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In Part 1 and Part 2 of my FamilyTreeDNA (FTDNA) Family Finder blog posts, I looked at the results for the Population Finder test for myself and my Dad. In this, Part 3, I will explore the other aspect of the Family Finder test, the matches.
I have decided to focus first on Dad's matches and my matches in common with Dad. Including myself, Dad has a total of 140 matches. Including Dad, I have a total of 126 matches. Dad and I share 59 matches in common. Borrowing an idea from Shelley at the Twigs of Yore blog, I have decided to illustrate the current Family Finder matches for Dad and myself with a basic Venn diagram.
I recently subscribed to the RootsWeb Autosomal DNA mailing list and have picked up some great ideas for sorting and analysing data related to Family Finder matches. Using some of these ideas, I have downloaded the Chromosome Browser results data files (in .csv format) for Dad's matches. You can only download the data for five matches at a time, so this is little time consuming. After I downloaded the data for all matches, I combined them into one spreadsheet (in my case using Microsoft Excel) which I can sort by match name, chromosome number, matching segment start location and end location, centimorgans (cM), matching Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), and I can add other columns such as a column indicating whether that match also matches me on that same segment.
Using this spreadsheet and the Chromosome Browser on FTDNA's web site, I can already see that several of Dad's matches share segments in common. From email correspondence I have found that some of those matches also share segments in common with each other, indicating that they probably share a common ancestor. I have used different coloured highlights within the spreadsheet to show where several matches appear to overlap on the same segments. As new matches are found I can easily download their data from the Chromosome Browser, add it to this spreadsheet and quickly see where they match in common with Dad's existing matches. Additionally, I am also adding Dad's matches from Gedmatch to this same spreadsheet. Again, I am grateful to several of the subscribers of the Autosomal DNA mailing list for these analysis ideas.
In addition to the spreadsheet, I have also created a Notebook in Microsoft OneNote called 'Genetic Genealogy' with a folder named 'Dad's Matches' to store notes and correspondence relevant to each Family Finder match. I am utilising the tags in OneNote to help keep track of any common factors between the matches. For example, I have created tags for:
- FTDNA's suggested relationship range '2nd', '3rd', '4th to remote cousin' etc. (It appears, from my Dad's and my results, that the relationship is usually more distant than suggested.)
- Chromosome number on which each match shares the largest segment with Dad.
- Surnames in common between my Dad's family tree and the match's family tree.
- Localities in common between my Dad's family tree and the match's family tree.
So far I have contacted about 17 of Dad's matches and have received replies from many, but not all. Some common factors between matches are already becoming apparent. One match shares an ancestor with a Northern Irish surname in common with an ancestor of my Dad, other matches appear to share localities in common such as Counties Kildare, Westmeath and Galway in Ireland. Interestingly, several of Dad's matches have family trees linking back into early colonial America, suggesting that the ancestor in common with my Dad must have lived in the 1600s (or even earlier?) in England or Ireland.
In Part 2 of these Family Finder posts I examined the unexpected Middle Eastern component of the Population Finder result for myself and my Dad. After a lot of reading over this past month, I realise this result is quite common among others who have a well documented genealogy trail in the British Isles. I recently read a post at Roberta Estes' blog DNAeXplained – Genetic Genealogy and was particularly interested in one part the comment that Debbie Kennett left on that post:
"It might perhaps be significant that the people I'm seeing who do have this Middle Eastern percentage often have a large chunk of ancestry from Devon."That might explain the interesting results for my Dad and me, as we definitely have Devon ancestry. However, a couple of my Dad's more distant (5th to remote cousin range) matches in Family Finder, whom I have not yet contacted, appear (based on submitted GEDCOM files or surname/location lists) to have ancestry which doesn't relate in any way to my Dad's known ancestry (e.g. Jewish, Portuguese, Spanish, Sicilian, German, Swedish etc.) One of FTDNA's FAQs for the Family Finder test asks if such matches may be 'false positives', to which the answer is:
"No, these are not false positives. You share real Identical by Descent (IBD) segments with your match. You may share some autosomal DNA with cousins beyond genealogical times. Your relationship may be as close as 4th cousins. It may also be as remote as 20th cousins. It is not possible to say exactly where the relationship falls. Our Advisory team has labeled these cousins Speculative Relatives."So I guess I can't discount any family stories of Spanish ancestors yet. It would be great if some of my Dad's close and more distant known cousins would be interested in joining in and taking a Family Finder test (hint, hint, hint) :) Finding which matches Dad's cousins share in common with Dad would help to narrow down which branch of the family tree the matches' common ancestor comes from. Please contact me if you are interested. It would be great to involve other cousins. Thanks. Taking this Family Finder test has, in my opinion, been a very fascinating and worthwhile genealogy journey.


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Daylight Savings Begins
I am tired, the queen
of simple math: the clock reads seven,
so it must be six.
It is dark, morning-dark, but the killdeer
circle the neighborhood, their high-
pitched call waking the ones who are still
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Forget the tulips,
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Sunday, March 09, 2008
5 comments:
- Edward Byrne said...
What an appropriately timely and subtly persuasive poem. I enjoyed it very much.
--Ed - 9:32 AM, March 09, 2008
- Karen J. Weyant said...
Great Poem. Thanks for sharing!
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- Jilly said...
lovely line breaks!
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- January said...
Love this, esp. the last six lines.
- 8:59 PM, March 10, 2008
- Goodnight, Mom said...
I loved this poem! I still have not gotten my body right from the change! It is day four!
-Kristi - 8:38 PM, March 12, 2008
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This is the reason for your thread. It isn't about the reaction of finding a partner who is religious. Your premise is a ruse, a pretext to crusade against Catholicism, and apparently without much knowledge about the practice beyond headlines you've read. Considering that he is apparently a Catholic who is about to have gay sex, it is pretty reasonable to guess that he is indeed among the faithful who believe the Church is errant in the teachings about homosexuality, just as it previously was about divorce.
Arguably, this Catholic is potentially a better ally than those who oppose the dogma from the outside. There are over 1.2 billion Catholics on the planet. They're not going anywhere soon, so change is much more likely to come from within their ranks than without.
Whereas it is true that it is fine to bait on JUB if one uses religion as opposed to politics or ethnicity, the traditional mode is direct attack, not the indirect route of creating some sham question that is merely a front for beginning the argument.


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CNN — Since her release from an Italian prison, Amanda Knox has been trying to keep out of the public eye back in her hometown, Seattle.
Her first step back out of the shadows was to come this spring, with the publication of her account of the ordeal, titled "Waiting to be Heard."
But the decision of Italy's Supreme Court Tuesday to quash her acquittal and order a retrial for the murder of former roommate Meredith Kercher has thrust her back into the spotlight.
Knox has come out fighting.
"No matter what happens, my family and I will face this continuing legal battle as we always have, confident in the truth and with our heads held high in the face of wrongful accusations and unreasonable adversity," she said in a statement.
The court's decision was "painful" but the prosecution should be held accountable for the "many discrepancies in their work," she said -- not just for her own and Sollecito's sake, but also for the family of Meredith Kercher.
The semi-naked body of the 21-year-old British student, her throat slashed, was found in November 2007 at the home she shared with Knox in Perugia, Italy.
The case has gripped the attention of the public in the United States, Italy and Britain ever since.
Part of the fascination lies in the competing narratives spun around Knox, and the many questions raised over her true character.
Dream turns to nightmare
Her younger sister, Deanna Knox, painted a picture of a wanderlust-driven young American who had hit the books hard and worked multiple jobs since high school so she could study abroad.
The chance to study at the University for Foreigners of Perugia was a dream come true for Amanda, Deanna Knox said.
And she fell instantly in love with the charming, four-bedroom villa overlooking a small valley into which she moved after spotting a small ad on first arriving in town with her sister.
"She didn't need to see any other place, she didn't need to see any other listings, she was set," said Deanna Knox.
British exchange student Meredith Kercher moved into the house shortly after Amanda Knox settled in. The two foreigners became fast friends, Knox's friends and family say, as they explored Perugia together.
Just weeks later, the home would be the scene of a grisly stabbing that would leave Kercher dead and Knox branded as her cold-blooded killer.
Prosecutors in Perugia said Knox directed then-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito and another man infatuated with her, Rudy Guede, to hold Kercher down as Knox played with a knife before slashing Kercher's throat.
Both Sollecito and Knox were convicted in 2009 and sentenced to lengthy jail terms. Guede, a drifter originally from the Ivory Coast, was tried separately and is serving a 16-year sentence.
Then, after the evidence was reexamined, an appeals court quashed the two students' convictions in October 2011, citing a lack of evidence against them, and both were set free to return to a "normal" life.
Fast-forward 17 months and, in a case with as many twists and turns as a thriller, both face the prospect of reliving the whole process again -- this time in a Florence appeals court.
Sollecito has already published his memoir, titled "Honor Bound: My Journey to Hell and Back with Amanda Knox."
In it, he writes that at times, he was uncomfortable with Knox's "bizarre behavior" after Kercher's death, which he says prosecutors used against both of them.
Knox's full version of events has not yet been heard.
But her own book, according to publisher Harper Collins, will be "a full and unflinching account of the events that led to her arrest in Perugia and her struggles with the complexities of the Italian judicial system."
Licentious or lied-about?
It will likely be closely scrutinized by those curious to know which image of Knox is a true likeness.
Some journalists have portrayed Knox as an overly trusting college student who some believe was railroaded by the Italian justice system. Other media paint her as a licentious, manipulative young American still trying to get away with murder, despite an alleged confession, which she quickly recanted, and a conviction.
To Knox's friends and family, it's a no-brainer. They grimace at the description prosecutors painted of Knox as a resentful American so angry with Kercher that she exacted revenge during a twisted sexual misadventure.
Nothing in her past indicated she had the desire or capacity to kill anyone, let alone a friend, they say. One friend told CNN she was the kind of person who would pick up a spider and take it outside rather than kill it.
More than anything, they say, her life had been all about immersing herself in new experiences and creating opportunities to travel abroad.
Growing up in Seattle, Washington, Knox was an easy daughter from the start, says Edda Mellas, Knox's mother.
She was a child who never had to be told to do her homework or go to bed on time. She maintained a balance between a life indoors, where she studied regularly and read for pleasure, and a passion for outdoor activities and sports, in particular gymnastics and soccer.
Knox's desire to study foreign languages and experience different cultures also became apparent early on, Mellas says.
She took Latin in middle school and began expressing a desire to travel abroad. Even though her parents told her they couldn't afford a private high school, she applied on her own and was accepted with a substantial scholarship.
She learned Japanese in high school and spent time in Japan as part of her studies, her mother says.
"She loved learning languages. She thought about being an interpreter. She really wanted to be a writer and I said, 'Maybe you need to get a day job while you're trying to make money being a writer.' And then she thought about being an interpreter. Languages were definitely her kind of gift."
'Open personality'
Knox eventually turned her sights to studying abroad in college. She rejected soccer scholarships from several schools because she knew she would have to commit to the sports program.
So again, she set her sights on a longshot: the highly competitive University of Washington. She got in and made a positive first impression on practically everyone she met, says friend Andrew Seliber, who testified at her trial as a character witness.
"I think it was her just open personality to, you know, see the good things in people and have always a positive attitude about everybody and everything in the world. And it was really refreshing coming to school and meeting people like that, especially like her, who were, you know, so willing to see everybody's perspectives about, you know, anything."
She considered Germany, Austria and Scotland, her mother says, before deciding on Italy, a place she'd never been and where the people spoke a language she hadn't studied.
"She wanted to try something different," Mellas says. "Once she decided on Italy, she thought about going to the really typical places: Florence or Rome. But she really thought that to her seemed more touristy. And she wanted just everyday, small-town, regular Italians and not where there would be hundreds of English-speaking people. She wanted to immerse herself in a smaller town and -- she looked around and Perugia had a program."
Finally, the time arrived for her to begin her adventure in August 2007.
She and her sister went to Europe to visit relatives before catching a train to Perugia. From the start, it was an adventure, her sister says.
"The city was really beautiful. You could really tell on Amanda's face and how she was acting that she was instantly in love," Deanna said.
After school began, Knox sent enthusiastic e-mails to her family nearly every day. She described attending a chocolate festival and a book fair with Kercher.
A few weeks into her stay, she wrote in various e-mails that she had met a handsome computer engineering student who looked like Harry Potter at a classical music concert.
Knox had been a "late bloomer" in terms of dating, so news that she had met Raffaele Sollecito made her sister happy.
"She was just infatuated with the whole idea of him. First of all, he was a foreign guy, he was sweet, he was really kind, he was smart. ... He was exactly my sister's type." Deanna Knox said. "It was pretty exciting. I wanted to learn more about him, and it just happened that they were only dating for two weeks before everything happened. I wish -- I really wish that they could've gotten to know each other a lot better."
Sollecito, in an epilogue to his memoir, said he had been to visit Knox in Seattle following their acquittal but was nervous to see her, wondering if after going through so much "perhaps we owed it to each other to live our lives and leave each other in peace."
It's not yet clear whether both will have to appear in court, side-by-side once more, for the retrial expected early next year.
But the judges' ruling is definitely not the end of the story that the two students or their families wanted.
CNN's Mallory Simon and Todd Schwarzschild contributed to this report.


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By getting rid of the miracle stories in the Bible, Bultmann and his followers hoped to make the Christian story more palatable to modern man. Although I recognize the emotional weight of this sentiment, I am not convinced that it is an intellectually coherent approach, mainly for reasons of self-consistency.
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Collection of the best articles of the past several weeks on science (and faith) from around the web.
N.T. Wright and the Resurrection: Reviewing "Surprised by Scripture" (Part 3)
Wright reminds us that robust Christian faith takes evidence on board, but fuses reason with faith, hope and love.
What Americans Think and Feel about Evolution
The new Gallup survey shows in broad strokes the challenge we face. But more nuanced surveys find that only 8% of Americans are convinced creationists whose beliefs are dear to them, and only 4% are convinced atheistic evolutionists whose beliefs are dear to them. The vast majority of Americans are not sure of their position and are open to a conversation.
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We now take for granted an understanding of the Christian story that was largely worked out by Paul and later theologians. Even though the Gospels were composed after Paul's letters, they were concerned to tell the story itself in all its strangeness as it had been preserved by the first generation of Christians. And what we find in the stories themselves is the shock and wonder and surprise that the resurrection caused.
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Collins' original use of the term "BioLogos" was as an alternative label for the position often known as "theistic evolution." Now this gets a bit confusing as "BioLogos" became the name for our organization that Collins founded (after the publication of this book). We continue to be dissatisfied with the label "theistic evolution" because as Collins said, most non-theologians are unsure how the term "theist" "could be converted to an adjective and used to modify Darwin's theory."
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From the Dust: Evolutionary Creation
With From the Dust, it was our goal to help Christians see the complexity of the issues raised by modern science, as well as help them to courageously engage with the theological conversations happening within the sphere of Christian culture today.
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Last month, we announced the 37 grantees from our Evolution & Christian Faith program! This month, we take a closer look at the projects and what's "in the pipeline" over the coming years from these grantees!
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Paul O'Neill founded Trans-Siberian Orchestra in 1996. | Bob Carey photo
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Considering the production that goes into every Trans-Siberian Orchestra performance, it can be tough for founder Paul O'Neill and his band to top themselves from year to year.
But somehow they always pull it off. 2012 will continue that tradition as TSO's winter tour will include the live debut of the multiplatinum 2004 album "The Lost Christmas Eve."
There also will be songs from the band's new EP, "Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)."
The change could be seen as risky, as TSO has been performing songs from 1996's "Christmas Eve and Other Stories" for more than a decade for the winter tour.
"This is more like 'A Christmas Carol' meets 'The Nutcracker,' " O'Neill said of the previous winter tours' set lists.
"You just can't mess with tradition especially with what's going on in the world. Everyone wants the comfort of the tradition, but I actually disagreed for multiple reasons.
"Trans-Siberian Orchestra does not live in a vacuum, so I decided 'The Lost Christmas Eve' would resonate more."
"The Lost Christmas Eve" is the third in TSO's trilogy of Christmas albums, which also includes 1998's "Christmas Attic."
"There's something I always found fascinating about Dec. 24," O'Neill said just hours before kicking off the current tour in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
"It allows human beings to undo mistakes they never thought they could undo.
"Everybody knows there's something about Dec. 24 that not only makes someone pick up the phone to call that person but makes that person with caller ID pick up that phone."
TSO's winter tour will include two performances on Dec. 8 at Allstate Arena in Rosemont.
"The Lost Christmas Eve" includes the hit "Wizards in Winter," which was featured as part of a rockin' holiday light display in a nationwide Miller Lite commercial from 2005-07.
The album also features favorite tunes such as "Christmas Nights in Blue" and "Siberian Sleigh Ride."
"The main character is the multibillion CEO banker who four decades earlier abandoned his infant for a list of reasons," said O'Neill, a native New Yorker who now makes his main home in Florida.
"Now 40 years later and completely forgetting it's Christmas Eve, he goes downstairs. It's snowing. He can't get a cab.
"He starts to trudge home, passes a hotel and a Gothic cathedral and the wackiness you find in New York City. Little by little, he's able to undo his mistakes."
O'Neill said he's looking forward to bringing "The Lost Christmas Eve" to the live stage and also performing songs from "Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)," which was released on Oct. 30.
"We think of it as this little gem," he said of TSO's inaugural EP.
"For musicians, it's fun writing the albums. It's fun recording them, but it's not really real until it's brought live to the audience.
"I think live music is probably more important than it's ever been."
But music is just a portion of the TSO live experience, which includes special lighting, pyrotechnics, laser effects and other jaw-droppers.
"We were the first band to have stages at both ends of the arena and the catwalks coming down," O'Neill said. "No matter where you're seated, wham! There's a band member in front of you.
"This year we're experimenting with robotic arms. I'm a little bit nervous. You build this thing on the computer and everything works, but it's not actually 'til you see it working in real life that you can relax."
Longtime tour director Elliot Saltzman and the members of TSO spent a good chunk of time preparing for the tour.
"That is why we have multiple weeks in full preproduction so we hit the ground running and there's no warm-up show," O'Neill said.
"The first show has to look like it's been touring for a year, and the last show has to have the same energy as the first show. Also, I just can't praise the crew enough."
Coolest of all, the Dec. 8 performances will include musicians with connections to the Chicago area.
Schaumburg native Roddy Chong will wow the audience with his string playing, while Orland Park native Joel Hoekstra will rock out on guitar.
"He's a monster player," O'Neill said of Hoekstra prior to being surprised to learn that one of TSO's own is a Southland native.
"We all love the Windy City," O'Neill said. "We're just psyched to be heading back there.
"It's also a great date. Dec. 8 is right between Thanksgiving and Christmas, and the band will be in full stride."
O'Neill said keeping TSO's music, both recorded and live, affordable remains a top priority. Case in point, "Dreams of Fireflies (On a Christmas Night)" has a suggested retail price of $5.
The winter tour also eschews moneymaking techniques such as golden-circle or premium seating.
"What's the point of having a great show if people can't afford to watch it?" O'Neill said.
"If we do our job right when we're in that arena, all they will be able to do is enjoy the special effects and get a chance to recharge their batteries.
"Especially because the story is about hope and redemption, when they leave they won't think they are going to overcome these problems; they'll know it."
Orland Park native Joel Hoekstra is one of the many talents who tour with Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
The guitarist is an alumni of Sandburg High School in Orland Park and Stagg High School in Palos Hills and was inducted into Consolidated High School District 230 Foundation's Legacy Hall in 2010.
"People have the misconception that making a living in music is luck. It really isn't. There are certain elements of who you know, but it really is getting up every day and approaching it like a job," Hoekstra previously told the Elaborating on Entertainment blog.
The cool thing about Hoekstra's job is it's the ultimate job for a musician.
"It's all I've ever known," he said. "I've been playing since I was 3 and I've been doing it professionally my whole life. I never had another job. It's important for me on all levels."
Elaborating on Entertainment, blogs.southtownstar.com/entertainment, will feature more of the conversation with TSO founder Paul O'Neill including what he had to say about the happy accident that led to the two-shows-on-one-date tour formula.


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Brown, a Cleveland native who speaks very little Japanese, did not leave Bradley County with a team of volunteers or an agenda to try to evangelize to the people he wanted to help. In the spirit of a goodwill ambassador, he said he wanted to offer comfort, a listening ear and any assistance the people felt they needed.
His lone return to Japan was accompanied by his sincere prayers to be a source of good and to be used in whatever capacity would help bring glory to his God as opportunity presented itself. Coincidentally, the opportunity to help the needy townspeople of Otsuchi presented itself after Brown saw one door close and another door open.
In April, Brown said he found himself between jobs when his company downsized. His wife, Meary Ruth, who was born in Tokyo but raised an orphan at the Bachman Home for Children orphanage (now Bachman Academy) in McDonald, had visited her relatives in Japan only once, in 1999, after discovering their whereabouts the previous year. According to Brown, being between jobs was the perfect time for the couple to return.
"I told my wife, 'We don't know what the future holds. While we're able to go, we need to go and see your family because there's no telling when we'll get to go back,'" Brown said. "So we went to Japan in August. While we were there we spent a week with our friends at the church, and a week with family."
Brown said while they were there he asked Eriya Yatsuzuka, the pastor at the Tokyo Lighthouse Church of God who coordinated the visit, about ongoing relief efforts in areas where the 8.9-magnitude earthquake had struck off the east coast of Japan on March 11, 2011 — one of the largest in recorded history — triggering a 23-foot tsunami that battered Japan's coast, killing thousands and sweeping away cars, homes and buildings. Construction and cleanup from the catastrophe were reportedly far from over.
"Sindai was a large town and it got a lot of publicity," Brown said. "A lot of what we saw on TV came from the Sindai area. But the local pastor mentioned there was a smaller town, north of Sindai, that they were focusing on because they were not getting the attention that Sinda got. That was Otsuchi. I told him I would like to help them in some way. I've got the time. I could come back and stay for a month and do whatever is needed."
The pastor told Brown if he was willing to return for a month he would pay his way back over. After talking to his wife and prayerfully considering the matter, Brown took a leap of faith and returned to Japan alone, not knowing exactly how he would impact the people.
Before he arrived, however, Brown viewed footage on YouTube of the massive tsunami as it swept through Otsuchi. He also studied photos of the site before it was devastated. Still, seeing the aftermath with his own eyes, when he arrive in Otsuchi on Oct. 13 proved to be an overwhelming site.
"I could see plots of ground where nothing was there any longer," he said. "Everywhere was concrete foundations where buildings had been. Everything was gone. In one stretch there may have been four families in four different sections and they were sitting there with nothing to do. There are no jobs there. They don't have homes to repair or gardens to tend to. I saw very few men. I think they had moved away or were commuting to get to work. My dealings were mainly with older women and little kids.
"I had sent emails asking what would I being doing when I arrived. I never got a response. So I decided not to worry about it. I went with absolutely no expectations. My feeling was — if I went with expectations I would try to force them to happen and that would never work."
Instead, Brown decided to wait and see how each opportunity would unfold and respond accordingly. To his surprise it worked out better than even he had hoped.
"I thought I was going to be there alone the whole time," Brown said. "But I went up with the pastor, a friend and another lady from the local church who stayed with me for three days. They also sent a young man who wanted to spend some time with me. They had bought a house in the neighborhood and turned it into the Joyful House Church. They would go up every two or three weeks — for three or four days at a time. I think the pastor was willing to bring me over because there was going to be a presence in that house for a whole month. So I was never alone for more than one day at a time."
Brown said he learned that it is not always what one says, but rather letting others know that you are there for them, that can have a positive impact for goodwill.
"Japan is only 1 1/2 percent Christian," Brown said. "I always thought they were not a religious society. But they are an extremely religious society — primarily Shinto and Buddhist or a combination of both. They are pretty much like most Americans who say they're Christians — they say they are, but they don't really practice. I went over knowing that this was not going to be an evangelistic trip. I'm not a preacher. I'm not a teacher. But I can love people and listen to them."
Brown spent time with several children and their families, played table tennis at a community center with senior citizens, helped move an elderly lady to another location with other volunteers and introduced himself to total strangers — giving out financial aid at his discretion.
"I was trying to make inroads and establish a relationship with people, which I feel I did," Brown said. Before he left Otsuchi, Brown and the local church pastor met government official Ken Sasaki, the chief of lifelong learning on the board of education. Sasaki thanked Brown for his goodwill contributions and asked him to send a message back to the U.S.
"Tell them don't forget about us," Brown quoted Sasaki as saying. Brown said he wanted to help raise awareness about the plight of the people in Otsuchi, who could easily go unnoticed, but who deserved more attention, especially if other volunteers were interested in reaching out to the people of Japan.
"It's a slow process getting into the hearts of these people," Brown said. "You have to let people know who you are and what you're all about before they'll ever hear anything about the gospel. This is a way to do that. When we all walked out, the pastor looked at me and said, 'Wow! I've never met a government official like this man!' Evidently, the pastor was able to establish a working relationship this time that he was unable to do before. Just the fact that I was different and could go up to this official and he would listen and talk to me — whereas the pastor had never been able to get anywhere with anybody. The pastor told me, 'You just opened a door that I would never have been able to open.'"
Although he did not make as huge an impact on the devastated land, Brown said he felt he made a lasting impression on the people and their impression of Americans in general — a goodwill gesture they may never forget.
The former environmental technician said it is his hope people will remember the survivors of the massive tsunami that devastated parts of Japan and the struggling people in the village of Otsuchi, who continue to need assistance in more ways than one.
To read more about Brown's day-to-day journal while visiting Japan, visit his blog at: butchisan.tumblr.com.


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Chaz Ebert and family following funeral services for husband, legendary Chicago Sun-Times critic Roger Ebert at Holy Name Cathedral, Monday, April 8, 2013. | John H. White~Sun-Times
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They began lining up 2 1/2 hours before the funeral mass, in a downpour that left dress shoes squelchy and winds that ripped hats off heads and flipped umbrellas inside out.
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- Bicycle parking
- Book exchange
- Breakfast not included
- Café
- Child Friendly
- Common Room
- Credit Cards Accepted
- Elevator
- Fax Service
- Free City Maps
- Hair Dryers
- Hair Dryers For Hire
- Hot Showers
- House Keeping
- Internet Access
- Key Card Access
- Kitchen
- Laundry Facilities
- Linen Included
- Lockers
- Luggage Storage
- Meeting Room
- Non Smoking
- Postal Service
- Reading Light
- Restaurant
- Taxes included
- Tea/Coffee Making Facilities
- Tours/Travel Desk
- Towels For Hire
- Vending Machines
- Wheelchair Accessible
Cancellation Policy
This property has a 1 day cancellation policy. Failure to cancel within this time will result in a cancellation charge equal to the first night of your stay.Must-Read Hostel Info
This property has specific Terms & Conditions.We respectfully remind our guests that pets are not permitted in the Hostel.
Check in time is 3pm
Check out time is 10am on the day of your departure.
* If you are looking to explore Scotland you can book sightseeing tours to suit your budget on site with our partner Timberbush. We can book Hostels for your onward journey at reception.
* Please note check in time is from 3pm, and check-out is at10am on the day of your departure.
* All rooms are Non Smoking and pets are not permitted.
* In the event of a no-show, your credit/debit card will be debited for the total cost of your stay.
* Breakfast prices: Continental: GBP 4.25
Scottish: GBP 5.95
We look forward to welcoming you to our Hostel!
DirectionsShow MapHide Map
By Train - the hostel is a short 15 minute walk from Waverley Station.
Exit Waverley Station onto Princes Street. Cross & turn right along Princess Street. Turn left at the St James' shopping centre and walk along Leith Street to Picardy Place roundabout. Continue along Leith Walk for approx. 400 metres, to find the hostel on the corner at Haddington Place on Leith Walk.
By Bus from St Andrews Bus Station, the hostel is just a 10 minute walk.
Exit the bus station onto York Place. Walk along York Place to Picardy Place roundabout. Turn left at the roundabout and walk along Leith Walk for approx 400 metres to find the hostel on the corner at Haddington Place on Leith Walk.
By Air from Edinburgh Airport
Take the Airlink service 100 which runs 24 hours per day and takes approx 25 minutes from the airport to Waverley Bridge. Fare from GBP 3.50 single or GBP 5 return.
From Waverley Bridge continue onto Princes Street. Turn Right along Princes Street and then left at the St James' shopping centre and walk along Leith Street to Picardy Place roundabout. Continue along Leith Walk for approx. 400 metres, to find the hostel on the corner at Haddington Place on Leith Walk.
By Car
From the North & West follow signs for the city centre & travel along Queen Street, onto York Place. At the roundabout, take the first exit onto Leith Walk. Edinburgh Central situated 400 metres from the roundabout on the left hand side, corner of Haddington Place on Leith Walk & Annadale Street.
From the South & East follow the A1 towards the city centre approaching the city via Leith Walk. The hostel is situated at the corner of Haddington Place on Leith Walk & Annadale Street.
Please note there is no parking at the hostel. There are limited on-street parking facilities close to the hostel. The nearest car park is situated at Greenside NCP, just a few minutes walk from the hostel on Leith Street
Located Near
Waverley Train Station, Edinburgh's Playhouse Theatre, EICC, Meadowbank Stadium, Princes Street, Arthur's Seat, Edinburgh's famous Royal Mile, and of course, Edinburgh Castle, Royal Yacht Britannia


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Eat right. Exercise. This is standard operating proecdure to maintaining health and, in turn, lowering risk for heart-related illnesses. And a little exercise can go a long way.
Jose Maria Huerta of the Murcia Regional Health Authority in Spain led a study in which it was determined women who walk roughly three hours a week are less likely to suffer from stroke. Starting in the mid '90s, Mr. Huerta and his team of researchers asked about 33,000 men and women to answer a physical activity questionnaire as part of a larger European cancer project, then divided participants by gender, exercise type and total time spent exercising each week.
During the 12-year follow-up period, women who were regular walkers had a 43 percent reduction in stroke risk compared to the inactive group. So findings concluded that women who walked briskly for 210 minutes or more a week not only had a lower stroke risk than inactive women, but also lower than those who cycled and did other higher-intensity workouts.
Each year about 795,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). Guidelines set by the World Health Organization and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend moderate exercise, such as brisk walking each week, for at least 150 minutes – less than the time spent by the participants in the European study – to lower stroke risk. So whether you stick to the recommended 150-minute a week activity level, or increase it by another hour to keep up with the Europeans, you could potentially reduce your risk for stroke.
As for dietary choices, another study by the AHA journal, Circulation, began in 1989 with roughly 93,600 women ages 25-42 answering detailed surveys about their diets every 4 to 18 years to examine the relationship between a group of dietary flavenoids called anthocyanins (pigments responsible for the vibrant red, purple and blue colors of many fruits) and the risk of myocardial infarction.
During the study period, 405 heart attacks occurred, and the study found that subjects who ate three or more servings of strawberries and blueberries weekly were 32 percent less likely to be among the group who suffered early heart attack.
Why these two fruits? According to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center, strawberries and blueberries are the most commonly consumed berries in the U.S. And researchers from the AHA's study suggest anthocyanins may be responsible for the health benefits seen in the study's subjects.
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Calling for the head of Ken Macha
Baseball September 10th, 2009
I am not a person who blames a manager for the success of a team. The job of a manager isn't that hard and in the grand scheme of things he doesn't really have a huge effect on the team's results. It's not like people are sitting around saying "he batted Cameron fifth and Hart sixth, if he had just flip flopped them we wouldn't have lost 14-6 to the Nationals!" there is really only so much the guy can do. All he can really do is pencil people in and hope they do the job.
I don't blame Macha for this season. I blame injuries for this season. I can't think of one game that Macha has either won or lost. He is a basic, by the book manager and not all that different than Ned Yost. Before this week I really had no reason or desire to care if he was the team's manager or not. Now? Fire him.
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Grace Lyerla, 12, of Mokena, decorates a stocking at the Oaks Fitness Center in Mokena, during the Mokena Park District's annual Stockings for the Troops program. | Jean Lachat~For Sun-Times Media
Updated: December 27, 2012 6:13AM
Kids can write letters to Santa and get a personal response from him when they place their letters in a special mailbox at the Frankfort Park District's Founders Community Center, 140 Oak St., now through Dec. 12.
Other ways to get into the holiday spirit in the coming weeks in Mokena and Frankfort include:
Children can enter a Christmas coloring contest and win prizes through the Frankfort Park District. Entries can be submitted through Dec. 15 and will be displayed at the Founders Center. Winners will be announced Dec. 18.
The Frankfort Square Park District will host lunch with Santa from 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Lincoln-Way North High School cafeteria. Cost is $7.50 per person. Information: (815) 469-3524.
Join Santa and Frosty the Snowman for lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Founders Community Center, 140 Oak St., Frankfort. Preregistration is required by Wednesday. Tickets are $8, and $11 for nonresidents of the Frankfort Park District. Information: (815) 469-9400.
Frankfort will have its annual tree-lighting ceremony at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 6 at Breidert Green. The event will include visits with Santa, a bonfire, refreshments and holiday music by the Hickory Creek Middle School chorus and the Lincoln-Way East High School choral singers.
The Christkindl event and Cookie Walk will be Dec. 8 and 9 in Frankfort's downtown, sponsored by the Frankfort Historic Business Association. The weekend includes breakfast with Santa at 9:45 and 11 a.m. Dec. 8 at Kup a Joe for $6 per child. The cookie walk will be from noon to 4 p.m. both days. Tickets are $6 in advance, $7 the day of the event. It will feature horse-drawn carriage rides, Santa letter writing at White Street Market, cookie decorating in the Trolley Barn, a Secret Santa Workshop at Star Visions Photography, street musicians and performers around town. A pet blessing and pet parade will be at 3 p.m. Dec. 9 at Breidert Green.
Judging for Mokena's Holiday House decorating contest will be Dec. 14 and 15. To enter, call (708) 390-2401 by Dec. 10.
Midnight Madness shopping in Frankfort will be from 5 p.m. to midnight Dec. 14.


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Youth may be wasted on the young, but love doesn't have to be.
Laverne and James Reed Jr., both in their 60s, were married a month ago. The newlyweds believe their long friendship and history of overcoming hardship, in addition to their compatible personalities, make their love special — so special that they don't need Valentine's Day to spark things up.
"Love really is all about taking care of each other," James said, patting Laverne's hand, "whether it's Valentine's Day or any other day."
"We just always want to be mindful of caring for each other, regardless of what day it is," Laverne said, pausing to gaze into James' eyes, and adding, "but if you want to get me a gift, that's OK, whatever."
Dressed in sharp suits, the Country Club Hills couple sat down with us this week in the lobby of Victory Centre at Sierra Ridge senior apartment complex to chat about the long, winding road that led to their recent marriage.
"We have an easy relationship," Laverne said. "We're good friends."
"And we're good for each other," James, 64, said. "I think — no, I know — we have each other's best interests at heart."
A musician who loves gospel and blues, James plays bass guitar and often sings to Laverne.
Laverne, who says she is a "little older" than James, looks out for his health.
"She spanks my hand when I eat something bad," James said, chuckling. "That's love."
Laverne and James met 15 years ago when they were named co-chairs of a new outreach ministry program at Covenant Faith Church, 10505 S. Halsted St., Chicago. Among the programs they started was a food pantry that continues to serve the hungry to this day.
"There is a lot of food insecurity out there, even more today," said Laverne, who grew up in Chicago, moved to Arkansas and then to North Carolina before coming back to Chicago in 1995. While living in North Carolina, she earned a degree in industrial organizational psychology.
She also was married and divorced and raised two sons.
Her work as a special-needs substitute teacher and a social service provider led to her appointment in the church ministry.
At the time, James, a graduate of Calumet High School, had been married, divorced and then married again. He has a son from his first marriage.
His second wife, Betty, played piano and sang in the church choir. The couple had three children — two daughters and a son who was tragically killed by a drunken driver several years ago in Matteson.
Laverne said, "Betty had a beautiful voice. She was smart, talented and very attractive. As soon as I met her, I knew I wanted to be friends with her."
The women ended up becoming best friends, spending a lot of time visiting, cooking and shopping.
In May 2003, Betty suffered an arteriovenous malformation, similar to an aneurysm, and collapsed in church. For months she languished at Rush University Medical Center. Then one day, James recalled, she just woke up and asked where she was.
"I was so happy to have her back," he said.
In April 2011, the couple moved to Victory Centre. In fact, they moved right across the hall from Laverne, who had moved into the complex four years earlier.
"We had some great times," Laverne said.
Five months later, however, Betty suffered a stroke and passed away.
It was a natural progression for James and Laverne's friendship to lead to love.
"It was easy for me," James said. "We were already good friends. We were already co-workers. We knew so much about each other."
"James is an easy person to live with," Laverne said. "I think I am, too."
That's not to say they agree on everything under the sun.
"We have our arguments. We had them when we were friends, too," Laverne said.
"But," James said, "after awhile we tend to agree."
It's the simple things, they say, that make a relationship work. And both believe the lessons learned from earlier divorces have helped them grow as human beings.
"It's easier to get married now at an older age," James said. "Back when I was married the first time, I didn't put a whole lot of thought into it."
His marriage to Betty, however, was a success, and so he expects his marriage to Laverne will be.
Laverne said, "I had a lot of time to really grow after my divorce. I learned a lot about relationships. Real marriage is a commitment, for better or for worse."
In addition to the prayer walks and other social service programs they enjoy leading, both James and Laverne love music and trust in God's plan for them.
"The Lord has helped us through bad times and he gives us strength to live on," James said.
James, a retired truck driver, and Laverne were wed at their church. Laverne's two sons gave her away; James' two daughters gave him away.
Afterward, a reception was held at Beverly Woods restaurant, where they shared their first dance to the song, "Number One Friend," by gospel group Tim Rogers and The Fellas.
They were able to get away to a "secret" place for a couple of days but have plans to visit family in Florida and North Carolina later. James would also like to head to Los Angeles to see his oldest son soon. One day, he'd like to take a cruise.
Like all couples, they have grand plans, but perhaps unlike their youthful counterparts, they understand the importance of cherishing the present.
"We make every day count," James said.
"Laverne was a good friend to Betty and to me first," James said. "I think Betty would be happy we're together now. She loved us both."


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In 1983, a bill was signed creating a federal holiday marking the birth of King and the holiday is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is close to the birthday of King, Jan. 15.
President Bill Clinton signed federal legislation on Aug. 23, 1994, making Martin Luther King Jr. Day a national day of service.
King was a symbol for peace, nonviolence, empowerment and brotherly love.
According to Pace Mayor Levon Jackson, he stands firm on the message of King and he believes that it is vital to his community.
"I definitely feel that I have been aiding and promoting the message of peace and brotherhood in my community," said Jackson.
"When I ran for mayor in June of 2013, I talked with the citizens — male, female, young, old, whites, blacks, democrats and republicans. I asked them to allow me to be a community mayor and since that day, I have been doing everything and anything to be just that," he added.
History shows King used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly impossible goals.
He led campaigns against poverty and international conflict, always maintaining fidelity to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family.
"It is very important to implement and carry out the message of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We must walk together and work together — that is God's ultimate goal," Jackson said.
"I have been making efforts to bridge the gap by bringing everyone together. I am still on the mission to bring everyone closer together — this mission is better for everybody. I just love to see people keeping the message of Dr. King alive because it can only happen through us," he continued.
"His message was not strictly intended for blacks. His message was for all races," said Mound Bayou Mayor Darryl Johnson. "I believe that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a prophet that was sent to America to help aid the future of African Americans. His 'I Have A Dream' speech coupled with his speech that was given in Memphis was very prophetic.
"He spoke words that offered direction to African Americans in their quest and work in the United States," he added.
According to Johnson, King assisted in turning the page in African American history that caused men and women to lift their heads up and continue to strive for excellence in the United States.
"Martin Luther King gave us a prophetic word and he told us that he may not get there with us but his eyes had seen the glory of the coming of the Lord which I believe is inclusive in what we are doing as African Americans today," Johnson said in a tone of assurance.
Johnson said that our nation should look back on the words spoken by King and revisit the dream outlined to promote united communities.
"I think that the great citizens of Mississippi need to examine themselves strongly."
We must revisit the dream and check ourselves as a reflection to see if we are doing what Dr. King outlined. We should visit the mirror and the reflection of those words based on the word of God that he spoke by," he added.
"If we take the time to examine ourselves politically and spiritually and see if we are hitting the mark and if we find that we are not closely aligning our lives based on the message of Dr. King then we need to change," Johnson continued.


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Anyone remember the Iraq war?
Study Claims Iraq's 'Excess' Death Toll Has Reached 655,000
By David Brown
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, October 11, 2006; A12
A team of American and Iraqi epidemiologists estimates that 655,000 more people have died in Iraq since coalition forces arrived in March 2003 than would have died if the invasion had not occurred.
The estimate, produced by interviewing residents during a random sampling of households throughout the country, is far higher than ones produced by other groups, including Iraq's government.
It is more than 20 times the estimate of 30,000 civilian deaths that President Bush gave in a speech in December. It is more than 10 times the estimate of roughly 50,000 civilian deaths made by the British-based Iraq Body Count research group.
The surveyors said they found a steady increase in mortality since the invasion, with a steeper rise in the last year that appears to reflect a worsening of violence as reported by the U.S. military, the news media and civilian groups. In the year ending in June, the team calculated Iraq's mortality rate to be roughly four times what it was the year before the war.
Of the total 655,000 estimated "excess deaths," 601,000 resulted from violence and the rest from disease and other causes, according to the study. This is about 500 unexpected violent deaths per day throughout the country.
The survey was done by Iraqi physicians and overseen by epidemiologists at Johns Hopkins University's Bloomberg School of Public Health. The findings are being published online today by the British medical journal the Lancet.
The same group in 2004 published an estimate of roughly 100,000 deaths in the first 18 months after the invasion. That figure was much higher than expected, and was controversial. The new study estimates that about 500,000 more Iraqis, both civilian and military, have died since then -- a finding likely to be equally controversial.
Both this and the earlier study are the only ones to estimate mortality in Iraq using scientific methods. The technique, called "cluster sampling," is used to estimate mortality in famines and after natural disasters.
While acknowledging that the estimate is large, the researchers believe it is sound for numerous reasons. The recent survey got the same estimate for immediate post-invasion deaths as the early survey, which gives the researchers confidence in the methods. The great majority of deaths were also substantiated by death certificates.
"We're very confident with the results," said Gilbert Burnham, a Johns Hopkins physician and epidemiologist.
A Defense Department spokesman did not comment directly on the estimate.
"The Department of Defense always regrets the loss of any innocent life in Iraq or anywhere else," said Lt. Col. Mark Ballesteros. "The coalition takes enormous precautions to prevent civilian deaths and injuries."
He added that "it would be difficult for the U.S. to precisely determine the number of civilian deaths in Iraq as a result of insurgent activity. The Iraqi Ministry of Health would be in a better position, with all of its records, to provide more accurate information on deaths in Iraq."
Ronald Waldman, an epidemiologist at Columbia University who worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for many years, called the survey method "tried and true," and added that "this is the best estimate of mortality we have."
This viewed was echoed by Sarah Leah Whitson, an official of Human Rights Watch in New York, who said, "We have no reason to question the findings or the accuracy" of the survey.
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