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Introduction: Scott Phillips is a genealogical historian and owner of Onward To Our Past® genealogy services. In this guest blog post, Scott tells how old newspaper articles confirmed his uncle's incredible WWII survival story—a tale that Scott, as a boy, used to question.
One of the first precepts of genealogy that my mentor (Ginger Simek, president of the Czechoslovak Genealogical Society International) taught me, was to always work hard to find out if the family stories I had heard over the years were mythology or, in fact, reality. Mythology may be fun and exciting, but genealogy is all about reality and the truth as we can document it. Recently, I found myself employing this rule.
I have to say that I was basically blessed with a great childhood. However, I have always found myself harboring a serious regret—one that, as a genealogist and our family's historian, continues to haunt me to this day. This regret is that I never listened closely enough to far too many family stories when they were proffered to me by my elder family members.
However, just a short time ago I found hope for abolishing, at least in part, this regrettable behavior of my youth. Here's the story.
As a child, I found that by pleading with my Uncle George Cottle using my best smile, my saddest eyes, and/or my finest "please," he could be coaxed into telling the story of when he and his wife were on a ship that was torpedoed by a German U-Boat in the Atlantic Ocean, and how they barely escaped with their lives. The trouble is I was always focusing on the submarine part (to this day I still love submarines) and not listening closely for the details of this amazing survival story, such as which ship they were on, when they sailed, where they were going, why, etc.
When I began researching the life and times of my Uncle George for our family tree, I decided I needed to find out if "the torpedo story," as we all called it, was true or simply a family myth. Naturally, I found myself searching GenealogyBank.com for help.
Using the search terms Cottle, torpedo, ship, and a few others I found that good old Uncle George was indeed telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth! I found the ship's name was the Athenia. Upon adding this name to the search terms, BINGO, I found myself reading about the sinking of the Athenia in over 300 newspapers from the Heraldo de Brownsville published in Spanish in Brownsville, Texas, to the Oregonian published in Portland, Oregon, and from the San Diego Union published in San Diego, California, to the Greensboro Record, published in Greensboro, North Carolina. I was also learning that the 1,347 passengers and crew were bound from the United Kingdom to New York in September 1939.
I found myself being entranced by the newspaper articles about the sinking of the S.S. Athenia in WWII, such as one in the Richmond Times Dispatch that reported the attempts by Nazi propaganda minister, Paul Josef Goebbels, to smear British Prime Minister Winston Churchill over the event.
As I began honing in on Cleveland, Ohio, George's home, I found a truly fantastic set of newspaper articles in the Plain Dealer from that city.
There I was looking at an old photo showing Uncle George and his wife Laura in a lifeboat on their rescue vessel, the Knute Nelson.
This old photo brought a flood of family memories, and suddenly I was hearing my Uncle's voice again as he related how he and Aunt Laura, after donning their lifejackets several decks below, headed up to their assigned lifeboat—where they were shoved out of the way by others clambering to get into any lifeboat they could to survive the attack. My Aunt and Uncle moved on to luckily find another lifeboat, the last one to leave the Athenia. They then spent more than seven hours at sea in their leaking lifeboat before their ordeal ended. As they were being rescued, they were horrified to see their originally-assigned lifeboat pulled into the propellers of the Knute Nelson and destroyed with a significant loss of life.
Here is Uncle George's obituary. Notice that it mentions the sinking of the Athenia.
In my memory, I can still hear my Uncle George telling his survival story of the sinking of the Athenia, and it makes me smile. He would always end this story by remarking "it was the first time in 28 years I went on the ocean, and I am not going again"—although he actually used a bit more colorful language!


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Mobility impaired hunters were once again treated to a unique opportunity to take part in two special deer hunts this year on numerous well-managed and exclusive, private tracts of land in the Upstate.
During 2012 at the two special hunts, 48 hosts provided opportunities for 183 hunters in Cherokee, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg and Union counties. Participating in the hunts were 148 hunters, and they harvested 32 deer (13 bucks and 19 does). There is no application fee or any other costs to participate in the events.
In 1985, Danny Cain from Waterloo fell from a tree stand while deer hunting and broke his back. He has been in a wheelchair permanently since that time, but his interest and love for deer hunting has remained strong. Sometimes because of an illness or accident, sportsmen who enjoy hunting can unexpectedly find themselves unable to deer hunt again, without significant assistance. Cain asked the S.C. Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in 1995 to consider providing a special deer hunting opportunity for mobility impaired individuals within the Upstate.
As a result, a cooperative venture was formed among various Upstate private landowners, hunting clubs, sportsmen's preserves, industrial timber companies and the DNR to allow this group of devoted but disadvantaged sportsmen a truly unique hunting opportunity.
At these special hunts, participants are able to experience the challenges, enjoyment and thrills associated with hunting white-tailed deer at some of the most well-managed and exclusive private hunting properties in the Upstate. The DNR has developed cooperative arrangements with a number of individuals and groups and works closely with them to co-sponsor two, two-day events each year in late October and early November during the peak of the rutting season.
The Upstate mobility impaired deer hunts are restricted to individuals who have severe and permanent mobility impairments. Although many sportsmen may have serious health problems that can cause varying degrees of mobility impairment, often their situations are very difficult to assess or measure accurately or fairly. However, in order to participate in the Upstate events, an applicant must meet one of three, very specific criteria. (1) Applicants must be permanently confined to a wheelchair, (2) permanently require some type of mechanical aid (walker, braces, canes, etc.) to assist them in walking or (3) have had a single or double leg amputation. Each participant can bring someone to assist him or her in a non-hunting capacity, and all hunting is conducted from ground blinds.
All hunt participants and their assistants were invited to attend a barbecue lunch at either Tyger Ranch in Union County or Clinton National Guard Armory in Laurens County at noon on Friday of the first hunt day before dispersing to their assigned hunt sites that afternoon. Many of the hunters like to gather early on Friday morning to socialize and enjoy a relaxing time together. Some of the hunt sites provide overnight accommodations, and the hunters assigned there have the opportunity to share their afternoon hunt stories during supper and before bedtime. Many of the participants hunt again on Saturday morning.
The mobility impaired hunters receive significant benefits from these events. They certainly enjoy the hunting opportunity and the outdoor recreational experience along with the good meals and the fellowship among old friends and new acquaintances. Many particularly benefit from the opportunity to compare notes with each other on the best or latest innovations, gadgets and customized equipment that may make it easier for them to hunt or help them to better adapt to their disabilities.
A number of organizations are co-sponsors of these events and assist in various ways. The Harry Hampton Memorial Wildlife Fund has been a primary financial supporter of these events since their inception and also coordinates the handling of donations and finances. South Carolina Disabled Sportsmen assists annually with compiling participant mailing lists. The Paralyzed Veterans of America donated a mechanical, hydraulic-lift (Huntmaster) deer stand and this equipment is used at the Upstate hunts each year and also at other DNR co-sponsored mobility-impaired deer hunts around the state. Sue Smith donated a second Huntmaster deer stand, and it is also available for use at various DNR co-sponsored mobility-impaired deer hunts around the state. Georgia Pacific Corp. has helped to financially support the events for several years. Sprinkle Prosthetics of Spartanburg has been a significant contributor for many years. The Carolina's Fence Association has for several years donated materials to construct ground blinds from chain link fence panels and has plans for donating additional materials for building ground blinds. The South Carolina Wildlife Law Enforcement Officers Association has provided a handicapped accessible golf cart, special financial support and personnel assistance. The DNR's Take One Make One program has provided financial support and assistance in various ways.
The U.S. Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Project arranged to have several servicemen who had been severely injured in combat within Iraq or Afghanistan to attend the Upstate events this year. Outdoor activities such as hunting can provide immense physical and psychological benefits to injured service people as they transition back into civilian life as well as to other individuals who as a result of an illness or accident are forced to adjust to a different lifestyle that drastically restricts their mobility.
At each of the events after a great barbecue lunch for all the hunt participants and hosts on Friday, several very nice door prizes donated by some very generous individuals and businesses were given away by drawing to lucky participants attending the events. A large number of volunteers provide annual assistance at these hunts, and their help is absolutely essential to the success of the events. Every volunteer certainly finds their contribution very rewarding and some look forward to these events almost as much as the hunt participants. The list of individuals and groups who host mobility impaired hunters on their properties during the Upstate events increases annually. These generous individuals are providing a unique and special opportunity, and the hunt participants and their families certainly recognize it and genuinely appreciate it.
The list of hosts accommodating mobility impaired deer hunters during the 2012 Upstate hunts included the following individuals and organizations:
Cherokee County:
Wayne & Judy Cooper – Arcon Land & Timer
Dan White – Cedar Ridge Hunt Club
Lane Hendrix – Heavenly Acres Hunt Club
Spartanburg County:
Harold Campbell – Campbell Property
George D. Johnson Jr. – Magnolia
Stewart Johnson – Jimmie's Creek Farm
George Graham – Tri G Gun Club
Will Montgomery – Pine Valley Farm
Sam Shackelford III – Riverside Hunt Club
Darrell Merchant – Cross Anchor Hunt Club
Larry Cook – Booger Den Hunt Club
Herbert Skerjanz – Diamond D Hunt Club
John W. Floyd Jr. – Gordon Farms
Union County:
Ron Roberts – Beulah Creek Hunt Club
Wayne Garner – U.S. Sportsman's Club
George D. Johnson Jr. – Tyger Ranch
Donnie Loftis – Padgets Creek Reserve
Donnie Loftis – Rabbit Road Hunt Club
Terry Shockley – Trophy Buck Hunt Club
Steve Koskela – Laura Lyn Farm
Walter Oates – Triangle 113 Farm
Frank Sistare – Fairforest Timber Co.
Bob Jeter – Chufa Ridge Hunt Club
Jeff Strickland – Strickland Property
Jack Lister – Ridge Runner Hunt Club
Chris Pruitt – The Antler Farm
Ty Cheek – Pea Ridge Hunt Club
Laurens County:
Wallace Boyd – Quaker Creek Farm
Wade Pitts – Pitts Place
Claude Woollen – Woollen Farm
Steve Frantz – Southern Timber Associates
Chris Grant – The Clinton House Plantation
Charles Blackmon – Blackmon Farm
Bryson Thomason – Fuller Gray Farm
Tim Howard –Sugar Flat Hunt Club
Tom Hawkins – Hawk's Nest Hunt Club
Dave Schemm – Triple S Hunt Club
Derrick Wessinger – Hurricane Hunt Club
Steve Johnson – Johnson Farm
Danny Roach – Pacolet Milliken Enterprises
Marc Ellison – Ellison Property
Newberry County:
Lee Walsh – Belfast Hunt Club
Otis Taylor – The Scott Place (TCA Timberlands)
Terry Cotney – Lester Estate
Rusty Harter – Piedmont Conservation Club
Gary Stephens – Belfast WMA
Tom Bates – Mudlick Hunt Club
Tom Pope – Pojo
Applications for the 2013 Upstate hunts will be available in early summer, but you may contact the Union DNR Office at anytime to get your name on the mailing list for an application. The office address is: Union DNR Office, 124 Wildlife Drive, Union, SC 29379, telephone (864) 427-5140. Or you may download an application from the DNR website at www.dnr.sc.gov/hunting/mobilityhunt in the early summer.
Information about becoming a host is also available from the Union DNR Office. Dates for all DNR co-sponsored special hunts around the state will be published in the DNR's 2013-2014 Rules and Regulations booklet, and information will also be available from the South Carolina DNR main office at 1000 Assembly St., PO Box 167, Columbia, SC 29202, telephone (803) 734-3886. Any qualified mobility impaired individuals who have an interest in hunting and are not attending these hunts are encouraged to give them a try.
Source: South Carolina Department of Natural Resources


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Smith's Bible DictionaryBethel
(the house of God) well known city and holy place of central Palestine, about 12 mlles north of Jerusalem. If we are to accept the precise definition of (Genesis 12:8) the name of Bethel would appear to have existed at this spot even before the arrival of Abram in Canaan. (Genesis 12:8; 13:3,4) Bethel was the scene of Jacob's vision. (Genesis 28:11-19; 31:13) Jacob lived there. (Genesis 35:1-8) The original name was Luz. (Judges 1:22,23) After the conquest Bethel is frequently heard of. In the troubled times when there was no king in Israel, it was to Bethel that the people went up in their distress to ask counsel of God. (Judges 20:18,26,31; 21:2) Authorized Version, "house of God." Here was the ark of the covenant. (Judges 20:26-28; 21:4) Later it is named as one of the holy cities to which Samuel went on circuit. (1 Samuel 7:16) Here Jeroboab placed one of the two calves of gold. Toward the end of Jeroboam's life Bethel fell into the hands of Judah. (2 Chronicles 13:19) Elijah visited Bethel, and we hear of "sons of the prophets" as resident there. (2 Kings 2:2,3) But after the destruction of Baal worship by Jehu Bethel comes once more into view. (2 Kings 10:29) After the desolation of the northern kingdom by the king of Assyria, Bethel still remained an abode of priests. (2 Kings 17:27,28) In later times Bethel is named only once under the scarcely-altered name of Beitin . Its ruins still lie on the righthand side of the road from Jerusalem to Nablus.
ATS Bible DictionaryBethel
House of God, the name of a city west of Hai, on the confines of the tribes of Ephraim and Benjamin, Genesis 12:8 28:10-22, and occupying the spot where Jacob slept and had his memorable dream, the name he then gave it superseding the old name Luz, Jude 1:23. Thirty years after, he again pitched his tent there, Genesis 35:1-15. It was captured by Joshua, and given to Benjamin, Joshua 12:9 18:22. The Ephraimites, however, expelled the Canaanites, Jude 1:22-26. Here the ark of the covenant, and probably the tabernacle, long remained, Jud 20:26 1 Samuel 10:3. Samuel held his court here in turn, 1 Samuel 7:16. After Solomon, it became a seat of gross idolatry; Jeroboam choosing it as the place for one of his golden calves, from the sacredness previously attached to it, 1 Kings 12:29. The prophets were charged with messages against Bethel, 1 Kings 13:1,2 Jeremiah 48:13 Am 3:14 7:10. The first of these was fulfilled by Josiah, 2 Kings 23:13; and the others in the later desolation of Bethel, where nothing but ruins can now be found. Its site was identified by Dr. Robinson, in the place now called Beitin. It is twelve miles from Jerusalem towards Shechem, on the southern side of a hill, with a narrow and fertile valley on the east, and the long-traveled road on the west. At the bottom of the hill are the remains of a vast stone reservoir, of an ancient Hebrew age.
Easton's Bible DictionaryHouse of God.
(1.) A place in Central Palestine, about 10 miles north of Jerusalem, at the head of the pass of Michmash and Ai. It was originally the royal Canaanite city of Luz (Genesis 28:19). The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the tribe of Ephraim. When Abram entered Canaan he formed his second encampment between Bethel and Hai (Genesis 12:8); and on his return from Egypt he came back to it, and again "called upon the name of the Lord" (13:4). Here Jacob, on his way from Beersheba to Haran, had a vision of the angels of God ascending and descending on the ladder whose top reached unto heaven (28:10, 19); and on his return he again visited this place, "where God talked with him" (35:1-15), and there he "built an altar, and called the place El-beth-el" (q.v.). To this second occasion of God's speaking with Jacob at Bethel, Hosea (12:4, 5) makes reference.
In troublous times the people went to Bethel to ask counsel of God (Judges 20:18, 31; 21:2). Here the ark of the covenant was kept for a long time under the care of Phinehas, the grandson of Aaron (20:26-28). Here also Samuel held in rotation his court of justice (1 Samuel 7:16). It was included in Israel after the kingdom was divided, and it became one of the seats of the worship of the golden calf (1 Kings 12:28-33; 13:1). Hence the prophet Hosea (Hosea 4:15; 5:8; 10:5, 8) calls it in contempt Beth-aven, i.e., "house of idols." Bethel remained an abode of priests even after the kingdom of Israel was desolated by the king of Assyria (2 Kings 17:28, 29). At length all traces of the idolatries were extirpated by Josiah, king of Judah (2 Kings 23:15-18); and the place was still in existence after the Captivity (Ezra 2:28; Nehemiah 7:32). It has been identified with the ruins of Beitin, a small village amid extensive ruins some 9 miles south of Shiloh.
(2.) Mount Bethel was a hilly district near Bethel (Joshua 16:1; 1 Samuel 13:2).
(3.) A town in the south of Judah (Joshua 8:17; 12:16).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. (n.) A place of worship; a hallowed spot.
2. (n.) A chapel for dissenters.
3. (n.) A house of worship for seamen.
International Standard Bible EncyclopediaBETHEL
beth'-el (beth-'el; Baithel and oikos theou, literally, "house of God"):
(har beth-'el; Baithel louza (1 Samuel 13:2, the Revised Version (British and American) "the mount of Bethel"; Joshua 16:1)): The hill which stretches from the North of the town to Tell `Acur. The road to Shechem lies along the ridge. An army in possession of these heights easily commanded the route from north to south.
Strong's Hebrew416. El Beth-el -- "the God of Bethel," an altar of Jacob
... El Beth-el. 417 . "the God of Bethel," an altar of Jacob. Transliteration: El
Beth-el Phonetic Spelling: (ale bayth-ale') Short Definition: El-bethel. ...
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1017. Beth Haeli -- an inhabitant of Bethel
3870. Luz -- earlier name of Bethel, also a Hittite city
3466. Yeshanah -- a city near Bethel
1008. Betheel -- "house of God," a city in Ephraim, also a place ...
206. Aven -- "wickedness," a contemptuous synonym for two places
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ThesaurusBethel (67 Occurrences)
... The name Bethel was at first apparently given to the sanctuary in the neighbourhood
of Luz, and was not given to the city itself till after its conquest by the ...
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Bethel-sarezer (1 Occurrence)
El-bethel (1 Occurrence)
Luz (7 Occurrences)
Ai (32 Occurrences)
Bethaven (6 Occurrences)
Deborah (10 Occurrences)
Beth-aven (6 Occurrences)
Hai (2 Occurrences)
Jacob (361 Occurrences)
Bible ConcordanceBethel (67 Occurrences)
Genesis 12:8 He left from there to the mountain on the east of Bethel, and pitched his tent, having Bethel on the west, and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to Yahweh and called on the name of Yahweh.
Genesis 13:3 He went on his journeys from the South even to Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 28:19 He called the name of that place Bethel, but the name of the city was Luz at the first.
Genesis 31:13 I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed a pillar, where you vowed a vow to me. Now arise, get out from this land, and return to the land of your birth.'"
Genesis 35:1 God said to Jacob, "Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother."
Genesis 35:3 Let us arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me in the way which I went."
Genesis 35:6 So Jacob came to Luz (that is, Bethel), which is in the land of Canaan, he and all the people who were with him.
Genesis 35:7 And he built there an altar, and called the place Elbethel: because there God appeared unto him, when he fled from the face of his brother.
Genesis 35:8 Deborah, Rebekah's nurse, died, and she was buried below Bethel under the oak; and its name was called Allon Bacuth.
Genesis 35:15 Jacob called the name of the place where God spoke with him "Bethel."
Genesis 35:16 They traveled from Bethel. There was still some distance to come to Ephrath, and Rachel travailed. She had hard labor.
Joshua 7:2 Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, "Go up and spy out the land." The men went up and spied out Ai.
Joshua 8:9 Joshua sent them out; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua stayed among the people that night.
Joshua 8:12 He took about five thousand men, and set them in ambush between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of the city.
Joshua 8:17 And there was not a man left in Ai or Bethel, that went not out after Israel: and they left the city open, and pursued after Israel.
Joshua 12:9 the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is beside Bethel, one;
Joshua 12:16 the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;
Joshua 16:1 The lot came out for the children of Joseph from the Jordan at Jericho, at the waters of Jericho on the east, even the wilderness, going up from Jericho through the hill country to Bethel.
Joshua 16:2 It went out from Bethel to Luz, and passed along to the border of the Archites to Ataroth;
Joshua 18:13 The border passed along from there to Luz, to the side of Luz (the same is Bethel), southward. The border went down to Ataroth Addar, by the mountain that lies on the south of Beth Horon the lower.
Joshua 18:22 Beth Arabah, Zemaraim, Bethel,
Judges 1:22 The house of Joseph, they also went up against Bethel; and Yahweh was with them.
Judges 1:23 The house of Joseph sent to spy out Bethel. (Now the name of the city before was Luz.)
Judges 4:5 She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
Judges 20:18 The children of Israel arose, and went up to Bethel, and asked counsel of God; and they said, "Who shall go up for us first to battle against the children of Benjamin?" Yahweh said, "Judah shall go up first."
Judges 20:26 Then all the children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came to Bethel, and wept, and sat there before Yahweh, and fasted that day until even; and they offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before Yahweh.
Judges 20:31 The children of Benjamin went out against the people, and were drawn away from the city; and they began to strike and kill of the people, as at other times, in the highways, of which one goes up to Bethel, and the other to Gibeah, in the field, about thirty men of Israel.
Judges 21:2 The people came to Bethel, and sat there until evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept sore.
Judges 21:19 They said, "Behold, there is a feast of Yahweh from year to year in Shiloh, which is on the north of Bethel, on the east side of the highway that goes up from Bethel to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah."
1 Samuel 7:16 He went from year to year in circuit to Bethel and Gilgal, and Mizpah; and he judged Israel in all those places.
1 Samuel 10:3 "Then you shall go on forward from there, and you shall come to the oak of Tabor; and three men shall meet you there going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three young goats, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
1 Samuel 13:2 Saul chose him three thousand men of Israel, of which two thousand were with Saul in Michmash and in the Mount of Bethel, and one thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin: and the rest of the people he sent every man to his tent.
1 Samuel 30:27 He sent it to those who were in Bethel, and to those who were in Ramoth of the South, and to those who were in Jattir,
1 Kings 12:29 He set the one in Bethel, and the other put he in Dan.
1 Kings 12:30 And this became a sin in Israel; for the people went to give worship to the one at Beth-el, and to the other at Dan.
1 Kings 12:32 Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like the feast that is in Judah, and he went up to the altar; so did he in Bethel, sacrificing to the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places that he had made.
1 Kings 12:33 He went up to the altar which he had made in Bethel on the fifteenth day in the eighth month, even in the month which he had devised of his own heart: and he ordained a feast for the children of Israel, and went up to the altar, to burn incense.
1 Kings 13:1 And, behold, there came a man of God out of Judah by the word of the LORD unto Bethel: and Jeroboam stood by the altar to burn incense.
1 Kings 13:4 It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put out his hand from the altar, saying, "Seize him!" His hand, which he put out against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to himself.
1 Kings 13:10 So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
1 Kings 13:11 Now there lived an old prophet in Bethel; and one of his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel. They also told their father the words which he had spoken to the king.
1 Kings 13:32 For the saying which he cried by the word of Yahweh against the altar in Bethel, and against all the houses of the high places which are in the cities of Samaria, will surely happen."
1 Kings 16:34 In his days did Hiel the Bethelite build Jericho: he laid its foundation with the loss of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates with the loss of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.
2 Kings 2:2 Elijah said to Elisha, "Please wait here, for Yahweh has sent me as far as Bethel." Elisha said, "As Yahweh lives, and as your soul lives, I will not leave you." So they went down to Bethel.
2 Kings 2:3 The sons of the prophets who were at Bethel came out to Elisha, and said to him, "Do you know that Yahweh will take away your master from your head today?" He said, "Yes, I know it; hold your peace."
2 Kings 2:23 He went up from there to Bethel. As he was going up by the way, some youths came out of the city and mocked him, and said to him, "Go up, you baldy! Go up, you baldhead!"
2 Kings 10:29 However from the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, with which he made Israel to sin, Jehu didn't depart from after them, to wit, the golden calves that were in Bethel, and that were in Dan.
2 Kings 17:28 So one of the priests whom they had carried away from Samaria came and lived in Bethel, and taught them how they should fear Yahweh.
2 Kings 23:4 The king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, and the priests of the second order, and the keepers of the threshold, to bring forth out of the temple of Yahweh all the vessels that were made for Baal, and for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky, and he burned them outside of Jerusalem in the fields of the Kidron, and carried the ashes of them to Bethel.
2 Kings 23:15 Moreover the altar that was at Bethel, and the high place which Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin, had made, even that altar and the high place he broke down; and he burned the high place and beat it to dust, and burned the Asherah.
2 Kings 23:17 Then he said, "What monument is that which I see?" The men of the city told him, "It is the tomb of the man of God, who came from Judah, and proclaimed these things that you have done against the altar of Bethel."
2 Kings 23:19 All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke Yahweh to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
1 Chronicles 7:28 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
2 Chronicles 13:19 Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its towns, and Jeshanah with its towns, and Ephron with its towns.
Ezra 2:28 The men of Bethel and Ai, two hundred twenty-three.
Nehemiah 7:32 The men of Bethel and Ai, a hundred twenty-three.
Nehemiah 11:31 The children of Benjamin also lived from Geba onward, at Michmash and Aija, and at Bethel and its towns,
Jeremiah 48:13 Moab shall be ashamed of Chemosh, as the house of Israel was ashamed of Bethel their confidence.
Hosea 10:15 So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.
Hosea 12:4 Indeed, he struggled with the angel, and prevailed; he wept, and made supplication to him. He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke with us,
Amos 3:14 "For in the day that I visit the transgressions of Israel on him, I will also visit the altars of Bethel; and the horns of the altar will be cut off, and fall to the ground.
Amos 4:4 "Go to Bethel, and sin; to Gilgal, and sin more. Bring your sacrifices every morning, your tithes every three days,
Amos 5:5 but don't seek Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and don't pass to Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity, and Bethel shall come to nothing.
Amos 5:6 Seek Yahweh, and you will live; lest he break out like fire in the house of Joseph, and it devour, and there be no one to quench it in Bethel.
Amos 7:10 Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, "Amos has conspired against you in the midst of the house of Israel. The land is not able to bear all his words.
Amos 7:13 but don't prophesy again any more at Bethel; for it is the king's sanctuary, and it is a royal house!"
Zechariah 7:2 The people of Bethel sent Sharezer and Regem Melech, and their men, to entreat Yahweh's favor,
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High school graduation rates rose to their highest rate in decades in 2010 and dropout rates plummeted.
High school graduation rates rose to their highest rate in decades in 2010 and dropout rates plummeted.
Good news. No doubt about it.
The U.S. Department of Education study released this week showed that California, the nation's largest public school system, turned out a highest-in-the-nation 405,000 graduates.
That gave the state an Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate of 78.2 percent, matching the national average and 7 points better than the previous year. (The AFGR is an estimate of the percentage of students who graduate on time - four years after starting the ninth grade - with a regular diploma.)
That good news is tempered by the reality that this state also produced the highest number of dropouts - 93,000, roughly 8,000 more people than live in Tracy - for a rate of 4.6 percent. That was well above the national average of 3.4 percent. Nationwide, about 514,000 students dropped out of high school.
In San Joaquin County, about 1,460 students dropped out before graduating in 2010.
Even as the national graduation rate was moving up and down through the years, there continued to be a wide variance among the states, ranging from 57.8 percent in Nevada and 59.9 percent in the District of Columbia to 91.1 percent in Wisconsin and 91.4 percent in Vermont.
The data show males are more at risk of dropping out than females and blacks and Latinos are more at risk than whites and Asian Americans.
The data also show that every of high school the dropout rate ticks up slightly (the AFGR rate being a composite for each year's rate).
As the educational pendulum swings away from standardized testing as the gold standard for student and teacher achievement, we could see some improvement in these dropout numbers.
Clearly using just that standard, a one-size-fits-all model, means the poor test taker and the student without homework support at home is going to be at a disadvantage. And once a student sees him or herself as a failure, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Higher graduation rates mean we are moving in the right direction. But we can't be satisfied with that when 1,460 San Joaquin County students are among the 93,000 dropouts statewide. We can't let that much human capital be put in danger of being wasted.


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The Major in Women's Studies is a multi-disciplinary program offered to candidates for degrees in the Bachelor of Arts. The Minor in Women's Studies is a multi-disciplinary program offered to candidates for the degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, co-operative degrees offered by the Faculty of Science, Bachelor of Business Administration, and the physical education and recreation degrees offered by the School of Human Kinetics and Recreation.
The objective of these programs is to explore the experience and contributions of women from historical, cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. Assumptions about women and gender differences and the social implications of these assumptions will be explored. Attention will be paid to existing and emerging feminist debates and issues.
The Major Program in Women's Studies consists of a minimum of 39 credit hours. The following courses are required:
Women's Studies 1000, Women's Studies 2005, Women's Studies 3000, Women's Studies 3005, Women's Studies 4000, and Women's Studies 4005.
A minimum of 21 credit hours from the Women's Studies Electives Courses outlined below, selected from at least three different subject areas.
One of these courses may be a selected topics or directed readings course in any subject relevant to the major program.
A selected topics or directed readings course included in the student's major program must be approved in advance by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies on the recommendation of the Head of the Department.
Students declaring a Major in Women's Studies should consult the Head of the Department regarding course selection.
Students who minor in Women's Studies shall complete a minimum of 24 credit hours in courses which shall include the following:
Women's Studies 1000, Women's Studies 3000, and Women's Studies 4000.
A minimum of 15 credit hours in courses from the Women's Studies Electives Courses outlined below, taken in at least three different subject areas. One of these courses may be selected topics or directed readings courses in any subject relevant to the minor program.
A selected topics course or directed readings course included in the student's minor program must be approved in advance by the Committee on Undergraduate Studies on the recommendation of the Head of the Department.
Not more than 3 credit hours in courses in the students major Program may be used to satisfy the requirements of the minor in Women's studies.
- Core Courses
- Women's Studies 1000
- Women's Studies 2005
- Women's Studies 3000
- Women's Studies 3005
- Women's Studies 4000
- Women's Studies 4005
- Elective Courses
- Anthropology 3305
- Anthropology 4081
- Education 3565
- English 2700
- English 3817
- English 3830
- Folklore 3950
- German 3914
- History 2760
- History 3760
- History 3770
- History 3780
- History 3813
- History 3821
- Law and Society 3015
- Law and Society 3200
- Linguistics 3212
- Human Kinetics and Recreation (HKR) 3490
- Human Kinetics and Recreation (HKR) 3595
- Philosophy 2805
- Political Science 3140
- Political Science 3340
- Psychology 2540
- Psychology 3533
- Religious Studies 2800
- Religious Studies 2801
- Religious Studies 3415
- Religious Studies 3800
- Sociology 4210
- Sociology 4213
- Sociology 4230
- Sociology/Anthropology 3314 or Sociology 3420
- Sociology/Anthropology 4092
- Women's Studies 3001/Medieval Studies 3006/English 3006
- Women's Studies 3002-3020 (excluding 3004, 3009)
- Women's Studies/Russian Studies 3004
- Women's Studies 3100
- Women's Studies/Sociology 4107
Normal prerequisites and waiver policies in the respective departments will apply.
Some courses may not be offered on a regular basis. Consult the appropriate department for scheduling information.
In accordance with Senate's Policy Regarding Inactive Courses, the course descriptions for courses which have not been offered in the previous three academic years and which are not scheduled to be offered in the current academic year have been removed from the following listing. For information about any of these inactive courses, please contact the Head of the Department.
Women's Studies courses are designated by WSTD.
Introduction to Women's Studies
considers women, women's studies and feminisms as areas of exploration from historical, cross-cultural and interdisciplinary perspectives. The aim of this course is to provide a critical framework for thinking about questions relating to gender and other forms of social difference.
Students can receive credit for only one of Women's Studies 1000 and the former Women's Studies 2000.
Identities and Difference
examines feminist scholarship about the construction of identities and difference in cultural discourses, representation and institutions.
Prerequisite: WSTD 1000
Feminist Approaches to Research Methods
addresses the question 'what is feminist research?' It familiarizes students with basic tools and research skills for feminist enquiry. As a requirement of this course, students may be asked to design and carry out a research project.
Prerequisite: WSTD 1000
Women Writers in the Middle Ages
(same as Medieval Studies 3006 and English 3006) will study selections from the considerable corpus of women's writings in the Medieval period, as well as issues which affected women's writing. All selections will be read in English translation.
3002-3020 (Excluding 3004, 3005 and 3009)
Special Topics in Women's Studies
will have topics announced by the Department.
Feminist Texts, Theories and Histories
Women and Health
uses an interdisciplinary perspective and will explore selected issues relating to women and their health. The material covered will help students acquire a better appreciation and understanding of some of the determinants of women's health, gender bias in health care and research, the portrayal of women's health in the popular press, and women as patients. A primary emphasis of the course will be to teach students the skills to carry out gender-based analyses of the health literature and health organizations.
Prerequisite: WSTD 1000. WSTD 2005 is recommended.
Credit may be obtained for only one of WSTD 3100 and Sociology 4201
Special Topics in Women's Studies
are available only as part of the Harlow Campus Semester.
Contemporary Feminist Issues
is an interdisciplinary seminar in Women's Studies that identifies emerging debates in contemporary feminism and analyses complex and contentious issues and how they intersect and disrupt social constructions of gender. Three hour seminar per week.
Prerequisites: Students must normally have completed WSTD 3000 and 15 credit hours in other courses applicable to the Women's Studies Major and Minor programs before taking Women's Studies 4000. WSTD 3005 is recommended. In exceptional cases, students without these prerequisites may be accepted, with the approval of the instructor of WSTD 4000 and the Head of the Department.
Feminist Praxis
examines, in considerable depth and detail, connections between feminist theories and feminist activism for social and political change. It examines how women's activism is mobilized in different historical, cultural and national contexts.
Prerequisite: Students must normally have completed WSTD 3005 and 15 credit hours in other courses applicable to the Women's Studies Major and Minor programs before taking WSTD 4005. In exceptional cases, students without these prerequisites may be accepted, with the approval of the instructor of WSTD 4005 and the Head of the Department.
Women and Technological Change
(same as Sociology 4107) is an advanced seminar which provides an interdisciplinary survey of the effects of technology on women's lives. Topics could include: The historical development of domestic technology; changes in workplace technology and their impact on women; assessing technologies from a feminist perspective; the design of technological systems; biomedical and reproductive technologies; information technologies; biotechnology; development in architecture and design; women, development, and technology; women and weapons technology; women and ecology; future technological change and women's lives. The course will combine seminar discussions of reading with films, workplace tours and guest speakers.
Credit may be obtained for only one of WSTD 4107, Sociology 4107, and the former WSTD 3009.


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More Now Die in U.S. From Hepatitis C Than HIV
Feb. 21, 2012 — More Americans die as a result of hepatitis C infection annually than from HIV-related causes, pointing out the need for expanded screening and improved access to care for hepatitis C, government researchers report.
"The decrease in deaths from HIV reflects the infrastructure that's been set up to make access to highly effective treatments happen," says researcher John Ward, MD, director of the division of viral hepatitis at the CDC.
Like HIV, hepatitis C is spread through contact with contaminated blood, most commonly through shared needles used with drugs. Also, as with HIV, the disease can be sexually transmitted, but that is not as common with hepatitis C. Most people don't know they're infected with hepatitis C until decades later, when routine blood tests uncover liver damage caused by the virus over time.
But two new drugs called protease inhibitors, which came on the U.S. market last year, have been shown to be highly effective in eliminating the virus in people with less-advanced liver disease when used with the conventional treatments pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
An estimated 3.2 million Americans are infected with hepatitis C, which can lead to liver cancer, Ward and his co-authors write. About two-thirds of those infected are baby boomers, born between 1945 and 1964. In fact, Ward says, 1 in 33 Americans born during that period has hepatitis C, although at least half don't know it because screening is rare.
Why baby boomers? "There was more injectable drug use in the '60s, '70s, and '80s than there is now," Ward says. In addition, he says, screening blood donors for hepatitis C didn't begin until 1989, and infection-control practices in health care settings weren't as rigorous back then.
Should All Boomers Be Screened?
The CDC recommends hepatitis C screening only for people who have risk factors for the infection, no matter their age. But many doctors don't ask patients about their risk factors, and many patients either don't want to talk about them or think they don't have any because so much time has passed, Ward says. "Based on the epidemiology data alone, I think it is very reasonable for someone born in these years [1945 to 1964] to talk to their doctor about hepatitis C."
"We need to be more innovative, more expansive, more ready to look for alternatives to our current practices to increase access to testing and entering care," Ward says.
Deciding Who Should Get the New Medications
In a related study, Stanford University researchers examined the cost-effectiveness of treatment with the least-expensive protease inhibitor along with the conventional drugs pegylated interferon and ribavirin.
Using a mathematical model, they also looked at whether testing hepatitis C patients for a gene linked to a satisfactory response to conventional treatment might be helpful in deciding who should also get a protease inhibitor.


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'sounds fair' was more of a sarcastic undertone: 2d10 damage is not fair to anything short of other OTCs. I'm thinking that any OT material has a structure level of 4, so ORANGE TRANSPARENT BARRICADES and ORANGE TRANSPARENT WINDSHIELDS (which I have) would have an armor value of 4d10, meaning that the vehicle or structure containing it could be obliterated, but the OT object itself would not. My old fighters had OT windshields.
I also came up with something called Orange Opaque Protonuclear Substance, which is more like toxic sludge made of those opaque neon orange bricks you get with like... SpongeBob's pineapple sets. I used it in a battle once; the results were beautifully horrendous, but I lost the pics. Said battle actually resulted in the heroes of both sides literally wading through corpses stacked three high at least. Said corpse-pile was the line of scrimmage.
And I'll also upload that two-year old battle report once I sort through all 125 pictures and try to remember what actually happened. I had a thing for introducing loads of individual factions (like My Little penises and Superman), so be warned. The turn order can get really messy in my old battles.
E: I have for the first time bore witness to the text buttplug on Mr. Norris. Beautiful stuff here, guys.


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Alabama is bracing for a one-two punch of winter weather expected to bring ice and snow accumulations across central and north Alabama.
The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a winter storm warning beginning 9 p.m. Monday. The warning area includes the cities of Hamilton, Jasper, Birmingham, Hoover, Pell City Tuscaloosa and Gadsden.
Forecasters say accumulations of one to two inches of snow are possible across much of north central Alabama. Accumulations of up to two-tenths of freezing rain are also possible.
A second round of wintry precipitation will likely begin Tuesday night and last through Wednesday night.
Meteorologists are warning that the multiple rounds of winter weather will make travel hazardous or impossible. Power outages are also possible because of ice accumulations.
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Vada Belle Bledsoe, 90, of Underwood, Wash., died of congestive heart failure May 17, 2011, in Bellevue, Wash. She was born Nov. 5, 1920, in Gail, Texas, to Alex O. and Belle Murphy.
She was raised in Cisco, Texas, and graduated high school there. While attending Texas Tech University she met Willis H. Bledsoe, of Lubbock, Texas, and after graduation they were married on her birthday in 1942.
Vada's husband had a successful career as a JAG lawyer in the U.S. Air Force. They lived many places in the U.S., and overseas in England, Japan, and Germany. After retirement, they built a house on the Cook-Underwood Road, and continued to travel around the country and internationally.
Among Vada's many interests was the making of bobbin lace. She belonged to the Portland Lace Society and was president of the International Old Lacers for two years. She was also an active member of the United Federation of Doll Clubs and the Daughters of the American Revolution.
She studied ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) in Japan and again in Hood River, collecting and arranging local materials in all seasons. She enjoyed gardening and raised hosta, iris transplanted from Texas, and many other plants in her Underwood yard.
Vada is survived by her three daughters, Honeya Barth, Bronwen Bledsoe and Karen Bledsoe, and her two grandsons, Max and Alex Barth.
Cremation will take place in Issaquah, Wash. Additional information regarding a forthcoming memorial service will be available at www.flintofts.com.
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Rhinoptera brasiliensis
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Rhinoptera brasiliensis Müller, 1836
Common Name(s):
|Taxonomic Notes:
|Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) provide good descriptions of the two species R. bonasus and R. brasiliensis from Brazilian material but admitted at the same time that the two forms may not be separate species. The name R. brasiliensis was not used again until a few years ago. Figueiredo (1977) cites only R. bonasus for Southwest Brazil and this may be the reason why subsequent authors assigned catches of Rhinoptera from this area to R. bonasus.
However Gallo-da-Silva et al. (1997 in Menni and Stehmann 2000) confirmed the existence of both species off Rio de Janeiro, and all three specimens of Rhinoptera collected off Rio Grande do Sul in the 1980s were R. brasiliensis (Soto unpub. data).
The two species differ in the size at birth. According to data listed by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953), R. brasiliensis has a broader mouth and greater distances between nostrils and between spiracles than R. bonasus, and this corresponds with the difference between the two species in the tooth plate conformation, brasiliensis having three central rows of broad teeth and bonasus only one such row.
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Endangered A2abcd+3bcd+4abcd; B1ab(i,iii,v) ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
Needs updating
|Vooren, C.M. & Lamónaca, A.F.
|Musick, J.A., Kyne, P.M., Cavanagh, R.D. & Fowler, S.L. (Shark Red List Authority)
Rhinoptera brasiliensis is an inshore endemic cownose ray restricted to about 1,800 km of coastline between Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul States in Brazil. The species is threatened by intense fishing activities throughout its restricted area of shallow coastal habitat. It is viviparous with only one embryo per litter, and as such is highly vulnerable to recruitment overfishing. In the southernmost 700 km of its distribution, off Rio Grande do Sul, the species occurred as a summer migrant in coastal waters at depths of <20 m, where it was caught and discarded in large numbers during the 1980s by the summer beach seine fishery, with catches of up to 330 individuals in a single haul. Fishing with bottom trawl has been intense in this southern area from the 1980s onwards, although the beach seine fishery is now minor due to serious catch declines. In summer 2002/2003, during three months of surveying the shore-based fishery, the species was no longer caught. It is suspected that the species has been extirpated by intensive fishing in the restricted area of its southern summer habitat and/or by fishing further north in the area from which come the summer migrants. The present situation of R. brasiliensis in the central and northern parts of its range is not known, however, fishing is intense throughout the range and declines in those areas are inferred. Declines are likely to continue as fishing proceeds without restriction. Its restricted distribution, very low fecundity, apparent extirpation from the southern part of its range and intensive fishing across its entire range warrant at least an Endangered assessment. It may prove to be Critically Endangered with further surveys, which are a priority.
|Range Description:
|This endemic species occurs in a restricted area of the Southwest Atlantic: on the continental shelf of Brazil between Rio de Janeiro and Rio Grande do Sul (23°S to 34°S, an area of about 1,800 km of coastline) (Bigelow and Schroeder 1953, Menni and Stehmann 2000, Soto unpublished records off Rio Grande do Sul).
The species occurs sympatrically with R. bonasus from Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina State (Gallo-da-Silva et al. 1997 in Menni and Stehmann 2000, Soto unpubl. data). A reported high abundance of Rhinoptera rays off Paraná State (Barletta and Correa 1989 in Menni and Stehmann 2000), in the centre of the distribution of R. brasiliensis, may refer to either or both species of Rhinoptera. All three specimens of Rhinoptera collected off Rio Grande do Sul on three different occasions during the 1980s were R. brasiliensis (Soto unpubl. data). Evidence now suggests that the large summer catches of Rhinoptera off Rio Grande do Sul in the 1980s (Vooren and Lamónaca unpubl. data) were of R. brasiliensis, where the species occurred as a summer migrant in coastal waters at depths of <20 m (Vooren 1997, Soto, unpublished), and this is the only area to have recorded a high abundance of this species.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul)
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southwest
|Additional data:
|Range Map:
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|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Sizes in beach seine catches in Rio Grande do Sul in the summer of 1982 to 1985 ranged from 78 to 91 cm disc width (DW) in males, and from 77 to 102 cm DW in females. A female of 102 cm DW was gravid. Three January embryos were 26 to 37 cm DW (Vooren and Lamónaca, unpubl. data). There are no records of catches of neonates off Rio Grande do Sul, therefore birth may take place further north. Size at birth is about 43 to 48 cm DW (Bigelow and Schroeder 1953), larger than that of R. bonasus, which is 40 cm DW (Smith and Merriner 1986). Gravid females contained one embryo only, as also observed in R. bonasus by Smith and Merriner (1986). The breeding cycle of females may be biennial, although specific information is not available.
On the coast of Rio Grande do Sul the species occurs during summer only, in shallow coastal waters over smooth sandy bottom at depths of less than 10 m and sporadically between 10 to 20 m (Vooren 1997). Bottom temperature at those depths is about 22°C in January and decreases to about 13°C in August (Haimovici et al. 1996). The summer migration of the species may be related to this seasonal temperature cycle.
Stomach contents from specimens from Rio Grande do Sul consisted of mollusc flesh mixed with numerous shell fragments with size of the order of 0.5 mm.
|Major Threat(s):
The intensive fisheries by beach seine and pair trawl in the coastal habitat of the species is the major threat to the species. This ray used to be discarded by the beach seine fishery in the 1980s and has not been seen in commercial trawl landings (probably also discarded). Due to its low fecundity of one embryo only per litter, this viviparous ray is susceptible to recruitment overfishing.
In the southernmost 700 km of its distribution, off Rio Grande do Sul, the species occurred in the 1980s as a summer migrant in shallow coastal waters at depths of less than 20 m (Vooren 1997, a reference to R. bonasus but now presumed to refer to R. brasiliensis from identification of specimens by Soto, unpublished). In that area, between 1982-1985 the species was caught and discarded in large numbers by the summer beach seine fishery, with catches of up to 330 individuals in a single seine haul and of a total of 1,711 individuals in a series of eight hauls along 130 km of coastline on a single day in January 1985 (Vooren, unpubl. data). Catches included gravid females with mid-term embryos. Fishing by bottom trawl has been intense in the southern area of the species' range from 1980 onwards, although in recent years the beach seine fishery, important in the 1980s, is now minor due to ever declining catches. In summer 2002/2003, during three months of survey of the shore-based fishery, the species was no longer caught, although other rays (Myliobatis spp., Rhinobatos spp.) were still taken (Vooren and Lamónaca, unpubl. data of Project SALVAR).
Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) state that numbers of R. bonasus varied greatly between years at certain localities, with incursions of large schools occurring irregularly. This does not seem to be the case with R. brasiliensis in the 1980s, off Rio Grande do Sul. The apparent disappearance of the species here occurred after two decades of intense fishing in its coastal habitat. It is suspected that in the southern part of its range the species has been extirpated by intensive fishing in the restricted area of its summer habitat and/or by fishing further north in the area from which come the southern summer migrants. During the 1980s, rays of the genus Rhinoptera made up 8% of catches of the coastal elasmobranch fishery of Paraná State, in the centre of the geographical range of R. brasiliensis (Barletta and Correa 1989 in Menni and Stehmann 2000). The present situation of the stocks of R. brasiliensis in the central and northern parts of its range is not known, however, fishing in these areas is also intense and declines are inferred.
|Conservation Actions:
|No conservation measures have been undertaken. Surveys of the northern and central parts of the species' range are required to obtain population estimates and information on critical habitat. Closed areas with effective enforcement are vital to the survival of this species.
|Vooren, C.M. & Lamónaca, A.F. 2004. Rhinoptera brasiliensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2004: e.T44595A10912274. . Downloaded on 26 September 2018.
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Bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Bombing suspects Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and Tamerlan Tsarnaev
Marathon bombing suspects Tamerlan Tsarnaev (left), pictured in 2009, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in a yearbook photo.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev practiced boxing at the Wai Kru Mixed Martial Arts center in Boston in 2009 (left), and received a boxing trophy in 2010.
Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, pictured at a Cambridge gas station early Friday morning (left) and after graduating from Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev got his hands laced at a Golden Glove event in Lowell on 2006 (left) and posing with former professional boxer Micky Ward.
Tamerlan Tsamaev (left) during a boxing in Utah in 2009.
An undated image of what appears to be Dzhokhar Tsarnaev taken from VKontakte, a Russian social media site.
Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (left) and Tamerlan Tsarnaev were pictured on Boyston Streen shortly before the Boston Marathon bombings.
What appears to be Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev (left, in white hat) is shown walking away after the Marathon bombings on Monday.
This image shows Tsarnaev, who was captured after being found hiding in a boat in a Watertown backyard.
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Anal cancer is cancer of the anus. This is the canal at the end of the large intestine, below the rectum. The anal sphincter is a muscular ring that controls and allows for bowel movements.
Cancer occurs when cells in the body divide without control or order. Eventually, these uncontrolled cells form a growth or tumor. The term cancer refers to malignant growths. These growths can invade nearby tissues and spread to other parts of the body.
There is evidence that human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is linked to many anal cancers. However, most people who have been infected with HPV do not get anal cancer.
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your risk of anal cancer include:
- HPV infection
- Use of immunosuppressant drugs
- Multiple sexual partners
- Receptive anal intercourse
- HIV infection
- Smoking
- Cervical dysplasia or cervical cancer
Some anal cancers do not have symptoms. When symptoms do occur, they may include:
- Anal bleeding with and without a bowel movement
- Pain or pressure around the anus
- Itching or discharge from the anus
- A lump near the anus
- Change in bowel habits
- Thinning in the width of the stool
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. A digital rectal exam may also be done.
The rectum and anus may need to be examined. This can be done with:
- Anoscopy
- Proctoscopy
Your bodily fluids and tissues may be tested. This can be done with:
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- Biopsy
Images may be taken of your body structures. These may include:
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you. Treatment options include the following:
With chemotherapy, drugs are used to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy drugs travel through the bloodstream to kill cancer cells. Chemotherapy is often combined with radiation therapy. Your doctor will work with you to help minimize common side effects of chemotherapy.
Radiation Therapy
Radiation therapy is often delivered at the same time as chemotherapy. Most anal cancers are treated with the combination of radiation therapy and chemotherapy. This treatment can avoid the need for surgery.
In some cases, radiation therapy alone may be used if chemotherapy is thought to result in too many side effects. In the treatment of anal cancer, radiation is delivered externally on a daily basis over 5-6 weeks.
Since radiation therapy damages healthy tissue as well as cancer cells, there are certain side effects associated with radiation therapy for the treatment of anal cancer. Scar tissue may form in the anus, keeping the anal sphincter from working properly. In addition, damage may occur that results in chronic rectal bleeding.
Local resection allows for the removal of small cancers that have not spread to nearby lymph nodes or tissues. During this procedure, a small margin of healthy tissue around the cancers will also be removed. This surgery preserves anal function and the need for a permanent colostomy.
An abdominoperineal resection (APR) is a surgery where the anus and rectum are removed by open surgery. This surgery is considered if the cancer cannot be treated or returns after chemotherapy and radiation. This surgery results in the formation of a permanent colostomy. A colostomy is a surgical opening through the wall of the abdomen into the colon. This is used as a path for waste material to leave the body. After a colostomy, you will wear a special bag to collect body waste.
You may be able to reduce your risk of anal cancer by reducing your exposure to HIV and HPV. There is a vaccine available that protects against 4 types of HPV.
Revision Information
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1 Blessed are those whose ways are blameless,
who walk according to the law of the Lord.
2 Blessed are those who keep his statutes
and seek him with all their heart—
3 they do no wrong
but follow his ways.
4 You have laid down precepts
that are to be fully obeyed.
5 Oh, that my ways were steadfast
in obeying your decrees!
6 Then I would not be put to shame
when I consider all your commands.
7 I will praise you with an upright heart
as I learn your righteous laws.
8 I will obey your decrees;
do not utterly forsake me.
9 How can a young person stay on the path of purity?
By living according to your word.
10 I seek you with all my heart;
do not let me stray from your commands.
11 I have hidden your word in my heart
that I might not sin against you.
12 Praise be to you, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
13 With my lips I recount
all the laws that come from your mouth.
14 I rejoice in following your statutes
as one rejoices in great riches.
15 I meditate on your precepts
and consider your ways.
16 I delight in your decrees;
I will not neglect your word.
17 Be good to your servant while I live,
that I may obey your word.
18 Open my eyes that I may see
wonderful things in your law.
19 I am a stranger on earth;
do not hide your commands from me.
20 My soul is consumed with longing
for your laws at all times.
21 You rebuke the arrogant, who are accursed,
those who stray from your commands.
22 Remove from me their scorn and contempt,
for I keep your statutes.
23 Though rulers sit together and slander me,
your servant will meditate on your decrees.
24 Your statutes are my delight;
they are my counselors.
25 I am laid low in the dust;
preserve my life according to your word.
26 I gave an account of my ways and you answered me;
teach me your decrees.
27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.
28 My soul is weary with sorrow;
strengthen me according to your word.
29 Keep me from deceitful ways;
be gracious to me and teach me your law.
30 I have chosen the way of faithfulness;
I have set my heart on your laws.
31 I hold fast to your statutes, Lord;
do not let me be put to shame.
32 I run in the path of your commands,
for you have broadened my understanding.
33 Teach me, Lord, the way of your decrees,
that I may follow it to the end.[b]
34 Give me understanding, so that I may keep your law
and obey it with all my heart.
35 Direct me in the path of your commands,
for there I find delight.
36 Turn my heart toward your statutes
and not toward selfish gain.
37 Turn my eyes away from worthless things;
preserve my life according to your word.[c]
38 Fulfill your promise to your servant,
so that you may be feared.
39 Take away the disgrace I dread,
for your laws are good.
40 How I long for your precepts!
In your righteousness preserve my life.
41 May your unfailing love come to me, Lord,
your salvation, according to your promise;
42 then I can answer anyone who taunts me,
for I trust in your word.
43 Never take your word of truth from my mouth,
for I have put my hope in your laws.
44 I will always obey your law,
for ever and ever.
45 I will walk about in freedom,
for I have sought out your precepts.
46 I will speak of your statutes before kings
and will not be put to shame,
47 for I delight in your commands
because I love them.
48 I reach out for your commands, which I love,
that I may meditate on your decrees.
49 Remember your word to your servant,
for you have given me hope.
50 My comfort in my suffering is this:
Your promise preserves my life.
51 The arrogant mock me unmercifully,
but I do not turn from your law.
52 I remember, Lord, your ancient laws,
and I find comfort in them.
53 Indignation grips me because of the wicked,
who have forsaken your law.
54 Your decrees are the theme of my song
wherever I lodge.
55 In the night, Lord, I remember your name,
that I may keep your law.
56 This has been my practice:
I obey your precepts.
57 You are my portion, Lord;
I have promised to obey your words.
58 I have sought your face with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
59 I have considered my ways
and have turned my steps to your statutes.
60 I will hasten and not delay
to obey your commands.
61 Though the wicked bind me with ropes,
I will not forget your law.
62 At midnight I rise to give you thanks
for your righteous laws.
63 I am a friend to all who fear you,
to all who follow your precepts.
64 The earth is filled with your love, Lord;
teach me your decrees.
65 Do good to your servant
according to your word, Lord.
66 Teach me knowledge and good judgment,
for I trust your commands.
67 Before I was afflicted I went astray,
but now I obey your word.
68 You are good, and what you do is good;
teach me your decrees.
69 Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,
I keep your precepts with all my heart.
70 Their hearts are callous and unfeeling,
but I delight in your law.
71 It was good for me to be afflicted
so that I might learn your decrees.
72 The law from your mouth is more precious to me
than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.
73 Your hands made me and formed me;
give me understanding to learn your commands.
74 May those who fear you rejoice when they see me,
for I have put my hope in your word.
75 I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,
and that in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
76 May your unfailing love be my comfort,
according to your promise to your servant.
77 Let your compassion come to me that I may live,
for your law is my delight.
78 May the arrogant be put to shame for wronging me without cause;
but I will meditate on your precepts.
79 May those who fear you turn to me,
those who understand your statutes.
80 May I wholeheartedly follow your decrees,
that I may not be put to shame.
81 My soul faints with longing for your salvation,
but I have put my hope in your word.
82 My eyes fail, looking for your promise;
I say, "When will you comfort me?"
83 Though I am like a wineskin in the smoke,
I do not forget your decrees.
84 How long must your servant wait?
When will you punish my persecutors?
85 The arrogant dig pits to trap me,
contrary to your law.
86 All your commands are trustworthy;
help me, for I am being persecuted without cause.
87 They almost wiped me from the earth,
but I have not forsaken your precepts.
88 In your unfailing love preserve my life,
that I may obey the statutes of your mouth.
20 Each person should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
21 Were you a slave when you were called? Don't let it trouble you—although if you can gain your freedom, do so. 22 For the one who was a slave when called to faith in the Lord is the Lord's freed person; similarly, the one who was free when called is Christ's slave. 23 You were bought at a price; do not become slaves of human beings. 24 Brothers and sisters, each person, as responsible to God, should remain in the situation they were in when God called them.
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord's mercy is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
32 I would like you to be free from concern. An unmarried man is concerned about the Lord's affairs—how he can please the Lord. 33 But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife— 34 and his interests are divided. An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs: Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world—how she can please her husband. 35 I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but that you may live in a right way in undivided devotion to the Lord.
36 If anyone is worried that he might not be acting honorably toward the virgin he is engaged to, and if his passions are too strong[a] and he feels he ought to marry, he should do as he wants. He is not sinning. They should get married. 37 But the man who has settled the matter in his own mind, who is under no compulsion but has control over his own will, and who has made up his mind not to marry the virgin—this man also does the right thing. 38 So then, he who marries the virgin does right, but he who does not marry her does better.[b]
39 A woman is bound to her husband as long as he lives. But if her husband dies, she is free to marry anyone she wishes, but he must belong to the Lord. 40 In my judgment, she is happier if she stays as she is—and I think that I too have the Spirit of God.
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Continental rewards hard work! Our total rewards package is designed to recognize individual and team performance.
Continental Properties Company, Inc. is a proven, dynamic and diverse national real estate development company. Over our 39 year history, we have grown from a small real estate company to a major presence in the development industry. Continental is committed to providing the best benefits in the business and fostering a collegial environment where autonomy and teamwork intersect to create the opportunity for you to do what you do best every day.
Do you have talent, ambition and drive? Are you interested in working with highly capable, collegial, and professional people who respect and appreciate the contributions of others? If so, please submit your resume and cover letter today!
Continental Properties Company, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
For the benefit of our residents, the communities we serve, and our co-workers, all applicants are required to pass a post-offer drug screen and background check prior to joining the Continental team.