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Fully-Funded International Doctoral Scholarships at University of St Andrews in UK, 2018
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Fully-Funded International Doctoral Scholarships at University of St Andrews in UK, 2018 is open for International Students . The scholarship allows Fellowship level programm(s) in the field of Education, Health, Arts and Humanities, Science taught at University of St Andrews . The deadline of the scholarship is .
Scholarship Description: The University of St Andrews is awarding three fully-funded doctoral scholarships for outstanding students looking to commence their doctoral degree in September 2018. UK/EU applicants and international applicants are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.
The scholarships are funded by the Wolfson Foundation, an independent charity that supports and promotes excellence in the fields of science, health, education, and the arts and humanities. Since 2012 the Wolfson Foundation has committed some £13 million to support doctoral studies in the humanities at UK universities distinguished by their research excellence.
About University: The University of St Andrews is one of the UK's top universities and is one of Europe's most research intensive seats of learning.
Degree Level: Scholarships are available to pursue doctoral programme.
Available Subject: Scholarships are awarded in the fields of science, health, education, and the arts and humanities.
Scholarship Benefits: Each scholarship is worth £84,000 to be paid in equal amounts over three years (full-time registration) or six years (part time registration). The scholarships are sufficient to cover annual registration fees with the balance payable to the scholarship holders as a maintenance component to support living costs and other expenses associated with their research such as travel to libraries, galleries, archives or attendance at academic conferences.
The scholarships are open to both UK/EU applicants and international applicants and are of sufficient size to cover the higher fees payable by international students. However, where the higher international fees are payable the balance remaining for the maintenance component will be reduced by the corresponding amount.
Number of Scholarships: Up to three scholarships are available.
Eligibility: The following criteria must be met in order for applicants to be eligible for the scholarship:
Geographical criteria: No restrictions
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Level of study: Postgraduate research (doctoral)
Year of entry;2018-19 academic years; applicants must be able to start their degree in September 2018.
Scholarships are available in three disciplines that align with the Wolfson Foundation's interests – history, literature, and languages. It is expected that one studentship will be awarded in each of these three areas. The three areas that the scheme covers are broadly defined and it is recognised that many research projects may cover more than one area.
As well as broad-based historical and historiographical studies, this may include such areas as classics, history of art, or architectural history, provided the research is grounded within historical methodology.
Research funded in this area has included work on socio-political change in East Africa; society and ideology in the Milanese region, c. 1000-1200; and laughter in the 18th century.
As well as literary and textual studies, this may include research that involves critical theory or film and other visual media, provided there are literary elements within the research (e.g. translation of literature to screen). This does not include creative writing.
Research funded in this area has included work on the ocean in mid-19th Century American verse; narratives of needlework in early-modern England; Samuel Johnson and religious thought of the 18th Century; and the evolution of parasitology and how it has shaped the dialogue between science and literature.
Research should be in applied languages other than English rather than linguistics. It may involve the study of literary or historical texts where these are in languages other than English. Students receiving scholarships under this stream may be based on non-languages departments – for example, history or anthropology departments.
Research funded in this area ranges widely and often overlaps with the other two disciplines. Research funded in this area has included work on 'Engishiki Norito' in the context of the Old Japanese literary continuum; the influence of Francophone culture in Southern Italy; and the evolution of languages and identities in Yugoslav and post-Yugoslav Croatian cinema.
Eligible Nationalities: UK/EU applicants and international applicants are eligible to apply for this scholarship programme.
Application Pocedure: Apply for a research course at St Andrew's, following the general advice on applying for research degree programmes.
Apply to the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarship, available for application in the Scholarships and Funding catalogue. After you have applied to your intended course, you will receive an email with instructions on how to access the catalogue. If you are already a current student at St Andrew's, you can access Scholarships and Fund through MySaint.
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Personal statement: Explaining why you are applying for the scholarship, outlining your career aspirations, and how the scholarship will help you to achieve your career aspirations (no more than two pages).
Project Outline: A one paragraph outline and title for the proposed research project.
Deadline: Applications must be submitted with all required supporting documents no later than 17:00 (UK time) Wednesday, November 15, 2017.
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Are you compiling from source, or using a .deb package?
Roots wrote: Are you compiling from source, or using a .deb package?
It looks like he is trying to install the .deb.
There is more than one problem though. On the one hand, it looks like luabind isn't available in Ubuntu; on the other, the package is built for Debian unstable, which has a newer libc than Ubuntu feisty. So, in order to fix this, both allacrost and luabind have to be rebuilt for Ubuntu's libc.
EDIT. I'll take a look at it, but I have little time at the moment and no Ubuntu box around... I'm not sure when it will be ready.
Yes, its the .deb of course. I figured it would work since it says so on the download page (might wanna alter that). I tried compiling next, but libluabind isn't offered in the ubuntu repos so it fails at ./configure.
There's a thread somewhere on the forums that give instructions for how to install Luabind on Debian/Ubuntu. I wrote it because I had to compile that lib from source to get Allacrost to work on my Debian and Ubuntu machines.
ettin wrote: EDIT. I'll take a look at it, but I have little time at the moment and no Ubuntu box around... I'm not sure when it will be ready.
I'm trying to get it from the repositories, how can it be the wrong version?
el mariachi wrote: I'm trying to get it from the repositories, how can it be the wrong version?
Can you tell me what's the problem now? Still the same? Did you remove the other entry in the sources.list file?
yes, it still tells me that those packages can't be installed.
no developments on this issue?
Haven't had any confirmations of that package failing for Ubuntu yet. So just make sure you install from stable instead of unstable and it should work.


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Geoff Blum Bio
Fullname: Geoffrey Edward Blum
Born: 4/26/1973 in Redwood City, CA
Draft: 1994, Montreal Expos, Round: 7, Overall Pick: 196
College: California
Geoffrey Edward Blum
Geoffrey E. Blum...He and his wife, Kory, have four daughters: Mia Lea and triplets Ava, Audrey and Kayla...Attended the University of California-Berkeley...named to the All-Pac 10 team in 1994...his team won the 1992 College World Series...Graduated from Chino (Calif.) High School in 1991...His brother Greg was a catcher who spent three seasons in the Expos organization from 2000-02 and the 2003 season with Ft. Myers, the Minnesota Twins affiliate in the Florida State League...Was a tee-ball teammate of former Major League player Mike Sweeney at age five.
Spent a majority of the season on the disabled list with a right knee injury and fractured finger and missed a combined 127 games...Opened the season (retroactive to March 22) on the disabled list with inflammation of the right knee...reinstated on July 15 after missing 92 games...Placed on the disabled list on July 26 (retroactive to July 25) after suffering a fractured right pinkie finger on July 24 vs. Rockies...marked the first time in his career he had 2 separate stints on the disabled list in the same season...reinstated on Sept. 1 after missing 35 games...POSTSEASON: Was hitless in 2 pinch-hit attempts in the NLDS vs. Brewers.
Tied for fourth in the NL with a .333 pinch-hit average (14-for-42) and 11 pinch-hit RBI, while his 14 pinch-hits were tied for seventh in the league...Hit .267 (54-for-202) with 22 runs scored, 10 doubles, a triple, 2 home runs and 22 RBI in 93 games for the Astros...Strung together a season-long 9-game hitting streak from April 11-28, during which he hit .423 (11-for-26)...In 34 games following the All-Star break, hit .323 (21-for-65) with 3 doubles, 2 home runs and 8 RBI...Missed 25 games while on the disabled list with a right elbow injury from July 3-Aug. 3.
moved past Craig Biggio (291 HR) and into sole possession of second place on the Astros all-time home run list on April 22 vs. LAD...scored his 900th career run on April 18 vs. CIN...made his ninth consecutive Opening-Day start for the club and his fourth in a row at first base (2006-09) on April 6 vs. CHC.
Hit .240 (78x325) with a career-high 14 home runs and a career-high 53 RBI in 114 games with Houston...hit .270 (27x100) with five home runs and 40 RBI with runners in scoring position...tied his career high for home runs in a single game by hitting two on July 27 at MIL, marking his fifth career two-home run game...prior to the 2008 season, signed a one-year contract through 2008 with the Astros, which included a vesting option for the 2009 season...the option became vested by reaching 250 plate appearances, accomplished on Aug. 22 at NYM...among Major League pinch-hitters, ranked third in batting average (.370, 10x27) and fifth in onbase percentage (.455)...finished with the eighth-highest batting average as a pinch-hitter in franchise history...started at all four infield positions: first base (2), second base (5), shortstop (3) and third base (69)...committed only four errors in 244 total chances (.984 fielding percentage).
Played in 122 games for the Padres, making starts at second base (55), shortstop (10), third base (2), first base (1), left field (3) and designated hitter (2)...appeared at all four infield positions for the eighth consecutive year (2000-07)...hit .252 (83x330) with 21 doubles, one triple, five home runs, 33 RBI, 34 runs scored and 32 walks...went 6x35 (.171) as a pinch-hitter...started 51 games at second base after the All-Star Break, hitting .273 (62x227) with 13 doubles, one triple, four home runs, 22 RBI, 26 runs scored and 22 walks...hit .404 (23x57) over a 19-game stretch from July 18-Aug. 7...hit .310 (13x42) in 15 July games...drove in four runs, going 2x3 with a double June 6 vs. LAD, his most RBI since July 30, 2002 at NYM when he tied his career-high with five...recorded two season-high, six-game hit streaks, July 15-24 (.474) and Aug. 30-Sept. 4 (.300)...hit .297 (44x148) with 12 doubles, one home run, 17 RBI, 18 runs scored and 18 walks in 58 games at home...went 35x107 (.327) at PETCO Park after June 24...hit each of his five home runs from the left side of the plate, where he hit .256 (64x250) with 15 doubles, one triple, 22 RBI and 24 walks...went 19x80 (.238) from the right side, collecting six doubles, 11 RBI and eight walks...his 55 starts at second base were a career-high...hit .288 (59x205) in 61 total games while playing second base...hit in every spot in the lineup except third or fourth.
Concluded the season with a .254 average (70-for-276) with 17 doubles, a triple, four homers, 34 RBI and 27 runs scored in 109 games...batted .167 (6-for-36) from the right side and .267 (64-for-240) from the left...knocked all four of his home runs from the left side of the late...became the primary shortstop when Khalil Greene went on the disabled list Aug. 19 (retroactive to August 18) and batted .270 (33-for- 122) with seven doubles, a triple, two home runs and 18 RBI from Aug. 18 through the end of the season... hit .412 (7-for-17) with three doubles, two RBI and a run scored during his season-high five-game hit streak, September 15-19...set season highs in hits (4) and RBI (3) August 23 vs. Los Angeles (NL)...also drove in three runs with a 2-for-5 performance August 29 at Arizona...posted his best monthly average in May, hitting .450 (18-for-40) with four doubles, a home run and eight RBI in 19 games.
AROUND THE HORN: Made starts at shortstop (42), third base (17) and second base (1)...made two appearances at first base, one at second base, 34 at third base, 49 at shortstop and one in right field overall in 2006...made six errors in 275 total chances in the field, all at shortstop (.978).
PINCH ME: Batted .387 (12-for-31) as a pinch-hitter, best in the Majors (minimum 25 plate appearances)... his 32 pinch-hit appearances were tied for second-most on the Padres (Bellhorn, 41; Bowen, 32)...also led the club with 12 pinch-hits, including four doubles and a homer...collected four RBI and scored seven runs as a pinch-hitter...hit his first home run of the season and his first career pinch-hit home run May 3 at Los Angeles (NL), the second of a pair of back-to-back home runs for San Diego (Barfield).
POSTSEASON PLAY: Started all four games at shortstop for the Padres in the Division Series vs. St. Louis...batted .125 (1-for-8) but walked four times...doubled and hit an RBI sacrifice fly in the Padres lone win in Game 3...made zero errors in eight postseason chances.
Batted .241 (54-for-224) with five homers, 13 doubles, 22 RBI and 26 runs scored in 78 games with the Padres...appeared at all four infield positions for the sixth consecutive season...played in 34 games at third base (26 starts), 19 games at second base (18 starts), 14 games at shortstop (nine starts) and two games at first base (with no starts)...placed on the 15-day disabled list on May 2 (retroactive to April 30), due to a left chest contusion suffered in an outfield collision with Ryan Klesko...was activated from the DL on May 18...from May 27-June 9, had a season-high 11-game hitting streak during which he batted .388 (19-for-49)...traded to the Chicago White Sox on July 31 in exchange for minor league left-handed pitcher Ryan Meaux...as a member of the White Sox, played in 12 games at third base (nine starts), 12 at first (nine starts), six at shortstop (four starts) and two at second (two starts)...overall, hit .236 (53-for-225) left-handed and .213 (20-94) from the right side...hit his only regular season home run with the Sox on August 29 at Texas, a two-run shot off Juan Dominguez.
BLUM CRAZY: Knocked two homers in the first game of a doubleheader April 13 at Chicago (NL) - the first, from the left side off Kerry Wood to lead off the game followed up with a solo shot, this time from the right side in the ninth inning off Cliff Bartosh...it was his fourth career multi-homer game (first since May 4, 2004 at Texas)...also the first time in his career he led off a game with a home run, the 50th leadoff homer in franchise history, and the third time he had homered from both sides of the plate in the same game (last May 4, 2004 at Texas).
MULTIPLE MAN: Recorded seven consecutive multi-hit outings, the longest such streak of his career, from May 27-June 2...the last Padre to tally multiple hits in seven straight games was Tony Gwynn, July 4-9, 1995 (doubleheader on the 8th).
JACK OF ALL TRADES: Made 88 starts: 40 at third, 40 at second, seven in left, one at first... also played one game at shortstop... has now also played all four infield positions five consecutive years... made only one error in 52 games at 2B... his appearances in the outfield were his first there since 2002.
AGAINST THE GRAIN: A natural right-handed hitter, his Major League career numbers are weighted heavily toward the opposite side with the exception of 2004... he batted .288 (23-for-80) with three home runs right-handed, but only .193 (50-for-259) from the left side... prior to 2004, he had a .268 avg. (382-for-1423) with 36 home runs as a left-handed hitter and hit .231 (68-for-294) with 12 home runs as a righty.
LUCKY NUMBER FOUR: In a four-game span, August 25-29, he went 6-for-11 with six walks, eight runs scored and six RBI... set a career-high and tied a club record with a four-walk game at Oakland on August 29... had a season-high four hits August 19 vs. Anaheim, but had only three other multi-hit games at home all season... had his best game of the season on May 4 at Texas when he homered from both sides of the plate in the Tampa's 5-4 win... Blum became the first Devil Ray to accomplish the feat and just the 10th player to homer from both sides of the plate in both an AL and NL game... the others: Eddie Murray, Chili Davis, Reggie Smith, Jose Valentin, Ted Simmons, Carl Everett, Tony Clark, Dave Sveum and Tim Raines... Carlos Beltran later did it in 2004 becoming the 11th player.
HIGHLIGHTS: Broke up a no-hit bid by AL Cy Young Award winner Johan Santana at Minnesota on June 3 with a sixth inning double that led to a four-run inning for the Rays in their 4-2 win over the Twins' 20-game winner... also homered off Santana on July 22 at Minnesota... his home run off Roy Halladay on June 28 broke a string of 51.1 homerless innings by the 2003 AL Cy Young Award winner... on September 25 vs. Toronto he was charged with an error at 3B with two out in the ninth inning allowing Toronto to tie the game... in the bottom of the inning he delivered a sac fly to give the Rays a "walk-off" 6-5 win... entered this season a career .262 hitter in five big league seasons, but the highest his average got all season was .232 on August 31... batted .309 (21-68) in August, but just .192 (52-271) the rest of the season.
For the 2nd consecutive year played six different positions for the Astros: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF and RF...It was the 4th straight year he has played all 4 infield positions...Made 93 starts: 2B-18, 3B-72, SS-3...Split time at 3B with Morgan Ensberg and the two combined for 29 home runs at third base...Also for the 2nd straight year finished with 10 home runs and 52 RBI...Recorded a career-high 110 hits and the 52 RBI equaled his career high...Hit all of his home runs as a lefty...Batted .274 (105-383) from the left side and .135 (5-37) from the right...Batted in the 2nd spot in the lineup 79 times in his 93 starts. Made 14 starts at second base from June 25-July13 filling in for injured Jeff Kent (left wrist tendonitis)... Hit .365 (23x65) over those starts with three home runs, 10 RBI and 12 runs scored...His start at second base on June 25 at Arizona was his first there since Oct. 4, 2001 for Montreal at the Mets...During most of the time that he was filling in for Kent, he recorded a career-high 16-game hitting streak from June 25-July 17, during which he batted .357 (25-for-70)...Started at third base Opening Day on April 1 - his first ever Opening Day start and was 2-for- 5 with a home run (Miceli) vs. Colorado...Also doubled and drove in three runs...Had the game-tying home run in the ninth inning on July 1 vs. Milwaukee (DeJean)...Hit four homers and collected 15 RBI in May...Batted .345 (19x55) from May 1-16...Missed four games from May 20-23 due to viral meningitis...scratched from the lineup on May 20 after experiencing severe headaches and fever...spent the night at The Methodist Hospital in Houston...Released on May 21, but was not in uniform until May 24...a defensive replacement in right field on May 25, hit an RBI-double in his first at-bat...Played final two innings on August 17 vs. Philadelphia in left field after Lance Berkman was ejected... first appearance in left field since Sept. 22, 2002...Had five consecutive hits from May 7-8...was 3-for-3 on May 8 vs.Pittsburgh...Also had a career-high five hits (5-for-7) - the most by an Astro in '03 - on April 19 at Milwaukee in a 3-2, 14-inning loss...Batted .314 (11-for-35) in Interleague play..Had a pinch-hit, three-RBI double on Sept. 6 at San Diego
Played six different positions (all four infield positions and LF and RF)...Started 95 games: 91 at 2B and two each in LF and RF...Posted a .185 batting average (12x65) as a right-handed hitter, including one home run and six RBI...Batted .304 (92x303) as a left-handed hitter, including nine home runs and 46 RBI...Hit his only right-handed home run of the year vs. Colorado (Hampton) on Sept. 9...Batted .313 (25-for-80) during the month of June, including three home runs and 12 RBI, while scoring nine runs...Batted .329 (25x76) in August, including a homer, 11 RBI and eight runs scored...Had 4 hits and five RBI (second time) at New York on July 30, collecting a triple, two singles and a home run...Connected for a hit in six consecutive at-bats between July 14-16...Played right field on May 25 for the first time in his Major League career...Went 3-for-4, with three doubles, three runs and a career-high five RBI on May 13 at Minute Maid Park vs. Philadelphia...Batted .313 (5-for-16) as a pinch-hitter.
Appeared in 73 games for Montreal at third base, 35 in left field, 25 at second base, 14 at first base and four at shortstop...started 121 games (68 at 3B; 27 in LF; 18 at 2B; 8 at 1B)...Started 24 of the last 35 games at third base...Became the fifth player in Expos history to homer from both sides of the plate in the same game, on July 5 vs. Florida...homered off Chuck Smith as a left-handed hitter in the third inning and off Jesus Sanchez as a right-handed hitter in the fifth inning...was the first Expo to accomplish the feat since Jose Vidro on July 3, 2000 at Atlanta...Drove in four runs on three occasions,on July 5 vs.Florida,July 14 vs.the Rays,and Sept.21 vs.Colorado...Tied for team lead with 10 HBPs...plunked in three consecutive games from May 12-13, 16...Hit .298 (84-for-282) with 16 doubles, two triples, 10 home runs and 38 RBI in his starting assignments...Hit safely in 12 of 15 games following the All-Star break...named Expos Player of the Month for July after hitting .318 (21-for-66) with three home runs and 12 RBI in 20 games during the month.
2000 marked the first time appearing on an opening day roster... Blum made the most of his opportunities as he established himself as a bona fide Major Leaguer... His versatility landed him in the line-up for 80 starts at four different infield positions... Stepped in and started 23 games at short when Orlando Cabrera injured his shoulder, made eight more starts at second base when Jose Vidro hurt his thumb, and even made four starts at first for Lee Stevens when he was out with hamstring and toe injuries... Made his best impression, however, at third base where he was anchored for most of the second half... Made 46 starts at the hot corner and took over the position for good when Michael Barrett was inserted behind the plate... Drove in a career-high four runs in his first start at third on July 21 at Florida... Batted 84-for-282 (.298) with 16 doubles, 2 triples, 10 HR and 38 RBI in his starting assignments... Kicked off the second half by hitting safely in 12 of his first 15 games en route to being named the Expos Player of the Month for July after batting .318 (21-for-66) with three homers and 12 RBI in 20 games total.
SWITCH-UP: The versatile switch-hitter batted .286 with six home runs and 34 RBI from the left side and .271 with five home runs and 11 RBI from the right side... made adjustments at the plate as he batted exclusively left-handed the last weeks of the season due to a strained ligament in his right thumb.
LATE BLOOMER: Posted a .306 BA (74-for-249) in the second half of the season to raise his average from .245 to 283... batted .306 as a lefthander.
FIRST START: Started at shortstop on April 30 at San Francisco, going 0-for-2 with a BB.
FIRST DINGER: Took Astros Billy Wagner deep on May 21 while starting at short.
AT FIRST: Started three straight games at first base from June 12-14 at Milwaukee, going 4-for-10 with 2 RBI, BB.
4 RBI: Drove in a career-high four runs July 21 at Florida in his first career start at third base.
THREE STRAIGHT: Homered in three straight games from July 21-23 in a series at Florida... Homered on July 21 off Vic Darensbourg, July 22 off Armando Almanza and on the 23rd off Jesus Sanchez.
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Named BBWAA Expos Player of the Month for July after batting .318 (21-for-66) with three homers and 12 RBI in 20 games... Was his first monthly award with Expos.
BACK-2-BACK: Homered in consecutive games August 2-4... Hit a solo HR off the Astros Wayne Franklin, the first by an Expo at Enron Field, after hitting a solo HR off the Cards Pat Hentgen.
VERSATILE: Appeared at all four infield positions this season... Mike Mordecai is the only other Expo to do so.
GAME WINNER: Hit game-winning HR in the second game on September 11 at Philly, a 2-run homer in 8th off Vicenta Padilla... Was 10th HR of season.
BACK-TO-BACK: Hit the front end of back-to-back homers with Andy Tracy on September 20 vs Florida... Both connected off Reid Cornelius in the first inning.
THREE-HITTER: Collected a career-high three hits on September 22 vs Atlanta, going 3-for-4 with a double, RBI... Was seventh 3-hitter of the season and of his career.
IN BUNCHES: Committed his first error on June 13 at Milwaukee, making two in that contest... Also made two errors on September 11 at Philly before making three in the season finale on October 1 at New York.
Blum became the Expos everyday shortstop when his contract was purchased from AAA Ottawa on August 9 to replace Orlando Cabrera, who severely sprained his left ankle while crossing first base in a game vs the Padres the night before... The six-year veteran of the Expos organization started 43 of the Club's last 53 games while appearing in a total of 45 contests... The 26-year-old switch-hitter showed his power by collecting 17 extra-base hits... Hit seven doubles, two triples and eight homers to finish with a .504 slugging percentage... Also drew 17 walks... Batted .241 left-handed, including hitting six of his eight homers... Batted .190 right-handed... Committed 10 errors.
Blum's 1998 season was plagued by injury to his throwing elbow, forcing him to miss two months of action... Played eight games with AAA Ottawa to start the season, before being placed on the disabled list April 21 with elbow inflammation, followed by surgery in early May to remove joint loose bodies... Returned to action on June 26 on rehab option with the Gulf Coast Expos of the Rookie League... Made a three-week stop at Class A Jupiter, before spending the rest of the season with AA Harrisburg, where he hit .309 in 39 games... Hit for the cycle on August 6th vs New Haven, doing it in order... His home run was a game-winning shot in the 8th, giving the Senators a 3-2 edge.
Spent the 1997 campaign with Ottawa, finishing second on the Club in doubles (21), third in hits (101) and games (118)... Honed his skills in the Arizona Fall League.
Spent the entire 1996 season at AA Harrisburg, where he took part in 85 games at second base and 30 at short... Hit .281 in eight playoff games en route to the Eastern League Championship... Reported to the Honolulu Sharks in the Hawaii Winter League at season's end.
In 1995, was promoted to Class A West Palm Beach and drove in a career-high 62 runs in 125 games... Played in the Australian League in the offseason.
Blum spent the entire 1994 season with the Vermont Expos... Finished second in the New York-Penn League in average (.344) and tied for third in hits (83)... Was named the league's fifth best prospect by Baseball America and selected to the Postseason All-Star Team.
MLB Career Stats 3966 446 990 99 479 19 .250 .310 .694
World Series Championship
2005 Chicago White Sox AL
Astros Darryl Kile Award
2010 Houston Astros NL
2001 10 13th in NL
July 20, 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks released 3B Geoff Blum.
July 2, 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks activated 3B Geoff Blum from the 60-day disabled list.
June 16, 2012 sent 3B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to Reno Aces.
April 30, 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks transferred 3B Geoff Blum from the 15-day disabled list to the 60-day disabled list.
April 18, 2012 Arizona Diamondbacks placed 3B Geoff Blum on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 17, 2012. Strained left oblique.
September 1, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks activated 3B Geoff Blum from the 15-day disabled list.
August 31, 2011 sent 1B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to Visalia Rawhide.
August 29, 2011 sent 3B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to AZL D-backs.
July 26, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks placed 1B Geoff Blum on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 25, 2011. Fractured right pinkie finger.
July 15, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks activated 1B Geoff Blum from the 15-day disabled list.
July 4, 2011 AZL D-backs sent 1B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to Reno Aces.
June 27, 2011 Geoff Blum assigned to AZL D-backs.
June 27, 2011 Geoff Blum assigned to DSL Diamondbacks.
March 30, 2011 Arizona Diamondbacks placed 1B Geoff Blum on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 22, 2011. Swollen right knee.
November 15, 2010 Arizona Diamondbacks signed free agent 1B Geoff Blum.
November 7, 2010 1B Geoff Blum elected free agency.
August 3, 2010 Houston Astros activated 3B Geoff Blum from the 15-day disabled list.
July 31, 2010 sent 3B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to Corpus Christi Hooks.
July 4, 2010 Houston Astros placed 3B Geoff Blum on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 2, 2010. Loose bodies in his right elbow.
June 28, 2009 Houston Astros activated 3B Geoff Blum from the 15-day disabled list.
June 25, 2009 Houston Astros sent 3B Geoff Blum on a rehab assignment to Round Rock Express.
June 16, 2009 Houston Astros placed 3B Geoff Blum on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to June 13, 2009. Strained left hamstring

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I always wanted to write novels that could confront the real world head-on. If you approach it in the right way, crime fiction lends itself very well to that ambition. I've nothing against well-written fantasy or allegory but I knew from day one that it wasn't the kind of fiction I wanted to spend my own time writing. Even within crime fiction itself, there are unrealistic sub-genres that I have no interest in exploring: amateur sleuths (especially historical amateur sleuths), detectives who – bizarrely - run up against serial killers in every single book, 'cosy' crime novels which trivialise the psychological and social consequences of criminal acts. In the UK at least, the only people who routinely deal with serious crimes such as murder are the police. So from the beginning, I knew I would be chronicling the investigations of a modern British police detective – and one who would be senior enough to get involved in the most serious kinds of cases. A policeman like DCI Jacobson can go anywhere, access any layer of society. I use him as a kind of human scalpel, scraping away at whatever area of modern life I want to focus on in a specific book.
Hence race killings, political extremists, drug abuse, sink estates, financial scams, middle-class familicide, internet crime, murder for kicks?
Exactly. I write about the kind of crimes that really happen, maybe ones that tell us something important about the state we're in – where we've got to as a nation. Agatha Christie pretty much covered the pitch for anyone with a hankering after stately home murders and village green scandals. And she did it much better than her modern imitators. Unlike engineers or doctors, writers are peripheral to the day-to-day survival of any society. One of the justifications for what writers do is that they can create a record of what it was like to live in a specific time and a specific place, what life felt like. They can also help people to think about how they live, what's good, what's bad, what their moral choices are. Even in an entertainment genre like the crime novel, it's never enough, in my view, just to tell a story. The story needs to be thought-provoking and worth telling. I like to keep the old motives in there too of course: revenge, obsession, madness, jealousy, greed.
Cut Her Dead, your latest book, is the fifth in your Crowby series. Is it a challenge to keep your series characters fresh?
Yes it is. But it's a good challenge. Crime fiction is a very disciplined genre in that respect. In a crime series, you need central characters who engage the readers' interest, not just once but time and time again. They don't have to like them incidentally, just be gripped by them. A lot of readers tell me that Jacobson is too rude, too bad-tempered and too cynical. Yet they keep on reading about him! Likewise, they're also waiting for the day when the wife of my second main character (DS Kerr) finally discovers his long-term adultery. I enjoy writing those soap opera elements. Especially as I don't know too much more than the readers do about where Jacobson's and Kerr's personal story-lines will take them in the future.
Your fictional town of Crowby feels like a real place too, almost a character in its own right.
Most of the recurring locations in Crowby are real – just scattered across half-a-dozen actual Midlands towns and then re-assembled, with certain modifications, in my imagination. I like the freedom this brings to the writing process. I can say things about fictional people and fictional institutions in fictional locations that might have to be censored out for a 'real' location.
Rock and Roll or Mozart?
Actually mainly Bach this year, since I was given the complete works on CD as a present last Christmas. Jacobson doesn't have much of an ear for music but Kerr started out life as yet another of those modern detective characters with a heavy-duty popular music fixation. He met his wife at a Fall gig and knows all the words to 'Desolation Row'. The more cops-digging-music has become a modern crime fiction cliché, the less I've featured Kerr's musical tastes in the books. Kerr is still firmly stuck in his rock-and-roll loop though. These days he probably views me as a traitor to the cause. But, as time passes, I'm finding that life's too short to waste it on the Arctic Monkeys when I haven't remotely heard everything by Beethoven or Monteverdi.
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This feature first appeared in New Books Magazine, issue 43.


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After almost a year of hype and speculation Demand Media finally had to release some numbers in order to file for their IPO.
In case you didn't have time to read all 269 pages, here are the 5 numbers you need to know:
[Reminder: I work at Answers.com, which is in some ways a competitor]
Most stories about Demand Media claimed that their "content farm" business was "profitable as hell." The number most frequently thrown around was $200 million a year.
Demand Media's total 2009 revenue was indeed right around there. But most of that was from other businesses.
Demand's "content farm" business only brought in only 37% of that, $73 million.
$-22 million
Demand lost $22 million last year. The number would be higher if they were expensing their content creation costs instead of amortizing those costs over 5 years. If that's profitable as hell, then Satan is drowning in red ink.
Since being formed in 2006, Demand has lost $52 million.
Their 2009 compensation table shows Richard Rosenblatt earning $260,000 in salary, $100,000 in an incentive plan, and $4.3 million in option awards. Nice.
Demand Media 2009 compensation table
Percent of eHow's page views that come from Google search. The percentage would likely be significantly higher if they reported what percent of their visits and revenue come from Google search. And this doesn't include the other search engines. It also probably doesn't include traffic that goes from Google to other Demand properties and from there to eHow. So the percent of eHow's revenue-generating traffic coming from search engines is probably much higher than 60%.
It's normal for reference sites to get most of their traffic from Google. When About.com was bought by the New York Times for $400 million they were getting 80% of their traffic from SEO. Stack Overflow's Joel Spolsky mentioned that his site got 85% of their traffic from Google, and they considered Google's results page to be Stack's home page. Didn't stop Stack Overflow from getting an all star cast of investors. Search engine expert Danny Sullivan wrote an article 2 years ago pointing out that Wikipedia got 60% of its traffic from Google, and another 20% from Yahoo! And of course Answers.com (where I work) gets most of its traffic from search.
Reference sites are far more dependent on Google than most other sites, because most people go to Google when they're searching for information. Even Wikipedia has been unable to build a strong enough loyal user base to be consider Google just a side source of traffic.
And here are 2 bonus numbers:
Revenue from their owned Web Sites increased by 77% between 2008 and 2009, but by only 17% between 2009 and 2010. So the image of this as a business experiencing rapid growth may be exaggerated.
The internal rate of return on content created during the 3rd quarter of 2008 is 58% (through June 30, 2010). So during the first nearly two years of that content's lifetime it earned back it's initial cost plus 58%. They caution investors to "not rely on the internal rate of return for a cohort, including our Q308 cohort, as being indicative of the internal rate of return for any other cohorts." They justify the use of that quarter because it "represents the oldest cohort that utilized the core elements of our current content creation process." It's a good number. But it's a small and perhaps unrepresentative sample.
By an interesting coincidence, in the first half of 2010 Google ad networks provided 58% of their advertising revenue, up from 44% in 2009. That's a 30% increase, and does not bode well for their ability to sell directly to branded advertisers. The growing part of their business, eHow, probably has a substantially higher percentage of its revenues coming from the Google ad network, which is normal for this type of site.
Demand finally gave us 269 pages, some good numbers, and some nice analysis. But very little evidence that this model is working.
And if you're really interested:
More key info from Demand Media's S1
GAAP losses: $22m for 2009, $6m for 1st half of 2010
They're pushing Adjusted OIBDA (adjusted operating income before depreciation and amortization expense), where they had $37m in profits in 2009 and $26m in 1st half of 2010. I can't tell how much of this is legitimate view of the company going forward. They seem to have placed a lot of failed bets over the years that they're probably amortizing, and that are "unfairly" weighing down their GAAP numbers (in that they may not be reflective of their current business). But they also amortize many of their normal operating expenses (for example, content creation) and I'm not sure if that's included in Adjusted OIBDA.
2009 revenue:
Total: $198m
From web sites (not the registrar): $107m
From web sites they own: $73m
i. Growth from 2007->2008: 77%
ii. Growth from 2008->2009: 17%
[Registrar revenue also stopped growing. 61% in 2008. 6% in 2009. Their network of customer sites grew 57% or 58% each year]
eHow:Responsible for 13% of their revenue in 2009, which should mean $26m
Grew to 21% of their revenue in 2010 ($24m in 6 months)
Has higher RPMs than the rest of the network
And yet they claim they're trying to diversify from it. While all of the content they produced in Q3-08 went to eHow, only 60% of the content they produced last quarter went to eHow.
Google advertising: 18% of their 2009 revenue came from Google ($36m) (This means about 34% of their non-registrar revenue). For the first half of 2010, it's 26% of their total revenue. This also includes DoubleClick (I'm guessing a very small part) and YouTube (also I'm guessing a very small part). Their eHow AdSense deal is good till Q2 2012.
Capitalization:
Content is amortized on a straight-line basis over five years
Internally developed software and website development costs are depreciated on a straight-line basis over their estimated three year useful life.
eHow and eNom (their domain registrar): in addition to being about half their revenue, they mention that eNom is "a valuable source of data regarding Internet users' online interests, expanded third-party distribution opportunities and proprietary access to commercially valuable domain names that we selectively add to our owned and operated websites. Together, our Content & Media and Registrar service offerings provide us with proprietary data to identify Internet users' online interests, the ability to produce relevant content in an economically sustainable manner, broad distribution that enables our content to reach the audience that will want to consume it, a system of monetization tools that enable us to generate revenue and the scale to realize efficiencies within our overall business." Later, when they describe how they started the company, they write "We commenced operations in May 2006 with the acquisitions of eHow, a leading ''how-to'' content-oriented website and eNom, a provider of Internet domain name registration services."
Article content published on eHow in Q3-08 generated a 58% internal rate of return through June 30, 2010. This content achieved 62% revenue growth in the second quarter of 2010 as compared to the second quarter of 2009 … It's quite possible though that they didn't choose Q3-08 randomly, but rather they chose it because that's the quarter that produced the best numbers. Similarly, it's possible that the content did not achieve 62% revenue growth Q4 to Q4, or Q1 to Q1. These are good numbers. But the numbers may be cherry-picked, and may not be representative.
Video: "we believe currently that the internal rate of return on video is less than the internal rate of return on article content"
For more coverage of Demand Media's recently released numbers, see:
Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land: Demand Media's IPO: The Google & SEO Aspects
Peter Kafka at AllThingsD: How Demand Media Will Pitch a Billion Dollar IPO
Kevin Kelleher at Daily Finance: Demand Media's IPO: The Devil is in the Details
Nicholas Carson and Jay Yarow at Business Insider: Demand Media Files for IPO
Paid Content: Demand Media by the Numbers
And here's some good background on Demand Media:
Daniel Roth at Wired magazine alerted many to Demand's model in The Answer Factory: Demand Media and the Fast, Disposable, and Profitable as Hell Media Model
Jason Fry of Reinventing the Newsroom weighed in with Hey Demand Media Get Off My Lawn
Kara Swisher responded at All Things Digital with Demand Media Is Mad as Hell and, Well, Pens a Manifesto (And Here It Is!)
David Carr of the New York Times provided his analysis with Plentiful Content, So Cheap
For more background and perspective on "Content Farms" see Quality is Still King and Large-Scale Content-Creation Sites.
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Thirty million red blood cells circulate twelve thousand miles in a never ceasing loop through our bodies every day. Our blood has to keep moving in order to perfuse every organ and vessel necessary to keep us alive. Nothing in our body works without the constant presence and movement of our blood. Yet, few of us think about our blood until we see a few drops trickle from a cut. Then, we're horrified by it.
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A while ago, it was announced that the Pikachu New Nintendo 2DS XL (launched alongside Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon in Japan) would be released on January 26th in Europe. Nothing was announced for North America… until last week, when we learned that it would be also be released on January 26th in that region. It will cost $159.99, like all regular New Nintendo 2DS XL Models.
Pokémon Crystal (3DS Virtual Console) comes out on January 26th, worldwide.
Check out this post for more details about the various Pokémon distribution for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon!
Last week, The Pokémon Company announced a change regarding qualifications for the Pokémon World Championships for the VGC category.
This year, it will be done via the 2018 International Challenges, and more precisely the ones in January, March, and April. Players who rank high enough in those will be invited to a special tournament to be held on June 9th and June 10th, where there will compete in order to win entry to the Pokémon World Championships.
Also, it was announced that the Latin America International Championships would be held from April 27th to April 29th in Brazil, at the WTC Events Center in Sao Paulo.
Last week, a new web show for Pokémon was announced. Called P-Sports (P-Sports ~Mezase, Pokémon Battle Monster!~), it will be streamed on AbemaTV on January 24th at 8PM JST. Several people will appear in that show, including Yamamoto (who used to appear in the Pokémon Sunday and Pokémon Smash shows) and Hajime Syacho (a famous YouTuber).
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At the Center Grove District event, Cyber Blue won the district Chairman's Award. This award is very exciting for the team since we have not won for four years.
We are excited to present our Chairman's presentation at the Indiana State Championship, with a win there qualifying us to win the Chairman's Award at the world championships in Detroit.
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I must begin by saying that a good education is one of the most valuable possessions one can have. That said, I am not a fan of public education for many reasons, some of which I will express here.
The government continues to gouge taxpayers over education. Large promises of noble advances are made. Few changes in the public education system benefit our children. OUSD's Measure K is no exception. It promises high and delivers low.
The alleged $296 million for renovating our four existing high schools is a massive underestimation of the project's costs. It's likely to cost three to four times more.
Assuming the $296 million estimate is correct, that funding is equivalent to one year's operating expenses for the school system. Would any business do this?
Good teachers make good education. School bonds do not. More funding needs to go to teachers' tools, not to developers, lawyers and contractors. Enough is enough.
School bonds raise property values? If this were so abundantly clear, the sky should be the limit on school bonds. OUSD management should have floated the bonds some time ago and every year thereafter. Why didn't they? Because the premise is false, and they know it. Despite the cockamamie sales pitch that every dollar of bond debt creates a huge increase in property values, the truth is elsewhere. Good education raises property values. Taj Mahals do not.
As for the proclaimed oversight committee, its better name would be the "overlooked committee." Its only function is to REVIEW spending and report negligence. To whom it will report negligence? The school board. The fox will be watching the hen house.
For the better part of 10 years, OUSD management has been setting aside two percent of its operating budget for building maintenance. That's the minimal amount prescribed by law. Had management been resourceful in its obligation to its students and community, the current situation of ramshackle buildings would be far less. Leopards don't change their spots. I can expect more of the same when a $296 million windfall hits the bank account.
Technology is revamping all facets of our lives and the way we lead them. I can't predict how home schooling, online teaching and other educational advances are going to affect how education is delivered. I can predict that technology will change things. Just look at what's changed in the last decade. In 10 more years it's reasonable to believe that school facilities, as we know them now, will no longer be needed in the volume that OUSD has them today. It's not too farfetched to believe that in 30 years we'll be paying off the debt for school facilities that were long ago torn down by developers.
There is no doubt that our children need education. There is no doubt that OUSD schools need repair. There is plenty of doubt among plenty of people that a $296 million capital expenditure is the right thing to do at this time. Our situation needs a 21st century vision of education. Within that vision, tell me how school facilities will fit. I stand on that side and I urge a "no" vote on Measure K.
Peter Jacklin lives in Orange Park Acres.


ANZAC DAY: Thursday April 25 2019 marks the 104th anniversary of the Anzac's landing at Gallipoli shores to fight in World War I.
THOUSANDS of community members are expected to gather at Anzac Day ceremonies across the Upper Hunter on Thursday April 25.
Anzac Day is the solemn day of remembrance of Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who fought and died at Gallipoli in 1915.
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Problems With Agricultural Produce on the Texas Border
In a release in early April, President Joe Biden announced that all expulsions under Title 42 would end in late May. This Title, enacted in March 2020 by former President Donald Trump, allows for the expulsion of undocumented asylum seekers along the Mexico border.
As a result of this announcement, the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, announced on April 6 a series of actions that would help secure the border between Texas and Mexico, a measure that caused truckers to begin a blockade on the Pharr-Reynosa international bridge as a sign of protest.
One of the main points of disagreement among the truckers is the requirement of an additional inspection for all commercial vehicles crossing the Texas-Mexico border, something that has been causing long waiting lines to cross, with some truckers reporting waits of up to 40 hours.
Evidently, the agricultural industry was quick to react, as U.S. officials have expressed concern about the impact these border delays have had on the supply chain of produce coming from Mexico.
According to Lance Jungmeyer, president of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA), more than $9 billion dollars of produce are traded through Texas each year.
Jungmeyer also noted that these delays have meant that up to 80% of perishable produce cannot cross daily, which translates into millions of dollars in losses for business owners and employees who have been idled.
On the other hand, the president of the Texas International Produce Association (TIPA), Dante Galeazzi, expressed his concern and implored Governor Abbott to find a solution.
Galeazzi said fresh produce from Mexico employs about 8,000 Texans and represents $850 million to the state's economy.
On top of that, this problem interrupted the flow of fresh produce for the Easter holiday, which mainly affected retailers in the United States.
Finally, after a week, last Wednesday, April 13, the truckers ended the blockade, although additional inspections are still continuing, and the flow of vehicles is slow.
Governor Abbott proceeded to relax the border inspections after meeting with various Mexican authorities from the states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua and Coahuila, with whom joint measures were agreed upon to facilitate the crossing of vehicles at different parts along the border.
However, the consequences generated by both the governor's action and the commercial delays will continue for weeks, to which Jungmeyer said: "If the inspections stopped today, it would take over a week for the supply chain to return to normal".
The Packer. Texas governor action causes trucker blockade, 'dramatic impacts' to supply chain.
https://www.thepacker.com/news/industry/texas-governor-action-causes-trucker-blockade-dramatic-impacts-supply-chain
The Packer. Texas-Mexico border blockade ends, added inspections continue.
https://www.thepacker.com/news/industry/texas-mexico-border-blockade-ends-added-inspections-continue
El País. El gobernador de Texas relaja las inspecciones tras días de caos en la frontera con México.
https://elpais.com/mexico/2022-04-15/el-gobernador-de-texas-relaja-las-inspecciones-en-la-frontera-con-chihuahua-y-coahuila-tras-dias-de-caos.html


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Elia Alba
On View: July 18 through July 23, 2017
Interview: Friday, July 21 from 6-8P, hosted by Sweety's member Bryan Rodriguez Cambana
GALLERY TEXT (En Español)
Elia Alba's installation for Sweety's Radio: Edición Especial will include three videos, Unruhe, Se Revela, Se Devela and Gigglers, all made between 2001 and 2010. These works show Alba's manipulation of reality as fantasy and vice versa, always within a societal framework informing this dynamic. In Unruhe, Alba focuses on this German word, meaning unrest, to compose a dream-like scenario, using Super 8 and video, during which dolls are aggressively handled as they float on and move through the water. Se Revela, Se Devela expresses the idea of unmasking as a cultural practice that both contains and sustains the face. Gigglers, filmed on IslaMorada, examines fractured identities and adolescence through the laughter, play and the undeterred stare of four young girls wearing masks and wigs, floating in the ocean.
This project is the fourth installment of Sweety's Radio: Edición Especial, on view through July 30, 2017.
Brooklyn-born artist Elia Alba is a multi-media artist working through video and performance. Her latest project entitled "The Supper Club" gathers cultural makers to examine race through food, dialogue, and portraiture, culminating as a solo show forthcoming fall 2017 at The 8th Floor.
Cuchifritos is FREE to the public and handicap accessible. Located inside Essex Street Market at the south end nearest Delancey.
Cuchifritos Gallery + Project Space is a program of Artists Alliance Inc., a 501c3 not for profit organization located on the Lower East Side of New York City within the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center. Cuchifritos is supported in part by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. This program is made possible by public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts. We thank the New York City Economic Development Corporation and individual supporters of Artists Alliance Inc for their continued support. Special thanks go to our team of dedicated volunteers and interns, without whom this program would not be possible. For more information, visit artistsallianceinc.org.


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Yearly Reviews
Travel Selfies
John Dunn and Catherine Elliott
John Dunn was born at Quidong near Bombala, and his parents were (probably) John and Catherine or John and Elizabeth (as the death record for his brother, James 4915/1928 suggests ).
The death notice for his brother, James Dunn, which appeared in the Delegate Argus of Thursday 2 February 1928 adds some information confirms John the Senior would "(Cart) wool clips from thestations with a bullock team. Onetrip Mr. Dunn spoke of was around trip from Sydney to Melb-ourne. They also carted goods to Kiandra in its flourishing days."
In 1872, John worked as a miner at Quidong, south-west of Bombala (it was a copper mine) near the NSW/Victorian border.
He met and married Catherine Elliot on May 26, 1873 in the Roman Catholic Church at Cooma. According to their marriage certificate, John was a labourer from Bombala, whilst Catherine was a Labourer's daughter from Jillamatong (near Braidwood).
Catherine was very likely the daughter of William Elliott and Mary Fitzgerald and would have spent the early part of her life on the Monaro in the Bombala and Cooma districts, although her death notice in the newspaper says she was born specifically in the Bombala District.
After marriage, they settled in the Bombala District, living at Quidong (south-west of Bombala) until at least 1875, and Buckley's Springs by 1885. John worked initially as a miner, and later as a carrier.
They appear to have spent most of their later life at Rosemeath on the outskirts of Bombala.
Though I can't be sure at this stage, but the evidence suggests he may have been charged with larceny in 1922. The Bombala Times of Friday 8 December 1922 reports:
John Dunn, an elderly man, 76 years of age, and an old-age pensioner, was charged 'with the larceny, of a pair of plumber's snips, valued at 2s, the property, of S. W. Kimber. The evidence of Constable Witney was to the effect that at S. Kimber's sale on Saturday, after noon last the theft of the snips was reported, and on questioning the accused, the latter produced the snips from his saddle-bag, and said he had picked them up in the yard and thought they were of no value. Accused elected to be dealt with by this. Court, and pleaded guilty. He was fined £2, costs of court, 8s. Twelve weeks allowed to pay.
According to his death notice, John was also a talented athlete.
His death was reported in "The Bombala Times" on September 23, 1927.
Mr John Dunn, who had been in failing health for some time, passed away on Monday morning. He had reached the great age of 80, and of that term of life some 50 years had been spent in the Bombala district. He leaves a widow and a grown-up family of sons and daughters, and as they are well known throughout the district there was a large attendance at the funeral on Tuesday to pay the last respects. The service was conducted by the Rev. Father Roche. In years gone by Mr Dunn was one of Bombala's champion athletes, and as a foot runner he scored a number of valuable trophies as well as money prizes, in the days when foot running was booming, and a runner had to be among the top notchers to do any good.
A further report of his death in the Delegate Argus (NSW : 1906 – 1943), Thursday 22 September 1927, page 2 provides some further information about John and his family.
The death took place at Bombala on Monday morning last of Mr. John Dunn, an old and well known resident of that district. He had reached the advanced age of 80 years and had'been ailing for some years past. He was a native of the district, having been born at Quidong. A widow and crown-up family, survive him. Deceased was a brother of Mrs. D. Stokes and Mr. James Dunn, of Delegate. He was a noted runner in hs early days and 'will be remembered' by many old hands as one of the champions of his time; The funeral, which was largely attended, took place on Tuesday at the Bombala Cemetery. Rev. Father Roche conducted the burial service. Mr. Dunn was an old member of the Grand United Order of 'Oddfellows' members of that Order marched in the funeral procession.
Catherine died at Bombala on the evening of Tuesday, July 14, 1936 (15579/1936) and was buried the following day. Her death was reported in the "Bombala Times" of Friday, July 17, 1936.
Another of our very old residents passed away on Tuesday night in the person of Mrs. Catherine Dunn, widow of the late Mr. John Dunn. Mrs. Dunn, who was 78 years of age, had been ailing for a long time, and although all possible was done for her by members of her family, the doctor, and the Hospital staff, it could only be in the nature of alleviating her suffering at such an age. The funeral on Wednesday afternoon proceeded to the R.C. portion of the Bombala cemetery, where the last rites were performed in the presence of a large gathering of mourners and sympathisers. The late Mrs. Dunn was born in the Bombala district, her parents being the late Mr. and Mrs. William Elliott. And of that family there now only remains Mr. P. Elliott; a sister, who was formerly Mrs. Hawkins died at Cooma on Wednesday, the day after Mrs. Dunn. Mrs Dunn's family now living consists of five daughters and three sons. The sons are: William, John (Sydney) and Charles (Lismore). The daughters are: Mrs. Thomas Reedy (Canberra), Mrs Jim Elton (Aston), Mrs. R. Jones (Sydney), Mrs W. White and Mrs. C. Ingram (Bombala).
John Dunn was born on March 13, 1847 and baptized on May 8, 1847 near Queanbeyan, the son of John Dunn, a shepherd at Woden (now part of the ACT) and Elizabeth Davis or Davidson. He met and married Catherine Elliot, the daughter of William and Ann, on May 26, 1873 in the Roman Catholic Church at Cooma. Catherine Elliott was born in the Cooma District.
Sydney Morning Herald Monday 28 July 1884
* John Dunn was born 1875 (8239/1875) at Bombala. He lived in Sydney at the time of his mother's death, according to the death notice.
* William Bernard was born 1878 (9507/1878) at Bombala. He married Annie E Parkes at Bombala in 1906 (9579/1906).
According to Monaroo Pioneers Annie Ellen Parkes was born on July 26, 1881 in Little Plain, Bombala, NSW and died in 1923 in Bombala, NSW at age 42. William also married Daisy Mildred Reed who was born in 1887 in Bombala, NSW and died in 1977 in NSW at age 90. William Bernard died in 1942 (16063/1942) at Bombala.
* Caroline Dunn was born 1882 (21576/1882) at Bombala. When she died aged 3 years and 7months in 1885, John and Catherine were living at Buckley's Springs, Bombala.
* Catherine Dunn was born 1884 (25114/1884) at Bombala. She married Robert Jones at Bombala in 1908 (1048/1908)
* Mary J Dunn was born (unknown). She married Thomas Reedy at Bombala in 1895 (6755/1895), I am unsure about the exact birth of Mary J. The death notice for Catherine indicates she married Thomas Reedy, but the only Mary I can find born to a John and Catherine Dunn was a Mary A. E. born to John S Dunn and Catherine at Carcoar. I don't think this is right. Anyone know?
* Charles Henry was born 1890 (7311/1890) at Bombala. Charles married Bertha Ellen Rixon on January 19, 1921 (1921/002992) at St Matthias' Church of England, Bombala with the permission of her mother, Ellen Rixon. Charles Dunn died at Lismore Base Hospital on Saturday, July 24, 1943 (19696/1943) due to heart and lung disease and is buried at the East Lismore Cemetery.
* Edith Elizabeth Dunn was born 1880 (10770/1880) at Bombala. She married James Elton at Bombala in 1907 (963/1907). James Elton was born 1881 at Rosemeath and died August 15, 1967 at Bombala. Edith Elizabeth died June 30, 1955 at Bombala, where she is buried in Grave 777. (Information sourced from Monaro Pioneers)
* Sarah A Dunn was born 1892 (7246/1892) at Bombala. She married William E White at Bombala in 1915 (6227/1915). She died at Bombala in 1958 (13875/1958)
* Doris Flodell Dunnwas born 1901 (30044/1901) at Bombala. She married Coulson Victor Ingram at Bombala in 1927 (9967/1927). She died at Bombala in 1975 (11128/1975). Note, the death records lists her mother as "Katherine" not "Catherine".
* Although I cannot find a birth listing for a Catherine Elliott for about the year 1857, Catherine's death notice refers to her brother Patrick Elliott, as being the only remaining living sibling. He died a couple of years later at Bombala in 1939 (8286/1939), aged 84. Although the family lists Patrick's father's name as William, like Catherine, there is no listing for the mother's name. Upon searching for the birth of Patrick Elliott in about 1855 with the father's name William, I can only find one reference (V18552056 72/1855), Thus, it's very likely Catherine (and Patrick) were the children of William Elliott and Mary J Fitzgerald. Further evidence for this comes when you cross-reference the deaths of Patrick Elliott's siblings. The deaths for Sarah A Tozer (1915), John T Elliott (1923) list the parents as William and Mary J. Thus, I am reasonably confident that Catherine's parents were William Elliott and Mary J Fitzgerald.
* According to Greville's Post Office Directory 1872 John Dunn was a miner at Quedong.
Sharing Around: Please feel free to copy any of the information on this page which may help you in your own research. My feeling is that family research is hard enough, without the need to constantly re-invent the wheel. It would be great, however, if you'd leave a comment below just to say "hi".
I have just come across your site totally by accident. I am on the trail of my family tree, and I have been having trouble with some of the people I am looking for. I am somehow related through the Dunn's but I just haven't worked out how yet.
When I was ten my grandmother died. In her personal effects I found some old photos with names on the back, and a short note saying they were her relatives. Ellen Dunn is one of them, and I am going to send you a photo of her to add to this part of your site.
Many thanks for the information you have provided.
Great to hear from you. I would be very keen to see the photograph, though the name Ellen Dunn doesn't instantly spring to mind. As for your grandmother's connection, maybe try her death notice in the local paper, as they often list relatives names, and not just children, and often close friends. That might help with the connection.
gwen hubert
I was pleased to find your family story while looking up Elliotts. It is sometimes helpful to sort out a family especially when there are different streams by the same surname who are not related. I have often wondered about the Bombala Elliott name, as there were Elliotts living on the Snowy River at Biddi. It looks like they were no relation. Another member of my family married an Elliott and may have no connection, even though they married in the Bombala district. He was a sailor.
I just happened upon your webpage by accident too, why doing more research on my Dunn ancestors from Merimbula & Wolumla. Do you have any connections with them at all?
I have been trying to connect the Bushranger John Dunn with my family, only because of 3 "hearsay" stories handed down through the family over the years, but not having any more information, just can't fit this puzzle together. I agree wholeheartedly regarding sharing information, as there are too many "brick walls" to climb over when doing Family History Research. Great reading all your info too & Good Luck.
Denise.
Great to hear from you. I'm not 100% sure about whether there's a connection with the Dunn family from Merimbula and Wolumla. I haven't done a huge amount of research beyond my grandfather and his family who were from Bombala. You've given me the inspiration to dig a little deeper. And thanks for your comments about the website.
Ken McQueen
Dear James,
I found your website while searching for information on mining at Quedong (now Quidong). I was interested to learn that John Dunn was a miner there in 1872. He probably worked for the Belmore Frehold Silver and Lead Mining Company Ltd, which started mining there in 1868 and finally went bust in about 1872 or 3. They took over from an earlier company called the Quedong Copper Mining Company Ltd, which mined about 300 tons of copper from 1865 to 68. I am writing an article on the mining activity here and if I find out any more information I will pass it on.
Thanks for your message Ken. As I am currently overseas for a few months, my research is on hold for the moment. But I would certainly appreciate any information you find, and would be interested to read your article when it's completed. James
Mary Ellen Grahame
Hi, my name is Mary Grahame and Mary Jane Dunn was my great grandmother. She married Thomas Reedy in Bombala and a had a family of 8 girls and one son. One of the girls (my grandmother) who was the second born was named Mary Ellen Jane. She was born in 1898 in Bombala and died at the age of 90 years in Canberra. Currently I am helping my cousin Ed Staples research this part of our family tree.
Ed Staples
Hi, my name is Ed Staples. If you get back to me at the above address, I can provide you with the visitors password to access my family tree. It contains information on the descendency of Mary Jane Dunn.
Hi Ed, I'm currently travelling in Europe, but will be in touch when I return to Sydney. Thanks for being in touch. James
I am an historian at the ANU in Canberra, writing a history of the Delegate Aboriginal Reserve. If you ever come across the names William (Billy) Rutherford, James Brindle or Alex Brindle could you drop me a line? They were well known figures in the Bombala/Quidong/Delegate area as stockmen and black trackers. The older locals all know of them from when they were children but they didn't make it into the records much.
Hi Christine, I certainly will. No problems. James
While my family descend from a different line, (John Dunn, the bush ranger was my grandfathers Uncle), I cannot help but note that sprinting is also a characteristic in my family.
My fathers cousin held the Australian 100 meter record
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/26449845?searchTerm=%22Brian%20Dunn%22%20AND%20%28sprint%29
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/17968931?searchTerm=%22Brian%20Dunn%22%20AND%20(sprint)%E2%80%8F
James Dunn, my great grandfather, married Bridget O'Brien.
While there is no relationship from descendants in Australia, Michael Dunn, my great great grandfather came from smithfiled
Brendan,
My father who died in 1981 was David Brian Dunn who indeed held the Australian 100 yard sprint record.
beadunn
Sorry that it has taken me so long to reply. If you would like more information on James Dunn, your great grandfather, my email is beadunn@hotmail.com
Denise Marshall
Hi Brendan, I would be most interested in discussing John Dunn the bushranger's father Michael, with you,if possible?….I strongly believe that my gr.gr. grandfather James Dunn (Irish convict), was Michael's brother, due to different stories having been handed down through the family, also by different relatives…..I would so much like to put all the 'loose ends' together, as it's been bugging me for many years now…….
Please send me and email
Address is in the post above
And we can share
Can you tell me the names of Michael Dunn's parents please & where he was actually born?
Teresa Hughes
I'm related to James Dunn through his wife Bridget O'Brien, her brother William O'Brien was my
great great grandfather, They were the children of John O'Brien and Catherine O'Brien nee Garvey who where pioneers of Temora, Cootamundra and Stockinbingal area and descendants still live in the area.
Hope you are well
the mysteries of the internet posted Teresa's comments to me today, twelve years after they posted here
Please pass my email addres onto her beadunn@hotmail.com. She still may be interested in her great great aunty.
Have passed on via email.
Robert Malone
John Dunn and Elizabeth Davis/Davidson and William Elliott and Mary J Fitzgerald were my 3 times great grandparents. The link continues down through Mary Jane Dunn and the Reedys.
I've been doing a bit of research on the 3 times great grandparents and am curious to know how it matches up with what you have found.
My email address is – bobandfi@yahoo.com if you would like to make contact.
Good to hear from you
Save putting an off topic discussion in James' blog, my email is beadone@gmail.com. Please send me an email and I will bring you up to speed on my family tree research, including James Dunn and Bridget O'Brien
Did you receive the photos of Bridget O'Brien her brother William O'Brien and parents John O'Brien and Catherine Garvey I emailed you
Hi Teresa
I didn't actually, and I've just double-checked my email. I would love to see and love to share.
Brendan Dunn
I have just re-read your comment and noticed that you have mentioned that you have a photo of Bridget. While you have already sent me photos of William, Catherine, Alfred and Mary, I did not receive any of Bridget, who is my great great grandmother. If you do have one of Bridget, I would really appreciate a copy, my email is beadunn@hotmail.com
I Would like gather more information and share what I have.
Please send me an email so we do not fill up James blog with our family information. It is beadunn@hotmail.com
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Ukrainian mom, who had to leave her adult children behind, brings stranger's kids to safety
By Info Kosova March 1, 2022
Powerful images continue to pour in from Ukraine following the Russian invasion. This one is of a mother who bravely crossed the border of the war-torn country and entered Hungary with a precious cargo that had been entrusted to her.
Nataliya Ableyeva arrived in Hungary clutching a mobile phone number of a woman she had never met as well as her children. It was while waiting at the border to find refuge on the other side, that Ableyeva met a desperate 38-year-old man, who happened to be from her hometown of Kamianets-Podilskyi.
With him were his two young children, a son, and a daughter. When the border guards would not allow him to pass, he handed his beloved kids to Ableyeva trusting her to keep them safe until their mother could get them. "Their father simply handed over the two kids to me, and trusted me, giving me their passports to bring them over," recalled the 58-year-old woman while tightly holding the young boy she had met hours earlier.
At the Ukrainian border, a mother brings a stranger's children to safetyhttps://t.co/xuyeMkTTbT
— The Indian Express (@IndianExpress) February 27, 2022
On February 24, Ukraine banned all-male citizens aged "18-60" from leaving the country so they could fight for their country. "In particular, it is forbidden for men aged 18-60, Ukraine citizens, to leave the borders of Ukraine," declared the State Border Guard Service shortly after the introduction of martial law in Ukraine, reports CNN.
"This regulation will remain in effect for the period of the legal regime of martial law. We ask the citizens to take this information into consideration." This is why the children's father could not cross the border at the time. As for their mother, she was on her way from Italy to get her kids. Ableyeva, who brought a stranger's kids to safety, revealed that she had to leave her two grown-up kids behind in Ukraine due to the mobilization decree as one was a nurse and the other a policeman.
According to Reuters. she held the two small kids' hands and crossed the border together. When they arrived at the Hungarian side at Beregsurany, Ableyeva waited with the children until their mother arrived. They sat on a bench near a tent that had been set up for the steady flow of refugees that had been pouring in. As soon as the little boy's mobile phone rang, he started crying as it was his mother.
She was almost at the border post moments away from reuniting with her children. 33-year-old Anna Semyuk arrived shortly after and immediately pulled her son into a warm embrace, She then went to tend to her daughter, who was lying in the back of a car, wrapped in a blanket due to exhaustion. Finally, the emotional mother thanked Ableyeva for safely bringing her two kids to her.
The two women embraced each other for several minutes before breaking down into tears. "All I can say to my kids now, is that everything will be alright. In one or two weeks, and we will go home," shared Semyuk even as Russia shows no signs of putting an end to the violent invasion.
Cover image source: YouTube Screenshots | Guardian News


Few would accuse San Francisco's political columnists of objectivity: scribes like the Examiner's Ken Garcia and the Chronicle's CW "Chuck" Nevius are paid to have an opinion. That said, media members must still walk a fine line. Politically-involved columnists and editors must think carefully how to act to avoid losing all credibility, whether it's endorsing one's self in a newspaper one publishes, or accepting an invitation to speak at a fundraiser for a partisan political organization that just so happens to agree with your columns (or vice versa) 95 percent of the time.
The latter example comes straight from Nevius. The moderate Chron columnist — once described by the SF Bay Guardian as a suburban twit — was scheduled to be the keynote speaker at a $200-a-plate fundraiser, held for the benefit of the Coalition for Responsible Growth.
The CRG is a group that in 2008 backed moderate candidates for city supervisor over progressive candidates. The Coalition describes itself in its mission statement as a group which "engage[s] in candidate electioneering and take[s] other political action," ostensibly to ensure that "S.F. takes a hard turn to the right," to quote a letter from then-chairman John Keogan, rallying the troops during the 2008 campaign.
To readers of Nevius's columns, his presence at a fundraiser surrounded by like-minded moneyed interests and voters isn't too surprising. In fact, it's intellectually consistent: Nevius has banged the drum for every moderate cause celebre in recent memory, from quality of life issues like the sit-lie ordinance to pro-development stances in favor of big downtown towers 555 Washington (and don't get us started on his voluminous coverage of sandwich shop-turned wedge issue Ike's).
But it's still questionable ethics for a journalist, objective or otherwise, to be the main draw for a political organization, that will in turn use the funds the journalist's presence helped to raise on election campaigns. When contacted by the Appeal, Nevius directed inquiries to Steve Proctor, the Chronicle's Managing Editor.
Proctor hadn't heard about Nevius's political side-showing until the Appeal's e-mail, he said. Had he known beforehand, he would have told his columnist not to attend. As it is, Proctor asked Nevius on Tuesday afternoon not to make the appearance, he told the Appeal, and his columnist agreed.
"Chuck is paid for his opinions, but this is a slightly different circumstance," said Proctor, who said that while it's perfectly acceptable for a journalist to attend a political fundraiser, it's not OK for a journalist to participate in one.
Wondering if we'd ruined the evening for the CRG, the Appeal rang the telephone number listed on the CRG's Web site seeking comment Tuesday afternoon. A woman answered who did not identify herself before saying she could not comment but would pass on our message to someone who could. Our message was not returned at publication time.
As of Wednesday morning, Nevius was still listed as the keynote speaker on the CRG's web site.