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Very little to report this week, since we spent most of the week preparing to take our older daughter back to college in Philadelphia and then moving her there.
The Normans are temporarily on the back burner for a week or two while I prepare a "brick wall background" on Susan Elizabeth "Lizzie" Smith (Bonner Brinlee) for the brick wall workshop of the Fairfax Genealogical Society this month.
In preparation for the above brick wall workshop, I am doing a census work-up: all Susan, Elizabeth, Elisabeth, Lizzie, S., E., and L. Smiths born between 1866 and 1870 on the 1870 and 1880 censuses, both those residing in Tennessee and those born in Tennessee. Later I will try to correlate the Smith families that I am able to identify and sort them into groups based on how well they fit based on what I know of Lizzie. There will probably be three groups: good fit, possible, not a very good fit. Some of the criteria for a good fit will include parents born in North Carolina, low economic status (value of property or a family headed by a widow, for instance), good name fit (if a Susan on one census is a Lizzie on the other census, for instance, or a Susan E.), and so forth. So far the "poor fit" families are only those that are obviously well off or have a background that doesn't fit very well (born in Ireland, for example). Most of the families will come under "possible," but at this point (I have done most of the families for the 1870 census) I do have a few good candidates that I will discuss later. I will also send off for the Social Security applications of the two of Lizzie's children who appear on the SSDI.
Favorite word encountered on the census in this project: "Farmeress."
Friday, September 4, 2009
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(CNN) -- From the beginning, it seemed an unlikely match.
Shawn Decker sported blue hair and discount orthopedic shoes. Gwenn Barringer competed in local Virginia beauty pageants and wore sashes and tiaras.
Over movies, ice cream dates and dinners at Applebee's, their friendship gradually blossomed into a romance. Barringer was smitten by Decker's wit and humor. Before meeting him, she never fathomed she'd fall in love with a man who had HIV.
"I didn't think having what I thought was a difficult extra strain on a relationship would be worth it," Barringer, an HIV/AIDS educator said. "Then you meet someone who you really like, and that changes your perspective. I would've never imagined it."
Married for five years, they are a serodiscordant couple, meaning one partner has the virus and the other does not.
"What we're seeing is it's no longer a terminal illness. People survive well with HIV," said Dr. Mark Sauer, director of the Center for Women's Reproductive Care at Columbia University Medical Center. "There's a lot of discordancy. The majority of patients we've treated are males with HIV with partners who are HIV negative and want to stay that way."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics from 2006, about 1.1 million people in the United States were living with diagnosed or undiagnosed HIV/AIDS,
After overcoming the shock of the diagnosis, people with HIV/AIDS often agonize over relationship issues and the fear of loneliness and rejection. Who will love them with this condition? Can they have a normal, functioning relationship? What about sex?
It's a turning point from previous decades. Life expectancy for a 30-year-old person treated for HIV is 69, said Dr. Charles Hicks, an associate professor of medicine in infectious diseases at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina.
"Now, we talk about how you live life, your health in the long term," Hicks said. "Sexuality is an important part. How do you do that ... when one person has HIV and their potential partner does not?"
It's a question Decker asked himself growing up. Decker, who is a hemophiliac, contracted HIV through contaminated blood products when he was a child.
"How was I going to find somebody who could look at me like they look at anybody else," he said.
Complicated by his health and teenage confusion, his early relationships ended badly. At the age of 20, Decker decided he was going to be open about HIV. He started blogging about his life.
"The best decision I ever made was to talk about HIV," he said. "That's how I met my now-wife, Gwenn. She got in touch with the local AIDS service organization and was looking for someone to talk about an educational project and we were put into contact. We became friends and fell in love. It's ironic. I thought HIV would prevent me from finding love."
It wasn't exactly a seamless love story. Barringer had her reservations because she was dating someone else.
"Having feelings for Shawn, I fought them for a while," she said. "I was the barrier in the beginning and hemmed and hawed for a while."
Because of her background in HIV/AIDS work, Barringer said she wasn't too worried about the infection, but she consulted another serodiscordant couple to ask questions.
"When I started to have feelings for Shawn and realized I liked this person, what is this going to entail for me to be in a relationship with someone who is HIV-positive? I was able to go to them and say, 'What's the deal?' That was helpful."
She finally decided, "This person gets me. I had to give it a shot and see where it could go. I felt like I'd regret it if I didn't."
Decker wasn't on any medication and started getting seriously ill when his immune system dramatically weakened.
"A lot of people freak out and run the other way as fast as possible," Decker said. "Our relationship, day-to-day, we got over the hurdle, and it brought us a lot closer than other couples."
Decker wrote about their courtship in his autobiography, "My Pet Virus: The True Story of a Rebel Without a Cure." Nowadays, they travel around the country speaking on college campuses, talking about their relationship and HIV/AIDS and answering all the kinds of questions.
Like: How did Barringer's family react? Not thrilled at first, but her mother gets along well with Decker, and they have the same quirky sense of humor, Barringer said.
And: How do they have sex? They use condoms as their primary prevention strategy, the couple said.
Duke University's Hicks strongly recommends condom use, but said the reality is that couples who have been together for a while don't always use them.
Hicks also noted that evidence shows lowering the viral load through HIV treatments and drugs could decrease risk. But this does not give HIV-couples "free reign to behave irresponsibly."
"We cannot guarantee that the uninfected person will not become infected," said Hicks, but condom use and keeping the viral load low minimizes the risk to nearly zero.
It's also possible for serodiscordant couples to conceive a child without infecting either the partner or the child with the virus. For 12 years Sauer, a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center, has used a sperm-washing technique that separates the sperm from the semen, which carries the virus. Then the sperm is injected into the egg.
Sauer says he sees at least one serodiscordant couple a week for the procedure. The couple's reason for wanting children is the same as anybody else's, he said.
They tell him: "We love each other. Having a family and children are important. I plan on being here, and I don't plan on dying. I have a good prognosis."
Barringer and Decker say neither really has the parental drive, but recently they've been spending time with their 15-month-old goddaughter.
"It's been interesting," Barringer said. "That's the closest interaction we've had with a baby over an extended amount of time. It's opened our eyes and made us reconsider a little bit, but not enough to run out and do anything about it today."

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Assistant Managing Editor Kathy Kelly will retire from The News-Journal on Friday, capping a journalism career that began when she was 16 and led her to become an award-winning police reporter.
Assistant Managing Editor Kathy Kelly will retire from The News-Journal on Friday, capping a journalism career that began when she was 16 and led her to become an award-winning police reporter. She also connected readers with the area's history, and shared her views on life, home and friendship through her column, "The Beat Goes On," which will continue in The News-Journal. Even more important for those who worked with her, Kelly was the glue that held the newsroom together.
Annye Piggotte was Kathy Kelly's English teacher at Mainland High School. She remembers Kelly asking her one day if she should try to be a high school correspondent for The News-Journal, writing up little items about high school happenings for the newspaper.
"At first she was a little reluctant," Piggotte recalled, "and I said, 'Go for it, girl,' and she's been with them ever since."
Just weeks after starting as a high school correspondent during her senior year, Kelly was hired by The Evening News on Sept. 28, 1963, as a "copy kid," taking stories from the newsroom to the composing room to be prepared for print. Two years later, Kelly joined the reporting staff and covered the police beat for more than 20 years. In the 1990s, she moved into editing and became an assistant managing editor in 1999.
Over the years, Kelly and Piggotte have stayed in touch, and share a love of books and reading.
"Kathy has always been loyal and dependable. She is a devoted friend, a lover of good literature and an avid reader. She has always taken her work seriously and she has always been concerned that she represent her community in a positive light," she said.
Dotti Lewis, community mental health activist and long-time political consultant, worked at The News-Journal from 1952 to 1974 as a reporter and editor.
"I guess I was a 'mentor,' of sorts to her," Lewis said about Kathy Kelly. "When she arrived, I was still a reporter and I had the fun of taking her around the police beat, which is where all new reporters started. This pretty teenager, straight out of high school, very politely introduced herself to the cops, deputies and FBI agents — but made it very clear even then that she was very serious about being a journalist.
"She told them she was going to print only the truth, but all the facts of every story. This drew many grins behind her back, but the law enforcement guys soon learned she was serious, and she gained both their respect and friendship.
"(Former News-Journal owner and publisher) Tippen Davidson once said it took two years on the job to develop into a 'good' reporter. Kathy made it from Day One.
"She has a phenomenal memory and she is the ideal model of 'on the job training.' She is a great gal. She is so helpful to so many people. A friend of Kathy is a friend forever ... and I am proud to be among them."
Former Daytona Beach police chief Paul Crow went to Mainland High with Kathy Kelly and has known her since she was 12 years old.
"All my life, my ace-in-the-hole has been Kathy," said Crow, who left as Daytona's public safety director in the mid-1990s after 29 years with the department. "I can't say enough about her."
Kelly was an award-winning reporter who covered his tenure as police chief in Daytona Beach and some of his biggest cases, including serial killer Gerald Stano. Kelly interviewed the killer several times in prison, too, and co-authored a book about Stano in 2011, called "I Would Find a Girl Walking."
But even more than their professional dealings, Kelly has been — and continues to be — a good friend, Crow said.
He recalled meeting with Kelly years ago when he was thinking about having a public information officer as a liaison between police and the media at the Daytona Beach police department. Crow said he was looking for better communication between the department and the media.
The former chief said Kelly and other members of The News-Journal staff met with him, and the office of public information officer was born at the Daytona Beach police department.
"Kathy taught me that I could trust her," Crow said, adding that many times relationships between law enforcement and reporters take years to develop.
Julia Truilo, executive director of Ormond Beach MainStreet Inc., is the daughter of Herbert M. "Tippen" Davidson and his wife, Josephine Field Davidson.
"My feeling about Kathy is she's a constant. She has been a presence in my life since I was aware of what was going on at The News-Journal. Kathy has been there."
Not only has Kelly been faithful to her job, but Truilo said "her faithfulness to her community is remarkable. She does everything quietly and efficiently. She doesn't ask people to notice her. She is a lodestar."
Her first experience with Kelly — other than when Truilo was a child tagging behind her mother — was when Kelly was a reporter and Truilo was a copy kid and a high school correspondent.
"Kathy was a big part of that experience," Truilo said. "The thing about Kathy I admire is her depth of knowledge about where she is and the people around her. She is one of those people where you don't need the library because Kathy remembers. I would say, 'Kathy, where do I find this? Where do I go for this?' She always had the answer. She was never too busy or amused by my innocence to help me."
"My dad and mom both loved Kathy and thought the world of her. I think that their affection for her is really why I understood more about how she works and who she is. They saw her as one of their children — somebody they brought up in the news business."
And Kelly's mom, Mary, who cooked in the News-Journal's former cafeteria, was "mom" to all the children of News-Journal employees, making "sure we got fed."
Jimmy Huger, former Volusia County Council member and Daytona Beach city commissioner, said Kathy Kelly is "a very dedicated worker. She followed through on everything she got involved in. I hate to see her retire, but a time comes when we move on to other things. She will be missed surely. She brought to the public a great deal of information that they could depend on to be correct.
"I had a great deal of dealings with her over the years as a city commissioner and county councilman. I follow her religiously," he added, referring to her column, "The Beat Goes On."
"I wish her the best for whatever she is going to do. She's a very active woman. She is certainly not going to sit down and do nothing. She is going to do a good job in whatever she is doing."
Georgia Kaney, former publisher of The News-Journal, followed Kathy Kelly's career for 45 years and said she is highly regarded in the community, as a reporter/editor and as a resource.
"She is a wonderful person," Kaney said, and a "really loyal person."
"She is trusted. She's loyal to her work, to her friends and family, and really to her whole community. When Kathy told me something, I always took it to heart," Kaney said. "She didn't tiptoe around the facts, but she was straight.
"She's a source for so many people. If you need a phone number or a person's birthday, people just call Kathy," she said. "She's very thoughtful and truly does care about everything good."
Larry Kelly served as Daytona Beach mayor from 1974 to 1993, including during the time when Kathy Kelly was a police reporter. He said the best story about her was in the early 1980s when two men were trying to extort money from the city.
The men, Larry Kelly said, threatened to blow up various buildings in the city if he didn't pay them hundreds of thousands of dollars. The Federal Bureau of Investigation was involved, but everything was highly confidential, he said, with officials even using code names on the police scanner. He said his code name was Irish.
"Kathy picked up that there was high chatter on the channel about a high public official and extortion. She wanted to know what was going on," said Larry Kelly, no relation to Kathy. "It was a very high classified thing going on, but old Kathy, she snagged right onto that baby, she sure did.
"She never missed anything. There was nothing to hide on Kathy," he said.
The city never paid the money and the men were never caught, he said. Recently, he used one of her stories that she wrote in 1988 about a retiring police officer, Richard Zalewski. The article helped with his eulogy of Zalewski, who recently passed away.
"She goes back through a lot of history with the city," he added.
He said "sometimes politicians don't like reporters, but she was one of the greatest and still is. She is still doing good stories."
Lt. Ron Wright of South Daytona police has been reading articles written by Kathy Kelly since he was about 16 years old.
"I remember looking forward to reading her articles," said Wright, who will become interim police chief for South Daytona police. "She was on the police beat (at The News-Journal) when I was in high school. You knew what was going on when you read her stories because she covered all the bases."
Aside from hailing Kelly as a top-notch reporter, Wright also said she is a "very easy person to talk to."
The veteran cop said Kelly leaves a legacy for all reporters to follow. "That's why I've always called her the matriarch of the media," he said.
Susan Richmond, director of the Ormond Memorial Art Museum, says she couldn't be happier with Kathy Kelly's retirement. That's because she has hired Kelly to work part-time for the museum starting next month, helping with communications and updating its website. Kelly also plans to travel and write in her retirement, and she will continue her twice-monthly column, "The Beat Goes On," in The News-Journal.
Richmond and Kelly have been friends for 20 years. Richmond remembers the two were on an outing a few years ago when Kelly began talking about her future.
"She said when I retire some day, I want something to do. I said we'd love to have you at the museum," Richmond said. "It was a casual conversation. I didn't think about it again."
But then recently, Kelly mentioned it again. "She said, 'we talked once.' ... I almost jumped out of my seat and said we'd love to have you."
The timing was perfect, Richmond said. The museum wanted to redesign its website and needed a fresh eye. Kelly has served as early morning online editor at the News-Journal, among her other duties, posting breaking news and other content to the website.
"She's just one of the most exceptionally kind and gifted people you'll ever meet," Richmond said.


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Just got back from the show, shit was MAD. No surprises in the set list though, so looks like they're not gonna be busting anything new out on this leg. In the Flowers WWIW?S Who Could Win a Rabbit Comfy in Nautica Summertime Clothes Daily Routine Lablakely Dress/Fireworks Guys Eyes Slippi Bro Sport Bleed My Girls My friend got the set list and it said they were gonna follow My Girls with Lion in a Coma but they didn't, that was a bummer. Interesting tidbit is that they still refer to the MPP songs by their old names on the set list (Dancer, Ariel etc.) There were a couple of what I think are new things tho: - Panda did all his backing vocals on WWIW?S - The backdrop was different from the MPP cover I've seen in other vids. It was a big red, blue and yellow Abbey picture, of flowers/plants surrounding a girl in the middle - Fireworks had even MORE shit added to it. Was well over 20 minutes. After the 'I've been eating with a good friend' bit and before the long guitar jam bit, it had this noisy as section where Panda was pounding the tom and avey was doing weird vocalisations like beatboxing or something. And then at the end of the song there was another new bit, which was literally just Avey singing and guitar, and it sounded like another old song he'd pulled (like key to the kingdom etc.) or maybe it was original idk, but it was pretty much a fully fledged song. also I bought Fall be Kind! but the packaging is kinda shit to be honest
[img]http://photos-h.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs111.snc3/15850_208416990344_579425344_3232968_1530191_n.jpg[/img] Here's afore mentioned setlist from the sound man. Personal highlights of the show: Dancer, Comfy, Fwks, Slippi. Favourite was Fireworks definately; Noah was just on P with those drums.
fuuuuuuuuuuuu so jealous.
scroll down to see Avey and Geo seeing the sights of our country (sheep, cows, etc.)! http://revgreen.blogspot.com/ Hey 'Phantom' I think the guy who gave you the set list was the one and only Reverend Green! He woulda been controlling the lights, not the sound, which makes sense as AC have their own mixers on stage, and the lighting guy would need a set list more than a sound guy. plus the powerstation did have a sound guy up front side of stage.
did anyone video comfy? (or anything else!) was the greatest moment! shame they didnt play chocolate girl.
From NZ margot17?
yeaah frm auckland, was at the show  awesome video man did anyone film comfy??
Not that I know of. Not my video I just found it. Where were you? I was chillin' out in front of Noah.
I was at the front between brian and avey. aussies got a new batch of AC shirts with the mpp print all over
Damn them, damn them all to hell!
Man, this show was so amazing, I was a wee bit stoned which I think contributed to me being nearly catatonic with joy. I think I was the irritating guy who couldn't help saying holy fuck, I blame the drugs. Second row from front, between Avey and Geo, more towards Avey side. Mind bogglingly awesome, pretty much everything I ever dreamed about from an AC show.
I really want one of those shirts (even tho I have 2 AC shirts and one Panda one already) Hey Alex I have the same name as you and we're both from NZ..w0h
you could be extras in the hobbit 2 together!
Hahaha, well it is the most awesome name in the country at least
more true identities revealed...
Your turn TT. NAME IT UP!
yeah ok whatever. it will forever be TT untill i accidentally let it slip... don't see that happening though. MUAHAHA. although I doubt it really matters.
call her Annie!
lol absolutely not!
then call her Candy (CANADA + ANNIE)
you're all ridiculous.
It starts with an R and isn't common.
Ramona! 100 posts? holy CRAP that was fast! phantom has 98? when did THIS all happen! this is madness!
I'm dedicated. HORRAY over 100 posts. I may even surpass you soon... >_> and no, it's shorter than ramona.
Remi, Remma, Rene, Rea, Rita, Ryan, Roxie.
Remy Zero / Moxie Gallery! you still didn't really essplain how you came up with "terror toast"
it is none of the above. but you're getting closer. terror toast... cause at the age of me making it up, I had a strange obsession with toast. i still do. it's delicious. also i like the word terror. cause, It's a fun emotion? thus terrortoast.
Who's getting closer?
[quote="Phantom"]Remi, Remma, Rene, Rea, Rita, Ryan, Roxie.[/quote] it's close to the shortest.
Ra! sunny goddy!
[quote="Phantom"]Ria?[/quote] SO close.
lol no shorter.
Ri? Ra? Ia? (that's an upper-case i).
HAHA no none. although ri is my nickname. its still one letter longer.
Rio? Rie? Riu? I am mostly just adding vowels on to the end.
[quote="KidGrizzly"]Rio? Rie? Riu? I am mostly just adding vowels on to the end.[/quote] first one. you win:3
Wow uncommon. I guess I should say nice name... Just joking; cool name.
I feel like such a winner right now.
you win ***** 5 gold stars!
Her name is RIO?! what you dance on the sand too? no way parents durrrran durin fangs?
ever heard the Nipdrivers version of Rio?
Nip Drivers? (what!) nope! i really like the song ordinary world (and the "wedding" album it is one is one of the first cassette tapes i ever got! ... feat. the other hit song Come Undone and TOO MUCH INFORMATION!) ... i also have the Rio album on Vinyl (probably got it for 50 cents or something) ... i don't know man i don't know TOO much about them... i know of a band that has the amusing name duran duran duran ... an extra duran added! ... they are very different from the other band though... it's like breakcore/noizy/fake-techno shit!
I think every single person who's met me has asked me about duran duran. Yes I've heard of them. Was always a fan (not because of that song) but I did see them in concert when I was about 15 and they played "rio" at the end and I was delighted, seeing as nothing EVER has my name on it. (you know all those tacky pencils and keychains that people have?) alas my parents did not name me after the song. they just thought it was creative and original, and my middle name is Savana, so I suppose it's more so after the Rio river or the Rio desert. :B
change your first name to Savana, become Miss Georgia, then move to live near the rio! (both!) man i'm happy i got the name i did ... my parents other choices were NIGEL or Ahmad Jamal  i got lucky!
well we know your name isn't nigel or ahmad. that narrows it down. your name wasn't also a semi-popular 80's song title was it?
"Roxanne" was 1978..?


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Hundreds of Bay Area nurses spent the day before Christmas walking picket lines in front of Bay Area hospitals Monday in an ongoing dispute over wages, benefits and patient-care issues.
The strike by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses United involved nine hospitals in San Jose and the East Bay.
Seven are affiliated with Sutter Health, including three Alta Bates Summit Medical Center facilities in Oakland and Berkeley, Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, San Leandro Hospital, Sutter Delta in Antioch and Sutter Solano in Vallejo.
Registered nurses also walked off the job at two San Jose facilities affiliated with the Hospital Corporation of America: Good Samaritan Hospital and Regional Medical Center.
Many of the Sutter nurses will return to work on Christmas Day, but Sutter Solano plans to lock out its striking nurses until Saturday, said union spokeswoman Liz Jacobs.
HCA brought in replacement workers on five-day contracts and has also told its striking nurses they will not be allowed back to work until Saturday, Jacobs said.
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Congratulations to: Kylie Rose McLean who was the recipient of two 1st prize awards - 1st in Non-Functional with her entry 'Fat Quarters' and 1st prize in Atmospheric with 'Termite Mounds' (also an exhibit in last year's Gosford Art Prize); Ingrid Tristram who took the 2nd prize award in Atmospheric with three of her beautiful naked raku perfume bottles; and Sharon Ridsdale who received a Highly Commended for her 'Littlest Dragon' piece in the Non-Functional section. In 2012 she was the 3rd prize winner in Non-Functional.
Kylie Rose McLean and Sharon Ridsdale will also have work included in Sculpture on the Greens, opening Friday 5th April.
Previous winners and CCPS members include Annette Reid and Lesley Webber.
We are very proud of our members' fabulous achievements, which highlights the enormous diversity and talent within our organisation.
You can view and purchase some of our members' work at our May exhibition - East West Tea Drinking Traditions - opening Friday 3rd to Tuesday 14th May at Studio 1 Gallery, Gosford Regional Gallery, East Gosford. Unique, handcrafted gifts for Mothers' Day. Coinciding with this exhibition will be a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony, taking place on Monday 13th May in the beautiful Edogawa Japanese Garden.
Our Workshop is located at 1/10 Russell Drysdale Street, East Gosford, a short walk from the Gosford Regional Gallery - the Friendship Walk connects us. Check out our website for workshops and other events, as well as membership details - www.ccpotters.org or call 4324 4353.


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When Breitbart News published a story yesterday on the discovery of a 1991 publishers' brochure that stated Barack Obama was born in Kenya, reporters scrambled to write their own stories.
Well, some reporters. Others just chuckled.
A Google search today of reports on the story found Fox News conspicuous in its absence. Also missing in action were CNN, NBC, CBS, the New York Times and others.
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ABC News posted a story quoting the woman who edited the brochure, Miriam Goderich, saying,"This was nothing more than a fact checking error by me – an agency assistant at the time."
But the document could have a significant impact, according to authorities who have been investigating the veracity of Obama's documentation, including his birth certificate and Selective Service registration form.
The preliminary finding of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's special investigative unit is that there is probable cause that Obama's Hawaii birth certificate is a forgery.
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Arpaio told WND after word of the claim of a Kenyan birth was released that the development "puts more smoke out there."
And the old saying is? "Where there's smoke there's fire."
The brochure was created by Acton & Dystel when it was promoting Obama as the author of the never-produced "Journeys in Black and White."
That biography states:
"Barack Obama, the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review, was born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii. The son of an American anthropologist and a Kenyan finance minister, he attended Columbia University and worked as a financial journalist and editor for Business International Corporation. He served as project coordinator in Harlem for the New York Public Interest Research Group, and was Executive Director of the Developing Communities Project in Chicago's South Side. His commitment to social and racial issues will be evident in his first book, Journeys in Black and White."
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What's wrong with just reporting the facts? Joseph Farah blasts the "anti-birther" narrative that infects most of the media – Bretibart.com included. Read Farah's latest column, "Breakthrough on eligibility story," now.
Mike Zullo, the lead investigator for Arpaio's special unit, told WND it is a "very interesting development."
"This does coincide with information we have been pursuing, in light of the recent disclosures about discrepancies in his book 'Dreams from My Father,'" he said. "It does bolster the significance of Sheriff Arpaio's investigation, and it brings into the light the fundamental question of where actually was Mr. Obama born."
Establishment media abroad seemed far more interested in the background of Obama than American reporters. The Herald Sun wrote of the brochure: "The presidential campaign is already dominated by a divisive issue – gay marriage – but birther claims humming in the background will prove hard for Mr. Obama to avoid."
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The London Daily Mail said, "The simmering political row over President Obama's heritage was dramatically reignited today as a 1991 booklet boldly announced that the Democrat was 'born in Kenya and raised in Indonesia and Hawaii.'"
At the London Telegraph, Tim Stanley wrote, "It's incredibly strange that the literary agent approached by Breitbart.com does not remember Obama calling the agency to register a complaint and make a correction."
Stanley said the bigger story would be why the "nugget" wasn't part of the "wider discussion" about Obama during his first election campaign.
Back in the U.S., the Examiner's Joe Newby pointed out that while the booklet was not proof of a Kenyan birth, observers said it fits a pattern of manipulation.
Erik Wemple blogged at the Washington Post, using one paragraph to mention the issue.
The story was mentioned on CNN's website but only through a reader's comment on a blog.
The Daily Oklahoman jumped into the fray with the report that Goderich was claiming the brochure was "a simple mistake and nothing more."
The Daily Caller simply reported on the claim made in the brochure and Goderich's insistence it was an error.
"Since 2008, Obama himself has kept alive the question of where he was born, partly by making jokes about it in speeches and fundraisers. His campaign has also sold Obama-themed products show his birth certificate," the report said.
At the left-leaning Media Matters for America, Simon Maloy took note of the controversy, writing, "The Breitbartlings claim they're not publishing this as bait for the unkillable birther conspiracy, but rather because … well, even they don't seem too sure."
Other comments:
- A Powerline blogger wrote: "We know for sure that Barack Obama was born in Honolulu, because it was announced in a local newspaper. But we also now know that for sixteen years, his literary agent circulated a bio that said he was born in Kenya."
- At the Atlantic Wire was the headline: "Breitbart's Editors: Hey, We're Not Birthers, But Maybe You Should Be."
- At International Business Times was: "His birthplace has been something of a sticking point since he received the Democratic nod for the presidency in 2008. Since then, a group of latent nonbelievers, termed 'Birthers,' have doubted the president's citizenship and challenged his assertion that he was born in Hawaii."
Breitbart News published a disclaimer at the beginning of its article stating its late founder, Andrew Breitbart, was never a "Birther" and Breitbart News "has never advocated the narrative of 'Birtherism.'" Breitbart himself once characterized it as "not a winning issue."
Nevertheless, the biography is one of numerous published reports as well as personal claims that Obama was born abroad, including the recent testimony of a Chicago-area postal worker who reported he was told by the parents of Bill Ayers that Obama was a foreigner.
Allen Hulton, a retired Chicago-area mailman, has come forward with his first-person recollection of a clean-cut young man he identified as Obama who approached him and told him he was going to be president.
Hulton delivered mail to Tom and Mary Ayers in a Chicago suburb in the late 1980s and early 1990s and claims to have met Obama in front of the Ayers home.
He has given a sworn affidavit to investigators commissioned by Arpaio to determine whether Obama is eligible for Arizona's 2012 election ballot. Hulton has recorded about three hours of video interviews with WND.
Hulton said that in conversations with Mary Ayers while on his route he learned of the couple's enthusiasm and support for a black foreign student. One bright, warm Chicagoland day, he recounted, he met the student who fit Mary Ayers' description in front of the Ayers home in Glen Ellyn, Ill. That young man, Hulton is convinced, was Barack Obama.
Hulton delivered mail to the Ayers, who are both deceased, when he was stationed at the post office in Glen Ellyn, an upper-middle class suburb 25 miles west of downtown Chicago, from late 1986 to 1997. He was a Postal Service employee from March 28, 1962, through March 30, 2001.
As WND reported, Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers – whom he dismissed in a 2008 debate as "just a guy who lives in my neighborhood" – plagued him in the 2008 presidential campaign and could resurface in this year's election, as many questions remain.
Over a period of years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Hulton estimates he spoke with Mary Ayers about 18 to 20 times and once to Tom Ayers, who died in 2007. Mary Ayers died in 2000.
"Sometimes Mary would be out when I delivered the mail, and we would exchange a few words on occasion," he said, recalling that she liked to talk about her family.
"One day, Mary came to the door when I came up to the house with the mail," he remembered. "After a greeting, she started enthusiastically talking to me about this young black student they were helping out, and she referred to him as a foreign student."
Hulton assumed that by "helping" the student, Mary Ayers meant she and her husband were financially supporting the black foreign-exchange student with his education.
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He said that Mary Ayers told him the student's name, but that it was a "strange name" that he could not remember, even though at the time it sounded African to him.
"I was taken aback by how enthusiastic she was about him," Hulton said. "And I believe she said he was from either Kenya or Indonesia, and I favor Indonesia in my recollection."
WND has reported that when Obama was in Indonesia with his Indonesian stepfather and his mother from ages 6 to 10, he was registered in school as an Indonesian citizen and a Muslim. He went by the name Barry Soetoro, adopting the surname of his Indonesian stepfather. His mother's passport listed him with the surname Soebarkah.
About a year after discussing with Mary Ayers the foreign student she and her husband were supporting, Hulton recalled meeting a young black male on the sidewalk in front of the Ayers home.
Hulton described the man as being in his early 20s, noting that he was tall, thin, had a light complexion and that his ears stuck out.
"He greeted me," Hulton said. "He was very polite, dressed nicely, but informally – slacks and a dress shirt – and he spoke with no accent. Immediately this young black man entered into conversation with me. He told me he had taken the train out from Chicago and had come to thank the Ayers family personally for having helped him with his education."
Hulton remembered asking the young man what his plans were for the future.
"He looked right at me and told me he was going to be president of the United States," Hulton said.


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Doug Gaff is the PMC Lead for the Device Software Development Platform (DSDP) project - an Eclipse project focused on building an extensible, standards-based platform to address a broad range of needs in the embedded and mobile software development space. Doug is also a Senior Engineering Manager on Wind River's commercial Eclipse-based product, Wind River Workbench, where is responsible for Eclipse open source contributions and adoption of Eclipse technology commercially.
Doug's Eclipse roles include
- DSDP PMC Lead
- 2008-09 Eclipse Board - Elected Committer Representative
- EclipseCon 08 Technical Program Chair
- EclipseCon 06-08 Program Committee - Embedded and Mobile Category
- Architecture and Planning Council Representative for Wind River
Doug is especially passionate about the intersection between open source collaborative development and profitable software business models. He is also interested in how open source processes can be applied to commercial environments (development processes, leadership techniques, communication methods, and infrastructure.)
Doug has over 13 years of embedded software development and management experience and holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Electrical Engineering.
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February 28, 2008
By Phil Norman ('08)
Brian Farrell ('78) started his career at Deloitte and Touche, then joined Hotel Investors Trust where he became CFO. In 1995, Farrell joined THQ where he now serves as Chairman, President and CEO.
THQ is one of the fastest growing video game publishers in the world and Farrell has been instrumental in enabling this growth. Since taking over as CEO in 1995, THQ has had twelve consecutive years of net sales growth, with a twelve-year compound annual revenue growth rate of 44%. A big part of Farrell's strategy has been to focus and invest heavily in game design. "To compete in our industry, we have to do two things really well. First, we have to identify a game mechanic, character and universe that will resonate with game players, and then we have to execute that vision at a high level of quality. Of course, we need solid market positioning and a global sales force, but if we execute well on the game, the rest is a lot easier. You can't market your way out of a bad game."
Farrell loves the varied nature of his job. "I need to set strategy, yet focus on execution. The variation that comes with touching all the relevant parts of the organization, from product development to sales and marketing, from finance to global operations, keeps me charged up and interested. I love the convergence of creative and technology in the videogame space."
If he had more time, Farrell says he would probably try to play more video games, the benefit of working at company such as THQ. Right now, though, he spends most of his time focusing on navigating the highly competitive industry landscape. If he wasn't spending all his time as a busy CEO, Farrell would probably be tending a vineyard somewhere with his wife. Wine is a passion of theirs, although for the time being he remarks that he is going to have to remain on the "drinking side of the equation."
Farrell has always maintained a high level of interaction with UCLA Anderson. "The Anderson degree has been instrumental in my career. I've not used the Anderson network as much as I could have, but am doing more now as a member of the Price Center Board and the Board of Visitors. It's been great utilizing what we used to call Field Study teams for projects here at THQ. We've been very pleased with the results."
Farrell took full advantage of his time at Anderson. He looks back fondly at the great learning experience coupled with the exposure to real world executives. He frequently participated in the Days on the Job and many of the networking brown bag lunches and dinners, providing him access to local leaders like David Geffen. It wasn't all books and resumes, however. Some of his most memorable moments come from the personal relationships he built then that still continue to this day. He adds, "the parties we had at a home some guys rented on Beverly Glen are still part of Anderson legend."
Farrell offers some advice for budding MBAs. "First, pay attention to classes like strategic planning and human resources. As you move up, these skills become more important than technical skills.
"Don't be afraid to start with very broad career goals," he continues. "Refine them as you get more experience. Life doesn't go in a straight line.
"And to budding entrepreneurs," he counsels, "a liquidity event is a sale, not going public. Too many businesses want to go public for the wrong reasons." Perhaps a topic for conversation over a glass of wine.


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When a readers submitted this chalk party, I knew many of you would love this as much as we did and would love to recreate this party.
Start with a chalkboard runner or chalkboard contact paper.
Make your own wooden crates to add some height to the table.
Have fun writing messages, names of recipes and tags with white chalk.
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Developed in partnership with San Francisco officials in 2005, the Willie Mays Boys & Girls Club at Hunters Point serves as the only full-service resource and safe haven for 6- to 18-year-olds in Hunters Point Hill. The Club's signature services include leadership and multimedia programs, behavioral health services, organized sports and organic cooking and gardening programs.
Courtesy of the players charitable foundation, the children will receive round-trip transportation to the game, meet the players, and receive free tickets, food, beverages and souvenirs.
This season, Buses for Baseball will provide transportation and personal greetings for more than 1,500 underprivileged children attending Major League Baseball games as invited guests of their big league heroes. Buses for Baseball will provide many of the children with their first chance to attend a Major League Baseball game.
The Players Trust enjoys support from the San Francisco Giants organization in providing this unique, up close and personal opportunity to share the thrill of Major League Baseball with those less fortunate.
To watch a brief video featuring the Buses for Baseball program, please visit the Players Trust Channel on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/MLBPlayersTrust.
About the Major League Baseball Players Trust
The members of the Major League Baseball Players Association created the Players Trust, a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation, to provide resources of caring to those in need by volunteering in causes close to their hearts and encouraging others to do the same. The foundation became the first of its kind in professional sports established and administered by the players. For additional information, please visit www.MLBPLAYERS.com.


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I drink a pre workout shake of orange juice, banana, one packet oatmeal and one scoop protein powder. How long should I wait to weightlift? Some say 30 to 40 mins and others say an hour and a half.
I drink a pre workout shake of orange juice, banana, one packet oatmeal and one scoop protein powder. How long should I wait to weightlift? Some say 30 to 40 mins and others say an hour and a half.
I wouldn't know bro, I would need science to back it up. I usually have a drink when I am warming up and when I hit the weights, I'm pouring sweat.
Fill your post workout shake with bleach, it does a body good troll.
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You will know when, the weights will tell you when they are ready to be manhandled by your good self. Keep your ears open and wait for your calling .
A few weeks back I suggested to Juli that PaleOMG needed a pre and post workout nutrition post. My idea was that Juli works her magic and cooks some amazing food then the Gang eats them before and after a local weekend CrossFit competition
Brad Jon Schoenfeld, Alan Aragon, Colin Wilborn, Stacie L. Urbina,Sara E. Hayward and James Krieger. Pre- versus post-exercise protein intake has similar effects on muscular adaptations. PeerJ 5:e2825; DOI 10.7717/peerj.2825.
The purpose of this study was to test the anabolic window theory by investigating muscle strength, hypertrophy, and body composition changes in response to an equal dose of protein consumed either immediately pre- versus post-resistance training (RT) in trained men. Subjects were 21 resistance-trained men (>1 year RT experience) recruited from a university population. After baseline testing, participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 experimental groups: a group that consumed a supplement containing 25 g protein and 1 g carbohydrate immediately prior to exercise (PRE-SUPP) (n = 9)or a group that consumed the same supplement immediately post-exercise (POST SUPP)(n = 12). The RT protocol consisted of three weekly sessions performed on non-consecutive days for 10 weeks. A total-body routine was employed with three sets of 8–12 repetitions for each exercise. Results showed that pre- and post-workout protein consumption had similar effects on all measures studied (p > 0.05). These findings refute the contention of a narrow post-exercise anabolic window to maximize the muscular response and instead lends support to the theory that the interval for protein intake may be as wide as several hours or perhaps more after a training bout depending on when the pre-workout meal was consumed.
Here is the conclusion from the full study:
It has been hypothesized that protein ingestion in the immediate post-exercise periodis the most critical nutrient timing strategy for stimulating MPS, and on a chronic basis, optimizing muscular adaptations. In the face of this common presumption, the comparison of protein timed immediately pre- versus post-exercise has both theoretical and practical importance due to individual variations in the availability and/or protein dosing relative to training. In the present study, the presence of a narrow''anabolic window of opportunity'' was not demonstrated as reflected by the fact that PRE-SUPP group showed similar changes in body composition and strength to those who consumed protein immediately post-exercise. Across the range of measures, there were no meaningful results consistently attributable to pre- versus post-exercise protein ingestion.The implications of these findings are that the trainee is free to choose, based on individual factors (i.e., preference, tolerance, convenience, and availability), whether to consume protein immediately pre- or post-exercise.
So it appears that it really doesn't matter as the small window of opportunity post-exercise may be much larger than we thought. My preference is pre-exercise, so aminos, glucose and electrolytes can't be shuttled into the muscle cell by insulin and IGF-1 causing a much greater pump with is considered a form of hypertrophy by the same researchers who did this study.
As for timing, it depends on what your source of protein is. Fish or eggs about 1 hour, chicken about 2 hours and beef 3 hours. Whey protein about 20-30 minutes.
I'm doing it after workout, but i usually drink water or juice and eat a piece of fruit before workout.


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Dems join GOP in Shinseki pile-on
Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki's support on Capitol Hill crumbled on Wednesday as members of his own party deserted him in the aftermath of a highly critical inspector general report that found "systemic" problems at VA medical facilities.
Within just hours of the report's release, the number of Democrats calling for Shinseki's resignation more than doubled. By Wednesday evening, more than a dozen congressional Democrats publicly called for his ouster, joining a growing number of influential Republicans.
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For now, President Barack Obama isn't calling on Shinseki to step down.
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Among those pushing for his dismissal are the Senate's most vulnerable Democrats, whose reelection bids are critical to the party maintaining control of the chamber next year. Democratic Sens. Mark Udall of Colorado, John Walsh of Montana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina released separate statements saying the secretary must go, reflecting pressure to break ranks with the Obama administration during an election year. Late Wednesday night, Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) added their voices to the chorus of Democrats asking for a shake-up in leadership at the VA.
"The systemic problems at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are so entrenched that they require new leadership to be fixed," Udall said in a statement. "Secretary Shinseki must step down."
"The Inspector General's report confirms the worst of the allegations against the VA and its failure to deliver timely care to veterans. It is time for President Obama to remove Secretary Shinseki from office," Walsh said.
( Also on POLITICO: McCain ups ante on Shinseki)
Hagan said "we can no longer put our faith in the current VA leadership's ability to fix these problems."
Senate Democrats plan to address accountability at the VA next week when they return to Washington.
The review released Wednesday found at least 1,700 veterans waiting for health care at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs medical facility were not included on the facility's wait list, and patients there waited an average of 115 days for their first appointments. The probe also documented several schemes used at VA facilities intended to conceal wait times and concluded that the problems are national in scope.
The revelations increased the pressure on Obama as Republicans seek to portray his administration as dysfunctional. White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough briefed Obama on the report. White House press secretary Jay Carney said Obama "found the findings extremely troubling."
( Also on POLITICO: Burr: No apology to vets' groups)
Shinseki said he is directing his organization to immediately assist the hundreds of veterans in Phoenix that are waiting for care and is rapidly accelerating outreach to veterans.
"I have reviewed the interim report, and the findings are reprehensible to me, to this Department, and to Veterans," Shinseki said in a statement that offered no indication that he would step down.
The Democratic criticism wasn't limited to the Senate. Democratic Reps. Scott Peters of California, Bruce Braley of Iowa and Ron Barber of Arizona also called for his dismissal.
Peters and Barber are facing tough challenges from Republicans and Braley is running for an open Senate seat in Iowa.
Another Democrat with a tough road to reelection, Sen. Mark Begich of Alaska, will hold a press conference on the VA on Thursday. And Mary Landrieu's campaign issued a statement highlighting the Louisianan's support for a House-passed bill that would allow the VA to fire those involved in the scandal.
The Democratic response only added to growing criticisms from the GOP.
Three Republicans who are influential on military issues — House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), House Armed Services Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) and Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) — said Shinseki must step aside. The trio had avoided calling for Shinseki's ouster but were swayed by the damning IG report that found scheduling problems — first reported in Arizona — appeared to be of national scope.


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NORTH MANCHESTER, IND. – Manchester University kept itself within striking distance of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference opponent the College of Mt. St. Joseph of Ohio throughout the first 20 minutes before a second half run keyed the visitors Saturday, Jan. 4.
MU opened a quick 5-2 lead and kept as close as two all the way down to 7:37 remaining the first stanza. A 15-8 roll by the Lions opened the margin to 36-27 at the break, and a 12-2 march to open the second frame increased their advantage to 19. MSJ, improving to 6-4 overall and 3-1 in the HCAC, continued on to a 78-53 victory.
Junior forward Jon Thompson (Rushville, Ind.), playing in his first game of 2013-14, continued right where he left off from 2012-13. He registered his third 20-point-plus outing in his last five appearances, dating back to the end of last year, with 23 points on eight-of-15 shooting to go with a team-best five rebounds. Fellow junior Grant Newlin (Muncie, Ind.) tallied 14 points from his guard position to go with four rebounds.
MU (1-10 overall, 0-4 HCAC) continues it season Wednesday, Jan. 8. The Spartans travel to the Spurlock Center on Franklin College's campus for a 7:30 p.m. tipoff.


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In Season: Summer Squash
Our recipe recommendations for what's in season.
Summer squash are a kitchen staple I always turn to in my fridge. They're a delicious way to add some vegetables to a dish, and the simplest dinner in the world is a runny egg over some quickly sautéed coins of summer squash. The crisp squash bits are one of the best bites you'll ever have. Once I bring the squash home from the market, I wrap them in paper towels (two to three per towel depending on size) and stick them in the crisper. And in case you were wondering, zucchini is just one of the many summer squash varieties. [After the jump, an arsenal of summer squash recipes.]
Summer Squash Recipes
- New Potato and Summer Squash Salad
- Warm Salad of Shrimp, Zucchini, and Chili
- Grilled Zucchini and Summer Squash
- Quinoa and Grilled Zucchini
- Zucchini and Chicken Salad
- Preserved Zucchini
- Pasta with Zucchini and Beaten Egg Yolk
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SAN DIEGO -- Although details of a mediation deal in Mayor Bob Filner's sexual harassment lawsuit have not been announced yet, it is increasingly clear that the settlement includes his resignation from office.
Filner was seen Wednesday night loading boxes into an SUV parked outside City Hall -- and driven by a San Diego police officer, part of the mayor's security detail -- apparently after saying farewell to his staff and cleaning out his office.
A special election would be held to fill the mayor's post. Filner would be the fourth of the last seven San Diego mayors to leave midterm, all for different reasons.
Pete Wilson resigned in 1983 after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Roger Hedgecock was ousted in 1995 by his felony conviction for conspiracy and perjury. Dick Murphy resigned in 2005 because he thought it best for the city to have a fresh start in dealing with its pension deficit mess.
At issue in the mediation talks was the possibility of Filner's agreeing to resign in exchange for the City Council agreeing to pay some of his legal fees and potential damages in the sexual harassment lawsuit filed against him by Irene McCormack Jackson, his former director of communications.
The end of the mediation came late Wednesday afternoon after three days of closed-door negotiations between Filner, his three attorneys, City Atty. Jan Goldsmith and two City Council members.
Mediation was overseen by retired federal Judge J. Lawrence Irving, who donated his time. The council will vote on the deal in closed session Friday.
All nine council members and numerous other officials have called for Filner's resignation, and an official recall effort is underway.
Goldsmith said last week he was developing an "exit plan" for the mayor amid harassment allegations and the lawsuit filed by Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred on Jackson's behalf.
On Monday, Allred and Jackson attended the first of the mediation sessions. Allred said Wednesday night she would hold a news conference Thursday with Filner's former fiancee to discuss reports of a mediation deal.
More than a dozen women in recent weeks have accused Filner of sexual misconduct, including inappropriate touching. Even as negotiations were nearing a conclusion, another woman came forward Wednesday.
Michael Pallamary, leader of the recall effort, said Wednesday night the process would continue "until a resignation has been tendered by Filner."
Filner, 70, was elected in November, the city's first Democratic mayor in two decades. Almost immediately his confrontational, abrasive style resulted in friction with City Council members and business leaders.
Filner made a brief appearance at City Hall to talk to his staff Wednesday afternoon before returning to the last mediation session. He refused to answer questions from the press.
"Nice to see you guys," he told reporters.
Anesthesiologist testifies Jackson wanted him to go on tour
Abcarian: San Diego's long Filner nightmare might soon be over
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Launched in 2014, the Secoroc COP 66 hammer proved its worth in hard rock conditions in Northern Sweden.
"It's lighter and shorter, which makes it much easier for the guys to handle. But above all, it's faster."
The Svappavaara region, in the far north of Sweden, is mining company LKAB's newest and fastest growing mining area. Located above the Arctic Circle, Svappavaara has three open pit mines – Mertainen, Leveäniemi and Gruvberget – with Gruvberget as the cor-nerstone of a plan to increase deliveries of iron ore pellets to 37 Mt/y by 2015.
Its mission is to produce two million tonnes of magnetite and hematite ore annu-ally, giving it an approximate life span of eight years, although geologists say that it may be possible to continue mining here beyond 2018.
In its efforts to reach the goal, Gruvberget uses Atlas Copco equipment for all its drill-ing and blasting, including drill rigs for both tophammer and down-the-hole work with DTH hammers, with all rock drilling tools supplied by Atlas Copco Secoroc.
The mine's iron ore is a tough chal-lenge and the equipment is subjected to constant wear and tear. However, things have improved considerably over the past year with the arrival on site of a brand new type of DTH hammer – COP 66. It is Secoroc's newest addition to the COP family and is the successor to the well established and widely used COP 64 Gold.
COP 64 Gold has a solid reputation for speed, reliability and productivity, which has made it a firm favorite among drilling and blasting companies for more than a decade. It was therefore not without some scepticism that the drillers at Gruvberget put the newest addition to the test.
COP 66 was introduced as "a new inno-vation in platform design – faster, lighter and more economical". It is designed for drilling 165–171 mm holes with a drill bit equipped with 16 or 19 mm buttons, with-out a center flushing hole, and operates with air pressures up to 30 bar. The drillers at Gruvberget wanted to see for themselves if the hammer could live up to its description in their mine environment where rock hardness reaches 300 MPa.
In order to reach the iron ore, a substan-tial amount of waste rock has to be removed – approximately 9 Mt annually. This is achieved by a fleet of three Atlas Copco SmartROC D65 drill rigs, three FlexiROC F9 rigs and one FlexiROC D9.
Leif Kemi, Production Manager and Senior Advisor at Gruvberget, explained that the ore contains high concentrations of iron, up to 65%, and that the mine has been relying more on DTH rather than topham-mer drilling simply because in these condi-tions DTH tends to be more efficient.
Kemi explains: "After using the COP 64 Gold for many years we were not sure what to expect from the COP 66 but it has made a big difference. It's lighter and shorter which makes it much easier for the guys to handle, but above all it is much faster. This has enabled us to increase our productivity most likely by 15 to 20 percent – and that's a lot of money saved."
Epiroc operated under the trademark "Atlas Copco" prior to January 1, 2018.


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Welcome to "East is East"
Anybody who's traveled along the ancient silk road will know of the quaint dhabba's (eateries) that have served adventurous travellers through the centuries. Today, these dhabba's have transformed into charming little street vendors that dot the silk road from Mongolia through Tibet, India, Persia, to Istanbul.
At East is East, we capture the vibrant energy of these charming dhabbas that represent the beauty and diverse flavours of this ancient region.
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Our food consists of thoughtfully prepared recipes that will take you on a culinary journey along the Silk and Spice route. Our head Chef was born in Afghanistan, raised in India, and has travelled extensively across the silk route to perfect her art.View Our Menu
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East is East is a dream borne from the minds and hearts of Mustafa and Razaviah, siblings of Afghan descent. Escaping Afghanistan as a family during the soviet war, they relocated in India and traveled throughout the country absorbing the culture through it's language, art and cuisine.Read About Us
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I am The Evina. I do a little bit of everything from making maps for Cry of Fear and Source games to writing fiction novels to programming and web design and many other things. I like to review Source mods. A perfect 10 is reserved for mods that blow my mind. This is a list of mods I have contributed to: G String (voice acting [announcer]), Aperture Beginnings (voice acting [announcer]), Cry of Fear (creator of the custom campaign "The Hole").
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Well done Sam keep it up that's more points for you.
That tickle at the back of your throat...
Thursday and Friday last week I drove to work. Didn't feel like riding, blamed the kids getting up in the night, I felt tired, I felt lazy, I didn't do the usual pre-race mental preparation, I just wanted to go to bed. Sure enough, Saturday morning arrived with that slight niggle at the back of my throat. I just wanted to get through the day, unfortunately the race wasn't until 2pm.
By the time it started I'd warmed up for half an hour but still felt pretty flat, I did the usual thing of thinking it was because I was: wearing shorts for the first time in 2013; hadn't warmed up properly; hadn't ridden for two days; was coming down with the man 'flu. Either way I felt pretty rubbish for the first few laps, so much so that I thought about jacking it in on the 2nd lap, I wasn't enjoying the race like I was last weekend. I was keeping up but I sat at the back out of the wind, having to put in some big efforts to hold the wheels on the faster parts of the course. Then after a few laps, I started to feel better, my throat was dry so I kept drinking and took 3 gels in the last 4 laps.
Off the front
At one point I ended up off the front (main pic), not what I'd planned but there were a few riders on the outside of the bunch who weren't moving up, cue a stupid energy expenditure by me going up the outside and away from the rest of the riders. It lacked conviction and was never going to last long – I was reeled in after a mile or so going into a tight left-hander.
It's not over 'til the former fatty crosses the line
Digs came on the last lap, I tried to place myself well for the finale but everyone's doing the same thing, I ended up boxed in slightly on the run to the line but people inside and outside of me were popping so I kept the power on and wove my way through the ranks and kept sprinting to the line. It certainly got me a few places higher than I thought I would finish - after seeing the finish line, a few riders in front of me sat up to coast over, I was still out of the saddle with the power on and took a few places in the last few metres. The race finishes at the line, not before.
Best of the rest
Monday morning and the results come online through an email from the organiser... a scan through and there I am, 18th place! Made the top 20 afterall. Next quick check is a look at the rider category placings... I finished as the highest place 4th Cat – that's got to be a result to be happy with after feeling rotten in the first part of the race. I'm especially pleased as I was unceremoniously pumped out the back on the 2nd lap of this race last year – 2013 is a huge improvement.
Downhill (after) racing
Things started to go downhill on Saturday after the race, my cough continued, nose started running, banging headache, sore throat – yep, that awful condition... the common cold. I'm glad I was racing on Saturday instead of the Nick Hardy RR near Dundee on Sunday because I don't think I'd have made the journey there feeling under the weather.
On to the next
This week I'll be taking it easy, let the cold sort itself out and get my diet under control again, I've fallen into old habits, partly due to some home made caramel shortbread my wife made on Sunday... there's very little of it left now due to my commitment and dedication to scoffing as much as I could cram into my face. Cycling more in the spring lulls you into a false sense of security and it's easy to feel a pound or two creeping on and making the lycra work for its money.
Next race is a week on Tuesday, the Ingliston Crit series, Cat 4 only so I'm looking forward to it, it's an evening race and I've never done a crit before so it's another new experience. Intervals are on the cards as soon as I feel better!
Note: A general thanks to Ian Henderson for taking pictures and videos of Scottish races.
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Chapeau. Maybe the impending illness taught you a lesson about saving energy in the first half of the race? Did you see Gilbert at Amstel? As casual as you like at the back of the bunch until the last time up the Cauberg, then he properly put the hammer down. Easier said than done, I know. Hope the cold sorts itself out.


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Ohio University Dean of Fine Arts Margaret "Peg" Kennedy-Dygas
May 19, 2014
Dear Alumni and Friends:
This message is to communicate an important decision that has been reached regarding Ohio University's lease with the Monomoy Theatre in Chatham, Mass. Earlier today, President Roderick J. McDavis informed the owners of the Monomoy Theatre that Ohio University will not be renewing its lease of the property beyond Dec. 31, 2014. This decision will not impact the 2014 season which will open on June 17, with the beloved musical, "Kiss Me Kate," and will include 23 Ohio University students and 3 faculty members.
Ohio University has been extremely proud of the summer theater program that has existed at Monomoy for the past 57 years. The property was originally purchased by President and Mrs. John C. Baker in 1958 in order to establish a summer theater program through Ohio University's then School of Theater. The Ohio University Players at Monomoy have presented outstanding productions for decades in Cape Cod, supported not only by Ohio University but also by many donors, the Friends of Monomoy, and in recent years, contributions from the University of Hartford. Attendance has been robust, and the Monomoy Theatre is beloved by many residents of Cape Cod.
Many supporters do not realize that the property has never been owned by Ohio University, but is rather owned by the heirs and descendants of President and Mrs. Baker. The buildings on the grounds of Monomoy are very old and in poor condition. The terms of the lease and upcoming major renovations necessary for the safety of students and staff represent enormous obligations for the leasee, Ohio University.
The potential major investment of funds in a property not owned by Ohio University, and lying far outside its normal service range, represents a situation that would cost the College of Fine Arts and Ohio University a great deal of money without the hope of ever realizing a return on that investment. Moreover, the magnitude of the costs necessary to continue our program at Monomoy would mean severe shortage of funds for our programs on the Athens campus, which is not an acceptable arrangement. This is the fundamental reason for the decision not to renew the lease.
At the same time that this difficult decision regarding Monomoy has been reached, a new partnership opportunity is emerging. As you know, Ohio University has established a new campus in Dublin, Ohio, on land donated by the City of Dublin. Dublin is one of the fastest growing urban areas in Ohio and is culturally rich. The City of Dublin has a strong affinity for Ohio University, and its civic leaders are extremely interested in partnering with Ohio University in areas besides medicine. In particular, they are very interested in our expansion of appropriate arts programs into the community of Dublin. Therefore, we have moved into a visioning conversation about the Division of Theater founding an associated professional resident theater company in Dublin, being housed eventually in a possible future performing arts center there. We will be moving forward this summer with the conversation in order to explore methods of preliminary planning with appropriate city officials, the Dublin Arts Council, and the Dublin City School District.
I know that these changes will be very difficult for many of you who have invested much in our theater programs and in Monomoy. We look forward to celebrating the outstanding history of our program, the leadership of Alan Rust, and the unprecedented support of the Friends of Monomoy during the Ohio University Players' final season this summer. In particular, we look forward to the New England Alumni Chapter's Monomoy Weekend at the end of June as a celebration of our historical relationship with the Monomoy Theatre. Decisions about the future of Monomoy Theatre as a presenting venue will lie in the hands of the owners in dialogue with stakeholders in the east coast region, and Ohio University will be honored to assist with any appropriate transition.
Margaret "Peg" Kennedy-Dygas
Ohio University Dean of Fine Arts


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General Colin Powell addressed the National Endowment for the Humanities on Friday, July 16, in Washington. He discussed ways the national nonprofit organization he chairs, America's Promise— The Alliance for Youth, and the NEH can work together.
The partnership will involve a mutual commitment to developing educational programs that address the needs of disadvantaged youth.
"The longer I get into America's Promise, the more I work with nonprofit organizations, the more I work with government agencies, the more I realize we have to get into the lives of these youngsters as early as possible," Powell said. "It is more than throwing computers at them."
"The National Endowment for the Humanities has tremendous experience in developing interesting educational programs in schools, libraries, the Internet and other community forums," NEH Chairman William R. Ferris said. "Schools for a New Millennium, the EDSITEment educational web site, the Girls Dig It archaeology program, family literacy projects, and other NEH programs share many of the same goals as America's Promise."
As a symbol of the NEH-America's Promise partnership, General Powell presented Chairman Ferris with a little red wagon, representing the tradition of constructive and fun youth activities.
America's Promise, organized in 1997, is dedicated to mobilizing organizations throughout America to help build character and competence in America's youth. Under General Powell's leadership, America's Promise has focused on the needs of the nation's disadvantaged youth by seeking to provide ongoing relationships with caring adults, safe places with structured activities after school, healthy diets, marketable skills, and community service opportunities.


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Droppin' Traces: Part 1 on easyEDA
A Three-Part Series Sampling EDA Tools (PCB Design Software)
Being a technician and working at Digi-Key can be equated to the quintessential "kid in the candy store," only for geeks. Having almost instant access to millions of electronic parts and an internet full of example circuits and tutorials leaves the door wide open to creating a plethora of circuits.
Free-form soldering a circuit is fun one time to prototype something, but more than once is crazy if you have the means to spin a board. Once tested, being able to repeatedly drop your parts down and solder, being confident that the connections are correct, is priceless (in terms of your sanity and time).
In this first of three series, I'll share some of my experiences with easyEDA.com (EDA = Electronic design automation).
We ran across easyEDA.com a few years ago, and I have been dabbling with it here and there. Because it's 100% browser based (no software to install/log in anywhere), it is not only super portable, but also very easy to share projects. It was, however, hard for me to want to invest much effort learning it because, although free and easy to use, there was no reason to believe it wouldn't disappear on a whim. Now it has been purchased by a company so one might feel better about its longevity.
I wanted a blink circuit for my 4-wheeler's LED headlights, so I made this 555 timer to turn off a MOSFET 5% of the time, at 5 Hz.
The easyEDA schematic interface is pretty intuitive, with everything organized well and easy to alter as needed:
Any symbols or footprints are automatically made publicly available in the 'User Contributions' which can be helpful, but be sure to double check them:
The layout is straightforward with the most common settings as default:
Finally, the OSHpark purple PCB goodness manufactured from the generated Gerbers:
(For those unfamiliar, OSHpark charges by the square inch; hence the challenge to see how small I could get it without too easily enabling bridges. And you can have them in any color you wish—as long as that color is purple.)
Worked perfectly.
(Although not shown here; I learned that 1206 SMT parts solder down easily on 0.1" spaced plated through-hole footprints)
Feel free to use this design on easyEDA. Use the 555 calculator from schematica.com, and use the "Astable - Duty cycle > 50%" option to get values for any frequency and duty cycle above 50.
For anyone who has yet to learn to create PCBs (i.e. use EDA tools), there has never been a time like the present. You can learn, design, and order quality PCBs, even in small batches, for a fraction of the price of days' past. Jump in, start simple, leave plenty of space at first, and have some good clean geeky fun.
For those who have used different EDA tools, I hope this glimpse into easyEDA.com was at least entertaining, if not encouraging, should you wish to try something different.
In Part 2 of the series I'll share a glimpse of my experience with KiCad.