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Cover-Long-Deekens Collection - PP98
Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
ca. 1845-1931
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created by Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, October 1999
The families of Margaret Lamar Deekens Cover (d. 1986) and Loring Andrews Cover, Jr. (d. 1982) include many illustrious ancestors.
Margaret Cover was born in Cumberland, the daughter of Francis S. and Mary Sprigg Long Deekens. She attended Sweetbriar College in Lynchburgh, Va., and came to the Baltimore area at some point, where she and her husband lived in Owings Mills. She was an avid collector of antique dollhouses and dollhouse furniture. Margarets father, Francis S. Deekens was born in Australia, and came to the U.S. as a young man in 1881 via England, Canada, and France. A Cumberland business leader in real estate and insurance, he oversaw major real estate transactions and development in the region, and was a founder and president of the Real Estate and Securities Company (1903-ca. 1918). Earlier he worked in the mining industry, as chief clerk for the Consolidation Coal Co. at Frostburg (1885-1891), and as assistant vice president of the Union Mining Co. at Mount Savage (1891-1902).
Margaret Covers grandparents were J. Hampton and Sarah E. Sprigg Long of Cumberland, where J. Hampton Long was in the hardware business; her great grandfather was former Maryland Congressman (6th district) Capt. Michael C. Sprigg. Other maternal ancestors were Revolutionary War heroes Col. William Lamar (1755-1838; husband of Margaret Worthington Lamar, d. 1821) and Capt. Michael Cresap.
Loring A. Cover, Jr. was the son of Loring A. Cover (1867-1949), who was a prominent Baltimore businessman. Born at Western Run (Baltimore Co.), the son of a leather manufacturer/merchant, the elder Loring Cover attended Shenandoah Valley Academy in Winchester, Va. and graduated from the University of Virginia in 1887. He worked with his father for about 17 years, during which time he married Grace Romayne Stayman (d. 1935) of Winchester, Va. In 1907, Cover founded the Portland Cement Mill in Hagerstown in partnership with several other men, later known as Security Cement and Lime Company. Loring and Grace made their home in the Greenspring Valley (Baltimore Co.) at Garrison or Chattolanee. Their children were Loring, Jr., Thomas, III, Nelson, Grace (later Mrs. Symington), and Jane (later Mrs. Piper).
Loring A. Cover, Jr. worked mainly as an investment broker, with Baker Watts and Co. as a young man, and for 25 years with T. Rowe Price and Associates until retirement in 1971. Raised in Baltimore, he attended Woodberry Forest School in Virginia, served in the Nary during World War I, graduated from Princeton University in 1921, and worked for the engineering dept. of the Bendix Radio Division plant in Towson during World War II.
Collection Origin
Gift of Mrs. Margaret Cover, 1984 (001248).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 box containing 6 cased photographs, 8 folders with 85 uncased photographs, and 1 album with 24 images. Subjects are portraits of the Cover, Deekens, Long, and Lamar families, with many locations in Allegany Co. including Cumberland and Mount Savage. There are images of the estate "Strathmoor", and the Woodland Tennis Club in Frostburg. Other subjects include recreational activities such as tennis, bicycling, and a picnic in the Mount Savage coal mine.
The album, from the Civil War-era, contains carte-de-visite portraits of Harry Gilmor and Robert E. Lee, as well as Long, Lamar, and Deekens family portraits.
Note: The collection also includes 1 folder with 4 pieces of printed ephemera, which are 2 valentines and 2 envelopes.
The uncased photographs are housed in 8 folders, and the 6 cased photographs and 1 album are all individually wrapped, with variable arrangement within the box. Of the uncased photographs, 55 are loose and 30 are mounted as a collage onto 2 boards.
None of the items have been numbered or arranged to correlate with the inventory. Until further arrangement can be done, the only way to match objects to the inventory listings is to compare dimensions and description of the photographs.
Container List
1 Box
Box 1: 6 Cased Photographs, 8 Folders, 1 Album
Cased Photographs
1. Daguerreotype, [Margaret Worthington Lamar? no, she died in 1821], sixth plate, ca. 1845 leather case: scroll motif, 9.1 x 8.0 cm.
2. Ambrotype, [Unidentified Woman], ninth plate, ca. 1857, plastic case: scroll motif, 8.0 x 7.0 cm.
3. Daguerreotype, [Sarah Sprigg Long (Mrs. James Hampton Long)], sixth plate, ca. 1845, leather case: floral motif, delicate roses, variant, 9.4 x 8.1 cm.
4. Ambrotype, [Lisette Deekens], sixth plate, ca. 1855, leather case, top half missing, 9.4 x 8.1 cm.
5. Daguerreotype, [Unidentified Young Woman head on hand], sixth plate, ca. 1845, leather case geometric motif, top half missing, 9.4 x 8.1 cm.
6. Daguerreotype, [Unidentified Young Woman arm on table], sixth plate, ca. 1845, leather case, bottom half missing, 9.4 x 8.1 cm.
8 Folders (uncased photographs)
1. Toned gelatin silver print, [Loring A. Cover Jr.], ca. 1918, by Orren Jack Turner, 20.3 x 12.6 cm., taken during WWI in Cape May, N.J.
2. [Toned gelatin silver?] print, [Mary Sprigg Hampton-Long Deekens and Margaret Lamar Deekens], ca. 1915, 20.4 x 15.3 cm. mounted; 14.1 x 9.8 cm. image.
3. [Toned Gelatin Silver?] print, [Grace Stayman Cover, Loring Andrews Cover Jr., Thomas Cover III, and Grace Romayne Cover], ca. 1910, by Barr, Winchester, Va., 23.1 x 17.9 cm. mounted; 21.4 x 16 .5 cm. image.
4. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens Cover], ca. 1925, Unfinished Proof by Bachrach, 25.7 x 20.0 cm.
5. Cabinet card, [Loring Andrews Cover, 4 1/2 months], 1899, by C. Fred Barr, Winchester, Va., 16.6 x 10.7 cm. mounted; 14.2 x 9.8 cm. image.
6. Gelatin Silver Print, [Margaret Cover], 1930, by Lomax, 7.1 x 5.6 cm. oval.
7. Gelatin Silver Print, [Margaret Deekens], ca. 1922-1923, 17.6 x 12.5 cm.
8. [Gelatin Silver?] Print, [Loring Cover], ca. 1920, Associated News Proof, New York, 19.3 x 13.0 cm.
9. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Cover], February 1929, [Baltimore County], 25.5 x 16.8 cm.
10. [Toned Platinum?] print, [Margaret Cover], ca. 1920-1921, 25.3 x 20.4 cm., signed in pen by Margaret Cover, dress worn at U. Va. Cotillion.
11-13. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Cover in Fur], ca. 1925, by Pach Bros., N.Y., 25.3 x 18.8 cm.; 25.5 x 19.0 cm.; 24.2 x 17.7 cm.
14. Gelatin Silver Print, [Margaret Cover], ca, 1925, by Pach Bros., N.Y., 25.3 x 18.0 cm.
15. Gelatin Silver Print, [Mrs. Deekens, Margaret and Francis Deekens], ca. 1907, 10.9 x 8.2 cm. mounted; 9.9 x 7.0 cm. image.
16. Toned platinum print, [Loring A. Cover ?], 1931, by Janvier, 30.5 x 23.0 cm. mounted; 24.1 x 17.7 cm. image.
17. Gelatin silver print, [Cover and children], ca. 1920, by Foster, Baltimore, 25.4 x 18.8 cm. mounted; 24.0 x 18.0 cm. image.
18. Copy Photograph, [Elise Deekens], 35.6 x 28.0 cm. mounted; 24.0 x 18.6 cm. image, on verso in pencil: "Elise Deekens, grand-mother of Francis Stewart Deekens, aunt of Alfred Ainger, the Master of Temple Church, London, England, and author of Life of Charles Lamb."
19-28. 10 gelatin silver prints, mounted on cardboard, 35.8 x 28.2 cm., ca. 1905-1920, includes potrtraits of Loring Cover with family and friends.
29-50. 22 gelatin silver prints and [collodio/gelatino-chloride?] prints, mounted on cardboard, 35.8 x 28.2 cm., ca. 1905-1920, includes portraits of Margaret Cover with family and friends.
51. Albumen print, [The By 4 on a Spree], 1889, Edgar S. Thomson, Photographer, Mount Savage, Maryland, 13.4 x 20.6 cm. mounted; 11.5 x 19.9 cm. image, see backing for identification of group.
52. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens wearing bonnet], ca. 1910, 9.1 x 9.1 cm.
53. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens and Betty Strawbridge], ca. 1910, 9.1 x 9.1 cm.
54. Gelatin silver print, [Mrs. John Galloway Lynn and John Galloway Lynn III, of Cumberland], ca. 1915, 13.9 x 9.0 cm.
55. Gelatin silver print, [Francis Stewart Deekens], ca. 1895, 15.3 x 10.4 cm. mounted; 14.0 x 9.8 cm. image.
56. Gelatin silver print, [Mary Deekens, Margaret Cover's Mother, Cumberland, Md.], 1918, by Towles, 13.6 x 9.9 cm. oval .
57. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Lamar Deekens], ca. 1906, 10.9 x 8.3 cm. oval mount; 9.0 x 6.5 cm. oval image.
58. Gelatin silver print, [Francis Sprigg Deekens], by Haverstick Studio, Cumberland, Md., ca. 1910, 13.7 x 9.9 cm. mounted; 9.9 x 6.8 cm. image.
59. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Lamar Deekensl, ca. 1909, 11.3 x 8.5 cm. mount; 9.9 x 6.0 cm. image.
60. Tintype, [Unidentified Child], ca. 1865, 9.9 x 6.2 cm. mount; approx. 5.0 x 4.0 cm. image.
61. Carte-de-Visite, albumen print, [George Levnard], ca. 1870, 10.0 x 6.2 cm. mount; 9.5 x 5.9 cm. image.
62. Gelatin silver print, [Copy photograph of Portrait of Michael Cresap Sprigg], ca. 1805, 14.0 x 9.7 cm. mounted; 13.8 x 9.7 c. image.
63. Albumen print, [Group Portrait with Man on Bicycle], ca. 1890, Edgar S. Thomson, Photographer, Mount Savage, Maryland, 12.8 x 11.0 cm. mounted; 11.5 x 9.5 cm. image.
64. Gelatin silver print, [The Shriver House, Cumberland, Maryland], ca. 1910, 8.4 x 8.4 cm.
65. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens], ca. 1923, 15.2 x 10.2 cm.
66. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Cover and Son], 1930, by Lomax, 19.1 x 14.1 cm. folded mount; 17.8 x 13.4 cm. image.
67. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens, Cumberland, Md.], 1925, 20.1 x 15.3 cm.
68. Gelatin silver print, [Francis Sprigg Deekens], 1903, 14.1 x 14.1 cm. mount; 8.2 x 8.5 cm. image.
69. Albumen.Print, [View of Cumberland-Borman Bridge and Emmanuel Episcopal Church], ca. 1870, 8.9 x 8.7 cm. mount; 7.4 x 7.4 cm. image.
70. Gelatin silver print, [Francis Sprigg Deekens (1896-1936)], ca. 1930, 16.7 x 11.8 cm.
71. Albumen print, [Moonlight Picnic at Mt. Savage, Md.], ca. 1890, Edgar S. Thomson, 13.3 x 21.5 cm. mount; 11.4 x 19.4 cm. image, see photograph for identification of group.
72. Albumen print, [Strathmoor, Guests on The Tennis Court], ca. 1890, Edgar S. Thomson 13.4 x 21.7 cm. mount; 11.4 x 19.8 cm. image.
73. Albumen Print, [Residence of J.A. Carter near Mt. Jackson], ca. 1890, 13.6 x 21.5 cm. mount; 12.0 x 19.3 cm. image.
74. Albumen Print, [Francis Stewart Deekens and Two Mastiffs, Frostburg], ca. 1890, 13.5 x 20.6 cm. mount; 11.6 x 19.5 cm. image.
75. Albumen Print, [Woodland Tennis Club, Grounds, Frostburg, Md.], 1888, 13.4 x 21.7 cm. mount; 11.5 x 20.0 cm. image, taken at Tennis Tea given to Cumberland Tennis Club.
76. Albumen Print, [Tennis Match], ca. 1890, Edgar S. Thomson, 13.3 x 21.5 cm. mount; 11.7 x 19.6 cm. image.
77. Albumen Print, [Picnic Party Down in Mine], 1889, Edgar S. Thomson, 13.4 x 21.7 cm. mount; 11.5 x 20.0 cm. image, see photograph for identification of group.
78. Gelatin silver print, [Mary Sprigg Long], ca. 1880, T.L. Darnell & Son. Cumberland, Md., 16.7 x 11.0 cm. mount; 14.8 x 10.5 cm. image.
79. [Collodio/Gelatino Chloride?], [Francis Sprigg Deekens, 3 months 11 days], 1896, T.L. Darnell, Cumberland, Md. 15.4 x 10.9 cm. mount; 10.4 x 7.7 cm. image.
80. [Collodio/Gelatino Chloride?] print, [Albert van Kempen Deekens and Francis Stewart Deekens], 1894, Cummins, Baltimore, Md., 16.6 x 10.8 cm. mount; 14.0 x 10.0 cm. image.
81. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Cover with Her Bridesmaids], [Bachrach?], 1924, 24.6 x 27.9 cm.
82. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Cover in Wedding Gown], Bachrach, 1924, 30.6 x 23.0 cm.
83. Gelatin silver print, [Loring Andrews Cover, Jr.], framed, ca. 1905, approx. 6.0 x 6.0 cm.
84. Gelatin silver print, [Margaret Deekens with Cat], ca. 1910, 11.0 x 8.5 cm. mounted; 10.0 x 6.3 cm. image.
85. Albumen print, [Group Portrait in Front of Strathmore Park], 1890, Edgar S. Thomson, Photographer, Mount Savage, Md., 13.4 x 20.5 cm. mounted; 11.2 x 19.7 cm. image, see photograph for identification of group.
Photograph Album
1. Family photograph album, 24 prints, includes the Long family, the Lamar family, the Deekens family, and General Lee, ca. 1860-1865, 15.4 x 13.6 cm. © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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When Ashley Coffield accepted the position as president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region last spring, it was a sort of homecoming for the Rhodes College graduate.
Only, she didn't have to move at all.
Coffield had been working for Partnership for Prevention in Washington, via telecommuting, since 2001, but she says, "I wanted a job in Memphis, that was a big part of the decision. I wanted to work in my hometown. … I really wanted to contribute to Memphis."
Originally from Hot Springs, Ark., Coffield came to Rhodes and was one of the first urban studies majors at the school. But it wasn't her first experience with the city
"I had grown up coming to Memphis for special occasions and it seemed like a magical place to me," she said. "I fell in love with Memphis while I was there."
As a student with no insurance and very little income, she had been a patient of Planned Parenthood and was so impressed with the organization's "compassionate and confidential" care that she became a volunteer health educator. It sparked an interest and set her on the path of a 20-year career in public health.
After graduating from Rhodes in 1992, she received a Master in Public Administration from Texas A&M University, and went to work in Washington. "I worked for organizations that were really looking broadly at disease prevention and health promotion policy and practices, so I was definitely the wonky policy person looking at legislative governmental policy as well as private policies that employers use to keep their populations healthy."
Her expertise grew to include worksite wellness, clinical preventive services including their impact and cost effectiveness, and developing policies and practices for state health departments.
In 2001, she and husband Mac, an attorney with International Paper, were ready to start a family and chose to do so in Memphis. She left her job as CEO with Partnership for Prevention, but was soon contacted by the board asking her to continue to work for the organization, though not as a chief executive, and telecommute.
At the time, she felt she was a pioneer in telecommuting and loved working from her Midtown home, so it was a conflicting choice when the board of Planned Parenthood, of which she was a past member, asked her to work with the search committee to replace retiring CEO Barry Chase.
"I had grown up coming to Memphis for special occasions and it seemed like a magical place to me."
–Ashley Coffield
"I said I would, but let me think about it because I might want to apply," she said. "So I spent a few weeks thinking about it and then decided to throw my hat in."
Her hat was caught and she was chosen from the national search. Though the thought of giving up the convenience and luxury of working from home might have made the internal debate a perplexing one, the ultimate reason for her decision is not at all difficult to understand.
"I've loved Planned Parenthood since I was a patient," she said. "I feel strongly about the mission, that people of all ages come to us because they know they'll be cared for compassionately and confidentially, and that we provide affordable health care and our doors are open to everyone."
Helping patients to enroll in health insurance is a major part of Planned Parenthood's mission and one that will expand access to reproductive health care. A priority under Coffield's leadership is for the organization to educate their patients and the community on the Affordable Care Act and its promise to "help make quality health insurance more affordable by providing subsidies in the form of tax breaks to people based on their income and their family size."
For the future, she hopes to expand services offered in the health center and into more primary and preventive care. Federal money tied to their Title X funding in the form of a grant from the Office of Population Affairs in the Department of Health and Human Services has recently been acquired. It will be used to expand HIV prevention services such as testing, linking patients to care, counseling, and the condom distribution program, Free Condoms Memphis, which offers condoms at 60 locations throughout Shelby County. The model program has given out 60,000 since February.
Coffield is happy to be able to continue calling Memphis home, and excited to finally be working within her community. She feels as though she's come full circle, from a patient and volunteer while in college, to the president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region helping to affect a change for the better.
"I've always felt very passionately about this organization," she said. "And I felt like I could work here with great conviction and bring a lot of energy and passion to it."
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Pets, Pets, Pets...
"Flushing Out Vivi" or "The Wayward Whippet Part 2"
The search for the Westminster Whippet lost at JFK in February has shifted 10 miles north. Sightings by locals and tracking by 2 pet detectives' dogs seem to confirm that Vivi is roaming the interconnected parks and streets of Flushing. The searchers, and anyone I can connive to come along for the ride, are getting to know Queens quite well. I can even tell you the best Bayside kosher deli to buy chopped liver. You'll need protein for stamina to keep up with Vivi's Incredible Journey.
The parksAlley Pond, Kissena, Cunningham, Peckare gorgeous, but vast, with so many niches for the hound to hide. Just as her rescuers approach, the apparition vanishes. "Plan B" is to plaster the area with the 20,000 Vivi flyers. The pet detectives claim that most lost dogs are found by strangers so everyone must know she's near. One of these sightings has to pay off.
The bilingual poster is ubiquitous. (Sure wish we had Korean ones now too.) You can't miss them on poles, but handing out the flyer with the "personal touch" piques interest. Residents seem to know Vivi was lost at the airport, yet aren't aware that she may be around the corner. They perk right up when they hear that. The security guard at the Bayside apartments (where someone supposedly opened the door for the dog) promises to inform the night shift. Grave diggers swear they will keep their eyes open. Dog walkers insist they're the best scouts.
Twice last week I dragged my brother, a biker/body builder type, to Queens. He waited in the car while I chased passersby with the poster. We didn't want to give anyone a heart attack if he rushed up. How would they know he's really a mush who was terrified of the Nestles Farfel dog puppet as a kid? (See BEACON archives 1/26/
The Whippet watchers put their lives on hold. Her California owners have been back and forth, using the Garden City Hotel as headquarters, but they never get to sleep there. Most nights they "stake out" spots where she's visited. Bonnie and Honi, the search coordinators, get calls 24/7, while Denise updates her Newsday "Animal House" blog several times a day. I skipped
times a day. I skipped a retired teacher luncheon when a lady said she was following Vivi at Peck Park. Yesterday Corrinne and I flew out of Babylon Shelter as soon as we learned that some Bagley Ave. kids had seen her twice.
Meanwhile the Vivi bloggers have become a computer cult of insomniac dog lovers. Their posts run as long as the Whippet War and Peace. Psychics, sighthound owners, and folks who have lost dogs brainstorm with the searchers in the field. Few have ever met the hound who has touched them so deeply. Theories abound. The bloggers have scrutinized Queens from afar better than the CIA. Is there a drain pipe linking the parks that Vivi uses as her hideaway? Will an infrared light work?
I chime in only when I have firsthand details to report. Last week the bloggers raised several thousand dollars to hire the latest pet detective from Baltimore. Complete strangers set up a bank account and organized her itinerary. They fax and Fed-ex more posters, now they're pricing a billboard. A Seattle woman contacted me about letting the pet detective borrow our humane trap that's been sitting at the Vetport with Vivi's towel inside. Others continue positive meditation and candle light vigils. Vivi's become their patron saint.
So why am I there? I have more than my share of lost pets to deal with at the shelter. It's a "six degrees of separation" thing. There's a huge photo of Vivi in Dog News from last fall when life was still good for her. It shows the gorgeous greyhound after winning the Group, posing with her owner who published my stories and 2 AKC judgesone gave me my beloved Afghan, Trevor, and the other, his mother, adopted a Whippet I found at Babylon Shelter years ago. I've had Afghans that can run at the speed of light slip away, so I know this helpless feeling. That's my bond with the dog.
The canine world is very small. Vivi has brought the show and rescue camps together. Wednesday we stopped to talk to John outside his Flushing home. He told us the Newsday crew had just left, and hopped in the car to show us where the strays hung out in Peck Park. He said he helped Rottweilers and knew Vivi's "Thelma & Louise" duo from other adoptions. As a long shot, I asked him if he knew Monica and the "other" Bonnie, my LI Rottie Rescue pals. Of course, he did. They had placed one of his Rotties with a priest. When I called Bonnie to verify, she said: "Sure, I know John. Face it. You can probably stop at any corner in NYC, and shout "Rottweiler" to the guy standing there. If there's any recognition, he knows me."
Come on out, Vivi, I have chopped liver.... Yes, I'm picking up complete strangers in the city to help look for this wayward Whippet since I have my body guard brother in the car. However, once he sees this in the paper, there won't be time to tell him how much I appreciate his help. In fact, you may never hear from me again.
Back home at Babylon Town Shelter (643-9270) Lamar St. W. Babylon, many other lost and homeless dogs and cats hope someone will take them home. "Cosby" in Cage 5 is a very loving, Australian shepherd mix with a bob tail. He was found in Babylon Village and was extremely patient while some mats were shaved off. "Brandy" is a 1 year female Hound mix in Cage 93 who has been at the shelter quite long. See more photos on the Babylon's Petfinder site.
Males: "A-Rod"the ball playing Shep. mix in Cage 37; 2 purebred, young Beagles.
Females: a dog that resembles a Canaan dog (a rare breed from Israel) in Cage 51; a petite, black Ridgeback mix in Cage 87; "Winnie"the Boxer mix in Cage 53.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – After being off since last week due to the past weekend's snow storm, the No. 22 MIT men's basketball team did not seem to be fazed by their unexpected layoff as the Engineers led from wire to wire in 69-44 win over Clark University in a New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference game. Senior Will Tashman (Atherton, Calif.) continued his hot play in the final weeks of the season, as he matched his previous career-high with 26 points and set a new career mark with 20 rebounds. His first rebound of the game set a new MIT career record as he broke the old mark of 954 held by Peter Jackson '76. D.J. Bailey (Palmer, Mass.) led Clark with 14 points and seven rebounds.
A layup by sophomore Matt Redfield (Los Altos, Calif.) and a trey from senior Mitchell Kates (Colts Neck, N.J.) put MIT (18-4, 9-2 NEWMAC) up early, but Clark (12-11, 6-4 NEWMAC) stayed with the Engineers and tied the game five minutes in at 7-7 after a layin by Bailey. The game stayed close for the next 10 minutes, with the Cougars staying within four after a free throw by Nicholas DaPrato (Marshfield, Mass.) with 5:43 left in the half made it 15-11.
MIT then heated up on offense over the last five minutes of the half. The Engineers hit on five straight field goal attempts, taking a 27-14 lead after a Tashman layup with two minutes to go. MIT did not stop there, finishing off a 16-5 surge on a layup by sophomore Paul Dawson (Stone Mountain, Ga.) that put the Engineers in control at the half, 31-16.
The late scoring run of the first half proved to be decisive for MIT. After the Engineers built their lead to 17 points early in the second half, Clark picked up consecutive baskets by Bailey to shave four points off the MIT lead. But it would prove to be as close as the Cougars would get. The Engineers responded with eight straight points from four different players, pushing their lead past 20 points at 41-20 after a layup by sophomore Andrew Acker (Merion Station, Pa.) with 16 minutes left.
Clark, which was held to 19 percent shooting in the first half and 29.5 percent for the game, could not put together a run and MIT pushed its lead to 24 twice over the next four minutes. The Cougars did put together six straight points, closing to 52-36 after a layup by Marcus Armstrong (Malden, Mass.), but it was as close as they would come. MIT came back with six straight points of its own to halt any comeback attempt by Clark, with Tashman sinking a pair of free throws that put the Engineers up 58-36 with 6:27 left. Clark could not get the MIT lead back under 20 the rest of the way as the Engineers increased their season-high win streak to six games.
Redfield notched a double-double for MIT as well, finishing with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Tyler Veretto also reached double figures for Clark, dropping in 10 points for the Cougars. With Tashman dominating on the boards, the Engineers held a 42-24 edge in rebounds, while they also outshot the Cougars 51.8 to 29.5 percent.
With the win MIT will face No. 5 WPI in a battle for a share of the conference lead on Wednesday night in the Rockwell Cage starting at 6:00 p.m. Clark will also play on Wednesday, traveling to Springfield for a 5:30 p.m. matchup with the Pride.


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Mainstream Press Account In Australia Makes The Case For Why 'Piracy' Is Not The Problem
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Much of the article focuses on how various industries abuse copyright to do anti-consumer activities, and how infringement is often the only way around it -- even for people who want to pay. The article also covers the recording industry's own suicidal tendencies.
Rather than give customers what they wanted publishers threw every toy they had out of the pram and hit the litigation button. One example saw the recording industry sue a 12-year old girl and won $2000. From her point of view she was simply using a free service on the internet that all her friends were using and discussing. One wonders how happy the recording industry was with its $2000 payout. Over the years industry bodies have spent far more money suing people than they recouped through the courts.It really is a fantastic piece. Kudos to ABC for running it, and to writer Nick Ross for publishing such an article.
One of the main reasons we all have anti-piracy slogans embedded in our brains is because the music industry chose to try and protect its existing market and revenue streams at all costs and marginalise and vilify those who didn't want to conform to the harsh new rules being set.


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Sgarbossa, Monsters win fourth straight, beat Marlies 4-3 in overtimeNHL.com @NHLdotcom
CLEVELAND - Mike Sgarbossa had two goals and an assist, with his second coming 51 seconds into overtime, to give the Lake Erie Monsters a 4-3 victory over the Toronto Marlies on Thursday in American Hockey League action.
David van der Gulik opened the scoring for Lake Erie (23-16-3) at 3:53 of the first period. The Monsters have now won four in a row.
Nicolas Deschamps tied it for the Marlies at the 10:11 mark, and Toronto (23-12-4) went in front on a power-play goal by Simon Gysbers, his third of the season, at 18:33.
Sgarbossa tied the game with his 15th of the season on a power play at 7:43 of the second period. Tim Connolly put the Marlies back in front with a power-play goal at 9:22. Thomas Pock got the equalizer for Lake Erie at 12:52 of the second period.
Calvin Pickard made 26 saves for the Monsters. Jussi Rynnas finished with 23 saves for Toronto.
The Marlies finished 2 for 8 on the power-play, and the Monsters connected once on five power-play opportunities.


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The American Colonies were still in their infancy.
But two events that had recently took place were about to change the face of that early American frontier. First was the Albany Congress in 1754 where peace was not secured with all Indian tribes and the plan for new Forts to be built in Iroquois territory.
Many Delaware Indians of Pennsylvania saw this as a first step for the white man to take control of the fertile fields and game lands of the Susquehanna and regions west. Second was the disastrous campaign of General Edward Braddock to capture the French Fort Duquesne in the summer of 1755. The fighting of the French and Indian war was dividing the Indian nation's allegiance with the peaceful settlers and in October a small group of Delaware Indians set out from the
They attacked the settlements around Penn's Creek in
"Early in the morning of the 16th of October, 1755, while le Roy's [the father of Marie] hired man went out to fetch the cows, we heard the Indians shooting six times. Soon after, eight of them came to the house, and killed Barbara (Marie) leRoy's father with tomahawks. Her brother defended himself desperately for a time, but was at last overpowered. The Indians did not kill him, but took him prisoner, together with Marie le Roy and a little girl who was staying with the family. Thereupon they plundered the homestead, and set it on fire. Into this fire they laid the body of the murdered father, feet foremost, until it was half consumed. The upper half was lying on the ground, with the two tomahawks with which they had killed him, sticking in his head. Then they kindled the fire, not far from the house. While sitting around it, a neighbor of le Roy, named Bastian, happened to pass by on horseback. He was immediately shot down and scalped.
Two of the Indians now went to the house of Barbara Leininger, where they found her father, her brother, and her sister
Not long after, several of the Indians led the prisoners to the top of a high hill, near the two plantations. Toward the evening the rest of the savages returned with six fresh and bloody scalps, which they threw at the feet of the poor captives, saying that they had a good hunt that day." (The Indian Wars of Pennsylvania by C. Hale Sipe, Pages 207-208)
There have been many books written about the captivity of these two girls, and the massacre of their families. Historical plaques mark the spots of Penn's Creek and the le Roy attacks. But there are other reminders of the tragic events that happened that October day so long ago. The restless spirits of the victims.
There are new houses close to the site of the massacres, and a cornucopia of high strangeness has occurred in the area for years.
Kirksflower, a friend of mine from the social site Supernatural Connections wrote of some of the paranormal activity witnessed in the area by members of her family. In the early 1960s her family had just moved into a house near the le Roy Massacre. In fact gravestones of some of the victims lay very close to the old farm house. The family of 10 that moved into the old house included her siblings, parents and the grandmother. It did not take long for the family to notice that something was not right in the house. The very day that they began to move in three family members were alone in an upstairs bedroom of the house, no one else was in the building, when they began to hear a loud sound as if the house itself was breathing heavily. Then ominously they heard something coming up the stairs, as if a being of great weight was slowly and methodically climbing up. The heavy footsteps became louder and heavier as something approached the second floor. The three family members thought that someone must have broken into the house and in a panic they moved a heavy wooden antique dresser in front of the door to block the intruders entrance into the bedroom. Even with the massive dresser blocking the way the door flew open with considerable force revealing…
And the strangeness never ceased.
Throughout their stay at the isolated farmhouse the grandmother was constantly vexed by a strange apparition of a small animal darting here and there that would finally find a resting place under her bed. Its eyes glowed in a blood red crimson, causing her to fear throughout the night as to what sinister force lurked beneath her bed.
It seems the grandmother of Kirksflower had a gift to perceive things that others might have missed. A gift of perceiving the other world around her that always coexists with our own but is seldom acknowledged as reality, but is usually designated by the casual observer as a dream or a mirage. But it does in truth exist. We are constantly surrounded by the past and its echoes into the life in which space we share with those who have gone before. Even if we cannot observe them, we are always surrounded by the spirits of those who have left the mortal bonds which bind us to a physical body. They live with us, even though we recognize them not. Some cannot let go, and they are trapped forever in a life that has long since vanished from the present state of the world in which we exist.
On a normal and seemingly uneventful mid summer afternoon the grandmother was delivering a much needed repast of sandwiches and coffee to her son who had been working long and hard on a few automobiles that were in dire need of repair. Her son was able to bring new life into the old rusted relics of the past and this day was unlike any other. It took grit and gumption to repair these machines that time had abandoned, but he had a keen sense that others lacked when it came to restore these automotive mechanisms which time had ravished.
On her way to the field where the rusting automobiles sat and where her son was diligently working, she saw it.
In the field where the rusting automobiles lay, she saw something that curdled the very blood that flowed in her aged veins. Out of the corner of her eye something grabbed her attention like nothing had ever before.
In the middle of the mass of machine and nature hovered a gruesome torso of a man dressed in ancient garb who was drenched in the thick ochre of blood. The apparition seemed to float in mid air as a spectacle of a scene long forgotten by mortal eyes but still remembered by time and space itself. The bloodied body had the dress of someone who had trod the earth long ago, perhaps the last century? Or the one before it? Nevertheless it hung there in a grotesque spectacle of an injustice long past into history, but one which still resonated into the present. The long dead blood dripped from wounds that had faded into the past ages ago, and it oozed into a soil that had long since reclaimed its vital nutrients. As the aged woman ran from the apparition, it soon faded, but the vision of wanton gore would not soon pass from her minds eye.
It seemed whatever wanted to make itself known never stopped asserting itself in the location of the le Roy Massacre. The strangeness never ceased. Months had passed since the bloody apparition, but it had never left the grandmothers mind.
One night in the middle of winter she was readying the children of the house for bed as the parents had gone to work when the house shook with an unearthly rattle. There was a noise from the outside of the house like cannons firing. They all rushed down the staircase to peer out the windows and see if indeed it was weapons firing in the nearby field , and as soon as they set foot on the floor at the base of the stairs a heavy knock rattled the front door. With her arms stretched out in defense she prevented the children from opening the door to the unseen person who was visiting late that evening. Instead of opening the door she cried out to whatever was on the other side to identify itself. But no reply was forthcoming, instead the doorknob rattled and shook, twisting itself around as if someone was in a manic attempt to enter the house but had no idea as to how to do it. The family stood there in fright as the knob turned by itself for many minutes only to suddenly stop with no other sound or attempt by whatever was on the other side to gain entry. They all quietly moved back up the stairs and the grandmother tried to put the children to sleep, but few found rest that night as they all feared what was lurking on the grounds of their homestead. Early in the morning there was evidence that something indeed was at the door. There were footprints in the snow that led from the door to a little toy wagon that was left in the front lawn. The foot prints were bloody and they disappeared into oblivion leaving no trace as to their origin. No accidents were reported in the area that night, and no one else had heard the terrible explosion that preceded the unnatural visitation. But something had visited that farmhouse late that December night. A horror that simply blinked out of existence but left a bloody trail in its wake. And it desperately wanted inside.
Kirksflower's grandmother had many other experiences with the unknown in the various residences she occupied, but the hauntings of the Penn's Creek ghosts were the most terrifying and violent she had ever encountered. The family moved out after a short time, grateful to leave this epicenter of supernatural terror.
The last strangeness that the family encountered on the site happened years after they had moved out of the residence at Penn's Creek. While on a trip Kirksflower decided to stop by the plaque dedicated to the le Roy Massacre and visit the graves of the victims that lay on the grounds of her old homestead. But the graves were no longer there. It was if the large granite stones had vanished into nothingness just like the apparitions that had plagued the family all those years ago.
After I read the encounters at the Penn's creek site I made an inquiry at a local library in order to find any further evidence of hauntings at the massacre site. It turns out the bridge at Penn's creek has been a source of supernatural lore in and of itself. Like many sites there is a local legend that if you turn your headlights off while crossing the bridge you will be confronted with a host of apparitions. This might be considered the stuff of urban legends that meets the rural crossroads unless you know the history of the restless spirits of the Penn's Creek Massacre.
Do not turn your lights off while crossing the Penn's
Leave the lights of your car on when you cross the Penn's Creek Bridge.And do not join the restless spirits of the victims of the Penn's Creek Massacre.
Until next time,
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Less than half of the 280 million metric tons of plastic produced each year ends up in the landfill. A fair bit of the rest ends up littering the landscape, blown by the wind or washed down streams and rivers into the sea.
So far Americans spend $520 million a year to clean up plastic litter washing up on West Coast beaches and shorelines. Efforts to clean up the oceans' enormous swirling gyres of garbage has an incalculable cost. Thus, much of the focus has been on how to stop the river of trash from entering the ocean.
A team of 10 scientists has come up with an idea of how to make that happen: reclassify the most harmful plastic waste as hazardous material. That simple adjustment, the scientists write in the journal Nature, could trigger sweeping changes in how environmental agencies clean up plastic waste, spur innovation in polymer research and replace problematic plastics with safer ones.
The United States, Europe, Japan and other nations classified plastic as solid waste, treating their disposal much like food scraps or grass clippings, said Mark Anthony Browne, a coauthor of the article. It's an outdated view that plastics are inert, he said, ignoring scientific evidence in recent years including work of coauthor and doctoral student Chelsea M. Rochman that plastic debris is laden with highly toxic pollutants.


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Innovations that never caught on
We were a little relieved, to tell you the truth, about the recent news in the world of good-for-you footwear.
Vibram's settlement of a lawsuit claiming the company falsely advertised the benefits of its FiveFingers shoes seems to have removed any possibility that we'll all have to switch from conventional mitten-style toe accommodations to foot gloves.
This got us thinking about other technologies that never quite made it. We're not talking about the old giving way to the new. Rather, it's stuff that never achieves wide use or lives long enough to get supplanted.
Click through the gallery above for examples we thought up. Feel free to add your own (or disagree with ours) in the comments below.
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Woodside is one of the country's wealthiest enclaves, and boasts spectacular redwood, oak and eucalyptus groves that add serenity to the estates of high net worth individuals that live in the region. Woodside was incorporated in 1956 to prevent urbanization. While a short commute from the Silicon Valley, Woodside retains it's rural character with a small business district, a network of horse trails, popular road cycling routes and a number of open space preserves. Woodside is also the home of Filoli, which is a country house listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is open to the public and it's 16 acres of gardens are a must see for any visitor or resident!
Many well-known people have lived or currently live in this town: Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Willie McCovey, Shirley Temple Black, Bill Walsh and Neil Young to name a few. A country escape for the rich, either with old-world money or newer Silicon Valley riches, common sights in Woodside includes well-heeled equestrians and well-equipped cars cruising along unhurried, tree-lined streets. The attraction for many residents is a serene community nestled in close proximity to the San Francisco Bay, Pacific Ocean Beaches, Santa Cruz Mountains and the Monterey Bay.
Homes in Woodside are some of the most expensive in the country, with the majority of homes sitting on acreage. Students in Woodside attend the highly rated Woodside Elementary School District for K-8 Instruction, and attend the Sequoia Union High School District for 9-12 instruction. Many parents within Woodside also choose to send their children to private school with nearby Woodside Priory and Sacred Heart a quick commute away. Below is the historical market data for the town.
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Talk:Hardening Concepts
It's not often talked about when hardening, but capabilities are an up-and-coming, arguably better, way of handling Privilege Escalation/Reduced Privileges.
Although Linux support is pretty low (AFAIK), I think it is something we (read: I) should look at.
-Apple 18:33, 27 November 2010 (CET)
I started looking into caps more myself. Windows has a capabilities-like mechanisms. Capabilities, though, at least the Linux implementation are based on a obsoleted POSIX specification draft or something like that. So in the greater ecosystem, I'm not sure how well supported they are. I'd encourage looking into them though and writing about them. Several packages have the
caps USE flag.
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2013 SEMA Show: Custom Builds and MINI Trucks
Vegas, Baby. Vegas!
In the custom auto world, SEMA is THE place to be to see the latest builds, examine the newest parts, and walk the most you have all year long. With three huge halls packed to the walls at the Las Vegas, NV Convention Center with booth after booth and cars and trucks lined up as far as the eye can see, it's enough to have most people asking where the Segway rental desk is.
While there were a handful of slick traditional minitrucks, we couldn't help but gaze in wonderment at the "different" stuff on display. Mobsteel's flattened out FedEx delivery truck was amazing to see in person, as was the N.E.M.O. (New Evolution Military Ordnance) truck. In general, there was more van and alternative type trucks to look at, and it was a real treat.
But after all the walking, and settling for overpriced fast food and beer at the convention center, Friday is the day to sit back (if you can find somewhere to sit) and watch the display vehicles do a victory lap out to the streets -- it's a sight to see. All different walks of autos make their way through the lanes, and it doesn't matter if you're a truck or van guy, or a muscle car gear head, this is the ultimate equalizing moment. Until next year!
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Scouting Sacred Heart
All-Time Series Record: Sacred Heart leads 12-3.
Head coach Jessica Mannetti is in her first season at the helm of the Pioneers. She spent the previous four seasons as an assistant coach at Hofstra University and has prior head coaching experience at Green Farms Academy in Westport, Conn.
SHU opened the season with a 77-72 overtime defeat to St. John's on Nov. 8. Gabrielle Washington led the team in scoring with 26 points and 10 rebounds, while Caitlyn Abela added 16 points.
Sacred Heart was picked second in the Northeast Conference Preseason Coaches Poll and returns three starters from last season's squad, which went 22-11 and earned a bid to the WNIT. Washington was named to the NEC Preseason Team after posting 16.7 points per game in 2012-13.
Controlling The Glass: Through two games Yale has held a commanding rebounding on its opponents posting a +10.0 rebounding margin. In its only game, Sacred Heart was outrebounding by a 54-35 margin and gave up 40 points in the paint.
Defend The Three-pointer: Yale has done a good job of making it tough for opponents on the three-point line, thus far. Opponents are shooting just 16.7% (7-of-42) from the arc this season against the Bulldogs. Sacred Heart will test the defense, having shot 8-of-21 (.381) from the arc in its opener against St. John's. Gabrielle Washington led the way with four three-pointers.
Next Up
Yale takes to the road for a contest at Boston University on Tuesday, Nov. 19. Tip off is set for 7 p.m. at Case Gym.
Head coach Kelly Greenberg is in her 10th season at the helm of the Terriers and has guided them to four postseason appearances.
Boston U. is in its first season in the Patriot League and was picked third in the preseason poll. Rashidat Agboola was named to the preseason all-league team.
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George Clooney: Sydney Departure!
George Clooney arrives at Sydney Airport to catch a departing flight on Monday (December 12) in Sydney, Australia.
The 50-year-old actor was in town to speak at a leadership conference.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of George Clooney
Earlier in the day, George was spotted all suited up at the Star City Casino with a few friends.
George's latest film, The Descendants, was recently chosen as the year's Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association.
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With the primary election over, Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell picked up endorsements from four of his former rivals Thursday in the race for Los Angeles County sheriff.
Standing in front of L.A. County's Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration, former sheriff's candidates Bob Olmsted, Jim Hellmold, Todd Rogers and Lou Vince pledged their support to McDonnell — the overwhelming victor in Tuesday's primary with 49.15 percent of votes in a field of seven candidates. Former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka finished second, with about 15 percent of the votes.
"They fought a hard race, but also a very good race," McDonnell said. "And like me, they entered this process because they wanted to see our Sheriff's Department turn the corner fast past the problems."
McDonnell's wide margin of victory fell just short of the 50 percent plus one threshold needed to declare him the next sheriff without a runoff election in November.
Election officials' estimate of yet-to-be counted ballots grew to 165,958 on Thursday from a previous estimate of 148,680.
Theoretically there are enough uncounted ballots to put McDonnell over the threshold to avoid a runoff. There are also enough left to change who finishes second and faces him in the runoff. Tanaka finished with about 26,000 votes more than Olmsted.
The number of counted ballots in the sheriff's race stands at 537,346.
Only one of his former rivals, besides Tanaka, did not endorse McDonnell. Candidate Patrick Gomez said the still-uncounted votes are the reason.
"That could move Tanaka down, move somebody else up," Gomez said. "It could even lower McDonnell, so it all depends on the final ballot count and who are the actual candidates in the runoff if there even is going to be a runoff."
Gomez is in fifth place with 6.74 percent of votes.
When asked whether he would consider endorsing Tanaka, the retired sheriff's lieutenant said: "I really don't know if I'm going to endorse anybody at this point."
Tanaka's camp called Vince in hopes the veteran LAPD detective would give his support to the former undersheriff and Gardena mayor, Vince said.
"I'm endorsing Jim McDonnell because he shares my vision for the Sheriff's Department," Vince said.
Tanaka's camp did not immediately return calls for comment Thursday. In a statement Wednesday, Tanaka said he's preparing for a Nov. 4 runoff against McDonnell.


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What sport did you play at Lipscomb?
What years?
"1974 – 1977."
Who were your coaches?
"Ken Dugan, Buddy Harston and Roy Pardue. Gary Davis, women's softball coach at Lipscomb High, was the assistant coach my freshman year."
What is your fondest athletic memory at Lipscomb?
"Participating in the development and delivery of truly great teams, including Lipscomb's first National Championship Team in 1977."
Who had the biggest influence on you during your athletic career at Lipscomb?
"Coach Ken Dugan, of course, and more indirectly Coach Don Meyer."
"First would be their commitment to and demands for perfection in the execution of fundamentals and teamwork.
"Almost exclusively they recruited athletes that also exhibited specific leadership traits, trained athletes how to use those traits in a team environment, and set high expectations for the implementation of athletic performance and leadership skills.
"Consequently, their teams were full of higher level, well-trained athletes and leaders that succeeded in high levels of team competition."
What is your fondest non-athletic memory from your time at Lipscomb?
"The collective experience - dorm life, campus life and my observance of the dedication of faculty and staff to Christian ministry as educators and mentors."
What is the most valuable thing you gained or learned from your time at Lipscomb?
"For reasons yet unknown to me I have just never been a disciplined classroom learner, but I am a prolific observer. I highly appreciate the personal responsibility that I gained in that atmosphere to strive for higher levels of personal character, faith and values."
Who was your favorite professor?
"One that I had for only one course - Charles Frasier."
"My assessment of him was that he was the consummate multi-tasker as a founding partner in a successful CPA firm, professor, family man, among other responsibilities. And In all of it he exhibited much joy.
"For that one course: I had no money - I mean I was going to have to make it on about $50 for the whole quarter, and I didn't want to ask my parents for more. I thought that the course would be so easy that I decided to save my money and not buy the course book! Well, I barely passed. I apologized to him for missing so much class, revealed to him that I never bought a book, and he said something like `...in 30 years you'll never even think about this grade...'. Well, Mr. Frasier, it has been over 30 years and I still hate having that sorry grade in that easy course on my transcript."
Where do you live now?
"Nashville, Tenn.
"My e-mail address is firstname.lastname@example.com."
Who is your employer?
"EH Building Systems, New Braunfels, Texas. "
What is your occupation?
"Vice President of Sales and Marketing."
What does your position entail?
"I am part of a new management team that is repositioning this manufacturer of a sustainable, cost effective, energy efficient building system, in anticipation of new opportunities to be created in our rationalized economy and though heightened environmental awareness."
Tell us about your family.
"Jacquelynn Jones Shumate is my wife of 31 years. We met at Lipscomb. We have two daughters, Alexandrea, 19, a freshman at Lipscomb University; and Olivia, 14, who is in the 8th grade at David Lipscomb Middle School."


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"This year's survey results clearly demonstrate that the investments in new products and product innovation over the past several years have helped U.S. auto manufacturers become more competitive. Moreover, it is a clear indication that perceptions of U.S. automakers and auto quality have changed." –Gary Silberg, national automotive industry leader for consulting firm KPMG LLP
It's a great feeling, to say the very least, to witness what can almost be called the rebirth of the U.S. automotive industry. From being left perilously close to the ash heap of history a little more than five years ago, the now-rechristened "Detroit Three" – Ford Motor Co., General Motors, and Chrysler – are all back in the black; not only profitable, but selling high-quality products consumers and critics alike are taking a shine to.
It's a testament to sheer perseverance on the part of automotive engineers, assembly workers and – dare I say it – executives to have stayed the course through some of the worst times imaginable in order to achieve a turnaround of this magnitude … and the best part is, they ain't done yet.
That, at least, is the feeling one gets after leafing through the 13th annual global automotive executive survey conducted by global consulting KPMG LLP – a survey that found, in a marked turnaround after years of economic uncertainty and industry restructuring, global auto executives saying that U.S. auto brands will continue to increase market share over the next five years.
KPMG's poll of 200 C-class global automotive executives – conducted from October through November last year – representing vehicle manufacturers and suppliers mainly said this "American resurgence" is being spurred by product innovation, continued improvement in product quality and restructuring activities.
The rise in optimism for U.S. OEMs represents a significant turnaround from KPMG's 2007 survey, when few predicted market share gains, or a steady climb in global rankings, stressed Gary Silberg, the firm's national automotive industry leader.
Now, while many of those executives also believe several European and Asian OEMs will gain share – especially Chinese and Indian automakers, which are starting to come on strong – they also think Ford is more likely to grow market share than Nissan, Toyota and Honda.
In fact, Ford was the only U.S. OEM to rank in the survey's top 10 most likely market share winners, Silberg said.
"As recent sales figures might demonstrate, U.S. OEMs have much stronger product portfolios, and as a result they are returning to profitability," he noted. "But in addition to the re-emergence of the U.S. automakers, perhaps the most intriguing story in the global auto industry is the enormous momentum we're seeing from the Chinese and Indian OEMs."
Given their lower current base market share levels, it is not surprising to see predicted market share growth for brands such as SAIC, Chery and Tata, although the majority of that growth will come from their domestic markets in the short-term, Silberg pointed out.
"However, these companies will continue to change the global automotive landscape in the coming years as sales and exports from those countries continue to climb," he stressed.
All that aside, it seems the Detroit Three are well position to face this looming competition on the automotive horizon – at least in the opinion of the automotive executives in the trenches.
When asked to predict global market share winners over the next five years, nearly half (47%) of the executives polled by KPMG believed Ford, ranked 8th, would register market share gains, up from 43% at the start of 2011 and 29% in 2010.
As an apparent positive indication of the Chrysler/Fiat combination, 39% of executives expect the combined Fiat/Chrysler Group to gain market share. Slightly fewer automotive executives in KPMG's survey foresee GM increasing market share in the next five years, with GM ranked 15th – finishing at 38% this year versus 40% at the start of 2011, but still up considerably from just 13% in 2010.
However, by comparison, KPMG's 2007 auto study found 62% of global executives projecting a decrease in market share for U.S. OEMs, with only 14% expecting an increase. In that study, however, 64% of the execs expected the restructuring of U.S. OEMs to be completed before 2011. And when asked if the restructuring would allow the OEMs to be more efficient and competitive, 58% of the respondents in the 2007 study believed that would be the case, with only 10% disagreeing.
China and India are the markets that will bear watching going forward, KPMG's survey found, though the U.S. remains ranked as the number two market in the world for automotive production and sales.
KPMG's poll found 39% of auto executives estimate the annual volume of unit sales in China will exceed 22 million units by 2016, with another 36% predict unit sales between 20 million and 22 million units annually.
Additionally, 32% of auto executives predict Chinese OEMs will export more than 1 million cars annually within the next one to two years, and another 42% predict 1 million exports within two to five years.
However, executives still predict the U.S. will remain second to China, in terms of unit production and sales volume over the next five years, though China is expected to be the largest in terms of auto production volume by 2016, and is also expected to build the most manufacturing capacity by 2016.
"As such, it comes as no surprise that China is expected to become the most overbuilt BRIC [Brazil-Russia-India-China] country in five years' time," Silberg noted. "Overcapacity in emerging markets will undeniably become an issue in the near-term, and will likely result in a ripe market for mergers, acquisitions and alliances."
At the end of the day, though, it's nice to see the U.S. automotive industry thriving again – and, hopefully, it'll keep right on doing so as the next wave of global competition gets ready to roll.


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Figures show that overall entry rates in England – where fees were the highest – slumped by 51,000 in just 12 months.
The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) said that the "substantial" 13 per cent decline in numbers nationally was directly associated to the rise in the cost of a degree.
But data published for the first time shows that some universities suffered significantly shaper declines.
Enrolments at London Metropolitan University – the capital's biggest higher education institution – dropped by more than 3,000 or 43 per cent compared with 2011.
Numbers slumped by between a quarter and a fifth at Bolton, East London, Greenwich, Leeds Metropolitan and University Campus Suffolk, figures showed.
It also emerged that a number of members of the elite Russell Group, which represents Britain's most sought-after institutions, saw a decline in admission rates.
Ten out of 24 members, including Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield and Southampton, admitted fewer students in 2012 than in 2011, it was revealed.
University leaders called for a high-profile Government marketing drive to stop teenagers being put off degree courses by fees, claiming a further drop in numbers this year could prove disastrous to higher education finances.
Shabana Mahmood, Labour's shadow universities minister, said the scale of drops reported by some institutions "should be a concern for everyone".
"The Government must now explain how the same will not be repeated this September," she said.
"With every type of universities reporting significant falls in students, including many in the Russell Group, this is a problem for all of higher education."
Alex Bols, executive director of the 1994 Group, which represents universities such as Lancaster, Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway, said: "If the drop in applications continues this year, it is imperative that we act quickly.
"It might be that students don't understand the new loans repayment system and are being put off by the large 'debt'. If this is the case, we would call on the Government to launch a high-profile campaign to better explain the system."
For the first time last year, universities in England were able to charge up to £9,000 in annual tuition fees – almost three times the previous maximum.
Institutions in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can charge the same amount, although devolved governments are providing free tuition or generous subsidies for their own students.
UCAS figures show 464,900 students were accepted into British universities – a drop of 27,100 or 5.5 per cent in a year.
But numbers plummeted by 13 per cent in England. UCAS said the "majority of this weakness in demand" occurred at institutions "where tuition fees increased in 2012".
London Met saw the biggest year-on-year drop, although it insisted that this was down to an "unprecedented" rise in admissions in 2011.
Prof Malcolm Gillies, vice-chancellor, said that 2011 "should not be compared to last year's enrolment numbers".
"In fact in 2012/13 London Met looks like reaching almost 90 per cent of its student numbers control target," he said.


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Almost a quarter of New Bedford High School's freshmen were retained at the end of the 2011-12 school year, a number virtually unchanged from the prior year despite interventions put in place mid-year to address the high number of ninth graders failing core classes — and thus in danger of being held back.
Almost a quarter of New Bedford High School's freshmen were retained at the end of the 2011-12 school year, a number virtually unchanged from the prior year despite interventions put in place mid-year to address the high number of ninth graders failing core classes — and thus in danger of being held back.
The retention rate for the 2011-2012 school year was 24.8 percent, compared to 25 percent for the 2010-2011 school year. The retention rate has been above 20 percent since at least the 2005-2006 school year, according to data on the state education department website.
At the school year's end, the failure rates in many core courses were as high or higher than they were in March: Of ninth graders enrolled in English courses, almost 32 percent failed, while 37.5 percent of freshmen enrolled in math classes received Fs, according to data released by the School Department.
(Students enrolled in more than one English or math course were counted once for every course when calculating these percentages.)
A retention rate is a measure of how many students are being held back, while a failure rate is a measure of how many students failed a particular course.
The state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has targeted the district's ninth-grade retention rate in two recent reports, questioning whether the high school's reliance on an online learning program for credit recovery was sufficient.
" ... the effectiveness of these programs in reducing the risk of retention was not known ... Additional strategies will need to be put in place if high retention rates are to be avoided this year," stated a June report.
A state report completed in August stated that despite the district's efforts to provide interventions for some ninth graders, the number of students lacking credit for promotion had increased.
"... progress in addressing the needs of ... underperforming 9th graders has been either too slow or inappropriately resourced," the August report stated.
School officials acknowledged that the ninth-grade retention and failure rates were high, but said the problem was not the high school's alone — and that any long-term solution needed to reach down into the district's middle schools as well.
"I think the failure rate is high, but my first thought is if it's high, are kids in the right area?" said Interim Superintendent Michael Shea.
He continued later: "You're not dealing with one school, the high school. You're (also) dealing with the feeding schools into the high school."
New Bedford High Assistant Headmaster Christopher Costa said school officials were "frustrated" by the end-of-year numbers, but are optimistic the online learning program, known as Apex Online, will make a big difference this year.
"We're way ahead of where we were last year in terms of identifying struggling students," he said.
Last school year, the high school did not have the Apex Online program up and running until about March, when 158 students who had failing grades in either English or math during the first or second quarter were enrolled in the program, according to Costa.
Those students worked through different instructional units in the Apex program, chosen by the regular course teachers, that covered topics from the first half of the school year that they needed more help on, said Costa.
The units weren't tailored to the individual student, but rather by class. Students who had failed honors algebra, for example, would work through a set of topics chosen by their teacher.
(The work on Apex was not in lieu of their regular classes, but in addition to them.)
At the end, students needed to pass a test generated by Apex in order to recover the units they had failed, said Costa.
According to Costa, the intent was to give students an opportunity to bring their grades up, thus giving them a better shot at passing the overall course.
But, Costa cautioned, "you have to continue to perform (in the regular class) ... Just because you do well on Apex doesn't mean you're going to pass the course."
Of the students enrolled in Apex, about 30 did well enough to recover the instructional units, while another 19 or so didn't manage to regain units from the first half of the year, but did well enough in the second semester that they passed the overall course.
Another 10 or 15 students continued in the Apex lab over the summer and were ultimately able to complete unit recovery and be promoted to 10th grade, said Costa.
That left about 90 to 100 students who were not promoted to 10th grade after they failed to regain units through the Apex program and didn't do well enough second semester to earn a passing final grade, according to minutes from a June meeting of the School Committee's sub-committee on curriculum.
"I personally would say we weren't satisfied with those numbers," said Costa. "I think they would need to be much higher than that, but it was a start."
For the 2012-13 school year, the whole process started much earlier. Students in danger of failing English or math in the first quarter — about 192 teenagers — were identified at the quarter's mid-point and assigned right away to the Apex lab for additional course work, said Costa.
That early start, coupled with some other tweaks to the program, such as having more content teachers in the Apex lab to work with students one-on-one as needed, gives Costa confidence the program will have a bigger effect this year.
School officials will get an initial indication of whether the approach is working this week, when they start to examine first quarter grades.
Regardless of whether the Apex program is successful, there is widespread agreement that the problem runs deeper than just ninth grade — and thus the solution must be equally deep.
"If they're not at the eighth-grade mark, and only at a sixth-grade reading level, then I think the issue is that the interventions we're doing for ninth grade may not be sufficient for where we are," said Shea.
According to Shea, the interventions already in place at New Bedford High should continue, but the district also needs to start examining placement of students as well as ways to identify earlier the students who are likely to struggle in ninth grade.
"If a student fails math in sixth grade and seventh grade and eighth grade, and then all of a sudden gets promoted to ninth grade and starts failing math, really, the issue started two or three years prior to that," he said.
Roosevelt Middle School Principal Darcy Fernandes agreed with Shea that this was not just the high school's problem, and that the district's schools needed to do more to support students who need extra help.
At Roosevelt, the school is working to put different programs in place to close the skills gaps for its students, such as a summer Bridge program hosted by Bridgewater State University or additional summer math work through Apex Online for students who need it, said Fernandes.
Fernandes argued that just as society now accepts that it's going to take a lot of students more than four years to get through college, it should recognize that some students need more than 13 years to get from kindergarten to high school graduation.
"You cannot bring a runner up to speed in a 25-mile race when they're five miles behind by giving them the same stuff the other kids have," said Fernandes. "You have to give them a rocket boost."
However, the solution is not just to keep retaining kids in eighth grade, said Fernandes.
"What type of programming are we putting in place for those kids who aren't yet ready for that high school-level work, but shouldn't remain in a middle school setting?" asked Fernandes.
Fernandes added: "You have to give the child their dignity too."
Shea said he has been meeting with assistant principals at the three middle schools, as well as Costa at the high school, to figure out ways to address this problem. He's asked those officials to work within their schools to come up with ideas to be presented to him by the end of December.
Shea will present suggestions to his leadership team in January with the goal of having a plan to present to the School Committee by February, which still gives the district several months before the end of the school year to implement any changes.
"Half a year of thought, and half a year of moving forward," said Shea.
School Committee member John Fletcher said it was imperative that the district create some type of transitional program as a bridge from middle to high school.
An online learning program, like Apex, is good, but alone, it's not enough, according to Fletcher, who envisioned an intensive academic support program in which at-risk students could be placed part-way through eighth grade and would stay through the summer.
If at the end of the summer, they were judged ready for high school work, they would move on to ninth grade. If not, they would remain at the middle school for at least another semester, proposed Fletcher, who said if students weren't ready for the high school at that point, decisions on retention should be made on a case-by-case basis.
"I think (Apex) was a good tool to use, but it has to be a much broader approach to the whole problem," said Fletcher.


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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Of course, we all know what sort of writers we should be. Except, er, excuse me, but do we? Because who is the perfect writer? The one who produces a stream of bestselling beach reads, or the hermit who spends years perfecting a critically acclaimed but barely sold novella? The one who thrives on deadlines, or the one who runs away and hides at the mere thought of outside pressure? The only thing that's sure is that every person will have a different writing process. One useful way to find out what kind of writer you are is to try this exercise.
1. Take your journal and, without thinking too much, complete these sentences – I like to write … I don't like to write ….
2. Keep going like that for the whole ten minutes, alternating the sentences one after the other. Again and again. I like…. I don't like … Don't worry about repetition, or about making proper sentences. Particularly don't cross out or start editing yourself. You should be writing as fast as you can.
3. After your time limit is over, then go back and re-read. Underline anything you find particularly interesting.
4. Are there any discoveries or patterns you can discover about yourself as a writer? When I did this exercise, I was amazed to find out that I write best in blasts, that I prefer music to silence, that I want my writing to be enjoyed by friends, and that I don't write well when I'm hungry.
5. Now make a list to put above your computer. Above it, write: 'I am not a perfect writer, but I like ..' What do you need to change in order to help your writing self perform best?
Finding out what YOU like, and not what you are supposed to like is one of the first steps to taking yourself seriously as a writer.
Read more:
* Five Ways to Write More.
*Five Films About Writing.
11 comments:
- Rachel said...
We did a visualisation exercise in my writing class last night where we imagined the first chair that came to mind and described it, then described what kind of a writing style that chair symbolised and then wrote a short critique of that writing style.
Of course it is thought to be our own writing style. I certainly learned what I need to polish up on!
- 10:07 am
- Nik Perring said...
What a terrific exercise. Would you mind if I 'borrowed' it for my writing group later?
I seem to be particularly committed to not writing what other people are writing but my favourite was: I like to write things that make people go: eh? wtf? and then: aahhhh.
- 1:50 pm
- Ann Elle Altman said...
This is a great test. I think I will try it. ann
- 1:56 pm
- trying to write ... said...
thanks so much ... I loved it and some of this was very interesting to discover. Wish I was close enough to take a class with you but the pond between us is too large.
keep posting this sort of thing though I really appreciate it and it was very helpful
- 3:22 pm
- Lost Wanderer said...
I really like the sound of this exercise. I will do this shortly.
- 3:57 pm
- Sarah Salway said...
Rachel, I really like the sound of that - what chair were you?
And Nik, I've already spoken about this - yes, of course, borrow away and send the students over here as well. WOuld love to know what they come up with! And that sums up a great dream of writing really - making people to go aahhhh. Lovely!
Ann Elle - hope it works for you. I was very interested in some of my answers. I think the repetition over a period of time encourages surprises.
And Gina, I would so much love to work with you too. Let me know how you get on with this.
- 5:50 pm
- Sarah Salway said...
Lost Wanderer, glad you liked it! Let me know how it works.
- 5:51 pm
- Nik Perring said...
Well now, Sarah, that worked splendidly. Thank you so much.
Recurring theme: they (and I!) did not like to write while distracted; we had an interesting split about writing under pressure and one discovered she didn't like to write (or read) too much dialogue, which led to interesting exploration and analysis.
What a useful exercise. And I've been sending them here for years (you're officially on Nik's Recommended Reading List!).
- 7:21 pm
- trying to write ... said...
I work well with prompt, shorter rather than longer writings, deadlines, boundaries and guidleines are very helpful (even if only to cause me to right in rebellion against them)and personally high or low emotions (I'm happy, I'm sad, I'm angry or in love)make me write as well.
If I feel the pressure to write alot I don't like to write or writing in a vacuum is difficult for me.
Anyway thanks again. (I read your blog on 5 ways to write more too and trying to incorporate some of those things into my daily writing)
- 8:13 pm
- Rachel said...
Hi Sarah - I was a rather ornate but badly worn victorian office chair. Very comfortable but needed some work.
I think that describes my writing quite nicely. I need to come out of my comfort zone to finish what I started, but it isn't always easy!
- 10:09 am
- Sarah Salway said...
Interesting, Gina. Sounds as if you got some good stuff out of it. I relate to the writing in a vacuum one too!
And Rachel, I love it! Will have to think of some risk taking exercises for you next!!!!
- 3:14 pm
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Can you legally work in the UK ? If you can I would advise that you forget London and look elsewhere. If you have certifed teacher status you might be better to get a job teaching in primary or secondary school Back to top CapergirlJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 1232Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2003 4:20 pm Post subject: Whether or not I can legally work in the UK is still being worked out. My daughter's father lives and teaches in London and he has someone doing some "leg work" for me. What is minimum wage in London? Is it enough to live on? I will likely be sharing accommodations with other people on the outskirts of London if I find a position there. Does this sound plausible? Where else would you recommend I apply besides London? Back to top AlbulbulJoined: 08 Feb 2003Posts: 364 Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2003 6:32 pm Post subject: London Domestic help in London gets seven pounds an hour - often paid with no deuctions for income tax and national insurance. I have heard of EFL teachers getting as little as ten pounds an hour. Regular places may pay around 20 an hour but will deduct income tax and N.I. contributions. If you can work legally you might want to consider doing something else. Or if you have qualified teacher status in your own country you could try teaching in the state school system. (Don't call it the "public school system" That means something different.) Back to top andrew murphyJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 51Location: Australia Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:52 am Post subject: I think that you should find out whether you are legally able to work in the UK before you do anything else. Australians under the age of 26? are entitled to work in the UK for up to two years or something like that. Perhaps Canada has a similar arrangement with the UK. It would be better/easier if you had EU citizenship. As for the pay, all I can say is that I have every reason to believe it is minimal. Remember, if you are teaching ESL, i.e. teaching English in an English speaking country your students are more than likely to be from low socio-economic backgrounds, i.e. poor. Most of the work will be in the state education system which is grossly underresourced. I have friends teaching in the state secondary school system and they say that it is the pits! Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but forewarned is forearmed! Back to top MarianaJoined: 03 Feb 2003Posts: 26Location: Bavaria Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 8:01 pm Post subject: Living in London can be enormously expensive, and a lot of us are being priced right out of the area. I'd go for something a bit better paid than TEFL if you're planning on living there. They're crying out for school teachers, and you would be entitled to a London allowance, if you have QTS and are willing to work in London. There's plenty of work in London (or at least, that's where all the advertised jobs seem to be) but a lot of my friends who finished their PGCEs last year and who have been living and working in London ever since, complain that even with the London allowance, they're finding it difficult to make ends meet. Does it have to be London? There are quite a few English schools on the south coast, ie Brighton etc, and in some places like Oxford too. They're not all that far away from London (although that can be far enough - I wouldn't want to commute, but that might just be me) and at least they'll be (marginally) cheaper. There are much fewer opportunities up north, but if you can get a position there, your money might go a bit further. I hope that helps. 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