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Recall of Device Recall Single shot needle
According to U.S. Food and Drug Administration, this recall involved a device in United States that was produced by Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation.
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfres/res.cfm?id=88810
Electrode, needle - Product Code GXZ
Defects include, but not limited to: not sterile, not properly labeled, drugs and swabs may be ineffective, and catheter tips may break in patients.
Stryker Instruments issued an "Urgent Medical Device Recall Notification" letter to consignee risk managers, directors and material managers on February 2, 2010, identifying the affected devices and product issues. The consignees were instructed to: 1) Forward the recall notice and reply form to all affected locations. 2) Review all inventory and quarantine affected product. 3) Destroy all affected product using attached instructions. 4) Complete and return the Business Reply Form to the firm by fax. Stryker Instruments can be contacted at 1-9800-800-4236 ext 4354
Device Recall Single shot needle
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Neurological Devices
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21G x 90mm/20 Bevel Single Shot Needle, REF 55-021-090, Rx, Sterile, Distributed by: Stryker Instruments, Kalamazoo, MI.
Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation
Stryker Instruments Div. of Stryker Corporation, 4100 E. Milham Ave., Kalamazoo MI 49001


What if you could record and query an history of the active sessions? Would not it be useful for performance tuning activities?
What wait events type were taking most time?
What wait events were taking most time?
Which application name was taking most time?
What was a session doing?
What does a SQL statement wait for?
How many sessions were running in CPU?
Which database was taking most time?
Which backend type was taking most time?
On which wait event was the session waiting for?
postgres@pgu:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -c "\d pg_active_session_history"
pgsentinel uses the pg_stat_statements extension (officially bundled with PostgreSQL) for tracking which queries get executed in your database.
postgres@pgu:~$ /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql -c "create extension pgsentinel;"
Now, the pg_active_session_history view has been created and the activity is being recorded in it.
The library and the source code will be available soon on github in the pgsentinel github repository (under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0): please do contribute!
The extension is now publicly available.


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Preventing a Media Mental Health Crisis
Developer 05/09/2020	OPINION Leave a comment 278 Views
LONDON – Nothing highlights the importance of reliable news quite like a crisis. And yet, as the COVID-19 pandemic puts journalists under intensifying pressure to deliver that news, it is also upending their industry and transforming their working conditions. The stress this is placing on their mental health should not be underestimated.
Even before the COVID-19 crisis, many journalists were burned out or on the brink. The cycle of breaking news was relentless, income from advertising revenues was falling, newsroom budgets were strained, and public trust in media was declining.
The pandemic has compounded these challenges, while generating even more uncertainty. Most journalists are now working from home, unable to meet with colleagues, contacts, or subjects. Some are overwhelmed with responsibilities, as they attempt to deliver timely – and potentially life-saving – information about a fast-changing crisis. Many have lost their jobs.
The news industry needs to ensure it is doing all it can to support journalists' mental health and wellbeing. According to Anthony Feinstein, a psychiatry professor at the University of Toronto, this is both about managing individual responses to the crisis and about news management validating the vital work of journalists at this time.
In an interview, Feinstein told me that rather than worrying about things they can't control – an emotionally draining habit that can lead to catastrophic thinking – journalists should reflect on where they can make a difference and limit the attention they devote to where they cannot. More broadly, maintaining a healthy routine – getting enough sleep, eating well, exercising (even if indoors), and connecting with friends and family – is vital.
Most people could stand to heed this advice. But Feinstein's third main recommendation – disconnecting from the news for a period of time before bed each night – is particularly difficult for those whose job it is to report it. According to Feinstein, the key is to delineate clearly one's professional roles and responsibilities – including where they end.
Failure to do so puts journalists at risk of moral injury – that is the stress that arises when a person witnesses, perpetrates, or fails to prevent acts that contradict their values. (Moral injury has been shown to affect journalists covering issues such as forced migration, for example.) It can cause severe emotional distress if unmanaged and untreated.
Journalists also need direct support from their employers. The BBC, Agence France-Presse (AFP), and Reuters – all of which have global workforces with diverse needs – are three major media organizations that have placed mental health at the center of their COVID-19-response plans.
A key lesson to be learned from their strategies is the importance of communication and understanding. "There is constant communication about what we are doing, making sure everyone is seeing the messages that yes, we are a news organization, we have a mission; but the first thing we are thinking about is the health and safety of our people," AFP's global news director, Phil Chetwynd, told me.
Likewise, Kari Cobham, Senior Associate Director of Journalism Fellowships at the Carter Center in Atlanta, encourages managers to ensure their teams understand that "their wellbeing, unique family situations, and the community are important in these difficult times." As Feinstein points out, it would be very unusual if we didn't feel some kind of anxiety amid the current tumult.
More concretely, managers should rotate tough assignments when possible and validate journalists' essential work. They should also keep staff informed, including about what resources are available to them and any changes to guidelines or policies. And they should check in regularly, encouraging staff to share any questions, concerns, or feedback, including privately, if they so choose.
"But we also need to be mindful," Roz Orchard of Reuters told me, that "constant check-ins can be overwhelming," especially at a time when people are coping with the conflicting experiences of physical isolation and digital hyper-connection. And, as Cobham points out, managers should ensure they protect their own mental health.
All of this should serve to foster a sense of trust and community that keeps journalists from feeling alone or unmotivated, without exacerbating the pressures they face. To help ensure success, media organizations should provide remote coaching to managers, giving them the tools they need to support their teams effectively.
The BBC already does just that, in addition to offering regular virtual sessions on mental health and resilience. "We talk a lot about sense of purpose," BBC News and Current Affairs Managing Editor Sarah Ward-Lilley, one of the corporation's mental-health leads, told me.
For those who cannot do their journalism jobs as they did before, purpose can become a sensitive topic. The BBC is addressing this challenge by carrying out skills audits, and reassigning those who fall into this category – say, because they usually work on a program that has been decommissioned or on a subject area where there is currently no news coverage – to skills-appropriate jobs that can be performed during the pandemic. But many others may not have that option, heightening feelings of a lack of purpose and insecurity – and making access to mental-health resources all the more important.
COVID-19's effects on journalists will continue to reverberate well into the future. News organizations must act now to ensure that those effects do not include serious mental-health consequences.
By Hannah Storm
Hannah Storm, a former director of the International News Safety Institute, is CEO of the Ethical Journalism Network.
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Loss of gear is common in all fisheries, and the Florida spiny lobster trap fishery is no exception.
The majority of lobster trap fishing occurs in the Florida Keys where lobster is important to the cultural history and economy.
The FWC has two programs that are dedicated to removing lost and abandoned spiny lobster, stone crab and blue crab traps throughout Florida. Significant challenges remain for the prevention and removal of lost traps which accumulate faster than they are removed.
Ghost fishing is the term used for fishing gear that catches and kills animals after it is lost.
Lobster fisherman in the Florida Keys primarily use wooden slat lobster traps. Damage to habitat can occur when traps are used in coral habitat or sit too long in seagrass habitat. Traps also damage habitat when they are lost in seagrass and when storms move them into coral.
In the Florida spiny lobster trap fishery, fishermen bait their traps with live, sublegal-sized (less than three-inch carapace length) lobsters, also called shorts.
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Itron Selected to Modernize and Manage Southern Connecticut Gas Company Metering System
SCG to take advantage of Itron TOTAL™ solution as a service to simplify deployment
LIBERTY LAKE, Wash. — April 29, 2014 — Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI) announced today that its longtime customer, The Southern Connecticut Gas Company (SCG), natural gas provider to customers in 22 Connecticut communities, has selected Itron to modernize and manage its metering system. The solution will help SCG optimize the delivery of natural gas, improve customer service and streamline business operations. SCG will utilize Itron TOTAL™ AMI to run, manage and maintain their gas meter reading system for 20 years.
The gas advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) solution, combined with analytics, will give SCG more insight into its assets, more control over its system and the option to offer more services to its customers. The comprehensive solution will deliver insight needed for conservation and offer cost savings and predictability.
"Itron has been a great partner to SCG for many years. Our relationship combined with Itron's broad portfolio of proven, reliable AMI technologies, sensors and controls made Itron the logical choice," said Robert M. Allessio, president and CEO of SCG. "We look forward to taking our system to the next level with AMI and analytic capabilities, which will help us gain more value from our assets."
Itron will be responsible for the installation and maintenance of the entire system, including 220,000 Itron gas communication modules and associated fixed-network infrastructure. Installation is expected to begin in mid-2014 with completion by the end of 2015.With the Itron TOTAL solution, Itron's experienced team will manage all aspects of SCG's data collection system and operations, offloading the burden of day-to-day management tasks and freeing utility staff to focus on gaining more benefits and capabilities from their system.
"Our expanding relationship with SCG is a testament to Itron's commitment to our customers and their success. We've extended value beyond the meter for many of our customers by allowing them to save money and resources with an end-to-end managed service solution," said Carl Porter, vice president of sales, marketing and delivery for Gas North America at Itron. "We are pleased to help SCG achieve its business objectives and provide the greatest service and convenience to its customers."
About Itron
Itron enables utilities and cities to safely, securely and reliably deliver critical infrastructure solutions to communities in more than 100 countries. Our portfolio of smart networks, software, services, meters and sensors helps our customers better manage electricity, gas and water resources for the people they serve. By working with our customers to ensure their success, we help improve the quality of life, ensure the safety and promote the well-being of millions of people around the globe. Itron is dedicated to creating a more resourceful world. Join us: www.itron.com.
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2016 Oscars as predicted by WeMissE
2016 OSCAR PICKS in every category
The time has come once again for the most coveted award in Hollywood. If you are entering an Oscar pool, or just want to impress your friends, I'm here to make some helpful suggestions. Every year I watch all nominated films, including the documentaries and short subjects. I also look at historical trends in various categories. Basically I'm just another guy who is crazy about movies. So grab your Oscar ballot and let's get started.
You really have three choices here, but The Revenant is the clear favorite. It has momentum, and has racked up some awards. Spotlight won the Screen Actor's Guild award for best ensemble, and rightly so, but I don't think that will propel it into the winner's circle tonight. Some also say The Big Short could be a long shot. I doubt it. Personally I would love to see Mad Max take the honors, but that won't happen. And shame on Universal Pictures for not pushing harder to get Steve Jobs nominated. It deserved it. And really Academy, why not nominate Straight Outta Compton? You had two free slots in this category.
Will win: The Revenant
Other possible winners: Spotlight, The Big Short
This is by far the lock of the night in the major categories. Leonardo DiCaprio will definitely walk away with the win, he will probably get a standing ovation (or at least a partial one) and then we can close the door on Leofest and resume our normal lives.
Will win: Leonardo DiCaprio
Long shot: Michael Fassbender (but seriously people, Leo's got this)
While not quite as solid a lock as Leo has in the men's category, Brie Larson is the clear favorite here. My personal favorite was Saoirse Ronan, but her performance has a subtlety that the Academy often overlooks, and Brie did an outstanding job with a challenging role. Cate Blanchett had some early traction, but she has faded in recent weeks.
Will win: Brie Larson
Long shot: Saoirse Ronan
The Academy has a long history of using this category as a "Lifetime Achievement Award" of sorts, honoring the careers of older actors who have yet to win (e.g. Christopher Plummer, Alan Arkin, James Coburn, Martin Landau, Jack Palance, Don Ameche), so in my mind Sly Stallone is the clear favorite. Tom Hardy was great, and seems to be left out of the conversation entirely. If Hardy wins this award, which will be the first of the night, then look for The Revenant to have a huge night. Mark Rylance was the best thing about Bridge of Spies, and he did win the BAFTA, but I still put my money on Stallone.
Will win: Sylvester Stallone (watch for a standing ovation if this happens)
Possible contenders: Tom Hardy, Mark Rylance
I so want Kate Winslet to win this award, but I don't think it will happen. Alicia Vikander has all the momentum right now, and the academy loves a foreign ingenue. (Remember Marion Cotillard?) Rooney Mara had some early traction, but Carol has really faded recently, which is kind of a shame. It may go winless tonight.
Will win: Alicia Vikander
Could win: Kate Winslet
Animated Feature Film
Another no-brainer, Pixar's excellent Inside Out is the clear favorite here. The academy likes Charlie Kaufman, and Studio Ghibli, but look for Pixar to win.
Will win: Inside Out
Long shot: Really, stick with Inside Out
Poor Roger Deakins, 0 for 12 in this category, and it will be 13 after tonight, because Emmanuel Lubezki will become the first person in Oscar history to win three consecutive awards in this category. I would give the award to John Seale for Mad Max, and there is a slight chance, but really, The Revenant was breathtaking on the big screen.
Will win: Lubezki for The Revenant
Could win: Seale for Mad Max: Fury Road
The academy has a long history of picking the period film in this category. They love nothing more than long, flowing gowns, which makes Cinderella the front-runner. And yet, my gut tells me that Carol or The Danish Girl could pull out the win here. I am going to go against the general consensus of Cinderalla in this category, and trust my gut. (You have to take a couple chance in your Oscar pool; if you pick nothing but front-runners, you won't win).
Will win: Sandy Powell for Carol
Could win: Cinderella or The Danish Girl
The last director to win back-to-back Oscars in this category was Joseph L. Mankiewicz in 1949/50. So it is not an easily-done feat. And yet, Inarritu won the Director's Guild Award, and 16 of the last 20 DGA winners have gone on to win the Oscar. I think he is the man to beat, but I would love nothing more than to see George Miller take this one.
Will win: Alejandro G. Inarritu
Long shot: Adam McKay, George Miller
I was pleasantly surprised a couple of years ago when 20 Feet From Stardom won this category against some heavier subject matter, and I think the same thing could happen tonight. Amy, the story of singer Amy Winehouse, and her early demise, was very entertaining, and well crafted. If the academy chooses to go with more serious fare, then look for Cartel Land, a timely movie about the brutal drug wars happening just south of our border. And why in the hell did Going Clear not get a nomination? Could it be because that film is critical of Scientology, and several powerful and influential academy members are Scientologists? Nah, I'm sure its a coincidence. The academy also snubbed He Named Me Malala and Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck. The trend of getting more wrong than right in this category continues. The way to encourage more people to see documentary films, which are an important and vital genre, is to reward the well-made documentaries that people have heard of, not to deliberately choose more obscure subject matter. They should have listened to Roger Ebert when he chastised them for snubbing Hoop Dreams. Maybe one day they'll get it right.
Will win: Amy
Could win: Cartel Land
Documentary Short Subject
Body Team 12 is the clear front runner, and it is timely, dealing with the Ebola crisis. I have to vote with my heart in this category, because A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness moved me as few movies have. I will never be the same after seeing this movie about a girl who survived a so-called honor killing in Pakistan. Over 1000 women are murdered every year in Pakistan under the guise of justice, and it has to stop.
Will win: A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
Could win: Body Team 12
This is a tough category this year; I think 4 of these movies have at least a chance of winning, but the front-runner has to be The Big Short, which has lots of quick cuts and montage-style editing, all contributing to the overall clarity of the story. But I also loved the purely visceral quality of Mad Max.
Will win: The Big Short
Could win: Mad Max, Star Wars, The Revenant,
Foreign Language Film
I have not seen any of the nominated films in this category yet. I love foreign films, and I will watch them all at some point, but this is the hardest category to legally see every movie before awards night, unless you live in LA. So I watched the trailers and I really have to go with the general consensus, which is Son of Saul. Any film which deals with the Holocaust is pretty much a lock, although some critics have picked Mustang.
Will win: Son of Saul
Could win: Mustang
Makeup and Hairstyling
I think Mad Max will finally get some love in this category, although The Revenant could surprise here.
Will win: Mad Max: Fury Road
Could win: The Revenant
Tough choice this year; I liked the subtle, edgy undertones of Sicario's score, but Ennio Morricone appears to be the favorite here. By creating a road show version of The Hateful Eight with a prologue, Quentin Tarantino gave Morricone several minutes of nothing but music. Clever, Q! I don't think it is remotely close to Morricone's best; I can think of a dozen more memorable scores of his just off the top of my head, but the dude is 87 years old.
Will win: Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
Could win: Sicario, Star Wars
A lot of people seem to think that the Bond song has a chance. I hope not because I personally think its garbage. "Simple Song #3" from Youth is lovely, but really only works in the context of the film. (See the film, by the way, it's great!) But the clear front runner here has to be "Til It Happens to You". First of all, it is timely, written for a documentary about campus rape. Secondly, it was penned by Diane Warren and Lady Gaga, and I can see the academy getting behind them. Warren has seven previous nominations and no wins. I think she will finally get in the win column tonight.
Will win: "Til It Happens To You"
Could win: "Simple Song #3", "Writing's On the Wall"
All of the nominated films are deserving, but it will be a crime if Mad Max doesn't win this one. The look of that film is purely original. Come on academy, show some love!
Could win: The Martian, The Revenant
Animated Short Film
This is a tough category this year. There are three shorts with a real possibility of winning. Pixar's entry, Sanjay's Super Team, has a lot of traction. While Pixar usually cleans up in the animated feature category, they haven't won in the short category in over a decade, despite being a perennial nominee. World of Tomorrow has won a bucketful of awards, and was very engaging. I laughed out loud while watching it, and actually watched it twice in a row. Probably the true front-runner. But I absolutely loved Bear Story, from Chile. This story of a bear who is stolen from his family and put in a circus act is an allegory of the Pinochet regime, which may be lost on many viewers. This is truly my hardest choice on the entire ballot. It's a coin toss; I'll go with my heart.
Will win: Bear Story
Could just as easily win: World of Tomorrow, Sanjay's Super Team
Live Action Short Film
Oscar pools are won and lost in the shorts categories; usually there are clear front-runners, but this year that is not the case. Ave Maria is getting a lot of publicity, but I hope and pray the academy members are smart enough not to vote for a film that has contrived humor and is emotionally pandering. It has all the subtlety of a joke that begins "A Jew and an Arab walk in a bar." Day One was perhaps the most difficult film I've ever watched; I very nearly turned it off. I'm glad I stuck with it, but even though it is based on true events it also feels contrived. Everything Will Be Okay has a great slow build, but then fizzles that the end; I somehow felt it was unresolved. Which leaves Stutterer, a sweet film that I really loved, but might not be "Serious with a capital S" enough for the academy. And Shok, Kosovo's first ever Oscar nominated film, about two boys and a bicycle.
Will win: Shok
Could win: Ave Maria (If this wins, be assured I will be swearing profusely), Stutterer
So remember, sound editing is the creation of sound elements, mixing is putting those elements together. I honestly think any of the these five movies could win this award. The Revenant is a favorite. I am going to predict a big night for Mad Max in the technical categories.
Could win: Any of the other nominated films
I'm going to stick with Mad Max.
Could win: Star Wars, The Martian, The Revenant
This was the second-hardest category for me. You can make a strong case for all five nominated films. Part of me would like to see Ex Machina take this one. I think Star Wars, or The Martian could easily walk away with this one, but I'm going to stay out on that limb with George Miller.
Could win: Any other nominated film
Adapted Screenplay
Maybe I'm prejudiced because Nick Hornby is my favorite contemporary writer, but I do love his screenplay for Brooklyn, which is subtle, sweet, funny, charming, and resonates on a deep level. But I think The Big Short will take this one.
Could win: Room, Brooklyn
Spotlight has all the traction right now, and since it's probably going to get shut out in the other categories, this will probably be the only recognition it receives. Some critics think Inside Out has a legitimate shot at the win; while I wouldn't mind that, I just don't think it's going to happen.
Will win: Spotlight
Could win: Inside Out
Have fun watching the Academy Awards and good luck!
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Chuck Todd destroys Trump — who once defended Clintons from the same attacks he's now making
Chuck Todd (Today)
After apparently clinching the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump has begun dredging up decades-old scandals involving his likely Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, and her husband, former president Bill Clinton.
Trump knows the Clintons and even invited them to his third wedding, and the billionaire real estate developer once defended them from some of those same attacks he's now launching.
NBC's Chuck Todd pointed out that contradiction Wednesday morning on "Today," saying there's plenty of video evidence that Trump is a lying hypocrite, reported Media Matters.
"Today" aired some of that video evidence of Trump calling Paula Jones a "loser" after she accused the former president of sexual harassment, and about 20 years ago Trump said his own treatment of women was probably bad enough to disqualify him from political office.
"Can you imagine how controversial I'd be?" he said at the time. "You think about (Bill Clinton) with the women, how about me with the women? Can you imagine?"
As recently 2008, Trump argued that the Monica Lewinsky scandal was overblown.
"Look at the trouble Bill Clinton got into, with something that was totally unimportant -- and they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense," Trump said.
Todd, NBC's political director, said it's outrageous that Trump has been able to contradict himself so blatantly -- and without any apparent consequences from voters or some members of the media.
"I don't know why people give him a pass on this," Todd said. "I mean, I asked him, I said what Trump do we believe? What you said about Hillary Clinton five years ago, or what you say about her now?"
Todd said there's voluminous evidence to prove Trump was "a walking contradiction."
"He has contradicted every single attack he's made on the Clintons," Todd said. "You can find sound to contradict it. It doesn't touch him."
It's not just voters and the media giving Trump a pass, Todd said.
"I think he's counting on this, that the Clintons don't want to engage him on this," he added. "So he thinks he's got free rein to do it."
But Todd pointed toward a line of attack that might ultimately harm Trump.
"If (Hillary Clinton) can make the case that, you know what, he's just like every other politician," he said. "That is the most dangerous description you can have if you're Donald Trump -- it just hasn't taken hold."
Watch the entire segment posted online by Today:
Five judges at Scotland's highest court of criminal appeal on Friday upheld the conviction of the only man found guilty of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing after a posthumous legal challenge.
The family of former Libyan intelligence officer Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, which brought the case, said they were "heartbroken" at the decision, their lawyer Aamer Anwar said.

They will apply to appeal to the UK Supreme Court within 14 days, he added.

The ruling at the High Court of Justiciary in Edinburgh comes just over 32 years after what remains Britain's worst terrorist attack, with long-held doubts about Megrahi's involvement.

Megrahi spent seven years in a Scottish prison after his conviction in 2001 for the mass murder of 270 people, when Pan Am Flight 103 blew up over the Scottish town on December 21, 1988.

The Libyan regime of Moamer Kadhafi officially acknowledged responsibility in 2003, and paid $2.7 billion in compensation to families of the victims.

Megrahi was released and returned to Libya in 2009 after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. He died in 2012, protesting his innocence.

An initial appeal against his conviction and sentence was rejected, while a second was abandoned after his diagnosis.

'Suffered enough'

Anwar said Megrahi's son Ali and the family would still fight to quash the conviction.

"All the Megrahi family want for Scotland is peace and justice, but as Ali stated today their journey is not over, Libya has suffered enough, as has family for the crime of Lockerbie, they remain determined to fight for justice," he said.

The family wants the British authorities to declassify documents that are said to allege that Iran used a Syria-based Palestinian proxy to build the bomb that downed the Boeing 747.

The documents are thought to allege a Jordanian intelligence agent within the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command (PFLP-GC) built the bomb.

The PFLP-GC has been designated a terrorist group by several countries, including Britain and the United States.

The Lockerbie bombing is alleged to have been carried out in retaliation for the downing of an Iranian passenger jet by a US Navy missile in July 1988 that killed 290 people.

Identification evidence

The case came back to court in November last year after an independent criminal case review body said a possible miscarriage of justice may have occurred on the grounds of "unreasonable verdict" and non-disclosure of evidence.

But the judges rejected both grounds of appeal.

"The appeal against conviction is refused," they said in a 64-page ruling.

Central to his family's case was the testimony of Tony Gauci, a Maltese shopkeeper, who identified Megrahi as the man who bought clothes found in the suitcase that contained the bomb.

Lawyers argued his eye-witness evidence should have been discounted and was "highly prejudicial" because he had earlier seen a photograph of Megrahi as a suspect in a newspaper.

They said Gauci was motivated by reward money, that there was no proof Megrahi bought th clothing, and that dates of his supposed visit to Malta did not fit the timeline.

The suitcase was loaded onto a plane from Malta to Germany, then transferred to the ill-fated flight that left London Heathrow bound for New York.

The government's case was that Megrahi used a false passport to travel to the Mediterranean island, and that Gauci did not receive any remuneration.

Crown lawyers said the three judges who tried and convicted Megrahi were entitled to infer he was involved, and the fake document was part of a "significant chapter of evidence" supporting that.

New suspect

On the 32nd anniversary of the Lockerbie bombing in December, the US Justice Department announced a new indictment against another former member of Kadhafi's intelligence services.

It alleges that Abu Agila Mohammad Masud assembled and programmed the bomb.

The investigation was relaunched in 2016 when Washington learned of his arrest after Kadhafi's ouster and death in 2011, and his reported confession of involvement to the new Libyan regime in 2012.

Investigators also relied on his travel records, including a flight from the Libyan capital Tripoli to Malta.

Masud is currently being held in Libya for his alleged involvement in a 1986 attack on a Berlin nightclub that killed two US soldiers and a Turkish citizen.

Tripoli in 2004 also agreed to compensate the families of the victims of that attack.

Brad Reed
Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler (R-WA) has been getting a furious backlash from some of her Trump-loving constituents about her vote to impeach President Donald Trump this week, which is why she put together a lengthy Twitter thread explaining exactly why Trump deserves to be removed.
Beutler begins by noting the numerous times that Trump promoted the January 6th rally that turned into a deadly insurrection at the Capitol building, all while using incendiary language telling his supporters that the election had been "stolen" from them.

Even more damning, in Beutler's telling, was the president's decision to lie to supporters that Vice President Mike Pence had the power to singlehandedly reject the election results.

"He led Americans to believe that Mike Pence could overturn the Electoral College results, even though the VP does not have that power," she writes. "On Jan. 5 he tweeted, 'The Vice President has the power to reject fraudulently chosen electors.' He told supporters at Georgia rally that day, 'I hope Mike Pence comes through for us, I have to tell you.'"

Then, during the January 6th rally, Trump told supporters that "when you catch somebody in a fraud, you are allowed to go by very different rules" while warning them that "you'll never take our country back with weakness."

And to top it all off, writes Beutler, Trump continued lying about Pence's ability to overturn the election even after the Capitol building came under attack from his supporters.

"While the riot was in full swing and a mob was in the Capitol hunting Mike Pence, the president tweeted: 'Mike Pence didn't have the courage to do what should have been done to protect our Country and our Constitution,'" she writes.

Shortly after this, the Trump supporters in the Capitol began chanting, "Hang Mike Pence."

Read the whole thread here.

A newly elected Republican congresswoman denied leading a tour last week for "insurrectionists" who violently stormed the U.S. Capitol the following day.
Democrats have called for an investigation into claims that some GOP House members gave "reconnaissance" tours to groups on Jan. 5, the day before President Donald Trump's supporters burst into the Capitol in an effort to overturn his election loss, and Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) pushed back against suspicions against her, reported the Washington Post.

"You said that you could 'confirm' a Member of Congress gave Capitol tours to 'insurrectionists' and implied I was that Member of Congress," Boebert said in a letter to Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY), who has called for criminal charges against lawmakers who allegedly led those tours. "Your comments are extremely offensive, shameful and dangerous."

Maloney, however, responded by pointing that he hadn't identified anyone by name suspected of assisting the insurrectionists.

"Um, I've never said your name in public, @RepBoebert. Never. Not once," Maloney said in a tweet late Thursday night. "(If you're going to be a gun nut, you probably shouldn't go off half cocked.) I'll tweet the transcript so you can see … but that might be like 'a fact', so might not help you."

Rep. Mikie Sherill (D-NJ) said Tuesday that she saw another House member leading groups through the building one day before the Jan. 6 insurrection that left one police officer and four rioters dead, and Maloney accused an unnamed GOP lawmaker of assisting the protesters.

"Some of our new colleagues," Maloney told MSNBC, "the same ones, of course, who believe in conspiracy theories and who want to carry guns into the House Chamber, who today — today — have been yelling at Capitol Police, shoving Capitol police — who a week ago right now were risking their lives to save ours. This conduct is beyond the pale and extends to some of this interaction with the very people who attacked the Capitol."

Maloney did not identify Boebert or anyone else by name, but the Colorado Republican -- who has expressed support for the Qanon conspiracy theory -- said his remarks led many to suspect he was speaking about her, and she said the comment had prompted death threats against her.

"I did not conspire with criminals that attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6," she told Maloney in the letter. "I have never given a tour of the U.S. Capitol to any outside group or 'insurrectionists.'"

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The future of big industry can be seen through a little technology company in Silicon Valley. Sunnyvale-based Picarro, with 90 employees, has developed a highly accurate mobile measurement device for gasses, with related software that turns the tool's output into an easy-to-understand visualization. Any organization or individual can drive Picarro's $70,000 instrument around and create stunningly detailed maps documenting, say, point-by-point methane leakage from a pipeline or a refinery. The implications are enormous. Rather than produce in blissful ignorance, industrial and energy giants can now know what, if any, toxins they are putting into the atmosphere. More critically, if they're unwilling to look at this data, anyone with a car and Picarro's tools can do it for them. This calculus has already produced concrete ramifications: One well-respected executive recently quit the board of a natural gas giant, I'm told by someone directly familiar with the matter, specifically because he felt the company was not responding with sufficient urgency to Picarro-like information about methane leaks.
That leads to an increasingly urgent and overarching mandate: Your company must, using software and technology, become as responsive and agile as your customers. And then remain as aggressive as they are by measuring, monitoring, evaluating and responding to data about your products and services and their impact on society. This proved a major theme of last month's Techonomy 2011 conference, for which FORBES was media sponsor. Picarro CEO Michael Woelk's talk had the room in Tucson buzzing, and dozens of similar presentations focused on technology's central role in changing modern business and society. What struck me, though, both at the conference and in the months I spent preparing for it, was the acceleration point we're hitting right now. The era when traditional industries could view the technology world from afar is officially over.
To see how immediate this change is—and how smart business leaders are stepping ahead of it—it's instructive to start with the company that invented the 20th-century industrial model: Ford Motor Co.
Her group, which also oversees venture capital initiatives, has met with over 500 startups this year alone, seeking to bring in good ideas from the outside, including recent investments in Silvertail, which produces leading-edge antitrust software, and InvestLabs, a Hong Kong startup that provides cloud services to retail brokerages.
This fall I took a trip to the DreamWorks Animation studios in Glendale, Calif., to see an even more radical transformation. CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg, who had plenty of experience overseeing animators at Disney, created the kind of campus 17 years ago that creative types tend to like: welcoming buildings blanketed with ample, sunny windows.
Yet as I walked the DreamWorks hallways the shades on those thousands of windows were almost all down. The animators no longer want sunlight—rather than hand-drawing movies, DreamWorks has gone all-digital. No longer merely a traditional firm that embraces technology, DreamWorks is a technology company that happens to be in a traditional field.
Katzenberg found religion back in 2003, when a costly hand-drawn feature, Sinbad, performed poorly, illustrating some daunting economics for the company's future. "We were on a catastrophic path to extinction," says Katzenberg.
Today DreamWorks aims to think like a Silicon Valley company—600 of its 2,200 employees actually work near San Francisco. "We spend a good deal of our time looking over our shoulders and crawling into any garage where we can find talented kids who may help us get on to whatever the next transformation may be," Katzenberg says. The company's latest project is designing new software, with Intel and HP, that takes advantage of the 12-processor chips, enabling animators to see the results of their work in real time. This will streamline the "manufacturing line" of animation from 12 separate stages to 6, enabling more creative freedom as it reduces costs.
While expensive, the Intel/HP initiative may soon enable DreamWorks to sell software to other computationally intensive industries like oil exploration, medical imaging or automobile and airplane design. A software company, in other words, that happens to make animated movies.
This evolution goes far beyond the creative industries. Consulting firm McKinsey has moved past the advice business: It offers 21 products in its software services, says McKinsey director Hugo Sarrazin, adding that the firm's software revenues, in the millions, would constitute a "pretty big software company" by Silicon Valley standards.
FedEx, which early in its history took the view that "the information about the package is as important as the package itself," now employs hundreds of developers who build and deploy products for 350,000 customer sites. "I do run a software company inside of FedEx," says David Zanca, senior vice president for information technology, who has been pondering, like DreamWorks, whether FedEx should move past shipping and sell its software to others. Technology is so important there that FedEx's board now has a full-fledged IT subcommittee, alongside the three usual suspects: compensation, audit and nominating and governance.
At Ford every vehicle has a tire-pressure-monitoring system that generates a bitstream of data to monitor and improve the tire, the car and the driver's experience. At FedEx the next stage in gathering and responding to data will see a chip on every package that, besides providing real-time info about location, temperature or whether it has been opened, will also be customizable.
Utilities are starting to install so-called smart grids that communicate with appliances and devices that use the electricity, allowing real-time data to balance supply and demand. "When power lapses, for example, the grid can tell the electric car in your garage to stop charging," says Fred Krupp of the Environmental Defense Fund. "And new refrigerators will communicate with the grid and be told, for example, that the daily defrost cycle should be done in the evening instead of during the day. This is the smarter, greener grid of tomorrow, brought to you by data." Krupp is also excited about how ID tags applied to fish when they are caught will both enable consumers to be sure they are getting the freshest fish and fishery managers to ensure stocks are not depleted.
Yet entire industries still resist the inevitable data onslaught. Most egregious: health care. "We should take all the data that exists in this country in all the health care systems and make it interactive and searchable," says Craig Mundie, Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, who serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science & Technology. "Everybody knows you need to go to some kind of system where you pay based on outcomes. ... You need a universal view of the data, for comparative pricing and quality control. ... But the industry doesn't want to do this." Eventually tech-based startups from outside the medical system will emerge to tackle costs. David Jones of Chrysalis Ventures, for example, has invested in diagnostic-coaching companies that use mobile feedback loops to help people eat better or quit smoking.
"As humans we resist change," says Twitter and Square's Dorsey. "It's scary and something we can't necessarily control. You hear that Twitter is important or Facebook is important or HTML5 is important, but how do you actually begin? There's no easy way. It's not fun to be self-reflective or self-aware.
See Forbes ongoing series, Data Driven, for more stories about how information is changing the economy. For more information about Techonomy, visit www.techonomy.com. You can also follow Techonomy on Twitter and Facebook.


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Roger Thorne J.D. - Updated July 05, 2017
Pharmaceutical Research Job Description
Microbiologists $66,850/year /> 2012-2016 +3.6%
Materials Engineers $93,310/year /> 2012-2016 +6.7%
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The development of new drugs and medical treatment programs is the responsibility of workers in the pharmaceutical research field. These scientists and technicians use their understanding of chemistry, biology, physics and human anatomy to invent new drugs and products. Their efforts can shape the way people live and how illnesses and injuries are treated.
Pharmaceutical researchers can conduct research in a wide array of fields. They can use their knowledge of science to develop new chemicals, study the bio-mechanical processes of the human body, study plants or animals for insights into how the natural world functions or even study the physical reactions of processes at the atomic level. These workers can design and carry out laboratory experiments, study natural events in the field or supervise animal and human testing of new products. The actual manufacturing of these drugs and medicines is often the last stage of the pharmaceutical research process, and much of the work that goes into it is basic research into how the human body works and how illnesses can be treated.
Many entry-level jobs in pharmaceutical research require applicants to have at least a bachelor's degree in biology, chemistry or other science. Many positions may require a master's and even a doctoral degree. Having a strong background in laboratory techniques, study design and research methods is required.
Pharmaceutical researchers must have a strong base of knowledge in at least one area of science. A creative, innovative mind is needed to develop new solutions to human health problems. The ability to work solely with other members of a research team and to convey often complicated information in a team environment requires strong interpersonal and communication skills. Researchers need a keen attention to detail and the ability to eavluate problems critically and analytically.
Most pharmaceutical researchers work in a comfortable indoor work environment, either in an office or laboratory setting. Some of these workers may conduct tests or research expeditions in the field, requiring extended work periods, though most have a standard 40-hour work week.
Salary and Jobs
Demand for chemists and material scientists is expected to be slower than average from 2012 to 2022, according the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Medical scientists can expect more job opportunities, with a growth rate of 13 percent, closer to the 11 percent average for all occupations. The median salary for chemists and materials scientists was $73,060 in 2012, and for medical scientists, $76,980.
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Roger Thorne is an attorney who began freelance writing in 2003. He has written for publications ranging from "MotorHome" magazine to "Cruising World." Thorne specializes in writing for law firms, Web sites, and professionals. He has a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas.


I don't know if I'm lucky or not that I live 10 minutes from Universal, Hollywood. You're welcome stalkers. That said, I sure do love going to the theme park when my daughters are here during the summer and Christmas. Plus, who am I kidding? I'm a big kid.
I love the rides and the fact that I can get a genuine "Krusty Burger" from The Simpson's section at the park. That said, I don't feel like the advertising has been much to speak of. Honestly, what theme park has really great, award-winning advertising? Theme parks, in a way, sells themselves. Just announce the newest attraction and be done. Who's really going to turn down going to Harry Potter?
However, that has changed with a bold and fearless new campaign from David&Goliath which is our "Reel Ad of the Week." The agency has launched an all-new national brand campaign for Universal Orlando Resort and Universal Studios Hollywood, which introduces the memorable tagline, "Grow Bolder" and showcases Universal theme parks as family-friendly destinations. But more importantly, it successfully creates an air of escapism and empowerment based on films that did exactly the same for audiences.
The centerpiece of the integrated effort is a cinematic TV spot that harkens back to Universal's early days titled Grow Bolder. Directed by RSA's Tobias Granström, it's a real departure from typical theme park advertising and breaks convention by featuring kids who are empowered and eager to stand on their own, speak for themselves and boldly take on new adventures.
Throughout the campaign, Universal Parks & Resorts and D&G will introduce new initiatives and creative on all platforms from social to digital to ambient, all amplifying the brand's "Grow Bolder" message to kids and families around the world.
The spot will air the week of 2/19 during the last week of the Winter Olympics on NBC and its' affiliates. And yes, I will be getting my universal passes for my daughters.


And we took her to see the Georgia Aquarium.
She'd been wanting to go to the aquarium. And this weekend, she went.
Actually, plans got jerked around a little bit through an unfortunate set of circumstances.
My uncle died (father's side of the family; Grandma is mother's side of the family). That shifted things a little bit.
Got complicated when my nephew (Big Sister's child) had a play at Valdosta State.
However, things worked out. We went to Atlanta Friday night, met The Little Princess -- HUGE surprise for Grandma -- had supper, then went to the aquarium on Saturday.
Her birthday was actually yesterday. Which meant we had to do her birthday trip either before or after her birthday.
And, since her birthday usually gets jerked around by other family members' devotion to Florida State University football -- I mean, it's Seminoles football, not some old lady's birthday, after all -- we have to wait and see how the Semi-holes' schedule works out.
So, this past weekend was the time-frame.
Like I said, Grandma got a surprise visit from The Little Princess -- Grandma's 2nd great-grandchild.
Supper at Ruby Tuesday was good. Except for the part where the waitress dropped a tray of big, tall, fruity drinks on us.
But, the Little Princess showed up, and Grandma's thoughts turned there.
She enjoyed the visit. And, when the Little Princess lead us around the aquarium, showing us all the exhibits -- she's the only one of us who had been before -- she was happy.
The, on Sunday, we went to Valdosta to see Master Thespian ... my Big Sister's college student son ... in Doubt: A Parable. He played the child-molester priest.
The weekend was fun. Got to celebrate with Grandma.
We're looking forward to her 96th birthday.
Happy Birthday to Basil's grandma!
Grandma had a good time, indeed! With this year's celebrations being split between two weekends surrounding her birthday, she's getting to celebrate a lot. It seems just perfect for a 95th birthday!
I thought that Grandma, you and The Wife, would enjoy seeing my son shine as a lead actor. (I left the play convinced that the priest was innocent of the accusations.) My son was grateful that his mom's family came in full force to see him in the play.
It was not my intention to horn in on your special time with Grandma, and I apologize for the inconvenience. I appreciate your efforts last weekend.
Never said it was an inconvenience. The issue was having a funeral in southeast Georgia, a trip to north Georgia, and a trip to south Georgia, and get back to work Monday morning.
We did get it all in, and Grandma had a good time.
How do I get a little picture by my comments? I want to put the one of me that's in the same picture as you at Ma and Pa's.


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Белый воротничок имеет несколько значений.

 Белый воротничок — калька с неофициального английского оборота white-collar worker, обозначающая наёмного профессионала или образованного сотрудника, выполняющего офисные, административные и торговые координационные задачи.
 Белый воротничок (телесериал) — американский телесериал о расследовании преступлений, которыми занимается отдел ФБР, именуемый «белыми воротничками».

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16.10.2018 Business & Finance
Amewu On Cloud 9 Over $50m Savings In Renegotiated Ameri Deal
By MyJoyOnline
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John Peter Amewu is the Energy Minister
Energy Minister John Peter Amewu is claiming the government has saved $50 million in yet another renegotiated AMERI deal.
It will be the second renegotiation of a highly controversial power deal by the government after the first was heavily criticized.
Amewu told Evans Mensah on PM Express , a current affairs programme, on Joy News , Monday evening, that government has concluded another renegotiation of the old deal.
This means the Novation Agreement that the current government sent to Parliament to replace the original agreement under John Mahama has also been thrown out.
According to the Minister, the country has saved "above $50 million" under the new terms agreed between the state and the Dubai-based AMERI Energy.
He also said on the late-night show that government's inability to cancel the power purchasing deal it had criticised while in opposition is completely justified.
The Ameri Power barges were brought into the country at the height of the country's power crisis.
Controversial Novation Agreement
Despite widespread condemnation from the public and energy think thanks, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo approved the renegotiated Ameri deal (the Novation Agreement) by an Executive Order.
That deal is currently in Parliament awaiting a formal notice of withdrawal by the Energy Minister.
A statement by the President's secretary, Nana Asante Bediatuo stated that "the President of the Republic of Ghana has granted executive approval for the Novation and Amendment Agreement dated July 20, 2018 between (i) the Government of the Republic of Ghana represented by the Minister for Energy ( or his authorised representative), (ii) Volta River Authority(VRA), (iii) Africa and Middle East Resource Investment Group(AMERI ENERGY), (iv) Ameri Energy Power Equipment Trading LLC ( AMERI EQUIPMENT), (v) Power Projects Sanayi Insaat Ticanet Limited Sirketi (PPR), and (vi) Mytilineos International Trading Company AG (Mytilineos), for operations and maintenance of the existing 250MW AMERI Thermal Plant at Aboadzi, for a period of 15 years."
The Novation Agreement had been criticised on grounds that it was worse than the previous one that was condemned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while campaigning to win power in the lead up to the 2016 elections.
Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), for instance, said the new deal will cost the country more after the 15 year period.
ACEP said it expected that a renegotiation of the contract with AMERI, which costs $510 million to the state, would achieve better terms for the country.
"But from ACEP's analysis, the proposed amendment to the AMERI agreement brings the greater cost to government than the existing deal," ACEP had criticised in the heat of the opposition to the renegotiated deal.
The Institute of Energy Security (IES) also said the country risks paying more when the deal is agreed upon, in its current form.
Under the Novation Agreement, a new company, Mytilineos International Trading Company, will take over the management of the AMERI power plant for 15 years.
The new company has offered to pay AMERI an amount of $52,160,560, with the government paying the remaining $39 million to the Dubai-based AMERI Energy to wash its hands off the deal entirely.
Novation agreement withdrawn, old deal renegotiated
Speaking on PM Express , Mr Amewu explains, "formally I will go to Parliament and withdraw the Novation Agreement and I will replace the Novation Agreement with the new one."
This new deal that will replace the controversial Novation Agreement is, however, yet to reach Cabinet, the Minister revealed.
"This savings that we are doing now is just for two and half years. And so if we are saving almost $ 60 million in two and half years, if we are to work [for longer periods of time] it should tell you that we could be saving more than $100 million," he justified the new deal.
Ameri has come to stay, the Minister admits.
Mahama's controversial deal
John Mahama's government in 2015 courted fierce controversy when it signed a contract with Africa and Middle East Resources Investment Group (AMERI) Energy, to rent the 300MW of emergency power from AMERI.
The deal, which cost the country $510 million was necessitated by the country's debilitating power crisis at the time.
Government under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said it has evidence to prove that the previous government had caused the state to overpay for the power deal by some $150 million.
The government subsequently presented the Novation Agreement to Parliament as it kickstarted a process to withdraw the old deal.
That Novation Agreement is what has been withdrawn, according to the Energy Minister.


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'Scream' star David Arquette almost died in wrestling deathmatch
Two years ago, Arquette faced off against ex-con Nick Gage in a deathmatch, the most hardcore style where the wrestlers swing chairs, baseball bats and the like.
Skeet Ulrich says he's leaving 'Riverdale' because he 'got bored'
"How's that? That's the most honest answer," he says.
Jason Priestley pays tribute to Luke Perry one year after his death
March 5, 2020 | 11:20am
Priestley posted his heartfelt tribute to Perry on Instagram.
Lili Reinhart reveals her sweet dream about Luke Perry
February 20, 2020 | 9:05am
"His spirit was visiting me in my sleep."
Luke Perry, Cameron Boyce snubbed from Oscars 2020 'In Memoriam'
February 10, 2020 | 12:04am
One of the Oscars' biggest snubs came in the "In Memoriam" segment, of all places.
Luke Perry's kids to reportedly split his fortune
October 15, 2019 | 9:41am
The "Riverdale" star died in March.
Luke Perry's son Jack looks like his twin at New York Comic Con
October 5, 2019 | 11:11am
The 22-year-old was in town to promote All Elite Wrestling, which just made its debut on TNT on Thursday night.
Jennie Garth: Luke Perry's death brought 'BH90210' cast together
"Our families couldn't understand," Tori Spelling added. "Our friends outside of '90210' couldn't understand."
Luke Perry's son honors late father's final role in 'Once Upon A Time In Hollywood'
July 23, 2019 | 4:54pm
Luke Perry's son, Jack Perry, honored his late father's role in "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" with the sweetest gesture. On the night of the premiere, the 22-year-old climbed...
Shannen Doherty to appear on 'Riverdale' tribute episode to Luke Perry
"Riverdale" returns to The CW on Wednesday, Oct. 9.
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The Servant Girl Murders Austin, Texas 1885
About the Crimes
Victims and Locations
About The Victims
The Servant Girl Annihilator – Nathan Elgin – A Criminology
History Detectives Special Investigations
July 7, 2014 · JRG
Last year I had the pleasure of working with the staff from PBS's History Detectives for the upcoming History Detectives Special Investigations: Texas Servant Girl Murders. The cast and crew came to Austin last summer; they did a number of interviews and on location videos and I got to chat with the esteemed Tukufu Zuberi, who was very enthusiastic and a lot of fun to work with. I'm looking forward to seeing what they discovered! Tuesday, July 15, 9pm / 8pm central on PBS.
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Discovering History at the Travis County Archives
Materials in Travis County Archives Collection. The mission of the Travis County Archives is to serve the government and the community of Travis County by documenting, preserving, and making available its records and history. The Travis County Archives documents the…
Saving Austin's History
Saving Austin's History A short film by Alpheus Media. ______________________________
Theft of Governor's Pants - March Mischief - Police Calls
"Officer Sendry reports that someone entered Gov. Ireland's room last night and stole a pair of pants and one dollar in the pockets." -- 17 MAR 1885. Austin Police Calls. Gov. John Ireland The above incident is the perfect metaphor for…
The Austin Axe Man -- Chloroform
Once there was a killer in nearby Austin who was still at large. He had chloroformed his victim (rather humanely, I thought) before chopping her head off with an axe. Fear that 'dat debblish axe-man' might strike again, in only…
Weed House 4th Street: from Victorian Gothic to Colonial Revival to parking lot.
The residence of Valentine O. Weed (300 E. 4th Street), location of the murder of Mary Ramey. Earliest photo circa 1900, later re-modeled in the colonial revival style circa 1940, and finally demolished, as a parking lot 1997. PICH 00103…
The Great Bat Slaughter of 1885
Austin, Texas is the seasonal home to a large population of Mexican free-tailed bats who spend their summers under the Congress Avenue bridge on the edge of downtown. According to Wikipedia it is the largest urban colony in North America,…