points to lead the host Bulldogs (15-4) to victory.
Shelby County 39, Spencer County 32
The visiting Rockets outscored the Bears 14-5 in the fourth quarter to rally for a 30th District victory in Taylorsville.
Freshman forward Justus Martin scored 17 points to lead Shelby County (12-8, 3-2).
Spencer County (7-12, 0-5) led 12-6 at the end of the first quarter, 23-17 at halftime and 27-25 at the conclusion of the third period before the Rockets rallied.
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Earlier this spring, my husband and I were invited to a backyard wedding outside of Paris. We embraced the chance to make a European summer vacation out of it—until we started searching for flights. After losing countless hours toggling between the pages of itasoftware.com and every online travel agency imaginable, I settled on a fare that we could stomach—albeit at the same price I paid to get to Tokyo a year earlier.
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First report on Penn State changes under NCAA deal says school 'off to a very good start'
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) � The former U.S. senator brought in to monitor changes being made at Penn State says the school is "off to a very good start" in making changes under a deal with the NCAA.
George Mitchell's first quarterly report as Penn State's athletics integrity monitor was released Friday. He notes there's a looming deadline to complete a set of reforms, including implementation of a college sports code of conduct.
Mitchell is overseeing the school's actions under a compliance agreement made this summer with the NCAA and the Big Ten Conference.
The school agreed to pay $60 million and suffer a four-year ban on postseason play, among other things.
Mitchell says Penn State appears to be making a good faith effort to make the changes.


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Here's actress Haley Bennett, attending the premiere of The Equalizer in NYC. Her entire outfit is Louis Vuitton Resort 2015, right down to those pale pink Louis Vuitton Ankle Strap Mary Janes. Even if we didn't have that sort of intel, it's obvious that this is a complete runway look, but I don't feel it translates well on a young twenty-something starlet. These shoes are currently only available in Louis Vuitton stores.
I rarely just go off on a shoe, but the construction of these heels looks pretty slight. The giant logo buttons are apropos, and the upper design is pretty solid–until you get to the ankle, and then things start to (perhaps literally) fall apart. The heels look like they are about to fold over on themselves, and it's impossible to tell if the uppers are made of suede or something cheaper. In any case, it's not holding up well to wear. Try again, Louis Vuitton!


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Surge Deluxe heading to Vita in 2014 Futurlab has announced
Futurlab has announced Surge Deluxe will be heading to PlayStation Vita.
Surge headlines
Surge from FuturLab hits PS Mobile and Vita tomorrow
FuturLab has announced its PlayStation Mobile title Surge will be released tomorrow. The game was developed using Sony's PSM SDK and will be available on all PlayStation Certified devices including Vita for £2.59/€3.29. Check out a trailer for it below.
Splatterhouse pushed into early 2010
Namco Bandai says that the rehires from Bottle Rocket are hard at work alongside Surge – the Afro Samurai team – and are "committed to bringing Splatterhouse to the Xbox 360 and PS3 in 2010." "This will give us time to polish and incorporate all the content to deliver a top notch game worthy of […]
Namco heads west with new Surge label
Namco's announced Surge, a new label and studio designed to appeal specifically to western tastes. "Surge presents a significant milestone for Namco Bandai as it personifies our commitment to deliver compelling content for the discriminating player who is looking for games that are not only groundbreaking but also push the envelope," said Namco US marketing […]


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The latest way you can honor loved ones is to have them locked and loaded, their cremated remains inserted into live ammunition by an Alabama company called Holy Smoke.
"This isn't a joke. It's a job that we take very seriously. This is a reverent business. We take the utmost care in what we do and show the greatest respect for the remains," said Clem Parnell, the conservation enforcement officer who co-founded the company, in a USA Today article.
Holy Smoke markets itself as a memorial service for hunters that's cheaper and more eco-friendly than large-scale funeral arrangements.
Families mail a pound of cremated ashes to the company to use in the shot shells, which are returned within 48 hours for hunting use or display. Prices start at $850 for 250 shotgun shells or 100 rifle rounds.
"Holy Smoke realized there was a need for an individual's choice in how his or her life could be remembered or celebrated. What better way to be remembered than in a celebration of a life well spent," the company's website says. "Now you can have the peace of mind that you can continue to protect your home and family even after you are gone."
Although most Americans still prefer burial, the proportion of Americans choosing cremation had been expected to rise to about a third by 2010, compared to just 5 percent four decades before, according to research in the book Death and Religion in a Changing World.
"Many faith communities have adapted their funeral liturgies to the absence of a body and burial and devised new liturgical forms appropriate for cases of cremation," wrote religious studies professor Kathleen Garces-Foley. "Grieving family and friends have also created rituals surrounding cremation, such as scattering ashes at sea or installing a plaque on a park bench, and new industries have formed to facilitate these rituals."
Holy Smoke is a particularly niche and unusual such industry, creating new, customized traditions for modern-day memorials. The company began this summer and sent out its first orders last month, according to USA Today.
(H/T to the Religion News Service's daily roundup. Post originally appeared here.)


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Joe Walther of Cornell's Communication Department gave a talk today on Misattribution and attributional redirection in distributed virtual groups. [PDF].
One thing that Walther's studies pointed out was that the idea of "presence" is probably not only over-rated but entirely wrong. We assume that CMC group work fails because there are not enough cues. But his studies show that high levels of communication and trust built over time far outweigh cues. And further that cues, even neutral cues, have a negative effect. Joe says this is because textual communication without f2f creates "hyperpersonal communications" in which people are more intimate than in f2f. People reveal more about themselves in email than in a conversation for example. This is from his Don't Look Before You Leap paper of 1999.
Groups working effectively through high textual communcation on long term projects can lose effectiveness by simply seeing pictures of each other! So much for virtual presence.
The worse cases for virtual work groups are low communications, short term projects, and too much time spent on allocation of tasks (rather than working in parallel).
Here is a version of Joe's Rules for Successful Virtual Group Work from the paper referenced above.
- Frequent communication, more frequent than in unmediated groups;
- Confirming receipt of messages;
- Making sure all members are included on all messages (by e-mail, when a group-based computer conferencing system is not being used)
- Early and continuous work on both organizing and substantive contributions to the team's final project (rather than sequencing organization then substantive efforts)
- Substantially greater explicitness in questions, answers, agreements, and articulating expectations
- Earlier deadlines (more working ahead) and greater adherence to them
And here is a version that Joe actually gives to his students –which he says he gives to all his students but which they never follow. We can do better; can't we?
- Get started right away. You don't have as much time as you would off-line, because (a) you have to wait for replies instead of getting them instantly, and (b) it takes time to type. Don't procrastinate; you can't put off virtual work the way you can face-to-face group projects. Get started right away.
- Once you get started, communicate with one another often. Oftener than you think you should need to do. A lot. Very frequently. All the time.
- Overtly acknowledge that you have read one another's messages. When you don't, the message sender doesn't know if…
- You never saw it
- You saw it and disagreed.
- You saw it and totally agreed
- The network is dead.
- You're dead.
- Be explicit about what you are expecting and what you are doing. That doesn't mean be harsh; it means that subtlety doesn't help you make yourself clear.
- Multitask getting organized and doing substantive work simultaneously. In face-to-face groups it's typical to try to decide on an action plan (organizing) before doing the research, reading, and writing (substantive work) that go into a report. You don't have the luxury to wait. Even if you end up reading the same material as someone else, you haven't wasted your effort—more perspectives, more ways of looking at it. Duplicate, don't allocate: Doing the least amount of work is not better than doing more than necessary.
- Stick to deadlines. If everyone sticks to deadlines, you'll get along. If anyone doesn't, everyone else will all of a sudden get very nervous.


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2014 Second Team All-America (USA Today, AP)
2014 Jacobs Blocking Trophy winner
2014 First Team All-SEC (Coaches, AP)
2013 Second Team All-SEC (Coaches)
2013 SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week (vs. TCU)
2012 Honorable Mention All-SEC (AP)
2012 SEC Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week (vs. Alabama)
2011 CBSSports.com Freshman All-American
One of the top offensive linemen in school history … Capped career by earning the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the top offensive lineman in the SEC as voted on by the league's coaches … Three-year starter on offensive line for the Tigers … Started at left guard as a sophomore and then moved to left tackle as a junior and senior … Played in 45 games with 38 starts during his career … Saw action on a total of 2,533 offensive snaps with 222.5 knockdowns … Turned down an opportunity to enter the NFL Draft following his junior season and played his way into a first round draft pick with a sensational senior season.
Started all 13 games at left tackle for the Tigers … Led team in both offensive snaps (843) and knockdowns (88) … Earned second team All-America honors from USA Today and the Associated Press … First-team All-SEC by the SEC Coaches and the AP … Named the recipient of the prestigious Jacobs Blocking Trophy, which is presented annually to the top offensive lineman in the SEC as voted on by the league's coaches … Becomes just the sixth LSU player to win the honor and the first since Ciron Black got the award in 2009 … Anchored an LSU offensive that averaged 224.5 rushing yards a game, the most by the Tigers since averaging 256.6 in 1997 … Helped pave the way for 1,000-yard rusher Leonard Fournette and for 8 100-yard games by the Tigers in 2014 … Played every offensive snap in nine of LSU's 13 games, including all 79 in win over Texas A&M and all 81 in overtime loss to Alabama … Had dominating performance in win over Texas A&M with 13.5 knockdowns as the Tigers racked up 384 rushing yards in 23-17 win over the Aggies … In win over Texas A&M, LSU converted 6-of-15 third-down attempts and held the ball for 41 minutes and 13 seconds … Had big game with 9 knockdowns on 71 snaps in 10-3 victory over No. 3 Ole Miss … LSU rushed for 264 yards against an Ole Miss team that came into the game allowing only 97 yards on the ground a game … Played all 73 snaps against Florida as the Tigers overcame a fourth quarter deficit to beat the Gators in Gainesville … Opened season with 5 knockdowns on 67 snaps in win over Wisconsin in Houston … Voted permanent team captain along with being named the recipient of the Charles McClendon Award which goes to the most outstanding player on the team.
Played and started 12 games at left tackle … Sat out Furman game … Earned second team All-SEC honors from the SEC Coaches … Played a total of 808 snaps with 65 knockdowns … Key cog in LSU offensive line that helped Tigers to rush for a school-record 37 touchdowns in 2013 … Tiger offense also accounted for school-record 465.9 total yards per game, which included 200.8 rushing and 256.8 passing … In first career start at left tackle, earned SEC Offensive Lineman of the Week honors in win over TCU in season-opener … Against TCU, played 85 snaps with two knockdowns as Tigers racked up 448 total yards of offense despite playing without All-SEC running back Jeremy Hill … LSU's 448 total yards came against a TCU defense that returned nine starters from a unit that led the Big 12 in total defense in 2012 … Had eight knockdowns on 74 plays as LSU logged 324 rushing yards and 517 total yards in 34-10 win over Texas A&M … Followed that with career-best nine knockdowns on 71 snaps in 31-27 win over Arkansas … Helped pave the way for Jeremy Hill's 216 rushing yards in 21-14 win over Iowa in Outback Bowl.
Started all 13 games at left guard ... Led team in both total snaps (836) and knockdowns (64.5) … Named honorable mention All-SEC by the Associated Press … Played every offensive snap in LSU's last 11 games … Earned SEC Co-Offensive Lineman of the Week for his play in LSU's near-upset of top-ranked Alabama … In that game vs. the Crimson Tide, played 84 snaps with a team-high nine knockdowns as the Tigers racked up 435 total yards, 22 first downs and held the ball for 39 minutes and 15 seconds … Led Tigers with 11.5 knockdowns vs. Ole Miss and 10 vs. South Carolina … Had team-best six knockdowns on just 47 offensive snaps in Chick-fil-A Bowl against Clemson … Made his first career start against North Texas and earned three knockdowns in 36 snaps.
Played in seven games with no starts ... Saw action on 46 snaps on the offensive line and posted five knockdown blocks ... Tallied two knockdowns in 14 plays on the offensive line at Ole Miss ... Saw his first action as a Tiger against Northwestern State and posted three knockdowns on 21 snaps ... Recognized as a freshman All-America by CBSsports.com after the season.
One of the premiere offensive tackles in the nation ... Was called by many as arguably the best offensive lineman to ever come out of Louisiana ... Named a 2011 first team Parade All-America on offense ... A five-star prospect by every major recruiting source ... Has massive upper body and huge hands with quick feet ... Ranked No. 6 in Rivals Top 100 and the No. 1 recruit coming out of the state by Rivals and Tigerbait.com ... Ranked No. 2 offensive tackle by Scout.com ... Ranked No. 8 in ESPN 150 ... Ranked No. 2 in Sporting News Top 100 ... Rated No. 9 in PrepStar Top 150 ... Named to RivalsHigh 2010 All-American team and USA Today All-USA High School team ... Selected as a member of the 2011 U.S. Under-19 National Team assembled by USA Football ... Participated in the 2011 Under Armour All-America game ... Named a New Orleans Times Picayune Blue-Chip recruit ... Selected as a member of The Baton Rouge Advocate's Super Dozen ... Named to the Louisiana 3A All-State team his final three seasons of high school … Coached by Guy Mistretta.
Parents are Loyetta Collins and David Phillips ... Born July 26, 1993.


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No matter, quick and efficient help and the helicopter pad, which will allow the patient to be flown to receive critical medical assistance, is going to be vital.
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Hey guy, you never come visit us at the Ducks. What's wrong? Did I offend you as well???
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