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[Windows] FileSearchy is a new, fast file and folder search tool
Posted By Ashraf On February 18, 2014 @ 12:00 AM In Windows | 2 Comments
[1]In real life (aka not digital life), my wife — and my mother — are the equivalent of desktop search. If I need to find something, a quick yell to either of the ladies usually results in Ashraf getting what he was searching for. (No, I don't live in my parents' basement… I have a room of my own, thank you very much.) Unfortunately, neither are very useful in finding stuff on my computer. (Fortunately? My porn collection is safe!) For digital searching needs, I tend to use Windows 7's default search tool simply because it is conveniently placed in my Start Menu.
However, while Windows 7's search tool is a significant improvement over the built-in search for earlier versions of Windows, it is still a bit slow. So if you want speed in finding files and folders and you don't like any of the offerings we have mentioned in our review of best free desktop search tools [2], you may want to try the new kid on the block: FileSearchy.
Main Functionality
FileSearchy is a file and folder search tool for your computer; it allows you to easily and quickly find files and folders.
Take note FileSearchy comes in two editions, Free ($0 for personal use only) and Pro ($24.95). The following table lists out the differences between Free and Pro:
[4]FileSearchy is the new kid on the block. And it performs relatively well — just don't expect it to do something extraordinary.
Back in 2009 I came across a program called Everything [5]. Everything is a free file and folder search tool and what impressed me about Everything was that it is extremely fast. And when I say extremely fast, I mean pretty much instant search results. FileSearchy provides similar search speeds. Unfortunately for FileSearchy, insane search speeds was a big thing… in 2009. In 2014, there are dozens upon dozens of free and paid desktop search tools that provide similarly instant search results. That is not to say FileSearchy is a bad program; it is a good program — I can't fault the program for being new to the game. However, it does mean that what FileSearchy offers is something which is not too unique in today's day and age.
But hang on a second. It looks like the developer of FileSearchy recognizes the fact that there are other very fast search tools out there, so the developer tried to stand out above the crowd by combining two features: a) making FileSearchy return fast results and b) supporting search of content inside files.
You see, most — if not all — of the superfast search tools like Everything only support search by file/folder name; searching inside files is left to the slower search tools because searching inside files, by nature, cannot return instant results. And unfortunately for FileSearchy, it doesn't break the laws of physics.
The developer of FileSearchy states: "[FileSearchy] provides real-time search by file name. Unlike other search tools with instant file search, it also allows searching by content string, date and size." Technically, this is true — FileSearchy does provide instant search results and it does support searching by content (searching inside files), date, and size. However, you get instant — or almost instant — search results when searching by name, date, and size but you do not get instant search results when searching by content — searching by content is the usual slow, aggravating task.
Of course, simply having the ability to search inside files as an added bonus to the ability to instantly search for files and folders by name has some value in and of itself, even if searching inside files isn't instant. However, it is my duty to make it clear that searching inside files is not instant.
Overall, FileSearchy is a good program… but it doesn't provide anything groundbreakingly unique or new. The attraction to FileSearchy is it provides superfast search results when searching by file/folder name, date modified, or size plus has the ability to search inside files (even though search inside files isn't very fast). If you need all that functionality packed into one desktop search tool, by all means get FileSearchy — it comes in both Free and Pro versions. However, if you already have desktop search tools that fulfill these roles or can live with having two separate desktop search programs — one that provides superfast search by name and one that offers the slower search by content — then FileSearchy doesn't really offer anything to you.
So roll up your sleeves, bite down on your tongue, and make this gruelingly hard decision… while I go and have some cheese fries. And also be sure to read dotTech's review on best free desktop search tool for Windows [2].
Price: Free (for personal use only), $24.95 — Pro
Version reviewed: 1.11
Supported OS: Windows XP/Vista/7/8
Download size: 8.12 MB
VirusTotal malware scan results: 0/49 [6]
Is it portable? No
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[5] Everything: http://dottech.org/84686/windows-best-free-desktop-search-program/#bestfree
[6] 0/49: https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/09f233f2e54743d7fd572a9576941117fac4bd7e3a33d67adf76c4d4ec94f4fb/analysis/1392703169/
[7] FileSearchy homepage: http://www.filesearchy.com/
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A conference on the Chicago Wilderness Oak Recovery Plan
September 11, 2014
Oak trees once dominated the forests and savannas of the Chicago region. They were keystone species, the foundation of entire ecosystems. Now, oak species are in decline in the region, both in developed urban sites and in natural areas. Oaks that have been lost are not being replaced; oaks are not regenerating in ecosystems drastically changed by development and competition from more shade-tolerant species. When the grand old oaks that survive today reach the end of their lifespans, we may be left with far fewer oaks.
The partners in Chicago Wilderness are developing a plan to sustain oaks, both in urban sites and in natural areas. During the conference, the first draft of the Chicago Wilderness Oak Recovery Plan will be presented to gain feedback from a wide range of stakeholders who have an interest in the future of oaks: natural areas managers; municipal and commercial arborists; urban planners; landscape architects; private landowners; public land managers; and representatives of the nursery and landscape industries, government, and nonprofits.These stakeholders will discuss the importance of oaks in cities and suburbs as well as natural ecosystems; the challenges oaks face; mapping and projections for past, present and future oak populations; targets, strategies and tools for oak restoration; case studies; and opportunities for collaboration and action among Chicago Wilderness stakeholders to forge a future for oaks.
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The Transportation Sustainability Program (TSP) was created to better support the City's longstanding Transit First policy by modifying the City's development review practices to ensure that development impacts to the transportation system are offset by improvements to the system as a whole, with a primary focus on transit and multi-modal solutions.
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Changing how the City evaluates the effects of new development on the transportation system - emphasizing all modes of transportation - under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and
Establishing a citywide Transportation Sustainability Fee (TSF) to offset the cumulative impacts of projects on the City's transportation network.
These initiatives ensure that development review practices are consistent with the City's policies and priorities, and that a development's impact on San Francisco's transportation system is fully offset through system improvements.
Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), development projects being proposed must undergo environmental review.
Currently, the primary way that a project's environmental effects on the transportation system are determined is by using a measure called Automobile Level of Service (LOS), which measures automobile delay at certain intersections or roadway segments. As a result, the environmental mitigations proposed to offset impacts identified using LOS are focused on improving automobile throughput. This is often infeasible in a dense, urban environment such as San Francisco. Oftentimes these mitigations are also in contradiction to the City's Transit First and other multimodal policies and priorities.
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The proposed fee would supplement existing local transportation funding sources and would fund a $1.4 billion expenditure program, over twenty years, shown to directly offset the impacts on the transportation system made by new development.
The TSF would replace or be a credit against payment of existing transit-related development fees such as the Transit Impact Development Fee (TIDF) and the Community Infrastructure Impact Fees if applicable (e.g. Eastern Neighborhoods, Market and Octavia) in order to avoid double charging for transit impacts of new development. The TSF would apply to all land uses, except for single-family homes.
The TSP is the first program in San Francisco which integrates impact fees with the CEQA process such that paying the impact fee means that a project is mitigating its environmental impacts.
The proposed TSF includes a Policy Credits program to support desirable programs and/or policy outcomes by providing a reduction to or waiver from the fee. There is $40 million in Policy Credits available over a twenty year period. The following types of projects are eligible for fee waivers or reductions under the Policy Credits program:
The TSF is anticipated to generate $630 million over twenty years. That revenue will be used to leverage an additional $820 million in other local, state, and federal transportation revenues to fund a $1.4 billion expenditure program.
This will fund a set of highly-efficient and cost-effective improvements to the transportation system which will offset the impact of twenty years of development activity on that system. The program will focus on initiatives which show the greatest positive impact on transportation system performance.
The Transit Impact Development Fee (TIDF) is an existing impact fee on nonresidential development which, in the absence of an approved TSF, serves as the City's primary mechanism to offset development's impacts on the City's transit system. An update to the TIDF in 2012 revised the fee rates for the first time in eight years, enhancing the fee's capacity to offset development impacts on the transit system. The TIDF fee rates and use categories for non-residential uses are consistent with the proposed TSF Ordinance.
Link: Existing TIDF (Planning Code Section 411)
The Transportation Sustainability Program is a joint effort between the San Francisco Planning Department, the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, the Office of Economic and Workforce Development, and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency.


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BREAKING: FBI releases video and photos of bombing suspects
by WILY/WRXX News Staff • April 18, 2013 • News
In an afternoon press conference, the FBI officially released photos and video of suspect #1 and suspect #2 in the Boston Marathon bombing.
The agency is requesting the media release these and only these images to the public and ask for the public's help in identifying the suspects. They also note both men are considered armed and highly dangerous, so they urge citizens to not approach the men if they see them. To submit tips to the FBI regarding Monday's bombing, call 1-800-CALL-FBI, or go to BostonMarathonTips.FBI.gov
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Lange admits at this point in the process the Lake Belt could be almost impossible to stop. Still she hopes her efforts can save more of the wetlands and pressure the miners to pay more for destroying the wetlands.
Back in her Coconut Grove office, the activist saves her best for last, pulling out a letter she plans to introduce at the May 17 Lake Belt committee meeting (held monthly), of which she is now a member representing the Sierra Club. It's vintage Lange, playful with an underlying seriousness. "We object to the euphemism of a so-called Lake Belt plan," she writes in the letter. "What is actually being evaluated is an immense system of quarry pits that cause considerable adverse ecological effects and provide minimal, if any, ecological values."
Since 1996 the four major rock-mining companies involved in the Lake Belt have given more than $124,000 to candidates, parties, and political-action committees. The actual total is likely much higher, because the number does not include contributions from individuals. For example Paul Larsen himself has donated close to $7000. Some environmentalists believe there is more than a casual connection between the rock miners' ability to push the Lake Belt through Tallahassee and the generous support they bestow. Among the favorite recipients of the miners' financial largess are state Rep. Alex Villalobos and state Sen. Mario Diaz-Balart. The two Miami-Dade County legislators regularly receive the maximum $500 donation from the companies.
"They have been enthusiastic about the plan," says Larsen of the two politicians. "They have been convinced, again all things considered, that this is good."
Villalobos says he liked the Lake Belt plan when he first saw it as a freshman representative in 1992, because everyone, including environmentalists, had agreed to it. "We got it after it was chewed and digested," he notes.
The representative insists he doesn't receive more money from the miners than anyone else.
Villalobos might be expected to have a special insight into rock mining. His father, José Villalobos, is a lobbyist for Rinker, the largest rock miner in the Lake Belt. The elder Villalobos is a liaison to a county blasting task force formed to investigate the complaints of angry homeowners over blasting by the miners. Villalobos sees no conflict. "What we did had nothing to do with the blasting issue," says the legislator.
But despite the cash, the rock miners might not be as invincible as Podgor and Rist seem to believe. Just ask Jane Gentile.
The North Miami-Dade real estate agent knew nothing about the Lake Belt, though she lived just 1.8 miles from its proposed boundaries. Like many North Miami-Dade residents, Gentile has felt the impact of blasting while inside her home. She does not necessarily attribute it to limestone mining, though. Her unincorporated neighborhood is known by its residents as Country Club Lakes, which underscores that just as much, if not more, blasting has come from developers excavating fill on which to build waterfront subdivisions than it has from mining.
Gentile first learned about the Lake Belt last November while reading e-mail advisories from her real estate association. Despite being a member of the local zoning board Community Council 5, until then it was on her radar as a hazy environmental plan that included drinking water safeguards. "Lake Belt, Karate Belt, what did I know about it? I'm a realtor." she laughs. "This stuff was way above my head."
That is until she stumbled upon the small legislative notice for an amendment passed by the legislature in June 1999. The new law forced all homeowners living within two miles of the boundaries of the Lake Belt to include an affidavit of disclosure when selling their houses. The affidavit notifies the buyers their new home is in close proximity to an area where dangerous explosives are being used. The punishment for not including the affidavit in home sales included civil and criminal misdemeanor penalties. A home buyer who did not sign the document could return the house up to seven years after its purchase. The new law affected more than 50,000 homeowners.
"It completely removes the miners from any liability for blasting," notes Gentile.
Representative Villalobos says he was unaware the language for the affidavit had been slipped into his 1999 bill for the Lake Belt, which among other things set mitigation fees for the miners. "[The affidavit amendment] was made in the Senate," he is quick to say.
Gentile and South Broward Realty Association president Bill Valdez claim Senator Diaz-Balart admitted to them he put the affidavit into the bill in the last two days of the session. Diaz-Balart acknowledges responsibility for inserting the amendment.
At a community council meeting shortly after reading the e-mail, Gentile had the opportunity to question someone from the South Florida Water Management District who was giving a presentation about the Lake Belt. In response county staff quietly passed out the affidavit to the board. Gentile says she leaped from her seat and began hollering. The zoning board quickly passed a unanimous resolution demanding repeal of the new law.
Gentile notified Valdez, who began to lobby aggressively in Tallahassee against the measure.
Today even Paul Larsen admits the affidavit was a mistake. "The miners may have suggested that, but it went too far," he says. "The affidavit inflamed people; it made them mad." He says the miners didn't anticipate the strength of the reaction against the affidavit and what was perceived as heavy-handed action by them. He notes that until now the miners, who sell their product wholesale, not retail, have never had to be sensitive to public perception.


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LAFAYETTE, LA — On April 25, at approximately 9:00 p.m., Lafayette Police responded to a parking lot in the 1100 block of West Willow Street regarding a shooting. The victim, an 18 year old male of Lafayette, was involved in an altercation on a parking lot when the suspect produced a handgun and began firing.
As the victim was fleeing the area he was shot once in the back. The victim was transported to an area hospital and treated for his injuries and later released. The suspect fled the area.
Detectives with the Lafayette Police Department were able to identify the suspect as Dandre R. Mckinley, 21, of Lafayette. An arrest warrant for Attempted First Degree Murder was issued for the arrest of Mckinley on May 1, 1012.
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214 | i. | Judge William McCloud, born 04 Jul 1776 in County Tyrone, Ireland; died 11 Mar 1846 in Harding County, Ohio; married Elizabeth Boswell Abt. 1798 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | ||
ii. | Robert McCloud, born Bet. 1778 - 1780 in County Tyrone, Ireland. | |||
iii. | Alexander Roderick McLeod, born 1782 in Quebec, Lower Canada; died 11 Jun 1840 in Quebec, Lower Canada; married A Metis Woman Abt. 1818 in Canada; born Abt. 1800 in Quebec, Lower Canada. |
Notes for Alexander Roderick McLeod: FROM WIKIPEDIA, THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA Alexander Roderick McLeod, (c. 1782 - June 11, 1840), was a fur trader and explorer who began his career with the North West Company in 1802. McLeod became a chief trader with the Hudson's Bay Company after they joined with the NWC ub 1721. He was highly active in solidifying the HBC role in the Pacific Northwest and was instrumental in George Back's Arctic Expedition. McLeod was a maverick in the eyes of the HBC but was an important employee who served the company in a variety of settings. He was passed over for a position as a chief factor, something he expected and felt he had earned. A son-in-las who has married his daughter, Sarah, John Ballenden did achieve this position with the company. The source for the following two paragraphs is this website: HISTORY BY MCCLOUD HERITAGE JUNCTION MUSEUM; MCCLOUD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ; HISTORY OF MCCLOUD; WWW.MCCLOUDCHAMBER.COM/HISTORY.HTML In 1829, a party of Hudson Bay Company trappers and explorers, led by Peter SKeene Ogden and Alexander Roderick McLeod, were the first white men to travel through the valley where the town of McCloud now stands. In the years that followed a few hardy folks homesteaded in the beautiful Squaw Valley including Joaquin Miller, later known as the Poet of the Sierras. In 1892, A.F. Friday George built the first mill located in what is now McCloud, but it failed because of the difficulty of hauling the lumber over the hill by oxen. In 1897, the town of McCloud was finally established by George W. Scott and William VanArsdale, founders of the McCloud River Railroad Company. The railroad made it economically feasible to transport the lumber to more populated areas. The two men also purchased many of the small failed mills including the old Friday George mill and named it the McCloud River Lumber Company. Thus began the lumber company town of McCloud. In 1997 at the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the town of McCloud, Deane Russell Brown was the Grand Marshall and McLeod descendent in their parade. Alexander Roderick McLeod, fur trader and explorer; born about 1782 in the province of Quebec; died June 11, 1840 in Lower Canada. In 1802, Alexander joined the Northwest Company as a trader. When the Northwest Company merged with Hudson's Bay Company in 1821, he became Chief Trader. Alexander Roderick McLeod joined the North West Company in 1802, and served on the Peace River (Alta/British Columbia) and in the Athabasca country; his journal for the summer of 1806 was written at Fort Dunvegan. Historian James Nevin Wallace has described him as a powervully built man who played a "secondary role" in the rivalry with the Hudson's Bay Company. At the coalition of the two companies in 1821, McLeod was appointed a chief trader in the HBC's Athabasca district, and entered a new and controversial phase in his fur-trading career. As early as the 1822/23 season, he was criticized for his "preposterous and galling use of authority" in the MacKenzie River district, and his posting south to the Columbia district in 1825 was the prelude to a series of dramatic incidents in the Oregon country, where rival British and American traders had equal rights. While Peter Skene Ogden was opening up the Snake River country in the interior for the HBC, McLeod was entrusted with a series of flanking expeditions south from Fort Vancouver (Vancouver, Washington), along the Oregon coast. In this way Chief Factor John McLoughlin hoped to scour the region for furs and to discover whether the river, called the Buenaventura, rumoured to flow from the Rocky Mountains into the Pacific, somewhere between the Columbia River and San Francisco Bay, existed. Given the difficulties of the drainage system of the Snake country and the Great Basin, such a river, if navigable, would have been of considerable commercial value. It did not exist but hopes were pinned for a time on the Sacramento River. McLeod, who was later described by Governor George Simpson as an overbearing figure who was nevertheless an "excellent shot, skilful Canoe Man and a tolerably good Indian Trader," was not quite the man for this search. After reaching the Columbia in the fall of 1825, he set out in May 1826 with his own brigade on a summer trapping expedition towards the Umpqua River (Oregon). It was characteristic of much that was to come that he turned back short of his destination, though he picked up from the Indians reports of a "great river" south of the Umpqua. In September 1826 he left Fort Vancouver with instructions from McLoughlin "to hunt and explore" in that area. He travelled past the Umpqua to the Tootenez (Rogue) River, but found it unimpressive and partly blocked at its mouth by a sand-bar. He arrived back at Fort Vancouver in March 1827. In 1827/28 McLeod wintered on the Umpqua, finding few furs, and in the summer of 1828 he commanded a punitive expedition against the Klallam Indians of Hood Canal (Washington), who had killed five HBC men. The death of more than 20 Indians was to call down on McLeod severe censure from the company's London committee, but to McLoughlin the expedition had been "most judiciously conducted." On his return McLeod was given a more ambitious task. Hopes of finding a large navigable river to the south persisted, and new information about the region had reached Fort Vancouver after the killing of the party of American trader Jedediah Strong Smith in July 1828. McLeod was dispatched two months later to retrieve Smith's goods and, using the trader's map of the trail from San Francisco Bay, to head the HBC's penetration into Mexican California. The first part of the task was skilfully accomplished without bloodshed, but McLeod then left his men on the Umpqua, contrary to orders, while he returned to Fort Vancouver "for instructions" and, some said, for Christmas and to see his family. Sent back to his brigade in January, he continued south and, fighting off Indians, reached the Sacramento valley in April; but as he moved back north, away from the area of Mexican influence, his party was caught by winter in the mountains of northern California. McLeod lost his horses, cached his furs (which were to be ruined by melting snow), and, leaving his men on the Umpqua, arrived at Fort Vancouver in February 1830. His conduct was widely regarded as incompetent and irresponsible; some, including his friend John Stuart and, perhaps more surprisingly, George Simpson, found reasons for his behaviour in his broken health. McLeod himself wrote of the difficulties of crossing rugged terrain and dealing with unenthusiastic men. But in March the London committee, castigating him as "extremely deficient in energy and zeal," denied him the chief factorship he expected, and had him posted to the MacKenzie district the following year. His "Southern" expeditions, though they never produced large returns of fur, did serve significantly in maintaining the HBC's presence in the Oregon country. The eventful years of McLeod's career were over. As he journeyed from Fort Simpson (N.W.T.) in 1833 to the Canadas to recover his health, he received a letter from George Simpson, who believed McLeod "would have made an excellent Guide," promising him his support for a chief factorship if he agreed to serve on George Back's Arctic expedition. This he did, faithfully, until 1835, accompanied by his Indian wife and three children. Although, by arrangement, he did not accompany them back down the Great Fish (Back) River to the Arctic Ocean; he hunted, fished, and established camps for the party. His reward came when he was made a chief factor in 1836. His last years in the northwest were spent at Great Slave Lake (1835-37) and Fort Dunvegan (1837-39). McLeod died in June 1840 while on furlough. He left in his will "some small property" and about L5,000 to the mixed-blood woman he had married according to the custom of the country in his NWC days, and to their seven surviving children, including Sarah and Alexander Roderick Jr., who had participated in James Dickson's short-Lived army of liberation. McLeod considered their mother to be his "legitimate wife" (contrary to the attitude of many fur traders in country marriages) and in 1841 the Doctors' Commons in England declared their marriage legally valid. These notes were written by Glyndwr Williams SOURCE: Hudson's Bay Company Archives; Provincial Archives of Manitoba; Winipeg, Manitoba McLeod joined the North West Company in 1802, soon becoming a clerk on Peace River in the northwest. In 1821 he became a chief trader when the Hudson's Bay Company absorbed the North West Company, serving in the Athabasca and MacKenzie River Countries; in 1823 he was transferred to the Columbia district. He trapped in south Oregon, led brigades in that region on subsequent years, then was transferred, in 1827, to the Fraser River briefly. He soon was back at Fort Vancouver. He led a punitive campaign against Puget Sound Indians, because of his "harshness" being turned down for promotion. McLeod led the party which buried Jedediah Smith's massacred men in southern Oregon, being criticized for "dilatory" leadership of that expedition. McLeod let the first HBC brigade to trap central California in 1829-1830. His trip was a failure and McLoughlin sharply criticized him. McLeod was transferred to the MacKenzie River area, where he ended his service. |
More About Alexander Roderick McLeod: Occupation: Frontiersman |
More About A Metis Woman: Native American Tribe: A Metis, a Cree or a Metis-Cree |
iv. | Peter John McLeod, born 1784 in Quebec, Lower Canada. |
215 | i. | Elizabeth Boswell, born 17 Nov 1775 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; married Judge William McCloud Abt. 1798 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
i. | Sarah Hamm, born 25 May 1806 in Milborne Port, Somerset, England. | |||
218 | ii. | Samuel Hamm, born 26 Jul 1809 in Milborne Port, Somerset, England; died 03 Jan 1860 in Milborne Port, Somerset, England; married Louise Davis Abt. 1832 in Milborne Port, Somerset, England. |
Notes for Caltrina Walter: Catrina was born in a house which had been built in 1763 by Sir William Johnson for his schoolmaster, Edward Hall of Philadelphia. Catherine Walter may have also been known as Catherine Walder. |
i. | Isaac Argersinger, born 1793 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 1799 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. | |||
ii. | Jacob Argersinger, born 1794 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 1799 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. | |||
iii. | Unknown Argersinger, born 1796 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; married Elisha Bennett 1812 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; born 1783 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. | |||
iv. | Johannes Argersinger, born 03 Aug 1798 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 1799 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. | |||
220 | v. | Baltus M. Argersinger, born 10 Aug 1802 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died Aft. 1870 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; married Clarissa Mason 01 Jan 1829 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York. | ||
vi. | Michael Argersinger, born 1807 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 12 Feb 1881 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; married Rebecca Davis 1832 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; born Mar 1812 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 24 Nov 1887 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. |
Notes for Michael Argersinger: In the 1870 Census, Michael Argersinger (age 69), a farmer, resided in the Town of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York with Rebecca (age 57), Agusta (age 20), Giles (age 13), Isaac (age 31), and Mary (age 28). The value of Michael's real estate was $2000. According to his tombstone, Michael died in his "73rd year". |
More About Michael Argersinger: Cemetery: Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton, New York Residence: Johnstown, New York; Manlius, New York |
Notes for Rebecca Davis: In the 1870 Census, Rebecca Argersinger (age 57) resided in the Town of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York with Michael (age 69), Agusta (age 20), Giles (age 13), Isaac (age 31), and Mary (age 28). According to her tombstone, Rebecca died in her "76th year". |
More About Rebecca Davis: Cemetery: Johnstown Cemetery, Johnstown, Fulton, New York Residence: Johnstown, New York; Manlius, New York |
vii. | Catherine Argersinger, born 17 Sep 1812 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 22 Nov 1871 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; married Robert Wilson Van Nostrand 22 Mar 1831 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York; born 16 Oct 1806 in Johnstown, Montgomery, New York; died 04 Dec 1881 in Johnstown, Fulton, New York. |
More About Catherine Argersinger: Residence: Johnstown, Fulton, New York |
More About Robert Wilson Van Nostrand: Occupation: Glove Manufacturer Residence: Johnstown, Fulton, New York |
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Fundamental Equation
Working with odds
Why no error term?
Why isn't Y in the
fundamental equation?
does maximum-likelihood estimation work?
Testing the
significance of the whole model
Testing the
significance of an explanatory variable
Performing a Logistic Regression with Computers
Interpreting the output
Suppose that as the manager of a store's credit department,
you have access to financial information (including categorical and
numeric variables) about customers from credit-reporting agencies.
Furthermore, based on your experience with these customers in the past
you can objectively classify them as good borrowers and those who have
defaulted on a payment to the store. Logistic regression lets
you see how the financial data relate to being a good borrower. With
this information you could tell which new customers should be granted store
credit and which should not.
Independent variable | One or more numeric variables. (may include dummy variables) |
Dependent variable | A categorical variable with only two
values: Yes/No or On/Off etc. (such a variable is called a dichotomous variable for obvious reasons) CAUTION: if Yes or No refers to whether an event happens after a variable lenght of time, logistic regression is inappropriate. See time-to-event (survival) models. |
Null hypothesis (H0) | None of the independent variables affects the probability that the dependent variable will be Yes or No. This implies that ß1, ß2, and ß3 are all zero and that only ß0 differs from zero. |
Research hypothesis | The dependent variable is more likely to be Yes for some values of the independent variables than for others. This implies that some of ß1, ß2, and ß3 differ from zero. |
Test statistic | c² |
Rejection region | Right tail (values of c² that are significantly larger than its d.f.) |
R = e(ß0 + ß1X1 + ß2X2 + ß3X3)
lnR = ß0 + ß1X1 + ß2X2 + ß3X3
R is the odds ratio that an event will occur,
Xi are the
independent variables,
Y is the dependent variable, called the response
This equation says that the odds that something will happen
(and hence the probability that it will happen) depend on some explanatory
variables, the Xi.
For example, if ß3 is positive, then an increase in X3 will increase the odds that the event will occur.
with odds ratios
The odds ratio is the ratio of the probability
that something will happen to the probability that it will not happen.
Let R = the odds ratio and let P = the probability
that something will happen.
Then the odds ratio is R = P ÷ (1 -
P) and P = R ÷ (1 + R).
Furthermore, lnR = ln P - ln(1 - P).
For example,
We might use the probability that the result would occur.
This would be better than a
dichotomous variable in that a probability
must be a real number between 0 and 1. But the regression could
predict that the probability is 1.2 or -0.3, and we know that probabilities
cannot have such values.
The odds ratio is even better because it can have any non-negative real value.
On the other hand, the logistic regression method discussed here uses maximum-likelihood estimation. For each observation i, the logistic regression method calculates the probability of observing Yj based on the odds ratio Rj for that observation. The method then chooses the set of ßis that maximizes the probability of observing the Yj that we did observe in the sample.
To perform a maximum-likelihood estimation we need a function that tells how the probabilities of the results are determined. The fundamental equation gives us this information by giving us a formula for the odds ratio. These probabilities are applied to the Yj.
The maximum-likelihood criterion for estimating a set of parameters specifies a probability function in terms of a set of parameters and then finds the set of values for those parameters that gives the greatest likelihood of observing the results that we actually did observe.
For example, take a simple one-parameter function: the
probability that one of Acme's
widgets will be good is P and the probability
that it will be defective is (1 - P). We sample four of their widgets
and find that the third one is defective and the others are good.
To apply this probability scheme to the observed results (the Yj) we assume that these widgets are selected randomly and independently.
The probability of finding such a sample is then L = P x P x (1 - P)
x P = P3 - P4. Use calculus to find the P that maximizes this function.
dL/dP = 3P2 - 4P3 = 0. So P = 3/4,
which happens to be the sample proportion. This illustrates that
the sample proportion is a maximum-likelihood estimator of the likelihood
that a randomly chosen Y will be a success.
Essentially, this is what logistic regression does except
that instead of having a simple
constant P as we had, logistic regression lets
P be a function of the independent variables, Xi.
Interpreting the ßi
Recall that ex+y = exey. So the fundamental equation can be written as
R = eß0 eß1X1 eß2X2 eß3X3
If one of the ßi is zero, then eßiXi is 1, so that term drops out of the equation--multiplying by 1 has no effect.
If ßi is different
than 1 then changes in Xi will have
a multiplicative effect on R.
A one-unit change in Xi will change eßiXi to
eßi(Xi +1), which is eßiXi eßi. So a one-unit change in Xi will increase R by a factor of eßi.
So, if ßi = 2.0 then a one-unit change in Xi will increase R by a factor of 7.389.
If ßi = 0.5 then a one-unit change in Xi will increase R by a factor of 1.649.
If ßi = -0.4 then a one-unit change in Xi will increase R by a factor of 0.6703, which is really a
decrease of 32.07%.
R would double as a result of a one-unit increase
in Xi if ßi = 0.6931.
When ßi = 2.0
then a one-unit change in Xi will increase
R by a factor of 7.389. So a
three-unit change in Xi will increase R by a factor of 3x7.389, right?
WRONG! Each one-unit increase
in Xi causes R to increase by a multiplicative
factor of 7.389. So three one-unit increases in Xi will cause R to increase by a factor of
Testing the significance of the whole equation
To test the significance of the whole equation (or the whole model) means to test whether any of the explanatory variables (the Xs) have an effect on the dependent variable (Y). If we find that the answer is "yes", we would also want to test the significance of individual explanatory variables. The approach used here is to measure the "fit" of the model to the data with and without the explanatory variables. The "fit" is measured by the likelihood (probability) that the observed sample data should be observed under the assumptions of the model. Technically, the fit is measured as the negative of twice the natural logarithm of the likelihood, -2LL.
The discussion below uses the following dataset for an example:
Predicted Y |
Predicted Y |
2 |
Hit |
2 |
Hit |
2 |
Miss |
2 |
Hit |
4 |
Miss |
4 |
Hit |
4 |
Miss |
4 |
Miss |
6 |
Miss |
6 |
Miss |
6 |
Miss |
6 |
Miss |
-2LL. The natural logarithm of the likelihood
function can be used to test the null hypothesis that all of the ßi are equal to zero. This is similar to the null hypothesis
of the F statistic in a familiar multiple linear regression.
If all of the ßi except for ß0 are equal to zero, the best prediction
for the odds ratio is the odds ratio for all Y in the whole sample.
Prediction under the null hypothesis. The
null hypothesis says that none of the X variables has any influence
on the probability or on the odds that Y will be a success. If
this is true, we could get the best estimates of the odds ratio by running
a logistic regression with no X variables. (JMP IN actually lets us do
this.) Under this circumstance, the best estimate of the odds ratio,
R, would be the odds ratio for the whole sample. For example, consider
a sample of 12 observations in which one-third of the Ys are successes
and two-thirds are failures. The naive estimate (using the null
hypothesis) of the odds ratio would be 1/3÷2/3 = 1/2. R
will be 1/2 if ß0 is ln(1/2)
= -0.69315. (To verify this, note that e-0.69315 =
1/2.) If the null hypothesis is true, each success had a 1/3 probability
of occurring and each failure had a 2/3 probability. Based on these
probabilities, the probability of observing four successes and eight
failures (as we did observe in this sample) would be (1/3)4(2/3)8
= 0.00048170916. The natural logarithm of this probability is
The JMP IN output for this model--using no X variable--is
as shown below:
Model |
-LogLikelihood |
ChiSquare |
Prob>ChiSq |
Difference |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0.0000 |
Full |
7.63817002 | |||
Reduced |
7.63817002 | |||
RSquare (U) |
0 |
Observations |
12 |
Term |
Estimate |
Std. Error |
Chi Square |
Prob>ChiSq |
Intercept |
-0.6931472 | 0.61237244 |
1.28120803 |
0.2577 |
Prediction under the alternative hypothesis. The
alternative hypothesis says that the X variables do influence the
probability of success and the odds ratio. The alternative hypothesis
does not constrain the ß1, ß2, and ß3 to equal zero. In the 12-observation
sample used above, it is apparent that a success ("Hit") is more likely
when X is 2 than when X is 6. The JMP IN results of this logistic
regression are the following:
Model |
-LogLikelihood |
Chi Square |
Prob>ChiSq |
Difference |
3.03305336 |
1 |
6.0661067 |
0.01378004 |
Full |
4.60511666 | |||
Reduced |
7.63817002 | |||
RSquare (U) |
0.3971 |
Observations |
12 |
Term |
Estimate |
Std. Error |
Chi Square |
Prob>ChiSq |
Intercept |
3.75134428 |
2.3346487 |
2.58184856 |
0.10809536 |
-1.2703325 |
0.69619146 |
3.3294876 |
0.06804807 |
This time, notice that the -LogLikelihoods for the Full
and Reduced models are different. The -LogLikelihood for the Reduced
model (without the X variables, or with ß1 set equal to zero) is the same as before. The -LogLikelihood
for the Full model (with the X variables in the equation) is less, indicating
that the estimated likelihood of getting the sample that we observed is
greater than the likelihood that the naive model gives us. The
-LogLikelihood for the Difference between the models is a measure of the
how adding the X variables to the model improves the model's fit and predicting
power. Statisticians have demonstrated that for large sample sizes,
-2xLogLikelihood has a probability distribution that is approximately a
chi-square distribution. Note that the chi-square statistic is exactly
twice the -LogLikelihood for the Difference. The number of degrees
of freedom is equal to the number of X variables in the model. The
Prob>ChiSq is the p value for the whole-model test. If there
is a significant improvement in the fit of the model, the difference in
the -LogLikelihoods will be great and the chi-square will be large. The
probability that we would randomly find a chi-square value this large or
larger will therefore be small. So, small p values (less than
5% usually, sometimes less than 1% if we want to be more cautious) indicate
that changes in X do have an effect on the probability of success. (This
is a whole-model test. If there had been more than one X variable,
a small p value would indicate that at least one, but not necessarily
all, of the X variables has an effect on the probabilty of success.) On
the other hand, if there really is no effect of X on the probability of success,
the difference would be small (it should be zero but there is always some
randomness) and the chi-square value would be small and the p value
would be closer to 0.5 or even 0.
The Logit R² (sometimes denoted by U) is similar
to the R² from a linear regression analysis. It gives the percentage
of the overall fit that is due to using the X variables in the model to
change the probabilities. It is calculated as
or in terms of the JMP IN output
In the example above, we have R² = 3.033 ÷
7.6381 = 0.3971. If the X variable had not had any influence on the
probability of success, R² would be close to zero. At the other
extreme, if knowing X could let us predict success or failure perfectly,
R² would be 1.00.
Making predictions. Once we have estimates
of the parameters (the ßi) of the fundamental equation, we can estimate the
probability of success for any observation or any hypothetical values of
the X variables. A natural criterion for predicting success is to only
predict success when the probability is greater than 1/2 (and the odds ratio,
R, is greater than 1.0 and ß0 + ß1X1 + ß2X2 +
ß3X3 is greater than zero). However, sometimes
we may be willing to miss a few true successes, so that we are less apt to
incorrectly predict success when in fact the case turns out to be a failure.
For example, we might be trying to predict which patients will be suitable
for a new drug. If the drug has fatal side-effects, we would want to
reduce the change of falsely predicting success.
Classification matrix: Whatever criterion we use, we can classify our predictions according to the table below. The percentage correctly classified (also called the hit ratio) is the sum of the number of successes correctly predicted and the number of failures correctly predicted divided by the total number of cases. Some researchers choose their criterion so as to maximize their hit ratio. JMP IN's Receiver Operating Characteristic curve (ROC) plots similar information for various criterion levels.
Predicted success |
Predicted failure |
Actual success |
3 | 1 |
Actual failure |
1 |
7 |
Testing the significance of an explanatory variable
The Wald statistic is used to test the null
hypothesis that a ßi is equal
to zero, similar to a t statistic in the familiar multiple linear
regression. If the p value for a coefficient bi is small (less
than or equal to a), the null hypothesis
should be rejected, implying that the variable Xi does influence the probability that Y will be 1.0 (a "success").
If we find that some of the variables do not seem to have
an effect on Y, it is usually good practice to reestimate the model without
those variables. (However, if there is a theoretical reason to believe
that a variable should have an effect on Y, then it would be better to leave
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Hamlet's Rep, Reconsidered
by Allan Appel | Mar 14, 2013 11:00 am
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Something is rotten in the state of Denmark, but everything's wonderful in the village of Westville.
That's how former Hopkins English teacher Susan Feinberg greeted the 40 or so Westvillians who came to the Mitchell Branch Library Wednesday afternoon to hear a stemwinder of a lecture on whether Hamlet's famous alleged hesitation to take revenge was really his problem—or a flaw in our understanding.
Feinberg, who taught English for nearly three decades at the Hopkins School, delivered a gripping defense of Hamlet's much discussed tragic flaw. She claimed that his many evasions and ploys were far from debilitating hesitation. Rather, she characterized them as planful steps in a struggle to justify in veiled but powerful Christian terms the revenge he ultimately takes on Claudius resulting in the body-strewn stage carnage that finally ends the play.
Her talk gripped the audience of largely older folks, many of whom attended specifically because they have tickets for the upcoming Yale Rep's production of Hamlet starring local acting prince Paul Giamatti. (It's already sold out.)
Feinberg's presentation Wednesday doubled as a recruitment event for HomeHaven, the growing self-help group that provides the supports for seniors to stay in their homes. Begun as East Rock Village, the group recently changed its name and is now expanding with branches citywide. Westville's is one of the fastest growing. Feinberg is a board member of HomeHaven.
At Mitchell on Wednesday afternoon, she seemed back in her old classroom negotiating her audience of white and grey-haired students through the Prince of Denmark's struggle with the "guilt culture" of Christianity; and his preoccupation with not suicide, but the afterlife [" ... to die, to sleep, but in that sleep of death what dreams may come when we shuffle off this mortal coil"]; versus the secular Elizabethan machismo culture of duels and revenge killings.
"I never slept well during the time I was teaching Hamlet because I couldn't turn the play off," she said.
In Feinberg's view several other characters, including Fortinbras and Laertes, show impetuous, sword-wielding revenge. They act as foils for Hamlet, showing him the deficiencies of simply striking out.
He needs to justify his impulse, expose Claudius, and make things a little better in Denmark: That's the heart of Feinberg's Hamlet and what separates it from the simple bloody revenge genre that filled Elizabethan stages.
"It's not Hamlet's problem. It's our problem if we can't see in the play that Hamlet is acting on pretexts higher than a ghost told him," she said.
Feinberg told the audience to watch for a few key scenes in the Yale Rep production to get Giamatti's take on the matter, including Hamlet's first ploy. "Will Paul Giamatti [merely] feign madness, or move it over into true insanity?" she asked.
Suzanne Eisner, another veteran English teacher in the audience, said she had some disagreements with the idea of Hamlet as a Christian gentleman. He didn't appear to have too many qualms about running Polonius through, Eisner observed.
Feinberg said she's also curious to see how the upcoming Yale Rep production treats Claudius's minister and Laertes pontificating dad Polonius. She seems him as a guy who, well, deserves to get run through, even by the young Christian prince.
"I see him as not as a buffoon but a despicable, dangerous, nasty, meddling old man," she said.
After she concluded her presentation, Feinberg was greeted by rousing applause that came just shy of a standing ovation.
"If Hamlet ever needed a defense attorney," Eisner said, "he has one in you."
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posted by: William Kurtz on March 14, 2013 12:36pm
Sounds great. I wish I could have made it to this talk. Thank you for the write-up.
Years ago, Professor Mike Shea, (now chair) of the SCSU English department taught a graduate class called 'Bringing Hamlet Alive' in which he encouraged students to explore the ambiguities and interpretive possibilities in the text and examine how they were resolved both by the individual act of reading the play and by various directors and actors on stage and film. That was more than 20 years ago and it's still probably the best, most influential time I ever spent in a classroom. A quick look at his course listing
suggests that the class might still be offered in some form.
Since then, I've seen the play performed dozens of times and every production has revealed some new nuance or possibility.
On another note, I didn't realize Hamlet was going to be the theatrical event of the season. I'm glad I got my tickets early for once.
posted by: Cinderella on March 14, 2013 6:26pm
Single tickets are still available online and at box office but you have to be prepared to be flexible as to attendance date and time. yalerep.org
I just bought mine 20 minutes ago for a 2pm show on Wed 27th.
posted by: Josiah Brown on March 15, 2013 6:09pm
Thanks for this preview of Hamlet, and to Susan Feinberg for her presentation.
Shakespeare's plays—including Hamlet—have been the subject of several Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute seminars and even more specific curriculum units that teachers have developed as Institute Fellows.
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"Approaches to Teaching Shakespeare"
"Shakespeare and Human Character"
In a 2010 New Haven seminar on "The Art of Reading People: Character, Expression, and Interpretation" led by English professor Jill Campbell, Marialuisa Sapienza of Co-op H.S. prepared a curriculum unit on Macbeth:
In a 2009 local seminar on "Writing, Knowing, Seeing" led by English professor Janice Carlisle, Melissa Dailey McCormack of Sound School developed a unit on Macbeth and Hamlet:
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posted by: Sagimore on March 21, 2013 10:04am
Just saw the Play last night, Polonius played the fool. I see him more as the dangerous person. Yale Rep saw him as a straight up dope. When he is killed I almost felt bad for him. I would compare him to a mobster who treats his family well but has no qualms of hurting people outside his family.


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Congratulations to Shell Stern, winner of the grant at the winter 2014 Charlottesville SOUP at The Jefferson Theater.
This winter 2014 SOUP was a special edition of SOUP in partnership with the 2014 New City Arts Forum called SOUP at the Forum. The New City Arts Forum is a biennial conference that provides challenging content and artistic engagement for the Charlottesville community with a high emphasis on relationship building. The Forum took place on March 6-8, 2014 with a focus on "Art, Food, and Community." For SOUP at the Forum, we sought creative projects that connect to the Forum's theme in some way. After careful consideration, the SOUP community panel selected four projects to present at SOUP at the Forum:
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Sam Togwell's early own goal was cancelled out by Mark Randall's 20th-minute free-kick before Joe Anyinsah fired Rovers back in front.
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