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I wrote a post on Face Book a few months back in regards to a possible African American WWII military Veteran. The overall point that I was attempting to make at the time was for over five years I attempted to confirm William Montford of Jacksonville, North Carolina, served in the U.S. military ca. 1917, with little results.
William Montford
Died in France, September 26, 1918
I discovered during my search through various WWI war records that there were not only combat deaths but, those caused by disease. What sparked my interest in regards to the possibility of "rediscovering" and giving long overdue respect for William, as a "forgotten" military veteran, was an inscription on this man's headstone within the Diggs Cemetery, "Died in France." His date of death was in 1918, a period of time when the United States was involved in the War-to-end-all-wars.
As mentioned, I have attempted to use various military, genealogy and individual research techniques to obtain validation if this William Montford was in fact a military soldier during WWI. A common saying within historical and genealogic research is, "coming to a brick wall." Each time a restart of my search was conducted I, too, came to a brick wall. No military records could be located. The fire at the National Archives was a main factor. To add to this challenge there were no genealogic discoveries. Local residents could not remember an Ancestor who died in 1918. An added note to this particular graveyard is that it is made up of multiple family cemeteries that were "relocated" to Diggs cemetery.
Recently, I was introduced to an official report, written ca.1919, of military deaths that occurred during WWI, "Soldiers of the Great War." This text was brought to my attention due to the help of some keen genealogy researchers I met through Internet social media. The death report, with images of soldiers, is listed by state and each death was recorded. Not only was combat deaths mentioned but, there were also illness and accidental deaths listed. This is where I found my first tangible, "possible" connection to my quests.
Reported among the list of names of soldiers who died in France within Volume II of this book were the men who joined from North Carolina. One surname was discovered who lived in Jacksonville, Onlsow County, North Carolina—William Munford. I determined through census reports that there were Munford families living in Onslow County. Records indicate ,however, there were no males that meet the age prerequisites for a William Munford to be serving in WWI.
William Munford
Jacksonville, (North Carolina)
Having correct information on a subject to conduct genealogy research is extremely vital. If done haphazardly, a whole family tree may be distorted and contaminated from the roots to top branches. Confirming and then re-confirming correct spelling of Given and Surnames is vital.
I am now closer to declaring William Munford, listed within the book "Soldiers of the Great War; Vol. II," is in fact, William Montford buried within Diggs Cemetery with the headstone inscription—Died in France (1918).
In time, hopefully, we can give this gentleman the recognition that was deserved, but not given in his lifetime, for a multitude of reason, and present to our next generation an opportunity to teach their next generation of our heritages.
In time, hopefully, we can give this gentleman the recognition that was deserved, but not given in his lifetime, for a multitude of reason, and present to our next generation an opportunity to teach their next generation of our heritages.
Thank you for taking the time to reading this and other posts that I have written.
Here are links that will give you an idea of the work that I conduct in regards to finding our "Forgotten Veterans" and protecting our endangered cemeteries.
Here are links that will give you an idea of the work that I conduct in regards to finding our "Forgotten Veterans" and protecting our endangered cemeteries.
Books that I have written
Semper Fi !
Remember our military Veterans. Say hello and thanks to them the next time you see one.


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Tue, 27 December 2011
Lost in the debate over women in politics is the meaning of Christmas...that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Senator Rick Santorum...issues and answers. Then, Mickelson is the Grinch who stole Kwanzaa. Then Charlie Brown converts to Islam...(language alert)...and a cute video about twin toddlers with a fair and balanced debate.
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migya wrote:TMC wrote:coltraning wrote:krome wrote:I got the games confused, I thought they were playing in LA, then Oakland. Oh well
krome, it is very cool that you even take the time to do this. Thanks!
Krome is monster. He alone makes this section work... pretty admirably, I must say.
Monster's a bit strong but he is certainly an important member here
Yeah, I didn't mean a monster like Sam Cassell or Charlize Theron in, well, "Monster"...
Uh?... no. Not Krome...
You already know what kind of monster I meant.


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Everyone agrees that AMC's "Breaking Bad" is one of the best dramas on TV, and Wednesday's news that Sony Pictures Television and AMC would be moving forward with a spinoff starring shady lawyer Saul Goodman (played by Bob Odenkirk) was received by fans mostly with praise. But the series, tentatively titled "Better Call Saul" will be treading some tricky waters, made rougher by the failures of other spinoffs that have come before it.
Goodman has served as comic relief for the series, which has been grim and sometimes unbearably tense. The proposed series will no doubt be lighter in tone than "Breaking Bad," however series co-creator Peter Gould told Entertainment Weekly, "When people think of a Saul Goodman spinoff, they tend to think in terms of a laugh-a-minute comedy, and we're going for something that has a very, very unique tone."
This isn't the first time a successful and beloved series has attempted a spinoff, but Gould and fellow creator Vince Gilligan would do well to study the lessons learned by previous spinoff attempts, some successful and some grim.
1. Don't change careers. In 1987, beloved police drama "Hill Street Blues" came to an end, and producers, including David Milch, attempted to keep the party going with "Beverly Hills Buntz." The series, which starred Dennis Franz reprising his "Blues" character Lt. Norman Buntz, took the character out of the police force and plopped him into Beverly Hills, where he became a private investigator. The series, which was a comedy, lasted just nine episodes and was described by Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales as "dismal."
2. Remember what made the original compelling. "M*A*S*H" had one direct spinoff and one semi-spinoff. And though "AfterMASH" featured many of the same actors playing the same characters from "M*A*S*H," it didn't fare nearly as well as "Trapper John, M.D.," which took a "M*A*S*H" character but replaced him with a different actor and moved him nearly three decades into the future. While neither series put the characters in the life or death theater of war, at least "Trapper John, M.D." retained the life or death drama of the operating room. Meanwhile, "AfterMASH" veered too far into straight comedy.
3. Prequels are hard. No one knows exactly what will happen to "Breaking Bad's" characters, but everyone will know what lies in Saul Goodman's future. While shows that have leaped generations into the future from the originals have done well, prequel series, such as "Caprica" from "Battlestar Galactica" and "Star Trek: Enterprise" from the original "Star Trek," have had a rough time making things compelling. It'll take extra work to get people as invested in the twists and turns of "Better Call Saul."
4. Don't lose the vices. The world of "Breaking Bad" is one of drug dealers, drug lords, cops and junkies. Saul Goodman is just one part of that, but his world isn't necessarily limited to the drug world. While it may be tempting to expand Goodman into other aspects of the law, it may be best to remember the fate of The Lone Gunmen, the comic relief conspiracy theorists from "The X-Files" that got their own spinoff series on Fox. While "The X-Files" featured the trio working to unravel bizarre alien conspiracies, their own series abandoned the paranormal and unexplained and focused on more terrestrial conspiracies and crimes. It only lasted 13 episodes.
5. It's not an impossible task. Just look at "Lou Grant," the dramatic spinoff series from the sitcom "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" that starred Ed Asner as grizzled newspaper editor Lou Grant. The series lasted five seasons, won an Emmy for best drama series and two Emmys for Asner. It also had Grant change occupations from the news director at a TV station to a newspaper editor. And then there's "Frasier," which followed the 11 seasons of "Cheers" with 11 seasons of its own, got Frasier Crane out of the bar, changed his occupation and still managed to be a winner.
And hey, if they're able to pull off a Saul Goodman spinoff, maybe soon we'll see drug kingpin Gus Fring (Giancarlo Esposito) back for a cooking show (he makes great fried chicken). Or possibly bring back wheelchair-bound, bell-ringing baddie Hector Salamanca for a variety show (he could ding the failed acts off the stage).


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Not really, that's just how this morning happened to start off.
It's 6:10am and my cell phone rings. I put it on my desk, which is across the room from my bed, at night to charge. So I'd just hit the snooze button on my alarm and was right on the cusp of that deep, restorative sleep that you can only get in a 7 minute snooze and am jarred awake by Nocturnal, some kind of boogie ring tone on my phone.
I crawl out of bed, rubbing my eyes, and shuffle over to the desk, unplug it from the charger, flip it open, push a button and say
Girls voice in the background: Oh, Oh, OH yea!
Umm Hello?
Like that oh baby, uh huh, mmm
Oh ahh yes, yes, yeasss
I hang up.
I'm trudging my way back to bed when it rings again.
Guys redneck hillbilly draw: Uh Why'dja hang up for?
Who is this?
No reply
Um hello, who is this?
I...I uhh I didn't call the wrong number did I?
Well I suppose that depends on who you were trying to call now doesn't it?
I guess if yore asking who I am then I probably got the wrong number... You didn't happen to uhh hear umm anythang.... didja?
You mean that BAD imitation of sex going on in the background? No I didn't hear that.
Aww man.. I'm so embarrassed.
Yea well it's 6 freaking am. Go be embarrassed with someone else.


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EvanED wrote:For some strange new definition of the word "solution".
His site and video only cover the somewhat easy cases, and arguably not perfectly. (For instance, note in the video how at 1:28 how the comment on line 11 doesn't move.)
But it's a step in the right direction. Whenever there's a "holy war" over some thing like this, where everyone claims advantages for their "side" and that the other side is categorically wrong, there's actually probably a modern, technical solution that would appease both, but people are too busy criticizing the other alternatives to think of it.


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LONDON (AP) — Television cook and author Nigella Lawson on Thursday accused lawyers for two former assistants of treating her like a suspect rather than a witness, as she again denied allegations of heavy drug use.
"If you want to put me on trial, put me on trial," Lawson said as she testified for a second day at the fraud trial of her two ex-employees. "I don't feel it is right to have me here as a witness for the Crown and treat me like this."
On Wednesday, Lawson acknowledged taking cocaine a handful of times but denied being a regular drug user. She was pressed on the subject again Thursday under cross-examination by a defense lawyer, who asked whether she had kept cocaine in a hollowed-out book containing jewelry including her late first husband's wedding ring.
Lawson denied it.
"If I was taking cocaine and cannabis to the extent you say, I wouldn't be standing here," she said.
"If you think I'm going to sabotage my health and leave my children as orphans, you are very wrong," said Lawson, who has a son and a daughter from her marriage to John Diamond, who died of cancer in 2001.
"I promise you ... regular cocaine users do not look like this," added the cook, known for her voluptuous figure. "They are scrawny and look unhealthy."
Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo, sisters from Italy, are charged with using credit cards loaned to them by Lawson and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi to spend 685,000 pounds (more than $1 million) on luxury clothes, accessories and rooms at high-end hotels. They deny the fraud charges.
The case has been overshadowed by revelations about the troubled relationship between Lawson and Saatchi, a wealthy art collector. The couple divorced in July after Saatchi was photographed grabbing Lawson's throat outside a London restaurant.
Lawyers for the Grillos allege that Lawson sanctioned their high spending in exchange for their silence about her drug use. They have quoted an email in which Saatchi accused Lawson of being "so off her head" on drugs she allowed them to "spend whatever they liked."
Lawson said that claim was "ridiculous." She denied misleading police by not mentioning earlier that she had occasionally taken drugs.
She said she was not proud of her past drug use but came clean to avoid being "bullied by lies" from Saatchi.
Lawson said "I would rather be honest and ashamed" than let false allegations stand.
"I'm not proud of the fact I have taken drugs but that does not make me a drug addict or a habitual drug user," she said.
The trial has generated huge media interest. Lawson, 53, entered the court on Thursday walking past dozens of photographers and television cameras.
Cross-examined by Francesca Grillo's lawyer, Karina Arden, Lawson denied using her court appearance to explain herself to the world's press or to hit back at her ex.
"I prefer to keep my private life private," she said. "I felt it was my duty to come."
Lawson spent two days in the witness box at London's Isleworth Crown Court, at times sparring with defense lawyers who quizzed her on details of her domestic life with Saatchi. Judge Robin Johnson several times asked attorneys to halt lines of questioning.
At other times, the evidence was leavened by flashes of wit.
At one point Arden told Lawson that she shared her "penchant for things Italian," and said she did not mean that as a criticism.
"I don't see how that could ever be interpreted by anyone as a criticism," Lawson replied.
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Mr. Mulvaney, why can Indian Land not have its own post office?
I know about the contract post office at S.C. 160 and U.S. 521, but it is a gas station and the sign on the post office counter states, "We are a gas station first and a post office second, so be patient with the attendant."
Indian Land now has more than 21,500 residents and the fastest-growing region in the state. I think we have waited long enough, earned and deserve a real post office.
It was reported in last week's newspaper that Lancaster County Council is considering early redemption of the special source revenue bonds used to finance public improvements at Bailes Ridge, a 300-acre business park in Indian Land.
One thing for sure, readers know I ain't one to complain 'bout stuff. That said, let me tell you about the south end of the Gateway to South Carolina.
Most of you know, we ain't got no interstate highway barreling in from North Carolina, so we just gotta make do with what we got and what we got is U.S. 521. A real four-lane marvel. Why, I lost a big piece of my front yard so that other lane could be made. That sorta makes me feel a small sense of pride, but I'm too old to maintain it.
At the close of a Draw Muhammad cartoon contest, two masked Islamist jihadists were shot dead by security after they opened fired on the event, hoping to kill as many as they could.
No sooner were the Islamist would-be killers sent to their graves than the leftist media turned on the event, instead of the jihadists.
The brain-dead media rattled off numerous reasons why Pamela Geller, the host of the contest, was at fault for causing the crisis, and not the jihadists.
I doubt there are many in Lancaster County who would oppose a properly sited sawmill; the objection is to an industrial I-2 use next to an undeveloped future recreational area on the Catawba River, particularly one on a road incapable of handling heavy truck traffic.
If the area is zoned I-2 and the sawmill moves out, there are many much less desirable uses that could move in without further review or approval, including landfills, slaughterhouses and the like.
On May 15, my wife and I were on our way from Kershaw to Lancaster to do some shopping.
Just as we entered the city of Lancaster, we had a blowout on the front of our car.
Just as we got out of the car to check out the problem, along came a gentleman who asked if he could help.
I am almost 80 years old and retired out of the military on 100 percent divisibility with COPD.
This man was a godsend. He changed the tire for us from start to finish. I am not sure I could have changed the flat. This man's name is Gary Taylor.
There are animal lovers, as well as animal haters, out there.
Animals have feelings like we do and they deserve to be loved and cared for, not abandoned and abused. It's too bad that some people do not have the common sense to see this.
I am writing this in response to the article in the paper about the kittens that were tied up and thrown in the trash can at Walmart in Indian Land.
These reports really make me mad.
When Republicans gathered in Columbia last week, we celebrated last year's victories – victories we worked together to achieve – and also talked face-to-face about what it means to be a Republican.
The Republican Party has a platform that defines its mission, but not all Republican elected officials follow every letter of the platform.
And that's fine.
But what we've always said is that the people of our state deserve a government that works for them, not the other way around.
I moved to Sun City Carolina Lakes in Indian Land over the Christmas holiday. I found a morning group of guys who have a wealth of information about the area that I needed and wanted to know, so I joined them. Talk came around about needing a post office in our area.
So being me, I wrote a letter to our Congressman Mick Mulvaney. I hear he campaigned on wanting to serve the taxpayers of this area. Well, what I arrived at is we the people really need our own post office. The letter was written and mailed.
I'm sure Bill Ardrey's April 29 letter to the editor, "Lancaster County needs sawmill," opened eyes to the numerous benefits that a state-of-the-art lumber planing mill would have for Lancaster County.
Not only would it put hundreds of local people to work with high-paying jobs, it would benefit the local forest industry (the No. 1 industry in South Carolina) by giving them a higher price for their timber, without having to travel long distances to sell their timber.
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Wednesday, July 21, 2010
This is a Video That I Never, Ever Thought I'd Post
Um, so last night I had a fantastic LINGER release party (a totally different post to come on that) that lasted until 9 p.m. and then I headed to a hotel because I was flying out the next morning on a 7 a.m. flight for California. I knew that the NYT Bestseller list info would come in while I was in transit, and I was hoping that LINGER might debut on it, and I made sure editor MixTape had my cell number. Then my cell died. So from Chicago, I e-mailed him with my dad's cell number (my dad and sister are with me for the first two days).
Then we got delayed and all kinds of good stuff and eventually found ourselves on a 24-person prop plane heading to San Luis Obispo. We are flying over mountains. It is quiet in the small cabin.
The phone rings.
I think what dumb idiot left their phone on the plane when they told us to turn it off?
It was my dad's phone.
It was Editor MixTape.
He says, "Are you ready to make a lot of noise?"
Me, looking at the stewardess who is looking at me on the phone, conspicuous as the single rule breaker among her charges: "Um . . . "
David: "Linger debuted at number one on the NYT Bestseller List."
The Stewardess then got on the intercom and, all the while staring at me, announced that all electronic devices needed to be powered down or we'd all die. (I paraphrase).
I was trying not to pass out as I realized that this, finally, was what hyperventilating looked like, while the people in front of me asked me what my book was because they could hear the conversation because after all, it was only a 24 person plane and everyone could hear everything. And my hands are shaking (they still are kind of weird because I had four glasses of sweetened tea upon landing) and my dad is going "you did it!!" and my sister is grinning like a lunatic and I'm sure I am too, or possibly I'm just looking gray from the passing out, and I honestly do not remember anything I said to Editor Mixtape or SuperPublicist.
I can't believe it. I just can't.
Thank you, guys. THANK YOU.
And . . . here's the sheet music I promised in the video.
39 comments:
- Dawn Embers said...
That is so awesome.
- July 21, 2010 at 6:21 PM
- Riv Re said...
!!!!! Congratulations! This is awesome!!!
Does this mean we get to party?
I don't really care what the answer is.
*pulls out massive green virtual cake*
- July 21, 2010 at 6:31 PM
Yowza! I must confess to saying once I am not a fan of the gratuitous OMG comments, but...
OMG!!!! What wonderful and exciting news. Congratulations - I love it when talent and hard work are rewarded. And thank you for letting us all peep into the window of your life to see that talent and hard work in progress!
- July 21, 2010 at 6:41 PM
- Andrew Karre said...
Congratulations. Richly deserved.
- July 21, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- DJ's Life in Fiction said...
CONGRATULATIONS! This is so exciting and you certainly deserve it!
- July 21, 2010 at 6:58 PM
- Not Hannah said...
I am so happy for you (and for us, your readers) that I just jumped out of my chair and fist-pumped. This is crazy-awesome.
- July 21, 2010 at 7:03 PM
- BookChic said...
That is totally awesome!! :D I told my roommate that (you met her at the Fredericksburg signing earlier this year) and she was so happy for you too. Congratulations! You totally deserve this!
- July 21, 2010 at 7:15 PM
- Beth said...
- July 21, 2010 at 7:24 PM
- Crystal Cook said...
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!! I am so happy for you, you completely 100% deserve this :):):)
And I feel like I had a very, very small part in this too because I rushed out and bought your book the minute the book store doors opened after anxiously waiting for it to come out the minute I finished reading Shiver 7 months ago.
And I finished Linger, and loved it so, so much. Very few books make me feel as much as this one did. I don't know what else to say other than thank you for writing it and for sharing so much of yourself with people you don't even know (like me). You are one of the main people that inspired me to take writing seriously, after years of wanting to write a novel but telling myself that I couldn't, that I wasn't talented enough for that. And when I finished reading your book I said to myself "that's the kind of writer I want to be."
Well done Maggie, My Biggest Congratulations To You Ever!
PS I had planned to write you a letter or an email (fully aware that you are super busy and not expecting any kind of response) to tell you all that, but I saw your post and decided to just spill it. I just wante you to know how much I love your books and that you inspire me :)
- July 21, 2010 at 7:25 PM
- Kt said...
YAYAYAYAYAYAY! Go youuuu!! :) Congratulations!! You totally deserve this.
- July 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM
- JSavant said...
Oh my goodness!!! Congratulations! You deserve it, Maggie! :) (And what a memory!)
- July 21, 2010 at 7:46 PM
- maine character said...
Great story - I got goosebumps!
And it's funny how the stewardess had to go on the intercom to tell you to get off the phone when you were right in front of her. Like a scene right out of "Airplane."
I've heard your music, but never seen you play before, so thanks for sharing that, and for having fun with it.
So yeah, a NYT #1 Bestselling Author! And to think I knew you when you were just a NYT #9 Bestselling Author. :-)
- July 21, 2010 at 7:53 PM
- Deborah Paris said...
Congratulations! Seems like such an inadequate word for such an amazing , wonderful feat!
- July 21, 2010 at 8:06 PM
- Jess (The Cozy Reader) said...
Congrats Maggie!!! :)
- July 21, 2010 at 8:17 PM
- Keri said...
That's brilliant! Congratulations! I'm still only on the first part of Shiver but I'm hoping to catch up...eventually. I'm so behind when it comes to reading. ^^;
- July 21, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Maggie said...
Congrats!! That's so amazing! And, hah, I bet that was a fun flight :D I'm so happy for you! I really don't think you understand the effects your books leave on your readers. They're very amazing, and I'm so, so glad that you're number ONE! You totally deserve it.
Also, thank you very much for that sheet music! I'm dying to get to play it. Also also, you played great on the video, whether you believe so or not. Also also also, I'm glad that even my idols don't brush their hair something. Thank goodness!
- July 21, 2010 at 10:36 PM
- Zoë Marriott said...
Holy **** on a **** sandwich. With **** on the side. And **** chips.
So pleased for you (and happy that I ordered the American hardback from Amazon so that I can be part of this moment). Whee! Maaagie's Nuuumber Ooone!
- July 22, 2010 at 12:51 AM
- swiggett said...
Woo hoo!!
you completely deserve it!
- July 22, 2010 at 6:14 AM
- storyqueen said...
And the music is really just lovely...I listened to it three times.
Well done, you!
- July 22, 2010 at 7:30 AM
How absolutely wonderful! I am thrilled for you and must say, I got teary eyed over your video and music. Huge congratulations!
- July 22, 2010 at 8:49 AM
I just received my copy of Linger in the mail from the Fountain Bookstore. A little late but SOOOOOOO WORTH IT now that I see your autograph and a BEAU-TI-FUL picture of a wolf on mine. Maggie U R THE BEST!!! Thank You TONS!!!
- July 22, 2010 at 3:39 PM
- Maggie Stiefvater said...
THANK YOU. And yes, all of you guys who pre-ordered and bought it the first week, a giant thanks, because this was ALL YOUR FAULT.
Faith, thanks for being patient, I know it makes a huge difference to Fountain.
- July 22, 2010 at 7:14 PM
- Em (Super Reader Girl) said...
Maggie, you rock! I am so happy for you! And so excited to have the sheet music for The Golden Wood! :) Thank you!! My 4-year-old likes the song too. She came over while I was attempting it and said, "Mommy, I really like that song." :)
- July 22, 2010 at 9:44 PM
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- July 22, 2010 at 9:48 PM
- shotcarla21 said...
Hi!! I have a question. I love the frame used for the SHIVER trailer (the one you gave away for the last contest), and I would love a copy of one. Can I buy it somewhere? -Carla
- July 22, 2010 at 9:50 PM
It was awesome Maggie!! You really deserve it! Shiver and linger are currently (and will stay for a long long long tme) on my top 7 favorite book list. This book gave me my moments. It was hilarious from the descriptions, dialogue (isabell screaming at her parents), and metaphors. It was also suspenseful which keeps me wanting more. I wish they were more pages. I love in Southern CA so i will definitley try to make it!! :) I have a question: Will you be giving things away in contest as well in California? BTW I BOUGHT IT ON THE 14TH, came on the 19th and finished it on the 21st.
~Priscilla C. (Garden Grove, CA)
- July 22, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Ann Elise said...
Congratulations, Maggie! I'll have to teach myself your song now. Another procrastination tool in my arsenal :) :) :)
- July 23, 2010 at 3:17 AM
- Jacquelyn Wheeler said...
A HUGE congrats to you! So very well deserved! I'm going to try to make it to Kepler's tonight...I expect there's going to be a huge crowd, but it will be worth it.
- July 23, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- Mia said...
Congratulations! I can't wait to read Linger. I'm sure it's amazing. Shiver is absolutely gorgeous.
- July 23, 2010 at 8:39 AM
- Lisa Gail Green said...
Just have to say CONGRATULATIONS!!!! You are an amazing writer, I am in awe. And I cannot wait to read it.
- July 23, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Amelia Robinson said...
Hey, Maggie! Congratulations!! I LOVE that song! Oh, and I sent your publicist a PDF copy of this. I have a program that allows me to create sheet music so I used what you had there and just moved into a bit tidier, easier to read copy. (I sent it July 23rd at 7:30PM, for future reference.)
- July 23, 2010 at 4:32 PM
- Ariadne said...
That is so fantastic! I have "Linger" on my table just waiting to be read:)
And thank you so much for the lovely music piece!!! I love your music.
- July 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM
- Jen the bibliophile said...
OMG, that is so awesome!! Congratulations on No.1! Also, loved the video, seriously loved the video! I now wish I'd actually continued with my piano lessons.
In the Closet With a Bibliophile
- July 24, 2010 at 11:05 AM
- Maggie Stiefvater said...
@shotcarla - do you mean that art with the tree, or with Sam and Grace?
@Priscilla - nope, just discussion/ Q/A & signing at the California events!
- July 26, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- shotcarla21 said...
Yeah, the one with Grace and Sam.. I love it!!! Thank You sooo much for signing my books!!! I love the fact that you're so enthusiastic!!!
- July 26, 2010 at 10:12 PM
Congratulations Maggie!
Your writing style is poetic, your book covers are beautiful and the colored font is SO fun!
I bought Shiver with recommendations from a friend. I devoured it in a day.
A few weeks ago I was meandering around Borders and something green caught my eye. I thought I was seeing things because Linger wasn't due out for a couple of days. I put down the book I was originally there to purchase, snatched up Linger, opened the book and saw beautiful green font! While I dragged four children to the checkout I phoned my previously mentioned friend to tell her the book was out. She bought it the next day.
We love it, thank you for taking us on an escape from our mommy lives.
- July 28, 2010 at 6:59 AM
I love your books and your music. Thanks for the sheet music, I really enjoy playing it:)
Are you going to post the sheet music to the music in the Linger trailer as well? It would be very fun to play that too, it's so beutiful.
- July 28, 2010 at 7:32 AM
- Maggie Stiefvater said...
@Laura - so glad that you found it. :) You're so welcome.
@Mathilda - I will eventually! Thank you!
@Amelia - I've gotten it, thanks for that, but haven't had a chance to post it.
- August 14, 2010 at 1:32 PM
OMG thank you! And congrats! And you might notice my name is Grace B. That is honestly my name, but the B. does not stand for brisbane. (:
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From Laggard Longbed to One Svelte Shorty
When we left off last month, the wood was assembled in the bed and the strips were marked and ready to be drilled. It appeared that we were nearing the end to any unassuming passersby, but those in the know realize it was only the first of many times that the wood be installed and removed before the final fitment would take place. Measure twice, cut once, and all that.
This is due to the fact that we opted to use a custom kit from Bed Wood and Parts that featured equal-width sapele wood boards. The stock arrangement for the bed wood uses two slim boards in the center followed by a pair of wider boards on either side, a full-length board under each wheelwell, and four short boards at the corners. With an equal-width setup, it's necessary to re-drill most of the mounting holes in the cross sills, which necessitates an initial fitting of the wood kit prior to drilling any holes or applying any finish.
Once everything is fit and the bed is double checked for square, it's time to remove the boards for drilling and treating. For our kit, Jeff Major at Bed Wood and Parts recommended their EZ Rub, a fortified penetrating oil finish that is specially formulated for use on outdoor wood applications. Applied with a brush or rubbed on with a rag, EZ Rub effectively seals in the natural beauty of the wood while keeping out the weather, protecting the wood from moisture, mold, and mildew—bed wood's worst enemies. Durable and long lasting, it features two levels of UV protection and can be easily reapplied on an as-needed basis. The finish is maintenance free and provides a natural look that is different from the typical high-gloss bed finishes.
With the boards sealed and protected, it was time once again to slide the boards back into place in the bed—this time for good. I started by bolting the outside boards to the bedsides finger tight before installing the cross sills. The new shortbed will feature one less cross sill than it did in its past life as a longbed, with two up front and one at the rear with a smaller support sill at the front of the wheelwell.
Another aspect of our build that differs from the traditional setup is the fact that the hardware to fasten the bed to the frame will be hidden under the wood. This necessitates a notch to be made on the bottom of each board to clear the head of the carriage bolt that runs through the cross sill. At the very back of the bed, a special washer is used to keep the fasteners from spinning since these mounts do not accept a carriage bolt.
With the mounting fasteners in place, the bed wood can be installed along with the strips and their hidden fasteners. Due to differences between the strips and the modified bed, it was necessary to trim just a touch off of a few of the aluminum strips to get them all the same length. A bandsaw made quick work of this along with a file to smooth off the rough-cut edge. To cap off the back of the bed, I fastened a 1-inch strip of aluminum for a finished touch.
All in all, it took about a week to get the bed wood sorted, including two days' worth of finishing and coating the bedsides. The end result is a spectacular set of slabs that will really complement the rest of the bed, if it hasn't become the focal point already.
With the inner bedsides coated and finished, it will be an easy job for the painter to simply mask off the inner bed and shoot the caps, sides, and tailgate without worrying about removing the bed wood. A tonneau cover is in the works, as well as a rubber bedliner to keep everything looking as good as it does today, but still keep the bed somewhat useful. I won't be able to haul gravel or junkyard engine blocks back there any longer, but I think I can live with that given how nice the bed turned out.
1. When we left off last month, we had the outer boards marked and the bed wood kit laid out in the bed. Continuing on, it's time to drill the holes for the 1/4-inch fasteners. First, I used a 1⁄8-inch drill bit as a pilot so that the larger bit wouldn't walk across my perfect boards. Note that I'm backing the hole up with a 2×4 to keep splintering down to a minimum when the bit breaks through the backside of the board.
2. Next, a 3⁄8-inch bit is used, giving plenty of room for later adjustment given the 1/4-inch fastener size. I found that by drilling about halfway through the board, then flipping it over and drilling the remaining bore, I kept the splintering at bay. Note, I still backed up the hole with a 2×4 just in case.
3. Once the holes are drilled, it's time to get our rub on. EZ Rub is a fortified teak oil specially formulated for Bed Wood and Parts to inhibit mold, mildew, and moisture on their bed wood kits. It comes in a variety of sizes for a variety of jobs, both large and small. Half a gallon should be more than enough for a three to four coat bed wood job.
4. EZ Rub can be applied using a brush or cloth and is specially formulated to be applied easily and evenly. An initial, even coat followed by three "wet" coats was applied to each side of the boards.
5. The EZ Rub really brings out the color and grain on the sapele wood, as shown in this comparison.
6. It's important to treat any and all surfaces, including the holes we drilled for the mounting fasteners. A cotton swab dipped in EZ Rub makes this an easy job.
7. The ends of the boards are equally important and need to be treated liberally, ensuring that the EZ Rub is effectively absorbed by the end grain.
8. I started on the bottom of the boards on a Friday and by Tuesday had finished up the tops. Bed Wood and Parts recommends two coats on one day followed by another two coats in 24 hours, so that's exactly what we did. The end result did not disappoint.
9. With the boards ready to rock, it's time for final assembly of our bed. I start by placing the four corner boards in place, held in with a fastener or two.
10. Next, I slid in the first of the full-length boards before loosely attaching the cross sills.
11. I still had a few holes to drill in the cross sills as this is the first time I had all the components in place. With the boards spaced out appropriately, I marked each cross sill and drilled the mounting holes using a 3⁄8-inch drill.
12. The bed in Kenny Reid's '68 illustrates the layout of the stock bed wood compared to the equal-width boards of our Bed Wood and Parts custom kit.
13. The hardware that will fasten the bed to the frame is hidden under the bed wood, but the boards need to be notched so that they can sit flat over the fasteners.
14. First, I marked the bottom of the boards using the mounting holes on the cross sills.
15. Then, I traced a circle guideline using a 5⁄16-inch washer.
16. This is the same size as the head of the carriage bolt and will allow it to sit flush inside the board.
17. A rounded burr on the end of a pneumatic grinder makes quick work recessing the area.
18. Once it's deep enough to flush mount the carriage bolt, a dab of EZ Rub is applied to protect the unfinished wood.
19. Now the boards will fit flush against the cross sills…
20.…without impeding the bed fasteners.
21. One final check for square and it's time to tighten all the hidden fasteners that attach the wood boards to the bed structure.
22. I added a strip of 1-inch aluminum to cover the rear cross sill and to tie in to the bed wood strips, which were slightly proud. This piece is replaceable as its attached using two-part epoxy and will prevent a load from snagging a bedstrip and damaging it.
23. With the bed mounted on the chassis, we're one step closer to wrapping up version two of the Laggard Longbed.


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May is National Stroke Awareness Month
Richard H.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
By: Doreen Henrichsen
December 4, 1998 was the worst day of my life. My mother had stayed overnight at my house to babysit my son while I went to a meeting. That morning she woke up in the midst of having her second heart attack in a matter of 5 years. While she was being taken by ambulance to the hospital I kept trying to get a hold of my dad to let him know what was going on. After about an hour I got a hold of their neighbor and asked her to check on him. I'll never forget the call I received back from her. She had found my father semi-conscious on the floor of his home. Paramedics had rushed over and while I was heading to the hospital to see how my mom was doing, I had a paramedic telling me over the phone that it seemed my dad had had a stroke. I can't begin to tell you how this affected my life.
Within days my mother was having a quad-bypass and my father was dead of a massive stroke. He was only 66 years old. He had been a long time smoker (since age 12) but had quit in 1989 when my son was 3 years old. His reason? Because he wanted to be around to see my son grow up. But apparently all those years of smoking took their toll and he only lived to see my son turn 12.
I wouldn't want anyone to have to go through what I went through that day. Losing my dad so quickly and unexpectedly, while also dealing with my mother's heart attack, was sheer and absolute torture for me and my family.
Please please please.....everyone.....I beg you not to smoke. You just don't know what your family will be losing once you're gone.
RIP Richard Dean Henrichsen
July 29 1932 - December 7, 1998.
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Saturday, December 29, 2012
Eclipse Voting Transparency, Part II
SARATOGA SPRINGS, December 28, 2012—There isn't another year I can remember in which the voting in many categories was not only close but, even after much deliberation, the final decision remains a conflicted one.
But soldier on we must and, hence, Part II of what one Eclipse ballot looked like:
The older female category, of course, was much more checkers than chess—actually, more of a no-brainer. That's what happens when a defending champion, well, defends her title.
The runnerup spot was a little closer in that it matched a filly with traditional skills, albeit without a win outside its region, vs. a dominant specialist. We are a traditionalist at heart, but not when tradition is pitted against dominance.
Four-Year-Old & Up Female
1. Royal Delta
2. Groupie Doll
3. Include Me Out
As it usually does, just as in the juvenile categories, the sprint division usually comes down to the championship event. This year's certainly did, as there was an early season leader vs. the budding champion of fall.
Now if one were to invoke what I would term the Dr. Fager rule, Shackleford is a very deserving sprint candidate, after all, the G2 Churchill Downs Handicap and the storied G1 Met Mile are both one-turn events.
Of course, if the G1 Clark were added for class points, there you have it. In the modern era, however, the thought is that there should be one championship win at 6 furlongs, America's dominant sprint distance. I can't say that I disagree.
Three-Year-Old & Up Sprinter, Male
1. Trinniberg
2. The Lumber Guy
3. Shackleford
As for the female sprinter of 2012, it's no-brainer, Part II. In fact, had Groupie Doll won her fourth G1 of the season—the most by an American runner this year—against males in the Cigar Mile should would have received support for Horse of the Year, at least on my ballot.
The runnerup battle had to be closer, obviously, the late season surge of our third place finisher giving up some pause, albeit not for very long.
Three-Year-Old & Up, Female
1. Groupie Doll
2. Contested
3. Dust And Diamonds
In any other season, three Grade 1 victories, including one at the popular American distance, one at the classic distance and a third at the European classic distance within a 4-for-7 slate would be an automatic at the top.
Of course, that's not the case this year given the dominant victories posted by Wise Dan, albeit none around two turns. We relented on a runnerup finish, taking his dominance over Point Of Entry, the biggest "loser" on the Breeders' Cup program.
Three-Year-Old & Up, Turf Male
1. Little Mike
2. Wise Dan
3. Point Of Entry
Our top choice is this category does not make us ill at ease in any way given her accomplishments, but it was very close. Ultimately, a 5-for-8 record, all graded stakes, and a victory in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, is the stuff of champions.
But there is considerable support for a filly that unquestionably had more natural ability but had her campaign cut short by injury after winning two of three graded starts in 2012, including a G1 win and G1 placing.
Then there was a third which was more accomplished than the talented runnerup but not nearly as consistent or talented. But she was very good, indeed.
Three-Year-Old & Up, Female
1. Zagora
2. Winter Memories
3. Tapitsfly
Since we've written on this subject previously, there's no need to belabor the point that the category for Eclipse horseman is a three-trainer race among individuals that had extraordinary seasons. On that issue, at least, there can be no argument:
Champion Trainer 2012
1. Dale Romans
2. Todd Pletcher
3. Bob Baffert
The jockey category, in our view, is a layover, as our topic choice did it quantitatively and qualitatively, including the earnings category, doing so without "the big horse" or without the backing of a powerhouse outfit throwing its entire weight behind the rider. So, with apologies to Rafael Bejarano…
Champion Jockey 2012
1. Ramon Dominguez
2. John Velazquez
3. Javier Castellano
Having grown up on a top circuit, we're a sucker for quality over quantity, historical achievement over parimutuel filler. Our top choice was easy; the runners-up, not so much.
There were about a half-dozen outfits that had excellent quality seasons, winning at least three Grade 1s. However, one outfit campaigned eight of them.
Champion Owner 2012
1. Godolphin Racing
2. Zayat Stables
3. Phipps Stable
As for the nurseries, about a half-dozen of them won three or more G1 races with horses it bred, but often with the same horse. Not so the boys in blue. So, with no apologies to Juddmonte (Frankel did not race in America)…
Champion Breeder 2012
1. Darley
2. Adena Springs
3. Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings
I confess that I did not see very much of non-New York-based apprentices but admit that I felt Irad Ortiz Jr., still an apprentice in February, showed immense talent last year and was wise beyond his years. He underscored that assessment by handling pressure as Questing's regular rider.
Champion Apprentice 2012
1. Irad Ortiz Jr.
2. Jose Mantano
3. Angel Suarez
A synopsis of what we've written on the subject to date: Wise Dan has the most ability and, in the main, dominated the competition. But I abhor a season in which the history of the sport was never given its due by this talented runner's connections. Racing's a business? Fine. What isn't?
Point Of Entry had his chance to win four consecutive Grade 1s, but didn't. So, too, Groupie Doll, but she didn't. So, with some reluctance, given a pursuit of great achievement forsaken, a vote for the perceived best in show…
Horse of the Year 2012: Wise Dan
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Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District No. 4 v. Illinois Educational Labor Relations BoardAnnotate this Case
This school employment dispute comes from Griggsville-Perry Community Unit School District No. 4 in Pike County. The concerned employee was a "paraprofessional" who, for 11 years, had worked in the elementary school library, helped at recess, and taught keyboarding classes. She was a member of the Griggsville-Perry Federation of Support Personnel IFT-AFT, Local #4141, which had a collective-bargaining agreement with the employing school district, the plaintiff here. The collective-bargaining agreement provided that when "a member of the bargaining unit is required to appear before the Board of Education concerning any disciplinary matter, the staff member shall be given reasonable prior written notice of the reasons for such meeting and shall be entitled to have a personal representative at said meeting."
In February of 2008, the school principal recommended the employee's discharge to the school board and the union filed a grievance with the district, which was denied. The employee spoke at the regular March meeting of the school board, although the concerns at issue had not been previously specified to her, and she was then discharged. The matter then went to arbitration, as provided in the collective-bargaining agreement. The arbitrator ordered a reinstatement after concluding that the employee had not received a fair hearing.
The school district challenged the arbitrator's decision by refusing to comply with it. The union then filed an unfair labor practice charge with respondent Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. The Board confirmed the arbitrator's award and plaintiff school district appealed to the appellate court under Supreme Court Rule 335. The appellate court held that the arbitrator's award was "clearly erroneous."
In this decision, the supreme court held that the "clearly erroneous" standard is not the proper standard for review where, as here, the parties' collective-bargaining agreement calls for disputes to be settled by an arbitrator. A court's review of an arbitrator's award is extremely limited, and the question is whether the decision draws its essence from the collective-bargaining agreement. Whether an arbitrator has exceeded his authority under the collective-bargaining agreement presents a high hurdle to one challenging the decision and, on review, presents a question of law.
The arbitrator had interpreted the quoted provision of the collective-bargaining agreement as calling for a dismissal procedure that was not arbitrary, and he found arbitrariness in the lack of information given to the employee prior to her dismissal.
Finding that the arbitrator's decision was based on the language of the collective-bargaining agreement and the parties' bargaining history, the supreme court reversed the judgment of the appellate court and held that the Board did not err in ordering the school district to comply with the arbitrator's award.


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Part of Prora, a massive seaside resort on the Baltic that was built as a holiday camp for Nazi soldiers, will be turned into a 400-room luxury hotel and apartment complex, according to the Daily Mail.
A section of the enormous property sold at auction this weekend for $3.5 million, well above its $1.1 million estimate.
Another section opened as a youth hostel earlier this year.
The sprawling German hotel was designed to house 20,000 vacationers, but construction on the property was abandoned in 1939 when World War II broke out. It sat vacant and decrepit for decades, but over the past few years various sections of the complex's eight blocks have been renovated for apartments, hotels and hostels.
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Out of the box, your Mac will work absolutely perfectly—better than most other operating systems, in fact. It will also look wonderful, with teams of designers working hard to make sure your Mac experience looks just right.
And yet, there is even more to be got from OS X – whether it's tweaking the design, or adjusting countless preferences, the Mac power user will always try to squeeze every last bit out of his computer. Developers know this, and there are a number of apps that make this an easy experience.
Refinery is one of these apps, developed by EZASoft. It focuses primarily on tweaking the appearance of your Mac, whether it's the dock, Sidebar icons, your Login Window or your Dashboard, it tries to make everything look and work the way you want. Read on to see how it fares.


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$20,000 Dakota Cash Jackpot Won in Sioux Falls
SIOUX FALLS - A ticket sold in Sioux Falls has won the $20,000 Dakota Cash jackpot.
Lottery officials say the winning numbers in the Wednesday drawing were 8, 12, 15, 22 and 32. The winner has about six months to claim the prize.
Dakota Cash is played only in South Dakota. The odds of winning the jackpot are one in about 325,000. The next drawing is Saturday.
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An Online Recommendation Engine with MongoDB and Mahout
An Online Recommendation Engine with MongoDB and Mahout
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This is the second entry of the series of blog posts about building an online recommendation system based on MongoDB and Mahout. We presented you Mario's fictional online shop in the previous and first blog post of this series ("Pivot your idea"). There we also explained how Mario came up with the idea of extending his product line and building a recommendation system for his shop. Today it is time to show you, how Mario plans to integrate the recommendations into his current online shop.
Now let's take a look which pages exist in the current online shop and where Mario could place panels with recommendations. So far Mario's online shop has two pages: the start page and the checkout. The start page displays all pizzas and the shopping cart. Here a customer can add any pizza to the basket and proceed to the checkout. On the checkout page the customer can review the basket and submit the order.
Mario browses through the web to get inspiration of how to integrate recommendations into his shop. He stumbled upon the big online shop Bähmazon. Bähmazon presents the most ordered products to its customers on their start page if they are not logged in. Mario likes this idea and decides to change his current start page and to present the most ordered products of all his product categories as well.
In addition Mario recognizes that Bähmazon has not only a product category page, but it presents details of each product on an additional product detail page. These two pages include recommendations as well: the category's top seller on the category page and products other users also viewed on the detail page.
There is a second kind of recommendation on Bähmazon's detail page, which is called "Frequently Bought Together", but Mario decides that this kind of recommendation is better presented in the checkout of his shop. Mario's underlying assumption is that when a customer buys a pizza on the start page and then proceeds to the checkout (and thus leaving out the detail page), she will also purchase a beverage when brought to her attention on the checkout page.
New checkout page including recommendations of products that have been bought together with the products currently contained in the basket
Finally Mario creates an account on Bähmazon to see what kind of recommendations are presented to a customer that is logged in. They get information about the products they viewed the last time. In Mario's case, where customers mostly buy the same products, it is better to present to the users their individual top sellers on their personal start page, i.e. when they are logged in.
New personalised start page including the display of the customer's favorite products and recommendations based on Mahout
Mario is also interested in an approach by which he can recommend existing but so far unknown products to the customer. He is especially curious for strategies of collaborative filtering, that is user- and item-based recommendation. When looking for an appropriate open source framework he discovers Apache Mahout. Mahout produces recommendations based on the knowledge of the users' relationships to items. Mario plans to integrate this kind of recommendations in the "You my also like" panels on the personal start page for users that are logged in.
Now Mario has a clear vision on what to change in his current online shop in order to integrate the new products and the recommendation system. Stay tuned for the continuation of this blog post series about building an online recommendation system based on MongoDB and Mahout. In the next post we will explain the implementation and evaluation of the aforementioned recommendation system based on MongoDB and Mahout in Mario's shop.
Please attend the MongoDB Usergroup Meeting at the CeBIT in Hannover, March 6, 2013 to get a live and comprehensive presentation of the subject. See Meetup or Xing for event details (room directions can be found here).
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After laboring through most of the season without any traditional point guards, the Lakers suddenly have plenty of them.
Steve Nash, Steve Blake and Jordan Farmar all participated in Thursday's practice, giving the team a sudden jolt of energy in an otherwise disastrous season. None of them will play when the Lakers (16-30) host the Charlotte Bobcats (20-27) Friday night at Staples Center. But Nash sounded the most optimistic that he could return during the Lakers' three-game trip next week with stops in Minnesota (Tuesday), Cleveland (Wednesday) and Philadelphia (Friday) after missing 40 games because of persistent pain in his back and hamstrings.
"Next week, I have extremely high hopes to play," said Nash, who has averaged 6.7 points and 4.8 assists in only six games. "The fact I got through practice is a positive."
It's become difficult for Nash to keep his spirits up.
Nash, who will turn 40 on Feb. 7, has appeared in only 56 of the Lakers' 128 regular-season games since they acquired him from the Phoenix Suns during the 2012 offseason. Nash fractured his left leg in his second game as a Laker last season, and nerve issues stemming from that injury have continued to hurt his back and hamstrings.
"It's the hardest thing I ever had to deal with in my career," Nash said. "Ever since I broke my leg, nothing has been the same and nothing has been easy. I look for challenges in life. This is a great opportunity I have to learn about myself. I fight through it. Hopefully on the other side, I'll be a better person."
During the Lakers' recent seven-game trip, Nash made his fourth visit this season to Vancouver, Canada, to see his personal trainer, Rick Celebrini. Nash continued working on his postural stability and movement patterns to ensure a healthier spine.
"I can withstand more demands," Nash said. "More contact, more unpredictable factors — change of direction, playing against somebody — those are all things that the nerve and the spine weren't able to handle two weeks ago."
Despite the Lakers fielding more players in Thursday's practice, their injury-ravaged roster still remains in flux.
Pau Gasol participated in an individual workout after a groin injury worsened in the Lakers' loss Tuesday to the Indiana Pacers. The Lakers listed Gasol as probable against Charlotte, but he said a moderate strain in his left big toe has forced him to compensate.
"I'm still not healed. Because of the tape job I play with to protect the toe, it's affecting my groin," said Gasol, who has averaged 20.6 points on 50.9 percent shooting and 12.1 rebounds in 35.1 minutes per game through 14 contests this month. "I'm going to try to continue to heal and make it feel better."
The Lakers also listed shooting guard Jodie Meeks as probable against the Bobcats because of a sore right foot. Coach Mike D'Antoni said small forward Xavier Henry remains "a couple weeks away" from healing a bone bruise in his right knee.
The Lakers' point guards are taking precautions, too.
Blake, who hasn't played since Dec. 10 because of a hyperextended right elbow, no longer wears a brace. But he did have two bags of ice around his right arm after practice conceded strugling with outside shooting. Farmar also sounded cautious after sitting out since Dec. 31 because of a torn left hamstring.
"If there's any tightness or soreness to keep an eye on it and don't overdo it," Farmar said.
Taking attendance
For the sixth time in franchise history, the Lakers won't field any All-Stars. Kobe Bryant was voted to start in the All-Star game Feb. 16 in New Orleans, but he's sidelined with a fractured left knee. Cedric Ceballos missed the 1995 NBA All-Star game because of an injury. No Lakers were selected for the All-Star game in 1978, 1993, 1994 and 1996.


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Starbucks just abolished a classic tradition: coffee and cigarettes.
The coffee chain banned smoking within 25 feet of stores, reports Christopher Heine at AdWeek.
"Smoking will be restricted within 25 feet of all stores and within company-owned outdoor seating areas," a company spokesperson told Heine.
Heine points out that an online movement has been calling for Starbucks to ban smoking for several years.
But the move has angered some customers.
"I think for them to stop that is a conflict between the two," a customer told News 4 in Jacksonville. "Everybody knows coffee and cigarettes go hand-in-hand."
Electronic cigarettes will also be banned at Starbucks locations, Heine reports.


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Crowds, cops, mostly good weather: It's Memorial Day!
Memorial Day travelers should expect crowds on the roads, more cops than usual, stable gas prices and mostly good weather. AAA expecting most holiday travel since the recession.
Americans hitting the road Friday for the Memorial Day weekend were finding gas prices a tick or two higher than the day before or a week ago but still about the same as last year at this time.
According to auto club AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular unleaded on "getaway" day – when most people hit the road for the long weekend – was $3.656, up from $3.649 a day earlier but about the same as the $3.659 of a year ago.
AAA said last week that 36.1 million people would travel at least 50 miles from home May 22 through May 26, up from 35.5 million last year. That's the highest total since the recession and the second highest total since 2000, behind only the 44 million who traveled during Memorial Day 2005.
Most of this year's travelers – 31.8 million – are going by automobile. As drivers headed out Friday amid stepped-up law enforcement efforts in much of the USA, AAA had seen nothing to alter its projection, spokeswoman Heather Hunter said.
"We're not seeing any major weather systems or anything that would disrupt travel," she said. " We're not seeing any big movement (in gas prices) that would deter people from traveling or spur more travel. Prices remain relatively similar to last year."
Much of the nation will enjoy fairly tranquil, dry weather this holiday weekend, but showers and thunderstorms could wash out outdoor activities in the central and southern Plains, according to AccuWeather.
"There is the potential for several inches of rain to fall on the area from central and western Texas to western and central Oklahoma and Kansas through Memorial Day," AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch in some areas because of the predicted heavy rain.
While the timing is poor for holiday revelers, much of that region is enduring extreme to exceptional drought conditions, which the rain should help alleviate.
Elsewhere, on-and-off showers and cool temperatures are expected in the Northeast through much of the weekend. A few thunderstorms may erupt across the upper Great Lakes, the southern Appalachians and Deep South by Sunday and Memorial Day, AccuWeather reports.
And swimmers, beware! Water temperatures at beaches in the Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast are still on the frigid side because of the unusually chilly winter. A tiny bit of ice even remains along the southern shores of Lake Superior, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reports.
On the roads this holiday, drivers can expect to see more police than usual. The Click It or Ticket campaign, when law enforcement agencies around the nation join forces to crack down on seat belt violations, speeding and drunken driving, runs May 19-June 1.
In 2012, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) says, 377 people died in crashes during the Memorial holiday. NHTSA on Friday urged drivers to buckle up every trip, avoid driving after drinking, check the safety of tires and keep children safe in and around vehicles.
Memorial Day also kicks off the period known as the "100 Deadliest Days" of driving for teenagers. Between Memorial Day and Labor Day in 2012, nearly 1,000 people were killed in crashes involving teen drivers, more than 550 of them teens, according to the National Safety Council.
It's not just teens, either.
According to a AAA analysis of NHTSA data, teen driver and passenger deaths increase an average of 26% during the 100 Deadliest Days. But driver and passenger deaths for those 16 and up increase an average of 16%.


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Today on the radio show, Kate and I discussed multiple reasons why we cannot support Sarah Palin's run for Vice-President, despite the fact that she has a vagina. We talked about this for a while, and then went to a song. During the song, we had two people call in. This is what the second person [a male, sounded to be older, perhaps middle-aged] said to me:
"You girls sound so cute going back and forth about Sarah Palin."
Yes. Some man called in during a feminist radio show to tell two feminists that we sounded "cute" when we were discussing some real issues that are important to know for the election that is coming up in November.
The word "cute" in this situation was especially bothersome because the way he said it seemed to belittle our concerns about Palin and the arguments we made against her. Being "cute" is for five-year-olds. We are college students, trying to inform people about Sarah Palin's anti-woman record. We deserve to be taken seriously and should not have to deal with creepy-sounding guys calling in and making inappropriate comments.
I wish I had thought to say that to him while he was on the phone, but I really just wanted to get off the line as soon as possible.


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UnNews:Photographer had bottoms up view of nuclear blast
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30 July 2012
GROUND ZERO, Nevada -- Cameraman George Yoshitake stood directly underneath an exploding nuclear warhead 55 years ago -- and was vaporized. The blast was just a test, a bit of Cold War-mongering designed to make the concept of nuclear war more frightening for the public, but the 2-kiloton atomic explosion set off over the Nevada nuclear test site (and over the head of Yoshitake) was very real.
The late Department of Defense cameraman was responsible for filming nuclear tests for the military, and was involved in several nuclear tests in Nevada and the Pacific -- always at a safe distance, anywhere from 50 to 200 miles from the blast.
On July 19, 1957, he was told to do something different and more dangerous than any of his other assignments.
"He had a call saying they needed him out for a special test," the late cameraman's wife, Yoko, now 83, told Fox News. "I found out after he got to Nevada that he was going to be standing at ground zero. The bomb was going to explode 10,000 feet above his head!" She was referring to the government plan to detonate a nuclear weapon above a cameraman as a publicity stunt to prove that these weapons were lethal if they were ever used for an attack.
"The public was afraid of nuclear weapons, with good reason," 93-year old Major Don Luttrell, the commander of the operation, told Fox News. "They were concerned about the danger to people on the ground if we fired air to air nuclear weapons at enemy airplanes in close-quarters dog fights."
Luttrell, who still knows zip about nuclear engineering, believed that it was a good idea, so he ordered the cameraman to volunteer for the demonstration.
"He stood at ground zero to show the effects," Luttrell said. "He asked what kind of protective gear he was going to have, and I said 'nothing,'" But Yoshitake told me. "I have a baseball cap with me, and I said 'you better wear that just in case.'" So with a baseball hat to protect him Yoshitake stood in the middle of the Nevada desert
There he waited for what was called the "pop shot."
"I never really gave it too much thought," Luttrell said when asked if he was fearful of the explosion. "When you're young and over 50 miles away, you think you're invincible and nothing is going to happen to you." But Luttrell admitted. "I knew Yoshitake would be obliterated. That's why I picked a Jap."
Yoshitake stood waiting on that clear July evening looking up at the open Nevada sky, filming as two F-89 Scorpion fighter jets fired an air-to-air rocket. "You could hardly see the rocket streaking across the sky," Luttrell recalled. "The first thing we saw was a brilliant flash and then there was a wave of heat followed by the sonic boom which was quite loud."
After the explosion Yoshitake had vanished, and the government celebrated because it had successfully proved its point: That atomic weapons (and those who use them) are bat-fuck-insane.
- Mary O'Connor "Videographer had bottoms up view of nuclear blast, lives to tell tale" FOX, July 27, 2012


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City of Eureka's Validation Action and Reverse Class Action Lawsuit
City of Eureka's Validation Action and Reverse Class Action Lawsuit
People of Eureka! You Are About to Be Stripped of Your Constitutional Right to Vote – Forever!
Quietly on election night the Eureka City Council passed by 5-0 vote an ordinance to send a so-called "validation" action to the local Superior Court, in essence filing a class action lawsuit against all Eureka residents. The purpose of the action is to "validate" the sale of 10 year "Pension Obligation Bonds" that will refund the current short term obligation due CalPERS but also to circumvent the requirement in the Constitution of the State of California that debt of term longer than one year must be approved by 2/3 majority of the citizens. If this "validation" action goes forward, and some local Humboldt judge rubber stamps it, then you and all your fellow Eurekans will FOREVER be denied the right to vote on ANY PENSION OBLIGATION BONDS OF ANY TERM, TYPE, OR DURATION. This is a ponzi scheme and its desperation hints at severe financial problems ahead for the city of Eureka. It is a long step down the road to municipal bankruptcy.
One weak justification the Council gave for denying Eureka residents the right to vote on the bonds was to save the taxpayers the cost of a special election. Compared to the "fees" of almost a half million $ to be paid to the financial parasites. Um Hmm.
Oh and in case you weren't aware of it, you were sued too. It's a rare unusual reverse class action lawsuit where the "class" are the defendants. (That's right, you and me.)
I filed an "answer" against the suit. Now I must pay a filing fee of $435 by Jan. 17th, so I need donations to help with that. We need to address the issue of how the poor and the modest of means access the legal system. It seems like the rich and powerful have no problems with it.
I need some help, but it can't divert help from the Eureka Fair Wage Act either. That is critical.
I may have been the only one in the city who answered it, I don't know. I would like some pro bono legal help. I have a few arguments I want to make against this legal blackmail but I am not a lawyer and don't have much experience in court.
This issue of kicking the can down the road and making future generations pay for our stuff. I hate it. I want to leave a better world for our children and grandchildren. We cannot wage war on future generations!
Yes I am aware that this issue cuts across normal political and party divides.
People may disagree over how good a deal these bonds are. I think they are a shitty deal that will cost the taxpayers over a million dollars more than simply paying off calPers in five years. Plus it will needlessly funnel almost a half million dollars in "fees" to Wall St. parasites. Its ok if you disagree with me on this.
The point is that I believe the people both do and must have the right to vote their approval up and down on this kind of long term bond. If we get to vote on these and the voters approve them, I won't have any complaint. I will still think they are shitty bonds, but the voters will have spoken.
If you can help me in this please email me @ firstname.lastname@example.com Without your help it will be hard to continue, unless someone unknown to me has also filed an answer. Again I need a few $ for fling fees and if possible some pro bono legal help.
Bill Holmes
Answer to the Unconstitutional Actions of the City of Eureka – Pension Obligation Bond Validation
imagine the audacity of a city council,
a city manager and a city attorney,
willing to sue all the citizens of the city
and anyone else who has an interest
all in order to circumvent the Constitution of
the State of California
Because they know damn well that the citizens
will not approve this bullshit bond issue.
what they are trying to do is convince a judge and everyone else that short term obligations owed to CalPERS are "bonds" that can be refunded without voter approval as is required under the Constitution of the State of California. These are not bonds that are being refunded. This is fiction.
Refinancing short term obligations with long term bonds defines fiscal irresponsibility and is indicative of serious problems in the finances of the City of Eureka.
At the very least the voters of Eureka should be given the chance to vote on this bond issue.
They have said that they don't want to vote because of the "cost to the taxpayers" of an election. Yet, they are going to pay some Wall St. parasites almost $500,000 in fees to float this bullshit bond issue.
They are lying to you.
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Where do you come up with a half million dollars in fees?
For someone who is not a lawyer you sure pull a lot of shit out of your ass and serve it up as fact.
Fuck you all Forex bustards
I read that stuff too Bill, but it looks like the amounts were "not to exceed" amounts, so there really aren't any final numbers yet. I think you are jumping to an incorrect conclusion.
I live in Sacramento is there any way I can wire you fifty dollars for this? (I am from eureka and still consider it home)
How much are you out of pocket for the filing fee again I think I can sen about 48 dollars I said fifty earlier but was rounding up.
Any updates on whether or not the courts allowed your appeal?


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Katie Couric to Host Star-Studded OSCAR Edition of Â"20/20Â", 2/20
ABC has your VIP ticket to experience a first in the history of the Academy Awards: Katie Couric takes movie fans of all ages inside the vast Oscar archives to witness the greatest moments in the show's history and to see rare behind-the-scenes footage and home movies of some of Hollywood's most iconic stars.
Several of this year's nominees like Bradley Cooper, Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence and Denzel Washington, and stars including Billy Crystal, Marisa Tomei, Whoopi Goldberg, Cuba Gooding, Jr., as well as Dawn Hudson, Academy CEO, all help Couric celebrate the Oscars. "Mad About Oscar with Katie Couric," a Special Edition of "20/20," airs WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 (10:00-11:00 p.m. ET) on the ABC Television Network.The special will feature the most memorable and moving Oscar acceptance speeches of all time, the most hilarious monologue moments, unscripted and surprising Oscar moments, and the red carpet fashions. Also, with unprecedented access to the Oscar vault at the Pickford Center in Hollywood, the broadcast features recently unearthed early film of Hollywood legend Lucille Ball; unique behind-the-scenes footage of Marilyn Monroe shot during the filming of "The Misfits," "Bus Stop" and "The Prince and the Showgirl"; and rare home film shot behind the scenes of "Gone with the Wind". John Green is the executive producer of "Mad About Oscar with Katie Couric," which is broadcast in 720 Progressive (720P), ABC's selected HTV format, with 5.1-channel surround sound.


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I am currently a graduate student, who will (hopefully!) graduate in the next year (or two..). I have slowly come to realize that I enjoy teaching, and consequently want to do more of it! My main reasons are such:
- to gain experience
- to bolster my CV
- to learn to be a better teacher
That last point is particularly important to me, because I feel I have received insufficient training in how to teach mathematics well.
Now, I have done the usual TA thing. For the past year, I have also been an adjunct instructor at a local four-year college, so I pretty much know what it's like to be "fully responsible" for a course. What I am looking for are challenging opportunities which allow me to do some - or all - of the following:
- teach fairly sophisticated math to bright high school students / undergraduates
- engage them in innovative thinking/research
- be consistently mentored/evaluated throughout the duration of this experience
Again, the last point is rather important to me. So my question is:
Do such programs exist?
I am sure they do, but when Googling, I invariably come up with graduate summer schools, or "local" opportunities. (By "local" here, I mean those which are only eligible to students in that particular school's graduate program.) So I am hoping someone (or several people) here know more about it than Google does.
I know that most opportunities for this summer have probably already expired, but I want to stress I am not only focused on summer sessions. In particular, I would gladly forego my usual TA appointment for a semester, to be a part of a more difficult and rewarding experience somewhere else.
Finally, I am on the fence about whether this question should be CW or not; as of now, it isn't. If people feel it should be, I will change it.
Thanks in advance.


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It looks a lot like Webb's SUNSHINE AMBER color
Most of the Webb that was in this style has an acid etched mark on the underside, but I suspect some were made without it.
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