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This is documentation is meant to cover the basic techniques of uploading and managing media using WordPress. In WordPress – Media is defined as anything that is not written text or HTML content. This means that media content will be the images, PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel, video, or other files that would be attached or embedded in a post or page. The only exception here are YouTube, Fickr, Forms and other items that are embedded by using an external service or WordPress feature like a plugin.
Although you can access and upload media using the Media area in the WordPress Dashboard, it is more beneficial to manage media while working on the Post or Page where the media will be found. While editing the Post or Page you will find the button to access the media management dialog box located above the editing toolbar and labeled as Add Media At one time there were separate buttons for different media types and a simple image to click on. Now the Add Media button is a single button.
Media Interface Overview
When you press Add Media the media dialog appears. In this area you will find links along the left to perform specific actions, the center of the dialog where you will see thumbnails or icons representing media items, and the left side area that will show specific properties for the selected media items.
In the center area you will initially see all media items available on the site you are working on. You can select multiple items by holding the shift key and clicking on items. You can deselect items clicking the minus sign. There is also a field for searching for specific media items at the top. A dropdown menu is also provided to help filter the items you see to make things more manageable. Using this dropdown you can view just images, audio, video, or only the media items that were uploaded to the WordPress document you are editing.
Selecting a media item will cause the properties for that item to appear on the right side. The properties and options are the similar to previous WordPress versions and you can change the title, alt text, description, and caption as before. In this area you will also find links to edit and delete any media item. Your changes to the item properties like Title and Caption will be saved automatically. If you want to make sure your changes are saved you can simply click your cursor to another property field and you might see the saved notification appear under the Attachment Details heading.
You will also see options for alignment, size, and linking. Many of these options can be changed after the content is inserted into the Page or Post. It may not be necessary to link your images if you just want to show the image and you should probably never use the Link to: Attachment Page option. If you are working with a PDF, MS Word, or other similar media type, chances are you should always use the Link to: Media File option.
The Insert Into Post button is at the lower right corner. Pressing the Insert Into Post button will insert the HTML to display your media items into the editor area in the location where you placed your cursor before pressing the Add Media button.
Uploading Media
Uploading images to the WordPress media library is similar to previous versions. Under the Insert Media heading you find the Upload Files link which will reveal the media upload dialog interface. You can drag files to the upload area, or you can press the Upload Files button. Be ware that you can upload multiple files, so make sure to select or drag to upload only the files that need to be uploaded to your website.
There are additional options like setting the Featured Image and Galleries. The Feature Image option is used to set an image as the Featured Image for the WordPress content you are editing and you featured image may be used by other functions of your website. Custom Gallery options should be functional, but may not be completely functional on many Nicholls websites.
This is a general overview of the updated media management area in WordPress, if you have questions or issues, please contact the Nicholls Website Manager.
Tips, Tricks & Gotchas
- PDF, MS Word, PPT, XLS and other files are different than images. The title used in the media dialog area will become the link for the file. You should always add the type of file to the title so visitors are aware of the type of file that can be downloaded. The title may look like – Document (pdf) if done prolerly.
- Remember that once you upload something to one editing area you do not need to upload it again and you can access it from other editable Posts and Pages on the current WordPress site.
- You can modify options or delete images inserted into your content by using the options or delete buttons that will appear if you click on the image in the editing area as shown in the image to the left.
- You can sometimes replace items by first deleting the original item in the media area and then uploading a newer item that uses the exact same file-name.
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Store maps for your Black Friday shopping game plan
One of the major keys to a successful in-store Black Friday experience is knowing where the retailer's putting the deals, and how that store is laid out.
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Adopted June 1997, Revised May 2003, May 2012, May 2014, May 2018
Article I. Name
The name of this organization shall be the American Association of School Librarians, a division of the American Library Association.
Article II. Purpose
The purpose of the AASL is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library field.
Article III. Membership
Any member of the ALA may become a member of the AASL by designating this membership upon payment of dues. Any member of the AASL is eligible for membership in any one or more of the sections and may designate such membership upon payment of dues.
Article IV. Officers
Section 1. Officers
The officers of the AASL shall be a president, a vice-president/president-elect, treasurer and the immediate past president.
Section 2. Terms
The president and the president-elect shall be members of the AASL and shall serve in their respective positions for a one-year term. The president-elect shall succeed to the presidency upon completion of the term of office as president-elect. The treasurer shall be a member of the AASL and shall serve for a three-year term.
Section 3. Duties
The president shall preside at all of the AASL meetings, including those of the AASL Board of Directors. This officer shall serve as an ex-officio member of all of the AASL committees except the Leadership Development Committee, with a right to vote only in case of a tie. The president shall perform other duties designated by the membership or the Board and shall represent the AASL or designate a representative to other organizations. This officer shall report annually to the AASL membership.
The president-elect shall perform the duties of the president in the absence or incapacity of the president. The President-elect shall perform other duties designated by the Board.
The treasurer shall serve as chair of the Budget committee and serves as the members' advocate in the budgetary process. This officer shall report annually to the AASL membership.
Section 4. Vacancies
If the office of president becomes vacant, the president-elect shall become president completing that term of office prior to serving the following term as president. All other vacancies shall be interim appointments made by the president with the approval of the AASL Board of Directors until the next election when the unexpired term(s) will be filled.
Article V. Nominations and Elections
Section 1. Eligibility of Candidates
All candidates for the AASL offices must be personal members of AASL.
Section 2. Leadership Development Committee
A committee of seven (7) or more members shall be automatic appointments from the following positions - AASL Immediate Past President, Chair, Affiliate Assembly Immediate Past Chair, Knowledge Quest Editorial Board Member, three immediate past section chairs, two "public members" not serving as any AASL elected official, and one active Board of Directors member.
Section 3. Nominations by Committee
The Leadership Development Committee shall present the slate of candidates for approval by the AASL Executive Committee.
Section 4. Nominations by Petitions
A candidate may be nominated by a petition signed by twenty-five (25) AASL members. This petition, together with the written consent of the nominee, shall be filed in the AASL office by February 1. The names of candidates so nominated by petition shall be added to the official ballot.
Section 5. Elections
Elections shall be conducted annually by mail which shall be deemed to be by postal service or electronic means as determined by the ALA executive director. Ballots shall be placed before each AASL member with the official ALA ballot. A plurality of all legal votes cast shall be necessary to elect a candidate. Votes shall be counted and certified by the ALA Election Committee. In the case of a tie vote, the successful candidate shall be determined by lot conducted by the ALA Election Committee.
Section 6. Promotional Materials for Candidates
Promotional materials for AASL candidates distributed to AASL members must show name, address and affiliation of the individual or group sponsoring the candidate and providing financial underwriting for the production and distribution of the material. Distribution of promotional materials for AASL candidates are made in accordance with Guidelines for Participation in AASL Elections.
Article VI. Meetings (of members)
Section 1. Annual Membership Meeting
The Annual Membership Meeting of the AASL shall be held prior to the Annual Conference of ALA.
Section 2. Special Meetings
Special meetings of the AASL may be called at other times by the AASL president, the AASL Board of Directors, or upon petition of one hundred (100) AASL members. At least a thirty (30) day notice shall be given to the AASL membership for a special meeting. Only the business specified in the notice shall be transacted.
Section 3. Quorum
One hundred AASL members shall constitute a quorum.
Article VII. Board of Directors
Section 1. Members
The AASL Board of Directors shall be composed of the president, president-elect, treasurer, past president, regional directors, a representative of each section, the AASL representative to ALA council, one at-large member, the current chair of the AASL Affiliate Assembly (for a one year term), and the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall be without vote.
Section 2. Duties
The AASL Board of Directors shall set annually the AASL priorities, goals and budget.
Section 3. Reports
Action taken by the AASL Board of Directors shall be reported at the annual membership meeting of AASL. Any action of the Board may be reconsidered by the AASL membership.
Section 4. Regional Directors
The membership of the AASL shall elect one director from each of the geographical regions which has been established by the AASL. A regional director shall be elected for each region every three years to serve a three year term. They shall serve as voting members of the AASL Board of Directors.
Section 5. Section Representative
The membership of each section shall elect one representative. Each shall serve as a voting member of the Board of Directors. The representative shall be elected for overlapping three-year terms, one third being elected each year.
Section 6. Meetings
Meetings of the AASL Board of Directors shall be held as part of the Annual Conference of ALA, during the Midwinter Meeting of the ALA and at other times at the call of the president. The Board may conduct its business though mail vote, telephone conference calls, or by electronic means. Such actions shall be reported and recorded at the next regularly scheduled Board meeting.
Section 7. Quorum
A majority of the voting members of the AASL Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum.
Article VIII. Executive Committee
Section 1. Members and responsibilities
The Executive Committee of the AASL Board of Directors shall consist of the president, the president-elect, the treasurer, the immediate past president, the AASL division councilor, and one member elected on an annual basis by the Board of Directors. The Executive Director serves as ex-officio and is a non-voting member. Its role shall be restricted to acting on policy and fiscal issues requiring action between meetings of the Board.
Section 2. Executive Director
The Executive Director shall administer the policies of the AASL under the direction of the AASL president and shall be responsible for the operation of the AASL office. The Executive Director shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the ALA with the concurrence of the AASL Board of Directors.
Section 3. Meetings
Meetings of the AASL Executive Committee shall be held as part of the Annual Conference of the ALA, during the Midwinter ALA Meeting and other times at the call of the AASL president.
Section 4. Quorum
A majority of the members of the AASL Executive committee eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum.
Article IX. Committees
Section 1. Establishment
The AASL Board of Directors is empowered to establish and disband the AASL committees. Additional committees may be established at any time by the president with the approval of the Board.
Section 2. Members
All members of the AASL committees and the AASL representative to joint committees shall be personal members of the AASL. Committee members are appointed by the AASL president or president-elect as appropriate.
Section 3. Standing Committees
Standing Committees shall be established to carry on the continuing work of AASL.
Section 4. Special Committees
Special committees, with specific charges to be completed by designated times, may be established at any time by the AASL president with the approval of the AASL Board of Directors or by request of the AASL membership. The life of each special committee shall be limited to two years unless the Board designates otherwise at the time the committee is established or in response to the committee's written petition for extension.
Section 5. Responsibilities and Duties
The responsibilities and duties of each committee shall be defined in written form, approved by the AASL Board of Directors and recorded in the office of the AASL.
Article X. Finance
The Executive Director, in consultation with the AASL Executive Committee acting as the Budget Committee, shall be responsible for preparing and presenting the budget for approval by the AASL Board of Directors. The AASL Financial report shall be presented to the AASL members at the Annual Membership Meeting.
Article XI. Affiliated Organizations
Section 1. Affiliate
Any state-wide, territorial, District of Columbia, or multi-state regional organization whose purposes are compatible with those of AASL as verified by the organization's Constitution or Bylaws, which hold regular conferences or meetings and has a systematic channel of communication with its members and whose membership includes 25 personal members of AASL or with ten percent of the organization's membership, whichever is smaller; may, on request and upon approval of the AASL Board of Directors, become affiliated with the AASL as an affiliate. The president and representatives of the affiliate must be personal members of the AASL.
Section 2. Affiliate Assembly
The Affiliate Assembly shall be composed of two voting representatives from each affiliate.
The purposes of the Affiliate Assembly are to provide a channel of communication for reporting concerns of the affiliated organizations and their membership to the AASL Board of Directors; to facilitate discussion of activities and concerns of the AASL as reported by the AASL president, Executive Director and Board of Directors; and to report the actions of the AASL to the Affiliates.
All policies or procedures of the Affiliate Assembly are considered AASL policies and therefore are submitted to, and approved by, the AASL Board of Directors.
Article XII. Sections
Section 1. Establishment
Any group of at least twenty-five members of AASL, who represent a special field of activity clearly distinct form that of any existing section, may organize a section upon recommendation of the AASL Board of Directors.
Section 2. Organization
All policies or procedures of sections are considered AASL policies and therefore are submitted to, and approved by, the AASL Board of Directors.
Section 3. Membership
Membership in a section shall be open to members of the AASL who are interested in the activities of the section, upon payment of dues.
Section 4. Dissolution
Sections may be dissolved upon recommendation of the AASL Board of Directors.
Article XIII. Interest Groups
Section 1. Establishment
Any group of ten or more members of the AASL interested in discussing common concerns which fall within the purpose of the AASL, but which are not the responsibility of a single AASL section or committee, may form an interest group upon written petition from the interest group and approval by the AASL Board of Directors.
Section 2. Dissolution
An interest group may be dissolved at its request by the AASL Board of Directors.
Article XIV. Amendments
Section 1. Notice
Amendments to these Bylaws may be proposed by the AASL Board of Directors, by the AASL Bylaws committee, by the governing bodies of the AASL Sections, or by petition signed by twenty-five AASL members. Proposed amendments shall be presented in writing to the AASL Executive Director. They shall then be referred to the Bylaws committee.
The text of any proposed amendment shall be published in an official AASL publication thirty (30) days or more prior to the date of the mailing of the ballot by postal or electronic means or shall be mailed by postal service or electronic means to each AASL member forty five (45) days prior to the closing of the balloting.
Section 2. Adoption and Amendment
These Bylaws may be adopted or amended by a two-thirds majority vote of the AASL members voting by mail ballot by postal service or electronic means. Amendments become effective immediately following a favorable ballot, unless otherwise specified.


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Scottish Cup: Dundee beat Morton 5-1 at Dens Park to reach quarter-finals
Dundee demolished Morton 5-1 at Dens Park on Sunday to qualify for the Scottish Cup quarter-finals.
Last Updated: 03/02/13 10:47pm
Barry Smith's side forgot about their troubles at the bottom of the SPL as their second-half surge saw off Allan Moore's men.
Strikes after the break from Lewis Toshney, Colin Nish, John Baird and Declan Gallagher saw them go through to the last eight after Michael Tidser had cancelled out Jim McAlister's opener to see the sides go in level at half-time.
Dundee carved out the first real goal-scoring opportunity in 13 minutes when McAlister's corner was met by Baird and his header was turned around the post by visiting goalkeeper Derek Gaston.
A few minutes later, they went on the offensive again in search of an opening goal to settle any lingering nerves. This time winger Nicky Riley tried his luck with a low 25-yard snap-shot which flashed just inches past Gaston's right-hand post.
It was all Dundee and midway through the first-half Baird was presented with another opportunity to break the deadlock. Strike partner Nish helped the ball on for Baird to run through on goal but from an acute angle he fired the ball into Gaston's side-netting.
Soon after Morton had their first real chance when they were awarded a free-kick 25-yards from goal. Martin Hardie stepped up and forced Rab Douglas to fling himself full-length to claw away his effort.
At the other end, Nish wasted a chance with the goal at his mercy in 28 minutes. Riley's cross eluded everyone inside the box before Nish popped up at the far post but somehow he swiped at fresh air.
However, after 29 minutes McAlister saved Nish's blushes as he finally put the home side ahead. Brian Easton's flighted ball forward was flicked on by Nish perfectly for McAlister to run onto, and the midfielder made no mistake against his former club as he steadied himself before angling a low left-foot finish into Gaston's near post to give the Taysider's some much-needed breathing space.
McAlister's strike was one to savour after the week before his spectacular strike against Kilmarnock in the league had been controversially chopped off. But their lead was short-lived as Morton hit back within just two minutes.
Peter MacDonald saw his initial shot blocked inside the box by on-loan Celtic ace Toshney. But Tidser was quickest to react to the loose ball and despite the best efforts of Douglas, he could not keep the ball out as he got a hand to it but could only watch as it trickled into the bottom corner of the net.
There was not much to set pulses racing after the break although McAlister did try to enliven things with an ambitious shot from 30-yards which Gaston did well to hold.
But after 65 minutes they went 2-1 ahead through Toshney's glancing header from McAlister's corner which David O'Brien tried to clear but could not keep it out.
In the 71st minute, Dundee killed the contest when Riley's cross was headed by Scott and Nish was on hand to nod home from eight yards.
Baird made it 4-1 after 74 minutes with a 12-yard finish after Nish's knockdown from Kevin McBride's free-kick.
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This guy is 15 years old today!
Happy birthday, Adrian! We love you lots!
We are a family from the Midwest that pursued God's calling to adopt two children from Ethiopia. What started out as a blog to chronicle our adoption journey has morphed into our family scrapbook. Feel free to follow along as we we live our normal everyday lives, trying to serve Jesus and follow His plans for us.


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Kenya Flag Feltie
This is a machine embroidery pattern/design (Not a finished product). It is an in-the-hoop mini FELTIE design. This design is made entirely in the hoop. Felt or Vinyl is recommended to make this. (Bows are just for reference, not included.)
This feltie in included in our Flag Felties Set 1 and in our Pretend Play Travel Set.
They can be used with our Passport, sold HERE.
Size: 1.99" x 1.08"
Required design area (hoop): 4 inches by 4 inches.Finished size: roughly 2 inches by 1 inch 1/4
Stitch Count: 3,139
In addition to a single design file, our feltie designs come with a file that contains multiple felties with combined steps to stitch more than 1 at a time in a 4x4 hoop. In most cases, this file includes 3 felties.
Oversized Feltie Bonus File:
Size: 3.01" x 1.63"
Required design area (hoop): 4 inches by 4 inches.Finished size: roughly 3 inches by 1 3/4 inches.
Stitch Count: 6,129
Formats: DST, EXP, HUS, JEF, PES, SEW, VIP, XXX, VP3
This design will come with an extensive (not specific to this design) PDF instruction sheet and a detailed (specific to this design) stitch order and color chart to help you stitch it out, and if you have trouble, I try to answer your questions as quickly as I can.
If you are new to embroidery, see our instructions and tutorials page for helpful tips.
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Due to the digital nature of my products, refunds cannot be offered.
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By KARI HAWKINS
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Redstone Rocket, Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
Event for Vietnam veterans features daughter of MIA
The memories of more than 40 years ago are a bit blurry. But for Teresa Schmitt and her five brothers and sisters, the name of their father on Huntsville's Veterans Memorial is a reminder of the loss they've lived with since they were children.
And now, during a "Welcome Home" Vietnam Veterans event this Friday, Huntsville's veteran community will hear the story of their loss.
The name of Air Force Tech. Sgt. Elbert Austin Phillips has been a part of Madison County's military history since Aug. 28, 1968, when the airplane he was traveling in from Laos to Thailand crashed in the Mekong River. The pilot and Phillips, a medic, were presumed dead, although their bodies were never found.
Phillips' name is one of two missing-in-action Vietnam veterans listed on the wall of the Huntsville/Madison County Veterans Memorial. In a way, his family has also been missing in action, with his wife and children quietly picking up their lives in Huntsville and carrying on after Phillips' death.
But a 2005 online posting by Schmitt at pownetwork.org recently led local veteran David Carney to the Phillips family. Carney, who is planning the "Welcome Home" Vietnam Veterans program on behalf of the event's host, Huntsville Chapter 1067 of the Vietnam Veterans of America, discovered Schmitt's post when he happened to do a search for Phillips' family.
"It's kind of ironic because all this time the entire family of six children has lived here. They've been here their entire lives," Carney said. "What happened to Tech. Sgt. Phillips and his family is still with us 40 years later. We want to honor this man and his family."
Schmitt will speak about her father at the event, which begins Friday at 1 p.m. at the memorial.
"I'm honored to be part of this," Schmitt said. "My purpose is to expose people to the importance of always remembering and not forgetting our history, and those who have served and sacrificed.
We can't let that go. We need to keep their service and sacrifice at the forefront of our minds.
"And we need to especially remember those who came back from war. They have fought their own battles every day. They are to be commended."
Schmitt was only 8 when her father was killed. He had joined the Army in 1953, switching to the Air Force in 1958. The family had lived in Germany and at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., before returning to Huntsville.
"When dad got orders to go to war, he moved us back here because mom's family was here and he had a brother here," Schmitt recalled. "He left for the war on my brother's birthday. He was gone about two weeks when he was killed. I remember when they came to our house to tell my mom.
"It's all kind of a blur. But family stepped in and helped us through it."
Back then, the U.S. military wasn't in the habit of keeping in touch with the families of servicemembers killed during the Vietnam War. With six children to care for, Schmitt's mother – Shelby Jean Phillips – got right to the business of living, going back to college to get her degree and then working 20 years as an office manager in a local doctor's office to support her family.
She never remarried and remained in love with her husband until her death in 2004.
"She purchased a house in northwest Huntsville in 1969 and we lived there for 10 years," Schmitt said. "Our friends knew about our dad, but that was as far as that went. Our home was where all of our friends would come. My mom had an open-door policy. She was a very selfless person. She was a saint."
After her mother's death, Schmitt traveled in 2005 to Washington, D.C., to attend a family briefing by the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command, a task force within the Department of Defense whose mission is to account for Americans who are listed as prisoners of war or missing in action from all past wars and conflicts. Today, there are 1,833 servicemembers still missing in action in Vietnam.
"They told me there would be no more efforts to recover my father because it had become useless," Schmitt said. "The records will always remain that his body was unrecoverable."
As a result, she visited the pownetwork.org website, where she found an email written by Joseph Mosher in 1998 that said he had been wearing Phillips' MIA bracelet for 10 years. Schmitt responded to his post, leaving a personal note that described her family and mentioned his nickname – RC – that he was called because he loved to wear a yellow and white leather hat that carried the Royal Crown Cola emblem on it. Soon, she was being contacted by veterans who knew her father.
Her posting eventually ended up appearing in the Air Medic Commando Association's newspaper. And in 2006, Charles Buckley, who had been her father's immediate supervisor in Thailand, happened to see it. The two served together as members of the 56th Air Commando Special Wing Operations at Udorn Air Force Base.
"He had been searching for me and my family for years," Schmitt said. "He had dinner with my dad every night when they were in Laos together. One of the last conversations they had, my dad told him that our mother was strong and if anything happened she would be able to deal with it. My dad had a strong sense of family and a strong sense of country."
Schmitt has met Buckley and his wife. Buckley has provided Schmitt with memories of her dad along with pictures, artifacts and a Special Operations Detachment patch. She has also talked with James Tieg, the medic who was supposed to be in the T-28 aircraft instead of her father on the day it crashed. The two Vietnam veterans have helped to piece together the story of her dad's brief time in Thailand.
"He went on one set of orders and then they were changed," Schmitt said. "I'm sure my dad did not know exactly what his mission would be before he got to his station at Udorn Air Force Base."
The mission was to spend 91 days in Laos to provide medical care to U.S. and Laotian patients, and to teach Laotian medical personnel how to take care for the injured.
"Mr. Buckley asked my dad 'Are you OK with this?' My dad said, 'Yes, I'm ready to go,'" Schmitt said.
"Maj. Robert Miller was the pilot, and they flew to Vientiane (Laos) where my dad checked in with the U.S. embassy to get his U.S. civilian credentials. He had no military ID with him because his mission was one of those covert operations. No one was supposed to be there and had they become prisoners of war they wouldn't be assisted. He probably had nothing on him but embassy credentials. They stayed in Laos one night and then were on their way back to Udorn when they crashed right after takeoff."
Divers did an immediate search for the pilot and the medic. They did find a portion of the plane and a small brown bag that had belonged to Phillips.
"It happened during the flood season," Schmitt said. "It was very muddy and the water was murky.
"Over the years, we always had hope that he would be found. I'd have dreams about him coming home. We had hope for many, many years."
And so have others who have made contact with Schmitt through her online post. One servicemember, Air Force Master Sgt. Mark Cusimano of Louisiana, has worn her father's bracelet inscribed with his name, rank, location, date of death and home state since 1991.
"He's coming for the event on March 29 and he will speak as well," Schmitt said. "It was very emotional when he made contact with me. He purchased a bracelet with my dad's name on it when he became enlisted. They were being sold at the PX for $2. He chose my dad because of the Air Force connection and because the date of death is the day after his oldest brother's birthday."
During those years, Cusimano has often wondered about the Air Force medic whose name had become a part of his life.
"To hear him speak fondly of wearing the bracelet and how he shared about it with so many people did more than warm my heart," Schmitt said. "He told me his little boy Jack always reminds him 'Daddy, here, don't forget the bracelet.' He and his wife have often talked about the name on the bracelet and have wondered what happened to him. He's worn it for so many years, and he's had many people ask him who the name belonged to and what it stood for.
"Now that they know who my dad is, they feel a loss, too. They feel they've lost a friend. And now if he's asked about it, he knows the rest of the story."
Schmitt has been overwhelmed with the attention and appreciation she has felt from the local veterans community. She wasn't involved in the building of the Veterans Memorial and didn't know her father's name was part of it until she happened to visit it one day.
"The first time I saw his name there it was much like how I felt when I first visited the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C.," she said. "I drove by to see if his name was there, and it was. It was very emotional.
"It's hard to explain how it makes you feel that someone truly cared enough to keep your loved one's memory alive."
She was working in an office building nearby during the first "Welcome Home" Vietnam Veterans event and, after much hesitation, decided to attend. She joined up with her husband's co-workers, whose company Keller Williams is a memorial sponsor, and enjoyed the ceremony. Although she told her husband's co-workers that her father's name was on the wall, she didn't tell the event organizers of her association with one of the wall's two MIAs.
In November 2012, after Carney learned about Schmitt and her family, mementos from Schmitt's father were put in the Veterans Memorial time capsule. In addition, one of her nephews and great-nephews are members of the memorial's ambassador program.
Several members of Phillips' family will join his daughter at the ceremony on Friday, including Schmitt's father-in-law, who is a World War II veteran, and her son, who is a Huntsville police officer.
"My father was very caring and loving and patriotic. He was just a wonderful person. I've learned more and more about him since 2005," Schmitt said. "I really feel blessed by all of this."
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Nessa E. French | KF 17 | Kenya
"Life will change for you now, please make us proud."
"I hope you will be the president of Kenya someday."
These statements represent the high hopes that everyone at Strathmore University has for the first nine students who received full tuition loans through Kiva to pursue their undergraduate degrees there. They also represents how extraordinary and truly driven these first students are. Kiva lenders seem to agree on their high potential: the first full tuition loan posted to the site was funded in less than 12 hours.
Strathmore's loan application and interview process is not easy –for the candidates or for the loan committee. For the upcoming semester, which begins in July, there were only nine full tuition loans available. That means that half of the 18 promising candidates who interviewed did not make the cut. As someone who has only been on the applicant's side of admissions decisions, or even job applications, it has been difficult — sometimes even heart wrenching — to interview candidates who did not meet some of the criteria and were unable to receive the loan.
This is a loan of over 1 million Kenyan shillings, which is a huge amount of money that the student has to pay back after graduation. Due to this serious commitment, Strathmore has devised criteria, and an application and interview process to ensure that the students chosen fully understand the commitment they are making and are prepared to make the most of their experience and the opportunity they are being given.
The loans can truly make or break someone's future. Many of the candidates do not have other options to pursue their undergraduate degrees given their families' financial constraints. As difficult as this process can be, it can also be exhilarating when we are able to publish a student's profile on Kiva after they have met all the criteria, and have successfully gone through the application and interview process.
You may be wondering why I am discussing this other side of Kiva
– the flip side of the coin, if you will. Especially when my first two blog posts were so incredibly positive about the impact Kiva is having at Strathmore. Well, that's just it. I want you, devoted Kiva followers and lenders, to understand
exactly how impactful your loans to Strathmore students are. You are changing the fates of the young Kenyan men and women who are receiving full tuition loans. The high demand for this financing, even in this first round, demonstrates
the absolute necessity for its existence in the first place. I have to give Kiva and Strathmore major 'props,' if you will, for swiftly and effectively setting up this partnership.
Strathmore's partnership is unique in that, if a student does not get fully funded on Kiva, they do not receive the loan from Strathmore. Strathmore does not pre-disburse these loans from their own funds. Rather, the student is approved to be funded on Kiva by Strathmore, and is only guaranteed tuition once they reach 100% raised. The last four students are currently fundraising on Kiva right now. There were 4 students fundraising when I posted this on Thursday May 31st at 8:00 am EST but, I am hopeful that a few may be fully funded by the time you read this article. I have had the good fortune to meet all of the first full tuition loan students and even visit a few of their homes. I look forward to introducing them to you in an upcoming post so that you can understand just how outstanding they really are.
And, on behalf of Strathmore University and the Kiva loan students, I want to say thank you Kiva lenders. Your loans are truly changing lives.


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Detective David Holmes says the department has had the tapes for a couple of weeks and Robbery-Homicide Division and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office are analyzing them.
A federal judge ruled in March that Charles "Tex" Watson waived his right to attorney-client privilege when he allowed his lawyer to sell the eight cassette tapes to an author nearly 40 years ago for a book on his life.
The tapes are being reviewed to determine whether there's evidence that could resolve unsolved murders.
Watson is serving a life sentence for his role in the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. He sought to prevent turnover of the tapes.


text: Seeing this link brought tears to my eyes. At the time the tapes were made, I was the tender age of three, but I still have a very close connection with those images and with the tapes. My grandfather, Walter Lyons, an electrical engineer with RCA, helped develop the technology used in taking the images from the Lunar Orbiter and Surveyor series and converting them into radio waves and into the data found on these tapes. Although he never was licensed as an amateur, he was one of my inspirations for becoming a ham. Unfortunately, he passed away 2 years before I earned my ticket. 73 de W0HV, Jim in Raymore, MO (ex-N8AU) Light travels faster than sound... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Date: Thu, 25 Dec 2008 11:30:36 -0900 From: Edward Cole <kl7uw at acsalaska.net> Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Earthrise - add To: Joe Fitzgerald <jfitzgerald at alum.wpi.edu> Cc: Amsat BB <amsat-bb at amsat.org> Message-ID: <200812252030.mBPKUbv8086213 at hermes.acsalaska.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 04:25 AM 12/25/2008, Joe Fitzgerald wrote: >Rocky Jones wrote: > > I think that the first black and white photo of Earthrise over > the Moon...was from one of the Lunar Orbiters... I think 5... > > > > > > >There was a nice story recently about a recent restoration of that photo >...http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-111408a.html > >-Joe KM1P >_______________________________________________ >Sent via AMSAT-BB at amsat.org. Opinions expressed are those of the author. >Not an AMSAT-NA member? Join now to support the amateur satellite program! >Subscription settings: http://amsat.org/mailman/listinfo/amsat-bb I am amazed at times how my own past resurfaces. One of my duties at Goldstone from 1974-1976 was to manage the tape backup for data received from spacecraft like the Voyagers and Pioneers that flew by Jupiter, Saturn (and the outer planets after my time), and other missions. It was sort of an unwanted task handed off on me. But I took it serious and devised a record system to keep track of when they were recorded and so they would be retained for the required time period. These were backups as the prime data had been transmitted to the mission scientist. These were held a minimum of 30-days in case of any bad data in the originals. I started stacking them in an unused office but in time they ended up in the climate-controlled "basement" of the 64m DSS-14 Control Building. They ended up being kept much longer than 30-days. I'm guessing these reel tapes were made by the same recorder as mentioned in the article. Isn't it fantastic that the old Lunar tapes were recoverable! 2009 will be my 30th anniversary of leaving Jet Propulsion Lab to move to Alaska...tempis fugit! The, then new, Hydrogen Maser Master Clock was installed in this same room. It was used for precise timing of VLBI experiments, which previously required calibration by the famous "flying clock" or the x-band Moon Bounce timing system (ask Dick, K6HIJ). Not only Goldstone, but Madrid, and Canberra stations required to be on the same accurate time (ask Tom Clark about that). As the New Year approaches we reflect on the past. Thanks to those who recently found those articles. Merry Christmas and Happy New year! 73, Ed Cole - KL7UW (& Janet)


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Frank Przybylski is my mother's paternal uncle, my great-uncle. He was the eldest child of Andrew Przybylski and Frances Rochowiak. Per his World War I draft registration, Frank was born May 17, 1876 and had become a naturalized citizen by 1917.
Josephine was born in Poland in December, 1883 to Katharine Holas and Michael Mielcarek. Per the 1900 census, she emigrated to the US in 1892 with her family.
Frank and Josephine married January 27, 1906 in St. Anthony's Parish. The marriage record is transcribed below:
Jan 27, 1906
Przybylski, Frank
Mielczarek, Jozefa
A.J. Suplicki
By 1920, Frank and Josephine were living on Detroit Avenue.
Per the 1920 census, Frank arrived in the US in 1886. This provides a better timeline for understanding when Frank's parents, Andrew and Frances (Rochowiak) Przybylski, emigrated to the US–I have not yet located any records for their arrival and it's likely that Andrew was never naturalized because of the short time span between arrival and his death in 1894.
Frank and Josephine had eight children:
Harry, born 1908
Zygmund, born 1910
Pearl, born 1911
Clemence, born 1913
Daniel, born 1915
Alice, born 1917
Aloyisius, born 1918
Raymond, born 1919
Alice married Aloysius (Ollie) Plenzler. Ollie was my grandmother's (Anastasia Przybylski Plenzler) nephew and the son of Joseph Plenzler (Jr.) and Josephine Grezchowiak. Below are snapshots of the family tree.
By 1930, Frank and Josephine resided at 831 Waverly Avenue, not far from St. Hyacinth's parish. When researching this property, I noticed that the property appears to have been some type of commercial establishment, perhaps a neighborhood grocery. Here is a photo from the Lucas County GIS website and property ownership records. Noted on Frank's death certificate was an occupation as food merchant/grocer. Possibly he owned a grocery business.
Josephine passed away October 6, 1946. Her obituary is transcribed below:
Mrs. Josephine Przybylski, 831 Waverly Ave., died yesterday in East Side Hospital after a brief illness. She was 61.
Born in Germany, she had lived in Toledo 56 years. She was a member of the Ladies' Catholic Benevolent Association, Branch 1441; the Alter Society of St. Hyacinth Church and the Rosary Society of St. Stanislaus Church.
Surviving are her husband, Frank; sons, Harry, Zigmund, Clemens, Daniel, Aloysius, and Raymond; daughters, Pearl and Mrs. Alice Plenzler; brother, Thomas Mielcarek; niece, Sister M. Albertina, Franciscan Order, Sylvania, O. nephew, the Rev. Aloysius Sobczak, assistant pasator of St. Stanislaus Church, and nine grandchildren.
The Alter Society of St. Hyacinth will recite the Rosary at 7:30 tonight in the Czoglosz Funeral Home, and the LCBA will recite the Rosary at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow. Services in the funeral home at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday will be followed by a funeral mass at 9 a.m. in St. Hyacinth Church at which Father Sobczak will officiate. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
Josephine's burial record through Calvary is transcribed below:
No.: 46532
Name: Josephine Przybylski
Residence: East Side Hospital
Age: 61
Cause of Death: Cerebral hemorrhage
Date of interment: Oct. 9 1946
Grave N 1/2 of E 1/2
Lot or range: 192
Section: 25
Undertaker: Czolgosz Mort.
Frank passed away October 1, 1953. I have not been able to locate his obituary; but have located both his burial record through St. Hyacinth and his interment record at Calvary (both transcribed below).
St. Hyacinth burial record:
Name: Francis Przybylski
Died: Oct. 1, 1953
Buried: Oct. 5, 1953
Cemtery: Calvary
Officiating Priest: J. Lubiatowski
Age: Date of Birth: May 17, 1876
Sacraments: All
Nearest Kin: Children
Adm. By: Chaplain of Mercy Hosp.
No. 54045
Name: Frank Przybylski
Residence: Mercy Hosp.
Age: 77
Cause of death: Uremia
Date of interment: Sept. 5, 1953
Grave: N 1/2 E 1/2
Range or Lot: 192
Section: 25
Funeral Director: W.K. Sujowski


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Sooners Trample Washington, 55-14
SEATTLE, Wash. (AP) -- Sam Bradford threw for five more touchdowns. No. 3 Oklahoma again reached half-a-hundred points. The Sooners won big -- again.
So why was Bob Stoops posing for a postgame picture in front of the scoreboard for a University of Oklahoma police officer? Because he had his 100th coaching win with the Sooners. And, they weren't in Norman.
Bradford completed 18 of 21 passes for 304 yards, matched his career high with five touchdowns and ran for a sixth score to lead the Sooners easily past Washington 55-14 on Saturday night.
Oklahoma (3-0) passed its first test of a nine-month-old challenge to be better on the road. The Sooners scored on seven consecutive possessions and went home for a week off feeling much better than it did on its last trip to the West Coast two years ago.
"It feels great. This was something we talked about pretty much since the end of last year. We proved we can play well on the road," said Bradford, who is loving Stoops' new no-huddle offense and how it forces defenses into staying basic.
He is completing 79 percent of his passes with 12 touchdowns and two interceptions, one season after setting the NCAA freshman record with 36 touchdowns.
The Sooners scored their most points on the road against a school from a BCS conference since a 56-25 win at Texas Tech on Nov. 22, 2003.
They also handed Washington (0-3) its largest margin of defeat at home since 1929, when it lost 48-0 to Southern California.
"One of the best football teams we've played since we've been here," said Huskies coach Tyrone Willingham, who arrived for the 2005 season but may be gone after this one. "They were good in all aspects of the game. ... as strong a football team as I have seen."
Stoops won No. 100 in 123 games. The only active coach to reach the milestone more quickly was Penn States' Joe Paterno.
"There's been a lot of people who have been responsible for it," Stoops said.
Such as Chris Brown, who ran for 110 yards, and DeMarco Murray, who added 100 in a supremely balanced offense. Or Ryan Broyles and Jermaine Gresham. They each caught two of Bradford's scoring throws.
Stoops was satisfied that his constant reminders of Oklahoma going 12-10 in its last 22 games away from home had sparked the Sooners to another level.
"I liked their attitude. Just how they approached the trip," he said. "Even the way they walked off the bus."
Washington wished the Sooners would have stayed on.
The Huskies are winless through three games for the first time since the 2004 team finished 1-10, prompting the hiring of the now-embattled Willingham.
Oklahoma made sure Pac-10 officials had no say in this one.
Stoops threatened to never again bring his team to Pac-10 country after losing by one point at Oregon in 2005, with the help of blown calls at the end. The Pac-10 apologized for errors by its officiating crew after that game, but the conference's system of having its officials work non-conference games at its stadiums still exists.
Washington was also victim of a Pac-10 crew, at home last week. An excessive celebration penalty on quarterback Jake Locker after his touchdown at the end of regulation led to a 35-yard try for an extra point, which was blocked. The Huskies lost 28-27 to BYU.
Washington students officiating this one wouldn't have helped the Huskies.
Oklahoma, the highest-ranked nonconference team to visit Husky Stadium since 1969, used three of Bradford's scoring throws to take a 34-0 lead by halftime.
Washington lost three fumbles, missed two field goals and punted three times in its dreadful opening half.
Then on the third play after halftime, Broyles caught a short pass at the 27 and spun out of arm tackle tries by Johri Fogerson and Nate Williams. The redshirt freshman then raced for a 77-yard touchdown that put the Sooners up 41-0.
"It was a blur," Broyles said.
Or a nightmare. A coach renowned for stoicism, Willingham was almost desperately animated. He threw his arms skyward, angrily slapped his hand with his play card and stomped as his record at Washington fell to 11-28.
"I do believe that this football team has faced one of the most difficult stretches that any team has had so far this season," he said of losses to three ranked teams. "I do think we are a better football team and now we need to build on it and show it."
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Berry Tramel of the Oklahoman: "This much we know: The two best college football teams so far are the Stoops Troops and that team on the other end of the Left Coast, Southern Cal."
John Hoover of the Tulsa World: " The west wasn't so wild this time. Nor the road so rocky. Oklahoma looked very much at home on Saturday."
John Shinn of the Norman Transcript: "It was a business trip and little more. The Sooners played that way in their 55-14 destruction of Washington at Husky Stadium."
Jake Trotter of the Oklahoman: "Thanks to hard hitting and relentless blitzing, Oklahoma punished Locker and the Huskies 55-14 in its best defensive road performance in years."
From the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: "Calm as their quarterback's nickname, OU left no doubt who was in charge from the beginning on the way to a 55-14 victory over the Huskies."
From the Seattle Times: "Washington's only chance of beating Oklahoma Saturday was to play a perfect game. Instead, the Huskies turned in an effort as messy as a frat house during finals week."
John Helsley of the Oklahoman: "While many local stars have produced for the Sooners through the years, Saturday marked the first time that two former Norman High players scored in the same game."


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It is actually quite surprising the number of people who attempt the do-it-yourself approach, when selling a home. For a lot, however, this approach would not even be an option, as they would not likely take the chance to gamble with what is and can be the single most important investment that they will ever make. Selling a home without the help of realtor is not as easy as it may appear, and usually turns out to be a stressful and time-consuming process. Usually, the do-it-yourself home seller, doesn't address important questions that come naturally to the the ...
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Condominum sales are at an all-time high. More and more condominums are popping up as interest in buying and even renting a condo continues to grow. Cities such as Toronto and Vancouver are jarred with people who are interested in purchasing condos, because of the excitement of living downtown, as well as the low maintenance and easy lifestyle that goes with living in a condo. With housing real estate prices at the high levels that they are at, a condo seems like a reasonable and affordable way into the home owner's market. It is especially of interest to young people ...
Three Staging Tips That Will Help Sell A Home
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Home staging is simply the preparation of a home for sale in the real estate market. The goal of this home staging is to make the house more appealing, thereby helping in selling the house more quickly and also at a fair price. The key to staging is to improve the home's appeal by turning the home into a welcoming and attractive environment for potential home buyers. Search Realty provides three staging tips that if implemented, will help sell a home for sale faster and at a fair price. DE-CLUTTER Home buyers want two main things out ...
Top Five Things To Do To Sell A Home
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Selling a home isn't the easiest of tasks. But it doesn't have to be the hardest as well. Search Realty provides a list of ten things that every home seller should know when putting a home for sale on the real estate market. 5. De-personalize Pack up those family photos and personal belongings. These should be put away so as to avoid distracting potential home buyers. Religious objects fall under this category as well. A potential home buyer is deciding on what could be the biggest financial decision they have ever made, and even the smallest of things could ...
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Any home improvement will inevitably raise the home value of a home, but there are certain renovations that will add more value than others on today's real estate market. The mistake that most home owner make is to think that any home improvement will drastically raise the price of the home, but in reality, there are only a substantial few improvements that are needed to raise the home value drastically, while others, although costly, may raise the home's value, but not significantly. Search Realty advises on the three main home improvements that can drastically increase a home's real estate ...
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Looking to earn some extra scratch from your huge collection of adorable cat videos? Think you've got a shot to go viral with that heroic three-story bellyflop you did last summer? No matter what kind of footage you've got, there's a way to make money off of it.
That being said, you should know that YouTube isn't some kind of cash cow just waiting to be milked. Sure, there are a handful of YouTubers that make bookoo bucks, but they are the exception, not the rule. There are hundreds of millions of YouTube channels out there, and the vast majority of them only make a few cents a day. Earning a sizable amount of money on YouTube takes time, dedication, hard work, and oftentimes just plain luck. But hey, if that Fred kid can be make millions of dollars and land a movie deal just from being ridiculously annoying, who's to say your channel can't bring in a few bucks? It's worth a shot.
Thanks to Google's YouTube Partner program, monetizing your videos is extremely easy. If all's well with your account, you can have ads up and running on your videos in just a couple hours, ready to start building your retirement fund a few pennies at a time. Below we've covered the steps you need to take to get started, along with a few tips for making great videos that people will watch.
How to monetize your YouTube account
Before you can start making money off of your videos, you need to enable monetization on your YouTube account. In doing so, you become a "YouTube Partner," which basically means you allow Google to place ads on your content in exchange for payment each time one of those ads is clicked.
Step 1: To enable monetization on your account, make sure you're logged in to YouTube and go to account features. Once you're there, look to the middle of the page and find the Monetization section listed under Features. Click the Enable button and agree to Google's terms of service to continue.
In order to be eligible for account monetization, your account must be in good standing. If you've uploaded any copyrighted content or disregarded YouTube community guidelines by posting horrible comments, Google might not allow you to monetize your videos.
Step 2: After you've agreed to the terms of service, you'll be greeted with a dialog that looks something like this:
At this point you'll need to decide what kind of ads you'd like to be displayed on your video. Overlay ads are the small banners that occupy the lower third of the video, whereas TrueView ads are video ads that play before your video. Using both isn't always the best plan – depending on the content of your video, you might want to opt for one over the other.
Think about the type content you're working with and be conscious of the audience likely to consume it. If your video is a tutorial on how to rope a goat, tie a bowtie, or some other piece of valuable educational material, then your viewers are more likely to sit through an ad. If your video is just something silly and fun, you might want to opt for just Overlay ads, as TrueView video ads can often turn people away from your video before they even watch it. Don't stress too much about which ads will be more effective though – you can always change your settings later. Just keep an eye on your Adsense page to track views and clicks so you can get an idea of what works best.
Step 3: Click that big ol' Monetize button in the lower left and you're all set. Your videos will be under review for a short period, but after that they should start to display ads whenever they're played.
Getting paid:
Now that you've got your account all set up and monetized, any earnings you get will be funneled into your Adsense account. If you don't already have an Adsense account, you'll need to set one up at some point, but Google doesn't force you to do it until your video starts generating a decent amount of revenue. In order to fully set up your Adsense account and receive your earnings, you need to complete the five steps listed here.
The last of these five steps requires you to meet a payment threshold before Adsense gives you money. Basically what this means is that you'll need to accrue at least $100 before you get paid. If you don't meet this threshold by the end of the month, your earnings will be rolled over to the next month (and the next month, and the next month if necessary) until the threshold is met. Depending the popularity of your video(s), this could take anywhere from a few hours to a few months – or even years.
So you want to be YouTube famous…
Don't we all? Unfortunately, no one here at DT is a YouTube star (yet …), but while we're definitely not experts on becoming Internet famous, we do know a thing or two about making content that people like. Here's a few general-purpose tips for making great content that people will want to watch:
- Do something original. You're not going to be the next big thing by copying what somebody else did. You might make a bit of money if you're riding a popular trend wave, but it won't last. Take all those zillions of Harlem Shake videos for example. Sure, they were hot for a minute, but if you jumped on the bandwagon late you probably only got a few dozen views before you fell out of the spotlight.
- If you're hoping to go viral, make sure your video grabs people's attention in the first 10-15 seconds. The Internet has the attention span of a goldfish with ADD, so you need to make a good hook if people are going to watch your video in its entirety.
- In order to make YouTube a viable source of income, you need to generate a regular stream of content that will attract subscribers. Just one video isn't likely to bring in a steady stream of earnings, so it's best to plan your videos as part of an ongoing series.
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EU – Greece
Currently, cotton is produced only in three Member States on around 300 000 ha. Greece is the main cotton grower, with 80% of European cotton area, followed by Spain (mainly the region of Andalucía) with a share of 20%. Bulgaria produces cotton on less than 1 000 ha. Cotton production has ceased in Italy in 1991 and in Portugal in 1996.
Although cotton represents less than 0.2% of the value of European agricultural production, it has strong regional importance in the two main producing Member States.
Following the latest reform in the cotton sector, EU production of ginned cotton decreased to similar levels as the mid-eighty's.
In 2013, the EU cotton production is estimated less than 300 000 t, which represents only 1% of world cotton production.
With 230 000 t, Greece accounts for 85% of EU production, whereas Spain produces the remaining 15% (40 000 t).
European imports of cotton have fallen sharply over the last 10 years: from 870 000 t in 2002 to 132 000 t in 2012.
Over the same period, EU exports remained relatively stable, fluctuating around 250 000 t per year.
The EU market is completely open as there are no import duties or export subsidies on cotton.
EU cotton policy
Cotton aid was introduced in 1981, with the accession of Greece to the Community. The European cotton policy has been reformed several times since then, and for the last time in 2006.
In 2004 and 2006, support for cotton was largely de-coupled from production and integrated into the single payment scheme.
The deficiency payment system in force until then was abandoned in favour of a support provided through a combination of decoupled payments (65% of the total aid existing under the previous support regime) and crop-specific aid (35%).
The current regime is designed to encourage a competitive, sustainable and market-driven cotton sector, while safeguarding the legal commitments of supporting "the production of cotton in regions of the Community where it is important for the agricultural economy".
As any other farmer, cotton growers are entitled to receive direct aid in return for respecting strict standards of environmental protection, animal welfare and food safety ("cross compliance") and are free to produce whatever they wish.
The direct payment system makes it easier for cotton farmers to switch to different crops or types of production in response to market developments.
In addition, the EU provides some crop-specific payment for cotton, limited to a certain base area per Member State.
To be eligible for crop-specific aid, farmers must only grow cotton on land authorised by the Member States, using authorised varieties of seed and subject to minimum quality of cotton actually harvested.
The purpose of this crop-specific payment is to avoid production being abandoned in regions where cotton is important for the agricultural economy.
A maximum of 302 000 hectares are eligible for coupled support each year. Of this, 250 000 hectares in Greece and 48 000 hectares in Spain.
To help the EU cotton sector become more economically viable, a restructuring scheme was launched in 2009, providing possible support for the following measures:
- the dismantling of ginning facilities
- investments in the ginning industry
- participation of farmers in cotton quality schemes
- information and promotion activities
- aid to machinery contractors
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Post-Snowden, why were U.S. diplomats talking on insecure line?
Not long before Assistant U.S. Secretary of State Victoria Nuland was secretly recorded cursing the European Union's efforts in Ukraine, two European Union officials were caught in a very similar situation, complaining about the United States.
In the first recorded conversation, EU diplomat Helga Schmid was speaking to the EU's ambassador to Ukraine, Jan Tombinski, discussing perceived slights.
"The Americans are going around telling people we're too weak, while they are tougher on sanctions," Schmid can be heard saying. "It really bothers us that the Americans are going around naming and shaming us."
But what matters more than the content of the calls – in hers, Nuland was recorded saying "F--- the EU" – is the context: Both calls were made by senior diplomats in Kiev, both were discussing the crisis there, both were recorded and both audio recordings were anonymously put up on YouTube.
And both came eight months into the new world after the revelations by Edward Snowden, the former contract worker for the National Security Agency whose leaks, if nothing else, have shown that electronic surveillance of pretty much everything is ubiquitous.
Yet here you have two high-ranking American officials – Nuland and U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt – discussing sensitive matters apparently on an unsecured line, just days after a similar call had been recorded and, embarrassingly, put online.
Nuland, who refused to comment on the specifics of a conversation meant to be private, did note during a news conference Friday in Kiev that the static-free recording "was pretty impressive tradecraft. The audio was pretty clear."
But she didn't address why she was exposing herself to the obvious threat of being recorded. In the wake of the NSA spying scandal, the U.S. administration has repeatedly defended its actions using the line of reasoning: "Everybody does it."
But if everybody does it, why wasn't Nuland more careful, especially since it's pretty well-known that the Russians don't like her very much?
Secretary of State John Kerry tells a story about how his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, praised him for getting rid of Nuland, the former spokeswoman for the State Department. "I didn't fire her," Kerry corrected. "I promoted her," to her current post as the senior U.S. diplomat for European and Eurasian affairs.
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to say what kind of device Nuland was talking on when she contacted the ambassador. She noted, however, that the BlackBerry that Nuland would have been issued by the State Department would have carried data encryption but not voice encryption.
Employees are barred from discussing classified information on their phones, Psaki said. When she was asked whether that's what Nuland was doing, Psaki replied without elaboration that that's not how she would describe it.
Psaki said that one leaked phone call didn't signal weaknesses across the whole system of diplomatic communications. She said the department was constantly evaluating how to make communications more secure.
In the released call, Nuland can be heard plotting how to support certain Ukrainian opposition figures and discussing how the Russians would try to scuttle American plans.
The diplomatic fallout from the incident was difficult to gauge. European officials, publicly at least, objected to Nuland's "f-bomb" reference to the EU, and Nuland apologized Friday; that apology was accepted.
In its entirety, the comment appears to bemoan the inability of EU diplomats to get anything done in Ukraine. As the discussion focuses on the U.S. and United Nations taking action, Nuland said, "That will be great to help glue this thing and get the U.N. help glue it, and, you know, f--- the EU."
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, through her spokesman, called the remark "totally unacceptable."
The curse, however, appears to be in line with what EU officials already knew about the U.S. outlook on Ukraine, as the other recording made clear. Outside of officialdom, the reaction wasn't overly severe. Patrick Keller, a foreign and security policy expert at Berlin's prestigious Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung foundation, called the reaction "ridiculously overblown."
Joerg Wolf, the editor in chief and a foreign policy expert at the Atlantic Community, a Berlin-based research center, said the honest reaction to Nuland's comment was that it showed she was deeply invested in the situation. But he added that given the manner in which it was exposed, there's also a bit of classic German schadenfreude going on around Berlin, which is still smarting over the revelation that the NSA had been spying on Merkel's phone calls for years.
"There is very little sympathy for Americans being spied upon, at least right now," Wolf noted.
There's also little surprise at the sentiment she expressed, said Peter van Ham, a transatlantic relations expert at the Dutch research center the Clingendael Institute. She isn't the only one who feels that way, he admitted.
"The EU doesn't have a great track record on foreign and security matters," he noted. "Europe has largely ignored Ukraine for six years."
Then, discussing the content of the call, he laughed, while adding, "What does it say about your effectiveness if you're being compared unfavorably to the U.N.?"
But he noted that in the Ukraine crisis, Europe – and therefore the EU – will have to be part of any Ukrainian solution that doesn't see the nation move fully into the Russian camp.
Volker Perthes, the executive chairman of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin, noted that before judging Nuland's comments, it would be good to know whether she'd had enough sleep or a bit to drink, and that she has every right to expect privacy when speaking with a colleague.
"It establishes that, sure, others (not only the NSA) are listening in to telephone conversations," he wrote in an email response. "But we knew that before, didn't we?"
Hannah Allam contributed to this report from Washington.


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Bognor Regis have extended their lead at the top of Sussex Cricket League Division Three to 60 points.
The top dogs made it nine wins out of 10 with an eight-wicket victory at home to Goring-By-Sea yesterday (Saturday), while second-placed Burgess Hill lost at home to Steyning.
Bognor bowled Goring out for 185 after choosing to field despite Danny Pittham scoring 90, Graham Bush took 5-56 for Bognor, who comfortably knocked off the runs on the back of an opening stand of 125 between Mikey Harris (77 not out) and Andrew Quincey (57).
Burgess Hill lost by three wickets in a high-scoring clash against Steyning. Hill amassed 250-7 declared batting first thanks in no small part to an opening partnership of 112 between Tom Trowbridge (58) and Jack Simpson (57).
Owain Jones and Ed Lamb took three wickets each for a Steyning side which later recovered from 60-4 to earn a fine victory. Lamb was again to the fore with 61 not out off 50 balls and David Kennett made 66. Jack Simpson took 4-61.
Third-placed Crawley Eagles closed to within two points of Burgess Hill via a seven-wicket win in another high-scoring contest away to Glynde & Beddingham.
Robert Mouland hit 134 as Glynde rattled up 252-6 batting first despite four wickets for Imran Mehboob. It wasn't nearly enough, however, because Eagles raced to victory in less than 34 overs with Amaar Suddazahai hitting 102 not out and Jibran Khan 64.
Fourth-placed Portslade won a much lower scoring match at home to Rottingdean by 29 runs. Portslade were all out for 142 batting first, Danny Hansen top-scoring with 40, and George Ledden and Mark Grantham claiming four wickets each. Steven Case then bagged 5-19 off 14.1 overs and Paul Glover 3-39 to bowl Rottingdean out for 113.
Bottom side Haywards Heath won by 47 runs away to Chichester Priory Park. Jonny Phelps top-scored with 67 at the top of the order as Heath made 215-7 batting first despite three wickets for Matt Geffen. Chichester were all out for 168 in reply, opener Simon Hasted leading the way with 40 and Josiah Menzies taking four wickets.
Standings (all played 10 matches): 1 Bognor Regis 276pts, 2 Burgess Hill 216, 3 Crawley Eagles 214, 4 Portslade 182, 5 Steyning 177, 6 Chichester Priory Park 154, 7 Rottingdean 133, 8 Glynde & Beddingham 127, 9 Goring-By-Sea 119, 10 Haywards Heath 113.
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Nest Counters Honeywell Allegations of Patent Infringement
Nest Files Answer and Counterclaims to Honeywell Complaint
Palo Alto, California — 12. April 2012 — Nest Labs, Inc. (nest.com) today countered in court what it believes are meritless allegations by Honeywell of patent infringement in relation to the innovative Nest® Learning Thermostat™. In an Answer and Counterclaims filed today in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, Nest denies infringement and validity of the seven patents asserted in a Honeywell complaint filed in that court on Feb. 6, 2012.
"As reported in prior litigations, Honeywell has a pattern of trying to stifle new market entrants with unfounded legal action," said Richard "Chip" Lutton, Jr., vice president and general counsel of Nest. "Instead of filing lawsuits, Honeywell should use its wealth and resources to bring innovative products to market. Nest will defend itself vigorously in court and we'll keep our company's focus where it should be – on developing and delivering great products for our customers."
The following is an excerpt from the Nest Answer and Counterclaims. The complete filing is on record with the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota or available by request from Nest.
This lawsuit is a bald effort by Honeywell to inhibit competition from a promising new company and product in a field that Honeywell has dominated for decades. Nest Labs, with its Nest Learning Thermostat, has generated consumer and critical enthusiasm around the home thermostat—a device that most people had long since written off as a bland, dumb appliance. No less than the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today have lauded the Nest Learning Thermostat as "gorgeous, elegant and very, very smart"; "intuitive … sophisticated … [and] right on the money"; and "hot"—unlike "the thermostat on your wall [that] is probably a blah-looking controller you face only when it's time to warm or cool the house."
That "blah-looking controller" on the market today is very often from Honeywell, which has long dominated the thermostat market, but has yet to generate a device that offers ordinary consumers as much as the Nest Learning Thermostat. Instead of countering product innovation with its own new products, Honeywell has a track record of responding to innovation with lawsuits and overextended claims of intellectual property violations. Indeed, in a prior intellectual property case Honeywell brought, the court noted that, "whenever Honeywell learned that a competitor was selling or planned to sell a round thermostat, it responded with threats of expensive litigation, and it managed to eliminate the competing design either by settlements or by buying the competitor outright." Eco Mfg. LLC v. Honeywell Int'l, Inc., 295 F. Supp. 2d 854, 867 (S.D. Ind. 2003). Honeywell lost that case because the court found that its intellectual property was invalid.
Honeywell's patents in this case are no better. Nest does not use the Honeywell patents; but even if the patents covered what Honeywell alleges, they are hopelessly invalid. They are retreads—already invented by others years before, and in some cases by other teams at Honeywell that Honeywell hid from the Patent Office when pursuing the patents in this lawsuit. For example, Honeywell's '958 patent on remotely controlling temperature setpoints marks no difference from a prior art Honeywell patent (U.S. Patent 4,657,179) that expired in early 2004. Honeywell's '988 patent on power stealing is also indistinguishable from another of its own patents (U.S. Patent 5,736,795) filed years earlier. Moreover, Honeywell's idea for displaying temperature setpoints on an LCD inside a rotating ring, as shown in its '899 patent-in- suit, was implemented years earlier by employees of Volkswagen who ultimately abandoned their own patent application because a search found dead-on prior art. And one doesn't need an exhaustive literature search to conclude that Honeywell's '504 patent on presenting a user of an HVAC controller with "complete grammatical sentences" is not worthy of a patent, though a quick search does turn up prior U.S. Patent 5,065,813, which confirms that the '504 patent is invalid.
As set out more fully below in paragraphs 137-177, Honeywell's suit is a misuse of intellectual property intended to harass Nest Labs and interfere with its commercial activities and relationships. Consistent with Honeywell's pattern of past behavior, Honeywell's motives are clear from a review of the merits and scope of the patents selected by Honeywell. Honeywell wants to use this lawsuit to scare a new competitor—and its customers, retailers and installers—out of what Honeywell believes is its space. But it will not work.
Nest Labs answers Honeywell's Amended Complaint here as a first step in establishing the invalidity and noninfringement of Honeywell's claims, and intends to follow through to correct the errors that led to the issuance of the Honeywell patents (errors in many cases caused by Honeywell's failure to tell the Patent Office about its own prior art), and to stop, and seek compensation for, Honeywell's latest effort to exclude competition rather than face it honestly in the market.
About Nest
Nest is focused on addressing home-energy consumption with an elegantly designed solution – one that people will actually enjoy using. Founded by Apple alums Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers, Nest brings together a world-class team with the broad backgrounds needed to deliver an amazing product that blends technology with ease of use. Nest is privately funded and based in Palo Alto, Calif. For more information, visit nest.com.