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Q: Accessing the right resources using RESTlet in Java I am trying to write an API for a project at my university using RESTlet and Google App Engine in Java. At the moment, I am able to run a web server, but I am having some trouble accessing anything except from the root. Whenever I go to "/road" (which should be serving RoadResource), the web server just displays the RouteResource that is served for the root.
According to Eclipse, I get a HTTP OK 200 status code which seems meaningful although it is handling the wrong file.
The five files related to the project can be found here (except from the jars):
https://gist.github.com/majjoha/cd76272b5d6e6c368951
Since I am not able to post more than two links in a post, I've assembled the links in a gist instead.
Somehow, I think it is a minor configuration I've missed but if any of you can help me out, I would be very grateful.

A: What happens if you remove:
 component.getDefaultHost().attach("/road", new RouterApplication());

from your RestletServer code?
I think that you just need to attach your Router application and that is what handles both the default route and your /road route.  Also if you change
router.attachDefault(RouteResource.class);

to
router.attach("/", RouteResource.class);

it may be easier to track down how the routing error is occurring.


Chef Jeremy Salamon is proud to introduce his Sunday night dinner series "Sunday Dinner at Agi's". Starting Sunday, March 31st, guests of The Eddy can enjoy a three course family-style Hungarian feast for $45 per person.
The series honors Jeremy's Hungarian grandmother Agi—the greatest influence on his cooking and his menu at The Eddy. These dinners will be reminiscent of Jeremy's upbringing and the weekly Sunday night dinner at Grandma Agi's, where Hungarian recipes, old photographs, and stories would be shared.
Reservations are available here or by calling the restaurant at 646-895-9884.


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Амбистома Джефферсона () — вид хвостатых земноводных из семейства амбистом. Вид назван в честь колледжа Джефферсона в Пенсильвании.

Описание
Общая длина представителей этого вида колеблется от 11 до 18 см. Окрас обычно тёмно-серый, коричневый или чёрный на спине, брюхо светлее. У некоторых особей могут присутствовать синие или серебристые пятна на боках. Область вокруг клоаки обычно серая. Тело стройное, с широкой мордой и характерными длинными пальцами лап.

Образ жизни
Ведут ночной образ жизни. Днём бодрствуют только во время брачного сезона. Являются одними из первых амфибий, появляющихся весной в северной части своего ареала в южном Онтарио, когда земля еще полностью не оттаяла. Взрослые особи, как правило, прячутся под камнями или стволами деревьев, в подстилке лиственных лесов.  В хвойных лесах встречаются редко, вероятно, из-за недостатка влаги и травмоопасных иголок. Большую часть времени, как летом, так и зимой, сидят в норах. Чтобы выжить в зимних условиях, норы роют ниже линии замерзания (до 50 см). Нередко обнаруживаются во влажных песчаных почвах.

Личинки питаются водными беспозвоночными. Недостаток корма может привести к каннибализму. Взрослые особи также плотоядны, питаются разнообразными мелкими беспозвоночными.

Размножение
Самки достигают половой зрелости в 22 месяца, а самцы в 34 месяца. Размножение происходит ранней весной, сразу после того, как сойдёт снег. Поскольку места размножения обычно находятся близко к зимовкам, миграция к местам размножения проходит быстро и происходит, как правило, во время или сразу после сильного дождя. Для размножения выбирают безрыбные пруды, мелкие водоёмы, болота, озёра и ручьи талой воды. Самцы мигрируют первыми, самки следуют за ними.

Яйца прикрепляются к погружённым в воду растениям или к другой естественной опоре на краю водоёма. Кладки могут содержать от 5 до 60 яиц, в среднем около 30 яиц. Яйца быстро развиваются, личинки могут вылупиться в течение 15 дней. Они остаются в водоёме в течение двух-четырёх месяцев, и вырастают за это время в размерах от 3 до 8 раз.

Распространение
Обитают на Северо-Востоке США, в южном и центральном Онтарио и юго-западном Квебеке.

Примечания

Животные, описанные в 1827 году
Земноводные Северной Америки
Амбистомовые

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Until this week, I didn't know there was a way to foul up an all-star game.
But Major League Baseball managed to do just that on Tuesday night, when the 11-inning, almost four-hour affair ended in a tie.
I didn't care about the tie. Although I always root for the National League, it's still just an all-star game. It doesn't count. Who wins is secondary to the spectacle of watching baseball's best have fun on the field.
And a wonderful game it was. Scoring, defense, and a little bit of pitching — all in all, a satisfying game.
I wouldn't have been one of those chanting "Let them play, let them play." I was ready for it to be over, and if I had been in the stands I would have been headed for the exits to try to beat the traffic out of Milwaukee.
I was, nevertheless, disgusted. Because the way the end of the game was handled is indicative of baseball's problems generally.
By the eighth inning, everybody watching the game knew there was a pretty good chance it would go into extra innings. Announcers Tim McCarver and Joe Buck talked about the possibility, and they also made the point that managers Joe Torre and Bob Brenly had used almost all their players.
This is the goal of an all-star game. Get the all-stars on the field. Torre and Brenly were doing a great job of managing their rosters and still trying to win the game.
In fact, that's what baseball managers do best. They're looking at least two or three innings ahead at the various possibilities. Who will be coming up? Where do we double-switch for the pitcher? Who will be facing whom?
So by the time the ninth inning started, anybody who was paying attention could see exactly what was going to happen. You didn't need to be Connie Mack to figure out the strategy.
Either one of the teams scores and the game ends, or we're going into extra innings. If it's extra innings, then each team has only one pitcher left.
The one guy who apparently didn't have a clue was Bud Selig, baseball commissioner. This should not come as a surprise to anybody who follows baseball.
"Obviously, in your wildest dreams, you would not have conceived that this game would have ended in a tie…. I really had no choice," Bud said afterward.
You had a lot of choices. You just didn't make 'em.
First, it probably would have been prudent for somebody to have considered this scenario on, say, Monday before the game.
Let's see. It's baseball. They keep playing until somebody wins. There have been nine extra-inning all-star games over the years. Gee, what if it happens this year?
And since the managers are supposed to make sure everybody plays, what happens if we get into extra innings and they already used all the pitchers?
Maybe we should have a plan.
Instead, Bud and his boys waited until the middle of the 11th inning to hatch a strategy. They spent a good five minutes debating their options, while the fans and players grew restless, and then Bud and the boys did the wrong thing.
They announced — in the middle of the inning — the game would end in a tie at the end of the inning, unless the National League scored and won the game.
Brilliant this was not. For one thing, you don't change the rules in the middle of an inning, even in an all-star game. For another, you don't announce it to the fans while there's still a game going on.
That gave a full house the chance to boo on national television for the last 15 minutes of the game. The tie was not the public-relations disaster; botching the handling of a fairly simple problem was the public-relations disaster.
Now they're talking about expanding the rosters of both teams so there will be enough players. How stupid can you get? Do these people understand baseball?
So what if there are 35 players on each side? At the end of nine innings, 10 of them will still be sitting in the dugout. At the end of 19 innings, they could all be used up and the score could still be tied.
Players, fans, managers, television announcers would all know the rules going in. Torre and Brenly would save one pitcher, just like they did, in case there are extra innings. And they would know exactly how long he would have to pitch.
The fans might not be happy with a tie, but I think they would have reacted like me: Oh, well. Good game. Time to go home.
Couldn't they have thought of this on Monday?
Apparently not. Because baseball is facing another contract deadlock and the possibility of a strike. Everybody knows it; everybody has seen it coming for months.
Bud and the boys, though, will probably wait until the middle of the 11th inning to figure out what they should do. And then they'll get it wrong.
Barry Smith, editor of the Nevada Appeal, is a St. Louis Cardinals fan.


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Discover Germany | Culture | Culture Calendar
Slow Food Market, Bern (11 – 13 March) The Slow Food Market offers a great alternative to the cheap, ready-made food full of unhealthy ingredients. Here, visitors can discover handcrafted, regional products and find out more about the producers themselves. In the restaurant one can then try the new discoveries on the spot. www.slowfoodmarket.ch/bern INTERNORGA, Hamburg (11 – 16 March) About 1,300 exhibitors and 95,000 visitors come to the only international trade fair for gastronomy in Germany each year. All fields, from food and drink to kitchen techniques and IT, are represented and many delicacies can be tried on-site. www.internorga.com Fribourg International Film Festival (11 – 19 March) Described as the 'festival of freedoms', this festival presents a varied programme representing the notion of freedom in all its facets. The audience is free to laugh about the absurdities of this world and directors from rather 'suppressed' societies can obtain a hearing here. www.fiff.ch/en
Lucerne Easter Festival (12 – 20 March)
Book Fair, Leipzig (17 – 20 March)
The Easter Festival is always characterised by spiritual music, with many concerts taking place in churches. Internationally renowned soloists, orchestras and choirs will delight fans of classical music with miscellaneous performances in Lucerne. www.lucernefestival.ch
Authors, publishers and readers meet up in Leipzig to exchange ideas and make new discoveries. From fiction to fact books, audio books or screen adaptations, every genre is represented. A varying programme of readings and talks makes sure that you can spend an entertaining day or two here. www.leipziger-buchmesse.com
Rock the Pistes, Portes du Soleil (13 – 19 March) This music festival is not only a great experience, but also quite a challenge: the first concerts of each day take place at a height of 1,600 metres and can only be reached with skis. If one does not venture this climb, there are still the après ski concerts in the heart of the region's small towns. www.rockthepistes.com/en
Hamburger Frühlingsdom (18 March – 17 April) The Hamburger Dom is the biggest public festival in the North of Germany. Three times a year, visitors can experience thrilling rides, sweet treats and a bit of nostalgia, as the Dom dates back to the 11th century when it was actually held in a dome. www.hamburg.de/dom
Improfestival, Berlin (11 – 20 March) Are you ready to discover a slightly different kind of theatre? Improvisation theatre is a genre that is defined by spontaneity and telling stories together. From improvised audio plays to musicals or stage plays taking place in a bus, the festival is sure to offer an exciting programme. www.improfestival.de Snow Jazz Gastein 2016 (11 – 20 March)
CeBIT, Hannover (14 – 18 March) The largest and most internationally represented computer expo will again be held at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds this year. Visitors can look forward to the latest IT trends, talks by high-calibre speakers, panel discussions and, of course, exciting product innovations from all over the world. www.cebit.de
Osterfestspiele, Baden-Baden (19 – 28 March) In Baden-Baden, visitors can enjoy classical music for Easter amidst the magnificent scenery of the city's Festspielhaus. This spring's highlight is the new staging of Wagner's famous opera Tristan and Isolde. Other venues throughout the town will host master concerts and chamber opera. www.festspielhaus.de/en/program/easter-festival
Are you tired of the music at après ski parties? Why not combine your skiing fun with great jazz music? The Austrian region of Gastein makes that possible. This year's edition focuses on trios, which will present jazz, blues, tango, afro beats, chamber music and much more. www.gastein.com/en/winter/events-culturenature/snow-jazz-gastein
Main images: Book Fair in Leipzig. © Leipziger Buchmesse/Uli Koch Opposite bottom: Easter Market Schloss Schoenbrunn. © www.ostermarkt.co.at/ GERHARD FALLY Above, left: Lucerne Easter Festival. © Teresa Llordés Above right: CeBIT 2015. © Rainer Jensen (Link to Deutsche-Messe.presse@messe.de) Right: Snow Jazz in Gastein. © Gasteinertal Tourismus GmbH
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Why Starlink Will Win Rural Broadband
Update 2021-05-25 - I now consider this article Starlink, Part 2 of a series. For the entire series, click on the Starlink tag.
Update 2021-05-13 - I published a followup article to this one - More on Starlink.
I'm fortunate to be part of a certain online community (which I cannot name). That community has many sharp intellects and a wealth of experience and backgrounds. You know who you are :-) Thanks for all the help in fleshing out my discussion points in this article.
For purposes of this article, I posit that getting Broadband Internet to rural areas has always been problematic and the solutions to date...
Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO),
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) over copper telephone lines,
Cellular data,
Wireless Internet Service Provider - WISP,
Cable television,
all suffer from quality or availability or affordability issues. Those issues have been amplified in 2020 and beyond due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitating a shift to online work and education.
In 2020, SpaceX Starlink became a new technology for Broadband Internet Access in rural areas (beta testing phase). Starlink is a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites orbiting ~210 miles above earth. Starlink doesn't intend to provide Broadband Internet Access service in urban areas, but rather underserved markets of rural areas in the US and International. Recently Starlink announced that it intended to provide mobile broadband such as semi trucks and ships. In late 2021, Starlink will commence commercial service.
Starlink differs from all of the above Broadband Internet Access methods in significant ways:
Low latency - the latency of a 420 miles round-trip is minimal; by contrast GEO satellite round trip is 44,600 miles (twice for each packet - user <-> satellite <-> ground station and ground station <-> satellite <-> user).
Near universal availability - nearly every spot in North America will have full-time coverage from one or more satellites at any given moment.
High data rate - Broadband Internet speeds are a complex mix of number of users, the available bandwidth of the signal and other factors.
Minimal ground infrastructure needed.
Basically, buy a Starlink terminal, set it up, it orients itself, begins tracking Starlink satellites above, and you have near-continuous broadband Internet Access at acceptable latency. In 2020 and 2021, the price of the Starlink terminal (minus various optional mounting accessories) is $499, and the service fee is $99/month. As I write this in May, 2021 Starlink is still in beta testing, but claims that commercial service will commence by late 2021.
Demonstrably, even in the "beta testing" phase, Starlink just works. There are hundreds of testimonials available online. There are multiple Facebook groups which provide self-support. Rural residents are desperate for Broadband Internet Access that provides acceptable performance for videoconferencing (work, school, medical), streaming (Netflix, etc.) that is reliable.
I believe Starlink is far superior to the other options for Broadband Internet Access available in rural areas. To wit:
vs Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) satellite - Starlink has low latency, higher speeds, is user-installable, and (at the moment) does not have transfer caps (amount of data transferred before reducing the data rate). I think that the GEO satellite Internet business, at least for consumers, is going to effectively evaporate the day that Starlink begins commercial service and providing service on demand.
vs Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) - The copper telephone lines that DSL uses have not been maintained by the large telecommunications companies such as Frontier and CenturyLink. Because of that poor quality infrastructure, DSL is infuriatingly unreliable and data rates are highly variable. Starlink is much faster and more reliable than DSL.
vs Cellular data - Cellular data in rural areas suffers from fewer towers and thus long distances between customers and towers. Thus the data rate is low, especially for "hotspots" (small hockey puck sized units that use cellular connections as backhaul and Wi-Fi to connect devices. Cellular hotspots are typically "capped" at some amount of data transfer per month, for example 10 GB, at which each additional GB is charged an additional fee. This can add up quickly if you stream a 4K movie or sporting event. Starlink uses the same idea - Internet Access via satellite, and Wi-Fi (or Ethernet) to connect devices. Starlink's data rate is much higher, and does not have data transfer caps.
vs Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs) - WISPs are usually (but not always) handicapped by limited budgets and coverage areas limited to line of sight from their towers. Typically WISPs use the license-exempt 5 GHz band which does not have the ability to penetrate trees. (Some WISPs are beginning to use CBRS systems the 3.5 GHz band, which may provide better coverage and tree penetration.) In addition, because of the limited amount of spectrum WISPs have available, they generally cannot offer speeds above 25 Mbps to most customers. At shorter ranges, WISPs can use other spectrum to provide higher speeds. Essentially, each Starlink satellite is a "super tower" and thus can "see" a much larger geographic footprint than a terrestrial tower. Starlink offers much higher speeds than WISPs can - typically greater than 100 Mbps.
vs Cable modem or fiber - Cable modem service, nor fiber Internet Access is rarely available in rural areas. There are exceptions, especially by progressive electricity co-ops and some privately owned and co-op telephone companies. Anyone who has fiber or cable modem service is rarely interested in Starlink because, generally, they don't need it.
Starlink Future Competition
I expect that the emergence of Starlink will catalyze all of the above options to "get serious" about deploying new generations of their tired existing services, since their current customers are no longer "captive" - they now (or soon will) have the option of Starlink. For example, in April 2021 T-Mobile debuted their T-Mobile Home Internet service which T-Mobile claims will be an improvement over current "hotspots" because of additional towers in rural areas, as well as new service centers that they will place in rural areas. I think that T-Mobile is trying to get ahead of losing rural customers to Starlink service
Similarly, in emerging from bankruptcy in May, 2021, Frontier "promises... really, this time" to begin aggressively deploying fiber in its service areas (those that it has not sold to other entities, such as Ziply Fiber in the Pacific Northwest). CenturyLink makes similar promises.
While serious competition to Starlink will undoubtedly emerge, especially if various stimulus funds from the Biden Administration actually materialize... such programs will take years to become reality. Even T-Mobile Home Internet will require a significant investment and deployment which won't be fully realized for years.
Update after hitting the Publish! button: Related article of mine - Federal money to SpaceX may hurt public broadband efforts in Washington state.
In contrast, Starlink "merely" has to do three things (that it's proven it can do well) to expand Starlink and provide the capability to service additional customers:
Build more Starlink satellites
Launch more Starlink satellites
Install more Starlink Ground Stations (fiber-to-satellite transition points)
Starlink's Potential to Scale
(For a more hyperbolic take than mine on Starlink's potential to scale, see Starlink is a global ISP built at ZERO COST to SpaceX, enabling NASA's Artemis launch. You'll enjoy it.)
Update after hitting the Publish! button: One point I meant to make is that I think it's equally as important to look at the potential of Starlink as it is to evaluate what they've accomplished to date. That's one of the primary lessons I learned from the seminal book The Innovator's Dilemma. That is, pay attention the potential to scale the technology / product / company. Are all the elements of the technology / product / company in alignment for being able to scale? As I discuss below, in the case of Starlink, I think the answer is Yes!
Why Starlink will likely become the preferred Broadband Internet system for rural residents is that it has the potential to scale far beyond the current Starlink system. Here are the salient points about that potential to scale:
Starlink is making satellites at scale. They have a factory with a production line in Redmond, WA.
Starlink is launching satellites at scale, 60 at a time (with current rockets).
Starlink can expand its satellite constellation "at will" by building and launching more satellites. There are, of course, constraints such as requiring permission from various government agencies. But with their record to date, and proven demand from customers that really need good quality Broadband Internet now, Starlink has a credible cudgel to use in its expansion requests.
Starlink satellites in low earth orbit have a limited lifespan. They will require replacement eventually. New generations of Starlink satellites will have better onboard systems enabling more users. "Radios" are now almost entirely in the computing domain rather than the hardware domain. Not only will software allow upgrades in performance in the existing satellites, but better compute capability in coming years will allow newer satellites to have even better performance.
Starlink will soon incorporate the ability for inter-satellite links. This will reduce the dependencies on ground stations being within the same geographic footprint as a user (bent pipe architecture).
Starlink will continue to improve their ground terminals to be able to serve more satellites and thus more users.
Starlink will continue to deploy additional, denser, ground terminals to be able to serve more satellites and thus more users.
Beyond the technical improvements that Starlink can, will, and is making, the economic issues about Starlink scalability are even more compelling:
Simple economies of scale for satellites. Starlink is making more satellites than any other entity. My math is horribly inexact, but my perception is that Starlink will soon have manufactured, launched, and orbited more satellites than all the satellites that have been manufactured, launched, and orbited to date. The more you manufacture, the more efficient you get, and the less expensive each unit becomes.
Simple economies of scale for launch. Starlink is making highly efficient use of SpaceX launch capability and refurbished rockets that are largely already paid for by previous launch customers.
Inter-satellite links will allow economical service in very sparsely populated areas where very low populations don't currently justify placement of a ground station.
Starlink isn't only an Internet Access system for the US; Starlink is simultaneously commencing service in other countries. Each Starlink satellite isn't idle when it's not above North America - as soon as it comes within coverage of a paying customer anywhere on Earth, it's earning revenue. This will be especially true when the inter-satellite links are activated.
What's most compelling about Starlink's economies of scale is that they have announced that Starlink will also be capable of mobile Internet Access with the constraint that the "vehicle" must be able to accommodate the form factor of "Dishy McFlatface". Imagine having full streaming Internet on every ship, many boats, almost all recreational vehicles (campers), and semi trucks.
Even other "proposed" Low Earth Orbit satellite broadband Internet access systems won't be able to catch up with Starlink's lead. Starlink has the established (revenue) customers (will, by the time a competing system is ready to begin [if ever]), it has the production process down for manufacturing satellites at scale, and it has the cost-effective launch capability. I just can't envision other systems overcoming Starlink's first mover advantage for capturing rural customers of Broadband Internet Access.
In conclusion, I don't see any other Broadband Internet Access technology for rural customers that can compete with Starlink on the combination of:
Immediacy - Once commercial service commences, you can have Broadband Internet Access as fast as you can get the Starlink terminal shipped to your house).
Availability - Can you see the sky? You can get Starlink.
Performance - At 100 Mbps and low latency, it's good enough for videoconferencing and streaming.
Easy (inexpensive) user installation. It doesn't get much simpler than putting it on the picnic table in the back yard and plugging it in. Oh, you'll need to read the one page of instructions and install an app on your phone.
As for price... if $100/month is unaffordable, I suspect that there will be subsidy programs that offset part or all of that monthly fee, especially when factoring in remote school and remote medicine.
I suspect that Starlink is the missing piece for many remote workers to relocate to rural areas now that they are all but guaranteed to have Broadband Internet Access that's reliable, capable, and affordable.
As I complete this article, an Ars Technical article stated that Starlink has 500k orders on the books (all with a deposit of $100). Elon Musk tweeted yesterday:
"Only limitation is high density of users in urban areas. Most likely, all of the initial 500k will receive service. More of a challenge when we get into the several million user range."
Lastly, to answer a plaint from one of the members of the "certain online community (which I cannot name)":
500k? That's just not good enough. We need to provide Broadband Internet Access to every rural resident, and there are a lot more than 500k of them.
Point taken... but for those 500k, Starlink is a good enough solution for Broadband Internet Access that's available now... not years from now. It's my guess / bet / hope that Starlink is currently under-promising and planning to over-deliver. All the trends I'm seeing point to Starlink ultimately being able to scale to significantly more than 500k customers.
Disclaimer: I am one of those who have placed a $100 deposit for Starlink service, despite the availability of Comcast cable modem service at my house (I am currently a Comcast subscriber). My motivations for wanting Starlink service include predictable Comcast outages during emergencies.
Copyright © 2021 Steven K. Stroh
Posted by Steve Stroh on May 05, 2021 at 13:11 in BWIA Industry Trends, New Technology, Satellite, Starlink, Technology, Updates and Corrections | Permalink
Update3 - Twittering, Kindle-ing, Advertisements, BWIA Magazine, Splinter Blog Consolidation
Update 3 - Updated Kindle Blog Publishing info, corrected blog's feed to be full text feed.
Update 2 - Forgot to mention BWIA Magazine, and made various editorial tweaks.
Update 1 - original post (was titled Update...)
I've been making some incremental moves to restart writing about Broadband Wireless Internet Access / WiMAX and I've made some... encouraging enough... progress that a(n) brief update is appropriate.
Tweeting - "@bwianews"
Twitter has grown on me, both as a "follower" and a "tweeter". My original take on Twitter and tweeting was that it's just another way to stay connected with your circle of friends, acquaintances, colleagues, and influencers, on a par with IM, blogs, mailing lists, email, Facebook, LinkedIn, etc. Twitter just another communications tool. To those that despise Twitter as a silly waste of time just to be able to know what a celebrity had for lunch... yeah, it can be merely that if that's the content you choose to subscribe to. But Twitter is entirely, individually customized, so you can make it into an effective tool by being highly selective about who you "follow". And periodically pruning what/who you "follow".
One of the things that has really grown on me about Twitter is the 140 character limit of each tweet. It's a (fun) challenge to condense content you want to share into 140 characters, but that 140 character limit of each tweet is a joy to read and scan. If it's important for it to be said, you can say it in 140 characters. But better than the challenge of composing content in 140 characters is reading content in 140 character chunks, and that's what ultimately swung me over to considering Twitter as an effective communications tool.
Another effective way to use Twitter is to establish multiple Twitter accounts for your various interests. What makes this an effective strategy is that better Twitter clients allow you to monitor more than one Twitter accounts. Thus, I created Twitter ID bwianews and moved all the Twitter users that I follow because of some relation to Broadband Wireless Internet Access and WiMAX to that account. More importantly, I will use "@bwianews" to Twitter "microblog posts" (that phrase will take some time to get used to) about BWIA / WiMAX that I consider significant, including (relatively rare) "re-Tweets". A number of colleagues from when I wrote a lot about BWIA / WiMAX had found me on Twitter, but probably aren't that interested in my impressions of life and general, and with creating "@bwianews", they don't have to.
This may well be controversial, but I'm seriously considering the possibility of offering sponsorships for "@bwianews". That is, in return for a sponsorship fee, I'll post several Tweets per day on behalf of the sponsor. Don't like the idea of ads? Don't follow @bwianews - Twitter is 100% opt-in.
Broadband Wireless Internet Access / WiMAX Blog on Amazon Kindle
The Kindle, and now the Kindle 2 and Kindle DX are impressive little devices, and I'm sure that I'll have one within a year. A logical, but savvy, nonetheless, move on Amazon's part to broaden the overall appeal of the Kindle(s) was to offer subscriptions to magazines in addition to ebooks. But it caught nearly everyone by surprise that Amazon also began to offer "subscriptions" to individual blogs. Not just "megablogs" like, say, Boing Boing and Slashdot, but individual blogs written by... individuals, like Tom Evslin's excellent blog Fractals of Change. $0.99 or $1.99 / month gets a Kindle reader a once-per-day delivery of postings from an individual blog, reformatted (from the basic text of the blog's RSS feed) for comfortable viewing on the Kindle.
For individual blog publishers like Tom and I, it's found money, so I signed up. It's pretty painless. BWIA News isn't quite ready for Kindle as I haven't uploaded two required graphics, but I'll do so soon. BWIA News is now ready for Kindle subscriptions.
One change that posting with Kindle in mind that I'll explain up front* is that I'll now be publishing full article text in the RSS feed. To publish blogs on the Kindle, Amazon's servers simply subscribe to a blog's RSS feed, reformat it, and distribute it to Kindle subscribers. So if your blog's feed is set up to publish an excerpt, rather than the full text of the post, in the RSS feed, paying Kindle readers won't get to see the full text of your blog's articles.
* (Mostly for my good friend Bill V. who, without this explanation, would soon let me know that he's glad to see content on this blog again... but he strongly prefers to see an excerpt rather than full article text in the RSS feed.)
Giving Up On AdSense, Will Consider Individual Advertisements
Google AdWords / AdSense was nice, in its time, and I made a little bit of money from it for a while, but it's no longer generating enough income to make it worth the screen real estate that was devoted to it, so I've stopped displaying AdSense ads.
It was past time to do that. Google keeps foisting more and more administrative overhead onto casual AdSense publishers like me... pfah! But mostly Google never addressed or even acknowledged my major issue with AdSense - that I couldn't specify the advertisers that I wanted to specifically display. Instead of readers seeing a relevant AdWords ad for, say, Redline Communications WiMAX, they would see four ads for cut-rate cellular voice resellers. That's nice... but hardly interesting (let alone worth clicking-through) to the typical reader of BWIA / WiMAX News. While AdSense enabled me to prohibit specific ads from being displayed (by URL), I couldn't keep adding to the exclusion list indefinitely. I tried - but there were always more marginal ads in the queue as fast as I excluded the worst offenders. What AdSense really needs, in my opinion, is an opt-in option; then it would be a lot more useful. And yes, I'm sure Google's engineers are smart enough to work out some protection for the scammers / spammers that would feature only high-revenue clickthroughs for real estate, investment, jewelry, etc.and then "click-farm" the resulting ads.
Another interesting factor is that I've been periodically contacted about advertising, even though the content has grown somewhat static. Apparently advertising on blogs is becoming more mainstream. So, instead of AdSense ads, I'm willing to consider individual ads, either banner ads or small "AdWords-like" size and location (such as the current location in the upper-right corner of the blog). If you're interested, contact me via that link.
BWIA Magazine
(excerpted from www.bwiamagazine.com)
BWIA is Broadband Wireless Internet Access and BWIA Magazine is a new publication about BWIA that will debut in Summer, 2009. BWIA Magazine will encompass cellular broadband technology (HSxPA, 1xEV-DO, LTE, etc.) used to deliver Broadband Internet Access, Broadband Internet Access via satellite, WiMAX technology (Mobile and fixed), Wi-Fi, Municipal Wi-Fi, microwave point-to-point networks, proprietary systems, and many other technologies.
BWIA Magazine will initially publish on a bimonthly schedule. BWIA Magazine will utilize a hybrid print/online publishing model through the use of print-on-demand services such as MagCloud. BWIA Magazine will be available at no cost online; print subscriptions (and individual issues) will be available upon payment of a subscription or individual issue fee. BWIA Magazine will include advertisements, and we feel that this will be a strong draw for readers. Just as there is a dearth of quality content on the subject of BWIA, there's no one good place to find out who the vendors of BWIA-related products are.
Consolidating Down To Just A Few BWIA-related Blogs
I tried an interesting experiment - "self-franchising" a number of narrowly-focused blogs - Independent Clearwire Blog is one example. While I think the idea could have worked, I ran out of time and funding to be able to devote enough time to generate content for all of them. In the coming months, I'll be consolidating all the content from those "splinter" blogs to this one, and then redirect the domain names to the relevant Category.
So the upshot of all of this is that, with the option of "micro-blogging" via Twitter, some possibility of at least modest revenue via multiple streams, and really interesting things continuing to happen in the Broadband Wireless Internet Access / WiMAX industry...
Yes, I'll be gradually resuming writing about BWIA / WiMAX.
Writing about BWIA will remain a part-time endeavor for me for the foreseeable future. Between health, job, and home life, things have stabilized enough for me to resume writing about BWIA.
This post was composed and posted mostly via Broadband Wireless Internet Access / WiMAX - Verizon Wireless 1xEV-DO and 1xRTT via a Novatel MiFi, In transit from Portland to Seaside, OR. I'll write more of my impressions of the MiFi soon... it's far from perfect, but it's mostly usable. Completed using in-house Wi-Fi at the very nice Rivertide Suites in Seaside, OR.
This article is Copyright © 2009 by Steve Stroh, except for specifically-marked excerpts. Excerpts and links are expressly permitted (and encouraged).
Posted by Steve Stroh on June 06, 2009 at 06:12 in Administrivia, Announcements, Articles On Other Sites, Coverage In Other Stroh Publications LLC Sites, Updates and Corrections | Permalink | Comments (0)
Likely No Interference Between AWS-1 and AWS-3 Bands
(1 update - see below)
The FCC has released a report with its conclusions on the likelihood of significant interference between devices operating in the AWS-1 band (receive segment - 2.110 - 2.155 GHz) from operations in the proposed AWS-3 (2.155-2.175 GHz) band.
As I read the report (PDF) - the FCC engineers concluded "no big deal".
To me, this kind of thing is simple, cut, and dried. The parameters of the spectrum allocations are well-established. If adjacent services and systems "intrude" or "splatter" their signals outside their allocated spectrum, then they get shut down by the FCC. That's the entire point of licensed spectrum - the FCC plays referee, judge, and jury.
This helps answer at least some of the technological uncertainty about M2Z's proposal for a nationwide, "free" Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) system, though questions about the underlying economics, operation / business model remain.
Amusingly, I saw a fair amount of confusion about this story in the general news, that this report was about the recent White Spaces (license-exempt use of vacant portions of television broadcast spectrum) testing that has been conducted by the FCC.
Administrivia note - I'm trying out the use of excerpts in the RSS feed (which will ripple through to the email notification provided by FeedBlitz). Comments pro, or con, will help decide whether I continue to do so.
Update: John Murrell of Good Morning Silicon Valley says it oh so well in this delicious headline, and does justice to the story:
T-Mobile loses NIMBY fight in Spectrumville
This article was written and posted via Broadband Wireless Internet Access (BWIA) ; 802.11A/B/G/N Wi-Fi on a MacBook Pro laptop.
Posted by Steve Stroh on October 13, 2008 at 08:30 in BWIA Industry Developments, Updates and Corrections | Permalink | Comments (0)


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Name Index Lawrence Allen WATERS was born about 1904 in Missouri. Parents: John Ulysses WATERS and Cora Alice MORRIS.
Lawrence Custer WATERS was born on 25 December 1889 in Catawba, Caldwell, Missouri. He died on 18 December 1965 at the age of 75 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. His home was in Fairview Twp., Caldwell Co. He was buried on 21 December 1965 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Ulysses Grant WATERS and Arena B. "Rena" MARTIN.
Spouse: Estella HARLOW. Estella HARLOW and Lawrence Custer WATERS were married on 24 December 1914 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Harold E. WATERS, Robert M. "Bob" WATERS.
Leila Rose WATERS was born on 11 July 1921 in Missouri. She died on 7 September 2016 at the age of 95 in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri. She was buried on 12 September 2016 in Hillcrest Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri. Parents: Austin Heath WATERS and Thaisha KINCAID.
Spouse: Loyd Miller HARTPENCE. Leila Rose WATERS and Loyd Miller HARTPENCE were married on 23 August 1941 in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri. The bride was of Jameson, the groom of Gallatin. Children were: Jone HARTPENCE, Valorie HARTPENCE, Ronnie HARTPENCE.
Lenora Belle WATERS was born on 21 January 1881 in Missouri. She died on 30 November 1952 at the age of 71 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. She was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: James Armstead WATERS and Anna Amelia BOWEN.
Spouse: Walter Lee WIEDMIER. Lenora Belle WATERS and Walter Lee WIEDMIER were married on 6 June 1906 in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Anna F. WIEDMIER.
Linda WATERS was buried in Hutchinson Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri.
Spouse: Larry David "Dave" WILSON. Linda WATERS and Larry David "Dave" WILSON were married. Children were: Larry David WILSON Jr..
Lowell Leroy WATERS was born about 1907 in Missouri. He died in 1975 at the age of 68. Parents: John Ulysses WATERS and Cora Alice MORRIS.
Spouse: Berta L. HUFF. Berta L. HUFF and Lowell Leroy WATERS were married on 14 April 1926 in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri. The bride was of Coffey, the groom of Pattonsburg. Children were: Gerald Leroy WATERS.
Spouse: Mildred TAUL. Mildred TAUL and Lowell Leroy WATERS were married on 1 September 1972 in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri. The bride was of Gallatin, the groom of Jamesport.
Margaret E. WATERS was born (date unknown). Parents: Gardner WATERS and Sarah REED.
Margaret June WATERS was born on 14 July 1931. She died on 12 May 2005 at the age of 73. Parents: Robert Emil WATERS and Gladys Roxanne STEWART.
Spouse: Loren Kenneth TERHUNE. Margaret June WATERS and Loren Kenneth TERHUNE were married on 2 August 1953 in Coffey, Daviess, Missouri. The groom was of Trenton, the bride of Pattonsburg. Children were: Debbie Sue TERHUNE, Kathleen TERHUNE, William Kenneth TERHUNE.
Mary Helen WATERS was born in 1948. Parents: Davis Ercel WATERS and Julia Catherine GREGORY.
Spouse: James Michael MURPHY. Mary Helen WATERS and James Michael MURPHY were married.
Mary Lou WATERS was born (date unknown). Parents: Davis Ellsworth WATERS and Stella Belle HEATH.
Spouse: James WHITE. Mary Lou WATERS and James WHITE were married.
Maxine E. WATERS was born about 1924 in Missouri. Parents: Austin Heath WATERS and Thaisha KINCAID.
Spouse: John W. KILBURN. Maxine E. WATERS and John W. KILBURN were married in 1942 in Cameron, Clinton, Missouri. Children were: Thomas KILBURN, Sharon KILBURN.
Nirth P. WATERS was born in May 1889 in Missouri. Parents: John Franklin WATERS and Emma Cordelia BOYER.
Norma Lee WATERS was born about 1930 in Missouri. She died in 1997 at the age of 67. Parents: Austin Heath WATERS and Thaisha KINCAID.
Spouse: William James "Bill" MCWILLIAMS. Norma Lee WATERS and William James "Bill" MCWILLIAMS were married on 17 May 1952 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri. The bride was of Kansas City, the groom of Clarence, Shelby Co., Missouri. Children were: Jim MCWILLIAMS, Steve MCWILLIAMS, Phil MCWILLIAMS, Scott MCWILLIAMS.
Nova P. WATERS was born in July 1891 in Missouri. Parents: John Franklin WATERS and Emma Cordelia BOYER.
Ollie May WATERS was born about 1888 in Missouri.
Spouse: Frank Wilbur WIEDMIER. Ollie May WATERS and Frank Wilbur WIEDMIER were married on 24 March 1909 in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Byron WIEDMIER, Annabell WIEDMIER.
Opal Gertrude WATERS was born on 20 November 1897 in Missouri. She died on 31 March 1978 at the age of 80 in Daviess Co., Missouri. Parents: John Ulysses WATERS and Cora Alice MORRIS.
Spouse: Hobart McKinley SALMON. Opal Gertrude WATERS and Hobart McKinley SALMON were married on 16 November 1920 in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri.
Ophelia Margaret WATERS was born in June 1842 in Ohio. She died on 16 May 1906 at the age of 63 in Callaway Co., Missouri. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Frances "Fanny" KIDWELL.
Spouse: John Munfor STUBBLEFIELD. Ophelia Margaret WATERS and John Munfor STUBBLEFIELD were married in 1859 in Missouri. According to his obit, John and Ophelia had five living children at the time of John's death in 1896. The 1900 Federal census shows that four of Ophelia's six children survived to that date. Children were: Abraham Lincoln STUBBLEFIELD, Nancy Elizabeth STUBBLEFIELD, John Edward STUBBLEFIELD, Simon R. STUBBLEFIELD, Mary A. STUBBLEFIELD.
Spouse: William SNYDER. Ophelia Margaret WATERS and William SNYDER were married on 7 September 1901 in Caldwell Co., Missouri.
Pearl WATERS was born about 1894 in Missouri. Parents: Jacob Elmore WATERS and Adelia Ellen ISHMAEL.
Pearl Sophia WATERS was born on 6 August 1893 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. She died on 13 March 1924 at the age of 30 in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri. She was buried on 14 March 1924 in Highland Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Jacob Elmore WATERS and Nellie ROLOFF.
Spouse: John W. LAWSON. Pearl Sophia WATERS and John W. LAWSON were married on 2 March 1912 in Livingston Co., Missouri. Bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Billie LAWSON.
Permelia Edith WATERS was born about 1867 in Missouri. Parents: Gardner WATERS and Sarah REED.
Spouse: INGRAM. Permelia Edith WATERS and INGRAM were married.
Randolph WATERS was born about 1846 in Ohio. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Frances "Fanny" KIDWELL.
Rex WATERS was born on 16 January 1888 in Catawba, Caldwell, Missouri. He died on 1 October 1965 at the age of 77 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. His home was in Braymer. He was buried on 3 October 1965 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Samuel James "Jim" WATERS and Cora Belle KENT.
Spouse: Vivian . Vivian and Rex WATERS were married.
Rita Jane WATERS was born in 1946. Parents: Davis Ercel WATERS and Julia Catherine GREGORY.
Spouse: Maurice C. CAREY. Rita Jane WATERS and Maurice C. CAREY were married. Maurice and Rita had no children.
Robert Davis "Bobby" WATERS was born in 1919 in Grand River Twp., Daviess, Missouri. Parents: Austin Heath WATERS and Thaisha KINCAID.
Spouse: Evelyn Louise CALHOUN. Evelyn Louise CALHOUN and Robert Davis "Bobby" WATERS were married on 18 February 1940 in Trenton, Grundy, Missouri. The bride was of Pattonsburg, the groom of Jameson.
Robert Emil WATERS was born in 1904 in Missouri. He died in 1975 at the age of 71. Parents: Davis Ellsworth WATERS and Stella Belle HEATH.
Spouse: Gladys Roxanne STEWART. Gladys Roxanne STEWART and Robert Emil WATERS were married on 5 December 1928 in Daviess Co., Missouri. The bride was of Coffey, the groom of Pattonsburg. Children were: Margaret June WATERS, Donald Stewart WATERS.
Robert M. "Bob" WATERS was born on 11 December 1927 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. He died on 1 April 1986 at the age of 58 in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri. He was buried on 3 April 1986 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Lawrence Custer WATERS and Estella HARLOW.
Spouse: Betty Lou GASTINEAU. Betty Lou GASTINEAU and Robert M. "Bob" WATERS were married on 30 May 1948 in Jackson Co., Missouri. Bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Barbara Sue WATERS, John Robert WATERS.
Rosa Ellen WATERS was born on 2 January 1870 in Shelbyville, Shelby, Indiana. She died on 3 August 1951 at the age of 81 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Her last residence was in Lock Springs. She was buried on 5 August 1951 in Lock Springs Cemetery, Daviess, Missouri. Parents: George WATERS and Ella SANKEY.
Spouse: John Speed LITTON. Rosa Ellen WATERS and John Speed LITTON were married on 10 January 1889 in Lock Springs, Daviess, Missouri. Children were: Bessie May LITTON, Nannie Bell LITTON, John Raymond LITTON, Melba Faye "Ransom" LITTON, Elsie Ellen LITTON, Lawrence Speed LITTON, Charles Oscar LITTON, Delmar Harold LITTON, Rosa LITTON.
Roseann WATERS was born in 1951. Parents: Davis Ercel WATERS and Julia Catherine GREGORY.
Spouse: James Bernard HUDNALL. Roseann WATERS and James Bernard HUDNALL were married.
Ruth WATERS was born on 7 March 1907 in Catawba, Caldwell, Missouri. She died on 16 August 1997 at the age of 90 in Bosworth, Carroll, Missouri. She was buried on 19 August 1997 in Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Livingston, Missouri. She was the death certificate informant for Mrs. Cora Belle Waters.
Parents: Samuel James "Jim" WATERS and Cora Belle KENT.
Spouse: William Taft SPROUSE. Ruth WATERS and William Taft SPROUSE were married on 4 April 1931 in Kingston, Caldwell, Missouri. The bride was of Cowgill, the groom of Utica. Children were: Bobby Lear SPROUSE, Rolly Rork SPROUSE, Gary Taft SPROUSE.
Samuel James "Jim" WATERS was born on 13 May 1857 in Ohio. He died on 31 May 1931 at the age of 74 in Washington Twp., Carroll, Missouri. He was buried on 2 June 1931 in White Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Frances "Fanny" KIDWELL.
Spouse: Cora Belle KENT. Cora Belle KENT and Samuel James "Jim" WATERS were married on 4 March 1883 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. The bride was of Caldwell Co., the groom of Catawba, Caldwell Co. A county history identifies Jim's wife as Cora Belle Bowyer, born April 23, 1884. Children were: Virginia "Virgie" WATERS, Rex WATERS, Ruth WATERS.
Sarah Ann "Sally" WATERS was born on 12 June 1844 in Ohio. She died on 22 January 1887 at the age of 42 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. She was buried in White Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Frances "Fanny" KIDWELL.
Spouse: Isaac J. ADAMS. Sarah Ann "Sally" WATERS and Isaac J. ADAMS were married on 14 April 1863 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. Children were: Joseph E. ADAMS.
Spouse: Felix HIBNER. Sarah Ann "Sally" WATERS and Felix HIBNER were married on 13 December 1866 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. Children were: William Woody "Bill" HIBNER, Frances Jane "Fannie" HIBNER, Essie HIBNER, Benjamin Frank HIBNER, Mary Jane HIBNER, Simon Robert Carl HIBNER, Charlotte "Lottie" HIBNER.
Sarah Audra WATERS was born in December 1891 in Missouri. She died in 1977 at the age of 86. Parents: Davis Ellsworth WATERS and Stella Belle HEATH.
Spouse: Louis F. KROSCHEN. Sarah Audra WATERS and Louis F. KROSCHEN were married on 9 April 1912 in Gallatin, Daviess, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Salem Twp., Daviess Co. Children were: Lillian M. KROSCHEN, Wilma Dea KROSCHEN, Vesper L. KROSCHEN.
Sarah Elizabeth WATERS was born on 5 July 1895 in Daviess Co., Missouri. She died on 17 March 1919 at the age of 23 in Salem Twp., Daviess Co., Missouri. She was buried on 18 March 1919 in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Pattonsburg, Missouri. She never married. She died of Tuberculosis. Parents: John Ulysses WATERS and Cora Alice MORRIS.
Thomas W. WATERS was born in 1840 in Clark Co., Ohio. He died on 3 January 1841 at the age of 1 in Clark Co., Ohio. He was buried in Clark Co., Ohio. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Frances "Fanny" KIDWELL.
Ulysses Grant WATERS was born on 5 March 1869 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. He died on 6 April 1941 at the age of 72 in Braymer, Caldwell, Missouri. He was buried on 8 April 1941 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. He was a rural mail carrier. Parents: Elmore WATERS and Hannah LANE.
Spouse: Arena B. "Rena" MARTIN. Arena B. "Rena" MARTIN and Ulysses Grant WATERS were married on 5 March 1889 in Catawba, Caldwell, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Catawba. Children were: Lawrence Custer WATERS.
Virginia "Virgie" WATERS was born on 23 April 1884 in Catawba, Caldwell, Missouri. She died on 10 May 1975 at the age of 91 in Hamilton, Caldwell, Missouri. She was buried in Cowgill Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: Samuel James "Jim" WATERS and Cora Belle KENT.
Spouse: William Alfred SPROUSE. Virginia "Virgie" WATERS and William Alfred SPROUSE were married on 1 November 1905 in Caldwell Co., Missouri. Both bride and groom were of Braymer. Children were: Eric Clay "Earl" SPROUSE, Melvin E. SPROUSE, James Alfred "Nippy" SPROUSE, Betty Lou SPROUSE.
Walter WATERS was born (date unknown). Parents: Dr. Joseph C. WATERS and Anna HARPER.
William Wade WATERS was born in Kentucky.
Spouse: Sarah E. BRIGHT. Sarah E. BRIGHT and William Wade WATERS were married. Children were: James Armstead WATERS.
WATKINS was born (date unknown).
Spouse: Mary M. CRITTEN. Mary M. CRITTEN and WATKINS were married.
Spouse: Virginia Elizabeth . Virginia Elizabeth and WATKINS were married.
Spouse: Shelley NIGUS. Shelley NIGUS and WATKINS were married.
Spouse: Pearl CARPENTER. Pearl CARPENTER and WATKINS were married.
Allen Winston WATKINS was born about 1902 in Missouri. He died on 14 November 1984 at the age of 82 in Talhlequah, Cherokee, Oklahoma. He was buried on 17 November 1984 in Evergreen Cemetery, Caldwell, Missouri. Parents: John Edward WATKINS and Elizabeth Charlotte JONES.
Spouse: Carrie Ruth WELLS. Carrie Ruth WELLS and Allen Winston WATKINS were married on 1 July 1923 in Jackson Co., Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: Charles E. WATKINS, Wilma E. WATKINS.
Anna WATKINS died about 1840.
Spouse: John HUGHES. Anna WATKINS and John HUGHES were married. Children were: Martha HUGHES.
Anna Elizabeth WATKINS was born on 19 November 1889 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 16 May 1932 at the age of 42 in Blue Mound Twp., Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 18 May 1932 in Welsh Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: John Edward WATKINS and Elizabeth Charlotte JONES.
Spouse: John Edward EVANS. Anna Elizabeth WATKINS and John Edward EVANS were married on 23 March 1910 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: Leroy "Bosco" EVANS, Leonard A. EVANS.
Anna Merwin WATKINS was born on 19 December 1908 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. She died on 17 March 1916 at the age of 7 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. She was buried on 19 March 1916 in Welsh Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: Bert Alvin WATKINS and Annie Esther HUGHES.
Arthur WATKINS was born on 14 June 1830 in Scott Co., Indiana. He died on 25 January 1915 at the age of 84 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. He was buried on 27 January 1915 in Edgewood Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. He was a son of William Watkins of Kentucky. Arthur grew to manhood in Adams Co., Illinois. In 1870 he located in Harrison Co., Missouri. In the spring of 1879 he moved to Jamesport in Daviess Co., making his home there until June 1890 when he moved to Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Missouri.
Spouse: Martha Elizabeth CRAIG. Martha Elizabeth CRAIG and Arthur WATKINS were married on 30 July 1856 in Adams County, Illinois. Children were: James Edward WATKINS, William L. WATKINS, Charles WATKINS, Emma WATKINS.
Arthur W. WATKINS was born on 22 August 1880 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. He died on 1 November 1951 at the age of 71 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. He was buried on 4 November 1951 in Welsh Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: John Edward WATKINS and Elizabeth Charlotte JONES.
Spouse: Luvica WALKER. Luvica WALKER and Arthur W. WATKINS were married on 1 February 1904 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: Ila L. WATKINS, Lloyd Adelbert WATKINS, Mildred E. WATKINS, Marion Arthur WATKINS, Joyce Alma WATKINS, Thelma WATKINS.
Spouse: Fonda Mae PARKS. Fonda Mae PARKS and Arthur W. WATKINS were married on 30 June 1931 in Chillicothe, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Chillicothe. Children were: Rosalie WATKINS.
Bert Alvin WATKINS was born on 9 December 1882 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. He died on 20 June 1955 at the age of 72 in Chillicothe Hospital, Livingston, Missouri. He was buried on 22 June 1955 in Welsh Cemetery, Livingston, Missouri. Parents: John Edward WATKINS and Elizabeth Charlotte JONES.
Spouse: Annie Esther HUGHES. Annie Esther HUGHES and Bert Alvin WATKINS were married on 25 February 1908 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: Anna Merwin WATKINS.
Spouse: Erma Grace GLICK. Erma Grace GLICK and Bert Alvin WATKINS were married on 20 June 1911 in Dawn, Livingston, Missouri. Bride and groom were of Dawn. Children were: Opal Grace WATKINS, Ronald A. WATKINS.
Billy WATKINS was born (date unknown). Parents: Clay WATKINS and Almira CLUTTER.


Taipei, April 11 (CNA) The ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) will put off public opinion polls relating to its primary process to select its candidate for the 2020 presidential election until May, DPP Secretary-General Lo Wen-jia (羅文嘉) said Thursday.
The decision was made during a meeting of the DPP's Central Executive Committee a day earlier to allow more time for a five-member panel assembled by the party to mediate between President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), who is seeking re-election, and her challenger in the primary, former Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德).
The committee decided to extend the mediation time and postpone the public opinion polls until May after the party's legislative primary concludes May 22.
The committee reached a consensus during the meeting that the primary will be conducted in line with the normal system and process, with the pubic opinion polls expected to be conducted by May 31 if the mediation efforts fail, according to Lo.
According to the DPP's original time-frame for the primary, the candidate hopefuls were set to give political platform presentations live on television April 13-14, followed by public opinion polls to be conducted April 15-17 to select the the party's presidential candidate, with a nominee to be announced April 24.


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Northern Ireland and a border poll: hard truths
The Brexit issue continues to fuel speculation about the prospects of Irish unity following a border poll. Here Alan Whysall, Senior Honorary Research Associate at the Constitution Unit, author of the Unit's paper on the subject published in March, and a member of the working group bringing in colleagues from Belfast and Dublin that will look further at the implications of a poll, warns that there are serious dangers looming here for both parts of Ireland – as well as the British government and the wider UK.
The potential breakup of the UK is now spoken about more often than it has perhaps been since the 1920s, fed by the heated politics of Brexit and by evolutions in opinion revealed in polling in Northern Ireland (and Scotland). Some polling in England suggests a willingness to contemplate this, especially if it is the price of Brexit. The subject is sometimes raised rather matter-of-factly in discussion in Great Britain, on an apparent assumption that quick and clean breaks are possible.
In the case of Ireland, at least, this is not so. There are a number of hard realities meaning that any process of Irish unity is likely to be drawn out, and at all stages capable of tipping over into heightened tensions, instability and conflict. And hence a serious preoccupation for the UK, as well as for Ireland. The situation requires handling with extreme care and sensitivity, and not least from London. But its conduct in the last few weeks has all tended to exacerbate the situation.
This blog sets out some of the realities and pitfalls – and why the latter are at present becoming more likely and more serious.
Northern Ireland has a right to leave the UK on the basis of the majority vote
Northern Ireland differs from other parts of the UK in that there is a principle already established in political agreements and in international law that it should leave the UK and become part of a United Ireland in certain circumstances – if a majority of its inhabitants voting in a poll, and the majority also in the rest of Ireland, is in favour. This is a cornerstone of the Good Friday Agreement, and embodied also the parallel Treaty between the UK and Ireland.
And there is a mechanism to bring the principle to life: the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with parliamentary approval, must call a referendum (usually called in Northern Ireland a 'border poll') at any time it seems likely that a majority would favour Irish unity.
Posted in Brexit, Devolution, Elections and referendums, Europe | Tagged Alan Whysall, backstop, Belfast Agreement, border poll, Brexit, Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, Gerry Adams, Good Friday Agreement, hard border, Hard Brexit, Ireland, Irish backstop, Irish border, Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland Act 1998, Northern Ireland Executive, Seamas Mallon, secretary of state for Northern Ireland, unionists, united Ireland, Working Group on Unification Referendums on the Island of Ireland
Brexit and parliament: an end of term report
Posted on August 6, 2019 by The Constitution Unit
On 22 July, the Unit, in association with The UK in a Changing Europe, hosted four experts on the legislative process, including our Director, Professor Meg Russell, for a panel discussion of parliament's handling of Brexit. Sam Anderson summarises the main contributions.
On 22 July, the Constitution Unit held a packed event entitled 'Brexit and Parliament: an end of term report'. As well as launching Unit Director Professor Meg Russell's new Senior Fellowship with The UK in a Changing Europe, it offered a key opportunity to reflect on parliament's recent performance on Brexit and what may lie ahead. The other contributors were Hilary Benn MP, Labour Chair of the Commons Exiting the European Union Select Committee; Chris White, Managing Director of Public Affairs at Newington Communications and former adviser to two Conservative Leaders of the House; and Dr Brigid Fowler, Senior Researcher at the Hansard Society, who leads its work on parliament and Brexit. The event was chaired by Dr Daniel Gover, Research Fellow at the Constitution Unit and Lecturer in British Politics at Queen Mary University of London. The discussion included whether parliament had used some of its more innovative procedures appropriately, potential next steps in the backbench fight to stop 'no deal' and public perceptions of how parliament is performing in the Brexit process.
Meg Russell
Meg Russell gave an overview of the three key research areas that her new fellowship will focus on.
1. How direct and representative democracy relate to each other in the UK
This has been one of the main issues raised by the 2016 referendum. The centrality of parliamentary sovereignty in the UK constitution means that there is a natural tension between representative democracy – where decisions are made by parliament – and direct democracy, involving the use of referendums. Referendums can undoubtedly create tensions with parliament's representative function; however the Unit's Independent Commission of Referendums concluded that in certain circumstances referendums can usefully complement parliamentary sovereignty.
The concepts of direct democracy and the overriding mandate of the referendum have fed debates about the role of parliament that have taken a 'darker turn' in recent months. Challenging parliament's decisions is legitimate in a democracy, but threatening the right of parliament to sit and perform its constitutional and legal functions is something we never expected to see. This rhetoric seeks 'to pit the people against parliament', with the 'worrying implication that the executive should cut loose' of the accountability that lies at the heart of our system, in the name of the people. For example, many responses to a recent tweet from former Conservative MP Nick Boles, in which he expressed concern about the government 'muzzling' parliament, invoked 'the will of the 17.4 million', with some suggesting that the will of MPs no longer matters. Prorogation has been advocated by a number of Brexiteer MPs, to prevent parliament blocking a 'no deal' Brexit. However it has been criticised by other prominent Leavers, such as Sir Bernard Jenkin, Chair of the Commons Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, and Andrea Leadsom, former Leader of the Commons.
2. The power of parliament over government policy
Professor Russell's previous work has looked at the ways parliament exercises its power, including through select committees and the legislative process. Parliament is more powerful – and exercises that power in more subtle ways – than many often assume. The Brexit process has demonstrated this in a high profile way. A number of established patterns have continued: one is the anticipatory influence that the Commons has on government, such as when Theresa May offered MPs a vote on 'no deal' in March to avoid it being forced upon her. In addition, the Commons and the Lords have largely worked together as partners not rivals; the scrutiny role of select committees and the Commons chamber have been shown to play an important role in testing the claims and policies of ministers; and opposition days have been used in a number of 'imaginative' ways. Continue reading →
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Unionism and the Conservative Brexit deal rebellion
Posted on February 1, 2019 by The Constitution Unit
This week, MPs voted in favour of renegotiating the parts of the Withdrawal Agreement that relate to the 'backstop'. The backstop and the land border between the UK and Ireland has been one of the most divisive Brexit issues for the Conservatives. Jack Sheldon and Michael Kenny discuss what this tells us about the party's attitude to the Union.
'Something ghastly called UK(NI) has been created. Northern Ireland will be under a different regime. That is a breach of the Act of Union 1800'. Owen Paterson MP
'I am concerned about the prospects of a Northern Ireland that risks being increasingly decoupled from the United Kingdom, and about how that could undermine the Union that is at the heart of the United Kingdom'. Justine Greening MP
'I would really like to support the deal of this Prime Minister and this Government, but the issue for me is the backstop. I served in Northern Ireland and I lost good colleagues to protect the Union. I will not vote for anything that does not protect the Union'. Sir Mike Penning MP
Concerns about the implications of the Irish backstop for the integrity of the domestic Union contributed significantly to the scale of the 118-strong backbench rebellion that led to Theresa May's Withdrawal Agreement being defeated on 15 January, by the extraordinary margin of 432 to 202. Following a debate and vote on 29 January, the Prime Minister has now committed to seek legally binding changes to the backstop, in the hope that this might win over at least some of the rebels before the next vote.
What do the arguments that have been made about the backstop tell us about the nature of the 'unionism' that prevails in the contemporary Conservative Party? This is a pertinent question, given that the sincerity of professed support for the Union from Conservatives has regularly been called into question by academic and media commentators in recent years, with increasing numbers of critics suggesting that leading figures from the Tory Party have harvested 'English nationalist' sentiments and are willing to put the future of the Union at risk. Continue reading →
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Google Search Updates: Good or bad?
Read a great post this morning from InfoCommerce, a consulting group that focuses on business information content and database publishing. Here's a snippet, but I think you should head over to their blog for the whole post on Google's recent spam-prevention search updates.
…let's think a little more about this new filtering capability offered by Google. What if it were to truly catch on? The basic concept is that you can now easily and permanently take out any domain from your Google search results. Consider what this means: suddenly, nobody is seeing the same search results. What is the implication for search engine optimization programs and providers? What happens to search engine marketing?
Of course, the clear message from Google, Bing and other major search engines is that already, no one gets the same search results. [Despite that, some SEO firms are still trying to sell you rankings. Snake oil alert!] But the greater ability to customize your own results on the fly means that not only will you not see what I see, but that we may accidentally be giving ourselves poorer results.
Personally, I'm not sorry to see Google act on the content farm spam problem. I've noticed it a lot in my personal searching, as I have tried to teach my 5-year-old and my 11-year-old how you judge a quality website to use in research for school projects. To an untrained researcher, lots of content farm posts look really useful — but they usually just give you half an answer or even the wrong information.
But the implications of fiddling with the mechanism, and of allowing us to fiddle with it, also concern me. Will we start to see campaigns to have people "vote down" certain sites out of malice, hoping to get Google to dump them? I suspect that Google will figure out when humans need to intervene in those kind of cases, but Google's got a track record in other areas of letting the machines act first and then let the humans correct when necessary — with no regard to the downstream consequences. So I hope that Google is treading very, very carefully here.
I've been working on content strategy and management for a good long time, so I've had my rounds with disreputable SEO practitioners. In the early 2000s, there were a LOT of snake oil salesmen out there. I could tell you some crazy stories, but we all love to sit around and grouse about the other guy.
To be clear: I think reputable SEO practitioners today contribute significantly to the web.
For some reason, the past few days have been the content strategy vs. SEO throwdown of the century. There are posts popping up all over. I've got my favorites, but there are some for all sides….whether you fall on the SEO or content strategy side of the fence.
But I'd argue we all ought to spend more time worrying about the problems created by spam content by Demand Media and similar companies. That's a much bigger problem for legitimate SEO and content strategy practitioners. When the internet is overflowing with junk, that makes it far more difficult to share real knowledge, no matter which side of the fence you're sitting on.
Wow. There are a lot of speakers here, and they aren't all listed in the program….and there's no way I'll get them all straight. I'll see what I can do.
Gil Elbaz, founder/CEO of Factual. They simplify access to clean, reliable data for publishers. Structure and clean data.
Carla Thompson, Guidewire Group. Search and semantic analyst.
Barak Berkowitz, has been at Wolfram Alpha for 10 days.
Nova Spivack, founder of Twine, now at LiveMatrix.
Barney Pell, Microsoft Bing team.
Haha, first real question is, what does semantics mean? We're going to discuss the semantics of semantics.
Someone [Pell, I think] says, it's about meaning, figuring out which words match with other words. Also about the abstractions that tie words together. It's a middle layer that connects the underlying layer to the higher intent.
So Google and Bing are already semantic search engines? Yes.
Thompson says, no that doesn't clear it up. You lost the consumer after the word abstraction. I think we should get rid of the term.
Pell: I think it's not a consumer term. It's a technology term.
Kittlaus says, I've been in the Valley less than 3 years and I'm amazed at how little creativity is there in the search field. People argue about who has the biggest database and not about how to solve user's problems.
Panel is arguing about whether or not today's search results are adequate or should be replaced with something yet-to-be-conceived. Total geek amusement is all you can say about this.
Good point: Panelist says we have a scalability issue. There's so much accessible data today, that a solution that could handle a million pieces of data isn't the best solution for a trillion pieces of data.
Right now, search is good at answering single question. When you need to handle a complex task, you may have to make several searches. Need to better understand the user to better handle complexity.
Spivack: OK are we all just debating Google's next feature? Or is there room for others?
Pell contends that many search engines [albeit not Google and Bing] are already working together.
Some discussion about the importance/desirability of including social and context info in search results — no discussion of privacy. All about how much better it will make search results.
Spivack comments on WA using expert curation, instead of community curation. Would love to hear more discussion on that point.
Now discussion on how does the engine know if they've answered you. And point made that many searches are refined over time…you search for info on getting a mortgage, you ask different things over time, and two months later you buy a house. At what point was your question "answered"?
The backchannel on this panel is pretty negative. I think it's because there are too many people on the panel. And perhaps could have used a little more planning.
Recently, I wrote about finding the right SEO (search engine optimization) keywords to use on your website. Step 2 may be just as big a mystery: Using them appropriately.
Re-write all the copy on your website so that it's got a terrifically high "keyword density" but doesn't actually make a lot of sense when you read it.
Add "invisible text" full of keywords to your site.
Write a bunch of "SEO articles" that don't offer any value to you or your customers.
Spend a lot of time creating extra pages and sites that link back and forth to yours. You should probably check out http://www.johntking.com/check-bulk-urls-google-sheets/ so you'll know exactly when a link goes down.
Some of those things are just annoying, and some will actually drop your rankings when Google and other search engines notice you doing them, but all of them are bad.
I'm going to list several things you can do with your keywords, but keep in mind that your overriding goal should be: Create a really helpful website for customers. If you do that, you will most likely be using keywords well in the process.
I find the first option is a better choice for almost everyone, though for many people, it will also involve the IT staff to get an SEO-friendly CMS. It's worth your effort.
Write keyword-rich headlines. Some CMS let you have separate wording in the title bar of your browser and as the headline on the page, and some don't. Either can work, because both your page headlines and your title bars should be using keywords. More flexibility is often nice, but sometimes, more is just more complexity, instead of more better. This may be one of those places.
Speak your customers' language when you write your site copy. This one is hardest for many organizations, in my experience. We all like to have our insider language and acronyms (like, SEO or CMS, for instance!) and we convince ourselves that our customers are searching for the XTVC 337 Widget because in our catalog, that's what we call it. Your customers want their problems solved. They couldn't care less what you call the solution. So be sure you're using the right keywords in your descriptive copy. An SEO Company is constantly trying their best to speak their customers language at all time, therfore you should be too!
Forget about keyword density, but don't write too long, either. If you've been working on the web as long as I have, you've undoubtedly run across a few companies that are still obsessed with a term called "keyword density," meaning, how often does a given keyword appear in your copy. In SEO marketing, it's unclear how much this ever really mattered to Google et al, but it's certainly not a valid measurement now. Make your copy informative and useful to your customers, and use the right keywords when called for. And remember, on the web, shorter is usually better.
Link to other people you find useful. You may have a great website, but if you're not linking back and forth with other great websites, chances are, no one knows you're there. The best thing to do is to use links in context, so, don't just create a page on your site listing a bunch of links. Instead, use links throughout your site, whenever they make sense. This post on Search Engine Journal talks more about using links effectively.
Next time: What should you pay for, SEO-wise?
This business owner happened to have TWO listings on the front page of Google anyway — free listings. One in the Google Local map section, and one in organic search. I thought, well, then she must have a keyword ad, and that's what this company was managing.
Here's my basic thought on search engine optimization — also known as SEO: If it sounds like a scam, it is.
No one can promise to get you on the first page of Google for your desired keyword. However, there are several easy things you can do to improve your own search engine rankings, or you can work with a reputable SEO firm such as Fusion Vegas (http://fusionvegas.com/services/).
So I'll make a few posts in the coming days to tell you about things that anyone can do to improve their search engine rankings. First up: Using keywords.
Keywords sound mysterious to many people when they first begin to learn about SEO, but they aren't. Keywords are what people type into the search box on Google, Yahoo! or any other search engine. If you're using the same keywords on your website that people type into the search box when they're looking for your kind of company, you're more likely to show up in their search results. The concept of SEO is something that is important when it comes to the world of digital marketing, especially if you are looking to create a form of online visibility for your business. There are companies out there like NGP Integrated Marketing Communications that offer services of SEO in order to help support any business's digital marketing campaigns. With the help of these sorts of specialists, you will be able to get the best results in terms of improving your brand's digital presence. There's so much you will learn and need to know, so it may be in your best interest to ask for a bit of help. Find a DIGITAL MARKETING AGENCY NEAR ME.
When you're picking keywords, you're trying to get into your potential customer's brain and ask, Now, if I wanted a business that does X, how would I search for it online? There are no rules about "keywords" and no magic way to identify the best ones. But there are some tricks you can try to hone your keywords.
We often make assumptions about ourselves that our customers don't make. We use industry slang to identify ourselves or talk inside baseball. Our customers don't.
So, ask your customers: How would you search for me on Google if you didn't know the name of my company?
Check your website's incoming search results to see what keywords DO bring people to you.
And search yourself to find your competitors online — with a description of what they do, not their company names — to see what keywords are most successful.
These three tips will get you a long way down the road to the right keywords for your organization. If you're ready to take another step, you can also check out some free tools from Google: the Search-Based Keyword Tool, and the AdWords Keyword Tool. Primarily designed to help you run a Google AdWords campaign, these tools can also help you find keywords you can use on your site.
Next time, I'll share some ideas about what you should be doing with those keywords.


.When Agent Red was offered today's Pask Winery 2013 Kate Radburnd "Rich Royal" Merlot, he did a little research - and found that the wine was made by one of his winemaking heroes, Kate Radburnd.
Kate has been making wines in Australia and New Zeland for more than 30 years. She's won more awards and gold medals than nearly any other Aussie winemaker. Kate is now the co-owner and winemaker of Pask Winery in New Zealand, where she makes distinctive and very reasonably priced wines.
Broad and aromatic on the nose, with aromas of ripe black cherry, Santa Rosa plum, blackberry compote, sweet brown spice, raspberry, toasty oak, dusty red currant, cocoa and spiced cherry candy.
Rich and layered on the palate, with grilled plum, black cherry juice, smoky blackberry, grilled blueberry, soft leather, mixed brown spice, coffee bean, cocoa powder and a hint of cracked pepper.
Of her winemaking, Kate says, "My job is to support the fruit the best way I can - not manipulate it - so the grapes can naturally express their true flavor." Well, Kate, Mission: Accomplished! This is one great wine.


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Grande Dunes Welcomes New Executive Chef
McConnell Golf and Grande Dunes Club Management are pleased to welcome and introduce Isaac Spencer as Executive Chef.
"There were some very impressive resumes. In the end, Isaac was the clear favorite. I think it's great the final candidate came from within the ranks of the McConnell Golf culinary team," said Grande Dunes Director of Food & Beverage, Eric French.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (PRWEB) November 29, 2018
McConnell Golf and Grande Dunes Club Management are pleased to welcome and introduce Isaac Spencer as Executive Chef. Isaac comes to Grande Dunes after serving as Sous Chef at McConnell Golf sister property, Sedgefield Country Club. He has been a valued staff member of McConnell Golf for more than 10 years.
Isaac brings with him an impressive 16-year background in the food service and culinary industries. During his time at Sedgefield Country Club, Isaac was instrumental in the day-to-day operation of two golf course clubhouses. He was also an integral part of the annual Wyndham Championship, attended by more than 75,000 spectators each year.
"We started with a field of over 60 candidates from around the country," said Grande Dunes Director of Food & Beverage, Eric French. "There were some very impressive resumes. In the end, Isaac was the clear favorite. I think it's great the final candidate came from within the ranks of the McConnell Golf culinary team."
In his new position, Isaac will lead the management of all food and pastry production at Members Club, Ocean Club and Anchor Café. This will include everything from menu development to kitchen staff supervision.
For more information about Grande Dunes, visit http://www.grandedunes.com or call (843) 315-0281.
About Grande Dunes
From the ocean to across the Intracoastal Waterway, Grande Dunes is a 2,200-acre celebration of coastal living like no other community on South Carolina's famed Grand Strand. With an incredible array of world-class amenities and social and recreational opportunities, it has truly taken the Myrtle Beach lifestyle to a whole new level. The club facilities include an 18-hole Nick Price/Craig Schreiner designed championship golf course, practice facilities, clubhouse, Ocean Club, pool, beach access, fitness facilities and tennis courts. The Grande Dunes property is managed by McConnell Golf, LLC.
About McConnell Golf
McConnell Golf (http://www.McConnellGolf.com) memberships include privileges at a dozen 18-hole, private golf courses plus one nine-hole course throughout the Carolinas and Tennessee. McConnell Golf's stable of prestigious clubs includes Raleigh Country Club and TPC Wakefield Plantation in Raleigh, NC, Sedgefield Country Club Ross Course and Dye Course in Greensboro, NC, Providence Country Club in Charlotte, NC, Old North State Club in New London, NC, Treyburn Country Club in Durham, NC, Brook Valley Country Club in Greenville, NC, Country Club of Asheville (NC), The Reserve Golf Club in Pawleys Island, SC, Musgrove Mill Golf Club in Clinton, SC and Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, TN. McConnell Golf also operates the 27-hole public Raleigh Golf Association and manages the Grande Dunes Members Club and Ocean Club in Myrtle Beach for LStar Ventures.
Jenn Bynum
LStar Ventures


So, which is your favourite. I admit that I've always been rather partial to the US covers and I do love the US cover here – but, in this case, the UK cover is my favourite. I just really like the font style and colour, the way it's so startling against the cold background – the darkness beyond the ice. Yep. The UK cover is my favourite this time around.
Stop on over to Mr Lawrence's blog where there are a couple of other alternative covers and choose your favourite.
Nope – I can completely see where you're coming from. I've really enjoyed the style of the US covers but that UK one – I love the colours.
Oh I LOVE the UK cover – so clever and interesting:).
It's lovely isn't it – it puts me in mind of creepy childhood tales of Jack Frost – don't know why!
US cover is my favorite for this one!
Haha – yes she does look like she's giving a bit of a look down her nose – like – go ahead punk, make my day!
I love the UK one. Better font, great use of color.
Yay – A UK vote!
They're both great. And absolutely – no need to choose, we can like both!
It seems to be the consensus of opinion for this one.
I think I like the UK cover too. I like the cold feel of it, the ice and everything.
Yeah, I think sometimes you can't help liking the cover that you're used to and in this case it's the US cover but I really like the UK one for this. I have preferred the US covers for all the other books.
I've actually already took a sneaky peak at it and the start is very good.


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Die Tierphysiologie (auch Zoophysiologie) ist die Lehre von den Funktionen von Geweben, Organen und Organsystemen bei Tieren auf allen Ebenen, sowohl molekular, als auch in größerem Rahmen, und damit, wie diese Funktionen gesteuert und reguliert werden. Hierbei können auch Erkenntnisse über die menschliche Physiologie gewonnen werden. Die Tierphysiologie ist ein Teilgebiet der Zoologie.

Zentrale Themen der Tierphysiologie sind: Struktur-Funktions-Beziehungen, Adaptation, Akklimatisation, Homöostase, Feedback-Kontrollsysteme sowie Konformität und Regulierung. Teilgebiete der Tierphysiologie sind die Ökophysiologie und die Evolutionsphysiologie. Die Veterinärphysiologie als Teilgebiet der Veterinärmedizin beschäftigt mit den Körperfunktionen bei Haustieren.

Vergleichende Physiologie
Der deutsche Zoologe Wolfgang von Buddenbrock-Hettersdorff (1884–1964) gilt als Begründer der vergleichenden Physiologie. Die vergleichende Physiologie untersucht Gemeinsamkeiten und Unterschiede in den Körperfunktionen in Abhängigkeit von der systematischen Stellung der Tiere.

Fachzeitschriften für vergleichende Physiologie sind das American Journal of Physiology, Annual Review of Physiology, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Integrative and Comparative Biology, das Journal of Comparative Physiology, das Journal of Experimental Biology und Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.

Literatur
 Heinz Penzlin: Lehrbuch der Tierphysiologie. 7. Auflage. Elsevier, München 2005, ISBN 3-8274-0170-4.

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Organic Hyssop Essential Oil is famous for containing nearly every type of chemical compound commonly found in essential oils. It is, therefore, one of nature?s strongest antiviral and antibacterial agents. The primordial cultures were not wrong in identifying the medicinal properties of Hyssop. The chemical breakdown of the essential oil reveals many health benefits like respiratory problems, treating wounds and cuts, improving blood flow, stimulating body systems, removing toxins, relaxing muscles, promoting healthy skin.?


Overtake top speed cars to finish the race on 1st place !
A well-done racing game. Nothing we haven't seen before, but it's pretty slick. Overall, no complaints.
Overtake supercars to be 1st !
Drive the supercars and win the race.
Show them who's the best!
Drive the super fast cars and be the best.


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Latest Weather Forecast - Monday 23rd January, 2023 (6 pm)
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Annandale Red Squirrel Group will be hosting a stall at this year's Moffat Show. The event date is Saturday 25th August and we'll be doing a bit of fundraising and public interaction. Visit the Moffat Show page on Facebook to find out more, or get involved with our group here.


This week's quick challenge question was: "You Can't Trust The Bible Because It Was Written By Biased Christians".
All authors have a bias. The reason they are writing in the first place is to convince you of something. The question isn't whether or not bias is present, it's whether the information presented is accurate or not.
If we can only know history from unbiased authors, we would have to discard practically everything we know about antiquity. We would have to discount the atrocities that were committed in the Nazi death camps, because the reports came from Jews that survived. The survivors would obviously have a bias against the Nazis. This would be a ridiculous stance to take however. While bias may exist, we can still trust the accounts of the survivors of these horrors.
The writers of the New Testament did not start out as Christians. They all converted based on their encounter with the risen Christ. They were previously unbelievers that came to trust in the message of Jesus. The question that should be asked is, "What caused this radical change?" That's the message that the authors are communicating.


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EN3PSY-Psychoanalysis and Text
Module Provider: English Literature
Non-modular pre-requisites: English Part 1
Module Convenor: Prof Karin Lesnik-Oberstein
Email: k.b.lesnik-oberstein@reading.ac.uk
This module introduces and explores relationships between psychoanalysis and literary criticism, concentrating not on psychoanalysis as 'applied' to literature, but, instead, on thinking through the implications of psychoanalysis for literary criticism and theory. On the basis of readings from Sigmund Freud the students are introduced to central concepts from and about psychoanalysis, primarily the psychoanalytic 'unconscious', and then continue by examining the implications of this for ideas about authorship and intentionality, readership and response, and text and interpretation. After the initial readings from Freud, each group selects both primary and secondary literature to analyse closely.
Through the reading of both theoretical and fictional texts the relationships between Freudian ideas about the unconscious and the reading and criticism of texts will be analysed and addressed. These include considering the way that psychoanalysis has been read as affecting ideas of authorship and biography, and of interpretation. The aims are both to introduce students to a reading of some texts from Freud, and other relevant psychoanalytic theory, and to promote an ability to reflect on critical languages and practices, in order to begin to develop some understanding of the complex relationships between ideas of psychoanalysis and ideas of literary criticism.
By the end of the module the students will be expected to:
•Exercise skills of close textual analysis, especially in relation to reading all
texts, including psychoanalytic or critical texts and understand how and why this
is motivated by the implications of psychoanalysis.
•Demonstrate an awareness of the theoretical and methodological issues
pertinent to the module throughout their own critical formulations and readings.
•Understand the centrality of the reading of narration/ perspectives to the
implications of psychoanalysis for reading.
•Have an understanding of issues core to psychoanalysis, including ideas
of the 'unconscious' and sexuality.
•Connect the issues and implications of this module to related issues on
other modules.
Oral and written communication skills will be developed, together with critical, interpretative and analytical abilities. In enabling students to focus on developing a detailed understanding of some core elements of psychoanalytic theory and its relationships to literary criticism and theory this module also provides students with an awareness of the wider cultural and historical influence of psychoanalysis and the broader discourses around it, including, for instance, ideas about 'science', gender and sexuality.
The module addresses ideas from and about psychoanalysis and its possible implications for the reading and criticism of texts. Firstly students will explore ideas about psychoanalysis itself through the reading of Sigmund Freud's 'Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis' and his 'Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality', together with any further essays to be decided on during the course. Further links to the reading and analysis of texts will be introduced through other texts set in consultation with the class. These texts can be any literary, critical or psychoanalytic readings as core to the module is not what is read but how it is read and why.
Three seminar hours weekly, for which students are required to do preparatory reading. Students are also entitled to a half-hour tutorial on their formative written work. With the consent of the module convenor, students may also undertake a placement, through which they will learn how to apply the knowledge and skills gained in studying for this module in a professional context outside the University.
Tutorials 0.5
Guided independent study 129.5 40
Total hours by term 160.00 40.00
This module is assessed by two pieces of work: two assessed essays of 2500 words, each worth 50%. Feedback will be provided on both elements of the summative assessment.
Formative Assessment Methods - work which provides opportunities to improve performance (e.g. through feedback provided) but which does not necessarily always contribute towards the overall module mark:
Students write one formative essay, of between 1500 and 2000 words.
A mark of least 40% overall.
Re-examination in August. Coursework will be carried forward if it bears a confirmed mark of 40% or more. Otherwise it must be resubmitted by 25 August.
Key Readings List:
You can view a Key Readings list for this module here: http://readinglists.reading.ac.uk/lists/DC954FD5-C3BB-44C0-8335-09E3E594A797 N.B. Reading lists may change before the module starts.
Last updated: 4 April 2017