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This is Week 14 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens. This week's topic is War Diaries, shipping and photos. I'd love it if you wanted to join in with your thoughts on this topic, especially if you live overseas and have a different set of records to tell us about. If possible please provide a link to your post on this page.
This week's topic is going to be a bit of "dollar each way" because I realise that many of these records are now available online. And yes, it beats having to schedule a trip to the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, with all the associated expense, to read the documents themselves..but not always as much fun. Still and all, I suspect war diaries are not something that many people use in their family history, so I'm sitting on the virtual fence with this one.
War diaries
While war diaries can be succinct and uninformative on the day of the battle, the attached operations orders can be immensely useful to really add depth to your family history. This is some of the information I've found in them, taken from AWM 4, 23/66/1-37 for the 49th Battalion and AWM 4 15/6/1-18 ABGROC:
- The men of the 40th walking 40 miles to Serapeum on the Suez Canal carrying full kits, packs and ammunition but limited water, in 110C heat.
- The men of the 49th referring to their colour patch as the "soccer ball" because they were moved so often.
- Arrival of additional troops in the field may not mention names but when put with your family member's service records you can see whether it was a big intake or only a few men.
- Men going on leave may be mentioned.
- Men injured or killed, usually only deaths of officers, otherwise numbers only.
- Summaries of the battle.
- Descriptions of the clothes issued to the men (sheepskin jackets, leather waistcoats, thigh-high gumboots).
- The dispersal of companies across the battle field together with their list of responsibilities.
- The Railway Operating Division's nickname of "Right Out of Danger". I've talked about their responsibilities here.
- How the men spent Christmas, received special food treats, and their behind-the-lines activities.
- Little asides about how the men dealt with being required to sleep on the ground under canvas while there were empty huts nearby.
If you've not yet used the war diaries of the AWM either virtually or in situ, I hope I've convinced you that there's plenty there that will reveal the story of your family member's service.
Of course this refers to the official war diaries for each unit, perhaps your ancestor left a personal diary or perhaps one of his fellow servicemen did. Just imagine what you might learn from those.
War transportation records
Another rich source is the files on the ship transportation of the men to/from foreign service. The men were probably well enough informed about the world (after all in those days schooling focused on the Empire's history, not Australia's) but it's hard to believe they wouldn't have been amazed by the sights they saw or the opportunity to go dancing or for picnics and motor trips in Capetown. On the way overseas the CO for the men on the Port Sydney[i] commended them for their excellent behaviour while on two days leave in Colombo. On the voyage over they also learned additional military skills but they also had a "fine brass band", an orchestra and several concert parties. My grandfather returned to Australia on the Karmala[ii] in 1919 and the files report they had an orchestra, daily sports, chess, bridge and drafts competitions as well as a daily newspaper, the Karmala Kuts.
This is another fence-sitter as many of these have been digitised, however they're probably worth mentioning here. Things to look for: names of people, ships to/from field, battle areas.
I was lucky that there was an amateur photographer on board the Port Sydney with my grandfather so I have photos of the Crossing the Line[iii] ceremony on that voyage. There are also quite a lot of my husband's great-uncle. The photos of Milne Bay or Norieul are certainly much better now in digital form than the old thermal printed ones I got back years ago!
I hope I've managed to convince you that there's lots out there which can enrich your family's wartime stories, whether in digital or non-digital form.


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Residents of Mekoryuk on Nunivak Island are seeking more involvement, and more musk oxen harvest. This is happening as the 20-year-old agreement that guides management is set to undergo changes.
The harvest of musk oxen is currently split between a registration hunt for cows and a costly permit lottery for bulls that's largely utilized by out of town sport hunters, led by local guides. Managers have issued just 5 cows for the local registration hunt for the past three years and have given out 30 or more bull permits that mostly go to outsiders.
Mekoryuk's Dale Smith spoke at a recent meeting in Bethel with state and federal managers.
"The way it stands now, they're favoring a commercial enterprise over a subsistence way of living. It was evident when they voted on that in early January. Of all the thing we discussed, the main thing is subsistence priority. That's our stance right now," said Smith.
82 people signed a petition in Mekoryuk asking for an allocation of more musk ox for residents. They're seeking 30 more musk oxen which would be taken from the outside permit hunt.
In an effort to take a more active role in management, member of Mekoryuk's tribal council have formed a federally recognized Tribal Conservation District through the USDA. This program allows groups to help manage natural resources and establish conservation priorities. They can seek funding and build partnerships with other agencies.
They unsuccessfully asked the Alaska Board of Game for an emergency allocation this January. Missing at the meeting in Bethel were the guides and transporters that earn their living working with out-of-town hunters.
There are no predators on Nunivak island, where musk oxen were first introduced in 1936, but it is not necessarily straightforward to manage them. A 1992 agreement sets a goal of maintain a population between 500 to 550 musk oxen, that's musk ox alive after the hunt, but before calves are born. The island has been below that level since 2009.
There were more cows harvested prior to 2010-2011, but the last few years has shown poor survival of calves. Whereas there used to be around 100 calves per year, now they're getting more like 60. The bull to cow ratio is also out of balance, getting as high as 138 bulls per 100 cows. Patrick Jones is a biologist with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
"When you have that many bulls they're probably injuring a few cows. We'd like to have that ratio around 80 bulls per 100 cows. So we have a surplus of bulls, even though the population is below our objective, it's to our benefit to lower that bull cow ratio. So we've been allowing extra bull harvest. We have it, it's available, and it's to the benefit of our population at this point," said Jones.
The allocation, however, of which hunts get the bulls and cows is up to the Board of Game.
A huge factor is the health of the food supply. The Yukon Delta Nation Wildlfe Refuge does not have current data on the health of the range. The island's 1,853 reindeer eat on the same territory.
Managers at the meeting agreed to revise the 1992 document that sets the foundation for musk ox management on Nunivak Island. There will be a meeting in March on the island to discuss revisions and meet with stakeholders.
The Board of Game and Federal Subsistence Board are at the end of their two year cycles for taking up proposals, but the group wants to pursue designation of the musk ox as a subsistence priority species.


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2 lbs bulk pork sausage (I bought some from the meat counter called "Country Sage Pork Breakfast Sausage" and it was amazing.)
3 cups milk
¼ cup flour
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Brown the sausage in a skillet on medium heat:
When the sausage is sufficiently cooked, do not drain! Stir in the salt, pepper, and flour, 1 Tablespoon at a time, until all the juices are absorbed by the flour and the flour begins to brown.
Slowly add the milk, stirring all the while. Cook down a little, while stirring, until the gravy is thickened:
I like my biscuits and gravy Denny's-style with a couple of over-easy eggs in the middle and a sprinkle of cheese on top:
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A pregnant woman's immune system is severely compromised due to the pregnancy which leaves her highly vulnerable to several infections. All uncooked, rare meats and seafood should be avoided due to high risk of listeriosis and salmonella poisoning. Many people won't feel the symptoms, but whoever eats these foods is at high risk of listeriosis especially during pregnancy. In some cases, listeriosis during pregnancy can lead to preterm labor or even miscarriage.
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Caffeine is a stimulant and a diuretic; it increases the blood pressure and heart rate both of which are not recommended for pregnant women. It also increases the frequency of urination causing reduction in body fluid levels and resulting in dehydration. According to a study women with caffeine intake greater than 200 mg are at increased risk of miscarriage. Caffeine crosses the placenta to the baby. Since the metabolism of is still maturing it won't be able to handle and metabolize the caffeine.
This one may not be that hard to avoid because liver contains high levels of vitamin A, which is not recommended in pregnancy. According to some studies, high levels of vitamin A early in pregnancy has been associated with an increased risk of birth defects. It's best to stay away from it when you are pregnant.
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Crabs put the pinch on marshlands
If you take a quick glance at the marsh next to Saquatucket Harbor in Harwich Port, Mass., you will notice right away that some of the grass is missing. The cordgrass there, and all around Cape Cod, has been slowly disappearing for decades.
"The cordgrass that's being destroyed here is the foundation species that builds salt marshes," explains marine ecologist Mark Bertness of Brown University.
With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), Bertness studies this critical ecosystem. Marshes offer much more to us than just scenic beauty. They protect our coastal environment by nurturing a complex web of plants and animals, filtering nutrients, and serving as a critical storm barrier.
Right now, this is an ecosystem being thrown out of balance, according to Bertness who's currently researching a possible link between overfishing and the die off of New England salt marshes.
Bertness says the marshes are being overrun by purple marsh crabs because their main predators, blue crab and finfish, are being overfished. So, the purple marsh crabs are free to gorge on healthy fields of cordgrass and once done feeding, they leave behind nothing but lumpy fields of mud.
"Marshes have been calculated to be, acre per acre, the most valuable ecosystem on the planet economically, for the societal services they provide," says Bertness, who has set up experimental stations all over Cape Cod to monitor the impact of purple marsh crabs on the local habitat.
At each field station, Bertness tethers purple marsh crabs to sticks, offering an easy meal for any hungry blue crabs that happen to pass by. He also sets up predator traps to get a good idea of the number of blues at various stations. So far, where the marsh grass looks healthy, that's where the purple marsh crabs get eaten and the predator traps are full of blue crabs. Conversely, where the marsh grass is patchy and eroded, the purple marsh crabs remain untouched and the predator traps are empty.
Bertness sees the same trend up and down the cape. Marshes are eroding as the purple marsh crab eats the grass away unchecked. Their predators are being fished out at Marinas like the one in Harwich Port.
"These are waters that have been depleted by recreational fishing from that marina over there," says Bertness, pointing to a marina just a few hundred yards away.
The further away from fishing activity, the erosion gradually becomes less and less evident. Bertness calls it a halo effect.
"People like fishing and they like salt marshes, and they don't understand that there's a pretty tight linkage between the healths of both of them," says Bertness. "Salt marshes are such an important nursery ground habitat for both recreational and commercial fisheries that it's in their best interest to understand these linkages."
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ABSTINENCE [The sure way]
There has been great awareness campaign about HIV/AIDS for the past decades and It is believed that there is nothing really new about this particular ailment, the general Public is not aware of. Part of this awareness campaign is the preventive aspect of acquiring the Virus. Though this article is centered on abstinence, it is in no way in disagreement with the other ways of protection against transmission of the virus.
"Abstinence, being faithful, correct and consistent condom use are the only ways to successfully reach everyone when discussing HIV prevention. I believe that the abstinence message alone does not solve the AIDS epidemic"- a quote from the American actress, Ashley Judd. This true statement of fact is in total agreement to the former first lady to the United states and as well the 2008 Democratic party presidential aspirant, Hilary Clinton who said "there is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence and to deny support for condoms and education for using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people". This is also correct. You cannot live the lives of others or monitor their activities and actions. Preaching abstinence alone and preventing the other means of protection is far from the solution. But in as much as the use of condoms and other safe practices are not condemned, total abstinence is worth the greatest attention because it is a 100% sure way of prevention, therefore preaching it is aimed at encouraging those who are doing their best possible to abstain, and as well put more light on reasons to abstain for those who believe in it, but do not practice it.. Before we hit the nail on the head, let's go through the ways of
In the controllable category, using of new needles each time you want to take drugs and dumping the old ones after using them; is a direct formula to preventing HIV infection via injection of needles. This reduces the risk to about 99.99%. If a person not only shares needles but uses them just once, he stands a great chance to be risk free, giving the control method a good efficacy. Nevertheless, 0.0001% is still a probability and we will see how probability counts in reality. Therefore, in order to really understand what abstinence is, focus would be placed on the two major controllable means (injection and sex), especially on sex.
In sexual means of
On the contrary, Abstinence is a straight 100% preventive measure; absolutely efficient and no slight chance no matter how negligible it may be. It is safer and easier to adopt. Remember that abstinence does not mean been a virgin forever but avoidance of more than one partner, and more concretely avoidance of pre- marital and extra- marital sex. Probability is the chance of an event to occur and no matter how insignificant the value is; it does not prevent the situation involved from existing. It is believed that the cru de chat syndrome (sterile females with immature sex organs resulting from the loss or deletion of a significant portion of the genetic material) occurs once in 5000 births. This does not mean cru de chat syndrome does not exist and you can understand that, a parent who has a sick child with such a syndrome would not be ready to listen to statistics from any doctor, because the reality still remains; his/her child is suffering from it irrespective of the slim chance of occurrence.
On a general note, abstinence is the sure way to avoid the controllable means of acquiring the virus. And from the following illustration below, we can justify this simple fact. The table below shows the estimated number of cases of AIDS amongst people by
Male- to- male sexual contact — 487,695
Injection drug use — 255,859
Male- to male sexual contact with injection – 71,242
High risk heterosexual contact – 176,157
Others (Hemophilia, blood transfusion, prenatal exposure and risk not reported or Identified) – 18,266.
[taken from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm ].
The first four ways are controllable means in which aside drug use, the rest are by sexual contact. These four means account for 990,953 cases out of 1,009,219, which is about 98.2% of all cases. Meanwhile 735,094 out of 1,009,219 cases are due to sexual
On normal grounds, occurrence of a situation caused by uncontrollable factors should be more, when compared to the same situation caused by the controllable ones. Another insight we can get from this statistic which is an extension of the first statement is; despite the control measures and protective means available, the controlled means are still far greater in occurrence than the uncontrolled ones. This justifies the fact that the only way this can be drastically reduced is through abstinence.
A teenage girl once said, "I have created an appetite for sex and I do not think I can stop it now". The Human nature is such that, if you allow it take part in a pleasurable event more than once and continuously, it begins to yearn after that event due to its increased appetite. Charles DIkkens, a popular English Novelist of the Victoria era quotes "subdue your appetite, my dears and you've conquered human nature". Human natured is meant to be conquered and in this way we can control ourselves- hence show great abstaining ability. If we do not conquer our human nature and allow our various tastes or appetite to explode, I think mutualism would not be a reality and a 'jungle Life" scenario would be the possible resultant situation. If we can control our appetite or taste to any or all of the following; fashion, food, clothes, fame, drinks, sports est. why not sex? Is it normal to randomly have sex with different partners? As long as the Human nature could be stretched, it could also be tamed and the only way to do this is by abstinence.
Mr Anton Zakovich, a Russian economic lecturer said "Pre- marital sex is just like tasting soup while still cooking it. You taste the soup to know how spicy it is before it is finally cooked". What if peradventure it burnt your tongue or distorts your taste buds? Would you be able to enjoy the soup later. Sex before marriage should not be compared to tasting soup, you taste the soup to know the quality for improvements by adding more ingredients if need be. But what sort of improvement do you need in pre- marital sex that you would not still accomplish when married. Marriage is a Life time commitment and the more the improvement in all factors at stake, the better the intimacy and possibility of becoming one. As for extra marital relationships, they are not only medically wrong, but as well morally and socially bad. If you think this Idea is too conservative, then think and take a look at the exposed extra-marital affairs of some celebrities such as Tiger Woods and John Terry, in relation to the general public and their fans. Then statistics will make you understand the 'social- contempt', extramarital affairs can stimulate.
Abstinence is not practiced, it is perfected. As we all have the ability to abstain. Dennis Wolfberg, the late American stand up comedian and actor, once quoted to confirm this statement. "I didn't practice abstinence, I perfected it". The major reason why abstinence becomes a difficulty is the fact that we kill this potential ability in us. And in some cases, it goes so bad to the extreme- addiction. The only way to sexual addiction is sexual exposure from an early age leading to continuous sexual activities as the child grows to his or her late teens and even older. This is also applicable to drug addiction.
According to SADD's MISSION statistics of the year 2005, taken from around the entire states of the United States of America, 46.8% of all high school students report that they have sexual intercourse and 6.2% of high school students have had sexual intercourse for the first time before the age 13. Not only that, 14.3% of high school students nationwide have had sexual intercourse with four or more persons during their lives.
Talking about drugs, 9.9% of youth ages 12- 17 were illicit drug users; 6.8% use marijuana, 3.3% used prescription drugs for non medical uses, 1.2% used inhalants, 0.8% used hallucinogens and 0.6% used cocaine. Also, half of teens (50%) have tried an illicit drug by the time they finished high school. Though these statistics may have been taken years back, but surely it is appalling information and most probably parents and all stake holders involved (especially the school guidance and other parties) should put more careful attention to their children.
The best part of this statistics is the fact that youths ages 12- 17 who believed their parents would strongly disapprove of their using a particular substance were less likely to use that substance than were youths who believed their parents would somewhat disapprove of neither approve nor disapprove. SO, this have to do with home/ parental training which would not be discussed as it is outside the scope of the subject matter.
The point is, children of this present generation are sexually very active even from a very early age. And for this reason, they need adequate sex education with the sermon preached, not from a formal approach but rather done in adequate love, care and full attention. Taking advantage of the relationship to a great deal of understanding between the parent and the child would serve as the tool to achieving it. If this system is practiced there would definitely be an increase in the percentage of children who would adopt abstinence.
Now in general, consider this scenario. You want to go to the shopping mall by foot which is 5km from your home but there are 3 short routes about 2.5km each in which there is the probability of coming across wild dogs in one, been attacked by hoodlums in the other and as for the last- been hit by a car due to its busy nature (though, these incidences occur once in 2 months, but they continuously happen in that rate of occurrence). Would you still take the risk to follow one of the short routes? Some of us, knowing fully well the nature of events still follow one of these short routes and if unfortunate, get bitten by a dog (or some dogs) or been attacked or hit by a car. That is what majority of us do. The shorter time of going to the mall and back home should not be more of a priority to your Life and health. This is exactly the circumstance we face in Abstinence. It is a 100% route of safety but we prefer short- lived pleasure, which we would still enjoy later in Life or are enjoying with a legal partner.
All said and done, other preventive measures are never absolute and still give room or chances for the spread of the Virus to occur. If we can abstain why not give ourselves the 100% chance to be risk free from contracting the virus? There is great gain and full advantage when you abstain be it moral, mental, religious, and of course social. It also adds fun and spice to your marriage Life in the nearest future if you are single. Usually, you enjoy to the fullest, what you have been anticipating for a long time. Some people taste the soup two, three, four times and end up decreasing or even losing their appetite, therefore not enjoying the soup later when it is done. But when the soup is tabled for you to eat- fresh and new, you take it as though you could finish a drum of it and still ask for more.
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This is Week 38 in my Beyond the Internet series in which I explore the sources of information beyond our computer screens and the topic is Burial Registers. This forms part of the cheerily named "Death" theme in the series and next week's post on funeral directors' registers will be the finale of this section.
Cemeteries offer more opportunities for research than just their gravestones and monumental inscriptions. Each cemetery should have (or would once have had!) some form of burial register documenting who has been interred in the cemetery. Of course the further back in time we go the greater the risk that the registers may not have survived. It's always worth checking when the extant records commence.
Burial registers MAY provide you with information on cause of death, place of birth and death and next of kin – much depends on the particular cemetery. However it's vitally important to cross-check sources and weigh up their relative accuracy.
Registers can also reveal unexpected events such as the reinterment of someone who died elsewhere and was initially buried closer to that place before being transported back to a "home" cemetery.
One instance in my Gavin family was the death of Mary Gavin in a car accident near Cooktown in August 1930. Initially interred in North Queensland, her body was repatriated to Toowoomba nine months later. Her MI records Mary's death in 1930 (correct) while the burial register lists her death in 1931 just days before her reinterment (incorrect). The MI also lists her husband as well as son James who was killed at Fromelles: one buried with her, the other lying at rest in the Rue Petillon cemetery near Fleurbaix.
Another even more improbable anomaly came to light through a story told to me by an elderly relative. She remembered attending a "cousin's" funeral when it was unseasonally hot. It took some sleuthing but eventually I figured out that the funeral was for Jack Bishop. So what's odd about that you might well say? Only the fact that Jack died in England, and was actually buried in the Toowoomba cemetery in rural Queensland! Jack Bishop was a pioneer dirt-bike racer and had fallen ill while racing overseas. His mates in Australia had collected the money to pay for his ashes to be brought back to Australia. Who would expect something like that in the 1930s? There's quite a story in this to which I'll return another day.
Online (yes sometimes we do hark back to the internet)
Increasingly some cemeteries are putting their registers online to search: an absolute blessing for all of us far-away genies. I've been very lucky that the Drayton and Toowoomba cemetery were at the forefront of this trend and living so far away this has been amazingly helpful. They've now taken it one step further and included images of the gravestone as well as a map of the grave location. You can see an example here with Jack (Frederick John) Bishop's entry here. Well done Toowoomba!
Visiting/Contacting the cemetery
If your cemetery-of-interest isn't online then it will be worth your while to get in touch to see what additional information they may have on the burial and death. It's always worth checking who is buried in the same plot as it may turn up unexpected relationships. The other possibility is that what you've come across is essentially a pauper's grave, often indicated by a strange assortment of burials in the one plot: the sexton is likely to know so ask him if the names mean nothing at all to you.
If the cemetery is one which doesn't have a sexton, you can try the local council office, the local heritage library or the local family history society to find out if they are the repository of the burial records. (I've found registers in all these places). These may be the originals (always best), microfilms of the originals, or indexed copies. All are worth exploring even though indexes will obviously need following up. Of course in the pre-internet era when death indexes were restricted and there were no other options the services provided by family history indexes were invaluable.
A critical point to remember is that while the official death registrations may be limited beyond a certain date, the burial record may open the door for further investigation of death notices and relatives, especially women whose names have changed with marriage.
Thrifty tip: the death information obtained from the burial registers may mean you don't need to obtain certificates for peripheral relations (some of whose certificates you may not be able to purchase for privacy reasons, or the fact that the death wasn't all that long ago).
FamilySearch Microfilms
Over the decades I've used the LDS microfilms of burials to great advantage in my family history searches. They've enabled me to confirm otherwise tentative links, unravel which person is which, and generally learn more about my ancestors.
Tip: Not all registers have been added to the family search site or the old IGI. You should compare what's been indexed online with what's available on the film. Either way, you'll get far more information from the films. They let you place your ancestors within the events and context of their parish as well as providing you with clarifying details.
Tip: search the catalogue by place and parish to find the record you're looking for. If you haven't used these microfilms before I encourage you to see if they're available for your parish of interest and order one in for the thrifty amount of $AU7.75. This is the link you need to order in your film to the nearest LDS or approved family history library.
Request: it would be so nice if FamilySearch made the link to the microfilm ordering just a tad more obvious (or am I the only one who has to google to find it?)
Other blogs
James Tanner from the Genealogy's Star blog has written several posts about cemeteries in the US over the past months. If you haven't seen why not visit James's site and have a look. There are a couple of examples here and here.
What's your experience been with burial registers? Have you made any exciting or unusual discoveries through using them?
Next week: Funeral directors' records


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- Date Reported:
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- Vulnerable:
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- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 746498, Bug 749183.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-3864, CVE-2014-3865.
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Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered in dpkg that allow file modification through path traversal when unpacking source packages with specially crafted patch files.
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Kate Upton is rumored to be on the first cover of Carine Roitfeld's upcoming magazine, CR. {Fashionista}
A first look at Georgia May Jagger's campaign for Material Girl, Madonna's juniors line for Macy's. {Fashionista}
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Anderson Cooper released a statement today: "The fact is, I'm gay." {The Daily Beast}
Miranda Kerr doesn't like her husband Orlando Bloom to be in the runway audience: "It makes me nervous." {Telegraph UK}
Kanye West made a video for Anja Rubik's new erotically-themed magazine, 25. {The Cut}
Louis Vuitton sold 10 crocodile coats last season at roughly $100,000 each. {NY Times}
Sarah Burton doesn't envision doing a separate couture collection for Alexander McQueen. {NY Times}
Kate Moss wore McQueen to Jade Jagger's wedding over the weekend. {Styleite}
Watch Daria Werbowy's new Lancome commercial with Betty Boop. {Fashionetc.}


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Stroll through 16 acres of outdoor display
gardens and an indoor, tropical conservatory at Olbrich Botanical
Gardens. In the outdoor gardens, visit the Thai Pavilion and Garden.
Olbrich's Thai Pavilion is the only one in the continental United
States and the only one outside of Thailand surrounded by a garden.
Stop and smell the roses in the Rose Garden, opened to the public
in 2005. Olbrich's rose garden features innovative mixed borders
of Midwest hardy shrub roses and perennials. Also stroll through
other specialty gardens such as the Perennial Garden, Sunken Garden,
and Herb Garden. Olbrich's outdoor gardens are open daily, year-round.
Visit the Hours, Admissions, & Directions page for more information.
Then, visit the tropics without leaving Madison! The Bolz Conservatory, a sunny 50-foot-high glass pyramid, houses a diverse collection of tropical plants, a rushing waterfall, free-flying birds, and blooming orchids. See the plants on which some very common foods grow, such as banana, coffee, and vanilla. Get an up close and personal look at carnivorous plants as well! Temperatures in the Conservatory range from 65 degrees to 95 degrees Fahrenheit year-round, making this a truly tropical escape.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens is operated as a public-private partnership between the City of Madison Parks Division and the Olbrich Botanical Society.
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Health in Bristol County, Rhode Island
How do we know that people and communities are healthy? Health is about how people are doing in terms of their physical and mental health at every age. It has to do with how people feel they are doing, and whether health stops them from living their life. It is about their health conditions and their health outcomes. It is about both health behaviors and about whether people have access to health services and health insurance. Just as a person and a community's social well-being can affect their health, health can affect a person's and a community's social well-being. Health care costs are the most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Rising health care costs have made it difficult for cities and states to invest in education, social services, housing and other areas that would promote a community's well-being.
What is the rate of "deaths of despair" in Bristol County, Rhode Island?
What this measures: The number of people out of 100,000 who died due to drug overdose, alcohol or suicide.
Why this matters: These deaths are sometimes called "deaths of despair." They can arise from mental health or addictions issues or from social issues. They are worsened when people feel hopeless about their lives. This can happen when people don't have opportunities. Importantly, deaths of despair are often preventable and so are a ripe target for intervention.
What this relates to: Well-being, premature death, economy, community vitality, social support.
Data source: Data was queried from CDC Wonder based on the following parameters: Underlying Cause of Death, alcohol-related diseases (K70, K73–74, X45, Y15), suicide (X60–84, Y87.0), and drug- and alcohol-related poisonings (X40–44, Y10–14, Y45, 47, 49).
What is the infant mortality rate in Bristol County, Rhode Island?
What this measures: The number of deaths per 1,000 live births of children under one year of age.
Why this matters: This relates to whether there are strong health and social systems and conditions in place before, during, and after birth.
What this relates to: all of the social determinants, equity, poverty, prenatal care
Data source: Infant Mortality data was queried from CDC Wonder's Linked Birth/Death records. Rates for counties with fewer than 20 deaths are not reported.
What percentage of adults are obese in Bristol County, Rhode Island?
What this measures: The percent of adults who have a body mass index greater than 30 (obese).
Why this matters: Obesity is linked to serious health problems. This includes diabetes, heart disease, asthma, some cancers, and poor mental health. Obesity can also lead to poorer quality of life. It can make it harder to get a job. It can lead to economic costs from medical bills and lost productivity.
What this relates to: Physical and mental health outcomes, cost, economy.
Data source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Diabetes Home, County Data Indicators.
How many people lack health insurance coverage in Bristol County, Rhode Island?
What this measures: The percentage of the population that does not have health insurance.
Why this matters: People without health insurance often wait to seek treatment because of cost. As a result, they have poorer health compared to those with health insurance. When people have good health insurance, they are more likely to get preventive care, such as breast and cervical cancer screenings and flu shots. This can help prevent them from getting life-threatening and costly health conditions. Minorities and people who are poor are less likely than the general population to be insured. People without health insurance have difficulty getting health care. They are also more likely to face unexpected costs that leave them bankrupt.
What this relates to: Access to good employment, health outcomes, financial insecurity.
Data source: American Community Survey 5-year estimates, Table S2701.
Other Interesting Measures
• Overall health: Percent of adults self-reporting very good or excellent general health. Source: BRFSS.
• Physical health: Percent of adults self-reporting physical health "not good" for >14 days during the past 30 days. Source: BRFSS.
• Mental health: Percent of adults self-reporting mental health "not good" for >14 days during the past 30 days. Source: BRFSS.
• Physical health: average number of days during the past 30 days adults' self-reported physical health was not good. Source: BRFSS.
• Mental health: average number of days during the past 30 days adults' self-reported mental health was not good. Source: BRFSS.
• Measure name. Source: BRFSS.
• Infant mortality rate (number of deaths per 1,000 live births). Source: National Survey of
Children's Health (NSCH).
• Maternal mortality rate (number of deaths per 100,000 live births). Source: CDC Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System.
• Teen pregnancies: Percent of females age 15-19 who gave birth within past 12 months. Source: Census.
• Heart Disease Prevalence: Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with heart disease. Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
• Cancer prevalence: Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with cancer. Source: CMS.
• Childhood trauma: Percent of children 0-17 who have 1 or more adverse childhood events (ACEs). Source: National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH).
• Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) diagnosed with depression. Source: CMS.
• Percent of adults experiencing serious mental health issues/ mental illness. Source: CMS.
• Childhood vaccination rates: Percent of children with age-appropriate vaccination between ages 19-35 months. Source: CDC, NCHS.
• Medicare beneficiaries with primary care visit:
Percent of older adults (Medicare beneficiaries) with 1+ preventive care visit within past year. Source: CMS.
• Adults with no leisure-time physical activity: Percent of adults who did not participate in leisure-time physical activities or exercise in past month. Source: CMS.
• Percent of adults engaging in advance care planning (discussions, proxy selected, advance directive on file). Source: To be developed.
• Percent of residents <65 without health insurance. Source: Census, ACS.
• Number of primary care doctors per 100,000 population. Source: Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
• Number of dentists/100,000 population. Source: American Dental Association.
• Number of mental health providers/100,000 population. Source: CMS.


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The material on this web site no doubt raises many questions about procedures of data collection and the way in which the data were analyzed. Many statistical techniques were used, including a variety of univariate and bivariate statistics; tests of significance; analysis of variance; multiple, polynomial, and nonlinear regression; and canonical analysis. But most basic to many of the analyses were the simple product moment correlation coefficient and factor (or component) analysis. Accordingly, I have put in one place here my methodological works on understanding correlation and factor analysis, and also on the procedures and approaches I used in collecting and interpreting the democide or conflict data. Some of this material is also located elsewhere on this site as it fits in with a particular theme.
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In my spare WoW-time when I don't feel like working on Loremaster or other things for my to-be-main, I've been halfheartedly acquiring gear for my troll mage. I say "halfheartedly" not because I have a lack of desire, but because I get excited about it for a day or so – and then I run smack into LFD.
She's slowly creeping up to an acceptable gear level, which is fine. Incredible magical devastation wasn't built in a day, after all. I'm going to quote one of my guildies here, because I'm finding his observations to be true.
"Have you guys noticed," he said, "That the people in LFD have gotten nicer? They're incredibly nice." (Brief pause). "They are terrible players. But nice."
Yesterday I waited my 20-minute DPS queue out patiently. I'd done Direbrew, I'd done a random, and now I wanted to go to Forge of Souls. Happily, I zoned in. Nothing seemed amiss at first, except that the tank was a bit slow to get going. No problem; this gave me time to put up a refreshment table, set up my assist macro, choose a moonkin for Focus Magic, and then tap my two-toed feet. Once we finally started rolling, it became evident that our warrior tank was what I would politely call "new." But hey, that's okay! I eased off considerably on the AoE, made sure to silence the annoying casters in the first trash pack. It didn't matter. The moonkin died. I died. The healer died.
Usually wiping on the first trash is something of a bad sign, but I didn't say anything. The moonkin piped up in party chat, "I hate training new tanks." I thought he was just being generally snarky, and was surprised when the tank didn't reply. It was only as we laboriously worked our way through all of that trash that I clued into the fact that the tank, moonkin, resto druid and hunter were all in the same guild. Uh-oh.
"This tank has no idea what he's doing and his guildies aren't helping him," I told Voss. "Stuff is all over the place. What would you do for this next trash pack?" Voss looked over my shoulder to point to one mob.
"Tell him to charge this one, and the rest will come to him," he said. "At Bronjahm, make sure that he kites him away from the Soul Fragments."
I passed this all on – not, I hope – in an obnoxious but a helpful way. Our prospects didn't seem to be improving as we approached Bronjahm. I blinked in a moment of brief confusion. Our moonkin had gone resto. Spiffy.
Bronjahm with two healers was actually… okay. It took quite a long time, as DBM helpfully informed me when we finished, "Bronjahm down after five minutes, thirty-five seconds! Your last kill took one minute and thirty seconds." Let's just say that mana was an issue. I was starting to mildly resent these people for forcing me to compensate for lack of one DPS when it's not as if my mage has super gear or anything, but I kept quiet. It seemed to be working.
We arduously made our way through the next series of trash packs. The hunter and I were doing what we could, but after all, we were only two. I had a sinking feeling as we stood in front of the Devourer of Souls. Was it even possible for us to pull this off?
Thirty seconds later I had my answer. The tank died about fifteen seconds into the fight. They battle-rezzed him. He died again. This is with two healers, mind you. The hunter was the next with aggro and he died, and kiting didn't last too long for me. I died, too. At this point, in exasperation, I asked Voss to take a look at his armory to see just what this warrior's deal was.
A strangled sound came from across the room, as I am navigating my ghost back to the instance. "What?" I ask Voss wearily.
"He's wearing pants from Shattered Halls," he replies. "And his gloves are ilevel 100… And his tanking weapon is the Tankard of Terror."
"Defense? How much defense does he have?"
Meantime, in party chat the moonkin has gone on to say, "Soz, like I said, new tank."
Now that I have some idea of what's going on with this guy (you know, his BURNING CRUSADE gear) I reply, "Do you really think that H Forge is the place to learn?"
The hunter says, "Better harder than easier."
Miraculously I manage to bite my tongue on what I think about that, as the moonkin goes on. "It's OK, we're getting him an elixir of defense so he won't be one-shot like that again."
An elixir of defense, oh, be still my heart. Never mind that even with it he'll still be crittable. At this point, I am committed because we killed the first boss. I want loot from the last boss very badly so I'm obliged to stick it out and hope by some divine intervention we're actually able to kill this boss.
Astoundingly, our tank lives about twenty seconds in, give or take. It seems the two healers are doing okay healing him up until the point where Devourer begins to do his laser beam wall of death thing. The tank stands in it and dies.
Fortunately for him (and me) he has not one but two Rebirths at his disposal. During one of these deaths I am killed, and we're left counting on the hunter to finish it off. He does, and they resurrect me. I am extremely happy because the Arcane Loops of Anger dropped, and that's what I had wanted.
I am less happy because the entire run took an hour. It's an instance with two bosses. It should be the quickest of the ICC heroics. Because I am polite, I thank them for the rez and then leave the group. (You'll notice I didn't say "group," even though I did get loot from it).
The thing is, I am not impatient with tanks who are learning, tanks who are new. We all have to start somewhere, and we're all new sometime. But there is "new" and there is "How did you even get into this instance with such a frightening lack of knowledge and gear?" Unlike Lara, he was not prepared.
I actually don't know the answer to that question – I thought that the ICC heroics had gear requirements. I should clarify, I don't have a problem with running your under-geared friends through instances. I think that's okay. But when you intend to do that, you should do one of two things:
1) Bring five guildies. Not four. Don't inflict your friend on unsuspecting puggers. Nobody deserves to spend an hour clearing an instance that ought to take half that time – because you think it'd be best for your friend to learn the basics of tanking in some of the hardest heroics that exist. It's presumptuous, and it's rude.
2) If you can't find five guildies to run Mister Just-Dinged 80, have him assume a less critical role. I'd be far less grumpy about carrying a fury warrior while someone competent tanked, and pretty much nobody cares about off-spec rolls for gear (so long as the person tanking doesn't need it).
After the Forge of Souls shenanigans, I queued again and joined a friendly group for Pit of Saron. This one was going generally without a hitch, until I saw him.
My sworn enemy.
He's everywhere. It seems somehow fitting that he is also a rogue. Just when you least expect it… BAM. COMIC SANS. (If you don't get the joke the link above will probably be enlightening).


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"Oregon Trail" Mini-Documentary (1996)
In 1996, MECC released Oregon Trail II, an updated version of the classic Oregon Trail computer game. In the new version, a historian added various details, and some attention was given to women and minorities (who were, if I recall correctly, completely absent from the early versions of the game). The video below was included on a "Collector's Edition" release of Oregon Trail II, and it's part documentary, part promo for the new game. It's worth a look, as it recounts 25 years of Oregon Trail gaming history, and shows different versions of the game running on old hardware. It also shows team members explaining how they've updated the game, and some of them are delightfully nerdy (the sound guy is my favorite).
I have to note, as an Oregonian, that "Oregon" is pronounced "OR-ih-guhn." We're picky about that out here. Aside from that, enjoy:
See also: a jokey Oregon Trail Trailer, Oregon Trail Quiz, The Oregon Trail (Apple II Edition), The Quick 10: The Oregon Trail Computer Game, and 5 Things I Learned At the End of the Oregon Trail. Boy, we've blogged about this game a lot. Well, I guess you've gotta do something in between bouts of dysentery and river-fording.


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Dancing's Derek Hough: I Can't Believe We Got a 24
Hi everyone!
Hope you enjoyed the show Monday.
Amy and I had a blast. I thought she did great considering all the craziness the past few weeks. Right before we went on, she said, "I'm nervous, but I don't know if I'm nervous enough." I think it was from the jet lag. If it's a few hours, it's OK, but she was, like, 12 hours ahead and completely out of her body. You want to be in your body and present when you perform in anything. But when you're tired, you're floating. So we did a victory pose where you put your arms up in a V shape and jumped around. That gets your adrenaline going and blood pumping. If you keep still, you'll just get more tired.
I was expecting something like three sevens, so I can't believe we got a 24. For me, scores are irrelevant, but psychologically, the 24 is good for Amy. It can give her confidence, like, "Maybe I can actually compete and not just survive." And it's great we got a good score going into this week, which is not just our first normal week of the show, but our first normal week of rehearsal ever.
We have the swing this week. The whole dance announcement at the end of the show was hilarious since so many people were like, "What?! I said that?" I think what happened was, the producers probably asked, "Which dances are you looking forward to doing?" and maybe even rattled off a list for the celebrities, and not like, "What's one dance you really, really want to do?" The celebrities probably had no idea what to say, like, "I don't know. The cha-cha?" And now they're like, "Oh, shoot! I have to do the dance!" But Amy genuinely wants to do the swing. She wants to go to a club and she dreams about throwing down. It's looking good so far. We've added a few lifts. We do one move where she slides on the heel of her prosthetics between my legs and I catch her. It's kind of scary because that's what tries to avoid so she doesn't fall, but her eyes lit up when we did it. She was like, "That's like the feeling when you're about to fall off something and you get those butterflies." It's awesome to see her get excited about it.
We have a rehearsal term now: clink. When I want her legs to touch, I tell her I want to hear the prosthetics clink so we know they're together. It's kind of funny - we had to do this makeshift thing with them. She has buttons on the inside of the prosthetics and if you press them, the legs attach. Sometimes when you slam them together, they catch and they lock. So it's not a good thing when we're dancing! I got a bottle cap to put over it as a safeguard. That puts her mind at ease so we don't have to worry about that happening on show night or anything. It's been really cool to have to use a different set of terms to teach Amy. We always talk about footwork and toes and everything on the show, but your joints are all attached, so with Amy, I focus on her hips and thighs. If I want her foot to turn out, I tell her to rotate her hip, which rotates her entire leg, so her foot turns out. If I want her feet to close, I tell her to squeeze her thighs and her feet will follow.
I thought everyone did a good job overall. There are a lot of natural dancers in this group, maybe more so than ever before, not counting All-Stars. I think it's going to be really competitive this season. But I'm glad we have people who set the bar that high because that will only raise everybody else's game.
If you haven't heard the big news, Julianne and I are heading out on tour this summer. We had been talking about this for over a year. It goes back to origins of what we want to and it's performing live in front of people. We've had people tell us over the years that they want to see us perform, so now it's finally happening. It's going to be fun and high-energy. We've been talking to the creative directors about ideas and it's going to be awesome. We want the audience to get involved and for them feel out of breath by the end. I went and did a few little shows in the off season and the audience response was fantastic. Hope to see you out there! You can get tickets here.
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Lawsuit: Pledge of Allegiance's 'under God' discriminatory
Mass. court to hear Pledge of Allegiance challenge
A family asked Massachusetts' highest court Wednesday to ban the daily practice of reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools, arguing that the words "under God" in the pledge discriminate against atheists.
In arguments before the Supreme Judicial Court, a lawyer for an atheist Acton couple who sued on behalf of their three children argued that the reference to God suggests that "good patriots are God believers" and nonbelievers are less patriotic or unpatriotic.
David Niose, an attorney representing the family and the American Humanist Association, rejected the argument that because the pledge is voluntary, it does not discriminate against atheists.
"The exercise itself still discriminates. It defines patriotism a certain way," Niose told the seven justices.
A lawyer for the Acton-Boxborough Regional School District argued that the pledge is not mandatory and students can opt out by either leaving out the reference to God or by not reciting the pledge.
"There is no religious bias in the statute," said Geoffrey Bok, an attorney for the school district.
Eric Rassbach, deputy general counsel for The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, told the justices that the phrase "under God" has a long history as an expression of a "political philosophy" and is not a religious declaration.
"It's always been used to limit first the power of the king and now the power of government," Rassbach said after the hearing. "It's not a religious statement ... no one is getting up there and saying a prayer when they say the Pledge of Allegiance."
Last year, a Massachusetts judge found that the words "under God" in the pledge did not violate state law or the school's anti-discrimination policy. Judge S. Jane Haggerty found that including "under God" in a voluntary patriotic exercise does not "convert the exercise into a prayer." The family appealed the ruling.
The case stems from a lawsuit filed by the couple in 2010. Their name was not disclosed.
Niose said the family is seeking a ruling that declares unconstitutional the current daily classroom recitation of the pledge.
The original pledge was adopted by Congress in 1942 and did not contain the words "under God." The phrase was added in 1954.
The justices peppered Niose with questions about how far the ban on the pledge should extend, noting that the pledge is recited at sporting events and other public gatherings. Chief Justice Roderick Ireland noted that there are other references to God made in public places, including at state courthouses where court officers include "God save the Commonwealth of Massachusetts" in a daily recitation.
Niose said those references are "ceremonial" and not recited on a daily basis by children for their 13 years in public school.
The court did not immediately rule. Decisions typically are published several months after oral arguments.
Any ruling by the court would apply only to Massachusetts because the language of the Pledge of Allegiance is set by federal law.


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As plans take shape for Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic, Reuters reports that Woz has been drafted in to act as an advisor on Jobs and the "technical aspects of computers".
With both Sorkin and Woz on board, the film certainly promises to be definitive—though we'll have to wait and see if it delivers on that. Elsewhere in the Reuters report are snippets from Sorkin about the direction the movie will take:
"I know so little about what I am going to write... I know what I am not going to write. It can't be a straight ahead biography because it's very difficult to shake the cradle-to-grave structure of a biography...
"Drama is tension versus obstacle. Someone wants something, something is standing in their way of getting it. They want the money, they want the girl, they want to get to Philadelphia – doesn't matter … And I need to find that event and I will. I just don't know what it is."
Do you have any ideas? [Reuters via The Next Web]
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(CNN) - Following heated exchanges with House Republicans, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen on Wednesday told a congressional committee that he will hand over all of the emails of Lois Lerner, the former IRS official under investigation for the agency's targeting of conservative groups.
But Koskinen also told frustrated Republicans that producing all the documents the committee wants will take "years," indicating that the matter is far from settled.
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"If you want them all, I will give them all to you," Koskinen told the House Oversight Committee, which has subpoenaed every email from the IRS accounts of Lerner and a handful other staffers connected to the investigation.
Lerner oversaw the division determining tax-exempt status and retired after an inspector general's report found it used inappropriate methods when looking at conservative and other groups.
The agreement to hand over all of her emails is a new position for the IRS and came only after members had repeatedly demanded a firm yes or no on the issue.
Koskinen has previously said the agency would cooperate with the investigation, but until now the agency has limited the documents to those found using certain search terms, like "tea party," related to the investigation.
But by expanding to include every Lerner email, Koskinen warned lawmakers the effort will take enormous amounts of time. That is because the agency is restricted by law from divulging taxpayers' confidential details.
To ensure no accidental disclosure, Koskinen said the IRS is must go through Lerner's emails one-by-one to redact any such information before sending them to the committee.
"My guess is there is no way to get this information before the end of the year," the IRS chief said of the emails.
He later added that gathering all the information so far subpoenaed by the committee, including applications for tax exempt status, could take "years."
"This commissioner has no intention of complying with this duly issued subpoena!" fired out Rep. Jason Chaffetz, a Utah Republican. "When you have a duly issued subpoena, you comply with it."
The tense battle over email goes to the heart of the Republican investigation of IRS targeting of conservative groups.
Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa, a California Republican, is trying to determine if political targeting was ordered from Obama administration officials outside the IRS, and he has focused on Lerner as a central figure.
During the committee's nearly year-long investigation, Lerner has repeatedly cited her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Issa disagrees with her over whether she waived that right and is considering filing contempt charges.
But as Republicans try to force Lerner to testify, they have also doggedly sought all of the documents she left behind at the IRS.
"I know you want to bring this investigation to a close as soon as possible," Issa told Koskinen. "And I do, too, but they only way you can do that is to comply with our request (to hand over all the e-mails)."
But Koskinen returned again and again to the scope of the committee's subpoena.
"In a court of law, when presented with that subpoena, a judge would not enforce it," he said.
The IRS chief said the search could produce over a million pages of emails, with most of them being irrelevant to the investigation.
Republicans dismissed his argument.
"What part of 'all' do you not understand?" asked Rep. Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican. "With all respect, we don't care what you think is relevant. We want them all."
The IRS has so far turned over more than 400,000 pages of documents for the investigation and planned to give the committee an additional 25,000 on Wednesday.
Koskinen said that the agency is still going through the more limited group of Lerner's emails, found by looking for specific search terms. Once that is done, he said, the IRS can start looking through her entire Inbox.
"You are going to get a lot of emails," Koskinen told the committee.
The stated agreement to handover emails did little to satisfy Republicans, who expressed continued skepticism that they would see the documents.
"I can tell you, the people I represent, they believe you are stonewalling," said Rep. Mark Meadows, a North Carolina Republican.
The IRS says they were targeting conservative groups. Conservative groups did not get an answer from the IRS until after the election effectively stopping them in their tracks. Liberal groups got their answer from the IRS in a timely fashion. It isn't the yes or no answer from IRS that is the issue. The lack of an answer until after the election is what is the issue. If you are tax exempt you conduct business differently then if you are not. By not giving an answer those groups were removed from doing their part in that election year. The liberal groups were not.
Richard Long – The applications have to be scrutinized about any group's 'welfare' because it's the law. Size problem?
Why did Gore give in? Why did liberals not want Nader to run in 2004? What we have here are two theories and the Democracts supported my theory in large.
Al gore "gave in" because he knew it would be futile to challenge the USSC, and he was right. Regardless of whether or not the liberals wanted Ralph Nader to run, the fact remains that Gore got MORE votes EVEN WITH Ralph Nader on the ballot. What "theory" of your's did the Democrats support "in large"?
To all the reichwing crybabies,
If the IRS targeted reichwing groups EXCLUSIVELY, why wee only "liberal" groups denied tax exempt status?
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Issa won't read any e mails, he will turn them over to a Fox and let them edit them.
The Dems should make a public records request for duplicate copies of everything the IRS hands over so that faux newz can be debunked when they trot out their sliced, diced, half-baked narrative.


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ROCKFORD — Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens, 1354 N. Second St., will host rooftop dinners from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays through Aug. 27 in conjunction with the Tunes on the Terrace concert series.
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Cost: $300 for four people; includes conservatory admission. Up to eight guests can be accommodated for an additional fee.
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