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Here it is, almost 3 in the morning, and of course, I am wide awake with no sign of sleep. I've wrestled for over a month now on how to start this blog...or if I should even start one at all. It is more clear than ever tonight, I must start typing without hesitation...with little worry on grammar and punctuation, and focus on flowing feelings and truth. I promise other posts won't be so long, as I already know it's going to take a while to tell my story. The name, "Every Day is a Country Song" pretty much sums it all up...my life! Every day we all face new challenges - sometimes the unexpected - and some days seem like they are the mirror image of the day before...being it good or bad. Some days you feel like your life is so crazy, you're living a real life country song! Unlike many people, I do love me some country music! I had the idea to start this blog a month ago when my husband, Steve, and I went away to Nashville and The Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. I thought of the title shortly before leaving, and as we drove (Steve driving 12hrs, me driving 1hr LOL) I sat and listened to the lyrics to so many songs that touched my heart. I'm going to take a song and a set of lyrics to apply as the "theme" behind each blog post.
My very first post, "Crazy Faith," is a song by Alison Krauss (my favorite). I love these lyrics..."I lit my love and watched it burn, asking nothing in return, except the lessons I will learn, by holding crazy faith." This past year and a half has been full of crazy faith!
pictures of Steve and I in Nashville, TN <3
Steve and I on a carriage ride in Nashville <3
Steve and I touring the Gand Ole Opry <3
at our cabin in the smokies before heading back to Nashville to see a concert at the Grand Ole Opry <3
Alison Krauss <3
beautiful view from the cabin
My hope for this blog is to be exactly what a blog is for most people...an outlet for feelings and venting emotions. I don't want to hold back or sugar coat things. I want to let it out with no worry of "should or shouldn't I have said this or that"...or questioning what people will think. I know most people wouldn't post such personal things as I'm going to write about, and I know there are some very opinionated people out there. I have learned in these past few years especially, whose opinions matter and whose don't...I have learned the difference between people giving you caring advice out of concern and love. And people thinking they know it all when they haven't a clue -often saying things when it isn't their place to. I have learned that people will either be for you or against you. And I am so grateful to have so many people there for us in this journey! I've been told by many people I should "write a book." And this blog...will be my book. I am obsessed with taking pictures. I have my online scrapbook on facebook...but pictures, never tell the whole story. This will be my story. This will be our story. Steve read this whole entry, knows I am posting it, and isn't ashamed of anything I wrote, as he shouldn't be. My hopes are that sometimes this blog will pass by people who can relate and understand on some level, even if in the smallest of ways. My husband and I have had quite the "country song" these past couple years! We married in January 09' in Las Vegas followed by a wedding in October 09'. Since then, I have learned more than I could have imagined about love, trust, faith, and finding your strength when there seems to be none left. I always said I'd start a blog when I had my first child, and while I am not expecting at this moment, I am hoping that some day I will be fortunate enough to post about that. I have known that I wanted to be a mother since I was a little girl. I know many women feel this way. I grew up with my mom always present, being a stay at home mom. She outdid herself. She did it all. She was strong and bold and pushed my brother and I to do our best. My parents later divorced when I was a teenager. Where my grades were no longer a reflection of all she taught me, she taught me about life and the real world. I have her to thank for my openness, honesty and compassion. She showed me what it was to truly sacrifice, roll with the punches, smile and laugh through the pain and never give up. And that is exactly what I have been doing this past year and a half. Some days definitely better than others...but I am always, every day, holding onto "crazy faith."
My Mom and I <3
Mom and I, Christmas 2010
Steve and I started trying for a family at the end of October 2009, right after our wedding. Some people thought we were rushing, but we knew what we wanted, and looking back, we are so glad we did when we did. I remember how fast my heart was pounding, not even 2 months later, as I had a positive pregnancy test staring right back at me. I remember feeling so lucky...thinking, this was too easy. Not even a week later, I was spotting and ended up having an early miscarriage. We were heartbroken, naturally. It was that feeling of, "I can't believe this is happening to me"...but we felt positive that we'd be just fine and were looking towards trying again. I remember not wanting anyone to find out but close friends and family...telling my mom to stop telling all of her teacher friends, because people I know would find out. I worried so much about that at the time. Fast forward to today, and it sounds crazy, but not too crazy to talk about - I have had 5 miscarriages since we started our journey for a family. It is who I am. It is who Steve and I are. And our story truly began with this journey...It has taught us so much about love and life.
A few pictures of the beginning of our story....
Our Wedding, October 2009 <3
The day I found out I was pregnant for the 1st time...December 2009 <3
Mom and I, Christmas 2009 <3 (the "good luck" angel she gave to me)
A much needed date w/the Mr
My doctor told us to wait two cycles and then start trying again...so in February, we did, and within two more cycles I found out super early on that I was pregnant again at the end of March 09'. We had our first ultrasound at the end of April. And shortly after, I found myself miscarrying again at the beginning of May. My Dr told me that he wanted to do an ultrasound to see if we lost "both of them." We were pregnant with twins. He hadn't told us yet because he wanted to make sure at our 2nd ultrasound that they were both still there (because of the common case of "vanishing twin syndrome.") Sadly, we already had lost both. That by far was the most physically painful loss. It was like a really mean trick...to be told there were twins when we were already miscarrying. I felt scared...my heart ached...and at times, I felt numb. It was right around Mother's Day and my Mom wrote me the nicest card. I held onto her words..."count your blessings when times are trying...I do, and count you and your brother as my greatest blessings." It is so true - when times are rough and trying, we all tend to feel like everything in our life is going horribly. We find it hard to focus on the positives in our life. I am and always will be thankful for all the blessings in my life. I know it could be so much worse...I am healthy, Steve is healthy, my friends and family are healthy, and I have so much love in my life!
Steve and I, Easter 2010 <3
Mother's Day 2010 <3
Mother's Day gifts from my Mom
After our 2nd loss, we decided we would take an extra month or two after our doctor's orders of again, a 2 cycle break. Our doctor performed an HSG test...where he checked my uterus for abnormalities. He ran tons of blood work to see if anything would show up. Everything checked out perfect. He said it was a case of bad luck and was sure we'd be fine next time. Once we got the news, we started trying again in August. I remember finding out I was pregnant on the last day of August. I couldn't believe it - again, we were getting pregnant so easily and it didn't make sense how we could have anymore bad luck. All of our friends were so positive, and we felt like this one just had to work. Not even a week and a half later, I was spotting and ended up having an early miscarriage right before my birthday in September. I turned 28. Steve, my friends, and family made it such a bittersweet birthday for me. They went out of their way to make it extra special...and it was!
Jessica Kelly and I out to dinner for my 28th Birthday <3
Me and Kelly out for a birthday lunch after pedicures <3
Steve and I <3
Mom Me and Brigid <3
Mom Nicholas Me and Dad
I can honestly say that third one hurt emotionally - the most...more than the first or second and more than the fourth or fifth...because I truly felt like there HAD to be something wrong. Three strikes, I'm out, kinda feeling. This was not normal. I was beside myself and my doctor told me basically, he didn't know what else he could do for me...being that all my tests came back fine. We decided to make an appointment with a fertility doctor right away. We had our first appointment in the beginning of October 10'. It was then that we met our wonderful doctor who has been another blessing in our life. He is open, honest, caring and really understands what you're going through. He told me he didn't want to waste any time and was really puzzled at our year so far. He decided to run every blood test under the sun on me...even the ones I had already had. I had another procedure where he tested my lining. Everything came back fine.
like I said, I take pictures of EVERYTHING! ;)
He gave Steve a blood work slip for karyotype testing and other blood tests. He told Steve, "no rush on it," as the chances of anything coming up is slim to none. He started me on Clomid (a fertility drug that helps you ovulate). I was already ovulating perfectly, but his hopes were that it would make me produce more than one egg, giving me a higher chance of more babies - therefore resulting in more chance of a pregnancy "sticking." He told us to start trying right away in mid-October, so we did just that. About a week and a half later we got the call that all my tests came back in range and right where they should be. As much as you'd think we would be happy, we felt even more helpless because we didn't have an answer! I didn't get pregnant that cycle and another week passed. I will never forgot the phone call I received in November. A nurse from the doctor's office called to ask me to schedule an appointment for me and Steve to talk to our doctor. I told her we already had an appointment the following week and thought maybe they had overlooked it. She said, "No, this is to talk about some of your husband's blood work results we just received." I remember walking down my steps as she was talking and holding onto the railing because I was shaking so hard. I couldn't even mutter, "what is this about?" to her because I was so scared and taken back. I told her I would talk to my husband and call her back. As soon as I was off the phone, I called Steve. I was hysterical. I was thinking the worst. We called right back and the office was already closed. I didn't know how I was going to wait to find out what I already was thinking was true. I called my friend, bawling...trembling, and told her what was going on. I remember telling her, "It's gotta be his karyotype test...something has got to be wrong with the chromosomes...that was what he was tested for."...I knew what that meant. I knew that if it was, what was causing my miscarriages, it would basically mean we weren't "compatible"...and even though I didn't know for sure yet, I had this aching feeling in my stomach that it was. I remember asking my friend if she thought it too. She did. We cried together. I picked myself up and went off to clean. (I'm a cleaning lady for all types of offices) That will be another post and another "country song." ;) I was cleaning an office with my brother that day. And then, I got that call. I can remember every single second. I was cleaning one of the powder rooms when Steve called me from work to say he got a hold of our doctor. He had him paged. Leave it to Steve to find a way to get that doctor on the phone after hours. He had the news. Steve told me the doctor said Steve's blood work showed he had a chromosomal inversion of chromosome pair 4...that basically one side of that pair broke off and replaced itself upside down. It wasn't missing any pieces, it was balanced, and it was, "the better of the two" types of inversions. It was nothing health wise for Steve to worry about, because it happened all when Steve was a ball of cells. It has and will always be his DNA. This is what was causing the miscarriages. When a pregnancy occurs, my DNA mixes with his DNA. If the "mixed-up" side of his chromosome pair 4 is the one to "mix" with my DNA, it can cause abnormalities...not always, but it is pretty much a game of chance. The doctor told him that the lab wrote, "we were advised to seek genetic counseling and be prepared for a high chance of infertility, recurrent miscarriages and genetic abnormalities in our pregnancies." The chances of this inversion is less than 1%...after our first two miscarriages, when Steve asked my regular ob if he should be tested, he almost laughed and shook his head, and said, "No, you're fine". While Steve was explaining everything, I can remember hanging onto the sink, tears streaming down my face, my heart beating so fast and loud, I could hear it. I kept saying, "NO NO NO!" Steve was trying to calm me down but was still at work. I could tell he was terrified and in shock. When I got off the phone, I let out the most loud, horrible cry. I ran to find my brother and fell into his arms, sobbing uncontrollably. My brother, Nicholas, hugged me close and let me cry, sob and ramble without making any sense until I gained my composure. I'm tearing up as I write this because that is one of those moments in my life, I will remember every single detail of...forever.
Crying like a baby, seeing my brother for the 1st time on my wedding day
I got home after cleaning and Steve still wasn't home. I knew he was taking it just as hard, if not harder than I was, and I wanted him to have his time and space to process everything. I had "toughened up" a bit in a few short hours and was in the state of mind where you're laughing, crying, screaming and not knowing how to feel next. When he came home, he hugged me and immediately started sobbing on me. We cried in silence for a good twenty minutes. He kept apologizing, and it was ripping my heart out to see him like this. I needed to be strong for him. He has been so strong for me...he has pulled me through and seen it all this past year and a half. He has never made me feel like it was my fault. And now, here he was feeling totally to blame. I assured him that I would never resent him for this, that it wasn't his fault, it was uncontrollable and I loved him no matter what. We went through a really rough patch in November. I saw a very vulnerable side of Steve that I had fallen in love with when we first met. As sad as it all was, I felt closer to him. We felt closer...We felt like if we can get through this, we can get through anything. It was coming onto Thanksgiving and again, feeling like I didn't want it to be ruined, I pushed through with the wonderful help of friends, family and faith. We met with our doctor shortly after the news and to our surprise, he told us he wanted us to try again "naturally." He told us because Steve's inversion was balanced, and he wasn't missing or gaining any chromosomal material, we had a chance at a healthy baby of our own. He told us it's not for everyone, but he could see we were a strong couple, and if we could roll with the punches, we should go for it because he has seen other couples make it happen. He assured us he'd tell us when enough was enough. And that's just what we did. I continued on the fertility drugs to produce more eggs. He upped my dosage because now, more than ever, the more eggs, the more babies. And the more babies, the higher chance I had that at least one would "match up." I was definitely beginning to feel like a lab rat and giant science experiment. But I had the faith...something telling me to keep going. I have never been a fan of taking medication. And now, being on all types...I realize it's different. I despise the side effects of some of them, but I would do anything to help us have a family. If it meant me stabbing myself in the leg every day, I would do it. I found out I was pregnant a fourth time, three weeks before Christmas 10'. With knowing our odds, I wasn't super optimistic, but I thought of it as at least being one step closer to getting to where we wanted to be. I miscarried again very early. This time, it wasn't so bad. I unfortunately expected it and was being realistic. This time, at least we knew why. Plus, It was Christmastime and there was no way we weren't going to enjoy all of our blessings.
Some pictures of just a few of the blessings I am thankful for...
My doctor wanted to waste no time again, and I was back to trying. Only this time, he wanted to start performing IUI's...we were thrilled to find out our insurance covered unlimited IUI's. Where we had no problems getting pregnant, this would only up our odds of getting the most "bang for our buck. IUI (not to be confused with IVF), basically "puts the guys exactly where they need to be at the perfect time." So, they aren't glamorous, I will tell you that. I won't go into detail, but I'm sure you can imagine the pressure. We were to still continue trying naturally and come in on the day of ovulation for the procedure. We had our first in January. They monitor me mid-cycle to see how many eggs I have. I have produced as many as five! The average seems to be three. I had three that time. It was super painless...all I felt was a bit of pressure, a pinch and it was over. Two weeks later, in February, I was pregnant for a fifth time. Our doctor was sure this one would be the one. We so wanted to believe it too. However, a couple weeks later, another miscarriage...our fifth. So, off to Nashville and the Smokies we went. It felt wonderful to get away from all the bullsh*t...to not have to go to the doctors a gazillion times that week and get poked and prodded with needles and other unmentionable objects. We got home and reality set in...what's next?! Our doctor said to "get right back up on that horse." I was exhausted all over again but I was ready for another try...or at least that's what I kept telling myself. It had become habit at this point and I knew stopping wasn't going to get us anywhere. Our doctor always assured us that he would never tell us to try if he didn't think it was healthy...and that it was "good" my body always realized something wasn't right. Our IUI in March did not get us pregnant. March was our breaking point. Steve and I, after a year and a half of this roller coaster/merry-go-round were feeling everything in full effect. We were feeling truly helpless. We were feeling like we couldn't and didn't even want to talk to each other because we had nothing "good" to say. We knew it wasn't our fault and that we were saying things we didn't mean out of pure frustration and the fear of the unknown. I a lot of times tell myself I don't know how good I have it. Still, we felt like what can we do?...we can't change his DNA...we can't do IVF because doctors told us our odds are still slim and extremely costly with the added costs because of the chromosome situation. We thought about adoption and our doctor had told us many months ago, he didn't see that ever being an option for us. Because he knows I can carry a baby and we could have a child of our own. and go through the whole experience that every mother and father dream of. We knew something had to be done. We knew we couldn't keep on like this for too much longer without it affecting our marriage. We talked to our doctor about all of our feelings and he said he was happy to hear everything. He was wondering how much longer we could go without breaking down. I don't know why, but I have always tried to hold in my tears with our doctor...it's funny because I am the biggest crier you could ever meet. I cry at EVERYTHING, lol, and I'm not ashamed to. I guess I thought that the stronger I was in front of him, the more he'd want us to keep trying. So last week, I let it all out...we let it all out, and it was the best thing we could have done. Our doctor was so kind and inspiring with his words. He told us to go through with our 3rd IUI, our attempt at a 6th pregnancy, which we did on April 1st (hmmm, April Fool's Day...is that supposed to make me feel positive about it?...LOL) and that he wanted us to wait and see what happens with this one before we go on with the next step. I had 3 good eggs and he is hopeful we will get pregnant again! So now we wait for 2 weeks to see if we are or not. The waiting game is never a fun one. I keep very busy and that definitely helps! As for what happens if this time doesn't work out, I will talk about that next step in later posts. As for now, it's a lot of hoping, praying for miracles, and being thankful for what we do have, and not mad at what we don't. It's knowing that in whatever way, we will someday live our dream of being pregnant, having a healthy child and starting our family. It's holding onto that crazy faith and keeping it close to us. It's truly believing we will get there.
Like the last verse of this song..."it's crazy, I know, but my faith says so."<3


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CJ CheilJedang's Food Ingredient Business Unit achieved following results from each field of area.
Sweetener Business diversified product groups from sugar to oligosaccharide and café syrup, and expanded its business to functional sweetener products such as Xylose sugar, which decreases the absorption of sugar in the body, and Tagatose sugar, which regulates blood glucose, in order to stand as the global No.1 sweetener company.
Flour Business is based on milling flour manufacturing where it also diversified to pre-mix products, such as muffin mix and ice-cream mix, spreading the 'homemade' culture to consumers. And aAlso, we launched 'Bu-chim(Korean pancake mix)' mix' that suits for pan-frying foods with all natural ingredients to satisfy consumers' needs of health. Furthermore, we also launched the Korean wheat flour using the mills originated from Korea to protect and develop Korean wheat farms.
Last the not least, Oil business is another field where CJ CheilJedang has been launching premium products such as olive oil, grape seed oil, canola oil and rice brain oil in the cooking oil market whichto take over the MS of soybean oil. In addition, CJ introduced the exclusive cooking oils that are highly customized and differentiated for each franchise in the B2B market. Using our own enzymatic system, we developed confectionery fat and fermented soybean meal for feed to expand the oil business area.
Rather than being content of No. 1 in the domestic market, Food Ingredients Business Unit has expanded to China with pre-mix products, to Vietnam with flour business and to plantation field of agriculture for the future resources that will lead us to become one of the Asian Top food ingredient corporations.


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Courtesy of Tufts University Sports Information
MEDFORD, Mass. - With five players scoring in double figures, the 15th-ranked MIT men's basketball team remained undefeated against Division III opponents with a 71-59 victory at Tufts University on Tuesday night at Cousens Gymnasium.
Host Tufts looked as though it may spring an upset, jumping out to a 24-11 lead on the strength of two three-pointers by Dan Cook, good for his six first-half points. Halfway through the first half, Tufts led by 13, its biggest advantage of the game, but MIT started to slowly chip away. Steals and fast breaks allowed the Engineers to climb back into the game, and senior Billy Johnson went four for six from three-point land during the first 20 minutes, including a big shot to tie the game at 26-26 with 5:45 remaining until halftime. Johnson had 12 points to lead MIT in the first half.
Both teams shot well in the first frame, with the Jumbos just two percentage points below
the 50 percent mark at 12 for 25, and MIT two points above it at 14 for 27. Senior tri-captain Jon Pierce led Tufts with eight points in the first half, but the visitors went into the locker room with a four-point lead at 34-30.
Capitalizing on its momentum from staging a late first-half comeback, MIT came out with a burst in the second half. This time they looked to sophomore Noel Hollingsworth for offensive production and interior power. Hollingsworth led MIT with 16 points and 13 boards overall. Freshman Jimmy Burke also found his touch from downtown, capping a 12-1 run to put MIT up 53-42 at the 10:09 mark. Burke hit three shots from deep that consistently killed off any chances of a home team comeback. The Engineers shot 41 percent from behind the arc on the evening (9-22), and finished at 50 percent (25-50) overall.
Late three-pointers by senior Dave Beyel were not enough to pull Tufts to within anything better than a seven-point deficit. The senior forward led Tufts in points with 20 and in rebounds with eight, while adding pairs of steals and assists in 34 minutes. Freshman Scott Anderson contributed 12 points and six boards in the effort, while Pierce finished with 10 points.
Freshman point guard Mitchell Kates played 39 minutes and put up 13 points with six assists for the winners. MIT improves to an impressive 12-1 mark, and next plays Saturday, January 9 at Babson in their first conference game of the year in a 3:00 p.m. contest. The only loss for the Engineers came against Division I foe Harvard on December 28.
The Jumbos fall to 2-7 on the season, and will travel to UMass Boston on Thursday night.
MIT Remains Unbeaten Against Division III Opponents with 71-59 Win over Tufts
Courtesy of Tufts University Sports Information


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Here it is; feature complete and just some minor bugfixes from 1.0:
If you haven't tried it, it comes by default in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid), you can enable the PPA in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) by going to System>Administration>Software Sources>Other Software>Add and adding ppa:robert-ancell/simple-scan then installing the simple-scan package.
Any other GNOME system should be able to build it from source.
From now to 1.0 I wont be adding any new features, just fixing bugs and polishing.
Post 1.0 the major features I'm most interested in are colour management, optical character recognition, integration with gscan/gnomescan, integration with photo management software and storing density information in saved files.
Please help if you can!


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Gerard Butler @ Waverly Inn
Scottish hunk Gerard Butler and a female friend catch dinner at Vanity Fair supremo Graydon Carter's restaurant Waverly Inn in NYC's West Village Thursday night.
Gerard's romantic comedy P.S. I Love You costarring Hilary Swank opens in theaters nationwide today! Sadly, it was received a paltry 15% from RottenTomatoes with critics calling the movie a "romantic cliche," having an "uninspired romantic formula" and simply put, "blithely inept."
Sounds like you should skip this one and save your money. Go see Juno if you haven't already!
Also spotted at the Waverly Inn on Thursday: musician John Mayer and actor Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)


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Manama, October 10, 2012
Bahrain needs to rethink having its currency pegged to the US dollar in order to minimise the risks arising from a slowing American economy, said a top banking expert.
Swiss private bank Bank Sarasin's chief investment officer and asset management head Dr Burkhard Varnholt said, "Bahrain has a strong economy and a strong currency that can easily stand on its own."
"By pegging its currency to the dollar, it risks importing the unintended consequences of what cheap money policy has been doing to the US," Varnholt told the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.
"When you have periods like these, you undermine one of the important mechanisms in capitalism, which is that freely set interest rates allocate capital efficiently," the expert said.
"What we've seen in the last five years has nothing to do with freely set interest rates and has everything to do with government bond market interventions," he added.
Varnholt pointed out that manipulation by central banks had caused investments to take place, which otherwise would not have and that has historically never worked well.
"It should be seen as a risk in Bahrain, when you import this through the currency peg. Bahrain should let its currency float," he added.
The German economist believes that Bahrain's economy will be one of the stronger ones in the GCC region by next year on the back of strong power and oil prices.
"The housing overhang, which was a grave challenge for the Bahraini economy after the big crash worked itself off and is sizeably less felt today and will even balance with housing demand shortly," said Dr Varnholt.
Investors are still complacent about the medium term outlook for oil prices, which he believes would rise to $120 to $130 in the next year and a half.
"The environment remains very favourable for strong power prices and strong oil and gas costs," said the German economist.
"These prove to be helpful forces for the Bahraini economy and if the country can keep up the good steps it has taken over the last 12 months, it will become one of the stronger economies in 2013."
September was the busiest month in recorded history for global bond markets and Bahrain has been playing a critical role through its bond issuances, he added.
"Investors have become more yield-hungry than ever before," said Dr Varnholt.
"Bahrain was just a part and parcel of what has become a global quest for yield, which is ultimately the result of quantitative easing in the US and Europe, which in turn is being exported around the world through pegged currencies."
Bahrain stood out, in relative terms through its offer of a pickup with excellent quality and better risk return ratio than traditional Western long-dated government bonds, he added.-TradeArabia News Service


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Early law enforcement in Walton County was like other unsettled southern counties. Deadly.
The long arm of the law fell short in the 1800s with the less wealthy Southern counties having woefully meager tax bases. Many less fortunate counties without large towns found themselves unable to pay for protection, thus numerous regions depended upon a lone sheriff and his call-up posses. Deputies were expensive and those who could afford them were mostly found in larger municipalities.
Such was likely the case in Walton County.
Most courts did not follow a daily routine due to the expense of court officials. Courts were more commonly held once a month or, if lucky, once a week. Most found the courts impotent mainly because state attorneys received no compensation unless the subject on trial was convicted. One would think that this would lead the state lawyer to extra zeal, but areas for him to cover were extremely large. And due to the absence of law enforcement officers, the attorney would find little evidence collected to proceed with a case. The sheriff also received no regular salary, getting only arrest fees and a small percentage of tax collections.
Convictions were another problem.
In small counties, the settlers were normally related or closely aligned as friends. So procuring a jury was a nightmare. The amount of time to gather evidence spurred the defendant to intimidate or get rid of witnesses. Relatives threatened the witnesses also. So convictions were an uphill battle. Courtrooms filled with friends and relatives gave the proceedings an ugly air.
Like Appalachian mountain courts, many battles ensued outside the courthouse. The southern Allen Clan of a nearby state is the most notorious for courtroom violence. They simply walked in and shot dead the judge, the prosecuting attorney, and the sheriff.
The records show that it was up to the sheriff to find witnesses who were on the run and to find jurymen. Even worse, the impoverished reasoned that the poor man could not fight �money� in the courts and was at an immediate disadvantage if he was a victim.
Walton County was basically in the realm of that situation.
When the son-in-law of Morris Walden was gunned down at his home on a chilly September night in 1863, they gave up on law enforcement�s search for the killer and decided clan justice would have to be fulfilled. The discovered killer was caught plowing his field and each member of a hastily drawn posse put a hole in him so no one could be singled out.
There was never any court proceeding.
When a fellow by the name of W.D. Holly who lived on the east end of Choctawhatchee Bay killed his neighbor and his nephew, events boiled over. He was later found diseased in his cabin from various penetrations to the body. His score was settled by citizen justice and persons unknown.
Real unbiased justice was meted out when outlaws passed through a region. Then the communities, clans, and close-knit settlers would see that �outsider� justice was performed.
Other stories of early Walton no doubt abound with such circumstances. As more settlers moved into the area after the Civil War, the county finally achieved a formal courthouse located in Eucheeanna, and then later moved to DeFuniak Springs.
It was the beginning of Walton�s respectable justice -- not perfect by any means, but vengeful killing slowed, and the people of the county gained confidence in the legitimacy of court proceedings.
The roving judge and traveling state attorney became a thing of the past.
Fair winds to ye matey.
Chick Huettel is a long-time Walton County resident, writer and artist and a former TDC advisory committee member.


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Forbes Report Ranks Wabash in Top 10by Howard Hewitt • May 6, 2008 Share:
Wabash College has been recognized as one of the ten best liberal arts colleges in the nation by the Center for College Affordability & Productivity (CCAP). The report was released in the most recent issue of Forbes Magazine.
CCAP, a two year-old research organization, says it ranks colleges based on results. The CCAP contrasts its ratings with the complex methodology used by U.S. News and World Report in its annual College Guide. Richard Vedder, a scholar who has studied higher education financing, wrote the piece for Forbes. Read the full Forbes story by clicking here.
"Our measures begin with student evaluations posted on Ratemyprofessors.com, a nine-year-old site with 6.8 million student-generated evaluations," says Vedder. "We look at college graduation rates (as does U.S. News). We also calculate the percent of students winning awards like Rhodes Scholarships and undergraduate Fulbright travel grants. For vocational success we turn to Who's Who in America. Though imperfect, it is the only comprehensive listing of professional achievement that includes undergraduate affiliations.
"The biggest surprises come in our list of liberal arts colleges," writes Vedder. "Wabash doesn't make the top 50 on U.S. News' list but ranks tenth with CCAP because of the awards its students won and its showing in Who's Who.
Wabash was No. 10 on the CCAP list behind Williams College, Amherst, Wellesley, Swarthmore, Haverford, Washington and Lee, Barnard, and Whitman. Wabash's North Coast Athletic Conference partner schools were also ranked highly: Oberlin College is 19th, Kenyon is 22nd, Ohio Wesleyan is 59th, and Denison is 74th in the rankings. Other Indiana Colleges include DePauw at 31st, Earlham at 37th, Hanover 73rd. See the full liberal arts rankings here.


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It seems like the main difference in the newer boards was that the backs of the boards come to a point when you are looking at it from above (see RRD, North, Aguera, Mikes Lab...). I had heard this was to stop the nose of the board from bouncing up and down when you are going downwind.
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- Khenchen Thrangu Rinpoche"But the appearance of things and their suchness-their reality, their emptiness-are not sequential such that first one of them occurs and then the other. It is not the case, for instance, that things first exist and later become empty. Rather then appearance of things and their emptiness are simultaneous."
I was trying to get what he means, and then I had this idea of a dog in the forest which finally
seemed to make some sense to me, but I'd love to have any feedback on this:
When walking in the park you don't see many things, and such things remain "empty" to your awareness. There could be a wild dog 50 feet from you laying down in the bush but you're unaware. You have no awareness of it, and the wild dog is empty of significance to you. There could be a thousand other creatures there in the forest living their lives in quiet desperation!
But when a dog runs out and you suddenly are aware of it, then you begin to feel emotions like fear or anxiety. Upon that moment we feel it is 'real' and we have important thoughts and feelings about it. One might fear it could be a threat, and may bite!
But the appearance of the dog and the reality of it does not happen sequentially like that: as though the wild dog is empty of significance to you and then the dog exists and is very important to you at that moment.
Likely the dog has lived for many months or years before you saw it. It's nature was empty of any existence to you, and you totally unaware of it. And certainly the reality of the dog doesn't suddenly come into being because you finally saw it. Instead awareness of the the dog, and it's emptiness of existence are innate aspects of reality, and occur together at the same time!


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks and the euro gained on Friday on signs of progress in talks on releasing aid to Greece and after an influential German survey found business sentiment had improved in Europe's largest economy.
U.S. stocks rose for a fifth day, getting a lift from bellwether technology shares such as Intel (INTC.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O), both up about 2 percent. An index of semiconductor stocks .SOX gained 1.8 percent, while the S&P information technology sector index .GSPT rose 1.6 percent.
Trading on Wall Street ended early after markets were closed Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday. With many investors still on holiday on Friday, volume was low. About 2.8 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq and the NYSE MKT, compared with the daily average for the year to date of 6.5 billion.
The light volume exacerbated moves, and shares of big-cap technology companies climbed as investors took advantage of the day's upward momentum to add to their positions.
"Anyone that was on the sidelines waiting for a pullback like the one we just had in some of the tech names, they're looking for any glimpse of strong price action for 'permission' to enter into those (stocks)," said Todd Salamone, director of research at Schaeffer's Investment Research in Cincinnati, Ohio
Microsoft helped lift the Nasdaq, gaining 2.8 percent to $27.70, while Apple Inc (AAPL.O) rose 1.7 percent to $571.50.
From mid-September to mid-November, the S&P tech sector .GSPT shed about 13 percent as the broader market also dropped.
Research In Motion RIMM.O surged on optimism about its soon-to-be-launched BlackBerry 10 devices, which will vie against Apple's (AAPL.O) iPhone and Android-based smartphones. RIM was up 13.6 percent at $11.66.
Friday also marked the start of the holiday shopping season and gave investors a reason to scoop up retailers' shares on hopes that consumers will go out to spend en masse.
The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI was up 172.79 points, or 1.35 percent, at 13,009.68. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index .SPX was up 18.10 points, or 1.30 percent, at 1,409.13. The Nasdaq Composite Index .IXIC was up 40.30 points, or 1.38 percent, at 2,966.85.
For the week, the Dow was up 3.3 percent, the S&P 500 rose 3.6 percent, and the Nasdaq gained 4 percent.
European shares posted their best weekly gain so far this year after rising for a fifth day on Friday. The FTSEurofirst-300 index of pan-European shares .FTEU3 rose 0.6 percent to end at 1,110.45.
Germany's BASF (BASFn.DE) and Bayer (BAYGn.DE) led a rally in chemical stocks after a German business morale index surprised with its first increase in seven months, raising the prospect that Europe's largest economy can regain some momentum.
Also helping the market, confidence in the global economic outlook got a big boost from the HSBC flash Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index for China, which pointed to an expansion in activity after seven consecutive quarters of slowdown.
The Chinese data followed a report on Wednesday showing U.S. manufacturing grew in November at its quickest pace in five months, indicating strong economic growth in the fourth quarter.
The euro rose as high as $1.2943 on Reuters data, breaking above resistance at $1.2910, its 55-day moving average. It was last trading at $1.2941, up 0.5 percent on the day.
Against the yen, the euro also hit a seven-month high of 106.73 yen and was last at 106.65 yen, up 0.4 percent.
MSCI's world equity index .MIWD00000PUS was up 1.1 percent on Friday at 329.92 points. Earlier, MSCI's broadest index of Asia Pacific shares outside Japan .MIAPJ0000PUS rose 0.7 percent for a weekly gain of 2.6 percent, also its best week for two months.
Optimism about a deal to help Greece, hopes that U.S. lawmakers can agree on a solution to avoid a fiscal crisis, and data showing an improving global economic outlook have driven a rally in riskier asset markets this week.
Greece said the International Monetary Fund had relaxed its debt-cutting target for the country, suggesting lenders were closer to a deal for a vital aid tranche to be paid. But other sources involved in the talks cautioned that the funding gap was far bigger than Greece suggested.
"While we wouldn't want to understate the challenges of reaching agreement on Greece, news reports have described some of the remaining obstacles as technical and legal, and thus the hurdles to a deal do not seem insurmountable," said Nick Bennenbroek, head of currency strategy at Wells Fargo in New York.
Euro-zone finance ministers, the IMF and the European Central Bank (ECB) failed earlier this week to agree on how to get the country's debt down to a sustainable level. They will make a third attempt at resolving the issue on Monday.
U.S. government debt prices mostly dipped on Friday in light post Thanksgiving holiday trading. Bonds' safe-haven allure faded as investors scooped up stocks.
The benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note was down 4/32, with the yield at 1.6917 percent.
In commodities, gold rose above $1,750 an ounce for the first time in more than a month on Friday, gaining 1.3 percent as dollar weakness and options-related buying triggered a technical breakout.
Oil rose above $111 a barrel on Friday as the better-than-expected German business sentiment data helped ease worries about demand in the euro-zone economies, boosting the euro against the dollar, while fresh protests broke out in Egypt and led to supply concerns.
Brent crude futures were up 85 cents at $111.40 a barrel at 1734 GMT. U.S. crude was up 92 cents at $88.32. The U.S. market, which was closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, will not issue a formal settlement price until later Friday.
On Thursday, Israel began withdrawing its army, which had been poised to invade the Gaza Strip in pursuit of militants that had fired rockets into Israel.
Although the Gaza ceasefire is holding, violence has emerged in Egypt. In Cairo's Tahrir Square, thousands of people participated in demonstrations against President Mohamed Mursi. Police fired teargas into the crowd in an attempt to disburse it.
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Wabash Names Two Assistant Coachesby Brent Harris • July 26, 2011 Share:
Jesse McClung and Will Vazquez will join the Wabash College coaching ranks this fall as assistants in the Little Giants' basketball and baseball programs. McClung has been hired as full time assistant basketball coach under first-year head coach Antoine Carpenter. Vazquez will serve as a baseball coaching intern and will work with the College's engagement and retention program.
McClung (left) comes to Wabash from Marian University in Indianapolis, where he spent the past three seasons as an assistant basketball coach. He was responsible for team scouting and player personnel for the Knights in addition to helping develop and direct individual workouts for guards and post players.
McClung was also the director of the 21st Century Scholars Program at Marian for the past two years. He helped recruit and guide students through the admissions and financial aid process, monitored academic progress and attendance, and conducted individual career and developmental workshop sessions for over 160 students in the program.
"Having coached against Wabash during my time at Marian University, I've seen the camaraderie and the level of excellence that Wabash creates," McClung said. "I'm looking forward to this great opportunity to work as part of Coach Carpenter's staff. There is a great winning tradition under former Coach Mac Petty, one that Coach Carpenter will continue. I'm excited to become a part of that proud tradition here at Wabash."
McClung spent two years as an assistant basketball coach at the University of Indianapolis prior to working at Marian. He was the head coach of the Indiana Heat-Elite Academy AAU basketball team out of Bloomington, Indiana in 2006.
"We are ecstatic that Jesse is joining the Wabash basketball program and coaching staff," Carpenter said. "He has an exceptional basketball IQ, a passion for winning, and an understanding of what it takes to be a student- athlete. Jesse has a proven track record as a great motivator, an excellent recruiter, and a person that will build positive relationships with players and students on campus."
McClung earned his undergraduate degree from Ball State University, where he played two seasons on the Cardinals' basketball team and was honored with the team's Spark and Defensive awards. He played a season at the University of Indianapolis while earning his master's degree. Prior to attending Ball State, McClung played two seasons at Barton Community College in Great Bend, Kansas, helping the team to a 50-13 record and the number-one ranking in the NJCAA as team captain.
"Jesse is a great hire for Coach Carpenter's first year at the helm of the Little Giants basketball program," Dean of Students Mike Raters said. "He brings great experience, passion, energy, and knowledge to the assistant coach position. He appreciates and champions our academics-first approach to athletics, evidenced by his work with the 21st Century Scholars program at Marian. Accordingly, we will utilize his expertise with other elements of student life work. I'm very much looking forward to Jesse's contributions to the Wabash College community."
Vazquez (right) joins the Wabash baseball program as a coaching intern after a career as a professional player in the Boston Red Sox organization. He was drafted by the Red Sox in 2007 and was assigned to the Gulf Coast League. He played Single-A baseball for the Greenville Drive and Salem Red Sox from 2008-2010 before advancing to the Double-A Portland Sea Dogs for portions of the 2010 and 2011 seasons as a catcher and infielder.
"I know Wabash takes its athletics very seriously and I'm thrilled be part of the program," Vazquez said. "Baseball is making great strides, having won the North Coast Athletic Conference Tournament championship last year and playing in the NCAA Regional. It's an exciting time to be here. I've had the opportunity to meet some of the players. They're good players and have a willingness to be coached.
"I'm also excited to be able to work with students across various areas of the Wabash campus in the engagement and retention program. I've heard so many examples of the success a Wabash degree can provide, and working with students to help them stay on track to achieve that success will be important."
Vazquez played college baseball at Kent State University. As captain of the team his senior season, he guided the Flashes to the Mid-American Conference Tournament Championship and a berth in the NCAA Baseball Regional. He received his undergraduate degree 2007 and earned Academic All-MAC Baseball Team honors.
"Will Vazquez will intern both with Coach Stevens and with Heather Hines, Coordinator of Student Engagement and Retention," Raters said. "His work with Heather will focus on our student-athletes, a significant responsibility given that over 45 percent of our students begin the year on a varsity roster and that over 60 percent of our incoming freshmen had some contact with a coach in their recruiting process. I'm convinced that Will's interest and personality will help further the engagement and retention effort. I look forward to his contributions both with the baseball program and the student body at-large."
"Will has a tremendous baseball background, having played at Kent State and professionally at different levels in the Boston Red Sox program," Wabash Head Baseball Coach Cory Stevens said. "He's extremely well rounded. His background is as a catcher, but he's also played some infield and outfield. He brings a lot to the table."
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A not-so-bright friend of mine sent me an e-mail that had been forwarded to her and she was forwarding it to everyone and wanted them to forward it to as many people as possible. The jist of it was that within 20 years, sharia (sp?) will have taken-over the U.S., as the muslims with their horrible values try to out-number the christians, with their good values, and the muslims holy book is horrible, but the christians' holy book is wonderful. It said we must act now to put christian laws into place, blah, blah, blah...
WOW. I just hit reply and said NO religion has a place in making laws for our country. We should ONLY follow the Constitution of the United States and that is it!!!!
Of course, no reply from her.
"the dumb" just gets me every time. I can't stand it. lol.
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You're right. They just don't get, do they?
Has your friend noticed how some christians are trying to do the very same thing with Mosaic law, trying to teach creationism in our schools and superimpose christian values on our governments?
Sauce for the goose is NOT a horse of a different color! Your friend could stand to learn more about the concept of secularism.
Loren, I wouldn't hold your breath on her friend willingly seeking more information and knowledge. (Nothing personal, booklover). And you hit it on the nose with Xtians doing the very same thing as Muslims. It's not that Xtians are opposed to theocratic law; with all its concomitant ignorance, bigotry, anti-intellectualism, and barbarism. Rather, they just want the Xtian version of Sharia.
The trouble with theocracy is that everyone wants to be Theo.
– James Dunn
Pat, the LAST thing I expect a dogmatic christian to do is CHANGE.
As for everyone wanting to be "Theo," I wonder if that isn't a product of their insecurity about their faith. I mean, this is why they gather about those who believe the same - for reinforcement, and the best way to insulate themselves against disagreement is To Have EVERYONE Believe The Same.
They're so involved in their pitfall that they can't see that it is one.
...the best way to insulate themselves against disagreement is To Have EVERYONE Believe The Same. And, I would add, persecute, ostracize, or eliminate those that disagree.
But of course - that's SOP!
Congratulations on replying the way you did. We have to do whatever we can do.
Did you see the status I shared about a week ago where a RL friend of mine emailed me and told me that "Satan is the one who wants to remind us of our failings. To feel guilt over it. He prowls like a lion in the night to steal our joy. Jesus wants us to feel his forgiveness and move on."
This is a grown woman with children she's responsible for raising, thinking and talking like this, it creeped me out so badly that I have just ignored her. This was part of her response to me after finding out that I'm an atheist.... you know, the kind of friend that if she writes me back again will get not only the boot, but the foot up the ass with her book on it.... I've had it with stupid and saving stupid's feelings..... That's what I get for being gracious, accepting and considering her feelings... long story.... I try to just love my friends and family no matter how I feel about their imaginary friends, but they don't seem to be adult enough to extend the same consideration to others....
Did you hear what George Zimmerman said about killing Treyvon Martin this morning? I kid you not, he said, "It was Gods will"!!! /shakes head... insanity.... and they did a story on one woman's NDE this morning on the Today show, she was talking about how 'JESUS' was there with her, helping her! A classic case of mental illness but on the news and being fed to us as something worthy of consideration!!! The U.S. has gone batshit insane!
I need to find a 'bat' cave to hide in for a while!
booklover - the guy's name is Ryan Hall, and he'll be running in the Olympic marathon for the US. Hall said in an interview with CNN, "On some days Hall says he will ask God, 'How far do you want me to run today?'"
I'm wondering if a voice came back and said, "Over the edge of the Grand Canyon, Ryan," whether he'd do it or not. Of course, if he doesn't win the marathon, he said he won't blame God, "this time around." Which begs the question, if he misses the bus he's running to catch, is it only then that he blames god?
I have a cousin in Louisiana who sent 3 or 4 "jebus emails" a day the subject line was usually FWD:FWD:FWD "some asshole idea" and a closing plea to send this important information to all your friends (or friends in Christ). I made the mistake of replying at length to one of the "This is a Christian Nation" rants. Bad idea – my cousin forwarded it to all his loony friends and I a got of deluge of emails from the loons – wanting to save me, condemning me to the fires of hell and trying to "reason" with me.....etc. The cousin went on my spam list.
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I totally agree, companies and even some designers (once myself) try to be to corporate. I changed that with some re branding from AquaWebSolutions to my actual name. Acting like I was a team when it was only me.
The reason I DID it was cause people would look at me and think… Uhh, ye um you? I'll get an agency, sorry.
Even if my work stood up pretty well against theirs.
But like you said times have changed and so have I ;)
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