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Missouri senator proposes repealing dog-breeding law
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. | A state senator filed legislation Wednesday to repeal a voter-approved law that creates new regulations for dog breeders in Missouri, saying voters were misled and the rules won't curb animal abuse.
Sen. Bill Stouffer's measure was among dozens of proposals filed on the first day that lawmakers could introduce bills before the annual legislative session begins in January. The bills covered numerous topics, from buffer zones between cars and cyclists to banning all motorists from texting while driving.
Stouffer, whose largely rural district covers part of central Missouri, said voters were misled about the state's dog breeding rules. The Republican said the approved ballot measure could loosen some existing requirements and would only affect breeders already following the rules.
"It does nothing to solve the problem of dog abuse," said Stouffer, of Napton. "It only targets licensed dealers, and people that are ignoring the law now are not affected by this."
Missouri voters last month approved a ballot measure that limited people to 50 breeding dogs and required that the animals be fed daily, provided annual veterinary care and given unfettered access to an outdoor exercise yard. Dogs also cannot be bred more than twice every 18 months.
The law, which takes effect next year, makes violations a misdemeanor carrying up to 15 days in jail and a $300 fine.
The ballot measure, called Proposition B, was approved by 52 percent of the vote.
Barbara Schmitz, the campaign manager for the group backing the ballot measure, said Wednesday that she was disappointed lawmakers were trying to undo new regulations that voters favored. She said it seemed "anti-democratic" to trump the initiative petition process.
"It's a little frustrating that Proposition B has literally just passed, and the Legislature believes that it is time to replace it with its view of the issue," Schmitz said.
The dog breeding rules was among the mostly hotly contested measures on last month's ballot.
Supporters argued that the new rules were needed to protect dogs. Critics said the law would make it harder for legitimate dog breeders to stay in business and pushed for better enforcement of existing state requirements. Others warned that the proposal could be a precursor to efforts to restrict livestock production in the state.
According to the Missouri Department of Agriculture, there are about 1,400 licensed commercial dog breeders in the state. Some animal groups have said there are many unlicensed businesses that treat dogs inhumanely.
Other bills filed Wednesday would require motorists to give a 3-foot cushion when passing bicyclist, ban everyone from sending cell phone text messages while driving and restrict automatic phone dialing. Other measures would require elected officials to wait two years before becoming lobbyists and establish term limits for all statewide offices.
One proposal submitted in the Senate would bar workers from being forced to join unions and other labor organizations in order to be hired and would bar workers from being forced to pay dues and fees. Violators could be charged with a misdemeanor. Sen. Rob Mayer, the chamber's likely president pro tem, has said making Missouri a "right-to-work" state would be a priority for him.
Another lawmaker took aim at a second voter-approved law, proposing changes to the requirement that Kansas City and St. Louis hold votes over their earnings taxes. The new law requires voters to renew the earnings taxes every five years, and if voters reject the tax, it would be phased out over a decade.
St. Louis Rep. Tishaura Jones filed legislation that would require a vote every 20 years. Jones, who is part of the Democratic leadership in the House, said more frequent votes could make it more expensive for St. Louis and Kansas City to sell bonds.


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North Korea stepped up its bellicose rhetoric on Tuesday, threatening to go beyond carrying out a promised third nuclear test in response to what it believes are "hostile" sanctions imposed after a December rocket launch.
Pyongyang frequently employs fiery rhetoric aimed at South Korea and the United States and in 2010 was blamed for sinking a South Korean naval vessel. It also shelled a South Korean island in the same year, killing civilians.
It did not spell out the actions it would take. North Korea is not capable of staging a military strike on the United States, although South Korea is in range of its artillery and missiles and Japan of its missiles.
(Read More: North Korea to Target US With Nuclear, Rocket Test)
"The DPRK (Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, or North Korea) has drawn a final conclusion that it will have to take a measure stronger than a nuclear test to cope with the hostile forces' nuclear-war moves that have become ever more undisguised," the North's KCNA state news agency said.
The United States and South Korea are staging military drills that North Korea says are a rehearsal for an invasion, something both Washington and Seoul deny.
New U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed North Korea in "remarkably similar" telephone conversations with his counterparts from Japan, South Korea and China, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
"We are all concerned that, despite the strong measures taken in (UN Security Council Resolution) 2087, the provocative rhetoric continues, which means we've all got to stay unified in watching this and making absolutely clear to Pyongyang that if it takes further actions, so will we," she told reporters.
North Korea successfully launched a long-range rocket in December in violation of U.N. resolutions that banned it from developing missile or nuclear technology after nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. UNSC 2087 was adopted in late January in response to the December launch.
(Read More: Google Helps Put North Korea Gulag System on Map)
North Korea says that it has the sovereign right to launch rockets for peaceful purposes, even though the multiple U.N. resolutions make this illegal under international law.
It announced plans for a third nuclear test in response to the sanctions agreed in January, although satellite imagery indicates that the isolated and impoverished state has been readying its test site for more than a year.
While most experts believe North Korea will stage a test, the timing is not known. It could come around Feb. 16, the anniversary of former leader Kim Jong-il's birth.
Another unknown is what North Korea will use as fissile material. In the past it has used its diminishing supply of plutonium stocks, but is believed to have enriched weapons-grade uranium that would give it a second path to a nuclear bomb.
U.S. nuclear expert Siegfried Hecker, who visited a North Korean nuclear facility in 2010 believes North Korea could stage two explosions, one using plutonium so as to perfect its capacity to design a warhead small enough to be mounted on a missile, and a second using highly enriched uranium.
"Such (dual) tests have some technical limitations and are more challenging to conduct, but they have the huge advantage of not incurring additional political cost - in other words, they can get two for the price of one," Hecker wrote in the Feburary 4 issue of Foreign Policy magazine.
(Read More: North Korea Says Will Boost Nuclear Deterrent After UN Rebuke)
Pyongyang's two tests so far have been puny. The yield of the 2006 test is estimated at somewhat less than 1 kiloton (1,000 tons of TNT equivalent) and the second some 2-7 kilotons, compared with say 20 kilotons for a Nagasaki-type bomb, Hecker wrote.
North Korea has in the past used the leverage gained from its nuclear and rocket tests to try to restart six-party talks aimed at securing international recognition and aid for the country whose only major diplomatic backer is China.
There are few signs that the United States is willing to talk after North Korea rebuffed a food aid deal in March 2012 by launching a long-range rocket having promised not to.
The planned third nuclear test and "stronger" measures come as South Korea prepares to swear in new President Park Geun-hye on February 25. Park has pledged talks and aid if the North gives up its nuclear ambitions.

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When working on a Logic Pro X project with a lot of audio tracks, software instruments, or plug-ins, a system overload alert might occasionally appear. A system overload alert appears when your Mac doesn't have enough processing power to play back or record audio. Use the techniques in this article to keep these alerts from appearing.
Configure your system
Follow these guidelines when configuring your system for use with Logic Pro:
- Quit other apps when using Logic Pro.
- Make sure your Mac has the maximum amount of RAM, especially if your projects usually include many plug-ins or multiple instances of the EXS24 sampler.
- Save projects with high track counts to a dedicated hard drive such as a solid-state drive, Thunderbolt drive, or USB 3 drive instead of saving projects to the system drive of your Mac.
- If your projects include multiple instances of the EXS24 mkII sampler, use a dedicated hard drive to store EXS24 samples. Always use a dedicated drive if you use the Virtual Memory option with EXS24.
- Format any hard drives used with Logic Pro in the Mac OS Extended (Journaled) format, also called the HFS Plus (Journaled) format.
Monitor system performance
Use the meters in the Logic Pro CPU/HD window to monitor system performance while working on a project. To view the CPU/HD window:
- Choose View > Customize Control Bar and Display.
- Choose Custom from the pop-up menu in the LCD section.
- Select the Load Meters (CPU/HD) checkbox, then click OK.
- A CPU/HD meter appears on the right side of the LCD. Double-click the CPU meter to open it in a new, expanded window.
The CPU/HD window has two sets of meters:
Audio: Shows the amount of CPU and RAM processing power used by Logic Pro. Each CPU core in your Mac has its own meter. On Mac computers with processors that support Hyper-Threading, two meters are shown for each core.
Disk I/O: Shows the amount of disk bandwidth used by Logic Pro.
Watch the meters as the project plays back, noting when the meters are full. When a meter is full, the CPU or the disk has reached the limit of its processing capability. System overload alerts can appear when any of these meters peak. You can use this information to make adjustments to your project or your system configuration.
Set audio device preferences
Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio, click Devices, then adjust the following preferences:
- I/O Buffer Size: Increase the I/O buffer size, up to a maximum of 256 samples. The I/O buffers temporarily store audio data before sending it to other destinations on your Mac. Increasing the I/O buffer size reduces the load on the CPU of your Mac. However, larger I/O buffer sizes increase latency when recording.
To avoid latency and system overload alerts, decrease the I/O buffer size when recording, then increase it when mixing. If you're recording audio and not software instruments, you can monitor your audio directly from the source. Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio > General, and deselect Software Monitoring. You can then set the I/O buffer size to 256 samples and leave it there for both recording and mixing.
- Process Buffer Range: Set this option to Large. As with the I/O buffers, higher settings increase latency.
- ReWire Behavior: If you aren't using ReWire, then set this option to Off. If you are using ReWire, set this option to Playback Mode.
- Multithreading: Multithreading affects how Logic distributes the DSP resources of your Mac. Learn more about setting the Multithreading preference to optimize performance.
Set automation preferences
If your project doesn't include automation, or the automation doesn't need to be sample accurate, you can reduce the CPU load by turning off Sample Accurate Automation.
- Choose Logic Pro X > Preferences > Audio, and click General.
- From the Sample Accurate Automation pop-up menu, choose Off.
If your project does include automation, choose the option that includes only the parameters you're automating.
Choose the best sample rate for your project
Projects with higher sample rates create larger audio files, which can increase the load on the CPU and disk. Plug-ins also require more CPU power to process audio files at higher sample rates. Always balance the considerations of audio quality, anticipated delivery medium for the final product, and the performance of your Mac when selecting the sample rate for any project. If disk activity is causing system overload alerts, try choosing lower sample rates for your projects.
Use send effects
When using CPU-intensive effect plug-ins such as reverbs and delays, you can reduce the load on the CPU by using send effects. Send effects let you use a single plug-in to process signals from multiple channels.
Avoid inserting effect plug-ins on individual tracks in a project. If you need to insert reverb plug-ins on individual tracks, try less CPU-intensive reverbs like the SilverVerb and PlatinumVerb.
Optimize software instruments
Use these guidelines when working with software instruments:
- When mixing, make sure to select an Audio track or an External MIDI track, not a Software Instrument track. Select a Software Instrument track only when you're actively working on it. If your project includes Track Stacks, make sure no Software Instrument sub-tracks are selected.
- Freeze tracks, especially tracks with a lot of plug-ins. However, if system overload alerts coincide with peaks in the Disk I/O meter, avoid freezing Software Instrument tracks. Freezing Software Instrument tracks can increase the load on the disk, increasing the likelihood of encountering a system overload alert.
- Set the number of voices used in a software instrument to the lowest number required. For example, if you have a Sculpture track that plays only two simultaneous notes, you could set that instance of Sculpture to use two voices.
Optimize EXS24 mkII Virtual Memory settings
You can adjust EXS24 mkII Virtual Memory settings to optimize its performance. In the EXS24 mkII Parameter window, click the Options button, then select Virtual Memory from the pop-up menu.
Adjust the following preferences:
- Active: If most of your system overload alerts coincide with peaks in the CPU/HD window Audio meter, select this option. If the alerts coincide with peaks in the Disk I/O meter, deselect it.
- Disk Drive Speed: If you have a solid-state drive or a 7200-rpm or faster hard drive for your audio samples, choose Fast. If you are using a 5400-rpm drive for your audio samples, choose Medium.
- Hard Disk Recording Activity: If your projects include very few audio tracks, select Less. If your projects include a lot of audio tracks, select Average or Extensive.
Settings in the EXS24 Virtual Memory window are global—they affect all instances of EXS24 in all projects.
Optimize Alchemy
You can also optimize Alchemy for improved performance.


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St. Francis of Sales
Bishop of Geneva and a leader of the counter-reformation
Francis de Sales, T.O.M. , A.O.F.M. Cap. , (French: François de Sales) (August 21, 1567 – December 28, 1622) was a Bishop of Geneva and is honored as a saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He became noted for his deep faith and his gentle approach to the religious divisions in his land resulting from the Protestant Reformation.
Lyon, France
Francis de Sales was born in the Savoy district of France in 1567 and ordained a priest in 1593. At that time the religious and political struggles of the time had placed under the control of Roman Catholic rulers several regions in which the people were mostly Protestants. Francis was sent to preach in one such region near his birthplace, attempting to persuade his hearers to become Roman Catholics. Since he was seen to be persuasive, he was appointed in 1602 to be Roman Catholic bishop of Geneva, a Calvinist stronghold which had been captured by the Roman Catholic Duke of Savoy. Here again, he brought many to his way of thinking. His motto was, "He who preaches with love, preaches effectively." His numerous controversial tracts are unfailingly courteous to his opponents. Many Christians who are not at all convinced of the truth of the Romanist position by his arguments nevertheless read him with delight because of his obvious love for God and his neighbor.
By no means all of his writings were concerned with disputation. His best known and best loved treatises were concerned with the life of prayer, and were written to advise those who wish to become more aware of the presence of God in their lives. His Introduction to the Devout Life was highly praised by John Wesley. C.S. Lewis has referred to the "dewy freshness" that permeates the book. It is available in English, as is his The Love of God. Both have been used and found helpful by Christians of many different denominations.
Francis died at Lyons 29 December 1622.
Quotes by St. Francis of Sales
Works by St. Francis of Sales
Do I need to go into full-time ministry to live a truly Christian life? Am I really a Christian if I'm not out preaching the gospel in dangerous places where people have never heard of Christ? Can secular work benefit the kingdom of God? All Christians struggle to discern God's call on their life, but God does call all to live a Christ-centered life. Introduction to the Devout Life by St. Francis of Sales attempts to help Christians discern what it means to be a child of God in a secular world. We can glorify God in a secular world, and be a testimony to the world of God's abounding grace and love.
Treatise on the Love of God is a manual intended to help believers strengthen their devotion to God. St. de Sales describes his project by saying, "it is truly my intention to represent simply and naively, without art, still more without false colours, the history of the birth, progress, decay, operations, properties, advantages and excellences of divine love." The Treatise is divided into twelve books. The first four books explain the nature of the human soul and provide the history of divine love. Book Five explores the two principle exercises of love, namely, sacred complacency and benevolence. Books Six and Seven discuss the importance of practicing love through prayer, while Books Eight and Nine express the importance of submitting to God's will. The final three books are devoted to exploring the practical importance of God's holy love in our lives. St. de Sales' Treatise is a captivating depiction of love.
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Amazon CEO Recovers NASA's Apollo Engines from Bottom of Atlantic
(CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) -- Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos announced Wednesday that his underwater expedition had successfully recovered the mangled wreckage of two rocket engines from NASA's Apollo program from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean.
After spending three weeks at sea, Bezos wrote on his personal blog that he and his team were heading back to Cape Canaveral, in Florida, with a treasure trove of NASA artifacts from the space era.
"We've seen an underwater wonderland — an incredible sculpture garden of twisted F-1 engines that tells the story of a fiery and violent end, one that serves testament to the Apollo program," Bezos wrote.
Bezos' team used remotely operated vehicles to dive down 14,000 feet (almost three miles) to the dark depths of the ocean floor, where they recovered "major components" of two Saturn V F-1 rocket engines flown during the Apollo program (1963-'72). The program included lunar missions and earth orbiting missions, most famously Apollo 11, which sent Neil Armstrong to the moon in 1969.
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden said in a statement to ABC News that Bezos approached the space agency nearly a year ago with his plan to recover the engines and praised the team's efforts.
"We share the excitement expressed by Jeff and his team in announcing the recovery of two of the powerful Saturn V first-stage engines from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean," Bolden said. "This is a historic find and I congratulate the team for its determination and perseverance in the recovery of these important artifacts of our first efforts to send humans beyond Earth orbit."
After decades of being exposed to water, many of the engine components are missing serial numbers or pieces, "which is going to make mission identification difficult," Bezos wrote.
NASA will work with the expedition team to restore the engine hardware and prevent further corrosion. Bezos hopes to then put the engines on display.
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When Lt. Joe Kenda goes to the crime scene of a strangulation victim he starts to see lots of evidence that doesn't add up. The victim was strangled but placed in the front seat of the car with a brick on the pedal...
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Deadly Game of Seduction
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Too Dumb to Pull It Off
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Victim with Multiple Stab Wounds
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Who Are You?
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: The Lt. Joe Kenda the Angel of Death?
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: The Process of Interrogation
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Serial Rapist on the Loose
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Serial Killer Finally Caught
UP NEXTHomicide Hunter: Killer's Wife Breaks Down
UP NEXTCops & Coyotes: Burning 1100lbs of Weed
UP NEXTCops & Coyotes: The Patron Saint of Drugs
UP NEXTCops & Coyotes: IIMPACT
UP NEXTCops & Coyotes: Enter the Drug Bin
Fatal Encounters: The Baby Stealer
Fate intrudes when a nine month pregnant woman is lured to the home of a deeply troubled young woman with a secret plan to steal her fetus.
Fatal Encounters: Grave Robbers
When a John Bailey joined the Brotherhood, he has no idea that his new group of friends aren't just white supremacists, but grave robbers as well.
Homicide Hunter: Who Are You?
Lt. Joe Kenda and his team can find no possible links between the homicide victim and his potential killer. It's as if their killer picked his target at random.
Inside the Caylee Anthony Case: A Shocking Crime
Dr. G receives a call to work on a crime that has shocked the nation, the murder of Caylee Anthony.
Cops & Coyotes: Burning 1100lbs of Weed
In order to further make a dent into the Cartel's drug trade, the Sheriff's office burns more than $88,000 worth of marijuana in a large incinerator.
Cops & Coyotes: The Patron Saint of Drugs
The Albuquerque DEA is not only confiscating drugs from coyotes, but symbolic figures as well.
Cops & Coyotes: IIMPACT
The IIMPACT Task Force takes down a family of illegal immigrants responsible for identify and mortgage fraud.
Cops & Coyotes: Enter the Drug Bin
See what happens inside of the drug bin after drugs are confiscated.
Fatal Encounters: The Sausage King
Stuart Alexander fights to save his family's 80 year old sausage plant while Jean Hillery fights to prove herself as a newly-promoted USDA officer. When Jean threatens to shut down the factory for health violations the two collide in a deadly face off.
Fatal Encounters: Thief and Cop Commit Crime
Get a closer look at the wild world of law enforcement in this clip from Discovery's Fatal Encounters series.
Secrets of the FBI: Bomb Threat
Watch as the FBI confronts a bomb threat in downtown Washington, D.C.
Homicide Hunter: The Process of Interrogation
Lt. Joe Kenda reveals his process for interrogating a suspect and how he knows he has caught the right guy.
Homicide Hunter: The Lt. Joe Kenda the Angel of Death?
Is he the Angel of Death? Lt. Joe Kenda explains why he calls himself the "Angel of Death" and reveals the cases that cannot escape his memory.


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Tonight, The CW's hit series Supernatural enters a new era. With the original series storyline conceived by creator Eric Kripke completed, Supernatural must now start a fresh chapter in the world of the Winchester brothers.
We've followed the Winchester boys through some shocking events: the Apocalypse, Sam going to hell, getting out of hell and - as we saw in the season 5 finale - creepily watching Dean through the window, outside of his house. While fans know that neither heaven nor hell (or death!) can separate the guys, things have changed.
Dean is now a family man with a wife, a child and a "good" job. It's going to take something pretty spectacular to drive him away from his new-found happiness. While I believe that your brother crawling out of hell, after being taken over by Lucifer may be pretty spectacular, I'm willing to bet that it's going to take something else – or someone else.
Preview (courtesy of The CW)
It's a year later and Dean (Jensen Ackles) has given up hunting and is living with Lisa (guest star Cindy Sampson) and her son Ben (guest star Nicholas Elia). Mysteriously freed from his cage in hell, Sam (Jared Padalecki) finds Dean and tells him he needs to rejoin the fight as well as introducing a world (and family) he never even knew existed - the Campbells, his mother's family, lead by none other than their Grandfather Samuel (Pileggi).
When a typical season of Supernatural begins, viewers are met with the sounds of AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" while being presented with the adventures of the past season under the title "The Road So Far."
This year, AC/DC was replaced by a more somber arrangement and the familiar title card was exchanged for "One Year Ago."
These dulcet tones, while initially disorienting to those familiar with the series, serve as an impressive means by which to convey the show runners are staring anew. Even though fans knew that season 6 would present a new Supernatural storyline, after Eric Kripke's original arc, many (including myself) were expecting a metaphorical (or theoretical) restart rather than the literal new beginning we received in the premiere.
As much as fans of the series may disagree, this was the perfect way to present the beginning of season 6 - so much has change and many of the series' characters have been given new and different roles. If the producers were to continue on, as if it was a typical episode, the premiere would have felt extremely sloppy and unfaithful to way in which Supernatural handles storylines.
Unfortunately, I don't think that the producers felt the same way - since the introduction of the Campbell family served no other purpose than to provide character filler for the episode. While many fans knew that Sam and Dean's grandfather would be returning, no one expected (or wanted) an enormous family reunion. In the past, Supernatural has often had problems handling "relatives." The character of Adam (Sam and Dean's half-brother) was a perfect example. He was poorly realized, horribly cast, and ended up feeling like nothing more than a spur-of-the-moment idea - rather than something planned from the beginning.
Of course, Mitch Pileggi is the exception to that rule. As Sam and Dean's grandfather, he has already proven himself to be a wonderful addition to the series. Although, with the obvious hints that "something else is going on," they have all but ruined any future surprising reveals about his character - a poor decision by the producers, especially with the pacing in this episode. It felt as if they replaced any intended episodic conclusion with a poorly implemented reveal - offered by new characters we weren't familiar with in the first place.
While I enjoyed this episode and thought it was a great start to what will surely be an amazing season, I couldn't help but feel unfulfilled as the episode ended. Sure, one is always left wanting to see the next episode of Supernatural, but that's because we're excited about what's going on and want to continue the storyline as soon as possible. In this case, I want to see the next episode of Supernatural so that I feel some type of closure or that something else, other than bringing Sam and Dean together, occurred.
Final Thoughts
The season 6 premiere of Supernatural was a great way to start off a new season, and chapter, in the world of the Winchester brothers. While the episode started refreshing and new, it ended awkwardly and without much closure. Hopefully, as the season progresses and more of the intended story is revealed, things will get better.
Supernatural airs Fridays @9pm, on The CW
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I called the above courthouse today and got some information about their records. I am writing it here in case I lose the info.
Marriage records begin in 1885, so if Olive Bowser and Robert Stephens got married in Armstrong County in 1891 (1900 census) they should be there. I have checked the marriage for Allegheny County, Westmoreland County, states of Ohio and West Virginia and no record was found in those collections.
Birth records begin in 1893 and go to 1905 and from then on you need to get the records from New Castle PA. That process can be an ordeal, I had written about how my husband I had driven to New Castle last summer only to find they do not have a service to satisfy my instant gratification with a walk in. But, it only took about 10 days and I had my information. I have read that some people wait months for their birth and death records.
Wills are at the Courthouse from 1805. I found two possible Jacob Bowser men who had died after the time of Olives birth (1874) so I can search those records.
My cousin Helen was going to NARA in DC and volunteered to look up Robert Stephens. I obtained his Military Record from Footnote and he applied in 1879.
I have a huge gap in Roberts life (1845-1913) He was born in England in 1845 and the first I find him is in the 1860 census and then again in the 1870 census, both times living in Allegheny City (Pittsburgh) Pennsylvania. He is missing from the 1880 census until I find him in the 1900 census living in Allegheny City PA.
According to the 1900 census they had been married in 1891 and it was the second marriage for Robert and the first for Olive. Robert was twenty five years older than Olive.
I have not found Olive in any census from her birth till 1900 when she was married to Robert. Her parents are listed on her death certificate as Jacob and Mary Bowser and her obituary as being born in Armstrong County with numerous siblings, but no names listed. Jacob and Mary are listed at the "late" Jacob and Mary Bowser.
Olive died in Salem Ohio 24 December 1923 and is buried in Grandview Cemetery. Robert is buried in Union Dale Cemetery in the GAR plot in Pittsburgh PA.


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What do oil and genetically engineered (GE) rice have in common? The ability to get multinationals in a whole lot of trouble, apparently. BP is battling the oil spill in the Gulf and desperately trying to employ some sort of brand damage control that will work – both efforts seem to be doing rather badly. Bayer had a similar instance of corporate turmoil in 2006 when a variety of genetically engineered (GE) rice they were developing contaminated the US rice supply. Bayer are trying there damndest to avoid any comparison between the two – especially as both have affected communities in the same part of the US. Last week they asked the judge ruling on their contamination cases to ban any reference to the oil spill from the trial.You might ask what Bayer is so worried about if they truly believe GE crops are safe. Surely there is no comparison between an oil leak which is killing wildlife and fouling beaches and a harmless rice variety escaping? Therein lies the problem – no one has proved conclusively that GE crops are safe, and not surprisingly, many people are not convinced they are. This is why Bayer is now in court – their contamination of the US rice supply led to up to US $ 1.285 billion in damage to various players in the US rice market, from amongst other things, lost markets. Markets throughout the world closed to US rice imports following the contamination. Soon Bayer will be back in court facing more angry farmers and representatives from the rice industry. Bayer's attempt to avoid mention of the oil spill is not their first attempt at influencing court proceedings. They reportedly have also tried to strike a juror from the jury because they were a "Greenpeace contributor", and Greenpeace is opposed to GE crops. It's a risky strategy; because as more and more of the repeated failures of GE crops become apparent they could find themselves rather stretched to find any jurors at all (assuming the court would be opposed to a jury full of Bayer employees of course!). Bayer seems pretty intent on following it though – along with their attempt to stop people mentioning the oil spill (maybe they think it will go away?) they also filed a motion to clarify that Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth are "vociferously" opposed to GE crops. Looks like the same problem here. Last time I checked there were a lot more than 2 organisations opposed to GE crops. In fact both Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth have many different campaigns - there are many organisations (and all their members) which campaign exclusively against GE crops.One might say that both companies were asking for it. There are inherent risks both with drilling for oil deep under the sea, and with trialing genetically engineered plants in field tests. Bayer has even admitted this themselves, saying that "[e]ven the best [containment protocols] can't guarantee perfection". Instead of trying to limit damage from these environmental and economic disasters, we should be implementing permanent solutions. GE contamination? Ecological farming doesn't pollute the environment with toxic chemicals or genetic engineering. Oil spills? Greenpeace's Energy [R]evolution maps out a path to a renewable energy future.Join Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and Avaaz in calling for a moratorium on all GE crops in the EU. Demand a GE free future. We aim to collect 1 million signatures – is yours one yet? Sign the petition here.
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i like the comparison of the oil spill and GE contamination, but from what you're saying, it seems that the only damage caused by the GE contamination...
i like the comparison of the oil spill and GE contamination, but from what you're saying, it seems that the only damage caused by the GE contamination case was due to a societal/economic construct, rather than something inherently dangerous about GE. by this i mean that if other world markets hadn't refused to import GE rice, then people, ie farmers whose rice was contaminated, would not have had any problems. surely the fact that 'no one has proved conclusively that GE crops are safe' is not the only problem with GE. i guess what im trying to say is that oil spills kill things, damage ecosystems and cause a lot of economic damage. this is pretty hard to argue with, but how does GE compare with this..?
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Ummm... Didn't gtyler pretty much answer your question, fatboy? Uncontrolled oceanic oil gushers and invasion by genetic monstrosities are not exactl...
Ummm... Didn't gtyler pretty much answer your question, fatboy? Uncontrolled oceanic oil gushers and invasion by genetic monstrosities are not exactly the same, but there are similarities.
Those poor gulf coast peoples; they are hit with triple, quadruple whammies. Back to back hurricanes, corporate destruction of their markets, and now toxic devastation of their livelihoods. How are we ever going to account for the lives, the communities, that are shredded by our negligence and our ignorance? Community is an organic, a fragile thing; can we ever fully account for it?
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as i said, listenin, i like the comparison, and i'll say now that i also think it is valid. but as this is a blog essentially about GE, i think the pr...
as i said, listenin, i like the comparison, and i'll say now that i also think it is valid. but as this is a blog essentially about GE, i think the problems associated with GE, other than the corporate destruction of (economic) markets, should also be mentioned.
anyway, what good does feeling sorry for these poor gulf coast people or ourselves do in the end. its time we took back control of our markets, became accountable to ourselves, and stopped using ignorance and negligence as excuses. thats community, accounted for or not.
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I think fatboy has made a very good point here. Sure, the societal/economic affects are worthy of our concern but what about the environmental affects...
I think fatboy has made a very good point here. Sure, the societal/economic affects are worthy of our concern but what about the environmental affects? The environment is also "organic"and "fragile". While the oil spill has provided for sensationalized, heart-breaking images, how can we account for the contamination of rice crops with a non-organic species? Perhaps it is unfortunate that the majority need to see the damage to believe it or need to hear about it from the respected scientists because the deepest connotation of the words we use, such as community and organic for instance, can not be directly seen or measured.
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Don't mention the OIL!
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It's hard to chose a "best part" for your B&B, Diane, but if my arm were twisted just a tiny bit, I'd say the "at your door" breakfast delivery is the tops! No getting presentable to talk to strangers, no chatter before coffee, bathrobes on the deck - couldn't ask for better!
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I agree with you Shirley. I truly love delivering breakfast to our guest's door! The many years I traveled for both work and pleasure, one of my favorite things was room service. I always felt pampered and special. I want all of our guests to feel that way too!
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0-60 3.5 seconds, GAS used 2 gallons? LOL
0-60 4.4 seconds, 10 cents of electricity?
IMO, no comparison. if you want a gas guzzler, they have been around for years!
On the other hand:
Coast-to-coast driving time: 52 hours
Coast-to-coast driving time: 8 days
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I'll bet the Model S could still drive circles around it in real world driving.
I have driven a lot of super powerful V8 sport cars, and the one thing that I notice the most, compared to the Model S, is lag to speed. ICE engines still have to gear up to speed (20%...50%...80%...100%).
The Model S is 100% on demand instantly, at any speed.
@h8tow8 - if a gas supercar is your thing, why not get an F12 Berlinetta or an MP4-12C?
The price of that Audi S8 can really add up with those options. That leather was expensive! I think that car also looks very boxey, regardless of how fast it is. Reminded me of a Taurus SHO.
Silly conversation. What's the point? Sure you can find cars that are faster. So what? These forums are not about talking about fast cars. I'm sure there are plenty if places to do that. Go find one of those and stop boring those of us who care about performance and the environment.
I think Jason H. Harper at Bloomberg said it best…
"…The Model S's electric motor delivers all of its full torque instantly. The initial moment of acceleration is as good as any supercar I've recently driven, outside of the $2.5-million Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport."
Remember, Jason test-drives many exotic cars for a living, and nothing street-legal beats a Bugatti Veyron Grand Sport!
Motor Trend says that the Model S does 60 in 3.9 and the Audi in 3.5.... not much in it. Also the model S does that with the traction control etc fully engaged. Be sure not to mix test results from different testing people since they have different standards.
If you look at the Panamera Turbo S it too does 60 in 3.4 to 3.5 HOWEVER that is with launch control on and prepping the car with the right revs etc. If it has the traction control on (which unless you are a racing driver you would be nuts not too for road driving) the Panermera Turbo S is only .1 sec ahead to 60 and .2 sec to 80! That is essentially nothing. These are according to Inside LIne test results. I doubt that the Audi is any better.. but I could be wrong.
I still think that the Model S will knock the socks off the Audi and the Panermera Turbo S in the 5-60 race. This is much more telling of usable real world acceleration.
For most of us, faster than 4 seconds is purely an abstraction - essentially about bragging rights.
But for those who truly covet this, look for the AWD Model S, (a more equivalent comparison to the S8).
My unofficial projection is that a Performance AWD S will deliver about 2.9 seconds, which is Lamborghini-grade performance (in a sedan!). (Personally, I think the 2WD S P85 is way cool, and I don't care to wait for AWD).
Model S beats the comparable 2WD Audi A8.
The Audi is a great car, but it represents the apogee of the old.
The Model S does more, with greater refinement, and yet demands less from the planet.
And as to looks?
Well, let's just say I would have a polite conversation with the A8 ... but spend the night with the S.
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@MarkK - to get 2.9 with the current Model S weight the motors would need to deliver about 600kW (800HP) . Adding a 200kW motor to the front wheels could potentially do this; not sure if the batteries could dump that much current.
Agreed... I wonder if the 4w (vs 3.1w battery now in use) could dump this current. It seems to be almost enough. Maybe that is why we are not seeing the 4 wheel drive just yet.
S8 sounds great, but lets wait for actual performance numbers and remember that the p85 could still beat it from 5-60 which is more common than revving up your engine at a light.
The e-ton. More e-vapourware? TM's achievement looks better and better.
typo: "The e-tron." Arrrrr....
Tried to check Audi website about the specs of the S8. Their website makes this one look unbelievably good site. Audi website must be top ten worst website I have seen.
Looking at other websites S8 looks like reasonable car, though 8-speed transmission sounds a bit too much hassle for normal driving, and Audi has a lot less storage space than Model S does.
@DouglasR, once SC infrastructure is in place coast to coast driving times wont be very different between those two. If the situation would be reverse and gas stations were not yet in place but SC were then it would be
Coast-to-coast driving time: never. (audi S8)
Coast-to-coast driving time: about 55 hours (Model S)
Coast to coast being San Francisco - New York, about 75mph speed, charger used 15 times (every about 200 miles).
I've owned a few Audis - Not reliable at all. Especially the larger displacement units. Great interiors, and driving dynamics though.
Beauty is in the complete package - over time
@Timo, I'll take the Model S anytime. However, it cannot be denied that while the Model S provides a wonderful benefit in not requiring gasoline, it will be many years before it is as convenient as an ICE for cross country travel. I know that the proposed SC national map does not provide actual locations, but it does not offer a very convenient route for getting from where I live (Seattle) to the east coast. Perhaps some day TM will license it's supercharger technology, and SC stations will become as ubiquitous as gas stations. Until that day, the difficulty of cross country travel will be a disadvantage of the Model S, to be weighed against its many advantages.
It's an automatic ("slushbox"), tho' you can paddle-shift on the column if you insist. 15/24 mpg.
Also now aluminum; 4400 lbs.! $110K base; how would that price out in Finnland, or Norway? 4L, 520 Hp. Topped at 155 mph.
C&D considers it an unsporty executive rocket. LOL
Typo: Finland.
Audi S8 in Norway costs about $315k without options. So about 3x the price of a MSP with all options.
At some point the acceleration potential is limited by traction, not by power. So the AWD probably makes the difference, and the AWD Model S will likely be faster. I would assume NOT needing the Performance inverter and motor at the back- use two standard ones instead.
First off, Model S is not trying to be the fastest sedan, just happened to be one of the fastest.
I am wondering about a 50 to 100 mph race: The S8 gets 26 mpg highway, to achieve that it shuts off 4 out of 8 cylinders. How about cruising at 50 mph, then accelerating to 100?
C&D mentioned a fairly smooth transition. (Even sound doesn't tell much, as there is "stereo" noise-cancellation.) But going up&down much would certainly impact mileage.
2012 or 2013 Audi S8 is not for sale in Finland apparently (based on audi website). One of the online stores gives one car for bit less than 200kEUR which would translate to about $250k (without any options, so as basic as it comes, and without delivery fee, and I'm not sure all of the taxes are in that price tag).
Actually Elon's goal was indeed the fastest, safest, best looking, most practical sedan. I realize fastest probably wasn't number one, but I think it did just fine.
Well, he intervened late in the production set-up to emphasize more "oomph" at passing speeds. Much more important than speed off the line!


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Betty Crocker Fun da-Middles Put a Twist on Traditional Cupcakes
Cupcakes are expected to be the fastest growing part of the baked goods industry for the next couple of years, according to Mintel Group Ltd. Minneapolis-based General Mills has devised a little twist on the cupcake sure to appeal to moms and kids – the frosting is inside rather than outside.
Betty Crocker Fun da-Middles is the first boxed cupcake mix of its kind with a specially designed creamy filling that bakes in the middle of the cupcake. Since you no longer need to frost the top of the cupcake, it is an ideal mess-free treat to pack in school (or work) lunches. Just add eggs, water and oil to the batter, fill each cupcake liner approximately one-third of the way with batter and set aside the remaining batter. Squeeze a small amount of filling in the center of each cupcake, top with more batter and bake. Each box contains cupcake mix and filling for 12 regular cupcakes or 24 mini-cupcakes.
Kid favorite varieties include: Vanilla Cake with Creamy Chocolate Filling, Chocolate Cake with Creamy Vanilla Filling and Vanilla Cake with Creamy Vanilla Filling. (Moms would love a chocolate cake with chocolate filling – hint, hint).
"The convenience of a home-baked 'out of the oven and done' cupcake is what moms will love about Fun da-middles," said Liza Dopp, marketing manager for Fun da-middles. "With the filling in the middle, they are portable and less messy, allowing kids to take the fun with them wherever they go."
Suggested retail price is $3.29.


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Transfer Overhaul Keys Successful Takeover Job
|A 600-ton Aida press that used to run progressive and hand-transfer dies at Steel Parts Manufacturing now runs three different transfer-die sets, two of which are transmission stampings the firm took over from another stamper.
Instead, SPM decided to seek a solution on the used-equipment market, looking for a system that would suit its press and stamping process. After some searching, in March 2009 HMS managed to locate for SPM a used HMS Series 600 servo-mechanical transfer system. SPM then contracted HMS to procure the system, refurbish it, set it up at the factory to qualify it, and then run it off.
A Quick TransformationThe transformation had to occur in a very aggressive timeframe. Having brought in the dies for the parts, production operators at SPM were running multiple shifts in hand-transfer mode to keep pace with the existing production requirements. SPM sent existing tooling and station samples to HMS for evaluation and modifications in order to run in the newly automated press.
Over a two-month timeframe, HMS went to work refurbishing the transfer system. Mounting attachments were reworked, guides torn apart and reworked, controls were upgraded and a fresh coat of paint applied. Once the equipment was ready, HMS and SPM engineers worked closely to create a window to commission the equipment and to support limited production runs.
Tooling Phase One
Due to price-point and timing requirements, the two companies decided that SPM should use the existing transfer-finger tooling as a starting point. Considerable modifications to the dies were required to get this process to operate in this press and transfer system. These modifications—primarily to guide mechanisms—were driven by differences between the original transfer system and the refurbished HMS system, and in the press characteristics. Press stroke went from 24 in. down to 16 in. with the Aida press, and clamp-axis travel went from 13 to 14 in. down to 8 in. with the HMS transfer system. These changes were accommodated for during a series of Internet-based design-collaboration meetings between HMS Engineering, SPM's engineering department and the die vendor.
At install in June 2009, the transfer system and two sets of finger tooling ran off at 12 strokes/min., with abrupt movements required from the transfer automation because of the existing timing and clearance conditions. This was a huge improvement over the hand-transfer setup, and SPM's customer visited the plant and bought in on its ability to supply the parts in a transfer mode for the long term
Tooling Phase Two
The next step in the project addressed three issues simultaneously:
• Production-volume ramp-up on the two existing parts;
• Addition of a third part currently being run at SPM using an in-die transfer mechanism; and
• Additional equipment to improve quick-die-change (QDC) capability.
The volumes for the transmission components were scheduled to increase rapidly, and at the same time SPM decided to configure a third part for the newly automated press. This part had been running in an in-die transfer system that was exhibiting reliability problems.
During phase two of the project, SPM engineers went to work revisiting the finger tooling used for the first two parts, while enabling the tooling to accommodate the third part from the in-die transfer tool. They also sought to incorporate swing-gate access to the press bolster to optimize conditions to implement QDC procedures.
HMS designed and manufactured an engineered transfer tool to replace the fabricated tooling that had been in use, which featured an open-top shovel design. The new engineered tools, installed in January 2010, have proven to be much more rigid, and the fingers were precision machined for each part stage—parts are gripped front to back, top to bottom and left to right, extremely secure. And, new flat-pack sensors were added, replacing aging sensors so that sensing range was increased and the likelihood of nuisance faults minimized.
Immediate and Considerable Improvements
The improvements were immediate and considerable–press speed jumped from 12 strokes/min. to 27 strokes/min., transfer motions became more relaxed, and part handling became more reliable.
Says Vance Witham, SPM tooling engineering manager: "Complete die review and optimization of the dies to the finger tooling proved to be the most important components in effectively bringing in the new transfer dies. And by creating better transfer timing and part-handling conditions, the process runs much more reliably and there are many more parts in the dunnage bin at the end of each shift." MF
See also: HMS Products Co., Aida-America Corporation, A Subsidiary of AIDA Engng LLC
Related Enterprise Zones: Automation, Presses
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
Carloan.com and AVV Web Control
Carloan.com and AVV are both members of the Dominion Dealer Solutions family of brands that provide products and services to auto dealers across the US.
We are reaching out to existing AVV customers for the first time to offer them additional support in their goal to SELL MORE CARS!® with their AVV Web Control Internet Lead Management (ILM) system using Carloan.com auto finance leads and consulting expertise. Part of this outreach is in the form of HTML emails.
Content is still under development, we're relying on you to come up with the compelling visuals.
-working in sales at auto dealerships
-US-based – ages 25-54 – "driver" personalities – gender neutral
-Think of them has having ADD, we have to capture their attention fast
-Tech savvy, intelligent, numbers-driven
-Very busy
-interested in selling more cars, and quickly.
Themes: "Keep it in the family" or "Friends and Family"
Brand Buzzwords: Polished, professional, trustworthy
Primary objective: = Conversion - induce visitors to click through to a landing page
Relevant company websites:
• Two versions of an email layout in graphic format and supporting HTML
• Maintain common color scheme for AVV brand
• Stock images allowed with proper disclosure
• Include both company logos
• Not cartoonish or outlandish (see buzzwords)


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HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane announced the appointment of H. Geoffrey Moulton Jr. to lead the office's internal investigation into how the Sandusky child abuse case was handled. Moulton will serve as a Special Deputy Attorney General with the Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General, reporting directly to Kane.
"Mr. Moulton is a highly respected former federal prosecutor who will assist us in providing a comprehensive and independent examination of the facts surrounding the handling of the Sandusky investigation," said Kane. "Once the facts have been uncovered, my office will make these findings available to the public."
Moulton, an Associate Professor at Widener University School of Law, will begin his work effective immediately. His prior work experience includes eight years as a federal prosecutor with four as First Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In that capacity, he was responsible for the day-to-day operation of an office of 130 lawyers, supervised all major cases in the office — both civil and criminal — and served as a principal point of contact with state and federal law enforcement agencies.
From 2009 through 2011, Moulton served in senior positions in the federal government in Washington, D.C., first as Chief Counsel to U.S. Senator Ted Kaufman of Delaware, where he was responsible for all aspects of the senator's work on the Judiciary Committee and the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, including drafting and shepherding aspects of major financial fraud and health care fraud legislation.
Moulton then served as Chief of Staff and Deputy Special Inspector General for the Office of Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP). At SIGTARP, Moulton was responsible for the day-to-day management of an agency of more than 140 employees, including auditors, criminal investigators, and staff. He supervised all agency investigations of fraud and other criminal activity related to TARP as well as all agency audit and evaluation activity.
In 1993, as the project director for the U.S. Treasury Department, Moulton prepared a comprehensive and widely praised report concerning the failed Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) raid on the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas. His report resulted in important changes in the policies and procedures at both ATF and the Treasury Department.
Moulton is a former U.S. Supreme Court law clerk. He clerked for the Honorable William H. Rehnquist, and also served as law clerk to the Honorable Wilfred Feinberg, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Moulton earned his undergraduate degree from Amherst College and his law degree from Columbia University School of Law, where he was on the Law Review.