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Scientists discover how blue and green clays kill bacteria
Researchers unearth a natural clay deposit with antibacterial activity.
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Since prehistoric times, clays have been used by people for medicinal purposes. Whether by eating it, soaking in a mud bath, or using it to stop bleeding from wounds, clay has long been part of keeping humans healthy. Certain clays have also been found with germ-killing abilities, but how these work has remained unclear.
A new discovery by Arizona State University scientists shows exactly how two specific metallic elements in the right kinds of clay can kill troublesome bacteria that infect humans and animals.
"We think of this mechanism like the Trojan horse attack in ancient Greece," said Lynda Williams, a clay-mineral scientist at ASU's School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE). "Two elements in the clay work in tandem to kill bacteria."
She explained, "One metallic element -- chemically reduced iron, which in small amounts is required by a bacterial cell for nutrition -- tricks the cell into opening its wall. Then another element -- aluminum -- props the cell wall open, allowing a flood of iron to enter the cell. This overabundance of iron then poisons the cell, killing it as the reduced iron becomes oxidized."
"It's like putting a nail in the coffin of the dead bacteria," said Keith Morrison, Williams' former doctoral student, who is now at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
Morrison is the lead author of the paper reporting the discovery, which was published Jan. 8 in Nature Scientific Reports. Rajeev Misra, a microbiology professor in ASU's School of Life Sciences (SOLS) is the third author of the paper. Morrison's work in Misra's laboratory gave insights into the mechanism by which clays work to kill bacteria. Both SESE and SOLS are units in the university's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
A critical part of the investigation involved the use of ASU's NanoSIMS, which is part of the National Science Foundation-supported Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry Facility. The study also benefited from a variety of electron microscopes and X-ray equipment in the LeRoy Eyring Center for Solid State Science.
French green clay leads to Oregon blue clay
A chance discovery of a medicinal clay from Europe caught Williams' attention and put her on the track. A French philanthropist with clinical experience in Africa told her about a particular green-hued clay found near the philanthropist's childhood home in France. The philanthropist, Line Brunet de Courssou, had taken samples of the clay to Africa, where she documented its cure for Buruli ulcer, a flesh-eating skin disease, in patients in the African country of Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).
Williams attempted to locate the site of the green clay deposit, which was in the French Massif Central region. When the search proved unsuccessful, she began systematically testing clays sold online as "healing clays."
After testing dozens of samples, Williams and her team identified a blue-colored clay from the Oregon Cascades that proved to be highly antibacterial. The research reported in the paper shows that it works against a broad spectrum of human pathogens, including antibiotic-resistant strains such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
The colors of the clays reflect their origins, Williams said. The greens and blues of antibacterial clays come from having a high content of chemically reduced iron (Fe2+), as opposed to oxidized iron (Fe3+), which gives the familiar red color of rust (Fe-oxide), often associated with many clays. Reduced clays are common in many parts of the world, typically forming in volcanic ash layers as rocks become altered by water that is oxygen-deprived and hydrogen-rich.
"The novelty of this research is two-fold: identifying the natural environment of the formation of clays toxic to bacteria, and how the chemistry of these clays attacks and destroys the bacteria," said Enriqueta Barrera, a program director in the National Science Foundation's Division of Earth Sciences, which funded the research.
Because blue and green clays are found abundantly in nature, Williams said, this discovery of how their antibacterial action works should lead to alternative ways of treating infections and diseases that are persistent and hard to heal with antibiotics.
Williams said, "Discovery of how natural clays kill human pathogens may lead to a new economic use of such clays and also to new drug designs."
The above post is reprinted from materials provided by Arizona State University.


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The Lord ministers all good and all help, both as man and as God: as God, forgiving our sins; and as man, training us not to sin. Man is therefore justly dear to God, since he is His workmanship. The other works of creation He made by the word of command alone, but man He framed by Himself, by His own hand, and breathed into him what was peculiar to Himself. What, then, was fashioned by Him, and after He likeness, either was created by God Himself as p. 211 being desirable on its own account, or was formed as being desirable on account of something else. If, then, man is an object desirable for itself, then He who is good loved what is good, and the love-charm is within even in man, and is that very thing which is called the inspiration [or breath] of God; but if man was a desirable object on account of something else, God had no other reason for creating him, than that unless he came into being, it was not possible for God to be a good Creator, or for man to arrive at the knowledge of God. For God would not have accomplished that on account of which man was created otherwise than by the creation of man; and what hidden power in willing God possessed, He carried fully out by the forth-putting of His might externally in the act of creating, receiving from man what He made man; 1043 and whom He had He saw, and what He wished that came to pass; and there is nothing which God cannot do. Man, then, whom God made, is desirable for himself, and that which is desirable on his account is allied to him to whom it is desirable on his account; and this, too, is acceptable and liked.
But what is loveable, and is not also loved by Him? And man has been proved to be loveable; consequently man is loved by God. For how shall he not be loved for whose sake the only-begotten Son is sent from the Fathers bosom, the Word of faith, the faith which is superabundant; the Lord Himself distinctly confessing and saying, "For the Father Himself loveth you, because ye have loved Me;" 1044 and again, "And hast loved them as Thou hast loved Me?" 1045 What, then, the Master desires and declares, and how He is disposed in deed and word, how He commands what is to be done, and forbids the opposite, has already been shown.
Plainly, then, the other kind of discourse, the didactic, is powerful and spiritual, observing precision, occupied in the contemplation of mysteries. But let it stand over for the present. Now, it is incumbent on us to return His love, who lovingly guides us to that life which is best; and to live in accordance with the injunctions of His will, not only fulfilling what is commanded, or guarding against what is forbidden, but turning away from some examples, and imitating others as much as we can, and thus to perform the works of the Master according to His similitude, and so fulfil what Scripture says as to our being made in His image and likeness. For, wandering in life as in deep darkness, we need a guide that cannot stumble or stray; and our guide is the best, not blind, as the Scripture says, "leading the blind into pits." 1046 But the Word is keen-sighted, and scans the recesses of the heart. As, then, that is not light which enlightens not, nor motion that moves not, nor loving which loves not, so neither is that good which profits not, nor guides to salvation. Let us then aim at the fulfilment of the commandments by the works of the Lord; for the Word Himself also, having openly become flesh, 1047 exhibited the same virtue, both practical and contemplative. Wherefore let us regard the Word as law, and His commands and counsels as the short and straight paths to immortality; for His precepts are full of persuasion, not of fear.
Bishop Kaye (Some Account of the Writings and Opinions of Clement of Alexandria, p. 48) translates, "receiving from man that which made man (that on account of which man was made)." But it seems more likely that Clement refers to the ideal man in the divine mind, whom he indentifies elsewhere with the Logos, the ἄνθρωπος ἀπαθής, of whom man was the image. The reader will notice that Clement speaks of man as existing in the divine mind before his creation, and creation is represented by Gods seeing what He had previously within Him merely as a hidden power.
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Understand your return on investment (ROI) for a safety system, document and manage your progression through the safety lifecycle, develop safety systems, and details of specific safety functions. These tools will help ensure that your systems are compliant and productive.


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The shuttle Enterprise made a incredible trip up the Hudson River by barge, today. The shuttle was framed by New York City's skyline and eventually it will be hoisted from the barge to its new home at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Here are some pictures from the Enterprise's journey:
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The Secrid Cardprotector is essential for holding and protecting up to six of your most important cards, such as your credit card, bank card, ID card, driving license, insurance card, etc.
Intuitive use
With the Secrid Cardprotector, it is easy to select the card you need. With one simple click, all the cards will slide out step-shaped for easy access. Perfect for the Oyster Card Position the Oyster Card in the rear of your stack of cards. When you slide your cards out, the Oyster Card will be out far enough to be detected by the card reader at gate. Once the chip has been detected, slide the cards back inside for immediate protection.
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Because of its compact shape, the Secrid Cardprotector fits inside almost any pocket or handbag. The cards are easily inserted into the Secrid Cardprotector and once inside, the patented mechanism secures each card on both sides. This mechanism prevents the cards from rubbing against each other and reduces wear and tear on the chips and magnetic strips.
Blocks unwanted reading of RFID
[RFID = Radio Frequency IDentification] If your RFID cards, such as the Oyster card, ID cards or the latest generation of credit cards, are not adequately protected, they can be detected and copied from a distance, without you noticing. This can happen anytime, anywhere and by anyone who has a wireless cardreader, because the radio waves will easily cross any fabric or leather. The Secrid Cardprotector will protect your cards by effectively blocking these radio waves.
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Leather absorbs chemicals from plastic cards, which makes the cards brittle and increases the risk of them breaking and cracking. This problem is avoided because the Secrid Cardprotector is made of aluminum.
Protects Against Bending And Breaking
When using standard-sized wallets in your backpocket, cards are often forced into a curved shape. This, together with the chemical interaction with leather, can cause your cards to be completely damaged within a year. Because of the Secrids aluminum casing, this problem is solved forever.


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Hi team,
So, my Appalachian Trail book, is finished (official launch coming soon).
Well, almost…
I have every page written, except for the last.
That's where YOUR NAME goes. Only your name.
Yes, I'm serious. No, I'm not drunk.
Imagine flipping through the final pages of this soon-to-be-released Appalachian Trail super-book, and the last thing you see – the reader's final impression – is your name. That's what's happening.
I'm going to auction off the last page of my book on eBay. The highest bidder wins their name, and their name only, on the last page of the soon-to-be-announced-release-of-Zach-Davis'-first-book-Appalachian Trials. It's easy as that. I will start the auction at $0.05 with no reserve.
100% of the proceeds will go to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (eBay takes their cut because they're capitalists*)
* – "9.0% of the item's total cost to buyer with a maximum charge of $100.00." (Every penny that eBay doesn't take from Zach will go straight to the ATC).
Here's how you can get YOUR NAME on the last page of Appalachian Trials:
- Go to this link to view the auction page
- Bid to get your name in the last page of Appalachian Trials
- The auction will end on January 31st, 2012 at 10:00 AM CST. When it does, the high bidder wins their name in the last page of my book (sorry for sounding like a broken record).
- That's it.
Some notes about the promotion:
- As you know by now, I get a good chuckle out of potty humor, but I won't put a dirty word on the last page of the book. Sorry, I don't believe that your name is "Farty McBallSlap".
- Appalachian Trials will be released both as a print and e-book. Your name goes in both. One name, two formats.
- I have contacted the ATC about this promotion (still waiting to hear back). Those who know me already know that I wouldn't ever try to pull a Bernie Madeoff on anyone. For those who don't know me, know that at the conclusion of this promotion, the ATC will be expecting a check from me. If I would try to pull a fast one, they would very quickly make this public and then Zach would be forced to live under a bridge for the rest of time.
Reasons Why This Promotion is Worth Your Bid
- I had to write 40,000 words to get my name in it. You can accomplish the same thing with ~39,998 fewer words. That's a good deal.
- High upside. I'm pretty confident that we've got a winner on our hands here (really). Getting your name in a book that could potentially be popular within this very beautiful niche, is an exciting proposition.
- It's ridiculous. Your name would stand alone on the last page of Appalachian Trials. I haven't taken the time to research if this has ever been done before, but considering most books go through traditional publishers, and traditional is Latin for boring, I'm guessing not. (Side note: Appalachian Trials is currently scheduled to be released under Good Badger Publishing (aka self-published). If in the future a traditional publisher wants to give me a cruise ship full of cash for the rights, I won't let the last page with your name on it fall by the wayside. It's there for the long haul.)
- It's funny. Is it not?
- It's for a good cause. Did I mention that 100% of the proceeds goes toward the ATC (the wonderful volunteers and workers who maintain our beautiful 2,181 mile path of wonder, mystery and love)?
- Good Advertising. I will announce the winner of this contest on this website. Ultimately when someone reads the book and searches "Appalachian Trials + [your name]" the post announcing your victory will be what shows up in Google. They will see that your donation went to the ATC. In addition, I will let the winner write a short statement and link to the website/cause of their choice. That's right. In-book advertising. What is that worth to you/your company? (*Note* No URLs in the book itself, only in the victorious post, which will still be seen by a lot of people. Also, I've had people ask if they can pool their money together and then make a fake name- YES. I love the creativity. Just no potty words, offensive phrases, or competing products.)
So, go check out the eBay bid, throw a couple dollars at the idea of your name being on the book, share the promotion with others (like this page, retweet it, e-mail friends, shout it at strangers) so we can help raise more money for this worthy organization. And then probably consider checking out Appalachian Trials.
Last note- I will announce the winner on this site and the Good Badger Facebook Page. I suggest "liking" it so I can let you know when you win YOUR NAME on the last page of Appalachian Trials.
Questions? E-mail me at theGoodBadger[at]gmail[dot]com.
Here is the link to the auction page.


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Resilience is the Key to Life
I thought that you would appreciate this timeless article entitled, "I'm Too Old for This", published in The New York Times on August 8, 2015.
While none of us can turn back the hands of time, as Dominique Browning wisely stated, "Resilience is the Key to Life and Feeling 15 Again."
I hope that you had a happy and enjoyable Summer and are looking forward to a new season.
I'm Too Old for This
There is a lot that is annoying, and even terrible, about aging. The creakiness of the body; the drifting of the memory; the reprising of personal history ad nauseam, with only yourself to listen.
But there is also something profoundly liberating about aging: an attitude, one that comes hard won. Only when you hit 60 can you begin to say, with great aplomb: "I'm too old for this."
This line is about to become my personal mantra. I have been rehearsing it vigorously, amazed at how amply I now shrug off annoyances that once would have knocked me off my perch.
A younger woman advised me that "old" may be the wrong word, that I should consider I'm too wise for this, or too smart. But old is the word I want. I've earned it.
And let's just start with being an older woman, shall we? Let others feel bad about their chicken wings – and their bottoms, their necks and their multitude of creases and wrinkles. I'm too old for this. I spent years, starting before I was a teenager, feeling insecure about my looks.
No feature was spared. My hairline: Why did I have to have a widow's peak, at 10? My toes: too short. My entire body: too fat, and once, even, in the depths of heartbreak, much too thin. Nothing felt right. Well, O.K., I appreciated my ankles. But that's about it.
What torture we inflict upon ourselves. If we don't whip ourselves into loathing, then mean girls, hidden like trolls under every one of life's bridges, will do it for us.
Even the vogue for strange-looking models is little comfort; those women look perfectly, beautifully strange, in a way that no one else does. Otherwise we would all be modeling.
One day recently I emptied out an old trunk. It had been locked for years; I had lost the key and forgotten what was in there. But, curiosity getting the best of me on a rainy afternoon, I managed to pry it open with a screwdriver.
It was full of photographs. There I was, ages 4 to 40. And I saw for the first time that even when I was in the depths of despair about my looks, I had been beautiful.
And there were all my friends; girls and women with whom I had commiserated countless times about hair, weight, all of it, doling out sympathy and praise, just as I expected it heaped upon me: beautiful, too. We were, we are, all beautiful. Just like our mothers told us, or should have. (Ahem.)
Those smiles, radiant with youth, twinkled out of the past, reminding me of the smiles I know today, radiant with strength.
Young(er) women, take this to heart: Why waste time and energy on insecurity? I have no doubt that when I'm 80 I'll look at pictures of myself when I was 60 and think how young I was then, how filled with joy and beauty.
I'm happy to have a body that is healthy, that gets me where I want to go, that maybe sags and complains, but hangs in there. So maybe I'm too old for skintight jeans, too old for six-inch stilettos, too old for tattoos and too old for green hair.
Weight gain? Simply move to the looser end of the wardrobe, and stop hanging with Ben and Jerry. No big deal. Nothing to lose sleep over. Anyway, I'm too old for sleep, or so it seems most nights.
Which leaves me a bit cranky in the daytime, so it is a good thing I can now work from home. Office politics? Sexism? I've seen it all. Watching men make more money, doing less work. Reading the tea leaves as positions shuffle, listening to the kowtow and mumble of stifled resentment.
I want to tell my younger colleagues that it doesn't matter. Except the sexism, which, like poison ivy, is deep-rooted: You weed the rampant stuff, but it pops up again.
What matters most is the work. Does it give you pleasure, or hope? Does it sustain your soul? My work as a climate activist is the hardest and most fascinating I've ever done. I'm too old for the dark forces, for hopelessness and despair. If everyone just kept their eyes on the ball, and followed through each swing, we'd all be more productive, and not just on the golf course.
The key to life is resilience, and I'm old enough to make such a bald statement. We will always be knocked down. It's the getting up that counts. By the time you reach upper middle age, you have started over, and over again.
And, I might add, resilience is the key to feeling 15 again. Which is actually how I feel most of the time.
But I am too old to try to change people. By now I've learned, the very hard way, that what you see in someone at the beginning is what you get forevermore. Most of us are receptive to a bit of behavior modification. But through decades of listening to people complain about marriages or lovers, I hear the same refrains.
I have come to realize that there is comfort in the predictability, even the ritualization, of relationship problems. They become a dance step; each partner can twirl through familiar moves, and do-si-do until the music stops.
Toxic people? Sour, spoiled people? I'm simply walking away; I have little fight left in me. It's easier all around to accept that friendships have ebbs and flows, and indeed, there's something quite beautiful about the organic nature of love.
I used to think that one didn't make friends as one got older, but I've learned that the opposite happens. Sometimes, unaccountably, a new person walks into your life, and you find you are never too old to love again. And again. (See resilience.)
One is never too old for desire. Having entered the twilight of my dating years, I can tell you it is much easier to navigate the Scylla and Charybdis of anticipation and disappointment when you've had plenty of experience with the shoals and eddies of shallow waters. Emphasis on shallow. By now, we know deep.
Take a pass on bad manners, on thoughtlessness, on unreliability, on carelessness and on all the other ways people distinguish themselves as unappealing specimens. Take a pass on your own unappealing behavior, too: the pining, yearning, longing and otherwise frittering away of valuable brainwaves that could be spent on Sudoku, or at least a jigsaw puzzle, if not that Beethoven sonata you loved so well in college.
My new mantra is liberating. At least once a week I encounter a situation that in the old (young) days would have knocked me to my knees or otherwise spun my life off center.
Now I can spot trouble 10 feet away (believe me, this is a big improvement), and I can say to myself: Too old for this. I spare myself a great deal of suffering, and as we all know, there is plenty of that to be had without looking for more.
If there can be such a thing as a best-selling app like Yo, which satisfies so many urges to boldly announce ourselves, I want one called 2old4this. A signature kiss-off to all that was once vexatious. A goodbye to all that has done nothing but hold us back. That would be an app worth having. But, thankfully, I'm too old to need such a thing.
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COSPAR organizes a biennial Scientific Assembly, with strong contributions from most
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scientific results, the exchange of knowledge and also the discussion of space research
problems. The COSPAR Scientific Assembly has become the premier forum for presenting the
most important results in space research in all disciplines and as the focal point for
truly international space science.
COSPAR publishes ³Advances in Space Research², a peer-refereed journal to disseminate sc
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space to advance scientific issues. COSPAR strives to promote the use of space science
for the benefit of mankind and for its adoption by developing countries and new
space-faring nations.
You are invited to participate in the 37th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Montreal, Canada,
on 13-20 July 2008. Information on the COSPAR Scientific Assembly, including venue and
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These are the names of 73 men and women who died between 1952 and 1968 under circumstances suggesting they were the victims of racially motivated violence. The information below was gathered by the Southern Poverty Law Center as it planned a timeline of killings and other civil rights era events for the Civil Rights Memorial.
The Memorial, dedicated in 1989, includes the names of 40 civil rights martyrs who were slain during that era. The names below were not inscribed on the Memorial because there was insufficient information about their deaths at the time the Memorial was created. They are, however, identified in a display at the Civil Rights Memorial Center as "The Forgotten."
Anderson, Andrew Lee - Marion, Ark., 1963
Anderson was slain by a group of whites and sheriff's deputies after a white woman said he had molested her 8-year-old daughter. A coroner's jury ruled justifiable homicide, and no arrests were made.
Andrews, Frank - Lisman, Ala., 1964
Andrews was shot in the back by a white sheriff's deputy. The county solicitor said the victim was attacking another deputy, and no arrests were made.
Banks, Isadore - Marion, Ark., 1954
Banks' charred corpse was found chained to a tree. Black press reports speculated he was killed by whites who wanted his land. His property was later rented by white farmers.
Bolden, Larry - Chattanooga, Tenn., 1958
Bolden, 15, was shot by a white policeman. No arrests were made.
Brazier, James - Dawson, Ga., 1958
Brazier was beaten to death in front of his wife and children by two police officers. County Sheriff Z.T. Matthews was later quoted in the Washington Post saying, "There's nothing like fear to keep n------ in line."
Brewer, Thomas - Columbus, Ga., 1956
Brewer was instrumental in forming a local chapter of the NAACP in 1937. He was shot seven times outside his office by white politician Lucio Flowers. A grand jury failed to indict.
Brooks, Hilliard - Montgomery, Ala., 1952
Brooks was shot by a police officer after initially refusing to get off a city bus when the driver claimed he had not paid his fare. A coroner said the murder was justified because Brooks resisted arrest.
Brown, Charles - Yazoo City, Miss., 1957
A white man shot Brown, who was visiting the white man's sister. The Justice Department handed the case over to the state.
Brown, Jessie - Winona, Miss., 1965
The 1965 NAACP annual report claimed white farmer R.M. Gibson killed Brown.
Brumfield, Carrie - Franklinton, La., 1967
Brumfield was found shot to death in his car on a rural road. He was shot once in the chest with a .22-caliber revolver.
Brumfield, Eli - McComb, Miss., 1961
Police officer B.F. Elmore alleged self-defense after shooting Brumfield. Police claimed Brumfield jumped from his car with a pocket knife after police pulled him over for speeding.
Caston, Silas (Ernest) - Jackson, Miss., 1964
Caston was shot by a local police officer. CORE and NAACP filed a civil suit against Deputy Sheriff Herbert Sullivan. The result of that suit is unknown.
Cloninger, Clarence - Gaston, N.C., 1960
Cloninger died while incarcerated. Authorities denied him medical attention after he suffered a heart attack.
Countryman, Willie - Dawson, Ga., 1958
Police officer W.B. Cherry was cleared of murder charges after police said he shot Countryman "in self defense in the line of duty."
Dahmon, Vincent - Natchez, Miss., 1966
Dahmon, 65, was shot in the head around the time of a march in support of James Meredith.
Daniels, Woodrow Wilson - Water Valley, Miss., 1958
Sheriff Buster Treloar, identified by four witnesses as the man who beat Daniels to death in a prison, was freed after 23 minutes of deliberation by an all-white jury. "By God," Treloar said after the trial. "Now I can get back to rounding up bootleggers and damn n------."
Dumas, Joseph Hill - Perry, Fla., 1962
Florida Governor Farris Bryant suspended constable Henry Sauls in connection with the shooting of 19-year-old Dumas. Sauls was indicted by a federal grand jury. The result of indictment is unclear.
Evans, Pheld - Canton, Miss., 1964
Charles Evers, the brother of slain NAACP official Medgar Evers, identified Evans as having been killed under mysterious circumstances.
Evanston, J.E. - Long Lake, Miss., 1955
Evanston's body is fished out of Long Lake in December. Evanston was a teacher in the local elementary school.
Greene, Mattie - Ringgold, Ga., 1960
Greene is killed when a bomb explodes under her house.
Greenwood, Jasper - Vicksburg, Miss., 1964
Greenwood was found shot to death near his car on a rural road. Police said the slaying was not racially motivated.
Griffith, Jimmie Lee - Sturgis, Miss., 1965
Griffin was killed in a hit-and-run accident. A coroner's report revealed Griffin was run over at least twice.
Hall, A.C. - Macon, Ga., 1962
Hall was shot and killed after a white woman claimed he stole a pistol from her car. He was shot by police as he ran away.
Hamilton, Rogers - Lowndes County, Ala., 1957
Hamilton, 19, was taken from his home by a group of white men and shot to death. Hamilton was allegedly warned to stay away from black girls in the town of Hayneville. No charges were brought in the case.
Hampton, Collie - Winchester, Ky., 1966
Hampton was shot by police officers after allegedly threatening a police officer.
Harris, Alphonso - Albany, Ga., 1966
Harris, a member of SCLC, died after allegedly organizing a walkout by black students at a school in Grenada, Miss. He was killed in Georgia in response to previous civil rights activity there.
Henry, Izell - Greensburg, La., 1954
Izell was brutally beaten a day after voting. He suffered permanent brain damage and died five years later.
Hill, Arthur James - Villa Rica, Ga., 1965
Hill was shot during an argument with whites. One suspect was held on voluntary manslaughter charge.
Hunter, Ernest - St. Mary's, Ga., 1958
Hunter was shot and killed while in jail following an arrest on charges he was interfering with an officer.
Jackson, Luther - Philadelphia, Miss., 1959
Jackson was killed by police after he and his girlfriend were found talking in their car, which was stalled in a ditch. Police claim Jackson attacked them.
Jells, Ernest - Clarksdale, Miss., 1964
Jells was accused of stealing a banana from a grocery and pointing a rifle at pursuing police officers. The officers were exonerated.
Jeter, Joe Franklin - Atlanta, Ga., 1958
Jeter was killed by police in front of his family, who were also arrested and convicted in connection with a gathering that police said turned into a melee. A grand jury found the slaying was justified.
Lee, John - Goshen Springs, Miss., 1965
Lee's body was found beaten on a country road.
Lee, Willie Henry - Rankin County, Miss., 1965
Lee, who was known to have attended civil rights meetings, was found beaten on a country road. An autopsy revealed he died by strangulation from gas.
Lillard, Richard - Nashville, Tenn., 1958
Lillard died after a beating from three white guards at a local workhouse. All three were acquitted of murder charges.
Love, George - Indianola, Miss., 1958
Love was killed in a gun battle with police who believed he was responsible for a murder and arson. He was later cleared of any connection to the murder.
Mahone, Maybelle - Molena, Ga., 1956
Mahone was killed by a white man for "sassing" him. The man was initially found guilty, but later found not guilty by reason of insanity.
Maxwell, Sylvester - Canton, Miss., 1963
Maxwell's castrated and mutilated body was found by his brother-in-law less than 500 yards from the home of a white family.
McNair, Robert - Pelahatchie, Miss., 1965
McNair was killed by a town constable.
Melton, Clinton - Sumner, Miss., 1956
Elmer Otis Kimbell was cleared in Melton's death. Kimbell claimed Melton fired at him three times before he returned fire with a shotgun. No gun was found in Melton's car or on his body.
Miller, James Andrew - Jackson, Ga., 1964
Miller was shot by whites a few days after being beaten. A suspect was cleared after the coroner ruled he fired in self-defense.
Mixon, Booker T - Clarksdale, Miss., 1959
Mixon's body was found lying on the side of the road, completely nude. Police claimed it was a hit-and-run, though family members cited his naked body and the extensive amount of flesh torn from his body as evidence of murder.
Montgomery, Nehemiah - Merigold, Miss., 1964
Montgomery, 60, was shot by police after allegedly refusing to pay for gas. Police were acquitted, and the shooting was called justifiable homicide.
Morris, Frank - Ferriday, La., 1964
Morris, who owned a shoe store, was killed when a gas stove exploded during an arson. Morris, who lived in a room adjoining the store, was ordered to return to his room by the men who started the fire. An extensive Justice Department investigation was conducted, but the outcome is unclear.
Motley, James Earl - Wetumpka, Ala., 1967
Elmore County Deputy Sheriff Harvey Conner was cleared in the death of Motley, who died in prison after suffering three severe blows to the head.
O'Quinn, Sam - Centreville, Miss., 1959
O'Quinn, derided by some local whites for being "uppity," was shot after joining the NAACP.
Payne, Larry - Memphis, Tenn., 1968
Payne, 16, was killed by a shotgun blast fired by a patrolman as he emerged from a basement in a housing development.
Pickett, C.H. - Columbus, Ga., 1957
The part-time minister was beaten to death while in police custody.
Pitts, Albert
Pitts, David
Johnson, Marshall
McPharland, Ernest - Monroe, La., 1960
A white employer was arrested and then released in the shooting of five of his employees, four of whom died. The victims were accused of making threats. The employer was never charged.
Powell, Jimmy - Brooklyn, N.Y., 1964
Powell, 15, was fatally shot by a Brooklyn police officer. The officer's exoneration by a grand jury sparked riots in Harlem.
Prather, William Roy - Corinth, Miss., 1959
Prather, 15, was killed in an anti-black Halloween prank. One of eight youths involved was indicted on manslaughter charges.
Queen, Johnny - Fayette, Miss., 1965
A white off-duty constable was named in the pistol slaying of Johnny Queen. The shooting was not connected to any arrest.
Rasberry, Donald - Okolona, Miss., 1965
Rasberry was shot to death by his plantation boss.
Robinson, Fred - Edisto Island, S.C., 1960
Robinson's body was found washed ashore on August 5. His eyes were reportedly gouged out and his skull crushed.
Robinson, Johnny - Birmingham, Ala., 1963
Robinson, 16, was shot in the back by a policeman on the same day as the 16th Street Church bombing. Police said the victim had thrown stones at white youths driving through the area.
Sanford, Willie Joe - Hawkinsville, Ga., 1957
Sanford's naked body was raised from the bottom of a creek where it had been wired to undergrowth in the water. The result of a grand jury investigation is unknown.
Scott Jr., Marshall - New Orleans, La., 1965
Scott was put into solitary confinement in a New Orleans jail. He died without receiving any medical attention. There were no arrests in the case.
Shelby, Jessie James - Yazoo City, Miss., 1956
Shelby, 23, was fatally wounded by a police officer who claimed he shot Shelby because he resisted arrest.
Singleton, W.G. - Shelby, N.C., 1957
Singleton died from third-degree burns suffered in an explosion and fire.
Smith, Ed - State Line, Miss., 1958
A grand jury refused to indict L.D. Clark in the death of Smith, who was shot in his yard in front of his wife. Clark later reportedly bragged about the killing.
Stewart, Eddie James - Crystal Springs, Miss., 1966
Stewart was reportedly beaten and shot while in police custody. Police claimed he was shot while trying to escape.
Taylor, Isaiah - Ruleville, Miss., 1964
Taylor was shot by a police officer after allegedly lunging at him with a knife. The shooting was ruled a justifiable homicide.
Thomas, Freddie Lee - LeFlore County, Miss., 1965
Federal investigators looked into the death of Thomas, 16. Thomas' brother believed he was murdered as a warning against black voter registration. The result of the investigation is unknown.
Triggs, Saleam - Hattiesburg, Miss., 1965
The body of Mrs. Triggs was found mysteriously burned to death.
Varner, Hubert - Atlanta, Ga., 1966
Varner, 16, was killed when a gunman fired into a group of black teenagers. The gunman allegedly believed the teenagers made a comment to his white companion. The result of a federal investigation is unknown.
Walker, Clifton - Adams County, Miss., 1964
Walker was killed by a shotgun blast at close range. The result of a federal investigation is unknown.
Waymers, James - Allendale, S.C., 1965
A white man is acquitted in the shooting death of Waymers after entering a plea of self-defense.
Wilder, John Wesley - Ruston, La., 1965
A white policeman was accused of Wilder's death, and a coroner's jury ruled the slaying was justifiable homicide.
Williamson, Rodell - Camden, Ala., 1967
Williamson's body was recovered from the Alabama River after it snagged on a fisherman's line. Williamson was active in the Wilcox Country branch of the NAACP, but local sheriff P.C. Jenkins said there were no signs of foul play.
Wooden, Archie - Camden, Ala., 1967
Wooden, 16, bled to death after either jumping or falling onto a sapling in a ditch. The cut sapling severed an artery. A newspaper report said the Mobile office of the FBI made a civil rights violation inquiry into the incident. The results of that inquiry are unknown.


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Control Four-Digit Seven-Segment Display Using I2C
This example shows you how to use the I2C peripheral on Raspberry Pi® hardware to control a four-digit seven-segment display.
Raspberry Pi hardware includes an I2C peripheral. The I2C peripheral enables you to connect devices supporting I2C protocol directly to Raspberry Pi hardware. There is a wide variety of sensors, displays, ADC's, DAC's, etc. supporting I2C communications. By using these devices you can add new capabilities to your Raspberry Pi projects.
In this example, we will concentrate on controlling a four-digit seven-segment display via I2C. We will start by providing an overview of I2C communications in general and then focus on the display and specifics of I2C commands it supports. We will learn about MATLAB® command interface for I2C devices and finally finish the example by displaying numbers and simple characters.
We recommend completing Getting Started with MATLAB Support Package for Raspberry Pi Hardware example.
Required Hardware
To run this example you will need the following hardware:
Raspberry Pi hardware
A power supply with at least 1A output
Breadboard and jumper cables
A four-digit seven-segment display with I2C interface from SparkFun
Overview of I2C
Inter-Integrated Circuit (I2C) is a multi-controller serial single-ended communication protocol used for attaching low-speed peripherals to an embedded system.
I2C uses two bidirectional lines, serial data line (SDA) and serial clock (SCL). Both of these lines are pulled up with resistors. Each peripheral device on the I2C bus is assigned a 7-bit or 10-bit address. I2C devices with 10-bit addresses are rare and not supported by the Raspberry Pi hardware. With a 7-bit address space, up to 128 devices can be connected to an I2C bus. I2C bus speeds can range from 100 Kbits/s for slow mode to 400 Kbits/s for high speed mode.
Raspberry Pi hardware has two I2C buses. Depending on the model and revision of your board, one of the I2C buses may not be available. The I2C pins on the 2x13 expansion pins are pulled up with 1.8 KOhm resistors.
View Available I2C Buses
In the default Raspbian Linux image, the I2C peripheral is enabled. You can find out available I2C buses on the Raspberry Pi hardware by inspecting the AvailableI2CBuses property of the raspi object.
clear rpi
rpi = raspi();
Inspecting the AvailableI2CBuses property of the rpi should yield at least one I2C bus being listed on the MATLAB command prompt.
Overview of Four-Digit Seven-Segment Display
The four-digit seven-segment display from SparkFun is a four-digit alpha-numeric display with TTL serial, SPI or I2C interface.
This device can display numbers, most letters and a few special characters. Decimal points, apostrophes and colons are supported. Brightness of the display can be adjusted. The display has a simple control interface where the controller device, Raspberry Pi hardware in this case, issues commands with parameters to the display device over I2C bus. For example, to clear the display controller sends a command byte of '0x76'. To set the cursor to a particular position, controller sends a command byte of '0x79' followed by a byte indicating cursor position (0 to 3). A comprehensive list of commands is shown in the table below.
Connect the Display
To interface the display to Raspberry Pi hardware you need to do some light soldering. Since we are using the I2C interface of the display in this example, solder jumper wires to the SDA, SCL, GND and VCC pins of the display. You may also choose to solder some straight male headers to be able to mount the display on a breadboard for prototyping. Before going any further, you may also want to follow manufacturer's hardware assembly guide.
Follow the circuit diagram shown below to connect the display to Raspberry Pi hardware.
Scan I2C Bus
Once you connected the display to the Raspberry Pi hardware, you are ready to test if Raspberry Pi hardware sees it on the I2C bus.
clear rpi rpi = raspi(); for i = 1:length(rpi.AvailableI2CBuses) scanI2CBus(rpi, rpi.AvailableI2CBuses{i}) end
The scanI2CBus() method scans the given I2C bus and returns a cell array of device addresses on the bus. If you connected the display to Raspberry Pi hardware correctly, the snippet of MATLAB code above should return a device address of '0x71'. This is the factory default address of the display.
Display a Number
Let's start by creating an i2cdev object that will allow us to talk to the display using I2C.
segmentDisp = i2cdev(rpi, '<I2C bus>', '0x71');
Where '<I2C bus>' is the name of the I2C bus the display is detected. Remember that depending on the version of your Raspberry Pi hardware, the bus name may change. So make sure that you supply the correct I2C bus when constructing the segmentDisp object.
According to the command table for the display, sending a byte in the range 0 - 0xf results in a hexadecimal number represented by the byte to be displayed. The cursor is initially at position 0, which is the left most digit, and advances one position each time a character is displayed.
write(segmentDisp, 0);
This should display a '0' on the left most digit of the display. Let's display a couple of more characters.
write(segmentDisp, 7); write(segmentDisp, hex2dec('a')); write(segmentDisp, hex2dec('b'));
After executing the commands above, you should see '07ab' displayed on the segmented display.
Clear Display Screen
To clear the display screen we will follow the datasheet and send '0x76' to the display.
write(segmentDisp, hex2dec('76'));
Set Cursor Position
To display a particular character at a particular cursor position, you may want to set the cursor position.
write(segmentDisp, [hex2dec('79'), 2]);
write(segmentDisp, 9);
The commands above will display a '9' at the second digit position of the display.
Advanced: Create a MATLAB Class for Segment Display
You can put all the things we learned about the segment display together and create a MATLAB class for it. This MATLAB class has methods for setting the cursor position, clearing the display screen, printing numbers, etc. As an example, we created such a class. Here is an example of how you would use this class.
clear segmentDisp sd = raspi.internal.segmentdisplay(rpi, <I2C bus>, <I2C address>) clr(sd); % Clear screen print(sd, '112'); print(sd, 'dead'); print(sd, 'beef');
Note that before creating the class, we cleared the original i2cdev object called segmentDisp. You are allowed to create a single object per I2C device. The segmentdisplay class internally creates an i2cdev object. Hence you need to clear any i2cdev objects connected to the display from MATLAB workspace before instantiating the segmentdisplay.
The segmentdisplay class tries to reduce flickering caused by clearing / re-displaying numbers. It does so by caching the displayed characters and updating only those that are different. Not all features supported by the segmented display are implemented. You can use the MATLAB class we created as a starting point for your own implementation. Here is a MATLAB code snippet implementing an up counter:
N = 1000; delay = 0.01; clr(sd); for i = 1:N print(sd,num2str(i)); pause(delay); end
This example introduced the workflow for working with I2C interface. You learned how to control a four-digit seven-segment display to display hexadecimal numbers.


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We remember the great investigative reporter Robert Parry, who founded this website in 1995. He left us way too soon on Jan. 27, 2018.
The founder of this website died six years ago today. Robert Parry had an illustrious career as an investigative reporter for the Associated Press, Newsweek and PBS Frontline, best-known for his revelations in the Iran Contra scandal and the October Surprise.
Frustrated with the suppression of his stories by his corporate editors, Bob created Consortium News in 1995 as a consortium of journalists who had similarly had their stories suppressed. The site is the earliest independent news site on the internet in the United States.
Bob and his writers made their mark in exposing corporate media falsehoods about the rationale for the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the coup and attack on coup resisters in Ukraine in 2014 and the fake Russiagate scandal.
We lost Bob at just 68 years old. Since then we have kept his journalistic project alive with the generous support of our readers and viewers.
To commemorate the anniversary of Bob's death we are republishing here the article written by his son, Nat Parry, on Jan. 28, 2018 announcing his father's passing.
By Nat Parry
It is with a heavy heart that we inform Consortium News readers that Editor Robert Parry has passed away. As regular readers know, Robert (or Bob, as he was known to friends and family) suffered a stroke in December, which – despite his own speculation that it may have been brought on by the stress of covering Washington politics – was the result of undiagnosed pancreatic cancer that he had been unknowingly living with for the past 4-5 years.
He unfortunately suffered two more debilitating strokes in recent weeks and after the last one, was moved to hospice care on Tuesday. He passed away peacefully Saturday evening. He was 68.
Those of us close to him wish to sincerely thank readers for the kind comments and words of support posted on recent articles regarding Bob's health issues. We read aloud many of these comments to him during his final days to let him know how much his work has meant to so many people and how much concern there was for his well-being.
I am sure that these kindnesses meant a lot to him. They also mean a lot to us as family members, as we all know how devoted he was to the mission of independent journalism and this website which has been publishing articles since the earliest days of the internet, launching all the way back in 1995.
With my dad, professional work has always been deeply personal, and his career as a journalist was thoroughly intertwined with his family life. I can recall kitchen table conversations in my early childhood that focused on the U.S.-backed wars in Central America and complaints about how his editors at The Associated Press were too timid to run articles of his that – no matter how well-documented – cast the Reagan administration in a bad light.
One of my earliest memories in fact was of my dad about to leave on assignment in the early 1980s to the war zones of El Salvador, Nicaragua and Guatemala, and the heartfelt good-bye that he wished to me and my siblings. He warned us that he was going to a very dangerous place and that there was a possibility that he might not come back.
I remember asking him why he had to go, why he couldn't just stay at home with us. He replied that it was important to go to these places and tell the truth about what was happening there. He mentioned that children my age were being killed in these wars and that somebody had to tell their stories. I remember asking, "Kids like me?" He replied, "Yes, kids just like you."
Bob was deeply impacted by the dirty wars of Central America in the 1980s and in many ways these conflicts – and the U.S. involvement in them – came to define the rest of his life and career. With grisly stories emerging from Nicaragua (thanks partly to journalists like him), Congress passed the Boland Amendments from 1982 to 1984, which placed limits on U.S. military assistance to the contras who were attempting to overthrow the Sandinista government through a variety of terrorist tactics.
The Reagan administration immediately began exploring ways to circumvent those legal restrictions, which led to a scheme to send secret arms shipments to the revolutionary and vehemently anti-American government of Iran and divert the profits to the contras. In 1985, Bob wrote the first stories describing this operation, which later became known as the Iran-Contra Affair.
Contra-Cocaine and October Surprise
Parallel to the illegal arms shipments to Iran during those days was a cocaine trafficking operation by the Nicaraguan contras and a willingness by the Reagan administration and the CIA to turn a blind eye to these activities. This, despite the fact that cocaine was flooding into the United States while Ronald Reagan was proclaiming a "war on drugs," and a crack cocaine epidemic was devastating communities across the country.
Bob and his colleague Brian Barger were the first journalists to report on this story in late 1985, which became known as the contra-cocaine scandal, and became the subject of a congressional investigation led by then-Senator John Kerry (D-MA) in 1986.
Continuing to pursue leads relating to Iran-Contra during a period in the late 80s when most of Washington was moving on from the scandal, Bob discovered that there was more to the story than commonly understood. He learned that the roots of the illegal arm shipments to Iran stretched back further than previously known – all the way back to the 1980 presidential campaign.
That electoral contest between incumbent Jimmy Carter and challenger Ronald Reagan had come to be largely dominated by the hostage crisis in Iran, with 52 Americans being held at the U.S. embassy in Tehran since the 1979 Iranian Revolution. The Iranian hostage crisis, along with the ailing economy, came to define a perception of an America in decline, with former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan promising a new start for the country, a restoration of its status as a "shining city on a hill."
The hostages were released in Tehran moments after Reagan was sworn in as president in Washington on January 20, 1981. Despite suspicions for years that there had been some sort of quid pro quo between the Reagan campaign and the Iranians, it wasn't until Bob uncovered a trove of documents in a House office building basement in 1994 that the evidence became overwhelming that the Reagan campaign had interfered with the Carter administration's efforts to free the hostages prior to the 1980 election. Their release sooner – what Carter hoped would be his "October Surprise" – could have given him the boost needed to win.
Examining these documents and being already well-versed on this story – having previously travelled three continents pursuing the investigation for a PBS Frontline documentary – Bob became increasingly convinced that the Reagan campaign had in fact sabotaged Carter's hostage negotiations, possibly committing an act of treason in an effort to make sure that 52 American citizens continued to be held in a harrowing hostage situation until after Reagan secured the election.
Needless to say, this was an inconvenient story at a time – in the mid-1990s – when the national media had long since moved on from the Reagan scandals and were obsessing over new scandals, mostly related to President Bill Clinton's sex life and failed real estate deals. Washington also wasn't particularly interested in challenging the Reagan legacy, which at that time was beginning to solidify into a kind of mythology, with campaigns underway to name buildings and airports after the former president.
At times, Bob had doubts about his career decisions and the stories he was pursuing. As he wrote in Trick or Treason, a book outlining his investigation into the October Surprise Mystery, this search for historical truth can be painful and seemingly thankless.
"Many times," he wrote, "I had regretted accepting Frontline's assignment in 1990. I faulted myself for risking my future in mainstream journalism. After all, that is where the decent-paying jobs are. I had jeopardized my ability to support my four children out of an old-fashioned sense of duty, a regard for an unwritten code that expects reporters to take almost any assignment."
Nevertheless, Bob continued his efforts to tell the full story behind both the Iran-Contra scandal and the origins of the Reagan-Bush era, ultimately leading to two things: him being pushed out of the mainstream media, and the launching of Consortium News.
I remember when he started the website, together with my older brother Sam, back in 1995. At the time, in spite of talk we were all hearing about something called "the information superhighway" and "electronic mail," I had never visited a website and didn't even know how to get "on line." My dad called me in Richmond, where I was a sophomore at Virginia Commonwealth University, and told me I should check out this new "Internet site" he and Sam had just launched.
He explained over the phone how to open a browser and instructed me how to type in the URL, starting, he said, with "http," then a colon and two forward slashes, then "www," then "dot," then this long address with one or two more forward slashes if I recall. (It wasn't until years later that the website got its own domain and a simpler address.)
I went to the computer lab at the university and asked for some assistance on how to get online, dutifully typed in the URL, and opened this website – the first one I had ever visited. It was interesting, but a bit hard to read on the computer screen, so I printed out some articles to read back in my dorm room.
I quickly became a fan of "The Consortium," as it was called back then, and continued reading articles on the October Surprise Mystery as Bob and Sam posted them on this new and exciting tool called "the Internet." Sam had to learn HTML coding from scratch to launch this online news service, billed as "the Internet's First Investigative 'Zine." For his efforts, Sam was honored with the Consortium for Independent Journalism's first Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award in 2015.
X-Files and Contra-Crack
At some point along the way, Bob decided that in addition to the website, where he was not only posting original articles but also providing the source documents that he had uncovered in the House office building basement, he would also take a stab at traditional publishing. He compiled the "October Surprise X-Files" into a booklet and self-published it in January 1996.
He was also publishing a newsletter to complement the website, knowing that at that time, there were still plenty of people who didn't know how to turn a computer on, much less navigate the World Wide Web. I transferred from Virginia Commonwealth University to George Mason University in the DC suburbs and started working part-time with my dad and Sam on the newsletter and website.
We worked together on the content, editing and laying it out with graphics often culled from books at our local library. We built a subscriber base through networking and purchasing mailing lists from progressive magazines. Every two weeks we would get a thousand copies printed from Sir Speedy and would spend Friday evening collating these newsletters and sending them out to our subscribers.
The launching of the website and newsletter, and later an even-more ambitious project called I.F. Magazine, happened to coincide with the publication in 1996 of Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance" series at the San Jose Mercury-News. Webb's series reopened the contra-cocaine controversy with a detailed examination of the drug trafficking networks in Nicaragua and Los Angeles that had helped to spread highly addictive crack cocaine across the United States.
The African-American community, in particular, was rightly outraged over this story, which offered confirmation of many long-standing suspicions that the government was complicit in the drug trade devastating their communities. African Americans had been deeply and disproportionately affected by the crack epidemic, both in terms of the direct impact of the drug and the draconian drug laws and mandatory minimum sentences that came to define the government's approach to "the war on drugs."
For a moment in the summer of 1996, it appeared that the renewed interest in the contra-cocaine story might offer an opportunity to revisit the crimes and misdeeds of the Reagan-Bush era, but those hopes were dashed when the "the Big Media" decided to double down on its earlier failures to cover this story properly.
Big Papers Pile On
The Los Angeles Times launched the attack on Gary Webb and his reporting at the San Jose Mercury-News, followed by equally dismissive stories at the Washington Post and New York Times. The piling on from these newspapers eventually led Mercury-News editor Jerry Ceppos to denounce Webb's reporting and offer a mea culpa for publishing the articles.
The onslaught of hostile reporting from the big papers failed to address the basic premises of Webb's series and did not debunk the underlying allegations of contra-cocaine smuggling or the fact that much of this cocaine ended up on American streets in the form of crack. Instead, it raised doubts by poking holes in certain details and casting the story as a "conspiracy theory." Some of the reporting attempted to debunk claims that Webb never actually made – such as the idea that the contra-cocaine trafficking was part of a government plot to intentionally decimate the African-American community.
Gary Webb and Bob were in close contact during those days. Bob offered him professional and personal support, having spent his time also on the receiving end of attacks by journalistic colleagues and editors who rejected certain stories – no matter how factual – as fanciful conspiracy theories.
Articles at The Consortium website and newsletter, as well as I.F. Magazine, offered details on the historical context for the "Dark Alliance" series and pushed back against the mainstream media's onslaught of hostile and disingenuous reporting.
Bob also published the book Lost History which provided extensive details on the background for the "Dark Alliance" series, explaining that far from a baseless "conspiracy theory," the facts and evidence strongly supported the conclusion that the Reagan-Bush administrations had colluded with drug traffickers to fund their illegal war against Nicaragua.
But sadly, the damage to Gary Webb was done. With his professional and personal life in tatters because of his courageous reporting on the contra-cocaine story, he committed suicide in 2004 at the age of 49. Speaking about this suicide later on Democracy Now, Bob noted how painful it is to be ridiculed and unfairly criticized by colleagues, as his friend had experienced.
"There's a special pain when your colleagues in your profession turn on you, especially when you've done something that they should admire and should understand," he said. "To do all that work and then have The New York Times and The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times attack you and try to destroy your life, there's a special pain in that."
In consultation with his family, Bob and the Board of Directors for the Consortium for Independent Journalism launched the Gary Webb Freedom of the Press Award in 2015.
The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush
The presidency of George W. Bush was surreal for many of us, and no one more so than my dad.
In covering Washington politics for decades, Bob had traced many stories to "Dubya's" father, George H.W. Bush, who had been implicated in a variety of questionable activities, including the October Surprise Mystery and Iran-Contra. He had also launched a war against Iraq in 1991 that seemed to be motivated, at least in part, to help kick "the Vietnam Syndrome," i.e. the reluctance that the American people had felt since the Vietnam War to support military action abroad.
As Bob noted in his 1992 book Fooling America, after U.S. forces routed the Iraqi military in 1991, President Bush's first public comment about the victory expressed his delight that it would finally put to rest the American reflex against committing troops to far-off conflicts. "By God, we've kicked the Vietnam Syndrome once and for all," he exulted.
The fact that Bush-41's son could run for president largely on name recognition confirmed to Bob the failure of the mainstream media to cover important stories properly and the need to continue building an independent media infrastructure. This conviction solidified through Campaign 2000 and the election's ultimate outcome, when Bush assumed the White House as the first popular-vote loser in more than a century.
Despite the fact that the U.S. Supreme Court had halted the counting of votes in Florida, thus preventing an accurate determination of the rightful winner, most of the national media moved on from the story after Bush was sworn in on Jan. 20, 2001. Consortium News continued to examine the documentary record, however, and ultimately concluded that Al Gore would have been declared the winner of that election if all the legally cast ballots were counted.
At Consortium News, there was an unwritten editorial policy that the title "President" should never precede George W. Bush's name, based on our view that he was not legitimately elected. But beyond those editorial decisions, we also understood the gravity of the fact that had Election 2000 been allowed to play out with all votes counted, many of the disasters of the Bush years – notably the 9/11 tragedy and the Iraq War, as well as decisions to withdraw from international agreements on arms control and climate change – might have been averted.
As all of us who lived through the post-9/11 era will recall, it was a challenging time all around, especially if you were someone critical of George W. Bush. The atmosphere in that period did not allow for much dissent. Those who stood up against the juggernaut for war – such as Phil Donahue at MSNBC, Chris Hedges at The New York Times, or even the Dixie Chicks – had their careers damaged and found themselves on the receiving end of death threats and hate mail.
While Bob's magazine and newsletter projects had been discontinued, the website was still publishing articles, providing a home for dissenting voices that questioned the case for invading Iraq in late 2002 and early 2003. Around this time, former C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern and some of his colleagues founded Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity and a long-running relationship with Consortium News was established. Several former intelligence veterans began contributing to the website, motivated by the same independent spirit of truth-telling that compelled Bob to invest so much in this project.
At a time when almost the entire mainstream media was going along with the Bush administration's dubious case for war, this and a few other like-minded websites pushed back with well-researched articles calling into question the rationale. Although at times it might have felt as though we were just voices in the wilderness, a major groundswell of opposition to war emerged in the country, with historic marches of hundreds of thousands taking place to reject Bush's push for war.
Of course, these antiwar voices were ultimately vindicated by the failure to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the fact that the war and occupation proved to be a far costlier and deadlier enterprise than we had been told that it would be.
Earlier assurances that it would be a "cakewalk" proved as false as the WMD claims, but as had been so often the case in Washington, there was little to no accountability from the mainstream media, the think tanks or government officials for being so spectacularly wrong.
In an effort to document the true history of that era, Bob, Sam and I co-wrote the book Neck Deep: The Disastrous Presidency of George W. Bush, which was published in late 2007. The book traced the work of Consortium News, juxtaposing it against the backdrop of mainstream media coverage during the Bush era, in an effort to not only correct the record, but also demonstrate that not all of us got things so wrong.
We felt it was important to remind readers – as well as future historians – that some of us knew and reported in real time the mistakes that were being made on everything from withdrawing from the Kyoto Protocol, to invading Iraq, to implementing a policy of torture, to bungling the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Obama Era
By the Obama presidency, Consortium News had become a home to a growing number of writers who brought new perspectives to the website's content. While for years, the writing staff had been limited primarily to Bob, Sam and me, suddenly, Consortium News was receiving contributions from journalists, activists and former intelligence analysts who offered a wide range of expertise – on international law, economics, human rights, foreign policy, national security, and even religion and philosophy.
One recurring theme of articles at the website during the Obama era was the enduring effect of unchallenged narratives, how they shaped national politics and dictated government policy. Bob observed that even a supposedly left-of-center president like Obama seemed beholden to the false narratives and national mythologies dating back to the Reagan era. He pointed out that this could be at least partially attributed to the failure to establish a strong foundation for independent journalism.
In a 2010 piece called "Obama's Fear of the Reagan Narrative," Bob noted that Obama had defended his deal with Republicans on tax cuts for the rich because there was such a strong lingering effect of Reagan's messaging from 30 years earlier. "He felt handcuffed by the Right's ability to rally Americans on behalf of Reagan's 'government-is-the-problem' message," Bob wrote.
He traced Obama's complaints about his powerlessness in the face of this dynamic to the reluctance of American progressives to invest sufficiently in media and think tanks, as conservatives had been doing for decades in waging their "war of ideas." As he had been arguing since the early 1990s, Bob insisted that the limits that had been placed on Obama – whether real or perceived – continued to demonstrate the power of propaganda and the need for greater investment in alternative media.
He also observed that much of the nuttiness surrounding the so-called Tea Party movement resulted from fundamental misunderstandings of American history and constitutional principles. "Democrats and progressives should be under no illusion about the new flood of know-nothingism that is about to inundate the United States in the guise of a return to 'first principles' and a deep respect for the U.S. Constitution," Bob warned.
He pointed out that despite the Tea Partiers' claimed reverence for the Constitution, they actually had very little understanding of the document, as revealed by their ahistorical claims that federal taxes are unconstitutional. In fact, as Bob observed, the Constitution represented "a major power grab by the federal government, when compared to the loosely drawn Articles of Confederation, which lacked federal taxing authority and other national powers."
Motivated by a desire to correct falsified historical narratives spanning more than two centuries, Bob published his sixth and final book, America's Stolen Narrative: From Washington and Madison to Nixon, Reagan and the Bushes to Obama, in 2012.
Along with revenues from book sales, growing donations from readers enabled Bob to not only pay writers but also to hire an assistant, Chelsea Gilmour, who began working for Consortium News in 2014. In addition to providing invaluable administrative support, Chelsea also performed duties including research, writing and fact-checking.
Political Realignment and the New McCarthyism
Although at the beginning of the Obama era – and indeed since the 1980s – the name Robert Parry had been closely associated with exposing wrongdoing by Republicans, and hence had a strong following among Democratic Party loyalists, by the end of Obama's presidency there seemed to be a realignment taking place among some of Consortium News's readership, which reflected more generally the shifting politics of the country.
In particular, the U.S. media's approach to Russia and related issues, such as the violent ouster in 2014 of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych, became "virtually 100 percent propaganda," Bob said.
He noted that the full story was never told when it came to issues such as the Sergei Magnitsky case, which led to the first round of U.S. sanctions against Russia, nor the inconvenient facts related to the Euromaidan protests that led to Yanukovych's ouster – including the reality of strong neo-Nazi influence in those protests – nor the subsequent conflict in the Donbass region of Ukraine.
Bob's stories on Ukraine were widely cited and disseminated, and he became an important voice in presenting a fuller picture of the conflict than was possible by reading and watching only mainstream news outlets. Bob was featured prominently in Oliver Stone's 2016 documentary "Ukraine on Fire," where he explained how U.S.-funded political NGOs and media companies have worked with the C.I.A. and the foreign policy establishment since the 1980s to promote the U.S. geopolitical agenda.
Bob regretted that, increasingly, "the American people and the West in general are carefully shielded from hearing the 'other side of the story.'" Indeed, he said that to even suggest that there might be another side to the story is enough to get someone branded as an apologist for Vladimir Putin or a "Kremlin stooge."
This culminated in late 2016 in the blacklisting of Consortium News on a dubious website called "PropOrNot," which was claiming to serve as a watchdog against undue "Russian influence" in the United States. The PropOrNot blacklist, including Consortium News and about 200 other websites deemed "Russian propaganda," was elevated by The Washington Post as a credible source, despite the fact that the neo-McCarthyites who published the list hid behind a cloak of anonymity.
"The Post's article by Craig Timberg," Bob wrote on Nov. 27, 2016, "described PropOrNot simply as 'a nonpartisan collection of researchers with foreign policy, military and technology backgrounds [who] planned to release its own findings Friday showing the startling reach and effectiveness of Russian propaganda campaigns.'"
As Bob explained in an article called "Washington Post's Fake News Guilt," the paper granted PropOrNot anonymity "to smear journalists who don't march in lockstep with official pronouncements from the State Department or some other impeccable fount of never-to-be-questioned truth."
The Post even provided an unattributed quote from the head of the shadowy website. "The way that this propaganda apparatus supported [Donald] Trump was equivalent to some massive amount of a media buy," the anonymous smear merchant said. The Post claimed that the PropOrNot "executive director" had spoken on the condition of anonymity "to avoid being targeted by Russia's legions of skilled hackers."
To be clear, neither Consortium News nor Robert Parry ever "supported Trump," as the above anonymous quote claims. Something interesting, however, did seem to be happening in terms of Consortium News' readership in the early days of the Trump presidency, as could be gleaned from some of the comments left on articles and social media activity.
It did appear for some time at least that a good number of Trump supporters were reading Consortium News, which could probably be attributed to the fact that the website was one of the few outlets pushing back against both the "New Cold War" with Russia and the related story of "Russiagate," which Bob didn't even like referring to as a "scandal." (As an editor, he preferred to use the word "controversy" on the website, because as far as he was concerned, the allegations against Trump and his supposed "collusion" with Russia did not rise to the level of actual scandals such as Watergate or Iran-Contra.)
In his view, the perhaps understandable hatred of Trump felt by many Americans – both inside and outside the Beltway – had led to an abandonment of old-fashioned rules of journalism and standards of fairness, which should be applied even to someone like Donald Trump.
"On a personal note, I faced harsh criticism even from friends of many years for refusing to enlist in the anti-Trump 'Resistance,'" Bob wrote in his final article for Consortium News.
"The argument was that Trump was such a unique threat to America and the world that I should join in finding any justification for his ouster," he said. "Some people saw my insistence on the same journalistic standards that I had always employed somehow a betrayal."
He marveled that even senior editors in the mainstream media treated the unproven Russiagate allegations as flat fact.
"No skepticism was tolerated and mentioning the obvious bias among the never-Trumpers inside the F.B.I., Justice Department and intelligence community was decried as an attack on the integrity of the U.S. government's institutions," Bob wrote. "Anti-Trump 'progressives' were posturing as the true patriots because of their now unquestioning acceptance of the evidence-free proclamations of the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies."
An Untimely End and the Future of Consortium News
My dad's untimely passing has come as a shock to us all, especially since up until a month ago, there was no indication whatsoever that he was sick in any way. He took good care of himself, never smoked, got regular check-ups, exercised, and ate well. The unexpected health issues starting with a mild stroke Christmas Eve and culminating with his admission into hospice care several days ago offer a stark reminder that nothing should be taken for granted.
And as many Consortium News readers have eloquently pointed out in comments left on recent articles regarding Bob's health, it also reminds us that his brand of journalism is needed today more than ever.
"We need free will thinkers like you who value the truth based on the evidence and look past the group think in Washington to report on the real reasons for our government's and our media's actions which attempt to deceive us all," wrote, for example, "FreeThinker."
"Common sense and integrity are the hallmarks of Robert Parry's journalism. May you get better soon for you are needed more now then ever before," wrote "T.J."
"We need a new generation of reporters, journalists, writers, and someone always being tenacious to follow up on the story," added "Tina."
As someone who has been involved with this website since its inception – as a writer, an editor and a reader – I concur with these sentiments. Readers should rest assured that despite my dad's death, every effort will be made to ensure that the website will continue going strong.
Indeed, I think that everyone involved with this project wants to uphold the same commitment to truth-telling without fear or favor that inspired Bob and his heroes like George Seldes, I.F. Stone, and Thomas Paine.
That commitment can be seen in my dad's pursuit of stories such as those mentioned above, but also so many others – including his investigations into the financial relationship of the influential Washington Times with the Unification Church cult of Rev. Sun Myung Moon, the truth behind the Nixon campaign's alleged efforts to sabotage President Lyndon Johnson's Paris peace talks with Vietnamese leaders in 1968, the reality of the chemical attack in Syria in 2013, and even detailed examinations of the evidence behind the so-called "Deflategate" controversy that he felt unfairly branded his favorite football team, the New England Patriots, as cheaters.
Reviewing these journalistic achievements, it becomes clear that there are few stories that have slipped under Consortium News's radar, and that the historical record is far more complete thanks to this website and Bob's old-fashioned approach to journalism.
But besides this deeply held commitment to independent journalism, it should also be recalled that, ultimately, Bob was motivated by a concern over the future of life on Earth. As someone who grew up at the height of the Cold War, he understood the dangers of allowing tensions and hysteria to spiral out of control, especially in a world such as ours with enough nuclear weapons to wipe out all life on the planet many times over.
As the United States continues down the path of a New Cold War, my dad would be pleased to know that he has such committed contributors who will enable the site to remain the indispensable home for independent journalism that it has become, and continue to push back on false narratives that threaten our very survival.
Thank you all for your support.


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The Cassiopeia is a constellation of the northern sky. The Cassiopeia is visible throughout the year, although the best time to see it is in November. The Cassiopeia has produced two supernovas, one of those is known as the Cassiopeia A. The Cassiopeia A exploded about 300 years ago and the explosion has been witnessed from Earth. The matter emitted in the explosion was scattered into space at a few percent of the light speed. The material has since continued to expand into a giant shell containing a lot of elements including oxygen. These elements may form new planets, stars or even some living organisms in the future.
Shape and position:
The five main stars of this constellation form a "W" form. It shows the peak in the mid west in the direction of the north polar star - so you can easily find this constellation in the sky.
Right ascension: 22h 57m to 3h 41m
Declination: +47 to 78 degrees
Brightest star: Alpha Cassiopeiae (Schedir)
The Ethiopian king Cepheus and his wife Cassiopeia had committed the sin of vanity. Cassiopeia had claimed to be more beautiful than even the Nereids, aquatic goddesses of Greek mythology. The Nereids complained to the sea god Poseidon about this insult, who sent out the sea monster Ketos, that devastated the shores of the country. According to an oracle the country could only be freed from the curse if Andromeda, the only child of the royal family, would be sacrificed to the sea monster. Mercilessly Andromeda was tied to a rock next to the sea, where she had to wait for the monster to come and eat her alive. Perseus defeated the monster, saved Andromeda and married her.
Best time to observe: Year-round, especially in fall
Neighbouring constellations: Andromeda, Bootes, Lion, Perseus


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Windows only: PDF Download, the previously mentioned Firefox extension that improves web-page-to-PDF saving, is out with a version for Internet Explorer.
Along with the features offered in the Firefox extension, the newest version for both browsers adds control over the margins of any PDFs you create from your browser. A screenshot at the developers' page shows Evernote functionality, but I couldn't find the option in my installation. Firefox users have a wider range of PDF tools than Internet Explorer through the add-on community, of course, so the Internet Explorer extension is a valuable tool for anyone who feels chained to a slow-loading, multi-nagging Adobe Acrobat installation.
PDF Download is a free download for Firefox (all platforms) and Internet Explorer (Windows only).
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3 Doors Down to Stage 9th Annual The Better Life Foundation Concert
October 11, 2012
Tunica, MS — 3 Doors Down will stage the 9th annual The Better Life Foundation concert on November 17 at Horseshoe Casino in Tunica, Mississippi. The long-term mission of the foundation is to make a positive change in the lives of children in need of food, shelter, and medical assistance, and to enhance the lives of children and young adults with special needs. Funds raised are distributed to organizations and hospitals that fulfill the band's mission to enable children to develop their potential, achieve their goals, and become caring and responsible adults. Operating with the mission statement, "Changing the World, One Life at a Time," 3 Doors Down has committed their energies over the past decade to make a tangible contribution for those in need through this annual event, and continuous efforts to generate funding to support these goals. Singer Brad Arnold shares, "It's a blessing and a honor to be able to give back to communities in need through The Better Life Foundation. A big thank you to all the fans and sponsors who continue to support the foundation and the amazing work it does!"
The event is sponsored by the Mississippi Army National Guard. Touring partner Daughtry will appear at the event, with this performance serving as the kick-off of the bands' co-headline tour. The coveted array of silent auction items include amongst others signed guitars from 3 Doors Down, Los Lonely Boys, Korn, Bush, Theory of A Deadman, Godsmack, Staind and Chevelle, alongside drumheads from Nickelback and Josh Groban. From the world of sports, jerseys signed by Dallas Cowboy Miles Austin and Miami Dolphin Anthony Fasono, footballs from the Carolina Panthers and N.Y. Jets, a signed helmet from future Hall of Famer Brett Favre and a football signed by legend Chris Carter. These are a handful of the close to a hundred items altruistically donated from dozens who have stepped up to support the foundation.
Tickets are available now through http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/1B00493ACFC171B7
or can be charged by phone at (800) 745-3000 and will also be available at the Horseshoe Box Office (on show day only). Guests must be 21 years old or older to attend the concert. VIP General Admission Balcony seating will be available for $200, which includes food / bar, while G/A tickets will be available for $75 for the floor. For more information or VIP tickets please visit www.TheBetterLifeFoundation.org.
Prior to the concert on November 17, 3 Doors Down will stage the annual Ride For A Cause. The registration fee is $25, which includes a long-sleeve t-shirt for all participants and a two-hour rider reception at the Roadhouse Casino in Tunica, MS. There will be a raffle for a Citizen Soldier V 2012 Bourget Pan-head Chopper. Additional information on the motorcycle and Ride For A Cause can be found here:
On November 19, 3 Doors Down will release Greatest Hits, featuring nine #1 hits re-mixed and re-mastered alongside the new tracks "One Light" and "Goodbyes" via Universal Republic. Following The Better Life Foundation event, 3 Doors Down and Daughtry will appear at the following venues:
11/18 Springfield, MO O'Reilly Family Center
11/20 San Antonio, TX Illusions Theatre @ Alamodome
11/21 Laredo, TX Laredo Energy Center
11/23 Belton, TX Bell County Expo Center
11/24 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Amphitheatre
11/27 Pikeville, KY Eastern KY Expo Center
11/28 Huntington, WV Big Sandy Superstore Arena
11/30 Asbury Park, NJ Convention Hall
12/01 Binghamton, NY Broome County Arena
12/03 Huntington, NY The Paramount
12/04 State College, PA Bryce Jordan Center
12/05 Detroit, MI Fox Theatre
12/07 Champaign, IL Assembly Hall
12/08 Minneapolis, MN Myth
12/09 Chicago, IL Akoo Theatre in Rosemont
12/11 Denver, CO Bank One Center
12/13 Fresno, CA Save Mart Arena
12/15 Anaheim, CA Theatre at Honda Centre
For more information contact:
Steve Karas
SKH Music
Since forming in 1995, Mississippi rock quintet 3 Doors Down (vocalist Brad Arnold, lead guitarist Chris Henderson, bassist Todd Harrell, drummer Greg Upchurch and guitarist Chet Roberts) has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide, garnered three Grammy nominations, two American Music Awards, and five BMI Pop Awards for songwriting, including BMI's coveted "Songwriter of the Year" award. The band's debut album, 2000's The Better Life, which is now certified six times platinum, featured the smash hit "Kryptonite." Their sophomore album, 2002's Away from the Sun, saw similar success with its radio mainstays "When I'm Gone" and "Here Without You." Their subsequent efforts 2005's platinum certified Seventeen Days and 2008's 3 Doors Down debuted at #1 on the Billboard Hot 200 Chart. In 2003, 3 Doors Down founded The Better Life Foundation with the goal of giving as many children as possible a better life; they have raised more than two million dollars for local children's charities since their inception. For more information visit: www.3doorsdown.com and www.thebetterlifefoundation.org
Horseshoe Casino & Hotel Tunica opened on February 13, 1995. The property features 245,000 Square Feet, including a 14-floor all-suite hotel tower with over 500 rooms, over 200 slot and video poker games, a wide variety of table games, and a 25 table poker room. Horseshoe is known as a gambler's casino with the best odds, highest limits, luxurious accommodations, best entertainment with Bluesville Concert Hall, as well as exquisite dining options including – Jack Binion's Steakhouse, Village Square Buffet, Noodles, and Starbucks. For more information, please visit www.horseshoetunica.com.


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Cedar Rapids Iowa
- Major Airports:
- Des Moines (DSM)
- States:
- Iowa
Midwestern gem shines with melding of old and new
Historic Cultural Venues
Cedar Rapids celebrates its history by preserving its classic architecture. Stunning, ornate Paramount Theatre opened in 1928 as a movie palace and still hosts concerts, Broadway shows and dance performances. Take an educational stroll through one of several cultural centers, such as the National Czech & Slovak Museum & Library, the interactive Indian Creek Nature Center and the historic Queen Anne-style mansion and grounds known as the Brucemore estate. Don't miss the Grant Wood collection at the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art. During the summer months of June through August, travel back to the late 1800s and early 20th century with a tour of Usher's Ferry Historic Village for a glimpse of small-town farming life.
Eclectic Shopping
Take home locally produced foods, jewelry, soaps and more with a visit to shopping hub NewBo City Market. Or grab souvenirs and treats from the assortment of quirky shops, old and new, in the Czech Village New Bohemia Main Street District. Established in the heart of the city by Czech immigrants, this bustling area is also a hub for the arts and festivals. For made-in-Iowa fare, grab lunch at Farmer's Daughter's Market before checking out the market's locally made goods.
Fresh Takes on Food and Drink
Cedar Rapids is home to dining options for virtually every palate. Go upscale with the seasonal menu at award-winning Cobble Hill Eatery & Dispensary. Enjoy an Italian meal in the historic People's Savings Bank that's now elegant Popoli Ristorante and Sullivan's Bar. Sip a craft cocktail or beer while sharing an appetizer at hip, modern White Star Ale House. Looking to quench your thirst? Cedar Rapids is home to many award-winning wineries and breweries, such as Cedar Ridge Winery & Distillery, Lion Bridge Brewing Company, Iowa Brewing Company and Another Road Brewing.
Fun Fact
Famous artist and Iowan Grant Wood created the iconic painting "American Gothic" in his studio in Cedar Rapids.