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African American Census Schedules
This article originally appeared in "Census Records" by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Matthew Wright in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
From about 1830 on, northern cities increasingly felt the need to monitor African Americans who were moving from the South seeking freedom and work. In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Ohio called for the number and names of African Americans who had immigrated to Ohio from other states since 1 March 1861, their current township of residence, and their state of origin. Thirteen counties in southeastern Ohio submitted schedules. Hamilton County refused because the numbers were too great and its staff too limited.
Household censuses of Philadelphia's African American population were taken in 1838 and 1856 by the Pennsylvania Abolition Society and in 1847 by the Society of Friends. In addition to the variables listed in the federal census, the records of 11,600 households contain information describing membership in church, beneficial, and temperance societies; income, education level, and school attendance; house, ground, and water rent; how freedom was acquired; and the amount of property brought to Pennsylvania. These superb records constitute the most detailed information we have describing any population group in the mid-nineteenth century; they are being computer-processed as part of an urban-immigrant study of African Americans in Philadelphia conducted by Temple University.
The National Archives has issued a separate list of 'Free Black Heads of Families in the First Census of the U.S. 1790' as Special List 34. This compilation by Debra L. Newman is available free of charge upon request from the National Archives. An expanded version for New York is Free Black Heads of Households in the New York State Federal Census 1790'1830, compiled by Alice Eichholz and James M. Rose.<ref>Alice Eichholz and James M. Rose, comps., Free Black Heads of Households in the New York State Federal Census 1790'1830, Gale Genealogy and Local History Series, vol. 14 (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1981).</ref>
NARA has also published List of Selected African Americans from the 1890 and 1900 Federal Population censuses of Delaware and Related Census Publications 'Agriculture in the State of Delaware' (1901) and 'Negroes in the United States' (1904), which reproduces lists of selected African Americans from the 1890 and 1900 censuses of Delaware as well as other related Bureau of the Census publications. You can find it on the NARA website.
African Americans in the Federal Census
It has been widely noted that African Americans were enumerated as all other U.S. residents from 1870 (the first census year following the Civil War and emancipation) onward. Prior to 1870, however, the situation was far different. Although free African Americans were enumerated by name in 1850 and 1860, slaves were consigned to special, far less informative, schedules in which they were listed anonymously under the names of their owners. The only personal information provided was usually that of age, gender, and racial identity (either black or mulatto). As in the free schedules, there was a column in which certain physical or mental infirmities could be noted. In some instances the census takers noted an occupation, usually carpenter or blacksmith, in this column. Slaves aged 100 years or more were given special treatment; their names were noted, and sometimes a short biographical sketch was included. In at least one instance, that of 1860 Hampshire County, Virginia, the names of all slaves were included on the schedules, but this happy exception may be the only instance when the instructions were not followed.
Sometimes the listings for large slaveholdings appear to take the form of family groupings, but in most cases slaves are listed from eldest to youngest with no apparent effort to portray family structure. In any event, the slave schedules themselves almost never provide conclusive evidence for the presence of a specific slave in the household or plantation of a particular slaveowner. At best, a census slave schedule can provide supporting evidence for a hypothesis derived from other sources. Prior to 1850 there were no special slave schedules for the manuscript census, as slave data was recorded as part of the general population schedules. In these, only the heads of household were enumerated by name.
In the absence of any contradictory information, it might be assumed that a family of freed people enumerated in the 1870 census was living not far from its last owner, whose surname they also bore. There would, of course, be reasons to dispute both assumptions. (Knowledge of the Civil War history of a locality could come into play here; for example, such relative stability would not have existed in a Georgia county that was in the path of Sherman's march to the sea.) Even so, this assumption represents one of the more obvious exploratory lines of research, especially in the absence of any other options. The first step in testing the hypothesis would be to search for slaveowners of the same surname in the 1860 slave schedules of the county in which the African American family resided in 1870.
Starting in 1850, another supplemental schedule, the mortality schedule, listed all deaths within a year before the regular census enumeration. The deaths of blacks and mulattoes, both free and slave, are recorded in them, even though their names have not been included in many of the indexes to these schedules. The deaths of slaves were generally enumerated in four fashions: unnamed (as in the slave schedules), but perhaps with the owner identified; by first name only; by first name and surname; and by first name with the owner noted.


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John Oster struck his first goal in 18 months against his former club to end Doncaster's 19-game winless run in new manager Dean Saunders' first game in charge following their narrow 1-0 triumph over Crystal Palace.
Rovers midfielder Oster, who joined Doncaster on a free transfer from Palace in August 2009, clinched the South Yorkshire club's first win in 20 matches and lit up an uneventful encounter with a stunning 30-yard shot in the 65th minute.
Rovers were in disarray 24 hours earlier when previous manager Sean O'Driscoll was told he and assistant Richard O'Kelly had been placed on gardening leave via a text message, two days after club chairman John Ryan had publicly backed the npower Championship's longest-serving manager.
But Doncaster were lying bottom of the table with just one point from their first seven matches and Saunders needed little persuasion to leave his post as Wrexham manager once Ryan and his board decided a change was needed.
Saunders made three changes for his first game in charge. Striker Jon Parkin made his debut after signing on loan this week from Cardiff, midfielder Brian Stock started his first game of the season and centre-half Richard Naylor was also recalled.
Billy Sharp, who damaged ankle ligaments on the opening day of the season, was a surprise inclusion on the substitutes' bench.
Goalkeeper Julian Speroni, Peter Ramage, Aleksander Tunchev, Darren Ambrose, Mile Jedinak, David Wright and Sean Scannell all returned for Palace after sitting out the midweek Carling Cup win over Middlesbrough.
Strikers Scannell and Murray both threatened to make an early breakthrough for the visitors, but scoring chances were at a premium.
Parkin dragged his shot wide for Rovers when well placed in the penalty area and Ambrose was wide with a curling 20-yard effort at the other end as Palace finished the first half on top.
Murray's was twice denied by Rovers goalkeeper Neil Sullivan either side of the interval, his goalbound shot well held and then a header from Ambrose's corner tipped over at full stretch.
Palace continued to dominate possession and Australia international Jedinak volleyed just over from the edge of the area in the 50th minute.
Saunders made a double substitution seven minutes later with Sharp and Slovakian forward Milan Lalkovic replacing Parkin and winger James Coppinger.
The changes did not appear to have much affect, but eight minutes later Oster took possession in his own half and after bursting into opposition territory he unleashed a stunning strike 30 yards from goal that arrowed into Speroni's bottom left-hand corner.
Doncaster striker James Hayter was off target from the edge of the penalty area as the home side chased a second and Oster went close with another rocket, this time from 20 yards, soon after.
By this time it was all one-way traffic and with Palace offering little in attack, Hayter went close to firing a second in the 86th minute, but his close range shot flew the wrong side of the post.
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I don't like undershirts that show, however. So the solution is to button up enough. (And shave one's chest, though in any case showing significant amounts of chest, even if shaved, doesn't seem gentlemanly).
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Mikey wrote:Also, in the future please don't omit salient parts of my points when citing me in an attempt to subvert what I've said into something I clearly didn't. That's a Murdoch-worthy form of debate, and I expect better.
Captain Seafort wrote:Which bits are you talking about? I've certainly been cutting out big chunks of your posts, but as far as I'm aware all the stuff that I've been binning has simply been more detailed expansions of the core points I've been refuting in broad strokes. Detailed technical discussions of Soviet SAMs simply aren't relevant to a refutation based on the fact that nothing they ever fielded could touch the Blackbird or Valkyrie, or that any systems introduced specifically to combat the Valkyrie would simply be part of the continuous cycle of bomber and counter-bomber development, to be responded to by the fielding of a Valkyrie successor.
Mikey wrote:You cited me as having said, "has yet served admirably in its role...since 1955," and then went on to explain that I was wrong because the B-52 was forced adopt other roles to continue service. The part of my statement which you omitted said expressly, "and other roles," which alters the quote enough to render your criticism of it meaningless. If you take exception with something I say, fine; but don't express exception with something I didn't say or mean.
Mikey wrote:I have no issue if you choose not to include the full body of my post if you're responding to one specific idea; I do the same thing myself. The issue I had with it arose when you replied to the edited quote as if it embodied what I said, when the edited part actually changed the meaning of my post. The entire reason I included the bit which you edited was because I know that the one original role is no longer in the Buff's repertiore.
Oh well - I have had a very hectic week, and am looking at another, so water and bridges and all that.
The British government has changed its mind again on some of the F-35 Lightning II fighter jets that it intends to purchase. Unlike Canada, the British aren't considering delaying orders or reducing the number of jets they ordered this time around. Rather, the British government is now announcing that it will switch back to the F-35B short takeoff and vertical landing version of the fighter rather than the F-35C carrier-based version.
The F-35B STOVL fighter was originally the version that the British intended to purchase, but delays and fears of the program being canceled after the U.S. put the B variant on probation led to the British deciding to use the F-35C instead. Recent improvements to the program have led to the fighter being removed from probation, and its future is looking better.
According to British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond, the plan to purchase the carrier-based F-35 versions was killed due to what he calls an unacceptable cost. Delays in the plan to convert the carrier to handle the F-35C had also mounted. According to Hammond, an estimate to convert one British carrier had doubled from the original $1.6 billion to an amount roughly twice that. One British defense official blames the U.S. for that cost increase.
According to the unnamed official, the United States had insisted that the UK purchase the required Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System or EMALS directly through a government-to-government foreign military sales (FMS) deal rather than allowing the British to purchase directly from the manufacturer. That requirement allegedly added about 150M pounds or about 7% to the cost of obtaining the EMALS system.
The British government expects flight testing for the F-35B to begin in 2018 while initial operational capability will commence in 2020.
Captain Seafort wrote:Any bets on how long it'll be before they change their minds again?
Deepcrush wrote:Well if the US isn't to blame for the UK's government problems... who could it be...?
Mikey wrote:We don't care if you buy EMALS from us! We want you to get the Bravo version
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University of Mississippi
Location: University, Mississippi
Website: http://www.olemiss.edu
Type: Public
Federal Circuit: 5th Circuit
Speech Code Rating
University of Mississippi has been given the speech code rating Green. Green light institutions are those colleges and universities whose policies nominally protect free speech. Read more here.
Policies Affecting Students: Sexual Misconduct
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: June 7, 2018
Sexual Harassment: Harassment of a sexual nature that is so objectively offensive, pervasive, or severe that it effectively denies the victim access to the University's resources and opportunities, unreasonably interferes with the victim's work or living environment, or deprives the victim of some other protected right.
Policies Affecting Students: Residence Hall/Apartment Bill of Rights
Speech Code Category: Policies on Tolerance, Respect, and Civility
Last updated: June 7, 2018
The University has some basic expectations that govern the special nature of interpersonal relationships within the community. These are reasonable expectations that students should have for one another while sharing space in an apartment. The Residence Hall/Apartment Bill of Rights outlines these expectations. … The right to feel secure against physical harm or emotional distress that is so severe or pervasive that it unreasonably interferes with one's access to the University's resources and opportunities.
Policies Affecting Students: IT Appropriate Use
Speech Code Category: Internet Usage Policies
Last updated: June 7, 2018
You must not upload, post, or transmit content that is threatening, harassing, defamatory, libelous, invasive of another's privacy. This includes but is not limited to social networking sites, blogs, email or other electronic correspondence.
Policies Affecting Students: Harassment
Speech Code Category: Harassment Policies
Last updated: June 7, 2018
For conduct to violate this policy, the conduct must be more than merely offensive; it must be so objectively offensive, pervasive, and/or severe that if repeated it would effectively deny the victim access to the University's resources and opportunities, unreasonably interfere with the victim's work or living environment, or deprive the victim of some other protected right. Examples of conduct prohibited by this policy include, but are not limited to, the following: intentionally inflicting severe emotional distress or harm; fighting words (words that actually tend to provoke immediate violent reaction); obscene, lewd, or lascivious conduct; defaming another (a false statement that harms the reputation of another); and speech or conduct based upon race, color, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or genetic information that is so objectively offensive to effectively deny the victim access to the resources and opportunities of the University.
Overcoming a Racist Legacy
June 17, 2016
By Colleen Flaherty at Inside Higher Ed WASHINGTON — How does a university with a reputation for historically being inhospitable to black students overcome that part of its heritage? That was the focus of a panel of faculty and staff members from the University of Mississippi here Thursday at the annual meeting of the American Association of University Professors. Speakers from across student services and academic programs at Ole Miss described a kind of "recursive progress," in which the university takes steps forward as well as backward on the road to inclusion — but ultimately moves ahead. And, perhaps, in which […]» Read More
Good, Bad and Bizarre: Hervey Leaves Complicated Legacy
July 20, 2015
By Clay Chandler at The Clarion-Ledger Anthony Hervey, a 49-year-old black man who spent several years parading around Oxford and Ole Miss in a Confederate uniform and waving the battle flag, died in a car accident Sunday. He leaves a legacy as bizarre as his public persona. He forced Mississippi's flagship university to rethink its free speech policies. He was also charged with assault after an altercation with a student journalist. Hervey had already established himself as a supporter of the Confederate battle flag before the fall of 2000, but the period's debate over the state flag, when a commission barnstormed […]» Read More
MSU/Ole Miss Rank Well on Free Speech
March 11, 2015
By Mel Carlock at WTVA News PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WTVA) — Mississippi State and Ole Miss rank high on a new report about free expression on college campuses. The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE) says the schools are among 10 to receive a "Green Light" ranking because campus policies that do not threaten free expression. FIRE looked at policies regarding protest, sexual harrasment, academic freedom, housing policies, student conduct and rules regarding information technology in creating the rankings. The group says 55 percent of the 437 colleges surveyed received a "Red Light" ranking. Those include Alcorn State, Delta State, the University […]» Read More
Free-speech policies questioned
August 16, 2010
Students at Mississippi universities may have to watch what they say more than those in other states because of policies that free-speech advocates say are oppressive. At Ole Miss, someone could theoretically get in trouble for sending an e-mail about how much they "hate" rival Mississippi State. Jackson State students could be punished for unsolicited flirting. Speaking freely outside so-called "free-speech zones" on most of the campuses could get students in trouble, even though a federal court has deemed that unconstitutional. Adam Kissel, of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, said the nonprofit group hears from hundreds of college […]» Read More
Beware of universities that wear diversity label
April 14, 2004
In far too many instances, what passes as college life and education today is no less than shameful. Under the name of diversity and political correctness, billions of taxpayer dollars and donor contributions are used to promote what might be charitably called enlightened racism, uniformity of thought and political proselytizing. Let's look at some of it.The student code of Shippensburg University, in Pennsylvania, said that students had a "right to express a personal belief system" but only if such expression did not "demean," "annoy" or "alarm" others. Thus, if a student expressed a distaste for race or sex preferences in […]» Read More
ATO suspended until Nov. 2002
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Photo leads to frat suspension
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Court: Exclusion of evidence, biased training, lack of cross-examination, low evidentiary standard may have violated student's due process rights
January 17, 2019
While the Department of Education considers new regulations on how colleges and universities adjudicate claims of sexual misconduct on campus, the wave of litigation stemming from how they currently handle those claims continues unabated. Yesterday, a federal court in Mississippi denied the University of Mississippi's motion to dismiss a student's claim that the university violated his due process rights in numerous ways during the sexual misconduct investigation and hearing that ultimately left him suspended. (Technically speaking, these claims will proceed against the university's president, since the university itself is immune from suit under the Eleventh Amendment.) The case stems from […]» Read More
At Ole Miss, Free Speech Helps Heal Wounds of Segregationist Past
July 27, 2016
At one time, the University of Mississippi was the setting for one of the most infamous efforts to keep public schools racially segregated. Today, with more than 50 years separating it from that grim past, Ole Miss is gaining notoriety for its sweeping efforts to foster diversity and inclusion on campus. And administrators say it's an oft-overlooked ally helping make those important changes on campus: Free speech. "We do have a difficult history as a state, and certainly as a university," Associate Dean of Students Valeria Beasley-Ross acknowledged in an interview with FIRE. Perhaps the most difficult moment in that […]» Read More
This Time, We're Failing to Talk About 'American Sniper'
April 20, 2015
Every so often, a cultural touchstone descends on college campuses, with the effect of putting campus discourse under the microscope for all to see. The results, frequently, are discouraging. Clint Eastwood's blockbuster film American Sniper, adapted from deceased Navy sniper Chris Kyle's memoir, is the latest exhibit. That American Sniper is a controversial movie is not a controversial observation. It was one of the most remarked-upon movies of last year, and the fevered debate over its portrayals of the war in Iraq, of the Iraqi people (and, by extension, Arabs and the Arab world), and of Kyle himself was difficult […]» Read More
Harvey Silverglate: 'Ole Miss Seeks to Put First Amendment in a Noose'
March 3, 2014
FIRE Chairman and co-founder Harvey Silverglate reminds readers in an article for Minding the Campus today that "in the eyes of the First Amendment, speech that promotes hate is as protected as speech that promotes love."» Read More
Ole Miss Students Respond to Racially Charged Speech with More Speech
November 13, 2012
In the wake of a racially charged protest last week, students at the University of Mississippi have responded by demonstrating exactly why the best way to counter speech one finds offensive is with more speech. On election night, some students at Ole Miss gathered to protest the re-election of President Obama. What originally began as "30 or 40 students" protesting grew into a crowd of over 400 people, and news outlets reported that, in addition to campaign slogans and school chants, some protesters shouted racial slurs. Obviously, this news has disturbed a number of people, particularly given the university's history […]» Read More
'The College Fix' Covers New "Green Light" Schools
September 28, 2012
This year FIRE was proud to add two new schools to our list of institutions that have "green light" policies for free speech: Mississippi State and the University of Mississippi. We also were happy to add both of those schools to our Seven Best Schools for Free Speech list published in The Huffington Post last month. Online student-written news site The College Fix has a good writeup about the list and its new members. Check it out!» Read More
Mississippians Celebrate Free Speech on State Campuses
September 12, 2012
Mississippi news outlets continue to celebrate the state's good record for freedom of speech on its flagship campuses, with both Ole Miss and Mississippi State listed among the top seven colleges for free speech on campus by FIRE. The Dispatch is the latest to remark upon the Magnolia State's high ranking for freedom of speech, with (of course!) an SEC football angle: As college football enters its third week, the Southeastern Conference continues its stranglehold on the national polls, claiming three of the top seven spots in two separate polls. But it turns out, the SEC has some other rankings […]» Read More
'Virginia Advocate' Praises UVA's Green Light Rating
March 16, 2012
In The Virginia Advocate, an independent student newspaper at the University of Virginia, Wendy Morrison writes a brief column noting with pleasure the university's rank as a "green light" school after having seen FIRE's latest national survey of campus speech codes, "This ranking was no faint praise," Morrison writes, "when you compare UVA to other top tier Universities like Yale, who were given yellow lights and whose profiles cited many examples of seemingly unreasonable censorship." Indeed, it is no faint praise, though it is praise we give out far less often than we'd like. Currently only sixteen colleges nationwide (with […]» Read More
In Mississippi, 'The Clarion-Ledger' Reports on Dangers of State Colleges' Speech Codes
August 16, 2010
In today's edition of The Clarion-Ledger, the Jackson, Mississippi newspaper reports on speech codes maintained at public colleges statewide. Spurred by FIRE's recent victory at nearby Hinds Community College, reporter Elizabeth Crisp writes: Students at Mississippi universities may have to watch what they say more than those in other states because of policies that free-speech advocates say are oppressive. At Ole Miss, someone could theoretically get in trouble for sending an e-mail about how much they "hate" rival Mississippi State. Jackson State students could be punished for unsolicited flirting. Speaking freely outside so-called "free-speech zones" on most of the campuses […]» Read More
The Acton Institute on FIRE, Speech Codes, and Reading Solzhenitsyn at Ole Miss
December 3, 2008
Ray Nothstine, Associate Editor at the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based Acton Institute, has authored a thoughtful and illuminating article on the prevalence of speech codes and their chilling effects on campus freedom, as well as FIRE's efforts to expose them and rid them from America's colleges and universities. Echoing FIRE co-founders Alan Charles Kors and Harvey Silverglate's 1998 book The Shadow University, Nothstine articulates the dangers of an establishment steeped in censorship: Limits on free speech [are] uniquely troubling for the future health of a free society. Students become accustomed to having their rights limited, and will be more lethargic in […]» Read More
'Speech Code of the Month' in 'The FIRE Quarterly'
May 25, 2007
As Torch readers know, each month, FIRE features a college or university with a particularly egregious speech code as its Speech Code of the Month. We use Speech Code of the Month to educate the public about the ever-present problem of speech codes on campus, but the feature also helps put public pressure on these schools to encourage revisions of these repressive policies. An article in our new issue of The FIRE Quarterly discusses the changes in policies FIRE has witnessed in four institutions that have been named Speech Code of the Month in the past. Since June 2005, Albertson […]» Read More
New Speech Code of the Month Website Feature
April 13, 2007
FIRE's Speech Code of the Month program has been an important vehicle for change. Since June 2005, five universities—Albertson College of Idaho, the University of Nevada at Reno, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Jacksonville State University, and the University of Mississippi—have changed their policies after being named Speech Code of the Month. In addition, the president of Western Michigan University has stated that his institution will revise a policy that was named FIRE's Speech Code of the Month for March 2007. Thanks to a new feature, visitors to FIRE's website can now see our Speech Codes of the Month together […]» Read More
Speech Code of the Month: University of Mississippi
October 3, 2006
FIRE announces its Speech Code of the Month for October 2006: University of Mississippi. The University of Mississippi's General Telephone Policy provides that, on calls made to and from campus telephones, "offensive language is not to be used. All reported incidents of anyone using offensive language is referred to the Campus Police for further action." I'm happy to hear that Ole Miss is such a safe campus that the Campus Police have the time to take action on every incident of offensive language being used over the telephone. But the Campus Police should be aware that it is this policy—and […]» Read More


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You and I both know it's coming ...
And when it does, millions of us will look back on the past year longingly. Meanwhile, a handful of us will look back triumphantly ...
$5 gas, here we come -- again!
That's right, I said it ... despite a shaky economy and despite the Obama administration's likely crackdown on speculators that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission now blames for 2008's historic run-up.
Because, let's face it, over the long haul, demand for oil and gas will drastically outstrip supply. And the majority of that supply is controlled by a handful of obscenely wealthy foreign businessmen who, as old T. Boone Pickens points out, don't like us very much.
Point being, oil and gas prices will eventually recover -- and then soar to new highs. When they do, everyone's going to get pinched at the pump -- yet only a few will get rich.
Will you be one of them?
Frankly, that all depends on what you do right now. Lots of investors are looking toward names like Williams Companies
But I, for one, have instead been loading up on specialty deepwater drillers like Transocean, and looking at other smaller oil-services companies like Global Industries
I've even picked up shares of the Energy Select SPDR, which provides exposure to both oil and gas behemoths like ExxonMobil and lesser-known energy companies like Peabody Energy
I've also had my eye on smaller, specialty energy players like seismic data acquisition companies Dawson Geophysical and even tiny TGC Industries. They're both swimming in cash, trading near historically low multiples, and well-positioned to shoot higher when the price of oil and gas finally rises. Of course, there's only one problem.
You don't want to wait forever to cash in, do you?
Neither do I. So I sat down with our in-house dividends expert, James Early, to ask him about the other way to play energy.
No, I'm not referring to dividend-paying energy companies like Halliburton or Schlumberger. Instead, I'm talking about a group of often-overlooked energy investments that make big money regardless of the price of oil and gas -- and that pay you big bucks to own them.
The only way to play energy now
You may already know that I'm talking about master limited partnerships (MLPs), but in case you don't, here's a quick rundown.
MLPs were born out of two Reagan-era tax reforms instituted to spur the development of U.S. energy infrastructure. Consequently, nearly all MLPs are involved in the transportation, storage, refining, or processing of oil and gas.
Yet MLPs charge by the volume of oil or gas they transport, refine, etc., so fluctuations in the price of the commodities have only a minimal effect on their earnings. And because they're organized as partnerships, they're not taxed on the entity level -- which, for reasons I'll explain in a moment, provides investors a huge tax advantage.
It also means that, by law, they have to pay out the great majority of their earnings to their investors -- hence their ultra-high yields (typically from 6% to 10%).
You can buy MLPs online or through your broker, and they trade on major exchanges right along with regular dividend-paying stocks -- the one exception being that instead of shares, you purchase units, making you a unitholder, rather than a shareholder.
"For investors who want a lot of payout without a ton of risk"
That's how James Early describes these investments in the comprehensive MLP guide he recently put together for members of our Motley Fool Income Investor community.
One of the MLPs he's recommending is Magellan Midstream Partners. Though lesser-known than Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, Magellan actually operates the longest oil and gas pipeline in the U.S. -- a huge advantage when you consider that it more or less runs an oil and gas toll road.
Magellan is also flush with cash, and since going public in February 2001, it has increased or maintained its quarterly payout (called a "distribution" in MLP land) for 33 consecutive quarters. Granted, it has already shot up 75% since James recommended it last November -- but he still thinks it has another 30% or so of upside, and it pays a juicy 7% dividend.
More good news
Because MLPs aren't taxed on the corporate level, you won't have to pay taxes on the majority of the cash you earn until after you sell the units, making it a great way to earn tax-deferred income.
In short, if you're looking for a way to cash in on energy right now, I'd look no further than Magellan Midstream Partners. It's just one of five MLPs, and more than 50 dividend-paying stocks, that James is recommending to Income Investor members.
You can get in-depth research on every single one, plus get James' comprehensive guide to MLPs absolutely free, by accepting a 30-day guest pass to Income Investor.
It costs nothing, and there is no obligation to subscribe. All you have to do is click here.
This article was originally published Aug. 28, 2009. It has been updated.
Austin Edwards owns shares of Transocean and the Energy Select SPDR. Magellan Midstream Partners is an Income Investor recommendation. Dawson Geophysical is a Motley Fool Hidden Gems selection. As always, The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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Margaret Riche is GRACE's Public Service Scholar. Riche is in her final year at Hunter College, where she is studying public service, creative writing and is participating in the interdisciplinary Thomas Hunter Honors program. Vegan since 2008, Margaret believes that a sustainable future begins with compassion, educated choices and ethical consumption.
Here we are again; January brings its annual practice of New Year's Resolutions, and none too soon, as many of us enter it repentantly, still full from a holiday season of gift giving and feasting. After all those year-end indulgences, getting fit, saving money and living more sustainably are likely to be right at the top of many Americans' lists this year.
Are these three goals at odds with one another? Local/sustainable food has been largely painted as overly expensive and even "elitist" over the last few years, and healthier whole foods can take a toll on the pocket book. Veganism, done right, is one way to eat healthfully and while it may not be the only way, most Americans could stand to eat less meat. I personally don't eat any animal products, and many of my friends have told me they would like to try veganism on for size but think it's too expensive. Luckily, there are pioneers out there like Ellen Jaffe Jones, whose new book, Eat Vegan on $4 a Day, shows how a plant-based diet can be sustainable, delicious and economical.
The key to Jaffe's plan is just that, a plan, and as a cash-strapped vegan myself, I found Eat Vegan Meals on $4 a Day extremely useful. This year, I'm following Jaffe's advice and taking a little extra time to plan before heading out to go food shopping.
While her cookbook focuses mainly on the economic and health issues surrounding veganism, I wanted to ask Jones about the benefits of a vegan diet for our planet, as the environmental toll of industrial agriculture represents an external costs for all. In response, Jones quoted the UN report, "Livestock's Long Shadow," which states that the meat industry is "one of the most significant contributors to today's most serious environmental problems." Jones went on to say that, "In comparison to other meat-consuming diets, a healthy vegan diet depletes less of the precious and fragile dwindling supplies of land, and more importantly, available water needed for supporting a constantly burgeoning world population." Anyone looking to reduce his or her environmental impact this coming year should consider cutting down on animal products, and this book shows how to do that, cheaply and deliciously.
But Eat Vegan on $4 a Day is more than just a cookbook, it's a game plan. An award-winning investigative journalist and financial consultant, Jaffe is extremely adept at concisely laying out the facts and figures. She teaches her main money-saving strategies, which involve buying in bulk, stocking your pantry with dried beans, grains and greens, and cooking from scratch. Jaffe also explains how consumers can save money by buying direct from local farms and community supported agriculture (CSA) programs. Jaffe's experiences shopping on a budget led her to to ten incredibly useful "Money Saving Tips," including the best way to navigate a grocery store (shop the circumference of the store and look beyond eye-level on the shelves), how to buy in bulk (think eight-pound bags of dried beans) and how to keep track of food prices (she even includes a nifty chart you can use!).
Jaffe argues that a healthful vegan diet not only saves you money in the short term, but also in healthcare costs down the line. "If you're wondering why I started eating a vegan whole-foods diet," she explains, "it's simple: I wanted to cheat death." When several of Jaffe's close relatives died of cancer, heart disease and diabetes, Jaffe began researching nutrition and the treatment of livestock on factory farms. Jones explains that "a healthful diet based on unprocessed plant-based foods can protect you against disease…and (help) avoid costly trips to the doctor."
Jaffe further explores the intersecting issues of health, finances and agriculture, including the relationship between animal products, advertisements, lobbying and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). "A great number of government policies favor the promotion of animal-based foods, such as meat and dairy, over vegan foods, such as beans, fruits and vegetables and whole grains" Jaffe explains. "The USDA sets advertising budgets for agricultural products based on how much money is collected for them, and by far the greatest funding goes to marketing animal-based foods."
The key to Jaffe's plan is just that, a plan, and as a cash-strapped vegan myself, I found Eat Vegan Meals on $4 a Day extremely useful. This year, I'm following Jaffe's advice and taking a little extra time to plan before heading out to go food shopping. Her diverse array of recipes include breakfast foods, soups, salads, entrees, spreads, sides, desserts and snacks, with easy to understand instructions and clever names, and she even calculates how much each serving costs (sometimes as low as $.25!) I've already tried two of her recipes and I'm thrilled to report they were delicious! Check out the slideshow to see pictures from my adventures in cooking "Pot-of-Gold Rainbow Stew" and "Carrot Cake to Live For."
So next time someone tells you eating consciously is too expensive, refer them to this excellent cookbook, and tell them "healthy, wealthy and wise" just requires a little planning.


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Tigers Look to Rebound at Eastern Kentucky
Richmond, Ky. – Tennessee State dropped their first two games of the three-game Ohio Valley Conference series at Eastern Kentucky on Saturday afternoon. EKU took the first game 9-2 before using just five innings to win the nightcap 13-5. The Tigers fall to 11-29, 2-12 in the OVC. EKU improved their East Division record to 12-4, 25-16 overall.
Trailing 2-0 in the fourth of game one, freshmen Audrey Sensing and Lindsey Burgess teamed up to even the score. Sensing led off the inning with a line drive double to left centerfield on the second pitch of the at-bat. Burgess followed two pitches later with a towering smash to left field for her first career home run.
TSU was one strike away from getting out of the fourth inning tied at 2-2, but EKU would put together a two-out five-run rally to retake the lead 7-2. The Colonels would add two more runs off starter Shea Morris who fell to 7-15 on the season. Morris allowed 14 hits and two walks while fanning six batters.
The Colonels jumped out to a quick 9-0 lead after three innings in game two. But the Tigers would fight to get back into the game with a five-run fourth inning. After back-to-back walked to Jennifer Givens and Kacie Daugherty to open the fourth, Audrey Sensing reached, and advanced to second, on an EKU throwing error. Givens and Daugherty both scored on the play to make the score 9-2.
Burgess reached after being hit by a pitch to once again give the Tigers two runners on base. Ashley Haynes took advantage of the runners with a hard line drive to the centerfield wall that would plate both runners and cutting the lead to 9-4. TSU closed out the scoring in their half of the inning as Kate Morris executed the perfect suicide squeeze that allowed Haynes to score easily.
Once again the Colonels would respond with a run in the fourth and three more in the fifth to close out the victory. Olivia Gamache was ticketed with the loss and is now 4-14.
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Power Solutions International Inc. (PSIX) Drops 5.95% on January 07Equities Staff Follow |
Power Solutions International Inc. (PSIX) was one of the Russell 2000's biggest losers for Thursday January 07 as the stock slid 5.95% to $15.80, a loss of $-1 per share. Starting at an opening price of $16.45 a share, the stock traded between $15.55 and $16.62 over the course of the trading day. Volume was 75,965 shares over 558 trades, against an average daily volume of 117,722 shares and a total float of 10.75 million.
The losses send Power Solutions International Inc. down to a market cap of $169.88 million. In the last year, Power Solutions International Inc. has traded between $69.79 and $16.54, and its 50-day SMA is currently $20.26 and 200-day SMA is $39.27.
The stock has a P/E Ratio of 39.1.
Power Solutions International Inc is a producer and distributor of high performance, certified low emission, power systems, including alternative fuel power systems, for OEMs of off-highway industrial OEMs.
Power Solutions International Inc. is based out of Wood Dale, IL and has some 701 employees. Its CEO is Gary Winemaster.
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UC Santa Barbara's Orlando Johnson and Greg Somogyi faced-off in pool play at the World University games in Shenzhen, China early Saturday morning and Johnson's Team USA (2-0) blasted Somogyi's Hungarian team (0-2), 102-53.
After starting the tournament opener against Mexico, Johnson came off the bench in game two. He hit scored seven points and collected eight rebounds, the second highest total for Team USA. Also, for the second straight game, every American player scored.
Somogyi was in Hungary's starting lineup for the second straight contest. He finished with six points and three rebounds in 20 minutes. In his first game, against Israel, the 7-foot-3 center had eight points, eight blocked shots and six rebounds.
The story of the game was a stifling Team USA defense, particularly in the first and third quarters. Hungary, which shot 34.5% for the game, scored just six points in both the first and third quarters. The U.S. led 58-19 at halftime and 84-25 after three quarters.
Vanderbilt's John Jenkins paced Team USA with 20 points, making 6-of-10 three-point attempts. As a team, the American's hit 12 three-pointers.
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That's right. Who knew the City Ethics Board could "raid" an office? Apparently that's what's just happened this afternoon according to a report on Philly.com .
According to the report, City Ethics staffers claimed Donna Reed Miller's staff used city copy machines to produce material for Verna Tyner who is running to take Miller's seat. Miller endorsed Tyner earlier this week.
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5 Improvements That Will Increase Your Home'S Value
For Santa Cruz residents looking into installing hardwood floors you've likely noticed that the worst thing about hardwood floors is the expense related to buying and installing them. Solid hardwood can be very expensive, and engineered hardwood, while cheaper, is more expensive and difficult to install that solid. The last best option then is laminate, but unlike both solid and engineered hardwood, laminate flooring is not actually hardwood at all. It's simply made to look that way, and despite the fact that it's cheaper, it's been engineered to avoid some of the pitfalls associated with solid and engineered hardwood.
#1. What is Laminate Flooring Made Of?
Laminate flooring is constructed in three layers. The bottom layer is the backing, and the top layer is the veneer. Between those is a dense fiberboard that is reinforced with a special resin designed to make it more resistant to moisture. The veneer is composed of two layers. One is a printed image of wood grain, and on top there is a layer that protects that. These two layers make laminate flooring more scratch resistant than a number of the softer hardwoods. On the other hand, unlike hardwood, laminate flooring cannot be refinished.
#2. How Does Laminate Flooring Look?
This really depends on the quality of the laminate flooring. The answer lies somewhere in between better than it used to look this link and not as good as hardwood (engineered or otherwise). Laminate flooring is made using state of the hard printing technology that prints out the image of wood graining and texture and fixes that atop the middle layer and accounts for the bulk of the floor. For those that like the look and feel of hardwood, but aren't really willing to pay the price for the real deal, laminate flooring is the compromise to make.
#3. How Durable is Laminate Flooring?
This is one of the primary benefits of laminate flooring. The veneer layer is protected and highly resistant to normal wear and tear. hardwood floor refinishing campbell That means it's the abnormal wear and tear that you have to concern yourself with. The major problem here is that unlike hardwood, laminate flooring cannot be refinished, so if something unsightly happens to it, you're either stuck with the blemish or in need of a replacement.
#4. Is Laminate Flooring a Good Option?
It's certainly not a bad option. But the quality of the floor is relative to the price. Some laminate flooring, the kind that can trick hardwood experts is nearly the cost of hardwood itself. On the other hand, it may be more durable than some hardwoods. But finally, if something goes wrong with it, it can't be restored by refinishing it. So if laminate flooring really does save you money, it's because you're sacrificing the quality of the flooring.


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Recently I was lamenting the fact that tabletop war games, while awesome and nerdy at the same time, are incredibly expensive. Far too expensive for me to afford even when I was gainfully employed. Now that I'm going back to school I'm even more poor and I was looking for alternatives; that's how I found this wonderful place.
After looking at the core rules and browsing the supplements I was disappointed to learn that there are no rules for big ol' mechs. Now, I've been a fan of BattleTech since I played MechWarrior2 when I was a wee lad and it has kind of translated over to my lego building; my collection revolves almost entirely around big robots with guns.
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The Lakers survived a weekend without losing a game for once.
In related news, the Lakers did not play one.
In a quirk in the NBA schedule, the Lakers (22-44) will not return to until Wednesday against the San Antonio Spurs (49-16) at Staples Center, giving the team both Saturday and Sunday to clear their minds of a depressing reality before practice begins again today.
The Lakers have become the first NBA team officially eliminated from the playoffs and will become only the fifth team in franchise history to end the season in such fashion.
With every one of the 16 remaining games up through April 16 meaningless toward the bottom-line result, will the Lakers treat it as such?
"We'll try to compete as hard as we can for every game we have left," Lakers forward Pau Gasol said. "We'll try to get some positive results."
Good luck.
The Lakers meet Western Conference-leading San Antonio, the same team that just beat them by 34, setting a record for the most lopsided loss against the Spurs since a 135-103 setback on Feb. 22 1977. To think, both of these teams combined for nine NBA championships from 1999 to 2010.
San Antonio still remains in pursuit of that goal. Meanwhile, the Lakers are taking stock of their chances at winning the top pick in NBA draft lottery on May 20 (11.9 percent) and evaluating a crop of young players on one-year contracts. Still, Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni insisted the Lakers still care about winning games.
"That's got to be a playoff game for us. We've got to attack it that way," D'Antoni said. "They have to learn to be able to compete at the highest level. It's not easy."
Bloated position
The Lakers have way too many wing players.
But they lack quality ones.
Nick Young has stayed sidelined for the past 16 of 17 games with a sore left knee, though he hopes he can return to practice this week and play Wednesday against San Antonio. Xavier Henry shot a combined 4 of 21 in losses last week in Oklahoma City and San Antonio a week after returning from a nearly 2 1/2-month absence because of an injured right knee.
MarShon Brooks hasn't even appeared in two of the past three games after receiving a chance in the last month since arriving here from Golden State in the Steve Blake trade. Kent Bazemore has averaged 14.3 points in 12 games, but he has averaged 10 points on a 40-percent clip in the past four contests.
How will D'Antoni handle that position?
"You want to look at Bazemore and see if they get better," D'Antoni said. "There's a lot of guys we want to look at and that's the number game and the way it is. To get back on the court, you have to play better. If you want to get on it, you have to play well. If not, you're not going to play. It's pretty simple."
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University of California, Berkeley
Now that I've found the newspaper articles detailing the engagement of my grandparents, Sigmund Levy and Loraine Gunzendorfer, I decided to look through some of the other things I have for more information. And because of that, I need to go back in time a week or two to capture the entire story.
Sometime in late October, Sig proposed to Loraine at the foot of the Campanile (Sather Tower) on the UC Berkeley campus. I can only imagine how excited Loraine was to finally have her man!
On Monday, October 28, 1918 my grandfather wrote to Bertha and Abe Gunzendorfer, Loraine's parents, asking for her hand in marriage. He mailed the letter from Baracks "K", Berkeley the following day, October 29.
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Mr. and Mrs. A.B. Gunzendorfer
Monterey, Calif.
My dad was always active in the YMCA - I guess his father shared the passion. I find it curious that Jewish men spent their lives giving to a Christian organization.
As I've read letters and newspaper articles, I know Sig had been sick with the flu during the horrible flu epidemic of 1918-1920. Thankfully, he was well enough to write this letter.
Dear Folks:
This little army message is quite different I know but this is the way I'm situated, and as I have no freedom I'll write this little note as per army channels.
I suppose Loraine has told you of my hard luck, but I am again on my feet and getting strong again. But it was a dreadful thing; but the way conditions were I couldn't escape. I was so happy though that Loraine and Wilton missed it.
I have wanted so badly to ask if you would consent to have your daughter become Mrs. Sig Levy some day soon but it seems that misfortune has always prevented. But Loraine and I have taken for granted that you will approve and we want to announce our engagement. There is no question of our sincere love for each other and I will do everything within my power to make her a happy girl. No finer girl than Loraine ever lived and she certainly is entitled to a happy life to come, so I shall endeavor to give her a future that shall be worthy of your admiration.
I am hoping that you will forgive the way we have gone at this engagment but I feel that you understand the trying circumstances.
But now, I have graduated and soon hope to be an officer - and most of all I am hoping that this awful war will soon be over, and then we all can settle down to our homes and be happy.
I am trusting that my request will meet with your hearty approval and that you will always be proud of your son-in-law to be. Thanking you a big lot and hoping you all are in the best of health I remain
Sig Levy
And this is the letter he received back just a few days later.
October 31, 1918
9 pm
Oct 31/18
My dear Sig:
We read with pleasure your letter telling us that you were rapidly recovering from your illness & we hope that this will be the end of all your troubles while in the army. Loraine kept us posted from the time you were taken sick & we were glad always to hear you were daily improving.
Thank God Loraine & Wilton have escaped so far & I only hope they will not get careless and take chances at any time.
It surely has kept us worried most of the time, the epidemic has been so virulent and so far reaching.
As far as giving our consent to our dear daughter's some day becoming Mrs. Sig Levy, I guess we will have to, as you both have decided for yourselves some little time ago, & as long as Loraine is happy, we can't ask any more, as parents ??? in life is the happiness of their children.
It is hard to give her up but I am sure you will cherish her & take care of her as she has been at home. Loraine is a darling girl & I know you will do all you can to make her happy, she deserves it all & I know she in turn will do likewise to make you happy.
Knowing your dear mother & father for so many years, also your own splendid record we do not feel like we are giving her to a stranger but that we are gaining a son whom I know we will love & respect.
Wishing you both all the happiness in the world & that from now on you will keep well & not have to go too far away.
We remain with love
Loraine's mother & father & some day yours
I've studied some of the other things I've found in order to determine if this was written by Bertha or Abe. Part of me thinks that Abe would have responded as her father.....but since it is signed with 'mother' first I think Bertha may have written it. I'll have to keep my eyes open for other handwriting samples to compare it to.
I guess it's official - my grandparents are going to be married!


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It might begin with a child discovering a new word through a volunteer reading to them. Or perhaps a teen struggling in class receives the additional attention needed to pass a math test. These small acts can trigger years of learning and academic success. And when one child succeeds, an entire community is uplifted.
The achievement gap begins before school does. According to the U.S. Department of Education, 46 percent of kids start school without the skills they need to learn. These numbers tell of a cycle of poverty tied to insufficient resources and diminishing support. Locally, only 80 percent of suburban students and approximately 60 percent of Chicago Public School students graduate from high school.
At United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, the belief that a quality education is the foundation of lifelong learning, good health and economic success drives the goal to help 50,000 underperforming middle school students enter high school ready to succeed as part of its LIVE UNITED 2020 community-impact plan. United Way began this work with a $9 million regional investment in two laser-focused strategies; ensure kids 0-5 are ready to succeed in kindergarten and keep middle school students, sixth through eighth grade, on track for high school graduation.
"By focusing on early childhood, children will have the building blocks, through family support and skill attainment, to begin kindergarten poised for lifelong learning," says Richard L. Jones, Ph.D., senior vice president of community investment at United Way of Metropolitan Chicago. "Similarly, by enveloping sixth to eighth grade youth in supportive and enriching educational environments at a formative and sometimes challenging developmental period, students will begin high school with the cognitive and social bedrock necessary to graduate."
Of United Way's investment, approximately $4 million is directed toward early childhood learning interventions. These interventions encompass key developmental supports, including high-quality preschool and home visitation services. At one partner non-profit, Christopher House, more than 400 children are directly impacted each day by United Way funding through their Early Childhood Development Services program. This program ensures children develop early literacy skills and are encouraged to explore, problem solve and work with classmates.
Research estimates that for every $1 invested in early childhood programs, communities will see a $14 return on investment in community savings.
An additional $5 million of United Way's investment in education focuses on middle school programming through high-quality "community in school" resources, as research shows a strong correlation between being off track in ninth grade and the likelihood to drop out of school before graduation. This work emphasizes parent engagement in their child's academic life, wraparound social service supports inside schools, and academic reinforcement through out-of-school programs. As part of the Berwyn Community School Initiative, the non-profit organization Youth Crossroads and Freedom Middle School reach out to middle school students. Supported by United Way of DuPage/West Cook and corporate partner OfficeMax, Freedom students are given access to additional after-school activities that help them continue on to high school and ultimately, graduation.
"It is extremely difficult to catch students up once they have fallen behind without a tremendous amount of resources," says Jim Calabrese, principal at Freedom Middle School. "The benefits are nearly endless for our students and in turn, our community."
Along with OfficeMax, Chicago's corporate community is taking note of the crisis in education. Nicor Gas is supporting the Education Initiative through a Challenge Grant, which matches all donations made to the initiative. The ComEd-Exelon-United Way Stay in School Initiative, focusing on middle school and high school students, provides valuable after-school programming to help students advance to the next grade level and graduate. In addition to yielding higher graduation rates, Stay in School improves grades, attendance rates and social behaviors. Other United Way top supporters like Northern Trust, Illinois Tool Works Inc., BMO Financial Group, Bank of America, Microsoft, Deloitte, PWC and UPS are supporting LIVE UNITED 2020.
"Education continues to be a signature focus of our corporate philanthropy strategy. The Stay in School program, with the help of our community partners and our employee volunteers serving as mentors, provides that motivation to succeed," says Steve Solomon, vice president of corporate relations at Exelon, adding they have seven years of positive results in the program.
United Way partners with 48 non-profits to provide the on-the-ground services necessary to reach children and youth in our community. United Way funded programs are working in 72 middle schools throughout the region and 67 early childhood centers.
This year, United Way is launching the first-of-its-kind program in a Chicago community. This pilot will demonstrate the work that can be accomplished when local schools transform into community hubs, connecting not only students, but their families and neighbors with the supports and resources they need to rise out of poverty. As community hubs, these schools will offer a range of coordinated programming that supports the academic success of students and the health and stability of their families. When the community joins United Way and their network of partners, dedicated action can turn into real, measurable results. United Way believes small acts can transform an entire community.


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समीक्षाएँ और रेटिंग
- अभी तक कोई समीक्षा नहीं है। समीक्षा पोस्ट करने वाले पहले व्यक्ति बनें!


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
{birthday invite tutorial...
I started with this photo I took last weekend in my "kitchen" studio...
{my "kitchen" studio consists of a roll of white paper, my kitchen window and my external flash bouncing off the ceiling. super simple}
Added text in photoshop...
Had them printed at mpix.com... gathered the extra material {I ordered from HERE when I ordered her dress from HERE}, and my ever trusty Xyron 150...
I ripped strips of the fabric to approx. 1/2" and ran it thru my {X}...
{note: I used repositionable tape in the X}
Then, create a ruffle at the top & bottom of the printed invite...
Ran it through my sewing machine...
And that's it! A few strips of fabric and you have something completely unique!
12 comments:
- Shelley Haganman said...
These are to DIE for!! Love, love, love!!!!! You are amazing!!!! ;)
- March 9, 2011 at 5:27 AM
- Carly said...
First your picture is gorgeous and what a cutie!! Totally adore the invite too! So super sweet!!
- March 9, 2011 at 6:56 AM
- rkokes said...
absolutely LOVE these!!! great idea!
- March 9, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- The Grissoms' Page said...
Such a clever idea to order the extra material to attach to the invite -- so cute!
- March 9, 2011 at 7:54 AM
- MeganAring said...
These turned out great!
- March 9, 2011 at 9:08 AM
- AllyW said...
These are THE cutest invites i have EVER seen!!!!
- March 9, 2011 at 10:35 AM
- Stacey Young said...
Gorgeous invites...love the material:) I just found your blog from the Sass blog and it is just adorable! Your style is so gorgeous and sweet, completely different from mine:) Have a fantastic day xo
- March 9, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Jennifer Chapin said...
Ack! These are too cute!
- March 9, 2011 at 5:47 PM
- Keshet said...
Oh my gosh, these are GORGEOUS!
- March 9, 2011 at 8:02 PM
- A splash of Sherry said...
Megan!!!So cute. Love the material!! Never thought to run material through the xyron.
- March 9, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- Amy said...
- March 10, 2011 at 5:44 AM
So pretty...love the fabric!!!
Her skirt is adorable...did you make it?
- March 11, 2011 at 7:08 PM


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Women ROCK is a depression-preventive intervention program for first-year females at SPU. Young women participate in an eight-week manualized stress and emotion regulation program teaching such skills as breathing techniques, mindfulness, and progressive muscle relaxation. Women report on stress, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms across the first year of college.
PACE: The Positive Affect and College Events Study examined the relationships between positive and negative events, trait and state affectivity, and cognitive responses as they predict depressive and somatic symptoms among college students. During the 2nd wave of data collection, PACE will also be examining the impacts of exercise on depressive symptoms, and predictors of nonsuicidal self-injury. Participants respond to a series of questionnaires.
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Saturday's Powerball jackpot has already grown by $75 million to a whopping $550 million threatening the all time Powerball jackpot amount.
There was no winning ticket matching five numbers and the Powerball number from Wednesday's drawing, setting up a buying frenzy that pushed Saturday's jackpot up from an initial $475 million.
The numbers drawn Wednesday night were: 02-11-26-34-41 and a Powerball of 32.
One ticket worth $1 million was sold in New Jersey at Rachel's Market in Pennsville.
There has been no Powerball winner since March 23 when a ticket worth $338 million was sold in Passaic to Pedro Quezada,
Saturday's jackpot, the second largest in Powerball history, has a cash value of $350 million.
The entire world wants a chance at the big jackpot. "We start getting inquiries from Canada and Europe from people wanting to know if they can buy a ticket," Powerball spokeswoman Mary Neubauer told ABC News. "They ask if they can FedEx us the money." The answer is: "Sorry, no. You have to buy a ticket in a member state from a licensed retail location."
Your odds of winning are the $550 million jackpot are 1 in 175,223,510 according to the Powerball website. There's a 1 in 31.85 chance that a ticket holder could win something else including the smallest prize of $4.
The multi-state lottery is played in 42 states including New Jersey, New York and Delaware.
The largest Powerball jackpot ever offered was last March's Mega Millions $656 million which was won by 3 ticket holders.


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OK, I hung for one of the nights i went camping Memorial Day weekend. I had our tent set up. I took one of my 8*10 blue tarps and set it up "diamond style".
But here's the question. When people use tents they often use a tarp above, to protect their tent and keep extra dry. Do hangers do the same? I mean if i have say a Warbonnet Superfly (the tarp I think I am ordering), do I still use a cheap blue tarp over head. And, oh by the way, i am car camping this year (still).
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The mission of the Business Services Department is to execute Board policy for the fiscal stability of the District through the administration of budgets and financial programs within the District, including providing the necessary support to the colleges to facilitate their individual mission and vision statements.
About the Deputy Chancellor:
Our Deputy Chancellor is Ken Stoppenbrink. He served as the HR director until 2004 when he was promoted to the Vice Chancellor of Business Services. Ken has a combined 25 years of experience in Human Resources of which 16 years were in Health Care. On July 1, 2013 Ken was promoted to the Deputy Chancellor of the WHCCD. During his career he has been responsible for a number of areas such as risk management; health care administration; contract negotiations; construction project oversight; bond campaigns and strategic planning for all fiscal affairs of the district.
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I gazed out the 15th-floor window, feeling aas if my dreams were about to plummet all the way down to the lobby where I had checked in four hours earlier.
I gazed out the 15th-floor window, feeling aas if my dreams were about to plummet all the way down to the lobby where I had checked in four hours earlier.
I recently had the exhilarating experience of attending a student workshop at The New York Times.
The workshop was held in a spacious room with bright red walls in which we spent six hours, listening in awe, to a few people who helpmake up The New York Times.
"You are hungry, and I love that about you. You are our future," said Janet Elder, an assistant managing editor at The Times. "It is soon to be your time. It is soon to be in your hands. Let's see what you can do."
At the time, I was lost in a variety of thoughts:
I am the future? It is in my hands? No pressure or anything.
Self-doubt and insecurities camped out in my thoughts for the remainder of the workshop.
I remained uncertain if it was Elder's speech that sparked the sudden storm of insecurities.
No, it was definitely the fact that I suddenly felt outnumbered and under-qualified next to students representing universities as if: Harvard, Brown, Villanova, Princeton, Duke, Columbia and so forth.
Being the optimist that I am, though, I waited and waited for the underdog of the bunch — a speaker who did not obtain a degree from a prestigious Ivy League university.
The underdog never came, but David Carr did.
"It always surprises me that the likes of me would end up in a place like this," said Carr, a media and culture columnist at the Times.
Carr was different from the other speakers. Frankly, he restored my confidence.
It might have been his independence from The Times, or his relatable dry humor that got me out of my mini-slump.
Carr spoke about social media and how his Twitter page affects the image of The New York Times.
"That does not mean that I tweet with a stick up my ass, or wear beige and smile while I do it," he said, in what, by far, was my favorite quote.
Carr's presentation was the turning point of my day.
I began to think of my trip in a different way. I looked at it as a learning experience.
I no longer felt like waving the white flag, but more so I felt like creating a to-do list for the next few years of my life.
That's exactly what I did.
The future of The New York Times may not be in my hands anytime soon, but my future is.
So let's see what I can do.
Valentina Caval is a Queens, N.Y., native who is a junior at East Stroudsburg University studying communications and English. Follow her on Twitter @Val_Caval.


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In what was a tough, physical contest, the Crowder Lady 'Riders threw down against Coffeyville Community College and came away with a hard-fought 54-52 victory on Tuesday.
In what was a tough, physical contest, the Crowder Lady 'Riders threw down against Coffeyville Community College and came away with a hard-fought 54-52 victory on Tuesday.
The first half belonged to the Lady Ravens as they built a 31-22 lead at the half. Only a 3-pointer at the buzzer kept the Lady Riders from trailing by even more at that point, but the shot seemed to give them some momentum as they came out in the second half on fire.
A long run by the Lady 'Riders was aided by them not allowing the Lady Ravens to score for the first five minutes of the half. That allowed Crowder to take the lead midway through the half.
The new life was just enough for the Lady 'Riders to hang on at the end.
Trailing 52-50 with about a minute to play, Terai Sadler grabbed an offensive rebound, put it back for a basket, was fouled on the play and made the free throw to give Crowder a 53-52 edge with just under a minute remaining. After a defensive stop, Sagely was fouled and made the front end of a one-and-one to make it 54-52.
The Lady Ravens had two more chances within the final 20 seconds, but missed both shots as the Lady 'Riders defense held tough.
"Our kids really battled," Lady Riders coach Tina Robbins said. "I was really proud of our kids. It was a physical, physical game and at times we weren't getting shots to fall. But they continued to grind and found a way to win."
Sadler was the leading scorer for the Lady 'Riders with 13 points while Veronica Amos had 10, Sarah Sagely 11, Caprese Marshall three, Camila Lacerda seven, Dorian Briggs six, Megan Ritter two, Chloe Nichols two and Seleena Neal zero.
Amos pulled down 12 rebounds and three steals. Sadler had nine boards and three assists. Lacerda managed four assists and six steals. Briggs had three assists.
Miaja Coursey led all scorers with 18 points for the Lady Ravens. Teammate Devyn Edwards had 13.
The Lady 'Riders now gear up for the Don Wilson Classic this weekend at Bob Sneller Gymnasium. The four-team tournament is slated to tip at 5 p.m. Friday with North Oklahoma-Tonkawa taking on North Arkansas Community College at 5 p.m. while Crowder entertains LSU-Eunice at 7.
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The National Biodiesel Board (NBB), which created a Sustainability Task Force last February, recently held a symposium focused on sustainable solutions to energy challenges. The meeting included discussions of greenhouse gas emission models, biodiesel's positive energy balance and next generation feedstocks.
The NBB utilized the symposium to get feedback from a diverse audience and to get professionals from different sectors and disciplines talking to each other about sustainability issues and opportunities for collaboration, says Emily Bockian Landsburg, the Sustainability Task Force chair. Representatives from USDA, the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the American Soybean Association, the World Initiative for Soy in Human Health and the U.S. Department of Energy Clean Cities were among those attending the meeting.
At its fall board meeting, the NBB also adopted several resolutions addressing sustainability:
1. The NBB resolves to develop internal policies and support practices which promote the use of sustainable feedstocks and biodiesel production methods.
2. NBB shall adopt the definition of sustainability as recommended by the Sustainability Task Force (STF).
3. The Regulatory Committee and the STF shall discuss and consider the guiding principles for biodiesel sustainability as recommended by the NBB STF for adoption by the membership in 2009.
4. NBB resolves to actively engage in forums addressing global biodiesel/biofuels sustainability standards.
5. Several organizations are developing sustainability metrics and certifications for biodiesel and other renewable fuels. NBB resolves to actively participate in these efforts on behalf of the industry.
6. Direct and indirect land use change are becoming important metrics for all industries. Legislative policy and best practices must be based on sound science and real, transparent data in order to accurately access biodiesel's impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Such science and data are currently insufficient for this purpose. NBB resolves to actively monitor, participate in, and support research to develop science and data to address this issue objectively and accurately.
The NBB has launched a new Web site, www.biodieselsustainability.com. It is useful when you have questions or are faced with questions from others about the sustainability of biofuels, Landsburg says.


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Sugar Shout Out For September 12, 2011
Sugar Shout Out: The Royal Graduations Photo Album!
- See photos from royal graduation ceremonies
- Top food trends for Fall from Food Network chefs
- Victoria Beckham shows baby Harper around NYC
- Backstage beauty tips from Charlotte Ronson
- Check out Bryce Dallas Howard's maternity style
- See what Diane von Furstenberg sent down the runway
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- Jude, Tom, Ryan, and Justin are coming to big screens this Fall
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Elite Deviance
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