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-- Return to Richard W. Gwin
The updating of
the numbering system used on this page has been
completed. Generation 28 is my own;
27 is that of my parents; 29 is that of my children, etc. -- John M. Gwin, May 2009 The reformatting of the name font and census data for this page has been completed. --John M. Gwin, Aug 2011 SOURCES:
1. Various census
documents accessed through Ancestry.com
2. Mr. Samuel Snyder's post on Genforum.com 3. Various memorials on Findagrave.com by Thomas Brammer, Bill Pennington, snyder_nepa, and others as cited below throughout--thanks, friends and cousins! An Outline of the Known Family
21.00--Richard Gwin m. Sarah Chesley22.00--Isham Gwin, b. ca. 1764; d. ca. Dec 1830 ca. age 66; m. Mary Canterbury (b. ca. 1770; d. aft. 1850; d/o Samuel Canterbury {s/o John Canterbury and Elizabeth Harper} and Elizabeth [nee unk])
The following is taken from: [http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cooverfamily/album_98.html#snyder] WILLIAM W. SNYDER, a progressive farmer and stock-raiser, residing on section 34, English River Township, was born in Monongalia County, Va., [now WV] March 14, 1832. He is the son of Jeremiah and Anna (Rich) Snyder, also natives of the Old Dominion, and the parents of twelve children, of which number nine are yet living: George and John are deceased; Abram is a resident of Greene County, Pa.; Rollo, deceased; Casandra is the widow of George Hogg, who was killed in the army; Jeremiah, Jr., is farming in Lime Creek Township, this county; Jacob, a retired farmer, is residing in Iowa City; Colby is farming extensively in Johnson County, Iowa; Samuel, in Adair County; Elizabeth is the wife of George Figgins, a farmer of English River Township, and W. W., the subject of this sketch. The father followed the occupation of a farmer in his native State until 1842, when, hearing of the opportunities offered in the far West, and believing it would be for the advantage of his large family of children, he concluded to emigrate. He first proceeded with his family to Wheeling, thence by boat to Keokuk, Iowa, and from there overland to English River Township. He entered 250 acres of land on sections 1 and 12, and commenced to open up a farm. As one of the pioneers of this county, he became well known by all old citizens, and was a man held in high favor. Although not connected with any church, Mr. and Mrs. Snyder were strong believers in the divinity of Christ and took an interest in all Church work. The mother died in 1860 and the father in 1873. Both rest in the old Snyder Cemetery, near which stood the Snyder Chapel. Many lessons of truth, charity and integrity were presented in the lives of these good old people. page 624The early life of the subject of this sketch was passed on his father's farm and in attendance at the common schools until he reached the age of twenty, when he started out for himself, and began working for $8 per month. On the 9th of December, 1852, he was united in marriage with Miss Martha Gwin, a native of Menard County, Ill., born March 27, 1834, and the daughter of Richard and Nancy (Watkins) Gwin, the former a native of Tennessee and the latter of Kentucky. They were married in Indiana, whence they removed first to Illinois at an early day and thence emigrated to Iowa, settling in Des Moines County in 1836, thus being among the pioneers of the State. The father died Jan. 7, 1884, and the mother July 6, 1884, in Wilson County, Kan. They were well-known and useful citizens in the different localities in which they lived. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder became the parents of five children: Ida, the wife of A. M. Turner, a farmer in Potter County, Dak; Charles F., pursuing the same vocation there also; Anna, the wife of S. A. Rodgers, a farmer of the same locality; Eva, at home, preparing herself for a teacher; Adella, at home. Mr. and Mrs. Snyder have given all of their children good school advantages, and all are members of the Missionary Baptist church, thus comprising a devoted Christian family. After the marriage of our subject, he continued to
reside on the old homestead until 1869; when he first
took possession, it had only a small frame house on it
in which the family lived and worked happily together
until 1882. The old house was then moved back to give
place to a more modern and convenient dwelling. Mr. and
Mrs. Snyder are now in the evening of life, some of
their children growing up around them and some leaving
home to seek their fortunes in a new country, as did
their parents before them. They have witnessed many and
great changes. Their farm, which at the time of purchase
was unimproved, is now under a high state of cultivation
and one of the most valuable in the township. They have
seen the building of the church upon the hillside and
the school-house in the valley, and have taken an active
part in all religious, temperance and public affairs.
During the past five years Mr. Snyder has turned his
attention to the raising of high-grade stock, having on
hand a number of superior Clydesdale horses and a fine
lot of Chester White hogs and Short-horn cattle.
Politically, Mr. Snyder is a Democrat, and has held
various township offices.
Census Info for William and Martha Gwin Snyder From the 27 Sep 1850 Census of the 20 Division, Washington Co., Iowa
the 9 Jul 1860
Census of Richmond, English River Twnp., Washington
Co., Iowa
the 31 Aug 1870
of Lexington,
English River Twnp., Washington Co., Iowa
the 23 Jun 1880
of English River Twnp., Washington
Co., Iowa
the 5 Jun 1880
of Twon of Chatsworth,
Livingston Co., Illinois
the 1885 Iowa
State Census of English
River Twnp., Washington Co., Iowa
1895 Iowa
State Census of English
River Twnp., Washington Co., Iowa
the 8 Jun 1900
of Washington Twnp.,
Washington Co., Iowa
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Date: April 16, 2007 12:04:37 PM MDT To: <email@example.com> Subject: snider and thomas families Richard Gwin has one of the Gwins married into the Gideon Bear family and one into the Jeremiah Snider and therefore into the Thomas family of Washington Co., Iowa. Catharine Bush married William Watkins Gwin; that ties the four families togther. Carole
The following was posted on the Snyder Forum, Genforum.com, by Samuel Snyder (huntncabin at aol dot com) I. Rudolph Snider m. Corical Coblence- England Children of Rudolph
A. Rudolph
Moreland from Liverpool
Children of Rudolph
1. Michael
Susanna Baisefield
II. Michael
Snider (Rudolph, Rudolph) m Susanna Baisefield2. George Snider m. Mary McClain 3. Cassa Snider died June 1701 on ship from Liverpool to Philadelphia Children of Michael
1. John
before 1742 m. Mary Bilchrest
III. George
Snider (Michael, Rudolph, Rudolph) m. Catherine Lemley
Wells2. Unnamed Snider b. 1743 3. George Snider b. 10/24/1744 Philadelphia, PA m. Catherine Lemley Wells Children of George
1. Michael
IV. Jeremiah
Jack Snider (George, Michael, Rudolph, Rudolph) m.
Anna Rich2. Elizabeth Snider 3. William Snider 4. Sarah Snider 5. Catherine Snider 6. John Snider 7. Cassandra Snider 8. Rudolph Snider 9. Jeremiah Jack Snider b. 6/8/1786 Lookout Point, near Dunkard Creek, Monongalia County. d. 4/24/1874 Kalona, Washington County, Iowa. m. Anna Rich 11/21/1809 daughter of Jacob Rich Jr. and Anna Craft. She was born 10/18/1790 Fayette County, PA. d. June 1860 Kalona, Washington County, Iowa Children of Jeremiah
1. George
9/17/1810 d. 4/21/1885 Kalona, Washington County,
IA. He married Matilda Yost 5/10/1933. She was born
1/14/1815 and died 11/15/1900
2. John Snider b. 1/29/1812 Monongalia County, WV d. 2/21/1885. He married Sarah Keeman. 3. Abraham Snider b. 10/8/1813 d. 11/15/1899 in Mt. Morris, Greene County, PA. He married Mary Bowers. 4. Rauleigh Snider b. 4/28/1815 d. 4/6/1891 in Monongalia County, WV. 5. Michael Snider b. 12/9/1816 He married Keziah 9/14/1838. 6. Cassander Snider b. 10/30/1819 Monongalia County, WV d. 1/2/1900 Kalona, Washington County, IA She married Clark Lemley 10/31/1842 in Monongalia County, WV. He was born about 1820 and died 3/13/1856 in Washington County, IA. She married George Hoag Aug. 1857. He died in the Civil War. 7. Jeremiah Snider b. 6/6/1822 in Monongalia County, WV and died 4/12/1891 in Washington County, IA. He married Francis Minor 8/14/1843 in Monongalia, County, Daughter of Alexander P. Minor and Eva Brown. She was born 2/11/1823 in Monongalia County, WV and died 3/3/1893 in Washington County, IA.Monongalia County, WV died 12/21/1893 in Washington County, IA. 8. Jacob Rich Snider b. 1/21/1824 in Monongalia County, WV and died 12/21/1893 in Washington County, IA. He married Mariah Isabell Thompson 5/21/1848 in Washington County, Washington, IA, daughter of James Thompson and Mary Landess. She was born 7/22/1831 and died 1902. 9. Corbly Snider b. 7/18/1825 in Monongalia County, WV and died 1/23/1888 in Washington County, IA. He married Louisa Jane Simonton 11/1/1849 in Johnson County IA. She was born 3/14/1830 in Holidaysburg, PA and died6/6/1905. 10. Samuel Lemley Snider b. 4/1/1827 in Monongalia County, WV and died 9/9/1905. He married Mary E. Lane 11/2/1852 in Washington, Washington County, Iowa, daughter of Reynolds Lane and Hannah Burroughs. She was born 5/23/1834 in Adair, IA and died 11/13/1907 11. Elizabeth Snider b. June 21, 1829 in Monongalia County, WV and died 2/27/1916. She married George Figgins. He was born 1829 and died 1890. 12. William
Willfoam Snider b. 3/4/1831
in Monongalia County, WV and 7/16/1896 in
Washington, County, IA. He married Martha Gwin
12/9/1852 in Washington, Washington, County, IA,
daughter of Rich Gwin
and Nancy Watkins. She was born 3/27/1834 in Menard
County, IL and died 6/11/1901 in English River
Township, Washington County, IA.
V. John
(Jeremiah Jack, George, Michael, Rudolph, Rudolph) m.
Sarah KeemanChildren of John
VI. Israel
(John, Jeremiah Jack, George, Michael, Rudolph,
Rudolph) m. Deliah Himelrick. She was born April 1852
in WV.1. Hugh Snider b. 1840 2. Rolley James Snider b. April 1842, PA; d. 1922, Hundred, WV 3. Katherine Snider b. 1843 4. Julia Snider b. 1844 5. Israel Snider b. January 1848, PA. 6. Anne Snider b. 1849 7. Hannah Jane Snider b. March 1850 8. Leah Snider b. 1856, PA 9. John E. Snyder b. 1858, PA d. 1933 10. Mary A. Snider b. 1862, PA Children of Israel
VII. Arley
(Israel, John, Jeremiah Jack, George, Michael,
Rudolph, Rudoph) m. Sarah Gump1. Elmer Snider b. April 1871, WV 2. Rolla Jefferson Snider b. 4/26/1873 WV; d. 12/14/1948, Wetzel County,WV 3. John M. Snider b. 1876, WV 4. Aljurenon Snider b. 1877, WV 5. Arley A. Snider b. April 3, 1880 d. May, 1963 m. Sarah Gump 6. Earle H. Snider b. November 1882, WV 7. Cora E. Snider b. March 1885 8. Belva A. Snider b. June 1885, WV 9. Harry L. Snider b. April 1887 Children of Arley
VIII. Ray
Glen (Arley, Israel, John, Jeremiah Jack, George,
Michael, Rudolph, Rudolph) m. Dorothy E. Rodger.1. Rex b. ? d. ? 2. Okey b. 8/28/1904 d. Oct. 1972 3. Ray Glen Snyder b. 1/2/1915 d. 1/23/1990 m. Dorothy Elizabeth Rodgers from Altoona, PA. b. 3/24/1919 4. Bessie b. ? m. Warren Dunn Children of Ray
1. Jerelyn Sue Snyder b. 7/15/1952 m. Richard Paul Jones Children:
2. David
Ray Snyder b. 1/21/1955 m. Jewel Ayers from
Pittsburgh, PA in 1986Elizabeth Ann Jones, Samantha Jones, Richard Jones, and Andrew Jones 3. Samuel M. Snyder b. 5/19/1956 m. Jennifer Ann Guy 10/6/1978 Children:
Jenna Ann Snyder b. 7/27/1984 and Leiren Ashton Snyder b. 3/10/1987 |


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Can I sterilize small amounts of commercial potting mix (such as Schultz Potting Soil) to be used in 18 oz container by using a microwave cooker to kill anything (eggs, larvae etc) that may infest the commercial soil mix. Most of the time such soil mixes are supposed to be sterilized but then you get fungus gnats out of nowhere and the only suspect could be the potting mix and not the seeds or sterilized cuttings. My plant containers are isolated in a clear plastic storage box and get fungus gnats and would like to eliminate the probability of soil as the carrier. I know there are chemical solution available to kill the fungus gnats larvae but I want to try to sterilize the soil first and see if it will help. |
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- intuitive (adjective)
- sophisticated, insightful, instinctive, instinctual, sly, wily, canny, shrewd, cunning, intuitive, artful, far-sighted, tricky, astute, crafty.
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- ingenious, apt, cagey, smart, cagy, cunning, canny, intelligent, artful, adroit.
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- clevar (23%)
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- clevr (7%)
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- cleve (3%)
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- cleer (3%)
- thoutfull (3%)
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And will you part with your clever dog? - - "Stories of Animal Sagacity", W.H.G. Kingston.
" Your brothers are very clever," she said. - - "Stories of Animal Sagacity", W.H.G. Kingston. - "Night and Day", Virginia Woolf.
" I think you must be very clever," Katharine observed. - - "Stories of Animal Sagacity", W.H.G. Kingston. - "Night and Day", Virginia Woolf. - "Night and Day", Virginia Woolf.
And will you part with your clever dog?
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Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone knew how long cracked grain can sit around before being mashed? I know it is best if used asap but things happen. like overtime at work. If a week goes by and then the grains are mashed, what are the effects on the brew? By the way this is my first thread with this site so be easy on me
You will get a huge variety of answers to this question. I am comfortable using it up to four weeks after crushing, but I have seen people recomend using it up to three months after it is crushed. The best advice may be to taste it before you use it and make your own call. I always taste my grain and I can tell a difference by taste when it has been sitting for awhile.
Hey! That makes me feel a lot better. With a loving wife that allows me my hobby and two time consuming kids, it is hard to find time to brew. Most of the time i find myself brewing in the middle of the night. Im sure most everyone knows how i feel. happy beer making.
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If it's kept cool (< 65F) and dry, it should be OK for at least a month or two, and possibly longer. -a.
I have used grain sealed in zip-lock bags up to 6 months after crushing. I'm not saying it was the best beer, but it was beer. Fresher is better, but less fresher isn't bad..
I rarely let it go more than a week or so after crushing, but a few weeks shouldn't hurt. I would throw it in the fridge to keep it fresh while you wait. Uncrushed, it could last a year or so if kept under good conditions.
Losing enzyme activity is not the problem if it is properly stored (I did the experiment - it lasts a loooong time). The problem is the flavors going stale, just like with most food items. Again here, this too will depend on how it was stored. If it's been cool and airtight, it will keep fresh longer. If it is in an open bag on top of your fridge, it would probably go stale pretty quick - but it still could be used to make beer (it might not taste the best though)


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Four days of violence in June between ethnic Kyrgyz and ethnic Uzbeks left hundreds dead and forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes. Serious human rights violations marred the efforts to restore order to the region, including widespread reports of the use of excessive force by security forces, arbitrary detentions, and torture and other ill-treatment during transfer and in custody. Attempts to establish the truth about what happened were undermined by apparent ethnic bias. At least 271 people were remanded in custody charged with participation in the June violence, the majority ethnic Uzbeks. Human rights defenders, civil society activists and lawyers were beaten and detained; some were held on serious criminal charges and tortured to extract confessions.
Rising tensions between the government of President Kurmanbek Bakiev and the opposition escalated in early April, resulting in violent clashes between security forces and demonstrators on 7 April in the capital, Bishkek. Eighty-seven people were killed and hundreds wounded, including police officers, armed men and unarmed civilians. Shortly afterwards, the opposition dissolved the parliament and the constitutional court and formed an interim government, led by Roza Otunbaeva. President Bakiev resigned on 15 April and fled the country. In the weeks that followed, ethnic Kyrgyz mobs attacked Kurdish, Meskhetian Turk and Russian villages across the country, killing villagers, looting and destroying properties and livestock. In May, violent clashes between mainly Kyrgyz supporters of ousted President Bakiev and Uzbeks in Jalal-Abad city left at least five people dead and dozens injured.
On 10 June, clashes between gangs of mostly ethnic Kyrgyz and Uzbek young people in Osh city rapidly escalated. Over the next four days, large-scale arson, looting and violent attacks, including killings and sexual violence, swept through Osh and Jalal-Abad regions, disproportionately affecting Uzbek-populated areas. Official statistics released in October provisionally placed the number of dead at 408, although the final number, which had not been published by the end of year, was likely to be higher. At least 1,900 were severely injured. The violence was followed by heavy-handed search operations by security forces as well as criminal investigations and prosecutions, largely perceived to be flawed and biased.
Satellite imagery revealed that 1,807 buildings in Osh city alone were totally destroyed. Some 400,000 people, both Kyrgyz and Uzbek, fled their homes. Up to 100,000 refugees, mostly Uzbek women and children and the elderly, fled across the border to Uzbekistan, although almost all had returned by the end of June. Thousands remained internally displaced living in temporary, mostly inadequate, accommodation with relatives, host families, or in public buildings, tents and camps.
The facts and causes of the June violence continued to be hotly contested by the ethnic communities. There were several credible independent reports of the complicity of Kyrgyzstani officials and security forces in the attacks.
The authorities recognized the need to ensure an independent investigation into the June events and mandated two commissions of inquiry: one national, one international. In addition, the Kyrgyzstani national Ombudsman announced that he would conduct his own inquiry. By the end of the year no reports had been published.
A referendum on 27 June approved a new Constitution which introduced parliamentary democracy, limited the length of the presidential time in office to one six-year term and confirmed Roza Otunbaeva as President until December 2011. Parliamentary elections on 10 October returned five parties to parliament, but the first attempt to form a coalition government failed in November. A coalition government was finally formed at the end of December.
Top of pageReports of torture or other ill-treatment in the aftermath of the June violence were widespread. Beatings by law enforcement officers appeared to continue to be routine: in the street during apprehension, during transfer to detention centres, during initial interrogation, and in pre-charge detention facilities. Search operations by security forces, ostensibly to seize weapons and detain suspects, were reportedly carried out using excessive force. There were serious concerns that the law enforcement operations and criminal investigations in the aftermath of the June violence disproportionately targeted Uzbeks and Uzbek neighbourhoods, while failing to identify and investigate alleged Kyrgyz perpetrators. Hundreds of men, the majority Uzbek, were arbitrarily detained and allegedly beaten during raids and later tortured or otherwise ill-treated in detention. In August, President Otunbaeva reportedly said she was aware that human rights violations had been committed by security forces during the June events and their aftermath, but that she had effectively no control over law enforcement in the south of the country.
Trials continued to fall short of international standards.
Following unfair trials, courts handed down at least 24 life sentences and six long-term sentences of between 15 and 25 years' imprisonment for murder and mass disturbances in relation to the June unrest. Allegations of forced confessions were not investigated, defence witnesses were not interviewed, and lawyers were threatened and physically attacked.
In November, President Otunbaeva told prosecutors that she was concerned about the number of complaints she had received of torture and other ill-treatment by security forces in relation to the June events which apparently had not been properly investigated. By the end of December no prosecution for ill-treatment in police custody appeared to have taken place. The deputy prosecutor for Osh region stated that his office had received very few complaints of torture in detention. This contrasted starkly with the allegations raised by human rights organizations and defence lawyers of widespread beatings or other ill-treatment of Uzbek detainees.
The first deputy Minister of Internal Affairs stated in September that there had been isolated cases of torture and ill-treatment of detained Uzbek suspects and that the Ministry had ordered investigations into the most serious of these cases. In some instances, the deputy Minister had conducted investigations personally. He had interviewed Azimzhan Askarov, who, when asked directly, had denied outright any torture or other ill-treatment by police officers. This brief interview in the presence of local police officers constituted the extent of the investigation to date into the torture allegations repeatedly raised by Azimzhan Askarov's lawyer, in spite of previously documented evidence, including photographs, of injuries sustained whilst in custody.
There were concerns over ethnic bias in the attitudes of the authorities following the June events. Groups of Kyrgyz civilians, often women, assaulted the relatives of victims and detainees outside police stations or the prosecutor's offices, effectively obstructing their attempts to submit complaints about allegations of torture to police and prosecutors. Groups of Kyrgyz women also assaulted ethnic Kyrgyz, Uzbek and Russian lawyers defending Uzbek suspects on court premises and inside police compounds, mostly in the presence of police officers who did not intervene to stop the assaults. By the end of the year, no investigations had reportedly been opened into offences by these groups.
By 10 November 2010, official figures revealed that 271 individuals had been arrested in relation to the June violence. Human rights defenders and lawyers maintained that the majority of those arrested were ethnic Uzbeks.
Top of pageIn April the interim government revoked the entry ban on several foreign human rights defenders which had been imposed by the government of ousted President Bakiev.
However, in a climate of ethnic tensions and growing nationalist discourse, human rights defenders found themselves in the difficult position of having to justify their work protecting different ethnic communities. Those who documented the June events were targeted by the authorities, who attempted to confiscate their material and obstruct their work. Uzbek human rights defenders and lawyers were particularly at risk of violence and were threatened, beaten, and, in some cases, detained, tortured and sentenced to life imprisonment after an unfair trial. Their Kyrgyz colleagues and those of other ethnic origins also came under increasing pressure and were threatened and assaulted by Kyrgyz civilians for defending the rights of Uzbek suspects.


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Document - India: Further information: Judges support mercy, president rejects it: Saibanna Ningappa Natikar
Further information on UA: 337/12 Index: ASA 20/004/2013 India Date: 14 January 2013
India's president has rejected a mercy petition from Saibanna Ningappa Natikar, though 14 former judges have told him they believe the death sentence was wrongly imposed. Saibanna is at imminent risk of execution.
Saibanna Ningappa Natikar had petitioned the president for mercy, but the president rejected the petition on 4 January. He had been sentenced to death in 2005 for the 1994 murder of his second wife and daughter. At the time of the crime, he had been free on parole from a life sentence for the murder of his first wife. The Supreme Court rejected an appeal in 2005.
Fourteen former judges recently asked the president to commute the death sentences of Saibanna Ningapappa Natikar and 12 others, as they had been wrongly imposed. The judges pointed out that the reasoning underlying the Supreme Court's confirmation of Saibanna's death sentence in 2005 implied that capital punishment was mandatory for any prisoner convicted of a second offence that merited a life sentence, and violated a Supreme Court decision from 1983. The Supreme Court had itself acknowledged the error in its reasoning on Saibanna's case in 2009. UN bodies and mechanisms have repeatedly stated that the mandatory imposition of the death penalty violates international law.
Saibanna's is the second petition for mercy to be rejected by India's president after that of Ajmal Kasab, who was executed on 21 November 2012, the first execution in India in eight years. The rejection of Saibanna's mercy petition now implies that more executions may follow soon.
Please write immediately in English or your own language:
Urging the authorities to stop plans to execute Saibanna Ningapappa Natikar, or any other execution;
Urging them to commute all death sentences to terms of imprisonment;
Reminding them that the UN General Assembly has called repeatedly for a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty, and pointing out that India's decision to resume executions has set it against the global trend towards abolition.
President Pranab Mukherjee
Rashtrapati Bhavan
New Delhi 110 004, India
Fax: +91 11 23017290; 23017824
Email: (via form)
Salutation: Dear President Mukherjee
Prime Minister
Dr. Manmohan Singh
South Block, Raisina Hill
New Delhi 110 001, India
Fax: +91 11 23019545; 23016857
Email: (via form)
Salutation: Dear Prime Minister
Minister of Home Affairs
Sushilkumar Shinde
104, North Block,
Central Secretariat
New Delhi 110001, India
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Salutation: Dear Minister
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country.
Please check with your section office if sending appeals after the above date.
ADditional Information
Before Ajmal Kasab's execution on 21 November 2012, the last execution in India had been that of Dhananjoy Chatterjee in August 2004. This move to resume executions after an eight-year hiatus has set the country against the regional and global trend towards abolition of the death penalty. The authorities used to make information about the rejection of mercy petitions and dates of execution available to the public before any executions. In resolution 2005/59 the UN Commission on Human Rights called upon all states that still maintain the death penalty "to make available to the public information with regard to the imposition of the death penalty and to any scheduled execution".
Since assuming office in late 2012, President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected two mercy petitions (Ajmal Kasab and Saibanna) and has commuted another death sentence (Atbir). According to official figures, the president has sent back the mercy petitions of 14 people – 13 men and one woman – to the Ministry of Home Affairs for reconsideration. The 13 are Gurmeet Singh; Dharampal; Suresh and Ramji; Praveen Kumar; Jafar Ali; Sanjeev and Sonia (f); Sundar Singh; Mohammad Afzal Guru; Simon, Gnanaprakasam, Madaiah and Bilavandra. The president has the options of rejecting the mercy petitions; commuting the death sentences to terms of imprisonment; or postponing his decision indefinitely.
India's use of the death penalty is riddled with systemic flaws. Section 303 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) which provided for mandatory death penalty was struck down by the Supreme Court in 1983 as being unconstitutional. However, the IPC has not yet been amended and section 303 remains in the statute. In 2005, in Saibanna's case, the Supreme Court found that the trial court had convicted Saibanna under Section 303 even though the offence had taken place in August 1994, over 10 years after the offence was struck off the books. A two-judge bench of the Karnataka High Court had first given a split verdict on his case, after which his appeal was referred to the third judge who had confirmed his death sentence. Despite this, Saibanna was still sentenced to death, on different grounds. The 14 judges who petitioned the president to commute Saibanna's sentence found that the Supreme Court's reasoning in his case was per incuriam, that is, bad law, because the reasoning effectively made the imposition of death penalty mandatory in his case, in violation of the Court's decision in 1983.
In total, 140 countries are abolitionist in law or in practice. In 2011, only 21 states in the world executed, meaning that 90 per cent of the world was execution-free. Out of 41 countries in the Asia-Pacific region, 17 have abolished the death penalty for all crimes, 10 are abolitionist in practice and one – Fiji – uses the death penalty only for exceptional military crimes. Over the past 10 years, four Asia-Pacific countries abolished the death penalty for all crimes: Bhutan and Samoa in 2004, the Philippines in 2006 and the Cook Islands in 2007. UN bodies and mechanisms have repeatedly called upon member states to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty, including through the adoption of four UN General Assembly resolutions, in December 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2012. India voted against all four resolutions. In a general comment on Article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which India is a State Party, the UN Human Rights Committee stated that Article 6 "refers generally to abolition [of the death penalty] in terms which strongly suggest ... that abolition is desirable. The Committee concludes that all measures of abolition should be considered as progress in the enjoyment of the right to life... ".
Amnesty International opposes the death penalty in all cases as a violation of the right to life and the ultimate cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment, regardless of the nature of the crime; guilt, innocence or other characteristics of the individual; or the method used by the state to carry out the execution.
Name: Saibanna Ningappa Natikar
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Further information on UA: 337/12 Index: ASA 20/004/2013 Issue Date: 14 January 2013


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Police spoke Thursday to students at Rhodes Junior High School in west Mesa about grown-up topics: Stalking, relationship violence and other forms of domestic abuse.
The specialists from the Mesa Center Against Family Violence addressed boys and girls in a pilot program at the campus, but they directed their sternest warnings at the boys.
"You have to understand: This is about you, guys," domestic violence specialist Andrea Sierra told the class. "Sorry."
Giovanny Paredes, 15, said he didn't mind the emphasis on his gender during the four, hourlong sessions he attended over the past two weeks. Research shows that males commit about 95 percent of the domestic violence reported to police, and Paredes said the focus on boys was justified.
"It teaches us about how bad the relationships can get," he said.
Mesa detective Coy Johnston helped develop the curriculum that he hopes will soon be used at schools across the state. He said teens today are not too young for serious talks about sexual violence and other relationship issues.
"Possessiveness, jealousy, bullying — all those tendencies and red flags that show that they could be abusive — start at this young age," he said. "If we're ever going to prevent domestic violence, we have to hit the source, which is boys."
But police might have a hard time reaching those boys. Administrators at nearly all campuses approached by the Center Against Family Violence said their teachers were too busy with core academics — reading, writing and math — to squeeze in extra classes on domestic violence.
"We're just trying to get our foot in the door," Johnston said.
Rhodes math teacher Heather Larsen, who sent her students through the program, said many of the boys in her classes protested at first that police were "male bashing" but quickly softened their stance as they listened to what police had to say.
"Some of my hard-core guys have said, 'I would never touch a girl,' " she said. "I've been impressed."
So has Esmarelda Sturgeon, 15, who said she sometimes sees emotional abuse and jealousy among boys and girls at Rhodes.
"The program was a really big eye-opener," she said. "I don't date yet, but I will be careful about who I hang out with."


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Hey guys,
Thank you all for your responses on my last inquiry regarding Alyssa Graham. It appears to have spurred on a lengthy examination. Glad we got an official ruling in the FAQ.
I have been looking over Hastur's WHITE OUT card as a potential inclusion in a deck. I'm not sure how to apply some of its effects though. Any further explanation or guidance would be greatly appreciated…
So clearly, this card can be used to ambush an ancient one during the story phase, which is quite nice, as so many effects are usually limited to non-ancient one characters. So… as it reads, until the end of the story phase, that character/ancient one does not "count" its icons or skill. What exactly does that mean, not to "count" its icons or skill. In my mind, I feel like it means that for the purposes of resolving story struggles, that the character does not add any of its icons or skill to the struggle.
However… what about at that point (say during the terror struggle) that you are trying to resolve a struggle outcome . Lets say you WHITE OUT your opponent's Cthulhu allowing you to win the terror struggle. When forcing your opponent to drive one of his character's insane, does WHITE OUT now temporarily remove Cthulu's insanity protection since his terror icons do not "count" for the remainder of the story phase? Likewise, one can ask a similar question about Cthulhu's skill. Does it not "counting" equate to the character's skill being reduced to zero? Thus making it vulnerable to removal cards that target low skill (like Ice Shaft). From a thematic sense… "whiting out" a character would seem to leave them temporarily vulnurable to any horrible additional effects that happen on them. For instance… imagine Chtulhu stumbling around in the tundra during a blizzard, blind and barely coherent and accidentally stumbling down an ice shaft to be banished for eons. Ok… thematic thinking aside… how does this card work within the game mechanics.
I'd love to hear your guy's thoughts on this.


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Just wanted to invite everyone to the Western NY Plant swap on June 5th. I am hosting the swap at my home in Gaines, NY (halfway between Rochester and Buffalo). There will be a plant swap and potluck lunch. If you are interested in attending or would like more information, please email me. Tara
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The DIY Nativity
Visually and atmospherically delightful, inventive and original, The DIY Nativity is a highly entertaining, fast moving mini extravaganza of colourful fun, held together by the solid base of David Curtis-Ring's wonderfully conceived set design, props and costumes.
Christmas spirit is certainly the emphasis, but with a unique angle. The small, energetic cast work their socks off, beginning with the basic theme "how we do it in our house", then moving through an off the wall, yet thought-provokingly effective version of the nativity story.
Along the way we experience living presents, rap parodies, strobe effects and all kinds of interactive fun which the kids join in with enthusiastically, especially the pure slapstick food fight. The silliness cleverly disguises some balanced messages about such subjects as vegetarianism and greed, some of which may go over the heads of children, but regardless of a slightly disjointed feel, the bigger picture works very well.
Bryony Kimmings shines out as a bright, intelligent performer, ably supported by the rubber limbs and vocal dexterity of Stuart Bowden and the deceptively hesitant skills of Sam Halmarack.
I saw a schools performance but there is also an adult version which, I suspect, is just as entertaining in a different way.


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- If you had to pick either "Potomac" or "Blake's Pride" for your yard which one would you pick? I would really like a pear similar to Bartlett with better disease resistance. I will plant a Seckel to pollinate it. - I was only planning on planting one Asian Pear (Korean Giant aka Olympic), but am afraid of pollination issues (ie. it not happening). However, I have heard that Asian Pears tend to set way too much fruit. Thanks in advance for your advice! |
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Korean Giant doesn't overset to the degree of most asians. Mine has always set about 2-3 times what I wanted for fruit. When thinning remember the fruit can get very large. My guess is you'd be OK with the varieties you mention if the bloom of European and Asians overlap in your area. The attached pollination chart may help. |
Here is a link that might be useful: asian pear pollination chart
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 21, 11 at 9:52
How about Harrow Sweet? Ripens later and I think may be better quality than ones you mention. Grows to a beautiful form and bears relatively young. It has good fireblight resistance (better than Seckel, I think) and Adams is now touting it as useful in your region, I believe. |
- Posted by scottfsmith 6B-7A-MD (My Page) on Thu, Dec 22, 11 at 20:18
The problem if your Euros flower too late is you will get no pollination and thus no fruit at all. If you look at the chart above there are a few self-fertile asians, so either switch to one of those or see if your Euros are early enough. Scott |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 22, 11 at 20:39
Here Seckel pollinates the Asians reliably- it's earlier than most Euros. |
Hi, I'm looking for a compatible, disease free pear selection as pollinators for Harrow Sweet. I want to stay away from Boscs and Bartlett(not quince compatible) if I can to minimize spraying. I've read that Harrow Delight isn't a good pollen source and am considering Potomac, Blake's Pride, and am open to suggestions. What do y'all think? Noogy |
Hi Noogy, What did you end up picking as a pollinator for your Harrow Sweet? From what I read several pear posts on the forum, I chose Harrow Sweet and Blake's Pride and planted them this year (from Schlabach). We probably can talk about what they taste like 10 years from now!!! |
- Posted by franktank232 z5 WI (My Page) on Mon, Jun 4, 12 at 23:12
My Harrow Sweet is holding exactly 1 pear right now. I'm pretty sure it was pollinated (by hand) by a Bradford pear that I've used in the past on my Seckel. |
HI Frank, Please don't forget to report how your one and only Harrow Sweet tastes. How long does it take your tree to fruit? I've heard good things about Harrow Sweet's taste but have not heard much at all about Blake's Pride. |
- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Tue, Jun 5, 12 at 13:52
Harrow sweet bears fruit quite young for a pear and even in my nursery very small trees try to fruit. |
Thank you, H-man. That's encouraging news. Now, if only someone can tell me what Blake's Pride taste like!! |
Is there a chart for which European Pears will cross-pollinate with Asian Pears? I'm turning my back yard into a seasonal orchard, and want one of each in my little yard! |
Mamuang, I went with potomac, but have so muck different pollen flying around I don't think it'll matter! Badducky, Ubileen is one of the better ones from what I've heard. Noogy |
I've been researching some more, and Seckel would supposedly pollinate most mid to late Asian varieties, but I'm concerned that L.E. Cooke only lists them as a "5" in fireblight tolerance, out of "10"! I would hesitate to plant anything with less than an "8" when so many quality varieties are available that meet that mark. I'm really interested in Shinko Asian Pears because of their fireblight resistance. I'm looking at hybrid pears for the same reason. One thing that's really hard to find is bloom information for low-chill hybrid pears in the south. Does anyone know if, for instance, a Fan-Still, Fan-Crisp, Monterrey, Ayers, Pineapple, Moonglow or Orient will bloom at an appropriate time to pollinate a Shinko Asian Pear? (these are just varieties I recall seeing at the local garden center. I know there are others recommended for the area that have high resistance) I wish someone with that knowledge, particularly in Texas where hybrid and Asian Pears are highly-recommended, would put together a bloom chart with cross-pollination information! |
Has anyone had any recent experience in pollinating Asian pears with european ones? Bloom-time is variable, but if I have it correct, Honeysweet is a good self-fertile european pear that might work with Asian pears. Any luck out there? |
As a belated response as to Texas (Dallas) bloom times, here's the 2014 numbers. New trees that havent bloomed yet are blank 20'th Century 25-Mar |
- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Sat, Aug 23, 14 at 11:36
This spring my Orient pear was in full bloom on 03-27-2014. My only Asian pear (unknown variety) was also in bloom. My Ayers was in full bloom on 03-31-2014. I kept records for the reason your asking. Hope this helps. Bill |
- Posted by 2010ChampsBCS 7B St Clair Co (My Page) on Sat, Aug 23, 14 at 11:41
bhawkins. Thanks, I like your list better. Bill |
lindsgarden what did you end up doing and how did it work? I'm also in Sothern Maryland and getting ready for planting this spring. |
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Guide to Sneaking in Booze
CUBBIES September 15th, 2009
I don't know about you, but I can't make it through a nine inning baseball game (or church) without drinking some hard liquor. Man, I love getting wasted! Anyways since I am an old pro at this from sneaking booze into Wrigley I thought I would help you out. That's right, it's time for...
Miller Park Drunk's Guide to Sneaking in Booze Read the rest of this entry »
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: The Happy Youngstr
CUBBIES September 15th, 2009
The Happy Youngster is a much maligned character among Brewers fans because he caught a baseball and wanted to get something in return for it. To a guy like me he is pretty damn cool. I wear my glove to every game, but I haven't caught anything. This dude? According to his website he's caught over 50 game home run balls, WOW! I shot him an email to tell him that we wouldn't be making fun of him as much and he was kind enough to grant me an interview.
WFD: Mr. Youngster, can I call you Happy?
THY: Actually I'd prefer you didn't. Haha, just kidding.
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Meet the new boss, much cooler than the old boss
CUBBIES September 14th, 2009
Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Miller Park Drunk. I'm Chad and I am the new boss (and yes that is me bombin' two Old Styles at once,WHAT). Your prolly thinking "why is this dude in a Cubs jersey who can drink two Old Styles at a time and is obviously a pimp buying a site called Miller Park Drunk? Well, if there is one thing I have learned in my life it's that you don't have to like the Brewers to get drunk at Miller Park! Heck, you don't even have to like baseball! In the history of Miller Park the best drunks have ALWAYS come from Chi-town.
For real though, I been reading this website for awhile and thought it was pretty frickin' funny. I just knew that I could make it better. How? By making it about the Cubs, DUH!!!! So I took some money out of my trust fund and gave that idiot who was running it an offer he couldn't refuse (fifty bucks, a 12 pack of Milwaukee's Best and the issue of Playboy with Sable from WWF.) You Wisconsin folk are so simple.
Things are gonna be a bit different around here now. First order of business is to make up for all the dumb stuff this idiot said before. Like who doesn't like a good retro jersey? My prized possession is my autographed Sosa jersey. I'm not supposed to wear that just because he's not on the team anymore? BITE ME MILLER PARK DRUNK! Did Paul Moliter ever hit 60 homers in a season? Didn't think so! How about Robin Yount? No? I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
Anyways that's enough for the day I gotta head down to the Cubby Bear for a little pregame before the Cubs WHOOP some Brewers ASS tonight. That's right, Ryan Braun does my taxes. I'll be the dude in the autographed Sosa jersey sipping on Old Style. If you see me come say whats up and maybe I'll give you a little tug off my flask. Jack Daniels? YOU DAMN RIGHT JACK DANIELS.
Tomorrow we should have some more awesome, way better than before stuff including a VERY SPECIAL GUEST WRITER who I think kicks total ass and more stuff that kicks ass. Have fun watching the game tonight, I know I will.
PREDICTION: Cubs 17 Brewers 1. Theriot hits for the cycle.


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Today's case in point: 'From Where I Stand' - Joan Chittister's column at the National Catholic Distorter: Why Them and Not Us? (not reproduced in whole, with my comments in blue)
The church world got a really good piece of advice this week. The pope, we're told, warned the Anglicans not to split over their internal controversies about homosexuality and the ordination of women bishops. He warned, quite wisely, about the dangers and the destructiveness of schism. (See Pope rides to Rowan's rescue) As easy as it sounds to simply go away and play in your own ecclesiastical sandbox, the fact is that divisions are never neat -- if for no other reason than that they not only fail to resolve the present problem but they model how not to resolve the next problem, too....
Now if the Catholic church could only get to the same clear point about the question of "excommunication" and/or "interdict" -- the process of splintering a church within a church, of putting people outside the pale of the sacraments, of separating ourselves from contentious questions one person, one diocese, at a time ... we clearly have some serious problems about how to deal with individuals who dare to raise new questions in the midst of a shifting body politic. Like how to be personally moral in a pluralistic state if you're a politician or, worse, a candidate for political office, for instance. Like how to maintain past liturgical forms in the face of the development of more contemporary ones.
OK, Exhibit A of the "false report" charge: Excommunication and/or interdict is not the process of splintering a "church within a church". What the heck is that phrase supposed to mean? They're the final penalties given to people who remain in obstinate disobedience to their bishop, as a last resort, to shock the individual into realizing that they've crossed a line and the state of their soul is in jeapordy. And it isn't the separating of "ourselves from contentious questions", either. It's the separating of the disobedient persons from the body of Christ (temporarily, hopefully) to prevent scandal, further harm, etc. etc.
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Nevertheless, more important than the question of excommunication is the unevenness with which it is applied. We excommunicate women (and men too!) who support the ordination of women, for instance, but we don't excommunicate either military officers or military chaplains who support the use of nuclear weapons. (it's a question of the difference between a doctrinal issue and prudential Church teaching, I think) We excommunicate people who belong to groups of which we don't approve. (um, you don't excommunicate anyone. Last time I checked, you pretty much welcome any and all dissenting and heretical group known to man...uh, I mean person) In the past, for instance, YMCAs and YWCAs were forbidden to Catholics. In the present, in some places, it's membership in Call to Action. (for good reason, too! Too bad all the bishops don't do this consistently) But we didn't excommunicate bishops or priests who said nothing about Adolph Hitler in Germany or Augusto Pinochet in Chile, nor did the church excommunicate those who belonged to their organizations. (right now my patience has just about run out, and all I can say is #$%&*! First of all, the former groups' members joined voluntarily. The latter - conscripted for the most part. And surely not all were Catholic. Secondly, Hitler and Pinochet were murdering Catholics at the time!!! Do ya think that maybe, just maybe, a formal excommunication would have exaceberated the situation? Geez Louise! And speaking of Louise...)
Now we are watching while Sister of Charity Louise Lears is denied the sacraments and the opportunity to minister in the archdiocese of St. Louis for her support of the role of women in the church (misleading - she supported the ordination of women, which is a lot different than just saying "role of women in the church"), though women religious have always worked on behalf of the role of women in church and society (a lot of men have done that too!) when the rest of the world stood aghast at the thought of even educating women, let alone training them for independence. Yet, at the same time, executioners in prisons -- who do their public work secretly! -- will not be excommunicated for executing prisoners. (what the hell does that have to do with anything?) Whatever we think of the essential morality of state executions, the number of errors we now know to be the norm in the public practice of capital punishment ought surely be enough to make the practice morally reprehensible.
We are, in other words, dangerously close to being more punitive of women (and men!) who raise theological questions about women's role in the church than we are of any other facet of moral confusion or contention in society. (questions aren't being raised, and you know it. Dissent and disobedience are being preached, and it's being flaunted in the face of the Church. Your actions are forcing the Church's hand) And the situation is not a new one. In the 1600s, the church excommunicated Mary Ward for wanting to start a religious order of non-cloistered women. (maybe she was told no when she asked, and she did so anyway. That's a no-no) In our own era, in Indiana, they excommunicated M. Theodore Guerin, foundress of the Sisters of Providence, for starting new schools without the bishop's permission. She was canonized in 2006. (and since she was canonized, that meant the ex-communication was lifted. Which means one of two things - she repented, or it was unjust. I'm opting for the latter) In 1871, they excommunicated Mary MacKillop in Australia for trying to do the same and then beatified her in 1995. (The excommunication was done unjustly, as I found in the book "John Paul II's Book of Saints" - "The local bishop excommunicated Mary... the following year, near death, the bishop absolved the excommunication and apologized to Mary...", pg 308.
There will be a great deal written about Lears' situation, of course, -- and it should be -- while we all try to sort out both the question and the so-called spiritual cure. (The cure is called humility and obedience to the Church. If she, and others like her, repent and acknowledge the authority of the Church given Her by Christ, then that will be the moment of healing)
But the issue, not the system, is the issue. Instead of a difference of opinion about the role of women in religion, a subject that is at this moment of history a topic in every tradition, every religion, every part of the globe, we now have a full-blown ecclesiastical shoot-out. (Brought about by the actions of the sinners, not the teaching of the Church) An "excommunication." A casting out even of those who do not break the canon laws on the subject but who do broach the forbidden discussion. What should be seen as part of the spiritual discipline of living in hope and faith and openness to the Holy Spirit in "the-already-but-not-yet" is labeled instead as infidelity.
But the scripture is there and won't go away. In the face of all that, Jesus tells us a parable: "Do you want us to go and pull up the weeds?" the laborers in the story ask the farmer about the bad seed "an enemy had sown." The answer, at a time of great change and deep reflection, ought perhaps to give us great pause: "No," the scripture answers, "because as you gather the weeds you might pull up some of the wheat along with them." (me thinks this is not a proper interpretation of the parable. Nice try, though) We pulled up a lot of wheat with the excommunication of Martin Luther and the reformers, for instance, (Council of Trent was rather specific. And what - are you defending Luther now too?) and have been trying to repair those exclusions ever since. Surely this is no time to start doing the same kind of thing again. (I think the Church should be doing more of it, actually) Surely we have learned better by this time. Surely we don't want to do it to one nun whose only crime is a question (keep repeating the lie with the hope that it will change into the truth, Sister, but it won't fly here - the crime is the obstinate disobedience) and in whom the people see a minister (nice - use a masculine term instead of what she is - a "nun".) of uncommon quality. Maybe we ought to "leave some chaff and grain to grow up together" for a while longer until we can see clearly which is which. (Christ said we have to beware of wolves in sheep's clothing, too. Do we wait until they consume the flock, or before?)
From where I stand, Pope Benedict XVI is dead right about urging the Anglicans to sit down together and work things out. He's right about calling us to remember that we're all in a time of new beginnings. He's surely right, history shows us, about making community a more demanding factor than law with all its cultural vagaries and historic changes. Now if we ourselves would only take the call to heart and sit down together and do the same.
The Church is ready to listen to your apologies, Sister. Whenever you're ready.


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Fri, Oct 9, 09 at 12:28
A somewhat large plant (has flopped over) and has green "lanterns". I first noticed it some time ago and the lanterns still look the same (no blooms). It is in a slightly wooded/natural area at the back of my yard. |
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Depending on how "large" it is, could be ground cherry or bladdernut. |
I was thinking ground cherry (Physalis sp.) also... Nightshade family, closely related to tomatillos. |
- Posted by tomasincas Z5NWPA (My Page) on Sat, Oct 24, 09 at 20:48
Sounds just like my Japanesse lanterns,which are green before they turn orangish red...would like to see picture..Tom in Pa. |
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This commercial from Ikea Singapore might just be the best commercial ever made, or at least the best commercial to pay homage to Kubrick.
The "REDRUG" is an especially nice touch.
Brian Schmidt, who won the 2011 Nobel Prize in physics, talks about what it's like to travel with it:
You would think that carrying around a Nobel Prize would be uneventful, and it was uneventful, until I tried to leave Fargo with it, and went through the X-ray machine. I could see they were puzzled. It was in my laptop bag. It's made of gold, so it absorbs all the X-rays—it's completely black. And they had never seen anything completely black.
You know, you'd think that the winner of a Nobel Prize in physics would know what would happen when trying to get through airport security with one.
A customer ordered walnut bread from an online grocer, the grocer was out of walnut bread so they substituted an octopus instead.
Acknowledging their mistake, the team at Tesco cheerfully engaged in some banter about the slimy substitute item and offered Mr Goodger a refund – of 'a couple of squid'.
'This has ten-tickled us so much! Maybe the personal shopper was trying to be Billy the Squid?' the supermarket tweeted.
Not sure if this is a fair substitute. I've never had octopus, as far as I know, but I'm not a fan of walnut bread.
A news anchor in India has been suspended for pronouncing the President of China's name, Xi Jinping, as "Eleven Jinping".
"It is an unpardonable mistake," a senior official said on the condition of anonymity, saying the anchor was employed on a casual basis.
"We have debarred her from news reading for a few months."
The official said a shortage of news readers had forced the channel to run some news bulletins with less experienced staff.
First of all, the producer of the newscast is at fault. It's his/her job to make sure that everyone knows how to pronounce names/places/things properly, and to spell them phonetically on the teleprompter if necessary. This is especially true when it comes to foreign nouns.
Second, this is the funniest thing I've heard all week, and at first glance I would call him Eleven myself. It always confuses me when words or abbreviations are used that could be roman numerals. Is "Mac OS X" pronounced "Mac O Ess Ten" or "Mac O Ess Ex"? Whenever I read that someone was given a saline solution (or anything) intravenously, abbreviated IV, I always wonder why they were given a saline solution via four. Is the Oliva V cigar an "Oliva Vee" or an "Oliva Five"? Come to think of it, this will never not confuse me.
The Times attempts to calculate the total number of swings that Derek Jeter has taken in his entire baseball career.
Need a rest from all these swings? So did Jeter. He took Novembers and Decembers off, and he never practiced at home. "You would have a hard time finding a baseball at my house besides one that's got writing on it," he said.
I absolutely love the way the Times presented this.
Roger Angell's essay on Derek Jeter's impending retirement:
All right, I'll settle for one more inside-out line-drive double to deep right —the Jeter Blue Plate that's been missing of late. It still astounds me—Derek's brilliance as a hitter has always felt fresh and surprising, for some reason—and here it comes one more time. The pitch is low and inside, and Derek, pulling back his upper body and tucking in his chin as if avoiding an arriving No. 4 train, now jerks his left elbow and shoulder sharply upward while slashing powerfully down at and through the ball, with his hands almost grazing his belt. His right knee drops and twists, and the swing, opening now, carries his body into a golf-like lift and turn that sweetly frees him while he watches the diminishing dot of the ball headed toward the right corner. What! You can't hit like that—nobody can! Do it again, Derek.
I could read Angell all day long and never be bored.
I recently binge-watched the second seasons of both "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black" on Netflix. While doing so, something started to bother me: the opening credits are annoying long.
"House of Cards" opening credits is 1 minute, 32 seconds long, and there are 13 episodes per season. By the time you finish the season, you've suffered through watched just shy of 20 minutes of opening credits, which is about ⅓ of an episode. "Orange is the New Black" clocks in at 1 minute, 12 seconds long, which totals 15 minutes, 36 seconds per season, or about ¼ of an episode. Both shows opening credits are exactly the same from episode-to-episode, and they both place episode specific guest credits in the corner while the scene after the opening credits is shown.
When you consider that Netflix's ability to skip content is a little flawed (due to the inherent limitations of streaming), it's easier to just sit through the opening credits and stew rather than to try and skip them and waste even more time.
While both shows' opening credits are well done and appropriate for each show, they should be drastically cut for the second episode — and any additional — when you binge-watch them. I think a five second title card would be appropriate, a la "Breaking Bad", "Falling Skies", and some episodes from season two of "Elementary".
To be fair, there would have to be an amount of time that they would reset the opening credit skip window if you're not watching back-to-back. I'm going to propose a 3 hour window — if you watch an episode within 3 hours after the watching an episode and seeing the full credits, the opening credits of the subsequent episode would be skipped.
It should be very easy to implement this on Netflix produced shows since they have a certain amount of control over them. In the order for the shows, Netflix could specify that two different versions of each episode be created, one with the full opening credits and one with the abbreviated credits, and they can then stream the appropriate episode to the user.
However, what about the shows that Netflix did not produce? To skip the opening credits, Netflix would need to know the exact time the opening credits start and end. While this information might be available with recently produced shows, I'd be shocked if it was available on shows that were produced more than ten years ago.
Even if Netflix were to have that information, I'm guessing that their license agreements to stream the shows only allow them to stream an unaltered version of the show, making my brilliant idea moot.
What about the End Credits? I'm not entirely sure why, but the end credits don't bother me as much as the opening credits. Perhaps it's because the end credits can be used for bathroom breaks, food/drink refills, or to briefly discuss the episode that was just watched. More than likely it's because they are easily avoided on Netflix. As soon as the end credits start, you can press the stop button on the remote and then start playing the next episode.
I hope Netflix implements my idea soon, because if I sit through the opening credits of "House of Cards" for the third season, I will have watched one hour of opening credits, which is equivalent to an entire episode.
Jawbone looked at the data from Up devices from June 1, 2013 through June 1, 2014, organized by city.
The movement and sleep patterns of a city tell an amazing story about its culture and people. How active is a city? When do they go to bed on average, and how much do they sleep? How stark are the differences between weekends and weekdays? What events brought people together and significantly impacted the health of a city? Each pattern forms a distinct "thumbprint" for the city, the unique way its citizens live their lives. To an untrained eye, these images may just look like the abstract brush strokes of a Rothko painting. To a data scientist, however, these graphics richly detail the routines — and occasional abnormalities — of city denizens.
The main problem with data like this is that it represents a subset of a subset of people in the city: people who wear fitness trackers, and of those, people who wear a Jawbone Up. This is not a very representative sampling of people. By definition, people who wear fitness trackers are probably more concerned with their health and as such would, on average, go to bed earlier, get up earlier, and be more active than non-fitness tracker wearing people. The only data this really shows us is how Jawbone Up users in one city compare to Jawbone Up users in another city.
The Washington Post takes a look at the quality of beers in each of America's ballparks.
Counting single-day offerings, the Cincinnati Reds' selection of distinct beers went from 42 to more than 130 – the most in Major League Baseball, according to a Washington Post analysis. Craft sales increased even more dramatically, by 363 percent. The biggest-selling beer at the Brewery District is still Bud Light – not exactly a craft product – but stadium officials found that rather than taking away from existing beer sales, craft consumers were actually creating a new category.
The Mariners are number one, while my Yankees are dead last.
Eater brings us a look at the NYC hot dog, both a history and a look at the unique varieties in NYC.
Sausages and bread are among the oldest forms of processed food. German immigrants to New York City served frankfurters and wieners with milk rolls and sauerkraut from pushcarts on the Bowery from at least the 1860s onwards. The recipes for these sausages dated back hundreds of years, with Frankfurt, Germany and Vienna, Austria vying for ownership of the "original" hot dog. But, just as with pizza, an old world food form was transformed and given greater significance in America. In 1871, German butcher Charles Feltman opened a hot dog stand in Coney Island, then an up-market destination for the affluent. It established Coney Island as ground zero for the hot dog.
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Friday, April 2, 2010
April is Confederate History Month
April is here! Not only is everything finally starting to bloom after a long, cold weather, April also marks one of the most important months in the history of our nation. In 1861, April marked the beginning of the Civil War, and in 1865, it marked the end of the war. For that reason, April is now Confederate History and Heritage Month, a time to remember the sacrifices of those who fought for the Southern cause.
April 26 has come to be recognized as Confederate Memorial Day in many Southern states. For more than 100 years, the Ladies' Memorial Association, United Daughters of the Confederacy and Sons of Confederate Veterans have held memorial services on or near this day. Other Southern States recognize this day, which began as Decoration Day, on May 10 and June 3.
The history of Decoration Day is said to have begun with Mrs. Charles J. Williams, whose husband served as Colonel of the 1st Georgia Regiment during the war. He died of disease in 1862, and was buried in his home town of Columbus, Georgia.
Mrs. Williams and her daughter visited his grave often and cleared the weeds, then placed flowers upon it. Her daughter also pulled the weeds from other Confederate graves near her Father. After the daughter died, Mrs. Williams visited the graveyard and noticed the unkept soldiers' graves. She wrote a letter that was published in Southern newspapers asking the women of the South for their help. She requested that memorial organizations be established to take care of the thousands of Confederate graves from the Potomac River to the Rio Grande. She also asked the state legislatures to set aside a day in April to remember the men who wore the gray. With her leadership, April 26 was officially adopted in many states. Mrs. Williams died in 1874, but not before her native state of Georgia adopted it as a legal holiday.
Many are not aware that those who served the Confederacy came from many races and religions. There was Irish born General Patrick R. Cleburne, black Southerner Amos Rucker, Jewish born Judah P. Benjamin, Mexican born Colonel Santos Benavides, and American Indian General Stand Watie.
Find out more by visiting Confederate History Month.
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- Stephen Clay McGehee said...
Excellent as always, Jessica. Thanks for helping keep Southern history alive. I started a thread on the Confederate Colonel forum regarding this blog post.
http://www.southernagrarian.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1145 - April 2, 2010 at 7:38 PM
- Kate said...
If you want a good read for Confederate History Month the try Bedlam South, it's set in Richmond and features the story of two brother fighting on the Confederate side. A great read for understanding the life these solidgers faced.
- April 7, 2010 at 9:38 AM
- Jessica James said...
Thanks, Kate. I LOVE to get book recommendations!
- April 7, 2010 at 10:18 AM
- Kate said...
Well I have no shortage of those. I actually gave my boss a summer reading list. She told me she never read any books in college.
- April 8, 2010 at 7:54 AM
- Amy Tate said...
Love the Belle Boyd quote! I'm a huge fan. Did you happen to see any of the news coverage surrounding the re-enactment at Appomattox? It was really cool. Made me wish my novel was published...ugh.
- April 10, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Jessica James said...
No, I didn't see anything on Appomattox - darn! Living north of the Mason-Dixon line does not serve me well :)
- April 12, 2010 at 10:29 AM
- Mirella Sichirollo Patzer said...
Hi Jessica,
Just stopping by to say hi and follow your blog! It's such a beautiful blog and I love all the content. - April 12, 2010 at 4:24 PM
- Jessica James said...
Thanks for stoppiing by Mirella. Hope all is well with you!
- April 13, 2010 at 4:51 PM
And I quote...
--Ronald Reagan at Pointe du Hoc, 1984