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We present the first genomic-scale analysis addressing the phylogenetic position of turtles, using over 1000 loci from representatives of all major reptile lineages including tuatara. Previously, studies of morphological traits positioned turtles either at the base of the reptile tree or with lizards, snakes and tuatara (lepidosaurs), whereas molecular analyses typically allied turtles with crocodiles and birds (archosaurs). A recent analysis of shared microRNA families found that turtles are more closely related to lepidosaurs. To test this hypothesis with data from many single-copy nuclear loci dispersed throughout the genome, we used sequence capture, high-throughput sequencing and published genomes to obtain sequences from 1145 ultraconserved elements (UCEs) and their variable flanking DNA. The resulting phylogeny provides overwhelming support for the hypothesis that turtles evolved from a common ancestor of birds and crocodilians, rejecting the hypothesized relationship between turtles and lepidosaurs.
1. Introduction
The evolutionary origin of turtles has confounded the understanding of vertebrate evolution [1] (figure 1). Historically, turtles were thought to be early-diverging reptiles, called anapsids, based on their skull morphology and traits such as dermal armour [2]. Recent morphological studies that included soft tissue and developmental characters [3] allied turtles with lepidosaurs, a group including squamates (lizards and snakes) and tuataras. However, homoplasy stemming from the derived skeletal specializations of turtles limits the utility of phylogenetic inference based on morphological data to resolve turtle placement [4,5].
Molecular studies using mitochondrial [4,6–8,16] and nuclear DNA [5,9–14,17] typically place turtles sister to archosaurs (crocodilians and birds; figure 1). This molecular hypothesis was recently contradicted by a phylogeny reconstructed from microRNAs [15] that allied turtles with lepidosaurs. Lyson et al. [15] suggested that prior molecular evidence for a turtle–archosaur relationship may be the result of analytical artefacts. If true, the hypothetical relationship between turtles and lepidosaurs (Ankylpoda) should appear throughout the genomes of these organisms.
Here, we test the Ankylopoda hypothesis and address the evolutionary origin of turtles. We reconstruct a reptile phylogeny using ultraconserved elements (UCEs) [18] and their flanking sequence that we obtained using sequence capture of DNA from a tuatara and two species each of crocodilians, squamates and turtles (table 1). We used UCEs because they are easily aligned portions of extremely divergent genomes [19], allowing many loci to be interrogated across evolutionary timescales, and because sequence variability within UCEs increases with distance from the core of the targeted UCE [20], suggesting that phylogenetically informative content in flanking regions can inform hypotheses spanning different evolutionary timescales. To break up long branches and mitigate potential problems with long-branch attraction, we selected species representing the span of diversity within major reptilian lineages (i.e. the most divergent crocodilians, lepidosaurs and turtles).
2. Material and methods
We enriched DNA libraries prepared with Nextera kits (Epicentre, Inc., Madison, WI, USA) using a synthesis (Mycroarray, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, USA or Agilent, Inc., Santa Clara, CA, USA) of RNA probes [20] targeting 2386 UCEs and their flanking sequence. We generated sequences for each enriched library using single-end, 100-base sequencing on an Illumina GAIIx. After quality filtering, we assembled reads into contigs using Velvet [21], and we matched contigs to the UCE loci, removing duplicate hits. We generated alignments using MUSCLE [22], and we excluded loci having missing data in any taxon. Following alignment, we estimated the appropriate finite-sites substitution model for each locus using MrAIC.
We prepared a concatenated dataset by partitioning loci by substitution model prior to analysis using two runs of MrBayes [23] for 5 000 000 iterations (four chains per run; burn-in: 50%; thinning: 100). We also used each alignment to estimate gene trees incorporating 1000 multi-locus bootstrap replicates, which we integrated into STEAC and STAR [24] species trees. Additional details concerning UCE sequence capture methods and phylogenetic methods are available in Faircloth et al. [20].
3. Results
We enriched genomic DNA for UCEs in corn snake (Pantherophis guttata), African helmeted turtle (Pelomedusa subrufa), painted turtle (Chrysemys picta), American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis), saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) and tuatara (Sphenodon tuatara) (table 1). We sequenced a mean of 4.9 million reads from each library, and from these reads, we assembled an average of 2648 (±314 s.d.) contigs.
We supplemented these taxa with UCEs extracted from the chicken (Gallus gallus), zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata), Carolina anole lizard (Anolis carolinensis) and human (Homo sapiens) genome sequences. We combined the in silico and in vitro data and generated alignments across all taxa and excluded all loci having missing data from any taxon. This resulted in 1145 individual alignments with a mean length of 406 bp (±100 bp s.d.) per alignment, totalling 465 Kbp of sequence. Tracer showed that both Bayesian analyses converged quickly, having effective sample size (ESS) scores for log likelihood of 170 and 220. Because posterior probabilities for all nodes were 1.0, AWTY (http://ceb.csit.fsu.edu/awty) showed zero variance in the tree topology throughout either run. Bayesian analysis of concatenated alignments and species-tree analysis of 1145 independent gene histories showed turtles to be the sister lineage of extant archosaurs with complete support (figure 2). Removing the snake, which had a very long branch, and re-running all analyses did not change the results.
4. Discussion
Genomic-scale phylogenetic analysis of 1145 nuclear UCE loci agreed with most other molecular studies [4–14], supporting a sister relationship between turtles and archosaurs. We found no support for the turtles–lepidosaur relationship predicted by the Ankylopoda hypothesis [15] (figure 2). The combination of taxonomic sampling, the genome-wide scale of the sampling and the robust results obtained, regardless of analytical method, indicates that the turtle–archosaur relationship is unlikely to be caused by long-branch attraction or other analytical artefacts.
Although our results corroborate earlier studies, many of these studies did not include tuatara. Because tuatara is an early-diverging lepidosaur, it is important to include this taxon in studies of turtle evolution as it breaks up the long-branch leading to squamates (figure 2b). Of the studies including tuatara, two [6,11] found results similar to this study, but both were based on a single locus. The third study [5] was unable to produce a well-resolved tree from four nuclear genes when the authors included tuatara in the dataset. Our study is the first to produce a well-resolved reptile tree that includes the tuatara and multiple loci.
The discrepancy between our results showing a strong turtle–archosaur relationship and microRNA (miRNA) results, which showed a strong turtle–lepidosaur relationship, may be due to several factors. Lyson et al. [15] used the presence of four miRNA gene families, detected among turtles and lepidosaurs and undetected in the other taxa analysed, to support the turtle–lepidosaur relationship. Because complete genomes are unavailable for turtles, tuatara and crocodilians, and because expressed miRNA data are lacking for most reptiles, the authors collected miRNA sequences from small RNA expression libraries. miRNAs have tissue and developmental-stage-specific expression profiles [25,26], which could make the detection of certain miRNAs challenging. Because preparing and sequencing libraries is a biased sampling process, the detection probability for specific targets is variable, and some miRNAs are likely to be more easily detected than others. Thus, failures to detect miRNA families are not equivalent to the absence of miRNA families [27]. We suggest that at least some of the four miRNA families currently thought to be unique to lizards and turtles may be present but as yet undiscovered in other reptiles.
This work is the first to investigate the placement of turtles within reptiles using a genomic-scale analysis of single-copy DNA sequences and a complete sampling of the major relevant evolutionary lineages. Because UCEs are conserved across most vertebrate groups [20] and found in groups including yeast and insects [19], our framework is generalizable beyond this study and relevant to resolving ancient phylogenetic enigmas throughout the tree of life [28]. This approach to high-throughput phylogenomics—based on thousands of loci—is likely to fundamentally change the way that systematists gather and analyse data.
(a) Additional information
We provide all data and links to software via Dryad repository (doi:10.5061/dryad.75nv22qj) and GenBank (JQ868813–JQ885411).
We thank R. Nilsen, K. Jones, M. Harvey, R. Nussbaum, G. Schneider, D. Ray, D. Peterson, C. Moran, L. Miles, S. Isberg, C. Mancuso, S. Herke, two anonymous reviewers and the LSU Genomic Facility. National Science Foundation grants DEB-1119734, DEB-0841729 and DEB-0956069, and an Amazon Web Services Education Grant supported this study. N.G.C., B.C.F., J.E.M. and T.C.G. designed the study; N.G.C. and B.C.F. performed phylogenetic analysis; B.C.F. created datasets; J.E.M. performed laboratory work; all authors helped write the manuscript.
- Received April 9, 2012.
- Accepted April 26, 2012.
- This journal is © 2012 The Royal Society


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User:Pranav Rathi/Notebook/OT/2012/01/12/Extend your Opto-mechanical controls with Lego for out of box control
Due to some airborne noise in our lab we had to put our optical tweezers in a plastic enclosure. This means that either I had to make huge doors or openings in the box to reach the optomechanical controls or control them from outside. And I chose the second one. There are two ways to control them from outside; first by manual- mechanical control and second is by electro-mechanical control. I choose the first one because it was easier and a step stone to electro-control/servo control. Now to mechanical control the optics from outside was not easy because there was no system built on the device itself to tweak the control knob ( I call it knob A) from outside as we can see from slide 2. All I had was two knobs (A knobs). So to control the device from outside I had to build the system around this knob A in a way to extend and transform this knob to the outside of the box. Once this system is in place I can control the knob A with knob B (the one I put). I call the system (structure) Gear Box, because that is what it is. Once the gear box is in place knob A can be controlled with knob B (manual-mechanical) OR servo control (electro-mechanical).
Design and construction
- ST1XY-S - XY Translator with Micrometer Drives (thorlabs) or any other optomechanical device
- Lego (2x) 40-Tooth Gears
- Lego (4X) 24-Tooth Gears
- Lego (5x) 8-Tooth Spur Gears
- Lego (2X) Worm Gear
- Lego Universal Joint
- Lego Axles
- Lego Bushings and stoppers
- 8-32,#8,4-40 and #4 screws and nuts
- Gorilla Epoxy
- 1/16" thick aluminum plate
- Round Dowel of 1/2" and 3/16"
- Knobs
- and tools like metal cutter, screwdriver, power drill with bits and dremel set.
I am planning to control 2 devices; QPD and steering lens with this. Both the devices are attached to two different Thorlab's ST1XY-S - XY Translator with Micrometer Drives. This drive is not designed to handle Lego or any kind of attachments like shown in slide 2, 3 and 4. So to attach gears I had to first create my own attachments. So this is what I did: I first create attachments like shown in slide 2,3 and 4 by Epoxy gluing 8-32 nuts directly on the face of the driver in slide 2. But on other side (X-axis) I did not glue the 4-40 nuts on the face but glue on the platform of the knob A, slide 4, because on X-axis the Knob A moves in the vertical Y-direction. So the gearbox has to move with the knob which is not the case on Y-axis. Once I glued the nuts I waited for 24hrs for the glue to set. Now I can bolt the gearboxes directly on the nuts. Next step is to prepare the gear box. I prepared the gearbox such that it can provide me following: Enough precision and speed, constant directionality (both the knobs are in the same direction), some degree of freedom in alignment with aperture-openings on the box, which is provide my Lego universal joints (with these joints the knob does not have to align the opening on the box slide 16) and possibility to servo control. So that's why I choose Lego because it has all the gears and axels but not the chassis, so I had to design my own chassis. Third part is knobs B. I bought the round dowel from Home Depot and maneuver them to fit with Lego universal joint on one side and knob on other.
I can breakdown the construction in the following steps:
Step 1; choose the right gears and screw them directly on the knobs. I choose 24 tooth gear for Y-axis and 40 tooth gear for X-axis. 40 tooth gear is maneuvered by 8 tooth gear which gives 5X precision. 24 tooth gear is maneuvered by worm gear which provides 2X precision. Worm gear also provides same directionality and great maneuverability for the whole range for the Y-axis knob even though this knob moves in vertical direction as it rotates.
Step 2; prepare the chassis. I measured all the distances between the screws and the gears and the height and diameter of the gears. Using these distances I prepared the frame by cutting it out of an aluminum sheet, slide 8. I prepared two frames one for each axis. Then I folded the frames such their legs fit directly on the nuts.
Step 3; fit the gears. Once I have folded frames I took the gear measurements again to make the axel holes on the frame. I had to be very careful in doing this because the holes had to align very-well. Then in the end put the gear box together, slide 9 and 10. Once the gear box is ready it can be bolted on the driver, slide 11, 12 and 13.
Step 4; prepare the knobs. I used two different size wood sticks (round dowel) to prepare the knobs with handles. I bought the knobs from an astronomy website and sticks from Home Depot. I maneuvered the 1/2" diameter stick in the knob then a 3/16" diameter into the 1/2'' to prepare the handle. I milled the other end of the stick to fit it into the Lego universal joint slide 14 and 15. Once the knobs are ready they are attached directly to the gearbox with Lego universal joint. Due to Lego universal joint the gearbox does not have to align with the aperture-opening (inputs) of the box, this gives the driver some degree of freedom in 3D, slide 16 and 17. The steering lens has to move in all 3 directions to perform its task so without Lego universal joint the whole setup is useless if the lens cannot move properly. And things change time to time with in/an optical setup so some degree of freedom in maneuverability is absolutely required for out of box control. This system provides more than an inch of freedom in all 3 directions without sacrificing out of box control maneuverability.
The slide-show and video presents the make and the performance.
{{#widget:YouTube|id=gWHnJh6mEDg}} Slide 18, 19 and 20 shows the out of box control setup for the system. The rubber washers are used at the inputs to provide isolation to the box from the handle bars and keep the inside-setup somewhat isolated from the airborne noise. I prepared two systems one for QPD and for steering lens, both the devices are needed to be controlled during the experiments. Now with this system both the devices can be controlled easily form outside slide 21, 22, 23 and 24.
There is one more device, used heavily during the experiments and needed to be controlled from outside. That is microscope. I made a small arrangement shown in slide 26 and 26 to control the microscope focus from outside. The scheme is similar; I glued a 1/4 inch nut to the microscope knob A. Then use a 1/4 to 8-32 screw attachment to attach a 8-32 screw. Now use Lego universal joint to attach 8-32 screw to control cable of knob B. I used the whole system recently to take the data and performance is promising so far. So I am going to use this as a part of optical tweezers setup and hopefully this will help in enclosing and isolating the tweezers from airborne noise. Now I can easily control most of the opto-mechanical controls from outside the enclosure during experiments.
In future I if get the time I would like to attach control the gearbox with servo motor, so the opto-mechanical controls can be maneuvered electromechanically.

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Kent Jackson is Practice Leader in the London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. His experience encompasses a diverse range of scales and uses, including corporate offices, airports, residential developments and large mixed-use urban schemes.
Kent's pioneering approach to design responds to individual context and enable integration of both the natural and built environment. In collaboration with his clients, Kent focuses on developing creative and innovative solutions that meet both aesthetic and pragmatic requirements, allowing buildings to positively impact the environment, whilst addressing the specific needs of inhabitants.
Having worked in both Chicago and London offices, Kent has an overarching understanding of the practice and has a diverse range of experience across all aspects of architectural design. Kent has spent the last twelve years in the London office, under his leadership, SOM London have won a number of significant projects including; an international competition for a new headquarters in Geneva for Japan Tobacco International Headquarters, International Competition for a new mixed-use 55 storey tower, Istanbul, Turkey and London's new tallest residential building, the 42 storey, Manhattan Loft Gardens, Stratford City, London.


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HARRISBURG, PA -- A former National Football League player was arrested after allegedly stealing a $400,000 loan that was expected to be used to open a fitness club.
The Pennsylvania attorney general's office charged Lee Woodall for misusing a loan he received from the Pennsylvania Minority Business Development Authority (PMBDA) that was intended for the opening of the club in Chester County (PA). The office says Woodall used the loan for personal expenses.
Attorney General Tom Corbett said the terms of the loan agreement required Woodall to purchase specific items of fitness equipment. It also stipulated that the PMBDA would have security interest in that equipment.
Upon receiving the money in June 2005, Woodall had spent almost all of the money by April 2006 on airline tickets, hotels, home furnishings, cars and other personal uses, according to the criminal complaint. No fitness facility had been opened.
Also, Woodall did not make loan payments and did not keep the PMBDA informed about the progress of the gym, according to the complaint.
Woodall was arraigned and later released on $100,000 bail. He was charged with one count of theft by failure to make required disposition of funds received, a third-degree felony. A preliminary hearing is set for April 22.
Woodall played eight seasons in the NFL from 1994 to 2001 for the San Francisco 49ers, Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos.


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Promoting a Culture of Research in Ethiopia's Legal SystemDec 19, 2013
Research into the Ethiopian justice system is receiving a revival through collaboration between the Government of Ethiopia and the United Nations Development Programme.
Proceedings 13 papers presented at a national conference were published under the title 'Law and Development, Legal Pluralism, Traditional Justice Systems and the Role of Legal Actors in Ethiopia'', which was jointly launched to the public by the Justice and Legal Systems Research Institute (JSLRI) and the UNDP on 19 December 2013.
The book provides a platform for people to engage, and forwards proposals to government that can be built on to strengthen the governance system. 13 papers were presented at the workshop, and these make up the book.
Dr. Menberetsehai Tadesse, Director of JSLRI noted that 'problems in content of law or in enforcement can greatly hamper development of a country' and called on active stakeholder participation and contribution to this new approach which will enhance the Ethiopian legal system as well as the work of practitioners.
Mr Samuel Bwalya, UNDP Country Director added that for UNDP human progress can only be accelerated through an effective and efficient legal system.
Participants at the launching ceremony noted that themes selected are critical and have far reaching impact on overall development of Ethiopia's jurisprudence. The book was also said to pose a further platform for research, which can help contribute to the country's overall development, he also observed.
Appeals were also made to the legal community to further researching Ethiopia's commercial justice system with warnings made that failure to do so may pose a serious threat to the ongoing economic development gains being witnessed across the country.
Reflections were also made of the historically unfavorable attitude towards Africa's customary laws that led to their non-inclusion into the modern legal systems. The newly launched book was said to have paid more attention to customary laws that existed in Ethiopia.
Due to the success of the first workshop, a second national conference is to be organized under the title 'enforcement of contracts'.


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The American Gas and Electric Company was incorporated Dec. 20, 1906. The company was formed from a utility holding company, Electric Company of America, which was organized in 1899. The company acquired its first utility properties Jan. 2, 1907. These properties provided electric service, gas, water, steam, transit, or ice service in communities in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. The company became American Electric Power in 1958 and merged with Central and Southwest Corporation in 2000.
In its earliest years, AEP – then known as American Gas and Electric Company (AG&E) - was an assortment of small, struggling utilities scattered across a number of states, stretching from the Atlantic Ocean to Illinois.
Over the years, many of these properties were sold. In fact, only five of the communities originally served by AG&E in 1907 – Marion and Muncie, Indiana; Canton and Bridgeport, Ohio; and Wheeling, West Virginia – are still part of AEP.
AEP's interconnected power system got its start in 1911, when power plants in Marion and Muncie were connected by a 33,000-volt line across some 30 miles of Indiana farmland so they could support each other and improve reliability.
In 1917, AEP's first "super" power plant began operation on the Ohio River in Wheeling, West Virginia. Called the Windsor Plant, it was the first major steam plant built at a considerable distance from its principal load center – Canton, the largest city AG&E served in Ohio at the time. Canton needed electricity to power steel mills in support of World War I. Power was delivered to Canton customers over the nation's first long-distance 138,000-volt transmission line. Windsor Plant also was the first major power plant built at the mouth of a coal mine, eliminating the need to haul coal over long distances.
America was on the move in the 1920s, and electricity quickly became the engine that powered the journey. From 1922 to 1926, AG&E had one of the greatest expansion periods in the company's history with a number of major property acquisitions. It moved into Michigan in 1922 with the acquisition of Indiana and Michigan
In 1923, AG&E began simultaneous construction of three, very large generating stations – the Twin Branch plant in northern Indiana, the Philo Plant in southeastern Ohio, and the Stanton plant in northeastern Pennsylvania. Each new plant represented a major advancement in power generation. Philo, for example, was the first plant in the world to reheat steam to do double duty in the process of generating electricity.
In 1924, AG&E purchased control of American Electric Power Company, a Philadelphia holding company with no relation to the present AEP. In 1925, AG&E bought Appalachian Power Company, and merged this entity with its other Virginia and southern West Virginia holdings in 1926 to form a new utility, which it called Appalachian Electric Power Company.
In 1928, the Federal Trade Commission launched a comprehensive inquiry into the entire electric power industry which led to the creation of the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) in 1935. Although
AG&E entered the Great Depression in relatively good financial health. Two weeks following the stock market crash in 1929, AG&E President George Tidd sent a letter of reassurance to shareholders. The company persevered and maintained its financial integrity through the period.
From 1941 to 1961, after a hiatus during World War II, AG&E engineers kept ahead of the ever-growing demand for electricity by building bigger, more efficient power plants and new transmission lines to link those plants and deliver power to customers. During the 20-year period, AG&E built 36 new generating units at 14 locations in five states – with a generating capacity totaling 6,000 megawatts. In one year, AG&E plants occupied the top five spots on the list of America's most efficient generating stations.
During this same period, AG&E also built 11 new generating units totaling more than 2 million kilowatts and a 390-mile, 345,000-volt transmission system for the Ohio Valley Electric Cooperative (OVEC), which had been formed to supply power to the federal government's uranium enrichment plant in Piketon, Ohio. The OVEC generating units came online in 1955 and 1956.
Much of the work during this era was led by Philip Sporn, who joined AG&E in 1920 and served as its President from 1947 until 1961. An industry leader with an international reputation, Sporn was AG&E's chief planner, designer, engineer, architect, financial officer, public relations man, and sales manager.
The company also continued to expand, acquiring Indiana Service Corporation of Fort Wayne in 1948.
In 1958, American Gas and Electric changed its name to American Electric Power, as the company had not provided gas service since the 1920s.
From 1961 until 1975, AEP was led by Donald C. Cook, a Michigan native who had previously been the chairman of the federal Securities and Exchange Commission. AEP continued to grow during this period,
In 1967, AEP announced that it would build its first nuclear generating station on the shores of Lake Michigan. The 1,020 megawatt Unit 1 of the Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant went into commercial operation in 1975. The 1,090 megawatt Unit 2 was completed in 1978.
W.S. "Pete" White, who served as AEP chairman from 1976 until 1991, presided over the acquisition of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company in 1980. AEP agreed to move its corporate headquarters to Columbus, Ohio, as part of the acquisition and completed the move in 1983. The company headquarters remains at 1 Riverside Plaza in downtown Columbus.
Richard Disbrow succeeded White as chief executive officer of the company on Jan. 1, 1991, and became chairman when White retired at the end of that year.
E. Linn Draper, Jr. became president of AEP in March 1992. Draper became chairman, president, and chief executive officer, when Disbrow retired in April 1993. .
In 1996, AEP's sales of electricity to retail customers topped 100 billion kilowatt hours for the first time in the company's history.
AEP merged with Central and South West Corp. based in Dallas, Texas, on June 15, 2000 and created one of the largest utilities in the nation, with combined revenues of $12.5 billion, electricity sales of 200 million megawatt hours, $35 billion in assets, and nearly 9 million customers across the globe.
Michael G. Morris became chairman, president, and chief executive officer of AEP in 2004.
AEP celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2006.
AEP formally commissioned the world's first integrated carbon capture and storage project at a working power plant on Oct. 20, 2009. The project captured and placed in underground storage the carbon dioxide from a 20-megawatt slipstream of the exhaust gases from AEP's Mountaineer Plant in New Haven, West Virginia.
AEP celebrated 100 years of consecutive, quarterly dividends to shareholders in 2010. The company paid $18.5 billion in dividends to its shareholders over those 100 years. Only 23 other companies in America had paid dividends to shareholders consecutively for 100 years or more.
Nick Akins was named chief executive officer of AEP on Nov. 11, 2011. Mike Morris remained chairman of AEP's Board of Directors.
Southwestern Electric Power Company celebrated "A Century of Service" to customers, recognizing the company's 100-year anniversary on June 29.
The John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant began commercial operation Dec. 20 in Fulton, Ark. The 600-megawatt coal-fueled generating facility is the nation's first and only ultra-supercritical coal plant. The plant's construction earned AEP the Edison Electric Institute's (EEI) 2013 Edison Award – the electric power industry's most prestigious honor.
Nick Akins became Chairman, President & CEO of AEP on Jan. 1.
AEP debuted on Fortune magazine's 2014 World's Most Admired Companies list in the electric and gas utilities sector.
Nick Akins was named Chairman of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) June 9.
AEP began building new transmission lines using the company's patented BOLDTM design (Breakthrough Overhead Line Design). This design increases the efficiency and power transport of transmission lines while enhancing their visual appearance and reducing their physical footprint.
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"Portrait of a Harlem Artist"Posted: February 10, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: art, arts, CONTEMPORARY, FINE, jaywest, justin, paintings, west Leave a comment
An in-depth look at A.S.A.P.'s resident Visual Artist, Justin West.
Responsible for the artwork behind ASAP Rocky's videos such as Purple Swag, Peso, and Wassup, this Harlem giant has exhibited in numerous Galleries, from his hometown to his most recent showing in NY's most prominent art scene, Chelsea. We take a look at his beginnings, struggles as an artist and the man's thought process behind his work. Definitely an individual dedicated to his many passions, we present you "Portrait of a Harlem Artist, Justin West"
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November 1, 2011
The girls have their fall break right now.
And Fall it is.
We made it to the forest just once. I love the smell of the humid fallen leaves,
the sight of fresh mushrooms and fungi, their color, their capricious shapes, the way they hide in trunks.
Though temperatures are still pretty mild during the day, we had to get out winter coats for the mornings and evenings. Mittens, scarves and hats are soon to follow.
Leg warmers have been cast on to go with M.'s new boots...
A new season. One I love.
Labels: fall, other stuff summer
8 comments:
- jane said...
- November 1, 2011 at 12:33 PM
- bicocacolors said...
- November 1, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- heodeza said...
beautiful photos. love the soft greys and touch of yellow. would be a great inspiration for an outfit!
- November 1, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Wieke van Keulen said...
Thank you for sharing those beautiful pictures.
- November 1, 2011 at 7:12 PM
- Cindy said...
enjoy the break ... love the rich tones in these pics!
- November 1, 2011 at 8:04 PM
- Nina said...
What gorgeous photographs! Do you ever eat wild fungi?
- November 1, 2011 at 11:21 PM
zijn deze foto's van in het bos van Jette?
- November 2, 2011 at 11:20 AM
- blue moss said...
Lovely, lovely pics of your fall. Hope you are enjoying it!
- November 7, 2011 at 3:13 PM
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Meryl's Banging Backyard
Name: Meryl Carver-Allmond
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There are a lot of exciting things happening in Meryl's big backyard. Among them: a large garden (and the rain barrel and compost pile to feed it), ten laying hens and something she calls a "banging wall."
The wall (photo 2) is part of her mission to have plenty of kid-friendly features in the space. Her son's current favorite activity is digging in the gravel patio, but should he need some variety, there's the wall for banging, a DIY tent and a patch of tree stumps for climbing. What a fun and funky space!
Thanks, Meryl!
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A new era for LED lighting – Lumination™ Linear Suspended LED from GE Lighting
GE Lighting has launched the new Lumination™ LED Linear. Its immaculate design aesthetic and ultra-thin profile provides double asymmetric light distribution, delivering the ideal solution for retail settings and a wide range of other projects.
Lumination™ Linear Suspended is a thin and uniform illuminated lighting panel suspending from the ceiling, powered with Intrinsix™ technology to maximise the performance, control and efficiency of the LEDs within the fixture. When turned on, it produces a perfectly even glow, and while off, it is nearly transparent with the LEDs hidden inside the frame. The double asymmetric distribution provides glare free, vertical and horizontal illuminance.
The minimalist design of the fixture creates an exceptionally thin profile that appears to float across the ceiling landscape and works well in a variety of environments including retail spaces, conference rooms, open-plan offices or reception areas. The effect is dramatic and opens up a new world of striking design possibilities.
For more information about this announcement, click for the official press release.
For information about this product, check out the offical product page of Lumination™ Linear Suspended luminaires.


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The year 2014 may seem to be on the distant horizon to most folks, but Noel Hoback is already making plans.
The lieutenant colonel is the commander of the Oregon Army National Guard's 1st Battalion of the 186th Infantry, headquartered in Ashland.
Members of the unit's citizen-soldiers are tentatively expected to be deployed to Afghanistan in 2014, although it's unknown at this point how many could be deployed.
"If other members of the Oregon Guard are going, we will definitely be part of it," said Hoback, 43, who took over command of the battalion in July.
The 1/186th is part of the 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team, headquartered at Camp Withycombe in Clackamas, which received notice from the Army that the brigade will tentatively deploy some 1,800 troops to Afghanistan in 2014 for a tour that could last 400 days. The brigade's other battalions are based in Bend, Springfield, Forest Grove and Portland.
All told, the 1/186th has 811 soldiers with units in Medford, Grants Pass, Roseburg, Coos Bay and St. Helens.
If the deployment goes forward as scheduled, it would be the Oregon Guard's second largest overseas deployment since World War II. The largest since 1945 was the 2,800 Oregon Guard members deployed to Iraq in 2009.
Some 600 soldiers from the 1/186th were deployed to Iraq from July 2009 until April 2010. Two Guard soldiers from the Portland area were killed in Iraq on Aug. 8, 2009.
Hoback, a veteran of the deployment to Iraq and another to the Sinai in 2002, said the battalion will be ready when the time comes.
"We are further out at this point than we were for Iraq," he said, citing the experience throughout the ranks. "But we are looking at a very dynamic environment in Afghanistan. That area is changing, and there is a lot of time in which things can change further."
In Iraq, the 1/186th provided security at military bases and for supply convoys. Local soldiers engaged insurgent forces 43 times and escorted 95 million gallons of fuel and 78,000 tons of supplies.
In Afghanistan, security is again expected to be the main mission, said Hoback, a program director at the Rogue Valley Youth Correctional Facility in Grants Pass.
However, because President Barack Obama already has announced plans to withdraw the remaining 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan by the end of 2014, there is a chance the deployment could be changed or even canceled, Guard officials said.
If they go, the 41st from Oregon could be among the last Americans on the ground in that country, they add.
"Preparing for this deployment is good for the Guard," Hoback said. "It makes us a ready force, whether for domestic missions or for overseas deployments."
Before they are deployed, the battalion will likely receive additional training at military bases stateside, albeit details of when and where won't be forthcoming for months, he said.
Added Hoback, "We'll be ready. We have one of the best units in the nation."
Reach reporter Paul Fattig at 541-776-4496 or e-mail him at email@example.com.
Commander says Guard unit will be ready to deploy
The year 2014 may seem to be on the distant horizon to most folks, but Noel Hoback is already making plans.


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Hopped up horrors in the headlines: Drugs (by Angel Perkins)
Part of my job description includes reading and typing up/editing police reports and releases and submissions. My facts come from the authorities not from the neighbors and everyone is published that is in my jurisdiction, regardless of whether I know them, or if they want me to let the world know of their indiscretions.
I have had to include unsavory information about people I have worked with, people that are friends, or friends of friends. There is no distinction. And, I would have to include something my children, husband, family or friends did to be arrested, like it or not, even though it may not be something I actually typed up myself (because I was in jail too for choking that person for being stupid), but it would — regardless — run.
Of the police reports and releases sent my way — many include information — photos and details of incidents that are not in my area so it isn't used. But seeing it all, like the poor officers and medics have to, is a real eye-opener and heart-breaker. What you see on paper isn't half as bad as the photos we haven't printed or the things we know about that we can't or don't share.
One thing that still shocks me — beyond the senseless deaths of young people — is the rampant use of methamphetamines. Granted, if I'm seeing it that means the people doing it have been put in jail, hopefully for long enough to get it out of their system.
Before I moved to Marshall County I had never even heard of the drug. There was pot/dope/weed/marijuana; there was cocaine and, as always, abuse of a wide array of pills (some of which are now, to my surprise, perfectly legal), but that was pretty much it for St. Joseph County. There were a few old heroin abusers or acid freaks here and there from the '60s and '70s that couldn't quite quit the habit, and most were getting their poison from the big cities.
When I was young we had comedians Cheech and Chong acting like (and often not actually acting) drugs were all kinds of fun (but I always took it as a public message: "see, you don't wanna be like these morons" — which made me pretty sure that the Three Stooges were on all kinds of something because they were downright ridiculous).
But you also had Reefer Madness making people WANT to try it for themselves because it was so hard to believe that people would really act like that. Those that did try and realized that it DIDN'T make you want to jump off a bridge or run around screaming and ripping your hair out, then refused to believe that ANY of the warnings were true, which was the real reason that got them into trying the heavier and actually addictive stuff — not because marijuana was a "gateway," but because they learned not to trust the warnings.
Nowadays you still have the modern-day Cheech and Chong-types in films depicting how funny it is to get "high" or "messed up." And it is wrong, but then explain to me why is it ok that we have beer, liquor and other commercials enticing everyone to "get their drink on" or put "a little captain" in them, or get more energy, even though we know it could potentially kill us or be detrimental to our health? Alcohol is scientifically proven to negatively affect a person's body; it is addictive, and dangerous, with all kinds of horrid side affects — more than "weed" or many prescription medications. Every type of commercial, TV show, and movie, has someone drinking a glass of wine or champagne and if you don't burst open a beer during a football game then you're considered Just Plain Weird.
No, I'm far from being considered a teetotaler. But as a former bartender, and a family member of a former alcoholic, I have seen the horrors of alcohol in after and behind the scenes.
With meth, there are no actors glamorizing it. No advertising pushing it on you, no parties or businesses that are pushing it on anyone. I searched online once about five years ago with my former managing editor to see how easy it is for people to find out how to make the junk, and found that while it was incredibly easy to find the recipe (and even videos to show you step-by-step!) you would have to be nearly a rocket scientist to make the stuff without blowing something up or setting yourself on fire.
When you consider all the disgusting ingredients that are put together to make it (including types of household cleaners) and then, that it is consumed by human beings, on purpose, of their own accord, it's really mind-boggling. They are going to all this risk and effort because they are addicted to something that makes feel-good chemicals in their brains work harder? I'm not pushing alcohol — but it would be better/cheaper/legal to be addicted to.


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This past summer, Sarasota County enacted an application process for new employers interested in locating in an "energy economic zone" — an area where state tax breaks can be offered to lure high-tech, "green" industries.
So far, although the county and the nonprofit Economic Development Corp. of Sarasota County, have received some inquiries, no such businesses have applied.
The zone includes an area flanking State Road 681 in Osprey, the county landfill and various hubs the county had already designated as "major employment centers."
Although the program has yet to lure its first business, the Venice City Council thinks it could have future potential in its municipality.
On Tuesday, the council accepted the county's offer to add Venice to the zone. It asked for its staff to prepare a resolution it can vote on next month to make the decision official.
"It's absolutely a win-win," council member Jeannette Gates said.
"There is no administrative burden or cost to the city of Venice," said Lisa Damschroder, economic development coordinator for the county.
All of the program's sales tax credits, refunds and exemptions and other incentives are offered by the state, not the local governments.
In September, the city of Sarasota decided to include the northern part of its municipality within the zone.
The Venice council, however, accepted a recommendation by its Economic Development Advisory Board to include its entire city within the zone.
"We couldn't come up with any significant reasons we shouldn't include the entire city," Candice Roberts, chairwoman of the advisory board, said.
To qualify, a "green" business must create products or provide services that use renewable materials and energy and eliminate or reduce emissions and waste — or engage in research and development with those objectives.
On Tuesday, the Venice City Council also discussed the following:
•�Domestic partnerships
Venice will consider following Sarasota's recent example of adopting a law that allows the registration at City Hall of domestic partnerships.
The legal document would give unmarried couples, regardless of gender, certain rights within the city limits — such as hospital visitation or making health care or funeral decisions for a partner.
City Manager Ed Lavallee said he would explore the potential costs to the city and research how such registries are managed in other municipalities.
Former Sarasota city commissioner Ken Shelin said that, since Sarasota started its registry on Nov. 6, about 50 couples have submitted the forms — which become public records at the county courthouse.
•�Tax notice concerns
The council hopes to expedite and improve its budgeting process so that preliminary property tax notices do not needlessly prompt landlords to impose rent increases.
Speaking for the Bay Indies Homeowners Association, resident Tony Pinzone said the owner of that mobile home park told households that their monthly rent would increase $12 a month because of the maximum tax rates on notices mailed to property owners in late August. Bay Indies' owner, which must give residents 90 days notice of any rent increase, later lowered the amount to $6.
The city of Venice and other taxing authorities publish a maximum property tax rate on notices sent out before the public hearings on their budgets. At the final hearing, they may keep the rate the same or lower it.
Mayor John Holic said he would raise the issue at the next Council of Governments meeting, which representatives of Sarasota County, the municipalities, the airport and Sarasota Memorial Hospital attend.


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Core theology major courses for all emphases
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- Biblical studies: Biblical Studies Methods, Pentateuch, Prophets, Wisdom Writings, Old Testament Histories, Gospels, Epistles, Acts-Revelation, Greek
- Systematics: Calvin's Institutes, Modern Theology, Major World Religions, Heresies and Sects
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- Ag missions: A blend of agriculture and theology courses, enabling students called to mission work to minister in a biblical, holistic way by responding to both the spiritual and physical needs of people
- Youth ministry (a professional program): Spiritual Formation, Foundations of Worship, Engaging Culture, Teaching Bible, Ecclesiology, Practical Issues, and Practical Experience. This emphasis also includes basic courses in theater arts, small group communication, psychology, and recreational leadership.
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A mexican burrito is where a (wo)man shits out a log into a condom and freezes it. Then proceds to use the shitcicle as a dildo until thawed out.
Man: Erin is too kinky for me, bitch showed me her Mexican Burrito in action last night.
by Mike122344 March 12, 2009
A Mexican Burrito is when you are having anal sex and the chick shits on your dick, making your dick all shitty. You then give her a shit stache, literally.. you give her a mustache with the shit on your dick.
Santiago: "ay senor i just gave anita a mexican burrito!"
Perijo: "oy good job comrade!"
Perijo: "oy good job comrade!"
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I gave your sister a Mexican Burrito yesterday.


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Green Car Deals: October 2013
If you're interested in a fuel-efficient new car this month, you've come to the right place. That's because we've searched through each automaker's special offers to find the best green car deals available today. We've listed our favorite offers below on some of the top efficient new models.
Chevrolet Volt
The Chevrolet Volt is a plug-in hybrid 5-door hatchback capable of traveling around 30 miles on electric power alone. Whether you're looking for a 2013 model or a 2014, you can find a great deal this month on a Volt. If you're looking to lease, Chevrolet is offering the 2014 Volt for 36 months with payments from $299 per month after $2,499 down at lease signing. But finance shoppers also get a good deal, as the 2014 Volt is offered with 0 percent interest for up to 48 months. Of course, cash buyers aren't left out: The 2013 model is available with up to $5,000 cash back through the end of the month.
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Ford Fusion Energi
The Ford Fusion Energi is a plug-in hybrid midsize sedan capable of traveling around 20 miles on purely electric power, or 620 miles with a full tank of gas and a full charge. In October, the 2013 Fusion Energi is offered with two great deals. For drivers interested in financing, Ford is touting rates as low as 0 percent for up to 60 months -- plus up to $3,000 cash back. Drivers who pay in full can also get a good deal, as the Fusion Energi is offered with up to $4,500 back for cash buyers.
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Honda Civic Hybrid
The compact Honda Civic Hybrid is a gas-powered hybrid vehicle based on the popular Honda Civic sedan. Incentives are rare on the Civic Hybrid, largely because of the sedan's popularity thanks to fuel-economy ratings in excess of 50 miles per gallon. But Honda is offering one deal in October. Through the end of the month, shoppers interested in a 2013 Civic Hybrid can get 0.9 percent interest for up to 60 months. That deal is also available on other Civic models -- including the sporty Si -- for drivers who don't want to pay extra for hybrid gas mileage.
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Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
The Hyundai Sonata Hybrid is a gas-powered hybrid sedan based on the midsize Hyundai Sonata. In October, drivers who pick the 2013 Sonata Hybrid can get several great deals. One is a lease offer: With $2,999 down at lease signing, drivers can get a 36-month term with payments from $239 per month. But qualified drivers looking to finance also get a good deal, as Hyundai is offering 0 percent interest for 60 months, or 0.9 percent for 72 months. Finally, Hyundai is offering up to $2,000 cash back on the Sonata Hybrid for drivers paying in full.
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Toyota Prius c
The Toyota Prius c is the newest -- and smallest -- member of the Prius family. Boasting five doors and 50-plus mpg, the Prius c is offered with a variety of impressive deals in October. For drivers interested in financing, the Prius c is available with 0 percent interest for up to 36 months. But the lease deal is even better: For qualified shoppers who can put down $2,578 at lease signing, the Prius c is offered with payments starting at just $179 per month for 36 months. That's a good deal for a recently released new car with exceptional gas mileage.
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What it means to you: We've listed today's top green car deals on a variety of our favorite new models.


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Sennheiser Broadside At The BRITS
Sennheiser and Neumann microphones were very much in evidence once again at the 2006 BRIT Awards held at Earls Court, London. All presenters on the night used the SKM 5000N, which marries the outstanding RF that Sennheiser is renowned for, with all the warmth of a great Neumann capsule. The 2006 show also saw all acts, with the exception of Coldplay, utilizing the Sennheiser Evolution 300 series personal monitors. The Kaiser Chiefs opened the show with a full compliment of Evolution mics, before going on to collect awards in three categories - Best British Rock Act, Best British Live Act, and Best British Group.
Amongst other artists choosing Sennheiser were Jack Johnson, Gorillaz and, despite the distraction of 77 near-naked gold-painted ladies, Kanye West, who picked up Best International Breakthrough Act. Sennheiser artist relations manager, Mark Saunders says, "We are particularly pleased that Sennheiser personal monitor systems have rapidly become the industry standard, and also that we are maintaining our status as preferred broadcast microphone manufacturer."
Sennheiser presence at the show was once again supported by leading sound designer, Derrick Zieba and Britannia Row Productions. "This is the fifth consecutive year that I have collaborated at the BRITS with Sennheiser," said Zieba. "Yet again they provided faultless wireless from the outset. Their dedication to providing the artists with their choice of mic was outstanding and their technical support team is second to none."


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Name: Selena
Gender: Female
Age: 37
I have been with the same man for 17 years now. Although he is not the only man I have been with he is most definitely the best. I suppose mostly that's due to having years to experiment and practice, etc. Anyway, I have always had amazing orgasms all of which require clitoral stimulation regardless of position but the other night I had a gusher; I squirted a lot! He was inside me and I was using my vibrator. And when I got off, there was only this one big release, but there was so much fluid it made a spot on the bed twice the size of a large softball, maybe even larger. At first, I thought it was him until he asked if I was okay and that's when I felt this warm honey-like feeling fill me. I have never had this happen before and would like to know if it's normal or not to, all of a sudden, have an orgasm like that? Quite frankly I am not impressed for the fact that it was only 1 big release instead of my usual orgasm where I often climax for up to 2 minutes. And should I be embarrassed? What if his face had been down there? Thanks for your help
I'm so glad to hear that you have been having lots of amazing orgasms, Selena. Good for you! However, it seems to me that you've wandered into some new and uncharted orgasmic territory with the one you describe. In fact, it sounds like you've had your first ejaculation. There's nothing abnormal about it, although it's not all that common.
And why would you be embarrassed to have had an ejaculation while your partner was eating you out? Hasn't your man ever busted his nut on your face? Isn't it the same thing? I say, yes. And no man ever apologizes for that stunt.
There is a lot of controversy about female ejaculation. Well-meaning people in and out of the sex community continue to debate the topic. Women and men, scientists, clinicians, academicians, scientists, and lay people all have very strong opinions that they don't mind insisting are that last word on the subject. And yet the debate continues to rage. I find that curious. But so much about human sexuality remains controversial. That probably says more about our culture than about sex, but you I'll bet you know that already.
Anyhow, I've written a bit about female ejaculation on my site, there are some podcasts that discuss the topic too. Use the CATEGORY pull-down menu in the sidebar to your right and scroll down till you find 'Female Ejaculation.' It's near the top under the heading, BODY ISSUES.
This is the sort of thing you will discover.
Name: T
Gender: Female
Age: 46
Location: Canada
Do you have any suggestions about FE, I believe I have one once and it was total bliss. But achieving it again is quite another thing.
FE??? Are you talkin' Female Ejaculation, darlin'? Ok, let's start with a little background.
The G-spot (or Grafenberg Spot after the physician who first wrote about it) or Skene's gland is a small area of spongy tissue just behind the front wall of the vagina, between the back of the pubic bone and the cervix. This is analogous tissue to the male prostate. In fact, the G-spot is sometimes referred to as the female prostate. But like most things sexual, particularly if it has to do with female sexuality, there's a lot of debate about whether the G-Spot is the same thing as the female prostate. I intend to steer clear of that controversy as much as possible.
In short, what I can tell you for sure is that during early fetal development all fetuses start out being potentially female. This does not change until a male fetus begins to produce its own hormones around the eighth week of gestation. Only then does the physical development of the male and female bodies diverge. Of course, this necessitates that all fetuses initially have structures that could develop into either male or female reproductive and sexual organs. This means the tissue that develops into the male prostate gland must also be present in females. Get it? Got it? Good!
Many women report that their G-area is more sensitive to stimulation than other parts of their internal genitals. To find your very own G-spot, put two fingers in your pussy and curve them upwards, like toward your belly. Now make a "come here" motion, stroking the upper wall of your vagina with a firm, upward pressure. Feel that? That's your G-spot, darlin'! How fun is this?
Fingering yourself like this will probably be more pleasurable if you're already aroused. Some women have orgasms and/or ejaculate from G-spot stimulation, but not all women ejaculate and not all women find G-spot stimulation pleasurable…wouldn't ya just know it!
Some women report that they feel like they need to pee when their G-Spot is stimulated. Therefore, I suggest, that before you go rootin' around in your pussy lookin' for your g-spot, that you completely empty your bladder. Oh and make sure your fingers are well lubricated throughout your exploration. Even if you have a lot of your own vaginal lubrication, I always suggest the use of a water-based lubricant to augment your own juices.
As an aside, we all know that post-menopausal women experience bouts of vaginal dryness, but even younger women have dry episodes, especially if they are taking antihistamines or antidepressants.
If ya want to hit your G-spot while fucking, may I suggest you try "the woman-on-top — cowgirl" position or the "doggy" position. These are best because your partner's dick (or strap-on) will be better situated to hit the front wall of your pussy.
***Guys, most women need firmer pressure to the front of their pussy to have a G-Spot orgasm. This might best be accomplished by quick strokes and a lot of deeper friction. But let your partner be your guide.
Like I mentioned earlier, G-Spot stimulation may cause you to ejaculate a small amount of white or clear fluid. Some women produce more ejaculate than others. Just remember, the gushers…the ones you see in porno movies…are faked for your viewin' pleasure. I mean, come on; some of these videos would scare the fuck out of Noah!
Enjoy your exploration, T. Like I always say, the more you know about the mysterious workin's of your own personal pussy the more information you'll be able to share with your own personal partners.
If you're looking for a swell 'how to video' look to Dr Dick's How To Video Library. Click HERE to see what I found when I did a quick search for 'female ejaculation' in my How To Video Library.
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She's here — a little early!
Marshall and Jamie Anne Allman welcomed their third child, a daughter, on Wednesday, May 21, the actress announced on Twitter.
"We are excited about our new addition to the family June Joanne Allman" she Tweeted on Thursday.
The couple's rep confirms the happy news to PEOPLE, adding that June weighed in at 7 lbs. and measures 20 inches long.
The couple are already parents to 15-month-old twin sons Asher James and Oliver Charles, who were also born early and spent close to three months in the NICU before going home.
Last week, a rep confirmed to PEOPLE that Allman and the True Blood actor were expecting a daughter in June.
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Minnesota Biomonitoring: Chemicals in People
- New: Healthy Rural and Urban Kids Project launched
Biomonitoring tells us about people's exposure to chemicals by measuring them in blood, urine, or hair.
We can use biomonitoring to:
- Measure and track changes in chemical exposures over time
- Identify groups that are highly exposed to chemicals
- Inform and evaluate programs and policies to reduce exposures
MN Biomonitoring: Chemicals in People measures levels of chemicals in Minnesotans and whether exposures differ between groups and over time.
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Mario Williams inactive for Bills
Buffalo defensive end Mario Williams will not play in the Bills'
preseason game Friday against the Minnesota Vikings.
Williams complained of soreness after practice Wednesday and
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joins receivers TJ Graham (groin) and Stevie Johnson (left
hamstring) on the sideline. Also not in uniform are corner backs
Leodis McKelvin, Justin Rogers and Crezdon Butler, as well as
defensive end Kourtnei Brown and offensive lineman Keith
The Vikings are missing fullback Jerome Felton, who underwent an
emergency appendectomy Wednesday and did not travel with the team.
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Upcoming Events for 2014!
Celebrating Newburyport's 250th Anniversary
Join us for a year long celebration of the 250th Anniversary
of Newburyport's incorporation
The story of the founding of Newburyport is inextricably linked to the founding of the United States of America. When incorporated in 1764, Newburyport covered an area comprising just six hundred and forty-seven acres. It was the smallest town in the province of Massachusetts Bay, with a population of just 2,800 men, women and children.
In celebration of this 250th Anniversary event, the Custom House Maritime Museum invites you to join us for an exploration of the events, personalities and issues surrounding Newburyport's first century, taken from five perspectives.
Illustrated Newburyport
Best known for his impeccable illustrations of Newburyport and New England, Blake Hughes has penned and colored examples from almost every era. Come and discover the realm of his artistry through this exhibition of his work: warm, familiar,
iconic and distinctive.
Presidential Newburyport
Newburyport's connection to America's beginning is revealed through its ties to several United States Presidents. Explore these Presidential episodes of Newburyport's past from profound to provocative.
Revolutionary Newburyport
The evolutionary path from British subject to American colonist to United States citizen was an intense and eventful experience -- and the caldron from which incorporation of Newburyport emerged. Through the lives of individuals and the issues of this era we examine risk-taking and foresight, the principles and idealism that molded a new town and a new country within a period of just 25 years -- during which many would truly pledge their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor.
Documented Newburyport
An exhibition featuring an intriguing survey of original and authentic documents of local, state and national interest culled from the Custom House Maritime Museum's own collection.
Worldly Newburyport
Share Elizabeth Bray's dream of sailing the world -- to New Brunswick during Queen Victoria's 41st birthday, New Orleans for Mardi Gras, Havre, France at Napoleon III's birth-day, and touring Calcutta's Botanic Gardens with fellow Newburyporter Mary Graves.


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QNX is powering Neptec's Laser Camera System (LCS) on the space shuttle. This camera system will be used to inspect the Space Shuttle for damage before returning to earth. There's a news release at the QNX web site.


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My Room: William
Kristin calls William's lovely room a work-in-progress...well, we'd say they've made a lot of progress! She tells us more: My husband, Matt, and I really like Swedish, modern design, and my dad is from Sweden, so that was our main inspiration, along with the striped rug from Room & Board. We also wanted a simple and modern nursery that could grow with our son. Other Ohdeedoh nurseries, like Ozzy's and Daley's, also gave us some great ideas.
We also love books and reading, so we knew we wanted a bookcase and comfortable spot for bedtime reading. My favorite elements are the W print, mobile and wooden block set that Matt's dad made.
The main problems in our entire house are radiators in every room and numerous windows in every room (a blessing and a curse), not leaving us much flat wall space. It's also a small room. Not being designers/decorators, we did the best we could to work with the space and utilize the natural light. We still want to put something like a shelf or frames by the crib, but haven't been able to find something we love on that wall. It's still a work in progress!
Crib, Dresser, Bedding & Rug - Room & Board
Bookcase/Shelf - IKEA Lack
Glider - Monte Luca
Elephant Mobile - Flensted
W Picture - Avalisa.com
Red Dude - Art.com
Moose Rocker - IKEA
Wooden Block Set - Handmade by Matt's Dad
Thanks Kristin! (And props to your father-in-law - beautiful blocks!)


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HTC is holding a series of events on September 1st and some blogs are reporting that Windows Phone 7 will be the star of the show with a pair of devices codenamed Eternity and Omega, but we might also see the debut of the Android-powered HTC Kingdom.
A full RUU for the HTC Kindgom was leaked and the build.prop file confirmed some rumored specs and revealed new details. This leaked version of the Kingdom is being called the HTC Acquire for Alltel, but Sprint fans should also pay attention because the Kingdom is rumored to become HTC EVO Design 4G later this year.
The latest specs obtained from the HTC Kingdom build.prop file are:
- Android 2.3.4
- 4″ qHD (540 x 960) display
- 1.2 GHz Snapdragon S2 (MSM7x30)
- 5 MP rear camera, 1.3 MP front camera
- Bluetooth 3.0 & WiFI 802.11 b/g/n
- Support for 4G HSPA+
Gabe Peters of PocketNow posted very similar specs of the HTC Kingdom back in May and said it would support Sprint's 4G WiMAX, so this appears to be the same device in the HSPA+ flavor. The name HTC EVO Design 4G first appeared in a leak on Engadget and then it was spotted again on Gameloft's site, hinting that a release is coming soon.
For those of you already on Sprint, you can place this device right between the EVO 3D and the EVO Shift. It has the qHD display and front-facing camera like the EVO 3D, but it packs the single-core Snapdragon S2 like the EVO Shift. Seeing that HTC boosted the CPU speeds up to 1.2 GHz and increased the RAM to 768 MB, the EVO Design 4G will be faster than the original EVO 4G and could be sold as the non-3D, older brother.
The geeks among us might be turned off by the older Snapdragon S2 processor, but the Kingdom is still a nice upgrade to the majority of smartphones out there and it will come with 4G speeds and an affordable price tag.
If you were running AT&T or T-Mobile, would you add the HTC Kingdom to your smartphone lineup this quarter?
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A Pushback Against Push Carts
I'm a pretty mild-mannered guy. I can probably count on one hand the times I've felt my blood boil over boneheaded views about golf. Golf is a big tent, with lots of room for different approaches and attitudes. That's part of what makes it so great.
But this week, I will admit, I got steamed again when I heard about the pushback against push carts at the NCAA golf championships at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kan. Golf Channel's coverage last weekend through Wednesday was terrific. One thrill for me was seeing quite a few of the players, including this year's individual NCAA men's champion, Cameron Wilson of Stanford, using three-wheeled push carts to transport their clubs.
"Yes!" I thought when I tuned in. "Finally maybe the tide is turning."
Push carts, in my opinion, are the way golf should be played. They allow golfers to walk—which more or less doubles the exercise component compared to riding in a cart, according to research—without the back strain that comes from lifting and carrying a bag. Golf's high-torque, asymmetrical swing already puts enough stress on the spine. The more golfers see the light about push carts, the more of them will walk, and everything about golf is better on foot: the rhythm, the sociability, the connection with nature, the quality of play.
But push carts have a certain stigma in the U.S. and I guess I should have known better than to expect everyone to share my excitement at the sight of athletic young golfers using them.
"Push carts are a BAD look for these kids," tweeted former NFL quarterback and ESPN analyst Trent Dilfer, at just about the same time I was fist pumping in my living room. "C'mon Man, how can a college kid not be carrying his bag?"
"Agreed 100%," replied PGA Tour pro Bo Van Pelt.
"Push carts are LAME! Give these kids a #ToughPill and tell them to carry their dang bags," Dilfer added later.
They weren't the only ones. Push carts started trending on Twitter. "The Stanford players are using pushcarts at nationals. Is that a joke?" wrote one viewer. "Congrats to Oklahoma State on knocking off the Stanford "Fighting Pushcarts" today," teased another after Stanford was eliminated in the semi-finals. "At least Bama golfers don't use push carts," said another after Alabama beat Oklahoma State Wednesday for the team title.
"Something about seeing 15 yr old boys using pull carts in tournaments doesn't look right," chimed in PGA Tour pro Steve Flesch.
The prejudice against push carts—and their two-wheeled predecessors, pull carts—runs deep in the States. It stems primarily, as I've written before, from the snobbish association of pull carts with low-cost municipal courses earlier in golf's history. Related: "Why Courses Insist: 'Don't Walk'" In the 1950s and 1960s, joining a country club was as much about social advancement as it was about playing golf, and leaving pull carts behind for the snazzy new motorized carts was part of the reward.
Those attitudes should be as much a part of the past as persimmon woods and balata balls, but stubbornly they persist – except, ironically, at many of the country's most ultra-elite private clubs, including The Country Club in Brookline, Mass., and Oak Hill in Rochester, N.Y. (site of last year's PGA Championship). They now allow push carts because health-conscious members love them and presumably aren't concerned about the bogus, outdated association with downscale.
In Great Britain, Ireland, Australia and some other countries, push carts are the norm, including at the fanciest clubs and among elite players. One of the defenders of push carts on Twitter this week was Shane Bacon, a former American caddy at St. Andrews. "British Open [qualifier] a few years ago. I was literally only 1 w/o a pushcart," he wrote.
PGA Tour player Bob Estes also weighed in. "Pull/pushcarts have always been associated with older golfers but younger golfers shouldn't be "loading up" their spines either," he tweeted.
Estes's comment reflects recent studies showing that carrying golf bags can be detrimental for young bodies, leading to muscular and skeletal imbalances and possible lifelong back issues. (The same is true for youngsters carrying heavy backpacks to school.) The American Junior Golf Association has been encouraging pull cart use in its tournaments since 2009, and pull carts are often mandatory, as opposed to carrying, in junior competitions in the U.K. So much for the "doesn't look right" argument about kids and pull carts.
To be fair, quite a few push cart fans joined the Twitter debate. "Real men use pushcarts," tweeted Stanford grad and LPGA star Michelle Wie. Eventually even Van Pelt, an Oklahoma State alum, referred his followers to a tweet he made earlier in the week: "OSU golf got made fun of when they brought out bags with stands. Push cart probably is smart but I just couldn't do it."
So push carts have that going for them.
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Saint Anne, Mary, and the Christ Child (Anna Selbdritt), ca. 1515
Wood (probably linden), polychromed and gilt
19 5/8 x 16 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (49.8 x 41.9 x 8.9 cm)
R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund, 1942
Evidently once part of a small domestic or traveling tabernacle, this polychromed sculpture of Saint Anne and the Virgin and child is a manifestation of the marked rise in devotion to Saint Anne in late medieval Germany.
The cult of Saint Anne became widespread in the West, and particularly in Germany, after Sixtus IV's acceptance of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception in 1476, and his Grave nimis Bull of 1482. For if, as the Franciscans had long argued, Christ was conceived without sin, his mother must have been similarly unblemished.1
The Oberlin tabernacle is one of countless sixteenth-century German images of the "Anna Selbdritt" (translated roughly as "herself making a third") that expressed the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.2 Within the iconographic scheme were essentially two traditions: one conforming closely to a Byzantine prototype and characterized by a blocklike, hierarchical grouping, with Anne at the apex; and the other, what one scholar has termed the "trinitarian arrangement," as in the Oberlin example, giving more parity to the Virgin and child, and better suited to the nascent naturalistic styles of Northern Europe.3
The Anna Selbdritt was derived from images of the Heilige Sippe (or Holy Kinship), which may once have lingered here in the form of half-length figures of Joseph and Joachim inhabiting the now vacant semicircular openings in the upper corners of the work.4 Similar figures appear in an Upper Rhenish (Strasbourg?) winged retable in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, and in a Swabian relief in the Mayer van den Bergh Museum, Antwerp.5 Indeed, as the Oberlin tabernacle shows evidence of having been part of a triptych or small retable, the rest of Anne's family may have inhabited its now missing wings, as in Daniel Mauch's Sippenretabel at Bieselbach.6 The green grass in the foreground, evocative of the lush settings of the hortus conclusus typical of Holy Kinship scenes after around 1400, further supports this possibility.7 Alternatively, the wings may have been occupied by individual saints, with specific ties to the patron and/or the function of the work, as in the London winged retable 8 mentioned above; or by scenes from the life of Saint Anne.9
In view of its diminutive scale, the Oberlin work was almost certainly intended as an aid to private devotion in the home or while traveling,10 and was perhaps owned by a member of the burgeoning middle class, many of whom were members of the many guilds or brotherhoods to claim Saint Anne as their patron. Fostering an intimate dialogue between its owner and Saint Anne, and by extension the Virgin and child,11 and serving as an example of female deportment thought pleasing to God,12 the Oberlin tabernacle would have been the object of numerous prayers (some of which would have earned indulgences): for intercession, for vocational or commercial success, for the cure of certain diseases, for a good death, or for the propagation of the family of its owner, by way of fertility and the safe delivery of children. (The latter area was Saint Anne's special province within the cult of the saints.13)
The rich metaphorical language of these prayers, in turn, helped shape both the form and content of the Oberlin tabernacle. Mary was refer 14 lending added significance both to the form and architecture of the tabernacle. Mary's elevation of the child would have been recognized by many as an imitation of the priest's elevation of the Host during the Mass,15 which may in part explain the somber mood of Saint Anne, who, in contrast to her daughter, appears aware of what is to come, namely Christ's Passion.
The very material of the Oberlin tabernacle would have recalled the idea that Anne, as the patron saint of woodworkers, was "source of the strong wood that craftsmen bend in multiple shapes and erect in proud, lasting foundations, vine of the mystical grape...the sterile tree who bore fruit in the autumn of her age..."16
Such piety was curtailed by the Protestant Reformation.17 And while it is true that traditional images of Anne could be adapted to new purposes,18 the saint was often depicted by Protestants as a sorceress. 19 Even Catholics began to question aspects of their devotion to Anne, and with the Council of Trent, her cult was significantly diminished.20
Theodor Müller was the first to propose the Upper Rhine as the place of origin of the Oberlin work.21 Stechow cited as a stylistic parallel the Dangolsheim Altarpiece of 1522 (St. Lawrence Chapel of Strasbourg Cathedral), and saw "echoes" of Nicholas Gerhaert of Leyden's Epitaph of 1464.22 Robert Koch opined that the Oberlin Anna Selbdritt "at least indirectly reflects" the work of Gerhaert, and thought it "not too far from the style of Nicolas von Hagenau."23 The architectural background resembles that of an Upper Rhenish image of the Virgin and child in Colmar. 24
D. A. McColl
Collection Chauncey J. Blair, Chicago (1916)
With French and Company, New York, from whom purchased in 1942
The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1916. The Inaugural Exhibition. 6 June - 20 September. Cat. no. 15.
Berea, Ky., Berea College, 1947. December.
Hamilton, Chloe. "Catalogue of R. T. Miller, Jr. Fund Acquisitions." Allen Memorial Art Museum Bulletin 16, no. 2 (Winter 1959), cat. no. 3; no. 3 (Spring 1959), ill. p. 210.
Stechow, Wolfgang. Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College. Oberlin, 1967, p. 87, fig. 241.
Technical Data
The tabernacle is comprised of three basic sections: a figural group, made of two or three pieces, and secured by two iron pins and two modern slotted iron screws; the architectural setting, consisting of pieces doweled or fastened into the frame; and a dovetailed frame. The work is polychromed and gilded throughout. There appear to be applied metal stars on the ceiling.
The Christ child is missing his proper right hand, from which an iron nail or brad protrudes, and sections of his proper right foot, around which are residues of old adhesive. Saint Anne has cracks in both her wrists, and two fingers missing from her proper right hand. There is a crack in the Virgin's proper left wrist. There are four filled and inpainted rectangular repair areas on the edges of the outer frame, two along each vertical side, suggesting that the piece was at one time hinged to another element. Extensive insect activity, particularly tunneling, is evident throughout, but particularly in the frame: such damage was recently contained.
To the stylistic arguments for a Rhenish provenance can be added a technical one: the material of the Oberlin tabernacle, which is probably linden or limewood, was favored in the south of Germany, whereas harder hardwoods were preferred in the north, often by guild statute.25
1. On the cult and imagery of Saint Anne, see most recently Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society (Athens, Ga., 1990), with full bibliography; and Heilige Anne, graete Moeder: De cultus van de Heilige Moeder Anne en haar familie in de Nederlanden en aangrenzende streken (Uden, 1992). Among the most useful older studies are Beda Kleinschmidt, Die heilige Anna. Ihre Verehrung in Geschichte, Kunst und Volkstum (Düsseldorf, 1930); K. Algermissen et al., eds., Lexikon der Marienkunde, vol. 1 (Regensburg, 1967), pp. 230-52; and Paul-Victor Charland, Le Culte de Saint Anne en Occident, second période: De 1400 (environ) ˆ nos jours (Québec, 1921). On Anne's role in the Immaculate Conception, see Mirella Levi d'Ancona, The Iconography of the Immaculate Conception in the Middle Ages and the Early Renaissance (New York, 1957). On the introduction of her cult to the West, see Ashley and Sheingorn, eds., op. cit., pp. 10-13.
2. On the Anna Selbdritt, see Siegfried Gohr, "Anna Selbdritt," in Die Gottesmutter: Marienbild im Rheinland und Westfalen, ed. Leonhard Küppers, vol. 2 (Recklinghausen, 1971), pp. 243-54; and Engelbert Kirschbaum, Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, ed. Wolfgang Braunfels, vol. 5 (Rome, 1973), cols. 185-90.
3. John O. Hand, "Saint Anne with the Virgin and the Christ Child by the Master of Frankfurt," Studies in the History of Art 12 (1982), p. 49.
4. This possibility was first suggested by Sherrill M. Rood in a paper for Oberlin College, dated January 1965. On the Heilige Sippe, see W. Esser, "Die heilige Sippe. Studien zu einem Spätmittelalter Thema in Deutschland und in den Niederlanden" (Ph.D. diss., Universität Bonn, 1986); and Engelbert Kirschbaum, Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie, ed. Wolfgang Braunfels, vol. 4 (Rome, 1973), cols. 163-68.
5. Painted limewood, ca. 1510-20, 158.8 x 247.7 cm, inv. 125-1873; see Michael Baxandall, Victoria and Albert Museum: South German Sculpture, 1480-1530 (London, 1974), pp. 42-44, cat. no. 8; and limewood, ca. 1520-30, 31.4 x 23.3 cm; see Robert Didier and Hartmut Krohm, Duitse middeleeuwse beeldhouwwerken in belgische Verzamelingen/Les Sculptures médiévales allemandes dans les Collections belges (1977), p. 178, cat. no. 85.
6. Limewood, dated 1510, approx. 250 x 230 cm [open], Chapel of St. Francis Xavier; see Michael Baxandall, Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany (New Haven and London, 1980), p. 303, and pls. 81-83; and Detlef Zinke, Augustinermuseum Freiburg: Bildwerke des Mittelalters und der Renaissance 1100-1530 (Munich, 1995), fig. D, p. 142.
7. Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society (Athens, Ga., 1990), p. 25.
8. The wings of this retable portray Saint Christopher and the Magdalene.
9. This is the case in a retable in the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar; Ulm, ca. 1510-15, 60 x 54 x 13 cm, inv. SB 70, R.P. 75. See Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut, Sculptures allemandes de la fin du moyen age dans les collections publiques fran?aises 1400-1530 (exh. cat., Musée du Louvre, Paris, 1991), pp. 221-23, cat. no. 60.
10. On the rise of individual meditations in the late medieval period, see K. Erdei, Auf dem Wege zu sich selbst: Die Meditation im 16. Jahrhundert. Eine funktionsanalytische Gattungsbeschreibung (Wiesbaden, 1990). On the role of images in such piety, see most recently H. van Os, with E. Honée, H. Nieuwdorp, and B. Ridderbos, The Art of Devotion in the Late Middle Ages in Europe, 1300-1500, trans. M. Hoyle (Princeton, 1994).
11. The Oberlin image would have assumed a particular importance on those days dedicated to both the Virgin and Saint Anne, whose feasts became closely intertwined.
12. See Ton Brandenbarg, "St. Anne and Her Family: The Veneration of St. Anne in Connection with Concepts of Marriage and the Family in the Early Modern Period," in Saints and She-Devils: Images of Women in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, ed. Lne Dresen-Coenders (London, 1987), pp. 101-27.
13. Michael Baxandall, Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany (New Haven and London, 1980), p. 56.
14. Carol J. Purtle, The Marian Paintings of Jan van Eyck (Princeton, 1982), p. 15.
15. See, for instance, Colin Eisler's review of Purtle, The Marian Paintings of Jan van Eyck, in The Art Bulletin 68 (1986), p. 678. Also Kathleen Ashley ("Image and Ideology: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Drama and Narrative," in Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society [Athens, Ga., 1990], pp. 111-30) discusses a late medieval convent play in Huy, Belgium, in which "St. Anne...is a wise matriarch who instructs her daughter how to 'read' the infant body of Christ in the language of affective devotion...."
16. F. Sautman, "Saint Anne in Folk Tradition: Late Medieval France," in Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society (Athens, Ga., 1990), p. 85.
17. The cult of Saint Anne drew the particular ire of Martin Luther, who nonetheless admitted his infatuation with this saint as a young man. After surviving a violent thunderstorm, Luther kept his vow--"St. Anne, help me, I will become a monk"--and entered a monastery that had a brotherhood dedicated to Saint Anne. Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society (Athens, Ga., 1990), pp. 47-48.
18. For example, Lucas Cranach's Holy Kinship print of 1509 was reissued with verses by Philip Melanchthon; see Christiane D. Andersson, "Religiöse Bilder Cranachs im Dienste der Reformation," in Humanismus und Reformation als kulturelle Kräfte in der deutschen Geschichte, Historische Kommission zu Berlin 51 (Berlin and New York, 1981), pp. 43-79.
19. On Anne as sorceress, see Jean Wirth, "Ste. Anne est une sorcire," Bibliothque d'Humanisme et Renaissance 40 (1978), pp. 449-80.
20. The Council referred specifically to the "'misplaced devotion' that saw her as selected by God to be mother to the Virgin before the beginning of time." Kathleen Ashley and Pamela Sheingorn, eds., Interpreting Cultural Symbols: Saint Anne in Late Medieval Society (Athens, Ga., 1990), pp. 46-47.
21. Letter to Wolfgang Stechow, dated 29 May 1957. There is also a reference in the curatorial file to a Dr. Rasmussen, of Hamburg, who in 1974 expressed the opinion that the work is Upper Rhenish and datable to ca. 1510-15.
22. Wolfgang Stechow, Catalogue of European Paintings and Sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College (Oberlin, 1967), p. 87. The Epitaph is sandstone, from Wissembourg, 65 x 61 cm, Berlin, Skulpurensammlung, Staatliche Museen, inv. no. 5898. Theodor Müller (Sculpture in the Netherlands, Germany, France, and Spain [Harmondsworth, 1966], p. 102) attributes the Epitaph to the master of the Malberg Virgin (Trier Cathedral), and dates it to ca. 1480.
23. Letter of 6 February 1959.
24. Upper Rhine, ca. 1470-80, Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum, on long-term loan to the Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar. See Petra Breidenstein, "Vergleichende technologische Untersuchungen an drei Halbreliefs als mšgliche Hilfe bei der Dateriung," in Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut, ed., Sculptures médiévales allemandes: conservation et restauration: actes du colloque organisé au musée du Louvre par le service culturel les 6 et 7 décembre 1991 (Paris, 1993), color plate I, and p. 150 n. 2.
25. See Michael Baxandall, The Limewood Sculptors of Renaissance Germany (New Haven and London, 1980), p. 27; and W. D. Wixom, Medieval Sculpture at the Cloisters (New York, 1989) (reprinted from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, [Winter 1988/89], pp. 8-9). On late medieval German sculpture more generally, see Sophie Guillot de Suduiraut, ed., Sculptures médiévales allemandes: Conservation et restauration: Actes du colloque organisé au Musée du Louvre par le service culturel les 6 et 7 décembre 1991 (Paris, 1993).


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