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The Great Black Wizard has now his official thread!
It's a mysterious and evil guy and the only thing we know is that he created Draego-Man! (source: bio of Draego Man).
He has 2 indistinct appearances in the 3rd new mini comic. The GBW seems to be awesome IMHO.
Some assumptions:
He could be one of the evil mystics from the Dunes of Doom (Bcrduke)
He could be "the unnamed one".
Similar to the Chaos Sorcerer from Heroquest:
What are your opinion, assumptions and ideas about him?

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If you are looking for some adventure and more importantly to get to know the most amazing places in Greece, then Crete is the island of unbelievable beauty that also offers a great variety of small hotels in heraklion to find the one that best covers your every need. Famous for its culture, natural scenery and numerous opportunities to have fun Crete has something to offer to everybody. If what you are looking for is alternative holidays next to nature for you and your whole family then Crete offers many opportunities to find everything you are looking for.
Heraklion city offers everything you can ask for from huge souvlaki to top places to go sightseeing. More importantly you may find that Heraklion is the main city of Crete that has a great variety of every accommodation type to choose from the one that best suites you. All small hotels in heraklion have one main thing in common: top services combined with high quality accommodation and facilities from traditional Cretan cuisine to playground for the kids and private parking showing that even traditional cosy hotels can offer you just about everything.
Besides the best hotels are small hotels in Heraklion that offer you front he most usual hotel facilities like hair-dryer, safety box , bathrobe, Wi-Fi to the most special like warm welcoming with raki, fruit and greek coffee that will remain in your memory for ever. Small hotels in Heraklion have a traditional flavor of the island and one thing is certain, that you will enjoy your holidays in Crete whether you are travelling with your other half or your best friends or your family.
Besides the island is ideal for summer holidays as its numerous and stunning beaches will remain unforgettable to you as well as for winter since Crete's natural scenery and diverse beauty give you the chance to explore nature and practicing a variety of outdoor and indoor activities . It is not just the area's air that will cast a spell on you but you will love the local delicacies apart from the local's hospitality. Crete has pure natural products and when in Crete you need to try everything you can from raki to everything you can think of. When you are thinking about small hotels in Heraklion you need to find one that offers you a rich breakfast apart from anything else even if you will have the chance to try the area's delicacies since everyone will be offering you wherever you go!


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After their successful appearances on America's Got Talent, Cy, Boone, and Cheetah Platt have begun touring their full-length show known simply as The Platt Brothers.
Already voted "Best Live Comedy in San Diego," the Platt brothers' self-titled show is taking to the national stage and giving audiences across America a chance to experience the hilarious and truly original full-length spectacular.
This two-hour theatrical production is an outrageous blend of acrobatics, dance, comedy, and music, framing the spirited retelling of the brothers' childhood antics. Their narratives are as amusing as they are heartwarming, and audiences of all ages will find themselves drawn to the genuine and personable nature of the brothers as they recreate their fun-filled adventures onstage.
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(CNN) -- The row over same-sex marriage could see thousands of Christians flocking to Chick-fil-A on Wednesday, while same-sex couples will turn up at the fast-food chain Friday for public displays of affection.
Both events are intended as mass shows of support by people on both sides of the marriage issue and mark the latest round in a long-standing beef that gay and lesbian rights groups have with Chick-fil-A's leadership, which has openly espoused biblical values, not only in its operating principles, but in its conservative definition of family as well.
The controversy came to a boil after an interview with the fast food restaurant chain's president and COO Dan Cathy appeared in The Baptist Press on July 16, in which he weighed in with his views on family.
"We are very much supportive of the family -- the biblical definition of the family unit," Cathy said. "We are a family-owned business, a family-led business, and we are married to our first wives. We give God thanks for that."
Proponents of same-sex marriage spread Cathy's comments, eventually creating a firestorm of criticism on social media, including assertions that his comments and position were bigoted and hateful.
A handful of politicians joined in denouncing or backing Cathy's remarks.
Former G.O.P. presidential candidates Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum encouraged people to show their support for Chick-fil-A by buying food there Wednesday. He dubbed the day "Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day" and touted in his TV and radio shows and online.
Over 550,000 visitors to Huckabee's event page on Facebook have responded that they will participate. The action enjoys the support of the Rev. Billy Graham.
Proponents of same-sex marriage have organized a simple counter-protest for Wednesday, asking people to donate the approximate cost of a Chick-fil-A meal, about $6.50 to gay and lesbian rights groups, according to the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).
Friday's protest promises to be the more visible, as GLAAD is backing a "National Same-Sex Kiss Day" to be held at Chick-fil-A restaurants nationwide and encourages participants to take and post photos to the Internet.
The organization says on Facebook that this particular protest is not a response to Huckabee's call to demonstration and that it was already announced on July 19 -- three days after the interview with Chick-fil-A's president .
GLAAD encourages supporters not to go in groups and to keep the kisses on the conservative side.
Currently, same-sex marriage is legal in six states: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Vermont, New Hampshire and New York, along with the District of Columbia. Washington and Maryland voted earlier this year to allow same-sex marriages, but the laws have not yet taken effect.
Another five states -- Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey and Rhode Island -- allow civil unions, providing state-level spousal rights to same-sex couples.
President Barack Obama, who previously opposed same-sex marriage, said in June he now supports it.
At least four Democratic officials in three major northern U.S. cities spoke against Cathy's views, some essentially telling the Atlanta-based restaurant chain not to try to expand in their cities.
Boston Mayor Thomas Menino told the Boston Herald last week he doesn't want Chick-fil-A in his city. The company is considering opening a location there.
"Chick-fil-A doesn't belong in Boston. You can't have a business in the city of Boston that discriminates against a population," he said.
Menino also wrote to the company, urging Chick-fil-A officials to "back out of your plans to locate in Boston."
Philadelphia City Councilman James Kenney sent a letter to Cathy, telling him to "take a hike and take your intolerance with you," and vowing to introduce a resolution at the next council meeting condemning the company.
And Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that "Chick-fil-A's values are not Chicago values."
This drew perturbed reactions from conservatives.
"I have been incensed at the vitriolic assaults on the Chick Fil-A company because the CEO, Dan Cathy, made comments recently in which he affirmed his view that the Biblical view of marriage should be upheld," Huckabee writes on the Facebook page calling for the protest to support the sandwich company.
He went on to accuse "the left" of too often taking a stand on "same sex marriage, abortion, or profanity" and of labeling Christians as "homophobic, fundamentalists, hate-mongers, and intolerant," if they "affirm traditional values."
Although Chick-fil-A's business stands to both benefit and suffer this week, the company has announced the appreciation day was not its idea.
Earlier it said, it planned to stay out of the marriage debate.
"Going forward, our intent is to leave the policy debate over same-sex marriage to the government and political arena," the company announced in another statement.
CNN's Sarah Aarthun contributed to this report.
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Nov. 19, 2005
LONG BEACH, Calif. -
No. 8-ranked Long Beach State (17-14, 1-6 MPSF) secured the final berth in next week's Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship held at USC, by cruising by visiting UC Santa Barbara (13-16, 0-7 MPSF) 10-7 on Saturday afternoon.
The 49ers used a four-goal, third quarter to win its home finale for the team's eight seniors and newly minted U.S. National Coach Ricardo Azevedo, who will leave the program after the season. Erik Geoffrey (Rossmoor, CA) and Reid Tomassi (Winter Park, FL) split the four goals in the period, as Brad Scoles led all scorers with three goals.
Senior Tom Onyshko (Simi Valley) made seven saves in net, holding the Gauchos to just three goals over the first three periods of play as LBSU built an 8-3 lead.
Jay Gerardi had two goals in the first half to give LBSU a 4-2 lead with 2:39 left in the second period.
Senior driver Ramiro Saldain and freshman Miles Price each had two goals for the Gauchos. John Bonafede had 13 saves for UCSB, making six of them in the first period.
The 49ers close out the regular season at Pepperdine on Sunday at 1 p.m., while UCSB closes out the season with UC Irvine at home at 1 p.m. in Campus Pool. For seniors Saldain, Bonafede, Bret DeMuth and Jarrod Muenter, Sunday's match will be their last as a Gaucho.
Summary 1 2 3 4 T Long Beach State 2 2 4 2 10 UC Santa Barbara 1 1 1 4 7 Scoring Long Beach: Brad Scoles-3, Reid Tomassi-2, Erik Geoffrey-2, Jay Gerardi-2, Joe Sherrin-1 UCSB: Ramiro Saldain-2, Miles Price-2, Coulson Lantz-1, Travis Watts-1, Marc Moriomoto-1 Goalie Saves Long Beach:Tom Onyshko-7 UCSB: Jon Bonafede-13


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Release: Zuora Z-Force 3.0
After announcing a version of Z-Commerce for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud computing platforms last month, Zuora announces this week a new major update for Z-Force.
Developed as an Apex Language application and hosted on the Salesforce Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) cloud Force.com, the product already integrates with CRM.
Z-Force 3.0 introduces several new features:
- Ability to create customer-ready quotes for upsells, amendments and change orders
- Automatically calculate, display, and quote prorations and charges across multiple charge periods across complex charge models
- One-click activation of orders to automatically kick off billing
- 20x improvement in synchronization performance
- Improved automation of data synchronization
- Support for salesforce.com Chatter
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Oct. 17, 2011
NORTH DARTMOUTH, MA-For the second week in a row, a member of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth cross country team has been honored by the Little East Conference.
Freshmen Katie Sheehan (Scituate, MA/Scituate HS) was named LEC Rookie Female Runner of the Week. It's the second time that Sheehan has been so honored.
At last Saturday's Connecticut College Invitational, Sheehan led the Corsair runners for the second time this season, finishing 42nd overall in 23:40 for the 6000 meter race. It was the first time the Corsairs had run a race of that distance this season.
"Katie shouldn't watch TV or read the newspapers, she should keep everything the same, because she's running really well right now and we don't want anything to disrupt that," said UMass Dartmouth Head Coach Jon Hird. "Katie is ambitious, she loves to see how fast she can run, and she has a racing spirit that infects everybody."
The Corsairs will return to action when they host the Little East Conference and New England Alliance Championships a week from Saturday.


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Chalk Paint™ 101 Saturday 17th February 2018 at 9.30am
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Come and be inspired inside the large TR Gallery, and learn about the amazing paint behind all of our revivals. This workshop covers the basics of the Annie Sloan Method and more. It is a hands on introductory workshop that will take roughly three hours and will cover four distinctly different paint finish techniques including a two- colour distressed finish, a smooth or modern finish, a textured or rustic finish and a colour wash. You will also learn about the wax systems to create aged looks and how they help to bring out and accentuate detailing. When you leave this class you will have the practical knowledge to apply these techniques to your own projects and have the back up support from Taylored Revival.
All materials will be provided within the workshop so you just need to bring yourself and an open mind. An Annie Sloan workbook valued at $29.90 will be included as part of the package as well as the Annie Sloan colour chart. A break will be held midway through when Tea and Coffee will be provided.
The classes will be facilitated by either, Darrell or Dorophya Taylor who have revived hundreds of pieces using the Annie Sloan products and methods. They work with Chalk Paint™ everyday and have a practical working knowledge of how to best use Chalk Paint™ in reviving furniture.
Booking is easy, simply select and add to cart, make an online payment and we will send a confirmation email. Alternatively you can book in person in our Gallery.
Classes are run in groups of 7-8 for the optimum learning experience. Book early to avoid disappointment. All workshop attendees will have access to an exclusive 10% of paint and paint supplies
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Experiencing all that college has to offer can put a student in a precarious situation, as Bianca Bellot learned upon finding herself 25 feet in the air as part of a leadership training course.
"I looked at the ground, and my knees started shaking, but everyone was yelling words of encouragement," she recalls. "I made it to the end of the high ropes course and zip-lined past a group of cheering Suffolk resident assistants."
Bellot, recently named a Massachusetts "Rising Star" in recognition of her leadership on campus, faced down the high ropes challenge during a two-day course for resident assistants and Residence Life and Housing professional staff held this past summer in the woods of New Hampshire. The training was designed to build relationships, define individual and collective strengths, and gain leadership skills.
Student and professor recognized
Bellot, a McNair Scholar studying Sociology, has been a Suffolk orientation leader and a resident assistant. She received the "Catch a Rising Star" award at a regional conference for NASPA, an organization of student affairs administrators in higher education.
The organization also honored Tryan McMickens, an assistant professor in the Administration of Higher Education program. He received a NASPA Network for Education Equity and Ethnic Diversity Award.
Building confidence
Bellot describes her award as a symbol of her continued growth as a college student. "Prior coming to Suffolk, I was a shy, introverted person who didn't advocate for myself," she says. "But once I became involved on campus, that all changed.
"I became more confident because I was surrounded by people who supported me and helped prepare me to be the student affairs professional I hope to be."
Bellot plans to attend graduate school and then work in student affairs at the collegiate level.
"My goal is to make an impact on student lives by helping them learn in a fun and safe environment," she says.
Mentoring relationship
One of those who guided Bellot is Associate Dean of Students Rich DeCapua, who presented Bellot with her NASPA award.
"He has always encouraged me to be open-minded and think outside the box," she says.
"Bianca already looks at issues affecting student affairs through a lens that signals her maturity and intelligence," says DeCapua. "This is the beginning of what I am sure will be a wonderful and fruitful career in higher education."
"My second home"
As a senior reminiscing about her Suffolk experience, Bellot says: "I asked myself, 'Did I do everything I wanted to do as a Suffolk student?' The answer was yes.
"The relationships I have made with peers, student leaders, and academic and professional staff have made Suffolk feel like my second home."


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Sean O'Hair and Rory Sabatini got into a fight in the second round of the Zurich Classic? (Wei Under Par)
Congressional is gonna be hard at the US Open (Wei Under Par)
Obama only played 9 holes before killing Bin Laden; I bet you he shot 53 (Wei Under Par)
Speaking of Sean O'Hair, he's leaving his swing coach Sean Foley (Golf Digest)
A look inside Jonathan Byrd's bag (Golf Digest)
The hills are on fire near a golf course in Ireland (Golf Digest)
Cyril Bouniol from Abilene Christian won the Byron Nelson Award (Golf Digest)
Who is the funnest player on tour to watch? (Devil Ball)
McIlroy was just trying to "stay with the field" at the Masters (Geoff Shackelford)
Phil Mickelson purchased Scottsdale's Sanctuary Golf Course for $2.2 million (Geoff Shackelford)
Who's hot and who's not (Golf)
Geoff Ogilvy has a shoulder injury and has withdrawn from Quail Hollow (Golf)
Michelle Wei and smokin hot Paul Creamer have committed to play the Sybase Match Play (Golf)
Tiger Jam raised $750k (Golf)
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The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #751: April 14, 2014
Intro: FIR Interview with Critical Mass coming, no reports this week from Dan York (get well soon, Dan!) or Michael Netzley;
Quick News: FTC investigation of Cole Haan offers insights into how to run a Pinterest contest, Staples wants to bring 3D printing to the masses, journalists are mining Whisper and other secret-sharing apps, report says 44% of Twitter accounts have never sent a tweet; Ragan promo;
News That Fits: A journalist's jaundiced view of the value of PR highlights the good, the bad and the ugly; serious reading on the decline as the brain adapts to scanning: what does this means for communicators?; the Media Monitoring Minute with CustomScoop; listener comments in audio and from the FIR Podcast Community on Google+; Igloo Software promo; four new show episodes on the FIR Podcast Network; is the low level of engagement from social media pundits really a case of hypocrisy?;
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For Immediate Release: The Hobson and Holtz Report for April 14, 2014: An 84-minute podcast recorded live from Concord, California, USA, and Wokingham, Berkshire, England.
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Some residents of Old Town Bluffton are concerned with parking and noise in their neighborhood.
At last week's Bluffton Town Council meeting, residents voiced some of those concerns to Town Council in the hopes of getting the matter resolved.
Garfield Moss, who lives on Lawrence Street, said there has been a problem with excessive noise and people parking on the street.
Moss said he has a list of about 13 residents who are also bothered by the excessive parking and noise. His neighbor, Mary Ellen Barton, stood with him at last week's meeting.
Another resident, Patricia Loper, who lives on Calhoun Street, said many driveways are constantly being blocked by people parking on the street.
Loper said she and other residents have used traffic cones to block their driveways, however in some cases, the cones were stolen.
Harper Finucan, another resident, said he owns a house on Lawrence Street west of the Carson Cottages.
He said he would like to deny the construction of the deck being built on the west of Carson Cottages as it will interfere with his property.
"I don't have a problem with the building, it's attractive," Finucan said. However, he said the excessive noise from the building often times prohibits his family from resting at night.
At this time, no approval has been granted on Carson Cottages and plans have to satisfy some conditions with the Historic Preservation Committee and the Development Review Committee, said Debbie Szpanka, Bluffton's public information officer.
Mayor Lisa Sulka told the residents that town officials would look into their concerns.
Smoking regulations
Town Council approved an ordinance by a 3-2 vote amending smoking regulations which would allow tobacco store owners to sell beer and wine to customers. Liquor can't be sold and cigarette smoking will not be allowed in these businesses.
Sulka and Councilmen Ted Huffman and Mike Raymond voted in favor of the ordinance.
Mayor Pro Tem Oliver Brown and Councilwoman Karen Lavery voted against the changes.
"If we change this, we will continue to change," Brown said about the smoking ordinance.
"It's like going down a slippery slope," Lavery said.
Lavery said she has never received a phone call from a resident who is "for" the ordinance.
Lavery also read a letter from the Medical University of South Carolina explaining why the change to the smoking ordiance should not be made.
Diane Wilson of the South Carolina African American Tobacco Control and former Bluffton councilman Fred Hamilton addressed council about the smoking ordinance during the meeting. Wilson and Hamilton were not in favor of the changes to the smoking ordinance.
During executive session, Judith Hughes was approved as an at-large member of the accommodations tax advisory committee.
The committee reviews accommodations tax grant applications to make recommendations to the mayor and council for the expenditure of accommodations tax funds, according to the town's website.
Land acquisition
Council members also approved purchasing Lot 1-11 and Phase II-A of Bluffton Village for public use. The 11 lots will be purchased for $400,000 after successful completion of due diligence.
Szpanka said town is doing due diligence on that land; if the results of all due diligence activities are positive, the town will proceed.
In another executive session item, no action was taken regarding receiving legal advice from the town attorney Terry Finger on pending lawsuits.


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Sales Engineer – NSW/VIC/SA/TAS
With 190 years of history, Sefar continues on it's successful course and has more than 2,600 employees on all continents. We have a significant presence in our Oceania region where we complement the product range with woven wire Mesh and perforated Metals, liquid and dry filtration products.
Sales Engineer – NSW/VIC/SA/TAS
About the role
With rapid growth in Australia we have an exciting opportunity for a Sales Engineer to join our team. Our dynamic, fast-paced and friendly environment will suit a team-player and strategic thinker with clear vision and solid networking ability in the Industrial and Mining Filtration industry. The full-time position is based in Western Sydney Head Office.
Duties and responsibilities
Forging and maintaining strong relationships with key contacts in existing and new accounts within the Mining Industry in NSW, VIC, TAS & SA
Developing opportunities to cross-sell Mineral and Industrial Filtration products
Be customer focused and create awareness of Sefar products, services and Process filtration solutions through customer visits, presentations, on site demonstrations and installations
Develop and maintain an accurate and ongoing sales pipeline
Develop and leverage the company's brand and professional profile
Skills and experience
A technical understanding of filtration processing requirements and applications in liquid, dust and mineral separation
Ability to work closely with Sefar Product Managers to ensure the accurate delivery of Sefar products resulting in the highest degree of customer satisfaction
A proven ability to plan, develop and execute business development strategies
Demonstrated ability to work within a multidisciplinary team
Proven ability to develop and implement B2B sales strategies
Excellent communication, listening and presentation skills
Strong background in negotiating and a proven sale track record
Previous sale experience within the industrial and/or mining industries would be highly regarded
A degree in engineering is preferred, but not essential
Our qualified and motivated employees are on duty every day to serve and assist our global clientele. Their commitment guarantees our continued business success. Flexibility, willingness to learn and adapt, collaboration between colleagues and striving to bring about lasting improvements all play major roles in this success.
Sefar cultivates a cooperative style of leadership and promotes personal responsibility and initiative, creativity, independence, and inter-departmental cooperation. With targeted training and education, we ensure that we are prepared for new challenges.
Global company and leader in the industry
Room to grow
Great team
Have we piqued your interest? Do you fulfill the requirements? Please contact:
Mona Albina
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Extended Dur Trs Idx ETF Vanguard (EDV) shares are showing strong upward momentum according to the Aroon indicator as the reading has climbed above 70. With the strength building, investors might be taking a look at this name in conjuction with some other indicators.
The Aroon Oscillator was developed by Tushar Chande to highlight the start of a new trend and to measure trend strength. Chande first described the indicator in the September 1995 issue of Stocks & Commodities magazine. The Aroon indicator system consists of three lines: Aroon Up, Aroon Down, and the Aroon Oscillator which reflects the difference between the two. "Aroon" is a Sanskrit word meaning "dawn's early light".
Chande recommends the following signals:
Aroon Up level above 70 indicates a strong up-trend while Aroon Down above 70 indicates a strong down-trend. Aroon Up below 50 warns that the up-trend is weakening while Aroon Down below 50 signals that the down-trend is weakening. The two moving lower in close proximity indicates consolidation, and no clear trend.
As investors gear up for the stretch run towards the end of the year, the focus will be on which way stock market momentum seems to be shifting. Investors may be taking note of various economic reports and keeping a close eye on global political news. There are many factors that can affect the price of a stock. Tracking the markets from different angles may help to put together the bigger investing picture. Investors may be wondering if they have missed the boat as stocks have cooled off a bit recently. It may be wise to remember that there are always plenty of market opportunities to take advantage of. Diving into the fray may not be necessary until all the boxes are ticked off on the investor's checklist.
Shifting focus to some additional indicators, Extended Dur Trs Idx ETF Vanguard (EDV) currently has a 14 day Williams %R of -3.07. In general, if the level goes above -20, the stock may be considered to be overbought. Alternately, if the indicator goes under -80, this may signal that the stock is oversold. The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a technical indicator that was developed to measure overbought and oversold market conditions. The Williams %R indicator helps show the relative situation of the current price close to the period being observed.
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"Those Old Memories" will include stories, photographs, genealogy, scrapbooking, recipes, and interesting history of my family. Some family surnames: Troyer, Gardner, Moore, Hopkins, Allen, Amsberry, McPherson, Wyatt, Godfrey, Lee, Henley, Cutbirth, Tudor, Gustafsson, Larson, Hellgren, Farley, Harshbarger, Harvey, McComsey, Johnston, Hyndman, and Buchanan.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Swimsuit Beauties? Maybe Not, But Family We Are!
Hunt as I might for some awesome bathing beauties in my family, I did not find much. They have all been the modest type! Thousands of great photos but very few with bathing suits and pools, guess I got the genes too as I am not a pool enthusiast either, but that did not stop me from posting a few precious pictures of family.
The three ocean photos were taken in 1958 when my family traveled by train to Los Angeles, California to visit my aunt and uncle: Brig. General M.M. Beach and Stella. They had a beautiful home which he had built in Garden Grove. We had a wonderful trip there on the passenger train and saw many great sights while visiting. Of course Knotts Berry Farm and Disneyland were tops on the list. Disneyland had only been open 2-3 years at that time and it was a thrill for me, a girl who was 6 years old at the time. My big brother, Dick, who was about 17 got the great job of escorting me on many of the smaller rides at Disneyland. Looking back, I bet that really thrilled him, but they are my memories for a lifetime!
Our relatives lived quite close to the ocean and we took a picnic and spent one whole day there. It was my first visit and I have only seen the ocean 2 other times since, in my almost 60 years. My photos of that day bring back very fond memories! I can very clearly hear my Dad calling to my Mom, telling her to "run" as a big wave was coming. That "gotcha" photo is a prized possession. That is my Mom, Irene, The Bathing Beauty. It appears as though she didn't quite make it ahead of the wave. We probably didn't pack any bathing suits for the trip so we all just had summer clothes. I can still see that black sun dress that my Mom wore and my Dad always had his pantlegs rolled up in the summer , especially if he was boating or fishing.
The lone picture is my Dad, Freddie. It is an old slide and the picture was taken before I was even born in the late 1940s. My two brothers, Bill and Dick were about 10 and 7 years old. My parents spent as much time as possible in the Black Hills of South Dakota in the summer. We only live about four hours away and to this day it is a favorite vacation spot for all my extended family. The family had gone there for one of their camping and fishing trips. They had rented a small cabin close to a small lake near Hill City, South Dakota. My Dad was an avid fisherman and as a younger man he used to walk many miles a day while fly fishing along the streams in the Black Hills. On this day, he had gone in nothing but his bathing suit and fishing shoes. To this day, I don't know why but he paid the price dearly! In the picture he has a very bad sunburn. He got very ill and they had to call the doctor while there. The family had to stay over a few extra days so Daddy could even get clothes on comfortably enough to get back home. Over the next 55+ years of his life, he often went without a shirt when fishing and working outdoors but he was always careful not to do so to the point of burning. Lessons learned!
My two "bathing beauties" are gone now, but the precious memories live on. Some say computers are the greatest invention of technology but I respectfully disagree. Cameras have given us the treasures of a lifetime! Life would be pretty dull and geneaology quite boring without our great photo reflections.
Monday, June 8, 2009
Success and a great beginning to finding our Swedish ancestors! My recent trip to Salt Lake City and the Family History Library proved to be a wonderful learning experience and I am so thrilled to have found quite a lot of information on my husband's Great Grandfather and some of his ancestors, dating back to the early 1800's.
In part 1 of FINDING MY SWEDISH GENEALOGY, USING MAPS TO LAY A FOUNDATION and Part 2: STRATEGIC STUDY PLANS AND FINDING THE RECORDS, I put forth a plan that I hoped would help to lead me through the research process to find important records. I must say that diligent use of maps and study of the handwriting really did pay off for me. While the old Swedish script is not terribly difficult to learn, had I not studied it well beforehand, I am sure the task would have been much more difficult and may have taken days longer. Having a working knowledge of the handwriting and vocabulary made the records and names begin to "pop" out before me as I started to go through microfilm of old records. Nearly all the film numbers that I thought I may have needed were looked up ahead of time and I had planned which records to tackle first. In my case I choose birth records since I was relatively sure of the parish of birth. We did have the birth date of our GGrandfather, Fred Larson and sparse clues as to where he was born: possibly Floby, Sweden. Birth records are not always the best place to start with Swedish research, but for me it worked since I had some starting information. I had studied maps a lot before I left for the Family History Library and was prepared to branch out the research area in necessary.
The first hour was spent setting up my work area and learning to use the microfilm readers which I had very limited knowledge of before my trip to Salt Lake City. Hour two and I was deep into reading documents and wondering already if my eyes could last all day long. I began looking for Great Grandfather Frederick Larson's birth records and in so doing, just lucked onto his brother Johan's records as the first one I found. What a thrill to find the first record of fact after preparing for nearly a year! Luckily the name of the parish was correct as passed down in the family. From this record I learned the real name of our GGreat Grandmother, Klara Hansdotter. We had for many years known her as Clara Edlund. That name was never for sure but was the only one the family had heard or known for her. The picture of Gustaf Larson and his wife which I had shown previously now finally had the right names. Klara Hansdotter and Gustaf Larsson had finally become "real" to us. We had our first concrete proof as to who they really were. From this birth document for Johan Gustafsson I learned the age of his mother, Klara. She was 25 years old when Johan was born in 1864. That made her birth about 1839. Johan was born in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden. Our first clue to the actual place our family may have originated from. Johan's birth record also gave the names of persons who were in attendance at his birth, presumably Godparents and/or other relatives. I was then able to narrow down to the Lugarp area of Floby for more records.
The second record I found was the birth of GGrandfather, Fredrick Albert Gustafsson (Larson). He adopted the name Larson upon coming to America. Fredrick's first name did not contain a second "e" which had been used by family in his name and he was born in 1867, in Lugarp, Floby. Klara was also his mother and she was 28 at the time Fredrick was born. Godparents were listed in attendance to Fred's birth.
My next microfilm examination was some "household rolls" for Lugarp. I found the family listed and to my surprise there was a daughter, Anna Louisa, born in 1869. She was a sister to both Johan and Fredrick and we never knew of her before! Fred had mentioned two other brothers but never a sister. That record gave me the birth dates of both Gustaf and Klara and where they were born. GGreat Grandfather Gustaf was born 1834 in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden and Klara was born 1839 in Loftahammar, Kalmar, Sweden. Each type of record gave more bits and pieces of information.
I had started with only a date of birth and approximate place for Fred Gustafsson(Larson), Three hours into my search had revealed birth information for Fred, his brother Johan, sister Anna, and also birth dates and places for the GG Grandparents, Gustaf and Klara.
My next film provided the birth records in 1834 of Gustaf Larsson. It confirmed that he was born Oct 22, 1834 in Lugarp, Floby, Skarasborg, Sweden. His father is listed as Lars Andersson and his mother as Cajsar Bengtsdotter. We were now back to about 1810 with the addition of the GGGGrandparent's names. Godparents(attendants) were listed for the birth of Gustaf which may eventually prove to be another generation.
Record searches that day provided several more great documents. I now had the marriage Bann's and Marriage records for Gustaf Larsson and Klara Hansdotter who married in July 1864. Found among the hundreds of names was the marriage of Johan Gustafsson to Maria Christina Anderdotter (Anderson). Johan had become a Swedish soldier and been given the last name of Hellgren. Our family had known of Johan's name change to Hellgren. It was common practice to rename individuals upon entry into the military to a name that reflected their traits or personality. Hence Johan Gustafsson became Johan Hellgren. Johan and Christina were married in 1886 and soon thereafter emmigrated to America. Johan again changed his name and became John Hellgren. Several other records surfaced that day which defined the Gustafsson family as having lived in the Lugarp, Floby area for some years. I did not get time to begin looking for any death records or to explore for records of other family members, all that will be for another trip or done later on the Swedish genealogy site Genline.
Maria Christina Andersdotter(Anderson), wife to Johan Gustafsson( Hellgren)was a sister to "Minnie" Andersdotter(Anderson) who married our Fredrick Larson. Fred emmigrated from Sweden to America in 1888 and "Minnie" followed later that year. They were married in Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois in 1891. To this date both "Minnie" and her sister, Maria Christina have eluded me as to their actual place of birth and origins. More searching for another time.
In total while at the Family History Library, I spent 1 1/2 days working on my Swedish ancestry. I did spend several more days on other record searches. My next step in the quest for more family records is a subscription to the Swedish records site GENLINE. I hope the summer researching will bring many more ancestors to light, especially the Anderson sisters and more of their family history.
I firmly believe that my mapping studies and taking the time to learn Script, patronymic naming and some old language really did help in aiding the retrieval of records on my first visit to the FHL. I am now again into map study of the area of Loftahammar, Kalmar, Sweden. This area will be one of my first stops on Genline for records of our GGGrandmother, Klara Hansdotter.
In conclusion: I am thrilled with the information I got at the Family History Library on my first visit.
1. Correct names and spellings for several ancestors.
2. Names, birthplaces, actual records and dates for at least 3 generations of the family.
3. Marriage dates and records for 2 ancestral couples.
4. Several household records of daily living for our family.
5. Acquired names of Godparents who will likely prove to be even more ancestors to add to our ''tree".
If you have foreign immigrants in your family, don't hesitate to tackle overseas researching. It may take a little extra study time to learn about the country, language, and record availability but it should be fun and the payoff can be great. I am relatively new at genealogy research and that is proof that anybody can and should tackle looking for their ancestors, wherever in the world that they may have come from!
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Friday, February 19, 2010
I Am Stuned!
My family has been looking for 60 years for tombstones that had been thrown in Lake Hamilton from our family cemetery; a land developer did this during the Great Depression and sold the land to rich folks from out of town so that they could build houses on the new lake... I have looked for the tombstones all of my life and today I found what I believe to be my great grandmother, Mary Etta (Mollie) Gardner Clay's tomb... She was the only person buried in this lost cemetery that was entombed...The lake was lowered this winter and today I walked the shore and found this...
I was in the middle of writing a nice story for the February issue of The Graveyard Rabbit about a lost cemetery...I was just innocently taking photos of where in the lake that we beleived the markers to have been thrown whe a rock in the water was pointed out to me by a local resident..I was focusing on this rock and looking into the water trying to see something when I turned around to see what was scurrying up a tree when I saw this...I knew immediatly what I was looking at without having to get any closer..I was stunned still..I cried..stood still in my place and started sobbing...you can see in the pictures below one frame I was looking at a rock and the lake and the next was when I turned around! I have never really thought that I would ever find even a tombstone, much less this. We have always believed that it had been broken to pieces with a sledgehammer…
I just this minute realized that I am now the matriarch of my family...I have no one left to even call on the phone to tell of my find. It is Friday evening and I can't even call the State of Arkansas because I don't know what to do…They will raise the lake to cover this tomb starting March 4, 2010 and it will lie under the waters until next October…..What in the world should I do? Whom do I call and will anyone care? Or will I be the only one to know the secrets of the lost cemetery and who really threw the cemetery remains in the lake????????????
I will post the origional story that I was working on about this cemetery as soon as I can gather my thoughts!
First of all, I want to thank all of ya'll who have written to me this weekend..I am amazed at the love and concern that you have for me and my Great Grandmother who died four years after my mother was born and some 35 years before I was ever born.. I am fighting all of this alone except for all of ya'll..God Bless Ya'll!!!
Thank you for helping me to restore Mollie's dignity or the dignity of whom ever we find the tomb to have belonged to, in the first place..I want to somehow get thistomb moved 4 miles to my family cemetery where it can rest with her daughters, sons, grandchildren and the rest of the family! Or just plane ole have a place to be loved anyway!
Now, below you will find the email addresses of the news reporters who will be meeting me and Mary Ann Trubit who is with The State Of Arkansas this coming... I think I have finally gotten the right people hoppin! It was really harder than I thought it would be to get the media interested....except Jason Pederson he is great! Would ya'll email these reporters and let them know how you feel about this and maybe with ya'lls help we can get this tomb out of the lake and in a respectful cemetery!!! I really need to rally the GYR'S and all of the other troupes for this one!!! Sadly, people here don't value cemeteries like you and I do.. Please keep me in your prayers! On your emails please put your State or Country and affiliation GYR or Genabloggers or any other etc....you can also cc a copy to me also at email@example.com or post your comments at last2cu.net
With Much LOVE,
Jason Pederson, (that is Pederson spelled with a D not T) he is the reporter for Seven On You Side At our ABC affiliate KATV Channel 7 , Little Rock , AR you can leave him an email at the link below..You have to go through their security screen to contact him. http://cfc.katv.com/contact.cfm
Don Thompson is a reporter at our local newspaper The Sentinel Record his email address is firstname.lastname@example.com
I called Wilbert Vault Company to see about having the tomb moved..They told me that I had to get a Funeral Director involved so, I called a funeral director friend and she told me that the County Coronor had to be involved! I then called my friend, Stuart Smedley, our County Cornorer.. Stuart told me to call everyone and tell them to stand down and not to show up until he has investigated it as a crime scene. A secret from 1934.. until a man threw the last tombstone in the lake in 1937. His neice bragged about it to me on the phone last night! This is getting way more than I ever thought of...
Can this get any stranger? YOU BET IT CAN and it will!!!!
I meet with the County Coronor at 10:00am in the morning to take him to where the tomb is.....
Jason Pederson at our local ABC affiliate KATV Channel 7.......ROCKS!
After meeting with our county coroner, Jason Pederson at our ABC affiliate KATV called and met with me and an 87 year old cousin of a cousin who had been to funerals at this very cemetery as a child and his very own great grandfather is also buried there!!! Jason even put it as the second story on the 5:00 pm news and it will be the lead story on the 6:00 pm newscast. I will keep every one posted on this and will try to get the video to link to this site!
JASON GETS THINGS DONE!! Listen to this ABC, just don't take him away from us!
Pete Thompson at KARK Channel 4 is a STAR Reporter!!
Pete Thompson who is a reporter for our NBC affiliate KARK Channel 4 in Little Rock did a fabulous job today in reporting on this cemetery outrage! A lady who lives in the condos, right beside the possible Tomb and overlooking the bay where most of the tombstones lay at the bottom of the lake came out and told us about how they had seen it for years and never knew what it was. She said that now she can see that it looks exactly like a tomb! Then a man, who I won't call a gentleman, came up to us at the cemetery and questioned if it really was a cemetery and why I would tell anyone if it really was! He was highly insulted so I told him to voice his concerns to the reporter and he stormed off! He said that if it really was it might hurt his property values...Heck, it would increase mine...I would be thrilled! I am surprised that our local newspaper hasn't followed up with me...They never came out to report on this…Maybe someone who kept their yard mowed got some kind of yard of the month award and needed their picture taken.
Pete Thompson from KARK really cares about his stories! Thanks, Pete!
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WOW Ruth !! That's incredible that you found it!!!!!! I wish I could help you on what to do. I'd be burning up the gov't phonelines!! It's very sad that someone would do that to a grave too. :(ReplyDelete
You could try calling a funeral home and see what they say. They usually have someone on call 24 hours a day at some of them. Otherwise you may have to wait until Tuesday (if offices are closed for Washington's birthday). Let us know what you find out! If it truly is your great grandmothers tomb, I am sorry you had to find it the way you did.ReplyDelete
Ruth, this is so shocking. I'm not sure what to do, but I did put out a call for help on my blogs; there must be someone out there in the Geneablogging and Graveyard Rabbit communities who knows about cases like this. Wishing you luck in having this matter properly resolved.ReplyDelete
Call the newspapers and TV stations immediately! Call the Congressmen and senators that represent the area. Call the State board of Cemetery and funeral directors. Some one will listen if you squeak loud enough. I will publicize this on my end as well. Don't worry we will get this fixed!
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It would probably make a huge huge difference if there are still any human remains inside the tomb.
Take lots of pictures and make sure some have land features so that even when the lake is high the tomb can be found again.
I agree with calling the local television, it is a crime... you should also make a report with the local sheriff...
I am in agreement with eloh and Sheri, the media is your best friend while you and the authorities (whoever they may be) figure out what to do. Good luck!ReplyDelete
Such an amazing "find' left me speechless and full of wonderment at how things aligned for you to find the tomb. As the "now matriarch" you will do what you need to do. Blessings.
You have already received great advice. I just want to chime in my agreement with it and let you know I'm praying you get a satisfactory resolution.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2010 at 1:55 PM
It looks like there are grave markers inside the vault; someone needs to check around this whole area and see if there are human bones to recover. Seems that the local health department would know what to do.ReplyDelete
I don't know what to tell you, Ruth, but I wanted you to know I was here and am feeling your shock. I'm still out of words. Blessings to you.ReplyDelete
How horrible! I hope that the local media will be able to help you with this. Please keep us posted.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 20, 2010 at 4:19 PM
This is amazing. I agree with everybody - try calling all of the places suggested and see if anybody can do anything! Media can certainly call attention to this issue. Please keep us posted on what happens.ReplyDelete
Media Ruth. We could all write your reps. just to let them know that America is watching. Raise Cain!ReplyDelete
I would be as vocal as I could possibly be about this. I didn't see this mentioned, but you might want to contact your local historical or genealogy society...someone there may take up your cause and help you get it publicized. My gg grandmother is also supposedly buried near this lake--- Mt Carmel cemetery, but we have never found her grave.ReplyDelete
The Department of Arkansas Heritage has responsibility for the state's cultural resources. Its Arkansas Historic Preservation Program has responsibility for identification, evaluation, registration and preservation of the state's cultural resources and it the first call you should make tomorrow morning during normal business hours. (501)324-9880 or info@arkansas preservation.org. I have not found the specific state statute that governs that gives this agency its mandate, nor which may apply to abandoned cemeteries, but they would know.ReplyDelete
Godspeed, Ruth, as you do this battle.ReplyDelete
Ruth, I cannot imagine how you must have felt. This is an incredible, yet disturbing discovery. I, too, will pray for an honorable and acceptable resolution for your Great Grandmother's remains. Good Luck, and keep us all posted.ReplyDelete
wow! *hugs* agreed, call the media who can help you get in touch with right authorities. blessings to you and your grandmother.ReplyDelete
I hope you called the media, all those suggestions above were excellent. Also, the board of health (local, county, and state). I love the suggestion of calling the funeral home! A funeral director will know exactly who should be notified. Please keep us all posted! I grew up near a reservoir in Massachusetts, where great expense was paid to move then entire town before it was covered by water- and they didn't forget the dearly departed. They moved all the graves, including the bodies not just the headstones. I thought it was standard practice everywhere!ReplyDelete
Thank you for doing what you do. Hang in there. It will all work out.ReplyDelete
This is a great story. I'm glad to see that your hard work has finally began to pay off. I would like to feature this article on my blog. Or basically point people here to read your story is what I mean. I'd like to thank Teri O'Connell for bringing this to my attention. I own both the Cemetery Explorers Facebook page as well as the Cemetery Explorers blog located at www.cemeteryexplorers.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Thanks for the story and I hope to be updated as I will be following this story.
Oh, wow. I cannot put together words to describe how reading this made me feel. I hope the outcome is as best it can be.ReplyDelete
Good luck! Standing by to hear how everything goes. JoReplyDelete
A incredible story Ruth!Thank you for sharing it with us all!Keep up the hard work and I so hope you get to move her to be with her people.ReplyDelete
I've been out of the loop for a few weeks [computer down] but WOW! What a fantastic job you've done! I can't believe someone would be so callous as to worry about this possibly lowering his property value!ReplyDelete
You rock girl! Keep up the great work!
Hi Ruth,ReplyDelete
I read the story on the Ch. 7 site about the archaeologist thinking it's a newer non-tomb. However, doesn't the fact that it's now known that tombstones and markers were thrown into the lake count for anything? Can a local historical or gen. society help recover anything out of the lake (I'm guessing too expensive) or help document that there was indeed a cemetery there that should be preserved or rescued or at the very least documented or even, say, a marker placed or something to respect the memories of those whose resting places were desecrated?
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Now that you have experienced the joy of discovering your own family history, here are some ways you and your class or quorum can help others do the same.
Russell M. Nelson
"Spiritual connections . . . are formed when a young woman helps her grandmother enter family information into a computer or when a young man sees the name of his great-grandfather on a census record. When our hearts turn to our ancestors, something changes inside us. We feel part of something greater than ourselves."


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Anyone can seal an empanada with the tines of a fork, but if you're interested in a more authentic look for this classic South American turnover, try your hand at a fancy repulgue. The repulgue refers to a special method for crimping or folding the edges of the dough in order to close the empanada. Apart from its obvious aesthetic value, the repulgue does a bang-up job of sealing in the filling, which is crucial since empanada leakage is just, well, embarrassing.
The repulgue fulfills one other important function: a means to ID your empanada. A case in point: when your box of piping hot empanadas arrives from your neighborhood empanada joint, how do you tell your queso y cebolla (cheese and onion) from your friend's verdura (veggie)? Well, to eliminate the guesswork, most shops will provide a diagram showing the various repulgues and their corresponding fillings. Please turn your attention to Exhibit A:
[Here we have the selection at Campo Alto, my favorite spot in Necochea for empanadas.]
Since, to date, the Argentine Congress has failed to pass the measure *Ley de Estandarización del Repulgue de las Empanadas Argentinas (legislation to standardize repulgues throughout the country), every empanada shop is at complete liberty to choose which repulgue to assign to each type of empanada. As such, from place to place, little to no relationship exists between the style of repulgue and the filling, with the exception of fatay – an Arabian beef empanada – which is almost universally triangular.
I currently have about six different repulgues in my repertoire, although my favorite is the classic braided pattern that Rebecca at From Argentina With Love demonstrates so capably in this video [click here if you can't view the embedded video].
Now that you've been schooled on the repulgue, go forth and make empanadas! If you're in need of some inspiration, try my recipe for empanadas de humita (with creamy corn) or Rebecca's empanadas mendocinas (with ground beef). Lastly, don't get too worked up if your repulgue doesn't turn out just so; like most things in life, la práctica hace al maestro (practice makes perfect).
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By Peter J. Kennelly
An enthusiastic young undergraduate is leading a group of high school students and their parents on a tour of Generic State University.
As they walk across the quadrangle, the undergraduate confidently points out building after building as his audience inquires: Where is the psychology department located? Is that the biology building? Where's English? Where's biology? Where's engineering? Where is the department of molecular biology?
"I don't think we have one," the undergraduate replies.
"Where do students go if they are interested in studying enzymes, lipid metabolism or gene regulation?"
"I'm not sure. Some major in biology. You can major in biochemistry through the chemistry department, but you still have to take P-Chem…"
For the bulk of the 20th century, colleges and universities were organized on modular principles. Every subject area taught was the responsibility of an autonomous academic department possessing its own faculty, staff, unit leader and space. Large departments often merited their own buildings, with the collateral benefit of enshrining their disciplines in brick and mortar for generations to come.
As new disciplines emerged – aeronautical engineering, psychology, computer science – during the steady expansion of the 1950s, colleges and universities added new departmental modules.
Eventually, however, spiraling fiscal constraints rendered expansion by addition increasingly impractical, driving institutions to seek ways of covering new areas by rearranging or repurposing assets within the existing unit structure. As relative latecomers on the scene, biochemistry and molecular biology programs followed a variety of paradigms.
Many schools, especially the larger research universities, established classic autonomous departments. Other colleges and universities elected to add BMB to the portfolio of existing departments, with biochemistry frequently falling under the purview of the chemistry department and molecular biology under that of the department of biology.
In some cases, the title of the department was expanded to acknowledge the addition; in others, it was not. Another popular option, especially among smaller colleges and universities, was to assign responsibility for the BMB major to a consortium of two or more departments that usually includes both chemistry and biology.
Do these various models affect the quality of BMB education nationwide? Does adding two or three BMB courses to the basic chemistry or biology curriculum offer the same learning opportunities as an integrated BMB curriculum designed from the ground up?
Some of these structures expose students to a diverse community of BMB faculty members. Others, however, make-do with one or two token biochemists or even some part-time instructors.
While many faculty members and instructors working as outliers within biology, chemistry or other departments are remarkable educators, it is difficult to believe that programs trying to get by with limited personnel and resources can maintain consistently high levels of quality as readily as dedicated units that award BMB top priority and access to the physical and human infrastructure generally associated with an autonomous department. This is not to say that departmental structure somehow guarantees quality instruction.
Heterogeneity lies in the definition of the degree itself. While many schools award a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry and molecular biology, others award degrees in biochemistry alone or molecular biology alone. How do they differ? Are the core concepts and expected competencies associated with a B.S. in molecular biology or biochemistry consistent across colleges and universities?
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education and Professional Development Committee is committed to advancing the quality of our discipline. Undergraduate BMB programs allow for the imaginations of aspiring biochemists and molecular biologists to become either further inspired or to grow stale. Students either lay a foundation of analytical reasoning skills, quantitative analysis, chemical functionalities and structural principles that promote success in the workplace and graduate and professional schools or simply get by through rote memorization and other tricks of the trade.
So, yes, ASBMB has a stake in the institutions and members who perform the vital task of preparing our next generation of scientific leaders.
When it comes to the issue of program infrastructure, accreditation programs such as the one being developed by ASBMB have proved successful in setting threshold standards for personnel, curriculum, etc. The American Chemical Society, for example, specifies that an accredited department must have at least four dedicated faculty members. The ACS also goes so far as to suggest a preferred suite of major instruments and require that libraries provide access to at least 14 journals recommended by the ACS Committee on Professional Training.
While we do not propose to be as proscriptive and detail oriented as ACS, there are several areas in which ASBMB would like to make its influence felt. Therefore, for a student to qualify for an ASBMB accredited degree, he or she must graduate from an eligible program. Key elements of an eligible program should include:
This last element is perhaps the most problematic to deal with. For many small schools, it may be difficult to identify three full-time faculty members, or the equivalent, whose primary allegiance is to the BMB program. Many small programs are getting by with only one or two faculty members. Should they be penalized just because they are small – a metric that does not correspond with quality? On the other hand, setting standards for the sole purpose of not leaving someone out is hardly an approach that can be expected to earn credibility and respect or to promote aspirational change.
The EPD is interested in hearing your ideas about what criteria should be used to identify programs that meet the expectations of the ASBMB community and why. Simply send an email to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Freelancer.com describes itself as the world's largest freelancing, outsourcing, and crowdsourcing marketplace for small business. For the drafter this means you can hire or find contract work in the CAD / BIM related industries. I have noticed the bulk of the work available is Architectural in nature. But there are also many projects in other disciplines, such as structural, civil, mechanical and building services.
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Meeting Notes 2011 09 06
The 177th Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Danny
Moderator: Rubin
Introduction and Names[edit]
What Noisebridge is about[edit]
Round of introductions[edit]
Rubin - he's here.
Alex - makes video games
Edd -- community service
Duncan -- makes wallets
Mike - technowanderer
Tracy - new
Zach -- fix shit
Dan -- build servers
Carl -
Garen -- make stuff
Robert -- make stuff
"Arf arf arf" -- a dog
Jorgen -- tastebridge
Jay -- publisher
Jayc -- wannabe hacker
EVIL -- Perl hacker
Jim -- visiting london hackspace
Leanne -
Matt - I'm new
Nathan -- visit from Bristol hackspace
Evan -- maker of intangibles
Nick --
Rachel --
Jake -- lead poisoning
Liz -- I code and write and stuff
Person hiding behind bins - hi!
- A brief primer on consensus process: We agree and so should you! Only paid-up members can block consensus.
Short Announcements[edit]
Danny talks about the Noisebridge 311 number. He would like help making it work well -- also encourage people to use IRC to find others if they need help.
New or Stale Events[edit]
Rubin introduced our Hacker Prom on Saturday, October 1st, dress shirt or tie. Robot as a date, and a fundraiser for tor.noisebridge.net.
Dorkbot hoping to throw an event in 2 or 3 weeks, probably on a Wednesday. They are awesome.
5mof every third THURSDAY, september 15th.
On October 13-15th, hackmeet for hacktivism.
Financial Report[edit]
Funds in bank: $20,453.83
We're so close guys! If we had had this much last week we would be at our goal of 3 months operating expenses untouched. Another $1K+ in dues/donations this month would put us over the edge! I have transferred another $5K to our savings account (meaning it now has a little over 15K in it) and if I don't have to touch that in the next month or so for bill-paying, I'd say we're good! Will keep everyone posted in these coming weeks. --User:Hurtstotouchfire
Membership Binder[edit]
Lots of new memberships incoming!
Consensus items[edit]
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)
Discussion Items[edit]
Rob talks about the incident with Kayla, Jay and Duncan. from my understanding, he begins, somehow beer got spilt on her computer, and now it has turned into a blame game. I've read the mailing list accounts, and got one side of the stories.
The incident is as follow: Jay was inebriated and drunk, "belligerent". Duncan was sitting next to Kayla. Duncan had a beer and a burrito. Beer was tossed out of Duncan's hand, onto the computer.
How much drink had Duncan had? He had a Corona before hand.
Jay's email was held in a queue, everyone quietly read it on the big screen.
((Duncan says he saw Jay spill the beer.)) ((Jay says he saw Duncan spill the beer on Kayla's computer.))
Jorgen said Kayla couldn't come. We don't know about the laptop.
Zach says he'd be happy to look at it to help fix the laptop. The crux of the whole thing is the damage of the computer, but Things like this will happen in a collective space. One thing I'd like to come out of this, is some sort of protocol for when the police do get involved. That may have jumped the gun a little.
Jason: We have a pretty good understanding that they call the police if its absolute necessary, and also an understanding that people differ on that, and we can argue about it.
Zach says calling the police means different things. We don't know people's background, some people might see it as a simple thing, some people might see it as very serious.
The moderator suggests that we will talk about that another time.
We all read Duncan's email.
Jake read Kayla's email out. Jake believes the laptop is ruined.
Jake is very concerned, because nobody wants to call the police or get physical. Nobody wants to tell people if they're out of line. If everybody in a community decides that they don't want to deal with a problem, the community changes and not for the good.
Jay says that consuming alcohol does not change you into a wombat. Nobody involved in this was that drunk.
Jorgen, computer or not, accident or not, if somebody drunk gets asked to leave the premises, and you refuse to do so, then that individual makes a terrible mistake. It's not about you, it's about the community. If you refuse to leave, then that's not excellent.
Alex's story: I was there, and I'm going to give some background, and my opinion on what happened. When I met Jay for the first time, he was not feeling well, and passed out on the couch, and a woman who was also in pain with a migraine was there. My first impression of Jay was that he seemed really out of it and belligerent about not being asked to not sleep on the couch. We have a sense that anyone can ask someone not to sleep. You Jay, responded to being asked not to sleep on the couch, and the response was "fuck off!". You don't treat people like that in Noisebridge.
In this case, The number one thing you don't do, is say that if you want me to leave, you need to call the cops. When you say "I will not leave, these people are liars", you come across as belligerent. It makes everyone want to leave, you were speaking in a way that Buddhists call "bad speech". That first time, I asked you to respect other Noisebridgers.
I said then what I said at the evening of the incident, which was I'm not telling you to leave, I'm telling you that other people would like to leave, they've called the police. I too was asked to leave Noisebridge a long time ago -- I didn't petition then, I apologised and left the space for months.
The email shows that you do care. You seem like you want to obey Noisebridge's standards. I'm just saying that you're really bad at it. Anyone who wants to not be seen as "crazy" or "belligerent", needs to leave their struggles in the rest of their life at the door.
The last thing is: you gave me a completely conflicting version about the laptop. In my opinion, the laptop is the least of this. What ultimately is unacceptable is the way you behaved.
Rubin doesn't give a shit about a laptop. Stuff gets broken. What I do expect is to have good interactions here. It might be in your best interests to discuss how you behaved. (Rubin says please could we talk about behavior, not about the laptop.)
Jay: I would just like to alert people, although it may seem like I'm timid not a very interactive person, I'm always busy and working on things, and when people interfere with that -- as often happens here -- when people interfere with my work, it upsets me.
(Jay says he is not schizophrenic but has been through some traumatic experiences. he is working hard on his projects and doesn't like to be interrupted. He is timid and doesn't like confrontation, he is like a rabbit or a squirrel. )
I try to be very productive, whether it's the magazine or my the painting. I don't like interactions when I'm doing that. Because of that, perhaps, people will talk about me, instead of to me. I had some traumatic experiences, and so when I'm confronted by two or more people, so I freak out. This whole meeting is very hard for me to do.
Jason: Thank you for doing this. (Jason says he appreciates that this meeting is incredibly hard for Jay then. He asks if Jay can see that maybe some of his behavior is problematic. )I'd like to ask: is the description of how others have described you, the way you think you behave?
Jay: Well, this doesn't just happen here. I'm published widely, and my magazine is read very widely. I deal with this situation all the time. (Jay says he is a well known journalist and is on the covers of magazines and so on and people read him around the world.)
Jason: Could you answer the question?t
Jay: Yes, I behave like this. (I probably acted inappropriately toward Alex and mumbled or gave him a dirty look.)
Jason: Is there anything that you have regrets about? Because I'm hearing two very different descriptions of events, and I'd like to see some overlap.
Jay: I think I acted inappropriately to Alex in these two occasions. I don't think it was caused by him -- I think he was stepping into a situation.
Jayc: I've known Jay for some time. Other than that, my occurrences have been moderate to mediocre. One time in the laser room, Laurent was in the classrom, and I was using the laptop and the laser. I heard this huge stomping sound. It was scary. I was frankly concerned about the laptop and the laser getting affected by the stomping. Laurent went up to say "what the fuck is going on?" in a scared manner. That wasn't good.
Jason: Did something like this occur, Kay?
Jay: I was just felt that I wasn't allowed to work.
Jayc: As another member of the community, it was the most intense situation I've seen in NB. (General consensus that Jayc has seen his fair share of intense situations) When that happened, I literally leapt down the stairs to try and find out what was going down. One day, me and Carl were watching a show, three or four weeks ago. Jay came in, he came over, say down next to Elle, with no consideration for her. (Everyone talks about how El has been uncomfortable in the space.)
Jason: do you remember this?
Jay: [don't know]
Jay: Perhaps I shouldn't come here at night, perhaps I shouldn't drink. But I do think I'm can be a comfortable (fit with the space).
Jake: This journalism you describe, is that under your real name?
Jay: It's under (my real name, which is close to my given name). The magazine is taking up more of my time than my journalism.
Jake: Is that how you make money?
Jay: I also sell painting in the street. I have extensive experience in working in restaurants.
Jake: Do you make money on the painting?
Jay: I take donations.
Jake: Do you ever sell other types of things?
Jay: I sometimes sell food. I wouldn't make food here and then sell it though.
Jake: Where do you do this?
Jay: Valencia, 18th, the Castro, the police during the day have kicked me out there, also Powells.
Jake: You sell just artworkk?
Jake: T-shirts, sometimes.
Robert: Duncan stated that he walked past Jay on Saturday. He passed by Jay on the Castro St station, and Duncan saw Jay selling a black microscope.
Jason: You saw that?
Duncan: Yes.
Jason: Is this true? Were you selling a microscope?
Jay: No.
Jake: Where's our microscope gone, Jay?
Jay: I don't know. Duncan's trying to frame me.
Jason: This man is trying to frame you?
Jay: I don't know why everyone is critical of me. I don't know what Rob has against me -- he tried to destroy my art.
Rob: I cleared up. I threw some of the artwork out. I was sorry.
Wish: I like aestetics, flow. In the process, I watch what's going on. It went from hard liquor, and then beer, in the incidents before that. This is alcohol-related. It's always too self-centered. He sounds delusional. Not the kind of interaction that's fun.
Rubin: I feel that the alcohol stuff is by the by.
Dan: I haven't had any serious incidents. People have told me that they feel uncomfortable around him. El left permanently. I agree with you about not being able to get work done here, it's hard sometimes -- but you shouldn't take it out on people.
Jayc: In addition to what happened with the artwork, I made penance. He alerted me that he was missing a piece of art. I gave him $7 for the material. He came back with a bottle of booze.
There's a lot of people speaking about what's happened. We have two directions that we can go in as a community. We can take those negative aspects, and that will lead to Jay not being allowed into the space. Or we could let Jay consider how his behaviour has led to other people leaving, and see if there's a slow way to deal with it. His main worry seems to be that people talk about him behind his back. Let me be a fair moderator. He's helped cleaned up before. He's done some good. Up to us to figure out what we have to do. I think there should be a grace period. I want to collaborate, see if I can work with you as a peer. That's happened before -- if there's no peer, then errors may occur, and people don't reach out. We should give them a chance, and not in such an overwhelming way.
Jason: I think it reasonable that there should be a liason for Jay.
Rubin: Are you nominating yourself?
Jason: Suuure. I'd like to move that there's a suspension for a month.
Leif: I move that Jason not actually be the liaison , if he's suspending Jason for a month.
Jason: Okay, you be the liaison
Leif: Okay, fair enough.
Miloh: Man, if he stays around, I will leave.
Duncan: I think I have the right and fair expectation to have as Miloh said, to feel personally safe from physical harm. This is not an isolated incident. This is going on day in, day out. We're not a crisis shelter. I came here in early June. I have had similar problems to Jay. Noisebridge has helped me immensely. I am less feral. I am able to constrain themself. I've kept my word. I take great pride in that. We can not help everybody. I can't come here. I have had to leave Jay alone in this place. Noone else wanted to take responsibility. Following up, Jorgen, Robert, Danny, people who are here. And it's not just the nighttime.
Liz: But didn't we just say all this stuff to you two months ago?
Jay volunteers for a suspension for a month, and come back on October 6th.
Jake says that will reasonable.
Rubin disagrees with issuing a month suspension, and threatens to block.
Jay points out he's volunteering to leave, and Rubin, despite being a member, cannot actually block people's voluntary actions.
Jay says that he will need time to move his things out, so that might take a few days.
Everyone agrees that this is not acceptable.
Liz: Do you need a place to store your things?
Jay: No, but I need help to do it.
Liz: We can help you move your stuff. How about now?
Jay: I can't right now, the place I'd store my stuff is closed.
(Leif, Robert work with Jay to pick up his stuff at 4PM tomorrow)
Jason: We all agree that you need to move your stuff out at a clear time. It can't be ambiguous as to when you're leaving.
Rubin: One of the things here is when people do their main commercial work here. It makes it so that you end up getting stressed and mad if you're interrupted.
Leif: You said you shouldn't drink, and you shouldn't come at night. Are you willing to commit if you return?
Jay: (unclear)
Jason: Obviously you have different ways of things. After your break, are you willing to say you're not going to get drunk.
Jay: Yes.
Liz: It seems like Jay may not have heard them being critics, because you perceived them as being unreasonable. You seem to be responding to us all saying this at once, which is positive.
As a community, we need to deal with this beforehand. We seem to think that it's tattling to speak up about incidents early, but because nothing is said, it's hard for us to respond quickly as a community. this meeting has brought up plenty of incidents that we were unaware of. We need a way to intercede before dogpiling in in these meetings.
Jayc: I may not be a member, but I put in a lot of work. There reason why I deserve to donate 8 hours of time. Why? I contribute to doing something nice in the community because it's a nice community. I see where Jay is coming from, and the stress that thiss meeting is bringing up. I like the suspension period. Because of the lack of communication, there could have been a better resolution. There's a lot of people who say negative things. Maybe we get over ourselves, and come together. We could be other reasons why this is happening. I feel if someone had sat down with Jay earlier, it might have been resolved. THe microscope-- I don't care if he sold it, or Duncan sold it. I think we need better communication on all levels.
Robby the Intern:
I have something to say, although it's not really abou this.
A few months ago, I was in school, and the only way I learned about electronics was by searching the Internet. Then I interned here. I never believed I'd get to do all of this stuff. It's been amazing. I wanted to thank Zach, Lillia for for loops, Jake and H-Bridges, and Jason who I call the zen programmer, he taught me a lot about programming and philosophy. Ben taught me about being a hacker.
I think you guys are being too hard on yourselves. Just by making these guys sit here is a punishment in itself. A punishment for all of ourselves. Noisebridge is a great place. I come from the east bay, and I've seen people who have everything, behaving badly, selling iPhones. And I've seen people here at Noisebridge, who have nothing, say "Oh, look, it's X's Macbook Pro, they must have left it. We'll keep it safe, and give it to them when they come back."
This is an amazing place, and I want to thank you for all your time you gave me while I interned.
Rob: I think that hacking is about being more efficient. Let's continue to hack to make all of this thing that we want to continue, more efficient.
Duncan announces will be seeking a restraining order in court.
End of Meeting[edit]
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