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Saturday, May 18, 2013
Update on MyHeritage.com
Almost all of the negative comments have come from relatively new users of the program. In every case, the new user had not looked at the downloadable manual to the program. In a couple of instances, I have worked long enough with these other users to resolve the issues. In every case where I have worked through the issues, I have found the problem to lie with the database uploaded by the user. In one case, as an extreme, I had to delete all of the information in MyHeritage and reload a "clean" GEDCOM file in order for the problems to go away. As soon as I did this, the user began receiving matches to the program. I also found that when the user was identified merely as "living" without further information, the Smart Matching feature did not work properly. As soon as the person was identified by name, she immediately began to get Smart Matches. I am guessing, but it seems to me that the "living" designation blocks some of the features of the program.
I must still say, despite all of the comments and questions I have fielded in the last few weeks, I still think the program works very well. There could be some improvements to the navigation in the family tree view, such as allowing the names to be viewed in a more compact format, but overall, the program seems to work. Now, I am certain that this comment will elicit another round of criticism from those who are unhappy with the program. But I hear the same type of criticism about most of the other online genealogical databases regularly. In fact, I don't believe that I know of any program that I haven't heard negative comments about from someone. This seems especially true about genealogy programs.
I have noticed that Smart Matches seem to come rather quickly and frequently, while Record Matches come less quickly and in bunches rather than individually. It is sort-like waiting for the cycle to come around. If you happen to join the program as the beginning of a cycle, then you might experience a delay, if not, if you are near the end of the cycle, you may get matches more quickly. It is very common for new technology to have a growth period where the program does not work as well as expected or where there are unforeseen difficulties or bugs. It is when the program is more mature that these types of problems become an issue with me. In the case of a new program and especially as here with a new technology, I suggest cutting some slack.
This situation is also similar to what I experience when I do presentations. Some of the people's comments say how much they liked the presentation, others express the fact that everything I said was a complete waste of time. Did these two people hear the same presentation? Sometimes I wonder if my commentators are looking at the same program?
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- AnonymousMay 18, 2013 at 7:40 PM
Are you kidding ? You are really going to blame the users ?ReplyDelete
I can assure you that according to FamilyHistory is was not me just being " new " to the program or having a corrupted gedcom it was them and most likely their software that was messed up -here is an excerpt from my email.
'I apologize for any inconvenience. I recommend you to uninstall the software then download it from the link below :
It supposed to fix some issues. '
But even if you take all of the various problems with software and geds almost every complaint also involved HORRIBLE customer service and looong waits for responses. My last was 8 days from support question to answer and there is NO excuse for that and you should at least care about that and be sympathetic to your readers.
This isn't a matter of opinion ( who liked what presentation ) this is measurable and their system/software was messed up and they responded very poorly to the problem and to the needs of their new customers.
Nancy firstname.lastname@example.com
It is apparent that your experience and mine vary considerably.Delete
- AnonymousMay 26, 2013 at 8:51 AM
I used the program for some years before upgrading to a Premium account. Since the last update though I find the Smart Matches are not working properly and the small round green icon can take 3 or 4 minutes to show and when it says for example there are 9 Smart Matches today, tomorrow the green icon disappears and it says there are none. Editing a date record for birth or death invariably eventually returns the green icon and it shows the 9 Matches again and I can display that information. Most frustrating and it would be good if there was a work aroundReplyDelete


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Looked like they were set up for some sort of 5k run or something.. Couldn't find anything about it online though.
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by GatheringComic » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:51 amGot it and replied. Really looking forward to it
by GatheringComic » Tue Aug 09, 2011 9:52 amAnd now we're just 8 days away from our most successful campaign ever coming to an end. Can we reach 6K? It's crazy that that's even a possibility
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by GatheringComic » Wed Aug 10, 2011 3:08 pmSo here's the deal. Copies of Gathering Volume 4 (our Horror issue) arrived today. And that's available to order direct from our website www.grayhavencomics.com which also feautres the great webcomics KID ROBO, DEcomPRESSIONism, DARING SPECULATIVE FICTION, AOI SAYONARA and AFTER THE GATHERING.
Just finalized the cover and interiors for Volume 5 (Romance) which goes to print Monday and should be available soon.
We're finishing up Volume 6 (Horror part 2) and that should also be at the printers by the end of the month and all six books will be on sale at NYCC if you're heading to that show.
In just over a year we've managed to put out six volumes of this comic, conceptualized in January of 2010 as a little anthology experiment for some pals on the Bendis forum. Now we have comic pros offering rewards, doing short stories and so many other cool things I can't even mention right now. And what's really cool for me is how many up and coming creators we were able to see get their first published work in The Gathering. By the time issue six comes out we're looking at over 100 different contributors involved with the book and that's going to double next year. I'm sometimes in shock at how far along this as gone.
That's why Kickstart is so important. I've tried not to gouge on price point for the comics. Issues 1 and 2 were 34 pages and 3, 4, 5 and 6 were 64, 54, 54, and 49 pages respectively. Each for 4 dollars or less.
So if you haven't pledged, take some time to do so if you can. And if you have pledged I thank you and ask you one more time to share that link across the net and encourage others to do the same.
And we'll keep trying to make the very best comics we can.
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by GatheringComic » Mon Aug 15, 2011 1:29 pm55 hours to go an one more limited reward being offered. Glenn Greenberg, former Marvel Comics editor and writer and current editor at Scholastic Inc will review comic scripts, completed books or (for the non comic fans) submissions to Scholastic. Another great opportunity for writers but this is limited to just four so you have to act quick.
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by J.M. Hunter » Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:17 pmHow'd I miss this? Do you guys have submission guidelines for future issues somewhere?
by ThatGuyRoman » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:33 pmgrayhavencomics.com, there's a section labeled "Submission Process"
I think there's a few days left to submit.
by J.M. Hunter » Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:55 pm
and this one's horror right?
by ThatGuyRoman » Thu Aug 25, 2011 6:01 pm
The future volumes that are currently open are all there as well as any information you may need about the guidelines, restrictions, etc.
Feel free to tell all your writer and artist friends they have until September 2nd.
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After a quick sell out of the initial print run Volume 6 (featuring the work of Sterling Gates (Hawk and Dove), Len Wallace (Love Buzz), Amanda Rachels (Clown Town) the board's very own Arcadio and a dozen up and coming creators the book is available again
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Copies are also available of the first 5 issues and Ever After so give em a look!
by GatheringComic » Fri Nov 04, 2011 9:25 pmWe're also in the process of a Webcomics Tryout. Several new webcomics launched at the beginning of October and will be running for 13 weeks. The strips with the most amount of views will get an extended run next year.
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Oh we had such a fun day. Beau's baby puppy class is held in the nearby showground and when we arrived there were lots of handlers & their dog everywhere, all getting organised to go to their various different classes. Poor little Beau was looking around at this sea of very big dogs & I am sure at first he would have just like to have gone back home.
However, once everyone got to their classes, we found ourselves in a nice safe fenced off area with about 8 others in the baby puppy class. It was such fun and I was so very proud of Beau. The first 10 minutes was spent off leash, just letting the puppies socialise with one & other. Beau had his little tail tucked up between his legs, but like a little trooper he wandered around & introduced himself to all the other puppies. There were some much bigger than him, but most were around his size. Within 5 minutes he had his little tail up all jaunty and was having a ball.
Today we did heel & sit, which Beau & I had been working on & he did most impressively. We also did drop & stay. We practiced walking past other dogs on leash & not getting distracted, coming when called, & also a short time being tied up and left out of sight. I was really impressed with what a confident little fellow Beau is. He just seems to trust that whatever it is I do with him, it must be good and right. My chest was swelling.
The most fun part though was our little baby agility session of walking a plank, that was on the ground & running through the tunnel. I was really surprised at how quickly Beau caught on. I looked at him and could see that he was really focused and that he knew that we were a team & doing this fun stuff together.
It was just great and I can't wait until next week for our second class. The only thing that I regret is that I had never taken my other dogs. I just didn't know what we were missing out on. It was such fun, and very bonding.


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By the time July rolled around, there were already a number of terrific smartphones released in 2010, and as you'll see in the next few pages, many of them outlasted some smart competition in the second half of the year.
Yes, there are plenty of familiar faces on this list -- what, you were expecting the most obscure smartphones of the year? -- but it takes a lot to rise above the fickle, yet hypercompetitive smartphone pack and make a dent among consumers (and in many cases, enterprise) users. And the smartphone revolution is only just beginning; IDC recently predicted that smartphone shipments would hit 526.6 million by 2014.
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A couple nights ago Larry Chen of Speedhunters & DriftFotos posted this video on his facebook. I was curious, clicked on it and didn't know what I was expecting. But, by the end of the video I was laughing my ass off and asking myself "How the hell did they get away with that! LOL!". That night it spread like wild fire, I saw my friends posting it every couple minutes.
The video was of the two getting stranded at DFW airport from a canceled flight and they had to rough it out till the next day for the next flight. But, instead of sitting around they decided to make a little video to kill the time and all in good fun. I knew this video would go viral sooner or later. Then tonight I hear its been on the local news, CBS , AOL News, Good Morning America and all over the web! Amazing!
But also with all the fame from the video… Its also causing a lot of Buzz about "Airport security" at DFW international which is understandable. But again I know they were doing it all in good fun. Good job guys
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
The Research Train is Chugging Along
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Ohh, so with you there! - other than a 2nd cousin with 25% overlap with my tree, it's been very lonely researching Deckers & Koesters, Storcks & Solomons, Schwartzes & Reichs. Last 4 arrived 1890-1900 and first 2 1840-1850, so not very deep roots in USA. I need some overseas cousins to find me!ReplyDeleteReplies
Nancy, I find a strange comfort in our common loneliness. We'll just have to keep on researching and hoping someone will find us. Thanks for the comment. Solitary solidarity...or something like that.Delete
I hear you as well. I feel my Smiths, Browns, Townsends, Hoppes, Geiszlers, and Macks are mine alone, though several relatives are happy to see what I find.ReplyDelete
Someone I hope to find notices about my family in Columbus, Ohio newspapers. Free time to flip through pages isn't available with little ones underfoot. But with numerous ancestors with 'money problems' as well, your post gave me an idea of other things to look for. Just wanted to say thanks for the tip.
A house with living quarters up top and a saloon on the bottom is a common sight in Milwaukee, then and now. In fact, I chuckled when I read that, because I didn't realize I'd lived in Milwaukee so long that that no longer seems weird to me.ReplyDelete
The Town of Granville was pretty far out in the boonies in those days. A small part of Glendale (the suburb where I lived until last summer) is in that township. It's now mostly City of MIlwaukee, with a little bit of Village of Brown Deer.


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Chen, Royals knocked off Target against Twins
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals weren't on Target this time.
Kansas City's seven-game winning streak at Target Field ended on Friday night as the Minnesota Twins re-established their claim to home ground with a 10-1 victory. The Royals hadn't lost at Target since June 29, 2013, and they were 8-2 last year in the Land of the 10,000 Lakes.View Full Game Coverage
MINNEAPOLIS -- The Royals weren't on Target this time.
Kansas City's seven-game winning streak at Target Field ended on Friday night as the Minnesota Twins re-established their claim to home ground with a 10-1 victory. The Royals hadn't lost at Target since June 29, 2013, and they were 8-2 last year in the Land of the 10,000 Lakes.View Full Game Coverage
But KC's first invasion of 2014 hit rough sledding when starting pitcher Bruce Chen had the Royals rotation's shortest outing this year -- 3 2/3 innings. He burned up 87 pitches in that short span.
"I was falling behind a lot of the hitters and I wasn't pounding the strike zone like I usually do," Chen said. "I wasn't commanding my pitches as well as I wanted to and it ended up costing me."
Maybe the Twins are onto something. Kyle Gibson pitched 6 1/3 innings for the victory and it was Gibson, in his Major League debut no less, who had last beaten the Royals at Target Field.
"Five hits was all we could muster all night long and one run," Royals manager Ned Yost said. "It started out good for us, we got a run in the first inning. You're thinking OK, we can add on to that, but we never quite could."
A twisting catch by right fielder Nori Aoki that wasn't really a catch helped the Twins take a 2-1 lead against Chen in the first inning. Jason Kubel's long drive was gloved by Aoki in right field, but the ball got away and bounced off the wall and back into his mitt. But the bounce made it no catch and the hit went for a run-scoring triple.
"I couldn't tell," Yost said. "[First-base umpire] Jeff Nelson had it. He said that he thought it hit glove-wall-glove, and I think that's what they said in the replay."
Chen was lifted with two outs and two runs home in the fourth inning. Josmil Pinto opened the inning with a 404-foot home run to left field. A hit and a walk preceded two outs and Joe Mauer's RBI single.
"He just wasn't sharp and when he's not sharp, the result generally is high pitch counts and that's exactly what happened to him," Yost said. "We had high pitch counts all night long, I think we averaged 25 pitches an inning and if you do that, you're going to get the result that we got."
Next came a couple of interesting firsts for Royals pitching. Louis Coleman made his first appearance of the year after coming off the disabled list and Michael Mariot made his Major League debut.
Coleman, returning from a jammed middle finger on his pitching hand, took over for Chen. He issued a walk, made two wild pitches and surrendered a two-run double by Chris Colabello that made it a five-run inning. Coleman, though, recovered to pitch a 1-2-3 fifth inning.
"It was the first time out all year and he was a little rusty. His second inning was probably the best inning we had all night," Yost said.
The finger, Coleman said, was no problem.
"I didn't feel it at all, actually. It feels good, and I think it's fully healed and everything," he said. "It's just getting the rust off the edges and everything."
Mariot, a right-hander up from Triple-A Omaha, made his debut in the sixth inning. After one scoreless inning, Mariot gave up two runs in the seventh on two walks and Kurt Suzuki's double.
"I was pretty nervous," Mariot said. "Coming in after that first inning, I was joking around because I was shaking the whole time, especially sitting there, just all the adrenaline pumping. It was fun."
Mariot piled up a total of 50 pitches in his two innings.
"It was OK. The first inning was good, the second inning was a little shaky," he said. "I just found myself rushing and trying to be too fine instead of just trusting my stuff."
Yost recognized that Mariot was fighting through some debut nerves.
"His stuff was really good; he needs to throw more strikes," Yost said.
Clubhouse operations director Jeff Davenport handed Mariot a bag of about a half-dozen baseballs that the rookie threw in his debut, including one for his first strikeout -- of Mauer.
"I'm pretty excited to get to keep it and give it to my parents," Mariot said. "Put 'em on the shelf."
The Twins, after being swept in their first three home games by Oakland, rebounded with an 11-hit barrage.
"The offense came through," Twins interim manager Terry Steinbach said. "The thing that sticks out in my mind was the two-out hits we got [five]. We capitalized on hitting with guys in scoring position, and it kind of broke the game open for us."
The Royals sputtered with only a first-inning run off Gibson. Omar Infante, back after missing two games, singled to right, advanced on Eric Hosmer's single and a wild pitch, then scored as Billy Butler grounded out. Shortstop Pedro Florimon bobbled the ball but still got Butler.
Infante has a six-game hitting streak going (9-for-22, .409) after going 0-for-4 in his first game with the Royals.
Mike Moustakas, after having just one hit in his first seven games, went 2-for-4 with a double. He's a terror against the Twins. In his last nine games against them, he's hit .395 with three homers and nine RBIs.


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There are good papers, great papers, and those clever little papers that make you say "I wish I'd thought of that!". Before I get to that, a little preamble:
Taphonomy is the branch of research that is interested in describing what happens to an organism between dying and ending up as a fossil (or even why it won't end up as a fossil). A lot can happen to an organism in that period of time, as the earth is a dynamic spheroid. The older a fossil, the more possible disturbances it can experience. Taphonomy can tell us a lot about the environment an organism was deposited in and it can provide important controls on the inferences we make about the environment we think a fossil organism once lived in. But taphonomy is also an important consideration in considering what an organism is. That is, the 'life' of a fossil after death, might have a profound impact on how we place that fossil in the tree of life.
Enter the experiments of Rob Sansom and colleague's experiments on lamprey larvae and the title organism of this blog, reported in this week's issue of Nature. Sansom et al. wanted to examine what happens to 'primitive' vertebrates that lack hard, mineralized tissues, the type of tissues that normally fossilize. I say "normally", because there are some 'abnormal' cases in which soft-bodied creatures with no bones, teeth, or hard cuticles actually form as fossils. Some such fossils have played an important role in understanding the timing and early origin of vertebrate animals.
For instance, this species known as Yunnanozoon (Chen et al. 1999) from the Cambrian of China. It represents one of the earliest known vertebrates or vertebrate-like forms.
Yunnanozoon is remarkably well preserved, but other Cambrian chordates can be even more incomplete. The problem with such fossils is that they're difficult to interpret because they're squished, and they're made of soft parts. We have no idea how much they might have decayed, apart from the fact that they seem to be an exception to the rule that soft parts don't fossilize. This usually implies some sort of exceptional conditions favouring preservation, but doesn't necessarily rule out decay or other types of disruption.
Sansom et al. let larval lamprey and lancelets rot in buckets of sea water and recorded the progress of the decay over the period of several months.
The impressive and startling results of watching fish decay are below the fold:
As the animals rotted away, Sansom et al. recorded details of their anatomy. Not just general features, but the types of characters that would be used to score an organism for a phylogenetic analysis. These include classically important features, like the gill filaments, cartilages of the gill arches, the type of heart, the shape of the body muscles, the dorsal rod known as a notochord, and so on. These are characters that have normally played a significant role in establishing the relationships of vertebrates and their nearest non-vertebrate relatives, such as the lancelet.
What this figure shows is the length of time each character survived as the animal rotted. What's striking is that the characters that lasted longer all tend to be characters that we consider phylogenetically more primitive. Characters such as a notochord and segmented axial musculature are all considered to be primitive features shared by the last common ancestor of lancelets and lamprey. On the other hand, features such as eyes, or a chambered heart are more derived features found in modern vertebrates.
This figure shows nicely how the decay features plot out in phylogenetic history. If you go back to figure above, there is a graph showing the relationship between phylogenetic rank and decay stage.
What we see is that the level of decay would lead one to think that the taxon was signicantly more distantly related to the vertebrates, much like the early chordates we find in the Cambrian.
Not only do these results provide a caution against how we interpret soft-bodied Cambrian chordates, but it illustrates a framework for studying the phylogenetic effects of decay. As decay is studied across a wider phylogenetic scope, the more we can determine about the generality of these types of patterns. That will have a profound effect on how we study and interpret the exceptional cases of soft-tissue preservation in fossils.
Chen, Y.-J., Huang, D.-Y., and Li, C.-W. 1999. An early Cambrian craniate-like chordate. Nature 402:518-522 link
Sansom, R.S., Gabbott, S.E., and Purnell. M.A.2010. Non-random decay of chordate characters causes bias in fossil interpretation. Nature 463:797-800 link
Briggs, D.E.G. 2010. Palaeontology: Decay distorts ancestry. Nature 463:741-743 link
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Mumbai: Actor Imran Khan has locked lips with Anushka Sharma in 'Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola', but he admits that he finds it awkward to kiss someone he isn`t romantically involved with.
"It`s awkward when you are kissing someone who you are not romantically involved with because it is a very intimate act. Normally you do it with somebody who you are very close to, but here you are kissing someone who you don`t know that well," Imran told IANS.
Nevertheless, Imran feels Anushka is very talented and she has done a very good job in this Vishal Bhardwaj-directorial.
"We have done a photo shoot together. I watched her films and I felt she is a very good actress. But until you work with a person, you don`t really get to appreciate that person. When I actually started working with her, I got to know more about her talent. She has done very good work in this film," said Imran.
"Matru Ki Bijlee Ka Mandola" also features Arya Babbar, Pankaj Kapoor and Shabana Azmi in important roles. The film is slated to release Jan 11 next year.


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Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Keg thieves, take note
I actually laughed because the timing was funny, since we've been on a mission lately trying to mark BEAU's on them better so that hopefully we don't lose too many. We've tried a whole bunch of ways, and nothing worked exactly the way I wanted in terms of how long it took, or how much it cost.
At first we thought we'd make a template and paint the kegs, but the paint killed the template real fast, and it took way too long to do. Then we got these reversed out stickers made up that said Beau's All Natural Brewing Co. 1-866-585-BEER. They looked sharp out of the gate, but the stickers took a ridiculous amount of time to get onto the kegs, and after one wash they read: eau' ll N tur l Br wing o. 1- 6- 85-BEE.
So to look less like a burnt-out sign for a cheap o-tel, we got bigger stickers that just said Beau's. They were ugly, and still took forever, and still didn't stick properly. Then we got a real eye-opener when we bought some used kegs from Church-Key. They all came with the same stickers we used, which of course we wanted to replace with out own. Turns out that with a $2 scraper, you can have 30 kegs logo-free in less than 5 minutes. Nice to know.
So we went back to our original paint idea, after getting inspired by the spray paint that our CO2 supplier uses to mark up its kegs. Surely this must be possible, we told ourselves. A trip to Zellers is what sealed the deal. In their crafting section they have a tool for scrapbookers that cuts shapes into cardstock. It's by a company named Fiskars, and it's called a Shape Template.
I figured if it could cut cardstock, it might cut through a thin plastic so I bought some. Put the template inside a letter stencil and trace the edges with the little Shape Template cutter over the plastic, and presto! I have a plastic stencil that says Beau's.
With a little bit of practice using red spray paint (I would have failed miserably as a vandal) we got the kegs nicely marked up.
All in all, I think I paid $500 for all the stupid stickers that don't work, versus about $65 (including spray paint) for this tool that actually works. Whether we keep more of our kegs now still needs to be seen, but at least whoever takes them will have to invest in more than $2 for a scraper.
At the request of an anonymous reader, here's one last shot of the boys ready to go into action. Don't forget, you can personally help them make a speedy trip back home for a refill!
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Hey Steve - what does the final 'stenciled' product look like?!?!
Fur shure...its added to the original post now.
- Carter said...
Great blog!! I'll be sure to keep up with it now that I've read the entire thing. As a homebrewer and future brewery owner/dreamer, I like seeing the inside workings of actually starting one. I know there's alot more to it than is written, but it actually seems that it can be done if you have the beer, smarts, some money, and a good bit of plain ole dumb luck.
We us tape with the brewery name and phone number on it. Takes about a minute per keg to put three stripes of tape all the way around a half barrel.
We still lose kegs, though. Largely because people are jerks and distributors are idiots.
- Gabriel... said...
You sure are funny. I made a post about a photo of you. Take a look, it's you only with less age...
If this don't make your booty move, your booty must be dead.
- Gabriel... said...
To see a pink rubber ball:
Dance, dance like you love the monkey who brung ya.
- Jacob said...
I was thinking of painting a design on a keg myself, but got to wondering if the spray paint would come off when the keg was cold/wet etc?
i haven't tried it out before but just wanted to hear some thoughts.
- Steve Beauchesne said...
spray paint works and lasts a long time. It can look a little messy if you arent careful with it though


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WELLESLEY, Mass. - Despite capturing only one of six titles on the first day of the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference Women's Swimming and Diving Championships, Springfield College leads the field with a score of 293. MIT trails with 213 points, while Wheaton follows in third with a score of 153.
In the 200-free relay, the Springfield foursome of Kaitlin Reilly, Aimee Doe, Jaclyn Van Waalwijk, and Caroline Kosciusko combined for a time of 1:37.96 to take the NEWMAC title and earn first-team All-Conference honors.
Coast Guard's Kimberly Shadwick jumped to an early lead in the 500-free and pulled away to take the crown in a NEWMAC record of 4:58.50, which also meets the NCAA "A" standard. Springfield College, meanwhile, racked up 67 points in the event, as the Pride placed 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 11th.
The 200-IM also saw a conference record and "A" standard performance, as MIT first-year Anna Kokensparger captured the title with a blistering 2:04:90. Once again, Springfield's depth paid off, as they placed three swimmers in the top eight. Minutes later, another MIT swimmer mounted the podium, as Amy Jacobi took the 50-free title with an NCAA "B" standard time of 24.11.
In the one-meter diving finals, Clark's Eileen Garcia totaled 464.75 to take the title. Springfield College again piled up points, taking 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th in the one-meter competition. Rounding out the day's action, MIT won its third event of the day, taking the 400-medley relay as Sarah Scodel, Lauren Lo, Jacobi, and Kokensparger combined for a 3:59.07, just edging out Coast Guard (3:59.41) and Wheaton (3:59.84). Tomorrow's prelims begin at 11:00 a.m., with the finals beginning at 6:30 pm.
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500 Free, Kimberly Shadwick (Coast Guard), 4:58.50*!
200 IM, Anna Kokensparger (MIT), 2:04.90*!
50 Free, Amy Jocobi (MIT), 24.11+
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Shell, TheMemoirs of a Hidden ObserverMustafa Khalifa; translated by Paul Starkey
published 2017 5 1/4" x 8" • 192 pagesISBN 9781566560221 • paperback • $15.00 •
* From 1982 to 1994, Syrian topographer Khalifa was incarcerated in his countrys infamous Tadmur Military Prison, and his decision to present his experiences as fiction results in a document both haunting and bold. Perhaps only fiction could do justice to the suffering he endured, but as the narrator also notes, explaining that he resorted to an Islamist technique called mental writing to store up what he experienced, I cannot write and say everything. The selected scenes of beatings, torture, hunger, and executions are scalding enough. Having fatefully decided to return home from France, Khalifas young narrator is immediately imprisoned and accused of being a Muslim terrorist. In fact, he is Christian-raised and proclaims himself an atheist, which serves to isolate him from his scornful fellow inmates and makes his imprisonment even worse. The story arcs persuasively from the narrators first shocks through his steady endurance in the shell that was his prison to his survival upon release in a second shell thats becoming thicker and blacker. VERDICT Highly recommended. Library Journal (starred review)
* Khalifas superb debut novel is structured as the prison diary of Musa, a Syrian who has been studying film in France for six years. He decides, against the wishes of his friends, to return home after his studies. Upon arrival, he is mysteriously thrown into a horrific desert prison (based on the real Tadmor prison) for 14 years, the setting for most of what follows. Musa announces that his family is Christian and that he an atheist, so his fellow prisoners, almost exclusively devout Muslims, ostracize him. Marginalized, Musa adapts the detached perspective of a sociologist, noting the hierarchies and patterns of prison life. In spare, lucid prose, Khalifa, a Syrian novelist- and political-commentator-in-exile, vividly describes the almost otherworldly existence of the prisoners. Told in jump cuts that mirror Musas film background, his diary documents not only reflect the relentless monotony and terror of imprisonment, but also the prisoners ingenuity: how they survive outbreaks of diseases, how they stay cool in the desert heat, and their sacrifices for each other. With echoes of Solzhenitsyn and Kafkas The Trial, this demanding novel is an important account of the horrors perpetuated by the Syrian regime. Booklist (starred review)
This compelling first novel is the astonishing story of a Syrian political prisoner of conscience, an atheist mistaken for a radical Islamist—the worst kind of enemy of the state—who was locked up for 14 years without trial. Shunned by his fellow inmates, Musa remains silent and unspoken to for the duration of his incarceration.
The novel takes the form of a diary which Musa keeps in his head and then writes it down upon his release. It's narrated in a succinct and well-paced way, with each short chapter often recounting a stand-alone episode. In Tadmur, one of the most notorious prisons in the Middle East for human rights abuses, the mood is naturally bleak at times and yet often very beautifully captured. The narrator, a young graduate at the start, is defiant and stoical, and somehow able to pick out humor and irony in the shocking events and the characters he describes. Yet even the strongest personality cannot hold out under such brutal conditions forever …
Considered by many in the Arab world a symbol of the Syrian opposition in the current bloody civil war, the novel has become the focus of many Facebook groups and online discussions aimed at exposing acts of violence and brutality committed by the state. With its political impact and its universal literary beauty, it is not an exaggeration to call it the work of a modern-day Solzhenitsyn.
With the recent publication of extensive photographic evidence of horrendous killings in Syrian prisons, this novel provides an essential perspective on the tragedy the Syrian people are living through.
Mustafa Khalifa is a Syrian novelist living in exile. Besides writing fiction, he is an eloquent and insightful political commentator on the situation in his native country.
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The 2nd Annual Mystery Reader Morning was organized by Enfield librarian Nora Neumann and is one event in a series in March that celebrates the joy of reading.
All Mystery readers were members of the Springfield Township community and school district. Readers included policemen, firefighters, a judge and a National Park Service ranger. Also in attendance were members of the school board, a librarian, local business owners and parents of the children.
All readers arrived at 9:30 a.m. and were directed to their classroom where they read one or two stories and answered questions. According to Firefighter Gene Rahill, "The kids will remember this day forever."
Mystery readers included: Mr. and Mrs. Bernie McLafferty, National Park Service Ranger Ed Welch, Dr. Nancy Hacker, Lowell Cunningham (Driver of Bus 12), Fire Marshall Chuck Bailey, Firefighter Dave Brierley, Lieutenant Donald Fantry, Officer Sam Boone, Walter Lapidus, Malcolm Gran, Firefighter Tom Hasty, John Cawley, Janice Smith, Fire Fighter Gene Rahill, Gretchen Slapinsky, Chaplain of the Flourtown Fire Company Marcia Thompson, Amy Amble, Springfield Township Children's Libraian, and the Honorable Kate McGill.
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The Bible is filled with numerous references to light. The contrast between darkness and light is highlighted in key passages, beginning with Genesis 1: "God saw how good the light was. God then separated the light from the darkness" (Gn 1:4). The separation of light from the darkness opens the way for the creation of water and land, plants and animals, man and woman. It is the doorway to life, for light is essential for the existence of living things, who rely upon it for heat, energy and sight. Without light, there is no life.
That simple, primordial theme is ingrained in many narratives in the Gospel of John. The fourth Gospel's prologue (Jn 1:1-18) mentions light nine times, referring to the incarnate word, Jesus Christ, who is creator. It does so in the context of the divine life: "What came to be through him was life, and this life was the light of the human race; the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it."
The healing of the man born blind is a sort of creation account, the story of light overcoming the darkness, opening the way for spiritual illumination. There are three forms of darkness portrayed in the dramatic — and sometimes humorous — story: the physical darkness experienced by the blind man, the spiritual darkness exhibited by the Pharisees and the relational darkness of the man's parents. All of these are the result of the Fall, for physical afflictions, spiritual failings and relational malfunctions all have their roots in the original sin of Adam and Eve, which resulted in man being separated from the light and life of God (cf. Gn 3:23-24).
But, as Jesus made clear, the man's blindness is not the result of his personal sin or the sins of his parents. Yet all are in need of light. No matter how nice and caring people can be by their natural lights, everyone needs supernatural life — life given by God who said, "I am the light of the world."
Paradoxically, the man who is blind from birth knows little, but upon encountering the healing Savior learns much. The Pharisees, who present themselves as knowing everything of importance, are actually men who can be taught nothing, despite speaking directly to the incarnate Word! "Surely," they say, "we are not also blind, are we?" They ask the question, but they've shown how little they care about the answer.
Just as God had created Adam from "the dust from the ground" (Gn 2:7), the God-man "spat on the ground and made clay" and placed it on the man's eyes. Many of the early Church fathers, in giving a spiritual reading of this story, saw the blind man as a figure of the entire human race — blind, alone, desperate. None of us are unable to heal ourselves; desiring to see, we stumble about in darkness and misery.
The blind man progressed from physical blindness to physical sight, then from spiritual darkness to spiritual light. He initially identified his healer as "the man called Jesus." Then, questioned again, he stated, "He is a prophet." After a lengthy and contentious exchange, he reckons that Jesus must be "from God." Jesus later asks the man, "Do you believe in the Son of man?" The formerly blind man, with eyes of faith, exclaimed, "I do believe, Lord," and then worshipped Jesus. You were "once in darkness," Paul wrote to the Christians in Ephesus, "but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light ..."
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For many student athletes, holding down a part-time job while keeping up with grades and being one of the best players on a team is a tough enough task. Add on a full-time job and being the mother of a 5-year-old, and it all seems practically insurmountable.
For many student athletes, holding down a part-time job while keeping up with grades and being one of the best players on a team is a tough enough task.
Add on working as a full-time Certified Nursing Assistant and being the mother of 5-year-old Jayden Ross, and it all seems practically insurmountable.
But Lanphier High School senior Jasmine Ross continues to excel despite it all.
"Jasmine is built for the challenge," Lanphier girls basketball coach Doug Collins said.
Being driven
As a junior, Ross got her CNA license from the Capital Area Career Center and worked part-time at Burger King. All while holding her grades up — a 4.0619 GPA on a weighted 4.0 scale — and being a National Honor Society student.
Now that she has a CNA license, she works overnights full-time from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. at Regency nursing home.
"I felt like I had to be more determined," Ross said. "I felt like it motivated me more because not only did I have to worry about a future for myself, but my future also determined my son's future.
"There have been days I didn't want to go to school, but I have to and it's mainly because of him (Jayden). He's been my biggest motivation because I have to make something of myself and I have to be a good example for him."
Ross is still getting acclimated to working night shifts. But she's willing herself to get through the last weeks of her high school basketball career.
"It's something I'm still getting used to, getting home and having like 30 minutes to get not only myself dressed, but my son dressed," Ross said. "And then come here to school."
After high school, she plans to become a registered nurse.
Ross gets out of school early, goes home and sleeps for a few hours until practice or a game. She tries to get a little more sleep after practice or between a game and the start of her shift.
Support system
The 18-year-old Ross has also balanced being a single mother. Jayden turned 5 last week. Ross said she's been fortunate enough to have tremendous family support, ranging from parents Aundrell and Kimberly Ross and grandparents Wanda McClendon and Sharo Moore.
"I have a great support team. They've helped me a lot," Ross said. "A lot of times, I bring him here to practice with me. But during game days, they watch him for me.
"During school, he goes to daycare. Before he went to daycare, they watched him while I was at school and did sports."
When Ross is on the court, she's averaging 9.9 points and 9.8 rebounds, the latter of which leads the Central State Eight Conference. Ross is also helping a resurgence of Lanphier girls basketball. The Lions are 8-9 overall, 4-4 CS8 after finishing 8-18, 3-13 last season.
Though Ross said she could use the additional free time she would've had without basketball, giving up the sport she's passionate about never seriously crossed her mind.
"I've thought if I didn't play basketball, I would get more rest," Ross said, "but I never really considered I didn't want to play anymore or I needed to quit or it was too much. It is something I like to do."
Collins said he's worked with Ross on her schedule in the past to help her when Ross needs it.
"Basketball is secondary compared to motherhood and academics and family," Collins said. "I always try to keep it in perspective and work with her. That's a lot for an 18-year-old.
"Jasmine does a wonderful job keeping everything balanced out. Once she gets in here, she works hard and does what we need her to do."
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New Delhi, Nov 21 : Pakistan was informed before Ajmal Amir Kasab was hanged as per international protocol, highly places sources said Wednesday after the lone surviving Pakistani terrorist caught in the 2008 Mumbai terror attack was executed at Pune's Yerawada jail.
Pakistan had also been told about an address that Kasab had given, the sources said.
Earlier in the morning, union Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said President Pranab Mukherjee had rejected Kasab's mercy petition on Nov 5.
"Pakistan has been informed but there is no demand for Kasab's body. The president rejected Kasab's mercy petition Nov 5. I had further forwarded it to the Maharashtra government Nov 8 and it was finalised on that day that Kasab would be hanged on Nov 21 at 7.30 a.m.," Shinde said.
On being asked why secrecy was maintained, Shinde said: "Such matters have to be kept secret but as I had said earlier that we will do the needful whenever we get the papers (from the president) and we have done it," he added.
In Mumbai, Maharashtra's Home Minister R.R. Patil said: "This is a tribute to all the innocent people and police officers who lost their lives in the heinous attack on our nation."
Kasab, who was hanged at Pune's Yerawada Jail Wednesday morning, was amongst the 10 Pakistani terrorists who sneaked into Mumbai on the night of Nov 26, 2008. The Nov 26-29, 2008 terror siege had killed 166 people and injured 300.


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Solving an Empirical Puzzle in the Capital Asset Pricing Model
by John Leusner, Jalal D. Akhavein and P.A.V.B. Swamy
OCC Working Paper 97-10, June 1997
A long standing puzzle in the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) has been the inability of empirical work to validate it. Roll (1977) was the first to point out this problem, and recently, Fama and French (1992, 1993) bolstered Roll's original critique with additional empirical results. Does this mean the CAPM is dead? This paper presents a new empirical approach to estimating the CAPM. This approach takes into account the differences between observable and expected returns for risky assets and for the market portfolio of all traded assets, as well as inherent nonlinearities and the effects of excluded variables. Using this approach, we provide evidence that the CAPM is alive and well.
As with all OCC Working Papers, the opinions expressed in this paper are those of the author alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency or the Department of the Treasury.
Any whole or partial reproduction of material in this paper should include the following citation: Leusner, Akhavein and Swamy, "Solving an Empirical Puzzle in the Capital Asset Pricing Model," Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, E&PA Working Paper 97-10, June 1997
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Brain atrophy involves the loss of neurons. Some degree of atrophy and subsequent brain shrinkage is common with old age, even in people who are cognitively healthy. However, this atrophy is accelerated in people with mild cognitive impairment and even faster in those who ultimately progress from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer's disease.
Many factors have been implicated in affecting the rate of brain atrophy, one of which is high levels of an amino acid in the blood called homocysteine. Studies have shown that raised levels of homocysteine increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease. In a recent randomised controlled trial, researchers investigated the role of vitamin B in regulating levels of homocysteine. They specifically wanted to test whether lowering homocysteine through giving high doses of vitamin B for two years could reduce the rate of brain atrophy in people with pre-existing mild cognitive impairment.
Volunteers aged 70 and older with concerns about their memory were recruited for this study. It was specified that volunteers should have a diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), defined using specific criteria. These included a concern about memory that did not interfere with activities of daily living and pre-specified scores on some cognitive scales assessing word recall and fluency.
The study excluded people with a diagnosis of dementia, who were taking anti-dementia drugs or who had active cancer. People taking folic acid and vitamin B6 or B12 above certain doses were also excluded.
Every six months, the volunteers were randomly assigned to receive either high-dose oral vitamin B tablets (0.8 mg folic acid, 0.5 mg vitamin B12 and 20 mg vitamin B6) or placebo pills during the two-year period. The participants, their partners and all staff directly involved in the study were unaware which pills participants were taking. The double blind nature of the study was important as it eliminated potential biases associated with the patients' or researchers' knowledge of which treatment was being received.
MRI scans were performed at the start of the study and again after two years. The researchers used these scans to calculate the rate of brain atrophy each year. A total of 271 people were randomly assigned a treatment, although five did not start the study. A similar proportion from each treatment group dropped out along the course of the study. The researchers measured adherence to the study treatments by counting returned tablets. For the main analysis of brain shrinkage, the researchers used data on 168 people (85 receiving active treatment and 83 receiving placebo) who had completed an MRI at both the start and at follow-up. The analyses took into account a variety of factors that may be linked to brain atrophy or use of vitamin B, which the researchers had tested and found to be important. These factors were age, blood pressure, initial brain volume and concentration of homocysteine at the start of the study.
Treatment with vitamin B tablets had notable effects on the levels of homocysteine in the blood, reducing it by 22.5 percent. Levels of homocysteine increased by 7.7 percent in the placebo group. Overall, treatment with B vitamins for a period of 24 months led to a reduction in the rate of brain atrophy. After the age of the participants was taken into account, the rate of shrinkage in people receiving the vitamins was 30 percent less than in the placebo group (0.76 percent shrinkage and 1.08 percent shrinkage respectively). The effect was greater in people who were more compliant with taking their medication and in those who started with the highest levels of homocysteine. The researchers also found that, overall, the safety of vitamins was good with no adverse events.
The researchers concluded that they have shown that a "simple and safe treatment" can slow down the accelerated rate of brain atrophy in people with mild cognitive impairment. This is an important but early study in establishing the effects of vitamin B on the stages of brain atrophy that precede Alzheimer's disease. It assessed the effects of the vitamin on the rate of brain shrinkage, a process that has been linked to old age, mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease in other studies. Although other studies have found that the rate of brain atrophy is linked to cognitive decline, this particular study did not assess whether the participants' brain changes translated into changes of cognitive ability or memory.
This was a well-conducted, albeit small, study. It was a randomized controlled trial, which is the most appropriate way to assess the effects of a new treatment. No study is perfect, though, and the researchers highlighted some shortcomings:
- The treatment was a combination of three B vitamins, so the researchers could not determine whether these have different effects individually.
- The study was not set up to assess the effects of treatment on cognition, but only on the rate of change in brain measurements.
This study will pave the way for future research into the use of vitamin B to prevent Alzheimer's disease. Based on the evidence gathered so far, it is too early to claim that vitamin B can prevent clinical disease, but these results are promising. It is also interesting to note that this is a major study that exemplifies the use of potential biomarkers such as imaging, in therapeutic trials for MCI and AD.
A, Smith SM, de Jager CA et al. Homocysteine-Lowering by B Vitamins Slows the Rate of Accelerated Brain Atrophy in Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Randomized Controlled Trial. PLoS One 5(9): e12244
Michael S. Rafii, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Medical Director, ADCS Medical Core
This post originally appeared in Alzheimer's Insights, an ADCS Blog.
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Release Date: 2010 |
Album Rating: 3.5first review in a long, long while.
Album Rating: 4.0oh i was gonna do this, but no matter
Album Rating: 3.5I certainly won't be pissed if you review it as well.
Album Rating: 4.0i mean it'll probably say the exact same thing as you with equal or lesser coverage. Might still do it anyway cuz I have nothing to review for the rest of April, but you did a fine job here
Album Rating: 3.5go for it. I'm sure a staff review will draw more attention to the album, so I'm happy with that ;)
I just heard about this, interest piqued
Album Rating: 3.5
The influences are all over the place, from experimental hip-hop to blues to funk to world music to insane psychedelia, put into nineteen short and mostly amazing lo-fi nuggets, reeking of sandstorms, dry heat and drug orgies.
Love this, chillest shit this year
Album Rating: 3.5yeah this is craziness. She Gone and Kowboyz and Indians are pretty incredible
gonan get nice one digo ! :thumb:
Album Rating: 4.0fugg this is good
Album Rating: 4.5this record is gold.priceless.gonja's a genius!
Album Rating: 4.0Ancestors is one of the best flying lotus produced tracks ever
Album Rating: 4.5Amazing album! Ooh shit i still can't realize how good this album is. Great fusion between hip hop, psychedelic rock, funk and soul. Damn, i love it
Album Rating: 4.0This album is awesome, definitely one of my favorites this year
Album Rating: 3.5he cancelled it out, dont u no
on the third track, this is fucking brilliant
Album Rating: 3.5love the hidden status quo cover
This is great. "Klowds" is incredible.
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I am so glad that you joined in this week! I can't wait to see what you have come up with this time. You're talent and creativity constantly amazes me and the other hosts. Pop on over to their blogs to see who they featured. And make sure you share this with your friends. The more the merrier! This week's features have me reeling from spring fever. It's all about fresh flowers and greenery.
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text: About 100 people came to the Riverfront Museum Park on Sunday afternoon to listen to champion fencer Dan Alon of Tel Aviv tell his harrowing tale of survival. In 1972, Alon was a 27-year-old member of the group sent to Munich to represent Israeli at the Summer Olympics. Eleven members of the delegation, including Alon's coach and good friend, Andre Sptizer, would die in Germany at the hands of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September. Alon and three other athletes hid in their apartment and fled shortly after the terrorists stormed their building in the Olympic Village, killing a wrestling coach and a weightlifter and taking nine hostages. The hostages would die later that day during a gunfight between the terrorists and German authorities at a nearby airport. Alon is 69. He lives in Tel Aviv with his wife and three children.


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Very beautiful Christmas music performed by "cello choir" pizzicato bass, bells and percussion.
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London: Chicharito came off the bench to score two goals and play a significant part in another as Manchester United came from behind to secure a dramatic 3-2 victory over Aston Villa.
Andreas Weimann completed sweeping counterattacking moves either side of half-time to send Paul Lambert`s side into a shock two-goal lead.
But Chicharito, who had replaced Ashley Young at the break, made all the difference. The Mexican pulled United back into the game after 58 minutes before another of his shots deflected off Ron Vlaar to level the score.
And the clinical striker finally made United`s pressure pay when he headed home Robin van Persie`s free-kick in the final minutes at Villa Park.
Enda Stevens made his first Premier League start at left-back for the hosts in place of Joe Bennett, who was injured in the 1-0 victory over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Sir Alex Ferguson made two changes to the side that beat Arsenal 2-1 the previous weekend. Chris Smalling made his league return in defence in place of Jonny Evans, who had a groin injury, while Tom Cleverley dropped to the bench to be replaced by Paul Scholes in central midfield.
Former Villan Young was involved and shot narrowly wide as United controlled the early exchanges. However, Weimann was left ruing his own indecision when he failed to pick out either Christian Benteke or Stephen Ireland at the end of a three-on-two counterattack.
For most of the first half, the possession statistics showed United enjoying around 70 per cent of the ball but Villa, led by Vlaar in central defence, continued to stand up to the test and the visitors` frustration grew.
On the stroke of half-time, Lambert`s team made their excellent rearguard resistance count. Agbonlahor initiated a break down the left flank that was continued by Benteke. The Belgian showed tremendous pace and power to shake off the challenge of Chris Smalling before rolling the ball into the path of Weimann, who slammed a shot from 18 yards into the roof of the net.
Ferguson did not hesitate to make a change. Young, who had faded as the half wore on, was withdrawn at the break for Chicharito. The sloppy play which had plagued them - for which Scholes was unusually culpable - persisted, though, into the second 45 minutes.
Villa were not as devastatingly quick when they moved upfield after the veteran had misplaced a pass as they had been for their opening goal, but again it was Benteke that played a significant role in exposing the United defence. His dummy created the space in which Ireland was able to pick out Agbonlahor, whose low cross from the left was swept home by Weimann.
Scholes went some way to making amends by playing the pass that brought United back into the game just before the hour mark. Chicharito did superbly to control the midfielder`s chipped ball and shake off Ciaran Clark before steering a low finish through the legs of Guzan.
Within five minutes, United were level. Agbonlahor failed to track the run of Rafael on the right flank and when the Brazilian crossed to the far post, Chicharito was on hand to pounce with the help of a deflection off Vlaar.
Weimann almost had a hat-trick when he was denied by De Gea from close range but for the majority of the final 20 minutes, Benteke was the only Villa player not stationed behind the ball. When Van Persie struck the crossbar twice in quick succession, the signs were ominous.
And just as Villa seemed to have weathered the worst of the storm, Chicharito headed home from the Dutchman`s inswinging free-kick to strengthen the Red Devils` grip on top spot in dramatic style.


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by Tom Utescher
Mount St. Joseph Academy ended the regular season in summer basketball competition on a down note, falling to Pope John Paul II High School, 34-25.
Last week's setback was not really a cause for concern, since the Magic were significantly shorthanded in terms of personnel, which also was the case in their only previous loss (to Norristown High) in the Lou Cappiello League. The Mounties are expected to have additional players back from vacation for the start of the playoffs this week.
As it turned out, the stumble against John Paul II did not even affect the Mount's status as the first seed for the league tournament. In another regular-season swansong, Springside/Chestnut Hill Academy upset St. Hubert's High School, giving St. Hubert's its second loss in summer competition.
Mount St. Joe and Sts. Neumann Goretti High School also finished with two losses, but the first tiebreaker in the seeding process is the outcome of head-to-head meetings between the tied teams, and the MSJ girls defeated both the Saints and the St. Hubert's Bambies.
A pair of free throws gave John Paul II the first lead in last week's encounter, but the Mount quickly countered with a lay-up by sophomore Carly Monzo, and the Magic then moved ahead with junior Adrienne Cellucci's mid-range jumper from the right wing. The Mounties appeared to be on the right path as a converted rebound by Monzo and a 15-footer by sophomore Gen Hagedorn increased their advantage to 8-2.
There were less than ten minutes remaining in the first period when John Paul II notched its first field goal with a baseline drive. That was the beginning of a 17-4 run that gave the Golden Panthers a 19-12 lead at the intermission. Hagedorn hit two more field goals for MSJ, but after the score was tied at 12-12 with under three minutes to go, JP II deposited two transition lay-ups and three free throws.
Neither team performed particularly well at the foul line; the Mount wound up shooting nine-for-19 at the stripe, and the Golden Panthers were 10-for-22.
Mount St. Joe junior Meg Geatens got the second half underway with a lay-up in transition, and she also knocked down a free throw awarded on the play to make it a four-point ballgame (19-15). The Golden Panthers answered with an 8-1 spurt (scoring twice off of steals) that spread the gap to double digits.
The Mounties would come no closer than seven points the rest of the way, and JP II was ahead by a dozen (34-22) before the Magic hit three free throws in the final 90 seconds of the contest.
Monzo and Geatens scored eight and seven points, respectively, and the Mount received six from Hagedorn, three from Cellucci, and one from junior Meg McCabe.


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'Tis the season.
McGill University is looking to hire in geometric computing and bioinformatics. I can think of at least three reasons for any new Ph.D to apply:
* It's Canada ! Everyone gets funded by the government ! Need I say more ?
* It's in Montreal: where else can you get the feeling you're in a strange dream where you're in Paris but everyone speaks English ?
* You can "do research" in Barbados whenever you like, and definitely in the winter.
and most importantly,
* they have a job opening for people who do geometry for a living. How civilized is that ?


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A few weeks ago ProQuest offered free access to their Historic Map Works™ database during Library Week, 2013. ProQuest is often available at public libraries but Historic Map Works was new to me. I spent an evening searching for maps of the places where my ancestors lived, finally narrowing my search to Dixon's property.
The map of Parker Township, Butler County, PA, below, is one I already had. It is nearly identical to the one at Historic Map Works™ (except theirs is pink). You can see "D. Bartley" twice on the road that borders and splits from the railroad track south of Martinsburg. I wanted to know the name of that road. I'm comfortable with modern maps but I really need road and street names to get around.
At Historic Map Works™ I was able to overlay the old map onto a current one. The view, below, is at 100% opacity. I couldn't see the current map behind the old map.
I played with the opacity until finally, at 16%, I was able to see the old map with property owners' names and road locations and the new map with streets names. The map overlay does not exactly align both maps but layers them so that the roads on both maps can be seen parallel to each other.
I decided to begin searching at the Butler County Auditor's office on their Webmap Viewer to see if they showed photos of homes. Even though I didn't know an address I hoped that the website would provide addresses. It gave only property parcel numbers. It was hard to tell much from the aerial view and the markings on the map. Tired and exasperated, I went to bed.
I couldn't get Dixon's house on Bruin Road off my mind. Now that I knew an approximate location I wanted to know if it still existed and what it looked like if it did. The next day I decided to try a different approach. I went to Google Maps and typed in Bruin Road, Petrolia, PA. I love Google Maps street view because I can stop anywhere along the way and pan the camera 360°. The little man in the box at lower right of the screen indicates where I am on the street and which direction I'm headed. The views of homes are not high quality but I can get an idea what they look like.
Once there, I moved to street view and traveled along Bruin Road, a rural two-lane road. I was looking for houses between Snake Road and Daubenspeck Road. I knew from the photo of Dixon's home that there was a hill behind his house. As I was traveling east along the road I noticed that the terrain on the right (south) was low and on the left (north) was hilly. I began paying closer attention to the buildings on the left. You see the home on the left in the photo below? Is it? Could it be?
|Courtesy of Google Earth
I arrived at what I believe is Dixon Bartley's old home. I was elated. I tried to get closer for a clearer image but it was not possible. What do you think? The same house or not?
|Image on right courtesy of Google Earth
Dixon passed away in April, 1900. He divided his property like this:
- Thomas Bartley received 53 acres of land known as the James Dickson farm.
- Alvira (Elvira) Gerner received forty acres of the old homestead on which she then resided.
- Edward Boyed (probably Boyd) received 43 acres which was known as his mother Jane Bartley's share off the East end of the old homestead subject to the reserves in Fred Gerner's & Ace Steel's deeds, for roads & limestone.
- Lavina Steel received 40 acres off the old homestead.
- Gilmore Bartley heirs, Ross Bartley, Clara Bartley & Edward Bartley, received 100 acres joining Henry Daubenspeck, Thomas B. Smith on the South, the widow Walley on the West, Elexander Thompson on the north, Henry Daubenspeck & other on the East.
- Bell Steel & heirs received 50 acres in Fairview & Parker Township known as part of Thom Graig farm.
- Dixon's executor was to sell 41 acres lying West of Edward Boyed's share, the money to be applied to paying Sula Bartley (widow of Dixon's son, Washington) & funeral expenses, the balance if any left & residue of the old homestead was to go to Dixson Steel. [Did he mean Dixon Bartley or Ace Steel?]
- No division was to be made of the above property during Dixon's lifetime.
I'm linking this post to The 2nd Annual Genealogy Blog Potluck Picnic at My Descendant's Ancestors. Thanks for creating and hosting, Elizabeth.
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Can we stop saying this? For most Seahawks "fans" it is just a game. However, can't we agree that for those of us who are invested enough to post here regularly that it is a little more than that? I know you are all hurting and want to compartmentalize things. Nobody should base their life around something they can't control, and that is unhealthy. But it is a little more than "just a game."
When New Orleans won the SB not long after that whole Katrina disaster, that win picked that whole city off the ground. That was just a game? I am saying it is a BIT more than that. If we won how many people would be saying "guys stop being so happy, its just a game!"
Let's deal with reality. We lost a game that couldn't have been scripted to be more of a heart breaking loss. It really stinks. Not the end of the world, but it stinks ALOT. Why do we have to start talking about next season just 24 hours later?
I understand outsiders looking in saying its just a game, I'm sure if I wasn't so good at hiding my feelings my wife would said that to me. But you guys understand why it means so much, don't you?