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Hedgeye CEO Keith McCullough answers your questions about Real-Time Alerts.
Takeaway: Sequentially better but...
The past week's data was sequentially better but the YoY growth remained very negative, -40% YoY. We do expect easier comps the remainder of the month which could pull the full month GGR decline into the high 30s%.
From a stock perspective, our concern remains with the grind mass segment. Grind mass appears to be stabilizing but at a level lower than anticipated by the Street. Indeed, hotel room demand is waning and promotional activity may be ticking up to entice more spending. Lower grind mass equals lower margins and likely, another round of estimate cuts.
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Expectations for a more dovish Fed at the April 29th meeting took the Euro +2% vs USD last week. The Euro tapped the top-end of its current 1.05-1.08 risk range, and now the EUR/USD backs off -0.5% to 1.07.
If you didn't know European stocks love Down Euro, now you know. Down Euro this morning = +1.1% DAX (to +20.6% year-to-date), with EUR/USD range bound within a bearish TREND, European stocks (especially German and Dutch) remain bullish from an intermediate-term TREND perspective.
The UST 10YR Yield is at 1.87%, down 31 basis points year-to-date as lower-for-longer continues to get priced in. The German 10YR is at 0.07% and the Swiss 10YR is at negative -0.21% this morning.
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MTW revised down its 2015 guidance for the Foodservice Equipment segment and preannounced a weaker than expected 1Q 2015. Sales in the quarter are a noteworthy miss, but we do not believe that the release has relevance for our sum-of-the-parts valuation thesis, and see many reasons to anticipate stronger operating results in 2H 2015. Basically, we think investors stand to be paid for suffering through this volatility, with potential share price upside on separation ranging from the high 20s to low 40s. Near-term profit weakness is partly why the shares are 'cheap', and we think holders may be compensated well for the volatility. The shares are currently trading lower on a weaker than expected 1Q15, but 2Q15 should show improved Crane segment results and 2H should show better Foodservice Equipment results. |
iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB) is a great way to play our long housing call. The housing data was mixed in the latest week with the April homebuilder confidence survey (NAHB HMI) putting in a strong sequential improvement, while March Housing Starts were a bit soft. The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) released its April Housing Market Index survey (HMI) – essentially a survey of builder confidence. The print was strong as it showed a nice bounce across all three survey categories: traffic of prospective buyers, current conditions, and expectations 6 months out. Housing Starts were up sequentially in March, but by less than the market expected. Total Starts rose by 2% to 926,000 (seasonally-adjusted annualized rate) from 908,000 in February. |
On the domestic fixed income front we're looking at lower yields for longer. Lower yields benefit those slow-growth fixed income cash flows tied to the treasury curve (yields down, bonds up). TLT sets-up nicely in a slow-growth, deflationary setting because inflation missing=expectation for even easier policy=more central-planning cowbell=lower yields for longer. |
Our Q2 Macro Theme of #DemographicYields (lower-for-longer) firmly intact @HedgeyeDDale
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If you look at the Correlation Risk (USD vs. everything Commodities) on a 1-month basis, it's been significant, even though the USD hasn't corrected much on a percentage basis. Here are the 1-month moves:
"Character is inspired; it is not imparted."
-Laura & Malcolm Gauld
While I didn't subject my son to a "character breakfast" with Cinderella @Disney last week, I think he built some in realizing that his little sister was less scared than he was on Space Mountain.
After a neck wrenching week of family fun on the rides, it's good to be back in my un-buckled seat this morning! I hope you've had some quality time away from the screens with your family this Spring break too.
The aforementioned quote comes from a good parenting book I read last week called The Biggest Job We'll Ever Have. It's an especially relevant book for those of you who are into self-reflection and improvement – we can all build character by doing, every day.
Back to the Global Macro Grind…
I don't unplug from markets very often, but when I do… I like it when they don't do a whole heck of a lot that surprises me. I left you suggesting that I think the Fed gets easier at their April meeting. I'll come back to you this morning reiterating the same thing.
Amongst other things, a more dovish Fed does a few big things to macro markets – and they are not the same things:
Breaking that down in week-over-week, in rate of change terms:
In Correlation Risk terms, what that translated into was:
US and European Equities did not enjoy inflation expectations bouncing:
Net, net, net, both the TREND move in super-sized asset allocations to US Fixed Income continued to beat US Equities YTD, while a big league counter-TREND move in USD driven Correlation Risks frustrated #Deflation bears who didn't dynamically reset esposures.
If you look at the Correlation Risk (USD vs. everything Commodities) on a 1-month basis, it's been significant, even though the USD hasn't corrected much on a percentage basis. Here are the 1-month moves:
Yep, that's right. You can tell yourself all the stories you want about supply/demand in Oil related markets, but the reality is that the #1 driver of macro inflation expectations remains an easier Fed. Those expectations turned on a dime on that last lousy US jobs report.
What's next? The point I was trying to make before I left for vacation was pretty simple: "Some of my very short-term views are at odds with my longer-term ones – and others (rates) are aligned." (apologies for quoting myself)
In other words, you're one better jobs report away from both the USD and rates bouncing again. But, there's this thing called the Fed meeting (April 29th) and a weak headline Q1 GDP report (reported on the same day), before the April jobs report (May 8th).
Yeah, inflation expectations bounce when the Dollar goes down and dovish central planning expectations go up. You already know that. So sending me a chart of something like break-evens bouncing reflects that people who manage risk in real-time get that too.
US 5-year break-evens bounced (just like everything Commodities did) +9 basis points last week to 1.7% and look a lot like Oil does on a 1-month basis (+32 bps is a big bounce!). But if you look at the TREND, they're still down -25 basis points year-over-year.
My sense is that not everyone nailed all of these moves. If success was imparted on your portfolios, well done. This hasn't been easy. Trying to risk manage all of these calendar catalysts, inflation/deflation expectations, etc. (across multiple durations) builds character.
Our immediate-term Global Macro Risk Ranges are now:
UST 10yr Yield 1.85-1.95%
Oil (WTI) 49.05-57.69
Best of luck out there this week,
Keith R. McCullough
Chief Executive Officer
This note was originally published at 8am on April 06, 2015 for Hedgeye subscribers.
"Organizations cannot learn unless the individuals within them learn."
-Edward Hess
"Always Learning" is a nicer title for the morning after the long weekend than the title of the most recent book I cracked open: Learn Or Die, by Edward Hess.
For those of you who missed the Late-cycle slow-down in the US labor report on Friday, Global Macro markets did not. It's a big Rates Down, Dollar Down (Commodities Up) morning here in America that we need to risk manage.
We're on the right side of the rates move, so my primary focus will be risk managing the losing side of the Currency move. Will a bearish TRADE in the US Dollar disrupt our bearish intermediate-term TREND view of Commodities? Learning starts by questioning what it is that we believe.
Back to the Global Macro Grind…
When it comes to running money or an independent research firm, I think Hess asks the right question as an opening volley to the aforementioned book: "Learn or Die: Is this just a snappy title or is it a business truth?"
Having run both a buy-side and research company, I'd say that it is an absolute truth. Everyone makes mistakes. Not everyone can recover from not learning from those mistakes.
Since what I believe about Global Macro markets today can easily change tomorrow, I try to put myself in a position of perpetually being open to the idea that Mr. Market's immediate-term TRADE can change the direction of our intermediate-term TREND views.
With that in mind, the easiest call to reiterate this morning is the one where both the TRADE and TREND agree: lower-for-longer on US interest rates. Here's how that looked both week-over-week, and in the context of the intermediate-term TREND:
Whereas the toughest call to make is the counter-TREND move (which was caused by the same employment #GrowthSlowing factor – a weak jobs report) in the US Dollar. Here's how I'd contextualize that, across durations:
What makes easy even easier (and tough tougher) is Consensus Macro positioning (in non-Commercial CFTC futures and options positioning terms) right now:
In other words, Bond Bears got squeezed on Friday inasmuch as Euro Bears did – and now one major question is will there be follow through on either and/or both? The other, of course, is what do slowing growth expectations mean for US stocks?
If you're purely playing this from a Correlation Risk perspective (like many of the machines are), answering the question on US Equities is tough too. That's because shorter-term durations have an inverse correlation, whereas longer-term ones have a positive correlation.
Here's what I mean by that:
I could be wrong on this, but what I believe Mr. Market is trying to tell us with that juxtaposition is that for the US stock market to go up longer-term, growth expectations need to stabilize and strengthen. That only happens with a #StrongDollar – not a weak one.
But, if growth expectations continue to fall, at an accelerating rate:
If I haven't confused you yet on the potential for multiple scenarios playing out, across multiple durations, let me speak to you every other day as rates, currencies, stocks, and commodities whip around! This is going to be fun.
In the meantime, the only big macro call that I'll stay with is being long Long-term Bonds. While I'm always learning about theoretical scenarios where the easiest call to make can be wrong, the only thing that's been dead wrong there is the Rate Hike consensus.
Our immediate-term Global Macro Risk Ranges are now:
UST 10yr Yield 1.80-1.93%
Oil (WTI) 46.48-51.06
Gold 1181-1227
Best of luck out there this week,
Keith R. McCullough
Chief Executive Officer
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History of Birkbeck: 1900s
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1904 | Birkbeck's first official Students' Union is formed. Sidney Webb describes Birkbeck as delivering 'the kind of evening instruction for the intelligent workman that is unique in the world. No other city has anything to equal it'. |
1907 | The Institution changes its name to Birkbeck College. |
1913 | Lord Haldane recommends that Birkbeck be made a constituent college of the University of London. |
1914-1919 | During the Great War lectures are introduced on military subjects. One in four of the staff and students who enlist are killed during the conflict.
Birkbeck offers free education to Belgian refugees. Increasingly women students seek training in medical, dental and pharmaceutical subjects. |
1915 | TS Eliot teaches English at Birkbeck. |
1917 | Birkbeck's first woman professor, Helen Gwynne-Vaughan, is appointed Chief Controller of the British Army's Women's Auxiliary Corps. Lieutenant Commander Milner-Barry, a lecturer in German, works on detecting spy plots, illegal immigrants and contraband. |
1918 | Principal Dr George Senter guides Birkbeck successfully into its new role in the University of London, continuing his leadership until 1939. |
1920 | Birkbeck becomes a School of the University of London dedicated to the teaching of evening and part-time students. Both past and present students are represented on the governing body. |
1922 | Helen Gwynne-Vaughan is made a Dame of the British Empire. |
1925 | Daytime classes phased out. |
1926 | The College receives the Royal Charter. |
1930 | Cyril (CEM) Joad becomes Head of Philosophy. Through the BBC's 'Brains Trust' radio broadcasts he successfully brings philosophy to the general public. |
1937 | JD Bernal joins Birkbeck as Professor of Physics. The 1950 founding father of Birkbeck's Crystallography department, Bernal would become known as the 'world's wisest man' during the Second World War. His intellectual force resonated beyond the world of science through his works for peace as President of the World Peace Council (1958– 1965). |
1939 | King's College Academic Council decides that intercollegiate evening courses in general psychology and experimental psychology should be provided at Birkbeck, by King's College staff, for students registered there and remaining in London. |
1940 | The Battle of Britain delays the start of term by two weeks. |
1941 | Birkbeck is the only university in London to stay open during the Blitz. Despite ferocious bombings and a direct hit on the library, classes continue.
With the death of Professor Aveling in 1941, the University of London decides to transfer the teaching of Psychology from King's and establish a Chair in Psychology at Birkbeck. |
1942 | Nikolaus Pevsner becomes one of the College firefighters. A German émigré, he travelled the length and breadth of England creating a unique record of the country's most significant buildings and monuments. He published his classic, Outline of European Architecture, in 1942. Pevsner became Birkbeck's first Professor of History of Art in 1959. |
1944 | The Psychology building in Greystoke Place was severely damaged by a V1 'flying bomb', and the Psychology Department moved to temporary accommodation in nearby Field House. |
1945 | The first Birkbeck PhD is awarded to Rev G Stephen Spinks for his thesis entitled 'Archetypes and Apocalyptic Literature' along with the MA awarded to Phyllis Freeston for her work on 'Children's conceptions of adult life'. |
1947 | Eric Hobsbawm CH, joins the College as a lecturer in 1947. He has been Emeritus Professor of Economic and Social History at the University of London since 1982.
Alec Rodger is appointed as lecturer in the psychology department, in a move that is to emerge as important for later developments, thus providing continuity to existing interests in occupational psychology. |
1950 | Britain's third computer is developed at Birkbeck by Professor Donald Booth, who later founds the College's computer science department, to help research in Bernal's Crystallography lab.
Pablo Picasso attends a party in Bernal's flat above the lab. The meeting results in the only mural drawn by Picasso in the UK. The Bernal Picasso is now on public view in the Clore Management Centre. |
1952 | Birkbeck moves to Malet Street, which is officially opened by the late Queen Mother. |
1953 | Rosalind Franklin – widely thought to have been deprived of the Nobel Prize for the solution of the most potent problem of the twentieth century, the structure of DNA – works on virus structures at Birkbeck alongside Aaron Klug. |
1958 | The Birkbeck Vocational Guidance Centre opens at Dartford in the 1958/9 session and 1959 sees the introduction of a Master's course in Occupational Psychology. |
1961 | The Department of Occupational Psychology (now the Department of Organizational Psychology) is established as the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, with Alec Rodger moving from the Department of Psychology to his appointment as Professor and Head. |
1963 | The first Elaine Gladston prize for the best performance by an undergraduate student in the final-year examinations is awarded. |
1964 | Bernal's biomolecular research laboratory is granted departmental status. |
1966 | Sir Eric (later Lord) Ashby recommends that Birkbeck continues to provide education for mature students in full-time mployment.
The Ashby Report also recommends the teaching of social sciences and greater provision for postgraduate students. Today, over half of all Birkbeck students are postgraduate. The first Henrietta Mary Whitehead Exhibition is awarded to give financial assistance for women psychology students. This was established in memory of Henrietta Mary Whitehead who had been a student at King's College. |
1969-70 | Important changes are made to the degree regulations, the most fundamental being the transfer of responsibility for setting and marking of examinations from the University to individual Colleges, and the introduction of course units in 1970.
Up to that point students sat all their University examinations in their final year under the regulation that, if candidates failed, or were absent from any paper, they had to take all the papers again. |
1971 | JD Bernal dies.
Birkbeck obtains buildings on Gresse Street to accommodate Geography, Geology and the new Social Sciences departments. The Department of Economics is established in response to the Ashby Report. |
1972 | The Departments of Applied Linguistics and Politics and Sociology are formed. |
1979 | Professor George Overend appointed Master of Birkbeck |
1987 | The Hayhoe Report recommends major restructuring. Birkbeck acts upon the recommendation, and departments are grouped into seven resource centres (later reduced to five) allowing more effective use of resources. |
1988 |
The University of London's Department of Extra-Mural Studies joins Birkbeck, becoming the Centre for Extra-Mural Studies and later the Faculty of Continuing Education. |
1991 | The Master, Baroness Tessa Blackstone, launches the Birkbeck Appeal to supplement funding and provide for the expansion of College activities. The Birkbeck Appeal raises over £8 million from companies, trusts and foundations and contributes to the formation of the Departments of Law, and Management and Business Studies. |
1993 | The new Charter provides Birkbeck with up-to-date powers but remains true to its original purpose 'to provide for persons who are engaged in earning their livelihood during the daytime'. |
1997 | The Secretary of State for Education and Employment opens the new Clore Management Centre. Funded by a grant from the Clore Foundation, it provides purpose built teaching and research facilities for the School of Management and Organizational Psychology. |
1998 | The 'Bernal Picasso' returns to Birkbeck for the 175th anniversary celebrations thanks to the generosity of the Institute of Contemporary Arts.
Birkbeck appoints five new Anniversary Chairs. Spanish student Bear Grylls becomes the youngest Briton to conquer Everest. Birkbeck and the Institute of Education establish the first-ever research centre funded by the DfEE examining the wider benefits of learning. |
1999 | The resource centres are replaced with four faculties – Arts, Science, Social Science and Continuing Education. |


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UNITED NATIONS, January 20 – UN system officials told their staff not to attend the "Global Women's March" on Saturday, January 21. Below is an email from the UN World Food Program.
After Inner City Press published and Periscoped about it and asked four WFP spokespeople about it, by email and phone, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq at the January 20 noon briefing answered Inner City Press that WFP's Ertharin Cousin, from Chicago, reversed her agency's Ethics Officer and said staff can march. YouTube video here.
But then just before 6 pm another email went out, further muddying the waters before the Women's March and showing again that Cristina Gallach (and some other USGs) have violated the UN's rules.
The new UN email:
"To: OAH, DPKO, UN Funds Programs & Tribunals, HQ NY Secretariat From: BROADCAST-UNHQ/NY/UNO Date: 01/20/2017 05:57PM Subject: Message from the Ethics Office: Public Pronouncements and Political Activities Recently, there have been a number of questions regarding public pronouncements including participating in political activities and social media discussions. The questions include participation in tomorrow's Women's March on Washington. Are such activities in line with our status as international civil servants? In this respect, we would like to remind staff of their obligations as international civil servants. The private activities of UN staff members must remain within the limits of the Organization's core values as reflected in Staff Regulation 1.2 and Staff Rule 1.2. While the Organization respects the inviolability of your personal views and convictions, including your political and religious convictions, as well as your right to freedom of expression, we must ensure that the expression of those views and convictions do not adversely reflect on our status, or on the integrity, independence and impartiality that are required by that status. As international civil servants, we are called upon to uphold and respect the principles set out in the Charter, including faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women. Nonetheless, as international civil servants, our Standards of Conduct (para 9 and 33) make clear that we do not have the freedom of private persons to take sides or to express our beliefs publicly on sensitive political matters, either individually or as members of a group nor can we criticize or try to discredit a Government. Public pronouncements, which could have an impact on our independence and impartiality as international civil servants, come in many forms including but not limited to:
-marches, protests, demonstrations; -online petitions: -social media activity: -group walks/activities. Accordingly, participating in certain activities, especially those with political overtones, may be viewed as incompatible with our status as international civil servants."
Haq would not answer if UN Under Secretaries General on Samantha Power's election night "party" complied with the impartiality even Cousins claimed. We'll have more on this.
Here's WFP's email:
From: Catherine COLMAY [at] wfp.org on behalf of Bonnie GREEN Date: Thursday 19 January 2017 at 16:36 Subject: Guidance on Public Political Activities Message addressed in bcc to All HQ Staff On behalf of Bonnie Green, Director, Ethics Office
Dear HQ Colleagues,
I am writing about the Women's March in Rome, scheduled for this Saturday, the 21st January 2017, and our obligations as employees of an international civil organization.
Although the Women's March in Rome has many goals including respect for civil rights, the March in Rome is part of the "Global Women's March" conceived as a reaction to the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States and is intended "…to send a bold message to the new US administration on their first day in office." [As per Women's March in Rome Facebook page and other collateral.]
Whereas our personal political convictions remain inviolate, while we work for WFP, we do not have the freedom of private persons to take sides or express personal political views publicly, either individually or as members of a group. As such, it is not appropriate for us to participate in the Women's March in Rome or any of the marches as part of the "Global Women's March".
The Standards of Conduct for the international Civil Service may be accessed in English,French, Spanish and Arabic, and feel free to pass by the Ethics Office (1Y08) for hard copies in any of the languages.
As always, the Ethics Office is available to you for additional guidance in person or at WFP.ETHICS [at] wfp.org.
Regards, Bonnie E. Green Director and Chief Ethics Officer Ethics Office World Food Programme
While there is much to be said about this, what is clear to Inner City Press is that this eleventh hour face- (or funding-) saving attempt exposes again the double standards at work in the UN.
While UN system line staff are told not to participate in this Women's March on a Saturday, UN Under Secretary General for Public Information Cristina Gallach proudly retweeted of outgoing US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power's UN-heavy "election night party."
Gallach also, among other things, highlighted the critique of Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson reportedly considering not having a traveling press corps. But Ban Ki-moon, who as UN Secretary General, hired Gallach to communicate for him, did not have a traveling press corp, and rarely held press conferences.
This same Cristina Gallach had her Department of Public Information use public funds to pay a trainer to tell non-governmental groups accredited to the UN that Detroit, Michigan is a third rate city" in "flyover country," here.
This while Gallach used public money to travel to her native Barcelona to receive a personal award, and refused to answer or explain about it.
As to the UN's comment on any of this, now Ban's holdover spokesman at the UN, Stephane Dujarric, has answered only two and a half of 22 questions Inner City Press submitted, and that on a delay. Whatever is provided now will be published.
In full disclosure Cristina Gallach is also the UN official who, as Inner City Press inquired into her and now-gone UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's connections to the corruption scandals surrounding the UN - the John Ashe / Ng Lap Seng bribery case (Gallach did no due diligence, UN audit at Para 37-40 and 20b), and now the indictments against Ban Ki-moon's brother and nephew, who worked for the UN's landlord Colliers International - evicted Inner City Press without any due process, and restricts it still, with no right to appeal.
We'll have more on this.
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BEYONC�, THE BLACK EYED PEAS, LADY GAGA, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND AND TAYLOR SWIFT VIE FOR ALBUM OF THE YEAR AT "THE 52nd ANNUAL GRAMMY� AWARDS," LIVE JAN. 31, 2010, ON THE CBS TELEVISION NETWORK
Several nominations for THE 52nd ANNUAL GRAMMY� AWARDS were announced tonight on THE GRAMMY� NOMINATIONS CONCERT LIVE! - COUNTDOWN TO MUSIC'S BIGGEST NIGHT�. The one-hour special - broadcast live on CBS from Club NOKIA at L.A LIVE and hosted by LL COOL J - featured the announcement of nominations in a number of categories as well as performances by The Black Eyed Peas, DJ/producer David Guetta, Maxwell, Nick Jonas & The Administration and Sugarland. Presenters included Linkin Park, George Lopez, Katy Perry, Smokey Robinson, Ringo Starr, T-Pain, and Dwight Yoakam. The road to Music's Biggest Night culminates with THE 52nd ANNUAL GRAMMY� AWARDS at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles live on Sunday, Jan.31, 2010 (8:00-11:30 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network.
Beyonc� tops the nominations with 10, Taylor Swift garners eight, and The Black Eyed Peas, Maxwell and Kanye West each earn six nods. Guetta, Jay-Z and Lady Gaga receive five each; and Colbie Caillat, Michael Giacchino, Kings Of Leon, John Newton, RedOne, Bruce Springsteen, T-Pain and Keith Urban each have four nominations.
"The nominations this year truly reflect the talented community of music makers who represent some of the highest levels of excellence in their respective fields," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy. "Once again, the GRAMMY Awards process has yielded a well-rounded and diverse group of impressive nominees across multiple genres. Coupled with the second year of our primetime nominations special, which featured stellar performances by past GRAMMY winners and nominees, the road to Music's Biggest Night and THE 52nd ANNUAL GRAMMY� AWARDS in January is off to an exciting start."
Following is a sampling of nominations in 109 categories from the GRAMMY Awards' 30 Fields, including the newly added American Roots Field:
Album Of The Year:
"I Am...Sasha Fierce" - Beyonc�
"The E.N.D. " - The Black Eyed Peas
"The Fame" - Lady Gaga
"Big Whiskey And The Groogrux King" - Dave Matthews Band
"Fearless" - Taylor Swift
Record Of The Year:
"Halo" - Beyonc�
"I Gotta Feeling" - The Black Eyed Peas
"Use Somebody" - Kings Of Leon
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga
"You Belong With Me" - Taylor Swift
Best New Artist:
Zac Brown Band
Keri Hilson
Silversun Pickups
The Ting Tings
Song Of The Year:
"Poker Face" - Lady Gaga & RedOne, songwriters (Lady Gaga)
"Pretty Wings" - Hod David & Musze, songwriters (Maxwell)
"Single Ladies (Put A Ring On It)" - Thaddis Harrell, Beyonc� Knowles, Terius Nash & Christopher Stewart, songwriters (Beyonc�)
"Use Somebody" - Caleb Followill, Jared Followill, Matthew Followill & Nathan Followill, songwriters (Kings Of Leon)
"You Belong With Me" - Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals:
"We Weren't Born To Follow" - Bon Jovi
"Never Say Never" - The Fray
"Sara Smile" - Daryl Hall & John Oates
"Kids" - MGMT
Best Pop Collaboration With Vocals:
"Sea Of Heartbreak" - Rosanne Cash & Bruce Springsteen
"Love Sex Magic" - Ciara & Justin Timberlake
"Lucky" - Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat
"Baby, It's Cold Outside" - Willie Nelson & Norah Jones
"Breathe" - Taylor Swift & Colbie Caillat
Best Pop Vocal Album:
"Breakthrough" - Colbie Caillat
"All I Ever Wanted" - Kelly Clarkson
"The Fray" - The Fray
"Funhouse" - P!nk
Best Dance Recording:
"Boom Boom Pow" - The Black Eyed Peas
"When Love Takes Over" - David Guetta & Kelly Rowland
"Celebration" -Madonna
"Womanizer" - Britney Spears
Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance:
"Beyond Here Lies Nothin'" - Bob Dylan
"Change In The Weather" - John Fogerty
"Dreamer" - Prince
"Working On A Dream" - Bruce Springsteen
"Fork In The Road" - Neil Young
Best Rock Song:
"The Fixer" - Matt Cameron, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready & Eddie Vedder, songwriters (Pearl Jam)
"I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Crazy Tonight" - Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge & Larry Mullen Jr., songwriters (U2)
"21 Guns" - Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt & Tr� Cool, songwriters (Green Day)
"Working On A Dream" - Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen)
Best Rock Album:
"Black Ice" - AC/DC
"Live From Madison Square Garden" - Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
"21st Century Breakdown" - Green Day
"No Line On The Horizon" - U2
Best Alternative Music Album
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"Sounds Of The Universe" - Depeche Mode
"Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix" - Phoenix
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"Chicken Fried" - Zac Brown Band
"I Run To You" - Lady Antebellum
"Here Comes Goodbye" - Rascal Flatts
"It Happens" - Sugarland
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"People Are Crazy" - Bobby Braddock & Troy Jones, songwriters (Billy Currington)
"White Horse" - Liz Rose & Taylor Swift, songwriters (Taylor Swift)
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"Twang" - George Strait
"Defying Gravity" - Keith Urban
"Call Me Crazy" - Lee Ann Womack
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"Electric Dirt" - Levon Helm
"Willie And The Wheel" - Willie Nelson & Asleep At The Wheel
"Wilco (The Album) " - Wilco
"Little Honey" - Lucinda Williams
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"Our Bright Future" - Tracy Chapman
"Live" - Shawn Colvin
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Released on August 26, 2003, Tron 2.0 is a new first-person shooter game for PCs developed by Monolith and distributed by Disney's Buena Vista Entertainment. The game is a direct sequel to the 1980 cult classic film Tron.
Recommended system requirements on the box (NOT the minimum requirements): 1 Ghz processor 512MB RAM 32MB Direct3D video card w/hardware T&L and 32-bit color 2.4GB hard drive space
My System (Yes, I kick ass) 2.67Ghz Pentium4 512MB DDR400/PC3200 RAM Radeon 9800 Pro 128
Story: Young Jet Bradley (Jet?!? Seriously?), the son of Alan Bradley/Tron from the original movie, has a job working with his father in R&D at Encom, the technology company that 20 years earlier had secretly developed a way to digitize people and place them in the computer world, but this technology had been lost with the destruction of the Master Control Program. When Alan suddenly disappears shortly after completing the software to run a new laser, his advanced A.I. Ma3a takes control of the laser and sends Jet into the Encom computer network. It turns out that a virus is running rampant and Jet must clear the system in order to find his father. Also in his way are the system's security (con)scripts that are under the command of the Kernel.
Graphics: This game is simply visually stunning. The locations and backgrounds are a perfect recreation from the film. One might think that corridors filled with black spaces and solid colors might be boring after awhile, but the level designers have done such an excellent job that there's usually something neat around every corner. The game runs the latest version of the Lithtech engine and the character models move fluidly and look wonderful. I realize that my system is a beast and that any game looks pretty good when you're running it in 1280×1024x32, so of course your mileage may vary. If you have the horsepower to crank everything up, you're in for a treat. This game looks as good as the movie, if not better. Seriously I can't gush enough how cool this game looks, especially in the cutscenes.
Gameplay: Most of the gameplay is your standard FPS fare with a little bit of RPG-lite elements tacked on. All of the standard controls and movements are present and the main weapon in your arsenal is the trusty Tron disc, which can be thrown, used as a melee weapon, or held up as quick shield for defense. The rest of your weaponry is almost useless, other than the cyber sniper rifle that you might pull out once or twice. You only end up facing a few enemies at a time, but they are very powerful and usually require 3 to 4 hits from the disc until they are derezzed.
You must also take part in several lightcycle races during the course of the game, and these are just fast and hard, maybe too fast. They look great of course, but until you get the hang of it they can be incredibly annoying. Camera control is awkward, forcing you to choose between a forced perspective from behind the cycle that is very useful, but boring to look at, or a mouse-controlled camera that looks cool but is tough to control and rather worthless if you want to win the race. The lightcycle races have been made optional in the recent patch for the game, so you can skip them if you want. The races can also be accessed separately from the rest of the game in a tournament mode that features several more tracks and cycles that can be unlocked as you advance, which is a pretty nice bonus.
Throughout the game you will find different upgrades and subroutines that can be added to your character. There are 24 different subroutines that can be found during the game and these can range from jumping higher, to increased armor, or even being able to throw multiple discs that explode. However, you only have a certain amount of system memory and must pick and choose which subroutines you want to run at any given time. Randomly placed around each level are build points that allow you to increase your version number. Once you move up a full point (such as from Jet 2.0.0 to Jet 3.0.0) you are able to distribute the points among five attributes such as health and weapons efficiency. Honestly they don't seem to have that much of an effect on how your character plays.
Comments: One of my main problems is the fact that you are simply not given enough health points to make your way through the game. Even though you can upgrade your stats as you increase in version number, there are not enough points to go around unless you pump them all into health. Your health will be depleted after about 5 or 6 hits from the enemy discs or the virus grenades, and using your disc to block is more a question of luck than skill. Learn to love your F5 (quicksave) and F9 (quickload) keys, you will be using them often.
The voice acting is solidly done. Bruce Boxleitner returns to reprise his role as Alan Bradley, and Cindy Morgan (Lora/Yori in the movie) plays Ma3a. The main baddie sounds quite a bit like Dillinger/MCP from Tron, but it is not the same actor. I kind of wish Jeff Bridges would have returned to do a cameo as Flynn, but unfortunately that character doesn't even make an appearance. Oh yeah, and John Stamos' wife plays the top lightcycle racer. All the program characters are very sure that the Users exist and that they live to serve them. I miss the religious debate about whether or not the Users actually existed that was present in the movie.
All of the computer references and metaphors present within the game made me giggle more than a few times, however they also made me think of System Shock 2, which doesn't help Tron 2.0 because SS2 kicks its ass!
Overall: Tron 2.0 is a graphically superior game, however the actual gameplay elements are mediocre at best. This game might be a worthwhile buy for people that have a computer system built for gaming and are huge Tron freaks (two groups that I suspect might have quite a bit of crossover), but the average gamer is better off waiting a couple weeks months for Half-Life 2 to come out.
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With Shrove Tuesday coming up, I was wondering how you enjoy your pancakes! I normally eat them with sugar and lemon, but last year we smothered them with nutella and that was good.
I know the American pancakes are sometimes what I'd consider to be drop scones, which are erally nice with resh cream and maple syrup.
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Project at a Glance |
Project Location: | Rada St. Legaspi Village, Makati City |
Turnover Date: | Preselling |
Unit Sizes: | 36 sqm. to 120 sqm |
Price Range: | Php 6.7 M to Php 7.2 M |
Stake your claim on a prime slice of Greenbelt lifestyle. In a home as individual as you are.
Project at a Glance |
Project Location: | Rada St. Legaspi Village, Makati City |
Turnover Date: | Preselling |
Unit Sizes: | 36 sqm. to 120 sqm |
Price Range: | Php 6.7 M to Php 7.2 M |
Greenbelt Chancellor is a residential condominium that reaches 35-storeys and is located in the heart of Legaspi Village. The units that are available at the residential condominium include Studio units which measure 36 square meters to 46 square meters, One Bedroom units that measure 38 square meters to 55.7 square meters, Two Bedroom units measuring 72 square meters to 83.5 square meters and Three Bedroom units that measure 126.55 square meters.
All units are fully fitted and completely furnished. Typical residence features include: built-in closet space for master's bedroom, prefabricated kitchen cabinet system, stainless steel kitchen sink, marble toilet and lavatory countertop, ceramic tiles for toilet and bath floors and walls, wood plank laminated flooring for bedrooms, exhaust duct system for toilet bath and kitchen of selected units, provision for hot and cold water supply lines, individual mail boxes with keys, provision for two telephone lines per unit and individual Condominium Certificate of Title.
The building also features 12 meter lap pool with paved pool lounge, male and female changing and shower rooms, indoor spa and fitness center, three high-speed, interior furnished passenger elevators, 24-hour security service with controlled entry points, closed-circuit TV monitoring for selected common areas, intercom security system connecting reception and security counter to all units, automatic heat and smoke detection and fire sprinkler system for all units, annunciated panel with emergency speaker at parking levels, overhead tank and underground cistern for ample water supply, standby power generator for selected floors, centralized mail room, Laundromat, two-level basement parking, five-level podium parking and driver paging system. This residential condominium is developed by Megaworld International and is move-in ready.
Location Highlights: Legaspi Park, short walk to Greenbelt Leisure District, Makati Medical Center, Makati's Financial District, Italian Embassy, Indonesian Embassy, Convergys and People's Support, Makati Fire Station, Makati Post Office, Ayala Avenue, Amorsolo Street, Greenbelt Mall.
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If you look closely at what I've built—at my playlists, all of them public—you can see me. You only have to search my name and you'll see it all right there: what's in my head. I'm 23, and my idea of love isn't far from the chorus of "In Your Eyes". I'm living in the memory of John Cusack standing outside a window. I'm in the… Read More


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"I just showed up for my own life, and I'm standing here taking it in and it sure looks bright."
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Summer Plans in the Making
For collecting our plans, I found a great summer calendar template to print off here at Thirty Handmade Days as part of her Funner in the Summer series-- isn't it cute?
The kiddos and I then came up with a theme for each of the weekdays and I've been on the hunt for projects. Our themes will be...
Masterpiece Mondays: This is our art day for Bug. I've got lots of art projects lined up thanks to The Artful Parent and all sorts of craftiness via The Crafty Crow. These 2 sites have to be my favorites for kiddo arts and crafts. I also have 2 books I'm pulling lots of projects from, Preschool Art by Mary Ann Kohl (definitely not just for preschoolers -- this is a fabulous process-based art book) and The Kid Concoctions 10th Anniversary book (which is 4 Kid Concoctions books in one and has all sorts of paint and dough recipes, among tons of other things!)
Play in the Park Tuesdays: Our MOPS group meets at a different park every Tuesday morning in the summer, so I'm looking forward to checking out some new parks with the kiddos. After 2 years here, I still feel like the new kid on the block sometimes!
Wacky Wednesdays: This is our science experiment day for Mugger. He's receiving the Sciencewiz Chemistry Experiments and Book for his birthday and also has Gizmos & Gadgets and Things that Go Boom! to find projects in. Those, along with some good concoctions and contraptions in the Kid Concoctions book, as well as some projects I've bookmarked, mean we'll have plenty to keep us busy on Wednesdays.
In the Dirt Thursdays: This will be our nature exploration day. Some Thursdays we'll hike or explore a local waterfall, while other Thursdays we'll tackle nature craft projects like drying flowers or attempting woodworking with sticks and twigs! Thursdays are also the night we leave to go camping which leads to...
Family Fun Fridays: Other Half's day off is Friday, so this will be our family field trip day. Some Fridays we'll be at the pool or camping, but we do have a couple of bigger field trips planned like the Salem children's museum, Enchanted Forest theme park, and OMSI. Can't wait!
And not on the schedule but whenever we feel like it will be all our food activities: berry picking, making jam, gardening, making ice cream in baggies, cooking outside in the new fire pit, and baking new recipes. My mouth is watering already!
So what about you? Any big plans? We're always game for more ideas if you have winners you'd like to share.
Oh, and one last note, this is my 100th post. I haven't exactly been a faithful blogger, but I've made it this far...
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I've always admired moms who take the time to plan real activities with their kids. I really believe that it's what helps them grow up to be intelligent and interactive (not as though I have any experience raising kids--it's just a hypothesis!). Anyway, Mugger and Bug look to have a great summer ahead of them and I hope they really enjoy it! ~Katie P
ReplyDeleteOh, I'm great at planning -- it's the follow-through that's another story...
I've only made plans this year because they asked for them-- once we got rolling with the art and science days, they were excited about having a theme for every day of the week.
Besides, Jen, summer boredom is a healthy necessity to develop their creativity!- Rhonda RiesJune 10, 2010 at 4:26 PM
Thanks for passing along these great resources Diana. Although I won't be at home with the kids everyday, we did get a student to be our nanny for the summer and I wanted to come up with some art and science projects that would appeal to both our 3 and 8 yr old. Looks like you've pointed me in the right direction! Can't wait to go get some of these books and work with Spencer on some of these projects. FYI, when I clicked on the link to Preschool Art, I see this author also created a book called Science Art that looks really cool. I'm going to go hunt this down and try some of the art "experiments"!


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This summer Hed Kandi is celebrating their biggest Ibiza residency to date as we hit ten spectacular years on the White Isle. Launching a 17-week season of debauched fun and escapism, we proudly present our biggest release of the decade, Hed Kandi Ibiza 10 Years.
We return this year with a journey of true hedonism and to celebrate we have put together an immense tracklist showcasing the hottest Hed Kandi anthems handpicked from the dance floors. This album takes you on a musical journey from our Ibiza home of Es Paradis and our previous residencies at Space and El Divino over the past ten years, with Hed Kandi's biggest floor fillers and hands in the air anthems.
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Monday, September 13, 2010
Sugar & Spice & everything nice
Yesterday I hosted a baby shower for my dear and gorgeous friend Susie, who is pregnant with her 4th child, a little girl. You may remember from a previous post with my inspiration board, that the theme decided upon was "Sugar and spice and everything nice" (that's what little girls are made of).
The colour theme was hot pink and orange chosen specifically by our pregnant mumma, as well as the inclusion of gerbras in these colours.
I decided that an old fashioned sweet shoppe would tie in perfectly, especially as part of the reason behind the theme was Susie's love of sweet foods ;) So the collection of orange and pink lollies began and as many of you fellow aussies will know, this is no mean feat, we don't quite have the selection the do in the states ;) I had some helpful friends who kept and eye out and contributed too ;)
We had jars of lollies, mini baby bottle sherbets, mini candy mice, choc coated oreos, cupcakes, marshmallow pops - all in pink and orange - even the cheese and dip platter had beetroot dip that was pink along side carrots ;)
There were jars of spice as well as spicy pinwheel pastries - linking the savory with the sweet as they looked like lolly pops - spicy chicken wings and spring rolls with sweet chilli sauce.
We had a guess the date, weight and length sheet that sat of the drinks table along side a mini pink and orange gumball machine and bottles of "Bella" pink champagne, chosen because the baby who we were celebrating will be named Isabella.
A highlight of the afternoon was the birthing bead ceremony. It started with a gorgeous birthing bead kit from my friend Shannon at Sacred Stones Everyone was asked to bring a bead and a poem/prayer for Susie and her baby to wish them a smooth transition from womb to world. We sat in a circle and each person read their poem, wish or prayer then passed their bead around the circle, each person touching each bead to strengthen the love held within them. The beads were then threaded onto the birthing bead strand which Susie will have with her when she births so she has all our love, strength and prayers close. There were many tears shed during this ceremony and it was truly beautiful.
At the end of the fun afternoon guests we asked to fill a bag from the Sweet shoppe which they did, taking home treats for their loved ones at home too.
A beautiful afternoon for my beautiful friend full of emotion and full of love.
First of all to Linda from Shoot4u Photography for capturing the room and all the details for me. The images below speak for themselves, she is AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you sweetie xx Oh and also for lending me some of the gorgeous vessels for lollies ;)
To Shannon at Sacred Stones for the beautiful birthing bead kit - this is an amazing thing to do for an expectant mother at a baby shower and Shannon's beads are very special xx
To the lovely Suzanna at Mon Tresor for the gorgeous little food label holders. So cute and finished off the table well ;) xx
To all my little helpers who helped with lolly finding, the food, the pom poms, the jars, you know who you are ;)
To my gorgeous husband who fixed up the shelves for the Sweet shoppe which were scrap before hand xx
And to my beautiful friend Susie for letting me throw her this fun shower xxx
So.....HERE ARE THE PICS!!!! :)
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I love how "Fresh" this is....prefect for a new baby, especailly a little Isabella :)
Well done, the effort has certainly paid off, as the look on the Mum-to-be's face was just beautiful.
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Question 1: Plastic covered handles on wire-cutting pliers may be used to cut low-voltage live electrical wire. (True) (False)
Question 2: When tightening a nut with an adjustable wrench, always pull the wrench toward you; never push the wrench away from you. (True) (False)
Question 3: Claw hammers may be used to strike wood chisels. (True) (False)
Question 4: When wood splitting, the flat striking face of an axe may be used to strike a wood splitting wedge. (True) (False)
Question 5: Screwdrivers may be used for purposes other than driving or removing screws, such as prying open can lids. (True) (False)
Question 6: Vises should always be secured to the workbench with screws. (True) (False)
Question 7: Snips are permissible for cutting wire. (True) (False)
Question 8: Open-end wrenches may be used to free a frozen nut. (True) (False)
Question 9: A proper use of the ball pein hammer is striking chisels and punches. (True) (False)
Question 10: Safety goggles should always be worn whenever you are using hand tools. (True) (False)
Question 1: False. Plastic cover handles are for comfort only. Always cut off electrical power before cutting.
Question 2: True. Pulling gives better leverage and balance. Most importantly, the force of the pulling should be on the fixed jaw.
Question 3: False. Claw hammers are for driving and removing nails only.
Question 4: False. Only sledge hammers or wood-splitting mauls should be used to strike wood-splitting wedges.
Question 5: False. Screwdrivers must be used only to tighten or remove screws and for no other purpose.
Question 6: False. Never screwed. Bolted is correct.
Question 7: False. Wire cutters are correct. Snips are for cutting sheet metal.
Question 8: False. Box open is the correct wrench.
Question 9: True. Ball pein hammers are specifically hardened to strike chisels and punches.
Question 10: True. Safety goggles should always be worn when working with hand tools to prevent eye injury.
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Uses the dumb terminal option in gnuplot to plot a graph of frequencies. In this case, we are looking at a frequency analysis of words in all of the .c files.
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The sort utility is well used, but sometimes you want a little chaos. This will randomize the lines of a text file.
BTW, on OS X there is no
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These are only in the newer GNU core...
This is also faster than the alternate of:
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I used the February ScrapThat! kit, which features papers from Prima's "Romance Novel" collection to create this tag. One of the things I loved about the Prima "Romance Novel" papers was that they were made for fussy-cutting and layering. There are so many wonderful small elements on the papers - such as the section of an envelope that I used as the base for my tag. Here's the step-by-step of how I built the tag:
1. Gather all your papers/embellishments. For the tag, I used the envelope base cut from the Bookplate page and a strip of paper cut from the Dear John page. I used paper and organza flowers, as well as white tulle, two different types of May Arts Pink Ribbon and Heart Ribbon Buckle and Smooch pearlized accent ink in Shabby Pink. I added a Prima Resin Cherub and a small round doily.
2. Cut a two-inch strip of paper into 3/4-inch wide strips and cut a V in one end of each strip to create the banner pieces.
3. Distress the edges of all the banner pieces, the tag and the doily. I used a craft-knife and edge-distresser for the tag/banner pieces and simply scrunched the doily.
4. Start assembling the tag. I started by placing the doily on the tag and then layered the banner pieces on top of each other, off-setting and raising each row above the previous one.
5. Start embellishing! I rolled each of the banner elements upwards to add some more dimension to the tag. I added the cherub as the focal point for the tag and the paper/organza flowers framing the cherub. I painted the inner petals of the paper flowers with the Smooch pearlized ink (unfortunately this doesn't show up all that well in the photo - but looks really pretty in real life). I also added in a couple of small 'corkscrews' I made from the stems that I cut off the paper flowers.
6. Add the tulle and ribbon. I cut the tulle so that the ends each had a nice V shape to mirror the V of the banner elements. I punched a hole at the top of the tag and looped the tulle through it. I threaded the two different pink ribbons through the ribbon buckle and then glued that over the hole where the tulle was attached to the tag.
That's it - the completed tag! Here is a close-up of the finished tag taken from a slight angle so you can see the dimension and embellishments a bit better.
I hope you enjoyed my little Build-a-Tag tutorial. Stop by my blog and leave me a comment if you decide to try this for yourself - I'd love to see what you do!
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Patterned Paper - Prima Romance Novel Collection - Dear John, and Bookplate; Prima - Ingvild Bolme - Resin Embellishments - Cherub; May Arts Curly Ribbon - Pink; May Arts Grosgrain Ribbon - Pink; May Arts ½" Heart Ribbon Buckle; IAR, Organza Beehive Blossom Flower, Pink; IAR, Babies Breath Flowers, Pink; Small White Doily (stash); White Tulle, Aleene's Tacky Glue, Glue Dots - Craft and Mini; Memory Tape Runner XL.


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The earliest known United States SULLINS ancestor was Richard SULLINS. He appears to be the ancestor of
99% of the SULLEN, SULLIN, SULLENS, and SULLINS descendants in 19th and 20th
century America. By family tradition, Richard SULLINS, a Scotch-Irishman, was born in the
British Isles. Our earliest record of Richard can be found in Halifax Co., Virginia, in 1752. This is the year that
Halifax County was formed from Lunenburg County, but we have not found record of him there
in earlier years. (There is a record of a Richard SULLINS in Caroline Co., VA,
dated 9 Nov 1750.) The inventory of his estate was recorded in 1771 in Halifax Co., VA, Will Book O, pp.
313-14. The subscribers and appraisers of the inventory were Joseph GILL, Sr., William
HAWKINS, Jr., and John CHILDRESS.
Richard SULLINS had three sons: John SULLENS, Nathan SULLINS, and Josiah SULLINS.
Josiah was born in the British Isles about 1743 and died in 1773, in Halifax Co., VA.
Josiah married in the 1760's in Virginia to Lavinia WITT, daughter of Charles WITT and Lamina
HARBOUR. Josiah's will names his three sons: Zachariah, Jesse, and Joseph. The sons were
placed in an orphanage in Halifax County, in 1775 (presumedly at the death of Lavinia, their
mother). In 1779, John SULLENS adopted his nephews Zachariah and Jesse, sons of Josiah.
Apparently, Jesse and Zachariah went to North Carolina in 1783 with their uncle John
SULLENS. Zachariah, settled permanently in Rutherford Co., NC. The earliest record of
Zachariah SULLINS in Rutherford County was in 1793.
Zachariah SULLINS (1766/73-1822) married (about 1790) Phebe. Their children, all born in
NC and mentioned in Zachariah's will, were William, Jesse, Salley, Nancy, Josiah (a.k.a. Joseph), Noah, and John Fletcher
SULLINS. Jesse (c.1770-1840's), brother of Zachariah, had the following children: Zachariah
(b. c.1796, NC), daughter (b. c.1799), daughter (b. c.1802), Thomas (b. c.1804, TN), William,
Richmond, Henry C., James, Jesse (b. c.1817, TN), and 2 younger daughters. Jesse, brother of
Zachariah (d. 1822), paid taxes in Madison Co., AL, in 1810, but was in Warren Co., TN, by
John SULLENS (c.1739-c.1808), son of Richard, appears in Halifax County records from 1760
to 1781. John SULLENS bought 400 acres on Childress Creek in Halifax Co., VA, from Richard
SULLINS in 1762. John bought 200 acres on Sugar Tree Creek in Halifax Co. from Joseph
GILL in 1766. There were several other land transactions. John SULLENS appears on the 1782
Halifax Co., VA, census, but he is not on the 1785 census.
The Rutherford Co., NC, Deed Book C, patent #375, shows that John SULLENS was granted
300 acres on 1 Oct 1783. There are several land transactions in Rutherford County for John
SULLENS up to July 1794.
In Rutherford County, NC, Will Book B, p. 15, can be found the 1793 deed gift of Joseph GILL,
planter. Here he gives to his daughter, Jane SULLINS, a slave named Betty. At the death of
Jane, Betty is to descend to Elizabeth SULLINS, Jane's daughter. If Betty has children, her first
living child is to be given to Jane's eldest daughter Sarah.
A sketch written for the centennial of the Fee Fee Baptist Church, in northern St. Louis County,
Missouri, claims that the church first met at the home of John and Jane SULLENS in 1807. A portion
from this sketch: "Mrs. Jane SULLENS, wife of John SULLENS, and mother of Mrs. Uri
MUSICK, was a Miss Virginia CHILDRESS, but was called Jane." Whether her correct surname was GILL
or CHILDRESS will likely be long debated.
John SULLENS settled on Dubois Creek and River Aux Boeuf near St. Louis, MO, in 1799,
while it was still Spanish territory.
Recorded in St. Louis County, MO, Deed Book C, p. 446, can be found the following
information dated 24 May 1808. The "lawful heirs of John SULLENS, late of said district of St.
Louis, deceased," were listed as Richard SULLENS, Peter SULLENS, John SULLENS, Nathan
SULLENS, Abraham HILDEBRAND, and Uri MUSICK. By this deed they relinquished land, as
their father had desired, to their brothers Edward SULLENS and Reuben SULLENS. This
involved 580 acres of land in the district of St. Louis on the River Fifi.
In 1942, Anna B. SARTORI, of St. Louis, MO, wrote and published Among My Pioneer
Ancestors. The first 52 pages of the book pertain to the SULLENS family, giving an extensive
history of each child of John SULLENS with the exception of his son Peter. (Peter settled in
Kentucky and apparently never lived in St. Louis County.) In 1974, Maude (SULLENS)
HOFFMAN printed a book entitled Peter SULLENS and Mary CARSON and Two Hundred
Years of Descendants. This is the Peter for which Mrs. SARTORI had little information.
According to the book Recollections of An Old Man -- Seventy Years in Dixie, 1827-1897, by
Dr. David SULLINS, founder of Sullins College, the SULLINSes were Scotch-Irish.
(Scotch-Irish means they were of Scottish descent, living in Ireland.) Dr. SULLINS believed his
grandfather with two brothers came to America from "the old country" about 1750. He wrote,
"One stopped in Pennsylvania," leading me to believe they may have entered through
Philadelphia. Dr. SULLINS wrote that his grandfather settled on Dan River in Halifax Co., VA. (I am
convinced this was Nathan SULLINS, though some descendants are searching for another possibility.)
In the book Roots of Roane County, Tennessee, by Snyder E. ROBERTS, 1981, the probable
children of Nathan SULLINS, Sr., are listed as:
A daughter of Nathan not named above was Sarah SULLINS who married (7 Nov 1785, Halifax
Co., VA -- also listed in Pittsylvania Co.)
William ASHLOCK.
John SULLINS (d. 1826, Boone Co., MO), probably a son of Nathan SULLINS, Sr., married (31
Dec 1786, Halifax Co., VA) Frances EDWARDS (likely a daughter of William EDWARDS).
The 1810 census of Rutherford Co., TN, shows they had one daughter under the age of 10, one
son under 10, and 2 sons ages 10-16. They had a son Edwards D. SULLINS, born in VA, about
1794, according to the 1850 Cass Co., MO, census. John and Frances had a son James H.
SULLINS, born in TN, about 1800, according to the 1850 Marion Co., AL, census. (James was
also listed on the 1830 and 1840 Marion Co. censuses, but he was in Boone Co., MO, in 1826.)
John and Frances had a son John C. SULLINS, born in TN, about 1804, according to the 1850
Boone Co., MO, census. (He was also on the 1830 and 1840 Boone Co. censuses.) John and
Frances's daughters, with their places of residence in 1826, were Winefred HOBSON, Marion
Co., AL; Sarah ARNOLD, Rutherford Co., TN; and Nancy PROCTOR, deceased, with
PROCTOR children living in Boone and Cole Counties, MO.
Joseph SULLINS (#2 above) may actually have been the son of Josiah (d. 1773). We do not
have a list of children of Joseph, nor have we found any living descendants. Nor have any descendants
of Zachariah SULLINS (#3 above) been identified with certainty. The only known
(suspected) descendant of Richard SULLINS (#6 above) was Mourning (b. 30 May 1800), who
married William Warren PENN c.1820.
Almost every descendant of John spells "SULLENS." The descendants of the other two sons of
Richard (d. c.1771) are almost all spelled "SULLINS." But there are many exceptions.
In 1979 I published a 270-page book, SULLINS - HANKINS, which mostly contains descendants
of Josiah (d. 1773). This book is no longer in print. In 1982 I printed a 123-page book, SULLENS and SULLINS Census
Records, which contains about 90 percent of all U.S. census records containing SULLINS
families prior to 1900. This book was published to the World Wide Web in its entirety on 31 March 2000.
I continue to collect SULLENS/SULLINS records.
It is an ongoing project, as time permits, to enter names of descendants and their vital statistics into my computer database.
Having paper records that are not yet in my GEDCOM file, I will be happy to search my material to assist anyone in tracing any American SULLENS and SULLINS lineage.
I have a file drawer and several notebooks full of SULLENS/SULLINS records. There
are well over 10,000 names in these records. It is my goal to eventually
track down and record every known SULLENS/SULLINS descendant in America and put that information into a computer database, making it available to all who are interested in this clan in this generation and for generations to come.
I already have information on about 80 percent of them, I believe. Any records you would send me about your branch
will be most appreciated. Also, please show me exactly how you connect to your earliest
known SULLENS/SULLINS ancestor.
I am running Windows 98 on a Pentium III computer with "The Master Genealogist" genealogy software and
"WordPerfect" (version 8) word processor. I have the capability of sharing information with researchers via e-mail with GEDCOM files or ASCII text.
I hope that this Web page contains some new information that you have enjoyed. I will be happy to answer any questions about the SULLENS/SULLINS clan.
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by Michael S. Cole, M.D.
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postcard of Sullins College at Bristol, Tennessee, in 1909
According to the book Recollections ..., Nathan SULLINS, Sr.'s, first wife was Mary MAYS.
Halifax Co., VA, records show a wife Winefred. His second or perhaps third wife (m. 1785,
Halifax Co., VA) was Mrs. Elizabeth FARMER, daughter of Virginia's Governor METCALF. Nathan SULLINS (c.1741 - c.1805), son of
Richard, settled in 1795 about 2 miles northwest of present Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
14 September 1997
revised 9 March 2002
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Marc emigrated to the United States when he was four years of age and grew up in Maryland. He enjoyed racing motorcycles and playing classical piano. Friends and family remember him as an "extremely hard working, warm and caring individual, the kind of person who would routinely place other's well being before his own." His body was recovered in the second tower of the World Trade Center on Saturday, 23 March 2002. After being identified by his uniform and dental records on Sunday, 24 March, he was buried in a cemetery in Queens, New York, on 27 March 2002. Marc was the natural son of a Philippino woman and an American G.I. He was adopted by Roberson Eugene (Gene) (1933, MO - 1992, MD) & Ruby Nadine (PARMAN) SULLINS. Marc's grandparents were Wanda Marie (ROBINSON) & Henry SULLINS. Henry was the son of Mary Eugenia (NELSON) (1854-1937) & Samuel T. SULLINS (1850-1909), son of Louisa & Martin Franklin SULLINS (1807-1860's), probably son of Levina (GRIFFITH) & Zachariah SULLINS (1773-1844), son of Nathan SULLINS Sr (c.1741-c.1805), son of immigrant Richard SULLINS (d. c.1771, Halifax Co., VA). 9/11 Memorial in New York City |
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