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Born in Hartford, Connecticut and raised in Tucson, Brook Lisa Burke Charvet aka Brooke Burke is a an actress, model and TV personality.
Brooke is the oldest of nine children. Raised Jewish, she attended Sahuaro High School and Palo Verde High School in Tucson, where she was crowned homecoming queen in 1989. She is a mix of Irish, French, Portuguese and Jewish ancestry.
Brooke Burke burst onto the scene in 1999 when she hosted Wild On! on the E! Network. She later hosted The Weakest Link, the CBS reality show Rock Star and was a contestant on the 7th season of Dancing with the Stars, eventually winning. Brooke became the host of the program in its 10th season.
Her other hosting gigs include Shes Got the Look, and the 2011 Miss America Pageant. Her television commercial appearances include Discover Card, M Professional Cosmetics and Coca-Cola, among others.
Also Check out: 40 Adult Film Stars without Makeup.
Brooke Burke has appeared in numerous magazines, including Playboy (nude), FHM, Stuff and Maxim.
Brookes other endeavors include the website modernmom.com, a book (The Naked Mom: A Modern Moms Fearless Revelations, Savvy Advice, and Soulful Reflections) and work-out DVDs, 20 Minute Full Body Workout. She is also president of the online store babooshbaby.com.
Brooke Burke was married to plastic surgeon Garth Fisher and they have two daughters, Neriah and Sierra. Brookes second marriage to actor David Charvet produced a daughter, Rain, and a son, Shaya.
Brooke has admitted to getting breast enhancements and Botox. "If I wasnt on TV, I probably wouldnt. Fillers at a minimal level are okay, but it scares me because I dont want to have that bloated look. In our industry, people do too much too soon or just too much. Theres nothing worse than that frozen. I'm 40 but I want to look 24." (prevention.com)
She added, "I was hosting the Miss America pageant, and I was having a great time. Then it hit me: I could be any of these girls mothers! Thats when I realized Im freaking 40. It was weird. She prefaced this with: Forty is better than 30. I have a better understanding of who I am, what makes me tick, whats okay and not okay. Ive had such a great experience professionally in the last 3 or 4 years that it really opened my eyes to not procrastinating."
In 2012, Brooke Burke revealed she was battling thyroid cancer. "Doctors say this is a good kind of cancer to have. Good cancer that sounds so crazy! But my doctor did tell me that this is a happily-ever-after kind of thing". She added, "The truth is, Im always so used to being in control and taking care of everybody and all my kids, and now I find myself in this really out-of-control situation."

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Despite several parlors and expert services available at our fingertips, all women indulge in homemade recipes to maintain a more regulated beauty regime. It has been a practice that women perfected since time immemorial. Even as children you have been advised by your mothers and grannies to prepare the best recipes for different kind of skin.
Homemade facial pack is something in our little kitties that all women are proud and keen to share. Below given is a list of awesome face packs that you can concoct at your home.
Carrot Mask
Take a couple of carrots grind them and mix it with one tablespoon of honey. Apply it on your skin and let it sit till it dries before washing it with cold water. This prevents wrinkles, provides essential vitamins and balances the oil of your skin making it smooth and healthy.
Avocado Mask
If you want to treat a tan or have dry skin avocado masks are your best solutions. Take ¼ cup of avocado extract mix it with water, 1 egg white and 1 tablespoon of honey. Apply it on your face and let it dry. Wash it off with cold water for a healthy and lighter skin.
Potato Mask
Potato masks are also great to treat bad sunburns and tans. A spoon full of smashed potato paste mixed with half a spoon of yogurt on your skin for 10-15 minutes can do wonders.
Oatmeal Mask
If you want smooth glowing skin oatmeal can do wonders for you. Half a spoon of oatmeal mixed with sufficient milk and water and soaked for a while can make your skin smooth like nothing else.
Tomato Mask
If you have an oily skin try face packs with tomatoes in them. You can either apply a pack made by mixing 1 tomato smashed, half a spoon of dried lemon peel powder, and 2 to 3 drops of lemon juice before washing it off with lukewarm water, or mix one teaspoon of tomato juice with half teaspoon of lemon juice and 3 teaspoon full of honey. Apply this on your skin; let it dry before washing it off with normal water. Doing this twice a week keeps your skin moisturized too.
Wheat Germ Mask
If you want nourishment for you dry and sensitive skin try wheat gram mask. Mix 1 spoon of wheat germ powder with half a spoon of oatmeal, 1 spoon of olive oil, and 1 spoon of fresh milk cream, apply it on your face and then wash it off with lukewarm water.
Olive Oil Mask
Try applying a mixture of 1 spoon of olive oil and half a spoon of lemon juice to your skin for 15 minutes before washing it off with normal water. This gives you a fairer glowing skin as the olive oil regenerates and moisturizes your skin and the lemon juice when used with olive oil brightens your skin tone.
Banana and Papaya Face Pack
Take a ripe banana and mix it with the pulp of an entire papaya thoroughly to make a thick paste. Apply the paste to your face, neck, and arms and let it sit for a while before washing it off with cold water. This will make your skin glow with health.
Trying these different face packs are easy and natural. They will not damage your skin or have any side effects and you will get your desired results. These packs are good for all skin types, however, it is advised to try a little patch test on your skin before full application so that you know what suits your requirements best.


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I would very much like to air my views regarding
the problem of empty private homes, as it is a real problem in
my ward (Sunnyhurst) and in the Borough of Blackburn with Darwen
as a whole.
To put the problem into context there are 3,000
empty privately owned homes in the Borough (6½ per cent of
the total). In my own ward there are 276 empties, 9.4 per cent
of the total. The numbers of private houses rented out by private
landlords has risen from around 1 to 2 per cent 15 years ago to
15 per cent now in Sunnyhurst ward.
Please find below a series of points relating
(a) Economic
Private landlords are able to charge £65-£75
per week rent for often very poor quality terraced housing. If
a landlord pays typically £8,000 to £15,000 for a house,
then within five years he/she is "in profit". Many saw
buying up cheap terraced houses as a "get rich quick"
The majority of private landlords mainly wish
to see DSS claimants (housing benefit) in their properties. If
people are working then why pay £75 per week when better
quality terraced houses are available to purchase at around £20,000
or newly refurbished housing association properties are available
from £50 per week?
Many tenants drift in/out of work, thus many
private rented houses become occupied/unoccupied on a very regular
Some DSS claimants have serious social or criminal
problems (eg drugs misuse/alcohol misuse or have been evicted
by social landlords for criminal behaviour or neighbour nuisance).
Because of the surplus of low priced private
housing, many neighbours of the problem tenants simply move on
rather than put up with the problems. Again this causes a breakdown
of the community, and more private housing empty, as the former
occupiers often cannot then sell their houses.
Many private landlords do not invest in their
properties as it is simply not viable (eg if £10,000 is invested,
the house may still only be worth £10,000 to £20,000).
Because of the "quick buck mentality"
and the increase of people in work, the market has now become
saturated with private rented homes. Many private landlords cannot
now rent their houses outthus there are more empty houses.
Because there are many non-local or absentee
private landlords there is often little or no control over tenants'
behaviour or actions. Houses are often "trashed" internally,
or when empty, broken into for remaining boilers, piping, lead,
fittings etc. Again, this leads to houses being empty for long
periods of time. Many private landlords claim they cannot afford
the costs of repairs/renovation.
(b) Structural
Much of the pre first world war terraced stock
is now simply at the end of its viable life. Many were poorly
built in the first place (usually between 1870-1900), very often
on unstable or unsuitable ground.
As a result, basically no one wishes to purchase
such housing. Investment is simply not viable. £20,000 spent
on a property will not mean it increases its value by £20,000!
Often houses sell for £10,000 to £20,000 even after
In these cases, clearance is the only real option.
Because Councils like Blackburn with Darwen
have so many unfit private homes, the scale of the problem is
enormousyet resources for clearance are minimal. Unfit
empty houses attract all the problems outlined in section 1) and
Councils are left to "pick up the pieces" with minimal
or no resources. Residents become extremely frustrated that no
solutions seem to be in sight.
Resources must be made available to clear the
worst of the unfit housing.
"Block Repair" schemes can work well
in areas that are still popular/viable for investment.
The housing benefit system should be changed
so that rents charged match the fitness or value of the property.
It is crazy that taxpayers should subsidise private landlords
(eg the taxpayer pays out £3,500 plus per year to landlords
who often purchase houses for £8,000 to £15,000).
Compulsory purchase rules should be relaxed
so that Councils can easily and quickly purchase the very worst
or unsafe properties at realistic market prices.
Full council tax (or even double tax) could
be charged on all empty homes in order to encourage landlords
to fill or sell properties.
A new council tax band (A-) could be introduced
for occupied houses worth up to say £25,000. This could encourage
current occupiers to stay put or encourage new occupiers. This
could be balanced by another band at the highest level.
A radical option would be a zero council tax
on occupied houses worth under, say £25,000.
Councils should be given further powers to easily
trace and charge private landlords/owners to repair broken windows/doors
and use appropriate materials (not simply board up houses with
unsightly wooden panels or metal grills).
New regulations could be brought in for private
landlords to ensure their tenants do not cause nuisance/disorder.
(Similar to many housing associations/Councils). Councils could
be given powers to suspend benefit payments to the worst landlords.
Councillor Dave Smith
(Sunnyhurst Ward)
Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council


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"Make good products, never compromise on quality," founder of the Guerlain empire, Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain, once said. "As for the rest, stick to simple ideas and apply them scrupulously." That was in the nineteenth century. In 2016, fragrance marketing directors know that sticking to simple ideas won't make you rich and famous in an overloaded market, where everything is available to everyone. Keeping up a prestigious image takes other methods today than those prescribed by Pierre-François-Pascal Guerlain.
In the latest issue of CosmétiqueMag, a professional journal devoted to the beauty industry, Guerlain's marketing director Margerie Barbès Petit (pictured to the right) explains why the brand has begun to focus on luxurious packaging, limited editions, exclusive collections, and spectacular boutique decor, rather than what perfumery was all about in the golden days, namely olfactive creativity and quality.
"Among our customers there are, of course, a small number of passionate and highly educated people, but many are just looking for a rare perfume. These are the same people who buy limited editions in fashion or design, and it reflects the current taste for personalization," she says.
According to CosmétiqueMag, the focus on exclusive packaging and limited editions is a very wise business strategy, because exclusive collections sell like hotcakes, despite little creative effort put into them, the absence of expensive ad campaigns, and a high sales price.
Luckily, the "small number of passionate and highly educated people" can still find such solid olfactive works as Mitsouko, L'Heure Bleue and Habit Rouge in the Guerlain catalogue. But we might as well get used to the fact that the form-over-substance philosophy is here to stay. See CosmétiqueMag
(October 2016)
See more Guerlain news
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Aug. 26, 1919-June 10, 2009
MOUNT OLIVE -- George H. Parker, 89, died Wednesday at Duplin General Hospital.
The funeral service will be Monday at 2 p.m. at First Original Free Will Baptist Church of Warsaw. Burial will follow in Devotional Gardens.
He was born in Sampson County Aug. 26, 1919, to the late Alfred James and Lillian Edge Parker.
He is survived by his wife, Essie Parker of the home, and three children.
Visitation will be Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Community Funeral Home of Warsaw.
Community Funeral Home is serving the family.
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We all have something amazing to offer
In 2002 I moved to Wanaka. I realised if I was going to stay here I was either going to end up working in cafes or restaurants for the rest of my life – or I was going to have to get creative.
Enter eleven years of trying this and that, working in this cafe and that restaurant and having two absolutely beautiful children.
Last year felt like a year to step it up. I volunteered to be one of the speakers at the inaugural 'Inspire Wanaka' TED-style talks, and spoke about having been selective mute as a child and my thoughts about the way we label ourselves and each other.
Whilst preparing for this talk, my brother asked if I would illustrate a children's book he had written for his son, Ben. Of course I said 'Yes!' and I enjoyed it so much that I decided I wanted to do more of the same. I thought about my message that I was conveying in my talk – and realised how important it is for children to believe in themselves and to develop a strong sense of self.
Meet Katie-Jane …
Within moments Katie-Jane was born, and the ideas started flowing for not one book, but six. I had so much fun coming up with the story lines, and this flowed into creating the illustrations.
In October 2013, book one was almost ready to print. There was a slight stumbling block here – and that was money. I had no idea how I was going to come up with the $5,000 I needed to fund the first print run. We had been in a bit of a financial pit since building our house in 2009.
The wonder of Kickstarter …
With a stroke of perfect synchronicity, a friend told me that Kickstarter was launching in New Zealand in November. I put together my campaign and went for it with high hopes (and quite a lot of trepidation). For the record, I would not recommend launching a crowd-funding campaign with zero online presence or followers, no email list and only friends and family to rely on. But that's what I did, and some how I pulled it off! $6,078 later I was home-free. The printers received my artwork and I set to waiting for the end product.
It was my intention to launch the book on my 35th birthday; February 8th 2014. Unfortunately, due to printers having long Christmas holidays and a couple of delays in the proofing process – added to the books getting lost twice on their journey from Auckland – this was not to be. Twenty five boxes of books arrived on 19th February 2014 and I have never been more impressed with myself!!
I am now the proud author-illustrator-publisher of three Katie-Jane stories, with more on their way! These are all available to purchase on this website >>>
Billy Books and beyond …
There is more to this story – the birth of Billy Books (reminding us all of the magical World that we live in), the first of which will also be launched sometime in 2015. Billy is based upon my daughter's imaginary friend, who used to live in our garden and join us for dinner and playdates. Ashley sometimes asks where Billy went and why she doesn't see him anymore. I long to bring him back to life for her, along with the magic that imagination provides us.
I also have a ream of other possibilities in my head. I love to write for and inspire adults too. You can expect my first adult's book to be published in 2015. "I have something to say!" is a book about the hidden treasures I found inside my experiences with selective mutism.
I am SO EXCITED about where this story is headed, because as it has unfolded I have noticed that my creations are coming about in answer to wishes and intentions that I had asked for as a child. Remembering what I wanted – and aligning with that possibility – is an incredible process. I realise now that I am beginning to practice what I preach, as I move toward being the very best version of me!


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Welcome to Florida Family Title
We warmly welcome you to Florida Family Title, LLC an independently owned and operated title company in Central Florida. Being strategically located in Lakeland, Florida, we find ourselves between two metropolitan cities of Tampa and Orlando; thus, providing the flexibility to service not only our areas, but all areas within the State of Florida.
Our Mission
The Heart of our Mission is to provide exemplary customer service, knowledge and efficiency insuring we become your Title Insurance Company of choice.
Our Vision
Our Vision is to make every closing as pleasant an experience as possible, with very few problems, a warm environment, an eye for details, sprinkles of laughter and with wonderful customer service. Hoping when you leave our offices or we leave yours, you will be thankful you "Trusted your Family with Ours!"


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Migrating the Optimizely module to Linux Mint for local development involved three steps:
- installing Drupal 8 beta 3
- installing the module and testing it manually
- running the module's automated test suite
This all went pretty smoothly with minimal work, which is very encouraging as far as transitioning to doing Drupal development in a Linux system.
The one important point I'd like to make in this post is that to chown the entire Drupal instance to www-data:www-data as the owner:group seems to take care of all the owner and permission problems I've had in the past.
The rest of this posting is pretty routine stuff but potentially useful for anyone doing a similar migration.
(1) Installed Drupal 8 beta 3.
Edited /etc/apache2/apache2.conf to insert the following directive, where opti is the site root under the web server root.
<Directory /var/www/html/opti>
AllowOverride All
Changed the owner of the entire site instance to the user that Apache apparently runs under.
# cd /var/www/html
# chown -R www-data:www-data opti
(2) Installed the Optimizely module.
I copied over the module tree from my old development system. I could have just cloned the repo from Github instead.
# cd /var/www/html/opti/modules/
# mkdir contrib
# cp -r ....../optimizely contrib
And changed the owner of contrib and its subdirectories.
# chown -R www-data:www-data contrib
These steps were sufficient to get the module installed, enabled, and functioning.
(3) Ran the module's automated test suite.
When I tried to enable the Testing core module, I got the error message
The testing framework could not be installed because the PHP cURL library is not available.
# apt-get install php5-curl
This then allowed the Testing module to be enabled.
Successfully ran the entire suite of nine tests. No fails, no exceptions.
"The test run finished in 8 min 42 sec."
Interestingly, I did not have to increase the php max execution time as was necessary when I ran this suite in a Linux Mint virtual box on a old Windows 7 host.


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Unfortunately, the issue of bullying is not only a problem for younger generations, but for older adults as well. On June 15th, individuals banded together to raise awareness around elder abuse in observance of World Elder Abuse Day. Elder abuse is a serious issue that affects far too many seniors. Given the prevalence of elder abuse, promoting awareness and being knowledgeable about the risk factors are important for individuals of all ages to know.
There are six major categories of elder abuse as defined by the Administration on Aging's National Center on Elder Abuse: physical abuse, emotional abuse, sexual abuse, financial exploitation, neglect and abandonment. Beyond the cuts, bruises and other bodily injuries indicative of physical abuse, other warning signs of abuse include withdrawal from usual activities, depression, unattended medical needs, poor hygiene, unexplained weight loss, a change in financial attitude and strained relationships.
Just how prevalent is elder abuse? According to the United Nations, four to six percent of elders worldwide have experienced some form of mistreatment. However, a 2003 report by the National Research Council estimated that only one in 14 cases of elder abuse is ever reported to authorities. One reason for this discrepancy is that the senior being abused often knows and cares about the abuser and doesn't want to get him or her into trouble. Sadly, the majority of elder abusers are spouses and 90 percent of abusers are family members.
Why do seniors become targets for abuse? They're often viewed as vulnerable, not only physically, but also financially; many financial scams involve conning the elderly with "free" medical equipment in exchange for their Social Security numbers. Research shows that elderly women are more likely to be abused than elderly men and that the prevalence of abuse increases with age.


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Commercial Real Estate Law Firm
Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP represents residential and commercial developers, investors, lenders and other business and individual clients having a need for real estate legal assistance. Legal services include: acquisition of land and developed properties, residential subdivision and development issues, retail, office and industrial acquisitions, financing, financial restructuring and work-outs, due diligence, land planning, leasing, dispositions, real estate closings, tax deferred transactions and real estate oriented litigation. The firm also provides entity formation and organization services with corporations, partnerships, joint ventures and limited liability companies. Attorneys assist clients with negotiations and documentation for every step of their real estate projects and needs.
The opening of the firm's office in California by acquisition of The Krasnove Law Firm has further strengthened the firm's retail shopping center practice and established a broader platform for Griffin Fletcher & Herndon LLP to provide real estate legal services on a national basis.
The firm continues its affiliated relationship with Lawyers Title of Cincinnati, Inc., which is the largest independent title agency in southwestern Ohio. In addition to handling more residential closings than any other title agency in the southwestern Ohio area, its national contacts allow Lawyers Title of Cincinnati to assist the firm's clients with title needs for commercial projects in any location in the United States.
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- Negotiation and drafting of acquisition and sale contracts for vacant land, development, industrial, warehouse, commercial, retail, residential and existing projects
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THIS IS IT, MY NEW FAVORITE RECIPE for mac and cheese. I've mentioned Melissa Clark's Carroty Macaroni & Cheese before, but before this week's "carrot retrospective"/insane challenge to get our girls eating more of the orange stuff, I hadn't actually tried it. Two main ingredients are hard to come by in Rome, cheddar cheese and sour cream, but Paul made a commissary run and voila! It's decadent (3 cups of cheese) but also a little healthy (2 cups of carrots plus whole wheat pasta). Right up our alley.
The only update I made was adding more spices; I like things to have strong flavors and routinely double all salt, pepper, herbs and spices in nearly every recipe. More importantly, I find that the kids actually eat more when things are very seasoned. That was certainly true this time.
Plus, Phoebe got into the shutterbug act too. Is it wrong that our two-year-old thinks it's normal to photograph food before you eat it? Hmm. Let's just move on to the recipe…
Carroty Mac and Cheese
(From "Cook This Now" by Melissa Clark. Copyright © 2010, Melissa Clark, Inc. Published by Hyperion. Available wherever books are sold. All rights reserved.)
Makes 6 servings
2 cups whole wheat macaroni
2 1/2 cups coarsely grated carrot (about 8 small)
3 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, cut into pieces
3/4 cup sour cream
1/4 cup whole milk
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon mustard powder
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/4 cup finely grated parmesan cheese
1. Preheat oven to 400°F and grease an 8-inch square baking pan. Arrange a rack in the top third of the oven.
2. Cook macaroni according to package instructions in a large pot of salted boiling water; add carrot 3 minutes before pasta is finished cooking; drain well.
2. While pasta is hot, stir in all but 1/2 cup of the cheddar and the butter. In a bowl, whisk together the sour cream, milk, eggs, salt, mustard powder, and pepper. Fold mixture into the pasta.
3. Scrape the mixture into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining cheddar and the parmesan over the top. Bake until the casserole is firm to the touch and golden brown, about 30 minutes.
What Else?
- If you're grating your cheddar cheese in the food processor, you don't have to wash out the machine before grating the carrots. Or vice versa.
- This is one of those macaroni and cheeses with an eggy custard base that puffs as it cooks, and is cut into squares to serve, like a casserole, as opposed to that gooey, creamy, stove-top béchamel sauce version. I know that some people have strong opinions about proper mac and cheese (I'm an equal opportunist myself), but thought I'd let you know what you're getting.
- Feed this dish to the kids as is; grown-ups should indulge with a squirt of fiery Sriracha or other hot sauce all over the top.
- You can vary the cheese to give this rather plain (if tasty) dish more personality. Gruyère, aged Cheddar, pecorino, and aged Gouda will all add a sophisticated allure that will raise it above mere kids' food.


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Monday, May 22, 2017
Disaster Preparedness Class #1
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I would say I'm a Cathy at a level 7 also. We are always working on getting better with skills and just recently purchased our retirement property. Time to plan it out and break ground. Looking forward to this series. Thank you.ReplyDeleteReplies
Katie, how exciting to be working toward setting up your retirement property and we, like you, are always working to improve our skills and learn more.Delete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 8:36 AM
4 years ago, I would have said I was a Cathy Can Do, Level 5, moving toward Level 6. After suffering an unexpected loss, there have been a couple of down years, and I'd assess myself as a Polly Put Off, Level 2, getting ready to climb ahead, once again.ReplyDeleteReplies
I am sorry for your loss but it sounds like you are ready to start again. I hope you find the inspiration in the class that will help you start climbing ahead again.Delete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 8:53 AM
That's nice that you have decided to do this on the blog. I'm sure I'll be learning a lot. We are prepared in many areas to weather a storm in our lives, either natural or man-made, and did fairly well through a period of extended unemployment over a year ago. But, that being said, there are also quite a few things I learned through that experience, and feel like I can always learn more.ReplyDelete
One thing I will be interested in seeing is how you handle the question of when enough is enough. I have felt that getting prepared is such a huge task and that I could never be prepared enough--I could just keep collecting and collecting and collecting.......So, I've tried to keep balance in this area of my life. It will be interesting to see what you and others do.Replies
beckyathome, the question of when is enough enough is one we all have to answer eventually. For us we've set what it would take for us to survive a specific amount of time and try to keep our pantry at that level. We constantly rotate and use out of our pantry so it is a continual job of keeping it at our chosen level. I hope this makes sense!Delete
- AnonymousMay 22, 2017 at 9:20 AM
Probably a 4, maybe higher, depending on the emergency. I was a member of your fb class and got some ideas from that. Already starting to make a few changes.ReplyDeleteReplies
We make those changes a little at a time don't we!Delete
I have my notebook ready... I'd say I'm a 'Cathy Can Do' at a level 6? Definitely not a Confident Connie or I wouldn't be here!ReplyDeleteReplies
Joy, I don't think I'll ever be a Confident Connie but there are people who have the resources and ability to reach that level.Delete
Between a Polly 3 and Cathy 4, simply because I lost my job in Dec. and I've been doing temp work so there hasn't been alot of "left over". We've been using my Preparedness Pantry in some areas and I doubt I'll be doing much gardening, so not much canning or dehydrating or freezing this year. I'm rather sad about that but happy I was/am as prepared as I've been to take some of the stress off.ReplyDeleteReplies
Kay, I'm sorry you lost your job but so glad you had your preparedness pantry to fall back on.Delete
About a 4. I was doing better, but physical issues have set me back. I'm almost ready to get back to work on preparing.ReplyDeleteReplies
Susan, those 'bumps' in the road do set us back at times don't they, glad you are almost ready to get back to preparing. Being prepared helps with those 'bumps' in the road, don't they?Delete
I'd say I'm a level 4 Cathy Can do. I've had lots of thought about what might be needed during an emergency, but not everything has been implemented. Much of that is because my mother, whom I live with, thinks I'm crazy and would balk at some things (like bug out or 24 hour emergency bags). But in my head, I have a good idea of what I would grab if we needed to leave quickly.ReplyDeleteReplies
Rhonda, maybe if you share this class with her as we go along she will see preparing in a different light. I've had several to say that this class opened their eyes to the different kinds of being prepared.Delete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 12:38 AM
Not sure, but I think I am a Cathy Can Do at maybe 4 or 5. In some areas I have preparation but I don't think I have a good solid plan in place though I have some preps going. --JulieReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 12:37 PM
I would say I'm a level 7 Cathy can do. I've always had this "need" to be prepared for "stuff".ReplyDelete
But I know there are areas that I could do better in. I'm so glad you are doing this class on your blog.
ShelliaJean, I think I have the 'need to be prepared for stuff' gene too!!!!Delete
- Teri SMay 23, 2017 at 1:36 PM
I think I'm a Cathy can do-5 or 6. This past year and a half we have used a lot of our storage items in the pantry. Week by week, we add one thing to replace/increase our food/non-food items. I'm looking forward to summer harvest and canning, although I can all year round. Thank you for doing this class on your blog, Patsi. Teri SReplyDeleteReplies
Teri, I can and preserve year round too although summer harvest brings the most intense preserving time.Delete
I'm a Cathy Can Do level 4/5. Some Area's are better than others but i'm getting on with it a bit at a time.ReplyDeleteReplies
Kim, baby steps is how we get it done too!Delete
I think I'm a Cathy can do at maybe a level 5-6. I really stocked up and canned a lot last summer and fall. Had an awesome pantry and a beef that we raised in the freezer. Circumstances have caused us to have to tighten up tremendously, we have eaten out of our home canned pantry thru the last few months.(which is normal anyway I think). I am a little lower on a few purchased goods, such as toilet paper etc. But we are still set for several months if need be. We have alternate heat sources and alternate cooking sources so I feel good about that area. I guess I feel my "level" isn't as high as I might like basically due to medicinal supplies. I'm not very good at stocking up on those types of things. I know it's wonderful to have them when you need it, but it's also hard for me to put money towards those things that I might need to go for other "more important at the time" things when money is tight. Hope that makes sense. Thank you for doing this class. ---Vicky in KyReplyDeleteReplies
Vicky, it's hard sometimes to decide where to spend our hard earned money, isn't it?Delete
I am definitely a Polly Put Off and probably a 2. I've at least thought about it and at one time did have "go bags" but other than that, I haven't done anything and really haven't done a lot of research on it either.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 23, 2017 at 9:01 PM
I'm a "Polly Put Off" at level 3. I live with my sister and parents in my parents' home and my mom and I work together on the cooking, housekeeping, etc. We've thought and talked a lot about "What if...?" We have a fairly deep pantry (but could do MUCH better)and we have some of the other things we need (some ability to cook, lighting, some first aid, etc.), but it's not at all organized nor do we really have a plan in place. My sister and I are also both certified in CPR and first aid because she has to maintain certification as a preschool teacher and I always re-cert with her.ReplyDelete
-Susan O
- AnonymousMay 24, 2017 at 9:07 AM
Patsy, we've been testing our plans. we did a tornado drill, trying to grab and run to storm shelter with only a 5 minute warning. Found several things I (we)need to do different. next week another plan will be tested.ReplyDelete
- MarybethMay 26, 2017 at 3:11 PM
I am a Cathy can do level 5/6ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 29, 2017 at 9:09 PM
Patsi, I'm a Cathy can do level 4 due to working this past year. I've done better in the past, and hope to raise my level up again. I plan to learn more, and apply what I've learned. I'd like to increase the pantry some more, add a lot of meat to the freezer, and organize things for an evacuation scenario ( paperwork emergency supplies). I think we'd be better off if we had to shelter in place, as we had to do about ten years ago after a big storm. We were without electricity for ten days, but did pretty well I think. Thanks for offering this class!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 21, 2018 at 5:17 PM
Patsi I'd be a Cathy level 4 I think! Lots of ideas but restricted now that we're in a retirement village and have a little vegetable plot only. I wonder how these types of places would go in an emergency, with the serviced apartment folk that have their meals in the dining room, what supplies do they have? I appreciate the fact you're doing this class on your blog and look forward to following and learning. Sue.ReplyDeleteReplies
Sue, I'm afraid it would not be a pretty situation!Delete
- Jan ElkinApril 23, 2018 at 9:07 AM
Hi Patsy. I'm a Polly put off level 2. I have a veggie garden and will have chickens by the end of the year. However I keep putting off learning to preserve and getting survival ready. I live in a relatively safe area in South Australia and feel this keeps me complacent. I'm looking forward to learning from you. Thank you for putting together this class.ReplyDeleteReplies
You are welcome Jan! Complacency is something that we all have to battle when things are going well, but it only takes a few hours for a disaster to change everything.Delete


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Doctors Health Press, a division of Lombardi Publishing Corporation, and publisher of various natural health newsletters, books, and reports, including the popular online Doctors Health Press e-Bulletin, is reporting on a new study, published in Molecular and Cellular Biology, finding that hydrogen sulfide can offer a wide scope of anti-aging benefits.
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Obama Administration Overturns Apple Import And Sales Ban
In a rare and unexpected move, the Obama administration has overturned an earlier ruling banning the import and sale of some older Apple products. The move marks a victory for Apple in its ongoing patent wars with main competitor Samsung.
The US International Trade Commission has ruled that AT&T models of the iPhone 4, 3, and 3GS, as well 3G-enabled models of the iPad and iPad 2, infringed on wireless-related patents held by Samsung. But US Trade Representative Michael Froman found that the decision was not in the public interest, and could negatively affect competition. It was the first time in 26 years a presidential administration has intervened in an ITC decision.
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May 12, 2008
Bunkering spill brings $27,500 penalty
The owner of a cargo ship that spilled bunker oil in Seattle's Elliott Bay last year has paid a $27,500 penalty to the Washington State Department of Ecology.
A Department of Ecology announcement says that the bulk carrier Songa Hua--operated by OSM Ship Management (OSM) of Singapore--spilled an estimated 93 gallons of intermediate fuel oil on Feb. 28, 2007. The ship was anchored off Smith Cove, about a half-mile south of the Port of Seattle's Pier 91.
An overflow occurred while the Songa Hua was loading fuel from a barge. Department investigators later determined that ship's crew caused the spill by:
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"The best oil-spill defense is prevention," said Dale Jensen, who manages the Department's spill prevention, preparedness and response program. "Washington State requires detailed planning before Ð and attentive care during Ð each marine fuel transfer. Crews have to meet those requirements every time they transfer fuel over water."
The spill caused areas of oil sheen within approximately 90 acres of northern Elliott Bay. The sheen coated bulkhead rocks at Elliott Bay Marina and pilings under Pier 91. Cleanup took six days to complete.
OSM bore all cleanup contractor costs. The company last year also reimbursed the state $11,139 for response and investigation costs, and paid a $1,855 Natural Resources Damage Assessment. Ecology deposited the penalty and assessment payments into accounts that fund the department's chartered Neah Bay emergency response tug.


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The United Nation's climate change summit has been billed as the last hope to save the world from itself. Brought on by a rise of man-made greenhouse gases, the earth is slowly inching towards a man-induced climate disaster, urgent for coordinated action...or so the saying went.
But as over 15,000 delegates from over 190 countries convened in Copenhagen Monday to forge a global warming policy consensus, action is likely to be derailed as rifts divide rich and poor nations and popular support wanes amid a shaky economy.
Developing countries, already suspicious of their counterparts, demanded that that rich countries take on even deeper emission cuts, and fund more development in non-industrialized nations.
Tuesday's proceedings also fueled developing nation anger as leaked documents suggested leaders would be asked to sign an agreement that hands over power to rich countries and sidelines the UN's role in future negotiations, according to UK's Guardian which obtained a copy.
The United Nations played down the importance of such a text, saying it was an informal text distributed for the purposes of consultations, but the damage was already done, with some nations characterizing the talks as the rich strong arming the poor.
Popular support is also waning as the idea of carbon taxes on top of a struggling world economy seems less attractive as it was during boom times.
The Australian Senate last week defeated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's cap-and-trade legislation, largely due to its job-killing potential in the coal-producing continent. Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister, said Thursday there is no question of India accepting a legally binding emission reduction cut.
This all comes as evidence surfaced late November that even the science behind warming was massaged to show that warming was happening more aggressively than data might dictate.
Dubbed climategate, emails leaked from University of East Anglia's Climatic Research Unit (CRU) -- long considered an authoritative center of temperature data, modeling and forecasts -- are replete with talk of blacklisting dissenting scientist and journals and manipulating peer review.
It's no wonder support is waning.
Just 51 percent of US adults questioned said they believed carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would cause the Earth's average temperature to increase. Two years ago, fully 71 percent of respondents linked greenhouse gases directly to global warming.


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Originally posted by DerepentLEstranger
]Originally posted by Hanslune
perfect demonstration of the limitations of materialist thought
as if the intentional destruction of past history by TCOTBIP [that's TPTB to most]
were just paranoid conspiracy ravings
also claiming a highly ADVANCED civilization in prehistory would have left artifacts is chauvinistic in that it presumes physical technology and a similar worldview as yours
Originally posted by muzzleflash
The "Bosnian Pyramid" is extremely unlikely to be a natural formation.
Oh it's a normal mountain?
Get real.
The odds of it being naturally occurring are nearly nil.
Originally posted by Unrealised
I believe that we are simulations.
Originally posted by muzzleflash
The "Bosnian Pyramid" is extremely unlikely to be a natural formation.
Look at this mathematically, it's sides point to the cardinal directions with high accuracy?
It's angles are 45 degrees exactly from the base to the apex?
It's exactly 1/3rd taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza? Like we are talking exactly within 2 decimals rounded?
Let's get the dimensions and see how easy it is to come up with Pi or the Phi...
Oh it's a normal mountain?
Get real.
The odds of it being naturally occurring are nearly nil.
Originally posted by PlanetXisHERE
Thank you for brining some much needed light to this thread. I thought I was going slightly crazy, seeing a well-defined huge pyramid, obviously not a random natural formation - when others on this thread are trying to TELL me othewise.
Luckily I don't like to let others tell me what to think - and try to do my research and thinking on my own.
Hey muzzleflash - what is your opinion on all the disinformation about the Bosnian pyramid? What is so threatening to the PTB to admit it is a pyramid and that it is possibly 30,000 - 40,000 years old?
Originally posted by kyoiism
I've always thought what if a race of people or beings existed in the distant past that possessed technology today or more advanced. if aliens do exist and visit out planet today they surely existed in the distance past Ancient Aliens brings to mind Atlantis.
another scenario i think about is if some huge catastrophe was to happen to day killing 90+ percent of the human race setting us back to the stone age, and future generations of humans forgot about the modern era could eventually after several millennium reach this technological scale thinking about if beings in the distant past was just as sophisticated.
maybe we are doom to repeat this til we become extinct?
Originally posted by benrl
Ooparts are constantly ignored, things found in coal and rock that just shouldn't be there...
My question is why Aliens, why is it always aliens? Is it so improbable advanced humans civ rose and fell before the current one?
No need to add aliens into it at all.
From wikipedia
Humans The Toba catastrophe theory suggests that a bottleneck of the human population occurred c. 70,000 years ago, proposing that the human population was reduced to perhaps 15,000 individuals
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Originally posted by kman420
Duh. There is no such thing as aliens. God created the heavens and the universe and all the trillions of planets but only made us and only put us all on one of the trillions of planets because the rest of the planets and solar systems are all useless!! Always have and always will be!
Its impossable for aliens to exist. But completley possable and logical that some hyperdimensional being living in a city in the clouds called heaven made the entire universe billions of years ago just so humans could exist on one planet for a few thousand years, billions of years after he created the universe.
It is completley illogical to think anything else.
Id like to say "sarcasm" but i cant. The above beleif is nothing short of "Mental Retardation". You people make me sick and one day we will have our "crusade" to rid the world of your filthy, biggot riden, child molesting, humanity destroying religions.
filthy, biggot riden, child molesting, humanity destroying religions.


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It was very exciting this week to have a special guest speaker come into our classroom – Lucas' grandfather, Mr. Wim Kooijman. When we first started out poetry unit, we did the Visible Thinking routine of THINK-PUZZLE-EXPLORE, where we wrote down what we thought we already knew about poetry, what wonderings and questions we have about it and how we could explore more to find answers. Some "explore" options that were brainstormed included: ask an adult, ask a High School teacher, talk to your family. Well, we have done just that -ALL IN ONE!! Lucas interviewed his grandfather, who turns out to be a former High School English teacher and very passionate about poetry. He has even had his work published! It was with great delight that Mr. Wim was invited into the classroom to talk to us about poetry – we were just bursting with questions!! The day arrived and I must say that it was a rip-roaring success. Everyone was enthralled as they listened to the wisdom shared about 3 poems: one called "Smiles", another powerful one called "Don't ever Stop Dreaming your Dreams" and Psalm 37 from the Bible. Mr. Wim kept on complimenting the Smartians with how impressed he was with their attention and deep thoughts – bravo! At the end of our time together (we were on a roll for close to 2 hours!!), the big chance came to try our hands at writing poems! Everyone was so incredibly on-task and engaged with this that we ended up going over into recess – so Mrs. McGrath gave the class a special 20 minutes extra outside after everyone had gone inside!! Cool… I want to share some thinking from the Smartians:
- (John) I loved when you taught me all about funy things. I just hoped that you could stay more time – can you return to class please?
- (James) I got loads of new words in my Dictionary Brain, like stanza and rhythm!
- (Sian) I really liked the dream poem because it really spoke to me. What makes a poem so special? I wonder what you have to be good at to be a poet?
- (Oliver B.) Thank you a lot, you managed to answer my big question!
- (Rico) The Smiles poem was awesome!!
- Thank you for the Dream poem because it taught me to be brave and not scared.
- I learned that poems could be sad, funny and happy!
- I like the poem "Don't Ever Stop Dreaming your Dreams". When I read that poem again and again, I found many Golden Lines. Thank you!!
- (Antonio) My favourite part was when you taught us that a poem comes from your heart and it usually has rhythm and rhyme. It was so fun!!
- My favourite part was when we read the Bible and talked some things out. My favourite Dream poem line was "don't ever feel that you are alone there is always somebody there for you to reach out to. I like it because I felt alone before.
- I learned that poems can be any type of poem – not just rhyme or normal, it can be a song or a rap type!
- (Jakob) thank you for telling us we can also be poets!
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A collection of 36 classic corvettes which has a latest model year of 1989 owned by renowned painter Peter Max. The collection has been kept under the sun and slowly rusting for 25 years. Peter Max bought the collection from a guy that won this amazing prize at a VH1 contest held in 1989. The contest by VH1 cable music channel was a call to a 900 number with a $2 fee to enter. Over 1 million people made the call and a lucky carpenter named Dennis Amodeo from Long Island won the prize.
*Check out this classic "Chevrolet Corvette Parking Only" sign.*
Peter bought them for a special art project that never came to light and these beauties were kept in the dark. Without proper maintenance they deteriorated through time. Until recently when a guy named Adam Heller managed to buy the collection and plan to restore each and every one of these beauties. Adam Heller and his family will restore the corvettes and eventually sell them as a whole set. It was reported that Adam initially offered Peter Max to restore the collection and split the profit. Peter refused and offered to just buy the collection.
Adam Heller together with some of corvettes he now owns.
Corvette fans are excited about this as the collection will hopefully get the care they deserve. An interested buyer will need a very deep pocket to purchase all 36 corvettes. The corvettes are covered with thick layers of dust that was said to have protected the paint. Corvette expert Chris Mazzilli helping with the restoration, says that some will only need minor restoration and will last just a couple of weeks. Others need major restoration and may take a whole year to complete.
Chrizz Mazzilli posing next to a 1969 Corvette Stingray.
The collection consist of corvette models from 1953 to 1989. The most prized car is 1953 corvette where 300 of the model was made. The 1953 will need a full frame restoration, this means that the whole body will be removed from the chassis and everything will get a complete overhaul. After full restoration, it is believed to be the most prized 1953 corvette in the world. Another corvette is from 1955 and only 700 were built. The 1955 corvette also needs substantial restoration.
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The collection was expected to be fully restored next year but some unfortunate events have raised problems. As reported by the New York Post, Jeff Wallner and Kenneth Simmons are filling a law suit against the psychedelic painter Peter Max and his agent Larry Moskowits for a million. The party claim that Peter Max promised them a commission of 10% if they sell him the prized collection, a commission they never got. The plaintiff claims that they have text and emails as a solid evidence to prove that Max made the deal. Corvette fans can just pray that the collection will not end up in another dark garage again.


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In this Tri-Cities case, five co-plaintiffs appealed Franklin County Superior Court Judge Robert Swisher's January 4, 2005 dismissal of their entire complaint with prejudice and denial of their motion to amend. Plaintiffs are individual, concerned taxpayers residing in the Tri-Cities metropolitan area. The Cities of Kennewick, Pasco, and Richland entered into an interlocal cooperative agreement pursuant to Ch. 39.34 RCW in March 1998, thereby creating the Tri-City Animal Control Authority ("ACA"). Every three years, one of the three jurisdictions is designated as the Operating Jurisdiction to administer the ACA Personal Services Agreement ("PSA") through a contractor chosen by a competitive bidding process. The Operating Jurisdiction must establish policies for implementing an Animal Control Plan serving the citizens of all three cities through impounding, boarding, adopting out, and euthanizing apprehended animals, investigating cruelty, and notifying owners of found animals. Since 1998, the ACA has repeatedly let the contract to Defendant Tri-Cities Animal Control ("TCAC") and its officer-employees Defendants Bruce and Sandy Young, with the latest contract term of 2004-2007. The ACA, through its PSAs, controls the means and methods of performance in the areas of impoundment, hold, redemption, humane treatment, and euthanasia.In February 2004, one of the plaintiffs petitioned the Washington State Attorney General, ACA, all Tri-City mayors, all Tri-City prosecutors, and the Franklin County Prosecutor to stop perceived inhumane treatment at TCAC by removing the Youngs. No petitioned entity took action as requested. It became clear that the municipal defendants would not take action to correct TCAC's alleged performance discrepancies when they re-let the competitively bid contract to TCAC for another three years (2004-2007). Based on eyewitness accounts, admissions by former TCAC employees, and a 2-day document audit revealing what appeared to be over 300 municipal hold violations (premature euthanasia and adoption) and apparently long-standing, inhumane euthanasia through underdosing, the plaintiffs filed a taxpayer action to end the suffering and demand fiscal and legal accountability. Included was a bid protest, a request for substantial injunctive and declaratory relief concerning animal care and control operations, and money damages not for the plaintiffs themselves, but as remittance to the taxpayers based on the ongoing misfeasance of TCAC's directors, and the ACA's ineffectual monitoring and ratification of illegal practices.Over one year after Swisher's decision, Division III ruled that he abused his discretion in not allowing plaintiffs to amend the complaint and reversed him on some asserted errors. Highlights follow:Taxpayer Standing to Challenge Illegal Acts: Joining Division I (Robinson v. City of Seattle) and Division II (Kightlinger v. Clark Cy. PUD No. 1), Division III rejected Greater Harbor 2000 v. City of Seattle, 132 Wn.2d 267 (1997), the Supreme Court decision Judge Swisher relied upon in finding that the plaintiffs had no standing to challenge the validity and legality of certain governmental acts, including an alleged violation of Richland's competitive bidding ordinances. In this rejection, Division III found that the plaintiffs did have standing to contest illegal acts.Taxpayer Standing to Challenge Discretionary Acts: Sadly, the court concluded that no plaintiff suffered "special injury" sufficient to achieve standing to challenge discretionary acts of government. Instead, it focused on the claim that none of the animals at issue was owned by any of the plaintiffs. Though borrowing from the reasoning of Article III standing jurisprudence, the court nonetheless found no aesthetic, emotional, or other injury that set the plaintiffs apart from other taxpayers. Plaintiffs and defendants' motions for reconsideration were denied.Taxpayer Bid Contest: Citing Dick Enterprises v. Metro/King Cy., 83 Wash.App. 566 (1996), Division III accepted plaintiffs' interpretation that taxpayers may contest a bid after it the contract has been signed. It suggested that if the plaintiffs' allegations could be proven, they may prevail on remand in avoiding the contract.Standing for Animals: The court rejected plaintiffs' contention that they had standing as third-party beneficiaries and as next friends of the subject nonhuman animals.Wolverton's mandate will likely be issued by early May 2006, at which time the case will remand to Franklin County Superior Court for further litigation on remaining and amended claims, including an Animal Welfare Act and public trust doctrine challenge.Click here for a copy of the decision. (613kb, pdf)
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William Henry Harrison home collection 1949
Electronic resources
http://www.in.gov/library/finding-aid/S0272%20William%20Henry%20Harrison%20Home%20Collection.pdf - Finding aid
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Processing Information: Collection processing and finding aid completed by Nikki Stoddard Schofield on 2014/07/10.
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|Summary, etc.:
Arthur R. Cochran, of the Vincennes Sun Commercial, wrote this four-page article. The Indianapolis News used some of Mr. Cochran's information for its article published on Wednesday, July 27, 1949. The Francis Vigo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution began in Vincennes in 1908 with thirteen charter members, and had 230 in 1949 when this article was written. They became interested in preserving the William Henry Harrison home in 1910, and, after many years of work and fundraising, became owners of the property in 1935. The article tells about the other uses of the large brick house after the Harrison family moved out in 1843. The building was a warehouse for storing grain, a hotel, a family residence, and a property of the Water Supply Company. The D.A.R. chapter has held its meetings in the parlor of the house from 1914 to the present (1949). In 1948, more than seven thousand people toured the historic house.
|Preferred Citation of Described Materials Note:
William Henry Harrison home collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library
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Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
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In 1908, the Francis Vigo Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution had thirteen charter members. Beginning in 1910, the women became interested in preserving the William Henry Harrison house located at Scott and Park streets, about 600 feet from the Wabash River, in Vincennes, Indiana. William Henry Harrison was governor of the Indiana Territory and U.S. President. The Harrison family lived in the brick house until 1843.
|Ownership and Custodial History:
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Sexson E. Humphreys in 1949/08.
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A regional Italian restaurant nestled downtown in the beautiful and quaint Harleston Village.
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It's amazing to think the Texas Rangers (playing in the country's fifth-largest metro area with a state-wide following) aren't considered a "large-market team." But as Pete Toms from The Biz of Baseball writes:
The Rangers current deal with FSSW was concluded in 2000. That deal pays the Rangers $17-$20 million annually (some reports cite $300 million over 15 years, others $250 million over the same) for their local cable TV rights. Only 10 years later Fox has agreed to QUADRUPLE (or more) their rights fee for Rangers baseball. This enormous and rapid increase in the value of the Rangers local TV rights is the most recent example of the critical importance of Regional Sports Networks (RSNs) to the biz of baseball. In 06, the Angels agreed to a 10 year/$500 million deal with FSN West. In 07, it was the Mariners and FSN Northwest agreeing to 12 years/$500 million. In 08, it was the Tigers turn when FSN Detroit agreed to pay a reported $400 million for 10 years.There's no reason to think the Rays, whose contract with FSN/Sun expires after the 2016 season, won't reap a similar reward.
As I've written before, the Rays aren't a small-market team either, and if they don't alienate their fans with the stadium saga, they stand to increase their television revenue exponentially when the current deal expires. Or sooner.


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In the futuristic year of 2017, hostilities spill beyond Earth when conflict arises between the Indian and Chinese moon colonies. Result: two destroyed colonies, 500 dead.
That's only the beginning.
Amy Brouillette is a program aide at Highland Road Park Observatory, and she envisions a future where humans discover complex life on a distant planet by traveling through another dimension. The 23-year-old Baton Rouge resident has been displaying her multi-media exhibit at the observatory on Saturday evenings, and will continue to do so Saturday and Feb. 9.
"We jumped at the chance to show it," said Christopher Kersey, observatory manager. He said the display, known as Project Mayflower, is the observatory's first art display.
Brouillette's spectacle is multi-faceted and thorough. It involves an etched Mylar timeline, a website, hand-drawn maps, drawings of creatures found on the planet, detailed crew profiles, the crew historian's journal and a model of Meriwether Lewis, the spacecraft used to travel to the newly discovered planet.
The idea sparked in Brouillette when she was a high school freshman. She first imagined the world that the crew would eventually encounter, known as Estel Ac.
"I had a tumor in my leg and was stuck at home with nothing but the Internet. I started developing the characters and I've been working on it ever since."
She started thinking about what would happen if space travel became commonplace and how fast things would build and develop.
"Most of the technologies we take for granted were pioneered by the space program. We went to the moon with less computer power than a cheap solar calculator."
In Brouillette's story, a probe called Columbus discovers Estel Ac after punching a hole in another dimension. All the humans in the galaxy, despite previously contentious relations, come together to work toward a manned mission to Estel Ac set for the year 2258, the final event of Brouillette's timeline.
Brouillette first became interested in space when her father took her to the Highland Observatory as a child.
"I just fell in love with it. I wanted to be an astronaut for a while, until Columbia made me reconsider that," she said. "It also helped that I wasn't too good at math."
Her art skills eventually led Brouillette to pursue a bachelor's of fine art in digital art at LSU. She worked on aspects of Project Mayflower throughout her classes, and created the space mission as a framework for her fantasy world last spring in her Artist as Archivist class.
"It was such a big hit that my teacher suggested I continue it for my senior project, which I was more than happy to do," Brouillette said. She has since added a few more details and wants to continue building on Project Mayflower.
Concerning her future, Brouillette will continue working at the observatory. One day, she said, she would like to turn her fantasy world into something more tangible.
"I plan for it to be a set of five books eventually, but I still have to iron out the details," Brouillette said. She also aspires to teach art at St. Joseph's Academy, her alma mater.
But for the next two Saturdays, Brouillette is a visionary artist. Her attention to detail is evident while she meticulously packs up the display, her entire universe fitting neatly into a duffle bag.


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Google guilty of defamation, Italian court rules
A Milan judge has found Google Italy guilty of defamation because of the way its search engine linked the name of an Italian businessman to the word "fraud" and has ordered the company to modify the operation of its Autocomplete service.
The ruling by Judge Roberto Bichi was published March 24 and rejects a Google appeal against an earlier Milan court ruling that upheld the complaint of a businessman, identified in press reports Tuesday only as "AB." Bichi also ordered the company to pay a total of €3,800 ($5,550) in costs and damages.
AB, an entrepreneur in the financial services sector who uses the Internet to promote his business, complained that Google's Suggest search/Autocomplete function linked his name to the words "fraud" and "fraudster" (truffa and truffatore).
The connection was particularly unfortunate since he was a trader and clients might naturally search for his name in connection with the word "trading." AB complained that the word "fraud" came up as a suggestion after his name even without the user beginning to type a further term and that Google failed to take corrective action when the problem was drawn to its attention by his lawyer.
Bichi and a panel of two other judges ruled that the association of the plaintiff's name with the word "fraud" was liable to lead users "to doubt the moral integrity of the individual" and "to suspect him of illicit conduct."
The fact that the links did not actually lead to defamatory information about AB was not a valid excuse for Google's conduct, the judges said. Many users would not bother to click on the links and would come away with a negative impression of AB, while there was no evidence to support Google's contention that Internet users were capable of discriminating intelligently about the information they found online, the judges said.
In its appeal against the earlier ruling, Google argued that it provided a neutral hosting service and that the selection of information was carried out automatically by its proprietary software, with no active human intervention.
The company also argued that if it intervened to prevent its users from having access to information posted by third parties it could open itself to complaints and requests for compensation.
Writing in his blog, Carlo Piana, the lead counsel for AB, said there was no question of the court ruling opening the door to censorship. His client had discussed the case with Google before going to court, and was seeking the elimination of only two search terms, Piana wrote.
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Media Narcissism Watch
But enough about me, Mr. Dean. How do you like my coverage?
The no-nonsense former Vermont governor is not a schmoozer and makes little effort to charm the reporters who swarm around him in growing numbers. Reporters who have spent hours with Dean express surprise that he never asks a single question about them.
—Howard Kurtz, "Schmooze-Makers: Howard Dean's Campaign Team Charms His Way Into Print," in the Dec. 18 Washington Post
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Laurel loves her dogs, and she loves our urban wildlife, including the coyotes. She knows that raccoons and coyotes go a-trekking in the evenings, and sometimes even during daylight hours. "A predator-proof enclosure allows the family dogs safe, secure, anytime outdoor access between naps on the couch and outings to the dog park". But the dog run was not predator-proof initially. She changed that so that now it is. Laurel is dedicated to saving dogs, raccoons and coyotes, and her creative solution is depicted in this photo.
It was after seeing a coyote trot through her front yard one evening, and reading reports of aggressive raccoons, that this San Francisco resident wanted to ensure the safety of the family's three dogs. The pet door goes out to a ramp that leads into the dog run, which is now totally secure on the top and sides. "Our dogs are a part of the family and it gives us peace of mind for potty breaks even in the middle of the night", reports Laurel. The dog-run's most recent update is a black coating of paint, which actually makes it almost invisible when looking out of the solarium overlooking it.
An added benefit of this design is that two dogs who don't get along can be let out at the same time because of the way it is partitioned. This helps with when a family member brings his/her antagonistic dog to visit while they go on a family trip. Laurel also walks dogs through her organization: Golden Gate Dog Walking, in San Francisco.


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The US Peace Memorial Foundation has awarded its 2016 Peace Prize to Veterans For Peace "In recognition of heroic efforts to expose the causes and costs of war and to prevent and end armed conflict."
Michael Knox, Chair of the Foundation, presented the award on August 13 at the Veterans For Peace national convention banquet, held at the University of California, Berkeley. In his remarks, Knox said, "Thank you, Veterans For Peace, for your tireless antiwar work, creativity, and leadership. Your organization is an inspiration to peace loving people throughout the world."
The Peace Prize was accepted by Michael McPherson, Veterans For Peace Executive Director; Barry Ladendorf, President of the Board of Directors; and by Doug Rawlings, a VFP Founder, to loud applause from an audience of about 400.
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