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Founded in 2006, LaValley Consulting brings our unique experience along with the latest tools and techniques to address our client's vital security needs. During the engagement we work closely with the customer with strong collaboration to understand their needs without impacting operations and overall production.

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Our expertise is based on close to two decades in the Information Technology and Security industry, previously the founder served as the Chief Security Architect for a leading Massachusetts based consulting organization. In addition, Jim was responsible for creating and enhancing security testing and management methodologies and practices for the consulting organization. He has led and participated in over 200 security assessments and penetration tests over the last 12 years and has designed and architected security solutions, performed incident response and forensics work, and created security policies for more than 4 dozen organizations.

LaValley Consulting is highly skilled in penetration testing and security auditing and has won professional contests at national industry events in these areas. Jim is well versed in industry standards and best practices frameworks, including the ISO-IEC 27002 security standard, the COBiT model and various regulatory compliance requirements including the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), Sarbanes Oxley (SOX), and the Massachusetts Regulation 201 CMR 17.00 - Standards for The Protection of Personal Information of Residents of the Commonwealth.

LaValley Consulting has even been contracted to perform penetration testing 2,100 feet below the earth against a wireless network.

Industry security assessment experience includes: financial services (including banks, credit unions, armored car companies, insurance, and investment management companies), healthcare (including hospitals and doctor's offices), law, government (cities, towns, state and federal agencies and bureaus), high technology manufacturing, utilities, commercial real estate, retail manufacturing, and education (public and private, and including large universities).

Our professional certifications include:
  • GIAC Web Application Penetration Tester (GWAPT)
  • GIAC Certified Penetration Tester (GPEN)
  • INFOSEC Evaluation Methodology (IEM) – National Security Agency
  • Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
  • INFOSEC Assessment Methodology (IAM) - National Security Agency
  • GIAC Certified Incident Handler (GCIH)
  • GIAC Auditing Wireless Networks
  • GIAC Cutting Edge Hacking Techniques
  • Technical certifications and experience spans many technologies including: Symantec, Check Point, Cisco, Surf Control, TippingPoint, Netscreen/Juniper, Tivoli, Lotus, Oracle, Microsoft, UNIX, and over 450 distinct security assessment and testing tools.
Key areas of our research include:
  • Malware Analysis/Reverse Engineering/Fuzzing
  • Web Application Security/DOM Analysis/Web Services
  • Tactical Exploitation/Exploit Development/Designing Secure Protocols/Intercepting Secure Communication
  • Zero-day vulnerability identification in well-known products:
  • Microsoft (CVE-2011-1893), Novell (CVE-2009-1635, CVE-2009-1634), Tumbleweed, Cisco (CVE-2014-0708), and Google ( - Q4-2010)

LaValley Consulting believes you can’t protect, what you don’t know.

"It is great to work with a security professional that can not only adeptly uncover issues, but also make clear recommendations and assist in corrective action. LaValley Consulting is considered a trusted partner and a recognized leader in the ever changing defensive technology and security strategies that exists in today's enterprise computing environments."

Senior Vice President, Director of Information Technology
Large Financial Institution

"I have known Jim, both personally and professionally, for the past five plus years. Jim's knowledge of IT security is second to none. He has a voracious appetite to "stay on top" of emerging threats as demonstrated by his commitment to learning and professional designations. Further, Jim's passion for the industry and the security of his customers goes well beyond the average IT security professional. Jim tackles each assignment as if it was his own company. He is more than reports and invoices; rather, Jim wants to make sure that he does what is right and necessary in your environment to ensure your data is never compromised.

I have worked with numerous IT professionals over the past 17 years and can say without reservation that Jim LaValley is in a class by himself. If you are responsible for securing your company's network, then I strongly recommend LaValley Consulting as the ONLY option that you should consider."

President and CEO
Financial Institution

"Jim is unquestionably one of the most talented and skilled information security professionals in the industry today. He possesses a unique combination of technical skills, industry experience, consultative capabilities, enthusiasm and an innate understanding of the "hackers mind" that make him an invaluable resource in any infosec initiative. Quite simply, you can't have a better person on your side when it comes to protecting your information assets. Highly recommended!"

Director at Sophos Inc.
(Global security company protecting over 100 million computers worldwide)

We engaged Jim LaValley to conduct a global security audit of all of our applications and networks.

He was not intrusive in his approach and very thorough in his recommendations. He uncovered several areas that needed immediate remediation and several that needed clearer user policies and procedures. Jim enabled us to curtail several irregular practices in various parts of the globe.

He performed a detailed risk analysis that enabled senior management to understand the risk profile that was currently in place and make informed decisions about what level of security in which areas was appropriate given user needs and global platform exposure.

Jim’s work far exceeded our expectations for the level of detail and analysis and the focused recommendations associated with each area of exposure. He also educated several members of the technical team on security methods that saved them substantial time and created a more secure environment. Jim was at all times, available for questions, conferences and elaboration on his findings. His report provided us with a comprehensive guide for future actions as we extend our global footprint.

I recommend Jim’s services and counsel without reservation. His technical and personal skills are excellent and appropriate without question.

Director of Information Technology
Global Manufacturing Company


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Carl B. Lee

Carl B. Lee has handled many significant real estate acquisitions and dispositions, including large multistate portfolios. He advises both public and private companies, developers and investors in virtually all areas of real estate transactions. Mr. Lee also has extensive experience in sophisticated finance transactions, including securitizations, portfolio financings, mezzanine loans, equity participations and restructurings.
Practice & Background

Mr. Lee received his A.B. cum laude from Harvard College and his J.D. from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of Order of the Coif. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association and their Real Property sections. In the Dallas Bar, he has served as president of the Real Property Section and chairman of the Legal Aid and Legal Services Committee. He is a member of the Texas Academy of Real Estate, Probate and Trust Lawyers; the College of the State Bar of Texas; and the Texas and Dallas Bar Foundations.

Mr. Lee was a recipient of the North Central Texas Section of the American Planning Association’s Excellence in Development, Highest Honor Award for Effective Citizen Planning. He has been selected for inclusion in Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers, The International Who’s Who of Real Estate Lawyers, Mondaq’s Guide to the World’s Leading Real Estate Advisors, Chambers USA: America’s Leading Business Lawyers, The Best Lawyers in America and Texas Super Lawyers.
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Mr. Lee’s engagements include the representation of:

a private equity fund in the acquisition and taking private of a real estate investment trust and in $646 million of new mortgage and mezzanine financing, debt assumptions and defeasances
a public real estate investment fund in $2.4 billion acquisition of a 51-hotel portfolio and in new mortgage and mezzanine financings, debt assumptions, defeasances and a corporate credit facility aggregating approximately $2.537 billion
a public real estate investment trust in $225 million acquisition of two Renaissance resorts and in a $98.5 million acquisition of an iconic Fairmont hotel
a public chemical company in the disposition of six chemical and related facilities, and in ground leases to a joint venture for the development of a chlor-alkali plant
a hotel company in $964 million securitized mortgage and mezzanine financing of 14 hotels and a casino in nine states and Puerto Rico, and in collateralizing corporate credit facilities with $625 million of hotels and resorts in nine states and Canada
a hotel company in sale of hotels and a 50percent interest in a hotel brand, and in creation of a joint venture for the brand with an investment bank
a hotel company in hotel portfolio dispositions of $366 million, $110 million, $230 million, $43 million, $74 million, $46 million and $408 million
a hotel company in securitized financings of $425 million on 19 hotels in 11 states, of $40 million on hotels in three states, of $182 million on hotels and a casino in three states and Puerto Rico, of $116 million on a resort and casino in Puerto Rico, of $346 million on 25 hotels in 12 states, and of $235 million on 10 hotels in eight states
a public company in its initial public offering and in secured revolving credit facility of $165 million, in increases of the facility to $428 million and $625 million, and in syndicated revolving credit and term loan facilities aggregating $1.25 billion
a private equity group in $133 million financing of 23 office buildings
a private equity group in acquisition and securitized financing of portfolio of 50 office and industrial properties
a lessors in equipment leases of a cement plant, a pipeline, gold mining equipment, cogeneration facilities and drilling rigs
a Texas National Research Laboratory Commission in reconveyance of the Super Conducting Super Collider in settlement with the Department of Energy
a major national real estate development company in its $1.5 billion debt restructuring with numerous banks, insurance companies and other creditors
a major national real estate investor and developer in his debt restructurings and settlements with lenders, special asset divisions of banks, and the FDIC
a restaurant companies in their restructurings, settlements and resolutions of problem leases, loans and other obligations in the United States
a a federal savings bank and of an FDIC controlled “bad bank” in workouts, foreclosures, deficiency settlements, deeds in lieu of foreclosure, agreed foreclosures, litigation analyses, note sales, and sales and leases of REO.

Community Involvement

Mr. Lee’s community, civic and charitable activities have included being:

the Trustee, Secretary, and Chair of the Executive Committee of the St. Alcuin Montessori School
the President of the Dallas, Texas Chapter of the American Jewish Committee
the group leader of a Konrad Adenauer Foundation German-Jewish Exchange Program
the Vice-President, Secretary and Trustee of Temple Emanu-El of Dallas, Texas
a member of the Texas Conference of Churches—Christian Jewish Relations Commission.

Speaking Engagements

Mr. Lee is a frequent panelist at some of the lodging industry’s leading conferences.

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Areas of Practice 1) Capital Markets, 2) Corporate, 3) Distressed Real Estate Asset Services, 4) Real Estate Finance, 5) Pro Bono, 6) Soldiers and Families, 7) Hospitality, 8) Hotels, 9) Real Estate and 10) North America
Law School Loyola University Chicago School of Law, J.D., 1971
Education Harvard University, A.B., 1968
Bar Member / Association Texas State Bar Associations
Most recent firm Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP
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Alan Singer

Alan Singer is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Securities Practice. Mr. Singer advises companies with regard to a diverse range of corporate and securities matters.

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Andrew Hamilton is a partner in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. Mr. Hamilton practices in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital, securities law, and general corporate counseling.

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L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

Villaraigosa, Yet Again, Says L.A.'s as Safe as the 1950s

Here we go again ...

Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa stood next to LAPD Chief Charlie Beck yesterday and boldly insisted once again that L.A.'s as safe as it was during the 1950s ... even though L.A. Weekly pointed out last year, in a cover story titled "Bratton: L.A. is as Safe as 1956," that such a statement is completely ridiculous.

After all, Villaraigosa promised to be a different kind of mayor compared to his first term during his inauguration speech in July, but then a day later resumed his jet-setting ways by flying to South Africa and continued with that kind red-eye governing for the rest of the year.

As a result, Villaraigosa was completely missing in action for one of the most important quality-of-life issues of last year: the proliferation of medical marijuana dispensaries.

But we still figured the mayor would have learned a lesson or two during 2009 ... maybe even made a new year's resolution to finally carry out past resolutions.

Guess not.

In the press release for Villaraigosa's announcement on 2009 crime, it states that "the Mayor and city officials also reported across the board reductions

in the city's year-end crime statistics, marking the city's safest

point in more than 50 years."

So just like last year around this time, when Villaraigosa was running for re-election and saying L.A. was as safe as 1956, we're back to the 1950s again.

A time when gangs were fighting each other with chains and knuckles not bullets and automatic weapons, when people didn't lock their car doors, when the drug war wasn't completely out of hand, and the list goes on.

But Villaraigosa still wants people to believe 2010 L.A. is really as safe and quaint as 1950s L.A. (It'll be interesting to see which media outlets fall for the mayor's line.)

To make matters worse, LAPD Chief Charlie Beck is acting exactly like his predecessor Bill Bratton and refuses to contradict the mayor's incredible claim.

And who are those anonymous "city officials" the press release refers to, anyway?

The bottom line is this.

Talk with any reputable crime expert, as we did, and they'll tell you: Comparing today's crime with crime of the 1950s just doesn't work and it's not intellectually honest.

In our cover story last year, Malcolm Klein, professor emeritus of sociology at USC and a gang-crime expert, said bluntly, "It's a silly comparison."

Contact Patrick Range McDonald at pmcdonald@laweekly.com.

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Home / General / This Day in Labor History: July 11, 1934

This Day in Labor History: July 11, 1934

On July 11, 1934, the Southern Tenant Farmers Union formed when eleven white farmers and seven black farmers met in Tyronza, Arkansas to form a union of sharecroppers to fight for poor farmers’ rights. Perhaps the last gasp of the Farmers Alliance potential to reach out across racial lines and transform rural life, the STFU sought to empower sharecroppers to fight for economic rights during the dark days of the Great Depression.

The Great Depression was very hard on poor southern farmers. In fact, the Depression there had really started in the 1920s. Crop prices plummeted after the overproduction of World War I. By the time the official Great Depression began in 1929, the farm economy had been terrible for years, meaning the sharecroppers on southern land, a labor situation that had begun as something of a compromise between freed slaves and white landowners after the Civil War but had since spread to employ poor whites as well, were in entrenched, awful poverty.

Arkansas sharecroppers, 1930s

Tyronza, Arkansas was a bit odd for the rural South as there were active socialists in the area. This was not totally unknown in the South, but rare enough by 1934. Floods and droughts had ravaged the region in recent years and the national attention these received interested socialists in the area. As those ideas began spreading into the area, some locals, even merchants, showed interest in an economic system that offered an alternative to a capitalism that had not worked out for their region. Living in Tyronza was Harry Mitchell, a socialist and sharecropper. He and a gas station owner named Clay East saw that the owners were not sharing their Agricultural Adjustment Act payments with the sharecroppers and they began organizing their neighbors into what became the Southern Tenant Farmers Union.

The STFU’s main mission was fighting against the Agricultural Adjustment Act. The New Deal promoted agricultural centralization, which threw thousands of sharecroppers off their land. The Okies coming to California in the 1930s, were mostly fleeing the loss of their land rights from AAA-related centralization, not the Dust Bowl. It was the same in eastern Arkansas. AAA had two provisions that severely hurt sharecroppers. First, it had no provisions to ensure that the money landowners received to reduce farm production trickled down to sharecroppers. They were expected to share it but the owners were just keeping it all. Second, it encouraged the eviction of sharecroppers through its centralization policies, in effect if not in word. In 1934, these farmers had nowhere to go. A decade later, the jobs of World War II would give them opportunities. These did not exist in 1934. Eviction meant moving to a strange place with no likely hope of a job.

Southern Tenant Farmers Union meeting, Arkansas

The first strike began in the fall of 1935, when Mitchell led sharecroppers out for $1 per pound of cotton versus the 40 cents the owners were offering. When the owners compromised on 75 cents (and some went all the way to $1), the workers declared victory and returned to work. Of course, the response of landowners to this movement was violence, especially once the unionization campaign began. The STFU was a threatening organization to the white power structure. That it was integrated automatically made it dangerous. The first commission of STFU representatives to travel to Washington to appeal to the government included two African-Americans in its five members. At one meeting, four armed whites walked in and ordered all the blacks to leave if they did not want to be lynched. Many members were thrown off their land for membership in the organization. Beatings of organizers took place while police violence was common and threatened lynchings scared many members. STFU offices had to move from Tyronza to Memphis, where the urban environment provided more safety.

The STFU soon spread from Arkansas to Oklahoma, Texas, Missouri, and Tennessee. It claimed 7500 members in Oklahoma, demanding land redistribution, with land owned by banks given to small farmers. In Arkansas, it forced politicians to create the Governor’s Commission on Farm Tenancy. Oklahoma passed the Landlord and Tenant Relationship Act in 1937 to encourage long-term residency on the land and promote the government as a mediator of the problems of the sharecropped farm, but conservative outrage led to its repeal in 1939.

Unlike previous farmer movements like the Populists, STFU leaders actively thought of themselves as in the same boat as industrial labor and thus sought to become a union like in eastern factories. The STFU joined the Congress of Industrial Organizations’ agricultural union, the United Cannery, Agricultural, Packing, and Allied Workers of America (UCAPAWA) in 1937 but withdrew a year later, worried that UCAPAWA’s communist leadership was looking to take over the STFU. UCAPAWA president Donald Henderson saw the STFU as a utopian vanguard of rural revolution rather than a real union and attempted to overwhelm its leadership with paperwork so he could take it over. When the STFU leadership withdrew, it led to UCAPAWA ending its attempts to organize in the fields, focusing on the canneries, where the CIO (and the CP) was always more comfortable. The break with UCAPAWA severely hurt the STFU’s ability to function, especially as several of its leading organizers were CP and stayed with the union. Two-thirds of its locals collapsed.

Southern Tenant Farmers Union logo

As the STFU and landowners battled each other with increasing intensity, the situation finally received some attention from the government. This led to the Resettlement Administration (RA), intended to help sharecroppers find better lives. But the funding for the RA always remained small and the solutions it developed long-term rather than immediate. The government also created the Farm Security Administration (FSA), to provide low-cost loans to poor farmers who wanted to buy their own land but this was not a realistic option for the vast majority of STFU members. The 11,000 farmers around the nation it helped in 1939 was a nice start, but far too small to deal with the scale of the problem. Ultimately, the government did little to alleviate the problems AAA had spawned for sharecroppers.

The STFU declined by the early 1940s. Mitchell continued leading it, called the National Farm Labor Union after 1945, for the rest of his life, but it was only a shadow organization except for some success organizing the California cotton fields in the 40s. Because of the mechanization and industrialization of farming, most of the cotton labor force disappeared from the fields not long after World War II. The same happened for many other crops. The exception to this history of agricultural labor is Latino farmworkers, laboring in exploitative conditions not dissimilar to that of the early 20th century American South. On these farms, usually in more difficult to mechanize fruits and vegetables, the fight continues.

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  • rea

    The union is gone now, but it made such an impression that whenever people stand together against the Forces of Privilege, the Forces of Privilege answer back, “STFU!”

    • Origami Isopod, Commisar [sic] of Ideology for the Bolsheviks

      :::golf clap:::

  • Steve Gravelle

    How can you not like an organization called STFU?

    • Like many of Eric’s labor history posts, I learned a lot reading this.

      Unfortunately, despite the fact that the history is serious and troubling, every time I look at the name of the union, I giggle.

      • liberalrob

        Seconded, this is really good stuff, Erik.

        • Steve Gravelle

          Agreed, completely. Didn’t intend to make fun of STFU. Sometimes you have to take it where you find it.

  • I noticed the iconography of the hoe and plow which seems to be a variation of the hammer and plow. The hammer and plow first appeared in Ireland and was later briefly adopted by the Red Army of the RSFSR before being replaced with the sickle and hammer. This Red Army emblem for Buddhist Kalmyks has the hammer and plow on it.

    • The hammer and sickle were pretty much obsolete in the country where the McCormick reaper was invented by the end of the 19th Century.

      In California history, it was a poem about the lot of the laborer that led to an association with the author and labor groups.

      Edwin Markham’s most famous poem, “The Man with the Hoe,” which accented laborers’ hardships, was first presented at a public poetry reading in 1898. His main inspiration was a French painting of the same name (in French, L’homme à la houe) by Jean-François Millet. Markham’s poem was published, and it became quite popular very soon. In New York, he gave many lectures to labor groups. These happened as often as his poetry readings.

      Unfortunately, the short-handled hoe wasn’t banned for use in California agriculture until 1975, thanks to then-Governor Jerry Brown.

    • Bloix

      The crossed hammer and sickle, like the hammer and plow before it, symbolizes the unity of workers and peasants.

      This symbolism – plow, hoe, and cotton boll – is much more narrow and matter of fact. There’s not much aspirational about it – it just says, this is who we are.

      • Also, it was fitting for a population that probably wasn’t very literate beyond the point of being able to sign their name on a document.

  • jim, some guy in iowa

    Erik, what were the centralization policies of the AAA that drove the sharecroppers off the land?

    kind of embarrassing to admit, considering my line of work and my politics, that I never really drew a line connecting the NFO members dumping milk and, say, the UAW striking Ford until I read up on the Band’s “King Harvest”

    it makes sense the sharecroppers more readily identified with factory workers than the populists, who either did own (more accurately owe on) land- or could see owning land as a possibility

    back in the 30s if the landowner wanted to change tenants, they gave notice by Sept 1 and the tenant had to find a new place by the time the lease officially ended the following March 1. so in late Feb families would be criss-crossing the county on muddy snowy roads with their livestock and equipment and household stuff. always seemed kind of hellish to me- but my granddad’s family did that several times til they used the money they had saved up to rescue the home farm from the bank

    • Couple of things. First, AAA, like the rest of the New Deal, was big on centralization and efficiency. So it promoted emerging agribusiness over the millions of small farmers in the name of that goal. Thus farms began to get larger and larger and the poor could not compete. Second, the immediate goal of AAA to reduce production and raise farm prices in order that the stronger would survive meant that there wasn’t much for the sharecroppers to do. If the government was telling their landowners to reduce production and paying them to do that very thing, if the sharecroppers couldn’t farm, there was no reason to allow them to stay on the land and thus they were kicked off. The rapid growth in technology during these years also played a roll as more efficient harvesting machines meant that a) less labor was needed and b) those who could not afford said machines couldn’t stay on their land.

      • Lee Rudolph

        Maybe there should have been a domestic, agrarian Lend-Lease program for harvesters (etc.).

        • Brett

          That and land reform breaking up some of the larger estates, something they should have done after the Civil War.

          They probably should have tried some way to route money to farmers other than trying to jack up crop prices in the middle of a Depression, too, but I don’t blame them too much for it. This was all new policy stuff they were trying, so mistakes were inevitable.

  • DrDick

    There was a very active socialist movement in Oklahoma up into the 1930s, which had earlier elected more socialists to office than any other state. Most of these were agrarian socialists. That is where Woody Guthrie comes from.

    • Linnaeus

      I read somewhere that Texas also had an active socialist movement in the early part of the 20th century.

      • Ronan

        This is somewhat off topic (it’s a really interesting post btw) but I remember you asking Farley whether there was any book on the role non military private-sector entities play in perpetuating the Military industrial complex a while back.. so if you havent seen it “The American Warfare state” by Rebecca Thorpe might be of interest (I only got it the other day when it came up in my amazon recs, but seems to cover that aspect pretty extensively)

        • Linnaeus

          Thanks, Ronan! I’ll check it out.

  • dp

    Between dead horse pictures and American labor history, the former are much less depressing.

  • Dr. Ronnie James, DO

    Southern Tenant Farmers Union is excusable; less excusable: South Lake Union Transit; unacceptable: Tacoma Urban Revival District.

  • TR Donoghue

    Don’t forget this tribute to the STFU,

    • Was King Harvest actually about the STFU?

      • Bloix

        No. It’s a pastiche of half-remembered history, a little Grapes of Wrath, and personal experience.

        But this is interesting:

        “Ralph Gleason’s original review also invoked James Agee’s non-fiction book on the 1930’s Deep South, Let Us Now Praise Famous Men. The book is actually credited to James Agee and Walker Evans, with Evans’ evocative photographs of sharecropping families accompanying Agee’s innovative text. As such it was a literary departure, and for me it would be Walker Evans stunning photographs which hold the key to the song – and I imagine Elliot Landy (who did the cover pictures of The Band) would be the first to agree. He deliberately evokes Walker Evans. In the video documentary Classic Albums, they illustrate this song’s section with Walker Evans’ still pictures, and clips from the John Ford movie.”

        • TR Donoghue

          Don’t forget that Levon was from Arkansas and his parents were poor farmers.

  • JustRuss

    …it had no provisions to ensure that the money landowners received to reduce farm production trickled down to sharecroppers. They were expected to share it but the owners were just keeping it all

    Filed under Nobody Could Have Predicted, or possibly Self-Regulation is the Most Effective.

  • Bruce Vail

    This great post causes me to wonder whether the issue of tenant farmers even exists anymore in the modern economy? Are there tenant farmers to any degree in the US today?

    • jim, some guy in iowa

      as in farmers who had no land of their own and had to depend on someone else’s good will to keep farming? in my part of the upper midwest, no. most farmers ’round here, anyway, own a solid base from which to work- though their additional acres vary

      crop land is mostly rented out now on cash rather than share terms- though I’d say the vertical integration of the poultry and pork industries is a form of sharecropping

    • Anna in PDX

      Maybe the issues have morphed and now they are mostly facing the migrant labor population rather than sharecroppers/tenants?

      • Bruce Vail

        Yes, I guess it must be that mechanization and seasonal migrant workers have replaced the labor formerly performed by tenant farmers.

        One of my in-laws lives in rural North Carolina and he tells me all the farm labor in his area is done by immigrant Mexican/Central American workers, and that neither the indigenous whites nor blacks will do this work.

        • Seasonal migrant labor is more a relic of that period than a replacement for tenancy. This is more of an issue that the crops seasonal laborers harvest have not been effectively mechanized and cotton has. But the labor fundamentals of many fruit and vegetable crops aren’t all that different than they were a century ago.

  • Bruce Vail

    “Roll the Union On” is on my bookshelf. Inspiring.

  • atheist

    Thanks for that fascinating mini-history lesson Mr. Loomis! Wow, that’s extra-shitty how the UCAPAWA’s Henderson intentionally screwed the STFU. I wonder if it was an actual live case of urban contempt for rurality, an issue which normally seems imaginary.

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    This impressive Tomahawk log home* on the Sugar Camp Chain offers a spacious great room w/ vaulted ceiling, double-sided (to master) fieldstone fireplace, & gorgeous lake views, a lovely open concept kitchen w/ solid surface countertops & beautiful cabinetry, and a master suite w/ soaking tub & tiled shower bathroom, large walk-in closet, fireplace, & private sitting room overlooking the lake. Two bedrooms, a full bath, laundry, a family room w/ gas stove, and a lakeside sunroom complete the lower level, while the exterior enjoys a lakeside deck, two fire pit areas, a lighted & paved drive, a complete yard water system, extensive professional quality landscaping& beautiful perennials, desirable sand swimming frontage, and even a putting green! Additional features include an office, 3-4 season room, a 24x36 heated & insulated attached garage w/ guest sleeping quarters, a 24x36 "toy" garage, fish cleaning house with toilet & shower, & whole house natural gas generator.
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    Beautiful setting on 2.9 acres! Lots of privacy, screened back patio, front deck, and camper hook-up at carport (water, electric, sewer). Enjoy mother nature while being in close proximity to Charleston!
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    This single family listing located at 1 Rosa Lane, Belle, WV boasts three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The property is currently availible for $199,999.

    Includes features like main level bath (full/half): 2.0; main level sqft: 2339; appliance description: dishwasher, gas range, microwave oven, refrigerator; flooring description: carpet, hardwood, vinyl; interior features: cable, smoke alarm, woodburning stove; number of rooms: 8; wall description: drywall.

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    Remarkable Old Farm home in move-in condition. Home offers new roof, french doors, interior freshly painted, carpet and gutters. Very attractive galley kitchen that is updated with granite counter tops, bay window, pantry, stainless steel appliances & gas cook top. Gathering room with fireplace. Main bedroom offers en suite with walk in tile shower, walk in, very large, closet, french doors to balcony & heated tile flooring. Fenced in in-ground pool. This is a must see!
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Bible Concordance: "groan"

Word "groan" found in 6 verse(s), 5 chapter(s) and 5 book(s).

What the Bible says about "groan":

Job 24:12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Jeremiah 51:52
Wherefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will do judgment upon her graven images: and through all her land the wounded shall groan.
Ezekiel 30:24
And I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and put my sword in his hand: but I will break Pharaoh's arms, and he shall groan before him with the groanings of a deadly wounded man.
Joel 1:18
How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
2nd Corinthians 5:2
For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven:
2nd Corinthians 5:4
For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.
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The other End to the Joint that John McCain is Smoking: Repeal, Now the National Guard on the Border?

by the Left Coast Rebel

Even before being the activist that I am today, I took almost two days away from life and career to be a part off killing John McAmnesty's disastrous amnesty plan several years ago. And you know what? It worked, as bad as George W. Bush, John McAmnesty and Lindsey Grahmnesty were (with the climax-F-U being amnesty), they still listened to the American people and stepped back.

John McAmesty is back! This time though he takes quite the transmporphic form as Sheriff Joe on the Arizona border:

Sen. John McCain wants to call in the cavalry to defend Arizona from illegal immigrants crossing the border from Mexico — and to shore up his own right flank.

McCain asked the Obama administration Monday to send National Guard troops to the border after a prominent Arizona rancher was found shot to death on his own property.

"I am asking you and the administration to immediately reconsider your position and send National Guard troops to our southern border region," McCain wrote in a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Last year, the administration denied a request from Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer for National Guard protection for the border.

Sherif Joe McAmnesty, with the calvary, has come to tumble-weed town to protect the border (and secure a reelection). So think of this:

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When you see/hear this:

  1. Time to retire Mr. McCain and vote in a conservative....for God sake vote all those who have been in Congress longer than one term out.

  2. I sure hope the good people of Arizona replace this old RINO with a true conservative next time.

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House Hunters International

Happy July 4th to all of the Americans out there! Despite the fact that today is an American holiday, I want to talk about a feel-good reality show that I love: House Hunters International. In this show, you see some people looking to move from America or Canada to foreign countries, or people moving within their own foreign countries.

This show is very informative for those who like semi-educational (yet entertaining) programming. On this show, I've learned so much about different cultures, the home prices in different areas and the architectural styles of homes in different regions. My favorite episode so far was one where a family moved to a sustainable community in the Baja area of Mexico. The housing community was completely new, yet designed in the old Spanish architecture. It was interesting to see the new-meets-old style which incorporated old world charm with modern amenities.

I also enjoyed the episode where a man bought a fixer-upper in Italy. For $23,000 (American dollars), he bought an amazing fixer-upper. Yes, it needed a ton of work, but just watching the images on the screen made me want to visit Italy. It also made me want to cook Italian food, just because the show was about Italy. Mmm, Italian food.

This show is a must watch for those who enjoy architecture and international travel. You'll crave an international vacation home before you know it.

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How Do You Get All That Fiber?

It is next to impossible (okay, maybe I exaggerate, but it's hard) to get enough fiber when you eat lower carb. As a woman I'm supposed to get around of fiber, and as a chronically constipated woman I should actually aim for closer to 30g/day. I thought I easily got this because I eat so many vegetables. Until I took the time to stop and read the labels. I was so disappointed!

An entire bag of baby spinach has just 4g of fiber! A third a bag of baby carrots has just 3g. It is hard when you don't eat a lot of beans or grains to get to 30g, even if you eat large salads and lots of veggies. It's equally hard to get to 30g/day taking a fiber supplement because a) they have a lot of sugar in them and b) you'd have to take a ton to get to 30. The stir in orange fiber powder has 12g of sugar and just 3g fiber per serving. Fiber gummies have equal grams of sugar and fiber. Those won't work.

So, I started making a fiber focused smoothie every morning to jump start my fiber and insure I was getting enough.

Fiber Focused Smoothie

  • 1 avocado (10g fiber)
  • 1 cup frozen raspberries (8g fiber)
  • 2 T chia seeds (8g fiber)
  • 1/2 cup kefir (no fiber, some sugar/carbs, but probiotics so something nice)
  • Add some water or ice if you want it thinner (the above is pretty spoon-able and thick)

You can modify it any number of ways. Here are some variations I like:

I add some liquid Vitamin D, probiotics, collagen powder and Dr. Axe's leaky gut powder to mine too, but you can leave those out or add whatever you take if you are working on something in particular.

Substitute blueberries for raspberries. Less fiber, but blueberries are great in lots of other ways.

Add a 1/4 - 1/2 of a cucumber for a subtle summery twist.

Grow or purchase some fresh mint for another summery twist.

Throw in some nuts for more protein. Almonds or cashews are nice, especially if you soak them overnight and drain them before adding them to the smoothie in the morning.

A handful of spinach makes it feel extra healthy.

Coconut kefir or coconut oil give it a tropical taste.

A half a banana makes it extra sweet if you split the smoothie. It's a nice treat and not too much sugar.

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If you are increasing fiber you may want to do it slowly to give your gut a chance to adjust so you don't feel to gassy. Also, it is key to drink enough water when you increase fiber (1/2 your weight in ounces per day). If you do not drink enough water you will end up getting more bound up by the fiber, and no one wants that!

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Stupak Admits Obama Violated His Executive Order on Obamacare, Abortion

National   Steven Ertelt   Sep 4, 2012   |   6:01PM    Washington, DC

Former Congressman Bart Stupak admitted during a panel discussion at the Democratic National Convention that he may have been hoodwinked by pro-abortion President Barack Obama over Obamacare.

Stupak was the holdout preventing the passage of the bill pro-life groups strenuously opposed because of its abortion-funding provisions. He negotiated what pro-life groups called a phony executive order from Obama that merely restated the bill’s provisions rather than prohibited abortion funding under it.

Now, Stupak, in video captured by the conservative blog Red State, admits the new Obama HHS mandate, that forces religious groups to pay for and refer women for abortion-causing drugs, violates Obamacare and the executive order.

“I am perplexed and disappointed that, having negotiated the Executive Order with the President, not only does the HHS mandate violate the Executive Order but it also violates statutory law,” he said.

Tabitha Hale, of the conservative Big Government blog, attended the panel discussion and responded:

“Former Congressman Bart Stupak admits a compromise he made with Barack Obama to pass the Affordable Care Act is invalidated by HHS’s controversial mandate for taxpayer-funded contraception, including abortion-inducing drugs,” she writes. “Today Breeanne Howe of RedState and I attended a Democrats For Life panel during the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. An attendee stood up and asked Bart Stupak and a panel of pro-life if the HHS contraception mandate has put them in a difficult position.”

“Conservatives cautioned that the Executive Order was cheap political cover that could just as easily be undone by the President. It took him a few years, but apparently Stupak has come to that realization as well,” she concluded.

Conservative blogger Breeanne Howe added:

“Following an Executive Order signed by President Obama that supposedly ensured that abortion would not be covered, Stupak declared victory for the pro-life movement. This in spite of the fact that many had said the Executive Order was toothless and would not prevent anything. It seems Mr. Stupak has finally realized this.”


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Premier encourages people to go back to the culture of ploughing

By Maanda Mulaudzi

Premier Chupu Stanley Mathabatha encouraged people to go back to the culture of ploughing. He said this during the official opening of Madzivhandila Agricultural College in Vhembe District on the 06th of February 2015.

In his speech Premier Mathabatha said that Madzivhandila and Tompi Seleka Agricultural Colleges are aimed at producing agricultural economists, extension officers, pasture scientists, soil scientists, agronomists, horticulturalists and many others.

The revitalisation of these agricultural colleges will make agriculture more attractive and appealing to our youth he said.

The two colleges are not intended for only new students but also to retrain and assist those who are already engaged in farming. Today our people enjoy free tractors, seeds and implements”.

Madzivhandile college has a total of 18 lecturing staffs with four departments of Animal Production, Plant Production, Economics and Extension. The lecturing staff holds various qualifications in Agricultural Sciences as well as Library and Information Technology qualifications.

The college has received accreditation for 3 year Diploma programs from the Council of Higher Education (CHE) in two departments: i.e. Animal Production (NQF level 6 with 384 credits), Plant Production (NQF level 6 with 384 credits). The two programmes have also been registered with SAQA. The College has also been accredited by Agri-SETA to offer accredited Short Courses and Learnerships.

Madzivhandila has three stations were students will be conducting practicals i.e College farm, Lwamondo and Tshiombo satellites. Other facilities such as milking parlour, piggery, aquaculture, and orchard are planned to be constructed on the college farm. The college has an established commercial and student analytical laboratory and well qualified staff to handle student practicals.


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Lady Trojans third in Parkway tourney

Posted on Monday, January 14, 2013 at 8:37 am

The Troy Buchanan High School Lady Trojans finished third in the Parkway West Classic, defeating Marquette 51-46. Madeline Thoroughman led Troy with 20 points. Leading 33-31 after three periods, Troy held on for the win with an 18-15 edge in the final period. Taylor Campbell and Ashley Ploudre led the Lady Mustangs with 16 and 12 points respectively.

In the semi-finals, Ursuline, leading 28-21 at the half, raced to a 35-24 scoring edge in the second half enroute to a 63-45 win over Troy. Haley Meyer led Troy with 10 points with Alyssa Schrader following with nine points. Heather Pesigan led the Lady Bears with 19 points followed by Hannah Weisbrod and Sammy Warren with 18 and 17 points each.

“I was pleased with the effort to come back on Friday and finish with third,” said Coach Bryce Gregory. “Thursday night against Ursuline, they really took it out of us physically and mentally. We really played hard the entire game. Madeline (Thoroughman) really had a big game scoring a game high 20 points and had 17 rebounds to go along with five assists. She really brought a lot of energy the entire game. I was happy to see her explode for a big game like that. Hopefully this will get her going the rest of the season.”

Thoroughman was named to  the all tournament team.

Currently Troy has a  7-5 and heading in the right direction, said Gregory. Conference play starts Monday, Jan. 14 against Francis Howell Central. “We really match up well with all teams in our conference and look to be a strong favorite and finish at the top of the pack,” said the  coach.

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Sales tax deposits in Troy increasing

Posted on Monday, March 24, 2014 at 9:58 am

Sales tax deposits in the City of Troy were virtually equivalent ($539.17) less compared to March 2013. This was the report from Treasurer Linda Flinn to the Troy Board of Aldermen at their March meeting. March deposits would be for January’s collections and the sales tax receipts for Fiscal Year 2014 are still up by 2.18 percent compared to one year ago.

Deposits in the one percent local sales tax totaled $205,890.03 (0.19 percent higher); the deposits in the one-half cent sales tax were $894,543.89 (down 1.48 percent) and the one-half percent capital improvements were up 2.65 percent ($829, 028.69). Overall, sale tax deposits are up 2.18 percent for the fiscal year.

Flinn also said MoDOT said the portion of the funding for the pedestrian bridge over Hwy. 61 is due on March 24. The amount the city has committed is $36,000 from the capital improvements fund.

Chief Jeff Taylor said Det. James Stewart has been promoted as the public information officer for the police department. Taylor also is looking into the acquisition of body worn video recorders. Under training, the officers will have ICS 300 and 400 classes coordinated through SEMA and the Lincoln County Fire District; host racial profiling classes including outside agencies on April 15 and 16; a lock-up Police Combat System training taught by Lt. Tienter.

Taylor informed the aldermen of several incidents of ‘egging’ vehicles. Officer Reeds was able to ascertain a suspect buying a large quantity of eggs early one morning and during follow-up, two juveniles and one adult were arrested.

Under the building commissioner’s report, there were seven permits issued during the month and 62 for the year.

City Clerk Jodi Schneider said the safety committee held a tornado drill to implement a planned safe place inside city hall and for roadway employees to head to the nearest underground safe place and/or firehouse basement. Schneider and Tonya Hawkins, human resources director, attending recent training in Columbia. The electronic recycling event has been scheduled for June 28 and additional eight cubic foot recycling bin has been requested for the city hall parking lot.

Under the park board report, a discussion between the board and Schneider was held on the overlaps and conflicts with baseball, football, soccer, adult softball and special events on city fields and facilities.

Some of the ideas for next year’s budget included dog waste receptables on trails, curbing from Lincoln Dr. through Fairgrounds Park, basketball court remodeling, safety surfaces at playgrounds, new bathroom partitions, lights on Diamond Four, baseball field resurfacing, park and recreation administrator position, resurfacing Weinand Park, etc. The park board requests an accurate account of the vandalism including repair cost, staff cost, and hours spent on each repair. Vandalism is a recurring issue in the parks. They are also looking into a memorial bench project.

Public Works Superintendent Clint Cunningham said eight tons of asphalt in pothole patching and/or full depth repairs during the month with50 tons of salt and 1,500 gallons of liquid de-icer used on the streets. Storm inlets were cleaned and sewer mains and lift stations treated with chemicals.

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How to build an immune system

young worried mother checking sick daughters temperature

One thing I know for certain is that fussy eaters are more prone to sickness. Understandably, parents are willing to feed their fussy eaters with whatever they want to make sure their tummies are full. Unfortunately, fussy eaters usually choose “bad” foods. As a result, they aren’t getting their daily nutrient values.

The parents of one particular client, a little girl from my home town in Newcastle reported the worst cases of constant illness that I had ever heard of. Colds and pneumonia, dry inflamed skin and sore watery red eyes have repetitively hit this little 3-year-old.  Due to back-to-back courses of varying antibiotics, the mother feels like they are on an exhausting theme park ride that never seems to stop.  This girl’s story has inspired me to write this blog.

Note: If you have a child who has been on any courses of antibiotics or penicillin its always recommended to follow up with 30 days worth of a good pro-biotic to replenish the gut flora. Without healing the gut, the absorption of essential vitamins and minerals is severely compromised causing a risk of a reoccurring illness. Always buy your pro-biotic from a health food store and make sure it’s one that is kept refrigerated.

Here are ten suggestions for strengthening your child’s immune system so it can better resist illness:

  1. Vitamin C: No! I don’t mean the little chewable sugar loaded orange tablets that you can buy in a supermarket; I mean the real-deal plant sources delivered in 100% juice! Fruits that are high in vitamin C include oranges, kiwifruit, guava, berries and papaya. Vitamin C is a water soluble nutrient so it needs to be replenished daily. Why not make it a ritual that the whole family enjoys? The most nutritional benefits come from blending a whole food in a high speed blender otherwise juicing machines (preferably cold pressed) are also great.
  2. Bone Broths: There is medicinal theory behind chicken soup being fed to cold sufferers in our parents’ eras. Not only in our culture, has almost every culture throughout history used bone broth for its medicinal benefits of eradicating inflammation and reducing cold symptoms. The longer you cook it (I cook mine for 48 hours) the more beneficial it is as it draws out collagen proteins, minerals and fats that are easily digested and absorbed by your body to heal  in various ways. It is considered a super food and is far more beneficial than taking a supplement.
  3. Liquorice: Colds and flus are just one of the long lists of documented uses for this herb. A regular dose of liquorice will enhance immunity by boosting levels of interferon, a key immune system chemical that fights off attacking viruses. It also has asprin-like properties that are helpful in relieving fevers, soothing pain and helping to relax bronchial spasms.
  4. Zinc: This has become a popular mineral therapy for the common cold. Though there is conflicting information on its benefits. If you’re lacking zinc in your diet then taking zinc upon the onset of a flu can reduce the endurance and severity by up to 50%; however taking an over supplement of zinc has not been proven to provide any benefit at all. Be careful when administering to children as over-dosage can be very dangerous.
  5. Pelargonium or Kaloba (Blackmores): This is a traditional South African medicine now widely used in cough and cold syrups. It is available at most pharmacies or health food stores as kaloba. It effectively treats upper respiratory infections including the common cold, acute bronchitis and strep throat.
  6. Be mindful that some foods can be predisposes for infections. Reactions to allergies and intolerances can sometimes trigger symptoms similar to colds and flus. These symptoms include swelling in the nasal passages, increased mucus production, runny nose and asthma symptoms. Intolerances are much harder to detect than allergies. If you suspect that food may be the cause of ongoing illness, seek advice from a naturopathic practitioner on ways to eliminate suspect foods.
  7. Reduce exposure to high areas of risk. The immune system needs time to re-build. If you suspect your child is catching repetitive illnesses from the local pool or daycares, remove him for a further two weeks after the symptoms have subsided.
  8. Mould exposure: even the most innocuous looking spread on the bathroom ceiling can be highly toxic and can make getting over lung infections next to impossible.
  9. Get outdoors more and bring the outdoors in: Firstly to debunk a myth, we don’t pick up colds and flus from having cold wet hair, forgetting a hat or scarf or from cold weather alone. We get it from being cooped up indoors with germs and viruses. Simply opening a window in the house will exchange stale germ ridden air for fresh air.
  10. Last but by no means least Vitamin D: Vitamin D is commonly known as coming from the sun rays and helping us absorb calcium but it also has many other benefits. Vitamin D is associated with decreased autoimmunity as well as a decreased susceptibility to infection. Cod liver oil is a rich source of vitamin D but good luck getting the kiddies to lick this off a spoon! I like to use 1 drop of vitamin D blended up in my son’s orange juice each morning.

Keep in mind that getting kids to take supplements is a very last resort. A variety of healthy foods is always the first and best option to gaining the best foundations in health. However, there are situations where something more is needed. If you feel that a supplement is necessary, please seek professional advice before administering.

If getting the ‘right’ foods into your child has always been a constant battle and you need help. Please proceed to the contact page and we’ll be in touch.


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People's Stories

Everyone on the Lusitania's last voyage, including passengers and crew.

Frank Baba

Frank Baba

About Frank

Frank Baba was born in Persia, (now Iran) in 1885.  Some time before the Great War, he had emigrated to the United States of America and settled in Chicago, Illinois, where there was a well established Persian community.

By the spring of 1915, however, rumours began to circulate amongst that community that the Turks, who controlled Persia at that time, had carried out one of their periodic massacres of the civilian population.  Naturally frantic with worry and wanting to check on the veracity of the rumours, nine of them, including Frank Baba determined to go back home to confirm or deny the stories!

As a result, they booked third class passage on the May sailing of the Lusitania and at the end of May they left Chicago and all travelled to New York on the first part of their journey to the Middle East.

They arrived at the Cunard berth, at Pier 54, in New York harbour on the morning of 1st May 1915 in time to board the liner, whose sailing was then delayed until the early afternoon, because she had to take on passengers, crew and cargo from the recently requisitioned Anchor Liner Cameronia.

Six days later, on the afternoon of 7th May, the Chicago party was decimated when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk off the coast of southern Ireland, by the German vessel U-20.  Six of the nine Chicago Persians were killed as a result, although the liner only hours away from her Liverpool destination.  Frank Baba was one of the three who were lucky enough to survive, however, and having been rescued from the sea, he was eventually landed at Queenstown.  He was aged 30 years at the time.

A member of the Chicago Persian community, Mr. Malik Hatam 63, West Grand Avenue, Chicago, said later of the  losses: -

It is a terrible blow to the Persians in Chicago, for on those lost, we depended for news of the wives, mothers and sweethearts imperiled (sic) at home.

There were three other Chicago Persian also named Baba, on the ship when she was sunk.  Abraham Baba, aged 45 years was killed and George Baba aged 39 years and John Jacob Baba aged 33, both survived.  It is likely that they were all related.

In the New York Times for 9th May 1915, it was reported: -

The following cablegram was received by Ohan Stevens of 713 North Clark Street, (Chicago) from his son Thomas, who sailed on the Lusitania with a party of twelve other Persians to visit his grandparents: “Father am safe, Son Thomas”.

Thomas Ohan Stephens was one of the three Persians who survived out of the nine that set out from Chicago.

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Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Making progress

Even though yesterday was a typical Mun-dane-ity Monday, we managed to make much progress on several fronts. Susun spent her entire day on landscape-related activities. In the morning, she helped client Joanne for a few hours of yard work. Then she toiled away in our own yard well into Happy Hour. For my part, I mowed the grass yet again. That fall fertilizer has really kicked in and the grass must think it's springtime the way it is green and growing.

The Zuki spent the entire day down at Oswald's and didn't come home to roost until almost Happy Hour, too. Yes, we spent $100 but the value and service received was worth far more than that. Oswald's is so awesome, we can't speak highly enough of that little shop. After finishing this blog post, we will go post up over on the Zuki blog. (You can click here to read it.)

While the Zuki was confined to a service bay, we dived into the Cook Shack roof project. You may recall that we were slated to begin this project precisely two weeks ago on the day we discovered the Zuki sitting down south of Provo. As you now know, most of our spare time since then has been spent on the Zuki and not the Cook Shack roof project. Yesterday was D-Day (Demolish Day) for the old roof. Susun helped by trimming out the vegetation from around the perimeter of the shack. One thing led to another and by Happy Hour, we actually had the new roof decking in place and relatively square as well. There's nothing plumb or square about the shack so getting the roof "relatively square" is probably an oxymoron or a non-sequitur or maybe even a bad pun. Who knows?

Anyway, the Cook Shack roof is now well along the way to critical mass and completion. In the meantime, we decided to sell off our unused huge smoker and completely redo the 30 square foot interior of the shack. So much floor space, so many options, eh? This morning, I have to get out well before trash pickup to bundle trimmed branches and the old rotted roofing material for the trash guys. Unless you package up stuff like a Christmas present, they won't pick it up. It has to be all tied real nice and tidy. Luckily, I don't have to put bows on each package.

Camera implosions!

Yep, we're having digital camera meltdown here. First, Susun dropped her's in San Diego and it's kaput. Then the battery door broke completely off of mine and it's DOA. We have a lot of spare digitals so Susun inherited an older 7 mega pixel Kodak and I got a 5 megapixel Samsung. Her's is holding up well. Mine? Not so much. It's trying to croak and I doubt it will last through today. We might have to break down and go buy a new one soon. We have a real nice, great big 10 megapixel Fuji but it's too big to fit in my hip pouch. It's fine for special occasions but not as a daily driver. All that's left after the Fuji is a 4 megapixel with no zoom.

Even though we turned Comment Moderation off, no one commented last night. We're in a long-term Comment Drought. There's only been a couple of comments in many a day. And even though we don't write this blog to attract comments, we will appreciate them when they actually do show up.

The Spudboater is a pretty frequent commentator but she's been gone on a long Salmon River trip and is only now getting acclimated upon her return to Boise's civilized environs. We look forward to her often pointed barbs soon.

This morning, we meet with Dave C. the City Parks Boss. Terry M. and I will let Dave know we need some new projects to tackle or we are losing interest in our participation on the Commission. Neither one of us wants to be a "yes man" who simply sits at a meeting modding in agreement. If they want placeholder people, I'm sure there are lots of them available. But it's not in either Terry's makeup or mine to fill that role. It ought to be an interesting meeting.

On another note, we received a great email from Sue K. back in Michigan. It looks like our geo-caching project is back "on." That's exciting news and comes at a near perfect time. Thanks, Sue! Meanwhile, Jeff C. up in Challis emailed to say he has funding to print the Salmon River Guide in this fiscal year that starts October 1st. YEA, Jeff!

Have a great day & Cheers! jp

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Marti Spudboater said...

So, Johnny. Sorry I have been working my buttocks off, and couldn't comment, but it's close to quittin time down here at the state of dysfunction so here goes: Seems like you'd have at least one or maybe 20 rolls of duct tape to put on the back of one of those cameras so the batteries stay put.

And that cook shack has really improved since my last visit to your fair I de hoo Falls home. I'm thinkin my chickens need an upgrade and you would be da man to help me do it with all them thar tools and stuff you got at Harbor Freight. I've been thinking of something that looks like your cook shack, but not quite so big and goes on one of those wheeled carts like the ones at Home Depot and Lowes that you hall BIG stuff on. Harbor Freight often has ones that are two feet by about 4 feet so the coop couldn't hang too far over the edge. And it could be bolted through the cart floor to avoid tipping.

So, when you get tired of I Falls I think you should come here, since it's not so cold, and help me build one. Bring yer tools. And no, we can't build one while camping at C of R in ten days, either. Let's start menu planning and snow planning soon.


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Synesius, Letter 123

Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413) was a Neo-Platonic philosopher who became bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. He left behind a small corpus of texts that offer much information about daily life in Late Antiquity, and about the christianization of the Roman world.

Born in Side, this man was a well-known rhetorician. Synesius wrote letters 112, 123, 118, 111, 73, 91, and 26, and mentions him in Letter 47.

This letter, written in 404, is offered here in the translation by A. Fitzgerald.

Letter 123: Missing an Old Friend

[1] To Troilus

Even though there shall be utter forgetfulness of the dead in Hades,
I shall remember there my so dear companion.note

[2] These lines were written by Homer, but as to the meaning of them, I know not whether they rightly apply to Achilles and Patroclus more than to me in relation to your beneficent and beloved person. I call God to witness, whom philosophy reveres, that I carry with me the image of your sweet and pious nature in my very heart. The wondrous echo of your words of wisdom resounds in my ears. When I came back from Egypt to my own city, and when I read all your letters of the two last years, I watered them with my tears. For I got no pleasure from the letters, out of the joy I always take in you, but rather sadness, recalling in them your living fellowship, and thinking of what a friend and father alike I am bereaved, although one who is in reality living.

[3] Willingly would I undergo more weighty struggles in behalf of my city, if only I might again have a pretext for leaving it. Shall I ever have the happiness of seeing you, O truest of fathers, and of embracing your sacred head, and of joining with that council that your word captivates? If this joy is given me, I shall prove by my own example that what the poets recount of Aeson the Thessalian is not after all a fable; they aver that he was twice endowed with youth, changing to a young man in his old age.