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April 11, 2012, 3:51 pm
"Wicked" shows no signs of fading on its fourth visit to Denver
Tonight begins the six-week run of "Wicked" at Denver's Buell Theatre. And, says Denver Center Attractions' honcho Randy Weeks, there are no signs of flagging fondness for the musical about Oz's witches Elphaba and Glinda.
"Denver's the only city with a four-peat," he said on the phone earlier today.
This email from Cynthia Knoebel in response to Sunday's feature about "superfan" Mike Meko may go some way in explaining why.
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Div II Men's Basketball Player of the Week - No. 4
By Chad Waller, Director of Communications and Sports Information
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Greg Miller of Grace (Ind.) has been tabbed the NAIA National Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Miller was selected based on his performances from Jan. 21 - 27 and was chosen out of a pool of conference/independent/unaffiliated group winners.
Miller, a 6-foot-6 junior forward, was an integral part of two wins for Grace last week. He averaged 24.0 points, 10.0 rebounds and 1.5 assists. The Akron, Ind., native shot 60.6 percent (20-of-33) from the field.
Miller tallied 23 points and 10 boards in the 80-77 victory over No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan on Jan. 22. He converted a pivotal three-point play with 38 seconds left to give his team the lead for good. That win pulled the Lancers to within one game in the Crossroads League standings at 9-3. On Jan. 26 at Huntington (Ind.), Miller scored 25 points and again hit a double-double with 10 rebounds in the 81-75 win.
He has now hit for double-digits in points in 17-straight games and 22-of-23 contests. His 12 double-doubles are tied for fifth most in NAIA Division II ranks. In national statistical rankings, Miller is ninth in rebounding average (9.7), 30th in field goal percentage (.541) and 34th in scoring (17.9).
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The next Player of the Week announcement will be on Feb. 5. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Marcus Isaac, Indiana East; Brad Karp, Saint Xavier (Ill.); Luke Lamb, Dakota State (S.D.); Canon Fields, Kansas Wesleyan; Antonio Cannon, Indiana Tech; Brandon Beasley, William Penn (Iowa); Deforest Carter, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); Bernard Parks, Point (Ga.); Ben Miller, Northwestern (Iowa); Chris Jones, Central Christian (Kan.); Brandon Jones, Northern New Mexico; Adam Herman, Concordia (Ore.); Keven Campbell, Cal Maritime.
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Halle Berry has opened up about her "geriatric pregnancy".
The 47-year-old became a mum again in October and told The Ellen DeGeneres Show that she had assumed she was too old to have another baby.
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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 6, by Edward Gibbon, [1788], at sacred-texts.com
I shall not, I trust, be accused of superstition; but I must remark that, even in this world, the natural order of events will sometimes afford the strong appearances of moral retribution. The first Palaeologus had saved his empire by involving the kingdoms of the West in rebellion and blood; and from these scenes of discord uprose a generation of iron men, who assaulted and endangered the empire of his son. In modern times our debts and taxes are the secret poison which still corrodes the bosom of peace: but in the weak and disorderly government of the middle ages, it was agitated by the present evil of the disbanded armies. Too idle to work, too proud to beg, the mercenaries were accustomed to a life of rapine: they could rob with more dignity and effect under a banner and a chief; and the sovereign, to whom their service was useless, and their presence importunate, endeavored to discharge the torrent on some neighboring countries. After the peace of Sicily, many thousands of Genoese, Catalans, 47 &c., who had fought, by sea and land, under the standard of Anjou or Arragon, were blended into one nation by the resemblance of their manners and interest. They heard that the Greek provinces of Asia were invaded by the Turks: they resolved to share the harvest of pay and plunder: and Frederic king of Sicily most liberally contributed the means of their departure. In a warfare of twenty years, a ship, or a camp, was become their country; arms were their sole profession and property; valor was the only virtue which they knew; their women had imbibed the fearless temper of their lovers and husbands: it was reported, that, with a stroke of their broadsword, the Catalans could cleave a horseman and a horse; and the report itself was a powerful weapon. Roger de Flor *_0021 was the most popular of their chiefs; and his personal merit overshadowed the dignity of his prouder rivals of Arragon. The offspring of a marriage between a German gentleman of the court of Frederic the Second and a damsel of Brindisi, Roger was successively a templar, an apostate, a pirate, and at length the richest and most powerful admiral of the Mediterranean. He sailed from Messina to Constantinople, with eighteen galleys, four great ships, and eight thousand adventurers; **_0021 and his previous treaty was faithfully accomplished by Andronicus the elder, who accepted with joy and terror this formidable succor. A palace was allotted for his reception, and a niece of the emperor was given in marriage to the valiant stranger, who was immediately created great duke or admiral of Romania. After a decent repose, he transported his troops over the Propontis, and boldly led them against the Turks: in two bloody battles thirty thousand of the Moslems were slain: he raised the siege of Philadelphia, and deserved the name of the deliverer of Asia. But after a short season of prosperity, the cloud of slavery and ruin again burst on that unhappy province. The inhabitants escaped (says a Greek historian) from the smoke into the flames; and the hostility of the Turks was less pernicious than the friendship of the Catalans. !_0021 The lives and fortunes which they had rescued they considered as their own: the willing or reluctant maid was saved from the race of circumcision for the embraces of a Christian soldier: the exaction of fines and supplies was enforced by licentious rapine and arbitrary executions; and, on the resistance of Magnesia, the great duke besieged a city of the Roman empire. 48 These disorders he excused by the wrongs and passions of a victorious army; nor would his own authority or person have been safe, had he dared to punish his faithful followers, who were defrauded of the just and covenanted price of their services. The threats and complaints of Andronicus disclosed the nakedness of the empire. His golden bull had invited no more than five hundred horse and a thousand foot soldiers; yet the crowds of volunteers, who migrated to the East, had been enlisted and fed by his spontaneous bounty. While his bravest allies were content with three byzants or pieces of gold, for their monthly pay, an ounce, or even two ounces, of gold were assigned to the Catalans, whose annual pension would thus amount to near a hundred pounds sterling: one of their chiefs had modestly rated at three hundred thousand crowns the value of his future merits; and above a million had been issued from the treasury for the maintenance of these costly mercenaries. A cruel tax had been imposed on the corn of the husbandman: one third was retrenched from the salaries of the public officers; and the standard of the coin was so shamefully debased, that of the four-and-twenty parts only five were of pure gold. 49 At the summons of the emperor, Roger evacuated a province which no longer supplied the materials of rapine; ***_0021 but he refused to disperse his troops; and while his style was respectful, his conduct was independent and hostile. He protested, that if the emperor should march against him, he would advance forty paces to kiss the ground before him; but in rising from this prostrate attitude Roger had a life and sword at the service of his friends. The great duke of Romania condescended to accept the title and ornaments of Caesar; but he rejected the new proposal of the government of Asia with a subsidy of corn and money, ****_0021 on condition that he should reduce his troops to the harmless number of three thousand men. Assassination is the last resource of cowards. The Caesar was tempted to visit the royal residence of Adrianople; in the apartment, and before the eyes, of the empress he was stabbed by the Alani guards; and though the deed was imputed to their private revenge, !!_0021 his countrymen, who dwelt at Constantinople in the security of peace, were involved in the same proscription by the prince or people. The loss of their leader intimidated the crowd of adventurers, who hoisted the sails of flight, and were soon scattered round the coasts of the Mediterranean. But a veteran band of fifteen hundred Catalans, or French, stood firm in the strong fortress of Gallipoli on the Hellespont, displayed the banners of Arragon, and offered to revenge and justify their chief, by an equal combat of ten or a hundred warriors. Instead of accepting this bold defiance, the emperor Michael, the son and colleague of Andronicus, resolved to oppress them with the weight of multitudes: every nerve was strained to form an army of thirteen thousand horse and thirty thousand foot; and the Propontis was covered with the ships of the Greeks and Genoese. In two battles by sea and land, these mighty forces were encountered and overthrown by the despair and discipline of the Catalans: the young emperor fled to the palace; and an insufficient guard of light-horse was left for the protection of the open country. Victory renewed the hopes and numbers of the adventures: every nation was blended under the name and standard of the great company; and three thousand Turkish proselytes deserted from the Imperial service to join this military association. In the possession of Gallipoli, !!!_0021 the Catalans intercepted the trade of Constantinople and the Black Sea, while they spread their devastation on either side of the Hellespont over the confines of Europe and Asia. To prevent their approach, the greatest part of the Byzantine territory was laid waste by the Greeks themselves: the peasants and their cattle retired into the city; and myriads of sheep and oxen, for which neither place nor food could be procured, were unprofitably slaughtered on the same day. Four times the emperor Andronicus sued for peace, and four times he was inflexibly repulsed, till the want of provisions, and the discord of the chiefs, compelled the Catalans to evacuate the banks of the Hellespont and the neighborhood of the capital. After their separation from the Turks, the remains of the great company pursued their march through Macedonia and Thessaly, to seek a new establishment in the heart of Greece. 50
After some ages of oblivion, Greece was awakened to new misfortunes by the arms of the Latins. In the two hundred and fifty years between the first and the last conquest of Constantinople, that venerable land was disputed by a multitude of petty tyrants; without the comforts of freedom and genius, her ancient cities were again plunged in foreign and intestine war; and, if servitude be preferable to anarchy, they might repose with joy under the Turkish yoke. I shall not pursue the obscure and various dynasties, that rose and fell on the continent or in the isles; but our silence on the fate of Athens 51 would argue a strange ingratitude to the first and purest school of liberal science and amusement. In the partition of the empire, the principality of Athens and Thebes was assigned to Otho de la Roche, a noble warrior of Burgundy, 52 with the title of great duke, 53 which the Latins understood in their own sense, and the Greeks more foolishly derived from the age of Constantine. 54 Otho followed the standard of the marquis of Montferrat: the ample state which he acquired by a miracle of conduct or fortune, 55 was peaceably inherited by his son and two grandsons, till the family, though not the nation, was changed, by the marriage of an heiress into the elder branch of the house of Brienne. The son of that marriage, Walter de Brienne, succeeded to the duchy of Athens; and, with the aid of some Catalan mercenaries, whom he invested with fiefs, reduced above thirty castles of the vassal or neighboring lords. But when he was informed of the approach and ambition of the great company, he collected a force of seven hundred knights, six thousand four hundred horse, and eight thousand foot, and boldly met them on the banks of the River Cephisus in Boeotia. The Catalans amounted to no more than three thousand five hundred horse, and four thousand foot; but the deficiency of numbers was compensated by stratagem and order. They formed round their camp an artificial inundation; the duke and his knights advanced without fear or precaution on the verdant meadow; their horses plunged into the bog; and he was cut in pieces, with the greatest part of the French cavalry. His family and nation were expelled; and his son Walter de Brienne, the titular duke of Athens, the tyrant of Florence, and the constable of France, lost his life in the field of Poitiers Attica and Boeotia were the rewards of the victorious Catalans; they married the widows and daughters of the slain; and during fourteen years, the great company was the terror of the Grecian states. Their factions drove them to acknowledge the sovereignty of the house of Arragon; and during the remainder of the fourteenth century, Athens, as a government or an appanage, was successively bestowed by the kings of Sicily. After the French and Catalans, the third dynasty was that of the Accaioli, a family, plebeian at Florence, potent at Naples, and sovereign in Greece. Athens, which they embellished with new buildings, became the capital of a state, that extended over Thebes, Argos, Corinth, Delphi, and a part of Thessaly; and their reign was finally determined by Mahomet the Second, who strangled the last duke, and educated his sons in the discipline and religion of the seraglio.
Athens, 56 though no more than the shadow of her former self, still contains about eight or ten thousand inhabitants; of these, three fourths are Greeks in religion and language; and the Turks, who compose the remainder, have relaxed, in their intercourse with the citizens, somewhat of the pride and gravity of their national character. The olive-tree, the gift of Minerva, flourishes in Attica; nor has the honey of Mount Hymettus lost any part of its exquisite flavor: 57 but the languid trade is monopolized by strangers, and the agriculture of a barren land is abandoned to the vagrant Walachians. The Athenians are still distinguished by the subtlety and acuteness of their understandings; but these qualities, unless ennobled by freedom, and enlightened by study, will degenerate into a low and selfish cunning: and it is a proverbial saying of the country, "From the Jews of Thessalonica, the Turks of Negropont, and the Greeks of Athens, good Lord deliver us!" This artful people has eluded the tyranny of the Turkish bashaws, by an expedient which alleviates their servitude and aggravates their shame. About the middle of the last century, the Athenians chose for their protector the Kislar Aga, or chief black eunuch of the seraglio. This Aethiopian slave, who possesses the sultan's ear, condescends to accept the tribute of thirty thousand crowns: his lieutenant, the Waywode, whom he annually confirms, may reserve for his own about five or six thousand more; and such is the policy of the citizens, that they seldom fail to remove and punish an oppressive governor. Their private differences are decided by the archbishop, one of the richest prelates of the Greek church, since he possesses a revenue of one thousand pounds sterling; and by a tribunal of the eight geronti or elders, chosen in the eight quarters of the city: the noble families cannot trace their pedigree above three hundred years; but their principal members are distinguished by a grave demeanor, a fur cap, and the lofty appellation of archon. By some, who delight in the contrast, the modern language of Athens is represented as the most corrupt and barbarous of the seventy dialects of the vulgar Greek: 58 this picture is too darkly colored: but it would not be easy, in the country of Plato and Demosthenes, to find a reader or a copy of their works. The Athenians walk with supine indifference among the glorious ruins of antiquity; and such is the debasement of their character, that they are incapable of admiring the genius of their predecessors. 59
47 In this motley multitude, the Catalans and Spaniards, the bravest of the soldiery, were styled by themselves and the Greeks Amogavares. Moncada derives their origin from the Goths, and Pachymer (l. xi. c. 22) from the Arabs; and in spite of national and religious pride, I am afraid the latter is in the right.
*_0021 On Roger de Flor and his companions, see an historical fragment, detailed and interesting, entitled "The Spaniards of the Fourteenth Century," and inserted in "L'Espagne en 1808," a work translated from the German, vol. ii. p. 167. This narrative enables us to detect some slight errors which have crept into that of Gibbon. - G.
**_0021 The troops of Roger de Flor, according to his companions Ramon de Montaner, were 1500 men at arms, 4000 Almogavares, and 1040 other foot, besides the sailors and mariners, vol. ii. p. 137. - M.
!_0021 Ramon de Montaner suppresses the cruelties and oppressions of the Catalans, in which, perhaps, he shared. - M
48 Some idea may be formed of the population of these cities, from the 36,000 inhabitants of Tralles, which, in the preceding reign, was rebuilt by the emperor, and ruined by the Turks. (Pachymer, l. vi. c. 20, 21.)
49 I have collected these pecuniary circumstances from Pachymer, (l. xi. c. 21, l. xii. c. 4, 5, 8, 14, 19,) who describes the progressive degradation of the gold coin. Even in the prosperous times of John Ducas Vataces, the byzants were composed in equal proportions of the pure and the baser metal. The poverty of Michael Palaeologus compelled him to strike a new coin, with nine parts, or carats, of gold, and fifteen of copper alloy. After his death, the standard rose to ten carats, till in the public distress it was reduced to the moiety. The prince was relieved for a moment, while credit and commerce were forever blasted. In France, the gold coin is of twenty-two carats, (one twelfth alloy,) and the standard of England and Holland is still higher.
***_0021 Roger de Flor, according to Ramon de Montaner, was recalled from Natolia, on account of the war which had arisen on the death of Asan, king of Bulgaria. Andronicus claimed the kingdom for his nephew, the sons of Asan by his sister. Roger de Flor turned the tide of success in favor of the emperor of Constantinople and made peace. - M.
****_0021 Andronicus paid the Catalans in the debased money, much to their indignation. - M.
!!_0021 According to Ramon de Montaner, he was murdered by order of Kyr Michael, son of the emperor. p. 170. - M.
!!!_0021 Ramon de Montaner describes his sojourn at Gallipoli: Nous etions si riches, que nous ne semions, ni ne labourions, ni ne faisions enver des vins ni ne cultivions les vignes: et cependant tous les ans nous recucillions tour ce qu'il nous fallait, en vin, froment et avoine. p. 193. This lasted for five merry years. Ramon de Montaner is high authority, for he was "chancelier et maitre rational de l'armee," (commissary of rations.) He was left governor; all the scribes of the army remained with him, and with their aid he kept the books in which were registered the number of horse and foot employed on each expedition. According to this book the plunder was shared, of which he had a fifth for his trouble. p. 197. - M.
50 The Catalan war is most copiously related by Pachymer, in the xith, xiith, and xiiith books, till he breaks off in the year 1308. Nicephorus Gregoras (l. vii. 3 - 6) is more concise and complete. Ducange, who adopts these adventurers as French, has hunted their footsteps with his usual diligence, (Hist. de C. P. l. vi. c. 22 - 46.) He quotes an Arragonese history, which I have read with pleasure, and which the Spaniards extol as a model of style and composition, (Expedicion de los Catalanes y Arragoneses contra Turcos y Griegos: Barcelona, 1623 in quarto: Madrid, 1777, in octavo.) Don Francisco de Moncada Conde de Ossona, may imitate Caesar or Sallust; he may transcribe the Greek or Italian contemporaries: but he never quotes his authorities, and I cannot discern any national records of the exploits of his countrymen.
Note: Ramon de Montaner, one of the Catalans, who accompanied Roger de Flor, and who was governor of Gallipoli, has written, in Spanish, the history of this band of adventurers, to which he belonged, and from which he separated when it left the Thracian Chersonese to penetrate into Macedonia and Greece. - G.
The autobiography of Ramon de Montaner has been published in French by M. Buchon, in the great collection of Memoires relatifs a l'Histoire de France. I quote this edition. - M.
51 See the laborious history of Ducange, whose accurate table of the French dynasties recapitulates the thirty-five passages, in which he mentions the dukes of Athens.
52 He is twice mentioned by Villehardouin with honor, (No. 151, 235;) and under the first passage, Ducange observes all that can be known of his person and family.
53 From these Latin princes of the xivth century, Boccace, Chaucer. and Shakspeare, have borrowed their Theseus duke of Athens. An ignorant age transfers its own language and manners to the most distant times.
54 The same Constantine gave to Sicily a king, to Russia the magnus dapifer of the empire, to Thebes the primicerius; and these absurd fables are properly lashed by Ducange, (ad Nicephor. Greg. l. vii. c. 5.) By the Latins, the lord of Thebes was styled, by corruption, the Megas Kurios, or Grand Sire!
55 Quodam miraculo, says Alberic. He was probably received by Michael Choniates, the archbishop who had defended Athens against the tyrant Leo Sgurus, (Nicetas urbs capta, p. 805, ed. Bek.) Michael was the brother of the historian Nicetas; and his encomium of Athens is still extant in Ms. in the Bodleian library, (Fabric. Bibliot. Graec tom. vi. p. 405.) Note: Nicetas says expressly that Michael surrendered the Acropolis to the marquis. - M.
56 The modern account of Athens, and the Athenians, is extracted from Spon, (Voyage en Grece, tom. ii. p. 79 - 199,) and Wheeler, (Travels into Greece, p. 337 - 414,) Stuart, (Antiquities of Athens, passim,) and Chandler, (Travels into Greece, p. 23 - 172.) The first of these travellers visited Greece in the year 1676; the last, 1765; and ninety years had not produced much difference in the tranquil scene.
57 The ancients, or at least the Athenians, believed that all the bees in the world had been propagated from Mount Hymettus. They taught, that health might be preserved, and life prolonged, by the external use of oil, and the internal use of honey, (Geoponica, l. xv. c 7, p. 1089 - 1094, edit. Niclas.)
58 Ducange, Glossar. Graec. Praefat. p. 8, who quotes for his author Theodosius Zygomalas, a modern grammarian. Yet Spon (tom. ii. p. 194) and Wheeler, (p. 355,) no incompetent judges, entertain a more favorable opinion of the Attic dialect.
59 Yet we must not accuse them of corrupting the name of Athens, which they still call Athini. We have formed our own barbarism of Setines.
Note: Gibbon did not foresee a Bavarian prince on the throne of Greece, with Athens as his capital. - M.


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Friday, April 27, 2007
A Casualty of War
Dick Bickley was born in Sandusky on August 1, 1892, the son of Charles and Elizabeth Bickley; he lived with his family on Second Street. It was a large family -- three sisters and five brothers. When he reached adulthood, Dick went to work, first as a clerk in the Manhattan Clothing shop, then into the factory, like many men of the time. By 1917, Dick Bickley was a machinist in the Dauch Manufacturing Company factory on First Street, working on farm tractors and motors.
Although Americans were experiencing peace and relative prosperity, all was not well in the world. Since 1914, Europe had been trapped in a terrible, stalemated war; by 1917, the United States of America could no longer resist the pressures to enter this foreign war. Like thousands of other young American men, Dick Bickley left his home and work in Sandusky, and entered the Army.
Private Paul J. Bickley (known as Dick by his friends) entered service with Company K of of the 329th Infantry in September 1917; in June of 1918, he was sent to Europe with the American Expeditionary Forces to join the fight.
Around October 9, 1918, death approached Dick Bickley in a trench on the front lines, although it didn't finish its work until nearly ten years later. Like thousands of other men on both sides of that war, he was victimized in a poison gas attack. It was most likely mustard gas that wounded Dick Bickley, although many gases were used in the Great War, including phosgene and chlorine gas. The principal effects of mustard gas are severe burns and difficulty breathing. Discharged from the military in May 1919, Dick spent much (if not all) of his remaining service time in hospitals.
Even after he returned to his homeland, his war injuries kept him from spending much time at his home. He travelled to several government hospitals in the United States for treatment. It was only in his last year of life that Dick Bickley was able to live consistently at home. Despite the destruction of his body, his spirit remained strong, as we can see in the memorial article a friend wrote for him in the Sandusky Register (April 24, 1928): "he had a sunny disposition and it carried him through many a siege of sickness." It seems that his death was quick and merciful.
Dick Bickley's story is one of many personal stories preserved in the collections of the Sandusky Library Archives Research Center. Although he was not wealthy, highly educated, or well-known beyond his circle of friends, his story is an important one. If you have records documenting other important community stories, please consider donating those materials to the Sandusky Library.
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I am a native Sanduskian, with many Bickleys in my family tree, including Charles Sylvester & Elizabeth (Spencer) Bickley, who lived at 1138 2nd St. in 1920. In my data, I have a son with them, Jay E. Bickley, born August 1892. Can anyone tell me if this is the same person as Paul in the article? I have Jay enlisting 23 July 1917. I am wondering if I should change the name in my files.
Wayne P.
- Thursday, May 3, 2007 at 5:49:00 PM EDT
- Sandusky Library Archives said...
I feel very certain that Dick Bickley is the same person as your ancestor, listed as Jay Bickley. His real name was Paul Jay Bickley, but there is evidence (in the 1910-11 Sandusky City Directory) that he may have gone by Jay P. Bickley at some point. The Ancestry.com database (probably available at your local library) shows his birthdate as Aug. 1, 1892 on his military registration card, signed June 5, 1917. The other information you have matches exactly, so I feel sure that you have the right person.
- Monday, May 7, 2007 at 1:55:00 PM EDT
It's remarkable to think of how many more causalities of war there may have been that were never counted because the damage took years to kill.
Fascinating story and great blog. :)
- Saturday, February 23, 2008 at 4:49:00 PM EST
- pj44870 said...
According to the 15th US 1930 Census data sheet dated April 15, 1930 Clara Elizabeth (Bickley)- my grandmother and her husband Francis (Frank) Augustus Borsich(k)and have 6 kids Ellen 13, William?? 10 (Frank Jr.), June 6, Paul 4 and 5/12, Jean 3 and 2/12, and Joseph 1 and have moved to an $18 a month rental at 1117 Second St., Sandusky, Erie Co, OH, USA . Frank is still molder at foundary, Clara is homemaker. This address is just afew doors from 1138 2nd St. where Wayne Pfaff says other Bickley's lived. I'm sure they were related.
- Tuesday, December 27, 2011 at 3:09:00 PM EST
- birddog1148 said...
I think my grandfather was in basic training with him. I have his company picture from Feb 1918 of Co K 29th Inf at Camp Sherman Ohio.
- Friday, February 27, 2015 at 7:04:00 PM EST


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Named one of Filmmaker Magazine's 25 New Faces of Film in 2008, Ryan Koo co-wrote, directed, shot, and edited the "urban western" web series The West Side, which won the Webby Award for Best Drama. His first feature script MANCHILD has been supported by the Independent Feature Project (IFP), the Film Society of Lincoln Center, and the Tribeca Film Institute. He is also the founder of nofilmschool.com, which won Total Film's Best Creative Blog award in 2011. Thanks in large part to the community at No Film School, he was able to raise $125,000 on Kickstarter to fund MANCHILD's forthcoming production.
The Tribeca Film Institute is a 501(c)(3) year-round nonprofit arts organization founded by Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal, and Craig Hatkoff in the wake of September 11, 2001. TFI empowers filmmakers through grants and professional development, and is a resource for and supporter of individual artists in the field. The Institute's educational programming leverages an extensive network of people in the film industry to help New York City students learn filmmaking and gain the media skills necessary to be productive citizens and creative individuals in the 21st century.
Sponsored by the School of Media Studies.
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Pitchers and catchers reported to Spring Training on Monday, and this week, Barry Bonds is back in action, too.
The former Giants slugger and all-time home run champion is in federal court on Wednesday for an appeal of his obstruction of justice conviction.
Bonds was convicted in 2011 of obstructing justice by the evasive testimony he gave in 2003 during a grand jury investigation of BALCO, the Bay Area labs at the center of the steroid scandal.
Three judges will hear Bonds' appeal of the conviction and will issue a decision at a later date.


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Mario is Missing
Mario is missing and it is the job of Luigi to find him. Great platforming and head-stomping action.
With 90 exit(s) it'll take you takes to complete make sure to save your progressive.
As Always, Good Luck and Have Fun.
Buy new Mario Games at the Amazon Store or Nintendo Store.Controller to Keyboard Mapping:
Only keyboard is required to play. Pretend your keyboard is the a game controller. Check the controller setting by clicking the "Set Up Keyboard" button at the bottom of the game. A console-to-keyboard mapping will be displayed, for example, a - Z, mean "a" button on console/joystick is equal to Z key on your keyboard.
Start/Pause = Enter
|Default Mapping
|Inside The Game
|Your Keyboard
|Move/D-PAD =
|[W],[A],[S],[D] on Keyboard
|A, B, X, Y Button =
|[J], [K], [I], [L] on Keyboard
|L, R Button =
|[U], [O] on Keyboard
|[Enter], [Space-Bar] on Keyboard
You can change the controller to whatever you want.
SAVE progress anytime to your local computer and come back later and load it up by using the "Save State" and "Load State" button at the bottom.
*Must use CHROME browser to click play.


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Stairlift Nottingham – The Advantages in Your Home
If you live in a home with more than one storey and have people living with you who are unable to climb stairs comfortably, then what you need is a stair lift. Stair lifts are extremely useful, especially in cases where you cannot afford to add another room to your ground floor. Stair lifts also saves you from the hassle of shifting houses again and again.
Stair lifts come in wide varieties. Some stair lifts have a chair fixed on them, and the person who needs to move to another floor sits on it and can thus easily be transported to the other floor. Another kind of stair life has a platform instead of a chair, and is especially useful if there is need to move the ill person in a wheelchair, or if the person prefers to stand rather than sit.
A stair lift runs on wheels that move along a railing that is fitted into your staircase, and upon pressing a single button the lift moves the person or thing on the platform or chair onto the next floor. This convenience is becoming fairly common in homes having elderly people, since it provides them ease of movement.
The biggest advantage of this is that it provides mobility to the person who needs it. Furthermore, stair lifts gives you complete independence and you can easily move about from one floor to another without asking for help from anyone.
The second advantage is that it saves you from either spending a lot of money on constructing new living space downstairs, or from moving people around the house to reshuffle the rooms so that the person unable to climb the stairs can have a room downstairs. This also saves you from having to move, or get another bathroom constructed if you don't have one on the ground floor.
Thirdly, it can carry heavy loads on it, up to four hundred pounds, and you can also use this to move objects between floors. No longer will you have to carry heavy furniture up the stairs when you are redecorating. You can now put those things on the stair lift and have it carry the load for you.
This system is not only for use of the person who is ill. Children will love it and use it as a game, and anyone can use it if they are unable to climb up or down the steps. So, if someone is feeling very tired, or are for whatever reason unwilling to climb up the stairs, they can use this as well. If someone does not want to take the risk of climbing or descending the stairs themselves, for example pregnant women, then this is a great option for them as well.
The lift operates on battery or on your regular electricity supply. The battery option is more expensive, but they will also function during a power outage. Stair lifts are also really safe, and also there is no danger of someone falling from it as it offers a very smooth ride.


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Herman Miller Easy Chair
This Lounge Chair, in the collection of the New Jersey Historical Society, consists of a wood frame which supports a padded seat and back. The seat and back are then covered with camel color, polynit upholstery with brass tacks. The legs are painted dark grey wood. Price History: price varies with fabric from $35 to $63. Herman Miller Trade Name: Easy Chair Product Number: 3950
Muted turquoise crepe evening gown from the late 1930s or early 1940s
Woman's muted turquoise crepe evening gown having a straight undecorated skirt, fitted, dropped waist. The dress has a round, jewel neckline, cap sleeves (shoulder pads have been removed), and a bodice decorated with 1 1/2" x 3/4" beaded ovals in shades of pink, black, silver, and gold. Three lines of pink and silver beads edge the neck and sleeves. Side zipper. 6 1/2" wide gathered panel in back, starting from a 2 1/4" wide strip of machine shirring at the waist seam, suggests a bustle. La…


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MSHA's monthly special impact inspections, which began in force in April 2010 following the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine, involve mines that merit increased agency attention and enforcement due to their poor compliance history or particular compliance concerns. These concerns include high numbers of violations or closure orders; frequent hazard complaints or hotline calls; plan compliance issues; inadequate workplace examinations; a high number of accidents, injuries or illnesses; fatalities; adverse conditions such as increased methane liberation, faulty roof conditions and inadequate ventilation; and respirable dust.
"We continue to identify operators who have not gotten the message," said Joseph A. Main, assistant secretary of labor for mine safety and health. "Exposure to harmful levels of respirable dust is unacceptable. Not conducting adequate examinations is unacceptable. Miners deserve better."
TRC Mining Corp.
For example, MSHA conducted an impact inspection at TRC Mining Corp.'s #2 mine in Letcher County, Ky., on Nov. 27. Enforcement personnel issued 23 citations and seven orders, including five unwarrantable failure orders and two failure-to-abate orders for previously issued citations. The five unwarrantable failure orders were issued for failure to follow the approved ventilation plan, failure to properly maintain and repair mine seals and failure to conduct adequate pre-shift examinations. The orders closed the entire underground portion of the mine.
Subsequent to this inspection, the mine operator changed the mine status to non-producing, with four miners working one shift per day. The operator also submitted a plan to remove equipment from the mine on Dec. 7 and to have the removal completed by Jan. 1. This was the third impact inspection at the mine.
The operator's approved ventilation plan on the mechanized mining unit stipulates the installation of a line curtain within 14 feet of each working face with a minimum air quantity in all 10 entries. Mining was underway when inspectors arrived to find either no line curtain where required or line curtains in excess of the required 14 feet; at one point a line curtain was installed 35 feet from the face. No air movement could be detected behind the curtains in four entries, and they did not extend into the last open cross-cut to maintain the necessary minimum air quantity.
The operator also did not properly maintain the water spray system – provided for the belt drive transfer point – in an operable condition. At the time of the inspection, coal was running on the belt line at this location. The water supply had been turned off at the cutoff valve (where the branch line connects to the main water line).
The mine also was cited for violations of annual retraining requirements, inadequate roof support, no warning devices at the end of permanent roof support, blocked personnel doors along each side of the #1 beltline, pre-shift examinations not recorded, failure to maintain the primary intake escape way, accumulations of combustible material in areas of the mine, and improperly maintained mining and electrical equipment and fire suppression systems.
BHP Copper
Also last month, MSHA conducted an impact inspection at the BHP Copper Inc., Pinto Valley Operation in Gila County, Ariz., where a miner was fatally injured in a fall in September. Federal inspectors issued 40 citations and two orders during the Nov. 6-21 inspection.
Inspectors issued two unwarrantable failure orders during this inspection, one for failure to provide barricades or signs warning miners of fall hazard at the North Mine Pit, Castle Dome building. This standard has been cited five times in the past 2 years. A second such order was issued for not providing a barricade, railing or barrier to prevent miners from over-traveling a steep, uneven, rocky dropoff located south of the Rectifier Building.
Hazardous conditions resulted in six citations for damaged electrical conductors that potentially could expose miners to electrical shock . This hazardous condition has been cited 14 times in the past 2 years at this mine. Five citations were issued for failure to conduct continuity and resistance testing of the grounding system on power cords, power strips, power supplies and a portable band saw, exposing miners to possible electrical shock hazards. This standard has been cited 14 times in the past 2 years at this mine. Four citations were issued for improper storage of supplies, parts and materials and for exposing miners to slip, trip, falls and fall of material hazards. This standard has been cited eight times in the past 2 years at this mine.
Four citations were issued because high-pressure hoses located at the shop bay, electrician shop, primary crusher and secondary crusher building were not equipped with safety chains or locking devices to prevent a connection failure, creating the potential of a violent hose-whipping action if a hose came apart. This standard was cited one time in the past 2 years.
Since April 2010, MSHA has conducted 539 impact inspections and issued 9,445 citations, 900 orders and 40 safeguards.


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Fed Officials knew details of American International Group's contentious bonus payments five months before the debacle erupted and they did not alert the Obama administration, The Washington Post reported Wednesday citing documents.
The documents show that senior officials at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were deeply involved with AIG, lawyers, auditors and public relations firms about a possible public outburst regarding the payments, according to the report.
Timothy Geithner was the head of the New York Fed at the time, before his current role as Treasury secretary, but was not among the Fed officials shown to be aware of the potential furor, the Post said citing summaries of phone calls, correspondence and other documents.
The documents also showed which members of the government, outside of the New York Fed, knew about the AIG (NYSE: AIG) bonuses and when, according to the report.
Key members of Congress began investigating the issue as long ago as October and repeatedly warned the Treasury about the problem from January, the paper said.
In early March, when the Obama administration was finally up to speed with the issue, the New York Fed had determined that AIG was legally bound to pay the bonuses to its Financial Products division, the report said.
The public outcry over the bonus payments at AIG erupted in mid-March and the implications of the case are still being felt on Wall Street.
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Monday, March 4, 2013
An adoption in the 1800s
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Heather, thanks for sharing. I have a confusing adoption situation (in fact, two) with ties outside the U.S. - much harder to muddle through - so it's helpful to read what others have found.ReplyDelete
Excellent research -- congratulations on your find!ReplyDelete
I'm glad to know that adoptions were informal and often between family and extended family. I just found out recently that my grandmother and her siblings were adopted, and maybe by using extended family I can find out which relative adopted them. I found her at 3 years old on the 1880 census, and now I'll have to trace back. Hope I can find it before I reach the census years when family members aren't named!ReplyDelete
I guess you're saying that Levi felt he couldn't raise Mary by himself.Replies
I've written about Levi before. He was a mariner (a sailor) so I suppose he wasn't even home most of the time. There was a little boy named Lawrence K. Younger (abt 1824 - 1849) but I don't know who took him in. Levi eventually remarried in abt 1838, and then again after 1845 but there is no evidence he ever had any more children.Delete
My great, great , grandmother was adopted in 1879. Both of her parents died with influenza . We'll the problem is that she was a1/2 Cherokee and 1/2 Choctaw. And she is dead now of course. Which leads me to my problem, have been trying to get our family their roll number. But I have to find some way to prove who her real parents were, not just by word of mouth. The family that took her in was Irish and French. So where could I look next.ReplyDelete


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Data Collection Requirements
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Over the years I've written emails with data collection requirements dozens of times, with varying degrees of clarity. It would be better, wouldn't it, to write it once. I don't think I can get out of the business of writing such emails entirely but here's a goodly chunk of it. Another thing that struck me is that the value of some types of data has increased enormously... [More]
How Many Eggs In Which Baskets?
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You wouldn't put all your eggs in one basket, CICSwise, would you? A naive reading of the CICS TS 5.1 announcement materials might lead you to suppose you could . This post is about thinking about your CICS region portfolio in the light of this announcement. While every CICS release introduces capabilities that makes it worthwhile to review your region portfolio, 5.1 majors on... [More]
Are You Being Served?
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As you will've seen in WLM Response Time Distribution Reporting With RMF I've been thinking about WLM Response Time goals quite a bit recently. And this post continues the train of thought. It's very easy to think of WLM Service Classes as being self contained. For many that's true - and only their own performance numbers need to be considered for us to understand their... [More]
WLM Response Time Distribution Reporting With RMF
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If you're running a workload with WLM Percentile Response Time goals take a look at the RMF Service Class Period Response Time Goal Attainment instrumentation. It's in the Workload Activity Report but this post is about using the raw data to tell the story better than a single snapshot (or long-term "munging") can. (An example of a percentile response time goal is "90% of transactions must end... [More]
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It's been almost four years since I wrote DB2 Data Sharing and XCF Job Name . It mostly stands the test of time but there are a couple of things I want to bring up. I was in the DB2 Development lab a couple of days ago, talking with a couple of developer friends about DB2 Data Sharing and XCF. They know DB2 Data Sharing and IRLM much better than I do but XCF not so much. (It's probable that XCF... [More]
DB2 Timings For CICS Transactions - With Thread Reuse
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There was a time before blogging and what I'm about to talk about is something I used to explain quite often back in those days. Reminded by a current customer situation - and needing to explain it again - I thought it time to do it this way. (Here I'm presenting a simplified view, but one that covers the salient features that might help you.) The CICS / DB2 Connection code provides a number of... [More]
Self-Documenting Systems (Actually Coupling Facilities) - One Year On
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About a year ago I posted: A Small Step For RMF, A Giant Leap For Self-Documenting Systems . A year on I've encountered some customer data that's made me go "huh?", related to this. In the referenced post I mentioned R744FLPN, the Coupling Facility's LPAR Number. For the first time I've seen data where the match - with SMF 70 Logical Partition Number (in Logical Partition Section) -... [More]
Hackday X - Batch Analytics Baby Steps
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Hackday X was good clean fun yesterday - though I think it deserves more than one kiss. Seriously, for once I think I have a hack that actually worked - at least up to a point. I called my entry "z/OS Batch Analytics Baby Steps" and I think that's about right. My purpose in taking part in successive Hackdays has been more to participate rather than to win any prizes, and to wave the flag a little... [More]
New CPU Information In SMF Type 30 Records
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Round about now you'd be expecting posts to be geared towards the recent zEC12 announcement, or perhaps CICS TS 5.1 or the DB2 11 Preview, or IDAA V3. So what this post is about will probably have slipped by unnoticed. After all you don't spend all your time looking for obscure New Function APARs, do you? But I think some of you will find this one of value, or at least quite interesting. (I... [More]
Some Things You Might Not Know About VSAM SMF Type 64 Records
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This was originally going to be a different post about VSAM's SMF 64 record, based on a customer situation. But it's morphed into something else: A round up of "recent" enhancements to the SMF 64 record. "Recent" is a nice euphemism: Some of these enhancements are 15 years old. But let's start the story at (or at any rate nearer to) the beginning... Back in the early... [More]
Games You Can Play With Timestamps
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I've written extensively in the past about what you can glean about batch suites from SMF, most notably SMF Type 30. While I don't believe SMF alone can give you the full dependency network (complete with validation) I've just added some analysis to my code that gets me a little closer. As you're probably never going to run my code the bit that would be interesting is the kind of inferences it's... [More]
Another Usage Of Usage Information
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This post is about unusual ways of using the SMF 30 Usage Data information, some of which you're certain to want if you're managing z/OS systems' performance. A long time ago I noticed character strings in SMF 30 records that looked like product names. (As is my wont I was looking at the raw Type 30 records for a different purpose and spotted them.) Some time later I figured out these were Usage... [More]
The Low Down on Up Time
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You Might Just Be A Clone If...
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Drawing The Line
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You'd think it would be pretty simple to draw a line. Right? This post discusses an enhancement I'd like to make to my current reporting - and I'm pretty sure that technically I can do it. The question is whether I should . Consider my current "Memory by address space within Service Class" graph. Here's a sample: And here's what I think I might like it to look like: Obviously the line's... [More]


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DAHLONEGA, Ga. – With a Peach Belt Conference Tournament berth secured, it was time for the Georgia Southwestern Lady Hurricanes to improve their positioning as they took on the North Georgia Lady Saints. The Lady Saints, with PBC leading scorer Jaymee Carnes, were also looking to improve the PBC Tournament picture. Saturday's decision went to the Lady Hurricanes by the score of 84-73.
GSW junior forward Adrian Randall had a career night and was the story of the game. Her 27 points and six blocks were career highs while her 16 rebounds was the second highest total of her career. Not only did she put up the type of numbers that won her PBC Player of the Week honors in December, but she would get the best of three-time PBC player of the week Jaymee Carnes. Carnes, who was averaged 26 points and eleven rebounds would finish the night with an impressive 18 points and 17 rebounds.
North Georgia jumped out early as they would lead by five points at the game's first media timeout and seven points by the second media timeout. The early deficit for GSW was fueled by the starting trio guards of Bivins, Branch and Walters scoring a combined two points in the game's first ten minutes. As a team Georgia Southwestern shot 23% from the field through the game's first ten minutes.
Coach Britsky's words and adjustments during the second media timeout appeared to sink in as the Blue & Gold would go on an 18-2 run to lead the game at 29-20 with 3:34 to play in the first half. GSW would slow down to close the half and lead 34-30 at the break.
The Lady Hurricanes would raise their shooting to 33.3% from the field by halftime but it was no thanks to their 1-11 (9.1%) shooting from beyond the arc in the half. While the rebounding battle was tied at 23 rebounds per team, GSW was able to force North Georgia into eleven first-half turnovers.
After only scoring two points in the first ten minutes, GSW guard trio (Branch, Bivins and Walters) would score ten points by halftime. Jessica Jones would lead all GSW players with eight points. Adrian Randall would tally seven points and six rebounds in the game's initial half.
The PBC's leading scorer, Jaymee Carnes, would score eleven points while grabbing nine rebounds to lead the Lady Saints in the first half. She was the half's only double-digit scorer, for either team, in the first half.
Adrian Randall would explode in the second half. She would score 18 of her 27 points and grab eleven of her 16 rebounds for the game in the second half. Randall would also be part of the GSW defense that held Carnes to just seven points in the second half. In fact, Carnes would finish about eight points below her season average. Randall was joined by Jessica Bivins as two Lady Hurricanes who scored ten points or more in the second half. Terra Branch was right behind the two with nine second-half points.
The GSW win puts their record at 17-7 (8-6 PBC), which continues their best season as a NCAA Division II and Peach Belt Conference member. They will look to continue the improvement in their home finale on Wednesday, February 22nd. Wednesday's 5:30 tip-off against Georgia College will be "Senior Night" in honor of GSW's five seniors; Terra Branch, Samantha Smith, Tania Walters, Jessica Jones and Jessica Bivins.


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The latest news about the corporation with religious rights takes irony to new heights
By Michelle D. Schwartz
AFJ Director of Justice Programs
Justice Ginsburg's masterful dissent in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. begins with this chilling sentence:
In a decision of startling breadth, the Court holds that commercial enterprises, including corporations, along with partnerships and sole proprietorships, can opt out of any law (saving only tax laws) they judge incompatible with their sincerely held religious beliefs.
When I read that line, two words immediately came to mind: forced arbitration.
Except that in the forced arbitration context, you could end that sentence after the phrase "can opt out of any law." Full stop.
The Supreme Court has already held, in decision after decision, that commercial enterprises can opt out of virtually any federal or state law merely by inserting a few words into the fine print of their contracts and online terms of service.
President Obama understands how harmful this is. Today, he plans to sign an executive order barring companies seeking government contracts from forcing their employees into arbitration over civil rights or sexual harassment claims.
Of course, Hobby Lobby isn't likely to be pursuing government contracts. So the company will be able to continue to impose forced arbitration on its employees.
More on that below, but first, a quick review of what forced arbitration is all about (for more, check out AFJ's page on the subject): Every day, when you use Instagram, buy a cell phone, use a Microsoft product, get a credit card, and generally live in the 21st Century, you are forced to sign away your constitutional rights. We're all familiar with the "click-through contracts" to which we're frequently asked to consent without any opportunity to negotiate. Today, an increasing number of those contracts in the consumer context and even in the employment realm include, in the fine print, a requirement that any dispute with that corporation be resolved not in the courtroom, but in a private, rigged system called forced arbitration.
What's so bad about forced arbitration? The decision-maker is chosen and paid for by the corporation that harmed you—not surprisingly, a study found that an arbitration firm ruled for the company 93.8 percent of the time. The normal rules of evidence don't apply. No appeal is possible. And everything is done in secret, so wrongdoing doesn't get exposed and stopped.
Yet the Supreme Court has held that companies' right to force their customers and employees into arbitration trumps not only the Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury, but all manner of rights guaranteed under federal and state laws. Sound familiar?
In short, forced arbitration is a get-out-of-jail-free card for corporations that puts such hallowed laws as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Equal Pay Act at risk. So if your employer harasses you at work because you're an African American, your employer pays you less because you're a woman, or you get fired because of your age, you could be forced out of court—and forced to grin and bear it.
And so, ever since the Hobby Lobby decision came down just over a month ago, I've been telling anyone who would listen about the similarities between Hobby Lobby and forced arbitration. And then things came full circle. Earlier this week, RH Reality Check reported that Hobby Lobby itself has a forced arbitration clause in its employment contract.
Hobby Lobby's clause came to light after it allegedly fired employee Felicia Allen when she tried to take unpaid leave for her pregnancy. Then Hobby Lobby tried to prevent the employee from receiving unemployment compensation. That hardly sounds like the company that argued not only that its owners' religious beliefs prohibited them from providing insurance coverage for certain kinds of birth control, but also that those beliefs compelled it to provide health insurance for its employees.
It gets worse. When Allen tried to sue Hobby Lobby for discriminating against her based on her pregnancy, she learned that Hobby Lobby had a forced arbitration clause. Allen's lawyers refused to take her case after they learned of the forced arbitration clause and she—like so many other American consumers and employees—was left out in the cold.
Hobby Lobby could take its case all the way to the Supreme Court, but its employee couldn't even get through the courthouse doors.
If you're like me, you're mad as hell about the Hobby Lobby decision. And if you're mad about Hobby Lobby, you should also be furious about forced arbitration and take action to support the solution, the Arbitration Fairness Act.


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DAVIS, Calif. – After falling behind 2-1 to UC Davis on Saturday afternoon, senior forwards Achille Campion and Goffin Boyoko scored last minute goals to secure an exhilirating 3-2 win for No. 20 UC Santa Barbara, giving the Gauchos their third straight come-from-behind overtime win and sixth straight victory overall.
The Gauchos, now on their longest winning streak since 2010, improved to 10-4 on the year with a perfect 5-0 mark in Big West conference play. It is just the second time in program history that UCSB has won its first five league games, the other time being in 2009 when the Gauchos finished 8-1-1 in the Big West. This is the first time UCSB has won three straight matches in overtime since 2004.
UC Davis fell to 6-7-1, 2-3 following the loss. The Gauchos have now won six of their last eight matchups against the Aggies.
Despite eventually losing the game, UC Davis was primed to hand UCSB its first conference loss of the season after clawing back from a 1-0 deficit to a 2-1 lead behind goals from Matt Weisenfarth (56') and Alex Aguiar (78'). Similar to last weekend's win at Cal State Northridge, the Gauchos pressed the majority of their 10 outfield players up the pitch after those two quick strikes in an effort to grab the equalizing goal.
This gambit paid off in the 88th minute when this increased offensive pressure led to Campion finding space in the box with the ball at his feet. The French striker was taken down by an Aggies defender, leading to a penalty kick. After earning the spot kick, Campion stepped up and converted for his sixth goal of the season, knotting the score at 2-2 and sending the match to overtime.
It was the third straight match that the Gauchos were awarded a penalty kick. Campion has convered on both of his opportunities. UCSB has still yet to concede a penalty kick this season.
After the two teams combined for just two shots in the first overtime frame, it looked as if the Gauchos would pick up their first draw of the season. With one last chance to earn all three points, the Gauchos were awarded a corner kick in the 109th minute after pushing forward yet again.
Freshman midfielder Drew Murphy took the corner, and delivered a perfect service to the back post, where Boyoko was waiting to head past UCD keeper Armando Quezada. Boyoko's fifth goal of the season was also his fourth game-winner, which leads all players in the conference.
The assist on the game winning goal gave Murphy the second mult-point game of his career after he scored the opening tally for the Gauchos. Junior forward Reed McKenna created that goal by sending in a cross from the right wing that was deflected out to Murphy, who volleyed a perfect strike past Quezada.
The Palos Verdes native now has points in four of his last five games and leads the conference with seven assists.
The Gauchos return to Harder Stadium this Tuesday night with a chance to clinch a playoff spot. With a win or draw against visiting Sacramento State, UCSB will book a place in the Big West Tournament, which would put the Gauchos in the postseason for the 11th time in the past 12 years.
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Equine Therapy Volunteer Projects in South Africa
- Placement locations: Constantia, Cape Town
- Role: To aid the rehabilitation of disabled children
- REQUIREMENTS:Basic English
- Type of Placement: Equine therapy centre
- Accommodation: Host family
- Price: From
- What's included? Food, accommodation, transfers to and from our specified airport,transport to and from work where required, insurance, personal webpage, induction and orientation, 24/7 support
- What's not included? Flights, visa costs, spending money
- Length of placement: From 4 weeks
- Start dates: Flexible
Our Equine Therapy project combines elements of both our Care work and Animal Care projects, and is open to volunteers taking a gap year, career break, or even a volunteer holiday. Although no previous horse-riding experience is required to volunteer on this project, it is preferred. You will also need to be someone who enjoys working with horses and children, since you'll be interacting with them on a daily basis.
Projects Abroad volunteers work with the South African Riding for the Disabled Association (SARDA), which was established in Cape Town in 1973. Today, there are a number of branches across the country. SARDA is affiliated to the RDA in the United Kingdom and the Federation for Disabled Riding International.
SARDA's aim is to provide disabled people with the opportunity of therapeutic and recreational horse riding so that they might benefit in all aspects of their mental, physical and social lives. The Cape Town branch exists as a result of teamwork with all instructors and helpers volunteering their time and knowledge.
Volunteering abroad with horses on the Equine Therapy Project in South Africa
Groups of up to 11 children with various disabilities – including cerebral palsy, autism and Down's syndrome – arrive throughout the day from care centres and private homes. Volunteers at SARDA have an important responsibility, as without them the organisation cannot function. There are two functions that a volunteer can provide in a class.
The first is as a 'leader', where you will be in charge of the horses - and this is your sole responsibility. If there are no side-walkers, leaders will keep an eye on the progress of the rider. However, you are not there to teach the rider.
The second is as a 'side-walker', a person who acts as a bridge between the rider and the instructor. They are there to relax the rider, to reinforce what the instructor is asking them to do, to give support (either physical or mental), to react in an emergency and to build up a close relationship with the rider.
Volunteers will be under the supervision of the stable master and other professional instructors, who will supervise all sessions. Due to the nature of the work, staff at SARDA are strict and will ensure volunteers go through the necessary training before they start work. You will work Monday to Friday, from 8.30 to 17:15 with a two hour lunch break.


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Hey guys,
I've got a problem with the cell location data not updating. This is the location produced by triangulation of cell towers.
I have a unlocked Verizon 9530 running on the Rogers network in Canada. When the phone is in GSM mode, the triangulation does not work. I can see that by Google Maps not knowing my general location. As well in GMM help -> about/info menu myl: reading "-1:0:0:0".
This is also confirmed by the Signal-Location Utilities app where the CellID is 0 0 0. One issue is Sig-Loc shows the Svc as 1XEV, however at the time of the screen shot the phone was working in EDGE mode on Rogers, so that flag is incorrect.
So it must be reading this information from the storm OS somewhere.
The weird thing is is when I put the phone into CDMA mode the Cell ID location is updated, which can then be read by GMM and Signal-Location. But as soon as the phone is put back to GSM, the CellID does not update with location anymore.
For obvious reasons I cannot leave the phone in CDMA mode.
This is sort of the opposite problem Verizon Storm users had with Google Maps only working with Cell triangulation and not GPS. (GPS works great with GMM
I've run most of the OS options available all had the same problem. Right now using v6 .148. Everything else on the phone has been working great.
Any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome.. been searching on the net for a while for a solution. Doesn't seem like to many people have been complaining about this issue, although there is only a small percentage of unlocked storm users.


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Our Portrait Studio Experience
Our cheerful studios are part of what makes Portrait Innovations so unique. All studios feature spacious floor plans with private dressing rooms for changing clothes and reception areas with colorful, comfortable couches and chairs along with fun Lego™ tables for children. The openness of our studios provides an opportunity for new customers to view the studio experience and pre-select poses, props and backgrounds while they wait for their session to begin. The result - a warm and inviting environment enjoyed by the whole family.


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Mountains to climb in Spain
Picos de Europa mountains
Climbing is a great way to have fun while challenging yourself physically, in breathtaking natural surroundings. Spain is Europe's second most mountainous country, and is therefore the perfect option for lovers of this sport. Lofty peaks, crags overlooking the sea, demanding climbs and mountains for beginners are scattered throughout Spain. Get your gear ready, we'll help you choose your summit.
Helmet, harness, rope and carabiners ready? Then make a note of these ten recommendations for climbing in Spain. If you don't have the gear ready, don't worry, you'll find companies who'll provide it for you.
Sierra de Guadarrama mountains.
This range is in central Spain, scarcely 50 kilometres from Madrid, and affords some of the most spectacular landscapes in the region, which you can see from the numerous viewpoints throughout the area. Lying within these mountains is the Cuenca Alta del Manzanares Park, declared a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO and one of the points most frequented by climbers in the Madrid Region. A highlight of the Manzanares del Real district is the peaks of La Pedriza.In the Madrid Region, you will find places both in the La Cabrera and Patones districts which are suitable for people wanting to take their first steps in the world of climbing, as well as for experts eager for new challenges.
Sierra de Gredos mountains.
This mountain range with its colossal peaks and the outstanding Gredos Cirque, is in Ávila, in the south of the Castile-Leónregion. Throughout this landscape of gorges and lakes you will find sheer walls which are ideal for more experienced climbers. The variety of summits makes it possible to enjoy different styles of climbing, whether on ice, snow or rock. If you are after stunning views from the summit, make a note of these two peaks: La Galana (2,568 metres) and el Almanzor (2,592 metres). The first is much easier to climb, and in winter these are two excellent places for ice climbing, where you will find a glacial landscape, unique in the centre of Spain.
Sierra Nevada mountains.
The highest peak on the Iberian Peninsula is the Mulhacén (3,479 metres) in Granada in southern Spain, in the region of Andalusia. It is in the Sierra Nevada National Park, declared a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO and which offers climbing routes which include peaks such as the Mulhacén itself, the Pico Veleta peak and the Cerro del Caballo mountain. All of them are over 3,000 metres. What's more, throughout the whole Sierra Nevada there are numerous mountains suitable for climbing, and their great variety makes this an excellent destination for all kinds of climbers.
Picos de Europa.
Located in northern Spain, in the region of Asturias, this is an exceptional area for rock climbing. Today declared Biosphere Reserve, it was the first National Park in Spain, and its extremely demanding peak, Naranjo de Bulnes, is one of its most attractive landmarks for climbers. If you are a fan of ice climbing, there are numerous climbable points to be found in winter in the Picos de Europa and in the nearby Sierra del Mongayo mountains. You can enjoy climbing in a landscape of enormous beauty, with views of the Covadonga lakes as an added attraction. Areas such as Peña Gradura, in Taverga; Fresnidiello, in Cabrales; and Arnao, in Castrillón, will add to your appreciation of this sport.
The Pyrenees.
The Pyrenean mountain range has numerous walls for climbing. Two of the most frequently visited points are the Sobrarbe area and the Ansó Valley in Huesca, in the region of Aragón. The best climbing options in the Sobrarbe area are to be found on ice in the Pineta Valley and in the Cascada de Fuenfría waterfall. The Ansó valley has a wide range of walls on pastures and forests which make for a spectacular climb. Recommended spots are Peña Ezkaurre and Peñaforca. Still in Huesca, the Sierra y Cañones de Guara Nature Reserve is another area favoured by climbers.
Summit of the Moncayo Mountain.
This mountain, in the Dehesa del Moncayo Nature Reserve, is the highest peak in the Iberian Mountain Range (2,314 metres). The Reserve is situated between the provinces of Zaragoza and Soria, about 100 kilometres from Madrid. You'll find several routes to climb the mountain - the most popular one is the one known as Santuario de la Virgen del Moncayo.
Montserrat mountain.
This is one of the most attractive summits for climbing in the region of Catalonia and has over 3,000 climbing routes. It is in the Montserrat Mountain Nature Reserve and it is advisable to visit its information centre, as some of these climbing routes have limited access. Other areas of Catalonia for climbing are the Boi Valley, in Lleida; Siurana and La Riba, in Tarragona; and Pedraforca, in Barcelona.
The Costa Blanca.
Here is the opportunity to climb with the Mediterranean Sea as a backdrop and in a marine setting which is very unusual for this sport. You can do so in the Region of Valencia, in places such as the Peñón de Ifach, Puig Campana and the Ponoch, located in the province of Alicante.
The Hoz del Júcar gorge.
This is in the region of Castile-La Mancha on the banks of the Júcar River, in Cuenca, and has imposing walls with a difficulty of up to level 8. Although it is not an area with a great climbing tradition, more and more climbers are choosing to come here due to the demanding nature of the ascents.
Climbing in the islands.
Both the Balearic Islands, in the Mediterranean Sea, and the Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean, offer the chance to climb all year round in fantastic weather conditions. In the Balearics, Majorca has areas such as la Creveta, in Pollença; el Puig de Son Sant Martí, in Alcúdia; and Cala Magraner, in Manacor. In the Canary Islands you can enjoy a volcanic paradise in which there are genuine climbing treasures such as the Torreón de Figueroa in Tenerife, set in the Teide National Park - declared a World Heritage Site; and the rock cirque of Ayacata in Gran Canaria.
These are just a few of the most attractive climbing options in Spain, although not the only ones. In other regions such as Galicia , the Basque Country, Cantabria, Navarre, La Rioja, Extremadura and Murcia there is also a strong climbing tradition. That is why practically all over Spain you will find clubs, schools and specialist companies who can advise you on safety and which routes to take. You can even hire a guide or sign up for courses for beginners, or to improve your level. To choose the option that best suits you, we recommend getting in contact with the respective tourist information offices or visiting the official Mountain Sports, Climbing and Hiking Federation website (only in Spanish), where you'll find information on the different regional federations.
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The Master's Degree in Secondary Education (MEd) offers teacher candidates an opportunity to complete a course of study in secondary school (middle/high school) programs to become highly qualified in their licensure area.
For more info contact:
Dr. Margaret Ferrara
College of Education
Office: (775) 682-7530
Admission Requirements
- Completion of the program application
- Completion of the Pre-Professional Skills Test or other basic competency exam at the level established by the Nevada Department of Education
- GPA of 3.0 or higher
- Prerequisite coursework
- A reflective essay, three to five pages in length, which discusses the candidate's understanding of the purpose of public education and how the complex issues facing secondary educators are going to affect the candidate as a teacher
- 1-2 page resume
- Two professional letters of recommendation
- Qualified in the professional judgment of the program faculty
Program Requirements
The M.Ed. program is divided into two parts:
- Required course work that leads to a secondary teaching license in Nevada, and
- Additional coursework beyond licensure to complete the requirements for a master's degree. Student need to have earned degrees in field representing teaching majors that include: art, biology, career and technical education, chemistry, earth science, English, foreign languages, general science, health, history, journalism, mathematic, music, physical education, physical science, physics, political science, social studies, speech, theater.
It should be noted that some teaching areas are in high demand and others are not.
A fast-track option is available in which students become licensed in two semesters: a fall semester followed by a spring semester. Students may move through the program at a slower pace. A full-semester Supervised Internship (student teaching) experience is required for licensure. No degree is awarded at the end of the licensure sequence. Additional credits must be taken, including one educational research course, advanced curriculum development courses, and 1 to 3 credits of comprehensive examination.
The specific curriculum requirements are adapted to the professional program and the needs of the student. Students should not enroll in any graduate-level course without first securing the approval of the department that such a course is acceptable toward a selected major or minor.
Program Hours
48 credits for teaching licensure and master's degree.
Related Degrees and Programs
- Bachelor of Arts in Secondary Education
- Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education
- Professional Certificate in Secondary Education Teacher Licensure
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Edmund Sixtus "Ed" Muskie (March 28, 1914 – March 26, 1996) was an American politician from Rumford, Maine. He served as governor of Maine from 1955 and 1959, as a member of the United States Senate from 1959 to 1980, and as Secretary of State under Jimmy Carter from 1980 to 1981. Muskie was the Democratic nominee for Vice President in the 1968 presidential election, and was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for President in 1972.
Muskie held the highest office (Secretary of State) held by a Polish American in U.S. history, and also is the only Polish American ever nominated by a major party for Vice President.
Muskie was born in Rumford, Maine. His father, Stephen Marciszewski (mar-chih-SHEF-ski) immigrated to the United States in 1903 and changed his name to Muskie. His mother Josephine (née Czarnecki) was born in Buffalo, New York to Polish immigrants. His parents, Roman Catholics, had seven children, of whom six survived.


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Brazil's Neymar has broken vertebra
Neymar has been ruled out of the World Cup after Brazil's team doctor confirmed he suffered a broken vertebra late in Friday's quarterfinal victory against Colombia.
The star forward was involved in a late collision with Colombia's Juan Camilo Zuniga in the 88th minute, and will not be available when Brazil face Germany in the semifinal on Tuesday, or for the final on July 13, should Brazil advance.
Team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar said Neymar broke the third vertebra in the lumbar region of his back.
"It is a benign fracture," Lasmar said. "This news is not easy, but he will not be available at this World Cup.
"The fracture does not require surgery. There will be a conservative treatment; [he] will need physiotherapy and comfort to ease the pain."
Before the extent of the injury was revealed, Luiz Felipe Scolari said it would be difficult for Neymar to recover in time, simply judging by the amount of pain the 22-year-old was in.
"We lost Neymar, which probably based, on what I'm seeing, he won't be able to play," Scolari said. "We knew he would be hunted, so we are in a difficult situation, but we have good players who can come in. I think we will have a great game.
Neymar out of the World Cup
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- Neymar injury dampens celebration
"There will be a series of exams because he was kneed on his lower back and he was crying of pain. We don't have an idea, but I can guarantee it won't be easy for him to recover, based on what the doctor told us and the pain he's in. I don't know, I really don't know. I hope it's OK."
In the semifinal, Brazil will also be without suspended centre-back Thiago Silva, who received his second yellow card of the tournament against Colombia.
The Selecao booked their place in the last four thanks to goals from Thiago Silva and David Luiz, with James Rodriguez's penalty proving just a consolation.
However, the gloss was taken off the win after Neymar went down injured following a heavy challenge from Zuniga.
Neymar appeared to take a knee in the back, and as the medical staff came out to attend to the forward, they decided to stretcher him off the field.
The forward was swiftly taken down the tunnel while covering his face with his arm.
Zuniga said there was no malice in his challenge on the Brazilian star.
"It was a typical play. I never had the intention of hurting any player," he said. "On the pitch, I play for my country, and never have the intention of hurting anybody. I was only defending my country's jersey.
"The game was hotly contested, and Brazil were coming in strong and so were we. ... I hope he recuperates soon [and] that it is not serious as he is a great player for Brazil and for world football."
Brazil players spoke out in support of Neymar, with both Hulk and Fred saying they will play harder while thinking of their fallen teammate.
"Neymar is a guy who worked so hard. We saw his dedication in training. God will heal you ASAP. Neymar, we will work to please you," said Fred.
Hulk said Neymar needed more protection from the referees after being repeatedly targeted by opponents.
"Every time is like this, players always come after Neymar, the referees need to do more to keep this from happening,'' he said.
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff sent her support to Neymar before he was ruled out of the tournament, saying "Along with the rest of Brazil, I'm hoping for the recovery of our greatest player."
Como todo o Brasil, estou na torcida pela recuperação do nosso craque #ForçaNeymar
- Dilma Rousseff (@dilmabr) July 4, 2014
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Radiologic Technologist (Per Diem)
Des Peres, MO | Radiologic Technologist
Position Summary:
At GoHealth Urgent Care, we place the needs of our patients first - by providing an effortless patient experience, a welcoming culture of care and seamless integration with market-leading health systems and our communities. With plans to grow across the U.S., GoHealth Urgent Care currently operates urgent care centers in the New York, Portland, OR, San Francisco, CA, Hartford, CT metropolitan areas, and in Missouri, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and North Carolina.
Seeking motivated and friendly Radiology Technologists for per diem positions for our urgent care centers in the St. Louis, MO centers.
- Operating x-ray and auxiliary equipment processing images; maintaining and cleaning equipment.
- Maintaining required documentation.
- Functioning as a medical office assistant, to include intake, hospitality and medical assist functions.
- High School Diploma or equivalent.
- Graduate of an approved Radiologic Technology program.
- American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT) registration.
- BLS certification (American Heart Association)
- Flexible scheduling.
- Generous PTO.
- Quarterly performance bonuses
GoHealth provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. We invite military veterans to apply for our positions. In addition to federal law requirements, GoHealth complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
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GoHealth Urgent Care has outstanding career opportunities in Connecticut, Missouri, New York City, North Carolina, Northwest Arkansas, Oklahoma City, San Francisco and the Portland-Vancouver area. And all of these positions have one thing in common: flexibility to practice urgent care medicine the way it was meant to be, without the stress and bureaucracy of hierarchical organizations. With reasonable work hours that don't emotionally exhaust them or burn them out, our team can balance and prioritize their professional and personal lives.
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St. Louis boasts the kind of cultural treasures you'd expect to see only in the very biggest American cities, with terrific recreational opportunities, from major league sports teams to spectacular parks and golf courses to beautiful hiking and canoeing nearby. St. Louis is a big city with the convenience and sense of connectedness of a smaller one.
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