If you and your partner are in your late 20s or early 30s, deciding to start a family could have a huge financial impact on your lives – but how much does it really cost and what planning do you need to do?
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With the cost of living rising ever-higher in Australia today, budgets are stretched across the income spectrum – making it that much more difficult to budget for a new family member.
Recent data from the Household, Income, and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) survey paints a picture of Australians working hard to afford their monthly expenses as housing costs continue to rise.
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The church has a very commanding presence on Fort Worth's South Side and its steeple can be seen on the skyline in many other parts...
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The building is a prime example of Art Deco Architecture...
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https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/report-finds-u-s-lacked-technology-to-properly-document-separated-families
Report finds U.S. lacked technology to properly document separated families
Nation Nov 27, 2019 5:17 PM EST
PHOENIX — The U.S. government separated thousands of families despite knowing it lacked the technology to document and track their whereabouts, according to a report released Wednesday by an internal government watchdog.
The problem resulted in some parents languishing in custody for weeks without knowing the location of their children.
The report by the Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General found the agency lacked proper systems when Border Patrol agents took children from parents set to be criminally prosecuted for illegal entry.
Most of those separations took place in the spring of 2018, although the Border Patrol conducted a pilot program the previous summer.
The problem meant agents had to delete prior entries documenting families who arrived together and replace them with references to "single adults" and "unaccompanied children."
The three agencies dealing with the immigrant families also lacked a cohesive way of tracking each other's work, the report states.
An email Wednesday seeking comment from Homeland Security was not immediately returned.
READ MORE: ACLU suit seeks damages for separated immigrant families
The widely decried policy of separating families was meant to deter illegal immigration but was shut down by a U.S. judge who ordered the government to reunify the parents and children. President Donald Trump also signed an executive order to end the practice.
More than 5,400 children were taken from their parents from July 1, 2017, to June 26, 2018.
The new report noted that Border Patrol officials knew they lacked the tracking technology months before the widespread practice began and did nothing to address the issue.
It said reunification was chaotic because it was coordinated via email instead of a shared system that could be accessed by the three agencies involved.
In addition, government employees sent sensitive information about immigrant children through unsecured means, and the number of families needing reunification was too high to manage through email, the report found.
The government has addressed some of the issues but not before family separations were ended, according to the report.
The Trump administration has continued other efforts to reduce immigration, forcing more than 55,000 asylum-seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican cities while their immigration cases play out, and requiring thousands more to wait before they can even file an asylum claim.
Left: This file photo shows a girl from Central America rests on thermal blankets at a detention facility run by the U.S. Border Patrol. Nineteen states sued on Monday over the Trump administration's effort to alter a federal agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention.(Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)
U.S. moves to require DNA samples from asylum-seekers
By Colleen Long, Associated Press
Trump ramps up deportations to Cuba
By Adriana Gomez Licon, Gisela Salomon, Associated Press
WATCH: Acting ICE director criticizes court ruling barring use of flawed database
By Kevin Freking, Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press


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Delves behind the too-often negative media headlines and stereotypes about regional Australia, and considers the true state of Australia?s regions, including metropolitan regions, and what can be done to improve their economic, social and environmental well-being.


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From:Waimate Museum & Archives
Name/TitleWWI Pictorial Banner
About this objectA souvenir banner of WWI belonging to Ted (Edward) Mayo (Service No. 10/3939), of Palmerston North who was the uncle of Shona Smith of Waimate.
As the words on the top of the banner explain -'A souvenir of the Great War and the glorious part played by Australia and New Zealand'.
The central panel depicts the landings at Gallipoli with the words 'The landing of our gallant sons of Empire on the Gallipoli Peninsula'. Four side panels illustrate battleships and flags of nations involved at Gallipoli. The bottom of the banner depicts a destroyed ship with the words '"The Scrap Heap" A view of the "Emden" after the fight with the "Sydney" off the Cocos Keeling Islands'. The Emden was a German Raider ship which was scuttled after a battle with the HMAS Sydney on 9th November, 1914.
[Disclaimer: This information was created from historic documentation, and may not necessarily reflect the best available knowledge about the item. Some collection images are created for identification purposes only and may not be of reproduction quality. Some images are not available due to copyright restrictions. If you have information or questions about objects in the collection, please contact via wtemus@xtra.co.nz.
How to cite this page: 2003-030-001, URL: http://www.nzmuseums.co.nz/account/3188/object/550951, updated 1 September, 2015]
Date Made1915-1918
Medium and MaterialsCotton. Hand stitched hem.
Subject and Association KeywordsWWI Commemorations
Credit LineMr Robert D. Smith (source)
Object TypeCeremonial Artifact
Object number2003-030-001


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Richard H. Ayre Collection
Folder #1 - 1920 - 1930
This folder includes Ayre's years at Lafayette College, a few letters about his wedding, starting work with the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, joining the Army Reserves as a 2nd Lt and then a 1st Lt., and his work with the Kiwanis Club of Charleston.
This folder details Ayre being transferred to Washington, D.C. for active duty as World War II began and his administrative work with the Signal Corps, including being awarded the American Defense Service Medal, and his promotion to Captain.
Folder #3 - 1943
This folder includes Ayre's remaining in work in D.C. before being transferred to the Electronics Branch of the Research and Development Division in New Jersey. At the end of 1943, Ayre was assigned to serve on a naval vessel heading towards Italy.
Folder #4 - 1943 Newspapers
This folder details Ayre's work in Italy, serving as a Telecommunication Officer to help establish telephone lines and infrastructure, particularly in Florence (Firenze). It is unclear when, but at some point during this year Ayre was promoted to Major. Many documents are written in Italian, though a few include English translations, written by Ayre himself. There are also some German documents though these do not have any translations.
This folder further details his work in Italy as World War II ended. He spent time working not only in Florence, but also in Venice (Venezia) and Trieste. Included are several reports of the overall communication systems across several Italian districts and regions, with maps and descriptions. Ayre had either already left or was about to leave Italy by December 1945, and there are several farewell letters from Italian colleagues. He was also promoted to Lt. Colonel at the end of this year as well. As in the 1944 folder, several are also in Italian and include Ayre's English translation.
Folder #8 - 1945 Newspapers and Press Releases
Folder #9 - 1946 "Heart of Florence" Manuscript and War Department Correspondence
During his service, Ayre worked on a manuscript of a book on Florence history and culture. This folder includes the original manuscript he submitted to the War Department to approve in case of accidentally publishing classified information.
Folder #10 - Poetry
While none of these have a name attached, it is believed Ayre spent much of his free time writing poetry. There are several handwritten pages with a few typed copies of his work.
Folder #11 - Miscellaneous
This folder includes several undated documents, a few Army pamphlets, newspaper clippings, and the only known personal letter between Ayre and his wife, Celeste.
Folder #12 - Miscellaneous Guide Books
This folder contains undated guide books, informational pamphlets and a few translation books that include Italian and German dictionaries.


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Cosma Home > Communication > Knowledge > Form > General > Foundation > Theory > System > Control
System, Cycle, Structure, Complexity, Growth, Control, Disturbance, Entropy, Chaos
Control Engineering Virtual Library (WWW Virtual Library, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
control : to exercise restraining or directing influence over — Webster See also Dictionary of Cybernetics and Systems (Principia Cybernetica), OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary
Control engineering is an discipline that applies automatic control theory to design systems with desired behaviors in control environments. The discipline of controls overlaps and is usually taught along with electrical engineering at many institutions around the world. The practice uses sensors and detectors to measure the output performance of the process being controlled; these measurements are used to provide corrective feedback helping to achieve the desired performance. Systems designed to perform without requiring human input are called automatic control systems (such as cruise control for regulating the speed of a car). Multi-disciplinary in nature, control systems engineering activities focus on implementation of control systems mainly derived by mathematical modeling of a diverse range of systems. — Wikipedia
Understanding Control Systems (YouTube Channel)
Control theory deals with the control of continuously operating dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a control model for controlling such systems using a control action in an optimum manner without delay or overshoot and ensuring control stability.
To do this, a controller with the requisite corrective behaviour is required. This controller monitors the controlled process variable (PV), and compares it with the reference or set point (SP). The difference between actual and desired value of the process variable, called the error signal, or SP-PV error, is applied as feedback to generate a control action to bring the controlled process variable to the same value as the set point. Other aspects which are also studied are controllability and observability. On this is based the advanced type of automation that revolutionized manufacturing, aircraft, communications and other industries. This is feedback control, which is usually continuous and involves taking measurements using a sensor and making calculated adjustments to keep the measured variable within a set range by means of a "final control element", such as a control valve.
Extensive use is usually made of a diagrammatic style known as the block diagram. In it the transfer function, also known as the system function or network function, is a mathematical model of the relation between the input and output based on the differential equations describing the system. — Wikipedia
Control system is a device, or set of devices, that manages, commands, directs or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems. Industrial control systems are used in industrial production for controlling equipment or machines. There are two common classes of control systems, open loop control systems and closed loop control systems. In open loop control systems output is generated based on inputs. In closed loop control systems current output is taken into consideration and corrections are made based on feedback. A closed loop system is also called a feedback control system. — Wikipedia
(Modern) Control theory dates from the 19th century, when the theoretical basis for the operation of governors was first described by James Clerk Maxwell. Control theory was further advanced by Edward Routh in 1874, Charles Sturm and in 1895, Adolf Hurwitz, who all contributed to the establishment of control stability criteria; and from 1922 onwards, the development of PID control theory by Nicolas Minorsky. Although a major application of control theory is in control systems engineering, which deals with the design of process control systems for industry, other applications range far beyond this. As the general theory of feedback systems, control theory is useful wherever feedback occurs. A few examples are in physiology, electronics, climate modeling, machine design, ecosystems, navigation, neural networks, predator–prey interaction, gene expression, and production theory. — Wikipedia
A Brief History of Automatic Control (Stuart Bennett)
Control Labs (University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)
Control System Lab (Brian Douglas, YouTube Channel)
Professional Societies (WWW Virtual Library, Deparrtment of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Control Groups Around the World (WWW Virtual Library, Deparrtment of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Control Engineering Conferences (WWW Virtual Library, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
IEEE Control Systems Magazine
Journal of Control Science and Engineering
Control Journals (WWW Virtual Library, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge)
Control Engineer Joke (Robert E. Buxbaum)
Using Mindstorms in a Control Systems Lab to Impact Next Generation Engineers (Penn State Behrend)
IEEE Control Systems - new TOC TOC Alert for Publication# 5488303
Ming Cao [People in Control]
on February 1, 2020 at 12:00 am
How did your education and early career lead to your initial and continuing interest in the control field?
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[Conference Calendar]
2019 IEEE Control Systems Society Awards [Awards]


With less than five months to go until AUSPACK PLUS 2011, exhibitors are signing up weekly to be a part of the largest biennial multi-platform exhibition of Packaging, Processing and Plastics Machinery, Materials and Associated Technology.
To be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from March 22-25, AUSPACK PLUS will showcase hundreds of packaging, processing and plastics solutions.
Viscon Australia is one of the latest additions to the Show.
Viscon is a world-wide supplier of product and material handling solutions. The company specialises in the design, development and manufacture of integrated logistics systems for pre and post-processing of product and product carriers.
"We are renowned world-wide for our punnet, box, crate, bin, trolley and pallet handling solutions, says Mr Rudi van den Bos, National Sales Representative, Viscon Australia.
Viscon will have a range of products on display at Stand 838 at AUSPACK PLUS 2011.


In Windows imaging applications, the most used API for scanning is TWAIN www.twain.org. Unfortunately, the new .NET Framework has no built-in support for TWAIN. So we have to work with the interop methods of .NET to access this API. This article doesn't explain this interop techniques, and good knowledge of the TWAIN 1.9 specifications is assumed! The sample code included doesn't present a finished library, only some essential steps for a minimal TWAIN adaption to .NET applications.
For some sort of 'callbacks', TWAIN uses special Windows messages, and these must be caught from the application-message-loop. In .NET, the only way found was IMessageFilter.PreFilterMessage(), and this filter has to be activated with a call like Application.AddMessageFilter(). Within the filter method, we have to forward each message to Twain.PassMessage(), and we get a hint (enum TwainCommand) back for how we have to react.
All code was only tested on Windows 2000SP2, with an Epson Perfection USB scanner and an Olympus digital photo camera. The scanned picture is (by TWAIN spec) a Windows DIB, and the sample code has VERY little checking against error return codes and bitmap formats. Unfortunately, no direct method is available in .NET to convert a DIB to the managed Bitmap class... Some known problems may show up with color palettes and menus.
Note, TWAIN has it's root in 16-Bit Windows! For a more modern API supported on Windows ME/XP, have a look at Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
Load you scanned image into ImagXpress and follow the below code. It should be fine.
I was wondering if it would be possible to post an update with the changes you have made since the orignal post. Especially I would be interested on how to best implement the retrival of the CAP_FEEDERENABLED, CAP_FEEDERLOADED capabilities.
I can not seem to figure out how to do this.
In my application i have used this twain application to scan documents.
It is working absolutely fine.
I need help on how to detect blank page while scanning,I tried my level best to do it but failed to get results.
newbie question: mdi child form problem.
Program works great without any modification. When I try to add a new mdi child form and try to call the tw.select using a button control, nothing happens. tw.acquire scans the document but hangs up at the end of the scan. I think it has something to do with the imessagefilter but I just can't figure it out. I went through all the postings on this page. There were 2 similar problems posted but no solid replies. I have spent countless hours googling it. Please HELP.
I want to declare and call everything from the child form.
is it possible perform scanning using network scanner? how can i connect to network shared scanner?
We have 18 branches all over the UK, and have a good policy of using thin client devices for all purposes we can possibly get away with; indeed more than 98% of all end users use a thin client terminal plugged into a Citrix cloud.
One area where PC's have been required is for scanning paper documents such as proof of deliveries, invoices etc.
To remove that requirement we have replaced the PC's with Axis 70U network scanning boxes. One end is an ethernet port, the other is a USB port. They cost approximately £400 and can work with just about any scanner. One big green button on top does it all!
I would recommend to give simplicity and cut out confusion, adopt these boxes or something equivalent. Super easy.
It took me about 3 hours to find out how to get a list of Epson scanner supported Twain commands so thought I'd add a reference here for all of you building on this project and using Epson scanners.
Register at www.epsondevelopers.com/sections[^] and download both the EPSON TWAIN Capabilities Reference Check List and Programming Guide for EPSON TWAIN. These documents are listed within the Programming Guide Download section.
I noticed when using the document feeder that it scanned and then aquired each document image at a time where as using the scanners own software it scanned through all the pages and then transferred from the buffer which was much better in performance.
Have done all of this.
If autoscan capability code commented, all works good, except pauses for about a second between each list of paper.
My scanner supports the TwCapability (ICAP_HALFTONES = 0x1109) = "TextEnhancement Technology".
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My question is how to I use the Marshal object to write the string?
DSuserif will cause exception AccessViolationException: "Attempted to read or write protected memory. This is often an indication that other memory is corrupt."
IS this project not compatiable with .Net framework 2.0?
Having the same problem and just want to shoot myself! Did you manage to solve it?
I am trying to implement it to a user control but it in scan but doesn't works. Do I have to make specific changes or I am missing something can you please tell me.
I am having a problem because twain returns control only after all documents in feeder are scanned. This leads to high memory usage as reported by an earlier poster.
What do I need to do to scan just one document from the feeder?
Please i study this program and not found a solution for this problem.
My Scanner support duplex mode, but i not think to get the images from scanner.
I need update the TransferPictures function?
I have spent about two days trying to get the duplex to work with a fijitsu f1-5110C scanner. Have any of you got this working?
Again Thanks for the assist!
when i scanning multi-page documents, then cancel it to pause the operation, the program run into dead.


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To improve my modeling skills I decided to create Chihiro (Sen) from the movie "Spirited Away". I'm a fan of Hayao Miyazaki's movies and thought this would be a worthy challenge. It was. I'm happy with how the model and rigging came out. I will set up a page for her one of these days. In the meantime, I finished the model but didn't have a plan for what to do with her. One morning I woke with the idea of using the character in the famous opening to the James Bond movies, the gun barrel sequence. I don't know where this ridiculous notion came from but it seemed like a fun thing to try. The result is the short video above. I modeled the sequence on the openings for the first two Bond films, "Dr. No" (1962) and "From Russia With Love" (1963).
There is a lot of action going on in a short time as 00-Sen draws her gun. Have a look at it in slow motion.
Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli:	Spirited Away (movie).
Eon Productions:	Copyright owner of James Bond gun barrel sequence.
Maurice Binder:	Original designer of the gun barrel sequence (visuals) featured in many James Bond films.
Monty Norman:	James Bond Theme (music).


Since moving back to a family ward I have spent most of my time working with the youth. Other than a brief stint as a Relief Society teacher (cushiest calling ever…) I have either worked in the Sunday School with the 14-15 year olds or as the Laurels advisor. I found Sunday School to be particularly challenging, both because the mixing of genders often changes the dynamic, and because you tend to have less of a personal relationship with the kids than if you work in the Young Women/Men organization. To make matters worse, when I was teaching Sunday School we were still using the Gospel Doctrine manual, which had no suggested activities and was in no way tailored to help teachers reach teenagers. I like to think my frequent complaining letters about this through lds.org helped them move toward the new curriculum.
The women of Exponent II were having a conversation on the backlist about how to work with youth and there were so many good ideas that we decided to make it into a post. Many of these ideas come from the other bloggers. If you readers have any more ideas of how to make church more engaging for teenagers, we would love to hear them.


Hair is arguably a person's best accessory, so it only makes sense to want to make it shine — literally! These hair-product gift sets will help you, and any lucky recipient, do just that. And, bonus: the bundles mean you get to sample more product for your buck. From a mermaid-inspired texturizing set to beer-infused shampoo and conditioner, and from a luxury styling kit that includes a Dyson hairdryer to fave roundups from Ulta and Sephora, there's plenty to choose from!
As the name denotes, BioSilk hair care utilizes amino-rich silk proteins in its lineup of products. The BioSilk Holiday Trio ($25, originally $34) contains three full-size favorites, including Silk Therapy, Shine On, and Thermal Shield.


Finally! After 20 million posts, we have arrived. I have to admit that I had literally never heard of this place or these pyramids. They were really impressive! Mexico truly has it all. It was really hot and humid, and this place is enormous. We literally spent hours here. There was so much detail everywhere, and it was crazy to see. We also had to go up and down little pyramids just to GET here. Don't they know how lazy I am?
We walked and walked... and walked. Finally, we got to the Pyramid of the Sun aka the Ancient Stairmaster.
Do you see those specks on the pyramid? Those are people. Hell nah! You know what I didn't do? Climb these pyramids. The steps were very narrow and steep. I don't think so, Tim. I knew that if I climbed to the top there would be no way I was gonna be able to climb down. Why didn't they build a slide? Was I really going to need the aid of a helicopter to rescue me? Yes. So me and a few other in the group sat down and watched everyone else climb up. I wanted to come back alive. Later, we walked down the Avenue of the Dead.
People in our group decided they still felt like climbing (why?!), so off they went to the Pyramid of the Moon.
No one really knows who built them (aliens), but it doesn't really matter. They are still really awesome and I'd recommend all of you to scope them out. I guess this is where they held ceremonies and stuff, too. To be honest, if there was any place for human sacrifices to happen-- this place was the gnarliest. The Pyramid of the Sun is made of volcanic rock, I mean how cool is that? It is also one of the biggest structures of it's kind in the Western hemisphere. How did I not know this existed?
This was my last day in La Gran Ciudad and I really wish I'd stayed a few more days. Mexico City is the safest and friendliest place I have been to, ever. I really enjoyed my time here and can't wait to come back!


This 20,000-square-meter mixed-use complex is a vibrant location in downtown Sydney, located on the popular George Street. Comprised of 12 boutique shops, 18 bars, nine restaurants, two penthouse suites, a rooftop pool, a garden atrium, and one of the city's largest ballrooms, Ivy is an intricate scheme that seamlessly reinvigorates previously neglected pedestrian areas.
Within the public center of the mixed-use site are two lanes that link to surrounding walkways. Once there, visitors can get away from the ongoing bustle of the city and rest or socialize.
The architectural forms are also sensitive to the historical surroundings, such as the original 1895 building for the Equitable Life Assurance Society of America, designed by Edward Raht.
With interiors that refer to domesticity and the home, the challenge for Ivy was to create an interdisciplinary dialogue including diverse, yet cohesive materials, forms, detailing, lighting, scale and line of sight choices to connect the project to its surrounding context.


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Hot Stove Smiles
As we head into "hot stove" season and all the complications of free agency, non-tenders, salary arbitration, DH discussions and 60-game player evaluation, let's take a break and have a few laughs. This piece originally appeared about 3 ½ years ago and was a favorite of regular readers…
There is little doubt that there are more golf jokes than in any other sport. After all, even the throw-away lines are funny because when you ask a golfer how he's been playing lately and he replies, "My game has improved dramatically since I had my ball retriever re-gripped", you can't help but laugh.
When it comes to quotes however, baseball will always be at the pinnacle. Maybe it has to do with over 150 years of history or the fact that every American youth is exposed to the sport at an early age and understands the basics of the game. For us die-hard fans, we'd probably like to think that it's the result of the great characters that have captured our imagination over a lifetime. So, for today's visit, we'll look at some of the great quotes of the game and hope they bring a smile, cause an outright guffaw or put a quizzical look on your face.
> On hearing that Reggie Jackson was reported to have an IQ of 165, Yankee teammate Mickey Rivers snidely replied, "Out of what – a thousand?"
> "He's got power enough to hit home runs in any park, including Yellowstone." – Sparky Anderson on Willie Stargell
> "I gave (pitcher) Mike Cuellar more chances than I gave my first wife." – Earl Weaver
> "Hating the Yankees is as American as apple pie, unwed mothers and cheating on your income tax." – Mike Royko, Chicago newspaper columnist
> "Ninety feet between home plate and first base may be the closest man has ever come to perfection." – Red Smith, sportswriter
> "There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them work." – Charlie Lau, hitting coach
> "Baseball is ninety percent mental and the other half is physical." – Yogi Berra
> "For the parents of a Little Leaguer, a baseball game is simply a nervous breakdown divided into nine innings." – Earl Wilson, former pitcher
> "Good pitching will beat good hitting anytime, and vice versa." – Bob Veale, former pitcher
> "The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws." – Rick Wise, former pitcher
> "Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak a sunrise past a rooster." – Curt Simmons, former pitcher
> "In a way, an umpire is like a woman. He makes quick decisions, never reverses them, and doesn't think you're safe when you're out." – Larry Goetz, former umpire
> "You never save a pitcher for tomorrow. Tomorrow it may rain." – Leo Durocher
> "A good cigar is like a beautiful chick with a great body who also knows the American League box scores." – Klinger (from M*A*S*H*)
> "I never threw an illegal pitch. The trouble is, once in a while I toss one that ain't never been seen by this generation." – Satchel Paige
> "Baseball is like a poker game, nobody wants to quit when he's losing: nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead." – Jackie Robinson
> "The difference between the old ballplayer and the new ballplayer is the jersey. The old ballplayer cared about the name on the front. The new ballplayer cares about the name on the back." – Steve Garvey
> "Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it." – Bill Terry
> "Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game." – Ted Williams
> "If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if there are men on base." – Dave Barry, humorist
"You can't sweep a series if you don't win the first game, and it's tougher to win two out of three if you lose the first one." – Todd Helton
> "Willie Mays' glove is where triples go to die." – Jim Murray, newspaper columnist
> "The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided." – Casey Stengel
> "The way to make coaches think you're in shape in the Spring is to get a tan." – Whitey Ford
> "I watch a lot of baseball on radio." – Gerald Ford
> "I never took the game home with me. I always left it in some bar." – Bob Lemon
> "All I remember about my wedding day in 1967 is that the Cubs lost a doubleheader." – George Will, author
> "A hot dog at the game beats roast beef at the Ritz." – Humphrey Bogart
> "He looks like a greyhound but he runs like a bus." – George Brett on teammate Jamie Quirk
> "If Mike Scioscia was in a race with a pregnant woman, he'd finish third." – Tommy Lasorda
> Asked what it feels like to be the shortest player in the major leagues, 5′ 4″ Freddie Patek replied, "A heckuva lot better than being the shortest player in the minor leagues."
> "Andre Dawson has a bruised knee and is listed as day-to-day…Aren't we all?" – Vin Scully
> "He once asked me if Beirut was named after that famous baseball player who hit home runs." – High School Teacher
> Veteran Pitcher Roger McDowell on taking a rookie under his wing – "I have to go to all the places he can't, to make sure he isn't there."
> In 1995, during the strike, a replacement pitcher who hadn't pitched professionally in nine years had a terrible outing. Pirates broadcaster Steve Blass said, "He should have been better, pitching on 3,195 days' rest."
> "Aw, c'mon, how could he lose a ball in the sun? He's from Mexico." – Harry Carey
Needless to say, we've just touched the surface of this glorious topic and if you're wondering if we'll revisit it in the future think of the Bryce Harper quote – "That's a clown question, Bro".
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Convicted murderer arrested on firearms charges
by: Britney Taylor
Posted: Mar 6, 2019 / 12:52 AM CST / Updated: Mar 6, 2019 / 01:16 AM CST
An Evansville man convicted of murder more than 20 years ago finds himself back in police custody.
Evansville Police arrested 40-year-old Larry Richmond, Sr Tuesday morning.
Acting on a tip from Richmond's son, police obtained a search warrant for a home on Sheffield Drive in Evansville.
Richmond's son told police his dad may have buried the guns. Police say they found a buried box of guns in the backyard of the home.
They located a Taurus PT745C, Smith and Wesson MP9, and Sig Saur P938, all with their serial numbers filed off. A box of .45 caliber ammunition and 9MM ammunition, wrapped in tube socks inside the box.
Police are still looking for a fourth gun, a Taurus Judge that was missing. According to the affidavit, Richmond's son says he stole it last September from a pawn shop he used to work at.
Richmond, Sr. is charged with three counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, three counts of possession of an altered handgun, and possession of meth.
Eyewitness News' archives show in 1996, at just 17 years old, Richmond, Sr. pleaded guilty to shooting and killing 70-year-old James Montgomery.
Richmond was sentenced to 45 years in prison and five years' probation, but records show he was released from prison in March of 2018.
For the latest breaking news and stories from across the Tri-State, follow Eyewitness News on Facebook and Twitter.
(This story was originally published on March 5, 2019)
by Miranda Meister / Jan 19, 2020
EVANSVILLE, Ind. (WEHT)-- As the legislative session continues organizations are taking to the statehouse to have their causes heard. One of them; Moms Demand Action.
Evansville participants made the trip and explain why it's important for those from downstate to make the trip.
Canadian woman finds snowy surprise in car
by Ryan Witry / Jan 19, 2020
(WEHT)- As snowstorms continue to sweep across North America, a woman in Canada received an unwelcome surprise: a car full of snow.
The woman says she left the passenger window down while she parked the night before and noticed something was off when she noticed there was no snow around her car. That's because all of the snow was inside her car. She later said there was so much snow, she couldn't even get inside.
Ukranian plane crash victims returned home
(WEHT)- The remains of 11 Ukrainians killed in a passenger plane shot down by Iranian forces were received in Kiev Sunday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and some members of his cabinet were in attendance during the somber ceremony.
All 176 people on board the plane were killed when the Iranian military confused the plane for a cruise missile. Iran is currently examining the plane's black box and says it has not decided if it will send flight data recorders to another country.
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One of UNT's sealed 3D printers. It's manufacturing in an argon gas environment.
A table of mostly metal objects manufactured with 3D printing in UNT's additive manufacturing lab.
Inside a sealed, clear box filled with argon gas, one of UNT's 3D machines is busy printing away, accompanied by its own humming, buzzing soundtrack.
"For this particular thing we are making is actually a soft, magnetic alloy," says UNT engineering Professor Raj Banerjee, who helped launch this new lab in November.
Banerjee says this 3D printing process is also known as additive manufacturing. The printer adds material one thin layer at a time. Plastic pellets or metal powders are placed on a platform, heated with a laser before another layer goes on top of another and another until it's done.
UNT grad student Saket Thapliyal stands in front of a different 3D printer in UNT's new lab.
For 28 year-old graduate Saket Thapliyal, 3D printing is the future.
But this lab is working to get it done. 3D printing has been around three decades even though to many it seems new. And while 3D objects look nice, there's been a long-standing problem. They often fail — in medicine or aerospace — because they're not durable. For example, Banerjee says 3D printed parts for high stakes jet engines have for years broken down. This lab's working to solve that by creating completely new materials.
Because, says UNT Research Professor Narendra Dahotre, who helped engineer this 3D lab, that will truly expand the horizons of additive manufacturing.
"It will let us do things which were never possible to be done in the past," Dahotre says.
Narendra Dahotre, UNT Distinguished Research Professor, left; and Rajarshi Banerjee, Director of the Materials Research Facility at UNT.
Things like creating the next generation of surgical pins and plates, which are currently made of titanium. Orthopedic surgeon Dane Wukich says that helps and hinders.
"If you have a fracture and you put a plate in — a piece of metal — it provides an internal splint right away so your bone has support and you're not flopping all over the place," Wukich says.
It's great for the broken bone, says Wukich, chair of orthopedic surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center. But it's not great for the healthy bone on either side of the break. That bone needs stress to stay healthy. But Wukich says the stiff, titanium implant weakens it by taking on all that stress.
Doctor Alan Jones, chief of orthopedics at Baylor University Medical Center, imagines a solution that doesn't yet exist.
"One thing would be to have a strongest part of the plate in the middle and then gradually become more flexible and stuff as you get to the end," says Dr. Jones.
Prototype for a new surgical plate consisting of different metals with different properties. It cannot be made without 3D printing, says Banerjee.
That's not possible with titanium alone. Banerjee says UNT's lab has 3D-printed a new type of surgical plate material. Holding it in his hand, he says it contains surgical titanium in one section, but also niobium in another, and zirconium.
This 3D plate is still years from use and must prove safe and effective. But it may be just what the doctor ordered.
For Texas inmates who've been denied dentures by the state, a reprieve may now come thanks to 3D printing. This comes after an investigation by the Houston Chronicle earlier this year that detailed how difficult it was for many Texas state prisoners to get dentures they said they needed to do daily tasks, like eat and speak.
A federal judge in Seattle has agreed to extend an order blocking an Austin-based company from publishing 3D-printable gun designs on the internet.


From straight and bold to feathered and arched, prominent brows are back in a big way, and we love it. As far as we're concerned, eyebrows are the most important facial feature. For one thing, they're more identifiable than any other feature. (Really!) Plus, they literally speak for you with their expressive movements. It's no surprise that we all feel pressure to make sure our brows are on point at all times.
Fortunately, now there's a way to effortlessly achieve better brows—that doesn't involve the dreaded daily plucking and penciling ritual. And let's be honest, we'd all love to be able to hit the snooze button an extra time or 10 in the mornings. Meet microblading—a service we're proud to offer right here at Just Stringz.
We know keeping up with the latest and greatest in the beauty world can be a tough task—but trust us—this is one trend worth learning about. So, what exactly is microblading? It's a semi-permanent technique that mimics the look of actual hair (read: not your great aunt's tattooed-on brows) to make eyebrows appear thicker and fuller.
While the process itself takes about two hours to complete, your new brows will last up to two years. Not a bad trade off—considering you'll save at least that much time getting ready now that you can officially retire your eyebrow pencil.
So what can you expect? To start, we apply a topical anesthetic to numb the area around your eyebrows. (We want you to be as comfortable and relaxed as possible.) Next, we outline your desired shape, get your approval, and then get to work painting your beautiful new brows – blading into the dermal layer of skin for a grown-in, full appearance.
Upkeep is minimal. You'll come in for a touch-up appointment after a month to make sure your brows look perfect, then every six months to a year to ensure they stay that way. Touch-up appointments are much faster than the initial appointment—we'll usually just darken your color and fill in missing hairs as needed.
Initially, the pigment will appear very dark. Don't panic, though—the color will gradually soften to your desired shade.
Also, you'll probably have dry, flaky skin around that area (and possibly some swelling). DON'T SCRATCH. Again, this is completely normal and only lasts a few days.
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Furthermore, how cool that you kept the original console AND the box, and all the various pieces of your collection. I have my original boxed Atari 2600 from my youth, but I stupidly threw out all the boxes for the games.
No dude, thats great. My main worry is when the console is no longer suppirted and the games go bye bye. Again, that will be the new reality to future generations and I am sure they will be whatever about it. Its the going back a number of years latter to enjoy the past that bumms me out. Great response bro, thanks.
This is what I could score on a quick game. I had never played this game before!
This version truly is incredible. Honestly, I completely forgot I was playing a 2600 game, it feels so much like the real arcade version. Really great controls too. This actually beats the 5200 version due to the speed and controls.
Amazing collection bro! This is the closest I will come to having an everdrive. Lol Oh and my only flash cart at that.
As a kid it was 2600 Pac-Man, kid you not. I didn't know it was supposed to be bad until I got in the retro scene after 2000. Yeah, it had a different color scheme, but those sound effects were very iconic and I still had fun with the game.
I love this game! There is a way to get a few extra bonus points. Look at the flags in the upper right hand corner. Collect the colored flags in the order that it shows and the flags will start to flash for a short while. I think the flags are worth double while flashing. I have managed to collect flags while they are flashing to lengthen the time the flags flash. I remember playing this game at an arcade/go kart place my hometown use to have decades ago. It was the only time I seen the arcade of Buggy Boy. I never knew any form of home computer or console got this game until recently. Unlike the arcade version, however, the ST version lacks other cars on the track to annoy you. It's just you and the open road. Controls are simple making this an easy game to pick up and play. And you don't have to hold throttle down the entire time. The throttle works the same way as 2600's Enduro. Get it up to speed and let off. It will maintain speed until you either hit something, slow down, or crash. Fire button is used to shift gears. Awesome score, RP! I'll have to give it another go.


The pro skateboarder's charity, in part inspired by his own upbringing, tackles the global water crisis.
With a staggering number of championships (including nine X Games medals) to his name, in addition to a healthy roster of lucrative sponsorships, Nyjah Huston has made a comfortable living at 20 years old. But things weren't always so easy for the prolific skateboarder.
"When I was 13 years old, my family and I lived on a farm in Puerto Rico that didn't have clean, running water all the time," Huston has said. "So my brothers and I would have to walk to the river to get the water we needed for the day … wash clothes, dishes. And water is not the easiest thing to carry when you're a little kid for miles and miles."
It was those trying times that inspired him to create the Let It Flow Foundation with his mother, Kelle.
The nonprofit aims to bring safe, sustainable water to the world's most vulnerable communities. As California and the surrounding region grapple with dire water shortages, it's certainly novel that Huston is working to bring running water to people who've never had it before.
"I consider myself really lucky to have had such a good life. Everything from my friends and family to my career have gone really well, and the next step in life is to do your best to help other people in every way possible," he said via Let It Flow. "Everyone should have the desire to. Drawing from personal experience and also knowing that so many people, kids, are still living without sanitary water … makes you want to make it easier for them."
The first water well was built in the Ethiopian village of Debra Brehan, which is home to about 900 people. Skate legend Tony Hawk, pro skaters Aaron "Jaws" Homoki and Derrick Wilson and Ethiopian youth skateboarding advocate Israel Dejene traveled with Huston in January to Ethiopia, where together they built and repaired water systems in several rural villages. The experience was documented on ABC's "World of X Games Presents Dream Big: Skateboarders in Ethiopia," which aired in July.
He calls his reaction to the kids seeing flowing water for the first time "absolutely amazing," and one that he won't soon forget. "We were fixing the wells, and when we were finally done and the wells started working, the kids ran up to the gushing water. They had never seen that before.
"The best part is seeing how happy you can make those kids over something so simple. It makes you think about life back at home and puts every single thing into perspective. We get mad over the smallest things, like traffic, or not getting phone service, and here these kids are with so little, yet they're so happy."
To learn how you can help support Let It Flow, visit letitflow.org.
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Mini library for the blind in Thulamela
Sekhukhune district health officials investigated for fraud
GNT bus drivers to embark on strike
By Chandu Ligege
The Library and Information Association of South Africa (LIASA) in Limpopo is calling on local publishers and authors to allow the South African Library for the Blind to reproduce their books in braille and audio, in order for the visually impaired to consume local content.
Public Relations Officer for LIASA Limpopo, Lethabo Ledwaba says the association welcomes the recent launch of the mini library for the blind in the Thulamela library, but adds that more still needs to be done in the province.
Ledwaba says Vhembe and Sekhukhune are the only districts in the province with libraries that cater for the blind and this launch is a sign that other districts will follow suit.
Ledwaba says the mini library services for the blind is guided by Section 32(1) of the Constitution, that states that everyone has the right of access information.


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Is there a way to do that in one command, with no temp file? Something like
grep -A 1 LOAD filename1 | paste filename2 "grep output" >> filename3

A: You can use '-' to represent the input from the pipe
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A: You can use process substitution instead of using a temporary file:
paste filename2 <(grep -A 1 LOAD filename1) >> filename3

A: grep -A 1 LOAD filename1.txt  | paste filename2.txt /dev/stdin >> filename3.txt

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Have We Taken the Social Out of Social Media?
Social media is changing faster than anyone is realizing. How long before we start treating it like "old media"?
Do you solo? A changing economy has meant big changes in the way we work. More and more of us now are "Soloists" – either by choice or necessity. This demographic is unorganized, unstudied and unsupported by government or the economy itself.
In this time of transformative – some might say disruptive – change, we thought it would be a good idea to ask some bright minds around the world about the major trends of 2015 and what to look forward to in 2016.
Why is content marketing experiencing a backlash? Because there's too much content out there, and too much of it is about content itself, argues Spafax Content Director Arjun Basu.
Slow Food. Slow Cities. Slow Content. Invoking the late Steve Jobs, Spafax Content Director Arjun Basu argues it's time for content creators and conference-goers to stop worrying about trends and start doing good work.


Auto dealer licenses in Indiana are handled by the Indiana Secretary of State Auto Dealer Services Division. Details about the requirements can be found in Article 6 of the Indiana Administrative Code, and the application form can be downloaded here.
Indiana has a single license type for all new and used auto dealers.
The location must have a minimum area of 1,300 square feet and be able to accommodate at least ten vehicles of the kind and type that the dealer is licensed to sell. It must also have space for customer parking.
The location must have and display customer parking areas, which are surfaced with asphalt, concrete, or another substance that won't change in adverse weather conditions.
The location must have an office of at least 100 square feet, equipped with standard office furniture such as a desk and filing cabinets; serviced with utilities including electricity, lighting, heat, operational plumbing, and a business telephone.
The location must be accessible to the public for a minimum of 30 hours each week during normal business hours.
Photographs of the established place of business must be included with the initial application for a dealer license. These photographs must include the sales and storage lot, exterior advertising sign, display and office building, and interior of office building.
For a new vehicle dealer, evidence of a franchise or contract agreement, if applicable, showing a sales arrangement with a manufacturer, converter manufacturer, or distributor, must be included with the initial licensing application.
One hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) for bodily injury to one (1) person.
Proof of insurance must be included with your application.
All dealers are required to obtain a bond to get licensed. You'll need to fill out State Form 53966 (R5/ 6-15).
Fill out and submit your application, along with all supporting documentation to the Secretary of State's office.


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Bernard Gilardi: Four Decades
October 15 - January 8, 2011
Bernard Gilardi
Rite of Fire, 1987. Oil on masonite, 24 x 20 in.
Ascetic Abe, 1976. Oil on masonite, 30 x 24 in.
Flowering Youth, 1983. Oil on board, 28 x 22 in.
Bernard Gilardi (1920-2008) worked as a lithographer for a printing company and lived in a small house on Milwaukee's near North side. Having always been interested in art, he started painting in the late 1950s. He continued to make oil paintings throughout his life in his basement studio. By the time he died in 2008, at the age of 88, he had completed about 400 paintings. Portrait Society will present two bodies of work as well as a catalog to introduce Bernard Gilardi's legacy to the public.
Gallery A will feature an assortment of figurative paintings in a style of Mr. Gilardi's own invention, but loosely fitting in with a historic Midwestern tendency toward "magic realism" or Surrealism (Karl Priebe, John Wilde and more recently Dennis Nechvatal and Fred Stonehouse). Although Mr. Gilardi was interested in attending art shows and reading about artists, he did not show or sell his own paintings. After serving in the Army Air Corps in World War II, he took at least one art class at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, but his formal art education seemed to end there. Nevertheless, Gilardi's work shows great sophistication in his ability to render complex scenes, paint different textures convincingly, and orchestrate color.
Gallery B will present a suite of large scale (26 x 30 inches) oil on panel portraits of Abraham Lincoln done between 1973 and 1976. Mr. Gilardi's fascination with Lincoln at this time coincides with the aftermath of the civil rights movement of the mid to late 1960s. Coincidentally, Father Groppi, a local civil rights activist, lived up the block from the Gilardis on N. 41st Street beginning in the early 1980s. The Lincoln paintings also came at a time when our presidential leadership under Richard Nixon erupted in scandal, which led to his resignation (1974) and the 1976 election with Ford and Carter as running mates. Leadership, integrity and doubt were surely on the mind's of many people at this time.
Bernard Gilardi's work is like a time capsule, pulling from the stylistic tendencies of the decades in which he worked, yet always infused with his own gentle humor and creative vision. It is extremely rare that such an accomplished body of work is created in isolation and survives intact.


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Five Eyes test new tech in exercise for reducing urban combat risks
By: Nigel Pittaway November 30, 2017
Soldiers conduct a building clearance as part of CUE17 conducted in Adelaide, South Australia. (Australian Department of Defence)
ADELAIDE, Australia — This year's Contested Urban Environment field exercise is due to conclude Dec. 1 after more than a week of activities designed to test new and emerging technologies to protect both war fighters and the civilian population in a complex urban warfare environment.
Approximately 100 Australian Defence Force personnel and more than 80 scientists and researchers from Australia, the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom took part in CUE17, which began Nov. 20, in the South Australian city of Adelaide.
CUE17 is part of the Contested Urban Environment Strategic Challenge, run under the Five Eyes' Technical Cooperation Program, and it is the first field exercise run under the program, which has previously been conducted as a desktop simulation exercise. Five Eyes is an intelligence alliance between all five of the countries participating in CUE17.
[Coming soon: joint international cyberspace operations]
The exercise was held with the full support of the South Australian state government and utilized the recently vacated Adelaide Dental Hospital and Royal Adelaide Hospital buildings, creating a realistic challenge during several different scenarios.
Australian lead for the event, Justin Fidock from the Defence Science and Technology Group, or DST Group, said the aim was to determine benefits that can be derived from the integration of wide-area aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, ground-based sensors, and target sharing for war fighters operating in difficult and complex urban environment.
"Basically we are integrating ground- and air-based sensors and using multiple methods to draw insights into technology, with a strong emphasis on qualitative data," he said.
The operations hub for the 2017 Contested Urban Environment Strategic Challenge is a hive of activity with new technology being tested by the five nations involved. (Australian Department of Defence)
Various new and emerging technologies from Australia, the U.S. and Canada were selected for CUE17, including DST Group's Defence Experimentation Airborne Platform; a Beechcraft 1900 aircraft configured for Wide Area Surveillance Activity Based Intelligence, or WASABI, with an Angel Fire 2 96-megapixel camera; a Selex Galileo PicoSAR synthetic aperture radar; and a Wescam MX-20HD full-motion, high-definition video sensor.
Other DST technologies included Evolutionary Layered ISR Integration EXemplar Architecture ISR enterprise software; social media analysis systems; and the ability to track targets using existing public infrastructure, such as CCTV cameras.
"The challenge is to understand which sensors from which nation fit into the ISR 'picture' and how we push that down to the user," Fidock said.
U.S. technologies fielded for the event included the DragonFly 360-degree, full-motion video camera system mounted on the corner of one of the high-rise buildings to simulate a tethered UAV, which would typically be used in a real scenario.
Also being trialed was a 3-D common operating picture sensor.
"That allows us to do mission planning in a 3-D environment, so you know where to put the sensors to identify where dead spots are," explained U.S. lead Susan Toth, from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory.
"Then when live events are going on, as sensors are going off, it alerts onto the common operating picture and that allows rapid recueing. For example, we demonstrated a scenario where a Canadian ground sensor detected an activity and we were able to auto-cue the Australian WASABI aircraft's sensors and send the information to the user via tactical data link."
The next field activity under the Technical Cooperation Program, CUE18, will be hosted in Canada, and the 2019 event will take place in the United States.
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WILLIAM LEGRAND HALL: THE BEST MINDS SAID HE WAS INSANE
St. Louis [MO] Republican - July 22, 1862
THE BRUTAL MURDER IN FRANKLIN COUNTY
A few days ago mention was made in the Republican of the killing of Miss Emily Hall, a young lady of Union, Franklin county, by her brother, Legrand Hall, who shot her with a musket. The following facts, which we learned yesterday from a gentleman acquainted with the circumstances show that the murder was one of the most cruel and cold blooded of any that has ever taken place. It appears that the murder has for years been regarded as a desperate character. A few years ago he was convicted of the murder of Andrew Bullock, and sentenced to the penitentiary. Shortly after he was pardoned out by Gov. Stewart, at the request of a Circuit Judge. His father recently made his will, and gave $500 more to his two other children than to Legrand. The latter took offense at this, and determined to have revenge. He endeavored to make an arrangement with an old negro to kill the whole family on the 4th of July, but the negro declined. Mr. Hall, the father, was on his death bed on the night of the murder, and his children, including Legrand, were present.
Late in the evening Legrand went out of the death chamber and soon after called his sister Emily to join him. The sister had no sooner stepped outside the room than she was shot dead by her brother, who then fled. The citizens of the vicinity soon after turned out and succeeded in capturing him, and he was lodged in jail. The day was fixed for the preliminary examination, and he appeared in Court provided with law books and papers to defend himself. The examination had progressed but a short time, when he was seized by the infuriated citizens. A rope was tied about his neck, and he was swung up on the limb of a tree, and thus speedily and summarily executed.
Things you might need to know if this is YOUR relative:
The father's name was ABNER HALL. He died shortly after Emily was shot.
The murderer's name was William LeGrand Hall. He was an attorney
Miss Emily's name was Caroline Emily.
William was Abner's oldest child. John Hall (my great-great-grandfather), was Abner's 2nd child.
After William killed Emily, he set out for John's house (John was NOT at his father's bedside) intent on killing him next, probably because his father had appointed John executor of his considerable estate. Obviously I would not be here if William had succeeded in killing John.
There is a slightly different version of this story in the well-known book on Franklin County by Herman Kiel. That story ends this way: "Hall's body was left to hang about three hours, when it was cut down and buried in the old graveyard about one-third of a mile northeast of Union. There is no doubt in the minds of many of the best citizens that the victim of this lynching was insane."
It is possible that there was insanity in the family. In an earlier blog I wrote of Byron Hall who killed two policemen - and he was the son of Abner's youngest son James A. Hall.
I have set no requirement for those whom I choose to be my Immortal Nobodies. Some are my family and some are not. Some are "good" and some are not. I am ok with adding poor William to the list.
The picture by Shar (above) is one of an unidentified stone in the Old Union Poor Cemetery. I do not believe William got a stone. I do not know where any of the Halls who lived and died in Union, Missouri were buried. There's much I know, and a whole lot I don't know, which is just the way genealogy is.
Labels: Abner Hall, Franklin County, Missouri; murders, William LeGrand Hall; Union
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Determining small groups to be offered each school year is based on a combination of collaboration with teachers and administration, as well as our school's attendance, academic and behavior data. In addition, we look at counseling concerns from the previous school year. Small groups offered typically include such things as friendship, confidence, self-management, and anger management. Recommendations for small groups come from teachers, administration and parents. Students for the confidence, anger management, and friendship small groups students were chosen based on a needs assessment from teachers. Although these groups do not address program goals, they were ultimately meeting the needs of our student population and based on perception data outcomes were positive. The self-regulation small group was formed as an intervention to meet our behavior goal for the year. Students were chosen for this group based on the number of physical behavior incidents they had for the first 9 weeks of school. Students with ten or more were invited to participate. Six participated and the others received different levels of intervention.
Scheduling small groups is the most challenging aspect of our program. Our goal is to avoid compromising instructional time, while still meeting the needs of our students. Therefore, we try to be creative in the times small groups meet. Some groups meet during lunch, some during early morning, and others when students are in enrichment programs.
The lessons included in this section focused on the small group of "Behavior Matters," which was a small group for self-regulation in kindergarten. When students miss instructional time due to behavior and resulting referrals to administration, they fall behind academically. Even though the baseline data compilation did not end until the end of first quarter, the small groups began in September with students who seemed to be having the greatest difficulties with altercations and confrontations with other students. It was the decision of the kindergarten teachers and the counselor to continue small group interventions for the same group throughout the school year to provide a consistent reinforcement and support the classroom guidance curriculum. Another strategy was daily check-ins by the teachers and/or counselors with these students to help reinforce the concepts covered in the small group sessions and increase accountability for actions. This was done based on the realization that many of these students do not have the support away from school to stay on track and they need this positive interaction to maintain and stay on track.
The content of all small groups was driven by ASCA mindsets and behaviors and can be seen in the activities themselves. Many lessons for the small group "Behavior Matters" used Julia Cook's books and curriculum materials. These lessons directly link to the ASCA mindsets and behaviors. The mindsets and behaviors were strategically chosen for this group because they correlate with self-control and behavior which are the areas we needed to target in order to reduce the behavior referrals in kindergarten. Mindsets and Behaviors were also linked to perception data by the pre and post test questions throughout the lessons.
The data from the results report for "Behavior Matters" were positive in regards to perception data as well as outcome data. This group, along with kindergarten core curriculum, and other interventions helped achieve our behavior goal of reducing altercation and confrontation referrals not only by 20% but by 89%. Perception data also showed us that students were positively affected by the skills and strategies taught throughout the group. Other data collected at the end of the group showed us that students reduced their number of behavior incidences from the first quarter to the fourth quarter by a significant amount. Throughout the three quarters student one reduced by 73%, student two reduced by 77%, student three reduced by 55%, student four reduced by 64%, student five reduced by 98%, and student six reduced by 80%.
Based on results, this group was beneficial; however, in the future we would gather more detailed perception data to measure their attitude of being in the group before and after; their knowledge of the vocabulary taught before and after; and their skills related to self-regulation before and after. After reflecting on all small groups, the delivery of perception data for our small groups was a weakness and will be stronger and more detailed in the future. The use of technology and collaboration with our instructional coach to form developmentally appropriate assessments will help us in this area.
Goal: By June 2, 2017 the number of kindergarten behavior referrals for altercations and confrontations (18 referrals) will be reduced by 20 percent (to 14 referrals).
Data Used to Identify Students: Data recorded by kindergarten teachers during the first quarter of 2016 regarding physical altercations or confrontations.
Implications: 1. Based on results, this group was beneficial; however, in the future we would gather more detailed perception data to measure their attitude of being in the group before and after; their knowledge of the vocabulary taught before and after; and their skills related to self-regulation before and after. 2. After reflecting on all small groups, the delivery of perception data for our small groups was a weakness and will be stronger and more detailed in the future. 3. The use of technology and collaboration with our instructional coach to form developmentally appropriate assessments will help us in this area.