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Baylor Mourns Death of Former University Chaplain and Trustee Milton CunninghamAug. 3, 2013
WACO, Texas (Aug. 3, 2013) - Baylor University is mourning the passing of distinguished alumnus, former University Chaplain and chair of Baylor Board of Trustees Dr. Milton E. Cunningham, BA '50. The longtime pastor and missionary died Aug. 3, 2013 of complications following a stroke, having lived his life to the praise of the glorious grace of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was 84.
A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 7, at Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, 1300 Columbus Ave., in Waco. Burial will be private. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 6, at Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey, 6101 Bosque Blvd.
"Baylor University has lost a beloved member of our family in Dr. Milton Cunningham," said Baylor President Ken Starr. "He radiated with such joy his deep and abiding love for Jesus Christ through his selfless service as a missionary, pastor, denominational leader and University trustee. When he returned to Baylor to serve as University Chaplain, he had a profound impact on our campus, counseling, advising, consoling, encouraging and, sometimes, lovingly cajoling thousands of Baylor students, faculty and staff. We were all so blessed by 'Dr. C.' who left an indelible mark on our University community. Our prayers are with his wife Barbara and their sons Milton and Miller during this difficult time."
Cunningham was born in Victoria, Texas on Sept. 13, 1928, to Milton and Bertha Cunningham. His mother died a month after he was born. His father was an itinerant preacher and church planter, so they moved a great deal. He graduated from Austin High School and enrolled in Baylor when he was just 16 years old.
While at Baylor, he served as manager of the football team and earned the nickname "Squirrel." Cunningham told the Baylor Lariat in 1996 that as manager, his job was to tape athletes before games. Watching Cunningham use his two front teeth to tear the tape, a player dubbed him "Squirrel," which stuck for the rest of his college career.
It was at Baylor that he gave his life to Christ and answered the call to ministry. He treasured his relationship with Baylor President Dr. W.R. White, whom he credited with bringing him to faith. He earned his bachelor's degree in religion from Baylor in 1950 and later graduated from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He also received honorary degrees from the University of Corpus Christi and Baylor.
Cunningham and his wife Barbara were missionaries in Africa for 15 years, serving in Southern Rhodesia, Zambia, Kenya and Ghana. He was Senior Pastor at Westbury Baptist Church in Houston for 17 years before returning to Baylor in 1996 to serve as University Chaplain and director of denominational ministries. In that role, Cunningham counseled, advised and consoled thousands of Baylor students, faculty and staff.
"I'm a preacher - that's where my heart is," Cunningham said in 1996. "I want to be a friend of the people of this campus, and that includes everyone. I think the greatest Christian witness we can have is our relationships with each other. I want to be a Christian friend to everyone."
As University Chaplain, Cunningham oversaw Chapel-Forum, as it was called at the time, a program that featured speakers and events set in a Christian context.
"My desire is for Chapel-Forum to relate to the students," he said. "I want to use students, faculty and staff in the programming as much as possible. Chapel-Forum has the best potential of anything at Baylor to provide a sense of community at this university."
He retired as Chaplain in April 1999 but continued to serve as chaplain for various Baylor athletic teams.
"Though the title was never given, he most certainly was Chaplain Emeritus, as he continued pastoring this community in so many ways," said Dr. Burt Burleson, Baylor's current University Chaplain. "I was honored to minister in the long shadow he cast at Baylor University."
Burleson said he first met Cunningham in fall of 1977, when he was a Baylor student in charge of the pep rally and bonfire.
"I was told he would be a good speaker. So I invited him and he didn't disappoint. He had a way with a crowd and he loved Baylor... and so it was fitting that he finished his ministry here," Burleson recalled. "When I begin talking with the University about this position, we went to lunch, and I experienced the joy and love that was still overflowing [from him] for this place and especially the students here. It was his calling to be a friend to us."
In recent years, Cunningham was interim pastor at First Baptist churches in San Antonio, Athens, Corsicana and Woodville. He loved his connection to the Cowboy Church at White Mound near Gatesville. He also founded Heart and Hands, a missions foundation that sent students all over the world.
Cunningham also served as President of the Baptist General Convention of Texas and as chair of the Board of Trustees at Baylor. In 1989, he was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus of Baylor and also received the James Huckins Award for meritorious service to the University. In 2002, he received the George W. Truett Distinguished Church Service Award for living a life that reflected the true meaning of the University's motto "Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana" (For Church, For Texas) and exemplifying the life and career of the late George W. Truett.
Milton Cunningham leaves behind a legacy of family, faith, love, laughter, old hymns and the belief that one should never drive past a ball game or an ice cream stand without stopping.
He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Barbara Schultz Cunningham; two sons: Milton Brasher-Cunningham and his wife, Ginger Brasher-Cunningham, from Durham, N.C., and Miller Cunningham and his wife, Ginger, from Dallas; and two grandsons: Ben from New Orleans, La., and Scott and his wife, Marissa Cunningham, from Wheaton, Ill.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Milton Cunningham Scholarship Fund at Baylor University.
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Blame it on the heat, or perhaps I'm just having one of those 'senior moments',(LOL I'm kidding of course, I'm not that old but the subject of age has been on my mind as of late), I realized that I left a couple of things out of my most recent blog, "Aging 'Grace'fully", which are boldly empowering for different reasons and I wanted to share them with you.
While I quoted some of what Tonne Goodman said, in her August Vogue pictorial (regarding the advantages of getting older and tips for looking chic forever), she made some smart, intelligent observations that I thought were 'right' on and worth keeping in mind (not just now as we head into the fall shopping season, but always) and so I am reprinting the entire text:
"Once you are comfortable in your own skin, which ideally you are by the time you are a little older, and you have gone through being fashion-conscious, you can freely decide exactly what you want to wear whenever you want to wear it. You can choose classic clothes day and night, and you never have to feel the need to embellish yourself in something that you don't believe in. What you put on is an expression of who you are and how well you know yourself. If you need to have a covered arm, you should wear a covered arm; if you prefer to wear a flat than a heel, then there are great sandals to wear all the time - and a sandal with an evening gown that's a minimal, simple sheath exemplifies a certain elegance that is understated and confident. Style becomes more important than fashion. What's the famous thing that Diana Vreeland said? "Elegance is refusal." It is important to appreciate current events and to be involved, to support the environmentally sound practices going on now, from the fabric used for clothes, to shopping organically and locally, to refusing to use plastic shopping bags. I guess once a hippie, always a hippie. After all, what were we doing back in the sixties? We dressed to make a statement. And it is still vital to do that today".
Secondly, one of the more interesting and compelling (actually, titillating would be a better description), columns in Vogue's August issue, "The Other Woman at 75", written by Jane Juska, really has nothing to do with fashion; unless you equate sex with fashion. And, on second thought, of course the two are inextricably related. In fact, Bill Cunningham's latest 'On the Street' column this past Sunday, 'Altitude' focused on the popularity of the overtly sexy toweringly high heel and in this particular pictorial, a few of his subjects (how shall I say this delicately?) seem to have more in common with Ashley Dupre (aka Kristen, the woman who brought down Eliot Spitzer ) than say, Anna Wintour, what with their barely there ensembles and teetering heels.
Bill would probably be the first to admit that he has somewhat of a foot fetish, as he can often be seen 'studying' and photographing woman's shoes, and it's something that has obviously piqued his interest through the years. On The New York Times website (www.nytimes.com/style), there is an audio visual slide show of the weekly column, narrated by Bill himself (one of the paper's more inspired ideas since he is always amusing, animated, and very natural as he explains in his owns words, the story of the week, and singles out best examples). In this week's installment, he bemusedly describes one of his subjects, (coincidentally striding past 'The Pleasure Chest' in Greenwich Village, with a 'Sex and the City' poster in clear view) clad in a hot pink coat over a black fishnet bodysuit and wearing a pair of very exaggerated black patent platform stilettos. I had to chuckle when he 'diplomatically' theorized that she is "probably a performance artist". FYI, the store was cropped out of the shot used in newspaper.
Anyway, getting back to "The Other Woman at 75", written by Jane Juska, this is required reading for anyone who balks at the idea that an 'older' woman can possibly fall giddyingly in love or who bristles at the notion that a septuagenarian can enjoy a "strong sexual drive". Juska, ("old enough to know better" in her own words), is disarmingly candid as she goes into detail about her affair with someone else's husband. She recounts how, after a failed marriage at the age of 37, and a "crushing" affair with a married man which ended at 50, she began advertising for sex in The New York Review of Books at the age of 66. (Talk about a late bloomer). This led to numerous "passionate encounters with all kinds of men"; her liberated exploits became the subject of a memoir, "A Round-Heeled Woman".
It was at her first book signing in Berkeley, that she met an older, handsome, married man, who has been her bed mate, and most importantly, soul mate, for the past 5 years. She does not seek to glorify, rationalize or condone her actions (the picture she paints has warts and all and she is forthcoming about the disadvantages of such a relationship), nor is she trying to convince others to follow her lead. This is a situation that happens to work, meets her specific needs, and fulfills her life. In case you're wondering, and no, I am not encouraging you to go out and find someone else's husband. But in the same way that enjoying fashion and living a stylish life does not have an 'expiration date' which ends at a 'certain age', finding love and passion is not something that is only for the young.
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And speaking of 'I'll have what she's having', last week, Roberta Freymann was the 'Hostess with the Mostess' as she opened up her sprawling apartment in a landmark building on the Upper West Side, to members of the press for a 'Christmas in July' champagne breakfast and holiday/resort press preview.
The merchandise, from Roberta Freymann, Roberta Roller Rabbit, as well as a new division that will not launch for several months (and so I will remain mum on what that is), all bore Ms. Freymann's unmistakable luxe eclectic well traveled stamp and ranged from ready to wear and accessories to a wide range of furnishings for the home (votive candles, bamboo placemats, horn dragonfly napkin rings, heart shaped espresso spoon sets, bold and graphically patterned textiles, etc).
Standouts included updated, more graphic, modern art inspired versions of her now famous wine drop bejeweled collars (Roberta was wearing one herself), jewel toned jewel-encrusted belts (both of which are made by the same Argentinian artist), luxuriously massive fringed scarves,
and a duo of suede fringed 'Flapper' dresses in chic gray and tobacco which were an editor's favorite (since many seemed to be eyeing them enviably). But while the selection was enticing for sure, from my New York point of view, nothing was as personally covetable as Ms. Freymann's own grand, art filled apartment.
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Hi Gavin,Hi Jim, I believe what you have got there is a Selmer Triumph guitar. It's hard to pinpoint it to an exact model because the Selmer Triumph name encompassed several different guitar designs and a few amplifiers too.
I'm a fan of the Guitarz blog, it's been a great read. I started to learn how to play last year, and I'm finding the instruments and their history very interesting.
I bought this guitar in a junkstore yesterday (pictures attached), I was hoping someone at Guitarz might be able to tell me where it's from, how old it is? It's got a 'Triumph' sticker label on the headstock with a 'Foreign' label on the back, also stamped with number '13547'.
I think it's a cheap copy, but I've kinda fallen in love with it and I'm going to get it cleaned up and looking a bit healthier. It's currently smells of old books! Hope someone might be able to fill in some it's history, as I can't find anything about it.
Thanks for the great blog - it's been a really great resource.
All the best, Jim
To give some background, Selmer were a musical instrument manufacturer established in the early 1900s and based in Paris (surely their best known guitars were the gypsy jazz guitars as played by Django Reinhardt). By 1928 they had aquired a semi-independent UK branch. From the 1950s and through to the 1970s some of Selmer UK's own-brand guitars were produced by Germany's Höfner especially for the UK market.
However, rather than being a Höfner this particular guitar looks to be very similar to the Framus Studio 5/51. We've looked at one of these before here on Guitarz, although that example was unusual in having just a single f-fole.
Speaking of the f-holes, you'll notice that these Framus guitars have very distinctive shaped f-holes which omit the crossbar of the "f".
So, in brief, Jim, your guitar would be made in Germany, most likely in the 1960s. For further information you might want to check out this exchange I found on an internet forum, which concerns another very similar guitar.
By a strange coincidence, it also looks very similar to a guitar owned by my friend Frank, which has recently been restored by luthier Jeff Beer.
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Practiced several times a week, A.C.B.M Isolations provides a separate time to deal with the body and the feeling of Afro-Caribbean music, to make the practitioner much more receptive and adept in all other facets of practice. This practice teaches the sequential structure of movement in coordination with sophisticated rhythmical structures to develop a high level of quality and musicality that puts the practitioner in a position to express themselves musically with every part of their bodies.
Isolation practice begins with light stretching of the major body parts involved, after which the Teacher silently leads the practitioners through the specific exercises to African based music, creating a meditative environment of pure movement and concentration. Through complete absorption in the music and concentration on moving with the teacher, the practitioner can directly experience the possibilities of rhythmical phrasing and subtle movement that will continue to mature and develop as long as they continue to practice. Isolation training is a continuous practice that changes the body year after year and yields ever-growing maturity of movement and possibilities for expression.


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This week the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps announced an increase, while the Coast Guard number remained unchanged. The net collective result is 2,421 more reservists mobilized than last week.
At any given time, services may mobilize some units and individuals while demobilizing others, making it possible for these figures to either increase or decrease. The total number currently on active duty in support of the partial mobilization of the Army National Guard and Army Reserve is 72,343; Navy Reserve, 5,039; Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, 6,281; Marine Corps Reserve, 8,684; and the Coast Guard Reserve, 326. This brings the total National Guard and Reserve personnel who have been mobilized to 92,673, including both units and individual augmentees.
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When I first heard that Domino's Pizza in Japan had released an iPhone app, to be honest I wasn't tremendously excited. After all, such apps have been available in the US App store since it opened up. But after a quick review of the announcement, I had to admit I was dying to try it out.
Dominos' highlight three points for this app. Easy, GPS, and Coupon, and they hit each point right on the head.
Easy: The app is quite well designed and very comfortable to use. After logging into your Domino's Pizza web account (you must create the account on a PC. There is a reason for this), you can place an order for anything on the Domino's online menu. The menu looks nice and is fast, offering all the options you would expect like half/half pizza's, custom toppings, side dishes, and size and crust selection.
The interface is pretty intuitive and I was easily able to load up my order into the cart and confirm my order. The whole thing took just about 5 minutes, and most of that was deciding what to order.
GPS: Here is the big surprise. You are prompted to pick your delivery location. The quick option is to select your preregistered address, but you can also use the GPS function of the iPhone to automatically pick up your location. Once your location comes up on the map, you can move it around to correct the fix or pinpoint a better location for a pickup.
You can even select a non-fixed address like a park or public building. With Cherry Blossom season about to hit Japan, this is a killer function. In a few weeks, parties will flood public parks across the country and anyone with an iPhone will be able to easily summon extra food directly to the spot they are staked out. You can also enter a street address as a backup in case they miss you, and of course the drivers can call the phone number you registered on your account (best to use your iPhone number I would assume).
When I tested this out, I picked a street corner down the block from my apartment. My plan was to head out and wait at the corner to see if the delivery guys would give me my pie right there. Ironically this didn't work out because the food came early. So just as I was getting ready to head downstairs, the doorbell rang and there was my food! Well, can't really complain about that right? I did confirm with the delivery guy that he would have been ok delivering on the street, but since I wasn't there and my registered address was just down the block he decided to try my apartment before calling my cell.
Coupon: Actually had a lot of fun with this. The app also includes a simple game where you try to slice a pizza into evenly sized slices. with the points you win from the game, you can buy coupons.
There are currently three coupons you can win that will get you a free 1 liter bottle of Coke, an order of cheezy fries, and a dried potato/chicken nugget pack. You can even use all three coupons on the same order, but it took me around half an hour to get enough points to buy all three coupons. Still it's a fun way to add free stuff to your order.
I have to say I am very impressed with the app. It's useful, fun and adds something new. Also the timing is perfect and I can image I will be using this this spring as the weather gets better.
Now if only Starbucks would offer a similar app for GPS based coffee delivery!
Domino's App is free and available only on the Japan iTunes App Store. Click here to go to the download page.
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Hundreds rallied for Minnesotans United for All Families at the University of Minnesota on Monday. Speakers included Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken along with Vikings punter Chris Kluwe, who called the proposed gay marriage ban "stupid."
Minnesotans United hopes to reach a million voters in the next week, urging them to go to the polls.
Minnesota for Marriage, which supports the amendment, plans no rallies. But a spokesman said the campaign's get-out-the-vote effort is in full swing, too.
Backers of the amendment say it's needed to make sure that voters, not elected officials or judges, can decide the definition of marriage in the future.


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Farmers of submarginal land relocated
In the high hills and deep ravines just south of Dawson Springs, KY, 14,648 rough and rocky acres are held by the Pennyrile State Forest and Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park.
These public lands -- and in eastern Kentucky, properties that became the Kentucky Ridge State Forest -- were leased in 1930 under the Land Use and Resettlement Program. Official websites for both forests state that leases were "sustained until 1954 when the property was deeded by the U.S. government to the Commonwealth."
I was a little surprised that the program that created these forests was under the Hoover Administration rather than the New Deal. However, I read a bit of relevant history -- Congress began trying to reduce farming of submarginal land in 1929. The Agricultural Marketing Act of that year provided for study of the problem, and perhaps this program was an outgrowth of that legislation. I have found no other reference to the "Land Use and Resettlement Program" on the internet.
I've always wondered where the farmers were relocated when they were moved out of the Pennyrile Forest area, and tonight I came across part of the answer in a guide to Kentucky by WPA writers:
Hopkinsville is the headquarters of the Farm Security Adminstration's Christian-Trigg Farms, a project covering more than 8,000 acres in Christian, Trigg, and Todd Counties. It was designed to provide small farms -- they average 67 acres -- for a selected group of tenants and sharecroppers in these counties as well as families removed from near-by areas that were submarginal for farming. Each unit includes a house, barn, smokehouse, and poultry house.
Forty-eight of the 103 farms planned were occupied in October 1938 and the homesteaders, advised by Federal agents, had worked out a diversified crop plan by which the families raise the major portion of their food and the feed for their stock (chickens, hogs, and milk cows), plant legumes to enrich the soil, and produce tobacco and cotton for cash crops.
Quoted from The WPA Guide to Kentucky. Originally compiled and written by the Federal Writers' Project of the Work Projects Admninistration for the State of Kentucky and published in 1939 as Kentucky: A Guide to the Bluegrass State. The entire entry for Hopkinsville is quite interesting if you know the area.
The description of the diversified crop plan being taught to the relocated farmers reminds me of the small farms owned nowadays by Mennonites and Amish in Christian County. Most would be about the same size -- less than 100 acres. Like the relocated farmers of the 1930s, they raise their own food and their livestock's food, practice crop rotation, and raise cash crops such as vegetables, corn, grains, etc.
Tobacco is still widely grown in Christian County, but I have not seen or heard of cotton grown here.
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A word that has its origins in ancient Greek mythology. The only known usage comes from the story of Poseidon who said to his brother, "I think it would be nice to exist with other existors as we coexist on a plane that doesn't often feel existful." Or so the myth goes.
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Archive for May 18th, 2010
Amanuensis Monday – Victor A. and Rachel Breneman
by Sherry Stocking Kline – 17 May 2010
It's another Genealogy Happy Dance Monday! While visiting the nearby town of Kingman, Kansas while my son had some dental work done, I kept busy stopping at several stores to distribute ad fliers for the upcoming Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies Meeting on June 19th, featuring the Photo Detective, Maureen Taylor. (See program info here.)
When I stopped at the Kingman Carnegie Library, the librarian agreed to post our KCGS flyer, and showed me the Kingman County History book where I located some information submitted by my mom's cousin, Victor A. Breneman. The book was a great source, and I learned some information that I didn't already know.
I already knew the who-begat-who info, but I still find myself guilty of not asking enough questions, and thereby missing a lot of information. I need to turn over a new leaf!
The following is transcribed from the Kingman County History book, "Kingman County, Kansas and its People".
Victor A. Breneman Family – submitted by Victor A. Breneman
The Breneman family came to Kingman in 1917. The family name is Swiss in origin and the first members arrived in this country in 1709. They were part of a group which later became known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch." They settled in Conestoga and Lancaster Counties. The family came west by way of Ohio, Iowa, Nebraska, and later to Wellington, Kansas.
The local family consisted of Ira J. Breneman, Adelia (Allen) Breneman, his wife, two sons, Paul A. and Victor A. Breneman. Mrs. Adelia Breneman was of Scottish-English extraction. Her maiden name was Allen and the family settled in New England prior to the Revolutionary War. They were related to the family of Ethan Allen, the famous general in the War for Independence.
Ira J. Breneman was born in Muscatine County, Iowa, May 18, 1874. He died January 11, 1963, and is buried in the Belle Plaine Cemetery. During most of his working life he was a railroader. He was a locomotive fireman, a maintenance employee, and in railroad bridge construction.
Mrs. Adelia (Allen) Breneman was born June 20, 1885, and died September 14, 1938. She was a Registered Nurse and spent most of her working life at this profession and in raising her sons.
Paul Breneman was born in Conway Springs, Kansas, July 9, 1907. He grew up in Kingman. He was married to Laurilla White. Paul served on the police force in Kingman for several years and later became Chief of Police. He later was employed by the Boeing Company as a member of its security force. He is retired and now lives in Derby, Kansas.
Victor Breneman was born in Conway Springs, Kansas, September 16, 1911. He grew up in Kingman, attended the Kingman Schools, The Infantry School at Fort Benning, Ga, The Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He was married to Rachael A. Hoover, March 19, 1933.
Victor served many years in the Army National Guard, the Army Reserve, and on active duty with the Army during World War II. He served in the 137th Infantry, 35th division during the entire war. He took part in the Invasion of Normandy, the Battle of the Bulge, and three other campaigns. He retired from the military as a Colonel.
His military awards included the Purple Heart for wounds received as a result of enemy action. After his military service he entered the Postal Service, later becoming Postmaster. He served a number of years in this capacity.
Transcriber's Note: Victor and Rachel Breneman are now deceased, and like a very bad genealogist, I realized that I don't think I have their dates of death in my family tree program, even though we attended their funerals. Vic and Rachel are buried in the Kingman Cemetery, Kingman County, Kansas. Both Paul and Laurilla Breneman and Victor and Rachel Breneman have children and grandchildren who are living, and I've taken their names out of this public transcription.


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Larry Griffith Named New CFOby Jim Amidon • April 26, 2006 Share:
Wabash College President Andrew T. Ford has announced the appointment of Larry B. Griffith as the College's chief financial officer and treasurer. Griffith will begin his tenure at Wabash on July 1, 2006.
"The pool of candidates was truly remarkable," said President Ford of the search. "It included at least eight people who have served or are serving now as chief financial officers. Larry was our first choice and we are delighted he has decided to join us."
Since 1992, Griffith has been the vice president for finance and operations at Franklin College in Franklin, Indiana. He served as vice president for business affairs and treasurer for his alma mater, Mount Union College, from 1982 through 1992.
"The opportunity to use my experience in higher education and become involved in the management and oversight of the significant financial, physical, and human resources that make up Wabash College was a challenging and exciting concept to me," said Griffith.
Griffith is certainly no stranger to small private colleges. He was an NCAA Division III student-athlete and earned his bachelor's degree in business administration and mathematics from Mount Union College in 1974. He became a certified public accountant and earned his master's degree in accounting from Kent State University in 1987.
At Wabash, the treasurer serves as an elected officer of the Board of Trustees and works closely with the Investment Officer, Investment Policy Committee, and the Budget and Finance Committee. Griffith will also supervise the College's Business Office, Bookstore, Mail and Printing Services Office, and have oversight of Sodexho Campus Services and Bon Appetit Food Service.
"I was struck by the commitment of the staff which report to the treasurer," said Griffith, "and I am excited to be working with each of them to better define how we as individuals can let the other members of the Wabash community know what expectations they can have from us. We also want to help in the educational process of our students by teaching responsibility and accountability in our daily actions with them."
Ford's appointment of Griffith ends a busy hiring season at Wabash since Ford announced his decision last May to step down at the end of this school year. The Board of Trustees unanimously accepted the recommendation from the search committee to name Dr. Patrick E. White the 15th president of Wabash to succeed Ford. Ford and White then worked with an on-campus search committee to name Dr. Gary Phillips Dean of the College. Ford, White, Dean for Advancement Joseph Emmick, along with five trustees, comprised the search committee that recommended Griffith for the treasurer position.
"Larry Griffith's many years of experience as chief financial officer at two strong colleges prepare him well for the complex tasks involved in leading the financial operations of Wabash, said President-elect White. "I am grateful to President Ford, Dean of Advancement Joe Emmick, and the Trustees who served on the search committee for their careful work and for bringing me on board for the interviews."
"It is a great opportunity for me to be a part of the new management team which is headed by Pat White, added Griffith. "I am excited to be a part of a team where the opinions of all members are heard and evaluated, and the decisions coming forward are in the best interest of the students of Wabash College."


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Shark populations worldwide are in danger of collapse due to fishing pressures stimulated by the global demand for shark fin soup. Every year fins from tens of millions of sharks are used for this traditional, but non-nutritional meal. Many species have been depleted nearly to the brink of extinction. The National Aquarium and its partners are advocating on behalf of legislation that will help eliminate the market for shark fins in Maryland.
Current Federal and Maryland laws banning shark finning control shark handling practices but do not restrict the number of sharks killed just for their fins, or the substantial market for shark fins which creates economic incentives to overfish sharks just for their fins. One of the most effective ways to protect sharks is to eliminate the market for fins by prohibiting their sale. California, Hawaii, Oregon and Washington have all banned the possession, sale, trade and distribution of shark fins, and now it's our opportunity to lead.
With our support, the Maryland State Senate has passed the bill (Senate Bill 465) that would ban the possession or distribution of shark fins in the state. Now, it will be heard in the House of Delegates. This legislation will establish Maryland as the first state on the east coast to join these other states in ensuring we are not contributing to the supply and demand of shark fins.
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The congested, confusing and, forgive me, somewhat unlovely intersection of Ephesus Church Road and Fordham Boulevard are on the brink of change. And the change we see there may have a ripple effect throughout not just the town but Chapel Hill's planning process as well.
The area, defined in a Small Area Plan a few years back, is on the cusp of re-development. I live in a neighborhood adjacent to the area and thus, like many of you, I pass through it several times a day. It would be a great surprise if anyone found it charming or welcoming in any sense. It depicts the worst of what I call suburban sprawl, with endless parking lots, unbroken by signs of life. The major roadways that cut through it do not invite pedestrian traffic, to say the least.
There is always chatter about pending development plans in Chapel Hill so if you don't know what makes this one different, I'll try to explain (briefly!): For the area defined by the plan, the code requirements would be written prior to specific development requests. This would enable any developer to know what the town wants, before spending lots of time and money trying to find out. This is the opposite of how commercial development is currently handled in and by Chapel Hill.
I've attended a few meetings where the public is introduced to how this pre-coding (definitely a made-up term) can allow the town to set a vision of how a neighborhood or any area will look. By predetermining requirements such as sidewalks and building height and even windows and doors, we can have a sense of the end result, rather than a quilt, stitched together in a piecemeal process. We can even create a more village-y feeling with the proposed addition of streets to create blocks to make the area more walkable.
In Chapel Hill's current process, every individual development has to apply for its own special permit and the extended haggling that accompanies many of these applications costs everyone money: the developer, certainly, but also taxpayers as town staff is on duty throughout each step no matter how many.
I'm not suggesting Chapel Hill (or any town) shouldn't regulate what it wants to look like but few will disagree that our current system has had a chilling effect on the kind of growth that would buttress our tax base. This limited-in-scope attempt to maintain control over development while removing the stuttering (lack of) progress currently in place is a great experiment.
The intersection of Ephesus Church Road and Fordham Boulevard is uniquely qualified to serve as the town's pilot project for this type of planning. Why? It's overall unloveliness, as described above. It's already a commercial area and it doesn't offer much that adds to the special character of our town. In my view, it can only get lovelier. Let's give it a try!


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On this day, in 1944, The Life of Riley premiered on the Blue network (later known as ABC).
The Life of Riley began with an audition taping on July 25, 1943 after its creation by Irving Brecher. Over the course of roughly 320 episodes, it established itself as one of the most enduringly funny sitcoms on Old Time Radio. It's final episode on ABC aired on July 8, 1945. After moving to the NBC radio network, it aired again from August 8, 1945 until its final episode aired on June 29, 1951.
The main character, Chester A. Riley, was played by William Bendix. His wife, Peg, his son, Junior, and his daughter, Babs, were all played by more than one actor. Both his co-worker/neighbor, Gillis, as well as audience favorite, Digby "Digger" O'Dell (the "friendly undertaker") were both played by John Brown. At various times it was sponsored by the American Meat Institute, Teel Dentifrice, Dreft, Prell Shampoo, and Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer.


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The popular Disney Star Demi Lovato who is only 18 talks about nervous breakdown, eating disorder and now the pressure to be perfect. "I basically had a nervous breakdown," Demi reveals in the May issue of Seventeen. "I was really bad off. My parents and my manager pulled me aside and said, 'You need to get some help.' It was an intervention. I wanted freedom from the inner demons. I wanted to start my life over." She only just a few month ago have been discharged by the doctors of a rehab center.
Her co-star in "Sony With a Chance" Tiffany Thornton has come forward to supporting her friend to recover as she goes through all these complexities. Lovato also is returning this favor. She is becoming her bridesmaid as Tiffany goes to marry soon. Tiffany also says that Lovato is like her sister.
Her co-star in "Sony With a Chance" Tiffany Thornton has come forward to supporting her friend to recover as she goes through all these complexities. Lovato also is returning this favor. She is becoming her bridesmaid as Tiffany goes to marry soon. Tiffany also says that Lovato is like her sister.
She entered rehab October, 2010 to address "emotional and physical issues" after a fight with a backup dancer led her to canceling a tour with the Jonas Brothers. She now are trying to recover by herself and has the words "Stay and Strong" tattooed on her wrists. "There have been times when I definitely have been tempted to get rid of my dinner," said Lovato abut her food habit in August, 2010, "But I will deal with it for the rest of my life because it's a life-long disease. I don't think there's going to be a day when I don't think about food or my body, but I'm living with it, and I wish I could tell young girls to find their safe place and stay with it."
Lovato is now fit enough to work and recently she tapped a PCA for the Jed Foundation for a campaign named "Love is Louder Than The Pressure to Be Perfect"
About excessive pressure of work Lovate advises, "There's a ton of pressure out there to meet impossible standards—to look right, be smart, be thin, talented and popular. If you're going through a dark period, remember that you're not alone. You can get help, and you can get better." Leaving "Sonny With a Chance," the Disney Channel TV series that made her a star, Lovato is now going to work as a contributing editor at Seventeen, a bi-monthly column on the magazine's web site. She says "I'm so excited to be working with Seventeen and The Jed Foundation to help other teens talk about and cope with the problems we all face."
About Demi Lovato
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Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato (born August 20, 1992) is an American actress and singer-songwriter. She was born in Dallas, Texas on August 20, 1992 to Patrick Lovato (Father) and Dianna Hart de la Garza (Mom). She is of Mexican, Irish, and Italian descent. Her earliest roles included a part on Barney & Friends, before she became better known for her starring roles in the Camp Rock movies, as Sonny Munroe in Sonny with a Chance, and as the star of the 2009 movie Princess Protection Program. She is good at music and She began playing piano at the age of seven.
As a solo musical artist, Lovato released her debut album Don't Forget on September 23, 2008. The album debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 selling 89,000 copies in the first week. It has since sold over 500,000 records in the United States and got certified Gold by RIAA. Lovato stated in an interview that the album was recorded in ten days. Lovato released her second album, Here We Go Again, on July 21, 2009. The album debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200, selling 108,000 copies in the first week.
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Name Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato
Born August 20, 1992 (age 18)[1]
Dallas, Texas, United States
Origin Mexican, Irish, and Italian
Father Patrick Lovato
Mother Dianna Hart de la Garza
Genres Pop rock
Occupations Actress, singer-songwriter,
musician, dancer
Instruments Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 2002–present
Labels Hollywood, Fascination
Asso. acts Jonas Brothers
Siblings Dallas Lovato(older sister)
Madison de la Garza
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Brussels, 31 January 2013
EU drug markets report: key findings
Drug trafficking is a highly profitable commercial activity and a core business for organised crime groups across Europe today. Understanding the reality of the European drug market requires a holistic approach, following the economic chain from production, via trafficking, to consumption. In today's EU drug markets report, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) and Europol have joined forces to provide the first state-of-the-art overview of this market in its entirety. Describing how Europe is entering a new phase regarding the supply and demand for drugs, the agencies identify key action points to inform future policies (see Chapter 10 of the report and a selection below). Chapters on specific drugs begin with key statistics 'at a glance' and end with EU policy responses and operational and international initiatives.
1. Drivers of change (see also IP/13/73)
The changing face of organised crime
The report describes the changing face of organised crime in Europe and a more 'polymorphous, dynamic and fluid' market. Contributing factors to this change include: criminals' multi-commodity perspective; the diversification of trafficking; and the exploitation of legitimate transportation options (e.g. containers, couriers, postal services).
Action points: coordinate targeted, intelligence-led law-enforcement actions focusing on 'high-value' criminals and groups; interrupt criminal money flows; forge partnerships with industry to tackle the misuse of commercial channels for drug trafficking.
The impact of global developments on the European drug market
It is impossible to understand the European drug market without locating it within a global context. The report explores: the changing global marketplace (demand for drugs in the developing world); the role of Africa (transit, storage) and the need for cooperation between EU and non-EU countries. The EU is also a major drug producer, and criminal gangs in North-West Europe play a pivotal role in intra-European trafficking.
Action points: boost positive engagement with a larger number of producer and transit countries; improve analysis of supply and demand trends outside the EU; focus on Africa; continue to target drug production in the EU and to suppress trafficking of drugs and precursor chemicals from the region.
Technology and innovation
Technology is a 'significant game-changer' in the trafficking, production and distribution of drugs, with the Internet having a profound impact as communication tool and marketplace. But innovation is also seen in the area of production (EU as a key 'source of expertise and know how' on cannabis cultivation, synthetic drug production).
Action points: improve knowledge of the online drug market; create barriers to Internet sales via partnerships with credit card companies and online payment providers.
2. Drugs in perspective
Europe's heroin problem has its roots largely in the 1990s and is characterised today by a relatively small and ageing population of users. While heroin use continues to be responsible for severe health and social problems, recent data suggest that use of the drug in the EU is in decline. Here vigorous policing along the heroin routes bordering the EU, and the success of Member States in engaging those with heroin problems in effective drug treatment programmes, are both likely to have played a significant role. The European heroin market therefore appears less important today in global terms, with non-EU heroin markets now larger and easier to penetrate. Turkey still plays a central role in heroin trafficking along the Balkan route, but there are signs of new routes being used as organised criminals respond to interdiction successes (e.g. Western Balkans). Organised crime groups linked to heroin now appear more active in markets for other drugs (e.g. cocaine). A specific risk highlighted is the potential diversification of heroin networks into methamphetamine production and trafficking. Europe remains a key source of the heroin precursor acetic anhydride.
Action points: invest in intelligence-led operations along classical heroin trafficking routes; build strategic partnerships with non-EU countries (e.g. in Africa); ensure joined-up law-enforcement against a joined-up threat (interaction between markets).
Over the last decade, cocaine has established itself as the most commonly used illicit stimulant drug in Europe, yet most users are found in a small number of western EU countries. Although demand for the drug remains high, indicators of cocaine use at EU level peaked around 2008 and have since fallen slightly. Spain and Portugal are the main points of entry for cocaine into Europe (with trafficking through West Africa a particular concern). New routes are also emerging. Cocaine concealed in container shipments is becoming more common, and recent major seizures have been made in the Black Sea and Eastern Baltic Sea areas. Interaction between cocaine and cannabis resin trafficking networks is well established, but interaction is also being seen between cocaine and heroin traffickers. To avoid detection, traffickers use sophisticated chemical techniques to incorporate cocaine into legitimate products (e.g. clothing, plastics). Most of the cocaine laboratories dismantled in the EU are 'secondary extraction labs' used to remove cocaine from materials in which it has been incorporated before exportation to Europe.
Action points: assess new threats (Black Sea; Balkan areas); focus on containers and develop partnerships between customs, port authorities and commercial transport bodies; support precursor control in producer countries.
The diversity and sophistication of cannabis products, producers and sources, and the sheer scale of demand for the drug, makes it relatively resilient to interdiction efforts. Herbal cannabis production is now widespread throughout the EU, a shift that has been accompanied by developments in cultivation technologies that may result in increased yield and potency. Being cultivated close to the intended consumer market, domestically grown herbal cannabis is more difficult to intercept and poses a new challenge for law enforcement. Trafficking of cannabis resin, principally from Morocco, remains a key concern and is sometimes linked to the importation of other illegal cargoes.
Action points: share know-how between countries on domestic cannabis production and improve monitoring of yields and potency; act in key areas (Morocco; S-E Europe).
Synthetic drugs (amphetamine, methamphetamine, ecstasy)*
Recent developments in the synthetic drug market include a bounce-back of ecstasy (MDMA) availability; increased availability of methamphetamine; greater technical sophistication; and evidence of a scaling-up of production processes. There is increasing evidence of synthetic substances being used as replacements for both heroin and cocaine and signs of more interplay with the market for non-controlled new psychoactive substances. Ecstasy use over the medium term has stabilised or even declined, due in large part to successful enforcement. The increased availability of MDMA in tablets, and now powders, may, however, see renewed interest in this drug. Demand for synthetic drugs in Europe is met largely by laboratories located intraregionally, particularly in the Netherlands and, to a lesser extent, Belgium, Poland and Lithuania. However, trafficking in precursors (and pre-precursors) occurs on a global basis, and producers are proving versatile in finding new production methods. The EU remains an important exporter of amphetamine and ecstasy.
Action points: target the intra-regional production of synthetic drugs through coordinated law-enforcement actions; identify key producers; restrict access to precursor chemicals; strengthen the international framework for restricting new precursors and pre-precursors.
New psychoactive substances*
New psychoactive substances (new drugs) comprise a broad range of substances that are not controlled by international drug laws. In recent years, there has been a dramatic growth in their number, type and availability. Much of the policy focus on new drugs has concerned their legal status. However, it is also important to see them in the context of the overall drug market (interplay between the 'legal high' and illicit drug market). New drugs are usually synthesised outside the EU, while EU-based 'entrepreneurs', operating in a grey area, play an important role in importing, packaging and marketing. The report stresses the challenge of identifying new drugs which belong to diverse chemical groups, emerge rapidly and are sold in products that may contain mixtures of substances that change over time (meaning that users are exposed to substances of unknown toxicity). The Internet is a source of supply and information to consumers, traders and producers.
Action points: strengthen the EU early-warning mechanism on new drugs to keep pace with challenges; boost forensic capacity to improve detection; keep up-to-speed with new Internet trends; respond to the interplay between the 'legal highs' and illicit drug market; take rapid action to protect public health via fast-track EU-wide alerts.
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3. Information needs
Understanding a complex phenomenon such as the drug market requires sound analysis informed by data on both supply and demand. Improving the measurement of drug markets and the effectiveness of supply reduction responses demands that data be based on common definitions and standards. The report highlights the strategic and operational importance of forensic information, and the value of operational intelligence (when used with safeguards) to enrich statistical analysis. Monitoring, analysis and assessment are essential tools for ensuring that strategies and responses remain fit for purpose.
Action points: develop standardised key indicators of drug supply; scale up and share forensic science information; develop models to quantify the drug market.
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In response to Karen Butler's editorial explaining why she is a Republican, I felt it necessary to explain why I have been a lifelong Democrat and will vote for a platform supporting civil liberties this November.
It is not government's role to mandate what is "moral" as this country was founded on the very principle of freedom of choice. Democrats support your freedom to choose. Attend the church of your choice, marry the person that you love and choose when you can afford to start a family either emotionally or financially. The Democratic Party has a long and proud history of defending Civil Rights and expanding liberty, freedom and the right of choice to all Americans.
The Democratic Party is also the party of inclusion. Regardless of your religious affiliation, socioeconomic status, gender, or sexual orientation the Democratic platform will work to protect your civil liberties and freedom to CHOOSE. That Karen, is what the Founding Fathers intended.
The Republican platform as of late has been rather extreme and limiting or completely eliminating the freedom of choice in many aspects of American life. Harsh treatment of immigrants when this is a nation of immigrants. Unless you're Native American, your family immigrated to the United States seeking religious freedom, economic prosperity and the American Dream. Ban all abortions with no regard for rape or incest. Should a woman be forced to carry a child conceived out of hate to term? Why force a baby to be born and then fight with all of your might to eliminate social programs that would help care for said child?
God should not be part of the platform. The Constitution makes the separation of Church and State very, very clear. A recent Hillary Clinton quote I feel exemplifies the current state of the world. "As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood in the name of religion- in the name of God- the world will never know a true and lasting peace". Would world conflicts be what they are if religion was not a factor?
As a Democrat, I believe in compromise. Neither party's platform is flawless, therefore working in concert to right America's wrongs is the only way the United States can remain the greatest nation on earth. It should not take another national tragedy for our nation to be united to resolve our healthcare crisis, support efforts to protect our environment, avoid war with Iran and work to get the middle class back on track.
I am part of the 47 percent that Mr. Romney recently insulted. I don't believe in forcing women to have children and then turning your back on them. I deserve equal pay under the Lily Ledbetter Act. I feel that climate change is very real. I don't believe that corporations are people, rather people are people. I also believe that the Constitution is designed to protect us all from concentrated power.
In November, have faith in yourself when you go to the polls. Ask yourself what is important to you and make your own choice. Democratic ideals, primarily civil liberties, and compromise are important to me and the Obama Biden ticket will again have my vote.
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Six Grumman F4FA Wildcat fighters of Fighting Squadron (VF)-3 were the sole protection for the USS Yorktown's 12 torpedo planes and 17 dive bombers that attacked the Japanese First Carrier Striking Force early on 4 June 1942. Launching nearly two hours after their compatriots on board the USS Enterpriseand USS Hornet, the F4Fs were led by then-Lieutenant Commander Jimmie Thach and were the only fighters to engage the Japanese over their ships that morning. The following account is adapted from Thach's U.S. Naval Institute oral history.
Before leaving Pearl Harbor, I was given very brief indications that we expected an attack, and there was obviously a big battle coming up in the middle of the Pacific. That's about all I was told before I landed aboard the Yorktown (CV-5) on May 30. That night, the air group met in the wardroom where Commander Murr Arnold, the air officer, gave us a complete briefing on everything they knew about the opposing Japanese forces and their probable intentions. So we had a day or so to think before we arrived in position. After this briefing, it was obvious a very serious and crucial engagement was coming up. If we could win this one, we might be able to stop the Japanese advance.
Lieu tenant Commander Maxwell Leslie, commanding officer of the Yorktown's dive-bomber squadron who was going to lead VB-3 and part of VS-5, and Lieutenant Commander Lance "Lem" Massey, commanding officer of Torpedo Squadron (VT) -3, suggested that we have a conference. I'd talked a bit to Lem before that and told him I thought the fighter escort should go with him instead of with the dive bombers. He said, "I think you ought to get up with the dive bombers because that's where the Zeros are going to be. That's where they were in the Coral Sea battle." We knew we weren't going to have enough fighters to send with each.
I had a plan to take eight planes because I wanted two divisions—that was the basic tactical breakdown we developed—and I couldn't believe that anybody would try to break this up. If you're going to send any number of airplanes, it's got to be divisible by four, otherwise you've left two planes without wingmen.
Max Leslie said he thought that I should go with the torpedo planes. I said, "How about letting me decide?" because they were playing Alphonse and Gaston, trying to give the fighters to the other squadron. I decided that, since in the Coral Sea battle the torpedo planes had gotten in pretty much unopposed and done the work in sinking these ships, the Japanese would be more concerned about them. They were going to be very concerned about a torpedo attack, and they're going to try to knock it out. So we all agreed that I would go with VT-3.
The torpedo planes were old fire traps that were so slow-those old TBDs would go about 80 knots, with the nose down maybe 110—awkward and had no self-sealing tanks. They needed protection more than anyone else, so that governed our decision.
I don't know how many people slept very well the night of the 3rd of June.
I was very concerned about whether the torpedo planes could get in or not, and I knew that if the Japanese were together in one formation and had a fighter combat air patrol from all the carriers, we would very likely be outnumbered. We were also quite concerned that the Zero could outperform us in every way. We felt we had one advantage in that we could shoot better and had better guns. But if you don't get a chance to shoot, better guns matter little. I was thinking about al l this and which pilots I would take with me. I didn't sleep much that night, but we were all pretty optimistic because we felt that we were going to get tactical surprise. We didn't think the Japanese knew that we were anywhere near there, and this was a great morale builder, when you think you're going to have one of the basic principles of warfare—surprise—on your side.
I was a little appalled that we were in two separate task forces, with the Yorktown the only carrier in one of them. Captain Elliott Buckmaster, commanding the Yorktown, or Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, tactical commander of all the carriers and commander of Task Force 17, I guess, made the decision the next morning before we launched that we would have only six fighters go. I didn't have time to work my way up to talk to either one about it, but I did go to Murr Arnold. I said I was appalled that the Yorkton was separated from the Enterprise (CV-6) and Hornet (CV-8), but wasn't too worried because I thought they would stick close together, enough for mutual defensive support. He said, "And, another thing, you'd better bring your planes back because I think we're in for one hell of a fight."
I held a last-minute briefing and emphasized that I wanted the formation to stick together, that nobody was going to be a lone wolf, because lone wolves don't live very long under the circumstances we were going into, and that was the best way to survive and protect the torpedo planes.
I had to quickly revise the formation that we were going to fly over the torpedo planes because six isn't divisible by four. I had Ensign Robert A. M. "Ram" Dibb as my wingman with Lieutenant (junior grade) Brainard Macomber, of VF-42, as my other section leader, and his wingman was Ensign Edgar Bassett, also of VF-42. That left two, Machinist Tom Cheek and Ensign Daniel Sheedy. So I decided that we would put them just astern of the 12 torpedo planes, down at a slightly lower altitude than I would fly, 1,000 or 1,500 feet above the torpedo plane formation, which would be a formation in the shape of a triangle, a sort of a V of Vs. That's the way they would fly up to the target until they had to split and spread out to make the torpedo attack.
We had to do S turns, to slow down so we wouldn't run away from the TBDs because they were so slow, and we didn't want to be stalling along with no ability to maneuver in case something hit us before we anticipated it. We were flying our standard combat formation that I'd developed, with a section leader and only one wingman, in a combat division of four planes, two two-plane sections. I was leading. Ram Dibb was right in under my wing, and Macomber had Bassett on his wing.
I'd made that standard before the war. I recommended, after I'd developed this weave business, that all the squadrons accept this as a standard fighting formation. I got a message back from commander, Aircraft, Battle Force, that since the two-plane section was such a radical change he wouldn't force all the squadrons to do it, but that I had authority to do it in my squadron. Actually, by this time the idea was catching on anyway. VF-2 was doing it, and so were some of the others. They'd thrown away the third plane and were flying two-plane sections, but they had not adopted the weaving tactics.
The Hornet was rather new in the Pacific, and I hadn't seen her pilots, but I tried to circulate this around. Lieutenant Commander James Flatley, executive officer of the Yorktown's VF-42 at the Battle of the Coral Sea, and I had discussed it—sometimes late into the night—and he helped me for a while. He said: "I think the four-plane division is good, but I think we shouldn't all try the same thing. Why don't I try six planes in a formation, and you try four, and we'll see which one makes out the best." Later he sent two messages, a personal one to me saying the four-plane division is the only thing that will work, and "I am calling it the Thach Weave, for your information." Six planes don't work. The two extra ones get lost. He sent an official message describing this and saying that they were convinced that it was the only way for our fighters to fight, especially against superior enemy fighters.
We took off later than the planes from the Enterprise and Hornet. They started a little after 0700 and we didn't begin launching until around 0840. By 0900 I was in the air. It was a beautiful day. There were little puffy clouds up around 1,000 feet to 1,500 feet that sometimes would get a little thicker and other times they'd open up and be very scattered. It was that way all the way into the enemy formation.
A strange thing happened on the way. We were flying along and, all of a sudden, ahead of us and a bit to the side, two big explosions threw water way up high. There didn't seem to be anybody around, but I wondered if someone hadn't inadvertently dropped a couple of bombs. That's exactly the way it turned out. In arming the bombs-the arming device worked in a way that also released the bomb. Max Leslie and three others in his squadron lost theirs.
So we went in. All of us were, of course, highly excited and admittedly nervous. I think most other people did pretty much what I did—kept going over my check-off list, and as soon as we had gotten in the air I had each section test their guns so they'd be ready, and all the switches on and not on safety, and in we went.
Lem Massey made a small change of course to the right. We took off on a heading of about southwest, and I wondered why he did that. Looking ahead, I could see ships through the breaks in the clouds, and I figured that was it. We had just begun to approach about ten miles from the outer screen of this large force, looked like it was spread over the ocean, and several colored antiaircraft bursts appeared out in our direction, one red and another orange, and then no more. I wondered why they'd be shooting at us because we weren't even nearly in range. We'd been sighted from the surface screen and they were alerting the combat air patrol. A very short time after, before we got near antiaircraft range, Zero fighters came down on us. I tried to count them. We'd always been trained to count things at a glance, and I figured there were 20.
The first thing that happened was that Bassett's plane was burning. He pulled out, and I didn't see him any more. He was shot down right away; I didn't see the Zero that got him. I was surprised that they put so many Zeros on my six fighters. I had expected they would go for the torpedo planes first. They must have known we didn't have the quick acceleration to catch them the way they were coming in at high speed in rapid succession and zipping on away. But then I saw they had a second large group that was now streaming in right past us and into the poor torpedo planes.
Macomber's position was too close to me to permit an effective weave, and I was not getting very good shots at the Zeros. I called him on the radio and said: "Open out more. About double your present distance and weave." No acknowledgment. His radio must have been dead. (He has since stated it was). How ironic this situation had become! I had spent almost a year developing what I was convinced was the only way to survive against the Zero, and now we couldn't seem to do it. I kept wondering why Macomber was so close instead of being out in a position to weave. Of course, he had never practiced the weave. He was one of the VF-42 pilots during the Coral Sea battle and had tangled with some Zeros then. But he had reported to VF-3 just before we flew out to land aboard the Yorktown enroute to Midway.
I had assumed that my exec, Lieutenant Commander Donald Lovelace, had briefed them or required them to read the Squadron Tactical Doctrine. I suddenly realized Don didn't have much time to brief anyone before he had his head chopped off. I had tried so hard to wipe that ghastly accident out of my mind that I forgot Don was no longer with us. Then I remembered telling my flight during the last-minute briefing to stick together. Macomber must have thought I meant for him to fly a closed-up formation. What I actually meant was I wanted no lone-wolf tactics.
Too late to correct that misunderstanding now. I couldn't see Cheek and Sheedy so I called Ram Dibb, my wingman, and said, "Pretend you are a section leader and move out far enough to weave." He said, "This is Scarlet Two, wilco." His voice sounded like he was elated to get this "promotion" right in the middle of a battle.
Several Zeros came in on a head-on attack on the torpedo planes and burned Lem Massey's plane right away. It just exploded in flames. And, beautifully timed, another group came in on the side against the torpedo planes. The air was like a beehive, and I wasn't sure at that moment that anything would work. It didn't look like my weave was working, but then it began to work. I got a good shot at two of them and burned them, and one of them had made a pass at my wingman, pulled out to the right, and then came back. We were weaving continuously, and I got a head-on shot at him, and just about the time I saw this guy coming, Ram said, "There's a Zero on my tail." The Zero wasn't directly astern, more like 45 degrees, beginning to follow him around, which gave me the head-on approach.
I probably should have decided to duck under this Zero, but I lost my temper. He just missed me by a few feet with flames coming out of the bottom of his airplane. This is like playing chicken with two automobiles on the highway except we were both shooting as well. That was a little foolhardy; I didn't try it any more.
They kept coming in and, by this time, we were over the screen, and more torpedo planes were falling, but so were some Zeros. At least we're keeping a lot of them engaged. We could see the carriers. They were steaming at very high speed and launching airplanes. The torpedo planes had to split in order to make an effective attack. We thought we were doing pretty well until they split. Then, of course, theywere extremely vulnerable, all alone with no mutual protection. The Zeros were coming in on us, one after the other, and sometimes simultaneously from above and to the side. We couldn't stay with the torpedo planes, except for one or two that happened to be under us.
I kept counting the number of airplanes that I knew I'd gotten in flames going down. You couldn't bother to wait for them to splash, but you could tell if they were flaming real good and you saw something besides smoke. If it was real red flames, you knew he'd had it. I had this, little knee pad and would mark down every time I shot one that I knew was gone. This was sort of foolish. Why was I marking my pad when it wasn't coming back? I was utterly convinced then that we weren't coming back. There were still so many Zeros, and they'd already gotten one of our fighters, and looking around, I couldn't see Cheek or Sheedy anymore, so there were just two others that I could see of my own; Macomber over on my left and Ram Dibb, and me.
Pure logic would convince anyone that with their superior performance and the number of Zeros they were throwing into the fight, we could not possibly survive. "Well," I said, talking to myself, "we're going to take a lot of them with us if they're going to get us all." We kept on working this weave, and it seemed to work better and better. How much time this took, I don't know, but ever since then I haven't the slightest idea how many Zeros I shot down. I just can't remember, and I don't suppose it makes too much difference. It only shows that I was absolutely convinced that nobody could get out of there, that we weren't coming back, and neither were any of the torpedo planes.
Then it seemed that the attacks began to slack off a little bit. I called and said: "Hell, they don't like it as well as they used to. Stick together and we'll get home yet." The torpedo planes went on in. I saw three or four of them that got in and made an attack. I believe that at least one torpedo hit was made. All the records, and the Japanese, and Sam Morison's book said that no torpedoes hit. I'm not sure that the people on board a ship that is hit repeatedly really know whether they got hit by a torpedo or a bomb. I was aboard the Saratoga (CV-3) when she was torpedoed and the Yorktown when she was bombed and I couldn't tell the difference. I think I saw at least one hit, but it occurred either during or very shortly before the dive bombers came in.
Being pretty busy, I couldn't more thanevery now and then get a glance.Then I saw this glint in the sun-it looked like a beautiful silver waterfall-these were the dive bombers coming down. I could see them very well, because that's the direction the Zeros were, too. They were above me but closer, not anywhere near the altitude of the dive bombers.
I'd never seen such superb dive bombing. It looked to me like almost everybomb hit. Of course, there were some very near misses. There weren't any wild ones. Explosions were occurring in the carriers, and about that time the Zeros slacked off. We brought out two torpedo planes and then went back and picked up another one we saw stay right with him and over him, hoping that the Zeros wouldn't have him all to themselves. Of course, the TBDs may have been badly hit and some of them were in the water and we didn't see them after the torpedo attack. I know more than two attacked. We had come in a little earlier than the dive bombers by a matter of just minutes, and drew most, if not all, of the enemy combat air patrol. They were ready and waiting for us as we came in a full 30 minutes after the VT-8 and VT-6 attacks.
I could only see three carriers. I never did see a fourth one. One of them, probably either the Soryu or the Kaga, was burning with bright pink and sometimes blue flames. I remember looking at the height of the flames noticing that it was about the height that the ship was long-the length of the ship-just solid flame going up and a lot of smoke on top of that. I saw three carriers burning pretty furiously before I left, picked up one torpedo plane, and flew on back toward the Yorktown with it. I was over the Japanese fleet a full 20 minutes.
Was the decision to cover the torpedo planes the right one? Oh, yes. These torpedo pilots were all my very close friends, Lem Massey especially, and he was lost. I felt pretty bad about that, just sort of hopeless. I felt we hadn't done enough, that if they didn't get any hits this whole business of torpedo planes going in at all was a mistake. But, of course, you couldn't fail to send them, and in thinking about it since then I realize that this classic, coordinated attack that we practiced for many years, with the torpedo planes going in low and the dive bombers coming in high, pretty much simultaneously, that's what we tried to do, although it's usually better if the dive bombers hit first, then the torpedo planes can get in better among the confusion of bombs bursting.
I realized that here was the reverse of the Coral Sea battle, that these people hadn't given their lives in vain, they'd done a magnificent job of attracting all the enemy combat air patrol, all the protection that the Japanese carriers had were engaged and were held down. So we did do something, and maybe far more than we thought at the time. We engaged the enemy that might have gotten into the dive bombers and prevented them from getting many hits.
The six Yorktown Wildcats were the only fighters that got any combat over the Japanese fleet-no other fighters. And VF-3 was the only fighter squadron in the Battle of Midway that had any significant aerial combat later in defense of our carriers.
After a 40-year career, Admiral Thach retired as commander in chief of U.S. naval forces in Europe in 1967. The 1927 U.S. Naval Academy graduate commanded two aircraft carriers and was an antisubmarine warfare expert. Among other awards, he received the Navy Cross with Gold Star and the Distinguished Service Medal. He died in 1981.


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Summer signing Benayoun has struck fine efforts in his side´s previous two matches, including Saturday´s late winner at Wigan, but he has been very much part of Benitez´s rotation policy this term and has started only four matches as Liverpool have remained unbeaten in all competitions.
But with Jermaine Pennant suspended, Benayoun is expected to get the nod over Dutch youngster Ryan Babel, and Benitez said: "Benayoun has quality and he can change games for us, he has proved that already. I will decide between him and Babel for this match. But Yossi has shown how important it is to be able to bring on players with quality, and fresh legs, to win matches."
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The Kiwanis Club of Greater Pine Island has donated more than $12,000, which was raised during its 3rd Annual Casino Night, to the Beacon of H.O.P.E. for their Community Learning Programs....
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We suggest using Vader's Force moves to punish opponents after you've tagged them with normal moves. Always be looking to pick up dropped opponents with the Force Hang, and throw out quick Force Eruptions after stunning opponents. When backed against the edge of the ring, look for an opportunity to execute Vader's A + G throw—it'll toss opponents directly behind you and off the ring.
|Darth Vader is available by default, but only on PlayStation 3. He is not available on Xbox 360.
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|Force Hang : : This basic move is probably Vader's best use of the Force meter. You can use Force Hang after knocking down an enemy to pick 'em up off the ground, and from that position you can do a number of things with them. Saber Strike ( + A + B ) does good damage, though Force Eruption ( A + B A + B ) is good for ring outs if you're facing the ring's edge. Opponents are able to get up off the ground before Force Hang hits a lot of the time, but certain attacks that down them recover quickly enough and cause enough stun that you can consistently land Force Hang. Such attacks include + B and + B.
|Imperial Buster : : One of Vader's few quick attacks, and it hits mid, to boot. It's a bit dangerous if it gets blocked and it's pretty short range, as well, but for Vader it's good to have access to something quick. Execute this after psychic side steps and you can even follow with Force Hang when you've knocked down the opponent.
|Imperial Storm "Force Cannon" : : This quick combo has the speed benefits of the previously described combo with lots of damage potential. Moreover, the last hit is unblockable and hits low, so even if your first few attacks get blocked you have a chance of hitting anyway. If your opponent tends to block and get out of the way before the last attack, use Force Eruption instead—it's quicker, but only hits high. If the opponent gets used to ducking to avoid the final hit, switch back to Force Cannon to catch 'em looking.
|Charging Thrust : : Very quick mid attack with solid range and good recovery. Throw this out for quick knock downs and you can follow with Force Hang. The attack is especially effective against opponents as they try to get off the ground—you can time it so the attack is waiting over them and they'll get up into it. And even if you miss, the recovery is pretty good so you shouldn't be left too vulnerable.
|Fear Strike : : Similar to Vader's also excellent Hilt Thrust ( or + A ), this attack is a good counter to vertical attacks. Coming from a side step is good on its own, but the attack triggers a more extreme side step animation just before the strike. The range on the Fear Strike is very good at the attack hits mid, making it a great counter to very offensive opponents with narrow range (vertical) attacks.
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Austin Mahone Competes in Pie Eating Contest, Shows Off Pushup Prowess [VIDEO]
Austin Mahone recently stopped by MTV and totally let loose with his Mahomies. The 'What About Love' singer's activities included a pie eating contest, a basketball shootout and showing off his perfectly poised pushups.
Two of Austin's Mahomies got to compete against their idol in a pie-eating contest, and boy, did they get messy! The trio had a minute to eat as much pie as they could, though the Mahomies were no match for Austin, seeing as he really demolished quite a good portion of his pie. Maybe next time, ladies.
Mahone also sang the praises of Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran, saying how great they are to tour with and how he even looks up to them! He said, "I can definitely learn a lot from them because they're on top and they're still so nice." It doesn't sound like he'll be getting a big head anytime soon! He also said he'd love to write with T. Swift, but he still has to ask her. Aww, Austin. A little shy when you're around Taylor?
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Can Acupuncture Help Migraine Sufferers?
Acupuncture may help migraine sufferers reduce occurrences and provide lasting relief, according to a new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
In the study, almost 500 adults — most of whom had an average six days of migraines a month — were treated with either traditional Chinese acupuncture or a sham treatment in which acupuncture needles were inserted in nonspecific points.
While all of the participants reported fewer days with migraines immediately after the treatments and in the month following, lasting effects were seen only in study participants who received traditional acupuncture. Three months after treatment, those people continued to report a reduction in migraine days, frequency, and intensity, while those who received the sham treatment did not.
Although the study only showed a marginal benefit of real acupuncture over sham acupuncture, researcher Claudia Witt, MD, of University Medical Center Charité in Berlin, says previous research suggests that people who respond best to acupuncture treatments are those who've had positive experiences with acupuncture in the past and those who haven't responded to other treatments.
Albrecht Molsberger, MD, a medical acupuncture specialist who wrote an editorial on the study, said that even in sham acupuncture, the simple insertion of needles into the skin can lead to fewer migraines and reduced pain, adding, "Putting needles in the patient twice weekly over six weeks does have a [physical] effect, but if we did it the Chinese way, we might be better off."
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