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58 Dogs for Adoption in Enfield, CT

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Adopt China a Pointer, Boxer
Enfield, CT / Boxer / Female / Large
A true China doll... China was turned into a shelter in TN because, at 2yrs old, the family who had her decided she was ... more
Adopt Pongo a Pit Bull Terrier, Boxer
Enfield, CT / Boxer / Male / Large
Fans, meet Pongo. Thats right. Pongo. Three-year-old, 90lb Pongo is a boxer/pit bull mixture whose puppyhood dream was t... more
Adopt Astrid a Boxer, Labrador Retriever
Enfield, CT / Boxer / Female / Medium
Astrid is a two year old boxer/labrador mixture. She is a good, medium sized weighing in at 50lbs. While she is not 1 of... more
Adopt Jay a Pointer, Boxer
Enfield, CT / Boxer / Male / Large
If you are interested in adopting this dog, please apply on-line, at http://www.bigfluffydogs.com/online-app.php.Our off... more
Adopt Khaleesi a American Staffordshire Terrier, Boston Terrier
Enfield, CT / Boston Terrier / Female / Medium
Meet Miss Khaleesi, and American Staff mixture. Khaleesi is a happy, bouncy, social girl who loves to play with other do... more
Adopt Rocky a Border Collie, Retriever
Enfield, CT / Border Collie / Male / Large
Like most of us, Rocky is the type of dog who loves extra cookies. He never meant ice cream he didn't like, and totally ... more
Adopt Arya a Border Collie, Basset Hound
Enfield, CT / Border Collie / Female / Medium
Everyone knows how we at BFDR love a sense of humor. Light, dark, at the expense of others. Were not particular. Humor c... more
Adopt Howard a Border Collie, Terrier
Enfield, CT / Border Collie / Male / Medium
Please meet Howard, or as his foster mom calls him "Mr. Happy." This little guy is a super lovable and actually really l... more
Adopt Johnson a Labrador Retriever, Border Collie
Enfield, CT / Border Collie / Male / Medium
Meet Johnson. This lovable sixteen week old Border Collie mixture is waiting for a family to call his own. At his young ... more
Adopt Conrad a Bernese Mountain Dog, German Shepherd Dog
Enfield, CT / Bernese Mountain Dog / Male / Large
Conrad is and AWESOME 8 mnth old Bernese Mountain Dog/Shepherd mixture who is as wonderful as the day is long. He's a go... more
Adopt Shelby a Beagle
Enfield, CT / Beagle / Male / Small
Those who know, love, and appreciate beagles will fall for this lovable guy. Shelby is a two year old, 25lb fellow who i... more
Adopt Floyd a Australian Shepherd, Beagle
Enfield, CT / Beagle / Male / Medium
Fans, meet Floyd. Floyds blood line is of undetermined origin, but could include some degree of shepherd. Look closely i... more
Adopt Blackie and Spottie a Beagle, Labrador Retriever
Enfield, CT / Beagle / Female / Medium
Fans, Meet sisters Blackie and Spottie! These two, despite having the most unoriginal names ever, are very special, uniq... more
Adopt Lorena a Beagle, Labrador Retriever
Enfield, CT / Beagle / Female / Medium
This is Lorena (Bobbittbut only because of her tail). At 2 years old, and thirty-5 lbs, Lorena is young, blonde and styl... more
Adopt Bridget Jones a Beagle
Enfield, CT / Beagle / Female / Small
Fans, meet Miss Bridget Jones. At 22lbs Miss Bridget weighs at a year old what a typical big fluffy would weigh shortly ... more
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Six States Win Federal Grants for Early Education

  • December 19, 2013
  • By Adrienne Lu
Teacher Julie Singleton helps her 4-year-old students paint butterflies at the Sunshine School in Marietta, Ga
Teacher Julie Singleton helps her 4-year-old students paint butterflies at the Sunshine School in Marietta, Ga. Georgia is one of six states that will receive grants in the third round of the federal Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge competition. (AP)

Six states – Georgia, Kentucky, Michigan, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Vermont – will receive $280 million in federal grants in the third round of the Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge, federal officials announced on Thursday.

The six states join 14 others that were awarded Early Learning Challenge grants in the first two rounds of the competition, which supports the education of children from birth to five years old. Sixteen states and the District of Columbia competed in the third round of the competition.

The grants announced Thursday range from $36.9 million to $51.7 million. The Obama administration has awarded over $1 billion in Early Learning Challenge grants and is proposing to spend an additional $75 billion over the next 10 years to fund universal prekindergarten for low-income and moderate-income families.

“By investing in high-quality early learning through programs like Race to the Top – Early Leaning Challenge, we are able to close achievement gaps, provide life-transforming opportunities for children, and strengthen and build a thriving middle class,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan.

New Jersey, which will receive $44.3 million, will use the funds to establish a coordinated system of early education and child care, including a statewide quality rating improvement system that will help parents choose between child care options and help programs improve. New Jersey's plan also includes a training academy to coordinate professional development for programs serving high-needs children, a kindergarten entry assessment and early learning standards for children from birth to age three.

“Ensuring access to a high-quality education for every New Jersey student has been a priority of this administration since day one in office,” New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, a Republican, said. “We have made great progress to improve the educational experience for all New Jersey students, from children in early learning education programs to students attending one of New Jersey's many institutions of higher learning.”

Georgia, which will receive $51.7 million, will use the money to increase access to high-quality child care for low-income families and to develop a kindergarten entry assessment, among other initiatives. Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning Commissioner Bobby Cagle said the state will create financial incentives for early education programs to improve their overall quality and to serve more children who are low-income or who are developmentally delayed.

Vermont will use $36.9 million to create apprenticeships and scholarships for early childhood educators and expand home visiting programs for new parents, among other programs.

Kentucky was awarded $44.3 million for its plan to expand the state's quality rating system for early learning programs, promote family engagement and improve professional development for early childhood educators.

“This $44 million grant represents one of the largest single investments in Kentucky's students – and it's targeted specifically to our youngest students, who will carry the positive impact of these programs throughout their school careers,” said Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat. “This is an unprecedented opportunity to make the large-scale improvements in early childhood education that we have long known are critical to student success, but have always been shelved because of lack of funding.”

Pennsylvania will use its $51.7 million to establish 50 “innovation zones,” with the goal of involving parents more in their children's education, building stronger relationships between early childhood education programs and school districts, and strengthening the network of community organizations serving families with young children. The grant also will help pay for better professional development for early childhood educators.

Michigan expects about 182,000 children to benefit from its $51.7 million grant, according to State Superintendent Mike Flanagan. Michigan's plan includes increasing access to high-quality early childhood programs, increasing opportunities for home care providers to improve the quality of their programs, and expanding training for home care providers.

“Michigan's Race to the Top Award – the first ever for our state – aligns perfectly with our ambitious early childhood investments,” said Republican Gov. Rick Snyder. “This is not a replacement for our current and future investments, but rather a very significant addition to our efforts to give children in Michigan a great start.”


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August 26, 2015 - Alliance Foundation Trials and Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group Open Largest Global Phase 3 Trial of Targeted Therapy, IBRANCE® (palbociclib), for Patients with Hormone Receptor–Positive Early Breast Cancer

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August 24, 2015 - Pfizer Receives Clearance from U.S. Federal Trade Commission for Hospira Acquisition

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August 20, 2015 - Pfizer Announces European Medicines Agency Validates Marketing Authorization Application for IBRANCE® (palbociclib) in Combination with Endocrine Therapy for the Treatment of HR+/HER2- Metastatic Breast Cancer

Pfizer Inc. today announced that the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has validated for review the Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for IBRANCE® (palbociclib) in combination with endocrine therapy for the treatment of hormone receptor-positive, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) advanced or metastatic breast cancer.

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John Pawson's Muse Music

The acclaimed minimalist architect on the music that gets him in a creative mood
Portrait of the Architect John Pawson who has chosen this week's Muse Music (top left), image from the interior of his Novy Dvur Monastery (2003) (right) and The Rolling Stones (bottom left) who feature on his playlist
Portrait of the Architect John Pawson who has chosen this week's Muse Music (top left), image from the interior of his Novy Dvur Monastery (2003) (right) and The Rolling Stones (bottom left) who feature on his playlist

We didn't expect a minimalist to choose 12 - rather than the customary 10 - songs for his Phaidon Muse Music playlist but as it's John Pawson, one of our favourite architects, making the choice we're more than happy for an extended insight into the music that inspires his life and creations. Pawson creates buildings that possess a simple beauty. He designs to a principle of rigorous reduction, and has become known for his minimalist aesthetic. Born in Yorkshire, he studied at the Architectural Association in London where he now lives. During his twenties, Pawson also studied with the Japanese architect Shiro Kuramata who was to prove a strong influence in the path his architecture would take. Some of his more recent projects include the Calvin Klein store in New York, the Cathay Pacific lounges at Sir Norman Foster's Hong Kong airport and a monastery for the monks of the Cistercian Monastery of Our Lady of Nový Dvůr in the Czech Republic. He recently unveiled his plans for the new Design Museum in London.

Pawson is rarely without his digital camera which he uses to record patterns, details, textures and spatial arrangements in the world around him that might inform his work. These snapshots of landscapes, buildings and objects have come to form a monumental visual diary A Visual Inventory. Pawson has annotated each of the 272 photographs with explanations as to why he captured that particular image, allowing us to see the world through his eyes. You can listen to the music that has inspired him in his life and in his career now on Spotify and iTunes but before you do, read what he has to say about it.

"In a way, my influences are eclectic. Music doesn’t make me want to go and design a house, in a way it’s a more physical pleasure. It’s maybe a break for me or a tunnel to something else. I’ve never had a lot of music in the office. To me music is to be listened to and art is to be looked at. I never understood that thing of using art as decoration. It has to mean something to me otherwise I wouldn’t have it. And I can’t work with music. I find it too stimulating in a way. There are moments when I just want to put something on loud and then I soon want to turn it off. I actually love silence. I have a highly tuned ear for mechanical noises. I built my house to be quiet. I put the boiler in the garden, and the fridge in a cupboard. I can always find noise. People say there’s nothing there and then I find a phone or a charger plugged in that no one else can hear. I lie in bed listening. I actually love power cuts. Where we live in Notting Hill, the only sound we get is the marine hum of the Westway, it sounds the same as being near the ocean. I actually find that irritating! Growing up there was always music at home. Mum played the piano (she was into Bartok) and my cousin trained as an opera singer so we used to have people over. He’d bring along people like (opera singer) Elizabeth Harwood. I think the first record I ever bought was Diana by Paul Anka. I spent a week in Sydney with Liza Minelli when she was 21 - that was thrilling to hear someone belt out those numbers, it was before she made Cabaret. I grew up in the Sixties. Then the Beatles arrived and everything changed. I get to hear some music now through my son Caius, who has a label called Young Turks and manages The XX."

The Rolling Stones (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction / I’m Alright - I was by a pool in Sitges, Spain, when I first heard this on a transistor radio. In those days, there were no iPods, no Sky+ or going back to hear it however many times you wanted to,  and certainly no internet to look it up. And, my god, I heard this riff by Keith Richards and it was like a drug. I wanted to take it out of the radio! I listened to Radio Luxembourg for literally five weekends in a row, hoping to hear this bloody thing again. Then, I was in Japan in the early 70's and missing home a bit. A live performance of I'm Alright came on the radio. I didn’t play air guitar but I might have raised imaginary maraccas while shuffling along the floor. It was that similar feeling of excitement but this time, tinged with nostalgia . It’s like having a sip of Coca-Cola for the first time, you never get back that first taste but because it was such a part of your childhood, because it’s so connected to events, it remains a trigger forever.

Wagner Siegfried Idyll - I love Wagner. He wrote this piece for his wife’s birthday. He wrote it for a small orchestra then gathered them together at the bottom of the staircase in the morning and she woke up to the sound of it being played. I just love the idea of Wagner conjuring up ‘something for the wife’. It must be the best birthday present that someone has ever, ever, had.

John Pawson, Faggionato Apartment (1999), LondonJohn Pawson, Faggionato Apartment (1999), London

John Coltrane In A Sentimental Mood - There was a period when I’d be trying to keep up with my friends at school. I was always attracted to people who were intelligent or intellectual, people who maybe had something that I didn’t have. It may sound pretentious but at 16 my friends were quite well up in jazz. Then, when I was in Paris I had a girlfriend who was older than me. One night everyone who was anyone in jazz seemed to be playing. I went to about three jazz clubs in one night and saw probably six legends - John Coltrane, Sonny Rollins and, I think, Thelonius Monk were among them. I can appreciate the “sheets of noise” Coltrane but I prefer him when he’s quieter, as he is on this song. This, for me, creates an equally inventive atmosphere. It’s cool quiet and reflective.

The Who My Generation - I was at school, lived in Yorkshire, and the album this is on had just come out and nobody had heard it yet. I was about 16 and deejaying at a party and all I wanted to do was play this album really, really loud, over and over again and not really bother with any other music. Obviously I couldn’t, so the nicest bit of the party was before people actually came when I could blast this over and over again!

John Pawson, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (January 2011), from 'John Pawson, A Visual Inventory'
John Pawson, Angkor Wat, Cambodia (January 2011), photographs from 'John Pawson, A Visual Inventory'

Beethoven Sonata no. 31 in A Flat Major, Alfred Brendel - It’s very gentle and short and beautiful. It’s so simple, it’s like … unplugged. And so modern too. And to think that he composed it when he was deaf, that he could hear this in his head. It’s wonderful to have the ultimate song on any playlist. This is probably it.

Jack Peñate Tonight’s Today - We’ve been on holiday with Jack and he’s a charismatic character. This is pretty haunting. He’s a balladeer with a wonderful voice. His grandfather was Mervyn Peake, who wrote Gormenghast. I saw him perform Purple Rain at my son’s wedding. Prince is obviously one of the best performers there is but Jack…I hadn’t had a drink and he was brilliant! There are demos of his new single No One Lied, online at the moment. Try and find it.

John Pawson - Design Museum
John Pawson recently unveiled his plans for the new Design Museum

David Bowie Helden - When you see the Thin White Duke walk out on to the stage and hear that voice it’s always a real moment. For some reason, I’ve always preferred the German Helden to the English Heroes. Around this time he was apparently surviving on a diet of milk, German sausage and cocaine. Catherine, my wife, is obsessed by him. One time she was getting a small aeroplane out of Mustique and who was opposite her but David Bowie. Their knees were knocking but she couldn’t bring herself to talk to him.
It’s just one of those things I might play in the office in the middle of the afternoon. At one point I have played songs for everybody. For Shingo I played I Think I’m Turning Japanese, for a girl called Joy I played Ode To Joy. When I think people aren’t working I play Holiday by the Bee Gees!

John Lennon How? - I do like Lennon, I actually think he’s extraordinary. I remember when he died I went into three months of mini depression. My girlfriend thought I was mad! He was such a brilliant writer. This was inspired by the primal scream therapy he was going through at the time. I saw the Beatles twice - once in Torquay when they’d just released She Loves You, and then again in Bradford. I’d become friends with Billy J Kramer and his band were touring with The Beatles and they invited me backstage but I couldn’t get past the barrier of fans. Later I stood next to Lennon in an art gallery and stupidly didn’t say anything.

America I Need You/ A Horse With No Name - Gerry Beckley wrote these lyrics: ‘I need you like the flower needs the rain,’ when he was just 16. America were huge in the early Seventies. Most people remember them for A Horse With No Name, which Dewey Bunnell wrote and which I also like. I’ve Been Through the Desert on a Horse With No Name. I just love deserts. When I go on holiday it’s always to deserts: the Mojave, the Atacama. It’s the silence and the nothingness. It’s beautiful and there’s usually no architecture so it’s a real holiday! We went to the Karoo Desert in South Africa on the way to Namibia. You just go on and on, further and further, then stop the car, turn the engine off. You can hear every gurgle in your body.

John Pawson, Pattaya, Thailand (January 2011), and Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA (May 2010), photographs from 'John Pawson, A Visual Inventory'
John Pawson, Pattaya, Thailand (January 2011), and Amagansett, Long Island, New York, USA (May 2010), photographs from 'John Pawson, A Visual Inventory'

The XX Islands - It is quite minimal in a certain way and it just puts you somewhere else and transports you. For me the music of The XX is a bit like film. When you first become interested in it you can appreciate a classic like say Casablanca, but when something like Apocalypse Now comes along you realise you’re into a whole new world. The XX are like that.

Holy Fuck Red Lights - Pretty extraordinary instrumental electronic music, very modernist. They’re charming middle class boys but they have this name! Some of the music, not all of it, is quite brutal. But it is visceral and raw and it gets to you. I saw them live recently. Again it’s something very new, not something you can immediately recognise.

Buddy Holly/Florence And The Machine/The Rolling Stones/ Bo Diddley Not Fade Away - Not Fade Away is just an idea. People say how do you design? What’s the process? I think it’s straightforward but I cannot understand composing music. In the end it comes down to the same thing. I love this song in all its versions, the Stones or by Florence from Florence And The Machine or Bo Diddley. It’s very straight talking with a great jittery rhythm.

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Millipore Acquires Remaining Ownership of its Joint-Venture in India

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Millipore Corporation, a provider of technologies, tools and services for the global life science industry, today announced it has acquired the remaining 60 percent ownership of its joint-venture in India, Millipore India Pvt. Ltd. The new subsidiary will enable Millipore to invest in initiatives that will drive growth and expand its leadership in India's thriving life science market. "India has experienced unprecedented levels of investment and expansion in the country's biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life science research industries," said Martin Madaus, Chairman & CEO of Millipore. "By establishing direct operations in the country, we will be able to more effectively execute our strategy and leverage our unique capabilities to accelerate growth and support our growing customer base in this dynamic market." India represents a critical part of Millipore's strategy to increase its growth by expanding its presence in B.R.I.C.S. (Brazil, Russia, India, China and Singapore) countries. Today, there are more than 80 plants in India approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration to manufacture drugs and the country accounts for almost 25 percent of the global generic drug market. Additionally, the Indian government has invested $1.7 billion to grow the country's life science and biotechnology industries and several Indian companies have emerged as global competitors in the biopharmaceutical industry. Based in Bangalore, Millipore India is primarily a sales, service, and manufacturing organization that currently employs approximately 300 people and has additional offices in Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Delhi. The joint venture's revenues are split evenly between Millipore's Bioprocess and Bioscience divisions.

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Healthy Hearts Youth Garden

The Healthy Hearts Youth Market Garden, the nation’s first clinic based vegetable garden, is part of the Dover St Edible Park and is located on Dover St. between 57th and 58th St. in Oakland. We have work days every Wednesday and Sunday. Work days are open to anyone interested in learning about gardening and growing your own food!

Garden Hours:

  • Wednesday 1:30-5:30pm
  • Sunday 10-1pm (join us in the garden for potluck brunch on the first Sunday of the month)
Since 2009 Phat Beets Produce and the Dover St Neighborhood Group have been transforming the 1/4 acre perimeter of Dover Park from weeds to a free food forest garden that produce over 3000 lbs of fresh produce (including 30+ fruit trees) each year to share with the community through free clinic based farm stands.

In addition the Dover St. Edible Park/Healthy Hearts Garden hosts a youth food justice program with
teenage patients from the Healthy Hearts Clinic that are at risk of diet related illnesses such as HeartDisease and Type II Diabetes.  Since 2009 we have trained over 60 youth leaders in the tactics of building  just food system by leading a healthy lifestyle given all the barriers they face.  In 2014 we will launch a youth pickle business to create self-sustaining jobs for graduate of our youth program, as the say goes “nothing better stops a bullet than the a job”
We need your help to raise $4000 to sustain this project for next year.  Each dollar you give will be matched by the East Bay Community Foundation Naches Fun Gabyn Fund join us by making a donation here or becoming a member of Phat Beets Produce.  Please forward this message!
Become a member to support the Dover St Edible Park/Healthy Hearts Garden n’ Fresh Fellows Youth Program.
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Spring 2013 Fresh Fellows Youth Gardening Program

Youth from the Healthy Hearts Clinic come to the garden weekly to learn about gardening, nutrition, and food justice.  The youth take home produce and help run our weekly free produce stand.  Started in June 2010, the Healthy Hearts Youth Market Garden is a shared space with community members of the Dover neighborhood and park and the patients of the Healthy Hearts Clinic at Children’s Hospital Oakland.  We are excited to be in our THIRD year of programming at Dover Park! This program is run by Phat Beets and the Healthy Hearts Clinic.

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Arhat, possibly Cudapanthaka

Artist/maker unknown, Tibetan

Made in Tibet, Asia
Possibly made in Beijing, China, Asia

c. 18th century

Gilded copper alloy

7 1/2 × 5 1/8 × 3 3/4 inches (19.1 × 13 × 9.5 cm)

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The Eagles drafted Georgia defensive tackle Jeff Owens with the 243rd pick overall. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)
The Eagles drafted Georgia defensive tackle Jeff Owens with the 243rd pick overall. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

The Eagles wrapped up their 2010 draft with defensive tackle Jeff Owens from Georgia, 243rd overall, and strong safety Kurt Coleman from Ohio State, 244th.

The Birds wound up making 13 selections in the three-day draft, nine of them on defense, including their first five and six of their first eight.

For only the third time in 12 Andy Reid drafts, the Eagles did not select an offensive lineman. But they have about nine undrafted free agents slots before minicamp starts Friday, and it'll be a shock if several of those aren't OL.

Looking at past drafts, we've been unable to find a draft that started with five defenders, though in the '50s drafts, players were labled "B," "T" and "E," which makes it hard to say for sure.

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Eagles general manager Howie Roseman had said the strength of this group of prospects was the defensive line, and the Eagles concentrated four picks there, three at DE and one at DT.

"We've added speed all the way across the defense -- speed and quickness and heart," Reid said afterward.

Earlier: We're into the seventh round and the Eagles still haven't drafted an offensive lineman. They made another trade, sending a sixth-rounder in 2011 to Detroit to get back a piack that was involved in last week's three-way trade with the Lions, 220th overall. They took linebacker Jamar Chaney (6-1, 242) from Mississippi State, the Bulldogs' leading tackler last season, coming back from a broken leg that ended his 2008 season after one game.

The Birds still pick 243rd and 244th today. Those are compensatory picks, so the Eagles can't trade them.

In the sixth round, with the 200th overall selection, the Eagles added to their backfield depth with RB Charles Scott, 5-11, 238, from LSU.

Scott is recovering from a broken clavicle suffered last season, but before that he built a reputation as a strong north-south runner who lacks speed on the edge. He is said to be good down near the goalline, which could help the Eagles. He was Louisiana's Mr. Football as a high school senior. He scored 32 touchdowns in his LSU career.

Earlier: It is on to Round 5 for the Eagles and they selected Clemson outside linebacker Ricky Sapp at No. 134 overall, and then Florida wide receiver Riley Cooper at No. 159, after a trade with San Diego.

Sapp, 6-4, 252, has taken a significant fall in the draft. Sapp bounced back from a torn right ACL injury during his junior year to record career highs in tackles (60), tackles for loss (5) and sacks (5) last season. He opted to skip the Senior Bowl in order to be ready for the combine and private workouts to prove the knee was healthy. The knee affected his play, though, he acknowledged in a conference call with reports after the Eagles drafted him.

"I tore my ACL in November of 2008. I came back and played a full season on my knee at about 60 percent -- I really should have sat out a couple of games, until I got that right, but I really wanted to play," Sapp said. "So it kind of hurt me a little bit."

Sapp said he played the "bandit" position at Clemson, kind of a pass-rushing linebacker. He said the Eagles haven't told him whether they see him as LB or DE.

Cooper, 6-4, 222, caught 51 passes for 961 yards with the Gators in 2009. He also played baseball at Florida -- and once was a Phils draftee -- but has indicated his intentions are to play in the NFL.

No. 134 was acquired from Cleveland yesterday.

The Birds also acquired No. 146 in Round 5 from the Browns but traded the pick to the Chargers for No. 159 in the fifith round and a fifth-rounder in 2011.

The Eagles also select at No. 200 in the sixth round and Nos. 243 and 244 in the seventh round, both are compensatory picks assigned by the league for free agent losses before last season.

With their four fourth-round picks today, the Eagles picked Kentucky cornerback Trevard Lindley, Oklahoma linebacker Keenan Clayton, Northwestern quarterback Mike Kafka and Missouri State tight end Clay Harbor.

For those of you who are Penn State fans, the Packers selected tight end Andrew Quarless at No. 154, in the fifth round.

In other news, the NFL Network is reporting that Brian Westbrook is in St. Louis today, visiting the Rams and is scheduled to take a physical. The Packers also have had some level of interest.

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Dimensions4.47 x 1.93 x 0.45 inches (113.5 x 49 x 11.5 mm)4.05 x 2.08 x 0.52 inches (103 x 53 x 13 mm)
Weight3.50 oz (99 g)
the average is 5.1 oz (144 g)
4.40 oz (125 g)
the average is 5.1 oz (144 g)
Physical size 2.2 inches
Resolution176 x 220 pixels240 x 320 pixels
Pixel density

Pixel density - The pixel density of a display represents the number of pixels over an area of one inch. It’s measured in “pixels per inch”, or ppi. The higher the number, the more detailed and good-looking the display is.

 182 ppi

Technology - There are two main screen technologies currently used in phones and tablets: LCD and AMOLED. The former usually features a light source and liquid crystals, while the latter is based on organic light-emitting diodes. Newer LCD variations like IPS-LCD and Super-LCD allow for very accurate color reproduction and very wide viewing angles, where no significant image quality loss is observed. Current AMOLED screens differ in such a way that they can exhibit much more saturated colors (sometimes too much) and incredibly high contrast levels, which is due to black color being completely black in AMOLED displays.

Screen-to-body ratio 27.58 %
Colors262 144262 144
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 240 x 320 pixels
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Features Video calling
Built-in storage0.005 GB0.045 GB
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Talk time6.66 hours
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Stand-by time14.6 days (350 hours)
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the average is 18 days (436 h)
Talk time (3G) 3.25 hours
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SpeakersEarpiece, Loudspeaker
Internet browsing
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GSM850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
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Positioning - This field shows the positioning systems supported by the device. There are three main types: GPS, A-GPS and GLONASS. GPS - This is one of the most widespread global positioning technologies, developed and maintained by the U.S. government. It uses satellites in order to detect your location. Works best in clear weather. A-GPS - A-GPS stands for Assisted GPS and is the industry standard for positioning and navigation. “Assisted” means that it can use local wireless networks, in addition to satellites, for quicker and more precise localization. GLONASS - GLONASS is a global positioning system, developed by the Russian Federation. It’s very similar to GPS, but isn’t so popular in cell phones.

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The IQ isn’t good, two and a half star is cruel but I’d definitely expect a better performance!

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#2 A Tech Review

Great review, but I must agree about the poor image quality of the camera.

3:47 am - Friday, August 10, 2012

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I think its an awesome camera.  The photos i took with it was awesome and clear, I would recommend this camera for a general all purpose camera.  I bought mine used from SwopN for $50, i thought it was a decent deal.  I think i would buy the newer model when they come out with one, but this one will do, it was the best $50 i ever spent on a camera!

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I have this camera as a back up that I can carry anywhere. It maynot be the best point and shoot on the market and could have better image quality and zoom but its robustness is what appeals to me particularly with the places I go and having a toddler at home too! I like the tilt shift setting built in too!

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They sunbathe.
In October.
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The sun is still warming the air quite well, you can stil use just a t-shirt.
It’s the 17th of October, the warm outside is lovely.
Only the cold wind you feel in shadowy places reminds you that winter is coming.

You keep on looking at that notice of a change.

You would avoid looking at it, but your eyes are staring.
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Everything change

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Cosina AF 100mm f/3.5 macro (Pentax) - Review / Lab Test Report - Analysis
Lens Reviews - Pentax
Tuesday, 05 February 2008 11:08
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Macro lenses are designed to produce minimal distortion and the Cosina follows this tradition (0.09%).

The chart above has a real-world size of about 120x80cm.

The Cosina is a full format lens but it does still produce a moderate amount of vignetting at f/3.5 and f/5.6. The problem is negligible from f/8 onwards. The marginal decrease from f/3.5 to f/5.6 is a bit surprising. Regarding the exposure characteristic of the lens it seems likely that we're probably more talking about f/4.5 rather than the f/5.6 on paper.

MTF (resolution)

The Cosina is able to produce very decent results throughout most of the range. At f/3.5 the resolution is a bit reduced (still good) at the borders but the center is already on a high level. At f/5.6 the borders have already improved to very good quality. The sweet spot of the lens is reached at f/8 with an excellent center- and very good border-resolution. At f/16 diffraction effects start to have a more pronounced impact on the quality.

As already hinted in the vignetting chapter the aperture accuracy doesn't seem to be overly high. The exposure data suggests an effective aperture ~2/3 f-stops bigger than specified (from f/5.6 onwards).

Please note that this test has been performed at a conventional working distance (~6m). Dedicated macro tests are NOT possible at this stage!

Below is a simplified summary of the formal findings. The chart shows line widths per picture height (LW/PH) which can be taken as a measure for sharpness. If you want to know more about the MTF50 figures you may check out the corresponding Imatest Explanations

Chromatic Aberrations (CAs)

Lateral chromatic aberrations (color shadows at harsh contrast transitions) are very low and not really field relevant at all tested settings.

The Cosina performed according to its reputation - "cream in a yogurt cup". The build quality is dismal but optically it is pretty capable lens when stopped down a little. Vignetting and CAs are very well controlled and distortions are absent. It is probably no real competition for a more "serious" macro lens but if you're on a very tight budget it is still worth a thought. At around 120€/US$ (or so) it should easily be able to beat other budget macro solution such as macro diopters, extension tubes or the popular "pseudo" macro zooms.

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I reviewed the coordinates given by existing members and noticed a good number had visibly inverted latitude and longitude; so I inverted them again to place them where it appeared to make more sense (are there really PHP-GTK devs in the middle of the pacific, or near the South pole ?). So you may want to double-check your coordinates to make sure the values are correct, because it's likely I've not found every error.

He's also asking for the Brasil PHP-GTK community to include their information in the map as well as a request for anyone out there that might want to make a "prettier" icon for showing the developers on the map.

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Last week's PHP Brasil '08 conference was held at the "UNIFIEO" University in Osasco, a region of Sao Paulo. [...] The conference was organized under the leadership of Er Galvao Abbott with community input, and in conjunction with a logistics team from "Tempo Real Eventos". The conference was very interesting and successful.

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In Reply to: Re: Freedom fries posted by RRC on July 14, 2007

: : The phrase I was looking up was "Tout de suite," but I found an interesting notation on that page:
: : "In America of course the souring of governmental relations over the disagreement in policy regarding the second Gulf War was the root cause of a virtual boycott in the USA of all things French. Many people there adopted a distaste for even speaking the word French, which resulted in the renaming of french fries (which all right-minded people in any case know are called chips) as freedom fries."

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: You should have read a newspaper or watched TV in 2003, there were a few weeks back then when people talked of little else. They changed the menus in the House of Representatives cafeteria.

: Almost 5000 hits in Google News Archive
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I actually ran across "freedom fries" on a menu recently. And it's 2007. Apparently, a small but small-minded percentage of Americans still resent the French for their resistance to the invasion of Iraq. The French, if I remember correctly, thought the weapons inspectors needed more time, that there may not have been weapons of mass destruction, that preemptive war was a dengerous precedent, that a hestily-planned invasion would open a can of worms, etc. How dare they question the wisdom and leadership of Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and the rest of the Neocon geniuses?

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#962600 - 04/05/05 01:57 PM Informal name for a keyboard literture class
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Anyone can think of a name that is not so series for a keyboard literture class?

The students are adults who love piano music, but they are not music majors, they have other profession and career.

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#962601 - 04/06/05 06:55 PM Re: Informal name for a keyboard literture class
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Euterpe's Twerps?

Euterpe being the Greek muse of music.

Okay, I'll go away now... \:D

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How about the:

Keyboard Quest Class[/b] .......always searching for more music gems

#962603 - 04/07/05 10:40 AM Re: Informal name for a keyboard literture class
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It is going to be called Keyboard Klassics

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Do you ever find yourself saying “Yes” – only to immediately experience a sinking feeling inside?

Many of us take on too many commitments, because we have a hard time saying “no”. We’re constantly busy – perhaps without the time to exercise regularly or pursue our own goals – and yet we often bend over backwards to accommodate other people’s requests.

Of course, there’ll be times when you want to help out a friend, college, or family member. There’ll also be times when you think you don’t have any choice about saying “yes” or “no” – like when your boss asks if you can work late, again. But if you run yourself ragged trying to help out everyone else, you’re never going to achieve the things that you want.

You need to say “no” more often if:

  • You always tell yourself that you’ll be less busy in a few months … but you seem to get busier and busier.
  • You feel resentful about some of the tasks that you’d taken on, and wish you hadn’t.
  • You’re stressed out trying to find time to do everything.
  • You’re neglecting some of your basic needs, like exercise and healthy meals.

People won’t stop liking you just because you say “no” to a request (though they might well develop more respect for you). And the world won’t fall apart if you say “no”, even in situations where you feel like someone really needs your help.

Get Better at Saying No

Try to make “no” your default. It’s all too easy to say “Sure, that’s no problem” when, in truth, you’re already feeling anxious, even panicked, about how you’ll possibly find time.

Next time someone makes a request, think carefully before saying “yes”. If at all possible, delay giving a response so that you have time to think it through – for instance, you could say “I’ll need to think about that” or “Let me get back to you tomorrow once I’ve checked my diary.”

If you feel guilty about saying “no”, then you might want to journal about your feelings. You may also find it helpful to write a list of the pros and cons of saying “no”, to help you make a good decision for you.

Focus on What’s Important

It’s easier to say “no” when you’ve got a clear focus on what’s truly important in your life. That could be:

  • Your family
  • Your career
  • Your health

It could also be a specific goal, like getting out of debt, or writing a book.

When you have a key area of life or an important goal in mind, it’s easier to say “no” and feel justified. After all, isn’t spending time with your kids more important than chairing meetings of that local community group?

Learn Ways to Say No

Some people won’t take no for an answer. Others may get a little huffy or annoyed about being told “no” – especially if they’re used to you helping them out constantly.

Some good ways to say “no” are:

  • Being direct. Say “No, I can’t do that” and keep saying it.
  • Offering a compromise. If a straight “no” really isn’t going to work, how about “I’m afraid I can’t take that on, but I could help you out with …”
  • Explaining your priorities. “I’m afraid I don’t have time to help, because I’m in the middle of a career change.”
  • Writing down your “no”. If you get easily intimidated in conversations – and end up backing down from your position – then you might try responding by email or even in a written letter instead. This gives you more time to formulate responses.

Stay flexible, and use different methods depending on the situation. If you find a particular way of saying “no” that works well for you, try using it again in future.

Ultimately, you only have one life to live – and you want to make the most of it. If your life is full of unwanted commitments, or if you dread being phoned by that particular person who always wants something from you, then learn to say “no”, today.

Do you struggle to say “no”? Share your experiences in the comments – let us know what you find hard, and what’s worked for you.

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  • Farouk

    great post
    this is a very important topic because lack of assertiveness can always put us in situations that we didn’t want to be in
    thank you

  • Slavko@LifestyleUpdated

    Great post Ali!

    I personally tried investigating this only because I came to realize, just as you said, that instead becoming less and less busy in the months to come, I was making myself my own clutter just by allowing other people lives to interfere with mine. I was also having less time for the things that I liked, and indeed considered important.

    With a clear focus as you point out, there is a better chance that we will be saying NO when we feel like it. So we must set our priorities than, but alas, we tend to realize that rather later in life.
    I love your idea of writing your NO. That way we will spend less time worrying about the instant reaction we get back, and our decision will indeed look more firm.

    As for me, I try dealing with this problem (because it is indeed a problem if we are serious about self-improvement) by prioritizing, and trying to be a person of more integrity.

  • Chu Nam

    Don’t worry about other people. When we success, we can help other more.

  • Wrench50
  • Success University

    Awesome tips. Saying no is so important, but really it’s about having more STRENGTH, rather than just knowing that you should do it and some ways that you can. Be a fighter, and diligently protect your time and your resources for your future and your family.

  • Missgaonmymind

    I’ve learned how to be honest and say no more often to. Lost a recent friendship behind me saying no, but it made everything more clear about the depth of our friendship anyway.

  • Marquita Herald

    Great advice … I also think it’s okay to buy yourself some time. There’s nothing wrong with telling someone your need to check your commitments, or that you’ll get back to them. That prevents regret from missing out on something you might actually want to do but are just feeling pressured at the time.

  • Lea

    This is good Ali. Often people don’t realize how thin they spread themselves which results in their priorities being neglected. There’s nothing wrong with putting yourself first, we all should. That’s how we’re able to help others.

  • Lea

    This is good Ali. Often people don’t realize how thin they spread themselves which results in their priorities being neglected. There’s nothing wrong with putting yourself first, we all should. That’s how we’re able to help others.

  • Steve’s Speaking Secrets

    Some people have been people pleasers their whole life. It may be a role they were pushed into in their families. Learning to be polite but assertive is a skill that wasn’t taught to them. So it becomes just one more communication skill that they need to develop as an adult. And doing so involves overcoming all the fears that saying no can bring up for someone who wasn’t allowed to say no at some point in their life when they were vulnerable.

  • Hack My Modern Lifestyle

    This is a good post on how to be assertive. Would like to another view point and that is the difference between ASSERTIVE and AGGRESSIVE. There are many people whom I have encountered are not able to draw the line and become aggressive bullies. Let me share my personal experience. I used to work with an ex-colleague very closely on a project. Yes, she is firm at saying ‘no’. But what made her aggressive was that she would speak loudly during meetings, Intimidates others with expressions when there are objections against her. Also, she would values self more than others and reach goals but hurts others in the process. Hence, my point is that being assertive doesn’t mean being a bully. It is about expressing your rights while earning the respect of others :)

  • Glori Surban

    Another great post Ali!

    Introverts are particularly susceptible to the “always say yes” syndrome, even when we don’t really want to. It’s the introvert guilt at work.

    One cool trick I learned from one of my favorite authors is to give myself Permission Slips.

    Like, “I give myself permission to only sty for 15 minutes at that party, ” “I give myself permission to rest,” “I give myself permission to spend time alone to read.”

    It works great for me! :)

  • Suzanne

    When you set boundaries, that is, a firm meaningful ‘No’, or ‘Sorry, but my time doesn’t allow it’, you gain respect rather than condemnation. Rather than the alternative where your participation becomes an expectation. I decided this a long time ago and it has only helped me in the end.

  • Ksessions

    In as much as it is hard to say “no,’ at times it has made me feel better knowing that I am able to let something go, and the world still goes on!! So I am glad to have read this article knowing that it is okay to say “NO.”

  • Shanta Howard

    Hello. My name is Shanta Howard and I am a UMA Student. I really learned a lot reading this article. It described me and my daily actions. I try sayin ” NO” to people but it never works. I find myself not having enough time for myself nor my family and that is often frustrating to me. I will practice saying ” NO” more often. I am glad I read this article because it gave me some positive ways to create more time for myself by simply saying ” NO”.

  • Geet Qizalbash

    I really wanted to learn the ways how to say NO .And this helped me out. Thanks writer :)
    Thank You

  • Motivational Speaker

    I have been through the whole content of this blog which is
    very informative and knowledgeable stuff, so I would like to visit again.

  • Robert Bodily

    I am a nice person and I love to help people.  This is a great quality that I don’t want to ever lose, but sometimes I feel like I put someone else’s “kind of important” task over my own “very important” task.  This leads to me not getting the really important stuff done that keeps me functional and happy, which ends up hurting me as I am then unable to help others as I would like.  What I need to learn is to say no to things that aren’t THAT important so I can consistently be in a position to help those that really need the help. Thanks for the thoughts and ideas!


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Keratosis Pilaris Ruba

by Skin SOS on April 4, 2012

Keratosis pilaris ruba is a genetic related skin condition. It comes up in the form of bumps on the skin. The bumps are rough in appearance. It can come up on different parts of the body. It is known to come up more often on the outer part of the arm; especially at the back of the hand.  It had been known to come up n the buttocks and the legs. On several occasions, it had also been discovered on the hands and the thigh.  The skin condition had also been found on places like the sole of the feet and the palms. There are times the skin condition appears on the face. When this occurs, it is usually mistaken for acne. It may therefore not be proper for you to try to diagnose the thing at home on your own; it will be proper to pay a visit to the hospital for proper diagnosis.

Over time, the skin condition had been known to affect both males and females. But researches have shown that the female is more affected than the male.  It had also been discovered that the skin condition comes up on over 40% of the adults making up the world’s population. It is rarely found in the younger ones.  It had been found on up to 60% of adolescents also.

Its general appearance

Keratosis pilaris ruba is a rather special kind of keratosis. It normally appears like bumps on the skin. The bumps are usually inflamed and they are reddish ion color. The reddish coloration is due to the blood in the skin condition. It can come up on several parts of the body. But over time, it had been discovered to be more on places like the legs, the head and the arms. When you discover the kind of growth described above on any of the mentioned part of the body, you should know without doubt that what you are having is keratosis pilaris ruba. Keratosis pilaris ruba is due to the accumulation of excess keratin on the skin. This skin condition does not have any negative impact on the affected person. You can decide to leave it untreated if you are not bothered about the cosmetics effects it may have on you.

In case you insist on removing the skin condition, you will do well to work along with your dermatologist. He or she wil know the right treatment that will not have any negative effect on your skin.

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Dan Reed reaches across the kitchen table to retrieve the book. He shifts in his chair as he leafs through the thick paperback volume, smiling at the black-and-white pictures and reading the stories and excerpts within.

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The pages in his hands are the product of a project 35 years in the making. Ever since he graduated from the University of Minnesota-Duluth in 1968, Reed has rediscovered and recorded the history of Automba, his native township. With each new picture and each oldtimer’s hazy memory, the book continues to grow. For over half his life Reed has been adding to the pages, rediscovering the history of his township and his heritage.

Northern Minnesotans often find strength in their roots and take pride in their rich heritage, listening to stories of how their grandparents and great-grandparents tended farms and worked in factories, ultimately building the communities that they live in yet today.

Automba is one such community, a small township of forest and farmland in Kettle River that will celebrate its centennial anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 10. Like so many other regions throughout northern Minnesota, its rich timber and forestry attracted European settlers, and established the foundations for logging companies and mills.

“Automba was almost entirely made up of the Finnish,” Reed recounted. And so is Reed — his blue eyes, light hair, and fair skin are a dead giveaway of his Scandinavian heritage.

It’s a heritage he’s still discovering.

Early Automba

Automba is one community in a fabric of many, but its story helps weave together Minnesota’s history. It shares a similar history with many other towns in the region such as Cloquet, Duluth and Ely. Automba’s rich timber and forestry attracted a number of settlers and laid the foundations for various sawmills and logging companies that used to dot Minnesota’s Northland.

Unlike the others, however, Automba bloomed late.

“When other major towns began their logging booms, Automba was cut off from the rest,” Reed explained. “The railroads connected the cities with Duluth and the rest, but everything west of Moose Lake didn’t have that option. Automba had no trains and poor roads, so it took awhile for major logging to take place.”

But when the railroads finally connected Automba with the rest of the logging world, the small township soared.

“It took off around 20 or 30 years after the other towns had already boomed,” said Reed. “And then Automba came to life.”

Main Street transformed—prior to the railroad, there had only been one store throughout the entire township. With the sudden logging boom, new restaurants, stores and mills sprouted like weeds.

“There were three mills in town and seven in the surrounding area,” continued Reed. “Automba was producing slats, barrels, and there was an excelsior plant. Two hotels were built for workers and families; there were stores, restaurants, pool houses and blacksmiths. It was told that 600 teams of horses were hauling logs into the rail site during harvesting. A thousand people were working in the area during this time. Sixty rail cars a day were shipping product out of town.”

The town grew to over 1,500 people, virtually all of them from Scandinavia, especially Finland.

“You’d have guys from Norway, Sweden, Finland, Poland, all talking and working and they could hardly even understand each other,” Reed said. “Automba was mainly Finnish, but Splitrock just south of us was a Polish settlement.

“Jack Niemi had one of the first cars in town. He owned a flourishing pool house, and he would drive through the muddy road and around the tree stumps in his shiny new Cadillac,” Reed said, laughing.

Finnish Neighbors

Although Reed is the third generation of his family to live in the U.S.A., he still strives to keep in touch with relatives living in Finland.

“My great-grandma came to America in 1886,” said Reed. “But we’ve been in close contact with a few of our family members in Finland since the ’60s.”

Reed has also taken various trips to Scandinavia, searching for other family members whose ties have been lost through the generations.

It was on a summer trip to Finland last year that Reed and his sister Denise found Sirkka and Kalervo Kangasjarvela, and added two more pieces to the family puzzle. Now, less than a year later, the Finns have repaid Reed with a visit of their own. On a spur-of-the-moment decision, Sirkka and Kalervo decided to travel from their home in Pyhajoki, Finland, and stay with Reed during the Automba Centennial Celebration.

“It was wonderful for them to meet Dan and Denise,” said Kaija Kivimaki, another Finnish relative of Reed who helped translate for the Kangasjarvela couple. “They didn’t expect something like that to happen.”

“This place is really amazing,” said Kalervo (through Kivimaki). “It reminds me so much of home.”

This factor may have contributed to Automba’s rich Finnish background, as the heavy Minnesota timber and seasonal climate bears a strong resemblance to earlier settlers’ Scandinavian homes.

“We really appreciate the opportunity to experience this state,” Kalervo and Sirkka added. “Since we’ve been with Dan, we’ve had new visitors every day. It’s great to meet so many new people.”

Some of the visitors have caught them by surprise.

“We were all out shopping last week in Moose Lake,” Denise recounted, “and all of a sudden, I hear a voice calling my name. I turn around, and there’s my cousin Ricky waving at us. And so we introduced everyone and the Finns got to meet another relative they didn’t even know they had.”

Although this is the first time the Kangasjarvelas have been to the U.S., they aren’t strangers to traveling.

“They’ve been everywhere,” said Kivimaki,  “— Spain, Turkey, Hungary, Thailand, Russia, you name it. They also go to a resort in Crimea right on the Black Sea.”

When asked about how the recent events in Crimea affected their vacation, Kalervo responded with a chuckle, “Maybe we shouldn’t talk about that.”

The Reeds and their Finnish relatives almost mirror each other — they’re all quick to smile, love to laugh, and are ready to tell stories.

“When we first got to the U.S., we were stopped in customs because we didn’t know any English,” Sirkka related through Kivimaki. “We were pretty confused, and I think they were too. They must’ve been suspicious because of it, but we didn’t know what was going on.”

“It was a very interesting experience!” added Kalervo with another laugh.

Fire and War

“The 1918 Fire crippled logging in Automba,” Reed explained. “Matt Reed, a local businessman, recalled, ‘Automba burned clean . . . the highest thing left standing in town was Arvid Niemi's sauna stove.’”

Twenty-three people died from the fire in Automba, many of them workers in the mills.

“Automba had some more warning than other towns,” continued Reed. “But with all the sawdust and lumber, the town went up in flames quickly. And some people didn’t believe the fire would hit them. Because of ignorance there was more death than there needed to be.”

Reed’s grandmother experienced the fire firsthand, and lost many friends and relatives to it.

“She had been at a birthday party earlier that morning,” Reed recalled. “By the end of the day, two-fifths of the kids who she had been with were killed during the fire.”

Afterwards, Automba tried to rebuild from the ruins. Many of the dead timber was still salvageable, but the heydays were over. Soon after, the U.S. was plagued with massive droughts and later the Great Depression.

Automba suffered as many small towns did.

“After the droughts and the Depression, the younger people moved off to bigger cities to help with the war effort,” said Reed. “There were more job opportunities in Cloquet and Duluth and the Iron Range.”

Automba’s population plummeted, and now roughly 150 people still remain in the quiet township.

Adding to the Pages

Dan Reed has been learning about the history of his township — and his family — for over three decades. Although Automba has had its rise, and its fall, Reed is proud of all it stands for, just like many of us find a burning pride for our own heritage.

As Reed’s bonds with his family and his Finnish roots strengthen, so begins a new chapter in his project. Reed will celebrate the 100th year of his township with his family this weekend.

100 years of logging, growing, burning, and rebuilding.

100 years of oldtimers’ stories amid the young Finnish laughter of a new generation.

100 years of the past and present, looking towards a new future.

100 years of Automba.


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  1. Brett Gibson 21 Mar 2013, 3:56pm

    It seems gay sex is still hush-hushed and something people are unwilling to address with youngsters. There needs to be change here, and fast!

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    I note Pink News have a shockingly twee home improvement advertorial, and have disabled comments.

    FFS, just solicit subscriptions to your service rather than throw such stupid “articles” into the mix.

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  3. factsandfigures 21 Mar 2013, 4:36pm

    Given THT is a sexual health chairty, how does that affect the £20m Income for 2012 as part of this report?

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  4. If LGBT issues were included in those PHSE lessons, we might see a positive change in the sexual health and relationships of LGBT school students.
    Being given a thorough run through of the (forgive the pun) ‘ins and outs’ of heterosexual sex, and being told nothing of homosexual sexual activity, the most immediate thought is that there are no risks to it, and that no real precautions need to be taken. Because if it was dangerous, then surely those who are legally responsible for our upbringing would tell us about it?
    The people prohibiting proper education for LGBT issues are the very same ones who wonder why us LGBT people are at a higher than average risk of bullying and sexual infection, then almost offensively, they put the burden of solving the issue squarely on our shoulders, not their own.

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Former children’s minister Tim Loughton has described the government’s handling of the same-sex marriage law for England and Wales as “rather crass and clumsily” executed.

Mr Loughton was among 128 Conservative MPs to vote against the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act at third reading in May.

On Monday, he told the BBC’s World at One: “Most of us were really annoyed by the way it happened. It wasn’t in the manifestos and all of a sudden it became a very urgent issue, where as other things to do with family like the married transferable tax allowance apparently weren’t as urgent.

“So almost the mechanics of the way the gay marriage issue was handled became a bigger issue than whether you support gay marriage or not. The timing just seemed altogether rather crass and clumsily handled.”

In January 2013, Mr Loughton, who represents the constituency of East Worthing and Shoreham, West Sussex, defended his opposition to equal marriage by saying: “I have also heard from a number of gay people telling me: ‘We don’t need this. We don’t want to go and get married’.”

In November 2012, Mr Loughton described the Church of England’s marriage service as “a gift of God in creation through which husband and wife may know the grace of God”.

Mr Loughton was accused by Liberal Democrat MP and International Development Minister Lynne Featherstone of trying to derail the legislation in May.

He had unsuccessfully pushed for civil partnerships to be an option for heterosexual couples in an amendment to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act.

Many in Westminster feared the amendment was an attempt to “wreck” the act because it could have delayed its passage beyond the 2015 general election.

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This Date in Pirates History

This Date in Pirates History: January 1

This Date in Pirates History: January 1

Born on this date in 1911 was Hall of Fame first baseman Hank Greenberg who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1947. He missed nearly five seasons due to World War II but the 36-year-old Greenberg still led the American League in homers with 44 and RBIs with 127 his first full season back in baseball in 1946. The Pirates purchased him from the Detroit Tigers for $75,000 in January of 1947 and then signed him to a $100,000 contract, the first NL player to make that much. The addition of Greenberg gave the Pirates a potent 1-2 punch in the middle of their lineup when combined with Ralph Kiner, who was the NL leader in homers in 1946.

Greenberg and Kiner combined for 76 homers in 1947

The Pirates adjusted the left field fence at Forbes Field to accommodate their two sluggers, bringing it in 30 feet and calling the new home run territory Greenberg Gardens, later renamed Kiner’s Korner. Greenberg didn’t have a big season in Pittsburgh, hitting a career low .249 with 25 homers and 74 RBIs, although he did walk 104 times. His biggest contribution to the Pirates that year was his tutelage of Kiner, making the young player a better hitter by teaching him to pull the ball more to take advantage of the shorter distance in LF, and he also made him take extra batting practice. The move may not have paid off in the standings as the Pirates finished in 7th place with a 62-92 record, but they did get their money back on Greenberg with an increase of over 500,000 fans from the previous season.

Hank retired following the season due to lingering injuries but he still had some remarkable career stats to his credit. He played just nine full seasons and four partial years but he was still able to hit 331 homers and drive in 1276 runs with a .313 career average. His career OPS of 1.017 ranks 7th all-time. He led the AL four times in home runs including an amazing 58 in 1938. He drove in 183 runs in 1937, the third highest single season total ever and two years prior he drove in 170 runs, the 8th highest total ever. Despite the great stats over a short time it still took until 1956 for him to get elected to the Hall of Fame even though he first appeared on the ballot in 1949(He also received votes in 1945 before he came back from the war).

A few brief birthday mentions on this New Year’s day.

Bob Owchinko (1955) pitched one game for the 1983 Pirates. They originally acquired him in December 1980 from the Cleveland Indians in the Bert Blyleven/ Manny Sanguillen trade. Before Owchinko could play a regular season game for the Pirates they shipped him to the Oakland A’s in exchange for pitcher Ernie Camacho. He was released by the A’s just prior to the start of the 1983 season and the Pirates signed him one month later. He spent the season in AAA, getting called up in September. On September 5th he came in during the 9th inning of the second game of a doubleheader with the Pirates up 6-5 and gave up a home run to the first batter he faced, Andy Van Slyke. The next batter doubled then Owchinko was pulled and he didn’t pitch for the Pirates again. In November of 1983 the Pirates sold him to the Reds.

Gary Wilson (1970) pitched ten games for the 1995 Pirates. He was an 18th round draft pick by the Pirates in 1992. In 1994 Wilson went 11-6, 2.82 in 28 minor league starts, working his way up from high-A ball to start the 1994 season to the majors to start the 1995 season. He had an 0-1, 5.02 record in 14.1 innings for the Pirates before being sent back to the minors for good in mid-June. He stayed in the Pittsburgh system until late 1998, finishing his pro career with the Twins AAA team at the end of that season.

Bill McGunnigle (1855) managed the Pirates during the second half of the 1891 season, going 24-33 with two ties. He had previously managed the Brooklyn Bridegrooms from 1888-90, winning the American Association pennant in 1889, then when Brooklyn moved to the NL for the 1890 season, he again won the title there. Despite that managerial success, he had just two more seasons of managing left in him, 1891 with the Pirates and 1896 with the Louisville Colonels who had a player named Fred Clarke in left field, the HOF player who is also the Pirates all-time leader in managerial wins. McGunnigle pitched two seasons in the majors (1879-80) and played outfield when he wasn’t on the mound, also getting into one major league game in 1882.

McGunnicle has an interesting footnote in Pirates history that not many people know:

During the 1891 season, most sources say that the Pirates switched names from the Alleghenys(1882-90) to the current Pirates name. That isn’t quite true, as there was never any official name change back then and the actual team name was “The Pittsburg Base Ball Club”, with Pittsburgh being spelled without the H at the end and baseball was two words back then. In 1891, that was the first time that the club was called “Pirates”, but that was far from official and mostly done by a few outside sources, such as the press in Cincinnati and Boston and some unhappy baseball people in Philadelphia.

The team name from the local press never really changed until years later. They were still called the Alleghenys in early 1891, sometimes referred to as the Pittsburgs or the Hanlon’s after manager Ned Hanlon. That changed when McGunnigle took over. He used to run practices with a whistle and the team was quickly referred to as the Pets, as in McGunnigle’s pets. It was used in headlines and stories by the Pittsburgh media for the second half of the season and into the off-season. So when you see 1891 for the Pirates name change, realize that it was just the first time “Pirates” was used and wasn’t recognized by anyone with the team, or anyone that covered the team day-by-day, as the team nickname that year.

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