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Below are the newspapers that have been published in the vicinity of the Belcher Cemetery.
Our newspaper information for the Belcher Cemetery is based on data supplied by the Chronicling America website. For more information, please see our description of the Chronicling America website.
Hint: When we started searching newspapers, we only looked for obituaries. Eventually we realized that our search was too narrow and there was much that we were missing. Now we include things like around-the-town and gossip columns, birth and death announcements. We have some family members who owned businesses and now we search for articles and advertistments for those businesses. Some family members could have been better behaved and a search of police blotters contained some surprises.
The following newspapers were published within 18 miles [29 km]<1> of the Belcher Cemetery. These papers have been grouped by the community in which they were published, with the communities listed in order of their distance from the Belcher Cemetery.
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Published In Grundy [Buchanan County] [Map]
Grundy is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<1> to the south of the Belcher Cemetery
Below are the titles of papers published in Grundy. Click on the paper name for Holding information.
- Published 1902 to 1928
- Published 194? to 1948
- Published 1922 to 19??
- Published 1948 to the present
See our detailed list of Newspapers Published in Grundy.
Published In Iaeger (WV) [McDowell County] [Map]
Iaeger (WV) is located 17 miles [27.4 km]<1> to the northeast of the Belcher Cemetery
The following paper was published in Iaeger (WV). Click on the paper name for Holding information.
- Published 1923 to the present
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Published In Clinchco [Dickenson County] [Map]
Clinchco is located 18 miles [29 km]<1> to the southwest of the Belcher Cemetery
The following paper was published in Clinchco. Click on the paper name for Holding information.
- Published 1982 to 1992
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Since the moment my first daughter was born in March 2010, I've done my best to surround her with and immerse her in baseball. My motives are greater than simple exposure to the finest sport ever created, though of course there is that. Baseball is an important element of my work, and a passion as well. Having a child, and not sharing baseball with her, would be keeping her at arm's length.
It's early yet. But one of the easiest and still most emotionally rewarding ways to connect to her through baseball has been via baseball cards. This process began immediately: We had a birth announcement that included her picture on some 1987 Topps design baseball cards.
And early on in the potty-training process, I offered a pack of baseball cards as a reward for a successful trip. The lure usually worked, and the box of 2012 Topps I purchased for the endeavor became what I hoped it would be: An event each time I carried her down to my office to select a pack. Her anticipation at opening it immediately reminded me of how I felt when my father would take me to buy a pack at the Voorhees News Agency, or better yet, The Bagel Shop in Cherry Hill, which carried not only Topps, but Donruss and Fleer as well.
Sitting with her, examining the cards contained within the silver foil, offered a series of teachable moments -- Daddy did a story on that player, or this throwback of Duke Snider was Pa Ira's favorite player growing up, or that catcher on the Cardinals hit a home run that made Mommy cry.
Still, and I hope my daughter doesn't take this the wrong way, she was only two years old. Given my lifetime of training in the care and feeding of baseball cards, well, I had to compartmentalize, to pretend a part of me didn't cry out in pain when she happily showed me an insert card she'd earned that day, creasing it as she squeezed it proudly. When we thumbtacked Kevin Youkilis to her playroom wall, a trio of new knowledge (Judaism, baseball and how tricky back injuries are) came with it, but I could see NM/MT drop to VG in that instant.
So it wasn't collecting, exactly. But now my daughter is about to turn four. That's a little earlier than I began to horde the gloriously stark 1986 Topps cards, including, for some reason, like 35 Glenn Wilsons staring into the middle distance.
But I thought she could handle it: the responsibility of carefully navigating the corners, keeping them in a safe place. And I loved the idea of starting to connect the knowledge of individual players with the reality of seeing them on television, a constant in this household. I'd taught her the starting lineup of the Mets when she was two, but it was more parlor trick than real understanding of the 2012 Mets.
So when I heard the 2014 Topps cards were out this week, I knew just where we'd be going after her violin lesson on Sunday morning. To be sure, the number of strictly sports cards stores that populated my childhood have been culled significantly. 3-2 Pitch in Westmont, New Jersey, where I once purchased three Mackey Sasser Rated Rookies for a dollar, has long only existed in my imagination.
But there are an encouraging number of stores on the Topps.com store locator now, and my daughter and I were a ten-minute drive from home when we arrived at Toy Wiz in Nanuet, NY, a retailer where I could set her up, not merely with cards, but the means to keep them protected and look at them. Two jumbo packs, a blue Ultra-Pro Collectors Album and 30 9-sheet pocket protectors selected, and we were on our way.
I saw a man who looked to be in his early 50s carefully selecting a jumbo pack himself. He'd parked next to me, and rolled down his window once I secured my daughter in her car seat.
"I remember starting my son on card collecting just like you are with your daughter now," he told me approvingly. "He's 17 now. It goes by fast. Enjoy it." I couldn't help but notice he'd purchased the cards, and opened them, by himself.
A few minutes later, my daughter and I sat at the kitchen table, and I showed her the way to pinch the sleeve together to open it up, how to gently tilt the card into the slot, making sure not to bend any corners as you do so. My daughter already likes to do things herself, and told me a few times, "Daddy, I can do it!" before I got the point.
In went Jake Peavy, Bryce Harper, Chris Sale. Quickly, she knew which logos belonged to the Red Sox, Nationals, White Sox. A Jonathan Schoop rookie card held a special place in her heart, because Oriole Bird is on the front of it. And incredibly, a sparkling red insert of Matt Harvey, along with a Zach Wheeler rookie card, both made it into her first haul, two players she knows well from conversations in this Mets fan household.
"I wish Matt Harvey's elbow wasn't hurt," she told me, frowning as she placed the cardboard photo of a delivering Harvey from better times into a sleeve.
"I know, sweetie. Everybody wishes that," I told her. "Especially the Mets."
It wasn't quite watching baseball, but Topps has done a far better job of capturing players playing, instead of that Glenn Wilson contemplative stare. Juan Lagares is about to make a shoestring catch. Alfonso Soriano has just finished hitting one of the, oh, 78 home runs he launched in August. Howie Kendrick is midair, about to hit home plate and get mobbed by his teammates. Emilio Bonifacio is sliding into home for the Royals, blissfully unaware of his upcoming DFA.
I love the design, the fact that most cards provide an interesting fact about the player that I can tell my daughter about, and that her Zack Wheeler contains the same "Future Stars" designation my 1987 Topps Dave Magadan does. Whatever drew me to baseball cards as a child still does as an adult.
Truly, I don't know if it will take with my daughter in the same way. I've found that all I can really do as a parent is put her in position to experience things. She may adopt them, she may not. Mozart, so far, hasn't inspired her, but she asks repeatedly to dance to Vivaldi's Four Seasons, and for the Bruch Violin Concerto in the car. She loves watching the Marx Brothers with me, but Rocky and Bullwinkle left her cold.
But she did ask me to open the next pack this afternoon, with our family snowbound. She proudly showed my wife her new binder, while my wife commended me for managing to let our daughter take care of the cards. She's been with me when I've bought a pack here or there at some big box store, refusing to let the checkout clerk scan the cards for fear of damage, so she understands the size of the neurosis we're dealing with here.
But the payoff is too enormous for me to think about just how pristine we need to keep her Jose Fernandez "The Future Is Now" insert (seriously, it was a killer pack she pulled). I'm just laying the groundwork for something that maybe we can share together, something to bring my daughter a little closer to me for the years I have with her, for those few minutes until she's 17, and my backseat no longer contains her car seat.


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2.2 million people fled or were expelled from their homes during the war, according to the Bosnian Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees. 1.2 million requested refugee status abroad – in over 100 countries. The remainder, 1 million people, were displaced throughout BiH.
The return of refugees and internally displaced persons has been one of the success stories of the post-war period. The process began in earnest in 1999 when the OHR, in collaboration with donors, opened up Refugee Return Taskforces and organized refugee groups across the country. The new impetus sought to counter obstruction by Bosnia's nationalist parties.
Minority return – the return of citizens to a place where their national group is not in a majority – has been especially difficult to achieve. Until 1999, nationalist leaders were convinced they could make it impossible for former inhabitants to return. In many cases, returnees were intimidated.
The data for displaced people has been flawed, as displaced people have often returned to their homes without registering. In 2005, a re-registration exercise reduced the remaining number of internally displaced persons to 187,000. The numbers are constantly decreasing each year. Return from abroad has by now become increasingly rare.
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One of the major post-war successes has been the return of property to its rightful pre-war owners. During the first years after Dayton, nationalist authorities obstructed owners from reclaiming their property. As a result, a concerted plan, involving the Office of the High Representative, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the OSCE Mission, was drawn up in October 1999. Its aim was to create a legally driven process to enforce – through direct pressure and incentives – compliance by municipalities and other responsible actors.
One way of doing so has been to hold the municipalities accountable for property. The new Property Law Implementation Plan (PLIP) made the municipality of return responsible for addressing property claims and facilitating the return of property. The number of successfully implemented property returns was publicised throughout Bosnia; the PLIP-list was published monthly on the web.
In many cases, property restitution worked through lease agreements or property sales. Even displaced people who did not want to return came under pressure to resolve their property issues.
In early 2004 the OHR and the missions of the UN and OSCE were able to announce that:
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In 2006, the OHR stopped publishing the PLIP-list, as only a small number of cases remained. The Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) wrote that year:
"Several factors seem to indicate that return in BiH is now a residual process. It concerns areas where return is particularly difficult, and remaining candidates for return are among the most vulnerable (collective centre residents, the elderly, female heads of household, traumatised individuals) for whom the decision is much more difficult to make in view of the current obstacles to sustainable return."
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Richard Petty on Danica Patrick comments: I'm not sexist
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Richard Petty stood by his comments about Danica Patrick's racing ability on Saturday night, but sought to clarify one thing — he's not sexist.
Petty came under fire this week when his comments during an appearance in Canada were made public. He told a crowd at the Canadian Motorsports Expo that Patrick could only win a race "if everybody else stayed home."
"What I said is what I said and that's what I believe, OK?" Petty told a small group of reporters prior to the Sprint Unlimited exhibition race at Daytona International Speedway. "What's unfair is the sexist part. If her name had been Danny, OK, nobody would have said anything about it.
"It was definitely not sexist, OK? Hey look, I've been married 55 years to the same woman. So I am not a sexist by any ways. I love women."
PATRICK RESPONDS:'Everyone's entitled to their own opinion'
SATURDAY:Engines fail Patrick, Stewart in Daytona 500 practice
During his original comments, Petty also said Patrick was good for NASCAR because the sport is becoming more about "show time" than the race.
"If she'd have been a male, nobody would ever know if she'd showed up at a race track," Petty said in Canada. "This is a female deal that's driving her. There's nothing wrong with that, because that's good PR for me. More fans come out, people are more interested in it. She has helped to draw attention to the sport, which helps everybody in the sport."
On Saturday, Petty said he was "old school" and won't become politically correct just because of the backlash.
"To be politically correct, I'd have to lie to myself, and I'm not going to do that," he said. "I am opinionated. You can listen to (son) Kyle to figure that out."
KYLE PETTY:Patrick 'not a racecar driver'
Patrick responded to Petty's comments on Thursday by largely brushing them off.
"People have said things in the past, they're going to say things in the future," Patrick said. "I still say the same thing: Everyone's entitled to their own opinion. People will judge what he said, whether they judge it well or not, and I'm just not going to (judge).
"The people that matter the most to me are my team, my sponsors and those little 3-year-old kids that run up to you and want a great big hug and say they want to grow up to be like you. That's the stuff I really focus on."
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Grammy Awards 2014 Articles
Grammy Awards 2014 news, gossip, photos and video.
Missing Miley, Missing Rihanna
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Didn't you? There was nothing on the carpet that was exciting, that you were WAITING for. Don't tell me you were waiting for Katy Perry either. No one waits for Katy Perry fashion. Not the way we wait for Rihanna. And Miley Cyrus too. Both Rihanna and Miley were at Clive Davis's annual pre-party on Saturday night. Full Story
Madonna cane and grills
The best part of Madonna's appearance at the Grammys last night was her matching mom and son red carpet ensemble with David Banda. He's a badass poser. Who, apparently, is waiting to get his own grill, because his mother promised him one but first they have to go to the dentist and get a mold. Full Story
Ariana's Grammy side
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Keith Urban's Grammy face
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Granny Freeze Nicole Kidman did not attend the Grammys last night. But she was there in spirit…all over her husband's face, holy sh-t. To me it looks like he completely redesigned his bone structure – full cheeks and not a line anywhere. I guess it's not a new thing but since he's always with Gran, we're too busy looking at her unnatural perfection instead of noticing that the same has been happening to him. Full Story
Hair whipping and premature celebrations
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Taylor Swift sang All Too Well last night and whipped her hair during the performance because by that point, we all needed a little excitement. It's not that she wasn't good. It's just that everything leading up to her was so… low energy. So I was happy to have the opportunity to see the layers in her hair. Full Story
Katy Perry and the brooms
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Like I said on Twitter, I would be impressed if she'd started playing Quidditch. But there was no Quidditch. There was only more camouflage. For what? Haven't you noticed by now the lengths they will go to to distract you from the fact that Katy Perry can't dance? If it's not a boxing ring, it's geishas. Full Story
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Mint, Pea and Yoghurt Soup
After a few weeks of sheer indulgence, I am now on a health kick. It's time for soup (sorry if you're not a big fan of soup, there's a couple of posts coming your way). I'm taking a break from the pasta and bread (it's hard for me to even write that, especially considering I've had pizza twice in the past 4 days), and it's vegetables and proteins all the way.
You see, scoffing half a dozen scones, and some muffins, plus the general day to day carb overload my diet consists of, you start to feel a little sluggish. Avoiding outdoor activity because there's a storm outside doesn't help either. Who am I kidding, I haven't done outdoor activity since... um... hrmm.
I bought a new book a month or so ago – 100 Best Fresh Soups. Pretty good book too. There's a couple in there that I'm really keen to try out, the Mint, Pea and Yoghurt soup was one of them.
I love peas. And mint. And yoghurt. It's no surprise that I really liked this soup. I followed it quite closely except for the 300ml of milk and tablespoon of cornflour they added at the end. I wasn't sure about that, and after adding the yoghurt I felt it was creamy enough. Try the milk if you're up to the challenge. I also chose not to blend the ginger. I could smell the intense flavour it brought just after the boiling part that I decided to take it out. I was left with a nice subtle hint of ginger. Good decision I thought.
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Adapted from 100 Best Fresh Soups
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 onions, coarsely chopped
250g potatoes, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1 1-inch piece of ginger, sliced
1 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon plain flour
850ml vegetable stock
500g fresh or frozen peas
Handful of mint, ripped
150ml plain Greek yoghurt
Sea salt
Black pepper
Heat the oil in a pot over a medium heat. Add the onions and potato and cook until onion is translucent and soft. Add the garlic, ginger, coriander, cumin and flour, and stir so all ingredients are mixed well. Cook for a further minute – this will cook out the raw flour taste.
Add the stock, peas and mint and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, then continue to cook on a gentle simmer for 15 minutes or until the vegetables are tender and cooked through.
If you like a subtle ginger taste, remove the slices from the pot and discard. Process the soup in a blender / food processor. Pass the soup through a sieve, return to the pot and season with salt and pepper. Add the yoghurt and stir, and then bring back to the boil.
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FirstRain Mobile Showers Sales Reps With Data
May 13, 2014 6:13 PM PT
FirstRain has released its third iteration of the mobile version of its personal business analytics app, enhancing it with social sharing functionality and building in a new contextual layer that gives users more information about the data they receive.
FirstRain also debuted a version for Windows Phone with this rollout.
These changes are preceding what FirstRain is doing on the desktop although all versions eventually will have the same functionality, Penny Herscher, CEO of FirstRain, told CRM Buyer.
"We are upgrading our mobile apps now first," she said. "We will lead with the iPhone and other mobile phone apps and then the iPad. Then we follow with the desktop."
This new pattern is a reflection of how sales people and business and marketing executives -- FirstRain's typical users -- now work, she said. "No one is sitting at a desk anymore -- certainly not all day."
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A mobile app also is better suited for the rich customization the platform has, she added.
Briefly, what FirstRain does is gather all the relevant information in social media and on the Web -- information that is public, not from proprietary sources -- about contacts or companies of interest to the user. The user's overarching goal is to improve productivity, whether trying to close a sale, develop a lead or refine a product.
For instance, a sales rep might use FirstRain to identify risks in the sales funnel.
"Sales reps always need to know what is happening with their customers, and by using FirstRain they have this customized information delivered to their devices," Herscher said.
If any adverse information turns up about a key prospect, for example, the rep likely would appreciate receiving a smartphone alert that the customer might be considering closing the account.
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With the new enhancements, FirstRain users can get even more out of the application, Herscher said.
For instance, there are social sharing options integrated with the back-end systems of top CRM and other enterprise applications. A user could send an article to a Chatter group about a CFO resigning from a company, for example, asking for feedback about the impact it could have on the company's account. Ditto Yammer, Sharepoint and email. There are also more public options for LinkedIn and Twitter.
The contextual layer that is new to this version is that it helps users better connect the dots when monitoring accounts or prospects, Herscher said.
The rep who was interested in the CFO resignation also would receive tweets and blog posts from competitors referencing the company, and so on. If there were any public filings associated with the event, they would be delivered as well.
Another example is a rep trying to identify opportunities in a certain market. Say the rep sold equipment to fast food franchises and wanted to expand to Texas. The rep could customize the app to look for McDonald's franchise growth patterns there. The app would return news of a certain restaurant that just built a new parking lot, or just bought some new equipment, or of a franchisee that acquired another location, Herscher said.
It would also tell the user what the competitor, Burger King, was up to as well.
This is not a data dump, though, Herscher said. "Our goal when designing this was to replace the need for anyone to do a business search or look at scores of RSS feeds. Business information overload is an issue that many sales reps and executives have -- and that is what we have addressed."


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In today's edition of innocuous Facebook scandals, Ars Technica reports that the social network just up and changed
everybody's many users' default email address to their (probably forgotten-about) @facebook.com email address. Shocking, I know. Sometimes the truth is hard to handle.
Update: Some commenters have noted that their accounts have not yet been affected by the change. I've updated the language to reflect this — though it seems likely that the email change-up will be implemented across all accounts soon.
The change, first uncovered by hacker Gervase Markham, means that any email messages you received through Facebook since Friday have been routed back into the Facebook Messages inbox, rather than into your email inbox. Annoying? Perhaps. Something to get really angry about? Perhaps — maybe you were expecting some highly time sensitive email to come through Facebook. But for the most part, we'd guess that people are more shocked that they have an @facebook email address than the fact that Facebook pulled a switcharoo.
Fortunately, switching back to your old email is easy. Gizmodo has the instructions here, but you can probably figure it out without reading a how-to guide.
The fact that Facebook did this without asking its users what they want doesn't surprise me in the slightest. Facebook does this kind of stuff all the time. And even when it gives users fair warnings about changes, they still flip their lids, wig out, and have a bloody conniption all over the Web. In fact, Facebook did give users warning (kind of) — all the way back in April. At at least one member of the DT staff received an email on Friday noting the change, though my email setting was changed without notice.
Regardless of notification, the question remains: Why did Facebook make the change? Mike Isaac of AllThingsD seems to me to have the right answer: Facebook wants "to upset our existing communications systems and replace them with its own," he writes. Or, as Forbes writer Kashmir Hill puts it, Facebook is attempting to "force its email service on you."
According to Facebook, however, the change is all about choice. Here's what a Facebook spokesperson told Reuters' social media honcho Matthew Keys:
As we announced back in April, we've been updating addresses on Facebook to make them consistent across our site.
In addition to everyone receiving an address, we're also rolling out a new setting that gives people the choice to decide which addresses they want to show on their timelines.
Ever since the launch of timeline, people have had the ability to control what posts they want to show or hide on their own timelines, and today we're extending that to other information they post, starting with the Facebook address.
Apparently Facebook realized that few users would willingly change their connected email address to an @facebook.com address unless they just did it for them, thus forcing users to actively switch back. Plus, by pushing the change on users, Facebook has successfully drummed up a scandal about which we in the tech press are all now writing.
So congratulations, Facebook. You've won again — by being a tactless jerk. Give yourself a pat on the back.
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The Woodinville Winers Visit Naches Heights
- Written by Mike McClure and Terry Morse
On a sunny spring weekend, the Winers decided to make a trip to Yakima to visit Naches Heights, which is both a new winery (www.nachesheights.com) and Washington state's latest American Viticultural Area (AVA).
What is an AVA you ask? An AVA is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the Federal Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
Naches Heights was officially recognized in January of 2012 and is Washington state's 12th AVA. Currently just over 37 acres of wine grapes are planted in the new AVA, making it the smallest planted wine region in the state.
Both the winery and the AVA were created by Phil and Barbara Cline. Phil (aka "The Big Kahuna") was born and raised on the Heights, and his family had always farmed the land around his home. Barbara has been Phil's better half now for over 25 years, also coming from Yakima. Barbara is the architect responsible for the striking Naches Heights tasting room.
The first thing you notice when approaching Naches heights is the "green" theme, on which Phil passionately educated us. Naches Heights is located on an elevated geologic formation, made of rich volcanic soil, which reduces winter damage to vineyards and is ideal for sustainable farming. All seven vineyards in Naches Heights grow their grapes using organic, biodynamic or LIVE (Low Input Viticulture and Enology) certification program practices, making Naches Heights Washington state's first exclusively sustainable AVA. In addition, the winery building that Barbara designed is green- certified with specifications such as radiant floors and solar/wind energy.
Phil started us off with three white wines, which we were especially interested in tasting as they were recommended by our favorite Woodinville winemaker before the trip.
Naches makes a Pinot Gris, a Riesling and a white blend called Can Can. Our favorite was the Riesling, which was not overly sweet and had aromas of lime, jasmine and green apple.
We then moved on to the Reds, including a Cabernet Franc, a Syrah and a red blend called Two Dancers (what is with the dancing theme anyway?). Our favorite of the reds was the Syrah (their fifth release) which had dark berry flavors combined with a hint of spicy pepper.
After buying some wine, we took in the incredible surroundings of Naches heights from the pergola near the vineyard and listened to the sounds of four onsite waterfalls. Views of the rolling hills surrounding the area are incredible and we recommend that you consider making this a picnic stop if you are ever in the area. Naches Heights would also make a great location for an event and hosts many weddings throughout the year.
On a side note, if you are a golfer, consider making a stop at Apple Tree Resort (www.appletreeresort.com) as well.
We played this course the following day and feel compelled to mention its striking landscaping carved out of apple and cherry orchards. You can't get much better than a sunny weekend of wine tasting and golf.
Our experience at Naches Heights was the best in the Yakima area. The wines, the people and the tasting room are all very inviting. Prices range from $13 to $28. The tasting room is open from Thursday through Monday and on Tuesday/Wednesday by appointment.


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If Stanley Hotel owner John Cullen had announced his plans for a $15 million wellness center facility any other time but in the aftermath of one of the state's worst disasters, the town would have likely thrown him a parade.
A wellness center that will provide up to 100 construction jobs, steady work for about 60 full-time equivalent employees, millions of dollars in local taxes, a special partnership with the medical center, and a year-round business is just what this town needs – badly.
You couldn't have wished for a more exciting venture.
But, Cullen did make his announcement earlier this week as the town, county and state is focused on rebuilding roads, bridges and municipalities.
Estes Park, unfortunately, is one of the communities that was hit hard. And, because it was, it's understandable why town officials are a bit subdued over the news. They have a lot on their plate at the moment.
We understand that. Getting the Fish Creek corridor up and running with new infrastructure and roads has to be the top priority. Getting all the utilities back up and running is a high priority. Ensuring the safety of residents and school children from now through the tough winter months just ahead is a priority.
And, so it goes.
But, we'd like to suggest that Cullen's plan, while not a high priority, should be a priority nonetheless.
That's because his project could have far reaching impacts on the community.
Sure, it will provide both temporary and full-time jobs. Both are needed.
It will bring taxes, too. That's always nice.
But, it also might help to change the image of the community as a summer-only destination. His business will be able to draw families and visitors year-round. They will shop at our stores and eat in our restaurants. That's a big deal.
It's also been shown that these types of businesses often work as a magnet to attract other similar ventures.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could attract several more year-round businesses? Wouldn't it be great if visitors thought of Estes Park in the winter the same way they feel about it in the summer?
That could happen.
But, there has to be a beginning. This is such an opportunity.
We know the timing is bad but his is a time-sensitive venture. If the town can step and up and help with the land issues, this can happen. If the town delays, the financing for this will be set back at least a year, maybe 3-4 years.
We are asking our town officials to carve out the necessary time to get involved in this project and help it happen.
We need to be planning for our future today. If we're truly Mountain Strong, let's show it by not ignoring or delaying action on this important project.


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A new study by University of Iowa researchers pinpoints a single protein as the key player in the biochemical cascade that leads to cardiac rupture. The findings, published Nov. 13 as an Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the journal Nature Medicine, suggest that blocking the action of this protein, known as CaM kinase, may help prevent cardiac rupture and reduce the risk of death.
After a heart attack, the body produces a range of chemicals that trigger biological processes involved in healing and repair. Unfortunately, many of these chemical signals can become "too much of a good thing" and end up causing further damage often leading to heart failure and sudden death.
"Two of the medicines that are most effective for heart failure are beta-blockers, which block the action of adrenaline, and drugs that block the angiotensin receptor," explains Mark E. Anderson, M.D., Ph.D., UI professor and head of internal medicine and senior study author. "The third tier of therapy is medication that blocks the action of aldosterone."
Aldosterone levels increase in patients following a heart attack, and higher levels of the hormone are clearly associated with greater risk of death in the days immediately following a heart attack.
Increased aldosterone levels also are associated with a burst of oxidation in heart muscle, and in 2008, Anderson's team showed that oxidation activates CaM kinase. Anderson's research has also shown that CaM kinase is a lynchpin in the beta-blocker and angiotensin pathways.
"We wondered if aldosterone might somehow work through CaM kinase and, if it did, could some of the benefits of aldosterone blockers be attributed to effects on CaM kinase?" Anderson says.
Anderson's team, including co-first authors Julie He (photo, right), a student in the UI Medical Scientist Training Program; Mei-Ling Joiner, Ph.D.; Madhu Singh, Ph.D.; Elizabeth Luczak, Ph.D.; and Paari Swaminathan, M.D., devised a series of experiments in mice to investigate how elevated levels of aldosterone damage heart muscle after a heart attack and how Cam kinase is involved.
The experiments confirmed that aldosterone increases the amount of oxidized, and therefore, activated CaM kinase in heart muscle. Mice given excess aldosterone, mimicking levels seen in human patients, were twice as likely to die after a heart attack as mice that were not given extra aldosterone (70 percent vs. 35 percent), and the cause of death was heart rupture.
Importantly, any treatment that reduced the amount of oxidized CaM kinase or otherwise inhibited CaM kinase activity lowered the risk of cardiac rupture and death in the mice.
Interestingly, the researchers found that activated CaM kinase prompted heart muscle cells to produce an enzyme called MMP9 that is implicated in heart rupture.
"Although there are many sources of this enzyme, our study showed that heart muscle itself is actually making this protein too and is acting against its own self-interest in doing so," Anderson says. "We don't know why it happens, but inhibiting CaM kinase can prevent it."
The MMP9 enzyme is involved in remodeling the "matrix" that surrounds heart cells. This matrix, which acts like mortar between cells, is constantly being broken down and rebuilt. In hearts that rupture after heart attack this remodeling process becomes excessive, weakening the matrix to the point that it ruptures.
Because matrix remodeling plays a role in other diseases, including cancer, Anderson notes that the CaM kinase findings may have clinical implications beyond heart disease.
Overall, the UI study suggests that blocking the biochemical processes triggered by aldosterone might help prevent cardiac rupture following a heart attack.
Anderson notes that a multi-center study currently underway in France is poised to determine if patients would benefit from getting aldosterone blockers right away rather than waiting several weeks.
"We think our study provides experimental evidence for why that should work," he says.
"We have now identified CaM kinase as a critical component for the disease effects of the three core therapeutic pathways in heart, and we are closer to understanding fundamental elements of these signaling pathways," Anderson says. "The findings enhance excitement that CaM kinase might be an important therapeutic target in heart disease, and developing Cam kinase inhibitors is a major goal for us so that we can move this from experimental findings to clinical testing."
The research was funded in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health, the American Heart Association, UI Research Foundation and the Fondation Leducq Award to the Alliance for Calmodulin Kinase Signaling in Heart Disease.
The interdisciplinary research team included scientists from four departments in the UI Carver College of Medicine; the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Maastricht University in the Netherlands; University of Leuven in Belgium; and Ohio State University.
STORY SOURCE: University of Iowa Health Care Media Relations, 200 Hawkins Drive, Room W319 GH, Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1009
MEDIA CONTACT: Jennifer Brown, 319-356-7124


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posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 3:24 pm
I am running a multilevel CFA with ordinal indicators using WLSMV/WLSM. I would like to perform a multigroup analysis to test the invariance of item loadings and thresholds across 6 groups.
However, when I try to run it I get an error message saying "TYPE = TWOLEVEL with estimators ULSMV, WLS, WLSM, and WLSMV is not currently available for multiple group analysis". I am using Mplus version 7.
Is there some other way to perform this analysis? Do you have any suggestions?
Thank you so much!
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Tuesday, November 20, 2012 - 3:48 pm
You can do this with ML or Bayes where the groups are handled using KNOWNCLASS.
luk bruyneel
posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 4:39 am
Hello, I want to model a multigroup multilevel CFA to test the factorial invariance of my survey instrument. I have nurse workforce data (hypothesis is there are five factors) from nurses (n=33000) within nursing units (n=2000, randomly selected) within hospitals (n=500, randomly selected) within countries (n=12).
1. Is my sample large enough to do this kind of analysis? (cf. Hox et al. How few countries will do? Comparative survey analysis from a Bayesian perspective).
2. Why multigroup (country) multilevel (hospital) and not three-level?
3. I looked at example 9.11, yet my data are categorical. I know it has to do with KNOWNCLASS and MIXTURE but I can't find out the full syntax. Could you please aid me with a syntax that would work?
5. In a book chapter of the recent book by Van de Vijver 'Multilevel analysis of individuals and cultures' there is a chapter on 'Latent Variable Structural Equation Modeling in Cross-Cultural Research: Multigroup and Multilevel Approaches' by Selig et al. They included a predictor (one of Hofstede's dimensions of national culture) in their model. How can I do this?
Please help me, I'm a complete newbie to Mplus! All the best,
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, November 23, 2012 - 8:07 am
1 - 2. Typically, you want more than 12 units on the highest level to do 3-level analysis. With Bayes, however, good performance can be obtained even for such a low number. See for instance my paper:
Muth�n, B. (2010). Bayesian analysis in Mplus: A brief introduction. Technical Report. Version 3.
which is on our web site under Papers, Bayesian Analysis.
Another aspect is the usual fixed vs random model consideration - what your inference concerns. - Do you want to think of the countries as a random sample from a population of countries (random mode - 3-level analysis) so that you draw inference to this population or do you want the inference to be to only these 12 countries (fixed mode - multiple-group analysis).
Adding another wrinkle to this is the new development where even for the fixed mode case, you may want to take a Bayes random measurement parameter approach for the 12 countries - see
General random effect latent variable modeling: Random subjects, items, contexts, and parameters.
which is under Technical Appendices for Version 7. We are currently writing on a more applied paper on this.
3. Start by looking at UG ex 7.21. Then look at the output including Tech1 to see that you get what you want.
5. Our UG has many examples of predictors (covariates) of factors - also for multilevel models.
luk bruyneel
posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 12:16 pm
Thank you for your excellent reply.
I should have started by doing a standard CFA in each country. As it turns out, my 5-factor solution doesn't work out in any of the countries.
Standard EFA models in each country seperately point to a 6 to 7-factor solution.
I came across the relatively new method of ESEM. This seems like a good approach for my problem would you agree?
I ran three models:
1. No measurement invariance
2. introduce factor loading matrix invariance
3. introduce intercept variance
I haven't modeled factor covariance matrix invariance and factor mean invariance yet.
These are the results:
Number of Free Parameters=2079,
H0 Value= -809768.148,
H0 Scaling Correction Factor= 1.1879,
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Value= 7699.150*,
Degrees of Freedom=1827,
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation) Estimate=0.031,
SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)= 0.015
luk bruyneel
posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 12:19 pm
Number of Free Parameters=903,
H0 Value= -814654.626,
H0 Scaling Correction Factor= 1.1333,
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Value= 15914.658*,
Degrees of Freedom=3003,
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation) Estimate=0.036,
SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)= 0.044
Number of Free Parameters=735,
H0 Value= -824405.147,
H0 Scaling Correction Factor=1.1689,
Chi-Square Test of Model Fit
Degrees of Freedom=3171,
RMSEA (Root Mean Square Error Of Approximation) Estimate=0.054,
SRMR (Standardized Root Mean Square Residual)= 0.062
Some questions:
1. Is chisq per definition significant because of large sample size? (n=33000)
2. RMSEA and SRMS increased a bit and TLI and CFI decreased a bit every time I added a country to the model. Is this per definition what you would expect? I�ve seen a comment from Linda stating that many groups in multiple group analysis is not easy.
3. What do you make of these findings? Just before I added the last country to the 3rd model, CFI and TLI were over .90 and SRMR and RMSEA were below .05.
Luk Bruyneel
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - 12:43 pm
Take a look at the ESEM and BSEM approaches I discussed in Utrecht in August on Day 1. See end of the day under the heading "Multiple-group BSEM. Cross-cultural comparisons". There is a video and a handout on our web site. I had similar problems with CFA in the 34 countries.
posted on Friday, March 01, 2013 - 12:53 pm
I wanted to follow up regarding the question at the top of this thread. You suggested using ML or Bayes with KNOWNCLASS to do a two-level multigroup CFA with categorical indicators.
I am not what the syntax should look like. Do you have an example?
Should TYPE=MIXTURE and ESTIMATOR=BAYES or ML? what would the CLASSES and KNOWNCLASS statements look like for a 6 group comparison?
Thank you.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, March 01, 2013 - 1:26 pm
KNOWNCLASS requires TYPE=MIXTURE; Use the ESTIMATOR option to select BAYES or ML. See Example 7.21 for the CLASSES and KNOWNCLASS options. It is for two classes but is easily generalized.
Haug Leuschner
posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - 11:48 am
I would like to conduct a multiple-group twolevel CFA with ordered categorical indicators testing measurement invariance for three groups. Each group consists of 150-200 clusters with 10 observations per group (5000 observations in total, the twolevel CFA model results in good model fit). The WLSM/V estimator is currently not available for multiple group analysis of TYPE=TWOLEVEL, and the Bayes estimator is currently not available for multiple group analysis of TYPE=TWOLEVEL MIXTURE using the CLASSES and KNOWNCLASS options. I would appreciate if you could give an advice.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Wednesday, March 06, 2013 - 1:20 pm
If there are not too many latent variable dimensions, you can try ML which uses Knownclass for the multiple groups, where the class variable is put on the Between list. You can use
Dexin Shi
posted on Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 9:04 pm
Hi Dr. Muthens,
I'd like to conduct a multiple group multilevel CFA model using Bayes estimator; as TYPE=TWOLEVEL MIXTURE using the CLASSES and KNOWNCLASS options is not available, I was wondering is there any alternative coding approaches I can fit the multigroup multilevel CFA model with ordered categorical outcomes using bayes as estimator ? if not, How about the continuous case? Thanks.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, April 19, 2013 - 10:04 am
This is not possible in Mplus with Bayes for either categorical or continuous variables.
Haug Leuschner
posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 5:25 pm
I used successfully MLR which uses Knownclass for the multiple groups, where the class variable is put on the Between list to conduct multiple-group twolevel CFA with ordered categorical indicators testing measurement invariance for three groups. Unfortunately I have problems to assess the model fit.
I tried to request the Vuong-Lo-Mendell-Rubin-Test (TECH11) and the Bootstrap-Likelihood-Ratio-Differences-Test (TECH14), but they are not available:
*** WARNING in OUTPUT command
TECH11 option is not available for TYPE=MIXTURE with the KNOWNCLASS option.
Request for TECH11 is ignored.
*** WARNING in OUTPUT command
TECH14 option is not available for TYPE=MIXTURE with the KNOWNCLASS option.
Request for TECH14 is ignored.
I would be very gratefully if you could tell me how I can assess the model fit of the multiple group model.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, November 09, 2013 - 6:22 pm
In this case you have to work with "neighboring models", that is, compare your model with one that is less restricted and compute the LR chi-square as 2 times the logL difference.
Jinxin ZHU
posted on Friday, October 17, 2014 - 12:24 am
Dear Bengt,
I am now runing a multigroup two-level CFA with ordinal data, and want to have the variance of between level latent facor varied across groups. However, when I use KNOWNCLASS with TWOLEVEL and MIXTURE, I got the error that "Variances of between-level variables are not allowed to vary across
1. Is the asumption of variance of between level latent facor varying across groups reasonable?
2. Is what I want workable using Mplus?
3. Would you please suggest what I should do?
Thank you so much.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Friday, October 17, 2014 - 11:37 am
Are the groups level-1 groups or level-2 groups?
Jinxin ZHU
posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 2:13 am
Level-2 (between level).
Variances for latent factor in level-1 (within level) can be set varied across groups.
Bengt O. Muthen
posted on Saturday, October 18, 2014 - 11:39 am
To get the variance of the between-level factor to vary across classes, you need to use a trick. Try expressing the factor variance in the Beta matrix instead of in the Psi matrix. For instance,
f by y1-y10;
ftrick by;
; ftrick with
f on ftrick;
where you mention f on ftrick in each class so that this slope varies. This class-varying Beta matrix slope then lets the f variance vary across classes.
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Driving more energy-efficient, eco-friendly designs
Rising fuel prices also have led manufacturers to develop more fuel-efficient engine designs. As a result, new technologies such as biofuel, fuel cells and hybrid power trains are coming on line, along with new designs for combustion engines.
To help address these trends, SKF has developed a variety of innovative solutions, including ready-to-install multifunctional sealing solutions and high quality engine seals. Along with meeting environmental goals, SKF engine solutions are enhancing the performance and durability of agricultural equipment, and reducing total costs.


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A key plank of Greenpeace's work on protecting forests around the world is an obvious yet important message of putting "people and forests first".
Yet it is a message that needs repeating, often to the many companies that use forested areas to further their own profits.
The impact upon communities that live in and rely on forested areas for their livelihood is all too frequently and sadly the last of some companies' concerns rather than the first.
Violations of human rights are commonplace, particularly in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where many multinational firms operate, and such violations are often committed with impunity.
However we hope that a criminal complaint being filed today by the NGOs Global Witness and the European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights will send out an important message that these unwarranted acts of aggression, direct or indirect, against locals will no longer be met with impunity.
The complaint, submitted to the special prosecutor's office in Tübingen, Germany, accuses a senior manager of the Swiss-German timber multinational, the Danzer Group, of aiding and abetting human rights abuses against members of a community in the north of the DRC in May 2011.
The individual is alleged to have failed to prevent Congolese police and military officers from committing violent acts against members of the Bongulu village following protests directly related to the company's logging operations, despite being aware of the high risk of human rights violations.
According to the, sometimes, harrowing witness testimony, security forces inflicted grave bodily harm, women and girls were raped, property was destroyed and 16 people ended up being arbitrarily arrested. The company paid the police and military forces for their efforts.
Use of local forces to intimidate and enact reprisals against villagers and members of civil society guilty of nothing more than being brave enough to stand up for their rights, is an alarmingly commonplace tactic by logging companies in the DRC.
Greenpeace has spent years exposing and confronting these outrageous tactics and we have specifically called out Danzer repeatedly to cease resorting to such practices. Through their local subsidiary Siforco (sold in 2012), the Danzer Group has created social and environmental havoc, and contributed significantly to the organized chaos that is the logging sector in the country.
Yet our calls have repeatedly fallen on deaf ears. Following on from our complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) in November 2011 asking them to disassociate from the Danzer Group, we hope that the Global Witness and ECCHR complaint finally wakes Danzer and other multinationals up to the fact that the violation of human rights against the citizens of the country they operate in is not a normal, nor accepted work practice and can no longer go unpunished.
Read Greenpeace report [PDF]: Stolen future: Conflicts and logging in Congo's rainforests - the case of Danzer, November 2011
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DALLAS (AP) — From a shaded area where toddlers can climb on a wooden ant or partake in a plant petting zoo, to a place where older kids can shoot water pistols at turbines and watch the energy they created set off water fountains, a new children's garden in Dallas aims to teach kids about science while they have fun in the lush landscape.
"We can teach better about nature in nature," says Mary Brinegar, president and chief executive officer of the Dallas Arboretum.
The sprawling arboretum on the edge of Dallas' White Rock Lake unveiled the $62 million Rory Meyers Children's Adventure Garden over the weekend. The 8-acre space is designed to help teach science to state and national standards, from preschool to middle school.
It's one of more than 100 children's gardens that have sprouted across the country since the idea became popular in the early 1990s, said Casey Sclar, executive director of the American Public Gardens Association. He said they range from a garden inspired by fairy tales (at Delaware's Winterthur museum and gardens) to one focusing on wellness and healing (at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens).
"They all have a different spin or a different way that they engage children," Sclar said.
The Dallas children's garden sets itself apart with its focus on teaching toward educational standards, he said.
Mary Conroy, the arboretum's vice president of education and research, said that when the idea for the children's garden came up almost 17 years ago, organizers wanted it to meet a need in the community, and they settled on helping to boost science test scores.
"What we did was look at what the big science concepts were for each age group in life and earth science. It was things like they have to know that plants have parts and each part has a different job," she said. "Then we said, 'OK, that's the important thing, so that's going to be our goal for this area and this age group.'"
For instance, to teach kids ages 5 to 7 how plants live and grow, designers created oversize plant replicas, including a 16-foot-tall one that uses lights to show how water moves from the roots up to the flower. To teach different flower parts, they created a puzzle with oversize parts forming a three-dimensional flower.
Teachers are stationed throughout the garden, and scholars at nearby Southern Methodist University will study the garden's effect on science education.
It's also hoped that the garden will help kids who have only known a city environment realize a connection to nature, Conroy said.
"We felt like our children are growing up without an understanding of how the Earth works," she said. "And you don't take care of things you don't care about."
A walkway takes visitors through areas aimed at different age groups, starting with one for the youngest visitors, which includes a maze, a sandbox and a shallow stream that can be crossed on artificial lily pads. "Our goal here was just to get these children outside … playing with nature. Because that's how they learn, by playing," Conroy said.
There's also a 240-foot-long skywalk through the tree canopy, recreations of a wetlands habitat and a cave.
An area called "Earth Cycles" includes an activity to teach kids about erosion by letting them create a landscape of trees and houses in a sandbox and then watch what happens when they activate a rainstorm or river. "It'll go through your landscape and change everything," she said.
In that same area, students can examine a box of rocks and try to categorize them, or use their own shadow to tell time with an analemmatic sundial.
On a visit Monday, 8-year-old David Rodriguez declared the sundial "cool," and added that another favorite was "the energy stuff."
A 9,100-square-foot building features a plant lab and a 5-foot-tall globe that can show things like population density, deforestation or weather events. In the building, kids can also learn about soil types by reaching with gloves into boxes to feel the differences. Or they can speed up or slow down videos from nature — for instance, watching a hummingbird in slow motion, or watching vines grow faster.
Sara Furlich, who has visited the garden with her three daughters — ages 13, 11 and 5 — and with children from the private school she heads, liked the hands-on approach and said, "It's hard to leave each exhibit without learning something."
Her 13-year-old, Sally, enjoyed identifying different types of rocks, and a section on weather: "You could make a little tornado in the bottle." Favorite exhibits for 11-year-old Rachel included sitting in a giant, fake bird's nest, studying the inside of a plant and posing for pictures in turtle shells.
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Not content with putting a man on the moon and Tang in our lunch boxes, the folks at NASA have pushed us one step further into the singularity, using an Oculus Rift and the new, more powerful Kinect.
Gaze in horror as the folks at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab fuse man and machine to create a horrifying VR, Robonaut foretold in stories of old. Or, you know, experiment with cool human-machine interfaces. Either way, Daisy is stuck in my head now.
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CFP: [Film] CFP: Film and Television of 1979 (12/1; SW/TX PCA/ACA; 2/25-2/28/09)
CFP: Film and Television of 1979 (12/1; SW/TX PCA/ACA; 2/25-2/28/09)
Deadline for submission: December 1, 2008 (Reduced Fee Deadline 11/15/08)
Online: http://SWTXPCA.ORG
Keynote Speaker: Former New Mexico Governor David F. Cargo (1967-1971)
30th Anniversary Meeting!
Southwest/Texas Popular and American Culture Associations
February 25â€"28, 2009
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Papers actively being sought for our 30th Birthday theme: "Reeling in the
Years: 30 Years of Film, TV, and Popular Culture.†We are particularly
interested in explorations of film, TV, and popular culture of the last 30
years with an emphasis on the popular culture of 1979.
Send abstracts to theme Area Chair:
Dr. Philip Heldrich at pheldrich @sbcglobal.net
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The SW/TX PCA/ ACA also invites papers for one of its 70+ Area offerings in
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It is hard to search for materials by their properties in general and I am trying to find a material with a very low Curie temperature. At the moment I am browsing different sites but can only find a number of 'normal' ferromagnetic materials but few with a small Curie temperature.
So which material has the lowest Curie of all ferromagnets?
(By material I mean pure substance, e.g. NdFeB, but not a material under pressure, or nanocrystals or other special conditions which should all allow the suppression of ferromagnetism).


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A great whiskey, like a great story, is meant to be shared.
At Laws Whiskey House our whiskey is our story.
But exactly what is a whiskey house? To us it's a place dedicated to whiskey, a temple of sorts, a place to come and explore your passion for whiskey. Make no mistake about it, Laws Whiskey House is a distillery, but more than that it is where we can educate and share everything we know and love about whiskey. Our commitment to education is such a core part of our vision that the simple term "distillery" did not do it justice.
That is our story. And one taste will tell you there's not an ounce of fiction in it.
Welcome to the distillery. This is where all the magic happens. We are centrally located in Denver Colorado at 1420 S. Acoma. From our home here in the historic Gates Neighborhood we take an obsessive, hands-on approach to every aspect of whiskey production.
It's here where we mill our grains, combine them and cook them to create an incredibly complex sour mash. Here the mash is open-air fermented for four days. We then distill it in a four plate pot/column still custom made just for us by Vendome Copper Works. From there the whiskey makes its way to full sized American White Oak barrels, where it's aged a minimum of two years.
We live by a few simple rules, call them our our mantra.
Craft over commodity. Quality over quantity. Whiskey above all.®
If we had to add a fourth (and we do…) it would be "There are no shortcuts". These principles appear on the walls of our distillery. They guide every decision that we make.
Just as important as our commitment to making the best whiskey, is our commitment to our customers. We believe and are founded in transparency, integrity, and honesty. If you can't trust us how can you trust what's in the bottle? We are an integrity-based distillery providing ethically-made high quality whiskey.
We're eager to share that which we are so proud of, our whiskey, made in Colorado, with a character that can be appreciated by urban pioneers and high country people alike.
First is our commitment to making a no compromise whiskey. Every step of production is carried out in-house.
We start with grain from family-owned Colorado Malting Company out of Alamosa, Colorado and corn from Whiskey Sisters Supply in Burlington, Colorado. We believe that the only way to make a great whiskey, one with balance and character is using the traditional, and far more intensive method of open-air fermentation.
The next step is aging the whiskey. Ours is aged in 53 gallon charred American White Oak barrels which we source from Independent Stave Company in southern Missouri.
Unlike distilleries in Kentucky, where the whiskey goes to sleep during the winter months, ours ages year round. That's because our mountain climate is always active with changes in temperature and air pressure. So as our spirit ages, the magic of time, charred oak planks and high mountain air transform it into a rich, complex, spicy, Straight American four grain bourbon.
Finally, we utilize the most developed piece of technology we know of to determine the optimal release date of the batch: our own palates.
While whiskey may be an acquired taste some whiskeys acquire more taste than others. That's all down to how it's made.
Al Laws, founder of Laws Whiskey House, didn't set out to create another quick-to-market, mass-produced spirit. He doesn't believe in shortcuts. In his words, "Shortcuts" remove time from the process, and time is one of our critical ingredients."
Laws Four Grain Straight Bourbon is honest whiskey. There are five ingredients; water, grain, yeast, oak barrels, and time. If you are truly committed to making great whiskey, that's all it takes.
There are a lot of whiskeys out there, fewer Bourbons, and fewer still, four grain bourbons. So what sets this particular whiskey apart?
A.D. Laws Four Grain
A four grain Bourbon must follow all the rules of a Bourbon, but it contains all three typical flavor grains that accentuate the corn base: barley, wheat and rye. To achieve such an uncommon expression of bourbon takes skill. These four "American mother grains" are painstakingly combined in exacting ratio in our cooker coming together to create a highly complex and flavorful whiskey. The results showcase the flavor of each grain without compromising balance.
We slowly distill our four grain sour mash to coax out the delicate spirit. Whiskey with this level of character can only be made by hand. Again, no shortcuts. Yes, Four Grain Straight Bourbon is a more difficult whiskey to make, but it is well worth it.
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To take a tour our of whiskey house, learn about the art and craft of whiskey making or just to come by and say hello click here. We'd love to meet you and share some stories and just as importantly, share some Laws Whiskey House Four Grain Straight Bourbon Whiskey.
Laws Whiskey House
1420 S Acoma Street
Denver, CO 80223
phone: 720-570-1420
Our distillery will be closed through March 31, 2020 for construction.
We are committed to making the best whiskey possible with no short cuts and no compromises. We craft our whiskey from grain to bottle using 100% American grain, and sourcing from Family Owned Colorado Farms. It may cost a bit more but we think it is the right thing to do."
– Al Laws


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The Newport Beach Citizens Bicycle Safety Committee should include at least one member who does not ride a bicycle on the streets of Newport Beach for recreation or commuting.
After all, we non-bicyclists contribute monies, through our taxes, which pay for all of those never-ending miles and miles of bicycle paths, bicycle lanes, bicycle markings and other alleged "safety measures." Presently, bicycle riders are getting a "free ride." Bicyclists are the only group who share the road but don't pay their fair share.
How many bicycle riders actually commute to work every day? Probably less than 1%.
The rest are recreational. On any given day, older, leisure-time bicycle riders (65 to 85 years of age) dress up in clothes for "youthfulness" with bright vests, too-tight black shimmering elastic pants, otherworldly helmets and an all-too-common case of road rage.
Sadly, many hold bicycle safety in contempt while they aggressively meander into busy city street traffic in Newport Beach. They ride side-by-side, placing the drivers of cars, SUVs, trucks and themselves in peril.
P.J. O'Rourke once said, "Bicycle riders look like Wiffle ball-topped Woody Woodpeckers."
Woody Woodpecker silhouettes pepper the streets of Newport Beach from early morning until late at night. While many remain in their proper lanes and obey the traffic laws, there are other bicyclists who resemble rigid self-righteous environmental ideologues. And it is these bicycle riders who are causing huge hazards for the congested traffic flow in Newport Beach because they are prepared to break every traffic law.
Active bike lanes on city streets, vehicle lanes sharing the lane with bicyclists' lanes, and "sharrows" (shared roadway bicycle markings) are neither safe nor manageable.
In pilot projects, sharrows are placed 11 feet from the curb and about 4 feet from a conventional parking space for small cars, notwithstanding all the oversized gargantuan SUVs along every curbside.
Sharrows are supposed to slow down aggressive drivers where bicycle lanes do not exist. Placing sharrows in unstable, heavily trafficked streets confuses moving and parked vehicles. In actuality, by narrowing traffic lanes, motorists become more impatient and aggressive. Regrettably, bicycle riders may still crash into the opening doors of parked cars … with the injured bicyclists then thrown into ongoing motor vehicle traffic on the sharrow-narrowed streets.
I agree with permanent bans on cell-phone usage while driving, dogs sitting on driver's laps, GPS system viewing while in motion and all other distractions used by motorists in today's modern society. Distracted drivers exceeding speed limits and weaving around appear to be "ruling the road" for all of us: vehicle drivers and bicycle riders alike.
Does riding a bicycle keep the rider healthy and sane? Yes, if bicycle riders stay on sidewalk-like bike paths and off city streets. Otherwise, bicyclists place their very lives in the hands of inattentive motorists.
Here are a few recommendations for the committee:
1.) Because reflexes diminish with age, immediately restrict riders older than 65 from riding on busy streets;
2) Compel all adult bicycle riders to pay a registration fee and pass a licensing test about bicycle rules of the road;
3) If bicyclists insist on enlarging their "personal bicycle riding space," which forces changes to our long-standing traffic planners' engineered vehicle lanes in Newport Beach, then the bike riders should pay the bulk of the construction expense.
Carole Wade
Newport Beach
Business trips automatically call for reports
Re. Mailbag: "A detailed report should follow Las Vegas trip" (May 9): Of course a person sent by an organization to a meeting or convention or seminar would willingly — possibly eagerly — compose and submit a report detailing how the organization could benefit from the expense. If an organization honors someone by sponsoring their representation at an event, why would they hesitate to share the benefit of the trip with as many people as could read the report? I have had 25 years' experience in middle management at various large corporations and this practice was understood!
My wife has had more than 30 years of service with the state of California, and this was her practice and culture as well.
Haven't we heard about "running the city like a business?" We wonder about the business experience of some of our council members.
Dan and Barbara Rycroft
Costa Mesa
Outsourcing police and fire
Jack Wu asks "What if we outsourced both police and fire?" (May 12): He wonders why the city councils of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach wouldn't jump at the chance to save millions of dollars by contracting with the Orange County Fire Authority.
The city of Costa Mesa did receive a proposal such as Wu describes from the OCFA, but there was no apples-to-apples cost comparison. The savings offered by contracting out were illusory because they were based on closing two fire stations. It turns out to be cheaper for Costa Mesa to keep its Fire Department and close the two fire stations than to accept OCFA's proposal.
Bottom line: One size does not fit all. What is good for Santa Ana is not necessarily good for a different city.
Eleanor Egan
Costa Mesa
Marathon's aftermath not so pretty
Living on Balboa Island, I am never happy to see the OC Marathon come to town and close the bridge and Bayside Drive. I always walk Sunday mornings, using the bridge and Bayside as my beginning point. I honestly do not like that I have to change my workout to accommodate this event. The ferry does fortunately provide an alternative, even though there is a minor cost involved.
What irritates me more than the inconvenience is having to look at the trash that remains from the marathon on my walks the following weekend on the Bayside sidewalks. A week after the marathon there are still dozens of energy gel pacs littering the sidewalk. Not only are these an eyesore, but also they are likely to end up in the gutters and storm drains and, eventually, our bay.
There is no excuse for the organization that put on the marathon leaving our city sidewalks in that condition. Please, city of Newport Beach, consider rerouting the marathon in the future and most certainly make sure they clean up after their event.
Shelly Trainor
Balboa Island
Hutchens backs Mansoor
I find it perplexing that a reformist like Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens would endorse Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa) for Assembly, despite his ineffectual performance in Sacramento and a history of race-baiting by siding with the Minutemen. This race-baiting resulted in costly legal bills and harassment of legal residents in public forums. Fortunately, Newport Beach City Councilwoman Leslie Daigle or Newport activist Bob Rush — Mansoor's opponents in the 74th District race — would be far more pragmatic leaders reflective of the makeup of this new district. Heck, they'll even get some bills passed too, unlike Mansoor.
Omar Masry
Newport Beach
Koran's message not so peaceful
I have no doubt that there are "many lies" concerning Islam on the Internet, so allow me to go over what's true. While most Muslims are exceptionally gracious and peace-loving people, anyone who wants to commit violence has perfect justification for doing so from the Koran.
While violence in the Koran is sometimes for self-defense, at other times it is open-ended. Many passages in the Koran exhort Muslims to hate or kill or terrorize infidels (non-Muslims) wherever they find them.
See Suras 2:190-193, 2:216, 2:244, 3:56, 3:151, 4:56, 4:74, 4:76, 4:89, 4:91, 4:95, 4:104, 5:51, 5:32-38, 7:96-99, 8:12-14, 8:39, 8:60, 8:65, 9:5, 9:14, 9:23-30, 9:38-41, 9:111, 9:123, 22:18-22, 25:52, 47:4, 47:35, 48:16, 48:29, 61:4, and 66:8-10. (Note: English translators of the Koran sometimes try to soften the true Arabic meaning of some of these passages. For example, to "fight" really means to kill in Arabic.)
There are dozens of violent prescriptive statements like those above in the Koran. Osama bin Laden in the now-famous videotape discovered in Afghanistan in late 2001 is quoted as saying, "I was ordered to fight the people until they say there is no god but Allah, and his prophet Muhammad."
Such calls to violence are not mere distortions of the Koran by extreme radicals who twist the Koran for their violent ends; violence is an integral part of Islam. Violence is Muslim doctrine. Just as many Christians are ignorant of what is actually in the Bible, many Muslims, like columnist Mona Shadia are not aware of such passages in the Koran.
Randle C. Sink
Huntington Beach
Why I support Prop. 29
"I want to quit smoking," pleaded Paul Wells, 23 years of age. He was 5 when he, his brother and sister arrived in the United States from Poland after a long adoption process.
He had it all: a wonderful adoptive mother, the nation's safest city (Irvine) to live in, an excellent high school, new friends and relatives. However, his life took a bad shift when he lit his first cigarette. It never crossed in his mind that as teenager he would be so hooked on cigarettes.
Wells began smoking at 15. Since he put a cigarette in his mouth, his fingers have not stopped reaching for those tiny rolled-up papers containing harmful substances. He knows cigarettes are bad, but wishes he had had a real choice when he was a teenager.
Without prevention programs against tobacco smoking at schools, teenagers like Wells are easy pray for Big Tobacco. According to government sources, each day more than 3,800 minors smoke for the first time, and more than 1,000 become addicted for life.
"I never saw a prevention class in my school," Wells said, with disappointment.
In 1998, the tobacco industry agreed on a monetary settlement with the states after prosecutors successfully proved this industry's disingenuous portrayal of their product in the market. At the height of the trial, Dr. Victor De Noble, former researcher at Philip Morris, became a key witness to unveil his former employer's unlawful activities. In the end, the big three, Phillip Morris, RJ Reynolds and Lorillard, agreed to repay the states $246 billion over 25 years because states had absorbed massive bills from cancer patients and other people affected with illnesses related to tobacco smoking.
This year, states are expected to collect $25.6 billion in revenue from tobacco taxes and the tobacco settlement. Nonetheless, only $456.7 million (1.8 %) will be allocated in youth prevention and cessation programs. That figure is about half of what states spent during the first decade of the agreement. To make things worse, states cut down another $61.2 million from prevention programs last year.
While states are doing less, tobacco moguls have multiplied their resources to lure teenagers into smoking. According to the Federal Trade Commission, in 2008 they spent about $10.5 billion in marketing. For every dollar states spent on prevention, Big Tobacco used $27 to market its products.
Our youth is Big Tobacco's primary target. An addicted teenager insures solid profits for at least 20 years or more. Adults, on the other hand, are no longer reliable "markets," as their health is beginning to erode, and it is just a matter of time before some of them seek remedies in public hospitals.
Our state might be in fiscal insolvency, but our willingness to stop a tobacco onslaught against our kids is not. Proposition 29 has all the ingredients to change the dynamics of smoking. On June 5, California voters have an opportunity to add $1 to a cigarette pack. It would be a major setback to the tobacco industry. If passed, the state will collect about $835 million per year, which will be used for cancer research, prevention programs and law enforcement.
High prices on cigarettes have been enemy No. 1 to Big Tobacco. The more expensive the pack, the less likely teenagers will get one. Even tobacco moguls recognize it.
"When the tax goes up, industry loses volume and profits as many smokers cut back," stressed Ellen Merlo, senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Philip Morris.
No wonder they have raised nearly $40 million to stop Proposition 29.
For Wells, quitting smoking isn't a personal decision anymore. He understands the need of a special rehabilitation program to get through his vice. Proposition 29 will give him precisely that.
Humberto Caspa
The writer is a former Daily Pilot columnist now writing for La Opinion.


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Blackhawks edge Predators in shootout
CHICAGO (AP) Chicago coach Joel Quenneville's unusual choice for the shootout paid off against Nashville on Monday.
Defenseman Michal Rozsival scored in the fifth round of the tiebreaker after Jonathan Toews also connected in the shootout, and the Blackhawks pulled out a 3-2 win over Predators.
Rozsival, who hasn't scored a goal this season, beat Pekka Rinne with a high backhand shot in his first career shootout attempt.
``I was kind of lucky in practices for shootouts,'' Rozsival said. ``I guess it's good to see the coach put trust in me.''
Rozsival skated straight down the slot, went to his backhand, then lifted the puck over Rinne's right shoulder.
``That's the one move that I have,'' Rozsival said. ``I've been kind of lucky in practice, so I went with it. It's nice to contribute offensively, even though it's during the shootout like this.''
Chicago's Patrick Kane scored his team-leading 19th goal and rookie Brandon Saad scored in regulation to help the Blackhawks win their second straight. Kane has points in 10 of his past 11 games, posting seven goals and nine assists during the span.
The Blackhawks played again without two of their top forwards, Marian Hossa and Patrick Sharp, who are out with upper-body injuries. Hossa missed his sixth game and Sharp sat out his 11th.
And Chicago center Dave Bolland, along with Nashville left wing Gabriel Bourque, left Monday's game with injuries.
So Quenneville tried a new option in the shootout after calling on Toews, Kane, Andrew Shaw and Saad.
``I thought he went to his signature move tonight,'' Quenneville said. ``I thought he made a great play.''
The Predators were outshot 27-11 through the first two periods, but stormed back in the third to erase a 2-0 deficit on goals by Dave Legwand and rookie Taylor Beck and force overtime.
``We carried the pace and controlled the game for 40 minutes, and once you take a few shifts off or aren't sharp like you've been all game, they'll take advantage of it,'' Toews said. ``We made a few mistakes and got caught flat on our heels, and it's a tie game.''
Chicago's Corey Crawford made 25 saves as the Blackhawks improved to 27-5-3 and a league-leading 57 points, one more than Pittsburgh.
Rinne was sharp for a second straight game, stopping 38 shots through overtime. Craig Smith scored in the second round of the shootout for Nashville, but the Predators dropped their third straight (0-1-2).
Nashville lost 1-0 in overtime in its previous game on Saturday, with Rinne stopping 23 shots.
``We didn't play our best in the first and second, but we certainly brought it in the third,'' Beck said. ``We easily could have got a third one there and won it in regulation.''
But the Predators, who are in a fight for a playoff berth in the Western Conference, had to settle for one point.
``It's been happening way too much for us, but we have to be happy tonight,'' Rinne said. ``We didn't play well and we got away with one point. I think that's a positive thing.''
Before the game, the Blackhawks acquired center Michal Handzus from the San Jose Sharks for a fourth-round draft pick. Handzus had one goal and one assist in 28 games this season, and is eligible to be an unrestricted free agent this summer.
Bolland originally went to the dressing room briefly midway through the first period after blocking a shot by Nashville defenseman Shea Weber. Following a faceoff in the Chicago zone, Weber's drive from the point struck Bolland in the abdomen, but he returned minutes later for two more shifts in the first.
Bolland then left again following two shifts in the second. Quenneville said the forward is day to day.
The Predators said Bourque suffered an upper-body injury.
Saad opened the scoring on a screened shot with 11.3 seconds left in the first following a faceoff in the Nashville zone.
Toews won the draw, pulling it back to Niklas Hjalmarsson at the right point. He passed to Saad, who fired low from midway down the right boards with Toews and Nashville defenseman Jonathon Blum tied up at the edge of the crease.
Kane made it 2-0 with during 4-on-4 with 7:50 left in the second.
He picked up a loose puck near the Chicago blue line, then skated down the right wing on a 2-on-1 break with Toews. Kane took the shot himself, and beat Rinne from the right circle.
The Predators were dominated and outshot 18-4 in the second period, but bounced back and took charge in the third following Legwand's goal at 3:56.
Nashville's Victor Bartley slid a slow shot on goal from center ice, and Crawford tried to smother the puck with his glove. But Legwand darted in between two Chicago defenders and poked the puck free and into the net to cut it to 2-1.
Beck tied it at 2-all 3:30 later from the left of the crease.
After taking a perfect cross-ice feed from Patric Hornqvist, Beck fired a one-time shot from 15 feet. Crawford sprawled and appeared to have stopped the shot, but the puck squirted free and barely crossed the goal line.
NOTES: Both Hossa and Sharp participated in Chicago's morning skate on Monday and could return Thursday against St. Louis. ``They're real close,'' Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. ... Nashville C Mike Fisher missed his second game with upper-body injury. Prior to being sidelined, he had an eight-game point streak (five goals, four assists), his longest as a Predator. ... Handzus was benched the past six games with San Jose as the Sharks tried to get more speed in the lineup. His biggest contributions came in shootouts where he converted three of seven chances. He played eight games for Chicago in 2006-07 before being sidelined by a season-ending knee injury. ... To make room for Handzus, the Blackhawks sent LW Brandon Bollig of the AHL the Blackhawks.