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The only way I've been able to communicate with the spirit world -- in terms of real conversations -- has been through Spiritualist mediums. Although I have personally received an occasional clairvoyant image, while attempting to do so: and also once received a totally unexpected clairaudient message that saved me from an accident.
I also believe that the spirit world talks to us all the tim in ways that we don't recognize. I always hear myself thinking little reminder sort of messages. . . 'did you check this? did you remember to do that?'
I suspect that many more of these messages are coming from spirits than we realize.


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It's almost Mother's Day, so I have been busy creating some pretty cards to celebrate. Both of these were made using the Faded Empire range. I really love the colours and patterns in these papers.
I love to use layers on my cards, but I find these papers are quite similar in colour, so the layers can sometimes blend together more than I would like. To combat this, I use foam tape between the layers, and distress the edges to help them stand out from the next layer. I also like to use bit of white such as in my die cuts, and corrugated board to help break up the colour.
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As soon as I saw this photo I had to know the story. There are too many markers of a very specific time: a McLaren F1, a British Army Helicopter, a Hong Kong airbase. What's happening here?
Back in the early '90s, Gordon Murray and Ron Dennis were trying to garner interest for their nascent McLaren F1 sports car project so they built a fifth prototype model. The first four models were used for drivetrain testing and crashing into things to make the government folks happy.
The fifth, XP5, was used as a promotional vehicle.
At the same time, the British still had control of Hong Kong as part of a long-standing agreement with China, but their days there were numbered. The RAF and British Army still had units at Shek Kong Military Base on the southern end of the Island.
All of these elements came together in 1993 during McLaren's little pre-production roadshow. According to Sean Li, who took this photo and attended, Murray and Dennis brought the car to Hong Kong with driver Dr. Jonathan Palmer to show it off.
Unable to drive the car on public roads they set out for the airstrip to demonstrate the car's abilities. This is where things suddenly got interesting and our amazing photo was made (click or right-click on this smaller one to download the full image).
Most people were given passenger rides, with Palmer driving, doing speed runs up and down the airstrip. I don't know whether it was pre-planned, but one of the officers on base thought it would be interesting to do a drag race between one of their helicopters and the F1. The helicopter hovered next to the car for a few seconds, abruptly pitched down to accelerate, but the McLaren quickly caught up and blew right by.
It makes sense. The helicopter looks like a Westland Scout which, unlike the British supercar, could barely do 132 mph on a good day. It didn't stand a chance.
British military units have mostly pulled out of Hong Kong and the airbase is being used by the People's Liberation Army. Despite the official absence, the island still hosts a showing of British firepower. According to Li there are still a few original McLaren F1s in HK and the new MP4-12C will be displayed in a new company showroom.
The sun never sets on the British supercar.
(Thanks to Sean for sharing!)


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2014 New Years Eve Party at Francine & James's Home
What an incredible New Years Eve party at Francine and James's home in Palm Springs. Everything was decorated to the hilt with Christmas cheer still reaching out and hugging us all. Friends and guests arrived dressed to the 10's and everyone had a smile and excitement in their heart. Catering of delicious foods was there for our 10:30 pm feast just before the midnight celebration arrived bringing in the New Year 2015. Oh, what a fun evening for all. Thank you, again, Francine and James for this wonderful elaborate party. Happy New Year!Read More


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When the May 1833 term of the Lowndes County, GA Superior court convened, the now defunct town of Franklinville was the site of the County seat of government. Lowndes then included most of present day Berrien county and the location of present day Ray City, GA. This section of the country, Wiregrass Georgia, was then still an untamed frontier. As Montgomery Folsom described, in the 1830s it was "a country that was well supplied with Indians, bears, panthers, wolves and other unfriendly neighbors…" Dr. Jacob Motte, first doctor to visit Franklinville, observed Lowndes county "being so far south and in a low swampy part of the country had the worst possible reputation for health, and going there [in the warm] season of the year was almost considered certain death to a white man and stranger unacclimated."
The year 1833 was in the administration of Andrew Jackson. John Coffee, a Jacksonian Democrat and builder of the Coffee Road which opened Lowndes County for settlement, was a U.S. Congressman from Georgia. L.J. Knight, a Whig then serving as the senator from Lowndes in the Georgia Assembly, was a vocal opponent against what was seen as the executive excesses of "King Andrew." Levi J. Knight was an original settler of Ray City. Knight's father, William A. Knight, founding pastor of Union Church, was appointed in 1833 to visit the 35 Primitive Baptist churches and 1,010 members of the Ochlocknee Association situated between the Alapaha and Flint River to instruct them on their duties and responsibilities to the Association. That year L. J. Knight supported the founding of the State Rights Party of Georgia. The party had been launched by prominent Georgia political leaders including John M. Berrien, for whom Berrien County would later be named.
The jurors of the 1833 Grand Jury came to Franklinville by horseback, sulky or wagon, over rude and uncomfortable stage roads described as among the worst in the state by Charles Joseph La Trobe. La Trobe, an English traveler and writer, in 1833 rode from Tallahassee, FL to Milledgeville, GA via the weekly stagecoach.
Franklinville, "At its best, it could only boast one store and three or four families and the court house. The court house was built there in 1828-29, and was a small crude affair, costing only $215.00." According to Huxford's Sketch of the Early History of Lowndes County, Georgia, Franklinville was a small trading community of one or two stores and a few houses. Hamilton W. Sharpe, another prominent Whig of Lowndes County, regarded Franklinville a place of intemperance. William Smith, who served as clerk of the court, postmaster, and Ordinary of Lowndes County, was one of the few permanent residents of the town. Attorney John J. Underwood was also a resident of the town and owned several town lots. Henry Blair, who was sheriff of Lowndes County, held the Sheriff's auctions in front of the old courthouse at Franklinville.
PRESENTMENTS Of the Grand Jury for the County of Lowndes, at May Term, 1833. WE, the Grand Jury, selected and sworn for the county of Lowndes, do present as a grievance, the conduct of James Touchstone, for frequent and repeated over charges in setting persons over the river at his ferry on the Alapahaw, in the county aforesaid.—Witness, William Roberts, Isben Giddens and Benjamin Sirman. And taking into consideration the badness of the roads, do earnestly and respectfully recommend to the honorable Inferior court, to use all diligence in enforcing the road laws for the improvement and keeping in good order our public roads. And also, having performed the duty devolved on us, in the examination of our county records, together with the records of our Poor School fund, find them correctly and neatly kept, and from an expose of the funds by the Treasurer in cash and good notes, find that the amount exhibited corresponds with the books. We cannot take leave of his honor Lott Warren, without tendering our thanks for his strict attention to the business of our county, and for the good order which he has enforced during the present term. Also we tender our thanks to the solicitor, Stephen F. Miller, for his polite attention to our body during the present term. W e request that these our presentments be published in the Milledgeville papers.
WILLIAM BLAIR, Foreman
Jeremiah Wilson,
Jesse Lee,
Nathan Hodges,
James Rountree,
Lewis Blackshear,
Elijah Beasley,
William Alderman,
Jeremiah Tillman,
Simpson Strickland,
William McMullin,
Thomas Self,
Isben Giddens,
Aaron Mattox,
James Wade,
Benjamin Sirman,
John Lawson,
Bani Boyd,
Alexander Campbell,
Francis Jones,
William Hendry,
William Burman, sen.
On motion of Stephen F, Miller, solicitor-general, it is ordered, That the foregoing presentments be published according to the request of the Grand Jury. I do hereby certify that the foregoing is s true copy from the minutes of the Superior Court.
WILLIAM SMITH, Clerk.
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About the Jurors:
Jeremiah Wilson (1795-1877)
Jeremiah Wilson was a son of Captain James Wilson, Revolutionary Soldier and prisoner of war. According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol II, "Jeremiah Wilson, Sr., was born in Ireland. He lived for a while in Effingham county, Georgia, from there coming to the southern part of the state, and locating in that part of Lowndes county that is now included within the limits of Brooks county. The country roundabout was then heavily timbered, with only here and there an open place in which stood the cabin of the pioneer. Game of all kinds filled the forests, and the Indians, which still claimed this land as their happy hunting ground, made frequent raids upon the whites, ofttimes massacring many of the newcomers. [Jeremiah Wilson] was a member of a company formed for defense against the hostile savages, and for services which he rendered in various Indian warfares was granted two lots of land. The tracts which he selected for his own were in that part of Lowndes county now included in Brooks county, one lying six miles north of Quitman, and the other four miles to the northwest. He located on the latter tract, the removal from Walton county being made with teams, the only mode of transportation in those early days, before railroads were dreamed of. Clearing a space, he erected a log house, splitting puncheon for the floors, and riving shakes for the roofs. He was a well educated man, and did much of the surveying of public lands. In 1858 he surveyed and platted the town of Quitman. A successful agriculturist, he carried on general farming with the help of slaves, continuing to reside on his farm until his death at the age of seventy-two years." He married twice, first to Elizabeth Lucas about 1818 in Effingham County, GA, and second to Betty Lucas. The New Wilson Papers adds the following: " Following his marriage to Elizabeth Lucas, he moved his family to Walton County, GA; then about 1831, relocated to Lowndes County, GA. It is reported that he was also a civil engineer and well educated. He played the violin and was great lover of music. He also was a great fighter and never missed the opportunity for a good fight. He served in the Mexican War [1846-48]… Jeremiah was planter and slave-owner. In the 1850 Census of Lowndes County,GA he was recorded to own 10 slaves. …[He] was County Surveyor of Brooks County, and helped survey the Florida-Georgia line [1857] He owned 300 acres of land on Lot #439 in the 12th District of Lowndes, which was seized by the Lowndes Superior Court and sold at auction on the courthouse steps at Troupville in 1849 to satisfy debts owed to James W. Smith and Samuel M. Clyatt. In 1859, he laid out the city of Quitman, the county seat of Brooks County. His wife Elizabeth (nee Lucas) was blind for twenty years, but recovered her sight a short time before her death. She thereby had the pleasure of seeing her children and grandchildren. Jeremiah Wilson was a prominent Democrat of Lowndes County. He died in 1877.
Jesse Lee (1780-1853)
According to Folks Huxford, Jesse Lee was born in Marion District, SC, in 1780, son of Moses Lee. He was a brother of Joshua Lee, who about 1830 dammed the northern outflow of Grand Bay, and constructed a grist mill at Allapaha, GA (now Lakeland),GA. Jesse Lee and his wife, Sarah, had five known children (perhaps others): John Lee, born 1808, married Elenor Wetherington; Moses C. Lee, born 1814, married Jincy Register; Aseneth Lee, born 1820, first married Samuel E. Register; Elizabeth Lee, born 1825, married William D. Wilkerson; Winnifred Lee, born 1827, married John Studstill. Record is found in Marion County, S. C., of deed from Mr. Lee joined by his wife Sarah, to Malcolm McIntyre, dated July 30, 1806, for 100 acres same being a part of a 4434-acre tract granted Moses Lee (Deed book C, page 14, Marion Co.). Two years later they were living in Pulaski County, Ga,, when Mr, Lee and his wife Sarah, were witnesses to a deed dated April 23, 1808, from John Fielder to John Lee, of Laurens County, to Lot 56, 24th District (Pulaski County deed book A, page 3). In the War of 1812, Jesse Lee served as a private under Capt. Fort in a detachment of Georgia militia stationed at Forts Mitchell and Green on the Ocmulgee River in Pulaski County. His brother, Joshua served as a captain at Fort Green. Jesse and Joshua Lee moved their families to Appling County about 1819, and a few years later they moved to the Tiger Swamp area of Hamilton County, FL., just south of present day Jasper, FL. There, Jesse and Sarah Lee were charter members in the organization of The Baptist Church of Christ Concord which was constituted June 9,1832 as an 'arm' of the primitive baptist Union Church of Lowndes County, GA. Shortly thereafter, the Lees moved to Lowndes County, GA, settling in the portion now Lanier County. There Jesse Lee died in 1853, and on May 2, 1853, his son, Moses C. Lee, and son-in-law, Samuel E. Register, applied for administration of his estate; they were appointed, and administered the estate. Mrs. Lee died about 1848. They were buried in the cemetery at Union Church; graves unmarked.
Nathan Hodges
Nathan Hodges came to Lowndes County, GA about 1828. He was a veteran of the War of 1812, having served in the local Tattnall County Militia. According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, Vol II, "Nathan Hodges was, so far as known, a native Georgian, and about 1828 moved from Tattnall county to Lowndes county, settling some five miles south of the present site of Hahira. Lowndes county then comprised a much greater territory than at present, with Franklinville the county seat, which was subsequently transferred to Troupville. Nearly all the land was under state ownership, and directly from the commonwealth Grandfather Hodges bought a lot of four hundred and ninety acres, nearly all timber. [The 1835 Tax Digest for Lowndes County shows the property owned by Nathan Hodges, being all of Lot #85 in the 12th District of old Irwin County, was originally granted to his brother, William Hodges. Some say Nathan purchased his Lowndes County homestead from William on October 13, 1827.] His family were sheltered under tents while he was erecting the first log-cabin home. For many miles around no mills had yet been built. He had brought with him a steel mill, operated by hand, for grinding grain, and this became such an institution that the neighbors brought their packs of corn long distances to be ground into meal. The date of the Hodges settlement was also several years previous to the final expulsion of the Florida Indians, and it was a not infrequent occurrence that marauding bands crossed the border and disturbed the south Georgians. A log fort stood on the grandfather's place during these years, and it several times sheltered the inhabitants of this vicinity while hostile redskins were near. On this old homestead the grandfather and his wife spent their last years. They reared eight children, three sons and five daughters, namely: John, Daniel, Aleck, Elsie, Eliza, Caroline, Maria and Polly.
James Rountree (1787-1834)
James Rountree, it is said, was the first pioneer settler to build a house in Lowndes County, GA. The History of Lowndes County, GA reports that in 1821, the four settlers returned to that section of Irwin soon to be cut into Lowndes County. Sections in the north of old Irwin County had been settled and several counties had been laid out. The families of James Rountree, Drew Vickers, Alfred Belote, and Lawrence Folsom and their African-American slaves were the first pioneer families to settle in the original county of Lowndes after moving there in the winter of 1821-1822. James Rountree was murdered in 1834 while returning home from the coast of the Florida Territory where he had gone to fetch salt.
Lewis Blackshear (1805-1880?)
A pioneer land owner of old Lowndes County, arrived in the county prior to 1827. He was a fortunate drawer in the Georgia Land Lottery of 1827, drawing a lot in Muscogee County. By the opening of the Second Seminole War in December 1835, he owned 980 acres of pineland on Lots 250 and 257 in the 12th Land District, Captain Godwin's District of Lowndes County. Lewis Blackshear appears on the 1836 militia roster of men living in the 660th Georgia militia district (the Morven District, Lowndes County); organized under Captain William G. Hall, this company of men was not in active service in the war. Moved to Alachua County, FL some time before 1850, and later to Volusia County, FL.
Elijah Beasley (1775-1863?)
a pioneer land owner of Wiregrass Georgia. In 1820, Elijah Beasley, Rebecca Burnett Beasley and their family were residents of that part of Irwin County, GA which was cut into Lowndes in 1825 and later cut into Brooks County. Irwin county court records show in 1821, Elijah Beasley served on the Grand Jury of Irwin County, which returned a presentment against Isham Jordan for adultery and fornication. In 1822, Elijah Beasley put up the surety bond in Irwin County for Robert H. Dixon, administrator for the estate of Moses Jurnigan. That year, 1822, Beasley also served as a Justice of the Inferior Court of Irwin County, GA. In the Act of the Georgia Assembly that created Lowndes County, Elijah Beasley was appointed as one of the commissioners charged with selecting a county site for the old Irwin County. The 1830 census places the Beasleys in Lowndes County. In the newly created Lowndes County, Elijah Beasley was enumerated adjacent to many others of his wife's Burnett family connections. Tax digests from that year show Elijah Beasley owned Lot 267 in the 12th District, Captain Pikes District (then Lowndes County, now Brooks), and he also paid taxes in Irwin County.
William Alderman,
From Lowndes County militia rosters, it appears that William Alderman was living in the 660th Georgia militia district (the Morven District) at the opening of the Second Seminole War in December 1835. When Governor William Schley called for the formation of general militia companies in Wiregrass Georgia, William Alderman and 89 other men of the 660th district were organized under Captain William G. Hall. Hall's unit was not in active service.
Jeremiah Tillman,
According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, "Jeremiah Tillman, a native of South Carolina, was there a resident when the War of 1812 was declared. Enlisting as a soldier, he came with his regiment to Georgia, where he was stationed until receiving his honorable discharge at the close of the conflict in Savannah. Being then joined by his family, he lived for awhile in Ware county, Georgia, subsequently becoming one of the original householders of that part of Irwin county now included within the limits of Colquitt county. Buying a tract of wooded land, he cleared a portion of it, and was there industriously employed in tilling the soil until his death, at the age of seventy-five years. To him and his wife, whose maiden name was Dicey Brown, six children were born and reared." Jeremiah Tillman and Dicy Brown had the following children: Ruth Tillman, born 1789, married James M Norman; John Tillman, born 1798, married Sarah Mercer; Joshua Tillman, born 1800, married Mary Baker; Dicy Tillman, born 1808, married David Edmondson; Zilpha Tillman, born 1810, married Absalom Baker. Jeremiah's homesite was located in the area of Lowndes County, GA which in 1856 was cut into Colquitt County. According to Folks Huxford, Jeremiah Tillman and wife Dicy Brown Tillman were buried at Old Hopewell Church, southeast of Moultrie. In the 1850 Census, Jeremiah Tillman was assessed with three slaves, one male age 19, one female age 17, and one female age 14.
Simpson Strickland (1806-1870?)
Simpson Strickland, was born about 1806, a son of Archibald and Luander Strickland, of Tatnall County, GA. His father, Archibald Strickland, fought with the 3rd Regiment (Wimberly's Regiment), Georgia Militia, in the War of 1812. Simpson Strickland came with his parents and others of the Strickland family connection to Lowndes County, GA sometime berween 1820 and 1826. His parents, Archibald and Luander Strickland, were organizing members of Bethel Primitive Baptist Church, September 2, 1826. William A. Knight was a deacon of this church; Matthew Albriton was an organizing Elder and later served as pastor; Redden Wooten was also an organizing member. In 1829, Simpson Strickland married Mary Wooten (1811-1851) in Lowndes County, GA. She was a daughter of Redden Wooten; two of her sisters were married to Morgan Swain and Lasa Adams. In 1832, his father Archibald Strickland was a lucky drawer in the Cherokee Land Lottery. Simpson Strickland's brother, Simeon Strickland, was married to Elizabeth Lydia Knight, daughter of Jonathan Knight and cousin of Levi J. Knight. Simpson Strickland in an 1850 Census, was recorded as owning three slaves, one female age 21, one female age 5, one male age 4, and one female age 1. By 1860 Strickland had developed his farm into 140 acres of improved land and 440 acres unimproved. The farm was valued at $2000. He had $200 in farm implements, 1 horse, 8 milch cows, 12 other cattle, and 45 hogs.All told his livestock was valued at $315 dollars. He had 700 bushels of Indian corn, and 8 bales of cotton at 400 pounds each. He had 20 bushels of peas and beans, 400 bushels of sweet potatoes, 30 pounds of butter, 120 gallons of molasses.
William McMullin
William McMullin came to Lowndes County in 1827. In 1830 he paid the poll tax in Lowndes County and the tax on 8 slaves. He owned 830 acres of pinelands and 150 acres of hardwood on lots 45, 46, and 47 in the 15th land district in Lowndes County, and a total of 740 acres in Thomas and Habersham counties. William McMullin appears on the 1836 militia roster of men living in the 659th Georgia militia district (the Nankin District, Lowndes County); organized under Captain Osteen, this company of men was not in active service in the war.
Thomas Self, (1777-1860)
Thomas Selph, son of Ezekiel Selph and Amy Jernigan, born in NC, moved to Bullock County, GA, to Telfair County, GA, and then to Lowndes County, GA some time between 1825 and 1830. His old home site on Mule Creek, near Barwick, GA was cut from Lowndes into Thomas County in 1850, and then cut into Brooks County, GA in 1858. He died in 1860 near Barwick, GA and is said to be buried at Harmony Primitive Baptist Church cemetery, Brooks County, GA. His will was the 42nd will to be probated in Thomas County.
Isben Giddens, (1788-1853)
Son-in-law of William Anderson Knight and one of the orginal settlers of old Lowndes County. Isben Giddens and his son, William Giddens, both served in the Lowndes County Militia during the Indian Wars of 1836-1838, under the command of Captain Levi J. Knight. Buried at Union Primitive Baptist Church, Lakeland, GA.
Aaron Mattox, (1778-1860)
Aaron Mattox was a farmer of old Lowndes County, GA. His farm place was in present day Berrien County near Ten Mile Creek. He was the father of Samuel Mattox who would be hanged for murder in 1843.
James Wade
James Wade, Soldier, McCraney's, Lowndes County, GA was one of the lucky drawers in the 1832 Cherokee Land Lottery. The 1830 Lowndes County Tax Digest shows James Wade owned 980 acres of pineland on lots 13 and 296 in the 9th District of Lowndes, 490 acres of pineland on lot 203 in the 5th District of Appling County, and one slave. He also served on the June 1845 term of the Lowndes County Grand Jury. He was one of the Commissioners appointed by the Georgia legislature in 1834 "to contract for and cause to be built in the county of Lowndes a suitable Court-house and Jail."
Benjamin Sirman (1792-1863)
Benjamin Sirmans was born in Emanuel County, GA February 6, 1792, a son of Josiah Sirmans. He was married in July 1814, in Emanuel County, to Martha Johnson, daughter of David Johnson, Sr., and a sister to General David Johnson. He came to this section with his father about 1822. The children of Benjamin Sirmans and Martha Johnson Sirmans were: David J. Sirmans; Josiah Sirmans, Jr.; Ezekiel J. Sirmans; Cassie Sirmans, married John Smith; Lavinia Sirmans, married Aaron Tomlinson; Martha Sirmans, married Elihu Morgan; Lucretia Sirmans, married Charles Strickland; Benjamin E. Sirmans; Lyman A. Sirmans; and Levi J. Sirmans. On June 15, 1838 he served on Lowndes county Committee of Vigilance and Safety petitioning the governor for supplies and monies to support troops and militia to protect against Creek Indian attacks east of the Alapaha River in Lowndes County. Later that month, Benjamin Sirmans was appointed the first postmaster of the bustling trade center at Allapaha (now Lakeland, GA). Ten miles east of Levi J. Knight's farm, Allapaha was situated at the point where the Franklinville-Jacksonville Post Road crossed the Alapaha River. He united with Union Primitive Baptist Church, September 9, 1848, and was baptized. His wife had previously united with the church December 11, 1841, and was baptized and died a member. He was granted a letter of dismission on February 8, 1862. In February, 1850, a legislative act creating Clinch County named Mr. Sirmans as one of the five commissioners to 'lay out and organize' the new county. Benjamin Sirmans represented Lowndes County in the legislature several years and served one term as State senator from Clinch County. He was also a delegate to the secession convention in Milledgeville in 1861. He died May 1, 1863, and is buried at the Fender graveyard. His wife preceded him to the grave by about seven years.
John Lawson (1783-c.1870)
According to A History of Savannah and South Georgia, John Lawson was born and raised in North Carolina. He "came when young to Georgia, traveling thither in his own conveyance. He located first in Laurens county, later coming south, and settling in that part of Irwin county which was subsequently converted into Lowndes county, and now forms a part of Brooks county. Purchasing land in the part now included in the Barney district, he began the improvement of a homestead. The wild and heavily wooded country roundabout was habited by wild animals of many kinds, and Indians were still numerous and troublesome. He began the pioneer labor of clearing the land, and raised his first crop on soil that had previously been used for the same purpose by the redskins. There being no railways in this vicinity for years after he came to Georgia, all surplus productions of the land had to be hauled to either Saint Marys, Georgia, or to Newport, on the Tallahassee, the general custom of marketing the goods being for a few of the neighbors to combine, and start with a number of teams loaded with produce, taking along with them provisions and cooking utensils, and camp by the way, on the return trip bringing home the household supplies needed. Having improved quite a tract of land, John Lawson occupied it several years, but later in life removed to Colquitt county, where he spent his declining days, passing away at the age of eighty-seven years. His wife, whose maiden name was Rachael Green, was born in North Carolina, and died, at a good old age, in Colquitt county. They reared four children, as follows: Eliza Lawson, Ashley Lawson, Greene Lawson, and Daniel Lawson."
Bani Boyd (1789-1854)
Bani Boyd was a son of Sarah Dabney and David Boyd, Revolutionary Soldier, born about 1789 in Montgomery County, GA. On February 3, 1811 Bani Boyd married Nancy Bird Bowen in Tatnall County, GA. In the War of 1812 he served in the Georgia Militia, Bowling's Detachment guarding the Georgia coast. After his first wife died around 1820, Bani Boyd married Sarah Collins. Around 1828, Bani Boyd and his son, Henry Boyd, moved their families from Tatnall County to Old Lowndes County, where they established homesteads in that portion of the 10th land district which in 1856 was cut into Berrien County. It appears that Bani's brother, Aden Boyd, brought his family to Lowndes from Ware County about this same time and settled in the same area. The 1844 tax digest of Lowndes County shows Bani Boyd owned 10 slaves and 1,960 acres of pinelands in the 11th Land District.
Alexander Campbell (1777-1875)
According to Folks Huxford, Alexander Campbell and his wife Flora Morrison were both born on the Isle of Skye, Scotland in 1777 and 1783 respectively. As children they came to America with their parents on the same ship following the Revolutionary War, arriving in 1788, the same year the Constitution of the United States was ratified. The Campbell and Morrison families settled in the Wilmington, Brunswick area of North Carolina where Alexander and Flora grew up. Some time between 1795 and 1810 they were married. Alex and Flora moved west from Wilmington and settled in Richmond County, NC. The first three of their children were born in Richmond County. With the declaration of the War of 1812, Alexander Campbell registered as a British subject in the United States, as required by law. About 1815 Alexander and Flora moved their family to Telfair County, GA where they appear in the census of 1820. They lived there until 1827 when they moved their family down the Coffee Road to Lowndes County, Georgia and settled in the country outside of a settlement known then as Sharpe's Store but now is Morven, Georgia. In 1829 Alexander's father and mother, John Campbell and Katherine Gillis Campbell, followed them to Morven; John Campbell died that same year. At Morven, they raised their children and developed a fine plantation. Their firstborn son, Norman Campbell, became a postmaster and tax collector in Lowndes County. Alexander and Flora Campbell were liberal supporters of the nearby Mount Zion Camp-meeting which was started up the year they came to Lowndes, with Reverend Josiah Evans as the first circuit-riding minister. Originally Presbyterians, they united with the Methodist Church at the Camp Ground and continued in that faith until their deaths. The Methodist circuit-rider and other ministers always found a room prepared and waiting for them in the Campbell home. Alexander died in 1875, Flora in 1882. They were buried in the Mount Zion Camp Ground Cemetery at Morven, GA.
Francis Jones (1792-1849)
Major Francis Jones apparently came to the section of Lowndes County now known as Kinderlou sometime before 1826. He was the eldest son of James Jones (1764-1824) and Elizabeth "Betsy" Mills Jones, born January 27, 1792, in Bulloch County, Georgia. His father, James Jones, was a veteran of the American Revolution, having served as a private in the Georgia Line. Francis Jones and his mother were the administrators of his father's large estate in Bulloch County. He was also one of the executors of his deceased uncle, Matthew Jones, in Tattnall County. Shortly after his father's death, Francis Jones relocated to Lowndes county with his widowed mother, his brother Berry Jones, and others of the Jones family connection. On March 26, 1826 Francis Jones married Rachel Inman Spain. She was the widow of Levi Spain and daughter of Daniel Shadrack Inman (1771-1837), Revolutionary soldier of Burke County. She had come from the Carolinas to Lowndes County with her son, John William Spain, and his wife Elizabeth Young Spain. John William Spain acquired 25,000 acres of land and built a house called Forest Hills overlooking the Withlacoochee River. Francis Jones was a man of great wealth, and joined with his stepson, they soon acquired many more substantial land holdings in that section. He owned a number of plantations and many slaves and cattle. Major Francis Jones undertook the construction of a beautiful southern mansion (later known as Eudora) for his wife Rachel about 3 miles up the road from Forest Hills. Whether the Jones ever occupied the house is not known; he died before it was completed. Francis Jones served as a Justice of Lowndes Inferior Court from 1845 until his death, December 24, 1849. He left a nuncupative (verbal) will which was probated in Thomas County. He named Mitchell B. Jones as Executor and divised his large estate to his wife, Rachel, and to his brothers and sisters, viz: Mrs. Lavinia Young, Matthew Jones, Berry M. Jones, Thomas Jones, Mitchell Brady Jones, Mrs. Elizabeth "Betsy" Jones Winn and Mrs. Harriet Jones Blackshear. Francis Jones was buried at the Forest Hill Plantation of his stepson John William Spain. His widow, Rachel Inman Spain Jones, died at the home of her son, John W. Spain, in Brooks County, in 1862.
William Hendry (1783-1840)
William Hendry, third son of Robert Hendry , and Ann Lee Hendry, was born in New Hanover County, NC, Feb. 12, 1783. His father, a native of Isle of Arran, Scotland came to America about 1770-5; he served in the Revolutionary War under "Light Horse Harry" Lee and was at Yorktown at Cornwallis' surrender. William came with his parents to Liberty County, GA and there married December 7, 1807 to Nancy McFail, sister to Catherine, wife of his brother John Hendry … On 28 August 1807, he was commissioned as Ensign of the 17th District of Liberty County...He served as 2nd Lieutenant in Captain Robert Quarterman's Company, 2nd Regiment, Georgia Militia, in the War of 1812. In 1825 he was named a Justice of the Peace in the 17th District of Liberty County. Shortly thereafter the family moved to Lowndes now Brooks County, and settled in the vicinity of the Coffee Road crossing over Mule Creek, about midway between present Pavo and Quitman, GA and about 20 miles west of Troupville, GA. William Hendry was one of the prominent citizens of Lowndes County in his day…his upright and godly life and character has been handed down, by word of mouth, to the present generation… The Hendrys seem to have had skill building and operating mills in Liberty County and again on Mule Creek in his new home. He erected the first water driven mill in this part of Georgia. He engaged in farming and milling the rest of his life… William Hendry fought in the Indian Wars in 1836 and participated in the Battle of Brushy Creek. He was a member of the Methodist Church and was one of the leading spirits in establishing Mount Zion Camp Ground in 1828. He was named a Camp Ground Trustee in both the Act of Incorporation and the deed conveying the campground property. He was also named by the General Assembly December 28, 1835 as one of the Commissioners to locate the county-site of Lowndes County. He died on his plantation near Mule Creek in western Lowndes County on June 6, 1840, in a typhoid epidemic which took the life of his wife and a son, Eli H. Hendry. He and his wife were buried on Mule Creek. James E. Hendry and William H. Hendry were appointed administrators of his estate. All of his livestock, furniture and other "perishable possessions" were sold at auction.
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This episode had a huge Aliens feel. I was waiting for a clone to break down and say "game over man, game over".
Weird episode... I liked the explanation for the zombies though. It deviates somewhat from established EU (again) on the birthing process of Geonosians though... at least it seemed to.Definitely weird though. Better than last week's episode by a mile though and it makes one wonder just how Poggle escapes eventually.
That's not entirely true though... The CW storylines aren't (at least not all of them, or even most) written by GL, even the movie. GL has input, but he has had input into other EU as well... He's had input on novels. He had input on Zahn's Trilogy when it was being written because he didn't want certain things set up as they were due to starting his filming. The majority is left to others to do though, and Dave Filloni's the guy doing most of the decision making on Clone Wars 3D, and he's trusted to do so. That's why he has the whole "Plo Kool" stamp and stuff.We've been over the whole "EU" topic again and again, but Lucasfilm's OWN stance is that the films are the only "canon" for lack of a better term... This includes the novelization of Star Wars, partially written by George Lucas, but the films trumped that obviously and it has inconsistancies. The only changes they've really made are that they don't like calling it continuity now I guess, and rather just call it another level of canon. It's basically the same though. Till they decide to change that stance though, then CW isn't being written and run entirely by Lucas himself, and it's not considered part of the 6 film saga, so it's still EU by LFL's definition. I don't recall having seen anything saying Lucas was writing the stories for Clone Wars 3D though. That makes me wanna check the DVD more closely now, haha... He's got input for sure, perhaps a lot more interest in it as well, and the things he personally approves could be considered as canon as the films, but who knows what all he approves and what he does not? Hell, the original CW3D storyline was turned into a movie because Lucas saw it after it was either written or maybe roughly finished, and thought it'd make a good feature film launch rather than just television (you can even tell where episode breaks were if you're paying attention when watching the film). There was even an interview with Lucas somewhere, where he said the stories of the Clone Wars didn't particularly interest him as much as they did everyone else, and that he really felt their story could be told better through other media (this was before the CW3D toon was announced though, probably during AOTC?) then because to him the Clone Wars were just a plot device about the story he wanted to tell (skywalkers), and so he was leaving it up to the other portions of his company to hash it out. I'm not saying anything BAD about Clone Wars, by the way, I'm just saying what Lucasfilm has put out there as their standards of canon and official continuity... They're clear, it's not foggy or anything, and the CW3D series doesn't fall under their standards of canon... When people are really into something I think they're quick to accept it as superior to other EU stuff to a degree, but ultimately it's all the same stuff in different forms of media... Lucas's word is the gospel above all, but ultimately Clone Wars3D is "approved" just like Splinter of the Mind's Eye or a wealth of other materials. I'm not mad at them when they dump on EU that's already established, I just think the writers could conjure up a little more correllation with the EU. It'd be neat to me to see CW-era EU characters (other than Assajj) show up even, but it doesn't appear to be a priority or anything. I'd like seeing some ARC Troopers though or something.I've posted this before, but you need to read this interview: http://theforce.net/jedicouncil/interview/henrygilroyanddavefiloni.aspCW is not EU. All season 2 (and last half of season 1) stories came straight from George, and he has day-to-day involvement in all aspects of the show. Lucasfilm productions = canonothers: Darkhorse, Marvel, etc = EU.
So when exactly do the new episodes for Season 2 start again? Thanks!
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I acquired this recipe right after I got married (at least 100 years ago) from my mother-in-law.
You will need 3 eggs, 1/2 cup butter, 3/4 cup milk, 1/2 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon yeast, 1/4 cup wartm water, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 4 1/2 – 5 cups of flour.
Oh my, I almost forgot the yeast. That would have been so bad!
Dissolve 1 tablespoon yeast in 1/4 cup warm water.
The yeast will always be your friend as long as you don't kill it! How do you kill it??
I am using SAF-instant yeast. You can use whatever yeast you have.
In the bowl of a mixer add eggs.
Add the sugar. My granddaughter is helping me out today. She has been coloring with permanent markers as you can see. She isn't allowed to color with permanent markers. She told me that when I gave them to her. Whatever! Today she can!
Add the salt.
Mix the eggs, sugar and salt together quiet well. I just let the mixer keep running on low at this point. You can turn it off if you want.
In a small saucepan, melt the butter.
When the butter has completely melted and the butter starts to bubble, add the milk all at once. Then immediately take off the heat. You don't want to get the milk, butter mixture too hot because it will cook the eggs AND kill the yeast.
With the mixer on low, add the milk and butter mixture.
Mix well.
Add the dissolved yeast.
Mix again.
Add the flour 1 cup at a time.
Mix well after each addition.
When you add the fourth cup of flour, let the mixer run for about 3-5 minutes. Now I determine just how much more flour I will add. NEVER let me repeat NEVER add more than 5 cups of flour. In fact, I rarely add more than 4 1/2 cups of flour. You don't want to dough to be stiff. It needs to be very sticky.
One good way to tell if you have added enough flour is to look at the sides of the bowl. Add flour just until the dough starts to pull away from the sides. Remember the dough is very sticky.
I use a dough scraper to scrape the dough from the sides of the bowl and to form a ball of dough.
Here you can see how sticky the dough is.
Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate the dough overnight.
The following day, about 3-4 hours before you want the rolls cooked, remove the dough from the refrigerator. The dough will have risen slightly. Not quiet doubled in size, but close.
You will now need 6 tablespoons of butter.
Melt the butter.
Remove the dough from the bowl onto a lightly floured surface.
Divide the dough into two equal pieces.
Shape each half into a ball of dough.
Roll the dough out into a large 14-inch circle.
Pour 1/2 of the melted butter into the middle of the circle of dough.
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Spread the butter to within an inch of the edge.
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Consider what Hurricane Katrina did to New Orleans, and you get an idea of the consequences of a cyberattack on critical U.S. infrastructure: No electricity. No water. No transportation. Terrorists or enemy adversaries with computer skills could conceivably take down a power grid, a nuclear station, a water treatment center or a chemical manufacturing plant.
The prospect of such a paralyzing strike has convinced U.S. security officials and members of Congress that a new law may be needed to promote improved cyberdefenses at critical facilities around the country. Progress on that legislation, however, has been slowed by a debate over whether new cybersecurity measures should be mandated or merely encouraged.
The proposal that has received the most attention, sponsored by Sens. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., Susan Collins, R-Maine, and others, would require owners and operators of critical infrastructure assets to notify the Department of Homeland Security of any and all cyber intrusions into their operating systems. Currently, such reporting is strictly voluntary, and security experts say only a fraction of the incidents come to the government's attention.
The Lieberman-Collins initiative would also establish baseline cybersecurity standards that all companies in an industrial sector would be required to meet. The legislation, however, has run into stiff opposition from private firms, the Chamber of Commerce and from members of Congress who view it as heavy-handed.
"Unelected bureaucrats at the [Department of Homeland Security] could promulgate prescriptive regulations on American businesses," charges Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., the co-author of an alternative cybersecurity bill that favors voluntary information sharing between the government and private industry.
Advocates of mandatory cybersecurity standards, however, say the owners and operators of critical assets have consistently underestimated their vulnerability to cyberattacks and therefore are unlikely on their own to take the steps necessary to bolster their own defenses, particularly if they cost money.
Many operators, for example, do not realize their industrial controls may be accessible via the Internet.
Awareness Of Weaknesses
Such was the conclusion of Sean McGurk, who visited hundreds of power stations, water-treatment facilities and other critical assets as director of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center at the Department of Homeland Security.
"In every case, we were told that the systems were completely isolated from the enterprise network or the Internet, that there were no direct connections," McGurk recalls. "And in no case has that ever been true. In hundreds of vulnerability assessments, we've always found connections between the equipment on the manufacturing floor and the outside world."
The operating equipment probably lacked online links when designed and installed, but modernization and automation in subsequent years have introduced network connections of which the operators may be unaware. Such connections offer a doorway through which cyberattackers can penetrate an industrial system.
DHS cybersecurity experts such as McGurk (who has since left the government) have so far been handicapped in addressing infrastructure vulnerabilities because nearly 90 percent of the installations are in private hands.
Awareness of those vulnerabilities varies widely among the owners and operators of infrastructure assets, and some are openly skeptical of the need for expensive new security measures.
"There's been an awful lot written about cybersecurity and the threat of it," said Robert Johnston, president and CEO of MEAG Power in Atlanta. "There are a lot of people who want to spend a huge amount of money on something that we have not necessarily identified."
Johnston made his comments last fall in an interview with Energybiz, a business journal.
"Show me an event where we've lost systems due to cyberterrorism," he said. "I'm not aware of one."
'A Window Of Opportunity'
Security experts argue, however, that the example of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, shows that preparations for a terrorist attack must be made ahead of time.
"If terrorist groups were able to acquire these destructive cyber capabilities, I think we should fear greatly that they would use them," says William Lynn, until recently the deputy U.S. secretary of defense. "The capabilities are not yet in the hands of the most malicious actors, so we have a window of opportunity to improve our defenses.
"We don't know exactly how long that window of opportunity is, but I think we should feel a strong need to improve our defenses before that happens."
The debate over whether to establish compulsory or voluntary cybersecurity standards has led to competing legislative proposals on Capitol Hill. Rep. James Langevin, D-R.I., for example, is pushing to increase the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to monitor cybersecurity in the U.S. power grid.
At present, FERC only has the power to approve or reject proposals initiated by power companies.
"I'd like to see that change," Langevin says, "so that when you have actionable intelligence that suggests a vulnerability exists and needs to be closed, FERC as the regulating entity has the authority to do that."
McCain and other Republican lawmakers have vigorously opposed such changes, saying industry is already overregulated and that new restrictions would hurt business.
"The regulations [under consideration] would stymie job creation, blur the definition of private property rights, and divert resources from actual cybersecurity to compliance with government mandates," McCain argued during a recent congressional hearing on proposed legislation.
Profits Over Public Safety?
Langevin and others have countered that private owners and operators may need to be forced to improve their cybersecurity for the general good.
"I would assess that the owners and operators of critical infrastructure have employed a minimum level of security because employing more robust cybersecurity would cost money and affect the bottom line," Langevin says. "They're putting profits ahead of public safety, in my opinion."
The wrangling over cybersecurity, however, is not strictly partisan. Among the advocates of tough, compulsory measures are several former Bush administration officials, including Michael Chertoff, a former secretary of Homeland Security, and Michael McConnell, a former director of National Intelligence, as well as FBI Director Robert Mueller, who has served under both Presidents Obama and Bush.
McConnell is especially dismissive of the argument that the mandatory cybersecurity measures being proposed would be anti-business.
"You got the same argument with virtually everything from seat belts to safety devices in electrical equipment," he says. "If you're out competing, and the competition is tough, you don't want to add any cost to your process, so your natural response to any regulatory talk is, 'It's more burden, and it's not worth it, and it would put me at a competitive disadvantage.' "
Though McConnell calls himself "a free-market advocate," he argues that more government regulation is sometimes needed, including in the cyber domain.
"This threat is so intrusive, it's so serious," he says. "If we don't address it, it's going to have a severe impact. I think we have no choice but to address it, and some of that process will be regulatory."
Still, some compromise will be necessary if new cybersecurity legislation is to be approved, and any final bill will undoubtedly promote some kind of government-industry partnership.
McGurk, who is now in private business helping firms address their cybersecurity problems, says such cooperative efforts are essential.
"With very limited exceptions, the skills necessary to secure water companies and power companies and chemical companies and nuclear facilities are nowhere available in the federal government," he says. "They reside in the private sector, with the asset owners and operators."
American companies may soon face new pressure to guard themselves against cyber attacks. The Senate will soon consider cybersecurity legislation. Lawmakers are asking how to protect our power plants, our water supply, the transportation grid, and other facilities on which our lives depend. It turns out that computer criminals could conceivably hack into those systems and shut them down with disastrous consequences. But the question is whether the owners of those facilities should be required by law to improve their defenses.
NPR's Tom Gjelten is here with us this morning to talk about this. Hi, Tom.
TOM GJELTEN, BYLINE: Good morning, Steve.
INSKEEP: OK. So, what would it be like if hackers were to shut down one of those systems I just described, like the power grid?
GJELTEN: Think Hurricane Katrina. That's a good analogy. No electricity, no communication, no safe water, no transportation. And like a hurricane, you're hit without warning, no time to prepare. It would be a disaster.
INSKEEP: And you don't realize how much you need these things until you would lose them. But what's the scenario under which somebody would actually do that?
GJELTEN: Well, it could happen during an all-out cyber war. Or it could be an act of cyber terrorism. Now, right now a cyber war is hard to imagine. I talked about this with Bill Lynn, who until recently was the number two at the Pentagon. He's one of the people who has thought the most about these issues. He says a cyber war attack on the U.S. right now is no more likely than a missile attack, because any country that would do something like that knows it would be hit right back. The greater danger, he says, would come from terrorist groups, they're harder to deter.
BILL LYNN: If terrorist groups were able to acquire these destructive cyber capabilities, I think we should fear greatly that they would use them, because there's nothing to hold them back.
GJELTEN: Now in Lynn's view, there are terrorist groups that would love to carry out an attack like this right now, but he doesn't think they have the capability to do it yet.
LYNN: So we have an opportunity, we have a window of opportunity, to improve our defenses. We don't know exactly how long that window of opportunity is, but I think we should feel a strong need to improve our defenses before that happens.
GJELTEN: And that's the situation. And, Steve, defenses have to be improved, because the companies that operate power plants and water systems right now are not that well prepared to cope with a cyber attack.
INSKEEP: Why would they not be more than a decade after 9/11?
GJELTEN: Well, Steve, remember that computer hackers generally work through the Internet - not always, but generally. As long as the equipment operating these facilities was isolated from the Internet, they were somewhat protected from hackers. But as these systems have been modernized, inevitably there are points where they have some online link. And each of those points is a doorway through which cyber attackers can sneak into the system.
Sean McGurk used to go out and do what he calls vulnerability assessments of these facilities for the Department of Homeland Security. Over and over, he says, the operators told him their plants were not connected to the Internet.
SEAN MCGURK: And as I testified before Congress, in no case had that ever been true. In hundreds of vulnerability assessments, we've always found connections between the equipment on the manufacturing floor and the outside world.
INSKEEP: Former Homeland Security expert there who spoke with NPR's Tom Gjelten, who is in our studios. And, Tom, what he's telling you there is that even the companies themselves do not realize how vulnerable they are.
GJELTEN: Right. And, Steve, remember about 90 percent of these institutions are privately owned. They're outside the government's direct control. And if the owners don't think they're vulnerable to cyber attack, they're less likely to spend the money to bolster their cyber defenses. That's why some folks say legislation is needed, basically, to require them to do certain things.
INSKEEP: To require them to spend the money, because they don't think in their assessment that the risk is worth the cost.
GJELTEN: Let me give you an example. This is the CEO of a power company in Georgia who was interviewed about cybersecurity concerns. Let me read you what he said. These are his words.
(Reading) There's been an awful lot written about cybersecurity and the threat of it. There are a lot of people who want to spend a huge amount of money on something that we have not necessarily identified. Show me an event, he says, where we've lost systems due to cyber terrorism. I'm not aware of one.
Now that's just one CEO. But he illustrates this reluctance to adopt expensive new cybersecurity measures. And it's because of attitudes like that that there's a move in Congress now to boost awareness of cybersecurity problems.
INSKEEP: More than one piece of legislation, if I'm not mistaken. So, what are the key differences, the key approaches, the different approaches to this?
GJELTEN: Mostly it comes down to whether you require companies to improve their cybersecurity or just encourage them. The most prominent bill is sponsored by Senators Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, Susan Collins of Maine, and others. It would require companies to notify the Department of Homeland Security, DHS, of any and all intrusions into their networks.
As of now, they don't have to tell anyone when they've been attacked. It would also establish baseline cybersecurity standards that all companies in a particular sector would be required to meet. But it has run into some strong opposition.
SENATOR JOHN MCCAIN: Unelected bureaucrats at the DHS could promulgate prescriptive regulations on American businesses.
GJELTEN: This is Senator John McCain of Arizona.
MCCAIN: The regulations that would be created under this new authority would stymie job creation, blur the definition of private property rights, and divert resources from actual cybersecurity to compliance with government mandates.
GJELTEN: Senator McCain is reading from a statement there. He has a separate cybersecurity bill that promotes voluntary measures over requirements.
You also have people like Congressman James Langevin of Rhode Island, who has sponsored legislation on the House side similar to the Lieberman-Collins bill. Here's his take on why some companies oppose these requirements to improve their cybersecurity.
REPRESENTATIVE JAMES LANGEVIN: I would assess that the owners and operators of critical infrastructure have employed a minimum level of security because employing more robust cybersecurity would cost money and affect the bottom line. So they're putting profits ahead of public safety, in my opinion.
GJELTEN: It's important to recognize however, that this debate is not playing out on partisan lines. Among the strongest advocates of tough cybersecurity regulations are some national security types who served in the last Bush administration.
Michael Chertoff, the former Secretary of homeland Security, and Michael McConnell, the director of national intelligence under President Bush. McConnell says he's normally a fierce free market advocate, but he says more government regulation is sometimes needed. In this case, the need to improve our cyber-defenses warrants it.
MICHAEL MCCONNELL: This threat is so intrusive, it's so serious, it could literally suck the life's blood out of this country. And if we don't address it, it's going to be a severe impact. And so, I think we have no choice but to address it. And some of that process will be regulatory.
GJELTEN: Regulatory. So, McConnell is on the side favoring a mandatory approach.
INSKEEP: Of course all of this is being considered by the Senate, where things do not necessarily move quickly. What kind of legislation could realistically emerge in the coming weeks?
GJELTEN: Well, there's going to be some compromise between Republican and Democratic proposals. Even the advocates of strict oversight of critical infrastructure recognize there's only so much government can do in this area. The Department of Homeland Security can demand that companies improve their cybersecurity, but it's the companies themselves that know best what measures can be taken and how to take them. They're the ones with the expertise.
So no matter which cybersecurity bill gets passed, our critical infrastructure won't be protected against cyber attack unless the government and private industry find a way to work together.
INSKEEP: Tom, thanks very much.
GJELTEN: Thank you, Steve.
INSKEEP: NPR's Tom Gjelten covers national security issues.
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Joe Biden flung his hands in the air, jerked himself forward, widened his eyes and bared his grin in an animated debate against Congressman Paul Ryan Thursday night that was chronicled across social media in a series of perfectly timed snapshots.
One of the first big Biden smiles emerged about five minutes into the 90-minute debate as Ryan argued that the recent attacks on U.S. diplomatic missions abroad reflected weakness within the Obama administration with respect to foreign policy.
"What we're watching on our TV screens is the unraveling of the Obama foreign policy, which is making the world more chaotic and the world less safe," Ryan said.
Biden bit his lower lip and appeared to be holding in giggles as Ryan finished this thought. His laughter continued as Ryan answered debate moderator Martha Raddatz's follow-up question about Mitt Romney's criticism of the Obama administration the day Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans were killed in Benghazi.
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"On that same day the Obama administration had the exact same position," Ryan said as Biden chuckled and mouthed "That's not true."
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As I flipped the calendar over yesterday, I realised it marks four months belong alcohol free. How time flies! When I shared this milestone with a friend, they asked how I lasted so long without drinking. Fair question, I was KNOWN as a drinker!! So I thought I'd share my ideas with you here, with a hope that maybe it might help others early on their sobriety journeys.
What's worked for me?
The following list (mostly in priority!) describes what I see as the key attributes to making it this far in a heavy drinking culture. I appreciate that what has worked for me won't work for others. But here goes…
- A small circle of support. Without the love and support of my partner and some amazing friends and family members, there's NO WAY I would have made four months! Looking back, I surrounded myself by half a dozen key support people – they had my back. They kept our conversations confidential, they didn't judge me and they were there to share good times. They let me lean on them when the going got tough. I'll always be thankful for their wise words and encouragement.
- Having a plan to please the drinkers. There were MANY social events early on whereby people (mostly the heavy drinkers) would drill me about not drinking. Let's be honest, I was one of those people! I wanted to drink with DRINKERS. Not something I'm proud of, looking back. Here is my blog from those early sober days and my plan for pleasing the drinkers. This post describe how I coped with those awkward situations with as much dignity and grace as I could muster. Don't get me wrong – I made mistakes and may have offended people unintentionally because it was hard to deal with the continued drilling by drunk people. But on the bright side, I quickly learned who my real friends are!
- Knowledge is power – retrain your brain. Consuming as much content as possible to help me retrain the brain after a lifetime of believing drinking 'helps with stress' or 'makes me more fun' etc. Podcasts like Recovery Elevator, online sober bloggers like Dawn and books all help considerably. One of the key resources that enabled me to do this was Annie Grace's This Naked Mind. I explain how it helped me here.
- Experience, experience, experience. The more I attended parties and events where people are drinking, the more I realise that I don't want to do it. The joys of waking up without regrets and without being worried about what I might have said to upset people the night before beats drinking hands down. Last weekend was a great example of this, it was a delight to share how it played out here.
- Finding your tribe. Along the way I have lost some friends (but were they really friends???) which saddens me. But conversely I have made some wonderful new ones! And the existing friendships are now so much more authentic! Quitting drinking has given me so much time to explore new things, it's been an amazing journey. I believe some opportunities have come my way that would not have had I still been the old me. I'm getting into yoga and meditation in a big way. And am generally being a more authentic, happier, healthier version of myself. A friend and I are looking into a yoga retreat in Bali later this year – I will be funding it PURELY with the money I would have spent on wine. Win win!
In closing, these are the main reasons I've made four months alcoholfree. In putting this out there, I hope you might get a few ideas or suggestions to integrate into your own journeys.
Early sobriety is the hardest thing I've ever done.
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Austin Whitney walked on Saturday. No faith healers were involved.
Yet when the paralyzed 22-year-old rose from his wheelchair and stepped across the UC Berkeley commencement stage to shake Chancellor Robert Birgeneau's hand, the crowd of 15,000 at Edwards Stadium went wild with cheers, as if witnessing a miracle.
In a way, they were.
"Ask anybody in a wheelchair; ask what it would mean to once again stand and shake someone's hand while facing them at eye level," Whitney said in anticipation of his momentous day. "It will be surreal, like a dream."
Or like putting on the Iron Man suit and acquiring super powers. A team of UC Berkeley mechanical engineers - four doctoral students led by Professor Homayoon Kazerooni - have been developing a computerized body brace called an exoskeleton they believe will be good enough to transform thousands of wheelchair users into walking people in a couple of years, and for an affordable price.
Whitney, a history and political science major, has worked with the team in their lab for nine months, testing, advising and preparing for the machine's premiere - and his own, as a graduate on two legs.
On Saturday, as more than 2,000 seniors in caps and gowns stood beneath chilly gray skies waiting for their names to be called, Whitney remained behind the stage until nearly all had shaken the chancellor's hand. Then, his yellow history honors ribbon flapping against the exoskeleton strapped around his gown, he wheeled his chair up onto the stage, accompanied by members of the engineering team.
Four years ago, Whitney had no trouble walking across the graduation stage at St. Margaret's Episcopal High School in San Juan Capistrano. He was a straight-A student involved in theater, sports and student government. And he anticipated a carefree summer before heading to UC Santa Barbara in the fall.
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A month later, on July 21, 2007, Whitney shared a few drinks with friends, climbed into his car and drove into a tree.
"I wasn't in pain," he told one of the dozens of high school audiences he visits each year to share his story and show what can happen with drunken drivers. "All I remember was that violent crash that sounds like, you know, the wrinkling of a potato chip bag." A huge photo of Whitney's pancaked blue car serves as the backdrop to his talk.
His spine severed above his hips, Whitney spent 41 days in the hospital feeling "completely, 100 percent, broken down," he told the students.
He worked not only on physical recovery, but on his approach to life. He quit drinking. He decided that attitude trumped all and that even a paralyzing car crash couldn't rob him of control over that.
Ten days after his release from the hospital, Whitney enrolled in community college. He soon transferred to UC Santa Barbara, and then to Berkeley for his sophomore year.
Meanwhile, UC Berkeley engineers had been at work. By the time Whitney arrived on campus in 2008, Kazerooni and his team had been developing robotic exoskeletons for nearly a decade. Their research into smart body frames began as a Defense Department project to find a better way for soldiers to haul heavy loads over long distances, then blossomed into Berkeley Bionics, a company Kazerooni co-founded in 2005.
The potential benefit for people who can't walk became obvious, and last October the company unveiled E-Legs, an exoskeleton to be sold to rehabilitation clinics for around $90,000. Similar systems developed in New Zealand and Israel cost even more.
But the exoskeleton Whitney wore at Saturday's graduation was different. Like the others, it requires the user to walk with crutches or a walker, and to wear a power pack. But the stripped-down, no frills walking machine is expected to cost around $15,000 - about the same as a high-end motorized wheelchair.
"When Austin wants to walk, he asks the system to take a step or stand up or sit down," using a switch on the connected walker or crutches, team member Michael McKinley explains in a video. "That sends a command to the computer, and the computer executes the motion."
Offering feedback
Though Whitney assumed he'd be a passive participant in Kazerooni's Robotics and Human Engineering Laboratory - known as "the Kaz- Lab" - the opposite proved true. The machine now has flatter feet because Whitney found the design unstable. Its crutches have telescoping legs because Whitney showed how users change height when they stand up. And its hand controls have locks now because, he pointed out, unintended movements can lead to falls.
The engineers named their machine "Austin," after Austin Whitney.
"Four years ago, doctors told me I'd never walk again," he said Saturday morning. "I never, ever would've thought I'd walk. It really makes me hesitate to ever use the word 'impossible.' "
Seated on the stage alongside Berkeley dignitaries were Whitney's parents, Jim and Lillian, and his sister Laura, 18.
"We're grateful that the injury that severed his spinal cord did not damage his mind or his own inner self. It's only made him stronger and more determined," Jim Whitney said before the ceremony.
His gratitude extended to Kazerooni and the team of McKinley, Jason Reid, Wayne Tung and Minerva Pillai. "This is going to change the lives of hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions of people around the world," he said.
But on Saturday, all eyes were on his son.
As Whitney rolled onto the stage, the stadium grew quiet. Someone placed the walker in front of him and Whitney grasped the handles, pushed himself into a standing position and pressed a switch.
His right leg moved forward. Then his left. Whitney paused and steadied himself. With an audible click, his right leg took another step. Then his left. One more right. Another left. He was facing the chancellor, eye to eye.
The men shook hands as the audience erupted in cheers. And they hugged, as the announcer called out the final graduate's name.
Austin Whitney.
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