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A small-town Polish boy, Karol Wojtyla, was born to a retired army officer. His mother died of kidney and heart failure, and an older brother died from scarlet fever. From a hard life in Nazi-occupied Poland, he grew up to be Pope John Paul II, the head of the Catholic Church who became the "man of the century."
How did such an unlikely candidate to head the Roman Catholic Church rise so quickly to such prominence? What leadership lessons can we learn from this global spiritual leader who so moved the world?
Leaders Are Readers. (1958): Pope Pius XII named Karol as auxiliary bishop of Krakow. By this time, Karol was a professor of ethics with two doctorate degrees.
Leadership Lesson: Specialized knowledge is key to leadership, along with general studies. Despite the fact that Pope John Paul II had two doctorates in his field, he also studied philosophy and literature. He was a playwright and a poet. He took time to gain knowledge of the world. People are hungering and thirsting for a leader with knowledge and experience.
Leaders Take Time to Pray and Reflect. (1946–2005): As a chaplain for university students in Krakow, Pope John Paul II went on frequent camping and skiing trips and offered counseling and mentorship to the students. On these excursions he would usually take an hour or more to be alone by himself to reflect and pray.
Leadership Lesson: A true leader is the one who prays and reflects about himself and the realities encountered in everyday life. The moments of solitude gave Pope John Paul II a strong internal compass and knowledge of self required of great leaders.
Leaders Are Humble. (1978): Elected pope, John Paul II became the first non-Italian pope in more than 450 years. He was in favor of a simple inauguration ceremony. He had a simple, plain and honest way of communicating that drew people to him. He exemplified the servant–leader role by exemplifying one of the titles of the pope: Servus Servorum Dei (Servant of the Servants of God).
Leadership Lesson: Leadership exercised by walking around and talking with people and listening to their needs earns respect and trust. Pope John Paul II was available with open doors, seeking to understand people and encouraging dialogue. We can learn from his example by not isolating ourselves in the corner office.
Leaders Have Heart. (1979): John Paul II visited Poland for the first time as pope and spoke to the Polish people. He spoke from his heart, from the gut, soul-to-soul, and in their language. The people of Poland saw themselves reflected in him. He encouraged them to "Be not afraid" and to not crawl like animals but to walk tall. His speech ignited the Solidarity Movement that eventually brought down the Communist regime.
Leadership Lesson: The leader that speaks from the heart almost always wins over reason alone. John Paul II did not speak in the typical, official "visiting dignitary" tone, but he spoke from his heart, thus igniting the collective consciousness of the Polish people. If you want to win over people, risk letting down your guard and speak from the heart.
Leaders Are Willing to Forgive. (1983): Pope John Paul II met with his would-be assassin, Mehmet Ali Agca, a Turk in prison. After recovering from gunshot wounds, the pope visited the gunman in prison and offered forgiveness. Later, at the pope's request, the Italian government pardoned Agca in 2000.
Leadership Lesson: The mark of a true leader is his willingness to forgive. It's also a smart leadership approach in the long-term. By offering forgiveness to the person who errs, you accept his weakness. The person also will most likely remain loyal to you.
Leaders Take Full Responsibility. (2000): In the new millennium, Pope John Paul II apologized over and over for any pain the Christian Church had inflicted on any human being during the past 2,000 years, whether it was by action or non-action, from the Crusades to the Holocaust, to the present day. He took full responsibility for his organization, the Church.
Leadership Lesson: Leaders take full responsibility for their organization. The day that Pope John Paul II apologized and took responsibility for the sins of anti-Semitism committed by Christians, he became a truly respected global leader. To be a leader, you must take full responsibility for your actions, your team and, ultimately, for the whole organization or cause you lead.
Leaders Stand For What They Believe In. (1982–2003): Pope John Paul II was the first pope to enter a mosque and a synagogue, the first pope to visit Egypt, a pre-dominantly Muslim country, and, when he visited Auchwitz, the first pope to render homage to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazis. In March 2000, John Paul II made a historical trip to Jordan, Palestine and Israel, visiting Bethlehem, Jerusalem and even Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat along the way.
In 2001, John Paul II was the first pope to visit Greece in 1,291 years. In Athens, Pope John Paul II met with Archbishop Christodoulos, the head of the Greek Orthodox Church. The two leaders aired the serious differences between them and concluded by breaking an Orthodox taboo against praying with Catholics, when together they recited the Lord's Prayer. Pope John Paul II stood for what he believed in and had the courage of his convictions.
Leadership Lesson: Stand up for what you believe in. As a leader, Pope John Paul II was tough but flexible. His flexibility allowed him to meet famous and infamous world leaders and to address difficult issues. But he also had the inner toughness and steely resolve to break down walls and foster reconciliation. As pope and head of the Roman Catholic Church he knew his role was to unify the Church while serving as an apostle of justice and peace. He stood his ground and never wavered, even if it meant alienation. A mind that is clearly focused and single in purpose is powerful beyond measure.
The evening before Pope John Paul II died (April 2, 2005), 70,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square below the pope's bedroom window at the Vatican. Many were young people. When the Holy Father's aides told him of the sight, he gave them a message to deliver to the young crowd — "I have sought you out. Now you have come to me. I thank you." Pope John Paul II was a rebel with a cause. A champion of human worth and dignity, a freedom fighter, a torchbearer for social justice, he left a lasting legacy of leadership and moral example that the world can follow.
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FEC Will Examine Allegations Against Ron Paul Campaign
March 31, 2014 | The Federal Election Commission is the latest set of authorities to take a look at allegations that Paul's 2012 presidential campaign bought the loyalty of an Iowa state senator.
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When I first began my research 13 years ago, I did so in an attempt to discover who I am. I didn't know anything at all about my ancestors, beyond my maternal and paternal grandmothers, both of whom I personally knew. I didn't grow up hearing family stories. As a matter of fact, I really didn't have any sense of there being a "history" of my family. My maternal grandmother, Mary (Davis) Thomas, lived just 30 minutes away from us, in Norfolk, VA, but it was my paternal grandmother in Louisburg, NC, Anna (Green) Yarborough, with whom I was closest. Both of these women were constants in my life, and my grandma Thomas even ended up living with us during my last couple of years of high school. Therefore, despite the fact that I knew little to nothing of my grandmothers' past, or of the ancestors who preceded them, they were both a part of the fabric of my life.
So today, on Sentimental Sunday I dedicate my post to my grandmothers, the women who raised my parents, and who each had a significant impact on my development into the person I am today. And not only that, but when I look in the mirror, I see them both in my reflection - the body of one, and the face of the other. As I've learned more about their lives, and the hardships they each faced, I beam with pride as I recognize what it had to take for each of them to have managed and sustained their households in the loss of their husbands and in the face of repeated financial blows and/or significant family stressors that would have brought many others down. But, both of my grandmothers stood tall in the face of adversity and beat the odds of their time. As single parents, they raised successful children and both managed to keep their homes, which are still in our family today. Through hard work and faith in God, Mary Thomas and Anna Yarborough lived well, and left a legacy of self-sufficiency, perserverance, and good will towards others. Many times I've been complimented on the way I've raised my children and managed to rise above the many hard times I've been faced with in my adult life, and I'm often asked the question, "How do you do it?" Well, now I know, and I have the perfect answer: "It's the 'stuff' I'm made of!"
Anna Green Yarborough
Anna Beatrice Green was born on January 18, 1891 to parents John Wesley and Susan Dunstan Green. She was the daughter of Nathaniel Hawkins and Anna B. Green (who she was named for). Anna was born in Rolesville (Wake County), NC, but the family soon moved a few miles north to Louisburg, in Franklin County, but returned to Wake County when Anna was in her teens. Little is known about Anna's early life, but in 1919, she married Calvin R Yarborough, Jr., a widower with three children. Anna moved to into the Franklin County home that was built by her new husband and his brother, and became mother to Vida, Priscilla, and Frederick Yarborough. Over the next five years, she gave birth to her own three children, Susie, Calvin III, and Arthur (my father). Unfortunately, Calvin began to suffer with the symptoms of tuberculosis, the cause of his first wife's death. He fell ill, and passed away in 1929, leaving Anna to raise six children alone. Anna, who was, at the time, involved in the creation of a new church in Louisburg (Mt. Hebron United Holy Church) relied on her faith and worked hard keep the taxes paid on the house that her husband had built, and to keep her children fed, clothed, and educated. She worked as a laundress, as well as for private families as a housekeeper and nanny. She also took in sewing, all the while maintaining a leadership role in the church she'd helped to create. She had a sweet disposition and was known throughout the little town of Louisburg as, "Miss Anna". Anna walked several miles each day to and from her jobs on the "white side" of town. She never did learn to drive.
As Anna grew older, her three biological children helped to support her so that she no longer had to work. (The older three died of various causes in their 30's and 40's.) Her greatest joy was in spending time with her four grandchildren, all the children of her youngest son, Arthur. She was an excellent cook, and was known for the wonderful cakes she baked. She took pride in her house and her yard, and gave special care and attention to her "award-winning" rose bushes in her front yard. She loved to sit out on her in her porch in her brown, wooden rocking chair and wave at all of the passers by, many of whom would stop for a chat.
In February, 1977, when I was 15 years old, my grandmother, Anna Yarborough, died of complications from colon cancer. She is buried in the family plot on "the hill", which is the Louisburg City Cemetery (formerly, "for the Colored").
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Mary Davis was born December 26, 1897 in Littleton (Halifax County), NC to parents Walter and Minerva Brown Davis. According to the 1900 Census, Mary had a brother, one year older, named Samuel, and in 1910, the Census states that her mother had actually born three children, but only one (Mary) was living. It is likely that Mary never knew or remembered her two siblings, because she never mentioned them to my mother, or to either of her other two children. Mary's maternal ancestors were her grandparents, Asa and Luvenia Ross Brown, and great-grandparents, Everett and Minerva Ross. Her paternal grandparents were Lewis and Dollie Davis. Mary's large extended family all lived in the Littleton and Roanoke Rapids areas of North Carolina.
Around the turn of the 20th Century, several members of the Davis family migrated to Norfolk, Virginia, seemingly to work as longshoremen. Walter, Minerva and Mary were part of this migration. By 1910, they, as well as several of their family members are living in the Lambert's Point section of Norfolk. In 1915, a young Mary was wed to her first love, Allen Walker, at the St. Marks AZUA Church in Norfolk. Allen worked as a brakeman on the Virginia Railroad. He and Mary were quite in love and lived happily, sharing a home with her parents until his untimely death, which occured sometime early in their marriage.
Mary, though heartbroken, had to go on with her life. At some point, she began doing hair in the porch room of the home that she'd shared with Allen, and she petitioned the owner for it's purchase. In 1924, the house in Lambert's Point was hers, and it is still in our family today. Sometime later, Mary met Daniel Webster Hill, and they were married in 1929 in Philadelphia, PA, and in 1930, Daniel, had joined Mary and her parents in the home. Mary began her family with Daniel; first giving birth to a son, Howell, and then, in 1934, to a daughter (my mother), Mary Anne. In 1936, Mary's father, Walter, died, but she still had her mother, Minerva there to help her with the house and the chldren. Unfortunately, sometime around 1938, Daniel Hill abandoned his family for reasons unknown, and was never heard from again.
Once again, Mary was left on her own, but this time, with two children. Mary was able to carry on with her very successful hair-care business. True love struck again, and she married Charlie Thomas, a railroad worker with whom she fell deeply in love. Mary gave birth to her youngest daughter, Jane, in 1940. Charlie was a loving and caring provider to his wife, daughter, and step-children. It seemed that the family had finally found joy, but tragedy struck again, as Charlie was killed in a railroad accident, leaving Mary a widow, once again.
Understandably, Mary lived the rest of her life without a spouse. She continued to do hair, and also worked as a secretary and receptionist at the local YWCA. Her mother, Minerva, who was her partner in raising the children, died in 1960, after they were all grown and gone. Mary carried on, living alone in the home that she'd purchased in 1924. At some point, she joined, and became a faithful and committed member of Jerusalem Baptist Church in Norfolk. In the mid-70's, when Mary's health began to fail, she moved in with her daughter Mary's family in Hampton, VA, and later into a nursing home in Chesapeake, close to where her son lived. Mary Davis Walker Hill Thomas, who'd lived to see three generations of her descendants, died in June, 1986, at the age of 89. She is buried in Calvary Cemetery in Norfolk, VA in a plot with several family members, including her parents, and her beloved last husband, Charlie.


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Marie Fields 3/29/2004 5:52:56 AMAwesome image! #111938
Carolyn M. Fletcher 3/29/2004 6:07:00 AMSUPER!!! Love it!! #452378
Casey A. Hanson 3/29/2004 6:09:47 AMGood Morning Bob~I've been waiting for your next installment and I must say, it was worth the wait! Once again, excellent job! These pics just make me smile :) #452388
Joy Brown 3/29/2004 6:16:37 AMAnother awesome creation, Bob! #452411
Kelly Abernathy 3/29/2004 6:36:56 AMFantastic image - seeing these is a great way to start the day! -K
Inna Strauss 3/29/2004 6:41:57 AMGreat job!
Lori Ditlefsen 3/29/2004 6:47:12 AMLOL, great image Bob! How fun is this! I love it! Very creative! #452512
Cathy Barrows 3/29/2004 6:58:46 AMBob, I'm not sure how you do it time after time, but I would love to see you work...just excellent #452549
Evy Johansen 3/29/2004 7:19:39 AMLOL.... Bob, you are toooo much... :-) This is soooooo great! THE winner in my book! Good luck! #452611
Ronald Balthazor 3/29/2004 7:27:35 AMWonderful image, Bob. #452639
Murry Grigsby 3/29/2004 8:36:55 AMThis guy seems to be putting all his eggs in the same basket--be careful :0)
Leanne M.E. Boyd 3/29/2004 9:45:48 AMWonderful................Love it! #452863
Dale Ann Cubbage 3/29/2004 9:51:50 AMJust too cute! Lovin' it! #452880
Kasia Elser 3/29/2004 11:22:35 AMGreat shot! #452999
Amanda E. Radovic 3/29/2004 1:44:34 PMLOL - how funny!! Excellent execution too, I'm going to go and have a peek at your work now! Thanks for sharing. #453178
Colette M. Metcalf 3/29/2004 2:17:41 PMLove it!!! #453219
Cindy Cone 3/29/2004 2:39:46 PMYou are so creative! Great job. #453249
Kristen McKain 3/29/2004 6:29:48 PMadorable! #453518
Wally Orlowsky 3/29/2004 6:42:44 PMAnother creative and well executed shot, Bob. But, I see that you continue to pay your models chicken feed :) #453532
Evy Johansen 4/12/2004 12:01:17 AMI'm so glad to see this again! Many congratulations, Bob! #474339
Tim Chong 4/12/2004 12:04:54 AMYou win! I withdraw my finalist photos! LOL
Karen Engelbreth 4/12/2004 12:28:10 AMCongratulations Bob! #474400
Carolyn M. Fletcher 4/12/2004 2:48:51 AMTim, if he won everything he deserves, the rest of us might as well go home. Congrats, Bob!!! #474736
Wally Orlowsky 4/12/2004 4:13:20 AMCongratulations, Bob. #474961
Lori Ditlefsen 4/12/2004 7:28:22 AMCongrats Bob! I knew this would make it! #476202
Joyce Baldassarre 4/12/2004 8:06:51 AMI LOVE THIS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! #476434
Murry Grigsby 4/12/2004 9:31:45 AMCongrats on your win and this amazing (routine for you I guess) image Bob!! #476852
Thomasa 4/12/2004 10:02:24 AMToo funny! Excellent composition. This is one for the card companies! #477038
Colette M. Metcalf 4/12/2004 12:45:43 PMCongrats, Bob!!! #477432
Cathy Barrows 4/12/2004 1:27:43 PMCongrats!...just love your creativity #477547
Susie Peek-Swint 4/12/2004 3:37:21 PMMany congrats on your creative work! #478137
Eric Highfield 4/12/2004 10:31:23 PMI lay awake late at night pondering the magic you weave. Another stumper. CONGRATULATIONS! #479711
Karen Lewis-Gunn 4/12/2004 11:46:26 PMHey Bob, this is such a creative idea and well executed! Oh, how I wish creativity came in a bottle! #479753
Nancy Grace Chen 4/15/2004 4:56:34 PMAbsolutely charming and wonderful setup. CONGRATULATIONS on your win!!
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Ron Goldman 4/15/2004 5:45:27 PMCongratulations on your first place win! #485571
Kelly Abernathy 4/15/2004 6:16:23 PMCongratulations Bob! -K #485661
Eric Highfield 4/15/2004 6:56:54 PMThe wizardry you weave... I don't think you use a camera, I think it's a magic wand! Let me know when you start teaching courses....you can sign me up as a student for sure! Thanks for sharing, and I'll be visiting your website regularly to marvel at your magic! #485731
Casey A. Hanson 4/15/2004 7:48:39 PMWay to go Bob! I just knew this was a winner! Many Congrats to you :) #485769
Kathleen R. Struckle 4/15/2004 8:22:55 PMCongrats BoB!! Very creative image!! #485809
Charlene Bayerle 4/15/2004 8:44:08 PMA big congratulations Bob on your well deserved win!!! #485850
Colette M. Metcalf 4/16/2004 3:04:15 AMCongratulations, Bob!! #486058
Carolyn M. Fletcher 4/16/2004 3:12:48 AMYou probably should win every month, but I guess this will have to do. Congrats! #486067
Gianna Stadelmyer 4/16/2004 3:17:59 AMAWESOME shot, Bob! CONGRATS on a well-deserved win!!! #486080
Karen Lewis-Gunn 4/16/2004 3:30:34 AMNever any doubt! Congratulations! #486113
Wally Orlowsky 4/16/2004 3:48:58 AMCongratulations once more, Bob! #486188
Michael P. Winkler 4/16/2004 3:51:36 AMVery well deserved win. :) #486199
Karen-Jane Dudley 4/16/2004 4:04:34 AMwell what more can be said that hasn't already , well done and a massive congratulations Bob , to see my win come through and to be honoured to be placed alongside what can only be described as your totally awe inspiring work , thanks bob for sharing them you are a star ........ my photography ambitions ??? to be half as good as you would make me one very happy person , WELL DONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! K-J #486269
Karen Engelbreth 4/16/2004 6:00:38 AMCongratulations on your first place win Bob!
Patrick Campbell 4/16/2004 7:11:16 AMGreat job, Bob! Congrats on the first place win!!! #486734
Robin L. Wehrman 4/16/2004 9:04:40 AMHi Bob! Congratulations on your win, well done!!!!!!!!!! #486946
Lori Ditlefsen 4/16/2004 9:23:33 AMCongrats Bob, I knew this would win! Good for you! #486985
Murry Grigsby 4/16/2004 11:56:59 AMCongrats on your 1st place win and this eggscellent image Bob!! #487243
Kenneth M. Kijewski 4/16/2004 2:59:11 PMEgg-celent image!!!! Congrats on a well deserved first place! #487462
Pu Chen 4/16/2004 3:28:37 PMWow, that's amazing! Congratulations on your 1st place win, Bob! #487517
Kristen McKain 4/16/2004 4:45:50 PMCONGRATS! #487639
Susie Peek-Swint 4/16/2004 4:45:59 PMCongrats again Bob ~ well deserved! #487640
Evy Johansen 4/17/2004 12:05:18 AMMany Congratulations, Bob - Well derserved! #487996
Kerry Drager 4/17/2004 11:51:06 AMHi Bob: What a fun (and striking) photo - congrats on your well-deserved win!
Frederic David 4/18/2004 3:34:48 AMBeautiful and original work!
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Donna W. Neal 4/20/2004 3:20:40 AMCongratulations Bob #492650
Diane Dupuis 4/22/2004 4:11:02 PMCongratulations on your win on this amazing photo! Loved your web-site!! WOW! #497499
Emanuel R.L Marcos 5/18/2004 6:42:33 PMPerfect,Excellent,a picture that is impossible to forget.Congrats on the win Bob. #548197
Philip Pankov 9/24/2005 6:06:25 PMGreat win with great image!
Abby D. Berger 10/3/2007 2:59:38 PMGreat image Bob. #4878996
Susana Ms Heide 1/17/2008 6:18:31 PM"These are all of my brothers and sisters, yup I'll take good care of them, don't worry" This is what my 10 year old daughter said as she saw this image :o) Your humor and creativity is EXPLOSIVE!!!! Keep it up Bob!! #5355639
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Regulating Immigration Consultants (Gotham Gazette. July, 2004)
Regulating Immigration Consultants (Gotham Gazette. July, 2004)
Regulating Immigration Consultants
by Chaleampon Ritthichai
July, 2004
Hoping that she could quickly qualify for US residency, Izabela Dechnik, a Polish cleaning woman, gave $2,000 to a woman named Adela Holzer, who claimed that she could expedite the process with the help of a senator in Washington D.C.
Dechnik was not the only person to whom Holzer made this promise.
"She always said that this was the senator who was going to grant us residency," Pascual Diez, who gave Holzer more than $5,000, told Hoy.
Though Holzer promised "fast track service," years passed and not one of the immigrants who paid Holzer received a green card. Holzer, very simply, was conning them. In 2002, she was convicted of grand larceny and fraud for stealing a total of $50,000 from her immigrant clients.
Stories such as this are common in immigrant communities, which is why the government is trying to do something about it.
In June the City Council unanimously passed a new bill that would require immigration assistant service providers to give a written contract to their clients, and would prevent them from making statements promising government action or suggesting that they have special influence. The New York State legislature passed a similar bill. Both only await the signatures of Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor George Pataki, respectively, to be turned into law.
"Assisting immigrants is a thriving industry in certain areas, and one that for long has been left unchecked," said State Senator Frank Padavan, who had introduced the bill in the State Senate. With these new laws, immigrant service providers will be regulated for the first time.
There is agreement of course that scam artists should not be tolerated. But there is sharp disagreement over the role of immigrant assistance service providers, some questioning whether the new laws won't legitimize an occupation that shouldn't really exist at all.
Many immigration service providers call themselves "notarios," which means lawyers in Spanish, when they are, in fact, just a notary public. The new laws will require that they post a sign stating that they are not attorneys and not allowed to give legal advice.
"How would you feel if you were sick and going to see a doctor who has a sign hanging in the office saying that 'I am not a doctor,' said Eugene Glicksman, chairman of the County Lawyers Immigration and nationality committee. "What these bills say is that we are going to let anybody represent immigrants."
According to the federal law, only attorneys and accredited individuals or non-profit organizations can represent immigrants. Under the new law, immigration service providers can transcribe responses to government agencies; translate instructions and questions from forms, assist in getting documentation. They are prohibited from giving legal advice to clients.
Proponents of the bills argue that regulating, instead of outlawing, immigration service providers, allows some room for legitimate business to exist.
"While there are some bad actors who have been ripping off immigrants, at the same time there are some immigrant consultants who do play some helpful and legitimate role to immigration communities," said Mark Lewis of New York Immigration Coalition.
But lawyers said it is difficult for immigrant assistance service providers to avoid giving legal advice. Even the selection of the forms is in effect the practice of law, they argue, because one has to understand the law in order to pick the right application.
"If people need legal advice, they should seek out the services of an immigration attorney," Padavan said.
But for many immigrants, hiring a lawyer could cost an entire month's wages. "Many immigrants chose to go to immigration consultants because they provide low cost services," said Lewis, who added that "some of the notarios understand the law better than lawyers."
Some immigrants questioned why they should pay a lump sum of money to a lawyer to simply filling out forms. "I have been filing things myself without a lawyer," said Christelle Arcostanzo, an immigrant from France.
"There is no such thing as just filling out the form," Claudia Slovinsky of the Association Bar of New York told the New York Law Journal. "That form is tip of a big, huge iceberg."
If Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Governor George Pataki approve the measures as expected, lawyer groups said they would consider constitutional challeges on the ground that these bills go against federal law.
"These bills do not require immigration assistants to have even the most minimal knowledge, training or experience," Glicksman said. "I would not be surprised if there were litigation on this."
An immigrant from Bangkok, Thailand, Chaleampon Ritthichai is the editor of The Citizen.


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Stuart Altman to chair effort to cut health care costs
Gov. Deval Patrick appoints him to lead the new Health Policy Commission
Stuart Altman, the Sol C. Chaikin Professor of National Health Policy in Brandeis' Heller School for Social Policy and Management, has been appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick to chair the agency charged with monitoring the reform of Massachusetts health care delivery and payment systems in order to reduce costs and improve quality.
Altman will chair the board of the Health Policy Commission, which sets the broad policy direction for the Commonwealth based on data and information collected by the Center for Health Information and Analysis.
"Dr. Altman's experience in matters of health policy in both the public and private sectors is deep and unparalleled and will be an asset to the Commonwealth in our work to drive health care costs down," the governor said in announcing the appointment. "I thank him for his willingness to serve."
The Health Policy Commission was created by first-in-the-nation health care cost-containment legislation that became law last summer. It is charged with establishing a statewide goal for reducing the growth in health care costs and monitoring progress through annual cost trends hearings. The commission also works with the health care industry to foster innovative health care delivery and payment models to help achieve this goal.
The commission is governed by an 11-person board appointed by the governor, the attorney general and the state auditor, with input from an advisory council. The board's first full meeting is scheduled for Nov. 16.
Altman is an economist with nearly five decades of experience working on health policy issues in both the public and private sector. He served as a deputy assistant secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in President Richard Nixon's administration and was an architect of Nixon's plan for universal health care. He was chair of the commission overseeing the way Medicare paid health care institutions for 12 years under Presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.
He also served on President Clinton's transition team and was a member of the president's Bipartisan Commission on the Future of Medicare. He was a member of the health policy team for Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
At Brandeis, Altman has served as dean of the Heller School and as interim president of the university. He is currently chair of Brandeis' Health Industry Forum.
"I fully appreciate the importance of this appointment and the confidence the governor has in my ability to help guide this important effort," Altman said. "Addressing unsustainable health care cost growth is a critically important challenge for Massachusetts."
Altman also is a member of the Institute of Medicine and a member of the board of Tufts-New England Medical Center in Boston. He holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Patrick administration has created a website dedicated to the cost containment law, with detailed information about the law and notices of upcoming events related to the law's implementation. The site serves as a clearinghouse for information on efforts to control health care costs, creating a transparent home for updates on progress, and other information important to consumers throughout the Commonwealth.
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A Napa Valley Must
Originally from the Champagne region of France, Chef Philippe Jeanty has long been a Napa Valley fixture, having opened the restaurant at Domaine Chandon back in 1977. After more than 20 years as executive chef at that premier spot, Jeanty decided to launch his own place and, in 1998, Bistro Jeanty was born. Ever since, Bistro Jeanty has been known for its bustling, unpretentious ambiance and wonderful French-bistro-style fare.
Diners "ooh" and "aah" for starters that include duck foie gras pâté with a port poached pear; truite fumée a l'huile (home-smoked trout and potato salad with olive oil); and an amazing crème de tomate en croûte (tomato soup in puff pastry). Classic entrées include moules au vin rouge, a quintessential coq au vin; and entrecôte frites (truly awesome frites). But the standout is the deconstructed daube de boeuf, which is beef stew with mashed potatoes, buttered peas and carrots. It simply cannot be topped.
Along with an excellent wine list, such dishes make Bistro Jeanty a must visit for anyone touring Napa Valley.
Bistro Jeanty, 6510 Washington St., Yountville, Calif., (707) 944-0103, www.bistrojeanty.com.


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SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE Amex: GSB), a leading developer of secure information exchange solutions, today announced that it will report financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 3:30 p.m. Central Time.
Date: Tuesday, March 12, 2013
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A webcast of the conference call will be available in the Investor Relations section of Globalscape's website at www.globalscape.com. A webcast replay will be available on the Company's website through April 30, 2013.
About Globalscape
San Antonio, Texas-based GlobalSCAPE, Inc. (NYSE MKT: GSB) ensures the reliability of mission-critical operations by securing sensitive data and intellectual property. Globalscape's suite of solutions features EFT 2013, the industry-leading enterprise file transfer solution that delivers military-grade security and a customizable platform for achieving best in class control and visibility of data in motion or at rest, across multiple locations. Founded in 1996, Globalscape is a leading enterprise solution provider of secure information exchange software and services to thousands of customers, including global enterprises, governments and small businesses. For more information, visit www.globalscape.com or follow the blog and Twitter updates.
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Oct. 6, 2004
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. - The MIT women's tennis team was too much for Clark University as it surrendered only nine games in its 9-0 win on Tuesday. For the second match in a row, Mariah Hoover won every game at the No. 5 singles position and in No. 3 doubles with partner Serena Lin. Lin went on to shutout her No. 1 singles opponent.
The No. 1 doubles team of Elaine Ni and Jusleen Karve won, 8-1, while Joanna MacKay and Jaclyn Cichon posted an 8-2 victory in the No. 2 spot. In singles action, Ni finished her No. 3 match with a score of 6-0, 6-1, while Cichon defeated her opponent, 6-3, 6-0, in the No. 2 position. MacKay took a 6-2, 6-0 win at No. 6 singles as Emily Chen had a 6-0, 6-0 victory in the No. 4 slot.
MIT will look to improve its record (4-2, 4-1 NEWMAC) when it hosts Mount Holyoke College on Saturday, Oct. 9 at 1:00 p.m.


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Snap Groups is Yahoo Groups for the Twitter/Facebook generation. Create groups, find and subscribe to groups, and post to the groups you're subscribed to, through the real-time web interface. Snap Groups is completely free.
We have a logo and a mockup for the main groups page, both included as attachments. We like the logo and want to continue to use it. The mockup needs work (as detailed below).
We'll want to work with the winning designer on the other pages of the site.
Our target audience is anyone interested in communicating with others about shared topics, whether that's a sports team, a hobby, a conference, whatever. Generally, younger rather than older, but we don't want to limit it to a specific group of people.
We are looking for 2 designs:
1) Improve the main groups page. This is the page people will see if they are logged in and visit snapgroups.com. It's the main page for interacting with Snap Groups. It shows a real-time updated stream of messages sent to the groups you're subscribed to. It also has links to manage groups you've created.
The current mock up is bland, there's too much orange, the avatar image is too generic, it's not inviting. The header is bad and the links are not positioned properly.
2) Create a home page. The home page will be the page people see if they visit snapgroups.com for the first time. It should convey activity. For part of the page, it will show some recent messages sent to public groups. It will also have brief listings of new groups created in the last day as well as the most popular groups. It will have some text explaining what Snap Groups is. It will have links to register and to create a group. It will also have a form to log in. The form will consist of a text field for an email address and a text field for a password. The look should be professional but not boring, maybe a little fun. It may or may not use the same header that you use for #1. The footer should be the same.
Please create the home page first (as detailed in #2). We'll ask for #1 from a final short list of designers towards the end of the contest.


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FDX-ACBFerredoxin-fold anticodon binding domain
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|This is the anticodon binding domain found in some phenylalanyl tRNA synthetases. The domain has a ferredoxin fold, consisting of an alpha+beta sandwich with anti-parallel beta-sheets (beta-alpha-beta x2).
|Interpro abstract (IPR005121):
Aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (aaRSs) play a crucial role in the translation of the genetic code by means of covalent attachment of amino acids to their cognate tRNAs. Phenylalanine-tRNA synthetase (PheRS, also known as Phenylalanine-tRNA ligase) is known to be among the most complex enzymes of the aaRS family. Bacterial and mitochondrial PheRSs share a ferredoxin-fold anticodon binding (FDX-ACB) domain, which represents a canonical double split alpha+beta motif having no insertions. The FDX-ACB domain displays a typical RNA recognition fold (RRM) formed by the four-stranded antiparallel beta sheet, with two helices packed against it [(PUBMED:7664121), (PUBMED:9016717), (PUBMED:10049785), (PUBMED:12962494), (PUBMED:18611382)].
|GO process:
|tRNA processing (GO:0008033), phenylalanyl-tRNA aminoacylation (GO:0006432)
|GO function:
|phenylalanine-tRNA ligase activity (GO:0004826), magnesium ion binding (GO:0000287), tRNA binding (GO:0000049), ATP binding (GO:0005524)
|Family alignment:
There are 7018 FDX-ACB domains in 7017 proteins in SMART's nrdb database.
Click on the following links for more information.
- Evolution (species in which this domain is found)
- Cellular role (predicted cellular role)
- Literature (relevant references for this domain)
- Structure (3D structures containing this domain)
- Links (links to other resources describing this domain)


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March 21, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The regionally-ranked No. 11 MIT men's tennis team suffered its second home loss of the season following a 7-2 decision at the hands of Skidmore College on Friday. With the win, the regionally-ranked No. 13 Thoroughbreds improved to 7-5 on the year while the Engineers fell to 7-4.
Skidmore opened the match with a doubles sweep that was kicked off with Jared Karlebach and Carl-Eric Girardin's 8-4 victory over Kevin Pang and David Iba in the top spot. Spencer Chang and Lorenzo Carbrera defeated Peden Nichols and Michael Price by the same margin in the No. 2 slot. The Thoroughbreds extended their lead after Yahia Imam and Jeremy Hogan topped Brendan McCord and Robert Wheeler.
In singles action, Girardin outlasted Pang, 5-6, 7-5, 5-2 in the No. 1 position. MIT found success in the No. 2 and No. 3 slots as Nichols defeated Karlebach, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2 while Iba registered a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Imam. Cheng picked up a 6-3, 0-6, 6-2 win over Price as Wheeler fell to Cabrera, 6-1, 6-2. Skidmore closed out the match with T.J. David's 6-1, 6-1 decision over Stephen Powelson.
MIT's next match will be its NEWMAC opener on Saturday, March 29 against Springfield College. Skidmore will continue play on Saturday, March 22 when it travels to Wheaton College.
Skidmore College vs. MIT
Final Team Score: Skidmore 7, MIT 2
1. Jared Karlebach/Carl-Eric Girardin (S) def. Kevin Pang/David Iba (M), 8-4
2. Spencer Cheng/Lorenzo Cabrera (S) def. Peden Nichols/Michael Price (M), 8-4
3. Yahia Imam/Jeremy Hogan (S) def. Brendan McCord/Robert Wheeler (M)
1. Carl-Eric Girardin (S) def. Kevin Pang (M), 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
2. Peden Nichols (M) def. Jared Karlebach (S), 1-6, 6-0, 6-2
3. David Iba (M) def. Yahia Imam (S), 6-2, 6-2
4. Spencer Cheng (S) def. Michael Price (M), 6-3, 0-6, 6-2
5. Lorenzo Cabrera (S) def. Robert Wheeler (M), 6-1, 6-2
6. T.J. David (S) def. Stephen Powelson (M), 6-1, 6-1


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MapReduce as a monad
From HaskellWiki
1 Introduction
MapReduce is a general technique for massively parallel programming developed by Google. It takes its inspiration from ideas in functional programming, but has moved away from that paradigm to a more imperative approach. I have noticed that MapReduce can be expressed naturally, using functional programming techniques, as a form of monad. The standard implementation of MapReduce is the JAVA-based HADOOP framework, which is very complex and somewhat temperamental. Moreover, it is necessary to write HADOOP-specific code into mappers and reducers. My prototype library takes about 100 lines of code and can wrap generic mapper / reducer functions.Having shown that we can implement MapReduce as a generalised monad, it transpires that in fact, we can generalise this still further and define a
2 Initial Approach
2.1 Why a monad?
What the monadic implementation lets us do is the following:
- Map and reduce look the same.
- You can write a simple wrapper function that takes a mapper / reducer and wraps it in the monad, so authors of mappers / reducers do not need to know anything about the MapReduce framework: they can concentrate on their algorithms.
- All of the guts of MapReduce are hidden in the monad's functionbind
- The implementation is naturally parallel
- Making a MapReduce program is trivial:
2.2 Details
Full details of the implementation and sample code can be found here. I'll just give highlights here.
2.2.1 Generalised mappers / reducers
One can generalise MapReduce a bit, so that each stage (map, reduce, etc) becomes a function of signature
2.2.2 Generalised Monad
Now, this is suggestive of a monad, but we can't use a monad per se, because the transformation changes the key and value types, and we want to be able to access them separately. Therefore we do the following.Let
See Parametrized monads.Then clearly the generalised mapper/reducer above can be written as a
2.2.3 Implementation details
return :: a -> m s x s a
(>>=) :: (Eq b) => m s a s' b -> ( b -> m s' b s'' c ) -> m s a s'' c
newtype MapReduce s a s' b = MR { runMR :: ([(s,a)] -> [(s',b)]) }
retMR :: a -> MapReduce s x s a
retMR k = MR (\ss -> [(s,k) | s <- fst <$> ss])
bindMR :: (Eq b,NFData s'',NFData c) => MapReduce s a s' b -> (b -> MapReduce s' b s'' c) -> MapReduce s a s'' c
bindMR f g = MR (\s ->
fs = runMR f s
gs = P.map g $ nub $ snd <$> fs
concat $ map (\g' -> runMR g' fs) gs)
The key point here is that
Now we can write a wrapper function
wrapMR f = (\k -> MR (g k))
g k ss = f $ fst <$> filter (\s -> k == snd s) ss
which takes a conventional mapper / reducer and wraps it in the
mapReduce state = runMapReduce mr state
mr = return () >>= wrapMR mapper >>= wrapMR reducer
I have tested the implementation with the standard word-counter mapper and reducer, and it works perfectly (full code is available via the link above).
3 The monad transformer approachDefine the monad transformer type
with operations
lift x = MR (const x)
return :: (Monad m) => t -> MapReduceT m t t
return x = lift (return x)
bind :: (Monad m) => MapReduceT m u u -> MapReduceT m t u -> (u -> MapReduceT m u v) -> MapReduceT m t v
bind p f g = MR (\ xs -> ps xs >>= gs xs)
ps xs = (f >>> p) -< xs
gs xs x = (f >>> g x) -< xs
Then we show in this paper that:
- withMapReduce = MapReduceT [](>>=) = bind nub
- For a suitable choice of the standardpmonad isStatewhereMapReduceT Hom
- data Hom a b = H {run :: (a -> b)}
return x = H (const x)
f >>= g = H (\ x -> g' (f' x) x)
f' = run f
g' x y = run (g x) y
4 Future Directions
- My code so far runs concurrently and in multiple threads within a single OS image. It won't work on clustered systems. I have started work in this, see here.
- Currently all of the data is sent to all of the mappers / reducers at each iteration. This is okay on a single machine, but may be prohibitive on a cluster.
I would be eager for collaborative working on taking this forward.
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My fiancee and I have been living together for about a year now, but we still have separate addresses. Mine is still my parents, which is only a block away, and her mailing address is her dad's and for some reason her W2 address is her mom's.
How big of a pain is it going to be to change addresses? I.e. tax returns, car registrations, drivers license? I know for mail you just fill out a form and the post office does the rest. Also, we want to combine car insurance policies to try and save a little coin. Is this a pain?


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As soon as the list of art works requested for display in the White House was released, every political blogger suddenly turned into an art critic, and Watusi by Alma Thomas somehow made it to the center of the storm.
In early October, the Wall Street Journal published the list of 45 artworks destined for 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. It included several bronze sculptures by Edgar Degas, eleven paints by American painter George Catlin, a piece by Louise Nevelson, a Rothko, and for the East Wing, Watusi (Hard Edge).
Naturally, political and art bloggers examined the entire list, searching for cues about the Obama's personal taste. Art News reports that there was a conscious effort to assemble a collection with "wall power" - art that packs a punch. As Robin Cembalest reports, there was also an emphasis on showing the best of American art:
"The overarching theme was trying to offer the president and Mrs. Obama the best of America," Smith told me in a telephone interview, describing the First Couple as "unbelievably curious and interested in a lot of types of art." It was a lengthy back and forth. Works by well-known artists on some early wish lists, including Edward Hopper, Charles Burchfield, Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Romare Bearden, Brice Marden, and Agnes Martin, fell by the wayside, either for conservation reasons, or because they were currently on view or promised for loan in the next four years. So did works on paper, photography, and video art.
The New Yorker deemed the entire collection "upper-middlebrow in an O.K. way." Obviously, Michelle Malkin had some much harsher words. She, along with several other bloggers, felt that the inclusion of Watusi was a telling example of Obama's general cluelessness. In a way, Alma Thomas, who spent most of her life teaching children and later became the first black artist to show at the Whitney Museum, seems a perfect artist for the First Family to support. However, the composition of Watusi is very, very similar to that of a late Matisse, which Thomas openly admits was the inspiration for her painting. Despite the fact that Thomas has clearly reworked and remade L'escargot in such a way that while it may resemble the original, it is a lot more than a mere copy, some still view Thomas as a thief and a fraud. Malkin ended her blog post on the whole matter with this charming comment: "I know, I know. Cries of "RAAAAACIST" in 3, 2, 1…" Others accused the Obamas of being too clueless to notice the influence, or "turning a blind eye because the artist was black."
Originally Watusi was supposedly going to hang in Michelle Obama's office, but sometime in late October, it was removed from the list. It's been confirmed that the painting was sent back, but Art News was unable to find out why. However, Cembalist does conclude that "the story behind this painting may also presage the cultural politics of the Obama administration." Considering the comments on Politco's post - which range from "Leave the painting - its emblematic of this phony, deceitful administration" to "The right wing hates this president so much they criticize some paintings? Really?" - this seems rather likely.
Critics Nix Obamas' Pix Mix [Art News]
White House Ditches Painting [Politico]


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April 22, 2006
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - On Saturday, the MIT freshmen (10-1) continued their strong spring campaign with a victory over Boston College and Cincinnati in the team's first home regatta of the slate. The first freshman boat crossed the line nearly fifteen seconds ahead of the competition en route to an easy win on the River Chuck. The varsity eight finished second in its heat as the University of Cincinnati enjoyed an impressive victory over its Boston foes.
Going into this windy home opener, the first freshmen were 8-1 against its opponents, with the only loss coming at the hands of a strong Trinity boat. The first freshmen crews had a little trouble locking on to the starting boats and getting aligned in the wind, but after some adjustments, the race went off cleanly. MIT took the early lead, gaining a full length in the first 20 strokes, and breaking out to half a length of open at the 500m mark. After the blazing 1:25 start, they settled into a low and relaxed 34 beats per minute.
The lower, relaxed rating allowed them to extend the lead to ten seconds at the 1000m with a time of 3:01. Cincinnati was an early leader on Boston College, but with 500m to go, the Eagles started to move back into the Bearcats. At the line, Cincinnati was able to fend off the final B.C. charge, and secure second place by a few feet.
MIT coxswain Steve Young commented, "We executed the race plan and got our work done in the first 1000m; after we had control we raced pretty conservatively."
The Freshmen Coach, Dan Perkins added, "It wasn't the prettiest race they've rowed, but they appeared to handle the conditions well. I'm still waiting to see another race like the Columbia/Army race, where they're moving through in the second 1000m."
The second freshmen, consisting of all but one lightweight, continued to build boat speed this spring by winning their first shirts of the year. MIT got off to a clean start against Boston College, and was able to take nearly a length in the first fifteen strokes. The Eagles were able to slow MIT's momentum once they settled into the body of the race, but MIT responded with a push to break open water going into the 500 down. MIT's push paid off and the crew extended its lead to over a length in the second 500.
By the 1000m mark, the water began to be less manageable for both crews, which limited their ability to mount any significant moves. MIT crossed the line in 6:47 well ahead of BC.
The race Saturday further reflects the improvement the second freshmen eight has made over the season. The experience gained from the first two races of the season, in which they lost by less than a length, allowed the boat to implement a solid race plan and beat both Holy Cross and URI while falling to a experienced Trinity second freshmen eight on April 9.
Freshmen coach Matt Berean said, "The conditions were less than ideal but they did what they had to do. Their racing experiences thus far allowed them to decide when to put their bow in front and keep it there. Now we have to look toward next week, and a solid Dartmouth boat".
MIT's second varsity eight easily held off B.C. and Cincinnati to secure another win for the Cardinal and Gray, while the Engineers also paced the field with a victory in the varsity four.
The MIT freshmen will travel north to Hanover, N.H., to race Dartmouth on Saturday April 29, while the varsity crew will venture to Madison, Wis., for the annual Cochrane Cup versus Dartmouth and Wisconsin.
First Varsity Eight
Cox: Joyce Gallagher
Stroke: Dima Mirkin
7: Sam McVeety
6: Tom Larsen
5: Mike Whitaker
4: Martin Harrysson
3: Gheorge Chistol
2: Bill Garthwaite
Bow: Dwight Chamberes
First Freshmen Eight
Cox: Steve Young
Stroke: Richard Clay
7: Luke Urban
6: James Stenard
5: Kevin Kelley
4: Rane Nolan
3: Lars Imsdahl
2: Alessandro Chiesa
Bow: RJ Ryan
Second Freshmen Eight
Cox: Sarah Gelman
Stroke: Ben Fine
7: Phillip Laker-Ojok
6: Ryan Daspit
5: Andrei Galusca
4: Kiel Martin
3: Glenn Geesman
2: Christopher Bukowski
Bow: Augusto Tentori


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Kopan Downunder is an annual tradition at Chenrezig Institute. It is a lam-rim retreat led by Geshe Losang Jamyang - a Tibetan teacher renowned for his warmth, clarity, and the humour with which he makes complex subjects accessible to Western Students.
The lam-rim – a logical, graduated review of all the Buddha's teachings composed by Lama Tsong Khapa - is the core of the teachings in the Gelugpa tradition and provides an excellent foundation in Tibetan Buddhism. The retreat is open to everyone and will be beneficial to students of any level. Provision is made in the schedule for inexperienced participants, with special tutorials and support in discussion groups. More experienced students have a wonderful opportunity to continue to study and meditate on the lam-rim, and deepen their understanding of the Buddha's teachings.
The retreat includes units of study, practice, and service. Thus, the schedule includes teachings, tutorials, discussion groups, meditations, practice, and 'karma yoga' (service). Through this, students will learn to apply these classic teachings to modern life and discover a greater sense of peace, meaning, and contentment.
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Chenrezig Institute is a centre for Buddhist study, meditation, retreat, and practice nestled in the tranquil foothills of the Sunshine Coast Hinterland in Queensland, Australia. Established in 1974 Chenrezig Institute was one of the first Tibetan Buddhist centre in the Western World and remains one of the largest. Today, the Institute is home to a Tibetan Lama, a large community of Sangha (monks and nuns), students, residents, volunteers, retreatants, and guests.
The Institute is affiliated with the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT).
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October is Genealogy Month. Even though we are past mid-point of the month, it's not too late to get started or pick up on a line you are thinking about. Here are a few ways to observe Genealogy Month.
Gather items
President Boyd K. Packer, president of the Quorum of the Twelve of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, has given us valuable tips on getting started. In the "Your Family History: Getting Started" (see Ensign, August 2003), he advised, "Get a cardboard box. Any kind of box will do. Put it someplace where it is in the way, anywhere it cannot go unnoticed. Then over a period of a few weeks, collect and put into the box every record of your life."
Each time you collect something, put it in the box. Accumulate all you can in the way of these important items. Types of things to gather are photos of ancestors, friends or past homes lived in; information on businesses and employers worked for; diaries or journals; and other mementos of good memories. Also, take precaution to keep these precious gems from fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis and other acts of nature. One of the greatest rewards of research is finding photos and posting them in a scrapbook or family album.
Get inspired
It's great to start looking for your ancestors' records by watching TV shows such as "Genealogy Roadshow" on PBS and "Who Do You Think You Are?" on TLC. Check local TV programming for show times, or watch them online. Watching these can help fuel the "fire" of the work and get you moving on gathering and organizing your records, photos and mementos.
Check your online pedigree
Register for Family Tree by going to www.lds.org/topics/family-history and creating your account. This is a great way to find out where you and your ancestors fit on the family pedigree. Registration is available regardless of memberships in the LDS Church. For help on registering for this benefit, go to a local family history center or the Family History Library and receive help from friendly volunteers and knowledgeable consultants.
Get help
A trip to the LDS Church's Family History Library or any of its centers may also be in order. While there, you can receive help on accessing microfilm rolls, records, books, digitized documents, search engines and other things. Classes being offered at the library are on a variety of genealogy subjects.
There are online websites where you can find sources on your ancestors' information. The best is the new.familysearch.org website. Typing names of ancestors into the site's search engine will produce listings of different references and documents which the LDS Church has. These records include censuses, vital records, etc.
You may want to consider joining a good family history association such as the Association of Professional Genealogists. Membership is not confined to genealogists alone, but librarians, archivists and school teachers in the history fields. You can also check an organization's digitized magazine to get tips on how to go ahead with the research on your lines.
Work together
To enlist closer help, put together a family organization for you and your relatives. See what a professional organization can do to get work like this going. Ancestral Connections starts with your research and works through family file cards.
Complete temple work
Take your ancestors' names on family file cards processed through Family Tree to the temple for ordinance work. If you do not have your own cards, then help someone who does.
All these things and more help us get going on our research. Other suggestions are available, and you may be able to think of your own that will suit you best.
Have the right attitude
The personal approach to doing this work is essential. It is necessary to have a positive attitude about the work in order to succeed. Too many people have the idea that genealogy work is too difficult to do. In recent years, a lot of the "headache" has been taken out of the work by the digitizing and posting of documents for anyone and everyone. However, do not think that the efficiency of it has increased to the point that we are free from our own responsibility of finding our own ancestors. Genealogy can actually be fun and rewarding. You will learn to enjoy this labor love.
The Family Tree research and preservation system through lds.org has helped to accelerate this great and noble work. Really, it is a sacred work. By doing it, we help those who have gone before us to do some things which help themselves, even for non-members of the LDS Church.
Remember, for Joshua and the children of Israel freed from Pharaoh's grasp, it took a lot of marching around the city before the walls of Jericho fell (see Joshua 6). Remember that Joshua could not do the will of the Lord till he called upon the Lord. It took spiritual work, faith and fasting, which always bring about results in this great and sacred work.
Ways to celebrate Genealogy Month this October
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"Genealogy Roadshow" is one of the TV shows that has helped raise awareness of family history.
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It's pretty much a reboot. If this game does well it "will" get a sequel(That will faithfully follow this Lara and not Big Boobs Old Lara) that will be for this age of gamers and disregard the old canon. This isn't a bad thing considering the story of the old Tomb Raider games all sucked anyway, so nothing lost there.
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Which the trailer shows when one of the bad guys notices her cleavage and how hot she is and tries to rape her... Luckily she kills him. Would be horrible if they made that part interactable and allowed you to fail at it.
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Personally, I think this is the first Tomb Raider game that sparks my interest in any way.
Looking real good, and I do hope it does well, so they can expand to more locales, as the one knock I have on it so far-based on what I've seen-is the limited environment this game is set in. Glad to see it dropped the attempt at a Teen rating and got Mature instead.
Far more recent trailer. Also, I think 2012 probably doesn't belong in the title of this thread.
And, IGN plays an hour of the game and puts it on youtube (I didn't watch it; don't want to spoil myself for the game beyond whatever is shown in trailers):
Lastly, pre-ordering the game gives you the Tomb Raider Scavenger Hunt app, which lets you unlock dlc, while giving you a shot at winning real world prizes (trip to Fiji, etc):
Am I the only one, after Deus Ex, that thinks SE is doing a far better job with their western games division than they are with their FF franchise these days? Maybe they should stop trying to develop games in house and concentrate on just publishing them.
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It would be better if it was a whole new IP.
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Interestingly enough, they were done by Crystal Dynamics (who's making this game), and it appears they did well enough to allow this full-fledged reboot, which actually appears to be a AAA title this time around, as opposed to the small-budget affairs the games since 2006 were. This is essentially starting a different metaverse, similar to how Gundam has different universes for its shows.
There hasn't been what would be considered a AAA title in the series since 2003, and one could argue on whether even that last game or two was AAA. So, it'll have been 10 years since Lara Croft was in a "real" video game.
I have to say, I'm really liking this iteration of Lara. I don't know why there's so much hatred over it not being a new IP. But, there are people, I'm sure, who hate the Nolan Batman movies too. Gamers (well, people) are such a temperamental bunch.
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The last Final Fantasy game I played that I enjoyed was Dissidia. Type-0 looks interesting at least. That is if they ever bring it stateside. Does anyone know what the status of Versus XIII is?
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The reviews have been pouring out, and it's getting generally favorable ones.
Currently an 86 on Metacritic. The low scores (currently 2 out of 35) are all from sites/publications I've never heard of, if that makes any difference.
Generally, reviews find it to be a very well-written story with very polished gameplay, with negatives being the multiplayer.
Numerous reviews make the claim that it's the rare reboot that's superior to its predecessors.
Reviews seem roughly split on it either being on par with Uncharted or topping it.
Personally, I really don't care about multiplayer for a game like this, and I'm glad to hear the story is great.
Latest video highlighting survival combat:
And the two trailers that came out prior to the "Survival" trailer:
Turning Point:
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There are also people who have their hands on copies already (bad! ) and have started posting youtube videos of their play through. Easy enough to find on youtube if you want.
Can't wait 'till March 5.
Between this, and seeing if Bioware is giving us another fail DLC for ME 3.
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I admit, I was skeptical before this game is released. But now, Im glad to hear that this reboot works (even better than the previous games). Well, its refreshing to hear good news coming from an old game franchise after so much flak FF got in its recent outings.
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I figured on waiting for a sale anyway ... a game that might be mediocre for $60 might be a wonderful investment for $40 later. Sounds like they could have spent more time looking at Skyrim or Borderlands and less time with the old 2D scrollers.
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MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The MIT men's tennis team (15-2) finished its season Sunday with a loss in the Regional Final of the NCAA Championship tournament, falling 5-0 to host Middlebury College. The top-ranked Panthers (20-2) now advance to the NCAA Quarterfinals for the eighth straight year, having won 16 straight matches and posting their fourth 20-win season. Middlebury will take part in the NCAA Championship week beginning on Tuesday, May 25th at Oberlin College in Ohio.
Eliot Jia and Conrad Olson wasted little time, topping Kevin and Larry Pang by a score of 8-0 at No. 2 doubles. Andrew Thomson and Andrew Lee led 4-3 before holding twice and breaking twice to earn an 8-3 win at No. 1 over Ken Van Tilburg and Matthew Skalak. A lengthy match at No. 3 saw Chris Mason and Andrew Peters defeat Andrew Cooper and Brian Oldfield, 8-3.
Lee gave the Panthers a 4-0 advantage, earning a quick 6-1, 6-2 win over K. Pang in the No. 2 singles slot. Thomson sealed the match for Middlebury 20 minutes later, defeating Oldfield 6-2, 6-2 in the fourth spot. Olson was nearing a victory for the Panthers at No. 3, while MIT's Van Tilburg took the first set from Peters at #1 singles. Jia/Hamamsy at No. 5 and Peter Odell/Skalak at No. 6 had each won a set and were battling in the third when the match ended.
Middlebury 5 - MIT 0
1. Thomson/Lee (Mid) def. Van Tilburg/Skalak (MIT); 8-3
2. Jia/Olson (Mid) def. Pang/Pang (MIT); 8-0
3. Chris Mason/Peters (Mid) def. Andrew Cooper/Oldfield (MIT); 8-3
1. Ken Van Tilburg (MIT) led Andrew Peters (Mid); 7-6 (5), 2-1
2. Andrew Lee (Mid) def. Kevin Pang (MIT); 6-1, 6-2
3. Conrad Olson (Mid) led Larry Pang (MIT); 6-4, 5-2 [halted]
4. Andrew Thomson (Mid) def. Brian Oldfield (MIT); 6-2, 6-2
5. Tymor Hamamsy (MIT) led Eliot Jia (Mid); 6-3, 2-6, 1-0 [halted]
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xoxoxoe's #CBR4 Review #18: The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite de Angeli
My eight year-old loves libraries, which thrills me to no end. Not only are her reading choices getting more adventurous as she reads more and more, but while she is picking out books I also peruse titles and pick out something to read to her — or to myself, that I may have missed. As I was checking out the Newbery section a title caught my eye, a book that was set in the Middle Ages, during the bubonic plague. Sounds more like my kind of book than a kid's book, so I had to check it out. The Door in the Wall is a lovely little book by Marguerite de Angeli about a young boy named Robin set in England during the Middle Ages. The story takes place during the reign of Edward the III (1327-77), but that is as specific time-wise as de Angeli gets.
The protagonist, young Robin, is a bit of a brat at the beginning of the story, but if you consider his circumstances. At the age of ten he is deemed old enough to not be a child anymore. His parents arrange to ship him off to a friend's, Sir Peter de Lindsay's castle to begin his training as a knight. His father has been away for quite some time, fighting with the King against the Scots. His mother has gone to become a lady-in-waiting to the Queen, leaving Robin with their servants until someone comes to take him to his new home, while the plague is raging through London. But soon after his mother leaves, Robin contracts a serious illness that leaves him lame. Little by little he is left alone, as his servants either get the plague, or abandon him and London to escape it. His last remaining servant, Dame Ellen, is also struck down with the plague. Luckily for Robin, Brother Luke at the neighboring monastery, St. Mark's, finds out about Ellen and comes to check on the boy and take him in.
This is pretty heavy stuff for a book aimed at 3rd grade and up. It may move a little slowly at first for today's kids, who have been raised on sparkly vampires and Spongebob. It's a bit like the classic The Secret Garden in terms of pacing. The action takes place in the 1300s, an era that may seem too far away to be interesting, but The Door in the Wall struck a chord. As I was reading I couldn't help but think a bit of Bran from Game of Thrones, and some other current pop culture references, especially Artie and Quinn's current storyline on Glee. It was nice to read an older novel (the book was published in 1949 and won the 1950 Newbery medal) and see such a positive story centered around a disabled character.
How many 10 year olds would cope as well as Robin with suddenly not being able to walk, or run, or play— or being told by their parents that their childhood was essentially over and that they were being shipped off to live in a stranger's house? Robin may not immediately know what Brother Luke means when he tells him, "Thou hast only to follow the wall far enough and there will be a door in it," but he soon comes to understand.
The Door in the Wall's metaphor's may be a little predictable, but it is far from an easy or predictable read. Robin and his two closest friends, Brother Luke and the minstrel John-go-in-the-Wynd, are forced to deal with many difficult issues: the plague, illness, dangerous travel, a castle siege. De Angeli does a nice job of depicting the daily life of the 14th century, and of the part of England Robin travels through,
"'The weather was neither rainy nor fair, neither hot nor cold, but somewhere in between, as English weather is like to be,' said the friar."
The Door in the Wall may be a children's book, but she doesn't shy away from using some words that may require looking up: pease porridge, flambeaux, bannock. A glossary would have been useful. An added bonus are the beautiful illustrations by de Angeli, in color and black and white, that are found throughout the story.
It was interesting reading how Robin and everyone he encountered dealt with his illness/infirmity. The virus or illness that causes Robin to lose the use of his legs is never named, but it sounds a lot like polio. Robin, of course, hopes to recover use of his legs, and quickly. Brother Luke never shoots that idea down, but keeps introducing Robin to other goals he can achieve in the present. He helps him build his upper body strength by encouraging him to swim daily, as well as taking part in other activities that engage both his mind and body — woodcarving, archery, and learning to read and write.
Robin is never made to feel that his physical handicap is a burden or couldn't be dealt with. He was able to travel, swim, and eventually becomes strong enough to both carve and use his own crutches. By the time that he has to accept that he may probably not recover the use of his legs he has already found so many ways to be useful and independent that it no longer seems as great a concern for him — his major worry is how his parents might react to the change in him since they had last seen each other. But readers can be assured that Robin's story ends happily. The Door in the Wall is a nice trip into the past, as well as a look at how even the most daunting obstacles can be overcome if you are able to look at things from another angle, use a different approach.
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text: Well I took the plunge to the 2233 ICS Leak, and have already noticed some major differences in the phone. 1. Battery Life is a bit worse than the 905 OTA. When I check battery usage, the Android OS now pulls a higher percent than the screen does. 2. No more Airplane Widget, it is now under your system settings, which can now easily be retrieved by pulling your notification bar down and hitting the setting gear, airplane mode is the top thing there. 3. Colors look a lot more vibrant 4. The phone is overall a lot, and I do mean a lot faster and more responsive. 5. The phone still have the if plugged in, sometimes the screen becomes unresponsive to touch, unless you unplug it (I have tried and verified this with both the Motorola Charger, and the Verizon Charger I have) 6. I have yet to have a signal drop, even when I am in an area with no 4G, and hardly any 3G available. 7. I like how there is a widget section under your application menu. 8. Google Chrome Beta (Need I say more? They just need to add flash support so I don't feel like I am using an iPhone) 9. Drivers on phone are way better than on GB. I play NFS:Hot Pursuit, and the car's litterally sounded like their engine is about to die, now the sound runs smooth. Here are some fixes I have found through personal expiriences with this leaked update. If you find after everything is done and you have no data, turn on wifi>connect to a wifi if available>wait about 30 minutes>reboot phone. Once it is done rebooting, I have found that it may take up to 5 minutes to find your signal, but it will. This has been tested on 3G and 4G LTE area's. If you do a speedtest and it shows you always below 7MBps, just reboot your phone wait 5 minutes and reboot again. I had to reboot mine twice for this to work, but afterwards I am averaging 20-25MBps now. during install you sometimes get an error that a process failed to run or the such, just ignore those, they won't matter at all once the system is updated to ICS, as they for some odd reason don't run right on first boot, but are fixed with the next reboot. If you go into Stock Recovery, and you see the update file, but it won't let you run it, when you press power to select it and it takes you back a screen, reboot your phone into normal boot, and rename the file to not have any symbols at the beginning or end of it, mine put an apostrophe in front of and after the file name, I had to remove them. I downloaded this using Opera Mobile Browser, not the Opera Mini...The stock browser kept failing to download the file. This is just from my expirience, there maybe different ways to fix these, but these are the steps I used on my Bionic, and they worked for me, thought I would pass them along.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Tufts guard Ryan O'Keefe connected on a three-pointer from the corner with three minutes left in Saturday's third overtime to snap the game's 11th tie, and the Jumbos followed up by scoring their last seven points from the free-throw line as the Engineers fell against their cross-town rival in the longest game in the 106-year history of MIT basketball.
Tufts (4-2) opened the weekend tilt by jumping out to an early five-point lead, but MIT (4-3) responded with a small run of its own to pull in front, 16-13, midway through the first period. The teams traded baskets the rest of the half before settling for a 28-28 tie at the break. Junior Will Mroz put back an offensive rebound as time expired to level the score.
The Engineers looked to break the game open in the second half, controlling the play for the first 10 minutes of the stanza en route to a nine-point lead (50-41). The Jumbos reduced the advantage to five before a three by Alex Krull gave MIT its largest lead of the afternoon at 57-47 with just over eight minutes left in regulation.
Tufts answered the MIT attack by orchestrating a 14-4 run over the next six minutes that tied the game at 61 with less than three minutes to go. Jake Weitzen sparked the run with 10 points during the stretch, including the game-tying jumper from beyond the arc. Neither team was able to score in the final minute, setting up the first overtime.
The Engineers appeared headed for defeat after another quick run lifted Tufts in front, 70-65, with 1:30 on the board. MIT collected two free throws from Krull before forcing a turnover with 27 ticks to go. Needing a three to force extra time, Bradley Gampel supplied the MIT offense exactly what it needed.
Three minutes into the second overtime, a lay-up by Gampel gave MIT a 74-71 lead, but a steal and fast-break lay-up by Jon Pierce slashed the advantage to one. Another turnover on the ensuing play set up an O'Keefe triple that pushed Tufts ahead by two. Krull kept the Engineers in contention by calmly knocking down two free throws to knot the score at 76 with less than 35 seconds left on the game clock. O'Keefe fired another deep ball for Tufts at the end of the frame, but it just missed.
Weitzen and O'Keefe each scored 21 points to lead the Tufts offense. O'Keefe hit five from deep to key the perimeter while Weitzen added 10 boards in a double-double effort for the Jumbos. David Shepherd and Brian Kumf chipped in 13 points and Jon Pierce added seven points and nine rebounds. Shepherd also supplied the attack with a game-high nine assists.
Only five players scored for MIT, but the Cardinal and Gray showcased great balance as all five scored in double figures. Jimmy Bartolotta and Krull both scored 21 to pave the way with Mroz and Gampel adding 12 and 11, respectively. Rookie Erich Bracht enjoyed another tremendous game statistically, finishing with 16 points and a game-high 17 boards. Bartolotta quietly secured his third double-double of the season after corralling 10 rebounds. He also had six assists and five steals, while leading another superb team effort at the free-throw line. Bartolotta was 10-of-10 at the line as the Engineers finished 22-of-23.


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Kays Engineering, Inc. is an engineering and manufacturing company located in Marshall, MO. We manufacture dehoff deephole drilling machines, CNC gundrilling machines, bta & ejector drilling machines, as well as gundrilling cell equipment. We also carry a complete line of gundrilling accessories and parts & service to make sure all your requirements are available from a single source. Our people, from engineering to production, make sure that orders are designed and built with the expertise and reliability that our customers have come to know & trust from kays/dehoff gundrills. Our service department carries a complete line of upgrades and accessories, such as sharpening tools, whip guides, drawings & manuals to help answer any questions & to assure our customers years of dependable service from all of our gun drill equipment.