El primero de ellos es el que les mostramos arriba, Jeff Van Dick de Belgica que logró ponerse 227 camisetas.

Dentro de este post, les presentamos el resto.

Vía SmilePanic

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Esta pareja de Michigan rompió el record de las uñas mas largas. Melvin Booth (izquierda) con 9.05 metros y Lee Redmont (derecha) con 8.65 metros.

Ilker Yilmaz de Turquía que lanzó leche por los ojos a una distancia de 278.5 cm.

Jackie Bibby sostuvó en su boca 10 serpientes de cascabel por la cola durante 10 segundos.

Kim Goodman de los Estados Unidos puede sacar sus ojos de sus cuencas 11 mm.

Carol Vaughn de Inglaterra tiene una colección de jabones que cuenta con mas de 5 mil desde 1991.

En Bruselas se formó la fila mas larga para ir al baño, contaba con 756 personas.

Kim Sung-ok de Korea se llevó el record por cantar por mas de 76 horas canciones de 1283.

Leslie Tipton de los Estados Unidos fué la mas rapida en encerrarse en una maleta, lo hizó en 7.04 segundos.

Kevin Shelley rompió 46 asientos de escusado de madera con la cabeza.

Here are a few photos taken by a good friend of mine. He’s a photographer who specializes in rustic/montana scenes. My favorites are shown below, but all of his work is pretty amazing, so take a look at his complete collection here

Wahrheit vs. Fiktion

“Was ist also Wahrheit? Ein bewegliches Heer von Metaphern, Metonymien, Anthropomorphismen, kurz eine Summe von menschlichen Relationen, die, poetisch und rhetorisch gesteigert, übertragen, geschmückt wurden, und die nach langem Gebrauch einem Volke fest, kanonisch und verbindlich dünken: die Wahrheiten sind Illusionen, von denen man vergessen hat, daß sie welche sind, Metaphern, die abgenutzt und sinnlich kraftlos geworden sind, Münzen, die ihr Bild verloren haben, und nun als Metall, nicht mehr als Münzen, in Betracht kommen.”

Das sagte einmal der, der gern mit dem Hammer philosophierte. Friedrich Nietzsche, dieser philosophische Krieger, sah bereits, dass die Welt, wie wir sie uns zurechtlegen, nicht unbedingt der objektiven Wirklichkeit entspricht, von der wir alle ausgehen. Lange bevor Einstein uns unserer gewissen, dreidimensionalen Welt beraubte und uns Freud die Macht über unser innerstes Selbst, den Urtrieb, absprach, erschütterte er die bornierten Einbahnstraßendenker seiner Zeit (und der heutigen). Die Einblicke und Erkenntnisse, die das Gefüge der Sprache und ihrer Metaphern der Wahrheit suchenden Menschen eröffnet, bilden nach Nietzsches skeptischer Einsicht eine Welt des Scheins, eine Sphäre der Illusion. Denn sowohl die Metaphorik der Sprache, als auch die Subjekt-Prädikat-Struktur der traditionellen Satzgrammatik, erzeugen schlechterdings die Vorstellung einer “Identität des Dings”, die nunmehr eine Fiktion, eine konventionell sanktionierte Form der Lüge bezeichnet.

Fiktive Wahrheiten

Nietzsche Tagtraum

Für Nietzsche ist es “nicht mehr als ein moralisches Vorurteil, daß Wahrheit mehr wert ist als Schein; es ist sogar die schlechtest bewiesene Annahme, die es in der Welt gibt.” Und weiter heißt es: “Bei allem Werte, der dem Wahren, dem Wahrhaftigen, dem Selbstlosen zukommen mag: es wäre möglich, daß ihm die Scheine, dem Willen zur Täuschung, dem Eigennutz und der Begierde ein für alles Leben höherer und grundsätzlicherer Wert zugeschrieben werden müßte.” Eine Philosophie, die es wagt, den gewohnten Wertgefühlen Widerstreit zu leisten und falsche Urteile als die unentbehrlichsten zu werten, ohne deren Messen der Wirklichkeit an der rein erfundenen Welt die Menschheit nicht leben könnte, stellt sich nach Nietzsche jenseits von Gut und Böse.

Damit nimmt er die heutigen Erkenntnisse der Fiktionsforschung, bezüglich der Wichtigkeit der Fiktion für uns, bereits vorweg. Man weiß inzwischen: Fiktionen kann man als Übungsraum ansehen, um sich mit anderen möglichen Wirklichkeitsmodellen auseinander zu setzen, die der Rezipient mit seinem eigenen Erfahrungshintergrund abgleicht. Durch Einfühlung lernen wir daraus und können uns besser an veränderte Umweltbedingungen anpassen. Es geht hier nicht, wie Käte Hamburger bemerkte, darum, aus Wahrheit Fiktion zu machen, sondern aus Fiktion Wahrheit entstehen zu lassen.

Wahre Fiktionen
Nietzsche zufolge reden wir uns so lange ein, die Natur objektiv zu sehen, bis wir uns nichts anderes mehr vorstellig machen können. Gerade das geht aber seiner Einsicht nach nicht, weil der Mensch grundsätzlich nicht zu Objektivität fähig ist, da er ja selbst immer ein Teil der Natur ist. “Macht man jemandem klar, dass er, streng verstanden, nie von Wahrheit, sondern immer nur von Wahrscheinlichkeit und deren Graden reden könne, so entdeckt man gewöhnlich an der unverhohlenen Freude des also Belehrten, wie viel lieber den Menschen die Unsicherheit des geistigen Horizontes ist und wie sie die Wahrheit im Grunde ihrer Seele wegen ihrer Bestimmtheit hassen,” sagt der Nihilist weiter. Allein aus einem Glauben heraus, der auf wiederkehrenden Beobachtungen basiert, bemühen sich die Menschen um ihr Wissen. Um etwas, das feierlich am Ende als die “Wahrheit” gekauft wird. Schon der Empiriker David Hume meldete daran seine Bedenken an. In seiner Tradition entwickelte Nelson Goodman eine Theorie der Weltenerzeugung. Die Erde steht beispielsweise je nach Betrachtungsweise still oder bewegt sich. Für einen Schildkröterich, der gerade mit seiner Schildkrötin in einer blauen Lagune kopuliert, steht die Erde gewiss still. Für einen Astronomen, der gerade mit einer Assistentin… forscht, hingegen rast sie mit einer Geschwindigkeit von 29,8 Kilometer pro Sekunde durch das Weltall.

Quellen:
Friedrich Nietzsche: Jenseits von Gut und Böse
Friedrich Nietzsche: Über Wahrheit und Lüge im außermoralischen Sinne
Nelson Goodman: Weisen der Welterzeugung

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This is not an hourly fee – the labor fee is $50 no matter how long the repair takes. The charge is $20 if the A/C is not fixed.

Please note that the following services are not currently being offered: 1) coil change-outs, 2) compressor change-outs and 3) installations.

Here is a list of cities currently being serviced:

Boca Raton
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South Broward, West Broward and Miami-Dade County are not currently serviced.

Here is a list of some of the units that may be repaired…
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Here are some (but not all) brands that repairs are possible for..
Goodman, Trane, Carrier, York, Rheem, Ruud, Fujistsu, American Standard, Lennox, Mitsubishi, Bryant, Payne, Duchane, Fedders, Heil, Janitrol, Armstrong, GE, General Electric, Honeywell, Amana, Comfortmaker, Tempstar, Briggs & Stratton, Kohler, Guardian, Generac.

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Hola amiguitos, como me les fue en el dia de hoy??…. espero que muy bien al igual que a mi.

Hoy tuve clase a las 7 am y a diferencia de los jueves anteriores, me levante con animo, con ganas de estudiar pero sobre todo muy alegre, tanto que mientras iba en el carro bailaba y cantaba… jajajajaj lo mas de bueno….

En clase me puse a jugar un ratico mientras el profesor explicaba un nuevo tema interesante, puso un trabajito en clase y pues menos mal entendi.. jajajajaj

Al llegar a mi casa, no queria hacer pereza ni ponerme a jugar play, por lo que me puse a hacer varias cosas que hace tiempo tenia pendientes como hacer una base de datos de un evento que tuve, organizar unos documentos, etc.

Ya por la tardecita me fui para clase, fue en el laboratorio y lo peor es q un amigo y yo nos quedamos sin equipos para trabajar, entonces me puse a jugar con el celular de una amiga… jajajajaja… hasta q por fin pudimos tener uno, igual solo nos faltaba terminar una hojita y listo.

Despues nos fuimos para clase de circuitos y les juro que hace tiempo no me sentia tan perdido en una clase, puso un ejercicio y jum,… no me acordaba de lo que tenia que hacer.. parecia como si estuviera la clase en chino… después paso a ingles, porque comence a entender un poquito y ya a lo ultimo por fin entendi bien lo que habia que hacer con ese ejercicio… jajajajaja.. muy parecido a lo que me paso dias atras pero con otra materia.. si se acuerdan??? si dijeron que si me alegro mucho porque eso refleja que si estan leyendo mi blog.. si dijeron que no… pues bueno a leerlo mas de seguidito.. jejejejejej

Al terminar la clase, fue con un amigo a terminar de arreglar el transmisor que estamos haciendo para el colectivo del semestre y nooooooooooooooooooooooooooo que tristeza tan $#$#!”#”$”$, como es que no nos funciona, despues de que lo guardamos buenecitico… noooooooooo que decepcion eso, entonces nos pusimos a hacer bobinas, a mover todos esos elementos, y nada. Entonces decidimos dejarlo asi porque la verdad me rendi de hacerle a eso, solo nos queda montarlo en la baquela y esperar que funcione bien ahi.. que seria lo ideal. De verdad que al salir del laboratorio, sali con mal genia y muy decepcionado de mi porque a todos ya les dio y a nosotros no..

Pero bueno, lo unico que me quita un poco el mal genio es la comida y ahhh si estaba bueno lo que me comi.. jejejejejejejj

Espero qeu el dia de mañana sea mucho mejor que el de hoy, a pesar pues de que no me paso nada que lamentar, pero siempre hay que aspirar y esperar todo lo mejor que se pueda.

Bueno, la frase del dia de hoy la saque de facebook (de mi aplicacion):

Sólo hay felicidad donde hay virtud y esfuerzo serio, pues la vida no es un juego. Aristóteles

Es por esta razon que yo aprovecho todos los dias de mi vida para estudiar lo mas que puedo, para no perder tiempo en hacer cosas que no me convienen. Ademas, asi como en la vida hay que disfrutrar de todo lo que se hace, tambien hay que luchar para que nuestra vida sea mejor.

Les quiero dejar este regalito.. una cancion de lilly goodman que me gusta demasiadooo… se llama no importa… el mensaje de esta cancion es muy inspirador y me pone a reflexionar mucho sobre lo que hago en el dia…

Hoy fue un dia muy normal, fue netamente academico y con demasiado calor por lo que me puso con un poco de mal genio pero bueno, espero que mañana haga un dia mas friito y con mas alegria…

Se cuidas mucho y espero ver a  muchas personas y reirme mucho… chaoo

La Galerie Esther Woerdehoff (ici) fait partie de mes favorites et je ne rate aucun de ses accrochages mais il faut bien dire qu’au cours des dernières semaines, c’est un programme un peu faible qui nous est délivré même si, dans l’accrochage en cours quelques photographes sont à découvrir.

Le 3 octobre dernier, je suis allé voir Etincelles.

Outre le travail remarqué de Stéphanie Lacombe qui subsistait du précédent accrochage, Peter Suschitzky, John Goodman et Chris McCaw étaient invités. Hélas, le caractère un peu “en vrac” de l’accrochage et la taille réduite des formats donnaient une impression de désordre voire d’inachevé et d’abandon un peu désagréable. Quant aux pièces elles-mêmes, que dire ? Les nus de Peter Suschitzky ne m’ont pas semblé bien inspirés, les clichés de John Goodman dans le “style VU’” ne m’ont pas davantage séduit et moins encore les expériences de Chris McCaw dont le dossier presse indique ““sunburned photographs” ont été crées à l’aide d’une simple boîte percé d’un trou par lequel les rayons de soleil brûlent le papier et créent, lentement, tel un photogramme, une cicatrice tridimensionnelle dans la photographie.”

Le 17 octobre, je suis allé voir le Sony World Photography Awards Tour (site ici).

La multitude d’auteurs ne trouve qu’un espace bien réduit pour s’exprimer. Une seule photo, ce doit être la règle du jeu du concours de Sony mais, en galerie, c’est d’un effet moyen: on attend plus d’une galerie que la reproduction de photos récompensées: on attend de voir si les auteurs sont à même de construire une œuvre ou, à défaut, capable de produire un travail cohérent inscrit dans la durée et soutenu par un minimum de réflexion. Par ailleurs, parmi ces photos, certaines n’ont à mon avis rien à faire dans une galerie: tant leur finalité que leur qualité ne les destinent nullement à un accrochage.

Cela n’empêche pas que, dans cet ensemble hétérogène, quelques auteurs ont retenu mon attention et que je vous invite à aller voir pour vous faire votre opinion (cela se termine le 24 octobre),

Kosuke Okahara montrait une image d’automutilation et j’y reviendrai car j’ai vu son travail à l’occasion de Noorderlicht (à Groningen) fin septembre cette année alors même qu’il travaille pour VU’ (ici). Il faudra aussi que je raconte ce que j’ai vu au Pays-Bas.

David Zimmerman (site ici) montrait des images du désert, presque abstraites  et d’une grande pureté formelle bien servies par un tirage diasec. Dans un même registre, assez formel, j’ai bien aimé le travail de Edgar Martins (site ici) sur ses plages de nuit; il semble s’êtree fait une spécialité des photos de nuit. Tamany Baker (site ici) montre aussi des images soigneusement composes mais y introduit une dimension plus personnelle et intimes avec sa série wolfie montrait des petits animaux tués par son chat.

Je termine avec deux photographes qui œuvrent davantage dans le reportage: on ne manquera pas Chiara Goia (site ici) qui s’est intéressé aux ateliers de contrefaçons de sculptures en Chine et à Claire Martin (site ici) dont un portrait de drogué est à couper le souffle.

Chapter 51 ~ “Luddism as Epistemology” by Langdon Winner (1977)

Winner begins his piece with a brief discussion of various suggestions (from Goodman, Bookchin, Marcuse, and Ellul) on how we can eliminate the problems that technology has brought (“brought” being a weak work in that we actually brought the technology into existence) into our lives.

Winner’s proposal contains the following suggestions:

• The search for new technological systems
• The development of these forms participation of those concerned with their everyday employment and effects.
• Integration of specific principles to guide further technological construction: Technology be intelligible to non-experts, Technology be flexible and mutable, Technology be judged according to the degree of dependency they tend to foster
• The understanding of technology as a means that can only be used when there is an understanding of “what is appropriate.”

Winner immediately offers up faults that might be seen in the suggestions, such as utopianism and unreality. Two barriers he sees with this notion are those people who ignore problems by not focusing on the problems with the system but by adding new features to the existing system and the fact that no one truly knows how to actually create a new system because no knowledge is present to do this.

He uses the example of the counterculture of the 60s to show how we can change the outward appearance of a problem, but it doesn’t eliminate the problem.

For Winner, the question of “means” must be examined for true change to take place, and here, he brings up the idea of dismantling systems in order to understand. However, this is not the breaking off machines or the smashing of machines and some believe Luddites to do. This is more self-reflection and examination because “the most interesting parts of the technological order in this regard are not those found in the structure of physical apparatus anyway. I have tried to suggest that the technologies of concern are actually forms of life – patterns of human consciousness and behavior adapted to a rational productive design” (608-9).

Luddism, in Winner’s mind, calls for using self as research. Disconnecting one’s self from technology and noting the needs, habits, or discomforts that arise because of the disconnection is important to understand how much we need a particular form of technology in our life and if there are other, more effective, less obtrusive forms of technology that can be built to blend better with our lives.

The most significant alternative in Luddism is not this, however. It is simply not fixing technological systems as they break down. To Winner, society seems to see this “fixing” as “growth,” but if we actually refused to fix these systems, we could possibly develop new technologies that benefit us.

Winner concludes his essay by taking us back 2,500 years to Aeschylus’ “Prometheus Bound,” to illustrate that these problems are not new. We just find new ways to reinvent the problems, or to escalate them. And perhaps it’s time to truly think about what we can do to help ourselves. “Perhaps means can be found to rid the human world of our self-made afflictions” (610).

Here’s where the line starts to get really fuzzy. There is a problem finding information on the mother of Elizabeth Harriet Hammonds Wommack, but this is what I’ve got on the Hammonds family either way.

Thomas Hammonds + Mary Polly Parke

Thomas Hammonds

• born: 1783 VA
• died: 8 Aug 1865 Silex, Lincoln County, MO
• parents: John Hammonds and Ann Robinson

Mary Polly Parke

• born: 21 Jul 1789 VA
• died 18 Aug 1867 unknown location
• parents: unknown

Thomas + Mary Polly’s Children

Elizabeth Harriet Hammonds*

William Hammonds

• born: 1810 KY
• died: 1880 Millwood, Lincoln County, MO
• married: Ann Unknown

Margaret S. Hammonds

• born: 1828 MO
• died: 1930 Silex, Lincoln County, MO
• married: Benjamin Smith Mudd unknown date and location

Thomas Hammonds and Mary Polly Parke were married 6 Jun 1806 in Adair County, KY. Now considering how quickly people seemed to be pushing out kids at that time, I think its fair to assume that I’m missing quite a few on my list beetween 1810 and 1828. Obviously research continues on this topic.

Now to the Wommacks! Please note that there are different spellings of the last name Wommack/Womack/Wamack. This is where the Wommack line somewhat dead ends as we (Tina, myself, and Robert yet another Wommack family researcher) cannot figure out who Richard’s (not Captain Dick Richard, his dad) father is. We’ve tried comparing the county that Capt. Dick was born in to the county the Streetman family lived and we’re still baffled. The only way to figure it out is to get a DNA sample from a male Wommack in our family line. Any volunteers?

Richard Wommack + Catherine Streetman

Richard Wommack

• born: 1762 Halifax, VA
• died: 1811 Smith County, TN
• parents: unknown
  
• buried: Smith County, TN

Catherine Streetman

• born: 1767 VA
• died: 1835 Lincoln County, MO
• parents: Martin Streetman and Elizabeth Unknown

Richard + Catherine’s Children

Nancy Wommack

• born: 10 Jul 1784 Halifax County, VA
• died: 4 Nov 1854 New Hope, Lincoln County, VA
• married: Captain William Thomas Watts 1801 VA
• buried: Ferry Cemetery in Elsberry, Lincoln County, MO

Elizabeth “Betsy” Wommack

• born: 1790 VA
• died: 1859 Lincoln County, MO
• married: Henry Ligon unknown date and location

Catherine Wommack

• born: 1794 VA
• died: unknown date and location
• married: Abraham Keeling unknown date and location; Francis Withington 9 Dec 1847 Lincoln County, MO

William Streetman Wommack

• born: 1798 VA
• died: unknown date and location
• married: Ellen Unknown unknown date and location

Jane “Jenny” Wommack

• born: 21 Dec 1800 VA
• died: 27 Mar 1848 St. Louis, MO
• married: Bryson “Brice” Wiseman Hammack 1817 Dixon Springs, Smith County, TN
• buried: Hammack-Elsberry Cemetery, Lincoln County, MO

Richard “Capt. Dick” Wommack*

Mary “Polly” Wommack

• born: 1808 TN
• died: unknown date and location
• married: Enoch Goodman unknown date and location

Parmelia Wommack

• born: 1809 TN
• died: unknown date and location
• married: William Crisman 18 May 1837 Lincoln County, MO

Hiram Wommack

• born: 5 Apr 1811 Sumner County, TN
• died: 27 Jan 1891 Pike County, TN
• married: Louisa Zimmerman 25 Sep 1833 Lincoln County, MO

Richard married Catherine Streetman when he was about 21 in 1783 in Virginia. The entire family up to that point (which did not include Mary, Parmelia, or Hiram) moved from Virginia to Tennessee in 1806 settling outside of Nashville in Davidson County. After a few years they moved to Sumner County where Hiram was born, and later to Smith County, Tennessee where Richard Sr. died in 1811. Twelve years after his death, Catherine left for Lincoln County. Here’s an excerpt (which I’ve used in previous posts, but is definitely relevant) from The Troy Herald Vol II, Troy, Lincoln County, MO 3 May 1876 titled “Recollections of Captain Richard Wommack”:

“Capt. Richard Wommack was born in Halifax County, VA in 1804. When two years old his father [Richard Wommack Sr.] went to Tennessee and settled near Nashville. In a few years he moved to Sumner County and shortly afterward to Smith County, where he died. Brice Hammack, who had married the Captain’s sister and came to this county in 1820, and Jos. Sitton, whom came here in 1817, returned to TN in 1823 on a visit. They gave such flattering accounts of the new country that the Captain and his brother Hiram were eager to go at once. It was some time before his mother could be persuaded to leave her home in TN for then the wilderness. She finally consented and the party consisting of those named above an Brice Burroughs and Malcolm Smith, started on the 3rd of October 1823. They passed through Troy, MO on Sunday the 22nd of October 1823, and camped at Levi Brown’s spring.”

As Tina has done far more research than I have, I’ll refer to her for the determination of Richard’s father based on the circumstancial evidence that she’s compiled.

“I have placed Joel Womack as the father of my Richard. This seems to be the only conclusion to be drawn at this time, as Joel’s siblings ended up in Halifax and similar surnames of Joel’s sibling’s family’s/spouses also ended up in Lincoln County, MO (Watts, Cannon, Pack, Farley) Need to research further.”

And the following email comes from Robert, the other researcher that I’ve been in contact with:

“I have been going through microfilms of Virginia personal property tax records which ran from 1782 thru 1850 for every VA county for almost every year. For Halifax Co, FA, i looked from 1782-1812, but I found no trace of Richard Womack/Wommack. I did find the families of the “Cherry Grove” Womacks and the families of Abraham Womack III and his descendants.

“I found your Richard in Pittsylvania Co, VA, which is adjacent to Halifax, and where the Streetman family was. Richard Womack (various spellings) appears in Pittsylvania tax lists from the 1790s thru 1805 or 1806 (need to look at my notes to be sure of last year). Pittsylvania was divided into two districts, with some more of the “Cherry Grove” Womacks in one district and Richard Womack the only Womack in the other district–except for 1805 in which a Matthew Womack also appears.

“Starting in 1781, VA law stated these tax lists must be alphabetized, which did not mean perfectly alphabetized, but all the “A” surnames together, etc. Matthew Womack and Richard Womack were both under “W” in 1805 Pittsylvania, but far apart, so not sure if there is any connection. However, Richard was a few times near Mary Wadlow, and in one year right next to her. Mary Wadlow’s maiden name was Womack and she was the widow of William Wadlow. Richards proximity to Mary Wadlow may be a coincidence, but I doubt it…The reason I am sure that the Richard in Pittsylvania Co, VA is ours is because (1) the other Richards are accounted for, (2) the Streetmans were in Pittsylvania, (3) he disappears about the time he is said to have moved to TN, and (4) Pittsylvania is right next to Halifax where his son Richard was said to have been born.”

As is the norm on these posts, anyone with * next to their name has a more detailed description and info in another post, specifically Level 6: Great(x3) Grandparents Wommack + Dyer.

Linkin Park:  What I’ve done.

Also, an audio version of Monday’s War and Peace report:

Monday\’s (September 28th) war and peace report, featuring Author Arundhati Roy

Excuse the layout change, but wordpress has some terrible layouts.

Here is the link: Compare Goodman 16 Seer Heat Pumps

Junk science’ expert sounds alarm on insurance study. Steve Milloy’s “junk science” detector started running high when he got hold of a new study in the American Journal of Public Health claiming nearly 45,000 Americans die from a lack of health insurance. According to the study, titled “Health Insurance and Mortality in U.S. Adults,” working-age Americans without insurance have a 40 percent higher risk of death than their privately insured counterparts. It also includes a chart showing how many people have died state by state, supposedly because of lack of insurance. For example, researchers say 4,675 Texas have died because they didn’t have insurance during their study period.”That kind of stuff is classic junk science,” Mr. Milloy added.

John C. Goodman, president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, agreed that the study was flawed. “The subjects were interviewed only once and the study tries to link their insurance status at that time to mortality a decade later. Yet over the period, the authors have no idea whether subjects were insured or uninsured, what kind of medical care they received, or even cause of death,” he said in a statement.

NPCA noted that a “more careful study” completed by the Congressional Budget Office found that low-income people without insurance had a 3 percent higher chance of death, but found no difference among higher income earners.

This cemetery is located in the Dilton Quadrangle.  E. on US 70, right on Mt. Herman Road.  Just north of Prosperity Church off Mt. Herman Road and down a dirt road beside a house.  Photographed by:  Patsy Paterson   2pats2cats@comcast.net

The cemetery as it appeared on May 24, 2009

Willie Akins   July 18, 1980

Carl L. Alexander   World War II

April 28, 1923 – July 31, 1970

Jesse J. Alexander   June 9, 1887 – July 9, 1975

Mary S. Alexander   May 18, 1902 – Nov. 9, 1987

Odie Alexander   US Army   Vietnam

Oct. 28, 1938 – Dec. 23, 1984

Thomas A. Alexander   SSgt   US Army   World War II

June 4, 1921 – March 19, 1976

Fred Almond   1931 – 1957

Roscoe Almond   1887 – 1955

Mattie B. Avent   Dec. 26, 1890 – May 6, 1971

Samuel K. Avent, Sr.   July 12, 1886 – Dec. 9, 1984

Lizzie Biard   1864 – 1923

James Bass   1883 – 1973

Sallie E. Bass   1883 – 1949

Juanita Lyons Bass   June 12, 1944 – Oct. 19, 2002

Alonzo Beard   1889 – 1967

Clara J. Beard   1913 – 2008

Donald Beard    June  2006 – June 2002  ???

Emma Beard   April 18, 1917 – July 23, 1982

James Beard   Sept. 8, 1908 – Nov. 8, 1977

Marjorie L. Beard   Jan. 10, 1916 – March 13, 1983

Ora W. Beard   1891 – 1956

Sim Beard   March 2, 1929 – Jan. 23, 1954

Tennie S. Beard   1893 – 1976

Hattie Mae Brown   1895 – 1953

Ora Mae Brown   Jan. 3, 1930 – May 29, 2002

Willie Brown   1875 – 1948

Ella Bryson   March 7, 1917 – April 6, 1944

Java Bryson   Aug. 8, 1905 – June 18, 1980

Mary Etta Bryson   May 30, 1908 – March 29, 1968

William Bryson   April 23, 1876 – Dec. 29, 1951

Willie E. Camp

Jesse Carney   World War I

June 29, 1889 – Sept. 9, 1947

Beatrice Ward Fleming   Jan. 24, 1900 – Sept. 11, 1943

Birdie Fleming   1874 – 1944

Evie H. Franklin   1888 – 1948

Lewis Franklin   1874 – 1949

Lewis Franklin, Jr.   July 3, 1913 – Jan. 24, 1988

Ella Mae Garrett   June 17, 1926 – Aug. 30, 1950

George Garrett   Sept. 15, 1887 – Feb. 21, 1931

Viola Garrett   Feb. 25, 1i892 – Jan. 13, 1952

James Goodman   May 25, 1911 – Sept. 10, 1983

Ruthie Goodman   Aug. 21, 1912 – Oct. 27, 1990

W. M. Goodman   March 16, 1895 – Oct. 24, 1951

Channie Grissom   1889 – 1947

Earlean Rucker Grissom   June 30, 1904 – Feb. 21, 1949

Joe F. Grissom   Jan. 22, 1993

Ella Mae G. Guthrie   June 12, 1912 – June 6, 1969

Annie Beard Haynes   Dec. 16, 1932 – April 3, 1977

J. D. Haynes   World War II

March 3, 1925 – Dec. 24, 1956

Mary F. Haynes   Nov. 1, 1938 – Aug. 8, 1995

Thomas Haynes  Jan. 17, 1997

Walter Haynes   World War II

Fannie Henderson   1870 – 1958

William Henderson   1862 – 1954

Samuel Jarmon   Aug. 16, 1882 – July 28, 1926

Ella S. Jones   March 29, 1874 – Nov. 13, 1960

Georgia Mai Jones   June 6, 1924 – Sept. 15, 2002

Willie C. Jones   April 5, 1917 – April 3, 1992

L. Viola Jones   1904 – 1979

Mollie Leigh Jones   Sept. 5, 1884 – July 14, 1977

Salina Jones   1877 – 1965

Susie M. Avent Jones   Feb. 24, 1920 – Dec. 21, 1993

Louvenia Jordan   1913 – 1965

Vera Kimbro   Jan. 30, 1982

Acie Lee James   Sept. 23, 1918 – May 11, 1954 

Catherine Leigh   1880 – 1944

Henry Leigh   Aug. 27, 1893 – Dec. 29, 1922 

Sarah Leigh   July 18, 1863 – no death date

Simon Leigh   Oct. 16, 1859 – March 6, 1927

William Leigh   1902 – 1943

Arizona Lyons   May 29, 1903 – Nov. 25, 1968

Sarah Lyons   March 26, 1907 – Feb. 25, 1982

Burnice Lyons   March 9, 1941 – Dec. 2, 1979

Dora Mae Lyons   March 31, 1923 – Jan. 5, 1969

Samuel M. Lyons   March 24, 1934 – Oct. 18, 1990

Twin Boys of Sam & Pam Lyons   May 31, 1977

Prince A. Majors   April 18, 1844 – July 23, 1924

Sarah Martin   Nov. 15, 1904 – June 12, 1986

James McAdoo   1966 – 2005

Nathaniel P. McAdoo   June 15, 1965 – March 11, 1992

Corine Person Almond McCroskey   Sept. 7, 1915 – June 18, 1993

Elizabeth McCroskey   1930 – 1978

Jesse Patton   1908 – 1962

Larry Cordell Peebles   Dec. 5, 1952 – Dec. 25, 2006

Martha Price   1875 – 1975

Rev. Robert Lee Price   1905 – 1996

Angie R. Rankins   1938 – 2007 

Jessie B. Scales   Dec. 16, 1910 – June 5, 1946

Etter Sims   Feb. 23, 1875 – Dec. 5, 1938

James K. Sims   World War II

Jan. 15, 1913 – June 8, 1953

Robert Sims   Jan. 9, 1904 – Sept. 13, 1932

Roy Sims   Nov. 18, 1918 – Dec. 9, 1938

Alford Smith   World War II

Dec. 11, 1921 – Dec. 21, 19??

David R. Smith  US Army  Korea

April 3, 1926 – June 28, 1972

George Smith  March 1, 1894 – March 3, 1944

Emma L. Smith   Feb. 12, 1921 – April 9, 1994

Fannie Smith   Dec. 18, 1888 – Jan. 21, 1989

Hendricks W. Smith   Dec. 24, 1900 – July 6, 1932

Lockie M. Smith   Nov. 13, 1901 – Aug. 30, 1958

William Stansley

Charles Todd  1862 – 1918

Hattie Todd   1865 – 1942

Dana L. Veals   1884 – 1946

Marion D. Veals   1879 – 1946

Dennie Veals, Jr.   PFC  US Army   Korea

Jan. 12, 1928 – Oct. 2, 1993

Janice Lenore Veals   Sept. 24, 1956 – March 30, 1970

Mary Jane Veals   June 12, 1931 – Aug. 26, 2001

James H. Watkins   April 6, 1994

Hattie Watkins   May 15, 1996

Howard Willie Webb   Feb. 2, 1939 – May 29, 1984

Willie Beatrice Wellington   May 5, 1911 – April 29, 1984

Lillian Dell Woods   May 29, 1933 – Nov. 19, 1975

Listed in the Rutherford County Cemetery Book but not seen:

Roxy Alexander   Aug. 15, 1965

Mammie L. Bass   July 31, 1971

Fezzie Beard   June 3, 1956

Pete Beard   Sept. 22, 1957

Tommie Lee Beard   April 10, 1904 – Sept. 22, 1944

Pattie Mae Brown   1893 – 1963

Henry Davis   Nov. 20, 1972

Helen Garrett   April 22, 1962

Catherine Glanton   1880 – 1944

C. H. Glanton   no dates

David Glanton   1904 – 1904

L. G. Glanton   no dates

R. G. Glanton   no dates

W. G. Glanton   no dates

George Goodman   June 17, 1974

Roberta Goodman   Sept. 21, 1973

Joe Grissom   Sept. 2, 1952

Beatrice Haynes   March 20, 1974

Dave Haynes   1867 – 1963

Henry Haynes   Sept. 20, 1974

Irene Haynes   Oct. 9, 1964

Jerome Haynes   Aug. 25, 1968

Virgil Haynes   May 29, 1958

Josie R. Hathaway   July 10, 1973

Jesse Lyons   Aug. 6, 1970

Baby Boy McAdoo   Sept. 5, 1968

Charlie Price   May 4, 1954

George W. Price   Sept. 27, 1896 – Sept. 29, 1974

Ollie Price   Jan. 24, 1972

Fred Randolph   June 4, 1959

Baby Sherita Rucker   1971 – 1971

Ethel Strickland   Feb. 21, 1954

Sally S. Strickland   June 7, 1961

George Smith   March 1, 1894 – March 3, 1944

Robert L. Smith   Nov. 27, 1974

Willie Smith   1923 – 1962

Alzena E. Veals   March 11, 1957

Dennis Veals, Sr.   Aug. 23, 1971

E. R. Lane Veals   Sept. 8, 1961

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the star attraction at Goodman

My friend, Jane, wanted to celebrate her birthday with a big, juicy steak. So she picked Goodman for a fun group dinner. And guess who was there the night I was there? Krista. It is definitely a small world. If you go to Krista’s post, you’ll see she’s linked to the half dozen other bloggers who’ve already been to Goodman and enjoyed it.

Me? I thought Goodman was a mixed bag and am unlikely to go back. In the interest of full disclosure, despite having been dragged to a lot of steakhouses, I’ve never been a huge fan of the genre, considering them the refuge of people who eat conservatively — you know, the ones who always get the chicken or steak dish when they eat out, but who still want a place where they can spend big money. (And don’t tell me you can get crabcakes or lobster, too – those have generally not turned out that tasty at steakhouses, either).

chicken liver and foie gras pate at Goodman

In any case, as many have noted, Goodman is Russian-owned. And you know, I could tell. The decor in the back room where we were seated isn’t so much American as much as it’s Old-School Library. Looking around, I saw shelves decorated with books and busts and such. And based on my trip to Moscow and St. Petersburg last year, I can tell you that the library look was popular there. The other giveaway would be the pickled herring starter – an anomaly on an otherwise steakhouse-standard list of starters.

Among the four different starters I tried, the chicken liver and foie gras pate was hands-down the best. And I’m not just saying that bc I have a weakness for foie gras. The humble chicken liver loaned its strong meaty flavor to the pate, making me wonder why Goodman had bothered with the foie gras at all (except to justify the £7.50 price tag).

salmon carpaccio at Goodman

The salmon carpaccio was my second-fave starter, though it’d been sliced so thin that the salmon became a mere vehicle for the tomato seeds, passionfruit and salt studded throughout. As for the other starters — the pea and chorizo risotto was mushy and gloppy from over-cooking and over-abundance of cheese, and the caesar salad needed more anchovies for oomph.

NY strip at Goodman

There were several (grass and corn-fed) steaks offered in different sizes and from different countries. Out of nostalgia for the mother country, I chose a New York strip and ordered it medium rare. Sadly, it arrived more medium than medium rare. I still ate the whole thing, though, because the accompanying bearnaise sauce was so good, masking the fact that my steak tasted tough. At £29, my New York strip was one of the cheaper steaks on the menu (with some of the ribeyes costing upwards of £40). And yet, the bottom line is that when you go to a steakhouse and think your steak could have been a lot better, that’s a bad thing.

At least the creamed spinach was lovely (it’s hard to go wrong with a bowl full of cream and butter) — the best of the side dishes. Goodman’s chips were fine, as were the mashed potatoes. But I think creamed spinach is always the way to go in a steakhouse.

cinnamon-apple tart a la mode

Desserts were of the homey cheesecake-chocolate cake variety. A cinnamon-apple tart, while a bit soggy in the crust, was the most appealing of the three or four we tried. Not a surprise given that hot apple, cinnamon and vanilla ice cream are a tough-to-beat flavor combo.

strawberry sundae

The sundae, on the other hand, was mostly whipped cream and bits of pound cake, whereas I’d hoped for tons of vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Oh well. This isn’t America, after all.

With Goodman’s steaks costing £30-50, starters £8, sides £4 and desserts £6, it’s easy to see how the tab adds up fast. The service was friendly and responsive, but our meal with a modest amount of wine per person came to £85 each. At those prices, I long for the days of all-about-the meat places like Ray’s the Steaks in Washington, DC, and I’m unlikely to return to Goodman anytime soon. Unless I’m craving creamed spinach.

Goodman, 26 Maddox Street, W1S 1QH; 0207 499 3776; closest tube station: Oxford Circus

Really excited to see Joey Slotnick, Molly Brennan, et al, in the Goodman’s revival of the Marx Brothers classic, Animal Crackers.  Both Brennan and clown director Paul Kalina are in 500 Clown, and the thought of that team taking on the kings of slapstick farce really makes me smile.  

Had to call out the Yom Kippur opening night timing though!  Come on, people.  This is a play written and originated on Broadway by icons of Jewish culture, and the Goodman saw fit to hold opening night as the sun sets on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar.  Duh?  The  Goodman even has a Jewish-themed play coming up in its season called High Holidays (Yom Kippur is one of them).  Oy, makes me chuckle.  But when all is said and done, and kvetched, it looks to be a really great show, and . . . I’ll give . . . that’s what matters.  Here’s my preview in Cheeky.

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Goodman Cased Evaporator Coil

Product Features

• Suitable for use with R-410A and R-22 refrigerants
• Rust-proof, high temperature, thermoplastic drain pans feature a low water-retention design
• Available with check flowrater expansion device for heat pump or cooling-only applications
• Rifled copper tubing and corrugated aluminum fin coils
• Foil-faced insulation
• ARI Certified
• ETL Listed
• High-quality post-paint cabinet
• Split-seam front for easy access

Goodman® evaporator coils are designed to deliver years of efficient cooling. They use highquality, long-lasting tubing that withstands the rigors of typical use. The tubing is rifled to ensure optimum heat transfer. Most models use copper tubing while some models are available in aluminum tubing.

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