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Memorial Day GreetingsPosted: May 30, 2011 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Military Leave a comment
In honor of Memorial Day, a photo of my dad and his training station mates during World War II. My father, Peter Haigney, is kneeling in the front row on the right. Here's to all the veterans in everyone's families, and best wishes for a safe and sunshine-filled Memorial Day.
P.S. The links will be back tomorrow!
So When Was He Born Again? (Part 2)Posted: December 1, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Haigneys, Military, References 3 Comments
The other day I was reviewing my online files, which are in a quite a state, and I rediscovered one of my signature Primitive Word Charts™ compiling data encountered in a Civil War pension file about my gg-grandfather Martin Haigney's date of birth.
It's another one of those exercises in How Old Do You Think You Are? Here goes!
|Martin says he is 57 on his initial application.
Birth year: Approximately 1833.
|Martin's neighbors say he is "about sixty".
Birth year: Approximately 1830.
|Martin says he is 66 on his application for an increase.
Birth year: Approximately 1831.
|Martin gives his date of birth as 2 March 1831 on his declaration for continuance of his pension. He states age as "past age of 75 years."
|Army records supplied in support of Martin's declaration of 1907 state his age on (a) 7 Mar 1859 as 27 and his age on (b) 7 Mar 1864 as 32.
Birth year (a) 1832; Birth year (b) 1832.
|Martin's affadavit affirms that to the best of his recollection he was 22 years old on his first enlistment, 7 March 1854. He says he must have been born in 1832, not 1831 as stated on his initial 1907 application.
|Martin gives his date of birth as 18 March 1832 in an application for an increase.
|Martin's date of birth is noted as 18 March 1832 in approval of increase
- Martin did not know the exact date or year of his birth:
- He gives an age on his initial application that doesn't agree with the age he would be from information on later applications.
- He furnishes two different birthdays – 2 March and 18 March – on different documents.
- In his affidavit of 1907, he says his age at the time of his first enlistment is "to the best of my recollection."
- Note that the birth month and the enlistment month are the same. It is possible that the birth date given was a guess pegged to a date everybody did actually agree upon – the date Martin first enlisted in the army.
- The pension forms do not uniformly require birth dates. The early forms asked only for age.
- At this point a birth year of 1832 seems to be a decent estimate. Using the information from the Army's enlistment records, we know the age Martin gave at his re-enlistment in 1859 was 27. At least this record was compiled closest to whatever the actual date was.
- Of course, all this information is only from one source — the pension file. The census birth date estimates skip around: 1832 in the 1860 census; 1830 in the 1870 census; 1827 in the 1880 census; 1835 in the 1900 census; 1830 in the 1910 census. His tombstone lists a birthdate of 1829.
What is the moral of this particular tale, you might ask? There might not be much of one, but I'll take a stab at it:
First: "To the best of my recollection" sure doesn't mean "my exact recollection" on anybody's part.
Second: You know when they say to use a wide date range when searching databases, no matter what you know you know about a person? Listen to them.
Note From The Dept. of Mangled Prose: Ha! I just noticed that I labeled Part One "When Were He Born Again?" A product of the post-turkey-day haze, I guess. Should I change it, or should it stand as part of the historical record? Decisions, decisions.
So When Were He Born Again?Posted: November 26, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Haigneys, Military, NY, Records 2 Comments
We now have officially entered the holiday season, which means that if anyone is vaguely interested in all this genealogical poking around we're doing, now is the time they're going to ask about it.
Just before Turkey Day, in one of those feast-planning phone conversations, my sister Mary and I got to talking about the genealogy stuff and about our ancestor Martin Haigney in particular. (I know, I know: The last half of this year has pretty much been MartinFest, but his Civil War pension file has just had so much interesting stuff in it.)
One of the questions my sister and I discussed is a classic: When was he born, exactly?
And even better: You mean he didn't know either?
It's so interesting to contemplate the radically different relationship our ancestors had with concepts such as vital statistics. Not being sure exactly when you were born? To me it feels dislocating, upsetting. How much in my life would be difficult, if not impossible, if I could not prove when I was born?
To Martin, it did not appear to be something one thought about at all. In fact, I'll bet he didn't worry much about it until his old age, when somebody at the Bureau of Pensions noticed a discrepancy in the ages Martin had reported on various pieces of paperwork.
The result was this 1907 affidavit, which neatly illustrates the vague relationship many of our ancestors had with their own birthdates, and the subsequent difficulties we can have trying to establish a timeline for them. In my Part II post, I'll discuss Martin's various ages, as stated by himself and others.
State of NEW YORK
County of STEUBEN
In the matter of Pension Ctf. #592,963 of Martin Haigney, Ord. Dep. U.S.A. – Claim for pension, Act of Feb. 6, 1907.
Personally came before me, a Notary Public in and for aforesaid County and State Martin Haigney aged 75 years Citizen of the Town of Bath (S. & S. Home) County of Steuben State of New York well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, declares in relation to aforesaid case, as follows:
I am the above described claimant for pension under the Act of Feb. 6th, 1907, and in reply to official letter of March 18th calling for proof of my age, I have to state that I cannot get proof of same by record evidence or otherwise, and hereby wish to ammend [sic] my claim on account of a slight discrepancy and error discovered by me. I have figured back and well remember now that I was 22 years of age at my first enlistment in the Regular army on March 7, 1854. According to that I must have been born in 1832 instead of 1831 as I thought when filing my claim on age on or about Feb. 12, 1907.
Therefore, I wish to amend said claim so as to have my pension commence at the rate of $20 per month from the date of the filing of this statement in the Pension office; and that a rating of $15 per month be granted me commencing from the date of filing said claim, on or about Feb. 12, 1907, because I was more than 74 years old at the date of said filing, and supposed I was 75 years old, but as before stated, I now recollect well that I was 22 years old at the time of my first enlistment, and the records in Washington no doubt will corroborate my statement.
I am unable to furnish proof of my age, and respectfully ask that my claim be amended as above requested.
Witnesses to Mark: Daniel J. Orcutt Thomas B. Hannon
Martin X Haigney
[Receiving stamp at Pension Office: March 27, 1907]
Note: Martin sent this affidavit not from Watervliet (West Troy), his longtime home, but from Steuben County, New York, where he was a resident of the Soldiers' and Sailors' home in Bath. I wrote a little bit about the home here.
The Sinews of War: A Day at the ArsenalPosted: November 12, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Haigneys, Military, NY, Road Trip! 1 Comment
I wouldn't have visited the museum at the Watervliet Arsenal if my great-great-grandfather Martin Haigney hadn't served there.
My interest in armaments and military history is mild, to put it mildly. And I wasn't sure how useful the visit would be in giving me specific insights about my ancestor's life there. Also, it was pouring chilly rain as I set out.
Fortunately, I didn't talk myself into a detour to a nice warm Starbucks.
Housed in the historic Iron Building, the Watervliet Arsenal museum includes a wealth of artifacts, displayed in the context of the lives of Arsenal workers and residents. (Fun fact: The poet Stephen Vincent Benet was a third-generation resident. His grandfather and father were both commanders there, and the arsenal's Benet Laboratory is named in their honor.)
Watervliet has operated since 1813, but since Martin's Army service occurred between 1854 and 1867, I concentrated on the Civil War-era displays. Interestingly, Watervliet did not manufacture the actual cannon guns in that conflict. It made everything else, such as the carriages they sat upon, the shells they fired, and the ammunition cases that held the cannonballs.
Behind a metal door at one end of the exhibit hall is a huge, echoing room that feels off-limits to visitors, but is actually a particularly cool exhibit area. On one side is a wealth of rare antique cannons and weaponry. On the other is an array of metalworking machinery, arranged to give a sense of what an arsenal shop floor might have looked like back in Martin's day.
At peak capacity during the Civil War, the arsenal had 2,000 employees, one-quarter of whom were children. At first only boys were hired, but when the arsenal began manufacturing cartridges for the Sharps carbine in 1864, it was discovered that the smaller hands of little girls were better suited to rolling the linen cylinders.
"I was nine years old," recalled a child worker many years later. "All of us little girls sat on a long bench, our feet not quite touching the floor, and we filled cartridges all day long … I worked from seven in the morning until six at night."
The curator, a helpful and erudite fellow called Scott, clarified the term "artificer," an enigmatic job description in my ancestor's Civil War pension file. It's an elegant way of saying "machinist"; however, Martin's particular machines and skills are lost in the mists of time.
Since my visit coincided with the last of the day's visiting hours, Scott was able to show me the barracks where Martin would have lived as a soldier. (In the 1860 census, Martin has two addresses – one at the arsenal, and one at a house in the town of West Troy with his wife Mary and their oldest child Joseph, my great-grandfather.)
It was not a day (or a setting) for poring over records. But thanks to the museum and the kindness of its curator, I had a grand time walking in Martin's footsteps for an afternoon.
Gut Reactions: A 19th-Century Medical AdventurePosted: October 14, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Haigneys, Military, Relatives Leave a comment
I've blogged already about the Civil War pension records pertaining to Martin Haigney, my great-great-grandfather who served at the Watervliet Arsenal in West Troy, N.Y. Previously I wrote about the joys of discovery, the fun of organizing all that paperwork and the larger social implications of the pension system — all lofty, rewarding stuff.
Today, however, we descend into the bowels of the file. Literally.
It started at the dining room table, which was probably not the best place to be dissecting a Civil War medical record. Still, when I noticed not one, but four diagnoses of cholera in Martin's medical history, I couldn't help blurting out my astonishment.
"Cholera? What's that? Is it serious? Do you throw up?" The eldest daughter suddenly lost interest in her cinnamon Pop-Tarts.
"Four times? That's highly unlikely," said Mr. Archaeologist, who in real life is an actuary and keeps track of statistics and stuff.
"Shush, you two," I said, re-checking the page. [Note: Mr. Archaeologist is a casualty actuary, not a life actuary, so it was OK to shush him. -- Ed.]
Yes, there it was on the record, four times. Here is the transcribed list from a War Department memo of 24 January 1899:
- Aug. 7 to 9 54, Cholera Morb.;
- Sept. 18 to 20, 54, Diarrhea;
- Mar. 5 to 8, 55, Pneumonia;
- Aug. 29 to Sept. 1, 57, Sick;
- Nov. 13 to 15, 57, Influenza;
- Aug. 16 to 19, 59, Cholera Morb.;
- Aug. 8 to 12, 60, Diarrhea;
- Sept. 6 to 9, 61, Cholera Morb.;
- Nov. 2 to 4, 61, (no diagnosis);
- Aug. 20, 62, Diarrhea;
- Feb. 2 &3, 64, Diarrhea;
- Mar. 17 to 30, 64, Measles;
- June 9 to 11, 64, Diarrhea;
- Aug. 5 to 7, 64, Dysentery;
- Jan. 23 to 29, 65, Tonsillitis;
- July 11 to 12, 65, Diarrhea;
- Jan. 5 to 12, 66, Dysentery;
- June 29 to July 1, 66, Rheumatism from exposure to cold & rain, ret'd to duty as – Hagney, Corp[? illegible];
- July 24 to 26, 66, Cholera Morbus;
- Jan. 19 to 21, 67, Lumbago, ret'd to duty;
- Nothing further found
"Eeeww," said the eldest daughter, who had managed to finish her Pop-Tarts anyway.
"That's some gut," said Mr. Archaeologist brightly. [Note: Actually, his comments have been somewhat edited -- Ed.]
Indeed. But what was going on with all those reports of cholera? Everyone knows how how swiftly cholera claimed its victims. From what I've read, it was possible to survive it back in the day, once. But to have it four times and live to get a pension? C'mon.
It turns out this is a classic example of reading a 19th-century list with 21st-century eyes. The clue is in the fourth instance, where the diagnosis is spelled out as "cholera morbus." A quick Google led me to the Wikipedia entry on gastroenteritis, where my mystery was solved, although I had to scroll to the bottom of the entry for the payoff.
Before the 20th century, the term "gastroenteritis" was not commonly used. What would now be diagnosed as gastroenteritis may have instead been diagnosed more specifically as typhoid fever or "cholera morbus", among others, or less specifically as "griping of the guts", "surfeit", "flux", "colic", "bowel complaint", or any one of a number of other archaic names for acute diarrhea. Historians, genealogists, and other researchers should keep in mind that gastroenteritis was not considered a discrete diagnosis until fairly recently.
The listing of my great-great-grandfather's ailments certainly seems to point to a chronic gastrointestinal condition. Or maybe to a chronically compromised drinking water supply.
So consider "cholera morbus" your archaic diagnosis of the day. And since I'm feeling generous, here's an extensive list of archaic disease terminology to consult at your leisure.
I recommend waiting until after breakfast, however.
How Ablebodied A Man? The $64,000 Pension QuestionPosted: September 23, 2010 Filed under: Genealogy | Tags: Haigneys, Military, References Leave a comment
You might have noticed me screaming posting about Civil War pension files recently. Blame my great-great-grandfather Martin Haigney, who applied for a veteran's pension shortly after the enactment of the Disability Pension Act of June 1890.
Martin was not a civilian who joined the great volunteer army of 1861-1865 and fought through its bloody battles — what I think of as a classic Civil War veteran. He had been regular Army since March 1854, when, probably soon after arriving in the United States, he enlisted as a soldier at the Watervliet Arsenal in West Troy, N.Y. And there he served as a soldier, from 1854 until 1867.
Watervliet Arsenal went on to play a vital role in arming Union troops, no doubt about it. However, although Martin was a soldier and was part of an immense war effort, he didn't dodge snipers at Gettysburg or scramble out of the crater at Petersburg. This left me doubtful when I first started wondering whether he might have gotten a Civil War pension. Was he really pensioner material?
Well, I failed to consider the remarkable scope of the 1890 act. Fortunately, I caught up due to a fascinating and lengthy Ohio State Law Journal article (P. Blanck, Vol. 62, 2001, .pdf file) that examines the Civil War pension system, which began in 1862.
Early on, the U.S. government established pensions for disabled veterans and the widows and orphans of the slain. "Disability" had to be expressed in specific quantities. For example, in 1862 a totally disabled private was eligible for a stipend of $8 per month. From there, it was a matter of determining fractions. Lost a finger or toe? You rated a 2 out of 8, or $2 per month. An eye? 4/8.
As the war went on, the number and magnitude of injuries forced adaptations. Congress passed modifications providing increased benefits for severely disabled soldiers. A 100 percent disabled veteran was defined as one needing "regular aid and attendance" from another person. Measles, malaria and sunstroke were added to the list of war-related conditions. Then an 1873 act took a big leap forward by compensating claims for subsequent disabilities — conditions which, though related to wartime service, didn't appear until years later. However logical this might seem by today's standards, it was pretty radical thinking to some commentators of the day.
But the really radical leap came in 1890. The 1890 act tied the pension system more to the idea of service rather than circumstance. It included new requirements for the length of military service. And it did not require the veteran's disability to be directly war-related, as long as it was not caused by "vicious habits."
As in previous acts, however, disability level = a person's capacity for manual labor. Someone who could not perform one-half of an ablebodied man's work was a potential pensioner.
Well, I could go on and on, because frankly I'm fascinated by yet another example of how the Civil War sparked big social changes. But for now let's go back to Martin's 1890 pension application, and the affidavit sworn before a county clerk in Albany, NY on 4 Sept. 1890 by two of his neighbors, David Fitzgerald and Patrick Lyons.
That we have been well and personally acquainted with Martin Haigney [sic] for 25 years, and 25 years respectively, and that since his return from the Army we certify he has been a man of good temperate habits and that the disability is of a permanent character and same is not due to his vicious habits we are near neighbors of his living only about four or five hundred yards apart and have seen him daily three and four times a week the period since he came to live in our neighborhood, about 25 years ago we have conversed with him during the same time and know that he has suffered from the disability of rheumatism in arms, legs and shoulders
He is married and has a family depending on him for their suport [sic] We know he has not been wholely [sic] confined to his house but has found laboring work wherever he could. At such light labor as he could do working in a carpenter shop sweaping [sic] floors and policing about the building at the rate of one Dollar and 12 cents per day for ten Hours work That we know he has paid what he could afford for medicine to cure his rheumatism and we know he is considerablly [sic] bent over from his disability That he is well advanced in years about sixty years of age He is not able to do a sound ablebodied mans [sic] work for he is not physically strong or sound man and we belive [sic] in propositions to his disability He is impaired fully more than one half
These guys had the right talking points:
1. Martin's disability — severe rheumatism in arms, legs and shoulders — was real and permanent. Plus, it was severe enough that he could no longer "do a sound ablebodied mans work." Indeed, he was "impaired fully more than one half."
2. Martin was a man of "good temperate habits" and his disability was "not due to vicious habits."
3. He was not averse to work. He was trying to support his family with a combination janitor/security guy job at a carpenter's shop.
Martin's neighbors (well, most likely the attorney helping him with his application) knew it was important to stress two key factors: degree of disability and soundness of character. Commentators throughout the post-Civil War era fretted about veterans taking advantage. "There are very few men who could not have got a certificate of disability," groused the New York Times in 1894. "The door of fraud was thrown wide open to let those in who were not incapacitated for self-support."
Even in 1890, Martin knew the onus was on him to prove himself the real deal.


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DDO basically starts with D&D 3.5, so out of the gate you can have multiclassed characters. So unlike a typical MMO where you're a tank or a caster, in DDO you can literally play a fighter for 10 levels, play wizard for 6 more levels and then play 4 more as a cleric, and have the skills from all 3 at the same time!
From D&D you have the Feats selection, then on top of that, each class has multiple enhancement trees. Currently Wizard has 3 different trees, and you can choose enhancements from any of them. If you're multiclass, you can choose from ALL the enhancement trees for each class, and there's also a racial enhancement tree, so a single character could have as many as ten trees to choose from! And each race has it's own impact on your character as well.
But wait, there's more! Turbine's gone past level 20 ("epic levels") and characters also have epic destinies - yet another enhancement tree system. There are 8 of those, one for each class, but you can choose whichever you want, so you can be a lev 20+ fighter with the druid tree active! You can also also "twist" 3 of the skills from any tree into whatever you're doing, so your fighter can have druid enhancements, and twist in a couple rogue enhancements at the same time.
[shamwow voice]But there's STILL more![/shamwow] And, just because you don't want to be a cookie cutter build, you can also opt to kill your capped character and resurrect them, True Resurrection, which gives your character a permanent past life bonus. In fact you can 3 times
Of course a fighter/wizard/cleric would be a pretty poor combination, and having druid active may not make sense. Nothing stops you from making a truly gimped character in DDO, and new players generally shouldn't multiclass, but a good way to see the insanity is to check out the DDOracle. It's currently out of date, but look at the what people are playing, in particular the top multiclass combos, and race/class combos. Note there's also a least common multiclass list as well, which is often amusing.
DDO does a good job of being D&D. It's quest oriented, not grind oriented, and XP is based on completion. One of my favorite features is the dungeon master - as you're crawling through a quest, there's a DM voiceover that adds a lot of D&D feel. The other thing DDO does is TRAPS! This is not WoW - dungeons have traps that can and will kill your character instantly on high difficulty. Respect the trap! Take a rogue. Or a cleric that can rez
What DDO doesn't get you is PVP. It's D&D - you versus the dungeons, monsters, pirates, demons, undead - anything but other players. There is an extremely limited brawling facility in taverns and that's it, and no griefing. Adventurers quest together, in parties (up to 6) or raids (up to 12). Evil alignment is not available - True Neutral is as evil as you can get. And everything is instanced, so only in public areas (towns, taverns) are you running past other players -- there are no WoW style 200-person fights around Tarren Mills.
DDO is free to play but there were two paid expansions. Simply playing the game earns you points that you can spend on expansion packs, and in theory you could play long enough and simply earn all the game content. In theory you might be playing when you're 80, too. There are enough points to earn that you'll get expansion packs, but in practice people generally buy at least a few as each pack gives more opportunities to earn points.
Looking over this, I realize it probably sounds insanely hard to play, and it's not. It's D&D. You can just get the client, roll up a paladin and start banging heads all the way to cap and have fun. But there's enormous depth to DDO, and that's what makes it fun. If you want to go farther, ddowiki.com will be a bookmark. But gameplay here is a little different. In most MMO's you play the content, get sick of it, and then wait for new content. In DDO it's almost more like golf, where each quest is a golf course that you visit repeatedly, and the real focus is on your character and your game.
Comment: Re:Author's poor interpretation of performance (Score 0) 291
"There is considerable debate over what is the limit of the human eye when it comes to frame rate; some say 24, others say 30,"
This! Apparently the author is Gen Y (Z?) and didn't live through the painful Hell that was 60hz monitors, which are well below human "framerate". 75 Hz generally fixed the brutal flashing for most people, but that was just for still images. For serious gaming, 100 Hz was finally getting there.
What's sad is how this impacts the dumbing down and slowing down of gaming over time. (Or is it the other way around?) Today's popular shooters are like bullet time compared to old titles, not worth discussing. Going backward from a more real gaming era, Unreal Tournament 3 was slower than UT 2K4/3, which was slower than UT, and so Quake 3, Quake 2, Quake, and finally Doom . Ah the glorious Doom! I shudder to think what this console generation would do in a deathmatch with typical Doom players - with no powerups, no invul, no way to assauge their egos except to have skillz and not suck. Good luck with that.
Of course the article also claims 1920x1080 is a standard. For a TV set, perhaps, or someone being cheap, but that's not a monitor - 1920x1200 is a PC monitor.
Comment: Re:Oh yea, it's fantastic (Score 1) 1191
This is spot on. Maybe some designer told you that gutters are all the rage, but in an era where almost all monitors are WIDESCREEN, the amount of wasted space is epic.
Never let art students design your website or book. They're called 'coffee table' books because they sit on coffee tables not being read, looking pretty and missing the point.
Comment: Re:Not unless your son is a Vulcan... (Score 1) 682
Speaking as the parent of a former 4-year-old, I don't think this is going to work the way you imagine. You're better off getting an adult to help your son initiate a Skype call on a computer or tablet. A preschooler simply doesn't have the cognitive ability to read and respond appropriately to error messages and prompts
While I agree with the ultimate suggestion, the specifics here? Not so much. Some 4 yr olds are way, way past understanding a phone, Skype, or the physics of 2 cups and a string. It's just not that magical.
Perhaps OP's kid isn't in the zone. Most aren't, but we need to realize that some are and not hold them back.
Comment: Re:destined to (Score 1) 38
...But if 1% of us would donate 1% of our salary each month, we would rise $5.1M - enough to feed 96.2 full time developers...
Wow. That is delusional like you don't often see.
True, they aren't typically this cheap. Usually they want 10% of your salary to promise that everything will be swell after you die, as long as you followed their orders. This one's on sale.
Comment: Stalking is still a crime (Score 1) 250
Though critics liken the monitoring to government stalking, school officials and their contractor say the purpose is student safety.
If "safety" is created by stalking, the price is too high.
Comment: Xbox One (Score 0, Flamebait) 99
Comment: Re:For those of you like me who don't have a clue. (Score 2) 74
The Android brand is no longer important.
Best of luck with that.
Comment: Re:Because Linux users never buy anything (Score 1) 1215
The Humble Bundle statistics are not the only source that points to the direction that Linux users are more eager to pay for quality software. I seem to recall that the people behind World of Goo released similar statistics. Yes, here they are.
Thank you for making my point. According to your 2dboy article Linux users didn't buy more software, they made more donations. The word "sales" does not appear in their article. Donations are not sales, they're political statements, saving whales, bunnies, trying to scream "woo penguin power", etc.
Those don't translate into day to day sales for devs. And as long as Linux users won't pay for software, devs are stuck with Windows, consoles and OSX. But who knows? Let's watch Ouya and see how devs fare outside of Homebrew Channel ports and emulators running pirate ROMs.
Comment: Because Linux users never buy anything (Score 1) 1215
I'm a developer. Linux isn't a target because F/OSS users think that if one thing is free, everything is (or should be, or is when I copy it.) Thus Linux isn't an option, leaving Windows.
And no, I don't care about Humble Bundle averages. Those 'purchases' are political statements that don't translate to sales for actual developers outside the bundle
Comment: Re:Ambient noise (Score 1) 272
...antisocial behaviour from the party set...
Wait, what? How many geeks have been harped on to get out, go to parties and see real people? Now the truth -- seeing other people is anti-social!
Guess it's back to playing violent video games with a million other people, the last vestige of polite society.
Comment: Re:Terribly Exciting - 10 years ago (Score 1) 103
And we want to live in a hostile radiation-blasted vacuum.... why, exactly?
To once and for all prove that Twinkies are immortal.


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MOSCOW, ID - The Eastern Washington University offense wasn't at its finest Thursday against Idaho, but the defense certainly was.
Transfer quarterback Kyle Padron completed 13-of-33 passes for 260 yards and a touchdown in his EWU debut as the Eagles edged past its former Big Sky Conference rival for a 20-3 win in the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, Idaho.
"He did a great job, took some hits and stayed so calm," said head coach Beau Baldwin of Padron, who played in 24 games – 21 as a starter – at SMU. "Whenever your quarterback can lead you to a win on the road against a FBS school, that's something good. It's the first time we've won one of these in a long time."
Eastern's defense allowed just 237 yards, with 66 of that coming on a defensive breakdown by EWU in the first quarter. The win over the NCAA Football Bowl Division foe broke a 10-game losing streak against FBS opponents for the Eagles.
Eastern, ranked 12th in the preseason Sports Network NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Top 25 Poll, held Idaho to a long rush of 7 yards, forced Idaho to punt nine times and held the Vandals to a 2-of-15 performance on third down.
"They were lights out," said Eastern head coach Beau Baldwin. "Our biggest goal is to continue to push our team to carry that through the rest of the season. We need to follow that up with another performance like this. With the veterans we have on defense and their ability to fly around and disrupt the other team's offense, that will make it tough on opponents. We have a tough, veteran group, and they did a really nice job tonight."
Linebacker Ronnie Hamlin led the way for the defense with eight tackles and a pass broken up for the Eagles. Sixth-year linebacker Zach Johnson added six tackles as he moved into ninth on Eastern's all-time tackles list with a current total of 266.
Cornerback Ronald Baines, making the first start of his Eastern career, had an interception that led to a 28-yard field goal in the third quarter by Jimmy Pavel, giving EWU a 13-3 advantage. Pavel added a 34-yard field goal in the first quarter.
Padron, Eastern's second-straight transfer from Southern Methodist University, had his first touchdown pass as an Eagle with 3-yard touchdown strike to redshirt freshman Jake Withnell in the second quarter. Eastern finished with 412 yards of total offense, including 260 passing and 152 rushing, with starting running back Demitrius Bronson missing the game with a strained hamstring.
"In the first game, you see different pressures and some things you didn't see on video," said Baldwin of Padron directing Eastern's offense for the first time. "He just handled all those situations well the whole game. You could see a lot of his experience come out today."
Eastern's previous SMU transfer, Bo Levi Mitchell, has similar numbers in his debut at Eastern. He completed 19-of-35 passes for 253 yards and two touchdowns in a 49-24 loss to Nevada two seasons ago. Mitchell went on to lead the Eagles to the 2010 NCAA Division I Championship and won the 2011 Walter Payton Award given to the top player in the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision.
Wide receiver Brandon Kaufman, who received an injury redshirt in the 2011 season after playing in the first four games of the year, had his ninth 100-yard receiving performance of his Eastern career with five catches for 148 yards. An All-American in 2010, he now has 133 catches for 2,029 yards and 17 touchdowns in his career.
"It's great to have him back – you can just see it in his legs," said Baldwin. "He was never really healthy that much last year, even in our opener. You can see the difference in where he's at now. They are a good, mature and talented group of receivers, but it's obviously neat to see No. 1 back in there with the rest of those guys."
Fellow All-American Nicholas Edwards added 62 yards on a pair of receptions to move into ninth on Eastern's all-time receiving yards list with a current total of 2,260 (on 180 catches with 29 touchdowns).
The first half was punctuated by mistakes by the Eagles, despite a 223-135 advantage in total offense. At one point, Eastern had 66 yards to a minus-1 by Idaho.
In the first half, the Eagles were whistled for seven penalties for 40 yards; had a holding penalty on an Idaho punt that led the lone points of the day for the Vandals; gave up the 66-yard pass to a wide-open Idaho receiver on a third-and-long play; and Idaho intercepted a pass that went through the hands of an Eastern receiver.
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Four Northland Pines girls basketball players received Great Northern Conference (GNC) all-conference honors and Eagles coach Larry Bergum was named Coach of the Year, the conference has announced.
The Eagles, under the direction of second-year coach Bergum, finished the GNC season with an 11-1 record, tied with Medford for first place. Northland Pines split with the Raiders during the regular season. The Eagles were 22-2 overall.Pines senior, Ellie Zyhowski,a was named to the first team, while senior Holly Darton, senior Abby Alft and junior Ashley Mai were named to
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Coulda, woulda, shoulda. These are the games we have to at least get a point from. When you dominate you have to make it count. Hopefully this isn't a repeat of past seasons. This always seems to happen after the first international break.
Here they are. Puke.
Reina - 6 - Nothing good, nothing bad. Rarely called upon. Nothing he could do for the penalty.
Carragher - 4 - Piss poor defending for the penalty. While I think it was a soft one with a slip and some embellishment, it was still a penalty. You don't wrap your arms around someone's waist in the box.
Enrique - 7 - Very good in the first half, tapered off a bit in the second, but does such a great job supporting the attack, but never seems to get caught out.
Agger - 5 - Indifferent, Stoke had few chances, but that wasn't really due to any fantastic defending.
Skrtel - 5 - Shaky performance, although he is playing out of position. He just isn't as good as Johnson at supporting the attack. I don't know how he gets away with the shirt pulling, but he always seems to. Living dangerously.
Henderson - 4 - And that is generous. WTF?! How do you miss a one on one not once, not twice, but three freakin' times??? Quiet all day and his passing and movement just seemed a little off the pace from everyone else.
Lucas - 7 - Another solid performance, although his passing was lacking in the first half. Nearly every through ball he attempted was cut out in the first, but the second half seemed much better for him.
Adam - 6 - Eh, not good, not bad. Did put in some great crosses, but also made some bad ones. I suspect the ridiculous mind may have effected him more than we would think.
Downing - 5 - Was he a sub or did he start? I didn't notice him until the final ten minutes. He makes such a difference when he asserts himself on the game, but today was not one of those days.
Suarez - 8 - Should have scored, although I will admit, it was a difficult one to take at the end. He is just so positive and even came tracking back to put in a crunching tackle in the first. Earned us an uncalled penalty.
Kuyt - 6 - He and Suarez were great for the first 15 minutes, then he faded a bit. I would have liked to see Bellamy and Suarez together for the second. Kuyt just lacks the overall creativeness needed to breakdown a team when there are 10 men packed into the box.
Carroll - 5 - Needed to step up, but hardly got a touch. I don't know what to say other than, he is still young. I wouldn't be surprised to see him dropped from the England squad based on his current form.
Bellamy - 6 - Looked lively, but wasn't given enough time to really impress. It did give a glimpse of what may turn out to be a very good signing.
Johnson - 5 - Did he get hurt again? I hope not. But he was brought on to help in the attack, but never got forward.
Other thoughts:
Clattenburg had a decent game, other than all the missed penalties. Carra's was legit, but still soft. However, if you are going to call them like that, we should have gotten 1 of the 3. Just a little consistency please.
I need to go take a shower. I feel dirty, like we just plowed in the poop chute. Oh yeah, it was Stoke, someone probably did.


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Nightmares are disturbing dreams associated with negative feelings, such as anxiety or fear. Nightmares are common. They may begin in childhood and tend to decrease after about age 10. However, some people have them as teens or adults, or throughout their lives.
Until age 13, boys and girls have nightmares in equal numbers. At age 13, nightmares become more prevalent in girls than boys.
Nightmares seem real, often becoming more disturbing as the dream unfolds. But nightmares usually are nothing to worry about. They may become a problem if you have them frequently and they cause you to fear going to sleep or keep you from sleeping well.
Nightmares are referred to by doctors as parasomnias — undesirable experiences that occur during sleep, usually during the stage of sleep known as rapid eye movement (REM). You've had a nightmare if:
Children's nightmare content varies with age, typically becoming more complex. While a young child might dream of monsters, an older child might have nightmares about school or difficulties at home.
When to see a doctor
Occasional nightmares aren't usually a cause for concern. If your child has nightmares, you can simply mention them at a routine well-child exam.
Talk to your doctor earlier if nightmares:
Nightmares can be associated with another sleep disorder. Many other factors can trigger nightmares, including:
Most nightmares occur during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. You normally go through four to six sleep cycles a night, cycling through the sleep stages in about 90 minutes. Your REM stage lengthens with each cycle, from several seconds in the first cycle to up to an hour in the last. You're more likely to have a nightmare in the last third of your night.
Occasional nightmares usually aren't a concern, but regularly disrupted sleep can be. It can cause excessive daytime sleepiness, which can lead to difficulties at school or work, or problems with everyday tasks such as driving.
For children, nightmares tend to decrease by the time they're adolescents. However, if you have concerns about safety or underlying conditions, you may want to see your doctor. Your doctor may refer you to a sleep specialist.
It's a good idea to prepare for your appointment. Here's some information to help you.
What you can do
Preparing a list of questions for your doctor will help you make the most of your time together. For nightmares, some basic questions to ask your doctor include:
Don't hesitate to ask other questions that occur to you.
What to expect from your doctor
Your doctor is likely to ask you a number of questions, including:
There are no tests routinely done to diagnose nightmares. Occasionally, if your sleep is severely disturbed, your doctor may recommend an overnight sleep study to help determine if the nightmares are connected to another sleep disorder. Nightmares should be distinguished from night terrors, another parasomnia in which you are likely to sit up, scream, talk, thrash and kick, and, for older adults, REM sleep behavior disorder, which involves the acting out of dreams.
Sleep studies
To participate in a sleep study, also known as a polysomnogram, you'll likely spend the night in a sleep lab. Sensors that send electrical signals will be placed on various parts of your body, and a monitor will be attached to your finger. In some studies, a video camera will record your sleep. Throughout the night, the sensors will record your:
Your doctor will review the information to determine whether you have any sleep disorders.
Treatment for nightmares isn't usually necessary. If the nightmares are associated with an underlying medical or mental health condition, treatment is aimed at the underlying problem. If stress or anxiety seems to be contributing to the nightmares, your doctor may suggest stress-reduction techniques, counseling or therapy.
Medication is rarely used to treat nightmares. However, medications that reduce REM sleep or reduce awakenings during sleep may be recommended if you have severe sleep disturbance.
Imagery rehearsal therapy
Often used with people who have nightmares as a result of PTSD, imagery rehearsal therapy involves changing the ending to your remembered nightmare while awake so that it's no longer threatening. You then rehearse the new ending in your mind. This approach may decrease the frequency of nightmares.
If you're having nightmares, try some relaxation techniques before bedtime. Take a warm bath, meditate or practice deep breathing. If your child is struggling with nightmares, be patient, calm and reassuring. Sometimes a little creativity helps, too.
Safety counts, too. If your child has frequent nightmares, make sure his or her bedroom is safe. Skip the bunk beds, and consider blocking doorways or stairways with a gate in case your child tries to run after he or she wakes up.