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California Highway Patrol harasses Black family's funeral procession
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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Loved ones traveled in a cluster of 100 or so vehicles, like a metallic herd on the 10 Freeway, as they made their way towards the cemetery.
But their funeral procession came to a halt when a California Highway Patrol officer pulled over one of their escorts, prompting all the other cars to pull over too.
Reporter Erica Nochlin sat down with the family for an interview you'll only see on CBS2.
The family says they were outraged when that driver was handed a traffic ticket. That anger can clearly be heard in a female relative's voice during cell phone video taken of the stop: "These people just lost their mom…you stoppin' a whole funeral…this is ridiculous man."
Family member Ricky Powers says he's still mad his chance to mourn his aunt, Sandra, was interrupted by the officer: "I asked him, I said, 'You really think this is the time and place for that? I mean, we're grieving right now.'"
CHP Officer Chris Baldonado says that lead escort was ticketed for stopping traffic in the far right lane of the eastbound 10 when doesn't have that authority.
"It is a sad situation," said Baldonado, adding, "I think [the officer] acted within his powers, and his best discretion."
http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2015/05/12/only-on-2-family-demands-explanation-after-chp-pulled-over-their-funeral-procession/
This is the same department caught brutally beating a black woman on the Freeway last year
Posted by 951-Riverside | Wed May 13, 2015, 05:57 AM (10 replies)
Serial woman beater Terrence Howard has a baby dick
...according to the Gawker and video evidence
Source with uncensored video: http://defamer.gawker.com/terrence-howards-wife-was-right-about-his-small-dick-1702969630/
As for his repeated history of beating/assaulting women:
The allegation: In August of 2000, Howard was arrested in Cleveland after assaulting a flight attendant on Continental Airlines when she told him to return to his seat while the seat belt sign was on.
Howard's defense: Howard says he was just trying to take his daughter to the bathroom, and charges were dropped by the Cleveland District Attorney for lack of jurisdiction.
The allegation: Less than a year after the Continental incident, Howard was arrested in Whitemarsh, PA for assaulting his estranged wife, Lori McCommas. An argument over the phone led to Howard driving over to McCommas' home, kicking down her front door, and punching her three times in the face. Pleasant.
Howard's defense: According to The Smoking Gun, "Howard admitted, 'I broke the door down and hit my wife.' After being charged with a variety of crimes (simple assault, terroristic threats, harassment and stalking), Howard subsequently pleaded guilty in 2002 to disorderly conduct."
The allegation: Though the story is only coming to light now, Philadelphia Magazine reports that back in March of 2005, Howard was involved in another violent incident with two complete strangers: Danielle DiStefano and her then-fiance Kevin Saffell were in line at Ray's Dining Car in Philadelphia when Howard became violent after the couple was seated ahead of him (DiStefano and Saffell were in line first). After allegedly punching Saffell, a U.S. Marine, to the ground, Howard is said to have punched DiStefano in the chest, and continued to beat Saffell, before fleeing the scene. He was arrested and charged with simple assault and harassment, but those charges were later withdrawn and Howard only received charges for disorderly conduct.
Howard's defense: At the time, Howard admitted to the arresting officer that he'd hit both Saffell and DiStefano, but claimed it was in self-defense. When contacted more recently by Philadelphia Magazine, Howard's lawyer said that his client "has been unjustly accused of acts that never happened."
The allegation: Howard married his second wife, Michelle Ghent, on January 20, 2010. It took less than a week for the alleged violence to begin. Ghent filed for divorce in January 2011, and the divorce papers detail a gruesome year: a slug in the face a week into the marriage, a beating and near-toss off a balcony in South Africa in July, and threats with a butcher knife in the week prior to her filing for divorce. The abuse apparently continued as Howard and Ghent tried to reconcile.
Howard's defense: Howard alleges that it was Ghent who was violent towards him, the judge granted Ghent a restraining order against Howard in December of 2011.
The allegation: On May 6, 2012 Howard's on again-off again girlfriend/mistress May Seng Yang alleged that during an argument at Howard's Pennsylvania home, Howard attacked her while his current girlfriend, Erica Jiles looked on. Yang "told Whitemarsh police that Howard had choked her, thrown her to the ground and punched her in the eye, then told his girlfriend, 'Fuck this, I'm going to jail for this tonight.' In a handwritten statement to police, Yang wrote that during their argument she told Howard that he had given her herpes and says he acknowledged doing so."
Howard's defense: Howard filed assault charges against Yang for punching him during the melee, and both parties dropped criminal charges and settled in a private civil suit.
The allegation: Howard and Ghent recently took another shot at a reconciliation, taking a trip to Costa Rica together August of 2013. Ghent alleges that Howard punched her in the face, after she told him she didn't think a reconciliation was going to work out, forcing her to pepper spray him in self defense. The photos are damning. A judge has granted Ghent a temporary restraining order.
Howard's defense: At the premiere of Lee Daniels' The Butler, Howard told Entertainment Tonight's Nancy O'Dell that he wanted to "set the record straight":
Source: http://defamer.gawker.com/the-six-times-terrence-howard-has-been-accused-of-beati-1121955457
He also said this about Chris Brown after he viciously beat Rihanna
"It's just life, man. Chris is a great guy, man. He'll be all right. And Rihanna knows he loves her, you know? They'll be alright. 'Cause everybody gotta get out of their way, you know what I mean?"
Source: http://gawker.com/5151893/terrence-howard-raises-lone-team-chris-brown-flag
It takes a small man to do something like this to a woman
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/terrence-howard-alleges-physical-abuse-headspace-scary-article-1.1446044
Posted by 951-Riverside | Fri May 8, 2015, 10:58 AM (110 replies)
LAPD fatally shoot another unarmed transient after so-called "struggle" in Venice, CA
(Solomon Turner protests the fatal shooting of a homeless man by Los Angeles police in Venice.)
An unarmed man who had reportedly fought a bar bouncer and harassed people in Venice on Tuesday night was shot and killed by Los Angeles police officers after a struggle, authorities said.
The man, whom friends said was known by the nickname "Dizzle," was described as a transient. He was in his 20s, L.A. County coroner's officials said.
About 11:30 p.m., officers with the LAPD's Pacific Division responded to a call from an employee at a local business reporting that a man was harassing customers near Windward and Pacific avenues.
Two officers found the man on the south sidewalk west of Windward Avenue and after a brief conversation he walked away toward the Venice boardwalk.
As officers returned to their police cruiser they saw the man get into a physical altercation with a bar security guard on the sidewalk nearby, police said.
"The officers attempted to detain the suspect and an altercation occurred between the two officers and the suspect," the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. "During the physical altercation, an officer-involved shooting occurred."
Officers, according to the LAPD, performed CPR on the man until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital. One of the officers hurt his knee during the struggle, Det. Meghan Aguilar said.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lapd-shooting-venice-20150506-story.html#page=1
Posted by 951-Riverside | Wed May 6, 2015, 05:13 PM (3 replies)
Rand Paul Supporter/Friend Alex Jones Goes on Disgusting Racist Tirade Directed at African Americans
It should be no surprise that both Rand and Ron Paul have been frequent guests on his radio show and are big fans.
On Sunday May 3rd 2015 in another one of his racist rambling rants Jones a RW broadcaster/gun nut/tinfoil hatter claims that he was "threatened" by "black people" who "bared" their teeth at him
He then followed up this racist rant by posting an article today May 5th on his site titled ""RACIST" FACTS WHITE PEOPLE DAREN'T TALK ABOUT" where it list a bunch of statistics lifted from White Power/Neo Nazi sites like Stormfront then rips in African American victims of police brutality.
Black people in the United States are more likely to be victims of violent confrontations with police officers than whites because they commit more violent crimes than whites per capita.
It should also be noted that not only does he go on frequent racist rants but he has been the inspiration of several domestic terrorist attacks directed at Government and Law Enforcement, last year two of his listeners murdered two Las Vegas Police Officers then drapped their bodies in a gadsen flag then going into a walmart and murdering another person
http://www.salon.com/2014/06/14/las_vegas_gunmans_infowars_posts_included_speculation_about_killing_cops_partner/
In another instance Joe Stack a friend and fellow bandmate of Infowars "Reporter" Rob Dew slammed his plane info an Austin IRS space killing one employee and injuring 13 others back in 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/19/us/19crash.html?_r=0
Then there is Paul Ciancia who opened fired at LAX killing one TSA agent, the AP reported finding several infowars stickers in his family's neighborhood
On Monday, according to an Associated Press report, stop signs at either end of the Pennsville street where his family lives bore stickers advertising Infowars.com, a website that discusses many of the same antigovernment ideas officials said Ciancia mentioned in a handwritten note found in his bag. It was not clear who put the stickers there or when.
http://articles.philly.com/2013-11-06/news/43696905_1_auto-repair-shop-pennsville-deadly-shooting-spree
Posted by 951-Riverside | Tue May 5, 2015, 05:38 PM (3 replies)
How Denver Police Union members are committed to protecting your rights
Sponsored in part by the Denver Police Protective Association
Police unions are the only unions that side with and protect the corporations from people asking for fair wages. Go figure
but hey, the first amendment starts and ends on the sidewalk.
Posted by 951-Riverside | Sat May 2, 2015, 10:48 AM (0 replies)
Baltimore Teen Held on $500,000 Bail, Faces Life in Prison for Smashing an Empty Police Car's Window
Allen Bullock, the 18-year-old seen in photos smashing in a police car with a traffic cone, turned himself in after being encouraged by his parents. But now he is being held on $500,000 bail, an amount his parents cannot afford, The Guardian reports.
Bullock faces charges of rioting and malicious destruction of property, among other criminal counts, after turning himself in at the Baltimore City Juvenile Justice Center with his stepfather, Maurice Hawkins, at his side.
According to Hawkins, who saw footage of his stepson on Saturday, the teen agreed to turn himself in after his stepfather told him that the police would "find him, knock down our door and beat him" if he didn't, The Guardian notes.
However, no good deed goes unpunished, and Hawkins now believes that they are making an example of the teen. "By turning himself in, he also let me know he was growing as a man and he recognized what he did was wrong," Hawkins told The Guardian on Wednesday. "But they are making an example of him, and it is not right."
"As parents, we wanted Allen to do the right thing," Bullock's mother, Bobbi Smallwood, said. "He was dead wrong, and he does need to be punished. But he wasn't leading this riot. He hasn't got that much power."
Hawkins noted that the proposed amount is higher than that placed on some accused murderers in the city. "Who could afford to pay that?" the stepfather asked.
"If they let him go, he could at least save some money and pay them back for the damage he did," his mother agreed.
The eight misdemeanor charges Bullock face are his first as an adult, with rioting carrying a maximum of life in prison. The Guardian, however, says that his parents believe that four to eight years is a more likely sentence. Bullock, who was convicted of minor offenses as a juvenile, was working in city sanitation under a program for people in juvenile probation, The Guardian notes, earning more than $15,000 a year.
http://www.theroot.com/articles/news/2015/04/balt_teen_encouraged_to_turn_self_in_by_parents_held_on_500_000_bail_faces.html
Posted by 951-Riverside | Fri May 1, 2015, 07:50 PM (15 replies)
Utah Police let dog chew surrendering man's face and buttocks
WEST JORDAN, Utah — A man has filed a lawsuit against the West Jordan Police Department that alleges his rights were violated when a police K9 was dispatched and subsequently injured him, but police said they stand behind their actions.
"I didn't dare to move. I put my hands up and froze. If I would have blinked, I thought I was going to get shot," said Lee Hoogveldt, recalling an incident which played out in his home on March 24, 2013.
His attorney, Robert Sykes, filed a civil rights lawsuit in Federal Court on Thursday, and he provided the media with copies of body camera video showing Hoogveldt being attacked by a police dog.
"At the time and place this force was used, there was no justification at all to sic a police dog on somebody," Sykes said.
The video shows Hoogveldt seated on a sofa after police enter his home. After numerous commands from officers, he raises his hands in the air seconds before a dog named "Pyro" lunges at his face, bites, and holds on for about 15 seconds.
Hoogveldt is then pulled into a nearby room by another officer. The video shows large amounts of blood covering his face. Seconds later, Hoogveldt is face down, and as officers work to get him handcuffed, the dog bites him in the buttocks.
http://fox13now.com/2015/04/30/man-sues-west-jordan-police-over-injuries-suffered-in-k9-encounter/
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Alexander Nehamas
Edmund N. Carpenter II Class of 1943 Professor in the Humanities. Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature
Rm.120, 1879 Hall
Ph.D., Princeton,1971. Joined the faculty in 1990. He is also Professor of the Humanities and of Comparative Literature. His interests include Greek philosophy, philosophy of art, European philosophy and literary theory.
Alexander Nehamas was born in Athens, graduated from Athens College, and attended Swarthmore College and Princeton University, where he is currently Professor in the Humanities, Philosophy, and Comparative Literature. His books include Nietzsche: Life as Literature, The Art of Living: Socratic Reflections from Plato to Foucault, Virtues of Authenticity: Essays on Plato and Socrates, and Only a Promise of Happiness: The Place of Beauty in a World of Art. He has also translated Plato's Symposium and Phaedrus into English. At Princeton, he has chaired the Council of the Humanities, the Program in Hellenic Studies, and he was the Founding Director of the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts.
Influenced by the place of philosophy in the life of Ancient Greece and Rome as well as by Nietzsche, he questions the transformation of philosophy from a way of living into a purely academic discipline. Similarly, he holds the view that the arts constitute an indispensable part of human life and not a separate domain, of interest only to a few. He teaches courses on Plato, Nietzsche, the philosophy of art, and intention and action.

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Ralph Miner
See Fallingwater Today - Images of Bear Run
2004 National Reunion - Fallingwater: A Long Family Affair
Ralph and Leola Miner
Courtesy Donna M. Miner
Ralph Miner was born on April 21, 1910 near Mill Run, Fayette County, PA, the son of William Henry "Squire" and Sara Jane (Basinger) Minerd. He was the youngest of 13 brothers and sisters.
He was a longtime employee at Fallingwater®, the house over a waterfall designed by Frank Lloyd Wright that is considered America's "most famous modern house."
On April 16, 1933, when he was less than a week from his 23rd birthday, Ralph married 19-year-old Mary "Leola" Skinner (1912-2002), the daughter of George and Bess (Tissue) Skinner.
Leola had contracted polio at the age of four, in 1916, and a guard was placed at her parents' home in the mountains of Bear Run to keep anyone from entering for exiting, with the family quarantined for 30 days. She was sent away for treatment in Pittsburgh hospitals -- and remained away from her family for some time -- before returning home. Thereafter, while she could walk for the rest of her life, it was not without difficulty.
Leola and son R.D., 1935
Ralph and Leola produced four children – Ralph David "R.D." Miner, Mary "Marlene" Hiltabidel, Donna Marie Miner and Francis "Kerwin" Miner.
Ralph and his elder brother Frank began working for the family of Pittsburgh department store owner Edgar J. Kaufmann Sr. in the 1930s, later becoming full time. This work primarily involved maintenance projects at the Kaufmanns' weekend retreat, Fallingwater, located at Bear Run, Fayette County.
Leola was active in their Indian Creek Baptist Church. Said the Connellsville Daily Courier, "she was a member of the American Baptist Women's Ministry, served as a former pianist and was a past Sunday School teacher and Cradle Roll Superintendent. She had a passion for the missions and missionary works of the church."
On Aug. 29 1955, a meeting took place at Fallingwater that had a far-reaching impact. New owner Edgar Jr., who had inherited the house just four months earlier, was living full-time in New York City, where he was art editor for the Encyclopedia Britannica. He was primarily using Fallingwater as a weekend and vacation retreat, and needed to make sure his beloved house would be properly managed in his absence.
Now the sole owner of Fallingwater, Edgar Jr. summoned three of his key employees to a meeting to agree on responsibilities for ongoing care, maintenance and preservation. The team included Ralph as well as George B. Green and Jesse Hall. Edgar Jr.'s secretary, Ethel Clinton Appel, also attended.
At the meeting, Ralph was named Manager of Maintenance. He was responsible for windows and screens, the old pool, greenhouse maintenance, the Kaufmann crypt, and other buildings and interior roads on the property.
Mrs. Appel agreed to travel from her Pittsburgh office to Fallingwater every two weeks, talk to the key managers about projects and priorities, and send detailed reports to her boss in New York. Much this report is drawn from Mrs. Appel's firsthand reports from 1955 to 1959, found today in the Edgar J. Kaufmann Jr. papers at Fallingwater.
In 1956, he and Leola moved into a renovated house on the Fallingwater property. They remained there until his retirement in 1973.
Ralph's work can be summarized in several key themes -- a desire to be of service, friendship with house owner Edgar Kaufmann jr. and care of precious artwork.
Quiet dirt road near the Fallingwater property in Bear Run
~ Desire to Be of Service ~
Leola was interviewed in 1997 for a Fallingwater oral history project, and her comments were on display at the 2004 "Fallingwater Home Coming" exhibit. She said her husband "really tied himself down" to the house "because he felt responsible." He was not comfortable taking vacations or attending family outings or church activities for fear that he might be needed for an emergency project.
One of the Appel reports (Oct. 11, 1955) gives insight: "Ralph was busy working on the pool for this week-end and plans to look after the driveways, paint around the new steps, and have everything in apple-pie order for your guests… We do want everything just so …. Your happiness is uppermost."
Ralph and Leola resided in part of this building from 1956 to 1963, formerly the club and annex of the Kaufmann summer camp.
Ralph with Edgar Kaufmann jr., 1965
~ Friendship with House Owner Edgar Kaufmann Jr. ~
Ralph relished his personal friendship with his boss, Edgar Jr. They are seen here on the terrace of the house, with the Bear Run stream in the background. Their warmth for each other is clear in many comments found in the Appel reports:
"Mr. Kaufmann personally went through the woods with Ralph and pointed out various things he would like done." (Aug. 19, 1958);
Ralph was "very pleased that Mr. Kaufmann had been so attentive during his illness." (March 16, 1959);
"Ralph could hardly wait to tell me how much he enjoyed cutting brush with Mr. Kaufmann. He thoroughly enjoyed it and was convinced Mr. Kaufmann knew how to work in the woods." (July 14, 1959).
~ Care of Precious Artwork ~
Ralph at the guest house pool
The Kaufmanns were collectors of rare, priceless artwork that they displayed throughout their Fallingwater home. Ralph had responsibility for helping to care for these one-of-a-kind masterpieces.
Seen here,Ralph rests on the edge of the guest house pool, with the Statue of Iris visible in the upper left hand corner.
In December 1955, he helped build special crates for "standing figures by Henry Moore" that were shipped to "Miss Chaflin at Vassar."
In November 1957, ornate bronze doors by Italian artist Alberto Giacommetti were delivered to be hung at the crypt. Ralph was in charge of the work. The following month, Mrs. Appel reported: "I was very pleased with the crypt doors. The men will have all that work completed this week."
Another of the Kaufmann artworks, "Mother and Babe" by Jacques Lipchitz, was on display in August 1956 when a freak storm of high winds and water caused great damage to the house. The statue was swept away by the swollen, raging Bear Run waters. In her report, Mrs. Appel reported: "No trace of the statue (mother and babe) has been found, nor the man on the horse (other than one of the horses legs broken off). Ralph intends making a thorough search tomorrow and will 'phone me if he finds the former statue." (Aug. 20, 1956).
~ Cleanup After Damaging Flood of 1956 ~
In June 1956, Ralph oversaw the erection of scaffolding around Fallingwater to begin a massive painting effort. When the flash flood struck in August, the scaffolding was caught in the wind and "shook the whole house," according to Donald Hoffmann's 1978 book, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater: The House and Its History.
Ralph and his men faced a huge task of cleanup and repair. Mrs. Appel reported: "[Ralph] was planning to finish Jesse Hall's house this week … but with the terrible flood damage, I am sure he has found it necessary to cast aside his plans and help cleaning up…. It was truly heart-breaking to helplessly stand by and see what was happening. I can't describe what happened at our place."
~ Demolition of "The Hangover" ~
"The Hangover," the Kaufmanns' beloved cabin built 1921, demolished 1957
"The Hangover" was a beloved, rustic cabin built by the Kaufmanns in 1921. They used it as their residence when visiting Bear Run on weekends and vacations in the years before Fallingwater was built. By the 1950s, it had fallen into disrepair. In 1957, at Ralph's urging, Edgar Jr. consented to its removal.
The Appel report of March 26, 1957 states that Ralph's men "were working on demolition of the Hangover … another 2 days and it will be all down. Everything has been carefully stored in the barn and Ralph has so recorded it in his book."
Ralph and son R.D., 1935
Click here to see even more images of the Bear Run site of Fallingwater in the years before it was built.
~ Ralph as Tour Leader ~
By 1956, public demand to see the house was high. Toker's book states that Ralph was given the responsibility for leading house tours. He conducted "45 minute tours, but banned photography when it dragged out the visits to three times that length." Ralph collected small fees and prepared reports for his boss listing tourists' names.
When some visitors abused their privileges, Edgar Jr. made a new rule that there was to be "no one inside the house on Thursdays or Friday, … and no little peeks or squints inside." During 1957, more than 300 visitors went through the dwelling. In June-Sept. 1958, Edgar Jr. decreed that the house was to be entirely "closed to visitors."
~ Ongoing Maintenance Services at the House ~
Over the years, Ralph and his crews were involved with many interior and exterior repairs and renovations to Fallingwater itself. Without going into great detail, some of these efforts included painting, heating, lighting, waterproofing, utilities, removing brush and roof repair.
In one notable example, he and Earl Friend repaired a small dam and frozen water line in the dead of winter. They waded into the stream "through the ice to their waist" and slipped and fell several times before finding and fixing the problem.
The magnificent world-renowned country house over a waterfall
Leola and Ralph, 1950s, when they lived on the farm
~ A Generous Gift to the Community ~
After reviewing Ralph's proposed Fallingwater maintenance budget for 1959, owner Edgar Kaufmann Jr. felt the amount was too high. He asked Ralph to trim back the cost of supplies "without too much affecting the excellent results that you have been able to achieve, and that are the source of much pleasure and favorable comment."
Edgar proposed that any funds saved would be donated "to any church or school you name … and of course give it in your name, or have you transmit the check."
That year, according to family notes, "Each church in Mill Run received $750." The arrangement continued until at least 1961.
~ The Remaining Years ~
Ralph and Leola suffered through the kidney disease and eventual passing of their daughter Marlene at age 30. She died in Pittsburgh on Oct. 1, 1966, following surgery.
Friend family cookbook
In 1959, some of Leola's recipes were included in a Friend family cookbook that was reprinted in 2009 by Patty Show. As well, the recipes of distant cousin Ivanore (Darr) Minerd, wife of Dr. Harold "Daniel" Minerd, are contained in the slim volume. The reprinted booklet is entitled The Friend Treasures, featuring portraits of Abraham and Elizabeth (Sipe) Friend.
Ralph passed away on March 4, 1983, in Meyersdale Hospital in Somerset County, PA. He was laid to rest at the Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Mill Run.
Leola outlived her husband by nearly two decades. In the late 1980s, she entertained the founder of this website as a visitor in her home. During those conversations, she provided extensive knowledge and valuable context about the extensive family connections in Mill Run.
She died on Aug. 21, 2002, and is buried beside her husband. In an obituary in the Daily Courier, the family asked that any memorial donations please be made to the Mission Committee of the church.
~ Son Ralph David "R.D." Miner ~
Son Ralph David "R.D." Miner Sr. (1933-2010) was born on Nov. 2, 1933 in Connellsville, Fayette County.
On June 19, 1954, he married Wilma "Jean" Cullen (1937-2006), a native of Monongahela, PA. The wedding was held at the First Christian Church of Monongahela.
Five children were born to this union -- Deborah Jean Hoppe, Ralph David Miner Jr., Patricia Marie Woodring, Roberta Gayle Miner and Mary Marlene Miner.
Ralph was employed as a sheet metal foreman. The family dwelled in Monongahela in the late 1950s and early 1960s. They moved to Bowie, Prince Georges County, MD in 1965 and remained there for decades.
Sadly, their twin daughters died young, Roberta in 1983 at the age of 13 and Marlene in 1986 at age 15. Both rest for all time in the Indian Creek Baptist Church, with the words "God's special Angel" inscribed on their grave markers.
Twin sisters' graves, Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
Jean and her sister "founded C&M Answering Service in 1970 and successfully ran the business for 30 years until they retired in 2000," said the Bowie Blade. She also "became an advocate for the disabled and worked endlessly with United Cerebral Palsy. She served on its board of directors, did fund raising and testified to the state legislature in support of services to the physically and mentally challenged citizens of Maryland." She later served as president of the Bowie Civitan Club, which raised funds for disabled individuals, and was named "Lieutenant Governor of the Year" for the Chesapeake District in 1994.
R.D. and Jean celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 2004.
Jean passed away on Feb. 5, 2006.
As a widower, R.D. outlived her by four and a half years, and endured the death of their son Ralph David Jr. on Feb. 14, 2008, at the age of 50.
R.D. died in Bowie, at the age of 77, on Sept. 14, 2010.
Daughter Deborah Jean Miner (1955- ? ) was born in 1955 in Monongahela. At the age of 24, on June 14, 1980, she was united in holy matrimony with John Roy Hoppe (Sept. 13, 1955- ? ). The nuptials were held at the post chapel at Fort George G. Meade, MD. With their home in Cheverly, MD, Deborah has earned a living as an administrator and John as a technical writer. They are the parents of Rachel Julia Hoppe and Sarah Jean Hoppe.
Granddaughter Rachel Julia Hoppe (1984- ? ) was born in 1984 in Cheverly, MD.
Granddaughter Sarah Jean Hoppe (1988- ? ) was born in 1988 in Cheverly, MD.
Son Ralph "David" Miner Jr. (1957-2008) was born in 1957 in Monongahela. On Sept. 1, 1979, in services held at St. Matthews Methodist Church in Bowie, he wedded Linda Darlene Dyrland (1957- ? ), a native of Tampa. He has worked as a building operations and service specialist and she as a physical science technician. They bore two children, Kirstyn Louise Miner and Joshua Miner. Their home in 2002 was in Bowie and in 2008 in New Carrollton, MD. David is believed to have endured heart problems later in life, and sadly passed away at the age of 50 on Valentine's Day 2008. Funeral services were held at St. Matthew's United Methodist Church in Bowie, with an obituary appearing in the Washington Post.
Granddaughter Kirstyn Louise Miner (1990- ? ) was born in 1990.
Grandson Joshua Miner ( ? - ? )
Daughter Patricia Marie Miner (1961- ? ) was born in 1961 in Charleroi, Washington County, PA and grew up in Maryland. When she was 23 years old, on April 27, 1985, she married 27-year-old Steven Ernest Woodring (1958- ? ). The wedding was held at the Village Baptist Church in Bowie. The couple has produced a son, Robert Ernest Woodring. Later, she was joined in wedlock with Kevin Holmes ( ? - ? ). Two other children are part of this family, including Jacob (?) and Benjamin (?).
Grandson Robert Ernest Woodring (1985- ? ) was born in 1985 in Cheverly, MD.
Marlene Hiltabidel
~ Daughter Mary Marlene (Miner) Hiltabidel ~
Daughter Mary Marlene (Miner) Hiltabidel (1936-1966) was born on Oct. 1, 1936.
On June 30, 1955, when she was 18 years of age, she was joined in holy wedlock with 21-year-old Vernon Royce Hiltabidel (Nov. 14, 1933-2006), son of Clarence P. "Petey" and Ida (Shipley) Hiltabidel of Mill Run.
They lived in Mill Run and produced these children -- Clifford Neal Hiltabidel and Tina Marie Hiltabidel.
For four decades, Vernon was employed by Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation in South Connellsville. The Hiltabidels were members of the Indian Creek Baptist Church in Mill Run, with Marlene known to have attended social functions of the church.
Heartbreak blanketed the family in 1965 when Marlene began to suffer from heart issues and was in and out of Connellsville State Hospital. She underwent open heart surgery in Pittsburgh, and when her kidneys failed afterward, she passed into eternity at the age of only 30.
Anchor Hocking's glass plant in South Connellsville
Vernon outlived his wife by many years and wedded again to Antoinette "Toni" Mysko ( ? - ? ). He was carried away at home by the Angel of Death at the age of 72 on May 11, 2006. Rev. Don Bowser officiated at the funeral service, with interment in Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, and an obituary printed in the Connellsville Daily Courier.
Clifford Hiltabidel
Son Clifford Neal Hiltabidel (1958-2006) was born on June 13, 1958. He was pictured in the Connellsville Daily Courier when reaching his first birthday. On May 21, 1983, when he was 24 years of age, he married a distant cousin, 20-year-old Amy Lynn Younkin (1963- ? ), daughter of Calvin R. "Junior" and Beryl (Sparks) Younkin of the family of William Henry and Rachel (McClintock) Younkin. They are the parents of Lindsay Beth Fireston, Jared Blake Hiltabidel and Taylor Nichole Hiltabidel. Clifford earned a living as a labor foreman in construction projects with Trumbull Corporation in Pittsburgh and belonged to Union Local No. 1058. In his spare time, he enjoyed watching automobile racing with a special love for NASCAR events. With his health in decline, Clifford was admitted to UPMC Shadyside in Pittsburgh. At the age of 47, he passed away there on Jan. 27, 2006. His remains were placed into eternal repose in Indian Creek Baptist Church Cemetery, with the funeral service officiated by Rev. John B. Davis. Amy wedded a second time to Thomas Baglio ( ? - ? ). They live in Somerset, Somerset County.
Granddaughter Lindsay Beth Hiltabidel 1984- ? ) was born in 1984. She married (?) Firestone. They are the parents of Parker Firestone. She also has a daughter Kyndell Hutzel and one other child.
Grandson Jared Blake Hiltabidel (1987- ? ) was born in 1987. He has lived in Mill Run.
Granddaughter Taylor Nichole Hiltabidel (1991- ? ) was born in 1991 in Mount Pleasant, PA. She has made a home in Mill Run.
Daughter Tina Marie Hiltabidel (1961- ? ) was born in 1961 in Connellsville State Hospital. News of her birth was printed in the Connellsville Daily Courier. At the age of nine, she and Lisa Shearer were pictured in the Daily Courier for their doll display at the Mill Run Community Fair and Fayette County Fair. In 1981, she bore a set of twins, Michael Anthony Hiltabidel and Misty Dawn Lowry. Tina resided in Addison, Somerset County in 2006.
Grandson Michael Anthony Hiltabidel (1981- ? ) was born in 1981, a twin with his sister Misty.
Granddaughter Misty Dawn Hiltabidel (1981- ? ) was born in 1981, a twin with her brother Michael. She wedded Timothy Lowry ( ? - ? ). They have a son, Bradley Lowry.
Donna Miner, 1968
~ Daughter Donna Marie Miner ~
Daughter Donna Miner (1938-living) was born in 1938 in Mill Run.
Growing up on the Fallingwater estate of Edgar and Lillian Kaufmann in Mill Run, she worked for the family during her young adult years and later, after their deaths, by the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy.
Donna always was a very private person and never married. She maintained a home with her parents while they were alive.
She attended Career Academy dental school and graduated in 1968. She then went on to a long career as a dental assistant in a dentistry practice in Scottdale, in the employ of Dr. Thomas Gretz followed by Dr. Edward Thornblade.
Over the years, Donna has been active with commemorating Fallingwater as a treasure. As a volunteer, she helped provide oral history insights which have been treasured. She helped mount a special exhibit in 2004, entitled "A Fallingwater Home Coming." She also contributed knowledge and photographs for our family's 2004 national reunion on the theme of "Fallingwater: A Long Family Affair."
Donna kindly responded to an exploratory letter from the founder of this website in 1984. Several years later, she and her late mother opened their home in Mill Run to him and continued to do so in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They both were always generous in their sharing of family history. This website would not have been possible without them.
Said the Connellsville Daily Courier:
Donna enjoyed nature hikes, bird watching, gardening, horseback riding, reading, listening to music, cooking, going off-road in her Jeep, and traveling. She was a lifelong member of the Indian Creek Baptist Church in Mill Run, where she was a member of the American Baptist Women's Ministries and a former Sunday school and Vacation Bible School teacher, as well as a Cradle Roll Superintendent. Donna was a family historian and archivist, preserving scrapbooks, photographs and other memorabilia related to the Miners, Skinners, Friends, Tissues, and Fallingwater. She will be fondly remembered for her caring acts of kindness, as she prepared and delivered meals to shut-ins and transported friends to appointments. Donna lived her faith in her daily life. Although she had no children of her own, she was involved in the lives of her nieces, nephews, and many children in the neighborhood. She took them on nature walks, teaching them about flowers, birds and local history. She introduced many of them to stage plays and musicals. Donna enjoyed going to the movies and amusement parks with "the kids" as much as they did.
Her final years were spent in Monarch Meadow Personal Care Home, Uniontown. At the end, she was in the care of OSPTA Hospice. She passed into eternity at the age of 81 on June 15, 2020. In an obituary in the Daily Courier, the family asked that any memorial donations be made to Storehouse Mission Support, Orchard Park, NY and designated for The Hope Center Honduras, or to Christian Family and Children's Center, Champion, PA.
Donna at the entrance to Fallingwater, 2017 - courtesy Sylvia Denise (Kessler) Miner
Kerwin and Denise Miner
~ Son Francis "Kerwin" Miner ~
Son Francis "Kerwin" Miner (1948-living) was born in 1948 in Mill Run.
Kerwin attended Geneva College in Beaver Falls, PA.
On Oct. 2, 1971, at the age of 23, he was united in marriage with Sylvia "Denise" Kessler ( ? -living), the daughter of Warren and Virginia Ruth (Friend) Kessler.
Denise is doubly step-related to the Minerd-Miner clan through her mother's side of the family -- through the Harbaugh branch of James R. and Mary Eliza (Harbaugh) Hall of Maple Summit, Fayette County.
Brooks history naming
They made a home in 1980 in or near Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, MD. Later, they returned to Mill Run.
The couple has one son, Nicholas Miner, born in Annapolis.
Denise has been a longtime tour guide and now public tour manager at Fallingwater, and was instrumental in helping coordinate our 2004 national family reunion. She appears in an interview in the nationally distributed DVD presentation, Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, a special two-disk collection; and also in Saving Fallingwater, a video broadcast on PBS in 2010, and produced by Ken Love (seen here, available in the Fallingwater gift shop).
Kerwin and Denise are listed in the 1975 paperback book, Brooks Family History.
Son Nicholas Miner (1980- ? ) was born on Dec. 30, 1980 in Annapolis, MD. He has served in the U.S. Navy. He has a son, Colby. He is married to Kumi.
Copyright © 2004, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2019-2020 Mark A. Miner


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Q: How to pass a filtered array while keeping the original unchanged (ReactJS) I am currently working on a todo list app, and i am trying to implement a function where users can filter tasks based on their completion status (all, completed, or uncompleted). I am trying to use the javascript filter function.'
I have tried using a duplicate array, therefore retaining the original values, and manipulating the duplicate array. However, I could not get the original array to update as the list increases, so i decided to scrap that.
There is a lot of code in my project but i will only copy the ones relevant to the question.
const Body = () => {
  let tasks = [
    {
      task: 'Walk the dog',
      completed: false,
      id: Math.round(Math.random() * 100000),
    },
    {
      task: 'Learn ReactJS',
      completed: false,
      id: Math.round(Math.random() * 100000),
    },
  ];

  const [task, setTask] = useState(tasks);

  const addTask = () => {
    let input = document.getElementById('task-field');
    let randomID = Math.round(Math.random() * 100000);
    if (input != null) {
      setTask([...task, { task: input.value, completed: false, id: randomID }]);
    }
  };
  return (

      <Input setMethod={set} inputMethod={addTask}></Input>
      <Tasks tasks={task} display={display} removeMethod={complete}></Tasks>

  );
};

export default Body;

const Tasks=({tasks, display, removeMethod,})=> {
    const  [task,setTask]  = useState(tasks)
    const [display,setDIsplay] = useState(tasks)

    const filterFunction=(event)=> {
        let filtered;
        const target = event.target;

        switch(target.innerHTML) {
            case('All'):
                filtered = task
            break;
            case('Active'):
                filtered = task.filter(()=> {
                    return !task.completed
                })

            break;
            case('Completed'):
                filtered = task.filter(()=> {
                    return task.completed
                })

            setDisplay(filtered)
        }
    }
    return(

            {display.map(el=> {
                return (
                    <TaskComponent task={el} removeMethod = {removeMethod} key = {el.id}></TaskComponent>
                )
            })}

    )

}

export default Tasks;

so the question is, how do i implement this feauture in ReactJS?
for reference, i am linking a fellow coder's take on the same project : https://nasratt.github.io/frontendMentorSolutions/projects/todoList/
thanks in advance for the help.

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Muji: Found in Translation
Famed Japanese stationary, homewares and apparel house, MUJI, are expanding their Australian empire to Sydney, following the immense success of their two initial Melbourne stores
BY Tess Ritchie
Having garnered a rapidly growing cult status all around the world, MUJI set its sights on the Australian market just two years ago – chosen for its "vast land and comparatively small population" – and are now about to launch store number three. "Our first Sydney store will be the biggest yet," explains MUJI Australia's managing director, Hisashi Takeyama. "We will have plenty of space to showcase and express the wonderful world of MUJI."
The success of the MUJI brand can be attributed to many things: the quality of its products, the minimalist aesthetic, its 30-year traditions and history, but more than anything the celebrity of the brand comes down to their proven approach to market penetration.
Where others might immediately try and blend with the local context, MUJI very cleverly follows a carefully branded template to begin with, so that the brand values are properly established from the start. From here, the company allows the regional flavour to develop and augment the brand organically over time. Takeyama explains: "Of course, one of our goals is localisation in each country. We're planning for MUJI to be customised here in the future too. But MUJI's philosophy is the same anywhere in the world and we believe it's important for customers to understand MUJI first before we modify that image. Therefore we use the same platform globally. After studying and sharing our philosophy, we'll proceed to the next stage; to further develop MUJI in Australia for the Australian people. We don't think of MUJI as just a Japanese brand. MUJI was born in Japan over 30 years ago, but we believe our philosophy needs to be shared and developed all over the world."
In addition, the company's success is predicated on their emphasis of a strong in-store experience, believing that "in-store is the most important place for MUJI, because we can effectively communicate to our customers face-to-face," says Takeyama. "This means our biggest promotion platform and communicative tool is in-store. We plan to further develop MUJI through our conversations with our customers. And further in the future, we also hope to hold events and activities to contribute to Australian society."
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Valley Public Radio News
For Third Season, 'Debug Fresno' Returns - This Time To Larger Experimental Area
By Kerry Klein • Jun 20, 2019
Paradoxically, the Debug Fresno program aims to reduce the population of a disease-carrying mosquito species by releasing millions of mosquitoes. The catch: they can't reproduce.
Kerry Klein / Valley Public Radio
Listen to the report here
Debug Fresno is back for its third official season testing a method to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti, a mosquito species that's known to transmit nasty diseases like yellow fever and dengue.
Steve Mulligan, district manager with the Fresno County's Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District, says this year's program encompasses more than three times the coverage area it did last year, having grown from roughly 700 to 2500 acres in the Harlan Ranch and Loma Vista neighborhoods of Clovis. "We want to expand these particular areas to kind of determine the effects of migration of mosquitoes from surrounding areas," he says.
Unlike during the 2018 season, Fresno's Fancher Creek neighborhood is not included in this year's program.
Debug Fresno's objective may seem like a paradox: It aims to reduce the populations of A. aegypti in these neighborhoods by releasing millions of mosquitoes into them. The released mosquitoes are all male, which don't bite, and they've been infected with a bacteria that essentially renders them sterile. When they mate, the eggs the females lay won't hatch.
Debug Fresno is a collaboration between the Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District, an offshoot of Google parent company Alphabet named Verily, and the Kentucky company MosquitoMate.
While project partners have not publicized their data, they report last year's program as a success, which they measure by counting the number of biting female A. aegypti caught in traps throughout the year. "We had a 95 percent reduction over the course of the season, so we're very happy with those results," says Mulligan. The prior year, partners reported a two-thirds reduction in biting females.
Mulligan says mosquito releases began last week and will continue through November.
Debug Fresno
"Debug Fresno" Is Back - And It Seems To Be Working
By Kerry Klein • May 8, 2018
Summer is approaching in the San Joaquin Valley, and that means it's not only the season for sunscreen and paletas, but also mosquitoes—something local authorities are working on. For the last two years, the Fresno area has been the site of an experimental mosquito control program. And it's back again. Here we examine the project's latest, scaled-up season, and why it appears to be working.
Do They Bite, Or Don't They? Common Myths And Misconceptions About "Debug Fresno"
By Kerry Klein & Joe Moore • May 8, 2018
James Gathany, via Wikimedia Commons
Debug Fresno is a pilot project aimed at developing a technique to control a nasty species of invasive mosquito known as Aedes aegypti. It involves releasing millions of mosquitoes infected with wolbachia, a naturally occurring bacteria, in three test areas in Fresno and Clovis. It may seem like a paradox, but the ultimate goal is to reduce the overall A. aegypti population, and techniques like this have succeeded in other parts of the world.


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Successful homestand gives Rangers hope for summer
It's now mid-June and the Rangers remain in the playoff chase despite a season where they weren't supposed to make much noise
Author: Matt Fisher
Updated: 8:29 AM CDT June 10, 2019
DALLAS — There are a few points in the schedule every year where a team's (and its fanbase's) eyes light up. One of those points is when they see that they have the two worst teams in the league coming to the home ballpark for back-to-back series.
For their part, the Texas Rangers were able to take their good fortune from the schedule makers and do their job against the last place Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles. With them dispatched accordingly, Texas followed that up by doing about as well as could be expected against an Oakland team they've always had issues with.
More important than just wins and losses from the Athletics series was the next wave of pitchers that were able to hang with the big boys, if only for just one weekend, and show that they're worth believing in for the next few years.
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In front of some large crowds, the largest of which came out to see Adrian Beltre's number 29 retired on Saturday night, the Rangers had themselves a fun little successful homestand where they finished 7-4 and propelled themselves into the postseason conversation.
And, sure, it's a extremely early to be having that kind of talk but no one was expecting the Rangers to be anywhere near that discussion this season and it's now mid-June and they're right there in the middle of it.
May 30-June 9
Opponents: Kansas City Royals, Baltimore Orioles, Oakland Athletics
11-Game Record: 7-4
Overall Record: 34-30, 2nd Place in AL West, 9.5 Games Back of Houston; Second Wild Card, 1 Game Up on Boston
Notable Injury Report: Edinson Volquez (60, Right Elbow Strain), Taylor Hearn (60, Left Elbow Tightness), Willie Calhoun (10, Left Quad Strain), Joey Gallo (10, Left Oblique Strain), Isiah Kiner-Falefa (10, Right Finger Sprain)
MVPs: Adrian Sampson (CG vs. OAK, 9.0 IP, 4 H, 1ER, 1BB, 7K, 109 pitches), Pete Fairbanks (2.0 IP, 3K), Elvis Andrus (13-for-49), Tim Federowicz (arrived Friday night, caught three rookies Saturday afternoon, 3-Run HR)
With the Bat
The Rangers continue to rake during the day at home, a traditional franchise staple. They've scored 10 or more runs in 6 of 22 games and won 9 of their last 13 day affairs. They came very close to making that 10 of 13, but fell one run shy in the finale against Oakland. The point is that, when the 2019 Rangers go down, they go down swinging and swinging hard.
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In addition to the 9th inning storm of offense on Sunday, Texas also walked off against Baltimore on Wednesday and created some absolutely thrilling baseball in the opener against Baltimore on Tuesday despite a 12-11 loss. This team seems to thrive in pressure situations and works on grinding out at-bats against starters and relievers alike.
Individually, both Elvis Andrus and Rougned Odor showed some extremely promising signs in the Oakland series. Rougie's struggles have been well documented. In the four-game series against Oakland, however, Odor went 5-for-14 and had an absolutely energizing straight steal of home in Sunday's finale. He also drew three walks and had some extremely competitive at-bats against the Athletics.
Andrus has been looking to get his footing under him since returning from the injured list. He went 6-for-19 against Oakland, and after finishing May with just a .234/.253/.312 slash, Andrus is at .268/.256/.390 so far in June.
We can't ignore Delino DeShields' return either. With Joey Gallo hitting the injured list and possibly being out for longer than the 10-day minimum, DeShields is getting another chance in the big leagues. He has made the most of it so far, and it was especially evident in the Baltimore series where DeShields hit .500 in the three-game set.
Once Texas gets Willie Calhoun and Gallo back, there may be no place for Delino to play, but he's definitely showcasing himself well enough for Texas to consider shopping him as July approaches. Of course, if they end up dealing a revitalized Hunter Pence and/or veteran Shin-Soo Choo, Deshields may be staying around. Baseball has a way of working itself out and that's a different article topic for a few weeks from now.
On the Mound
Yes, you're right – Drew Smyly is the black hole in the rotation that keeps on sucking. Two starts in a row, the lefty has been unable to escape the fourth inning. He gave up seven runs against Baltimore and five against Oakland, both losses where Texas scored a combined 19 runs but weren't able to dig out of the holes that Smyly had dug for them.
The issues have developed as a consistent struggle for Smyly, and on a serious playoff team, there's no way that he would continue to have a spot on the roster. Unfortunately, even with Ariel Jurado and Adrian Sampson showing that they can be Major League pitchers (at least, this year), the Rangers still have a need for whatever innings they can get from that fifth spot. That's Smyly.
Don't go thinking Joe Palumbo, who went an admirable four innings in his Major League debut, is going to be sticking around the big league club right now. Palumbo still has work to do in Nashville and that will come after he finishes learning in Frisco. Honestly, the fifth spot in the rotation is best suited for Smyly – an arm to get them innings and let the young pitchers continue to develop. No need to keep pushing the development envelope on the other arms in the system in a year where the expectations are low, even with surprising success.
But we can talk about trio of Joe Palumbo, Phillips Valdez and Adrian Sampson, who, in addition to incumbent-but-still-rookie reliever Jeffrey Springs, saved the bullpen's heavy hitters during this stretch of 21 games in 20 days with their effort during Saturday's doubleheader sweep.
After Smyly's ridiculously poor outing in the first of these games on Tuesday, it looked like the bullpen was going to be heavily taxed during the next three weeks. The effort put forth by the above four pitchers righted the ship and got everyone else ready to face some more advanced lineups in Boston. Sampson, especially, throwing a complete game against an admittedly tired A's team, was a huge boon to Chris Woodward's club.
Then there's Pete Fairbanks. Fairbanks, who also made his Major League debut against Oakland (the third of three debuts over the weekend for Texas) on Sunday, showcased some incredible stuff. The lanky right hander, featuring a short-arm delivery and fastballs in excess of 98 mph, also broke off some disgusting breaking balls that seemed to tag team with gravity with how sharply they dropped. Fairbanks undoubtedly will be getting some high-leverage opportunities in Boston.
With Isiah Kiner-Falefa going down with a finger sprain, the club found itself without a backup catcher. Jose Trevino is injured and Jett Bandy and Adam Moore are needed in Nashville in the meantime. Although it wouldn't have been a stretch to see Bandy brought up for a week and a half. Instead, the team went out and acquired another defense-first, journeyman catcher in Tim Federowicz.
Federowicz, who has spent time with the Dodgers, Cubs, Giants, Astros and Reds, joined the Rangers late Friday night and was given the assignment of guiding rookie starter Joe Palumbo through his debut. On top of that, in addition to also guiding another debuting pitcher in Phillips Valdez, Federowicz smacked a key three-run homer in the first game of the doubleheader against the A's.
Is Kiner-Falefa in danger of losing his job? Probably not. Is Jeff Mathis? One might look at the two-year contract and say no, but it's only for $6.25 million over the two seasons – and the defensive capabilities that Mathis was signed for don't appear to be showing themselves has clearly as they have in the past.
On the year, Mathis is only at a 9% caught stealing success rate. That's 2018 Robinson Chirinos level bad. His catcher ERA, 4.27, is as bad as its been in four years, when he had a 4.72 in 2015, in fewer games overall with a terrible Miami Marlins team. Maybe this writer is reading too much into it, but the acquisition of Tim Federowicz might be more of an indicator for Mathis than for Kiner-Falefa. And no, I don't think this team is at the point where they can carry three catchers.
At Least They're Not…
The Toronto Blue Jays
Despite featuring Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. and Cavan Biggio, the Canadian MLB franchise has lost 14 of their last 17 games. Their offense has only posted a .161 batting average – just 18 hits in that time frame. Around two wins in New York, Toronto was swept by Tampa Bay, Colorado and Arizona. Obviously Toronto, who sits in fourth place in the AL East, is in the midst of a rebuild. They just extended the contract of their GM Ross Atkins, but it's going to be just as long a season for Toronto as it is going to be for Baltimore.
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I am a member of the Nigerian and New York Bar Associations with law degrees from the University of Nigeria, London School of Economics, and University of Toronto where I was a Women's Rights and Reproductive Health Scholar. I have volunteered in various organizations dealing with the rights of women, especially women in developing countries. I am particularly interested in research, advocacy and litigation on women's rights and continue to work on human rights and humanitarian law issues that impact women.
I have followed Oxfam's activities over the years and the organization's commitment to working towards reducing poverty and entrenching social justice in many parts of the developing world. I always hoped to contribute in some way if the opportunity came along. As a result, when I had the opportunity to do a human rights internship while I was studying for an LL.M at the University of Toronto, I applied to work with Oxfam Canada. I was particularly excited that the decision to prioritize women's rights in the organization's work coincided with my internship period.
I worked with Oxfam Canada as an intern from June to September in 2007. During this period, I initiated and maintained contact with the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) in London, England to establish collaboration between them and Oxfam Canada towards future publication of Country HIV/AIDS Prevention Report Cards.
I started the preliminary formatting of a model and template for the development of a HIV/AIDS report card on Canada that will grade the diagnosis and treatment of HIV/AIDS and the prevention and education programs designed around the disease in Canada. This was released at the Aug. 3-8, 2008 International AIDS Conference in Mexico.
I researched and analyzed Canada's national and federal policies on HIV/AIDS to determine the effectiveness of its implementation, while initiating and maintaining contact with Public Health Canada and other relevant government departments in this regard.
I researched the link between ongoing violations of human rights guarantees, especially the human rights of women, and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Canada in order to develop an advocacy platform' and key campaign asks' for Oxfam and the Blueprint for Action on Women and HIV/AIDS coalition.
Being able to learn some important skills required for advocating for and advancing social justice has been my most rewarding experience. Furthermore, I am happy that the legal analysis and documentary review work I did could improve the lives of many Canadian women, especially those who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS by reason of their social status, immigration status, and other relevant factors. I also hope it would impact the lives of women in the developing world.
Through my involvement with Oxfam I gained more knowledge about the inner workings of international NGOs and the significance of forming partnerships and building alliances with other national and international NGOs. I learned how to engage with other NGOs and with government officials in order to gain necessary information, and was able to build up more expertise around the human rights issues I worked on.


Leach & Lang Property Consultants in cooperation with Inverpol Consulting have brokered a transaction of a piece of land of approx. 0.8ha in size, located on the corner of Masarska and Rzeznicza streets in the centre of Krakow. The vendor was second largest Spanish bank Bankia and the buyer was a large, Polish development company. The concept of the development plan for this plot shows 13,000 sqm of sellable area for residential and commercial use. The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.


The Orange Line will run through Central Austin with stops at several activity centers like St. Edward's University, South Congress Avenue, Auditorium Shores, Republic Square, the Texas Capitol, and the University of Texas.
The meeting offered an assortment of visuals showing different aspects of the Orange Line corridor that will have an impact on the lingering questions of whether the public will be riding on rubber wheels or rail, and if tunnels or elevated pathways will be involved.
One graphic, for example, showed several segments along the route where space on the street is limited, such as Guadalupe Street between 28th and 38th streets, that will likely require the transit line to get around car traffic by going under or above ground.
While these questions are likely to have a significant impact on the line's cost to taxpayers and the overall performance of the route, Capital Metro CEO Randy Clarke said the most important piece of the high-capacity transit puzzle – dedicated lanes – has mostly been taken care of with City Council's initial approval of the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan on March 28.
With that piece of policy nearly in place, Clarke said the remaining questions are the technical considerations that involve comparison of different modes, like whether frequency is more important than the passenger capacity of each vehicle, how much the community wants to spend per vehicle and how much time should be spent building out the transit line.
In answering these questions, Capital Metro aims to "future-proof" the transit line so that evolving technological innovations like self-driving cars could theoretically be incorporated into whatever infrastructure ends up being built. AECOM experts will be following the progress of autonomous vehicle technology closely to provide guidance as Capital Metro plans the route.
Regardless of the state of technology, the federal government will also have to play along if the city wants to be on the cutting edge of technology in public transit. There is currently no federal regulatory process for autonomous rapid transit (ART), so the city could not put such vehicles on the ground even if the technology was fully tested and ready for the market.
Jerry Smiley, AECOM's project manager for the Orange Line, said there is no way to know yet if both the technology and the political environment will be ready to implement autonomous vehicles by the time the Orange Line is ready for construction. By February 2020, Smiley said the agency may be able to offer Capital Metro a better timeline of when that technology may potentially be incorporated into the route.
As yet another challenge with ART, Smiley said the American transit industry operates rather slowly, only recently getting around to electrifying bus fleets. That means purchasing vehicles in the U.S., in accordance with the "Buy America" requirements adopted last year by the Federal Transit Administration, will be impossible unless American manufacturers can be incentivized to produce autonomous-capable transit vehicles.
"We're going to study all potential options, lay out a fact-case for all of them, and then ultimately our board will have to make a decision based on the fact-case that's driven through community engagement and technical analysis," Clarke said.
The meeting ran from 3-7 p.m. without any formal presentations or group discussions. Longtime local transit activist Roger Baker said the meeting format was too chaotic to facilitate a more focused conversation in which the public and Capital Metro could all get on the same page.


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John Merrow Thanks Tucker Carlson for a Truly Stupid Idea
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John Merrow, former PBS education reporter, thanks FOX News pundit Tucker Carlson for one of the silliest ideas ever.
Merrow writes:
I am coming out of retirement to help Tucker Carlson save American public education, our children, and, by extension, our way of life. But this is not about me; it's about the brilliant campaign created by America's premier 'uber journalist,' Tucker Carlson of Fox. (I put 'journalist' in quotes not to disparage Mr. Carlson but to indicate that he stands head and shoulders above his pedestrian counterparts.)
Mr. Carlson has recognized that the greatest threat to America's future is NOT climate change, the rich-poor wealth gap, Russian cyber warfare, or China. No, the greatest danger to our way of life is Critical Race Theory, which simply cannot be allowed to be taught in our schools.
Mr. Carlson's solution is nothing short of brilliant: Cameras in every public school classroom so that teachers who try to subvert our youth by filling their heads with dangerous ideas can be identified, publicly shamed, and fired.
There are nay-sayers, of course: Short-sighted critics who maintain that cameras are an invasion of privacy. And some studies indicate that academic achievement suffers when everyone is under surveillance, but Mr. Carlson is not swayed; he keeps his eye on the prize: protecting young minds from getting in the habit of asking questions or even expressing doubts.
I hope it is obvious that Merrow is writing with his tongue in his cheek.
Merrow guesses that there are some three million classrooms in the nation. The cost of wiring them and installing cameras and microphones would be about $12 billion, he estimates.
One minor downside: We will probably have to buy the cameras, microphones, and DVRs from Chinese, Tiawanese, or Swiss companies, because American companies missed the boat when it came to creating effective security systems.
But even if more than $13 billion leaves our shores without benefiting the American economy, Mr. Carlson's plan will still create prosperity because it's going to create several million jobs–the men and women who will spend their days watching our teachers, taking careful notes, and, inevitably, bearing witness against those teachers who are polluting the minds of our children.
I hope Mr. Carlson will support giving employment preference to devoted viewers of the Fox channel, because their antennae will be sensitive to what matters. They will be able to spot "Critical Race Theory" easily, because Mr. Carlson and his colleagues have educated them.
We will need to hire at least a million of these "Watchers" at a cost of roughly $40,000 per year, for a total of $4,000,000,000. This will be an annual expense
Let me be blunt about what's at stake: If you are not willing to spend more than $17,000,000,000 to save our nation from subversion, I think you should leave the country now.
Because I believe I can help Mr. Carlson save America, I am coming out of retirement. I have created an on-line training program for "Watchers," which provides basic training in recognizing the educational subversion known as Critical Race Theory…
I am calling the program, which costs only $100 per adult learner, the"Critical Race Aggressive Pedagogy Trap," or "CRAP TRAP." You can sign up here, or you can meet me on the corner of Morse and Fuller Streets and hand me the cash.
Please open the link and finish reading this wonderful satire.
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Pinterest never ceases to amaze me in its ability to inspire creativity in its users (check out my pinterest board here). Recently, it inspired a whole blogging community to tackle some DIY projects. Becca recently went trolling on pinterest for some ideas on creating DIY art and she came up with this truly simple yet high effective way of creating unique art. You might remember Becca from her headboard DIY she did for us a couple of weeks ago.


With the rise of the technical revolution of blockchain, P2P lending has found a new home for crypto enthusiasts.
After the 2008 global financial crisis wreaked havoc on the world economy, it became much more difficult to find forms of capital and to secure financial loans. In order to overcome this problem, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) lending came into play. P2P lending, in its simplest form, is defined by obtaining funding by having other individuals loan you money, instead of going to a bank.
According to Morgan Stanley, the global P2P lending market will be $490 billion by the year 2020. Enter Bitcoin and blockchain technology. With the rise of the technical revolution of blockchain, P2P lending has found a new home for crypto enthusiasts. By utilizing blockchain technologies to facilitate P2P loans, it helps drive down price, whereby increasing availability, and providing a trustless way to interact with users on P2P lending platforms.
One of the new names in cryptocurrency based P2P lending is Ethlend.io. ETHLend is utilizing the Ethereum blockchain in order to add another radical change to the process of P2P lending. While traditional lending simply makes you "trust" that the user will pay back their loan, ETHLend will allow the user to know their loan is protected through collateral based loan requirements.
This solves a two-fold problem. The first side is that users will be able to obtain a loan against their cryptocurrency collateral, without having to sell their coins on the open market. The flip side is that users who have fiat money to loan will be able to rest secure in their knowledge that the loan they are giving is protected with crypto collateral in case of a default.
With this background let's dive into three specific use cases and how the platform will apply to each. The three perspectives we will discuss in this article are one of a lender, a debtor, and a programmer.
The ETHLend platform will help allow the user who is looking to invest in peer-to-peer loans unrivaled access to a variety of loans options. By using the ETHLend platform, the lender will be able to scour a marketplace full of different opportunities.
Inside of the lending market place, the user will be able to see which loans are currently available; how much they are for; how (and with what) crypto currency they are secured; and what their public "credit rating" profile is. All of these functions together will be able to give the investor a detailed insight into potential loans.
For example, if a user only wishes to invest in loans backed by Ethereum, they can do that; or if they wish to only invest in ERC20 token backed loans they can do that also.
After the user has invested in a loan, they can rest assured the collateral and contract is protected because it is on the blockchain. This introduces a trustless system in which the user can be assured of protection against default via collateral holdings.
If a crypto currency follower sees a new Initial Coin Offering (ICO) they wish to invest in, or comes across a situation in life in which they need fiat currency, they normally have to sell some of their token holdings on the open market.
With the breakthrough technologies of ETHLend there is now another option. Instead of having to sell their holdings on the open market, the person in need of funding can loan against their holdings. By obtaining a loan against their holdings, they are able to obtain the funding they need, while also being able to receive their crypto currencies back after they have repaid the loan.
Not only will they rest assured that their coins will be returned at the end of the loan contract, they can also be reassured knowing that if something happens in which they are not able to repay the loan, their coins on collateral will be liquidated to pay their debts.
As was previously discussed, by introducing the blockchain into the P2P lending business, a trustless system is created. The debtor only has to focus on being able to make their agreed upon payments, and be assured they will be returned their coins at the end of the loan terms.
The ETHLend platform will make available API in which users will be able to code bots to automate lending processes. For many users this may not be exciting news as they may not have the skills needed to create automated lending bots.
However, to those more tech savvy individuals, by having API keys they will be able to create bots and programs to do work for them on the ETHLend markets. While the website will have the options for users to filter loans by certain criteria, the API will allow bots to automatically screen out certain loans based on the parameters in the code.
This will greatly increase the availability for users to watch the market place. By having these bots in place, users would be able to easily screen loan criteria, and then automatically invest a certain amount in every loan that meets their criteria. Or, if an extremely favorable loan is found on the market, the bot can initiate a loan as soon as it is available, even if the user is asleep (how cool is that).
As is apparent from the sample use cases, the ETHLend platform will be enticing to a wide range of individuals. Users in need of capital will be able to use their own coins as collateral to obtain funds, while knowing they will be returned upon completion of the loan.
Those who are looking to diversify outside of the traditional crypto sphere will have the opportunity to invest in collaterally backed, trustless loans on the blockchain, and programmers will be able to send their bots into the marketplace to automate every aspect of their investing for them.
The P2P lending market is growing at an unprecedented rate, and thanks to blockchain technologies, ETHLend will be able to capitalize on this growth and position itself as the go to P2P lending platform for crypto enthusiast.


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Clashes In Libya Force Oilfield Shutdowns, Force Majeure Possible
By Irina Slav - Mar 13, 2017, 10:36 AM CDT
Continued fighting between the Libyan National Army and the Benghazi Defense Brigades may cause the declaration of force majeure at two oil export terminals, a board member of the National Oil Corporation, Jadallah Al-Okli, said, also confirming that the fighting had forced the shutdown of several oil fields, which shaved off 80,000 bpd from the country's recovering production.
Clashes between the House of Representatives-affiliated LNA and the BDB, which has declared no affiliations, broke out earlier this month, focusing on two of the terminals, Es Sider and Ras Lanuf, which the LNA took over last September, along with the other two main oil export points in the Oil Crescent, Zueitina, and Brega.
The LNA then handed control of the ports to the NOC, and exports of crude were resumed for the first time in about two years, during which the terminals were controlled by the Petroleum Facilities Guard—an armed group affiliated with the UN-backed Libyan government, which, used its control of the terminals to extract money from various authorities. Now, it seems that Ras Lanuf and Es Sider are back in the hands of the PFG.
The Benghazi Defense Brigades, which the Terrorism Research and Analysis Consortium lists as an Islamist group with ideology similar to that of Al Quaeda, was formed as opposition to Khalifa Haftar's LNA and includes fighters from other groups that the LNA considers extremist, driving many of them out of Benghazi.
Related; Libyan Oil May Be Slipping Out Of Putin's Reach
Before the latest clashes, Libya produced 700,000 barrels of oil daily, with plans to raise this to 1.1 million barrels by the end of the year.
Over the weekend, a new political angle was added to the story: a U.S. military official accused Moscow of supporting Khaftar in a bid to gain control over the country's oil wealth. Russia's support for the LNA became clear earlier, after the head of a private security firm, RSB-group, told Reuters it had deployed military contractors to Libya in a region controlled by the LNA.
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Keithley meters of the 24xx and 26xx series are the standard SMUs to measure solar cell IV curves. These systems can handle currents up to 3 A. However, today's research normally deals with small area cells with low current levels. We now offer a cost-efficient solution that works with our well-established small-area solar simulators and can handle currents up to 200 mA. This is sufficient for most research applications. It offers 16-bit resolution and can also read out reference cells. The PT100 temperature sensor normally implemented in reference cells is also recorded. Values are corrected to 25 °C according to STC. A 4.3″ touch screen, USB interface and LabView VI guarantee easy implementation into your measurement setup. The system features a 0…5 V TTL signal (BNC termination) to control a solar simulator shutter, an adjustable ± 5 V bias voltage and 4-wire (Kelvin) input to improve measurement accuracy.
The new LS0036 is an economic all-in-one solution which can easily compete with established Keithley systems.