text: PrincipalePresseWinter Storm Doesn't Deter Special Olympics and Best Buddies From Demonstrating Impact and Need on Capitol Hill Listen Winter Storm Doesn't Deter Special Olympics and Best Buddies From Demonstrating Impact and Need on Capitol HillA much-hyped winter storm that shut down much of the nation's Capital didn't deter Special Olympics and Best Buddies participants and supporters who converged on Capitol Hill yesterday to meet with elected officials, urging continued federal support for programs that enhance the lives of those with intellectual and development disabilities in the areas of health, education and employment. Braving The ElementsHigh-resolution images from the event are available on the Special Olympics Flickr site. Throughout the day, Special Olympics athletes and Best Buddies ambassadors from 41 states across the country braved the elements and met with their congressional delegations to advocate for services provided by Special Olympics and Best Buddies that transcend the playing field and transform classrooms, workplaces, and communities.Delegates advocated for support of The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act of 2013, named after the founder of Special Olympics and the lifelong advocate for the rights and abilities of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The legislation, introduced in the House and Senate on March 6, continues the legacy of Shriver by authorizing critical funds for specific programs supporting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities through sports, health, education, and employment program initiatives.About The LegislationIn particular, the legislation authorizes continued federal support for the Special Olympics Healthy Athletes program, which provides free health care screenings, treatment and health education to those with intellectual disabilities, as well as work that both Special Olympics and Best Buddies are doing in thousands of schools across the country to create more inclusive school climates. In addition, the legislation would support efforts by Best Buddies to prepare and place those with intellectual disabilities in the workforce, helping them lead more productive, full and independent lives.Best Buddies and Special Olympics self-advocates educated lawmakers and their staff about the real and significant social consequences that arise from the stigma and stereotype that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities face. They were able to effectively convey the high-impact and cost-effectiveness of Best Buddies and Special Olympics programming that addresses these issues, securing the commitment of 62 bi-partisan legislators as original co-sponsors of the 2013 Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act, as well as many more who pledged their support for the bill and the work it will support. The bills were introduced by Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Rep. Peter King (R-NY), Senator Tom Harkin, (D-IA), and Senator Roy Blunt (R-MO)."Build Strong Children"Representative Hoyer shared a quote from Marylander Frederick Douglass: "Douglass said 'It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.' That's what this bill is all about: it is easier to ensure everyone has access to participation, than to have people who are left out of society," adding, "It is a privilege to be a part of this effort.""Special Olympics and Best Buddies programs are critically important to empowering people with intellectual disabilities and helping them to meet their great potential," said Senator Roy Blunt. "I'm proud to support the expansion and development of these programs, which make a profound difference in the lives of so many Americans with disabilities."Senator Tom Harkin commented, "Eunice Kennedy Shriver was a forceful advocate for people with intellectual disabilities. Her longtime support of and commitment to Special Olympics and Best Buddies helped millions of Americans with disabilities live their lives to the fullest," Harkin said. "The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act honors her legacy by ensuring that these programs can flourish, and in turn, continue to encourage worldwide acceptance and inclusion of people with disabilities."A Clear MessageEunice Kennedy Shriver dedicated her life to providing opportunities for children and adults with IDD to become fully integrated into society. Shriver, who passed away in August 2009, founded Special Olympics in 1968 and was a longtime advocate and board member of Best Buddies, founded in 1989. Special Olympics Chairman and CEO Dr. Timothy Shriver: "With more than 200 delegates here on the Hill today, I think the message is clear. The time has come for the Federal Government to recognize a dignity revolution is underway for all citizens: that sports, employment, education, healthcare - these are all needs of a disenfranchised and marginalized population. It's a critical human rights message that people need to hear." Shriver added, "Every great civil rights movement has its iconic leader – I think my mother is, for many people with intellectual disabilities, that person. This legislation will continue her legacy and carry forth her vision for a world of inclusion and respect, to communities around the country.""Helping our policymakers understand the full potential of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities is an honor and privilege," said Anthony K. Shriver, Founder and Chairman, Best Buddies International. "The Eunice Kennedy Shriver Act, which is designed to address the needs for education, health, and employment programs for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, helps further Best Buddies' and Special Olympics' mission of providing opportunities for meaningful inclusion."Also on March 6, people around the world united their communities to Spread the Word to End the Word®, as supporters participated in the fifth annual 'Spread the Word to End the Word' awareness day, aimed at ending the hurtful use of the R-word ("retard(ed)"), negatively impacting people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. For more information, visit the R-word web site.About Special OlympicsSpecial Olympics is an international organization that changes lives through the power of sport by encouraging and empowering people with intellectual disabilities, promoting acceptance for all, and fostering communities of understanding and respect worldwide. Founded in 1968 by Eunice Kennedy Shriver, the Special Olympics movement has grown from a few hundred athletes to more than 4 million athletes in over 170 countries in all regions of the world, providing year-round sports training, athletic competition and other related programs. Special Olympics now take place every day, changing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities all over the world, from community playgrounds and ball fields in every small neighborhood's backyard to World Games. Special Olympics provides people with intellectual disabilities continuing opportunities to realize their potential, develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, and experience joy and friendship. Visit Special Olympics at https://www.specialolympics.org. Engage with us on: Twitter @specialolympics; fb.com/specialolympics; youtube.com/specialolympicshq, and specialolympicsblog.wordpress.com.About Best BuddiesBest Buddies® is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to establishing a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one-to-one friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Founded in 1989 by Anthony K. Shriver, Best Buddies is a vibrant organization that has grown from one original chapter to almost 1,500 middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide. Today, Best Buddies' eight formal programs - Middle Schools, High Schools, Colleges, Citizens, e-Buddies® , Jobs, Ambassadors, and Promoters - engage participants in each of the 50 states and in 50 countries, positively impacting the lives of nearly 700,000 people with and without disabilities around the world. As a result of their involvement with Best Buddies, people with intellectual and developmental disabilities secure rewarding jobs, live on their own, become inspirational leaders, and make lifelong friendships. For more information, please visit www.bestbuddies.org, facebook.com/bestbuddies or twitter.com/bestbuddies.Photos for Media UseHigh-resolution images from the event are available at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/soi-photo-stream/sets/72157632937290220/ Media ContactAmie DuganSpecial Olympics North email@example.com


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Turning Point: After Schio rallied and worked their way back into contention by making it a one-shot game at 31-28, they subsequently allowed Fenerbahce to score the next 19 points in a row either side of the half-time break.
Game Heroes: It was more of a team focused display from Fener, although Cappie Pondexter had 14 points, six rebounds and five assists, whilst the dynamic play of Birsel Vardarli was also particularly easy on the eye.
Stats Don't Lie: Six players in double-digits emphasised the depth and offensive options of Fenerbahce.
Fenerbahce have all but booked their spot in the semi-finals of the EuroLeague Women Final Eight after showcasing their depth and title potential en-route to an 86-59 demolition of Famila Schio.
The Turkish giants were dominant throughout the contest, as Schio slipped to a second loss in Ekaterniburg, unable to cope with the running game and superior firepower of their opponents.
Indeed their regular season home success against Fener must have seemed but a distant memory, as they were ruthlessly put to the sword.
Whilst there was nothing to separate the teams initially at 10-10 after the first six minutes, once Fener got into their stride, they blew Schio away in impressive fashion and especially via a powerful spell both before and after the interval.
A rare three-pointer by Anastasiya Verameyenka made it 50-28 to Fenerbahce and they refused to engage cruise control. Instead, they maintained their intensity, even doubling the Schio score at 64-32 during in what proved to be a scorching 30-12 third quarter.
Head coach Maurizio Lasi was left disappointed with his teams' display and especially after they worked hard to overcome a slow start before allowing their hard work to go to waste.
He said, "We know that we were supposed to play a great game and we came back when things were difficult in the second quarter, but you can only recover against Fenerbahce once - not for a second time.
"Everything was just far too easy for them."
Roberto Iniguez is edging closer to the prospect of securing back-to-back EuroLeague Women titles and he was impressed with his team, although noted that there was always room for improvement.
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Cardinals' ailing bullpen able to get some relief
Club's youth movement promising in some early auditions against Brewers
MILWAUKEE -- The thing that sets the St. Louis Cardinals apart from most of the competition is not that they don't have problems. What sets this organization apart is that it appears to have some really viable solutions.
On Friday, some forks in the road were reached by the St. Louis club in regard to its bullpen issues. Their incumbent closer, Jason Motte, opted for Tommy John surgery, after a rehab program did not produce satisfactory results.View Full Game Coverage
Plan B closer Mitchell Boggs, so effective in a setup role last season, was optioned to Triple-A Memphis, where he can presumably work his way beyond his early season ineffectiveness.
On the other side of the ledger, the Cardinals summoned yet another flame-throwing prospect, Carlos Martinez. The 21-year-old's stuff was described by Cardinals general manager John Mozeliak as "dynamic."
"What we know about him, all things are pointing in one direction -- he's ready," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said of Martinez. "He's been throwing the ball extremely well. He comes into a unique situation. With Yadi [Yadier Molina] behind the plate, he can just go out and pitch and not have to be the guy doing all the analytics. But right now, it's his time. I think he's ready for it."
The manager wasn't kidding. The Cardinals put Martinez to work in the seventh inning on Friday night with a 6-1 lead over the Milwaukee Brewers. He gave up an infield hit, then induced a double-play grounder, and then finished the inning with a routine grounder.
In the eighth, the Cardinals produced another pitcher making his Major League debut, Seth Maness. The 24-year-old Maness, a command pitcher, worked a spotless inning, getting three straight ground-ball outs. Fernando Salas had a 1-2-3 ninth. Bolstered by their new relievers, the Cardinals won, 6-1, for their fourth straight victory.
The Cardinals have had three relievers working with real effectiveness.
Edward Mujica has taken over the closer's role and converted all seven of his save opportunities. Trevor Rosenthal, who has hit three digits with his fastball in the Majors, has solidified the eighth-inning role. And Randy Choate has succeeded in his role as a lefty specialist.
One bullpen issue for the Cardinals is that Rosenthal and Mujica may be, by the simple virtue of their effectiveness, subject to overuse.
"Trevor and Edward are being used heavily right now -- not by design, it's by necessity," Matheny said. "We've got other guys down there who can pitch late innings and have, but with what we've seen lately, those are the guys we have to go to. But we just can't keep beating them up."
"I feel like we're going to the same couple of guys every night, and my fear is that we're going to wear out a Rosie or a Mujica," Mozeliak said.
There has been an obvious contrast between the Redbirds' starting rotation, which came into the Milwaukee series leading both leagues in ERA, and the St. Louis bullpen, which ranked dead last in ERA. But there are still exceptional arms in that bullpen.
Brewers manager Ron Roenicke was asked about preferring to face the St. Louis relievers as opposed to the St. Louis starters. He wasn't buying.
"I look at the bullpen arms they have," Roenicke said. "Maybe the numbers don't show that they're throwing as well as their starters, but anytime you've got guys coming out throwing 96-100 [mph], none of our guys want to see those guys.
"We may score runs off them, and they may walk somebody and maybe things don't work out, but any time you have arms like that, you're not saying, 'Oh, yeah, I want to face this guy.'"
The talent in this bullpen is indisputable, even if the performance so far this season has not been uniformly satisfactory.
"I still think we have a lot of talent in that bullpen, but clearly we've got to find the right combination that becomes more effective," Mozeliak said. "You don't want to have an inning like you saw [Thursday night], where you have to use three pitchers to get three outs. That's just not efficient."
The late-inning usage of Martinez, in his first night in the big leagues, and Mannes, who had been called up earlier in the week, is not likely to be a one-time occurrence.
"We're at the point, we've got to see what a Seth Mannes can do, we've got to see what a Carlos Martinez can do, because the other guys can't keep carrying the load that they've been carrying," Matheny said. "We've got to figure it out and the only way to do that is to put guys in positions to succeed, and let them take bigger roles."
It ought to be pointed out, that the work of Martinez and Mannes followed six more terrific innings from starter Shelby Miller. Miller, 22, has allowed one run in 13 innings against Milwaukee this season.
It was like Cardinals Pitching Development Night at Miller Park, although that was not a concept that would have found much favor with the Milwaukee franchise.
"A think it's a great compliment to our organization, our scouts, our development system for what they've been able to do to get these guys to the point that the kids that we're bringing in here don't look like they're overwhelmed," Matheny said. "They don't look like they're shell-shocked. They just don't look like they're overmatched."
Serious bullpen questions? Certainly. But the Cardinals also have some promising bullpen answers.
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Two years ago, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposal that seemed simple enough on its surface: it would redefine the term "fiduciary" in regards to company-sponsored retirement plans and IRAs. We realized immediately, however, that the DOL's proposal could have seismic implications for independent financial advisors and the hard-working clients they serve.
By redefining the term "fiduciary," the DOL's proposal would suddenly hold broker-dealers who work with company-sponsored retirement plans and IRAs to a different standard of oversight, one that would not be aligned with Main Street American investors' needs. This move would eliminate commissions as a source of broker-dealer compensation for such accounts, potentially pricing out the majority of American IRA holders from affordable financial advice.
Under the DOL proposal, many independent financial advisors might be forced to exit the IRA and company-sponsored retirement plan businesses, rather than face the onerous costs of restructuring their service offerings to suit the new rule. The result: potentially millions of Main Street investors could be left without access to affordable and objective investment advice just as more and more of them are facing imminent retirement and a difficult economy.
FSI's response to the DOL proposal was rapid and decisive. As I said then, "As it stands now, this proposal is a lose-lose, both for advisors and, most importantly, for consumers."
Drawing on its leaders' decades of advocacy experience and the strength of its membership, FSI quickly formulated a response plan and began to execute on it. In February 2011, FSI sent a comment letter to the DOL regarding the proposed rule, strongly urging the Department to perform a more thoughtful cost-benefit analysis before proceeding. The comment letter also laid out the unforeseen consequences the proposal could have for consumers.
In the following months, FSI issued a call to action to its members across the country, briefing them on the issue and urging them to contact the White House and their representatives in Congress. The response was overwhelming: by August, over 5,000 personalized, written letters from concerned financial advisors had poured in to the White House, coordinated by FSI.
That summer, senior FSI leaders met with Gene Sperling, President Obama's Assistant for Economic Policy and Director of the National Economic Council, to discuss their concerns. Commenting on FSI's focused efforts, Brown said that the organization had sent "a clear indication to the White House of the gravity of this situation."
FSI's efforts to protect independent financial advisors and their clients paid off: in September 2011, facing enormous opposition from the White House and members of both parties in Congress, the DOL withdrew its fiduciary proposal for further review.
The Next Round Is Coming Up
The fight, however, continues. FSI expects DOL to issue a re-worked version of the fiduciary proposal later in late Q1 or early Q2, and concerns about its potential impact remain very real. Early indications are that the Department will include IRAs again in its re-proposal, and may even include new provisions that would make the rule more onerous than before.
FSI is now more engaged than ever in shaping the outcome of this regulation. At the last FSI Advocacy Summit, 150 FSI members conducted 256 meetings with Congressional representatives from both parties, with the DOL fiduciary issue as one of the core discussion points. At the urging of FSI members during these meetings, more than 30 House Democrats and 55 House Republicans issued separate letters to now-outgoing DOL Secretary Hilda Solis, urging her not to move forward without accounting for the damage the new regulation could cause to Main Street investors.
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Host Garnett Lee is on a boat and Jeff Cannata is coming back from NASA, so that means it's another early Friday morning recording for Weekend Confirmed. This week, the founder of 2N1Team is joined by his former Totally Rad Show co-host, Dan Trachtenberg, along with "Indie" Jeff Mattas and Nikole Zivalich. They kick the show off with a recap of this week's Nintendo Direct before diving into Dark Souls and Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. Also, Nikole Z didn't want to leave listeners on the edge of their seats, so she concludes her Storytime this week on The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. And as always, the crew sends everyone into the weekend with a new round of Finishing Moves.
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- Harlan Coben's first series character is Myron Bolitar. He is a sports agent who ends up solving mysteries in order to help his clients. Myron has a great wit that will make you laugh. Coben's newer books are stand alone titles. They are edge of your seat, intense thrillers that make you wonder what you would do.
- Lee Child's Jack Reacher character is an ex- military man who hitchhikes throughout the United States with only a toothbrush and an a.t.m. card. Along the way he meets a lot of interesting people, who of course need help in some way or another. He is a fearless, strong hero who dispenses justice.There is a scene in one of the books where he is surrounded by six men holding pipes and wrenches ready to attack him, he tells them that he will give them one chance to put their weapons down and walk away. They laugh and within two minutes the bad guys are on the floor bleeding and broken.


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Two years ago, I wrote a column titled "If Our World Were a Village." In it, our world's 7 billion inhabitants were condensed into an imaginary village of 100 people. (The demographics used are not perfect, but are very close in terms of implications to be drawn.) In this new version, I have added a new segment with a U.S. village also converted into a village of 100 instead of the 310-plus million humans who occupy our nation.
Consider the implications of the following for the global village:
◆ 18 of the villagers are white, the rest are not. (In 1950, 27 were white, and by 2050 less than 10 will be.)
◆ 33 are Christian, 19 Muslim, 13 Hindu, six Buddhist, and 29 either "other" or no religion.
◆ 24 have no electricity, 33 have an unsafe water supply, 50 are malnourished, and two are dying of either AIDS or malnutrition.
◆ 67 cannot read or write, and only one has a college degree.
◆ 60 live in Asia, 14 in Africa, 12 in Europe, eight in Latin America and fewer than six in all of North America.
◆ Fewer than five villagers live in the United States, yet for decades they have managed to produce and consume around one quarter of the entire global village's goods and services.
As a United States citizen, what are your initial reactions? Do you feel fortunate to live in such an incredibly wealthy country? How do you feel about the massive imbalance in production and consumption? Have we done enough to share our bounty with those less fortunate?
Were Americans entitled to this positive imbalance as a simple birthright? Do you think God did indeed bless the United States of America? If so, do you think we have collectively done all we should to show our gratitude to God?
Does this help you better understand the almost endless supply of labor outside the U.S. willing to work for dramatically lower wages, and why major American corporations will continue outsourcing jobs for the foreseeable future?
Think about how small a proportion of the global village is white, and yet how much incredible power and influence this minority has wielded for centuries.
Had you ever considered only a third of the world's population is Christian?
Do you see why being poor in the global village is likely much worse than being poor in America? Is it possible the United States was simply lucky?
Do you think it's inevitable our nation will go on forever producing and consuming a quarter of the world's goods and services? Do you think instead, perhaps all good things must inevitably come to an end?
If you are a citizen of any other nation in the world, what do you think? Do you better understand why so many other nations' people dislike our country?
Now let's look at the imaginary U.S. village of 100:
◆ 82 villagers live in either a city or its suburbs, leaving incredible amounts of land virtually unoccupied.
◆ 65 are non-Hispanic white, 16 are Hispanic or Latino, 13 are African- American, and five are Asian-American.
◆ Every decade, five fewer citizens in the village will be white. By 2050, the white population will be fewer than 50, while African-Americans remain at 13, Hispanic/ Latinos will be up to 30, and Asian-Americans up to eight. Half of all children today who are 1 year of age or younger have minority parents.
What are the implications for the future elections? Does "se habla espanol" come to mind?
Nearly a quarter of the children are living in families whose income is below the officially defined poverty level. Some will condemn this for being allowed in the wealthiest village in the world. However, don't forget that being poor in this village is likely preferable to being poor in almost any other nation.
The village spends nearly double the amount per capita for health care than any other developed village in the world, yet ranks no better than 32nd in health outcomes.
This has much more to do with government policies than our medical system, which is technically among the very best in the world. Our leaders have made it policy to not provide universal health care. The fact that many millions lack access to quality health care accounts for our poor overall ranking.
Seventy-five in this village define themselves as being some denomination of Christian (25 Catholic, 16 Baptist, 33 other Christian denominations, 1-plus Mormon.) Twenty have no religious affiliation, 1-plus are Jewish, and less than one, Muslim.
As you look at the demographics for the global and U.S. villages, you cannot escape concluding how comparatively blessed our nation has been and remains. Now if we can find a way to prevent our politicians from completely failing our nation, we might continue to be one of the greatest nations in the world for generations to come. However, it's a very big "if" these days.
These are my opinions. What do you think?
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Two years ago, I wrote a column titled "If Our World Were a Village." In it, our world's 7 billion inhabitants were condensed into an imaginary village of 100 people. (The demographics used are not perfect, but are very close in terms of implications to be drawn.) In this new version, I have added a new segment with a U.S. village also converted into a village of 100 instead of the 310-plus million humans who occupy our nation.


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A veterinary assistant program in Hillsborough NH 27278 trains you to work alongside vets in clinical and laboratory procedures. You may work in private clinics, research facilities or animal hospitals in Hillsborough NH 27278. Veterinary assistants are responsible for feeding and bathing animals, administering medication as prescribed by the vet and helping the veterinary team with animal nursing. Below is a brief look at what is involved in a veterinary assistant program in Hillsborough NH 27278.
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You will learn math fundamentals as well as basic CPR and first aid. You will take courses that provide an overview of animal anatomy, physiology, animal nursing diagnostic imaging, clinical lab procedures and pathology, office procedures, surgical assistance and aseptic techniques.
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After completing a veterinary assistant program, veterinary assistants enjoy good job growth, even in this economy. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts the field will grow by 21 percent through 2018. Pets are part of the family, so their care is a priority for pet owners. It's not a job that can be shipped overseas, and you get to work with animals.
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While entry-level assistants perform basic tasks, they will advance and enjoy higher pay the more experience they get. Much of the training is really hands-on, so experience counts. Pay starts out reasonable, but will accrue the more experience you gain.
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As a vet assistant, you will perform medical tests on animals, including drawing blood and preparing tissue samples. You will learn to treat and diagnose certain diseases. Taking case histories, processing x-rays, provide specialized nursing care, and assist in vet dental procedures are also important parts of the job. These are all covered in the veterinary assistant program.
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Your average veterinary assistant program takes nine months to complete, depending on whether you enroll full time or part-time. Evening classes are often available with flexible hours that can work around your schedule.
High school students in Hillsborough NH 27278 interested in becoming vet assistants should focus on science, biology and math classes. A love for animals is always a plus.
This economy has many people in Hillsborough NH 27278 changing careers as the market adjusts to new financial changes. Some are older people who are changing careers. Others are young and just starting out. It's important to focus on an industry that has potential for growth. Thanks to a continually expanding demand for health care, vet assistants enter a field that will always have a demand for jobs.
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Veronica Delaney Williams, 88, of Talent, Ore., passed away Wednesday, March 27, 2013 at home.
She was born April 25, 1924 in Liverpool, England, the daughter of Catherine Delaney and Edward Shannon. She was raised in England and served in the Land Army during World War II.
Following the war she married Ronald H. Williams in England. Dr. and Mrs. Williams moved to the United States where Veronica worked as an office manager in the property management industry.
Surviving are her nephew, Stan Potocki and many great- and great-great-nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband and a sister, Stella Potocki Gordon.
Funeral services will be held at the Ashland Christian Fellowship Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. Entombment will be at Scenic Hills Memorial Park, Ashland.
Arrangements under the direction of Litwiller Simonsen Funeral Home, Ashland.


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Papers of James C O'Flaherty (1914-2002)
Collection: Papers of James C O'Flaherty (1914-2002), complementing the James C O'Flaherty Collection of Hamaniana and Nietzscheana (ca 200 books) accessioned by The Citadel's Daniel Library. Together they constitute the largest holding of writings by or on the philosopher Johann Georg Hamann outside of Germany.
Acquisition: Given by J Daniel O'Flaherty (son of James C O'Flaherty) of Alexandria VA.
Physical Description: Fifteen Hollinger boxes of autograph, typed, or print documents; one box of microfilm; one box of 3x5 notecards. Collection includes correspondence, newspaper and journal articles, autograph and typed manuscripts, notebooks, galley proofs, tear sheets, press clippings, miscellany.
Nota bene. James C O'Flaherty gave two boxes of papers, mainly correspondence, to the University of Chicago in Oct 1992. A catalog of those papers, compiled by Caroline Coven of Regenstein Library, is filed in Box A, Folder "Correspondence with University of Chicago re O'Flaherty Papers" of The Citadel's James C O'Flaherty Papers.
Provenance, Content, Arrangement: The son of Irish-American attorney and activist Daniel C O'Flaherty of Richmond VA, James Carneal O'Flaherty was born 28 Apr 1914 in Henrico County. After graduation from Richmond's John Marshall High School, he studied at William and Mary, Heidelberg Universität, Georgetown College (BA, 1939), Southern Baptist Seminary, the University of Kentucky (MA, 1941), and the University of Chicago (PhD,1950). His doctoral dissertation treated the German philosopher Johann Georg Hamann (1730-88). O'Flaherty served 1939-47 as pastor to Baptist churches in Dover KY, Ekhorn KY, and Chicago IL.
In 1947 O'Flaherty joined the faculty of Wake Forest College, where he taught until retirement in 1984. There he founded the Hamann Newsletter; wrote on Hamann, Nietzsche, the German literary tradition, and Hitler's intellectual opponents; chaired the German department; and championed study of the Humanities in the US. His publications include Unity and Language: A Study in the Philosophy of Hamann (1952), Hamann's Socratic Memorabilia: A Translation and Commentary (1967), Johann Georg Hamann (1979), Studies in Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition (1976), and Studies in Nietzsche and the Judaeo-Christian Tradition (1984), The Quarrel with Reason Itself: Essays on Hamann, Michaelis, Lessing, Nietzsche (1988).
The James C O'Flaherty Papers chronicle the professional life of an internationally acclaimed authority on German philosophy and intellectual history. The Papers contain copious correspondence with prominent authors (eg, Thomas Mann, Ernst Jünger), scholars (eg, Werner Heisenberg, Isaiah Berlin, Walter Kaufmann), publishers, colleagues, and college officials; manuscripts and print copy of writings, lectures, sermons, editorials; photocopies and microfilm of works by other scholars on topics touching O'Flaherty's work; O'Flaherty's reviews of other scholars' work; scholarly reviews of his own work; reviews of works pertinent to O'Flaherty's research interests (many with his autograph notes in the margins); notebooks on diverse topics; extensive bibliographical references; miscellaneous press clippings. Of particular significance to scholars are the unpublished correspondence and the assembled material on Hamann and on Nietzsche.
In retirement O'Flaherty began to order his papers, eventually assisted by Wake Forest undergraduate John Betts. Upon O'Flaherty's death on 27 Jul 2002 in Winston-Salem NC, his son assembled both the Collection and the Papers for donation to a suitable library and archive. On advice from James N Hardin, James O'Flaherty's editor at Camden House, Daniel O'Flaherty offered the Collection and Papers to The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in Charleston, where James O'Flaherty's former student Albert E Gurganus chaired the Department of Modern Languages.
A trained archivist, Gurganus arranged and cataloged the Papers, which arrived in Charleston in disarray, file folders jumbled in pasteboard shipping boxes. Wherever discernible, the original ordering technique was preserved. For that reason some correspondence occurs in reverse chronology. The finding aid was completed 7 Jun 2010.
Box A
Papers pertaining to the establishment of the James C O'Flaherty Collections at The Citadel
(Auto)biographical and professional files, mss, and notices Eulogies of James C O'Flaherty
List of publications of James C O'Flaherty
Mss of James C O'Flaherty's graduate term papers at Chicago
Printed sermon "Christ the Builder of Men"
Articles for church publications
Articles, editorials for Wake Forest College/University publications
Eulogy for former student Betty Nance Weber
Ms of "Informal Report on My Penultimate Year at Wake Forest"
Ms of address to Wake Forest chapter of AAUP, April 1958
Program of Kentucky Foreign Language Conference, April 1959
Box B
Mss and print copy of "Inwardness--The Key to German Institutions"
Mss and print copy of articles on Max Planck's bearing to Hitler
Print copy of article on Werner Heisenberg's correspondence with O'Flaherty re Max Planck
Autograph notes on diverse scholars and topics (Gayek; Hitler and the church; Hegel; the idea of substance; somnabulists; Ricouer; Russell on Hume; Planck; Wolff/Leibniz/Kant)
Box C
Correspondence A-K
O'Flaherty's list of correspondents
Notes on writers of letters given to Chicago
Files of correspondence with Inge Aicher-Scholl, Bill Alexander, Bill Angell, William C Archie, George Armacost, Max and Helene Bäumer, Oswald Bayer, Lewis White Beck, Montgomery Belgion, William J Bennett, Isaiah Berlin, John Betz, A E Bigge, Bischöfliches Generalvikariat Münster, Eric Blackall, Almuth Blittersdorf, Bruce Boeckel, John Boles, Derek Bowman, Freiherr von Braun, Germaine Brée, Andrew Brown, Emil Brunner, Elfriede Büchsel, John W Chandler, Alonzo Church, Gordon Craig, Kendig Cully, Erich Dormann, Dieter Eckhardt, Alfred Eglash, John O Eidson, Paul Ernst, Alice Finckh, James Franck, André François-Poincet, Bernhard Gayek, Clark Gilpin, Garrett Green, Hans Graubner, Phillip Griffiths, Karlfried Gründer, John Gulley [?], Otto Hahn, Hamann archives in the USSR, Henry Hardy, Hans Hartmann, Horst Hartwich, J L Heilbron, Elisabeth Heisenberg, Werner Heisenberg, Arthur Henkel, Ulrich Hobbeling, Volker Hoffmann, Peter Uwe Hohendahl, Paul Holmer, Natalie Holzwarth, Richard Jente, Sven-Aage Jørgensen, Ernst Jünger, Walter Kaufmann, Gustav Kiepenauer Verlag, James Kirsch, Thurman Kitchin, Renate Knoll, Waltraud von Kries, Marie Theres Küsters
Box D
Correspondence L-Z
Files of correspondence with George Lane, Victor Lange, Max von Laue, Theodore von Laue, Walter Leibrecht, Librarians, Robert Lowie, Walter Lowrie, Ralph H Lutz, Bernd Magnus, Erika Mann, Michael Mann, Thomas Mann, Thomas Mann Archiv, James Alfred Martin, K W Maurer, Lissa McCullough, Erwin Metzke, Thomas Mullen, Ellen Myers, Josef Nadler, Sue S Nebel, D Arthur Neuberg, Hugh Barr Nisbet, [?] Nollendorfs, Reinhold Nordsieck, Daniel O'Flaherty, [?] Olson, Harold Parcell, Franz von Papen, Wenzel Peters, Planck Affair Letters, Nelly Planck, Siegbert Prawer, Angelo Pupi, Franz H Rathmann, Helmut Rehder, Angela Reinthal, Jerome L Rosenberg, Rosa Rosenberg, Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy, Erich Ruprecht, Bertrand Russell, Reed Sarratt, James Ralph Scales, Claudia Schmidt, James Schmidt / Kenneth Haynes, George Schoolfield, Lothar Schreiner, Detlev Schumann, Robert Silvers, Josef Simon, Gregor R Smith, Werner Stark, Henry S Stroupe, Ernst Telschow, Agathe H F Thornton, Thaddeus Trenn, Unknown Authors, Jean Wahl, Betty Nance Weber, Victor Weisskopf, Ulrich Weisstein, Carlton West, Philip P Wiener, John T Wilcox, Edwin G Wilson, Hedwig Wingler, Richard Winston, Marianne Zäulser, [?] Zeller
Box E
Correspondence with Larry Vaughan
Box F
Evaluations and reviews of other scholars' work by O'Flaherty
Evaluations and reviews of O'Flaherty's work
Reviews of various scholars' work on Hamann, arranged alphabetically by author
Box G
Hamann papers 1
Catalog of "Books, Other Publications and Materials Relating to Johann Georg Hamann (1730-1788) Collected by James C O'Flaherty"
Complete run of O'Flaherty's Hamann Newsletter (1953-55, 1962-63)
Mss for publication in the Hamann Newsletter
Correspondence pertaining to the Hamann Newsletter
Reviews of the Hamann Newsletter
Mss of various works on Hamann by O'Flaherty
O'Flaherty's notes on Hamann and his relation to other philosophers
Box H
Hamann papers 2
Print copy, mss of various scholars' writings on Hamann, arranged alphabetically by author or journal (A-B): Anderson-Brown
Box I
Hamann papers 3
Print copy, mss of various scholars' writings on Hamann, arranged alphabetically by author or journal (B-C): Büchsel-Cohn
Box J
Hamann papers 4
Print copy, mss of various scholars' writings on Hamann, arranged alphabetically by author or journal (D-J): Diller-Jørgensen
Box K
Hamann papers 5
Print copy, mss of various scholars' writings on Hamann, arranged alphabetically by author or journal (K-N): Knoll-New York Times
Box L Hamann papers 6
Print copy, mss of various scholars' writings on Hamann; wife Lucy O'Flaherty's portraits of Hamann; arranged alphabetically by author or journal (O-W): O'Flaherty-Wohlfart
Box M
Hamann papers 7
Microfilm of various scholars' writing on Hamann
Box N
Nietzsche papers 1
Correspondence with editors of, contributors to Studies in Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition (edited by O'Flaherty), arranged in reverse chronology
Reviews of Studies in Nietzsche and the Classical Tradition
Correspondence with editors of Studies in Nietzsche and the Judaeo- Christian Tradition, arranged in reverse chronology
Print copy of various scholars' writings on Nietzsche, arranged alphabetically by author or journal (A-G): Alderman-Groos
Box O
Nietzsche papers 2
Print copy of various scholars' writings on Nietzsche, arranged alphabetically (B-W): Bäumer-Weichelt + Unknown
Box P
Mss and print copy of various scholars writings on diverse topics, arranged alphabetically by topic
Box Q
O'Flaherty's bibliographical notes, recorded on 3x5 notecards, arranged mainly by subject


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Wednesday, January 09, 2013
Long drive yesterday...
Instead, it grew rapidly in size and turned out to be a little higher above the treetops than I'd initially thought: An OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, looking like a black*-painted traffic chopper with stubby, hardpoint-studded gunship wings and a bulbous growth atop the rotor mast.
It was blasting south-southwest at about yeehaw feet AGL, following the asphalt compass just high enough to clear ridge lines and high-tension wires.
After a decent interval, another trio of dots resolved into the Kiowa's wingman, trailing him astern at a distance, in turn being closely followed by a pair of what looked like MH-60 Blackhawks. Given where I was at the time, I reckon they were headed in a generally Fort Campbell-ward direction.
It was kinda cool.
*Yeah, I know it's really very dark green.
40 comments:
- Jim said...
Tam, you're not paranoid. See, they really are "out to get you".
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
- 8:52 AM, January 09, 2013
- Fred said...
I like watching the Kiowas coming in here, I think the only ballsier pilots are the former 160th SOAR guys that are flying as contractors. They've got a couple Super-Hueys and like to come in hard and fast.
- 8:52 AM, January 09, 2013
"...yeehaw feet AGL ..." Perfect! Gotta steal that one.
Those boys don't know any other altitude, unless it's measured in single-digits...
- 8:54 AM, January 09, 2013
Could be in two years you won't think "kinda cool" when you see that.....
- 9:08 AM, January 09, 2013
- LCB said...
About...20 years ago at the same spot, also driving north, we had the "bodily fluid" scared out of us by 2 B-52's flying low across the freeway. Was way cool...
I figured that area was some kind of flight corridor for the military. Maybe I was right for once...
- 9:19 AM, January 09, 2013
The crews from Ft Campbell do instrument approaches at out local airport.
I met a pilot from the 160th and we talked about it. He knew right where I live because my barm is on their pattern. He dropped pretty low one day to say hello.
The A-10 pilots will get close to the deck when no one can see them. Two flew under my tree stand on a side hill in PA.
- 9:22 AM, January 09, 2013
During the 2012 Great Minnesota Get Together (State Fair) they announced the 160th was doing urban drills in the Twin Cities area and weren't coming for me personally. Seeing them move those little birds and blackhawks around in tight formations was a treat.
- 9:29 AM, January 09, 2013
The A-10s and AH-64 Apaches operate out of Whiteman AFB. The A-10s make gun runs on semi's and bomb runs on dams and bridges around Missouri and Kansas. Every thing they due is at low level.
- 9:37 AM, January 09, 2013
- Tam said...
Anonymous Commenter 9:08,
"Could be in two years you won't think "kinda cool" when you see that....."
Why? What's happening in two years?
- 9:39 AM, January 09, 2013
Out here they're doing PR photo shoots and training, so we've had a small flock of Apaches and Ospreys commuting over the place. Our resident mockingbirds keeps giving them the middle feather, but I don't think they notice.
- 9:39 AM, January 09, 2013
- wizardpc said...
I'm within spitting distance of a TN ANG airbase and I've noticed a LOT more kiowa action lately. On Saturday a pair of them were circling Target low enough for me to count the hellfires on the stubs
- 9:45 AM, January 09, 2013
On a drive from Amarillo to the Raton Pass one hot summer afternoon, my pickup truck, all alone on a flat stretch of highway, was used as a simulated target by a very low-flying B-52 that approached from my 7 o'clock, scaring me wide awake for the next 100 miles.
Probably saved my life, as I was quite drowsy before being so honored.
- 10:01 AM, January 09, 2013
One of the most peaceful things one can do on this planet is a timber tally on a high ridge of the Pemigewasset valley in north-central New Hampshire of a winter's day.
Until that pair of A-10s that you never heard coming streaks over the ridge at tree-top, drop-your-tally-sheet-and-lumber-crayon and go "Holy S**T!" level.
Broke the peace but was kind of neat, anyway. I grew up under the flight path of the FB111s from Pease and frequently saw F100s, 101s, 105s, 106s, A37s, various F4s and the occassional weirdo from some foreign country. Sometimes I miss those days.
- 10:06 AM, January 09, 2013
- Woodman said...
Our TOW gunners used to use the passing traffic going to North Shore as targets from the cliffs where we trained.
And when I was in the Indiana Nasty Girls it was always a treat to get buzzed by an A-10 on a live fire attack run, at a target far enough away that I never saw it, but close enough that the chain gun was pretty damn loud. I swear the A10 shooting sounds like Thor farting.
- 10:13 AM, January 09, 2013
- Trav said...
"asphalt compass." Nice. Aka "I Follow Roads."
I had a neighbor growing up who had ferried a plane to OK from PA back in the '50's using a Texaco road map. He followed the RR tracks home; however, he cautioned that, when using this method, one was wise to offset from the RR tracks because Navy trainers liked to fly right down the middle.
- 10:16 AM, January 09, 2013
- Frank W. James said...
It's been over 25 years now, but for a number of weeks in the late fall and early winter one year there used to be low level 'over-flights' of 3 C-130's flying in extremely close formation in the middle of the night at our farm. They seemed to use our farm as a 'pivot' point.
This always happened between 10:00 and 11:00PM, but I couldn't really identify the aircraft at first because by the time I got out of the house after they had severely rattled our windows.....they were gone.
So, I waited for 'em in the middle of my field (they always seemed to fly the same route) in my pick-up with one of those 100,000 candlepower plug-in spotlights.
Sure enough, here they came about 2 nights later because I could hear 'em plainly. Just about the time they were 5 degrees from being straight overhead I lit 'em up with the spotlight. They weren't even 500 feet off the deck. They were L-O-W! My light revealed the inside of the cockpit.
Surprisingly, they responded almost immediately with their landing lights....I suppose to identify me.
Yeah, it was a CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
That was the last time I ever heard 'em because they never came back...
All The Best,
Frank W. James
- 11:14 AM, January 09, 2013
While I was in the Marines, we did some training near a live-fire range for aircraft. The A-10s could sneak up on you. Sometimes you didn't even know they were there until the entire sky was farting and you look up and it was almost like you could touch them. Love me some A-10s. I always thought the Marines should see if they could figure out how to work the A-10s on a carrier and use them for Close Air Support. It shouldn't be too much of update to the design to make it work (note: I am not an engineer). Yes, yes, I know... the A-10 is a tank killer. Bla bla bla, I've heard that all before. Personally, I say if you limit the A-10 to tank killing, you aren't using it to it's full capabilities (note: it was designed for CAS AND tank killing).
- 11:26 AM, January 09, 2013
- Ed Foster said...
Camp Hartell (the CT National Guard helicopter base) is just over the hill, and they'r still flying Hueys with the old "Whop-Whop" blades, which still brings back the old memory or two.
I'm also less than 3 miles from Bradley International, and whenever the wind shifts around to the north, the 737's pass overhead at about 500 feet, with everything down. My old Brittany Spaniel used to point them.
The Air Guard flies A-10's out of the GI side of Bradley, and one of them bumped the go switch by accident a while back and dumped sixty-some odd ronds of 30mm all over the neighborhood.
Inert target rounds, but electric primed 30mm has an awkward tendency to sit in the sunlight and build up a static charge that can make the powder charge go boom when somebody kicks the thing.
- 11:28 AM, January 09, 2013
- Chas Clifton said...
We are going to be seeing more of those around here too.
I am glad about the CH-47's, however, because they have the best high-altitude performance (so I am told) and the Army sometimes loans them out for search-and-rescue.
- 12:28 PM, January 09, 2013
...the Marines should see if they could figure out how to work the A-10s on a carrier
Went through Air Ground Operations School in the 80's. Warthog drivers had an "orientation" video that included a "concept" for A-10 carrier ops.
Hook mounted on the nose of the A-10, facing the rear. A-10 flies straight and level and the carrier drives up under them.
- 12:36 PM, January 09, 2013
- HerrBGone said...
Tam, be mindful of the speed limit with those guys flying around...
- 12:52 PM, January 09, 2013
- RobertM said...
I get overflown by Blackhawks at home a couple times a week. I wish they stop and offer me a ride.
- 2:36 PM, January 09, 2013
- Woodman said...
We still had Cobra Attack Hellichoppers in Hawaii. Frankly I'm surprised we didn't have Hueys for us, but we had Blackhawks.
I had to wait until I got back to Indiana to use an M16 on full auto with the triangle grips, and to ride in a UH-1D, four at a time because the old birds weren't as strong as they ustabe.
Am I the only one that looks at their cell phone and remembers the first pluggers and sluggers (PLGR and who knows what a slugger was called, I can't find it now) and ? Accurate to within 100 or 10 meters after taking 5 minutes to find 7 satellites. Though this was 1994.
- 2:39 PM, January 09, 2013
- Will said...
Early '05, early evening in So NJ, the unmistakeable sound of multiple choppers was heard while I was inside my father's shop. Looking across the neighbor's farm, I could see a few Cobras flitting around the trees bordering his fields. Looked like they might have been dragging the skids through the tops of them as they bounced up and over. After a while, they landed in the stubbled field, and had a crew meeting. Would have liked to have gotten a closer look than the hundred feet they were parked at, but didn't want to intrude on their business.
Turned out to be led by the farmer's son, who stopped by the shop later that night. Saw the flight suit I was working in, and wanted to ask about it. Told me they were working up for deployment to the ME in a few months. Said the open fields surrounded by trees and a few scattered buildings was as close to actual conditions as he could find within reasonable range, and he knew nobody would complain!
- 2:55 PM, January 09, 2013
- Benjamin said...
Heh, and you thought those little signs saying "Speed Limits Enforced By Aircraft" meant that they'd call a Piper and scratch out a cite.
Wroooooong.... lol
- 3:06 PM, January 09, 2013
160 SOAW are all painted fulda gap green. The black UH-60s ,and kiowas are Fed FLEA birds out of Frankfort or London.
- 3:24 PM, January 09, 2013
Hah! I saw the same or identical group heading outbound from Campbell just a few miles south of the KY border. I always estimate lead with my eyeballs but I think they where moving faster than the 'copters in the old Army manuals.
- 3:27 PM, January 09, 2013
- Lergnom said...
Whenever I see .mil aircraft over my little corner of Philadelphia, it means someplace far away is in for it. We must be in the flight path to Dover from the joine base in NJ, whatever it's called now.
Saw a mess of A-10s in formation over my yard one day. Impressive.
Stay safe
- 3:58 PM, January 09, 2013
I was on I-25 in northern NM once, out in the middle of nowhere between Las Vegas and Raton, and got buzzed by an F111 hugging the ground out on the plains. I never saw him 'til after he'd passed right over me, going from my left to right (west to east). The first I knew of it was when I was hit by the plane's roar right over my head. Scared the living crap outta me.
The Russian fail vids often show military craft overflying the roadways.
- 5:52 PM, January 09, 2013
- Tam said...
Anon 2:34,
The Crashhawks were a normal green, and may have been plain ol' UH-60s. SFAIK, the 160th doesn't fly Kiowas.
- 6:41 PM, January 09, 2013
- Hunter said...
"...SFAIK, the 160th doesn't fly Kiowas. "
When stationed at Campbell, back in mid-80's, the 160th was just transitioning to a special ops aviation unit. At that time they had the Kiowas and used them as scouts. That is the little bulbous mast extension (cameras, laser-designators, sooper-sekrit stuff). We watched a crew practicing low-level flight skills by having one pilot throw a basketball out the door. A large rope loop (about two foot diameter) was fastened to the ball, and it was the task of the other pilot to use the tip of the skid under his butt to pick up the ball. That is one maneuverable little bird, that is.
- 7:24 PM, January 09, 2013
Back in the mid 80s when the US military could afford flight training, I ran a delivery route that included lake Livingston in East Texas. The TANG was flying F-4s at the time and used to fly them low/fast in pairs down the lake valley from North to South, making target runs on the dam.
The area is heavily wooded so you could not see them comming, and several times they scared the C--P out of me by passing overhead at 500ft-ish and 5-600 mph. The truck had no A/C so the windows were almost always down (even in winter!) and the surprise roar was impressive! Very cool toys!
- 11:01 PM, January 09, 2013
FYI, the camera ball on top of the -58 is nicknamed Kenny, for the South Park character it resembles. :D
And 500 feet is plenty high. You're not low until you come back with grass stains on the bottom.
- 7:53 AM, January 10, 2013
Also, 160th MH-60s'd have the fuel probe out front, and they don't use Kiowas anymore, it's all MH/AH-6's now.
Frank, appreciate frustration with the low level flights, but next time could you try and contact the closest air base or your congressman first. Pretty please? I know Ft. Riley is really good about adjusting flight routes if we're asked, I just came from there.
- 8:05 AM, January 10, 2013
- Tam said...
Ted N,
"Also, 160th MH-60s'd have the fuel probe out front, and they don't use Kiowas anymore, it's all MH/AH-6's now."
Probably 2-17 Kiowas. Not sure if they were MH-60s: They appeared to have the high stub wings, but I don't recollect if I noticed the refueling probe or not.
We were headed in opposite directions at a closure rate of a pretty good number of knots, and I was trying to keep a Subie with worn suspension between the paint stripes at about 70kias. :D
- 8:58 AM, January 10, 2013
- Geodkyt said...
Good aviators are the ones who get airsick above 500'.
I mean, isn't that why the Marines, all good helo pilots, and BUFFs fly so damned low? [grin]
- 1:51 PM, January 10, 2013
- Bubblehead Les. said...
On the "Kinds Kool" theme: When Star Wars came out in '77, I was going through one of my Navy Schools at Dam Neck, Va. That base is just down the road from NAS Oceana. The nearest movie theater showing Star Wars was the Hilltop Cinema, just on the far side of Oceana. So I go to see what all the Brouhaha was about, and caught the 6:00 show. As soon as it ended, I turned around and went right back in. I would have stayed for a third showing, but they were closing. So I get in my car, and decided to back road it to my base, full of Fan Boi Giddiness and I was skirting the end of one of the runways. Suddenly the "Sound of Freedom" roared over my head, and a F-14 was coming in low for a landing. Then another,then another. I pulled over and realized that a Squadron of F-14s was running a Night Ops Exercise of 'Touch and Goes."
Did you know that seeing all the butt ends of F-14s passing overhead in the dark looked just like I was on the Death Star watching the Rebels come in for their Attack Run LIVE!?
God, one of the Best Moments of My Life, and it was all my "Federal Tax Dollars at Work!" Awesome.
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Issue Type: Bug Created: 2009-06-11T14:19:05.000+0000 Last Updated: 2012-05-05T02:33:54.000+0000 Status: Resolved Fix version(s): - 1.12.0 (27/Aug/12)
Reporter: julien PAULI (doctorrock83) Assignee: Michael Moussa (mmoussa) Tags: - Zend_Paginator
Related issues: - ZF-11318
Attachments: - CacheBug.diff
When using Zend_Db_Profiler_Firebug there are a few properties that store microtime values which when serializing the DbSelect adapter cause it to produce a different hash value each time. Because this hash value is used to identify what cached data to load, Zend_Cache is unable to find any cache associated to this identifier.
The solution is to use __sleep() or Serializable interface
Posted by julien PAULI (doctorrock83) on 2009-07-07T11:11:21.000+0000
right. We can use __sleep at any object join point. In PaginatorDbSelectAdapter, or in Zend_Db_Select, or again in Zend_Db_Adapter_Abstract , or last in Zend_Db_Profiler.
I suggest using the Serializable interface on the Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DBSelect. Patch attached
Posted by Matthew Ratzloff (mratzloff) on 2009-07-07T12:16:26.000+0000
Makes sense. My vote is for the Serializable interface.
But I don't think the submitted patch actually addresses all use cases for Serializable.
Posted by julien PAULI (doctorrock83) on 2009-07-07T12:37:26.000+0000
Could you give more information, or complete the patch please ? Thx
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2009-07-23T09:00:41.000+0000
I'm sorry, but the patch did not make any difference.
True, by serializing the Zend_Db_Select object, we are taking the Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbSelect out of the equation, but Zend_Db_Select's state still changes between the time that Zend_Paginator tries to load the cached entry (with an incorrect cacheId as a result) and the time that it actually saves the cacheId.

public function getItems($offset, $itemCountPerPage)
$this->_select->limit($itemCountPerPage, $offset); // the problem is here
return $this->_select->query()->fetchAll();
The above function is called by Zend_Paginator if Zend_Paginator fails to find a cached entry for the page we're trying to load. Once getItems(...) is called, it is making a change to the state of the Zend_Db_Select object. The object's query changes from (basically) "select * from table" to "select * from table limit <etc...>", which is going to result in a different cacheId when it attempts to save it.
The solution would be to set the limit before trying to load the entry from the cache.
I don't have time right now to code a proper solution to demonstrate the fix, but I will share the quick "proof of concept" hack on the serialize() method to show that a proper implementation of what I've described above would solve this problem.

public function serialize()
$this->_select->limit(10, 0); // hacky proof-of-concept. works only for page 1, 10 items
return (string)$this->_select;
Now, when Zend_Paginator tries to serialize the object, it will be serializing the object in the same state it will be in after the data is retrieved, meaning we'll get the same cacheId at load time and at save time.
For a permanent fix, I would suggest a setItems($offset, $itemCountPerPage) method signature in Zend_Paginator_Adapter_Interface. This method would need to be called prior to attempting to generate a cache key. For the Array, Iterator, and Null adapters, the implementation can be empty (since retrieving the items does not change the state of any of the object's internals). The DbSelect and DbTableSelect implementations could simply be a call to $this->_select->limit($itemCountPerPage, $offset). Once that's done, the serialization of the _select object should be the same before and after the items are retrieved.
Unfortunately, even though that solves the problem (even with Zend_Db_Profiler turned on), Zend_Paginator doesn't cache the zend_paginator_rowcount, so it's still going to make an unnecessary connection to the database every time. For smaller applications this might not be a problem, but for high traffic applications that are trying to avoid the overhead of making DB connections when it is not necessary will find this consequence unacceptable.
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2009-07-23T11:54:44.000+0000
I have developed a solution and would like to share it in hopes of it being incorporated in a future release.
Zend_Paginator_Adapter_Interface contains a new function signature for getCacheIdentifier() which must be implemented by the adapter classes. I've included an implementation of the method for all adapters.
For Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbSelect, I've defined the cache identifier to be a hash of the fully assembled initial select statement. The initial select statement will not change from request to request (unless of course the data is different, in which case you'd want a different cache identifier). I use ->assemble() instead of serializing the whole select object because the solution would stop functioning when Zend_Db_Profiler is in use. That, and assembling the query is undoubtedly faster than serializing the entire object.
For the other adapters, the implementation is similar, but trivial. I just do a hash of a serialization of $this in the constructor since there's no database adapter or anything like that in use. The setting of the cache identifier should, however, be the last thing that the constructor does.
I've provided a patch for both the latest development trunk and for release 1.8.4, which is what I'm using for my current project. All existing Paginator-related unit tests passed{color:red}{color} in both the trunk and release 1.8.4. {color:red} I implemented getCacheIdentifier() in */tests/Zend/Paginator/_files/Zf4207.php. No other modifications were necessary. {color}
I will leave it up to someone with commit rights to write any additional unit tests if it is deemed necessary.
Please let me know if this solution is acceptable.
Posted by julien PAULI (doctorrock83) on 2009-07-23T12:06:37.000+0000
Ok I exactly see the problem which then gets bigger than I thought.
Your patch seems OK but have you talked to any Zend liaison before commiting it ? You introduce a BC break, as any user who inherited any of Paginator adapters will meet a break. Also any user who just made a custom adapter by implementing the interface would now meet the same BC break. That needs a Zend liaison approvement, and a documentation part must be written. Also, we cannot introduce exceptionnal BC break in minor releases but only in mini ones (as I know)
About useless DB connection, I dont see the problem, rowcount is only calculated when count() is invoked on the DBSelectAdapter, which is not the case in a normal iteration use case over Zend_Paginator having cache enabled, is it ?
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2009-07-23T12:45:49.000+0000
I did not commit anything (I don't have commit access). I just supplied the patch as a possible fix for someone with commit access to pick up and run with (and of course inviting any valid critique).
This shouldn't cause a BC break for users who inherited any Paginator adapters. My patch implements getCacheIdentifier() for all adapters, so their subclasses would inherit the implementation as well.
However, you are correct that this will cause a BC break for users who implemented the interface themselves, as they'd now have one more method to implement. Implementation, however, would be fairly trivial and easy to explain in documentation.
Regarding your last comment, though, needless invocations of count() actually is the case because Zend_Paginator is not caching counts correctly either. Even with my patch, the profiler is recording a query to the database during every iteration. For a highly trafficked application, an unnecessary DB connection and query with every request could create problems.
Posted by julien PAULI (doctorrock83) on 2009-07-23T13:33:15.000+0000
Ok no problem, just a misunderstood ;-) We need a Zend review.
Posted by Jurrien Stutterheim (norm2782) on 2009-07-23T14:17:23.000+0000
Any patch that adds a method to the interface breaks BC. Any custom adapter would need to implement this new method (assuming that adapter is not subclassing an existing Paginator adapter). Have to catch a flight today, so need to continue packing, so can't read all and come up with a solution atm. Sorry :)
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2009-07-28T12:14:59.000+0000
I mentioned in my previous patch post that, although my patch addresses the problem of the pages not being cached, there is still a problem with item counts not being cached.
In a highly trafficked application that is attempting to avoid unnecessary connections to a database, hitting the DB to get an item count when all possible items are cached already may not be desirable (and is definitely not desirable for the application I'm working on now, which was my inspiration to submit these fixes).
I have further modified Zend_Paginator and attached ZF-6989_3-trunk.patch, which also addresses the item count not being cached. It is built upon the previous patch, so this will still introduce a BC break and needs to be reviewed by Zend in order to be released safely.
To clear the item count from the cache, use the new clearItemCountCache() method.
If you cannot wait until ZF is patched to include this fix, you can do what I did and just extend Zend_Paginator and Zend_Paginator_Adapter_DbTableSelect and add the new functions yourself.
If there are any questions on the patch, please let me know. I hope someone will put this to good use!
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2009-11-02T09:47:47.000+0000
This is still broken in 1.9.5.
The patch I posted (ZF-6989_3-trunk.patch) has been working fine for me in my project to fix the caching issue.
Can someone please review it and indicate if there's any likelihood that it will be included in a future release?
Posted by Fran (zfran) on 2010-04-01T13:35:38.000+0000
This is still broken in 1.10.2 too. I don't think that any adapter should be modified. Zend_Paginator is who is relying in that adapters internal state doesn't change, so the the fix should go in there. I'm going to attach a patch that address this issue that way.
Posted by Fran (zfran) on 2010-04-01T13:36:50.000+0000
Fix the issue and plus fixes a little typo.
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-26T04:17:45.000+0000
applied the patch in a modified version to not break tests, please tests r22302
Posted by Szurovecz János (szjani) on 2010-05-26T14:33:07.000+0000
I checked this url: http://framework.zend.com/code/browse/… I think this is wrong. Internal ID will depend on the class name of the adapter and the return value of getItemCountPerPage(). If I use more than one cached paginator with the same adapter and getItemCountPerPage() returns with same values, the result is that cached values will be mixed. May I be wrong?
Posted by Fran (zfran) on 2010-05-26T15:01:27.000+0000
I agree with Szurovecz János, the adapter class isn't a good idea for internal id.
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-26T22:15:52.000+0000
applied a different patch on r22307
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-26T22:18:58.000+0000
changed fix version
Posted by Szurovecz János (szjani) on 2010-05-27T14:50:56.000+0000
It is still buggy. I'm afraid you can't fix this bug by changing one line of code. This bug returns with many adapters, not only with DBSelect (actually I'm not using DBSelect adapter).
Posted by Szurovecz János (szjani) on 2010-05-27T14:51:52.000+0000
I uploaded CacheBug.diff.
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-31T00:58:02.000+0000
I think you miss understood the problem here. The Paginator doesnt Cache GLOBALLY the calls to the adapter. he just cache the internal state to skip double internal calls. I tested your tests with the original code and my code the only different between my and the old code is, that i not just serialize the object (because with firephp setup, the internal ste can be changed during runtime, ie. logging) and i used the php spl api to get the correct object hash to for cache id generation.
You test says, run my pagination class and after that all new instances of my adapter and the specific call to execute should be cached. Thats not true. That wasnt in the past and this isn a good way also for the future. This is a core function class that the caching that you need should be in your code (Zend_Cache*Frontend or Function).
So this bug is fixed with just one line of code. :)
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-31T00:58:55.000+0000
this issue is fixed, if something other happens please create a new bug and assign to me
Posted by Jurrien Stutterheim (norm2782) on 2010-05-31T01:15:39.000+0000
I appreciate you taking on the issues for Zend_Paginator, however, please do follow proper issue tracker procedure :) When closing an issue, please indicate in which revision number you patched the component in the branch, and in which revision number you merged the patch back to trunk.
Posted by Jurrien Stutterheim (norm2782) on 2010-05-31T01:20:46.000+0000
Also, please add a unit test to cover the changes in the patch, and try committing a patch in one go, rather than splitting it up over several commits.
Posted by Szurovecz János (szjani) on 2010-05-31T12:26:40.000+0000
Dear Marco Kaiser,
If you're using cache, Zend_Paginator::getItemsByPage() checks that the data is in cache or not. If it is (A), then returns with it and doesn't call the getItems() method of adapter object. If data isn't in cache, it calls getItems() and stores the result in cache (B).
If you want to speed-up your paginator with cache, you have to ensure that cache id is the same in (A) and in (B). I created two paginators and two adapters (with same datas!) because I wanted to simulate two requests. Result of first request is slow and after execution it will be cached, second result is fast beacause it is in cache, so getItems() method of the adapter won't be called. My unit test asserts that this method won't be called at second time.
Can you explain me, how can I speed-up my paginator adapter with cache posted in my .diff file?
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-05-31T13:29:54.000+0000
public function getItemsByPage($pageNumber) this means the function is not called statically so the paginator has on every instanciation a NEW own adapter instance and the cacheing creation should not depend on the internal state of the adapter itself because this can leads in side effects. i dont know the roadmap for this components but i think this can only be fixed if the interface will be extended more to ask the adapter for a unique cache id or the current state. This leads into a BC break and can only be made with ZF 2.0.

$x = new Foo();
$y = new Foo();
this should not be happen in a cached call internally on $y->bar()
Posted by Szurovecz János (szjani) on 2010-05-31T14:22:49.000+0000
The paginator cache is completely useless with this approach. The solution is in http://framework.zend.com/issues/secure/…. Paginator is useful with REST clients, database queries, etc. Caching is really important in this cases, and many of us want to caching page items in more than one request. I don't understand, why do we have to wait a whole year to integrate the fix and why did you mark this issue fixed if it is not.
Sorry, but I don't understand your sample code.
(Sorry for my bad english.)
Posted by Marco Kaiser (bate) on 2010-06-01T01:07:11.000+0000
The patch breaks the BC. It implicied that the adapter interface should be changed. This is not yet possible. Also i think adapter call should not be internally cached, write it in your servie layer (controller, etc).
Sorry but i fixed only the problem that was described in this ticket. zend_db adapter with enabled zend profiling creates wrong cache id.
If you wish this new cache features please open a new feature request and write it down in the wiki for the zf2
Posted by Martin Meißner (meisii) on 2010-08-11T05:37:26.000+0000
@Marco Kaiser: You are right, the ID is now generated correctly. However, for each request a different one. I could solve the problem as I have removed spl_object_hash() from your solution. Now the caching really works!
For the practical test is recommended the description from here: http://framework.zend.com/issues/browse/ZF-8019 (see the output checking)
Here the new code:

protected function _getCacheInternalId()
return md5(serialize(array(
$this->getAdapter(), $this->getItemCountPerPage())));
Posted by Ionut Dinu (tunder) on 2010-09-09T05:55:27.000+0000
This is still buggy in version 1.10.8
The solution, as i see it, without breaking the BC and based on Michael Moussa ideea would be to create and extend an abstract class that implements the interface and all adapters extend this new abstract class. Then getCacheIdentifier function can be implemented in all default, Zend Framework provided, adapters and for the people that implemented the interface themselves the code will still work.
Best regards
Posted by Peter Culak (fr0z3nk0) on 2011-08-15T13:25:22.000+0000
Yep still buggy in release-1.11.7 (using version from svn tag).
I think what's happening is: when saving result to cache _getCacheInternalId uses select object to generate id. This select object does have LIMIT and OFFSET set (Zend_Paginator line 788 adds that to select). Later when paginator tries to get results from cache _getCacheInternalId returns different id because it does not contain LIMIT and OFFSET.
So even if you get rid of profiler which was causing this select object to be different on every request due to adding microtimes to certain properties it still doesn't work because of above mentioned issue.
Posted by Adam Lundrigan (adamlundrigan) on 2011-10-05T14:35:11.000+0000
Reopened due to comments
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2011-10-09T08:23:24.000+0000
Please see [^ZF-6989-4.patch] for what should solve this issue without breaking BC.
For caching to work, the cache IDs must be consistent between requests for otherwise identical statements. This bug is occurring because the internal state of the database adapter objects, upon which the cache IDs are based, changes on every page request due to the database connection within the DbSelect object.
Zend_PaginatorTest::testPaginatorGeneratesSameCacheIdentifierForDbSelectAdaptersWithIdenticalSqlStatements() ensures that the above inconsistency doesn't happen. If you run that new test without applying any of my other changes, it will fail because the mock classes force a subtle change in the dbAdapter class (that would not affect the resultset) to mimic what is happening in reality.
The fix, as in my previous patches, is to base the cache ID for the DbSelect adapter on the assembled SQL of the DbSelect object.
To avoid breaking BC, the getCacheIdentifier() method from my previous patches is not present in the Interface - it is only in the DbSelect paginator adapter, and the Paginator class will make sure that the method exists before using it. If it doesn't exist, it will use the existing cache ID generation implementation (which actually works fine for the other paginator adapter types).
That should take care of everything. If anybody spots any issues or there's some other reason this can't be integrated, please let me know so I can address it.
Posted by Adam Lundrigan (adamlundrigan) on 2011-10-17T02:50:44.000+0000
@Michael I applied your patch to a clean checkout of SVN trunk, ran the unit tests, and got 11 failures and 22 errors (log attached (ZF-6989_runtests.log)). Could you do the same and let me know if your result differs?
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2011-10-17T14:08:16.000+0000
Odd - the ScrollingStyle tests run fine separately (phpunit Zend/Paginator/ScrollingStyle/ or phpunit --filter ).
I'll take a look and get back to you. This may be difficult to debug since the tests do not fail in isolation.
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2011-10-30T04:42:37.000+0000
[^ZF-6989-5.patch] applies my fixes and does not cause any of the tests in the Zend_Paginator group to fail. Please give that one a try.
Posted by Adam Lundrigan (adamlundrigan) on 2011-11-08T12:29:18.000+0000
Your fix looks good to me, and all unit tests now pass.
Posted by Michael Moussa (mmoussa) on 2011-11-19T19:07:54.000+0000
Thanks Adam. Is there anything else I need to do for this to be incorporated?
Posted by Adam Lundrigan (adamlundrigan) on 2012-05-05T02:31:47.000+0000
Fixed in trunk (1.12.0): r24754
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