Essential oils are something I've been interested in for a few years, so I was really excited when Simply Earth contacted me to take a look at their essential oil subscription box. In our home, we use essential oils primarily for making cleaning products, and diffusing, but Simply Earth made it easy for me to try out different recipes for essential oil products.
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Simply Earth is a monthly subscription box for essential oils. Each month it features 4 bottles of oil & recipe cards to create wonderful DIY home and care products.
Along with the regular recipe box, I also received the Big Bonus Box, which was a box full of things needed to make the essential oil recipes. It included things like, coconut oil, almond oil, bees wax, and a ton of bottles and containers needed to create several months worth of recipes. Since it is Summer, unfortunately the coconut oil melted and leaked about throughout the box before I received it. Having it in a baggie instead of just loose in the box may have prevented this. Thankfully not much leaked out and I was still able to use it for my recipe.
The clarifying roll on was my favorite recipe to make. It was the easiest, and turned out the best.
The car diffuser recipe included a cute dog shaped ceramic diffuser for our car.
I found the whipped body butter the hardest item to make, but it really wasn't that difficult, which shows that literally anyone can make these recipes with ease. The reason I found it difficult was just because I had a hard time getting the right consistency. I followed the instructions exactly, but it was very runny and oily, and difficult to rub in when I tried to use it. I also found that the oil ratio was a bit strong- it called for 5 drops of each oil in the recipe, and the smell was extremely overwhelming. I don't think I could wear it daily. My kitchen was also very warm (it's Summer), so maybe cooling the mixing bowl and mixers ahead of time would have helped. It would have been nice to see tips like that included in the recipe card. I plan to keep it in the fridge for a bit and see if that helps. Next time I would lower the number of essential oil drops, and I think that would really make this a great product to use.
This jar full of body butter was basically completely liquid after mixing everything.
The subscription box also came with cute label stickers for the finished products, but you have to cut them out yourself, and I would have preferred to have them precut, just to make the process a bit quicker.
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The New Adventures of Speed Racer (no Brasil,  As Novas Aventuras Speed Racer) é série de animação, criada em 1993 para ser uma atualização da série de animação japonesa Speed Racer. Esta nova versão americana não obteve exito e só durou  uma única temporada de 13 episódios..
O "New Adventures" parte do título vem de documentos oficiais utilizados para anúncios de TV. O show em si é referido na tela simplesmente como "Speed Racer".
Em 1994 a Editora Escala editou a revista em quadrinhos "As Novas Aventuras de Speed Racer", inspirada nesta série, produzida nos EUA pela editora Now Comics. Apesar de ser baseada num anime, ela não pode ser considerada um murikanime por não apresentar influências do estilo de produção japonesa.

Coincidentemente, o título da série pode ser traduzido como As Novas Aventuras de Speed Racer, que é como a série Speed Racer X ficou conhecida no Brasil quando foi exibida pelo Cartoon Network Brasil.

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Six ex-OneWeb engineers raise $2.5M for Quindar to revolutionize satellite mission management
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It's never been cheaper to send a spacecraft to orbit, but many companies are hamstrung by the complex and expensive demands of satellite mission management. Quindar wants to change that. The company, which just closed $2.5 million in seed funding, has built a web app for end-to-end satellite operations that it says will enable its customers to get to orbit — and market — faster.
Quindar's six co-founders met while working at British satcom company OneWeb, where they helped develop its satellite operations platform. There, they saw what Quindar CEO Nate Hamet referred to as "red flags": large amounts of human capital devoted to mission management, along with engineers doing make-buy trades on products that were onerous to integrate and scale.
"No one was making this streamline solution and simplifying such a complex workflow, that they had to integrate bespoke products and create what they believe to be the best solution," Hamet said in a recent interview with TechCrunch. "Instead, we're building that core foundation and baseline as essentially a single service."
The company, which is based in Denver but is remote-first, graduated from Y Combinator last year. With six co-founders, all with technical backgrounds, Quindar has been able to build out its core product in a matter of months, rather than years. The company's seed round was oversubscribed before YC's Demo Day, Hamet said.
The co-founders include Matt Regan, head of operations; Dave Lawrence, head of strategy; Sunny Bhagavathula, head of product; Shaishav Parekh, head of infosec; and Zach Meza, head of engineering. The seed round includes capital from Y Combinator, FCVC, Soma Capital and Liquid 2 Ventures.
Quindar's value proposition is not just that its web app makes mission management easier; Hamet says that companies can also skip hiring software developers and engineers and use those cost savings — up to a third of the cost of traditional mission management solutions, according to Hamet — toward other parts of their business.
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The number and span of solutions Quindar is hoping to provide is ambitious. The company's software platform — what Quindar calls "Mission Management as a Service" — can help startups design their mission, test the satellites, integrate with ground stations, and operate the spacecraft through its life in orbit. It's providing what Hamet called a "forever commitment": "This isn't something that's just getting you to launch," he said. "It's for the five to ten years lifetime of your mission."
Quindar is already working with customers, some on a pilot basis. Right now, the company is focused on working with startups that don't yet have assets in space, though Hamet said they intend to also work with companies with satellites in orbit. Customers with existing satellites can also use slices of Quindar's platform for specific functions, like flight dynamics, to mitigate the risks of migrating their software to a whole new platform.
Quindar's currently focused on hiring — the first hires for the six-person-founded company — with open positions for a front-end engineer, site reliability engineer and test engineer. Looking ahead, Quindar is also planning on expanding its offerings to government and commercial customers.
The end goal, according to Hamet, is for Quindar "to host all of your software … similar to how AWS revolutionized hosting servers as a service. We're doing that for the aerospace community."
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Georges Bouey, alias MAD398, started graffiti in 1989 in the west of Paris. In 2000, he founds in Bordeaux, as president, the association FULLCOLOR.
Specialist of large murals realized in France and abroad, he masters hyper-realism, figurative, "wildstyle" and "3D". He also works with private companies and public institutions for projects on buildings, indoors and outdoors. His initiation workshops find an echo with the young public who recognize in him an authentic graffiti artist.
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Since 2015, he also develops in parallel of his activities, a painting in studio, close to "Colorfield painting" and abstract expressionism. In 2001, he produced a model of what was described by the "Diary of the Southwest" as "a premonitory fresco", drawing Manhattan without the Twin Towers in a sky of "fire", one month before the famous attacks of September 11, 2001.
In Sarcelles, a few days apart, he painted a painting alongside LEK where he represents what seems to be the continuity of the "premonitory fresco" where he depicts frightened people running through a building hall in flames.
From 2000 to 2003, he creates one fresco per week in Bordeaux, but also in France and Europe. At the time, Bordeaux is a city entirely tagged. In spite of the negative advice, he decides to form the association "FULLCOLOR" in 2000, to promote coloured graffiti and to break down the resistance of the institutions, which still consider him as a "tagger".
At the same time, he is part of the crew of the "XS" of Toulouse where he collaborates with DRAN and METANE. He is invited to paint at the "Battle of the year" in Montpellier with MODE2, JABA and CEE-T or at the Summer Sessions festival of KEHL in Germany.
From 2002 : after IONS des SAC in 2000, in 2003, SHADOW joins the FULLCOLOR team alongside MAD, ZARB and SAGE. The Zurich airport in 2003 marks the return to solo practice.
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PACE's Migration Committee has strongly condemned attacks on NGOs and their donors who are assisting refugees and migrants and said that governments or political organisations should not use such NGOs as "vehicles for extending their sphere of influence through political agitation".
It pointed out that recent attacks on migration NGOs had taken the form of "physical violence, legal obstacles, political accusations or even racist attacks".
Approving a draft resolution based on a report by Domagoj Hajduković (Croatia, SOC) during a meeting by videoconference today, the committee paid tribute to the "enormous and tireless" efforts of so many NGOs, pointing out that without these efforts many States would be unable to meet their legal commitments regarding refugees and migrants or their daily humanitarian needs.
"Member States should neither discriminate against foreign NGOs providing humanitarian assistance to refugees and migrants in their territory, nor should they restrict foreign funding of humanitarian work by domestic NGOs. In this regard, humanitarian donations and action should not be taxed by national fiscal authorities," the committee said.
The committee called on member States to comply with Council of Europe standards in this area, including Venice Commission opinions on new laws in Russia and Hungary.
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How would it feel to not have to put in your pin number when you are at checkout, but instead have to use a finger print scanner? This idea was not brought up in the United States it was actually brought up in the Africa where they made it and thought it would be a good idea to have a biometric finger print scanner to pay for things. Freshmen student at Husson University Alex Charette gave his thoughts on it, " I like typing in numbers, but with it being scanned it make sit more safe so people cannot take your card and money, it helps so people can't pretend to be you and use your money".
Now the technology works in similar ways of a mobile phone would be to pay, It would make it so you have to put your finger over a sensor as you pay. Which would make it so you don't have to type in your 4-digital pin number. The payment card is designed for a small biometric are designed to verify the person's finger print. The finger print will end up being imbedded right into the bottom of the phone. The card is being called the "next-generation biometric card".
Sophomore student Bryce Carter here at Husson had this to say about the finger scanner credit card, "It's great that they are moving in that direction. It will definitely make it more convenient".
Master card which has over 65,000 transactions every minute of the day worldwide, made the announcement after two successful test were done in South Africa.
It might not be done for alittle while still as they are still extending a trial process to make sure it is affective as it sounds. If it ends up being as successful as it seems they will start to distribute the technology throughout the Africa and Asia later this year.
With finger print scanning dos come issues as a Berlin-based analyst Security Research Lab had been hacking scanners which one of them has been the Samsung Galaxy S5. As we know Samsung has been struggling lately with one of their phone's exploding. Bryce also commented on how comfortable he would be about the hacking part, " It seems like everything gets hacked these days, like the Icloud. They just have to risk it".
The inventory of this was Master Card itself. The process on how to do it is you must enroll the Master Card by registering for their financial aid. After that the finger print is transformed into a encrypted digital template which in the end is stored on the card. After that the card holder can use the card at any EMV( Europay, Master card and visa) card critically worldwide. This is the next part of the world relying on technology and next till advanced technology to make this world a better place.


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Does Draymond Green deserve MVP consideration? Quin Snyder thinks so, but it will never happen
The front of this season's MVP race is occupied by the usual big-name suspects: Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Nikola Jokic, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Joel Embiid. DeMar DeRozan is a bit of a party crasher and definitely fits somewhere up front. Rudy Gobert has long been peripherally discussed as an overlooked MVP candidate based on elite encompassing metrics, on/off splits and defensive dominance, but he has never been a true contender and likely won't be again this season.
On Saturday, prior to the Jazz-Warriors game, Utah coach Quin Snyder was asked, rather rhetorically, what makes Gobert and Curry so important to their respective teams, and instead of stating the obvious, Snyder switched gears to Draymond Green, pegging the Warriors' defensive stalwart and offensive orchestrator as one of the league's most unique players and another forgotten but worthy MVP candidate.
Here's Snyder's full comment:
Snyder is right in two senses: Green is one of the most valuable players in the league, and his numbers don't match up to the guys that are true contenders for this award. Dating back to the start of the 3-point era, 1979-80, only one player has won MVP despite scoring fewer than 20 points per game: Steve Nash, who did it twice, averaging 15.5 in 2004-05 and 18.8 in 2005-06.
Green enters play on Monday averaging 8.8 PPG.
Green's presence, so long as he's healthy and engaged, which he has been for most of his career and certainly this season, almost assures you of having an elite defense, but there's a reason there's a Defensive Player of the Year award but no offensive player of the year. Because the MVP, in essence, is the offensive player of the year. If it's a close call, defense might break the tie. But it's an offensive award.
Green's offensive impact, of course, has very little to do with his own scoring. The Warriors are better when he's pushing for coast-to-coast layups and not turning down wide-open 3s, but it's his passing and impromptu screening that's elite. He has a sixth sense for Curry's random movement and an unteachable feel for when and how to get the ball to the most tracked shooter in history with sliver of space and split second he needs get shots off.
It wasn't a coincidence that the Warriors were held to 86 points when Green didn't play against Denver last Tuesday. If you think he's a one-way player who can't shoot, you are painfully wrong. He conducts almost everything the Warriors do in the half court. Vital isn't a strong enough word.
Still, that's not winning an MVP award. The highest Green has ever finished in the voting is seventh, in 2015-16, when the Warriors won 73 games and he averaged 14 points on 39-percent 3-point shooting, 9.5 rebounds, 7.5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks.
Save for assists, each of those numbers surpass Green's statistical output so far this season (he's averaging the same 7.5 assists). For my money, Green should be on track for All-NBA and the leading candidate for Defensive Player of the Year, but an eight-point scorer winning MVP, or even getting honest consideration, is a bridge too far for voters.
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The United States passport card is an optional national identity card and a travel document issued by the U.S. federal government in the size of a credit card. Like a U.S. passport book, the passport card is only issued to U.S. nationals exclusively by the U.S. Department of State, compliant to the standards for identity documents set by the REAL ID Act, and can be used as proof of U.S. citizenship and identity. The passport card allows its holders to travel by domestic air flights within the U.S., and to travel by land and sea within North America. However, the passport card cannot be used for international air travel.

The passport card (previously known as the People Access Security Service Card or PASS Card) was created as a result of the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, which imposed more stringent documentary requirements on travelers. Applications have been accepted since February 1, 2008; production of the cards began on July 14, 2008. By the end of 2016, more than 12 million passport cards had been issued to U.S. citizens. The card is manufactured by L-1 Identity Solutions.

National identity cards with similar utility are common inside the European Union and European Free Trade Association countries for both national and international use, with the difference that such cards can also be used for international air travel (within the EU, the Schengen Area and several other European countries that allow entry with a national ID card).

History
As a result of the September 11, 2001, attacks, the United States began implementing a range of measures to increase the security of its borders and its identity documents. One result of this was the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI), which mandates as of 2007 that a smaller, more secure number of documents verifying both identity and citizenship be used to facilitate identification and international border crossing. Previous to the WHTI, many different types of documents were acceptable to cross the border, including birth certificates issued by thousands of different authorities within the United States and Canada. As a result of the WHTI, U.S. citizens traveling to Canada would have been required to obtain a passport booklet in order to enter the United States. In order to offer a less expensive and more portable alternative to border communities and frequent travelers, the passport card was developed.

In an effort to improve efficiency at land crossings, the passport card also includes a vicinity-read radio frequency identification chip with a unique identifying number tied to government databases. Unlike the passport book, the RFID chip in the passport card is designed to be readable at a greater distance, allowing border agents to access traveler information before they pull up to the inspection station. While a biometric passport contains a chip containing all of the traveler's information in electronic format, the RFID chip in a passport card does not contain any personal information beyond the identifying number, which is used to locate records in secure government databases. To prevent the RFID chip from being read when the card is not being used, the passport card comes with a sleeve designed to block RFID while inside.

Use

As an international travel document
U.S. passport cards can be used to enter the United States at land border crossings and sea ports of entry. It is also accepted for entry by land or sea into Canada, Mexico, and some countries and territories in the Caribbean. It cannot be used to travel by air to these countries, or by any means to other countries.

The Department of State stated that this limited validity is because "designing a card format passport for wide use, including by air travelers, would inadvertently undercut the broad based international effort to strengthen civil aviation security and travel document specifications to address the post 9/11 threat environment".

As personal identification
Aside from being unable to be used for international air travel, the passport card is treated as a passport for all other purposes. A United States passport card can be used as primary evidence of United States citizenship, just like a passport booklet, and can be used as a valid proof of citizenship and proof of identity both inside and outside the United States.

Within the United States
Under the REAL ID Act, the passport card is accepted for federal purposes (such as domestic air travel or entering federal buildings), which may make it an attractive option for people whose driver's licenses and ID cards are not REAL ID-compliant when those requirements go into effect on May 3, 2025. TSA regulations list the passport card as an acceptable identity document at airport security checkpoints.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has indicated that the U.S. passport card may be used in the Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 process. The passport card is considered a "List A" document that may be presented by newly hired employees during the employment eligibility verification process to show work authorized status. "List A" documents are those used by employees to prove both identity and work authorization when completing the Form I-9.

Passport cards are much less popular than driver licenses, a commonly used form of identification. As previously stated, in 2014 there were more than 12 million passport cards issued. In contrast, in 2009 there were 210 million licensed drivers.

Outside the United States
In some countries, laws require foreign visitors and/or all adults to carry official personal identification at all times. Carrying a passport card may meet the demands of local law enforcement without the risks associated with carrying the full passport booklet.

Compared with state ID cards and driver's licenses, the passport card is designed to be more universal. It is formatted to United Nations ICAO machine readable document standards, which are used on IDs around the world. Also, unlike state driver's licenses, which may not even list the country on them, the passport card contains the words United States of America in its header. It also contains national symbols, such as a U.S. flag, in the background, as opposed to the state symbols found on driver's licenses. Since people abroad may not be familiar with every U.S. state, the passport card's emphasis on being from the United States makes it more understood in this regard.

Validity and fees
The passport card shares the same validity period as the passport book: 10 years for persons 16 and over, 5 years for children under 16.  As of April 9, 2018, the passport card renewal fee for eligible applicants (adults only, by mail) is US$30; first-time applicants and those applying in person must also pay a $35 processing fee, for a total fee of $65. Passport cards for children must be applied for in person; the total fee is $50, including the $35 processing fee.

Adults who already have a fully valid passport book may pay a fee of $30 to apply for the card using the passport renewal form, regardless of when the passport book expires.

A citizen or national is allowed to hold both a passport card and a passport book. Both may be applied for simultaneously by paying the respective fees for each passport, plus a single $35 processing fee for first-time and other in-person applicants.

Card layout

The passport card is formatted according to specifications for credit card (ID-1) sized travel documents, as described in ICAO Document 9303, Part 3, Volume 1. The card contains both human-readable and machine-readable information; the latter is printed in the machine-readable zone on the rear of the card as OCR-readable text in a similar format as on the identity page of the passport book. The zone starts with the letters IP (designated by ICAO for passport card), followed by the issuing country code USA and then the passport card's serial number (which is prefixed with a "C" and differs from the individual's passport book number, even if issued together). The general layout of the passport card is virtually identical to the layout of the Border Crossing Card issued to Mexican citizens with primarily the background imagery and entitlements varying between the two cards.

Anti-counterfeiting features
In addition to the embedded RFID chip, the front of the card features a complex multi-layer hologram consisting of an American bald eagle surrounded by the words "United States of America Department of State" in a small clearly readable font, further surrounded by the same words repeatedly in microprint. The card's background consists of interweaving smooth curves rich in variable color and microprint. All of the personal information on the card is created by laser engraving, with some key information produced in raised tactile engraving, including the date of birth, vertical letters "USA", the passport card number, and an alphanumeric sequence underneath the photograph. A second, smaller "ghost" photograph of the bearer is included on the right side of the card; when closely inspected this ghost image is actually an approximation of the shading in the original photo composed of various letters from the card holder's name. There is an embossed seal in the upper left hand corner of the card (partially overlapping the photograph) depicting the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States. When viewed under UV lighting, a reddish-orange bald eagle in flight appears. The eagle carries thirteen arrows in one talon and an olive branch with thirteen leaves and thirteen olives on the branch.  The eagle's image is 3-dimensional, with the flying figure poised above the shield from the Great Seal. In its beak, the eagle clutches a scroll with the motto E pluribus unum ("Out of Many, One"). On the rear of the card, the "PASSsystem" mark appears in optically variable ink, and the number, "C########", is a raised tactile engraving.

References

Further reading

External links
 Fact Sheet: Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI) Passport Card Technology Choice: Vicinity RFID Release Date: October 17, 2006
 Fact Sheet: US Passport Card Release Date: January 8, 2008

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Historic 19th Century quarry reopens
Michelle Stinnard
Dunnville Cutstone Co.'s quarry, which dates back to the late 1800s, reopened in 2005 and currently operates on 107 acres of land just 10 miles north of Menomonie, WI.
Dating back to the late 1800s Dunnville Cutstone Co.'s historic quarry - located on 107 acres of land just 10 miles south of Menomonie, WI - reopened in 2005. The site yields Dunnville sandstone, which is reported to be one of the oldest quarried dimensional stones in Wisconsin, if not the Midwest, according to Aaron Keopple, the company's president.
The quarry is equipped with a CAT 980C front-end loader.
Keopple describes the material as "very tightly bound, fine-grain sandstone," which is extremely soft upon removal from the ground and when it is in a wet condition. "As it dries it becomes harder, even to the extent that it creates its own shell on the surface after many years in the environment," he explained.
Historic quarry
Like many of the older quarries in the U.S., the Dunnville sandstone site has a storied history. In the 1880s, a branch of the Milwaukee Railroad built a track running through the Red Cedar River Valley in Dunnville, WI, and it was during these efforts that high-quality sandstone was discovered and later named Dunnville sandstone. From there, four quarries began to extract large amounts of sandstone for local foundations, barns and buildings. In addition to the local market, large amounts of Dunnville sandstone were shipped to the Eastern U.S. for use in projects such as rowhouses commonly known as "Brownstones."
In one of the first major commercial projects using the material, the Mabel Tainter Theater in Menomonie was constructed exclusively of Dunnville sandstone in 1889. Scottish stone carvers completed the extensive carving on the entrance, and after over a century of weathering, the detail is still breathtaking, according to Keopple. The company is currently in the works to supply additional sandstone for an expansion to the theater. "I have been in discussions with Miller Dunwiddie Associates, Inc., who is the architectural firm working with the project," said Keopple, adding that the addition will address handicap accessibility issues, along with repair and restoration of internal infrastructure (plumbing, electrical, etc.). "The front arched entryway will remain intact, and the addition will take place on the rear elevation," he said. "John Stark, an architect with Miller Dunwiddie Associates, said to me, 'It's not often a quarry is still open that can replicate the stone from 117 years ago.' "
The current quarrying process involves drilling 1 ½-inch holes, spaced 10 inches on center. The company then blasts with low grain detonation cord and B-Gel as its stemming, which has proven to be the lowest cost and highest yielding method, according to Keopple.
Another pertinent project that utilizes Dunnville sandstone is the Louis Smith Tainter House in Menomonie, WI, which was completed in 1890. According to Keopple, a 1/4-inch shell has formed after 116 years of exposure, with no sealer.
Outside of the Midwest, Dunnville sandstone was used for the high altar of the Saint Thomas Church at Fifth Avenue in New York in 1910. Keopple said that Dunnville stone was selected for the project because the specified stone from Cannes, France, was inaccessible during the First World War due to the shipping embargo. "At that point, the architects and sculptors decided on a type of stone which could only be found in the Dunnville quarry," he said. "Huge slabs were shipped to New York and set in place on the altar, and French stone carvers worked for three years carving the life-sized figures and lattice. They used it to form 60 life-sized figures in the altar under the direction of Lee Lawrie. The Saint Thomas Church was built for John D. Rockefeller, completely of stone, to show him something in the world besides gasoline. The finished cost of the altar was $350,000."
In 1999, the property that lies between two of the four historic quarries was purchased, and six months later, the land to the south was purchased. This land contained Ulmer's quarry, which was the second to last to shut down. "It shut down as a dimensional stone quarry due to fire and began operation as a rip rap quarry," said Keopple. "The stoneworkers then moved to the last operating dimensional quarry, which was operating ¼ mile to the north."
In the 1880s, a branch of the Milwaukee Railroad built a track running through the Red Cedar River Valley in Dunnville, WI, and it was during these efforts that high-quality sandstone was discovered.
Reopening the site
The inspiration to reopen the site came from a nearby renovation project. "In 2003, a local church, originally constructed of Dunnville sandstone, decided to add on," explained Keopple. "They wanted a piece of stone from the old quarry, so they could find a good match in the current stone market. We told them to stop looking and just use some of the leftover blocks in the quarry. That is when the light came on. We felt it was a shame that existing buildings constructed of this historic stone had to be restored or added on to with a look-alike stone. At that point in time, the business started to develop with a huge learning curve."
After the initial discovery of the material, four quarries developed producing large amounts of sandstone for local foundations, barns and buildings.
Keopple went on to explain that he did not have any prior related experience before becoming involved in the stone industry. "During the initial research and business plan development, I solicited the help and assistance of many people involved in the stone business," he said. "Craig Kisser of Fond Du Lac Stone, Tom & Bill Halquist of Halquist Stone, Tim Buechel of Buechel Stone and Steve Hedberg and Al Oppegard of Hedberg Aggregates all visited the property to offer insight."
In 2005, Dunnville Cutstone Co. incorporated and finally began quarrying Dunnville sandstone. According to Keopple, over the last year and a half, approximately 1,000 tons of dimensional stone have been quarried. "Getting beyond the dynamite fractures from the rip rap days and getting the right bit and air pressure combination were the biggest challenges in acquiring dimensional block from the quarry," he explained.
Dunnville sandstone was utilized for the exterior facade of the Louis Smith Tainter House in Menomonie, WI, in 1890.
The quarry is now equipped with a Caterpillar 980 front-end loader, a Caterpillar 252 Skidsteer, a Tamrock Commando 100 rock drill and an Ingersoll-Rand compressor, as well as a B-Gel pumping system, which was constructed internally. In addition to Keopple, employees include a licensed blaster, driller, two salespeople and an administrative assistant.
In 1889, the Mabel Tainter Theater was constructed exclusively of Dunnville sandstone, and the company is currently in the works to supply additional sandstone for an expansion to the theater.
The current quarrying process involves drilling 1 1/2-inch holes, spaced 10 inches on center. Blasting is then done using low-grain detonation cord with B-Gel compound as its stemming, which has proven to be the lowest cost and highest yielding method, according to Keopple. The company is quarrying blocks up to 5 x 5 x 8 feet in size. The stone weighs 115 pounds per cubic foot, which is the lightest stone that Keopple has seen on the market. "The stone has withstood the test of time as can be seen by the 100-plus-year-old buildings which remain standing in an exceptional state," he said. "The stone has also passed the ASTM Freeze/Thaw tests."
Dunnville Cutstone Co. is currently supplying material for a residential project in Grand Rapids, MN, which includes a 10-foot-long fireplace hearth.
Immediately upon the reopening of the quarry, the stone was used as sills, lintels and a watertable on a local job match for a building in Eau Claire, WI, which was originally constructed in 1900. Last summer, new windows were added to the main floor of the building, and Dunnville Cutstone Co. was able to provide the architect with a direct match to the existing stone material.
All of the company's fabrication is outsourced to Rivard Stone in Houlton, WI, which is located about 70 miles from the quarry. Dunnville Cutstone Co.'s primary target market is the masonry sector. "Within that market, we target architectural and residential projects," said Keopple. "Currently, we have distributors in targeted regions. Our secondary market is landscape. We have a beautiful sawn wall stone product and outcroppings." Additional products include thin and full-bed depth veneers, sills, caps, hearths, mantles, coping and other custom cut stone products.
The exterior veneer of the residence features Dunnville sandstone in what is known as the Great Lakes Stone pattern.
The company is currently supplying stone for a residence in Grand Rapids, MN, which Keopple said is "proving to be a showcase project" for the company's stone. The project includes three stone fireplaces, one of which features a 10-foot-long hearth, as well as stone pool coping and an exterior stone veneer. Dunnville Cutstone is also now working on two office complexes - Broadway Square in Menomonie, WI, and the Brion Office building in Sioux Falls, SD. "We have smooth stone panels specified on the Brion Office building addition through Hebron Brick, and look forward to providing stone for that job," said Keopple, adding that they also supplied a stone sign and several truck loads of outcroppings to the new Winona Marine Art Museum in Winona, MN.
Outside of various large-scale projects, the company is busy supplying to its distributors, which includes such companies as Great Lakes Stone Supply, Rivard Stone Inc., Hedberg Aggregates, Ochs Brick & Stone Co., Northland Brick & Fireplace Supply and Red Flint Sand and Gravel. "Our philosophy around distributors is to have a few good companies representing and retelling the story in every regional area," said Keopple. "Along with the beauty of our stone, the history will always be an extremely important piece. People always ask, 'Will it last?' Well, the proof is in the history, and it is critical that the person selling the stone understands and can clearly explain the history of the stone.
"We are in the process of looking for distributors in Illinois, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa and other states outside of our immediate area," he continued. "Currently, we have, or are in negotiations with distributors in Minnesota and Wisconsin."
The company also does contract quarrying under the name Dunnville Drilling, where they help open up dimensional stone quarries and distribute B-Gel.
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Fiat is starring at one of the most important international film festivals, to be held in Turin's cinemas from 23 November to 1 December. Held for the 36th time this year, the Turin Film Festival features art-house films, themed sections and experimental works, confirming its unique ability to successfully combine tradition and innovation and be at ease in widely different topics and languages.
For the actors, directors and guests attending the Festival, Fiat is providing a fleet of 500X and 500L cars, the models recently updated to maintain their positions as stars of their respective segments. For the new 500X, the return to the heart of Turin is highly significant. Just a few weeks ago, the Fiat crossover's international press launch was held here, at one of Italy's most iconic locations: Turin's National Museum of Cinema, housed in the Mole Antonelliana, which has soared above the Piedmont capital for more than a century.
There is an unbreakable bond that has united Turin, the Fiat brand and the finest film tradition since the early 20th Century. Various Fiat cars have been "cast" by famous directors over the years with an amazing continuity, proving the status of Fiat automobiles as a genuine national heritage, reaching far beyond the boundaries of the automotive world itself. In 1957, for example, Fellini chose the 1100 B and the 600 Trasformabile for "Nights of Cabiria", and almost fifty years later the 500X itself took part in Ben Stiller's blockbuster "Zoolander 2".And who could forget the many places in the city of Turin used as the sets of fantastic films? For example, piazza Castello featured in "Hannah and her Sisters" by Woody Allen, while piazza CLN provided the backdrop for Dario Argento's nightmarish scenes. The more than 1,500 films, including documentaries and advertising videos, produced by Fiat from 1911 to the present are also of great artistic value.
The latest chapter in Fiat's partnership with film is the delightful short movie "Fiat 500X - A taste of tomorrow. Today" inspired by the '80s cult film "Back to the Future", which not only used original storytelling to pay homage to the great film tradition but has also been very successful on the web: it has recorded more than 42 million viewings on Fiat's social media channels, FCA's best ever result. Significantly, the short film dedicated to the new 500X carries on the strategy begun in 2017 with the "See you in the future" tribute video, which celebrated the iconic 500's 60th birthday and stared Oscar-winner Adrien Brody.
So while film offers accessible dreams in a medium which belongs to both the past and the future, in the same way the Fiat 500 family, now completed by the new 500X and 500L, confirms its status as an amazing "time machine", successfully conserving the stylistic features of its illustrious ancestor while offering new technologies "borrowed" from the future. A dream car created by a film-maker's imagination? No: a reality, ready to travel roads right across Europe, in the form of the new 500X. For example, for the first time in the Fiat range, the updated Italian crossovers feature the new FireFly Turbo 1.0 and FireFly Turbo 1.3 engines, yet another technological record for the Group with regard to powerplant design. Just like their namesake, the new FireFly engines are the most compact and cleanest power source available on Fiat cars. And the new 500X is not only the most high-tech Fiat model of all time, but also the one which offersthe very best in driving safety and assistance, with "Traffic Sign Recognition",. "Speed Advisor" and "Lane Assist" as standard on all versions. What's more, it offers an all-new range with two bodies and three trim levels - Urban, City Cross and Cross.


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A masterpiece of scriptural literature, Bhagavad-gita is a sacred "song" in the form of a battlefield dialogue between the Lord Sri Kṛṣṇa and Arjuna, His friend and disciple. Kṛṣṇa, acting as Arjuna's adviser, instructs him in the science of self-realization, teaching him how to live as a devotee of the Lord and to thus reach the eternal spiritual world while continuing to perform his earthly duties. » Chapter 16plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16: The Divine And Demoniac Natures
Those who possess demoniac qualities and who live whimsically, without following the regulations of scripture, attain lower births and further material bondage. But those who possess divine qualities and regulated lives, abiding by scriptural authority, gradually attain spiritual perfection.
The Divine And Demoniac Natures
Plate 38 — Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger. (Bg. 16.18)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.18
Bewildered by false ego, strength, pride, lust and anger, the demon becomes envious of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, who is situated in his own body and in the bodies of others, and blasphemes against the real religion.
Plate 39 — Lust, greed and anger are the three gates leading down to hell. (Bg. 16.21)plugin-autotooltip__small plugin-autotooltip_bigBhagavad-gītā As It Is 16.21
There are three gates leading to this hell—lust, anger, and greed. Every sane man should give these up, for they lead to the degradation of the soul.
The Blessed Lord said: Fearlessness, purification of one's existence, cultivation of spiritual knowledge, charity, self-control, performance of sacrifice, study of the Vedas, austerity and simplicity; nonviolence, truthfulness, freedom from anger; renunciation, tranquility, aversion to faultfinding, compassion and freedom from covetousness; gentleness, modesty and steady determination; vigor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, freedom from envy and the passion for honor—these transcendental qualities, O son of Bharata, belong to godly men endowed with divine nature.
Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance—these qualities belong to those of demonic nature, O son of Pṛthā.
The transcendental qualities are conducive to liberation, whereas the demonic qualities make for bondage. Do not worry, O son of Pāṇḍu, for you are born with the divine qualities.
O son of Pṛthā, in this world there are two kinds of created beings. One is called the divine and the other demonic. I have already explained to you at length the divine qualities. Now hear from Me of the demoniac.
Those who are demoniac do not know what is to be done and what is not to be done. Neither cleanliness nor proper behavior nor truth is found in them.
They say that this world is unreal, that there is no foundation and that there is no God in control. It is produced of sex desire, and has no cause other than lust.
Following such conclusions, the demoniac, who are lost to themselves and who have no intelligence, engage in unbeneficial, horrible works meant to destroy the world.
The demoniac, taking shelter of insatiable lust, pride and false prestige, and being thus illusioned, are always sworn to unclean work, attracted by the impermanent.
They believe that to gratify the senses unto the end of life is the prime necessity of human civilization. Thus there is no end to their anxiety. Being bound by hundreds and thousands of desires, by lust and anger, they secure money by illegal means for sense gratification.
The demoniac person thinks: "So much wealth do I have today, and I will gain more according to my schemes. So much is mine now, and it will increase in the future, more and more. He is my enemy, and I have killed him; and my other enemy will also be killed. I am the lord of everything, I am the enjoyer, I am perfect, powerful and happy. I am the richest man, surrounded by aristocratic relatives. There is none so powerful and happy as I am. I shall perform sacrifices, I shall give some charity, and thus I shall rejoice." In this way, such persons are deluded by ignorance.
Thus perplexed by various anxieties and bound by a network of illusions, one becomes too strongly attached to sense enjoyment and falls down into hell.
Self-complacent and always impudent, deluded by wealth and false prestige, they sometimes perform sacrifices in name only without following any rules or regulations.
Those who are envious and mischievous, who are the lowest among men, are cast by Me into the ocean of material existence, into various demoniac species of life.
Attaining repeated birth amongst the species of demoniac life, such persons can never approach Me. Gradually they sink down to the most abominable type of existence.
The man who has escaped these three gates of hell, O son of Kuntī, performs acts conducive to self-realization and thus gradually attains the supreme destination.
But he who discards scriptural injunctions and acts according to his own whims attains neither perfection, nor happiness, nor the supreme destination.
One should understand what is duty and what is not duty by the regulations of the scriptures. Knowing such rules and regulations, one should act so that he may gradually be elevated.


Okay, so the event that is about to be described happened a while ago. How long ago, you ask? I don't even remember. It might as well have been three years before Cooper was even born. I haven't posted it up here because A.) Work, familial illness, and general fatigue have taken away my free time and I haven't been able to write as much and B.) I don't really have any funny stories to go with this post, only pictures. I know you jokers are only here to see pictures of my adorable King Baby and could care less what I have to say but I like telling stories and I'm mostly only here to entertain myself. Regardless, here is the account of our trip to the Pumpkin Patch you've all been waiting for. I cannot recall having ever visited a pumpkin patch as a child. At the very least, it was not a family tradition as it apparently is for many families. As such, I had given absolutely no thought to the idea of when we would be heading to Cooper's first pumpkin patch extravaganza. According to all of you people, however, I should have. When fall began to slowly roll in, people kept asking me when we were taking Cooper to the pumpkin patch. Like, a LOT of people. Like, random strangers in Applebee's asked me when we were headed to the pumpkin patch. Apparently this is some rite of passage I had no knowledge of and to avoid the pumpkin patch with such a cute baby would be tantamount to sacrilege. I began to feel like I should just announce to any room I walked into that we hadn't taken Cooper to a pumpkin patch yet and then wait patiently for my stoning. You people are serious about pumpkin patches.
Luckily our friends Jeff and Carrie were on top of things and invited us to join them as they took their daughter to a local pumpkin patch. This was great news because I really couldn't take many more stonings. We headed out to Colleyville on a Friday afternoon (again, this could have been in 2007 for all I know; it feels like an age ago and Cooper looks COMPLETELY different now) and took in the sights and smells of a down-on-the-farm pumpkin patch. And the smells. Oh the smells!
We then took some time for a father and son photo. If only the rest of these jokers would have gotten out of shot. Just because this is a public place doesn't mean you can jump in our pictures, bro!
So there you have it. Cooper's first trip to the vaunted pumpkin patch. Now please, stop throwing rocks at me.


No, not that Prospero, and not that Tempest. But in a city where the overweening entertainments seem to be professional football and NASCAR, a tempest about a bookstore is heartening, even as it is unfortunate.
Prospero's is a used bookstore (records and other media, too) in Kansas City that I've been patronizing for years. For a long time it was my Friday evening destination, and if on rare occasions I or my wife didn't buy at least one book, we'd spend an hour or two browsing and chatting with the owner. We've attended some of their poetry readings and folk music sessions, and I'm sure that over the years, we've spent hundreds of dollars there.
About two weeks ago I saw on Prospero's Facebook page that they now had stickers for the store. I collect stickers like a fool. The best ones I put in my journal. Others I will put on the (unfinished) walls of my Ozark cabin. (And some I may have been known to carry with me when I ran to apply atop stickers I'd see fomenting hateful class wars and such.) Thus I took myself to Prospero's the next chance I had — which was a Wednesday! — to see what books they might have to entice me and to get two stickers. Lucky I didn't delay.
The very next day, I saw a post on their Facebook page stating that the stickers were gone. It didn't take much research to learn the ugly story.
Were this a simple matter of some people not knowing the true meaning of a single word, I think it could be more easily dismissed. But it seems that some are choosing to be offended and finding the occasion to be viciously vocal. The Right-wing noise machine has been fired up, and many attacks are now ad hominem, leaving behind the supposed original "offense" of the wording.
I think it's pretty obvious where my heart lies in this matter. A gentle man of books and the arts, a poet who knows his way around the English language, is going to get my favor until proven otherwise, and I've seen nothing otherwise in all of this.
Prospero's made it into the New York Times just over a decade ago for a sly act. Maybe it's time for a follow up.
P.S. I did not vote in New York, but I was there for the fateful election day in 2016. I got the sticker from my daughter.
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Fascinating. I would have thought that it meant either local or a bookstore carrying a lot of (or solely) Native American books.
Indigenous sounds good, because it is a 50 cent word and the beginning of the word is like independent, which is a bookstore mark of pride and honor.
I'm against death threats and violence mostly, but I would be curious about what someone who was offended by the term might say. As a non-Native person, I might not see what the offense is outright.
Also, that is a good-looking sticker.
Ironically, the bookstore owner has Native American heritage too.
I also read many of the comments. It seems people are often finding reasons to spread hate. I'm glad you got one for yourself before they were removed.


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Horace Greeley was born in Amherst, New Hampshire in the farm country west of Nashua and Manchester. His schooling was intermittent, but he was an enthusiastic reader. At age 15 he was apprenticed to a printer in Vermont and began learning a trade he would follow, in one form or another, for the remainder of his life.
In 1831 Greeley settled in New York City and quickly became involved in a number of publishing ventures, including the New Yorker (1834), which dealt with current events, the arts and literature. He became, for a while, an ally of Thurlow Weed and William H. Seward, joining them in championing a number of political reforms.
The New York Tribune, one of the earliest "penny dailies" popular in the era, was established in 1841. Greeley also would publish a weekly nationwide edition of the Tribune, which won him and his views wide recognition. The Tribune set a higher tone than its competitors by avoiding sensationalism and offering regular features such as book reviews.
Greeley and the Tribune spoke out in opposition to such things as government support of the railroads, the massive accumulation of wealth in the hands of a few, monopolies and land speculators. He offered support for traditional Whig principles, including high protective tariffs, federally sponsored internal improvements, and the Bank of the United States. He was not an ardent expansionist, but enthusiastically supported an orderly westward movement. He did not, however, coin the phrase, "Go West, young man," as is frequently reported.
Greeley cultivated a life-long concern for the working man. He improved conditions at the Tribune, supported organization of the work force and provided a profit-sharing plan. Greeley flirted with utopianism, lending his support to a cooperative community that would bear his name: Greeley, Colorado. He also briefly employed Karl Marx as a foreign correspondent.
Greeley supported the temperance movement and women's rights.
In the years before the Civil War, Greeley opposed slavery, but also opposed abolitionist tactics. He wrote in opposition to the Mexican War, believing that it would benefit the slaveowners only. Appointed to fill a Congressional vacancy in 1848, Greeley served for three months; he quickly wore out his welcome by reporting on some of the less-than-dignified behavior he encountered in Washington. Some of his most forceful editorials were directed against the 1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act, a stance that terminated his cooperation with Weed and Seward.
Followed his own advice and went west in 1859 to gather information that would interest the readers of the New York Tribune. He was especially keen on learning more about the Mormons and on July 13, he had the opportunity to interview Brigham Young. Mormons impressed him with their achievements, although not with their theology.
Greeley was an early member of the Republican Party and, after initially supporting another candidate, helped to secure the nomination for Abraham Lincoln in 1860. This effort further widened Greeley's split from Seward, who had been the nomination frontrunner. Greeley's views on the secession crisis were the target of much criticism. He initially argued that the South should be allowed to secede. Later, however, he became a strong supporter of the war effort, but subjected Lincoln to searing criticism for refusing to free the slaves.
After the war, Greeley supported a general amnesty for Confederate officials and angered many Northerners by signing a bail bond for Jefferson Davis; subscriptions to the Tribune fell by half.
In 1872 Greeley received the presidential nomination of both the Liberal Republican and Democratic parties, but his candidacy was doomed from the start. Exhausted by the campaign and distraught with his wife's death, Greeley died a few weeks after the election.
Horace Greeley was one of the most interesting and eccentric figures in American history. At one time or another he was involved in almost every political and social issue of his era, ranging from election reform to spiritualism and phrenology. Even in appearance Greeley sparked comment; his round face was ringed by white whiskers, he wore a full length coat on even the hottest days and always carried a bright umbrella.
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Quotes by Horace Greeley.
Regarding The West
The best business you can go into you will find on your father's farm or in his workshop. If you have no family or friends to aid you, and no prospect open to you there, turn your face to the great West and there build up your home and fortune.
An excerpt from To Aspiring Young Men, 1846. This is often shortened and paraphrased to, "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."
Regarding Liberal Republicans
The masses of our countrymen, North and South, are eager to clasp hands across the bloody chasm which has so long divided them.
Accepting the Liberal Republican nomination in 1872
Regarding Democratic Party
I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers; what I said was that all saloonkeepers are Democrats.
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Craft Apprentice: From Franklin to the Machine Age in America by William J. Rorabaugh.
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b. 4 Sep 1707, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 2. Mary Pearson
b. 2 Nov 1708, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 3. Elizabeth Pearson
b. 17 Oct 1710, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
4. Robert Pearson
b. 15 Feb 1712
+ 5. Rachel Pearson
+ 6. Sarah Pearson
b. 1 Jul 1716, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
7. Thomas Pearson
b. 25 Jun 1718, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 8. Ann Pearson
b. Abt 1719, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
9. Isabel Pearson
b. 5 Jan 1720
10. John Pearson
b. 5 Feb 1722
11. Ann Pearson
Family 2 Mary Coar
b. Abt Jan 1700
Married Aft 1722
1. John Pearson
b. 22 Mar 1724, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 2. Grace Pearson
b. 6 Feb 1725, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
3. Isaac Pearson
b. 26 May 1731, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
4. Rebeckah Pearson
b. 2 Dec 1732, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 5. Achsah Pearson
b. 29 Apr 1735, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 6. Isaac Pearson
b. 3 Aug 1739, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
+ 7. Robert Pearson, III
+ 8. Theodosia Pearson
Mary Coar
Birth Abt Jan 1700
Died 27 Apr 1771 Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
Father ??? Coar
Mother Grace ???
b. Cal 1675
Family Robert Pearson, Esq.
Abraham Hunt
Family Theodosia Pearson
Married 21 Feb 1764 , , New Jersey, British America
1. Pearson Hunt
2. Wilson Hunt
3. John Hunt
4. Mary Hunt
Pearson Hunt
Father Abraham Hunt
Mother Theodosia Pearson
Wilson Hunt
Mary Hunt
Name Theodosia Pearson [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11]
Born 5 Sep 1744 Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America [4, 5, 12]
Will 13 Sep 1751 Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America [13, 14, 15]
Heirs:
Mary (wife, Executrix) - 1/3 movable estate
Isaac (son) - 400+ acres
Robert (son) - 490+ acres
[Catherine (dau.]
o Children:John, Robert, Richard, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Catherine Parker - £100
Elizabeth Hutchinson (dau.) - 550 acres
o Sons: John, Robert, Jonathan, Thomas Hutchinson - 550 acres upon mother's death
o Daughters: Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, Ann, Mary - £5 each
o Youngest son: _____ - £5
Mary Nipe (dau.) - 20 shillings
o Children: Isaac, Robert, Daniel, Thomas, John, Moses, Aaron, Mary Quigley - £8 each
Rachel (dau.) - £130
o Children: Alexander, Robert, William - £5 each
Ann Yard (dau.) - house & lot in Trenton
o Sons: James, John Yard - £5 each
[Sarah (dau.)]
o Daughters: Elizabeth, Sarah Reed - £5 each
o Aschah (dau.) - | 450 acres
o Theodosia (dau.) - | " "
Role: Heir
Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 3; 1751-1760 - Robert Pearson [5565A]
Sep 13, 1751 p. 248 [from Internet Archive]
Military Service 25 Dec 1775 Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British America [16]
- Battle of Trenton
Hosted the dinner party for Col. Rahl, the Hessian commander, who was killed the following day by Gen Washington's troops after crossing the Delaware river.
Role: Host
Died 4 Mar 1783
Buried Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard, Whitehorse, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, USA [17]
Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard
White Horse, NJ
Reference 5722B is not fully sourced to this individual.
Ref. 5727 says she becames the mother of 18 children.
after 1739 Born in Nottingham, Burlington Co, NJ.
13 Sep 1751 Listed in will of father, Robert Pearson, 106 114.
21 May 1753 Death of father. Inherited (along with her sister, Aschah) the tract [her father] bought from John Morland (200 acres) and the rest of the land [her grandfather] brought from John Snowden (250 acres). 106 114
21 Feb 1764 Married to Abram Hunt in NJ.
??? Birth of son, Pearson.
??? Birth of son, Wilson/William.
3 Nov 1770 Listed in will of mother, Mary ??? 106 114
27 Apr 1771 Death of mother; inherited £50 106 114
??? Birth of son, John.
??? Birth of daughter, Mary.
4 Mar 1783 Died 222
Father: 106 114 148 Mother: 106 114 [2, 3, 4, 18, 19, 20]
Person ID I570 Quigley Doyle Family Tree
Father Robert Pearson, Esq.
d. 21 May 1753, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America (Age 67 years)
Mother Mary Coar
d. 27 Apr 1771, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America (Age ~ 71 years)
Married Aft 1722 [2, 21, 22, 23]
d. 1 Apr 1742
2. Grace Pearson
bur. Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
d. 14 Apr 1733
d. 7 Mar 1744
5. Achsah Pearson
d. Aft 1751
d. Abt 1775, Allentown, Monmouth, New Jersey, British America
7. Robert Pearson, III
d. 20 Jan 1820
8. Theodosia Pearson
Family Abraham Hunt
d. Yes, date unknown
Married 21 Feb 1764 , , New Jersey, British America [3, 5, 24, 25]
Born - 5 Sep 1744 - Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
Will - 13 Sep 1751 - Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, British America
Married - 21 Feb 1764 - , , New Jersey, British America
Military Service - - Battle of Trenton - 25 Dec 1775 - Trenton, Hunterdon, New Jersey, British America
Buried - Address:
USA - - Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard, Whitehorse, Nottingham Twp., Burlington, New Jersey, USA
[S538] Revolutionary Census of New Jersey - Quigleys [0100], Kenn Stryker-Rodda, (Polyanthos, New Jersey; 1972), 0100.
[S562] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 1-13 (partial); 1670-1817 [0106], New Jersey Historical Society, (New Jersey; 1901-1945), 0106.
[S530] Crispen Pearson of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; 1748-1806 - New Jersey Pearson Data [0114], Annie Pearson Darrow, (J. Heidingsfeld Co., New Brunswick, NJ; 1932), 0114.
[S534] A History of Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey; 1954 [0148], Helen Almy West, (1954; Trenton Printing Company, Inc.; Trenton, NJ), 0148.
[S568] Quigley, George, Information on the Pearson Family [0223], 0223.
[S565] Genealogical and Personal Memorial of Mercer County, New Jersey; 1907 [0222], Francis Bazley Lee, Ed., (The Lewis Publishing Company; New York, NY, & Chicago, IL; 1907), 0222.
NOTE: Source citations are incomplete for this individual.
[S561] Calendar of New Jersey Wills, Vol. 3; 1751-1760 - Robert Pearson; 1751 [5565A], New Jersey., (Internet Archives. archive.org.), 5565A., Will of Robert Pearson; 1751; (archive.org : accessed Sep 25, 2018).
Name Theodosia Pearson.
[S536] Charles R. Hutchinson Collection - Pearson Family Records; 1600s-1800s (transcription) [5722B], Charles R. Hutchinson, (familysearch.org: 1917-1919), 5722B., 75. accessed Dec 8, 2018.
[S560] Trenton State Gazette, NJ; Jan 15, 1934 - Pearsonville Church Graveyard [5726], New Jersey. Trenton., 5726., "Pearsonville Church Graveyard One of County's Historic Shrines," Jan 15, 1934.
Name Theodosia (Pearson).
[S567] Trenton Evening Times, NJ; Oct 27, 1929 - Isaac Watson House, White Horse, NJ [5727], New Jersey. Trenton., 5727., "Suburban Shrine Faces Destruction," Oct 27, 1929, p. Sect. 5, p. 86; digital images, Genealogy Bank (genbank.com : accessed Dec 22, 2018).
[S537] Trenton Evening Times; Feb 9, 1908 - Robert Pearson House in Mercer Co., NJ [5769], New Jersey. Trenton., 5769., Joseph H. West, "The Oldest House in Mercer County," Feb 9, 1908, p. 8; digital images, Genealogy Bank (genbank.com : accessed Jan 28, 2019).
Born Sep 5, 1744.
o Children: John, Robert, Richard, Nathaniel, Elizabeth, Catherine Parker - £100
In 1751, daughter, Mary Nipe, was named in her father's will:
"Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Nipe, 20 shillings, and to her children, viz; Isaac Quigley, Robert Quigley, Daniel Quigley, Thomas Quigley, John Quigley, Moses Quigley, Aaron Quigley and Mary Quigley, the sum of £8 apiece."
On the night of Dec 25, 1775, he hosted the dinner party for Col. Rahl, the Hessian commander, who was killed the following day by Gen Washington's troops after crossing the Delaware River for the Battle of Trenton.
Buried at the family graveyard (Pearsonville Church Graveyard), White Horse, NJ.
[S536] Charles R. Hutchinson Collection - Pearson Family Records; 1600s-1800s (transcription) [5722B], Charles R. Hutchinson, (familysearch.org: 1917-1919), 5722B., accessed Dec 8, 2018.
She becames the mother of 18 children.
[S559] Mercer Co. Gravestones, Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard [0012], 0012., "Mercer County Gravestones, Pearson Memorial Methodist Churchyard,"Vol. 33, Page 12.
Pearson, Robert, Esqr.; d. May 21, 1753, aged 67.2.10; wife Elizabeth, d. Apr. 23, 1722, aged "almost 36 years;" another wife, Mary, d. Apr. 27, 1771, aged 71 years & 3 months; dau. Grace (of Robert & Mary), see Willam Duglas.
[S537] Trenton Evening Times; Feb 9, 1908 - Robert Pearson House in Mercer Co., NJ [5769], New Jersey. Trenton., 5769., Joseph H. West, "The Oldest House in Mercer County," Frb 9, 1908, p. 8; digital images, Genealogy Bank (genbank.com : accessed Jan 28, 2019).
After 1722 (when first wife died).
Maintained by Don Quigley. | Data Protection Policy.


Governments across Australia are being urged to take a more collaborative approach to digital transformation and service delivery.
Achieving the digital transformation of government service delivery will be a coordinated effort requiring careful planning, according to digital experts within the NSW Department of Finance, Services and Innovation (DFSI).
On the sidelines of the recent NSW Government Digital Marketplace conference, one of the largest meetings of ICT public and private sector leaders in Australia, the experts shared their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities involved in digital transformation within government.
According to Katarina Ruszczyk, Director of Digital Government at the Department of Finance, Services & Innovation, a common mistake for public sector agencies pursuing the digital transformation of service delivery involves the temptation to bite off more than they can chew.
"In government, because we're charged with solving the big problems of society, there's a tendency for government agencies to try to solve the whole problem at the same time," she said.
Ruszczyk said the digital transformation model involves identifying a problem in need of solving and then deeply engaging with the customer to understand all facets of this problem, and that this is something that is really new in government.
Katarina Ruszczyk, Director of Digital Government, DFSI.
Another challenge involves the lack of collaboration and communication between government digital transformation teams, according to the department's Director of Policy and Innovation, Thea Knill.
"We are all working on so many amazing opportunities and projects, and we forget to share that knowledge and information across agencies, and sometimes even across teams within the same department," she said.
Knill urged agencies to take advantage of the depth of resources and knowledge at their disposal when designing digital projects. This should include using the programs being offered by lead digital agencies such as the DFSI in New South Wales or the Digital Transformation Agency federally.
"[At] the DFSI, we have a digital accelerator team, an innovation team, and they're resources for across government. And we're there to support other agencies in sharing their knowledge and sharing their lessons learned," she said.
Thea Knill, Director of Policy and Innovation, DFSI.
Ruszczyk agreed that learning from each other is essential if the public sector is to successfully transform service delivery.
Collaboration should involve working with the private sector as well, according to Knill. Events such as the NSW Government Digital Marketplace forum are useful for helping digital transformation teams understand the latest technologies that are available, and how they can be applied to the problems the public sector is trying to solve.
Kate Foy, Managing Director of the DFSI's NSW Telco Authority, said the unique challenges faced by government departments in transforming service delivery can be divided into three categories — people, culture and the ability to manage change.
Change is something the public sector has famously struggled with, so agencies should be focused on dedicating resources, time and people to managing change well, Foy said.
"As far as people are concerned, I think [the challenge is] making sure we've got the right capabilities, not only in the public sector, but also the partnerships with the private sector. People deliver projects, people deliver outcomes," she said.
Kate Foy, Managing Director, NSW Telco Authority.
Addressing these challenges may require the development of entirely new ways of approaching digital service delivery projects. Foy highlighted a model proposed by prominent academic and Western Sydney University Chancellor Peter Shergold, who suggested in 2016 that the public sector should consider taking a cue from Hollywood.
"In the Hollywood model, amazing people — screenwriters and directors and actors and costume designers — come together, make something pretty magnificent and then move away," Foy said.
The NSW Government's recent digital activities represent a demonstration of these principles being put into action.
In September, for example, the government hired former New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs Service Integration Lead Pia Andrews as its new Executive Director of Digital Government, tasked with supporting greater collaboration, innovation and digital transformation across government.
The government likewise this month invited officials from the New Zealand Government to share their experiences designing digital life journey services, which aim to provide citizens with unique and tailored access to all the government service-related interactions they will require at various points in their lives.
Other major initiatives being planned include adopting common components capable of providing people with a single view of government, and building a design system that can scale the delivery of people-centric digital services across government.


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Little or no environmental benefit can be gained by replacing dairy products with non-dairy foods in the diet of adult men and women. This is the conclusion of an analysis using the Optimeal® optimisation program. The analysis shows that as a source of nutrients dairy products are just as environmentally efficient as the package of products needed to replace them. The outcome for meat is significantly different.
In a fact sheet we show how dairy products perform in terms of their nutritional value and environmental impact. We then compare this with meat. We look at the full range of nutrients supplied by dairy and meat products, as far as these are covered by Dutch standards.
Food production and consumption accounts for 20–30%of global emissions of greenhouse gases. About 14.5%of global emissions can be attributed to animal products.Another important environmental factor in food production is land use, as fertile agricultural land is scarce. Of the 5,000 million hectares of land in agricultural use – about 38% of the global land surface – almost 70% is grassland or pasture for grazing livestock.
Changing dietary patterns can make a considerable contribution to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and agricultural land use. Of course, the new diets must also provide sufficient energy and nutrients. This means that the key to devising healthy and more sustainable diets is getting the right balance between nutritional value and environmental impact. This can be determined quickly and accurately using Optimeal®, an optimisation program developed by Blonk Consultants and the Netherlands Nutrition Centre.
An average Dutch diet was entered into Optimeal®. Then, step by step, dairy products were added to or removed from this diet to produce diets with a range of from 0% to 300% of the current intake of dairy products. As the amount of dairy products was reduced, other foods were added to provide the missing nutrients. Optimeal®chooses a package of substitutes that requires the least possible change in diet while meeting all the standards for energy and macro- and micronutrients, which are boundary conditions in the model. Conversely, as dairy products are added to the diet,they replace other products.
The same procedure was followed for meat in the diet.The starting point was an average Dutch diet based on the Dutch Food Consumption Survey (VCP) 2007–2010 for men and women between 31 and 50. years old.
Optimeal® uses the quadratic programming optimisation technique to ensure that the altered diets remain as close to the current diet as possible. During the process the program keeps track of trends in two environmental indicators: greenhouse gas emissions and land use.
The model contains information on the nutritional value and environmental impact of 208 products from the Dutch Food Composition Database (NEVO) selected on the basis of their weight fraction in the Dutch diet, with the addition of some pulses, meat substitutes and soy drinks. The environmental impacts were determined by carrying out a life cycle analysis (LCA) to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions and area of agricultural land used during the whole life cycle (cradle to grave) of each product.
The current consumption of milk products and cheese formed the benchmark and these values were set at 100%. Figure 1 shows the changes in the amounts of other product groups in the diet as the amounts of milk products and cheese are varied from 0% to 300% of those in the current diet. In all cases the diets consist of an optimised package of foods that meet all nutritional standards and remain as close as possible to the composition of the current diet.
Figure1: Changes in composition of the diet as the amounts of cheese and milk products are varied. Drinks are not included
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Union Hospital, located in Dover, Ohio, is an award-winning not-for-profit community hospital serving Tuscarawas, Carroll and surrounding counties in eastern Ohio.
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A classic tour, covering the history, cultures and sights of this coastal city. Travel along the beachfront, past the harbor development towards the old town of Port Elizabeth. Visiting Settler's Park before driving past St George's Park, the home of Eastern Province cricket.
You?ll be taken from town through the historically 'coloured' areas and on into the Afri-can townships, a shameful legacy of our apartheid years. Visit trading areas, a school and small craft centre, providing insights into the realities and challenges of post-apartheid South Africa.
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We leave in the morning for a scenic drive to one of the most popular game reserve in the Eastern Cape, the Addo Elephant Park. Addo has the largest concentrated population of elephant in the world in one place and features the Big 7. We enter the Elephant Park for a light lunch (not included) and then we will search for the Rhino, Elephant, Lion and many other animals. For a good combination add Schotia Tour after Addo.
Schotia is a private game reserve just behind the Addo NP. Enjoy an afternoon/evening drive in an open landrover to look for rhino, wildebeest, zebra, giraffe, hippo and lots of antelope species. At the end of the drive towards the evening, the most exciting time starts. You are going to search for the free roaming lions. A buffet dinner and all drinks are included. Ad Addo Tour before this tour.
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We head towards the Kragga Kamma Game Reserve in search of Rhino, Buffalo, Cheetah and many other species. Next we visit Seaview Lion Park where you get the awesome experience to play with the Lion Cubs.


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Q: No. of surjective maps from a $n$ element set to a 3 element set I am calculating the number of surjective maps from a $n$  element set to a 3 element set in a different way from the usual inclusion-exclusion method : I have to distribute $n$ objects into 3 holes such that hole 1, hole 2 and hole 3  contains $i$, $j$ and $k$ objects respectively such that $i + j + k =n $. Now I vary $i$ and $j$ appropraitely.
The expression
$$ \sum_{i=1} ^ {n-2}  \sum_{j=1} ^ {n-i-1} {n \choose i}{n-i \choose j}  $$ is the answer. It is an alternative way to calculate the number of surjective maps.

A: Altogether, there are $3^n$ functions. Only constant maps and maps onto $2$-element subsets will fail to be surjective. There are $3$ constant maps. There are $3$ different $2$-element subsets, and given a $2$-element subset, there are $2^n$ total maps into it, so $2^n-2$ maps into and onto it. Thus, there are $$3^n-3-3(2^n-2)=3^n+3-3\cdot 2^n$$ surjective maps.

If you'd prefer to count them directly instead of indirectly through the complement, suppose we're mapping from an $n$-element set $X$ to the set $Y=\{x,y,z\}$. A map $f:X\to Y$ will be surjective precisely when $$\left\{f^{-1}(x),f^{-1}(y),f^{-1}(z)\right\}$$ is a partition of $X$.
Then we need $|f^{-1}(x)|=i$ and $|f^{-1}(y)|=j$ for some $i,j\ge 1$ such that $i+j<n.$ Since $j\ge1$, then $i+1\le i+j<n,$ so $i\le n-2$. Since $i+j<n,$ then $j\le n-1-i$. Once we've determined $f^{-1}(x)$ and $f^{-1}(y)$ meeting these conditions then, $f^{-1}(z)$ will be determined for us.
Given $1\le i\le n-2$, there are $\binom{n}{i}$ subsets of $X$ with cardinality $i$. Once we've chosen such a subset to be $f^{-1}(x)$, given any $1\le j\le n-1-i$, there are $\binom{n-i}{j}$ ways to choose a subset of $X$ disjoint from the first, having cardinality $j$, which we will let be $f^{-1}(y)$. Hence, your corrected formula $$\sum_{i=1}^{n-2}\sum_{j=1}^{n-1-i}\binom{n}{i}\binom{n-i}{j}$$ is indeed an alternate way to count the number of surjective maps.

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