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Last Mountain Standing: Coal River Valley Residents Fight for Wind Farm
A mountaintop removal coal company has begun to demolish the last intact mountain in West Virginia's Coal River Valley. Residents are demanding a wind farm instead.
Coal River Valley resident Julia Sendor explains that Coal River Mountain is "a true commons" for her community: a place that inspires countless stories and where locals have enjoyed hiking, hunting, and gathering ginseng and molly moochers (morel mushrooms) for generations. It's also a top-rated potential site for the production of wind energy.
But Richmond, Virginia-based Massey Energy, the fourth largest coal company in the U.S., plans to level Coal River Mountain. The company's plans for Coal River Mountain include the removal of 6,000 acres of mountain and pristine hardwood forest—what the mining industry refers to as "overburden"—and in October, the company began to blast.
The news is hardly unique in a region where, each week, mountaintop removal (MTR) coal companies detonate an amount of explosives equivalent to that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. After being blasted apart, obliterated mountaintops are pushed into neighboring valleys, burying headwater streams and contaminating drinking water with heavy metals. To date, a staggering 500 mountains have been destroyed, and over 2,000 miles of headwater streams have been buried and polluted.
Because coal companies have decimated every other mountain in the area and buried those mountains' headwater streams beneath toxic mining waste, Coal River Mountain is a critical source of clean freshwater in the community.
But neighboring communities are concerned about more than their water supply. Less than 100 yards from the site where earth-shattering explosives are being detonated is Massey's immense earthen Brushy Fork Impoundment—the largest lake of coal sludge in the Western Hemisphere.
This impoundment is constructed of compacted mining waste and slate rock, and the underlying ground is honeycombed by underground mines. It rises 954 feet (the Hoover Dam is 726 feet) and holds a remarkable 8.2 billion gallons of toxic sludge. If the impoundment fails, Massey itself estimates that at least 998 people would lose their lives. Despite this risk, and despite the fact that Brushy Fork has been given a Level C rating, meaning that the "dam has specific problems that could lead to failure," Massey continues to detonate explosives less than a football field away. The force of explosions is so powerful it shakes houses throughout the valley.
Valley Residents Rally for a Wind Farm
Lorelei Scarbro's property borders Coal River Mountain. She was born and raised in West Virginia and her father, grandfather, and husband were all coal miners. She lives in a house her husband built with his own hands, next door to the family cemetery where he is buried. As Massey continues to blast, everything, including her life, is at risk. A lot of people have asked Scarbro, "Why don't you move?" Her response:
"What is home to you? Appalachians have a strong sense of place. A sense of belonging to what surrounds you. It is not the value of the property or the things you are surrounded by. It is the memories you shared with the people you love and the things you experienced there. It is being [so] connected to the land that, if need be, you can survive there just on the land. We don't want to loose that and we certainly don't want it stolen from us. We don't live where they mine coal. They mine coal where we live."
Lorelai Scarbro, Climate Hero
YES! Magazine's interview with Lorelei Scarbro, part of our special issue on Climate Action.
Scarbro and others in her community are determined to protect the home they love, and when a wind energy consulting firm found Coal River Mountain to have wind resources at the highest "Class 7" rating, they rallied behind an alternative to mountaintop removal: a 328 megawatt wind farm.
Scarbro and her neighbors formed a group, Coal River Mountain Wind Project and commissioned a study on the long-term economic benefits of wind versus mountaintop removal on Coal River Mountain. The study found that wind would provide the county with $1.7 million in annual revenue indefinitely, while mountaintop removal would provide the county with only $36,000 in annual revenue—and only for 17 years.
Large wind companies have expressed an interest in developing a farm on Coal River Mountain, says Scarbro, but have yet to express public support for fear of jeopardizing opportunities elsewhere in the state.
Future jobs are a serious concern in Coal River Valley. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, only enough "high-quality, thick, bituminous resources remain in coal beds and coal zones [in the Appalachian Basin] to last for the next one to two decades at current production."
Chuck Nelson was an underground miner for 30 years. He now works for Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition and Coal River Mountain Watch and is quick to point out, "We need jobs here in Appalachia for our miners. This is a mono-economy state, but we have to look at how we'll survive after coal is gone."
A wind farm would provide 80-90 permanent jobs for the community. When parts such as turbines need to be replaced, construction and replacement would create an additional 200-300 jobs. Increased job diversification would bring a new set of skills to the region, where there is a strong sense that working for the coal company is a person's only option.
Some argue that saving the mountain from MTR could actually increase the number of mining jobs in the area. Deep mining, which requires far more workers than the increasingly mechanized process of MTR, would remain possible on Coal River Mountain even if a wind farm is built there. If Coal River Mountain were leveled by MTR, wind farming would not be economically viable on the unstable ground and lowered ridges.
For Scarbro, Nelson, Sendor, and many others in Coal River Valley, protecting the mountain also means protecting their livelihoods and their hopes for the future. If they can stop Massey's blasting, they can also replace coal with an industry that doesn't pit the income of its workers against the health and well-being of local citizens.
"If we can save our mountain and start producing green jobs and renewable energy, Coal River Mountain will become a symbol of hope, not just for our area in the valley, but for all of Appalachia," says Sendor.
Concerned citizens in Coal River Valley are holding demonstrations and sending petition after petition to their representatives. They even took over the east wing of the Environmental Protection Agency in Washington, D.C. for three hours.
In 2009, the EPA has increased its scrutiny of mountaintop removal—particularly of the practice known as "valley fill," in which earth removed from ridges is deposited in valleys, contaminating the headwaters of streams and rivers. Scarbro says, "We are very thankful for steps the EPA has taken. They have made lot of good first steps this year."
But in Coal River Valley, action hasn't come quickly enough. "We want anyone with power to intervene, and they better hurry," says Scarbro. "People are dying as we speak because of ramifications of the coal industry in Coal River Valley. We are thankful, but it's not enough."
Who Will Stop Massey?
West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin and the state's Department of Environmental Protection have the power to rescind the coal companies' permits. Alternatively, West Virginia's Public Service Commission could take ownership of the land by exercising its right of eminent domain. However, support from these sources is unlikely. As Nelson puts it, in West Virginia "everyone from the governor to the dogcatcher is in the pocket of the coal industry." For this reason, residents of Coal River Valley are calling upon the White House and the EPA to protect their safety, local ecosystems, and economic future.
Truly, it is all of us who must stop Massey. If we are serious about renewable energy and economic recovery, then we need to move immediately to protect Coal River Mountain and to promote the sustainable vision of the citizens of Coal River Valley. We need to tell the president and our federal agencies to intervene and protect Coal River Mountain and Coal River Valley.
Two bills pending in Congress—the Clean Water Protection Act (HR 1310) in the House and the Appalachia Restoration Act (S 696) in the Senate—would stop Massey and other coal companies from dumping toxic mining waste into our nation's waterways. We need to stand tall with Coal River Mountain, the last mountain overlooking Coal River Valley, and demand that our representatives no longer tolerate an insatiable coal industry that is willing to decimate the cultural and natural heritage of an entire region of our country in pursuit of a finite fossil fuel. Coal River Valley needs an end to the social and environmental injustice of mountaintop removal—and deserves the sustainable jobs that a wind farm would bring to its community.


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The MATLAB® serial port interface provides direct access to peripheral devices such as modems, printers, and scientific instruments that you connect to your computer's serial port. This interface is established through a serial port object. The serial port object supports functions and properties that allow you to
Configure serial port communications
Use serial port control pins
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Instrument Control Toolbox™ software provides additional serial port functionality. In addition to command-line access, this toolbox has a graphical tool called the Test & Measurement Tool, which allows you to communicate with, configure, and transfer data with your serial device without writing code. The Test & Measurement Tool generates MATLAB code for your serial device that you can later reuse to communicate with your device or to develop UI-based applications. The toolbox includes additional serial I/O utility functions that facilitate object creation and configuration, instrument communication, and so on. With the toolbox you can communicate with GPIB- or VISA-compatible instruments.
If you want to communicate with PC-compatible data acquisition hardware such as multifunction I/O boards, you need Data Acquisition Toolbox™ software.
For more information about these products, visit the MathWorks website at
Over the years, several serial port interface standards have been developed. These standards include RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485 - all of which are supported by the MATLAB serial port object. Of these, the most widely used interface standard for connecting computers to peripheral devices is RS-232.
This guide assumes you are using the RS-232 standard, discussed in Overview of the Serial Port. Refer to your computer and device documentation to see which interface standard you can use.
The MATLAB serial port interface is supported on:
Linux® 64-bit
Microsoft® Windows® 64-bit
Many of the examples in this section reflect specific peripheral devices connected to a serial port — in particular a Tektronix® TDS 210 two-channel oscilloscope connected to the COM1 port, on a Windows platform. Therefore, many of the string commands are specific to this instrument and platform.
If you are using a different platform, or your peripheral device is connected to a different serial port, or if it accepts different commands, modify the examples accordingly.
seriallist Function
seriallist function returns a list of all serial ports on a
system. The list includes virtual serial ports provided by USB-to-serial devices and
Bluetooth Serial Port Profile devices. This provides a list of the serial ports that
you have access to on your computer and could use for serial port communication. For
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Little Hexagons Tutorial
I heard all your lovely requests for a "little hexagons" tutorial last week (watch strap tutorial to follow soon!) so here it is. I hope you find it helpful.
I want to start by saying the technique for English paper-piecing (EPP) small hexagons is no different than for larger ones. In fact, EPP is the same regardless of template size or shape.
And there are a few EPP basting variations out there, but I wrote this tutorial to show you how I do it ... with glue.
Step 1 - Cut out a paper template (or buy precut templates) the size you want your hexagon to be when it's finished. Regular computer printer paper works just fine. The precut templates are a lightweight card stock - a little stiffer than regular paper, but still very easy to pierce with a needle.
Then cut out a piece of fabric that is 1/4" larger than the paper template on all sides. Accuracy is not critical for cutting the fabric. You should have at least 1/4" seam allowance, but if it's more don't worry. Unless I'm fussy cutting a hexagon, I usually stack up to 6 scraps of fabric, lay a template hexagon on top and cut my 1/4" allowance - based on the template - with a rotary cutter. You can just as easily use scissors. Some people like to make a fabric cutting template.
My paper hexagon templates here are 1/2" which refers to the length of one side of the hexagon.
Step 2 - Lay the paper template centered on the wrong side of the fabric hexagon.
Step 3 - Using a fabric glue pen (I use Fons & Porter) add a small dot of glue to each side of the paper template. It goes on blue but dries clear.
If you're working with larger hexagons (or any other EPP shape) you may want to use a few dots of glue per side.
Step 4 - Fold two opposite sides of the fabric hexagon onto the paper template (at the same time) and press the seam allowances into the glue to make them stick.
Repeat for the remaining sides.
Step 5 - Make a bunch. (To make a flower you need one center and 6 petals.)
Step 6 - Take a center hexagon and a petal hexagon and hold them right sides together, lining up to edges.
Step 7 - Thread a needle (I use Sharps) with a color that will blend (if using contrasting colors, match the darker fabric) and knot the end.
Starting at one corner, sew the two edges together with a whip stitch. Do not catch the paper template with your needle - just grab a little bit of fabric that is on the fold.
The tinier your stitches are, the better. (Here's an example with a high contrast thread so you can see.)
Step 8 - When one edge is complete, fold the hexagons open and lay a second hexagon onto the center - right sides together.
Sew the next edge of the center to one edge of the second hexagon together with a whip stitch.
Step 9 - Repeat until all 6 petal hexagons are attached to the center hexagon.
Step 10 - On the back side, gently pull the glued seam allowance of the center hexagon away from the paper template. (Remember, you only need a little glue. The more glue you use, the harder it is to separate the fabric from the paper.)
Remove the paper template. Most (if not all?) of the glue seems to stay stuck to the paper, not the fabric.
Some of my quilting friends do not like glue basting. They would rather spend a little more time thread-basting because it's cleaner to pull out than to peel glued fabric off of paper. And sometimes the seam allowance will fray a bit - which is not a problem because the fabric is already sewn in. But for me, I really like the speed of glue basting. It's a personal choice.
Step 10 - Fold the center hexagon to stitch the petals together.
That's it.
You can join together as many hexagons as you like. Remove a template when all sides of the shape have been whip-stitched to another piece.
Get creative and make beautiful designs with fabric placement.
It's not at all complicated. It just takes time. You will find that one little flower goes together very quickly and you can have a bunch made in an afternoon.
EPP is the perfect hand sewing activity to do when you don't want to think or do anything that requires much concentration, but you just want to keep your hands busy. It's portable too. Just prep a bunch of hexies, toss them in a container with a needle, thread & scissors and you're good to go!


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LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gabriela Cowperthwaite was a mom who took her kids to SeaWorld when the death of a killer whale trainer at one of the marine parks sparked her latest filmmaking project.
The documentary "Blackfish" was originally conceived without a point of view as Cowperthwaite set out to answer the question of why a top trainer at SeaWorld became the victim of the killer whale with which she worked and performed.
The resulting film that opens in movie theaters on Friday, however, turned out to be a critical look at the consequences of keeping killer whales in captivity.
SeaWorld has launched its own campaign to challenge the criticism of "Blackfish," which has drawn comparisons to the 2009 Oscar-winning documentary "The Cove" about the killing of dolphins in Japan, a film embraced by animal activists.
In a statement released this week, SeaWorld accused the film of painting "a distorted picture" of its facility, calling it "inaccurate and misleading," as well as exploiting "a tragedy that remains a source of deep pain for Dawn Brancheau's family, friends and colleagues."
Brancheau was killed in 2010 by the great orca, Tilikum, at SeaWorld in Orlando. Although reports differ as to how exactly she was pulled under the water, the autopsy report revealed she died of drowning and blunt force trauma.
"Blackfish" traces the life of Tilikum, who has been performing for 30 years since he was captured in 1983 around the age of 2.
"The Hollywood Reporter" described "Blackfish" as "emotionally powerful," "harrowing" and "a damning indictment of the SeaWorld theme park franchise."
That was not what Cowperthwaite had in mind.
"I don't come from animal activism - I am a mother who took her kids to SeaWorld," said Cowperthwaite, 42. "I thought (the Brancheau) incident was a one-off. In my mind, I was going to make a larger philosophical film about human beings and our relationships with our animal counterparts."
Things took a turn when, during Cowperthwaite's two-year project, she discovered that Brancheau's death was not an isolated incident, and that Tilikum was involved in two other deaths since 1991.
By interviewing Tilikum's former trainers, along with academics and whale experts, the documentary paints a portrait of a captive orca whose behavior appears to come from the stress of the circumstances he was unwittingly placed in after his capture three decades ago.
Cowperthwaite said she exchanged emails with SeaWorld over the course of six months in an attempt to get its side of the story. She provided a list of questions she wanted to discuss, but in the end, the answer she got was "no."
"I wonder whether it was because the truth is in some ways very complicated, very dark," she said. "How could they address those incidents without being defensive or sounding negligent?"
"Or maybe because I'm not a famous filmmaker, they thought this movie will go away and fall by the wayside."
When contacted by Reuters, SeaWorld's vice president of communications, Fred Jacobs, said in a statement that SeaWorld is "much more likely to cooperate with authors or filmmakers when we feel they are approaching the topic in good faith, with a true commitment to balance, fairness, and accuracy. That did not appear to be the case with this project."
Former SeaWorld trainer Samantha Berg, 45, who worked with Tilikum when she was in her 20s and is featured in "Blackfish," told Reuters it's not about being "anti-SeaWorld" but "anti the way things have been done up to this point."
"I'm rooting for SeaWorld to change its business model, retire the whales and stop the breeding program," Berg said. "Given what we now know, there is a moral responsibility for us to do the right thing."
Cowperthwaite hopes that "Blackfish" will inspire others to take action and not be "passive consumers" like she once was.
"I hope future generations will become more agile in seeing past veneers," she said.
Editing by Mary Milliken and Sandra Maler


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Another sunny day greets the 84 riders remaining in the race who will contest the 6th and final stage f the Tour de Beauce that will start in the host town of St Georges.
Currently the temperature is low 20's but if it is like yesterday high 20's or low 30's is on the way.
The course today is a circuit of 12.5 km which they will do 10 times
A delay in the start to finish closing the roads
KOM's at Lap 3, 5 and 7
Sprints Lap 2, 4 and 8
Feeding Laps 5 through 7
Of the breakaway riders Salas is the highest placed in the overall GC, ninth place and 1:35 behind Sutherland.
11:10 am
Attacks start right away. Along the top of the course and the peloton is starting to splinter already.
Chris Butler (Champion System) had a go and just as he was caught a group of 7 went away
The break: Chad Beyer (Competitive Cyclist), Matthias Friedemann (Champion System), Jamie Sparling & Liam Holohan (Raleigh GAC), Marsh Cooper & Ken Hanson (Optum p/b KB) and Bruno Langlois (Garneau-Quebecor-Norton Rose)
11:24 am
Break group now has 45 second on the peloton.
Lap 2 on the climb and the field is splintering badly. The break is hovering around 40 seconds and UnitedHealthCare Pro is setting tempo at the front of the peloton
11:32 - Lap 2 done
The pace is high in both the break and the peloton so the break is not making a lot of headway. Gap at 30 sec
11:45 am
Rob estimates that as many as 1/3 of the remaining riders have either been dropped or have dropped out. UnitedHealthCare have also lost 1 rider and this will hinder their ability to control the race.
11:48 am
End of lap 3 - The gap is down to 25 sec and Sebastien Salas (Optum p/b KB) is bridging
11:49 am
Salas has caught the break but the gap is now down to 20 sec
11:55 am
Taylor Shelden (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team) and Morgan Schmitt (Exergy) are bridging and are just 17 seconds behind the break. Peloton has backed off a bit and are at 50 sec
11:58 am
Break has just started Lap 4 of 10. Sheldon and Schmitt are having trouble bridging the gap. The addition of Salas seems to have bolsterd the break group that now has 3 Optum p/b KB riders. The gap is 45 seconds to the peloton.
12:06 pm
On the climb Mancebo has attacked off the front of the peloton. Christian Meier (Can National Team) and Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team) on him. Gap to leaders 1:20
12:12 pm
Rob Britton (H&R Block) is trying to bridge along the top of the course.
12:18 pm
Lap 5 starting
Britton is at is 44 sec back. Peloton at 1:10
First Sprint: Friedemann, Salas, Holohan
KOM results : Hanson , Friedemann, Langlois
12:24 pm
At the top of the climb - Britton has now joined the break
Update: riders in break are: Chad Beyer (Competitive Cyclist) Matthias Friedemann (Champion System), Sebastien Salas, Marsh Cooper and Ken Hanson (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies), Rob Britton (H&R Block), Bruno Langlois (Garneau-Quebecor-Norton Rose), Jamie Sparling and Liam Holohan (Raleigh)
Gap 1:10
12:30 pm
Max Jenkins (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team) having a go at bridging
12:35 pm
UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team is at the front of peloton setting tempo. Then Christian Meier, Svein Tuft (Canadian National Team) , Sutherland and Mancebo
12:35 pm
Lap 6 start
Gap 1:18
12:25 pm
At the top of the climb on lap 6
GC leader Rory Sutherland, has a mechanical and riders from UnitedHealthcare are dropping back behind the peloton to wait for him. No attacks from peloton.
Gap 1:38
12:55 pm
The pace being set by the peloton is too slow, so Svein Tuft is now at front towing. Peloton one long line behind him
1:00 pm
Lap 7 starting and UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team back at the front of the peloton. Gap 1:25
1:06 pm
Svein Tuft attacks from the peloton. Gap under 1 min to leaders
Tuft is now attacking repeatedly and the peloton is forced to react. Tuft is 4th on GC at 1:06 back on leader Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthCare Pro Cycling Team) so letting him go is not an option.
1:15 pm
Chris Butler (Champion System) is chasing break at 44 sec back. Peloton at 1 min
1:18 pm
Tuft and Sutherland have now taken up the chase of the break.
1:20 pm
Lap 8 start. Spidertech is now at the front assisting the chase of the breakaway riders. They must protect Hugo Houle, who is 2nd in GC @ 19 sec back of leader Sutherland
1:27 pm
Less than three (3) laps to go. Tuft, Sutherland and Butler not making much headway on peloton
Lots of attacks now. Meier, Houle, Sutherland....
Lap 9
As they prepare to start hte 2nd last lap
Mancebo, Parisien and DeMaar are chasing the break.
Houle, Sutherland and Tuft Chasing them.
Gap 40 sec
1:36 pm
Peloton all together again. Gap 1 min
1:42 pm
Mancebo attacks on climb. Houle, Meier, Sutherland, Parisien & De Maar go with. 100m on peloton, Break at 30 sec
Tuft at front of peloton.
1:46 pm
Peloton is back together, and the break group all but caught
1:49 pm
Langlois and Cooper still dangling out front, rest of break in peloton
1:54 pm
Cooper and Langlois start last lap w. 40 sec gap. Peloton not too interested. Neither are a GC factor. Langlois is 18th at 3:49 and Cooper 17th at 3:48 back
Langlois may be out to prove something. He was not rehired by Spidertech this year, so a win today would bolster his chances for another pro contract for 2013.
Gap holding at 45 sec
Mancebo makes one last effort on the climb. Leaders have 5 km to go and gap is 46 sec
2:09 pm
It is all downhill now to the finishline. Lap 32 sec with langlois doing bulk of work
2 km to go
Less than a km to go and the gap is 29 sec. Who is the better Sprinter? Copper or Langlois
Finish UNOFFICIAL
1 Bruno Langlois (Can) Garneau-Quebecor-Norton Rose
2 Marsh Cooper (Can) Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies
3 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System Pro Cycling Team
Stage profile - courtesy Tour de Beauce
Stage map - courtesy Tour de Beauce
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We love books and we try to spend a little time everyday reading together as a family (and by ourselves). We have books on shelves, next to beds, piled on counters and tucked away throughout our home. We are working our way through a big list of books to inspire and challenge our family. I've been adding to this list for a long time and I thought I'd share the books that inspire and challenge our family:
Disclaimer: I love reading on my Kindle app on my phone, but in an effort to be unplugged more when I'm with my kids, I only read fiction on my phone (usually while I'm waiting somewhere). I purchase almost all our books from Amazon (prime member), so these affiliate links are from there.
*Books we have read (or are reading):
Board Books:
- *Because I Love You
- *Just in Case You Ever Wonder
- If You're Happy and You Know It
- *I Love You Just the Way You Are
- *Counting Kisses
- *Jesus Loves Me!
- *Really Woolly Bedtime Prayers
- I Love You So Much
- If Jesus Lived Inside My Heart
- Recordable Storybook-My Rainy Day Imagining Book
Picture Books:
- *Love You Forever
- *You Are Mine (Max Lucado's Wemmicks)
- *Punchinello: One of a Kind (Max Lucado's Wemmicks)
- *The Boy Who Changed the World
- You Can Do It!
- *Parable Series: An Audio-Book for All Seasons [Audiobook on Cassette] (Parable Series, All 4 Seasons (Together))
- The Tallest of Smalls
- *Just in Case You Ever Wonder
- *The Giving Tree
- The Oak Inside the Acorn
Read Together Books:
- *The Chronicles of Narnia Scholastic Box Set (Book One Through Book Six) (all ages)
- *The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name (all ages)
- *The Complete Little House Nine-Book Set(all ages)
- The Story: Teen Edition (Chronological Bible)
- *Jesus Calling: 365 Devotions For Kids (all ages)
- Take Your Best Shot: Do Something Bigger Than Yourself (8 and up)
- My Life, His Mission: A Six Week Challenge to Change the World (inspiring stories)
- Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board (8 and up)
- *Place at the Table: 40 Days of Solidarity with the Poor (family devotions w/missions focus, edited while reading)
- *Window On The World (missions focus)
- kisses from katie
- Running for My Life: One Lost Boy's Journey from the Killing Fields of Sudan to the Olympic Games
Tween/Teen Books:
- *Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations
- Start Here: Doing Hard Things Right Where You Are
- *You Were Made to Make a Difference
- *It's Not About Me Teen Edition
- *Make Every Day Count – Teen Edition
- *Jesus Freaks: Martyrs: Stories of Those Who Stood for Jesus
- The Hiding Place
- I Kissed Dating Goodbye
- Sex Is Not the Problem (Lust Is): Sexual Purity in a Lust-Saturated World
- *Truth and Dare: One Year of Dynamic Devotions for Girls (ages 9-12)
- *Triple Dog Dare: One Year of Dynamic Devotions for Boys (ages 9-12)
- Wild grace
- End of the Spear
Parenting Books:
- *For Parents Only: Getting Inside the Head of Your Kid
- *Preparing Your Daughter for Every Woman's Battle
- *Preparing Your Son for Every Man's Battle
- Raising a Modern-Day Knight: A Father's Role in Guiding His Son to Authentic Manhood (boys)
- Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Son
- Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter
- *Have a New Kid by Friday (Strong-Willed Kids)
- Shepherding a Child's Heart
- *Grace-Based Parenting
- *Your Girl: Raising a Godly Daughter in an Ungodly World
- *Your Boy: Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World
- *Raising Kids Who Turn Out Right
- *You Can Raise Courageous and Confident Kids
- *Raising Kids for True Greatness
- Bonus for Moms: Don't Make Me Come Up There!: Quiet Moments for Busy Moms
Books for Husband and Wives
- *For Women Only: What You Need to Know about the Inner Lives of Men
- *Love & Respect: The Love She Most Desires; The Respect He Desperately Needs
- *The Good Girl's Guide to Great Sex: (And You Thought Bad Girls Have All the Fun)(her)
- *NIV Couples' Devotional Bible
- *Men Are Like Waffles–Women Are Like Spaghetti: Understanding and Delighting in Your Differences
- *You're Already Amazing: Embracing Who You Are, Becoming All God Created You to Be(her)
- *For Men Only: A Straightforward Guide to the Inner Lives of Women
- *Wild at Heart: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul (him)
- *Every Man's Battle: Winning the War on Sexual Temptation One Victory at a Time (The Every Man Series) (him)
- Don't Waste Your Life


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Construction employment declined in 30 states from August 2011 to August 2012 and in 26 states in the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that construction employment declined in most states even as long term infrastructure programs and tax measures languish.
"Construction employment continues to decline in many states as key tax and infrastructure decisions languish in Washington," said Ken Simonson, the association's chief economist. "Thousands more construction workers could be employed today in states across the country if we had long-term federal tax and infrastructure programs in place."
The economist said that among states losing construction jobs during the past year, Alaska lost the highest percentage (-14.2%, -2,000 jobs), followed by Nevada (-10.0%, -5,200 jobs) and Mississippi (-8.4%, -4,100 jobs). Illinois lost the most jobs (-11,500, -5.9%), followed by Georgia (-9,900, -6.7%) and Florida (-8,500 jobs, -2.6%).
Simonson noted that 20 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between August 2011 and August 2012. The District of Columbia added the highest percentage of new construction jobs (14.9%, 1,800 jobs), followed by North Dakota (11.8%, 2,900 jobs) and Nebraska (10.8%, 4,400 jobs). Texas added the most new construction jobs over the past 12 months (37,900, 6.8%), followed by California (33,000, 6.0%) and Indiana (10,400, 8.7%).
New Mexico had the steepest percentage decline among states that lost construction jobs for the month (-6.8%, -2,900 jobs), followed by Alaska (-3.2%, -400 jobs) and Connecticut (-2.7%, -1,300 jobs). The largest number of construction job losses in July occurred in North Carolina (-3,400 jobs, -2.0%), followed by Pennsylvania (-3,300 jobs, -1.5%) and New Mexico.
Twenty-four states plus Washington, D.C., added construction jobs between July and August. The highest percentage gains for the month occurred in Arkansas (4.8%, 2,000 jobs), followed by Hawaii (2.8%, 800 jobs) and Mississippi (2.8%, 1,200 jobs). Texas added the most jobs during the month (13,600 jobs, 2.3%), followed by Florida (5,300 jobs, 1.7%) and California (5,100, 0.9%).
Association officials said that construction employment was suffering from Washington's failure to act on a number of long-term infrastructure and tax measures. They noted that Congress has yet to enact long-term water infrastructure measures, address transportation funding challenges, or set tax levels for future years.
"Not only are Washington officials failing to make tough choices on infrastructure funding, they aren't even taking care of essential measures like setting tax rates and keeping our clean water systems up to date," said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association's chief executive officer. "Construction employment suffers when firms can't anticipate future demand or know how much they will have to pay in taxes."


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Who Do You Think You Are? will return for its third season on Friday, February 3 at 8/7c on the NBC network. Twelve more celebrities will trace their ancestors and discover hidden stories from their past. Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jason Sudeikis, Jerome Bettis and Paula Deen will explore their roots in the NBC genealogy show.
The promo for the show has been released and you can view it below.
Welcome to the Family Roots and Branches Genealogy Blogspot. This site is devoted genealogical hints, tricks, tips and news for family historians in the GA/NC/TN Tri-State. You will also find info on genealogy classes and meetings here in western North Carolina. This blog is run by Larry and Gayle Van Horn and you can reach us via email at familyhistorian at frontier dot com. Copyright 2006-2018 by Family Roots and Branches, a division of Teak Publishing.
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Who Do You Think You Are? Season Three Video Preview
Posted by Larry at 1/28/2012 09:04:00 AM
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Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Beginner Class Post: American County and Town Sources
For the students in my Tuesday night beginner class here are three possible references you might want to consider purchasing to help you pursue county and town record sources.
Family Tree Resource Book for Genealogists by Sharon DeBartolo Carmack
Available from Amazon.com for $25.50
Red Book - American State, County and Town Sources edited by Alice Eichholz
Available from Amazon.com for $30.88
The Handybook for Genealogists, 11th edition (out of print) by Everton Publishing
10th Edition only available from Amazon.com for $43.40
These are excellent reference books for anyone researching an American genealogy.
Posted by Larry at 1/17/2012 02:25:00 PM
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Martin Sheen, Reba McEntire, Helen Hunt Among 'Who Do You Think You Are?' Season 3 Cast
The NBC genealogy series returns Feb. 3 with a new group of celebrities exploring their family history. Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen Take a Look Inside Their Family Histories on NBC's Genealogy Alternative Series Produced by Lisa Kudrow.
Viewers can take an up-close and personal look inside the family history of some of today's most beloved and iconic celebrities when NBC's "Who Do You Think You Are?" returns for its third season on Friday, February 3 (8-9 p.m. ET). The celebrities who star in the series are Martin Sheen, Marisa Tomei, Blair Underwood, Reba McEntire, Rob Lowe, Helen Hunt, Rita Wilson, Edie Falco, Rashida Jones, Jerome Bettis, Jason Sudeikis and Paula Deen.
From executive producers Lisa Kudrow ("Friends," "Web Therapy") and Dan Bucatinsky ("Lipstick Jungle," "The Comeback") - through their production company Is or Isn't Entertainment and Shed Media U.S. ("Supernanny," "The Real Housewives of New York City") -- "Who Do You Think You Are?" is an adaptation of the award-winning hit British television documentary series that leads celebrities on a journey of self-discovery as they unearth their family trees that reveal surprising, inspiring and even tragic stories that often are linked to crucial events in American history.
"We're very excited about the stories we have this season. This fantastic group of people we have will take us to countries we haven't visited before which is thrilling and gives us glimpses into crucial details of history that not only shaped their families, but our world," said executive producers Kudrow and Bucatinsky. "This is what we love about this series; it's so enriching for us the viewer, as well as the participants and their families."
From Ireland's freedom fighters to the American Revolutionary War, and from the African nation of Cameroon to Bulgaria, "Who Do You Think You Are?" will reveal the fabric of humanity through everyone's place in history. Each week a different celebrity takes a journey into their family's past, traveling all over the world. While giving viewers an in-depth look into their favorite stars' family tree, each episode will expose surprising facts and life changing encounters that will unlock people's emotions, and show just how connected everyone is not only to the past, but to one another.
Ancestry.com continues in its role as NBC and Shed Media's official partner on the series, helping to provide the exhaustive research used to build each story. "'Who Do You Think You Are?' is such a beautiful showcase for the type of discoveries people can make through family history research," said Josh Hanna, Executive Vice President for Ancestry.com. "We are extremely proud to help produce a program that inspires so many to begin their own journey of discovery and are excited to see it grow more this season."
"Who Do You Think You Are?" is produced by Shed Media U.S. in association with Is or Isn't Entertainment. Alex Graham, Kudrow, Bucatinsky, Jennifer O'Connell and Al Edgington are the executive producers. The unique, award-winning series is based on the popular BBC television documentary series from Wall to Wall Productions, created and executive-produced by Graham.
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Splash into Summer with These Titles from Random House Children's Books!
By Mary Van Akin of Random House Children's Books
Published: June 29, 2012
Two long-awaited conclusions to bestselling series!
By Lauren Kate
The long-awaited, astonishing conclusion to the FALLEN series is here! To stop Lucifer from erasing the past Luce and Daniel must find the place where the angels fell to earth. Dark forces are after them, and Daniel doesn't know if he can do this–live only to lose Luce again and again. Yet together they will face an epic battle that will end with lifeless bodies and angel dust. Great sacrifices are made. Hearts are destroyed. And suddenly Luce knows what must happen. For she was meant to be with someone other than Daniel. The curse they've borne has always and only been about her–and the love she cast aside. The choice she makes now will be the only one that truly matters. In the fight for Luce, who will win?
Random House Children's Books | 978-0-385-73918-4 | June 12, 2012 | $17.99 | Ages 12-17 | 464 pages
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I've been loving Cactus Software's simple, rapidly developed games, each one packaged with a neat conceptual hook and minimalist presentation. However, their new game, Minubeat, is too much for me. The concept this time is a shmup that you play to the beat of the music. You can move freely with the cursor keys, but you shoot to the beat. And, well, I can't survive more than a few seconds. Maybe that's the point, as Cactus explain:
The game is a rhythm shmup, you have to use bomb and defense in sync with the beat! Press Z to shoot normally. X for homing bombs, C to clear screen from bullets. You have one minute to beat the game, that's how short it is. Will probably take you a while, though. Made in 12 hours.


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Faux Freckles, is it a good look?!
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WASHINGTON – Key Republicans, ranging from the House majority leader to Rep. Tom Reed, R-Corning, signaled some willingness Monday to move away from a decades-old pledge signed by nearly all federal GOP candidates that they would not raise taxes in any way, shape or form.
With the nation approaching a "fiscal cliff" on Dec. 31, when taxes will rise dramatically and spending will be slashed unless a divided Congress reaches a compromise, GOP lawmakers appeared to be moving, however slightly and in varying degrees, toward President Obama's insistence that the wealthy pay more in taxes.
For example, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, of Virginia, told MSNBC: "When I go to the constituents that have re-elected me, it is not about that pledge. It really is about trying to solve problems."
Cantor refused to go further and specifically say he was willing to break the pledge pushed for decades by Grover Norquist of Americans for Tax Reform, but other Republicans did.
Reed, a member of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee who is seen as a bridge between GOP leadership and lawmakers elected with tea-party backing, told reporters on a conference call: "I would say the pledge is not a barrier to a deal."
That deal would have to ensure that any new revenue would not go to cover an increase in spending and would have to include an additional $1 trillion in deficit reduction, said Reed, who complained that Democrats have not yet agreed to those two points.
The shift in Republican rhetoric on taxes came as the White House released a dire report indicating the economic impact if the nation tumbles over the fiscal cliff:
• The average family would suddenly pay $2,200 more in taxes next year, and growth in consumer spending could fall by 1.7 percentage points, the White House said.
• Meanwhile, economic growth, which has run at about 2 percent annually since the Great Recession, would most likely fall by 1.4 percentage points in 2013.
• The report also echoed concerns from multiple economists, including Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, that the fiscal cliff's automatic tax increases and spending cuts, which would take about $500 billion out of the economy in one year alone, could push the nation back into recession.
Facing such dire prospects, and with only about a month left to strike a deal with Democrats to avert the fiscal cliff, some Republicans are going much farther than Cantor and Reed in vowing to break the pledge they signed.
"The only pledge we should be making to each other is to avoid becoming Greece," Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said Sunday on "This Week" on ABC. "And Republicans should put revenue on the table."
Meanwhile, Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee said on CBS: "I'm not obligated on the pledge. I made Tennesseans aware – I was just elected – [that] the only thing I'm honoring is the oath I take when I serve, when I'm sworn in this January."
Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., also agreed to break the pledge, as did Rep. Pete King, R-N.Y., who told NBC: "A pledge you signed 20 years ago, 18 years ago, is for that Congress … The world has changed, and the economic situation is different."
The pledge supposedly binds lawmakers to "oppose any and all efforts to increase the marginal income tax rates for individuals and/or businesses" and "oppose any net reduction or elimination of deductions and credits, unless matched dollar for dollar by further reducing tax rates."
In contrast to the pledge, Reed said, "what we've said in the last few weeks is that we will consider revenue on the wealthier segment of American society, and we are open to that, and we'll continue to take that position."
While Obama has insisted on higher tax rates for upper-income wage earners, Reed and others in the GOP ranks have resisted such a move, instead showing a willingness to raise revenues by limiting deductions.
Meanwhile, billionaire investor Warren E. Buffett, whose company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc., owns The Buffalo News and who is The News' chairman, agreed that the rich should pay more. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, he called for repealing the George W. Bush-era tax cuts for people earning over $500,000 a year and setting a minimum tax rate of 30 percent on taxable income between $1 million and $10 million, and 35 percent on higher amounts.
"A plain and simple rule like that will block the efforts of lobbyists, lawyers and contribution-hungry legislators to keep the ultrarich paying rates well below those incurred by people with income just a tiny fraction of ours," Buffett said. "Only a minimum tax on very high incomes will prevent the stated tax rate from being eviscerated by these warriors for the wealthy."
Norquist was nonplussed by all the sudden talk – even among Republicans – of raising revenues. Noting that some Republicans expressed willingness to break the pledge during debt-ceiling negotiations in 2011, only to hold fast to it in the end, Norquist said the same thing was likely this time.
"We've got some people discussing impure thoughts on national television," Norquist said.
But Cantor indicated that the newly evolving Republican stance on taxes is a recognition of reality, a recognition of what will happen if Congress does not find a way to steer the nation back from the fiscal cliff.
"If we don't do anything, come Jan. 1, 2013, there's a lot of people paying a lot more" in taxes, Cantor said.
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Broadcast journalism evolves with every new, emerging medium. Social media has certainly predicated one of those evolutionary steps, and opened the doors to new forms of content and distribution channels. Yet, in the end, it is value, consistency and engagement — as it always has been — that separates those who find a long-term audience from those flail in obscurity. The market for relevant and compelling content is infinite, regardless of medium.
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Heavy Rain developer Quantic Dream is open to becoming a first party studio, David Cage has said.
In an interview with IGN, Cage commented that the studio is open to becoming a first-party studio for Sony or someone else. Cage, when asked if Quantic Dream had ever thought about going multiplatform, responded:
We are exclusive to Sony right now, so no, we work only on PlayStation 3.
When asked if Quantic Dream was open to becoming a first party studio for Sony, Cage said:
We're open to all options, but again, we're not a studio driven by money. It's an important element, of course, but it's not like: "Tell me how much money you'll give me and I'm gonna do whatever you want."
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I ran across an old Mark Driscoll interview this weekend in which Driscoll was quoted as saying, "The two hot theologies today are Reformed and emerging. Reformed theology offers certainty, with a masculine God who names our sin, crushes Jesus on the Cross for it, and sends us to hell if we fail to repent. Emerging theology offers obscurity, with a neutered God who would not say an unkind word to us, did not crush Jesus for our sins, and would not send anyone to hell." (Driscoll himself is Reformed.)
Now, I'm no fan of Mark Driscoll. I am troubled by the way he talks about women, gays, masculinity, and, quite frankly, Jesus. He's been known to call anyone who disagrees with him a heretic, and often ridicules as "weak" or "queer" those who emphasize Christ's teachings about loving enemies and turning the other cheek.
But as I read this interview, I had two thoughts: 1) Driscoll is absolutely wrong in the way that he characterizes emerging Christianity, and I hope he is absolutely wrong in the way that he characterizes Reformed theology, and 2) Driscoll is absolutely right about the fact that Reformed and emerging are the big trends.
The quote was from a 2006 Christianity Today interview, and since that time, I have seen more and more young people gravitating toward either Reformed Theology or emerging Christianity.
For example, I graduated in 2003 from a non-denominational Christian college, and I can say pretty confidently that most of the graduates with which I interact today are either hard-core Calvinists or Brian McLaren fans. (Most still living here in Dayton are Reformed; most with whom I correspond via e-mail are emerging.) Just Google "neo-Calvinism" or "Emerging Church" and it becomes immediately apparent that this is nationwide trend...not so much among older adults, but among those in their twenties and thirties.
In my mind, there are a few possible explanations:
- Neo-Calvinism is a reaction to emerging Christianity, as progressive movements are often met with resistance from traditionalists.
- We have simply resurrected the age-old Arminianism/Calvinism debate in a new context, with new leaders, new terms, and new issues.
- People from my generation are asking very similar questions about religious pluralism, salvation, justification, inerrancy, and faith. Neo-Calvinism offers clear, unambiguous answers for those who want closure. Emerging Christianity offers a community and a forum for those who aren't satisfied with those answers.
What do you think? Have you noticed your friends trending toward either Calvinism or the Emerging Church? Why do you think this is? What do you think about Driscoll's characterization of Reformed Theology and Emerging Christianity?
I'd love to hear from Reformed folks and emerging folks...as well as those of you who consider yourselves a part of a tradition that is neither Reformed nor emerging. (And yes, I know that "emerging" can be a bit hard to pin down; just go to Wikipedia for a pretty decent summary of the movement.)
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We're not sure what decade you're living in, but unless you're using Photoshop to radically alter your engagement photos, you're never going to get internet famous from a bunch of pictures. NEVER!
One Redditor has learned from his predecessors (dinosaur wedding party, zombie engagement couple) that you don't have to embarrass yourself in a Home Depot for a hearty splash of attention from the blogosphere — you just need to spend some time in Photoshop making something with lots of nerd appeal. It's like the indoor kid version of a flash mob! Anywho, here are some pictures he made of himself and his soon-to-be wife in classic movie scenes.
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