text: Elton John and his partner plan to tie the knot this month The legislation, which comed into force on Monday, gives homosexual couples the same property and inheritance rights as married heterosexuals, and entitles them to the same pension, immigration and tax benefits. After a two-week waiting period they will be able to register their partnerships legally for the first time. Gary McKeever, of The Rainbow Project, which provides information, education and training for gay and bisexual men in Northern Ireland, where the first partnerships will be registered on 19 December, said: "We're getting what we deserve. "We have no plans to do anything spectacular. It's just going to be done in a dignified way." "We're getting what we deserve" Gary McKeever,The Rainbow ProjectThe usually flamboyant British singer Elton John epitomises the fuss-free attitude many gay couples are adopting. He and David Furnish, his partner of many years, plan to tie the knot on 21 December, the earliest possible date to do so in England. "The ceremony will be very private, a small family affair, David's parents, my parents and the two of us. They'll be our witnesses," John told gay magazine Attitude. Partnership not marriage Unlike those in Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Canada, Britain's civil partnership is not a marriage. Debra Reynolds, a registrar in Brighton - Britain's unofficial gay capital - says many homosexual couples have been together for decades and want a simple ceremony. "I would say 75% are keen to have one (a ceremony) ... but I would also say a lot of people are saying 'We don't want any fuss'," Reynolds told Reuters. "I would say 75% are keen to have one (a ceremony) ... but I would also say a lot of people are saying 'We don't want any fuss'"Debra Reynolds,Registrar in BrightonNevertheless, the new legislation has given a boost to companies eager to attract the so-called pink pound. A gay wedding show in London this month offered 100 displays from chocolate fountains to fuchsia commitment stationery. Firms promoted his-and-his cufflinks and wedding cakes topped with two male figurines. There has been little vocal opposition to the changes - Elton John believes that he and Furnish are "very lucky to live in Britain. I cannot think of a more tolerant place to live". Opposition However, pockets of resistance to same-sex partnerships and to homosexuality remain, not least in Northern Ireland. Homosexuality was legalised in Northern Ireland only in 1982 - 15 years after England and Wales. At the time, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - run then as now by Ian Paisley, a voluble Protestant cleric - ran a "Save Ulster from Sodomy" campaign. The DUP, the province's largest political party, opposed the civil partnership legislation, but says it supports equality. Gay rights groups, though, are sceptical. Earlier this month a DUP councillor said God sent Hurricane Katrina to punish New Orleans for organising a gay pride event. SOURCE: Reuters


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Gamers To Be Challenged With Finding Nemo
THQ Inc. will release Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo for GameBoy Advance, PlayStation2, Xbox and GameCube. Two Nemo games for PC and Mac are also on the way. Scheduled for release concurrent with the May 30 theatrical release of Finding Nemo, the titles are the first under the company's exclusive, multi-property publishing agreement with Disney Interactive and Pixar Animation Studios.
Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo for GameBoy Advance, in development by Vicarious Visions, is set in a 3D underwater environment and will allow players to become characters including Nemo, Marlin and Dory. The PlayStation2, Xbox and GameCube versions are in development by Travellers Tales.
THQ will also publish two different Nemo titles for the PC and Mac. Developed by KnowWonder, an Amaze Entertainment Studio, the games will include puzzles designed to cultivate exploration, cooperation and problem solving, while teaching children the value of courage, perseverance, trust and coming to the aid of one another.
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Introduction to the Faculty Advising and the Drahmann Center
The Drahmann Center has as one of its goals the support and training of faculty advisors. Faculty are encouraged to call the Drahmann Center to ask advising questions or for clarifications on university policy as regards student academics.
University advisors are also available to meet with faculty for training on advising generally and university core, or to discuss particular advising issues. Call the Drahmann Center to make an appointment: 408-554-4318 or email Diana Morlang email@example.com.
The Drahmann Center offers workshops for faculty advisors who are new to advising or wish to review general advising topics. Generally, workshops are offered in spring quarter prior to the Mandatory May Advising period. A Drahmann advisor can also meet with department faculty or attend department meetings to discuss advising.
Specialized Advising Resources
In addition to general advising, pre-health career and pre-law advising resources are also available.
Pre-health Career advising: Professor Steve Fedder leads the pre-health advising on campus. Advisors hold regular pre-health advising office hours for students in the Drahmann Center. Students can make appointments with a pre-health advisor on the Drahmann Center website. Pre-Health Advising
Pre-law advising: The Pre-Law Advising Council is a group of faculty who advise students interested in pursuing law school. Professor Brian Buckley heads the pre-law advising program on campus. Pre-Law Advising
Advising Expectations and Responsibilities
Faculty are assigned to advise students through their department and by the Drahmann Center.
The General Academic Advising Expectations and Responsibilities (PDF) explains the distribution of advising responsibilities among faculty advisors, university advisors and students. This document also highlights the learning outcomes anticipated from advising at SCU.
A student's individual faculty advisor is his or her primary resource for information and assistance on academic policy, curricular planning, and program choice.
Students may also make appointments with a University Advisor in the Drahmann Center for supplemental assistance, especially in regard to the exceptions to university policy (examples of these topics listed below.)
The following spreadsheets highlight advising responsibilities in the different colleges:
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MISANI Special to the AmNews | 1/22/2013, 2:55 p.m.
"There was an attempt to destroy it, but it didn't succeed, because we are performing his stories now," the distinguished international actor William Nadylam conveyed. His conversation centers around the South African writer Canodoise Daniel "Can" Themba and his short story "The Suit," which has been adapted into a play running Jan. 17 through Feb. 2 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Nadylam portrays Philemon, the male lead, in this staging by Peter Brook.
Themba, a journalist and short story writer, was one of the famous "Drum Boys" who wrote for the groundbreaking Drum magazine in the vibrant, culturally rich, multiracial community of Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The other members included journalists Lewis Nkosi, Nat Nakasa, Bloke Modisane and Es'kia Mphahlele.
"Themba was an intellectual," says Nadylam, who was born in Paris to a father from Cameroon and a mother from Reunion, the French island in the Indian Ocean. "The thing that was really touching for me is that [in the play] we were talking about the pre-existing intellectual life in South Africa before apartheid. Because we have been shocked by apartheid, we tend to forget that before that, there was something already standing."
Nadylam points out: "The aim of apartheid was to destroy not only the people, but what they built intellectually--to destroy and minimize their existence. And they were not just writers--there were doctors, lawyers, actors. They were Black people."
For this staging of "The Suit," the direction, music and adaptation are jointly credited to Brook, Marie-Helene Estienne and Franck Krawczyk. A 1990 staging was created by the South Africans Mothobi Mutloatse and Barney Simon.
The story concerns a man, Philemon, who is married to Mathilda (Nonhlanhla Kheswa). Nadylam conjectures that the characters are living lives similar to what Themba experienced at the time he wrote the short story. "We are talking about a man who is a writer, but mainly he is a journalist for a newspaper. He was trained as a teacher, but ends up a writer/journalist," Nadylam says.
Nadylam went on to explain that being a journalist/writer during the time of apartheid in South Africa was unlike being one in Paris, London or New York. "If you are a writer and do your job, you faced the difficulty of being an African man in a racist society, so before you finish doing your job, you are confronted with the difficulty [that] anything you do will be controlled." Themba had to run away after being viewed as "an enemy of the government," Nadylam says, and he died a year after going into exile.
"The thing about Themba is that throughout all his troubles, he still had the strength to smile and the strength to be happy. So this is a story that is a tragic one, but you laugh from beginning to end, and that's something typical to Africa, or maybe to Black people. You laugh from the beginning to the end. The capacity of putting laughter in the middle of a tragedy ... so the way I'm going to say it, it sounds really sad and tragic, but in fact it really does come across as a tragedy when you watch it."


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Readers of this blog will know that 1,5 years ago the European Commission published a 'roadmap' for an evaluation and fitness check of EU consumer law (as a part of its 'Regulatory Fitness and Performance Programme'; REFIT). Today, the Commission presented an analysis which is intended to "serve as a basis for further improving the legal framework of consumer and business" (click here for the press release). According to the Commission, "[t]he results show that while European consumers already benefit from strong consumer rights, there is room for improvement for instance when it comes to enforcing these rights or making them fit for the digital age".
For this analysis, six consumer directives have been reviewed, including the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, the Consumer Sales Directive and the Unfair Contract Terms Directive. Several issues are identified that should be addressed, such as limited redress possibilities and consumer rights not being fully adapted to the digital world. The Commission has announced that it will further examine rules concerning, inter alia, (civil law/contractual) remedies, online services and online platforms. It will also look into strengthening and harmonising the level of sanctions as well as injunctions and collective redress. This year (2017) a public consultation and an impact assessment will follow.


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Cookstown Area Plan 2010
Policy Framework: Community Uses
Responsibility for the provision of educational facilities in Cookstown District rests mainly with the Southern Education and Library Board (SELB) and the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS), supplemented by a number of voluntary authorities. The Department of Education for Northern Ireland retains overall responsibility for education policy and finance.
Pre-school Education
The Government is committed to the provision of pre-school education for all children whose parents wish it. This commitment is likely to be met through a combination of statutory, voluntary and private sector provision co-ordinated by the Pre-School Advisory Group of the SELB. It is anticipated that the demand for additional facilities for the provision of pre-school education in Cookstown District will be met on the sites of existing nursery and primary schools or at other appropriate locations within settlements.
Primary and Secondary Education
It is not anticipated that there will be a demand for additional land to expand primary education facilities in the District over the plan period.
The site of the Holy Trinity College in Cookstown, which provides secondary level education, is too small to meet anticipated needs and the Department of Education for Northern Ireland supports the Trustees of the College in acquiring a new site. Otherwise, it is not anticipated that there will be a requirement for additional land for secondary level education in the District over the plan period.
Further Education
Further Education facilities in the District are provided by the East Tyrone College at its Loy Street campus in Cookstown and by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development at Loughry College. It is anticipated that any land requirements for the expansion of these facilities over the plan period can be met on the existing sites.
Libraries and Youth Services
The SELB is also responsible for library provision within the District. There are libraries in Cookstown and Moneymore and a mobile library service is provided for the remainder of the District. No change in respect of library facilities is anticipated over the plan period.
The SELB's Youth Service provides a youth club at Cookstown High School and also gives financial assistance to a number of church and community based clubs throughout the District.
Health & Social Services
It is currently the responsibility of the Northern Health and Social Services Board to assess the health and social care needs of people living within Cookstown District and, with General Practice Fundholders, to secure care to meet those needs in keeping with available resources. Provision of community health and social care services to meet those needs at present rests mainly with the Homefirst Community Health and Social Services Trust, supplemented by a number of smaller agencies. The Department of Health and Social Services retains overall responsibility for policy and funding of major capital works.
The largest health care facility in the District is a community care centre at Orritor Road, Cookstown. This complex includes a health centre, an adult centre for people with learning disabilities, a residential home and a day centre. In addition it provides mental health services and accommodation for staff who arrange for the care of elderly people with disabilities including learning disabilities. There is also a family centre at Westland Road, Cookstown and a number of private residential and nursing homes located throughout the District. No major development in respect of health and social services facilities is anticipated over the plan period.
Community Services
Cookstown District Council Community Services are responsible for co-ordinating programmes of support for community based initiatives within the District. The Council assists community groups in identifying projects for their areas and provides revenue funding for community centres within the District.
Regional Planning Context
The Regional Development Strategy (RDS) identifies Cookstown as a main hub. The RDS states that the town centres of these hubs will be developed as locations providing employment, essential services and a range of cultural and leisure amenities. Decisions on the future location of new public sector development for a variety of functions, including health and education, will take into account the strategic role of the main towns.
The Department's regional planning policies for community uses in Cookstown District are currently set out in A Planning Strategy for Rural Northern Ireland.
Supplementary Planning Guidance is contained in Development Control Advice Note 9: Residential and Nursing Homes and Development Control Advice Note 13: Créches, Day Nurseries and Pre-School Playgroups.
An unforeseen demand for new community facilities may arise over the lifetime of the Plan. Accordingly, a flexible approach is required in considering such development within settlement limits in order to make the most effective use of existing facilities, infrastructure, utilities and resources.


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Remarks Prepared for Energy Secretary Bodman
Much of my time lately has been devoted to explaining why the price of gasoline has risen so sharply.
President Bush understands the pinch this is creating for American consumers and has come forward with a variety of steps to address the problem.
Rapid economic growth in emerging economies like China and India-and the growth here in the U.S.-have pushed up demand.
Political unrest in some oil-producing regions has tightened supply.
The transition from winter gasoline to summer blends, and the phase out of the additive MTBE in favor of ethanol, have increased the pressure on the market.
Most significantly, we have very little spare refining capacity in this country.
In part, this is a consequence of last year's hurricanes.
Even as we prepare for the next storm season, refinery capacity is still less than peak. with several refineries only now coming back to full production, while others are conducting necessary maintenance that was delayed in the aftermath of Rita and Katrina.
Even apart from the damage the storms caused, we have not built any new refineries in this country in thirty years.
That is why President Bush has called on Congress to ease the permitting process for new and expanded refineries, as part of his four-point plan for addressing gas prices.
So I am pleased to have this opportunity to congratulate Motiva Enterprises--a joint venture of Shell Oil Company and Saudi Refining Inc.--on their progress toward expanding the capacity here at Port Arthur.
I know they have already completed initial project scoping and process design for the possible expansion.
This would help add much-needed supplies of transportation fuels to the U.S. market, especially the Eastern and Southern regions of the country, and make a significant contribution toward the industry-wide goal of an additional 1.5 million bpd of refining capacity.
I realize that there are still details to be worked out, because the factors involved in successful expansion are numerous and complicated.
But I want to encourage you to move ahead with your plans as quickly as possible. and to bring additional capacity online at the earliest possible date.
At the same time, we are all aware of the challenges the industry must confront from hurricanes here in the Gulf.
When you're talking about a level-five hurricane, with winds up to 150 miles per hour and coastal wave surges 20 to 30 feet high. there are limits on what we can do.
But we have been working hard to be as prepared as we can be.
Our Department has sponsored several conferences and follow-up meetings with other federal departments, state and local officials, and industry. to share lessons learned.
We are using the DOE's National Laboratories to develop better computer modeling of how storms affect the coast.
Above all, we have been bringing together the relevant parties to ensure that improved communication and coordination will lead to a better federal response to future storms.
All of us hope the coming hurricane season will be less punishing than last year.
In any event, I can assure you the Energy Department has absorbed lessons from last year's experience and is prepared to do everything we can to mitigate disruptions to the nation's energy supplies.
And once again, congratulations to Motiva on your progress toward expanding refining capacity.
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Health data breaches vs. security incidents: a primer
Under the HIPAA Notification Rule, all HIPAA-covered entities and business associates are required to provide notification after a breach of unsecured protected health information. The Federal Trade Commission has similar breach provisions that apply to vendors of personal health records and third-party service providers.
So what's the difference between a breach and a security incident?
OCR describes a breach as "impermissible use or disclosure that compromises the security or privacy of protected health information." But providers must presume that impermissible use or disclosure was a breach unless it can prove undeniably there's a low probability PHI was compromised.
[Special Report: Ransomware rising but where are the breach reports?]
A risk assessment will make this determination through these factors:
- The nature and extent of involved PHI, such as identifiers and the likelihood the data can be used for re-identification;
- Who used the information or to whom the disclosure was made;
- Whether the PHI was acquired or viewed
- Whether the risk to PHI was mitigated
A security or privacy incident, on the other hand, is "any observable occurrence in the system or network" that violates an organization's security or privacy policies when it comes to sensitive information like Social Security numbers or confidential medical information, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
Enter ransomware. This new breed of attack makes it tricky to determine if the violation is a breach or an incident, as many providers assume the hacker is just shutting down the system and not viewing the data.
But with new ransomware strains able to wipe clean an entire site, that presumption may be unfounded.
Emory Brain Health Center, for instance, was part of a misconfigured MongoDB Database hacked in January that wiped the data of more than 200,000 patients. These types of files are often used for medical fraud and forgery of medical bills. Emory began notifying patients of the breach in March.
Other providers may also be viewing ransomware as security incidents instead, as organizations like Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, Kansas Heart Hospital and other major health systems were hit with ransomware attacks that shut down systems in 2016 — those attacks took place before OCR issued guidance on ransomware.
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Washington (CNN) - Sen. Jim DeMint said Wednesday that Florida Gov. Charlie Crist should abandon his Senate bid and endorse his Republican primary rival.
DeMint was asked about chatter that Crist, trailing badly against Marco Rubio in the primary, might decide to run as an independent instead. "I hope that won't happen," he responded.
"That is a sour grapes approach - when you find out you can't win, you bail out just like Arlen Specter did in his [Pennsylvania Republican] primary against Pat Toomey," DeMint said of a possible independent bid by Crist. "I hope that doesn't happen in Florida."
DeMint made his remarks about Crist during a conference call organized to tout his endorsement of Colorado Republican Senate candidate Ken Buck.
The South Carolina senator threw his support to Rubio last summer, before conservative activists rallied around the former state House speaker and catapulted him from a long-shot candidate to the frontrunner for the GOP nomination. DeMint has since been one of Rubio's most prominent backers.
Though Crist and his aides have pledged repeatedly that the governor will remain a Republican candidate, his campaign in recent days has avoided questions about a possible independent bid, sparking a new round of speculation and gossip. Crist has until April 30, the filing deadline, to remain in the GOP primary.
"I think there is magnanimous way for Marco's opponent to step out and support him," DeMint said of Crist.
the gop crying?????? why doesn't the gop call on NAILIN PALIN to come save the day and charge them $100,000.00 to do it... I'm sure she could see Cuba from fla.
go indy and vote indy... thats what we want..... we are the teaparty....
No he shouldn't. Crist should stay in the race and let the people of Florida decide which one they want to represent them, if either. The voters should be allowed to make the choice.
Sorry Senator DeMint, but you're wrong. Crist should change parties to Independent and run. We still haven't heard the last of the $40,000 per month politicos in FL were putting on credit, Rubio being one of them. Just what we need, another crooked Senator who thinks he can take whatever, no questions asked, to enrich himself personally. Good grief, enough already.
"That is a sour grapes approach..." Please–DeMint's Waterloo, anyone?
Gov. Crist should veto the unpopular Merit-Pay Bill that the FL Legislature pushed thru to attack teachers and our children's public education (again). It would actually earn him credibility amongst Floridians to run as an Indepedent.
Stop wasting time/resources on DeMint, er I mean Rubio. This is FL, not SC.
We should listen to Demented because of his divisive politics?
I think not.
Don't drop out, Charlie. Let Floridians elect a right-wing nutcase. That way, you can have the later satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."
didn't Rubio go out to south Carolina to suck up Jim Demint the just
say no to everything senator another republican hillbilly I think charlie
Crist should go independent because he will win over Rubio the
only reason he is telling him to drop out is because he knows
Rubio will lose
Actually I don't see anything wrong with Crist leaving the GOP and going independent. Previously that would have been a bad idea, but today is entirely different.
There is a clear group of people that are no longer far enough right to support the GOP, nor far enough left to support the Dems. What's the obvious choice, look for someone in the middle.
If Crist thinks that he won't win with Republicans because he's not far enough right, then catering towards the middle independent, Republican, and Democrat voters makes perfect sense. Possibly even a winning one.
DeMint should be the one to resign. He is an open racist, blames the poverty of his state (SC) on the black residents, is anti-American, has called for America to fail and was the one that proclaimed Republicans would make "healthcare Obama's waterloo". He has been a total obstructionist, one of the worst Republican party liars and fear mongers and is a total disgrace to his office.
We need to get ALL Republicans like DeMint out of office. They are not fit to serve and are betraying our country and our People with their do-nothing attitudes and condoning of violence among their lunatic tea baggers and milita groups.
Wake up SC – especially the black citizens and get this racist jerk out of office. He is NO friend of SC and is a traitor to our democracy!
Crist is one of the RARE Republicans who tries to do what is right and best for his constituents. Rubio is a tea bagger nutjob who would be dangerous in office.
Decent Americans need to stand up and scream "NO MORE" to these hate spewing, fear mongering, lying, violence-supporting Republicans. They DO NOT represent America. They have NOTHING to offer to restore or move America forward. NO leadership. NO solutions. NO concern for working families. NO and NOTHING is all they are and represent.
We need REAL leaders who do love this country, will work for the People who elected them (vs corporations), will move America foward with new technologies, new energy sources, new job environments, and even more trusted relationships with our Allies to make us safe from foreign attacks.
Right now, because of Republican hate and encouragement, the FBI reports we are in high danger of domestic terrorism from these lunatic Republican fringe groups.
NO MORE Republicans in elected office. They are dangerous to our nation, to our unity as Americans, and to our democratic government.
Vote them ALL out in November. We will NOT tolerate their shameful and treasonous actions.
Hey Charlie,
How about you focus on the job you forgot about. You know, the Gov. of Florida thing.
I don't care for Crist that much but I would rather him be senator than Rubio.
Crist is losing because republicans now he will work with democrats on issues.
I have a better idea - why doesn't DeMint quit!
Yes. Please do drop out Gov. Christ so that right wing tea-party loving Rubio can be the candidate....We (Democrats) will gladly receive all of the votes of the independents and other reasonable Floridians that will come our way as a result!!!
Serves you right, Mr. Crist!
You allowed the crazies to define you. You should have remained moderate and a voice of reason. You deserve what you get.
DeMint is right. Crist is dying in Florida since the voters finally realized what a RINO Crist is. Go home, Charlie. Shoo! We're cleaning house in the US of A.
With the gop....it's the party.......it's always the party....it's never the people.
Jim should quit – he is a complete jerk!
A moderate Republican is getting bashed by his own party. Doesn't surprise me at all. Let the Conservative wing of the Party take control. Americans won't stand for the Right Wing approach for much longer, and it will guarantee moderate wins during the next two elections cycles.
Hey dimwit, the hero of the president of the teabaggers, pam stout. This syas it all about you, doesn't it?
Why don't you worry about your own seat and leave Crist alone.
Do you even know where Florida is located on a US map?
......Hey, jim(waterloo)demint. Should stick s.c. politics. And stay out of Florida politics. I'm no fan of republicans. But if i had to choose. It would'nt be marco(batista)rubio. By the way. I want to see his birth certificate.......
Sour grapes approach? I wonder if DeMint said the same thing about Joe Lieberman when he ran as an independent after losing in the Democratic primary in Conn.
See, if you wait long enough, these scumbags will destroy each other...pass the popcorn!
Maybe Crist can move to S.Carolina and run for Demint's seat. On second thought, Crist has way too much common sense to run for any seat in S.C.
I think it is poor form to have the republicans turn on Gov Crist the way they've.done . They did the same thing to John McCain in the presidential primaries. By the time McCain was the nominee there had been so much bad press he could'nt win . Crist and McCain should both become independents and then watch the RNC and the republicans have a fit. Gov Crist you own nothing to a party leadership who shows you no loyalty.


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Executive Director Carmen Lopez, was recently featured on a Native America Calling show focused on scholarships. On the show, she and other speakers detail steps that students can take to secure funding to make college more affordable. Take a listen to the show that was recorded on October 4, 2016 at the following link: http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-october-4-2016-scholarships/
For the second consecutive year, we are proud to announce that we will be holding free college fairs open to the public at both of our College Horizons host sites - first at Hawaii Prep Academy (HPA) in Kamuela, HI on June 20, 2013 and at New York University (NYU) in New York, NY on July 11, 2013. Each fair features our partner institutions as well as schools coming exclusively for the fair. See below for copies of the flyers. Please help spread the word to families, educators and students who will be present in the area.
Students, families and educators who attend the fair will have the opportunity to speak directly with college admission representatives from each of the schools on the flyer. To download the flyers as PDFs, click on the following links: HPA College Fair Flyer & NYU College Fair Flyer.
A huge thanks and shout out to our generous sponsors and hosts for helping provide this unique opportunity: Hawaii Prep Academy, New York University, University of Southern California, University of Rochester and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs. For a brief description of each school represented at the college fairs, please visit our Colleges page.
College Fair in Kamuela, Hawaii
College Fair in New York City
This past Sunday, three alumni from our programs and Hillary Abe (our Coordinator of Recruitment) had the opportunity to record a live broadcast. In it, they candidly discuss their experiences at our program. Listen to what they liked, what was most difficult and what they took away from the program in this unedited recording. We even had one student join us from his dorm room - awesome!
A huge THANK YOU to the Native Hawaiian alumni who were able to serve on this panel: Ernest Tavares CH '10 & '11, Emily McLain CH '12 and Holeka Inaba CH '11. You all did amazing and it was the highlight of our week - we couldn't have done this without you!
So without further ado, we hope you enjoy hearing about our programs from the most important people we serve:


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First time contributor Aaron Vadovic built this 1938 Mack BX from a Sheepscot kit with Alloy Forms wheels and tires. The winch is also from Alloy Forms. Aaron made the decals on his computer and used scenic "rust" on the bumper and chassis.
Posted March 29, 2008
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The Weekend Surf Forecast 17 - 19 March, 2017
Forecast issued Thursday, 16 March 2017
With one hand, Mother Nature giveth. With the other, she taketh away. While this certainty doesn't apply to every surfing region, the outlook for Eastern Seaboard definitely brings the phrase to mind. The entire East Coast remains under the influence of a deepening low pressure trough that, while delivering copious quantities of easterly swell, will also bring strong onshore, easterly quarter winds to the region all weekend.
In contrast, both Victoria and South Australia experience mostly favourable N to NE winds all weekend – but both states will come up a little short with respect to swell – at least until Sunday afternoon. Over west, there's a major swell inbound this weekend; arising from an intense low pressure system that set up over the southern Indian Ocean over the last few days. But what would otherwise be an epic swell will, in the first instance, be tarnished by onshore WSW winds on Saturday. It won't be until the swell begins to ease Sunday that conditions start to turn on under favourable SE winds.
SEE ALSO: Swell Diary, Saturday 11 March In Pictures
Sydney, Newcastle and the South Coast
Relentless. That's a one word forecast for this weekend. We're now in the midst of a dynamic synoptic pattern that's set to deliver not just one, but two powerful swells; both originating within relatively close range of the coast.
As the current ENE swell continues to run at slightly lower levels on Friday morning a robust southerly change kicks in at 20 to 25 knots; leading in rapidly deteriorating conditions as SSE windswell builds steeply into the afternoon. The change leads in a robust SE fetch extending out across the southern Tasman Sea – and going on latest model runs this will be strong enough to keep SE swell dominant at a solid 4 to 5ft+ on Saturday morning, with a slow decline following during the day.
If that isn't enough to keep you busy, then just wait until Sunday. Over the same time-frame we have a strengthening ENE fetch developing throughout the central and northern Tasman Sea; strong enough to send in a large pulse of ENE swell; peaking in the vicinity of 3 to 5ft across the region, with scope for larger 4 to 6ft sets across those venues focussing the swell.
SEE ALSO: Jock Serong's Short History Of Grommets
ENE windswell. 2 – 4ft exposed breaks, superseded by steep rising SSE windswell picking up towards 2 – 4ft south facing breaks during the day and up to 3 – 5ft+ into the afternoon. WIND: Early calm to light WSW 5 knots, turning S 15 to 25 knots during the morning, then SSE and SE later.
SE swell mixing with underlying ENE swell. Choppy 3 – 5ft+ exposed breaks early, setting during the afternoon. WIND: Early ESE 10 to 15 knots tending E during the afternoon.
Solid ENE swell. Sets around 4 – 5ft+ exposed breaks, grading smaller elsewhere. WIND: ENE around 5 to 10 knots early, tending NE 10 to 15 knots later in the day.
Queensland and Far Northern NSW
Over the last few days the forecast outlook has been more of a moving feast than a sure bet. Persistent model divergence and regular shifts in the forecast synoptic pattern have lent persistent uncertainty to the outlook – particularly with respect to local winds.
The good news is Friday is looking pretty good across the entire region. A broad surface trough situated immediately east of the region is projected to remain just far enough offshore to keep winds favourable; initially light WSW early before turning to the south and freshening into the afternoon.
The outlook for weekend, unfortunately, isn't looking so rosy. As the trough moves in towards the coast winds are set to swing east and freshen once more; bringing rising swell and choppy, onshore conditions – not to mention more rain. Saturday holds the best potential for some action inside the points and bays as wind-direction remains ESE to SE; potentially approaching near gale force as the trough moves in during the afternoon. By Sunday, however, may turn into a lay-day for all concerned. A still strong easterly airflow is likely to leave little in the way of reasonable options, so it's worth capitalising on what's on offer between now and then.
SEE ALSO: The Real Mikey Wright, Nothing To Lose
E tradewind swell. Ranging from 2 – 4ft exposed open breaks, grading smaller inside the points and bays. WIND: Early light WSW around 5 to 10 knots, tending variable, then SSE 10 to 20 knots during the afternoon.
Rising E tradewind swell. Sets around 3 – 4ft exposed breaks, picking up towards 3 – 5ft during the afternoon. Grading smaller inside the points and bays. WIND: Model divergence contingent on location and movement of trough/ low. Possibly strong ESE/ SSE 20 to 30 knots, potentially freshening later. Scope for lighter SSW to SSE winds contingent on movement of trough/low.
E tradewind swell. Consistent 3 – 4ft+ exposed breaks, grading smaller inside the points and bays. WIND: E 15 to 20 knots, freshening to 15 to 25 knots later.
All signs point to Victoria's exposed beaches this weekend. A steady run of small to mid-sized WSW and SW swells should keep surf-heights at solid 3 to 5ft levels on Friday, preceding an overnight drop into the 3ft range by Saturday morning. Onshore SSE winds keep quality down on Friday, but they're set to swing NE overnight, making for excellent conditions on Saturday morning. Likewise, lighter northerly quarter winds will see another great day of smaller, but high quality conditions on Sunday; starting out undersized at a less consistent 2 to 3ft, with scope for some infrequent bigger sets as the leading edge of a long-range SW groundswell start to show up late in the day.
SEE ALSO: Kirra's Long Lines
W to WSW swell wrap. Around 3 – 5ft exposed beaches. Grading to 2ft across the Surf Coast. WIND: SSE to SE 5 to 15 knots.
Faded WSW swell. Sets around 2 - 3ft+ exposed coasts. Grading to 1 - 2ft across the Surf Coast. WIND: Early light NE tending variable, then mild ESE seabreeze later.
WSW swell mixing with new long period SW sets. Slow 2 - 3ft exposed beaches with occasional 3-4ft forerunner sets arriving in evening. Grading flat to occasionally 1 - 2ft across the Surf Coast. WIND: Calm to light NNW to NNE tending light SE 5 to 10 knots.
Western Australia
The onset of a major swell event sees a rapid transformation in conditions across the Southwest this weekend. While Thursday's large SW pulse settles to more accessible levels Southwest on Friday, this will only provide a brief hiatus, preceding the onset of a similarly large, long-period episode arriving from deep in the southern Indian Ocean.
This event is projected to start out undersized early Saturday ahead of a steep rise as it kicks in during the day, so if you find yourself amongst a deepwater break keep your wits about you. Unfortunately winds are looking far from ideal on Saturday; with moderate WSW winds probably limiting most of the action to the Bays. The good news is light to moderate SE winds are on the cards for Sunday, potentially making for good to great conditions as SW groundswell slowly backs off throughout the day.
Faded old SW swell. Southwest coast: 3-5ft. Perth/Mandurah: 1ft+. WIND: Light and variable early, tending S then WNW 10-15kts in afternoon.
New SW groundswell fills in long period sets. Onshore winds. Southwest coast: 6-8ft, rising 10-12ft at deepwater breaks in afternoon. Perth/Mandurah: 2ft rising 3ft later. WIND: WSW 10kts early, rising SW 15-20kts in afternoon.
Long period SW groundswell slowly easing and improving wind. Southwest coast: 5-8ft with inco 8-10ft sets at deepwater breaks. Perth/Mandurah: inconsistent 2-3ft. WIND: Light SSE wind early 5-10kts, tending S 10kts in afternoon.
South Australia
You might have to wait until Sunday afternoon before conditions really start to turn on across the region this weekend. While Friday sees a new pulse of SW swell pushing set waves up into the 3ft range across the South Coast, onshore winds will keep quality in check all day.
By Saturday morning conditions should be much improved under lighter north-easterlies, but the swell will be lacking, having faded overnight into the 1 to 2ft range. That leaves us with Sunday – and in the first instance it's likely to be looking similarly subdued as smaller-scale SW continues to hover around 2ft. From that point onwards things are on the up, with the leading edge of a long-range SW groundswell slated to push up to inconsistent 2 to 4ft levels into the afternoon.
SW groundswell. Sets up to 2 - 4ft exposed South Coast beaches, easing later. Grading to 1 - 2ft across the Mid Coast. WIND: ESE 5 to 10 knots, tending SSE and freshening to 10 to 15 knots during the afternoon.
Faded SSW swell. Around 2ft exposed South Coast beaches. Grading to 0.5ft across the Mid Coast. WIND: Early light NE tending light SE during the arvo.
Long period SW groundswell builds in under light winds. Infrequent sets ranging from 1 - 3ft exposed South Coast breaks early, rising to 2 – 4ft later. Grading to 1 - 2ft across the Mid Coast. WIND: Early light NE, tending to light seabreezes later.
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There's a wave with your name on it this weekend.
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Standout Sessions
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A Beaut New Asher Pacey Film, Slater on Aussie Ninja Warrior, and Which Tag-Team Will Win the WSL's New Pool Comp?
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Oblong folio (26 x 39 cm), pp. 503. Deluxe limited edition in gray buckram-covered slipcase. Signed on vellum limitation page by author, artists Hayden Lambson and Dallen Lambson, and publisher Bary Provorse. Limited to 100 numbered copies, this one is unnumbered; however a note on the limitation page reads, "In addition, 20 author's proof/artist's proof copies are being printed for the use of the author, the artists and their families. Over time a very few of those 20 may be made available to major conservation organizations, to be used solely for conservation fundraising purposes." Full leather with gilt stamped text and author's facsimile signature, bear image blind stamped on front board. All edges gilt. Green endpapers. Green ribbon bookmark sewn-in. Illustrated throughout with color paintings and black and white drawings. Crease to half-title page and staining to slipcase, else fine. No jacket, as issued."A comprehensive account of the author's successful achievement of the so-called Super Slam, taking all species of North American big game listed in the Pope and Young record books … the first hunter to do so hunting barebow, 'without the aid of any yardage sight-pins, or any other devices attached to the bow for aiming purposes.' … The format does full justice to the magnificent animals Dunn pursues. Chapters are fronted with full-page paintings by Hayden Lambson and Dallen Lambson. Their fine artwork captures the noble essence of each species with a stylized realism that complements Dunn's writing. … With Dunn's Barebow!, we get a beautifully illustrated album of North America's great big game species and detailed accounts of one hunter's experiences pursuing each." –Gray's Sporting Journal First Edition.
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If you are a regular or just looking at Vineyard, you are warmly invited to join us at 10.30 am in the Delphi Centre in Newton Road, Sudbury this Sunday. We are an informal growing family church, contemporary in style with traditional Christian beliefs.
This will be a special Sunday when we dedicate Evie Reed. You are invited to bring some food and drink to share for a potluck lunch together afterwards . We then hope to have some games together for the younger ones on the grass outside. Jumpers for goalposts spring to mind!


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If you have a Newpaper Clipping with Monroe County Connections
Such as Reunions, Anniversaries, articles found in Social pages, & other interesting newsworthy items, I'll be happy to add them. Send them here for posting.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buell Blair 50th Wedding Anniversary
Watkins Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Spivey of Baker celebrated their golden wedding
Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Ellis, 50'th Anniversary
Baker's Creek
Charles Jones killing
Cheoah, NC - engine explosion
Floyd Thomas killed
George D. Hutton's death
Pitt Rose murdered
Sheriff McKeehan and Charles E. Ray (see another article below)
Joseph E. Houston's Golden Wedding Anniversary
Indian Towns
Citico Defeat
Polly Millsaps
Carringer Post Office / Happy Top
John Dotson Dies
Benjamin Woodside drowns
Bob Taylor killed
Harley Dale drowns
Sheriff Charles Ray killed
Torbett's Ancient Coins found
Jack Hunt executed
Deputy-Sheriff Tom Blair killed
Fight between Russell, Weaver and Mabry
Taylor Bros. Sawmill
John Stowers
Dwellers on Island Creek
New Hope School (caption only)
Sweetwater Seminary for Young Ladies
Letter from Davy Crockett to Madisonville's John O. Cannon
Death of Joseph Divine
Baker's grave
Ghost story by Isaac Lindsey
Road Workers unearth bones of Indian
George Montgomery murdered!
John Taylor
Jim McGhee of Vonore
Gideon Morgan Indian Claim
Tildie Clemmer's fall
Maj. Wm. Bayless' Fig Tree
J.M. Brookshire released from prison
Cannon unearthed
Family research query on John Ferguson
Buster Dugan captured
Hedden family wounded and killed
"My Day & Locality" by C.W. Hicks, ca 1916
Howard, McGhee, Jones Feud articles
Other articles of interest
50th Wedding Anniversary announcement of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Buell Blair - approximately December 1950 (Mrs. Blair was formerly Miss Lonie Ethel Watkins of Monroe County, TN)
Married 50 Years Special to The News-Sentinel
Etowah, December 23 - Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Blair observed their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home here Sunday. All of their six children were present, including two daughters, Mrs. M. M. Case of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Buford Long of Louisville, Ky.; and four sons, Claude Blair, Burline Blair and Harless Blair of Etowah, and Herman Blair of Oak Ridge.
Mr. and Mrs. Blair were married in their native Monroe County a half century ago, Mrs. Blair was the former Miss Lonie Watkins. They later moved to Chattanooga where Mr. Blair was employed by the Southern Railway. They came to Etowah in 1911. Mr. Blair was an L & N employee here for 22 years as a peace officer. He was deputy sheriff, constable and police chief. Their son, Claude, is commissioner of fire and police in Etowah and another son, Burline, is police chief.
Submitted by: Susan Kendall
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A write-up of the annual Watkins Family Reunion, probably in the 1940's or 1950's. Annual Reunion Held Sunday By Watkins Family
The annual Watkins family reunion was held Sunday at Quinn's Springs near Etowah. W. M. Green was elected president of the group and Miss Nellie Sue Green, secretary.
Those present were Mr. and Mrs. J. U. McKeehan of Miami, Fla.; Mrs. Cordie White of Nashville, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Scarbrough of Lenoir City, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Blair of Etowah, J. R. and W. R. Watkins of Chattanooga, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Blair and daughter of Oak Ridge, Mrs. W F. Hampton of Cleveland, Mrs. Charles Culpepper of Hope Mills, Nc, J. A. Watkins, W. C. Watkins, Broxie Watkins, J. Noyall Watkins, J. R. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hammond Jr., and daughter Vivian of Memphis; Mrs. Buford Long of Louisville, Ky; Mr. and Mrs. G. H . Hall and daughter Marion of Knoxville, Mr. and Mrs. Leon Triplett of Rome, Mr. and Mrs. Hoyal M. Bull of Athens, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Watkins, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Long, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Lyles, and Mrs. Sarah Watkins of Maryville, Miss Flossie Cunningham of Copperhill, Miss Ruth Scarbrough, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Scarbrough and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wilcox and children of Lenoir City. Mr.and Mrs. L. H. Case and son, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Frank, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Case, Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Case, Mrs. Annie Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Walker, all of Chattanooga; Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Watkins of Maryville, Mr. and Mrs. Harless Blair and J. Kenneth Blair, Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Morrison, Mr.and Mrs. Sam Lattimore, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harper and son, Larry; Robert N. Harper, Mr.and Mrs. W. A. Blair, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Green and son, J. R.; Miss Nellie Sue Green, Roy Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thomas and daughters, Gordon Thomas and Mrs. Dovie Bledsoe of Etowah.
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SOCIETY PAGE - Democrat Herald - 1937 - Baker City, Oregon 50th Anniversary of Wedding Celebrated
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Spivey of Baker celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at the family home, 2045 Virginia Street, February 13th. They were married at Tellco Plains, Tennessee and came to Baker 17 years ago. Mrs. Spivey was 71 years old December 29, 1936. They are the parents of six sons and one daughter and have 24 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
A lunch was served at the Spivey home Saturday to friends who called to extend congratulations. A family dinner was served Sunday. Among those present were: W.F. Spivey of The Dalles, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Spivey and daughter of LaGrande, Luther Spivey and family, Harvey Spivey and daughter, Mrs. Allen Ellis and family, Thurston Ellis and family and Thomas Ellis and family.
Mr. Spivey, who is employed by the Stoddard Lumber company, and Mrs. Spivey received many beautiful gifts.
information by:Linda Spivey Bjorklund
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Baker City Herald-Baker City, Oregon- May 1960
Local Couple Celebrates 50th Year Wed
Mr. and Mrs. Allen F. Ellis celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 15 with their family.
The couple was married in 1910 in Tellico Plains, Tenn., by the Rev. Beavers.
Three of the couple's eight children are living, two of them in Baker and a son, Thurston and family who reside in Burney, Calif. The Baker residents are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Dunn, and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ellis. Thurston and his wife Georgianna, were here for the weekend to help their parents celebrate. They also lived for many years in Baker.
Submitted by: Linda Spivey-Bjorklund
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A very disgraceful scene was enacted at the decoration at Bakers Creek last Saturday. Three young men, Wess and Gus Steele and Esq. Kings son were drunk, and very boisterous, disturbing the people who had gathered to lay flowers upon the graves of departed loved ones. They were arrested by Sheriff J.H. Pickens and gave bond for their appearance at Court. They resisted the officer but were soon taken in tow. It is a shame that such things occur.
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Maryville Times, Saturday, September 22, 1900
At Madisonville on Tuesday at 12 oclock
Charles Jones met a very tragic death at the little village of Madisonville on Tuesday. Charles with his sons Moultrie and Ole have more than once charmed a Maryville audience, with their musical tallent being expert musicians. For the past summer they have been at Alleghany Springs, and several time furnished music for the visitors there.
The cause of the fight was the old McGhee-Howard feud which has existed for years, which has already caused the death of two of the Howard family, Henry and Ernest, who were alleged to have been killed by John McGhee and son, Joe. The Jones are related to the McGhees by marriage.
The men who engaged in the fight were Cal and Tom Howard and Denton and another man whose name we did not learn representing the Howard side with Josh and Charles Jones and sons Moultrie and Ole on the McGhee side.
The men met at the Clew Hotel where they had gone for dinner. The fight occured on the porch and in front of the hotel in the street. It is not known what was the cause of the present difficulty, but Charles Jones made statements just before his death in which he stated that Tom and Cal Howard approached him after the adjournment of court, and began some rough talk. He claimed that Josh Jones who was with him asked the Howards to leave, as they did not want any trouble with them, but more words passed and Tom Howard drew his revolver and fired, and at the same time he and Joshua drew their pistols. He also claimed that four shots which were in his breast were fired by the Howards after he had fallen to the ground. He was shot five times, the four spoken of above and once in the abdomen. Josh Jones was shot twice, under the heart and in the neck.
Cal Howard was shot three times, but the wounds are all slight. Tom Howard was cut in the right arm with a knife and his vest was grazed by a bullet. The two other men on that side were uninjured.
About twenty shots were fired and the fighting furious for a few minutes. It seems remarkable that no others were killed as the streets were crowded, it being court week.
All the surviving parties are under arrest. It is feared that there will be more trouble in the future.
The following is taken from the Knoxville Sentinel:
Madisonville, Tenn. Sept. 19.--The fatal shooting affray here yesterday continues to be the topic of discussion. Tuesday when court adjourned at noon, Charles and Josh Jones went to the Clew House, which is directly opposite the court house, for dinner. They sat down on the porch and Clew Hicks, the proprietor, handed Charles Jones a paper. In a few minutes, one of the Howards
stepped into the hotel and with an oath said to the proprietor that he would not stop there if the Jones were there. Josh Jones arose and told Howard that he did not want to have trouble. Howard then backed out in the yard and pulled his pistol. Charles Jones got up to stop Howard and prevent him from shooting. As he did so, Howard fired the first shot, which hit Charles Jones. Immediately, several others around began to shoot. One of the participants was in the sample room and fired four shots through the window. Calvin Howard is dangerously wounded as is also Josh Jones. Charles Jones lived only a few minutes after the shooting occured. Tom Howard was not seriously hurt.
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Cheoah, NC---Last week a terrible accident occured at L.J. Kerles on Conleys Creek that resulted in the death of six men and the wounding of six others. At 9 oclock a.m. the earth trembled and the mountains echoed with the terriffic noise caused by the dreadful explosion of Beggars 22 horse power engine and the scene that greeted the eyes of the beholders was awful. The body of Henry Smith, (col.) was picked up 150 yards from his post of duty. All the machinery was scattered about in the wildest confusion--the groans of the wounded rent the air and the mangled bodies of the dead completed this picture of horror. The killed are: Ben McMahan, Lee McMahan, Dick Nichols, Jesse Gunter, James O. Kelley and Henry Smith (col.). Only the two last mentioned were employees, the others being visitors. The wounded are Yeb Strange, Bud Rollins, Garner Rollins, Ben Miller, James Miller and George Gunter. The wounded are expected to recover.
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James Prater, an old citizen of this county, who has lived in the 5th district of Blount County since 1833, was in town Monday and had in his possession an old Indian pipe which he found near where the celebrated Cherokee Indian Chief, Choto, was buried. The pipe is carved out of one solid piece of stone of some kind. The pipe bowl sits on a base having four rectangular sides about two inches long, and at the other end is what is thought to be a place for the finger in holding the pipe. The highest part of this is about half an inch and on top it has thirteen nicks, and on the ends where the stem is inserted and sides of the base are thirteen small dots. On one side of the base is scratched the image of a gun, and on the other what appears to be a stake-and-rider fence. The bowl is about an inch high. Mr. Prater dug up the remains of Choto in the year 1867, but found the pipe the 21st of last month. It is a curious relic. We have seen pictures of such pipes, but never saw one before.
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Floyd Thomas, about 29 years old, of the Toqua community, was dead on his sleeping porch Monday morning, with a .38 pistol wound in the head.
Coroner J.P. Taylor held an inquest over the body. The jurys verdict was that Thomas came to his death by a gunshot wound inflicted by unknown parties. Dr. R.C. Kimbrough and Undertaker Charles H. Biereley performed an autopsy at the instance of the coroner, and found that Thomas had been shot in the top of the head as stated above, the ball ranging down through the neck and lodging in the right lung.
Thomas was buried at Mt. Zion, Tuesday afternoon.
Thomas was implicated in a charge of dynamiting a house some time ago. His friends claim that he had nothing to do with the dynamiting, but that he knew who was guilty of the charge and that because of that knowledge, he was killed.
Up to the time of going to press, no arrests have been made, but the officers are at work on clues which they believe may lead to the apprehension of the party or parties responsible for Thomas death.
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The Independent, Wednesday, May 17, 1876
A sad affair accured in the lower end of this county last Wednesday. George D. Hutton who has for some time past been deranged, got hold of a double barreled shot gun and getting into the woods alone, committed suicide. When found he was lying dead on one side of a fallen tree and the gun was lying with one barrel empty on the other side. The contents had been discharged and taken effect below the chest about the point of ribs ranging to the left shoulder while the shirt across his breast was burnt. There was mud on both triggers from which it appears that he had placed the muzzle to his body and with his toes forced the gun either aiming to fire both barrels, and one failed, or that he had attempted to fire one barrel and it failing had placed his toe on the other trigger discharging that barrel. Coroner H.O. Wilson was called and summoning a jury held the inquest over the body required by law, the jury returning a verdict that the deceased "came to his death by a shot gun wound froma double barreled shot gun in his own hands on the 10th day of May, 1876".
The deceased was a brother of Mr. J.C. Hutton, our county Register.
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Pitt Rose was shot and killed by Charley Ditmore Saturday afternoon, one shot being in the neck and two in the back, the trouble occurring at Calderwood. Ditmore is now in jail, his preliminary trial having been set for Tuesday morning. He claims self defense. Esquires Jett and Brakebill will hear the case.
It is said that an old grudge has existed between the men for some time, it being claimed that Rose accused Ditmore of having reported a still. It is asserted that Rose had threatened Ditmore, saying he would have to pay for the still or suffer the results. Parties from Calderwood asserted that Rose stepped in front of Ditmore Saturday and told him the matter would have to be settled then, and Ditmore fired three shots into Rose, one entering his neck and two into his back as he fell. It was stated three bottles of whiskey were taken from Roses pockets.
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Sheriff McKeehan, of Monroe County, with 16 men started after the Murphy desperadoes who had killed two men about the first of April. On coming to the house where the outlaws were barricaded, a plan was made to assault it from all sides at once. When the signal was given, only one of the men, Charles E. Ray was brave enough to respond. He was shot down and then in place of trying to bring off the body, the cowardly sheriff and his gang "skipped" and left the man lying out all night with a severe wound on the left side of his head. He is in a very critical condition and will probably die, whereas if he had been taken care of at the time he was shot, the wound itself would not have proved fatal. Thus through the cowardice of his companions, one of the bravest men of Monroe County was murdered. A man who would be guilty of such cowardly act should not be allowed to hold office a day longer.
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Madisonville, Tennessee
April 3rd 1884
Yesterday Joseph E. Houston and wife celebrated their Golden Wedding. It was expected that all their children would be present: but owing to distance and other causes only a portion of them were there, with a few of thier relatives and friends.
Among the many presents received were a handsome goldhead cane to J.E. Houston from his son-in-law R.C. McCroskey with monogram and date of marriage April 2d 1834 and present date April 2d 1884. Handsome gold spectacles from Mrs. R. C. McCroskey to her mother, also with dates and name. (R.C. McCroskey to Blanche M. Houston).
Beautiful gold watch chain to J.E. Houston from his son-in-law Vastine Stickley and Wife. (Vastine Stickley to Josephine E. Houston)
Elegant Silver cake basket lined in gold from Mr. C.M. Johnston and family. Handsome gilt plaque painted in oil by thier niece Mrs. Alice Johnston in the center of which is the Houston coat of arms, a pair of gray hounds rampant on a borken column, and an hour glass with the last sands running out, the motto "in tempo", and date of marriage and present date. The whole being surrounded by a wreath of Autumn leaves.
Beautiful pair of gold cuff buttons and pin from Mr. Worth Stickley and wife.
A morocco Authograph Album to Mrs. Houston and a beautiful pair of Slippers to Mr. Houston from Dr. M.C. Duncan.
An elegant dinner was prepared by their daughters Mrs. Browder and Stickley which was enjoyed by all. (Mary C. Houston to Samuel Browder)
The old folks, though they did not look old, looked proud and happy, and received the many tokens of esteem with much pleasure and gratification, and we doubt not will ____ these mementoes keep the day green in their memories until the last sands have run from the glass of life.
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Thomas & Adamson are the project managers for the City of Edinburgh Council's£165m 'Wave 3 Schools' project. They made a significant contribution to the Outline Business Case, the feasibility studies and cost appraisals, and leading option appraisal, risk management and prioritisation workshops. They were also responsible for the project prioritisation, undertaking condition surveys of the five schools and ensuring this processes conformed with national guidance on education asset planning. They were also responsible for identifying a programme of essential improvement works to ensure the schools remain operational until they are replaced. Their coordinate disparate disciplines from within the Council and engage with key stakeholders from the schools' parental bodies through workshops and regular meetings.
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Berkeley, Calif.
GENERATIONS of psychologists and philosophers have believed that babies and young children were basically defective adults irrational, egocentric and unable to think logically. The philosopher John Locke saw a baby's mind as a blank slate, and the psychologist William James thought they lived in a "blooming, buzzing confusion." Even today, a cursory look at babies and young children leads many to conclude that there is not much going on.
New studies, however, demonstrate that babies and very young children know, observe, explore, imagine and learn more than we would ever have thought possible. In some ways, they are smarter than adults.
Three recent experiments show that even the youngest children have sophisticated and powerful learning abilities. Last year, Fei Xu and Vashti Garcia at the University of British Columbia proved that babies could understand probabilities. Eight-month-old babies were shown a box full of mixed-up Ping-Pong balls: mostly white but with some red ones mixed in. The babies were more surprised, and looked longer and more intently at the experimenter when four red balls and one white ball were taken out of the box a possible, yet improbable outcome than when four white balls and a red one were produced.
In 2007, Laura Schulz and Elizabeth Baraff Bonawitz at M.I.T. demonstrated that when young children play, they are also exploring cause and effect. Preschoolers were introduced to a toy that had two levers and a duck and a puppet that popped up. One group was shown that when you pressed one lever, the duck appeared and when you pressed the other, the puppet popped up. The second group observed that when you pressed both levers at once, both objects popped up, but they never got a chance to see what the levers did separately, which left mysterious the causal relation between the levers and the pop-up objects. Then the experimenter gave the children the toys to play with. The children in the first group played with the toy much less than the children in the second group did. When the children already knew how the toy worked, they were less interested in exploring it. But the children in the second group spontaneously played with the toy, and just by playing around, they figured out how it worked.
In 2007 in my lab at Berkeley, Tamar Kushnir and I discovered that preschoolers can use probabilities to learn how things work and that this lets them imagine new possibilities. We put a yellow block and a blue block on a machine repeatedly. The blocks were likely but not certain to make the machine light up. The yellow block made the machine light up two out of three times; the blue block made it light up only two out of six times.
Then we gave the children the blocks and asked them to light up the machine. These children, who couldn't yet add or subtract, were more likely to put the high-probability yellow block, rather than the blue one, on the machine.
We also did the same experiment, but instead of putting the high-probability block on the machine, we held it up over the machine and the machine lit up. Children had never seen a block act this way, and at the start of the experiment, they didn't think it could. But after seeing good evidence, they were able to imagine the peculiar possibility that blocks have remote powers. These astonishing capacities for statistical reasoning, experimental discovery and probabilistic logic allow babies to rapidly learn all about the particular objects and people surrounding them.
Sadly, some parents are likely to take the wrong lessons from these experiments and conclude that they need programs and products that will make their babies even smarter. Many think that babies, like adults, should learn in a focused, planned way. So parents put their young children in academic-enrichment classes or use flashcards to get them to recognize the alphabet. Government programs like No Child Left Behind urge preschools to be more like schools, with instruction in specific skills.
But babies' intelligence, the research shows, is very different from that of adults and from the kind of intelligence we usually cultivate in school. Schoolwork revolves around focus and planning. We set objectives and goals for children, with an emphasis on skills they should acquire or information they should know. Children take tests to prove that they have absorbed a specific set of skills and facts and have not been distracted by other possibilities.
This approach may work for children over the age of 5 or so. But babies and very young children are terrible at planning and aiming for precise goals. When we say that preschoolers can't pay attention, we really mean that they can't not pay attention: they have trouble focusing on just one event and shutting out all the rest. This has led us to underestimate babies in the past. But the new research tells us that babies can be rational without being goal-oriented.
Babies are captivated by the most unexpected events. Adults, on the other hand, focus on the outcomes that are the most relevant to their goals. In a well-known experiment, adults saw a video of several people tossing a ball to one another. The experimenter told them to count how many passes particular people made. In the midst of this, a person in a gorilla suit walked slowly through the middle of the video. A surprising number of adults, intent on counting, didn't even seem to notice the unexpected gorilla.
Adults focus on objects that will be most useful to them. But as the lever study demonstrated, children play with the objects that will teach them the most. In our study, 4-year-olds imagined new possibilities based on just a little data. Adults rely more on what they already know. Babies aren't trying to learn one particular skill or set of facts; instead, they are drawn to anything new, unexpected or informative.
Part of the explanation for these differing approaches can be found in the brain. The young brain is remarkably plastic and flexible. Brains work because neurons are connected to one another, allowing them to communicate. Baby brains have many more neural connections than adult brains. But they are much less efficient. Over time, we prune away the connections we don't use, and the remaining ones become faster and more automatic. Moreover, the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that controls the directed, planned, focused kind of intelligence, is exceptionally late to mature, and may not take its final shape until our early 20s.
In fact, our mature brain seems to be programmed by our childhood experiences we plan based on what we've learned as children. Very young children imagine and explore a vast array of possibilities. As they grow older and absorb more evidence, certain possibilities become much more likely and more useful. They then make decisions based on this selective information and become increasingly reluctant to give those ideas up and try something new. Computer scientists talk about the difference between exploring and exploiting a system will learn more if it explores many possibilities, but it will be more effective if it simply acts on the most likely one. Babies explore; adults exploit.
Each kind of intelligence has benefits and drawbacks. Focus and planning get you to your goal more quickly but may also lock in what you already know, closing you off to alternative possibilities. We need both blue-sky speculation and hard-nosed planning. Babies and young children are designed to explore, and they should be encouraged to do so.
The learning that babies and young children do on their own, when they carefully watch an unexpected outcome and draw new conclusions from it, ceaselessly manipulate a new toy or imagine different ways that the world might be, is very different from schoolwork. Babies and young children can learn about the world around them through all sorts of real-world objects and safe replicas, from dolls to cardboard boxes to mixing bowls, and even toy cellphones and computers. Babies can learn a great deal just by exploring the ways bowls fit together or by imitating a parent talking on the phone. (Imagine how much money we can save on "enriching" toys and DVDs!)
But what children observe most closely, explore most obsessively and imagine most vividly are the people around them. There are no perfect toys; there is no magic formula. Parents and other caregivers teach young children by paying attention and interacting with them naturally and, most of all, by just allowing them to play.


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The Summer of 2015 has surely been quite a heat wave. Whilst we wait for the monsoon to come and chill us, here are a few home remedies for sun burns:
- ICE: Of course it is common sense that if you have a burn, you should put something cold on it. And it's true, experts agree that a cold shower, ice pack, can surely help cool the skin and make it feel better.
- Aloe Vera has a long history of providing sunburn relief because of its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Try the fresh gel from the plant; it is surely better than over-the-counter products.
- Shaving Cream: As weird as it sounds, shaving cream has menthol and other chemicals, that are cooling and feel good to the skin. Menthol is a highly volatile compound that evaporates fast and takes the heat from the sunburn leaving a cooling effect.
- Vinegar: Specifically the apple cider vinegar is a famous home remedy for sunburn. It works as an antiseptic and helps to cool the skin as it evaporates. Theoretically, vinegar helps to balance the body's pH levels to take away the stinging feeling.
- Milk is known to help soothe pain, itching and burning when used in cold compression. Yogurt also seems to have a similar effect.
- Honey is an antibacterial and multiple studies have shown that honey can help to heal wounds. Because of this, applying honey to a sunburn could help the skin re-epithelize (grow new epithelial skin cells).
- Lastly Tomato: Yes, it may sound crazy, but rubbing tomato on sunburn can help soothe the burn.
So if you have had many days by the beach and burnt your skin out, run into your closets and apply any of the above the heal your sun burn!
If you have any other easy home remedies, do share! 🙂


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'I made a mistake in telling my daughter the truth'
MY eldest child, Ruby, was born with blond hair, ten fingers, ten toes, and a disproportionate degree of scepticism about the world.
From the minute she could say 'Santa', she was doubtful about the dude in the red suit.
I couldn't quite understand it. After all, I was the kid who had my last Santa photo at the age of 16. I completely bought into the myth, to the extent that my mum was still creeping into my room in the middle of the night to deliver a sack full of gifts when I was well into my twenties. Obviously by that stage I knew, but I was happy to play along.
Not Ruby.
For extra proof, we organised one of those personalised video messages. Of course he's real, sweetie. Look! He mentioned you by name in his video. Then Ruby turned seven and one day, out of the blue, she asked me again whether Santa was real. But this time she added four extra words: "I want the truth."
It was like that courtroom scene from A Few Good Men where Tom Cruise is interrogating Jack Nicholson. He clenches his fist and shouts "I WANT THE TRUTH" and Jack shouts back "You can't handle the truth."
Who knew that Jack could be so right? Certainly not me. I consulted with my husband and together we decided that, as 21st century parents, we were morally obliged to level with our child.
It wasn't a big guy in a red suit that came and delivered the presents, it was us, her mum and dad.
Ruby took it well. You might even say she took it in her stride. She certainly wasn't devastated like my 13-year-old niece who only this year got told about the Santa fakery. "But what about the Easter Bunny?" she cried. "Not him too?" Hmmm … no, the man in the red suit is fake but the bunny who carries around the chocolate eggs is real, clearly.
As for Ruby, we made her swear on her life that she would never tell her two little sisters or any of her friends and left it at that. Air, cleared.
Or so I thought.
Recently, we were trying to remember what Ruby had received for Christmas last year and I referred to the surfboard that 'we had given her'.
"Not you and Dad," she corrected me, within earshot of her sisters. "You mean Santa."
We've also been talking about what she might get for Christmas this year and if I suggest something that 'we' might give her, she winces a little.
It's written all over her face. The little girl who came into the world with the question 'why?' stamped on her forehead now regrets ever asking if Santa was real or not.
We live in difficult times, in a world that's uncertain and at times, downright frightening. Our kids are aware of this. When I was a child, I had no hope of being able to name the American president. My six-year-old knows exactly who Donald Trump is.
By contrast, Christmas is that little piece of magic all children deserve. It's hope and happiness, all tied up in a festive ribbon.
By telling Ruby that Santa was simply an invention of history, I feel I took a little piece of the magic away from her.
If I could take back that moment, I would. In a heartbeat.
This article originally appeared on Kidspot and has been republished here with permission.