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Louisville, Ky. – Ronald Thurman, the eighth hand transplant recipient at Jewish Hospital, part of KentuckyOne Health, demonstrated his hand's function to doctors from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky at the 28th Annual Tri-State Hand Conference today in the Jewish Hospital Rudd Heart and Lung Center today.
Thurman is preparing to return home to Marion, Indiana this week following several months of care in Louisville, including a critical physical therapy regiment that continues to help him gain function in his new hand. He will continue physical therapy from home.
"What a wonderful opportunity this has been for me," said Thurman. "I never dreamed I would get another hand. Everybody has been great and I am ready to go home and start living my life with a new hand. We will forever be thankful to the Heidemann's for Ian's gift."
LifeGift, a nonprofit organ procurement organization in Texas, arranged the hand donation with the family of 22 year-old Ian Heidemann.
At 56 years old, Thurman is the oldest patient to receive a transplant from the Louisville Vascularized Composite Allograft Program team made up of surgeons and researchers from the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Microsurgery, Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center, Jewish Hospital and the University of Louisville.
Joseph Kutz, M.D., partner with Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center and director of the Kleinert Institute, led a team of 24 hand surgeons and two anesthesiologists to perform Thurman's hand transplant during a 15 ½ hour procedure on Wednesday, February 15, 2012.
"We are very pleased with Mr. Thurman's progress at this time and are allowing him to return home," said Kutz, co-investigator for the innovative procedure. "We are very confident that he will succeed in using his hand. Even though he is going home, he still must take care to look for any signs of rejection, particularly in the environment in which he lives."
"Ron continues to do remarkably well," said Michael Marvin, M.D., director of Transplantation at Jewish Hospital, associate professor of Surgery at the University of Louisville and co-principal investigator of the composite tissue allotransplantation research project at Jewish Hospital. Marvin oversees Thurman's immunosuppressive drug therapy in collaboration with Rosemary Ouseph, MD, Division of Nephrology, UofL Department of Medicine, by closely monitoring him for signs of rejection and adverse reaction to medications with lab tests and biopsies. "We will continue to monitor his medication levels and make adjustments as needed."
Wife Cathy Thurman said, "I will never be able to thank everyone enough in Louisville for their hospitality. Everyone here has been wonderful to me."
Thurman is a self-employed farmer who injured his right hand in a farming accident in November 2003 when his hand was caught in a combine/auger. His right hand was amputated at the wrist, nine inches below the elbow. He had a low-elbow prosthesis prior to the surgery.
The Louisville Vascularized Composite Allograft Program team pioneered the hand transplant procedure and has been performing hand transplants since 1999, the longest in the United States
Other hand transplants performed by the Louisville Vascular Composite Allograft Program are: Matthew Scott – January 24, 1999 Gerald Fisher – February 16, 2001 Dave Savage – November 29, 2006 Dave Armstrong – July 12, 2008 Jan (Erik) Hondusky – November 24, 2008 Richard Edwards – August 24, 2010 (double hand transplant) Donnie Rickelman – July 10, 2011
The hand transplant is sponsored by the Department of Defense, Office of Naval Research and Office of Army Research to further research in the Vascularized Composite Allograft Program. More information about each patient, including photos and video, are available at www.handtransplant.com. About Jewish Hospital Jewish Hospital, a part of KentuckyOne Health, is an internationally renowned high-tech tertiary referral center developing leading-edge advancements in hand and microsurgery, heart and lung care, cancer care, home care, rehab medicine, sports medicine, orthopaedics, neuroscience, occupational health, organ transplantation and outpatient and primary care. Site of the world's first successful hand transplant, the world's first and second successful AbioCor® Implantable Replacement Heart procedures, and world's first trial of cardiac stem cells in chronic heart failure, the hospital is in the select group that performs heart, lung, liver, kidney and pancreas transplantation.
About the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery Named in honor of Dr. Kleinert's mother, the Christine M. Kleinert Institute for Hand and Micro Surgery (CMKI) is a world-renowned nonprofit education and research organization funded by the Kleinert-Kutz Endowment for Education and Research in Hand and Micro Surgery. The physicians of the Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center teach the next generation of hand surgeons through CMKI's accredited fellowship program, which is cooperative effort with the University of Louisville School of Medicine. The Fellows are fully trained plastic, orthopedic, or general surgeons from around the world who come to Louisville to get additional training in hand and micro surgery. To date, more than 1,200 physicians from 58 countries have served as Fellows. Dozens of research projects refining surgical techniques, testing new devices and pushing the frontiers of basic and clinical science in the field of hand surgery are currently underway. CMKI also provides patient rehabilitation services after surgery and patients recovery services without surgery through the Hand Therapy Center and Orthotic Care Center. For more information, please visit www.cmki.org
About the Kleinert Kutz Hand Care Center Kleinert Kutz is one of the largest hand care programs in the world, pioneering achievements in hand and microsurgery, research, therapy and orthotics. The 13 physicians of Kleinert Kutz offer expertise in orthopedic and plastic surgery and provide comprehensive care for the hand and arm. Kleinert Kutz's significant achievements include the nation's first five hand transplants, one of the world's first cross-hand replantations, pioneered work in primary reconstruction using free tissue transfer and national award for research in blood flow to the nerve. For more information, please visit www.kleinertkutz.com or call (502) 561-4263.
About the University of Louisville The University of Louisville is Kentucky's metropolitan research university, with 22,000 students attending classes at 11 colleges and schools on three campuses. Bordered by its many medical partners, UofL's downtown Health Sciences Center is home to more than 3,000 students pursuing degrees in health-related fields with the Schools of Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing and Public Health and Information Sciences, as well as 14 interdisciplinary centers and institutes.
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Environmental justice revolves around the idea that every human has the right to a safe, healthy and ecologically-balanced environment, as well as the right to environmental protection.It requires all humans should be fairly treated regardless of their nationality or socioeconomic group, especially in regards to environmental laws, regulations, and policies. In this essay I will expand on the notions related to environmental justice. Secondly I will present two examples that explore a lack of environmental justice. The first case I will be presenting is associated with the importation and treatment of electronic waste (e-waste), and the other example is an Australian case related to the Tullamarine landfill. I will be bringing up the health, socioeconomic, policy-making and environmental aspects in these cases.I will also investigate the relevancy of environmental justice in understanding of people's relationships with each other and their both within and between countries by illustrating how these injustices have complicated these relationships, which I will follow up by outlining the objectives and strategies in order to achieve environmental justice in respect to these cases.
The meaning of environmental justice
Environmental justice can ultimately be described as a basic human right that requires the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all. The understanding and acknowledgement of environmental justice helps identify environmental injustices, and helps address the environmental socio-political objectives that need to be implemented in order to achieve or sustain a flourishing and healthy environment. The Environmental Protection Agency defines environmental justice as the 'unbiased treatment and significant involvement of people of all races, incomes, and cultures with respect to the development, execution, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies'1. It seeks to ensure that 'minority and low-income communities have access to public information relating to human health and environmental planning, regulations and enforcement'1. Environmental justice revolves around the principle that no one should be forced to bear the significant burden of the negative human health and environmental impacts of pollution. It is often associated with the term 'environmental rights', which is the idea that everyone has the right to a clean, sustainable, productive and healthy environment. Environmental rights require that individuals and community needs and dignities are well-looked-after, fulfilled, and respected. For that reason, it calls for the need for protecting environmental relationships that link to the provision of people's needs. Similarly, it requires protecting communities from environmental hazards. In addition, the cases that I will be presenting demonstrate the violation of these principles and the incapacity to move towards a more environmentally just society.
1 Ecological Society of America (2006). 'Environmental Justice'
E-waste Case Study
The importation and treatment of electronic waste is a global problematic occurrence. E-waste relates to discarded electronic appliances such as computers, televisions, printers and mobile phones. The global volume of e-waste generated in 2011 was approximately '41.5 million tonnes'4. The amount of e-waste being generated is increasing in alarming rate; in fact in 2016 it is expected to reach '93.5 million tonnes'4. A large proportion of this waste is traded from industrial nations to developing countries. 'China receives 70% of all exported e-waste while significant quantities are also exported to India, Pakistan Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia, Nigeria and Ghana, and possibly to Brazil and Mexico'3.
E-waste has caused widespread substantial environmental degradation in poor countries and has negatively affected the relationship between numerous communities and their environment. Not only are the workers affected in processing e-waste centres but the local residents also face the risk of health problems, due to serious environmental pollution. Residents in parts of India, China, Indonesia, and the metro Manila area of the Philippines have been exposed to toxic risks because of the unsound processes e-wastes is being processed, resulting in the release of various toxic substances. It has also caused serious food problems due to the shrinkage of agricultural activities and has contaminated drinking water.The international NGO Basel Action Network (BAN) has documented that toxic substances in communities that treat ewaste are in 'concentrations hundreds of times higher than those considered safe in the US and Europe and environmentally'3.
A town that has been significantly affected by e-waste is a village in China called Guiya. Since 1995 it has undergone a significant transformation 'from a poor, rural, rice-growing community to a booming E-waste processing centre'4. This has resulted in the contamination of the entire region. Hazardous substances have seeped into rivers and polluted groundwater has contaminated the soil, therefore contaminating the food chain. For that reason since 1997 this has forced residents to visit nearby towns to get hold of drinkable water. This environmental pollution may also be the cause of the disappearance of their native fish. Another concern is the health risks that they are being exposed to. There has been a rapid increase in respiratory diseases within Guiya residents, as well as other communities with recycling centres in China and countries like Japan. Teachers at Guiyu schools have even reported that over 50% of their students have breathing problems. Furthermore, elevated levels of dioxins, posing a serious health risk, 'were found in human milk, placentas and hair, which indicated dioxins are coming into contact with humans, from the air, water, or foodstuffs'3.
Clearly, the resistance of local residents to international pressure for environmental regulation will rise if this level of environmental pollution continuously occurs. In fact, this has occurred in April 10, 2005, when a large-scale riot occurred in Huasi village in China. This conflict involved '30,000 local residents who opposed the increase of environmentally polluting factories in the village'5 .Additionally, in Zhansha village, 'a fierce demonstration and collision were reported in June 2005, which were related to the issue of environmental pollution'5.
4 Naguib, D . (2007). 'Resisting Global Toxics: Transitional Movements for Environmental Justice'.
3Robinson, B. H. 2009. 'E-waste: An assessment of global production and environmental impacts'.
5 Kim, J. (2006). 'E-waste transboundary movement violating environmental justice'
Clearly, the construction and operation of environmentally hazardous e-waste sources or facilities in economically poor areas is an environmental injustice. The UN Commission on Human Rights addressed the relations between the environment and human rights, by concluding that 'everyone has the right to live in a world free from toxic pollution and environmental degradation'5. However, due to economic reasons primary environmental rights are not being respected; various community needs and dignities are being violated. The importation of e-waste to developing countries is the violation of the environmental justice of developing countries, as these countries benefit most from activities degrading the environment and therefore the burdens this degradation creates is not being fairly distributed. Through the recycling of hazardous e-waste many jobs are created for simple labourers who are economically disadvantaged. The temptations posed by the short-term economic benefits to developing countries therefore results in economic injustice, undermining environmental justice, it obstructs long-term development bringing with it environmental damages and dangers to people's health. Additionally, developing countries make huge savings on disposal costs of hazardous substances and increased economic benefits the transboundary movement of hazardous waste is not actively regulated. So even though most developing countries support the restriction of transboundary movement of e-waste based on the Basel Convention some developed countries are in conflict with its ratification and oppose it.
Tullamarine Case Study
'The Tullamarine Hazardous Waste landfill commenced operations in 1972 and for the next 15 years it received an extensive range of hazardous wastes'6 , including millions of litres of liquid wastes from around Victoria. The landfill contained numerous toxic substances including heavy metals, polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins. By the mid-eighties it became apparent that nature of dumping liquid wastes in this site was environmentally dangerous and it could have considerable impacts on human health. 'The Tullamarine Area Community Link for Environment (TACLE) '6 was formed in 1983 in response to these concerns. Hazardous waste dumping continued over the next two decades in spite of multiple Government promises to close the dump. During this period it received 'more than double the permitted wastes in clear breach of its license conditions6'.'Although the landfill was scheduled to close in 2001 it was given a license extension until 2003 by EPA'6. No action was taken to prevent this. 'Instead the Victorian EPA supported an application by Cleanaway in December 2005 to further expand the site'6. This resulted in widespread community outrage and led to the formation of a new group, the 'Terminate Tullamore Toxic'6 .The project of expanding the site was eventually abandoned as a result of community and council opposition, and the fact that the landfill had more than doubled its permitted intake of waste. 'The dump subsequently ceased to receive further wastes in May 2008'6.
5 Kim, J. (2006). 'E-waste transboundary movement violating environmental justice'.
6 Environment Defenders Office, Victoria (2012). 'Environmental Justice Report- Final Report'
In addition to the amenity impacts on residents of Tullamarine, like the 'unbearable smells7, they faced significant health risks. During an interview one resident said- "There were stories about illnesses amongst workers and nearby residents, who grew convinced that the exposure to the fumes from the dump were making them sick"7. The community raised concerns about the high incidence of miscarriages in the area and residents were convinced that their child's illnesses or disabilities were caused by being exposed to the toxic dump. Health studies were requested on several occasions but were never undertaken. On September 1985 TACLE expressed concerns to the Industrial Waste Strategy for Victoria. Their concerns involved the 'health impacts on children who had been exposed to smoke and fumes from chemical fires at the dump'7 and 'the EPA's failure to keep abreast of changes to definitions of new toxic chemical compounds and their hazard impacts'7. Similarly, on 29 October 1988 TACLE advised the State government of community health about their concerns about 'airport workers suffering nausea, burning eyes and throats'7. And a concern in that 'there was still no definitive statement of the extent and composition of the polluted air'7. Despite the fact these concerns were submitted to the state government, as previously mentioned, the landfill continued to operate over the next two decades.
This case depicts the unfair treatment of a community, the violation of meaningful involvement and the lack of environmental protection. For decades the residents of Tullamarine have been shouldering a great burden of the impacts produced by an environmental harmful industry. These socially and economically disadvantaged residents had very little time, as well as funds, to dedicate in the action of forcing regulators to respond to their concerns. This itself is a significant barrier in itself to accessing environmental justice. Moreover, this case demonstrates a lack of voice in the decision-making processes, a failure to be kept informed about the site, and the power imbalance between community activists, the government and private industry bodies.The unfair distribution of environmental risk was never acknowledged, and the residents were denied sufficient information about the impacts of the dump. It was only through 'informal' participation, like protesting and holding community meetings, which the residents' group TTTDAG was able to force itself into the process on behalf of the community. When they achieved publicity the government reached the point of not being able to ignore them any longer.
7 Western Region Environment Centre for the Tullamarine Community Group TTTDAG (2010) 'Preliminary Health Study of Residents Near the Tullamarine Hazardous Waste Landfill'.
The objectives needed to achieve environmental justice
The e-waste and Tullamarine land-fill case studies represent how environmental justice can be utilized in identifying the environmental injustice and consequently addressing the objectives that need to be implemented to achieve a to a clean, sustainable, productive and healthy environment. These cases are classic examples of distributive injustice in an environmental justice context and emphasize the need for the protection of environmental rights. They highlight the importance of the distributive and procedural elements of environmental justice. These elements involve the equal distribution of environmental risk and degradation, and the ability of communities to participate in the decision-making processes, between countries and within different communities.
The Tulmara case highlights that more is needed from the Australian government in to move towards a more environmentally just society. There is a need for specific legislative requirements that seek to protect the interests of vulnerable communities affected disproportionately by environmental impacts. It is important for there to be a focus on explicit discussions and research into the distributional impacts of policies and actions relating to environmental pollution. There should an improvement in the tools and procedures for achieving environmental justice, and equality in access to these tools and procedures. Meaningful consultation is also an important aspect, which requires that the public be provided with sufficient information that enables the community to understand a decision being made and the risks that might result from a decision. Furthermore, more research must be done around the environmental conditions being faced by socially disadvantaged residents in Tullamarine.
E-waste is a problem that requires urgent global action. There are numerous strategies and objectives that can help overcome these problems. Most importantly e-waste needs to be equally distributed worldwide; disadvantaged communities should not bear the disproportionate burdens. It is also essential that the communities that have had their livelihoods destroyed because of e-waste are taken care of and compensated, in terms of health, safety and their needs; not overlooked as they are currently being treated. This goal, like many other goals in regards to combating e-waste, is a multifaceted challenge that requires global action. Like in the Victorian case, more detailed scientific studies, environmental testing, or public health analyses should be done in areas where there are e-waste processing and recycling centres. This case also highlights the need of government policies, community politics, and industry actions regarding electronic wastes. Every step regarding the cycle of e-waste needs to be accounted for; including the supply, design, manufacturing, and recycling chains. Strategies applied include producing electronics that are more environmentally friendly and ensuring workers in recycling chains are practicing safe methods in processing ewaste and are provided protection. What is equally important is to take in to consideration to material and technology flows which relate to the need for strategies in order to reduce the disposal of electronics to be implanted. Strategies may include promoting refurbished computers instead of buying a new computer. At the moment strategies are being implemented in response to this problem, however, further action is needed as e-waste continues to increase. Through education and advertising, more actions may be executed if the general public were made aware of the harsh reality of what happens after the disposal of their electronics.
Environmental justice links to the principle that everyone to be should be fairly treated regardless of their nationality or socioeconomic group. The idea of environmental justice aids in framing the conflict within the relationship of people with each other and their environment. The e-waste and Tullamarine case study demonstrates that environmental justice is a useful frame in identifying areas of unmet needs in communities that suffer from injustices associated with environmental decision-making and related processes that have led to the unfair treatments of these communities, in which governments can work towards addressing these needs. The starting point in overcoming this world's environmental crisis is the renewed protection of environmental rights. This involves the need to provide for adequate information and participation processes in order for communities to be part of environmental decisions that affect them and the fair distribution of the environmental burdens. To ensure meaningful response to environmental pollution problems government and all those involved in the process of these impacts should approach and design their environmental policies, systems and strategies in a new light where the goal is to ensure sustainable and flourishing communities.


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Obama's Enemies List
David and Charles Koch have been the targets of a campaign of vituperation and assault, choreographed from the very top.
By THEODORE B. OLSON
How would you feel if aides to the president of the United States singled you out by name for attack, and if you were featured prominently in the president's re-election campaign as an enemy of the people?
What would you do if the White House engaged in derogatory speculative innuendo about the integrity of your tax returns? Suppose also that the president's surrogates and allies in the media regularly attacked you, sullied your reputation and questioned your integrity. On top of all of that, what if a leading member of the president's party in Congress demanded your appearance before a congressional committee this week so that you could be interrogated about the Keystone XL oil pipeline project in which you have repeatedly—and accurately—stated that you have no involvement?
Consider that all this is happening because you have been selected as an attractive political punching bag by the president's re-election team. This is precisely what has happened to Charles and David Koch, even though they are private citizens, and neither is a candidate for the president's or anyone else's office.
What Messrs. Koch do, in fact, is manage businesses that provide employment to more than 50,000 people in North America in legitimate, productive industries. They also give millions of dollars to medical researchers, hospitals and cultural institutions. Their biggest offense, apparently, is that they also contribute generously to nonprofit organizations that promote personal liberty and free enterprise, and some of those organizations oppose policies advocated by the president.
Richard Nixon maintained an"enemies list" that singled out private citizens for investigation and abuse by agencies of government, including the Internal Revenue Service. When that was revealed, the press and public were outraged. That conduct will forever remain one of the indelible stains on Nixon's presidency and legacy.
When Joseph McCarthy engaged in comparable bullying, oppression and slander from his powerful position in the Senate, he was censured by his colleagues and died in disgrace."McCarthyism," defined by Webster's as the "use of unfair investigative and accusatory methods to suppress opposition," will forever be synonymous with un-Americanism. Army counsel Joseph Welch's "Have you no sense of decency?" are words that evoke the McCarthy era and diminish the reputations of his colleagues who did nothing to stand up to him.
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This is why it is exceedingly important for all Americans to respond with outrage to what the president and his allies are doing to demonize and stigmatize David and Charles Koch. They have been the targets of the multiyear, carefully orchestrated campaign of vituperation and assault described above—and much more. It has been choreographed from the very top. When the president personally takes leadership, his political surrogates and army of allies in the press and Congress quickly and surely follow the direction and tone he sets.
The misuse of government power to damage or demean one's political enemies is abhorrent and the very antithesis of a free society and a government of laws, not men. It is time for the public to ask those engaged in these practices, "Have you no sense of decency?"
Mr. Olson, a lawyer in Washington, D.C., and a former solicitor general of the United States, represents Koch Industries.


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For the past few days, I've been researching my mother's Baca family. I've posted the first two parts of the series on The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog. Click on these links to read the articles: Part I and Part II.
Sometimes the best way to find cousins is to look in obituaries. After researching the 1930 United States census for my 2nd great-grandparents' children and grandchilden, I decided to search the online obituary section of the Albuquerque Journal. This is a fantastic resource for New Mexican researchers. It is an online database that contains full text obituaries published in the newspaper going back to the late 1990s. I've used it many times to fill in my family tree.
I searched by typing in names of people that I found in the census records. I came across four obituaries that contained information about distant cousins; specifically, the descendants of my 2nd great-aunt, Juliana Baca and her husband Jose Leon Benavidez.
The first three obituaries are for two children and one granddaughter of Hilario and Prescilla (Benavidez) Gonzales. Prescilla was the daughter of Juliana and Jose Leon Benavidez. I've created or found postings for these ladies on the Find a Grave website.
* Mrs. Tomasita Garcia was 86 when she died on 16 December 2002, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She was born to Hilario and Prescilla (Benavidez) Gonzales on 29 March 1916 in Lemitar, New Mexico. Her husband Atanacio Gonzales passed away before her. She is buried at Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque. Her husband may be buried there also, as there is an Atanacio Gonzales listed on the Find a Grave website. I've set up a memorial for her on that website (click here.)
* Tomasita and Atanacio's daughter Mrs. Mary Elza Griego, was 52 years old when she died in Rio Rancho on 23 September 2007. She had been married for 31 years before she passed, and was survived by her husband and two children. She, too, is buried at the Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Albuquerque. Click on this link to read her memorial on Find a Grave.
* Tomasita's sister Julia G. Baca died on 14 August 2004, in Socorro, New Mexico, at the age of 82. Her son Donald Roy Baca passed away before her. She was survived by her husband and her other children. She was born on the 4th of July 1922 in Lemitar, New Mexico to Hilario and Priscilla (Benavidez) Gonzales. Julia was buried at the San Miguel Cemetery in Socorro, New Mexico. Her Find a Grave memorial can be found at this link.
The final obituary that is for a daughter of Veronica Benavidez and Felipe Padilla. Veronica was a daughter of Juliana Baca and Jose Leon Benavidez. Although the obituary does not directly state her relationships to my Baca family, if you read her obituary (click here), and compare it to the 1930's census record (read it in my second post), you will see that this appears to be the same family. Most importantly, her estimated year of birth and the fact that she was from Lemitar seems to indicate this is the same person as Marianita who was 8 years old in the 1930 census. One thing that I like about the obituary is that it mentions a couple of Marianita's siblings who are not mentioned in the census.
* Marianita Padilla Trujillo was 76 years old when she passed away on 1 July 1998 in Belen. Throughout her life, she had lived in Lemitar, Albuquerque and Belen. She was survived by her husband, three sisters and a brother, and two daughters and a son. She was buried in the Santa Fe National Cemetery in Santa Fe, New Mexico. A memorial was posted by US Veteran Affairs on the Find a Grave website (click on this link.)
I am looking to contact members of these families. If you are from this family, or know anyone who is a member, please contact me at email@example.com.
I will post a fourth part of this series on The Baca/Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog soon. In that post, I will discuss a fact that I found in the 1930 census: that my grandfather Santiago Baca and two of his cousins were all public school teachers in that year. All were in their early twenties, and all were living in Luis Lopez, New Mexico. I will also look at the 1924 -1925 Socorro County High School yearbook for clues about these cousins.
1897 Obituary: Manuel Gallegos y Baca (with genealogy reports)
I found an obituary for a certain Manuel Gallegos y Baca in the 12 March
1897 issue of "The Chieftain" newspaper (Socorro, NM.)
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Victor Profile: Jim
Jim is a student at Stuyvesant High School and finished amongst the leaders of the Virtual Investment Challenge.
1) When did you become interested in investing?
I have been interested in investments ever since I learned the stock market several years ago. At that time, I was watching a program that really demonstrated how money could equate to power.
2) Describe your personal investing philosophy.
When investing, I think it's best to pick things in your daily life that you know will do well in the market. At the same time, research and invest in some things you don't know.
3) How do you know if a stock is for you?
I know to pick a stock because 1) I know it personally OR 2) I have studied it enough to know that it will do really well in the market.
4) How do you know when to sell?
Well, that depends on the stock. If it's doing well, I'll sit with it for quite a while. If it's doing poorly, I might consider selling it if I have an overall gain from other stocks in my portfolio.
5) How do you feel this investing class has helped you?
I think it's evoked a sense of prediction and logical reasoning in me.


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Classic Sage Dressing
Everyone needs a classic dressing for holiday meals. Either to use as is, or tweak with some extra ingredients to make it extra special. This recipe can be adapted to meet your taste for moistness as well. Just find your perfect level of chicken broth to use. There are several variations at the end of the post to try as well. Thank you, Nisha, for the request!
- 18 cups of cubed bread—-use a more dense type of bread (not white sandwich bread) and cut into 1 inch cubes. I used dinner rolls. Spread the bread cubes in a single layer on sheet pans and let dry out for a day or two. stir and toss around a couple of times during drying time. The bread shouldn't be as dry as croutons, but the outer layer should be good and dry
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1 1/2 cups chopped celery
- 2 1/2 cups chopped onion
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 3–4 cups chicken broth–depending on the bread that you use, and how moist you like your dressing
- 2 large eggs, beaten
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt (use 1/2 this amount if using table salt)
- 1 1/2 teaspoons black pepper
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Place the bread cubes in a large bowl. Set aside.
- Butter a 9X13 inch baking dish.
- In a medium, heavy saucepan, melt the butter. Add the onions and celery and sauté on medium heat for 5–6 minutes. Set aside for 5 minutes to cool.
- Pour butter/onion/garlic/celery mixture over bread cubes. Pour beaten eggs over as well. Add the fresh herbs, poultry seasoning, and salt and pepper.
- Stir until combined.
- Add chicken broth, starting with 3 cups. The final amount will depend on the type of bread you used, and how moist you like your dressing. I ended up using 3 1/2 cups, and got a dressing that was crispy on the outside, and moist underneath, which is what we like in my family.
- Pour the dressing into the buttered baking dish and spread evenly without mashing and compacting the dressing down too much. This will create a texture on the top that will brown to a nice crisp in the oven.
- Cover with foil and bake at 350 degrees F. for 40 minutes, then uncover and bake another 15–20 minutes.
**Add 1 pound quarter crimini mushrooms to the butter/onion sauté, and one pound browned sausage to the bread mixture**
**Add 1 1/2 cups diced Fuji apple, and 1 pound browned sausage to the bread cubes as you mix in the butter onion combination.**
**Cook 1 cup wild rice with 2 cups chicken broth until tender. Add 1 pound quartered mushrooms to the butter/vegetable sauté.**
**Add 3/4 cup diced, dried apricots, 3/4 cup dried cranberries, and 1 cup toasted, sliced almonds to bread cubes as you add the butter/vegetable mixture.**
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Very excited to try this! Thanks for posting something new :)


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Procedure 4-7-b: Retirement
San Jacinto College has not participated with Social Security since 1975. Full-time employees are enrolled in Texas Teachers Retirement System for retirement purposes. Full-time faculty and other designated employees are eligible to choose between Teacher Retirement System (TRS) and the Optional Retirement Program (ORP) for their retirement plan. Effective September, 2004 a new employee without an active Teacher Retirement System account will have a ninety (90) day waiting period for active participation in the plan. Faculty and other designated employees have one opportunity to select between these two retirement programs after their initial eligibility period and may have another period of ninety (90) days to make their decision. The choice of retirement plan is irrevocable.
TRS is a defined benefit plan in which the monthly retirement annuity is based on years of service, best three years average salary and age. A monthly deduction of 6.4% is made from the employee's salary, while the state contributes 6%. Members vest for TRS retirement after five years of active membership; however, annuity amounts increase with years of service and salary. TRS offers several monthly payment options upon retirement.
ORP is a defined contribution retirement plan available to faculty, administrators and certain professional non-faculty in lieu of TRS. A carrier is selected from one of the Board authorized companies to receive a set contribution of 6.65% from the employee and a state contribution from the state. Faculty is vested for all money (principle and interest) in their ORP account after working for more than twelve consecutive months, although the account is not accessible until retirement or termination.
For more information on the TRS/ORP program, employees should read An Overview of TRS and ORP for Employees Eligible to Elect ORP, a Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Publication, available through the Human Resources Office.
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text: I just got back from Wolfeman's Sinclair Jam. It is still going on as I type but I had to come back early. What a great time. It was really worth going too. Moombadaze and Kaneboats were also there. Some reallt nice folks. I am going to go back next year. He has a great place on the water. I would recommend this to anybody.


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Los precios son en Peso chileno. cerrar
Tranquila. Pisos de madera incluso en el baño. Cortinas opacas. Dos mesas. Dos camas. Teléfono en el baño.
Necesita una reforma. El pasillo huele a sucio. Nuestra habitación estaba limpia. Pero muy anticuada
El precio era bueno y la habitación era bastante amplia. La ubicación al lado de la parada de YART era genial para nosotros. Las camas eran muy incómodas.
No está en el centro de la ciudad, pero se llega facil tanto al hotel como a la ciudad. El aparato de aire acondicionado hace mucho ruido, y durante la noche es casi imposible dormir con él puesto, aunque no fué necesario. Tienen una piscina muy agradable. No tiene aascensor para subir a la primera planta, y subir las maletas puede resultar incomodo. El ruido del aparato de aire acondicionado y que nohay ascensor para subir a la primera planta, que cuando viajas con maletas para varios dias, es un poco incomodo.
Escogimos el hotel para realizar una parada en nuestra ruta en coche, relación comfort-precio razonable.
Motel correcto con habitacion grande y limpia. Nevera. Baño correcto.Camas grandes y comodas. Pequeña piscina hasta la media noche. Es el tipico Motel de paso. Sencillo y limpio. Lo justo para una noche. No mas. Nada destacable. Desayuno regular : Platanos, cafe,woffles,tostada y mermelada. Situado en una zona que no tiene nada. En un cruce entre dos avenidas. Tienes dos Burguer junto al Motel. Es lo unico. Mucha pobreza en la zona. Television vieja y pequeña. Arie acondicionado ruidoso como en casi todos los moteles.
En general lo que mas me ha gustado en la atencion del personal y la buena disposicion para ayudar, salvo en San Luis Obispo que el personal tenia no muy buena disposicion
Habitacion amplia y limpia, parquing gratis en la puerta y piscina. Desayuno correcto No hay ascensor
Tareas de renovación y sin nevera ni microondas, la primera noche. No me lo dijeron cuando me registré. Dijeron que "no garantizaban habitaciones con cama queen size".
Un buen desayuno caliente y complaciente. Las camas eran cómodas. No tengo ninguna queja.
El personal era amable y servicial, la habitación era enorme. Me pusieron en una suite de lujo por 85 dólares. Todo estaba limpio y era cómodo. Hay una piscina y jacuzzi que estaban muy limpios. Los jardines son hermosos. Y el aparcamiento estaba aislado, cubierto y seguro. Sin duda recomiendo este lugar. Nada, este lugar era estupendo.
La habitación estaba configurada como un apartamento. El desayuno era genial. Cuando todos los huéspedes volvieron a sus habitaciones. El internet seguía cayéndose. Deberían mejorar este servicio.
Beds and pillows are good the size of the room an the stefany the front desk lady is nice and helpful we go to Madera children's hospital every four months to take our daughter for check up she has cerebral palsy and it was cheap and good to stay here it was tech first time we enjoy. Thank you It was a little bit noisy because there were motorcycle people that weekend and upstairs that were stepping here and there. Other thing you guys don't have elevator
I wasnt impressed at all. My stay was for work so i didnt need much more than a clean bed to sleep in and a place i could work in between meetings so it was good enough for that but it was far from impressive. It could have been cleaner the and staff could have been more customer service orinted.
Easy to get to. Had I been flying- super close to the airport. When I got in my room, the sliding glass door was unlocked. The TV was fuzzy reception- to the point of giving me a headache.
It was well kept, the service is great, gives everything I need at a reasonable price and a good location. I'll be coming back None of the pillows were sufficient. Too hard. I forgot to bring my own, which I usually do, but wonder if BW could think about a variety of different pillow sizes.
The giant room, bed and TV with cable. Nothing really
Extremely quiet. Very....very clean. It appears to be a brand new facility it was so clean. Room for breakfast is too small! Ended up eating our breakfast in the lobby area because not enough table/chair space.
Helpful staff, nice room at a good price. location was on our route to local national park.
What I loved About our room was the face bowl outside of the bathroom so my wife could put on her makeup, or comb her hair while I take a shower in the other room without fogging up the mirror. The Decor of the room was very tasteful colorful and beautiful. The breakfast was not continental but a full size breakfast. The staff was excellent on the night shift and dayshift will stay again and recommend this hotel to my friends The pool was laughable it look like a watering hole big enough for 3 to 5 people to get in and be crowded
Cleanliness, Hotel staff
We were there for a BMX race at Woodward Park. The location was very convenient- close to the park and many restaurants to choose from nearby. The hotel staff were very friendly and helpful. We had a minor problem with our refrigerator and a staff member was up to our room in less than 5 minutes to fix it.
Friendly staff. Location convenient but very close to busy street. Couldn't sleep due to traffic noise outside. Could not turn off lights in bathroom - they were on the entire time. Sink and tub very slow to drain. Breakfast mediocre.
Difficult entry/exit from street.
The staff was extremely accommodating in getting us a room even though they didn't have our reservation. The hotel was booked solid due to a track meet but did get us a room.
Clean nice room, they did accommodate a last minute arrival as I was unexpectedly in Fresno to visit a family member in the hospital. Staff was nice. Fire alarm went off early in the morning. Waited for an announcement or a call/knock of some kind which never came. Somewhat dis-concerning. Family (Assumption) upstairs had kids (Assumption) which started running back and forth between door and window across room from each other. Water was luke warm at best. For the price and name familiarity I surely expected better. I won't be making that mistake again.
Good proximity to a wide selection of restaurants and friendly, accommodating staff.
I liked my last visit so much more. Last time i was in a middle room, room 316. No one was in the room on one side of me and i guess that made all the difference. This visit i liked the staff, i liked the location. But i didnt like how my room was in a corner near the ice machines. It was also near the stairwell access. So all morning and night i could hear every guest that used the stairs and the ice machines. How is this a better experience then a regular room i had on a previous stay? I had an apparent luxury suite with a whirlpool. The whirlpool made such a scary loud sound when i tried to use it that it scared me from partaking in this feature. Also it increased the noise as i could hear the other occupants taking their whirlpool bath in room 309. I was in 313. During the night i had to listen to 309s air conditioner unit go off and on. In my room there was barf/vomit residue stuck to part of the ceiling that i had to clean. The shower, while i like the space (it was very long) i didnt like that the door wouldnt stay open. It was weighted and kept swinging closed. Also the door to the toilet didnt have enough clearance to open and close without having to bump your legs against the wall just to use the toilet. I paid for a luxury experience but i got woken up several times, and didnt get a good nights rest. I think sleep and quiet should be paramount at a hotel. So you need to add some type of felt pad to the metal latches on your interrior stairwell doors. You need to install better whirlpools if you are going to advertize them as a special feature. And possibly get a better brand of coffee in the coffee pouches.
Very clean Quite and room was big bed was perfect and the bathroom was wonderful too. There was no bad points, everything was great.
The hotel staff was welcoming and friendly, and more than willing to assist with directions, restaurant and shopping reccomendations. The room was clean and comfortable. My only complaint was the breakfast service. The selection of breakfast foods did not vary from day to day, and was not as plentiful as other hotels I have stayed at. The pancake machine didn't work properly. We stayed for 5 days, so eating the same cheese omelet every morning got old. I would have preferred more variation in the breakfast,like cooked oatmeal and more fresh fruit selections, and would have liked flavored coffee creamers instead of plain milk. Overall, though the hotel was good.
the first room that I was given was 'DIRTY'. second was was ok. I should have gotten a 'DISCOUNT' on the room.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Carpet was dirty and stained. The bed was hard as a rock and the pillows had no firmness to them at all. Will never stay there again.
I would reccomment to anyone and stay there again.
This was a great choice and a great place to stay. It's quiet although located just off the highway. The front desk host was very friendly when we arrived, provided us with a folder of driving directions, suggested things to see and do in and around Yosemite. The room was very clean and comfortable, and the breakfast had good hot selections. We will definitely add this to our list of preferred places to stay!
Convenient to place we were going Cleanliness adequate, not great. Freeway noise loud. Outside double window would not close.
From the moment we walked into this hotel, we felt welcomed. It is in a very good location on the north end of town, close to River Park Square, a premiere shopping center. Breakfast was exceptionally good.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
Husband and I stayed here for our 20th anniversary. The hotel is clean and well kept. The staff was great. The room was clean. We stayed on the 'freeway side' of the hotel and the noise was minimal, nothing to complain about. This hotel is very close to lots of restaurants and theaters, which is why we chose it.
This guest did not leave comments about this hotel.
The location. It has been remodeled but when I opened the window the screen was old and bent, it would not stay on properly The mini fridge was extremely loud, I repositioned it but still loud. The bed was ok but for a remodeled hotel I expected better.


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This is sad but Kevin and Trey made this funny!!!
This is sad but Kevin and Trey made this funny!!!
This is sad but Kevin and Trey made this funny!!!
LMAO!! I still can't get over these vids. OMG, all I know is this:
1) I HAVE to find a way to either get invited to or crash a Diddy Party
2) I'ma start drinking CocoLosos
3) If I ever get the chance to make Love Faces with Trey, we gon hafta do it with the lights on cuz I'm not taking any chances with the candles burning. Sweatin out my perm is one thing, but if he's just gon sit there and watch my ish skorch...lol
He said,"And Then I said,'OH SHIT! Your hair is BUUURRnnin...'" ROTFL
And at first Fab did look like he was in shock. Kevin Hart is just crazy.
That girl had a nice head full of hair too. It's damaged now. She might hafta go get a Keri Hilson style hair cut.
rideordie angel
LOL Trey maybe the only one of the three that will tell you your on fire though.
This is what happens when you drink too much. LOL
CoCo Noelle
Trey helped by telling her, your hair is on fire. She than proceeded to pat the heck out of hair and took a dip in the tub. LOL
LOL Yes It was like it was no sense of urgency. "Like oh yeah your hair is fire." Trey was so drunk he didn't know what was going on.
According to the lady they were all attentive.
Soooo nobody tried to help the poor child them fool got up hella fast. Diddy hella random showing his baby pics lol, Trey asks the poor girl to get back under the water to re-enact her part. "Baby do your part, dip low one time" whyyyyyyy lmao they are some foooooooolssss I can't stop watching and laughing...and Did yall peep Diddy left and then came back with the Baby Pics AGAIN in the back like yall gone see my on baby pics this is my damn party lol. @jesusismysavior Trey did say it like she had a booger LOL like no sese or urgency at all Too funny. I'm glad shes ok. Between this and the Usher kick in the face I diiiieeeeddd this week.


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Concerned that the anti-Maoist offensive in the Red corridor could lose steam and direction, the home ministry will next week nudge nine naxal-affected states to "reorient" their tactics and go on an offensive rather than just retaliate when under fire.
Home secretary RK Singh also intends to ask state police forces to decentralise planning and execution of operations, with district superintendents of police playing a lead role instead of watching from the sidelines and executing decisions taken at the state headquarters.
The meeting - slated for next Wednesday - was convened in the backdrop of what the home ministry called "low returns" from the heavy deployment of central and state forces on anti-Maoist operations.
Last year, 74 naxals and 114 policemen were killed in anti-naxal operations against 220 naxals and 317 policemen in 2009, well before central forces started making their presence felt in the Maoist heartland.
A government source said a reason for the "low returns" was that the Maoists - who earlier used to attack police parties - were making the first move only when confident of the outcome. "So there are fewer encounters, mostly driven by the Maoists."
The idea that the home ministry intends to push next week is to get the states to put together more teams of commandos in the jungles to catch Maoists unawares in their comfort zones. The move comes within weeks of the Centre clearing a project to fund specialised anti-Maoist commando units in four of the worst-affected states.
It would also emphasise on district SPs - who have their ear to the ground and can respond quickly to information - to drive operations.


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This article teaches you the way to detect Process/Thread creation/destruction on Win9x platforms.
On Windows, processes and threads are the main area of interest for a system programmer. Many of you might have seen many tools & code for dealing with processes and threads on Windows NT/2000 based systems. Here I am introducing a process/thread creation/destruction detector for Windows 95/98 , really...:)
Till now, you might have found ways to detect process creation on NT platforms using Kernel mode component which uses PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutine. But like me, you might not have found a way to detect process/threads on Win9X platforms. I found many places on the Web, describing about process creation on Win9X using CREATE_PROCESS message of VMM, but never found it easy to add handler to CREATE_PROCESS in VXD. Because it's undocumented in 98 DDK. MS 98DDK headers/documentation have description about CREATE_THREAD message, but not for CREATE_PROCESS. You will find the definition of CREATE_PROCESS, but wont find how to get the PID of a newly created process. For thread (CREATE_THREAD), the thread ID is passed in EDI register, but for CREATE_PROCESS it's not there. At last, by trial and error I found where it is, the PID value, it is in EDX reg.
Well, let's start talking about the project. There are 2 components in this project: 1st is Win32 RING 3 executable, which creates handle to VXD and passes function address to get called when process/thread creates/destroys. Second is VXD (Not WDM) which uses CREATE_PROCESS, CREATE_THREAD, DESTROY_THREAD, DESTROY_PROCESS VMM messages to detect the process/thread execution/death. VXD uses APC mechanism to call user mode program's function.
Background about VXD component: On Win9x/ME platforms (Consumer Windows), VXDs are the kernel mode components. Simply saying, VXD is ring 0 component on Win9x. VXDs are different from NT drivers in many ways. Like VXDs are not PE binaries, they have VMM's message processing kind of architecture which is very similar to Win32 message processing. VMM (Win98 kernel) sends many messages to VXD. Dispatch Handler defined in VXD gets called for these messages. The parameters like PID/TID are passed in CPU registers. The VXD presented here processes CREATE_PROCESS, DESTROY_PROCESS, CREATE_THREAD, DESTROY_THREAD messages, and calls ring 3 function (from kernel mode to user mode, great !) using APC. Following is the messages map of VXD, to map functions to messages. You can understand it by looking at it, similar to MFC message maps.
BEGIN_DISPATCH_MAP ON_SYS_DYNAMIC_DEVICE_INIT(OnSysDynamicDeviceInit) ON_SYS_DYNAMIC_DEVICE_EXIT(OnSysDynamicDeviceExit) ON_W32_DEVICEIOCONTROL(OnW32DeviceIoControl) ON_CREATE_PROCESS(OnProcessCreate) ON_CREATE_THREAD(OnCreateThread) ON_DESTROY_THREAD(OnDestroyThread) ON_DESTROY_PROCESS(OnDestroyProcess) END_DISPATCH_MAP
Well, following is the DeviceIOControl handler in VXD. This function is called in VXD whenever DeviceIoControl, CreateFile and CloseFile are called in user mode on VXD's handle.
// VXD DevIoControl handler. DWORD OnW32DeviceIoControl(ULONG dwService/*IOCTL*/, DWORD dwDDB, DWORD hDevice, struct DIOCParams* lpDIOCParms /*Param's passed from DeviceIoControl*/) { DWORD dwRet = 0; switch (dwService) { case DIOC_OPEN: // CreateFile call _Debug_Printf_Service("Created Handle to Chikago driver!\n"); break; case DIOC_CLOSEHANDLE: _Debug_Printf_Service("Closed Handle to Chikago driver!\n"); // CloseHandle call dwRet = 0; // Return success reak; case IOCTL_TEST: // _Debug_Printf_Service("Chikago Obtained APC func address.!\n"); if(lpDIOCParms->lpcbBytesReturned) *((PDWORD)(lpDIOCParms->lpcbBytesReturned)) = 0; FunctionEventAPC=*((PVOID*)lpDIOCParms->lpvInBuffer ); //Take Function address. TheThreadT=Get_Cur_Thread_Handle(); // Store the Thread handle for APC queueing. //The APC will be qued in this thread. //TheThreadT is global VOID * variable dwRet = 0; break; case IOCTL_RELEASE: _Debug_Printf_Service("Release Memory Called%d\n",0); _HeapFree(*(PVOID*)lpDIOCParms->lpvInBuffer,0); // Release memory default: dwRet = 1; break; } return dwRet; }
Above shown function is the ENGINE part of VXD, it processes IOCTL passed from user mode application. Here you can see 2 major IOCTL codes: IOCTL_TEST and IOCTL_RELEASE. IOCTL_TEST is used to pass the address of callback function using DeviceIoControl. See following code of ring 3 EXE which calls DeviceIOControl to pass the function address. (The function names APCFunc will get called on process/thread creation/death.)
// Win32 App...calling VXD. int main() { BOOL bRet; DWORD cbRet; char buf[80]; PVOID inbuf; inbuf=APCFunc; // Adjustment because VXD is in BIN folder SetCurrentDirectory("..\\\\BIN"); // Open handle to VxD hDevice = CreateFile("\\\\.\\CHIKAGO.VXD", 0, 0, NULL, 0, FILE_FLAG_DELETE_ON_CLOSE, NULL); if (hDevice == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) printf("Failed to open handle to CHIKAGO.VXD\n"); else { // Send the VxD Function address , this function will be called. bRet = DeviceIoControl(hDevice, (DWORD)IOCTL_TEST, &inbuf, sizeof(PVOID), buf, sizeof(buf), &cbRet, NULL); if (bRet) printf("Press CTRL+C to terminate"); else printf("IOCTL_TEST failed\n"); while(1) SleepEx(-1,TRUE); //Keep waiting otherwise APC wont work. CloseHandle(hDevice); //Done } return 0; }
When VXD gets call for on IOCTL_TEST, it saves the input buffer in global variable named PVOID FunctionEventAPC. The calling thread ID is also stored in TheThreadT named DWORD variable since it's necessary to use APC. Now following is CREATE_PROCESS handler routine (other handlers are same as this.):
void OnProcessCreate(DWORD pid) { APCDataX * apm; apm=(APCDataX*)_HeapAllocate(sizeof(APCDataX),0); apm->dwCreated =TRUE; //Creation apm->dwIdDATA =pid; apm->dwThreadOrProcess =TRUE; // Process _Debug_Printf_Service("%d Process Created\n",pid); _VWIN32_QueueUserApc(FunctionEventAPC,(DWORD)apm,TheThreadT); } void OnCreateThread(DWORD tid) { APCDataX * apm; apm=(APCDataX*)_HeapAllocate(sizeof(APCDataX),0); apm->dwCreated =TRUE; // It's Created apm->dwIdDATA =tid; apm->dwThreadOrProcess =FALSE;// False means it's Thread _Debug_Printf_Service("%d Thread Created\n",tid); _VWIN32_QueueUserApc(FunctionEventAPC,(DWORD)apm,TheThreadT); } void OnDestroyProcess(DWORD pid) { APCDataX * apm; apm=(APCDataX*)_HeapAllocate(sizeof(APCDataX),0); apm->dwCreated =FALSE;// FALSE means it's Destroyed apm->dwIdDATA =pid; apm->dwThreadOrProcess =TRUE;//It's a Process _Debug_Printf_Service("%d Process Destroyed\n",pid); _VWIN32_QueueUserApc(FunctionEventAPC,(DWORD)apm,TheThreadT); } void OnDestroyThread(DWORD tid) { APCDataX * apm; apm=(APCDataX*)_HeapAllocate(sizeof(APCDataX),0); apm->dwCreated =FALSE; // FALSE means it's Destroyed apm->dwIdDATA =tid; apm->dwThreadOrProcess =FALSE; // False means it's Thread _Debug_Printf_Service("%d Thread Destroyed\n",tid); _VWIN32_QueueUserApc(FunctionEventAPC,(DWORD)apm,TheThreadT); }
This handler queues an APC to the thread (which is main function of ring 3 exe in our case.). The VXD passes a structure pointer filled with PID and flags to differentiate between process and thread to user mode function (APCFunc). Here is APCFunc:
void APCFunc(struct APCDataXX * data) { if(data->dwThreadOrProcess==TRUE) { if(data->dwCreated==TRUE) { printf("Process Created %u\n",data->dwIdDATA); } else { printf("Process Destroyed %u\n",data->dwIdDATA); } } else { if(data->dwCreated ==TRUE) { printf("Thread Created %u\n",data->dwIdDATA); } else { printf("Thread Destroyed %u\n",data->dwIdDATA); } } DeviceIoControl(hDevice, IOCTL_RELEASE, &data, sizeof(PVOID),0,0,0,0); //Call this to release the memory allocated in VXD. }
Quite simple! It identifies whether process or thread was created/died. And then sends IOCTL_RELESE to free the memory allocated by VXD. VXD frees the memory using _HeapFree service/function of VMM.
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Man accused of arson and attempted murder in court Monday
The Langley man accused of trying to kill his estranged wife and two children by setting fire to their Willoughby-area home last month made an appearance in Surrey Provincial Court on Monday.
Andre Harvey Richard faces three counts of attempted murder, as well as charges of arson, break and enter and breaching a restraining order.
In addition, he faces four counts of assault with a weapon — involving two victims, each allegedly assaulted with two different weapons, and two counts each of assault causing bodily harm. He has remained behind bars since his arrest.
He makes his next court appearance on May 27.
Richard is accused of going to his wife's home around 1 a.m. on April 2 and setting fire to it, before entering her bedroom and assaulting her with a pair of weapons. When the couple's 14-year-old daughter tried to intervene, police say she was also assaulted.
The three victims managed to escape the burning home and fled to a neighbour's house, where 911 was called. A manhunt began. Richard was arrested in Fernie, B.C., near the Alberta border, more than 24 hours later.
At the time, police said they had been to the home several times for domestic violence.
Since this tragic situation, the community has come together to support the Cella family and gift cards and cash have been coming into The Times office and getting directly to the mother of two, confirm friends of the family.
But donations of money would still be greatly appreciated by the family who are starting out fresh on their own after losing everything, including the home they were living in.
The 14-year-old daughter, with help from her aunt, is busy creating a new support group to help others like her who have suffered through domestic violence. She named it Healing Our Hurting Hearts and the peer-to-peer group should be up and running in Langley at the start of the school year.
An account at CIBC Willowbrook is accepting cash or cheques made out to Cella Family Trust.


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Fulham's Paul Konchesky believes himself and striker Bobby Zamora could sneak into England's squad for this summer's World Cup.
The stopper is aware that Three Lions coach Fabio Capello will be keeping his options open at left-back as Ashley Cole is currently injured following ankle surgery and Wayne Bridge declared himself unavailable after the scandal surrounding his former girlfriend and Chelsea's John Terry.
And, while Konchesky is aming to catch the eye in defence, he also feels in-form team-mate Zamora could be on the plane to South Africa.
He said: "With Bobby scoring as he has been doing, it would be great if he got a chance as well.
"If Mr Capello keeps coming (to see Fulham) - and one or two of us can catch the eye - we can hopefully get there.
"I've been at the club three years and this is the best we've done, so with the team doing well, it's always going to help you."


text: How to Use CrossFit like a Triathlete Categories: How To, Strength+Endurance How to Use CrossFit Like a Triathlete By Nathan Helming • For Active.com CrossFit (CF) has become incredibly popular over the past few years. It has gained attention worldwide among both the fitness-loving masses and performance-minded endurance athletes. Many triathletes, however, are skeptical of the program given CrossFit's "hardcore" reputation, and have thus far chosen to pass on CrossFit in favor of more conservative strength training approaches. However, with more and more endurance athletes regularly using CrossFit these days, CrossFit's reputation is changing for the better. More: Why Short Workouts Can Help Build Endurance In my previous article, I outlined five ways in which an intelligent CrossFit program can benefit triathletes. CrossFit teaches proper body mechanics; it identifies athletic weakness and imbalance and provides tools to address them; it builds greater strength, power, agility and speed; it develops and builds true functional strength; and finally it develops skills that transfer to specific endurance sports. In other words, CrossFit can expose the causes of overuse injuries and minimize them. And it can help improve athletic performance overall. More: How CrossFit Can Benefit Triathletes This follow up article provides practical advice on how to effectively incorporate a CrossFit program into your regular swim, bike and run schedule. Follow these five steps to blend CrossFit into your routine for the chance to enjoy fewer injuries and greater racing success this season. 1) Do your research. CrossFit gyms seem to be popping up on all street corners these days. Choose one that has a history, a good reputation in your community and a thorough basics or "on ramp" program. Ideally you want a gym (or "box" in CF parlance) that has experienced coaches who work with endurance athletes or who are endurance athletes themselves. For example, San Francisco CrossFit has a well-trained and experienced endurance staff, and endurance athlete-specific CrossFit classes. 2) Be responsible for your own limiters and weakness. Many athletes come to CrossFit with one pre-existing condition or another. Own your injury by letting your coach know before the workout. The instructor can keep an extra eye on you and offer specific suggestions to get you back to health more quickly and/or to prevent a frustrating re-injury. That's a win-win. More: Eliminate Excuses: No Buts About It 3) Prioritize mobility, lifting mechanics, strength, power and metabolic conditioning in that order. The deeper you get into your own specific and demanding workouts (track, tempo, hills, long rides/runs) and the competitive season, the less you are able to handle everything that CrossFit can throw at you. That's ok. When push comes to shove, you should focus on the basics: mobility, good movement mechanics and strength. If you are new and/or are fatigued from your endurance training, you can conservatively avoid the high intensity (and riskier) power and metabolic conditioning workouts. More: 6 Exercises for a Balanced Body 4) Prioritize your sport. CrossFit is becoming a competitive sport with its own sponsors, competitions and professional athletes. Similar to professional triathletes, these CrossFit athletes demonstrate incredible ability and work capacity through a combination of talent and hard work. It can be easy to get sucked into their competitions, forgetting your own racing season and your own purpose for being there. Remember, you are an endurance athletes using CrossFit for your own competitive ends. You should purposely avoid racing in CrossFit so it doesn't detract from your primary endurance goals. More: How to Set Inspiring Goals 5) Be patient and keep a long view. CrossFit will expose you to a whole new and exciting world of technical Olympic lifting, power lifting and gymnastic movement. Be patient with yourself and enjoy being a "newbie" athlete all over again. The majority of injuries that occur in CF are when athletes rush too soon into workouts with too much intensity. A good CrossFit coach will slow you down and emphasize technique, consistency in movement and intensity, in that order. Remember, (similar to endurance sports) it takes years to sufficiently develop the motor control, positional strength and capacity to run with the top athletes and at your full potential. More: Why Technique is Vital to Performance CrossFit can bring an enormous added value to your endurance program and provide a new athletic spark for the season. To safely incorporate CrossFit into your endurance training: do your research, take responsibility for your own limitations, prioritize mobility and movement mechanics over everything else, prioritize your sport, and finally be patient with your progress. If you follow these steps you will have the ultimate success: fewer injuries and greater performances in this upcoming season and in seasons to come. Train well. Find a strength program that works for you. Tags: Strength, Triathlete


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by Melanie Formentin / Tampa Bay LightningHaving just completed his senior year at the University of Maine, it seemed logical that Mike Lundin would attend the Traverse City Prospects Tournament in early September. There would be games and practices with other Tampa Bay Lightning prospects and most likely a professional rookie season played out primarily with the American Hockey League's Norfolk Admirals.
Arriving at the Lightning's training camp in top condition, Lundin shined through scrimmages and preseason games as he worked his way on to the opening night roster. With the sixth spot on defense open for the taking and a handful of new veteran AHL defenseman vying for a chance to stick with the team, it was Lundin who rose to the challenge and earned a ticket to the NHL.
Quickly advancing through the ranks is something that Lundin has made a habit of in his young career. The former Minnesota Mr. Hockey finalist made the transition from high school to the Maine Black Bears roster almost seamlessly. After being the only freshman to play all 44 games during the 2003-04 campaign, Lundin continued to impress through his college career.
Steadily improving his point totals, his overall game and his leadership skills, Lundin eventually earned the assistant captaincy as a senior. If there is one person who knows and appreciates Lundin's efforts through college it is Maine head coach Tim Whitehead.
"He's more mature than your typical 22-, 23-year-old, and I think that helps him adapt to the next level," Whitehead said. "He's a heck of a player, [and] a clean player and playing at this level here [at Maine] he rose to an elite level. He was able to play the power play, penalty kill and first and last minutes because he's such a clean player. He rarely makes mistakes, he's mobile, he's tough, he'll take a hit to make a play and he's got a great stick. I think his best quality is that he has a great stick for defending, and for wristing the puck to the net and making the first pass."
With those qualities shining throughout his college career, Lundin was eventually drafted by the Lightning in the fourth round (102nd overall) of the 2004 Entry Draft. Playing on a strong Black Bears team, Lundin had the experience of earning the Hockey East Championship, making three Frozen Four appearances and playing in two NCAA championship games.
As those experiences helped mold Lundin and his collegiate career, his skill blossomed during his final year at Maine. Lundin capped off four years of consistent point improvements by tying for the team lead in goals by a defenseman (six) and ranking second with 20 points.
However, what might be most impressive about Lundin is what may go unnoticed. As a solid blue-liner, Lundin has been praised for his poise and positioning on the ice. The consistency with which he plays often comes across as a challenge to many young defensemen.
"He makes the game look easy because he's so poised, so smooth with the puck and he's so often in the right position at the right time to defend – he's very mobile," Whitehead said. "Like a lot of elite defenseman, he makes the game look easy and that's a rare quality when you're young. I think because of how he trains, and he's a tough kid, he's going to keep getting better and better."
Getting better is something that comes with hard work, and for Lundin hard work is the key to success. Training twice a week during the Black Bears seasons and upwards of six days a week during the summer, Lundin has regularly earned praise for his work ethic, his preparation and his focus.
"Obviously no matter where I'm playing I need to focus and put all my energy into playing well because that's a strength of my game, to read the ice, so preparation and everything is still the same," Lundin said.
As Lundin makes the jump to the NHL level, preparation and focus will take a new turn. Evolving from an Honors student that regularly earned Maine-Scholar Athlete honors as well as Hockey East All-Academic Team honors, Lundin will likely build on his college experiences as he looks to make the transition to the Lightning. After all, relying on those qualities of dedication and hard work earned him an opening night roster spot in the first place.
"I think so far my positioning and being able to read the ice has helped me just because it is such a quick game and there are so many skilled players up here," Lundin said. "It helps me make up for it when I'm not as fast or skilled as the other guys out there. If I can be in the right position and stay in the middle of the ice then they have a harder time being able to beat me, and then I don't need to catch them or chase them. If I stay in position I think that's a key for me to play a good game."
So far this season, Lundin has used his positioning to play a strong NHL game. In addition to recording his first NHL point with an assist against the Boston Bruins, Lundin has quietly earned more ice time through his consistency.
Aside from posting a season-high 21:31 of ice time against the Philadelphia Flyers, Lundin recorded a plus-three plus/minus rating through his first nine games. That may not seem like much until one realizes that Lundin has posted an even or plus rating in all but one contest this season.
"He continues to elevate his game," Whitehead said. "He's not the type of player you can see in one game. Sometimes he will wow you, but it's just the day-in and day-out consistency of his elite play that is remarkable."
For Lundin, the key will be maintaining that consistency through a grueling 82-game schedule. Arriving with the necessary skills, focus and commitment to preparation, Lundin has already shown that he can likely make another smooth transition to a higher level of play.
"It's been quite an experience," Lundin said. "I feel good, I feel lucky to have the chance to play out here and hopefully I keep getting that chance and keep proving that I deserve that chance."


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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Custom Rush Build From Copenhagen
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in Copenhagen built this sweet Rush up.
The artwork on the bars (that's not tape), Flite saddle and Zipp wheels by Bender. Click on the pictures for larger views.
We have some stock of Slick Black Rush's left, but the two colors for 2010 will be Pearl White and Khaki Green. These will be available mid-April or so. This will be the first year we don't do a black track frame.
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