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Other than continuing to pursue this with the police the other option you have potentially is in defamation of character. If you are identifiable in the posts and the posts are untrue and have the effect of making right minded people hate or ridicule you then you may be able to claim in defamation of character if you suffer a financial loss as a direct result of the defamatory remarks. This means that if you lose your job as a result of this you may be able to sue for the money you lose as a result.
You cannot claim for anticipatory damages only for actual losses and it does cost a lot of money to make a claim (tens of thousands of pounds) so at this stage it is not worth claiming.
There is no harm however in writing to her to say that you consider her actions to be in defamation of character and if she a) does not remove the offensive posts and b) continues to make them and you suffer a loss you will have no option but to sue her.
You could see a local solicitor who can write a letter on headed paper, they may ask her to sign an undertaking to say she will remove comments and refrain from making them. The effect of a breach of undertaking amounts to a contempt of court. Obviously you will have fees associated with this so it really is up to you at this stage whether you want to go down this route but it is certainly an option for you.
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One of the (few) perks of being the "food" editor (a very small part of my actual title of features editor) at a newspaper is occasionally received a new product in the mail. Before the age of email, such packages used to arrive with more frequency; now they are few and far between.
One of the companies that still continues to provide samples is McCormick & Co. — the maker of spices. Every once in a while a box will arrive with an assortment of spices to replenish my spice cupboard.
Most recently, McCormick sent out an assortment of its Recipe Inspirations line, which I shared with some of my co-workers, taking a couple home for myself.
Last week, when Hubby Bryan and I were facing the "what's for supper" dilemma, I pulled out one of the McCormick packages which feature an assortment of premeasured spices and a corresponding recipe. This particular recipe was for Spanish Chicken Skillet. Other varieties include Chicken Marsala, Shrimp and Pasta Primavera, Quesadilla Casserole, Asian Sesame Salmon, to name a few.
The Spanish skillet was quite tasty, and the beauty of this product is that you can save the collectible recipe card and re-create it with spices from your own cupboard, so here it is:
Spanish Chicken Skillet
Mix ¼ cup flour with 2 teaspoons paprika, 1 teaspoon minced garlic, 1 teaspoon thyme leaves and ¼ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper. Sprinkle 1½ pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 6 serving-size pieces (we cut ours into strips) with 2 tablespoons lf the seasoned flour.
Cook chicken in 2 tablespoons olive oil on medium-high heat for 3 minutes per side or until browned. Remove meat from skillet. Add 1 large green or red belle pepper, cut into thin strips, and 1 large onion, cut into ½-inch thick wedges; cook and stir 5 minutes or until tender.
Stir in one 14½-ounce can diced tomatoes, undrained, ½ cup chicken broth or dry sherry and remaining seasoned flour. Bring to boil, stirring frequently. Stir in ½ teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes (or to taste), if desired. Return chicken to skillet. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 10 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.


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The future ain't what it used to be …
(I like the Meat Loaf version …)
The future is not google-able. –William Gibson
I love William Gibson's works, but what does that mean?
Probably that you can only find the past with an interwebz search. Even if it's only a past that happened 0.0000000034 seconds ago.
I thought it was Gibson who said, "The future is not evenly distributed."
Want the future? Look NOW at what people ten years older than you are doing; that'll be approximately you in ten years.
You still have time to change the future, but only if you work hard at it AND are lucky. Just be – and you can already see what that will lead to.
In our small town, folks ten years older than me are retired, sitting on their porches, and waiting to die. The handful that aren't? They play bingo and hang out at the antique market. I'll pass, thanks.
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If you are thinking about Suboxone but wonder where the money will come from, you are not alone. It is possible if you meet the qualifications required to obtain some financial help, Reckitt Benckiser has a "Prescription Assistance Program. What are you waiting on? They are waiting on you to apply. Best Wishes to all of you.
Please read carefully as the program has changed.
The application is no longer present for you to print and fill out.
Please call 1-888-898-4818 if you have any questions as to how to proceed.
We will have more information available for you as soon as they notify us but you can call the number above and find out all you need to know.
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Although we do have the phone number for the program posted on this website, it is important to remember, it is up to the Certified Suboxone Provider to call the program and obtain the paperwork that is needed to apply for the program.
The patient cannot apply for the program on their own .
Thank you very much for your time and we hope all of you will take the time to read it very carefully.
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Phone: 1-888-898-4818
Fax: 1-888-407-9788
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- Patient may not have private or public insurance
- Patient must be at least 16 years old
- Physician can only have 3 patients on the program at a time
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Single: 250% FPL
Couple: 250 %FPL
Medical expenses can be deducted from reported income: Not Published
Social Security # requested on form: Not Published
US citizenship/residency specified: Yes
Attachments Required: Financial
Physician License # Required: DEA
Prescriber Signature Allowed: Physician
Application May Be Faxed: Yes
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Receives: Pharmacy Card
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Some frequently asked questions about Patients Assistance programs.
How do patient assistance programs work?
An individual gets an application for the drug company program that has the medicine the patient needs. Information on medication available through patient assistance programs and the company programs offering these drugs may be found on the RxAssist.org. Some but not all, application forms are available on RxAssist.org and can be filled out directly on the computer or printed out.
Some companies programs require that a physician or heath care advocate (someone working in a physician's office or in a clinic) get the form by calling the program. Many times in these cases, the patient assistance program will screen for eligibility before sending out the form. The form that is sent will have a patient specific identification number on it.
After the form is filled out and submitted to the company, the drug company will decide whether the patient is eligible to receive the medication for free. If the patient is eligible, the medication may be sent to the patient's home, the physician's office or a local pharmacy depending on the program. Some, but not all, companies send letters letting patients and/or physicians know whether the patient has been approved for their patient assistance program.
What do I have to do to apply for a patient assistance program? You must follow the directions on the application exactly, answer every question and include any documents the program asks for. Usually, programs will ask about prescription coverage, veteran's status, eligibility for public insurance programs and income and asset information. Companies also may ask for:
- Proof of income, such as federal income tax statements or pay stubs
- Medicaid or insurance denial letters
- A prescription from your doctor
- Patient consent forms that are included with the application.
Most applications will request information about the physician.
Applications may require the signature of the physician, the patient or both.
What does my doctor need to do to help me apply for a patient assistance program?
This depends on the specific patient assistance program. Usually the physician only has to fill out a few brief questions on the application form and/or sign it. The physician may also be asked to:
- Call the program for an application
- Write out a prescription
- Include information about the patient's diagnosis on the application.www.rxassist.org/faqs/default.cfm#5
For those of you who do not qualify for the Patient Assistance Program, Reckitt Benckiser offers a prescription discount card that will save you $50.00 off your prescription each month. As with the Patinet Assistance Program, this card can only be used for the Suboxone Strips. Not the tablets.
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City part of Atmos price negotiation
Herald Staff Writer
Published 6:00 pm, Sunday, November 9, 2008
By TOMMY YOUNG
Herald Staff Writer
After not meeting as a group the past two weeks due to Texas Municipal League meetings, the Plainview City Council rolled up its sleeves and got back to work Thursday.
The council voted 6-0 - council members Kelvin Tipton and Wendell Dunlap were not present at the meeting - to accept the first reading of an ordinance that would approve a negotiated resolution between the Atmos West Texas Cities Steering Committee and Atmos Energy regarding a cost adjustment proposed by the natural gas provider.
This is the first agreement between the entities that involved the rate review mechanism the two sides agreed to earlier this year.
The mechanism allows the 65 member cities of the steering committee to negotiate with Atmos once a year about what customers pay to heat their homes.
"This way we don't have to go through with a full-blown rate case before the railroad commission every year," said Plainview City Manager Greg Ingham, who represents the city on the steering committee.
Ingham feels the review keeps both sides from having to go through the aggravation and cost of the full rate case.
"It's a way for both sides to play nice," he said.
This is a three-year experimental approach to determining the cost of natural gas service to residential customers. Ingham said both sides have "safeguards built in" to protect their interests.
He informed the council Atmos originally brought a proposal to the table that would net them $9.5 million in the first year of the process, but through negotiations with the steering committee an agreement was reached that would net Atmos $3.9 million.
The original plan would have added $4.10 per month to the average residential customer's bill, based on 5,300 cubic feet of natural gas usage. Under the current agreement, that increase is only $1.98 per month based on the same usage.
Ingham indicated through the complicated negotiating process, the base rate for customers to access Atmos service went down from $10.08 per month to $7.37 per month. However, the cost of distributing the gas to the homes has been adjusted to reflect the increase.
Ingham indicated customers can see an overall savings on their bill if they reduce the amount of natural gas they consume.
Councilman John Bertsch asked if the current drop in gasoline prices would benefit customers.
Ingham explained the transportation costs associated with natural gas are "pass through" costs. Customers pay only what the energy company pays at the pump. That cost fluctuates just like it does for regular customers.
The second reading of the ordinance will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the council's regularly-scheduled meeting at City Hall, 901 Broadway.
Among other agenda items for Tuesday, the council will hear the Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation annual report as well as consider and take any necessary action to authorize the city to apply for the Texas Department of Agriculture's Go Texan Certified Retirement Community Program.
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Senate Dems also want to burden us with large tax hikes and not deal with the ObamaCare debacle......long way from getting any real movement. Careful what you buy.....dems are focused on cuts that wont even begin to impact till 5-8 years out. The cuts have to be immediate impact or its all smoke, mirrors, and bullshit.
senate dems may want to diddle little boys, but as i understand it, the deal under consideration now calls for spending cuts of 2 trillion and no tax increases...
as to how long it will be for the impact isn't it better to get cuts of that size now and then work on getting them made effective sooner?
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[Update] Wii U Virtual Console Service To Release On Tuesday
Nintendo of America has revealed on its Facebook page that the Wii U Virtual Console will make its official debut on the console this Tuesday. The service's release will come a few days before the first major Wii U system update, which Nintendo announced during their last Nintendo Direct. Many early Wii U adopters were disappointed (including myself) weeks leading up to the console's release when news broke that the Virtual Console service would be delayed. With the wait almost over, Wii U owners will be able to take advantage of the use of the Wii U's GamePad with Off-TV play and customizable controls. The list of available Virtual Console titles (19 in total) to coincide with the release are listed below.
[Update] – Nintendo of America has confirmed what Virtual Console will launch with the service. Launch titles are in bold.
- Balloon Fight
- Donkey Kong Jr
- Excitebike
- Kirby's Adventure
- Punch-Out
- Ice Climber
- Super Mario Bros. 2 (USA)
- Mario Bros.
- Yoshi
- Mega Man 1
- Wrecking Crew
- Yoshi's Cookie
- Kirby's Dream Course
- Kirby's Dream Land 3
- Kirby Super Star
- Super Metroid
- EarthBound
- F-Zero
- Super Mario World
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"Welcoming 2014" by 1in6 Board President David Lisak: 1in6 Thursdays on the Joyful Heart Foundation Blog
Seven years ago I joined 1in6 as a founding board member. At the time, 1in6 was little more than an inspired idea. Now, seven very busy years later, it is a thriving organization working on multiple fronts to serve and support men – and those who love them – whose lives have been affected by childhood sexual abuse.
At our December board meeting in Los Angeles it was my honor to be elected president of the 1in6 board. In taking on this new role I follow in the footsteps of Greg Light, who for three years has led our board with wisdom and a calm guidance that we are all immensely grateful for. To Greg, our heartfelt thanks for his commitment to our cause and his long hours of work on behalf of 1in6 and the men whom we serve.
As we close out on 2013, I am enormously proud of the organization's many accomplishments over the past 12 months. Through our 1BlueString and Bristlecone awareness campaigns we are working to reshape public dialogue. Through our web site, we are serving hundreds of thousands of men, their partners and families. Through our 24/7 SupportLine and Lending Library, we are helping men to take the first steps toward healing. Please take a moment to read our year end report for 2013.
All the best to you in the New Year!
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Dr. David Lisak is the President and a founding member of the 1in6 Board of Directors and a retired Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He has studied the long term effects of childhood abuse in adult men, and the relationship between early abuse and the later perpetration of violence. His research has been published in leading journals in psychology, trauma and violence, and he was the founding editor of the journal, Psychology of Men and Masculinity. In addition to his research and teaching, Dr. Lisak has served as faculty for the National Judicial Education Program and the American Prosecutors Research Institute and he consults frequently with law enforcement and prosecutors on sexual violence and homicide cases across the country. Dr. Lisak has conducted workshops in all fifty states, and he also consults widely with universities, the U.S. military, and other institutions regarding sexual assault prevention and policies.


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When a headstrong teenage girl challenges the goddess Athena to a weaving competition, the resulting showdown of mythic proportions forever changes the girl's world. Inspired by a classical myth (recently made famous by Julie Taymor's SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK), Spin is a modern rock/gospel musical that gives a new twist to an ancient tale.
Arachne is a young artist determined to achieve success and fame. Four of the Muses visit her, to give her encouragement. Following her defeat in a local contest, and criticism from her father, the Muses persuade Arachne to leave her village for the big city. When she arrives there, Athena challenges Arachne to prove her skills, then destroys the tapesty Arachne has created.
Crushed by her failures, Arachne vows never to weave again, but a new friend helps her to heal and reclaim the joy of creating.
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Neulasta is a prescription medication called a white cell booster that helps your body produce more white blood cells to reduce your risk of infection. A sufficient white blood cell count will help my doctor to determine I am ready for my next scheduled chemotherapy treatment. Most doctors agree that sticking to the planned chemotherapy schedule may be the first step to success. Studies have proven the effectiveness of a Neulasta injection given 24 hours after chemo helps to protect chemotherapy patients against the complications of a low white blood cell count.
A side effect of Neulasta can be an overall achy feeling as it is pulling from the bone marrow to help support the white blood cell count. This usually occurs in the large bone areas such as legs, hips, shoulders. So far (knock on wood), this is good. And while today was still a groggy, quesy day, I think I've figured out my meds, Tylenol, and drinking tons of fluids, I'm learning how to manage it all. After a few good naps this afternoon and evening, my head is feeling much better.
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Singapore shares rose to the highest in about 16 months, after encouraging economic data from China and the United States, with property firms CapitaMalls Asia Ltd and Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd leading the gains.
The Straits Times Index advanced as much as 1 percent to 3,139.40 points, the highest since early August 2011. MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.2 percent higher.
Shares of CapitaMalls Asia rose as much as 2.8 percent to S$2.01, the highest since February 2011. More than 8.6 million shares were traded, 1.2 times the average full-day volume over the past 30 days.
Nomura sees limited upside to the valuation of CapitaLand Ltd's residential development business at the current level, and advised investors to buy CapitaMalls Asia, a unit of CapitaLand which owns, develops and manages shopping malls.
"We believe it is more attractive to invest directly in CMA to maximise returns from its core earnings recovery and potential capital recycling opportunities," Nomura said.
Shares of Interra Resources Ltd gained as much as 5.2 percent on volume of 20.3 million shares, more than double the average full-day volume over the past 30 days. The share price was 5.3 times the level at the start of the year.
OCBC Investment Research said the share price surge was fuelled by Interra's exposure to Myanmar and possible significant oil and gas discoveries in the country, as well as the potential of its exploratory block in Indonesia.
OCBC said it believes the company, which recently completed a rights issue, has enough cash to fund its requirements in 2013, barring significant discoveries. It added that Interra shares could be worth S$0.441.
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10:29 STOCKS NEWS SINGAPORE-OCBC raises target on Petra Foods, keeps 'buy'
OCBC Investment Research raised its target price for Petra Foods Ltd to S$3.12 from S$2.98 and maintained its 'buy' rating, saying its valuation premium is justified due to the company's exposure to emerging consumer demand in Asia.
OCBC raised its valuation of Petra to 25 times 12-month forward price-earnings from 24 times.
Petra shares were down 1.05 percent at S$2.84 on Monday. The stock has risen 53.5 percent so far this year, leading the 29 percent gain in the FT ST Mid Cap Index.
OCBC expects revenue growth of 3.8 percent for 2013 fiscal year mainly on the back of Petra's branded consumer division, which is driven by consumption growth in the company's key markets of Indonesia and the Philippines.
The combination of higher-margin product mix, average selling price increases and favourable raw material costs have helped Petra's branded consumer unit to offset the weakness in the cocoa ingredients division, OCBC said.
Petra manufactures and supplies cocoa ingredients, on top of selling its own confectionery brands, such as the SilverQueen chocolate which is popular in Indonesia.
OCBC expects an easing of the yield pressure in the cocoa ingredients division in the coming months, helping group margins to improve to around 9 percent in 2013 fiscal year from 7.6 percent in 2011.


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I'd been a frequent customer of the Kisha Poppo downtown so was happy to find one in Richmond. We've been a few times now, mostly at dinner and always for the all-you-can-eat sushi menu. The pros and cons:
On the pro side:
- The choices for the all-you-can-eat menu are extensive; I'm not a big fan of rice, and have lots of things to choose from.
- The food comes relatively quickly, so you can order small amounts and keep ordering, without getting funny looks.
- The portions are on the small side, so you can taste a lot of choices without filling up on one or two things.
- Seafood motoyaki, teriyaki chicken, tempura ... they all come hot and tasty. I've never found the gomae watery, either.
- The tea keeps coming, and you're not rushed.
On the con side:
- They don't have a wheat-free soy sauce option. I didn't ask about low-sodium.
I've seen nothing but bad reviews for this place, and I don't understand it. I've eaten out a lot, and am relatively picky. I never had a bad experience here and am going back this week for a birthday party, that's how confident I am about it.
After some OK dim sum that came to $31.10, we left $35 and gave the waitress our parking slip for validation. The waitress started berating us for "not leaving a 10% tip" (arithmetic alert: $3.90 is 12%). We kept trying to explain that we didn't want any change back from the $35, but all that did was make them louder. At some point, we just left, and heard them talking overly loud, dissing us in Mandarin (they thought we didn't understand them - hah) but obviously just wanting to humiliate us in front of other patrons.
Aside from their staff being unclear on the concept that tips are *earned*, ...
This was the second time we'd been there. The first time, we ordered the deluxe hot pot and some dim sum for lunch, and so it took us about 1.5 hours to work our way through it. Just after the 1-hour mark, they started vacuuming in an adjoining section. At first, we thought it was to clean up after a family with little kids, but then we realized they were jumping the gun with their afternoon cleaning. Pretty shabby, considering two of us had just dropped about $60 there.
Needless to say, we won't be returning. Ever.
We go to Kefi whenever we can because it reminds my spouse of Greece - real Greek food, not the cookie-cutter stuff you can find anywhere else. The family that runs the place provides great personal service, and tries to make sure that everything is to the customer's satisfaction. I'm fussy because of food allergies, and they bend over backwards to substitute things to accommodate me. And their desserts are made on the premises, which is why a couple of them take so long to come out after dinner: they're making them from scratch in the kitchen.


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Car stutters while idling and driving. Changed all fluids, spark plugs, filters and such. No water in oil or oil in coolant. Change oil light has come on but no other lights have including check engine light. Took to a mechanic and still no change after lots of parts replaced such as alternator. Confused about what else it could be wrong. Is is electrical? And if so will resetting computer help? And if so, how do I reset the computer?
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As a freshman in high school, I read Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo. It was the most difficult piece of literature I'd ever read, I was proud that I'd finished it, and it got me into historical fiction for some time.
I found out recently that I'd read the abridged version (the "real" version is twice as long). At some point, someone must have figured out that although a classic, The Count of Monte Cristo is too long for many people to get through—that it could reach more people if it were shorter and more accessible, and that if someone loved the shorter version, they could always go back to the original and enjoy it more thoroughly the second time through.
Video games could learn a lot from that. Although we tend to categorize the medium as centered around repetition (doing missions in Destiny several times over to get better loot, for example) when it comes to going back through story-based games, you'll often hit a few snags; don't have your save file from several years ago? Good luck finding your favorite part of Mass Effect 2 on Youtube. We get dozens of re-releases of some of the most revered games in history every year, and most of them have these same issues.
Imagine having abridged versions of your favorite games, which would let you to hop from one part of a game to another and let you skip parts you don't want to go through for the umpteenth time (or at all). They would make it easier for fans to relive their memories or show off games to anyone who might be interested in them, and help develop the discussions we have about games. They could even make games better in the future. All we'd have to do is cut out the chaff.
I remember The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess fondly, and the recent Wii U release of the game got me thinking about playing it to see if it's held up. But then I remembered it's also at least 40 hours long and filled with a ton of stuff I'd rather not have to do again.
The same goes for some of my other favorites, like Final Fantasy X and Red Dead Redemption. I've considered going back to them several times, but the thought of doing the tutorials again or the busywork of managing inventories and party members always stops me. Whenever I do go back to them, I usually stop a few hours in. When I'm trying to relive my memories of my favorite games, I tend to just want the highlights.
Some remasters have messed around with editing content. The recent PS4 release of Final Fantasy VII, a 19-year-old game, lets you cut out most of its random monster encounters and play the game on fast-forward. Some games, like the Uncharted series, offer the chance to go back and replay chapters from the beginning, but only after you've beaten those chapters. If you ever want to go back to them, you'd better hope you kept your saves around.
Abridged games could also help newcomers fall in love with games they missed the first time around. I can tell my friends Final Fantasy X is the best game in the series and the one they should start with, but few of them would be able to fit into their free time, especially when newer games keep tempting them. And showing them clips of cutscenes and boss fights won't instill the same feelings you get from actually playing it.
Abridged games would let them to see what all the fuss was about back in the day without having to take so long to find out. If they love the game, they can go back and play through the whole thing, grinding and all, later on. If they don't love the game? Well, they can return it or delete from their library without having wasted too much time.
And games might be the hardest medium to sift through academically. Want to cite a specific moment or part of a game for a paper you're writing? The closest you can get besides citing the whole game is a Youtube video, and those are crapshoots. Abridged games would allow students to discuss games in-depth more easily, which could prove a boon to future generations of developers.
It would also make teaching video games a lot easier. Imagine you teach a class on game design and want to create a list of game for your students to play. You can't expect students to play every Final Fantasy game in a single semester. Your only options as of now are to only assign very short games, have people play up to certain point in a game, or resort to Youtube, which doesn't have the same impact as actually playing the game.
Abridged versions of games would let professors and teachers assign all kinds of games to their students, not just short ones, which will hopefully those students better dissect their favorites and create better games in years (or months) later.
Abridged games would make things easier for both academics and the average person but there are a few issues to deal with.
Developers would have to admit not every part of their game is essential, and most of them already cut out lots of content from their games. You can also make the case in some games, the length of time you spend with them is important to their effect. Others rely on the long-term growth of characters for their systems to truly pay off; part of the fun of having a full team of ridiculously strong party members comes from the time investment it took you to train them. Letting you hop around wherever you want might detract from that.
This is why I think abridged versions would work best as part of a re-release, where the distance of time can help make for better cuts. In the case of books, new companies and publishers sometimes handle the abridging. Some companies, like Digital Eclipse (responsible for the recent Mega Man Legacy Collection) have started doing something like this.
I don't think getting the abridged games I'd want to play will happen anytime soon. Segmenting games the way abridged versions would require without sacrificing what makes them special would take some real work. But if we want to open games up to more people—whether they're veterans looking to relive their memories, newcomers trying to connect with classics, or academics trying to learn and teach game design—we need games to be more accessible.
Suriel Vazquez is a freelance writer who keeps staring at the Steam Page for Final Fantasy X despite knowing he'll probably never have the time for it. He's written for Playboy, ZAM, Paste, and many others. You can follow him @SurielVazquez.
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Graphic Medicine While comics fans lose themselves in their favorite titles to fend off boredom, an obsessed cadre of health professionals and their clinical allies have discovered the format as a way to repair doctor-patient relationships, teach about health, and lead practitioners toward greater understanding and empathy for the ill. Annual comics and medicine conferences have brought together cartoonists, patients, patient advocates, and medical folks since 2010—Johns Hopkins School of Medicine will host a meeting in 2014. The value of graphic narrative for communicating about health issues is now taught at some half dozen medical schools, including Emory University, Northwestern University, and Pennsylvania State University. The medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine recently featured the comics memoir Missed It by Michael Green, a doctor who writes about a case study involving mistaken clinical judgment. Librarians should be interested in the "Graphic Medicine" series forthcoming from Penn State University Press that will encompass monographs, essay collections, and original comics.
But hear ye, hear ye: driving graphic medicine activism are striking patient stories, published as graphic novels, which belong in library collections. Many lauded cancer-related titles have become widely known among librarians, including Brian Fies's Mom's Cancer, Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner's Our Cancer Year, and David Small's Stitches. Newer cancer narratives include Judith Vanistendael's When David Lost His Voice and Michel Rabagliati's The Song of Roland. Stories about psychiatric conditions include Sarah Leavitt's Tangles (Alzheimer's), Ellen Forney's Marbles (bipolar disorder), and Katie Green's Lighter Than My Shadow (eating disorders). In the completely unique I Am Not These Feet, graphic novelist Kaisa Leka tells about having her malformed, arthritic feet amputated. Leka's frank and detailed account features simply drawn characters with Mickey Mouse ears and is perfect for anyone facing an amputation, tween through adult. Leka with her prosthetic feet now bicycles with her husband around the world.
Recently, I stumbled upon Aneurin Wright's comic Things To Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park When You're 29 and Unemployed, in which Wright's emphysema-ravaged father is certified for hospice and the at-loose-ends Wright signs on as his caregiver. Wright draws himself as a Minotaur and his crusty father as a rhino in this amazingly original and devastating account of disease, love, and loss. For more medically related comics, check out graphicmedicine.org.
de Pins, Arthur (text & illus.). Gretchen. NBM. (Zombillenium, Vol. 1). 2013. 48p. ISBN 9781561637348. $14.99; ebk. ISBN 9781561637461. F
Zombillenium is a vampire-operated theme park designed to inflict entertaining chills on the horror-seeking mortals who sample its rides. But the park's goodies depend upon a 100 percent paranormal staff of werewolves, vampires, freaks, zombies, monsters, and an Egyptian mummy. And, unsurprisingly, neither the mummy nor his fellow park workers are tightly wrapped. The fun begins when the mummy tries to escape. While chasing him, the park CEO accidentally kills a human and then decides to make amends by converting the deceased into a paranormal and hiring him for Zombillenium with the assistance of park intern Gretchen. Naturally, nothing goes as planned. Everyone has a hidden agenda—especially Gretchen, who's a witch with a powerful relative—and the plot careens hilariously from one unexpected misfire to another. VERDICT A stellar exemplar of the horror-humor subgenre, this series from French writer and artist de Pins (Artbook) will transfix teens and adults alike with its cultural insider jokes, twists on horror standbys, and superb art that resembles painting. Volume 2 received the Angoulême Award, and Volume 3 is in progress. Includes some mildly suggestive humor and inexplicit nudity.
Goodwin, Archie (text) & others (illus.). Tales of the Batman: Archie Goodwin. DC. 2013. 480p. ISBN 9781401238292. $39.99. SUPERHERO
Comics veteran Goodwin (1937–98) was a respected editor for Warren Publishing, Marvel, and DC, but he did much writing as well, including 1970s Star Wars comics and newspaper strips. This classy volume collects his Batman stories from 1973 through 1974 and 1990 through 2000. The entries are notable for accomplished storytelling, a variety of top-notch artistic collaborators, and a near-complete absence of Batman's traditional supervillains. Highlights include a vintage aviation–themed story drawn by Golden Age great Alex Toth and two excellent black-and-white shorts: a jazz trumpeter's tale boldly cartooned by José Muñoz and a story of pre–World War II Nazi kidnapping illustrated with realistic detail and expert hatching by Gary Gianni (Prince Valiant). Also included is Night Cries, a striking and moving 1992 graphic novel about child abuse, with dark painted artwork by Scott Hampton, and the multi-award-winning 1970s "Manhunter" serial (guest-starring Batman only at its conclusion), a tale of worldwide conspiracy and martial arts with great art by Walt Simonson. VERDICT A couple of stories fall short in one way or another, but with a genuine classic in "Manhunter" and much other fine work besides, this is easily recommended.
Harris, Joe (text) & Martin Morazzo (illus.). Trashed! Image. (Great Pacific, Vol. 1). 2013. 144p. ISBN 9781607066842. pap. $9.99. F
Bending the facts a little, Harris (Ghost Projekt; Spontaneous) morphs the Great Pacific Garbage Patch from a porous sludge of confetti-like particles into an agglutinating minicontinent of solid trash—which playboy petroleum heir Chas Worthington wants to turn into his own sovereign country dubbed "New Texas." But Chas is up against a tribe of spear-carrying indigenous folk, a mercenary and her pirate employers, the U.S. government, lost Soviet Union–era nuclear missiles, and a lovesick giant octopus. There's also an underlying environmentalist agenda, since Chas is in possession of an experimental technology that can clean up oil spills and other rogue polycarbons—which could make millions for Worthington Industries. Chas comes off as well developed with multiple motives, not simply tree-hugging fuzzy, and some of the other characters have edgy depth as well. The realistic color art is well designed, and Morazzo (Absolute Magnitude; The Network) excels with underwater views. VERDICT A wild ride with complicated underpinnings to entertain teens who like fast-paced, out-of-the-box adventures as well as those interested in the environmental theme; some violence and creative cursing.
L'Amour, Louis & others (text) & Thomas Yeates (illus.). Law of the Desert Born. Bantam. Sept. 2013. 160p. ISBN 9780345528124. $25; ebk. ISBN 9780345538567. F
As modified from a rather sketchy short story with clear good/bad polarities, a defense killing becomes a revenge murder, with both sides breaching earlier traditions of give-and-take camaraderie among ranchers faced with unpredictable weather and other challenges of the 1880s cattle business. The result is a longer, murkier, and more interesting tale of range rivalries turned bloody. Plentiful backstory via flashbacks provides the history and earlier relationships of killer-on-the-run Shad Marone and the posse after him—especially the Mexican Apache half-breed Lopez, whose motives keep everyone guessing until the end. Yeates (currently Prince Valiant strip artist; Conan; Tarzan) supplies excellent genre-appropriate art. However, character clarity and atmosphere might have benefited from either sepia or two-color tones instead of gray scale. VERDICT The action favorites of pulp-Western megascribe L'Amour (1908–88) make ready fodder for comics. Here, the richer plot and characters from L'Amour's son Beau and collaborator Kathy Nolan add appeal and value in addition to the finely crafted visuals. Fans of L'Amour's stories should enjoy this work, adults or teens; plenty of gunplay and occasional strong language in both English and Spanish.
Sale, Tim & others (text & illus.). Solo: The Deluxe Edition. DC. 2013. 608p. ISBN 9781401238896. $49.99. SUPERHERO
This oversize hardcover collects a multiple Eisner Award–winning 12-issue series, with each one spotlighting a different artist. All were given free rein to create stories in any genre, using DC characters if they wished. The results include Westerns, crime, horror, humor, autobiography, and bizarre alternative work relying on widely diverse approaches to writing superheroes. Highlights are many and varied, from Sale's romance issue to Howard Chaykin's enjoyable Entertainment Comics (EC)-inspired twist-ending tales to Sergio Aragonés's tragic story of a Japanese sword maker, which shows another side of his usually comedic sensibility. Teddy Kristiansen contributes two deep, affecting psychological studies and a fine Deadman vignette (scripted by Neil Gaiman). Mike Allred follows a superfun Teen Titans romp with a surprisingly dark pop art–era Batman-and-Robin tale. Best is Darwyn Cooke's issue, featuring a 1950s spy caper, the Question's revenge for 9/11, and the wholly odd tale of an aesthete's love for his vacuum cleaner. VERDICT Because this title contains such a wide range of material, every reader will likely find some work that doesn't appeal, but the overall quality is high. Adventurous superhero fans and readers of other comics interested in sampling superheroes will be well rewarded.
Smith, Jeff (text & illus.). Rasl. Cartoon. Sept. 2013. 472p. ISBN 9781888963373. $39.95. F
Famed for his all-ages "Bone" series, creator Smith leaps into a gripping adult adventure in the same way his shady antihero leaps among worlds. Military physicist Robert Johnson helps develop technologies to bend space and enter parallel universes, drawing on the electromagnetic work of Nicola Tesla for a classified defense project. But becoming horrified by the likely implications, he goes rogue to destroy the equipment and escapes across universes under the persona "Rasl." Unfortunately, the military and their lizard-faced goon run him down while he steals art from the other galaxies to raise cash. Wild chases, desperate fights, time/space switchbacks, narrative twists, and semibaked technobabble keep the tension high in this hard-boiled tale of corruption and cutting-edge physics—Smith has said he wanted to write an Arthur C. Clarke book with Dashiell Hammett characters. Featuring material that was originally released in black-and-white installments, this expanded omnibus is colored by "Bone" artist Steve Hamaker. VERDICT With its sophisticated yet fringy premise, complex plot involving a high-tech romantic triangle, and well-contextualized violence and sexual situations, this graphic novel, with its expert action sequences, provides intellectual as well as visceral kicks.
Straczynski, J. Michael (text) & Joe Kubert & others (illus.). Nite Owl/Dr. Manhattan. DC. (Before Watchmen). 2013. 288p. ISBN 9781401238940. $29.99. SUPERHERO
DC waited 25 years before exploiting Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons's masterpiece Watchmen with new comics featuring that book's characters. But it finally succumbed to temptation, and this oversize hardcover is one of three collecting the new prequels produced by various creators. The most substantial story here is the "Nite Owl," which details the origins of the original Nite Owl and his relationship to Hollis Mason, portrays his crime-fighting partnership with Rorschach, and tells the story of the Twilight Lady—a sexy madam who plays Catwoman to Nite Owl's Batman—who is mentioned briefly in the original. The convoluted "Dr. Manhattan" tale places the hero in a bind involving quantum physics and alternate realities. Also included is the story of the deformed villain Moloch, who finds success but not solace in crime. VERDICT All of the characters receive some interesting, even compelling backstory, and the artwork by Adam Hughes, Kubert, and others is irreproachable. But not all of the writing is convincing, and with its sex and nudity, this title is not for kids. A decent work, but readers expecting the brilliance of the original will be disappointed.
Vaughan, Brian K. (text) & Fiona Staples (illus.). Saga. Vol. 2. Image. 2013. 144p. ISBN 9781607066927. pap. $14.99. SF
Star-crossed lovers Alana and Marko, with their interspecies child, made a huge splash in Volume 1 last year. In Volume 2, we learn enough about the freelancers hired to kill them that we want to root for both these assassins as well as their intended prey. We ache for The Will—a stoic bounty hunter—because of his doomed love for The Stalk—a very strange topless crab-woman now dead—and because he wants to free a child prostitute from bondage. And we begin to understand why Prince Robot IV has problems with his wife and may not have much interest in war despite his protestations against pacifism. This is suggested by two small explicit gay-sex images shown in the Prince's monitor-face during a raging battle, giving us a nongratuitous clue about what was really on his semiconscious mind while being hit by Wreathean fire. As for our nuclear-family fugitives, we learn how they met and what happens when Marko's don't-mess-with-us parents track them down. VERDICT Hyping character development and emotional action on par with the narrative action, creators Vaughan and Staples maintain appeal and excellence in this adult series.
Wiebe, Kurtis J. (text) & Tyler Jenkins (illus.). Hooked. Image. (Peter Panzerfaust, Vol. 2). 2013. 128p. ISBN 9781607067283. pap. $14.99. F
"To die would be an awfully big adventure," says J.M. Barrie's fantasy Peter Pan, but this Peter risks a real-world death. In Volume 1 (2012) of the series, a half dozen French orphans escape their bombed-out Calais orphanage in 1940 with the help of a daring American lad named Peter. A master strategist inspiring bravery, he leads these "lost boys" in sabotaging Nazi troops and escaping to Paris. In Volume 2, Paris is invaded, and the young men collaborate with the French Resistance to free Nazi prisoners, including one of their own. As narrated by the boys years later, the story becomes deeper as the characters mature. Wiebe (Green Wake) incorporates humor, poignancy, and tragedy into the tale but not magic. Yet the original characters slip seamlessly into real life, as if universal. Wendy and her brothers, Tiger Lily, and Captain Hook all appear, Wendy and Lily taking much more active roles than in the original. VERDICT A grim yet dashing find for adult and YA collections, this series captivates with both literary and historical hijinks. The murky art from Jenkins (Snow Angel) serves well, although the angular faces sometimes homogenize characters. Forthcoming volumes promise more adventures.
Yang, Gene Luen (text & illus.). Boxers and Saints. 2 vols. First Second. 2013. 512p. ISBN 9781596439245. pap. $34.99. F
History clashes with the idealizations of fiction in these interlocked tales of teens caught up in China's Boxer Rebellion between 1897 and 1901. Who is "right"? The Western missionaries who preach the Christian gospel but whose ranks include bandits and exploiters? Or the boxers, who call upon their pagan gods to help kill the Christian intruders and their Western protectors? Little Bao is a peasant lad whose village suffers at the hands of the missionaries. Inspired by visions, he joins in violent rebellion with thousands of other angry and hungry Chinese who deplore the greedy Westerners. But in another village, unwanted Four Girl finds a home and new name—Vibiana—with Christian missionaries. Through Bao and Vibiana, we see how no crusade is "pure." VERDICT This excellent two-part graphic novel teaches history through a double-lens narrative, showing how factors interact to create unwanted tragedies by both sides. The winsome, magical-realist art of Yang (American Born Chinese) plays ironically against the bloody conflict enhanced by artist Lark Pien's colors. Heartbreaking and sometimes funny, this boxed set is for teens and adults interested in international politics and people's rebellions.
Martha Cornog is a longtime reviewer for LJ and, with Timothy Perper, edited Graphic Novels Beyond the Basics: Insights and Issues for Libraries (Libraries Unlimited, 2009). Steve Raiteri is Audio-visual Librarian at the Greene County Public Library in Xenia, OH, where he started the graphic novel collection in 1996


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LARAMIE, Wyo.—After his best scoring effort of the season, Leonard Washington chose to focus on Wyoming's defense.
Washington scored 22 points and Larry Nance Jr. added 14 to help the Cowboys beat No. 19 Colorado 76-69 Saturday night.
Wyoming's aggressive and swarming defense held the Buffaloes to 41-percent shooting (24 for 58) and seven points below their season scoring average.
"I think we just tried to come out and have a defensive mindset tonight," said Washington, who took three charging fouls and blocked three shots. "Since day one we've always prided ourselves on defense and we'd like to continue that the rest of the season."
Luke Martinez had 13 points, while Josh Adams and Derrious Gilmore each scored 12 as Wyoming (8-0) beat a ranked opponent at home for the eighth time in 13 games since the 1995-96 season. It also was the Cowboys' sixth straight victory over the Buffaloes.
Spencer Dinwiddie scored 24 points and Andre Roberson had 16 points and 12 rebounds for Colorado (6-1), which was off to its best start since 1989-90.
"I thought our defense was terrific," Wyoming coach Larry Shyatt said. "I thought in the heart of the game when passion and will was going to be expected, I thought our guys really did a great job, not only defending but getting some key defensive rebounds."
Askia Booker, Colorado's leading scorer at 16.8 points a game coming in, finished with six points. Josh Scott, who was averaging 14.5, had five.
Wyoming shot 48 percent (24 for 50) from the field and had their highest scoring total of the season.
Both teams had trouble scoring in the first half, with Colorado leading 28-26 at halftime as Roberson and Dinwiddie scored seven points each. Washington kept Wyoming close with 11 points and two blocked shots.
Despite leading the team in scoring in the first half, Washington said he wasn't happy with his performance.
"I wanted to come out the second half and not worry about that, and play hard defensively to try to keep them from scoring," he said. "That was my focus coming into the second half, to play well on defense."
The Cowboys began the second half with a 12-6 run to go up 38-34 on Nance's 3-pointer with 15:10 remaining.
Wyoming didn't trail again as it continually answered any charge by the Buffaloes and eventually built a 12-point lead—the largest of the game—when Washington converted a three-point-play with 2:26 remaining to put the Cowboys ahead 64-52.
Colorado lost three starters, including Roberson, to fouls in the final minutes, while Wyoming hit enough free throws to hold the Buffaloes off.
The Cowboys made 21 of 33 free throws, while Colorado was 12 of 15.
"They shot 52 percent from the field in the second half, and we turned the ball over 17 times," Colorado coach Tad Boyle said. "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why we lost this game. I'm disappointed in our execution in the second half."
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In order to ensure that I have enough vaccine and staff available to serve you, Clark residents are asked to call Health Officer Nancy Raymond 732-428-8405 to reserve their flu shot. Callers should leave the name or names of the person or persons who will receive the shot, their address and telephone number.
Residents are encouraged to wear short sleeve shirts or loose fitting shirts and blouses. They should also bring their Medicare and other insurance cards. CVS will bill Medicare on behalf of shot recipients.
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LONDON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - Formula One champions Renault say tyre partner Michelin's decision to quit the sport at the end of next year will not affect their performance in 2006. "We go into 2006 as world champions, and we are determined to defend those titles," technical director Bob Bell told the team's website. "I have no doubt that Michelin intend to do exactly the same. We have already seen enhanced collaboration between the Michelin teams this winter, and a rapid rate of tyre ...
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I just wanted to vent my frustrations with NBC related to this show.
It's hard enough to gather a regular audience for a reality show of this type. They've done well so far. Amazingly, because since day 1, they've moved it around, shuffled days and time slots, not aired the episode when they were supposed to, and generally not done any advertising for it.
2 weeks ago tonight, they yanked the show from the schedule (it was the day of the Columbia tragedy, so they had at least a viable excuse), and pushed everything back a week.
Tonight, it has again mysteriously disappeared from the schedule. NBC's media releases which we have access to don't say a word about this even happening, much less why.
So, it appears it won't return until March, and 2 episodes will be missed, apparently to (maybe) air later in the season, out of sequence.
NBC, if you're reading this, shame on you. Scott Satin and the production crew and contestants of this show, I feel your pain, and wish NBC would stick to their schedules. Or at the very least, notify the media in advance when it intends to move the show.
Your fans won't stick around if you keep this up.


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Guide to the Collections of the National Anthropological Archives (#O)
The modern color copy prints show Clayton Jeffries (b. 1887) as a boy and as a man. Jeffries has been described simply as a half-blood from Alamance County, North Carolina. The donor believes he is an Occaneechi.
DATE: No date
QUANTITY: 2 prints
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 89-39
The material consists of prints and copy negatives of images from a Honolulu stock agency. Included are photographs from Matthew W. Stirling's New Guinea expedition and Edward A. Salisbury's expedition to Micronesia. Other relate to Irving Johnson, Ray Jewell, and Cyril von Baumann. The images show ethnological subjects, expedition members, and scenic views.
DATE: 1920s-1930s
QUANTITY: 51 items
ARRANGEMENT: Unarranged
FINDING AID: None
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 82-11
Included are copy prints of photographs and postcards. There are many portraits, including some of Father Peter J. Powell. Also common are views of modern pow-wows. Tribes represented are the Arapaho, Cheyenne, Dakota, Kiowa, and Sauk and Fox. Photographers include Bert Bell, Reece Kinkaid, Horace Poolaw (a Kiowa), and John O'Leary.
DATES: 1930s-1970s
QUANTITY: ca. 75 items
ARRANGEMENT: Unarranged
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 74-12
OLBRECHTS, FRANS M. (1899-1958), Papers
Frans M. Olbrechts studied linguistics and folklore in his native Belgium and became one of that country's leading anthropologists, recognized for his museum work, teaching, and scholarship. In all these areas, his work was strongly concerned with art, magic, and popular culture.
Olbrecht's earliest work outside Europe was among American Indians. In 1925, while studying with Franz Boas as a postdoctoral fellow of the Committee for the Relief of Belgians Education Foundation, he was introduced to the Bureau of American Ethnology staff. It was subsequently arranged for him to carry out field work among the Cherokee of North Carolina, using as the basis of his inquiries the so-called Swimmer Manuscript of Cherokee formulas copied by James Mooney, of the Bureau of American Ethnology. His work resulted in James Mooney, The Swimmer Manuscript: Cherokee Sacred Formulas and Medicinal Prescriptions, revised, completed, and edited by Frans M. Olbrechts, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 99, Washington, 1932.
The papers are largely limited to the materials Olbrechts collected during his work with the Cherokee, although a few miscellaneous materials are included. There are copies of manuscripts by James Mooney and a few diaries and expense notes. There is also a very small amount of correspondence with Louis Allen, R.D. Holt, Gladys A. Reichard, and Morris Swadesh.
Sound recordings relating to this collection are in the Library of Congress.
DATES: ca. 1926-1931
QUANTITY: ca. 5.7 linear meters (ca. 20 linear feet)
ARRANGEMENT: (1) Vocabularies; (2) vocabularies, phonology, morphophonemics, and syllabary; (3) grammar; (4) texts with no translations; (5) texts with translations; (6) disease-name papers; (7) Wilnoti formula papers; (8) botanical notes and specimens; (9) myths and miscellaneous ethnographic notes; (10) photographs of Iroquois masks; (11) personal, unidentified, and reference materials
FINDING AID: Box list
CALL NUMBER: Manuscript 4600
OMWAKE, HENRI GEIGER (1907-1967), Papers
A school official in Delaware, H. Geiger Omwake was an active amateur archeologist and an authority on pipes that Europeans traded to American Indians. His study of the subject began in the 1940s and continued until his death.
Omwake was one of the main organizers of the Archeological Society of Delaware, the Sussex County Society of Archeology and History in 1948, and the Kent Archaeological Society in 1965. He was a member of the Delaware State Archeological Board.
The papers include letters, notes, drawings, clippings, photographs, bibliographies, lists, reports, manuscripts, and copies of a mimeographed form "Survey of Pipes of European Manufacture Traded to the Indians in the Eastern States." Many papers relate to the pipe collection that Omwake donated to the Smithsonian.
Omwake's correspondents include American Museum of Natural History, Albert J. Anderson, George Arentz, Junius Bird, Glenn A. Black, Mark F. Boyd, Peter A. Brannon, Edward Brooks, Elias B. Bull, Ripley P. Bullen, E.K. Burnett, Douglas S. Byers, Arch Cauzier, Dorothy Cross, Tom Demarest, John C. Ewers, Charles H. Fairbanks, Karl D. Fernstrom, Jr., P.S. Flegel, Stanley E. Gifford, Charles E. Gillette, Amos R. Green, James B. Griffin, Alfred K. Guthe, Carl E. Guthe, Gilbert Haggerty, Robert F. Hall, J.C. Harrington, Charles F. Hayes III, G.C. Helbers, Paul R. Huey, Ivor Noël Hume, Frederick Johnson, Arthur R. Kelly, Kenneth E. Kidd, W. Fred Kinsey, Jerome Knowles, Edward McM. Larrabee, William C. Lazarus, Julius Lopez, Ernest F.
Mair, K. Marochen, Robert Marx, William B. Marye, Ronald J. Mason, George McBeath, Ben C. McCary, Carl F. Miller, P. Schuyler Miller, Robert D. Mohr, Robert S. Neitzel, B.H. O'Neil, Adrian H. Oswald, Lewis M. Purnell, George Quimby, Elizabeth Ralph, George M. Reynolds, William A. Ritchie, Maurice Robbins, Roland Wells Robbins, E.H. Rogers, Irving Rouse, Harry L. Scoff, William H. Sears, Frank Maryl Setzler, Carlyle S. Smith, G. Hubert Smith, Ralph S. Solecki, Stanley G. South, Frank G. Speck, Richard E. Stears, Charles Steen, Robert L. Stephenson, Theodore Stern, Iain C. Walker, C. Malcolm Watkins, C. A. Weslager, Gordon R. Willey, John Witthoft, Alan R. Woolworth, and Charles F. Wray.
DATES: 1940s-1960s
QUANTITY: ca. 2.7 linear meters (ca. 9 linear feet)
ARRANGEMENT: (1) Alphabetical file; (2) notebooks; (3) subject file; (4) correspondence; (5) miscellany
FINDING AID: Draft box list
The lot includes formal and informal portraits of five generations of a California family. Some members are of the San Paschal band of Luiseños; others are Gabrielinos. Only one person is in Indian dress. The others are in modern dress, some in military uniforms and a couple in wedding attire.
Many photographs are snapshots. Only one photographer is identified: Cortez Studio, San Diego.
DATE: No dates (probably 1890s-1990s)
QUANTITY: 14 copy prints
FINDING AID: List provided by the donor Franklin G. Orosco.
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 93-4
OSCHINSKY, LAWRENCE (1921-1965), AND DONALD A. EAST, Papers
Oschinsky was a physical anthropologist at the University of Toronto and formerly a curator at the National Museum of Canada. East was a researcher at the University College of Wales. The papers consist of a manuscript entitled "The Cranial Morphology of Arctic Mongoloids: A Statistical-Morphological Study." Work on the manuscript was in progress at the time Oschinsky died. It concerns his general interest in "morphological studies dealing with the osteology of human groups at the subspecies and lower taxonomic levels" (James Edward Anderson).
DATES: 1960s
QUANTITY: .08 linear meter (.25 linear foot)
The copy print of the Menominee leader was made from a daguerreotype in the Oshkosh Public Museum.
DATE: No date
QUANTITY: 1 print
RESTRICTION: The print was acquired for reference purposes only. Copies should be obtained from the Oshkosh Public Museum.
CALL NUMBER: Photo Lot 82-33


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