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Jim Swartz Wins 2009 Melges 32 East Coast Championship
17 May 2009
Jim Swartz (Edgartown, Mass.) on USA-007 Q and his 10-Congressional Cup collective-tenure team comprised of Gavin Brady, Chris Larson, Jamie Gale, Ben Beer, Tim Klein, Sarah Callahan and Alex Baittinger are the 2009 Melges 32 East Coast Champions. This is the first major win for Swartz in the Melges 32 Class. "This has been fantastic. We feel incredibly lucky. It came down to the last race, and we had some interesting starts that got our blood pumping. But this team rose to the occasion." said Swartz.
In second overall, Alex Jackson (Riverside, CT) on USA-174 Leenabarca was second and in third was John Taylor (Jupiter, Fla.) on USA-1315 Ninkasi.
Today's breeze was just what the doctor ordered for the last day of racing in Rye, N.Y. The competition was tight and eventful. Flat water, clearer conditions and 8-10 knots primed the fleet with the first start. Swartz lashed out at the fleet, right off the pin with speed, Taylor alongside. For most of the race, Swartz looked to have the win in the bag chased by Ed Tillinghast (New York, N.Y.) Tillinghast on USA-151 Dark n' Stormy, Taylor and Jason Carroll (New York, N.Y.) on USA-128 Argobut on the last weather leg he simply went the wrong way pushing him back in the fleet. Instead Taylor challenged for the top spot three-wide into the mark with Tillinghast and Meadows right behind who made a remarkable comeback after being called over early on the start. At the offset, Taylor and Meadows had trouble with the sets, leaving Tillinghast to slide right by and take the lead on the last downwind run. Tillinghast went on to win, with Carroll slipping in to take second at the finish. Meadows accepted third.
With a course bearing of 350, 1.8nm and five legs, the last race saw continued breezy conditions and a big shift right at the start that stirred the fleet's intensity and aggression. Meadows was called over early again, Jackson on the other hand was boxed out at the committee end. Taylor got another leg-up on the fleet rounding the top mark in first just ahead of Swartz and Carroll. Downwind and through the gate, Taylor held the lead with Swartz right behind. Back upwind, around the mark, then through the final gate of the race, Swartz took the lead only moments ahead of Taylor, followed by Carroll, Tillinghast and Pierini. He hung on for the win and sealed the deal for the Championship title!
A very special thanks goes to the extremely hospitable American Yacht Club, that went above and beyond to make the fleet feel welcome. Each afternoon teams congregated in the bar and out on the lawn for beer chat and a rehash of the day's racing. The race committee work was really great — very attentive to every shift. Nine races were scheduled and nine races were delivered. Thanks in particular to PRO Robin Wallace, the entire race committee, especially Bill Sandberg and Glenn Morrison. Thanks to Scott Florio who helped organize the young sailors on Take A Junior Sailing Day.
Be sure to check out the full results link. Interesting fleet facts: every team at some point over the nine-race, East Coast Championship series came in last; and five of the seven teams total won a race. It's these types of demographics that prove the ultra-competitiveness of the International Melges 32.
Top Three (Final, After nine races)
1.) Jim Swartz, Q; 1-1-1-4-2-2-[7]-6-1 = 18
2.) Alex Jackson, Leenabarca; 2-3-5-2-4-1-2-[7]-7 = 26
3.) John Taylor, Ninkasi; 6-[7]-2-5-6-4-1-4-2= 30
Full Results
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So what's next for the fleet? In the Northeast corridor of the USA is the Sail Newport Regatta on July 10-12 in Newport, R.I. In the Midwest, the fleet looks forward to the very first event of the 2009 Great Lakes Gold Cup Series event, the Chicago NOOD in Chicago, Ill. on June 19-21. In Europe, the next Audi Sailing Series event takes place is in Scarlino, Tuscany on June 5-7.
Full Crew Lists : 2009 Melges 32 East Coast Championship
Stay close to the official Web site of the International Melges 32 Class Association for race reports, photos and video interviews will be delivered each day. Subscribe to the IM32CA RSS Feed, or tune into the Official Melges 32 Blog for the latest race updates as it's happening.


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Household energy use
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Bioenergy > Issues > Development > Bioenergy for household energy use
Note: See also the BioenergyWiki page Bioenergy in rural development.
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Biomass and other forms of bioenergy are important in terms of household energy use throughout the world. The burning of dung, firewood (woody biomass), charcoal and other forms of bioenergy have long been important for cooking and the heating of homes.
- Biomass is an important source of household energy for many people around the world, especially in rural communities of developing countries such as the global South, and may serve as the main source of energy for perhaps half of all households worldwide.[1] Unfortunately, the use of biomass can lead to several serious problems and challenges.
Traditional biomass
- The burning of biomass as an energy source for heating or cooking can contribute to deforestation and indoor air pollution. The smoky open fires used for cooking in enclosed spaces generate soot and particulates that can contribute to respiratory diseases.
- The gathering and transportation of biomass often inflicts heavy labor burdens, primarily on women. Also, in extreme cases, such as in refugee camps in Sudan and Chad, it has been reported that there are major threats to the safety of women and children who risk being beaten, raped or killed when leaving such camps in search of firewood.[2]
- Gathering of biomass may also be associated with loss of vegetative cover and habitat loss for species.
Alternative technologies
- Alternative energy technologies can help alleviate many of these problems. Some examples include using improved cooking stoves or solar cookers, or switching to other cleaner-burning fuels -- although all of these alternatives may be prohibitively expensive for poor families to adopt.
Improved biomass cookstoves
- Biomass such as wood and charcoal are traditional cooking fuels. One approach to improving indoor air quality and reducing the amount of biomass needed, is to improve the efficiency of these stoves.
- There are a variety of improved cookstoves available, although they face challenges in terms of dissemination into the market.[3]
- Improved cookstoves are often more expensive, making purchasing them difficult for poor families.
- Subsidizing stoves has been used as a successful strategy, although governments and organizations should be careful not to significantly distort the market through such measures. See this Cookstoves and Markets (PDF) report for more information.
- Families often do not understand the health problems associated with indoor air pollutants and the women who are most affected are usually not the decision-makers for household expenditures such as improved cooking stoves.
- The available improved cookstoves reduce emissions and are more efficient.[4]
- According to Cookstoves and Markets (PDF) one of the available stoves, the Envirofit, "reduces 1 ton" of greenhouse gases "per stove annually and requires 50% less biomass fuel." This stove boasts a reduction in emissions of 80%.
Solar cookers
- Solar cookers are devices that concentrate the rays of the sun to heat and cook food. Such devices can reduce the need for gathering firewood and other biomass for cooking needs, providing more time and security to the lives of women. The use of solar cookers also reduces exposure to indoor air pollutants.
Ethanol stoves
- Ethanol-burning stoves are another technology that is replacing traditional biomass stoves as a cleaner alternative. There are a variety of feedstocks which can be used to produce ethanol, such as sugar cane or corn.
- There are a variety of examples of innovative small-scale systems which provide electricity to communities and villages.
- A community in Mali is using locally grown jatropha in a hybrid power plant. The power is produced by generators able to run on jatropha, diesel or both and then the electricity is sold back to the community.[5]
- There are several examples of communities using biogas created from waste that would normally be discarded. This biogas can then be used in generators to create electricity, or in stoves. The waste material would otherwise be burned, producing CO2, or left to rot, producing methane. So, the use of the waste material to create an energy source is not only beneficial for the community, but also reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
- For more information, see the biogas page. There is also an example of a small-scale use of biogas in the report Small-Scale Bioenergy Initiatives: Brief description and preliminary lessons on livelihood impacts from case studies in Asia, Latin America and Africa (PDF).
- The Charcoal Project - "The mission of The Charcoal Project is to promote, facilitate, and advocate for the widespread adoption of clean burning technologies, sustainable fuel alternatives, and policies that support energy-poverty alleviation for those who depend on biomass as their primary fuel around the world."
- The HEDON Household Energy Network
- "The HEDON Household Energy Network is an informal forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector."[6]
- The HEDON Household Energy Network is sponsored by EcoHarmony
- "The HEDON Household Energy Network is an informal forum dedicated to improving social, economic, and environmental conditions in the South, through promotion of local, national, regional and international initiatives in the household energy sector."[6]
- Get Beyond Firewood
- The Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children has taken the lead in finding alternative energy solutions so that women and children do not have to face the dangerous task and consequences of collecting firewood for household use.[7]
- The Partnership for Clean Indoor Air
- "The Partnership focuses on four priority areas which have proved to be essential elements for sustainable household energy and health programs in developing countries: (i) Meeting Social/Behavioral Needs; (ii) Developing Local Markets; (iii)Improving Technology Design and Performance; and (iv) Monitoring Impacts of Interventions."[8]
- Burning issues: tackling indoor air pollution, 7 May 2011 by The Lancet: "According to WHO, 2 million people die as a result of the smoke generated by open fires or crude stoves within their homes every year. Indoor air pollution has been definitively linked to lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and pneumonia, the risk of which is doubled by exposure to indoor smoke. More than 900 000 people die from pneumonia caused by indoor air pollution every year. 500 million households worldwide—roughly 3 billion people—rely on solid fuels, such as wood, animal dung, or coal, for cooking and heating. These fuels are usually burned in a rudimentary stove, or in a traditional open fire. It need not be a problem, at least in terms of health. But only assuming the fuel is completely combusted—wood must be dry, and the stove must work efficiently—and there is plenty of ventilation, a spacious chimney, or a sizeable window. In those places where the use of solid fuels prevails, however, these conditions rarely apply, and the consequences can be severe."
- "Yet, 'despite the magnitude of this growing problem' notes WHO 'the health impacts of exposure to indoor air pollution have yet to become a central focus of research, development aid, and policy making'....But the past year has had some encouraging advances."
- "In September, 2010, the UN Foundation launched the Global Alliance for Clean Cook Stoves....The Alliance—a public-private initiative—brings together partners from the range of specialties across which the issue of indoor air pollution sprawls. There is public health, of course, but also energy, international development, female empowerment, climate change, technology, and business."
- "The real benefits will be seen by switching to cleaner fuels and cleaner stoves. Improved stoves—those fitted with fans, for example—combust fuel more efficiently, have lower emissions, and require shorter cooking times."[9]
- Biowaste briquettes fuel drive to save trees, 22 February 2011 by SciDev.Net: "Banana stems, maize and other crop waste will be turned into charcoal briquettes in Uganda in an effort to reduce the number of trees chopped down for cooking fires."
- "The project, funded by the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), will train 600 farmers across the country to make briquettes using portable metal kilns that can be moved between farms, according to Maxwell Onapa, deputy executive secretary of the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (UNCST)."
- "A lack of modern and affordable fuels, such as gas, electricity and solar power, makes wood charcoal and firewood the preferred sources of domestic cooking fuel, but this is damaging the environment through deforestation and soil degradation, said Onapa."
- "Frank Muramuzi, executive director of the National Association of Professional Environmentalists, warned: 'The project may not be sustainable because if they run out of the agricultural waste to manufacture the charcoal briquette, people will go back to cutting trees.'"
- "But Jane Nalunga, a senior training officer at the National Organic Agricultural Movement of Uganda, said that removing agricultural waste and turning it into energy will reduce soil nutrition."[10]
- IEA's OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin Discusses Bioenergy and Energy Efficiency, 11 February 2011 by International Institute for Sustainable Development: "The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released the 75th issue of its OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin, highlighting newly released documents, proceedings and upcoming events."
- "The Bulletin highlights a new bioenergy policy guide, including recommendations addressing the food vs. fuel and land use change issues."
- "It also features articles addressing other issues such as improvements in demonstrating and marketing energy saving household technologies, the 50 by 50 campaign to halve auto emissions globally by 2050, and India's industrial sector.[11]
- "See the OPEN Energy Technology Bulletin"
- US $50 Million Pledge For Cleaner Cookstoves is Big Win For Women, Forests & Climate, 21 September 2010 by TreeHugger: "Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is expected to announce a $50 million pledge of seed money, distributed over five years, to help the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves provide 100 million clean-burning biomass cookstoves by 2020 to people in Africa, Asia and South America."
- "[T]he UN says every year 1.9 million people, mostly women and children, die from ailments caused by exposure to smoke from inefficient biomass cooking stoves."
- "What fuels these cookstoves? In some places it's dried animal dung--eminently renewable and frankly a good use of natural resources, but still a health hazard indoors--but it's also wood. Gathered and cut from forests, often carried long distances, again most often by women, this contributes to rampant deforestation in some places and is a burden that can be lessened by stoves which use fuel more efficiently."
- "Beyond the effect of cookstove smoke on people in the immediate vicinity, the black carbon soot has a climate impact as well."[12]
- Global Renewable Capacity Continues to Grow in 2009, Fueled by Policy and Ongoing Investment, 15 July 2010 by REN21: "REN21 is pleased to release its annual publication – the Renewables 2010 Global Status Report (PDF file)".
- "Highlights of 2009 include:
- "Renewable energy has an important role in providing modern energy access to the billions of people in developing countries that continue to depend on more traditional sources of energy, both for households and small industries....More than 30 million households get lighting and cooking from biogas made in household-scale digesters....Biomass cookstoves are used by 40 percent of the world's population."[13]
- Download the full report, Renewables Global Status Report 2010 (PDF file)
- "Highlights of 2009 include:
- Cookstoves: The Secret Weapon Against Poverty and Climate Change, 4 May 2010 by Clair Marrey at HEDON Household Energy Network: "Excerpts from the Ashden Report:'Our calculations suggest that a global programme to manufacture the half-billion improved stoves needed to convert the world's poor to safer cooking could save hundreds of thousands of young lives a year - and at the same time cut global greenhouse gas emissions by the equivalent of up to one billion tonnes of CO2 a year.'"
- "Despite their growing popularity, the acceptance of improved stoves can be a problem. One study in Mexico of early Patsari stoves found that 50% of women abandoned them in favour of their old, more dangerous stoves. GIRA worked closely with users to improve the design, and 70% of families now use their Patsari stove on a regular basis. This highlights the importance of looking at both the technology and building a relationship with the users."
- "Although many women dislike the smoke, for some it has a value. For instance, keeping away malaria-carrying mosquitoes and killing bugs that lurk in their thatched roofs."[14]
- For more information see the full report "Stoking up a cookstove revolution: The secret weapon against poverty and climate change (PDF file)"
- World's Pall of Black Carbon Can Be Eased With New Stoves, 8 March 2010 by Jon R. Luoma for Yale Environment 360: "Two billion people worldwide do their cooking on open fires, producing sooty pollution that shortens millions of lives and exacerbates global warming. If widely adopted, a new generation of inexpensive, durable cook stoves could go a long way toward alleviating this problem."
- Although the solution is simple, "[r]esearchers have found that it can be difficult to convince people to switch from traditional cooking methods to more advanced stoves, for a variety of reasons that range from uneasiness with unfamiliar or finicky technology, to upfront costs."
- "Some scientists now estimate that small, solid particles of black carbon are responsible for about one-fifth of warming globally and, as such, are the second-largest contributor to climate change, after carbon dioxide gas."[15]
- Haiti's Rebuild May Be Biochar's Big Breakthough, 4 March 2010 by TreeHugger: "Biochar, the 'co product' of burning wood or agricultural waste in a pyrolitic (oxygen free) environment, has garnered both praise and criticism for its possibilities as a CO2 sequestration tool."
- "WorldStoves, a company that makes a number of pyrolitic stoves, has partnered with the NGO International Lifeline Fund and a private Haitian company to bring its 'Lucia' stove designs to Haiti. In Haiti, the use of wood for charcoal for home cooking needs is widespread, which has led to a continuing cycle of deforestation and soil [degradation]."
- "What makes the Lucia stove so magic is that a Haitian woman or man could cook for a five-person family using just about 300 grams of twigs, groundnut shells, rice husk or dung."
- "[If] biochar is included in the UN's Certified Emission Reductions (CER) and Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) schemes, creating it in cookstoves and sequestering it in soil could help Haiti economically as well."[16]
- Smoke from home fuels tied to emphysema, 25 February 2010 by Reuters: "People who burn wood or other biofuels for heat or cooking may have a heightened risk of emphysema and related lung conditions, a new study suggests."
- "Biomass refers to biological materials that can be burned for energy, including wood, crops and animal dung. They are major sources of energy in the developing world, and are thought to be used for cooking and heating in half of homes worldwide."
- "These latest findings strengthen the evidence that exposure to biomass smoke is a risk factor for [chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)]".[17]
- With better stoves, UN aims to cut risk of murder, rape for women seeking firewood, 16 December 2009 by UN News Center: "The United Nations today launched a pilot project to provide fuel-efficient stoves to some 150,000 women in Sudan and Uganda to cut the risks of murder, rape and other violence they face in gathering firewood, while at the same time protecting the environment."
- "'Women and girls should not have to risk their lives and dignity, and precious trees should not be lost, in the simple act of trying to cook food for their families,' WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran said. 'The SAFE stoves launch will help protect them and the environment with practical and urgently needed solutions.'"[18]
- Launching of the 'National Biomass Cookstove Initiative' by Indian Government, 3 December 2009 by HEDON Household Energy Network: "The Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy launched a New Initiative on Improved Biomass Cookstoves 'National Biomass Cookstove Initiative' on the 2nd of December 2009 in New Delhi."
- "A large section of [India's] population – 75% of the rural households and 22% of the urban households, according to the National Sample Survey's 61st survey -- still uses biomass for its cooking needs. An estimated 80% of the residential energy in India comes from biomass, much of it burnt in traditional chulhas."
- "[P]roviding a clean cooking energy option for these households will yield enormous gains in terms of health and socio-economic welfare of the weakest and the most vulnerable sections of society. At the same time, the cleaner combustion in these devices will greatly reduce the products of incomplete combustion which are greenhouse pollutants, thus helping combat climate change." [19]
- Bamboo as an alternative renewable energy resource for households, 12 December 2008 by HEDON Household Energy Network:
- "Rajesh Bajpai and colleagues write that bamboo 'with over 5000 applications, should be considered as the best amongst other known biomass resources, but, it is still not used extensively. This is the world's largest grass and already known to us for its thematic uses like in construction work, furniture, utensils, fiber & paper. It has got huge potential to bring revolution as a bio-energy resource. Time has come to explore its usage as a renewable energy resource. But, it is not something newly explored; it is already tested but needs huge awareness buildup among the common people considering it's importance as a biomass energy resource, environment protector and poverty alleviator. This is Bamboo. Although a non-wood plant it is called as tree.'" [20]
- Alternative Fuels Take Root in Refugee Camps, 9 December 2008, by Carnegie Council Policy Innovations:
- "Families in Darfur have traditionally cooked with wood over open flame, but the practice has become linked to many problems. Women are raped and assaulted while collecting firewood. The environment is degraded. Women suffer respiratory illness from cooking smoke, and open flames pose a hazard in crowded camps."
- "In response, humanitarian organizations are introducing alternative fuels and energy technologies to Darfur and refugee camps worldwide, and businesses and relief organizations will come together this week at the first Beyond Firewood conference in New Delhi, India, to discuss energy-related ideas and products."
- "Back in Darfur, communities have continued to rebuff solar cooking. Ms. Patrick surmises that this resistance is due in large part to 'parachuting' — NGOs dropping solar cooking technology into the camps, and doing little in the way of training or raising awareness in a culture used to cooking over an open flame and to the smoky flavors produced by firewood."[21]
- Solar lifeline saves Darfur women. 12 September 2007 by CNN, reported that "For the 2.5 million people who have fled the four-year conflict in war-torn Darfur, refugee camps in eastern Chad hold the promise of a safe haven....But, once there, it's the women refugees' role to find wood and water. To do this, they have to leave the camps and walk for many miles," making them "vulnerable to beatings, rape and murder at the hands of roving Janjaweed patrols and local villagers, with whom they compete for scanty resources."
- To improve this situation, the nonprofit organization Jewish World Watch is working with Dutch organization KoZon to promote solar cooking, which has been adopted for cooking lunch and dinner by refugees, initially at the Iridimi refugee camp in Chad. The women's time has also been freed up for them to devote to other enterprises.
- The project's organizers hope to influence the situation at other refugee camps; one was quoted as saying, "I would hope that our little project was a catalyst for the UN High Commission for Refugees to wean the relief organizations off wood and onto solar cooking."
- 26-27 June 2012, Singapore: BioPower Generation Asia (Themes: biofuels, biomass, technology, energy).
- 11-12 December 2008, New Delhi, India: International research conference on household energy interventions in humanitarian settings. (Themes: technology, alternative energy, household)
See books, reports, scientific papers, position papers and websites for additional useful resources.
- Poor people's energy outlook 2010 by Practical Action, 2010. "The report proposes an ecosystem of government, civil society and private organisations working together towards creation of universal energy access by 2030."
- "This publication will be of interest to anyone seeking to better understand energy access and its role in development at a human scale."
- Win-Win Scenarios at the Climate-Development Interface: Challenges and Opportunities for Cookstove Replacement Programs Through Carbon Finance by Simon, Gregory, Bumpus, Adam G. and Mann, Philip, 10 September 2010. "In this paper we review the possibilities for win-win climate and development outcomes in programs that distribute improved efficiency cookstoves (ICS) with the use of carbon finance."
|Bioenergy and households and communities
|Village level technologies: Multifunctional platform | Integrated Agricultural Bioenergy systems
Bioenergy in rural development | Bioenergy in household energy use
|Bioenergy technologies by use
|Household energy use (heating, cooking)
|Energy concepts: Net energy | Renewable energy
Energy units of measure | Energy content
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What is bioenergy? | Benefits/Risks | Who is doing what?

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$10,000 Up For Grabs For Most Interesting Content Creator Case Studies!
from the case-study-contest dept
You can click the link above for the official details, or you can look at the three examples we mentioned in the announcement post:
- Amanda Palmer discussing her recent experiences with Kickstarter in funding a new project in conjunction with her husband, Neil Gaiman.
- Or, check out Andy Richards of the indie band Uniform Motion (who we've written about a few times, discussing how his transparency about their revenue may have given fans additional reasons to buy, complete with detailed stats about how his transparency resulted in traffic and sales.
- Or you can jump over to Zoe Keating's discussion over the question of whether or not doing art for purely strategic reasons is evil... while she also shares a bit of the secret of her success.
The kinds of case studies we'd love to see:
- Done an interesting/different/unique promotion? Tell us about it and share the results in as much detail as possible
- Tried an email marketing campaign? What worked and what didn't? Any key metrics?
- Attempted crowdfunding? How did you set the rewards? What did people like/not like?
- Used new or different platforms or technologies? What kind of results did you see? What could be improved?
- Attempted something different -- like a house concert tour? ebook-only release? letting fans take part? releasing unfinished works? What worked, what didn't, what did you learn?
- Experimented with "name your own price?" How did it work? What prices worked well? What efforts did you make to trigger certain price points?
- Set up a tiered pricing model? How did you choose the tiers? What worked? What did you learn?
- How are you connecting with fans? Facebook, Twitter, Podcasts? Google Plus? What works, what doesn't? What really seems to energize fans? What doesn't? Any empirical data that shows how your fans reacted?
- Surprise us!
If you're not a content creator who qualifies, please consider entering the fan contest, but also alert your favorite content creators in the qualifying categories that they should enter!
We're looking forward to learning about all the great and interesting experiments, success stories and lessons learned.


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Dr. Carol Harris Jacobi Medical Center1400 Pelham Parkway South, Room 2A11CBronx, NY email@example.com
Professor of Clinical Medicine, Dept. of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)Assistant Professor, Dept. of PathologyDr. Carol Harris is a Professor of Clinical Medicine within the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Director of the Einstein Institute of Global HIV Medicine. The Institute was founded in 2001, its activities being bound by its mission statement: "To break the barrier of ignorance and improve the quality of life."
Its purposes are (1) to teach AIDS medicine, (2) to understand and describe cultural, economic, and political barriers impeding the implementation of AIDS programs, (3) to act as a force for change enhancing HIV/IADS prevention and treatment by the development of model programs. The Institute has activities in all three realms and students are actively involved. Over the past two years several students have been involved in projects in Ethiopia involving orphan and vulnerable children care and support, rehabilitation of marginalized women, rural and urban development, and malaria prevention and control efforts.
Dr. Harris's electives have included the following:
Ethiopian Collaborator: Dr. Agonafer Tekalegne, Country Director, Malaria Consortioum, Addis Abebe, Ethiopia


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Everett (Washington)
Everett is a city in the Puget Sound region of Washington State.
Get in
By car
Everett is accessible from North or South by I-5. US route 2 extends east over Stevens Pass to Spokane. There is also a car ferry to and from Whidbey Island in nearby Mukilteo.
By train
Amtrak Cascades and Sounder commuter trains each serve Everett station twice daily from Seattle, with Amtrak northbound trains continuing to Bellingham and Vancouver, BC. The Empire Builder also goes through Everett on its way east to Chicago.
By bus
Greyhound serves Everett Station several times a day, and Sound Transit has regular express bus service to and from Bothell, and Bellevue, as well as express service to Seattle every half hour. It also has the smaller Snohomish County serving Community Transit and within the city, Everett Transit.
By plane
If you have great connections, you can fly directly into Everett via Paine Field.
Get around
Everett Marina Village www.portofeverett.com, located at 1728 W. Marine View Drive, was created in 1984 and includes several restaurants and businesses that have beautiful waterfront views. Throughout the summer, free concerts are held on The Landing adjacent to the South Marina and Port Gardner Inn. The farmers market runs every Sunday of the summer. Check out the Port's events calendar for additional information on upcoming events.
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Oilers hope to end skid against Bluesby John Manasso
OILERS (11-13-7) at BLUES (17-12-2)
Last 10: Edmonton 3-4-3; St. Louis 6-4-0
Season series: This is the third and final meeting. St. Louis has won both previous matchups, including 4-2 on March 1 and 3-0 at Edmonton's Rexall Place on Saturday.
Big story: On Monday, Edmonton lost its third in a row (0-2-1), 3-2 to Nashville, and fell five points out of the Stanley Cup Playoffs race. The Blues, meanwhile, stand in seventh in the Western Conference, with only two points separating them from eighth place.
Team Scope:
Oilers: After a 3-0 loss at home on Saturday to St. Louis in which the Rexall Place fans voiced their displeasure with the home team, Edmonton coach Ralph Krueger expected his team to come out strong against Nashville in the next game. It didn't happen.
"I don't know what it was early," center Shawn Horcoff said. "We weren't playing the way we needed to do and all the sudden we responded in the third and came out the way we wanted to at the start and controlled the whole period. It's just not enough. Twenty minutes against good teams just aren't enough."
Among the positives for Edmonton was its performance on the power play. It went 1-for-4 and on one of its unsuccessful power plays, kept the puck in the Predators' zone for 1:53.
The big issue, however, is even-strength play for Edmonton. Nashville scored all three of its goals at 5-on-5.
"We just made it pretty easy on their skilled guys and didn't play on their end enough," said Edmonton center Sam Gagner, whose team was outshot 22-14 in the first two periods. "We kind of allowed them to get what they wanted and it's unfortunate because it's a team we are trying to catch and we're right there and we've got to find a way to turn it up tomorrow and get a win."
Blues: St. Louis at least had a day off on Monday as it awaits the Oilers. In their 3-2 loss at Calgary on Sunday, the Blues badly outshot the Flames, 38-17. They fell behind 2-0, tied it up, but gave up a late goal to Jarome Iginla to suffer the loss.
A major concern for the Blues is their power play. They have scored only one power-play goal in their last six games, making them 1-for-20 in the process. The Blues will be looking for their first power-play goal in four games on Tuesday.
"We played hard and competed, but for us to get moving ahead, our power play has to become a force again," Blues coach Ken Hitchcock told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch after the game. "We're giving up too many opportunities that we work to earn. It's something we want to address. If we continue to play good 5-on-5 hockey, we'll be all right."
Who's hot: Horcoff has two goals in his past three games and five points in his past seven. Edmonton left wing Taylor Hall has eight points in his past seven contests. ... The Blues activated right wing T.J. Oshie off injured reserve on Saturday after he missed three games and in his two games since, he has had two goals and an assist. Blues goalie Jaroslav Halak shut out Edmonton on Saturday.
Injury report: Oilers center Eric Belanger suffered a groin injury on Monday and did not return. … For St. Louis, Jamie Langenbrunner is out for the season with a hip injury.


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StrachanMarketing necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 63 diseños de 20 diseñadores freelance.
This is a logo for a new blog called Soakingman.
The logo is to depict a man reclining in a old fashioned bath.
A bath like this one:
Our hero is lying back in the bath and is wearing a hat. The hat is a a fairly well-worn, beaten up straw hat rather than a top hat or a dressy, flash one.
Men and women of the world.
We dont need to see the detail of the face, just the shape - and we are looking at the bath in profile (similar to the photo).
Colour wise - I'm not really invested in any particular colour or palette. But tend towards cool, calm colours rather than bold and aggressive.
At the end of the contest - I'd like two versions of the logo supplied. One with the text Soakingman.com included, one without.
For the purposes of this contest - please include the words Soakingman.com in the design (feel free to try out different casing) - but keep in mind when doing the placement of the text that the logo should stand on its own with or without text.
After this contest - I'll engage the winning designer to provide me with a further 4 icons - for Subscribe by RSS, Subscribe by Email, Facebook & Twitter. These will be fun to do - think Twitter icon in the style of a rubber duck . . . Email icon in the style of a folded face washer. (Now I dont know how the hell you do those in 48px square - but then again I'm not the genius designer - you are! ;-)
Anyhow, first things first. Lets get going on this one.
Good luck in this contest and feel free to send me any questions!
PS - I guarantee to leave (hopefully useful) feedback for every design posted in this contest.
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This shade shelter is so well engineered that it's a simple and easy to set it up in 5 minutes - on grass or solid surface. All components fold to just 8" x 28" and pack into a zippered, duffel-style carry bag that has a handy shoulder strap. Even though the Cottonwood Shade Shelter is spacious, it weighs only 13 pounds and folds down to a compact size. The picnic table under the direct sun isn't nearly as inviting or enjoyable as the one protected by spacious Cottonwood Shade Shelter.
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For beach, park or any outing, this extra-roomy cabana is the answer!
The new Shadow Mountain cabana provides awesome shelter from sun and wind, with a wide-open front to serve as an inviting entrance. Zippered windows with "No-See-Um" mesh, on all three walls let you control the ventilation. Gear bags under each window give you plenty of handy storage space. Packed and ready to go in its oversized stuff bag and weighs just 10 lbs. Lifetime Warranty.
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Makuto Backpackers Hostel
Tired of crappy accommodations and impersonal hotels? Come stay in our backpacker ´s hostel and enjoy a new concept of lodging. This charming historic mansion is located in the most magic neighborhood of Granada, the ALBAICIN. Housed in an eighteenth century building completely renovated, between cobble stone alleys and old streets. Everything worth seeing is walking distance.
A unique small hostel with lots of character, cosy atmosphere and great common areas perfect for independent travelers: Hammocks, Chill Out (with DVD player and musical instruments), Patio, Bar, BBQ and even a Tree House! Where you have the space to do your own thing and meet other travelers but where there is always someone at hand to offer best tips for you to experience the life of Granada outside of the typical 'tourist attractions'.
Notice free breakfast is included in our price, free coffee and tea all day and well as free fast adsl internet and wifi connection throughout the hostel.
Enjoy our amazing Barbecues and big Paellas, cheap dinners, best mojitos, games, book Exchange, laundry service and Makuto´s well equipped kitchen where guests can cook, socialize and share their meals. Do not forget to join us for our sunset free daily walking tour through the Albaicin and Sacromonte neighborhoods and check our board of activities: Arab Baths, Diving, Paragliding, Flamenco, Trekking, Cycling, Horse riding ...
Through we have activities every night, we are not a party Hostel, and after 00.00h you can always continue the party in the local pubs nearby :)
Feel free to leave your bags with us for the day once you checked out and keep on using all Makuto facilities when your transport leaves later in the afternoon.
You can also join us in our Volunteer Exchange program - collaborate with us in exchange for free accommodation! (minimum 1 month. Basic Spanish required)
Come, stay with us and be part of our backpacker's family. Turn your trip into an unforgettable experience. We look forward to welcoming you to the city we love!
** Check in time from 14:00 **
** Front desk open from 8:00 to 00:00 **
** Notice that our 8-10 BedDorm has triple bunk beds **
Check-in: from 14:00. Reception is open from 8am to midnight. We have a 72hr cancellation policy. Late cancellations will be charged the equivalent of the first night's accommodation. No shows will be charged the equivalent of the first 2 nights' accommodation. Credit card payments shall be charged an additional 2% commission; please try to pay with cash instead. Sorry, children under 5 only allowed in the dorm room with private bathroom. Property reserves the right to pre-authorise your card prior to arrival.
Availability & RatesTo view availability and prices please select dates and click 'Update Dates'
Hostel Facilities & Policies
- Age Restriction
- Bar
- Board Games
- Book Exchange
- Free Breakfast
- Cable TV
- Café
- Ceiling Fan
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- DVDs
- Free City Maps
- Free Internet Access
- Free WiFi
- Games Room
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- Internet Access
- Self-Catering Facilities
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Security Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meals Available
- Meeting Rooms
- No Curfew
- Outdoor Terrace
- Playstation
- Tea & Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Washing Machine
Cancellation PolicyThis property has a 3 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.
Must-Read Hostel InfoThis property has specific Terms & Conditions.
Check-in: from 14:00.
Reception is open from 8am to midnight.
We have a 72hr cancellation policy.
Late cancellations will be charged the equivalent of the first night's accommodation.
No shows will be charged the equivalent of the first 1 nights' accommodation.
Sorry, no children under 16. Property reserves the right to pre-authorise your card prior to arrival.
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>From the bus station: Take bus number 33 and get off at Cathedral (your ticket is good for transfer within 60 minutes of the time of validation/purchase).
>From the train station: Walk towards the main road ( Avenida Constitución) and take the bus 4. Make sure you buy the ticket at the automatic machines in every bus stop before you get on the bus or with the driver.
In both cases you have two options:
1) When leaving the bus cross Gran Via and take the street Carcel Baja, that departs from La Caixa Bank, cross Calle Elvira and keep walking towards the street Caldereria Nueva (Arab shops) - Cuesta de San Gregorio. Keep on walking up until you pass a local bar named '4 Gatos' (4 Cats), keep on two more minutes until you reach an impressive Moorish orange house called 'Carmen de la Media Luna'. Important: Turn here left by Muladar de Dona Sancha and take the first right that is Tiña (Makuto is the number 18). If you come with heavy luggage, we recommend you come by taxi or minibus since the streets are cobbled stones. 2) By minibus: From the Cathedral take minibus C31, towards Albaicin, stop at Santa Isabel la Real Monastery. Makuto is 50 m down from the monastery. On Saturday and Sundays minibus changes its route, you should take from Plaza Nueva which is only 2 minutes walk from The Cathedral.
>From the airport: Take the airport bus to Granada and get down at the Cathedral. From there follow the previous directions.
By car:
>From Malaga, take the ring road of Granada (Span.: 'circunvalacion'), and take the exit called Mendez Nunez and continue along the Avenida Fuente Nueva until you reach the Avenida de la Constitucion. There, at the light, go straight on into the Avenida de Madrid and take the direction of Albaicin-Carretera de Murcia.
>From Carretera de Murcia, you enter into the Albaicin through the Pages Street (Calle Pages), continue until you arrive at the Salvador Church (Iglesia del Salvador). Once there, go around the church into the Tomasas Street (Carril de las Tomasas), then take Camino Nuevo de San Nicolas, until you reach at least Santa Isabel la Real.* You should park in that street. To get to the house by car is not easy and it is difficult to find a place to park. Calle Tina is just in front of the Monastery Santa Isabel la Real.
Another option could be: park the car in the parking El Triunfo in the Avenida de la Consitucion. In this case, turn to the right at the light mentioned above into the Avenida de la Constitucion and you will see the parking after a few metres. You continue your way walking up or by taxi.
Important if driving:
The district of the Albaicin is protected by the UNESCO and the access by car is restricted. You should know that to get into the Calle Pages, you have to do it from 8-11am or 2-8pm. Otherwise the entrance is restricted to residents only. There is no time limit to exit the old district.
Located Near
We're in the middle of the UNESCO-declared quarter of the Albaicin, only five minutes from San Nicolas Viewpoint and Plaza Nueva. Cobblestone streets, white Andalusian houses, balconies, jasmine smells, beautiful viewpoints to the Alhambra, labyrinthine streets...this is the Albaicin. We're close to Santa Isabel La Real Monastery, San Miguel Bajo Square, Dar Al Horra Moorish Palace, Plaza Larga (morning food market of the Albaicin), Calle Elvira (tapas bars), Plaza Nueva and the Arab Baths.


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Currie Rockjocks For The Jeep JK - 4x4 TechPosted in How To on January 11, 2011
In stock form, the Jeep JK Rubicon offers vast improvements over earlier Wranglers. Locking differentials and larger ring-and-pinion gears are two of many benefits found in the Rubicon. So, why would one consider an axle upgrade for an already capable vehicle such as the JK Rubicon? The answer lies in the details.
Yes, the Rubicon offers better axle gears and quality lockers. However, the axle housings that contain those upgrades are still significant weak points and are only slightly better than a mid-'90s Wrangler YJ. We view these flaws simply as a reason to start looking to the aftermarket for a healthy upgrade.
In the old days, swapping a set of street legal Dana 60s into your Wrangler was quite the formidable task. There were plenty of roadblocks to overcome. To name only a few: you had to consider shortening tubes, fabricating control arm and spring brackets, and, of course, regaining a balanced brake system. Thanks to a very limited group of aftermarket companies, the Dana 60 Wrangler has become much more of a reality and much less of a headache. At the front of the pack is Currie Enterprises of Anaheim, California. Currie has been in the axle business longer than any one company and it shows in its latest offering for the Jeep JK. When we say the Currie high-pinion RockJock axles are a direct bolt in, we really mean it in every sense of the word. From the trademark slanted front cover down to the most simple details, like the supplied vent hose extension and sensor wire clamps, the RockJock "package" covers it all.
In addition to the hardware benefits you will see in this article, it should not be forgotten that the Currie RockJock front axle cures a growing problem for lifted Wranglers. There are an increasing number of JK owners who are finding a front driveline vibration problem, which proves near impossible to cure without the addition of manual hubs. Before you offer up the obvious responses like "change your pinion angle" or "check your driveshaft balance," let us point out that on this particular JK, all of the obvious was checked, adjusted, or changed, and checked again. Despite trying multiple driveshafts, yokes, caster settings, etc., this JK could not rid itself of a front driveline vibration when moving faster than 60 mph. It was only after the driveline would be removed that things became smooth and vibration free. The installation of the Currie axle assemblies cured this problem forever, therefore relieving ourselves of the daily shakes on the drive to work. The value of this improvement alone is immense. Follow along as we cover a few of the high points of a typical RockJock axle build.


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Young Jeezy's Producer Shawty Redd First Court Appearance For His Murder Charge!
Grammy nominated producer Demetrius Stewart known to the world as Shawty Redd made his first court appearance on the charge of murder in front of Henry County Judge Brown this morning. Judge Brown explained to Mr. Stewart what he was being charged with and discussed the issue of giving him a bond.
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Los Angeles On Campus Epidemiology Graduate Programs
Campus epidemiology graduate programs provide a community of students, faculty, and practitioners interested in working on the world's medical, social, ethical, economic, and public policy issues related to public health and disease. Because epidemiology programs draw on many academic disciplines to analyze patterns in health and disease, they train professionals who may want to inform and influence public and private policies that require complex knowledge of best practices in health care and politics. There are many epidemiology degree programs that may lead to a career in this exciting field.
Epidemiology Graduate Programs On-Campus
Campus epidemiologist programs prepare professionals to work in research hospitals and universities, public health departments, and global health organizations. While earning a campus epidemiology degree, you join faculty and other students in working through theories, methods and content in classrooms and sometimes in internships. You have many choices when it comes to specializing in an epidemiology graduate program. These choices include a Doctorate in Population Epidemiology, Ecology, and Evolution, a Masters or Doctorate in Cancer Epidemiology, or an Epidemiology Graduate Certificate. Two popular specializations are public health and international health. There are part time and full time programs. Epidemiology programs typically offer masters of science, masters and PhD degrees in public health, and Ph.D. degrees in disciplines such as biology or cancer epidemiology. Programs such as these offer lots of ways to pursue your top career goals.
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Let's start by celebrating that simply by being here, by signing up and putting your name on the blogroll, you have acknowledged your creative self! You have stepped up and stepped in and said, yes, to your creativity. What a great way to start 2009!
In chapter 1, I was struck by Gail's statement, "Claiming my artistic self as a woman became the path to healing and recreating my life." So many of us are on that journey. Some of us are just starting to whisper out loud that maybe, just maybe, we are creative. Some of us are dipping our tender toes into sharing our art, maybe selling something made from our own gifts. Some are discovering that our creativity has nothing whatsoever to do with art but has everything to do with life, cooking, the garden, something unexpected. And some have been on this journey a while and have tales of triumph and challenge to share.
We all have stories to tell. I'm looking forward to reading yours. This week is a great time to post about where you are on the journey to your creative self. And I'm thrilled to share with you thoughts and stories from 12 highly creative bloggers as we go through our 12 weeks together. These audio interviews will be posted each Friday and stay up for the week. I hope you find inspiration in them and in each other.
Our First Highly Creative Blogger Interview: Jennifer Lee
I am so excited to share with you a creative conversation with life coach, artist and yogini, Jennifer Lee. Listen to the interview here.
Note: Just a reminder that these links are intended as a direct connection to your post about today's secret. Other links will be removed. If you just make a mistake, feel free to add the direct link. We want to hear from you :)


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The best reference guide/checklist I have seen is the old SWCA/Toys R Gus one which I have bookmarked at work but not here at home, oddly enough. I will try to post it tomorrow.
Cool! I never realized there where so many paint variations.
Bingo, that's the one.Thanks for the assist, D!
Quote from: Master_Phruby on April 25, 2012, 10:56 AMCool! I never realized there where so many paint variations.Yeah, many of them, IMHO, are practically unnoticeable to the naked eye. "Blue face Klaatu"? Doesn't look like any shade of blue I have ever seen. I recently started at a photo collage of about 12 different Hoth Troopers/Rebel Commanders with supposedly different colored boots, until my eyes bled, but ultimately they all looked pretty much brown to me. That's my only criterion for deciding whether there is a variant out there worth picking up - the difference has to be apparent to me. Paint, sculpt, etc. All that COO stuff would drive me crazy...I could not care less what the little letters say.
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Nurses impact lives every day. But once in a while, a nurse comes along who touches the lives of the world, and not just her patients. These women went above and beyond for the field of nursing. They served in wars, broke down racial barriers, and campaigned for women's rights. They have become role models for women everywhere, not just nurses. However, nurses can be especially proud to share a title with these ten ladies.
1. Florence Nightingale
"The Lady with the Lamp" is the quintessential nurse figure. She cared for the poor and distressed, and became an advocate for improving medical conditions for everyone. In her early life, Nightingale mentored other nurses, known as Nightingale Probationers, who then went to on also work to create safer, healthier hospitals.
In 1894, Nightingale trained 38 volunteer nurses who served in the Crimean War. These nurses tended to the wounded soldiers and sent reports back regarding the status of the troops. Nightingale and her nurses reformed the hospital so that clean equipment was always available and reorganized patient care. Nightingale soon realized that many of the soldiers were dying because of unsanitary living conditions, and, after the war, she worked to improve living conditions.
While she was at war, the Florence Nightingale Fund for the Training of Nurses was established in her honor. After the war, Nightingale wrote Notes on Nursing and opened the Women's Medical College with Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell.
International Nurses Day is celebrated on Nightingale's birthday, May 12, each year.
2. Margaret Sanger
Best known as an activist for birth control and family planning, Margaret Sanger pioneered the women's health movement. She distributed pamphlets with information on birth control and wrote on topics such as menstruation and sexuality. Her controversial opinions and disregard for the law often get Sanger in trouble. At one point she left to England under an alias in order to avoid jail.
In 1921, Sanger founded the American Birth Control League which eventually became Planned Parenthood. She began the Clinical Research Bureau in 1923 – the first legal birth control clinic in the US.
3. Clara Barton
Clara Barton grew up wanted to take care of people. When her father fell ill, Clara helped to care for him until his death. This inspired her to take an interest in nursing, although she first went to school to become a teacher.
During the Civil War, Barton organized medical supplies to be brought to the battlefields. Soon enough, she was allowed to go to the battles herself in order to care for wounded soldiers. Her father taught her to be a true patriot, and these ideals shown through during Barton's years serving during the Civil War. In 1864, Barton became the "Lady in Charge" of Union hospitals, and the following year President Lincoln charged Barton with finding missing Union soldiers.
During a trip to Europe, Barton encountered the International Committee of the Red Cross, and was motivated to create a branch back in America. In 1873, Barton began the American Red Cross, dedicated to helping disaster victims. She served as the organizations first president.
4. Mary Eliza Mahoney
Mary Eliza Mahoney was the first African-American woman to become a nurse in the United States. Mahoney worked at the New England Hospital for Women and Children for 15 years before she was admitted into the adjacent nursing school. Mahoney dedicated her life to nursing, heading up the Howard Orphan Asylum for African-American children in New York. She was also one of the first members of the Nurses Associated Alumnae of the United States and Canada which later became the American Nurses Association.
In 1908, Mahoney co-founded the National Association of Colored Graduate Nurses which eventually became part of the ANA. Each year, the ANA honors Ms. Mahoney with an award that represents her dedication to nursing and ending racial segregation. She has been inducted into both the ANA and National Women's Hall of Fame.
5. Anna Caroline Maxwell
Anna Caroline Maxwell was known as the "American Florence Nightengale." During the Spanish-American War, Maxwell headed up the army nurses, thereby establishing the Army Nurse Corps. During WWI, Maxwell was given the Medal of Honor for Public Health.
Maxwell was an essential element to the progression of practical nursing. She began working at a hospital before she was formally trained, and after graduating the Boston City Training College for Nurses, Maxwell began the nurse training program at Montreal General Hospital. She also served as the superintendent of nurses at a number of east coast hospitals including Massachusetts General Hospital and St. Luke's Hosptial. Maxwell was the first director of the New York Presbyterian Hospital which would become the Columbia School of Nursing.
6. Dorothea Lynde Dix
Dorothea Dix is best known for creating the first mental health system in the United States. Inspired by a trip to England, Dix returned to America curious how the US government treated the mentally unstable. Dix spent many year petitioning Congress, drafting legislation, and documenting her visits to various states.
Dix first succeeded with the construction of the North Carolina State Medical Society in 1849, dedicated to the care of the mentally ill. Dix also assisted with legislation that called for 12,225 acres of land to be used for the "insane," with proceeds of its sale going to build mental asylums.
During the Civil War, Dix served as Superintendent of the Union Army Nurses, although she was eventually relieved of her duties after butting heads with Army doctors. She was a staunch believer in caring for everyone, though, and her nurses were some of the only caretakers of Confederate soldiers.
7. Ellen Dougherty
Ellen Dougherty, of New Zealand, was the first Registered Nurse in the world. New Zealand was the first country to initiate the Nurse Registration Act that allowed for legal registration of nurses prior to completion of training. Dougherty trained at the Wellington Hospital and was the matron at Palmerston North Hospital.
8. Mabel Keaton Staupers
Mabel Keaton Staupers was an advocate for racial equality in the field of nursing. Staupers served as the secretary of the National Associated of Graduate Colored Nurses. She advocated for the introduction of African-American nurses into the Army and Navy during WWII.
In 1945, she won the fight and all nurses, regardless of race, were to be included in the military. In 1950, Staupers dissolved the NAGCN as it re-aligned with the American Nursing Association.
9. Linda Richards
After receiving little training during her first attempt to become a nurse, Linda Richards enrolled as the first student in the first American Nurse's training school. After graduating, she began work at Bellevue Hospital in New York. Recognizing the disorganization of keeping records, Richards developed a system to track individual records of each patient. The US and UK both readily adopted Richard's system.
In 1874, Richards became the superintendent of the Boston Training School for Nurses and virtually turned the fledgling school around. Richards also traveled to England and was taught by Florence Nightingale. In her later years, Richards established the American Society of Superintendents of Training Schools and led the Philadelphia Visiting Nurses Society. In 1994, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.
10. Claire Bertschinger
Claire Bertschinger worked for the International Red Cross during the highly-publicized 1984 famine in Ethiopia. She regularly was seen on television, and helped to inspire Bob Geldof to create the Band-Aid charily single. While in Ethiopia, she ran a number of children's feeding centers, although she was never able to feed everyone.
Along with Ethiopia, she also worked in Panama, Lebanon and Papua New Guinea. Her experiences motivated her to write a book on her work, entitled Moving Mountains. Bertschinger has received the Florence Nightengale Medal, the Woman of the Year Award and the Human Rights in Nursing Award.
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ITU: Travel All The Way To Dubai... And Then We'll Decide If You Can Attend Our Meeting On Internet Governance
from the not-really-that-open dept
In response to the criticism, the ITU is claiming that it will now be more open, including making the various draft plans publicly accessible. Still, it often looks like they're making empty gestures towards openness, rather than showing any real commitment towards it. Take, for example, the FAQ the ITU released (pdf and embedded below) about the WCIT, in which they say that the public is welcome to come all the way to Dubai... to find out if they'll be allowed in the meeting. Seriously.
CAN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ATTEND WCIT-12?Got that? Fly to Dubai, show up, and then wait for them to take a vote on whether or not to let you in. If they decide not to let you in, then, um... well... I guess you can enjoy the world's largest shopping mall while a bunch of bureaucrats who don't understand the internet carve it up and break it apart next door. That's not exactly being "open" to the public, now, is it?
At the opening of WCIT-12 the Secretary-General of ITU will propose that the public be allowed to be present at the conference venue, in line with the practical arrangements adopted at similar ITU conferences. A formal decision on admitting the public will be taken at a meeting of the heads of delegations on the first day of the conference. This would permit the public to attend plenary sessions and certain committee meetings. Webcasts of plenary sessions are also planned.


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The Titleist Approach
Step 1: Assessment and Selection
Titleist golf ball fitting begins with an assessment of your game, your performance objectives, and your personal preferences.
Step 2: On Course Evaluation
The Titleist Green-to-Tee fitting process involves an evaluation of all shots on the golf course, with the greatest emphasis placed on shots into and around the green.
Step 3: Play Your New Ball
Commit to playing the golf ball you've been fitted for exclusively. Using the same model golf ball on every shot of every round eliminates performance variation, builds confidence and consistency, and will ultimately lead to you shooting lower scores.


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To the sports fans and careful readers who called or wrote us about the Almanac item on Monday, thank you. And yes, we know that the caption about Mickey Mantle was wrong. But thanks for sharing. We appreciate hearing about such errors and ask you to keep calling us or sending emails.
In Monday's print edition, the Almanac feature on the Obituaries page had a photo of baseball Hall of Famer Mickey Mantle. The caption said that Mantle died in Dallas in 1995; he was 93.
Well, no. The photo showed him in his heyday, at Comiskey Park in 1961. For that caption to have been accurate, Mickey would have been, oh, about 59 years old. He was a legend. He was a great player. But he wasn't 59 in 1961.
That was the year when Mantle and the great Roger Maris went on a home run spree for the New York Yankees. Mantle hit 54 homers to 61 for Maris, a record given an asterisk because it came during the 162-game season instead of the previous record years of 154-game seasons.
To a certain generation – many members of this group noticed this goof – Mickey Mantle was one of the best-known and most glamorous players of his era. There is even a stadium song that is a nod to Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays and Duke Snider, called "Talkin' Baseball."
So here are the facts: Mantle was born Oct. 20, 1931, and died Aug. 13, 1995, according to the Baseball Hall of Fame site. That means he was 63 at the time of his death.
And, here are some of the reader comments, as they pointed out the mistake:
--I did not realize that Mickey Mantle was in his 50s when he joined the Yankees.
--The Tribune struck out today – Aug. 13 – with its error about Mickey Mantle's age at death.
There were more, but I'm sure you get the picture.
On a more serious note, we want to know about errors. Internally, we ask staff members to explain what happened when there is an error requiring a correction.
It's part of a process that we have followed for many years. In this case, the desk editor just made a typo. That person retyped information when a copy-and-paste approach would have been better. The editor who filled out the error form gave it this highly technical description: "brain fart."
We hope we are forgiven this misstep, as one reader seemed prepared to do. He wrote about the error and added: "I still love the Trib, though."
In all, we had a dozen emails and more than a dozen calls. We try to get things right the first time, but if we don't, let us know. Please.
To report errors, send us an email at email@example.com or call 312-222-3348.
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We're already planning our return to SXSW with the Mobile Social 2010 and this year we've pitched Steal this Panel
"Pick this SXSW panel and we'll get up there and talk about whatever the Twitter tells us to do via @replies and hash tags."
If that gets picked, we'll have lots of fun with it and observe how much game Twitter has changed socially, in cycling, and for business.
We can't think of a better way to talk at SXSW than with audience participation. Of course, I'll talk about what we do here at Bike Hugger and more.
Please give the panel a thumbs up. Voting closes this week on September 4th.


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Dreamliner Catches Fire at Heathrow, and More
What's News: More woes for Boeing's Dreamliner, as an empty Ethiopian Airlines 787 catches fire. Train derails south of Paris. Update: French officials revise death toll to "at least six" people. Homeland Security Sec. Janet Napolitano resigns. WSJ's Jason Bellini reports. Photo: AP
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How to: Designate a Fail-Safe Operator (SQL Server Management Studio)
This topic describes how to set a fail-safe operator to receive Microsoft SQL Server Agent alert notifications. A fail-safe operator is a user who receives the alert if the designated operator cannot be reached.
To designate a fail-safe operator
In Object Explorer, connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine, and then expand that instance.
Right-click SQL Server Agent and select Properties. Click the Alert Systempage.
Under Fail-safe operator, check Enable fail-safe operator. In the Operator list, click an operator.
Click the appropriate notification types to specify how the operator will be notified.
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We had a family visit Egypt over Thanksgiving. Just a mom and a daughter, determined to realize their dream of witnessing history as it stands, as pyramids and temples and desert. They were just plain old excited to be going. When they got back, this is what mom Liz had to say:
"We had a FABULOUS trip to Egypt!
In a nutshell — NOW IS A TERRIFIC TIME TO GO TO EGYPT! It seems counter-intuitive with demonstrations so frequently in the news but it's true! The demonstrations tend to take place only in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Alexandria and Suez. My 10 year old daughter and I were actually in Egypt during the most recent demonstrations and we NEVER ONCE felt the least bit concerned or nervous. First of all, the first few days of our trip we were staying at the Mena House Oberoi in Giza outside of Cairo. One day we drove through Cairo to see the Citadel, the Alabaster mosque of Mohammed Ali and the Khan el-Khalili bazaar — none of which is near Tahrir Square. On another day we went to the Egyptian Museum to see the mummies of the pharaohs and treasures of Tutankhamun. The museum is right off of Tahrir Square but our excellent driver was clever and took us to/from the museum on a small side street. My daughter didn't even know there were people in the square and we had the museum practically to ourselves! In the room full of the actual Tutankhamun treasures there were only 2 other tourists! We had a similar experience at the pyramids of Giza. When we climbed up inside the Great Pyramid to the actual tomb we were the only ones there! We saw two other tourists as we were climbing back down. I have pictures of Abu Simbel, the pyramids and other famous sites without a single tourist in them.
All of the Egyptian people were incredibly friendly and gracious and English was spoken by practically everyone we met. Some of the highlights for us were dinner with my daughter's pen pal in their home, climbing up inside the Great Pyramid, sailing in a felucca at sunset on the Nile, seeing the treasures of Tutankhamun in a quiet and relaxed environment, and the visit to the carpet school where we got to do a few stitches ourselves and my daughter played soccer with 4 or 5 Egyptian girls.
Our guide, Amira, was TOTALLY AWESOME. Her English was outstanding and her knowledge of all things Egyptian was incredible. Moreover she was thoughtful. For example, realizing that we were totally exhausted one day she suggested we get some Egyptian koshari (a type of macaroni casserole) for dinner in containers to take back to our room. Another example — I said I was interested in buying some spices and she called ahead to a local store that she knew of to make sure it was open and then we swung by for 15 minutes where I bought my spices and took several pictures. She even negotiated the prices of our souvenirs for us!
Roughly 50% of Egypt's economy is driven by tourism. One way to help Egypt get back on it's feet is to go there!"
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CS6 Production Premium revealed. Audition CS6 Details._durin_ Apr 12, 2012 8:43 AM
Good news, everyone!
I'm very excited to share the news that Production Premium CS6 will be revealed at NAB next week, but even better, I get to share details about Audition CS6 with everyone right away. More detailed information about some of the new features will be released on the Audition Inside Sound blog this week, but I'l be happy to discuss specifics about the new features on this message thread.
Here's a quick list of the new features and functionality:
Audition CS6 Highlights:
- Real-time and rendered clip stretching in multi-track - including new "varispeed" mode
- Clip Grouping – Including suspend, trimming, & stretching of groups
- VST3 support (Mac and Win) and more effects
- New pitch correction/manipulation tools
- Automatic speech alignment tool
- Red Book Audio CD burning
- Hardware controllers support - Including native Avid EUCON and Mackie MCU support
- Write/Touch/Latch automation modes
- Media browser with file preview
- Session Templates and Enhancements
- Expanded file format support (Native, libsndfile, DLMS)
Audition CS6 Complete List of New Features:
- Session templates
- Automatic speech alignment
- Clip grouping
- Suspend mode
- Focus clip actions
- Trim/fade grouped clips
- Time aligned stretching of groups
- Clip spotting – Manual entry of clip start or end time
- Clip stretching - Real-time and rendered mode using iZotope Radius
- Vari-speed clip stretching
- Metronome Track
- Skip selection play mode
- Save all open files with session preference
- Select all clips from playhead to end of track
- Sum to mono per track
- Bounce selected track
- Reveal clip in files panel
- Trim to selection
- Send clip to back
- Preference to play/hide overlapped clips
- Mixer enhancements
- Snap volume and pan envelopes at 0dB
- Drag and drop file marker range to multitrack (as clip)
Waveform (Editor)
- Multiple clipboards
- Skip selection play mode
- Open append
- Subclip marker support (Premiere and Prelude)
- Improvements to spectral spot Healing (Limit selection to x- or y- axis)
- Pitch display
- Side Chain support
- Improved plug-in scanning engine
- New channel map per effect – Control over effect input and output channel routing
- Save and apply Effect Racks as a favorite
- New/Added effects:
- Automatic Pitch Correction
- Manual Pitch Correction with new spectral pitch view mode
- Generate Tones
- Doppler Shifter
- Notch Filter
- Graphic Phase Shifter
- Gain / Fade Envelopes
- Media Browser
- Preview in Media Browser and files panel
- Search/filter in Media Browser and files panel
- Display markers for all files in markers panel
- Access and open order fields in files panel (sorting)
- Keyboard shortcuts (shortcut editor enhancements, copy to clipboard)
- Adobe Graphics Manager Implementation to improve UI drawing
- DLMS Integration to support additional video and audio file format import/open
- OpenGL display for video including improved video display for improved performance
- New spectral display preferences
- Support for additional framerates (23.976, 59.94 ndf/df)
- Machine-specific device preferences (optional common audio hardware settings for all users)
- Import most preferences from CS5.5
- Pinch-to-zoom, rotate to scrub Mac touchpad support (Mac only)
- Improved properties panel UI layout
Broadcast Specific
- ITU Loudness – Normalize files (batch) to ITU-BS.1770-2 (R128), view loudness level diagnostics
- Native MPEG1-Layer 2 audio (MP2) import and export
- Enhanced CART timer and metadata support
Control Surface/Automation
- Mackie MCU, native Avid EUCON, other controller support
- Recordable track automation (Full Write, Touch, Latch support with undo)
Format support
- MPEG4, HD Video, and additional audio import (via DLMS)
- Native MPEG1-Layer2 (MP2) audio import and export
- Native APE, FLAC, OGG export and import
- libsndfile export – export most formats supported by libsndfile
- CD Import metadata support (via FreeDB)
- Enhanced RAW format support
- Red Book CD Burning (via CD layout)
- Quick burn single-file, CD-TEXT)
- Advanced mixdown – Mixdown tracks, busses and/or master as seperate files
- Save All Audio As batch process
- Save Copies of Associated Files – Collect/archive all files in a session
- Save open file references in session ("remember" all open files with the session)
- Advanced session export – Including ability to convert sample rate of session and associated files
- Preferred asset importer saved with session files
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• Records available are from the United States, Canada, the British Isles, Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa.
• A majority of the records contain information about persons who lived before 1930.
• Approximately 200 cameras are currently digitizing records in over 45 countries. Records have been filmed in over 110 countries, territories, and possessions.
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Apr 19, 2011 | 368 Pages
"An impressive book that provides a vivid account of how the spill happened, coupled with a report on the anxiety experienced by those who had no way of knowing how long the spill would last or how bad it would get…Readers will find the book accessible and agreeable…an insightful work." —The New York Times Book Review
"Safina offers an impassioned, on the ground chronicle of the 2010 Gulf oil blowout that surpassed Exxon-Valdez to rank as the worst in history. His account achieves a broad, reasoned perspective that frames events against the more insidious damage that farm and industrial runoff, canal-digging, levee-building, and rising sea level have wrought on the Gulf and its wetlands." —Publishers Weekly
The blowout was awful, but look at the bigger picture, writes Safina in this illuminating, monitory study: "The real catastrophe is the oil we don't spill…the oil we burn, the coal we burn, the gas we burn…And as the reefs dissolve and the ocean's productivity declines, so will go the food security of hundreds of millions of people."
—Kirkus Reviews
"Environmentalist Safina brings his signature compassion, marine expertise, and gorgeous writing to his candidly expressive coverage of the Deepwater Horizon disaster a year after the explosion." —Booklist
Praise for previous works by Carl Safina:
Song for the Blue Ocean:
"Engrossing and illuminating . . . passionate and enthralling narrative . . . [A] landmark book." —New York Times Book Review
"You will never think about fish—or the ocean—the same way again."
—Sylvia Earle, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association
Eye of the Albatross:
"One of the most delightful natural history studies in decades."
—The Boston Globe
"A beautiful, awe-inspiring tableau of our world as you've never seen it . . . a moving depiction of how interconnected life on this planet truly is."
—The Christian Science Monitor
"Safina delivers a message full of wonder at the natural world and concern about the fragility of his subject."
—New York Times Book Review
Voyage of the Turtle:
"Magnificent… a book that makes the sea air palpable….A joyful, hopeful book that at the same time, doesn't let us off the hook."
— Los Angeles Times
"Thrums with fascination."
— New York Times Book Review
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The Real "Freeway Ricky Ross" (Legendary Drug Dealer) On Suing Rick Ross To Change His Name! "How Can You Disrespect Your Idol"
"The real Rick Ross, legendary drug dealer and crack pioneer, talks to streetgangs about his lawsuit against the C.O./Rapper for appropriating his identity. He says he knew about Ricky Rozay's past as a corrections officer way before the general public, and claims his beef with him is about the principal, not the money" - StreetGangs
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Sunday, December 5, 2010
Advent Calendar: December 5
(This is post 5 in the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories hosted by Geneabloggers.com)
Prompt: December 5 - Outdoor Decorations
Did people in your neighborhood decorate with lights? Did some people really go "all out" when decorating? Any stories involving your ancestors and decorations?
We lived on a hill and had a yard that--to me as a kid--looked like a jungle. That made traditional decorations impossible. We did have strings of those old big, painted glass Christmas light bulbs running along the front and back of our roof line. Do you remember those lights? You could scrape the paint off them and they were hot to the touch.
My dad set up the back Christmas lights so they turned on and off with a light switch. At some point, they lights just stayed up all year and acted as patio lights.
The neighbor at the top of the hill used to line his whole house in white Christmas lights. He even had a big tree made of a pole and strings of lights. Because of the location on the top of the hill, you could see that all-white house from far away. I always liked that.
(This post was originally published December 5, 2009)
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I've got that front yard! Lovely picture imagining watching the lights down the hill.ReplyDelete
Oh I remember those lights - and I also remember getting in trouble for trying to scrape the color off!ReplyDelete
When riding in the car, I enjoy decorations I can see for a distance. I still follow until I can't see it anymore.ReplyDelete
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Day 3 Marching Band not going to Dallas RAGE Thread
In case anyone missed the thread, there's a petition circulating that you can use to show support for the band and suggest to Dave Brandon that he's making a big mistake, which, like, duh. 400,000 signatures is a lofty goal, though reaching it would mean something since that'd require 4 filled Michigan Stadiums worth of real (or fake) e-mail addresses to reach.
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The fight began after two random jerks decided to act as Rumer Willis' bodyguards as she made her way out of Skybar and then allegedly got violent with paparazzi. According to witnesses on scene, one of the men allegedly tripped a photographer who was attempting to take pix of the star. As the stunned shutterbug got up and tried to identify the culprit, we're told another friend of the wannabe-bodyguards grabbed the photog by the head and slammed him to the ground head first, knocking him out and causing convulsions.
TMZ cameras caught sound of the attack and the immediate aftermath. You see another photog got nuts on the evildoers with his fists. Cops arrived shortly after and the man who allegedly slammed the photog to the ground were arrested.
The snapper was rushed to a hospital, where he was treated for three cracked ribs, a possibly dislocated shoulder and a concussion.


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Diet Thanksgiving Dinner
Did you know, on Thanksgiving Day we consume an average of 3,000 calories? Some of even consume a whopping 5,000 calories. This is not surprising considering all there is to eat: turkey, gravy, stuffing, butter, mashed potatoes, yams, pumpkin pie, pecan pie, whipped cream, cranberry sauce, rolls, jam and everything else.
Of course, the thing that packs the most calories per bite is the dessert. Pecan pie is at the top of the list with 503 calories a slice, then apple pie with 411 calories and my favorite, pumpkin pie, comes in at 316 calories a slice.
Do you know that some crazy people in America actually want to find a way to cut calories on this most holy of dinners? Why? Why would someone even dream of doing such a thing? Isn't that one of the best parts of Thanksgiving? The fact that you can eat whatever you want and eat as much as you want, with no guilt or worry?
Really, how badly would you like to be invited to someone's Thanksgiving dinner if they told you it was going to be a "diet" Thanksgiving dinner? I know I would go to dinner somewhere else if I had another choice. I don't think the pilgrims and the Native Americans were worried about the calorie count on the first Thanksgiving.
So, please people, for the love of America, don't put your Thanksgiving dinner on a diet.
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Woman apparently overdoses outside of police station
Child was also inside vehicle
Child was also inside vehicle
Child was also inside vehicle
Police said a woman apparently overdosed inside a vehicle parked outside of a Pittsburgh police station Wednesday morning.
Officers became suspicious when they saw the car poorly parked outside of the station around 2:30 a.m.
Officers found a man in the driver's seat, a woman in the passenger seat and a boy who was about 5 or 6 years old in the back seat. All three were asleep.
Police were able to wake up the man and the boy but the woman did not wake up, leading officers to suspect she had overdosed.
The man was arrested and the woman was taken to a hospital.
Drug paraphernalia was also discovered inside the vehicle.
The boy is being placed in the custody of his grandparents.


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Research Projects In Computer Graphics Technology
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The second day in the death penalty phase of the Anthony Sowell murder trial has begun.
Leona Davis, a niece of Sowell's who lived in the same house as a child, was first to take the stand on Tuesday.
Leona moved in with Sowell's family after her mother died. She spoke of repeated beatings and abuse at the home.
Leona said all the children were tied to a banister and hit with a switch by Anthony's mother, Gertrude, when they did something wrong. She said the situation was so bad she set a fire to the house so police would come and get her. Leona said when she was beaten she was forced to first strip naked. Sowell and his brother would watch.
She wanted to kill Gertrude, but couldn't. At the age of 9, Leona got a gun and aimed it out a window at Gertrude, but couldn't go through with it. She eventually ran away.
Leona says she was sexually abused by Sowell during the time they lived in the same home. She was 10 and Sowell was 11 when this began. She said other male family members also sexually abused her "about everyday."
Leona said the day she set the fires was the happiest of her life. She was finally "out" and found security in "the institution."
When defense attorneys tried to ask her if Sowell should live or die, prosecutors objected. Judge Ambrose sustained. She said she forgives Sowell.
Leona said she never told anyone about her abuse until she learned of Sowell's arrest for the Imperial Avenue murders.
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What a mess – things were glued haphazardly and in most cases, torn. I gave up on the article on the left since more of it was gone than was there but then I thought what would a Levy do? Well, of course, they'd have multiple copies of the same articles and I'd have my second chance!
Yep, that's one of Sig Levy's scrapbooks and there was the same article that was torn in Loraine's scrapbook! One thing I've learned about my family – THEY SAVED EVERYTHING!
Here's a close up of the article. And look at that – this one even has the date on it.
So now the firm was complete and all four brothers – Herbert, Leon, Sig and Ben – were involved in the business and each was a specialist in his respective department.
This is an interesting clipping about the Shriner's Dance.
The article itself isn't that interesting but the list of participants is. First on the list is F.W. Ast which to most probably means nothing. But my husband's family name was Ast (changed to Austen in 1955) and there is F.W. Ast at an event with Ligmund (ha!) Levy. Was this one of "our" Ast family?
Looks like Sig passed his Air Pilot test!
And here is Special Orders No. 157 which ordered Sig into active service on July 6, 1918.
Special Orders, No. 157
Headquarters Western Department
San Francisco, Cal, July 6, 1918
The following named privates first class of the Aviation Section, Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, are ordered into active service at such time as will permit them to comply with this order and will proceed to Berkeley, California, to arrive there July 20, 1918, and report to the commandant, School of Military Aeronautics, University of California, at that place for aviation training as candidates for commission:
And there on page 2 is my grandfather's name and pertinent information: Sigmund Levy (875409), 1716 Van Ness Avenue, Fresno, California
And after the names are listed is this:
The Quartermaster Corps will furnish the necessary transportation and pay such of these soldiers as may be entitled thereto commutation of rations as provided by paragraph 1228, Army Regulations, it being impracticable for them to carry rations of any kind. The journeys are necessary for the public service.
BY COMMAND OF MAJOR GENERAL MORRISON: H.C. Benson, Colonel, United States Army, Department Adjutant.
Whew! And what I know from transcribing the letters between my grandparents during that time is that my grandmother, Loraine Gunzendorfer, was working in Oakland while living with her great uncle and his wife, Rachel Letter and Samuel Steen, hoping that Sig would end up in Berkeley so she could, hopefully, see him. Looks like her wish has come true!
And here it is again – two chances!
My grandmother saved some interesting things!


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Authorities in Minnesota arrested a Santa Fe man early Monday and authorities say he's the last defendant to be apprehended in a 14-person cocaine operation bust announced last week at a joint press conference involving the U.S. Attorney's Office, the FBI, New Mexico State Police, Santa Fe Police Department and the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office.
Here is an email news release announcing Monday's arrest, sent by FBI spokesman Frank Fisher out of Albuquerque:
A man being sought after a joint law enforcement operation in Santa Fe County last week apprehended several individuals allegedly tied to cocaine trafficking has been arrested in Minnesota.
Adrian Ordonez-Flores, 25, of Santa Fe, was arrested without incident early Monday (7/2/12) by FBI Special Agents in Burnsville, Minn., approximately 15 miles south of Minneapolis.
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