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As few as 3 percent of people eligible to give do; unfounded phobias, anxiety typical reasons why
ROCHESTER, Minn. — Sept. 10, 2013 — As few as 3 percent of Americans eligible to donate blood do, and fear and anxiety are common reasons why many decline to give. U.S. hospitals are always in need of new donors; at Mayo Clinic, that need is heightened by concern about iron deficiency in frequent givers. Mayo recently began requiring people to wait 12 weeks rather than eight between donations, a change that means an estimated 10 percent drop in its blood supply. To inspire more people to give blood, Manish Gandhi, M.D., medical director of the Mayo Clinic Blood Donor Center, addresses six common blood donation phobias:
MULTIMEDIA ALERT: Video of Dr. Gandhi and b-roll of blood and blood donation are available for download from the Mayo Clinic News Network.
Fear of needles: Needles used in blood donation definitely aren't the harpoons that needle-phobic people may think they are. Dr. Gandhi says donors feel a pinprick, much like getting a vaccination.
"You can consider this like taking a flu shot, but at the same time, potentially you can help at least three people by one whole blood donation," he says. Dr. Gandhi encourages those afraid of needles to put their fear to rest by visiting a blood donation center to see the needles being used.
Fear of the sight of blood: "You don't have to see the blood," Dr. Gandhi says. "Our seats have TVs on them; you can watch a movie, you can watch a show while you are donating blood, so you don't have to look at it."
Fear of fainting: Donor centers take steps to prevent fainting. Few people faint, and research has shown that just because it happens once, that doesn't mean it will again, Dr. Gandhi says. "We are continuously looking at different ways that can be avoided."
Fear of nausea: Easily avoided, Dr. Gandhi says: "Eat a healthy breakfast or eat a full meal, keep yourself hydrated, and then come and donate blood. And don't be thinking about 'Oh, this is such a big needle,' or the anxiety. Maybe a good idea would be to start thinking about a good song or watch a show, or do something. I think distraction is the key to successful donation."
While eating before donating is important, it may be best to avoid a fatty meal such as a cheeseburger, fries and milkshake: It can change your plasma's appearance. Plasma normally looks a bit like clear chicken broth; a fatty meal, and it looks more like gravy. Click here to see the difference.
"It's fine, it's normal, but sometimes it's not aesthetically pleasing to someone, so we don't want plasma that is full of fat molecules," Dr. Gandhi.
Fear that if you give once, the center will pester you to give again: Blood banks tend to respect donors' privacy and how frequently they like to be called, Dr. Gandhi says.
Fear giving blood will lead to a health problem: Potential donors are screened for health problems to make sure they are healthy enough to give. "In most cases, a healthy person — donating blood would probably do them good, because basically you are going to replenish new blood," Dr. Gandhi says.
To prevent the spread of HIV, hepatitis or other illnesses, disposable needles and blood donation sets are used, and fresh ones are used for each person, then disposed of, Dr. Gandhi says. "So there's no way you're going to get a virus transmitted by blood, because you are not going to come into contact with someone else's blood," he says.
After giving, donors are asked to stay for 15 to 30 minutes and have something to eat and drink, Dr. Gandhi says. They should avoid heavy exercise or lifting weight for the next six to 24 hours, but otherwise can return to normal activity, he says.
As far as iron loss in frequent donors, Dr. Gandhi says Mayo will continue to study the issue, to see whether changing the donation interval from eight weeks, the minimum required by the Food and Drug Administration, to 12 weeks makes a difference. If results are mixed, the next step may be giving donors iron supplements, though they can cause stomachaches and constipation in some people, Dr. Gandhi says.
Meanwhile, to compensate for the blood lost due to the longer between-donation waiting period, Mayo Clinic has started a Donate One More Time" campaign. Mayo has found that roughly 45 percent of donors only give once or twice a year; if they give one more time, they will more than make up the 10 percent loss, Dr. Gandhi says.
That shows that in addition to easing fears about blood donation, it is also important to address a common misconception: that there is plenty of blood on hand, and if a friend or family member needs it, there will be plenty of time to give blood then to help them.
"There's always someone who needs it," Dr. Gandhi says. "Unfortunately, it's always the sickest of people who need blood, and it's the blood which makes a difference between life and death for them."
About Mayo Clinic
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You have all seen them. You may have backed a crowdfunding project because of them. But the question remains, are they good for your business? Kickstarter has finally written a blog post on the topic and it pretty much meshes with how I have always thought of them.
For a typical stretch goal a creator will promise to release their game in additional formats or add extra functions if certain funding goals are hit. But expanding a project's scope can change the creative vision and put the whole project at risk. We've seen stretch goals leave some projects overwhelmed, over-budget, and behind schedule.
Many Kickstarter projects end up significantly overfunded, and creators often use those funds to improve the project's end product. More funding might mean higher-quality materials and other improvements that thank backers with a better-made thing. For other creators overfunding means the project turns a profit. Both are great outcomes. Stretch goals, on the other hand, trade long-term risk for a short-term gain. Tread carefully.
This is pretty much how I have always looked at stretch goals. While they may seem like a good way to spend that extra money or attract additional backers, if you do not plan them out correctly, they can be a bad thing for your project. I would personally like to see that extra money just go toward general polish on the game rather than extra features that may or may not work out or that may or may not ever get completed.
What I want to happen is for the game to get completed as originally promised. By pre-promising features, you are basically saying that you will implement those features regardless of the quality of the promised original project. But rather than be critical, I will give you an idea of how I would react to extra funds.
For $10,000 I promise to make a game. Details don't matter. Just keep in mind that my original estimate for time, materials, man power, taxes, reward fulfillment etc comes out to $10,000 to get my original vision done.
Now, let's say I reach that goal in the first week. I now have 3 weeks left to rake in even more cash. What am I going to do with that money? Well, just like the original funding goal, much of that will go toward reward fulfillment and taxes. So I need to keep that in mind. At this point, I will be thinking to myself that this will be a great boon to my business. I want to do something special for my backers. But what should I do?
I don't want ruin the main game by over promising on new features. That would be unfair to all the backers. What I want to do is thank those who backed and promise to do the best that I can to get the best game out by my goal. At that point, I can safely gauge how much money I have left and what can be done with it. If I feel that my game is complete and doesn't need any more work, then I have done what I set out to do. If I feel that I have the funds to add to the game through new features, levels, characters etc, then I can safely make a prediction of what can be done with the remaining funds.
This also gives me a buffer to deal with unexpected expenses and pitfalls. If I have pre-promised those additional funds to other features and the main game hits a set back, I risk alienating some or all of my backers by releasing a poor game. It would be much better for all if those additional funds went into a buffer for game completion rather than promised features.
Of course, there is also the other option. Use those left over funds to start work on your next project. The people backing you originally paid to get the game and whatever rewards your promised. As long as those are fulfilled, you are free to use any remaining funds to do whatever else you want to do.
The main point is that stretch goals can be just as much of a distraction and roadblock to you the developer as they are an incentive for people to back you. When done correctly, you can do great things. When done poorly, you can create a train wreck out of your game. In the end, it is up to you to decide what is best, but I think stretch goals are being overused and poorly implemented in a lot of crowdfunding projects.
Originally Published on Oklahoma Game Developers.

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Natural Gas Storage 101
Depending on where you live, winter has not only arrived, but it's here to stay. With the bitter cold temperatures, there is one thing to do: Turn up the heat. Thankfully, with natural gas prices just off record lows, it's a lot easier to turn up that heat and not worry too much about the monthly heating bill.
Before that gas arrives by pipe to heat your home, it's typically been stored in vast underground storage facilities until it's used for peak winter demand. These storage facilities not only serve to keep the gas ready for winter usage but also provide us with enough gas to ensure we can get through any natural disaster or other supply disruption. Natural gas storage is a critical component in our energy infrastructure.
Types of storage
At last count, we had more than 3.5 Tcf of working gas in storage in the nearly 400 facilities around the country. Unlike oil and other liquid fuels, natural gas isn't stored in tanks. Instead it's typically stored in one of three underground facilities: depleted reservoir, salt cavern, and aquifer.
A depleted reservoir (D) is just as it sounds. It's a natural gas field that's produced all its economically recoverable gas. This is the most common way natural gas is stored, with nearly 75% of gas being stored in a depleted reservoir. These facilities are also the cheapest to develop and maintain.
Using a salt cavern (A) to store gas is growing in popularity, since 2001 salt cavern storage capacity has grown from 4% to 15% of overall capacity. These facilities are built by a process called solution mining where freshwater is pumped down into the salt formation. As some of the salt is dissolved the saline solution that's created is pumped out and the process repeated until the cavern reaches the desired size. While these facilities are typically the smallest of the storage facilities they are important for emergency gas storage.
Finally, an aquifer (C) is the most expensive and typically least desirable facility to develop. These natural water reservoirs must be developed for natural gas storage, which is an expensive process. It can take up to four years to develop an aquifer formation into a storage facility.
Who owns these things?
Several companies are actively engaged in the ownership of natural gas storage facilities, including utilities, pipeline operators, and dedicated storage owners. While utility storage is important, it's the midstream opportunities that offer investors the potential for profit.
With more than 947 Bcf of storage capacity Dominion operates the nation's largest natural gas storage system. A vast majority of that storage is part of Dominion's gas transmission business, which serves the growing Marcellus and Utica shale producers. Only 20% or 171 Bcf of the company's underground storage is allocated to the company's distribution business, which serves 1.3 million customers in Ohio and West Virginia.
With 275 Bfc of working gas storage capacity, the Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America is one of the largest owners of natural gas storage in the nation. The company, owned by Kinder Morgan , Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and private investors, controls more than 7% of our nation's storage capacity. It supports the high-demand needs of the Chicago market.
Kinder Morgan and its affiliate are no strangers to owning natural gas storage. Among its myriad assets are the Bear Creek Storage Company in Louisiana and Young Gas Storage in Colorado. Combined, these assets add another 64 Bcf of working gas storage capacity under Kinder Morgan's control.
Many other companies own a smaller storage business as part of larger natural gas operations. One such example is AGL Resources , which owns three storage facilities -- two salt storage facilities in the Gulf region and a depleted reservoir in California. The company owns a total of 30 Bcf of working gas capacity with another 16.6 Bcf of capacity projects pending approval.
A final option is PAA Natural Gas Storage which is a pure-play natural gas storage company. Structured as an MLP, it owns three storage facilities -- salt dome facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi and a depleted reservoir in Michigan. All told, PAA Natural Gas Storage has 76 Bcf of working gas storage capacity with plans to nearly double that capacity.
Why is storage important to investors?
Each week, the U.S. Energy Information Administration releases its natural gas storage report. This report highlights the change in working gas storage. A dramatic drawdown of inventory can lead to a jump in the price of natural gas and, conversely, a buildup in storage is a bearish indicator. By tuning into the storage numbers, investors can see one of the driving forces behind natural gas prices.
Foolish bottom line
The natural gas storage market doesn't generate a lot of excitement in the marketplace. That being said, it is an important market in our country's overall energy picture. Not only is it an important indicator of future natural gas prices but there are opportunities on the horizon that investors can profit from.
The article Natural Gas Storage 101 originally appeared on Fool.com.
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I honestly don't know how it happened, but one day I opened Apple's Health app on my iPhone and it wouldn't load anything. Graphs were empty, attempts to show specific data points just hung forever, attempts to clear all data points under specific categories only appeared to work until the app was relaunched, and even deleting the Jawbone Up app left its data in place. I tried to backup and restore my phone several times, until I finally stumbled on the solution.
The solution for me was to backup the phone with a not-encrypted backup via iTunes (iCloud backups must be encrypted), then restore from that. Probably for privacy/security reasons, the unencrypted backup does not save Health information (along with stored passwords, and I think a few other things). This means that I was able to restore my iPhone without any Health data and start fresh. Ever since, the Health app has been working properly.
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It looks wonderful - like wind through the trees. And after all, done is best, right?ReplyDelete
It's wonderful, I am sure she will love it and you will have to make another for you.ReplyDelete
this is a fantastic quilt! your mom will cherish it, i am sure!ReplyDelete
Just beautiful in every way...ReplyDelete
Wow! It looks amazing, I'm sure your mum will love it. The picture on the link for the kit is so dull, they should use yours! :o)ReplyDelete
It's beautiful and I like how you've quilted it, I might quilt my giant pinwheels in a similar way. I'm sure your Mum will be absolutely thrilled with it, congratulations on a fabulous finish.ReplyDelete
What great colors! I love the wavy line quilting...looks like the wind has blown all the leaves away!ReplyDelete
The quilting is lovely - looks very organic and perfect for the trees.ReplyDelete
I love it! It looks even better quilted! Your Mum will treasure it to be sure :-)ReplyDelete
Your quilting choice is terrific. If you're Mom doesn't like it, we'll have to have here head examined! Love this quilt.ReplyDelete
Beautiful quilt...you made the right choice for the quilting....simple,but perfect for this quilt.....ReplyDelete
That's really lovely. :)ReplyDelete
Oh she'll love it, she'd have to, its impossible not to. It really is LUSH.ReplyDelete
This is just gorgeous. Mum will love it so you'll just have to make another if you want one.ReplyDelete
love it! The wavy lines are perfect and I am with you on one design!ReplyDelete
Love the wavy line quilting, kind of like wind movement through the trees. Great job and I wouldn't plan on EVER getting it back!!ReplyDelete
Your trees are just YUMMY!!!! great job!! HugsReplyDelete
Absolutely wonderful! If I was your Mom and you sent to me, it would be going nowhere! What a lovely gift for your Mom!ReplyDelete
Lynne, you are so inspiring ~ I love reading your blog and seeing how you process things, thanks for sharing your creativity.
As a fan of trees in general, I have to say this is a favorite quilt. Just perfect in every way!ReplyDelete
Your quilt is beautiful, your mum will undoubtedly adore it. Sometimes simple is best!ReplyDelete
OMG, i love that quilt. wish i were your mom, i would love to receive one on my birthday. wish i could get the pattern somewhere here in the state.ReplyDelete
I wouldn't hold my breath your mum won't like it:) Great choice for quilting ~ love the movement that is going on. Very organic feeling to go with the trees. I would definitely be making one of those tree quilts for myself!ReplyDelete
Looks gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
WOW! Your mum will love the quilt.ReplyDelete
So summery, would look good in a conservatory or sun room.
It looks lovely and yes, make one for yourself.ReplyDelete
Fantastic quilt; it really came out lovely. I am sure your Mom will just love it. JulieroseReplyDelete
Beautiful! Is this a surprise for your mom?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous27 February 2012 at 16:54
You did a great job! I can just hear the wind through the trees, fantastic!ReplyDelete
It looks fab, and bet your mum will seize on it with great glee!ReplyDelete
This is amazing. You ought to add it to the Flickr Free Piecing Group.ReplyDelete
Love this!! I am a big fan of the wavy quilting, it gives a lovely texture.ReplyDelete
Just Gorgeous!!ReplyDelete
Lily PoppinsReplyDelete
Practically Perfect In Every Way
Lovely - to be honest the fabric is so gorgeous that simple quilting is the best idea. I would have had a very hard time giving that one away.ReplyDelete
I also think maybe the quilt is even better in the flesh as the colours will be so gorgeous. A fab quilt and I will gladly have it if your mum doesn't like it. Here's hoping with everything crossed.ReplyDelete
The wavy lines are a perfect choice - it's marvellous, well done! Another Goldsworthy triumph!ReplyDelete
Ooh lovely wobbly bits xReplyDelete
It looks fabulous -I think the wave is better than the straight line I suggested - looks like the branches are waving!!! She will love it!!ReplyDelete
Oh what a beautiful quilt! I'm sure she will love it! Really wonderful pettern and lovely colours!ReplyDelete
Just gorgeous! Now if I`d known you were a lazy quilter, I could have given you loads of suggestions LOL.ReplyDelete
It's beautiful!! Love the lazy quilting too ;)ReplyDelete
Love the windy day. The quilting is just perfect!ReplyDelete
a beautiful quilt and the perfect way to hide a piece of wicker garden furniture.ReplyDelete
stunning, i want one!ReplyDelete
stunning, i want one!ReplyDelete
Love your choice for the quilting - it looks fabulous. What colour is the thread? Is it grey or more beige?ReplyDelete
Don't be silly - this quilt will not be coming back to you - your Mum will love it (I just hope it's well wrapped so the postie can't sneak a peak)ReplyDelete
No, I don't think your mum will like this at all but I am sure I could put up with it.........ReplyDelete
was it hard to piece? Could a beginner do it? I am so close to ordering he kit but it looks a bit tricky...!ReplyDelete
I think it is a great alternative to all the other great suggestions. It looks organic and like it could be a sky or wind pattern. Perfectly suited to trees! Great job.ReplyDelete
Wonderful quilt. you quilted it un a very nice way.ReplyDelete
Great job Lynne. Perfect!ReplyDelete
Love the finish. I've been seeing it piece by piece. The trees look amazing! =DReplyDelete
It looks beautiful! Your Mum will love it :)ReplyDelete
I really love this quilt - and your honesty regarding the quilting - I agree with you on all the points you listed!ReplyDelete
It's a beauty, Lynne! You should definitely make one for yourself. It's so gorgeous that your Mum will love it!ReplyDelete
I am very new to quilting and I have to thank you for inspiring me to make beautiful things. I really love this blanket. I appreciate all of your hard work.ReplyDelete
Wowzers! Fabulous! I'm sure your Mum will love it :-)ReplyDelete
Another lovely tree quilt for your mom! It's SO artistic, Lynne! It's like something I see at a quilt museum. Beautifully contrasting colors - so eye-pleasing!ReplyDelete
I love the solids and how graphic the design looks. Your Mom will love it and if not, you can send it to Idaho ;-)ReplyDelete
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Totally agree with your quilting choice. Great job. Your mom is blessed.ReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVE LOVE this quilt.ReplyDelete
Lynne, I keep returning to your blog to admire this quilt. It is stunning! I am sure your Mum was thrilled with it. Do you happen to know if I can purchase the pattern without having to buy a kit? I can't seem to track down the pattern. Best wishes, Ros.ReplyDelete
I'm the designer and I sell the pattern..
helen at raindropkites dot co dot uk
unmunge the address to reach me..
And I think this version is lovely.
I've just doen the same thing in neutrals and one red, on my blog soon
Helen Howes
If your mom doesn't want it, I do!!!ReplyDelete


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Cantarella Bros Pty Limited v Modena Trading Pty Ltd [2014] HCA Trans 53, High Court of Australia, 18 March 2014
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice (2014), doi: 10.1093/jiplp/jpu089, first published online: May 22, 2014
For the first time ever, Australia's highest court will consider the inherent distinctiveness of foreign laudatory trade marks.
Legal context
The capacity to distinguish foreign laudatory words has come under scrutiny by Australia's highest court. The ongoing legal battle between Cantarella and Modena concerns Cantarella's registered trade marks CINQUE STELLE and ORO in relation to coffee. CINQUE STELLE means 'Five Star' in Italian, and ORO means 'gold'. At issue is whether, and to what extent, the English meaning of foreign laudatory words is relevant to determining the capacity to distinguish.
The Full Federal Court came to the opposite conclusion and, in a unanimous decision, held that CINQUE STELLE and ORO lacked any inherent adaption to distinguish coffee, as traders would understand each word to describe the quality of coffee. It pointed to the various uses by traders of ORO. The Full Federal Court also expressly stated that it is unnecessary for consumers to know what the words mean in English, but that in any event a sizeable part of the Australian community spoke Italian and would understand the meaning of each mark in relation to coffee. It ordered the cancellation of both registrations.
Neither side disputed the nature of the test, but each differed on its characteristics. Canteralla's counsel argued that if the ordinary signification of each word was not such as to suggest that they were part of the common heritage in relation to coffee, how relevant is it that other traders used ORO in relation to coffee? What if much of this use occurred subsequent to the date of registration? Modena's counsel suggested that the law was flexible and involved a practical evaluation of foreign words' inherent distinctiveness, including of foreign words common in the trade, which meant that the Full Federal Court's decision was correct, in all the circumstances.
Practical significance
Aspects of this dispute go to the oft-times vexed question of how a trade mark's inherent adaptation to distinguish is to be assessed when it is laudatory, let alone when it is a foreign laudatory word. What, to add spice to the debate, if it is a laudatory word that catches on as a trade mark? To what extent does a multifactorial consideration of the issue help in regulating subsequent skirmishes in the marketplace? We are hopeful of five-star guidance on the freedom to use and protect foreign laudatory words in the Australian marketplace.


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Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement:
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Rankin police create "safe lots" for internet transactions
Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey issued the following statement:
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How long before some dummy meets an online hooker at one?
- August 27, 2015 at 2:42 PM
Local counties here in Georgia started doing this after some robberies & killings.
- August 27, 2015 at 2:48 PM
That's a really good idea.
- August 27, 2015 at 2:54 PM
Smart, common sense service to the community.
- August 27, 2015 at 3:03 PM
Maybe Jackson will make safe zones for just everyday living.
- August 27, 2015 at 3:20 PM
Great idea. It's common sense and actually promotes a sense of trust and community instead of the "us versus them" mentality that has become so prevalent in law enforcement.
- August 27, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Yep. Forsyth County Sheriff had outdoor power outlets installed at all substations just so folks can plug in electronics & test them.
- August 27, 2015 at 4:17 PM
I can see it now, two dummies will meet to sell/buy a gun and some cop will see it and shoot one if not both. I would not feel safe in most police station parking lots.
- August 27, 2015 at 4:17 PM
4:17.....your stupid is showing.
- August 27, 2015 at 4:35 PM
4:17 - great. You stay home with the homies - hide from the black helicopters while you are there. The rest of us will use the police station parking lots because we don't believe that the police or other law enforcement officials are out looking for folks to shoot.
- August 27, 2015 at 4:54 PM
People weren't doing this already? Here's another hint: if you're buying a cell phone, insist on doing the transaction inside one of the carrier's stores with a rep to verify that the phone is free and clear and can be activated.
- August 27, 2015 at 8:13 PM
@4:17 #2
What kind of mushroom tea have you been drinking?
- August 27, 2015 at 9:49 PM
Noticing Madison is not on the list. Get on board Madison!
- August 27, 2015 at 11:05 PM
"Stuff To Sell said...
Noticing Madison is not on the list. Get on board Madison!"
Also notice this was announced by the Rankin County Sheriff and all the departments are in Rankin County.
Several months ago Ridgeland PD announced that they encouraged people to use there parking lot for such transactions. I feel sure that Madison PD are willing to do the same.
- August 28, 2015 at 6:24 AM
- Kingfish said...
4:17: you funny.
I've been doing this for some time. I've bought probably two dozen things off of Craig's List and the FB yard sales and I usually tell the sellers to meet me in the parking lot of a police station or city hall (if its a burb). If the seller is legit, he shouldn't have a problem with it.
- August 28, 2015 at 8:00 AM
4:17,How about meeting me on the lot at Rankin S.O. We can do some business and I can check for warrants on you.
- August 28, 2015 at 8:39 AM
It's not the 'seller' you gotta worry about. It's the buyer who might show up with seven people or a large family in tow, especially if they think they can enter your house and peruse the place while you're distracted. Or worse.
- August 30, 2015 at 7:19 AM
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Wrestling returns, except this time it will be a Battle Royal with Othor Cain, Ben Allen, Kim Wade, Haley Fisackerly, Alan Lange, and "Big Cat" Donna Ladd all in the ring at the same time. The Battle Royal will be in a steel cage, no time limit, no referee, and the losers must leave town. Marshand Crisler will be the honorary referee (as it gives him a title without actually having to do anything).
Meet KIM Waaaaaade at the Entergy Tent. For five pesos, Kim will sell you a chance to win a deed to a crack house on Ridgeway Street stuffed in the Howard Industries pinata. Don't worry if the pinata is beaten to shreds, as Mr. Wade has Jose, Emmanuel, and Carlos, all illegal immigrants, available as replacements for the it. Upon leaving the Entergy tent, fig leaves will be available in case Entergy literally takes everything you have as part of its Trollfest ticket price adjustment charge.
Donna Ladd of The Jackson Free Press will give several classes on learning how to write. Smearing, writing without factchecking, and reporting only one side of a story will be covered. A donation to pay their taxes will be accepted and she will be signing copies of their former federal tax liens. Ms. Ladd will give a dramatic reading of her two award-winning essays (They received The Jackson Free Press "Best Of" awards.) "Why everything is always about me" and "Why I cover murders better than anyone else in Jackson".
In the spirit of helping those who are less fortunate, Trollfest '09 adopts a cause for which a portion of the proceeds and donations will be donated: Keeping Frank Melton in his home. The "Keep Frank Melton From Being Homeless" booth will sell chances for five dollars to pin the tail on the jackass. John Reeves has graciously volunteered to be the jackass for this honorable excursion into saving Frank's ass. What's an ass between two friends after all? If Mr. Reeves is unable to um, perform, Speaker Billy McCoy has also volunteered as when the word "jackass" was mentioned he immediately ran as fast as he could to sign up.
In order to help clean up the legal profession, Adam Kilgore of the Mississippi Bar will be giving away free, round-trip plane tickets to the North Pole where they keep their bar complaint forms (which are NOT available online). If you don't want to go to the North Pole, you can enjoy Brant Brantley's (of the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance) free guided tours of the quicksand field over by High Street where all complaints against judges disappear. If for some reason you are unable to control yourself, never fear; Judge Houston Patton will operate his jail where no lawyers are needed or allowed as you just sit there for minutes... hours.... months...years until he decides he is tired of you sitting in his jail. Do not think Judge Patton is a bad judge however as he plans to serve free Mad Dog 20/20 to all inmates.
Trollfest '09 is a pet-friendly event as well. Feel free to bring your dog with you and do not worry if your pet gets hungry, as employees of the Jackson Zoo will be on hand to provide some of their animals as food when it gets to be feeding time for your little loved one.
Relax at the Fox News Tent. Since there are only three blonde reporters in Jackson (being blonde is a requirement for working at Fox News), Megan and Kathryn from WAPT and Wendy from WLBT will be on loan to Fox. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both and a torn-up Obama yard sign will entitle you to free drinks served by Megan, Wendy, and Kathryn. Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required. Just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '09 is for EVERYONE!!!
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There will be a hugging booth where in exchange for your young son, Frank Melton will give you a loooong hug. Trollfest will have a dunking booth where Muhammed the terrorist will curse you to Allah as you try to hit a target that will drop him into a vat of pig grease. However, in the true spirit of Separate But Equal, Don Imus and someone from NE Jackson will also sit in the dunking booth for an equal amount of time. Tom Head will give a reading for two hours on why he can't figure out who the hell he is. Cliff Cargill will give lessons with his .80 caliber desert eagle, using Frank Melton photos as targets. Tackleberry will be on hand for an autograph session. KIM Waaaaaade will be passing out free titles and deeds to crackhouses formerly owned by The Wood Street Players.
If you get tired come relax at the Fox News Tent. To gain admittance to the VIP section, bring either your Republican Party ID card or a Rebel Flag. Bringing both will entitle you to free drinks.Get your tickets now. Since this is an event for trolls, no ID is required, just bring the hate. Bring the family, Trollfest '07 is for EVERYONE!!!
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Monday, June 02, 2008
Speedy salad with chicken, fresh cherries and a tangy goat cheese dressing...
Of course I'll have a couple baked treats coming up this week, but today's cherry recipe used them in this Chicken Salad with Cherries and Goat-Cheese Dressing dish we had for dinner.
Quite creamy, the dressing is a mixture of crumbled fresh goat cheese, sour cream, mild chives and a couple splashes of white-wine vinegar. You'll need to add at least a tablespoon or two of water to thin it out enough so it will coat well - if you like your dressing on the thin side, you'll probably have to add a bit more. Honestly, it was hard to keep my little spoon out of it while I was "checking" for seasonings... very tangy and luscious.
We did have one issue, but it had nothing to do with the recipe. The chicken for this dish was suppose to be seared, but we were having some issues with our burners working correctly and wasn't able to prepare it that way. I would have preferred that golden finish on the thin cuts of chicken, but it was fine in the end. We really enjoyed the textures in this salad - torn tender leaves from the Boston lettuce, beautiful juicy cherries (simply halve them so they have firm presence in the salad) and crunchy pieces of toasted chopped walnuts worked in harmony together.
Now, this snazzy salad could be served a couple of ways - you could arrange everything in sections on the plate for a more dramatic presentation and allow you and your guests to simply toss the ingredients together as you eat. This is also particularly handy if you want to save a portion for leftovers! However, you could also just toss everything together in a big ol' bowl if you want to dig in right away.
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You are certainly making good use of those cherries! I would never have thought f pairing them with goats cheese but I can imagine it working well together.ReplyDelete
That's beautiful Joe.....you've made a salad look like art!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous6/03/2008 07:08:00 PM
This sounds great--I wonder if it would work with tofu in place of the chicken? I may have to try it...ReplyDelete
Katie - I've had goat cheese and strawberries together before, so I was hoping this combo would be just as tasty!ReplyDelete
Quinn - Thank you!
Courtney - possibly, as long as the tofu is well seasoned.
Do you think yogurt would work in place of the sour cream Joe? I know the sour cream has a different texture, but I don't usually have at home, but always have yogurt.
And I looove goat cheese, so the dressing really appealed to me!
Ana - A plain yogurt would probably be okay... I've used that sub before in other recipes and it seemed to work well.ReplyDelete
Joe, I made this last night! OMG! So yummy. I gave you props on my blog...ReplyDelete
Kandi - Fantastic! Thanks for the feedback.ReplyDelete
I've been a fan of your blog for a while now but was always too shy to post a comment...this salad was so good I had to let you know. The one changed I made was to use left over chicken from last night's dinner which was marinated in yogurt, lime juice, garlic, ginger, and Indian spices. The spice from the chicken with the creaminess from the goat cheese paired with the sweet cherries might just make this my new favorite salad. Thank you for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
Hannah - I'm glad you decided to leave a comment! Happy to hear it went over well.ReplyDelete


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Ancient Studies
Director, 2014-15: Anne H. Groton, Greek and Roman drama
Founded by the Department of Classics in 1971, ancient studies is one of St. Olaf's oldest interdisciplinary programs. In scope it spans the more than two millennia between Greece's Bronze Age and the fall of the Roman Empire. Combining art, history, language, literature, philosophy, and religion, it encourages students to take a broad look at classical culture, examining it from multiple perspectives.
The ancient studies program has no courses of its own; instead it relies on courses offered by individual departments. Students who major in ancient studies choose electives from among the various departmental courses that deal primarily or entirely with the world of ancient Greece and Rome. Many of these courses also satisfy general education requirements. The required courses in Greek or Latin can simultaneously fulfill the college's foreign language requirement.
It is common for St. Olaf students to combine an ancient studies major with a B.A. major like art history, English, history, philosophy, political science, or religion. Even mathematics or natural science majors often complete a second major in ancient studies. The major provides a useful background in the humanities for students interested in virtually any career.
The objectives of the major are competence in ancient Greek or Latin at the intermediate level, familiarity with ancient Greek and Roman civilization, and in-depth knowledge of one subject area within the major.
Any student interested in an ancient studies major should draw up a contract with the program's director. The contract may be changed at any time up to second semester of the senior year.
Students majoring in ancient studies must complete the fourth semester (or higher) of ancient Greek or Latin, one ancient history course, a classics course, four electives chosen from various departments, and an independent research.
The following courses have been approved for the major (seminars and topics courses are acceptable only when they focus on the ancient world):
Art 275: Topics in Art History
Classics 241: Greek and Roman Myth
Classics 243: The Golden Age of Greece
Classics 244: The Golden Age of Rome
Great Conversation 113: The Tradition Beginning: The Greeks and the Hebrews
Greek 253: New Testament Greek (or any other Greek course beyond 231)
History 101: Ancient Warfare
History 190: Europe from the Ancients to the Renaissance
History 201: Major Seminar: Ancient History
History 203: Ancient: Greece
History 204: Ancient: Rome
History 205: Ancient: Near East
History 299: Topics in History
History 302: Greek Civilization
History 303: Roman Civilization
Latin 252: Vergil and Latin Epic (or any other Latin course beyond 231)
Philosophy 235: Ancient Western Philosophy
Philosophy 374: Seminar in the History of Philosophy
Political Science 299: Topics in Political Science
Religion 221: Jesus in Scripture and Tradition
Religion 222: The Biblical God
Religion 223: Paul: His Letters, His Gospel
Religion 273: Hebrew Prophets in History and Christian Tradition
Religion 276: Ethics of Jesus
Religion 302: History of Christian Thought I
Religion 320: Top: Interpreting Sacred Texts
Religion 391: Biblical Seminar
Religion 392: Sem: Studies in Religion Seminar
Religion 399: Thematic Seminar
Theater 270: History of Theater up to 1700
298: Independent Study
398: Independent Research
Those who fulfill the major's language requirement with Latin may use one Greek course as an elective; those who fulfill the major's language requirement with Greek may use one Latin course as an elective.
Interim or summer courses such as:
Classics 121: "Western" Greeks and Eastern "Barbarians" in Antiquity
Classics 126: Ancient Comedy: A Funny Thing Happened
Classics 128: The Fall of the Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity
Classics 129: The Neverending Myth: Ovid's Metamorphoses
Classics 251: Classical Studies in Greece (abroad)
Great Conversation 115: The Tradition Continuing: The Romans and the Christians
History 202: Mediterranean Archaeology Field School
Religion 271: Bible in Context: History, Geography, and Culture in Israel and Palestine (abroad)
Religion 272: Sacred Places in Greece and Turkey
and other courses offered occasionally or only once (including courses at Carleton College) may also be used as electives.
See the director for information on courses offered in a particular year.
To attain distinction in ancient studies, a student must demonstrate talent with ancient Greek or Latin, skill in conducting research on an ancient topic, and broad knowledge of ancient Western civilization. Specific guidelines are available from the director of ancient studies. Ancient studies majors who wish to pursue distinction should notify the director of the program no later than January 1 of their senior year.


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Valley Yarns in Fall 2014 Twist CollectiveTuesday, August 5th, 2014
The Fall issue of Twist Collective is out and once again it is full or gorgeous knitwear designs! We are in love with the new cardigan from Quenna Lee, Caledonia, knit in our Valley Yarns Northfield.
photography: Linus Ouellet
The body of this cardigan is worked in one piece from the lower edge to the armholes, then divided for front and back. The sleeves are worked in the round from stitches picked up around the armholes. The sweater features a shaped waist and a square neckline. The ribbed cable and eyelet patterns are presented both in charts and in row-by-row instructions.


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provedaia - run DAIA test suites
version 0.55
provedaia [<OPTIONS>] [<FILES>]
-?|-h|--help show this help
--version show version
--server URL-or-file set base URL of DAIA server or load PSGI script
--end skip everything until __END__ in input
--combined use files as both, server and test suite
--verbose more diagnostic messages
This script can be used to test DAIA servers. The output conforms to Test Anything Protocol (TAP). Tests can be provided to this script from files or from standard input. If option --end or option --combined is set, tests start after the __END__ marker, so both implementation and tests can be in one file. See the bottom of examples/daia-ubbielefeld.pl for an example.
Test syntax is described in module Plack::App::DAIA::Test::Suite, which this script is based on. Basically, a test is a set of document identifiers to be queried to a DAIA server, and a set of (partial) DAIA responses that the server is expected to return. A typical usage scenario for this script is:
Implement a DAIA server, for instance in myapp.psgi and run it, for instance at http://localhost:5000/.
Write some test suites for the DAIA server, for instance in test1.txt and test2.txt.
Run provedaia as
provedaia --server myapp.psgi test1.txt test2.txt
or as
provedaia --server http://localhost:5000/ test1.txt test2.txt
If implementation contains its own test suite, one can also call
provedaia --combined myapp.psgi
Jakob Voß
This software is copyright (c) 2014 by Jakob Voß.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
To install Plack::App::DAIA, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm Plack::App::DAIA
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Plack::App::DAIA
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.


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Fender Musical Instruments Corporation
- Cut production time by 20 percent across the board
- Reduced time required to shape guitar necks by 30 percent
- Eliminated many secondary operations
- Increased production throughput with improved tooling
El desafío
Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a leading manufacturer of stringed instruments, including electric, acoustic, and bass guitars as well as guitar amplifiers. While the company handcrafted guitars and used 2D design tools for many years, the 2002 acquisition of the JACKSON guitar brand brought more complex geometry challenges that required 3D design technology to drive manufacturing.
La solución
Fender chose SolidWorks CAD software – first deployed on the JACKSON and FENDER STRATOCASTER lines and now used companywide – because it is easy to use, includes advanced surfacing capabilities, and integrates well with CAM applications. By deploying SolidWorks, Fender cut production time by 20 percent across the board, reduced the time required to shape guitar necks by 30 percent, eliminated many secondary operations, and increased production throughput with improved tooling.
CAD anterior: AutoCAD
Productos utilizados: SOLIDWORKS Standard
Ventaja: Value, 2D/3D Integration, Ease of Use, Integration
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- 45 AD - Julius Caesar decides to invade the United States, but is hampered by the non-existence of the US at the time, and his untimely death 101 years previously.
- 387 St. Patrick: "I've had it with these motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking isle!" Proceeds to
rapehave sex with Nicol Aydelotte, in the name of Tim Allen.
- 1702 - Irish leprechauns were reported to be having sex on the moors.
- 1861 - After a quick shag, returning from Belgium, Napoleon proclaims the Kingdom of Italy.
- 1918 - Germany loses some of its lands to Austria against Sarah Mae Miller in an amicable game of Texas Hold 'Em.
- 1926 - Al Capone decided to have a cheese and baloney sandwich for breakfast. Unbeknownst to him, this event would eventually culminate in the following year's St. Valentine's Day massacre.
- 1931 - Nevada legalizes gambling whilst having sex.
- 1950 - California discovered by bombarding Los Angeles with ionized Hentaium and the heavy element Michaelmoorium.
- 2010 - The cancellation of American Idol leads to mass suicide in many American including Zachary Adams.
- 2011 - Jose Gomez purchased 2000 Chevrolet Camero's and sold them all on ebay to Heather Dudash for 8 times the retail price.
- 2011 - Bobby Shrum from the band Seraphik causes mass destruction in all the cities in the United Kingdom. Beets the Beatles by 50% in all metal rock hits.
- 2011 - I love you man, I really do, oh good I am so fazed.


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Situated on the first floor of the shop known simply as Kilkenny, with a view into the grounds of Trinity College if you are lucky (i.e. unless large buses are parked across the road), the Kilkenny Restaurant is a pleasant spot to have a casual bite to eat: ingredients are fresh and additive-free (as are all the products on sale in the shop's Food Hall) and everything has a home-cooked flavour.
Salads, quiches, casseroles, home-baked breads and cakes are the Kilkenny Restaurant specialities, and they are reliably good - and you will also find Irish craft beers and cider on the Cafe menu. A range of Kilkenny preserves and dressings - all made and labelled on the premises - is available in the shop.
This is a good place to come for breakfast, and offers great value: fresh orange juice to start and then variations combinations of the traditional fare for as little as €5 (toast and tea or coffee, plus a choice of four items from a list including thick cut bacon, Kilkenny artisan sausage, cherry tomatoes, scrambled egg, homemade potato cakes and more). Hard to beat for the quality.
[Kilkenny was the Dublin winner of our Irish Breakfast Awards in 2003.]


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I heard about the LG Tone+ through a friend at work who said it was the best pair of headphones they'd ever owned. Now, I've tried out more than my fair share of headphones, and while most have worked out, none of them had a wow factor. I had a hard time believing that these would be the headphones to change that, so when LG sent them to me, I had to put them through the paces and then some.
My first task was to charge them up, which took about an hour and a half. Not bad considering some of the ones I've had in the past took around two hours or more.
The next thing I did was pair it with my iPhone 5 (which was as easy as 1…2…3) and then take them for a test drive. I'm not allowed to wear headphones in my ears at work, so instead I let them sit around my neck with my music on high and when I received a phone call, I put one of the ear pieces in. The magnets that keep the ear pieces in place are just the right strength to keep them in place and easy to pull when you want to wear the ear piece.
I did this for about three days for 8 hours a day (not including stand by time) before the low battery alert started to kick in. The low battery alert plays once every two minutes until you either turn them off or put them on the charger. My iPhone also showed the battery level of the headset next to the battery indicator for my phone, which was a major plus. I personally never had to check the battery status, but it's easily done by pressing the volume down button for one second and listening to the audible battery indictor.
Something I really like about this headset is its simplicity. Instead of hearing a series of beeps that you have to memorize and decode, the headset speaks to you instead. If your battery is low, there's no fast beep or slow beep to listen for. It simply tells you "battery low".
The buttons are also separated on the head set so you don't have to remember if the top button is for calls or the bottom button is for playback. Playback buttons are on the right and phone call buttons are on the left. The call button also has an LED indicator light that blinks blue when in use and red when you have a call, the battery is low, or the headset is charging.
Unlike my other Bluetooth devices, such as the one in my car, I never once got a complaint from the person on the other end of the call. Most people that I talked to said they didn't realize I was talking on a Bluetooth headset.
I only had one serious problem with this headset, and that was when I would work out and dance to my music. The headphones didn't like staying put with all the motion, and more than once bounced off my neck. I found a way around this by wrapping my tank top around them or placing them under my sports bra strap.
Overall, I'm very satisfied with the LG Tone+ and so far there hasn't been a day since I received them that I haven't used them. A major plus was if I only used them while at work, they easily lasted for more than three days. So, if you're looking for a reliable Bluetooth headset for music or hands free calling, I highly recommend you give these a shot. Retailed at $79.99 (available for $52 right now on Amazon) you can't beat them.
In exchange for my time and efforts in reporting my opinion within this blog, I received a free review sample. Even though I receive this benefit, I always give an opinion that is 100% mine.


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Isabella in her own hand
There is very little in genealogy that compares to that moment when, for the first time, you see a document on which your own ancestor put pen — or pencil — to paper.
A signature, perhaps more than anything else, somehow provides a connection that no other piece of evidence quite equals.
Don't get me wrong: I won't give back any piece of evidence that crosses my path. I'll happily "settle" for a marriage or death certificate, a listing in a city directory, an entry in a tax list.
But a signature… A signature is something special.
We don't see nearly as many signatures in our research as we might like. In so many instances, the records we rely on are records created about our ancestors, rather than by our ancestors.
It's the census taker's hand that recorded all those lovely details we depend on in those every-10-years records. It's the tax collector who prepared the tax list. All too often, what we see in the deed and will books are only the entries by the clerks; the original documents are long gone or, at least, not available to us yet.
So a signature… Yes, a signature is something special.
And it's all the more special when it's a signature you never expected to find.
Recently, I had the great good fortune to meet for the first time a third cousin from Texas. Cousin George Lowe, whose great grandfather George Galloway Robertson was the older brother of my great grandfather Jasper Carlton Robertson, brought me some notes of research conducted by yet another cousin, a second cousin once removed named Dorothy, whose grandmother was Fannie Boone Robertson Stroud Harrison,1 sister of George and Jasper Robertson.2
In those notes, cousin Dorothy noted that she had reason to believe that some members of our Robertson family had owned land in Hall County, Texas.
Now I knew that some of our Robertsons had lived in Hall County at some point. Mary Isabella Robertson Hendrix and her family lived there for a time in the 1890s and early 1900s.3 Children of Martha Wilmoth Robertson Crenshaw married and lived there.4
But we didn't have any reason to think that my great grandfather Jasper had ever lived there, and none to believe that his parents Gustavus and Isabella Robertson had either.
No reason, that is, until we saw Dorothy's notes.
Now Texas isn't a federal land grant state. But it did have its own land grant system. So one of the first steps always in Texas research is to run the name you're interested in through the search page of the land grant database at the Texas General Land Office.
"Robertson," I typed. And chose Hall County from the dropdown list.
And there they were.
Hall County. File 029530. Grantee Robertson, G B.
Hall County. File 026139. Grantee Robertson, W M.
Hall County. File 036368. Patentee Robertson, G B.
So I asked Lynn Parent, a Texas researcher, to get me copies of those files, and two others under the name L.D. Crenshaw (a Robertson son-in-law). And the contents blew me away.
It wasn't just that I was surprised to find that some of the land had briefly gone into the hands of my own great grandfather Jasper. Or that Gustavus and Isabella had been among those who sought to buy land under the Texas act of 1877.5
It was the signatures. Their own original signatures.
Now I'd seen Jasper's handwriting before. He obtained federal land in the Big Pasture auction in Oklahoma some 16 years later.6 Still, it was nice to be able his adult hand from his 1908 Oklahoma affidavit with his not-quite-21-year-old signature on his March 1892 quit claim deed7:
And I'd seen Gustavus' handwriting before as well, on a 1903 letter he'd sent to daughter Mary Isabella.
But I had never ever seen Isabella's handwriting on any other document. And there it was, with Gustavus' signature, on an 1892 deed selling their Hall County grant8:
It's not as strong as Gustavus' signature. It's fainter, the letters less crisp. But it is unmistakably an original signature, attested to by Ben H. Kelly, a notary public, who said he was there and watched her sign it. Watched her write the only thing any of her descendants today has ever seen written in her own hand.
A signature… Oh yes. A signature is something special.
- For Fannie's marriages see "Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 28 Jun 2013), entry for Thendos Stroud and F B Robertson, 16 Mar 1887, Delta County. And see "Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002," database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 28 Jun 2013), entry for J D Harrison and Mrs. Fannie Stroud, 7 Aug 1890, Hall County. ↩
- See 1870 U.S. census, Lamar County, TX, population schedule, Paris Post Office, p. 253(B) (stamped), dwelling 307, family 307, George G. and Fanney B. Robertson in "Gustavis" B. Robertson household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 Oct 2011); citing National Archive microfilm publication M593, roll 1594. See also 1880 U.S. census, Delta County, TX, Precinct 3, enumeration district (ED) 20, p. 502(D) (stamped), dwelling 117, family 118, Fannie B. and Jasper "Robetson" in Gustavus "Robetson" household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 Oct 2011); citing National Archive microfilm publication T9, roll 1300; imaged from FHL microfilm 1255300. ↩
- See 1900 U.S. census, Hall County, Texas, Justice Precinct 2, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 2, p. 28(B) (stamped), dwelling/family 214, Amos M Hendrix household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 13 Oct 2011); citing National Archive microfilm publication T623, roll 1641. ↩
- See e.g. 1910 U.S. census, Hall County, Texas, Justice Precinct 2, population schedule, enumeration district (ED) 125, p. 53(A) (stamped), dwelling 310, family 317, Bill E Hughes household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 14 Oct 2011); citing National Archive microfilm publication T624, roll 1558; imaged from FHL microfilm 1375571. ↩
- "An Act to provide for the sale of all lands heretofore or hereafter surveyed and set apart for the benefit of the Public Free Schools, the University, and the several Asylums…," Chapter 99, General Laws of Texas, 20th Legislature (1887); digital images, A Guide to the School Land Classification and Reappraisment Records, 1880-1950s, Texas General Land Office (http://www.lrl.state.tx.us : accessed 26 July 2013). ↩
- Jasper C. Robertson (Tillman County, Oklahoma), cash sale entry, certificate no. 246, Lawton, Oklahoma, Land Office; Land Entry Papers, 1800-1908; Records of the Bureau of Land Management; Record Group 49, National Archives, Washington, D.C. ↩
- Proof of occupancy, 21 March 1892, L.D. Crenshaw (Hall County, Texas), school land sale, file no. 29531; Land Patents; Texas General Land Office, Austin, Texas. ↩
- G.B. Robertson and I.R. Robertson to J.H. Davenport, 28 Dec 1892; G.B. Robertson (Hall County, Texas), school land sale, file no. 29530; Land Patents; Texas General Land Office, Austin, Texas. ↩


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African elephants
The trunk is an extension of the upper lip and nose and is used for communication and handling objects, including food. African elephants have two opposing extensions at the end of their trunks, in contrast to the Asian elephant, which only has one.
Tusks, which are large modified incisors that grow throughout an elephant's lifetime, occur in both males and females and are used in fights and for marking, feeding, and digging.
The other notable feature of African elephants is their very large ears, which allow them to radiate excess heat.
Two subspecies, two homes
There are two subspecies – the larger savannah elephant (Loxodonta africana africana), which roams grassy plains and woodlands, and the smaller forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis), which lives in the equatorial forests of central and western Africa.
Savannah elephants are larger than forest elephants, and their tusks curve outwards. In addition to being smaller, forest elephants are darker and their tusks are straighter and downward pointing.
Social structure
The complex social structure of elephants is organized around a system of herds composed of related females and their calves. Males usually live alone but sometimes form small groups with other males.
In the savannah subspecies, each family unit usually contains about 10 individuals, although several family units may join together to form a 'clan' consisting of up to 70 members led by a female. Forest elephants live in smaller family units.
Life cycle
Usually, a single calf is born after a gestation period of 22 months. Young elephants wean after 6 to 18 months, although they may continue nursing for over 6 years.
Male elephants leave their natal group at puberty and tend to form much more fluid alliances with other males.
Elephants live up to around 70 years, with females mostly fertile between 25 and 45. Males need to reach 20 years of age in order to successfully compete for mating.
African elephants mainly eat leaves and branches of bushes and trees, but also eat grasses, fruit, and bark.
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African elephant
Elephant males can weigh up to 6 tonnes
Scientific Name
Loxodonta africana spp
Elephants can live up to 70
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Population & distribution
African elephants once roamed across most of the continent from the northern Mediterranean coast to the southern tip. But they are now confined to a much smaller range.
Savannah elephants occur in eastern and southern Africa, with the highest densities found in Botswana, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Zambia and South Africa. The forest elephant is found in the equatorial rainforest zone of west and central Africa, where relatively large blocks of dense forest still remain.
Since 1979, African elephants have lost over 50% of their range and this, along with massive poaching for ivory and trophies over the decades, has seen the population drop significantly.
Back in the early part of the 20th century, there may have been as many as 3-5 million African elephants. But there are now around 415,000.
Most countries in West Africa count their forest elephants in tens or hundreds, with animals scattered in small blocks of isolated forest. In contrast, savannah elephant populations in parts of southern Africa are large and expanding, with almost 300,000 elephants now roaming across the sub-region.
Significant elephant populations are now confined to well-protected areas. However, less than 20% of African elephant habitat is under formal protection.
Despite a ban on the international trade in ivory, African elephants are still being poached in large numbers. Their ivory tusks are the most sought after, but their meat and skin are also traded. Tens of thousands of elephants are killed every year for their tusks. The ivory is often carved into ornaments and jewellery – China is the biggest consumer market for such products.
The ban in international trade was introduced in 1989 by CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) and it allowed some populations to recover, especially where elephants were adequately protected.
But there has been an upsurge in poaching in recent years, which has led to steep declines in forest elephant numbers and some savannah elephant populations.
Thriving but unmonitored domestic ivory markets continue in a number of states, some of which have few elephants of their own remaining. Insufficient anti-poaching capacity, weak law enforcement and corruption compound the problem in some countries.
Meanwhile, as the human population expands, more land is being converted to agriculture. So elephant habitat is shrinking and becoming more fragmented.
This means elephants and people come into contact more often, and conflicts occur. Elephants sometimes raid farmers' fields and damage their crops – affecting the farmers' livelihoods – and may even kill people. Elephants are sometimes killed in retaliation.
With human populations continuing to grow across their range, habitat loss and degradation will remain major threats to elephants' survival.
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The beauty of the burrito is that it's customizable. You are allowed to stuff it with whatever you could possibly imagine (well, with whatever you have left in your fridge). This burrito recipe is intended to help you learn the basic construction, so you can go off and make use of all the random ingredients you have lurking in your kitchen.
Here's the only rule: when using a standard 8-inch tortilla, fill it with about 3/4 cup of ingredients. Otherwise, if you overload the tortilla, you'll end up with a floppy soft taco, rather than a cylindrical burrito. If you're hungry, then plan to make more than one burrito!
Despite it being homemade, a burrito, to me, doesn't feel like a burrito unless it's tightly wrapped in foil. Here are the benefits: the burrito retains heat for longer, the tortilla stays soft, and the whole thing stays intact. Eating is a breeze as you peel the foil down with each bite. Here's another tip: use a heat diffuser to reheat the burrito once it's constructed and wrapped in foil, since you can't microwave the foil, and warming in the oven takes too long. The stovetop is the quickest way to zap some heat into your burrito before you dig in.
The Anything-Goes Burrito
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- 1 8-inch flour tortilla
1/4 cup sharp white cheddar cheese, shredded
1/4 cup black beans, drained, and heated
2 tablespoons guacamole
1 tablespoon salsa, like tomatillo salsa, as pictured
1 jalapeño, sliced thin
- Optional ingredients (not pictured)
Leftover rice
Leftover protein, sprinkled with taco seasoning
Fried egg
Sour cream
Sautéed onion and bell peppers
Roasted corn
Iceberg lettuce
- In a large sauté pan (or on a heat diffuser), heat a tortilla on high heat for 30 seconds on each side. Transfer tortilla to a large cutting board. Add cheese to center of the burrito, leaving at least a one-inch border on each side of the tortilla; add beans, guacamole, salsa, and jalapeño.
- Fold top of burrito down toward you. Fold in sides of burrito, toward the center. Finally, wrap burrito tightly around itself.
- Using a large, square piece of foil, place burrito on the edge of the foil closest to you. Roll burrito and foil away from you, until burrito is completely covered. Pinch sides of the foil, and twist them into burrito to seal shut. Serve immediately.
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Since the company first launched back in January 2011, Piston Cloud has built a solid reputation within the OpenStack community. The company was founded by key individuals involved in the cloud market early on, folks like Joshua McKenty, former NASA Nebula chief technical architect; Christopher MacGown, former Rackspace luminary working on its Cloud Servers infrastructure cloud; and Gretchen Curtis, former communications director for the CTO office at NASA.
When many core OpenStack developers who worked on the original Nebula cloud project at NASA broke away, quite a few of them ended up joining McKenty at Piston Cloud to continue what they started.
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Piston Cloud quickly kicked into first gear with a Series A funding round of $4.5 million in June 2011; it followed up more recently in February 2013 with a Series B round of $8 million to reach its goal to further the natural evolution of the OpenStack project while focusing on meeting the needs of the enterprise.
This month, the company is ready to make good on that promise. Less than two weeks ago, the company delivered its turnkey Piston Enterprise OpenStack 2.0 distribution, created to provide an organization with a relatively easy way to start building and managing its own OpenStack cloud deployment.
According to the company, the new 2.0 release will allow for more available storage hardware options and less rigid software while moving to a more recent version of the OpenStack code. With this latest version, Piston Cloud is also targeting enterprise organizations that want to end their dependency on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and instead fulfill their own cloud needs internally.
Jim Morrisroe, CEO of Piston Cloud, said the company's software will allow an organization to take full advantage of OpenStack without the administrative complexity, so they can focus on building and deploying applications instead of spending time on their infrastructure.
Morrisroe continued, "Piston Enterprise OpenStack 2.0 is perfect for enterprise DevOps teams and AWS customers that want to reduce operating costs and dependencies with a private cloud solution, while maintaining the agility and scalable performance of a true cloud architecture."
Piston's Enterprise OpenStack 2.0 is based on an older version of OpenStack, the Folsom release that came out last September. The company decided to stick with the Folsom release rather than use the more recent Grizzly build of OpenStack, which reached general availability weeks ago. The reason for that, according to Piston Cloud: The company is aiming for a more production-level stability and reliability platform rather than forcing customers to live on the bleeding edge of technology.
It's also important to remember that while OpenStack forms the core of the Piston Cloud solution, there are many other important components that allow it to separate itself from the pack -- and let the company use the catchphrase, "more than just OpenStack."


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The 19-year-old Baruch College freshman who died of his injuries from a fraternity ritual during a trip to the Poconos had no alcohol or drugs in his system, according to a police affidavit.
Chun Hsien "Michael" Deng was brought to a hospital in the Poconos by several fraternity brothers early Sunday after he was hurt during the hazing ritual in which pledges were blindfolded, weighted down with bags of sand and knocked over repeatedly while trying to walk.
Deng had scratches on his left hip and buttocks area, a cut on his left wrist and bruising on his knees, the affidavit said. He also had major head trauma, and was placed on life support. He died the next day.
On Friday, the coroner ruled he died of head injuries due to blunt force trauma.
According to the affidavit, three students who first brought Deng to the hospital initially told police that the group was wrestling in the snow when Deng fell backwards and hit his head. The group said they brought him inside and laid him by the fire, but that he did not wake up.
In later interviews, the story emerged that Deng was actually injured during a Pi Delta Psi fraternity ritual.
One of the students told police that the pledges, while blindfolded and wearing weighted backpacks, were instructed to try to reach their pledge educator, as the other fraternity brothers tried to stop them.
The student said Deng was pushed during this process. It's unclear how he hit his head.
The Monroe County district attorney said Thursday that charges would likely be filed in the death, but had not completed the investigation.
Deng, who was from Queens, attended the elite Bronx High School of Science. A former classmate said he was "well-liked and smart."
The quote beneath his yearbook photo said: "If people are doubting how far you'll go, go so far that you can't hear them anymore."
The national president of the fraternity, Andy Meng, said the trip was "an unsanctioned event that was strictly prohibited by our organization," and the college has also said it was unaware of the trip.
Baruch said late Friday that it was still reviewing what happened, but was suspending the fraternity pending that review. Disciplinary action against the students is also being determined.


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Frank Harmon has won his fair share of accolades for design over the years. But no occasion evoked such a pointed reaction to his work as the judging of the entries for AIA North Carolina in 1999, when Harmon swept the competition by winning three out of four Honor Awards in his home state. On that day awards juror Max Protetch, the New York gallery owner, opened the concealed identification tucked into the submissions for three very accomplished, but very different, buildings by Harmon—and was stunned to learn of their common authorship. "I don't who this guy is," Protetch reputedly said, "but he's either a genius or a schizophrenic."
Harmon, 63, lets go an easy laugh as he tells the story. "I'm quite comfortable with that," he allows, noting how his diverse body of work illustrates an important lesson he learned from his mentor a quarter century ago: The best buildings grow from the individual needs of the client, if only you take time to listen. "He let me know it was all right to start afresh every time." (More about that mentor later.) By accepting such simple truths, Harmon—an affable teacher-practitioner—has made his own way through a career that took many turns early on. Over time, he found his comfort zone in a modernism that eschews self-reference—and instead draws its strength from a responsiveness to the site and client and a fondness for the sensual characteristics of light, materials, and color. In recognition of the standard of excellence Harmon has set and maintained, Frank Harmon Architect, Raleigh, N.C., is the residential architect Firm of the Year for 2005.
size matters Like many architects, Harmon started his practice with a desire to build big and "important" buildings. But he made a decision about 12 years ago to focus more on houses. "Up until then, my firm had been doing mostly office buildings, museums, and galleries. At the time, we had one or two very large projects. I woke up one morning and thought, 'Gosh, if one of those projects went away, our firm would be in big trouble.' That's the way that I began to develop more small projects. It's a way that we could work on design ideas at a smaller scale that would be applicable to larger buildings as well."
Scattered around an industrial loft building that once housed electrical hardware, Harmon and his staff of five work in a casual setting that very much resembles a university architecture studio. The firm has been as large as 10, but Harmon says he likes the present size because it allows him more involvement. His wife, Judy, runs her landscape architecture practice under the same roof, working off to one side near the plate-glass storefront.
"It's very important that we all work in one room," says Harmon, who used to organize his practice like the mammoth New York firm where he once worked. But one day while doing studio crits at nearby North Carolina State University, he realized he could train better architects and cultivate a more productive atmosphere if he gave his employees greater responsibility for their projects. The system has worked well: "I know what's going on with everybody, they know what's going on with everybody, and we all have mutual interaction," he says.
Residential projects comprise between one-third and two-thirds of the workload in Harmon's office. Some are single-family houses; others are modest additions. But they all share an instinctive relationship to their natural surroundings. "There is a strong relationship between the indoors and the outdoors," he says. "The craft of how they are made and finished is very evident. The materials are usually natural and things you would want to touch. And they are usually colorful—I love to use color."
learning curve Born in Georgia, Harmon was still a child when his family moved to North Carolina. It was a sizable family—four kids in a small house with a demanding mother watching over the brood. "As a result, I spent a lot of time out of doors," Harmon says. "It was easier for me to be in the woods following the streams."
On the day he discovered architecture, Harmon was sitting in his eighth grade English class gazing across the street. "I saw this wonderful old house—one of those big wood-frame houses with porches all around it. And I remember wondering, 'How did a house like that get built?'" Soon he learned about the existence of architects, and decided that it was the path he would follow. It wasn't the easiest thing, he says. His mother wanted him to be a doctor.
When the time came, Harmon enrolled in the design school at N.C. State. After two years, he moved to London to study at the Architectural Association School of Architecture, where he encountered a different approach to architecture. The faculty—including personalities such as James Stirling, Nikolaus Pevsner, and Kenneth Frampton—were an inspiring lot. "The thing about the AA was that everybody who taught there was an architect," he says. "That made the difference for me, as opposed to most American universities, where the teachers are academics. I loved that, because I'm an architect who likes the real making of things."