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Fahey, Margaret Theresa (1862)
Fahey, Michael (1830)
Farr, Ellen Ann (1844)
Farr, William L. (1815)
Farr, William P. (1837)
Farr, William 'Billy' Ann Eliza (1864)
Flournoy, Bessie Lucille (1909)
Fludd, Albert (1947)
Fludd, Douglas Edward (1951)
Fludd, Herman Curtis (1921)
Fludd, Luke C. (1915)
Fludd, Madge Lee (1918)
Fludd, Walter L. (1910)
Fludd, Westberry B. (1875)
Foate, Lois Dillison (1839)
Folsom, Pearl E. (1884)
Fonzi, Camillo (1885)
Fonzi, Domenica (1913)
Fonzi, Nicolas (1850)
Formun, Susannah (1755)
Foster, Clinton Eugene (1935)
Fowler, Lenora (1912)
Fraddosio, John (1860)
Fraddosio, John William (1888)
Franklin, Benjamin Henry (1848)
Franklin, Charles Lafayette (1877)
Franklin, Esom Davenport (1770)
Franklin, Francis Marion (1817)
Franklin, Luther H. (1913)
Franklin, Martha Ann (1837)
Franklin, Mary Elizabeth (1844)
Franklin, Samuel Edgar (1902)
Free, Ellie Anne (1890)
Free, Jeffsonia W. (1889)
Freeman, Loula (1865)
Freeman, Marvin Oscar (1908)
Fultz, Sharon Lee (1940)
Futch, Elizabeth (1762)
Mary Elizabeth Franklin
Francis Marion Franklin
Gatsey Ann Sutton
About Mary Elizabeth Franklin
Mary Elizabeth Franklin was born on November 13, 1844 in Baker County, Georgia and died on October 17, 1918 in Blountstown, Florida. She lived to be 73 years old.
She married Eustace Studstill in about 1860. Their marriage didn't last long, he may have died in the Civil War. Family history says they had one or two children that died young.
She later married Caleb Joshua Halley.
The following rhyme has been handed down in the family. It was a way to remember the children of Caleb & Mary Halley. The names are sung in groups of three, in a sing song fashion:
John, Pierce, Polly,
Suzey, Nancy, Mollie,
Emmie, Tempey, Charlie,
and little Joe Halley.
Census 11/26/1850 7th District FL (Gadsden County) 6 yrs old
Recorded as family #424: Francis Franklin (male, age 33), Gadsy (female, age 29), Martha (female, age 7), Eliza (female, age 7), Mary (female, age 5), Benjamin (male, age 2) and Henry Egeston (male, age 23). Francis is a farmer and estimates the value of his estate to be $300. Everyone was born in Georgia except the youngest child and Henry who were born in Florida.
Census 6/28/1860 FL (Liberty County) 15 yrs old
#136 - Hastus Sadeill	(age 24)SC, Mary Sadeill	(15)GA, Jabitha Sadeill	(1) FL. Hastus works as a wood chopper.
Additional information about Liberty County, FL around 1860: Liberty County was formed 1855 from Jefferson County.
Census 7/2/1870 Oklokonee District FL (Wakulla County) 25 yrs old
Dweling# 12, family#9 - Caleb Holly (age 27,born in AL), Mary (age 24, keeping house, born in Georgia), Nancy (age 4, Oct.,born in FL) and John (8 months old, born in FL). Caleb cannot read or write. He states his occupation as farmer with an estimated real estate value of $100.
Caleb's sister Amy and her family are listed as the next family.
Census 6/12/1880 Abe Springs FL (Calhoun County) 35 yrs old
Starting on line 1: Caleb Holley (age 45, born in AL and both parents in NC), Mary (age 36, wife, she and parents were born in GA), Nancy (age 15, daughter), John (age 12, son), Mary (age 8, daughter), Pierce (age 6, son), Susan (age 4, daughter), Gadsden (age 2, son), Cehas (age 1 month, son). All of the children report that they were born in FL, father in AL, mother in GA. Mary (wife) and the younger children indicate they cannot read or write.
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1880: Blountstown was declared the seat of Calhoun County in 1880. Prior to that, Abe Springs had been the county seat. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.
Census 6/1/1885 FL (Calhoun County) 40 yrs old
Florida State Census, Dwelling Number 153/Family #169: Caleb Halley (age 52), Mary (age 35), Jno (age 16), Nancy (age 19), Porlier (age 15), Price (age 13), Susan (age 10), Gaddis (age 9), Charlie (age 7), and Emma (age 3). Caleb is a farmer and says he was born in Alabama and the birth place of both parents is unknown. Mary was born in Florida and both parents in GA. All of the children were born in FL.
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1885: The principle towns in Calhoun County were Blountstown, Marysville, Chipola, Selman, Ocheesee, and Abe Springs. In 1884 railroads in Florida were bought out by one company and placed under central management. River Junction, located at the junction of the Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers, is the closest railroad and the primary hub of land transports. The photo on the right shows the iron bridge than spans the Chattahoochee River about a mile from the Depot at River Junction where wharves, storage, steamboats and hotels bussel with activity. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.
Census 6/27/1900 Blountstown FL (Calhoun County) 55 yrs old
Click here to see a copy of the original document.
Listed as family #249: Caleb Halley (age 67, born Apr 1833), Mary (wife, age 56, born Nov. 1843), Charles (son, age 19, born Jul 1880), Tempy (daughter, age 14, born Nov. 1885), Joseph (son, age 12, born Oct. 1887). Mary has given birth to 13 children and 10 are still living. Mary and Caleb have been married 40 years. Mary and her parents were born in Georgia. The children were born in FL. Caleb was born in AL as were his parents. He is a farmer. Mary cannot read or write, but all of the children can.
Additional information about Calhoun County, FL around 1900: The first automobile, nick-named Chicken Killer, arrives in Blountstown in 1905. The photo on the right shows The Chicken Killer. Click the photo for a larger view. Click here to see a map from this timeperiod.
Listed as family #5: Joe Holley (age 22), Mozelle (wife, age 17) and Mary Holley (mother, age 66). Joe and Mozelle have been married less than one year. Joe was born in FL, his father in AL and his mother in GA. Mozelle and both of her parents were born in GA. Mary was born in GA and does not know where her parents were born. Joe is a farmer working a general farm. Both Joe and Mozelle can read and write.
Graveyard/Tombstone 10/17/1918 Nettle Ridge Cemetery FL (Calhoun County) 73 yrs old
Mary E. HOLLEY - 1843 to 1919 , sec.2 lot. 146
Click on any of the News, Events, or Discoveries buttons above to see historical things that happened during Mary Franklin's life. These are only some of the major events that affected the life and times of Mary, her family, and friends. For example, Mary is 11 years old when Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
1 1845 Florida becomes the 27th state to join the United States. William Moseley becomes the first governor and David Yulee the first senator.
6 1850 Florida's total population has grown to 87,445. This includes about 39,000 slaves and 1,000 free blacks. Indians were not counted.
11 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins and war breaks out with most of the battles occurring in Central Florida. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
17 1861 No Floridian's voted for Lincoln during the 1860 election. On Jan. 10, 1861, Florida seceded from the U.S. and joined the Confederate States of America a few weeks later.
3 1847 Atlanta, Georgia is incorporated. Formally Marthasville
6 1850 Gordon and Clinch Counties are formed.
7 1851 Clay, Howell, Polk, Spalding, and Whitfield Counties are formed.
8 1852 Taylor County formed.
9 1853 Catoosa, Pickens, Hart, Dougherty, Webster, Flton, and Worth Counties aare creaated.
10 1854 Fannin, Coffee, Chattahooche, Charlton, and Calhoun Counties formed.
12 1856 Haralson, Terrell, Berrien, Colquit, Miller, and Towns Counties formed.
13 1857 Dawson, Milton, Pierce, Glascock, Mitchell, Schley, White, and Wilcox Counties formed.
14 1858 Clayton, Quitman, Banks, Brooks, Johnson, and Echols Counties formed.
9 1853 The process of creating steel is invented by Besermer in Britain and Kelly in the U.S.
12 1856 The first Neanderthal fossils are found near Germany
15 1859 Charles Darwin publishes "Origin of Species" and begins the evolution theory.
17 1861 NEWS HEADLINES: American Civil war begins at Ft. Sumter, located in Charleston Harbor, VA.
18 1862 NEWS HEADLINES: May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
11 1855 Third Seminole Indian War begins. It ends three years later when Chief Billy Bowlegs and his band are forced to move from Florida.
16 1860 Presidential election puts Abraham Lincoln in office. The campaign has heated the issues regarding slavery in the south.
18 1862 May 20, 1862 the US government passes the Homestead Act to provide cheap land for settlement of lower Southeast and West.
Eustace Studstill
Born about 1836 and died about 1863.
Caleb Halley
Born on May 15, 1834 and died on June 6, 1909.
The Children of Mary Elizabeth Franklin
Nancy Marie Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on May 20, 1866 and died in Blountstown, Florida on August 9, 1932. She was 66 years old.
She married William in Calhoun Co. FL. She served as a School Board Member and was the Post Master for many years at the Chipola Post Office.
John H. Par...
John Bennett Halley
Born in Sopchoppy, Florida on October 21, 1869 and died in Blountstown, Florida on June 24, 1940. He was 70 years old.
He was a Farmer, Stable owner, Owner/Operator of the Purina Feed Store. He ran a Skating Rink on the second floor of his store. He also operated a sawmill and owned a turpentine still at the site of ...
Mary 'Polly' Nashville Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on January 4, 1872 and died in Blountstown, Florida on January 27, 1960. She was 88 years old.
Married 9/19/1889 in Blountstown, FL to William Jesse Spears.
Children: Dora B. (10/1892) Laura E. Spears (5/1895), Leola Spears (7/1897), Chelly Spears (1904), John Spears (4/29/1906 - 12/14...
Pierce Franklin Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on June 1, 1874 and died in Blountstown, Florida on October 24, 1940. He was 66 years old.
Married on (9/7/1893) to
Mary Elinder Parish (3/19/1872 to 8/5/1971).
Children: Ada P. (1/14/1895), William Edgar 9/13/1901-2/13/1938)& Nathaniel ( ).
He served in WWI and count...
Susannah 'Susey' Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on March 10, 1876 and died in Blountstown, Florida on February 2, 1937. She was 60 years old.
She was called Susey/Susie.
She married 5/22/1890 to Robert Stanford Parish. They had one son, Jim. After Robert died, she married William "Bill" Kelly and they had two daughters, Nellie Ethel (18...
Gatsey 'Mollie' Ann Mariah Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on May 5, 1878 and died in Panama City, Florida on May 6, 1960. She was 82 years old.
Married Judson Barber, they had two children: Stella & Hilton. ...
Charlie Bartwood Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on July 9, 1880 and died in Pensacola, Florida on September 1, 1969. He was 89 years old.
Married Maude Haney (8/28/1896 to 11/29/1970) and they had two children. Both died at an early age. After he and Maude divorced, he married Winnie Bracewell Gatlin and they had one son, Buford Eli...
Emma 'Emmie' Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on August 2, 1883 and died in Panama City, Florida on October 9, 1945. She was 62 years old.
Married on 9/13/1896 to William Vickers. She is buried at Millville Cem. in Panama City, FL....
Tempey E. Halley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on November 7, 1885 and died in Tarboro, North Carolina on June 29, 1927. She was 41 years old.
Married 12/13/1903 to John Mackeral Haney(1862-1950)
Lillie(1905)
Carrie L.(1908)
Tft.(?son) (1911)
Isham(1913)
Gladys Velma (1915 -1988)
Claudia Elizabeth (1919)...
Joseph Edgar Holley
Born in Blountstown, Florida on November 4, 1887 and died in Blountstown, Florida on June 3, 1961. He was 73 years old.
Married 11/21/1909 in Calhoun Co, FL to Lillie Mozelle Wingate.
Henry Jackson
Ora D.
Lilly J. ...


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Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Carrying Histories of Auckland
by Jessica Parr and Linda Bryder*
The Auckland History Initiative (AHI) aims to support and promote the histories of Tāmaki Makaurau through student engagement, interdisciplinary academic research, strong relationships with our historical institutions and conversing with the Auckland public to invite them to learn more about the origins of their place in the world.
Acknowledging the te here tāngata or lineage of the Auckland History Initiative (AHI) is important. It provides the foundation upon which the people involved with the AHI stand. It also allows current and future efforts by the AHI to evolve from past patterns while still honouring the ideas and people of earlier research projects. The central purpose of exploring the history of AHI is to seek to understand the developments and contours of past research groups. Sustainability and engagement are two key tenets that the AHI looks to embody and neither of these can be adequately achieved without paying homage to past endeavours. Read the AHI mission statement here.
This article traces previous Auckland history research collectives that were associated with the History Department at the University of Auckland during the twentieth century. The narrative begins in the 1930s with a centenary Historical Committee which strove to promote the role of Auckland in the hundred-year anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi. This project highlighted the need for further investigation into Auckland's past and laid the foundations for a second, related research venture, the Provincial History Project, in the 1950s. Again, Auckland was the focus of a third research enterprise. The Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society was established in 1986, under new leadership and with refreshed ideas on how to engage with Auckland's past.
Early efforts in the 1930s: Auckland Historical Research Committee
James Rutherford at the time of his appointment to the chair of history at Auckland University College. University of Auckland historical collection. Part 2. MSS & Archives 97/5. 6/1/1/1. Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
In 1935, Ernest Davis, the Mayor of Auckland, convened a conference in the Auckland Town Hall to consider the organisation of "the Centennial Celebrations". The 260 delegates who attended the meeting unanimously agreed that the formation of a Historical Committee was required to undertake research into the history of Auckland. Under the leadership of Reverend A B Chappell and the City Librarian, John Barr, the Auckland Historical Research Committee (AHRC) was formed in August 1936. A leading member of the newly established AHRC was James Rutherford, an historian and Professor at the University of Auckland.[1]
The Committee defined its task "to investigate the history of the foundation of the Dominion in 1840, showing the significance of 1840 by reference to the events preceding it and the hundred years' development since then; and, in particular, the part played by the Auckland Province and City in the history of the Dominion".[2]
The main focus of the AHRC lay in compiling an annotated timeline of what was considered by the Committee to be significant events to complement forthcoming celebrations. As a result, most of the discussion centred on confirming dates and times, such as the clarification of when Captain James Cook declared possession of New Zealand for the British Crown. Interestingly, this fact-checking of dates raised questions around the language used by Cook and the legality of his actions.[3] However, this chronological lens left limited resources for any further historical analysis.
The research approach of the AHRC was underlaid by patriotism. The funding and context of this research effort was framed by the centennial celebration of the colonisation of Aotearoa New Zealand. A lengthy written report was the main product of the AHRC, including a timeline of events in 1840-41 related to Auckland, the signing of Te Tiriti o Waitangi/The Treaty of Waitangi and the proclamation of British sovereignty over New Zealand. A second important part of the project was identifying relevant repositories and archives.[4]
It is unclear how the AHRC members viewed their role after the centenary celebrations. It is likely that they anticipated an opportunity to be a sub-committee to the National Research Committee, a research initiative established by the New Zealand Government for the centenary. However, with the outbreak of the Second World War any further research into the history of the Auckland Province was put on hold.[5] As it happened, Auckland's history would not be the focus of a research effort until 1955, with the formation of the Provincial History Project.
1950s revival: Provincial History Project
The Provincial History Project (PHP) was a revival of the 1930s effort to research the history of Auckland. With the end of the Second World War in 1945, the national movement to capture and write provincial histories of New Zealand was resurrected. Otago was the first to complete its provincial history in 1949 and projects were underway in Canterbury and Nelson. In comparison, enthusiasm to reinstate an Auckland Provincial history project was slow to take seed.
At last, in 1953, after public lamentation that Auckland seemed to be the only major province without a history, the Auckland City Council resolved that the provincial history programme should be revived. The Council appointed two leading academics from the University of Auckland (known then as the Auckland University College) namely, Professor James Rutherford from History who had served on the 1930s AHRC and Professor Harold Rodwell from Economics. The Council also sought funds from public and private sources to commission a manuscript on the provincial history of Auckland.[6]
Once the green light had been given by Council, Rutherford and Rodwell put together a small research group comprising of academics and archivists. The PHP had two key objectives. The first was to produce an edited collection on Auckland's Provincial History. This book was envisioned to be an all-encompassing history of the Auckland province with the research and writing to be undertaken by small group of historians at the University of Auckland. Key members of this group included Keith Sinclair, Russell Stone, Keith Sorrenson and Duncan Waterson. Watch Russell Stone talk about the project here.
The second, related goal of the PHP was to catalogue and index the vast number of official reports, newspapers, books, photographs, and correspondence relating to Auckland's history. Instrumental to this mammoth task was Gertrude Terry, cataloguer of the Auckland Public Library's Reference Department.[7]
However, by the end of the 1950s, the PHP had effectively been abandoned without producing the promised tome on Auckland's history. While the goals of the PHP were appropriate for the period, and in line with other provincial efforts, and the team compiled for the project was capable, the task was formidable and overly ambitious. Most obvious was the unrealistic 1960s publication deadline for the manuscript and the overcommitment of academic contributors, especially in the leadership ranks. Rodwell was already nearing retirement when the project officially begun in 1955, and Rutherford became increasingly consumed by research into his magnum opus, a biography of Sir George Grey.[8]
The area of the Auckland Province occupied approximately half of the North Island illustrated in this cropped map of the New Zealand's provinces, 1853–1857. Malcolm McKinnon, 'Colonial and provincial government – Colony and provinces, 1852 to 1863', Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, (accessed 28 August 2019).
Professor Keith Sorrenson later observed that writing provincial history had been largely a South Island phenomenon, which were more manageable in scope. By contrast Auckland Province was already an outdated concept as well as being a vast and diverse region. In his 1978 lecture "The Futility of Provincial History", Sorrenson also argued that New Zealand historians in Auckland were more interested in exploring bigger issues such as race relations, constitutional developments, politics, national history, and international relations than in local history.[9] Local history did not appear to have intellectual kudos at this time.
The work of Gertrude Terry and the archivists involved in producing an index of sources on the history of Auckland was a success from the PHP. It was this foundational work in the archives that would prove immensely valuable for future history projects. Emeritus Professor Russell Stone, an eminent Auckland historian and key member of the PHP, described the work of Terry as "providing the seed bed for Auckland History".[10] Russell Stone was unusual in seeing the value in local history and Auckland history in addressing major historical questions.
New approaches, 1980s: Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society
Almost twenty years later, the History Department at the University of Auckland established a Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society (CHAOS). This new research programme was not linked to the 1950s provincial history project and was instead a part of a broader trend within academia to develop research centres. More importantly it was linked to a new trend in historical scholarship which was the rise of social history. The new Centre was prompted by the commissioned report (link report) into the social history of Auckland by American scholars Clyde and Sally Griffen.
Clyde Griffen had already published on the history of social and urban development, and the University of Auckland invited Clyde and his wife Sally to New Zealand on a Fulbright Scholarship to examine local archives and suggest projects in Auckland's social history. On his departure, Griffen suggested in a memorandum the proposal of a research centre to continue work into Auckland's history.[11]
The possibility of a research centre focused on Auckland's past was viewed by members of the History Department as a timely development as it could build upon the work completed for the Griffen's report and the relationships built with various archivists and librarians in institutions outside the University. It was also felt that there was growing interest in local history within Auckland's communities and that the History Department could constructively contribute its expertise to this public trend.[12]
First Newsletter of the Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society. Photo: AHI
At the inception of CHAOS, it was envisaged that this research centre would stimulate interest in the history of Auckland. It would be interdisciplinary with an historical focus on the Auckland region, adopted from the Northern Archives and Records Trust's definition as being from Wellsford to Pukekohe. Members of the History Department believed that a centre on Auckland history would make a worthwhile contribution to the Auckland community and at the same time involve the community. The Centre would collect, record, and publish information on historical projects; initiate new projects; make available professional help to local bodies, organisations and businesses undertaking historical research; organise seminars and conferences for people interested in Auckland history, and encourage the teaching of local history in schools by offering help and advice to teachers.[13]
CHAOS continued to support Auckland history until 1992 when, like previous Auckland research projects, a lack of funding and the overcommitment of academic staff resulted in the Centre no longer appearing viable. Once again, it was in the area of source material that the Centre would leave its legacy. Not only does the Griffen's Report remain a rich document in approaching Auckland's social history, but the Auckland Bibliography:He Pūtea Kōrero mō Tāmaki-makau-rau, constructed by the Centre, also provides a comprehensive bibliography of publications on Auckland's past. The Auckland Bibliography was compiled as part of the later work of the Centre and was a project led by Professor Raewyn Dalziel.
Into the 21st century: The Auckland History Initiative
Fast-forward to 2019 and once again Auckland's past has become the focus of a new research initiative at the University of Auckland. Just over a year ago in 2018, the Auckland History Initiative (AHI) was established (see Arts Insider Spring 2018) and the formation of this research initiative was publicly annouced at the launch for Russell Stone's book As It Was. This interdisciplinary collaboration will focus on understanding the physical and cultural development of Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland.
Explore recent research
Read more about the AHI Summer Research Scholarships for students
Upcoming AHI events – engage with your past
Special thanks to the following people for their contribution to this history: Russell Stone, Keith Sorrenson, Graham Bush, Raewyn Dalziel and Gary McCullough and to the Librarians at the University of Auckland, including Elizabeth Nichol, Ian Brailsford and Nigel Bond.
* Jessica Parr worked as a postdoctoral research fellow with the Auckland History Initiative and Linda Bryder is a Professor in History at the University of Auckland.
[1] Meeting Minutes, Historical Committee Centenary Celebrations, 1940, folder 1, box 19, A-42 James Rutherford Papers, James Rutherford Papers. Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
[2] ibid, 3.
[3] AHRC, "Centennial Dates and Events: A Symposium," folder 4, box 20, A-42 James Rutherford Papers. Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
[4] Graham Bush, "A major history project that never made it," NZ Legacy (2014), 26:2.
[7] Interview with Russell Stone, 5 March 2019.
[8] Bush, "A major history project that never made it"
[9] Keith Sorrenson, lecture transcript "The Futility of Provincial History," 17 February 1966. Private Collection of Keith Sorrenson.
[10] Interview with Russell Stone, 5 March 2019.
[11] Memorandum "re: Proposal for a Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society," 14 May 1985, folder Auckland Centre Proposal Development, box 3. Administrative Archives, the University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services
[13] Draft proposal report "Centre for the Study of Auckland History and Society," folder Auckland Centre Proposal Development, box 3. Administrative Archives, the University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services

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I tried to move backwards the hover elements with z index -1, but the transition got really bugged and goes up and down constantly.

Demo
Thanks on advice.

A: I'd switch to a sibling relationship:

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Here's a version with some transitions.

A: I don't know if this is helpful because the question is unclear, but I'll attempt to help.
It is hard to know exactly what's going on here without your HTML.
You can add a "> [desired element to change]" selector after your ":hover" selector.
so it would be something like
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If it is not a child element you will have to use JavaScript to make the changes.
You might also consider using transitions in your css, which would make the box grow.

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"Up until recently, I wasn't accepting those involved in auto insurance claims and workers' compensation cases," says acupuncturist and owner Rabakka Fulkerson. "But now, if you're covered
by insurance — and this includes those who are veterans, or have United Healthcare — you can receive treatment at the center."
She notes that most treatments are for whiplash,
back, shoulder and knee injuries, carpal tunnel and headaches.
"I've treated almost every type of injury," says Fulkerson, "and for those suffering from acute pain, I have herbal products to help remedy their situations, too."
Many come to Cherry Healing Center because they are offered the full range of acupuncture services. Beyond accident-related injuries, the center also assists clients in dropping weight, learning pain-management and becoming free of insomnia, anxiety or addiction issues.
Additionally, the center provides several add-on therapies upon request, including massage, cupping and gua sha (scraping).
Whatever the treatment required, patients are always in good hands with Fulkerson.
"I want to see them get the right treatment until they have no pain anymore," she finalizes. "Each individual responds differently and some of them need more time to heal. But I'm always going to be there for them."
Located at 234 Waianuenue Ave., No. 101, Cherry Healing Center is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
To schedule an appointment or to learn more about the center's services, including its packages and membership program, call or text 489-4272, or visit cherryhealingcenter.com.


Like any good Muppets movie should do, Muppets Most Wanted begins by announcing what it is to the world. "We're a sequel, dammit, so like us or don't like us!" But it's the Muppets, and the Muppets are impossible to hate. If you were looking for a Muppet movie that is equal parts charming, funny, and chaotic, then Muppets Most Wanted will give you everything that you are looking for.
Muppets Most Wanted picks up almost directly where the last movie left off, with the Muppets reunited and famous once again, but this time without the help of Jason Segel or Amy Adams. Celebrity cameo numero uno is Ricky Gervais as Dominic Badguy, which is French for "good man," as their new manager. Celebrity cameos in any given Muppets movie are always exciting. I wait for the cameo like people wait for the scary moments in a horror movie.
While The Muppets was something of a bromance, Muppets Most Wanted is an old school caper. It turns out that Kermit has a doppelganger named Constantine, who happens to be the most dangerous frog in the world. Constantine escapes from the Siberian Gulag where he was imprisoned and switches places with Kermit. This body switch makes up for most of the film's best jokes. Watching a frog with a Russian accent try and learn how to do a Kermit voice is absolutely delightful.
In fact, "delightful" is probably the best way to describe Muppets Most Wanted. Even when it does go wrong (more on that in a bit), there is no way this movie can't make you happy. Each celebrity cameo is great because of the way they are all employed in the story. Having Usher be an Usher is probably one of history's greatest anti-jokes. Muppets Most Wanted is worth the price of admission just for the rendition of "I Hope I Get It" with Danny Trejo and Ray Liotta. Now that is a sentence I never thought I would get to type in my life.
Muppets Most Wanted finds as much middle ground as possible between what both kids and adults will love. If it is a good family movie, then adults should be able to enjoy it, as opposed to just feeling the need to tolerate it. There might even be more here for adults to enjoy than kids. Some of the pop culture references are so subtle that you can't help but admire them. A lot of comedies set in prisons will reference The Shawshank Redemption, but only Muppets Most Wanted will reference it simply with a Rita Hayworth poster that has Miss Piggy's face.
When you have a movie like Muppets Most Wanted, it is impossible not to compare to both its predecessor as well as all other Muppet outings, given that the Muppets are an American institution. In that regard, Muppets Most Wanted is underwhelming. It throws a lot of the more well-established characters to the side at times to let in room for new characters. That is fine, as most of the new characters that are introduced are great (except for Walter, he doesn't really bring that much to the table). Even though the last movie focused on two brand new characters, it still felt like every well-established Muppet got his or her moment in the sun.
The Muppets are and always have been about going meta. There is a saying that "once you go meta, it's hard to go back." Some claim that this is what ruined The Simpsons (though I believe there were many more good episodes after "Behind the Laughter," but this discussion should be saved for another time). The problem with Muppets Most Wanted is that it eventually forgets the promise of the opening song and and gives in to its heist movie nature. Every movie for kids need to have a lesson in the end. However, if you are going to go meta, then you have to go all the way.
Muppets Most Wanted is still enjoyable and packs in just about as many laughs as it should. It is great fun but it has a little less of the anarchy that always makes the Muppets so great. What I am trying to say is that Muppets Most Wanted isn't bad, it just could have used a pair of fart shoes.
How long before Phil Lord and Chris Miller are asked to direct the next Muppets movie?
It's unfortunate that two of the movie's best visual gags (the giant badges; Tina Fey tripping over a stool) were spoiled by being shown in every single trailer and commercial.
Hey, is Ricky Gervais still an atheist? Just checking.
It really is a bummer that this flopped at the box office this past weekend.
If you are a Marx Brothers fan, there is an amazing reference to one of their classic bits in Muppets Most Wanted. Even if you aren't familiar with the Marx Brothers, the bit is still just as funny. Now that is how you make a good reference.
With her Kermit Shrine, Tina Fey's Nadya is basically Helga Pataki.
There is some shameless product placement for Subway here, but it is used so well and the scene is so funny that I completely forgive it.
Miss Piggy's dog is pretty great.
My favorite Muppets: Animal, Beaker, and Swedish Chef. For some reason, all my favorite Muppets are the ones that make weird noises.
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Today is a free day again. Dorothy suggested to take us all to see some of the great glass workers on the island. We all agreed and a day trip was planned.
First stop was Diego (what's his name??) Botticine, he makes contemporary style beads after being influenced by American bead workers that he's met while traveling in the US. His beads are not so "Murano" looking, he definitely has his own style. He is particularly good at rings. Plus he does some cold work on his beads which gives it a unique look. I'm planning on going back to buy a ring and some "golf ball" beads. I'll show photos once I get them. I was happy to be at this shop as almost 2 years ago I had come to this shop and I had regretted not buying any of his beads. I'm glad to see that his work is considered highly and that I know have the opportunity to buy from him again. Unfortunately, no photos of his shop 🙁 Diego actually apprenticed under Lucio Bubacco. Dorothy knew of him from taking a class of Lucio's back in 2005. So she says he's come a long way since then. I can agree that he has some very nice work.
Next we went to Maximillian Schiavon's shop. He makes vases with fantastic and interesting detail and cold work. His sister (can't remember her name) makes hollow glass beads of murrini then encased with an opaque colour then cold-worked diamond drill is used to reveal the murrini. Unique and special. I love the uniqueness and would like to buy one, but at 100 euros for one big hollow bead – I don't think so.
They had 2 shops and the 2nd one let us have a look at the guy working in the furnace. Dressed well, smoking a cigarette he made a vase or glass of some sort. I got a couple of photos of him.
Marianne and I then headed off the the airport to meet Sharon. She was happy to see us. We got her back to her apartment, got her showered and fed and then we all went back to the studio to torch. This perked up Sharon and she said she's found the cure to jet lag! She even managed to demonstrate a murrini implosion-style bead to the 'girls'. Good one Sharon!
I'll just back track abit, on the way to the studio we stopped in to see Davide Penso's shop. Great work, very droolable – check out Corina Tettinger's blog to see a couple of pictures of him and his work. He also does classes!
Another great day but tomorrow Pati Walton & John Olson arrive. They'll be popping in to give us a couple of demos. Can'twait!


The much-awaited date for the Indian 15 members probables squad for World Cup 2019 will be announced on 15th April 2019 in Mumbai. Before the 2019 World Cup, Men in Blue had lost the One day international series to Australia 2-3 after being up 2-0 in the recently concluded home series.
Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian Cricket team won their maiden bilateral series on Australian soil and then defeated New Zealand in New Zealand after a gap of 10 years.
With most of members select themselves it will interesting to see if India will take a fourth pacer or additional spinner depending upon the conditions prevailing in England during that time.


Thảo luận trong 'Vận tải' bắt đầu bởi Donald, 1/9/18.
Today, I have loaded a Lambo into Export cont. I really like this car.
Le The Anh, Nguyễn Thùy Linh and Chaien like this.
Hi, My customer like 1 car/ 20'SD and 2 cars / 40'HC. We usually ship SUV like Land Rover HSE or Lexus LX.
Did you load 4 units of Lambo/ Ferarri into 1x40'HC ? May I ask for sharing photos ?
Hi Donald , we haven't loaded car of Lambo/Ferarri but we have loaded the same same car as Hyundai,Mercedes... .
We have some loading plans as below.
Have a good day, your plans is great, but i am thinking it very expensive,have no benefit about cost and plan number 5 is impossible.
Tks you again for the pictures of your plans.
Plan 5 is usually applied for import car from Japan to US. They use 45ft container and rack to fit 3 units of car on each layer. They also take out Car bumpers to shorten each car.
Tks for your imformation, however i still think the plan 5 is impossible.Why??? Because in here , we are only sorting 5 cars ( hyundai i10 hatchbach,ford fiesta - same same toyota vitz) in cont 45 and can't sorting 6 cars, Cont 45 haven't enough high for do that.Unless you have to remove the tire and that make adds to the cost.
I very thankful if received some pic you share.
I am so sorry.I don't have any photo now. But they look like below picture once coming.
Many tks for your information, but i am sorry to say : it is impossible for sorting 6 car in cont 40/45 , because these your pic is the theory( i have many pic same same your pic and can share if you need),had not been made practical. We have ever trial for do it but only successed in 5 car on cont40/45 ( only hatchback, the sedan is also can not ).Cont 45 have not enough high for do it.I am sure for this.
This is very wonderful if you success for sorting 6 cars in cont 45 and for very thankful for sharing your pic.
Thank you again for your information and i wish you have a pleasant day.
I believe you misunderstood. This plan is carried out by Japanese side, not us.
Just share what i saw LOL.
Stop this issue we are discussing in here, maybe i am wrong or maybe you are wrong,but no problem,let's the time to answer that.What i want to say now is you have the good solution and more you have a great car.This is my big dream.Many thanks for your information and hope will be combined if you have a plans in Viet Nam in furture.
Wish you have a pleasant days.


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FilmOpinion
Seven Films That Really Capture Boston
President August 16, 2013
Emily Bateman '15 / Emertainment Monthly Staff
Bostonians are proud people, and that is reflected in their movies. From Fenway to Harvard, Boston has a lot to offer. As we are all welcomed back to Emerson for another school year, now is the time to remember some of the best movies that take place in Boston. Here is a list of the top films that tell us what Beantown is all about.
Good Will Hunting (1997)
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Starring: Matt Damon, Robin Williams, Ben Affleck
Written by two true Bostonians, Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, Good Will Hunting follows Will Hunting (Damon, a janitor at MIT. Will is a genius and yet he has no direction in life, completely content with sweeping floors all day and getting into bar fights with his buddies at night. When he has one too many run-ins with the law, he is forced to rely on a washed up therapist, played by Robin Williams, for guidance and direction. Nominated for nine Academy Awards, Good Will Hunting is a tough and tender story that is clearly proud to be set in Boston.
Fun Fact: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon knew they wanted to write a movie together, and after they were frustrated with the corruption in Hollywood, they chose to write about what they knew: growing up in Boston.
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Starring: Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Nicholson
Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning crime drama also stars Matt Damon. This time Damon plays Colin Sullivan, a mole within the Massachusetts State Police. While everyone thinks he is working for the police, he is really working for Irish mob boss Frank Costello (Nicholson). What some claim to be Scorsese's best work, it's Best Picture Oscar (among it's four other wins) seems to agree.
Fun Fact: Martin Scorsese viewed the film's dailies at Emerson College.
Jesse Eisenberg in Columbia Pictures' The Social Network. Photo Courtesy of collider.com.
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield
The Social Network tells the story of one of Harvard's most famous alumni, Mark Zuckerberg's rise to fame when he created the infamous social media website, Facebook. With David Fincher, director of Fight Club and Se7en, at the helm, this film encompasses a cut-throat and intense academic, social, and professional life at the world's top Ivy League.
Fun Fact: Harvard graduate and Oscar-winning actress Natalie Portman helped screenwriter Aaron Sorkin by giving him first-hand knowledge of the social scene at Harvard during the time of Facebook's creation.
Mystic River (2003)
Sean Penn in Mystic River. Photo Courtesy of www.listal.com.
Starring: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon
Another crime drama to make it on the list, Mystic River is probably Clint Eastwood's most overlooked film as a director. In the film, childhood best friends Jimmy (Penn), Dave (Robbins), and Sean (Bacon), are forced to reunite when Jimmy's daughter is murdered. Jimmy and Dave still live in Boston where they grew up while Sean is a detective for the Massachusetts State Police and is assigned to solve the murder. Sean Penn gives one of the best performances of his career in this resilient, yet sensitive film.
Fun Fact: The film was almost shot in Toronto, Canada because it was cheaper, but director Clint Eastwood pushed to have the shoot in Boston, where the film and novel take place.
The Boondock Saints (1999)
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Starring: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus
After attending mass at a Catholic church, brothers Connor (Flanery) and Murphy McManus (Reedus) pledge to rid Boston of crime, all the while being tracked by the FBI. While this film did poorly at the box office upon its initial release, it has since gained a cult following from not only Bostonians, but fans around the world.
Fun Fact: The director, Troy Duffy, made a Boondock Saints II, a documentary about The Boondock Saints, and even named his band after the film.
The Fighter (2010)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, Amy Adams
While The Fighter actually takes place in Lowell, Massachusetts, it is the brainchild of Mark Wahlberg, the proudest of Bostonians and therefore holds a place on this list. Micky Ward (Wahlberg), is a working-class boxer being trained by his washed up half brother Dicky (Christian Bale). The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture.
Fun Fact: Mark Wahlberg began training for the film in 2005 for his role as Micky and continued until 2009 when filming finally began.
Ted (2012)
Mark Wahlberg in Ted. Photo Courtesy of collider.com.
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
Mark Wahlberg stars in another Boston film on this list, Ted. Created by Family Guy's Seth McFarlane, Ted is a teddy bear that John Bennett (Wahlberg), wished to have a child. As he grew up, so did his best friend, Ted. Now as adults, they live, drink, and share crude jokes together–much to the misfortune of John's girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis), who wants Ted gone. From Ted's strong Boston accent to a trip to Fenway, everything about this movie screams Boston. And that's just how we'd want it.
Fun Fact: Shawn Thornton of the Boston Bruins makes a cameo in the film when he runs on stage after Norah Jones.
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and she's just added two more to the list. One involves racing strangers down dark country roads in her Mustang GT. The other? Seventeen-year-old Isaiah Walker-a guy she has no business even talking to. But when the foster kid with the tattoos and intense gray eyes comes to her rescue, she can't get him out of her mind. Isaiah has secrets, too. About where he lives, and how he really feels about Rachel. The last thing he needs is to get tangled up with a rich girl who wants to slum it on the south side for kicks-no matter how angelic she might look. But when their shared love of street racing puts both . . .
Acclaimed author Katie McGarry returns with the knockout new story of two high school seniors who are about to learn what winning really means Champion kickboxer Haley swore she'd never set foot in the ring again after one tragic night. But then the guy she can't stop thinking about accepts a mixed martial arts fight in her honor. Suddenly, Haley has to train West Young. All attitude, West is everything Haley promised herself she'd stay away from. Yet he won't last five seconds in the ring without her help. West is keeping a big secret from Haley. About who he really is. But helping her-fighting for her-is a shot at redemption. Especially since it's his fault his family is falling apart. He can't change the past, but maybe he can change Haley's future. Haley and West have agreed to keep their relationship strictly in the ring. But as an unexpected bond forms between them and attraction mocks their best intentions, they'll face their darkest fears and discover love is worth . . .
sheltered daughter of the club's most . . .
So wrong for each other…and yet so right. No one knows what happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot, girl-using loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. They should have nothing in common. Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. And Echo has to ask herself just how far they can PUSH THE LIMITS and what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her HOW TO LOVE AGAIN.
A summer road trip changes everything in this unforgettable new tale from acclaimed author Katie McGarry For new high school graduate Echo Emerson, a summer road trip out west with her boyfriend means getting away and forgetting what makes her so…different. It means seeing cool sights while selling her art at galleries along the way. And most of all, it means almost three months alone with Noah Hutchins, the hot, smart, soul-battered guy who's never judged her. Echo and Noah share everything—except the one thing Echo's just not ready for. But when the reason behind Echo's constant nightmares comes back into her life, she has to make some tough decisions about what she really wants—even as foster kid Noah's search for his last remaining relatives forces them both to confront some serious truths about life, love and themselves. Now, with one week left before college orientation, jobs and real life, Echo must decide if Noah's more than the bad-boy fling everyone warned her he'd be. . . .


360Life Church, Stockport > News & Updates > Prayer > Which Question Is Yours?
The Bible records several hundred questions posed by Jesus. Last Sunday (January 6th) we looked at just a few.
Don't forget that the sermon slides on the church website include separate images for each one.
Which question is yours as you move forward into 2019? Why not ask the Holy Spirit to show you? The answer will help you pray with focus and perhaps help you understand a little of what God may be doing in your life right now.


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CASE I: NO-16-1279 (JPC 4099471).
Signalment: Adult male white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus).
History: Several New World and Old World monkeys (white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus), Booted macaque (Macaca ochreata), and Sooty Mangabey (Cercocebus atys)) in this primate facility had a sudden onset of severe depression, fatigue, lethargy, and sleepiness, then died within a few hours after first clinical signs.
Gross Pathology: A 3.45 Kg adult male white-headed capuchin (Cebus capucinus) was in fair nutritional condition (body condition score of 4/9). Scleral and oral mucosa was diffusely pale pink. The heart was moderately enlarged and veins were dilated with clotted blood. There were multiple foci of slightly pale discoloration scattered throughout the left ventricular wall and near the heart apex. The discolored pale tan areas extended approximately 5-7 mm into the underlying myocardium. The apical region of pallor was approximately 3 mm in diameter at the epicardial surface. Lung lobes were diffusely pink; however, the right middle lobe had multifocal distinctly dull red demarcated, depressed areas.
The liver was slightly enlarged; the tip of the right lateral liver lobe extended 5-10 mm caudal to the costal margin.
Throughout the cerebrum and meninges, vessels were dilated and prominent. All other organs were grossly unremarkable.
- Bacteriology: Rare colonies of Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from submitted pulmonary tissue, and no bacterial colonies were isolated from submitted hepatic tissue.
- Virology: Virus isolation demonstrated prominent cytopathic effects from submitted fresh frozen pooled specimens including heart and brain. Encephalomyocarditis virus was detected from cell culture supernatant by PCR and confirmed by genetic sequencing. PCR to detect Herpesvirus, West Nile virus, and Francisella tularensis were negative.
Microscopic Description: All representative sections of the heart contain similar inflammatory processes and will be described collectively; however, the degree of severity varies between sections. Multifocally, within examined sections of left and right cardiac ventricles, there are variably dense interstitial infiltrates of mixed inflammatory cells dissecting around the myocardial fibers and surrounding occasional vessels in some areas. These leukocytes include lymphocytes, plasma cells, and histiocytes mixed with fewer neutrophils. The affected cardiomyocytes are variably degenerating or necrotic characterized by hypereosinophilia, loss of cellular detail, formation of contraction bands, and nuclear pyknosis and karyorrhexis. In some areas, there is intracytoplasmic and extracellular basophilic granular mineralization.
Contributor?s Morphologic Diagnosis:
Heart: Myocarditis, necrotizing, moderate to severe, multifocal to coalescing
Contributor?s Comment: Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) is a small non-enveloped single-stranded RNA virus, classified as a member of family Piconaviridae, genus Cardiovirus. The virus is known to cause myocarditis and encephalitis in a variety of domestic mammals including pigs and several zoo and wildlife species including non-human primates.1,3,5,6,12 EMCV infection is also sporadically reported in humans, although the vast majority of cases are mild and asymptomatic.10
Rodents are considered to be reservoir hosts for EMCV in some studies,1,5 though studies have associated EMCV inoculation with severe to fatal myocarditis and necrotizing pancreatitis in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus) as well as acute orchitis in Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus).7,8
Infected non-human primates have a rapid disease course including severe depression and lethargy progressing to acute heart failure and death within 24 hours of clinical presentation. In some cases, the affected animal may suffer from progressive respiratory distress prior to death.2, 5 As in this case, gross findings are typically limited to the heart as evidenced by pale white discoloration or variable petechial and ecchymotic hemorrhage.1,2,5 Hydropericardium, hydrothorax, pulmonary congestion, and ascites may be observed in some cases. 2,3 The principal histologic findings of EMCV-infected non-human primates include multifocal regions of myocardial degeneration and necrosis with associated variable degrees of lymphocytic to mixed interstitial inflammatory infiltrates.
Neural lesions are uncommon in non-human primates, which suggests a cardiotropic nature of the virus in these hosts;4 however, some studies showed neurotropism of this virus in naturally and experimentally infected animals.1,6 Other infectious diseases that can be associated with myocarditis in non-human primates include West Nile virus, Trypanosoma cruzi, and Borrelia burgdorferi.
Diagnostic Center for Population and Animal Health and the Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation, College of Veterinary Medicine, Michigan State University. 4125 Beaumont Rd. Lansing, MI 48910 www.animalhealth.msu.edu; www.pathobiology.msu.edu
JPC Diagnosis: Heart: Myocarditis, necrotizing and lymphocytic, random, multifocal, moderate, with lymphocytic epi- and endocarditis.
JPC Comment: EMCV was first identified in a captive gibbon in 1945 that died suddenly from pulmonary edema and myocarditis. Mice inoculated with edema fluid from the affected monkey developed myocarditis and hindlimb paralysis. A similar virus was isolated 4 years later in the Mengo district of Entebbe, Uganda from a paralyzed rhesus macaque which was shown to be antigenically indistinct via sero-neutralization, but both viruses were considered distinct from the Theiler?s murine encephalomyelitis virus (another cardiovirus).2 The first outbreak in swine was noted in Panama in 1958.2
Although mice are considered to be the natural reservoir, rats are often implicated in transmission to other species, including non-human primates and swine. Transmission is most likely the result of fecal contamination of feeds, although horizontal transmission has been identified in swine and suspected in non-human primates.11
This virus has been shown to infect a wide range of non-human primates, including rhesus macaques, mandrills, chimpanzees, marmosets, owl monkeys and squirrel monkeys. 11 There have been a number of significant outbreaks in captive baboons, suggesting that this species may be uniquely susceptible.11 Many infected primates are found dead with minimal premonitory signs, or suffer from rapidly progressing biventricular heart failure with prominent edema and froth or fluid from the nose and mouth. As mentioned by the contributor, the clinical picture in non-human primates is primarily that of cardiac infection, however, neurotropic strains may also cause lymphocytic infiltrates in the cerebrum.11
Encephalomyocarditis virus will also cause cardiovascular disease in a number of other species including pygmy hippopotamuses and exotic hoofstock, lemurs, tapirs, rhinoceroses, and elephants9 (perhaps explaining the elephant?s mythic fear of the mouse.) Transmission within zoo collections is considered to be the result of fecal and infected carcass contamination of feed. Myocarditis and heart failure is always present; neurologic lesions are uncommon.9
While considered a zoonosis, disease in humans is mild and somewhat controversial. Human cell lines are readily infected. EMCV has been incriminated in a number of cases of febrile human illness with clinical signs of headache, nausea and malaise, when EMCV virus was detected using molecular techniques in the absence of other viruses. Seropositivity to EMCV has ranged from 3-15% in the general population with higher rates in humans with occupational exposure and hunters. 2
1. Canelli E, Luppi A, Lavazza A, et al. Encephalomyocarditis virus infection in an Italian zoo. Virol J. 2010;7(64). Published online 2010 Mar 18.
2. Carocci M, Bakkali-Kassimi L. The encephalomyocarditis virus. Virulence. 2012;3(4):351-367.
3. Citino SB, Homer BL, Gaskin JM, et al. Fatal encephalomyocarditis virus infection in a Sumatran orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus abelii). J Zoo Animal Med. 1988;19(4):214-218.
4. Craighead JE. Pathogenicity of the M and E variants of the encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus. Am J Pathol. 1966;48(2):333-345.
5. Jones P, Cordonnier N, Mahamba C, et al. Encephalomyocarditis virus mortality in semi-wild bonobos (Pan panicus). J Med Primatol. 2011;40(3):157-163.
6. LaRue R, Myers S, Brewer L, et al. A wild-type porcine encephalomyocarditis virus containing a short poly(C) tract is pathologic to mice, pigs, and cynomolgus macaques. J Virol. 2003;77(17):9136-9146.
7. Matsuzaki H, Doi K, Mitsuoka T, et al. Experimental encephalomyocarditis virus infection in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). Vet Pathol. 1989;26:11-17.
8. Shigesato M, Takeda M, Hirasawa K, et al. Early development of encephalomyocarditis (EMC) virus-induced orchitis in Syrian hamsters. Vet Pathol. 1995;32:186-186.
9. Terio KA, McAloose D, St Leger J eds., In: Pathology of Wildlife and Zoo Animals; London: Associated Press, 2019
10. Tesh R. The prevalence of encephalomyocarditis virus neutralizing antibodies among various human populations. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1978;27(1):144-148.
11. Wachtman L, Mansfield C. Viral diseases of non-human primates. In: Abee CR, Mansfield K, Tardiff S, Morris T, eds. Nonhuman Primates in Biomedical Research: Diseases. London, Academic Press 2012, pp 73-74.
12. Wells SK, Gutter AE, Soike KF, et al. Encephalomyocarditis virus: epizootic in a zoological collection. J Zoo Wildl Med. 1989;20(3):291-296.
01-1. Heart, capuchin monkey.


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Groupy is a new program from Stardock that does something so simple that, in hindsight, seems like it should have always been part of the OS. It allows users to drag windows together and create a single tabbed window.
Players have been contributing questions to the Lore Google doc. There is a lot even we don't know yet about this universe. It's a strange, complicated and ancient place and many of those who do know are not very cooperative with us for various reasons including excuses like "You're just meat" (whatever that means) and "Seriously, you're just meat".
So let's go over what we do know as of November 14, 2087.
It has been over 20 years since the last Star Control game was released. Today, we open up Beta 1 of Star Control: Origins in the form of Star Control: Origins - Fleet Battles.
Beta 1 is fast approaching and we want to give you a tentative schedule of what to expect.
This is the Super-Melee beta.
Super-Melee is a ship vs. ship combat game. In it, you assemble a fleet of ships. You have a total of 100 points to use for your fleet with ships costing between 5 and 20 points depending on the ship.
[..]You may not have noticed this before but in the Ship Designer of Galactic Civilizations III you can take the ships you have designed (or downloaded) and export them as a .OBJ file. This can be used by 3D printers but also on a cool site called Sketchfab. It's super easy to set up.Here are a couple I've already uploaded:GalCiv Hyperion by draginol on SketchfabAres GalCiv by draginol on Sketchfab Have fun!
Video games normally take liberties with the size of the universe. We know the universe is big but we frequently trivialize the immense size of the galaxy.
Even scientists seem to trivialize this with questions like "Why haven't we detected aliens?". The answer might be because our radio signals haven't even reached a trivial distance of the milky way galaxy.
Our solar system out to Jupiter.
Zooming way way out to our local neighborhood.
Note: This post was originally written by my friend Steven Den Beste who passed away last year. This will be a series of articles designed to preserve his writing for future readers to enjoy the way I did.
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is an expansion pack for Stardock's popular 4X space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III. Crusade is a top-to-bottom update of the entire game. This article will walk you through what's new, what's changed and try to explain it for those who may not be familiar with the series.
Crusade is the space strategy game made by 4X nuts for 4X nuts. Let's do this.
What is Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade?In 2015, Stardock released the latest entry in its popular 4X space strategy game series, Galactic Civilizations III. 4X means eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate and is turn-based. GalCiv III was well received (81 metacritic) and has a recent Steam review score of 82.
Galactic Civilizations has the distinction of being the longest running strategy game developed by the same company.
Let's take a look at how it has changed.
Galactic Civilizations OS/2The game that started it all. I wrote this game from my dorm room in college.
In our previous entries, we've discussed specific major new features of Crusade. For this entry, we're going to go through a guided tour of what's new in Crusade over GalCiv III in terms of features and gameplay. Strap in!


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Japan is suffering a decline in the birth late since decades.
And yet, ca. one million babies are born in a year and there are mothers who deliver those precious lives.
For around a half year during a pregnancy and for some months or years after childbirth, a mother cannot wear what we used to wear.
If she chooses to breastfeed, she cannot wear anything else but front-open dress for around a year.
This calculation is concerned only for a child.
If she'd have two or more, this period will be double and triple.
Therefore, my wrap dress is a word of cheer for all expecting moms.
She can wear it when she has a baby bump and when she breastfeeds.
Moms and dads are struggling to protect irreplaceable lives. I do hope other relatives, friends and neighbors will be involved and support them all together.


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Celtic Curse
Fighting Hereditary Hemochromatosis
Welcome to Ireland President Obama: How's your hemochromatosis?
President Obama arrived in Ireland today and although the main focus of his visit is diplomacy, he is also set to connect with his Irish roots. He will visit the village of Moneygall in County Offaly, home to just under 300 people, some of whom are distant relatives of the President (as reported by Christian Science Monitor).
Which brings me to the point of this blog post: An Irish heritage can be a wonderful thing, but it can also come with a down side, one that goes by the name of hereditary hemochromatosis, a.k.a. Celtic Curse. Although a lot of websites say that hemochromatosis is rare among people of African descent, this potentially fatal iron disorder is not that rare in people who self-identify as black and/or African American.
So the Celtic Curse blog would love to see President Obama get tested for mutations of the hemochromatosis (HFE) gene and share the results of his test as a way to raise the world's awareness of this widely under-diagnosed and potentially fatal genetic condition. In fact, it would be great to see ALL members of the U.S. congress take the same test. The amount of money America would save if more people were aware of this condition is huge (huge as in a trillion dollars, which is the topic of our next blog post).
We're not joking about the President getting tested. This is serious stuff. Just consider the following extract from a study by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute: "Although HFE gene mutations were less common among the African-American subjects than they were among the white subjects, African-Americans who possessed an HFE gene mutation were at greater risk of colon cancer (OR = 2.1, 95% CI = 1.1 to 3.9) than were whites who possessed an HFE gene mutation (OR = 1.2, 95% CI = 0.8 to 1.6)." See full article.
In other words, HFE gene mutations need to be taken seriously, and people need to find out if they have them, sooner rather than later. If hemochromatosis is caught early then damage to organs and joints can be avoided through regular blood donations (it's hard to think of another health condition where the cure is so cheap and actually gives back to society like that).
So please, President Obama, get your HFE checked and tell the world about Celtic Curse.
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Hemingway's Death and Hemochromatosis Awareness
Ernest Hemingway, one of America's greatest writers, died from hereditary hemochromatosis on July 2, 1961. He was one of a number of Hemingways who succumbed to America's most prevalent genetic killer, a condition that is remarkably cheap and easy to treat, and may do very little damage if detected early enough. If you're like me, you were taught in school that Hemingway died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. However, it is clear to many that the underlying cause of his death was iron overload due to hereditary hemochromatosis or HHC, also known as bronze diabetes and Celtic Curse. Why? Hemingway suffered from classic iron overload issues, like liver problems, heart disease, diabetes. Depression and suicide are both associated with hemochromatosis (numerous people on his family tree committed suicide). [The first version of this article was written by Stephen Cobb in 2011. It was revised in 2016 and refreshed more recently to mark World Haemochromatosis Week 2020 , J
Why women as well as men need to know about hemochromatosis (haemochromatosis, bronze diabetes, iron overload, Celtic Curse)
Not enough people know this: the most prevalent genetic killer, in America and many "Western" countries, is hereditary hemochromatosis, a condition that's remarkably cheap to treat and may do little damage if detected early enough. Unfortunately many doctors don't know enough about hemochromatosis, and as a result, hemochromatosis often goes undiagnosed, particularly in women, leading to very serious and sometimes irreversible health issues. The links on this page provide explanations of the hemochromatosis problem, including the particular problem of "hemopause" which is when the symptoms of menopause mask those of hemochromatosis. Let's fight hemochromatosis, the most common genetic killer in the western hemisphere Hemochromatosis + Menopause = Hemopause (and women of a certain age are at risk) What Ernest Hemingway's demise tells us about hemochromatosis
Blood Variance and Hemochromatosis: Iron News from the Iron Disorders Institute
This is just a quick post to remind folks that the Iron Disorders Institute (IDI) has a ton of information about hereditary hemochromatosis. You will find a lot of useful documents in the library on the IDI website . You can also get their monthly newsletter via email. Here's a link to the latest issue in which Executive Director, Cheryl Garrison, provides a very helpful update on what happens to "hemochromatosis blood"... that's the blood drawn from people with hemochromatosis to reduce excessive iron levels. As the IDI notes, the FDA has published a Final Rule called "Requirements for Blood and Blood Components Intended for Transfusion for Further Manufacturing Use." Among the many changes included in this Final Rule is "the elimination of the need for a variance if a blood bank will be using blood for a hemochromatosis (HH) patient." For what all that means for folks who are getting phlebotomies to regulate their iron, check out the Iron News . Remember
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About Celtic Curse
This website is about hereditary hemochromatosis, also called genetic haemochromatosis—and in olden times bronze diabetes. This condition can cause iron overload which damages joints, liver and other organs. It can disable or even be fatal if not diagnosed promptly (creating an issue for menopausal women called hemopause).
Hemochromatosis is not as rare as many doctors say. The term Celtic Curse comes from Ireland, where 1 in 83 people carry the gene. The Iron Disorders Institute says it affects over one million Americans. But iron overload is relatively cheap and easy to treat. It may do very little damage IF detected early enough.
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by Christian Ziegler | Mar 14, 2016 | 0 comments
By David Cantanese
Four days before the Florida presidential primary, Marco Rubio was already being asked about his next race.
"Senator Rubio, if this campaign does not end with you winning the nomination, is the door open to you running for governor in Florida?" wondered a CNN reporter Friday, the morning after the last debate.
"I – I'm running for president of the United States," Rubio sputtered. "I haven't even thought about what I'm having for lunch today, much less what I'm going to run for in two years or nothing at all."
It was an exchange that jarringly displayed Rubio's desperate situation in the 2016 nominating fight. The last four polls of the contest in the Sunshine State show him trailing Donald Trump by 17 to 24 percentage points, meaning that even if the projections are significantly off, Rubio's best chance at a victory in his home state is a squeaker and a prayer. And even if he pulls off one of the biggest upsets of the year, landing all of Florida's 99 delegates, the question then quickly becomes: Where else can he win?
On top of that, it's not just reporters who are prematurely speculating what's next for the 44-year-old Cuban-American who embodied so much hope for the future of the Republican Party. The buzz among party regulars from Tallahassee to Miami is whether Rubio will try to rebound from his presidential loss with a run for governor in 2018, when Gov. Rick Scott is term-limited.
"It's not coming from his folks directly, but it is talked about a lot among the consultant class who are tied in with his team around the state," says Christian Ziegler, a state GOP committeeman in Sarasota.
Rubio came to a synagogue here Friday to make the case that Trump's neutral position in the decades-long struggle between the Israelis and Palestinians exposed him as dangerous and unsophisticated when it comes to global affairs.
"Presidents do not get a honeymoon period when it comes to foreign policy," he said. "Donald Trump is not ready for the test. We cannot afford to have the commander-in-chief and the next president of the United States to be someone who simply does not have the basic knowledge, not to mention the competency or the temperament, to lead this country at such a dangerous time."
He has prosecuted a substantive case against Trump all around the state in the closing week before primary day, planting himself in Florida and conducting what looks more like a frenetic gubernatorial run than a national effort.
His only hope is to surprise here. If he does not, he will become the first 2016 candidate to lose his home state, rendering him with little to no rationale to soldier forward.
"I intend to see this race through to the end, I intend to be the nominee. If that doesn't work out, I told everybody very clearly: In January of next year, I will either be president of the United States or I will be a private citizen. And if I never hold elected office again, I'm comfortable with that. I can't tell you what's going to happen two or four years now. But I have no plans, no thoughts, no contemplation, no meetings, nothing about any future political run of any sort," he stressed.
Theories about why Rubio – with all his natural political talent, inspiring biography and youthful zest – didn't quite work are bountiful.
First and foremost is that his aforementioned attributes too closely matched those of Barack Obama, another fresh-faced senator with rhetorical gifts and generational appeal. Running in a party that so abhors Obama required a clean break from him not just ideologically, but stylistically. Rubio turned out a bit too smooth for the moment.
His flip-flop on immigration policy – once supporting bipartisan legislation providing a path to citizenship before bending to the demands of his party's base and deeming it unworkable – reinforced the suspicion that he was just another calculating politician soaked with ambition.
In Florida, he turned around – after winning a Senate seat in 2010 – and ran so quickly for president he had barely established a power base, which explains his precarious position against Trump here today.
Detractors are quick to remind that Rubio only won his seat in a three-way race with 49 percent of the vote. Add up Charlie Crist's 30 percent and Kendrick Meek's 20 percent and it reveals that a majority of voters actually chose an option other than Rubio.
Rubio's story and victory was lapped up by national media – Time magazine famously slapped him on its cover and elevated him as the GOP's "savior" – but he had barely begun to nurture relationships in this megastate with 10 media markets before he started casting his eyes on the White House.
And in a state with many retirees from the Northeast and Midwest, there's less loyalty ascribed to the favorite son, especially one who has only been in office five years. Add to it that Trump's second home is Florida and Rubio's predicament isn't so surprising.
At an event last week in Hialeah, Florida – which boasts the highest percentage of Cuban-Americans of any city in the country – Rubio stood on a stage propped up inside the end zone of a football field and told his adoring but sparse crowd, "It was always going to come down to Florida."
Former Rep. Lincoln Diaz Balart quoted Yogi Berra to stress, "The game isn't over til it's over."
After the rally, in a taped interview with Fox News' Megyn Kelly, Rubio appeared eager to repent for his sins that had tarnished his reputation. He said his children were embarrassed by his jokes about Trump's spray tan and small hands. His wife didn't like it either.
"I don't think it reflected well on my faith," he acknowledged. "That's not who I am."
It was a sign that Rubio had come to terms with the extraordinarily unorthodox campaign season he was in, that he had learned a hard lesson about toiling in the mud and that he wanted his reputation back.
The truth is there may have been nothing Rubio could've done to change his fate against a candidate rewarded for shattering every political rule in the playbook.
And even Rubio's own supporters were coming to terms with that.
"I would love for him to win, but I don't think realistically he can beat Trump right now," says Jose Fernandez, a 46-year-old Rubio supporter who attended the Hialeah rally.
Many on both sides of the aisle in Florida see a bright future for Rubio no matter what he chooses to do next. The political bench on both sides is so thin it would be silly to write him off in the future, even if he gets throttled by Trump Tuesday night.
Fernandez will loyally stick with Rubio until the end. He takes great pride in how far a fellow Cuban-American has ascended in the nation's politics. But tellingly, his second choice to Rubio isn't the other Cuban-American in the race, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
He would slide his support over to Trump.
"The voters are getting tired of established politicians. People are getting fed up with them because they're not delivering what they're promising. And Trump," he pauses for a second. "He's a businessman first."
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Q: differnce between blocksize and bytesize in linux/unix filesystems Can anyone discuss the exact difference between block size and byte size, when it comes to disk sizes for Linux/Unix filesystems.

A: The byte size is equivalent to the physical size of the disk. e.g. a 1TB disk has a byte size of 1,099,511,627,776 bytes.
The block size is disk dependent. A 1TB hard drive could potentially have a block size of 512 bytes or 4096 bytes (or something entirely different).
The block size simply refers to the amount of storage 1 block will consume on a hard drive.
For example, consider the following text:
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That is 13 bytes of data (12 bytes + 1 null char for EOF). On an HD with a block size of 512, this text file may only be 13 bytes big, but it will consume 512 bytes of space on the hard drive because the drive writes 512 bytes per block (which data is written in blocks not bytes).
Block/byte size is hard drive/filesystem specific, not OS (Windows/Linux/OSX). So a filesystem (like NTFS/ext4) could support higher block sizes, but the OS may not support that type of filesystem (No ext4 support on Windows for example).
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Q: How to calculate the pairwise LD for the given data? I have the following data, which is the output from the MS Hudson software.
segsites: 6
positions: 0.1256 0.3122 0.3218 0.4970 0.5951 0.7943
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I want to make an R function to calculate the R-Squared across pairs separated by <10% (the difference between positions of SNPs must be < 0.10) of the simulated genomic region.
How would I go about doing this?

A: I know the LDheatmap function/package can calculate the pairwise LDs, see ldhm$LDmatrix in the example below.  I'm not familiar with the software you mention or how to get data into the required format for LDheatmap.
> library(LDheatmap)
> data(CEUData)
> ldhm <- LDheatmap(CEUSNP, genetic.distances=CEUDist, LDmeasure="r")
> head(ldhm$LDmatrix, 1)
          rs4615512   rs2283089 rs1894731 rs2283092 rs2283093 rs6978939 rs6979287
rs4615512        NA 0.003329066 0.1657227 0.1657227 0.1269654 0.1657227 0.1209495
          rs6979572 rs2283094 rs2283095 rs6467111 rs1111183 rs2237789 rs2299531 rs2299532
rs4615512 0.1197102 0.8395061 0.1197102  0.099289 0.3470553 0.1197102 0.3746656 0.3470553

A: There are various R/Bioconductor packages that allow you to compute pairwise correlation for SNPs in linkage disequilibrium, see the CRAN Task View Statistical Genetics. As I worked directly with whole genome scan, I've been mainly using snpMatrix, but LDheatmap or mapLD are fine. However, usually they expect genotype data (AA, AB, or BB), so I guess you will have to first convert your binary-encoded haplotype... About the filter on location, I also guess you just have to consider the pairwise $R^2$ or $D'$ for proximal SNPs (usually, we draw a so-called heatmap of pairwise LD, which is roughly speaking the lower-diag elements of the correlation matrix, so you just have to consider the very first off diagonal elements).
Update
Now that I've read some papers, I'm not sure you will achieve your goals with the aforementioned method. To my knowledge, few packages allow to cope with multiallelic loci or haplotype blocks, one example being the gap package from JH Zhao (see also a review in the Journal of Statistical Software). The LDkl() function for example computes D' and $\rho$ from a vector of haplotype frequencies, which can easily be plotted using image() or levelplot() from the lattice package.


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Q: Error when pressing ENTER key in JComboBox dropdownlist I have a Java application and I'm using Netbeans IDE in creating GUI, the problem is
I  always get this Error message whenever I pressed the ENTER key in choosing item in JComboBox drop down list.
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
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Business Life in the sluggish lane
Life in the sluggish lane
Friday, November 16, 2012 10:00 Email Print
A VietJetAir passenger checks in at a counter at Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi
Every year for the last five years, just before Tet, the Lunar New Year festival, Kim Tien and her family have taken a bus from Ho Chi Minh City to their hometown in the central province of Quang Nam.
This year, there has been a change in plans. Instead of arriving in Quang Nam ahead of the festival, they will not leave Ho Chi Minh City until the second day of the New Year. That means the family will have to skip the most important part the traditional family gathering on Lunar New Year's Eve as well as the festivities on the first day of Tet, which falls on February 10.
Tien says the switch can't be helped because the cost of a bus ticket from HCMC to her hometown doubles during the days right before Tet, and then returns to normal around US$12 the day after.
She cannot afford the premium prices, she says.
Like Tien, thousands facing the steep hike in bus fares during the festival season are having to make difficult choices.
Bus fares in Vietnam often go up by 20-60 percent during several holidays including the Independence Day (September 2), the Reunification Day (April 30) and Labor Day (May 1). On trains, the increase in fares is 10-39 percent.
However, even without the festive season rush, transportation fares have been increasing continuously in the country, and Vietnam now tops Southeast Asia in this regard, frequent commuters and industry insiders say.
Frequent flyer Tran Duy Khiem, director of the HCMC-based Khang Minh Export and Import Joint Stock Company, says compared to carriers from other countries like Singapore and Thailand, Vietnamese airlines charge very high prices.
For example, the En Viet Group, an air ticket agent in HCMC gave Vietweek reporters a price of $160 for a Singapore Airlines economy ticket from HCMC to Singapore, leaving at 12.15 p.m. on November 16. A Vietnam Airlines flight leaving at 9.15 a.m. that same day cost $240.
A sales woman with the agent said that both the fares had already included tax and fees.
Pham Kim Nhung, director of the One Travel International Company in HCMC, also said there is a big difference between airfares for flights from HCMC to the central city of Da Nang and to Hanoi, and those from the city to Bangkok.
Vietnam Airlines offers a round-trip HCMC-Hanoi ticket for VND6 million ($285), which is equal to a five-day tour to Thailand, she said.
Travel companies say local tourism is also affected by expensive and volatile transportation prices. They say transportation costs actually account for a major part of the price of a tour in Vietnam, much more than that of other countries.
Forty to 50 percent of the tours' prices are transportation fares, if they use both air and road transportation. Meanwhile, it is 20-25 percent if the tours use only road, they say.
Ung Phuong Dung, director of Indochina Tourist and Trade Company, said the high bus and airfares are making the country's tourism sector "less attractive."
Since travel firms are unprepared for sudden increases in airfares, her company usually does not include air tickets when quoting prices for foreign partners, Dung said.
"If we include airfares in quoted prices, we will certainly end up making losses, because we often sell tours to foreign customers a year in advance," Dung said.
Moreover, it takes much time to handle related work whenever airfares go up, like revising contracts and re-negotiating with partners who, in turn, have to charge tourists more, she said. Sometimes revised tour prices increase a lot following airfare adjustments, she added.
Even so, what foreign tourists complain about the most is transport, Dung said.
Earlier, on October 15, together with private carriers Air Mekong and VietJetAir, Vietnam Airlines increased its ticket prices by between 1 and 4 percent.
Last year, local airfares were raised once just before Tet and then in April, by 10 percent each time.
Input costs
Nguyen Manh Hung, chairman of the Vietnam Automobile Transportation Association, said fares rely on input costs which are sometimes too high in Vietnam compared to other countries.
For example, the price of a car here is twice or three times that of other countries because it is subject to so many taxes and fees, Hung said.
If the car is used for taxi services, its high price translates to high fares, he said.
A conference on the auto industry in Hanoi on September 27 pointed out that five taxes and nine fees are currently imposed on cars in Vietnam, including a luxury tax.
Other inputs like fuel, accounting for 45 percent of fares, road fees, accounting for 10-20 percent, and wheels, accounting for 10 percent, have "continuously" increased in recent years, says Thai Van Chung, general secretary of HCMC Association for Goods Transportation.
Wheel prices, for instance, have risen threefold over the past four years, even though rubber prices kept falling, Chung said.
The fares will increase more in the future as businesses take into account road maintenance fees that the Transport Ministry started collecting from June 1, Hung said.
Another reason for Vietnam's high fares is that local businesses have to import wheels and other accessories for their vehicles, which are also subject to high taxes, said Pham Minh Suong, chief of the business development department with Mai Linh Group, one of Vietnam's leading providers of taxi and transportation services.
And after paying all the fees, transport companies still suffer the impacts of poor infrastructure, which affects their business badly, given the longer time taken to reach destinations and the wastage of fuel involved, said Le Truong Sang, head of sales at the Phuong Trang Tourism and Transport Joint Stock Company.
Poor infrastructure also hastens vehicles' depreciation as they wear out easily, he added.
One man who drives a bus on the HCMC-Vung Tau route said it takes two hours and 45 minutes to cover the 120 kilometers, but nearly half the time is spent on a section which is less than 30 kilometers long, when entering or leaving the city.
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