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Tony's 3RD title?
We have three races to go to decide the 2011 Sprint Cup Champion, and Smoke is now sitting in 2nd place a mere 8 points out of first. Tony has a great shot at winning this title, and I guess that would be pretty awesome for most of the people here. I for one though will be pretty #### off if he does win it. Tony had a #### poor season all the way up to the Chase (while Ryan was having a pretty good year compared to previous seasons) Tony barely made the Chase by the skin of his butt, while Ryan was well in the top 10.
The Chase starts and Tony comes alive, while the 39 just falls off. Tony wins three races and Ryan has to struggle to get a top 20. What happened there? Did the boss man decide he can't have his employee outrunning him, so he took all Ryan's stuff? How else can we explain the complete flip flop of the teams performances? They said last week at Martinsville that Tony was using Ryan's set up, was that because he was using Ryan's car? I am just so annoyed by SHR right now. A good Sponser comes along like Mobil 1 (a company that has sponsered Ryan thoughout his whole career) and Tony snatches them up although he has already got plenty of sponsorship. Tony gets the good CC and the good crew while Ryan is stuck w/ Tubby Gibson and a crew that is as inconsistant as the weather.
Now Tony is looking to bring two more drivers into the fold. Danika and whomever else he can get (It's not looking like Martin wants any parts of it) to share driving duties w/ her. Who in their right mind would look at The way this season has unfolded for SHR and say to themselves "Ya know I think Ryan is getting screwed by Smoke, I think I'd like to get it up the butt from him too." I think Tony is gonna have a very hard time finding a driver who is gonna be willing to play 2nd, 3rd or 4th fiddle to Tony. When I first heard of Ryan signing w/ SHR back in late 2008 I thought it was gonna be an awesome pairing, now seeing the way the Penske cars are running, and the way he has been treated by Tony I think it may have been a mistake.


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I never got into the MP3 thing. The wholesale swapping of music online just makes fair use look bad. Plus, my home computer is comfortably situated in the nexus of several speakers attached to a high-quality home stereo. Why would I trade several hundred CDs and high-fidelity recordings for tinny computer speakers? However, as my work schedule shifted, I found myself having a greater need for lugging CDs to and from work. This seemed to be a decent application for MP3s.
Ripping CDs to MP3 is a fairly straightforward process that is ripe
for automation. You need the artist, title, and song list from each
CD. This information is freely available online through a number of
online music databases. CDDB is the best-known example.
Armed with this information, you copy the audio track to your hard
drive using a "ripper." FreeBSD includes several different rippers,
and the core OS actually has the ability to rip audio tracks. You
then "encode" the ripped file to MP3. Finally, you label the MP3.
There are several other trivial functions that can be added to this
process to make life later a little simpler, such as writing
index files, but these are the basics.
My goals were simple: to drop a disc into the laptop's CD tray, type a command, and walk away until the rip finished. It can't be that hard; people barely capable of booting their computers can do it. It certainly wouldn't be worth a column.
Thus began a week-long saga of trying to rip CDs on FreeBSD. My eventual success shows some of the pitfalls of free software, and how to avoid or solve them.
A quick search of the FreeBSD ports tree led me to
/usr/ports/audio/ripit, which is a basic Perl script that automates
the ripping, conversion, and labeling process. "This looks perfect," I
thought, and installed the port. It installed a few dependency ports,
and I was ready to go.
# ripit.pl
Getting CDDB info...
Fatal: Cannot open configuration file "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xmcd/config/cdrom".
Fatal: Cannot open configuration file "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xmcd/config/cdrom".
TOC ERROR: No Artist Found at /usr/local/bin/ripit.pl line 297.
Well, this looks simple enough. One of the programs that
xmcd, isn't working. I tried running that program at the
command line and sure enough, it didn't work. Browsing the
directory listed above, I found quite a few configuration files and a
shell script,
config.sh. The top of the script said that it
xmcd, so I ran it. It asked me for my CD-ROM device name
/dev/acd0c) and a few other basic bits of information, then wrote out some configuration files.
xmcd program now ran, and pulled up the contents of any album I
put in. So, I tried to rip again.
# ripit.pl
Getting CDDB info...
And it hangs. And hangs. Why? Well, let's check the documentation.
# man ripit
No manual entry for ripit
Fine, be difficult. See if I care. At least
ripit is in Perl.
Almost any Unix admin can read Perl. I open the file in emacs and
browse through it until I find the "Getting CDDB info..." message.
Whatever's broken is beyond that.
sub get_cddb {
print "Getting CDDB info...\n";
system("rm $tocfile >/dev/null 2>&1");
system("cda -dev $cddev on >/dev/null 2>&1") ;
system("cda -dev $cddev toc >$tocfile") ;
system("cda -dev $cddev off >/dev/null 2>&1") ;
if ( ! -r $tocfile ) { die "$tocfile is missing"; }
Perl is running the program
cda. The arguments include whatever is
$cddev. Looking at the top of
ripit.pl, I see that we can set all
sorts of useful variables. The script expects to have the CD-ROM be
available as
/dev/cdrom. That's a useful, common convention, so I
create it. I also loosen the permissions on
/dev/acd0c, so a regular
user can read from the CD-ROM drive. I'd rather not have to rip as
root, after all!
# ln /dev/cdrom /dev/acd0c
# chmod +r /dev/cdrom
I also set the directory where I'd like the final MP3s to be entered. Now, let's test those commands.
# cda -dev /dev/cdrom on
CD audio daemon pid=34680 dev=/dev/cdrom started.
# cda -dev /dev/cdrom toc
Accessing CDDB...
Genre: Rock -> General Rock *
Front Line Assembly / Tactical Neural Implant
01 06:03 Final Impact*
02 05:51 The Blade*
03 05:04 Mindphaser*
04 05:46 Remorse*
05 05:26 Bio-Mechanic*
06 05:23 Outcast*
07 06:22 Gun*
08 05:09 Lifeline*
Total Time: 45:06
# cda -dev /dev/cdrom off
CD audio daemon pid=34680 dev=/dev/cdrom exited.
cda starts, can read a disc table of contents, and stops.
(Although I don't know anyone who calls Front Line Assembly "General
Rock.") I rip once more:
# ripit.pl
Getting CDDB info...
TOC ERROR: No Disc ID found at /usr/local/bin/ripit.pl line 241, <CDTOC> chunk 1.
Well, at least it's a different error message. Here's the code.
sub get_cdinfo {
local $recnum = 0;
open(CDTOC, $tocfile) || die "Can't open $tocfile: $!";
while (<CDTOC>) {
$recnum++ ;
# Get genre and DiscID
if ($recnum eq 1) {
if (/Disc ID:/) {
($tmp1, $tmp2, $genre, $discid, $otherdiscid) = split ;
else {
die "TOC ERROR: No Disc ID found";
ripit is looking for a file it calls
$tocfile. It expects the first
line of this file to contain the string
Disc ID:. A search for that
string shows that this file is actually
/tmp/cdtoc.cdrom. It's
complaining about the first line of this file. I "cat" it, and it's
just the output of
cda -dev /dev/cdrom toc above. If you look there
you'll see that yes, "Disc ID" does not appear on the first line.
Let's try another CD. Perhaps my Front Line Assembly disc is unique
in not having a disc ID. The file
/tmp/cdtoc.cdrom now contains
Accessing CDDB...
Genre: Rock -> General Rock *
Blue Oyster Cult / Secret Treaties
01 03:59 Career of Evil*
No CD ID here either. (And Blue Oyster Cult is not "General Rock,"
it's classic heavy metal, dang it!) The man page for
cda offers no
help, and I play with various command-line options without success.
At this point, I give up and start searching the FreeBSD mail
Oddly enough, nobody else seems to have this problem. This seems to
work for everyone in the world, except me. A quick email to
email@example.com asking for a recommended ripping tools
actually nets me a few pointers. Back to
So, something has changed. The output from
cda doesn't match what
ripit is expecting. Either
ripit has changed, or
cda has. Let's
track that down.
My first suspect is
cda. It's obviously a dependency port of
but which port? We can find out with the
-W flag to
# which cda
# pkg_info -W /usr/X11R6/bin/cda
/usr/X11R6/bin/cda was installed by package xmcd-2.6_1
cda is part of
xmcd. Let's check out the FreeBSD CVS repository
and see if the port has changed lately. There's a friendly Web
interface available that
lists all changes ever made to the FreeBSD source repository. Select
"ports," "audio," and "xmcd." There you can see all changes made to
any file in the port.
Aha! Four weeks ago, the FreeBSD Security Officer updated this port to a new major version. No wonder it works slightly differently. The commit message says that the old version had various security issues, none of which are of any importance whatsoever on my laptop. (They would be exploitable on a system used by multiple users, however.)
I'm running 4.4-RC3. 4.3-RELEASE had the older version. I downloaded
this package from a FreeBSD FTP site, deinstalled the existing
package, and installed the one from 4.3-R. And at last I got:
# cda -dev /dev/cdrom toc
Disc ID: rock 9110da0a *
Noise Unit / Decoder
01 06:00 Bahnhof*
02 07:54 Innerchaos*
03 06:12 Protector*
04 08:40 Paradise (Dis)*
05 05:17 Firing Line*
06 08:36 Escape*
07 07:10 Elixure*
08 09:38 Biosphere*
09 06:21 Ascent*
10 06:06 Falling*
Total Time: 71:56
MP3: The Definitive Guide
Note the difference between the first lines of the output in this
older version of
cda, and the output of the newer version of
cda. The
ripit utility ran fine. I now have two dozen CDs on my laptop, and even my
Nurse With Wound albums don't sound too bad in MP3.
The lesson here is that you need to solve problems on your own.
worked fine for everyone who had a version of
xmcd more than a month
old. I'm sure other people have had this problem and have either given up
or decided not to worry about it. It's also something of a flaw in
the Unix philosophy of "many small, independent tools"; changes in one
tool can affect others in unsuspected ways.
Now if I could just get my circa-1982 Throbbing Gristle cassettes onto MP3, I'd be all set.
(The author would like to thank the various folks on firstname.lastname@example.com who assured him that he wasn't crazy, and this really was supposed to work.)
Michael W. Lucas
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Equal in speed imo, both have had people comment on their speed at different points, both have same stats in speed and neither seems like they could blitz the other in speed.
Kakashi was always faster than Sasuke.
Sasuke is probably a lil faster. Both are quite decent at movement but sasuke was shown doing this body flicker type movement when he first met naruto after part 1 and against deidara(in the anime dont remember if it was in the manga) so ill go with sasuke
Originally Posted by Tendou00
Kakashi rivalized with Gai 6th gate with perfect timming.
He's a bit faster imo.
Neither of them were trying to outrun eachother then were they.
They were working together.
Kakashi is faster at peak level, because he has gate.
Databook says there speed is equal
I think Sasuke is faster but I think a lot of people are forgetting that Kakashi has the first gate.
Originally Posted by Bogard
It's not about comparing opponents, but comparing the attacks they dodged, and yes i think Kakashis feat was more impressiv. Actually it was even a 2vs1, in the contrary of Sasuke who was fighting only one opponent, and the timing of their attack was almost perfect. They said it themselves. Kakashi was the first one to survive that. I never said Sasuke wasn't fast, but problem is that Kakashi is fast also. In fact this is what Sasuke dodged: And i find it less impressiv than what Kakashi did on the pic i posted. Actually Sasuke only dodged one bomb. Kakashi handled Hidan, dodge a huge fuuton attack(equivalent to Deidaras bomb in size and even faster to launch and reach) which was even a surprised attack in the contrary of Sasuke who saw it coming from the start, and even managed to quickly come and save Choji and Shikamarus ass. Personally, i find it far more impressiv than actually only dodging one Deidaras bomb
No way is Kakashi faster than Sasuke. Sasuke speed blitzed Naruto,DeiDera,Killer Bee and even A who is really fast.
So obviously Sasuke has better speed feats.
I say sasuke because whenever kakashi fought itachi. Itachi always left kakashi reacting last minute but when sasuke fought itachi for the last time sasuke kept up in speed, handsigns and even weapon speed. Using that i will say sasuke is faster than kakashi
Originally Posted by Tendou00
Kakashi rivalized with Gai 6th gate with perfect timming.
He's a bit faster imo.
When did they say or even shown this just asking because i dont remember hearing about this
kakashi beat guy in a race thru konoha...O_o
I'd say they were equal, but if I had to choose I'd go with Kakashi. He kept up with 6th Gated Guy against the Jinks without using the Gates himself, I don't think Sasuke could do that.
Notice that even though they were attacking enemies who were right next to each other, Kakashi still managed to make it there at the same time Guy did. Like a boss.
Neither are speed demons ? Sauskes speed has been referred to as body flicker by Tobi , and he beat the speed of garas sand
Kakashi's speed was able to handle many jins in v2 mode whereas Sasuke coulnd't rivalize with Bee's speed in v2 mode.
Kakashi is faster,gates,body flicker etc...
He didn't dodge that bomb, the hell, he used manda to get the hell out of there. Kakashi used his speed to dodge several v2 tailed beast. What else you got ?
kakashi bcus he snoop behind kakuzu without him knowing , and we all now kakuzu is no push over
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Love (Feel So Sad)
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Awesome, excellent mix
LOVE the music u used for making this remix!!
That beautiful and sweet part of " Love" is on the right place... It gives AMAZING sense of all mix ... and I stillcant stop wonder how perfectly you mixed all parts together ... !! GREAT!
what a lovely sweet trance Rmx bro
sounds awesome and i am loving it
amazzing mixing bro
such a cool mix bro excellent cool track selection and mixing them really good i simply love this mix
thanks a lot sadia..
PS thats right my sweeties friend
but when i'm feel so sad because of love,i really need sound like this and will dance...
(nice pic,sorry i borrow it..)
it doesn't sound SAD....HAHAHAH its a happy and powerful mix ... love the tracks, rythm, effects...love it start to end...awsome mix friend...
awesome mix reed love it
Excellent job reed bro I really do like how this tune sounds
You are one awesome DJ bro
As always: awesome mixing, great sound - sounds perfect to me!
Now.... lets dance!!!
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A new class helps students gain manufacturing skills
CASHTON, WIs. -- Mrs. Mosley's class is a hands-on production and manufacturing class.
"It's a 2-hour block of time third and fourth hour every day that the kids design projects and then produce," said Sarah Mosley, special education inclusion teacher at Cashton Middle and High School.
The class is called Innovations Lab. The students learn and use computer programs like Photoshop and Corell Draw to create, for example, a t-shirt design. They, then, are able to learn the skills needed to actually manufacture the t-shirt by working on a screen printer in their classroom.
"So, what we're tying to do is give them skills that will help them be successful and build, maybe, a resume to get a job right out of high school which is great for a lot of these students," said Mosley.
The students Mrs. Mosley is referring to are her special education students at Cashton High School.
"What we have is the group of special education students who are in this for transition services to prepare them for life beyond high school," said Mosley.
They learn the skills needed to use equipment like a screen printer, a vinyl cutter and a laser engraver. In total, the innovations lab has five pieces of equipment all purchased with federal stimulus dollars earmarked for special education. And so far the students have enjoyed their experience.
"It's really fun," said Alex Mlsna, Bangor High School senior. "Just you make your own design."
And parents have been pleased with this opportunity to help prepare their children for life after high school.
"He talks about going to college. But then he talks about going into the military. He talks about working with his dad. And I think everything that he learns in here he can use in all of those areas," said Carey Perry, parent of a special education student.
Which may help open more opportunities for these students as they begin their life after high school.
"My hope is that kids can gain skills here," said Mosley. "They can enter the workforce and not need the added support for employment and these sorts of things that have been typical in the past."
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The Man in the Can was the Broncos Biggest Fan
Wow, it's been a while since I've sat in front of a computer staring at my blog. It seems different now. Before when I was blogging I was running on adrenaline. Now, I don't feel rushed anymore.
Our move to the mountains really taxed my ability to attend Rockies games, work full time, be a father and keep up a top ten MLBlog.
At the end of the Rockies/Phillies post-season game aka "The coldest post-season game in history" I was mentally done for a while as you could see in the lack of recent entries.
However, myself being a super fan in Colorado it would be impossible for me not to write an entry on the recently passed Bronco Superfan..the Barrel Man.
You see, I respected the Barrel Man.
Without fans professional sports cease to exist.
Most might disagree but in my small mind I consider myself the Rockies unofficial mascot.
This man also was considered the Broncos unofficial mascot.
Although when you make the Hall of Fame that in my eyes sort of makes it official.
I've attended 1-2 Broncos home games for at least the last ten years. Almost every game I'm dressed in several layers and by the time I get home I'm ready for a hot bath.
Not the Barrel Man. Nobody except he and his wife knew what he wore underneath that barrel.
Everything on the outside of that orange cylinder was exposed to the brutal elements.
Simply amazing. The temperature of the "Coldest baseball post-season game in history" was a nut shriveling 27 degrees. That's probably close to what the average temperature of a Broncos game in the winter time is.
Had I watched that Rockies game in dressed only in a barrel I would have been a popsicle.
I don't know how the Barrel Man did it, but he did it…And he did it for a long time.
Here's a little history on 'The Man in the Can".
His name was Tim McKernan and he started attending Broncos games in 1967. The barrel was donned first in 1977 resulting from a bet from his brother. Here's a quote from the Barrel Man.
"He wanted to see me on TV out in California," McKernan said. "I had painted a barrel to make a drum out of it to look like an Orange Crush can, told him about it and he bet me 10 bucks that I didn't have the guts to wear nothing but the barrel to a ball game."
He retired from being the Barrel Man for thirty years after the 2007 Broncos season due to Doctor's orders.
McKernan was the first Broncos fan inducted into the Visa Hall of Fans at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Several years ago, McKernan sold the famous barrel he wore for Super Bowl XXXII for $30,000.
The Barrel Man had it autographed by 49 Broncos and he sold it to a Black Hawk, Colorado casino.
McKernan gave 10% of the profits to the Jubilee House in Gunnison, Colorado.
The Jubilee House is a domestic violence and sexual assault emergency shelter serving a large rural area in Colorado.
Ok Broncos, time to step up to the plate on this one. I have heard a lot of ideas for tribute to the Barrel Man and these are the ones that I liked. The Barrel Man should absolutely be in the Ring of Fame at Invesco Field at Mile High and a bronze statue of the Barrel Man should be erected somewhere in the South stands so the Barrel Man is is seen cheering on the Broncos for as long as the Broncos organization exists.
It's not a lot to ask and as I mentioned at the beginning of this entry, without fans,… professional sports cease to exist.
The Barrel man may have been imatated but he's never been duplicated.
That would be impossible because he was truly one of a kind
I trust the Broncos organization will do the right thing. I've never met the Barrel Man but I've been within a few feet of him at a Broncos game.
The guy was magnetic.
Krista and I will be at the next Broncos home game vs the Raiders on Dec 20th.
This will be the first Broncos home game since the Barrel Man has passed.
I really hope they have some kind of tribute for him. Fans like this one don't come around often.
Got a Barrel Man Story? I'd love to hear it.
D…The Rockpile Ranter
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WOW that is kinda (very) odd. i would never think that a guy in a can would be the Broncos biggest fan. They are too good for that. Maybe someone like the mets would have a fan like that…
Very interesting, Don. So, did they give him a fitting tribute at their first home game after his passing?
TODD-Sup brotha? They did a video tribute for him on Sunday's game. I'll have the video and entry of that game up this week…D
VIG-Welcome to the Rant…The Barrel Man wore that barrel in below freezing temps for 30 years…The man was the ultimate fan…D
Happy Hollidays to all…D The Rockpile Ranter
It is wild what some people will do for the right attention for their team.
I saw him during a game broadcast a few years ago and marveled at his idea and the spunk it took to wear a barrel in that cold weather.
But I am glad to learn so much more about the Barrel Man.
It is fans like him that make going to games so special.
I wish there were more fan like him. Well, maybe not dressed in Barrels, but showing an outward support for their local teams.
He will truly be missed at all the Denver area sporting events.
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Mobile Meals has been giving back to the La Crosse community for more than 40 years, delivering lunch and dinner to elderly and disabled residents - but now it's asking for help to keep the giving going.
The organization provides lunch and dinner seven days a week, 365 days a year. It's in the process of scheduling next year's routes, where volunteers drive to deliver meals across town - but currently there are more days without schedule volunteers than with, according to director Melissa Greco. That means for about a third of the year, no drivers are assigned to deliver meals.
"That would be a lot of people, probably 40 to 50 people a day that would not be receiving meals," Greco said.
According to Greco, the organization needs more than 300 more volunteers to keep the giving going next year. It's a relatively small time commitment - over the period of an hour and a half, about a dozen meals are delived each day.
Brad and Anastasia Gentry have been volunteering as drivers for nearly a decade. Monday, their route took about an hour to complete - but for the residents receiving the meals, it made their entire day.
"It doesn't take that much time to do something like this, so why not do it?" Anastasia said. "Everyone's appreciative, they love it. There's a need."
Those on the receiving side are some of La Crosse's residents that need help the most, according to Greco.
"They're unable to prepare meals for themselves or barely sometimes even get out of bed, so our services definitely help them nutritionally, and they also get to see a friendly face," she said.
Volunteering for the organization can count toward community service hours for high school students and others, according to Greco. If you would like to get involved, visit the organization's website at mobile-meals-of-la-crosse-dot-org, or give them a call at 608-784-4623.


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Grand jury to determine if more charges looming
STEUBENVILLE – Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine said 16 individuals refused to cooperate with his office over the past several months as it investigated the Steubenville rape case.
Now, he's calling on Jefferson County officials to convene a grand jury in April so his office can determine if any additional charges need to be filed in the case.
DeWine held a press conference Sunday in the Jefferson County Justice Center shortly after Judge Thomas Lipps handed down guilty verdicts against Trent Mays and Ma'Lik Richmond. DeWine said the rape case investigation cannot be considered complete without assembling a grand jury, which is expected to meet April 15.
"This community needs assurance that no stone has been left unturned in the search for the truth," DeWine said.
In investigating the rape, Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation agents interviewed 27 partygoers, as well as Steubenville City Schools Superintendent Michael McVey, Steubenville High School Principal Shawn Crosier and numerous Big Red football coaches. There were 16 individuals, however, mostly juveniles, who refused to cooperate.
He said prosecutors from his office will present evidence and call numerous witnesses during the assembly, which he anticipates to last several days. Grand jury proceedings are not open to the public.
One of the potential charges that may come out of the grand jury session is failure to report a felony. DeWine clarified that in order to charge someone with failing to report such a crime, it must first be proved that a crime was committed, which was done Sunday when Lipps found Mays and Richmond guilty.
He noted that under Ohio law, teachers and team coaches are obligated to report any crimes they have knowledge of to law enforcement. DeWine would not say if Big Red head football coach Reno Saccoccia is expected to testify or if he may face charges. Text messages introduced at the trial suggested the head coach was aware of the rape allegation early on.
DeWine commended the handling of the rape case by the Steubenville Police Department, as well as the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department and the county prosecutor's office.
Also during the press conference, Assistant Attorney General Marianne Hemmeter criticized the involvement of the group claiming to be part of Anonymous, saying it had a chilling effect on witnesses and the victim.


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Atkins? South Beach? The Zone? Trendy diets and nutrition [5] research change almost daily. Still, amidst all the hype, study after study shows that good food choices have a positive impact on health, and poor diets have negative long-term effects. Know the facts:
In short, what we eat is central to our health. Food acts as medicine to maintain health, as well as prevent and treat disease. For more information about how food works in our bodies, see What Do Specific Foods Do? [7].
Obesity is rising rapidly, and, as we saw above, is associated with many serious, even life-threatening, diseases.
However, eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa, bulimia (binge eating and purging), and binge-eating disorder, are also on the rise. According to the National Eating Disorders Association, in the United States alone, 20 million women and 10 million men have suffered from an eating disorder at some time in their lives. These disorders are significant threats to health and are often chronic.
The average age of sufferers is plummeting, claiming control of children as young as elementary school. Peak eating disorder onset among girls occurs between ages 11 and 13. Eating disorders are also appearing more frequently among men and middle-aged women.
The increase in both eating disorders and obesity dramatically demonstrate that diet is not just about giving your body sustenance. Nourishing yourself engages every aspect of your being—physical, social, emotional [8], mental, and spiritual [9]. When any of these aspects are unbalanced, eating behaviors can suffer.
Nutrition involves our relationships [10] with family, friends, community [11], the environment [12], and the world. We need to make decisions about what and how we eat that foster not only our health and wellbeing, but the health of those around us and of our planet and environment.
[1] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/sites/default/files/images/thumbnails/pasta.jpg
[2] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/cancer
[3] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/heart-disease
[4] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/conditions/diabetes
[5] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/glossary/3#term29
[6] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/stress-mastery
[7] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/explore-healing-practices/food-medicine/what-do-specific-foods-do
[8] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/health/thoughts-emotions
[9] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/spirituality
[10] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/relationships
[11] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/community
[12] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/wellbeing/environment
[13] http://www.cdc.gov/obesity/index.html
[14] http://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/get-facts-eating-disorders
[15] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/barb-leonard-phd-rn-pnp
[16] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/linda-armstrong-rd-ld-mba-faculty-normandale-community-college-minnesota
[17] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/jenny-breen-ms-ed-mph-professional-chef
[18] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/carolyn-denton-ln
[19] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/our-experts/archelle-georgiou-md
[20] http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/promo-tiles/quick-tip-food-medicine


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So my little girl has decreased her weight percentile at every visit and now at 7 months has fallen off the weight curve. She's 12 lbs 15.8 oz. at 7 months 5 days. We used to have problems where she'd end every feeding screaming like she was hungry, but now she seems satisfied at almost every feeding and if not I give EBM which I have a big stash of in the freezer.
We started solids at 6 months and she's doing pretty well. At first she loved everything we gave her. Then she balked when I added nutmeg to her squash. Cinnamon is good, not nutmeg though! The last week or so she's been off-and-on as far as how well she's eating. And yesterday was the dr appt. He said to count calories and if she's not getting 700 a day then to up it. I doubt she's eating more than 20 oz of bm a day, and I know she's not getting 300 calories of food. But of course I get the token "maybe it's time to give up and switch to formula" from friends/family which is the comment I've always gotten since the beginning to solve reflux, sleeping problems, general grumpiness, and probably the sniffles and lack of hair too . But according to kellymom bm has more calories per oz than formula anyway, it's just tiring to constantly be told you should switch to formula b/c it will solve anything. In any case baby girl loves avocado and sweet potato, dr. said we could add butter to the sweet potato, and I picked up some Stonyfield Yo-Baby today, hope she likes that. It's all about her mood-today she only drank 4 oz at the sitter's, no apparent reason. So we'll just keep trying to make sure what does go in her tummy has as many calories as possible. Just had to rant a bit about the whole "formula fixes everything" attitude.


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Annual 1872 Society Weekend
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On September 19-21, 2014 at the newly remodeled Yellowstone Lake Hotel, the Yellowstone Park Foundation will host a very special, fun-filled weekend for supporters at the $1,000+ level (our 1872 Society).
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From Arab Spring to Coptic Winter: Sectarian Violence and the Struggle for Democratic Transition in Egypt
On Sunday, October 9, 2011, 25 people were killed and more than 300 injured when the Egyptian military attacked a peaceful group of Coptic Christians protesting the burning of a church in Aswan. In what has been deemed the "Massacre at Maspero," referring to the location of the demonstration, witnesses say the army fired on the demonstrators with live ammunition and plowed into the crowd with armored vehicles. The military denied the use of live ammunition and claimed that their soldiers were attacked by an armed mob. The military has arrested at least 28 people, almost all Copts, including prominent blogger Alaa Abdel Fattah, and brought them before military prosecutors. The hearing focused on violence perpetrated against the Coptic Christians in Egypt, the implications of the events for that community and the current Egyptian leadership, and prospects for the consolidation of democracy in Egypt.


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Laws exist to regulate pollution from the manganese mines, but in reality local and county officials have done little or nothing to prevent the mining from wreaking environmental havoc.compensation to villagers. But the clash remains a striking example of the rising anger felt by many Chinese fed up with the egregious pollution that is the byproduct of their country's dizzying economic rise. The conflict in Gaodong also testifies to the growing resentment of the corruption that often goes hand-in-hand with pollution, as the very officials who are supposed to be policing the manganese mines often have financial interests in the enterprises. As the People's Representatives Standing Committee in Xiushan County delicately put it, the mining industry is "disorderly, with interests distributed across many parties."
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Home List of Titles A randomised, controlled trial of cognitive and psychomotor recovery from midazolam sedation following reversal with oral flumazenil
Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.3/45560
- Title
- A randomised, controlled trial of cognitive and psychomotor recovery from midazolam sedation following reversal with oral flumazenil
- Author(s)
- Girdler, Nicholas Martin; Lyne, J. P.; Wallace, R.; Neave, Nick J.; Scholey, A.; Wesnes, Keith A.; Herman, C.
- Abstract
- SummaryFlumazenil is traditionally administered intravenously to reverse the adverse effects of over sedation with benzodiazepines. The aim of this study was to test postoperative cognitive and psychomotor recovery from midazolam conscious sedation, following reversal with orally administered flumazenil. It was hypothesised that when administered by the oral route, flumazenil may enhance recovery over a prolonged period, thus increasing safety. Eighteen patients requiring intravenous midazolam sedation for dental treatment completed a randomised, double-blind, crossover trial. Following treatment the patients' sedation was reversed using either flumazenil or saline (asplacebo), administered orally, on alternate appointments. Assessment of mood and cognitive function were undertaken using ClinPhone.cdr®, a highly sensitive and specific computerised battery of cognitive tests administered by telephone prior to sedation and every hour for seven hours post reversal. Results indicate that within 20 min of administration, oral flumazenil is capable of partially reversing some cognitive and psychomotor impairments but the attentional and stimulus discrimination effects of midazolam sedation still remain.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Anaesthesia, Vol. 57, no. 9 (Sep 2002), pp. 868-876
- Publication year
- 2002
- Keyword(s)
- Alertness; Anesthetic recovery; Antagonists; Antidotes; Anxiety; Attention; Benzodiazepine receptor blocking agent; Benzodiazepines; Cognition; Cognitive defect; Conscious sedation; Dental anesthesia; Dental anxiety; Dental care; Drug antagonism; Drug metabolism; Drug safety; Flumazenil; Hypnotic sedative agent; Hypnotics; Memory; Mental test; Midazolam; Mood; Oral administration; Postoperative care; Psychologic test; Psychometrics; Psychomotor disorder; Psychomotor performance; Reaction time; Response time; Sedation; Sedatives; Short-term memory; Sodium chloride; Telephone; Word recognition; Working memory
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Living conditions and volunteer lifestyles in Morocco
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|As a Peace Corps Volunteers, you will have to adapt to conditions that may be dramatically different than you have ever experienced and modify lifestyle practices that you now take for granted. Even the most basic practices— talking, eating, using the bathroom, and sleeping — may take significantly different forms in the context of the host country. If you successfully adapt and integrate, you will in return be rewarded with a deep understanding of a new culture, the establishment of new and potentially lifelong relationships, and a profound sense of humanity.
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Living Conditions and Volunteer Lifestyles by Country
Pre-Departure Checklist
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- 1 Communications
- 2 Telephones
- 3 Computer, E-mail, and Internet Access
- 4 Housing and Site Location
- 5 Living Allowance and Money Management
- 6 Food and Diet
- 7 Transportation
- 8 Geography and Climate
- 9 Social Activities
- 10 Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
- 11 Personal Safety
- 12 Rewards and Frustrations
During pre-service training, you will receive mail at the Peace Corps/Morocco office, which will forward mail to the training site at least once a week. Please do not have packages sent to you during training. After you are assigned to your permanent site, you will receive mail at a local post office or at your workplace. Packages should be sent directly to your site after training. Depending on the distance to your site from Rabat, mail may take anywhere from three days to three weeks to get to you.
Your mailing address during training will be:
"Your Name", Trainee
s/c Corps de la Paix
2, rue Abou Marouane Essaadi
Agdal, Rabat 10100, MOROCCO
It normally takes 10 to 12 days for an airmail letter to arrive from the United States. Surface mail takes from one to four months. Mail that goes through the Moroccan post office is subject to customs inspection, censorship, and currency control. Advise your friends and relatives that mail delivery is sporadic and that they should not worry if they do not receive your letters regularly. Also, they should never send cash through the mail, as it will seldom reach you. Please check the U.S. Post Service website at www.usps.com for the latest updates on how best to send your letter or package. Currently, the USPS recommends air Parcel Post (not surface mail) for packages, or airmail for letters.
Although having packages sent from home is not recommended because of the unreliability of mail service and the customs fees, if you do have packages sent, brown padded envelopes work well. Make sure they have the green customs label and are marked as gifts, which should prevent the imposition of fees. It is best to wait to have packages sent until you know your permanent address. Again, please do not have your family send you packages during pre-service training.
Telephone and telegraph services are available in all parts of the country. Volunteers in larger cities may have a telephone in their home. Many Volunteers purchase inexpensive cellphones in Morocco, an expense that is not covered by the Peace Corps. Public telephones (called teleboutiques) suitable for making direct-dial international calls exist in most towns. Collect calls can be made only at a post and telecommunications office, and you should anticipate a wait. AT&T and MCI calling cards work in Morocco.
The Peace Corps office in Morocco can be reached by direct dialing from the United States. During normal working hours, the office number (from most states) is 011.212.3.768-3780, and a duty officer monitors calls for emergencies after office hours. Volunteers are not permitted to use telephones at the Peace Corps/Morocco office to call family or friends unless the call pertains to an emergency and is approved in advance by the country director.
Computer, E-mail, and Internet Access
Volunteers, typically, are able to access e-mail and the Internet at cybercafes. Cybercafes are affordable, generally reliable and can be found in increasing numbers in just about any town or city. Most Volunteers do not have a cyber café at their site, but most are within a few hoursâ travel from one. The Volunteer lounge at the Peace Corps office in Rabat is equipped with two computers, both with Internet access, and a printer reserved for Volunteer use. Volunteers are not allowed to use staff computers.
Some Volunteers bring their laptop computers, but they are responsible for insuring and maintaining the computers themselves. The Peace Corps will not replace stolen computers and strongly encourages those who bring them to get personal property insurance.
Housing and Site Location
You will be assigned to your permanent site towards the end of pre-service training. After your site announcement, you will visit your assigned site to meet your counterparts and other members of your community. Once you move to the site, you will spend your first two months living with a host family that has been chosen by the Peace Corps. This family has prepared for your arrival and will provide you with a safe and secure place to live while you continue to learn the language and adapt to the culture. An additional objective of this period is to help you integrate more effectively into the community.
After the mandatory two-month stay with a Moroccan family, you are free to change your housing, in accordance with the Peace Corpsâ safety and security criteria (see the chapter on Health Care and Safety). The Peace Corps will give you a modest settling-in allowance to purchase household necessities such as a stove, dishes, and furniture. Peace Corps will provide additional items, such as a carbon monoxide detector and water filter, if necessary. Volunteers in areas that experience unbearably cold winters can be reimbursed for the purchase of an appropriate heater. Depending on the site, Volunteer housing generally consists of two or more rooms and private bath and latrine facilities. Some Volunteers live in family compounds with one or two private rooms for their use.
While many Volunteers in Morocco have running water and electricity, you may not have these amenities and may collect your water from an outside faucet or well and spend your evenings reading by candle or lantern. You need to be very flexible in your housing expectations, as there are no guarantees of continuous electricity or water.
Depending on your program and assignment, you may be placed in a community that ranges from a large, semi-urban town to a very small rural village. Some Volunteers share a site, while others are quite a distance from other Volunteers. Peace Corps staff members visit all sites to ensure that they meet the Peace Corpsâ safety and security criteria. Staff also visit all Volunteers intermittently to provide personal, medical, and professional support.
Living Allowance and Money Management
As a Volunteer in Morocco, you will receive four types of allowances. The first is a one-time settling-in allowance, currently five thousand Moroccan dirhams (MAD 5000), that is used to buy basic household items when you move to your site. This amount is reviewed once a year through a âsettling-in surveyâ to ensure that the allowance is sufficient. You will receive a monthly living allowance, currently MAD 2000, to cover your basic expenses, i.e., food, utilities, household supplies, clothing, recreation and entertainment, communications costs (e.g., cell phone cards, internet access), transportation, reading material, and other incidentals. Your monthly rent will be covered separately by the Peace Corps. The living allowance is paid in local currency and is sent to Volunteers during the third week of each month for the following month. The living allowance is reviewed once a year through a market survey to ensure that it is adequate. You may find that you receive more remuneration than your counterpart or supervisor.
You will also receive a vacation allowance of $24 (currently MAD 220) per month and a travel allowance to cover the cost of work-related trips (pre-approved work-related leave, official Peace Corps events, etc.). The current travel allowance policy is under review.
Most Volunteers find they can live comfortably in Morocco with these allowances. Volunteers are strongly discouraged from supplementing their income with money brought from home, as they are expected to live at the economic level of their neighbors and colleagues. Nevertheless, credit cards are handy for vacations and travel and can be used in several establishments in the larger cities. Travelerâs checks can be cashed for a small percentage fee. ATMs can be found at most major banks in large cities.
Food and Diet
A wide variety of fruits and vegetables are available year-round, and all meats except pork are readily available. Dairy products like yogurt and milk can usually be obtained. Although maintaining a vegetarian diet should not be difficult, you will be confronted with cultural issues when visiting Moroccan families, as they will offer you, and expect you to accept, traditional foods. Thus vegetarians need to be flexible about sharing the Moroccan diet when visiting friends and neighbors.
Fresh bread is widely available and is an important part of the Moroccan diet. Pastries are available in larger towns, and pasta is available in almost any small shop.
Mint tea is a Moroccan's favorite drink. It is traditionally very sweet and is served throughout the day. The numerous cafes in Morocco, which are mostly frequented by men, also serve coffee and fresh orange juice. Because Morocco is a Muslim country, beer and wine are not usually available in rural areas.
Most Volunteers travel within the country in commercial buses or long-distance taxis (grand taxi). Local taxis (petit taxis) are available in all medium and large cities. If required for their work, Volunteers are issued bicycles with bicycle helmets. To reduce safety risks, Peace Corps/Morocco prohibits Volunteers from driving or riding on any two- or three-wheeled motorized vehicle (such as a motorcycle) for any reason. Nor are Volunteers allowed to own or drive private cars. Violation of these policies may result in termination of your Volunteer service.
Geography and Climate
Morocco is sometimes referred to as the cold country with the hot sun. The sun shines most of the year, but the cold can penetrate straight to your bones. The country has a varied geography, with beaches, mountains, desert, and agricultural land. The north tends to receive more rain than the south, so the majority of agriculture occurs in the north.
Moving southward, the landscape changes to desert, turning into the Sahara in the deep southeast. Morocco boasts a popular ski resort in the Atlas Mountains outside Marrakech, and on either side of the mountains are flat, hot, and dry plains. Summer is hot all over Morocco, with coastal areas experiencing greater relative humidity than inland areas.
Social Activities
Morocco is more tolerant than many other Muslim nations toward Western cultural norms. But while people in large cities tend to dress in Western clothing, those in rural communities are still very traditional. Most Volunteers live in small towns or rural settings and need to conform to local customs. Men have more external freedom than women do in that they can circulate freely outside the home. Cultural norms do not allow men and women to mix freely outside the home, and women tend to spend more time in the home, taking care of domestic affairs and socializing with other women. Moroccans are known for their hospitality, and you should expect invitations to dinner, weddings, and other social functions.
Professionalism, Dress, and Behavior
The people of Morocco take pride in their personal appearance. To gain their acceptance, respect, and confidence, it is essential that you dress and conduct yourself professionally. Dress standards for Volunteers are generally conservative. Women may wear pants with long-sleeved shirts for normal work-related activity, but are expected to wear long, casual skirts or dresses for more professional activities (e.g., meetings and/or workshops with Ministry representatives). Men are expected to wear long trousers for most activities.
Adhering to the conservative dress codes in Morocco is a test of your motivation and commitment to adapt to your new environment. If you have reservations about this, you should consider the amount of sacrifice and flexibility required to be successful and reevaluate your decision to become a Volunteer.
The Peace Corps expects Volunteers to behave in a way that will foster respect within their communities and reflect well on the Peace Corps and on the United States. You will receive an orientation to appropriate behavior and cultural sensitivity during pre-service training. As a Volunteer, you have the status of an invited guest, and thus you need to be sensitive to the habits, tastes, and taboos of your hosts.
Certain behaviors can jeopardize the Peace Corpsâ mission in Morocco as well as your personal safety and thus cannot be tolerated by the Peace Corps. Engaging in these behaviors may lead to administrative separation, a decision by the Peace Corps to terminate your service. The Volunteer Handbook provides more information on the grounds for administrative separation.
Personal Safety
More information about the Peace Corpsâ approach to safety is outlined in the Health Care and Safety chapter, but it is an important issue and cannot be overemphasized. As stated in the Volunteer Handbook, becoming a Peace Corps Volunteer entails certain safety risks. Living and traveling in an unfamiliar environment (often alone), having a limited understanding of local language and culture, and being perceived as wealthy are some of the factors that can put a Volunteer at risk. Many Volunteers experience varying degrees of unwanted attention and harassment. Petty thefts and burglaries are not uncommon, and incidents of physical and sexual assault do occur. The Peace Corps has established procedures and policies designed to help Volunteers reduce their risks and enhance their safety and security. At the same time, you are expected to take responsibility for your safety and well-being.
Rewards and Frustrations
Although the potential for job satisfaction is quite high, like all Volunteers, you will encounter numerous frustrations. Because of financial or other challenges, collaborating agencies do not always provide the support promised. Moreover, the pace of work and life is slower than what most Americans are accustomed to, and some people you work with may be hesitant to change practices and traditions that are centuries old. For these reasons, the Peace Corps experience of adapting to a new culture and environment is often described as a series of emotional peaks and valleys.
You will be given a high degree of responsibility and independence in your workâperhaps more than in any other job you have had or will have. Often you will find yourself in situations that require an ability to motivate yourself and your co-workers with little guidance from supervisors. You might work for months without seeing any visible impact from, or without receiving feedback on, your work. Development is a slow process. Positive progress most often comes only after the combined efforts of several Volunteers over the course of many years. You must possess the self-confidence, patience, and vision to continue working toward long-term goals without seeing immediate results.
To overcome these difficulties, you will need maturity, flexibility, open-mindedness, and resourcefulness. The Peace Corps staff, your co-workers, and fellow Volunteers will support you during times of challenge as well as in moments of success. Judging by the experience of former Volunteers, the peaks are well worth the difficult times, and most Volunteers leave Morocco feeling that they have gained much more than they sacrificed during their service. If you are able to make the commitment to integrate into your community and work hard, you will be a successful Volunteer.


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Marie Zelesky turns 106
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On September 12, Marie Zelesky thought she was going to the regular meeting of the Jeffersonville Seniors Club at the Jeffersonville Town Hall. Little did she know that Assemblywoman Aileen Gunther had planned a surprise birthday party for Marie, who will turn 106 years old on September 20. There were balloons, cake, party hats and Marie's closest friends for the celebration.
Gunther read a statement from Senator Charles Schumer lauding Marie's many accomplishments, including volunteering for 40 years at Catskill Regional Medical Center in Callicoon, where she still does volunteer work. Marie is awaiting a letter from President Barack Obama. She was also recently the Grand Marshall in the recent Hortonville Parade. After she blew out the candles on her cake, Marie said, "You have all been so wonderful to me." She added, "I hope every person in this room will celebrate their 106th birthday."
Marie is the oldest person in Sullivan County and has lived here her entire life. She was born in Hortonville and now lives in Callicoon. She has one daughter.
After the celebration, the Jeffersonville seniors played Bingo, which they play at every meeting, and Marie always calls the Bingo games. "I'm the Bingo lady," she said, and smiled.


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National Child Safety Expert, Alison Rhodes, "The Safety Mom," is one
of the country's leading child safety authorities, providing tips and advice to
parents on a broad range of issues facing all children - newborns to teens.
The use of the Internet as a research tool is now starting at a very young age. My second-grade son was asked to select an animal and research information about it online. I'm sure there are many other schools that are starting children online in kindergarten and first grade. And while it's a wonderful tool, the Internet can also be an extremely dangerous place for children.
Unfortunately, children lack the critical thinking skills to be able to determine if someone is trying to glean information from them or is genuinely interested in becoming a cyber pal. Even adults have been victimized by con artists over the Internet and have been persuaded to divulge personal information, credit card information, or send money for some scheme. Imagine how easy it is for a 9- or 10-year-old to be victimized! Children have access to pornographic sites, sites promoting violence against a specific race or religion, and most importantly, chat rooms where sexual predators are lurking.
Monitoring and filtering software isn't enough to protect your kids. They will have computer access in numerous places besides your home, and many kids can break the software very easily. The number-one protection is parental supervision. Computers belong in a family room, not a bedroom. Children should be online within your view and with the understanding that you can come over and join them at any time. Take the time to sit with them and visit the sites they're viewing. Let them show you what they can do - I'm sure you'll definitely learn a thing or two!
When you establish an Internet account, it should always be set up in your name, and when your child sets up a user name, it should be nondescript and not give any indication of his or her age. Create "rules of engagement" for computer use that include when they are allowed to use it, what sites they are allowed to visit, and what friends and family members they are allowed to chat with. They should agree that they will never give out any personal information, including what town they live in, where they go to school, names of their friends, where they shop, who they babysit for, and especially their own name, address, age, or phone number. They must also promise they will never meet anyone in person that they have met online and that they will never respond to an offensive or threatening email.
Identify all of the other locations your child might be using a computer, including school, the library, and friends' homes. Make a call to their friends' parents to find out what rules they have in place regarding computer usage and if their child has a computer in his or her bedroom. Find out from the library and school what their Internet policies are as well.
Visit some sites dedicated to online safety such as safekids.com and netsmartz.com to get some more tips on helping keep kids safe online. Above all, keep talking to your kids. While they might not seem to want to listen, an involved parent is the best defense in keeping kids safe.
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Jump to: Parish explained Finding the registers What do they tell us? Baptism entries Marriage listings Burial entries
When you first start building your family tree, censuses and birth, marriage and death records form the foundations. As soon as you go back before the 1830s, though, parish registers have to be your cornerstones. But why are these records so important, and how can you locate your family within them?
A parish is a local area, usually of similar size to a village or hamlet, centred around a church. For hundreds of years, all over Britain, parishes were crucial to local government, as each church acted like a council – managing and recording the people in its area.
One of the church's most important tasks was keeping a register of all the baptisms, marriages and burials in its parish. From Henry VIII's reign in the 16th century until civil registration began in 1837, these registers formed the most important records of births, marriages and deaths all over the country.
When you're looking for your ancestors' vital events through the 16th, 17th, 18th and early 19th centuries, there are two key things to bear in mind. Firstly, there are no individual certificates for each person – you need to look for specific entries in the lists of names for each parish.
Secondly, there's no central archive or index to these records. The registers were simply maintained in individual churches all over the land. They're now kept in a multitude of different record offices, or still in the churches themselves.
So, as we put these records online, as there's no central archive where we can simply scan all the records in one go as we would with a census, for example. Instead, we're doing our best to reach agreements with as many local archives as we can, and put these registers online as a series of separate collections. See all our parish collections
Because there was no central governing body, the information in the registers varies from parish to parish. Whereas one vicar might have only recorded the bare necessities, another would have included notes about a happy couple's preparations, or even his opinions on the deceased.
An Act of Parliament in 1812 standardised the information in parish registers across England and Wales, and acted as a forerunner to civil registration. From this point on, churches were given printed registers with specific fields to fill in.
Before 1812, entries on baptism registers usually show at least the child and father's names. You may also find the mother's name, particularly if the child was illegitimate (often noted as 'base born' or 'bastard').
If you're lucky, witnesses or godparents will be listed. These are often other family members, giving you new leads to explore in your research.
You'll also see the date of baptism. Note this is by no means the same as the date of birth – often, people were baptised several years after they were born.
After 1812, vicars had to include extra information, including the mother's first name, and the father's occupation and address. These details make it much easier to be sure you've found the right people, and give you a great starting point when you try to locate the family in the first census records.
Through the 16th and 17th centuries, people didn't have to get married at a parish church. Several 'irregular' marriages took place without banns having been called or any witnesses, at places like the Fleet Prison. As a result, you'll often find your early ancestors' marriages are missing from parish registers.
This changed in 1753, when Hardwicke's Marriage Act demanded that everyone in England and Wales except Quakers and Jews had to get married in an Anglican church. This Act didn't apply in Scotland, which led to a thriving border marriage trade in places like Gretna Green. However, it means the registers are far more complete.
Before 1753, you'll often find the information in marriage registers is limited, with perhaps nothing more than the couple's names and the date. After the Act, though, things improved greatly. You'll often discover the groom's occupation, and both parties' home parishes – this is a great help as it tells you where you should be looking for records of earlier generations.
Burial registers are even more inconsistent than those for baptisms and marriages. At worst, you'll find nothing more than a name and date. Ages are also common, allowing you to work backwards and find the person's baptism entry.
Other details can include a husband or wife's name, or parents' names in the case of a child. You may even find the cause of death, particularly in periods when it was most relevant, such as during plagues.
After 1812, vicars had to record the deceased's address, which makes it far easier to tell if you've found your ancestor's entry.


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My brother, Sean, the photographer responsible for this gem, rode around the entire country on a motorcycle last summer and fall. Here is a link to his blog, If you would like to learn a little, or a lot, more about the purpose of his travels.
Anyways, one of Sean's first stops on his journey was A Street, in Lowell, Massachusetts. This is the street where my father grew up, in the city most well know for the industrial work that boomed there in the 19th Century. Sean said that most of the residence were new in the area, but there was one woman, Rita, who had lived in a house across the street while my father was growing up. Rita, pictured above, was very warm towards my brother (although they had never met) and even invited him in for dinner and to watch the Red Sox game.
I originally decided to post this picture just because I think it's pretty amusing. However, after writing out the whole story behind it, I've realized that we can all learn from Rita and the way she was so hospitable towards a stranger.


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Making a classic album isn't easy. I mean, I wouldn't know for sure, but it must be at least kind of difficult. If that wasn't the case, everyone would make one, right?
That's what makes the albums on this list so special. To go along with all of the other difficulties that come with putting together something great, these bands and musicians had to fight through an extra step of insanity before some of their best work could see the light of day. For example ...
4Green Day's American Idiot Replaced a Completed Album That Was Stolen from the Band
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Green Day, my absolute favorite band in the world to write about, were in a bit of a slump by the time 2003 rolled around. Their last proper studio album, 2000's Warning, was a commercial disappointment. Furthermore, Avril Lavigne's debut album had come out a year earlier, and there's no way the band wouldn't have felt at least partially responsible for laying the tracks that let that shit train pull into the rock station.
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This has to be the worst thing to ever happen at the Viper Room.
Understandably bummed, Green Day took a break from making music. When they finally reconvened to record a follow-up to the folk-influenced Warning (a B-sides and rarities collection, Shenanigans, was released in 2002), it should come as no surprise that the band made a focused effort to return to their roots by recording an album of up-tempo punk songs reminiscent of those found on their earliest records. What is slightly more surprising, though, is what happened when they finished recording that album.
Apparently, someone just stole that shit. Like picked it up and walked out of the studio with it, never to be seen again. That's the story the band has always stuck to, at least. The album would have been called Cigarettes and Valentines and, if I'm guessing, it would have been kind of terrible. Evidence of that can be found in what the band decided to do after the theft, which, basically, was to take it as a sign that they should just record a different album altogether.
Wait, what? That seems like an awful lot of work, right? Were there no backup copies of this stuff? Sure there were, but it was decided that they "just weren't the same" and that the material in general wasn't "maximum Green Day" (which at the time couldn't have meant much more than "lacking booger lyrics").
"Actually, the band was already blah blah yawn whatever," said some sad Green Day fan just now.
So, instead of trying to salvage that album, the band gave it another shot with all-new material. As luck would have it, they could probably feed their high-end-eyeliner habit for the next hundred years with the money they made from that decision.
The album that resulted from those sessions was called American Idiot, and it definitively proved that "anti-war rock opera" was a hole in the market that desperately needed to be filled, eventually selling 6 million copies.
What became of that other album, though? Did it ever surface? Interestingly, there are some Green Day conspiracy theorists who claim it has ...
That's an album called Money Money 2020 (pronounced "money money two-thousand twenty") by a band called the Network. It was released on Billie Joe Armstrong's own record label and, for a variety of reasons, many people suspect that "The Network" is actually "Green Day" and "Money Money 2020" is actually "Cigarettes and Valentines." If you give it a listen, it's hard to imagine that the two voices you're hearing aren't Billie Joe Armstrong and bassist Mike Dirnt, and the band does have a long history of releasing albums under wacky side-project names, but there's never been any confirmed connection between the two albums. Whatever Money Money 2020 may be, it's definitely not the kind of thing you write a Broadway musical over.
Glee fans, rejoice!
That takes a special kind of album, and this one came one honest studio employee away from never existing. Supposedly.
3The Who's Best Album Was Almost a Science Experiment
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Internet users are forever indebted to the 1971 album Who's Next for providing the soundtrack to one of the most meme-tastic TV show intros of all time.
The enthusiastic scream that's served as the rim shot to so many David Caruso punchlines is from "Won't Get Fooled Again," the closing track on what could very well be the Who's finest album (and they must have recorded millions by now, I bet). To give you some more evidence of its validity to that claim, this is also the album that gave us the song that 9 out of 10 of your friends think is called "Teenage Wasteland."
That song is actually called "Baba O'Riley," and it's a great example of what the album that we know and love as Who's Next could have been. Here are a few fun facts:
- "Baba O'Riley" was originally 30 goddamn minutes long.
- At one point, it was believed that the famous backing track was made by inputting the vital statistics of a man who thought he was God into a synthesizer.
- Motherfucking what?
Yeah, and we're just getting started. See, the album that spawned some of the Who's best songs (and an infuriating Limp Bizkit cover) was originally intended to be a batshit insane experiment called Lifehouse.
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No, not that Lifehouse. This experiment wasn't about writing Nirvana songs for soccer moms, any more than this article is completely about jokes 90 percent of the audience won't understand. This Lifehouse, in one of its earliest forms, was a wacky plan to create an entire album in the borderline incomprehensible manner that music lore once claimed gave birth to "Baba O'Riley," except using random audience members instead of shamans or whatever the shit. From there, the project was said to be everything from a rock opera (aren't they all?) to the soundtrack to a film before taking its final form as the impetus for Pete Townshend to fulfill his own wish to die before he got old.
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It was too late like four months after he said it anyway.
That's a suicide joke, ladies and gentlemen, because the only satisfying outcome of the Lifehouse concept was that trying to turn the music of the Who into a social experiment sent Pete Townshend fleeing into the warm embrace of a nervous breakdown.
Oh, and also, Who's Next is basically the assembled wreckage of that project. After abandoning the Lifehouse concept, the Who re-entered the studio with producer Glyn Johns and turned the best material into an album. That album is a mere 13 minutes longer than "Baba O'Riley" itself was intended to be.
If you think cuts like that are ever a bad thing, you're crazier than goddamn Pete Townshend.


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Bring your camera to take photos with Santa, bring an unwrapped gift to donate or start shopping early by participating in our silent auction. Silent auction ends at 12:30pm. Menu includes pancakes, sausages and applesauce.
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DS will be 4 months next week. Born at 7lb, 4 oz, down to 6lb,0oz at hosp dc, now 11lb,13oz, so 5 lb,13oz gain from lowest weight.
I can not honestly answer the question "how often does your son eat?" The only way I can answer that is to say, "He is off the breast for about 2 hours total in a day" - I have no idea at night because we co-sleep and he is on/off about 100 times during the night - I am essentially comatose from mental exhaustion at that point.
From day 1 he has been a very lazy nurser. I have seen countless IBCLC's (at a great expense) and been to LLL meetings, he has a good latch, just lazy. He has a nice suck/swallow pattern for about 1-2 minutes when he first goes on the breast, then nothing, or maybe he'll play with the nipple in his mouth, and hang out, or nap. I have to switch him to the other side to get him to suck/swallow again. Then we have to go back to the other side, and repeat, repeat, repeat. I have tried compressions, I have tried keeping him on one side for the entire time, but he will not do anything after that first 1-2 minutes except play with the nipple, or go to sleep. I have tried keeping him on the one side until he comes off himself, but after 1-1.5 hours, I usually have to take him off so I can go to the bathroom, or I get so frustrated that I just have to take him off. I have tried to keep him awake with every tactic I can. If I take him off and then try to put him back on the same side, he will fuss, pull himself off, then root and go right back on, then pull off, etc since I think he is frustrated that the flow is slow. When I take him off, I am able to express the thin milk still, so I know he is not getting the hindmilk that he needs. HOW CAN I GET HIM to take the hindmilk??? Compressions really don't seem to do all that much after 1-2 compressions.
He gets maybe 1-2 bottles a week, slow flow nipple, so I don't think that really has a lot to do with his frustration.
I can never feel a letdown, even when I pump, and when I pump, I get 2-3 letdowns in a 20 minute period. I usually get 1-2 oz total per pump if I pump 1 hour after a feed (the only time I can do this is first thing in the AM because he actually does take a nap,but the rest of the day, I am lucky if he is off the breast for 15 minutes before he wants to go back on). I try distraction sometimes to see if I can keep him off the breast for a little while, but he wants the breast ALL THE TIME!
He has 6-7 wet diapers per day, 1-3 stools every other day.


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STAFF WRITER | August 26,2013A Montpelier man has been sentenced to 12 years to life in prison for having sexual contact with a 5-year-old girl.
Gordon R. Spillman, 48, was handed the sentence as part of a deal where he pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child and aggravated sexual assault, both felonies, in Washington County criminal court in Barre on Thursday. Felony charges of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child, possession of child pornography and promotion of a sexual recording were dismissed by the state as part of the agreement.
Before Spillman was sentenced, Deputy States Attorney Kristin Wood conveyed a statement from the girls father.
He feels like the defendant has completely ruined his childs innocence and trust in people. She looked at (Spillman) as a grandfather figure, someone she trusted and now she is very different. ... Shes not as happy. Shes being very tough, but she should not have had to experience this, Wood said.
According to the Montpelier police affidavit, Spillman took nude pictures of the girl while she slept in 2011. Police also said the girl told her parents in 2012 that Spillman had touched her sexually one time when they were playing Go Fish.
Spillman told police he was interested in girls 6 to 13 years old and blamed his depression for his actions, according to court records.
Wood said the state believed a 12-years-to-life sentence was appropriate under the circumstances.
The defendant needs to spend every day of that 12 years that he is going to spend in jail thinking about the harm that he did, Wood said.
Spillman said he takes complete responsibility for his actions. He said he looks forward to the treatment he will receive in prison so he can understand better why he did what he did.
Ive always been well aware of what I was doing was wrong. ... I know that sorry will never be enough, and I have a great amount of remorse, Spillman said.
Judge Thomas Zonay said the pre-sentence investigation contained compelling statements from the girls family about the impact the incident has had on them and what the child has gone through.
The court recognizes that there is absolutely nothing that it can do here today that will give them back and the child back what has been taken. It would be an understatement to characterize the conduct underlying these convictions as serious and a breach of trust. The conduct involved repeated acts where you, Mr. Spillman, betrayed the trust of a young child, Zonay said.
(The conduct) has brought with it life-altering harm and absolutely understandable anger. To be sure, no child, no mother, no grandmother, no father, no person should have to go through what this child and her family have been subjected to, the judge said.MORE IN Vermont NewsMONTPELIER Rep. Peter Welch, D-Vt. Full StoryVermont Attorney General Bill Sorrell plans to join the U.S. Full StoryMONTPELIER Gov. Full Story
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