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Game Dev Derek Smart (Again) Responds To A Negative Review By Making Vague Legal Threats And Banning Commenters
from the celebrating-18-years-of-bad-reactions dept
There are many ways to handle criticism well, and none of those ways include lawsuit threats or deleting comments. This almost always results in a previously localized event becoming the focus of widespread coverage and commentary. Instead of only a few people knowing how lousy your product/service is, everyone knows. It's a phenomenon whose name scarcely needs repeating here at Techdirt.
Despite this well-known effect, some people continue to feel that blustering thuggishness will somehow make the problems go away, as is the case with the game developer whose recent attempts to rub out a negative review quickly spiraled out of control. (via Adam Steinbaugh)
The game developer is Derek Smart, one who has never shown much interest in damage control. Smart's problems with negative reviews go back at least as far as 1996, when public discourse ran through AOL, CompuServe and Usenet. Negative reviews of Smart's insanely ambitious "Battlecruiser 3000" prompted what has been declared the "longest running flamewar" in Usenet history. Smart made tons of promises about the game (which had been in development since 1989), many of which failed to materialize in the finished product. Disappointed reviewers expressed their disappointment and Derek Smart (among many, many other things) expressed a desire to sue them.
In 2004, Something Awful poked the (somewhat dormant) hornet's nest with its "Completely Libelous Review of Universal Combat," a game the reviewer admitted to not having played and which opened with this memorable sentence:
Universal Combat is one of the first games produced solely for sex offenders.Needless to say, the hornet's nest responded by poking at SA's own hornet's nest. This poke arrived in the form of another (somewhat veiled) lawsuit threat, albeit one prefaced with the phrase, "I get parody," before heading off in a direction that suggested Smart didn't actually get parody.
And there is parody and then their is libel. Stating as fact that I was convicted of bank fraud, is NOT funny - and I can 100% guarantee you, is not within the legal guidelines of fair use parody…Smart asked for the correction of the bank fraud assertion and received this in reply from "Dr. Richard Kyanka, PhD."
Look, I know some of you think you're above the law because you are on the net, but I never have and never will take legal action against ANYONE in the media. But if you bastards make me set an example, it won't be a good one. And trust me - I don't think any of you have enough pennies to rub together to outspend me. So whatever you do, don't test my resolve. I'm NOT taking this shit anymore.
Dear Doctor Smart,So there's that. Nearly 20 years down the road from his one-man assault on Usenet, not much has changed. A gamer recently published a review of Smart's "Defense Tactics." Overall, the review isn't terribly negative but it does point out that the game is short, shallow and most crucially, has severely broken controls. It does highlight other aspects, but in the end, the reviewer points out its not worth the $25 Smart's asking for it.
As per your request, I have changed the offending remark.
"When he was convicted of bank fraud in 1994"
has been altered to:
"When he was convicted of bank fraud and raping an entire petting zoo in 1994"
I hope this is satisfactory.
That's when everything started going haywire. Smart banned this reviewer from his dev forum, followed by flagging the full review as "abusive." This prompted the reviewer to add bunch of links to Smart's apparent burial of negative comments (via the deletion of posts and banning accounts) at his section of the Steam forums.
Smart then penned a lengthy response to the heat he was taking, which immediately got off on the wrong foot by suggesting that gamer reviewers suffered from an outsized sense of entitlement. During the extra-long read, Smart dropped a small hint about what he felt the corrective action should be.
The forum mob mentality is the bane of internet forums and is the primary reason why, across the internet various content providers are taking steps to curb (you can't prevent haters from hating or people from behaving badly) this behavior as best they can. So much so that many a lawsuit has been filed against some people who went too far.The reviewer on the receiving end of Smart's unhappiness also grabbed a screenshot of another comment Smart had made, which suggested he was serious about using the legal system to shut down criticism. (That original post has apparently since been altered or deleted.)
The non-specific legal threat reads as follows:
Whether it is a lawsuit or just a discovery engagement to find the misfit behind the anon mask, I will pursue as I have done on several occasions -- and prevailed.At this point, it's tough to say how much this will affect the public's perception of Derek Smart. 17 years of actively arguing with critics in public forums tends to leave a lasting impression. Smart's has often stated he doesn't care what the public thinks, but his actions prove otherwise. As far as damage control goes, he's apparently never found anything but scorched earth to be a useful tactic.
What's bizarre about Smart's defensiveness is that the review is not a simplistic bashing. It highlights what the reviewer found enjoyable or innovative about the game, but in the end the reviewer felt the game was too short (and the controls too broken) for it to be worth the premium price Smart was demanding. This isn't the sort of thing that should lead to multiple defensive posts from a developer, much less the indiscriminate banning/deleting of comments and commenters.
While this situation will likely only solidify Smart's antagonistic relationship with the public, it is having an adverse affect on his latest game. Steam's "tag" system has been used to tag the game with such colorful phrases as "Diva Game Dev" and "Overpriced Port of a Mobile Game."
Some semblance of order has been restored at this point (likely related to the game being temporarily unavailable for part of Feb. 15th), with the tags having returned to the more expected "space," "scifi" and "strategy." (Although Smart's efforts haven't completely eliminated the "scam" tag…) One would normally call this sort of internet give-and-take "instructional," but we're dealing with Derek Smart whose tactics haven't shifted since 1996. He may find that the internet is much, much bigger than it was in the CompuServe/AOL heyday (or even 2004, for that matter), but as he stated in his long post at Steam, he's too old to care about engaging with negative commenters (while pretty much writing off the entirety of Steam's forum members as trolls).
If that's the case, there's nothing to learn, at least not for Derek Smart "PhD." If nothing else, this may kick off the Great Steam Flamewar our kids will be reading about in Wikipedia twenty years from now.
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So let's get this straight: these women are considered to be the most beautiful in the world, get paid to walk down runways in their underwear, have equally as attractive other halves, and they get paid millions?
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Tobold Hornblower
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Tobold "Old Toby" Hornblower was a famous Hobbit.
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Toby came from Longbottom in the Southfarthing of the Shire. He was the first to cultivate pipe-weed in the Shire (S.R. 1070), and was quite famous for it. How he came by the weed is unknown, for to his dying day he would not tell, though Merry Brandybuck speculated that he had traveled to Bree in his youth and came into contact with the herbs there.[1][2][3]
His name, "Old Toby", was given to his variety of weed.
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Tobold is a form of Theobald which contains theud "people" and bald "bold".[4]
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In a draft version of the chapter "The Road to Isengard", the name of this hobbit was Elias Tobiasson of Mugworth.[5] In Swedish, Elias Tobiasson is a normal name of a person.[6]
In another early version of the legendarium, Toby was named Tobias Hornblower, and his Westron name was Zāra-tōbi Raspūta.[7]
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, "Prologue", "Concerning Pipe-weed"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Road to Isengard"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 31
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The War of the Ring, "Part One: The Fall of Saruman", "III. The Road to Isengard", p. 36
- ↑ Noted by User:Morgan (26 December 2010)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages"


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Caveat lector: we do not vouch for the historical accuracy of these stories! These are just for fun. We've found so many crazy stories recorded (especially included in Pei Songzhi's notes), that we can't help but share.
Liu Shan was lost in Hanzhong as a kid!
from Wei Lue, SGZ:33 wrote:When Liu Bei was at Xiaopei and was attacked suddenly by Lord Cao, he abandoned his family and eventually escaped to Jingzhou. Liu Shan was a toddler at that time, and having hid well during the invasion, he wandered westward into Hanzhong, following some strangers and got sold (as a servant) by them.
In the 16th year of Jian'an (AD 211), all was in chaos within the Passes, and a man from Fufeng, called Liu Kuo, migrated into Hanzhong in order to evade the chaos. There he bought Liu Shan, and upon finding out that he was from a good family, he took him in as his own son, and had him take a wife, who bore him a son.
Before Liu Shan was separated from his father, he learnt that his father's style name was Xuande. There was also a retainer in Liu Bei's court back then, who had the surname Jian. Now, Mr Jian became a general after Liu Bei took over Yi Province, and was on a mission to Hanzhong and stayed at the official inn there. So Liu Shan went to visit Jian, who interrogated him on what he remembered of his past. Having established Liu Shan's true identity, Jian was overjoyed and told Zhang Lu about it. And so Zhang Lu had Liu Shan bathed and sent back ceremoniously to Yi Province, and there Liu Bei made him his heir.
Lü Bu, his wife, and Liu Bei
from Yingxiong Ji, SGZ:7 wrote: Lü Bu was respectful of Liu Bei upon meeting with him. … He invited Liu Bei to his tent, and made him sit on his wife's bed, ordering his wife to pay respects to Liu Bei. Then, he feasted Liu Bei and even addressed him as "younger brother". Seeing that Lü Bu's words seem deranged, Liu Bei answered "yes, yes" to whatever Lü Bu said, but inside he was upset .
Cao Zhi the crazy host!
from Wei Lue, SGZ:21 wrote:[There was a man called Handan Chun from Yongchuan, whose talents were known to Cao Cao, and who was sent by Cao Cao to visit Cao Zhi.] When Cao Zhi first received Handan Chun, he was greatly pleased, and had him take a seat in the hall; but he didn't converse with him at first. It was a blazing hot day in the summer, and Cao Zhi ordered his servants to bring water to bathe in. After bathing himself, he applied talcum powder; and leaving his shirt off he did some gymnastic exercises, practised a sword dance, and then recited passages totalling some thousands of words from popular novels and plays. And only after all that, did he address his guest, "What now, Master Handan?", and at the same time dressing himself properly. After Cao Zhi got appropriately attired, he chatted with Chun on matters such as the creation of the universe, the origins of all things, analyzing the faults and merits of famous men from high antiquity to the present, and then discussed literature, politics, and military matters. … When evening came Chun retired to his own lodgings, and to his own friends he acclaimed Cao Zhi's talents, naming him "man of heavenly talents". As the heir has not been chosen yet at that time, Cao Cao had been inclined to choose Cao Zhi, and Chun often praised Cao Zhi's talents.


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The Steelers are meeting with four NFL draft prospects today, including Penn State linebacker Navorro Bowman.
Also visiting the Steelers today are Purdue defensive lineman Michael Neal, Wake Forest offensive tackle Chris DeGeare and Kansas safety Darrell Stuckey.
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Lucky Bags are an incredible resource from the Naval Academy and our collection dates from 1849 to 2001. We also have NROTC year books from universities and colleges such as Notre Dame, Marquette University, and the University of Washington. There are even books from the Officer Candidate School in Rhode Island from the 1950s and 1960s. Our collections also include large runs of training or recruit books from Naval Training Centers in San Diego, Orlando, Great Lakes, and Bainbridge.
While not every year or company is represented it is still an impressive and treasured collection. For a more complete listing of the training and education yearbooks in our library please visit our website. These books are available to the public in our library spaces or in some cases inter-library loans may be requested if you are unable to visit us in person.


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Another of my German lines who settled in New York State. The name Nellis was also spelled Nelles. If you have this line, you are in luck because there is a great two volume set genealogy called Nellis - Nelles, Immigrants from the Palatinate 1710, by theThe Nellis and Nelles Family Association.
Descendants of RUPERT NELLIS
Generation No. 1
1. RUPERT NELLIS was born in
Germany, and died Bef. June 13, 1710 in (Prob.) West Camp, Ulster Co., . He married MARIA ELISABETHA BUNDTIN. She was born Abt. 1675 in (Prob.) New York , and died Aft. June 1712 in (Prob.) West Camp, Ulster Co., Germany . New York
Children of RUPERT NELLIS and MARIA BUNDTIN were:
2. i. JOHANN WILHELM NELLIS, b. January 05, 1693/94, Obermoschel,
Pfalz, Germany; d. Abt. January 14, 1778, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., . New York
3. ii. CHRISTIAN NELLIS, b. 1697, Obermoschel,
Pfalz, Germany; d. 1771, . Mohawk Valley, New York
iii. JOHANNES LAURENTIUS NELLIS, b. September 12, 1699,
; d. December 13, 1699, Schiersfeld Reformed Church, Germany. Germany
iv. JOHANNES HENRICUS NELLIS, b. Abt. March 26, 1704, Obermoschel, Pfalz, Germany; d. May 23, 1706, Sitters, Obermoschel, Germany.
v. CATHARINA ELIZABETHA NELLIS, b. Abt. November 26, 1706, Sitters, Obermoschel, Germany; d. March 30, 1754, Albany County, New York; m. JACOB KRAUS, June 24, 1724, Ft. Plain, Montgomery Co., New York.
Generation No. 2
2. JOHANN WILHELM NELLIS (RUPERT) was born January 05, 1693/94 in Obermoschel,
Pfalz, Germany, and died Abt. January 14, 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., . He married ANA SABINA DYGERT December 28, 1714, daughter of WARNER DYCKERD and ANNA AHL. She was born January 01, 1696/97 in Langenselbold, New York Hessen-Nassau, Germany, and died January 1778 in Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., . New York
Children of JOHANN NELLIS and ANA DYGERT were:
4. i. ANDREW W. NELLIS, b. October 30, 1715, West Camp, Ulster Co.,
New York; d. December 29, 1806, Palatine, Tryon Co., . New York
5. ii. CATHARINA NELLIS, b. August 06, 1717,
. New York
6. iii. JOHANN WILHEIM NELLIS, b. August 10, 1721,
. New York
iv. ANNA BARBARA ELIZABETH NELLIS, b. August 15, 1723, New York; d. Bef. 1761; m. JOHANNES WORMUTH, June 05, 1748, (Lutheran Church) Albany Co., New York.
v. JOHANNES NELLIS, b. January 28, 1726/27, Palatine, Montgomery Co., New York; d. February 21, 1811, Montgomery Co., New York; m. MARIA MAGDELENA; b. 1731.
vi. LUDWIG NELLIS, b. March 15, 1728/29, Albany, Montgomery Co., New York; d. Abt. 1809, Palatine, Montgomery Co., New York; m. ELIZABETH KAYSER / KAISER, 1756.
vii. ANA MARIA NELLIS, b. May 02, 1731, Albany County, New York; m. (1) MICHAEL SALTSMAN, Abt. 1751; m. (2) ADAM EMPIE, November 08, 1768, Stone Arabia, Montgomery, NY (Lutheran Ch.).
viii. ANA MARGARETH NELLIS, b. April 10, 1733,
; d. Abt. June 1780; m. NICHOLAS SNELL. Albany County, New York
ix. JOHANN HENRICH NELLIS, b. May 20, 1735, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York; d. January 28, 1791, Grand River area, Upper Canada; m. (1) MARGARETHA NELLES; m. (2) PRISCILLA RAMSEY.
x. MARIA ELIZABETH NELLIS, b. April 09, 1737,
; d. Abt. 1763; m. ADAM ECKHARDT. Albany County, New York
3. CHRISTIAN NELLIS (RUPERT) was born 1697 in Obermoschel,
Pfalz, Germany, and died 1771 in . He married BARBARA ELIZABETH KLOCK February 28, 1718/19 in (Poss. Schoharie Co.) Mohawk Valley, New York , daughter of JOANNES KLOCK and ANNA SCHULTEN. New York
Children of CHRISTIAN NELLIS and BARBARA KLOCK were:
i. HENRICH NELLIS, b. December 25, 1718.
ii. CATHARINE NELLIS, b. January 18, 1723/24; d. August 20, 1805; m. (1) ADAM ZIMMERMAN; m. (2) LEONARD HELMER; m. (3) JACOB KLOCK.
iii. ROBERT NELLIS, b. January 05, 1724/25; m. ANNA.
iv. ELIZABETH NELLIS, b. February 05, 1726/27.
v. THEOBALD (DEWALT) NELLIS, b. December 25, 1729; m. ANNA.
vi. MARGARET NELLIS, b. 1731.
vii. GEORGE NELLIS, b. October 26, 1732; d. Bet. September 08, 1791 - June 11, 1792; m. MARIA ELISABETHA; d. April 21, 1806.
viii. CHRISTIAN NELLIS, b. October 15, 1734; d. November 06, 1807; m. CHRISTIANA KEYSER.
ix. ADAM NELLIS, b. October 30, 1739; m. DOROTHEA.
x. ANNA NELLIS, b. July 28, 1745; m. JACOB G. KLOCK.
Generation No. 3
4. ANDREW W. NELLIS (JOHANN WILHELM, RUPERT) was born October 30, 1715 in West Camp, Ulster Co.,
New York, and died December 29, 1806 in Palatine, Tryon Co., . He married (1) MARIA BARBARA in Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York . She was born in West Camp, Schoharie Co., New York , and died 1793. He married (2) CATHERINE FOX Abt. 1735, daughter of JOHN FOX and JOHANNA CURRING. She was born May 1717 in East Camp / Haysbury, Dutchess Co., New York , and died 1750. New York
Children of ANDREW NELLIS and MARIA BARBARA were:
i. ANNA CATHERINE NELLIS, b. Abt. September 1754, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York; m. JOHANN FREDERICK HESS, 1772; b. Abt. May 10, 1751, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York; d. October 22, 1830.
ii. ANNA NANCY NELLIS, b. 1758, Albany County, New York; d. October 17, 1839, Oppenheim, Fulton Co., New York; m. JOHN P. SUTZ; b. December 25, 1758, Palatine, Albany Co., New York; d. January 08, 1836, Ephratah, Montgomery Co., New York.
iii. DOROTHEA ANDR. NELLIS, b. August 03, 1764,
Albany County, New York; m. ISRAEL RUNNIGANS, November 03, 1782, German Flats Ref. Church, Tryon Co., . New York
Children of ANDREW NELLIS and CATHERINE FOX were:
iv. MARIA NELLIS, m. JOHN WALLRATH, December 16, 1768, Stone Arabia Reformed, Montgomery Co., New York.
v. ANDREW NELLIS, b. 1744, Albany, Albany Co.,
; d. Aft. November 30, 1825, Brant Co., Upper Canada; m. ELISABETH WAGNER, 1777, Tryon County, New York; b. Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York. New York
vi. PHILIP "LIPPS" NELLIS, b. December 01, 1746, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York; d. November 10, 1818, Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York; m. ELIZABETH DIETZ, 1770, Cherry Valley, Albany Co., New York; b. June 10, 1752, Cherry Valley, Albany Co., New York; d. January 12, 1825, Fairfield, Herkimer Co., New York.
5. CATHARINA NELLIS (JOHANN WILHELM, RUPERT) was born August 06, 1717 in
. She married CHRISTIAN DAGSTADER/DAGSTETER Bef. 1743, son of GEORGE DACHSTATTER and ANNA DACHSTATTER. He was born Abt. 1722 in New York . New York
Children of CATHARINA NELLIS and CHRISTIAN DAGSTADER / DAGSTETER were:
i. ANNA SABINA DAGSTETER.
ii. MARIA DAGSTETER.
iii. ANNA CATHERINA DAGSTETER, b. Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co.,
. New York
iv. JOHANNES C. DAGSTETER.
v. WILHELM DAGSTETER.
vi. MAGDALENA "LANEAH & LANY" DAGSTADER, b. January 22, 1755, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co., New York; d. May 04, 1846, Stark, Herkimer Co., New York; m. JOHN/JOHANNES BACKUS, December 10, 1772, New York; b. June 09, 1750; d. June 05, 1823, Stark, Herkimer Co., New York.
vii. BARBARA DAGSTETER, b. January 20, 1760, Stone Arabia, Montgomery Co.,
. New York
6. JOHANN WILHEIM NELLIS (JOHANN WILHELM, RUPERT) was born August 10, 1721 in
. He married (1) MARIA DOROTHEA SALTSMAN/SALZMANN Bef. 1753, daughter of JOHANN SALZMANN and ANNA CAPUZGI. He married (2) ANNA DOROTHEA SCHUMACHER September 01, 1783 in German Flats Reformed, Tryon Co., New York . New York
Child of JOHANN NELLIS and MARIA SALTSMAN / SALZMANN was:
i. MARGARET NELLIS.


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Back by popular demand - the second round of the auction draft - ODIs.
Not much will change from the original in terms of the bidding process - all by email to firstname.lastname@example.com with a deadline and then I sift through them all working out who made the highest bid and then the highest left etc.
Again we will see muppets allowed to be nominated - but bear in mind you may end up with them, and also they will still need to fit the criteria of the player round we're in!
I'm going to allow a bit of discussion first before starting the entry process, in particular I want to discuss a couple of things:
1 - Squad size
The last draft just had a team of 11, but I was wondering if people wanted to draft a squad and then go from there as to naming a final 11. I like this idea but would welcome ideas as to how big a squad people want.
2 - Nomination process
The last draft split players into batsmen and bowlers. With ODI's the all-rounder needs to be be recognised in my mind - so what squad shape do people want?
Alternatively do you want a free for all? (after an initial round of wicket-keepers)
I'd love to get as many people as I can involved - the last draft ended up with 13 (although some weren't quite as committed towards the end) - and if people do drift away I will exclude them, and players will come back up for nomination. The commitment isn't that great in all honesty, as the drafts are run over every 3-4 days.
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The launch of our iTunes feed on Monday has been a fantastic success! As I write this we're the #1 Business podcast in Australia, #2 in the UK, and #19 in the US.
However we've had a lot of questions about different feed options and the Apple-centric nature of our first four feeds. We didn't mean to be Applelitists!
New Feed…
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You can also subscribe to the feed via Miro – http://www.getmiro.com/
Miro is a free, open source video player that lets you subscribe to and watch video feeds like our training feed.
In addition, you can subscribe via iTunes on a Windows PC (also for free), or visit the Dojo in your web browser.
New Training…
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You can also download the PDF of this training video straight from the Dojo.
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Sarah Agnes Barclay has also given me trouble. I thought I had her in Connecticut married to a Porter Blinn but discovered, when I was in Connecticut in 2011, that it was a Sarah Grissom who married Porter Blinn. This is an example of checking other records like marriages and not just relying on census. The Sarah Agnes Barclay Blinn I wanted married a James Blinn. As you read the information below you will see that Sarah is still giving me trouble.
In Salt Lake City, in October 2014, I found a birth record for an unnamed baby. The parents were Jas. B. Blinn and Sarah A. Barclay Blinn. The baby was born 29, June 1868 in Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut. FHL#1313829.
June 29, ____ Blinn, Male, Jas, B. & Sarah A. Barclay Blinn, father 41, mother 22, 121 Park Street, Occupation of the father [M/Woulder] W. H. Tremaine, physician. Mother's occupation Bonnet Maker.
Update 6/10/2016 – I just recently found them in the 1870 Census. They are living in Bridgeport, Connecticut:
line 27, They are under house 1708 of a Dolph, Edwin L. 2531, Blinn, James B, 40, M, W, Iron Moulder, $150, born Connecticut, his parents are of foreign birth
Blinn, Sarah, A, 28, F, W, domestic _____, born Conn. parents of foreign birth.
Blinn, Anna E, 8/12 F, W.
Source: 1870 U.S. Federal Census, James Blinn Family, page 312, Bridgeport, County of Fairfield, Connecticut, enumerated the 26th day of July, 1870 by a Philo L. Bainerd.
The 1880 Connecticut Census has a James with a Sarah A. which might be them but the ages do not match the birth record above?
Line 28, 1751/2, 19, 30 Blinn, James B. W, M, 52, Iron Maulder, born Connecticut, parents born Ireland.
Blinn, Sarah A. W, F, 33, Wife, Hair worker, born Connecticut, father born England, mother born Scotland.
Blinn, Rex E., W, M, 8, son, at school, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut.
Blinn, Olive May, W, F, 3, daughter, at school, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut.
Source: James Blinn Family, Hartford, Hartford Co., Connecticut, page 3, SD#2, ED#4, enumerated 1 of June 1880, by J. McConville.
Sarah Agnes Blinn witnesses a deed between Grace and Amarilla in 1899 in August. I have featured this deed in a previous post on this blog regarding George A. Barclay's estate, in Pine River. See the post dated March 24, 2014 titled: "Final Decree Aug. 15, 1899 – George's Legacy." I am glad Grace got to meet more of her father's siblings. I think of all the lost stories of this family, sigh!
Update 6/10/2016 – I no longer feel that this is Sarah it just doesn't work.
In the 1900 Census we find Sarah with a daughter in California. Line 84, 426, 55, 103, Blinn/Blum, Sarah, Head, W, F, June 1834, 65 Wd, 2 children born, 2 died. Born in Scotland, Immigrated 1851, 49 years in U.S., no occupation. Blum, Louisa, daughter, W, F, Nov. 1853, age 46, S, born California, father born Sweden, mother Scotland, no occupation Source: 1900 U.S. Federal Census for Sarah Blum, San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California, SD# 1, ED 306, Sht 4, Assembly Dist. No. 45, enumerated on the 4th day of June 1900, by Joseph A. Gendoth. If this is Sarah Agnes Barclay Blinn then I find her birth date very interesting and the fact she immigrated in 1851 also very interesting. Her daughter Louise is very confusing with the age 46 and the birth 1853?
1910 U.S. Census Seattle, King County, Washington we find them under the name Blain. Update 6/10/2016 – The only thing that bothers me is that she is said to be born in PA and I think that is not correct. So this is where things get tricky.
Line 96, 24th Avenue, 46, 56, Blain, Sarah A., head, F, W, 60 Wd, 5 children born 2 living, born Pennsylvania, Scot – Engl, Eng. English, Income, yes, yes.
Leola M. daughter, F, W, 33, D, 0 0, Born Pennsylvania, Father born New Jersey, mother born PA, English, Clerk, Abstract Office, W, No. O, yes, yes.
Source: Sarah Blain Family, 1910 Seattle, King County, Washington 11th Precinct part of, SD#1, ED#93, Ward 3 Part of), Sht#2, enumerated 16 April 1910, by T/F. W. Van Allen. Blain,
In 1920 Sarah is living in an insane asylum and probably has suffered the same fate as Alexander who was found wandering Farmington before his death and ended up in the Rochester Hospital in Olmsted Co., Minnesota. It is very interesting that her parents are born in New York?
Line 65, Blinn, Sarah A, F, W, 69, WD, yes, yes, born Connecticut, father born New York, mother born New York, yes,, no occupation.
Source: 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Napa State Hospital, Napa, California, Juarez Precinct, SD#3, ED# 56, Sht.#16, enumerated 14 January 1920, by John K. Harries.
The information provided below may or may not be the correct family, there is a tombstone at Find A Grave in the Sunset View Cemetery in Contra Costa, California, for a Sarah A. Blinn with the appropriate dates. She is listed as the Mother of Leola M. Kellogg
but I don't know or can't find a Leola Kellogg marriage record:
Daughter Leola Mae may have married first an Alexander Buck and lived in Contra Costa but based on the above, I am not sure.
Line 71, 423, 433, Buck, Alexander, Head, M,W, 35 M, yes, yes, born PA, parents born PA. yes, truck_____Contractor.
Buck, Leola Mae, F, W, 34, M, yes, yes, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut, none.
Source: Alexander Buck Family, 1920 U.S. Federal Census, Contra Costa, California, 7th Township, SD#3, ED#17, Sht.#18, enumerated 31, January 1920, by Claire W. Schmidt.
By 1930 they have moved to Placer, California.
Line 92, 178, 198, Buck, Alexander, yes, M, W, 45, M, 21, no, yes, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut, 55, yes, rancher, fruit ranch
Buck, Leola, F, W, 44, M, 21, no, yes, born Connecticut, parents born Connecticut
Buck, Sarah, daughter, F, W, 8, S, yes, yes, born Connecticut, parents born, Connecticut, rancher, fruit ranch.
Source: Alexander Buck, 1930 U.S. Federal Census, Placer, California, township 14, ED# 31-27, SD4, Sht#7, enumerated on 22, April, 1930 by Matthew W. Coates.
Sarah J. Buck was born 4 January 1922 in Placer and her mother's maiden name was Blinn.
1940 we find Alexander with a May in Placer.
Line 41, 141, O, 200, No, Buck, Alexander E. Head, M, W, 55, M, No, 8, born PA, Same house, Farmer. Buck, May, Wife, F, W, 56, M, No, 8, born PA, County Clinton, State PA, no occupation.
Source: Alexander Buck Family, Placer County, California, Judicial 10, SD#2, ED#31-21, Sht 7, enumerated on 22 April, 1940, by Eldon R. Martinson.
It looks like Alexander Buck died on 20 November 1970 in Placer, California and was born 21 December 1884 per the California Death Index.
Update 6/10/2016: About two weeks ago a lady from MOHAI contacted me with an article about a Leola Mae Blinn who was an attorney in the Seattle, Washington area. MOHAI is the Museum of History and Industry here in Seattle. So I started to doublecheck everything and found the 1870 census for James and Sarah A. Blinn. I am still having trouble verifying the death of James and finding out more about Sarah.
This article from the MOHAI individual had a photo from a city directory for a Leola May Blinn as an attorney.
The article was from the Urbana Daily Courier Tuesday December 12, 1916 – Woman Motorists Drive off Wolves, Their Only Weapons Were Firebrands and Hatchet — An All-night Battle. Seattle, Wash. Forced to use firebrands, their only weapon aside from a hatchet, to drive away the timber wolves and coyotes that surrounded their machine at night, three Seattle women fund excitement aplenty on the last leg of an 8000 automobile journey across the continent. The women, Miss Leola May Blinn, her mother, Mrs. Sarah Blinn, aged 70, and Mrs. Charles S. Davis, traveled alone, without even a gun to protect themselves. They slept ou in the open. Miss Blinn's automobile being converted at night into a sleeping car. "It was when we got stuck in eastern Washington that we suffered out most harrowing experience," said Miss Blinn, describing the events of the journey. "We had just been ferried across the river at Walla Walla to Wallula when we ran into poor roads. From there to North Yakima we had a terrible time. We managed the difficult sand piles that served for roads until we were making a forced detour around the 'Old Horn,' a bend in the Columbia River. Then we got stuck in the sand. "We were miles from nowhere. Night came on. We had trouble with our battery and could not switch on the electric lights We could not go ahead nor could we go back. While we sat their the coyotes and timber wolves came. We had no gun. There was nothing but a hatchet. "We had built a fire, however, with the safe brush that was near, and with the firebrands were able to keep them off. The Coyotes were afflicted with rabies, the weather having been very hot, and the wolves came right up to the machine and almost put their noses inside. We stayed up all night. Early the next morning I started out for assistance. While I was away Mrs. Davis had to use firebrands again to keep off the coyotes who had reappeared. Then she became anxious for my safety, not knowing whether I would be able to find assistance or not. I was able, however, to arouse two white men in a tent a mile away and with their help we got out of the North Yakima flats."
I know that Sarah Agnes Blinn was in Seattle in 1906 helping her niece and nephew with affidavits about their father's disappearance in Alexander's estate papers. So this is very interesting.
I did manage to find an obituary about a Leola M. Kellogg but I don't know what paper it is from only that it was done sometime in 1959:
Mrs. Leola B. Kellogg, Criminal Lawyer, Dies – Mrs. Leola Buck Kellogg, 82, a criminal lawyer for 40 years, died, Monday at Harbor General Hospital, where she was taken after being stricken at her Redondo Beach home. She lived at 1927 Gates Ave. North Redondo Beach. Mrs. Kellogg was born in Hartford, Conn. She was graduated from law school at George Washington University, Washington D.C., and later attended the New York School of Dramatic Art. After a brief career as an actress in the Boston stock company and at the Knickerbocker Theater, New York, she went to Seattle where she was admitted to the bar in 1912. Mrs. Kellogg was admitted to the California bar in 1919 and had specialized in criminal law in Los Angeles since then, acting as defense counsel in 18 murder trials in this area. She maintained offices at 122 S. Pacific Ave. Redondo Beach, and appeared in Redondo Beach Municipal Court as recently as March 3. Funeral services will be conducted at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Niland Mortuary Chapel, 535 N. Pacific Coast Highway, Redondo Beach and interment will be at Pacific Crest Cemetery. Mrs. Kellogg leaves a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Jane von Dyl of Encino, and five grandchildren.
This obituary about Leola May Kellogg explains the notate on the tombstone that I found for Sarah A. Blinn, see above link to Find A Grave. It also explains why I was finding articles about Leola in the Seattle newspapers which stopped about 1920. I am going to summarize these articles here:
The Seattle Sunday Times, Oct. 27, 1912 – Miss Blinn Active in Republican Campaign – Feminine Lawyer Who Made Great Race for State Office, Heads Women's auxiliary. With Photo. Miss Leola May Blinn, who ran third in the race for commissioner of public lands and who was the only woman admitted to the practice of law at the last state bar examination has been made chairman of the King County Republican committee's women's auxiliary. Miss Blinn is in charge of the women's headquarters in the Seattle Hotel. Miss Blinn made a remarkable race for land commissioner, spending most of her time at her desk in the county clerk's office while the campaign was in progress and devoting odd moments to her own canvas. As she is a good automobile driver she was able, in spare time, to make quick runs to nearby points and covered a great deal of the state in short trip expeditions. She introduced into politics an innovation — the woman campaign manager — who accompanied her on all her trips. Immediately after the close of the campaign, Miss Blinn appeared before the bar examining board and passed one of the most rigid bar examinations ever submitted to students. It is her ambition to devote herself to law practice in probate and realty matters, having had seven years' experience in abstract work and having become familiar with probate business through her experience in the county clerk's office. Miss Blinn is a member of the Women's Relief Corps and several other organizations. She was born in Hartford, Conn. and now resides with her mother, at 1833 Twenty-fourth Avenue.
The Seattle Republican Friday Jan. 17, 1913 – Leola May Blinn ….first woman to be admitted to practice in the U.S. court in this district.
The Seattle Star, Wed, May 21, 1912 First Edition – Women Attorneys are Opposed in Man's Trial. About a burglary case in which Miss Blinn and Miss Reah Whitehead argued the case.
The Labor Journal (Everett, WA) Fri, Feb 7, 1913 – First Edition – Women Form State Body. She held several positions in the creation of the organization.
The Labor Journal (Everett, WA) Fri Aug 14, 1914 – First Edition page 3 with photo – Woman Lawyer to Aid Paroled Prisoner.
The Newport Miner (Newport, WA) Thu, Aug 8, 1912 – First Edition page 6, Woman Candidate Files – Her move to run for land commissioner is filed.
The Oregon Daily Journal (Portland, OR) Tue, Aug 24, 1915 – page 13 – Woman Lawyer at Joint Meeting. Miss Leola May Blinn of Seattle is the only woman lawyer from Washington attending the joint meeting of the Washington Oregon and Bar Association….sort of a quick bio of her.
The Seattle Sunday Times, Nov. 11, 1917 She appears with a photo, About her Relief Corp work.
There is a Find A Grave memorial, with no gravestone at this time, to Leola. They use the name Leola Buck Kellogg, born Aug. 29, 1876 and died May 11, 1956. She is buried in the Pacific Crest Cemetery in Redondo Beach, Los Angeles Co., California. Plot 4 563 5. Billion Graves has a tombstone photo for her that reads: Beloved Mother, Leola B. Kellogg 1876 to 1959. There are other Kelloggs buried in the Pacific Crest: Daisy Evans, Emmer Edward and Michael. I did not find her husband.
The SSDI Applications and Claims Index has a Sarah Jane Vondyl (Sarah Jane Von Dyl) who was born 4 Jan 1922 in Auburn Place, CA and she died 16 Dec. 2006. Her father is listed as Alexander E. Buck and her mother is Leola M. Blinn. So this means that Leola M. Blinn did marry to Alexander Buck.
I found a marriage in Skagit County, Washington on 5th September, 1917 in Mt. Vernon by a Baptist Minister. Alexander E. buck of King and Leola May Blinn of King. Witnesses were Edna M. Behrens and Mrs. J.E. Noflsinger. Rev. Noflsinger was the officiating minister. Pastor of the Davis Memorial Baptist Church in Mt. Vernon. So by 1920 they were in California.
According to the SSDI He, Alexander Buck, was born 21 December, 1884 and died Nov. 1970 in California in Contra Costa. This means they must have divorced because he died 11 years after Leola died and she was Kellogg by that time.
I found two references to court cases one took place 6 December 1940. Where a Leola M. Kellogg applied for Habeas Corpus. The petitioner, who is the wife of William V. Kellogg, was charged with grand theft accomplished by means of drawing and cashing six checks upon the alleged joint tenancy account of herself and her husband at the Bank of America in Sacramento and by appropriating the money to her own use contrary to her trust. etc. This case goes on for 10 pages. Justia – US Law, Case Law, California Case Law Cal App 2d Volume 41 in reg Kellogg.
Collison v. Thomas, Docket No. L.A. 25793, 55 Cal 2d 490 (1961) – This litigation involves the estates of William P. O'Brien his wife Masie O'Brien..Edna M. Collison, as administratrix of Masie's estate…Leola Buck Kellogg was administratrix of William's estate to quiet title on land in Torrance, CA. Unfortunately Leola died during the trial etc. The entire trail of this action took less than one day. It commenced at 11:05 a.m. on May 11, 1959, Mrs. Kellogg, the administratrix of William's estate died at 11:20 a.m. on the day of the trial. This brief was 4 pages long.
An article appeared titled "Woman Charges Husband Ruined Law Business, Los Angeles, Sep. 17, UP Mrs. Leola M. Kellogg, former Sacramento attorney, today filed suit asking $15,250 damages from her husband, William V. Kellogg of Sacramento, charging that he ruined her law business by causing her prosecution on grand theft charges. Mrs. Kellogg said her husband swore to a complaint Sept 12, 1940, which caused her arrest and trial in Sacramento. She said she was acquitted in a jury trial but that her practice was destroyed. Her husband, she said, was "malicious" in his action, which was described as the outgrowth of a dispute over funds in a joint bank account.
I have not found a marriage record for Leola to William V. Kellogg at this time. I cannot get a fix on him although he may have died in Denver, CO.
End of update 6/10/2016 – Well if this is Sarah's daughter Leola must have been someone to know. Maybe some day I will figure this out. It looks very much like it could be Sarah's family.
I find that the Barclay's were very inconsistent with their census information. I am using census again without other documents like vital records to verify, so the information above is all very uncertain till I get time to dig more.
There is certainly more to do with Sarah Agnes and her family like finding her marriage record and when did James pass. How many children did she actually have? Did I find the correct Sarah in the census or am mistaken. I need to look at vital records and more to see if I cannot get a clearer picture of Sarah Agnes Barclay Blinn.


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Leg and Back Pain for Seated Guitarists
Some guitarists who perform seated have their own host of pain problems. This is another area that can be improved on by stretching the muscles in the front (as shown in our third example) to strengthen the muscles in the back—and keep your shoulders from rolling forward and putting additional strain on your back. Says Dennis, "The straighter your spine is, the less strain you're putting on your muscles—so sitting straighter by stretching out these tight muscles will help you sit up straighter for longer periods of time without putting a strain on the back."
But the back and shoulders are only part of the equation. A right-handed player seated in a chair will tend to turn, with their left leg up and out, and the right leg down and back. This repeated position causes one leg to be stronger in front, while the other is stronger in back. Starting to sound like a recurring phenomenon? This can pull the pelvis out of position, as well as the lower lumbar vertebrae.
Stretches for leg pain can be as simple as stretching the quad on the weaker leg by pulling your knee up toward your back. In addition, you can pick up your weak leg further as you're walking, or put a 1 or 2 pound weight on your weak leg's ankle. These activities will strengthen the quad, which is important because, Dennis says, "We use this muscle to pull your pelvis back where it's supposed to be." You can determine the weaker quad by attempting to resist pressure placed on your knee in a sitting position. He adds, "You don't have to stretch the hamstring and quad every day, just every day you don't want your back to be out of position."
How to do it:
- When seated, have a friend press on each knee, one at a time, as you try to push their hand up with your leg. It should be easy to determine your weaker quad.
- Stretch the weaker leg by standing, bending at the knee, and pulling the knee back toward your back—a typical runner's stretch.
- Incorporate strengthening into your daily routine: pick up the weak leg further when waking, or wear a light ankle weight.


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탑승수속 시각은 엄격히 준수되므로 반드시 여정을 미리 확인하고 준비하시기 바랍니다. 늦게 탑승수속 하시는 탑승객을 위해 항공편을 지연시키지는 않습니다.
위탁수하물이 있는 승객은 키오스크에서 인쇄된 수하물표를 수령하신 후 탑승수속 창구에서 짐을 맡기시면 됩니다. 위탁수하물은 젯스타 공항 카운터에 맡기실 수도 있습니다.
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Don't want to be rude but those models look like 20 min of work.
Even if they are it's far better than what we have currently, so i don't see the problem. for that matter it would take me faaaarrrr longer than 20 minutes to get anything close to that.
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Looking charming as ever in a dark gray suit and gray satin tie, Derek co-hosted on LIVE! With Kelly today. In the first 15 minutes, they talk of what it's like to dance and compete on Dancing With The Stars. Kelly asks Derek about his love for Martial Arts and the similarities with dancing. She also congratulates and puts Derek on the spot for making it into People's Sexiest Man Alive issue. More fun with these two below….
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SAMJ: South African Medical Journal
On-line version ISSN 2078-5135
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.102 n.11 Cape Town Jan. 2012
Following his passion is 'life-changing' rural award winner
Most doctors can recall a career-defining moment of choice when events combined to offer divergent paths. For Kelly Gate, this year's Rural Doctor of the Year, it was, he declares dryly, 'either fame and fortune, or peace and tranquillity'.
Today's medical manager of the rustic Bethesda Hospital in far northern KwaZulu-Natal (no guessing his choice) is describing a moment two years ago when, fed-up with 'catching fainting patients' in Britain to pay off his student loan and on the verge of a registrarship at McCords Hospital in Durban, that that telephone call came.
It was Mrs P S Khumalo, the CEO at the 222-bed Bethesda Hospital, begging her stalwart former community service officer (comserve) to 'come help-out' after her solo medical officer fell ill, leaving three wide-eyed comserves stranded in a sea of needy patients. Gate, then 32, consulted his dietician wife Mary-Jane, whom he met at Bethesda during her community service year. 'I asked her what do we want ... fame and fortune or peace and tranquillity?' It was a 'no-brainer' - Bethesda was their rustic romantic idyll, it posed a wide variety of exciting clinical challenges (a fixed-wing medical outreach air service was also based there), plus it was in the heart of an internationally famous ecotourism area, and was safe (they sleep with doors unlocked). Socially, Wednesday nights at the local Mkhuze Cricket Club (sporting an 'awesome restaurant') were legendary among the local game rangers, sugar cane farmers and doctors.
Synchronicity of events boost Bethesda
That initial professional pledge by the Gates and its evolution into a 5 - 10-year commitment, was initially built on some serious serendipity. 'Just as we arrived in November that year, four foreign-qualified Brits were dumped in the deep-end with us, followed by some strong comserves in January'. Things unexpectedly began to look up for the tens of thousands of mainly low-income or indigent Zulus that depend on Bethesda District Hospital for their healthcare.
Says Gate: 'Numbers [of doctors and nurses] make a massive difference. It's not just the medical care that deteriorates, but the nursing care, wards start getting neglected and people seem to forget their responsibilities. Nurses do stuff they're not qualified to do. Just having a team leader [doctor] supporting, teaching and talking to them makes a huge difference to morale and the level of patient care. We try to make the work environment as conducive, as informal as possible, attractive to the young guys coming here for a bit of adventure. We listen to them. Support their projects. We've built a fantastic group of doctors, all singing the same tune and really dedicated. Our comserves stay. At present we've got 10 doctors [including Gate], with another four due before the end of September (2012), and a further three before the end of October [his out of 30 medical officer posts available].'
When numbers are up (and a 50%-plus doctor complement in a rural South African hospital is rare), Bethesda can implement decent policies and protocols, 'not just chip away, trying to put out fires'. Says Gate: 'You can then actually take an hour or two to get to the root of a problem and find out why the results are not in the files. I go on and on about getting back to basics but really, things have become way too complicated. I mean we still have kids dying of dehydration because they aren't referred early enough . and kids dying of malnutrition. Now we're getting our doctors out to the clinics with the dieticians, teaching nurses to fill out growth charts and recognise the signs. It's about basic manners, basic ethics, basic health care, basic everything,' he adds.
Bethesda has over 6 500 patients on a nurse-initiated antiretroviral therapy programme (from a base of just a few score in 2004), and 70% of its nursing posts are filled. 'We're still grossly short-staffed but I think staff shortages can often be a lame excuse for the mistakes being made ... a lot of what we're working with has nothing to do with staff shortages. Fair enough, the patient waiting times are way too long . but bed sores have nothing to do with staff shortages - that's about getting back to basics, doing things properly the first time. Our nursing training is not up to scratch so our doctors spend as much time as possible with them,' Gate adds.
Tackling the 'night shift syndrome' head-on
Another innovation is introducing night shifts for doctors - after he noticed patients being neglected at night. Gone are the sapping 24-hour and 36-hour shifts. Added is a single, week-long night shift (19h00 - 07h00, Thursday to Thursday), every 10 weeks for each doctor, with a daytime colleague on night-time stand-by (for infrequent emergency caesarean sections or major highway accidents).
'It seems to be working. Previously nurses felt they couldn't call tired doctors and doctor response times were also pretty unacceptable. Now there's no ways the doctors want to go back to the old system. When they're called, they come and we've no longer got patients overnighting in the Outpatients Department [OPD]; if they come in at 20h00, they're seen that night.'
Gate is proud of the new clinical outcomes, the most impressive of which is a perinatal mortality rate that has dropped from 30 per 100 000 to 13 per 100 000, just over the past year. When he got to Bethesda there was one working incubator, one SATS machine in theatre and one Ambu Bag in the entire hospital, and all the ET tubes had expired. Now there is a resuscitation trolley in every clinical unit and a multi-parameter monitor in every ward with a fully stocked emergency resuscitation room and high-care unit.
Resuscitation training is obligatory. Their newly diagnosed diabetic inpatient programme is world class and their next ambition is to start up a home peritoneal dialysis programme and inpatient peritoneal dialysis.
'Good clinical fun' -Gate
'Clinically I reckon we're one of the strongest district hospitals around. We're doing things normally done in the academic centres. This is good clinical fun. It's what everybody becomes a doctor for. We're doing all our own obstet emergencies. If a comserve stays on here, basically they get snapped up in reg posts because of the confidence they've gained. As a junior you're seldom left on your own. There are no horror stories of unsupervised junior doctors over weekends. We've got a fantastic group of strong, dedicated, vibrant young doctors who are having the time of their lives,' he adds.
The proof of the pudding is in the eating. Bethesda's OPD numbers and bed occupancy rates have shot up dramatically, with some patients travelling from over 100 km away. On average the team sees 100 -120 outpatients per day. Bed occupancy rates are up to 80%. Paediatric inpatient mortality is down to 3% per month. Adult inpatient mortality has dropped to about 10% and maternal mortality has been eliminated while obstetric-related maternal mortality is down by 150%. Before, it was a hospital to avoid. No longer - it's now a beacon of hope and a magnet for healthcare professional recruitment agencies like African Health Placements (AHP), who actively seek it out for their overseas and local prospects.
Some of Gates' observations are supported by research at the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School's Rural Health Advocacy Project (RHAP). The project identified governance and leadership and human resources for health as the top two challenges for rural healthcare. In his citation for the 2012 prestigious Pierre Jacques Rural Doctor of the Year Award (a joint award by the Rural Doctors Association of South Africa (RUDASA), the RHAP and AHP), Gate is praised for his 'inspiring story of how a good medical manager turned services around ... resulting in patients voting with their feet. He should be celebrated for his remarkable contribution to rural healthcare in South Africa.'
It seems fame (and good fortune) are inescapable, especially when you follow your heart's desire, and peace and tranquillity are the bonus.
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Only one Grand Theft Auto game was released for the DS: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars.
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Arpi's Phoenicia Deli is a gourmet restaurant with Mediterranean emphasis serving trademark shawarma sandwiches and other intercontinental menu items. Arpi's Phoenicia Deli is located directly in front of Phoenicia Market on Westheimer. Arpi's Phoenicia Deli possesses a modernized style with Mediterranean motifs meeting contemporary design, while the deli's signature logo of an olive tree is incorporated throughout in the warm, modish décor.
Since Arpi and her husband Zohrab, Lebanese immigrants, founded the West Houston restaurant in 1983, devoted diners have flocked to the deli for its signature shawarma sandwiches. The famed wraps of fine meat cuts are slow cooked on a rotisserie spit, marinated with Arpi's special spices and served in a pita wrap. Marinated lamb, sausage cuts and "meze," a tapas-style fare, are also favorites on the menu. Extended hours offer customers the option of dining at Arpi's for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
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Wimberley man hits mom with dumbbell, shoots neighbor
A man accused of striking his mother with a dumbbell and shooting another man has been arrested.
Caleb Crow, 19, allegedly hit is mother in the head with the exercise weight Friday morning in their home off of Rader Ranch Road in Wimberley, according to the Hays County Sheriff's Department. He then apparently hid in a car in the 300 block of the same street.
The car's owner spotted Crow and came out to confront him. Crow shot the man in the stomach with a .45 caliber pistol, and fled back to his home, officials said.
He was arrested following a standoff with Hays County SWAT and Crisis Negotiators.
Crow has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and theft of a firearm. His bond was set at $250,000.
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Janney Montgomery Scott said Wednesday that it hired a team of four FAs from Morgan Stanley (MS) and an executive from Stifel Nicolaus (SF). The regional firm said the new team is moving to Janney in Columbia and Hilton Head, S.C., with about $220 million in assets.
Andrew Kistler, formerly of Stifel Nicolaus, is now the regional manager of Janney's Southeast operations and will be "leading the continued expansion of the firm's presence in the Southeast," the company says.
"During the past several years, despite the challenging operating environment in the financial services industry, Janney has demonstrated the ability to be agile and take advantage of the right opportunities to advance our strategic plan," said Jerry Lombard, president of the firm's Private Client Group, in a press release. "The addition of Andrew and expansion in our Southeast region, along with the addition of the Palmetto Advisor Group, demonstrates how we are concentrating our efforts within existing markets that we believe present an opportunity for growth."
Kistler had been with Stifel since 2009, where he was the firm's regional director for the Southeast. Earlier, the 30-year industry veteran served as the eastern divisional director for H&R Block Financial Advisors; he spent nearly 20 years with the Robinson-Humphrey Co./Smith Barney.
"Having been in the business for almost 30 years as an advisor, branch manager and regional director, I've learned a thing or two about what matters most when it comes to being successful," said Kistler in a statement. "Most importantly, is an unwavering focus on serving the needs of the client and advisor–and Janney shares this value."
As of early October, Janney has 736 employee financial advisors with $55.4 billion in assets under management. Many of its advisors do business on the East Coast, and the broker-dealer is part of Penn Mutual Life Insurance. It recruited a UBS (UBS) advisor in late August with about $100 million in assets.
In March, Janney opened an office in Aiken, S.C. It currently has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, N.C., Spartanburg, S.C., and Raleigh, N.C., in addition to its locations in Columbia and Hilton Head.
The newest addition to these regional operations is the Palmetto Advisory Group. It includes wealth managers/advisors E.H. "Chip" Stanley Jr., Geddings H. Crawford Jr., Linda S. Fraser and Geoffery K. Forsyth.


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Creaothceann originated in Scotland, and is regarded as the most dangerous of all broom games. Creaothceann players were equipped with a broomstick and wore a cauldron strapped to their head. At the start of the game - signified by the sounding of a horn or drum - a hundred rocks and boulders that had been charmed to float a hundred feet above the ground began falling to the ground. The players then zoomed around the field, trying to catch as many rocks in their cauldrons as possible.
The name derives from the Scottish Gaelic words creoth ceann, which translate as Wounded Head.
The game was considered to be a test of manliness and courage for Scottish wizards and witches, and enjoyed popularity in the Middle Ages, despite the many fatalities that resulted from playing it - according to a twelfth-century ballad, it was considered standard for only two out of the twelve players to survive a game:
"The players assemble, twelve fine, hearty men,
They strapped on their cauldrons, stood poised to fly,
At the sound of the horn they were swiftly airborne,
But ten of their number were fated to die."
Creaothceann was eventually made illegal in 1762, although Magnus "Dent-Head" Macdonald did spearhead a campaign to reintroduce the game in the 1960s. The Ministry of Magic refused to lift the ban.
Kennilworthy Whisp, Quidditch expert and author of Quidditch Through the Ages, speculates that the rocks from Creaothceann may have inspired the Bludgers used in Quidditch.
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Founded in 1969, the BIMR is one of the oldest and largest materials research institutes in North America. Most of our infrastructure is physically located in the A.N. Bourns Science Building (ABB), with new infrastructure under construction within the McMaster Nuclear Reactor. A key to our success is our skilled and experienced technical staff who allow the sophisticated research infrastructure to be optimally exploited by a large and diverse user base.


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Goals gone wild as Canucks edge Coyotes in OT
Vancouver Canucks Kevin Biesksa, front, celebrates his game-winning overtime goal against the Phoenix Coyotes in Rogers Arena in Vancouver on January 26, 2014.
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VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks snapped out of their goal-scoring funk in a big way Sunday night.
They scored seven goals. Trouble is, two of them went into their own net.
It didn't matter as Vancouver hung on for a 5-4 overtime win over the Phoenix Coyotes at Rogers Arena.
No one was expecting the kind of goal-fest that erupted Sunday night. The Canucks and Coyotes have both had trouble scoring this season. It was one of those nights when it seemed everything went in.
"It was a strange game on both sides," said interim Vancouver coach Mike Sullivan, who is now 2-1-0 filling in for the suspended John Tortorella. "It seemed like the nature of the way the goals were being scored, it was bizarre. I think there might have been one goal that was actually shot in the net. It seemed like everything was a deflection off a stick, off a skate, off something. So it was just one of those games for both sides. Fortunately for us, we were able to get two points out of it."
How bizarre was it? Well, Phoenix forward Antoine Vermette got a hat trick, but only put one goal past Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo himself. The others were deposited into the Vancouver net by Luongo and Ryan Kesler.
"That is a free hat trick right there," Luongo said. "At least he buried the last one to make it somewhat justifiable. It was just one of those nights where it felt like the puck was finding ways in. That is going to happen from time to time. The good thing is we got the win. That's all that matters."
It was an important game for the Canucks, who had slipped into eighth place in the West. The win moved them a point up on the Minnesota Wild and they are just one point behind the slumping Los Angeles Kings. They are also five points clear of the ninth-place Coyotes, who outshot Vancouver 33-25.
Defenceman Kevin Bieksa scored his second of the night at 2:15 of overtime to give the Canucks the win. Chris Higgins did the dirty work along the boards and Brad Richardson found a pinching Bieksa in front. Bieksa beat Phoenix goalie Mike Smith on his own rebound.
"It wasn't your typical game," Bieksa said. "We have been struggling to score goals lately so let's take some positives out of it. We put five in. Some guys got on the scoresheet and we found a way to win when it came down to it.
"We needed the two points. We were up a couple of goals the two times and they came back and we stayed resilient and found a way to win. Lately it seems when a team comes back and ties the game in the third we kind of cramp up a little bit. But we kept going and found a way to win."
Goals 52 seconds apart late in the second period by Higgins and Zac Dalpe had given the Canucks a 4-2 lead. But a power-play goal at 19:05 of the second by Vermette -- the only one of his three goal he actually used his stick to score -- cut that lead in half. And when Phoenix captain Shane Doan tied it up at 5:24 of the second, the Canucks seemed to be on the ropes.
"A couple of weird goals for and against and couple of goals where they didn't even shoot the puck at the net," said Higgins, who had a pair of assists to go with his goal. "When that happens you usually lose games like that, but we found a way to win this one."
Yes, they did, and that certainly was a positive.
No so positive was the play of Vancouver's power play, which, to put it mildly, continues to struggle. The Canucks went 0-for-4 with the man advantage. And on their first three opportunities, they didn't manage a shot. Finally, on power play No. 4, they got a shot.
The Coyotes scored a short-handed goal. They ended up outshooting the Canucks 3-1 and outscored Vancouver 1-0 on its own power play.
Sullivan knows that has to change.
"I saw one shot, that's what I saw," Sullivan said. "Listen, it's not an easy thing when your team struggles on the power play. These guys are proud guys and they are good players and they care and they want the power play to succeed. I don't think it just happens overnight and then sometimes based on my experience when a power play struggles it can take on a life of its own and and now not only are you trying to coach the Xs and Os or the strategy of the power play, but you are also coaching a mindset and a fragile mindset and trying to get it to go.
"We'll keep working on it and we'll get better at it. I really believe moving forward it can be a big part of the success that we will have in the second half here. We need it to be."
The Canucks, now winners of three of their last four games, will try and build on that momentum Monday night when the Edmonton Oilers visit Rogers Arena. The Oilers snapped a six-game losing streak with a 5-1 win over Nashville on Sunday night.
Sullivan would not name his starting goalie, but it's likely that Eddie Lack will get the nod. Sullivan said centre Jordan Schroeder could possibly make his return after a two-game conditioning stint with the AHL's Utica Comets.
"From what I was told he played very well in the two games that he played in," Sullivan said of Schroeder, who has been out since fracturing his left ankle Oct. 19 in Pittsburgh.
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The Canuck finally received some much needed offence as Kevin Bieksa and Jannik Hansen, in the first, then Chris Higgins and Zac Dalpe, in the second, staked them to a pair of two-goal leads. Antoine Vermette was a one-man scoring machine for the Coyotes and kept them in it with an even-strength goal (deflected in by Roberto Luongo), a shortie (deflected in by Ryan Kesler) and one on the power play. Shane Doan tied it 4-4 on a third-period breakaway before Bieksa won it in overtime.
Jannik Hansen broke an 11-goal drought with his first-period tally... Kevin Bieksa' two goals were his first points in eight games... The Canucks were credited with just two hits in the first period and two in the second but had 12 in the third... The Canucks are 3-1-0 since Alex Burrows rejoined the lineup (broken jaw) even though Burrows doesn't have a point in the four games... Phoenix prevailed in the faceoff dot 32-27 led by Antoine Vermette's 14-for-20 night. Ryan Kesler was 12-for-27 for Vancouver.
The Canucks' victory Sunday was just their third in 15 games against Pacific Division rivals Anaheim Ducks, San Jose Sharks, Los Angeles Kings and Phoenix. Only one of the wins has come in regulation, a 4-2 triumph in San Jose. The other two were overtime wins over the Coyotes. The Canucks are 1-2-1 versus the Sharks, 0-3-1 against the Kings, 0-2-1 versus the Ducks and 2-1-1 against the 'Yotes. On the other hand, their record against the Oilers and Flames is 6-0-0.
The Canucks won't have to wait long for another crack at the win column when they face the bottom feeding Edmonton Oilers tonight at Rogers Arena. They are scheduled to have Tuesday off and then play host Wednesday to the defending Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks in a 7:30 start at the Rog. That will be their final home game before the Olympic break. They're on the road for five after the Chicago game, beginning Friday in Winnipeg. First home game after Sochi is Feb. 26 versus St. Louis.
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I officially became a student today. I had a couple of classes last week, but class didnt officially start until today. Considering my day usually consists of multitasking about 5 different experiments in three different buildings, calling my behavior in class today "ADHD" is an understatement. THREE hours I was sitting in lecture. And by sitting, I mean 'fidgeting, messing with my pens/paper/phone/etc, and changing positions every 2.5 seconds'. Holy crap I cannot handle this 'sitting still and listening' thing anymore!
However, one really funny thing happened today. I am pleased to report to you all that Biblos treat grad/medical/dental/pharm/nursing students exactly like four year olds. Today I was accosted in the union by Baptists.
Baptist: "HAVE YOU GOTTEN A SACK YET??"
Me: ........ "What is it?"
Baptist: "JUST SOME TREATS FROM BLAHBLAHBLAH BAPTIST CHURCH!!!"
Me, peering in the bag: (Goddammit. Cookies. White chocolate Macadamia.) "AW THANK YOUUUU SOOOO MUUUUUCH!!"
I also got a free dinner, should I choose to accept it, at their Bible Study. And a bottle of bubbles that says "DONT BLOW OFF CHURCH!" HAHAHAHAHA! Oh, I dont blow off church, but church can blow... hehehe never mind.
But I did learn a valuable lesson from these baking Baptists: dont just hand out cookies to promote your ideology or message. Even people who violently disagree with you will take your cookies. And then theyll make fun of you on their blog. Save the cookies for your real friends.
Monday, August 20, 2007
Cost of ERVs soul: 2 cookies
I officially became a student today. I had a couple of classes last week, but class didnt officially start until today. Considering my day usually consists of multitasking about 5 different experiments in three different buildings, calling my behavior in class today "ADHD" is an understatement. THREE hours I was sitting in lecture. And by sitting, I mean 'fidgeting, messing with my pens/paper/phone/etc, and changing positions every 2.5 seconds'. Holy crap I cannot handle this 'sitting still and listening' thing anymore!
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You think the way chocolate and macadamia nuts go together in cookies is just an accident? You think those things just evoluted before baking was invented? Think again, Darwin's Groupie.
PS. You aren't a real student till you cut lectures and photocopy a friend's notes.
- Hume's Ghost said...
There was a (or multiple, not sure) fundamentalist Christian cults that existed on my college campus. I have a deep familiarity with their tactics because I was approached by them and watched them operate more times than I count.
I still get pissed off thinking about how they try to bring in new recruits to the cult. They operate off a script: they look for a student by his/her self ... if the student is wearing a shirt that says a location they'll approach and ask where they're from, if not they make some kind of asinine conversation... its the same every time. "What's your major. What year on you. Do you live on campus. Do you like volleyball? We're playing volleyball on Friday. Then we're going to do some praying."
Bastards are relentless. Some guy asked to work in with me while I was dumb bell presses and then started asking me about Jesus.
One time I cussed out one of them after he approached me on the street while I was walking to class and said, "hey man, don't I know you from the gym?"
"no, mother f_cker you don't know me from the god d_amn gym ... leave me the F_ck alone ... I'm tired of you mother f_ckers spitting the same tired bullshit at me in an attempt to get me into your f_cking cult and brainwash me"
The twit "knew" me from the gym in the sense that he was doing what he was trained to do - go into the gym and get people to accept Jesus as their Lord and Savior - one day, saw me on an excercise bike (I was warming up before my workout) came and got on the bike next to me and made some comment about how awesome my workouting was ... at that point I got the impression that he was hitting on me; in the multiple multiple times I've had one of the culties approach me I've almost always at first gotten a vibe that I'm being hit on before I realize a second later it's another creep from the cult who is indeed hitting on me - but for Jesus. So anyways, I got off the bike and went to do my workout and I see out of the corner of my eye the guy walk over to one of my buddies who was already working out on the leg press and say the same thing.
So that's how he "knew" me. And I must confess that part of the reason that I snapped (asides this being the 100th time someone hit me with the routine) was that he had shaved his head in the couple of days since the gym incident and just oozed "I just got sucked into a cult and now they're sending me out to suck other in". But what really upsets me is that I fully understand how they operate: that they seek to exploit students who feel lonely and lost on a large college campus, which is why they target students who are by themselves.
In addition to these student zombies that prowled the campus 24/7 were the nutcases that marched around the student center during the day pretty much everyday of the year telling people they were going to hell for getting a secular education and for fornicating and drinking. I still rememberd vividly walking by one day and seeing some tool carrying a sign that read: "Friends don't let friend be gay - Leviticus" while shouting some gays are going to hell b.s. and wanting to kick the guy squarely in the balls.
- Hume's Ghost said...
Oh, I should add - I didn't immediately start cussing the guy out. There were some intermediary dialogue that consisted of me being perfunctorily cordial to the guy until he slipped into the script which always ends with an invitation to play volleyball or flagfootball or something else and pray.
It's hard to convey how dirty and manipulative this tacic comes across as when its being done to you and you understand that you're being confronted by someone who has been trained by others on how to attempt to approach someone and trick them into meeting with a cult.
- Anonymous said...
Most of the people on my campus know not to bother me with that bullshit (having a reputation since middle school as a psycho-outcast actually comes in handy once in a while). If they do they can expect to have their intellectual colons stomped by my massive foot of logic.
Outside of an academic environment, I just wear a warning sign. I usually alternate between metal t-shirts with Satanic slogans on them to let people know I'll have no truck with proselytizing morons. (The Cradle of Filth "Jesus is a Cunt" classic would come in handy there, but I got rid of it since it's offensive to women as well, and I don't do collateral damage).
- Anonymous said...
By the way, sorry to be so self-aggrandizing in the above post. If necessary I will retract the last metaphor and change it to "Drop my massive testicles of logic onto the only partially developed intellectual child back of religion."
Yeah, I'm just being stupid. Don't mind me...
- The Factician said...
And here I thought you were going to say that you sold your soul to grad school for a cookie. There were a lot of free cookies when I was in grad school...
Just think of it as saving other potential victims from being seduced by those cookies. You're doing them a real favour.
- ERV said...
quantok-- Small classes. Cant do it. Blech.
Hume-- I think I was blacklisted in undergrad. I said no to a Kampus Krusade Kid early in my education, and they left me alone?
Tyler-- I could easily pass as a Mormon to casual observers. Bossman would get a kick out of me wearing a heavy metal shirt, though, so might be worth it :P
factician-- I didnt enter school with the other kids. I went straight into the micro department. They get shirts, water bottles, cookies, I dont get crap!
So I gotta be happy with the Baptist cookies.
vwx-- Actually, the bubbles turned out to be the sweet deal- Arnie FREAKS OUT over the bubbles! Cutest damn thing Ive seen in my entire life. Its gotta be in the top three.
- Chris Harrison said...
Someone mentioned cookies?
I've not been accosted by religionists on my campus. I think I would just stare blankly at them, and then begin drooling.
People usually don't like that.
- ERV said...
Chris, you know about this, right? Might have a few more trained recruits on your campus in the near future! YAAAAAAY!
- Chris Harrison said...
Dallas is a good 2.5 hours from Austin though. I think I'm safe.
If they come to my campus though, I'll tell them they should turn around, because there is a virology lab not that far north, and a girl there would really like to hear about creationism and the Bible.
: )
- Bob O'Hara said...
I never had problems with the religious folks, but I was once chased around a Fresher Fair by a Morris dancer with a large stick.
(Yeah it's an old post)
I read it really quick I saw: