Orioles pitcher Jason Hammel said he felt great and thought he was back on track tonight in his second start since coming off the disabled list.

Then he felt something in his right knee again, on the second pitch he threw to Evan Longoria with two outs in the top of the fourth. He went on to walk him and shortly after that, Hammel left the game, injured again.

Again, the right knee. The one he had arthroscopic surgery on in July.

“It felt exactly the same as it did in the game against Detroit (on July 13). It was just one pitch and then after the pitch, I couldn’t load on the leg again. Anytime I tried to transfer the weight towards the plate, it was a very sharp painA seven-year-old boy from Afghanistan was rescued from a sealed lorry on a British motorway after texting someone in the US for help.

Ahmed, along with 14 adults, had stowed away in the vehicle in Calais before it headed to the UK.

Visahal Sri Pathma reports.


Alien, liar, feudal, maverick, mercenary, goonda (goon), chor (thief), cunning man, hypocrite and ruthless - these may not be the words that have much to do with politics, but the heat of the Lok Sabha elections in Punjab has made the usage of these words part of the political vocabulary
here.

Leaders of the ruling Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) alliance and the opposition Congress are freely using cuss words against their opponents to strike a chord with voters in the state.

When Punjab revenue minister Bikram Singh Majithia, brother-in-law of Punjab's powerful deputy chief minister Sukhbir Singh Badal, recently made the remark "dhaun napp deyange" (we will hold him by the neck) against Captain Amarinder Singh, led to a political war of words.

Amarinder Singh claimed that Majithia, inhis "outrageous outburst", in fact, said: "If Badal orders him, he would chop off Amarinder Singh's head and put it at Badal's feet."

The Congress and Amarinder Singh often refer to Majithia's 'goonda-ism' remark.

The Akali Dal complained to the state election commission after former chief minister and Congress leader Rajinder Kaur Bhattal called Akali Dal candidate from the Anandpur Sahib seat, Prem Singh Chandumajra, a "chor" (thief) and "daaku" (dacoit).

The biggest verbal fight is understandably going on between Amarinder Singh and Jaitley. Amarinder Singh has made it known to Jaitley that he should not expect any leniency from him.

After initially calling Jaitley an 'outsider' in Amritsar, he called the BJP leader an 'alien'. Jaitley hit back, saying that Amarinder Singh, who belongs to the royal family of Patiala, had


adopt postures which are uncalled for in the election campaigning".

The poll officer said his office had "received numerous complaints regarding the use of disrespectful, undignified and intimidating language by many political leaders while delivering speeches during campaigning".at 10 yards. My first five rounds from the Glock 42 was a complete fail on the drill. Hits tended left – can you say "Glock with a small stock" (sic) and my times could better be measured with a sundial for a couple of strings. I then put six hits on a B-8 center with Liberty Civil Defense ammo – I wanted to check elevation of the point of impact with the ultra-light bullet – from ten yards. They were a little high, still in the black, but centered for windage. Strange. I did some "negative taping" on the target – those holes outside the main scoring area – and suited up for the Glock 43. I used Hornady 124 grain ammo for this test. While I


was again a "fail" on the Wizard Drill, it was less so. The guns handled closely enough to the same that I was a pass on 3 out of four of the stages – including the ten yard pair. Going to the 10 yards sighting on another B-8 bullseye center, I found I was shooting noticeably left on the bull, still in the black. I taped up and shot the Gunsite school drill with the Glock 42. I found that it was going to take more work to make the hits in the times allotted. Strangely, the further I got back, the better the results.Again, I did the negative taping routine and went back to 25 yards. Working on burying the index finger in the trigger guard ofthe 9mm and using the distal joint to press the trigger, the hits all stayed in the central scoring circle. Trying that with the Glock 42, I had similar results. Later, I looked at Jerry Miculek's video on the Glock 42. He pushed left for the first shooting drill but quickly changed his grip, centering his hits. This is something I clearly need work on. Finally, I took the two guns to the R3 bay at the range. There's a steel IPSC-type silhouette fifty yards down range. I put seven hits on the steel with Cor-Bon 90 grain .380 ammo from the Glock 42 and six out of seven rounds of Hornady 124 grain JHP on steel with the Glock 43. Preliminary conclusion: I wouldn't trade the 19s


The Long Island Serial Killer (aka The Gilgo Beach Killer)

// December 25th, 2012 // Serial Killers

The Long Island Serial Killer (also known as the Gilgo Killer, the Long Island Ripper, and LISK) is a serial killer who is believed to have murdered at least eleven people in the Long Island area. He targets prostitutes, who were often contacted via the online bulletin board Craigslist, and is believed to have been in operation for at least fifteen years. The Long Island Serial Killer dumps the bodies of his victims along Ocean Parkway, a fifteen mile stretch of highway that traverses Jones Beach Island on Long Island, New York. Located near the popular beach towns of Gilgo Beach and Oak Beach in Suffolk County as well as near Jones BeachState Park in Nassau County, the killer dumps his victims, unburied in thick brush, often only a few feet from the heavily-travelled roadway.

The disappearance of Shannan Gilbert

The discovery that a serial killer was on the loose came by chance during the unrelated hunt for a 24-year old missing prostitute, Shannan Gilbert. Spurred along by her concerned family, Shannan’s mysterious disappearance prompted a 7-month search by area law enforcement. Police could find no trace of Shannan Gilbert, who seemingly vanished into thin air, despite a very clear account of her last living moments.

On May 1, 2010, Joseph Brewer, a resident of the Oak Beach gated community, found lovely Shannan Gilbert’s escort advertisement on Craigslist. Brewer called Gilbert and requested her services at a “party” he was hosting at his


Gilbert ran away. A few minutes later, Pak pulled up to Coletti’s home in his sports utility vehicle and told Coletti that he was “looking for a woman who’d become upset and run out of his party.” 911 operators listened on the open line for 23 minutes while Gilbert continued running from house to house knocking on doors and seeking help. Two of the neighbors, Coletti and Barbara Brennan, called 911 themselves but by the time police arrived, Shannan was nowhere in sight.

The search for Shannan Gilbert stalled after the fateful night that she disappeared. Whether budget cuts, lack of experience, or uncooperative weather hindered the search, the Gilbert family became frustrated and angry at the perceived lack of progress police made in their investigation. It would beover six months before Gilbert’s body was discovered but her mysterious disappearance would serve as the catalyst for a series of very gruesome and unexpected discoveries.

First bodies found

Several months later, on December 11, 2010, Police Officer John Mallia took his cadaver dog to an area near the spot where Gilbert was last seen. Mallia recognized an opportunity to train his dog while at the same time, searching in the area where Gilbert was last seen. His efforts paid off when the skeletal remains of a woman in a nearly disintegrated burlap sack were found along the highway that leads to Jones Beach, 45 miles east of New York City. After police expanded the search area, three more bodies were found just two days later, on December 13, 2010.

In


all, four bodies were found all within 500 feet of each other and in various stages of decomposition. Police determined that all four were missing prostitutes who had advertised their services on online bulletin boards, Craigslist and Backpage. Police surmised that the killer lured the prostitutes back to his home where he killed them and disposed of the bodies along the beach-front roadway. All four were strangled and at least one was found with an “item” around her neck.

24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy

The first body that John Mallia’s cadaver dog found was identified as 24 year old Melissa Barthelemy (also known as “Chloe”). Standing 4’11” and weighing a slight 95 pounds, Melissa Barthelemy was identified using DNA taken from a toothbrush in her home. She was last seen on July10, 2009 (some reports indicate July 12). Her body had lain in the thick brush along the roadway for more than a year before being discovered.

Barthelemy lived in a $700 Bronx basement apartment on Underhill Avenue in Tremont (a Bronx neighborhood). Barthelemy had grown up in Buffalo, New York where she graduated from cosmetology school and worked in various salons in the area. Barthelemy moved to New York City hoping to use her cosmetology license to find a better paying job. Her landlady told police that she suspected Barthelemy had begun working part-time as a stripper to supplement her meager income. Soon, Barthelemy began earning extra money as an escort advertising her services on Craigslist.

On the night that Barthelemy disappeared, she had met with at least one client,


deposited $900 in her bank account, and attempted to call an old boyfriend who did not answer his phone. She then checked her voicemail from two different motels in Massepequa (a Budget Inn and a Best Western). Shortly after checking her messages, she left the motel for a appointment with a client. Her pimp (Johnny Terry, aka Blaze) had offered her a ride but she declined the offer. Barthelemy was never seen alive again.

Shortly after her disappearance, her family hired a psychic who told the family that Melissa was in a shallow grave near the ocean in a place beginning with the letter “G”. A year and a half after her disappearance, Melissa Barthelemy was indeed found in thick brush along the roadway that ran along Gilgo Beach.

Thethan a minute. Amanda and her mother kept a detailed journal of the calls and later turned the journal over to the police.

Melissa’s mother, Lynn Barthelemy, told reporters:

“Most of the calls were in the evening. We thought maybe he lived somewhere else and works in the city and commutes.”

The last call was received on August 26, 2009.

“I’m watching your sister’s body rot.”

27-year-old Amber Lyn Costello

The next victim’s body was found on Monday, December 13, 2010, also along Gilgo Beach. 27-year old Amber Lynn Costello, a prostitute and known heroin user, was 4’10” and weighed 100 lbs. She was from North Babylon, New York, a town located only 10 miles north of Gilgo Beach. She had been missing since September 2, 2010, over a year later than the date


Barthelemy disappeared. She was last seen in North Babylon, New York. On the night that she disappeared, Costello went to meet a stranger who had seen her advertisement on Craigslist. The customer had called her several times and had offered her $1,500 for her services. At the time her body was discovered, Costello had never even been reported as missing.

25-year-old Maureen Brainard-Barnes

The third body discovered, (the second body found on December 13, 2010) was the remains of Maureen Brainard-Barnes, a 4’11”, 105 lb prostitute. The 25-year old prostitute had lived a battered life. During her short life, she had suffered a broken nose, broken fingers on her right hand, and had a scars on her abdomen, face, and forehead. She was last seen on July 9, 2007 (overthree years before her body was discovered), when she left Norwich for New York City to meet a client she had booked through Craigslist. Three days after she went missing, her best friend Sara Karnes received an “odd phone call”.

“The man said she was at a whorehouse in Queens. I told him she would never go for that, because she was independent. He goes, ‘Well, that’s where I saw her.’ And he described her to a T to me.”

Karnes went on to describe the man’s accent as “proper” with accentuated S’s and T’s and definitely not a New York, Boston, or Maine accent.

22-year-old Megan Waterman

The fourth body was also found unburied and covered in thick brush. The body was determined to be the remains of 22 year old


Megan Waterman. Waterman’s profile differed from the previous three victims, Rather than being slight in stature, Waterman was 5’5” and weighed 150 lbs but her proximity to the other bodies left no doubt she was a victim of the same killer. Megan Waterman came from South Portland, Maine and had been missing since June 6, 2010, a mere six months prior to the discovery of her body making her the most recently deceased of the four victims found and potentially the most likely victim to provide promising evidence.

The day Waterman went missing, she told her 20-year old boyfriend Akeem Cruz, that she was going out and would call him later. There is much debate as to whether Akeem Cruz was Waterman’s “boyfriend” or pimp and he initially seemedto be a promising suspect in her disappearance. Cruz had a prior criminal history. He had once been arrested for threatening a woman with a knife, cutting the tires of her car, and angrily threatening to kill the woman. After Waterman’s body was found and identified (and he was ruled out as a suspect), Cruz went on to earn a 20 month sentence at the Maine Correctional Center for drug trafficking.

After telling her boyfriend she would see him later, surveillance video showed Mega Waterman leaving the hotel on June 6, 2010 at 1:30 AM. She left on foot. The Holiday Inn Express motel in Hauppauge, New York was only 15 miles northeast of Gilgo Beach and 23 miles away from the site where her body was found.

A serial


police told the public that the search would resume after the weather warmed up and the ground became more conducive to a detailed investigation of the area (but before the new Spring foliage had a chance to grow). When they resumed their search he following Spring, they were stunned to find not only additional bodies, but proof that the killer used more than one location for disposal of his victims. It was during this second round of searches that they discovered the killer had been in operation for a long, long time.

Still more bodies found – killer has been active for more than a decade

In late March and early April of 2011, a Marine Unit policeman spotted something unusual in the grass while driving along the beach. Asubsequent search netted the police four more bodies. Two more women, an Asian man, and a female toddler were found in Nassau County, all about one mile apart and about five miles west of the four bodies found the previous winter (Barthelemy, Costello, Barnes, and Waterman). Law enforcement officials announced that Suffolk County would now coordinate their efforts with Nassau Police and the New York State Police and expand their search grid to include nearby Nassau County.

The newest set of remains showed marked differences from the previous four victims. The bodies were not contained in burlap sacks, were placed a bit further from the road (not on the edge of the bramble but some thirty feet in from the highway), and had been there much longer than the


first four bodies. Some of the victims had lain undiscovered for nearly a decade (later police would discover more bodies that had lain undiscovered for nearly 15 years).

At first police believed more than one serial killer was operating in the area and that it was just a coincidence that they both used the same dumping location for their victims. After further thought, and to the chagrin of the District Attorney who was prosecuting the case, they changed their minds and decided that the same serial killer was responsible for the deaths of all eight victims found to date. They surmised that over the long period of time that the killer had been in operation, he had changed his modus operandi. He had evolved.

20-year-old Jessica Taylor is discovered –again

The body that the passing policeman spotted on March 29, 2011 was later identified as that of 20 year old Jessica Taylor, a working prostitute from Washington, D.C. Located off the roadway and slightly east of Gilgo Beach, only her skull, a pair of hands, and a forearm were found. Wondering where the remainder of her body might be, Police remembered a similar discovery that had occurred many years earlier on the same stretch of road but more than 40 miles away. DNA tests proved their assumption correct. Police found that the remainder of her dismembered body had been discovered much earlier, on July 26, 2003, on the same stretch of highway but 45 miles away in Manorville, New York.

Jane Doe No. 6

A subsequent search of the area


on April 4, 2011 (five days later) revealed a second set of remains, a head, hands, and right foot scattered along Ocean Parkway. Examination of the right foot showed a tattoo that the killer had mutilated likely in an attempt to conceal the victim’s identity (demonstrating that earlier on in his murderous career, the killer had gone to greater lengths in an attempt to hide his victims). Not immediately identifiable, the victim was dubbed Jane Doe No. 6. The victim was about 5’2” and between 18 and 35 years old. As with Jessica Taylor, DNA analysis proved that the remainder of her body, a torso, had been discovered in 2003, also in Manorville, New York.

The body of a female toddler is discovered

Police were surprised to find that thebody of the seventh victim was that of a young, female toddler. On April 4, 2011, just hours after the remains of Jane Doe No. 6 was discovered, searchers found the small body laying near the body of Jane Doe No. 6. They concluded that the toddler was between 18 and 24 months old. The small baby was found wrapped in a blanket and wearing hoop earrings and a rope style necklace. Reported to be “non-Caucasian”, police at first believed the toddler was likely the daughter of Jane Doe No. 6 (given the proximity of the bodies). Adding a further unusual twist to the already-bizarre saga, DNA analysis linked the toddler to another victim that would be found the following week – nearly 7 miles away.

Body of 8th


on April 11, 2011, another unidentified victim was found by a cadaver dog near Jones Beach. Only a skull was found but was quickly linked (via DNA) to a pair of legs, wrapped in plastic, that had washed up on the Blue Point Beach section of Fire Island (in Davis Park, New York) on April 20, 1996, nearly 15 years earlier (Fire Island is on the same stretch of road as the other locations but about 45 minutes away). Police noted that the victim’s jewelry matched that of the toddler found a week earlier. DNA analysis proved what they had suspected – the victim was the mother of the toddler. Eleven days later police would find two teeth, about 12 inches from the location of the skull, thatand depositing the baby into the brush, then driving seven miles further and disposing of the remainder of the toddler’s mother’s body near Gilgo Beach.

The discovery of the older remains showed police that the killer’s method of operation had evolved, possibly due to increasing confidence gained after the first victims laid undiscovered for so long. With the early murders, the killer had dismembered the bodies and spread the remains across multiple locations in an effort to keep the bodies hidden and unidentified for as long as possible. The killer had hidden part of the remains in Manorville, New York and part of the remains on Ocean Parkway nearer to Gilgo Beach. The remains at Manorville were typically found much sooner than the ones nearer Gilgo Beach. He also


again change his modus operandi and find another secluded area to dispose of his victims’ bodies.

Finally, Shannan Gilbert’s body discovered

On December 7, 2011, Shannan Gilbert’s clothing and some of her personal belongings were found less than 400 yards from Coletti’s home. Police discovered a purse, cellphone, jeans, shoes, and lip gloss in a marshy vacant field between Ocean Parkway and the bay. The pocketbook was discovered by Suffolk Police Officer John Mallia, whom in an ironic twist, was the first to discover a Long Island Serial Killer’s victim’s body barely a year earlier.

Police began methodically searching the area and on December 13, 2011 at 9:14 AM, the remains of Shanna Gilbert were found in a marsh about a half mile from where she disappeared. Although the marsh wasis right across Ocean Parkway and farther west. The M.O. is completely different, the scenario is completely different.”

Police noted that Gilbert’s body was found deep within the underbrush and they felt the killer could not have worked his way that far into the brush to leave her body.

An odd fact was uncovered though. At the home of Joseph Brewer, where Gilbert ran frantically screaming “they are trying to kill me”, another man was inside. A 48-year old male, who was known to have utilized the services of prostitutes, was staying with Joseph Brewer at the time. Police would not say whether or not they had questioned the man or if he was a suspect. The man has since moved and is believed to be living in Georgia.

Profile of


often evolve too. But the open and obvious discord between the investigative departments has surely hindered progress with the case.

List of Long Island Serial Killer victims

Jessica Taylor, 20, of Manhattan, was reported missing in July 2003. That same month, her partial remains (torso) were discovered laying on a plastic sheet near the northwest corner of LIE and Halsey Manor Road. Her skull, hands, and forearm were found in March 2011 along Ocean Parkway.

Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwhich, Conn., was reported missing in July 2007. Her remains were found in December 2010.

Melissa Barthelemy, 24, of the Bronx, was reported missing in July 2009. Her remains were found in December 2010.

Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine, was reported missing in June 2010. Her remains were found in December 2010.

Amber Costello,27, of North Babylon, was reported missing in September 2010. Her remains were found in December 2010.

Jane Doe 1, partial remains found in November 2000 wrapped in plastic bags by hikers in Manorville, New York, about a half-mile west of Halsey Manor Road and north of the Long Island Expressway. Her head (X-Rays revealed her nasal bones had been fractured and healed), hands, and legs were found in 2011 on Ocean Parkway.

Jane Doe 2, a toddler found in April 2011 in the brush of Ocean Parkway. Believed to be the child of Jane Doe 3.

Jane Doe 3, mother of toddler, remains found in April 2011.

Jane Doe 4, partial remains found in 1996 by walkers on Fire Island. Her skull was discovered in April 2011 west of Tobay Beach.


history of violent crimes against women, was arrested on Tuesday at a Mount Vernon home. He is suspected of two 19-year-old homicides in New York. When police entered the home, they found a woman, who had been stabbed to death. Crawford’s parole tracking ankle bracelet has also been removed, and was found at the scene. Crawford had previously served time in prison, from 1995 to 2008. Because of the suspect’s past history of violent crimes against women, Suffolk County detectives are now probing any possible links he may have to the Gilgo Beach murders, which first grabbed attention around Long Island in 2010.”

Time Out Dolls on victim’s grave markers?

It was reported on the Dark Minds television show, that someone has placed Time Out Dolls on the highway gravefrom Manhattan as reported.

The mysterious phone calls also call into question another interesting fact – some of the victims plied their trade (prostitution) in and around the Manhattan area leading many to believe they met the killer, and their untimely end, in the populous Manhattan area.

Finally, given the high number of prostitutes, and pimps, that frequent the area, some have theorized that the killer could be a pimp. Competing groups of prostitutes is common in New York City and although the prostitutes themselves often tolerate competitors, their pimps do not.

The Craigslist connection

Each of the women worked through Craigslist which may be an important connection. Detective O’Toole explained:

“The killer contacts them and then he is in computer contact with them. He is manipulating them in three different ways —


that is a lot of work. He is a manipulator. It is risky. One of these young women could become suspicious. That says a lot about him: This is part of his hunting behavior. That manipulation and the hunting process and his ability to control his women in his hunting process.”

Update: 2/12/2016 Shannan Gilbert autopsy reveals she may have died of strangulation

Police long suspected Shannan Gilbert drowned and was not a victim of the Long Island Serial Killer. Her family however, has long insisted that she was terrified of water and would not have gone anywhere near it. They believed she was murdered by the Long Island Serial Killer. Their family attorney announced today:

“Shannan was strangled to death, just like the other four found along Ocean Parkway inadditional information and concludes that there is still insufficient information to determine a definite cause of death

Update: 7/26/16 Mother of Shannan Gilbert murdered

In an unusual twist, the mother of Shannan Gilbert, 52-year-old Mari Gilbert, has been discovered dead in her upstate Ellenville, New York apartment. The suspected killer is her youngest daughter, 27-year-old Sarra Elizabeth Gilbert. Sarra was arraigned on charges of second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon. She is being held without bail in Ulster County Jail.

Update: 9/12/17

51-year-old John Bittrolff, a carpenter from the Long Island area, has been sentenced to at least 50 years in prison for the bludgeoning deaths of two women, 31-year-old Rita Tangredi and 20-year-old Colleen McNamee. Both women were murdered sometime between 2007 and late 2010 and were believed to


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One play - Week One of the 2016 season dramatically reduced the Seahawks' chances of winning the Super Bowl. To many, this play was the culmination of years of bad planning and neglect. To others, it was an almost-eventual catastrophe, painful but not surprising. Those two narratives are not mutually exclusive, and I think we're best informed considering both.

The play, this play:

Russell Wilson, not able to completely adjust his style of play, suffered further injury as the season progressed, and endured his worst season as a pro.

He became a mediocre passer:

Year | DYAR | ANY/A+

2012 | 872 | 114

2013 | 770 | 115

2014 | 503 | 109

2015 | 1,190 | 123

2016 | 562 | 105

(context: In 2015 he was the third overall passer by total DYAR and thirdThey're benched. They retire early.

Steve Young defied age and ran for 454 yards at 37. A concussion forced him into retirement just three games into the next season. Vick broke his leg; &c. Cunningham and Culpepper tore up their knees. Mariota has ended his first two pro seasons on injured reserve. McNair, a relative ironman, missed games throughout his career because of injuries. His legs left him age 30. He was an excellent passer that same season, missed half of the next season, and sputtered out. &c. &c.

In general: wheels fall off, bodies get busted, games and even whole seasons are missed, awkward transitions to pocket passing are attempted, and careers end.

Those players who supplemented good pocket passing with scrambling aged better. Those who were scramblers that passed


a sack or tackle for a loss. Guy's solid. Even at 32 he's probably still producing some surplus value, but he's not the kind of matchup which tends to expose his opponent.

Like Terrell Suggs, Joeckel faced players who are good but not great, well-rounded but perhaps past their peak, and able to test Joeckel's abilities in a variety of ways, but not especially able to expose this or that weakness.

He did ... pretty well. The bull rush was not a consistent problem. Opponents did not easily shed him through arm fighting. He was mostly AWOL in the second level, his trudging gate too slow and too stiff for him to engage linebackers and defensive backs. Defenders were rarely free, Joeckel showed good read and reaction to stunts, anddevised for that is simple: total earnings + money guaranteed in current contract. Three of the above are stars—top young players at their position playing at the highest level of competition.

Konz was the first center selected in the 2012 draft. He developed a rep for inadequate strength to play in the NFL, which isn't super-uncommon for young centers. Max Unger was often overpowered his first few seasons. Injury ended Konz's career in 2016. He was never good as a pro, but extracting from his first team All American honors, draft position, and the reasons he failed as a pro, Konz was likely an excellent college center.

Oglesby was said to "have no cartilage left in his knee." Whichever knee, he now coaches at Oregon State. 28 game starter and


consistently among the worst quarterbacks in football. His career 8.25% sack rate ranks 120th of 156 qualified quarterbacks--all time. Few in his range had long careers.

Roger Staubach is probably his most favorable comparison. But that's somewhat misleading. Bob Griese, Terry Bradshaw, Ken Stabler and Staubach were all sacked at a pretty high rate, but also played most of their career in the 70's when quarterback sacks as a whole were more common, and offense was built around running the ball. Each was about league average. Believe it or not, last season was Wilson's best relative to the league. He performed at 91% of league average, yet led the league in yards lost by way of sacks. By rough estimate Wilson suffers six to seven more sacks a seasonthan the league average quarterback, each potentially ruinous, each at least harming the delicate mechanics of a position that is halfway between running back and starting pitcher.

2017 will be Wilson's age 29 season. Seven of the 13 scramblers in the above list old enough to have had an age 29 season did not in fact have an age 29 season. Most pretty much stopped scrambling in their 30s. Steve Young is a notable exception, and coincidentally Young is said to have run a 4.55 40 yard dash at the 1983 Scouting Combine, identical to what Russell Wilson ran in 2012. (You might also notice that Young was listed at 6'0.5".) Maybe Wilson duplicates Young's rushing success. Hopefully he avoids the many concussions which plagued Young. If Wilson is


indeed something of a black swan, precedent may prove misleading. It certainly misled me into doubting his potential.

But I think such unlikely possibilities should not be counted on. Last season was probably a preview of things to come. It stunk. One injury to a starter, Germain Ifedi, exposed Seattle's horrible depth. One missed block by Garry Gilliam resulted in an injury that robbed Wilson of his best abilities. One injury to Wilson, a high ankle sprain, soon led to a severe knee sprain which was probably still affecting his play in January. One season in the Seahawks title window was lost, an especially precious one.

No one signing marks the course of a team, but signing Joeckel to a one-year deal is essentially another step in the same direction.Beirut, SANA – Lebanese President Michel Aoun received on Monday the delegate of President Bashar al-Assad, Minister of Presidential Affairs Mansour Azzam, with the attendance of Syria’s Ambassador in Lebanon Ali Abdul-Karim.

“I conveyed a message from President Bashar al-Assad to President Michel Aoun, congratulating him on behalf of President al-Assad and the Syrian people for his election as President of Lebanon, and wished him wellness and stability in the new era of Lebanon, which in turn will reflect on the stability of the region as a whole,” Azzam said in a press conference following the meeting.

Azzam added that “President Aoun assured to us the depth of the relations between the people in Syria and Lebanon and the depth of the fraternal relations between himself and President al-Assad.”

He pointed


Our History:

A lot can change in 100 years.

Trees make way for bustling communities; people come and go, making their marks on the world; and countless companies open and close their doors. One hundred years ago this year Ramsay Signs Inc. in Portland, OR opened for business and remains one of the leading sign companies in the Northwest today. The following is a brief history of the company compiled from company board meeting minutes, the Oregon Historical Society Archives and various stories passed down from generations of owners and employees who are proud to have made their contribution to the sign industry and the success of Ramsay Signs for 100 years.

In the Beginning

In 1911, a 28-year-old newspaper editor from Louisville, Kentucky was looking for a change. Arch Gibson Ramsay– known professionally as A.G. Ramsay – headed west to Portland, Oregon, married his sweetheart Zelma, and established Ramsay Signs as a handcrafting sign company in a small building in downtown Portland, Oregon.
Though little is known of the earliest years of Ramsay Signs, business flourished throughout the 1910s and 1920s – the company had signs everywhere from Seattle, Washington to Redding, California. In the 1920s, the company expanded and opened Brilliant Neon Company, a subsidiary that focused on electrical signs rather than the gold leaf lettering Ramsay Signs installed for banks and other businesses downtown. Employees at the Brilliant Neon Company’s shop, located in Portland’s Hollywood District, were active in the community and used their expansive social networks made through various club memberships to sell signs in the


neighborhood.

When the company was incorporated in April 1929, the economy was in an upswing. That upswing was to be short-lived, as the stock market crash in October and the subsequent Depression hit individuals and industries alike. In November 1931, the company notes indicated, that while the business itself remained strong in light of circumstances, collecting customer payments was growing increasingly difficult. The company “was still in healthy condition” as of 1932, board members Ramsay and John W. Davis noted.

In 1933, the Brilliant Neon Company was renamed Ramsay Signs, and the Brilliant Tube Company located in Portland, OR was acquired. This acquisition had been a long-time desire of A.G. Ramsay , when the Depression caused the Brilliant Tube Companies purchase price to plummet from $5000 in 1929 to amere $750 in 1933, it was a deal A.G. Ramsay could not pass up. Ramsay Signs continued to defy the conditions of the Depression through the mid-1930s, noting in 1934 that they believed the “attitude of the buying public was turning around.”

Difficult Times

However, as history states, the attitude of the buying public did not turn around, and in 1936 Ramsay Signs noted “lower than anticipated sales.” The company struggled to sell signs and encouraged its salesmen to promote leases to help maintain revenue during the up-and-down economic fluctuations of the late 1930s and early 1940s. A practice the company still maintains today.

When the war was in full-swing in 1942, Ramsay Signs faced its toughest times yet – far worse than at any time during the Depression. As men


before the company once again reached its levels of success prior to WWII.

The company continued to rebuild through the late 1940s and early 1950s when tragedy struck. On February 1st, 1956, A.G. Ramsay died at age 73 after a short illness. John W. Davis, long-time board member and a Ramsay Signs employee since the early 1920s, was immediately appointed President and took over operations of the company. Though the 1940s and ’50s were a difficult time for the company, it was during this period that two of its most famous signs were erected. Olympia Beer, located in Portland, OR erected around 1947, and the famous White Satin Sugar sign, installed in 1940, became regional landmarks. Most notably, the White Satin Sugar sign has taken on various faces overthe years, including White Stag, Made in Oregon, and most recently, the sign was changed to simply read Portland, Oregon after the previous tenants of the building had long vacated. The sign was designated a historical landmark in 1978 and donated to the City of Portland in 2010. The previous “Made in Oregon” and current “Portland Oregon” sign is often shown in regional and national commercials and has been featured in movies as well ISA’s as best of regions design in 2011.

The 1960s ushered in a new era of struggles for the company, though these were caused neither by the economy or war – instead, it was garden parties and the Highway Beautification Act of 1965 that threatened the company’s existence. The act called for control of outdoor


was finding that its small shop on Sandy Boulevard, purchased in the 1920s, was becoming too small for its current levels of production. As the original shop on Stark Street was condensing and moving to a small building a few blocks north to 128 Southwest Third, the Hollywood District shop was seeking a larger location. After a 10-year search, Ramsay Signs moved into a 10,000 square foot shop in Portland off I84. Though the expansion was successful, the company’s struggles continued – a two-month strike of sheet metal workers halted production in 1968, and rapidly-increasing labor and material costs made the board once again consider venturing into other industries. The death of owner John W. Davis in September 1971 only raised more questions.

End of an Era and NewBeginnings

When Conrad Davis, stepson of John Davis, took over Ramsay Signs in October 1971, it marked the first major change in company leadership since the company’s incorporation more than 40 years earlier. Faced with crippling inflation of both materials and labor, Davis was forced to cut major costs. Ramsay Signs was bolstered by its recent acquisition of Artcraft Neon of Longview, Washington, which acted as a successful subsidiary after initially struggling immediately after its purchase. The 1970s were a rebuilding period for the company, which after 30 years of relentless obstacles, including war, changing laws, death, and rising costs, was finally getting back on track. Armed with a new sales force and management, sales skyrocketed and the company began to stabilize is terms of sales volume and profitability.

In


August 1985, long time Office Manager Coral Schlappi and Operations Manager, Ben Andreas purchased Ramsay Signs. While under their leadership the company continued on a successful course, increasing sales and eventually moving to a larger manufacturing facility in Portland, OR. In 1997, Coral and Ben retired and sold Ramsay Signs to Darryl Paulsen the General Manager of Ramsay Signs and John Olds, the company CPA. During this time the company expanded into other markets by opening a wholesales letter division, Wholesale Letters, Inc in 1999 and acquiring a number of competitors starting with Heath Northwest in 2002, Martin Bros Signs of Eugene and Blaze Signs of Portland in 2005 and Multilight Sign Company in 2007.

In 2010 Joe and Wendy Gibson purchased Ramsay Signs and continue to operate theItalian police have arrested top mafia fugitive Marco Di Lauro, the fourth son of Camorra boss Paolo Di Lauro and the only one still at large, officials said on Saturday.

Di Lauro, 38, was arrested without a fight at an apartment in the Chiaiano district in southern city Naples where he was with his wife, Italian news agencies reported.

An international arrest warrant was issued for him in 2006, and he was second on Italy's most-wanted list after notorious Sicilian Mafia boss Matteo Messina Dinero.

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini hailed a "very important operation, no respite for criminals."

Di Lauro had been on the run since he escaped a massive police swoop in 2004 known as the "night of the handcuffs".

An informant said in 2010 that Di Mauro was responsible for


at least four murders.

Marco's father Paolo Di Lauro was head of the Camorra clan that operates in Naples' impoverished Scampia and Secondigliano neighbourhoods.

At least 130 people were killed in a bloody turf war there after the Amato-Pagano clan split from the Di Lauro clan in 2004.at time of booking may be payable at the property at time of stay. Please see our partners for more details.

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its North American market.

The company said drilling activity in North America had fallen because of weak natural gas prices, which had led to greater competition among oilfield services providers for a smaller number of contracts.

Lower prices for pressure pumping services, higher logistics costs and disruptions in drilling due to the heavy winter weather weighed on Halliburton's operations in North America.

Overseas expansion

But stronger activity in overseas oilfields helped Halliburton offset weakness in North America, as well as in Latin America.

Revenue and operating income increased 13% in the Middle East and Asia, while in Europe, Africa and the former Soviet Union, revenue was 9% higher and operating income rose 21%.

In Latin America, revenue fell 9%, while operating income declined 8% because of reduced drilling activity in Brazil and Mexico.

Halliburton forecastplot of land surrounded by houses in the eastern area of Sulyyel. The dinner was served in two sitting, first at 10 pm and the second at 2 am in the small hours of the next morning. In the second shift, the left-over-food from the first shift was served along with what had been set aside for the second sitting.

In order to obtain a preliminary idea of the situation, develop the case definition, and design the questionnaire, the investigating team met the Director of the hospital along with the doctors, nurses, and health inspectors involved. The Emergency Department records were reviewed, the admitted patients were interviewed and some of the party guests were met. A preliminary list of patient\'s names, addresses, telephone numbers and names of treating health


and local religious and tribal leaders. The first author interviewed the guests, face to face, using a structured questionnaire that elicited demographic data, symptoms of gastroenteritis, date and time of eating dinner, date and time of onset of symptoms, food items eaten, and history of hospitalization and any recent history of diarrheal illness.

Using an open-ended interview, the first author interviewed the food handlers from the restaurant asking for information about the list of food items prepared at the restaurant, the ingredients, preparation techniques, method of preservation of each food item and job description for each food handler. After that, the level of hygiene of food-handlers was examined and they were checked for open wounds, skin infections and health certificates. The local team had already visited and inspected theRobert Hausner attended Universiy of Illinois, interrupting his education during the war to join the U.S. Air Force. Upon his return, he completed his architectural degree and started his career at Shaw, Metz and Dolio. Their top client, Mack and Shear of Lake Shore Management, developed much of the controversial (because they were built on the east side of the road and blocked view of the lake) “Miami beach style” post-war high-rises on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago. He then worked for a short time Design Associates, a firm that remodeled hotels and restaurants (known for “modernizing” the interior of the Palmer House which has since been restored) where he met John Macsai, with whom he formed a partnership and practiced from 1955 – 1970. They worked


with Lake Shore Management to design many of the better highrises including 1150 and 1240 Lake Shore Drive.

Their most well-known building is Harbor House, 3200 Lake Shore Drive,1968, which has withstood the test of time and is much appreciated today. The innovative design for the structure contains no central corridors. Instead, apartments are accessed from 3 separate elevator banks, allowing 150 of the 278 apartments to have floor plans extending through the building with views to both the lake and pool sides. A total of 228 apartments have lake views. Hausner and Macsai designed 1400 N. State Parkway, a notable 1960's Gold Coast high rise with unusual concrete "footbridge" entry to the lobby. Other apartment buildings they designed include 1680 Sheridan Rd. (1961) and 1500 Sheridan Rd. (1969)opposite Plaza del Lago in Wilmette.

The firm designed some residences as well; exactly how many is unknown. In 1954, Hausner started building his own home, featured here, on a beautiful property on the Des Plaines River in Riverwoods, Illinois. He designed and built the home by his own hand, including splitting the stone for the walls. He retired from architecture in 1980 due to his success in investing family money in real estate.

Robert Hausner home - Photo by Gary Gand
The home is also featured in the book, Julius Shulman: Chicago Mid-Century Modernism, Rizzoli

A piece of architectural trivia: the back patio of his home is made out of the carrera marble that was stripped off of the Standard Oil Building (now Aon Center, designed by Edward Durrel Stone and


Perkins and Will in 1973) in the late 1980s, which had to be removed due to failure in the adhesive. Many will remember the Easter Sunday that the marble started to fall off the building onto cars driving below. He lived in the home until 1989, when he moved to Colorado.

Note: we thank architect and Chicago Bauhaus and Beyond member Don Wrobleski for the above information. Don worked for Hausner and Macsai from 1968-1970.After graduation from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988, Kontogiannis joined General Dynamics Space Systems. He was assigned to the Titan 4/Centaur program after Martin Marietta's purchase of the Space Systems Division in 1994. He returned to the Atlas program in 1998, first in launch support, then in development of automated control systems for ground operations of the Atlas V.


Fun Games for International TableTop Day – 11th April 2015

This coming Saturday is International Tabletop Day – a day when fans and games shops organise special events for all the family all over the world. Made popular by Wil Wheaton (Wesley Crusher from Star Trek) and Felicia Day (The Guild), over the last three years, the popularity of tabletop games has soared.

My family had a huge selection of board games but card games were more traditional games like Rummy or Sevens. Cold has introduced me to more modern card games and we have great fun trying to beat each other. He does have an unfair advantage though – he knows the games from years of playing whereas I need to keep the rulebook handy!

Munchkin – Fun Family CardKit Carson County, Colorado
Photographs

Kit Carson County Pioneers:

Marion Pickinpaugh, 6 South 48 West

Marion Pickinpaugh married Julia A. Dunlavy in Schuyler County, Illinois on March 2, 1887.
Marion timber-claimed a quarter in 25, 6S, 48W in 1896.

In 1900 Schuyler County, Illinois, Marion born July 1860 in Ohio, with Amanda J. March 1862 Illinois, married thirteen years. Harry ws born June 1888 (Illinois, Guy August 1892, Beulah R. Oct 1894, and Hazel R. Oct 1898.
On the same page is John Pickinpaugh born Feb 1833 in Ohio, widowed, with George Dec 1868 Illinois. Niece Elizabeth Wiley born May 1860 in Ohio is with them.

Marion Pickinpaugh, a son of the first marriage, was born
on the home place in Camden township, Schuyler county, July 29,
1860, and engaged in general farming and stock raising. As a
breeder


of hogs he was particularly successful and is now living
retired in Macomb, Illinois. He has held various offices in the
Free Methodist Church and is allied with the republican party.
For a number of years he was a school director, doing all in his
power to further the educational progress of his district, and in
all matters of citizenship is loyal and public-spirited. His wife,
Amanda (Dunlavy) Pickinpaugh, was born in Schuyler county
March 29, 1861, and became a teacher — a vocation followed by
many of her forbears in the paternal line. Her father, James
Dunlavy, died when she was four years of age and her mother,
a Miss Glandon, was a member of a family whose representatives
were farmers, mill owners and merchants. James Glandon, the
maternal grandfather of Mrs. Pickinpaugh, was a native of Ohio
and cameup the Mississippi river to Illinois, settling in Schuyler
county at an early period in its history. He was one of the men
who laid out the town of Brooklyn, Illinois, where he conducted
a sawmill for some time, and his son, John Glandon, built the
first bridge there. Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pickinpaugh had a
family of eight children: Harry, who was born June 8, 1888,
and died July 15, 1919; Guy; Beulah Rachel, who is the wife of
Harold Caldwell and lives near Industry, Illinois; Ruth Hazel,
now Mrs. Clarence McCutcheon, of Plymouth, Illinois; Lois, who
married Harold Frowein and makes her home in Macomb, Illinois; one who died in infancy; Lloyd C, a resident of Camp
Point, this state; and Howard, of Industry.

Marion is buried in McDonough County, Illinois 1860-1941 # 9539759, with Julia Amanda


(Dunlavy) Pickinbpaugh 1862-1958.
Julia's mother Lucretai Dunlavy, per her FindAGrave records, died in 1903 in Holdrege, Nebraska.
Julia and John 1824-1869 are buried in Schuyler County, Illinois.
HARRY

Harry Delbert Pickinpaugh was born June 8, 1888 at Seibert Colorado, and registered for WWI in Hunterville, Illinois, farming, with a wife and one child.

Harry Delbert Pickinpaugh, 23, married Lola May Cleeh/Cleek on March 15, 1911 in Schuyler County.
He's buried in Hancock County, Illinois 1888-1919, # 83676624, with Lola May 1891-1953.
Lola is 28, widowed and Harley, 7, in 1920 Hancock County, and in 1930 Lola is married to Joseph Grimes 46. and Harley R. 17 is with them.

Lola is widowed in 1940 Hancock County.

GUY

Guy Pickinpaugh was a pupil in the schools of Schuyler
county and at intervals attended the State Normal at Macomb
during a periodof four years, joined its literary club and also
participated in its dramatic work. In 1910 he left that institu-
tion of learning, having been appointed a census enumerator,
and when the work was completed he returned to the home place,
which he assisted in developing for two years. He then followed
the occupation of farming independently for a year and next
took a course in the Sweeney Automobile School in Kansas City,
Missouri, where he was graduated in 1915. He acted as assist-
ant instructor in oxy-acetylene welding at that school, with which
he was identified until July, 1915, when he went to Golden City,
Missouri, to accept a position in a garage but remained there
only a short time. Returning to Illinois, he was employed in the
Wright Garage at Rushville until April 1, 1917, when he took
over


the Hoffman motor garage and machine shop, the prede-
cessor of the Pickinpaugh Motor Company. While Mr. Hoff-
man owned the place it was strictly a machine shop and special-
ized in automobile work, although for a few years prior to 1917
he had the local agency for Hupmobiles.
About a year after acquiring the business Mr. Pickinpaugh
leased the shop to Charles Doyle and on the 10th of May, 1918,
entered the army. Enlisting from Rushville, he was sent first
to Jefferson Barracks in Missouri and later to Camp MacArthur
at Waco, Texas, where he joined the Sixty-fourth Machine Gun
Company, a unit of the Seventh Division, with which he went to
France. The transport on which he sailed was eight clays in
making the trip and following his arrival in France he became
ill with pneumonia. Afterward he waswith the headquarters
troops of the Seventh Division and later was transferred to the
Seventh M. 0. R. S. at Pont-a-Mousson, a town in the department
of Meurthe-et-Moselle, France. He sailed for home on the battle
cruiser Montana, landing at Brooklyn, New York, June 30, 1919,
and was honorably discharged at Camp Grant, Illinois, July 30.
Meanwhile Mr. Doyle had made a failure of the Rushville
business, which was taken over by Enoch Dodge, who had signed
his guarantee, and the latter remained in charge until August 1,
1919, when Mr. Pickinpaugh resumed control of the establish-
ment. He continued it as a repair shop until October, 1920,
when he secured the Buick agency, retaining this for ten years.
In 1922 he had also become a Chevrolet dealer and since 1930
has handled only this line of sales merchandise. Originally the
shop


fronted to the west one block from the square but in 1925
additional space was rented and the front was opened toward the
east, just one block from the former front, making the present
business a block long. Since Mr. Pickinpaugh's return from the
war the concern which he heads has grown and prospered until
it now probably does more business than any other automobile
agency in Schuyler county, selling in normal conditions about
one hundred cars a year. His company has the agency for the
entire county and also handles gasoline and oil, likewise doing
general repair work. The firm has about fourteen people on its
pay-roll, including salesmen, mechanics, office help and service
men, and the organization functions efficiently in all of its de-
partments, reflecting the initiative, the progressive spirit, the
straightforward methods and the business acumen ofits owner
and directing head.
Mr. Pickinpaugh was married June 30, 1921, to Miss Helena
Munson, who was born in Astoria, Illinois, August 4, 1893, and
completed a course in the Rushville high school, continuing her
studies in the Illinois Women's College at Jacksonville, where
she received the Bachelor of Arts degree in 1913. A capable and
successful educator, she was in succession a teacher in the Chad-
dock Boys School at Quincy for two years, an instructor at Rush-
ville for two years, a principal here for a similar length of time,
a teacher at Danville for a year and also at Dundee, Illinois, for
a year. Her father, Dr. Henry O. Munson, was born in Potsdam,
St. Lawrence county, New York, August 14, 1867, and when
very young journeyed westward with his parents, George A. and
Harriet (Wetmore) Munson, who


settled upon a farm in Iowa.
In Grinnell, that state, he completed his high school education
and then attended the medical college of the University of Minnesota, continuing his studies in the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1890. After
practicing medicine and surgery in Wisconsin for four years he
took a course in the Chicago Post-Graduate College and then followed his profession in Astoria, Illinois, for a time. In 1894 he
removed to Rushville and here he has maintained an office for
more than three and a half decades, meanwhile furthering his
scientific knowledge by study in London, England, in 1897 and
post-graduate work in New York city in 1918. Dr. Munson has
utilized every opportunity to perfect himself in his profession
and his steadily developing powers have placed him with theforemost physicians and surgeons of Illinois. His practice was interrupted in 1918, when he enlisted, and on August 1 he received
a captain's commission. Called upon for active military duty
September 5, 1918, he was sent to New York as a member of the
medical corps of the United States Army and sailed for France
on the 6th of October. He was on duty at Le Havre as a camp
surgeon until the signing of the armistice and was mustered out
at Camp Taylor near Louisville, Kentucky, February 5, 1919.
Dr. Munson has since practiced continuously in Rushville and in
addition to caring for his many patients he is capably discharging the duties of county coroner. The members of the Schuyler
County Medical Society have chosen him as their president,
which office he now holds, and he also


belongs to the Illinois State
Medical Society and the American Medical Association. In the
work of the Rushville Community Club he takes an active part
and is likewise identified with the American Legion, the Knights
of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a
trustee of the Methodist Episcopal Church and maintains an
independent attitude in politics, placing the qualifications of a candidate before party ties. Hunting, fishing and other outdoor
sports afford him the necessary relaxation and diversion. On
Christmas day of 1890, Dr. Munson was married to Miss Jennie
C. Cleary, who was born near Princeton, Missouri, August 24, 1867, and prepared for the career of an educator by taking a
course in the Normal School at Kirksville, that state, subsequently teaching in North Dakota for several years. The family
of Dr. and Mrs.Munson numbers three daughters : Helena, who
married Guy Pickinpaugh; Marian Annette, who was born November 13, 1897, and is the wife of J. Gordon Smith of Plant
City, Florida, and the mother of two children, Marian Ann and
Joan; and Harriett Fay, who is now Mrs. Reginald Klatt, of
Baltimore, Maryland.
Mr. and Mrs. Pickinpaugh have one child, Dorcas Jane, born
April 7, 1930. The parents are active members of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church and Mr. Pickinpaugh is serving on
its official board, while his wife belongs to its Missionary So-
ciety. Fraternally he is a Mason and formerly was affiliated
with the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. In 1921 he was made commander of the local post of
the American Legion and Mrs. Pickinpaugh is connected with
the woman's auxiliary of that organization.


She has held office
in the Eastern Star and is also identified with the Woman's Club
of Rushville. Mr. Pickinpaugh is a member of the Rushville
Community Club and the Chicago Motor Club. Politically he is
a republican but is not active in the affairs of the party, feeling
that his business requires his undivided attention, and his
energy, ability and integrity have carried him far in his chosen
field of endeavor. Moreover, he has a pleasing personality and
the qualities which make for esteem and friendship.
Guy is buried in Schuyler County 1892-1962, with Helena Fey (Munson) Pickinpaugh 1893-1995.
"One of the first three children born to Marion and Julia Amanda nee Dunlavy Pickinpaugh
outside of Seibert in a Sod House. Had the local Olds Buick Dealership in town."

BEULAH

Beulah R. married Harold J. Caldwell, and is buried inSchuyler County 1894-1990

"Bradford L. Caldwell, 70, of rural Industry, died Friday, March 30, 2001, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.
He was born Nov. 6, 1930, in Littleton Township, the son of Harold and Beulah Pickinpaugh Caldwell. He married Dorothy Russell in Industry on Dec. 6, 1953. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. Ed (Sue) Collins of Macomb; one son, Dan, (wife Tammy) Caldwell of Industry; four grandchildren; one brother, Merle (wife Hope) Caldwell of Industry; three sisters, Alleyne (husband Raymond) Bartlow of Littleton, Carol Jean (husband Paul) Rowland of Macomb, and Joyce (husband Sam) Spring of North Henderson.
He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, Ernest CaIdwell.
He had lived and farmed his entire life in Littleton Township near Industry. He was an


army veteran of the Korean War, was a member of the Schuyler-Brown County F.S. board for 22 years, an Industry School Board member for many years, and was an active member of the Industry United Methodist Church.
Funeral services were held Monday, April 2, 2001, at the Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Macomb. Rev. Jerry Sawyer officiated and burial was in the Industry Cemetery.
"

" Ernest L. Caldwell, 75, of rural Macomb, died Monday, Jan. 3, 2000, at McDonough District Hospital.
Born Dec. 30, 1924, in Littleton to Harold and Beulah Pickinpaugh Caldwell, he married Helen Lung on Nov. 21, 1948, in Murrayville. She survives.
Also surviving are two sons, Tony (and Kim) of Good Hope and Philip of Mt. Sterling two daughters, Angela (and Jeff) Morrell of Good Hope and Gloria (andEd) Van Kan of Arlington, Va.; two brothers, Merle (and Hope) of Branson, Mo., and Bradford (and Dorothy) of Industry; three sisters, Mrs. Raymond (Alleyne) Bartlow of Littleton, Mrs. Paul (Carol Jean) Rowland of Macomb and Mrs. Sam (Joyce) Spring of North Henderson; four grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
He was a World War II Army veteran, serving as an engineer in the Pacific Theater. He also served in the Korean War.
He was a firefighter for the Macomb Fire Department for 28 years, attaining the rank of captain. He retired in 1986.
He attended University Baptist Church in Macomb.
Services were Friday at Clugston-Tibbitts Funeral Home in Macomb. The Rev. Richard Hurtgen officiated. Burial was in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in Macomb, where military rites were conducted by the Macomb


Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion posts.
Memorials may be made to the MDH Larry Westervelt Home. "

RUTH
Ruth Pickinpaugh (McCutchan) 1898-1996 is buried in McDonough County.
"
Ruth McCutchan, 97, a resident of the Care Center in Abingdon, formerly of Plymouth, died at 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, March 5, 1996 in the center.
She was born Oct. 10, 1898 in Schuyler County near Camden to Marion and Amanda (Dunlavy) Pickinpaugh. She married G. Clarence McCutchan on July 21, 1924 in Macomb. He preceded her in death on Oct. 22, 1981.
She is survived by one son, William McCutchan of Seattle, Wash.; two daughters, Mrs. Betty Johnson of Rushville; Mrs. Pat White of Abingdon; one brother, Howard Pickinpaugh of Tahlequah, Okla.; 16 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.
She was also preceded in death by one son,Dr. Harold McCutchan, three brothers, Harry, Guy, and Lloyd Pickinpaugh, and three sisters, Ruby Pickinpaugh, Beulah Caldwell, and Lois Frowein.
Mrs. McCutchan was a retired schoolteacher having taught in White Frame, Hickory, Adair, Willow Grove, East Union, Oak Grove, Independence, Plymouth, Paige and Bentley schools. She was a graduate of Western Academy and received her teaching certificate from Western Illinois Teachers College in Macomb. She was a member of Plymouth Research Forum, Hancock County Home Extension, United Methodist Women, World War I Barracks Auxiliary in Augusta, Hancock County Retired Teachers. She loved to travel, quilt and collect dolls.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Plymouth United Methodist Church in Plymouth with the Rev. Martha Scaff and the Rev. Phil Hedgecock officating. Burial will be in the Forest


Lawn Memory Garden in Macomb.
"

LOIS

Lois May Pickinpaugh, age 19, married Howard Frowein on September 1, 1921, in Schuyler County.

WILLIAM

William Howard Pickinpaugh was born March 8, 1909 in Schuyler County.
In 1930 he's a metal finisher at a Ford factory in Indianapolis, rooming with the Willie and Helen alvin family.

In 1940 he's a metal finisher in Lansing, Michigan, 31, with Mildred, 26 born in Illinois. Jane Ann seven months was born in Michigan.
Mildred was born Dec 5, 1912 at Rushville, Illinois to Joseph Applegate and
Mary G. Little, as Brunson in 1947, dying Sept 24, 1997.

Mildred married Harold Brunson on September 12, 1947 in Dirand, Michigan, living at Lansing.

On December 31, 1948, he married R. Irene Cox in Livingston County, Michigan.

Per # 83721556, he died in Tahlequah, Oklahoma July 2, 1998.
Anotherpost said he lived in Corpus Christi about 1983.
"Marie was born and raised in Ypsilanti, Michigan and is the oldest of four, 2 sisters (Deborah, Anita) and a brother (Don). (She also has 2 half sisters, Jane & Janet.) Her dad [W. Howard Pickinpaugh - 1908-98] was born in Camden, Illinois and her mother [Irene Cox - 1917-2002] was born in the "showboat" city, Chesaning, Michigan."

February 1957, Lansing, Michigan "The engagement of Miss Jane Pickinpaugh
to James Terry Walton has been announced by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Brunson, 1135 W. Washtenaw st.
Mr. Walton is the son of Jack Walton, 1232 W. Kalamazoo st.
The couple plans to wed in June."

EZRA LLOYD

Ezra, born Sept 10, 1905 in Schuyler COunty, died August 22, 1995 in Quincy, Illinois.


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 Bludgeon
 Seekers
 Starscream (voiced by Billy Bobagainst the hedge wall. They followed a twisting path, but at last they made a final turn and stepped out onto the overgrown front lawn. Just ahead of them ran the road, and off to their left was the small gatekeeper's cottage. Lewis noticed now for the first time that an actual gate had once stood at the drive. Two stone pillars remained, but tall shrubs half hid them. The friends walked down to the gateposts, and Lewis saw that the hinge plates had rusted to shapeless blobs of crusty red metal. The gates that had hung here were long gone.

"Hey," said Bertie, "I've thought of something else you ought to see. Would you like to find out more about your ancestor Martin Barnavelt and his withcraft trial?"

"Sure,"


Bertie was asking him what they should do. How was he supposed to know? He thought for a minute. What would Sherlock Holmes do? Of course, Holmes had never had a case quite like this, involving a real ghost—or at least something _like_ a real ghost. True, there was the matter of the Hound of the Baskervilles. Everyone had thought the Hound was some kind of spirit. Maybe what Holmes did in that story was the answer. Lewis cleared his throat. "Uh, Bertie, remember how Sherlock Holmes sent Dr. Watson to Baskerville Hall?"

Bertie smiled. "Sure. That's one of my favorites!"

"Well," said Lewis, "that's what I want to do in this case. You are my Dr. Watson. Your job is to occupy Barnavelt Manor here and keep track ofCharles Barkley has been booed many times in his life. The 56-year-old Barkley routinely beat up on other teams during his 16-year, Hall of Fame career in the NBA. Opposing fans enjoyed booing him.

But, as far as we know, this is first time he’s been booed at a Katy Perry concert. Barkley took the stage at the free Katy Perry concert in Minneapolis during the Final Four. What started as a kind, warm-hearted speech quickly devolved into ... well, why don’t you take a look.

Barkley starts off praising Minneapolis as a great city. Just as he starts to win the fans over, he hits them with a “I haven’t been here for a long time because the Timberwolves suck.”

That last statement was met with lusty boos from those


were in a sense utterly worthless.

"Not worthless at all," said Tchitchikov, pressing his hand.

At this point a very deep sigh escaped him. It seemed that he was inclined to pour out his heart; not without feeling and expression, he uttered at last the following words:

"If only you knew the service that with those apparently worthless souls you are doing to a man of no rank or family! What have I not suffered indeed! Like some ship on the stormy waves... what ill-usage, what persecution have I not endured, what grief have I not known! And for what? For having followed the path of justice, for being true to my conscience, for giving a helping hand to the forlorn widow and orphan in distress! ..."

At this point he actuallywith him: he's a regular skinflint! I know your character: you are cruelly mistaken if you think you will find a game of cards and a good bottle of Bon-bon there. I say, old boy: hang Sobakevitch! Come home with me! What a sturgeon I'll set before you! Ponomarev kept bowing away, the beast, and saying: 'I got it expressly for you, you might look all through the fair,' he said, 'and you wouldn't find one like it.' He is an awful rogue, though. I told him so to his face. 'Our government contractor and you are the two greatest cheats going!' I said. He laughed and stroked his beard, the brute. Kuvshinnikov and I had lunch every day in his shop. Oh, there's something I forgot to


of that sort, so that at last his listeners would walk away from him, saying: "Well, my lad, it seems you are drawing the long-bow." There are people who have a passion for playing nasty tricks on their neighbours, sometimes without the slightest provocation. Even a man of good position and gentlemanly appearance, with a decoration on his breast will, for instance, shake hands, and converse with you on intellectual subjects that call for deep reflection, and in another minute before your very eyes he is playing you a nasty trick like the humblest little copying clerk and not at all like a man with a decoration on his breast conversing on subjects that call for deep reflection, so that you simply stand amazed and can do nothingspittoon full of sand in a corner; the boy, everlastingly sitting on a bench with a pen in his hand, ink on his fingers and even on his lips; the everlasting copy before his eyes, "Speak the truth, be obedient to your elders, and cherish virtue in your heart"; with the everlasting flap and shuffle of the slippers about the room, the familiar, always harsh voice calling out, "In mischief again," when the child, weary with the monotony of his work, drew some flourish or tail on a letter; and everlastingly the familiar and always unpleasant sensation when these words were followed by his ears being very painfully wrung by the long clawing fingers behind him: such is the pitiful picture of the early childhood of which he


On December 12, 1970, China’s first geothermal plant began generating power in Guangdong province—the culmination of a long national campaign led by Li Siguang, China’s first Minister of Geology. Using his influence as a scientist and politician, Li successfully argued that geothermal energy was as valuable of a resource as traditional fossil fuels. This led to the trailblazing construction of ten plants in the relatively dense, energy-hungry eastern half of the country as well as three more in Tibet.

With so many projects under construction, the minister was probably optimistic about the prospects for geothermal energy when he died only a few months after the first plant went into service in Fengxian County. Unfortunately, his passing robbed the geothermal sector of its greatest champion calling for greater exploration andIn a scene in the widely produced musical The Fantasticks, three men, one dressed as a stereotypical Native American, abduct a young woman and refer to what happens as a “rape.”

Both the show’s lighthearted treatment of the “rape” and the Native American costuming choices and depiction were likely not awkward to overwhelmingly white audiences back in the 1960s, when the musical was first produced and started to attract fans. But for contemporary audiences, such elements land differently.

Native American high school students walked out of a performance of The Fantasticks at the University of Wyoming last week.

Theater will sometimes shock and infuriate its spectators, and that includes those who protested the Public Theater’s run of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar in New York. The titular character wore an elongated


-- though it’s not the primary aim to sell tickets, programs “need to fill the house,” Hagopian said.

Shows have previously been canceled over community backlash.

Stanford University in 2014 canceled a production of the musical Bloody, Bloody Andrew Jackson, based on the former president's life, after protests that the production was offensive to Native Americans. (Defenders noted that the bias against Native Americans in the show was largely an indictment of Jackson and other American politicians who treated them as less than human.)

Britain's University of Bristol in 2016 halted performances of the opera Aida after criticism that white actors had been cast in key roles designed for people of color.

Shakespeare's plays, which are in the public domain, can often be molded to fit an artistic vision, and Henry anticipates3 per cent in 2008, and 6 per cent in 2018.

The survey shows that the biggest change is in the number of people who define themselves as "confident atheists", which rose from 10 per cent in 1998 to 18 per cent in 2008 and its record high of 26 per cent in 2018.

In contrast, researchers found that an overall 55 per cent of the population express some sort of belief in some kind of God.

Nancy Kelley, deputy chief executive at NatCen, said that the steady decline in religion and belief among the British public is "one of the most important trends in post-war history".

"As our society has become more secular, the role of religious institutions and religious identities in determining our moral and social norms has weakened. Other


world views, such as scientific rationalism and liberal individual-ism, now play a more significant part in British society."

The report's authors said the survey suggests Britain is becoming more secular "not because adults are losing their religion" but because older people with an attachment to Christian denominations are "gradually being replaced in the population by unaffiliated younger people".

They added that religious decline in Britain is "generational" as people tend to be less religious than their parents.

Dave Male, the Church of England's director of evangelism and discipleship, said: "For many people ticking a box marked 'Church of England' or 'Anglican' is now an active choice and no longer an automatic response. In spite of this, the Church of England remains at the heart of communities."

Andrew Copson, the chief executive offire, and "tuuli" meaning wind.

"I tried learning it, but gave up after two years," one British resident of Helsinki tells me.

Another had persisted longer, and proudly explained he was now able to argue with his father-in-law. "But I couldn't pass an exam in Finnish - no way."

Yet facing an exam is now a distinct possibility for the estimated 5,000 British people who have made Finland their home.

image copyright Getty Images image caption Invoking Article 50 triggers the UK's withdrawal from the EU

Until now, they have been able to live and work freely in the country, as members of the European Union.

But with the triggering of Article 50, the UK appears to be on an irreversible path to quitting, leaving the status of British expats unclear.

Long-term residents, particularly those


are being used as bargaining chips."

Mr Mackie is referring to the British government, and its apparent "commitment issues".

The prime minister has refused to say whether foreign EU citizens will be allowed to remain in the UK after Brexit.

Theresa May has made it clear she thinks it would be foolish to offer any such guarantees, unless other EU states make a reciprocal promise to let Britons stay.

The ties between the UK and Finland go back a long way.

It was in the 14th Century that tar derived from Finnish pine trees was bought by Britain to use in its burgeoning shipbuilding industry.

That commercial relationship continues, with several billion euros' worth of goods traded every year, particularly healthcare products, chemicals and machine tools.

Yet until future trade negotiations are settled between BritainTen minutes into the Rolling Stones Hyde Park anniversary concert, a middle-aged woman on crutches battled her way out of the crowd and collapsed in a chair in the disabled section. Sweat dripping down her face, she looked as if she was in pain but there was also a flash of triumph in her eyes - even though it had nearly killed her, it was worth it to stand up for a moment in the presence of her idols while they tore through Start Me Up.

Fifty years after they began, what is amazing about the Rolling Stones is not only that this fractious band are still together, but that they can still generate such enormous amounts of emotion, be it love or hatred.

Going on the sharply divided opinions


on their first appearance at Glastonbury last weekend, the Stones, well into their golden years, could still start a riot in a Buddhist monastery. Festival-goers claimed it was the show of a lifetime. For those at home, myself included, it was an oddly distant, over-slick piece of rock n’roll theatre.

But in the flesh, oh what magnificent, ridiculous, celebratory theatre it is. Forty-four years on from their landmark free concert, where thousands of fans, many high as a kite, were practically crawling onto the stage, Hyde Park seemed as if it had gone back in time to the Medieval era.

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The Barclaycard British Summertime festival ruthlessly divided the plebs from the celebs, with tiers within tiers for the rich and famous, offering them luxury restaurants, afternoon tea and carpetedtoilets. While the plebs still had to part with a serious amount of cash to get in, the sun took it upon itself to democratically shine down on all.

Mick Jagger looked delighted. “There’s nowhere better in the summertime,” he declared - and the entire show was a carnival of nostalgia and idealism, of what we dream of summer and what good time rock and roll sounds like.

Jagger was also delighted by his stage set, a tangle of plastic oak trees curving around the giant screens. Whereas on TV Jagger had looked like a lonely, skinny marionette charging up and down the stage until his batteries gave up, blown up and projected five times in the round made the whole band look like Greek gods leering down at their


After filing a grievance on his behalf, the Union worked out a settlement and plaintiff was reinstated. In May 1983, plaintiff was suspended for recurrent absenteeism. Subsequently, he was convicted on an unrelated matter and incarcerated for 90 days. Mayfair promptly terminated plaintiff again. After a grievance filed by the Union on plaintiff's behalf was denied, the Union called for arbitration of the dispute. *504 The arbitration hearing of March 26, 1984 resulted in a settlement whereby plaintiff was reinstated with back payment of pension benefits, no loss in seniority, credit for service, and payment of $1,000. The agreement was reduced to writing and agreed to by plaintiff.
The incident leading to plaintiff's present grievance occurred on October 15, 1986, when plaintiff had a disagreement with store supervisor, PeteMcCann. It appears that McCann criticized plaintiff's work performance and indicated to plaintiff that he was going to transfer him from the produce department to the "front end" of the store. Plaintiff strongly objected to such a transfer, and harsh words were exchanged between the two. As a result, McCann discharged plaintiff for insubordination, claiming that plaintiff had threatened him with physical harm.
On approximately October 16, plaintiff contacted William Rovensky, the Union's business representative, and reported that he had exchanged harsh words with Pete McCann and that McCann had discharged plaintiff. On October 21, Rovensky arranged to meet with plaintiff, at which time plaintiff submitted a written statement outlining the October 15 incident, as well as a completed grievance report.
On October 28, plaintiff and Rovensky met with McCann,


personnel manager Dan Petruzzi, and store manager Keith Ramey. At that meeting, McCann maintained that plaintiff had threatened his life and that plaintiff was terminated for insubordination to the store supervisor.
Subsequently, Rovensky contacted Union field director Harvey Whille, who arranged a meeting on November 25, 1986 with Anthony Petrillo, Director of Operations, to discuss plaintiff's termination. Whille first met with plaintiff on the morning of November 25, at which time plaintiff explained the October 15 incident. Whille then attended a meeting with Petrillo, McCann and Art Johnson, Director of Human Resources. At that time Mr. Petrillo expressed his belief that plaintiff was a dangerous individual who showed great hostility toward management. Petrillo claimed that he no longer wanted plaintiff in the store and that the dispute between Mayfairnot instituted on plaintiff's behalf.
Plaintiff did in fact file suit on May 28, 1987 in the Superior Court of New Jersey. In response, counsel for the Union wrote to *505 plaintiff's counsel informing her that the suit should have been commenced in the United States District Court rather than the Superior Court and that the grievance had nevertheless been fully resolved. Further, defendant's counsel stated that the suit was frivolous and that the Union would seek sanctions and attorneys' fees pursuant to Federal Rule 11.
According to the Union by-laws, after being informed of the local union's disposition of his grievance, a member has 15 days to file an appeal to the Executive Board. The Executive Board will consider the appeal at its next regular meeting, and advise the


the Union's Refusal to Arbitrate Amounts to Bad Faith.
Plaintiff contends that the Union's investigation of his grievance and refusal to arbitrate were motivated by bad faith. Plaintiff's Opposition Memorandum at 4. In response to that allegation, the Union claims that it did not arbitrate plaintiff's grievance simply because it was settled, with plaintiff's consent, on November 25, 1986.
Alternatively, the Union contends that even if plaintiff had not consented to the settlement, the terms of the settlement were "eminently fair to plaintiff," and it was within the legal authority of the Union to make such a settlement, with or without the employee's consent.
The law provides that because a union is authorized to act as the exclusive bargaining agent for the employees, it has a duty to provide fair representationDwayne Johnson has said that he enjoyed working with Stephen Merchant on The Tooth Fairy.

The wrestler-turned-actor told Metro that he developed a fondness for Britons after collaborating with Merchant and Julie Andrews in the comedy.

Johnson said: "I enjoyed working with Stephen Merchant. He was wonderful. I've been such a big fan of his acting.

"I had no idea he was Ricky Gervais's writing partner and responsible for a lot of the shows they had written."

He added: "I specifically wanted Stephen because he was so talented in Extras and I thought the physical juxtaposition between he and I would be funny on screen.

"Then, of course, I came to find out he's incredibly brilliant and talented. And Julie Andrews was amazing. A beautiful, beautiful woman."

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irrigation techniques — led to a large amount of devastation.

Francesco Femia

There are some quite frightening numbers. Herders and farmers in the north and south had to pick up and move. Nearly 75 percent of farmers in the northeast suffered total crop failure. Herders in the northeast lost around 85 percent of their livestock, which affected about 1.3 million people. That was happening before the civil war in Syria broke out.

Many international security analysts were saying, right up to the day before protest broke out in the small rural town of Daraa, that Syria was immune to the Arab Spring and to the grievances that other Arab publics had brought to bear on their leaders. And that clearly wasn’t the case.

There was quite a bit of displacement happening; millionsPink Floyd's David Gilmour, Nick Mason, and Richard Wright

Just a few weeks after it was revealed that a mono reissue of Pink Floyd’sThe Piper At The Gates of Dawn would be one of Record Store Day’s exclusive releases, the legendary rock outfit have announced yet another vinyl reissue. On May 18th, a remastered edition of live album Pulse will be available as a 4-LP box set, making it the album’s first vinyl reissue since it was first released in 1995.

(Dissected: Pink Floyd)

Featuring audio remastered from the original tapes by James Guthrie, Joel Plante and Bernie Grundman, the songs will be pressed on 180-gram wax and ensconced in individual inner and outer sleeves. As on the live recording’s original cassette release, this edition will also include “One Of These


by Josh Guckert

10. Ronald Reagan

Reagan is the only post-1929 President to be listed, and one of only two on this list who served in the 20th century. Reagan was quoted as saying that “the heart and soul” of conservatism is libertarianism. Additionally, he is much less hawkish than some modern conservatives wish to remember. While many of his efforts to shrink government were hindered by Congress (and Reagan himself favored some big government with projects like the War on Drugs), Reagan truly made it cool again to believe in small government.

9. Zachary Taylor

Taylor was President for a little over a year before his death in 1850. He signed the Clayton-Bulwer Treaty with the UK, which prevented either of the countries from seizing the Nicaragua Canal. In an attemptto prevent slavery from spreading to the Southwest, he opposed the Compromise of 1850.

8. Rutherford B. Hayes

Hayes oversaw the end of Reconstruction, working to protect black Americans who were being oppressed in the South. He was in favor of the gold standard and ended the “spoils system,” thereby appointing government officials by merit rather than through their political associations. He was a firm follower of the Monroe Doctrine, believing that the US should not intervene in other countries’ business. However, he used federal troops to break up the Great Railroad Strike.

7. George Washington

The Father of our Country, Washington was tasked with an unbelievable job: he was supposed to set the example for every person who followed him in office. He famously refused to be referred to in royal


terms and graciously stepped down after his second term. In his Farewell Address, he warned against entangling alliances abroad, as well as a political party system. On the negative side, he appointed and followed the advice of central banking advocate Alexander Hamilton and used the military to break up the Whiskey Rebellion.

6. Martin Van Buren

Van Buren sought diplomacy with Mexico, in contrast to the hawkish policies of Andrew Jackson. He also advocated for lower tariffs and free trade. Throughout the Panic of 1837, he practiced free market policies, refusing to get the federal government involved. Van Buren did, however, follow through with the Trail of Tears plan enacted by Andrew Jackson.

5. John Tyler

Tyler assumed office after the death of William Henry Harrison (who some may claim is themost libertarian President because he did not live long enough to do anything). Tyler served nearly a full 4-year term and used his veto power often, using it on the Third Bank on two separate occasions. He also ended the Second Seminole War and did not use federal troops during the Dorr Rebellion. However, he did annex Texas, which would eventually lead to the Mexican-American War.

4. Thomas Jefferson

Thought of by many as the epitome of modern-day libertarianism, Jefferson did his best to enact pro-liberty policies once he became President. He eliminated much of the “Hamiltonian” government excess that had been left behind by Presidents Washington and Adams. He also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, as well as banning the International Slave Trade in 1807. While some libertarians


may decry the Louisiana Purchase, Jefferson is documented as having been very hesitant and thoughtful about the constitutionality of his actions.

3. James Madison

The Father of the Constitution, Madison very much continued the legacy of his predecessor Jefferson. Because of the successful economic policies of Jefferson, Madison inherited a budget surplus, and chose to cut taxes. He continued the assault on Hamilton’s national government infrastructure. He vetoed the creation of the Second Bank in 1814. Following the War of 1812, Madison had to deal with an opposition Congress, and government therefore saw some growth. However, in his final act as President, Madison vetoed the Bonus Bill of 1817, and used the occasion to criticize the Congress for so broadly interpreting the Taxing and Spending Powers of the Constitution.

2. GroverCleveland

The only President to serve non-consecutive terms, Cleveland was one of the final “small government” Democrats. Upon his election, much like Hayes, he fought against the spoils system and additionally reduced the number of government workers. He opposed American imperialism and on several occasions prevented the US from engaging in military action.

1. Calvin Coolidge

“Silent Cal” tops our list for his role in cementing modern-day libertarian principles. Much like Reagan, Coolidge used the bully pulpit in an attempt to change the perception of how government should work. In an era which would see big government tax-and-spending Presidents like Theodore Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, Coolidge stood apart. He succeeded Warren G. Harding in 1923 and served almost six years in the White House. He cut taxes


doomed sailors saying farewell to their sweethearts the desperate mariners clinging to the masts of sinking shipsand against the indifference ofowners and a certain flunkey captain who painted a Plimsoll mark on the funnel of his ship

Thank you all. Finding words when there are no words, wading through the thickets of memory and time until toward the end of history and time there comes the discovery of something like an ungrasping love in the making -- elusive, in the form of humility perhaps, at last, in an open field of unlimited scope, paradoxically all but without affect -- ah, to have aspired to mean these things, from the depths of a slough of weary-peasant decrepitude!

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This famous painting, in oil on canvas, long dated 1559 andthe careful artificer Daedalus, wary of the sun, with wings still working, up there in the sky.

From Bulfinch's Age of Fable:

"The labyrinth from which Theseus escaped by means of the clew of Ariadne, was built by Daedalus, a most skilful artificer. It was an edifice with numberless winding passages and turnings opening into one another, and seeming to have neither beginning nor end, like the river Meander, which returns on itself, and flows now onward, now backward, in its course to the sea. Daedalus built the labyrinth for King Minos, but afterwards lost the favor of the king, and was shut up in a tower. He contrived to make his escape from his prison, but could not leave the island by sea, as the king kept strict watch


on all the vessels, and permitted none to sail without being carefully searched. 'Minos may control the land and sea,' said Daedalus, 'but not the regions of the air. I will try that way.' So he set to work to fabricate wings for himself and his young son Icarus. He wrought feathers together beginning with the smallest and adding larger, so as to form an increasing surface. The larger ones he secured with thread and the smaller with wax, and gave the whole a gentle curvature like the wings of a bird. Icarus, the boy, stood and looked on, sometimes running to gather up the feathers which the wind had blown away, and then handling the wax and working it over with his fingers, by his play impedinghis father in his labors. When at last the work was done, the artist, waving his wings, found himself buoyed upward and hung suspended, poising himself on the beaten air. He next equipped his son in the same manner, and taught him how to fly, as a bird tempts her young ones from the lofty nest into the air. When all was prepared for flight, he said, 'Icarus, my son, I charge you to keep at a moderate height, for if you fly too low the damp will clog your wings, and if too high the heat will melt them. Keep near me and you will be safe.' While he gave him these instructions and fitted the wings to his shoulders, the face of the father was wet


with tears, and his hands trembled. He kissed the boy, not knowing that it was for the last time. Then rising on his wings he flew off, encouraging him to follow, and looked back from his own flight to see how his son managed his wings. As they flew the ploughman stopped his work to gaze, and the shepherd learned on his staff and watched them, astonished at the sight, and thinking they were gods who could thus cleave the air.

"They passed Samos and Delos on the left and Lebynthos on the right, when the boy, exulting in his career, began to leave the guidance of his companion and soar upward as if to reach heaven. The nearness of the blazing sun softened the wax which held thefeathers together, and they came off. He fluttered with his arms, but no feathers remained to hold the air. While his mouth uttered cries to his father, it was submerged in the blue waters of the sea, which thenceforth was called by his name. His father cried, 'Icarus, Icarus, where are you?' At last he saw the feathers floating on the water, and bitterly lamenting his own arts, he buried the body and called the land Icaria in memory of his child. Daedalus arrived safe in Sicily, where he built a temple to Apollo, and hung up his wings, an offering to the god."


From Wikisource

The Duration in Office
of the Executive

To the People of the State of New York:

DURATION in office has been mentioned as the second requisite to
the energy of the Executive authority. This has relation to two
objects: to the personal firmness of the executive magistrate, in
the employment of his constitutional powers; and to the stability
of the system of administration which may have been adopted under
his auspices. With regard to the first, it must be evident, that
the longer the duration in office, the greater will be the
probability of obtaining so important an advantage. It is a general
principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in
whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or
precariousness of the tenure by which he holds it; will be less
attached to what he holds byan outrage to their
dignity. They often appear disposed to exert an imperious control
over the other departments; and as they commonly have the people on
their side, they always act with such momentum as to make it very
difficult for the other members of the government to maintain the
balance of the Constitution.

It may perhaps be asked, how the shortness of the duration in
office can affect the independence of the Executive on the
legislature, unless the one were possessed of the power of
appointing or displacing the other. One answer to this inquiry may
be drawn from the principle already remarked that is, from the
slender interest a man is apt to take in a short-lived advantage,
and the little inducement it affords him to expose himself, on
account of it, to any considerable inconvenience or hazard. Another
answer,


the other would derive support from
the opportunities which his previous continuance in the station had
afforded him, of establishing himself in the esteem and good-will
of his constituents. He might, then, hazard with safety, in
proportion to the proofs he had given of his wisdom and integrity,
and to the title he had acquired to the respect and attachment of
his fellow-citizens. As, on the one hand, a duration of four years
will contribute to the firmness of the Executive in a sufficient
degree to render it a very valuable ingredient in the composition;
so, on the other, it is not enough to justify any alarm for the
public liberty. If a British House of Commons, from the most feeble
beginnings, FROM THE MERE POWER OF ASSENTING OR DISAGREEING TO THE
IMPOSITION OF A NEW TAX, have, by rapidstrides, reduced the
prerogatives of the crown and the privileges of the nobility within
the limits they conceived to be compatible with the principles of a
free government, while they raised themselves to the rank and
consequence of a coequal branch of the legislature; if they have
been able, in one instance, to abolish both the royalty and the
aristocracy, and to overturn all the ancient establishments, as
well in the Church as State; if they have been able, on a recent
occasion, to make the monarch tremble at the prospect of an
innovation1 attempted by them, what would be to be
feared from an elective magistrate of four years' duration, with
the confined authorities of a President of the United States? What,
but that he might be unequal to the task which the Constitution
assigns him? I shall only add,