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The Central Connecticut women's swimming and diving team topped Saint Francis (PA) by a score of 138-124 and Duquesne, 153.50-108.50, on Saturday in the third annual "Think Pink" Meet at the Jack Suydam Natatorium in New Britain, CT. The teams raised over $10,000 for the American Cancer Society and the Blue Devils took first place in nine out of 16 events to lead CCSU to the win.
Senior Allison Rasile earned Central's first victory of the day in the 200 yard freestyle. She finished in 1:56.06, two seconds faster than the nearest competition. Rasile was followed closely by junior Erin Massey who finished third, senior Katie Lang (fourth) and sophomore Karen Novak (fifth). Rasile also placed first in the 200 yard backstroke with a time of 2:07.94.
Junior Helene Neuhaus clinched a victory in the 100 yard backstroke with a time of 58.80. She also finished second in the 100 yard freestyle (53.71) and third in the 50 yard freestyle (24.83).
Junior Kristina Gulia completed the meet with a pair of first-place finishes. She took the gold in the 100 yard breaststroke, finishing in 1:07.35, and also in the 200 yard breaststroke, finishing the event in 2:24.03.
Senior Taylor Friedmann also earned a top spot for the Blue Devils in the 500 yard freestyle, completing the event in 5:07.06. She achieved two other top-three finishes in the meet: second in the 1000 yard freestyle (10:28.38) and third in the 200 yard butterfly (2:13.35). Junior Kasey Chilton came in just behind Friedmann in the 500 yard freestyle in 5:10.76 for second and also in the 1000 yard freestyle (10:29.53) for third.
In team relays, Central earned the top spot in the 400 yard freestyle relay. The team finished in 3:34.62 and consisted of Rasile, Neuhaus, Massey and Friedmann. CCSU also placed third in the 200 yard medley relay with a time of 1:53.03. Senior Hannah Packer, junior Kellen Power, freshman Julie Hansen and Gulia made up the team.
Other notable performances for the Blue Devils were top-five finishes by Lang (second, 200 IM, 2:12.32 and fourth, 100 free, 54.83), Massey (fifth, 50 free, 25.77), Gulia (fourth, 200 IM, 2:14.76) and seniors Christine Smith (fourth, 200 breast, 2:33.81) and Lauren O'Kelly (fifth, 200 IM, 2:16.08.
Central are set to compete again on Friday, Nov. 2 in Smithfield, RI against the Bryant Bulldogs and the New Hampshire Wildcats. The meet will begin at 5 p.m.


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Wow, what a break this was. My last post was IMCDA in July of last year - can't believe it took me that long to blog again. To be honest, I can't believe I AM blogging again here. I convinced myself that I was done with endurance sports and Love the Hurt. A lot has happened since my last post. I needed a break from it ALL. I got way to wrapped up into triathlon and both my mind and body needed this break. So what have I done this whole time?
1. Sold my Slice, bought an EVO
2. Sold our home in Temecula and live back in San Diego now.
3. Baby #3 is due in 2 weeks!
4. I drank a lot of delicious craft beer.
5. I gained 15 pounds (see #4).
6. I've swam maybe 10 times since IMCDA with half of those within the past few months.
7. My riding habits are sporadic, but when I do ride, I sure love that EVO.
8. My running has been a roller coaster. 1 month off, 1 month on, 2 months off, 1 week on...etc
9. I raced the Ragnar Relay in April.
10. I hired a running coach three weeks ago and am going "all in" to see what I can do in running.
So here I am, back blogging. I shut down "Kona Journey" and transferred all those blogs over here so I apologize for all the pictures missing from basically all of last year. I did go back and insert IMCDA pics though, that one was special to me. I've told a lot of my friends that I am a stronger person from that race. Even though it didn't pan out like I expected, I overcame so much during those 11 hours and now I take that race with me in everyday life. When I feel like something is hard, I fall back on that race. It made me a better man and I am thankful I went through that experience.
Now what? Time to run! Who says you still can't run fast in your 30's?? I love to compete and I happen to be good at running, so why waste that? The long-term goal is to break 2:30 in the marathon. It may come quick, it may take some time but I want to break it as badly as I wanted to break 4 minutes in the mile 12 years ago. It's going to be a gradual build - first thing is to get some speed back on the track. Mile, 5k, 10k most of the rest of this year with maybe a half marathon at the end of the year.
Not going to lie. Getting back into shape sucks. Carrying around this extra weight and trying to get my running legs underneath me without being sore ALL THE TIME is brutal. But I know it's part of the process. It's one of the reasons why I hired my coach. He's big on the mental approach which I love and believe in. I already know how to coach myself and what workouts to do to get me fast but it's so important to introduce new training methodologies and have a coach to hold yourself accountable - which is exactly what he is doing, good stuff.
Well, thanks for reading - I plan on posting each week like I always have. This blog has been so cool to be able to look back on. I got a message months ago that told me my blog helped someone quit drugs and get into triathlon. It absolutely blew my mind. Words are powerful. Be bold and share your story, you never know who it might impact or inspire.


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Faculty artists exhibit recent works
January 18, 2011
Hoffman Gallery
The recent work of two Lewis & Clark faculty members will be on display at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary art this spring. Opening January 20, the exhibition will feature work by Robert B. Miller, senior lecturer in art and studio head of photography, and Cara Tomlinson, assistant professor of art and studio head of painting.
"The faculty art exhibition is an invaluable opportunity for our students and faculty—both in and outside of the art department—to see the kind of creative scholarship our artists are pursuing," said Ben David, department chair and associate professor of art history. "I expect that this show, which will coincide with the beginning of our spring term, will make a fascinating parallel with the Senior Art Exhibition at the end of the semester, allowing visitors to trace some of the ways in which the creative work of our faculty artists informs their teaching."
The exhibition will debut with an opening reception on January 20, from 5 to 7 p.m., and it will run through March 13. Both artists will offer gallery talks in February: Robert B. Miller will speak on Thursday, February 17 at noon and Cara Tomlinson will speak on Tuesday, February 22 at noon.
Robert B. Miller, Leaving Home: An Homage and A New Narrative in Faces: Portland's Ethnic Minority Artists and Activists
Two collections of Miller's photography will be on display in this exhibition: a series of portraits of Portland activists and a project that chronicles a profound transition in the life of his mother-in-law, when family decided to remove her from the house where she had spent her entire adulthood and place her in a care facility.
As his wife, Joyce DeMonnin, and her siblings went about the sad and arduous task of preparing the house for the real estate market, Miller sought permission to document the house as his mother-in-law left it for the last time.
"Robert's 20 photographs from this series document a middle class home as if someone had left it for just a moment, forming a composite portrait of his subject, Ethelyn DeMonin," said Linda Tesner, director of the Hoffman Gallery. "Presented with narratives written by Joyce, the photographs pay tribute to an ordinary, but very rich life."
A lifelong photographer, Miller has taught photography at Lewis & Clark for more than 27 years; he started the College's photography department in 1984. He holds a B.F.A. from the University of Oregon and an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The slideshow below features four photographs from the series Leaving Home: An Homage. One image from Miller's other series on display, A New Narrative in Faces: Portland's Ethnic Minority Artists and Activists, appears above.
Cara Tomlinson, Sums: New Work
In the last few years, the breadth of Tomlinson's studio practice has expanded to include not just painting, but drawing, video installation, and sculpture—work she undertakes with a shared material and philosophical approach taken from painting.
"There is wonder in her imagery: the wonder of looking closely, of touching sensitively, of garnering the kind of nonverbal knowledge that can only come from paying close attention to the small things in the world," writes artist Mark Alice Durant in the exhibition catalog. "It is in the small things that we can most clearly see the traces of larger forces beyond our control, whether that power is molecular, spiritual, or political."
Tomlinson joined the Lewis & Clark faculty as program head of painting in 2006. She earned her undergraduate degree from Bennington College and her MFA from the University of Oregon.
"Seeing itself is a history built up of choices and environment," Tomlinson said. "Painting is one way to reveal and make conscious our process of seeing. The work that results is a history of these momentary systems of decipherment."
The slideshow below features five images of work from the collection Sums: New Work, on display in the Hoffman Gallery.
Exhibition details
The faculty art exhibition will be on display January 20 through March 13. The Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art is located on the Lewis & Clark College campus at 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road in Portland. The gallery is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The show is free and open to the public; parking is free on weekends. For more information, please visit lclark.edu/hoffman_gallery/


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July 19th, 2013
Fantasia returns to Broadway for 'After Midnight'
"American Idol" champ Fantasia Barrino is warming her pipes for a jazzy production this fall.
The season three "Idol" winner has been confirmed as the first guest star to be featured in the Broadway musical "After Midnight."
According to the Hollywood Reporter, the musical revue celebrates Duke Ellington's days at Harlem's legendary Cotton Club, and will have a rotation of headliners to mimic the big names that graced the Cotton Club's stage at its peak.
Barrino previously proved to be a Broadway box office draw with the 2005 musical "The Color Purple." After the Grammy-winning singer joined the show in April 2007, the flagging production saw a 40 percent sales spike, Variety reports.
Several "Idol" alums have joined the theater ranks of the Great White Way, but Barrino stands apart as the sole "Idol" participant to "drive box office to the heights that matched producers' hopes," the trade publication says.
"After Midnight" will begin preview performances on October 18, with an official opening scheduled for November 3. Barrino is slated to perform with the revue through February 9, 2014.
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To Change Everything: Final Countdown
From Crimethinc. via Kickstarter
The final hours of our fundraising campaign for To Change Everything are upon us. This is your last chance to help us get this project off the ground.
Since our last announcement, we've confirmed translations in several more languages and arranged a separate printing of the English version for the UK and Europe. Programmers from Oregon to São Paulo are coding the websites; collectives from Russia to Maharlika (the so-called Philippines) are finalizing their versions of the video and text. This project is going to be even more ambitious than we'd originally planned, spanning twenty groups in as many countries.
On our end of the organizing, the missing piece is that we have not yet raised enough money to produce a full-quality Spanish version for North America. We hope that in the remaining hours, enough last-minute donations will come in for us to finance this.
Thanks so much to all of you for making this project possible. If you've already donated, or can't afford to, please just pass on word of this to others. We'll be excited to put this at your disposal shortly!


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Yesterday I had to audition a whole bunch of 9-year-olds over the phone for a radio ad. These are some of the transcripts:
Audition 1
9YO: Hello? HELLO?
Me: Hi sweetie, what's your name?
9YO: Melusi. Mrs Peers said I must phone you and tell you who I am.
Me: Thanks Melusi, my name is Alex, and I'm going to be auditioning you for a radio ad, is that cool?
9YO: (bored) Yes I spose so.
Me: (apologetic) It won't take long. Now the ad is about four 9-year old kids who are telling each other what they got their moms for mother's day.
9YO: I got my mom flowers.
Me: That's lovely. Now I'm going to read a line from the ad, and you're going to say it back to me, is that okay?
9YO: Okay.
Me: Says line.
9YO: (angry) I don't like that line.
Me: (apologetic) Oh, I'm sorry… (regaining control) well if you can't read it we'll get another little boy to read it.
9YO: No one will want to say that.
Me: Why not?
9YO: Because it's stupid. It's stupid.
Me: Thanks Melusi, I have to go now.
9YO: Bye!
Audition 2
9YO: (very softly) HellothisisRobinherecanIspeaktoAlex.
Me: Hello Robin, this is Alex love, how are you?
9YO: I'mfinethankyouhowareyou.
Me: Good thanks. Robin I'm going to be auditioning you for a radio ad, are you cool with that?
9YO: (barely audible) Yes.
Me: Awesome. Okay, I'm going to read you the line I'd like you to say, and then you're going to say it back to me. You think you can do that?
9YO: (barely audible) yes.
Me: Okay. Here's the line. Says line.
9YO: (barely audible) spspspspspspspspspspsps.
Me: Good Robyn, but you have a very gentle voice, do you think you could say it one more time, just a little louder?
9YO: Ok.spspspspspspspspspspsp
Me: Just a little louder, honey?
SFX: Phone goes dead.
Audition 3
Me: Hello?
9YO: (very proper) Hello may I speak to Miss Alex please.
Me: I am Alex, who am I speaking to?
9YO: You are speaking to Robert. How do you do?
Me: (chucking to myself) I do fine, Robert, how do you do?
9YO: I am very good thank you. I am calling to be in the radio ad.
Me: That's great Robert. It's very simple, I'm going to give you a line, and you're going to say it back to me as if you're bragging, okay?
9YO: That sounds fine.
Me: Says line.
9YO: Says line back, but very politely, no bragging at all.
Me: That was great Robert. Do you think you could say it one more time, as if you're boasting about what a great gift you got your Mom for Mother's Day?
9YO: It's very rude to boast Miss Alex. Jesus tells us not to boast.
Me: You're right Robert, but this is make-believe, it's just for an ad, it's not real boasting. Just play-boasting.
9YO: (yelling into the background) Moooooooom! This lady wants me to boast!
Mother: (from background) Just do what she says Robert.
9YO: Fine. Says line again, boasting perfectly.
Me: Robert, that was great! I'm going to get our producer to give you a call in the week and set up a time for a recording, okay?
9YO: (sounding weary) No, rather have your producer call my agent.
Me: I'll do that. Thank you for calling Robert.
9YO: It's a pleasure.
Me: Bye.
9YO: (ripping me off) bYeEeE (slams down phone).
Damn y'ulle. I haven't felt so scared of a human subspecies in ages. And those are just 3 of the 10 auditions. After work yesterday I ran home and ate all my birth control pills at once. Do y'ulle know whether you can get pregnant by talking to a child? Feel hopelessly out of my depth.


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Beyond Siwa Oasis
Beyond the Siwa depression are five smaller oases, visited by relatively few tourists. Qara, far away on the edge of the Qattara Depression, makes a rewarding day-trip, while travellers bound for Bahariya can see something of Areg and Nuwamisa, if not the more secluded oases of Bahrein or Sitra.
Qara Oasis
If you're seriously into desert travel, Qara Oasis (often pronounced "Gara" or "Djara") has a compelling fascination. The only inhabited oasis beyond the limits of the Siwa depression, it has been aptly called "Siwa yesterday" due to its isolation. Qarawis still live entirely from their palm groves and vegetable plots, irrigated by seventeen wells. Legend has it that these could only sustain 314 people, so whenever a child was born, an elder would have to leave the oasis.
Until flooding rendered it unsafe in 1982, the Qarawis occupied a Shali-like fortress atop "a solitary white mushroom of rock", edged by a "high smooth wall, impregnable to raiders, with one black tunnel for a street", as the explorer Bagnold saw it in the 1920s. Now, most families live in new stone houses on the plain. People trace their ancestry from the Hamudat tribe, a mixture of Bedouin, Berbers and Sudanese (some of them runaway slaves).
Visitors are so rare that the villagers turn out to welcome them and serve a meal in their honour. Qarawis speak Berber among themselves, but Arabic is widely understood.
Qattara Depression
Beyond Qara the land plummets into the Qattara Depression, which is seven times the size of all the Western Desert oases combined and, at its lowest point (141m below sea level), the deepest depression in Africa. The salt marshes and lakes at the foot of the northern escarpment were regarded as an impenetrable obstacle to Rommel's Panzers during the Battle of El-Alamein.
Planners have long dreamed of piping water 38km from the Mediterranean to the depression, utilizing the fall in height to generate hydroelectricity and run desalination plants and irrigation systems, but all attempts have foundered through lack of capital. There is, however, exploration for oil at many points in the desert between Qattara and Mersa Matrouh, with upgraded tracks identified by the logos of oil companies. Local Bedouin are bitter that World War II minefields have only been cleared to allow drilling, while their ancestral grazing grounds remain hazardous to enter.
Siwa to Bahariya
Following the ancient Darb Siwa caravan trail, the 420km road (tarmackd for 250km) from Siwa to Bahariya takes four to six hours to drive and has six checkpoints which provide assurance that vehicles which break down will be missed, but otherwise there are no sources of water, nor any fuel – and mobile phones are beyond signal range. Safari operators charge £E1500 for up to four people to travel to Bahariya; £E2000 with one or two stopovers en route; or £E2500–2800 to carry on to the White Desert and camp there. Cars must travel in convoy leaving the Carpet Factory at 7am, while travel permits and an army guide with a satellite-phone are mandatory
Areg Oasis
Easily reached on foot from the road, Areg Oasis (pronounced "Arej") is surrounded by striated chalk buttes which look like giant brioches that have sat in the oven too long. Regarded as a haunt of bandits by nineteenth-century travellers, its cliffs are riddled with scores of tombs. A tablet from Alexandria records that the population of Siwa, Bahrein and other now-deserted oases numbered four hundred thousand in Persian times.
Bahrein Oasis
Ten kilometres off the road, Bahrein Oasis – named after its two azure salt lakes – is awash with custard-coloured sand, hemmed in by croissant-shaped buttes riddled with Greco-Roman tombs. Seductive as they look, the salt lakes are surrounded by mushy sand and salt crusts that can trap unwary vehicles, and if safari groups camp here they do so in the palm groves on the far side, away from the mosquitoes and protected from sandstorms.
Nuwamisa and Sitra oases
Nuwamisa Oasis, roughly 3km off the road from Siwa to Bahariya, looks equally lovely, with a salt lake rimmed by palms and crescent cliffs – but its name, "Oasis of the Mosquitoes", is all too true. Millions of mosquitoes swarm as soon as the sun goes down, making camping a nightmare even if you're all zipped up in your tent.
Safari groups prefer to camp in Sitra Oasis, 15km away, which isn't so badly infested. Traditionally a watering hole for Bedouin smugglers bringing hashish into Egypt, it is still sometimes used as a fuel-cache by motorized traffickers in various contraband.
For the final 45km of the journey to Bahariya the road skirts the whale-backed Ghard Kebir (Great Dunes), voyaging south from the Qattara Depression and destined to arrive in Bahariya in a few hundred years.
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The Vatican, in its long-awaited Instruction on Summorum Pontificum, says that seminaries should teach students the Extraordinary Form of the Mass "where pastoral needs suggest it".
Here is the quotation in context:
Ordinaries are asked to offer their clergy the possibility of acquiring adequate preparation for celebrations in the forma extraordinaria. This applies also to seminaries, where future priests should be given proper formation, including study of Latin and, where pastoral needs suggest it, the opportunity to learn the forma extraordinaria of the Roman Rite.
Earlier this afternoon, though, Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster told journalists that in England and Wales he, personally, did not think the Extraordinary Form "needs to be added to an already crowded seminary programme". "It's a skill that can be learned later in a priest's life," he said.
So, should England's seminaries teach the Extraordinary Form of the Mass? And what, exactly, constitutes a "pastoral need"?
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The only thing that feels that the Viking Quest is an actual Viking Themed slot game is the name. Instead of big burly men with moustache, swinging their swords, sailing the high seas, we have a totally different ball game (rather slot game) here! Viking Kids are ruling the 5 reels with glee and enjoying the game play.
The Viking Quest symbols
The 5 reels 40 paylines of the Viking Quest is home to the three Viking Kids, who are wielding swords, using hammers to ward off their make believe enemies especially the Joker. Another unique thing that the game features is the brand new Mega Scatter Icons. These are 16 symbols forming a big 4×4 symbol block on the reels. These Mega icons can pay wins individually or wins with matching icons of any size.
Triggering the three bonus features of the game, you can't miss the big Salmon, Free spins and the Chest Mega scatter icons.
The Viking Quest slot game is a 5 reel 40 payline game from the Big Time Gaming games collection. Unique in its gameplay, it has the Mega scatters icons, to boost its popularity.
wilds: The Wild symbol substitutes the rest of the symbols to form a winning payline, except for the scatters. The 1,000 coins are for landing 5 of the wild symbol on the reels.
strooi: The Viking Quest is all for making a big splash in the slots world with the unique Mega scatter icons. There are three mega icons, which will trigger the interesting features that are profitable.
Die Mega Scatter Free Spins symbol will trigger the free spins round. You can win a free spin icon for every icon position that is occupied by the mega icon. The 1st reel is filled with the regular symbols, while the 2nd to 5th reels is filled with the 4×4 mega symbols. You can re-trigger the 16 free spins.
Let's go fishing for the incredible treasures with the Gone Fishing feature. It is triggered when the mega scatter Salmon icon is seen in the play area. There are '16 casts' that are available for you to land the multiplier wins ranging from 80x to 4000x times the wagered bet.
Die Chest of Fortune feature is triggered when the Mega Scatter Chest icon is seen in the play area. A player selectable chest appears for every position that is occupied by the mega icon. You are offered 16 chests to choose from, with the wins ranging from 80x to 20,000x times the line bet.
Min / maksimum weddenskap per draai (£/$/€): 0.01 to 1.0
Boerpot (£ / $ / €): 1,000 coins (base game), upto 20,000x times the wagered bet (bonus game)
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The best part of the Viking Quest slot game is the incredible wins from the bonus features that are just so easy to trigger. You can't miss those cute and wonderful animations that add a special look and feel to the slot games. Swing the hammers, and smash those big wins!


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Pichon, hmm...I know of Jo Pithon and Francois Pinon in Loire, but not sure about Pichon, Bob.
Maybe it was a typo and he meant Pichot. The Domaine Pichot Le Peu de la Moriette bottle is pretty typical demi sec style of Vouvray and can be found for around $10-12.


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Apache CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2013
The Open Bastion
Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 8:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
The Apache CloudStack developer community is growing rapidly, and CloudStack is being used to build both private and public clouds at scale. Presentations on best practices for deploying Apache CloudStack will again be a popular feature, and other presentations will feature tools that help manage IaaS clouds. All in all, this is the place to learn about the development and deployment of CloudStack systems.
The conference is also your opportunity to share ideas, discuss plans for Apache CloudStack, and conduct workshops and sprints. There will be a hacker space where you can put ideas into practice assisted by members of the CloudStack development team.
The CloudStack Community knows how to play as well as work, and so evening events will offer attendees some fun and the chance to get to know others in the Apache CloudStack community. There'll be ample opportunity to socialize and enjoy deep discussions during the event.
Get ready to immerse yourself in Apache CloudStack, and register today!
When & Where
Santa Clara Convention Center
5001 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara,
Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Tuesday, June 25, 2013 at 8:00 PM (PDT)
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John Q A Foss, b at Machias ME, 11 Jun 1836 son of Charles and Mary C (Bowers) Foss of Machias ME. (Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities: The Town of Machias, hereafter Machias OR, p. 117).
The following are birth records that I found in the Original Records of Maine Towns and Cities: The Town of Machias.
Page 117 right side
- . Mary C Foss May 20 1831
- Foss Amanda W Sept 22 1827 Charles + Mary C Foss Feb 12 1828
- Foss Charles M Jan 5 1829 Charles + Mary C Foss
- Foss Mary H May 15 1831 Charles + Mary C Foss
- Foss Amanda W Dec 9 1834 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Malvena Feb 20 1835 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss John Q A Jun 11 1836 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Israel P April 18 1838 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Emery C Sept 18 1840 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss James A May 31 1842 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Louisana B Feb 29 1844 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Franklin N Aug 30 1947 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Joseph W Sept 3 1849 Charles + Sarah Foss
- Foss Izora V Mar 30 1851 Charles + Sarah Foss
Reported by Charles Foss June 25, 1854 + recorded by John A Kelly Town Clerk
The following death record is from the Maine Death Records, 1617-1922.
Name: John Foss
Gender: Male
Age: 69
Birth Date: abt 1836
Death Date: 26 Nov 1905
Death Place: Machias
Registration Place: Machias, Washington
Father: Charles
Mother: Sarah
The following records come from the United States Federal Census.
- 1850 United States Federal Census: Page 32: Machias, Washington Co., Maine: Enumerated 3 August 1850
Charles Foss 44 Laborer
Sarah Foss 41
Charles M Foss 21 Laborer
Amanda W Foss 16
Melvina F Foss 15
John L N Foss 13
Israel P Foss 12
Emery C Foss 9
James A Foss 8
Louisana Foss 6
Franklin F Foss 3
Joseph W Foss 1
- 1860 United States Federal Census: Machias, Washington Co., Maine: Enumerated 4 Jul 1860
Charles Foss 53 Laborer
Sarah Foss 50
Mary Foss 29
Amanda Foss 26
John Foss 24
Israel Foss 22 Sailor
Emery Foss 19 Sailor
James Foss 18
Louisa Foss 16
Franklin Foss 13
Joseph Foss 11
Izora Foss 9
Sarah A Foss 6
Evin W Foss 3
- 1880 United States Federal Census: Moscow, Somerset Co., Maine: Enumerated 22 Jun 1880
John Carney 53 Laborer
Mary E Carney 50
Edward L Carney 29
John Q A Foss 26 Works on farm
Kate Haley 24
- 1890 United States Federal Census, Veterans Schedule: The Forks, Somerset, Maine:
Home in 1890 (Township, County, State): The Forks, Somerset, Maine
Veteran's Name: John Q A Foss
Rank: Private
Company: P
Regiment: 6 Me Inf
Year enlisted: 19 Apr 1861
Year discharged: 25 Apr 1865
Yrs: 4
Mos: 0
Days: 6
Post Office:
Disability Incurred: Prisoner at Libby Prison
- 1900 United States Federal Census: Machias, Washington Co., Maine: Enumerated 8 June 1900
Foss, Israel P Head April 1838 62
Foss, Leonice H Wife Mar 1856 44 Married 23 Years 6 Child. 3 Liv.
Foss, Clifford H Son May 1885 15
Foss, Mildred Daughter Oct 1895 4
Foss, John Q A Brother Jun 1835 64 Married
The following are Civil War service records for John Q A Foss.
U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, Ancestry.com
- Name: John Q. Adams Foss
Residence: Machias, Maine
Age at enlistment: 25
Enlistment Date: 12 Dec 1861
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Maine
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company D, Maine 6th Infantry Regiment on 12 Dec 1861.
Mustered out on 05 Nov 1862.
Birth Date: abt 1836
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine
- Name: John Q. A. Foss
Residence: Machias, Maine
Age at enlistment: 26
Enlistment Date: 3 Nov 1863
Rank at enlistment: Private
State Served: Maine
Survived the War?: Yes
Service Record: Enlisted in Company H, Maine 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment on 11 Mar 1863.
Mustered out on 01 Sep 1865.
Birth Date: abt 1837
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine, First Maine Heavy Artillery: A History
U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938, Ancestry.com
- Name: John Q A Foss
Name of Res. of Relatives or Friends: Charles Foss, Machias, Maine
Where Born: Moscow Maine
Company and Regiment: Co H 1 Me H.A.
Date of Enlistment: March 11 1863
Date of Discharge from Service: Sep 1 1865
Disability: Chronic Diarrhea
Date of Admission: March 23 1885
Age 48
Married or Single: M
Narrative of the town of Machias: the old and the new, the early and late By George Washington Drisko
– Benjamin Foss first comer to Machias, m. Sarah Getchell; m. 2nd Hannah Miller; children: Sally, Mary, Benjamin, Joseph, Eunice, Dorcas, Israel, Wm., Dennis, Mehitable, Hannah, Edward, Fanny, Margaret, Betsey, Stephen, Louisa, Luther, Allen.
– Sally m Benj. Blyther; children: Thomas, Benjamin, Wm., Polly, Hannah, Sarah.
– Mary m. Noah Mitchell, moved to Scarboro.
– Benjamin m. Anna Miller; children: Jane, Deborah, Samuel, George, Wm., James, Eliza, Francis, Salome.
– Joseph m. Ruth Fogg; children: Keziah, Sally, Lydia, Abagail, Joseph, Rufus.
– Eunice m. London Atus; children: Betsey, Louisa, George, Patience, Eunice, John, Moses, Susanna, Nathaniel, Sophronia.
– Dorcas m. Edward Clark; m. 2nd Charles Smith.
– Israel m. Betsey Connors; children: Charles, Betsey, Mary, James, John, Albert, Lucius, Caroline, Lucy, Henry.
– Wm. M. Lydia Flynn; children: Rebecca, William, Lucy, Rufus, Geo., Nancy
– Dennis m. Lydia Hall; children: Mercy, Thomas, John, David, Lewis, Sarah, Levi, Jacob, Isaac.
– Mehitable m. Robert West.
– Hannah m. Amby Nash.
– Edward m. Caroline Bowers; children: Mary, George, Caroline, Lavina, John W., Lizzie, Samuel, Charles F.
– Fannie m. John Roberts; children: Hannah, Margaret, Wm., Hiram, Silas, Josiah, Mehitable, Hepzibah, Eliza.
– Betsey m. Frank Smith; children: Marjory, David, Benjamin, James.
– Stephen m. Eleanor Barney.
– Louisa m. James Foss; children: Wm. A., Hannah, Lydia, Jacob L., James, Laura, Tahphenas, Margaret.
– Charles Foss m. Mary C. Bowers, April 20, 1827; children: Amanda, Charles, Mary. Amanda d. young. Charles m. Eliza A Foss.
– Mary d. unmarried.
– Mary of Charles d. 1831; m. 2nd. Sarah Davis; children: Amanda, Melvina, John Q. A., Israel P., Emery C., James, Louisiana B., Franklin, Joseph, Izora.
– Charles d. 1868, at 34 years.
– Melvina m. John G. Richards. She d. in 1884.
– Israel P. m. Aphia Knight; children: Linnie, Edgar, Bertha, Eva, Amelia, Merton. Aphia d. 1876. Israel m. 2nd. Leoniece H. Kilton children: Virgil, Ernest, Clifford, Edith, Mildred.
– Emery m. Phebe J. Bryant children: Albert, Almeda, Willis, Alton, Mabel, Evalena, Thomas. James d. unmarried.
– Louisianna B. m. Lewis Hall.
– Franklin d. 1864.
– Joseph W. m. Sarah Johnson children: Darrell Chester, Perley, Cleveland.
– Izora m. Edgar Knight.


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Warehouse control system Software
What Is WMS Software?
As supplies move through the warehouse/distribution center, managers must track inventory and ensure that products are picked and put away in a productive and expedient manner. Warehouse management systems (WMS) help users improve the efficiency of these inventory control operations.
Warehouse inventory software should provide managers with the tools they need to analyze stock and makes plans for inventory movement or replenishment. Used alongside a transportation management system, WMS systems serve as a critical part of an overall supply chain management system. To see additional product reviews and comparisons, visit www.WarehouseManagementSystemsGuide.com.
The core functionality of most warehouse management systems help warehouse managers and workers guide inventory through receiving, putaway, picking, packing and shipping.Functionality Description Warehouse design Warehouse design functionality allow users to customize workflow and picking logic to ensure that inventory is allocated to the correct location within each facility. The WMS establishes correct bin slotting to maximize warehouse space and account for seasonal inventory variance. Inventory tracking Most systems offer the ability to use advanced tracking systems, such as auto ID data capture (AIDC), barcode scanners or radio-frequency identification (RFID) to ensure that inventory is correctly logged and easily located when the time comes for it to move. Receiving and putaway Once inventory is logged, warehouse management systems assist with inventory putaway for retrieval at a later date. More advanced systems offer pick-to-light (light-picking) and pick-to-voice (voice-picking) technology to aid more sophisticated warehouse environments. Pick-and-pack Warehouse management systems often contain a variety of options like zone picking, wave picking and batch picking to provide managers greater flexibility. Additionally, lot zoning and task interleaving help workers reduce the number of trips necessary to complete a task. Shipping Once inventory is packed, the WMS can send itemized bills of lading (B/L) ahead of the shipment, generate packing lists and invoices for buyers to reconcile items shipped with items ordered, and even include assembly instructions if needed. Once items have been packed, the warehousing software can send advanced shipment notifications (ASN) to notify other facilities of pending deliveries. Labor management Labor performance modules also help managers monitor worker efficiency and performance. Key performance indicators (KPIs) help managers keep tabs on the workers who are performing above and below standard. Yard and dock management A common feature in WMS software, yard management assists trucks as they come-and-go and find the correct loading docks. Some applications also help manage cross-docking, or the ability for incoming trucks to be unloaded and loaded concurrently. Reporting Advanced reporting features within the software can help managers analyze the performance of the operation as a whole and find areas for improvement. For example, the system can automatically analyze cycle counts, which count a different subset of inventory each day.
Other Applications to Consider
Just because you have a warehouse doesn't mean you need warehouse management software. It may be overkill for your needs. Instead, there are several related applications available that address specific problems in the supply chain.If you don't need a solution to automate picking, putaway, docking or worker responsibilities, an inventory management solution may be a better investment. Solutions from IntelliTrack and Fishbowl are some of the more highly reviewed products. Order fulfillment software is best for buyers looking to improve the management of their order-to-cash process. Many WMS and TMS software solutions contain order fulfillment functionality within their systems, but buyers without the need to automate warehousing or transportation tasks should evaluate order fulfillment applications. NetSuite, Epicor and SAP offer popular order fulfillment modules. For buyers who want to improve transportation/freight and risk analysis, a logistics software application may be a better fit. These applications often include the functionality to manage all aspects of supply chain execution (SCE) tasks: planning, procurement, warehousing and transportation. CMS Professional and TMW Systems are popular logistics software solutions.
Best-of-Breed WMS vs. Integrated Suite
Buyers need to decide if they want to purchase a best-of-breed WMS or an integrated suite of applications. Typically, best-of-breed applications have deeper functionality than modules within integrated suites. In this case, that means more picking configurations, labor management features, built-in integrations with other technologies and other warehouse-specific features within best-of-breed applications than WMS modules within supply chain management or Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) suites.
Alternatively, buyers may want to evaluate integrated suites if they want a solution that can manage other aspects of the business (accounting, human resources, manufacturing, customer management etc.) in addition to the warehouse. These vendors are also typically more stable, meaning buyers won't have to worry about their provider going out of business or being acquired by another vendor.
Evaluating WMS Software
Since the whole point of warehouse software is to reduce spending, buyers should focus first and foremost on the total cost of ownership. Fortunately, vendors have become more competitive in this area, just as they are competing on functionality and, more recently, application architecture configurability.
Each vendor will claim that their warehouse management system software provides more opportunities to expand on out-of-the-box functionality than their competitors. Systems that can truly offer the most advanced functionality, optional features for specific vertical markets, configurable architecture and competitive cost of ownership will have the greatest chance of winning over buyers.
Specific questions to ask when selecting a WMS system include:
- Does the system offer industry-specific functionality for the unique needs of your operation? If not, can it be configured to meet those needs?
- Will a new WMS system provide the necessary cross-functionality with your existing logistics solutions (TMS, order fulfillment etc.) to manage your end-to-end processes (i.e., order to cash)?
- Do you want an on-premise, client/server-based deployment, or is your organization interested in exploring Web-based deployment opportunities?
- Will the user interface be accessible and easy-to-learn for less experienced staff members?


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Last weekend we had a little three day vacation to St. George. It was SOOOOOOoooo nice! We were able to spend some time with the fam down there and it was really good to see everyone. We hiked around Snow Canyon a bit and found a baby tortoise! (which I will post a picture of later on). It was nice and hot, too, so we spent plenty of time by the pool at our hotel. The girls did great and we all had a lot of fun. We will definitely be doing this again....and hopefully sooner than later.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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Bluemound Road closure baffles drivers, hurts business
Just when Mayfair Road traffic was getting back to normal, a 10-day closure of Bluemound Road will put a wrench in many travel plans.
Road crews are replacing conduit underneath Bluemound Road from Mayfair Road to 115th Street. While the closure began Friday, many drivers Monday morning were taken aback.
"I didn't know what way to go," said Marlin Schlicher as he tried to get his morning coffee at Caribou Coffee on Bluemound and Mayfair. "Do I turn this way? That way? The arrows kind-of direct you all around this mess."
The constant construction headaches near the busy intersection have put a serious dent in the bottom line of some businesses.
A manager at Caribou said their business is down 40 percent since April.
An employee at a nearby Shell gas station said their receipts are down about 70 percent.
While area business owners know the finished product is needed, its finding profits during the construction season that keeps them concerned.
"It is better for the people of the future," said Anil Nair, and employee at Shell. "We have to tolerate it for a few days and months."
The Bluemound Road project is scheduled to be finished Aug. 1.
There are some ways to get around the construction.
Drivers can take Highway 45 south to Interstate 94, go west to Moreland Road and then north to Bluemound Road.
Another alternative is to take Potter Road to 115th Street for cars coming from the north.


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President Obama is expected nominate Jack Lew, left, as the Treasury Secretary, replacing Timothy Geithner, right, pictured here during a press conference Sept. 19, 2011 in Washington, D.C.
Updated 12:15 p.m. ET -- President Barack Obama will announce current White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew as his pick to be the next Secretary of the Treasury, CNBC's John Harwood confirmed Wednesday. The announcement could come as early as Thursday.
Lew, who previously served as budget director under Obama and President Bill Clinton, has long been considered the frontrunner to replace departing Secretary Timothy Geithner, the last remaining member of Obama's first-term economic team.
A former investment banker and Capitol Hill aide, Lew was instrumental in crafting the August 2011 debt deal that created the automatic tax increases and spending cuts narrowly avoided in the New Year's "fiscal cliff" agreement.
The president's longtime chief of staff, Jack Lew, is slated to be nominated as early as Thursday. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Those negotiations didn't make Lew a hero to congressional Republicans, who were reportedly irked by his style. Journalist Bob Woodward wrote in his book "The Price of Politics" that top aides to House Speaker John Boehner found Lew "disrespectful and dismissive" and "obnoxious" during the talks.
But, despite the bruising fight set up by the cliff built in the August talks, Lew's strategy ultimately helped set up what observers have deemed a political victory for Obama early in 2013.
A 57-year-old native of New York City, Lew's long familiarity with Capitol Hill began when he took a job as a legislative aide in 1973. He went on to serve for nine years as chief domestic policy adviser to House Speaker Tip O'Neill.
While Lew's announcement is expected soon, per CNBC's Harwood, it's not clear that the president has settled on his new choice for chief of staff.
Deputy National Security Adviser Denis McDonough and former Biden chief of staff Ron Klain are both seen as potential Lew replacements.
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Is there a way to explicitly set the window's body size and have the window component adapt to that? There is the setSize() method on Ext.Window but that only sets the whole window size. I could calculate the extra space the window frame, button footer, etc ... take but that seems a rather unreliable way of calculating dimensions.


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WASHINGTON - The eight senators meet in private several times a week, alternating between Sen. John McCain's and Sen. Charles Schumer's offices. They sit in arm chairs arranged in a circle and sip water or soft drinks as they debate temporary workers and border security. In a capital riven by partisanship and gridlock, they are determined to be the exception and actually get something done.
This is immigration reform's "Gang of Eight." With them lies the best hope in years for overhauling the nation's byzantine immigration laws — and they know it. That's partly why they are, by all accounts, working amazingly well together as a self-imposed deadline approaches for their sweeping legislation to be released. The progress is happening even though the group includes some of the Senate's most outsized personalities, failed and prospective presidential candidates, one lawmaker dogged by scandal and another facing a potential re-election challenge that could be complicated by his stance on immigration.
"I tell you what, this is one of the best experiences I've had. Everybody's serious, everybody's knowledgeable, they've been around the issue," said Sen. Lindsey Graham-R-S.C., who's up for re-election next year and facing a potential GOP primary challenge from the right. He said it's "sort of what I came up here to do — sit down with serious people to solve serious and hard problems."
In addition to McCain, R-Ariz., Schumer, D-N.Y., and Graham, the gang includes Sens. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., a potential 2016 presidential candidate; Dick Durbin, D-Ill.; Jeff Flake, R-Ariz.; Michael Bennet, D-Colo.; and Robert Menendez, D-N.J., who's battling allegations related to prostitution and his ties to one of his donors.
They meet for an hour or an hour-and-a-half at a time on days when the Senate is in session. No reporters stake out these meetings and aides stand or sit in the background, behind their bosses. They're assiduous about avoiding leaks and tight-lipped on the details of how their talks are going.
"I'm guardedly optimistic," McCain almost invariably says when asked.
McCain and Schumer sometimes take the lead in the meetings but others speak up as issues arise that are of special importance to them. Menendez has made family reunification a focus; Durbin has championed the cause of illegal immigrants brought to the country as children. Graham and Schumer have jointly tried to help broker an agreement between business and labor over a program to bring future workers to the country, which several lawmakers said remains the toughest challenge.
The mood in the meetings varies between lighthearted and serious. McCain is given to ribbing Graham and others. Schumer appears to have developed a genuine fondness for both McCain and Graham. Mostly, there's a focus on getting a bill that can pass and become law, and the sessions are almost an oasis from the fights over the budget that have occupied Congress much of the year.
"It's nice to be in a room where people are actually trying to solve problems and accomplish something," said Bennet.
The legislation the group is working on would secure the border; provide a pathway to citizenship for 11 million illegal immigrants already in the country, contingent on a secure border first; crack down on employers; and improve legal immigration. Senators have indicated some consensus on elements related to border security and the path to citizenship. They are struggling on the question of legal immigration and future workers, and are trading proposals with leaders of the AFL-CIO and Chamber of Commerce to try to get a deal.
The senators have been working toward a self-imposed March deadline to release their legislation, although it now seems that might slip until they return from a two-week recess the second week of April. They would aim for a vote in the Judiciary Committee soon thereafter, then consideration by the full Senate and from there, the House. Success is far from assured and the process could fail at any point. Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., has so far given the group the time and space to complete their work though he's also signaled his patience is not infinite and he could bring up more liberal immigration legislation drafted by President Barack Obama if the Gang of Eight doesn't produce a bill.
The group came together when Graham phoned Schumer the weekend after the November election. Obama's resounding victory among Latino voters had just sealed his win and underscored to Republicans like McCain and Graham that the GOP needed to act on immigration. Schumer, McCain and Graham all are veterans of past failed attempts on the issue, most prominently in 2007 when legislation backed by then-President George W. Bush failed on the Senate floor.
Schumer later recounted that Graham said, "The band is back, let's do immigration" and told him McCain was on board. "And my heart went pitter patter," Schumer said in telling the anecdote at a breakfast hosted by Politico in January.
The senators worked to round up others. Flake said Schumer approached him during Congress' lame-duck session.
"I said I just always wanted to be part of a gang. I grew up in Snowflake, Ariz., the South side didn't offer much," Flake said.
Rubio had been shopping his own immigration proposals that dovetailed with what the senators were working on.
The Gang of Eight began working on drafting principles. They were forced to speed up their timetable when they learned Obama planned to announce his own proposals and they rolled out their blueprint at a packed news conference at the Capitol on Jan. 28. Since then they've had little to say publicly as they work toward releasing their bill, except to voice cautious optimism that this time they will finally succeed in solving a problem that has bedeviled Washington for decades.
"Everybody there wants to get it done and nobody's looking for political points or political advantage," Flake said. "Everybody's looking to get it done and that makes all the difference."


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Father J. Brian Bransfield Appointed Associate General Secretary of USCCB
WASHINGTON (December 15, 2010)—Father J. Brian Bransfield, a priest of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, has been appointed associate general secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The appointment was made by Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, general secretary-elect of the Conference and current associate general secretary, in consultation with the USCCB Executive Committee and Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia. It will take effect when Msgr. Jenkins assumes the position of general secretary in June 2011.
"The skills and background that Father Bransfield brings to the General Secretariat will complement and strengthen the office in service to the bishops individually and the Conference as a whole," said Msgr. Jenkins. "We look forward to benefitting greatly from his theological expertise and his organizational, managerial and communication skills."
The General Secretariat oversees the work of the USCCB on behalf of the U.S. bishops.
Father Bransfield was ordained a priest in 1994 and has received a licentiate and doctorate in sacred theology from the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family. He served in parish and high school ministry, seminary formation and graduate teaching before coming to the USCCB in 2007 as a theological specialist in the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis.
With USCCB, Father Bransfield served as lead staff to the Task Force for Faith Formation before assuming the position of executive director of the Secretariat of Evangelization and Catechesis. He concurrently served as the lead staff to the Ad Hoc Committee on the Defense of Marriage. In March 2009, he was named assistant general secretary tasked with coordinating the implementation and evaluation of the bishops' strategic and priority plans.
Father Bransfield is the author of a book on the thought of Pope John Paul II, entitled The Human Person: According to John Paul II. He is a frequent speaker on topics including the New Evangelization, marriage and family and the theology of the body. He has offered retreats to priests and religious throughout the country.
Keywords: Father J. Brian Bransfield, associate general secretary, USCCB, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Msgr. Ronny Jenkins, June 2011, Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Evangelization and Catechesis, Priorities and Plans, Defense of Marriage, theology of the body
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Listen up, Bears fans.
Your quarterback had even more to say Sunday after the statement the Bears issued to the rest of the NFL with a 41-21 victory over the Colts at Soldier Field. And Jay Cutler was even polite.
"Please, please, please, let's tone it down a little bit when we're down on the 20,'' Cutler said. "You're more than welcome to yell, scream, do whatever you want to do after the score. But, please, let's quiet the stadium down and save it for after the score. Thank you.''
Everybody in the end-zone seats Cutler tried in vain to shush, you are forgiven. Everybody unfamiliar with the etiquette of cheering for an offensive football team, you will learn.
Chicago simply doesn't know how to act yet with a Bears offense this explosive.
"We're trying to build a new thing here in Chicago,'' Brandon Marshall said.
Around here, Cutler and Marshall are in no danger of patent infringement when it comes to building a big-play offense like the model we saw in the season opener.
After a shaky start, the Bears offense looked Super. Take away Cutler's first four snaps and sports-talk radio dialers would have to call their moms on Monday because little else merited complaints.
"You kind of have to pick what you're going to do against us,'' Cutler said.
The variety of options allows Cutler to overcome the type of adversity he created early when he played as if he didn't realize the preseason was over. Cutler turned a simple out route to Matt Forte into a 7-0 deficit when he left the ball inside and Colts linebacker Jerrell Freeman intercepted it and returned it 4 yards for a touchdown.
"If we weren't able to overcome it, then it would have been a really bad thing,'' Cutler said.
Accepting responsibility, Cutler blamed bad footwork. Maybe he just felt disoriented from being in a huddle full of bona fide playmakers for the first time since becoming a Bear.
Five receivers caught a pass for 24 yards or more and three wide receivers — Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery and Earl Bennett — combined for 249 yards. A sizzling Cutler completed 20 of 25 for 320 yards with a 145.3 passer rating after starting 1-for-10 with that dreadful interception.
For a while, it appeared the Indy 500 would be the Bears yardage total. They fell only 72 short in what was the Bears' fifth-highest total under Lovie Smith. The running game clicked with Michael Bush's two short-yardage touchdowns complementing Matt Forte's 80 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries just as general manager Phil Emery imagined. The offensive line gave up only two sacks — one in the final 69 snaps. The balance every good game plan needs came courtesy of offensive coordinator Mike Tice with 35 pass plays compared with 33 runs.
Not since 1986 against the Browns have the Bears scored as many points in an opener. Impossible to measure statistically will be the credibility the Bears offense gained around the league by delivering on the promise of the offseason.
Everybody expected Marshall and Cutler to pick up where they left off in Denver four years ago and Marshall's nine catches for 119 yards only made the Colts' decision to play man coverage against him all the odder.
"I thought Indy wasn't scared of him,'' Cutler said.
The Packers will be. So should most of the Bears' remaining opponents, which made Jeffery's fourth-quarter, 42-yard TD reception meaningful to more than just fantasy-football owners. When Jeffery came down with his first NFL touchdown, I wondered how many times in Cutler's previous three seasons he had thrown similarly beautiful spirals lesser receivers failed to convert into six points.
I knew I never had seen a Bears wide receiving corps potentially this dangerous — the same conclusion most NFL defensive coordinators will reach.
"For our team it was important,'' Smith said of the big plays in the passing game. "Because what we say we're going to be as a football team is important to let everybody see right away what that can be and what it can look like.''
The Bears looked like legitimate Super Bowl contenders because of the way they got off the bus running pass routes nobody could cover.
An offense diversified enough to score 41 points and control the ball for 35:28 helped prevent the Colts from hurting a vulnerable Bears defense on the ground and helped their pass rush take (Andrew) Luck out of the equation. An offense potent enough to build a 20-point lead allowed Smith to rest Brian Urlacher after the Bears saw enough of the rusty linebacker to know what he can — and can't — do.
An offense with Cutler connecting with Marshall only promises to create more noise. Consider yourself warned, season ticket holders.
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This weekend we had the pleasure of having dinner with friends. Jon, smoker/grill-master extraordinaire made a ridiculously good pulled pork and we provided dessert. Oh wait, no, we were supposed to provide dessert. Except I forgot, got tied up over an hour away, and was running late. So we brought bread, lemonade, and a bottle of Riesling. Perfectly normal, right?
Luckily the white wine and lemonade combo was a winner and Anna, who is not a big drinker, loved it. Which I consider a compliment - even more so when she mentioned it on Facebook and her blog! I agree - this little gem went straight into heavy rotation once it was introduced to my repertoire.
As for the combination of lemonade and wine: I have to admit the first time I had it I was a little surprised and a lot intrigued. My bridal shower was in the midst of the sweltering Chicago summer and my maid of honor and her husband threw a simply perfect outdoor bash. Our save-the-date cards read like a film script and made mention of (dry) Riesling wine. Fittingly, the main drink was one of my still-favorite Rieslings (Kung Fu Girl) and lemonade. It was refreshing, festive, and delicious. Pinot Grigio, Chardonnay, Vihno Verde - all work great and add a unique twist to this combination.
Since then we've incorporated the lemonade/pink lemonade/limeade + 1 idea across the board. From the non-alcoholic but always tasty lemonade and iced tea (an Arnold Palmer) to the slightly more unexpected. Here are a few favorites that make for embarrassingly easy summer entertaining:
A natural and fabulous progression from the lemonade and wine arena is lemonade + bubbly. Cava, Prosecco, Champagne, sparkling wine, whatever your preference!
Lemon-, Lime- or Pink Lemonade and Vodka: 1 shot of vodka per highball glass or larger, or adjust to your preferences. I'm not a huge hard-alcohol drinker but I recently discovered a vodka that I actually really like: 360 Organic. The cherry flavor + limeade is a great combo. I will warn you though, chocolate vodka and lemonade? Not a winner.
The quintessential summer favorite around our house, the "Shandy", or Lemonade + Beer: half of each. We prefer it with a summer ale or a wheat beer but hey, it's worth playing around to see what you might like. Stouts I've never tried, and frankly, I probably won't - but if you are adventuresome and want to give it a go you let us know how it turns out!
Lemonade + Lambic: half and half. If you've never had a Lambic before it is essentially a malt beverage with a lot of fruit added. It's usually sold as a beer and is super sweet but surprisingly good. The easiest to find in the US is usually the brand Lindemann's and it comes in a variety of flavors: Framboise (raspberry), Peche (peach), etc.
Lemonade and Fruit-Flavored Ale: half and half. Pretty much the same thing as with a Lambic but the flavor is a bit lighter and the color more like with a beer. Sam'l Smith makes a gorgeous fruit flavored set of ales that are perfect for this application but amazingly drinkable and not overwhelmingly sweet all on their own.
So, if you are entertaining this summer consider a lemonade + one bar. Garnishes are easy, mixing is fast, and everyone is happy.
My lemonade recipe is pretty open to interpretation but is usually 6-8 lemons, 6-8 cups of water and I start with 3/4 cup of sugar, then add more until I get the flavor I like. The best way to achieve a non-gritty lemonade is to dissolve the sugar in some of the water in a pot over about a medium heat - you want to heat the water and sugar enough to melt and dissolve the sugar but not more, then add to the rest of your mix. Essentially, its simple syrup and lemon juice, plus lots of water. For limeade simply switch limes for lemons.
Easy ways to flavor your lemonade:
Add muddled mint (preferably in the hot water/sugar mix)
Add muddled basil (preferably in the hot water/sugar mix)
Add the juice of one blood orange to your lemonade to make it pink.
Add a 1/2 - 1 pint of raspberries and cook until softened/dissolved in the sugar/water mix - will also make it pink - make sure to strain before adding to your lemonade.
Use 1 orange in place of 1 lemon for a less tart and more subtle flavor.
For garnishes consider:
Any citrus - lemons, limes, oranges of all varieties in wedges, peels curled, or in rounds.
Fresh mint, basil, or lavender.
Fresh berries - any kind would be lovely.
Pretty straws
Ice cubes made into fun shapes or made of frozen lemonade - or even better, shaved ice!
Add sugar rims to your glasses - for the limeade glass above I used Swedish pearl sugar.
Non-Alcoholic Mixers:
Lemon-Lime Soda.
Iced Tea.
Seltzer water.
A scoop of lemon sorbet.
Because I like the idea of a lemonade bar and party so much, and I love my readers, I have a freebie label download for you (click file, download original, save and edit from there)! Just change the text to anything you want, print, cut inside the grey line, fold in half and there you go - little table-tent signs for your party!
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Glenn decries Israel's attack on GazaI'll pick out some choice clips and expand this post pretty soon. Meanwhile, you can watch the whole thing, if you like, at the link.
Will Palestinian nihilism end the Israel experiment?
The case for Senator Roland Burris
Caroline Kennedy and American plutocracy
Sex and politics in "Milk"
Ann detects a pedophilia trend in the Oscar-bait films
00:00: Hey, look how similar the backgrounds are. Does he always have that background, or did he copy mine as a subtle joke?
03:25: I ask a question that Glenn first calls "very good" and then calls "a part of this Orwellian discourse."
12:12: Glenn says "The Jewish state is an experiment." A complicated discussion follows, and you tell me if he's suggesting that the Palestinians can, by abject nihilism, cause the experiment to fail.
17:15: We both say that Roland Burris is the Senator from Illinois.
21:57: "The South Side became a steppingstone in the march of Obama into history," says Glenn, who's from the South Side of Chicago and who wonders whether the appointment of Burris reflects the ambivalence of all those the old Chicago politicians that Obama left behind. [ADDED: How do those old pols feel? Song cue.]
26:10: Why is there no more talk about Valerie Jarrett for the Senate position? I say: "I wonder what's in the tapes" — the Blagojevich tapes.
32:14: Glenn, the economist, answers all my questions about the stimulus package.
44:45: Glenn thinks "Milk" failed to depict the "ferocity of male sexual appetite."
52:26: I do my rant about prettified pedophilia in the movies:
55:10: I'm talking about Ricky Gervais insulting black people, and Glenn says: "Well, as a person who is obese..." And I'm all: Oh, no, you shouldn't say it. We're just heads here....


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When Felicia was growing up this special recipe was prepared by her Aunt "FeFe", Vincie and Uncle Mike (Militello). Now she makes it herself and passes along the family's recipe secrets. The main ingredients are cauliflower, fava beans, and the ferns on top of the anise bulbs. In fact, since the grocers and supermarkets typically throw away this part of the plant before even putting it on the shelf, Felicia goes around each year to remind them to avoid that for this special week of St. Joseph's Day so that she and others can properly make the dish.
Her aunt and uncle FeFe and Vincie used to create an alter every St. Joseph's Day and that became very big, so big that many people came each year to pay their respects and eat some of the special pasta dish. The pasta sauce was served over home made St. Joseph fettuccini pasta. What made this St. Joseph Pasta is that all the flower used to prepare the feast was blessed by a priest the day before St. Joseph day. It was done, in fact, at a very special mass in Aunt FeFe and Uncle Vincie's home in front of her alter. You cannot get much more authentic than that.
You can read my buddy Heather Atwood's article about Felicia and St Joseph's Traditions here-


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Did anyone else feel that there was a lack of privacy while they were voting? In talking with people in other counties, it appears that they had much more privacy that the people in Rensselaer County had. I was given my paper ballot and grease pen and directed to a bank of corrals that were all attached to one another (similar to that in a library.) The sides were not very high and I felt uncomfortable walking past other people voting. When we were done we were directed to bring our ballot to the scanner. There was no privacy folder to put them in while walking to the scanner. Then we were asked to insert them and based on the diagram we inserted them face up while a volunteer stood right next to me to advise me that it had scanned properly. He could clearly read all of the ballots cast. I was so uncomfortable at this process it has left me shaken still. In speaking with others especially in other counties I found out that some people had privacy envelopes to transport their ballot to the scanner. They fed the ballot from the envelop so no one could read it. Some scanners had tents around them. Some polling places had individual corrals with chairs that were distant from others. For some scanners that were not tented the voter was instructed to insert the ballot face down. Even that would have been okay with me, I felt that I had no privacy. I could clearly see other people's ballots too as they were casting their votes. I averted my eyes to give them privacy; but I shouldn't have been able to see their ballots in the first place. I am writing because I am curious if anyone else had a similar experience and if so, is it just in Rensselaer County? Michele Rutland Wynantskill
Pulse of The People: A lack of privacy while voting in Rensselaer County
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Farmingdale State - 66, Old Westbury - 62 (OT)
Farmingdale, N.Y. - Senior forward Dominique Cunningham (Amityville, N.Y.) and junior guard Nikita Green (Roosevelt, N.Y.) scored eight of the teams 12 overtime points to lead Farmingdale State to a 66-62 victory over conference rival Old Westbury tonight in Farmingdale, N.Y. The Rams improved to 3-3, 2-0 in the Skyline with the win, while the Panthers fell to 2-4, 1-1.
In the first half, Old Westbury was up by four before a 10-2 run put the Rams up 12-8 with 14 minutes left. The Panthers responded with seven straight points over three minutes to take back the lead 15-12, but Farmingdale bounced back to build up a seven point cushion at the half, 27-20.
In the second, the Rams led by as much as 11 points at the halfway mark, while the Panthers chipped away and saw the deficit diminish to two points with 1:43 on the clock. A layup by sophomore guard DeAndra Scott (Queens, N.Y.) tied the game at 52-52.
Senior forward Kayla Koch (Kings Park, N.Y.) was fouled on the Rams' next possession and made two free throws to give Farmingdale a 54-52 lead. Old Westbury sophomore guard Kim Weathers (Wyandanch, N.Y.) was then fouled and made her two shots for another tie score, 43-43, with 43 seconds left on the clock.
No shots would fall in the finals ticks, sending the game into overtime where Cunningham and Green would see the Rams to victory.
Cunningham scored a game-high 17 points and pulled down six rebounds, while Green finished with 16, including four three-pointers, four steals and four assists.
For Old Westbury, Weathers finished with 16 points and seven steals. Scott had 13 points and nine rebounds. Senior guard Denise Zajonc (Staten Island, N.Y.) scored 12 points.
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'NASHVILLE, Tenn. — This spring, the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History is reaching out to farmers and agri-businesses to build a collection that reflects modern agricultural practices.
Curators are seeking stories, photographs and ephemera to record and preserve the innovations and experiences of farming and ranching.
The initiative is a partnership with the American Farm Bureau Federation, announced earlier this year during the AFBF's 94th annual meeting in Nashville.
First donation
The first donation will come from Tennessee Farm Bureau member Pat Campbell, of Cleburne Jersey Farm, a multi-generational dairy farm founded in the 1870s in Spring Hill, Tenn.
Campbell will give a selection of photographs, a computer cow tag and reader unit to show the change in dairying from a hand-labor intensive process to a modern computer-run operation.
The donation will also include his personal recollections about how changing technology has altered his work life and has led to greater efficiency and safety.
"The story of agriculture is important and complex," said John Gray, director of the museum. "In Jefferson's time, 96 percent of Americans were farmers; today, that number is less than 2 percent. Despite this drop, productivity has skyrocketed and agriculture has evolved into a technology-driven profession with the cab of a tractor akin to a traditional CEO's office."
March 19 web kickoff
Coinciding with National Agriculture Day on March 19, the museum will unveil a new Web portal where the public can upload stories about technologies and innovation that have changed their work lives; stories about precision farming, traceability, environmental concerns, governmental practices, irrigation, biotechnology and hybrid seeds.
For details, visit http://americanenterprise.si.edu.
This new collection will inform the upcoming exhibition with the working title American Enterprise, an 8,000-square-foot multimedia experience, focusing on the role of business and innovation in the United States from the mid-1700s to the present. It is scheduled to open in 2015.
The exhibition will explore the development of American agriculture through objects such as Eli Whitney's cotton gin, a 1920s Fordson tractor, Barbara McClintock's microscope and Stanley Cohen's recombinant DNA research notebook, which represent machines and innovation that increased productivity and science that gave insight to the genetic structure of plants.
The museum is located at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., and is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (closed Dec. 25). Admission is free. For Smithsonian information, the public may call 202-633-1000.
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You gaze up at their simple beauty every day—yet never actually see what's rotten lurking right before your eyes: dry rot and water damage!
The architecture of mid-century modern makes it easy for your home's exterior horizontal beams to get exposed to the elements. The beams project out to or beyond the roof-edge framing, and their degree of vulnerability depends on the home's orientation to the sun and its amount of exposure to rough weather, and how well the beams are maintained.
A lack of regular maintenance guarantees deterioration over time. Eichlers are impacted mostly in outside atriums and carports, while Streng homes are hit in their overhangs. Decades of exposure wear away paint, leaving beams open to cracking, dry rot, and termites.
"Those beams get beat up, getting exposed to the sun, the wind, and the rain," says Frank Larson, owner of Larco Construction Services, who's worked on Eichler beams in the East Bay for more than 20 years. "With a 60-year-old house, this is not a new problem—you are just now noticing it."
Dry rot is the weakening of wood caused by fungus, which digests the parts of the wood that give it strength and rigidity. It all starts with excessive moisture. Moisture can attract termites, which can eat and destroy a beam quickly, breaking down its structural integrity.
When beams rot, you have two possible maintenance options: repair or replace. For Emily Randall and Mason Klinck, owners of a 1965 Eichler in Concord, their rotting beams meant bringing in a professional to do both.
The couple called on RC Construction, based in the East Bay, which repaired a partially exposed beam at the front of the Randall-Klinck house and then replaced the atrium beam.
"For us, it was a real squeaker—a real nail-biting process—watching our contractor [replace our beam], because the beam was so close to the panes of glass," Randall recalls. "But we knew that they did good work."
Sometimes beam damage is obvious, and other times it can take a considerable amount of detective work, because layers of fillers and paints can mask the damage. If you haven't maintained or inspected your beams in a while, it may be time to call in a licensed contractor. But before taking that step, there are telltale signs pointing to damage that you should look for yourself.
On Strengs, the calling cards for damaged overhanging beams are crumbling or warped beam-ends—both signs of advanced decay. Peeling paint, caulking that has separated from the wood, and the presence of mildew or fungus can also indicate moisture problems.
On Eichler beams, check for wood that is pushing downward, and for beam undersides that balloon out. When a beam looks like it coves in, it could be a sign of dry rot or termites.
"Dry rot is a slow-developing issue, and people can get immune to it," Larson says. When you see a crack or an indentation, they are warning signs that issues are developing. You have to get in there, Larson says, "and clean it out to see how deep the erosion is."
"You can get up there, and take something sharp, and poke it," says Joe Gomes, owner of Joe Gomes Construction, which specializes in Sacramento-area Streng homes. "If the wood looks like it's sucked in, then there is rot on the inside, and there is probably water leaking into it from the top."


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the speed of traffic on my street is out of control
drivers running red lights
drivers ignoring the speed limit
drivers showing no care or concern for pedestrians in the street
the double yellow line means nothing
people swerve around parking cars or pedestrians across the street like they are seeking the checkered flag in a NASCAR event
failing to understand that it is effieciency not top speed that will get them their the quickest
since things have gotten so out of control I have started to work with some people in the city to try and slow the traffic on my street
my voice is being heard
I do not think they hear what I am saying
like so many
the people in power think that they know best
even the people not in power
the people closer to the people in power
they think that they know best
the issue of speed
became an issue of the red light at the top of the hill
they made an expensive modification to the stop light at the top of the hill
I tried to tell them that it was not an issue of seeing or not seeing the traffic signal
I tried to tell them that people were running the red light with no concern
but... they thought they knew best
they made an expensive modification that has done nothing to change behavior
occassionally I see metropolitian police officers issueing tickets
oddly.... these tickets are not at the high volume times
the people who are commuting on this route and running the light each and every day are not the ones being caught
giving a ticket to the tourist in a rental car passing through one evening
well... that will not change behavior
the behavior that needs to be modified is that of the car commuter who willfully speeds through the neighborhood and intentionally runs the red right turn arrow each and everyday
yes... every day
being a cyclist
knowing that this is a heavily trafficked route for cyclists I offered the notion of adding a bike lane
I took measurements of the road
gave them a logical breakdown
even told them some ways to make the bike lane more effective in some places
for a second it sounded like they heard me
somehow my utterance of using a bike lane to give the illusion of thinning the road has taken things a few steps further
the people at the top have decided that thinning the road may be a good idea
the talk of adding a sidewalk on the other side of the street to thin the road is under consideration
at first glance I was excited about this idea
then after some more thought I doubted that this effort would would in fact make things more safe
in the current situation it is tough enough for car drivers to park, open their car door, or pull out of their space
if the roads were more thin then well
it would become more difficult for the residents to park, open their car door, or pull out of their space
as this is a heavily trafficked area... each parking car or pulling out car would cause some back up
the frequent double parking UPS truck, US Postal Service vehicle, or obnoxious double parking asshole would block up the road worse than ever before
all of this before even taking into consideration of the volume of bicycle traffic that uses this road
right now as wide as this road is
it is still very dangerous for bicyclist to use this road
if the road were more thin
the bicycle would be forced to ride in "the door zone"
while still blocking the flow of traffic behind them
the commuter car traffic is already angry and aggressive to the bicycle traffic
thinning the roads would only increase the danger to the cyclist
thinning the road with a sidewalk is not forward thinking
adding bike lanes is not only the least expensive alteration
but also the wisest
what people need to understand
if the bike lanes do not give the desired results
then the sidewalk plan could be re-considered
it the sidewalk plan goes into effect
well... after things get more dangerous I doubt that there would be any reversing of the road thinning
there is a formal walk through this week to discuss the possibility of the sidewalk
I have gotten in touch with some folks at the DDOT and WABA
they will attend the walk through and hopefully bring in an alternate perspective
DDOT Bicycle Page
DC is not that different from the rest of the country
the country as a whole needs to rethink the whole traffic concept
this is a country that claims to have an obessity epidemic and a fuel crisis
these helpless people are lined up at the McDonald's drive through in their SUVs getting a snack before they go home for dinner
we need to make our communities more bicycle and pedestrian friendly
we as individuals need to be more bicycle and pedestrian friendly
city calming\traffic calming... trying to see all sides
1 comment:
- D Achilleus said...
Are they not receptive to an increase in policing and ticketing this area? Why shirk off the extra revenue?
Make it a triple fine section of road!
Have a cop or two sitting there in the morning and the evening. Better yet, make it bicycle cop! or motorcycle cop!
There is an enfamous section of road out here that nobody speeds through because of the reputation of its hawkish motorcycle cop. Everybody knows this and slows down.
A change in behaviour will develop when the desired behaviour is rewarded - but we don't hand cookies out to the polite drivers.
- 9/20/2006
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Alex Newman
The New American
November 3, 2012
The U.S. government allowed Mexican drug cartel hit men working as "confidential informants" for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to murder people inside the United States, an American federal law enforcement supervisor told the private intelligence firm Stratfor in e-mails released by WikiLeaks. ICE neither confirmed nor denied the allegations when contacted by The New American.
The explosive leaked documents containing the claims were part of a massive batch of e-mails stolen by hackers from the Texas-based intelligence-gathering firm. Among other startling allegations, official sources in the Mexican and U.S. governments told the company that American special-operations forces were in Mexico under the guise of fighting the drug war.
Additionally, a U.S.-based Mexican diplomat and other sources claimed that Washington, D.C., was working with certain favored drug cartels — especially Sinaloa — in an effort to put smaller criminal organizations out of business. The e-mails echoed allegations made in numerous reports and statements by officials, drug-cartel operatives, and other sources, indicating that the U.S. government was deeply involved in the narcotics trade.
Perhaps the most astounding information, however, had to do with the U.S. government allegedly allowing Mexican cartel hit men across the border into the United States to murder targets. A Stratfor source identified in the documents as "US714," whom the firm described as a "US law enforcement officer with direct oversight of border investigations," made that explosive accusation in an e-mail dated April of last year.
"Regarding ICE [U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement] screwing up informants: They [ICE] were handling big hit men from Juarez and letting them kill in the U.S.," explained the federal law enforcement supervisor, who in a separate e-mail also said American troops were already in Mexico engaged in joint operations with Mexican forces.
Instead of expressing shock about the major allegations against ICE, a Stratfor employee responded by mentioning that the intelligence-gathering outfit had already written about the issue, pointing to a 2009 piece published online entitled "Confidential Informants: A Double-Edged Sword." In that article, Stratfor highlighted the story of a confidential ICE informant, Ruben Rodriguez Dorado, who was involved in the murder of yet another confidential ICE source in Texas.
When asked by The New American about the federal law enforcement supervisor's allegations in the correspondence with Stratfor, ICE refused to either confirm or deny the accusations. Instead, ICE spokesman Brandon Montgomery with the Department of Homeland Security offered a statement explaining the importance of confidential informants to criminal investigations.
"Confidential Informants (CI) are an extremely valuable and necessary part of law enforcement efforts to disrupt and dismantle criminal organizations. One of the most effective ways to do this is by turning insiders within these organizations and utilizing their information as CIs," Montgomery explained. "Insiders can provide information that cannot be obtained through any other means."
According to Montgomery, ICE will substitute an undercover federal agent for its confidential informant as soon as possible to ensure that the investigation is carried out by trained law enforcement professionals. "ICE initiates a CI through a regulated and controlled process and ICE takes significant steps, including training of ICE agents and audits of CI files when working with CIs," the spokesman concluded.
Analysts focused on the Mexican drug war and the roles of U.S. officials, meanwhile, were not surprised by the most recent allegations leveled against ICE either. In fact, as noted by multiple analysts, it would not be the first time that the U.S. government has been involved in eerily similar scandals.
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