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Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980 (ICPSR 9443)
Principal Investigator(s): Shammas, Carole
This data collection was designed to study changes in American inheritance patterns over three centuries. Major areas of investigation include equality of treatment among children, legacies to sons versus daughters, estate planning strategies, treatment of spouse in will, women's testamentary power, charitable bequests, bequests to extended kin and non-kin, legacies of chattel, realty, and financial assets, and the naming of executors and guardians.
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Shammas, Carole. Inheritance Patterns in the United States, 1685-1980. ICPSR09443-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09443.v1
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Subject Terms: eighteenth century, estate planning, financial assets, historical data, inheritance, legacies, nineteenth century, seventeenth century, twentieth century, wills
Geographic Coverage: United States
- 1685--1980
- 1983--1985
Marylynn Salmon, University of Maryland, Department of History, and Michel Dahlin, University of Colorado-Colorado Springs, Department of History, collaborated with Carole Shammas in the preparation of this data collection.
Probate records (wills, administrations, and inventories) for Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Los Angeles County, California
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...my 1986 R80CS, in the rock fields, north of Ellensburg, WA.
...my 1986 R80CS, in the rock fields, north of Ellensburg, WA.
This is a picture of our latest addition to the BMW collection. It came home on a trailer in the rain. Next day it went in the lower garage to start going over after sitting for several years. 1974 R90/6 with 48,XXX on it.
Frank said it was to make up for selling an R75 that came in on trade about 30 years ago. I liked the bike and he sold it to a friend (who still owns it.)
Somewhat different /7 with the dual front brakes and S fairing.
Here is my 1991 EML that has been heavily modified.
-Custom rear drum brake with 15" Centerline wheel
-Works Performance rear shock w/ 7" of travel mated to a modified dual swingarm. The shocks is mounted in the center of the frame.
-K1100 4 piston calipers and discs
-AC delco 90 alternatior belt driven off of the crank
-It now has dual R65 headlights and a small clear windscreen(no more KRS fairing)
-3 x 10" Hella driving lights- almost 3 miles of light
-Koni shocks front and on the sidecar
-Chang Jiang sidecar body with custom made working door and windscreen
-front and rear racks on the sidecar
-car battery
-heated grips
-91 R100GS engine and transmision
-Hepco & Becker aluminum saddlebags
-2/1 exhaust from a R100R
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Many upgrades done by Master Tom Cutter in the pass 2 years (all documented)
My daily ride here in NYC (sunny or raining , hot or freezing)
I am going to put this baby for sell soon I am thinking about going K75 flying brick.
I shot this picture today here in Williamsburg Brooklyn NYC
Side cover are off but I have then in storage. Faring was sold here on the MOA flea market.
1965 R69S, restored by me in 1996, upgrades of various types done over the years since then.
Sees about 1000-2000 miles of riding a year, including an annual trip with two other R69 owners.
Still gets the job done, and we've discovered within the last couple of years that they're just as much fun on forest service roads as a modern GS!
(picture taken in May, 2008 just after it's annual washing)
Here it is right after I restored it. That little girl just turned 19 last month!
Gives an idea of the items I've added over the years. This bike used to be my primary 2-wheeled transportation. Now it's just a toy/hobby.
oop, sorry. Didn't read the subtext under the forum name. (I'm new here). 1970 and later.
Ok, here's a pic of my "airhead", 1982 R100RT beater. Basic transportation.
Same bike with "convertible" RS fairing I installed last spring. (a lot easier to do than you'd think)
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1980 R100T (Gilera), 1982 R100RT (Toad), 1975 R60/6 (cern?¡calo)
Adventures at the Cave
The hardest part was getting the RT "gloveboxes" out of the way. I've decided to leave them off to facilitate conversion between RT and RS spec.
I just converted it back to RT spec for winter commuting. Took about 2-3 hours of actual work time, although I spent a week doing it so I could address a few issues under the fairing and fuel tank that needed attention.
Here's Zippy. A few years ago, some 'kid' dropped this '71 /5 off at Wilbur's shop to get her back on the road. It had a 1991 license plate. Wilbur got it running, but the kid never came back to pay for the work. The bike sat there and I kept asking Wilbur what was going on with it.
Fast forward to the summer of '08. My son was looking for his first bike and was interested in finding an old BMW. I thought of this bike for him and gave Wilbur a call. Wilbur did a title search on it and got a mechanic's lein. Found out that the /5 was orphaned in a divorce. The wife sold the bike to some kid. Wilbur told the wife and her ex that he needed over $8K for the work he'd done to it and storage fees for all those years. They signed off the title. My son and I paid Wilbur for what he had into her and for a few modifications. (She had Ape Hangers on her!!) I rode her for a few days and had a blast. Fun little bike!
My son came up form Florida and we rode back down together; me on my K and him on the /5. She made it just fine.
My boy is a poor grad student and the /5 showed her age with a few nagging problems. When the final drive started leaking around the drain plug, he threw in the towel. He found a '03 Thumper and sold the /5 back to me.
Zippy is still in Florida. I'll need to go rescue her one of these days. I plan to use her for a back-up bike, but hope to restore her to her fine self and learn how to be a real Airhead!
'85 K100 "ZoomZoomZoom"
'71 R75/5 "Zippy"
I went to school to with a kid named Frank Buttons, his nickname was Zippy. Zippy Buttons. I allways thought it had a ring to it.
Finally got around to completing the conversion of my 1983 R100 to an R100RT. Pulled the Vetter Windjammer V of and converted to an RT. The lowers were modified by the PO so there is no need to remove the headers to take them off. The trailing edges were cut. I smoothed them before I had the whole thing painted. Also had the rear fender, side covers and Luftmeister saddle tanks painted.
A new tinted windshield from ClearView is next and a leather Corbin (this one is getting pretty worn out).
I'd be interested in pinstriping/no pinstriping opinions. And if I should pinstripe it, what color(s).
1971 BMW R75/5 | 1975 Moto Guzzi 850T Cafe | 1983 BMW R100RS | 1988 BMW R100GS
1988 BMW K75 | 1998 BWM R1100RT | 2000 Moto Guzzi Quota 1100ES |2002 Moto Guzzi V11 LeMans

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Mariners option Ackley, promote prospect Franklin
By Greg Johns / MLB.com
SEATTLE -- The Mariners continued to reshape their roster on Monday, this time bidding what they hope will be a temporary goodbye to one huge prospect while saying hello to another.
Seattle optioned second baseman Dustin Ackley, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft, to Triple-A Tacoma and called up 22-year-old infielder Nick Franklin from Tacoma. The Mariners also optioned left-handed reliever Lucas Luetge to Tacoma and recalled righty Hector Noesi in a move designed to provide the beleaguered bullpen with some security. Outfielder Francisco Martinez was designated for assignment to clear room for Franklin on the 40-man roster.
While the promotion of No. 4 prospect Franklin, who was hitting .325 with four home runs, 20 RBIs and seven stolen bases in 39 games for Tacoma this season seemed inevitable considering how quickly Franklin has risen through the organizational ranks, the demotion of Ackley was a tough but ultimately necessary decision for the club's brass. Ackley, 25, was hitting .205 with one homer and eight RBIs in 45 games.
"It was just time," Mariners manager Eric Wedge said. "Obviously, we've fought for the guy for quite a period of time now. We wanted to make it work up here and not do that, but ultimately we didn't feel like we could take it any further."
Seattle general manager Jack Zduriencik couldn't put a finger on exactly why Ackley -- who burst onto the big league scene in 2011, hit .273 with six homers and 36 RBIs in 333 at-bats and ended up sixth In American League Rookie of the Year voting -- had slumped so badly in the ensuing seasons. Last year, Ackley hit .226 with a .294 on-base percentage.
"Whether he lost his stroke and lost his confidence, it's hard to say," Zduriencik said. "But I think it was very evident to us that what this guy needed was to be taken out from under the big league lights. ... Take a step backwards, go down and try to get your swing back, try to regain your confidence and let the pieces fall where they may."
The Mariners made a similar move with once-heralded hitter Jesus Montero last week, but as Zduriencik explained, the Montero move was more about getting a player acclimated to a new position (in this case, first base).
Wedge said he thought Ackley's troubles were almost 100 percent mental.
"It's not his swing anymore," Wedge said. "He's in a pretty good position fundamentally. But I do think it's the mental that leads to the fundamental, the mental that leads to the actual performance. Listen, he's going to be a good hitter. He's going to be a good player. He's done a [heck] of a job at second base. … He gets down the line quicker than anybody, he can steal a bag, he cuts the bases as good as anybody. There's a lot there to like.
"He's a good kid, he competes. But he just needs to get over some things mentally in regard to approach. When he does that, we'll get him back up here and I think he'll take off. That's why you have Triple-A. This is the exact situation for that. It allows him to catch his breath and go down there and work on what he needs to work on."
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Franklin, a 22-year-old Florida native who was the 27th overall pick in the 2009 First-Year Player Draft out of Lake Brantley High School, said he learned of his promotion while with Triple-A Tacoma on a road trip in Reno. He watched the Mariners game on TV a bit Sunday, then decided to hit the showers. That's when the phone call came.
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Franklin, who was drafted as a shortstop but has seen time at second in the Minors, said he's fine playing the keystone position.
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Franklin, who is a switch-hitter, said he's found success in a reliable offensive approach.
"Just being patient," Franklin said. "Going from last year to this year was the big difference, just seeing pitches, seeing the good ones and hitting the good ones. Not trying to hit every single ball. Just trying to get your pitch and square it up as best you can."
Franklin said he has no expectations about playing time or how long he'll stay up here. In fact, he kept his assessment of the situation very simple.
"I know I'm here," Franklin said. "And I'm here to win."
Mariners honor Memorial Day at Safeco Field
SEATTLE -- The Mariners honored Memorial Day at Safeco Field by wearing the league-wide specially designed caps and jerseys featuring an authentic military digital camouflage design licensed from the United States Marine Corps, and by holding a few other special pregame events.
On the field prior to the game, the flag was presented by the U.S. Coast Guard Base Seattle Honor Guard. The National Anthem was performed by the First Corps Command Army Band from Joint Base Fort Lewis-McChord, and World War II veteran Bruce Hullinger threw the ceremonial first pitch.
After that, Sergeant Leroy Petry did the honorary game ball delivery, placing the ball on the pitcher's mound to the delight of the crowd.
Worth noting
• Wedge was talking about Ackley's demotion to Triple-A and his mental approach, and he intimated that Ackley might have been too concerned with pitch selectivity and high on-base percentage, leading to a one-liner that hit on one of baseball's most intriguing ongoing philosophical battles.
"It's the new generation. It's all this sabermetrics stuff, for lack of a better term, you know what I mean?" Wedge said. "People who haven't played since they were 9 years old think they have it figured out. It gets in these kids' heads."
• Wedge said first baseman Justin Smoak (strained oblique) was undergoing tests Monday, and the team would find out within a day or two whether Smoak's injury was a day-to-day situation or whether he'd have to have to go on the disabled list.
"He feels a little bit better," Wedge said.
• Including Monday, Kendrys Morales has recorded a hit in 18 of 21 games this month.
Greg Johns is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregJohnsMLB as well as his Mariners Musings blog. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Discussion in 'Doctor Who' started by Nightowl1701, Dec 27, 2012.
Yes, I did, as I've already mentioned twice in this very thread.
What if Clara is actually Q and it's a crossover with Star Trek The Next Generation? Is there any reason you think Clara has a connection with the Master? She certainly could have some connection with the Master in which case the answer is that she's probably part of some evil plan she is unaware of. But I can't think of any reason to believe she has some connection with him.
More of the same old unimaginative thinking, that she must have some connection to some Time Lord or other even though her particular kind of death and resurrection is clearly very different from what Time Lords do. She's River! She's Romana! She's an inexplicably incestuous Susan! She's the Master's niece! She's the Rani! She's the Meddling Monk! She's Chancellor Goth back for sexy revenge!
Can't anyone come up with a theory that isn't Gallifrey-related? Something actually creative for a change?
If she is connected to anybody, I'd guess she's another chapter in the "Silence" saga, something to do with the forshadowed Fall of the Eleventh on the fields of Trenzilor (sp?).
There is a weird part of me that wants her to be related to the Cracks, some accident that fell through into different times when they rebooted the universe. I doubt that's what will happen, but it was a thought I had. So far the Eleventh Doctor's story has all been somewhat related.
From what we've seen of her, did it seem that any of the versions was aware of the others? Or of the Doctor? I realize that there really was no reason for the subject to arise--well, maybe at the grave. Duh. But no other sign of recognition except for Clara's repeating Oswin's words. Or maybe that would be that Oswin's repeats Clara's, since Clara was "first" chronologically. Apparently.
Either she IS aware of her repeating appearance all along, she is UNaware until the moment of death, or she is totally unaware and there's something else going on that allows her to repeat final words without knowledge of that fact.
^I got the sense that maybe as she was dying, she unconsciously (or consciously?) tapped into something that made her say those words to the Doctor.
But clearly they don't have full knowledge of one another, since Oswin didn't remember Clara meeting the Doctor in Victorian England. The resonances like the fondness for souffles are probably more unconscious.
^ I don't know, a "fondness for souffles" seems like a pretty specific trait.
When 7b comes along, we'll see if Clara remembers the Doctor this time, but I'm sure it will still be a mystery either way.
I didn't say otherwise. I wasn't denying that there are very exact duplications -- same name, same tastes, same personality, etc. (One could even say that a barmaid/governess and entertainment director are broadly similar lines of work.) I was merely saying that I don't think her selves are aware of one another, that these parallels are not conscious but are some kind of cosmic/temporal resonance causing the Oswalds to lead parallel existences.
I'm sure there's already been a mention in the thread of Scaroth from "City of Death." There is already a precedent in the Who-verse for the same individual having multiple incarnations with the same appearance and personality spread across time. Although Scaroth's various selves were aware of each other and working together to achieve reunification. So far, as I said before, it doesn't seem the Oswalds have a similar joint awareness. But the means of her creation could be similar. I liked the suggestion above about her being some byproduct of the cracks in time, or of Amy rebooting the universe.
Although on second thought, the latter possibility is one I'm not so sure I like. I have this idea that maybe Amy subconsciously created a new perfect companion for the Doctor to take her place in the event she left him. Which would make Clara just an extension of Amy in a way. And I'd rather have her story be her own story, not just the continuation of Amy's story. I liked Amy, but the nature of Doctor Who is that companions move on and new ones take their place. It's the novelty and renewal that keeps the series fresh.
It was left deliberately ambiguous. I got an impression it was a subconscious thing, but it was still an intentional connection.
I don't think we've witnessed her death, though, since that would be too much like River Song.
Has anyone else looked into the significance of her names? Clara means--
Oh, that's right, we've been down that path a few times already.
I suspect Ms. Oswald is deliberately placed. She's there specifically to attract the Doctor's attention for some reason. Either to flush him out or to help him along in solving some greater mystery.
Of course, if the Great Intelligence is part of that mystery, maybe she's actually just a snowman. A mirror of the Doctor's great intellect and personality and doomed to simply "melt" at the end of her character arc.
There simply isn't enough information to go on so far. Clara is cute as a button (whatever that means -- I push buttons all day and I think of few of them as cute), but another hyperactive, super genius could get annoying fast. I'm looking forward to an exploration of the Oswald Mystery, but hope the Doctor's latest companion doesn't where out her welcome before we get to the end.
Well if i'm honest, i think she is just a clever girl that has the ability to die just before her actual death and that the Doc has known her in his past present and future and it was himself that placed clara in certain parts of time to help him. I believe he has done something that he must forget and allowed the memory worm to bite him and at some point clara will reveal all to help the doc at crucial point in the special.
You may find that Clara knows some of the past doc's and if they do get several to appear in the same episode its then that the true identity of clara will be known
Oh, I've just realized that the planet in "Asylum of the Daleks" was covered in snow.
That's all.
I think she's an actress who was hired to play the same character but different versions of her...
Different versions of Jenna Louise-Coleman were hired to play Clara?
^ No, silly. Clara was hired to play different versions of Jenna-Louise Coleman.
Ah, OK, my bad
I agree with you're overall ideas here, that those types of ideas are unoriginal. However, I don't think we have enough data at this point to really have an idea of what she is.
Sure, we can come up with creative ideas but would just be wild speculation at this point. There's a million things she could be, but I wouldn't place money on any one of them at this point!
So, I'm just waiting for now. We're not meant to know at this point.
Mr Awe
The painting of Clara in the preview also has her last words/catchphrase painted in the corner.
I hope it's this.
What did strike me is the whole "Run" thing - at first I was thinking, well maybe it IS River Song - just regenerated but nah. Since ever since their first meeting she's talking about running 'always running", and then Rose mentioned it. So I dunno...
Although what would be interesting is if she was a completely new race, maybe like a another Time Lord like race, but completely not Gallifraian (Sp) I could hear a line like
"Wot?! You thought you clever boys from Gallifray were the only ones who could bop through time and live seemingly forever?"
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ARKADELPHIA - Henderson State University athletic director Sam Goodwin announced the hiring of Beth Jackson as the school's fourth head softball coach in its program's 10 year history.
"It is a great honor to be a part of this university and program," Jackson said. "I am very excited to get started and continue on with the great tradition HSU has already established."
Jackson takes over for Richie Bruister, who left after five years at Henderson to become head softball coach at Texas Woman's University.
"Beth has worked under some outstanding coaches within the Gulf South Conference and has gained some great experience," Goodwin said. "Although she is young, she is more mature beyond her years. Beth has that coach's mentality we were looking for and she has a great personality, and is very knowledgeable."
"I really enjoyed meeting everyone at HSU," Jackson added. "I felt very at home and look forward to working with everyone in the future."
Jackson, Henderson's first female to coach Diamond Reddie softball, was most recently acting head softball coach at Nashville High School. Jackson previously spent a year at Arkansas Tech University as an assistant coach under Gidget Pambianchi.
While at ATU, Jackson's responsibilities included handling pitchers and outfielders, calling pitches in game situations, recruiting, handling team travel, supervising weight training and conditioning workouts as well as daily administrative duties.
Jackson spent two years as a graduate assistant coach at the University of North Alabama working under coach Jeremy Reece from 2004-2006.
Her primary role at UNA was working with the pitching staff as well as recruiting. Jackson earned her master's degree in health promotion and human performance in May, 2006.
Jackson earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Alabama-Huntsville in December, 2003.
While at UAH, she lettered one year and earned Gulf South Conference pitcher of the week honors. Playing for legendary coach Les Stuedeman, Jackson helped lead the Chargers to a GSC Championship in 2003 and an NCAA Regional appearance.
"Beth will do a great job for Henderson State," Stuedeman said. "Beth was a fierce competitor for UAH. She coached with us for one year while finishing her degree and I knew immediately she would make a great head coach. She is a winner."
Jackson attended Belmont University as a junior before transferring to UAH.
Jackson spent two years at Jefferson State Community College where she earned NJCAA all-region and all-American honors. She was named the Alabama Community College Conference player of the year in 2001.
Jackson's first chore will be becoming familiar with the players returning for the 2009 season and recruiting efforts.
"The players I met during my interview seemed very eager to get started and continue on with the success they have had in previous years," Jackson said.
"Recruiting will play a major role to pave the way towards regionals. We will have to start competing in more in-region games against a higher caliber of opponents. It takes a very special, hard-working team to accomplish this goal. There is no doubt that with the talent and success of previous seasons that the opportunity will present itself somewhere down the road."


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The seventh and last quality is called the limb of perennial manifestation, which means that the Sambhogakaya cannot cease to be, but has manifested throughout the ages. There is no such thing as Sambhogakaya ceasing to exist in the way that the Nirmanakaya is withdrawn when the Buddha enters paranirvana.
Nirmanakaya and Sambhogakaya manifest in a compassionate way through four major modes. The first mode is called the "ever present manifestation of compassion," which means that compassion is inherent in the realization of the Sambhogakaya. This compassion has always been here, and because it is ever present, it is inexhaustible at the Sambhogakaya level. So even if the buddha passes into paranirvana--even if the Nirmanakaya stops manifesting for a while--the manifestation of compassion does not cease on the Sambhogakaya level.


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Lighter winds and the arrival of aircraft reinforcements Thursday helped crews control the advance of several wildfires burning in Southwest Colorado.
The Little East Fire, burning in the East Canyon and Cherry Creek areas near the La Plata-Montezuma county line, was restrained to between 80 and 100 acres, the same size as Wednesday. Two single-engine air tankers from Fort Collins stayed busy dropping fire retardant, and a helicopter was releasing loads of water over the flames. Crews from La Plata Countys Road and Bridge Department helped replenish the helicopters water tanks.
We have been able to hold the fire as it tried to advance to the east to Cherry Creek Road (County Road 105), Butch Knowlton, director of La Plata Countys Office for Emergency Preparedness, said in a news release. The aircraft have been successful in establishing a slurry line all the way around the perimeter of the fire.
Fifty-five firefighters were keeping tabs on the Little East Fire on Thursday, with an additional 40 expected to arrive today. Most ground-crew efforts were focused on digging fire lines areas devoid of flammable material around the fire perimeter.
Meanwhile, the Vallecito Fire reached 5 percent containment and had grown to an estimated 230 acres as of 7 p.m. Thursday, said Forest Service fire information officer Pam Wilson. She described the increase of about 20 acres since Wednesday as fairly insignificant.
Two heavy air tankers arrived at Vallecito from Albuquerque on Thursday and made fire-retardant and water drops continuously from noon until nightfall. Wilson credited calmer winds and the tankers large capacity for slowing the spread of flames.
Night temperatures of near or below freezing also should help the flames lay down and restrain active growth, she said. Todays forecast continues to be dry, unstable weather with some gusty winds, Wilson said, but it should calm down over the weekend.
Eighteen homes in the Lake Vista Estates subdivision, east of the lake, were still on pre-evacuation notice Thursday evening, but the structure-protection equipment called in Wednesday had been sent home because the risk of spread had decreased. Flames had reached within approximately three-quarters of a mile from the nearest houses on Ho Hum Drive off County Road 501.
Two bulldozers, one from the U.S. Forest Service and the other from the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, worked to form a stronger fire line on the southern flank, nearest the houses. Most of the blaze is taking place on steep terrain among dead and fallen trees or snags charred by the Missionary Ridge Fire 10 years ago. Wilson said progress creating the fire line can be a bit slower in a snag zone because there are more downed logs obstructing the bulldozer.
A total of 113 personnel were on hand, including two hot-shot crews from California.
We have all the resources we need. We arent hurting for resources, Wilson said. Incident commanders at the Vallecito and Little East fires have been sharing resources as needed.
Crews from Fort Lewis Mesa Fire Protection District also responded to a small, three-quarter-acre fire that sprang up near County Road 136 on Thursday afternoon.


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Scenario development yields environmental success story
With so much scenario modeling currently available, we are able to better predict our future and anticipate the outcomes of various habits and activities. While invaluable in the area of prediction, how has that information transformed our environmental status? Is our environmental future optimistic or dismal? Will we be able to celebrate Earth Day in the future knowing that we have responded appropriately to the bleak prophecies?
In the past couple of decades we have identified and followed urban growth in Phoenix, climate change in the Arctic, el Niño and west coast fisheries, land-use change in New England, nutrients in watersheds in the Midwest and acid rain in the Northeast. While initially identified at one time as a crisis, each of these stories has yielded change that has resulted in progress. But once the potential outcome was revealed through modeling, regions have responded.
For example, the Big Moose Lake in the New York Adirondacks was oncethe poster child for acid rain damage. Fed by the Hubbard Brook, it was documented as having a four-fold increase in sulfate, a ten-fold increase in nitrate and a drop in pH from 6.5 to 5 threatening aquatic ecosystems.
According to Charles Driscoll, scientist with the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Hubbard Brook Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) and Syracuse University, "these lakes are the canaries in the coal mine," warning us of impending ecological disaster.
But in the twenty plus years since, acid rain-impaired lakes like Big Moose Lake show improvement in sulfates, nitrates, and pH--and a growing ability to neutralize acid permitting Driscoll to now claim the lake as a success story.
Researchers are able to identify and predict that with additional pollution controls, the number of Adirondack lakes "in recovery" could nearly double by 2050, from 40 to 76 however, without these controls, it could take 200 years to undo the damage. But without the initial modeling predictions we might not have been able to recover.
"We frequently wonder how altering current decisions would affect the future," says Saran Twombly, an LTER program director in NSF's Division of Environmental Biology.
"This research demonstrates that long-term data are essential," says Twombly. "It indicates which decisions to modify, and shows the consequences in ecosystems as we have come to know them for the past 50-100 years."
Ecological scenario development advances our understanding of ecosystems, providing management options.
Read more at Research.gov.
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Roundabout reax: So far, so good, apparently
If you visit the Town of Manchester's Facebook page or the Manchester Journal's Facebook page, comments have been largely favorable. Town officials have also been bombarded with positive comments in the last week about how well the roundabout works and how pleasing to the eye it has become.
"I think the overwhelming response that we have been able to measure both by individual comments to us on Facebook and all of the traditional media we have is positive," said Tricia Hayes, the projects public information officer. "Walking along the street has been very positive. I get quotes that say, 'well we just drove around it three times because it was fun.' I think as we finish things up and put the final touches on it will be even more appreciated."
John O'Keefe, town manager of Manchester, has heard much of the same.
"I've gotten just comment after comment from people saying they loved it from the get-go but its better than I thought," he said. "Tons of people are telling us, whether it is online or in person, that they use to avoid the middle of town and know they enjoy going through there."
All this positivity does not mean the project still has its skeptics. If you were to travel back in time there would be a lot of uncertainty whether or not this project was a good use of town funds or if it would solve the traffic issue.
A lot of negativity was posted on the Manchester Journal's Facebook page in the early stages of the project.
On the fourth of October Kurt Krauss posted, "A disaster. One malfunction junction of another."
Antonella Bellman posted, "I suggested a traffic light, but a roundabout is a lot more expensive, so I'm sure it was the better option."
When the project first began construction there was plenty of negativity swirling around the project and some residents did not like the idea of installing two more roundabouts.
"People, as a whole, fear change, they fear the unknown and I think all the concerns were from that perspective," said Hayes. "I think one of the most important things we could do was be very honest with our residents and business owners and tell them exactly what's going to happen, when it is going to happen, and explain any impact on them."
Keeping business owner's informed was a top priority during the project, a priority that Ron Houser, the owners of The Mountain Goat, has noticed and appreciated.
"They have let us know everything right from the beginning. They took care of us very well during this process," he said. "I love the aesthetics of it. It's a positive, it's a plus. It's Manchester reinvesting in itself. To me we are investing in the future of Manchester."
Part of investing in the future lies with how much pedestrian traffic Manchester receives.
"I think a big winner in this project are pedestrians. We want to make Manchester a walking town, whether your a local or a tourist we would like you to walk around and enjoy the streets," said O'Keefe. "I've heard nothing but positives, especially from businesses right around the area. Some of the strongest supporters of the project were businesses that were located directly inside the project limits."
The completion of the roundabout could possibly come as early as next summer - several months ahead of schedule - and should help give a boost to the area's economy, Hayes said.
"The economy has been in real flux in the last four years and any change that we can demonstrate that says we have the vitality, we have a new visitors center and a rec park being built," said Hayes, "all these signs certainly point in a positive direction and that there is something good driving the town forward."
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WOMEN across West Sussex have been posting photos of themselves on social media sites with no make-up on to raise awareness for Cancer Research.
The 'no make-up selfie trend' encourages women to share a photo and donate to the charity. Once they have uploaded their post they then nominate others to do the same.
Lynn Daly, spokeswoman for Cancer Research UK in Sussex, said: "We've been overwhelmed with donations and support in the last 24 hours, thanks to people donating to us as part of the #nomakeupselfie trend.
"If people would like to support our work to beat cancer sooner, they can text BEAT to 70099 to donate £3 or visit www.cruk.org."
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Local artists will open their studios to visitors Dec. 8 and 9 for the second annual Redlands Area Holiday Studio Tour and Sale. The work spaces of seven artists, whose media choices range from ceramics to fabric, will be on display each day from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
New to the 2012 tour are painter John Brownfield and jewelry maker Gail Brownfield. Five of the artists participated in the first tour last year, including Dennis Hare, Shane Keena, Aida Schneider, Candy Glendening and Muriel Dolemieux.
One of the tour's founders, Schneider said she enjoys studio tours because of the personal contact they encourage.
"If you are a visitor, you can meet the artists and see how and where they work. If you are an artist, you can meet people who like your work and find out why they do," she said.
She and co-founder Glendening tried to include artists who work in a wide variety of media.
Located farthest east is the adobe-style home and studio of painter Dennis Hare at 2955 Mill Creek Road in Mentone. He creates oversized, three-dimensional assemblages of found objects combined with rope, cardboard, wood, paint and other materials. He finds his components away from home or in his own personal junkyard adjoining his studio.
"I have made this place, with its hacienda-type feel, go with my art," Hare said. "My studio is long and wide enough so that I can get back from the work and see the whole thing from 50 to 75 feet away."
His favorite art supply store is Home Depot, where he trolls not only the paint department but the construction area as well. There he finds plastic cement, tar, liquid nails and other raw materials to layer onto his canvases.
The Yucaipa native was a dedicated beach volleyball player in his younger days and he still draws on his athleticism and physicality in creating his artwork. Inspired to become an artist when he saw a Van Gogh painting in a San Francisco museum, he has made his living as a mostly self-taught artist for 35 years.
His work was more representational in years past and is more abstract now but he manages to span the divide between the two to satisfy the gallery owners in San Francisco and Carmel who carry his work. "I am always pushing the envelope on representational so that it can be (considered) figurative," he said. "I am fortunate to be able to paint what I want rather than what the gallery wants."
He said he has learned to judge himself less, be more spontaneous and "just let it go," he said. "There is a dialog you have with the work as it fights you and you fight it until you know in your heart it is done, which is a great feeling."
He said he hopes visitors to his studio will go away feeling inspired. "Everyone is an artist but people don't believe it," he said. "Everyone has something special to offer, whether in cooking, music or their whole lifestyle."
Other studio tour artists include ceramist Shane Keena at 1240 Ainsley Lane, Mentone (Sunday only); and Redlands artists Schneider at 31084 E. Sunset Drive North; John and Gail Brownfield at 881 W. Crescent Ave.; Muriel Dolemieux at 930 San Jacinto; and Candy Glendening at 1309 W. Olive.
Keena produces ceramic pieces that draw inspiration from forms found in nature, such as under the ocean or in exotic parts of the world. Schneider's medium of choice for many years has been oil sticks, which she applies directly with her hands onto wooden boards of varying sizes, the bigger the better. Her works are largely impressionistic using symbols and themes that derive from her Middle Eastern background.
John Brownfield is a retired University of Redlands art professor who specializes in painting the human form, while his wife, Gail, creates jewelry from hand-wrought silver and exotic beads. Dolemieux is a French painter living in Redlands whose figurative acrylic paintings depict land and seascapes and scenes in nature.
Glendening dyes her own fabrics to create wearable and decorative art pieces that range from scarves to small houses to quilts.
The tour is free and self-guided, and visitors may start and end anywhere on either day.
"It's fun to see where artists get their ideas and where they work, whether it's in a small closet or a big wonderful mess of a studio," Schneider said.
For more information on the Holiday Studio Tour, visit www.candiedpixels.com/holiday-studio-tour.


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dateApril 10, 2013
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Lighting the way to Opera Carolina's future
Michael Baumgarten has designed lighting for hundreds of operas all over the country, including nearly 70 for Opera Carolina. His work for the upcoming production of "The Pearl Fishers" -- April 13, 18 and 21 at Belk Theater -- marks his first digital projection design for the company.
Opera Carolina's director of production and resident lighting designer started college intending to study law. Second semester of his freshman year, Baumgarten took a lighting design course. "That was it. I was hooked," he said.
Baumgarten comes across as the no-nonsense, straight-talking type, but always ready with a wisecrack. "As I like to say, I sit in the dark, I turn lights on and off, and people yell at me about the choices I make." Jokes aside, he admits to finding a certain wonder in what he does. "I love sitting there and making pictures with light, helping the audience to feel something from a visual standpoint, making it easier for the artists to get their point across because I've created an atmosphere that lends itself to what they're doing."
Baumgarten designed the lighting for Opera Carolina's original production of "The Pearl Fishers" in 2005, using an industry standard -- a neutral backdrop washed with various hues of light to set off the three-dimensional scenery elements. The new production will present a markedly different visual experience for the audience. Baumgarten has designed digital projections that layer moving images over scenes that evoke either the opera's tropical setting in Ceylon (modern-day Sri Lanka) or one of the plot's dramatic themes. The projections will create a dynamic backdrop to the three-dimensional scenery created for the 2005 production.
The projections will change as the opera progresses: in one scene, an image of the moon shining on the rippling surface of the ocean fades into a sunrise. Another vista transforms into the vision of a mysterious, veiled figure that represents the two male leads' memory of a woman from their past. Be prepared for that veiled figure of memory to show up on the island in all her reality and drive most to their doom -- it is a French opera after all, so the audience can expect acts of passion, betrayal and sacrifice.
At a panel discussion on art and technology at UNC Charlotte on April 4, Baumgarten harbored no pretense about the current state of opera. "Look, I'm a traditionalist, but the audience doesn't walk out whistling the scenery...We're trying to make an obscure art form appeal to a new audience."
Opera remains the most expensive of the performing arts to produce; Opera Carolina's productions run anywhere from $300,000 to $400,000. The high costs are due in part to the staffing requirements -- star vocalists, full orchestra, the many necessary back-stage personnel -- but a large part of the budget goes toward building the spectacle that the public expects from opera. "Where else do you get a production with dancers, singers and a live, 60-person orchestra?" asked Baumgarten. And of course, there are the elaborate sets. "When people come to see our operas, they come to see 'grand opera' -- big sets with gorgeous painting. There's a certain elegance to all of that. However, it costs a lot of money."
Cost concerns combined with the intent to reign in a new audience led Baumgarten and Opera Carolina General Director and Principal Conductor James Meena to explore the design potential of digital technologies. "The Pearl Fishers" isn't the first time that Opera Carolina has used digital projection, though the company's foray into the digital realm ties in well with the Ulysses Festival's 2013 theme of art and technology (the opera is included on the festival's program roster). Two productions last season, "Il Trovatore" and "Madame Butterfly," and this season's "The Magic Flute" used projections created by guest artists as primary set design elements.
The audience's response? "Some people loved it, some people hated it," says Baumgarten, recalling the reaction to Jun Kaneko's projection designs for "The Magic Flute." "My wife was sitting there opening night next to Kaneko when some guy a few seats over yelled, out loud, in the middle of the opera, 'Is this ever going to stop? I'm getting nauseous!'"
Now that Opera Carolina has made the upfront investment in the new technologies, only time and audience reaction will tell whether it will prove profitable for the company in the long term. Says Baumgarten, "If we can keep it interesting and change it up with our usual opera sets, we'll have something that is affordable for us, interesting for our audience, and a way for us to move forward."
By Jessica Thomas
Charlotte Arts Journalism Alliance
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"Momentum is building at Canadian Pacific, and the organization is driving to a culture of intense focus on operations," said Harrison. "Service will be what drives this organization, by providing a premium, reliable product offering through a lower cost operation. We have initiated a rapid change agenda and have made tremendous progress in my first 160 days, and we are only getting started."
Harrison provided various examples of steps taken over the past five months highlighting CP's "evolution to a more competitive railway":
• A new executive leadership team in place including a new Senior Operations lead team with a mandate for "centralized planning and decentralized execution, to eliminate bureaucracy and have service decisions made faster and closer to the customer."
• Revamped intermodal and merchandise train service resulting in faster transit times for customers, for example, new intermodal services connecting Vancouver to Chicago or Toronto.
• Closure of hump-switching yards in Toronto, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Chicago, "producing significant cost savings and more efficient operating practices."
• Closure of intermodal terminals in Milwaukee, Obico (Toronto), and Schiller Park (Chicago), "reducing footprint and operating expenses while also facilitating efficient operating practices and reduced end-to-end transit times." <>• Improved train service and network velocity resulting in the need for 195 fewer locomotives and 3,200 fewer leased railcars. Current stored, year-to-date lease returned and declared surplus locomotive units total 460.
Harrison outlined the next steps CP will take through 2016 to continue "to improve service reliability, increase the railway's efficiency, and grow the business." He is targeting a full-year operating ratio in the mid-60s by that year. Among the key initiatives:
• Annual capital spending in the range of $1.0-$1.1 billion.
• Reduce roughly 4,500 employee and/or contractor positions by 2016 "through job reductions, natural attrition, and fewer contractors. We have already made progress on this front and expect 1,700 positions to be eliminated by year's end."
• Construction of new, longer sidings program to improve asset utilization and increase train length and velocity, allowing CP to move the same or increased volumes with fewer trains, and potentially reduce crew starts by 14,500, or 4%.
• Explore options to "maximize full value of existing and anticipated surplus real estate holdings."
• Relocate CP's current corporate headquarters in downtown Calgary to new office space at CP-owned Ogden Yard by 2014.
• Review options for the Delaware & Hudson (D&H) in the U.S. Northeast, while maintaining options for continued growth in the energy business.
Turn over operations of the 660-mile portion of the former Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern (DM&E) west of Tracy, Minn., to a short line. CP is currently seeking expressions of interest.
With these programs in place, CP, Harrison said, expects in 2016 to see compound annual revenue growth of 4% to 7% off the 2012 base, cash flow before dividends of $900 million to $1.4 billion in 2016, and a full-year operating ratio in the mid-60s. All of this is dependent upon certain "key assumptions.":
• Average fuel cost per gallon of $3.45 U.S. per U.S. gallon.
• Defined benefit pension expense of $140-$150 million through 2016.
• Defined benefit pension contributions between $100 and $125 million through 2015, increasing to $200-$300 million in 2016.
• A tax rate of 25-27%.
• CP becoming fully cash taxable during the four-year period.
• Canadian to U.S. exchange rate at par.
As previously announced, CP is scrapping plans to build a new line into the Powder River Basin coal fields and anticipates taking a fourth-quarter 2012 estimated pre-tax non-cash charge of approximately $180 million ($107 million after tax) on its option, inherited from the DM&E acquisition, to build into the PRB. CP also anticipates taking a charge related to labor and other restructuring activities, the amount of which is under review.
"We now have a leadership team that understands the urgency of making change and improving the culture of this organization," Harrison said. "CP has many talented railroaders who want to win. Together we are squarely focused on improved service and becoming the low cost carrier. This will allow us to continue to grow with our customers. We are hearing feedback from customers that they are seeing and liking the results. The reduced number of assets and the decentralized decision-making within the organization will allow us to appropriately size to any changes in market conditions. I have always maintained that by focusing on the best possible service, along with appropriate cost containment, the operating ratio will take care of itself. CP is no different; we already see the service and related bottom line benefits of our early actions. It's an exciting time to be a part of this great franchise."
"I am excited about what we've achieved to date, but we have only just started this journey to being a more competitive railway," Harrison said. "We will continue to drive our service offering while focusing on taking unproductive costs out of the business. We see a strong earnings profile and solid free cash flow picture emerging. Canadian Pacific is a great franchise with strong growth upside and we are more confident than ever that we will drive shareholder value long into the future."


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Rhett Ketschke, a proud alum of the University of Tennessee, had never taken off his 2008 class ring — until he went surfing in Pacific Beach last September, that is.
While paddling out, the ring slipped off his finger about 30 yards from shore.
"I immediately dove after it, but in the turbid water and crashing waves, I was unable to find it," said Ketschke, a Navy reservist who was working at the Naval Medical Center in Balboa Park and now lives in Pennsylvania.
After 20 minutes of fruitless diving to the bottom and clawing for it in the sand, Ketschke concluded he'd never see his ring again. It was particularly sentimental to the former university rugby player because he had led fundraising efforts to create the first-of-its-kind class ring that displayed both the university and rugby shields.
On Tuesday Ketschke received an email from his alumni association, saying that an El Cajon man, Terry Libby, had found a ring engraved with Ketschke's name and was anxious to talk to its owner.
Ketschke immediately contacted Libby, a retired game warden and vice president of a local metal detecting club. Libby had found the ring at low tide on the beach under four inches of sand and an inch of water.
Libby immediately sent it to Ketschke. He says he has found about 100 silver or gold rings since he began treasure hunting six to nine hours a week as a hobby five years ago.
"It's the kind of act that restores one's faith in humanity," said Ketschke, who had planned to buy a replacement ring as soon as he could afford one.
A Copley farewell: Many callers have asked about memorial services for former U-T Publisher David Copley, who died Nov. 20 following a car accident that occurred when he suffered a heart attack.
Arrangements were made for a private burial. Then, on Dec. 16, there will be an invitation-only celebration of life. Two of David Copley's favorite charities — the San Diego Humane Society and the San Diego Public Library Foundation — have been designated for contributions in lieu of flowers.
Around town: After a nationwide search for a new editor of San Diego Home/Garden Lifestyles, publisher Mark McKinnon announced Thursday he'd found one in nearby Palm Springs. Janice Kleinschmidt, deputy editor of Palm Springs Life, has been hired to take the helm of the 34-year-old monthly San Diego area magazine …
Boxer Mike Tyson is bringing his one-man show, "Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth," to San Diego's Civic Theatre on March 5. After running at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and on Broadway, the show is about to begin a national tour under director Spike Lee…
Alyce Lundin couldn't believe her ears when she overheard a local Macy's sales clerk named Argentina talking to a woman shopper whose first name was America. Yes, she heard correctly: Argentina was asking if she could help America.
Help for the homeless: Chalk one up for San Diego's homeless population. Our City Council unanimously voted Tuesday to spend $38,000 for continued operation of a locker facility where transients can store their belongings during the day.
The Transitional Storage Center, which was recently uprooted because the warehouse it was housed in was slated for redevelopment, has relocated temporarily to a downtown lot at 16th and Commercial streets.
The center stores transients' knapsacks, bedrolls, clothing and other items, freeing them to look for work, attend classes or just lightening their load.
Brook Larios, of the Girls Think Tank, a downtown group of young professionals that stands up for the homeless, said the funding will keep the center open until June, but they still need a new home.
Council President Tony Young complimented Girls Think Tank's efforts as an example of "true advocacy."
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The bulk of the upgrades this year centered on Google+.
1. Change from one- to multi-column layouts by clicking on the More tab.
Three-column layout exists but only for the largest of resolution displays. If you want to take a peek at it, just reduce your zoom on the page. The design
is fully mobile responsive.
2. Shift+L will rapidly refresh the stream bringing you to the top and the new posts
if you don't want to click the button. There's currently no way to return to auto-refreshing of the page.
3. Infographics will display in a nearly useful size
at full length in the new layout. Estimated dimensions 503×930 for desktop viewing. An
influx of infographic posts is likely. Keep an eye on ensuring readability.
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4. Find an assortment of additional information related to each post by clicking on its "Shared Publicly" or "Shared Privately" link right under the
authors name to flip the card over.
5. The "send feedback" form is located at the bottom of the menu under "home." Can't find feedback? Just type the "@" sign when not in a comment box to
bring it up.
6. "What's Hot" is back in the sidebar under home—and temporarily displaying strange gender biases. (It's being fixed.)
7. A Hangout is now any form of group communication
= Video Call or Group Chat or Group Calling, etc. This merges its many messaging and calling products.
8. Google has released a standalone Hangout app that replaces Google Chat
and allows for text and video chat across Android, iOS, and Chrome.
9. In the right-hand hangout menu, the drop-down menu offers a number of useful options including a link to sign out of hangouts.
10. In the hangout app, the little green bar under someone's photo indicates they are active and online.
11. To start a new hangout on air, you need to first visit the Hangout on Air page and then look halfway down the page on your right for a "Start A
Hangout on Air" button that is not very visible.
12. YouTube expands its live-streaming feature to all channels with more than 1,000 subscribers.
Learn more.
13. You can now send money through Gmail/Google.
14. When starting a new conversation, the status box loads up front and center with bright classic Google colors.
15. Circle volume control has moved to being under the settings gear in each circle's page.
Select More, Standard, or Fewer
16. Major improvements to many of the photo tools can be altered in your settings page.
(Unfortunately, being able to edit an image as you upload it and before posting it has vanished.)
The auto enhance is really handy for on-the-fly image enhancing. The ability to upload high-resolution images is fantastic. Lots to love in these changes.
(Including the ability to remove the download image button.)
17. Type these "cheat codes" into the chat of a Google Hangout,
and watch what happens. So much fun—you've got to love Google Easter eggs. (Only works with Hangouts on Google+ and the Chrome Extension. Not in video calls
or mobile.)
18. Promotions—and dare I venture into saying advertising—will be coming soon to the Google+ newsfeed beginning with the new Offers feature. Link to Hello Kitty's Offer.
19. Google Games is going away June 30 in favor of the new Google Play Games service.
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2005 Memories of Tour Members, Part III
30 May 2005
Internet Cafe
Odessa Ukraine
The following messages are written by Journey to the Homeland Tour members of their visits to the former Bessarabian and Black Sea German villages today near Odessa, Ukraine and in Moldova:
The following persons visited the Kutschurgan District villages of Baden, Elsass, Kandel, Mannheim, Selz and Strassburg & Mariental and Klein-Liebental, Liebental District:
Ronald Brossart, Minot, North Dakota and his father, Valentine Brossart, Rugby, North Dakota
The experiences of the past several days of our visits to the villages on the Tour to the Homeland will be a time of memories that we will cherish forever.
The tour guides and drivers have done everything that they could to make our visits enjoyable. The inhabitants of the villages have all been very friendly and cordial to us, sharing of their food, drink and laughter, and appreciative that we would take the time to come to visit the places of our ancestors.
Just the drives through the countryside are enjoyable experiences, traveling some of the same roads that our ancestors no doubt traveled many years ago. The countryside is all very green with wheat, barley and sunflower fields, along with a few vineyards. The trees dot the roadsides, some probably planted by our ancestors. The land and soil appears as rich and productive as the stories that have been told about it.
Of particular interest to me was the visits to the remains of the churches of the villages. Until you have actually seen these monuments of works of art and construction, you cannot really appreciate the devotion of time, talent and treasure that was required of our ancestors to get these buildings completed. The saddest part of my visit was to see how these buildings have been almost totally destroyed, never to be enjoyed by future generations.
Today we were able to locate and visit two homes that we believe were constructed and occupied at one time by our direct ancestors. Just walking the streets and visiting some of the homes and realizing these are the very streets and homes where our ancestors spent part or all of their lives, is an experience that cannot be described unless you have done it for yourself.
The Tour to the Homeland is an experience that we wish many others could do, and my father and I are very appreciative to all who made this trip and lifetime experience possible. -- Ron Brossart
Frank Huber, Seattle, Washington Visiting the Kutschurgan District villages and the daughter colony of Poniatovka
I enjoyed the tree-lined road to the Kutschurgan villages and the seeing the spring crops along the way. The trip to the former Kutschurgan daughter colony of Poniatovka was quite an experience to locate. The rolling countryside was a treat to see as well as the new railway station in Rosdelua.
Patricia Gabriel (Klein) Belknap, Fargo, North Dakota Visiting the Kutschurgan District villages and Klein-Liebental & Mariental
Being here in the villages of my ancestors is a very beautiful experience that helps me to understand in a very real way how they lived and the hardships they experienced not only in this country but also in their decision to come to the United States.
The villages of the Odessa area are as beautiful at North Dakota with lush fields of grapes, wheat, flax and sunflowers. The roadways are linded with trees and flowers and the village people are treating us like long lost family members. The food is some of the best you could ever want to eat and of course there is always beer and homemade wine.
We have all had an opportunity to visit the individual village of our ancestors and learn about the village and the hardships the people endured. This is a once in a lifetime trip that I would recommend to anyone interested in genealogy.
Dorothy Bollinger McGuire and Nancy Herrell, Yakima, Washington Visiting the villages of Hoffnungstal, Guldendorf,Neu Glueckstal, and Neu Kassel
We have no pre-conceived idea of what would locate visiting the villages. We were both extremely pleased to see the countryside and visit with the local people. In Neu Glueckstal, we met with the school principal and also the mayor and his wife receiving a tour of the school. We visited Hoffnungstal which has substantially changed from the time when Dorothy's family lived there. We were referred to a local lady who had lived among the Germans who was called Mama Rosa. We spent a pleasant afternoon, She surprised us by offering tea, cheese, bread and cookies.
Sunday we visited the cemetery being directed to the German section. This has been a great experience for us in many ways. We noticed the distances people have to walk for basic everyday food needs. We have been most pleased with the hospitality we have been shown. Our driver, Val, and our guide, Ludmilla, were fantastic and went far beyond our expectations.


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Melky focused on baseball, not next contract
By Mike Still / MLB.com
Cabrera, who is eligible for free agency after this season, said he hasn't heard of anything from the club regarding his contract. He added that he is enjoying his time with the Giants and would like to stay with the team after this season.
"I'm just concentrated on playing baseball," Cabrera said with teammate Sergio Romo translating. "Just concentrating on helping the team win. I haven't heard any of that."
The 27-year-old Cabrera leads the Majors with 152 hits, and his .353 batting average is second in baseball only to Pirates center fielder Andrew McCutchen. The 2012 All-Star Game MVP also leads the National League with 78 runs scored.
"The [coaching staff] treats me well, and I'd love to stay here," Cabrera said. "I'm focused on winning ballgames here."
Giants using matchups for late-inning relief
ST. LOUIS -- Prior to Tuesday night's win in St. Louis, Giants manager Bruce Bochy and pitching coach Dave Righetti sat down with their relievers to let them know what the plan would be until further notice.
Bochy informed the bullpen it'd be working with a "bullpen by committee" strategy, meaning that Jeremy Affeldt, Sergio Romo and Javier Lopez will pitch the last two innings of games based on different matchups particular lineups present.
"They said, 'Look, this is what we have to do. We believe in you guys. We believe that we do a bullpen-by-committee scenario, we understand the situations that can take place. But we have a lot of faith that this bullpen can do it,'" Affeldt said after throwing the final 1 1/3 innings of Tuesday's game. "I think when you're addressed like that, you know your manager and your pitching coach both see the situation, and basically you're trying to back them up."
Clay Hensley got one out in the seventh, and Romo two in the eighth before Affeldt closed out the game for his third save of the year. Santiago Casilla, who is still battling blisters, warmed up in the sixth.
Bochy said Casilla, who has blown five of his last 10 save opportunities, will usually be called on to throw the sixth or seventh.
While most relievers may be used to having clear and defined roles, Affeldt said the Giants' bullpen is buying into the matchup-driven approach.
"When they defined it the way they did, we understand that there's certain game situations if there's switch-hitters, righties, lefties, different guys that are going to do different things," Affeldt said. "I think we all felt more comfortable being told what the situation was, and I think that gives us all mental peace."
Mijares already feeling at home with Giants
ST. LOUIS -- Jose Mijares admits he was surprised to learn earlier this week he was leaving Kansas City. But as he laughed and joked around with his new teammates in the Giants' clubhouse Wednesday afternoon, Mijares was finding himself feeling right at home with his new club.
"I'm thankful for the team, thankful for the staff, thankful for everybody," Mijares said. "It's a good team."
The 27-year-old left-handed reliever was claimed off waivers from the Royals on Monday and arrived at Busch Stadium just before game time Tuesday night. Mijares is one of handful of Giants players hailing from Venezuela, and he has played with or against many of the others.
Mijares played with Pablo Sandoval's brother, Michael, in the Twins' Minor League system and has also faced Gregor Blanco and Marco Scutaro in winter ball.
"There's a lot of connections with Latin American players here. Lots of good guys," Mijares said.
Mijares has been exceptionally good against lefties in his career, holding them to a .214 batting average. He said it's his hard-breaking slider that makes him so successful against lefties, while his sinker is reserved for right-handers.
While Mijares was projected to be a lefty specialist for San Francisco, manager Bruce Bochy said Mijares will face righties as well.
"He may stay out there if we need the work," Bochy said.
Worth noting
Pablo Sandoval ran the bases before Wednesday's game. Bochy said Sandoval ran well and felt good, and Sandoval would talk with team athletic trainers after pregame warmups to decide on the next step in his recovery from a strained left hamstring.
Sandoval is eligible to come off the disabled list Thursday.
Marco Scutaro batted second for the second consecutive game Wednesday and moved back to third base after playing second and going 2-for-5 out of the two-hole Tuesday. Ryan Theriot, who was given the day off Tuesday after batting .174 in his previous 11 games, hit seventh and played second.
Five years ago Wednesday, Bochy posted his 1,000th managerial win with a 5-0 victory over the Nationals.
Mike Still is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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I was closing a spreadsheet, and the moment I clicked on the "X" to close the window, a dialog box popped up on my other monitor, and I thought "Oh, what did I just do?"
The dialog box was simply an alert, letting me know that I have to attend a meeting in 15 minutes. And so I then thought "Oh, OK, it's not connected to me closing the spreadsheet." And I went on about my business.
But note what happened.
I saw two events close in time, that initially appeared to be related. Sometimes when you close windows you get a dialog saying "do you want to save?" or some other helpful suggestion related to what you just did, or are doing, with the window you're working in.
In the background, my brain is aware that such things are sometimes related, and without conscious thought, I knee-jerked to check to see if there was a connection between the dialog box and closing the spreadsheet. My brain is used to this pattern. And it checks to see if this pattern is in play, when it recognizes something that resembles this pattern. If it recognizes no connection between the two events, it notes that they are just unrelated events occurring close in time. And I go on, and give it no relevance.
But sometimes the events are related. As noted—maybe I would click the "X" to close, and the dialog would come up saying "Do you want to save?" It's a reminder that is triggered by me trying to close the spreadsheet. And I am consciously aware that such reminders occur—and I'm also aware of it in part of my brain that isn't conscious. In fact, it's the non-conscious neural map that informs "me" (the conscious aspect of the brain) that "Hey, these things may be related."
But sometimes we have two events, closely related in time, that have no such trigger—no such causal connection—but our brains find a pattern, anyway. This is what we call "coincidence." The difference between what happened to me this morning, and a coincidence, is that with a coincidence, the brain is able to identify a pattern—but it's not a pattern based on causal link. The two events aren't actually objectively related—they simply have related meaning in the brain of the person observing.
So, you are going home after your mother's funeral, and you find yourself behind a car, and the numbers on the plate happen to match her birthday month and day—and your brain says "that's related to mom—who just died." On another day, you might see that same tag and assign nothing meaningful to it. But today, mom is on your mind, and so, these DMV assigned numbers are "mom's birthday." And to some people, additionally, "a message from mom."
It's stunning how powerful coincidental meaning can be in the minds of observers. I would say that it's a pattern in TAE e-mail for people to describe a coincidence and ask us "how do you explain this?" Above, is how I explain it. But that's not what they're asking. What they honestly mean is "how did my mom's birthday end up on this tag right after her funeral?" They want an explanation of the objective event–they want to know objectively how the events are related. The problem is that, objectively, there is no reason to think they are. They are connected in the subject's mind. And that is all the connection anyone can reasonably derive from that observation. But some people simply cannot accept this. It's a difficult thing for many people to accept.


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ByNeil King Jr.
It's known in baseball as the brushback pitch: a fastball high and inside to get a batter to back off the plate.
The big conservative super PAC American Crossroads just threw such a pitch at Ashley Judd, the TV and film star who appears to be mulling a 2014 run against Kentucky Republican Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
In a mock ad purporting to tout her candidacy, Crossroads lampoons Ms. Judd as an Obama-loving uber-liberal who thinks Kentuckians are hillbillies and who actually claims to hail from Tennessee. The video uses clips of Ms. Judd saying things that might complicate a run in the generally conservative state of Kentucky.
The ad will run online in targeted ZIP codes in the state, for a total cost of $10,000, said Crossroads spokesman Jonathan Collegio.
So does this show real concern that Mr. McConnell might be vulnerable as he eyes re-election? Mr. Collegio insists not.
Instead, the group hopes to deflate talk of a Judd candidacy before it gains momentum.
"For a novice in politics who may not have a taste of what the NFL is like, this is just a taste for her of what would be much more to come," Mr. Collegio said. "We want to stick a pin in her balloon."
A representative for Ms. Judd didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
UPDATE: In a statement released through her publicist, Ms. Judd thanked American Crossroads for putting a spotlight on her political thinking. "Ashley thanks Senator McConnell, Karl Rove, and their negative allies for all the attention as she considers her future political plans, although a decision hasn't been made yet," the statement said.


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One of the "luxuries" of being a home owner is having a yard -- having the space to grill, garden, and maybe even build a moat (it is your castle, after all). Sadly, that yard is just waiting for you to turn your back so it can start creeping and growing past its carefully manicured boundaries. You need an arsenal to fight back; luckily, the weapons are a lot of fun, one of the many stress-relieving, get-it-done perks of being a man. Below are just the tools to help your yard from turning into a Discovery Channel episode of "Life after People".


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Think both are a no but could bne wrong, pretty sure Camby was already ruled out of first 2 preseason games, and Stat said he could play if needed but it's just preseason so he's not going to, they are trying to break up the blood in the knee... hate to be a dick cuz I agree with the "it's just preseason lets not risk anything" thought, but dude, you banged knees, it hurts, we've all been there, but we all swore, got up and played on. I don't want him hurt, but feel these games are valuable developing chemistry in standings free settings. If he doesn't get his bitch ass in there we'll have great chemistry without Stat, then back to the old "oh now stats back how do we incorporate him without sacrificing whats been going good"
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
$100 million uninsured knees... Rest up Stat. There is still so much time in preseason.
The season is a marathon not a sprint.
While I really think Stat and Melo need to be in real game situations as much as possible so they can continue to build chem.. We do have almost a week til our next pre season game. So I guess it would be best to let him sit this one out and heal up
I wish Amar'e plays. I can't wait to see his new moves
I hope his knee is well, Jeremy Lin had a bruised knee but with further testing he had a partially torn meniscus...
Amare's out, Camby's out. White, both Smith bros, Sheed, Brewer and obviously Shump are all out for tonight's game...
Wanted to see Amar'e play and see if there is any noticeable difference to his game. But i guess not!
Guess ill just have to watch Kidd again.
Will we ever win a championship again? Id like to think so!
James White is gonna start tonight I hear
Yep Flight White to start being reported, and guys, relax, Stat banged knees with Copeland, hurts but he'll be fine. The Lin bruised knee turning into torn meniscus is a joke, it was incorrectly reported as bruised knee (whether or not you are conspiracy theorist about the mri being day after playoff tix sales) it would be caused by a different type of thing
"Tough times don't last forever, tough people do"
**** yeah, an MSG stream! I missed Clyde and Tina!
Here are the base-players Knicks-fans should want to see perform for 24 minutes of playingtime in the first 3 preseason games ....
1) Brewer, Ronnie
2) Copeland, Chris
3) Felton, Raymond
4) Novak, Steve
5) Prigioni, Pablo
6) Shurna, John
7) Sims, Henry
8) Smith, Chris
9) Smith, J.R.
10) Thompson, Mychel
11) White, James
12) Bellfield, Oscar
For those who are not optimistic (Now) watch HOF PG-Jason Kidds passing-skills (at age 39 in) this game .. Kidd & Stat are a matching tandem for a great season.
Woody is looking to find a decent-long-bench out of these preseason games


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So, I'm going to build my first HTPC tomorrow, once the remaining parts arrive from Newegg, and I wanted to round up all the cool things people do with a decently well powered HTPC with a TV turner and cablecard attached. Please send cool ideas, functions or programs and I will update the OP to reflect them.
So far I have:
-Replace cable box and DVR and save enough money over time to pay for the system
-Stream live or recorded TV to multiple rooms
-Netflix and other streaming media services
-Light gaming (if no separate video card)
-Onlive for other gaming
-Home picture and video viewing
-Centralized storage and backup
-Blu-ray watching
-Wii, PS2, Gamecube, legacy system (other?) video game emulation
What else have you all used your HTPC for?


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ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Skylar Tsutsui (Jr./Northridge, Calif./Harvard-Westlake) scored 20 points and Michele Arima (So./Valencia, Calif./West Ranch) added 16 points off the bench as the Carleton College women's basketball cruised to an 80-53 triumph over St. Catherine University. Tsutsui and Arima each drained a quartet of shots from beyond the arc as the Carleton College women's basketball team tied the school record with 13 three-pointers.
"I was very happy with our offensive efficiency tonight," said Carleton head coach Cassie Kosiba. "We had a good balance of scoring on the perimeter, in the lane and among our players."
The Knights (3-2, 2-1 MIC) had five players finish in double figures and never trailed. Carleton used a 22-5 run spanning parts of both halves to pull away for their second straight triumph. Tsutsui scored 13 points during that spurt, including a trio of three pointers.
Carleton led 32-26 with a little over two minutes remaining in the first half, then closed the period with a 10-1 run, including back-to-back triples by Tsutui. She tallied the Knights' first points of the second period with another three pointer as the visitors opened the stanza with a 12-4 run lasting more than seven minutes.
Arima drained a three pointer on the Knights' final shot of the contest, matching the team record originally set on Jan. 16, 2013 against St. Catherine. That mark was equaled in the Knights' season-opening win at Colorado College. Tonight Carleton went 13-of-32 from long range (41 percent), their best percentage of the season.
Claire Thallon (Fy./Eugene, Ore./South Eugene), Gabbi Stienstra (So./St. Paul, Minn./Minnehaha), and Jenny Ramey (Sr./Cottage Grove, Minn./New Life Academy) added 14, 12, and 11 points respectively as each made at least one three pointer to help Carleton win its sixth straight in the series.
Gabby Zehrer was the lone Wildcat in double figures, tallying 20 points.
"We are focused one game at a time and are always thankful to come away with a win on the road," said Kosiba.
The Knights turn their attention to a home game against conference co-leader Bethel University on Wednesday, Dec. 11. Live video of the 7:30 p.m. contest will be available via Knights Online.