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P-D Editorial 9/13/2010: "Quelle surprise! Our view * Clearing the air of a secondhand smoke screen."
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The following St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial appeared a couple of weeks ago but is highly pertinent, especially in view of the developments of the past week, during which MoGASP conducted undercover measurements at the Double D Lounge with a view to putting Bill Hannegan's claims of super air quality in that smoking venue to the test.
Below is a photo taken in the back portion of the Double D Lounge where a pool table and dart boards are located. On the ceiling are mounted two large smoke eaters, one nearest the camera, the second at the far end. Seated in the foreground are three young women, two holding cigarettes. The photo was taken on Saturday, September 25, 2010, shortly before 10:00 pm.
Rear section of DD's Irish Pub & Karaoke, formerly the Double D Lounge,
with two ceiling-mounted smoke eaters
Were we doing anything underhanded? Not as long as the test adhered to strict scientific standards, which was the case.
Below are three of Hannegan's comments, posted on the Post-Dispatch's website on September 9 following a story by Post-Dispatch reporter, BLYTHE BERNHARD, titled "Study: Venues with smoking have more nicotine in air," published that day:
Bill Hannegan said on: September 9, 2010, 1:05 am
I challenge the Wash U ETS researchers to test the air at the Double D Lounge, a St. Louis County bar featuring five of the most powerful air purification systems ever made running 24/7. These units remove all the components of secondhand smoke from bar air. If the air at Double D Lounge is found to be have a substantial amount of nicotine, then I'll concede their point.
"Purification systems can remove the appearance and odor of smoke, but not all of the small particulate matter that can reach the lungs." The air purification machines at the Double D Lounge remove all the components of secondhand smoke, including the smallest particles.
Newstchuck, we would be very interested in having the air of the Double D Lounge tested.
Comments by Hannegan like the above helped persuade MoGASP to conduct Indoor Air Quality tests about which Hannegan is now apparently crying foul.
Below is the editorial, evidently sparked in part by Hannegan's comments:
Quelle surprise!
Our view * Clearing the air of a secondhand smoke screen.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch editorial
Monday, 9/13/2010
As St. Louis voters prepared to cast their ballots on clean indoor-air laws last fall, opponents trotted out a familiar argument:
"Modern filtration systems have all but eliminated the dangers of secondhand smoke, " wrote Bill Hannegan, who headed a group opposing the smoking bans, in a letter to the Post-Dispatch.
It's a seemingly compelling argument with an interesting provenance.
Unfortunately, it is not true. Washington University researchers measured nicotine levels in 10 bars and 10 restaurants in St. Louis County. Their results were released last week: Places that allow smoking had 31 times more airborne nicotine than those that don't.
Fully half of the establishments tested had ventilation systems. The ventilation systems didn't help.
Bars and restaurants with ventilation systems actually recorded higher nicotine levels than restaurants and bars with no ventilation systems. Researchers suggested that may be because of the ventilation systems "recycling the air back into the same space."
The American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers – the people who sell, design and install ventilation systems – wouldn't be surprised at the results. The group issued a statement in 2005 saying that ventilation systems cannot protect against secondhand smoke.
A Tufts University study of restaurants and bars with state-of-the-art ventilation systems reached the same conclusion in 2006. That same year, U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona reported that filtration systems don't work.
A 2008 study on nicotine levels in 10 St. Louis bars reported that indoor air pollution levels in bars that allow smoking were six times higher than in those that did not.
Notice a pattern here? Mr. Hannegan doesn't. He told Post-Dispatch reporter Blythe Bernhard last week that he's not willing to concede the point.
It turns out that the idea that ventilation is the solution to secondhand smoke came from the tobacco industry. We are shocked. Shocked.
A 1988 strategy document prepared by the Tobacco Institute, an industry front group, laid out the rationale: "The argument of 'freedom of choice' with regard to workplace smoking is becoming increasingly difficult to sell. The concept of 'indoor air quality' (with an emphasis on science) has much more credibility and will draw a wider audience."
That document is among thousands that became public after attorneys general from 48 states settled a lawsuit against the tobacco companies in 1998.
The Tobacco Institute's report set out a strategy to "promote ventilation as the best solution to all indoor air-quality problems, including smoking."
At about the same time, Philip Morris was launching its "ETS (environmental tobacco smoke) Strategy." Its goal, according to another confidential document, was to use "clean-air technology as a means of promoting smoking tolerance."
The document lays out plans for downplaying the risks of secondhand smoke, as well as a plan of attack on what the company calls "'politicized' science."
It's no surprise that 20 years later, addicts and apologists are using the same playbook in their rear-guard defense of smoking. The surprise is that anyone would pay attention to them.
After all, since those strategic smokescreens first were dreamed up 22 years ago, 9.5 million Americans have died from tobacco-related causes.
RFT 09/28/2010: "Wash. U. Study Got it WRONG: Smoke Eaters Do Work"
This submission by Tony Palazzolo was the con opposing my pro on the recently released Wash. U. study on nicotine levels in 20 local bars and restaurants, 18 of which allowed smoking. He hangs his argument on what a lot of other pro-smoking proponents believe: that the amount of nicotine vapor present in the air in even the smokiest bars or restaurants tested is well below the OSHA standard.
Except that OSHA doesn't HAVE a standard applicable to airborne nicotine from smoking!
Mr. Palazzolo also criticizes the study's authors for not identifying the actual venues, although actually this is not uncommon. The reason may simply be to avoid the kind of threat of a lawsuit to which Missouri GASP has just been subjected by both Bill Hannegan AND Tony Palozzolo after I voluntarily informed Mr. Hannegan of the undercover study we had conducted the day before at the Double D Lounge in Brentwood.
Messrs. Hannegan and Palozzolo may say now that they were just trying to offer MoGASP a friendly warning, but that certainly isn't how it came across. It was more a case of clear intimidation, even copying Marth Brothers, the suppliers of the smoke eaters in the bar we tested, in many of the e-mails.
Below is the actual e-mail I received from Bill Hannegan so that you can judge for yourself if this was just friendly advice:
From: keepst.louisfree@gmail.com
Subject: Re: DD's Irish Pub & Karaoke, formerly Double D Lounge
Date: September 26, 2010 12:30:29 PM CDT
To: [Martin Pion's e-mail]
Cc: michael@marthbrothers.com, scott@marthbrothers.com, tonypalazzolo@hotmail.com
Mr. Pion,
I have to warn you that there could be liability issues here. Be very careful about damaging the reputation of or injuring the business of the Double D Lounge or Marth Brothers with the results of tests conducted without the owner's permission or cooperation.
Below is pasted Tony Palazzolo's OpEd reproduced from the Riverfront Times web post:
Tuesday Tussle
Wash. U. Study Got it WRONG: Smoke Eaters Do Work
By Tony Palazzolo, Tue., Sep. 28 2010 @ 2:46PM
Tony Palazzolo is an active member of Keep St. Louis Free and a strong believer in personal rights.
Earlier this month Washington University released a study on air quality in smoking-allowed and smoke-free bars and restaurants in St Louis. They used nicotine as the marker to gauge environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) levels in all venues.
If you accept the conclusions of the study you should probably never leave the safe confines of your home. While nicotine was present in all venues it was on average thirty one times higher in smoking-allowed venues. This, they say, is proof that the air in these venues is deadly. What they left out of the press release that the nicotine levels were, at worst 500 times safer than OSHA standards in the establishments tested. Even at 31 times higher, it is still 500 times more dilute than would be considered harmful by OSHA. These are not arbitrary numbers but rigorously-tested standards developed by OSHA for all environments.
The other "finding" in this study is that they were surprised that establishments with ventilation had higher levels of nicotine.
According to the study, ventilation purportedly adds nicotine into the air. Even if the dubious claim that ventilation "just recirculates" ETS were true, it wouldn't add more smoke to the environment. Even if systems were 100% ineffective they would have similar levels of ETS, not more.
A basic tenet of research is that all the information is released along with the study. In order for the research to be validated it needs to be replicated with similar results. Washington University not only withheld the venues that were tested but also the ventilation systems in use at these venues. Researchers are usually eager to release all the data resulting in such important findings. Why then would they withhold important data with a study that rewrites the laws of chemistry?
This is what is commonly referred to as "science by press release". The point of the study was not the effectiveness of ventilation. It was to spread fear and misinformation to the public. They believe the public lacks the common sense and intelligence to question their results. The study was never meant to be scrutinized. It was meant to be released to the media and used as sound bytes in future press releases.
With, the results of the test showing air quality to be 500 times safer than OSHA standards. With, their conclusions not supported by any data they released. With their nonsensical findings that ventilation acts as a multiplier of ETS. We should all question what the researchers at Washington University were smoking.
Note: Read Martin Pion's response: Wash U. Got it RIGHT: Smoke Eaters Don't Work
RFT 09/27/2010: "Clandestine Air-Quality Test Upsets Bar Owner, Smoking Ban Opponents"
This is what happens when you take Bill Hannegan at his word and conduct an investigation in a smoking-allowed public facility he holds up as a model, but you don't involve him in the testing. He gets miffed and starts threatening to sic lawyers on you.
I'm deeply disappointed in Bill, I must say.
But in the RFT blog below it's nice to be compared to (now Sir) Sean Connery in his role as James Bond – 007, even if I think it's the furthest thing from the truth imaginable!
Oh, of course, it's because I have a British accent: that's what Sean and I have in common, although he was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, and I was born in London, England. In other words, almost in the same place!
Below is a 500 word excerpt of RFT reporter Chad Garrison's blog on the web:
Clandestine Air-Quality Test Upsets Bar Owner, Smoking Ban Opponents
By Chad Garrison, Mon., Sep. 27 2010 @ 4:55PM Comments (2)
Categories: News, Smoking Bans
That mysterious British agent with a drink in his hand? It's not 007.
For anyone puzzled by the silver-haired gentleman with the English accent observed acting suspiciously at Double D's Lounge on Saturday night, here's an explanation:
His name is Martin Pion and he was there collecting air quality measurements that he plans to test for nicotine and other pollutants.
"It was a clandestine operation," the 70-something Pion tells Daily RFT.
Still, Pion — who in 1984 founded Missouri Group Against Smoking Pollution (Mo-GASP) after arriving in the states from his native England — managed to make the most of his hour at Double D's.
It was only when Pion started taking photos that he aroused suspicion.
"An employee questioned what I was doing taking pictures," says Pion.
Yesterday Pion emailed Bill Hannegan — a vocal opponent of smoking bans — to ask him if he knew the bar's measurements, which he needs to round-out his study.
It was Hannegan, after all, who prompted Pion to study the air inside Double D's after Washington University recently released a study suggesting that smoke-eaters make air quality worse. Hannegan disputed the study and challenged Wash. U. to check out Double D's, which uses five commercial-grade air filters.
Martin Pion
Pion says the email now has him "locked in a nasty situation" with Hannegan, who took offense to the way Pion went about conducting his research and has since exchanged several emails with the Mo-GASP founder.
"I told him I think it opens him up to liability, especially if he goes and publishes a report saying that the air inside Double D's is dangerous," says Hannegan. "The fact of the matter is, we don't know how or where he took his test that night and under what conditions. Was the machine sitting right in front of a burning cigarette? If I were going to test the air at Double D's, I'd invite Martin and others to watch the process — just to control the credibility issue."
Reached for comment, Donna Wideman, owner of the Brentwood-based Double D's, says she was unaware of Pion's covert operation Saturday. "Frankly, I see what he did as an invasion on our business."
Pion says he should get his results back from the lab this week. First he'd like to see if he could get his findings published in a scientific journal. He adds that the air inside Double D's seemed cleaner than other bars, though he did have a somewhat sore throat after the hour he spent in the bar drinking a non-alcoholic beverage and pretending to enjoy himself.
As for the methodology behind his survey, Pion offers no apologies. He was acting on behalf of the public and suffered in the process.
"I had to endure second-hand smoke and rather deafening karaoke," he says.
P.S. Stay tuned tomorrow as Pion argues smoking-ban opponent Tony Palazzolo in Daily RFT's Tuesday Tussle.
P-D Letters 9/24/2010: Ernie Wolf & Rich Brown respond to Bill Hannegan
Letters to the editor, September 24
Posted: Friday, September 24, 2010 12:00 am
All cleared up
Bill Hannegan, in his letter to the editor "Systems test" (Sept. 21), questions the validity of the system tests in a Washington University study quoted in the editorial "Quelle surprise!" (Sept. 12), about the ability of air purification systems being able to remove all remnants of secondhand smoke from an indoor environment. Mr. Hannegan even alludes to support for his position from a 2006 surgeon general's report.
Fortunately, this whole issue is well documented by study published June 25, 2008, by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers Inc.
These are the people who are best able to develop and test the systems their employers wish to promote. Their conclusion is that there is no system available that can safely remove all remnants of secondhand smoke. With their best engineering efforts, they fail to do so. Anyone with Internet access can access this information at http://www.ashrae.org/docLib/20090120_POS_ETS.pdf. The paper's first three pages are a summary of the report. Mr. Hannegan may wish to read the whole report, as may those restaurant and bar owners who have been led to believe that their ventilations systems remove all remnants of environmental tobacco smoke.
Have they been subjected to a hoax?
Ernest Wolf • Ladue
Merchants of death are getting the message
In a letter to the editor ("Systems test," Sept. 21), Bill Hannegan, who promotes air filtration systems to combat secondhand smoke, decried the methodology of the testing reported in the editorial "Quelle surprise!" (Sept. 12). While it is entirely possible that he is correct in his criticism, he misses the point. The point is that the tobacco industry will use any excuse to promote the use of its poison.
As ban after ban is enacted, it must be disheartening for Big Tobacco to realize that it has lost the hearts and minds of the vast majority of the public, even among addicts, who wish they could stop smoking. The merchants of death have been lying for so long about their products, they have lost all credibility. The message is we don't want your smoke— firsthand, secondhand or near our kids. We want clean air for ourselves and future generations.
Now if only Republicans would get the message. U.S. Rep. Roy Blunt, R-Springfield, is in a tizzy because a member of the Carnahan family is getting stimulus money for a wind-energy business, a business in which he has been involved for half a decade. Wind energy cuts air pollution from fossil fuels and cuts dependency on foreign oil and, thus, keeps money from going to governments that support terrorism.
This is the same Mr. Blunt who tried to sneak favorable tobacco legislation into the Patriot Act in the middle of the night. He is married to a former tobacco lobbyist.
Rich Brown • St. Louis County
P-D Letters 09/21/2010: "Systems test" from Bill Hannegan
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Bill Hannegan of KEEP ST. LOUIS FREE! has a letter published in today's St. Louis Post-Dispatch asking: What locations were the subject of the recent Washington University nicotine monitor study? And did they include the Double D Lounge, which Mr. Hannegan maintains has a state-of-the-art "air purification system" obviating the need for smoke-free air.
My efforts to determine from Washington University if the Double D Lounge was included in these tests have been unsuccessful, quoting university confidentiality rules. However, from nicotine monitor measurements conducted independently for Missouri GASP at hospitality venues where smoking was confined to a separately ventilated room, which revealed significant levels of nicotine in the non-smoking section, I'd be very surprised if the Double D Lounge provided an acceptable alternative to a smoke-free environment.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Letters to the editor, September 21
Posted: Tuesday, September 21, 2010 12:00 am
Systems test
According to the editorial "Quelle surprise!" (Sept. 12), a Washington University study of 20 St. Louis bars and restaurants has proven that even the most sophisticated air-purification machines are unable to clear secondhand smoke from the air. This study did not name the establishments it tested or specify the technology these establishments employ. The study mentions only 'smoke-specific ventilation systems," a term so vague it could include the ceiling fans some bar owners use to scatter and dissipate smoke or antiquated 'smoke eaters" that have not been maintained in years.
One wonders if the systems were running at their highest setting during the entire test. Were they even on? Were the best systems in use in St. Louis bars and restaurants tested? I don't know, and neither do the paper's editors.
To clear up this confusion, why not test the air of a St. Louis establishment that features the most effective air-purification machines available? The Double D Lounge in Brentwood features five such machines, scrupulously maintained, that run full blast all the time.
Surgeon General Richard Carmona favorably mentioned the Double D's systems in his 2006 report. He did not officially endorse them because "widespread application" of their effectiveness "has not yet been demonstrated."
A report on the air quality at the Double D Lounge by an independent air-quality testing firm would be a fair measure of the effectiveness of such machines to remove smoke from bar and restaurant air. Until such a test occurs, the Post-Dispatch should withhold judgment concerning the effectiveness of air purification technology.
Bill Hannegan • St. Louis
P-D 9/15/2010: "Survey shows St. Charles County supports indoor smoking ban"
Things keep humming on the smoke-free air front. Could it be that St. Charles County, which has hitherto been an especially tough nut to crack on this issue, is finally seeing the light? Let's hope so. The folks there certainly deserve it. It's time we stopped being the Smoke-Me State!
Survey shows St. Charles County supports indoor smoking ban
Discussion (51 comments as of September 15, 2010, 10:28 pm)
By Mark Schlinkmann • mschlinkmann@post-dispatch.com > 636-255-7203 | Posted: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 12:00 am |
More than two-thirds of St. Charles County voters support a smoking ban in indoor public places, according to a survey released Tuesday by the American Cancer Society.
The random telephone poll of 400 registered voters turned up 68 percent supporting the measure, 28 percent opposed and 4 percent undecided.
The cancer society is part of a coalition of anti-smoking groups supporting an effort to put a smoking ban before voters at a countywide election in April.
The poll results will be used to lobby the County Council to approve a bill scheduling the election. The proposed ban would apply in municipalities and unincorporated areas. Lake Saint Louis on Oct. 1 will become the first St. Charles County community with a ban.
"The voters want protection from the dangers of secondhand smoke," Stacy Reliford, a cancer society official, said at a news conference at the SSM St. Joseph Medical Park in St. Peters.
The survey was conducted July 20-22 by Fako and Associates of suburban Chicago. The poll has a margin of error of 4.85 percentage points.
The survey showed 58 percent of respondents strongly supported an indoor smoking ban and 10 percent somewhat supported the idea, for a total of 68 percent.
Meanwhile, 20 percent strongly opposed a ban and 8 percent were somewhat opposed — for a total of 28 percent.
Most respondents — 71 percent — said they would patronize restaurants following enactment of a smoking ban about as often as they do now, while 22 percent said they'd eat out more and 6 percent less.
A leading opponent of smoking bans across the St. Louis area, Bill Hannegan, reacted by saying that a nationwide USA Today/Gallup Poll released last month showed only 31 percent favored a ban on smoking in bars.
The St. Charles County survey didn't ask separate questions on smoking bans in different types of venues but did mention bars in the general question it posed.
The national USA Today/Gallup survey, conducted by telephone July 8-11, asked 1,020 adults to choose between banning smoking, creating set-aside areas for smoking and having no restrictions on smoking in four types of public places.
The survey showed 59 percent nationally support a total ban on smoking in restaurants, 36 percent prefer set-aside areas for smoking and 4 percent want no restrictions.
That survey showed 31 percent support a total ban on smoking in bars, 43 percent want set-aside areas in bars and 23 percent want no restrictions.
Bans already are in effect in Clayton, Kirkwood, Arnold, Ballwin and Illinois. A countywide ban in St. Louis County and one in St. Louis will take effect Jan. 2, a day after a more restrictive version in Brentwood.
Creve Coeur ban
At Monday's Creve Coeur City Council meeting, Councilwoman Beth Kistner, 1st Ward, said she would introduce a bill at the next meeting that would close in the city some of the exceptions in the St. Louis County smoking ban.
Mayor Harold Dielmann said 70 percent of the city's restaurants are smoke free. He said he would support the bill as long it covers only indoor smoking.
One exception in the county ban allows smoking in bars that sell a small amount of food. The city may have one such bar, Kistner and Dielmann said.
She said she would use smoking ban ordinances in Ballwin, Brentwood, Clayton and Kirkwood as models for her bill.
Phil Sutin of the Post-Dispatch contributed to this report.
WEW 9/15/2010: "Wash U. study shows smoking ventilation systems ineffective"
Bill Hannegan just copied me on this e-mail he sent today to the Riverfront Times, Mike Reardon at KMOX Radio, and several people at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch:
Abbe Goldberg of the Central West End Word does a fantastic job of spelling out our Double D Lounge secondhand smoke challenge. I could fund the challenge myself, but that funding would cause the results to look biased. I wish the RFT, the Post, or KMOX would sponsor this test. It would have international significance, yet the cost would be modest.
After reading this article, which covers the subject well, I'm not sure why Bill is so ecstatic. It doesn't appear to help him in his quest to prove that "air purification" systems, the term he prefers to describe these recirculating air cleaning systems, actually work as advertised. Below is the West End Word article:
Wash U. study shows smoking ventilation systems ineffective
(by Abbe Goldberg – September 15, 2010)
A recent Washington University School of Medicine study of secondhand smoke exposure in St. Louis bars and restaurants shows that ventilation systems do not protect patrons and employees from nicotine exposure.
The study monitored 20 bars and restaurants in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County, 16 of which allowed indoor smoking. Seventy-eight employees provided hair samples and answered survey questions. Researchers also looked at airborne nicotine, which can only come from cigarette smoke, in each location.
Every venue had some level of nicotine in the air but those that allowed smoking had levels 31 times higher. Venues with ventilation systems were shown to have higher nicotine concentrations in the air than other locations with similar numbers of smoking patrons. The researchers say this corroborates with the U.S. Surgeon General's statement that "cleaning the air and ventilating buildings cannot eliminate exposures of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke."
Nicotine was also found in the hair of employees in both smoke and smoke-free venues, and workers in both reported smoking-related symptoms, including coughing, shortness of breath and irritated eyes. In the long term, secondhand smoke causes cancer, heart disease and lung illness.
"Some of the effects of secondhand smoke on the cardiovascular system in nonsmokers are comparable to the effects of active smoking. These effects occur within a half hour of exposure," said study author Joaquin Barnoya, research assistant professor in the Department of Surgery at Washington University School of Medicine.
The study pokes a hole in one of the main arguments against smoking bans passed last year in the city of St. Louis and St. Louis County, which will go into effect Jan. 2, prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places. Opponents argued that installing air filtration systems could eliminate the danger of secondhand smoke without reducing the rights of venue owners.
Bill Hannegan, founder of Keep St. Louis Free and a vocal opponent of the smoking ban, said he is "mystified by the results" of the Washington University study. He listed a number of reasons for these results, which he said go against everything he knows about air purification, his preferred term for ventilation systems.
He said that one problem with the results could be that in not knowing what restaurants were tested, we do not know what types of ventilation systems they use or how well they maintain their machines. Hannegan said that the study findings could be a result of restaurants not using their ventilation systems. Many restaurants "don't turn on the machines unless people complain about the smoke," he said. Another reason could be that the ventilation systems are taking the toxic particles out of the air but leaving the nicotine behind.
In order to provide more results, Hannegan said he is trying to get together funds to do another study using the same tests as the Washington University findings. He noted that time is limited because there is only a "small window of opportunity before the smoking ban goes into effect."
He has found a location – the Double D Lounge in Brentwood – to conduct the new study. Hannegan claimed it has twice the amount of ventilation recommended and the system is never turned off, while the machines are checked every four months rather than every six months, which is recommended. Hannegan said that before installing the ventilation system, the staff at Double D Lounge would bring a change of clothes in plastic bags to change into at night because what they wore during their shifts would be saturated with smoke. With the system in place, it is no longer necessary.
Hannegan admitted that if his group's findings are the same as in the Washington University study, they'll concede – but he said he doubts that will happen. Ventilation systems have shown a huge improvement in the air quality of smoking restaurants, and testing a venue with what he believes to be the best system would corroborate that, he argued.
Sarah Moreland-Russell, a researcher who worked on the study, said that she believes Hannegan's experiment would prove biased, given that just one, specifically selected venue would be chosen.
"[The Washington University] study was completed according to the rigor of scientific research," Moreland-Russell said. "Part of that rigor is to randomly select a representative sample to study in order for the results to be generalizable.
"If Bill Hannegan did complete the study in just the restaurant he has suggested, upfront the study would be biased, and subject to Hawthorne effect," meaning that the Double D Lounge could change its ventilation protocol during the length of the study to produce the desired effect, she said.
[mogasp: Wikipedia has an entry describing the Hawthorne effect, i.e. "The Hawthorne effect is a form of reactivity whereby subjects improve or modify an aspect of their behavior being experimentally measured simply in response to the fact that they are being studied,[1][2] not in response to any particular experimental manipulation."
Please click the following for a full description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_effect]

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While some of the dangers of walking in urban areas are more obvious, other potential hazards are often overlooked by pedestrians. The possibility of being injured while walking along a public sidewalk, for instance, is not something that most pedestrians consider. After all, the very purpose of sidewalks is to provide a safe means of mobility for persons that travel by foot. Sidewalk accidents, though, are probably more common than you think. In example, injury can occur when a pedestrian trips and falls due to sidewalk that was not properly maintained.
Far too often, a victim that is injured upon a sidewalk, may dismiss the incident as being 'purely accidental,' without considering whether the negligence of another contributed to or caused their harm, such that they may be entitled to compensation. The better approach, however, is to understand your rights and options under Illinois law prior to making assumptions. Depending on where and how the accident occurred, you may be able to recover financially, for injuries involving sidewalk maintenance issues, pursuant to the state's Premises Liability Act.
Sidewalks are no different than other pieces of property in the sense landowners must exercise "reasonable care under the circumstances regarding the state of the premises." When this duty of care is breached, a property owner can be held liable for harm that occurs as a result. As with other premises liability claims, establishing that a property owner acted unreasonably in failing to fix, repair, maintain or warn of a dangerous condition upon a sidewalk, requires proof that the owner had notice of the dangerous condition. Notice can be 'actual,' meaning that the owner was aware of the hazard, or 'constructive,' meaning that the property owner should or would have known about or discovered the hazard had they exercised ordinary care.
There are some situations, in which a property owner's duty of reasonable care will not apply. For example, where a trip and fall occurs due to a gap in the sidewalk that the victim knew existed prior to the accident, or where a gaping hole was so large, such that the victim should have seen it, and been able to avoid their own injury. Hazards of this nature are generally considered to be 'open and obvious,' and can allow property owners to negate liability by demonstrating that no breach in duty of care occurred.
On the other hand, there are circumstances in which a victim overcome the open and obvious hazard defense by proving that the landowner should have anticipated the potential for harm despite obviousness of a dangerous condition. One example is the 'distraction exception,' which prior case law has defined as a situation in which the property owner "has reason to expect that the invitee's attention may be distracted, so that he will not discover what is obvious, or will forget what he has discovered, or fail to protect himself against it." (See, Rexroad v. City of Springfield, 2007 Ill. 2nd 33 (2003). Another is the "deliberate encounter exception,' which applies when the landowner "has reason to expect that the invitee will proceed to encounter the known or obvious danger because to a reasonable man in his position the advantages of doing so would outweigh the apparent risk." Id.
Another important consideration in pedestrian injury claims involving sidewalk accidents is whether the incident occurred upon public or private property. This is because public sidewalks are city-owned property, and therefore Illinois' Premise Liability Act must also be read in conjunction with the state's Tort Immunity Act. Because claims against a municipality can be challenging in comparison to those against private landowners, understanding the distinction between the two should be factored in when selecting legal representation following an injury occurring upon a sidewalk. Choosing an attorney with prior experience in both pedestrian accident and premises liability cases, as well the proven ability to obtain results in claims brought against a governmental entity, can significantly impact a claimant's ability to obtain financial compensation.
If you or a loved one sustained injury upon a public sidewalk, or private property, the Chicago accident liability attorneys of Zneimer & Zneimer P.C. encourage you to contact us for a free personal injury case evaluation. For immediate assistance, give us a call at 773-516-4100, or send us a message online.


"Sampath Speaking" - the thoughts of an Insurer from Thiruvallikkeni: fastest legs on earth ~ at Rio : Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson - both from Jamaica !
fastest legs on earth ~ at Rio : Usain Bolt and Elaine Thompson - both from Jamaica !
As the globe waited, it is predictably Usain Bolt again crowned the fastest man on globe finishing at 9.81 seconds in 100M dash at Rio. Justin Gatlin of US finished next with 9.89S; Andre De Grasse, Canada, 9.91; Yohan Blake, Jamaica, 9.93; Akani Simbine, South Africa, 9.94; Ben Youssef Meite, Cote d'Ivoire, 9.96 – all finishing under 10 seconds and then Jimmy Vicaut of France, 10.04; followed by Trayvon Bromell of US at 10.06 seconds. This photo by Getty photographer Cameron Spencer has picked up as much attention as an image of Bolt breezing past his competition in the 100-m semifinal earlier on Sunday. Snapped, the photo shows a grinning Bolt looking back at those left in his wake as he sails over the finish line.
In the women section, Elaine Thompson of Jamaica won gold in 100M sprint with 10.71 seconds finish (under 10 has never been run by any women anywhere !); Tori Bowie of US 10.83 and much expected Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica coming third at 10.86 seconds.
By now, you would have noticed the dominance of Jamaica in sprint. This month, i.e., 6th Aug is the day of Independence for this island nation. They can say with pride once again that the fastest Man and woman on earth hail from their country. It is a place which has produced Steve Bucknor, the Umpire, Cricketers - Chris Gayle, Courtney Walsh, George Headley, Michael Holding amongst other famous people from the island.
Jamaica is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea, consisting of the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles. The island, 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi) in area, lies about 145 kilometres (90 mi) south of Cuba. Inhabited by the indigenous Arawak and Taíno peoples, the island came under Spanish rule following the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1494. Many of the indigenous people died of disease, and the Spanish imported African slaves as labourers. Named Santiago, it remained a possession of Spain until 1655, when England (later Great Britain) conquered the island and renamed it Jamaica. Under British colonial rule, Jamaica became a leading sugar exporter, with its plantation economy highly dependent on slaves imported from Africa. Jamaica is a Commonwealth realm, with Queen Elizabeth II as its monarch and head of state.
The island Nation Jamaica slowly gained increasing independence from the United Kingdom and in 1958, it became a province in the Federation of the West Indies, a federation among the British West Indies. Jamaica attained full independence by leaving the federation in 1962 – that was on 6th August 1962.
Usain Bolt won 100-meter gold for the third straight Olympics, edging out Justin Gatlin with a time of 9.81 seconds~ the meme is he had time enough to turn around, look where others are, say cheese to photographers even before crossing the finish line. As expected, the entire nation of Jamaica was watching their biggest star chase history. Celebrations began after his semifinal race and only got larger after he earned the gold medal. The vaunted Jamaican sprinting program added a new chapter on Saturday night, as a new queen was crowned the fastest woman in the world.
Elaine Thompson, a relatively unknown 24 year old from a small village in the island nation, blew away the field in the 100 meter final, blistering to the finish in 10.71 seconds, just one one-one hundredth of a second off the national record she tied a month ago. In taking the gold, Thompson unseated her training partner and compatriot Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce from the title of fastest woman. Fraser-Pryce has suffered a toe injury for much of the past year and settled for bronze. Tori Bowie became the 15th American woman to medal in the 100 meters, winning silver. No U.S. sprinter has claimed gold in 16 years. Thompson won by a full 0.12 second over Bowie, a convincing victory in a race considered by many to be wide open. The final was filled with several first-time Olympians, including Thompson and Bowie. Dutch star Dafne Schippers, second behind Fraser-Pryce at the 2015 World Championships, finished fifth in 10.90.
Thompson said: "When I crossed the line and glanced across to see I was clear, I didn't know how to celebrate." Fraser-Pryce said: "What I'm most happy about is the 100m title is staying in Jamaica. I'm on the podium with my training partner. I'm proud of Jamaica."


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5 Best Brain Games for iPhone & iPad
Your brain is like a muscle which you must train if you want to get the most of it. To make you brain effective, it's important to stretch it and brain games help you to achieve this. Many of these games include puzzles that make you think outside the box. In this guide, we provide you with the best brain games for Android.
Elevate is one of the outstanding brain games for iPhone and iPad. It is composed of daily workouts that consistently train your brain. The game boasts of a workout calendar and you can have detailed stats of your progress. The game also boasts of over 30 concentration and cognitive games that are enjoyable to play. The games are quick to play but they help you achieve progress is your brain training journey. The game also get more difficult as you advance thereby stretching you.
Download Elevate
2. Lumosity
Lumosity by Lumus Lab is a great game that improves your brain power. The app is mind game that works on the cognitive and neuropsychological part of your brain. It has a host of mini-games that helps your brain. The games involves you using your logical thinking, scientific abilities to work on all the puzzles. The games are sciencific in nature and will improve your speed, attention, cognitive abilities and more.
Download Lumosity
3. Peak
Peak is another great game that is quite popular. Infact the game was rated as the 'App of the Year' by both Google Play and Apple App Store. The basic version of the game which is completely free to play consists of workout of games assigned to you per day. The game also gives you your stats. The games have the potential to improve your brain if played consistently. There are short, intense workouts that help your brain. The games are designed to test your focus, memory, mental agility, and more.
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4. Brain School
Brain School is a training institution for your brain. The game boasts of twisted puzzles, maths challenges and logic games that push you to think. It's a great game to develop your mental skills. The game works you through four years of testing. Each year comprises of different games with five levels each. There are math questions you have to solve within a time limit. You will fix together pieces of a puzzle also to match an image and more.
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5. Tricky Test 2
Tricky Test 2 is a brain games full of puzzles. The app has life-based games that gets you immersed. It's is designed to improve your brain effectiveness. The game boasts of more than 100 different levels which you have to wake through and solve puzzles that make you think outside the box. An example of one of the levels was for you to stop a giant statue from weeping. You might not know that turning your iPhone upside down was the way to stop the crying. So it's fun and challenging.
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You need to continuously and consistency use these brain games for them to have an effect on your brain. It's all fun but it surely increases your brain capacity. We hope you found this guide helpful? If you did, kindly leave a comment and don't forget to share.


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County Commissioners Meeting Replay for December 5, 2019
Year-End Review by Chairman Plyler
Election of Chairman
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Resolution Renewing and Updating Bonds for Various County Officials
Resolution Adopting the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners' Meeting Schedule for 2020
Commissioner Comments
Public Hearing on an Ordinance Amendment Proposed by Planning and Development Services Staff to Reorganize the Unified Development Ordinances as a Result of the UDO Code Assessment Process Currently Underway
Ordinance Amendment to Reorganize the Unified Development Ordinances as a Result of the UDO Code Assessment Process Currently Underway
Approval of Minutes for the Meeting of November 14, 2019
Amendment to the FY20 Budget Ordinance to Appropriate Reserved Fund Balance for Springwood Care Center Capital Projects
Resolution Awarding a Contract for Springwood Facility Roof Replacement (General Services Department)
Resolution Approving the Purchase of Vehicles for Use by the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office Utilizing the North Carolina Sheriff's Association Group Purchasing Program
Amendment to the Law Enforcement Equitable Distribution Special Revenue Fund
Amendment to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020 Budget Ordinance to Appropriate Forfeiture Funds from the Federal Equitable Sharing Program (Forsyth County Sheriff's Office)
Amendment to the 2018 Schools Capital Maintenance Capital Projects Ordinance
Resolution Authorizing Submission of an Application to the North Carolina Clean Water Management Trust Fund to Apply for and Accept, if Awarded, a State Grant to Acquire Property for a Future Park from Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC
Resolution Authorizing Submission of an Application to the North Carolina Parks and Recreation Trust Fund to Apply for and Accept, if Awarded, a State Grant to Acquire Property for a Future Park from Duke Energy Carolina, LLC
Resolution Authorizing Extension of a Lease Agreement of Forsyth County and Guilford County-Owned Real Property to Wake Forest University of the Triad Park Ropes Course Premises (Parks and Recreation Department)
Resolution Awarding a Contract for the Purchase of Law Enforcement Uniform Garments and Associated Services (Forsyth County Sheriff's Office)
Resolution Authorizing Execution of a Contract for Software Subscription Between Forsyth County and MCCI, LLC, to Purchase Document Imaging Subscription Services (Management Information Services)
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Eating good food together is a main staple of communal life at Christ Church. Every Sunday after Mass, around 11:15am, a team of volunteers offers several dishes to sample. We call this "hospitality" and we consider it an extension of the Eucharistic hospitality: as God in Christ has welcomes us to his table, so we welcome each other to share our food and our creativity in preparing it. You will not find just "church coffee" at Christ Church!
Furthermore, we find plenty of occasions during the year to have supper together or to serve a dinner.
Each Wednesday (September to June) we enjoy a simple potluck at 6:15pm, right before our Bible Class.


Choosing the right adhesive for joining two parts is often a challenge - especially when the parts are made of different materials such as wood and plastic.
White glue is the most common adhesive used for constructing model rockets. It works well for joining the most commonly-used materials for model rockets - cardboard, paper, and balsa wood. It doesn't stick at all to non-porous materials such as plastic. It dries reasonably quickly. It usually dries clear. And it isn't very messy. So, it's ideal for use when kids are building rockets.
Carpenter's glue (or "wood glue") works much like white glue. In some cases it may create a stronger bond than white glue. It usually dries to a yellow color and isn't much harder to clean up than white glue. Be careful, however, when using wood glue when one part slides into another, such as when gluing a coupler into a body tube. Wood glue tends to "catch" which might prevent you from sliding the coupler all the way into the body tube. White glue or epoxy are usually better choices for gluing couplers into a body tube.
Epoxy is commonly used for larger rockets. It requires mixing to prepare for use. It's more expensive. It smells bad. But, in some cases, the extra strength of epoxy is needed when joining wood or paper parts. For rocket parts made of fiberglass, epoxy is the right choice. Epoxy can also be mixed with a filler, such as microballoons or "wood flour," which allows it to be used to fill seams or other spaces. The fillers usually make the epoxy thicker and, once dry, easy to sand.
Joining parts made of non-porous material, such as plastic or metal, to anything else is a challenge. Since there are some many combinations of materials which can be joined, the following links are provided to other web pages with more information.
ThisToThat.com provides a quick form for selecting materials to be joined. Select the materials then click the button to view information about joining the materials.


This sounds like a criticism, but I don't mean it that way. I actually like watching those videos, as long as they feel real or I'm interested in the subject matter. In this show, despite lofty aphorisms ("I think Minnesota is one of the best kept secrets in the country") the participants come across as earnest. And who doesn't like hearing about their own community? Childish though it might have been, every time a shot of the McNamara Alumni Center flashed across the screen, I thought "ooo that's where we are right now!" It's hard not to take it at face value when the filmmaker is in your row and the tech luminaries on screen just walked off the stage after their introductions.
The contributors warn us not to strive to be the "silicon prairie"– that we should embrace our own identity. We're taught how our tech chops were formed in the secrecy of post WW2 military projects and that in the early computing days, IBM and most of the other big players were in Minnesota. Despite the irony, we're told that our midwestern values prevent us from talking about how those same values also make us loyal and productive. Indeed, this humility underscores the need for the film– to tell the stories we're too polite to tell.
This ethos, they suggest, was probably formed from our agrarian roots and extreme climate. We've been forced to collaborate for generations, and that brings a competitive advantage in our new connected world. Ultimately it's our people, everyone seems to agree, which make the technology community in Minnesota such a success.
During Nick's introduction, he encouraged us to participate, celebrate, and advocate. DocuMNtary lived up to those words– and more importantly it's infectious. From the boisterous ovation and discussion afterward, it was clear the audience was charged with its energy.
And as if on cue, the power of community was displayed right in front of us as Dustin Passofaro entered the conversation. He's the CTO at Genovest which makes investment tools for individual value traders. Jonathan just happens to work for Interactive Data Corporation (purchased by Intercontinental Exchange, which owns the New York Stock Exchange), and it turns out they supply some financial data Genovest might want to buy. These random encounters showcase the value of in-person community events.
So thank you to everyone who is participating, celebrating, and advocating. And thank you to the creators of DocuMNtary for reminding us of how important that is and how successful we are.
This entry was posted in Tech Community on 2016/09/23 by Riley Major.


A bit spendy but if you are into cars it is kind of cool. The whole downtown disney experience is worth spending the evening there, performers on the street were great. Garden walk restroom next to the movie theater. My husband ordered the fried chicken which was great and I ordered the pasta jambalaya but I like the fried chicken better. The cars ride was fabulous and we got fast passes and rode it 3 times on 2 different days. California Adventure was opened in and it showcases popular sights in california.
Makerz or something like that - Kind of like the Build a Bear for car enthusiasts.
My partner and I walked downtown Disney and loved every moment of it! Latino, White, College Jocks, Mix of everything else. Log in Join Recently viewed Bookings Inbox. Disneyland 1-Day Admission with Transport We spent 3 days at Disney and our last night we ate at the Rainforest Cafe, excellent service and fantastic food at a reasonable price. Located right next to Ariel's Grotto, the Cove Bar is the perfect place to unwind with some dilicious drinks and a perfect view of the park.
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This gold belt shines almost as brightly as you. Made up of studded gold plates with pearl centers and linked with bling bling rhinestones, you just may have found your favorite accessory.
Wear over any full top to give it shape and sparkle.


Journey to Bethlehem — A simple trip to pay the taxes becomes a life-or-death nightmare for a new family. A cartoon-illustrated take on the Nativity story.
Mindful Webworkshop Episode #16 - Christmas — A politically incorrect and culturally inappropriate Christmas show - pop song parodies and original tunes sure to put coal in my stocking.
Joseph and Mary and the Lonely Birth Narrative — It was a little different than the average Christmas lawn display.
Let Your Aim Be... — ...to do your Christmas shopping early. Filler ad for 1912 Nov 21.
Christmas! 2018 — Videos of the season, top half of playlist is non-music, latter half is music videos.
Short and Tall Christmas Day Tales — Seasonal video playlist put together back in 2012.
Text, Illustration posted to Best of Spirits on 2018 Dec 25.
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Best dog there ever was, all the way to the end.
Originally posted as comments on Ace of Spades Pet Thread, Sat 2017 Nov 4.
I was a bit premature in announcing our dear dog's death last week. He visited the vet for the last time yesterday morning.
I stand on the porch and survey our acres, the acres Gimli knew were his. His territory, as his Queen had taught him. From possum to coyote, cross onto Gimli's territory at your own risk. Deer he tolerated, sort of. All others, beware.
And I thought: Who will protect us now? Who will defend us? Who will own us and teach us now?
There's no dog nosing the front door open, looking in, and then walking away, as if to say, "come out and play!" Or, as it sometimes seemed, nosing the door open for one of the cats.
He was always good at the vet's. He liked the old guy (now retired) and the new gal doctors, and they all liked him. He was always completely cooperative, except for standing on the scale; he never cared for that much.
On the way to the vet's we passed a billboard I had never seen before, for a pet crematory. Talk about targeted advertising!
When we got to the vet's yesterday morning, he knew where we were, and he struggled to get up and walk in on his own, but we had to bring out a cart and roll him in. After that, he just laid there. I'm pretty sure he knew he was among friends.
Even the old doc happened to be in, buying dog food, and got to see Gimil once more.
Milady and I, our daughter, and the in-town son (he who, fifteen years ago, was sent out to "chase off that stray dog"), surrounded his bed.
He was that great dog all the way to the end. No complaints. He was looking at me, and then there were lifeless eyes. When that Light goes out, it's over. I had to go take a little walk outside before anything else.
His collar hangs on the front porch. His smells (good old dog fur, and sickly excretions) still hang around, especially on the front porch where he spent his last hours. I savor it, knowing how quickly it will fade.
Not so quickly: stains inside and on the cement porch. Fur, lots of fur, and he was really shedding at the end. Sheets to wash. Old dog mat thrown out. His big food dish... stuck with other retired dog dishes. His favorite blanket... we left with him.
Took a walk around the circle drive this morning. First time in ages there was no dog to walk with me.
There's a hole in the universe where The Best Dog Ever isn't anymore.
...When Gimli first showed up, Neighbor Bob described him as "not knowin' sic-em from c'mere," and it was true. House-trained, though. So house-trained he always did his biz out in the tall grass, not the lawn.
Yesterday, after the vet's, the four of us went out for a memorial-celebratory breakfast at the local greasy spoon. Neighbor Bob and his son-in-law showed up there about the time we were done - an extremely unlikely coincidence. Seemed appropriate.
Bob always called Gimli by the name my brother's dog had, when brother lived here forty-plus years ago. "Rattler" was a better country-dog name than Gimli, I admit.
I take a walk. No dog runs to join me.
The cat food bowls have food left in them. No dog to clean up after them.
I open the side door on the car. No dog rushes to jump in.
He loved to go places. He loved just being in the car after we got somewhere. His rolling doghouse.
I have to mention how he was with my mom. She called him her grand-dog. His eyes would light up when we told him we were "going to visit Gramma." The last time there, he made sure to tell her good-bye, although he probably didn't know it was his last, it was sweet.
I'm having trouble seeing the screen.
Thanks for the sympathies from folks all the way since last week.
• Good Dog Gimli — This attempt to draw him really doesn't do him justice.
• Opened Your Mail For You — A True Life Saga co-starring Gimli's feline friend Merlin.
Text posted to Best of Spirits on 2017 Nov 5.


Often the first exercise I do when delivering a CPD session or example lesson is one using sound. Sound carries far more emotion than the visual content of films. Hollywood directors say that up to 80% of the films emotional content is in the soundtrack, note – not the actors performance, not the story, not the explosive special effects. It is possible to watch a horror film and not be scared simply by turning off the sound.
Here is an outdoor set. Can you spot the sound recordist? Where is the microphone?
There are some great exercises to do with the sound track.
1. Find a great film with a great sound track and just play the sound (hide the screen), ask the class/group to write down what they hear. Share and discuss their thoughts.
2. Create your own soundtrack while a film is playing.
3. Use a sound track to write a story (without seeing the film first).
4. Make a storyboard for a piece of music.


California's farmers are being racked by one of their periodic bouts of anxiety over the shortage of field hands. They want help urgently to replace low-cost labour being lost to the relative comforts and better pay of work in construction and retailing - and the thousands of undocumented immigrants being kept out of the state by more stringent policing of the Mexican border.
In the longer term Mr Nassif's organisation, in an uncommon alliance with unions and other growers' groups, supports a proposal in Congress to reform immigration law. The plan, known as "Agjobs" in its current manifestation, would allow immigrants willing to stay in agriculture for a set number of years to earn the right to permanent residency in the US.
There is a thought provoking post on the blog Marginal Revolution on immigration.
Is the reason for the explosive growth of immigration from Mexico the fact that the Mexican population on average is getting wealthier and therefore can afford the costs of leaving their home country?
Today's NY Times features two articles on the experiences of low paid immigrant workers in the US service sector.
In Among Janitors, Labor Violations Go With the Job (registration required), reporter Stephen Greenhouse illustrates the difficulties faced by non-union immigrant janitors.
Yesterday, I posted a brief blog on immigration and its effect on the African-American community. Today the blog Marginal Revolution links to a study by David Card on the effect immigrants have on wages. David Card is one of the economists who did the study and wrote the book Myth and Measurement about minimum wage effects.
If you recall their study showed that the rise in the minimum wage of NJ had no negative effect on employment levels in the state. In fact, they saw a rise in employment.
The paper can be downloaded here: Is the New Immigration Really So Bad?


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Culpepper Family Tree (complete version)
People Sorted By Place
(?) Harvey
M, (say 1724 - )
Ancestry Unknown* � Information about the ancestry and siblings of (?) Harvey is wanted. See page footer for contact information.�
Birth* say 1724� He was born say 1724.�
Research note* 17 October 2013� From: L N
Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2013
To: Warren Culpepper
Subject: Culpepper Family Tree - Thomas Harvey
According to information that I have, without any citation, John Harvey b. abt. 1720 is the father and Mary b. abt. 1724 is the first name of the mother of :
William Harvey b. abt. 1746; d. 1788 Edgefield District, SC m. Verlinda Wade,
John Harvey b. abt. 1749; d. 1823, Clarke County, GA m. Margaret Jones,
Thomas Harvey b. abt. 1750; d. 1792, Green County, GA m. Rachel Jones had a dau. Rebecca,
Evan Harvey, b. abt 1752; d. 1814, Putnam County County, GA
James Harvey b. abt. 1754; d. 1807, Hancock County, GA m. Sarah Judith Clarke at Edgefield County, SC before 1775
Micheal Harvey, b. abt. 1755; d1810, Baldwin County , GA; m. 1780 Rebecca Hawkins b. 1759 Hancock or Baldwin County, GA
Richard Harvey b. abt. 1758; d1782 Richmond County, GA
William is my 4x great grandfather.�
Research note 1 February 2014� John of Edgefield is the father of William Harvey who married Verlinda Wade (This William was supposedly a brother of Thomas Harvey, as mentioned in another research note on this page.) This is proved in a deed in Edgefield Disrict, SC. William's son, Zepheniah sells land purchased from his father William's estate, which had been inherited by Wllliam from his father John.1�
Thomas Harvey (circa 1730 - 1799);
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Rev. John Harvey (circa 1749 - before 7 July 1823)
James Harvey+ (1751 - circa October 1807);
Evan Harvey (circa 1753 - after 9 October 1812);
Michael Harvey2 (between 1755 and 1760 - between 1807 and 1810)
Last Edited 1 February 2014
Lewis W. Griffin Jr. (#47), e-mail address.
Elizabeth Wiley Smith, History of Hancock Co., GA, Volume II, Washington, GA: Wilkes Publishing, 1974.
Rev. John Harvey, pp 84-86.
David Franklin Dunn1
M, (November 1838 - 31 July 1921)
Birth* November 1838� He was born in November 1838 at Amite Co., Mississippi.1�
Civil War* between 1861 and 1865� He served in the War Between the States between 1861 and 1865
3rd Louisiana Infantry.2�
Marriage* 6 November 1869� He married Elizabeth R. (?) at Tensas Parish, Louisiana, on 6 November 1869.�
Death* 31 July 1921� He died at Winn Parish, Louisiana, on 31 July 1921 at age 82.1�
Elizabeth R. (?) (24 October 1839 - 6 February 1909)
Florence M. Dunn+1 (15 September 1872 - 31 March 1958)
Last Edited 18 October 2008
E-mail written Apr 2006 to Warren Culpepper from Ron Manley, e-mail address.
Obituary of Elizabeth R. 'Lizzie' Dunn, published 12 Feb 1909 in the Southern Sentinel.
Elizabeth R. (?)1
F, (24 October 1839 - 6 February 1909)
Birth* 24 October 1839� She was born on 24 October 1839 at Mississippi.1�
Marriage* 6 November 1869� She married David Franklin Dunn at Tensas Parish, Louisiana, on 6 November 1869 at age 30.�
Married Name 6 November 1869� As of 6 November 1869, her married name was Dunn.1�
Death* 6 February 1909� She died at Winnfield, Winn Parish, Louisiana, on 6 February 1909 at age 69.1�
Biography* � Obituary:
Died in Winnfield, La., Saturday, Feb. 6, 1909, of pneumonia, Mrs. Lizzie R. Dunn, age 69 years, wife of David F. Dunn, a veteran of the Third Louisiana Infantry.
Death loves a shining mark and seldom has the Pale Rider caused more profound sorrow than the unexpected demise of this most estimable Christian woman. Mrs. Dunn came to this place shortly after the war and was a native of Mississippi. She married David F. Dunn in 1867, and for 42 years was the faithful wife, the Christian mother, and the useful and beloved resident of Winnfield. She was an active and useful member of the William Walker Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, and a devoted member of the Methodist Church. Her life was perfected by death.
Seldom have more touching testimonials been tendered to mortal clay than was centered around the pulseless form of the revered dead. The funeral services from the church were solemnly tendered and pathetically feeling. Rev. Bowman, Methodist minister, conducted the services, assisted by Rev. Wm. A. Rollie, Presbyterian minister, and Rev. J. R. Edwards, Baptist minister. After the services the grief-laden relatives, the Daughters of the Confederacy, in whose labors of love and devotion she had participated, old veterans of the war and sorrowing friends gathered about the casket and took a farewell look at the pacid face of the dead. She was interred in the Jerusalem Cemetery about four miles from Winnfield. The gray clouds canopied the heavens, the living green of cedars overshadowed the spot and the tall pines sang their requiem as she was laid to her final rest. A beautiful wreath of carnations, chrysanthemums, and hyacinths was tenderly placed upon the mound of earth, the loving tribute of her colaborers. The aged husband, H. C. Dunn, a son, and two daughters, Mrs. Florence Culpepper of Armstead and Henrietta Levant of Danville, Texas, and numerous relatives and friends mourn her death. A tender sympathy is tendered the stricken family.2
David Franklin Dunn (November 1838 - 31 July 1921)
Last Edited 18 May 2006
Alonzo Singletary1
M, (say 1912 - say 1953)
Birth* say 1912� He was born say 1912.1�
Marriage* say 1933� He married Eileen Culpepper say 1933.1�
Death* say 1953� He died say 1953.1�
Eileen Culpepper (26 July 1915 - 24 April 2006)
Obituary of Eileen Singletary Bailey, published 26 Apr 2006, newspaper unknown.
Judith La Grossa1
F, (19 March 1939 - 12 May 1992)
Name Variation � She was also known as Judy.2�
Birth* 19 March 1939� She was born on 19 March 1939 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. She was the daughter of Elinor La Grossa.1�
Marriage* say 1961� She married Ronald Edward Culpepper say 1961.2�
Married Name say 1961� As of say 1961, her married name was Culpepper.2�
Relocation* 1979� She relocated in 1979 at Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado,�
Death* 12 May 1992� She died at Colorado Springs, El Paso Co., Colorado, on 12 May 1992 at age 53.1�
Obituary* 16 May 1992� Judith La Grossa Culpepper, 53, of Colorado Springs died 12 May 1992, at a local hospital. She was a homemaker. No services are scheduled. Mrs. Culpepper was born 19 Mar 1939, in Chicago to Elinor La Grossa. She had lived in Colorado Springs since 1979. Mrs. Culpepper was married in Chicago to Ronald Culpepper, who is deceased. She is survived by a son, Ron of Woodland Park.1�
Ronald Edward Culpepper (12 March 1938 - 27 October 2005)
Last Edited 24 December 2008
Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph, Colorado Springs, CO.
http://www.gazette.com/
Obituary of Judith La Grossa Culpepper (#54578), published 16 May 1992.
E-mail written Apr 2006 to Warren Culpepper from Maria Polischeck, e-mail address.
Robert Lee Harris1
Marriage* say 1907� He married Jesse Hay say 1907.�
Jesse Hay (say 1889 - )
Genevieve Mary Harris+1 (14 September 1916 - 31 March 2006)
The Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas.
http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/
Obituary of Genevieve Culpepper, published Sunday, April 2, 2006.
Jesse Hay1
F, (say 1889 - )
Birth* say 1889� She was born say 1889.1�
Marriage* say 1907� She married Robert Lee Harris say 1907.�
Married Name say 1907� As of say 1907, her married name was Harris.1�
Robert Lee Harris (say 1886 - )
Sherry Culpepper1
F, (after 1926 - before April 2006)
Father William Henry Culpepper1 (9 Sep 1893 - 3 May 1970)
Mother Elma West1 (4 Mar 1905 - 28 Sep 1998)
Married Name � Her married name was Mullins.1�
Birth* after 1926� She was born after 1926.1�
Death* before April 2006� She died before April 2006.1�
Jackson County Floridan, Mariana, Florida.
http://www.jcfloridan.com
Obituary of Jimmy Frank Culpepper, published 30 Mar 2006.
Lillie Law1
F, (19 June 1898 - May 1979)
Birth* 19 June 1898� She was born on 19 June 1898.2�
Marriage* say 1956� She married James Daniel Culpepper say 1956.1�
SSN* 1971� Her Social Security Number was issued in 1971 in Louisiana.2�
Death* May 1979� She died at Ruston, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, in May 1979 at age 80.2�
James Daniel Culpepper (1 July 1893 - 25 October 1978)
E-mail written 2002-2008 to Culpepper Connections from Hershel Laroy Culpepper (#45725), Shreveport, LA, e-mail address.
U.S. Social Security Administration, compiler, Social Security Death Index (SSDI), Online database at Ancestry.com.
http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/vital/ssdi/main.htm
For interesting Culpepper topics other than the family tree, and for many additional charts, see http://www.culpepperconnections.com/
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IRCC has been able to reduce backlogs significantly and make family reunification a priority, thanks to a historic multi-year immigration levels plan. For example, the Live-In Caregiver Program (LCP) inventory was reduced from a high of 62,000 in May 2014, to less than 12,000 by April 2018. We are on track to meet our 2017 commitment to process at least 80% of the remaining LCP backlog by the end of 2018 and are processing new LCP permanent residence applications within 12 months.