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Several months ago, I received an email from Mitchell Sawyer, one of my Mississippi readers, regarding a post I had written on my other blog, Cemeteries of Dancing Rabbit Creek, about Kirkwood Cemetery. Located near Camden in Madison County, Mississippi, the cemetery is named for "Kirkwood," the family home of former Mississippi Governor, William McWillie. The cemetery is the burial place for members of McWillie's family and those of several allied families.
In his email last March, Mitchell told me how he had located the cemetery in 2008 and had initiated a clean-up project that was later completed by the Madison County Board of Supervisors. In a subsequent email on April 9, 2009, Mitchell was kind enough to send me photos of the cemetery and of one of his Hemingway ancestors buried there. Thanks to Mitchell, I learned that Kirkwood Cemetery is actually a part of the old St. Philip Episcopal Church grounds, and its official name is St. Philip Episcopal Churchyard.
Along with the photos of his own ancestors, Mitchell included a photo of another Camden resident who is buried near the McWillie Family, that of Chapman Levy, whose picture is shown here.
Chapman Levy (1787–1849)
Artist unknown, ca. 1835
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Gift of Thomas W. Crockett in honor of Loraine Crockett
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Artist unknown, ca. 1835
Watercolor on ivory
Gift of Thomas W. Crockett in honor of Loraine Crockett
Jewish Heritage Collection
College of Charleston Library
Recently, after I was contacted by another reader who may be a descendant of a Levy family member, I began searching for the origins of this family. With some assistance from Mitchell, I found a wealth of background information about Chapman Levy. According to available resources, Chapman Levy was born on July 4, 1787, the son of Samuel Levy, a merchant, who was born circa 1762, and Sarah Moses Levy, date of birth unknown. Research indicated that Samuel Levy's family was one of a small number of Jewish families that resided in Camden, South Carolina during the early 1800s. According to the book, The Jews of South Carolina, written by Barnett Abraham Elzas Abraham and published by Lippincott in 1905, Levy served as an officer in the militia during the War of 1812, became a successful lawyer, businessman, and later a politician, when he represented Kershaw County, South Carolina in the state house and senate.
Levy married his first wife, Flora, who died in 1822 after only five years of marriage. He remarried in 1823, this time to Rosina, Flora's sister, but that marriage ended early, too, when Rosina died in 1828. According references researched, Chapman Levy's father, Samuel, died about 1842 in South Carolina, but the date of his mother's death was not found.
Chapman Levy died in 1845 and was buried in Kirkwood Cemetery. But why was he buried among families named McWillie, Anderson, Hemingway, and others? The answer to this question became crystal clear, when I found during my research that Chapman Levy, former Governor McWillie, and their families knew each other in South Carolina before migrating to Mississippi. I found that McWillie and Levy, both lawyers, also had a common military background, each having served in the War of 1812, and had been business associates in Camden, South Carolina, as well. According to available resources, this friendship continued after the two men migrated to Madison County, Mississippi. Their association included a business relationship, as well, when Levy served in McWillie's administration during his term as Governor of the State of Mississippi.
More about Chapman Levy's life and political career can be read here.
Sawyer, Mitchell, Personal emails, with photos, to the writer, dated March 20, 2009, April 1, 2009, and April 9, 2009.
Elzas, Barnett Abraham, The Jews of South Carolina, from the earliest times to the present day. J. B. Lippincott, 1905 - Google Books, accessed on August 5, 2009.
The Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life, accessed website and its link to Southern Jewish Communities: South Carolina/Camden, August 6, 2009.
Rosengarten, Theodore and Rosengarten, Dale, A Portion of the People: Three Hundred Years of Southern Jewish Life, Google Books, accessed on August 6, 2009.


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Sony's countdown timer has reached zero (a good week or so ahead of the original date), and the manufacturer has announced its new mid-range, social-focused smartphone, and the Xperia Miro.
Unveiled initially on Sony Mobile's Facebook page, the Xperia Miro takes some design cues from the Xperia Sola. It's a sleek-looking 3.5-inch device with a 5MP camera, and that's about all Sony's saying on hardware for the time being. On the software side you've got Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, backed up by Sony's UXP NXT software. Based on the promo video that Sony's just published, there's been some expansion of the company's "Facebook Inside Xperia" initiative, bringing even closer integration between the phone and the social network (and it also explains the Facebook-centric promo campaign, we guess).
The Xperia Miro looks to be a Europe-only device for now, and there's no word on US availability just yet. As you'll see from our image above, the Miro is a colorful beast, coming in silver, black, pink and gold. If you want to see more, we've got a few extra pictures after the break, along with Sony's announcement video.

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Many cleared fields in Illinois are ready for fall operations due to the very early harvest and the chopping, plowing-under, or harvesting for biomass that took place earlier in the summer in fields that did not produce grain. University of Illinois assistant professor of crop sciences Fabián Fernández said that decisions on nitrogen applications this fall rank high in the list of producers' priorities because the application can affect profitability and the environment.
Fernández offers some guidelines for nitrogen application. "Although recommended management practice may not work very well every year because of environmental conditions beyond our control, I emphasize that these guidelines, if followed, will ensure the greatest chance to protect your nitrogen investment and at the same time enhance environmental protection," he said.
Nitrogen sources
Anhydrous ammonia (NH3) and ammonium sulfate ([NH4]2SO4) are the only sources recommended for fall application. Ammonia transforms quickly to ammonium (NH4+), and nitrogen in ammonium sulfate is already in the ammonium form. Ammonium is adsorbed into the exchange sites in soil particles and organic matter, protecting it from leaching.
Nitrogen sources containing nitrate (NO3-) should not be used in the fall. Nitrate does not become adsorbed into exchange sites in the soil and can be easily leached or denitrified long before the plants are ready to use it. Common fertilizers that contain nitrate include ammonium nitrate (NH4NO3) and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN).
Another common nitrogen source is urea (CO[NH2]2), which converts to NH3 and then to NH4+ within a few days of application. However, research has demonstrated that this fertilizer should not be used in the fall because, compared to anhydrous ammonia, it is more likely to be lost before rapid nutrient uptake by the crop the following spring.
The same can be said of polymer-coated ureas. While the coating initially protects urea, it can diffuse out of the granule too early and the loss potential is higher than for anhydrous ammonia. This is especially true when it is applied too early in the fall or when the coating is damaged during handling, allowing for quicker dissolution of the urea granule.
One of the benefits of anhydrous ammonia is that it kills the nitrifying bacteria that transform ammonium to nitrate at the application point. Moreover, the reaction of ammonia with water to form ammonium creates an alkaline (high pH) environment within the ammonia retention zone, which inhibits activity of nitrifying bacteria.
However, these effects are temporary. Including a nitrification inhibitor with anhydrous ammonia applications can lengthen the period of bacterial inhibition. Research indicates that nitrification inhibitors, such as dicyandiamide (DCD) and N-serve, can protect fall nitrogen against loss and increase the amount of nitrogen present in ammonium form the following spring.
"As with most practices, using a nitrification inhibitor might not pay every year," said Fernández. "If the following spring is dry and cool, the inhibitor might not be as effective at enhancing ammonium recovery. However, this practice will, overall, offer the best chance to protect your nitrogen investment and the environment."
Ammonium sulfate is an excellent source for no-till fields where broadcast applications are preferred. It is always best to apply it before soils freeze so the fertilizer can dissolve and rain can incorporate it into the soil. In fields with minimal slope (less than 5%) with low run-off potential, ammonium sulfate can be applied on frozen ground because volatilization losses are unlikely.
"Ammonium sulfate is more acidifying than other nitrogen sources, so make sure to keep an eye on soil pH," Fernández advised. "As a general rule, 5 lbs. of lime is needed to neutralize 1 pound of nitrogen from ammonium sulfate compared to 2 lbs. of lime per pound of nitrogen from anhydrous ammonia."
Organic fertilizers derived from animals (manure, poultry litter) are good fertilizer sources that can be used in the fall. These products supply nitrogen as well as phosphorus, potassium, and other crop nutrients, and are often less expensive than inorganic fertilizers.
Time of application
When the harvest is early, soil temperature has a significant impact on the efficiency of fall nitrogen applications and the effectiveness of nitrification inhibitors. Nitrifying bacteria are active until soils freeze (32 degrees Fahrenheit), but their activity is greatly reduced once soil temperature goes below 50 degrees Fahrenheit.
"This is why I recommend that the start of fall nitrogen applications be directed by soil temperature and not by calendar date, when harvest is done, or any other consideration," said Fernández. The same guideline applies for anhydrous ammonia, ammonium sulfate, and manure/organic fertilizers.
"The efficiency of nitrification inhibitors also decreases with warm temperatures. Higher temperatures result in faster breakdown of the molecule responsible for inhibition of nitrifying bacteria," he continued. "The cooler the temperature, the greater the efficiency of the inhibitor, and the greater chance ammonium does not convert to nitrate."
Fernández noted that every year, anxiety levels rise when soil temperatures are falling steadily but not reaching 50 degrees Fahrenheit. However, in most years, the 50 degrees Fahrenheit temperature allows for nitrogen applications before soils become too wet or frozen. There is no need to increase the risk of nitrogen loss by starting applications too early.
"Also, while applying once temperatures are 50 degrees Fahrenheit does not automatically prevent nitrogen loss, it does provide a better chance to protect your investment," Fernández said.
Air temperatures in Illinois can vary substantially in the early fall. Even if air temperatures are reaching 50 degrees Fahrenheit, a significant bounce back to warmer temperatures before the second week of October in northern Illinois, and the third week in central Illinois, is very likely. On average, soil temperatures reach 50 degrees Fahrenheit and continue to go down in the first week of November in central and northern Illinois. Daily maximum 4-in. bare-soil temperatures for Illinois this week have been in the mid to upper 60s.
Up-to-date soil temperatures can be found at http://www.isws.illinois.edu/warm/soiltemp.asp. However, because soil temperatures can be influenced by a number of factors (such as residue cover, soil color, and drainage), it is always best to monitor soil temperatures in individual fields before applying nitrogen.
Where can fall nitrogen be applied?
Fall nitrogen application should not be done south of a line roughly parallel to Illinois Route 16 because temperatures do not stay cold enough for long enough during the winter. In areas near this boundary, evaluate soil characteristics to determine whether fall application is appropriate.
"Soils with high potential for nitrate leaching in the fall or early spring, such as sandy soils or those with excessive drainage, should not receive fall nitrogen applications," Fernández said. "Also, regardless of location, soils with high potential for nitrate leaching or soils that are very poorly drained should not receive fall nitrogen applications."
Due to the length of time between application and utilization by the crop, manure and other organic nitrogen sources should be applied as far as possible from environmentally sensitive areas, such as on steep slopes and near bodies of water. "If the application cannot be done in late fall, do not apply on frozen soils in the winter; it is better to wait until spring," Fernández said.
How to apply nitrogen
Fernández stressed the importance of making sure that soil conditions are fit for the application when applying anhydrous ammonia.
"Ammonia losses to the atmosphere can be the result of soils that are too dry or too wet, as the application knife tracks may not seal properly," he explained. "When soils are dry, increasing application depth or reducing application rates can help minimize volatilization losses. In wet soil conditions there is little that can be done. If you use manure, poultry litter, or other animal-derived fertilizers, make sure to incorporate them in the soil to avoid nitrogen volatilization."
How much N
To determine the economically optimal nitrogen rate at various corn and nitrogen prices, use the Corn Nitrogen Rate Calculator at http://extension.agron.iastate.edu/soilfertility/nrate.aspx.
"While the calculator is designed to help you make the most profitable decision for nitrogen management, it does not account for carryover nitrogen that the crops might not have used because of dry conditions," said Fernández. "Also, if you applied manure or the soil has high potential for nitrogen mineralization, such as a field coming off of alfalfa, you will need to adjust the values from the calculator to reflect what will be available next year."
After determining the amount of nitrogen needed, it is important to remember that it is not necessary to apply the entire amount in the fall. Many fields still have high nitrate levels because of the drought, and an undetermined amount will be present for the next crop. In such cases, the remaining nitrogen should be enough to allow the plant to get started until sidedress time. If nitrogen is not present because of excessively wet conditions last spring, chances are that a fall nitrogen application could suffer similar losses. A cautious approach would be to apply some of it in the fall and wait until spring to apply the rest.
Applying nitrogen in the spring or splitting the application could be beneficial for several reasons. Supplying nitrogen closer to when the plant will need it can increase nitrogen-use efficiency because there is less chance for leaching or denitrification. Also, nitrification inhibitors are more efficient when smaller nitrogen rates are used in the fall. An ongoing study showed that, over three years, fall applications reduced yield 17% relative to pre-plant applications done within 3 weeks of planting. The difference in yield, averaged across nitrogen rates, was 23 bu. per acre less with fall than pre-plant applications.
"We are conducting the study this year, but I currently do not have yield information," Fernández said. "I suspect differences this year might not be as large because there was very little nitrogen loss potential in the spring and because the drought was more limiting than any other factor."
Use caution
Anhydrous ammonia is under a lot of pressure inside the nurse tank, and when released it reacts quickly with water. If it comes in contact with skin, eyes, or mucous membranes, ammonia will cause dehydration and burns. Use extreme caution when handling this material.
Are you already applying nitrogen in your fields? Leave your comments below.


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Formerly largest faction in town at www.7million.com, the Stimato were complacent and fixed in their traditions, until the aspiring Lawford Connection took control over the city away from them. Now their goal is to react to the rapidly changing events in order to regain their former power. But a new power ascending within the famiglia may well provide them with an even tougher challenge. The portrait of the Stimato faction also introduces several of its members who may cross the player's path in the future.
Deep Silver are also announcing an expansion of the Closed Beta phase due to huge demand, so all budding amateur mobsters are urged to sign up at www.7million.com. New players will then be introduced to the game step by step while existing players will be kept on their toes as more contents and new features are integrated.
7Million is a free massively multiplayer online game, set in a modern world full of life, glamour, and spectacular heists. The open-world setting of Paradise City serves as a background for numerous thrilling missions and as a meeting point for gamers from all over the world to meet and team up with their individually created characters.
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On Oct. 18, Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar obtained his fifth and final conviction of Okaloosa County Sheriff�s Office staff members involved in a bonus kickback scandal that brought down Sheriff Charlie Morris in early 2009.
This is No. 10 in our series of the top ten local stories of 2012.
On Oct. 18, Assistant State Attorney Russ Edgar obtained his fifth and final conviction of Okaloosa County Sheriff�s Office staff members involved in a bonus kickback scandal that brought down Sheriff Charlie Morris in early 2009.
�Hopefully, we can turn the page on this chapter and the Okaloosa County Sheriff�s Office can get back to the business of serving the public,� he said after a six-person jury returned its verdict.
Randall Holcombe, who liked to tell people he was the first man Morris hired following his election in 1996, will be sentenced Jan. 10 on charges of racketeering and grand theft.
Holcombe was the Sheriff�s Office�s assistant director of administrative services when FBI agents arrested Morris on Feb. 27, 2009, on charges of theft, fraud and money laundering.
Holcombe, whose salary was $71,302 received $92,973 in bonuses from Morris. He returned thousands of dollars from those bonuses to the sheriff, who used the money to gamble and buy gifts and pay bills for a mistress.
Upon Holcombe�s conviction, the state proceeded with sentencing Morris and Teresa Adams, his former administrative director, for racketeering and money laundering. They had pleaded no contest to the charges in February 2010.
Sentencing was withheld until the last of the state trials were completed to encourage Morris and Adams to provide truthful testimony against their former co-workers.
On Nov. 5, Morris, who is serving a 71-month federal prison sentence and Adams, who this year completed a 36-month term in federal custody, were each given 20-year probated sentences.
Escambia County Circuit Court Judge Linda Nobles, who presided over all the state trials, decided against further imprisonment for the pair.
She said the citizens of Okaloosa County would be better served if Morris and Adams were working to pay off more than $200,000 in restitution for the funds they�d stolen.
While the delays in Holcombe�s case continued � it was delayed three times in 2012, once after he suffered a heart attack � the three convictions Edgar had secured in the same case in 2010 were
plodding through the First District Court of Appeals.
Former Sheriff�s Office employees Mike Coup, Sandra Norris and David Yacks were convicted in October 2010 of racketeering and grand theft. Nobles sentenced them the following March to four-year prison terms.
However, Nobles agreed to allow the three to post a bond and remain free while their appeals were heard.
In November, Yacks had a request for oral arguments in his case rejected by the three-judge appeals panel. Coup and Norris never filed similar requests.
Court spokeswoman Jennifer Meale said the next step in the appeals process probably will be a ruling in the three cases.
�The next event to hap-pen in the case will likely be a ruling,� Meale said.
Coup was Morris� chief deputy, Norris was his finance director and Yacks was an assistant supervisor of information technology.
Auditors determined each received nearly $100,000 in bonuses.
The first trial conviction in the kickback scandal came in January 2010. Sabra Thornton, Morris� chief of staff and alleged mistress, was convicted of five counts of grand theft and one count of theft.
Her conviction was overturned on appeal in August 2011.
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The tax policy package signed by President Barack Obama today extends ethanol and biodiesel tax incentives for at least another year.
This news was welcomed by organizations such as the Renewable Fuels Association and the National Biodiesel Board. But, it was scorned by a coalition of several other organizations, including the American Meat Institute, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, and the Milk Producers Council.
"The taxpayers will spend billions of dollars on a totally unnecessary subsidy to a mature industry," BusinessWire.com reported the coalition as stating. For a list of organizations in the coalition, visit www.businesswire.com.
Bob Dinneen, president and CEO, Renewable Fuels Association, said that an extension of the tax incentives for domestic ethanol production and consumption will provide market stability and the "necessary opportunity to put forth responsible approaches to reform current biofuel tax policy." He added, "Such reforms must allow for the maturation of current ethanol technologies while simultaneously accelerating commercialization of cellulosic and advanced ethanol technologies."
Joe Jobe, CEO, National Biodiesel Board, added that retroactive reinstatement and extension of the biodiesel tax incentive through 2011 "is expected to increase U.S. biodiesel production and, in the process, displace foreign petroleum with a domestic advanced biofuel."
The lapse of the tax incentive on December 31, 2009, had a detrimental impact on the domestic biodiesel industry.


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text: TECHNOLOGY: Digital + Social Media How to Get the Most Out of Google+ By By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD Monday, August 1, 2011 11:30 AM RELATED CONTENT What Are Eyecare Professionals Saying About Google+? It's Not You, It's Facebook How to Delete All of/A Lot of Your Friends on Facebook Read more on this topic in the three part series: How to Delete All of/A Lot of Your Friends on Facebook It's Not You, It's Facebook By Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD Google+ continues to be very hot. Due to its name recognition and ubiquitous nature of its search engine and other applications, Google's new social network is the fastest growing in history. In less than one month, Google+ has amassed 20 million users. To further incite speculation and excitement, Google has announced that Business Pages will be coming in the next few months. While eye care providers, along with everyone else to create business accounts, there are some steps that can be taken now to realize benefits from Google+. Taking Control of Relationships Google is working hard now to convey that with Google+ you can organize relationships more like they are in real life. The "one size fits all" friending system that Facebook uses was fine when it was just for college students. But now that patients, long-lost friends, business partners, and everyone else (750 million worldwide at last count) is on Facebook, it is not so simple to predict where or how you are going to interact with them. You can change your privacy settings, but on Facebook, you wind up posting things multiple times for different audiences, which is cumbersome. Google+ solves this problem with Circles. Now there is no more duplicate posting because you choose who you want each post to go. This is important, so spend some time thinking about the people you share information and with online. Resist the temptation to create one big Circle for "friends" and put everyone in it. You can use the "Find and Invite" feature to proactively add people to your Circles to communicate with them even if they don't use Google+ yet. One humorous short video that illustrates this is here. Here are some suggested Circles for selectively channeling who can see your posts: Family Professional colleagues People who share hobbies you have Patients People in your community Also set up some additional Circles for following news. These are people that you are not as concerned with sharing info with as reading their content. Examples: Eye and Vision Care International Affairs Social Media Sports Customizing Your Experience One of the great things about Google+ is that you can use browser extensions to change how it looks and feels. If you use Google's Chrome browser there are a variety of extensions that can be downloaded for free to modify Google+ for you. Some change the way it looks while others build in useful tools not (yet) included in Google+ directly. Some extensions that are simple to install and use are: +Photo Zoom is a small, popular extension providing simple zooming for photos in the Google+ Stream. Replies and More adds reply and reply-to-author buttons to Google+ comments. Extended Share for Google Plus extends Google+ to share to Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. Comments Toggle allows you to hide/show comments on Google+. Usability Boost for Google Plus makes Google+ look better and more readable. +Everything adds the Google+ bar to all websites. Beautify G+ Makes Google+ a little bit nicer to look at. Helpful tips While time spent on Google+ should be interesting and productive, it should also be efficient. Here are some simple things to keep in mind. Use formatting in posts - You can choose how parts of the text looks in your post by using special characters: *text* makes the text bold, _text_ makes the text italic, -text- strikes through the text. +tagging – If you want to share something directly with someone type "+" followed by the first few letters of their name. After selecting their name, it will be highlighted. The post will be seen by them. If you do not select any other people or circles, this will be a private message. Muting – If you do not want to see any more notifications from a particular post, simply go to the notifications tool bar, click on the post, and then click "mute this post." This is perfect for an early comment on a very popular person's post when you know lots of people will be responding after you. G+ Extended – You can handle and speed up Google Plus work with some keyboard shortcuts. For use keyboards shortcuts you need to install G+ Extended Chrome extension. Fun Stuff And while you are checking out Google+, do not forget to have a little fun. Here are some ideas: Hangouts – Spontaneous or planned group video chats. Sparks – Add a little serendipity by using Sparks. Profile Pic Flipping – Click on a person's profile picture to get a different picture 1 Up – Change the +1 button to a Mario Brother's 1 Up Mushroom! (A favorite!) Nathan Bonilla-Warford, OD, FAAO, Bright Eyes Family Vision Care, Tampa, Fla., is an optometrist specializing in the vision of infants and children. A social media evangelist, he helped create "Peripheral Vision" which educates eyecare professionals about social media. Dr. Warford was a speaker at the first CLICK Conference last year. He is the chair of the social media committee of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development and is chair of the Florida Optometric Association's Children's Vision Committee. 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What does Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John Donahue have in common with the producers of the movie "Avatar"?
What does Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Superintendent John Donahue have in common with the producers of the movie "Avatar"?
They both have a working knowledge of China's oldest national park.
Donahue led the American delegation on an official visit in December in honor of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park's 30th anniversary.
The Hunan Province park's fog-shrouded, steep, rocky peaks and valleys were used to create the fictional setting for the movie.
"The scenery is breathtaking," Donahue said. "It's like the Grand Canyon, but only half created."
Donahue traveled with Grand Canyon National Park Resources Chief Martha Hahn, private landscape architect Ralph Liss and Rudy D'Alessandro, a Washington, D.C., staffer at the National Park Service's International Affairs Office.
The weeklong trip included tours of Zhangjiajie and another Chinese national park, Tianmen Mountains, an international conference attended by 300, and a visit to Hunan University. They also went to Tangerine Island, home of Chinese Communist Party founder Mao Zedong.
Donahue represented the entire international delegation — including parks officials from Germany, Australia, Finland, Canada and South Korea — as its highest-ranking member.
He delivered remarks to the gathering and presented a National Park Service "Eisner" hat to his Chinese counterpart during a formal ceremony.
The hat — which Donahue brought along in a plastic carrying case contoured to the hat's shape — was carefully scrutinized three times in Chinese customs, he said.
Though China is one of the oldest countries in the world, the U.S. has the oldest national park system in the world. The Chinese National Forest Park agency paid all expenses for the visiting Americans and sought their guidance.
"Their entire theme was, 'You have been doing this a lot longer than we have and we can learn from you,'" Donahue said. "They treated us like VIPs."
There were both similarities and differences between U.S. and the Zhangjiajie national parks, he said.
Most of the vistas and trails there were paved, unlike the natural trails here. Different types of wood and polished rock were used for signs there — the latter a concept Donahue would like to try at Delaware Water Gap.
"We were there in the middle of December, and there were thousands of people on the trails all day long," Donahue said. "They had features like swinging bridges."
The 100,000-acre park (the Water Gap NRA is about 70,000 acres) is about 150 miles from the nearest city.
Some Chinese residents live within park boundaries and provide lodging for the foreign and domestic tourists who are randomly assigned by a lottery.
"You didn't get there accidentally," Donahue said. "What they're aiming for is to have the parks help their economy."
Shop souvenirs ranged from handcrafted items, to scarves and sweaters, to the type of cheap items one might find in a U.S. tourist trap.
"The food was great," Donahue said. "It was not as different as I had expected. I didn't feel at all out of place."
Donahue was selected by NPS officials for the Chinese trip partly because he has led other foreign tours, including a 1999 trip to a national park in Haiti aimed at helping Haitians develop eco-tourism.
"Mostly what I've seen is people coming to visit us," Donahue said. "So it's nice to be able to return the visit. Now all these people are aware of this (DWG) park, and we create a sister relationship with China."


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MIDDLEBURY — For four long months, hundreds of volunteers and investigators wielding state-of-the-art equipment had combed through Middlebury in an effort to find missing Middlebury College student Nicholas Garza.
That search came to a cathartic end in the Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury on Tuesday with the chance discovery of Garza's body by the very man who had coordinated the massive search since the college freshman disappeared on campus during the evening of Feb. 5.
"There's no feeling of exhilaration," said Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley, who spotted Garza's remains submerged within a mound of floating wood and other debris that had gathered on the Marble Works side of the Otter Creek, near the base of the falls.
"There's no celebration here. This is a tragic story with a tragic ending."
An autopsy performed at the Chief Medical Examiner's Office in Burlington on Wednesday tentatively established that the remains were Garza's, though a final determination could not be made until a comparison of dental records was completed. Police expected that to happen late Wednesday or early Thursday.
But a wallet found within clothing on the remains yielded Garza's ID, leaving authorities little doubt that the long search for Nick had ended with the anticipated but dreaded results.
The discovery ended a longsuffering vigil for the Garza family, including Nick's mother, Natalie, and his younger brother, Damon, who had relocated to Middlebury from their native Albuquerque, N.M., to monitor, and participate in, the search.
By ANDY KIRKALDY
FERRISBURGH — Late last week painters were coloring the walls on the lower level of the new Grange Hall that will soon serve as Ferrisburgh's town office building and a community meeting center, while upstairs workers sanded new maple flooring in preparation for finish coating.
Their efforts were sure signs that the roughly $2.8 million project — a historically accurate replica of the 137-year-old Grange Hall that burned in 2005, plus a one-story addition — is nearing completion.
And not only that, said Ferrisburgh resident Silas Towler, who has worked with general contractor Bread Loaf Corp. on the town's behalf during the project's planning and construction stages, the long-awaited effort will almost certainly come in on time and on budget.
Towler said there are always things that can go wrong, even at this late date, and construction of the building's bell tower still lagged behind other elements. But he fully expects residents to view a finished product on June 21, when an open house has been scheduled from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
"I'm going to equivocate only because it ain't over until it's over," Towler said.
About a month after that town-wide preview, Town Clerk Chet Hawkins and Assistant Town Clerk Pam Cousino will pack and head up the quarter-mile north along Route 7 from the existing clerk's office — a roughly 800-square-foot former one-room schoolhouse — to their new digs, which will offer about 5,900 square feet above ground plus a 2,900-square-foot basement.
The ground-floor clerk's office will also feature a meeting room adequate for about 50 people, as well as a much larger vault and two smaller separate offices, as well as one large work space roughly the size of the existing office building.
MIDDLEBURY — For two centuries, worshippers have climbed the stone steps at the southern, main entrance of the Congregational Church of Middlebury to attend services and meetings in one of the town's most majestic and prominent buildings.
Worshippers are still climbing those steps today, albeit more gingerly. Some tough winters of aggressive freezes and thaws have conspired to erode the stone steps and the mortar that has held them together.
As a result, church leaders have cordoned off the most damaged section of the steps as they research a temporary fix. That will buy the church enough time to plan, and raise money for, replacement of the steps to ensure safe access to future generations of parishioners.
"We're working to see what is the most economical, temporary thing we can do," said Ron Rucker, chairman of the church's board of trustees.
"We need to end up with something that water is not going to go into."
Water — and salt — have been enemies to the Congregational Church's steps through the years. Rucker noted the current steps were probably installed during the 1880s or 1890s when the church went through an architectural "Victorianization."
While the building has admirably weathered Vermont winters, the steps haven't. Rucker noted the steps are fashioned from two types of stone — a sturdy "Panton stone," and a less durable variety referred to as "pudding stone." Church officials during the 1950s covered the steps with a thin layer of slate so that worshipers would have a smooth surface on which to walk.
Alas, years of rain, salt applications and fluctuating temperatures have permeated the slate surface and eaten away at the stone and mortar.
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Tarantula Nebula, 30 Doradus, 30 Dor, NGC 2070
Approximately 170,000 light-years (52,000 parsecs)
This image is roughy 14.4 arcminutes (662 light-years or 204 parsecs) wide.
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Mom has left her house three times since last Thursday when we went for hair cuts. Friday she went to Country Girl's for the weekend. And today she went with me to Bean's and then came out here for lunch! This Thursday she has to go out again to get her flu shot. She hates to leave the house for anything so this is all quite unusual.
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Yesterday I got the rest of the bulbs planted. Now I just have to hope that the critters don't eat them. I added some small gravel around the ones that weren't supposed to be planted too deep. Something large has dug a hole under the stump out front but I have no idea what. We think something else has moved in under the house and possibly into the living-room wall. John will have to crawl under there and put out poison sometime this week. Better him than me - it's scary under there.
Back too work in the morning. Another of the aides asked for a ride to work. I feel like I drive a taxi every morning as a warm-up to driving the bus. I'll have a new driver with me for a day or two. With things back to normal I'm looking forward to work again!
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My mother in law has emphysema. We caught her smoking and now she is drinking. I cannot imagine how scared she must be, not being able to breathe. She was a very active and busy woman until she got this...ReplyDelete
I hope you get rid of your visitor!!
That's great that your mom is getting out a bit. Breathing problems are the pits. My hubby knows all about that. He has farmer's lung. Don't know if I've told you that before.ReplyDelete
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CINCINNATI, OH - President Barack Obama touted his administration's new trade complaint against China here in swing state Ohio on Monday, characterizing GOP rival Mitt Romney's vow to get tough on China as mere lip service.
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Romney, the Republican presidential nominee, has promised to take a tougher stand toward China if he were elected. That commitment, Obama argued, can't be taken seriously given Romney's record at Bain Capital, in which companies acquired by Bain sometimes outsourced jobs to other countries.
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Ohio, where one in every eight people has ties to the auto industry, is an ideal host for Obama's attack on China's auto industry practices, especially as both campaigns are vying fiercely over the state's 18 electoral votes. Obama seemed to be widening his lead here slightly as of the latest NBC/Wall Street Journal/Marist University poll which showed him leading Romney 50 percent to 43 percent.
This was the second auto-focused WTO complaint Obama launched against China while speaking in Ohio. Back in July, he announced a citation against the country's imposition of tariffs on American automobile imports while in Maumee, Ohio – right outside the auto-manufacturing hub of Toledo.
The Romney campaign pre-butted to Obama by releasing a statement from the candidate that new complaint was "too little, too late," calling it a "campaign season trade case."
"I will not wait until the last months of my presidency to stand up to China, or do so only when votes are at stake," Romney said in the statement.
But today the White House insisted the complaint was not politically motivated.
"It's clear that this is a long and consistent part of the president's record," deputy press secretary Josh Earnest said of the many WTO cases Obama has brought against China, during a gaggle with reporters on Air Force One en route to Cincinnati. He added that this trade complaint had been "months in the making."
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|Burghardt, Robert - Texas A&M University
|Bazer, Fuller - Texas A&M University
|Johnson, Gregory - Texas A&M University
Submitted to: Society for the Study of Reproduction Annual Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 3/28/2013
Publication Date: 7/1/2013
Citation: Burroughs, C., Vallet, J., Wu, G., Burghardt, R., Bazer, F., Johnson, G. 2013. Possible roles of transporters SLC2A5 and SLC2A8 in fructose movement between maternal and fetal tissues during pig pregnancy [abstract]. Biology of Reproduction Supplement (46th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Reproduction). pp. 228-229 (Abstract #490).
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Technical Abstract: Fetal fluids in porcine conceptuses contain high concentrations of fructose, but compared to glucose, fructose plays a minor role as an energy source. Fructose can be converted to glucosamine, a precursor for synthesis of glycosaminoglycans, such as hyaluronan, which are necessary for placental stroma development. Additional pathways for fructose metabolism lead to synthesis of phospholipids and nucleic acids that support development of the conceptus. While these anabolic pathways may explain the requirement for a fructose reservoir in allantoic fluid, the mechanisms for fructose transport between maternal and fetal tissues have not been fully elucidated. Therefore, we determined the gene expression for SLC2A5, a facilitated fructose transporter, and SLC2A8, a facilitated glucose/fructose transporter, in pig endometria and placenta. Q-PCR was performed using Perfecta SYBR Green to determine transcript levels of SLC2A5 and SLC2A8 in 3 animals (each measured in triplicate) in the following experiments with endogenous GAPDH used for normalization. Statistical analyses were performed on the deltaCt values using one-way ANOVA for each gene within each experiment and Tukey's HSD in Exp 1 and student's t-test within each gene in Exp 2 and 3. In Exp 1, gilts were hysterectomized on either Day 5, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 60, or 85 of pregnancy. Additionally, placenta from Days 45 and 85 were collected. SLC2A8 expression was greatest at 4.15±0.28 on Day 10 after which time transcript levels declined to 0.75±0.08 on Day 12 and 0.19±0.01 on Day 20 and values remained low, but detectable, to Day 85 of pregnancy. In contrast, SLC2A5 expression was low in early pregnancy (0.005±0.0002), peaked on Day 30 (0.53±0.03) and remained abundant to Day 85. Both SLC2A5 and SLC2A8 were present in Day 45 and 85 placenta. In Exp 2, cyclic gilts were injected daily (Days 11-14) with estradiol benzoate (i.m.) or vehicle and hysterectomized on Day 15 or 90 of pseudopregnancy. Both SLC2A5 and SLC2A8 transcript levels were similar at Days 15 and 90 in the pregnant and pseudopregnant gilts (p>0.05). In Exp 3, gilts were ovariectomized on Day 12, injected daily with progesterone (i.m.) or vehicle for 28 days, and hysterectomized on Day 40. Progesterone (P4) increased expression of SLC2A5 (0.14±0.03) as compared to controls (0.01±0.002; p<0.05). There was no effect of P4 on SLC2A8 expression. SLC2A8 transcript levels were elevated during the peri-implantation period when luminal epithelium secretions are high, while SLC2A5 transcript levels were elevated when the uterine glandular epithelium is the major source of histotroph between Days 30 and 85 of pregnancy. The temporal expression patterns indicate that both SLC2A5 and SLC2A8 may serve to transport fructose in the uterus throughout pregnancy. In addition, SLC2A5 expression is progesterone dependent. These results suggest that the endometrium can metabolize fructose, and the placenta can release fructose into the fetal circulation during pregnancy, which provides insight into the significance of the abundance of fructose in fetal fluids.


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Dale "Barbie" Barbara (Mike Vogel, pictured) and the residents of Chester's Mill find themselves suddenly and inexplicably sealed off from the rest of the world by a massive transparent dome, on UDER THE DOME. UNDER THE DOME is based on Stephen King's bestselling novel. Photo: Michael Tackett/©2013 CBS Broadcasting Inc.. All Rights Reserved.


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The young constable is one of the Century's innocents. He has no malice in him. He goes about his business in a quiet and private way, it's just that life's circumstances and strange and weird incidents have a habit of catching up with him. The young constable's father was amazed when he reached the age of 21, and why this is so, we just don't know except we must think that similar stories to those related here must have been occurring during the YC's lifetime prior to him reaching his majority. Whenever I'm absent for a time one of the first questions I need answered on my return is whether any further Young Constable stories have occurred in my absence. These are some of the stories about the Young Constable that come to mind. I have written them down as they are too good to allow them to be forgotten.
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A friend was flying to Sydney and had contacted the YC to catch up. The YC organised to pick up his friend at the airport and catch up, he left his mobile number just in case he got held up at his new job, on the ground at a well known Australian airport.
The friend arrived at the airport and waited out the front as planned, but the YC was nowhere to be seen. After half an hour the friend rang the mobile number the YC had left, however, the phone rang out. The friend became puzzled, he thought maybe something was wrong. He tried another two times but the YC's mobile phone rang out.
The friend thought he would wait a bit longer. About an hour later, the YC drove up in his car and the friend got in. He said, "what happened." The YC said, "Yeah I did have to work a bit longer." the friend told the YC he had rung the mobile number the YC had given him a number of times and it had rung out. The YC said, "Yeah, I wouldn't have heard it, we wear headphones on the Tarmac."


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ORLANDO, Fla. - Her story seemed too good to be true.
She's a former model and a single mother who had successfully started a construction and design business from scratch. Within a few years she was landing jobs with some of the biggest companies in Central Florida.
She drove high-end cars and lived in a luxurious high-rise condominium in downtown Orlando. Her daughter was able to attend private schools.
Her success was due in part to her investors who would generously help her secure bid bonds for multi-million dollar projects. In return for their generosity, when she secured the project she would pay them back handsomely. The return on their loan would come back double and sometimes even higher.
The truth is, Tina Louise Mangiardi, the one-time President of TLM Design and Construction, Inc. could be spending years in federal prison.
Mangiardi pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and wire fraud in a plea arrangement with the U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida.
The agreement details a $2.5 to $7 million Ponzi scheme that took place from 2009 through 2012 throughout Central Florida.
Local 6 has also been in contact with several victims who invested in Mangiardi's scheme within the last few months.
In total, federal investigators said they have heard from at least 40 victims of the scheme who were sold on the pitch that she needed bid-bond money to secure projects with Disney, Darden and most recently Florida Hospital.
Documents detail what several victims confirm. She would ask for cash very quickly and promise to get them the return on their investment in a very short amount of time.
Mangiardi promised huge interest returns but either avoided them after defaulting on her loan or issued bad checks.
Representatives at Disney and Florida Hospital said they never heard of Mangiardi.
Darden Restaurants said TLM did a small remodeling job for them on a support facility back in 2009, but has never bid on a contract big enough to require bond money upfront.
Many of Mangiardi's victims were former business associates and most of them were men. However, several women and even close personal friends of Mangiardi said they fell victim to the con-woman.
"I trusted her with my daughter to go on vacation. I trusted her completely," said Kelly Maza, who claimed she met Mangiardi 11 years ago when their children were in elementary school.
The girls were best friends through high school so when Mangiardi came to Maza for money in January she did not hesitate.
"She knew I had money issues. She knew I was selling my possessions online to make extra cash," said Maza, who claimed the enticement of being able to double her $4,500 loan seemed like good idea.
Maza gave her the money in cash and even got her sister to invest another $10,000 with Mangiardi. The women soon realized that they had been her latest victims when they came across an online article detailing the construction con game.
"I literally threw up for 24 hours," said Maza, who asked Mangiardi for the money back almost immediately and then went to authorities when she realized she was never getting it back.
Other victims were first wooed by her seemingly professional and successful lifestyle before handing over the entirety of their savings.
"She would come in and spend two, three or four hundred dollars on a lunch," said Jessie Perez, who works as a server at a Longhorn Steakhouse that Mangiardi would frequent.
Mangiardi got to know Perez and when she heard that the young mother had a live-in partner who was in the construction business the conversations become more personal.
"When she found out about what Gina did, it become I want to bless you and the kids," she said.
Gina Travez said she does IT construction contracting, and when Mangiradi starting name dropping she started getting interested.
"She was naming people within Disney that only I would know, only people in the business would know," said Travez.
Travez said Mangiardi claimed she would help her get work on major projects.
"I am out there trying to sell my business and there she is saying I have this project with Florida Hospital, so I'm thinking this sounds great," she said.
After that she claimed a meeting was arranged at the Longhorn restaurant where Perez worked so Travez could meet with the other members of Mangiardi's team.
According to Travez, those team members included Mangiardi's sister and brother-in-law as well as someone she claimed was 'her architect'.
The work never came for Travez, but Mangiardi's pitch for money did.
Travez and Perez decided to hand over $8,000 for a supposed bid bond for a construction project with Darden Restaurants. In return they got a $16,000 check that bounced.
Bounced checks pop up through the 8 lawsuits filed against Mangiardi and TLM Design and Construction.
Marc and Cathy Bischoff were the first victims to file a civil suit against Mangiardi after loaning her $275,000 in 2009.
They were awarded a settlement in January 2011, but court records show she still owed them more than $184,000 as of April 2011.
Cathy Bischoff said they have not been paid back any of that money yet.
She said they first met Mangiardi through a neighbor who claimed he actually had seen a return on his investment with her. They gave her the money for a bid bond project that came with a promissory note detailing a payment schedule and interest.
The Bischoffs received one partial payment of around $28,000 but soon afterward, Mangiardi defaulted on the note failing give them the remaining principal balance within 60 days.
Chris Guadagnoli gave Mangiardi $75,000 on behalf of his company Stone Tile Direct in 2010. After she gave him a bounced check, he took her to court.
He won his case, but still has not seen any money. On February 27, Judge Robert Egan issued a contempt order for Mangiardi's arrest because she has not complied with the judgement in Guadagnoli's case.
Judgements in civil suits against Mangiardi total over $1.5 million but federal investigators told Local 6 that is just a fraction of the money she has taken from investors over the years.
Despite her plea arrangement with the federal authorities being in the works for nearly a year, Mangiardi continuously denied any wrong-doing, telling Local 6 that she had everyone almost paid back and commenting very bluntly about her victims.
In text messages she wrote, "I tell these very stupid people that think if they give bad press and hurt us (when) we have a great building record they put me out of business. How are they to get paid?"
Another message from February 4 stated: "People can claim a lot of things but if Feds can't make a charge humm you think we might have some very greedy people that might need to get their lives together and stop feeding off innocent people."
Just one month later, she signed the plea agreement admitting to dozens of federal charges.
Local 6 caught up with Mangiardi Friday coming out of a hotel where she'd been staying. Sources claim she has been hopping from hotel to hotel for several months and renting high-end SUV's.
In a confrontational interview with Local 6's Mike Holfeld, Mangiardi said she "loved people" and denied stealing from anyone.
"It's all taken care of. Call Jaeger and Blankner," she said.
When the lawfirm of Jaeger and Blanker finally returned phone calls late Wednesday they confirmed that Mangiardi had just signed a plea arrangement with the U.S. Attorney's Office.
However, Local 6 has learned that Mangiardi was allegedly spinning her investment con right up until she signed the plea.
David McKinney and Mark Compton work across the street from the Auto Source Incorporated on North John Young Parkway in Orlando.
TLM Design and Construction has a permit pulled for new driveway access on the property.
McKinney and Compton said Mangiardi and her brother-in-law were very friendly during the six to eight months that the auto lot was under construction.
In late February, just two weeks before she pleaded guilty to federal charges, the men said Mangiardi convinced them to hand over a collective $5,000.
"Never in my wildest dreams did I image it was a scam," said McKinney, who has only been paid back a small portion of his investment.
When Local 6 went by Auto Source Tuesday, both Mangiardi and her brother-in-law Bruce Berray were on site despite evidence that TLM Design and Construction filed administration dissolution with the Florida Department of State's Division of Corporations a day prior.
"I don't understand how she still has a contractor's license," said Compton.
The Department of Business and Professional Regulation who regulates and issues contractors' licenses said they did not have any complaints on Mangiardi or cause to remove her license right now.
However, that is likely to change now that she has pled guilty to federal charges.
Her Initial Appearance and Arraignment set for March 20 at 10 a.m. in Orlando Courtroom 6 D before Magistrate Judge David A. Baker.
Mangiardi will be sentenced sometime in the next 75 days where a judge could send her to prison for up to 10 years.
Federal investigators are still collecting evidence against Mangiardi, and said that restitution will include all victims who continue to come forward.
Victims should contact Jeff Starnes with the Secret Service at 407-426-5911 if they have not already filed a complaint.
Mangiardi's victims have set up a support system through email as well. They are asking all victims to get in contact with them at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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