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Today I went to Panera bread to meet up with a couple of friends. I am always leary of places like this because there is such a large potential for cross-contamination with gluten due to all of the bread in the place (and in the name of the establishment 😉 ). However, I received an email the other day from a nice woman, named Pat, at Panera Bread who gave me a list of items on their menu that would be safe for me to eat, proper precautions taken to avoid CC, of course. It was nice to have a choice of what I wanted to eat and drink, not be "forced" to make a decision based on the one or two things that were GF. Here is a list of what gluten-free items they have:
GLUTEN FREE LIST – Panera Bread **
**Although we do our very best to meet your special requirements, we cannot rule out the possibility of cross contact between these items and gluten-containing foods in our bakery-café.
Salads: (including the salad dressing)
(source of modified food starch is corn)
Greek Salad
Fandango Salad
Caesar Salad (without croutons)
Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad (without croutons)
Asian Sesame Chicken Salad (without Won Ton noodles)
Classic Cafe Salad
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad
Strawberry Poppyseed Salad with Chicken
Fuji Apple Chicken Salad
California Mission Chicken Salad
Orchard Harvest Chicken Salad
Low Fat Vegetarian Black Bean
Cuban Black Bean and Lentil
Vegetarian Roasted Red Pepper & Lentil
Vegetarian Butternut Squash
Creamy Tomato (without croutons)
Low-Fat Vegetarian Southwest Tomato & Roasted Corn
Turkey Chickpea Chili
Summer Corn Chowder
Salad Dressings:
Balsamic Vinaigrette
Raspberry Vinaigrette
Asian Sesame Vinaigrette
White Balsamic Vinaigrette
Roasted Garlic & Meyer's Lemon Vinaigrette
Juice, both apple and orange
Soda, fountain and bottled
Tea, regular and Chai Tea
All lattes & Frozen beverages
Strawberry Smoothie
I ended up enjoying the Low Fat Vegetarian Black Bean Soup and Half Asian Sesame Chicken Salad (sans wontons & sesame seeds) and a Chai Latte to drink. It was amazing. I know that may seem silly, it is just soup and salad. I think it was more the experience. I have been gluten-free almost 3 years and have never eaten at Panera during that time. I am glad I took this step and have another choice to add of my list of establishments that I can dine out at. BTW, I have never had a Chai Latte before, anywhere, and it was TDF! I will be chosing that to drink more often, for sure!
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Jesus H. Christ on burnt toast, what the hell is this?
Athletes are all the time praying, crossing themselves, kneeling in thanks. But does God really care who prevails on the playing field? Ordinarily, we'd say no. Then again, how to explain QB Tim Tebow, who wears his devout Christianity on his sleeve and who led the Denver Broncos to yet another improbable comeback win Sunday?
That's from the Facebook feed of the Associated Freaking Press.
"How to explain QB Tim Tebow"? QB Tim Tebow went 10-of-15 with two touchdowns and one pretty little flick with a minute or so left that nearly gave him a third score. He threw for 202 yards in all. That's how to explain QB Tim Tebow. He was really good in prosaic, perfectly explicable ways.
(And what's with the weird diction? "All the time praying"? Are we outsourcing our stupid to the Carpathians now?)
I've said all along that the backlash against Tebow is really a backlash against the way Tebow gets covered in the media. This smarmy little paragraph is as good an example as you'll find. I mean, who needs St. Thomas Aquinas when you have the Broncos' five-game winning streak, right?
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The Southern Illinois Art Workshop, Inc. will hold its spring art retreat on May 19 – 21, 2014 at the DuBois Center Camp (west of Mount Vernon, IL). Two workshop classes will be held:
John Gabb, professional artist from Effingham, IL will mentor a plein air class. Students may work in the medium of their choice. Emphasis will be on providing suggestions and evaluation for the individual student. If you have questions please call John at 217-868-5948.
Lois Dickenson, longtime SIAW member and retired book preservation/repair specialist (library) will mentor a workshop where students may apply art mediums they know to the process of making their own art books. Students will learn basic bookbinding techniques, and experiment with altering existing books and/or creating books in alternative formats. Watercolor, pen & ink, colored & watercolor pencil, collage, and acrylic paints are suitable mediums for use in the workshop. If you have questions, please send a note to email@example.com.
Retreat Special: Come enjoy the collegial atmosphere! Bring your own special art project to work on while enjoying the great people and food at the retreat without participating in either of the instructional workshops.
The art retreat runs from noon on Monday, May 19, through 4 pm on Wednesday, May 21. The fee of $195.00 covers seven meals, two nights lodging at the Dubois Center and instruction in the workshop of the student's choice. Please request registration forms at email@example.com.


text: First is a Roast of Veal with wild mushrooms, braised endive, onions and white wine--the aromas just fill the kitchen. Second is a delicious Leg of Lamb, hip bone removed, studded with garlic on a ragout of white beans and lardons, onions, mushrooms and thyme. Not only are you shown how to prepare these dishes, but Jacques then demonstrates, step-by-step, how to carve and serve them.


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ORLANDO, Fla. – Facebook is considering a new change in deciding whether to "like" a post or not.
Users have talked about having a "dislike" button for Facebook statuses. But developers recently said that they are testing a new "sympathize" button instead, according to a report.
The "sympathize" button would allow your friends to show support without having to "like" something.
The Huffington Post reports an engineer broke the news at a recent Facebook Hackathon.
Developers say you will be able to choose how you are feeling from a drop down list of emotions.
If you choose a negative emotion like "depressed," then the "like" button would automatically change to "sympathize" instead. This would help Facebook users who don't necessarily want to click "like" on a status update.
Read more at the Huffington Post.


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Littleheart's second Birthday is coming up next month, and I want to make her a special outfit for the occasion. I am planning on making her a rainbow birthday party, and am designing her outfit accordingly. I will post about the finished outfit when it is done, but today I would like to show you how to make a Knight's Pleat Sleeve (which I am using for her birthday shirt). I saw this sleeve on a woman a while back, and have recreated it from my memory (so I am not sure if it is like that shirt, but I like the outcome, so who cares, right?). I call it the Knight's Pleat Sleeve because it reminds me of the armor the medieval knights used to wear:
This sleeve works for any shirt, adults or children.
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I hope you've been enjoying the new and improved Bleacher Report—we're really happy with the feedback we've received so far.
Just thought I'd let you know that next week we'll be launching the site to the world with some public announcements, and thus it'd be great to get a contribution from you between now and Tuesday to make Bleacher Report's launch a success.
Let me know if you need any help with ideas or have questions. Have a great weekend ashleigh!
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Sunday 12th May – Tuesday 14th May 2013
Prague, Czech Republic
Call for Presentations:
This conference seeks to explore the boundaries of reproduction, not merely as physical birth but more broadly as an agent of change, of bodily, sexual, cultural (and even viral) transitions.
From iconic images of the incarnation to depictions of monstrous births, the cultural rituals and mythologies of reproduction continue to fascinate us. Bodies that copulate, bodies that reproduce, bodies that replicate, change, decay—or divide—produce anxiety about the boundaries of self and identity. Reproduction, like evolution, reminds us that we are ever in flux, that change is inevitable. Birth, like
death, forces us to acknowledge the limits of our bodies and our 'selves.' Additionally, this age of epidemics and viral warfare incites dystopic visions of a future where the effective reproducers are micro-organisms, where humans have been replaced by a replicating other. We seek to explore not only the biological imperative of preserving a species, but also our search for origins, our search for ourselves, our desires, our sexual identities, our gods.
We invite perspectives that explore identity, bodies, boundaries, sexuality and futurity. We likewise invite reflections on whether the nature of our origins tells us anything about who and what we are; whether it lays the ground for understanding what we will become and how our future will unfold. What is the nature of our transition from birth through life to death? Is the end present in the beginning, and does this complicate our notions of evolutions and transitions as forward progress? What does it mean to be pregnant? To impregnate? What concerns are raised about a woman's body historically, culturally, politically, her ability to feed, grow and harbour new
life, as well as her control over her own reproductive destiny? What about bodies that replicate without sex? Cloning? Hermaphroditic reproduction? What about non-human reproduction, about invasive species, about viral epidemics?
We encourage scholarly contributions from inter, multi and transdisciplinary perspectives, from practitioners working in all contexts, professionals, ngo's and those from the voluntary sector. We will entertain submissions drawn from literature, medicine, politics, social history, film, television, graphic novels and manga,
from science to science fiction.
Topics may include but are not limited to:
-Historical medical discourses about reproduction
-The monstrosity of birth: monstrous births
-Birth in the dystopic narrative
-Freak(s) – of nature; of technology; accidents of birth
-Religious discourse of reproduction
-Gender and biomedicine
-Queering reproduction
-Technologies of and for the body
-Reproduction and ethical practice
-Managing reproductive bodies: law, health care and medical practice
-The "changing" body: rebirth and metamorphosis
-Invading and possessing bodies
-Eugenics, social biology and inter-racial generation
-Genetic engineering and "nightmare" reproductions
-Science fiction: inter-species reproduction: non-human reproduction
-Viral reproduction and pandemic
What to submit:
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the submission of pre-formed panel proposals. Presentations will also be considered on any related theme. 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 4th January 2013. 300 word abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to both Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF
formats with the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract, f) up to 10 keywords.
E-mails should be entitled: BR1 Abstract Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs:
Brandy Scillace
Rob Fisher
The conference is part of the Probing the Boundaries programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. All papers accepted for and presented at the conference will be eligible for publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may be developed for publication in a themed hard copy volume(s).
For further details of the conference, please click here.
Please note: Inter-Disciplinary.Net is a not-for-profit network and we are not in a position to be able to assist with conference travel or subsistence.


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Jay-Z Pulls Another Jack Move: Signs "Chery Lloyd Of The X-Factor Show" To Roc Nation When She Was About To Sign To will.i.am Of The Black Eye Peas!
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How could living in North Korea be worse? Hmm. Maybe if your dinner caught on fire every night, or clothes were made out of a cactus, or if using a phone potentially earned you the death penalty. Sounds about right!
North Korea is holding a 100-day-long "mourning period" for the late madman Kim Jong-il. Part of the festivities include a cell phone moratorium, transgressors against which "will be branded as 'war criminals' and punished accordingly," The Telegraph reports. North Korea doesn't mess around with punishment—execution and labour camps (which is worse?) are commonplace.
Luckily, as TheNextWeb points out, less than 5 percent of North Korea's horribly impoverished population own cell phones to begin with, so the odds of being screwed by the state are low for the average citizen. So, there's the good news, I suppose. [Telegraph via TNW]


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Alexei Leonidovich Kudrin (Russian: Алексей Леонидович Кудрин) (born 12 October 1960) is the Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. After graduating with degrees in finance and economics, Kudrin worked in the administration of Saint Petersburg's liberal Mayor Anatoly Sobchak. In 1996 he started working in the Presidential Administration of Boris Yeltsin. He was appointed Finance Minister on 28 May 2000, and has held the post ever since, making him the longest-serving Finance Minister in post-Soviet Russia. In addition, he has been Deputy Prime Minister in 2000-2004 and again since 2007. As Finance Minister, Kudrin is widely credited with prudent fiscal management, commitment to tax and budget reform and championing the free market. Under Kudrin, Russia paid most of the substantial foreign debt it had accumulated in the 1990s. During his career, Kudrin has won several awards, including the "Finance Minister of the Year 2010" prize from Euromoney magazine.
Alexei Kudrin was born on 12 October 1960 in Dobele, Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic. His first job was a motor mechanic and training assistant at the engine laboratory of the Academy of Procurement and Transportation of the Defense Ministry of the Soviet Union, before entering Leningrad State University to study economy. He graduated with a candidate's degree in 1983, and got an internship at the Leningrad Institute of Social and Economic Problems. In December 1985, he entered the internal postgraduate school at the Institute of Economics of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union, where he later received his PhD. He then worked as a researcher at the Institute of Social and Economic Problems of the Academy of Sciences. Kudrin has authored over 15 scientific works in the fields economics and finance, including topics such as competition and anti-monopoly policy in the Soviet economy of the transition period.
From 1990 to 1996, Kudrin worked in the Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg City Administration under the liberal mayor and reformer Anatoly Sobchak. His first position was Vice Chairman of the Committee for Economic Reform. Until 1993, he worked in various financial positions in the city administration, before he was promoted to Deputy Mayor, in which position he served from 1993 to 1996. Future President Vladimir Putin was the other top Deputy Mayor of Saint Petersburg at the time. Kudrin was also Chairman of the City Administration's Economic and Finance Committee.


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Under the enforcement changes, officials for the first time will be able to publicly attach a cost to saving an animal or plant. Blanket protections for creatures newly listed as threatened will be removed.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative says it would delay the tariffs to Dec. 15 on some goods, including cellphones, laptop computers, video game consoles, some toys, computer monitors, shoes and clothing.
More than 30 countries have banned cosmetics testing on animals, and while the practice hasn't been banned in the U.S., Illinois is now the third state to enact "humane cosmetics" legislation. The new law takes effect Jan. 1, 2020.
Watch the Aug. 13, 2019 full episode of "Chicago Tonight."
There were eight mass shootings last year in the U.S. But with six mass shootings so far in 2019, the country is on track to match or surpass last year's record, according to a Northwestern Medicine researcher.
Six people in Illinois have reported severe breathing problems after vaping. The Illinois Department of Public Health is now investigating these cases and five others, all reported since just May.
Peek inside the soon-to-close, 25,000-square-foot "Hamilton" exhibition on Northerly Island and hear from the man who brought Alexander Hamilton back to life: Lin-Manuel Miranda.
In the decade since federal exercise guidelines were first introduced, a study finds that adult exercise rates have essentially remained flat, while time spent sitting is on the rise.
CPD Officer John Rivera was fatally shot inside his car earlier this year
The first of three men charged in connection with the fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer John Rivera is going to trial this week. Jovan Battle, 32, is acting as his own attorney while facing a first-degree murder charge.
We visit the newly upgraded Nettie McKinnon Gallery inside in Park Junior High School in La Grange Park.
A group of young men have chosen to escape street violence by living together in an innovative safe house. We discuss the program with the two Chicagoans who started it: Liz Dozier and Rami Nashashibi.
Asian carp will certainly survive and most likely thrive if they are able to make their way into Lake Michigan, according to a study released Monday by the University of Michigan.
Monarchs are in trouble, despite efforts by volunteers and organizations across the United States to nurture the beloved butterfly. And the Trump administration's new order weakening the Endangered Species Act could well make things worse.
An onerous tax structure would virtually kill any chance that a Chicago casino operator could make a profit, despite an ability to make massive amounts of money, according to a newly released feasibility study.


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Three members of the SLENZ Project selection panel at work. Aaron Griffths (Isa Goodman), Dr Clare Atkins ( Arwenna Stardust) and Leigh Blackall (Leroy Goalpost)
Three on SLENZ shortlist
Three New Zealand education/training institutions have been "shortlisted" for the Second Life Education New Zealand Project.
The project, funded by the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission, has been designed to determine whether New Zealand education can benefit from "new" virtual world internet technology.
The initial selection, from six formal proposals from across New Zealand, was made by a four-person SLENZ team, Terry Neal and Dr Clare Atkins, joint project leaders, the project's learning designer, Leigh Blackall, and lead developer, Aaron Griffiths.
"We selected the three because we considered they covered the breadth of student types and desired learning outcomes to help us determine the answers to a broad range of questions," Terry Neal (Tere Tinkle) said. "We were disappointed budgetary constraints prevented us from selecting more because all the proposals were interesting."
The proposals from which the selection was made included: language learning, including Te Reo; medical training; foundation learning; information technology and retail training.
The names of those selected are expected to be announced before the end of the month after final evaluation by the SLENZ project steering group.
Initially more than 40 individual educators from tertiary institutions across the country expressed interest in becoming part of the SLENZ project.
All five types of New Zealand tertiary institution were represented in the numbers – universities, institutes of technology and polytechnics, wānanga, industry training organisations and private training enterprises.
The innovation project, which has been set up on the Second Life islands of Koru and Kowhai, owned by NMIT, aims to determine how multi-user virtual environments might be used to improve student learning.
MUVEs boost 'writing'
Though not in a realm of tertiary education a study of the effects of a digital learning environment designed to improve elementary student writing, has come up with some useful and sometime thought-provoking answers to questions often posed by educators in all fields of virtual learning.
By Warren, Scott J Dondlinger, Mary Jo; Barab, Sasha A , and posted in the redOrbit Knowledge Network (http://www.redorbit.com/news/education/1576546/a_muve_towards_pbl_writing_effects_of_a_digital_learning/index.html), an online community specifically for those with an interest in science, space, health and technology, the paper is entitled "A MUVE Towards PBL Writing: Effects of a Digital Learning Environment Designed To Improve Elementary Student Writing".
The project on which the paper reports endeavored to solve two major obstacles to using problem-based learning methods with writing in elementary school classrooms. The problems are the time taken to design the learning environment and the time required for students to interact at their own pace with ill-structured problems used to spur student writing.
The study determined that game elements could be used along with Problem Based Learning (PBL) in a digital learning environment to improve student writing.
The results from this study, which could be used as a basis for foundation learning, included statistically significant decreases in teacher time spent answering procedural and directional questions, increased voluntary student writing, and improved standardised achievement scores on writing tasks.
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She has uploaded it to (http://seekersbrain.wikispaces.com/Reports+and+Articles) to make her list available to anyone who wishes to use it.
At the same spot she provides a link to a valuable hypertext book which explores the psychological aspects of environments created by computers and online networks.
The book by John Suler, Ph.D, of the Department of Psychology, Science and Technology Center, at Rider University, presents an evolving conceptual framework for understanding how people react to and behave within cyberspace: what he calls "the psychology of cyberspace" – or simply "cyberpsychology." The book is continually being revised and expanded. ( http://www-usr.rider.edu/~suler/psycyber/psycyber.html)
The difficulty of being a newbie in a strange land never ceases to surprise me – especially when I visit new OpenSims that don't have the facilities of Second Life – and many of them don't. They feel more like Second Life of three to four years ago with the inherent problems of lag and crashes and lack of easy to obtain freebie clothes, skin and hair etc. Even walking like a penguin can prove a pain in the proverbial with AOs largely ignored.
However, for newbies or noobs entry to Second Life also can still be a painful and often offputting experience without the other pressures of non compatible or elderly computer technology, slow broadband and other grief causing problems.
But Benjamin Linden has announced that Linden lab is about to do something about transforming the Second Life rebirth experience ( http://blog.secondlife.com/2008/11/03/transforming-the-second-life-experience)
Announcing that Linden Lab had engaged award-winning interactive design agency Big Spaceship as a partner in transforming the Second Life experience, Benjamin noted that tailoring the Second Life platform to make it easier for new Residents to begin experiencing the virtual world had been "one of our primary objectives moving forward".
"The goals of the project are to dramatically simplify the sign-up stage, ease users' introduction into Second Life, and quickly connect people to relevant content and experiences in Second Life," he said.
Big Spaceship (http://www.bigspaceship.com/), an interactive design agency with expertise in user experience strategy, interface design, and Web development, is well known for its work creating compelling online experiences that are approachable and engaging.
The latest Linden move hopefully will do something to turn around the sometimes claimed 80 percent churn/loss rate in new residents.
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This complex has 4-storeys with a total of 207 rooms. Guests arrive in a welcoming lobby with a 24-hour reception, a currency exchange desk and lifts. Facilities include a bar, a gambling table, an air-conditioned restaurant (with a non-smoking area and highchairs for children) as well as an Internet terminal. A kids' club is also available to younger guests a number of times per week in the mornings and the afternoons.
The pleasant air-conditioned en suite rooms are fitted with a hairdryer, a direct dial telephone, satellite/ cable TV, central heating, a safe (for a fee) and a balcony or a terrace.
In the grounds, guests are offered a pool with a slide, a Jacuzzi and sun loungers. Other amenities include an indoor swimming pool (available in low season) and a solarium. Acquaplaya spa and health centre in Playasol is within easy reach of the complex (at an extra cost). In addition, guests may choose from table tennis, archery, beach volleyball, bocce and minigolf for entertainment. An additional fee also applies to those wishing to make use of the snooker table. The holiday complex also offers a seasonal entertainment programme, during the day and in the evenings to ensure that there is never a dull moment.
Guests may choose their breakfast, lunch and dinner from the individual buffets. It is possible to book a half board, full board or an all-inclusive stay. Appropriate attire is required for evening meals, including dresses and long trousers.
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11 entries in and still going strong! How much euphoria IS there in film history? Finite or otherwise? Will we still be here a million years hence, trying to find a less-miserable bit from SALO or THE PIANO TEACHER to stand as our latest entry?
No signs of running dry yet: regular Shadowplayer and filmmaker Chris "Dovzhenko" Bourton, nee "Chainsaw Massacre", suggests a rather different Pasolini flick, HAWKS AND SPARROWS, specifically the opening credits (it's the first title sequence we've had nominated as euphoric). You will smile your face off when you see:
Chris says: Yeah, the sung credits are sublime (and what I'm recommending). "Pier Paolo Pasooollliiiiiniiiii"
Music by the renowned Ennio Morricone, who also scored another of Chris' near-choices, ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Maybe we'll have that crane shot later on.
The most remarkable thing about this sequence is of course the fact that the credits are rendered IN SONG. As striking as this is, it is not unique, for the closing creds of Otto "Mr Freeze" Preminger's SKIDOO are also sung. Let the great man explain:
'…it is very frustrating for a director, when he has credits at the end, to see the audience walk out. They walk out because (let's be honest) the public is interested only in who played the parts, the stars and the actors, and perhaps the director and the writer. But then the technicians, who wants to know who was the chief electrician except the chief electrician himself, who likes to read his name, and his family who wants to read his name? I was sitting in my office one day with a composer, who is a very talented young man, and had all this list of names before me, and I felt very bad about it. I said to him, "How would it be if we wrote a song with these names?" He started to "ad lib" right there, and we did it. Then a young, new designer worded the titles for me visually, and it turned out very well, I think. Nobody leaves. I say "stop", freeze the frame, and then it becomes quite an amusing ending.'
~ from The Cinema of Otto Premingerby Gerald Pratley.
(Read more about the fascinating SKIDOO at Tim Lucas' Video Watchblog.)
Pasolini did it in '66, Preminger in '68. Has anybody done it since, and if not, why not?
Precursors: Orson Welles' spoken credits (nobody walks out during the end titles of THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS either), and HELP! which has the Beatles humming along with the score, and George Harrison reciting his sole songwriting credit.


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All fundamentals for Graphite are here. New Graphite Superconductivity Claims At The Room Temperature could bring the new twist to the story, but the Catalyst for the company will come with the drill results and confirmation of the historical data. According to the CEO of Lomiko Metals Paul Gill - who is buying his own shares constantly - results should be expected in the next couple of weeks now.
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"With all fireworks happening in Junior mining sector now Lomiko is waiting on the sidelines, but the ongoing drilling program can change it all in heartbeat. CEO Paul Gill is constantly buying Lomiko Metals shares and it looks like he is putting his name solidly on the company success - we like it, this is the way to build the business.
Time is to study him, his story and his company - Lomiko Metals. QE3.0 will push all assets higher, but after first excitement with Gold and Oil going Up structural problems of Energy Transition will bring Lithium and Graphite to the traders' screens again. Paul's motto is "Buy low, build high" - we like it! The results will show how high can can build it."
The Lithium Ion Battery – A Potential Growth Driver for Natural Graphite
The Lithium Ion Battery – A Potential Growth Driver for Graphite
Lithium-ion batteries are already in our mobile devices and power tools, but tomorrow lithium-ion batteries will power the future of green technology. Lithium-ion batteries have the best energy density of all commercial batteries and have dropped in cost by about 50% since 2008 to produce.
Li-ions have three main parts: anode, cathode, and electrolyte. White cathodes vary in composition, in virtually all commercial lithium ion batteries, graphite is used as an anode. In fact, up to 15 times more graphite is used than lithium to make each battery.
Electric vehicles, smart grids, and consumer electronics all will likely use lithium-ions in future production, meaning a big potential growth opportunity for natural graphite.
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Wednesday July 15, 2020
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Substantiation Requirements for Charitable Contributions, Part III
The Internal Revenue Service requires donors who claim charitable income tax deductions to substantiate the value of their charitable contributions. Donors may not understand the specific substantiation requirements when making charitable donations. The Service's substantiation rules are strict, and if these rules are not closely followed, a donor may lose his or her entire charitable deduction. Advisors should be prepared to explain these requirements, guide their clients through the process of substantiating charitable gifts and work with charities to meet the Service's requirements.
This article series will explore the substantiation rules for charitable contributions. The first article in this series reviewed the final regulations regarding substantiation for charitable donations for cash gifts. The second article examined the basic rules for substantiating charitable contributions of noncash property. This third part of the series will explore the substantiation requirements for specific gift types, including donations of real estate and tangible personal property. By understanding the substantiation rules under the final regulations, advisors can help ensure that their clients receive full benefits from their charitable donations.
Real Estate
The previous article in this series covered the substantiation requirements for noncash gifts in general. However, several types of noncash gifts have specific substantiation rules. Donors who make gifts of real estate, for example, are required to follow the general substantiation rules for noncash gifts and also meet additional requirements. If the real property is valued at more than $5,000, the donor will be required to obtain a contemporaneous written acknowledgment, file Form 8283 and obtain a qualified appraisal. Reg. 1.170A-16(d)(1)(ii). If the charitable contribution is valued in excess of $500,000, the donor will be required to attach the qualified appraisal to the tax return for the year of the gift. Reg. 1.170A-16(e)(1)(iv).
Qualified Conservation Contributions
When a donor makes a qualified conservation contribution, he or she must substantiate the deduction by maintaining written records of the fair market value of the underlying property before and after the donation and by including the conservation purpose. The IRS requires this information to "be stated in the taxpayer's income tax return if required by the return or its instructions." Reg. 1.170A-14(i). A qualified conservation contribution occurs when the donor gives a qualified real property interest to a qualified organization exclusively for conservation purposes. Reg. 1.170A-14(a). A qualified real property interest includes either the entire interest of the donor, excluding a qualified mineral interest, or a perpetual conservation restriction. Reg. 1.170A-14(b). A perpetual conservation restriction is a perpetual restriction on the use of real property, usually an easement. Reg. 1.170A-14(b)(2).
In order to qualify as an eligible donee of a qualified conservation contribution, an organization must be a governmental entity described in Sec. 170(b)(1)(A)(v), an organization described in Sec. 170(b)(1)(A)(vi), a charitable organization described in Sec. 501(c)(3) that meets the public support test of Sec. 509(a)(2) or an organization that meets the requirements of Sec. 509(a)(3) and is controlled by one of the aforementioned types of organizations. Reg. 1.170A-14(c)(1). Additionally, the organization must "have a commitment to protect the conservation purposes of the donation, and have the resources to enforce the restrictions." Reg. 1.170A-14(c)(1). Conservation purposes include the preservation of land for recreation or education for the general public, protection of a wildlife habitat, the preservation of open space or preservation of historically important land or a structure. Reg. 1.170A-14(d)(1).
Example 1Conservation easements have often been the subject of contention with the IRS. The substantiation regulations regarding conservation contributions were developed in an attempt to curb abuses of the conservation contribution deduction. In recent years, courts have addressed the perpetuity requirement for conservation easements.
Richard owns 1,200 acres of land that has been in his family for over 100 years. The land is heavily wooded, contains a large pond and is adjacent to both a river and a creek. Richard decides to donate a conservation easement in the land to the local conservation society to protect the wildlife habitat. In addition to making sure that his conservation contribution qualifies, Richard must also substantiate his charitable deduction.
Richard prepares a file of the documents he will need in order to substantiate the conservation contribution. First, he hires an appraiser to document the fair market value of the property prior to the donation. The appraisal values the land as of the gift date, but may be completed as early as 60 days prior to the gift or as late as the date on which the donor's tax return is due, including any extensions. He also created a document that detailed the conservation purpose that the donation furthered, including preservation of a wildlife habitat.
In Pine Mountain Preserve LLLP et al. v. Commissioner (2018), the Tax Court addressed donors' ability to make changes to the conservation easement. Pine Mountain Preserve, LLLP (PMPL) deeded conservation easements of approximately 1,300 acres to the North American Land Trust (NALT) over a period of three years. In two of the three conservation easement deeds, PMPL retained several one-acre "building areas," where single-family residences could be built. PMPL reserved the right to move the building areas from one location to another within the conservation area. While PMPL argued that the area conserved would be the same size regardless of where the building areas were placed within the conservation area, the Tax Court disagreed. Because PMPL had the right to substitute property under the deeds, the Tax Court ruled that those easements were not granted in perpetuity and denied PMPL's deductions.
In BC Ranch II, L.P. v. Commissioner (2017), the Fifth Circuit addressed a similar substitution issue and reached a different holding. BC Ranch I, L.P. purchased land in Texas in 2003 and conveyed 1,866 acres to BC Ranch II, L.P. the following year. In 2005, BC Ranch I donated a conservation easement to NALT. BC Ranch II donated a conservation easement to NALT in 2007. BC Ranch I reserved 24 parcels at five acres each, available for owners of limited partnership interests. The five-acre parcels were allowed to make boundary adjustments contingent upon each parcel remaining at exactly five acres.
The conservation easement for BC Ranch I was appraised at $8.4 million while the easement for BC Ranch II was appraised at $7.5 million. The IRS denied these deductions. The Tax Court held that the easements were not in perpetuity because the five-acre parcels were allowed to make boundary adjustments. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, however, overturned the Tax Court decision, holding that the movement of the boundaries of the parcels was a "de minimis" change.
The prevalence of litigation relating to conservation easements should lead to caution for donors and advisors involved in closing these types of charitable gifts. Donors and their attorneys must carefully design conservation easements in such a manner that all requirements are met. In order to substantiate the deduction, proper documentation must be secured at each step of the process.
Tangible Personal Property
Charitable gifts of tangible personal property (TPP) must meet the substantiation rules for noncash assets at each value threshold ($250, $500, $5,000 and $500,000). In addition, the condition of the property must be described. Reg 1.170A-16(c)(3)(iv)(B). Form 8283 must indicate whether the tangible personal property will be used for a purpose related to the charity's exempt purpose. Reg 1.170A-16(c)(3)(G).
Vehicle Donations
Certain categories of tangible personal property are subject to additional substantiation requirements. Contributions of qualified vehicles valued in excess of $500 must be substantiated by a contemporaneous written acknowledgment by the donee. The term "qualified vehicle" includes any motor vehicle intended to be used on public roads, a boat or any airplane. Sec. 170(f)(12)(E).
The contemporaneous written acknowledgment must include the donor's name and tax identification number and the vehicle identification number (VIN). If the charity plans to keep the vehicle and use it or make improvements to it, the acknowledgment must also include a certification of the charity's intended use or material improvements, including how long the charity intends to make such use of the vehicle and also a certification that the vehicle will not be sold prior to the end of that period of use or improvement. Sec. 170(f)(12)(B). The donor of a qualified vehicle must attach a copy of the contemporaneous written acknowledgment to Form 8283.
Example 2Artwork
Courtney owns a three-year-old pickup truck with 30,000 miles on it. With a growing family, she decided it was time to upgrade from a pickup truck to a sport utility vehicle. At first, she was preparing to sell the truck, but, while she was talking with the gift planner at her favorite charity, the gift planner mentioned that the charity was in the market for a pickup truck. After doing some research and talking with her tax advisor, Courtney determined that she wanted to donate the truck to the charity. The advisor explained to Courtney the way the process would work and gave her a list of things that she should expect to see in the charity's written acknowledgment.
Soon after Courtney delivered the truck to the charity, she received a note thanking her for her contribution. The note contained Courtney's name and Social Security number, as well as the truck's VIN. However, Courtney did not see any indication of the charity's intended use of the vehicle. She contacted the charity and requested an updated acknowledgment certifying that the charity intends to keep the truck for a number of years and that it will not sell the truck until that time period has passed.
Gifts of artwork are also subject to unique substantiation requirements. If a donor who is not the creator of the art wishes to claim a deduction for a gift of art, and the value is greater than $20,000, the donor must submit a complete signed appraisal with Form 8283. In addition, the donor must provide either an 8" by 10" color photo or a 4" by 5" color transparency of the art. Instructions for Form 8283. As is the general rule with noncash gifts valued at more than $5,000, a qualified appraisal is required. The qualified appraisal rules will be explored in more detail in an upcoming article.
Clothing and Household Goods
A donor may donate clothing or household goods if at the time of contribution, the item is in good used condition or better and the donor follows the appropriate substantiation requirements for the value of the gift. Reg. 1.170A-18(a)(1), (2). If the value of the contribution is over $500, the items are not required to be in good used condition or better if the donor obtains a qualified appraisal from a qualified appraiser under Reg. 1.170A-17(b)(1), the appraisal conforms to Reg. 1.170A-17(a)(1) and is submitted with the tax return for the year of the contribution and the donor completes Form 8283 (Section B) as described in Reg. 1.170A-16(d)(3). Reg. 1.170A-18(b).
It is imperative for professional advisors to understand the substantiation requirements for specific noncash gifts to charity. Donors rely on their counsel to provide guidance and help safeguard their charitable deductions. Advisors and charities may be called upon to complete Form 8283. It is essential that the form is completed accurately and timely in order to allow donors to claim charitable deductions in the appropriate year.
It is crucial for advisors to understand the updated requirements for substantiation and follow the regulations with strict compliance. Donors' charitable income tax deductions are at stake. It is of the utmost importance for charities to understand their obligations in providing adequate receipts for charitable gifts. Charities and professional advisors should work together to ensure that donors obtain the appropriate substantiation in a timely manner. This will more readily protect donors from a disallowance of their charitable deductions.
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Oman Air has announced that it is to expand its cargo trucking services from this month and has established Pan-European Trucking in partnership with Jan de Rijk Logistics.
Pan-European Trucking will provide road feeder services covering Oman Air's major European gateways of London Heathrow, Paris Charles De Gaulle, Milan Malpensa, Munich and Frankfurt, with Zurich following later in the year. Jan de Rijk Logistics will also provide offline handling services across Europe for Oman Air.
Oman Air's Chief Commercial Officer, Abdulrazaq Al Raisi, announced the new service saying:
"We are delighted to be working with the highly experienced specialists at Jan de Rijk Logistics to provide cargo trucking services in Europe. Pan-European Trucking will complement our recently launched Pan-GCC trucking services and we are confident that it will prove to be a vital element in the expansion of the Oman Air Group.
"We look forward to a long and fruitful partnership with Jan de Rijk Logistics, the establishment of which is the latest step in a fundamental transformation of Oman Air.
"Over the last two years, we have introduced new aircraft to our fleet, unveiled new on-board products and services and created superb new lounges at Muscat International Airport. We have also expanded our route network, boosted our Hotels and Catering operation and enhanced our engineering, maintenance and ground handling services.
"The results have been remarkable. In addition to very positive customer feedback, we have won a range of awards and our recently-published annual report detailed a 40% increase in overall revenues, including a 238% increase in cargo revenues, with a total of 28,600 tonnes being carried."
The launch of Pan-European Trucking comes just one month after Oman Air's Pan-GCC Custom-Bonded trucking service was unveiled. The Pan-GCC service is operated in partnership with Able Logistics Group (Oman) LLC and links Muscat and Salalah in Oman with other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries.
General Manger – Cargo Oman Air, Sherief Padiyath added: "these developments are part our continued effort of upgrading our service levels and options to customer to do business with Oman Air".
Marcel Oldenborger, Senior Commercial Executive, Air Cargo, at Jan de Rijk Logistics, added:
"This new contract with Oman Air Cargo is a very valuable one to Jan de Rijk Logistics. Oman Air Cargo is an airline with great plans and great potential. Oman Air's General Manager - Cargo, Sherief Padiyath is a highly-experienced Middle East air cargo specialist and his hand-picked team in Muscat runs the operation with great enthusiasm. It is a pleasure to work with them and to help the airline grow in the near future".


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The US just won the right to host the FIFA World Cup. And Sepp Blatter didn't even have to announce it.
Sure, Thursday's votes for 2018 and 2022 didn't go the Americans' way. But by FIFA handing the 2022 World Cup to Qatar, it's difficult to imagine the event going back to a country in the Asian Confederation so soon.
And so, ladies and gentlemen, we can announce with a fair degree of certainty that the 2026 World Cup will be coming to the United States. Who cares if American fans have to wait an extra four years? It's in the bag.
China opted on Thursday to publicly confirm its interest in hosting the 2026 World Cup. But even with no real rotational policy in effect anymore, FIFA won't go to the same region. Check out a map – Russia, Qatar and China are roughly in the same part of the world.
The 2022 voting results were made public and they show the US to have finished second. As disappointing as it may have been to lose out to Qatar, where all World Cup stadiums still need to be constructed, the Middle Eastern bid offered FIFA arguably the most unique bid of any ever submitted to the world governing body.
[inline_node:324302]By the time the candidate hosts for the 2026 World Cup come forward, the USA will have a few more state-of-the-art facilities, making it that much tougher to deny the Americans on the next election.
Even more importantly, by then there should be no reason for Landon Donovan and Morgan Freeman to have to persuade the FIFA Executive Committee to believe that the passion for the game exists in the USA. Both referenced it in the final presentation on Wednesday.
US Soccer president Sunil Gulati cited a 50-year plan for developing the game in the US and that FIFA is committed to it. A 2026 World Cup on American soil still very much fits the timeline.
No one doubts that the United States is on the path of becoming an established world soccer power. That process won't end with Thursday's FIFA's announcement. On the contrary, that 2026 World Cup could turn out to be the crowning of new royalty in the soccer hierarchy.
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The government's senior biometrics advisor says that the Home Office's biometric programmes have become bogged down in the face of bureaucracy's liking for manual processes.
The Home Office is running various schemes using databases of people's biometric records, including identity cards, border controls and hi-tech passports.
Marek Rejman Greene, senior biometrics advisor of the UK Home Office's scientific development branch, said that one of the biggest obstacles facing the Home Office's biometrics programme was getting people and organisations to change the way they worked. He also noted that the Home Office was used to doing things manually.
"The workflow processes are still a major challenge," he admitted at a Homeland Security conference in Brussels.
He did not elaborate, but Ian Neill, deputy director of the Home Office's e-Borders programme, said at the same forum: "This is not about a technology solution. We are dealing with a massive business change process."
Speaking to an audience of peers from across Europe about the problems the Home Office would have to overcome when it implemented biometrics systems, Greene said ordinary people would present the "most critical" problem. He observed they didn't always follow instructions and tended to get "overwhelmed" when presented with biometric border controls.
This is a problem that has caused the Home Office's Iris e-Borders project to enter crisis talks with its suppliers.
Pat Abrahamsen, strategy and development manager for the Iris system at the Home Office's e-Borders agency, said: "We had a lot of problems with the barriers [in immigration halls]. We still have problems with the barriers. We are under a lot of pressure to make the barriers more reliable and more user-friendly."
One person among the 95,000 enrolled on the Iris fast-track immigration scheme tried to breeze through the barrier as though he was acting out a scene from the Minority Report, the biometric dystopia sci-fi film, and was expecting the scanner to catch his identity in the blink of an eye.
Another traveller, who was not enrolled on Iris, was found trying to get one of the Iris project's eye scanners to read her passport.®


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Metro trains will run an hour later for the next two Redskins games at FedEx Field.
Late-night service will be available from the Morgan Boulevard station Monday evening, and again on Sunday, Dec. 1.
On both evenings, the last Blue Line train headed toward Franconia-Springfield will leave at 12:25 a.m., and the last Blue Line train to Largo Town Center will leave at 1:33 a.m.
Riders will be able to transfer to other lines as follows:
Orange Line: transfer at Stadium-Armory Green and Yellow lines: transfer at L'Enfant Plaza Red Line: transfer at Metro Center
Entrances to all other Metro stations will close at their usual times, but riders will be able to exit any station during the extra hour of service.
Metro said the extended service is funded by an agreement with the Washington Redskins.
Extra Hour of Metro for Monday Night Redskins Game
Metro trains will run an hour later for the next two Redskins games at FedEx Field.


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Hi tommy! This is a 3 peat breeding from my spice MH and FCAFC kicker... The "puppy" i kept from the 1st litter is a MH now. A very nice breeding. Unfortunately spice had complications and a c section... This is her last litter.
I have a JH title to Irish up this fall and a MH to get started with another dog but won't run any more this spring ... If I run feather any more (spices daughter) it will be in q's ... Probably no more ht's
Hope things are going good for you! See u in the fall!
Heard you just had a litter. How are they doing? Are you running & training any?
Not my dog .... a friends dog, I made the video for them.
That very same female was recently bred to a Champion Master Hunter..... the type dog you are looking for is not an "English" labrador - its a an American show/bench bred line of dog. True English/British dogs looks NOTHING like what you are admiring in these photos and video.
I believe this will be an all black litter - Visit this web site and contact Wally and Angie Elliott for puppy information........... http://www.elliottlabradors.com/home.cfm
Thanks for the You Tube site. Beautiful dog. Do you raise dogs like these? English body, but can do field work? Your dogs look great!
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To go along with her mug shot, there's now video of Reese Witherspoon, Southern Belle America's Sweetheart, in handcuffs following her arrest in Atlanta the other night for, well, essentially being a b-tch to a cop who was stopping her husband from driving around intoxicated and endangering the public. Can you imagine what must have been going on in her mind when she was sitting in the back of that cruiser, with her hands behind her back, the steel digging into her wrists, being driven to the station?
Is there any contrition? Remorse? Shame?
Or, in reality, is she more indignant about the whole thing?
After all, here's a person capable of letting the words DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM? come out of her mouth. And remember, that's an admonition AND a threat. That's character. Is it in Reese's character then to be sorry? Or, rather, is it in Reese's character to be all like "I can't believe this happened to ME"?
In other Reese news, as her husband tries to sacrifice himself for her reputation -- click here for a refresher -- her friends are stepping up to defend her too. Chelsea Handler told Entertainment Tonight that:
"(Reese is) doing fine. She's doing fine, you know? She was just trying to protect her husband, so...I mean everybody makes mistakes, so it's not a big deal."
Ohhhhh...I see how it is now. Is that what she was doing? Throwing her celebrity weight around to protect her husband? That would be the only reason Reese would ever pull the card out. Because she's such a giving and nurturing wife. And so that totally makes it ok.
What, exactly, is "not a big deal" by Chelsea Handler's definition? She once called Angelina Jolie a c-nt for not having girlfriends and hooking up with Brad Pitt. And... driving around at almost double the blood alcohol level -- this is not a big deal?


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2007 by Jeanette Peters
Audience: Executive Leadership
Maddie's Fund is fortunate to have the assistance of Jeanette Peters, an organizational development specialist who works with a wide variety of community-based programs to improve their effectiveness and performance. In 2007, she developed an eight-part series on non-profit management.
Nonprofit Management Series Introduction
This series of pdf files is designed for start-up or grassroots level pet rescue oganizations to use in training Board members, staff or volunteers.
While not a comprehensive course in nonprofit management, this material does cover the basics that every member of a nonprofit Board or staff should know. It can be a starting point for further discussion and study by helping you to identify areas where your organization needs further development.
You will find that most of the materials comtemplate duties shared by volunteer Board members and staff in small organizations. In larger, fully-staffed nonprofits, staff will take on most of the duties and roles described, with Board serving in a governance capacity.
The material is arranged into eight separate documents covering the following:
- Part One: Organization Startup
- Part Two: Board Development and Organization Structure
- Part Three: Strategic Planning
- Part Four: Fiscal Oversight and Fundraising
- Part Five: Community Awareness and Public Relations
- Part Six: Human Resources: Staff and Volunteers
- Part Seven: Assessment and Evaluations
- Part Eight: Administrative Tasks and Meeting Management


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Ambrosia Jones standing with man and women in tent [005] 1966
Class photograph, Frick School, Oakland, California [011] circa 1910
Ambrosia Jones seated with man at dining table aboard the Queen Elizabeth II [013] 1991
Portrait of man in suit [014] circa 1910s
Al Barros, Ambrosia Jones, and unidentified man at banquet [015] 1992
Ambrosia Jones shaking hands with ship's captain [016] undated
Two women standing on sidewalk, caption: 'Twins? Oh yes' [017] 1923
Man and woman standing in front of car, caption: 'Happy, Ruth? Nice, isn't it Ralph' [018] circa 1920s
Two women and a man standing on the sidewalk, caption: 'Nell, Fresno do you like the Oakland [--]' [019] circa 1920s
Portrait of Miley Hunter, singer in Oakland [020] circa 1920s
Portrait of John Moore in suit holding a cane [021] undated
Baby portrait of Ambrosia Jones [022] circa 1905
Family portrait Miley Hunter and three unidentified persons [023] circa 1920s
Tintype portrait of woman in pin-striped dress [024] circa 1860s
Portrait of woman seated wearing pancake straw hat [025] undated
Class portrait in classroom under photographs of Franklin D. Roosevelt, reverse: '$3.50 the grand ave. cyclery $1.25 tube Berkeley cyclery' [026] circa 1930s
Portrait of woman in cap and gown leaning on balustrade [027] undated
Cabinet card with miniature portraits of two men and a woman [028] undated
Three portraits of a girl with pig-tails and ribbons in hair [029] undated
Teacher and student working on woman's hair, Charm Beauty School, Oakland, California [030] undated
Erroll Garner at piano, Columbia records publicity photograph [031] circa 1950s
Portrait of woman [032] 1944
Massage machine, Charm Beauty School [033] undated
Ambrosia Jones standing outside with two men and a woman [034] circa 1950s
Young girl in white dress standing next to infant seated on chair in front yard [035] circa 1900s
Four men standing outside [036] undated
Man standing in front of tree, reverse: 'cousin of Ambrosia's 'Neely' [037] undated
Cabinet card portrait of man with mutton chop beard, Vaughn's photograph gallery, San Francisco, California [038] circa 1880s
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones in group photograph under patio umbrella, reverse: 'pictures by Nick at home of Mr. and Mrs. Whallon [?], Omaha, Nebraska' [039] 1953
Cabinet card portrait of man in pin-striped suit holding a cane, Imperial Gallery, Oakland, California [040] undated
Cabinet card with four miniature portraits, reverse: 'Florence Moore' [042] undated
Portrait postcard of Aunt Mary [043] circa 1910s
Cabinet card portrait of woman, Taber photographer, San Francisco, California [045] circa 1880s
Cabinet card portrait of woman in black dress, N.Y. photo co., Providence, Rhode Island [046] undated
Cabinet card portrait of woman in black dress, J.W. Krieg, Cincinnati, Ohio [047] circa 1890s
Cabinet card portrait of woman in white dress and cravat, Huddlestons, Oakland, California [048] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones [049] circa 1950s
Sepia portrait of man in suit, James & Merrihew, Tacoma, Washington [050-051] circa 1920s
Classroom photograph [052] undated
Men and women sitting on carriage, reverse: 'Ambrosia's mother, Florence Moore Wysinger, center' [053] undated
Two women and a dog standing next to shed [054] undated
Two women at picnic [055] undated
Souvenir photographs, Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones with friend at White Sulphur Springs, Napa Sun Valley, St. Helena, California [056-057] circa 1950s
Florence Moore Wysinger and unidentified woman [058] circa 1950s
Portrait of young girl in chair, F.A. Webster photographer, Oakland, California [059] circa 1900s
Sepia portrait of woman standing next to chair [060] circa 1900s
Portrait of man in tuxedo [061] undated
Portrait of man in suit, caption: 'To a swell pal –Nick' [062] undated
Students at the Charm Beauty School, reverse: 'Doris Willis, L. Jackson, M. Barnes, seated, Jackie Figgins, Mrs. Clark, J. Andrews' [063] undated
Ambrosia Jones and unidentified woman sitting on Niblack Slendering System equipment, reverse: 'first black reducing salon in Berkeley' [064] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones and two unidentified women standing in front of Niblack Slendering System equipment [065] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph with group of women [066] undated
Group photograph [067] circa 1940s
Ambrosia Jones cutting cake next to her sister Edna Wysinger Black [068] circa 1950s
Ambrosia Jones standing next to two women [069] circa 1959
Ambrosia Jones inside slenderizing reducing machine [070] circa 1950s
Ambrosia Jones with group of women looking at Niblack Slendering System Equipment [071] circa 1950s
Group photograph of women seated around dining table [072] circa 1940s
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph [073] 1956
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones receiving an award [074] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones seated on couch surrounded by men and women [075/078] circa 1950s
Hillarie Jones and postmen, reverse: 'Hillarie and postmen in first black restaurant in Alameda' [076] undated
Group photograph in banquet hall [077] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones in bar [079] undated
Rosita Myers Jones (second on right), granddaughter of Ambrosia Jones, on children's morning television program 'The Romper Room' [080] undated
Hillarie Jones and group of men on horses, reverse: 'Hillarie Jones in his riding club in Richmond ca. 1945 he came here from Alexandria, Louisiana during the war' [081] circa 1945
Florence Moore in class photograph [082] circa 1890
Ambrosia Jones and unidentified woman [083] circa 1950s
Seven women in formal wear [084] 1956
Members of the Barbers Union standing around banquet table [085] 1944
Ambrosia Jones and woman standing outside [086] 1960
Men and women standing around table looking at book [087] undated
Three girls in white dresses [088] undated
Beauty school students in salon classroom [089] undated
Hillarie Jones standing outside [098] undated
Ambrosia Jones two women holding champagne glasses [099] undated
Four girls wearing leis in Hawaii [100] undated
Hillarie Jones at banquet table with group of women [101] undated
Hillarie Jones in banquet hall with two women and man [102] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones dancing in banquet hall [103] undated
Two women wearing corsages [104] undated
Group photograph of girls in standing [105] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones in group photograph at dinner party [107] 1955
Ambrosia Jones at office desk [108] circa 1950s
Students of Charm Beauty School, reverse: 'Mrs. Webb teacher trainee, Richmond school; Miss Provost, former store clerk, graduate; Joy Onyenku, Nigerian foreign student; Jean Burns, graduate in shop in S.F.; Mrs. Yarborough, freshman teacher at Charm' [109] undated
Contact print, beauty school students [6]/Rosita Myers Jones in polka-dot dress [5]/exterior of Gus Kroesen jewelry store [110] undated
Ambrosia Jones sitting on stool surrounded by massage tables [111] undated
Man in tuxedo at table, reverse: 'Lemuel at Captain Bill's party' [112] undated
Hillarie Jones and unidentified woman seated outside [113] undated
Unidentified woman and girl seated outside [114] undated
Man, woman, and girl standing outside [115] undated
Ambrosia Jones, Florence Wysinger Allen, and Edna Wysinger Ellis reading Chicago Defender with 'London GI Riots Mount' headline [116] undated
Ambrosia Jones with two unidentifed women [117] undated
Ambrosia Jones standing on boat with three girls [118] undated
Ambrosia Jones seated on dais at banquet at Fairmont Hotel [119] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones at desk at the Charm Travel Agency [120] undated
Ambrosia Jones with four women at banquet [121] undated
Ambrosia Jones in group photograph in front of hotel in India, reverse: 'With personal compliments from Narain Sinha Director, Sales and Marketing Clarks Group of Hotels' [122] undated
Ambrosia and Hillarie Jones receiving an award [123] undated
Group photograph at birthday party for Alicia Hinds at the home of Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones [124] undated
Students inside Charm Beauty School [125] undated
Hillarie Jones standing with bowling team [126] undated
Ambrosia Jones seated on lounge chair with women [127] undated
Students cutting hair at Charm Beauty School [128] undated
Group photograph at Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones' 20th wedding anniversary party [129] undated
Hillarie and Ambrosia Jones having drinks with friends at Tonga Room at the Fairmount Hotel [134] 1953
Portrait of Susan Wilson [reproduction] undated
Correspondence 1945-1987
Newspaper clippings 1951-1987
Volume I 1906-1957
Volume II 1972-1977
Housing-warming guestbook/scrapbook 1942-1944, 1972
Housing-warming guestbook/scrapbook 1970-1986
Programs 1945-1993
Yuletide bonus stamp booklet 1950
Gold Arrow Trading Company stamp booklet undated
Kool cigarettes card deck undated
Ambrosia Jones name plate undated
Legal records
Articles of Incorporation, Projectors Associated Loans 1968
Release of claim for back interest 1977


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Have you ever come across a SQL query that used to run faster? Has that query just recently begun to run considerably slower?
I just ran into one of those situations. I had a query that should have been running in seven minutes or less (string parsing nearly 4 million records). When it started running much slower, I decided to pull out some monitoring scripts and start checking a few things on the server. I wanted to check for the usual suspects first and then find what was causing the alleged problems.
If you touch me you'll understand what happiness is
When problems arise in a database, it is good to have a toolbelt of scripts available to help in quickly "touching" / assessing the problem. In this case, I first turned to the following:
[codesyntax lang="tsql"]
select percent_complete, estimated_completion_time, cpu_time, total_elapsed_time, reads,writes,logical_reads
from sys.dm_exec_requests
My goal from this query is to quickly assess if the query is still progressing. For the query in question, I should see that the query is steadily writing to the database. I can also see really quick the status of the query. Running this in conjunction with sp_who2 is helpful in identifying, at a high level, issues that may be occurring. Another possible query to run in this kind of situation would be sp_whoisactive by Adam Machanic (Blog | Twitter), or the who2 script I wrote about here. The idea, is to get a quick glimpse at this point to see if there is a potential issue.
In this case, I found nothing alarming or noteworthy from the initial queries. Other queries could be run at this point to try and determine if there is a pressure point somewhere on your resources (memory, cpu). I decided to take a quick glance at task manager just to get a quick visual of the server. Looking at it, I saw that I had no memory available – all 96 GB were in use. I proceeded to check the max memory setting on SQL server. As expected, it was still set at the default setting. A little further prodding showed that the SQL server process was consuming most of the memory available to the server.
I changed the max memory to 64GB and immediately saw improvements. In task manager the effect could also be seen, as shown to in the pic to the left. NO server restart or service restart was required. This change took effect immediately. The poorly performing query was soon performing back to normal.
I can smile at the old days
This should serve as a reminder to check your server settings from time to time and ensure that they are appropriately set. This little change (and that was the only change), allowed my query to return to normal processing which was > 5 times faster than the problem range. Happy troubleshooting.


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I received an Ancestors Approved Award from Lisa who writes Old Stones Undeciphered. Thank you Lisa. When I read her 1920s Beeville, Texas: Shades of the Ku Klux Klan I really woke up at 5:45 AM on a Sunday morning. I know I should be talking about the article, but I was delighted that she had photos of Beeville, Texas. I made many trips to the NARA to use the microfilm to locate a family from there and that memory is very vivid. Why did they move from Michigan to Beeville, Texas, I've often wondered.
Another email came from Brenda of Journey to the Past who wrote, "Do you have grave site photo's? This (West Leroy) cemetery is about 3 miles from where I live." Subsequent emails brought additional information and about 19 photos! She also drew a detailed map of the cemetery and indicated where my different direct line families were buried! Brenda has helped me in the past in locating a newspaper article about Yates Adams, and his murder / suicide. She may help me with obituaries too.
Carol of Reflections From the Fence saved my day, as we had been emailing minutes before I discovered I had deleted 1,227 sourced marriages. I must have spent over two hours trying to retrieve it. But, once it is lost, it is lost. However, I was able to do a PDF of 42 pages with another genealogy program (I use 4). With Carol's calm instructions of what she once did, I sat back and tried other things, including locating my backup from the previous night. It isn't an easy thing to find on FTM06. Anyway, I want to thank Carol for her help. On a genealogical note, she also transferred several of her Find-A-Grave cemetery entries to me. These were her photos of the TenEyck / Ten Eyck family, and she knew I had that line.
Lester "Les" Larrabee of Bits and Pieces sent me an email with an attachment of a Barnes tombstone. In his note, he mentioned that I didn't have that name in my Surname Saturday for the Barnes name listed that week. Lester knows I have a lot of Barnes, and that is why he sent the photo. I now have this person entered into my database, and Les gave me permission to put the picture on Find-A-Grave.
Joyce, a friend of mine who took the same Family Tree Maker class with me over four years ago knows a number of my surnames. She wrote about her ancestor, then said, "They were married in St. Armand, Quebec, Canada on February 22, 1813 and the 2 witnesses to the marriage were Abigail's father, Benjamin JOY and a AQUILA KNAP." She was right, I have that Aquila Knap in my tree. My ancestor and hers knew each other in 1813, pretty amazing.


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Before moving to Albany thirty-five years ago, we lived in Morgantown, West Virginia – a university town and a mining town. We knew people in both worlds. Our daughter was only seven, but after we moved she got letters from a little friend there who was the son of a miner. Miners lived all around.
Morgantown was very special, but the chemical leak and contamination in Charlestown reveals the naiveté of many in West Virginia and elsewhere in the U.S., who believe that whatever is good for the companies is good for us, that the companies are looking out for our welfare. Read the rest of this entry »