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QUEENSLAND 43 def WESTERN AUSTRALIA 36
By MALLORY PETERSEN
Queensland kept its title hopes alive with an emphatic seven-goal win over a powerful Western Australian side.
In an extremely physical contest, Queensland only just edged out WA after scores were tied with five minutes left to play.
Queensland goal shooter Jemmason Power was exceptional in the dying stages of the game, nailing the last five goals of the match – including one after the final whistle – to clinch the win for her state.
The match started with each team going goal for goal, nothing splitting the two sides.
Intercepts by WA goal defence Jessica Penny and Queensland centre Mahalia Cassidy threatened to blow the game apart, but smooth recoveries from both sides proved it was still anyone's game at the first break, with scores tied at 10-all.
The second quarter saw bodies flying across the court, as players from both teams fought hard for control of the ball. Luckily no injuries were suffered and each player was able to play out the game.
WA goal attack Emma Cosh proved deadly in the first half, nailing almost impossible shots from the circle's edge.
However brilliant shooting from Queensland goal attack Claudia Jones ensured her team gained the advantage going into the second half, holding a one-goal lead.
Fantastic hands over the ball pressure and strong rebounding from WA goal keeper Annika Lee-Jones denied plenty of shots from the Queensland shooters in the third quarter, allowing WA to pull away to a one-goal lead going into the last term.
However the combination of Power and Beryl Friday in the Queensland goal circle proved to be a masterstroke by coach Jenny Brazel, with the two shooting 15 goals between them for the last quarter to win the game.
Queensland shooting stats
Claudia Jones 20/32 (63%)
Jemmason Power 13/16 (81%)
Beryl Friday 10/15 (67%)
Western Australia shooting stats
Sophie Garbin 18/24 (75%)
Emma Cosh 18/25 (72%)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 70 def ACT 18
By TAMSIN SCHOLZ
South Australia's title defence remains on track after recording a resounding 52-goal victory over the Australian Capital Territory.
SA dominated the first quarter, scoring 22 goals while keeping the ACT scoreless on the back of strong defence and accurate shooting.
Goal defence Amhelia Schmidt and goal keeper Sarah Klau worked well together in the ring, allowing the ACT only five shots for the quarter.
While ACT regrouped for the start of the second quarter scoring the first three goals, SA settled quickly and by half-time held a match-winning 27-goal lead.
The third quarter started much the same as the first, with SA goal shooter Georgie Virgo continuing to dominate in the ring.
Virgo shot at 88 per cent accuracy or the match and was hard to stop, helped by good passing into the ring.
Despite a change in defence with Maddy Turner replacing Klau in goal keeper, ACT found it difficult to get shots on goal and SA's pressure was high across the court.
Transitioning the ball was difficult for the visitors, resulting in lots of turnovers.
A change in attack for SA in the fourth quarter with Chelsea Lemke replacing Virgo in goal shooter slowed scoring to some extent but the outcome of the match was never in doubt.
It was a good team effort by the home side in a fast-paced match, not allowing the ACT into the game at any stage.
South Australia shooting stats
Georgie Virgo 45/51 (88%)
Molly Affolter 21/33 (66%)
Chelsea Lemke 4/9 (44%)
ACT shooting stats
Renae Marshall 11/22 (50%)
Emma Walmsley-Stonehouse 4/10 (40%)
Danielle Pickett 3/5 (60%)
VICTORIA 37 def NEW SOUTH WALES 36
By SAM FINN
Victoria has held off arch rivals New South Wales to claim a thrilling victory in the final game of Round 2 action at Adelaide's Netball SA Stadium.
The opening stanza was a defensive showcase, with both states applying fierce hands over pressure.
The Victorians settled first however, thanks to some composure and consistent shooting from Alice Teague-Neeld and Ramayer Gourley.
NSW were very long-ball oriented when transitioning from defence to attack, enabling VIC goal keeper Emily Mannix to come off her player and pick off plenty of passes to help Victoria to a three-goal advantage at quarter time.
The second quarter was much like the first, with both teams putting their bodies on the line and hunting turnover ball.
NSW's defensive pressure was a feature of the quarter, and with the NSW midcourters letting the ball go a little more confidently to Australian 21/U representative Kristina Brice under the post, it seemed NSW were mounting a comeback.
At the other end, Victoria's goalers created space for each other and used a combination of holding and moving well. At the end of an intense first half of netball, the Vics maintained their three-goal lead.
Victorian coach Kristy Keppich -Birrell made a raft of changes at half-time, most noticeably replacing goal shooter Gourley, who in tandem with Teague-Neeld, was creating plenty of space in the Victorian shooting circle.
A feature of Victoria's play in the third quarter was their attacking rebounds, with Maddie Morrison and Teague-Neeld making the most of the opportunities under the post.
But NSW made inroads in the third quarter, dominating the play. With captain Amy Sommerville taking more of the shooting load, there was more space at the back for Brice to work in and it helped the Sky Blues reduce the margin to just one goal heading into the final 15 minutes.
The final quarter was unsurprisingly like the first three, with intensity and defensive pressure the highlights from both units.
The application of a midcourt zone was a highlight for Victoria, with NSW struggling to make inroads into the centre third. Some clutch shooting from Teague-Neeld and consistent defensive pressure and some timely intercepts from Emily Mannix held the Victorians advantage.
Despite some dazzling aerial work from Madeleine Hay at wing defence, the Vics held on for a well-deserved one-goal victory.
Victoria shooting stats
Alice Teague-Neeld 18/26 (69%)
Ramayer Gourley 11/14 (79%)
Maddie Morrison 8/14 (57%)
New South Wales shooting stats
Kristina Brice 27/36 (75%)
Amy Somerville 8/11 (73%)
Lauren Cantwell 1/2 (50%)
WESTERN AUSTRALIA 40 drew with ACT 40
By TAMSIN SCHOLZ
Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have fought out a thrilling draw in the opening game of the third round of the 21/U national championships.
In a spirited contest to begin the afternoon play, both teams were evenly matched across the court with WA's goalers shooting well.
The first half ebbed and flowed with the lead changing hands several times as both teams fought hard.
Turnovers on both sides saw WA go into the long break in front by just one goal.
While the second half started much the same way, WA pulled away for the biggest lead of the match with a strong finish to the third quarter.
A goal after the siren to goal shooter Sophie Garbin put WA ahead by five goals and it looked as though it was headed to its second win of the week.
However the ACT capitalised on some high-pressure turnovers in the final term to reduce the deficit.
They were unable to get in front on the scoreboard after a pause for an injury time out, with WA using the break to regroup.
The crowd got involved in the last few minutes as the pressure mounted, with the ACT equalising the score with less than a minute to go.
Georgia Marshall moved well for the ACT at goal shooter, not missing a goal in the final term, while Garbin did the same job in attack for WA.
It was a fitting end to the game, with the teams very evenly matched across the board.
Western Australia shooting stats
Sophie Garbin 23/26 (88%)
Emma Cosh 17/25 (68%)
Australian Capital Territory shooting stats
Georgia Marshall 23/31 (74%)
Danielle Pickett 17/26 (65%)
NEW SOUTH WALES 55 def QUEENSLAND 45
By MALLORY PETERSEN
The game lived up to the hype that comes with sporting matches featuring traditional rivals New South Wales and Queensland with an exciting and fast-paced display.
In the end it was NSW that pulled away in the last quarter to win by 10 goals.
While Queensland had the lead halfway through the third quarter it was NSW, inspired by the excellent shooting of goal shooter Kristina Brice, who mounted a comeback and managed to come away victorious.
Brice played her best game of the tournament-to-date, standing strongly under the goal ring and shooting a game-high 46 goals at 89 per cent accuracy.
She was well by Georgia Russell and captain Amy Sommerville, who both shared the goal attack position.
The game began with both teams going goal for goal and NSW holding a one-goal lead at the first break.
The midcourt dominated the second and third quarters, with Queensland centre Olivia O'Donnell and her NSW counterpart Sophie Halpin putting on an impressive show as they battled for dominance.
Although they lost, a sequence of play instigated by Queensland goal shooter Jemmason Power and goal attack Beryl Friday in the third quarter will most likely be remembered as the play of the tournament so far.
Queensland wing attack Stephanie O'Brien threw a high ball into the goal circle where, standing just under the ring, Power lifted up Friday.
Centimetres from the goal ring, Friday caught the ball and shot the goal virtually in the one movement. Although it was a risky move, it spectacularly paid off. Neither player could quite believe it had worked as they smiled and shook their heads.
Queensland's luck ran out in the last quarter with NSW goal keeper Kristiana Manu'a collecting some impressive intercepts off the back of some wayward passes to help her side to their second victory of the tournament.
New South Wales shooting stats
Kristina Brice 46/52 (89%)
Georgia Russell 5/9 (56%)
Amy Sommerville 4/6 (67%)
Queensland shooting stats
Jemmason Power 25/33 (76%)
Beryl Friday 17/22 (77%)
Claudia Jones 3/6 (50%)
SOUTH AUSTRALIA 41 def VICTORIA 36
By AMELIA DAWKINS
South Australia sealed a tough five-goal victory over Victoria in an entertaining replay of last year's championship final.
It was a fierce battle from the start with bodies going to ground early on and the pressure from both teams was superb.
Victoria's goal keeper Emily Mannix instantly attained some quality intercepts and rebounds which helped Victoria get out to a three-goal lead.
Victoria's defensive pressure was proving a challenge for SA but they managed to steady and hold their composure throughout the court bringing the scores level and capitalising on some unforced errors.
At the first break, Victoria went in with the advantage after a fantastic intercept from centre Madeline Carter near the end of quarter saw Victoria leading 11-10 at quarter-time.
It was SA's defensive performance that was the stand out in the second quarter with excellent rebounds and hands over pressure by goal defence Amehlia Schmidt and goal keeper Sarah Klau.
With plenty of opportunities to score, SA goal attack Chelsea Lemke and goal shooter Cody Lange worked well together with some terrific moving around the circle and SA managed to go up by six.
Maintaining their cool, VIC centre Madeline Carter and wing attack Maggie Lind fed the ball precisely into the circle which assisted Victoria in reducing the margin with SA leading 23-20 at half-time.
SA brought on Maddy Turner at goal defence in the third quarter and the defence remained strong throughout the quarter.
SA centre Proud showcased her athleticism by keeping the ball in play at once stage and managed to get a brilliant intercept a minute later.
Confident passages of play and accurate shooting from SA got the lead out to the largest of the match at nine goals. However late scores to goal attack Alice Teague-Neeld got Victoria back within six goals at three-quarter-time.
The fourth quarter proved to be a incredibly physical one with both teams giving their all.
Both teams made slight changes as Victoria brought on goal shooter Ramayer Gourley, wing defence Elaine Osei-Safo and moved Melissa Bragg to goal defence. SA transferred Lange to goal attack and Georgie Virgo came on at goal shooter.
A shocking collision between SA's Proud and Victoria's Bragg saw both players go to ground. Proud bounced up almost immediately but Bragg looked to be in pain as she remained on the ground, eventually forcing her off the court.
The margin stayed relatively even for the remainder of the match and provided some resilient clashes as either team refused to give up but eventually SA prevailed.
South Australia shooting stats
Cody Lange 20/36 (56%)
Chelsea Lemke 15/23 (65%)
George Virgo 6/11 (55%)
Victoria shooting stats
Alice Teague-Neeld 26/33 (79%)
Mikaela Vaughan 8/19 (42%)
Ramayer Gourley 2/4 (50%)
All photos courtesy of Trevor Webb


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What To Do With Extra Munchkin Pumpkins
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Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Stump Pumpkins
A few years ago, my sister saw at a local business, pumpkins made out of tree stumps. She took a picture and filed the project away. Last year, her neighbor cut down a tree and my sister inherited the stumps. This year, we finally got around to making our very own stump pumpkins.
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Targeting Political Speech for the Next ElectionPosted: November 5, 2014 Filed under: Censorship, Politics, Think Tank | Tags: Ann Ravel, California Fair Political Practices Commission, censorship, First Amendment, Free speech, propaganda, Ronald D. Rotunda 1 Comment
Mr. Rotunda is a law professor at Fowler Law School, Chapman University, the co-author, with John Nowak, of "Treatise on Constitutional Law" (Thomson Reuters, fifth edition, 2013), and a former commissioner of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (2009-13).
Ronald D. Rotunda writes: What Talleyrand once said of French royalty applies to Ann Ravel, the vice chairwoman of the Federal Election Commission: She has "learned nothing and forgotten nothing." Ms. Ravel appears to be dreaming of imposing on the nation what she was unable to impose on California—the regulation of political speech on the Internet.
"The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and of the press equally—and the government cannot constitutionally discriminate against some forms of speech in favor of others."
[Check out Ronald D. Rotunda's book "Constitutional Law: Principles and Policies, 4th Edition" from Amazon]
In April 2012, when Ms. Ravel was chairwoman of the California Fair Political Practices Commission (a state agency comparable to the FEC) and I was a commissioner, she announced that the commission would issue regulations governing political speech on the Internet. The rules, she said, would even govern bloggers outside the state. Californians raised a fuss and her efforts got nowhere.
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Now she's back, and in a more powerful position in Washington. The FEC already regulates paid Internet advertising, but free Internet posts are exempt from campaign-finance regulations. On Oct. 24 Ms. Ravel stated that in doing so "the Commission turned a blind eye to the Internet's growing force in the political arena." She said that a "re-examination of the Commission's approach to the Internet and other emerging technologies is long overdue," and vowed to hold hearings next year on the matter—a clear hint that the goal is to remove the regulatory exemption for free online political speech.
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Before Ms. Ravel became chairwoman, the California commissioners investigated whether there was a problem with so-called dark money on the Internet. We held hearings, and the bipartisan group of commissioners found nothing warranting regulation. But Ms. Ravel insisted that there was a problem, and claimed that bloggers admitted to her that they receive undisclosed funding from partisan interests. That sounded ominous, and reporters asked…(read more)
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Rocket Theatre is currently looking for a partner theatre venue to launch a brand new production based on the same story used for the film Kind Hearts and Coronets.
The play, which we are calling Jolly Rotten Luck is a much fluffier affair that the film or the original novel. It is a very funny light-hearted entertainment with 4 actors playing over 30 roles between them.
Written by Simon Corble – one of the originators of the international stage show The 39 Steps – we have high hopes for the production having recently workshopped the play and presented 2 script-in-hand performances, with funding support from Arts Council England.
Please do pop back to see how things are progressing and if you're a venue or a producer who might be interested in collaborating or taking the show in the next couple of years then please do get in touch.


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Located in Heerlen, Van der Valk Hotel Heerlen is connected to a shopping center and convenient to Heerlan Theatre and Thermen Museum. This 4-star hotel is within close proximity of Hoensbroek Castle and SnowWorld Landgraaf.
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A car caught fire near Cookstown this afternoon [Tuesday], also causing damage to the shed it was parked next to.
Two fire crews were called to the scene of the incident just after 3.30pm.
A Fire Service spokesperson said the blaze is being treated as accidental.
They said: "Northern Ireland Fire & Rescue Service [NIFRS] received a call at 3.42pm to a report of a fire at the Dirnan Road, Ballybriest area of Cookstown this afternoon [July 28].
"Two Fire Appliances from Cookstown Fire Station were deployed to the scene of a car alight in the area.
"Two Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus dealt with the fire. It is believed that the car parked close to a shed caused damage to the property as well.
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Base Composition Determination for RNA - Not sequence determination. Molar ratios: AGCU & X (May/12/2008 )
Does anyone have a protocol for determining base composition for RNA? I want a method to degrade RNA to look at nucleotide content, so I can see if certain nucleotide analogs are getting incorporated into RNA. Such methods used to be common before reverse transcription and DNA sequencing were invented. I have found several references from the 1960s, but I'd like a modern protocol that requires less input RNA and analysis by HPLC, if possible.
Any old timers out there with a good protocol?
How about trying a partial digestion of the RNA and separation based on MW through HPLC. You would need to run a reference RNA through to give you an indication of the normal MW.
Sorry, that is as good as I can come up with.
That might be a possibility, if the nucleotide analogs differ in mw significantly from the natural nucs. and the incorporation is significantly high. But I think I should start out with total digestion of the RNA to look for the analog. I have found some TLC methods, using PEI plates, that require labeling cells with 32P. It would be nice to do a cold experiment.


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Packet Thank You Letters for March 7
For our success
The 2011 Gullah Celebration Committee would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for making the third annual Marsh Tacky Run a huge success: Michael Marks, staff and volunteers of the Coastal Discovery Museum, members of the South Carolina Marsh Tacky Association, staff and Management at the Holiday Inn Oceanfront and The Richardson Group.
Charles Young III, chairman
2011 Gullah Celebration
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For your care
I am a 78-year-old senior and have had surgery. One of my doctors prescribed aquatic therapy. My experience was very positive. This took place at the Hilton Head Hospital rehab facility, which has a heated pool.
Stan Friedman
To The Bargain Box
It is amazing how The Bargain Box raises so much money to distribute to charity: a $2 shirt is sold, a 25-cent trinket, a $7 blazer, and they raise thousands of dollars to help many important causes.
The Bargain Box has awarded a grant to Memory Matters to ensure that low-income families that care for someone with Alzheimer's disease, or any type of dementia, can get the help they need at our dementia-specific adult day care.
This grant will open the door to resources, support and help that will make a huge difference in the lives of families who are overwhelmed emotionally, physically and financially.
We wish to thank all of the volunteers at The Bargain Box, who tirelessly sort clothes, price, stock and sell merchandise in order to raise money to improve the lives of others in our community.
We are very grateful to the staff and to the grants committee for their commitment to Memory Matters.
Memory Matters offers counseling, support groups and resources to caregivers in addition to the daycare program.
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For your support
The volunteers, staff and board of directors of Bluffton Self Help extend grateful appreciation to the Long Cove Club Community Endowment Fund for a grant that enabled us to purchase an industrial freezer.
This freezer allows for the storage of perishable food items and replaced a small, very old freezer that held very little and often prevented us from accepting frozen food donations due to lack of storage space.
With this freezer, Bluffton Self Help is able to accept and store more food items, which are distributed to the less fortunate members of our community every week of the year.
Thank you to the Long Cove Club Community Endowment Fund for helping us feed our neighbors. Food is distributed at Bluffton Self Help at 10 a.m. every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday.
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For entertaining
On Feb. 18, we were treated to a most clever and outstanding production of "39 Steps" at the Arts Center of Coastal Carolina.
The accents, inflections and timing of the four very talented actors held you on the edge of your seat, delivering one feat of energy and physicality after another and sustaining that vigor, and our interest, over the entire evening.
The only disappointment of the exciting evening was the lack of a standing ovation from the audience that this performance deserved.
Carol and John Walters
David Rawden
Hilton Head Island
For generosity
The students, volunteers, board and staff of Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry would like to thank the following individuals and businesses for their generous contributions to the overwhelming success of the fifth annual Cooks & Books:
Literacy Volunteers is grateful for the support of the Hilton Head Rotary, Rosina Morford, Burke's Main Street Pharmacy, Markel's Cards & Gifts and Le Cookery.
We are also grateful for the hard work of our devoted fundraising group, the Friends of Literacy.
Ellen Walton, chairman Cooks & Books
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Nancy Williams, executive director
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"Nearly 3 years ago I left this little island of ours to see the world. While away, amongst other things, I learnt to play the guitar and sing properly! I also picked up a ukulele which is the best travelling instrument ever. I have now been playing solo for nearly a year and have developed my own live sound based around live vocal loops and finger picked acoustic guitar. Recently, I have also incorporated looped euphonium and music box into my sound as well as the odd bit of banjo."
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Whether you love playing sports, eating clean, or working on your fitness (Thank you, Fergie), you're invested in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Wouldn't it be nice if your employer supported your good habits? Related: 5 Companies That Inspire Their Employees Daily You might not be a workaholic, but if you're a workOUTaholic (heh heh) or a health nut who works hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle, then you might want to consider working for these companies:
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Editor's Note: Kentucky remained neutral during our nation's Civil War, but joined the Confederacy in sentiment after the War. Read the book, "Creating a Confederate Kentucky," by Anne Marshall.
Following the murder of nine blacks in a Charleston, S.C., church last month by a young white man, who had been photographed earlier holding a Confederate battle flag, a debate began in Kentucky on whether to remove the statue of Jefferson Davis from the Capitol Rotunda.
The War pitted brother against brother; the debate over Jefferson Davis' statue has two prominent brothers on opposing sides — this time in sentiments expressed in words, not guns … but evidence nonetheless, from both brothers, that the War is not really over.
Al Cross, a UK professor and former journalist, in his bi-monthly op-ed column in The Courier-Journal on June 26, 2015, called Davis "a traitor to his country," and said his statue does not belong in the Capitol Rotunda. Al's brother, David, an Albany, Ky., lawyer, holds the opposite view, which he expressed in a column in his hometown newspaper, the Clinton County News, following Al's piece in the C-J.
Click here to read Al's column. Below is David's column, reprinted with permission.
By David Cross
[As printed in the Clinton County News]
In 1856-57 a large contingent of prominent families from Clinton County, Kentucky, migrated to the Red River country of northeast Texas, settling in and around the town of Paris, Texas.
Among the group were Rice Maxey and his son Sam Bell Maxey who had been recently defeated in a race for re-election as Clinton County Court Clerk; William Bramlette, whose brother Thomas Bramlette would be elected Governor of Kentucky in 1863; and Lemuel Hardin Williams, whose family farm had been the location where Clinton County was organized after its creation by the Legislature.
These families soon became prominent in Lamar County. Rice Maxey became Circuit Judge and Williams was elected a delegate to the 1861 Texas Convention regarding secession.
Williams was one of the "Seven Immortals" that publicly cast their votes against secession, as was another Lamar delegate, George Wright, who was from the Cumberland River region of Tennessee below Clinton County and was closely associated with the Clinton emigrants.
Secession was overwhelmingly approved by the Convention. Lem Williams returned to his Lamar County home and instead of joining the Union Army promptly volunteered for military service locally and raised a company of men to support the Confederacy.
Sam Bell Maxey, who also opposed secession, entered the Confederate Army and by mid-war was elevated to the rank of Brigadier General, being particularly active in the Trans-Mississippi theater. Others who had opposed secession followed suit.
Were these men traitors? This question is prompted by the current discussion regarding whether or not Davis' statue should be removed from the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, including the recent the mis-characterization of Jefferson Davis as a "traitor" by a Courier-Journal columnist whom I both love and admire, but seem to disagree with on a semi-regular basis on certain issues.
On the question of Davis, we are in fact, "A House Divided".
Nowhere in America was the Civil War as tumultuous, divisive, and dangerous as along the Kentucky border region where we reside.
My people are buried in the Irwin Cemetery, in the shadow of the Poplar Mountains in eastern Clinton County, on the edge of what was once called Stockton Valley, a cemetery founded by the father-in-law of Lem Williams.
In one row of graves we find the marker of Confederate guerrilla Champ Ferguson's first wife; in the next row, the grave of Ruben Wood, one of Ferguson's first victims in 1861. Ferguson was tried and hanged at Nashville after the war for the killing of Wood, and many others, after voluntarily surrendering to Federal authorities, believing he was to receive clemency.
Just down KY 1076 toward the Tennesse border lies the home place of Ferguson, and just a mile south is the community now called Maupin, but was formerly known as Elliots Cross Roads, named for the grandfather of Governor Thomas Elliot Bramlette.
Clinton County was a strong Union county; however, Overton County, Tennessee, then adjoining it to the southwest, was overwhelmingly pro-southern.
Jefferson Davis had a sterling public career including four years as Secretary of War, and as Senator from Mississippi strongly argued against secession. Volunteering for military service after he tearfully resigned from the Senate, he instead was persuaded to become President of the Confederate States of America, in part because many viewed him as the most qualified man for the position. He was, understandably, indicted for treason after the war. However, he became a leader of reconciliation despite being shackled for two years after his arrest.
In Clinton County, the post-war criminal dockets reveal numerous indictments against Ferguson's band and other rebels for acts which they committed during the war. These were dealt with by Governor Bramlette in 1867 before he left office, when he issued a blanket pardon for all war crimes, stating that "War made many good people do bad things." Bramlette, who remained a Democrat after the war, had been a Colonel in the Union Army as well as United States Attorney for Kentucky before his election as Governor.
Bramlette and others soon found that service in the army of the CSA was nearly a pre-requisite to holding political office in Kentucky. The "Bloody Shirt" of the Confederacy was waived by Democrats for thirty years or more in Kentucky.
This glorification of the "Lost Cause" led to Confederate monuments far out-numbering those for Union soldiers on courthouse squares in Kentucky– in fact, I know of only two such Union memorials, in the Republican counties of Butler and Lewis.
In effect, the leaders of the state that they say didn't secede until after the war was over wrote history as they wished it to be written. However, the political alignment of the state for generations to come was based upon which side people were on during the War.
The native son Davis was much more popular than the native son Lincoln in the state. Abe "didn't even scratch" in some counties, and barely did in Clinton.
Now the Confederate battle flag, the "Stars and Bars", has been hijacked by white supremacists and madmen, when the people of my generation look at it simply as a symbol of southern pride, as evidenced by Charlie Daniels and Lynyrd Skynyrd since the 1970s.
And Jeff Davis, whose presence in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort is understandably questioned by some, stands there looking at his northern counterpart, Abraham Lincoln. Doesn't that say as much about the divisions of the state as anything else?
It seems that the history of the Civil War (or The War for Southern Independence, as it was called in the south) is again being re-written, which occasionally needs to be done. However, to not look at the events of the past through a 150-year old lens is a mistake. The South lost the war, but had gallant men who fought and led its effort to establish a separate country. We remain thankful that such effort failed, but should accept that bravery on behalf of any cause is to be respected.
Jeff Davis and Lemuel Hardin Williams are to be respected, and recognized, as men who made difficult decisions in extremely difficult times.


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With three films premiering at the SXSW Conference as either a producer or actor, Tanner Beard had a busy weekend in Austin. CutPrintFilm had a chance to sit down with the writer to talk about his biggest project of his career, working with Terrence Malick on Song to Song while he also looks to start a film festival of his own.
CutPrintFilm: You seem pretty new in the industry and your name is growing, can you talk about how you started?
Tanner Beard: I'm still kinda an actor by trade, I started a production company called Silver Sail Entertainment and there was a writer's strike in 2008, I was a very young actor at the time with hardly any credits whatsoever when the writer strike happened…In 2008, I started a production company called Silver Sail Entertainment, kind of to create work when there was none. Still trying to do one to two to three acting jobs a year when it comes up, and when you're not working, man, try to make movies. I don't know when I ever got into the business because I just kind of created it myself.
CPF: So you go from that and now you're working with Terrence Malick. Seems like a pretty big jump for somebody not really in the business.
Beard: Well, I had done a movie called Hellion with Aaron Paul, Sarah Green who also produced. Jeff Nichols was also an executive producer on it. So that was probably one of the bigger movies for Silver Sail to do but I guess my starting off point to get into the business just to link one bridge to the other.
CPF: Did Malick contact or whose people were with whose people?
Beard: Through Sarah Green. So Sarah's produced several of his films and we just had a great working relationship with Hellion. That led me, under the guidance of her to be able to come on to those movies (Song to Song and Voyage of Time). They were actually shot and in post for five, six, seven years.
CPF: So you got brought on later in the game?
Beard: Yeah, but his movies are in post for so long it's kind of an ongoing process. Just because the principal photography is done doesn't mean the movie was done. So it's kind of crazy to think the shooting was already done before you come on as a producer.
CPF: How much can you say about how much the movie developed between the five years it was filmed. Because Christian Bale was cut out, Arcade Fire was cut out, can you talk about that?
Beard: That's the thing, it's more of an experience to be in a Terrence Malick film than it is to learn lines, perform your role. He has this amazing ability to pull out just absolute raw emotions from his actors and don't need a script for that. He's one of the only ones I've ever seen in the world be able to extract pure, raw emotion from the best actors in the world. They all want to come and do it. He's the Albert Einstein of filmmaking to me. It's an event. He doesn't make movies, he makes something beyond them.
CPF: At the Q&A of the premiere, Michael Fassbender said it's just a unique experience, you put a bit more to it than that.
Beard: This is the great thing about Terrence Malick's films, everybody gets to take what their own experience from it. But for me, it's almost like when you watch it, everything that happens between the dialog, you know what I mean? You don't see them talking. You just see their thoughts and feelings and the things in between the words spoken which we're so used to hearing in movies. My god, to make a movie about everything but what's being said is just brilliant. You either love it or hate it.
CPF: Talking about Fassbender's role, he seemed to not only corrupt the characters but also the Austin music scene?
Beard: Yeah, he was almost like a devilish figure. He kind of represented the evil of the business and what you succumb to as a person and do damn near anything to get your dream across and I thought he got darker and darker and darker as the film went on with very little remorse.
CPF: Then I see Ryan Gosling's character as the savior, at least towards the end.
Beard: Yeah, one's the light and one's the darkness. Trying to be in the entertainment industry and arts in general, I'm glad that was conveyed well. I thought the same thing too.
CPF: Can you talk about any other projects you have coming up?
Beard: Today's a huge day. A movie I acted in also shot in Texas called La Barracuda, it has its premiere here also. Very excited to see how that does. I'm such a sucker for Texas films. We filmed in Austin, just outside of it. So to premiere it here is very special. Another really interesting film that I produced, it's called Sylvio, kind of a sleeper movie. It's in the experimental category, shot in Baltimore and actually spurred from a Vine star named Sylvio who's a gorilla with sunglasses on. But it's kind of a journey film for this individual. Just a very sweet-hearted film. Then I'm starting a film festival, the Mammoth Film Festival at Mammoth Lakes, California.
CPF: When will that be?
Beard: It's going to be in February 2018 so I'm kind of here with my team going around rubbing elbows with the other festival people and maybe cherrypicking a few people to come and be a part of our festival. But we're excited to kick that off.
CPF: With so many festivals today, what's your goal with this?
Beard: I'm such a huge fan of Sundance and such a huge fan of South By. Those festivals are pretty close together, this one falls right in between and for me, it's kind of a hybrid between. But Mammoth Lakes is just one of the coolest towns ever. It's currently got the best skiing and snowboarding in the nation right now. It's going to be a smaller festival but with great programming and to have the team of people right now, we're hoping to do some big premieres there as well. Maybe if it didn't get into Sundance, did get into South By, they can premiere at Mammoth. It's going to be more like a fifth-year festival in its first year due to the sheer talent of the people that are involved.


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New research has found that people view maladaptive traits more favorably if they consider themselves to possess those very same traits.
The three-part study of 417 college students found that individuals with elevated scores on Dark Triad traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and other maladaptive traits were more likely to view those traits more favorably. However, they did not actually rate those traits as likable, just closer to neutral than the average person.
PsyPost interviewed the study's corresponding author, Joanna Lamkin. Read her responses below:
PsyPost: Why were you interested in this topic?
Lamkin: The way we perceive other people has a significant impact on our lives. It affects who we spend time with and how we choose to behave. In general, we like people more when they are similar to us. For example, someone who is cheerful probably likes other cheerful people. We wondered whether this pattern is true for all traits. Do people with "unlikable" traits actually like those so-called unlikable traits? This seemed like an interesting possible paradox. And, because certain traits (like narcissism) are related to significant relationship problems, understanding how those traits are related to perceiving of others could help us understand and treat problematic behaviors.
What should the average person take away from your study?
We asked people to rate how likable they considered a set of different personality traits. The trait we were most interested in was antagonism, which includes being callous, cynical, manipulative, and unconcerned about others. This trait and related traits are not rated as very likable by the average person. However, people with high antagonism scores themselves actually seem to be more tolerant of these traits. That is, they report liking antagonism more than the average person, but not strongly enough as to actually rate the trait as likable on our scale.
Are there any major caveats? What questions still need to be addressed?
Although we demonstrated this pattern of tolerance, we can't explain why this happens. There are multiple possible explanations. One interpretation is that we try to maintain a positive view of ourselves, and to do this, we try to protect ourselves from seeing any aspect of our behavior or personality as negative. Another explanation is that we have more empathy toward others who are similar and so we do not necessarily exclude them from our social circles. Or, individuals with these traits do not have insight into how problematic the traits can be, and thus rate them as closer to neutral. We are excited to explore these different explanations in further studies.
Is there anything else you would like to add?
The study was conducted at the University of Georgia while I was a graduate student. I am now a postdoctoral fellow at the Michael E. DeBakey VA, South Central Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center (MIRECC), and Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety (IQUEST), and an Instructor at Baylor College of Medicine.
The study, "How Likable Are Personality Disorder and General Personality Traits to Those Who Possess Them?" was also co-authored by Jessica L. Maples-Keller and Joshua D. Miller.


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Synopsis — With Twitter's active users numbering more than 100 million and Facebook's over 480 million alone, social media sites create a market that can significantly grow your company's fan base. Many major companies are turning to the social media market in hopes of developing interest in their brand and products from the millions of users. An effective way to do this is to write an informative blog that users will want to share with their friends and peers.
In his article, "Blog + Audience = Social Sharing?," Steve Beatty explains why a company blog is a great way to present your audience with interesting content they can share with the popular social media platforms.
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Blog + Audience = Social Sharing?
It's been almost 20 years since the first blog was launched on the web, although there is much debate over who posted it. Wikipedia cites Justin Hall and Jerry Pournelle, who both began writing online in 1994, as two of the earliest adopters. According to CNET, David Winer began what is now one of the longest running blog sites on the web — Scripting News — back in 1997. Whenever the official "first" blog, they have since evolved into one of the most popular means of communication on the web.
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WordPress is the most popular blogging platform, with more than 73 million active WordPress sites (blogs) in existence. Some of the big brands that use WordPress include CNN, UPS, TechCrunch, and NBC Sports. According to eMarketer, 43% of all companies will blog in 2012. Why are so many involved with blogging? One major reason companies choose to blog is to develop interest from an audience they hope will share their content on social media. Let's explore what led to this trend.
Speak Now Or Forever Miss Your Piece Of The Social Audience
Social media growth has really spurred a new generation of online users and behavior. Twitter and Facebook have been at the forefront of this movement, with Twitter's active users numbering more than 100 million and Facebook's over 480 million. The combined number is almost twice the population of the US alone. An audience of this size has essentially forced businesses to take steps to engage with social media enthusiasts or lose out on a potential market. Pinterest, an image-driven sharing site, recently joined the ranks of Facebook and Twitter insofar as becoming a "must" for setting up a business presence. According to TechCrunch, Pinterest has more than 10 million active users, and 2 million of them are daily Facebook users.
With so many people involved in different social media properties, businesses need to make sure they are on these platforms, engaging with and growing their fan base, and working on creating valuable content to share with their audience. A company blog can be a great location from which to present your audience with interesting content they can share with the popular social media platforms.
Content Is Not King — Google Is!
Starting in 2011 and continuing through early 2012, Google initiated multiple algorithm and policy changes focused on creating better user results, building social sharing channels, and enforcing content standards for sites. For example, in June 2011, Google introduced Google+ as its answer to Facebook and challenge for share of the growing social media audience. Later in 2011, Google+ for businesses debuted.
In 2012, Google continues its heavy focus on great content and social sharing. With the global search engine giant now predicting more than 400 million Google+ users by the end of this year, businesses can't afford to wait to use any means available — and blogs are a fantastic one — to help spread social content to their audiences.
Getting Social
As Google and Bing evolve their algorithms to put more emphasis on real-time and relevant results, a social-media orientation is increasingly important for your overall online marketing strategy. To help achieve this:
- Share quality content with users that they can — in turn — share on social sites like Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+, etc.
- Create interesting social content (infographics, interactive pieces, videos).
- Write engaging blog posts.
A blog is an ideal spot at which to feature and then distribute content, but to ensure the content spreads beyond, helping cement your blog's success, a few key factors need to be considered.
1. Viral Content: What Is It?
Viral content typically describes a piece of content released initially on a blog or website page that is then shared multiple times with others online. If a business, brand, or site owner uncovers an interesting piece of information that is timely and becomes a popular search trend, the potential for viral spread is present, with the pieces of content likely to be shared by the audience and with the audience's peers.
Viral content can take a variety of different forms, but often it is in the form of a video (e.g., the 2011 Global Android Activations YouTube Video), an interactive piece (e.g., The New York Times Budget Puzzle: You Fix the Budget 2010), or an infographic (2012's TechGerms from KeepingItKleen.com). The key elements shared by all of these pieces are great information and an attractive design and layout that the viewer appreciates. More importantly, many pieces that become viral originate from blog posts and grow in popularity through the social channels through which they are shared.
2. Build A Brand For Your Blog: If You Blog Well, They Will Come
Create a strategy encompassing the goals your company wants to achieve with the blog, such as increasing user engagement, traffic, and visibility. Define the goals and then build the blog around them. A blog is a great platform to discuss industry trends in your space, create viral content, offer helpful tips to your customer base, or simply to share new product news.
The more interesting content you share, the more likely visitors are to return to your blog. Each piece you write doesn't have to have viral potential, but each should be interesting and reflect a consistent voice for your company. Sometimes that voice will be controversial, sometimes not. The extent of controversy you deal with may depend on the constraints of your particular industry regulations (if any), legal restrictions, and brand guidelines. But don't forget that the more interesting your blog is, the more chance you will have for engaging with users.
order domperidone online 3. Social Buttons Are A Must
Including social share buttons on your blog, such as those for Facebook likes, for Reddit, Pinterest, Twitter, Stumbleupon, and Tumblr will increase the chances of your site getting picked up by other social platforms. Social share buttons can easily be added to any post or page of a blog by using a service such as Addthis.com.
4. Create Authorship
With the advent of Google+ and the Google "rel=author" tag whose use the Panda updates have encouraged, Google is potentially setting the stage for redefining the value of links. With the authorship tag, the theory among online marketers is that it will associate more equity based on the authorship of an article (blog post) versus the actual page itself. All blog and content strategies should begin to incorporate this element in creating an online/social presence voice for the company and/or the site. As part of this, posts on your site should have designated authors. A company's authors should have Google accounts associated with them and post with this alias consistently in order to create author credibility.
5. Leverage For Link Building And Organic Visibility
Google has clearly stated its desire for more relevant and interesting content from sites, hence the Google algorithm changes of the past year focusing heavily on fresh content, social signals, and diversity of links. Bing has also acknowledged it is looking at sites that have more social diversity in sites linking back to them. Use the blog as a medium to help provide this.
As previously mentioned, viral pieces have shown to be great content sharing places for social links. For example, the New York Times Budget Puzzle piece, published nearly two years ago, still has more than 2,818 inbound links. Blogs are great for building additional links to help build up your site's overall domain strength and potential online visibly in organic search results. Also, the blog can potentially rank itself for key terms your company is focusing on.
Don't Just Blog … Blog Well
Today's blogs are becoming an extension of SEO and social media teams. Blogs are a key strategy piece to any organic (SEO or social) marketing campaign your company may be pursuing. Work to make your blog a rich piece of content that others want to share with friends and colleagues on other social sites.
Most importantly, as with many things in life, timing is everything. Always aim to share something newsworthy, timely, and interesting on your blog. The web is an ever-changing landscape — what is merely interesting news today could be tomorrow's viral social news sensation of the moment.