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Sounds like a fabulous weekend! I am jealous, I have to work tomorrow and I have nothing exciting planned for the weekend.ReplyDelete
I don't remember if I was scared of anything strange. I was, however, allergic to elephants and rabbits.. ya I know but I was
Have a great weekend
My granny made me watch America's Most Wanted and there was this lady on there that I was scared of for years after seeing it. Funny thing is, her crime was killing some people while driving drunk...it wasn't like she was a serial killer or anything, but I was convinced she was going to hunt me down since I had seen her on TV.ReplyDelete
I was afraid of something rather strange - tollboth workers. I have no idea where this stemed from. I just know that I thought it was weird to live in a box on the street and collect money. If we were to go through a toll I would hide under seat until we passed.ReplyDelete
@ Loretta - This old woman that used to babysit me as a child used to do the same thing! I hated that show and it would give me nightmares...when my mom came to pick up me I used to run and jump in the van so that nobody snatched me from under the car.
Okay - now that you all know how weird I am!
Have a great Easter and enjoy all that food :)
- Anonymous9 April 2009 at 14:03
Hurray for Easter weekend! We get 4 days off and I am soooo excited!!!ReplyDelete
I was scared of the usual kids' fare: thunder, the dark, and geese. Lol, a group of pissed off geese chased me at the zoo when I was 4 or 5 and I still remember running in sheer terror!! (And I am STILL afraid of them! They're mean and crazy!!)
Have a great Easter weekend!! we are off to Stockholm for the long weekend - can't wait!!ReplyDelete
I was scared of the dark - still am come to think of it. I am something of a coward, so my complete list would be rather long!
I was (and still am) terrified of our swimming pool's Kreepy Krauly (sp?) Horrible rubber sucky thingie. It sends shivers down the ol' spine.ReplyDelete
Anyway, hope you have a fab Easter and that the bunny brings you loads of lovely choccies! :)
Have a wonderful weekend, Brazen!ReplyDelete
Bugs. And dogs. Terrified of both of them as a child. Bugs, still...Dogs, no longer.
I'm glad things are looking up for you for the weekend after such a crappy time yesterday!ReplyDelete
As for childhood fear, I think I've mentioned I was afraid of the Jabberwocky from the Alice in Wonderland "Through the Looking Glass" story. I always thought it would come into my room and come after me!
Sounds like its going to be a good weekend :) hehe, laughed so much about the ninja leaves! you are going to make me develop a fear as well :PReplyDelete
I was TERRIFIED of men. it was hectic. they couldn't really come near me. I even held my breath sometimes when I walked past the more freaky of them.ReplyDelete
No idea why. Always wondered what the root of it was.
haha scaredie cat! nothingness here I come!"ReplyDelete
Ninja leaves? That's outrageous!ReplyDelete
I got the answer right!ReplyDelete
I'm terrified of bees and wasps.
Happy Easter.
Scared of leaves? That... is a really cool fear.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 April 2009 at 17:37
I am jealous of pizza at work. Mmmmm. So hungry!ReplyDelete
I remember I was terrified of storms- much more than the average child. I thought that any time is stormed it was the beginning of a tornado that was going to suck me up. Once, it started to sprinkle and my brother was babysitting me and I fought him to let me leave the house and run to a neighbor's for protection and as a result I ripped one leg of his shorts off.
Yikes. And he is 5 years older than me.
Have a great Easter Weekend:) Today is my last day of the work week too:) yeah for short weeks:) Love your polls;)ReplyDelete
Hmm, my brother used to blow dandelions at me and tell me I would go blind if it got in my eye! That seriously freaked me out.ReplyDelete
4 days off for easter? i want to work where you work!ReplyDelete
I was afraid of the dark as a child and still am to this day. If the trash is full and needs to be taken out and my husband isnt home to do it, I will tie the full bag off, set it aside near the door and put an new bag in the trash can and wait to take out the full bag until the morning. I am also horribly afraid of heights.... sort of. I am fine on mountains and things that are "stable" but get me on a tall bridge or a tall tower? Forget about it! I guess that is how a fear of heights is for a person who grew up in Southern Califonia!ReplyDelete
Clowns scared the crap out of me (long story) and they still do.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous9 April 2009 at 22:17
Ninja leaves? Now that you mention it....they are a bit crazy mad.ReplyDelete
Hmm,I was scared of almost anything as a kid...the dark,spiders,wasps...but wierd..I guess I hated sitting with my back to an open window,it gave me the creeps..silly eh?ReplyDelete
Have a great time!!
- Anonymous10 April 2009 at 22:04
You know that holey thing in the bath for when it's too full, at the top near the tap?ReplyDelete
Yeah I was confinced that there was a monster in there staring at me while I was in there so I always covered it with a face cloth.
I still think the leaves thing is weirder. ;) LOL
Hope you're having a fantastic weekend lovely!
Happy easter to youReplyDelete


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Even well-meaning tourists can stress out penguins.
A new study published in the journal BMC Ecology contrasts with earlier research that concluded tourism had no immediate, negative effects on penguins.
"To some extent, all human activities appeared to affect penguins, as we always recorded a heart rate stress response to the various stressors we exposed the birds to," lead author Vincent Viblanc told Discovery News, adding that "our results do not mean that tourism should be prevented.
"Strict guidelines and rules for observing the animals from a distance, using binoculars for instance, with minimal noise should be implemented and abided by," said Viblanc, a researcher in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the University of Lausanne.
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He and colleagues Andrew Smith, Benoit Gineste and René Groscolas made the determinations after studying a king penguin colony on the protected Possession Island in the sub-Antarctic Crozet Archipelago. The penguin population there has experienced over 50 years of constant human disturbance.
For the study, the researchers compared 15 king penguins, breeding in areas disturbed daily by humans, with 18 penguins breeding in undisturbed areas. All selected penguins were brooding a chick aged from 2 days to 1 month.
The scientists mimicked the actions of tourists, by approaching the penguins up to about 33 feet (10 meters) and making noise. In addition to hearing sounds created directly by humans, many of the penguins are also regularly exposed to noise pollution from machines that operate on the outskirts of the colony.
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Penguin heart rate, an indicator of stress, went up in each instance, although the birds reacted "differently to various stressors depending on whether they were in a colony area subjected to continuous human presence or not," Viblanc said.
The researchers next captured certain penguins and again measured their stress. In this case, the birds' responses were not attenuated.
"This makes sense," Viblanc explained, "when considering that captures can be assimilated to predation events, and it would be costly for the birds not to respond adequately to them by mounting a stress response. On the other hand, mounting a stress response when observing tourists at a distance is not necessary, and birds then save energy and avoid deserting their egg or chick by habituating to those 'non-dangerous' stressors."
The penguins that often see and hear humans therefore somewhat get used to people, although the health effects over time of raised heart rate levels — even minor increases — remain unknown for penguins.
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"What the research suggests is that penguins habituate to the presence of tourists, which are observing them from a distance," Viblanc explained. "Stress habituation in this species may be a way to deal with distant observers, which the penguins have learned to be non-dangerous."
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He and his colleagues believe that their conclusions could apply not only to other penguin species, but also to many other animals. In this case, the animals refer to wild ones impacted by tourism, researchers themselves, and other forms of well-intended human interference.
Brian Walker of Gonzaga University and his team had previously studied Magellanic penguins and found no immediate negative effects due to tourism. Walker and his colleagues, however, noted that "long-term consequences are much harder to document, especially in long-lived animals such as Magellanic penguins. Our data shows that quantifying the consequences of human disturbances on wildlife is rarely simple and straightforward."
Viblanc said, in future, he might try to compare the levels of stress hormones in penguins breeding in areas of frequent human disturbance with those in penguins breeding in undisturbed regions. Such studies might also attempt to see if potential chronic stress impacts reproductive behavior and other aspects of penguin health.
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Students design windmills, water filters, knee braces, and parachutes. They learn to think like an engineer and to tackle problems the way engineers do. Along the way, they explore relevant concepts in science and other disciplines.
EIE curricular units are being used by about 45,000 teachers nationwide this year, more than triple the figure five years ago.
Delaware is offering it to all public elementary schools, with support from the state's federal Race to the Top grant, said Christine M. Cunningham, the program's founder and director.
Some school systems, including the Lakota district in Ohio, use it in all their elementary schools.
Jennifer L. Haynes, a 2nd grade teacher at Woodland Elementary School in Liberty Township, Ohio, part of the Lakota district, got started last fall with the windmill unit.
Students use concepts related to air and weather as they learn how windmills convert wind into energy. As part of the unit, they construct and test sails made of different materials and shapes to catch the wind. Then, they design, create, test, and improve their own windmills.
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The Museum of Science also developed a high school engineering course, Engineering the Future. And it's planning to publicly roll out an after-school program for the middle grades later this year, called Engineering Everywhere.
The Minneapolis district uses the elementary program systemwide, targeting grades 3-5. It chose units that "reinforced and extended concepts we already address in science," said Joseph F. Alfano, the 32,000-student district's K-5 coordinator for STEM, or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
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I'm often asked if I would buy a refurbished product. My answer is "I do!" My experience in the photo industry has taught me that a refurbished product is, essentially, a new product that has already had the bugs removed--provided that it was refurbished by the manufacturer and not an independent third party. Now, let me qualify this. If the price for the item in new condition is $500 or less, I buy new. The savings that can be attained by going the refurb route (generally 20 percent or less) does not justify the risk that I may have to deal with a problem. If the asking price is over 5 big ones, I'll consider a refurbished alternative. One exception is lenses. Lenses are almost never defective--there's nothing to break--so I'll buy refurb every time.
If you need more reassurance, keep this in mind. Manufacturers are not willing to place the reputation of their brand in jeopardy by selling defective products--including refurbished ones. That's why I'm always careful to make sure that the product was refurbished by the manufacturer. They have a lot to lose if the product turns out to be a lemon.
Here's how to protect yourself: First, ask if the item has a money-back guarantee. Often the answer is, yes. How long is the warranty? Thirty days is long enough--defects tend to show up right away.
Make sure that you're getting all of the original accessories and--especially--the original documentation. Short of that, confirm that a pdf of the Owners Manual and applicable software can be downloaded from the manufacturer's website.
If you have a chance to inspect the item before purchase, be sure to check for signs of impact damage or exposure to moisture--those are the two most prevalent user-inflicted maladies. Look for scratches, tiny cracks, excessive wear marks, and marred screw heads.
Last bit of advice: reliable retailers sell reliable products. Use your common sense when deciding whether or not to take a chance by buying a product that someone else has already owned. If you've dealt with the retailer in the past and had a good experience, odds are you'll be safe. If you've never heard of them before, and are blinded by the super low price, Heaven help you.
In particular, if the seller is not up-front about the fact that the item has been factory serviced (sometimes, especially on auction websites, one must drill down and read the fine print in the warranty statement to learn that the item has been refurbished) assume that they have something to hide. As with all things, there are different grades of refurbished, ranging from essentially unused to severely abused.
New or refurb? One month later, they'll look the same, regardless which you buy. If the savings justifies the risk, buy the factory refurbished model. It's the best way to stretch your budget.
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26 and a new perspective
I turned 26 today and finally got a new camera! I feel like I've been waiting for
a better camera for years, because I have. I still have so much to learn about it
so if photos look sort of funky, I never said I was a photographer by any stretch!
Jeremiah had gifts waiting for me when I woke up this morning, along with a handmade
card using some of my washi tape. My sister came by with some balloons, a card, and
a chocolate donut. She knows my weakness, that girl.
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Happy Birthday Jennifer! Enjoy the rest of your day....and your new camera xReplyDelete
yaye! happy birthday! i turned 26 back in may and so far, its been a good year! :DReplyDelete
happy birthday! (and happy new camera!)ReplyDelete
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You are so young! Happy happy birthday!!!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, Jenn!! Love those balloons.ReplyDelete
happy birthday! i'm a new follower and am enjoying your blog! :) -jenReplyDelete
happy birthday! :)ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!ReplyDelete
All the best!
How sweet. What kind of camera were you gifted.ReplyDelete
Awww, i should have guessed that you're a fellow Scorpio. Happy birthday and congrats on the camera:-).ReplyDelete
I hope you had a completely wonderful birthday!!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday! I've been dying for a new camera myself. Maybe Santa? Let us know which one you get and how you like it!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday to you:) Have a fabulous day. It's great that you got a new camera, what a coincidence, I just got a new camera too. Have fun with it. I am really enjoying mine, even though I am no photographer!ReplyDelete
happy birthday lady!ReplyDelete
have a fantastic day.
love the card...what a good hubby!
happy birthday!!!! those balloons are adorable, as are you! :)ReplyDelete
wahoo! hope you have a wonderful day & enjoy the new camera, what a gift!ReplyDelete
Hope you had a great bday!!! That card is too cute - don't think my hubs would ever do that for me!ReplyDelete
happy birthday!! hooray for a new camera. that card is adorable and i love the balloons too.ReplyDelete
happy birthday! he sounds sooo sweet! good work...and yay for a new camera!ReplyDelete
thought of you on your birthday!!! happy belated! sorry i didn't have a chance to write you on your big day! sounds like it was a special one. :)ReplyDelete
hmm...i think i owe you an email response...
coming soon!
oh and congrats on the new am! woohoo!
Happy Birthday, oh you are so young !ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday! Have a wonderful fun with your new camera ♥ReplyDelete
- patricia veltriNovember 10, 2010
congratulations! love your blog!ReplyDelete
yippee! happy bday and congrats on the new camera! i got one for my bday too. so much fun to play with and figure out! happy experimenting. love the blogs new look.ReplyDelete
happy birthday jenn!! i love the card your husband made for you. sounds like a wonderful birthday!ReplyDelete
Happy Happy girlie! I'm old! Dang it! xoReplyDelete
Happy Birthday!!!!,Feliz Cumpleanos! I feel a little old I am 31 ! but that's ok haha. Have a great day.ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday {very belated}! Hope it was a great one...best wishes for your 26th year!ReplyDelete
PS, adore those number balloons...
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Christian Fiction
September 2019
Recent Releases
Ever Faithful: A Vintage National Parks Novel
Karen Barnett
Park ranger's daughter Elsie, who longs to attend college, and Brooklynite Nate, who conceals the illiteracy that would bar him from President Roosevelt's Civilian Conservation Corps
What happens:
To earn more money,
Elsie takes a job teaching CCC men and falls for Nate even as a series of fires occurs
in this sweet
historical romance with a touch of mystery
set in 1933.
Series alert:
This is the evocative 3rd entry in the Vintage National Parks series by author Karen Barnett, who was herself a park ranger.
Cross My Heart
Robin Lee Hatcher
What it is:
a dual timeline novel that weaves the main story, a contemporary romance featuring five-years-sober Ben who teams up with horse-lover Ashley to create an equine therapy barn, with the 1940s tale of Ben's great-great-grandfather and his son who went to war.
Why you might like it:
the equine therapy details; the themes of redemption and second chances; the realistic look at addiction.
Series alert:
Though this is the 2nd Legacy of Faith novel after
Who I Am With You
, both books are easily read on their own.
The Enlightenment of Bees
Rachel Linden
What it's about:
After a terrible week in which her boyfriend of six years dumps her and she loses her job as a baker's apprentice, 26-year-old Mia West agrees to go with her roommate on a humanitarian trip, funded by a reclusive billionaire, that takes her to India and Hungry.
What about the bees?
Mia's dreams often include honeybees and they are a continuous motif throughout the
richly detailed romantic novel.
Wherever You Go
Tracie Peterson
Mary, a talented sharpshooter in the all-female Brookstone Wild West Extravaganza who wants to bring her brother's killer to justice, and Chris, a journalist with a secret who's covering the show.
What happens:
The two fall for each other as they travel from Kansas to England in 1901 in this entertaining, well-plotted historical romance.
Series alert:
This is the
2nd entry in the Brookstone Brides trilogy; the 3rd,
What Comes My Way
, is out in October. The books can stand alone, but reading in order will enhance the experience.
If You Like: Downton Abbey
A Most Noble Heir
Susan Anne Mason
1884 Derbyshire, England:
Stainsby Hall stable hand Nolan Price, whose mother died in childbirth and who's never known his father, learns that he is the heir to the overbearing Earl of Stainsby. What does his future hold? And does it include lovely kitchen maid Hannah?
Downton Abbey
fans might like it:
the upstairs-downstairs drama;
the family relationships; the unexpected plot twists; the delightfully blunt Aunt Iris; the charming love story.
Flights of Fancy
Jen Turano
What it's about:
In 1885 New York, heiress Isadora Delafield's mother expects her to marry a sinister, obnoxious English Duke, so she runs away, finding work as a housekeeper on the rural Pennsylvania farm of Ian MacKenzie, his elderly adoptive parents, and four orphans.
Series alert:
This is the 1st entry in the American Duchesses series; the 2nd,
Diamond in the Rough
, came out earlier this month.
Downton Abbey
fans might like it:
the romance between characters of different social classes; the humor; the bits of suspense.
The Governess of Highland Hall
Carrie Turansky
What it's about:
After 12 years away, Julia Foster returns to Edwardian England with her missionary parents and becomes the governess at Highland Hall....where widower Sir William Ramsey notices her.
The problem:
Sir William -- who has two small children and is responsible for two teenage cousins -- needs to marry a wealthy bride or he may lose the family estate forever.
Downton Abbey
fans might like it:
This 1st in the Edwardian Brides trilogy offers a faith-filled look at upstairs-downstairs relationships.
A Name Unknown
Roseanna M. White
What it's about:
Rosemary, raised on London's streets by a gang of thieves, is recruited to spy on suspected traitor Peter Holstein, a friend of His Majesty. Posing as a librarian in Peter's Cornwall household, Rosemary grows close to him as World War I looms.
Series alert:
This opening book in the Shadows Over England trilogy is followed by
A Song Unheard
An Hour Unspent
Downton Abbey
fans might like it:
the 1914 England setting; the suspenseful, romantic plot; the outsider's view of high society.
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For five generations my ancestors have made New York City their home. The original pioneers left Europe and came through Ellis Island well over a century ago. My great-grandparents lived in Manhattan, my grandmother grew up in the tenements on East Broadway (long destroyed) and my grandfather grew up in Harlem. In the 1940's a good chunk of my mother's family crossed the East River (Harlem River) and settled on the Grand Concourse (fun fact: the concourse has the second largest collection of Art Deco architecture in the United States).
My parents moved to the Riverdale section of the city in the 1970's and I grew up on a beautiful tree-lined street. I took the 1 and now-defunct 9 train (plus the cross town bus) to high school on the Upper East Side , went to college in the village and most recently spent 7 years in Brooklyn. You can see that there's a lot of history here. Sure, a few family members moved to Los Angeles and Seattle in the 1950's (I think it was) but, for the most part, my people don't move west of the Hudson River...
Now we are picking up, heading west toward the Rockies and replanting ourselves in a new city with the hopes that we will provide an enjoyable childhood for our sons. We don't want to be on wait lists for public schools and we are tired of living in such close (albeit environmentally friendly) quarters. I mean it's time to move around in a space that exceeds 600 square feet. I marvel that we've been able to function in such a small space for all this time. We don't need a mansion, just a little bit more room. Okay and maybe a yard. And decent schools. Some National Parks. Kayaking and white water rafting? Yes, please. Maybe snowboarding or winter sports for the kids!
In general we are looking for a less aggressive existence... because we don't believe that things really have to be so hard. Fingers crossed!
Anyway, the reason I mention this is because I need to start using up a lot of odds and ends in my pantry. I have left over French Lentils and Orecchiette, so I used google to figure out what I should make. This is what popped up.
So, if you're making a big move and looking to use some left over legumes and pasta this recipe is for you. If you are staying put and just want a dinner, I think this does the trick too.
Bon Appetite! We will miss you (and you know who you are) so, so, so much.
{In addition to my pantry items (lentils and pasta), I used a combination of fresh and organic frozen spinach and CSA onions and garlic.}
Orecchiette with Lentils, Onions and Spinach (Courtesy of Gourmet Magazine by way of Epicurious.com)
Serves 6
1/3 cup olive oil
3 large onions (2 pounds total), thinly sliced (7 cups)
2 garlic cloves, chopped
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
1 Turkish or 1/2 California bay leaf
1 cup French green lentils
1 pound orecchiette, fusilli, or penne
2 (5-ounce) bags baby spinach
1 1/2 ounces finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano (3/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons)
Heat oil in a 12-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat until hot but not smoking, then stir in onions, garlic, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Reduce heat to moderately low and cook, covered, stirring occasionally, until onions are very tender and golden, 20 to 25 minutes. Discard bay leaf.
While onions cook, cover lentils with water by 1 inch in a 1 1/2- to 2-quart saucepan and boil over moderate heat, covered, until lentils are just tender and most of water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper and let stand, covered, until ready to use.
Cook pasta in a 6- to 8-quart pot of boiling salted water until al dente. Reserve 1 cup cooking water, then drain pasta in a colander and return pasta to pot.
Add onions, lentils, and spinach to pasta, then toss with just enough reserved cooking water to wilt spinach and moisten pasta. Add cheese and salt and pepper to taste, tossing to combine.
Post Script: Follow-up on this dish: I had to add quite a bit more salt and pepper once everything was mixed. I also think that the lentils should have been rinsed before being added to the pasta. This recipe should be 'really good' and I thought it was just 'good.' Maybe some stock would help. I'm open to suggestions as I'd like to make this again. I like the combination of greens, beans and pasta-- this dish just needs a little kick. Maybe some red pepper flakes? That said, I wanted to post this pasta anyway. I made it and so I feel like it should be documented. With a little tweaking I think it could be excellent. Happy cooking!


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John Legend knows that his wife, Chrissy Teigen, isn't a big fan of her feet, so he decided to tribute them in a Valentine's Day ode, which aired during his guest hosting episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show.
During the Friday (February 14) broadcast, Legend said, "You know, it's true. My wife's feet are… unique. And I am personally in love with her feet. I love her feet a lot, and in honour of Valentine's Day, I asked the good folks of Ellen to put together a tribute to her perfectly unique feet. Please enjoy this clip." Soon, viewers were treated to a montage of the TV personality's feet up close and personal atop his hit, "All of Me."
"Honestly, she is literally going to kill me," he continued. "But I think those feet are beautiful and I love them and I want to say happy Valentine's Day to my wife." Nice save, John!
On a previous Ellen Show appearance, Teigen shared the revelation with the audience, admitting that the couple has a dark joke regarding her distain for her feet. "I have horrible feet...John has said if I die, all he has to do in the morgue is instead of lifting up the sheet on the face, he'll just do it the other way. He can tell by my feet," Chrissy joked in a hilarious throwback appearance.
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Franklin Looking to Bounce Back from 4-INT Loss
COLUMBIA (AP) -- James Franklin could hardly muster a smile following Missouri's loss at Florida, his normally jovial personality subdued by the feeling he had cost his team a chance to knock off the seventh-ranked Gators.
Days later, the junior quarterback still struggled to put the game, and his four interceptions, behind him. Franklin completed 24 of 51 passes, citing bad footwork and rushed passes for overthrowing several receivers.
Franklin says he needs to build up confidence after missing most of the Tigers' previous three games recovering from a strained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
What's perhaps most frustrating for Franklin is that the offense had one of its best overall performances this season, running 86 plays and gaining 23 first downs against the nation's fifth-stingiest defense.


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The author, Ann Voskamp (About Ann), is a farmer's wife with six children. She sees beauty all around her and is a bit of a philosopher, using language and photography as mediums for her message about the power of gratitude and how to connect with God. Her life is messy and chaotic (she actually home schools all of those kids) but somehow, she finds the time to bless others with her writing. As Jesus did with the parables, she simply uses what is at hand in everyday sorts of things, to teach about faith and the practise of giving thanks. She believes an attitude of gratitude is the key to living more fully, having a stronger faith, dealing with suffering, and finding joy and grace. Holy. Ordinary. Amazing Grace.
'One Thousand Gifts' is not a daily devotional but can be used as one. I read it in bits and bites over time to let it all digest. Although her examples are down to earth, her lyrical prose is so reflective that at times it becomes difficult to follow, and then wham! she suddenly offers a simple sentence that is so profound it takes my breath away. So if you don't get parts of it, just keep reading – there are treasures ahead! There's a reason it was on the New York Times bestseller list for 60 weeks! If you like this book, you can sign up for her blog called 'A Holy Experience'.


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Huffington Post recently invited City Colleges to be part of a national online forum highlighting the value of two-year college degrees. The live event held January 10 featured a member of City Colleges' Reinvention initiative, a community college student, and others working in the education field across the United States.
"There really is a great deal of economic value in an associate degree, as well as in certificates students can earn along the way," said Meredith Sparks, a team leader in City Colleges' Center for Operational Excellence, which hosts the Reinvention effort. "A year into our College to Careers initiative, we're creating pathways of stackable credentials that take students...through an associate degree, but that can also lead to a bachelor's degree [program]."
Click here to watch the full conversation. (Meredith Sparks joins in at approximately 12:50.)
Also, read our Storify wrap-up pulling together tweets, links and other media.
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This is the first book I've read by Jojo Moyes and I loved it! A compelling, easy read with a thoughtful and moving message. The story is written in an unsentimental voice yet conveys deep emotion. And it is not entirely predictable. I had a completely different ending in mind! It deals with a difficult moral issue that would be good for discussion. Perfect for book club.
Louisa lives a quiet ordinary life in a small town. She doesn't have high aspirations but is content. When she loses her job, a series of events are set in motion that will change everything, even her own version of herself.
Will Traynor was a high flying rich, successful entrepreneur and world traveller, until the accident that changed his life. His new situation is joyless and sad and no one seems to be able to reach him, until Lou stumbles onto the scene.
This novel is romantic but not a 'romance novel'. It's probably best enjoyed by women, but I hesitate to label it 'chick lit'. It's better than that. I'm excited to have discovered this author and will definitely read her other books.


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The governor's Council had its origins during the years from 1607 to 1624 when the
Virginia Company of
London directed the settlement and government of colonial Virginia.
The Charter of 1618 empowered a governor and advisory Council in the colony to govern Virginia and also authorized the governor to convene a General Assembly to make laws for the colony. At the assembly's first meeting in July and August 1619, the governor, Council members, and burgesses met in unicameral session. After Virginia became a royal colony in 1625, the Council continued to act as an advisory board for the governor, as the highest judicial body in the colony, and as a constituent part of the General Assembly. In March 1643 the burgesses began sitting apart as a separate branch of the assembly. From then until 1776 the governor's Council was the upper House of the colony's bicameral legislature.
The legislative, administrative, and judicial functions of the Council separated very slowly. From the 1620s until the 1640s, meetings of the governor and Council resembled early meetings of a royal court at which the governor, as the Crown's representative, and the Council members settled disputes of all kinds, made regulations, deputized military or civil officers to undertake specific responsibilities in the localities, and issued grants of land to settlers. It is possible that as the upper House of the General Assembly, the Council may have begun keeping separate records of its legislative business soon after the General Assembly became bicameral in 1643, but the earliest surviving separate legislative journals date from 1680. The earliest surviving separate executive journals also date from 1680, but it is not known when the Council began keeping separate sets of records for its legislative, executive, and judicial work. With the exception of fragmentary records from the 1620s that are preserved in the Thomas Jefferson Papers in the Library of Congress and another set from the 1670s preserved in the Virginia Historical Society, the judicial records were all burned in a fire that consumed the state courthouse and its contents in Richmond in April 1865. The separate volumes of land grant records from 1623 through the end of the colonial period are preserved in the Library of Virginia.
In the 1640s the king began appointing members of the Council, which usually consisted of about a dozen of the most prominent planters and merchants in Virginia. During the eighteenth century resident royal governors-general or lieutenant governors, who administered the government in the absence of the royal governor, often made recommendations to the king (or to the queen during the reign of Anne) or to the Board of Trade for filling vacancies that occurred when members of the Council died, returned to England, or resigned. Between 1652 and 1660, when Virginia's government was under the jurisdiction of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, the General Assembly elected members of the Council, but following restoration of the monarchy in 1660 the king reasserted his right to appoint Council members.
The members of the Council were almost all wealthy and both socially and politically prominent. Independent wealth was required both for the social standing necessary for membership and also to permit the members to be absent from their families and plantations for long periods of time. Between 1643 and 1676 the Council met as the upper House of the General Assembly annually. Between 1676 and 1776 the assembly usually met six or eight times each decade and much more frequently in times of war, such as during the French and Indian War (1754–1763), when between February 1752 and May 1763 it met in twenty-five mostly short sessions. The members also attended the quarterly judicial sessions that met between the middle of the seventeenth century and the end of the colonial period, and during most years the members attended to advise the governor on executive matters, often for weeks or months at a time. In 1619 the General Assembly asked the Virginia Company to send men to the colony to work the land of Council members, who often had to leave their own homes to meet with the governor in Jamestown. The king later established a fund for paying Council members, and by the 1640s, if not even earlier, the assembly exempted Council members from taxation to compensate to some extent for the time they spent on public business. Membership on the governor's Council was the highest civil office to which natives or residents of the colony could normally aspire, and membership on the Council enabled wealthy and influential men to increase the wealth and influence of themselves and their families.
Executive and Legislative Duties
The surviving late seventeenth- and eighteenth-century documents that record the Council members' executive work indicate that they advised the governor on many important matters: issuance of land grants; appointment of inspectors at the public tobacco warehouses after enactment in 1730 of the tobacco inspection law; appointment of militia officers, sheriffs, and justices of the peace for county courts; issuance of writs of election for members of the House of Burgesses; and summoning the General Assembly into session. The chief executive—with or without the advice of the Council—issued proclamations on many subjects from high matters of state to more routine subjects: proclaiming the death of the sovereign or declarations of war; issuing commissions for holding courts of vice-admiralty for trying persons accused of piracy or to settle civil cases that arose on the high seas; holding local courts of oyer and terminer for trying enslaved persons accused of crimes; and offering rewards for the capture of suspected criminals. These broad and influential actions may have changed relatively little throughout the period when Virginia was a royal colony.
The work of the members of the Council in their legislative capacity changed significantly in 1643 when the General Assembly ceased meeting in unicameral session and the Council became the upper House of the General Assembly. That work also changed in less evident ways in the 1720s and 1730s when the governor stopped sitting with the Council members when they were acting in their legislative role, and about the same time the Council members ceased introducing new bills and confined their legislative work to reviewing, proposing amendments to, and passing bills that originated in the House of Burgesses. When bills passed the House and Council in different forms, each House appointed members to meet jointly and attempt to reconcile the differences. After a bill had passed both Houses in the same form, the governor (or in his absence the lieutenant governor or in the absence of both the Council president) had to sign it before it became law; and the Crown always retained the authority to disallow, or veto, any law that the colonial assembly enacted.
Judicial Duties
Because of the loss of most of the original judicial records of the Council, its
work as a court is much
When sitting in its judicial capacity the Council was first known as the Quarter Court, because it met four times a year, and later as the General Court. The General Court handled all of the most consequential civil cases and all of the criminal prosecutions of white people. In most cases the General Court was the highest court and the court of last resort in Virginia, but during much of the seventeenth century people who were displeased with a decision of the General Court had the option of appealing to the General Assembly, which by law could overrule the court's decision. In 1683 royal instructions to the governor forbade all future appeals from the court to the assembly. Throughout the colonial period decisions of the General Court could also be appealed to the Crown. The royal Privy Council then acted as a final court of appeal. The great expense and long span of time involved in appealing a case from the General Court to the Privy Council meant that only a few cases of extraordinary importance had their final resolution in London rather than in Jamestown or Williamsburg.
Declining Influence
The many responsibilities of the Council members led them to acquire a large reference library in the Capitol. The governor and Council, as well as the county courts and many learned gentlemen, owned reference books, but during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the Council members assembled a notable book collection. Fewer than eighty volumes of that book collection survive, most of them in the Library of Virginia, but extant records indicate that by the time of the American Revolution, the library was a large and varied one in which law books, court reports, and other legal texts predominated. Late in his life Thomas Jefferson recalled how he, Patrick Henry, two members of the Lee family, and some other burgesses met in the Council chamber in May 1774 to consult the reference works there when they were drafting resolutions for the House of Burgesses to adopt in response to Parliament's closing of the Port of Boston after the Boston Tea Party. That research trip to the Council's library ultimately led to the call for the first Continental Congress.
The Virginia Constitution of 1776 dismantled the governor's Council, redistributed the responsibilities that it exercised, and prohibited members of any one of the three successor institutions from simultaneously serving on any other. The Constitution vested the legislative role in a new Senate of Virginia; it authorized the General Assembly to establish appellate courts and define their jurisdictions; and it created a new Council of State, or Privy Council, to advise the governor in executive matters, in effect creating a plural executive structure and a weak governorship. The Constitution empowered the General Assembly to elect and periodically replace members of that Council, giving the legislators power to control its membership, and because the assembly also annually elected the governor, no governor and no group of Council members could exercise such broad powers as the governor and Council together or separately exercised during the colonial period.
Time Line
1619 - Members of the governor's Council meet in unicameral session with the governor, the secretary, and burgesses in the first session of the General Assembly.
1625 - After Virginia becomes a royal colony, the governor's Council continues to act as an advisory board for the governor, as the highest judicial body in the colony, and as a constituent part of the General Assembly.
March 1643 - The burgesses begin sitting apart as a separate branch of the General Assembly. The governor's Council becomes the upper House of the colony's bicameral legislature.
1652–1660 - While Virginia's government is under the jurisdiction of Oliver Cromwell's Commonwealth, the General Assembly elects members of the governor's Council.
1660 - Following the restoration of the monarchy, the king reasserts his right to appoint members of the governor's Council.
1683 - Royal instructions to the governor forbid all future appeals from the General Court to the General Assembly. Decisions can, however, be appealed to the Crown.
1776 - The first Constitution of the Commonwealth of Virginia distributes the responsibilities of the governor's Council to three separate institutions of government.
Further Reading
Cite This Entry
- APA Citation:
Tarter, B. The Governor's Council. (2019, October 7). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Governor_s_Council_The.
- MLA Citation:
Tarter, Brent. "The Governor's Council." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 7 Oct. 2019. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: September 27, 2011 | Last modified: October 7, 2019
Contributed by Brent Tarter, founding editor of the Dictionary of Virginia Biography.


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Aging voting machines raise concerns in Ohio
Nearly decade-old voting technology used in Ohio and elsewhere is raising concerns among elections officials who say the machines may be nearing the end of their lifespans and at risk of problems in the next few years.
Many Ohio counties can't afford to replace the machines, though they're expected to be sufficient for the next election, The Columbus Dispatch reported.
Some counties take a "Band-Aid" approach by using outdated equipment to replace broken machines, said Aaron Ockerman, executive director of the Ohio Association of Election Officials.
They don't have much incentive to update because the technology hasn't changed significantly since federal government certification standards were last revised in 2005, the newspaper said.
Ohio spent $115 million for touchscreen and ballot-scanning equipment between 2005 and 2006 after the federal government provided billions of dollars to state for voting system upgrades following problems during the 2000 election.
Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted said he thinks federal officials should help address concerns about the aging technology by paying for new equipment or easing standards about what states use.
"There's nothing to panic about today, but we ought not to wait until there's a major breakdown in an election to act," Husted said.
Replacing the machines would cost millions of dollars. For the Columbus area, Franklin County Board of Elections Dana Walch estimates replacing the more than 4,700 touchscreen machines in the county would cost $15 million.
The lifespan of computerized voting equipment is shorter than that of the punch-card or lever systems that preceded it, and that could mean problems if officials put off upgrades.
"You're putting the integrity of the whole process at risk, and if it fails in a close election, then everybody's unhappy," said Doug Lewis, head of the National Association of Election Officials, a group of government employees who monitor election administration.


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Metal detectors, x-ray machines out of use in major airports during opt out protest
Paul Joseph Watson
November 23, 2012
Did the TSA once again mothball its fleet of body scanners and even de-activate metal detectors in an attempt to neutralize the nationwide TSA opt out campaign taking place this week?
Activist Christopher Key traveled to several airports around the country with the intention of deliberately setting off the metal detector and then filming his TSA pat down.
On Friday last week, Key told CBS News of his intention to take part in the Infowars Opt Out and FIlm protest by flying out of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport in Alabama in order to illustrate how Americans who are willing to give up liberty for security "lose both".
Before passing through security, Key even took the precaution of filling his pockets with a roll of $10 dollars worth of quarters, a large set of keys, and a camera pen that could have easily been mistaken for a knife.
Intending to film his pat down and then accuse the TSA screener of "sexual assault," Key passed through the metal detector and was surprised to see that he didn't set it off. He then returned to security and passed through another metal detector for a second time, also without setting it off despite carrying a large amount of metal on his person.
Either the metal detectors were turned off or they completely failed to detect the metal Key was carrying, a shocking lapse in airport security in either case.
Key also noted that when he began filming TSA screeners they ceased performing full body pat downs.
Key then flew out of Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah and again passed through the metal detector carrying his quarters, keys and pen camera intending to set the device off so he would be asked to undergo a full body scanner or a pat down. For a third time the metal detector failed to go off.
Key then traveled to Dallas where he passed through security at Fort Worth International Airport. As the video below illustrates, when Key asks TSA agents why the full body scanners are not in use, they claim the machines are "broken" but fail to explain why.
With airports already crowded and busy as a result of Thanksgiving travel, in addition to the suggestion that the TSA may have tried to neutralize the national opt out campaign by simply mothballing the main object of the protest – the naked body scanner – as well as deactivating metal detectors to prevent people filming their pat downs – is this another damning illustration of how the TSA is nothing more than security theater?
If the the very device that we are told is vital in stopping terrorists, despite the fact that it hasn't apprehended one terrorist, can be temporarily dispensed with for political reasons or simply because there are more travelers, then what use is it in the first place?
This wouldn't be the first time that the TSA has mothballed the naked x-ray scanners for public relations purposes.
During the November 2010 national opt out day protest, reports from travelers at numerous different airports confirmed that the TSA had temporarily mothballed the body scanners in a bid to neutralize the protest. The Gizmodo website was bombarded with Tweets from eyewitnesses about how the machines were roped off or not in use at major airports throughout the country, claims later confirmed by newspaper reports but denied by the TSAitself.
Paul Joseph Watson is the editor and writer for Infowars.com and Prison Planet.com. He is the author of Order Out Of Chaos. Watson is also a host for Infowars Nightly News.
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Jay Leno stepped out on the red carpet on Sunday night with wife Mavis, hitting the Vanity Fair Oscar party in Los Angeles. He also hammed it up for the photographers on his way in, posing with NBC pal and fellow comedian, Jerry Seinfeld. And, Jay revealed to Access Hollywood's Tony Potts that he recently helped out with Jerry's "The Marriage Ref."
"I did a guest spot on it," Jay told Tony, referring to the new NBC primetime show that features celebrity panelists who weigh in on a conflict between spouses.
"It's a fun show," Jay commented. "I liked doing it."
As for his own program, "The Tonight Show," which Jay returned to last week, Jay said he is happy to be back.
"Yeah, it's good. I'm good," the late night host told Tony. "We're happy… So just keep my head down and [we're] doing what we do."
"Is it renewed energy?" Tony asked.
"I think so," Jay said. "We learn… you know, [from] some mistakes, and we know what to correct. You just try to keep the energy up and keep it going and there's a big cross section of America out there you have to appeal to, you can't just [target] one demographic group and that's the whole trick."
"The fly-over states, as it were," Tony chimed in.
"Yeah, exactly… and I fly over them every week. I perform in those states all the time," Jay said, referring to his comedy tour stops.
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There's nothing quite as atmospheric as a deserted but once inhabited place. Here's five of our top picks for any ghost town hunter. This article was originally published in November 2010.
Ghadames, Libya
The houses in Ghadames, a pastel-coloured town in the Sahara Desert, are as dense as honeycomb – it's possible for the women to travel about town by walking on the rooftops (keeping separate from the men) – and its covered alleyways are like an underground maze. One can imagine the inhabitants milling about in dark corners, but now Ghadames belongs to ghosts: government handouts enticed its former 6000 Berber inhabitants to modern houses outside the old town.
Vila do Ibo, Mozambique
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Strangler figs wrap their fingers around once-elegant doorways, lofty ceilings gape at the sky and ornamental balconies rust in the sun. The grand mansions of Vila do Ibo in northern Mozambique's Quirimbas Archipelgo are earmarked for World Heritage status, but their coral-stone facades are in such an advanced state of disrepair that you'd be forgiven for thinking its already too late to save them. The remains of the town are highly atmospheric, nonetheless. Exploring on foot, you can almost picture the scene two or three hundred years ago, when the air was full of the scent of spices and the yells of visiting seafarers.
Gholan Heights, Syria
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One of the most contentious spots on Earth, the mountains on Syria's southern border have been occupied by Israel for forty years. The hilltop town of Quneitra was evacuated in 1973, and the Syrians refused to rebuild it, leaving it as a permanent monument to Israeli action. Almost every single building was flattened by the departing Israeli army, giving the streets an eerie feel. The grey concrete roofs of the small houses still lie flat on the ground, around the occasional larger building, left standing, but gutted internally.
Djado, Niger
Timbuktu? Forget it. A far more intriguing mystery lies hidden on the far side of Niger's Tenere Desert; here, among vast plains, abandonded villages and intriguing cave art, the mud-brick citadel of Djado rises from palm-fringed pools crammed with bright-green reeds, like some unworldly goblin's castle. When was Djado built? Why was it abandoned? The hot wind stirs the palms but keeps its secrets.
The hanging village of Habalah, Saudi Arabia
Appearing to dangle from a 250m cliff face over a deep valley, the deserted village of Habalah is a truly unique settlement. It takes its name from "habi" meaning "rope" – a reference to the ladders that the long-gone inhabitants used to descend to their dwellings from the plateau above. Built out of the rock on which they stand, the houses offer a fascinating insight into traditional Saudi life, and give a whole new meaning to the phrase "living on the edge".
NB: The FCO currently advises against all travel to Syria, and parts of Libya and Niger - be sure to check your local embassy before travelling to any country.
Top image: Ghardames, Libya © Styve Reineck/Shutterstock


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Hyatt Legal Services Inc. provides more legal advice to more Americans than any other law firm. But if the company's behavior in a recent AIDS discrimination case is any indication, Hyatt's own legal judgment isn't always so sound.
In an opinion issued here earlier in April, Federal District Judge Raymond J. Broderick ruled that Hyatt, a pioneer in low-cost legal clinics, had illegally removed the head of its Philadelphia office, Clarence B. Cain, after learning he had AIDS.
By making ''absolutely no effort'' to accommodate Mr. Cain, Judge Broderick ruled, Hyatt had mounted a ''corrupt assault'' on his dignity. The firm's conduct, he said, ''was not merely inexcusably insensitive'' but ''so outrageous'' that punitive damages were warranted.
Judge Broderick issued his ruling quickly, so quickly that he and his law clerk are still polishing it up. The reason: The winner of the case is about to die.
In February, the 38-year-old Mr. Cain, draped in an old suit several sizes too large, testified. His voice was weak, his gait halting, his features emaciated. In March, his doctor said death was imminent. ''It's going to be any day now,'' he told his lawyer, Richard Silverberg of Philadelphia.
Two top Hyatt officials, both lawyers, were responsible for dismissing Mr. Cain. Joel Z. Hyatt, the firm's founder, concurred. So did his firm's outside counsel, Andrew C. Meyer of Duvin, Cahn & Barnard in Cleveland. Mr. Cain was offered an entry-level position at half the pay or a $12,000 severance package.
The Hyatt firm eventually sweetened its terms, but never to Mr. Cain's satisfaction. Then it spent much of the five-day trial attacking him. Judge Broderick hit the firm with a $157,000 judgment, a sum it would have taken Mr. Cain three years to make. Hyatt has opted not to appeal his ruling.
''In retrospect, Hyatt Legal Services may have mishandled this matter, and we are sorry that it happened,'' the firm said in a statement.
Because its trial counsel, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis of Philadelphia, does not offer the same cut rates that Hyatt itself does, the firm also incurred legal costs approaching, or even exceeding, the judgment. Then there is the bad publicity -particularly unwelcome for the 39-year old Mr. Hyatt, a son-in-law of Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum of Ohio and a man with political aspirations of his own.
In the past decade, Mr. Hyatt and his operation have been widely promoted in the legal and business press. By his own count, there have been ''upwards of 700 articles'' on him, tracing his evolution from Joel Hyatt Zylberberg, idealist and admirer of Robert F. Kennedy, to Joel Zylberberg Hyatt, entrepreneur.
His firm has grown from a single office in Cleveland in 1977 to about 170 offices today, employing more than 450 lawyers. Before a recent retrenchment, Hyatt was the nation's second largest law firm.
Hyatt's mission of bringing law to the people appealed to Mr. Cain, one of 10 children of a poor Newport News, Va., couple. Mr. Cain paid his way through the University of Virginia Law School and went to work for the Legal Services Corporation.
In April 1986 Mr. Cain joined Hyatt's executive training program. Shortly after, the company's in-house newspaper noted how Mr. Cain, having instilled ''strong team commitment and high morale'' at its office in Falls Church, Va., had been named head of operations in Philadelphia.
Even before he became ill, Mr. Cain fought with his superiors. Once he uttered obscenities about Mr. Hyatt at a firm dinner. But he lost his post only after the AIDS diagnosis in July 1987.
Mr. Cain spurned Hyatt's offer of other work. ''I was not going to disgrace myself by being demoted to the lowest position in the firm,'' he testified. In any case, doctors say he could have worked only another year.
Mr. Cain promptly declared bankruptcy, but not before losing his car and condominium, and moving from a trendy apartment in Philadelphia to what he called a ''roach-infested'' efficiency in a ''ghetto section'' of Washington. Suddenly, a man who had always provided for his parents and siblings faced fears of having to borrow money for his own cremation. That, at least, has been remedied. Mr. Hyatt conceded in an interview that the case was ''a black eye'' for his firm, and that while Mr. Cain had to be replaced, it would have been far better - and cheaper - to have kept him on the payroll.
But what pained him most, Mr. Hyatt said, was the notion that his firm discriminated. He noted how it had, after all, named a gay black man to run one of its major offices, something no law firm its size has ever knowingly done. ''What's totally lost in the shuffle is that this is an organization in which anyone can succeed,'' he said. ''No one has written about that.''


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Sheboygan company erects nation's tallest flagpole
If you've driven north on Interstate 43 through Sheboygan, chances are you saw the tallest thing you've ever seen.
Acuity Insurance, located along the Interstate 43 corridor, has erected the tallest flagpole in the United States.
Actually, they've erected it before, but officials believe the fourth time is the charm.
A 150-foot-tall flagpole was erected on the site in June 2003. It was raised to a height of 200 feet the following year but was toppled during a winter storm on New Year's Eve 2004.
A 300-foot replacement went up in the summer of 2005 and lasted two years, replaced by a 338-foot-tall pole in 2008.
However, the 2008 pole was taken down after a few months when it was seen swaying during a heavy wind.
This time, company officials said their 400-foot pole has been built to last.
"I think it's going to be spectacular," Sharlene Uselding said.
Jim Uselding and his wife, Sharlene, rode in on their Harley on Thursday to get a closer look at the new flagpole which was just completed.
The 2014 model is 11 feet around at the base, 5.5 feet around at the top, and is held in place by a concrete base 10.5 feet deep and 110 feet wide.
It also features special dampers that reduce the pole's movement in heavier winds and the company will use two different sizes flags depending on the wind conditions.
The pole was built by Broadwind Towers, a company in Manitowoc that designs wind turbine towers.
A veterans memorial is being placed at the base of the flagpole. It will list the names of Sheboygan County service members killed in the line of duty.
Mike Albinger, a supporter and former Acuity employee called that a nice and worthy touch.
"Veterans can come here and pay respects to what they have done, and we can honor our veterans," Albinger said.
A formal dedication ceremony will be held from 11 a.m. to noon June 16.
If Acuity decides to go for the world record, it will need to add another 157 feet to the current tower. The world's tallest flagpole will be 557 feet tall, and is under construction in Saudi Arabia.


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