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Alcorn, Janis B. The vascular flora of Sumner County, TN. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1976. 87 pp.
Allen, Valeria E. "Early times in Sumner County. " Am. Mo. Mag. 10 (1897), pp. 254-259.
Anderson, James D. The historic Blue Grass Line: a review of the history of Davidson & Sumner counties. Nashville, Nashville-Gallatin Interurban Railway, 1913. 93 pp.
Anderson, James D. Making the American thoroughbred, especially in TN, 1800-1845. Norwood, MA, Plimpton Press, 1916. 300 pp.
Baird, Reed A. "Opie Read: an American traveler. " THQ 33 (1974), pp. 410- 428.
Biographical directory, TN General Assembly, 1796-1969 (Sumner County, Preliminary # 32). Nashville, TSLA, 1972. 100 pp.
Bonial, John G., Jr. "The Walton Road. " THQ 30 (1971), pp. 402-412.
Bowyer, John W. & Claude H. Thurman, eds. The annals of Elder Horn: early life in the southwest. NY, Richard R. Smith, 1930. 225 pp. (Horn was a Sumner County minister & teacher in the late 19th century)
A brief study of the history of Sumner County. N.p., 1940. 43 pp. (note says: "the outcome of the work of the social studies group of teachers of Sumner County, with Mrs. Paul Yokley as chairman of the white group; the colored teachers of the county contributed the chapter on the Negro.")
Carr, John. Early times in middle TN. Nashville, E. Stevenson & F.A. Owen, 1857. 248 pp. (reprinted 1958 by Parthenon Press)
Cisco, Jay G. Historic Sumner County, TN, with genealogies of the Bledsoe, Cage & Douglas families. Nashville, Folk-Keelin, 1909. 319 pp. (various reprints available)
Citizens' Task Force on Public Schools (Sumner County, TN). Report of the Citizens' Task Force on Public Schools. N.p., 1991. var. pp.
Clark, Isaac. Clark's miscellany, in prose & verse by Isaac Clark of Sumner County, TN. Nashville, T.G. Bradford, 1812. 120 pp. (known as the first book of a literary character published in Nashville or middle TN)
Corkran, W.D. The Sumner County educator. Edited & published in the interest of the free schools, by W.D. Corkran, superintendent. Gallatin, n.p., 1879. 16 pp.
Cresap, Dorothy. "Sumner County, TN historical & genealogical resources. " TN Ancestors 11 (1995), pp.
Curtis, Priscilla M. Employment opportunities in ornamental horticulture in Sumner County, TN. TSU thesis, 1985. 39 pp.
Durham, Walter T. , James W. Thomas & John F. Creasy. A celebration of houses built before 1900 in Sumner County, TN. Gallatin, Sumner County Hist. Soc. in cooperation with the Sumner County Archives, 1995. 52 pp.
Durham, Walter T. Daniel Smith, frontier statesman. Gallatin, Sumner County Library Board, 1976. 318 pp.
Durham, Walter T. The great leap westward: a history of Sumner County, TN from its beginning to 1805. Gallatin, Sumner County Public Library Board, 1969. 225 pp. (2d ed., 1993)
Durham, Walter T. Old Sumner: a history of Sumner County, TN. Gallatin, Sumner County Public Library Board, 1972. 530 pp. (sequel to The great leap westward )
Durham, Walter T. Rebellion revisited: a history of Sumner County, TN from 1861-1870. Gallatin, Sumner County Museum Assoc., 1982. 362 pp.
Durham, Walter T. & James W. Thomas. A pictorial history of Sumner County, TN, 1786-1986. Gallatin, Sumner County Hist. Soc., 1986. 152 pp. (reprinted 1987, 1991)
Ferguson, Edwin L. Sumner County, TN in the Civil War. Privately printed by the author, 1972. 399 pp.
Flood insurance study: Sumner County, TN, unincorporated areas. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1984. 29 pp.
Freedle, Martha. "Children's games & amusements in Sumner County in 'the good ol' days.' " TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 27 (1961), pp. 23-31.
Goodspeed's history of TN (Sumner County, pp. 797-821, 848-929). Goodspeed, 1887.
Guild, George B. A brief narrative of the fourth TN cavalry regiment, Wheeler's Corps, Army of TN. Nashville, n.p., 1913. 268 pp.
Guild, George B. "Reconstruction times in Sumner County. " AHM 8 (1903), pp. 355-368.
Guild, Josephus C. The fashions & other kindred subjects: the lecture of Hon. Jo. C. Guild, delivered at Gallatin, TN, Friday evening, April 7, 1876. Gallatin, A.A. Lewis & Son, 1876. 10 pp.
Guill, Mrs. Donald, comp. Sumner County. Edited by Louie E. Spivey. Gallatin, n.p., 1968. 24 pp.
Hall, William. Early history of the southwest, by Gen. William Hall: pioneer, Indian fighter, governor of TN & US congressman. Nashville, Parthenon, 1968. 45 pp.
Harper, Denise. "Rural hamlets of upper Sumner County. " Western KY U. paper, 1985. pp.
Henderson, Deborah K. History of Walnut Grove Church. N.p., the author, 1982. 54 pp.
Hendrickson, Mrs. T.J. A short history of Sumner County, 1786-1957. Gallatin, Sumner County Public Library Board, 1958. 46 pp.
History of Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church (Sumner County, TN). N.p., 1984. 12 pp.
Holladay, Alvis M., Robert B. Holladay & Wendell G. Holladay. "Spencer's companion, who was he? " THQ39 (1980), pp. 282-291.
Howell, Isabel. "John Armfield of Beersheba Springs. " THQ 3 (1944), pp. 46- 64, 156-167.
Howell, Isabel. "John Armfield, slave trader. " THQ 2 (1943), pp. 3-29.
Jenkins, William T. History of Sumner County, TN. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1949. 113 pp.
Kilgore, Krista & Don Scruggs. One step further: a history of the thirteenth district of Sumner County, TN. N.p., the authors, 1986. 55 pp.
Kilgore, Sherry J. "A brief survey of frontier architectural characteristics in Robertson & Sumner counties. " TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 44 (1978), pp. 116-126.
Kilgore, Sherry J. The William Bowen house. N.p., 1978. 39 pp.
Law, Harry L. The strawberry industry in Sumner County, TN. George Peabody College thesis, 1930. pp.
Marshall, Park. A life of William B. Bate, citizen, soldier & statesman. Nashville, Cumberland Press, 1908. 363 pp.
Mather, Kirtley F. Oil & gas resources of the northeastern part of Sumner County, TN. Nashville, Williams Print. Co., 1920. 89 pp. (TN Div. Geol. Bulletin #24)
Nashville MSA, 1980-1987: an economic analysis. Nashville, TN Dept. Emp. Sec., 1988. 55 pp.
Nimmo, A.L. The people & events in the history of Pleasant Grove & Garretts Creek communities. N.p., the author, 1985. 18 pp.
Norris, Walter C., Jr. "Remedies & cures from south Allen & north Sumner. " 1973. Unp. mss, 269 pp. (Western KY U., Folklore, Folklife & Oral History Archives)
Odum, Anna K. "Some Negro folk songs from TN. " J. Am. Folklore 27 (1914), pp. 255-265.
One hundred years celebration, 1875-1975: East Fork Missionary Baptist Association. Nashville, J & H Printing Service, 1975. pp.
Read, Opie. I remember. NY, Richard R. Smith, Inc., 1930. 335 pp.
Rogers, E.G. "Switching for water. " TN Folklore Soc. Bull. 21 (1955), pp. 108- 111.
Speech of Mr. Guild of Sumner, in the House of representatives, Oct. 19, 1833 on the Indian Bill. Nashville, the Republican & Gazette, 1833. pp.
Sumner County Solid Waste Energy Recovery Facility. Final report, Aug., 1985. Palo Alto, CA, EPRI, 1985. var. pp.
Sumner County, TN. Gallatin, Sumner County Chambers of Commerce, 1927. 11 pp.
Sumner County, TN fact book. Gallatin, the News-Examiner, 1982. (annual)
Sumner County, TN fire safety survey project. N.p., 1980. 1 vol.
Teng, Yuan C. "Reverend Issachar Jacox Roberts & the Tai Ping rebellion. " J. Asian Studies (Nov. 1963), pp.
TN Dept. Transportation [county maps ] issued periodically.
TN Taxpayers Assoc. A report on the financial survey of the government of Sumner County, TN. Prepared for the Sumner County Taxpayers' League & for the county court of Sumner County. Nashville, the association, 1933. 75 pp. (its Research report #3)
Todd, Pauline M. Sumner County sesquicentennial, 1787-1937: souvenir book, October 10-14. Nashville, Marshall-Bruce, 1937. 64 pp.
Trousdale, Julius A. "A history of the life of General William Trousdale. " THM 2 (1916), pp.
Trousdale, Julius A. "The reign of terror in TN. " So. Bivouac 1 (April 1886), pp. 665-670.
US Geol. Survey [topographic maps ] issued periodically. Quadrangles: Prices Mill, Franklin, Hickory Flat, Adolphus, Petroleum, Orlinda, Portland, Fountain Head, Turners Station, Westmoreland, White House, Cottontown, Gallatin, Bethpage, Hartsville, Goodlettsville, Hendersonville, Laguardo, Hunters Point, Nashville East, Hermitage.
Barnes, Dovie, et al. A brief history of Cairo community. Gallatin, Cairo Community Club, 1964. 12 pp.
Breitburg, Emanual. "An Analysis of faunal remains from the Wynnewood State Historic Site, Sumner County, TN, & its implications to TN plantation site archaeology in the Central Basin. " TN Anthrop. 8 (1983), pp. 182-199.
Durham, Walter T. A historical research report on the Castalian Springs, located at Castalian Springs, Sumner County, TN. Nashville, THC, 1975. 72 pp.
Durham, Walter T. "Wynnewood. " THQ 33 (1974), pp. 127-156, 297-321, 389- 409.
Durham, Walter T. Wynnewood: Bledsoe's Lick, Castalian Springs, TN. Castalian Springs, Bledsoe's Lick Hist. Assoc., 1994. 96 pp.
Franklin, James. A master plan for the preservation & development of Castalian Springs. Chattanooga, James Franklin, Architects/Planners, 197- . 36 pp.
Log preservation analysis: "Wynnewood," Castalian Springs, TN. For the Bledsoe's Lick Hist. Assoc. & the THC by Building Conservation Technology. Washington, D.C., Building Conservation Technology, 1976. 49 pp.
Smith, Samuel D. Archaeological explorations at the Castalian Springs, TN, historic site. Including a report on tree ring research at Castalian Springs National Historic Landmark by Lynne J. Bowers & Dinah L. Grashot. Nashville, TN Div. Arch., 1975. 113 pp.
Smith, Samuel D. "Excavation of a mid-nineteenth century trash pit, Wynnewood State Historic Site, Sumner County, TN. " TN Anthrop. 8 1983), pp. 133-181.
Thompson, Linda A. A study of two early nineteenth century houses in Sumner County, TN: Cragfont & Wynnewood. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1977. 128 pp.
Allen, Ward. "Cragfont: grandeur on the TN frontier. " THQ 23 (1964), pp. 103-120.
DeWitt, John. "General James Winchester. " THM 1 (1915), pp. 79-105.
Durham, Walter T. James Winchester, TN pioneer. Gallatin, Sumner County Library Board, 1979. 281 pp.
Harrell, David E. "James Winchester, patriot. " THQ 17 (1958), pp. 301-317.
Thompson, Linda A. A study of two early nineteenth-century houses in Sumner County, TN: Cragfont & Wynnewood. Vanderbilt U. thesis, 1977. 128 pp.
A compilation of the laws & ordinances of the Corporation of Gallatin. Comp. by J.J. Turner, Esq., City Attorney. Gallatin, Examiner Job Room, 1875. 57 pp.
Connor, Thomas K. "Living with antiques: Fairvue, the TN home of Mr. & Mrs. William Wemyss. "Antiques (Oct. 1971), pp. 606-610.
Laws & ordinances of the corporation of Gallatin. Comp. & rev. by J.T. Baskerville, city attorney. Nashville, Cullom & Ghertner, 1911. pp.
Laws & ordinances of the corporation of Gallatin: to which is prefixed the original charter with subsequent amendments. Comp. & rev. by Edward T. Seay. Gallatin, Gallatin Examiner, 1899. 175 pp.
Moffatt, Charles. 125th anniversary booklet, First Presbyterian Church, Gallatin, TN. N.p., 1953. pp.
Stephenson, Wendell H. Isaac Franklin: slave trader & planter of the old south, with plantation records. Baton Rough, LA, LSU Press, 1938. 368 pp. (reprinted 1971 by P. Smith)
Warden, Margaret. The saga of Fairvue, 1832-1977. Nashville, the author, 1977. 40 pp.
Benthall, Joseph L. The Moss-Wright Park archaeological project: excavation of site 40SU20, Goodlettsville, TN. With contributions by Carl Kuttruff. Nashville, TN Dept. Conservation, 1987. 92 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Goodlettsville, TN, Davidson & Sumner counties. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1980. 18 pp.
Henderson, Deborah K. & John C. Garrett, Sr. "It is a goodly land"; a history of the Mansker's Station, Goodlettsville area. With photography by Cary R. Henderson. (1st ed.) Goodlettsville, J.C. Garrett, 1982. 352 pp.
Hodgson, Julia. A comparison of three TN urban centers: Goodlettsville, Franklin & Clarksville. George Peabody College thesis, 1939. 372 pp.
Hutchings, Janice & Terry Hutchings. The history of the Goodlettsville Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 1843-1986. Goodlettsville, the church, 1986. 75 pp.
Petty, Millard F. The Goodlettsville outrage, in verse & other poems. Nashville, Davie Print. Co., 1892. 32 pp. (includes an account of the "outrage" as told by Mrs. Abeline Bruce to Jas. A. Pilkinton, & a poem entitled "Nashville's great fire, Jan. 2, 1892 ")
Recipes of today with yesterday's history. Presented by the Womans Club of Goodlettsville. Goodlettsville, the club, 1980. 99 pp.
Sowell, Anne C. The journey & sojourn of the William Bowen family of Mansker's Creek. Hendersonville, the author, 1989. 45 pp.
Vanderpool, Herbert C. History of New Bethel Missionary Baptist Church, 1794-1976. Nashville, Parthenon Press, 1976. 114 pp.
Bank of Hendersonville. Fifty years in Hendersonville. Edited & published by 50th Anniversary Comm. Hendersonville, the committee, 1956. 28 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Hendersonville, TN, Sumner County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1981. 25 pp.
Matlock, J.W.L. History of the Methodist Church at Hendersonville, TN. Hendersonville, First Methodist Church, 1960. 90 pp.
Portrait of Hendersonville. Hendersonville, Chamber of Commerce, n.d. Stamper, Powell. A century plus five years: a history of the First Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville, TN, from its beginning to 1974. Nashville, Carney Print. Co., 1975. 113 pp.
Takacs, Timothy L. The city by the lake: a history of Hendersonville, TN, 1780-1969. Baltimore, MD, Gateway Press, 1992. 504 pp.
Fowler, Jo. Smith. An examination of a scurrilous pamphlet under the vaunting title "Conclusive proof that Jo. Smith Fowler is an infidel." Gallatin, Gray & Boyers, 1857. 44 pp.
Harrison, W.A. Conclusive proof that Mr. Jo. Smith Fowler, principal of Gallatin Female Institute, is an infidel. Nashville, printed by E. Vallette, 1856. 31 pp.
Howard Female Institute, Gallatin, TN. Announcement of the Howard Female Institute, Gallatin, Sumner County, TN. Nashville, A.A. Stitt, 1856. 15 pp.
Flood insurance study: city of Millersville, TN, Sumner County. Washington, D.C., FEMA, 1983. 14 pp.
Smith, Nancy B. & Roger L. Smith. TN Homecoming '86, Millersville. N.p., 1986. 162 pp.
Absher, Lee A., comp. Some early settlers of upper Sumner County, TN, including a reprint of The settlement of Portland, TN, by William T. McGlothlin. Published in the Portland Herald, 1909-1910. Knoxville, n.p., 1966. 72 pp.
History of the First Baptist Church, Portland TN: the first seventy-five years, 1890-1965: diamond anniversary celebration. Portland, the church, 1965. 34 pp.
Ferguson, Edwin L. Richland from birth to death. Portland, the author, 1976. pp.
Delaney, Joseph D. A historical study of Rock Castle. Nashville, THC, 1969. 47 pp.
Dickson, D. Bruce. Excavations at Rock Castle, Sumner County, TN, Aug., 1972. Nashville, THC, 1972. 9 pp.
Ellis, Willie M. Historic Rock Castle: a history of Hendersonville, TN, & surrounding areas. Hendersonville, n.p., 1973. 157 pp.
Garrett, W.R., ed. "Rock Castle. " AHM 5 (1900), pp. 291-294.
Durham, Anna T. "Tyree Springs. " THQ 28 (1969), pp. 156-165.
Moore, Gilbertine. Tyree Springs, a memory. N.p., 1972. 16 pp.
Volunteer State Community College
Durham, Walter T. A college for this community: a history of the local colleges antecedent to Volunteer State Community College. Gallatin, Sumner County Library Board, 1974. 108 pp.
Number one. Vol. 1, 1973-. (annual) Volunteer State Community College (college prose & verse)
Pioneer trails. Vol. 1, 1972-. (annual). Volunteer State Community College. (suspended 1977-1987)
Volunteer State Community College. General catalog. Vol. 1, 1971-. (annual). Volunteer State Community College. Volunteer State Community College enrollment analysis, fall, 1971- fall, 1975. Prepared by the Office of Admissions & Records. Gallatin, the college, 1975. 26 pp.


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Search/Rescue: On July 3, Forest Ranger Kevin Slade received information regarding an injured hiker between Slide and Cornell mountains in the Slide Mountain Wilderness. Initial callers contacted Ulster County 911 and provided coordinates. Rangers responded on foot and via New York State Police Newburg helicopter. The injured hiker was located and a Forest Ranger was inserted by hoist to evaluate and treat the subject. The hiker was then hoisted from the mountain and relayed to an ambulance at the staging area for transport to a local hospital.

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Runnning a Multi-Family Business
This story appears in the June 2000 issue of Entrepreneur. Subscribe »
It's tough enough for one family to keep a business going from one generation to another. What happens when the founding partnership was between two families? Will the future generations of each partner be as in tune with each other as their parents or grandparents were?
Probably not. So when the second generations find themselves in the position of managing or owning the business started by their parents, they need to ask themselves: "Do we agree on the business mission and goals? Do we want the ownership as our parents conceived it to stay intact?"Prepare yourself before the big handover by reading "Bad Blood"
"There's nothing wrong with changing the ownership structure," says Craig Aronoff, family business advisor and director of Kennesaw State University's Family Enterprise Center in Kennesaw, Georgia. In fact, these days-when so many people want to buy (or buy into) a business-selling the business to the other family or to an outsider makes sense "if the two families don't have the same dedication as their parents, or if they have trouble getting along," says Aronoff.
But sometimes, two-family businesses want to remain that way so they can continue their journeys from generation to generation. What can family members with very different ideas do to ensure success? For starters, suggests Aronoff, "you have to measure with a straight measuring stick-the way you would in any family business." Although there are more players when two families are involved, "the issues are similar to any family business and can be anticipated," he says. The important issues include:
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Succession And Leadership
Your child or mine? That can cause quite a rift in the organization when the time comes to decide who will head the business. For New England Coffee in Malden, Massachusetts, that decision was reached rather uniquely. When the third generation was ready to take over, there were three third-generation individuals qualified to assume leadership of the company-which was founded in 1916 by two brothers and a cousin. "We knew our parents were having a difficult time making a decision," says Jim Kaloyanides, now president of the company. "So the three of us got together and decided I would be president. When we presented our plan, they were thrilled they didn't have to make the choice."
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Kaloyanides now runs the business in a team-oriented style, which isn't that unusual. "Team management at the top is now normal at most organizations," says Aronoff. It's especially helpful in a two-family firm because it allows room at the top for both families. Aronoff points to a 1997 survey of nearly 4,000 family businesses done by Kennesaw State and Loyola University in Chicago (and sponsored by Mass Mutual and Arthur Andersen), which indicated that 40 percent were contemplating co-leadership among successors (although only 10 percent actually operated that way at the time).
Responsibilities And Accountability
For key members of both families. When Tip Top Poultry, a Marietta, Georgia, poultry processor, launched operations a generation ago, the two owners, Al Burruss and Chet Austin, were friends with different yet complementary talents and interests. Burruss enjoyed the operational side, Austin the financial side. Their sons, Robin Burruss and David Austin, who now run Tip Top Poultry, have each followed in their respective father's footsteps. That kind of labor division keeps the bond strong.
Having separate responsibilities and different areas to manage helps ensure that every member gets the respect and sense of personal achievement they need. Although most two-family firms eventually develop a system of accountability, the ones that survive with joint ownership do so because the owners have committed to the company's mission. "When we have disagreements, we talk about fairness-not equality," says Kaloyanides. "[No one] involved with this company sees this as an entitlement. It's an opportunity earned every day through hard work and commitment."
Need more management tips? Check out the section "Managing the family business."
Decision-Making And Conflict Resolution
"When it comes to making major decisions or implementing new ideas at New England Coffee, our executive team-five of us are members of the [owning] families, and two are nonfamily members-talks it through. We look at the issues as a team, decide what's best for the company and then reach a consensus," says Kaloyanides.Make it a plan to communicate-check out "Survival Training" to strategize your family business.
Although each two-family business has its own unique and often idiosyncratic way of making decisions and resolving conflicts, Aronoff recommends that two-family businesses establish a board of outside advisors. "It can be extremely helpful in clarifying positions and giving guidance on potentially divisive issues," he says. "And it can weigh in when there's a stalemate." Retreats and forum meetings, which encourage the participation of members from both families, provide the opportunity to develop good business policies, enhance communication and foster goodwill.
Trust And Respect
Kaloyanides talks fondly about growing up with his cousins. Burruss considers his father's partner as his second father, and his partner, David, as the brother he never had. But it's more than affection that keeps the second and third generations connected in multifamily businesses. As Burruss puts it, "It works because of the respect and appreciation we have for each other."
Contact Sources
- New England Coffee, (800) 225-3537, www.necoffeeco.com
- The Family Business Consulting Group Inc., (888)421-0110, www.family-business.net.


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When a government is facing a crisis of governance, it is a sign that its administrative measures are ineffective; when a government faces a crisis of trust, it is a reflection of the obstacles to its policy implementation. However, when a government is facing a fundamental moral crisis, the result will be the total collapse of its legitimacy. Unfortunately, the administration of President Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九) is facing all three types of crisis. The tragedy is that not only are Ma, Vice President Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) and Premier Jiang Yi-huah (江宜樺) incapable of resolving these crises, they are also constantly adding fuel to the fire.
The back and forth on the implementation of the capital gains tax on securities transactions is a reflection of constant flip-flopping on policy grounded in incompetence. The dispute over whether to continue the construction of the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant in New Taipei City's (新北市) Gongliao District (貢寮) should have resulted in a policy debate based on safety, security, environmental and energy issues, but instead the government managed to further intensify public distrust by attempting to run over the majority of the public's opposition to nuclear power through a political scheme based on a clever application of the unreasonable Referendum Act (公投法).
The government also tried to resort to closed-door dealings to amend the law to decriminalize the expenditure of public funds on alcohol in hostess bars by elected officials, and although it had to back off and defuse the situation at the last minute after a strong backlash, it had already managed to elevate the crisis to the point where it had lost all moral legitimacy. It will now be very difficult for the government to do anything to improve the situation.
When a government whose popularity, credibility and support ratings keep plumbing new depths is faced with these three crises, it goes without saying that it should abandon its arrogance, start listening to the public and restrict its abuse of power. However, this has not been the preferred route of the Ma administration. Instead, it has chosen to continue to hide behind propaganda and large numbers of bodyguards, to duck growing social criticism and to violently suppress protesters, bringing the specter of authoritarianism back to Taiwan.
From the unjust demolition of people's houses, despite promises to the contrary, to the opaque, closed-door negotiations over the cross-strait service trade agreement, Ma, Wu and Jiang have lost all credibility. When they fell so far that they resorted to misusing the national security forces to illegally arrest National Chengchi University professor Hsu Shih-jung (徐世榮) for calmly protesting against the government, they formally sounded the alarm against the call to "bring down the government."
The only thing that now keeps the Ma administration in power is the high constitutional threshold for recalls: The protection of the ruling party's legislators makes it impossible for the public to initiate a recall procedure. To turn the dissatisfaction and anger throughout civil society into concrete action for real change, it is necessary to turn to the legislature. During the extraordinary legislative session that is just about to start, legislators must give serious consideration to the question of whether they are on the side of Ma's opinion or on the side of public opinion so that we can decide whether we should initiate recall procedures for our legislators to enable us to elect a group of public representatives that really want to stand together with civil society.


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WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Sept. 10 (UPI) -- Jiyai Shin used a par on the first playoff hole Monday, but ninth playoff hole overall, to defeat Paula Creamer and win the Kingsmill Championship in Virginia.
Shin and Creamer entered a playoff Sunday after finishing 72 holes at 16-under-par 268. They returned to the 18th hole and traded sudden-death pars eight times before play was suspended Sunday because of darkness.
Shin didn't waste time Monday, posting a par on the par-4 16th hole while Creamer settled for bogey and second place in the tournament. Shin had a two-putt for par, finishing with a 2-footer, while Creamer had a 6-foot par try lip out.
It was the ninth LPGA title for Shin but first since she won the Mizuno Classic in November 2010. She picked up $195,000 with the Kingsmill title, pushing her past the $5 million mark for her career.
Shin had pars on the par-4, 382-yard 18th hole each of the four rounds of regulation and again through the eight playoff holes in Sunday's playoff. Creamer had pars in the first three rounds but slipped to a bogey in her 72nd hole of the tournament that led to the playoff.
Karine Icher and Danielle Kang tied for third in the tournament at 14-under while Catriona Matthew and Angela Stanford were both 13-under for a tie for fifth.


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Coupling Facility Topology Information - A Continuing Journey
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9 months on from this post and I finally get some time to enhance my Coupling Facility reporting. If you recall I mentioned OA37826 , which provides new SMF 74 Subtype 4 data and fields in the RMF Coupling Facility Activity report - in support of enhancements in CFLEVEL 18. [1] I also mentioned that my 74–4 code needed reworking to properly support the Remote Coupling Facility Section... [More]
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Judge rejects injunction against Dish DVR
A California judge has rejected a request for a preliminary injunction against Dish Network's ad-skipping digital video recorder in a dispute that has pit broadcasters against a main distributor of their programming.
Judge Dolly Gee of the U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Monday struck down the request by News Corp. broadcaster Fox, according to a statement from Dish. A Fox spokesman confirmed the ruling but said the network would appeal.
The ruling was not released publically.
Dish Network Corp. and the broadcast networks have been at odds over a new digital video recorder called the Hopper, which allows consumers to record prime-time programming from the four broadcast networks _ ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox _ and play them back the next day with the ads stripped out.


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Ice fog and frog storms -- Oh my!
In February it is easy to get obsessed with the weather and forget about important things.
I am totally obsessed, especially after this week. I nearly forgot that I need to get out the next couple of days and get my wife a card for Valentine's Day.
Weather has been at best unpleasant, and at worst like having your town invaded by Ghengis Khan. It is easy to obsess about it. Even Downton Abbey has not turned my mind from despairing over the weather.
Weather already worries me, but lately I have discovered things about it that creep me out.
In December it was easy to go around screaming that a storm was coming just because it was going to snow. It actually felt energizing. But Mother Nature now apparently realizes it can no longer freak us out by just throwing a storm at us. Now it is rolling out new things, scary things from the depths of NOAA rarely heard of in polite company. Dare I say thunder snow? Freezing fog? Pretty cool, huh? Just about everyone except me learned of thunder snow first hand. In the middle of the second round of snow, around 11 p.m. Thursday, people in my neck of the woods were rattled by thunder and lots of lightning in a snowstorm.
That was cool, but this weekend freezing fog may be headed our way. NOAA had it on its forecast.
Freezing fog? Fog is supposed to be friendly except when it is too foggy. It is pretty. Freezing fog? I had to know more, if only to include it in the horror novel I plan to write after the paper sends me into retirement for writing too many columns involving weather and brush.
Hey, freezing fog! Why wouldn't I write about it? I like to scare people, and freezing fog seems creepy. People care about weather and that is why I like to write about it. They fear weather and find joy in it, and sometimes both.
People should care about my love of brush burning, at least people in my hometown, because they depend on me to cause clouds of smoke that reduce the mosquito population, thus saving many lives.
But freezing fog? Apparently it is a real thing. People should care and fear. And to make things worse, it has a creepier evil brother called icy fog. I learned about icy fog while researching freezing fog.
Freezing fog is fog that remains liquid, but super cooled, until it lands on a surface where it freezes. It looks like regular fog and happens between freezing and 10 below. Ice fog happens when temperatures get down around 40 below, something that apparently only happens in Alaska, Minnesota and Atlanta.
Ice fog even sounds scary. Known out west by the charming name of pogonip, it was also called, more appropriately, white death. It was named that by early settlers who believed if you inhaled it, it would kill you. It is basically fog frozen into ice crystals, hanging in the air, waiting to murder. Okay, it probably is no more likely to kill someone than standing outside in 40-below weather, but it is bizarre.
Learning of ice fog got me wondering what other unusual things are out there waiting to terrorize us. NOAA happens to have a list of weather terms, some of which are ordinary like snow or snowier, but there is also the ever popular Fujiwhara effect, which is scary. It is two storms rotating around each other. I also learned we will soon get hit with a frog storm, which has nothing to do with reptiles. It is the first bad storm of the spring. The Fujiwhara effect and frog storm will probably find their way into my horror novel, but I might just write a children's book about Frankie the Fogbow. Fogbows are now on my bucket list of oddities I must see. They are rainbows with a white band. They appear in fog and there is red on the outside of the white band and blue on the inside.
I'll go all thundersnow and icy foggish in my horror story, but I really want to see a fogbow.
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OAKDALE, Calif. — Keeping rangelands and ranches viable for wildlife, wetlands and water will be a key topic at the 9th annual California Rangeland Conservation Coalition Summit here Jan. 21-22.
Each year, ranchers, researchers, managers, agency representatives and conservationists gather to discuss how to work together to maintain rangelands.
This year, speakers will address a trend in which ranches and grazing land is being replaced by ranchettes and shopping malls as well as tree crops, vineyards and other types of agriculture, according to a news release.
The event will include presentations on the challenges ranchers face, impacts of rangeland conversion to natural resources and opportunities to support working ranches and rancher stewardship, the release explains. Ranchers from Colorado and Montana will discuss conservation efforts they are undertaking on their properties.
On the conference's second day, participants will be led on a ranch tour.
The event is sponsored by the rangeland coalition, the University of California Cooperative Extension and about two dozen other environmental groups and government agencies.
For more information, visit http://www.carangeland.org/calendarevents/2014summit.html or call Pelayo Alvarez at (916) 313-5800, extension 107.


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Thoughtful Jews are increasingly thinking one thought: the notion of a two-state solution is ridiculous. Moshe Philips and Benyamin Korn explain why it's ridiculous. And in a superior interview on the Glenn Beck show, Caroline Glick offers a single-state alternative.
When I was on vacation a few years ago, I met an extremely nice man who had retired from being a (very) high-powered executive and, instead, had become an Episcopalian minister. He did not have a congregation but, instead, spent his energy furthering "social justice." I, being a curious type, tried to elicit from him what this meant in practical terms. He was unable to answer my questions. I have wondered since then whether his reticence was because he didn't want to admit what he was doing or because he couldn't admit what he was doing. After all, as Jonah Goldberg explains in this video, social justice is a very amorphous concept at best. And at worst, when boiled down to its essence, it demands that Big Government redistribute all wealth — something I don't think this former high-powered executive, who lived an expensive life, was willing to admit even to himself:
I've seen several articles about the English Law Society's decision to accommodate sharia law officially in the courts. All decry it. Tom Wilson, I think, has the best analysis of why it's such an appallingly dreadful thing to happen in the land that gave us the Magna Carta and that seeded in America the ideas of liberty and equality.
Here's something that is totally weird: I agree completely with Bill Clinton. When it comes to the internet, he makes good sense: "I understand in theory why we would like to have a multi-stakeholder process. I favor that. I just know that a lot of these so-called multi-stakeholders are really governments that want to gag people and restrict access to the Internet." Part of Obama's post-election flexibility, though, means he no longer need make obeisance to the Clintons, so he can ignore Bill's sound advice.
Obama's feminization of the American military continues apace. The latest goal is to use special forces not to engage in high-level military activity (guns, grenades, 20 different ways to kill with a ballpoint pen) but, instead, to turn them into a cutting-edge coffee-klatch. No wonder Obama is getting rid of the Tomahawk and Hellfire missiles. The new military will no longer shoot weapons; instead, it will kill the enemy with vicious girly gossip.
The far-Left is a comfortable resting place for angry, insane people. And no, those are not pejoratives. They accurately, almost clinically describe women who claim that Ronald Reagan is responsible for any stigma that fat people suffer in today's society.
Sultan Knish has an excellent comparison between Vlad Putin's old-fashioned hunger for land and power (so 19th century!) versus Barack Obama's cool, modern hunger for pop culture fame, especially when it comes to selling the all-important Obamacare. Daniel Greenfield's important point is that, while the two men intentionally project very different images, they are both totalitarians at heart, doing what they need to seize absolute power in their own countries.
Too many Jewish families fail to realize how antisemitic American college campuses have become. Nor is this antisemitism confined to fringe departments. Instead, it's front and center, and increasingly enforced with physical threats and actual violence.
"Never before has our nation seen corruption on this scale." John Hinderaker's Obamacare epitaph, after reading one liberal woman's description of her Obamacare travails — and what it finally took to fix the problem.


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Usb keyboard
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Please use this page to post your usb keybaords
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- Works well with SHR-Testing and usb port set to "host". Only issue i have with mine is that the up arrow seems to not work on any device. This may be an issue specific only to my keyboard. I recommend testing yours at the shop first.
Arrow keys disfunction
All external keyboards have similar problem with arrows mapping. This short script helps you to solve it:
#!/bin/sh xmodmap -e "keycode 198 = Up NoSymbol Up" xmodmap -e "keycode 204 = Down NoSymbol Down" xmodmap -e "keycode 200 = Left NoSymbol Left" xmodmap -e "keycode 201 = Right NoSymbol Right"
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Avalon Ocean Avenue is a new San Francisco apartment community located at the south edge of Balboa Park. An ideal combination of convenience and style, our San Francisco apartments offer a choice of studios or one- and two-bedroom apartment floor plans in two brand new mid-rise buildings. With spacious floor plans and well-equipped kitchens, entertaining will be a breeze. Imagine living life luxuriously with amenities that include state-of-the-art fitness center, controlled-access, and underground parking. Come discover our amazing San Francisco apartments at Avalon Ocean Avenue.
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Tradition, history and meaning surround the festivities of the Christmas period and the joy, magic and wonder of the season brings about excitement for children and educators alike! Families celebrate Christmas with their own unique rituals and embracing these within early childhood centres opens possibilities to appreciate the diversity of celebratory customs.
Positive relationships are key to a successful start to school. Adopting a relationship-based view of the transition to school process helps dynamic, reciprocal relationships develop that enable children to enjoy their experience.
Increasingly, we are seeing more and more children being hindered with mental health issues that affect their quality of life including social interactions, physical health and overall wellbeing. Early educators are in a unique and powerful position to be able to support children in gaining an awareness and understanding of mental health issues. Educating children by teaching practical strategies to recognise and manage their emotions will benefit children now and into their future adult lives.
Mathematics has been long regarded an important part of Early Childhood pedagogy. Since Friedrich Frobel founded the first kindergarten in 1837, he developed his 'Spielgaben' or 'Gifts' that embraced mathematical concepts of symmetry, shape and number. The series of gifts were the first 'educational' playthings and are made of natural materials and are open-ended, specifically designed to demonstrate the key concept of 'unity' that can be recognised in play.
The role of fathers in children's lives is unique and the relationship between father and child is something to be treasured. The 1st September is reserved to celebrate the invaluable contribution fathers and significant male figures make to families. Whether they're called Daddy, Papa, Baba, Grandpa, Poppy, Pappoús, Opa, Uncle or Ujak, they hold a priceless place in the hearts and lives of children. Being a father is not necessarily connected to biology, rather the effort, commitment and genuine relationship established by a man who chooses to make a significant difference in a child's life.
Early engagement in science stimulates the development of children's identity as a science learner and an active participant in the processes of science.


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OTTAWA – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman's assessment of the loyalty of hockey fans appears to be borne out by a new poll, at least north of the 49th parallel.
The Canadian Press Harris-Decima survey suggests a strong majority of Canadian hockey fans will keep watching when National Hockey League games return this weekend after a three-month lockout by team owners.
The poll found that two out of three respondents — 66 per cent — say they'll watch about the same amount of hockey as in the past, while just under one in four — 23 per cent — say they'll watch less.
While taking a hit on a quarter of your customer base might seem like a big deal, the level of fan vitriol levelled at the league during the labour dispute indicated the anger was much deeper.
The NHL's third lockout in 20 years prompted a lot of loud complaints that the game's customers were being taken for granted, and threats of fan boycotts.
Among the most avid NHL fans, the survey found that 69 per cent said they'll watch about the same amount of hockey and another 11 per cent said they'll actually watch more, while 19 per cent said they'll watch less.
Bettman, the NHL's long-standing commissioner who has presided over all three labour lockouts, ruffled some feathers early in the labour dispute when he suggested that fans would always return because of their loyalty.
"We recovered well last time because we have the world's greatest fans," Bettman said last August in Toronto.
Indeed, after the entire 2004-05 season was lost to a lockout, attendance rebounded in 2005-06, with a majority of NHL teams actually increasing their gate.
But the prominence of social media sites seemed to amplify fan anger this time around.
Sites like NHLfanboycott.com, @UnfollowNHLSept and the much ballyhooed "Just Drop It" movement — which urged fans to boycott future games in equal number to the length of the lockout — attracted a lot of media attention and became lightning rods for fan displeasure.
But all indications are that fans are streaming back.
An estimated 5,000 people turned up in Winnipeg for the Jets first practice last weekend and at least 2,000 fans turned out Sunday to watch the Philadelphia Flyers practise.
Even in San Jose, the sun-dappled home of the NHL Sharks, the team managed to attract a few hundred diehard fans to a practice, according to news reports.
The Harris-Decima telephone poll of just over 1,000 respondents was conducted Jan. 10-14, and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.1 percentage points, 19 times in 20.
The survey found that a majority, 59 per cent, blame both the owners and players equally for the lockout, with another one in five laying the blame solely on ownership and just less than one in 10 blaming the players.
Among the population at large, only 12 per cent said they missed NHL hockey a lot, while another 20 per cent said they missed it a little.
Two out of three respondents, 67 per cent, said they did not miss NHL hockey.
Just 16 per cent of the 1,000-person Harris-Decima sample described themselves as avid NHL fans — but among them fully 92 per cent said they missed the game a lot (62 per cent) or a little (30 per cent).


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AUGUSTA, Ga. – Senior righthander Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.) continues to have a resurgence in the ring for her final season for Georgia College softball (19-13, 6-2 PBC), shutting out Augusta State University (23-7, 6-2 PBC) Saturday to help the Bobcats earn a doubleheader split. ASU won game one 6-0 before the 3-0 GC victory.
Burnett buzzed through the Jaguar bats, allowing just three hits and a pair of walks while striking out three. The senior's last shutout came Feb. 15 against St. Andrews University, a five-inning run-rule shortened contest. The last time she had a seven-inning blanking was her last Peach Belt Conference (PBC) shutout, March 16, 2010 against Lander University.
GC put up a pair of runs in the top of the first, two more in the second and another pair in the fifth for good measure. First baseman Kelsea Martin (Dacula, Ga.) was 3-for-4 with an RBI, while Burnett drove in a pair to help her cause. Leftfielder Caitlin Duvall (Douglasville, Ga.) was 2-for-3 with a run scored.
In game one, the Bobcats were handcuffed by senior Emily Headrick (11-2), who went five innings with six strikeouts. She turned it over to Heather Sexton for the freshman's second save.
The Jaguars got all three runs in an error-plagued third inning. For the Bobcats, shortstop Natalie Bellantoni (Oviedo, Fla.) was the lone multi-hit performer, going 2-for-3.
Centerfielder Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.) stole two bases on the day, increasing her season total to 37, her career number at 61. In today's action, the sophomore passed Aundrea Baker (2003-06) for second in a career at Georgia College, and now stands just nine stolen bases behind Leigh Jacobs (1995-98) for first.
GC now stands 6-2 in PBC play, tied with the Jaguars for first place in the conference. The Bobcats are back in action tomorrow, March 18 at noon, traveling to UNC Pembroke.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Houston Dog Sitting
As a Houston residence who has a tight schedule, have you considered employing the services of a Houston dog sitting professional to take good care of your dog while you are away? You need to give it a thought if you know you won't have enough time to play with your dog, feed him, and train him to have proper manners. So you should consider employing a Houston dog sitting professional to help with these matters. However, before going any further with this decision, you need to consider the type of service they can offer and the overall benefits for you and your dog.
As a busy person who doesn't have much time to stay around your dog all day, this is when the services of a Houston dog sitting professional will be very beneficial to you. Most pet owners often forget that pets have feeling and can react negatively when it seems they are abandoned. To prevent your pet feeling lonely and bored, you need to get her someone who is well trained to take care of her. Also, if your dog is the playful type, she might start fiddling with delicate things that she finds around thereby causing some damages in the process. You may decide to put her on a chain but that is not always the best option because they might become more aggressive and even chose to be stubborn to you. This is why the most viable thing to do is contracting a Houston dog sitting professional who will be around to monitor her and ensure that she gets enough playing time without throwing everything out of the way.
Apart from their traditional role, there are other additional services of Houston dog sitting professionals. They can help you watch over your house when you are away, pick up the mail, and do some other chores for you. A lot of them offer these services so you will be benefiting not only from their pet sitting role but other functions as well.
Know that Houston dog sitting professionals are well trained to handle dog matters more than you would have handled. They give your dog some obedience lessons and help you train her in the proper manner.
If it's your first time to own a dog, try to learn some things about dog training so you'll know when the pet sitter is doing a good job. When seeking for a Houston dog sitting personnel, ensure that you familiarize yourself with the training methods, so you'll know whether your dog is actually being given the right training.
In addition, not all Houston dog sitting professionals are genuine. Before you employ one, make sure you do a background check on them and find out if there's any negative or unpleasant thing about them. You wouldn't want to bring in somebody into your home for the care of your dog only to end up with a bad experience. Ask questions and do all the research you can about the prospective pet sitter to be confident of leaving him in your house with your pet.


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ConKerr Cancer: Bringing Pillows and Comfort to Sick Kids
Cynthia Kerr has devoted herself to bringing a little color and lots of smiles to the hospital rooms of children, one pillowcase at a time.
Cynthia Kerr's home in Wayne, Pennsylvania, has been taken over by pillowcases. Floor-to-ceiling piles are everywhere, sorted by design—butterflies, princesses, dinosaurs and superheroes for little girls and boys; lipstick, rock stars, cars and computers for tweens and teens. The doorbell rings, and a volunteer worker for Cindy's nonprofit group, ConKerr Cancer, arrives with yet another batch. The two women exchange smiles and laughs, knowing the handmade items will elicit the same reactions from those who will eventually receive them—children struggling with life-changing injuries and illnesses. "We've given away more than 340,000 pillowcases to everyone from toddlers to teens, and e-mails keep pouring in from parents who say the cases have helped their kids get through all the poking and prodding and fear," says Cindy, 54. "That's our mission—to lift their spirits and brighten their days."
Cindy's dedication is truly heartfelt. ConKerr Cancer began in 2002 after her 12-year-old son, Ryan, was diagnosed with osteosarcoma, a rare form of bone cancer. "I took him to the doctor after he banged his right knee in a bike accident, and by chance they found the tumor," she recalls. "We were in shock when we learned that around a third of kids with the disease don't make it. But we held on to the hope that Ryan would be a survivor." Shortly after he began chemotherapy at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Cindy thought of a special way to cheer him up. "I've been sewing since sixth grade and had a lot of leftover fabric," she says. "I figured a fun pillowcase would be the perfect gift for a kid stuck in a hospital bed. I found some cloth with hamburgers on it, which is his favorite food, made a paper pattern and got to work."
Ryan was delighted with his present. And during the five long nights that Cindy sat with him for that initial round of chemo, the idea of making cases for other stricken children came to her. After Ryan was discharged, Cindy quickly made up her mind to take action. She had been a stay-at-home mom since the first of her three children was born in 1984. But with a master's degree in business and several years of experience in marketing, Cindy was confident she could launch a successful nonprofit. The entire family— husband Gavin, 54, a corporate executive; daughters Ashley and Katie, then 18 and 15; and, of course, Ryan—agreed. After a friend of Ryan's suggested the name ConKerr Cancer, the family gathered around the dinner table one night and came up with the group's tag line, "A Case for Smiles."
"Everybody really pitched in," Cindy says. "Gavin gave up his home office space so I could have room to set up shop. He also helped me organize a glow-in-the-dark evening golf tournament to raise money for fabric and sewing supplies. The girls asked friends and parents to contribute to the cause and held their own fundraisers. Someone we know ran a triathlon and asked people to sponsor him by donating to ConKerr Cancer."
Cindy also taught the kids, Ryan included, how to use the sewing machine. He helped make pillowcases when he felt up to it, but successive rounds of chemotherapy increasingly sapped his strength. "There were some days when he could barely get off the couch, so we watched a lot of animal and cooking shows on TV," she recalls. "He longed to go back to school and be with all his friends. We had tutors come to the house, as well as a drum teacher, so Ryan could keep up with at least one of his passions. But the sports he loved so much weren't possible, and that really devastated him."
The ConKerr Cancer project, along with the hope that Ryan would go into remission, helped the family get through the year. But in late 2002 doctors told Cindy that the chemo wasn't working. "They performed a limb salvage, which meant removing bone from his leg and putting in a titanium rod," she says. "After that, Ryan had to undergo several surgeries to remove scar tissue. He was in a lot of pain and he could barely bend his leg. Just sitting at a hockey game to cheer on his friends became problematic. My son really missed out on just being a kid." Even harder were the checkups every three months to find out whether the cancer had come back. In 2004 tests revealed that the disease had spread to Ryan's lungs. He underwent more grueling
chemo treatments and had to have his leg amputated the following year.
Through it all, Ryan remained resilient. "He certainly handled it a lot better than I would have," Cindy says. "After healing from the surgery, Ryan learned how to ride a bike with his prosthesis. He managed to rock climb, water ski and snow ski. He kept up with schoolwork, hung out with his friends and even had a couple of girlfriends. Gavin and I were probably the only people who knew how much it took for Ryan to push himself past the pain and the fatigue. But he never let on. He didn't want to be thought of as the cancer kid."
Ryan's struggle also deepened his commitment to ConKerr Cancer. By 2005, Cindy had gotten many of her friends to start making pillowcases. "We'd take them to the Children's Hospital oncology ward so kids could pick their own," she says. "They loved them. Their parents loved them. The nurses loved them. Everybody said the hospital rooms instantly felt more like home." After getting his driver's license in 2006, Ryan felt well enough to deliver boxes of pillowcases himself. But his biggest contribution was managing the nonprofit's website. "He was our go-to
IT guy," says Cindy. "He really knew his way around the Internet."
Thanks to Ryan's efforts, donations started coming in from around the country. Better yet, people began e-mailing for information on how to start local ConKerr Cancer chapters. Cindy organized monthly Sewing Days in schools and hospitals around Philadelphia, and soon other chapters followed suit. "Volunteers bring precut fabric and sewing machines, and work with 20 to 30 children per visit, teaching them how to make pillowcases on the spot," Cindy says.
In 2007 Ryan's cancer returned, and this time the prognosis was grim. He had already undergone 15 surgeries, endless hours in rehabilitation, and 30 months of chemotherapy. When Ryan returned to Children's Hospital, Cindy, as always, had a present for him. "He always looked forward to his new pillowcase," she says. "He would try to make me tell him in advance what the theme was. I wouldn't, of course, but he was pretty good at guessing. One year for Halloween I picked a creepy spider design and he figured that out. Another time I chose a pizza pattern, and he nailed that one too. The cases kept him feeling as optimistic as possible."
Late that year doctors informed the family that Ryan, then 17, had only a few months to live. He came back home under hospice care and died in February, his head resting on one of his cherished ConKerr Cancer pillowcases. "In Ryan's memory we will keep adding chapters," Cindy says. The group now has 122 of them across the U.S., as well as branches in Canada, Great Britain, South Africa and Israel, serving children in more than 230 hospitals and pediatric hospices.
"We wanted to let Ryan know how much we've grown, so we recently made a special visit to his grave site to tell him," recalls Cindy. "The morning started out sunny and beautiful, but a few minutes after we arrived there was a sudden cloudburst. Coincidence, I know. But I like to think it was Ryan's way of telling us not to dwell on the past, but to move forward with the work of ConKerr Cancer. And that's exactly what we're doing."
Originally published in the June 2011 issue of Family Circle magazine.


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Squeeze play: How our writer liked the man girdle
The first time I tried on the Equmen Core Precision Undershirt, it was National Doughnut Day.
I'd received the assignment — to wear one of the new, figure-flattering undergarments for men a few times and write a review — about 10:30 that morning, and on my lunch break I sneaked away to get a first impression in the privacy of my house. I was a little nervous because some of the women editors I work with thought it would be "funny" for their male colleague to spend a day in a form-fitting man girdle.
They described the contortions they'd gone through squeezing into the female equivalent, Spanx, and the sweaty discomfort that often would follow as it rode its way up various parts of the body over the course of a day. I heard, too, indignation that Spanx marketing seems focused on sexappeal, while Equmen touts its ability to improve posture and circulation, energize and support muscles and control body temperature.
Still, I thought I was prepared, physically and mentally, as I pulled the polyester, nylon and spandex tank-top from its white-and-blue box. My trial version was the ribbed and sleeveless style called the "singlet," which looks like the undershirts my grandfather used to wear but today are often referred to as "wife-beaters." The shirt looked a bit small, but the accompanying booklet assured me that it worked "by conforming directly to the contours of your body."
I had nothing to fear.
'Was I stuck?'
I decided to approach the Equmen like a regular T-shirt. But I got it just a fraction of the way on when it snapped my arms against the sides of my head and held them there in a vise grip. I felt something approaching panic. Was I stuck? Could I suffocate? What would my girlfriend think, walking in on me like that?
(Oddly, part of me still was thinking about the doughnuts a colleague had brought into the break room earlier. I hadn't seen the message until too late, and my disappointment lingered.)
Focus quickly returned, and with some vigorous wriggling — I don't remember whether I stamped my feet or not, but I think I did — I managed to ensausage myself. Out of breath, I pulled and snapped and straightened until I got the shirt adjusted to a reasonable level of comfort. And, yes, it did call to mind some of the maneuvering I've seen in women. As if that wasn't enough turnabout for fair play, I then had to face the mirror.
Straight, not narrow
Equmen ads feature buff 20-something models, sometimes posed with a vintage Cadillac, and feminine hands tugging at their Core Precision Undershirts in apparent haste to get them off. In my reflection, I saw something ... different.
After I repeated this exercise that night, my girlfriend's comment was, "They're not going to photograph you, are they?"
The next morning, I resolved to give the Equmen a full day. Things started off on a rough note when I found that I hadn't quite mastered the art of getting the shirt on and I had to ask for help.
But I quickly grew accustomed to the corsetlike pressure around my upper body, and I have to admit that I felt upbeat and full of self-confidence as I walked out to the car. I can't say that I ever forgot what I was wearing, but as the day wore on there was no discomfort, just a slight tickle whenever I walked down stairs.
Alas, there were no questions from co-workers about whether I'd lost weight or been working out. But so what? I was in fine spirits, and the Equmen undershirt helped me stand a bit straighter, important for someone who spends as much time as I do sitting in front of a computer.
I wore the shirt again several days later, for an assignment outside the office, in the steamy Houston heat. Did the little pockets of air actually keep me cooler? Well, I think so. My experience wearing the Equmen at an outdoor festival shortly afterward seemed to confirm that I was experiencing more than just the power of suggestion.
Overall, and somewhat to my surprise, I found the experience a positive one. But there was one shock left: sticker shock.
The singlet retails for $89 ($99 for "extra high compression"). The short-sleeve V-neck sells for $99 and $109, and the long-sleeve shirt can cost as much as $119. They're available at Saks Fifth Avenue and www.equmen.com.
And so, as much as I came to like the Equmen, chances are that I'll remain a Hanes multipack kind of guy.


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OBETZ, Ohio — Duncan Oughton was the Columbus Crew's No. 1 pick in 2001 out of Cal State Fullerton and is today the longest tenured player. The 32-year-old midfielder has won titles, suffered a serious knee injury and been part of some really bad teams. But he's kept his sense of humor the whole way.
Ahead of Saturday's "Battle of the Best" between Columbus and the LA Galaxy, MLSsoccer.com sat down with the New Zealander.
MLSsoccer.com: You thought coming out of college that you were going to play for the Galaxy?
Oughton: I did. They told me they were going to draft me but I came to Columbus and it was the best thing in the world.
MLSsoccer.com: Didn't you train with LA?
Oughton: They had a little combine thing. They asked me not to go to the [MLS] combine so they could pick me up in the lower rounds. I said, it didn't make sense to me, so I'm going. Then they told me down at the combine I had to sign [with MLS] before the draft because they were going to draft me.
Rumor had it they were going to use the 11th pick on me. Columbus had the 10th. Hey, it worked out perfect.
MLSsoccer.com: Why do you say it was the best thing coming to Columbus?
Oughton: I've loved it here – great time and great people. The organization has treated me pretty well over the years. We've won a championship here, an Open Cup and three Supporters' Shields. Not bad.
MLSsoccer.com: Those were the highs. What about the low periods for this franchise when it missed the postseason from 2005-07?
Oughton: We won the Supporters' Shield in 2004 and I hurt my knee in the last playoff game when we got knocked out [in the first round] when I thought we were the best team in the league by far. I didn't play the next year because of surgery after the injury and we didn't make the playoffs.
Then Sigi [Schmid] came in and I didn't play the first half of 2006 and we were on a 13-game skid and I'm sitting in the stands like, 'Wow. I'm going to be back soon and look what I'm coming back to.'
The year after that was obviously another tough year, but then the locker room started to come together again and there was the championship in '08. We won the Supporters' Shield last year. The highs have definitely outweighed the lows.
MLSsoccer.com: What's the immediate future hold?
Oughton: I don't know. Obviously a big dream got shot down with the World Cup. It was in my fingertips and people back home and a lot of players on the team are still asking what the 'F' happened?
I am, too. I don't know how I'm not on the team. I get to work on a new dream. I just don't know what it is at the moment.
MLSsoccer.com: You used the punching bag in your home to get rid of the initial frustration of being left off the squad, how are you coping now?
Oughton: There's a guy here who's probably a lot unluckier than I am. Frankie [Hejduk] should be on the [US] team.
It helps watching his positive attitude and knowing there are other things in life – he just had another child. I got to spend some time with him and his family. It makes things so much easier when you put things in perspective.
MLSsoccer.com: What do you do when you're mistaken for an Aussie?
Oughton: Usually I'm being set up by one of the guys on the team having people come up to me and ask if I'm Australian. Depending on who is asking, I'll have a laugh with them and then correct them quickly.
MLSsoccer.com: Speaking of Down Under, Vegemite is kind of a bitter tasting, pasty but very popular food in Australia and New Zealand. What is it and why hasn't it caught on in America?
Oughton: It's a yeast spread that makes you strong. There's old guys who will eat it breakfast, lunch and dinner. It's an acquired taste. It's battling with pizza and ranch dressing here. It's an uphill battle.
MLSsoccer.com: You are known for calling someone a "Muppet." How did that get started and what does it mean?
Oughton: It's a thing we say in New Zealand. When you're younger you call people a Muppet. It's just a dumbs--- type of guy. If you're a Muppet, you're acting like a felt puppy, someone's playing you. It can be an affectionate term as well sometimes with your close friends.
[Former Crew] Jamal Sutton got the nickname JaMuppet. I called him that one day at training when he was having a bad day. That stuck pretty well. There's been a few Muppets here.


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Pawtucket began as a mill city and was the site of the Slater Mill, where America's industrial revolution began with machines for spinning cotton yarn. Today, many of the mills have been rehabbed into housing. What now characterizes the city of Pawtucket is its flourishing arts initiative.
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Exterior Door in Sandyville, WV
Are you planning on buying an exterior door? There are many factors that you need to consider in order to buy the right door. Some of the factors that you need to consider include:
Exterior doors are made from different materials such as steel, wood and fiberglass. Each of these materials comes with its pros and cons.
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Wood: wood varieties used in making doors are: fir, pine, alder and mahogany. The cool thing with the different varieties is that they come with different characteristics which gives the doors unique appearances.
Fiberglass: fiberglass looks and feels like genuine wood. In addition to resembling wood, it's made to withstand all types of weather thus you don't have to worry of the door collapsing every now and then.
Just like exterior doors are made from different materials, they are also made in different designs. exterior door in Sandyville, WV. exterior door in Sandyville, WV. The most common designs are:
Glass: these ones have glass panels that provide you with full view, ¾ view, half view, and even ¼ view. The doors are designed to give you a clear view of your entry area. They are made from different types of glasses such as tinted, decorative, clear and textured.
Swing: the swing refers to the direction that the door opens. There are two models that you can go with: in-swing and out-swing. Although, most exterior doors are designed to be in-swing, you can ask your manufacturer to make an out-swing door for you.
Hinges: Hinges are located on different sides of the door. For example, you can locate the hinges on the right or left side of the door. In most of the cases, out-swing doors have their hinges on the left while in-swing doors have their hinges on the right. Although, this is the common way in which the hinges are designed, it doesn't mean that you can't have them designed your way.
These are some of the factors that you need to consider when buying an exterior door. As rule of thumb you should ensure that you buy your door from a reputable store. This is to ensure that the door lasts for a long time.