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Dickson, Brown lead CV to homecoming win versus scrappy Pacheco
Hawks improve to 4-0 in WAC standings
Central Valleys Jaron Dickson gets fouled by Pachecos Libby Velasquez (5) while battling for possession during Fridays WAC contest. Dickson scored a game-high 24 points. - photo by DALE BUTLER/The Courier
The members of Central Valley High School's varsity boys basketball team headed straight for the locker room following Friday night's 74-66 homecoming win over visiting Pacheco.
The head coaches for both squads decided it wouldn't be a good idea to exchange handshakes after the game.
"We did it to keep the players safe," Hawks leader Darryl Dickson. "There was too much talking during the game. The emotions were way too high."
"It might have turned into a brawl," Central Valley standout guard Jaron Dickson stated.
The Hawks improved to 14-3 on the year and remained in first place in the Western Athletic Conference standings (4-0).
The Panthers dropped to 7-9 and 1-3.
"We're not worried about playoffs or winning the WAC right now," coach Dickson said. "It's a long season still. But we're happy where we're at. It's good we control our own destiny."
Jaron Dickson scored a game-high 24 points.
Daevon Brown totaled 17 points.
Devon Bolivar had 10 points.
Parker Griffin, Manuel Garcia, Larenz Johnson, Nimrat Chahal and Alexis Villa added six, five, four, three and two points, respectively.
Central Valley buried six 3-pointers, including three by Brown and one by Dickson, Garcia and Chahal.
Juwan Epperson, a standout quarterback on Pacheco's varsity football team this past fall, scored 18 of his team-high 20 points in the second half.
Octavio Jimenez tallied 15 of his 19 points in the second period.
Libby Velasquez finished with 11 points.
Central Valley led by as much as 22 points before Pacheco got within 10 in the final period.
"I subbed down a little too much," coach Dickson said. "You got to give them credit. They didn't give up."
Epperson buried three treys and tallied 15 of his team's 21 fourth-quarter points.
Juwan even converted a four-point play. He buried an NBA-range 3-pointer from the right wing while being fouled. Epperson sat on the court for a few seconds and flexed before draining the free throw.
Dickson (16) and Brown (14) combined to score 30 points as the Hawks grabbed a 48-26 lead in the first half.
"We got complacent in the second half," said Jaron Dickson, who was assessed a technical foul for jawing just before the conclusion of the game. "We got to focus on keeping the pace up for all four quarters."
"Our goals are set high," coach Dickson said. "Every team gives you their best shot when you're in first place. We proved we're a first-place team."
The Hawks won their seventh consecutive game.
Central Valley has a near-perfect 6-1 record on its home court.
"I love it when all of our fans come out to support us," Jaron Dickson said. "It's a great feeling."
First-place Central Valley will host Livingston (2-1) today and play at Ceres High (3-1) on Friday. Both games will get underway at 7:30 p.m.
"We want to go undefeated in league," Jaron Dickson said. "It would mean a lot, especially for us seniors. There's a little bit of pressure. We're the team to beat. Every team is going to give us their best shot."
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Our 11 member Authority is appointed by the Minister for Agriculture, Food & the Marine and has representatives from the farming organisations, the food industry, the universities, the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and Teagasc staff.
In September 2014, the Government decided that The Public Appointments Service (PAS), established under statute in 2004, be given responsibility for putting in place an open, accessible, rigorous and transparent system to support Ministers in making appointments to State Boards, including Teagasc. A dedicated website, http://www.stateboards.ie is the channel through which the PAS advertises vacancies on State Boards. It is also the means through which accomplished, experienced and qualified people, including people who might not previously have been identified as available for appointment, can then apply to be considered for particular vacancies.
The Authority meets on the first Wednesday of every month except in August. The Authority also has five committees as follows: Advisory and Education Committee, Audit & Risk Committee, Nominations Committee, Operations Committee and Research Committee.
Code of Business Conduct for members of the Teagasc Authority.
Mr. Herlihy is a dairy farmer from County Waterford. He was appointed Chairman of FBD Holdings in May 2017 having joined the Board in 2015. Previously he was Group Chairman of Glanbia Plc for over 7 years in the period to June 2015. Mr Herlihy is a former Director of the Irish Dairy Board (now Ornua) and ICOS.
Dairy farmer and member of ICMSA's National Council. Former Chairman ICMSA Dairy Committee and Rural Development Committee.
Chair of Food Microbiology & Head of School of Microbiology at UCC. First Directo/CEO of Food for Health Ireland & Deputy Director of Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre.
Dairy farmer and Chairman of Aurivo Co-operative Society LTD. Representative of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS). Pat was nominated by ICOS.
Assistant Secretary at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for Human Resources and Corporate Affairs.
Dairy farmer and former recipient of the FBD Young Farmer of the Year 2013 and Nuffield Scholarship in 2015. John was nominated by Macra na Feirme.
Experimental Officer at Teagasc, Animal and Grassland Research and Innovation Centre, Grange, Co. Meath. Teagasc Staff Representative.
Vice-President Research & Development, PepsiCo Nutrition and site lead for PepsiCo's Cork R&D Centre.
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Lake Berryessa is een stuwmeer in de Amerikaanse staat Californië. Het meer is gevormd door de Monticello Dam en is met een oppervlakte van 8.400 hectare en een volume van 1,976 km³ het grootste meer van Napa County. De dam en het stuwmeer voorzien de North Bay-regio van elektriciteit en water.

Voor de bouw van de dam, die in 1953 begon, was Berryessa Valley een heel vruchtbaar landbouwgebied. De belangrijkste nederzetting was Monticello. De bouw van de dam werd voltooid in 1958 en het meer vulde zich tegen 1963. Op dat moment was Berryessa het op een na grootste stuwmeer van Californië, na Shasta Lake. Samen met de Putah Diversion Dam en Lake Solano en andere infrastructuur maken Monticello Dam en Lake Berryessa deel uit van het Solano Project, dat losstaat van andere projecten zoals het Central Valley Project. Dicht bij de Monticello Dam is er een noodoverlaat in het stuwmeer; het gat meet 22 meter in diameter en staat bekend als de Glory Hole.

Lake Berryessa is een populaire regionale watersportbestemming. Er zijn verschillende jachthavens. Populaire activiteiten in en rond het meer zijn zwemmen, vissen, waterskiën, vogelen, fietsen en varen met waterscooters, plezierbootjes, kajaks en kano's. Het land langs de oevers van het meer staat onder het beheer van het Bureau of Reclamation.

Het meer was de locatie van een van de moorden in de Zodiac-zaak uit 1969.

Zie ook
 Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument

Berryessa
Napa County
Stroomgebied van de Sacramento

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As the workforce becomes increasingly mobile, IT pros are finding it harder to manage endpoints. This is especially true if you work at a large company using Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr). You may have a roaming sales force, home office users, and/or Internet-connection-only offices. These systems may rarely phone home to the mothership (ConfigMgr). Hitting your monthly target for software update compliance (also known as patch compliance) can be a challenge for these devices.
With your ConfigMgr implementation, you need a way for Internet-connected clients to retrieve policy and content. Traditionally if you wanted a client connected by the Internet to receive policy and content, you needed to implement an Internet-Based Client Management (IBCM) infrastructure. This involved installing a one or more site servers in your DMZ with a Management Point (MP), Distribution Point (DP), and Software Update Point (SUP) roles. Then you poke all the necessary holes in your network to allow communication between the DMZ servers and your ConfigMgr site server inside the corporate network. Are you exhausted just reading about it? It can be just as painful getting the buy in from the networking and security teams and implementing it.
Microsoft introduced the Cloud Management Gateway (CMG) as a simpler, more secure, and cost-effective approach to reaching clients on the Internet. They introduced it as a pre-release feature in 1610 and promoted it to a released feature in 1802. It allows you to extend your reach to Internet-facing clients without setting up additional site servers and roles and poking holes in your network perimeter. The gateway is a provisioned Azure cloud service, essentially a canned virtual machine. It is published with an Internet-facing IP address, allowing clients to authenticate with either certificates through the classic service deployment or with Azure AD through Azure Resource Manager deployment.
The gateway acts as a middle-man allowing clients to communicate with the Management Point and Software Update, enabling it to obtain policy and perform WSUS scans. Your clients obtain content directly from a Cloud Distribution Point (CDP), or alternatively directly from Microsoft Update for software update content.
When deploying a CMG you will pay a base monthly cost for the number of instances that you create, and then a variable cost for data storage and data transfer.
To estimate your monthly cost you will want to leverage the calculators at Azure pricing and Azure pricing bandwidth. The below sample estimates are based on a single CDP/CMG for the US East region for 2,000 devices mid-year 2018.
Variable monthly cost for data transfer 100MB/month per device X 2000 devices (195GB) would be $16.55/month.
The CDP pricing will vary greatly depending on what content you are making available, and how often clients will be downloading the content. The rate is typically $0.087 per GB/month up to 10 TB a month. For example, if you have 100 devices perform a one-time download of a 7GB package that would cost approximately $60.46. You can set thresholds to alert you if you are close to exceeding predefined limits.
Online, persisted connection is a requirement for the CMG as it requires and online connection. Offline mode allows you to use the Service Connection Tool to download and sneaker net updates to your ConfigMgr site server. However, if you have your site in an isolated environment without internet access then you will not be able to use the CMG.
This CMG server authentication certificate must be issued by a certificate authority trusted by your clients. It can be from a publicly trusted provider such as VeriSign, or from your internal certificate authority from PKI. We recommend the PKI route, which avoids the need to setup a CNAME record in your public DNS. When generating the PKI certificate, you use the same template you would for a cloud distribution point, except for the common name you specify the servicename.cloudapp.net. The cloudapp.net is the domain owned by Microsoft and they publish the external DNS for this service address when you create your CMG. You will want to check for the availability for the desired service prior to creating your CMG, something like contosocmg.cloudapp.net.
This certificate is required for classic mode, and the certificate must be uploaded to the Azure subscription service by your Azure administrator prior to creating your CMG. While your Azure administrator is hanging out on the Azure Portal, they will want to copy the Subscription Service ID. Going the PKI route, you can export the same certificate used for the server authentication, as a CER file without a private key, and upload to the subscription. You will use an export of the same certificate with as PFX file with the private key when creating the CMG.
A client authentication certificate that chains to a trusted root certificate. Typically, this would be a certificate that your devices auto-enroll in based on a group policy.
Navigate to Administration\Overview\Cloud Services in the console.
Right click on Cloud Management Gateway and choose Create Cloud Management Gateway.
Choose your Azure environment (likely AzurePublicCloud), paste the Subscription ID provided by your Azure Administrator.
Browse to the private certificate you exported for your CMG, enter the password when prompted (you should have created this password when you exported the certificate) and click Next.
Choose the Region you want to host your CMG, it should be closest to your clients.You can create multiple Gateways if you need coverage in each region, and you can create multiple VM instances if you need to provide redundancy or scale. We recommend that you start with one as you perform your proof of concept, so you can get a good feel for the cost prior to scaling out your infrastructure.
You can define threshold alerts, this is a means to make sure you do not inadvertently exceed the desired cost. You will want to ensure that you have connected the ConfigMgr alerts to an email or monitoring solution to ensure you are notified of these alerts, otherwise you will need to check the console regularly for alerts.
Finally, you are provided the standard summary screen, chose Next to begin provisioning you CMG.
Now that you have provisioned your CMG and configured the proxy service, you need to enable the MP/SUP roles to enable clients to communication with your infrastructure. It requires these roles to configured for HTTPS communication role. If you currently use HTTP mode for your intranet clients (on premise) then you will need to add a new MP/SUP role that can be enabled for HTTPS for the CMG.
Navigate to \Administration\Overview\Site Configuration\Servers and Site System Roles.
Click on the Site Server with the MP you are enabling, and double-click on Management point to open the properties.
Select HTTPS mode, click the Allow Configuration manage cloud management gateway traffic checkbox, and ensure Allow intranet and internet client connections is selected.
Click on the Site Server with the MP you are enabling, and double-click on Software update point to open the properties.
Select Allow Configuration manage cloud management gateway traffic checkbox.
While it is not a requirement to deploy a Cloud DP when using a CMG, it is necessary if you want to make content available to clients on the Internet.
Right click on Cloud Distribution Points and choose Create Cloud Distribution Point.
Choose your Azure environment (likely AzurePublicCloud), enter your Subscription ID, Browse and add your Private Certificate.
Choose your region, and import your Cloud DP certificate.
Choose your alerts for data storage and data transfer.
Review the settings on the summary and choose Next to provision your Cloud DP.
What may be confusing compared to setting up the CMG, is that you need to use your public domain name when creating a certificate for the Cloud DP. You will not use something like sccmdp.cloudapp.net, but rather something like sccmdp.contoso.com. In addition, you will need to create your own public-facing DNS record for this so that clients are able to resolve the name and connect to it from the Internet.
As of the 1802 ConfigMgr public release, this was your only option to make content available to internet facing clients in conjunction with your CMG. However, Microsoft has continued its investment in the CMG. In the 1806 public release, the CMG can be used without the additional setup and cost of a Cloud Distribution Point. This allows the gateway to act as a middleman for a distribution point as well, eliminating the need to pay a monthly fee for a CDP virtual machine, and storage costs. You will stay pay for the data transfer usage.
True to the nature of ConfigMgr, there are multiple log files for digging behind the scenes to monitor the service or troubleshoot issues.
ClougMgr.log – Log file for the Cloud management gateway connection point.
SMS_Clolud_ProxyConnector – Log file for the connectivity from clients to the proxy services.
CMG-ServiceName-ProxyService_IN_0-CMGSetup.log – Installation and configuration.
CMG-ServiceName-ProxyService_IN_0-CMGService.log – Installation and configuration.
CMG-ServiceName-ProxyService_IN_0-CMGHttpHandler.log – Installation and configuration.
LocationServices.log – You will see here if the client is connecting to the CMG. It needs to receive policy at least once while connected to the corporate network.
CcmLocation.log – Confirm the client MP is pointing to the CMG.
CcmMessaging.log – Confirm the client is successfully communicating.
InternetProxy.log – Activity for both the CDP and CMG.


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MANILA, Philippines – When she's not shaming resource persons for coming unprepared to Senate hearings, or lecturing fellow lawmakers for their ignorance of the law, or making college students giggle over her famous pick-up lines, Miriam Defensor Santiago could be putting together a book.
On Wednesday, December 3, she launched Stupid is Forever, a "collection of jokes, one-liners, pick-up lines, comebacks, and speeches delivered and/or curated by Senator Miriam Defensor Santiago" and published by ABS-CBN Publishing.
"I came up with this collection of jokes because sometimes we are being too serious about the issues facing our country today. I think if we laughed more, and took ourselves less seriously, the public debate would be much better," the senator said during the launch at National Bookstore Trinoma.
Asked what was the most stupid thing she had heard in the Senate, she said: "There's no one stupid thing. There are millions."
Below is her short Q&A with the media right after the launch.
Nakakatuwa dahil nagpapatunay sa sinasabi ko na sa halip na mag-lecture o mag-orate sa taongbayan, kung minsan mas madali pa kung idaan na lang natin sa pabiro, dahil diyan nagkakaintindihan tayo. Tayong mga Pilipino, we have our own sense of humor, we have our own way of cracking jokes.
Kung minsan, kung masyadong seryoso ang tao at akala niya siya lang ang nakakaalam ng lahat ng bagay na kailangang malaman sa debate, mas mabuti pa kung hindi niya masyado pinapataas ang sarili niya, kundi nagpapakumbaba siya doon sa madla para magkaintindihan tayo lahat sa sarili nating kultura.
What's the most stupid thing you've heard in the Senate?
Maybe not top 3, just one: the Senate.
If you can throw a one-liner to Pope Francis, what would it be?
Just to make him laugh, because everybody pulls such a long face when he's around, everybody pretends to roll his eyes upward, to look very penitential or to look divine. People should put a little bit of humor in the lives of even the Pope.
He has shown by his issuances so far that he has a very progressive trend of thought. Those who have studied theology would know that we are either classified as radicals, conservatives, or progressive. I, personally, for example, would be classified as a progressive, and I think Pope Francis would classify as a progressive as well. I don't think he will take offense.
Hindi siguro ako makakapunta, sinabi ko na, dahil ang kasal nila ay doon sa Balesin Island. Nahihirapan ako magbiyahe sa eroplano kaya nga I haven't been out of the country for almost a year now. It's bad for my health.
This one was Stupid is Forever. Maybe the next one will be about morons. There's a difference, you know.
I just want to say that I did not expect na ganito karaming tao ang darating sa ganitong oras, dahil weekday ngayon eh. Miyerkules pa man din, pero sa palagay ko sobra sa isang libo ang dumating ngayon.
This shows any one of the following things: (1) there is a dearth of humor and people appreciate humor; (2) they want politics to lighten up; or (3) they just want pictures to post on Facebook or anywhere else on social media, which is the best way of communicating these days.
Anyone who wants to run for president in 2016 must make sure to use social media in the proper way acceptable to the netizens. Otherwise, they will spurn him notwithstanding that he enters their domain. You have to communicate in a certain way. You don't just enter social media for your own benefit.
Does the presence of a huge crowd here bolster your resolve to run for president?
Yes and no. Yes, because it shows that I have popular support, and, no, in a way, because I am fully aware of the responsibilities that I will assume. People seem to have very very high expectations of me; it frightens even me. No person can meet all the expectations of all these young people, especially those who played hooky from school today, whom I tried to reprimand but who were faster than me in their repartees.
I'm going to think about it. First of all, I have to get rid of the last few vestiges of cancer. I am in remission, as they say. The cancer is no longer in its original strong state; it is now in a very weak state. Still, I have to be in the best of health if I will be president of the Philippines because there are so many things that have to be done simultaneously.
What is your advice to the unwise, in the context of 'Stupid is Forever'?
The advice is to keep on reading. There are studies about the gains of reading from print and reading from e-books, and it appears that the gains from reading are all to be gained from print instead of e-books. I don't know if that's correct or if there's just some propaganda war going on, but all people should always be encouraged to read.


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New Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Review
It is two-wheel drive. That, beyond all else you take from the changes made to the Lamborghini Huracán to create this LP580-2 derivative, is the most important thing to note. Power no longer goes to all four wheels, but only to the Huracán's rears.
And this is important, because the regular Lamborghini Huracán, the LP610-4, is a fine car but one whose balance is – how to put it? – dictated a little too much by its nose. It understeers quite a lot because Lamborghini wanted it to be a fairly straightforward car to drive. That made it one with no vices but also, for the purist, one with too little balance. You could argue that the same was true of the regular Aventador, which is why Lamborghini added the SV variant of that model.
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Think of the LP580-2, then, as the Huracán being given similar 'serious driver's car' treatment. With the two-wheel-drive Huracán, Lamborghini says it turned its "most technological car into the purest fun-to-drive machine". We'll come to that in a moment. First, turning the Huracán into a correct-wheel-drive car has brought with it some other necessary changes.
With the loss of the driveline at the front, 33kg has gone because there's no centre differential shaft forwards of that, no front differential nor front halfshafts, so the weight balance has shifted slightly rearwards – 40% front/60% rear rather than 43/57 as before. That has necessitated adjustments to both aerodynamics and suspension, especially when you factor in the desire to give more front end bite.
The front is now more efficient at producing downforce, while the front springs and front anti-roll bars are, combined, about 10% softer than before, to help put weight on the nose and increase agility on turn-in. The rear suspension is only revised on order to balance the changes to the front and, while the steering hardware is unchanged, that it is unencumbered by power is said to make the car feel more responsive to inputs.
Dynamic steering – which changes its ratio depending on speed and inputs and so on – is optional but wasn't fitted to our test car and is usually less satisfactory than a standard set-up anyway. The engine and gearbox, meanwhile, remain unchanged in hardware, although the power of the 5.2-litre, naturally aspirated V10 is down from 602bhp in the four-wheel-drive car to 572bhp here, and it's made at 8000rpm rather than 8250rpm.
Lamborghini says that's to give a better balance with the rear wheels, but also concedes that it's easier on the transmission, given that there's a lot less driveline to cope with the power. And, oh, how turbochargers have spoilt us for torque. The turbocharged Ferrari 488 GTB has some 561lb ft of it at 3000rpm. This normally aspirated Huracán gets a mere 398lb ft, and you'll have to wind the motor to 6500rpm in order to access it. So if you want to make progress in a Huracán, you have to want to. Won't you?
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One day after being named coach of the United States team, Bruce Arena made his first selection of players for the national team an all-Major League Soccer squad. Not only that, but nine of the 22 players selected for the match against Australia in San Jose, Calif., on Nov. 6 are on the team for the first time.
Five players are from D.C. United, the team that Arena coached for the last three seasons. The Chicago Fire, which won the league championship on Sunday, and the Los Angeles Galaxy are represented with four players each.
Arena selected five World Cup veterans in Jeff Agoos and Eddie Pope of United, Cobi Jones of the Galaxy, Brian McBride of the Columbus Crew and Joe-Max Moore of the New England Revolution. The only MetroStars player chosen was Mike Petke, a 22-year-old defender.
Arena also selected the M.L.S. rookie of the year Ben Olsen from D.C. United, along with Los Angeles midfielder Clint Mathis, Chicago Fire forward Josh Wolff and defenders Leo Cullen of Miami and C.J. Brown of Chicago.
Also getting their first call were goalkeepers Kevin Hartman of Los Angeles and David Kramer of San Jose and midfielder Richie Williams of D.C. United.
Several others have three or fewer apperances for the national team, including the Chicago goalkeeper Zach Thornton and midfielders Paul Bravo of Colorado, Eddie Lewis of San Jose and Ante Razov of Chicago.
In an M.L.S. development yesterday, the veteran Italian goalkeeper Walter Zenga became the first player-coach in league history. Zenga was given the coaching job of the Revolution after posting a 3-3 record as interim coach last season.


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General Persecutions in Germany (3/4)
22.06.2008 / Ian Shepard / Foxe's Book of the Martyrs
CHAPTER 10: General Persecutions in Germany (3/4)
The enormous cruelties will be a perpetual stain on the memory of Count Tilly, who not only committed, but even commanded the troops to put them in practice. Wherever he came, the most horrid barbarities and cruel depredations ensued: famine and conflagration marked his progress: for he destroyed all the provisions he could not take with him, and burnt all the towns before he left them; so that the full result of his conquests were murder, poverty, and desolation.
An aged and pious divine they stripped naked, tied him on his back upon a table, and fastened a large, fierce cat upon his belly. They then pricked and tormented the cat in such a manner that the creature with rage tore his belly open, and gnawed his bowels.
Another minister and his family were seized by these inhuman monsters; they ravished his wife and daughter before his face; stuck his infant son upon the point of a lance, and then surrounding him with his whole library of books, they set fire to them, and he was consumed in the midst of the flames.
In Hesse-Cassel some of the troops entered an hospital, in which were principally mad women, when stripping all the poor wretches naked, they made them run about the streets for their diversion, and then put them all to death.
In Pomerania, some of the imperial troops entering a small town, seized upon all the young women, and girls of upwards of ten years, and then placing their parents in a circle, they ordered them to sing Psalms, while they ravished their children, or else they swore they would cut them to pieces afterward. They then took all the married women who had young children, and threatened, if they did not consent to the gratification of their lusts, to burn their children before their faces in a large fire, which they had kindled for that purpose.
A band of Count Tilly's soldiers meeting a company of merchants belonging to Basel, who were returning from the great market of Strassburg, attempted to surround them; all escaped, however, but ten, leaving their properties behind. The ten who were taken begged hard for their lives: but the soldiers murdered them saying, "You must die because you are heretics, and have got no money."
The same soldiers met with two countesses, who, together with some young ladies, the daughters of one of them, were taking an airing in a landau. The soldiers spared their lives, but treated them with the greatest indecency, and having stripped them all stark naked, bade the coachman drive on.
By means and mediation of Great Britain, peace was at length restored to Germany, and the Protestants remained unmolested for several years, until some new disturbances broke out in the Palatinate, which were thus occasioned:
The great Church of the Holy Ghost, at Heidelberg, had, for many years, been shared equally by the Protestants and Roman Catholics in this manner: the Protestants performed divine service in the nave or body of the church; and the Roman Catholics celebrated Mass in the choir. Though this had been the custom from time immemorial, the elector of the Palatinate, at length, took it into his head not to suffer it any longer, declaring, that as Heidelberg was the place of his residence, and the Church of the Holy Ghost the cathedral of his principal city, divine service ought to be performed only according to the rites of the Church of which he was a member. He then forbade the Protestants to enter the church, and put the papists in possession of the whole.
The aggrieved people applied to the Protestant powers for redress, which so much exasperated the elector, that he suppressed the Heidelberg catechism. The Protestant powers, however, unanimously agreed to demand satisfaction, as the elector, by this conduct, had broken an article of the treaty of Westphalia; and the courts of Great Britain, Prussia, Holland, etc., sent deputies to the elector, to represent the injustice of his proceedings, and to threaten, unless he changed his behavior to the Protestants in the Palatinate, that they would treat their Roman Catholic subjects with the greatest severity. Many violent disputes took place between the Protestant powers and those of the elector, and these were greatly augmented by the following incident: the coach of the Dutch minister standing before the door of the resident sent by the prince of Hesse, the host was by chance being carried to a sick person; the coachman took not the least notice, which those who attended the host observing, pulled him from his box, and compelled him to kneel; this violence to the domestic of a public minister was highly resented by all the Protestant deputies; and still more to heighten these differences, the Protestants presented to the deputies three additional articles of complaint.
# 1. That military executions were ordered against all Protestant shoemakers who should refuse to contribute to the Masses of St. Crispin.
# 2. that the Protestants were forbid to work on popish holy days, even in harvest time, under very heavy penalties, which occasioned great inconveniences, and considerably prejudiced public business.
# 3. That several Protestant ministers had been dispossessed of their churches, under pretence of their having been originally founded and built by Roman Catholics.
Foxe's Book of the Martyrs, Chapter 10


American Canadian Tour (ACT) teams look at Lee USA Speedway's annual New Hampshire Governor's Cup 150 to kickstart their race season on Sunday, April 13, 2014. The optimism is well-founded. ACT Late Models can boast 10 different winners in 11 events held at Lee since 2003.
The list of winners is impressive, with a huge diversity of experience. Starting the list of winners are two Canadian teams, featuring four-time ACT US and Canadian Champion Patrick Laperle from St. Denis, QC and NASCAR Canadian Champion DJ Kennington, St. Thomas, ON in 2003 and 2004, respectively.
Seven-time ACT Champion Jean-Paul Cyr, and three time Thunder Road Champion Cris Michaud, along with the 1995 ACT Pro Stock Champion from Fast One racing, Brad Leighton all went to victory lane at Lee USA Speedway. Pro All Star Series Champion Ben Rowe from Turner, Maine won the NH Governor's Cup in 2008. Lee regular weekly racer Miles Chipman shocked the ACT regulars in 2010 with a win for long-time car owner David Storey.
Perennial front-runner Joey Polewarczyk, Jr. from Hudson, NH was a first-time winner in 2008. "I remember what a great feeling it was to win that race. I started my ACT career at Lee and to get that win really gave my career a boost. I think Brian (eight (8) time ACT Champion Brian Hoar from Williston, VT) is the only guy who has won the Lee opener twice, and that is definitely my goal this year. If we can start the season like we ended 2013, this could help us get that first ACT Championship this season. I can't wait for the season to begin," said Pole.
The defending New Hampshire Governor's Cup winner, Jimmy Hebert, from Williamstown, VT stunned the veterans and the full house a year ago, with his first ever ACT win in just his second year of competition. "It was with a lot of help from my team and Dale Shaw that got me that win, but really with the number of cars and quality of race teams we raced with, it was pretty much a shock to me. I only remember coming around with the checkered flag victory lap and seeing my father jumping up and down on the track. That was pretty special. I hope to repeat this year," said Hebert.
For additional information contact the ACT office at 802.244.6963, media@acttour.com, or visit www.acttour.com, or www.leeusaspeedway.com.


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Economics - Ph.D. / Sc.D.
The role of immigrant scientists and entrepreneurs in international technology transfer
Kerr, William Robert, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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This thesis characterizes the important role of US ethnic scientists and entrepreneurs for international technology diffusion. Chapter 1 studies the transfer of tacit knowledge regarding new innovations through ethnic scientific communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to individual patent records. International patent citations confirm knowledge diffuses through ethnic networks, and manufacturing output in foreign countries increases with an elasticity of approximately 0.3 to stronger scientific integration with the US frontier. To address reverse-causality concerns, reduced-form specifications exploit exogenous changes in US immigration quotas. Consistent with a model of sector reallocation, output growth in less developed economies is facilitated by employment gains, while more advanced economies experience sharper increases in labor productivity. The findings suggest tacit knowledge channels partly shape the effective technology frontiers of developing economies. Chapter 2 further exploits this heterogeneous technology diffusion through ethnic networks to test the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. Panel regressions find technology growth increases manufacturing exports.
(cont.) To establish a causal relationship between technology and trade, instrumental-variables specifications exploit uneven technology diffusion from the US through ethnic scientific networks. The instrumented elasticity of export growth to the exporter's technology development is 0.9 in the preferred specification. Supplemental specifications show this elasticity is robust to controlling for the importer's technology development and to Rybczynski effect due to factor accumulation. Exogenous reforms of US immigration law again test for reverse causality. The findings suggest technology differences are an important determinant of trade patterns. As a supplement to these first two studies, Chapter 3 provides detailed documentation on the ethnic-name strategy employed with US patent records. The growing contribution of Chinese and Indian scientists to US technology formation, especially in high-tech industries, is described. The institutional and geographic dimensions of US ethnic innovation are further characterized. Finally, Chapter 4 concludes with an independent study of income inequality and social norms for compensation differentials and government-led redistribution. This work demonstrates that short-run responses in social norms do not amplify income inequality shocks (e.g., due to skill-biased technical change).
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GAIL (India) Limited, a Maharatna PSU, invites online application from Indian citizen for 26 post of Sr. Manager, Dy. Manager & Senior Engineer posts. Eligible Candidates can apply via online mode from 16-09-2013 to 05-10-2013.
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1. I just can't get enough of fresh flowers at the moment. White tulips and pretty pink hyacinths are really doing it for me. They completely transform a room and make for a mean instagram post too. I buy mine at Aldi and they last really well and are very affordable.
2. If you follow me on Instagram/Twitter/Snapchat you will know that I am going to be launching an etsy shop selling my hand lettered prints. I am so excited about this and I will let you know as soon as it's up and running. I will also be doing custom orders as well as wedding envelopes and much more but I will be starting small and adding more items as I go along. I started this journey almost 18 months ago practicing my faux calligraphy, then learning brush lettering and finally learning how to do my quotes digitally on my iPad Pro. You can look back to my post a the beginning of last year here and look at what my lettering was like when I first started. It just shows what a little perseverance and practice can do if you really want to do something. I'm still working out the logistics of running my etsy shop but I'm hoping to have it open ASAP so watch this space.
3. I'm trying to get a bit healthier as we move into May. After our gym flooded in the Boxing Day Floods I haven't had access to a gym and regular exercise has well and truly gone out of the window. I also haven't been making the best food choices and I've been snacking on all the wrong things. I've been lacking in energy, having headaches and just feeling in a bit of a slump so I've joined a huge health centre just along the road from where we live and I'm booked in for a "Health MOT" this evening. Pray for me.
5. Last but not least I am completely in love with the new parrot range at Paperchase. Think big palm leaves, bright colours and lots of birds. Its so gorgeous and I want it all. I had a £5 voucher on my "Treat Me" card (Paperchase's loyalty card which is totally free and you get lots of discounts and vouchers on your birthday) so I used it to get this dreamy pencil case. Its so fun I just love it! They also have a leather palm print pencil case that would also double up as a cute little make up bag too - roll on payday.
Good luck with your healthy goals for May! I also want to get back into a healthy routine but I'm doing a bit of traveling which always makes it difficult. And funnily enough I've also been watching Reign lately! It's kind of a guilty pleasure (full of all of CW's classic angst, like you say very similar to gossip girl).
Can't wait to see your Etsy shop fully up and running Kelly, what an exciting venture for you!


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China Today: Biopharmaceutical Industry Trends in China—A Five-year Prospective
Eliza Yibing Zhou
The Chinese government's investments in the biopharmaceutical sector may help it become one of the leading industries in China by 2020.
China's biopharmaceutical industry is entering what some have termed a "Golden Age." The outlook, although generally positive, presents a number of hurdles that may dampen short-term optimism for investors and businesses. But the prognosis, given the current demographic, political, economic, and healthcare situation in China, is positive.
A unique aspect of China's economic planning is its Five-Year Plan, the national economic development guidance that outlines the country's overall development in five-year periods. The Chinese central government established the plan in 1953 as an approach for allocating the national resources necessary for construction, development, and economic expansion. The 11th Five-Year Plan is for 2006–2010.
This latest plan includes continued investments by the central government in the biopharmaceutical sector to help it become one of the leading industries in China by 2020. The specific objectives for healthcare appear in the "Guidelines for the Healthcare Industry" that were issued last September, based on the national 11th Five-Year Plan.* The principal objectives of the Chinese healthcare industry include:
Development and commercialization of 10–15 innovative drugs and vaccines with Chinese-owned intellectual property (IP) rights for the treatment of major, acute infective diseases, or chronic severe diseases.
Marketing five chemical synthetic finished drugs to US or EU countries.
The country will foster five large-scale pharmaceutical groups with sales revenue of more than 5 billion RMB ($640 million), promote 10 pharmaceutical distributors with over 3 billion RMB sales revenue ($384 million), and help five domestic pharmaceutical enterprises evolve into international enterprises.
GROWING PHARMA MARKET
To evaluate the near-term development of China's biopharmaceutical industry, however, it is useful to do more than examine the governement's planning goals, BioPlan Associates has developed more specific projections about China's biopharmaceutical industry, based on data and information from the recent study, Advances in Biopharmaceutical Technology in China, copublished by BioPlan Associates and the Society for Industrial Microbiology. The study indicates that China's biopharmaceutical sales totaled RMB 30.31 billion ($3.9 billion) in 2005 and its 2006 sales are estimated to exceed RMB 36 billion ($4.6 billion). Despite the impact of additional drug price cuts mandated by the government, we predict the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry will continue to see moderate growth through the end of the decade. Over the next five years, we project a rate of 22%, to 80 billion RMB (~$10.3 billion) through 2010. The primary drivers in the industry will be vaccine and protein therapeutics.
"China's biopharmaceutical industry is now embracing strong development opportunities," said Lifeng Wang, CEO of China National Biotech Group (CNBG) at the First International China Biopharmaceutical Symposium (ICBPS) that was held in Beijing in December 2006. "Chinese biopharma enterprises are looking forward to more collaboration with the world's leading biopharma institutions and companies. We expect to achieve a win-win situation with our global partners. The Chinese biopharmaceutical industry is ready to make significant contributions to global disease prevention and healthcare," she added.
CNBG is the largest vaccine manufacturer in China and controls six biological product research institutes and two manufacturing companies. China's vaccine sector is a bright spot in the biopharmaceutical industry. Because of its population, the country is currently the world's fourth largest vaccine market, following the US, Germany, and Japan. As China's population approaches 1.36 billion by 2010 and 1.45 billion by 2020, the country will most likely become the world's largest vaccine market in the future. This change is driven by market demand, a thriving economy, and an improving healthcare system.
China's biopharmaceutical industry has witnessed 20% to 30% revenue growth annually since 2001. Today, China is home to more than 400 biopharmaceutical manufacturers, including 114 manufacturers of genetically engineered drugs and 28 vaccine manufacturers. Over 30 domestically produced protein therapeutic drugs and 41 vaccines have been commercialized in China. The country also exports vaccines, recombinant insulin, and other biochemical raw materials.
Certainly, in the global landscape, the Chinese biopharmaceutical industry remains small, accounting for less than 7% of the world's total biopharmaceutical market. Also, 95% of the Chinese domestic biopharmaceutical market is made up of biogenerics (copies of biotherapeutics developed outside China). The overall innovative capability of the industry today is quite limited. Most manufacturers are very conservative and their investments in product R&D are small, because of lack of capital and venture capital (VC) support. Government funds and grants are not sufficient to subsidize major research projects at biopharmaceutical companies. As a result, Chinese organizations have sought subsidies and investments from banks and other capital markets, both domestic and international. Today, public and university research institutes receiving government funds play a key role in the R&D of biopharmaceuticals.
In addition to producing a variety of biogenerics to supply its domestic market, China has succeeded in developing and commercializing several innovative biotech drugs and vaccines. Some research-oriented Chinese biopharmaceutical companies such as Shanghai Sunway Biotech, Yantai Medgenn, and Beijing Biotech Pharma have developed a handful of novel protein therapeutic drugs. These companies have won grants from the National 863 Program, a Chinese government-sponsored technology support program that has funded the R&D of more than 300 new biotech drugs across the country. Beijing Biotech Pharma has attracted foreign investment from a variety of sources, including Cuba, but it has yet to see substantial market penetration for its key product—hR3 MAb.
A number of trends are emerging in China, including regulatory, enterprise, and IP. Some of these are outlined below.
Increasing government support
In many countries, government support is one of the most important forces fueling biotech development. The Chinese government emphasizes the biopharmaceutical industry in the 11th Five-Year Plan period. China's National Medium-and Long-Term Science and Technology Development Plan Outline (2006–2020) indicates that in the next 15 years, China will deploy a series of cutting-edge technologies in the biotechnology sector. These include target discoverY; animal and plant species and drug molecular design; gene operation and protein engineering; human tissue engineering based on stem cells; and a new generation of industrial biotechnology. The government also will increase investment in the biopharmaceutical sectors.
IP protection enforcement
China is making strides in protecting IP rights in conformity with World Trade Organization requirements. This trend will continue in the future, and these efforts are leading to increasing confidence in China's IP protection system. For example, this improved IP protection was a key reason Novartis chose to set up its eighth global R&D center in China in November 2006. Several other multinational companies also have established R&D centers in China.
Regulatory reforms
China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) is modifying policies to encourage innovation and restrict imitation. It is also issuing policies to encourage biopharmaceutical outsourcing. Moreover, the country is on the way to establishing an effective VC system to attract foreign venture capital in the biotech sector.
Drug price cuts
The government has conducted 19 waves of drug price cuts and is planning more in the coming years. This may affect the country's biopharmaceutical revenue growth but will benefit Chinese consumers. The overall increase in volume may offset the reduction on per-unit revenue.
The biopharmaceutical industry is driven by novel technologies to a great extent. A study conducted by the Tongji Investment Institute, based on a survey of over 100 senior Chinese experts, has indicated trends in China's biopharmaceutical technology development (see the box, "Technology Trends in China).1 These experts were chosen from organizations such as CNBG, the National Human Genomics Institute, the China Disease Prevention and Control Center, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing Four-rings Biopharma, and Triprime Gene.
Technology Trends in China
Enterprise Development Trends
Chinese biopharmaceutical companies are forming strategic alliances to enhance their overall strength. For example, China's biopharma giant, CNBG, was formed by merging six major biological product institutes in Beijing, Shanghai, Changchun, Wuhan, Lanzhou, and Chengdu with two biopharma manufacturers (Beijing Tiantan and Chengdu Rongsheng). The resulting organization employs 10,000 people across China. On the other hand, small-to-medium sized biotech companies with one or two new products are collaborating with big companies with strong financial, facilities, and sales network support.
Cluster development
The Chinese central and local governments have built more than 100 biopharmaceutical parks across China. Shanghai Zhangjiang High-tech Park is a successful example. More than 100 domestic and international biopharmaceutical companies and central research organizations (CROs) are located there, including Roche, Novartis Biomedical Research Co., Kirin Kunpeng Biopharma, Wuxi Pharma Tech., Shanghai Lead Discovery. Despite these successes, however, many Chinese high-tech parks continue to have a high vacancy rate and are well below capacity.
Increasing R&D investment and establishing product pipelines
Chinese biopharmaceutical companies are becoming aware of the need for R&D investment and are actively seeking sources of funding for product R&D. Several biopharmaceutical organizations are attempting to establish effective technology platforms to meet the needs a range of needs in upstream R&D, pilot experiments, and clinical studies, and downstream production. For example, Shenyang Sunshine Pharma, which insisted on investing 10% of its sales income on new product R&D, has been rewarded by the successful development of rh TPO, EPO, and other profitable products.
More international collaboration
With a growing number of overseas Chinese returning to China and taking important positions in Chinese biopharmaceutical companies and institutes, international collaborations are playing an increasingly important role in the community. This has become an important trend in the industry.
Development of mammalian cell culture
Most of the world's best-selling biopharmaceuticals use mammalian cell culture technology platforms. In China, however, many manufacturers still rely on less expensive E. coli technology platforms in production. Relatively few products are produced through mammalian cell expression. It is likely that Chinese biopharmaceutical companies that manage high-efficiency mammalian cell expression technology and scale-up cultivation technologies will be rewarded in the domestic market.2
WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITIES
Over the next 15 years, China is projected to become one of the world's major biopharmaceutical players, along with the US, Europe, and Japan. Now that China has opened its window to the world, its biopharmaceutical industry will see more opportunities. To succeed, Chinese biopharmaceutical companies must foster innovation, collaborate with the world's leading biopharmaceutical enterprises, and strengthen their technologies by integrating domestic and foreign resources. To the extent that Chinese biopharmaceutical organizations follow this approach, they will become a major force in the world biopharmaceutical markets.
Eliza Yibing Zhou is project director for research programs on China and India at BioPlan Associates Inc., 301.921.9074, yb_zhou@bioplanassociates.com
1. Yi H, Chen D. Prediction analysis of the technological development trend for biopharmaceutical industry in China. Advances in Biopharm Technol in China. 2006;9:1153–59.
2. Liu W, Chao C. Current status and expectation of the biopharmaceutical industry in China. China Biotechnol. 2006;26(6):103–7.
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Bonney Louise Jens was called home by Jesus on Wednesday, September 15, 2021 at the age of 73. She passed away peacefully in her home with Jacobus Jens by her side in Vista, CA. Bonney was born to Lewis and Betty Johnson on September 4, 1948 in Vista, CA, where she grew up and spent the majority of her adult life. As a child, Bonney was adventurous and curious. At the age of 11, she was the only female driver of quarter midget race cars in San Diego County, where she competed in and won over 50 races. She was a graduate of Vista High School and later became a Cosmetologist where she enjoyed a short career making other women feel beautiful by doing their hair. Bonney endured a painful and crippling disease for most of her life, but she always leaned in on her faith and was an active member of her church for many years. She had incredible perseverance and was a shining light of hope and strength to those around her, especially her family. She leaves behind Jacobus Jens, whom she married in 1974, their two children, Gina and Jacobus, their spouses, Joe and Jennifer, and her four grandchildren, Olive, Luke, Ike and Nico, all of whom will miss her greatly. Burial services by invitation only will take place on October 8, 2021, where Bonney's life will be celebrated and honored.
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The Photometric Corrections (PC) working group helps fill in the gaps between the responsibilities of the LSST project and the needs of the DESC for calibrations. Examples include the mitigation of Galactic extinction, which is crucial for all DESC science but explicitly is not part of LSST Data Management's mandate, as well as more general work on photometric calibration systematics, which affect SN studies of Dark Energy directly and other probes via their impact on photometric redshifts. Photometric correction uncertainties are an essential cross-cutting technical issue that impacts all aspects of DESC science.
The primary goal of efforts in this working group will be to work with the LSST project team as well as the Sensor Anomalies WG to minimize and quantify systematic errors due to photometric calibration residuals arising from imperfect knowledge of instrumental throughput, atmospheric transmission, and Galactic extinction. In addition, we will ensure clear documentation is maintained on how to map from calibrated magnitudes reported from LSST Level-2 analysis to physical fluxes, as well as independently evaluate calibration systematics and make them available to DESC working groups in a synthetic and practical form. We will also coordinate forecasts for the LSST DM calibration strategies envisioned. Finally, we emphasize that over the time period covered by this SRM there are many lessons to be learned from CFHT, DES, Pan-STARRS, and other pre-LSST surveys.


The country needs a jobs program and needs it right now. Cash for Caulkers would be a good start. A new Civilian Conservation Corps would be another. But let's not allow a jobs program to cover over the need for real changes in the structure and core principles of our economy.
Yes, an effective jobs program can help people hold out a while longer – until necessary changes are made. It can make the unemployment rate will look better, for a while, and maybe the GDP will climb a little bit. But our low-wage, everything-to-the-top economy is not sustainable and needs to be redesigned and reregulated. The economy has to be changed so that it works for all of us, instead of just a few.
What if the government passes a jobs bill, and these new jobs follow the current American job model of paying too little with no benefits? What if the government uses contractors, as they now do for so many government functions, and the contractors "reduce costs" by paying very low wages and no benefits, sending the rest of the cash to a few at the top? Does it really help the economy and the country to provide a bunch of low-paying jobs with no benefits, and make a few wealthy executives even wealthier? Or suppose the government starts a massive infrastructure modernization project? Does it help the economy if they hire construction firms that pay as little as possible or use Chinese steel?
Even if a government jobs effort provides good-paying jobs with good benefits, this still won't change the need to restructure the rest of our economy so that it, too, provides good pay and benefits to all of us instead of concentrating all wealth and income at the top.
As long as our economy is structured to pass everything up to a few at the top, stimulus can't work well, jobs bills can't work well. Either can anything else. In the end things will just revert to the old ways and we'll need more bailouts, stimulus and jobs programs.
The problem is that there are two economies now. There is an economy for the top few and an economy for the rest of us. And this problem is global. The world's economy is structured to send almost everything to a global top few.
Everything just goes to the top now. Companies are structured that way, jobs are structured that way, taxes are structured that way and now even our government is structured that way. Our economy has been turned into a machine that sends every dollar to an already-wealthy few. So efforts to stimulate economic recovery using traditional methods cannot work. It will just make a few at the top even richer.
We need a jobs bill because the economic system has broken down. We needed a stimulus package because the economic system has broken down. All the bailouts and jobs bills and stimulus are just one more stopgap effort to keep a broken system going, for the continued benfit of the few at the top. Changes must be made.
One barrier to fixing our broken economy problem is the structural corruption of our Congress. Every effort to help the people seems to get hijacked – and never mind working on the needed reregulating and restructuring. The recent extension of unemployment insurance, for example, included only $2.4 billion for the unemployed, but had more than $20 billion tacked on, going directly or indirectly to (owners of) big homebuilding companies. Another example, the health care reform bill is turning into a law ordering people to buy insurance from the big insurance companies. This year's big stimulus package was watered down with even more tax cuts for the few, like getting rid of the Alternative Minimum Tax.
The biggest example, of course, was last year's financial sector bailout. Taxpayer dollars saved the asses of the companies that caused the collapse and are now serving up $140 billion for financial-sector bonuses but 10% unemployment for the rest of us!
If we want to get out of this mess we have to restructure and reregulate the whole system. We have to change the structure of our economy so that regular people receive the benefits. It is time. There is no more getting around it.
Next post: some of the structural problems that must be changed.
This is a story we are all too familiar with: Wall Street vs. Main Street. Irresponsible behavior leads to bonuses for Wall Street while working hard and playing by the rules leads to unemployment and foreclosure for Main Street.
You've heard the elements of the story: For quite some time Wall Street and the banks were operating irresponsibly, fomenting a huge credit bubble which led to the financial collapse. At the end of 2008 millions and millions of regular people – popularly known as "Main Street" – began losing their jobs, losing their houses, losing their savings and forgetting about ever retiring.
Nine banks that received government aid money paid out bonuses of nearly $33 billion last year — including more than $1 million apiece to nearly 5,000 employees — despite huge losses that plunged the U.S. into economic turmoil.
… The nine firms in the report had combined 2008 losses of nearly $100 billion. That helped push the financial system to the brink, leading the government to inject $175 billion into the firms through its Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The Cost: The same amount, used for the people, would bring over 2.5 million good-paying jobs.
"IMPACT (Investments for Manufacturing Progress and Clean Technology) creates a $30 billion Manufacturing Revolving Loan Fund to help small and medium-sized manufacturers finance retooling, shift design, and improve energy efficiency.
So what caused the huge spike in oil prices? Take a wild guess. . . . [Wall Street] persuad[ed] pension funds and other large institutional investors to invest in oil . . . The push transformed oil from a physical commodity, rigidly subject to supply and demand, into something to bet on, like a stock. Between 2003 and 2008, the amount of speculative money in commodities grew from $13 billion to $317 billion, an increase of 2,300 percent. By 2008, a barrel of oil was traded 27 times, on average, before it was actually delivered and consumed.
[. . .] But it wasn't the consumption of real oil that was driving up prices — it was the trade in paper oil. By the summer of 2008, in fact, commodities speculators had bought and stockpiled enough oil futures to fill 1.1 billion barrels of crude, which meant that speculators owned more future oil on paper than there was real, physical oil stored in all of the country's commercial storage tanks and the Strategic Petroleum Reserve combined. It was a repeat of both the Internet craze and the housing bubble, when Wall Street jacked up present day profits by selling suckers shares of a fictional fantasy future of endlessly rising prices.
Looks like things are back to normal, or perhaps even better, at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE:GS) as the firm is reportedly on track to pay out its largest bonus pool in the firm's 140-year history thanks to soaring profits in the first half of 2009.
Yes, that's right "back to normal." Huge bonuses, in some cases the largest ever.


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TEKKEN 8-Final Redemption. (The Mishima Saga Conclusion.).
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"...Heihachi Mishima...is now dead...truly...and utterly... With the world reeling in from his death, his son, Kazuya Mishima, has now seized control of both G Corporation AND the Mishima Zaibatsu, now holding two of the world's most influential powers if not THE very most, Kazuya has merged the two companies into one, dubbing them "The G Zaibatsu", now with the G Zaibatsu's powerful and ever spreading influence across the entire world itself, Kazuya has declared himself, as the world's supreme ruler with rival nor equal, however...curious to see those that would stand up to him and wanting to weed out the rebellious seeds that would oppose the G Zaibatsu, Kazuya announces the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, hoping to end any and all opposition both once...and for all time...sensing his own son, Jin Kazama both still alive and intact, Kazuya intends to take the Devil Gene from Jin to power his own Devil Gene and with it, make Kazuya himself an almighty and unstoppable force to be reckoned with... Jin, now intending to end the cursed Mishima Bloodline forever, steps up to the plate and enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, all the while knowing that people will be especially gunning for him, due to his past actions, knowing that he may very well never receive Redemption for his past actions...nevertheless, Jin charges forward, intending to make at least one last act of repentance by taking the life of his father...and, Jin's very own life, aided by both his half uncle Lars Alexandersson and those that still believe in Jin, especially the one who yearns for Jin's love, Ling Xiaoyu, Jin makes his final move against his archenemy, his father Kazuya and his G Zaibatsu and prepares for one final bout that will decide the fate of the entire world... This is the final story, of the clan known, as the Mishimas... " Prologue: A Dead Fist: (What does everyone think of the premise?). Character Roster: 1-Jin Kazama-A young man fueled by tragedy and power, he discards all forms of relationships in the hopes that he will end the cursed Bloodline of the Mishima clan, the family he belongs to on his father's side, knowing that practically everyone he has made an enemy out of will be gunning for his head during the upcoming King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, Jin nevertheless perseveres...intending to accomplish his primary objective to no matter what end, the elimination of the Mishimas by killing his very own father Kazuya...and Jin himself. 2-Ling Xiaoyu-a young woman who despite the opinions of everyone else, the whole world itself still believes in the good that exists within Jin's heart, although the time may have passed where the two could have been in a future together with one another, Xiaoyu nevertheless aids Jin in his quest to overthrow his father Kazuya and crush the G Zaibatsu both once and for all, Xiaoyu can only hope that a good end will come from all this and that no more tragedy will have to occur for everyone involved. 3-Lars Alexandersson-Jin's half uncle and Kazuya's half brother, Lars leads a resistance group against the tyranny of the G Zaibatsu and although both he and Jin have clashed once on opposite sides, they now stand together side by side, hoping to bring down Kazuya and stop his evil madness from engulfing the entire world, Lars acts, as a mentor towards his half nephew, hoping and trying to make him realize the powers of bonds, camaraderie, friendship and love, although he at times butts heads with Jin, Lars nevertheless respects the charisma that Jin provides in his very own way with Jin without showing it respecting his half uncle in return also. 4-Alisa Bosconovitch-Lars' best friend and partner, as well, as Xiaoyu's best friend, in the past, Alisa was made by her creator and father, Doctor Bosconovitch and was made to serve, as the bodyguard of Jin during the time when he was reigning, as the leader of the Mishima Zaibatsu, now no longer held by such programming, Alisa is now free to choose her very own path and destiny, during her time together with Lars, she has started to feel something within her that she never thought she would ever have the experience of feeling, love, it appears her time with Lars has affected her to a point that Alisa deeply cares for Lars and wishes to protect him no matter what the cost, she confides in Xiaoyu about how she should go about her feelings since Alisa is a robot and wonders if a robot can fall in love with a human and vice versa, Xiaoyu doesn't necessarily have the best opinion for Alisa to follow and instead encourages her to just trust in her own feelings and do what she feels is right, taking Xiaoyu's words to heart so to speak, Alisa begins her journey of discovery into what the world known, as love is truly like. 5-Hwoarang-Jin's self proclaimed rival who enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 in order to settle things with Jin both once and for all, not intending to forgive Jin's past actions, as the head of the Mishima Zaibatsu, Hwoarang declares that he will show Jin just who is the stronger man in terms of both strength and will, meaning that Hwoarang wants to show Jin what it truly means to be in a seat of power and especially when having said power what to do with it, despite all that the two have gone through over the years, Hwoarang, in a sense, considers Jin to be his very best friend and that he intends to not let Jin go down a hellish path alone and that Hwoarang will accompany Jin on that path, even if it means appearing, as a obstacle towards him. 6 and 7-Nina and Anna Williams-The Williams sisters have always been rivals but now they find themselves working under the same roof for the same man, Kazuya, ever since he merged the Mishima Zaibatsu with G Corporation into the G Zaibatsu, although deciding to work together, the two sisters nevertheless still disagree with one another and at times they can be found still fight with each other, even when on the job that requires them to work together, this has been found to be bad morale for their troops which Lars thinks of, as an advantage for both him and the others that oppose the G Zaibatsu to strike back, however, despite their constant bickering, the Williams sisters are not about to let themselves look bad in front of their troops and thus, intend to work together despite hating so in order to put down the Rebellious rats that would oppose the G Zaibatsu both once and for all. 8-Yoshimitsu-A samurai with cybernetic enhancements, Yoshimitsu has been alive since the dawn of the rising red sun of Japan first took place and he seeks out evil wherever it may be, striking it down with a sword of justice, Yoshimitsu joins Lars' Rebellion against the G Zaibatsu in order to rid the world of Kazuya Mishima who Yoshimitsu perceives, as the greatest threat to mankind itself, although there is trouble sometimes communicating with him, Yoshimitsu is nevertheless loyal to a cause that he sees fit and will do whatever is in his power to see that the objective of both himself and his allies is seen through to victory. 9-Paul Phoenix-A karate master who joins the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 in order to settle his self proclaimed rivalry with Kazuya since the golden days of the Tournament when Heihachi first orchestrated it, Paul is not allied with Lars' Rebellion and instead acts on his own agenda, attempting to beat down Kazuya for what Paul believes Kazuya is doing wrong to the world, although Paul was all about it for the money during the previous Tournaments, this time, he finds himself feeling the need for a sense of justice and is determined to bring down Kazuya no matter what, even if that means others standing in Paul's way get taken down. 10-Asuka Kazama-A relative of Jin's who does not trust him whatsoever, especially after his previous actions back in the past, Asuka proclaims that she is entering the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 in order to keep an eye on Jin in case he betrays someone, putting Asuka at odds with Xiaoyu who defends Jin, Asuka believes that she is seeing things with reason whilst Xiaoyu is merely blinded by love and refuses to accept the fact that Jin cannot be trusted, even if he truly is trying to do the right thing, wanting to help the world whatever way she can, Asuka joins Lars' Rebellion in the hopes that she can stop Kazuya all by herself, seeing the man, as a disgrace to the Kazama family name, since he married Jun Kazama, Jin's mother. 11-Lili de Rochefort-Lili is a strong minded young woman with exceptional skills to boot, aided by her butler Sebastian in the past, she used to frequently rival with Asuka Kazama but now that has been put on hold, as she finds herself in a dilemma, her tycoon father's business is being bought out and merged into the G Zaibatsu by Kazuya Mishima who seeks to spread his influence further across the world, at first, Lili tried the direct approach and confront Kazuya personally but upon learning that he has both her father and Sebastian, as prisoners to keep Lili in line, she has been forced to serve under Kazuya, as one of his executives, dishing out punishment to those that would dare cross him, Lili now finds herself fighting against Asuka once more but not for the pleasure of fighting, instead, they now fight...to the death, as Lili fights against Lars' Rebellion whilst working for Kazuya, she secretly plots alongside others to overthrow Kazuya when he is most vulnerable, meaning during the time of the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, where Kazuya's attention will be solely focused on crushing the ants that he deems worthless and not good enough to ever be in his league whatsoever, Lili intends to get the last laugh in the end, no matter what. 12-King-A pro wrestler and champion, King enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 alongside his good friend and wrestling partner, Craig Marduk in order to settle the score with one of Kazuya's executives, Armour King, King is torn between finally beating Armour King whose brother also wore the mantle of Armour King before him but was accidentally killed by Marduk during a wrestling match and thus wants revenge against him whilst honouring the friendship that King has with Marduk, wanting to settle things between the three of them without anyone suffering major casualties in the end. 13-Craig Marduk-a pro wrestler alongside King, his partner who was once a rival but is now a good friend, Marduk understands that King is having doubts about confronting Armour King in order to settle the score once and for all, however, despite King's feelings, Marduk intends to move on forward and confront Armour King to settle his feud with him both once and for all, since Armour King is an executive within the G Zaibatsu that is threatening the world and Marduk, not willing to stand by and see his entire family be butchered by the corrupt Corporation, battles with his inner demons haunting him about the 1st Armour King's death and confronts the current Armour King, planning to beat him in the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8. 14-Armour King-A pro wrestler, Armour King decides to join the G Zaibatsu, as one of Kazuya Mishima's executives, solely joining knowing that by joining the Zaibatsu, this will lure out Craig Marduk to Armour King who he wants vengeance against for the death of his brother that was accidentally killed by Marduk, Armour King also deals with King who is having doubts about confronting the one who is the brother of his mentor that was killed by Marduk during a wrestling match, now bearing the Armour King mantle, as Armour King deals with these two head on, he simultaneously wonders about what is Kazuya's objective for the world? what does he plan to do with it once the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 is over and done with? 15-Mokujin-A puppet like creature made out of wood that can mimic all the fighting styles of the people it meets and sees them fighting firsthand, the Mokujin joins the fight when the G Zaibatsu threaten the Earth's ecosystem and all of nature itself, not wanting the beloved forests and green to be destroyed by the fires of both machinery and science, the Mokujin fights to protect that which is nature and stop Kazuya Mishima's advancements to destroy nature and build on-top of it buildings all belonging to the G Zaibatsu. 16-Forest Law-The son of renowned fighter Marshall Law, Forest learns that his family's diner was forcibly closed down and his father made bankrupt when the G Zaibatsu took control, his father is now drinking on the sidewalk, filled with booze inside his head, causing him to be hospitalized, determined to get his family's restaurant back and his father back to normal, Forest enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 in order to win alleged prize money that is said to be given to whoever can win the Tournament and beat the dictator Kazuya Mishima in battle, not hesitating in the slightest, Forest gets himself back into fighting shape and prepares for the Tournament at hand, determined to win no matter what. 17-Bob Richards-A man who cannot stand injustice happening right in front of him, Bob is the first person to eagerly join Lars' Rebellion and fight back against the dictatorship that Kazuya is enforcing upon the world, upon meeting Jin, Bob cares not for Jin's past actions but instead offers him some sound advice for the fight ahead, to take heed of all of the surroundings around Jin and to make him realize that in order to win a fight, not only is power needed but a strong body, a strong mind and especially a strong soul are needed, as well, Bob works alongside Lars in order to help mentor Jin into becoming not only a better fighter...but a better person also. 18-Leo Kliesen-a young adult whose real gender remains a mystery to everyone, Leo joins the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 alongside partner Steve Fox in order to confront both Kazuya Mishima and Jin Kazama about their roles concerning Leo's mother who used to work, as a G Corporation executive, like Asuka, Leo has trouble trusting Jin, not knowing if he is doing things for the right reasons or is simply using everyone to gain control of the G Zaibatsu, unlike Asuka who keeps an eye on Jin, Leo directly confronts Jin, intending to stop him in case he goes berserk and is filled with a lust to regain the power of the Zaibatsu that was taken from Jin. 19-Steve Fox-A world famous boxer from the United Kingdom, Steve works alongside Leo Kliesen who claims that he/she has a lead on finding out about his/her mother who Steve knew when he was a child, Steve also joins Leo with the intent of confronting Nina Williams, the woman who is his true biological mother and works, as an executive, 2nd in command to Kazuya Mishima of the G Zaibatsu, Steve reluctantly joins Lars' Rebellion alongside Leo who directly confronts Jin Kazama, Kazuya's son and like Jin more or less, the two share a lot in common regarding their connections towards their family, still, Steve doesn't feel obligated to help Jin, unlike both Lars and Bob, as Steve feels this would get in the way of his finding out the truth about his past. 20-Sergei Dragunov-A military leader, Sergei is a 3rd party to the war between both the G Zaibatsu and Lars' Rebellion, he secretly leads his forces to cause both havoc and chaos between the two opposing factions in order to intensify their conflict and then weaken them when they are both at their very worst before finally taking them both out in one fell swoop and then finally taking the G Zaibatsu's place, as the leading force within the world, to help achieve this ideal vision of Dragunov's, he employs Bryan Fury, a psycho murder to his aid in order to pretend that he is working for Kazuya Mishima, as one of his executives when secretly, Bryan, as an inside job will cause the G Zaibatsu to become confused with itself and accidentally lower their guard at a critical point for Lars' Rebellion to strike at the exact moment opportunity and the G Zaibatsu will become crippled before at last, Dragunov's very own forces will move in, charge both the weakened Zaibatsu and Lars' Rebellion, destroy them until at last, Dragunov call finally dream of a world that is ruled by him with an iron fist with no one to oppose him whatsoever. 21-Bryan Fury-A crazed mercenary, Bryan has cybernetic enhancements, although he appears human on the outside, he is actually a cyborg, currently he has taken a job from Sergei Dragunov to infiltrate the G Zaibatsu, as one of Kazuya Mishima's executives, in order to topple the Zaibatsu down from the inside out, all the while being paid handsomely by Dragunov the amount of money Bryan oh so desires, he finds himself conflicting with both Lili and Armour King at times and is not trusted by any of the executives Kazuya has under his command, causing the executives to wonder just what does Kazuya have in mind for Bryan? Bryan doesn't care less and instead just plays his part, as ordered to by Dragunov, wanting to see good blood money at the end of Bryan's job. 22-Kunimitsu-A mysterious female ninja, a kunoichi, she works for Lars, as his espionage to find out more about what both the G Zaibatsu and especially Kazuya Mishima are secretly plotting, she takes on many disguises during her role and only reveals herself in combat to those who have discovered her secret or she believes to be worthy of fighting, although Lars has trouble accepting the latter trait of Kunimitsu's, she nevertheless carries out her duties faithfully, despite having a rivalry with Yoshimitsu, the cyborg samurai that also serves in Lars' Rebellion. 23-Eddy Gordo-A man who once worked for the Mishima Zaibatsu during Jin's reign, Eddy is now on the hunt for revenge against Jin, his former superior, intending to take him down for all that he has done to the world, Eddy finds himself in confrontation with Hwoarang who is also after Jin, the two have a similar but difference of opinion towards regarding Jin and how he should be dealt with, Eddy wishes to kill Jin whilst Hwoarang simply wishes to stop Jin, as the two butt heads, the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 is then suddenly announced and the two promise that whoever should find Jin during the Tournament would get to deal with him first, Eddy however, is out for blood and intends to do more then just fight Jin...he intends to kill him, unfortunately, Kazuya Mishima, leader of the G Zaibatsu has announced that killing is allowed within the Tournament and using this to his advantage, Eddy seeks Jin out, planning to deal with him first and then Kazuya, not allowing either of the two to live because of their world crimes. 24-Christie Monteiro-A young attractive woman, Christie seeks out Eddy Gordo in order to keep him off the path of vengeance, as vengeance blackens the soul, determined to find Eddy no matter what, Christie believes she must find Jin in order to find Eddy, since Jin is Eddy's primary target, Christie enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, hoping to challenge Jin and defeat him swiftly without killing him before Eddy has the chance to, strong and determined, Christie intends to fulfill her objective to the end, saving Eddy and in turn the world by defeating Kazuya Mishima at the end of the Tournament. 25-Kuma-Grieving at the loss of his master Heihachi, Kuma enters the King of Iron Fist Tournament 8 to seek revenge on Kazuya, Heihachi's son who killed Heihachi himself, during the Tournament, Kuma encounters his old foe Paul but rather then fighting against him, Kuma decides to team up with Paul, who seeks justice against Kazuya, working together both Kuma and Paul are an unstoppable force to be reckoned with, Kuma intends to honour Heihachi no matter what and take out Kazuya at any cost. 26-Kazuya Mishima-The primary villain of Tekken 8 and the president of the G Zaibatsu, having multiple executives and soldiers under his command, Kazuya plans to rule the world unopposed with his newly established G Zaibatsu, combined from the Mishima Zaibatsu and the G Corporation, Kazuya intends to take out opposing competition that would dare threaten his rule with his announced King of Iron Fist Tournament 8, where killing is allowed, Kazuya expects to find Jin entering the Tournament to stop Kazuya before his megalomania destroys the entire world itself, Kazuya intends to steal Jin's Devil Gene and add it onto Kazuya's own Devil Gene, apparently having found a way to do so, thus making him 200 hundred times, as stronger then he previously ever was and almost omnipotent, to stop Kazuya and the G Zaibatsu, Lars Alexandersson, Kazuya's half brother has formed a Rebellion to wage war with the Zaibatsu and now, the battle for the fate of the world itself now begins with father and son locked in combat once more...to the death. (These are all the previous Characters from the games that will appear, as major Characters within the story, the new Characters exclusive to the story will be presented later on.).
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Flamengo Claim First Florida Cup Legends 5 vs 5 Title
By: Greg Oldfield special to the Florida Cup
Flamengo are the Champions of the Florida Cup Legends 5 vs 5 Tournament after a penalty kick shootout-win over São Paulo. The tournament was held Tuesday at the Universal Orlando Fan Fest stadium and showcased star players from all four competing clubs.
The spirited All-Brazilian final ended in a 5-5 tie after regulation. Playing in their second of back-to-back games, Renato Abreu and Fellype Gabriel played brilliantly all afternoon for the champions. Gabriel tied the match late with a beautiful scoop over Sao Paulo's goalkeeper Lucas. Other members of Flamengo's winning team included João, Zinho, Thiago Coimbra, and Bruno Coimbra.
If the atmosphere at the Fan Fest stadium was a preview for this week's matches, then the Orlando community is in for a tremendous week of soccer. On a warm, sunny afternoon, it was perfect weather to kick-off the Florida Cup festivities. Fans had the opportunity for photos with some of their club's heroes, and the arrival of Zico during the start of the São Paulo-Ajax match spurred the Flamengo faithful into wild cheers and passionate songs. The players paused for photos on their way toward the field, stopping at each group until every picture was taken. Parents hoisted their kids up to see their heroes, but the smiles on their parents' faces may have been just as big, if not bigger. Raí also drew a boisterous ovation. The fans serenaded him upon entering the stadium and continued to shout his name whenever he came near the side of the field or touched the ball. The Fan Fest stadium was filled to maximum capacity, including four or five-people deep all the way around.
São Paulo were led by Denilson, who is still explosive going forward, and Falcão, who had a touch like the cotton candy sold nearby. The pair combined for four of the five goals in the final. The other goal came from Lugano, who steamrolled through opponents with the ferocity of a player preparing for the Copa Libertadores. If any club is looking for a center back in the transfer window, it needs to sign Diego Lugano today! Raí and Ivan Rocha were also instrumental in Flamengo's run to the final.
Flamengo reached the finals with a 2-1 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, whose team members included Fredi Bobic, Oka Nikolov, Charly Körbel, Pavel Pardo, Cristoph Preuss, and Uwe Bindewald. São Paulo made it to the finals after their 5-4 victory against Ajax, who were joined on the sidelines by the entire senior team in a powerful demonstration of solidarity. Edwin van der Sar played in goal for Ajax, and his presence in a six-feet-by-six-feet goal appeared a little unfair. Ajax team members included Aron Winter, Mario Melchiot, Richard Witschge, and former American international John O'Brien. O'Brien, who Landon Donovan once called the best soccer player in the U.S., was one of the first American players to train in a European academy system.
Earlier in the day, Florida Cup officially kicked off with the introduction at the Fan Fest stadium that included four players from the represented teams along with Universal Talent. Ajax's Matthijs De Ligt, Eintracht Frankfurt's Timmy Chandler, Flamengo's Juan, and São Paulo's Hernanes all gathered in the center of the Fan Fest stadium then took pictures with their fans.
Tuesday was a tremendous day for fans to see the stars of today and the stars of yesterday. But on the field, there was very little indication that the legends' playing years are behind them.


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Elaine Harmon
NAPOLEON — Elaine Harmon passed away peacefully at Henry County Hospital on December 24, 2019.
She was born February 14, 1933, in Henry County, the daughter of Paul W. and Audrey (Connin) Niebel. Elaine graduated with honors from Napoleon High School in 1950. She participated in symphony and marching bands, and was drum majorette her senior year. She was the coordinator of her class reunions for many years.
On August 13, 1950, she married Franklyn (Bud) Franz and they had four children, Julia, Cindy, Lori and Lee. On May 28, 1982, she married Junior Harmon and became a stepmother to Gary, Greg and Darlene Harmon.
She was employed by Campbell Soup Company for over 31 years in the shipping and warehouse department. After her retirement, she also worked at Alpine Village Assisted Living. Throughout her marriage to Junior she also assisted in the family business, Harmon Building Movers. She was a member of St. Paul's United Methodist Church, a former member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Holgate, where she taught Sunday school and was the children's choir director for several years. For over 63 years, she was a member of the Ohio Eastern Star, and served as a Worthy Matron of her chapter and a District 7 president.
Elaine loved her family and lived a life helping others, especially the elderly. She enjoyed gardening, sewing and collecting antiques. She truly enjoyed spending time at their cottage on Lime Lake, Michigan, and watching the grandchildren enjoy the lake activities. She took pleasure in attending many school and sporting activities in which the grandchildren and great-grandchildren were participating.
Survivors include her husband, Junior Harmon; her children and stepchildren, Julia (John) Talks of Westerville, Cindy Bachman, Lori (Doug) Hall and Lee (Sheila) Franz, all of Napoleon, Gary (Diane) Harmon of Napoleon, Greg (Peggy) Harmon of Perrysburg and Darlene (Dan) Grieser of Reno, Nev. Also surviving are grandchildren and stepgrandchildren, Alex Talks (Eli Maiman) of Cincinnati, Stephen Talks of Detroit, Ryan (Niki) Bachman of Napoleon, Robyn Bachman Cocke of Elida, Amanda (Jarred) Gulley of Toledo, Sarah Evans of Napoleon, Libbey (Gene) Zinn of Liberty Center, Zachary (Ashley) Franz of Wauseon, Taya, Chase and Chevelle Franz of Napoleon, Matt (Kate) Harmon of Warsaw, Ind., Tiffany (Matt) Small of Napoleon, Drew (Lauren) Harmon of Cincinnati, Troy Harmon of Columbus, and Jason Grieser of Reno, Nev. She also is survived by 23 great-grandchildren and great-stepgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Betty Jane McCormack; and her brother, Paul W. (Bill) Niebel Jr.
Visitation will be held at Rodenberger-Gray Funeral Home, Napoleon, on Monday, December 30, 2019, from 2-7 p.m. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, at 11 a.m. with an hour of viewing prior to the service. Interment to follow at Forest Hill Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be directed to the Henry County Transportation Network or a charity of the donor's choice. Online condolences may be shared with the family at rodenbergergray.com.