MILWAUKEE -- A Milwaukee Police Department officer is recovering after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. Officer Alberto Figueroa was seriously injured while conducting a traffic stop Monday night, Jan. 21 on Capitol Drive.
On Wednesday, Jan. 23, we learned Officer Figueroa already had multiple surgeries. His family said they've received overwhelming support, including from the police department he loves so much.
New surveillance video showed the moment the vehicle slammed into Officer Figueroa.
"It was very heartbreaking. I couldn't really watch. I had to stop," said Emily Lenz, Figueroa's girlfriend. "He's in a lot of pain. Still waiting to see if there are any more surgeries that we're expecting."
Figueroa suffered several broken bones and a cracked hip.
"He's hanging in there. He's in good spirits," said Lenz.
Officer Figueroa, 26, is assigned to MPD's "Specialized Patrol Division." His stepmother said keeping the community safe has always been a dream.
"This has been something he has always wanted since he was 5 years old," said Norma Avila, Figueroa's stepmother.
Shortly after Officer Figueroa fell to the pavement, those inside the truck he had pulled over jumped into action -- calling 911 and administering CPR. Their actions helped save Figueroa's life.
"They are wonderful heroes. We want to talk to them eventually," Lenz said.
Lenz said she's thankful for the support from the community as Figueroa heals.
"A bunch of people have reached out. Not only the police officers, but the wives of the police officers. I don't know how people do this job. It is so risky and so dangerous. I thank them every day," Lenz said.
Several people in the suspect vehicle were later taken into custody.
Meanwhile, the family has set up a GoFundMe page to help with childcare and Figueroa's medical expenses.


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This year's battle in the Civil War between Oregon State and Oregon will be fought at Autzen Stadium in Eugene, on the day after Thanksgiving (which we have known for months). But we now know when the first shots will be (officially) fired, and where those watching from a safe distance away will need to look to watch, as Fox Sports has set their TV schedule for the day.
The Civil War will be at 1 PM, and will air on Fox Sports 1.
It's a welcome relief from all the in the dark finishes fans have had to deal with, but its also yet another piece of odd scheduling, as Fox also set the Apple Cup for 12:30 PM, on FOX.
The Civil War and Apple Cup contests have made for a good doubleheader for northwest fans in recent years, but this ensures fans will be divided this year. When ESPN and FOX shoot each other in the foot in the spirit of competition, at least it can make some sense, but this way FOX has cut out what would have been substantial cross viewership from their own audience, and their own advertisers.
So much for either sane scheduling, or sane management of the Conference and CFB business models. But you probably already suspected both were a little shaky.


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Sir: Your leading article (2 September) claims that we need the euro to help us weather the threatened world recession
You say that uncertainty about the euro could be bad for the UK. I agree with you, but this hardly makes the euro a contribution to our economic stability. Rather, a global recession is an extremely dangerous time to be embarking on such a leap in the dark.
Our best hope of stability in a turbulent world is to set interest rates to suit our local conditions. Our period in the ERM shows what happens when we neglect to do this.
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Producer Martin Anderson’s new Toccata Classics label has been turning out a host of discs with music only a company like Naxos may or may not eventually tackle, and one has to be glad for his efforts, though the discs I have heard so far prove a mixed bag. That’s not a slight; one could expect little else with so eclectic a collection, and of course not everyone can be expected to like the music of Benjamin Lees either. My personal jury is still out; there is certainly much to be admired in Lee’s difficult and unrelentingly demanding vocabulary, one created with a persistence that rarely leaves the listener a minute of repose, even in its more relaxed moments. This piano music, written from 1947-2005, shows the essence of the composer. The man will not be ignored, allows no sense of anything but absolute attention, and expects you to take him as seriously as he takes himself.
Lees, born in China in 1924, feels that often people tend to hear some sort of Oriental influence in his music that he suggests is simply not there. He insists that he is as American as anyone, and proves it by his adherence to the Southern California School where he studied with the likes of Ingolf Dahl and Halsey Stevens. He later hit the east coast with a series of important teaching positions, including Peabody, Queens College, Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard. Commissions have always followed readily, and few composers can claim to have been so well-served by the public and fellow artists as he.
The music is tough to categorize, though Shostakovich finds his way in some of the melodic passages with a sharp-etched Prokofievian rhythmic impetus underlying much of what he does. I also hear a lot of Bartok in the open fifths in the bass line and the folk-like elements of his shorter melodies reminiscent of Mikrokosmos. Of all the music here, the Six Ornamental Etudes strike me as some of the most ingratiating and accessible; other pieces, like the Three Preludes may prove tough going in their rugged and strangely forbidding improvisatory qualities. The Sonata Breve is another piece of uncompromising technical qualities that don’t always translate into easy listening. The three Odyssey pieces are like miniature modernist tone paintings, each concerned with a different surreal element that attempt to tell stories that are perhaps, in the end, not really comprehensible. The opening Toccata is an easily digested piece that does little to prepare us for the complexities to follow.
Pianist Conti is all over the music, providing us with detailed notes as well in a fine production package, with sound that is recorded at a high level but yet quite vibrant. Lees is not for everyone, and I would definitely suggesting sampling before you purchase. Those who like him will find little to complain about here.
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when i was an art major in college, i went to school with many other artists who did not have the support of their parents. i don't mean financial support. i mean emotional support. so many of my friends at school had parents who completely disagreed with their decision to pursue a career in art for all the reasons all artists are familiar with. you'll be a starving artist. you won't be famous until your dead. you should go for a more practical type of job. and so on and so on.
i remember feeling so sorry for them and so surprised to hear this, because in my house it was so different. i couldn't ever imagine my mom not supporting my dream to be an artist. she was and still is the person who most believed in what i could do with my art. even when i made a 12 year detour and became a hairstylist. as successful as i was in the salon, she always was that person who never let me ignore what my heart really wanted. my mom is my biggest cheerleader to this day. i see such happiness in her face when she sees a new painting i've just done. it's not an "i like your painting" kind of happiness, its more of a peace that i know she has inside because i'm fulfilling my dream.
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17,000 tonne capelin quota for HB Grandi
An initial capelin quota has been set following the results of research by R/V Árni Fridriksson. According to the quota issued by the Ministry of Fisheries, 28.431 tonnes are allocated to Norway, 6500 tonnes to the Faroe Islands and 4290 tonnes to Greenland. This leaves 90,779 tonnes for the Icelandic fleet, of which 16,954 tonnes fall to HB Grandi's pelagic vessels, reports http://www.megafishnet.com/ (https://www.fishnet.ru/) with reference to HB Grandi.
According to Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, head of HB Grandi's pelagic division, the intention is to use as much as possible of the company's capelin quota for the roe fishery, which means that he does not expect fishing to start until mid-February. The company's production plants at Akranes and Vopnafjördur are well equipped to handle roe capelin and catches are expected to be landed at both locations. Capelin roe prices have been favourable in recent years. This should make it possible to extract a relatively high value from this year's limited quotas.
‘We mustn't forget that there is always hope that the Marine Research Institute will be able to locate larger concentrations of capelin when the fish find their way into shallow waters at the end of this month. We're just hoping for the best,' said Vilhjálmur Vilhjálmsson, and commented that in 2005, which was the first year of the company's operation in its present form, HB Grandi had a 144,000 tonne capelin quota.


MAYSVILLE, MO – Beginning this month, prospective jurors in DeKalb County can choose to communicate with the court by text or e-mail, as the DeKalb County Circuit Court implements the new Show-Me Jury system.
The DeKalb County Circuit Court will mail new Show-Me Jury questionnaires starting this month for jury service beginning June 14, 2021.
“A big benefit to the public will be the ease of contacting and communicating with the courts.” Julie Whitsell, Circuit Clerk, said. “Although Show-Me Jury is not completely paperless, it allows our potential jurors to do more online and choose how they want the court to let them know if they have been excused or disqualified for serving or if their service has been postponed or canceled. It really has made jury service so much more convenient for our citizens.”
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For potential jurors who do not have access to a computer or who prefer not to communicate information electronically, they may call the circuit clerk’s office to request paper copies of necessary documents. In the near future, jurors will also be able to call the court’s automated telephone messaging system and/or check the court’s website for information.
Missouri courts do not require anyone to provide confidential information over the telephone or by e-mail. The Show-Me Jury system is designed to give citizens a choice of how they want to communicate with their local courts about potential jury service. Any telephone call or e-mail threatening the recipient with fines or jail time for failure to comply are fraudulent, are in no way connected with Missouri courts and should be reported to local law enforcement officials.
“Juries are a hallmark of the American justice system, and we truly appreciate the willingness of our citizens to serve as jurors,” Julie Whitsell, Circuit Clerk, said. “Through the Show-Me Jury system, we hope to make that service much easier and more convenient.”


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Apple’s lead in tech support satisfaction is slipping according to survey
hmmmmm…. does any long term apple users agree with below?
According to a survey [PDF] of over 4,000 customers, satisfaction with Apple’s phone-based support is slipping, while other computer manufacturers like HP are gaining. Apple is still the undisputed leader with 58% of Apple customers saying they were "Very Satisfied" with their experience. Though higher than the 53% rate for HP and 47% for Dell, Apple’s satisfaction rating has dropped 15 points since last year.
It appears as if the automated part of the tech support process has people stymied. According to the survey, only 24 percent of Apple customers are "Very Satisfied" with automated support calls. In this category, Apple trails both Dell and HP whose customers are 30% and 46% satisfied with the experience, respectively.

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From Strikes To World Wars To Pandemics — The History Of Shutting Down America’s SportsBreaking News
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SALT LAKE CITY — It takes a lot to come between Americans and their sports. To bring our games to a stop requires apocalyptic events — world war and pestilence (sometimes at the same time). Oh, and also labor issues, the bane of professional sports.
What exactly has stopped sports over the years? Glad you asked.
There are too many to explain each event, but it’s enough to say they were largely about somebody trying to make more money. It’s a relatively new phenomena; the first one didn’t occur until 1972, according to Newsday. The sheer number of them might surprise you. Major League Baseball (eight) is the undisputed champ of labor discord.
1972 — MLB strike (6-8 games lost per team)
1973 — MLB lockout (no games lost)
1976 — MLB lockout (no games lost)
1980 — MLB strike (no games lost)
1981 — MLB strike (713 games canceled)
1982 — NFL strike (seven regular-season games lost per team)
1985 — MLB strike (25 games postponed and played later)
1987 — NFL strike (one week of games canceled, replacements used for three weeks)
1990 — MLB lockout (no games lost)
1992 — NHL strike (30 games postponed)
1994 — NHL lockout (season shortened to 48 games per team)
1994-95 — MLB strike (948 games canceled, including all of the 1994 postseason; canceled 18 games for each team to start the 1995 season)
1998 — NBA lockout (32 games canceled per team)
2004 — NHL lockout (season canceled)
2011 — NFL lockout (no games lost)
2011 — NBA lockout (each team lost 16 regular-season games)
2012 — NHL lockout (each team lost 34 games)
In a curious case of bad timing, the Olympic Games were awarded twice to cities that would be at the heart of world war in the years they were scheduled to host the Games — Berlin in 1916, and Tokyo in 1940. The 1916 Berlin Games were canceled because of World War I, and 30 years later the Games were held in Berlin, just as Germany was about to start WWII. The Games of 1940 were moved from Tokyo to Helsinki after Japan made war against China, and then a year later Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. Anyway, the Games of 1940, as well as the Games of 1944, were canceled because of World War II, and 20 years later the Games were held in Tokyo. (As a side note: The 2020 Summer Games were scheduled once again for Tokyo but were postponed one year because of the pandemic.)
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While the Oklahoma State Cowboys were arguably snubbed by the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee, they’re not done playing basketball yet.
Though it won’t be in the Big Dance, the Cowboys will have a chance to host multiple home games in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT). As a 2-seed in the tournament, they’ll face 7-seed Florida Gulf Coast in the first round. The winner of that game will face the winner of BYU/Stanford.
.@OSUMBB hosts Florida Gulf Coast in the NIT. See you in GIA! #LetsWork #okstate pic.twitter.com/RiuLEbPjb9— Oklahoma State (@OSUAthletics) March 12, 2018
The NIT selection show just announced @FGCU_MBB as a 7 seed and Eagles will face Oklahoma State in the first round. pic.twitter.com/gbKNkDzRFI— #ASUNMadness (@ASUNMBB) March 12, 2018
Florida Gulf Coast might be a familiar name for college basketball fans. The Eagles went all the way to the Sweet Sixteen in 2013 as a 15-seed. They were the first 2-seed to ever advance to the Sweet Sixteen at the time.
FGCU was the 1-seed in their conference tournament, but were bounced by Lipscomb in the championship game. They went 23-11 on the season, and should be an intriguing matchup for this tournament. Again, while it’s not the Big Dance, a chance to play a talented FGCU team, and possibly host multiple games in the NIT, is a cool opportunity for this group.
The Cowboys and Eagles will tip off at 8 P.M. on Tuesday night in Stillwater. The game will be broadcast live on ESPN2.
The Cowboys are making their 40th postseason appearance with a berth in the NIT! The Cowboys will host FGCU at 8 p.m. on Tuesday night in GIA! #LetsWork #okstate pic.twitter.com/q6c9CgmdAs— Cowboy Basketball (@OSUMBB) March 12, 2018

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This week the House and Senate are expected to vote on whether to override the President's veto of the Justice Against Sponsors of Terror Act ["JASTA"]. JASTA would allow 9/11 families to sue Saudi Arabia over allegations Saudi officials were linked to the 9/11 attacks. The bill makes no judgment about Saudi Arabia's responsibility for the attacks. It just removes Saudi Arabia's immunity from lawsuit over support for terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders both support the bill.
Call your Representative now at (202) 224-3121. When you reach a staffer or leave a message, you can say something like:
"I urge you to vote the override the President's veto of the Saudi 9/11 bill so the 9/11 families can have their day in court."
When you've made your call, please report it below.
Under current U.S. law, Americans can sue Iran for terrorism in U.S. courts, but they can't sue Saudi Arabia for terrorism in U.S. courts, because Iran is on the State Department's "state sponsor of terror" list and Saudi Arabia is not. The State Department is allowed to take "broader U.S. foreign policy interests" besides concern about support for terrorism into account in forming its list - like the Saudi government's cozy relationship with the C.I.A.
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Saturday, April 7, 2007
The False Miter
This is a sequence of photos that I took while carving a false miter joint on a rodback. The wood is cherry. The large block in this image is a remnant of the lathe that I rough trimmed on the bandsaw. Most of the shaping is done with a full sized drawknife. It takes a great deal of focus because there are few reference points to tell me where to stop, just careful observation of the shape as it forms.
Once the major shape is roughed in, I use carving tools and spokeshaves to make the shape flow into the rounds that lead into it. A cut with a V shaped carving to makes the false miter appear.
I had an interesting discussion with Chris Durbin (I'll be posting photos of his excellent work later) about risk in craftsmanship. One of the great advantage of hand tools is the immediacy and intensity of involvement that they offer, but it comes at a price. There is a learning curve and the potential for ruining the workpiece is often just one move away. This can force us to retreat to the safety of taking tiny cuts which is inefficient or even worse, stopping before achieving our goals for fear of ruining a piece. A painting mentor of mine used to encourage me to ruin my work rather than stop short. He said that by going past the line of a "good" painting and into a disaster, at least I'd learn where that line was. Alway stopping short leaves us holding our breath, working in fear. It is a difficult practice, one that may send one running for the certainty of a tablesaw and some sandpaper. I have messed up a lot of work. I'd hate to see the pile of chewed up turnings that I've made. But imagine an infant, unwilling to give up the stability of four limbs on the ground for two. Then think of the boldness of lifting one of the two off of the ground! We all know where this goes. So if, on occasion, the piece of wood in front of you has to be sacrificed, rest assured, it is not in vain, the next piece to take it's place will benefit in the hands of a more learned craftsman.


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You only have to hear them once to become fans of Tripping Lily. This young quartet might be described as a string band with pop music sensibilities, or perhaps a cutting edge vocal quartet with acoustic instruments. Last year was a big year for Tripping Lily, highlighted by winning 2 Independent Music Awards for Best Folk Record and Best Acoustic Song, opening for Jazz artist Chris Botti, and being a featured guest for the Cape Cod Symphony’s Holiday Pops Spectacular.
Mt. Vernon, Iowa, is where Dan Bern was reared, the cello-playing, baseball-loving progeny of two Old World artists in the American heartland. In time Bern found the guitar, and his way to the West Coast, whre he got his footing in the neo-folk music scene in Los Angeles in the early 1990s. He put out his first album in 1997. Breathe is his seventh. In between, he's amassed a strong underground following, built in part on his prodigious output of intellectual and topical songs.
Pirate ships, rail yards, skee ball machines, blackberry brandy, and the Coney Island boardwalk—these are just some of the sights, sounds, and smells found in the dimly lit thoroughfares of A Plea For Dreamland, Jason’s third full-length album and first since relocating to Brooklyn.
John Fannon’s parents gave him his first guitar…a black Silvertone acoustic…and at the age of 15 he set off on his long musical journey as a highly regarded sideman and vocalist in several established groups as well as being one of the founding members in several others.
Lori McKenna’s first name is actually Lorraine. Now you know. She is named after the mother she lost when she was only seven, but whose impact on Lori’s life reverberates to this day. In her sixth album, Lorraine, she considers the influence of her mother, who died at roughly the same age Lori is now, as well as her own place in relationship to her husband, family and community. It is her most personal album to date.
Tim O’Brien listens to bluegrass and hears the music’s roots in modal Irish ballads and vintage swing. He insightfully re-examines and reconstructs those styles, and many others, in his own music, throwing off new sparks by reawakening the tension and interplay of the colliding components at the heart of American music. “Over the years,” he explains, “my music has become a certain thing. Each time I go into the studio to make a new album, I could make an Irish record, or a bluegrass record, or a country record…but it seems artificial to sift anything out.
The trio won this year's Grammy Award for Best Jazz Instrumental Album for Return to Forever, Chick Corea won an individual Grammy for Best Jazz Solo, and we have a magnificent live festival performance from their tour, in Surround Sound.
On August 1, 1981 MTV was launched. It was an idea that most people thought ridiculous and doomed to failure. Most people associated with the start up of MTV, on the air and behind the scenes, had had no previous experience in the media. If that wasn’t daunting enough, when MTV started there was an incredibly slim selection of music videos to play. But it soon became obvious that MTV would play an important role in shaping the musical tastes of Middle America as well as having a dramatic impact on the artists whose videos were shown.


Everyone knows the Italian scooters manufactured by Piaggio under the legendary Vespa brand. But they were produced not only in their homeland, assembling under the license was also established in France at the facilities of the ASMA company.
In 1955, the French thought about expanding the model range, and suggested the Italians to a small car with a motorcycle engine, similar to BMW Isetta or Messerschmitt KR-200. People wanted to have a vehicle with at least some roof over their heads, but there wasn’t enough money for a full-fledged, even the cheapest car, and the production of a four-wheeled Vespa didn’t seem like a funny decision. But Piaggio was not support the idea of French colleagues.
The negotiations lasted about a year, and according to their results, ASMA received the green flag for the independent development of a microcar, and most importantly, the right to sell it under the Vespa brand. But only in France. Anyway, it was already a big step towards.
The development of the microcar lasted about a year. In 1957, the Vespa 400 was presented to the public, immediately attracted interest. Technically, this was a very simple design with the two-cylinder two-stroke carburetor engine with a capacity of 400 cc was installed in the rear.
14 hp was enough to accelerate Vespa 400 with the driver and passenger to about 52 mph (85 km/h). Since the engine is two-stroke, it works on a mixture of gasoline and engine oil, but the engineers took care of the driver. He did not have to cook this mixture by hand. It was enough to fill the oil in a small tank, from where it was fed into the carburetor through the nozzle in the required quantity.
Three-speed gearbox with synchronized 2nd and 3rd gears. Later models were equipped with a 4-speed gearbox. Vespa 400 has a fully independent suspension with springs and telescopic shock absorbers. The rear wheels are noticeably “clubbed”, like any car with a similar suspension.
Rack and pinion steering was a very progressive solution for the 50s. The car was equipped with hydraulic drum brakes. The diameter of the wheels was just 10 inches.
The interior is extremely simple. Slide windows appeared only in 1958, after a lot of complaints and wishes from buyers. Interior ventilation was provided by a roof with a soft movable top. The rear seats are rather a shelf for luggage. However, leaflets hinted that a child and a pet could be placed behind.
The instrument panel consists of a speedometer, a warning lamp of a battery charge and low fuel level. There were two more warning lamps of the engine overheating and high beam headlights. That’s all the driver was supposed to know.
The car seems like a toy. Nevertheless, the first couple of years it was in steady demand, in 1957 the company collected about 12 thousand copies of Vespa 400, and about 10 thousand were collected a year later.
Then demand began to fall. The standard of living was growing and buyers were interested in more spacious cars, and the phenomenal success of the Citroen 2CV, the price of which was falling, led to a cessation of demand for Vespa 400.
In 1961, the production was discontinued. ASMA invested in this project with great enthusiasm, and went bankrupt. During 4 years of production, about 30 thousand cars were assembled. Nowadays, each of the surviving Vespa 400 worth a lot of money.
- Engine: 24.0 cu in (0.4 L) two-stroke I2, 14 hp
- Transmission: 3-speed manual (GT 4-speed)
- Suspension: Four wheel independent. Four double acting hydraulic shock absorbers with coil springs.
- Wheelbase: 1,693 mm (66.7 in)
- Length: 2,850 mm (112 in)
- Width: 1,270 mm (50 in)
- Height: 50 in (1,300 mm)
- Curb weight: 375 kg (827 lb)
- Maximum speed: 52 mph (85 km/h)
- 0-40 mph (64 km/h): 23.0 seconds
- Fuel consumption:5.11 l/100 km (46.0 mpg)
- Wheels: 10 inches


America's and Africa's duty in Darfur
A voice of conscience is on a tour of American cities. Former Marine captain Brian Steidle, who saw firsthand the results of Darfur's black Arab Muslims killing black African Muslims, is one of thousands of Americans trying to end that genocide in Sudan.
Mr. Steidle was assigned to help the meager 7,000 soldiers from the 53-nation African Union (AU) operating in Darfur, a province the size of France where 180,000 people have been killed and 2 million more forced to flee their villages by marauding bands backed by Khartoum.
His eyewitness accounts and photographs have helped generate more American interest in Darfur than any other global humanitarian issue, according to the US State Department. From campuses to churches, Darfur has become a rallying cry over the problems of Africa's many ethnic wars, a global indifference to mass killings, and the perverse power politics of big nations in putting other interests ahead of such moral atrocities.
Americans like Steidle are making a difference by pushing the Bush administration to act tougher on the regime in Sudan. Last month, President Bush called for United Nations troops, perhaps with NATO assistance, to replace or supplement the ill-equipped African forces. The Senate, too, passed a resolution urging Bush to improve Darfur's security. And UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has cited the UN Charter in justifying intervention in Sudan.


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SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) -- Flu is on the rise across the country.
And while influenza continues to be an issue, local pediatricians, such as Baystate's Dr. John O’Reilly continue to warn parents they have seen a rise in strep throat, as well.
Western Mass News broke down the two illnesses and the symptoms you should pay attention too.
It's flu peak season but strep throat is also showing up at Baystate Medical Center.
And while influenza can be extremely dangerous, parents should also be on high alert for strep throat.
"Strep throat is fairly common in school-age kids and I think what happens is one kid brings it to school and they share drinks or sharing things and it is an infectious bacteria," Dr. O'Reilly said.
Dr. O’Reilly told Western Mass News with the flu circulating it might be difficult to tell what your child is suffering from.
That’s why paying attention to what your children are complaining about is key.
"I think the distinction for parents is that strep throat is localized to this area.” Dr. O'Reilly noted.
Dr. O'Reilly said specific symptoms such as tender lymph nodes and white patches inside the throat are all signs that lead to strep.
“The strep will also...because it's a bacteria, tend to give relatively high fevers," Dr. O'Reilly
It can also be difficult to recognize the difference because both flu and strep since both can produce a fever.
But the flu tends to take over your entire body causing it to ache.
"I have a headache, I have a cough, again the body aches are big and separating the more symptoms you have that is more a viral illness than strep," Dr. O'Reilly noted.
And Dr. O'Reilly said if you think your child does have strep its important your child gets tested and treated immediately so it doesn’t lead into bigger issues.
"The issue of treating strep throat is we want to prevent what called rheumatic fever which is a big cause of heart diseases around the globe," Dr. O'Reilly explained.
And if all this talk about the flu and strep is making you worried about your child, Dr. O'Reilly said it's not too late for them to get the flu shot.
“No time like the present, call your pediatrician and get that flu shot done," Dr. O'Reilly said.

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G1 and G7 are different models of drag functions that measure ballistic coefficient. Ballistic Coefficient or B.C. is a measurement (or prediction in a lot of cases) of how fast a bullet slows down in a given distance with a given velocity. G1 and G7 both measure the aerodynamic qualities of a bullet but use different models to do so. Much like miles and kilometers are both units commonly used to measure distance, or Fahrenheit and Celsius are commonly used to measure temperature; both examples show that different numbers can exist for the same measurement. For example, one mile is roughly 1.609 kilometers and 32 degrees Fahrenheit is approximately 0 degrees Celsius. Same is true for G1 and G7; the G1 B.C. of a .308-210gr AccuBond® LR bullet is .730 while the G7 B.C. of the same bullet is .366. The G1 model is based off of a stocky, flat base bullet template while the G7 model is based around a match style, boat-tail bullet template. It is argued that the G7 drag function is more accurate when calculating bullet drop of longer, sleeker bullets while the G1 drag function is more accurate when calculating old fashioned, flat base bullets.Tags: Ballistics
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Chemical industry has a high demand for ethylene quantity, especially with high quality. This paper discusses dynamic simulation models of an ethaneethylene high-pressure cryogenic rectification column with Unisim Design process simulator software. Distillation is one of the most essential technologies in chemical industry, it is important that the operation of the procedure can be modeled not only in steady-state mode but also in a dynamic way. The goal during this study is to make simulations with system-controlling and to investigate the effect the disturbance on the behavior of the columns.
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In the relevant literature there are many types of heat engines. One of those is the group of the so called hot air engines. This paper introduces their world, also introduces the new kind of machine that was developed and built at Department of Chemical Machinery, Institute of Energy and Chemical Machinery, University of Miskolc. Emphasizing the novelty of construction and the working principle are explained. Also the mathematical model of this new engine was prepared and compared to the real model of engine.
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The aim of the paper is to fulfill the parametric analysis on the heating performance of a compact automotive radiator using computational fluid dynamics. The analysis has been carried out at different air velocities with different fins modeling as real fins and as porous media. SC-Tetra computational fluid dynamics software was used for this study. The fluids are incompressible; the flow was three-dimensional and turbulent. The geometry of the fins has a high impact to the heat transfer coefficient and the heat performance, so the shape, the size and the thickness of the fins are compared to each other. The results show that the ratio of the fin pitch, the wall thickness of the fins, the number of the fins, the flow depth and the geometry of the tube are the main factors of the heat transfer. The main goal is to find a dependable Nu-number correlation for this type of heat exchanger. Furthermore with the usage of this function the goal is to find the optimal shape of the radiator, which can decrease the temperature of the cooling liquid to the necessary value and has the smallest weight.
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This paper deal with the overall heat transfer process and confrontation of experimental measurements and their numerical solutions on simplified model, inside the horizontal scraped surface heat exchanger. The experimental measurements were done on two horizontal scraped surface heat exchangers connected in series. As a product was thermally treated water, heated by vapor in the first stage and cooled by cold water in the second stage. Applied mass flow of the product: m=250, 500, 750, 1000 kgh−1 and rotary velocity of the shaft, scraper blades: rpm=20, 30, (45), 60, 90 min−1. For numerical analyses the simplified model was used, with taking only the area between the heat transfer tube, and the shaft with an aim to compare the result to experimental measurements and validate the obtained overall heat exchange, as justify the simplification. As a results from experimental measurements were obtained the correlations for Nusselt number in a form of Nu=f(Re,Pr,ηf/ηw). Based on the confrontation of results, it can be stated that the level of simplification used at numerical solutions, gives still an acceptable accuracy of overall heat transfer values. From numerical simulations were obtained further results as the velocity, temperature fields, which were used to make certain adaptation on proposed construction and their examination by additional numerical simulations. All these acquired results lead to better understanding the overall process inside the horizontal scraped surface heat exchangers and the proposed construction of mutators can increase the efficiency of heat transfer process for many products in a real processing.


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Chesapeake Energy Corp (CHK) is in the market for a new boss. We’ve all heard the twisted conflicted governance challenged story. It’s not good. Calls to replace the entire board are only just starting up. Shareholder class action lawsuits are gearing up. My god the world is coming to an end. So is this the ultimate value investor play. Value investing is a buy ugly sell pretty formula. You have to have courage and correct analysis.
Well the price is down. The corporate governance story has destroyed shareholder value. The company is a huge gas play and the market price for gas is down. Very down. So isn’t this the time to buy. Buy low sell high. That’s the formula isn’t it. Well the price of gas is historically low. We do have a domestic surplus and last winter was very mild so the consumer home owner did not come through as needed. That issue is the same for dozens of other gas opportunities. If you are patient you can make the cycle work for you.
So we default to the governance storm. The recent resignation of Aubrey K. McClendon – Chairman and CEO will not extinguish the fire storm. Who would want to take the job. To many ghosts and skeletons in the closet. So you can go through the executive search which is time-consuming and expensive to come up with what. My thoughts are if a recruiter calls you for the job go to the interview. It’ll be one of the most interesting interviews you’ll ever have. How will the search be conducted? Who makes the ultimate decision? The shareholders will be wanting pristine pureness. Will the candidate fit into the corporate culture or will he need to reshape it. Reshaping cultures is more difficult than finding oil and gas. Another good old boy will not do. By the way the board needs to be revamped. They have their finger prints on this problem as well.
Then you have to consider corporate momentum. The governance issue will be the mother of distractions. Instead of exploiting oil and gas the senior leadership team will be swatting away pesky governance flies. They will not be working full-time on maximizing shareholder wealth. So if you are looking at Chesapeake and wanting to buy when the storm clouds are the darkest, wait up. Do not click the buy button yet.
My personal prediction will be to bring in a one year neutral caretaker type to help stabilize. He should have a personal fixation about opening closet doors and checking out the contents. If we see the caretaker then it’s time to consider being a value investor. If we see someone who fits in with the corporate culture well lets just say shareholder wealth will not be maximized.
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We make several different altimeters and a few things to make your AV bay a little bit friendlier. We cover the gamut of altimeters, from a simple 2-output deployment controller all the way up to a 6-output flight computer, and a flight computer with integrated GPS tracking. Pretty much whatever you want to do, there’s an Eggtimer for you!
All of it is in kit form, of course… you build it yourself and save $$$, get a great value for the money, and get the satisfaction of doing it yourself.
For a quick-view chart that shows you all of our altimeters, click on the link below.
Eggtimer Quasar Kit: $100 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 5/5
The Eggtimer Quasar combines a 3-output WiFi-enabled flight computer with an Eggfinder-compatible GPS tracker. On the altimeter side, it has 3 outputs: Drogue, Main, and a configurable AUX output that can act as an airstart timer or a backup Drogue or Main. Like the Eggtimer Quantum and Proton, it’s WiFi enabled… all functions are remotely configured via a WiFi/browser interface (no Internet or apps needed): changing settings, arming/disarming, downloading flight data, and performing deployment tests.
On the telemetry side, it sends out GPS and altimeter telemetry once per second. It uses the same tried-and-true Eggfinder LCD receiver, and displays your real-time altitude and deployment channel status, and apogee after landing. It’s available in the license-free 900 MHz band, the EU/UK 869 MHz band, and the 70cm Ham band.
Eggtimer Proton Kit: $70 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 4/5
The Eggtimer Proton is one of the most advanced flight computers that you can buy. It combines SIX deployment channels with a 120G accelerometer, perfect for those really ambitious projects. It’s also WiFi-enabled, so you don’t need to mess with any cables or special software to configure, download, or perform depployment tests. In addition to the “standard” Drogue, Main, and Airstart modes you can also configure the channels to trigger on almost any condition that you can think of, and there are no dedicated channels… any channel can perform any function. It has lots of safety features, including our exclusive dual-switched outputs that essentially leave the outputs “dead” until you’re in flight. There is also servo support on the way down… do you want to go Falcon 9 and have landing gear deploy using servos after the Main chute opens? You can do it with the Proton!
Eggtimer Quantum Kit: $40 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 3/5
The Eggtimer Quantum is the first WiFi-enabled flight computer. Using just about any WiFi/browser enabled device, you can program,arm/disarm, and download data without any cables, apps, or Internet connections. It’s the easiest full-function alltimeter that you’ll ever use! Features include two high-current deployment channels, airstart capability with velocity/altitude/breakwire tests, remote deployment testing, and lots more.
Eggtimer Classic Flight Computer Kit: $35 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 1/5
The Eggtimer Classic Flight Computer is a full-function barometric two-channel flight computer that can be used to deploy parachutes, airstart second-stage engines, and log flight profile data. It supports standard main-drogue multiple chute deployment, or you can use your motor’s ejection charge to deploy the drogue chute and configure the drogue channel in airstart mode to support a two-stage multiple deployment rocket. It can be used to modulate standard hobby servos too, so if you’re a water rocket enthusiast this is the least expensive solution on the market that can be used for non-pyro multiple deployment. With all through-hole assembly, it’s also the easiest altimeter to assemble that we offer.
Eggtimer Quark Kit: $20 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 3/5
The Eggtimer Quark is a simple and inexpensive dual-deployment controller. It is ideal for those just getting into electronic deployments or for those who want something the “just works” out of the box. At $20, it’s far and away the least expensive deployment controller on the market. It’s also one of the smallest units available, at only 1.8″ x .75″ it fits comfortably into a 24mm (BT50) tube. Just because it’s inexpensive doesn’t mean you give up features… there are two drogue settings, four main altitude settings, you can perform deployment channel tests (can YOUR basic altimeter do that?), and it beeps out the apogee after landing.
Eggtimer Apogee Deployment Controller Kit: $15 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 1/5
The Eggtimer Apogee is the easiest and least expensive deployment altimeter on the market. In a tiny 1.75” x .9” package that fits into a 24mm motor mount, the Apogee deploys your parachute at apogee and beeps out your altitude, with no programming of any kind. It has a built-in NAR/TRA-approved screw switch, and an on-board JST-PH battery connector for small 1S LiPo batteries. It’s the ideal companion for a Jolly Logic Chute Release™ because it does the things that the JLCR cannot… get the parachute out and tell you how high you went.
Not only is it easy to use, but it’s also easy to build. With almost all through-hole parts, it’s designed to be easily built by just about anyone.
Also available is a special 3D-printed Easy Mount for the Eggtimer Apogee (designed by Chris Bender of Lab Rat Rocketry), it makes it a snap to install an Apogee into most 38mm or larger nose cones. It can be easily interchanged from one rocket to another, and includes a built-in charge well and terminal screws. It’s designed to use a tiny 110 mAH 1S LiPo battery, which Eggtimer Rocketry will also be sourcing.
Eggtimer ION WiFi-Enabled Flight Logging Altimeter Kit $20 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 3/5
The Eggtimer ION is a WiFi-enabled flight logger. Similar to the Eggtimer Quantum but without the deployment channels, the ION logs altitude, velocity, and flight events at 20 samples per second. Because it’s WiFi, you can download data to just about any WiFi/browser enabled device, with no Internet or apps required.
At only 22 mm x 38 mm and about 6 grams, it’s easy to add flight data logging to just about any rocket. It’s easy to wrap up into a small chute protector with the battery, or your can mount it to a sled in a more “classic” AV bay. It uses a small 1S LiPo battery, and has an onboard jumper “switch”. It auto-arms for flight after 60 seconds, but can also be remotely armed/disarmed if you want. In addition, you can also connect it to the Eggtimer Telemetry Module and get real-time telemetry using an Eggfinder LCD receiver.
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Eggtimer WiFi Switch Kit: $20 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 3/5
The Eggtimer WiFi Switch is the answer to the question, “How to you turn on something in an AV bay when it’s 8 feet off the ground?” Using ANY WiFi/browser enabled device, you can turn your electronics on and off, over 100′ away. Have a two-stager and don’t want to stick your face next to a K sparky motor to turn on the altimeter while standing on a ladder? No problem… with the WiFi switch, you can stand back and turn it on remotely. Not only that but it has two continuity checking circtuits, that can connect to ANY altimeter… not just Eggtimer products. You can remotely check continuity, and battery voltage too.
Eggtimer Mini Switch Kit $15 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 3/5
The Eggtimer Mini Switch is a smaller version of the acclaimed Eggtimer WiFi Switch. Like the WiFI Switch, you can turn your AV stuff on and off from over 100′ away, using virtually any WiFi/browser enabled device. It has the same security and remote voltage checking capability, too. It’s much smaller, though… only 1.5″ long and .75″ wide, it can fit into virtually any AV bay. To save space, we removed the continuity checking feature… we’ve found that a lot of people don’t use it anyway. Otherwise, it has the same specs as the WiFi Switch… in a package only 37.75 mm x 19.15 mm
Eggtimer Telemetry Module Kit: $20 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 2/5
The Eggtimer Telemetry Module is an add-on for the Eggtimer Quark, Quantum, and Proton altimeters. It transmits flight data to an Eggfinder LCD receiver on the ground, giving you real-time visibility into what your rocket is doing. Typical real-time data can include altitude, velocity, acceleration, elapsed flight time, flight phase, deployment channel status, voltage, and temperature. You also get “historical” data such as apogee, maximum velocity, and maximum acceleration. (Actual data is dependent on device) This is a great companion to an Eggfinder GPS tracker… the GPS tells you where you rocket is located, and the telemetry tells you what it’s doing. Have you ever lost sight of a rocket and wondered how high it was, if the deployment charges fired, or how fast it was descending? Well, now you’ll know!
Eggtimer Voice Module Kit: $20 Degree of Assembly Difficulty: 2/5
The Eggtimer Voice Module is an add-on for the Eggfinder LCD receiver, when used with the Eggtimer Telemetry Module it will speak out your real-time altitude, apogee, and deployment events (depending on which Eggtimer altimeter it’s used with). This gives you instant feedback as to the performance of your rocket, and also confirms that your ejection charges have fired. It can be used with standard 3.5mm earbuds, or you can attach a 3.5mm AUX cable to it and use an amplified speaker, your car stereo, or your club’s PA system to let everybody know how awesome your flight is.
About our Degree of Difficulty Scale…
We rate Degree of Difficulty from 1 to 5, based on how small the parts are, how many parts there are, how long it takes to build, and how critical to proper operation minor soldering mistakes would be. A kit rated 1 is all through-hole, and is relatively forgiving of less than perfect solder joints. A kit rated 5 has a lot of small 0805 surface mount parts, and has .050″ pitch IC’s. If you’ve never built a kit before we recommend that you stay with the lower numbered kits, once you have successfully built a few of them then you can tackle the 4’s and 5’s.


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Less than three months ago I started a free trial subscription to Netflix. Since then I have continued paying a minimal monthly fee ($7.99) to continue the service.
Netflix streams video (TV shows and movies) to subscribers like myself. There are hardly any new releases, yet there are many films that missed my notice when they first appeared as video rentals months or years ago. Some of these are most definitely putrid. But a few are both interesting and entertaining.
One such tiny little gem is a low budget (est. $60,000, IMDB) independent comedy film titled, Memron. In style, it reminds me of The Office. It is sarcastic, cynical, mocking, and unpredictable. It is also funny in a guilty pleasure sort of way.
Memron takes aim at Enron with its crooked executives and clueless employees. At the start of the film, a text announcement mentions the 60,000 employees who have lost their jobs. Memron, surviving in name only, sponsors “Where is my parachute,” career seminars to help former employees who are now unemployed and destitute. After hearing a suggestion that they should start a business, a small group dreams up AirFlow, a company that sells fresh natural air. The air is captured in plastic garbage bags at a local park, resulting in one arrest for theft of a natural resource.
The new Memron CEO (who was ordered by the ex-CEO to spy on the group) steals the idea. Airflow then makes millions for Memron. At film’s end, company stock has rebounded making former executives filthy rich.
Actor Michael McShane portrays ex-con, ex-CEO and perpetual fraudster Ken Clay. It is McShane’s film and he does a fine job in the lead role. He isn’t memorable for any prior role, but he really nails this part. Nor are any of the other actors recognizable except for Claire Forlani (who appears in a small role) and Tim Bagley.
This film is worth a view. You will find it at Amazon and on Netflix.
Debit and credit – – David Albrecht


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A few of the scientific studies & publications that provide a basis why face masks work by date of publication:
September 2021: A study from the Los Angeles County Dept. of Health examined Covid transmission rate during the peak, September 2020 through March 2021. The case rates in children & adolescents were 3.4 times lower during the winter peak compared with rates in the community. Their findings suggest that implementing recommended prevention measures – a multipronged prevention strategy, including masking, physical distancing, testing, vaccination of children & adolescents aged ≥12 years – remains critical to reducing transmission in schools. This is promising for children aged <12 years because no COVID-19 vaccine is currently authorized for this age group. These data were published in MMWR Sept 3, 2021 to strengthen the fact about why face masks work http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.mm7035e3
The Study: why face masks work
Why face masks work; August 2021: A study published last week in Science argues that “unequivocal evidence indicates that airborne transmission is a major pathway for the spread of SARS-CoV-2.” https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abd9149
July 2021: A study from the Univ. of Waterloo
published in the Physics of Fluid . N95 masks filter exhaled air much better than cloth & surgical masks. Consequently, Cloth & surgical masks caught 10 to 12 percent of aerosols breathed out during the experiment. Various N95, KN95 & R95 masks filtered over 50 percent.
The increased ventilation/air-cleaning capacity significantly reduced the transmission risk in an indoor environment. Ventilation surpassed the apparent mask filtration efficacy. Researchers conclusion: 1) that fresh air exchange or air purification can be very effective in controlling aerosol buildup indoors. 2) the most beneficial strategy would be to employ both masks & ventilation to minimize the risk of virus transmission. https://uwaterloo.ca/news/media/study-supports-widespread-use-better-masks-curb-covid-19
February 2021: Study published in JAMA. Examined 11 reports that provided persuasive evidence that universal mandatory mask wearing policies were associated with reductions in the number or rate of infections & deaths. In addition, my personal favorite is the one from Kansas in which some counties had mask mandates, & others did not. Accordingly, those with mask mandates had decreased case rate per 100,000 (by 0.08). Those without mask mandates had increased case rates by 0.11. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2776536
January 2021 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
published “An evidence review of face masks against COVID-19” PNAS January 26, 2021 118 (4) e2014564118; https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2014564118
A huge group of researchers conducted an extensive review of the literature (147 medical papers) & found evidence in favor of widespread mask use as source control to reduce community transmission: Nonmedical masks use materials that obstruct particles of the necessary size; people are most infectious in the initial period post-infection, where it is common to have few or no symptoms; nonmedical masks have been effective in reducing transmission of respiratory viruses; & places & time periods where mask usage is required or widespread have shown substantially lower community transmission.
They recommend the adoption of public cloth mask wearing, as an effective form of source control, in conjunction with existing hygiene, distancing, & contact tracing strategies. The available evidence suggests that near-universal adoption of nonmedical masks when out in public, in combination with complementary public health measures, could successfully reduce Re to below 1. This would reduce community spread if such measures are sustained. Economic analysis suggests that mask wearing mandates could add 1 trillion dollars to the US GDP.
Models suggest that public mask wearing is most effective at reducing spread of the virus when compliance is high. The authors recommend that mask use requirements be implemented by governments. When governments do not then by organizations that provide public-facing services. Such mandates must be accompanied by measures to ensure access to masks, possibly including distribution & rationing mechanisms so that they do not become discriminatory. Given the value of the source control principle, it is not sufficient for only employees to wear masks. Customers must wear masks as well. https://www.pnas.org/content/118/4/e2014564118
Related topic : https://susanlandersmd.com/the-best-face-mask-for-your-child/


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Examining The Makeup Of Lafayette's Bike Safety Committee
The Lafayette City Council Tuesday night is expected to conduct a second reading of an ordinance creating an advisory committee which would be charged with making the city’s streets safer for bicyclists and pedestrians.
The so-called Lafayette Bicycle and Pedestrian (and) Citizen Advisory Committee (the ordinance writes the name two different ways) would be a seven-member board, with five members appointed by the city, and one each from what the legislation calls a “local bicycle club” and a “local running club.”
Lafayette Mayor Tony Roswarski says that 5-2 split doesn’t necessarily mean critics will be silenced.
“I’m not sure you’d outvote anybody, because it’s an advisory committee," the mayor says. "I mean, the committee can make recommendations, individuals on the committee can make recommendations. They don’t have to agree with what the majority of the committee feels to make a recommendation.”
And even the appointees from the local clubs are subject to approval by Roswarski, who’ll be given a slate of candidates from each organization and allowed to choose from among them.
But, speaking Thursday on WBAA’s “Ask The Mayor,” Lafayette's leader insisted the setup isn’t a way to silence some critics who’ve been very vocal in recent years.
“This is not some phony façade to placate people," Roswarski says. "We want their input -- in fact, we’re going to give them a bigger platform to actually be louder.”
Some of the criticism reached a fever pitch in 2015 when a cyclist was hit and seriously injured by a distracted driver on the Harrison Bridge connecting Lafayette and West Lafayette.
Since then, local groups have staged several public displays urging leaders to carve out more bike lanes, and reminding drivers to observe regulations requiring a three-foot buffer between cars and bicycles.


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2 Timothy 2:15
Concentrate on doing your best for God, work you won't be ashamed of, laying out the truth plain and simple.(The Message)
The books and backpacks are out and ready to go. Summer vacation is over and it's back to school! Weeks of summer pleasure gave young minds a chance to rest, but now it's back to work. It's time to study again.
That goes for me as well. In the world of a local licensed pastor, the requirements set before me are to take 4 courses yearly. I am required to read material carefully selected by professors from the St. Paul School of Theology and write papers and write papers and write papers according to their standards. When these advanced assignments have been completed I will send them to the professors a month prior to our class time, which is held in Overland Park, Kansas two weeks in the winter and two weeks in the summer.
I'm challenged by this work, because I was never what you'd call a "good student." I was average, I didn't attend college following high school graduation. So you can about imagine the struggles I am contending with as I am instructed to write my papers in "Turabian" (what is THAT??) All I ever wanted to be was a wife and a mom. However, when God calls you to something he also equips you for that calling.
Before God called me into ministry, I had a strong desire for something more in my life. I had a yearning deep within me that nothing seemed to satisfy. I thought once I married I would be happy. We got married but I wanted more. I thought maybe having chil-dren would make me happy; we had two, yes they made me happy BUT I still wanted more. Perhaps owning our own home would make me happy, well, you guessed it......I STILL wanted more. We are all guilty of wanting more and more and more in search of happiness. Truthfully, I began to find true happiness when I began to study and learn from the one book –The Holy Bible, the one book made up of sixty-six books. This text gave me history, poetry, prophecy, and doctrine. From Genesis to Revelation the continu-ous story of man's relationship to God and His plan for redemption unfolded and keeps unfolding. This incredible book provides great mystery and at the same time delivers unchangeable truth penned under the inspiration of God by forty-four writers spanning over twenty centuries of time. Though written thousands of years ago, the Bible clearly presents God's commands for successful living and wisdom for every step of life's journey. And these truths are as relevant today as they were the day they were recorded. 2 Timothy 3:16-17 tells us that "All scripture is Godbreathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the man of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."
And from Hebrews 4:12-we are told "For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."
When was the last time you really took the time to dig in and study God's Word? Did the busyness of summer cause you to slack off of your study of God's Word? Vacations? Travel? Kids at home? Extra outside work? Or is the study of God's Word something that you have never considered? No matter what the season, there are plenty of things to distract us and keep us from studying the Word. It's time to put away the excuses. As fall arrives, I encourage you look into the programs that the Our Savior United Methodist Church is offering, and if you don't see anything that interests you, please, let's have a conversation. We want to help meet your spiritual needs.
Oh, and by the way, I'm learning that the happiness I was seeking was a longing in my heart to know the God who created me and gave me life. There is nothing better than having the joy of the Lord in your heart. I want that for each and everyone of you!
Sunday School kickoff is scheduled for Sunday, September 10. Mark your calendars and make God and the study of the Word a priority, a part of your regular routine. If you do, you'll experience fresh blessings from your Heavenly Father, and the fun and fellowship of meeting with other believers.
What are you waiting for? It's time to study!
Precious Lord, Let us stop looking for happiness in the things that only money can buy, or in others who do not have the capability to fulfill our needs. Your Word is our source of strength and wisdom. Let us never be so unwise as to think that we know enough of it. Let us never neglect studying it. Let us never stop loving it. AMEN

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A PAIR. OF MUDLARKS.
THE river no longer lapped against the lower stairs; the
raised stone causeway, that sloped from their foot to the water, rose bare above
the pebbly hard, and green-brown mud. One wherry had been dragged down to the
foot of the causeway, in readiness for almost despaired of passengers;
half-a-dozen others were huddled high and dry at the foot of the stairs; another
lay, bottom upwards, at the top. By it stood an old waterman, in a glazed round
hat, sleeved brass-buttoned waistcoat, and brown pair of breeches patched in
places with canvas. Occasionally he removed his hands from his pockets, in order
to take his pipe from his mouth and adjust the tobacco. On these occasions he
growled down a word or two to another smoking ancient mariner; attired in a
chapped sou'-wester, a faded comforter, a pea-jacket with only two of its big
horn-buttons on it, and a pair of blue breeches patched with green cloth at the
knees, who sat upon the gunwale of one of the boats, kicking his heels against
its side. When ad-[-285-]dressed, the second
waterman, without taking his pipe from his mouth, growled a few words in reply,
and then went on kicking his heels; whilst the first, having replaced his pipe,
began again to stamp his feet in a "Bruin-dance" to warm his numb toes
- for a biting north-east wind, threatening frost, was blowing across the river.
"L'âge d'or, qu'une aveugle tradition a placé jusqu'ici dans le passé,"
says St. Simon, "est devant nous ;" but London watermen are no St.
Simonians. The old fellows were lamenting their lost golden age, when watermen
took more in a day than now they earn in a fortnight. "Might jist as well
be a mudlark," growled one old boy.
"Poor beggars!" answered his comrade, with a mingled contempt and pity in his tone which showed that he thought that, after all, watermen had not sunk quite so low as that. Some baker's dozen of mudlarks could be seen from the stairs: an old man dressed in what seemed to have been once a woman's caped cloak, the black stripes and the green ground of the pattern equally almost obliterated by grease; an old woman with a nut-cracker nose and chin, which almost dipped into the filthy slush into which she peered, and dirty flesh as well as a scrap or two of dirty linen showing through the slashes of her burst gown, over which, for "warmth's sake," she wore a tippet of ragged sack-cloth; and a flock of frowsy, touzled-headed youngsters [-286-] - a good many with no covering to the touzled heads - of every variety of grimy tatteredness: some with their petticoats kilted or their trousers tucked up mid-thigh high, but most with petticoats and trousers which saved their owners trouble in that way, through being normally abbreviated to the regulation wading-measure. With their bags and their baskets - both, but for scraps of miscellaneous material put in loose to stop the leaks, very much like Danaidian buckets - with their old hats, and kettles, and pots and pans - the mudlarks, young and old, groped backwards and forwards along the hard, which plum-pudding-stoned their bare feet with little pebbles, paddled in the chilly slush, or splashed like shrimpers in the margin of the water.
Everything almost seemed fish that came to their very miserable nets. If any one wants to know the value of seeming rubbish, the straits to which people are put sometimes to procure a subsistence in this vast "London" - whose very vastness, however, through the multitude of paltry waifs which it furnishes, enables a little army of human strays to live after a fashion: a miserable fashion, but nowhere else could such a multitude of such people live in any fashion - let him take his seat in one of those queer beer-and-tobacco-scented, many-angled, notched-tabled rooms of public-houses, often weather-boarded, whose backs give on the river, [-287-] and watch mudlarks at work. They pounce on little knobs of coal as if they were "real Whitby jet" brooches; lovingly coil up limp lengths of sodden rope that look like drowned, putrefying snakes; wrangle over broken bones which starving dogs would relinquish to one another without a snarl; make prize of bits of wood which seem about as valuable; exult over a rusty iron bolt or lock, and can scarce believe their delighted eyes when their grubby hands have fished up half a dozen verdigrised copper nails.
Watch the poor creatures clustering about that heeled-over schooner, out of which coal is being whipped; see them clambering up the stranded black-coal lighters, which, though "empty," may still hold coal that will be worth their taking; feeling in the muddy channel meandering in front of the shipwrights' closed dock, and reproachfully eyeing the shut gates which bar them out from precious spoil; creeping as near as the indignantly barking dogs on board will permit, to the high-piled hay-and-straw and other craft beached stern on in ranks upon the hards, lying broadside and lobside beneath the dangling crane-chains of many-floored warehouses and mills, flush with the water when the tide is in, or jammed into dark clefts between those towering piles. And what do the poor creatures get for their dismal groping in all weathers? If a mudlark clears six-[-288-]pence in a day, he thinks himself a most lucky mudlark - often he gets far less than that- sometimes he gets nothing.
The incoming tide gradually drives the mudlarks ashore. They tramp in file up the stairs, printing fresh muddy footprints on the stones, and sprinkling them with unfragrant drippings from their drenched garments.
"What luck, old gal?", asks a waterman of the nut-cracker-visaged old woman.
"Same's ever," she answers at once, without looking round, in a tone almost too sleepy to be peevish.
Her bag looks full, but if her luck to-day has only been her usual fortune, the bulky find under which she bends cannot be very valuable - if one may judge by her appearance.
She slinks off to her lair, followed by an imp bearing a rusty crumpled colander, piled with its find. Its sex is indistinguishable. It has long mud-hued hair hanging down in a mat over its shoulders. Through the hair one gets a glimpse of a never-washed little face, whose only sign of intelligence is an occasional glance of wicked knowingness. The imp is clad in a corduroy waistcoat, sleeved like the round-hatted old waterman's; the sleeves are turned back at the wrists, to enable the grubby little hands at the end of stick-like little arms to find their way out. What other clothes, if any, the imp has on, it is impossible to say, since [-289-] the waistcoat comes down to its kibed little heels - bare of everything except ingrained dirt, thickly lacquered with a fresh layer of malodorous slime - like the Ulster great-coats in which men make Noah's-ark guys of themselves now-a-days; and though some of the bone buttons are off, the capacious overlapping double breast quite hides the no doubt skinny little frame within.
"Poor ole Sue!" said the round-hatted old waterman; "an' yet she worn't a bad-looking young 'ooman once upon a time."
"Well, you ain't a chicken, but that must ha' been long afore your time, Sam," interjected a younger comrade who had joined Sam on the stairs-head.
"No, tain't," answered Sam. "I don't mean as I can remember her so's to 've kep' company wi'er, or the like o' that; but when I was about 'alf way through my 'prenticeship, she come to live 'ere. She were fresh from the country, jist married, an' an unkimmon pretty young wife she were, though she do look a deal more like a guy now, or a Punch-and-Judy show."
"Boat, sir-boat?" the waterman had greeted me with, when I first made my appearance on the stairs, and they had naturally looked rather grumpy when they found that I did not want one, especially since they could not make out what I did want-except to stare at the river, [-290-] and perhaps listen to them. The round-hatted old fellow answered me civilly enough however when, interested by what he had said, I tried to get into conversation with him.
"About ole Sue? Oh, yes, I can tell ye all I know about her, sir, if you want to know it, but I can do talkin' as well walkin' as standin'. I was jist thinkin' o'goin' 'ome to git a bit of a warm, for it's, no good waitin' about 'ere any longer sich a day as this."
I proposed that, instead of going home for his "warm," he should have a drop of hot spiced beer in the river-side room from which I had recently issued.
He accepted my invitation nothing loth, and thus discoursed over his steaming pewter -
"As I was a-sayin', sir, I remember poor old Sue when she was fust married. From the country she come. The chap she was married to was a ship's butcher, leastways, the son o' one, and went down into the country to look arter beasts an' so on, an' that's 'ow he fell in wi' 'er. There was a good many young, chaps enwied him his luck when they saw the wife he'd got, but there was never a word said agin 'er - not that way. They was like a pair o' turtle-doves or two young pigeons, as the Scriptur' says, when they was fust married, and a nice little family they ad - most on 'em gals, as took arter their mother in their looks. The young chap went pardners wi' his father, an' [-291-] they was goin' ahead like steam, when all of a suddint they blew up, jist like one o' them precious kittles that's sp'ilt our trade. The ole feller never 'eld his 'ead hup agin. The young chap 'ired hisself as journeyman to another butcher, but he'd 'ad one for 'isself too. To keep his sperrits up he took to drinkin', an' beat his wife an' starved his children. At last he went downright to the bad - ran away an' was never heerd on arterwards; an' nobody missed him, 'cept twas Sue. His youngsters had got to 'ate him, an' make game on him when. he were too far gone to drab 'em; but she'd stuck to him through all, an' kep' fond on him, some'ow, for all his drubbin's. They're queer cattle, is women. There's my ole 'ooman, now, as I never laid a finger on, or crossed 'er - not to speak on - in a single thing she wished; an' yet she hain't 'alf the respec' for me as them as has cotched Tartars has for them. She wouldn't order me about as she do, if I'd given 'er every now and then a jolly good beatin'.
" 'A 'ooman, a dog, and a walnut-tree,
The more you hit 'em, the better they be.'
"I don't old, though, with them as is for ever thrashin' their missises. They gits used to it, and so it loses its effec' - but now and again it's as well to let a 'ooman feel the weight o' your and, jist to show 'er who's master.
I quoted the well-known sentiment, "The man who lays," etc
[-292-] "Oh, yes," continued the old man, at first in a tone of contemptuous offendedness, "I've heerd the sailor chap a-spoutin' that at the theaytur. That's all ~very well in a play, but sailors is as free wi' their fists as other folks when a 'ooman riles 'em, an' if you was to know 'ow haggerawatin' our wives sometimes is - I don't know 'ow 't may be wi' ladies - you'd wonder they didn't git wolloped horfener than they does. It's all wery fine to talk about not layin' yer 'and on a 'ooman, but what are you to do, if you can't keep the 'ooman from layin' of 'er 'ands on you? But I was a-talkin' about Sue, poor ole gal. There she were left wi' all them bairns to look arter, an' 'ard she tried. Work her fingers off, she would, but as they growed hup they was no comfort to 'er. She'd no time to look arter 'em, you see, when she was a-slavin' at the wash-tub. They run about the streets, an' did as they liked. There was on'y two boys. One on 'em went to sea, an we never heerd no more on him. I don't know what become o' t'other. There was 'alf a dozen gals or so. None on 'em come to no good. Some on 'em married, an' some on 'em didn't, but there worn't much to choose betwixt 'em. 'Tain't to be wondered at that Sue got to be a bit too fond o' drink, when she could git it, poor ole girl. You see, they give it 'er at the 'ouses where she went washin' an' sich, an' so she got to know the comfort on it. Folks [-293-] said as she drank when she was fust married, but it's my belief as twas all a fib. It was the women as said it, as was enwious of the colour she 'ad. A fine 'igh colour it were, but not a bit more like drinkin' nor a rose is like a radish. She were fair druv to drinking, was poor ole Sue, by her 'ard life, an' then the wery folks as 'ad give her the gin at their 'ouses wouldn't give her no more work. She couldn't git no more washin', nor charin', nor nuffink. Down she sunk, poor ole gal, till she come to mudlarkin', and that she've been starvin' at this ten year. 'Ow she olds hout's a myst'ry to me - a frost'll finish her hoff some night, I expec'- but she must ha' 'ad a rare constitooshun to stand all she's stood - sorrer, an' slavin', an' drinkin', an' starvin'. A gran' thing is a fine constitooshun, sir; but them as has got 'em is mostly fools - they takes liberties with theirselves. If they didn't, it's my belief as they'd live pretty nigh for ever, if they didn't git drownded, or killed by axedint some'ow.
"Oh, that young limb," my informant proceeded, when I asked about the old woman's young companion. "That's poor ole Sue's youngest daughter's youngest. A reg'lar character he is, the owdacious young toad! I guess he's forgotten more wickedness than you ever knowed, sir. He 'on't be a mudlark long arter poor old Sue's gone. A thief, an' wuss, that's what he'll he. He's tried his and at it a'ready, [-294-] the sarcy young rascal! Poor old Sue might be comfor'bler if she'd let him steal, but that she won't, an' the on'y good thing about the young scamp is that he minds his granny.
"If you'd like to see where the ole 'ooman lives, there it is," said my waterman, pointing up the lane, when we were parting at the door of the hostelry.
What he pointed at was the dilapidated, pigsty-like, built-out back-kitchen of a tumbledown house, which could find no paying tenants even in that densely-populated neighbourhood, and had been appropriated accordingly by squatters.
"An' if the ole 'ooman's in as you go by, an' you've a shillin' to spare, you might do wuss than if you give it to her, sir," the old man, who had grown sentimental over his spiced beer, remarked in conclusion. "She were a wery fine young 'ooman once upon a time."
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