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Food for thought!
For 80 years the Brown, Newsom, Pelosi, and Getty families have ruled over the State of California. Turning it into the economic and social disaster that we see today.
And in On October 1, 2016, right before Donald Trump won the election, President Obama transferred full control of the internet from the U.S. Government, to an independent California non-profit organization called ICAAN.
In a cyberwar scenario, the U.S. government may not have control over the internet.
Political shakeup looms in California
LOS ANGELES — The rumblings are early but unmistakable: A political earthquake is — finally — headed to California.
For decades now, Democrats and Republicans here have experienced statewide politics as an interminable waiting game, thanks to a gang of 70- and 80-somethings from the Bay Area who have dominated government for a generation.
In a state famed for its youth and vitality, home to Hollywood and the Silicon Valley gospel of economic "disruption," boasting an ultra-diverse population that presaged the country's larger ethnic transformation — California's leadership looks much the same as it did in the late 20th century.
( PHOTOS: Dianne Feinstein's career)
Rising stars in both parties have come and gone, but the state's chief power players have remained the same: Jerry Brown, California's 76-year-old governor, is running for reelection this year to a post he first won in 1974. The two senators — Barbara Boxer, 73, and Dianne Feinstein, 81 — have held their jobs since the early 1990s.
The most prominent member of the congressional delegation, 74-year-old House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, started out as chairwoman of the California Democratic Party when Ronald Reagan was president. The current party chairman, 81-year-old John Burton, is a former congressman who first went to Washington in the 1974 post-Watergate revolution.
But at long last, change is afoot in the Golden State.
Democrats here — along with a few tenacious Republicans — say there's a palpable sense that a changing-of-the-guard moment is approaching. It has already begun in some places, with the retirements of several long-tenured federal lawmakers and the defeat of 16-term Democratic Rep. Pete Stark in a 2012 primary.
( Also on POLITICO: 'Six Californias' plan moves forward)
For the most part, members of the under-50 crowd in California politics aren't taking shots at their elders. On the contrary, they praise them for their steady leadership of an often-troubled state even as they brace for a shakeup that may be as few as two years away.
"We've had great leadership in Washington and also in Sacramento lately. But look to the next eight, 10 years — it's going to be a generational shift. The Gen X-ers are going to take over in California," said Santa Barbara Mayor Helene Schneider, a 43-year-old Democrat.
Longtime Democratic consultant Garry South called it "ironic" that in a state "viewed as a hip trendsetter for the rest of the nation, we've got this cast of septuagenarians and octogenarians."
"I mean, even Catholic bishops have to retire at 75," South said. "We've got such an aging leadership in our party when there's so much bright young talent on our bench. It's only a matter of time before the torch is passed."
( Also on POLITICO: California GOP seeks new blood)
The elections this year in California look mostly like a status quo affair: Brown is expected to easily win another term . Neither of the U.S. senators is up for reelection. The hottest statewide race may be a down-ballot contest for superintendent of education that has become a proxy fight between teachers unions and heavily funded reform groups.
Yet the buildup of talent on the Democratic bench means it's only a matter of time before the state witnesses a genuine free-for-all among feisty younger officeholders. At the latest, that'll come in 2018, when Brown would run up against the state's two-term limit on governors; it could happen even sooner if Boxer were to retire in 2016. What's more, new term limits promise to shake loose entrenched members of the Legislature and start to bring new faces to Sacramento as early as next year.
The names regularly circulated for the next big statewide race include state Attorney General Kamala Harris (49), Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom (46), former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (61) and his successor, 43-year-old Eric Garcetti.

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Lazarus Dodson was born in 1795, probably in what is now Hawkins County, Tennessee, to Lazarus Dodson Sr. and his wife, Jane, whose name we don't know.
The Dodson family had settled on land on what is now Dodson Creek in Hawkins County by 1787, before Tennessee was even a state. Hawkins County was formed in 1787 in what was then North Carolina from Sullivan and Greene Counties, although the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia, on Hawkins County's north border, remained in dispute for years. Dodson Creek was on the south side of the Holston River, so safely in North Carolina.
Dodson Creek
Charles Campbell and his sons, John and George also lived on Dodson Creek. John Campbell, born about 1782, married Jane "Jenny" Dobkins, the daughter of Jacob Dobkins who lived just down the road near White Horn.
The Campbell and Dodson families lived near Dodson's Ford, located at the mouth of Dodson Creek near the power plant today. The Dodson homestead would have been on the high ground, approximately at the location of 621 Old Tennessee 70, while the ford itself crossed the river, just above that location. The land between the homestead and the river was low and prone to flooding.
This beautiful scene overlooks both the Campbell and Dodson lands from a vantage point across the Holston River. Their lands are directly behind, beneath and beside the power plant. This is beautiful country.
Raleigh Dodson, the father of Lazarus Dodson Sr. manned and owned the ferry crossing the Holston River at Dodson Ford.
The road from Old Prussia Road to where the ferry crossed no longer exists today, but if you extend the line along Dodson Creek from the intersection of Old Tennessee 70 and Old Prussia Road along the west side of Dodson's Creek, crossing the river near Arnott's Island, that's the general path.
According to local history, this was also the Great War Path, and the Indians used to camp at the mouth of Dodson's Creek, in the area not plowed today. Locals find artifacts and firepits there.
It probably looks much the same today as it did then, except for the fields.
Bull's Gap was the next major stop and it was about 12 miles on south, just past White Horn. Everyone traveled these main roads, and everyone, including Jacob Dobkins and his daughters would stop at Raleigh Dodson's house (and probably tavern/store) after crossing the river.
In 1797, Lazarus Dodson Sr. moved to the White Horn branch of Bent Creek, very near Jacob Dobkins.
Claiborne County, Tennessee
Around 1800, this entire group of families moved from Hawkins County to what would become Claiborne County in 1801, including Jacob Dobkins, John and George Campbell along with their Dobkins wives and Lazarus Dodson and his wife, Jane. John Campbell would have married Jane "Jenny" Dobkins about 1795 and George's brother, married Jane's sister, Elizabeth Dobkins, about the same time – both daughters of Jacob Dobkins. Lazarus Dodson Sr. was a neighbor. He could have been otherwise related, by virtue of his wife, Jane, whose surname is unknown. We also don't know the surname of Raleigh Dodson's wife. There seems to be some connection to the Lea family, both in Virginia and in Tennessee. These early pioneer families could well have been related before moving to Dodson Creek.
Lazarus Dodson Jr. would have been about 5 years old when his parents moved to Claiborne County. Lazarus probably attended school in the same one room building that also functioned as a church on his father's land.
That church still exists today, on the banks of Gap Creek, on land owned by Lazarus.
In Claiborne County, Jacob Dobkins, John Campbell and George Campbell settled not terribly far from each other, but Lazarus Dodson settled several miles away, just below the Cumberland Gap at Butcher Springs, shown on the Civil War map, below. The location of Cotterell is the farm sold to David C. Cotrell by Lazarus Dodson in 1833 and confirmed in 1861. Present day Tiprell Road was called Gap Creek Road at that time, and Back Valley Road runs southwest from Patterson's Smith Shops which is the intersection of 25E and Back Valley Road Today
In the photo below, I'm standing in the Cottrell Cemetery located on the road just above the Cottrell home. In the photo, looking southeast, you can see the church standing today in the location of Patterson's Smith Shops.
Below, the same cemetery, but looking west over Lazarus's land.
Today, Lincoln Memorial University, in the background below, owns the cemetery as well as part of the original Dodson land.
Does one of the many fieldstones mark the grave of Elizabeth Campbell, the wife of Lazarus Dodson, Jr.? Did he have children that died and were buried here – children that never lived long enough to be recorded in their grandfather, John Campbell's estate settlement papers in 1841?
As I stood in the cemetery the sweltering June day that we set Lazarus Dodson Sr.'s DAR marker, honoring his Revolutionary War Service, I couldn't help but wonder if this old tree had been young when Lazarus Dodson Jr. was a young boy, scampering through the fields here too.
On the map below, Lazarus Dodson Sr.'s land was located at 1595 Tiprell Road on the upper left, Jacob Dobkins lived on what is now Al Campbell Lane (ironically) and John Campbell's land was at the location with the red balloon on Little Sycamore Road. George Campbell's land was located near Jacob Dobkins', just slightly to the west.
Both Lazarus Dodson Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell, daughter of John Campbell and Jane "Jennie" Dobkins, would have grown up in Claiborne County, but how they managed to "court" at that distance is unknown. The identity of Jane, the wife of Lazarus Dodson Sr. might be a clue, but we don't know who she was. A church affiliation might be another clue, although Lazarus helped found Gap Creek Church near his home and Jacob Dobkins and John Campbell likely attended church at Big Springs in Tazewell or a smaller congregation closer to their home, if the now defunct church on Little Ridge behind John Campbell's house had yet been established at that time.
Regardless of how, Elizabeth Campbell and Lazarus Dodson Jr. did court, and did marry about 1818 or 1819, based on the birth date of March 1, 1820 for their oldest child.
Unfortunately, Lazarus Dodson Sr. and Lazarus Dodson Jr. are both functioning as adults in Claiborne County and they are difficult to tell apart. In 1819, Lazarus Dodson, presumably Sr., sells his land near the Cumberland Gap, but in 1826, Lazarus Dodson, presumably Jr., repurchases the same land. Families, family dynamics and politics have never been simple!
In May 1819 Lazarus Dotson and Abner Lea, both of Claiborne Co., sold to William Hogan of Lee Co., VA by $5000 bond a tract of 640 acres. This deed was witnessed by Martin Beaty, William Jones and David Dodson (Claiborne deed E-366). The deed does not say Lazarus Sr. or Jr., but there is no indication that Lazarus Jr. had purchased this land, so the presumption has to be that Lazarus Sr. sold the land he obtained in 1810. The witness David Dodson may be the one who moved to McMinn Co TN and was likely another son of Lazarus Sr.
Alabama Indian Trader
At one point in time, about 1819 or 1820, Lazarus and his wife, Elizabeth Campbell, went to Alabama. This was a somewhat confounding turn of events, until you consider the multiple pieces of evidence that indicate the involvement of the Dodson family with Indians.
The first piece of evidence is that Lazarus Dodson's father, Lazarus Sr., is reported in a later land survey to have been encamped with the Indians in what was then Sullivan and became Hawkins County, at the mouth of Richland Creek in the winter of 1781/1782.
The mouth of Richland Creek was located just above an island, as seen above. You can see, on the map below, that in 1787, Richland Creek was located deep in Indian Territory, about 50 miles east of Rogersville and another 40 or so south of Arthur which is located on the south end of Tiprell Road where Lazarus Dodson eventually settled.
Elisha Wallen, the longhunter and first white man to settle in this country, built a cabin near the mouth of Richland Creek in 1775, before he pulled up stakes and moved to Cumberland Gap, near where Lazarus settled about 1800.
There is no trace of the Indians or their encampment today. Lazarus wouldn't recognize it. I bet that island at the mouth of Richland Creek is full of artifacts, some of which could have been left by Lazarus Dodson.
Second, we find Lazarus's father, Raleigh settling on the Great War Path, in Hawkins County, where the Indians traveled and camped. Clearly, Lazarus Sr. know the Indians well. Keep in mind that we don't know who either Raleigh or Lazarus Sr.'s wives were.
The third piece of evidence is that Jesse Dodson, probably Lazarus's brother, is living inside the Indian boundary just beneath the Cumberland Gap in 1797. He was assessed for 1 white poll, but was then excused from tax when the Grainger Court released the Sheriff from the collection of taxes. At this time, the only people excused from taxes were Native people. This begs the question of whether Jesse was part Native and/or whether his wife was Native as well.
However, the failure to collect taxes may have been an issue of jurisdiction instead of heritage. Apparently these people were living beyond the treaty line on Indian land and were not within the jurisdiction of Grainger County. Claiborne County was not formed until 1801.
On the 1795 map below, you can see the Indian boundary line, just west of the Kentucky Road where it intersects with Cumberland Gap. This same Indian Boundary line is referenced in Lazarus Dodson's deeds. 560 of the 640 acres Lazarus owned of this land was conveyed to him in 1810 by Abner Lea, thought (but unproven) to be Lazarus's brother-in-law. The acreage amounts don't match, but keep in mind that two Claiborne County deed books, H and L, from this timeframe are entirely missing.
If this Jesse Dodson living beyond the Indian Boundary Line in 1797 is the son of Lazarus Sr., then he preceded his father to Claiborne County by a couple of years and may well have settled on the land where Lazarus eventually lived, which was indeed, just inside the Indian Boundary line and was originally Cherokee land. This might well explain why Lazarus selected the land that he did, given that the rest of the people he moved with settled several miles to the southeast in a group.
Jesse Dodson and Mary Stubblefield Dodson joined the Big Spring Baptist church in Tazewell "by experience" in March 1802. They received letters of dismissal from the church in Nov. 1805, but Jesse returned his letter in May 1806, indicating he had returned. Apparently in early 1807 Jesse got into a dispute with the church over a theological question which continued through Sept. 1807 when the question was dismissed. In Aug. 1808, Jesse was "excluded" from the church for "withholding from the Church". He is not again found in the records of Claiborne County. We know this Jesse Dodson is not the son of the Reverend Jesse Dodson whose son, Jesse Jr. was born in 1791. We otherwise don't know who this Jesse is, other than perhaps the Jesse who was living beyond the Indian Boundary Line in 1797 who was possibly the Jesse who was subsequently licenses to trade with the Indians. Yes, I know there are works like perhaps and possibly here, but this is the best we can do.
On June 20, 1811, Jesse Dodson was licensed to trade with Indian tribes in Madison Co., Alabama. Descendants of this man have the oral tradition that he was an Indian Trader. He was said to be the oldest son of a large family of boys. Once when the Indian trader returned from one trip and was preparing to leave on another, the father implored his older son to take along his younger brother. The trader refused, saying the boy was so inexperienced that he would be killed by Indians. The father was adamant and insisted, so the trader relented and took the boy along. He has killed by Indians before the trader's eyes. From then on there were hard feelings between the Indian Trader and his father. This is a tradition which may have grown with the telling over the generations, but there could be some grains of truth in the tale. If would certainly be interesting to know for sure if Jesse the Indian Trader is the son of Lazarus Dodson Sr.
Jackson County, Alabama
The land that became Jackson Co., Alabama was originally part of the Mississippi Territory and was occupied by the Cherokee until they gave it up by treaty on Feb. 27, 1819. It is certainly possible that Jesse Dodson, Indian Trader of the Mississippi Territory, was a son of Lazarus Dodson, Sr., who, himself was camping with the Indians in the winter of 1781/1782. Indeed, Lazarus Sr. did appear to have a family of mostly boys and the name Raleigh is conspicuously absent from a list of descendants, perhaps indicating a death.
1819 is also the year that Lazarus Dodson Sr. sold his Claiborne County land and when several of his children apparently went to Alabama.
I don't know if this has anything to do with why Lazarus went to Alabama, but it can't be ignored either.
Andrew Jackson was Major General in the Tennessee Militia. He was ordered to New Orleans to fight the British in January 1813. He was ordered to disband his troops (2500) and return to Tennessee when he reached present day Natchez, Mississippi. No pay or provisions for his men and they had to forage their way back 500 miles to Tennessee. Some people stayed in Alabama. Jackson returned and defeated the Creek Indians (Red Sticks) at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend on May 27, 1814. The Indians were forced to cede 23,000,000 acres to the Federal Government. Mississippi became a State in 1817 and Alabama in 1819. Many of the militia from Tennessee returned to Tennessee, packed up their belonging, and returned with their families in two wheel carts to "Squat" on the Indian Lands in Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. The squatters were given title to the lands by the States. Some of the "Civilized" Creeks were also allowed to "keep" their lands.
I checked land records maintained by the state and the BLM and find no Lazarus Dodson. However, there are many entries for Dodson men during and after this time.
I initially discounted the oral history that Lazarus had gone to Jackson County, Alabama, but his son, John Campbell Dodson shows that he was born in Alabama repeatedly – in the 1850 census, in the 1860 census and on his Civil War papers.
Lazarus Dodson Jr. was just slightly too young to be involved in the War of 1812, having been born in 1795, and his father Lazarus Sr., probably slightly too old, having been born about 1760. I did check Kentucky's War of 1812 veterans, just to be sure, given that Lazarus Jr. lived there from about 1833 until his death in 1861 – and there is no listing for Lazarus Dodson by any spelling.
Return From Alabama
Elizabeth Campbell Dodson died sometime between 1827 when the last child was born and 1830 when the Dodson children are living with their Campbell grandparents.
Lazarus Dodson is once again active in Claiborne County, beginning in 1826 (according to an 1826 deed that may have been "doctored" and wasn't registered until 1829) but consistently from mid-1827 through 1833 when Lazarus sells his land to David Cotterell and apparently moves to Pulaski County, Kentucky. By this time, Lazarus Dodson Sr. has died, so we know the Lazarus after 1826 is Lazarus Dodson Jr. who had married Elizabeth Campbell and later, Rebecca Freeman.
If Elizabeth died in Alabama, the reason for Lazarus's return is evident. What was Lazarus to do with 4 children under the age of 7 or 8? Elizabeth may have died after returning to McMinn or Claiborne County. If so, she died before 1830 when the children were living with their grandparents.
Truthfully, I suspect that Elizabeth died after Lazarus returned to Tennessee. Otherwise, if Elizabeth had born a child in 1827 and died shortly thereafter, I suspect the child would have died too. Who would have nursed that child during the 200 mile, or minimum 10 day trip, from Alabama to Claiborne County, TN? Lazarus obviously couldn't.
Cumberland Gap, Again
In 1826 Lazarus Dodson Sr.'s estate is being referenced in the September McMinn County court notes where Lazarus (Jr.) is one of several "gardeans of the estate" of Lazarous Dodson, deceased.
Abner Lea and Others Obligation to William Dodson: State of Tennessee McMinn County. Know all men by these presents that the Abner Lea and Oliver Dodson and Eligha (sic) Dodson and William Dodson and Jessee Dodson and Lazrus Dodson and held and firmly bound in the penal sum of two thousand dollars which payment will and freely to be maid now(?) and each of us do bind our selves our heirs executor and administrators to the abounded signed sealed and delivered this day and date above written. This is our obligation is as such that has the above abound to appoint Abner Lea and Oliver Dodson to be the gardeans [guardians] of the estate of Lazarous Dodson dc'd also we authorize the said Abner Lea and Oliver Dodson to make to William Dodson a deed of Conveyeance to the part of land granted to the said William Dodson North East Quarter of Section 11 Township 5 Range first east of the meridian. Also that we confirm the sale made on the 13 day of May 1826 we also agree to give unto the heirs of David Dodson a certain piece or parcel of land designated to David Dodson by Lazarus Dodson dec'd be it further understood that this is to be there part and all that they are entitiled to by us, where unto we have set our hand and quill this 11 day of September 1826. Abner Lea, Oliver Dodson, Eligha Dodson, Lazarous Dodson, Jesse Dodson
Witnesses: Landford and Rhodes William Dodson
In Sept. 1826, William Hogan living in McMinn Co., TN. sold to Lazarus Dodson and John Pace of Claiborne Co., for $3500, a tract of 640 acres adjoining Peter Huffakers field, a compromise line between Hogan, Aaron Davis and William Jones, excepting four acres heretofore conveyed to the said Huffaker and two acres donated by Hogan to the Baptist Church, including the meeting house and also a donation to the Trustees of the Washington School, including the schoolhouse. This deed was not certified by oath in Claiborne County court until April term of 1829 and not registered until October 20, 1829. This is registered in Claiborne County on pages 285 and 286.
This has to be Lazarus Jr. since Lazarus Sr. is dead and this land appears, based on earlier and later deeds, to be the original land that Lazarus Sr. owned. Did Lazarus Jr. repurchase his father's land because of sentimental reasons, or because it was a great deal? Maybe some of both? Was this land still in the family. Was Hogan related? If so, how? So many questions!
On June 4, 1827, Lazerus Dodson made a deed of mortgage to Augustine P. Face (Pace) in McMinn County, but the land was located in Claiborne County, TN. (McMinn County Court Minutes, B/124)
At the October Claiborne County court session in 1829, the Sheriff, John Hunt, and Luke Tierman, a merchant from Baltimore, Maryland registered a judgement recovered by Daniel Rogers against Willliam Hogan. This judgment went up for auction and was specifically stated to be "the very tract of land William Hogan then lived on and the same he bought of Lazarus Dodson." This was sold at auction with Tierman winning the land for $5 and then Sheriff Hunt conveys the 540 acres to John Tierman.
This photo is taken on Tiprell Road looking north towards the mountain on the land that was owned by Lazarus.
This land is quite beautiful on up the mountain a bit. Gap Creek runs alongside the road.
Older Cottrell descendants indicate that Lazarus's barn and perhaps a log structure (home?) was located in what is now this clump of trees, in the clearing to the right, just beneath the location of the Cottrell home on the Civil War map. The cemetery, as the crow flies, is just on the other side of the trees on the top of the hill, but you can't get there from Tiprell Road today.
Given where the Civil War fighting occurred, this scene looks bucolic today, but it certainly wasn't then. Lazarus didn't live long enough to know about the fighting that would take place during the Civil War on the land he and his father once owned, but his daughter Rutha Dodson's husband, John Y. Estes, would fight on these very grounds.
I don't know, but I'm guessing that somehow Lazarus Dodson is connected to William Hogan, given the multiple appearances of Hogan and Lazarus Dodson Sr. and Jr. together. Furthermore, it looks like there may have been something "funny" going on with this 1826 Dodson/Hogan land transaction that was not registered until 1829 at the same court session where Rogers judgment and Tierman's auction winning of the land, somehow intertwined, are also registered.
How was this ever resolved, with two men, Tierman and Lazarus Dodson both appearing to own the exact same land? I'll never know, but it does not appear to have gone to court again. Given the agrarian economy where almost everything seems to have been litigated, that in and of itself is amazing.
In 1827 Lazarus appears in the Claiborne County court minutes for the June session as the security for Andrew Chumbly in the case the State vs Andrew Chumbly. Thereafter Lazarus appears in the court minutes, serving as juror in September 1827, sued for debt by Moses Ball in March 1828 (Ball was awarded damages in Sept. 1828), ordered to a road jury in Dec 1829, serving as juror in March 1830, as constable in March 1831, after which Lazarus Dodson's name disappears from court records until March 16, 1835 when John Hunt, sheriff and collector of public taxes lists Lazarus Dodson on his list of "persons being removed out of my county or insolvent so their poll tax cannot be collected for the year 1833 or 1834".
Based on an 1861 deed, we know that Lazarus Dodson sold the land on present day Tiprell Road to David C. Cotterell in 1833.
1861, May 6 – Lazrous (sic) Dodson formerly of Claiborne Co, TN but now of Pulasky Co. KY to David C. Cotterell for $100 "to me the said Lazarous Dodson paid in the year 1833 having then sold to David Cotterell a tract of land on Gap Creek known as the Robert Chumbley land who had entered said land and sold and assigned said entry over to me and when the grant issued it came out in said Chumley's name and afterwards was assigned by my request to said Cotterell"…beginning at a white oak two poles below Walker's line, crossing Gap Creek, etc…his mark Lazarus Dodson. Wit Lewis Chumbley, Andrew Chumbley Ack May 6, 1861 by Lazarus Dodson by appearance before James Allcorn, clerk of Court in Pulaksi Co., KY. Registered Oct 13 1870 Claiborne Co., TN
Note that the above item took place just 5 months before Lazarus died.
If Lazarus Jr. bought the land in 1826 for $3500, why did he sell it for $100 in 1833? Or was this only a portion of what was sold? Where is the deed for the rest? Is that deed in the lost deed books? The indexes remain, but they don't show this land sale.
This survey shows Robert Chumley's 100 acres of land.
The name of Lazarus Dodson is on a list of free male inhabitants, 21 and upwards, of Claiborne County in 1833.
The foregoing records suggest that Lazarus was living in Claiborne Co., in 1830, though he is not found there on census records for that year, or anyplace else for that matter. It is possible he lived in the household of another family, although at that time one could not serve on a jury if you weren't a while male landholder over the age of 21. If Lazarus owned his own land, and we know he did, then why wasn't he listed on the census?
The following records indicate that Lazarus left the county again for a few years beginning in 1833, returning to marry his second wife, Rebecca Freeman, on June 29, 1839.
On to Kentucky
In 1835, we find a Hawkins County record that states that Lazarus is not a resident of the State of Tennessee.
May 7, 1835 – John A. McKinney vs David C. Cotterall, John Pace and Lazarus Dodson – the def John Pace and Lazarus Dodson are not residents of this state…ordered that they make appearance at Rogersville on the first Monday of Nov next term or complaintants bill will be taken pro confesso and a copy of order to be published in the Abington newspaper and on motion of said complainant leave is given him to take depositions of the def, Dodson subject however to all just exceptions.
Nov. 3, 1835 – they failed to appear.
Sept. 18, 1837 – ord by court that the clerk and master ascertain the amount if interest due on $87.50 being half the amount of the obligation executed by the def John Pace and Lazarus Dodson to the complainant.
Sept. 1837 – cause came for final hearing by responses made that Cottrell by an agreement made with the compl pending this suit has assumed to pay the sum of $100 which at that time was half of the obligation and he was bound to do with as the foot of the agreement with Pace and further that Dodson is liable to pay the complainant the remaining half of said obligation with interest in the amount of $118.56 with interest from this date until paid.
In 1839, Lazarus Dodson married Rebecca Freeman in Claiborne County. I wonder if he married someone else in-between Elizabeth Campbell and Rebecca Freeman. In that time and place, being single for several years is indeed unusual.
Lazarus Dodson and Rebecca Freeman Dodson have not been located on the 1850 census. They are not on the census of Pulaski Co., KY that year. The children of Lazarus and Elizabeth Campbell Dodson appear to have been raised after Elizabeth's death by their Campbell grandparents. Lazarus, their father, left the area by about 1833, when the youngest child was only 6 years old, but these children were clearly raised in Claiborne County, married there and established homes.
I wonder what prompted Lazarus to move to Pulaski County, Kentucky, and if it had anything to do with the Hawkins County suit and the two years back taxes owed? Was Lazarus flying below the radar, as best one could in that time and place?
If he was living in Kentucky, how did he meet and marry Rebecca Freeman in 1839 in Claiborne County? There are far more questions about Lazarus's life than we have answers.
John Campbell's Death
In 1838, Lazarus Dodson's former father-in-law died. Since Elizabeth Campbell, Lazarus's first wife was also deceased, her portion fell to Lazarus and Elizabeth's children.
In 1839, Lazarus is listed as receiving settlement from the estate of his father-in-law John Campbell.
In 1841 Wiley Huffaker was appointed by the court of Claiborne Co. as guardian of the minor heirs of Lazarus Dodson and of Elizabeth Dodson, decd. This was relative to the settlement of the estate of Elizabeth's father, John Campbell, who died in 1838. The children received land, slaves and cash from their grandfather's estate which was first rented and then sold for their benefit. The guardianship records continue until Dec. 1845 when the final settlement was made with Lasrus Dotson, the youngest heir, who would be Lazarus the third. This also confirms the birth year of Lazarus (the third) as 1827, given that he would have turned 18 in 1845.
Lazarus and Elizabeth's children's names were taken from the records relative to the estate of John Campbell, their grandfather, when a guardian was appointed for them relative to their inheritance. The children of Lazarus Dodson Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell were:
- Ruthy Dodson, born March 1, 1820 who married John Y. Estes in 1841 in Claiborne County, died in 1903 and is buried in the Venable Cemetery in Little Sycamore.
- John Campbell Dodson, born 1820-1821 in Alabama, married Barthenia Dobkins in 1839 in Claiborne County and died after 1860.
- Nancy Ann Dodson born about 1821, married James S. Bray in 1840 in Claiborne County and died between 1852 and 1860.
- Lazarus Dobkins Dodson was born in 1827 (between 1822-1828 according to the census,) married Elizabeth H. Carpenter in 1845 in Claiborne County and died in 1885 in New Madrid County, Missouri.
One More Child?
Mary Dodson was living with Lazarus and Rebecca in the 1860 census. Her birth predates Lazarus's marriage to Rebecca by 8 years. Was she a child of a wife between Elizabeth Campbell and Rebecca Freeman? Did Lazarus have a second wife we know nothing about?
Mary Dodson died sometime after 1860 and is not found in the Kentucky death records.
While Mary's birth in 1831 is before Lazarus's marriage to Rebecca in 1839, Mary is not listed in the estate settlement for Elizabeth Campbell, so she is clearly not Elizabeth's child. It's possible that Mary is not Lazarus's child at all. We have no further information about Mary, and she remains a mystery.
Lazarus's Death
Kentucky implemented very early death records, although they are fragmented and often incomplete.
However, we are fortunate that Lazarus is listed (last row, above), and his death record provides both his birth year AND his parents' names! Well, except for his mother's surname, of course. We're not THAT lucky!
Lazarus Dotson or Dodson is listed as white, age 66, male, married, a farmer and died on October 5, 1861 of "breast disease." He was born in 1795 in Virginia and both resided and died in Pulaski County, Kentucky. His parents were Lazarus Dodson and Jane, both born in Virginia.
In a female, I would presume breast disease to be breast cancer, but in a male, breast disease is a bit of a mystery.
What Needs to be Done?
We don't know where Lazarus is buried, nor do we know where he lived. Deed work, which might identify where Lazarus lived, has not been done in Pulaski County. We also don't know if he had a will, probate or inventory records.
I contacted the Pulaski County Historical Society, hoping I could hire a researcher to do the deed work for me, with no luck. If anyone has any Pulaski County genealogy resources, either books or feet on the ground, please let me know.
Deed and records research in Pulaski County isn't the only missing piece of the puzzle.
To date, no male Dodson from this line has Y DNA tested. If you're a male Dodson from this line, please get in touch with me. I have a DNA testing scholarship for you!
However, just because we don't have the Dodson Y DNA doesn't mean we are dead in the water entirely. Let's see what autosomal DNA can tell us about Lazarus.
I have one cousin who descends from this line, through one of Lazarus Jr.'s children. She is my only known cousin who descends through another child of Lazarus Jr.. I have several cousins who descend from the same child that I do.
One of the challenges faced in this particular line is that Jacob Dobkin's daughters, Jennie and Elizabeth, married Campbell brothers, John and George, respectively.
At least's it's widely accepted that John Campbell and George Campbell were brothers, both sons of Charles Campbell, from a variety of relatively convincing but less than cast-in-concrete evidence. What we don't have, and probably never will have, is exact proof that John and George were brothers.
John and George Campbell's Y DNA matches, but that's not proof they were brothers, only that they share a common ancestor someplace back in time. Since they married sisters, one could expect the descendants of both men (and their Dobkins wives) to share at least some DNA.
This happens to be important because we have autosomal DNA from descendants of George Campbell and Elizabeth Dobkins as well, but because brothers married sisters, we can't use the DNA from the George Campbell line to differentiate the DNA of the John Campbell descendants. Nor can we use the fact that these descendants match to prove that George and John were brothers, because we know they married sisters, which could be why the DNA from descendants of both lines matches.
Nothing frustrating about this, right???
The cousin, Mary, that descends from Lazarus Dodson Jr. and Elizabeth Campbell through their youngest child, Lazarus, matches me on four locations of 5 cM or greater.
This is pretty exciting. You can see the orange segments on the chromosome browser below.
Given that we match on 4 segments, I was very hopeful that some of my DNA and Mary's would triangulate with another known cousin, but it didn't, except for my half-sister's granddaughter, which is a relative too close for meaningful triangulation.
Triangulation, of course, is when three different cousins who descend from the same ancestor have DNA in common, meaning that all three match each other on the same segment. This indicates that the DNA segment descends from that common ancestor.
Since my DNA doesn't triangulate, are there perhaps other pieces of Campbell and Dobkins DNA that still exist in descendants and can be proven to come from these ancestors?
The Power of Cousins
While Mary is the only cousin descended from Lazarus Dodson and Elizabeth Campbell, through another child, there are LOTS of other cousins who are descended through the same child of Lazarus Dodson and Elizabeth Campbell that I descend from through daughter Ruthy Dodson. Additionally, one cousin, William P. descends through George Campbell and Elizabeth Dobkins.
I manage a number of kits for cousins. I've downloaded their matches and sorted to see which of the various cousins might match Mary.
Lo and behold, look at this! Jackpot!
Several cousins match Mary, and look, several segments in the red squares, triangulate between cousins, and Mary, as well. We know this is either Campbell, Dodson or Dobkins DNA, we just don't know which. Even removing the Dodson DNA, hypothetically, without people who descend from either the Dobkins line, but not the Campbell line, or vice versa, there is no way to tell which is which.
Of the cousins above, William P. descends from George Campbell and Elizabeth Dobkins, while the balance all descend from Ruthy Dodson Estes. Those segments that triangulate between William P. and anyone else MUST be from the Campbell/Dobkins lineage, and not the Dodson line, because William P. does not descend from the Dodson line.
Therefore, the triangulated match on chromosome 2 between Mary, Iona and William P. descends through the Campbell/Dobkins line and not Lazarus Dodson. Not only that, but it's a huge segment of 44 cM for double 4th cousins that has descended for five generations. Unfortunately, we just proved that this isn't Lazarus's DNA, but the rest could be.
Stacy's match to Mary, Carol and Charlene on chromosome 12 is quite interesting. Let's take a look.
Stacy is my half-sister's granddaughter, so the common ancestor between Stacy and me is my father. In this case, we know unquestionably that my father carried the portion of chromosome 12 that Stacy carries, but that I did not inherit that segment. This tells me that I inherited DNA from my father's mother's side on that segment. That's useful to know, even if it is via the back door through process of elimination.
Obviously, Carol, Mary and Charlene inherited that segment from their common ancestor(s). Both Carol and Charlene descend from Ruthy Dodson Estes through her son, Lazarus Estes. Carol and Charlene's lines diverge at Lazarus, but Charlene descends from my father's brother.
While the chart above shows that Mary, Stacy, Charlene and Carol all 4 received the same segment of Elizabeth Campbell or Lazarus Dodson's green DNA on chromosome 12, it doesn't really show the full effect.
We know that all of these family members in green inherited this exact same DNA segment, and passed it along to the bottom generation. In this group, I'm the odd person out – having not received the green DNA from my father, while my sister did.
While these are not my matches that happen to triangulate, they are indeed my cousins and this triangulated DNA is that of my ancestors that I just don't happen to carry.
Thank goodness for the power of cousins and the staying power of DNA for 7 proven generations!!!
A Mystery Man
Despite being able to piece some of Lazarus Dodson's life together, we have gaping holes and many unanswered questions. I just have the feeling that there is a very big piece of Lazarus's life missing, some key event or cornerstone element – possibly surrounding the property beneath Cumberland Gap at Butcher Springs. If we had that piece of information, perhaps the rest would fall into place and make sense.
Was his marriage license to Elizabeth Campbell lost in Claiborne County? That's certainly possible.
When did Lazarus go to Alabama, and why? How long did he stay?
Did Elizabeth die in Alabama or back in Tennessee? In McMinn County or Claiborne?
Why did Lazarus repurchase his father's land in 1826, or 1829?
What was going on with that land transaction? There are certainly some oddities.
What relationship did Lazarus have with the Pace, Hogan and Lea families?
What about that lawsuit in Hawkins County he never showed for?
If he sold his land when he left, in 1833, why did he have unpaid taxes in 1835 for 1833 and 1834?
Why did Lazarus leave his children in Tennessee with their grandparents when he left for Kentucky about 1833? His oldest would have been 13 and his youngest about 6.
For that matter, why did he leave his children with their Campbell grandparents by 1830, and where was he in 1830?
Who is Mary Dodson born in 1831? Who was her mother?
Did Lazarus have a second wife between Elizabeth Campbell and Rebecca Freeman that we know nothing about?
Did Lazarus ever pay what was owed according to the court in 1837, or is that perhaps part of the reason he went to Kentucky in the first place?
If Lazarus was living in Kentucky in 1839, how did he meet and marry Rebecca Freeman in Claiborne County, TN?
Where was Lazarus Dodson in the 1840 and 1850 census?
Why did Lazarus actually sign the deed in 1861? Was this a remnant of the "odd" land transactions surrounding that piece of ground on Tiprell Road that remained since 1826 or maybe even earlier, with his father in 1810 and 1819?
This leaves me with a feeling that there was something odd going on, and perhaps Lazarus Dodson was flying a bit beneath the radar. Perhaps Pulaksi County, Kentucky Records would be enlightening.
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We don't learn from the past. I don't mean "we don't learn from history". I mean we often don't even learn from our own past. Individual people might be smart, introspective, and level-headed, but if you zoom all the way out the aggregate behavior of the culture at large is that of a panicked reactionary simpleton.
When I was a kid we had this fad. Miniature 4×4 trucks. I don't know why. They were maybe the size of your average computer mouseNot that anyone knew what a computer mouse was. This was 1984, and I wouldn't see one for another five years.. The trucks were stupid. You put batteries in them and turned them on. In the commercials it portrayed them as being able to overcome any obstacle and just! keep! going! In practice they tended to flip over or spin their wheels if they were tasked with climbing over anything that wasn't specifically shown in the commercial.
One day a kid showed up in class with one of these things, and a month later half the kids had themBut not me. It wasn't a computer or a videogame, so I was never the slightest bit interested in them.. Two months later they vanished and I don't think I've seen one since.
The year before that it had been Scratch-n-Sniff stickers. Everyone had to have tons of Scratch-n-Sniff stickers stuck all over their elementary school accoutrements. The year before that it was puffy stickers and Rubik's Cubes. At some point friendship bracelets were momentarily a big deal. A bit later the Garbage Pail Kids collectible cards came out and every class began and ended with kids wheeling and dealing with each other to try and complete their set.
The reaction from the adults was invariant: Annoyance, outrage, and heavy-handed prohibition. Sooner or later they would get fed up with this New Thing and start banning it from classrooms or confiscating it if the items were found during class time. This often applied even if you had your work done. After all, you might distract other kids. If you're done early then just stare at the front of the room and try to avoid doing anything mentally stimulating, because think of the (other) children!.
The kids were always mystified by this crackdown. It obviously didn't have much of an impact on anyone's performance. Class clowns continued to clown whether or not a toy fad was going on. The A students continued to be A students and the poor students continued to do poorly. This cycle of petty hand-wringing and over-reaction always mystified us.
Now that generation – my generation – is all grown up. And then some. We run shit now. And here we are, acting like the screwball Baby Boomers that tormented us in the 80s.
The fad this month is apparently Fidget Spinners, and my generation is dutifully getting all worked up and banning it from schools because (of course) it's a distraction. So now all the news sites have to say something stupid about it. Last Friday's Penny Arcade strip isn't literally true, but it feels true to the spirit of the moment: A bunch of grownups acting like this month's toy is an alien invasion.
I kind of assumed that Baby Boomers behaved this way because they were the first to grow up in a world of fads driven by televised toy commercials. I'm sure the generations before them had fads too, but they probably weren't as widespread and they probably didn't focus so much on gadgets. But I'd hoped my own generation would see the pattern and develop some sense of perspective about this sort of thing. At the very least I thought maybe we wouldn't see it as newsworthy.
When I was young I always assumed the cycle of annoyance and moral panic on the part of adults was just a local problem. "Man, my teachers are jerks." But now I see it's some inescapable human behavior. The desire of administrators to impose order and routine is just as strong as the desire of children to seek novelty and stimulus.
Fidget Spinners look fascinating. I thought I'd get one as a gesture of solidarity with the beleaguered schoolchildren of the world.
But then I saw they were $15 on Amazon and I was like, "Nah".
[1] Not that anyone knew what a computer mouse was. This was 1984, and I wouldn't see one for another five years.
[2] But not me. It wasn't a computer or a videogame, so I was never the slightest bit interested in them.
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In case you haven't figured it out on your own yet, Italians love to party, and even if Christmas (or, as in my case, Hanukkah) has left us exhausted and bloated, we would never give up an opportunity to celebrate again – and here comes New Year's Eve!
As opposed to the religious holidays, New Year's Eve is usually spent with friends rather than family – which can translate into much wilder festivities! Over-the-top midnight fireworks welcome the new year in the center of most towns (Naples boasts one of the best), but people also tend to include firecrackers and sparklers in their private parties, which keeps the ERs quite busy., Talking about accidents, some places in the south follow the puzzling custom of throwing old things out the window to symbolically accept the freshness of the New Year: watch out for appliances such as washers and dryers around midnight!!!!
In Venice, where I grew up, people stick to safer games, such as playing Italian bingo (tombola), and perpetuate the suggestive tradition of wearing red underwear (for love, and good luck), hoping to be kissed under the mistletoe at midnight.
But what can't be missed is the breathtaking midnight celebration in St. Mark's Square, complete with fireworks, music, prosecco and bellini toasts, and exchanges of kisses at midnight. The most sophisticated make sure to by tickets for the spectacular Concerto at La Fenice Theater, while the adventurous take a chilling swim in the waters of the Venice Lido.
As always in Italy, food also plays a major role. Everybody seems to serve lentils, which, thanks to their coin-like shape, symbolize money for the coming year. The traditional dinner often includes a cotechino, a large pork sausage, or a zampone, stuffed pig's foot, which I am going to skip since I keep kosher – but you can check them out on my friends' websites, Memorie di Angelina and Academia Barilla (the idea is that the fat in pork also symbolizes wealth). Lastly, grapes, which everybody gorges on following the saying "eat grapes on New Year and count money the rest of the year", and the pomegranate, which is associated with abundance and fertility. From ancient Egypt and Greece, to Persia, to Judaism and Christianity, the Hindus and the Chinese, so many different cultures have seen the pomegranate as a symbol of prosperity, that it seems to me like the perfect choice for a celebration that in Italy today unites people of different backgrounds (much like the American Thanksgiving). In the Jewish tradition we also serve it on Rosh haShana, the Jewish New Year, as a symbol of prosperity and of all things good (our sages say that all its seeds represent the 613 commandments in the Torah). What a better way to ring in 2013 with high hopes of health, peace and love?
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- 1 pomegranate
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- 1/2 cup dry white wine or prosecco
- 1 sprig rosemary
- 1 lb ground turkey (if you are on a low-fat diet, ask for white meat only)
- 1 scallion, very finely minced
- 1 slice of bread, crust removed (for GF,1 medium mashed potato)
- 1 egg, beaten
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- 1/2 cup warm stock
- 1/2 cup coarsely chopped hazelnuts
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg or to taste
- 1/2 tsp salt or to taste
- 1/3 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp freshly chopped parsley
- 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
Instructions (prep time: 20-30 minutes; cooking time: 30 minutes; total time: about 1 hr)
Halve a pomegranate, and set aside the seeds. Press them with a potato masher to obtain about a cup of juice. Set aside.
In a heavy (or non-stick) saucepan or skillet, heat 1 tbsp olive oil and add a sprig of rosemary and 1 clove of garlic.When the garlic is golden brown, discard it and add ½ cup wine and the pomegranate juice to the pan. Season with salt and pepper and allow to thicken on low heat, stirring occasionally. Add the pomegranate seeds and cook for 2 more minutes.
Heat a tablespoon of olive oil in a small skillet, add the scallion or onion and cook until translucent, adding a little water if needed to prevent it from sticking or turning brown. Drain the scallion from the oil and let it cool. In the meantime, soak the bread in broth until soft, then drain, squeeze all the liquid out, and set aside. In a bowl, combine the ground turkey with the cooked scallion, the salt and pepper, parsley, drained bread (or mashed potato), nutmeg, egg; mix everything together, working quickly with your (if you are not on a low-sodium diet you can also add two slices of a natural salami, very finely minced). Allow to rest for two minutes until it firms up, making the mixture easier to shape. Only if necessary, add 1 tbsp bread crumbs: the mixture should be soft and wet. Shape into 1" to 1 ½" sized meatballs. Roll the meatballs into a dish filled with the hazelnuts and bread crumbs. Line a baking tray with a sheet of parchment paper. Brush or spray the parchment lightly with a small amount of high-quality extra-virgin olive oil (do not use baking sprays! Just transfer a good olive oil into a spray bottle). Thread the meatballs onto skewers (If you're using wooden skewers, soak them in water for 30 minutes before cooking or you'll cause a fire.)
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Maholm (3-2) allowed one run and three hits while improving to 1-5 with a 4.91 ERA in nine career starts against Los Angeles. The left-hander has won his last three outings after dropping his first two, allowing three runs over 18 1-3 innings during the streak.
Matt Kemp hit a run-scoring triple and scored on Andre Ethier's sacrifice fly to get Los Angeles within one in the eighth. But Kerry Wood got Juan Rivera to fly out to end the inning. Rafael Dolis then finished for his second save in three chances, taking advantage of his first opportunity since Carlos Marmol was removed from the closer's role.
David DeJesus and Alfonso Soriano each had three hits to help the Cubs bounce back from a disappointing loss at Cincinnati. Pinch-hitter Joe Mather homered in the sixth.
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The Cubs carried a 4-1 lead into the seventh but Ethier greeted James Russell with a leadoff double and scored on Hairston's two-out rope into right field. Hairston hustled around to third and A.J. Ellis followed with a walk against Shawn Camp, leaving runners on the corners.
But Camp responded by striking out pinch-hitter Bobby Abreu on four pitches in the veteran's first plate appearance with Los Angeles.
Maholm struck out four and walked none in his third consecutive sharp outing. Dee Gordon's sixth-inning comebacker appeared to plunk him on the right leg, but he remained in the game after a few warmup pitches.
Maholm became the first big league starter to win three straight games after a winless stretch of nine or more starts since Houston's Brett Myers last season, according to STATS, LLC. Maholm was 0-7 with a 7.03 ERA in nine previous starts before he beat Cincinnati on April 21.
Abreu signed with the Dodgers on Friday, insisting he was OK with a reserve role after years as a regular with the Angels, Philadelphia and the New York Yankees. He played left field.
NOTES: Dodgers president Stan Kasten spent some time in Los Angeles' dugout before the game, and said owner Mark Walter would be at the ballpark this weekend, too. Kasten was still fired up after the new ownership group officially took over the team earlier this week. "We expect to build a winning organization from top to bottom," he said. ... Dodgers RHP Ronald Belisario was in the bullpen for the first time since he was reinstated from the restricted list on Thursday after he served a 25-game suspension for violating baseball's drug policy. Los Angeles designed reliever Mike MacDougal for assignment to make room on the roster. ... Cubs 1B Bryan LaHair singled in the seventh inning to extend his streak of reaching safely to 22 consecutive games. ... Infielder Justin Sellers was optioned to the Triple-A Albuquerque to make room for Abreu on the roster.
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Located across the street from World Gym on Kamakee Street in the Ward area, Lucy's Lab is owned by real estate agent Lee Wang, who launched the desserterie as a way to indulge his passion for ice cream and science. He creates all the flavors from scratch, inventing new ones regularly. Wang opened the shop in dedication to his mom, Lucy, who passed away in 2012 from breast cancer. A portion of the shop's proceeds will be donated to various breast cancer charities.
Lucy's Lab offers wafer cones, sugar cones and cups, and the ice cream is sold for $1 per ounce. During our visit, we sampled all the flavors and menu items. Overall, we enjoyed the creamy texture of the ice cream, indicating a strong proportion of heavy cream or whole milk. The downside to this is that the ice cream will melt very quickly.
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Sea salted caramel: Very strong flavor, as if you're licking a spatula coated with sticky caramel. For those looking for something intensely sweet, this is for you.
Fruit Loops vodka: Another one of our favorites. Fruit Loops are whimsically mixed into a satisfying vanilla ice cream base with a hint of vodka. The liquor wasn't overpowering, and the three flavors were nicely balanced. But again, it may not be the best choice for kids with its strong alcohol flavor.
Tahitian vanilla: We were excited to try this after tasting the vanilla ice cream in the Fruit Loops vodka selection, but were disappointed with the lack of vanilla bean flavor.
Honey lavender: Much like the caramel, this was too sweet. The intense honey flavor masks any nuance the normally floral lavender would provide.
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The menu features two ice cream sandwiches ($4), a chocolate containing Nutella ice cream sandwiched between double fudge chocolate cake and a Tahitian vanilla between white cream pound cake. By far, we preferred the chocolate Nutella with its decadent chocolate flavor both in the cake and the ice cream. We demolished it while the Tahitian vanilla sat on the counter.
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Lucy's Lab Creamery's official grand opening will be held on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with a half-off special on the entire menu between 5-9 p.m.
There's no designated lot for the shop, although there is street parking along Kamakee and surrounding streets. The parlor is only a couple of blocks from Ward Centers and Ward Theatres.
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Ford Motor Co Chief Executive Alan Mulally this week was awarded performance bonuses worth nearly $12 million, Ford disclosed to U.S. regulators on Tuesday.
The amount Mulally makes from the shares depends on their value on the day he sells them. They were worth $11.7 million based on Tuesday's closing price of $12.88.
Ford also said Mulally received $7 million of shares that became fully vested this week, based on 2010 equity awards.
In addition, Mulally was awarded 745,526 shares in stock options with a strike price of $12.75 a share, which was Monday's closing price for Ford stock.
Ford filed documents with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday showing the stock awards for Mulally and other Ford executives.
Mulally, 67, has led the turnaround of the No. 2 U.S. automaker since he became chief executive of a then-struggling company in 2006.
Ford lost $30 billion between 2006 and 2008, and its share price reached $1.01 in late 2008. Last year Ford made a net profit of $5.7 billion, its fourth straight year in the black.
"We are committed to aligning executive compensation with the company's business performance and to tying a significant portion of executive compensation to long-term shareholder value," said Ford spokesman Jay Cooney.
Mulally's 2012 pay will be revealed later this month. In 2011, Mulally was paid $2 million in salary and $5.5 million in cash bonuses in addition to stock options and equity awards.
The 2013 stock options of 745,526 shares awarded Mulally will be vested in thirds over the next three years. As stock options, he will not make any money if the share price does not go above $12.75.
Some 909,179 shares of restricted stock were granted this week to Mulally as a 2012 performance bonus, as well as an incremental bonus, Ford said.
The incremental bonus was awarded to Mulally for successfully cutting the number of platforms (undercarriages for Ford's vehicles), which makes vehicle manufacture more efficient and was part of streamlining the company.
These shares will not vest until March 2015. About 45 percent of the 909,179 shares will be used to pay taxes, Ford said.
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Manning searching for timing with his new targets
Peyton Manning's arm strength looks just fine. It's his timing with his new targets that's the biggest question mark facing the four-time MVP as he embarks on his comeback with the Denver Broncos.
Manning doesn't appear bothered by the nerve injury in his neck that led to a series of operations, sapped his power and sidelined the league's most durable active quarterback all of last season.
Ever since he signed with the Broncos on March 20, two weeks after his tearful release from the Indianapolis Colts, Manning has been working hard to refine his rapport and rhythm with his new corps of pass catchers.
He has two old pals from his days in Indianapolis to help him adjust in wide receiver Brandon Stokley and tight end Jacob Tamme.
And he has two of the most promising young receivers in the NFL in third-year pros Eric Decker and Demaryius Thomas, the biggest downfield threat he's ever had.
They lead a deep group of players vying to become the next Reggie Wayne or Marvin Harrison in Manning's aerial show.
''We always talk the opportunities are the greatest right now,'' Decker said. ''We have a future Hall of Famer, a guy who's been to the Super Bowl, an All-Pro, someone who wants to win, too. I think as young receivers, we're hungry, we want to make the most of this opportunity and play our best football this year.''
Catching Manning's passes is a thrill for a group of guys who loved Tim Tebow's passion but weren't exactly fans of his erratic passing.
Manning is a perfectionist whom running back Lance Ball called a ''player-coach,'' a description Decker finds appropriate because Manning is that rare breed of superstar who makes everyone around him better.
''It's been great. He's definitely a leader,'' Decker said. ''This guy's going to demand the best out of himself and the best out of his teammates. I think a lot of guys respond to that.''
Although he put in hours on local high school football fields playing catch with Stokley and Decker, among others, Manning laments that he only had 17 organized offseason practices to adjust to his new team.
So, he was among the most enthusiastic when training camp got here.
''Now, it's fulltime football,'' Manning said, the relief evident in his voice.
The Broncos, whose workout Friday was interrupted by a nearby lightning strike, will have 17 practices before they open the preseason at Chicago on Aug. 9.
Manning will be padded up Saturday morning for the first time since playing in his 11th Pro Bowl following the 2010 season.
Before last season, the 36-year-old quarterback started all 277 of the Colts games, including playoffs, during his first 13 years in the league.
He's never faced this much doubt about his durability, or, for that matter, his ability.
Coach John Fox swears he's not among those questioning whether Manning will hold up.
''I worry about all of them but not because of any past injury,'' Fox said.
Manning said his rehab is a work in progress, and he declines to discuss specifics for competitive reasons, but he said his focus right now really is on developing a rhythm with his receivers.
Decker is the one who's spent the most time on the other end of Manning's passes in Denver, and he said he already sees that work paying off.
''I think every chance you get'' to catch Manning's throws ''it just makes you better down the road,'' Decker said.
Manning said it's the Broncos' collection of experienced cover cornerbacks - Champ Bailey and newcomers Drayton Florence and Tracy Porter - who will really help Denver's young receiving corps blossom.
Although Andre ''Bubba'' Caldwell has the speed and shifty moves to push for prime playing time, the Broncos are eager to see what kind of years Decker and Thomas can put together with Manning under center.
Neither has been able to put together a complete season in the NFL. Decker shined for two months last season but faded after Tebow took over at quarterback for Kyle Orton. Thomas missed the first half of the season with a torn Achilles tendon and a shattered thumb but was unstoppable down the stretch.
Decker went down with a knee injury early in the Broncos' wild-card playoff game against Pittsburgh, and Thomas stepped up with four catches for 204 yards, including an 80-yard TD catch from Tebow on the first play of overtime.
Thomas had to undergo another operation to remove pins from his left thumb this offseason. So, he was sidelined once again when Manning signed with Denver and immediately began throwing passes to Decker, his new workout buddy.
Thomas insists he wasn't jealous that Decker formed a rapport with Manning sooner than he had the chance to do.
''I basically just wanted to come in healthy and whenever I started, I started,'' said Thomas, who returned to the field in May and has been doing yoga in hopes it will help him stay healthy for a change.
Thomas has some catching up to do.
''I'm getting to know Demaryius,'' Manning said. ''I think you see that just like me, there's different phases. There's a minicamp/OTA sort of tempo and then there's training camp, preseason, regular season and you hope playoffs. So, I'm looking forward to getting to know all these guys throughout the different phases of a season, and obviously trying to do my part throughout the different phases. But Demaryius is going to play a key role for us this year. I thought he came back in great shape.''
Manning may be new to Denver, but he's already a sage in the locker room, fielding a steady stream of queries from cornerbacks curious about how he deciphered a particular defense to receivers pursuing pointers.
''I like being around young players,'' Manning said. ''I mean, they're all young compared to me. Stokley and I were talking, and it's fun being around these guys who are 22, 23. It keeps you kind of feeling young and feeling into it.
''It's humbling at times when they say they enjoy seeing you play on ESPN Classic. That's not exactly what you want to hear. But I do enjoy getting to know these guys, and that part has been fun for me.''
Notes: The Broncos were forced to move practice indoors after lightning struck near their Dove Valley complex just minutes into Friday's workout, much to the disappointment of the nearly 3,000 fans on hand. ''We were a little disappointed that we weren't able to come back and practice in front of them, but we still had a productive day,'' LB Joe Mays said. ... Starting S Quinton Carter injured his right hamstring trying to break up a pass from Manning to TE Joel Dreessen and limped off the field at the South Suburban Sports Dome.
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A study published recently in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships found that — and get ready to have your minds blown — close (heterosexual) friends of the opposite sex can only in the rarest of Aladdin ruby circumstances maintain their platonic friendship without any weirdness, i.e. without one friend composing an at-long-last declaration of love by candlelight. Researchers surveyed more than 80 ostensibly platonic male-female friendships, and found that the men were often more attracted to their female friends than vice versa. This romantic ardor didn't dissipate if, say, either friend was already dating someone else, which finding Scientific American characterizes as "surprising," but which we might qualify as "indecisive." Men also thought (incorrectly) that their female friends were also secretly harboring major crushes.
Women, conversely, often exhibited less desire to become romantically enmeshed with their dude friends because they were already friends and life isn't a romantic comedy. This already flickering attraction was entirely snuffed out if dude-friend was dating someone else. Everyone has probably had a friend-crush before, and so knows that awkwardness can follow in the wake of repressed romantic feelings. That said, the moment a friend makes a very serious, adjective-riddled romantic appeal is usually the same moment that a friendship validates itself and simultaneously acquires a hilarious anecdote, or implodes like an outdated baseball stadium infested with rats and asbestos.
Attraction Between Friends of Opposite Sexes [Scientific American]
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It's a good thing the Lord hears the cry of the poor, because Congress is barely listening.
Although the federal deficit of approximately $1 trillion and the national debt of over $15 trillion are important realities that need to be seriously addressed, cutting and eliminating programs that aid the poor is morally unacceptable.
Aid to the poor is not the reason for the nation's high deficit and debt level. Rather, huge military budgets, two major wars, the Wall Street bailouts, large tax cuts for the wealthy, corporate tax loopholes and the failure of government and companies to create the needed jobs are the causes of our fiscal woes.
A nation's moral integrity is judged by how well it addresses the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. And by that standard, most corporations and the United States government have a long way to go.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, more than one in seven people in the U.S. lives below the poverty line, and over 20 percent of children are poor.
And according to United Nations 1.4 billion people live in extreme poverty – struggling to survive on less than $1.25 a day. One billion people worldwide are hungry. Nearly 1 billion human beings lack safe drinking water, and approximately 18,000 children die every single day from hunger and hunger related diseases.
Figures from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office reveal that cuts in the House of Representatives' fiscal year 2013 budget are so drastic, that if passed into law, most of the federal government – except for Social Security, health care and the military – would cease to exist by 2050.
These cuts would have a disastrous effect on programs – already not adequately funded – like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly known as food stamps) and the Special Supplemental Assistance Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).
The Christian-based, anti-poverty organization Bread for the World (www.bread.org), states that "the problem of hunger and malnutrition today is not one of food production. As Bread for the World continues to emphasize, this is a political problem. It follows that we must work for political solutions."
But the political will in Congress to end hunger and malnutrition is simply not there.
Contrary to popular opinion, the federal government is not generous in its aid to the poorest of the poor. It gives only 0.6 percent of its annual budget to poverty-focused international assistance – about $19 billion. And according to Bread for the World, even that relatively small amount is in danger of being cut by Congress.
Life-saving assistance like international food and development aid, agricultural improvement, global health, clean water and sanitation programs are all under attack.
It is absolutely essential for faithful Catholics, and all people of good will, to contact their members of Congress urging them to put a circle of protection around every program that helps the domestic and global poor.
The Catholic social teaching principle known as the preferential option for the poor and vulnerable, reminds us that during hard times, the poor deserve more help, not less.
In his powerful social justice encyclical "Populorum Progressio" ("On the Development of Peoples"), Pope Paul VI wrote "The same duty of solidarity that rests on individuals exists also for nations: 'Advanced nations have a very heavy obligation to help the developing peoples.'"
Remind Congress of this heavy obligation that is theirs.
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