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BEIJING - A lifelong scuba diving obsession led Steven Schwankert to the tale of the HMS Poseidon and the startling discovery that the British submarine, which sank off the northeastern coast of China in the 1930s, had been raised by the Chinese in 1972.
That revelation lies at the heart of Schwankert's upcoming book, "The Real Poseidon Adventure: China's Secret Salvage of Britain's Lost Submarine" and an accompanying documentary film chronicling his search for answers about what became of the sunken vessel.
The seven-year transcontinental quest saw frustrations, triumphs and deeply emotional experiences, none more so than bringing together descendants of the Poseidon's crew and sharing with them new information about the submarine's fate.
"I only wish we'd been able to find more relatives. It feels like we've taken on this incredible responsibility of being custodians of this history," said the 42-year-old Schwankert, an American journalist and diving instructor who has lived in Beijing for more than a decade.
The Poseidon was barely two years old and among the most modern submarines in the British fleet when it arrived at a leased British naval base on Liugong Island, four kilometers (2.5 miles) offshore from the port of Weihai. While conducting exercises on June 9, 1931, the captain inadvertently turned into a Chinese cargo ship that had altered course in the same direction to avoid hitting the submarine, which was traveling on the surface.
Its hull shattered, the Poseidon sank within four minutes, coming to rest on the sea floor 30 meters (100 feet) below. Thirty men scrambled out of hatches before it went down, but 26 remained inside, eight in the watertight forward torpedo room.
In a daring move, the eight popped the hatch and attempted to surface using a Davis lung, an early forerunner of scuba gear that included a store of pure oxygen and a kind of canvas brake to prevent rising too quickly. Led by Petty Officer Patrick Willis, six of them made it to the surface, the first-ever such escape in the history of submarining.
That led to a shift in standard navy procedure from waiting for rescue to immediately seeking escape, along with the later development of escape chambers to allow surfacing without suffering from the bends caused by a too-rapid ascent.
The Poseidon tragedy received wide publicity at the time, in part because of the court martial of the captain, Lt. Cmdr. Bernard Galpin, who was found culpable. A feature film was made about the events. But the accident was afterward consigned to history, eclipsed by the ensuing drama of World War II and dogged by a stigma surrounding naval deaths during peacetime.
Schwankert and documentary makers Arthur and Luther Jones sought to fill in gaps in the story both at Weihai and Britain's naval archives. The book and film are fleshed out by discussions with descendants, two of whom later travel to the site of the sinking to lay a wreath and search for a memorial to the men who died.
It was in 2006, about a year into the project, that Schwankert first came across references online that the Chinese had raised the sub. He tracked down an account of the salvage operation in a 2002 Chinese naval magazine.
As the project evolved, a key question emerged: Why had China opted to salvage the sub? Naval convention frowns upon such secret operations.
Although Schwankert never definitively answers the question, it wasn't for lack of trying.
He attempted several times to interview the two engineers in charge of the 1972 operation, finally seeking to meet them under the pretext of presenting gifts from Poseidon descendants. Each time he was rebuffed.
His research prompted Britain's Defense Ministry to ask China for details. Chinese authorities confirmed the salvage operation but said poor record-keeping and the passage of time had left no additional information.
Schwankert considers a number of possible motives, including recycling the steel hull or studying the submarine's construction. But he believes it most likely that China wanted to test salvage techniques at a time when its navy was preparing to launch a modern submarine fleet.
Schwankert happened on the story of the Poseidon while researching the possibility of diving wrecks from the 1894-1895 Sino-Japanese War.
"I feel absolutely, stupidly lucky for stumbling on it," he said.
That 2005 discovery prompted him to contact longtime friend Arthur Jones, who was attracted as much by the subject matter as by Schwankert's enthusiasm, as witnessed on an early visit to Weihai.
"The idea of a personal obsession - that really drew me in," Jones said by phone from his home in Shanghai.
Along with documenting Schwankert's quest for answers, the film uses footage from the 1930s. Poignant moments show descendants watching old newsreels of the events, including David Clarke seeing footage for the first time of his grandfather, survivor Reginald Clarke, receiving a medal.
"You can really see how those events continue to have ramifications over people's lives," said Jones, who hopes to begin showing the documentary, "The Poseidon Project," at festivals later this year.
The book and film come at a time when China is beginning to rediscover its naval history, as illustrated by the extensive publicity given to the ongoing excavation of the almost 2,000-year-old Nanhai One merchant vessel.
"The discoveries in the next five years will be mind-blowing, something like the discovery of the terracotta warriors but at sea," Schwankert said.
"The Real Poseidon Adventure: China's Secret Salvage of Britain's Lost Submarine" is due out in 2013 from Hong Kong University Press.
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METRO VANCOUVER -- Cesar Chung and Heidi Standeven are making the most of a bad situation.
The two are getting married Saturday, but Standeven's three dresses — her wedding dress, Chinese Tea Ceremony dress and reception dress — were all destroyed in the Golden Brides wedding store in Thursday's massive fire in New Westminster.
The couple got a bird's-eye view of the fire, Chung said, watching from their apartment early Thursday morning as flames consumed the heritage building at the corner of Columbia and McKenzie streets that housed the bridal shop.
"Heidi was stoic and looked at me and said 'You know what else was there?' That's when I realized her dresses were there."
The blaze was the biggest since the Great Fire in 1898 that wiped out a third of the city.
"I'm pretty proud of her," said Chung. "She's taking it quite calmly. And she's already got a new dress and everything. But I'm worried about the maid of honour. She's from Victoria and is coming in tonight. But (David's Bridal, in Langley, where Standeven got her new dress) said they'd find something.
"We even joked and laughed about it. We're making memories. I think she likes her new dress, but it wasn't obviously what she had planned."
For those whose businesses were caught in the fire's destructive path, the fallout from the blaze was grimmer.
Heather Prost, daughter of Urban Treasures antique store owner Rick Prost, said her father's business was extensively damaged in the fire.
"It's incredibly devastating. My dad's business is his life," said Prost, who worked there part-time. "He works seven days a week, incredibly long hours and he's very passionate about his antiques and the furniture he builds."
Prost said she also worked part-time at the store, which sold mid-century items including furniture, chandeliers, home decor, paintings, typewriters, registers and other old unique items.
"(The store) is going to be irreplaceable and it's a tremendous loss. Antique alley is a major part of what makes New Westminster unique and it's incredibly sad that it's not going to be the same again."
As many as a dozen businesses were destroyed by the fire that started in the E.L. Lewis heritage building at 634 Columbia Street in the city's downtown core and spread to neighbouring buildings. Other businesses were affected by smoke damage.
New Westminster fire chief Tim Armstrong said propane tanks used by a roofing crew on the top of the building exploded during the fire.
He said it was too early to speculate on the cause, but he confirmed that fire investigators were aware that some repair work had been done on the roof the previous day.
"We have some ideas. We understand there were some roofers but I haven't confirmed that is the cause."
The blaze broke out shortly before 4 a.m. and quickly engulfed the building, which housed the old Copp's family shoe store for nearly a century. The structure had collapsed by early morning, with the fire spreading to an adjoining building on Front Street.
More than 40 firefighters — including from departments in Delta and Burnaby — worked to contain the blaze, shooting water over the tops of all the neighbouring buildings. Thick, black smoke billowed in the air, towering over the city.
Passersby who gathered behind police tape a block from where firefighters fought the blaze were warned about air quality.
"The air is toxic," one firefighter shouted.
Half a dozen police officers wearing gas masks helped direct traffic and pedestrians as several streets were shut down. Columbia Street between 4th Street and 8th Street were cordoned off as well Carnarvon Street to Front Street.
"One building is collapsed and we have extensive fire damage to a second building," New Westminster fire chief Tim Armstrong said shortly after 9:30 a.m.
"We are still struggling with some of the businesses on Front Street ... we had a fully involved building within 40 minutes of being on scene."
New Westminster Mayor Wayne Wright said the heritage buildings destroyed in Thursday's fire will likely be replicated in their historic form as part of the rebuilding plans.
"We won't have anything left from these two buildings, but we've got the photographs and we know what they look like," Wright said. "The loss is the heritage and we can't replace that. But I'm sure as part of our future plans, they'll be almost replicas of what was there."
Wright said the first thing the city will do is take care of the affected businesses. "We're in the process of finding them alternative locations right now and we'll give them all the help we can."
Wright said the city will be busy cleaning up the mess for the next two days and that a third building beside the E.L. Lewis building was damaged to the point that it too will have to come down.
"That will give us quite a hole in the downtown. But with disaster comes opportunity.
"It's burned down before and its built up again, so that's where we're going. There were five buildings on the street, two are left. Our worry was that we'd lose them all. Thank heavens for Delta and Burnaby (fire departments) helping us and getting on to the fire real quick."
Historian Archie Miller said the E.L. Lewis building was built in 1904 and that its loss — along with the second building destroyed, the Hamley block built in 1899 — will be a huge heritage loss for the city.
"They were extremely important heritage buildings," he said. "They gave the impression of an older heritage Main street."
He said the Copp's Shoe Store, which closed last fall, "looked like an 1890s shoe store. It was right out of the past."
Fraser Health Authority's health protection manager, George Rice, said that about 10 restaurants and food businesses have been closed temporarily while the food issues are assessed.
"(Some) may have some fire and water damage. Others had their power and gas turned off. When utilities are turned off, they're unfortunately out of business until they come back on.
"They'll have to reestablish the power.
"Once the power and gas is back on, it shouldn't be more than a day before they're back up and running, assuming the area is accessible."
Among the ruins were a restaurant, and the B.C. branch of ACORN Canada, a non-profit that advocates for low-income families.
Spokesman John Anderson said the B.C. branch is the hub of the national organization and serves thousands of families with its free income tax site.
An antique store on Front Street was also damaged in the fire.
"I'm estimating about a dozen businesses are affected," said Armstrong.
"The whole corner block has collapsed ... the fuel load here is immense, it's tinder-dry and now we are systematically trying to get into hot spots."
By mid-morning, Sgt. Diana McDaniel, a spokeswoman with New Westminster police, said authorities had not received any reports of injuries and said the fire does not appear to be suspicious, although she noted it was too early in the investigation to say for sure.
Liliana Jerabe of Port Moody lost a wedding dress that she bought in August in Golden Brides for her June wedding.
"You have your heart set on something and now I have to find another one. That was my dress."
Jerabe said she paid $700 for the dress and doesn't yet know if she'll get her money back. "There's no way to contact anybody."
She said the dress she lost in the fire was the first dress she tried on. "I went to a few more stores, but I came back."
Business owners and employers were staring at the rubble in disbelief as they stood behind police tape watching their building smoulder.
"I am so shocked this happened. If this had happened during the day, you know, people would die," said Rachel Goodine, who works for ACORN.
She was concerned how the business would continue to help people in need. "We do about 3,000 tax returns for low-income families a year, but without an office I don't know how we are going to do that," she said.
A family-run business since the 1920s, Columbus Signs is located next to the building that collapsed. Devastated owner Bill Shields said he didn't know the extent of the damage, but had a bad feeling there would be a lot.
"It's still standing," he said, reluctantly.
"But it's right next door so they are dumping water in there and it's not looking too good right now. I can see the doorway to the building but we haven't been allowed to go see it."
Shields, whose father went to school with the owners of the collapsed building, said it was "a sad day" for the community.
City councillor Chuck Puchmayr, chairman of the emergency operations committee, said there may be a couple of other bridal shops with smoke damage. New Westminster is known for its many wedding shops that line Columbia Street. On 6th Street, Image in White Wedding Gallery was behind police tape and closed. The owners had vacated the shop.
"There's a wedding shop on every corner," said Puchmayr.
"We've lost 12 businesses so far. It keeps flaring up because of the very dry building."
He said the city has set up a resource centre at the police department for business owners.
In 1898, a massive fire swept through New Westminster, the oldest city in Western Canada, destroying most of the downtown as well as residences on Carnarvon Street and Begbie Street. The blaze, which was later dubbed The Great Fire, caused an estimated $2.5 million in damage.
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Fungus means an Infestation of optical instruments with fungus spores which germinate and produce more spores.
Lens surfaces are irreparably damaged by metabolic products of the fungus (e.g. acids). Its damage ranges from cloudiness to opacity caused by the film. The Carl Zeiss T* coating has no significant influence on fungus growth or generation of spores.
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Where does fungus come from?
Fungus spores are everywhere and germinate under suitable environmental conditions:
How can fungus be avoided?
Reduce the relative humidity to less than 60% (never under 30% as it is dangerous for the instrument) by storing in Dry Cabinets.
After the work is done, Immediately clean the instruments. If possible, you can use a fan to facilitate evaporation of surface moisture. Do not use containers made of leather, textiles or wood for storage. Short solar radiation or irradiation with UV light may also help avoiding fungus.
How can fungus be removed?
Clean affected surfaces with a cotton wiper that has been soaked with a disinfectant. You can build your cotton wiper, using cotton wrapped around a toothpickin such a way that a ball with a peak forms on the pointy end of the stick. Use pure cotton, no prepared or impregnated cotton. Strongly rub slightly corroded optical surfaces with an optical cleaning cloth, cigarette ash can be used as a polishing aid. Heavily corroded optical surfaces must be replaced. Fungus infestation in the interior of an instrument can only be eliminated through disassembly of the instrument.
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Full Sale necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 128 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for a logo that can capture and explain graphically the mission and value proposition of our brand and company.
Full Sale
Project We would like a logo that is able to convey our new capabilities as well convey the image that we provide "Outrageously Delightful Customer Support"
Company We are using the downturn in the economy to re-tool our business. For 6 years we have primarily served as a front-line customer support center, primarily working with e-commerce companies, to provide outrageously delightful customer support. And that is our mission. Over those 6 years we have become experts in ecommerce customer support, to the level where we can come alongside other companies as partners.In addition to front-line customer support, we provide a strategic picture of customer life cycle management, reviewing and improving customer touch points, online and off line. We provide strategic and proactive thinking regarding ways to delight the customer and implementation of programs for quality improvement. We also provide in-depth web analytics analysis for customer support improvement. Web analytics analysis is a fairly complex and technical skill that other customer support firms have little to no expertise in.
- Professional looking, premium service offering
- Simple/minimalistic enough so it can be printed on letterhead easily
- Clean, bright, fresh design feel and colors
- Image (in the general sense, not referring to a graphic) that conveys technical/analytical proficiency of the company, but also conveys we are a service business, providing our client's customers outrageously delightful customer service
- Can be typeface heavy with small graphical element or entirely graphical
- Feel that conveys Partnership with our client
- Feel free to use a sail in the "A" of Sale, or to use sailboats in the image. Not a requirement though - very open to something unexpected
- If you can figure out how to use some sort of iconography that conveys customer service in some way, that would be swell
- Although we target ecommerce companies, we don't want the logo to be overly techy/analytical looking
- Don't want it to be overly web 2.0 looking, cartoony, super rounded corners, gimicky, etc.
- Not flowery or feminine
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Setsuka — SuicideGirl of the Day
Meet Setsuka, a 20-year-old SuicideGirl who may be from Georgia, but says she hates being called a Georgia peach. This babe says light sabers, dancing and being held close make her happy. Well, Setsuka, we'd surely hold you closer, 'Star Wars' dancer.
Name: Setsuka
Age: 20
Location: Georgia
Into: Belly dancing, veganism, nature, tattoos, tea, cooking, 'Star Wars,' animal rights, zombie movies, gardening, sex in front of mirrors, learning useless facts
Not into: Annoying drunk people, lying, black licorice, lipstick, really bad grammar, traffic, meat, being called a "Georgia peach"
Makes me happy: Being held close,vegan brownies made with banana, pay days, animals, fruit leathers, kisses, surprises, vegan chocolate, my cat Queen Elizabeth, cuddling all day, dancing, watching Dr. Who, new shoes, going new places, zombie movies, making a nice home-cooked meal, getting tattooed, baking, cupcakes, bunny rabbits, garlic stuffed olives, attending conventions, spending time with other SuicideGirls, tea, thrift shopping, vintage home decor, porn, light sabers, romance, homemade blueberry muffins, rainy days and rainy nights, cuddling and caressing
Makes me sad: Animal cruelty, racist people, pollution, losing people, the word "tat," people who wear fur
Hobbies: belly dancing, sewing, painting, playing Dungeons and Dragons, poi spinning,knitting , playing Soul Calibur and kicking ass…
Five things I can't live without: Good sex, good food, dancing, 'me' time, happiness
Favorite bands:
- Bassnectar
- The Cure
- Beats Antique
- All Shall Perish
- Between the Buried and Me
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- The Genitorturers
- Adele
- Blue Foundation
- Led Zeppelin
Favorite films:
- 'Food Inc.'
- 'A Beautiful Mind'
- 'Pineapple Express'
- 'Edward Scissorhands'
- 'The Imaginarium of Dotor Parnassus'
- 'Suicide Girls Guide to Living'
- 'The Fifth Element'
Favorite TV shows:
- 'Dr. Who'
- 'The Big Bang Theory'
- 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'
- 'The L Word'
- 'Angel'
- 'The Twilight Zone: Original Series'
Favorite artists:
- Claude Monet
- Salvador Dali
- M.C. Escher
- Edgar Degas
- Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema
SuicideGirls is a community that celebrates alternative beauty and alternative culture from all over the world. Since 2001, tens of thousands of models have submitted millions of photos to their website hoping to become SuicideGirls.


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Season 5 Episode 3 | 10m 50s
A young Indian-American woman leaves home to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer in New York, only to discover that she has a stowaway – her conservative father. Directed by Uttera Singh.
Aired: 09/08/17Video has closed captioning.
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Dalhousie University, in Halifax, wasn't having a great season. The Tigers were 2-8-2, good for last in their division. They're probably not going to climb out of that hole since the team forfeited all their remaining games, after all but a handful of players have been suspended for their roles in freshman hazing earlier this year.
Nineteen of the 24 players were suspended, and will have to reapply to make the team next season. The remaining five are freshmen, and were presumably the hazees—but they're not enough to field a team. What could possibly have been so bad to justify blowing up an entire season? The university's being coy about it.
Dalhousie University spokesman Charles Crosby wouldn't provide details on what happened at the party.
"In the interest of privacy of everyone involved, I don't want to get involved into the particulars of it," Crosby said.
"We know that it involved excessive drinking, intimidation, humiliation, personal disrespect - in short, bullying."
But drinking, intimidation, humiliation, and disrespect are the pillars of hockey!
Whatever happened, it occurred in September, and the university launched an investigation after a parent of one of the players complained. The probe was reportedly completed in November, but they "decided to wait until after the exam period was over" before punishing anyone.
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We'd very much like to know more about what went down. Have any insight? Let us know.


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Vancouver International Film Festival
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- Vancouver, BC V6B 3M7
- Phone: 604.683.FILM (3456)
The 37th Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) will take place from September 27th to October 12th, 2018. Both in terms of admissions and number of films screened (135,000 and 321 respectively in 2017), VIFF is among the five largest film festivals in North America. Last year, we screened films from 70 countries on 9 screens. The international line-up includes the pick of the world's top film fests and many undiscovered gems. Three main programming platforms make our festival unique: we screen the largest selection of East Asian films outside of that region, we are one of the biggest showcases of Canadian film in the world and we have a large and important nonfiction program. Attracting a large, attentive and enthusiastic audience of film lovers, the festival remains accessible, friendly and culturally diverse. As the critics say, VIFF is very much a festival "designed for the benefit of people who love films and people who make them." For more information about the Festival, please visit our website (www.viff.org). Our full line-up will be available in early September.


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Bridal Shop Owner Kim Spradlin hails from the great state of Texas and is up for all sorts of adventures. Not only did she live in an orphanage in Thailand (como what?), but she can tell you within minutes of meeting you which animal you were meant to be. Naturally, this begs the question, which animal would I be? Well, I'll tell you. The one who rips the face off of girls who tell me which animal I'm most like within in 5 minutes of meeting me. That one.
Cruising further down Kim's CBS.com bio we discover that this 29 year old is a fan of Elisabeth Hasselbeck and thinks she'll win the game by earning everyone's respect. And I quote, "Why would you vote off someone who respects you?" Because they like Elisabeth Hasselbeck, that's why!
To the video!
And here's why it's not always wise to judge someone based on their "Elisabeth Hasselbeckness". I mean, she seems OK. No weird facial tics, no awkward pauses. Although if she tells Alicia "Jugs" Rosa that her breasts look like udders, we could have a problem. Awesome.
This whole animal parlor trick got me curious so I went to a research institute (Google) to find my own inner spirit animal. The results are in!
You are a Spider!
Powers: Artistic genius, ability to see patterns and sense trouble from a distance
As a Spider, you're artistic, intuitive, and independent—maybe even a little eccentric. You can become so absorbed in your endeavors that you lose track of the outside world and the people in it. But what you give in return is magic, pure and simple.
Best matches: Cougars, Hawks, Owls
Watch out for: Wolves, Otters, Bears
And there you have it. What's your animal spirit? Take the quiz HERE.


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- 1.2 Payment for Bulk Making Order(s):30% Deposite is necessary for Yongjia's Accountant to make sure that the production department proceed on the ordered items. Balance to be made before shipping. For Years of High-Quality and reputable customers, we can offer Credit for temporary cash shortage.
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- 2.1 Delivery for Samples:The sample(s) normally cost 10-12 days to be ready for shipment. The time will be postponded accordingly in the event of a holiday.Sometimes we come across the piled orders or abnormal production. The delivery date will also have to be postponded.
- 2.2 Delivery for Bulk Making Order(s): It cost 22-25 days to finish the production of the ordered products and be ready for shipment. If you got any urgent orders, please contact the salesman and make sure we can make the fabrics in time.
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- 3.1 Shipping Method(s) for Samples: Since the samples are generally needed urgently for buyer to confirm the quality, so we mainly choose fast couriers such as DHL, Fedex,TNT,UPS or other Express Ways.
- 3.2 Shipping Method(s) for Bulk Making Order(s): Your designated forwarders or our forwarders to be responsible for the delivery are both ok.
Yongjia Warp Knitted 1400g High and Low Pile Fabric
This is a factory which make all kinds of Warp | Weft Knitted Fabrics and Man Made Artificial Furs. We are able to offer you the favorable EXW price.
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Our address is West Zone,Guanhaiwei Town,Cixi City,Zhejiang Province,China 315315.
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Gigabit Community Fund
Next-generation networks with the power to transform learning.
What is Mozilla Gigabit?
The Mozilla Gigabit Community Fund provides grant funding in select U.S. communities to support pilot tests of gigabit technologies such as virtual reality, 4K video, artificial intelligence, and their related curricula. In so doing, our goal is to increase participation in technology innovation in support of a healthy Internet where all people are empowered, safe, and independent online.
The Gigabit Approach
Our approach to taking gigabit discoveries out of the lab and into the field is threefold:
Fund and Support
We support the development of gigabit applications and associated curricula through the Gigabit Community Fund. Grants support pilots that take gigabit technologies out of the lab and into learning spaces in select cities across the United States.
Innovate and Spread
We catalyze the creation, adoption, and spread of these innovations through Hive Learning Networks. Hives are a local network of teachers, informal educators, technologists, and community members working together to advance the promise of the web for learning.
Scale and Grow
We leverage Mozilla's national networks to share these successes across Hive cities, other gigabit cities, and beyond. Our open innovation practices facilitate the adoption of gigabit technologies by diverse new communities of users.
Where are Mozilla Gigabit Cities
Get in touch with your local Gigabit Hive community
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A Public-Private Partnership for Gigabit Innovation and Internet Health
Mozilla, the National Science Foundation and U.S. Ignite announce $300,000 in grants for gigabit internet projects in Eugene, OR and Lafayette, LAContinue readingSee all blog posts
Gigabit 101 Workshop
This workshop enables participants to understand what high-speed internet can do in a classroom or in general.See the workshopSee all resources
Raspberry Python Music Genie
Local students are learning how to build their own air synthesizer by using Python coding languages and a Raspberry Pi. The resulting technology, Stage Genies, will be showcased by the Chattanooga Ballet at an event in downtown Chattanooga.Continue readingSee all projects
NEDCO already has strong programming to promote financial education to low-income youth. This grant will allow them to develop a mobile, interactive classroom to expand their capacity beyond the small handful of students they are able to reach in their physical location in Springfield.
The Gigabit Advantage
This project will leverage gigabit-speed networks in existing partner sites in Eugene, providing high quality interactive learning and counseling opportunities for both partners and the youth NEDCO serves.
Learn more about NEDCO
Gigabit Events
We offer global and local opportunities that facilitate group and in-person collaboration. Join us!
IoT Escape Room Workshop
As part of its work to champion Internet health and related issues like online privacy and security on connected devices, the Mozilla Foundation is hosting an Internet of Things (IoT) Escape Room workshop at in Chattanooga, Tennessee, from Thursday, March 8, to Friday, March, 9th, 2018.
Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo and US Ignite Application Summit
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Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo convenes leading technology and solution providers with city leaders
Gigabit City Summit
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The Gigabit City Summit offers a unique, multidisciplinary program for cities in the midst of digital transformation. Bridging the gap between broadband and smart cities, the Gigabit City Summit brings together a community focused on how infrastructure investment translates into real civic impact.


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What is a good Server nowdays... or should i just use KAD?
How about a good set of settings for Max Sources / Connections?
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Consensus Report
Responding to Oil Spills in the U.S. Arctic Marine Environment (2014)Ocean Studies Board
Each report is produced by a committee of experts selected by the Academy to address a particular statement of task and is subject to a rigorous, independent peer review; while the reports represent views of the committee, they also are endorsed by the Academy. Learn more on our expert consensus reports.
The risk of a serious oil spill in the arctic is escalating due to potential increases in shipping traffic and oil and gas activities. To provide an effective response effort in challenging Arctic conditions--and minimize impacts on people and sensitive ecosystems--a full range of oil spill response technologies is needed. This report assesses the current state of science and engineering regarding oil spill response in Arctic waters and identifies key oil spill research priorities, critical data and monitoring needs, mitigation strategies, and important operational and logistical issues.
Maps developed for the report are available for download as high-quality, print-ready files.
Watch this short video to learn more about the report.
Key Messages
- Anticipated Arctic development and its increased potential for oil spills in the region drive the need to improve understanding of current environmental conditions, as well as possible changes to ecosystem parameters in response to a spill. Examples of types of benchmark data needed for oil spill response in the Arctic include abundance and distribution of fish, birds, and marine mammals, and identification of rates of change for key species.
- There is a need for a community-based, multiuse observing network in the Arctic that provides long-term, accessible benchmark information (e.g., physical conditions, biological observations, maritime activity) to support oil spill response and other activities. Current Arctic observing networks are fragmented and do not provide a comprehensive regional view. Effort also needs to be devoted to integrating available data from different groups. Such a system could be a collaboration of federal, state, and tribal governments; non-governmental organizations; and maritime and oil/gas industries, and could be organized by IARPC.
- The release of proprietary monitoring data associated with exploration activities would further increase knowledge of Arctic environmental conditions and baselines. Making industry and government data more freely available and increasing transparency would bolster the public perception of industry-sponsored research, as would publishing such data in peer-reviewed publications. Where appropriate, communities could also release data that they hold regarding important sites for fishing, hunting, and cultural activities.
- High-quality nautical charting is essential for marine traffic purposes and oil spill response in the Arctic. However, shoreline topographic and hydrographic data are mostly obsolete, with limited tide, current, and water level data and very little ability to get accurate positioning and elevation. Data from sources outside NOAA's Office of Coast Survey (e.g., other federal agencies, state agencies, academic research vessels, commercial vessels) could help to fill gaps in data collection.
- Ice data and charts are critical needs for marine traffic purposes and for oil spill response efforts. Ice thickness, concentration, and extent need to be integrated into operational use.
- Though much is known about the oil behavior and response technologies in ice-covered environments, there are areas where additional research is needed to make informed decisions about the most effective response strategies for different Arctic situations. In addition, there is a need to validate current and emerging oil spill response technologies on operational scales under realistic environmental conditions. A systematic program of carefully planned and controlled field experiments that release oil in the U.S. Arctic is needed to advance understanding of oil behavior and response options.
- Well-defined and tested decision processes for oil spill countermeasure deployment are critical to expedite review and approval. Decision processes need to include rapid research on countermeasures and be exercised regularly. The oil spill response toolbox requires flexibility to evaluate and apply multiple response options, whether on their own or concurrently. No single technique will apply in all situations.
- Marine activities in U.S. Arctic waters are increasing without a commensurate increase in the operations, logistics, and infrastructure needed to conduct these activities safely. U.S. support for Arctic missions, including oil spill response, requires significant investment in infrastructure and capabilities, such as transportation, communication, energy and fuel, electricity, housing/berthing, navigational aids, charting, port access, ice forecasting, ship repair and salvage.
- The U.S. has bilateral agreements with Canada and Russia regarding oil spill response. Formal contingency planning and exercises with Canada have enabled both the U.S. and Canada to refine procedures and legal requirements for cross-border movement of technical experts and equipment in the event of an emergency. Exercising the bilateral agreement with Russia will more fully enable both countries to address practical issues that could arise in an actual spill. An active exercise program with Russia, similar to that with Canada, could identify problems and resolve them in advance.
- Vessel traffic is not actively managed in the Bering Strait or in the U.S. Arctic, nor is there a comprehensive system for real-time traffic monitoring. The lack of a U.S. vessel traffic monitoring system for the Arctic creates significant vulnerability for U.S. Arctic missions, including oil spill response, and creates undue reliance on private industry and foreign national systems. Private AIS receivers are used to track vessels in the Bering Strait and along a large part of Alaska coastal areas, but there are significant gaps in coverage. Consequently, there are numerous regional "blind spots" where an early indication of elevated risks may not be apparent to officials on shore.
- The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund may prove insufficient to cover the sociological as well as economic damages of an affected community. A structure other than the National Contingency Plan may be needed to deal with broader social impacts resulting from a significant oil spill. One approach could be to amend the Stafford Act and the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 in order to enable funding for a "whole government" method if it is determined that the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund would be insufficient for the purpose. In this case, the National Response Team would need to consider how a response conducted under the National Contingency Plan could blend with a Stafford Act response structure, should the need arise.
- The USCG has a low level of presence in the Arctic, especially during the winter. Coast Guard personnel, equipment, transportation, communication, navigation and safety resources needed for oil spill response are not adequate for overseeing oil spill response in the Arctic. The Coast Guard's efforts to support Arctic oil spill planning and response in the absence of a dedicated and adequate budget are admirable but not sustainable.
- Prepositioning a suite of response equipment throughout the Arctic, including in situ burn and dispersant capability, would provide immediate access to all oil spill countermeasures. In remote areas, prepositioning and maintenance of fuel caches could be critical to extend aircraft/helicopter range. Storage and maintenance needs for prepositioned caches will need to be considered, as will the resources to support them in the long-term.
- The absence of infrastructure in the U.S. Arctic would be a significant liability in the event of a large oil spill. It limits the ability to conduct routine operations and maintenance, engage local communities, and develop meaningful area familiarity. There is presently no funding mechanism to provide for development, deployment, and maintenance of temporary and permanent infrastructure. One approach to provide a funding mechanism for infrastructure development and oil spill response operations would be to enable a public-private-municipal partnership to receive a percentage of lease sale revenues, rents, bonuses or royalty payments that are currently deposited in the federal treasury.
- Conclusion: Effective oil spill response requires improved communication bandwidth and networks; transportation systems; environmental and traffic monitoring systems; energy and fuel systems; personnel, berthing, housing, waste and medical support facilities; as well as civil infrastructure development to provide improved port and air access to remote locations using extended supply chains and an increased capacity to handle equipment, supplies, support and personnel. Strategic development of multi-use facilities (e,g, schools, community buildings, gymnasiums) would enable them to be used as response control centers. Human and organizational infrastructure improvements are also required to improve international and tribal partnerships so as to leverage scientific and traditional knowledge and best practices.
- Local communities possess in-depth knowledge of ice conditions, ocean currents and potentially affected marine life in areas that could be affected by oil spills. Failure to include local knowledge during planning and response may risk missing significant environmental information, yet there appears to have been only modest efforts to integrate local knowledge into formal incident command based responses. Developing and maintaining trained village response teams would integrate local knowledge and utilize existing human resources for effective oil spill response.
- An end-to-end system that integrates Arctic data in support of preparedness, response, and restoration and rehabilitation for oil spills is needed. To achieve this, development of international standards for Arctic data collection, sharing, and integration is required. Interoperability between systems would reduce duplication and increase availability of a common operational picture shared among all participants and stakeholders. A standard architecture that synthesizes multi-scale, heterogeneous data from multiple sources, including traditional and local knowledge, is an important next step to address Arctic data challenges. Because a number of U.S. agencies have responsibility for these data and system needs, the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee could act as a coordinating body.
- Flexible and scalable organization is important to develop an effective Arctic oil spill response. This can be achieved through drills, case studies, simulation, and organizational learning. To build the system-wide capacity to respond to large-scale, distributed Arctic oil spill response, sustained long-term training and continued resource investments are required. Inclusive and trustful communications, relationship-building, and decision-making; clear accountability; and on-going assessment and efforts for improvement are also necessary.
- An Arctic NEBA process requires prioritization of valuable ecosystem components, including seasonal distribution and cultural importance of wildlife, fish, and other resources; information on the transport, fate, and potential effect of the spilled oil; knowledge of operational limits, advantages, and disadvantages of each oil spill response countermeasure for the natural resources at risk; and consideration of logistical constraints and cleanup intensity.


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captainc necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 3 diseños de 1 diseñadores freelance.
We need a header for our poker rakeback site RakeFox.com. We'd like rounded corners at the top like the site http://raketracker.com. The elements that should be included are the site name/logo (a little fox and something that reminds of poker would be nice) and the navigation bar.
We'd like something like raketracker.com, classy but a bit more fancy. You can use the fox in the site name to create something brandable, funny, and that will make players want to sign up for the site.
- Desired Color Scheme: Green and Blue
- Desired Style: Site name/logo to the left, nav bottom
- Accepted file formats: .psd
- Style: It should remind the players that they can earn money playing poker.The design can be fancy, but should include playing cards and a "foxy" logo thatis brandable and will make them think of "the little fox will bring memore money". For the nav bar, use the existing nav categories.
- It's not 1998 anymore. We love design and master Photoshop, but we just don't have time to do it ourselves. So give us that web 2.0 (whatever that means) we like.


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While today's housing-starts data—up 7% from last month and a whopping 23.6% from last year—suggest a possible comeback in the battered sector, a new study of trends among older Americans suggests that housing "stops" are a factor once Americans hit 75.
The study by Sudipto Banerjee of the Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI), a nongovernmental grant-supported research center, found that homeownership peaks among 65-year-olds, then gradually declines till about 75, after which the rate steadily declines with age.
Banerjee, in an interview with AdvisorOne, says advisors should alert their clients to the financial implications of declining home equity.
"People who move from owning to renting typically have much lower income or much lower wealth," he said. "So if someone wants not to tap into their housing equity or has any intention of leaving it to their children, then they should seriously think of other resources available."
Driving the loss of income is often the death of a spouse, which would result in lost Social Security benefits. The EBRI study found that a spouse's death accounted for the largest share, 42%, of housing transitions, with a drop in household income accounting for 31% of transitions. Banerjee pointed out that the two categories can overlap.
"It seems that people who have lower income eventually tap into their housing equity," Banerjee says.
Interestingly, nursing home entries were the cause of just 10% of housing transitions.
The EBRI study was based on data from a long-term study by the University of Michigan's Health and Retirement Survey, the most comprehensive national survey of older Americans.
The study showed a very definite correlation between housing and wealth, with median household incomes for 50- to 64-year-old homeowners at $79,758, while those who shifted from owning to renting among the same age cohort had household incomes of just $53,520.
The over-50 set has a high rate of ownership, the study found, 90% for couples and 60% for singles. The highest rate of transition between owning and renting occurs at age 90, when 4.7% of hoseholds make the move, Banerjee says.


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Why am I so fascinated by yarnbombing ?
I know how it started – I was in a bookstore in Mendocino , Ca and I pulled out the book " Yarnbombing " by Leanne Priann and Mandy Moore . I saw knitting outside on the street for the first time and I was intensely surprised and inspired and I thought " This is so beautiful and I want to do it ! "
I went home to Berkeley Ca and put up a small yellow striped yarnbomb across the street from my house and I fell in love with it . When I get very interested in something I try to get every one to do it , so I lured a young friend into yarnbombing with me and we began to cover our city with knitting . I named my friend " The Russian " and took the name " Streetcolor " . We spun all our own yarn and pretty much yarnbombed full time . I started writing this blog to document our work and began to use Facebook and Tweet .
We received a lot of unexpected media attention . This was both very exciting , certainly unprecedented in my life and also very frustrating . It was frustrating because almost all of the newspaper and magazine articles said the same thing and it was a silly joke " Graffiti Grannies Knit And Run !
And then they would quote a little something and ask me if I had been arrested .
I felt like there was more to yarnbombing then just a shallow trend so I began to do some research . I found that yarnbombing was shockingly pervasive – it was being done all over the U. S , tremendous amounts in Europe especially England , The Netherlands , Denmark , Iceland , Spain and Finland , it was all over Australia , New Zealand , the city of Buenos Aires , Canada , Russia and a little in Japan and Bolivia .
yarnbomb by File Tag Vile in Cahoors , France June 2012
And the range of purpose ! Yarnbombing was being done by individuals for fun , by groups for museum gardens ,bookstore openings , youth groups yarnbombing entire parks , University political classes were covering statues and mail boxes , senior centers yarnbombing freeway over passes , art festivals taken over by knitting , political marches were accompanied by yarnbombing – clearly something is going on – something more than a silly joke .
yarnbomb in Poland by Babuktarium May 2011
So I decided I wanted to document all this and contemplate what it all means .
I do believe that if you take any topic , anything at all , and explore it very deeply with curiosity , experimentation, interest and love it will tell you secrets of life .
So now in Nov 2012 I am still yarnbombing myself , I am planning some Christmas blitzing in San Francisco , but I am increasingly using this blog to write about yarnbombing all over the globe and to meditate on knitting , crocheting , street art , the power creativity has to carry us along in our lives and the importance of steady , constant small pleasures.


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Ed Speleers's Travelling Life
How often do you travel?
It varies because of work. I've only made two little trips this year – to Barcelona for three days and to Ibiza for a week. When I finished filming on Downton I was desperate to get away. No one else could make it, so I went to Ibiza on my own. I stayed in the old town (Eivissa), hired a car and did exactly what I wanted – exploring, walking, eating and watching sunsets.
I took Secret Beaches: Ibiza by Rob Smith and found Cala d'en Serra in the north, near San Juan. You reach it by a steep cliff path. It's a horseshoe bay, great for swimming and there's an interesting abandoned hotel.
Has anywhere surprised you?
Paris. The problem was me, not Paris. Everyone harps on about it so much that like a stubborn teenager I rebelled and said I'd never go. I thought it would be clichéd and boring. But last year a friend persuaded me and I had the most amazing time. I stayed in Le Marais and loved the atmosphere.
What do you need for the perfect holiday?
A bit of money, decent weather and a good book. I'm about to go to LA to talk about some work and I'm taking a book on acting technique for the plane. I'm not ashamed to say I don't have a clue.
What was your most adventurous travel experience?
I was snorkelling with my brother off Gili Air island, near Lombok, in Indonesia. He's a very accomplished diver, so I was following him. Then suddenly he froze in obvious panic. I thought: "If he's doing that, it must be something bad." And then I saw what he saw: a sea snake coiled ready to strike. Luckily it just looked at us for a while and moseyed off. My brother turned to me with a relieved chuckle behind his mask.
Where is the most remote place you've ever been?
A few years ago I was training for a film called A Lonely Place To Die, in which I played a climber. I was taken on a short, sharp climbing course. I spent the first day in Cheddar Gorge, which felt good, and then the second in Snowdonia, where I climbed Crib Goch ridge. We went to about 2,500 feet and I got a bit nervous. Actually, I was bricking it, but by the time I'd finished they had me hanging upside down and all sorts. I like sports, and it's converted me to rock climbing.
What other sports do you like to do?
I always take running shoes with me and combine sightseeing and exercise at the same time. I've done the London Marathon twice and had a place in Berlin this year, but I had to pull out because of a dodgy ankle. There's one in Costa Rica that sounds nice and one in Vietnam. I can do my final training for the marathon there, run it and then get over my blisters on a beautiful beach.
Does anything stop you travelling?
No. I have a young border collie called Frank. Before I got him everyone told me, "Don't get a dog – you're only young and it's such a responsibility." But I've grown up with dogs and I'm soppy about them. Frank comes almost everywhere with me. Unfortunately he misbehaved on the Downton set – he chewed the carpet in Hugh Bonneville's trailer. He's not a tie because if I'm abroad my mum has him. He hasn't chewed anything of hers yet.
Your favourite hotel?
The Soho Hotel brings back memories of my big break in the film Eragon. I stayed there for two months when we were shooting in Pinewood. I was only 18 and I hadn't been anywhere like it. It was a great place to call home. Now I go often for a drink. Though it's stylish, it's very friendly. In a lot of hotels the staff look you up and down and that drives me crazy, but that doesn't happen there.
Your favourite city?
Barcelona. The streets are one huge art gallery. I like the people too – they're very stylish but not stuck-up. The music scene is great. I stayed in the Barri Gòtic [Gothic Quarter] and our apartment was up seven flights, but when we got there the view from the roof terrace was worth it.
Worst travel experience?
I spent 13 hours on a train from Sydney to Byron Bay and nearly fell off it at the end. We were all dirty and exhausted but couldn't get into the house we were staying in for four hours. So we trudged to the beach feeling like death. Then we saw a dolphin and I thought, "It's not that bad. Let's get a beer."
Your favourite airline?
Air New Zealand. I've flown with it a few times going to Los Angeles. Efficient and friendly. I like Virgin Atlantic too: it makes travel fun.
And your least favourite?
Ryanair. It's miserable, isn't it? But it's cheap.
Best piece of travel advice?
Go with someone you get on well with or go alone.
What do you hate about holidays?
Being surrounded by English voices. I shouldn't complain, because I don't speak any other language well. I've been thinking about getting Spanish under my belt; if I master that it should make it easier to brush up my French and do Italian.
Where do you want to go next?
South America, but I probably won't manage it for a while unless someone wants to give me a job there. I'd like to see Brazil – obviously Rio – and Florianopolis, which my friend raves about after seeing it on his gap year. I want to go to Argentina, too, so that will give me a reason to learn Spanish.
Downton Abbey is on ITV on Christmas Day at 8.30pm
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I'm probably guilty of over using analogies in my daily life, I'm like a bulweavel in a.... see, there I go again! But the "spring" can be used to represent anything. One could string together a set of springs in a certain way to completely mimic the behavior of a building in an earthquake, or a table's jiggle'ability. A spring's springy'ness or compliance is measurable, hang weigth from it and it extends only so far, it has a resonant frequency, etc. these are all properties of the muscles and tendons in your "running chain" .
The beauty of the springiness of your legs is that it's variable. The engagement of muscles change tension, resonance, compliance of this spring. It's a wonderful thing!
Have you ever tried to run on a trampoline? There's only one slow speed you can go other wise the springiness of the trampoline will push back so hard it can drive your knee into a tooth! This is what's happening when you add 'springs' in series with your running chain. Why would I insert a spring? It's what you're doing when adding a springy cushion under your foot, or running on a rubber track, or spring loaded treadmill. Cascading these compliances adds to your work load. You are now in charge of absorbing your weight, absorbing energy returned at a different rate due to these dissimilar cascaded resonances.
Remove the cushions and you will see! It's less work, more economical, and more conducive to long term injury-free running. (...more to come).


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Kentucky Military Revolutionary Records
This entry was originally written by Wendy Bebout Elliott, Ph.D., FUGA, for Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
Kentucky men served in all U.S. military conflicts. As with other states, many types of military records'service, pension, and bounty land'are maintained by the National Archives in Washington, D.C., and its regional centers (see pages 11-12). The Military Records and Research Branch, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, 1121 Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601, maintains military service records from the Revolutionary War to the present. The Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives and the Kentucky Historical Society have strong collections that cover service as well as pension and bounty-land records.
Although sparsely settled at the time, men from Kentucky served in the Revolutionary War. Many of the state's later residents served for Virginia and were allotted Kentucky land for their service. Anderson C. Quisenberry's Revolutionary Soldiers in Kentucky (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1968) covers a broad scope of service records. Names of many early Kentuckians and others who later obtained land grants in Kentucky can be found in records of the George Rogers Clark military expedition. A chronological compilation of name, rank, dates of enlistment and discharge, and payment is included in Margery Heberling Harding, George Rogers Clark and His Men: Military Records, 1778'84 (Frankfort, Ky.: Kentucky Historical Society, n.d.). Civil War rosters for Kentuckians who served in the Union and Confederate armies have been indexed and are available at the Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. A searchable database of Kentucky Civil War Union Volunteers is available at Ancestry.com. Kentucky provided its Confederate veterans and widows with pensions, which can be located through the Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Alice Simpson, Index of Kentucky Confederate Pension Applications (Frankfort, Ky.: Division of Archives and Records Management, Department for Libraries and Archives, 1978) is helpful in locating these materials in Kentucky.
The Kentucky Historical Society has indexed rosters for Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Kentucky and Kentuckians who served in the Mexican War (1846'48). The University of Kentucky and Kentucky Historical Society house the state Sons of the American Revolution organization papers, and Eastern Kentucky State University published rosters of Civil War regiments from Kentucky.
Military Records and Research Branch, Kentucky Department of Military Affairs, 1121 Louisville Rd., Frankfort, KY 40601 maintains records for the Department of Military Affairs. These holdings are discharge documents for over 300,000 Kentucky veterans from all conflicts from World WariI through Desert Storm and historical records of all Kentucky militia and National Guard units from statehood to date. Some military group records can be accessed through online subscription databases (see page 17).
The following is a brief selected list of published works on Kentucky military records:
- Alfaro, Armando J. The Paper Trail of the Civil War in Kentucky, 1861'1865. Frankfort, Ky: Stuff Publications, ca 2001.
- Burns, Annie Walker. Abstracts of Pension Papers of Soldiers of the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Indian Wars Who Settled in Kentucky. 20 vols. Washington, D.C.: the author, 1935-present.
- Clift, G. Glenn. The 'Cornstalk' Militia of Kentucky, 1792'1811. 1957. Reprint. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982. Includes a history of the militia and lists of commissioned officers.
- Cook, Michael L. Index to Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky. 4 vols. Owensboro, Ky.: Cook and McDowell Publications, 1979'82. Both volumes (Union and Confederate) of the original report are covered by these indexes.
- Kentucky Adjutant General. Kentucky Soldiers of the War of 1812. Kentucky Adjutant General's Report, 1891. Reprint. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 1992. Includes full name index and names of over 25,000 men who served. Probably the best single source of information on Kentucky veterans.
- Kentucky Pension Roll of 1835: Report from the Secretary of War'in Relation to the Pension Establishment of the U.S. Baltimore: Southern Book Co., 1959. Taken from the U.S. Pension Roll of 1835, this provides a comprehensive list of pensioners residing in Kentucky that year.
- Lynn, Stephen D. Confederate Pensioners of Kentucky: Pension Applications of the Veterans and Widows, 1912'1946. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 2000. Alphabetical list of 4,7000 Confederate pensioners. Data includes name, military unit, date and place of birth, and death information. Widow's data lists both married and maiden names, date and place of birth, date and place of marriage, husband's names, military unit, date and place of birth, and date and place of death.
- ____. Confederate Soldiers of Kentucky: A Roster of Veterans, 1861'1865. Nashville: Byron Sistler and Associates, 2002. Most complete list. Names taken from various sources, including the Report of the Adjutant General of Kentucky, pension files, Confederate Home records, records of Veterans' organization, and others.
- Taylor, P. F. A Calendar of the Warrants for Land in Kentucky for Service in the French and Indian War. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967. Good source for records of early military land warrants.
- Wilson, Samuel M. Catalogue of Revolutionary Soldiers and Sailors to Whom Land Bounty Warrants Were Granted by Virginia. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1967.
FamilySearch.org has a variety of collections available for free online:


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UPDATE: Take advantage of these last few summer weekends, and get thee on a road trip, stat — we've got you covered with all the necessities. This story was originally published on June 7.
Sunny summer skies mean good times and endless plans — but not all of them are within city limits. With Chicago close to so many drivable destinations, we're pretty confident you've got at least one rad road trip coming up.
Even though your highway voyage is free from TSA troubles, you might still need a little help in the packing department. We want to make sure you're ready for anything (and totally comfortable!), no matter how many miles are ahead of you. Click through for 16 absolutely essential items to take with you on your next jaunt around the Midwest. Now, the most important part: Do you have room for us in your suitcase?


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The Student Conservation Association teamed up with American Express to bring over 400 volunteers to Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx for Earth Day service.
Join us as we unite in service to our public lands!
Don't have a lot of time to set aside for service right now? No problem! SCA organizes single-day conservation service projects all over the country, all year long. Check here for weekend service events, alumni gatherings, training workshops, and more. Whether you're an alum who wants to stay connected, a prospective member looking to learn more, or simply a volunteer seeking opportunities to give back to your community, SCA has you covered. See what we're doing in your backyard and get involved!
Past Events
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In celebration of National Trails Day and in support of the Find Your Park campaign, SCA brought together over 200 volunteers in New York City for a Find Your Park Day of Service at General Grant National Memorial.
In celebration of National Trails Day and in partnership with American Express, SCA brought together nearly 200 volunteers for a Find Your Park Day of Service at Fort DuPont Park in southeast Washington, DC.
In celebration of National Trails Day, SCA brought together over 40 volunteers in the Bay Area this weekend for a ConSERVE Bay Area event at Stern Grove Recreation Area in San Francisco.
In celebration of Earth Day, SCA brought together 360 volunteers from across the DC, Maryland, and Virginia for a Find Your Park Day of Service at Greenbelt Park.
In celebration of Earth Day, SCA brought together 330 volunteers from across the Chicago area for a Find Your Park Day of Service at Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
Over the past month, SCA brought together more than 70 alumni to ring in spring with SCA Alumni Events in New York City, the San Francisoco Bay Area, and Washington, DC.
Volunteers from across the Bay Area gathered to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Day of Service with SCA through a morning of service to the land and community.
In honor of the MLK National Day of Service, SCA brought together 350 volunteers this weekend at Gateway National Recreation Area in New York City. The event was the first Find Your Park Day of Service of 2016, as SCA and American Express team up to celebrate the National Park Service Centennial.
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Hi, I was an apparelyzed forum member and so disappointed to see it gone. I'm searching for a similar forum/community/support and hope this one can fill the void. I wasn't super active on it, but posted time to time when I was in desperate need for help and support and apparelyzed folks ALWAYS came thru - members were so kind, supportive and I never once encountered anything nasty. You guys are awesome!
So, just saying Hi and I'll be back - I've got some whopper issues (online dating -#$^@@^! has anyone succeeded with that!) and some ideas I'd love feedback on. AND people always tell me I'm a good listener w/ supportive ideas so.......
Welcome Larryandka, it would be helpful if you could add your location (country, region, state, etc.) to your profile in addition to the information you have there already on you level of injury, etc.
did anyone find out what happened since it never re-incarnated elsewhere like I thought it would (accommable.com merged into Airbnb etc) and Simon put a lot of work into it and I had a link swap with him. Hope Simon is doing well and any news would be appreciated. Aloha Bruce
I still miss that place. Learned so much from posters there and it was an invaluable resource in the early days of my SCI. I see that the Facebook page also disappeared. I?m sure Simon had his reasons but I?m still really disappointed and saddened at the way the site was closed down.


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Blanche Elizabeth Craver Smith, 85, of Shoaf Street, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center.
Blanche Elizabeth Craver Smith, 85, of Shoaf Street, died Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at Wake Forest Baptist Health — Lexington Medical Center.
Her funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Piedmont Funeral Home Chapel by Preacher Clyde Akers. Burial will follow in Forest Hill Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
Mrs. Smith was born in Davidson County on April 24, 1927, to Allen L. Craver and Lizzie Hedrick Craver. She was a retired employee of PPG Industries. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Eller; her second husband, Raymond Koonts; her third husband, Grady L. Smith; her son, Robert Tate Eller Jr.; brothers Herman Craver, Ray Craver and Stokes Craver; and sisters Maxine Benfield and Modena Coppley.
Surviving are daughters Libby Ann Bowers and husband Allen, Kathy Diane Miller and husband Freddie and Frankie Phelps and husband Jerry, all of Lexington; grandchildren Andy Eller, Teddy Eller and wife Susie, Mark Bowers and wife Teresa, Tracy Bowers, Kimbley Bowers, Ben Miller and wife Shan, Kelly Parker and husband Greg, Adam Miller and wife Brooke and Jennifer Everhart; great-grandchildren Taylor Bowers, Chasten Bowers, Caleb Parker, Carthy Miller, Corben Miller, T.J. Eller, Elizabeth Eller, Jenny Eller, Brandy Eller and Cameron and Bo; and a brother, Ralph Craver and wife Mildred of Midway.
Online condolences may be made at www.piedmontfuneralhome.com.