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ਕੋਈ ਤੇ ਹੌਂਸਲਾ ਦੇਵੋ ਮੇਰੇ ਉਸ ਦੇਸ ਬਾਬੁਲ ਨੂੰ,
ਉਹ ਪਰਬਤ ਹੌਂਸਲੇ ਵਾਲੇ ਖੁਰਦਿਆਂ ਖੁਰ ਰਹੇ ਵੇਖੋ
ਪਾਲ -ਪੋਸ ਕੇ ਧੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਕਰਦੇ ਸੀ ਵਿਦਾ ਆਏ,
ਪਾਲ-ਪੋਸ ਕੇ ਪੁੱਤਰ ਤਾਂ ਵਤਨੋਂ ਤੁਰ ਗਏ ਵੇਖੋ . . .ਦੀਵਾ ਬਲੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰੋਂ ਪਾਰ ਵਿੱਚੋ
Inspired by this picture shared from Inderjit Chogawan's post, I felt compelled to write this blog again although I have written about the subject and posted on my website before.
Change that comes through progress also means the destruction of what was in its place before. Evolution through which this universe has evolved also meant change. Man cannot stop the wheel turning but he can learn to regulate it and steer it safely. In my own generation, I watched this wheel turning at a dizzying speed apparently going the wrong way. Take the story of water and the 'Persian wheel' for instance.
I watched the Persian wheel we call "Khooh"in Punjabi with its earthen pitchers and wooden mechanism driven by good old bullocks or a camel.
This was replaced by metal buckets, wrought iron mechanisms improved by the addition of ball bearings in its own time. Since then things moved so fast and so out of control that the hand-dug wells were replaced by shallow tube wells, which went deeper and deeper before we know it.
Now all are replaced by submersibles sucking water up to and beyond 500 feet beneath the surface drawing from more and more brackish layers as it gets deeper.
As a consequence there is not enough sweet water left to go round fulfilling the irrigation needs of Punjab; not to mention help meeting the needs of her brotherly states such as Haryana or Rajasthan.
Elsewhere I also watched the man landing on the moon and beyond perhaps in search of more water!
In Punjab, the land of five rivers – cradle of erstwhile Indus Valley civilization, something more important is at stake!
It was here that the land was first brought under the plough before anywhere else in the world some 5000 years ago. In order for help in heavy lifting, it is here that the little man called farmer or jatt in Punjabi is said to have shown the world the way. And that was to respect, care and work with domesticated animals as pals. Working together they treaded paths for feeding mankind never treaded before; opening the door to the civilization as we know it today.
More to the point, over the years and for centuries as Punjab remained the food bowl; it became the backbone of undivided India and so remained, since. Come rain or shine sacrificing and toiling for generations; the little man however, remained little!
4-5 decades ago his plough began to disappear; so did begin the disappearance of the little man, his pals and the associated culture. What an irony that the specie and its associated culture which revolutionized the world in terms of food production is at the verge of getting extinct in its very homeland; where it was born, grew up and evolved. Some say the backbone of India especially Punjab is now cracked if not entirely broken.
Go figure out the nature of the so called 'Vikas' in modern times that is leading to this!
Relevant to this post you may check it out at the following link for my previously posted blog: "Punjab Cries for a New Perspective on Environment," and as usual leave a comment at: http://www.pashaurasinghdhillon.com/discussion/discussion-piplan-de-sung-bohr-gva-lei/
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Read MoreRelevant To ACR 37 (Gray) Designating November As Sikh Awareness & Appreciation Month, Fresno County Sheriff Organizes a Conversational Seminar in Fresno California!
On the request of Charanjit Singh Batth and Pashaura Singh Dhillon of the Education and Sikh Awareness Committee for the Sikh Council of Central California (SCCC), Fresno County Sheriff organized a conversational seminar with law enforcement agencies relevant to ACR 37 (Gray) on October 19, 2015.
The Assembly Concurrent Resolution 37, ACR 37 for short, was authored by Assembly member Adam Gray and was passed unanimously by the California legislative Assembly and Senate this year, whereby the month of November has been designated as Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month to coincide with the Guru Nanak Prakash Utsav.
The seminar was held in the Police Department headquarters in Clovis, California and the attendees included members from the office of the Fresno County Sheriff, the FBI, the Coroner's office, the District Attorney's office as well as half a dozen members of the Sikh Council of Central California.
Pashaura Singh Dhillon coordinator of the Education and Sikh Awareness Committee made the presentation coupled with display of two short videos namely 'Cultural Safari' produced by Kaur Foundation and 'Sikhs in America', a KVIE Classroom Version. Both these videos are approved by the California Department of Education (CDE). Conversation ensued and questions were answered.
The District Attorney's office in a presentation laid down the criteria for hate crimes that is now in place statewide. It was followed by a spirited discussion, questions and answers.
Following is the excerpts of the introduction speech made by Pashaura Singh Dhillon:
"We are gathered here in relation to the Assembly Concurrent Resolution 37 passed by the California legislature this year. Relevant to ACR 37 as it is called in short, designating November as the Sikh Awareness and Appreciation Month, I have brought with me a couple of short videos for you to watch. But before that I want to say a few words about the bit of an irony to this reality that our Sikh American community faces at this moment in time.
"Reality that Sikhs have been living in California for more than a century, under a million now live in America and approximately 300,000 in California. The Sikhs respect the constitution, all other religions and do not believe in conversions. The Sikh religion is the youngest and as distinct from Hinduism and Islam is the 5th largest practicing religion of the world. The Sikh Americans have made and continue to make significant contributions to California and the United States economy and society in a variety of ways. They came to California driven from their lands in Punjab by excessive land taxes by the then colonial government, indebtedness and deep recession, Not lured by the Gold Rush, they came looking for work on railroads, lumber mills and farms. And now of course they make significant contribution through military service, as business owners, transportation professionals, doctors, engineers, teachers, attorneys, mayors, councilors, farmers and in many other capacities. The irony is that our fellow Americans in general, and law enforcement and national security personnel at the airports in particular, know very little about the Sikhs. Consequently, since the 9/11 tragedy, they are often mistaken for terrorists of Osama bin Laden's Al Qaida, because of the commonality of beard and the turban. As such they are subjected to a disproportionately high rate of hate crimes, routine security searches at every level and Sikh kids suffer bullying at twice the national bullying rate for other kids.
The Sikh American community thoroughly believes in the constitution and continues however, to peacefully overcome attacks on its identity and practices whether it is in the form of school harassment, employment discrimination, intimidating security searches at the airports or fatal shootings. One of the latest incident as you know was the case in Fresno when Piara Singh an elderly man, was attacked and beaten up outside a Sikh Temple and there was a confusion deciding whether it was a hate crime or not!
Fortunately, the California Legislature recognizes the seriousness of the problem and acknowledges the significant contributions made by Californians of Sikh heritage to our state. By adoption of this resolution ACR 37, it seeks to afford all Californians the opportunity to better understand, recognize, and appreciate the rich history and shared principles of Sikh Americans.
Interestingly, at a time when we as Americans are worried about our crippling political divisions, it is pleasing to note that two social scientists, Robert Putnam of Harvard University, and David Campbell of the University of Notre Dame, have just written a book that examines a powerful source of American unity. Perhaps unexpectedly, the unifying force they focus on is religion and how Americans turn religious diversity into a source of unity. Coming back to the ACR 37, we at the SCCC have been working in collaboration with the California Department of Education (CDE) since 2010, when the first such ACR 181(Logue) was passed. Accordingly, CDE has included November 1-30 as Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month in its current Calendar of Events – as they have been doing it since 2010. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction has been writing to the Principals of all public schools and Administrators of all Chartered Schools to encourage appropriate events and activities aimed at implementing the spirit behind these ACRs.
Since the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is also one of your working partners, we suggest that they should also be included in your training programs. As a Sikh American community, we would be more than willing to work with you and help you in any way we can in training and to help spread the awareness message about our community.
Finally, we would like to request the Fresno County Sheriff, Coroner's office as well as the Fresno County District Attorney's offices to designate Nov1-30 as Sikh Awareness month, when appropriate events, training and activities aimed at implementing the spirit behind these ACRs can be encouraged and made certain."
Do you have a similar story for any other minority community anywhere near you? As usual leave a comment if you please!
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Read MoreSTOP!!! You Are A Jatt; You Rock Brother. DO NOT COMMIT SUICIDE!
"Hum Bahut Mehnat Karenge, Aap Haunsla Rakhen. . . . . If The Good Old Days Have Gone, These Bad Times Will Surely Pass Too. . . Aap Suicide Mat Karen. . .Please. . We Beg Of You. . Aap Suicide Mat Karen."
"We need you, your nation needs you and your country needs you! Do it for the sake of your wonderful family who loves you. We are the family. Don't leave us. Don't hurt yourself. Don't hurt your family, your aging parents, your growing sons and daughters, brothers and sisters. Don't hurt us. Your nation and your country need you. They want you. We beg of you, don't leave us like this. If no one else cares, we care about you. Are you listening! We are your family. We have always given our all for you and cared about you. We will work harder. Promise . . . we will act more wisely!"
"Man! We were not born yesterday. Remember we are together for the past 5000 years since you FIRST brought the land of the five rivers under the plough. We taught the world how to do it. How to feed their families, their nations and countries forever. We built the Indus Valley Civilization together. We made the back bone and still remain the backbone of our nation, our country since. We became the envy of the world. Together we did it before. We can do it again. Take heart. O' please . . . . . . .Please. . . take heart and don't do it. STOP!"
"This is not the first time brother. It has happened to us before. Remember the early 20th century. The small farmer was deliberately being sniffed out by the British policy makers. They needed money for fighting their wars. They needed money and blood from you. They excessively increased the land taxes and changed the payment method from kind to cash. By doing this they thought you, the small land holder will abandon farming and there will be plenty young recruits kicked out of farming that could beef up their army to fight their wars. Being at the back of the sharking moneylender and the greedy feudal lords, they thought they will take over your fertile land. That will make management and land tax collection simpler and easier for them. That was the conspiracy. That was the their plan!"
"The British were attempting to introduce a similar process in Punjab to grab your fertile land as was done under the Enclosure Movement in the 18th and 19th century England but in a different form."
"Enclosure Movement was the process that was used to end traditional rights in England and has historically been accompanied by force, resistance, and bloodshed. It has been referred to as "among the most controversial areas of agricultural and economic history in England". Some claim this was the end of the family farm in England and beginning of commercial farming."
"But the reverse happened in Punjab. They succeeded to win some battles in making the life miserable for small farmer. Few farmers did leave to find a better life elsewhere. But you stayed put. You did not let them win the war. You organized agitations and raised protests in Punjab against this evil design. You began participating in the common agitations protesting against this anti farmer, foreign iron hand rule in Punjab. You took active part in the 'Pagri Sambhal Jatta' (Save the land) agitation led by Sufi Ambha Prasad and Ajit Singh, uncle of Shahid Bhagat Singh. Sir Chhotu Ram, son of a small farmer appeared on the horizon. He reversed the tide by fully exempting small holdings from the payment of land-taxes. Thus, it was after a long time in poverty and misery that the benefits of the land reforms reached the peasants."
"The Punjab Registration of Moneylenders Act of 1938 and the Relief of Indebtedness Act XXI 1940 are the witness that gave a great relief to the peasants from the burden of debts of unscrupulous moneylenders. The family farm did not go extinct. It was saved then. The same thing could happen again today. The minds and wills are working to save you again. Miracles created by ordinary people do happen. Motherland is capable of giving birth to another Chhotu Ram. Meanwhile wipe a tear and begin organizing. Give the drug back to whoever gave this to you in the first place. Tell him stuff it. You don't need it. Think clearly. Be patient. Educate yourself and be aware and begin organizing. Together we have done it before. We can do it again!"
In conclusion I must acknowledge how deeply I was moved when I first saw Kamaljit's photo on his wall. The photo speaks volumes and needs no words. It tells all. But I am writing this blog to share my thoughts with my friends anyway. As usual, leave a comment on my website or face book if you please!
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Read MoreHappy July 4- American Independence Day
Happy 4th of July Independence Day!
I am sure as an Indian American, Pakistani or Bangla Deshi American, you participated some way in these celebrations on July 4. Since we were visiting our daughter's family living here, all of us attended the celebration in downtown Morgan Hill. Stretching up to the mountains and beautifully tucked in, Morgan Hill is a small town located on both sides of Hwy 101, south of San Jose.
Nothing pleases human beings more than living in a free country and feeling free. It reminds me of Ghadarite (Founder- President) Baba Sohan Singh Bhakna's words to Pt. Nehru, as the first Prime Minister of Independent India. When the Desh Bhagat delegation met him in Delhi and congratulated him, Baba Bhakna said something like this " Pt. Ji you are talking about rejoicing the freedom of India; we are talking about the freedom of Indians"!
When a nation has raised itself to liberty and has finally broken through the shackles of subjugation and slavery, it calls for celebration. Liberty does not come without a price. Patriots have paid for liberty and freedom with their lives, with toil, blood, sweat and tears.
Touching upon the spirit and inspiration that ties them together in a unique relationship, let us briefly revisit The Declaration of American Independence on this day:
The Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, announced that the 13 American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regard themselves as independent states and are no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they now formed a new nation—the United States of America.
Abraham Lincoln many years later, not only reaffirmed this declaration in his famous Gettysburg Address of 1863, he made it the centerpiece of his policies. Since then, it has become a major statement on human rights, particularly its second sentence that became the spirit that inspired the modern world: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
This was a declaration not too far removed from the ideals of the Ghadar Party fighting for the Independence of India considering, it was greatly motivated and driven by the American Independence. While we fully celebrate, appreciate and participate in the Independence Day celebrations of our adopted country America, I wish the Ghadrites had won the day in our home country India and had made a similar declaration in 1947 that said: "The war with Great Britain is over. Indian Provinces regard themselves as independent states and are no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they now formed a new nation—the United States of India," meaning there would be no Pakistan, Bangla Desh, Kashmir a disputed territory or the noise for Khalistan!
Happy 4th of July Independence Day Everybody!
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Read MoreBaba Sohan Singh Bhakna's Message To Youth In JFK's Words!
Young men!
"May I know if you are doing your present job sincerely as a patriot"? "If your reply is 'yes,' I feel Motherland should be proud of you. But if not, you are letting down yourself and your motherland both. I call upon you to live like self-respecting, responsible citizens of a free country."
JFK gave a similar message at his victory speech when he said, "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country".
This message is more relevant to the youth today than it was then in the times of JFK and Baba Bhakna before him, especially when this terrible debate is going to enrage and engage the Indian nation which is fuelled by the BBC documentary, "India's Daughter" which covers the tragedy of 2012. It is a second national tragedy and disgrace which brought a great shame to the capital Delhi second only to the Sikh genocide of 1984 in modern times. One's heart naturally goes to all the affected families.
With sincere condolences to Jyoti's
family, debating Delhi Rape Case, she is a victim for some and a dear Bitea (daughter) Jyoti – light and soul for mothers and fathers anywhere else for others. However painful for all families directly affected and how so shameful may be for the Indian nation to debate, it must be debated fully and openly to get at the bottom and the root cause of this retarded mindset. The debate must generate more light than heat. And the lessons learnt ought to go to the drawing board for the builder – architects of the nation as well as to the elementary school education system where it all begins.
Returning to Baba Bhakna's message: In his sunset days and at his fag end, with a lot of persuasion by others, Baba Ji wrote a number of booklets namely, "Dukh" (Anguish), "Jeevan Kartav," (Path of Duty), his autobiography, "Jeewan Sangram," compiled by Prof. Malwinder Jeet Singh Waraich as well as "Meri Aap-Beeti" most recently compiled by Amarjit Chandan.
I knew Baba Ji very closely as a relative and a family member, a husband (His wife Mata Bishen Kaur was the elder sister of my grandfather Baba Jeon Singh of Jandiala – Lahore). I knew him as a farmer, an educationalist and an art lover who loved
educating children especially the girl child. He greatly influenced my life as I watched him walking the talk at the grass root level during my formative years. I attended the same elementary primary school which he attended 70 or so years ago and was still a primary school. I matriculated in 1956 from the Co-educational Janta High School Bhakna built by him on his own donated land in 1952 in that part of the border area of Wagah-Pakistan.
One of these days, I will also write about covering my share of Baba Ji's life since I lived with him in Bhakna from the age of 7 to 21years old. I came to Bhakna after the partition in 1947 when my parents from my ancestral village of Jandiala now in Pakistan came and lived in Bhakna till 1961. I graduated from Khalsa College Amritsar in 1961 and left Bhakna to take up my first job as Horticultural Inspector at Pinjore Gardens. Meanwhile I take pleasure in sharing Prof. Malwinder Jeet Singh Waraich's compiled book "Jeevan Sangram" with my online readers. On the request of Prem Kumar Chumber, chief editor weekly newspaper, "Desh Doaba, the book "Jeevan Sangram" written in Gurmukhi is being published in installments. Please read on:
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Read MoreEveryone Should Watch the Punjabi Stage Play, "Komagata Maru Safar Jari Hai"
Last Sunday, I watched the Punjabi stage drama," Komagata Maru Safar Jari Hai" at Sunnyside High School auditorium in Fresno. The Indo American Heritage Forum, one of the two similarly sounding organizations commemorating Ghadrites in Fresno had also invited the Progressive Art Association of Alberta, Canada. The auditorium designed to accommodate 500+ people was fully packed and in spite of the initial hick-ups, the play written and directed by Davinder Daman was received very well, where the audience fell silent at the appropriate moments, and all eyes were intently on the scenes unfolding on the stage.
The painful saga of the historic Komagata Maru is not new information for many of my readers, who are familiar with the history, in some capacity. But the rendering of this collective pain into works of art is a relatively new occurrence, and one I fully embrace (you should too!)
The Punjabi Art Association in Edmonton also performed a play using the Komagata as its main inspiration, written by Ajmer Rode and equally artfully directed by Jaspal Dhillon. The difficulty in creating novels or stage plays that are rooted in historical facts, is the delicate nature of balancing fact with art. The facts cannot be altered, and the sequence of events remains the same in both plays, and the dramatization in Davinder Daman's play is rendered very interestingly. Daman's use of powerful dialogues and the way he took the emotional intensity of a scene that may or may not have happened in quite the way it is depicted is truly remarkable. He created new scenes which skillfully strip bare the underlying conspiracy of powers to be as well as the human struggle of trying to overcome the high handedness of the authorities. It has all the characteristics of a tragedy that makes this not just a good piece of history, but also a good play.
Theatre has indeed added a new dimension thanks to some of these innovative Punjabi writers who have successfully revived this age old technique. Judging by the number of people who attended, the well written, directed and superbly played by wonderful actors had educated larger crowd than the number of people who would ever have read it in print.
Understanding ourselves and for our younger generation what really went on these American shores with our pioneer immigrants from the Indian sub-continent 100 years ago, is very important. Important still is to remember that although this difficult voyage or safar has come a long way, it still continues. It continues not only in India as the play appears to conclude but also here in North America our adopted country. Being far from fully accomplished, it would require input from us all. Are we making a positive contribution to make it happen? That is the question we need to be asking ourselves!
As the history of Komagata Maru and the Ghadar Party is evidenced as inseparable in this play, likewise the freedom movement of India and history of North America especially of the West Coast are kind of intertwined. Organizations, activists, historians and supporters such as Dr. Bruce La Brack, Dr. Mark Juergens Meyer, Dr. Harold Gold and Johanna Ogden to name a few, have attempted to keep these stories alive but the overall political achievements and link to Indian independence is largely marginalized in India and their contribution to human rights and immigration reforms is almost forgotten here in America until now. In the recent years especially in the aftermath of 9/11 terrorist attacks, significant legislation has been passed by the California legislature when Sikhs were being targeted as terrorists by some misguided patriots due to their outward appearance being confused with the Taliban.
I am not a historian but it seems to me that there is much to be said and written about this story where it really matters and included in the school curriculum books. Simply stated these stories are not an "add-on" to established history but require a rethinking of that very narrative arc which tends to focus on an westward migration from South Asia to North America and then internal to the United States to the West Coast in those times. In Johanna Ogden's words who is an independent historian from Portland," it is impossible to fully understand how Western citizens understand themselves/ourselves without considering the how's and why's of the history of other peoples (Chinese, East Indians, et al) which were integral to the region has been sidelined or silenced."
In the same vein, I had attended the "Ghadar Day 2014"in Berkeley last month. Commemorating the 100th Birth Anniversary of the Founding of the Ghadar Party, the Berkeley City Council became the 8th city in North America after Astoria.
Initiated by Johanna Ogden's research work, the City Council and the Mayor of Astoria-Oregon, Willis Van Dusen had first designated November as the Ghadar Day last year. The City Council had also organized and paid for a 2 day International Conversational Seminar on 4-5 October 2013. and installed a plaque dedicated to the Ghadrites at the Columbia River Front next to the Finnish Hall site, where the very first meeting took place in 1913. A number of proclamations followed in California including one in Canada, which are covered in more detail elsewhere.
Organized by the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour, the Ghadar Day event that I attended was a rare public conversation with 3 generations of activists continuing the Ghadar tradition. Shwanika Narayan, a young reporter describes the event in her report published in QUARTZS India on December 4, 2014. Titled, "A century later, these Indian freedom fighters are finally being embraced—as Americans", please read the report and leave your comments at: http://qz.com/306003/a-century-later-these-indian-freedom-fighters-are-finally-being-embraced-as-americans/
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Read MoreIs the Earth Just Old And In The Way? Maybe It's Time to Move to Mars!
India's Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is all over the news, from the BBC, to the New York Times, and of course, every major newspaper and media outlet in India. It has broken many well deserved groundbreaking records:
- The first first Asian country to accomplish this feat
- It is the ONLY to accomplish this on its first attempt
- It is TEN times cheaper than the U.S. mission to Mars.
On September 30, 2014, an agreement was drawn in Toronto between India and America, to launch a joint Earth-observing satellite mission and establish a pathway for future joint missions. India, it seems, has joined the elite superpowers, and this partnership between two large yet vastly differing democracies with economic models on earth symbolizes a strange common thread: the hurry to abandon Earth and ignore talk of Human Rights, Climate Change, or environmental issues, and simply find a new planet to inhabit.
The idea of people abandoning Earth and colonizing Mars might seem far fetched and in the land of science fiction, but not according to many businessmen, such as British Billionaire Richard Branson, who bought the world's first commercial space line several years ago, Virgin Galactic, in hopes of populating Mars by 2024.
"In my lifetime, I'm determined to be a part of starting a population on Mars. I think its absolutely realistic. It will happen," he said.
If you have the financial resources, you can even book your flight to Mars when it becomes available at the Virgin Galactic website.
The MOM mission being so cheap is the talk of the industry and the world. Responding to this someone however, quickly expressed his wonderment by writing that Indian government can swing mission to Mars on time and under budget, yet fails to accurately forecast electricity needed for most of the states, every year. According to this CNN article, it claims that a huge part of the reason for it being so cheap is the labor: "For example, highly-skilled aerospace engineers in India might receive a salary of $1,000 per month, a fraction of what they could earn in Europe or the U.S." During the media frenzy over MOM, I read an interesting article in a local newspaper published here in California:
"The 57 year old writer argued that living to be 75 years of age was long enough for anyone. After 75, we are no longer remembered as vibrant and engaged but as feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic." Conveniently forgetting, how our present lives would be poorer if we take away history's 75 year olds, it goes on to say that aging is more costlier than youth,. Not surprisingly, this argument was to attack the Medicare bills of Obama Care. Although, I wouldn't agree with any of this, nor would I expect anyone else with no axe to grind would believe this, yet I found a relevance here of some sort. Read this:
According to a United Nations Report freshly launched this week, population will reach 9.6 billion. The already exhausted and over taxed Earth will run out of food by 2050. Food prices will inevitably spike with a rising demand for protein foods such as meat, milk, fish and eggs. Growing shortages of fresh water are already adding to the catastrophe. The two major food baskets of the world namely: California in America and Punjab in the Indian sub continent, are already half empty because of the seasons being out of gear and due to Climate Change/ Global Warming. Subjected to continued exploitation and pollution over the years, both are at the verge of an environmental disaster.
In California, the Central Valley agricultural landscape for instance, is already changing for the worse. In a prolonged drought and due to the shortage of irrigation water, thousands of acres of farmed land are left as fallow and hundreds of acres of mature almond orchards have been abandoned and left to die. The environmentalists and the farmers are already fighting each other for their rights to water and the government is caught in the middle of it all. Situation in Punjab wanting to be California so to speak, is even worse, since they don't seem to be aware of its coming or where they are going. In many studies, a recurring hypothetical is regarding potential wars involving more than 50 countries on five continents all over water rights, unless something is done to control how to share reservoirs, rivers, etc.
Rather than look towards the skies for a new planet to colonize, our focus should be on helping to make this one livable. In the late 1960s, I watched Neil Armstrong taking those momentous steps on the moon, and I remember the same feelings of amazement mingled with sadness and fear for this planet. Our home. I wrote my poem, "Umber di Shehzadi de Naa," (To the Princess of the Skies) in 1969. I imagined the Earth and Moon as two sisters. Man has taken all he wanted from Earth and is now knocking on the Moon's door, intent on doing the same to Moon. Earth writes a letter to her estranged sister, warning her not to open the door. To read more about the story behind this poem, read my Kavita di Kahani.
Please listen to my poem and I would love to know your thoughts in the comments, either here, or on my Facebook Page.
Sufi singer, Mamta Joshi, also sung a beautiful rendition of my poem, which you can listen to below:


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Nobody said that Amazigh (in the variant Tarifit or in general) is Arabic. So, read correctly the posts before to reply and don't put words in other mouths.For the questions about Arabic vowels (sound) plus Arabic vowels marks (spelling) and dialects, I stated very clearly in my other posts and you can check its accuracy in some reliable basical books, as Modern Arabic: Structures, Functions and Varieties, by Clive Holes, or Elementary Modern Standard Arabic, by Peter F. Abboud et al.
I would like to see academical and bibliographical proof of all your affirmations.
My former student (and his family) is born in Al-hoceima, not an Arabic immigrant to the city or the area.
Sentences like "all what you said is BS" or "you know nothing you just bla bla bla" are absolutely rude and rudeness is not welcome when discussing in this board.
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Oscar worlds collide as Jennifer Lawrence reteams with "Silver Linings Playbook" director David O. Russell for "The Ends of the Earth," a fact-based original penned by Oscar-nominated "Argo" screenwriter Chris Terrio. It's an American epic–with a "Django"-scale TWC budget– centering on Ernest Marland, an oil tycoon who loses everything when caught in a scandalous affair (like General Petraeus?). The Weinstein Company has finalized worldwide rights to the film.
Todd Black, Steve Tisch and Jason Blumenthal of Escape Artists are set to produce.
Russell stated of his experience working with Lawrence on "Silver Linings": "[She] possesses a self-deprecating humor that made all of the cast and crew feel at ease. Her acting is effortless and she always makes it look easy."
Meanwhile, the actress is also on board for an untitled Russell project on the 1970s Abscam sting operation. "SLP" co-star Bradley Cooper is also attached, along with Jeremy Renner, Christian Bale, Amy Adams and Louis C.K.
Lawrence is nominated for her second Oscar for "Silver Linings Playbook" and is favired to win; Russell is nominated for his second and third Oscars for the film, adapted screenplay and director. The film is up for eight Academy Awards total, including Best Picture and all four actor categories.


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Trip Start
Aug 09, 2008
Trip End
Oct 08, 2008
The first part of my ride from London was on the main highway. Then I got off at Oxford to do a little bit of touring. I walked around town in all my cycling gear...boots, pants and jackets. I was getting some odd looks. The library there has a copy of every book ever published in England. Now that's a place I could spend a lot of time in. This library was also used in the Harry Potter movies. I would have loved to have walked around town more. The buildings were all so interesting as were all the other beautiful sights in town. Now I can tell everyone that I went to Oxford University. Now try putting that on a resume. You wouldn't be lying if you said you went to Oxford!
From Oxford I took the short route. This took me through some awesome little towns. The weather was also quite nice. No rain! Though still quite cloudy. I had a few hours to kill as they recommend that you don't arrive at the B&B before 4 PM.
This worked out perfectly as the road I was on took me right through Woodstock and the Blenheim Castle. This Castle is quite impressive and is still owned by a Duke. Numerous "Royal" events still occur here. I spent a couple of hours here, though I did change out of my cycling boots and pants.
Then it was a short, relatively speaking, ride to Stratford-upon-Avon. I arrived at exactly 4 PM. Then I took a walk around town to see Anne Hathaway's House, the house Shakespeare was born in and then Trinity Church. There are so many neat houses in this town.
It was a very long, event filled day. Tomorrow I have a long drive ahead of me so I'm off to bed.
"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool!"


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 9th Nov 2012 22:11 UTC
"The result of almost a year of development by NVIDIA, Valve and other game developers, the new GeForce R310 drivers are designed to give GeForce customers the best possible Linux-based PC gaming experience - and showcase the enormous potential of the world's biggest open-source operating system." Like I said: something is happening here. No, not all problems will be solved overnight - but something is happening here, and you have to start somewhere. The fact that several gaming companies and NVIDIA are working together on this is a very clear sign that commitments have been made.
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AMD has people on the payroll to work on the open-source radeon driver, and these people do have access to internal docs.
You only have part of that correct. AMD had its own attorneys and programmers audit their documentation with regards to their existing license agreements, NDAs, etc. The documentation AMD eventually released to the public came after their diligent review. It is unclear that Nvidia will follow this approach. Anyways, as you hinted later with regards to radeon power management, this is why the open-source radeon drivers will never be equal to the performance of their closed fglrx drivers, as the latter still contains code that AMD cannot release to the public without incurring liability. Edited 2012-11-10 10:50 UTC


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Immelt: I Wish I Had Thought Of SolarCity (SCTY)
Published 9:53 am, Tuesday, May 20, 2014
America is undergoing a twin energy boom. You may have heard about the shale revolution, which helped make natural gas plants the No. 1 new energy source in the U.S. last year.
Though not on the same scale, the rise of solar energy has been just as impressive. New photovoltaic and concentrated solar installations constituted the second-largest source of new energy in 2013, and the number of solar jobs in the U.S. climbed 20%, according to The Solar Foundation, making it one of the fastest-growing industries in the country.
With nearly a quarter of the residential installation market, Elon Musk's SolarCity has been at the vanguard of this movement, thanks to its leasing model and its financing strategy, which includes things like solar-backed bonds.
Still, as GigaOm's Katie Fehrenbacher reports, this could have been an opportunity that an established energy player like GE could have tapped — and GE is now acknowledging as much. She writes:
At the World Energy Innovation Forum at the Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif. this week, the CEO of GE, Jeff Immelt, said during an onstage interview that GE had focused so intently on how bad the solar panel business was that they "missed SolarCity." "My God I wish I had thought of that," said Immelt.
In its latest earnings presentation, SolarCity says it now expects to install a full gigawatt's worth of solar — or up t0 1 million homes — by 2015.
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Out of my Closet: Charlotte Chen
Girl-about-town Charlotte Chen has a wardrobe that's always party ready, even if that means fancy dress.
"I never have to buy Halloween costumes because I can always find something in my closet that will work," says the 29-year-old.
The daughter of late fashion designer Rowena U, Chen got her a taste for high fashion early on.
"When my mum and her friends went out shopping, I often tagged along. I was exposed to beautiful things at an early age," she says.
Her closet is a mixture of high fashion labels including Galliano, Fendi and Balenciaga runway pieces and vintage finds from flea markets in Japan, New York and London. There are at least 20 qipaos, half a dozen flapper dresses and 15 vintage Chanel suits she inherited from her mother.
Chen is a daring dresser. She sported a Marie Antoinette look at this year's Tatler ball and a fur shawl paired with a wet-look spandex dress at a Louis Vuitton party last week.
Greeting us in her Stella McCartney citrus printed pants and a no-brand burned-out green shirt, Chen says she dresses daily according to her mood.
"It's like I'm all over the place. I don't really have a particular inkling about certain looks - I just follow my mood," she says. "If I plan my look in advance, it just never works. That's why I have a big problem packing for my travels. I pack way more than I need - probably triple the amount - so that I'll be able to mix and match."
After graduating from college, Chen got her first job in investment banking. Quitting her banking career was a liberating moment for her.
"I think that made me a rebel, I threw out like 1,000 pairs of black heels and pencil skirts after I quit and went crazy with prints and volumes," she says, laughing.
"I have my girlie moments when I'm dressed in pink all the time. When I feel more eccentric, I wear something more ostentatious - things that my boyfriend wouldn't approve of."
Frequenting designer studios and fashion events since her teenage years, Chen's closet is an archive of more than a decade of shopping.
"I'm quite a hoarder. I don't throw away things that have sentimental value. I just found a pair of Hysteric Glamour trousers I bought when I was 15 years old and they still fit."
Because she likes to have something for every occasion, she has things in her closet that have barely been worn.
"There are things that only work if I don't wear them out of the house," she says. "I'll still buy them because they are so pretty. I like things that are complex because I feel that the designer has made an effort to put things together that look great. I like to dress for arts' sake."
The girl-next-door look is not her style. "Easy-to-wear things don't work for me because I look really young when I wear those and I need to use colours and patterns to show my age sometimes," she says.
Her tip for an instant style boost?
"Sunglasses can change your entire outfit. Throw on some really ridiculous sunglasses and they work even if you are wearing a T-shirt and jeans," she says. "I like obnoxious sunglasses - how about that?"


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International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 495127, 11 pages
Research Article
A Scalable MAC Protocol Supporting Simple Multimedia Traffic QoS in WSNs
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Republic of Korea
Received 15 February 2011; Revised 20 April 2011; Accepted 25 May 2011
Copyright © 2011 JeongSeok On et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Linked References
- I. F. Akyildiz, T. Melodia, and K. R. Chowdhury, "A survey on wireless multimedia sensor networks," Computer Networks, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 921–960, 2007. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
- J. On, J. Kim, J. Lee, Y. Kim, and H. Chong, "A MAC protocol with adaptive preloads considering low duty-cycle in WSNs," in the 3rd International Conference on Mobile Ad-hoc and Sensor Networks (MSN '07), vol. 4864 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pp. 269–280, Beijing, China, December 2007.
- J. Kim, J. On, S. Kim, and J. Lee, "Performance evaluation of synchronous and asynchronous MAC protocols for wireless sensor networks," in the 2nd International Conference on Sensor Technologies and Applications (SENSORCOMM '08), pp. 500–506, Cap Esterel, France, August 2008. View at Publisher · View at Google Scholar · View at Scopus
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- L. Romdhani, Q. Ni, and T. Turletti, "Adaptive EDCF: enhanced service differentiation for IEEE 802.11 wireless ad-hoc networks," in Proceedings of IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC '03), pp. 1373–1378, New Orleans, La, USA, March 2003.
- M. Adamou, I. Lee, and I. Shin, "An energy efficient real-time medium access control protocol for wireless ad-hoc networks," in the 8th IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium, September 2002.
- "IEEE 802.15.4. Wireless Medium Access Control (MAC) and Physical Layer (PHY)Specifications for Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks (LR-WPANs)," 2003.


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Billed as "the greatest magazine about light—in nature, culture, art, architecture and design," Munich-based lighting designer Gerd Pfarré and graphic designer Frank Koschembar have set the bar high—and large. Measuring 19 inches wide by 27 inches tall, Illuminator requires space to read—and space to store. Modeled after the art magazine The Manipulator (1982–1994), which was launched by Willy Moser and David Colby, the format is the largest page size that a printing press can handle.
But more than anything else, what the large format offers is a vehicle for viewing stunning images and for being inspired. "We wanted to create something that would take advantage of the large TIF files that are created when design projects are photographed," Pfarré says. "There's been no print medium in a magazine format that's done this for lighting."
Two years in the making, Illuminator is intended to speak to a broad design-based audience, or "anyone who is fascinated by light," Pfarré says. To that end, Pfarré and Koschembar targeted the initial launch this past October to design communities in Europe and the U.S. with a particular focus on architecture and museum bookshops. "It's really about reaching a creative audience," Pfarré says.
Each issue (there will be two per year) has a cover story dedicated to a particular topic. For the inaugural issue, that topic was bioluminescence, and the issue contained a short essay by molecular biologist Heike Körber and stunning images of fireflies. Also included is a look at the work of light artist James Turrell (above) and theatrical lighting designer Max Keller, an interview with Ingo Maurer, a photo essay by Berlin artist Anne Kathrin Greiner titled "Disciplined Spaces," and an essay written by lighting designer Mark Major on the role of color in architectural lighting design. But the text throughout is secondary to the images, as your eye is constantly drawn to the visual richness of the photographs.
One of the most thought provoking moments in the magazine, and one that fulfills its editorial mandate to speak to light's essence, is the reproduction of George de la Tour's 17th-century painting The Education of the Virgin, a depiction of St. Anne teaching her daughter to read the Bible by candlelight. As a full spread, it's a powerful visual that celebrates light's incandescent magic.
"Light plays a vital role in our lives," Pfarré says. "We want this publication to offer people an emotional and philosophical way of understanding the medium." Interesting then that in this digital age Pfarré and Koschembar have limited the publication to being print-only and have purposely created no companion website. Pfarré readily acknowledges that Illuminator—with its size and its cost, €49 (about $63 per issue)—is not going to be for everyone, and that's OK. "We want people to have a physical and intimate experience thinking about and viewing light, as if you were in an art gallery," he says. That said, the duo does not plan to lose money on this project. Costs are covered by subscription and single-copy purchase revenue as well as four full-page ads from lighting manufacturers.
Pfarré and Koschembar are already at work on the next issue, which will focus on artistic light. Future topics might include shadow, color, and divine light. Inquiries can be made to firstname.lastname@example.com. Peter Miller Books in Seattle serves as the U.S. distributor (petermiller.com).


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Make no mistake, this is a big series.
It's preposterous to call any game or even any series a "must win" at this point in the season. Still, you don't have to spend much time perusing the standings before coming to the conclusion that the pre-AllStar Break series that begins tonight against the White Sox is huge.
It's easy to focus on the number of games the Twins trail the AL Central Division leaders, if for no other reason than those are the numbers we see published every day in the media. The Twins have been bouncing around between 7-9 games behind whichever team, the Indians or Tigers, might happen to be leading the division on a particular date. In fact, some writers (including myself) have pointed to the week of July 18-24, when the Twins are scheduled to play eight games against the Indians and Tigers in a span of seven days as the stretch during which the Twins' destiny will be determined.
But, as we all know, the Twins don't just trail Cleveland and Detroit. If the Twins are truly going to pull themselves up in to contention, they're going to have to step over the cold, dead body of the BitchSox, as well. The Sox haven't found a way to win even a single game over the Twins so far, with our guys going 2-0 both on their last trip to Chicago, in May, and also on the Sox' return trip in June. That's a trend that needs to continue.
The Sox enjoy a 3.5 game lead over the Twins as the series begins. A Twins sweep would propel them in to third place at the AllStar Break. Getting swept by the Sox would mean a 7.5 game deficit and we'll probably start reading a lot more articles about other teams contacting the Twins about trades, like this one from the Denver Post, as it would seem all but impossible to catch and pass three teams from that far back at the Break.
As for tonight's game… it's the long-awaited (and much too ballyhooed) debut of Joe Mauer at first base for the Twins.
Joe and the Twins will be facing off against former Twin Phil Humber. Joe Christensen at the Strib wrote a nice piece on Humber that's worth a read.
Finally, congratulations to Sox 1B Paul Konerko on winning the fan vote for the final spot on the AL AllStar team. Personally, I thought it was stupid that he had to go through that process, rather than just being named on his own merits. Konerko is one of those guys I can't help but respect, even when he plays for a rival.
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Revere, CF | Pierre, LF | |
Casilla, A, 2B | Vizquel, 3B | |
Mauer, 1B | Konerko, 1B | |
Cuddyer, RF | Dunn, A, DH | |
Thome, DH | Rios, CF | |
Valencia, 3B | Pierzynski, C | |
Tosoni, LF | Ramirez, Al, SS | |
Nishioka, SS | Teahen, RF | |
Butera, C | Beckham, 2B | |
_Pavano, P | _Humber,P |
Minnesota | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
Chi White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
Didn't tonight just remind you how much fun it is to beat the BitchSox?
Carl Pavano wasn't terrificly sharp, but he still got through 7 innings while giving up only 2 runs, so you have to happily take that. Glen Perkins and Matt Capps… yes, Matt Capps… each contributed a scoreless inning of relief work.
Ben Revere had a really nice night, going 3 for 5 with a couple of runs scored and Tsuyoshi Nishioka contributed with the bat and the glove.
But tonight's BOD was pretty clearly Joe Mauer. The Chairman had 3 hits and 2 RBI, and also looked like he had been playing 1B most of his career. Ground balls, line drives, scooping balls in the dirt, soft-tossing to the pitcher covering… he had to do it all and did just fine. Good work Joe!


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>> Franca Sozzani is feeling it, and now Katie Grand is too: the six covers of POP Fall 2008 are evenly split between three black models (Jourdan Dunn, Naomi Campbell, Oluchi Onweagba) and three white models (Natalia Vodianova, Amber Valletta, Agyness Deyn), styled as "Hot Nuns" in Prada and photographed by Sebastian Faena.
Jourdan, with her Frida Kahlo brows, and Agyness, with her holy pose are most striking, but I for one can't wait to see the Agyness Deyn editorial inside we've been talking about for months [1]. You know, the one where Ryan McGinley had her jumping nude off a fire escape?
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Onslow County, North Carolina Genealogy
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United States North Carolina Onslow County
County Courthouse
Parent County
1734--Onslow County was created from New Hanover County.
County seat: Jacksonville [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1752, 1786--Storms destroyed many records.
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
- Onslow County cemeteries - via Onslow County NCGenWeb
- Onslow County cemeteries - via NCGenWeb Archives
- Onslow County cemeteries - via Find-A-Grave
- Union Chapel beginnings - the oldest church in the county
- Church records - via NCGenWeb Archives
- Onslow County court information - via NCGenWeb Archives
- Onslow County business directory - area business information; via Onslow County NCGenWeb
- Onslow County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
It is anticipated that this bibliography will eventually identify all known family histories published about residents of this county. Use this list to:
- Locate publications about direct ancestors
- Find the most updated accounts of an ancestor's family
- Identify publications, to quote Elizabeth Shown Mills, about an ancestor's "FAN Club" [Friends, Associates, and Neighbors]
"Tucker meticulously chronicled the history of coastal North Carolina and particularly Onslow County and the Swansboro area"--Foreword, v. 6:
- Littleton, Tucker Reed and Coastal Genealogical Society. The Tucker Littleton Notes. 10 vols. Swansboro, N.C.: Coastal Genealogical Society, 1998-2008. FHL Books 975.6 H29t v. 1 - 975.6 H29t v. 10
A county heritage book is available:
- Onslow County History Society. The Heritage of Onslow County, 1983. Winston-Salem, N.C.: Onslow County Historical Society in cooperation with Hunter Publishing Company, 1983. FHL Book 975.623 H2h
Compiled genealogies of several Onslow families were published in:
- Stroscio, Michael A. Some Onslow Families with Collateral Lines (Onslow County, North Carolina). 1976; reprint, Columbia, Md.: M.A. Stroscio, 1980. FHL Film 1033718 Item 8
- Stroscio, Michael A. Some Onslow Families with Collateral Lines - Andrews, Bishop, Burnett, Ennett, Fisher, Horne, King, Lane, Lloyd, Mason, McClammy, McDaniel, Redd, Sidbury, Stockley, Stroscio, Thompson, Triscuizzi, Walker (Onslow County, North Carolina). Raleigh, N.C.: M.A. Stroscio, 1999. FHL Book 929.273 Si13sm 1999; digital version at Family History Archives.
- [Anderson] Wright, Carl V. The Doty/Andreson/Shepperd and Allied Families. Ganado, Texas: C.V. Wright, 1993. FHL Book 929.273 D742w
- [Barber] Fountain, Alvin M. Family of Micah & Elizabeth Barber Children and Grandchildren, Onslow County, North Carolina. Raleigh, N.C.: A.M. Fountain, 1975. FHL Film 928044 Item 30
- [Barber] Fountain, Alvin M. The Family of Mitch Barber and His Wife. Microfilmed 1997. FHL Film 1750833 Item 26
- [Bumpus] Bumpus, Carle Franklin. Bompas, Bumpass, Bump, Bumpus and Allied Families, 1621-1985-- Supplement No. 1. Lady Lake, Fla.: C.F. Bumpus, 1989-1993, 1985. FHL Books 929.273 B88bc 1985 supp. 1, 929.273 B88bc 1993 supp. 1
- [Clifton] Clifton, Harvey B. The Clifton Family: Descendants of William Clifton, A Revolutionary War Soldier. Daytona Beach, Fla.: H.B. Clifton, revised 1987, 1981. FHL Book 929.273 C613ch
- [Duffy] Badgley, Azalea Green. Duffy Family Bible Records, ca. 1808-19__. Typescript. Donated 1945. FHL Film 1697360 Item 14
- [Dulany] Scott, Mary Rebecca Dulany. Gone to Texas: A Compendium of the Dulany, Haddox, Heaton, Holland and Martin Families. Tomball, Texas: M.R.D. Scott, 1989. FHL Book 929.273 D886s
- [Farr] Farr, Eugene. Farr and Near Farr: Descendants of Col. William Farr of Union County, South Carolina from 1735: (Allied Families: Alley, Bailey, Fowler, Garner, Glenn, Lipsey, Lowry, McDuff (McElduff), Stribling, Thomas and Many, Many Others). Chesterfield, Mo.: E. Farr, 1997. FHL Book 929.273 F24fe
- [Fountain] Fountain, Maxine Taylor, Marcia Taylor Fountain, and Alvin Marcus Fountain. The John R. Fountain Family of Onslow County, North Carolina: Being a Collection of Family Researches, Writings and References of Alvin Marcus Fountain and Some Sseventy Plus Other Members of the Family. Raleigh, N.C.: M.T. Fountain, 1992. FHL Book 929.273 F825f
- [Foyle] Magee, Zuma Fendlason and Aletha Barker Hamiter. Foyle (Foil) Genealogy. Franlinton, La.: Z.F. Magee, 1956. FHL Film 1008689 Item 4
- [Hart] Peyton, Helen E. Some Early Pioneers of Western Kentucky, Their Ancestors and Descendants. Charleston, S.C.: H.E.H. Peyton, 1990. FHL Book 929.273 H251p 1990
- [Huffman] Huffman, Esker Aubrey. The Asa Huffman Family of Jasper County, Texas: A Genealogy and Family History from the Year 1371 to 2000. Costa Mesa, Calif.: E.A. Huffman, 2000. FHL Book 929.273 H872he
- [King] Walton, June Roper. Kith and Kin of Willie Adam Walton and Ethel Mae King. Four Oaks, N.C.: J.R. Roper, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 W173wk
- [Middleton] Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162. FHL Book 973 D25aga v. 55
- [Morgan] Hinson, Emma Morgan. Morgan. N.C.: E.M. Hinson, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 M821hi
- [Overton] Powell, Durward E. John Overton of Stepney, Middlesex, England, and His Descendants. Durham, N.C.: D.E. Powell, 1998, 2000. FHL Book 929.273 Ov2p
- [Powell] Andrea, Leonardo. Powell. MSS., Typescript, Polk County Historical Library, Bartow, Fla., 1962. 978080 Item 2
- [Prescott] Prescott, Fannie Lee, Adell Taylor Prescott and Clarence Ray Prescott. A Bicentennial Salute to the Descendants of Willoughby Prescott of Carteret County, North Carolina Born ca. 1750, Died 1829. Greenville, N.C.: A.T. Prescott, 1980. FHL Book 929.273 P925p
- [Provow] Provow, Douglas W. The Provo(w) Family History. Typescript, 1972. FHL Film 1750742 Item 52
- [Redd] Bryner, Ellen Redd and John Hardison Redd. Biography of Lemuel Hardison Redd. MSS. Microfilmed 1974. FHL Book 921.73 A1 no. 47 [LDS]
- [Redd] Redd, Lura. The Utah Redds and Their Progenitors. Salt Lake City, Utah: A.J. Redd, 2001. FHL CD-ROM no. 1427 [LDS]
- [Reed] Phillips, Opal B. and Carrie B. Hart. George Reed Family. Typescript. Microfilmed 1986. Family Records Collection, Barrett Memorial Library, Petersburg, Ind. FHL Film 1451834
- [Snead] Butler, Florence Roberta Walker. The Sneads of Accomack County Virginia, Craven, Onslow and Johnston Counties, North Carolina and Allied Families. n.p.: R.W. Butler, 2008. FHL Book
- [Walton] Walton, June Roper. Kith and Kin of Willie Adam Walton and Ethel Mae King. Four Oaks, N.C.: J.R. Roper, 1991. FHL Book 929.273 W173wk
- [Williams] Maready, Kellon. John Williams (1745-1792), Onslow County, NC: Descendants of His Sons Hopkins Williams, (1790-1866), Stephen Decatur Williams (1775-1862), Duplin County, NC. Chinquapin, N.C.: A.K. Maready, 1997. FHL Book 929.273 W673ma
- [Wooton] Wooten, E.C., Jessamine Young Wooton, and Wooten and Related Families Association. Charles Wooton of Kentucky. Arlington, Va.: Wooten and Related Families Association, 1984. FHL Book 929.273 W889we
- Onslow County deeds - via NCGenWeb Archives
Local Histories
- Onslow County NCGenWeb Military page
- Life Before Camp Lejune - area history compiled by Jane Hoveland
- Onslow County newspaper information - via Onslow County NCGenWeb
- Onslow County tax records - via NCGenWeb Archives
Vital Records
Societies and Libraries
Web Sites
- Onslow, NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).


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The New European Commentary is based upon the New European Version of the Bible. It provides a verse by verse exposition of the entire New Testament. It is written by Duncan Heaster, a Christadelphian missionary, and is therefore from a Unitarian, non-Trinitarian perspective. This volume covers the letters of Paul to the Corinthians and the church at Corinth- the epistles of 1 Corinthians and 2 Corinthians.
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The Harry Ransom Center's exhibition The King James Bible: Its History and Influence closes on Sunday, July 29.
Free docent-led tours of the exhibitions are offered Tuesdays at noon, Saturdays at 2 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. through the end of the exhibition.
The galleries are open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Thursday evenings to 7 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from noon to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed on Mondays. Admission is free; your donation supports the Ransom Center's exhibitions and public programs.
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Four hundred years after its first printing, the King James translation of the Bible remains a vital work whose language permeates contemporary literature, music, and everyday speech. This exhibition tells the little-known story of one of the most widely read and printed books in the history of the English language and provides a compelling look at the history of this translation, its English-language predecessors, and the social and historical context in which it was produced.
Items from the Ransom Center's literature, film, photography, and art collections demonstrate the King James Bible's far-reaching influence on the arts and humanities, from John Milton to Harriet Beecher Stowe to Martin Luther King, Jr. to Norman Mailer. The King James translation's distinctive and eloquent language has become an integral part of our culture and literature, permeating the Civil War-era writings and speeches of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, providing the title for Walker Evans and James Agee's Let Us Now Praise Famous Men, and even inspiring the tattoos for Robert De Niro's character in the film Cape Fear.
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June Hedge Funds: Best, Worst, Biggest
Larry Robbins usually describes the approach of his $6.4 billion hedge-fund firm, Glenview Capital Management, as "suggestivist," cultivating amicable working relationships with corporate management to propose shareholder-friendly changes. Now he's becoming an activist for the first time, challenging one of his holdings in a proxy contest that is under way.
The switch in tactics isn't the result of any shortfall in Glenview's performance. Its flagship, the $4.8 billion Glenview fund, returned 26.8% last year, and over 10 years has provided an annualized 13.4% gain to its investors, due in large part to Robbins' focus on health-care stocks. His 13-year-old firm today has 72 employees and occupies the 44th floor of the prestigious General Motors Building on Fifth Avenue.
Top performer Robbins is getting more aggressive, waging his first proxy fight—against one of his many health-care holdings. Roger Hagadone for Barron's
There, he and his team conduct bottom-up research, searching for long-term investments in large-cap growth companies that have advantages beyond the direction of the economic cycle. The team makes pretty big bets: As of June 30, the Glenview fund's top-10 positions represented about two-thirds of its total assets.
Robbins, 43, started buying health-care shares in 2004, after President George W. Bush signed the Medicare Modernization Act, which mandated that the government increase reimbursements for companies that serve the elderly. About 40% of his firm's assets are now invested in health-care related companies, including Tenet Healthcare THC -0.22308979364194087% Tenet Healthcare Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD17.89 -0.04 -0.22308979364194087% /Date(1490888310964-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 262812 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1799042404.50653 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 149084 More quote details and news » (ticker: THC), Health Management Associates (HMA), Community Health Systems CYH -1.872871736662883% Community Health Systems Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD8.645 -0.165 -1.872871736662883% /Date(1490888354753-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1538498 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 1003009729.16943 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 153650 More quote details and news » (CYH), Humana HUM 0.8736591758481774% Humana Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD207.83 1.8 0.8736591758481774% /Date(1490888282844-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 157555 P/E Ratio 53.07973328564494 Market Cap 29726831639.668 Dividend Yield 0.7700823025460846% Rev. per Employee 1053860 More quote details and news » (HUM), and McKesson MCK -1.2091179385530229% McKesson Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD149.52 -1.83 -1.2091179385530229% /Date(1490888356115-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 174463 P/E Ratio 16.65923332515666 Market Cap 32094221902.0263 Dividend Yield 0.7496151529348772% Rev. per Employee 2889680 More quote details and news » (MCK).
He's the rare Wall Streeter who likes the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, which extends insurance coverage to all U.S. citizens. "There were a lot of irrational fears around Obamacare," he says. Investors, for instance, initially sold shares of insurers before realizing they wouldn't necessarily fare badly.
Most recently, Robbins, who named his firm after his suburban Chicago youth hockey team, has been bullish on hospitals: One of his main investment themes is labeled "beds in 2014," highlighting the expansion in insurance coverage that starts next year. As he notes, "Customers receive care from those hospitals regardless of insurance."
But previously, the hospitals "collected only four cents on the dollar from the average cost" of an uninsured patient. By next year, the hospitals could be reimbursed for as much as 100% of those costs.
"This reform math supports a 10% uplift in Ebitda [earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization] at for-profit hospitals," he says. Historically, the industry has averaged 6% organic annual growth in Ebitda. Starting next year, that should jump to the low- to midteens and continue until 2016, when it "may revert back to mid-single-digit growth." If immigration reform occurs and gives new citizens access to health care, that amounts to "a free call option" on hospital stocks.
ROBBINS' PUSH FOR changes stems from his belief that hospitals are "underleveraged" and should be buying back stock. "In early 2012, when we entered hospital stocks, they were trading at mid-single-digit multiples of Ebitda, and had the ability to lever [by offering debt] that four times," he says.
An example of what's possible is hospital owner Tenet Healthcare, of which Glenview is now the largest shareholder. When Glenview first took a stake, Tenet had so much cash and debt capacity it "could have bought back every single share in about 19 months," he notes. Tenet executives realized they could "allocate capital to share repurchase while maintaining responsible leverage," he says. "To their credit," they already had bought back 26% of the stock. And after talks with Glenview and other shareholders, Tenet went further, issuing $800 million in bonds in October 2012, using $500 million to buy more shares and $300 million for acquisitions.
The stock price has more than doubled, to $43 today.
In the case of his proxy target, Health Management Associates, the hospital company could repurchase 47% of its common equity by the end of 2014 by raising leverage to 4.5 times Ebitda from 3.7 times, and using excess balance-sheet cash and free cash flow for share repurchases. HMA stock trades at $15 a share, just 6.5 times Glenview's 2014 Ebitda estimate, and Robbins estimates the stock could be worth twice that in two years.
He says he doesn't care whether HMA boosts its share price via a takeover or by buying back stock. Thus far, Robbins and his team haven't been allowed to meet with management to suggest improvements, he says.
So, the former University of Pennsylvania hockey player is taking his case to other shareholders. Glenview holds just under 15% of the common and has put forth a slate of eight board members. He believes that the stock's less-than-1% return over the 10 years ending Dec. 31, 2012 demands change at the top. Robbins has spoken to some of the other investors. "As a careful organization," he says, "we wanted to know that we weren't the only ones dissatisfied with a lost decade of performance and lack of focus on issues we believe are critical." Institutional Shareholder Services, which advises institutions on proxy votes, is expected to come out with its recommendation in the first week of August, and the final date to vote is Aug. 19.
Robbins emphasizes that his hedge fund doesn't want a controlling stake in HMA, because it doesn't want to run companies. Instead, he points to talks Glenview has initiated with Tenet, medical-instrument maker Thermo Fisher Scientific TMO 0.4740875438368619% Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD154.71 0.73 0.4740875438368619% /Date(1490888326983-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 102861 P/E Ratio 30.341846758349707 Market Cap 60112403158.7299 Dividend Yield 0.3885003885003885% Rev. per Employee 332256 More quote details and news » (TMO), and pharmacy-benefits manager Express Scripts Holding ESRX 0.6150061500615006% Express Scripts Holding Co. U.S.: Nasdaq USD65.44 0.4 0.6150061500615006% /Date(1490888363380-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 385531 P/E Ratio 12.046040515653775 Market Cap 39044357307.4155 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 3925310 More quote details and news » (ESRX) over the years. For instance, when Thermo Fisher stock hit a price in the mid-$50s, Glenview urged the company to buy back shares, which it did. Once Thermo Fisher's share price hit the $80s, the company issued new shares to finance acquisitions. "Shareholders were clearly willing and able to finance that, because they knew the company would properly allocate capital."
HMA, says Robbins, has spent all its capital on acquisitions, but none on share repurchases. Management, he adds, gets compensated based on growth, rather than "EPS or value per share." He'd like to see more attention paid to shareholder value.
The HMA board filed its own findings with the SEC late Thursday. In a statement released to Barron's the board said it "believes strongly that stockholders should reject Glenview's efforts," and insisted that it has created value for investors.
Although health care is key for Glenview, it also has big stakes in General Motors GM 0.3095104108047271% General Motors Co. U.S.: NYSE USD35.65 0.11 0.3095104108047271% /Date(1490888356441-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 1719340 P/E Ratio 5.943333333333333 Market Cap 53237676256.6818 Dividend Yield 4.262478968031408% Rev. per Employee 739467 More quote details and news » (GM), American International Group AIG 1.0522907560304355% American International Group Inc. U.S.: NYSE USD62.42 0.65 1.0522907560304355% /Date(1490888362903-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 743731 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 60507421497.6013 Dividend Yield 2.057877813504823% Rev. per Employee 985071 More quote details and news » (AIG), engineering company Flextronics FLEX 1.1878019323671498% Flex Ltd. U.S.: Nasdaq USD16.7567 0.1967 1.1878019323671498% /Date(1490888259293-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 242349 P/E Ratio 31.275681733283527 Market Cap 8863259611.62208 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 118865 More quote details and news » (FLEX), and Xerox XRX 1.169188445667125% Xerox Corp. U.S.: NYSE USD7.355 0.085 1.169188445667125% /Date(1490888324054-0500)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 902487 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 7390565547.01645 Dividend Yield 3.4106412005457027% Rev. per Employee 286463 More quote details and news » (XRX).
GLENVIEW IS UNUSUAL among the bigger hedge-fund outfits in holding stocks for years and not employing stop-losses, as do funds that trade frequently. Robbins analyzed the 76 times the firm has owned a stock that went down by 25% or more in the past three years. "If we had sold, we would have avoided $98 million in losses. But that would have cost our investors $2.2 billion in gains. Stop-losses would have cost us that," he says.
Robbins has more conviction. "The hedge-fund industry acts like traders, not owners. Lower prices have induced selling, not buying, in the marketplace. The rationale has been to preserve capital because the system could crash," he says. Glenview approaches the stock market the way Warren Buffett or John Malone do, says Robbins, adding, "Think like an owner, not like a trader."
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- 3/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
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- 1 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mild herbs (parsley, basil, chervil, tarragon, etc.)
- Salt and fresh black pepper
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Allen West Projected To Lose His House Seat
The Floridian freshman quickly gained a national profile with his scorched-earth rhetoric against President Obama and his initiatives. He rankled many earlier this year when he claimed that dozens of congressional Democrats were closet communists -- comments he repeatedly stood by.
West was a prime target for Democrats this cycle. He opted to run for a different House seat this cycle after his district was redrawn to include a larger fraction of Democrats. Despite his best efforts to soften his image, he was an imperfect fit for the evenly divided district.
And Democrats were gleeful about Murphy's victory.
"We congratulate Congressman-elect Patrick Murphy on defeating Tea Party crony Allen West," said Florida Democratic Party chair Rod Smith. "Murphy is a rising star in the party and will be a strong voice for the people of Florida in the United States Congress. Tonight, the people of this district rejected divisive, hateful rhetoric in favor a fresh-faced, bipartisan approach centered around the issues important to Florida's middle class families."
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From urban markets to five-star manors, mountain-biking to the red beating heart of Munster Rugby, Limerick is the perfect match of city and county
First things first, however. A limerick is a five-line verse, smart or silly, as popularised by Edward Lear in the 19th century. Limerick is nothing of the sort. And it contains even more variety, humour and history.
Set at the mouth of the Shannon, Limerick city is the third-largest on the island. It's also the hardest to pin down. Limerick formed the bleakest of backdrops for Frank McCourt's childhood memoir, Angela's Ashes. At the same time, it's home to a revitalised city art gallery, slick new hotels and Thomond Park, the thumping new home of Munster's passionate rugby union team.
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Beyond the city and suburbs, the N69 road west takes drivers along the Shannon Estuary, passing 18th century Curragh Chase Forest Park and House, before ambling into a most unusual flying machine at Foynes.
Is it a boat? Or a plane? Actually, it's a bit of both. The highlight of a visit to Foynes Flying Boat Museum is its full-scale Boeing 314 replica, complete with purpose-built honeymoon suite. It's a fitting tribute to a golden age of air travel, and a small port on the Shannon that served as a mini-Casablanca for passengers including JFK, Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart.
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Wielder (real name Robin Powell; born August 7)[1] is a female anthropomorphic artist who lives in Warner Robins, Georgia, USA. Her original deviantART name, which she still uses to this day, is Shadowraine. This is not an actual character of hers, but is a combination of one of her characters' first names and her mate's (Janus Raine) last name.
Wielder's main fursona is a gray, white, and brown Eastern Timberwolf named She-Who-Wields-The-Wind, but better known simply as Wielder. Also has an alternative blue and white furred wolf character named Okari who exists in a feudal Japanese setting.
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Wielder has been active in the fandom for a number of years, but has not attended a convention since Furry Weekend Atlanta 2010.
From time to time, Wielder takes on a small number of trades or commissions, but is not as prolific as many of the better-known furry artists. Her pieces are mainly traditional media (colored pencil, marker, watercolor, etc.), and her style ranges from extremely cartoon-like to semi-realism. She also creates Star Wars artwork, being a big fan of the series.
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