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Only four Port Authority officials met this week's deadline to turn over all documents subpoenaed in the New Jersey Legislature's investigation into the George Washington Bridge lane closures, according to a list provided to NBC News.
Fourteen others who were subpoenaed-- including officials in Gov. Chris Christie's office, members of his campaign committee, his press secretary and other top aides-- have either been granted extensions or have begun turning over material "on a rolling basis," according to a source close to the investigation.
Two of those subpoenaed -- former Deputy Chief of Staff Bridget Kelly and former campaign manager Bill Stepien -- have invoked their Fifth Amendment right against self incrimination and declined to turn over any material.
The list of those who have yet to fully comply with the subpoenas includes David Sampson, Christies' close political ally who chairs the Port Authority; Charles McKenna, Christie's former chief counsel; Kevin O'Dowd, Christie's former chief of staff and nominee to be attorney general; Reginia Egea, Christie's incoming chief of staff; and Nicole Davidman Drewniak, a Christie fundraiser and wife of Christie press secretary Michael Drewniak.
Christie, in remarks during a call-in radio show on Monday, said he office was producing documents in response to the subpoenas.
"We, the Governor's Office, has started to produce things today," he said. "We did not ask for an extension. We started to produce documents today but we're doing so on a rolling basis. We're working as hard as we can to get through because there was a lot of stuff asked for from us."
All told, the special legislative committee investigating whether the bridge lane closures in September 2013 were politically motivated has issued 20 subpoenas to members of the Christie administration, his campaign and officials of the Port Authority, which oversees the bridge. The four Port Authority officials who have complied with the subpoena were William Baroni Jr., the former deputy executive director who resigned his post in December; Chief Administrative Officer Cristina Lado, Paul Nunziato, president of the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, and spokesman Philippe Danielides.
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The subpoenas from the legislative committee are separate from those issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark, N.J., which also is investigating the bridge lane closures. Christie confirmed Monday night that his office had been served with a subpoena from the U.S. Attorney's Office, along with his campaign committee and the New Jersey Republican Party.
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IRWINDALE — The Southwest Tour Trucks made its first of four stops this season at Irwindale Speedway, and Zack Green of Long Beach won his first race before a crowd of 3,823.
But the story of the night in the SWTT division was the second-place finisher, Ronnie Davis, Jr. The Whittier resident, who was racing in the No. 83 truck of his close friend Mike Gilboy, dedicated the race in his memory. Davis came close to winning the 30-lap main, but Green took the lead on lap 10 and held off Davis for the remainder of the race.
"Mike was a good friend of mine, who was rookie of the year in the division last year," Davis said. "He died last week and his crew and family said why not race in his truck in his memory."
"This race was a tribute to him, but I'll be back in my truck in the next race.
"When (Green) passed me, nobody really got in the way, my tires just started going away."
Green takes over the points lead over Neil Conrad of Arcadia, who finished third.
Green quickly jumped into his Super Stock car and won that division, holding off Gary Read of La Verne.
In the first two Lucas Oil Late Model 30-lap mains, 26-year-old Ryan Partridge of Rancho Cucamonga won his third straight LM race of the young racing season. It was Partridge's fifth consecutive win at the half-mile banked oval. The other two victories were in the Irwindale Race Trucks division.
Partridge, who won the division last season, started in the second row and battled pole-sitter Andrew Porter (La Verne) and Covina's Mike Johnson for the first 22 laps before taking the lead at the line on the inside from Porter.
Partridge extended his lead over the final laps in the all green-flag race, finishing 10 car-lengths ahead of Porter.
"It was great competition," Partridge said. "How about that Andrew Porter? He almost caught us, but we pressured him to the center a little bit and let him wear himself out a little bit and we took it to them."
Johnson had a solo spin in turn four, but it didn't bring out a yellow flag and Partridge won easily.
"I thought I had it (win) but just couldn't hold him (Partridge) off," said the 19-year-old Porter.
Trevor Huddleston, son of former Late Model champion Tim Huddleston, won the Spears S2 30-lap main. The 18-year-old Huddleston took the lead on lap six and never looked back
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In the Bandoleros division, Ryan Vargas of La Mirada won for the second night in a row, running from the pole in a 20-lap green-flag race. Vargas, who finished second in the division last year, also won the Friday night Bandoleros feature and stands in first with 100 points in the second race of the season.


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Sony's latest contribution to the mirrorless camera market is the NEX-6, a replacement for the popular Sony NEX-5. See Group test: what's the best interchangeable lens camera?
The all-important sensor is very large, an APS-C type which is DSLR-sized at 23.5 x 15.6 mm. This 16.7Mp CMOS sensor helped ensure excellent picture quality, while noise levels tended to be very low even at high ISO settings. Even up to ISO 25600 our low-light shots remained clean. Captured images showed impressive levels of crispness. Vibrancy and colour reproduction were excellent. Take a look at our Panasonic DMC-G3 review.
The Sony NEX-6 also takes good video, now up to 1920 x 1080p at up to 50 fps, against the original NEX-5's 1080i at 25 fps. We did find a split second of lag between pressing the record button and video capture, which might crop the start of spur-of-the-moment filming. Other than that, video was very good – sharp and vibrant and free from jerkiness. Unlike the Sony NEX-7, the record button is recessed and to one side so you're less likely to hit it by mistake.
Our Sony NEX-6 sample came with a 16-55mm zoom lens but you can use any Sony E-mount lens, or an A-mount if you use an adaptor.
The NEX-6 is fairly simple and straightforward to use. A real mode dial on top – featuring Superior Auto, Intelligent Auto, Scene, Program, Aperture Priority, Shutter Priority, Manual and Sweep Panorama modes – makes it easier to navigate than the NEX-7.
Like the NEX-7, it also features a built-in OLED viewfinder. That's good news for anyone with unsteady hands or who simply prefers to compose images that way.
There is also the option of a live view on the 3in LCD screen, which you can handily tilt upwards by 90 degrees or downwards by 45. Unlike the earlier NEX-5N and some NEX-6's competitors like the Canon EOS M, the screen is not touch-sensitive.
While for some people Sony's superior auto mode may be cause for celebration, simplifying as it does the creation of good photos, we found the lack of control over aspects like focus a little frustrating. The Intelligent Auto or Manual mode were less rigid alternatives. The Sweep Panorama mode worked well.
In playback mode video and stills are confusingly not all displayed together chronologically – you have to manually switch between the two.
The Sony NEX-6's adds Wi-Fi abilities, handy with its 'view on smartphone and 'send to computer' options, but limited to some Android phones compatible with DLNA (digital living network alliance).
You can also download apps for the camera, including the impressive (and free) PlayMemories Mobile for iOS and Android, This smart remote control app turns your tablet or phone into a remote shutter release and allows time-lapse photography.
At just 287g and 120 x 67 x 43 mm the Sony NEX-6 is very light and reasonably small. We like the retro styling and texture. A solid, chunky rubberised hand grip on the side enables the use of any large Sony E-mount lenses without too much discomfort. Build quality is superb and nothing feels cheap or plasticky – even the port cover has a smooth action.
There's a built-in flash as well as a hotshoe for attaching an external flash. And you can easily charge the camera with a Micro-USB cable instead of only through a proprietary charger.
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Here are the names and dates from the Marriage Certificate. I have tried to reproduce the layout of the signatures as the placement of names on the same line almost certainly indicates a relationship between the individuals.
Andrew Holmes, Monkton, County of Addison Vermont son of Jonathan Holmes & Arletta his wife, and Ruth Cary of Halfmoon, Saratoga Co. New York, daughter of William Cary & Hannah his wife (Deceased). Society of Friends
Married in Morean New York, 3rd month 1858
Andreas Holmes, Ruth C. Holmes
Jonathan De bol, Mary Jane De bol
Rufus Hazard, Sarah A. Hazard
Eben Spicer, Eliza A. Spicer
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Ruth E. Nessler
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Elizabeth Cooper
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So there's this comedy writer Kurt Metzger, who's on the staff at Comedy Central's Inside Amy Schumer. You know the next line already.
Lindy West and Sady Doyle, two outspoken critics of rape humor in comedy, are accusing Metzger of an online harassment campaign that started more than a month ago. Doyle is taking the evidence straight to Amy Schumer and Comedy Central.
Are they sure it's harassment? Couldn't it just be…you know…comedy?
Doyle and West both drew Metzger's attention after they voiced their opinions on the ongoing debate about rape jokes within the comic community—a persistent issue since last year's Daniel Tosh controversy.
The bloggers claim Metzger is targeting them and other feminists by making impersonator accounts on various social media platforms and filling them with obscene Photoshops of the women he's mocking.
Well there you go – just as I thought, it's not harassment, it's pure comedy gold. What could be funnier than impersonator accounts and obscene Photoshops of women you don't like? And obviously that kind of thing is totally harmless no matter what.
Even if the true creator of the sockpuppet account is never exposed, the level of Metzger's vitriol may give a boost to feminism's argument within the comedy community. While Metzger argued on Facebook, "Don't worry about jokes. Rapists don't hide behind rape jokes," the domestic violence in his past—not to mention the threats in his current language—illustrate in a grim way the very real connection between "jokes" and actual assault. Ironically, Metzger is a textbook example of the academic study he mocked and dismissed—the one that explored how men who enjoy jokes about sexual violence are more likely to commit sexual violence. Metzger's admissions, truthful or not, are horrifying enough: He stated that some women "deserve a beating," then he copped to choking his girlfriend because she didn't "fear" him enough.
Yes but that's because his girlfriend deserved it. Jeez – people are so dense.


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In graphs posted by Mike Tipping, the result is clear: Gov. LePage's school grades are highly correlated with income.
As Tipping points out, this is expected. It's exactly what could be predicted by reams of past studies using high-quality data.Moreover, as the class structure has become increasingly skewed, test score differences have widened between the classes — even as test scores are rising.
But why does such a correlation exist?
It's important to know. Understanding this gives the prospect of improving all kids' educational prospects.
Research points to differences that grow out of different conditions, resources and opportunities by class.
Professor Helen Ladd of Duke University explains:
Disadvantaged children often suffer from poor health and nutrition – which can be corrected by high-quality early childhood and preschool programs. School-based clinics, nurses, and mental health counselors can also help older children.
Early exposure to rich language boosts cognitive development, so we need to help poor parents and other caregivers read to children and engage them in conversations.
Poor families cannot give children the enrichment experiences privileged families routinely provide. Public after-school and summer programs matter most for the poor.
Because of this, Ladd contends, "to be successful, education in impoverished areas must deliver to disadvantaged students the supports and experiences middle-class children usually get at home."
Cuts in programs like Head Start make this problem worse.
As two top corporate executives recently wrote:
The Institute for a Competitive Workforce, an affiliate of the United States Chamber of Commerce, found in a 2010 report that "for every dollar invested today, savings range from $2.50 to as much as $17 in the years ahead." Research by the University of Chicago economist James J. Heckman, a Nobel laureate, points to a 7- to 10-percent annual return on investment in high-quality preschool.
Therefore, these two executives contend:
Universally available prekindergarten is not only the right thing to do, but the smart thing to do. Raising lifetime wages (and thereby tax revenues) and reducing the likelihood that children will drop out of school, get involved in crime, and become a burden on the justice system more than make up for the costs of early childhood education.
Other countries have realized this. China reportedly has set a goal of giving 70 percent of all children three years of prekindergarten education — far ahead of the modest one year proposed by President Obama — by the year 2020. Our greatest deficit in this country — the one that most threatens our future as a nation — is our education deficit, not our fiscal one.
We know this in Maine, but policy has been going the wrong direction.
Early childhood education clearly has the backing of Maine's education commissioner, prominent Maine businesses through the Maine Early Learning Investment Group, police departments, many local governments and agencies and the U.S. Department of Education. Several proposed bills for the 126th Legislature seek to address operations and funding related to early childhood education, but some legislators may still need convincing. Last spring, they cut half of Head Start's state funding — about 6 percent of its overall funding — resulting in eliminated positions and classrooms. They also cut child care subsidies. [Source]
Those cuts hurt Maine's kids and Maine's future.
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One of my favorite new bloggy buddies, Lisa over at Sweet 2 Eat Baking, nominated me for the Versatile Blogger Award! Thanks, Lisa! I'm super excited that you thought of me!
This award is basically a way for bloggers to get to know each other, and a way to introduce readers to some fantastic blogs out there. I definitely recommend that you check out each and every one of the links below, to see some of my favorite blogs to follow. Many of them are food blogs, but not all.
The Rules for the Versatile Blogger Award:
- Thank the person who nominated you.
- Link back to that person's blog.
- Select 15 blogs to nominate. Choose blogs you've recently discovered or that you follow regularly.
- Let the nominated bloggers know about it with comments on their blog.
- Include this set of rules on your own post.
- Include a list of 7 things about yourself.
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My Nominees:
- Chocolate Moosey
- The Comfort of Cooking
- Cookin' Cowgirl
- Get Off Your Butt and Bake
- Cooking Classy
- Annie's Eats
- One Chatty Chic
- Randee's Organized Chaos
- Measured By The Heart
- Bab E Blessings
- Backless Shirt
- The Cooking Dish
- DoughMessTic
- Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Simply Sweet Home
A Few Things About Me:
- I know I seem like a food-blogging genius 24/7, but it's not the only hat I wear. I also teach piano lessons. I've been doing it nearly 20 years now. Which makes me like 29 years old. Right?
- I'm not much of a pet person. We have zero pets in our house currently. I'm allergic to cats, which give me a good excuse to dislike them. My daughter absolutely loves dogs and wants a puppy SO BAD!! One of these days, I might have to break down and get her one. Maybe when she's old enough to train it.
- I'm really into complaining about my family's picky eating habits, but the truth is that I have a few of my own. I don't like seafood. Or beets. Or bologna sandwiches. But I'm still the only one in the family who will happily eat roasted brussel sprouts, which is really too bad.
- I'm a terrible housekeeper. It's everything I can do to keep my home at kind of a minimum standard of cleanliness. I can't think of very many things that sound worse to me than dishes and vacuuming. Would I rather clean the toilet or get a root canal? Let me think about that…
- I live in the lovely state of Utah. Except for a couple years when we lived in New Mexico, I have always lived in Utah. I love the weather here in the summer, but hate it in the winter. Salt Lake is completely surrounded by beautiful purple mountains, and I think that might be my favorite part. I can't imagine living anywhere that didn't have mountains.
- My three children keep growing up and it's kind of creeping me out. My oldest will be 15 soon, and I'm not nearly old enough to have a kid that old. My two boys are barely more than a year apart in age, but couldn't be farther apart in personality. My sweet daughter has a mild personality and wishes she had a sister. I'm not really sure I'm up for this whole teenager thing.
- I love me some spicy food. The older I get, the spicier I like it. My favorite thing in the entire world is yellow curry from the nearby Thai restaurant. I order it medium heat level, which is too hot for the Big Guy, but perfect for me. If my lips and throat are burning, I'm happy!
Thanks again to Lisa. It is really fun getting to know other bloggers and checking out other fantastic blogs!


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Recently, I watched the author platform conference online. This was a series of interviews with authors, bloggers, marketers and other experts to help writers, speakers and bloggers be as effective as possible.
Below are the lessons from each interview that I watched:
- Create a connection with your book. Give something to people so that they make a concrete connection to what you are saying. At book events, he gave out tissues with the word Contagious: Why Things Catch On on them for his book and made the connection of "wouldn't your like your ideas to be as contagious as the cold?"
- Be married to the outcome more than you are to the idea. This will allow you to enjoy the content you create.
- When it comes to branding, people think about people. The person sticks in the mind of people if you know who the person is.
- Books that sell come from authors that hustle.
- An author needs to provide value to the audience outside of their book.
- Writing a book is not like writing a blog post. Editing is by far the hardest part of writing a book.
- Just be you. Your readers and listeners will know if you are being real or not.
- Failures happen when people don't listen to their intuition. Successes happen when we do listen to our intuition.
- Ideas are the currency of the 21st century and you are only as successful as your ideas.
- Most speakers fail because they don't have their message down, they don't know their story.
- The difference between a great speaker and a good speaker is the great speaker is always looking to improve.
- The 3 components to any great presentation: Emotional, novel and memorable.
- Activity always follows identity.
- Offline relationships still do matter in the midst of our social media worlds.
- A lot of people can launch a book well, but successful authors need to think about how to make it successful in 3, 6, and 12 months.
- The best way to promote yourself is to help others, to give a benefit to someone else.
- Content is not just about what you say, but how you say it.
- Know your audience, who they are, what their needs are, and what questions they have.
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Hello everypony,
I'm opening this topic as a brainstorming for my future campaign settled in MLP:FIM Equestria setting.
I'll welcome any aid or ideas you could give me.
About our game:
It will be an E6 (well, P6) campaign.
I'll adjust some main characters of the show as deity... well, they will be level 6 plus Mythic NPCs able to provide divine spells, not Gods in the Golarion's term. [soon on this board]
Playing style: a relaxed one, full of jokes with the goal of playing in a cartoon atmosphere.
Players: my wife, my sister in law and her child (8 yrs old) and maybe some school friends.
Our setting: Lunnova and the surroundings.
In the Luna Bay is rising a new settlement, Lunnova, a village dedicated to Princess Luna.
[The pun:
The name of the village is a crasis of the words "Lunn-a" and "Genova", Genoa in Italy where we live.
"Lunn-a" it's the genoese word for Moon.
I was delighted of making it since the form of Luna Bay it's very similar to the Ligurian riviera too.]
Location of Lunnova
[Soon I'll update a map of the village too, it's shape being the same of the ancient shape of Genova]
This coastal small village is rising is population. A second wave of settlers is coming at the beginning of the campaign. [about 10 years after the current season 7 in the tv show.]
Settlers are mainly ponies of the main 3 sub-races (earth pony, pegasi and unicorns), but in the last years a few number of the other races have moved too (crystal ponies, reformed changelings, unconventional griffons, zebras...)
(Connection to the rest of the world)
Cut away from Equestria's rail-lines, to reach it "on hoof" you need to start from Vannhoover and face the coast and it's Arctic clime, so Lunnova's primary access and only commercial way if through the sea.
(Protection from cold)
The Dreaming Sphere is an artifact created by Princess Luna using her domain of dreams.
The sphere is able to maintain a mild climate in the surrounding area.
Unlike the most powerful and famous Crystal Heart, the Sphere is fueled by the power of good dreams, night after night (Luna crafted it with a small emergency stock), but it's power only keeps out the Frozen North and Windigos not other enemies.
Bat-pony: the indigenous population, lives in a series of caves in the mountains since the times of Nightmare Moon banishment. Some of them could be enemies, or at least rivals of the settlers, all will not like the newcomers, at least in the beginning.
Sea-pony: the sea is their territory, but the could be befriended too.
Pirate ponies: the main threat to the commercial and supply way through the sea.
Other creatures in the mountains: yetis, arctic animals and magical beasts, etc...
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HHS nominee Kathleen Sebelius sailed through her confirmation hearings, aided in part by the fact that the budget debate and votes were occurring contemporaneously. Promised conservative grillings on her abortion positions and some tax issues never really materialized, though there was one extremely hostile exchange between Senator
McCain's next round of questions played out much the same way: "Do you support a government-run health system," he demanded. Sebelius disputed the premise. McCain asked again. Sebelius asked him to clarify. McCain interrupted a third time. Finally, Sebelius ended the questioning. "If the question is do I support a public insurance option side by side in an insurance exchange with private options," she replied icily. "Then yes. I do."Although there is a sense of urgency to get this last major nomination approved, in order to move forward with health care reform, it appears that Senate Republicans, unlikely to block her confirmation, will do what they can to delay it as long as possible.
It was nice to see that Sebelius does in fact back the inclusion of a public plan in a health care reform package. Baucus has been hinting that it may be used as a bargaining chip. According to a NYT report, Congressional Democrats remain committed to the public plan as a key plank in any reform package, but there are worrisome signs of compromise which could put the public plan on the chopping block:
Congress would authorize a new government-run insurance program, but it would come into existence only if certain conditions were met — if, for example, private insurers failed to rein in health costs by a certain amount after several years.Harold Pollack at TNR reviews the history of physicians and the AMA in resisting past health care reforms, and notes that attitudes seem to be shifting, as more and more doctors come to embrace reform:
Sure, there will be pushing and shoving within the medical profession before this thing is done. Specialists and primary care doctors have different interests and different perspectives regarding comparative effectiveness research or the degreeIn the media:
to which public or private payers should exercise bargaining power over provider payment. [...] Without discounting these frictions, the medical profession is coming to see what many others have also seen. Our existing, increasingly dysfunctional healthcare system doesn't just work poorly for patients. It works poorly for doctors and for many others, too.
Multiple reports came out this week detailing the failure of the private market in covering patients who do not have employer-sponsored plans but who do have medical problems:
The Miami Herald:
Insurers shun those taking certain meds:How health insurers secretly blacklist those with certain ailments.The New York Times:
Trying to buy health insurance on your own and have gallstones? You'll automatically be denied coverage. Rheumatoid arthritis? Automatic denial.
Getting a Health Policy When You're Already SickFrontline:
INSURANCE executives held out hope to the afflicted late last month by announcing their willingness to end a notorious industry practice: charging higher premiums to people with health problems or denying them coverage altogether. [...] For now, consumers with pre-existing medical conditions must continue the struggle to obtain and keep medical coverage.
"It is arguably the biggest minefield out there when it comes to getting and keeping your health insurance," said Karen Pollitz, project director at the Health Policy Institute at Georgetown University. "Under the current system, the people who need insurance most can't afford or can't get coverage."
Sick Around AmericaRemarkable honesty from an insurance executive.
Outside of employer-based health care plans, matters are even worse. Americans seeking insurance in the individual market must submit to "medical underwriting," and if they have a pre-existing condition, they will likely be denied. Kaiser Permanente Chairman and CEO George Halverson says frankly: "I could not get insurance. I've had heart surgery, and so I am completely uninsurable in the private market. So it's important that I keep my job."
Lastly, a little light comedy:
Voltaire famously said, "I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: 'O Lord make my enemies ridiculous.' And God granted it." Perhaps Barack Obama uttered the same prayer once, for the conservative opposition to his health care plan is indeed laughable.
First, it was noted that one of the few private organizations spearheading the PR war against reform, "Conservatives for Patients' Rights," is headed by one Rick Scott. Yeah, the same guy who was ousted by his own Board of Directors at HCA in the biggest health care fraud case ever. Seriously.
Additionally, the House Republicans took President Obama's bait and released their own budget. (Twice -- the second time with actual numbers!) Their solution to health care costs -- Privatize Medicare! No, really. They want to scrap medicare entirely and replace it with a system of vouchers for seniors to purchase privately administered insurance programs. There must be a sort of freedom in being so irrelevant to the governing process that allows you to propose the wingnuttiest of schemes, knowing that it will appeal to the few ideologues left in your coalition but have no chance to become law. No power means no responsibility! Granted, nobody really cared, because the real budget passed easily without any republican involvement.


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WBU hosts MusiConference
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University is hosting the third annual Church MusiConference this Friday and Saturday, July 25-26.
This is the first year that Wayland is the official sponsor of the event which is held in cooperation with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. In past years, several conferences have been held in various regions. This year, however, this is the only regional Baptist church music conference in the state.
More than 100 participants are expected for the event, with approximately 90 pre-registered. The cost is $50 per person and pre-registration is ongoing with an official registration time set for 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Friday in the music wing of Harral Auditorium. Classes begin at 1 p.m. Friday and will be held from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Classes will be offered for children's and youth choir leaders, handbell leaders, accompanists, drama leaders and technical/media personnel as well as bi-vocational/part-time ministers of music and full-time ministers of music. The conference is open to anyone interested in these areas.
There will also be a reading session of new choral music by several publishers at 4:30 p.m. Friday. Packets of new music will be on sale for $12.
A banquet will also be held Friday evening with entertainment provided by "Quiet Praise," a flute and harp duo. Dr. Tim Studstill, director of church music for the BGCT, will speak at the banquet. "Ragin Cajun" humorist Wayne Keller will be a guest speaker during the conference.
For more information, contact WBU Assistant Professor of Music Robert Black at 291-1067.


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Happy New Year & Happy Chicken Suit
Nothing like good ol' fashioned shameless self-promotion to get the ball rolling for 2011. Yes! My newest children's book, CHICKS RUN WILD will be released later on this month, on January 25th. If we get 300 friends (or "likes", however you want to say it) for CHICKS on Facebook, then I'll wear a chicken suit out in public. Seriously. I'll get my wife, Andrea, to take photographic evidence (both photos and video) for those doubting Thomas's out there, and will post it all here and on the CHICKS Facebook page for everyone to gawk at. I mean, c'mon! Who wouldn't want to see your favorite neighborhood illustrator don a big suit of feathers and make a big fool of himself? Out in public? I thought so.
We've been stalled at around 232. Go tell your friends!
Go here: Chicks Run Wild on Facebook.
If you'd like to take a look at what's inside the book, you can check out the CHICKS pages on my website HERE.
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Rudi Bass, whom you and I have corresponded about would have enjoyed your "Happy Chicken Suit" (as I do) if he could have seen it.ReplyDelete
He died very peacefully on Jan. 6th, at the age of 96, while still engaged in artistic projects. Having completed a commission for a children's book that was published last fall, 2010, he engulfed himself in a project of creating a new alphabet for a cell phone font enabling an easier and speedier way for texting.
It was an incredible life full of never ending creativity, with much of it very whimsical -- a way I believe most artists, and many others, would like to go!
There are some new additions to his wiki page if interested.
Doc, thank you very much for updating us on Rudi Bass. What an incredible life! If I can do at least half the things he did in his lifetime I'd be a happy artist. Wow. What an inspiration! I do hope to find more on his life and career, if possible. Would you be up for an interview, perhaps?ReplyDelete
Thanks again!
- AnonymousJanuary 17, 2011 4:09 PM
Go Ward-o-matic! I've just finished catching up on your blog via the archives and want to say Thank You for all the fabulous posts. Your devotion to animation, illustration, and art in general is inspiring.ReplyDelete
I'm an anti-Facebook sort of person so I can't help you out with the chicken votes. But I will be checking back in for the results of your public "flocking." Good luck!
Thank you in turn, and yes, an interview with you would be welcome -- I understand how dedicated you are to your art as well as to life, which are so intertwined. Rudi did have an "incredible life" as you put it! Please contact me at my email address, and we can arrange a time.ReplyDelete
Hi Doc, thanks for the quick reply - I checked my email account and didn't see any address listed for you. I thought we corresponded, but I guess not. Instead of listing it here, you can send an email to me at wardomatic [at] comcast [dot] net. I'm quite busy at the moment, but will have a chance to get some questions your way sometime next month. Hope that sounds okay with you! Thanks again!ReplyDelete


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| 10.1°C Belfast
Hollywood star Idris Elba has become a father for the second time.
The actor, best known for playing Nelson Mandela in last year's biopic The Long Walk To Freedom, tweeted that his partner, make-up artist Naiyana Garth, had a baby boy yesterday.
Elba, who also starred in US cop drama The Wire and British crime series Luther, said they have named their Winston after his late father, who worked for the Ford motor company.
The 41-year-old Londoner tweeted a picture of the tiny baby's hand clutching his own to his one million followers on the social network.
Along with it he wrote: "My Son Winston Elba was born yesterday. Truly Amazing :-)."
He already has a daughter, Isan, with his ex-wife Kim.


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Marimekko For Target
Marimekko and one of the biggest retail chains in the US, Target, are collaborating in a design partnership in which Marimekko's bold prints and cheerful colours translate Finnish lifestyle. The Marimekko for Target capsule collection will be available at all Target stores and Target.com in the United States starting April 17.
Coming from the US? Visit Marimekko USA online store >
Marimekko and Target, one of the largest retailers in the United States, have announced their forthcoming partnership for spring 2016. The limited-edition collection features playful, print-centric pieces that span outdoor décor, furniture, entertaining essentials as well as beach and swimwear and accessories for women and girls. The prints in the collection were designed by one of Marimekko's most iconic designers, Maija Isola. Dating back to the early decades of the Finnish design house, the prints are great examples of Marimekko's design heritage.
"When it comes to our partnerships, we travel far and wide to find designers and brands we think our guests will love," says Julie Guggemos, Senior Vice President, Product Design and Development, Target. "For our spring collaboration, that brought us all the way to Finland! We've had our eye on Marimekko for quite some time, and can't wait for guests to have a chance to shop this limited-edition collection in just a few short weeks."
A glimpse into the Finnish culture and lifestyle gave birth to the idea behind the Marimekko for Target collaboration: two iconic brands joining forces to create the feeling of an eternal summer and carefree outdoor living by offering items that bring people together and encourage them to play. Target's design team spent time in Helsinki, where Marimekko is rooted, and were struck by one observation in particular. Finland has four distinct seasons, and once the cold and dark of winter fade away, the Finns couldn't be happier to get outside with friends and family to enjoy some much-deserved sunshine.
"Target pioneered the concept of design partnerships and continues to raise the bar with each new collaboration," says Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko, Marimekko's President. "Following the celebrated previous Target's design partnerships with brands such as Missoni, Mulberry, Jason Wu,Jean Paul Gaultier, PETER PILOTTO and Alexander McQueen, we are very excited to present the Marimekko for Target collaboration this spring. Marimekko was created to bring colours and happiness into people's everyday lives. We are thrilled to share our storied colorful designs and lifestyle thinking, inspired by Finnish summer living outdoors, with Target's guests in all stores and online across the United States."
The Marimekko for Target capsule collection will be available at all Target stores and Target.com in the United States starting April 17.
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Ok Jay has been heavily back in the press because people (no offense - but not well-informed folks) keep saying my boy Pharrell is copying Jay - NOT.
Jay/Jamiroquai is a little older and Pharrell - aka skateboard P - has been in the music game along time as well although geez he looks about 30 tops.
I am kind of sick of the allegations of P copying Jay because I have enjoyed them both a lot but do not find their music or style similar. P broke into the industry as a producer/songwriter; Jay's strength is his unique voice and the live musicality. While I love and enjoy Skateboard P's music, he is not a "singer" nor dancer to me.
Even with style they are very different - so what, they both wear hats but P never sported headgear. And Jay never sported a capri pants tuxedo. I think people like to put people in boxes but I do not find them similar at all.
By the way, what got me hooked on P back in the day was that he was a fan of the band Steely Dan (one of my favorites) and how many young hipsters love Steely Dan ( a band named after a dildo by the way - haha!) I do not know anyone my age who likes Steely Dan - even at concerts, other than the cheeba being passed around, I tend to annoy most older fuddy duddy fans because I am up and screaming and dancing the entire time ( could be I am tall and wear short skirts and shorts but the band loved it and just let me dance on stage and allowed me to watch backstage - awesomeness.)
One of my fav songs "Dirty Work" is in "Wolf of Wallstreet."
Ok - enough randomness. Sound off - do you really think P is copying Jay? Pre-Grammy's I suggested they do a collab because P appreciates Jamiroquai's sound - he is not just stuck in the rap/hip hop genre as some people believe. If P could bring Daft Punk to life overseas in the worse cultural country in the world - USA - I think he could do wonders for Jay - if that's what mr. grumpy stubborn pants curmudgeon wanted. (I am saying this with a huge smile)


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What makes today's most popular smartphone so successful? Apple has control over both software and hardware, and has strict regulations for third-party apps.
In this way, Apple can ensure the iPhone's high quality and elegant user experience. And the company has enjoyed great success while keeping developers at arm's length.
With the Windows Phone 7 Series, Microsoft has realized it needs to do some serious quality control. The software superpower, which recently has lost standing in the smartphone operating system market, is taking a new approach to its mobile business.
Microsoft is starting to strong-arm original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and telling them to conform to its standards.
"That is not going to hurt them," said William Stofega, a mobile-industry analyst with the research firm IDC Group. "In this market, if you give (OEMs) a long rope, they'll hang themselves and hang you in the process."
Up until now, Microsoft essentially has sold Windows Mobile to phone makers and let them loose. Some have released phones with a naked Windows Mobile and some, like HTC, have retooled and reskinned it into something else.
Whether or not the HTC HD2, which runs Windows Mobile 6.5, has a better user interface does not matter. The fact Microsoft had not established a standard kept Windows Mobile from taking on a true and recognizable identity.
With Windows Phone 7 Series, those days might be over. Microsoft rebranded and redesigned its mobile OS and will release something completely different for the 2010 holiday season.
"The PC end of the world has been banished, and this is something else," said Stofega, who was in Barcelona, Spain, for Microsoft's unveiling Monday at the Mobile World Congress.
"For one thing, they're really trying to standardize," he continued. "They're not being twisted and shaped into something their partners want."
Microsoft may be strong-arming its partners, but it's not putting its foot all the way down. The Redmond-based company is giving somewhat mixed messages, saying it still wants Windows Phone 7 Series devices to be "customizable but still consistent," spokeswoman Karen Wong-Duncan said at the company's briefing in Redmond for local media.
OEMs will still be able to produce an array of phones with different hardware specifications. And they'll be able to tweak the operating system some – just in a limited way, Microsoft said.
Furthermore, Microsoft has said nothing about vetting third-party applications, as Apple does for iPhone apps. It is still unclear, however, whether existing Windows Mobile 6.X applications will run on the new operating system; Microsoft will talk more about that at its MIX conference next month in Las Vegas.
"We do expect a whole ecosystem of applications to be part of the experience for the phones," Wong-Duncan said.
So, stringency and flexibility? Some analysts are skeptical whether it will work. Or what it even means.
Mobile analyst Azita Arvani, founder of the Arvani Group, said Microsoft's tightening grip could backfire. After all, many of the services on Windows Phone OS 7.0 – Zune services, Xbox Live integration, Bing exclusivity – are Microsoft's own products.
In the OS, these are all presented via "live tiles" that appear on a phone's "Start" screen. OEMs and users alike will be able to customize their own Start screens.
"Are they flexible enough so OEMs can take bits and pieces, and offer something Microsoft doesn't offer?" Arvani said. "They could be locking themselves a little bit to Microsoft things, and that could limit flexibility … that OEMs require."
After all, Microsoft's well-ingrained business strategy is to give manufacturers a lot of say over the appearance of their final products. The company wants its software on a variety of devices, made by a variety of manufacturers, offered by a variety of wireless carriers. That's how Microsoft makes its money.
And consumers – you know, the actual people who will buy these devices – might not want to live in Redmond's virtual gated communities.
"It's this Microsoftville," Arvani said. "Not everyone's going to live in this Microsoft bubble, so (OEMs) are going to want to put some other stuff in there."
Of course, people love living in the fenced-off Apple orchard. And with its Android operating system, Google wires everything up to its own services.
That's just how the smartphone market is these days. Microsoft already has some OEMs and wireless carriers on board, and Microsoft just seems to finally be getting it, Stofega said.
"They certainly got the message," he said. "The bottom line is, this was a great move."


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The Arl of Denerim's Estate is the large residence of the current Arl of Denerim and the seat of the Kendells family. After Arl Urien's death in battle and the uprising in the Alienage, the Estate and the arling of Denerim were granted to the Howe family.
Involvement Edit
Leliana's Song Edit
Marjolaine sent Leliana, Tug and Sketch to the estate in order to deliver Orlesian military documents she obtained, to her new ally Harwen Raleigh, who was guarding the estate in the Arl's absence. When Leliana objected, Marjolaine permitted her to return to the estate, thinking they would retrieve the papers but instead Marjolaine attacked them and handed them over to Raleigh.
Dragon Age: Origins Edit
City Elf Origin Edit
After Vaughan, the son of Arl Urien, and his men crash the Elven wedding celebration, the women are taken here. If the City Elf Warden is male, he and Soris will go to the estate to attempt a rescue. Female Wardens will have fight their way to Vaughan after Soris and Nelaros force or sneak their way into the estate.
The Landsmeet Edit
During Rescue the Queen, as the Warden arrives at the exterior of the estate of Denerim, they find the doors to the estate locked, guards blocking the way, and a large crowd outside complaining about the Arl.Erlina will follow the Warden after a short dialog up to the moment where she offers to distract the guards. Whether or not you take up her offer afterward, she will remain outside. If the party is disguised and inside, she will join them again and warn them to attempt to blend in. Accepting the disguise will yield Codex entry: Disguised!.
Quests Edit
Leliana's Song EditThe Game
City Elf Origin EditA Day for Celebration
Dragon Age: Origins EditRescue the Queen
Characters Edit
- See City Elf Origin for characters that can be found at this location during the origin story.
- Anora
- Erlina
- Riordan, a fellow Grey Warden (perhaps only the third remaining Grey Warden in Ferelden), will be encountered locked in a dungeon cell. His documents can be found in a chest in Arl Howe's bedroom, before you first enter the Dungeon.
- Vaughan Kendells, the rightful Arl of Denerim, if he is freed from the dungeon below. He will not be present if the City Elf Warden slays him during the Origin story.
- Ser Cauthrien, along with a sizable contingent of soldiers, will stop The Warden and Anora from leaving the Estate. Depending on dialogue options, The Warden will either fight Ser Cauthrien and her company, or stand down (starting the quest Captured!).
Enemies Edit
City Elf Origin
- Guard (Human, Normal) - Melee and ranged, armored.
- Off-Duty Guard (Human, Normal) - Melee and ranged, unarmored.
- Guard Captain (Human, Normal) - drops Fencer's Cinch
- Mabari (Animal, Normal)
- Bodyguard (Human, Elite)
- Vaughan Kendells (Human, Elite)
- Braden (Human, Normal)
- Jonaley (Human, Normal)
The Landsmeet
- Soldiers (Human, Normal) (2 Ranged, 2 Melee) who will spawn the moment you try and sneak to the back of the estate.
- Guard (Human, Normal) (1 Melee) who will spawn the moment you try and sneak to the back of the estate. And 2 more if you ignore Erlina's advice to be subtle and use disguises and distraction to pass the guards.
- Guard (Human, Normal) Melee and Ranged.
- Guard Captain (Human, Elite) Melee.
- Off-Duty Guard (Human, Normal) Melee and Ranged.
- Soldier (Human, Normal) Melee and Ranged.
- Mabari (Animal, Normal)
- Ser Cauthrien (Human, Elite Boss) If you start the fight, you will be against Ser Cauthrien and a lot of guards.
- Loghain's Guards (Human, Normal)
Note: When The Warden isn't wearing a disguise these will all be hostile from the start.
Notable items Edit
City Elf Origin EditFencer's CinchFencer's Cinch
The leather has been dyed a dark blue, highlighted here and there with polished steel rivets. The buckle has been fashioned in the shape of a wolf's head.
+4 attack Heirloom NecklaceHeirloom Necklace
A necklace made up of hundreds of wooden beads, each carved into the shape of an animal. Deer, hawks, wolves, and rabbits chase each other across its length.
+10% spirit resistance - from a locked chest in one of the bedrooms
The Landsmeet Edit
A harmless enough plant on its own, deathroot's thick leaves contain an extract that the Chasind have used to induce hallucinations for centuries. Sufficiently concentrated, it can be made into a deadly poison.
The common name for canavaris, this herb actually has little to do with elves other than being commonly collected and traded to outsiders by the Dalish. It is the primary ingredient in many healing salves.
Use: Chewing elfroot restores a small amount of health, and those with skill can use elfroot to make more potent elixirs.
InteriorHowe's ShieldHowe's Shield
Heavy shield
Silverite (Tier 6)
Requires: 38 strength
Fatigue: 6.00%
Strength modifier: 1.00
+12 defense
+10% fire resistance
+10% cold resistance
-2 willpower, source: Chest in Treasure Vault (60 XP to lockpick the door) Grey Warden DocumentsGrey Warden Documents
Plot item
Papers bearing a Grey Warden seal. The text is gibberish, probably encrypted.
, source: Chest of Documents
Note: Vaughan's Lockbox Optional, whenever you choose to free Vaughan for a price, he will give you his key to this lockbox. (With sufficient Coercion, you can get him to give you the key and then choose not to release him.) Containing 40 .
Notable gifts for companions:Medium Gold BarMedium Gold Bar
A fairly heavy gold bar.
, source: Treasure Pile.
Codex entries EditCodex entry: The First Blight: Chapter 4 Codex entry: Gwaren Codex entry: Antiva
Notes Edit
- During the City Elf Origin, this area is labeled "Arl of Denerim's Estate," whereas after the Landsmeet it is labeled "Arl of Denerim's Estate - Interior."
- The disguise isn't broken by summoning creatures, casting non-hostile spells, strange auras or weapons that any of the companions might show or have.
- While disguised, it is a perfect time for a pickpocket to pick the pockets of everyone you come across.
- Inside a room, there is a male guard and a female servant engaging in a sexual activity, if you come near and disturb them then he will sound the alarm.
Gallery Edit
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- "The castle grounds were gleaming in the sunlight as though freshly painted; the cloudless sky smiled at itself in the smoothly sparkling lake; the satin green lawns rippled occasionally in a gentle breeze. June had arrived, but to the fifth-years this meant only one thing: their OWLs were upon them at last."
- —Description[src]
June is the sixth month of the year. It's one of the months of the year with thirty days.
Notable events
|4 June
|Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger follow Quirinus Quirrell through the trapdoor in the Forbidden Corridor, which leads them into a series of Underground Chambers with at least four obstacles (Including getting past Fluffy) to get to the Philosopher's Stone. Harry Potter learns Lord Voldemort lives within Quirrell and seeks the Philosopher's Stone in order to create a new body. Harry successfully defeats Voldemort, which results in Quirrell's death.[citation needed]
|5 June
|Draco Malfoy is born to Lucius and Narcissa Malfoy.
|6 June
|Peter Pettigrew is revealed to be an Animagus and is exposed as Scabbers the rat and is cornered by Sirius Black and Remus Lupin in the Shrieking Shack. He escapes in the chaos that followed Remus transforming into a werewolf and Sirius protecting Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and Hermione Granger in his Animagus form of a dog. Harry and Hermione then use Hermione's Time-Turner to rescue Sirius from the Dementor's Kiss and Buckbeak the hippogriff from his scheduled execution at sundown.
|Near 13 June
|Myrtle Warren is killed by the Serpent of Slytherin.
|13 June
|Tom Riddle frames Rubeus Hagrid and he is subsequently expelled from Hogwarts. Aragog is released into the Forbidden Forest.
|17 June
|The Battle of the Department of Mysteries takes place. Sirius Black is murdered by Bellatrix Lestrange and falls through the veil. Cornelius Fudge acknowledges the return of Lord Voldemort.
|24 June
|The Third Task of the Triwizard Tournament takes place in the Hogwarts Quidditch pitch. Harry Potter and Cedric Diggory are transported to Little Hangleton Graveyard, where Lord Voldemort regains a body of his own. Cedric is killed and Harry manages to return to Hogwarts with Cedric's body. The Second Wizarding War begins, although the Ministry of Magic does not admit this until the next year.
|30 June
|Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter set out to the cave in where Tom Riddle had once tortured two children from his orphanage in his childhood and also had hidden Salazar Slytherin's locket (now a Horcrux). They reach a lake in whose between the locket was present. Dumbledore and Harry reach there and find a basin full of potion which had to be drunk. Harry is attacked by Inferi. Dumbledore saves him and they disapparate back to Hogsmeade where Madam Rosemerta (under the Imperious curse) meets them and informs Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore and Harry see the Dark Mark upon Hogwarts Castle and fly to Astronomy Tower. Dumbledore asks Harry to bring Severus Snape in there, but he his petrified by Dumbledore when the latter sees Draco coming with his force of Death Eaters. Draco then discloses how he had been trying the whole year to kill Dumbledore. Then Severus Snape comes and kills Dumbledore with the Killing Curse ending his life.


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Just one person, an ethnic-Russian Estonian national, has been charged and convicted of the attack. Dmitri Galushkevich, 20, was fined the local equivalent of $1,200 after he was convicted of attacks against the Reform Party of Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip.
"He was not accountable as an organiser but a schoolboy providing targets via chat forums," Almann explained, adding in some instances the attackers were misdirected by their spotters on the ground.
One wave of attacks, for example, took out an adult entertainment (porn) website instead of an Estonian state security site.
Estonia's analysis of the attacks reveals that small-scale ping attacks, used to carry out reconnaissance of targets, preceded the main assaults, which came in phases. "The main phase of the attack involved voluntary political botnets, predominately located in Russia, which Almann described as "easy to block", as well as assaults of growing sophistication from compromised machines around the world.
The attacks against Estonia, the first of their kind on a country-wide level, have been studied intensively by military planners since. In 2008, cyberattacks on Georgian websites and communication facilities accompanied a ground war between Russia and Georgia.
Estonia, along with Poland, stepped in to offer backup hosting of Georgian government website. Almann argues this process needs to be more organised. "We need pan-European backup hosting for critical websites," he said.
Rules of engagement
Almann reckons that rules for the investigation of cyberattacks need to be established by more countries signing up to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime. Russia and China and several other key countries have not signed the treaty while some countries in Europe, including the UK, have signed but not ratified the regulations.
Russia might be encouraged to sign the treaty by making it a condition of World Trade Organisation negotiations, he suggested, adding the issue of cyberconflict ought to be on the agenda of G8 talks that include Russia and the world's seven biggest economies.
Some observers have suggested that a Geneva Convention for cyberwar might be needed, an idea Almann regards as a non-starter even though he's equally adamant that cyberwar is all too real.
"With applications such as Stuxnet attacks are growing more sophisticated," Almann said. "There are really serious capabilities out there."
"However banning the use of cyberweapons is not realistic. Cyberwar is out there and everybody is involved."
Offence is the best form of attack
Plenty of governments talk about boosting the capability of their cyber-defences but very few, at least publicly, talk about cyber-offensive capabilities. Cyber-offensive capabilities might involve attacking a particular botnet of compromised PCs or disrupting the communication channels an enemy is using to co-ordinate attacks. Almann reckons most countries are developing cyber-offensive capabilities. "Sovereign nations need the capability. It's unavoidable," he said.
However establishing rules to govern the use of such weapons is something else, in Almann's opinion.
"A Geneva Convention for cyberwar is not going to work," he said. "I'm a lawyer and I wouldn't know what to write. The field is so fast-developing that you are going to get it wrong.
"This is not burning issue and shouldn't divert attention from dealing with shortcomings of critical national infrastructure systems," he added.


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In Wiregrass Georgia, 1849 may have been the Year of the Tiger. Several previous posts have related the story of the Berrien Tiger, a large panther which attacked Jim Hightower (aka James Stewart, step-son of Thomas B. Stewart) near the Alapaha River in 1849 (see Eyewitness Accounts of the Berrien Tiger).
Here is a family story shared by reader Lloyd Harris, of another "Tiger" encounter which occurred that same year near Argyle, GA, about 35 miles east of Ray City.
When I was young my grandfather related a long ago memory of his grandfather's encounter with a panther or panthers in the south Georgia wilderness. Our family story coincides with the Berrien Tiger accounts as they happened at approximately the same time. My great great grandfather, James Harris, told this story of his own childhood to my grandad when he was young.
The incident happened when James Harris was about five years old, and coincides with the 1849 date of the Berrien Tiger.
Family of James Harris
James Harris was the first of eleven children born to George Harris and Julia Ann Westberry. He was born near Quitman, Georgia, February 16, 1844.
His father, George Harris, was the son of Thompson Harris (1784-1870) and Nancy Ursery (1784- ) A Confederate Widow's Indigent Pension application for Julia Ann (Westberry) Harris in 1908 reflects George Harris' birth in 1817 in South Carolina. Another source relates that he was born in Appling County, Georgia between 1817 and 1822, after which the family lived in Clinch County. George was a blacksmith and in addition assisted his father Thompson Harris in constructing covered bridges. His father's work was known throughout Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. A trademark of their bridges was the integrated use of iron and bored wooden pegs to hold the timbers together.
George was a blacksmith and wheelwright. Family tradition relates that he assisted his father Thompson Harris in constructing covered bridges throughout Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.
The church records of Union Church show that George and Julia Harris were received and baptized into its membership August 7, 1841, and were dismissed by letter March 12,1842. They became members of Providence Primitive Baptist Church near their home soon after that church was constituted in 1844. Their subsequent records cannot be traced due to the loss of church records.
The Harris home and farm in Clinch County, Georgia was on lot 325 in the 7th District which lot was traversed by the county line between Clinch and Ware Counties when Clinch was created in 1850 from Ware County. This property is situated about three miles north of the present village of Argyle. George Harris was granted this lot from the state on June 3, 1849; also granted the adjoining lot 324 on October 3, 1848. He sold lot 324 to his brother, William Harris, November 2, 1849, and then lived on lot 325 until he sold that parcel of land to Richard Bennett on August 12, 1852.
Tale of the Panthers
There is a family tale handed down through many generations relating to frontier life. The event happened in 1849 during the time the Harris family was residing in Clinch County. George Harris was away leaving his wife Julia and the children home alone in a pioneer homestead. Speculation would be that he was away with his father building bridges or hunting. During one night panthers roaming from the nearby Okefenokee swamp menaced the home ranging closer and closer to the cabin. To keep the predators from entering the home the frantic family prayed through the night and burned their beds, and chairs keeping a large fire going. The tactic flushed the space with light and served to repel an attack by the curious cats.
The Harris family story of a young pioneer family praying, hanging blankets over windows, and burning the bed, tables and chairs was passed down serving to entertain several generations with a true historical drama of frontier Georgia living in the nineteenth century.
George and James Harris in the Civil War
George Harris and his son James both served in the War Between the States. George Harris enlisted as a Private in the fall of 1862 as a member of the 3rd Cavalry Battalion which was formed during the winter of 1861-1862 with six companies. He along with his unit served on the Georgia coast, scouting and patrolling, until a reorganization of troops occurred on January 1, 1863. George Harris' unit was merged into the 4th (Clinch's) Georgia Cavalry Regiment , and he was placed in Company I. Lieutenant Colonel Duncan L. Clinch and Major John L. Harris were in command.
At the reorganization, James Harris joined his father's unit, Company I, 4th Georgia Cavalry as a private. He participated in the Battle of Olustee, Florida and in the battles around Atlanta. Family tradition relates he contracted measles during the siege of Atlanta and was in the city when it fell to the Union armies under General William T. Sherman. His unit apparently left him outside of the city but in the line of the advancing enemy soldiers. James was convalescing on a farm (place unknown) when "Yankees" were seen approaching. He was hidden by the host family in the stump of a huge oak tree that had "bushed" up. James remained concealed in the oak bush throughout the hot summer day until the Yankees left. Though suffering from sickness, and within a stones throw of the Union soldiers, he remained quite and motionless evading capture! Records also indicate he participated in battle at John's Island, South Carolina. He surrendered at Thomasville, Georgia and was paroled at Tallahassee, Florida on May 15, 1865.
After the war James Harris married Mary Alice Stone. She was born February 16, 1842, the daughter of George W. R. Stone and Nancy Howell. The Harris and Stone families are listed in the 1850 Census of Ware County. James and Alice raised a family and engaged in farming near Adel, GA in present Cook County. He was a skilled blacksmith and wheelwright, as well. James Harris is listed in the 1880 and 1900 census of Berrien County, Georgia.
For James Harris, 1897 was a particularly trying year. That summer a hailstorm hit the Harris farm, damaging his house and property.
Tifton Gazette
June 18, 1897
Storm Near Cecil.
Cicil, Ga., June 12. – A heavy and damaging hail storm passed three miles north of Cecil late yesterday afternoon. The cloud traveled in a southeasterly direction, touching the plantation of Mr. James Harris, three miles northeast of this place. The storm was accompanied by a terrific wind, which destroyed a large amount of Mr. Harris' fencing and a portion of the roof of his dwelling. No deaths or personal injuries have been reported.
In November, 1897, Harris took another blow when his gin was burned down.
Tifton Gazette
November 19, 1897
Gin House Burned
Cecil, Ga., Nov. 17 – At a late hour last night the gin house and contents of Mr. James Harris living two miles northeast of this place, was destroyed by fire. The origin of which is unknown, but is thought to be an incendiary's work. The amount of the damage could not be learned to-day, but it is thought that it may exceed $1,000. SHEBA.
James' father, George Harris, died between 1892 and 1894 in Echols County, Georgia. His mother, Julia Ann Harris, applied for a Confederate Widows pension in 1908 and 1909 in Berrien County, Georgia. George Harris and his wife are buried in Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Lanier County, Georgia in unmarked graves.
In 1919, James Harris sold his farm near Cecil, GA.
Tifton Gazette
August 29, 1919
Adel News. There has been a good deal of activity in the sale of farm lands in Cook county this week. Mr. W. S. Kirkland sold his farm to Mr. Jim Buck Whiddon and later bought Mr. John Taylor's place which he also sold. It is understood that the first brought $15,00. Both of the places are in the Brushy creek neighborhood. Mr. James Harris sold his place in the Cecil district to Mr. General Taylor for $15,000 also.
James Harris was a resident of Cecil, Georgia in Berrien/Cook County until his death. He died in Adel, Georgia December 12, 1928. Alice died October 28, 1928, in Adel Georgia. They are both buried at the Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery in Cook County near Cecil, Georgia.
Special thanks to Lloyd Harris for the contribution of images and content for this post.
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Have you ever eaten a quince? The first time I had quince jelly I couldn't believe how such a peculiar looking hard yellow fruit (like a slightly squashed pear) could yield such a fragrant, delicate, pink jelly. Quinces cannot be eaten raw, they are too tart. But the tannins that cause the tartness in the raw fruit mellow when cooked (and turn the fruit pink). Cooked, a quince transforms into something lovely.
Quinces used to be more popular than they are today; you often can find an odd small quince tree growing in the yard of an old house. But people don't can as much as they used to and unless you've actually had something made with quince, you don't know what you're missing. Here are some ideas for what you can make with them:
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Rosey Poached Quince – Cookbook author and dessert connoisseur David Lebovitz reminds us to be careful when cutting these hard fruit.
Poached Quince with Vanilla and Cinnamon – the The Wednesday Chef.
Quince Jam – from Fethiye of YogurtLand.
Quince with Rosemary and Pine Nut Topping and Quince, Rum and Lime Sauce – Ilva of Lucullian Delights.
Quince and Blueberry Crumble Cake – by Haalo of Cook (almost) Anything at Least Once.
Slow Cooked Whole Quince – Brett of In Praise of Sardines explains why the quince turn so red when they are cooked.
Quince-Raisin Tarte Tatin – from Christine of Christine Cooks.
Quince Tarte Tatin from The Serendipitous Chef.
Sugared Quince Paste – Michelle of an Endless Banquet uses the Chez Panisse fruit cookbook.
Paste of Quinces, or Pâte de Coings – Carolyn of 18thC Cuisine pulls out a recipe from 1716 Paris.
Membrillo to pair with Manchego cheese from Nicky of Delicious Days.
Dulce de Membrillo – Melissa of The Traveler's Lunchbox cooking from "The Basque Table" cookbook by Teresa Barrenechea.
Quince Pomegranate Cranberry Compote – from Viv of Seattle Bon Vivant.
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Philadelphia Tragedy Highlights Role of School Nurses
Tragedy resonates beyond Philadelphia
The death last month of a Philadelphia elementary student who fell ill at a school that did not have a full-time nurse on duty has reignited debate in the city and nationwide over the importance of school nurses and the reasons why they are among the first to go when money becomes scarce.
Sebastian Gerena's death has been attributed to a congenital heart defect, but that hasn't stopped some from wondering whether the outcome would have been different if a full-time nurse had been stationed at the school. The student's death came eight months after Laporshia Massey, 12, died after an asthma attack at a different Philadelphia public school that also did not have a full-time nurse.
The two deaths have led some parents and residents to call for an end to years of budget cuts that have reduced the number of nurses in the district from 289 in 2011 to 179 in the 2013-14 school year, according to the local union.
The 7-year-old passed out at Andrew Jackson Elementary School on May 21, and a retired nurse who had been volunteering in the school library at the time performed CPR on the boy. He was pronounced dead later that day at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Superintendent William R. Hite drew a connection between the tragedy and the district's current financial predicament when he released a statement after the boy's death. The district's $2.49 billion operating budget for 2015 has a gaping $216 million deficit, and, without extra money, thousands of workers—including more nurses—could lose their jobs.
The incident, Mr. Hite said, "illustrates the serious needs and challenges that our students, teachers, staff, and principals face every day.
"During times of tragedy, our community should not have to question whether an extra staff member or program would have made a difference," he said.
Resources for Learning
Helen Gym, the co-founder of Parents United for Public Education, a local advocacy group made up of parents and residents. She says students are entitled to all the resources they need in order to learn, including a nurse in every school.
"There should be a basic level of guarantees when a school opens, and it should not be enrollment-based," Ms. Gym said. "It should be absolutely based on what we know students and young people need, period, and among them is clearly health care."
School nurses treat injuries, monitor students who need to take medication during the day, and help manage those with chronic illnesses, such as asthma and diabetes. They create classroom plans to accommodate students with special learning needs, conduct state-mandated screenings, such as for vision problems, and supervise children with behavioral health issues. And they are involved in schoolwide health initiatives and in crafting school health plans.
"It's not just the stomachaches and headaches anymore," said Cheryl Peiffer, the director of the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners.
Economic Payoffs
The value of full-time, registered school nurses is not limited to the medical assistance they provide; there is also an economic benefit to society, according to a study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Researchers studied 78 Massachusetts districts that participated in the state's Essential School Health Services Program during the 2009-10 school year to demonstrate the benefits of having a full-time registered nurse on staff. The program cost $79 million, but researchers estimated that it saved $20 million in medical-care costs; $28.1 million in parents' productivity loss; and $129.1 million in teachers' productivity loss, generating a net benefit of $98 million.
Despite their medical and economic value, nurses are often among the first to go when districts face budget constraints because not every state requires a nurse to be in every school building, according to experts in the field. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends a ratio of one full-time, registered school nurse to every 750 students. The National Association of School Nurses suggests a lower ratio for schools with high numbers of students with special health needs, chronic illnesses, or developmental disabilities.
But in a 2013 survey of nearly 7,000 school nurses by the National Association of School Nurses, only 48 percent of respondents said they worked in environments that met or exceeded the federal recommendation—an improvement over 2011, when 43 percent met or exceeded that standard.
In the 2013 survey, 21.7 percent of the responding nurses reported that they covered several buildings and thus trained unlicensed co-workers to perform daily routines. And 16.2 percent of respondents said school nurse jobs in their areas had been threatened by cuts. Nearly 6 percent of nurses surveyed said other nurses in their district had been cut.
In Pennsylvania, public school districts, which also provide nurses for private and parochial schools, cannot exceed a 1-to-1,500 nurse-to-student ratio, according to state law.
Professional Training
It's not that school administrators don't value what nurses bring to the table, the issue is one of limited funds versus educational priorities, and school nurses often are not seen as educational priorities, said Sue Buswell, the director of the Montana Association of School Nurses. In her state, which has no ratio set in law, there is one registered school nurse for every 1,985 students.
"They just don't recognize what the need is," said Ms. Buswell. "And the need is for a registered professional school nurse because a registered professional school nurse is the only person that has the education, the training, and the skill level to meet the needs of kids in the schools."
The American Academy of Pediatrics takes the position that school-based health services should be provided by registered nurses with special school-nurse training. And nurses said that more errors are likely to occur—particularly during the administration of medicine—when an unlicensed individual takes the helm. When a nurse is located in one school with a smaller group of students, he or she is better able to detect potential chronic issues, such as poorly treated asthma, or to be involved in preventive health plans, said Beth A. Mattey, the president-elect of the National Association of School Nurses.
As districts search for solutions, Ms. Mattey suggests partnerships between districts and community organizations and health-care providers. The school nurses' association has also advocated for Medicaid reimbursements to cover care provided by school nurses and staffing by local health departments.
Around the country, some districts are using nurses whose salaries are paid by local hospitals, which grant them access to medical records of chronically ill students. In Montana, county nurses help to ease the school nurse shortage, but they can only do a small part of what a full-time school nurse would do, said Ms. Buswell. Ms. Peiffer, from the Pennsylvania School Nurses Association, said that her group has been lobbying the state legislature to lower the nurse-to-student ratio, but that each time, the group has hit the same roadblock: money.
In Philadelphia, 90 of the district's 214 schools have full-time nurses. The rest are assigned nurses on a part-time basis. Andrew Jackson Elementary, where the young boy collapsed, has a school nurse scheduled every Thursday and every other Friday, said Fernando Gallard, the district's spokesman.
Political Issue
Eileen McCafferty DiFranco, a full-time nurse at Philadelphia's Roxborough High School, said that she thinks having a full-time registered nurse on staff would have helped during the two recent tragedies. Ms. DiFranco said in the incident last year, when the 12-year-old girl died, a nurse would have further investigated the child's complaint using a stethoscope to check for distress.
"I would bet my life that nurse would have called 911," Ms. DiFranco said.
The issue in Philadelphia is also political. After the most recent death, the local, state, and national presidents of the American Federation of Teachers, which represents the nurses, sent an open letter to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett decrying the reduction in nurses during his tenure and asking him to fix a system they said he had broken through his budget cuts.
Gov. Corbett, a Republican, shot back that the unions were politicizing the tragedy for their own "self-serving" agenda.
Without local funds, some districts and nurses are looking to Washington for financial assistance.
For years, U.S. Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, D-N.Y., who is a former nurse, has unsuccessfully pushed to create a grant program to help school districts lower the nurse-to-student ratio.
Last month, Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., filed a similar bill in the Senate that would allow schools to apply for federal funds to assist in hiring school nurses.
Ms. Buswell said she was encouraged by Mr. Tester's bill. She is hoping it will pass and that the grants will filter down to their districts, Ms. Buswell said.
"It's all about what the kids need," she added, "and how can they attend schools, be healthy, and learn. Health and education go together: If a child is not healthy, he can't learn."
Vol. 33, Issue 33, Page 7Published in Print: June 4, 2014, as Pupil's Death Renews Calls for School Nurses
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Proof then, that location, location, location is the answer. Put a stoutly Lancastrian frontman on the west coast of America for a couple of years, and see what happens. Course, Tim Burgess would probably tell you that he had it in him all the time, but ten - or even five - years ago, who'd of thought that the man in the band most likely to keep spinning the same wheel would be standing here, full of energy, joy and a lorra lorra soul?
Against the expectations of those who'd have him lose himself forever in the great city of dreams, little Tim has spent a revitalising two years cooking up his grand solo effort to prove that a good while out of The North has been time well spent. Success in this writer's mind would have been achieved if 'I Believe' wasn't a hackneyed old Dylan/country affair; so perhaps then, the most pleasing aspect is that as well as not being said effort, it's actually a very good collection of white boy pop soul. Who'da though eh?
The brightest moments on the album are when T-Bo (as he's possibly called on the strip) goes all out with massive arrangements and joyful tunes. Songs like early duo 'Only A Boy' and 'We All Need Love' are brazenly bold and happy songs, complete with big strings and even bigger brass. And not in that terrible Oasis style either. Other times, Burgess makes use of his recently acquired falsetto (on single 'I Believe In The Soul' and the Mayfield funk of 'Say Yes'), sounding like Manchester's answer to sex-imp Prince, with a generally pleasing effect. The odd borderline-Dylan acoustic lament ('Years Ago') does creep in, but they're usually exorcised in a song's time by another blast of good-time freeway-designed soul rock. Don't touch that dial.
Naturally, there's nothing new here, it's largely a summation of the man's loves and influences, but it's done with enough love and care to sound like an in-thrall tribute rather than some ghastly pastiche. But faced with either that, or another chip buttie on a Saturday night, is that a problem? It seems that Lancashire's little boy lost finally found his Santa Cruz, and really, it wasn't too far.
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