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MoWiTT: Mobile Window Thermal Test Facility
The window has come a long way since the days when it was a single pane of glass in a wood frame. Low-emissivity windows were designed to help buildings retain some of the energy that would have leaked out of less efficient windows. Designing efficient window-and-frame systems requires accurate measurement of the flow of energy through windows in realistic conditions, a capability provided by the Mobile Window Thermal Test facility. Consisting of a pair of outdoor, room-sized calorimeters, MoWiTT measures the net energy flow through two window samples in side-by-side tests using ambient weather conditions. MoWiTT characterizes the net energy flow as a function of time and measures the temperatures, solar fluxes, and wind conditions to which the samples are exposed.
The net energy flowing through a window is a combination of temperature- driven thermal flows and transmission of incident solar energy, both of which vary with time. U-value and solar heat gain coefficient, the window properties that control these flows, depend partly on ambient conditions. Window energy flows can affect how much energy a building uses, depending on when the window flows are available to help meet other energy demands within the building. By using the solar gain available through a window, either for winter heating or for daylighting, buildings stand to save a significant amount of energy. To pursue this strategy successfully, we need to know more about the time-dependent energy flows.
Most window developers are interested in measuring the overall average or peak energy demands resulting from these time-dependent flows. They obtain energy demands from a complex set of calculations such as a building simulation model; in many cases, however, the information available to characterize a fenestration may be limited or inadequately described in available simulation models, or the user may be skeptical of the calculation's results. In these cases, direct performance measurements under well- characterized outdoor conditions provide performance information with higher confidence levels.
Most window developers are interested in measuring the overall average or peak energy demands resulting from time-dependent energy flows.
MoWiTT researchers at the Center carry out a DOE-funded program of research to characterize fenestration systems and develop publicly available calculation methods for predicting fenestration thermal performance. Their goals are to assess the performance of energy-efficient windows currently available or under development, such as the newly emerging superwindows; to identify opportunities for new development; and to create a knowledge base that will encourage the rational selection of optimal windows in the design process. Organizations that have collaborated on these projects include Andersen Corp., ASAHI Glass Co., ASHRAE, Cardinal IG, CIEE, LOF Glass Co., The Moore Co., PG&E, Rolscreen Co., and Southwall Technologies. In addition to its DOE-supported research, MoWiTT is also available for privately-funded studies of specific products or window improvement options. It can:
MoWiTT users under this arrangement have included the Bonneville Power Administration, LOF Glass Co., Cardinal IG, and Andersen Corporation.
Recent MoWiTT accomplishments include:


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The Future: Looking into the Crystal Ball
by: David M. Jones
If we look a generation ahead, say 20 to 30 years, what we should see is a fully coordinated statewide plan encompassing the stewardship of all our natural resources and life supporting systems of clean air, soils, and water. The unique and extensive biological diversity of this state would be represented through key protected areas harboring both rare and endangered species and large intact representative habitats. These would not be isolated islands, but connected through both natural and working "farm and forestry" maintained landscapes, so creating a linked natural network from the mountains to the coast.
Residential and commercial development would be largely contained within the currently existing city boundaries. Development would be much more compact than it is today and within easier reach of all essential services (from schools to fire departments to retail stores). The major cities would have efficient, reliable, light transit systems, which would link bus and rail elements. Walking and cycling to homes, work, and services would be facilitated. Private vehicles would be generally lighter, but safer and on average demonstrate double the fuel efficiency that we see today. Vehicles would run on a mixture of energy sources, not only traditional mineral oil, but also vegetable oils and ethanol from both forestry and farming origin. The first generation of hydrogen-powered vehicles would be operating.
Small, highly-productive horticultural-based farms within an hour of city markets would supply most of our fresh fruit and vegetables. Large scale arable farms would both supply U.S. basic food needs and export cereals and some vegetable protein, mainly to Asia. A proportion of this arable farming product would go into the production of biofuels, but much of that would also come from forestry byproducts.
Housing and commercial development would be closely linked to available water sources, reducing the need for interbasin transfer and seasonal rationing. Industrial and domestic machines and processes would be designed to use less water. In many instances, water would be recycled through separate systems with partially processed clean water and dirty water being reused for irrigation and washing down purposes. Major surface and ground water sources would be constantly monitored with strict protection against, runoff siltation and excessive use of agricultural and domestic fertilizers. Eighty percent of N.C. households would be on some form of local or regional sewage treatment. The outfall from rivers into our estuaries and coastal waters would support, not compromise, a vibrant and sustainable fisheries industry, with clean inshore water and full, constant public accessibility to beaches and the coastal waterways.
Industrial and domestic energy use would be largely electricity-driven with the majority of power still coming from coal and natural gas but through new clean burning and filtration technologies supplemented by updated nuclear units. Thirty percent of the state's energy would come from a mix of biofuels, wind, hydro, solar, and other alternative generation methods. Air pollution would go down to 10% of current levels and greenhouse gases less than half the current releases, despite the increase in population. Total energy use would remain at current levels, despite the population increase, through a portfolio of energy-saving technologies.
The organization of all these changes would be based around a small number of "super regions," mainly designated to relate to their geographic, climatological and biological features rather than the existing "political" structure of counties, cities and "economic development" entities. Three major city regions—Raleigh/Durham, the Triad, and Charlotte/Mecklenburg—would contrast in their management with more rural regions each one of those related to the specific needs of the mountains, the Piedmont, the coastal plain, and the coast itself.
Most of the environmental management changes would be driven by a linked system of financial incentives, such as for land acquisitions or easements, community-planned development, encouragement to farmers and foresters to maintain working lands, and lower taxes on more efficient fuels and fuel-burning vehicles. The installation of energy and water-saving devices and the protection of key biodiverse areas on private lands would also be incentive driven. The whole system would still be largely market-driven, but with strong community-oriented protection with an eye to overall communal wellbeing, especially as it relates to pollution control, energy wastage, and inappropriate planning.

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On Tuesday Jon Sickels of Minor League Ball and minor league guru did a question and answer.
The thread is full of Mets information, including his projections for Duda, thoughts on Reese Havens, whether FMart will even bloom and who is a sleeper in the Mets system.
I thought the most interesting part was his rather bold opinion of Reese Havens. He didn't clarify whether he thought Tejada would be at short replacing Reyes or Havens would beat out Tejada...
Reese Havens
What do you see in store for him? Is he playing 2B for the Mets next year?
by EinNH on Sep 20, 2011 1:02 PM EDT
IF HE CAN STAY HEALTHY, yes
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Sportsmen are out in force on Lake Shelbyville today. We've seen several recreational anglers, including one who apparently was camped in a spot Aaron Martens wanted to fish. Martens turned the wheel and headed in another direction. At the boat ramp near where Martens stopped, Steve Bowman chatted with a couple of duck hunters returning from a morning's hunt. They said it was slow hunting. They shot two teal, but just as they were picking up the decoys, a flock flew within gun range, they lamented. Bowman is nuts about duck hunting, and it's all he can do to resist looking for a blind tomorrow morning instead of trailing bass pros and shooting their photos. Steve's also a talented lensman. Look for his on-the-water photos on Bassmaster.com this afternoon.
Martens has fished his way down the bank and away from the ramp, catching three non-keepers along the way. Two were shorter than the 14-inch minimum length, and the third was a gar. His crankbait popped out of the gar's mouth just as Martens reached for it. The lure flew up and dug into his shirt. Close call. In two Elite tournaments this year, competitors had to seek medical attention to have treble hooks removed from their bodies. Martens was luckier.
He told us he's been catching one keeper for every non-keeper in these Illinois fisheries. With three undersized bass this morning, he said he's due to catch two more that he can add to his livewell.


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Inaugural Premier League brings hope to young Afghans
By Miriam Arghandiwal
KABUL (Reuters) - The feeling of optimism in the air was almost palpable as the inaugural Afghan Premier League reached its climax in Kabul on Friday just a stone's throw from where the Taliban carried out public executions.
Waving Afghan flags or wrapping them around their shoulders, around 4,000 fans crammed into a newly built stadium for the culmination of the ambitious three-week championship sponsored by local telecommunications operator Roshan.
"Football is helping these boys by providing a platform for youths to have something to turn to besides drug addiction or joining the insurgency," Afghan Football Federation (AFF) advisor Ali Askar Lali told Reuters.
Eleven years into the NATO-led war against Taliban insurgents, violence is intensifying across Afghanistan, where even some of the most peaceful areas are falling prey to militants.
As the finalists from the eight-team tournament took to the field, fear of the widespread violence engulfing the country was, understandably, still on many minds.
"We were worried throughout the whole tournament that something would happen, but... I don't think anyone could get away with trying to ruin this," Lali shouted above the din of screaming crowds.
The event culminated with Toofan Harirod, representing the western region, beating northwestern region's Simorgh Alborz 2-1 in a final held near the notorious Ghazi stadium, where the Taliban held public executions during their 1996-2001 reign.
All of Afghanistan's 34 provinces were represented in a tournament broadcast live on television and radio stations belonging to Moby Group, run by Austalian-educated Kabul tycoon Saad Mohseni. Continued...


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In honor of Black Friday, review resources like the
Sears Catalog and "buy" three Christmas presents for an ancestor.
Why did you choose them?
When you start writing your life's stories, you may wonder what to put in and what to leave out. Should you mention that time you got arrested, or when your best friend betrayed you? What about your difficult relationship with your dad? What if telling your stories will reveal someone else's secrets?
Writing your life story can raise questions about how to be fair and honest, and what stories of your life should keep private. Story of My Life workbook author and guest blogger Sunny Morton has three quick things to consider when you start writing your family history:
After considering these questions, you may still see the need to reveal confidences, but you may approach it more sensitively.
My new book Story of My Life guides you through the process of deciding what stories to tell, telling them (including lessons learned) honestly, and focusing on what's most important. You'll find hundreds of memory prompts and reflection questions about the people and events of your past. Story of My Life is available as an easy-to-use softcover workbook and as a writeable PDF—just type your answers and save them in a preformatted document you can print or share as you like.
Recording your own history can be a rewarding experience, both personally and for your genealogy research—you never know what clues you'll recall! But it can be frustrating when you don't remember certain things as clearly as you'd like. Below are four strategies to jog your memories. Use these to evoke the feelings and facts of specific time periods, people, places or events in your past:
In the end, you still may not remember every detail as crisply as you'd like. But life-story writing is rewarding when it's about your feelings and thoughts about the past, not just the memories themselves. Take special note of how your perceptions of the past may have changed (or not). Reflect on how an event or person changed you—even if you don't recall them perfectly. Note life lessons you took away with you, particularly those that have guided your life since. Write these things down.
A guided journal such as my new book Story of My Life is the perfect place to capture your thoughts and memories. It's organized by time period and contains hundreds of memory prompts and reflection questions. There are plenty of places to record specific memories and celebrate special relationships. Story of My Life is available as an easy-to-use softcover workbook and as a writeable PDF—just type your answers and save them in a pre-formatted document you can print or share as you like.
Want to dig into your past? Guest blogger and author of the Story of My Life workbook Sunny Jane Morton shares three quick tips for recalling childhood memories:
What do you remember from your childhood? If you're like most people, the answer may be, "Not much." The older you get, the more remote and vague your youngest years may seem. That can be so frustrating when you want to document your life story (and the first chapter is missing!) or bring to mind clues from your childhood that would help you research your family history.
When starting to piece together your childhood memories, try following these three steps:
Learn more about each of these steps—from writing down and fleshing out vague memories to researching their contexts—in the Story of My Life workbook by Sunny Jane Morton. This life-story writing guide is packed with memory-jogging journaling prompts and more tips for fleshing out your life's most meaningful stories. Story of My Life is available as an easy-to-use softcover workbook and as a writeable PDF—just type your answers and save them in a pre-formatted document you can print or share as you like.
Genealogists are always focused on finding their ancestors, but what about preserving our own family history? Many of us mean to get to that—someday. It's important that we try to be the ancestors we'd like to find ourselves, but finding the time and resources to do that can be a challenge. Evernote is a great tool to make this process faster and easier because we can incorporate it into our everyday lives. That way, the records make themselves. Here are four ways you can use Evernote to preserve your own family history:
Learn more about the many uses of Evernote in How to Use Evernote for Genealogy, available on ShopFamilyTree.com.
It's a great month for genealogy. Enjoy!
. . . you'll find ideas, inspiration, and guidance in How
to Archive Family Photos Part 3: CREATE. It gives
easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions for creative photo
projects on a variety of websites and apps. If you're stumped
about Mother's Day and Father's Day gifts, try one of these
Photo-Book Projects
Smartphone and Tablet Projects
Card, Collage, and Scrapbooking Projects Photo
Calendar Projects
Fabric and Home Décor Craft Projects
Next week, Denise will give you Digital Asset Management (DAM)
tips. Visit
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to Archive Family Photos and how this book will help
you organize your digital photos.
The study by the Future Foundation on behalf of Ancestry.com examined trends in the family—both past and present—across six developed countries: the United States, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany and Sweden.
Overall, it indicates that generations are growing closer and families are increasingly interested in their history. Other findings include:
Do you like the idea of bringing generations closer and passing on a family history legacy? Take a look at our book Stories From My Grandparent: An Heirloom Journal for Your Grandchild. If you're inspired to start tracing your family history, Discover Your Family History Online can point you to the best genealogy websites and online resources to start your search.
You can see more details on these findings and the study methodology in Ancestry.com's press release.
As a natural worrier, I do my share of worst-case-scenario
thinking—natural disasters, economic ruin, environmental
destruction, etc. Uplifting, I know.
But the good thing about National
Preparedness Month, which happens each September in the United
States, is the abundance of information about how to minimize harm
to your family and your stuff if one of those scary scenarios
should happen.
When it comes to stuff, genealogists often prize heirlooms above all
else. What would happen to your family treasures in a fire or a
natural disaster? Prepare them for the worst with these four tips
from Family Curator Denise Levenick, author of How
to Archive Family Keepsakes:
What reunion goodies has your family created? Click Comments
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The Instant
Family Reunion Deluxe kit is on sale in April in
ShopFamilyTree.com. Check it out today—fewer than 50 are left.
You can make other scribblers, such as research logs,
genealogy general information or anything else you'd like to keep
track of. » Ellen Thompson-Jennings
Update: Unfortunately, it sounds like this offer is only for
previous Photoshop owners. Thanks to the commenters who created an Adobe
account, made this discovery and reported back here. (One also recommended Irfanview.)
It would be a lot to keep all of these resolutions, so think about what you
really want to accomplish this year.
Once you make your resolutions, you'll find the how-to help you need to follow through in
Tree Magazine and at ShopFamilyTree.com,
and you can post genealogy questions to our Facebook page
or email them to me.
The contest, open to young people ages 8 to 18, encourages connections across generations. To enter, a young person interviews a grandparent or grandfriend 50 years or older, gathering information about the older person's hopes and goals through their life; how he or she achieved goals and overcame obstacles; or key life experiences. The young person then writes and submit a 300-word essay based on the interview.
The winner will receive a Lenov ThinkCentre computer. Click here for more information, including rules and entry form.
After you download the PDF, just open it in Adobe Reader (a free download if you don't already have it), type in the recipient's name and
birth or wedding information, and save. Then you could:
You also could print the page and then write in the recipient's
name and other information.
Birth Year Memory Pages are available for each year from 1930
through 2010, and you can also get memory
pages covering decades from the 1930s through 2000s.
Anniversary Memory Pages are available in five-year increments from 10th
to 70th. This one's for a couple celebrating 25 years in 2012:
I'm in love with our newest book, From the Family Kitchen: Discover Your Food Heritage and Preserve Family Recipes by Gena Philibert-Ortega.
Before you even open the book, it's pretty: Hardbound, with a lovely cover and a cute yellow ribbon bookmark.
And then it's about food history and family recipes, a topic that fascinates me.
Who better to describe the book than its author? Here's what Gena has to say about this labor of love:
Do you ever wish you knew more about your ancestors' lives? When I think of my ancestors, I wonder how their lives were similar to mine. I also ponder what I can add to my genealogy research that will be meaningful to future generations.
From the Family Kitchen will help you understand and appreciate your ancestors' everyday lives by exploring the foods they ate. These details make your family history more vivid and more interesting to younger folks—not to mention very tasty.
This isn't just another guidebook. It's a keepsake designed to help you gather and preserve your family's food traditions, past and present. You can use From the Family Kitchen to:
1. Learn where to find recipes Great-grandma would've cooked. I'll walk you through the history of American foodways, and introduce you to resources for researching the food traditions of specific eras and regions. The book even includes historical recipes, cooking instructions and entertaining advice to give you a flavor of your ancestors' experiences.
2. Better understand the foods of immigrant ancestors. Your family's food traditions today might still reflect your ancestors' cultural heritage—but how have those dishes changed over generations and across countries? I'll explain how to find out.
3. Interview your family about their food memories. Get tips for gathering recipes and recollections. The book includes dozens of suggested questions to ask. 4. Record your family food traditions. Within the book are beautiful recipe journal pages for preserving the dishes you discover in your research, and especially today's family favorites—creating a legacy for future generations.
1. Learn where to find recipes Great-grandma would've cooked. I'll walk you through the history of American foodways, and introduce you to resources for researching the food traditions of specific eras and regions. The book even includes historical recipes, cooking instructions and entertaining advice to give you a flavor of your ancestors' experiences.
2. Better understand the foods of immigrant ancestors. Your family's food traditions today might still reflect your ancestors' cultural heritage—but how have those dishes changed over generations and across countries? I'll explain how to find out.
3. Interview your family about their food memories. Get tips for gathering recipes and recollections. The book includes dozens of suggested questions to ask.
4. Record your family food traditions. Within the book are beautiful recipe journal pages for preserving the dishes you discover in your research, and especially today's family favorites—creating a legacy for future generations.
This is Diane again. This hardcover book is a great addition to your genealogy or cooking bookshelf, and it makes a wonderful Mother's Day gift. You can order From the Family Kitchen from ShopFamilyTree.com on sale for a short time, for $22.39.
Bon appétit!
We're hosting a free webinar next Tuesday about one of the most talked-about photo-preservation tools in genealogy: the Flip-Pal mobile scanner.
Presenters Thomas MacEntee and Diane Miller will show you:
Registered attendees will get access to the webinar to view again as many times as they like (we'll e-mail instructions after the webinar).
Plus, all registrants will receive a special product offer!
The free Flip-Pal webinar is Tuesday, March 27, at 2 p.m. Eastern (1 p.m. Central, noon Mountain, 11 a.m. Pacific).
The presentation is about 45 minutes, plus 10 minutes for Q&A.
Click here to register for our free webinar Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner for Fabulous Family Photos.
The challenge basics and a Q&A are here.
Sign up here to receive daily writing reminders and quotes, as well as links to weekly advice posts. You also can join discussions in a forum.
When I put together a family history narrative a couple of years ago,
I noticed some holes in my research, came up with ideas for next steps
and saw how much progress I'd made. Even better, it was an easily
digestible way to share me research with my family.
Need motivation? Here's how to get around five common reasons for not writing family history. And here are six quick ideas for writing family history.
If you want in-depth guidance for writing a family history, look into the FTU course and workshop Write Your Family History. By the end of the session, you'll have an outline for your family's story and a start on your narrative.
Keep the recording on your phone or computer. You also can upload it to the Record Their Stories website and order a professionally mixed version of the recording, complete with music and sound effects.
You can get the Record Their Stories iPhone app for 99 cents from the iTunes app store. Learn more at the Record Their Stories website.
Get more help preparing for oral history conversations (learn everything from what to ask to what you should bring) with expert articles on FamilyTreeMagazine.com.
The January 2012 Family Tree Magazine has Lisa Louise Cooke's roundup of favorite apps for family history researchers.
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is joining Historypin, a site that lets users virtually "pin" historical photographs, videos and audio recordings to Google maps.
Users can enhance their pins with descriptions and stories, and compile them into collections and tours centered around a place, time or storyline.
Visit the National Archives on Historypin here. I scrolled down and clicked an image of Samuel Morse's 1848 patent for the electromagnetic telegraph, which opened information about the patent:
Here's the patent on a map of Washington, DC, at the location of the old Patent Office:
Another cool thing you can do is use a transparency slider to overlay a historical image on top of a Google street view of the same scene today. This shows a view from the old Patent Office toward the Treasury building:
Also in NARA's collection, you'll find Mathew Brady Civil War photographs; photos of streets, buildings and historic events in Washington, DC; and images from the recently concluded History Happens Here augmented reality contest. Future additions will include Documerica images, more Mathew Brady, and Brooklyn Navy Yard photos collections.
Go here and type in a place your ancestors lived to see what's pinned there. You don't have to join Historypin to see the pins, but if you join, you can add your own images (you'll need a free Google account).
Historypin is also accessible via a Smartphone app. It's a project of the British non-profit We Are What We Do that seeks to bring generations together around the history of their communities.
Here are images Historypin users have pinned around Cincinnati, where Family Tree Magazine is located. Once I get started exploring these, I'm not sure how I'll stop myself:
Here's a great way to capture holiday-related memories: GeneaBloggers announces the return of the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories blogging event Dec. 1-24. Each day will present a blogging prompt (such as Christmas cookies—yum!) for bloggers to respond to with memories and family history.
Even if you don't have a blog, you can use the prompts to inspire your writing.
The Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories founder, GeneaBloggers' Thomas MacEntee, reports that some bloggers have compiled their posts into books to share with family.
Click here to learn how bloggers can participate in the Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories. Also follow the event on Facebook and Twitter.
Continue your family story writing with My Life & Times: A Guided Journal by Sunny Jane Morton or Morton's Creating a Family History Book course at Family Tree University (the next session starts Dec. 5).
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Maybe you've shopped at a Kroger grocery store? In 1883 in Cincinnati, Bernard Kroger founded what's now the largest US grocery chain.
Allison uncovered letters and newspaper clippings from Kroger family members. A handwritten notecard states that one of her ancestors was B.H. Kroger's private secretary from 1928 to 1938.
Another treasure is an album full of photos from the South Pacific. It belonged to a woman named Dorie, who may have been a friend of an aunt.
Color me jealous. We'll keep showing you more peeks inside this archive.
The Early Bird Special for the Organize Your Family Archive webinar ends Nov. 20, so if you have your own hot genealogy mess going on, register now.
Grandpa doesn't know it—he passed away in 2003—but his old Army photos have graced several Family Tree Magazine publications. That's his portrait in the September 2005 Family Tree Sourcebook and on our Military Research Guide CD.
He served in the Army 83rd Signal Co. in 1944 and 1945 in France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany, and received a Bronze Star medal for his service.
The citation above (which I included on a scrapbook page for Scrapbooking Your Family History by Maureen A. Taylor) says he
…showed outstanding leadership in maintaining wire communications between division and regimental headquarters. During the rapid advance of the division, difficult terrain was encountered and artillery fire. His devotion to duty and outstanding services merit the highest praise …
My grandma once told me that Grandpa limped after the war because he'd dropped a big coil of cable on his foot, and she asked him why he hadn't gotten it checked out. He said he knew he might not be able to return to the same unit. Those were good men, he said, and he didn't want to leave them.
He's among those in the WWII Army Enlistment records, available on the National Archives' website and on subscription site Ancestry.com:
His burial information is also recorded in the Veterans Administration Nationwide Gravesite Locator:
You can memorialize your own military ancestors' service with our military biography form, downloadable from this page.
Go here to download our War Service Reference Guide, which has a timeline of US conflicts plus a birth date chart you can use to determine which major wars your ancestor likely served in.
Learning about your relatives' service to our country (and sharing their stories with your family) is one way to honor them today. Here are some of our favorite websites for doing military research.
Remember back when Family Tree Magazine Publisher Allison Dolan (then Allison Stacy) inherited nearly two dozen boxes of family history "stuff" from her grandparents?
Scads of you wrote in with advice and stories about your similar situations in blog comments, emails and letters.
The Family Curator blogger Denise Levenick is going to make an example of Allison for your benefit. In our Organize Your Family Archive webinar, Denise will offer strategies and inspiration for
For a limited time, you can save 20 percent on your Organize Your Family Archive webinar registration. This may be the incentive and guidance you need to start getting a handle on your family archive—and seeing what genealogy treasures it holds.
This will be the fourth annual National Day of Listening. Americans are encouraged to observe it by spending an hour on the day after Thanksgiving interviewing a friend, loved one or community member about their lives.
Lowcountry Africana will participate by recording interviews with residents in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. These areas are home to many descendants of enslaved Africans of the Gullah-Geechee culture. The slaves' rice-growing skills were vital to the massive rice plantations of the Colonial and Antebellum Lowcountry.
Visit Lowcountry Africana's National Day of Listening web pages, with suggestions for how to participate and instructional videos.
StoryCorps, an organization that provides people of all backgrounds with opportunities to preserve thier life stories, has a free online Do-It-Yourself interview guide.
You'll also find guidance for participating in the National Day of Listening in these free FamilyTreeMagazine.com articles:
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The $79.99 price saves you 62 percent on the whole shebang. Only 95 (and counting) of the Genealogy Keepsakes Ultimate Collections are left—now's the time to get started on your family history holiday projects!
Trying to take care of your gift list, keep family traditions going, get things done at work around vacation schedules, and squeeze in genealogy time can make the holidays one of the most hectic times of the year.
But they don't have to be. Our colleagues over at Betterway Home are hosting a free webinar to help you cut the chaos, stress and clutter from your holiday season.
The free Have an Organized Holiday Season webinar is presented by professional organizers Jennifer Ford Berry, author of Organize Now! and Organize Now! Your Money, Business & Career, and Susan Fay West, author of Organize For a Fresh Start.
It takes place Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern (11 a.m. Pacific).
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This year, get organized before you get overwhelmed. Click here to register for the free Have an Organized Holiday Season webinar.
The Shoebox scanning app helps you digitize, organize and share collections of photos from the past.
You use the camera on your iPhone to snap a picture of a photo. Shoebox auto-detects the edges of the photo, then crops and straightens it. You can add information such as dates, names, and locations, then upload the photo as a JPG to 1000memories.com. There, you can be organize and share your pictures.
Of course, the quality of Shoebox "scans" depends on the phone's camera. If you have the latest iPhone, the 4S, your digitized Shoebox photos will be on par with what you'd produce with a typical desktop scanner, 1000memories cofounder Jonathan Good told me. The 4S has an 8.0 MP sensor for high-resolution mobile scans, as well as an improved f2.4 lens for quality lower-light scans.
Good says he also gets excellent results using his iPhone 4. The app is compatible with all previous iPhone models, as well as the iPad.
An Android version is coming soon, Good added (to the delight of this Android user).
"The popularity of the iPhone camera has proven that people want something that's quick, accessible, and easy to share," says 1000memories' other cofounder, Rudy Adler. "For us, that's what providing a social mobile scanner is about - making it as easy as possible for people to get their photo collections digitized and shared with the people they care about."
It'll certainly make scanning a box of photos quicker, and it'll be easier to digitize photos in your relatives' possession—no need to persuade Aunt Bertha to let you cart her precious album home.
Note that the app outputs a JPG file, but the TIF format, which creates uncompressed files, is the most widely used type of file for digital master photos. That lack of compression is also why TIF files are large and impractical for electronic sharing. So you may want to create TIF backups of important pictures.
Go here to learn more about Shoebox and download it.
Sunny Jane Morton, author of My Life & Times: A Guided Journal For Collecting Your Stories, answered these and more questions in last week's free webinar Start Writing Your Life Stories.
One idea that struck me right at the beginning is to imagine that a biography has been written about your life. When you look at the book jacket, what does it say? What main theme of your life, setting and colorful characters does it mention. "In the broadest sense, that book jacket is your story," Morton says. "Everyday life is found in the chapters inside."
If you missed the Start Writing Your Life Stories webinar—or you want to watch it again (still free!)—just click here and fill in your name and email address.
I hope the contest got more people thinking about sharing their family history with relatives. If you've been putting off getting your family's story down, here are five common excuses and why they won't cut it.
If you're not ready to tackle a family history writing project, try these six ideas on for size: They're shorter-but-still-meaningful ways to share your family stories.
But if you've been dreaming of recording your ancestors' tales, you can get in-depth help in the Family Tree University course Write Your Family History: Create a Captivating Record of Your Family's Story with Sunny Jane Morton.
Need inspiration? My favorite family history is called Family by Ian Frazier (I got to interview him for Family Tree Magazine, and I was a nervous wreck). Here are some other family histories you'll enjoy.
US additions include Sebastian County, Ark., births and deaths; San Mateo County, Calif. Italian cemetery records; Florida Confederate veterans and widows pension applications; Clark County, Idaho, records; Indiana marriages; North Carolina estate files; Columbia County, Ore., records; and Utah probate records. Remember that not all collections are indexed yet, so you may need to browse record images by date or place.
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The software creates an interactive timeline to keep individual stories organized, give context to life events and let you write stories in any order you want. Then it compiles the stories into a book with table of contents, chapters, pictures, indexes and more. You can print the book at home, edit it in a word processing program, have it professionally published, and share it.
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Many of these core features are in a free edition of the software called Personal Historian Essentials, which is fully compatible with the paid version.
Through Oct. 31, Personal Historian 2 is available for an introductory price of $19.95. Thereafter, the price will be $29.95. Learn more on the Personal Historian website.
Look for a review or Personal Historian 2 in an upcoming Family Tree Magazine.
Neuroscientist-turned-journalist and genealogy buff Madeleine Johnson wrote about how she used a circular family tree chart of her own creation as a starting point to her roots research, and is searching for the story of a great-grandmother who died in an institution.
"Genealogy, distant and recent, gives meaning to personal and shared historical experience," she writes.
Also check out another post and article she mentions: Going Dutch: I'm one of the Van Dusens of New Amsterdam. So what? in which Matthew Van Dusen says his illustrious ancestry—described in a New York Times article about New Amsterdam's early settlers—doesn't increase his own personal importance.
I have to agree with him there, but I do think it's neat to be related to someone you might read about in a history book (I'm not, that I know of). Of course, it's also gratifying to discover and honor the stories of "ordinary" folks in your tree. What do you think?
To enter, just e-mail us your name, phone number, and 500 words or less about why your family history should be chosen as the contest winner.
Did your ancestors embody the American dream? Were they important in shaping historic events? Is your family tree full of colorful characters? You tell us what sets your family apart.
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We'll pick one winner from the first 200 submissions. The grand-prize winner will receive a complete Premium publishing package from Abbott Press.
The first runner-up will win the Family Tree University independent study course Writing Your Family Memoir (on CD). A second runner-up with get a copy of My Life & Times: A Guided Journal for Collecting Your Stories by Sunny Jane Morton.
All entrants will receive a 25 percent discount off any Abbott Press publishing package.
Check out all the contest rules here.
GSP also is working on a new website, so keep an eye on GenPa.
A bunch of you chimed in with advice, encouragement and stories that'll benefit other overwhelmed family archivists. The gist of your advice is:
Here are some more details from your suggestions and stories. To read the full comments, go to Allison's "Organizing Grandma's Archive" blog post and click Comments at the bottom.
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"At some later date you might relocate everything to a better storage system," Claire adds, "but at least for now you'll know the contents of each box."
She also recommends digitizing as you go. "If you re-create the folders and boxes digitally, you'll always know the exact order they arrived in. You can then tag them or make digital copies and reorganize them according to your preference. It will make you familiar with what's there and you won't have to reorganize the actual papers. You can just store them (or toss, if needed) and work with the digital copies."
Patti's tip for labeling photos: "Take a stack, and anytime you are sitting down, write on the back the who, what, where etc. There are pens made for this that will not damage the pictures."
She separated papers from the pictures, and had some of the old photos and tintypes restored and copied. "I am copying all pictures to CDs or SD cards and having prints made to share with other family members … the originals are in safe, acid free boxes, with copies in albums."
"I have been given a huge store of pictures, which we went through with my mother to assign names, then sort by family. Each family gets theirs. Older ones are being digitized, copied and spread around so that hopefully somewhere there will be a copy. Unidentifed ones are kept together in the hope that some reunion or gathering can attach a name."
This beautiful certificate was for Walter C. Peck of Cleveland, Ohio, and Irene E. Kershner of Berwick, Pa., who were married on July 5, 1924, in Berwick, Pa., by the Rev. H.R. Shipe. I just had to know if this marriage certificate had a family that would want it.
So I did a little genealogical detective work on Ancestry.com.
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I found a Walter (age 31) and Irene Peck (29) living at 1273 Bonnieview, Lakewood, Ohio, in the 1930 census (recorded on April 5, 1930). They had two children, Clarke (5) and Carlos (8 months), and Walter was a ticket agent for a steam railroad. They rented their home for $50 a month and owned a radio set.
But Irene also showed up listed with her parents, William and Sarah Kershner, at 373 Monroe, Berwick Township, Pa., on the 1930 census (recorded April 8, 1930). Her two sons, Clark (listed as 4 and 11 months) and Carlos (7 months), are also included. (I'm figuring they were visiting during enumeration time.) I found the Kershners at the same address in the 1910 census, with Irene, 10 at the time, being among seven listed children.
Irene pops up in the 1920 census as a sister-in-law to Jacob and Lucretia Nagel in Lakewood, Ohio. She worked as a stenographer at a chemical company.
A WWI draft registration card filled out June 5, 1918, for a Walter Clark Peck living at 1339 E. 80th St. in Cleveland states he worked at a chemical company in Cleveland -- perhaps Walter and Irene had a workplace romance. Walter's emergency contact was his mother, Elizabeth Peck, who lived at the same address. Walter shows up on the 1910 and 1920 censuses living with his parents, Clark W. and Bessie Peck, in Cleveland.
Ohio death records show Walter C. Peck, born in 1897, died at home in Fairview Park, Ohio, on Nov. 13, 1961. I couldn't find a death date for Irene; Carlos Peck passed away in 2002.
But Clark Peck is still alive, and I called him on the phone today. He's a bit hard of hearing, so I mostly spoke to his wife, Beryl (Heiser) Peck, who confirmed pretty much everything I'd found.
Beryl said Walter Peck and Irene Kershner had met at Grasselli Chemical in Cleveland, where they'd both worked. Walter later worked for the Canadian Pacific Rail for many years; Beryl said Walter traveled around the world a couple times before he passed away in his 60s. Irene lived until the last 1980s. Now in his late 80s, Dr. Clark Peck practiced dentistry and taught at Case Western Reserve University for 30 years. He and Beryl now live in Westlake, Ohio, and have two children and many grandchildren.
By the time I got off the phone, I was tearing up from happiness. Beryl thanked me multiple times for contacting them -- I'll be mailing out the marriage certificate (and a copy of this blog post) to her and Clark today. I'm so glad that this beautiful record will return to its family -- and stay with them for many years to come.
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After the death of Gordon Felton, originally Gunter Fajgenbaum, his son, graphic designer Nicholas Felton, used the hundreds of artifacts his father left to create a visual synopsis of his life.
The 12-page book features infographics showing information about Gordon's family, each decade of his life, the places he lived and traveled, his collections of music and postcards, and more.
Here are a few of the pages (click each page for a bigger view):
The first page (above) uses pie charts to show the number and types of items Gordon saved from each year of his life.
Page three summarizes his youth in England, with a photo and stats from his school reports (best and worst subject, most frequent adjectives teachers used to describe him, etc.).
The center pages show the places Gordon traveled, with at-a-glance information such as the highest altitude visited and number of locations in each hemisphere.
I admire the mad graphic design skills that went into this book. But beyond the gorgeous looks, I love how Nicholas studied his father's ephemera and compiled facts (such as movies he saw and the type of music he listened to) that kind of summarize the family archive and give insight into what kind of person Gordon was.
You can read more about the book here.
Flip through all the pages life-size on Nicholas Felton's website.
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AFSC Dissects the Astronomical Cost of War
Posted on Sep 22, 2007
How could the $720 million the U.S. is spending on the Iraq war each day be put to better use? Well, how about paying for the health care costs of 423,529 children? Or giving 34,904 college students four-year scholarships, or providing 6,482 families with homes?
These mind-blowing figures were crunched by the Quaker church-affiliated American Friends Service Committee as part of its "Wage Peace Campaign," which the AFSC says is intended "to highlight the economic cost of the war and demand that Congress shift war funding to support human needs here and real solutions in Iraq."
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By tikalismo, September 23, 2007 at 4:33 pm Link to this comment
Thanks to the American Friends Service Committee for finding a popular way to express huge numbers that usually just numb the mind. The supplemental funding bills are really only 40% of the budgetary impact. So when Bush asks for another $50 billion of funding, multiply that figure by 2.4 and you will have the real cost to taxpayers when the interest on the debt, the care for the wounded and the lengthening of the war is added in. That zipping sound you hear is the U.S. taxpayer credit card going through the machine once again because Congress does not have the nerve to say NO.
By dick, September 23, 2007 at 2:46 pm Link to this comment
For the power elite, wars are highly profitable and risk-free, and we are completely ruled by them . The masses have no influence. The wars will continue, and, for example, the Forbes 400, who now have more wealth than the total wealth of 65 million American households, are getting richer at an increasing rate, thanks mainly to our wars.
By Dale Headley, September 23, 2007 at 1:17 pm Link to this comment
The core belief of conservatives is that there is only one legitimate objective of government: make war! They despise poor people for taking even a penny from the business of war. Of course, there are caveats: the wars must have guarantees of victory: Grenada, Panama, Iraq, etc. They must provide enormous profits for corporations. And they must have a large amount of sacrifice of life and limb by young Americans - none of what that wimp Ciinton did: deposing a dictator without losing a single American in combat. How can you have flag-waving and Whitney Houston singing the national anthem if nobody dies? And, finally, they must not have to serve themselves. That's why their heroes are people like Bush, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, and especially Dick Cheney - the champion with five deferments. Plus Bill Kristol and all the other neocons who bent over backward not to take up arms to protect their country.
By Conservative Yankee, September 23, 2007 at 8:35 am Link to this comment
If defense contractors were "nationalized" during war, and profits were strictly prohibited during the exercise thereof, there would be damn few wars!
Why should corporate entities which need the most defending, not be willing to risk as much as the poor 18-year-old who enlists for the sake of "patriotism" only, and who (in general) profits not at all from the war effort. Christsakes… the poor bastard can't even buy a legal beer!
By thomas billis, September 23, 2007 at 3:25 am Link to this comment
Anti War always sound so pacifist.Americans are against stupid wars where the only winners are the arms suppliers and the oil companies.Americans live in a country where they have no representation.70% of Americans want a phased withdrwal and neither party gives a damn.War is the best way to steal money there is.In WW2 there was a Truman Commission checking out war profiteers with a democrat in office because it was more important to do the right thing than accumulate power and money on the backs of our kids.The Pentagon has hundreds of investigations going on profiteering.Where is the Congress?The Pentagon is part of the Executive Branch would you trust anything coming out of that branch of Government.Oh I forgot they have a day and a half to debate the Move on.org advertisement but no time to look into the billions that are being stolen.We have got the best government money can buy.
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If you study all of the comments that have been made and reported in the media, it seems that NC State is being ridiculed for attempting to look out for NC State first and foremost... and doing so within the scope of a contract that has long been in place.
The biggest dispute isn't about dates or times or potential fines but instead, power.
In a recent article in the Triangle Business Journal, it was reported that "Gale Force Holdings, which owns the Hurricanes and operates the arena for concerts and other events, worked with the Atlantic Coast Conference in previous years to coordinate schedules."
The ACC believed Gale Force Holdings had scheduling priority over NC State and were never told otherwise by the previous administration. Because of this, NC State wasn't involved with the scheduling, even though they had priority to have available all potential dates that could be beneficial for both programs.
It appears that the only change now is that NC State is in charge of submitting all possible dates, instead of an entity that may not be looking out for the best interest of the Wolfpack. It's probably safe to say that they likely weren't.
That is what has angered Gale Force and Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford because no other major changes have been reported. The ACC football schedule was released around the same time as last year and the basketball schedule will once again be released in late summer.
The problem for the Hurricanes is that they must submit their dates to the NHL before the Wolfpack's schedule is released in August, which remains the case.
In WRAL's report on the situation, Rutherford stated that, "NC State stakes claim to 28 dates while only playing "six to seven" football games. He said NC State claims 42 of 92 dates between October and January despite playing only "eight potential home games."
"In all, Rutherford states that NC State has staked claim to 129 of 214 calendar days, including 26 of 30 days in November, for a combined total of 23 Wolfpack sporting events."
First of all, who knows if those numbers are even accurate? No one from NC State has confirmed those dates were claimed.
Again, NC State seems to be doing what is best for NC State and following the contract that states they have scheduling priority.
To make sure that they are an option for attractive TV games and primetime slots, NC State would need to block a set of dates that could potentially be needed for a Wolfpack game. NC State must reserve those dates until they know what days they are actually playing. Once they get the outline of the schedule from the ACC (road games vs. home games), they would be able to release open dates to PNC Arena for other scheduling events.
For instance, at the beginning of football season NC State might reserve every Thursday and Saturday of each week, along with Thursday through Monday of Labor day weekend from the end of August until the end of November to have available all potential scheduling dates.
Once they find out what dates will be road games, they can then release those dates to PNC Arena. Once they receive the entire schedule, they can release all other dates to PNC Arena.
Rutherford stated that NC State would claim 28 dates while only playing "six or seven" football games. Well, if they reserve every Thursday and Saturday from late August to the end of November, and then you add in Labor Day weekend, that would equal roughly 28-30 potential scheduling dates.
Shouldn't NC State claim those dates until they know for sure when they will be playing? Would State fans be happy if they gave up a potential Thursday night ESPN game before ESPN decided which games they were going to televise?
It's the same situation with basketball.
There is a period of time when you can release your non-conference dates because you set those yourself, but until the ACC gives the possible home and away dates, NC State would be harming the program by not reserving all potential dates for games and practice time.
Remember two years ago when NC State played a late Thursday night game at Duke and had to turn around and host Florida State at noon on Saturday? That may not have necessarily been the result of this scheduling situation, but it is certainly a potential problem.
The ACC plays league games on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday of each week during the conference season, so NC State must hold those dates until they know if they are going to be home or away and until TV networks pick up those games.
What if ESPN has an open Wednesday night slot but you only kept Thursday in that week? NC State wouldn't be able to receive that game at home.
At the end of the day, NC State must look out for the Wolfpack. It now seems that the athletics department is back dealing directly with the ACC to make sure that is the case.
Perhaps a question that should be asked is how many dates was Gale Force Holdings actually reserving for NC State with the ACC in previous seasons and were those dates beneficial to the Wolfpack or the Hurricanes?


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The 2012 conference will be different from those of the past. It's not just for Libertarianz members — it's a symposium for all people who believe we need a new political party in Parliament presenting small-government answers to the issues of today; a party which consistently advocates liberal solutions to problems such as our current economic malaise as well as taking a small-government approach to what individuals do in their private lives.
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Last night's presidential debate was, by comparison, a moderately composed portrait of Trump. The comparison, of course, is to the GOP primary debates where, among other things, he made reference to the size of his penis. Anyone who saw those debates was not surprised last night by Trump's lack of focus and reasoning ability, his inability to hear and answer a question, his lack of detail and poor command of policy, his childish facial expressions and repetitions, his tired refrains, his … [Read more...]
3 New Things Trump Told Us in the First Debate
MYTOP10 Novel List, As Requested by Artur Rosman
I don't know why I was called out on Facebook about this, seeing how poorly read I am, but here are my top ten favourite novels, in no particular order, including novellas, a children's book, and some historical fiction --- in reply to Artur Rosman's much more muscular post of his own:Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain When Nietzsche Wept, Irving Yalom The Death of Ivan Ilych, Leo Tolstoy Amor y Pedagogia, Miguel de Unamuno Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Friedrich Nietzsche Frankenstein, Mary She … [Read more...]
Vaccines and Ideological Delusions
Every few weeks my Facebook feed revisits another report from a nutty niche website of a study that definitively proves the debilitating evils of infant, child, and pregnant mother vaccinations. The studies cited are usually recycled from the previous unpersuasive iteration, and Simcha Fisher is usually a reliable antidote to them. The issue usually then boils down to journalistic self-reporting by parents who reject vaccinations, which too often is given a polite pass.*I'm very sad to report t … [Read more...]
The August Experiment
The July Experiment went well, despite the fact that I didn't always obey my own rules and posted about half as much as I intended. I think the idea of making each month have an experimental focus is a good thing for me, so I'll carry it over into August.This month, excepting interviews (Leah Libresco is on deck!), I will limit myself to 250 words, with one or two exceptions. Since Late to Love, my Augustinian soul album, will be released on August 28th, you can expect plenty of updates and … [Read more...]
Wounded or Wrangling, Broken or Bickering?
(As with anything that is mostly true, committing it to language will require overstatements and provisos will be omitted for the sake of the whole. Most of all, it will require patience and the assurance I am aware of the glaring irony and even hypocrisy of the points I will try to make.)*There are two categories of blogging and social media sharing. There are the wounded and broken notes, that share (and often overshare) about death and financial ruin, sentimental memes of affection and de … [Read more...]
The Apocalypse Will Make Sense, When It Ends
Your punctually tardy weekly apocalypse in eight points:1. Pope Francis has decided to stop giving interviews and instead plans begin to taking them. Whoopi Goldberg, from The View, is reportedly atop his short list.2. Arizona Republican congressional candidate, Adam Kwasman, mistook a bus of YMCA campers for immigrant children and Tweeted his displeasure to the relief of late night comedy writers everywhere.3. President Obama, who holds the all-time record for immigrant deportations with … [Read more...]
Pewsitter: Brilliant Irony or Self-Parody?
I had never visited Pewsitter* before, and had only heard of it, in online passing, until about ten minutes ago. I don't know about their history or mission of anyone (that I know of) who writes or works there. My sense, prima facie, is that much like The Vortex is made in the image of the O'Reilly Factor, Pewsitter is an imagus Drudge. So be it. My comparison here is simply that: a one to one comparison.*Recently Simcha Fisher posted a fiery post, critical of Pewsitter's phrasing in a … [Read more...]
Benedict XVI vs. Francis: The Great Papal Football Finale
A day after the Germans blitzed their Brazilian hosts 7-1, the Argentines have outlasted the Dutch in penalty kicks. This sets the stage for Sunday, where Germany will face Argentina, in the World Cup final, a clash that surely will be of interest to the Vatican, for obvious reasons. I'll be rooting for the Americans to hoist the cup.Not only do we live in the a time of two living popes: We now also witness, for first time in world history, two popes who will surely be rooting for their … [Read more...]
A Hesitant Defense of Cliven Bundy
I've stayed away from the Bundy story until now. It seemed like the latest bit of 24-hour news sensationalism, and I still think it is. Even as I type these words I'm not exactly interested in the whole story. I don't plan to do my homework and could care less what I've missed or what will show up later.I only became interested in the story after the racial remarks Bundy made that were decried by every ideological color on my spectrum of social media. That was what caught my attention.I read … [Read more...]
The End of the World Starts at the Beginning
Your never delayed, but always on time, weekly apocalypse, in eight points:1. The latest discovery of Jesus's wife has overshadowed the much more serious and credible discovery of the city of Atlantis, unreported by the always-biased media, where a scroll is said to exist proving definitively that Jesus also had a husband along with several pets, among them a camel who had a phobia of passing through small, tight entrances.2. The University of Notre Dame will honor Kevin Miller, a biologist … [Read more...]


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A recent survey by the media consultancy Mequoda Group found that one quarter of tablet owners polled engaged with digital magazines on a monthly basis. Of the 1,293 respondents, 23 percent prefer reading magazines on their tablets. Mequoda Group—a company paid by legacy publishers to assist them in transitioning to digital—went on to predict that the majority of readers will prefer digital magazines to print by 2020. About 13 percent of the respondents purchased a digital magazine or subscription in the past 30 days. The majority of participants (57 percent) said they prefer to consume content on their tablets in general. The studyRead More
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Electric Cars, Wearable Computing and TV Disruption — 10 Things You Missed During the First Two Days of D11
Asa Mathat / D: All Things Digital As always, D11 is proving to be a diverse, star-studded tour through the "all things digital" that give this site its name. It kicked off Tuesday evening with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg's interview of Apple CEO Tim Cook, and carried right on into Wednesday with onstage appearances from the likes of Mary Meeker, Sheryl Sandberg, Dick Costolo, Aaron Levie, Elon Musk and many more. We understand that those of you who aren't with us in Rancho Palos Verdes may have jobs where they expect you to do more than read AllThingsD all day. Please accept, as a public service, this rundown of 10 of the day's top highlights. Asked about the potential of wearable computing , Cook said it could be "profound" and "interesting," but that the form factor of eyewear and smart watches limit their "broad-range appeal." Young people don't wear watches, he said, because they already use their phones to check the time (among quite a few other things). In her second annual Internet trends presentation at D , Mary Meeker from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers said photo uploads in 2013 are poised to be double what they were in 2012. She also predicted that the next cycle of technology will encompass "wearables, drivables, flyables and scanables." Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg talked about both "Lean In" — noting that employees who call women "bossy" should be asked if they would use the same word to describe a man doing the same things — and Facebook's mobile plans . She said the company is "unequivocally" stronger post-IPO. Disney Parks chairman Tom Staggs demoed the MagicBand wristbands that will soon replace paper tickets, and which can also open hotel rooms, pay for food and merchandise and interact with park attractions. Staggs also described how the MagicBand could "unlock more special things" like personalized greetings from Mickey Mouse & Co. Box CEO Aaron Levie noted that enterprise software is judged by its consumer-friendliness, even though it doesn't need to be made for consumers. IAC Chairman Barry Diller said the three companies poised to disrupt TV are Apple, Amazon and MicrosoftRead More
As CEO of both Tesla Motors and SpaceX, Elon Musk is methodically and intensely focused, but in conversation he's surprisingly easygoing and willing to poke fun at himself. Somehow he's actually pioneering space travel to Mars and also the first person to make the joke about how ridiculous that sounds. Here's the full video of the D11 interview of Musk by Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, where he made some news about Tesla's crosscountry Superchargers and forecast the feasibility of reusable rockets. He elaborated just a tiny bit on his future plans to build a " Hyperloop " that would be a "cross between a Concorde and a railgun and an air hockey table" and replace a proposed high-speed rail between Los Angeles and San Francisco. [ See post to watch video ] Full D11 Conference CoverageRead More
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As you may have heard by now, Facebook's Home software for Android hasn't exactly taken off. Of the billion-plus users on Facebook, only about one million have installed the software to very mixed reviews. But in conversation with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at our D: All Things Digital conference on Wednesday, Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg reminded us that the company is in it for the long haul — even if Facebook didn't hit the software out of the park right away. "We consider [Home] a v.1, a very early version," Sandberg said. "We would love if we could put out aRead More
First came the self-destructing photos. Then the self-destructing text messages, videos, and PDFs, followed by the self-destructing tweets. Now up: self-destructing messages on your Web browser. Boutique app maker Lamplighter Games on Thursday launched OTR, a browser plug-in that lets you send self-destructing messages to your friends and colleagues while sitting in front of your computer at work. The messages disappear within a few seconds of being read. OTR is available for Google's (GOOG) Chrome browser, with versions for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari expected to come out shortly. Users can also set up OTR on Yammer, Microsoft's (MSFT) workplace social network. Kris andRead More
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PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 27-- The primitive mental trait known as "denial" has led most Americans to put from their minds the threat of annihilation by nuclear war.
December 28, 1962
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Probation violation out of state-Walton County, GA
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My boyfriend's felony PO violated him yesterday because a random company called his PO and said that he left the state & took tools from him. My boyfriend has never been out of the state. How can the jail hold him without proof? Will he be extradited to the other state (KY)? What can be done legally?
A violation of probation, or parole, only requires proof by a preponderance of the evidence.
Conviction of a criminal offense requires proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
As the threshold of proof is so low on PVs, the percentage of them which is found true is very high. The idea of probation/parole, is to see how well the offender can perform within the community. They are very vulnerable to violation so most will stay squeaky clean, and avoid all confrontations; they have less rights than the rest of the population (they are subject to search & seizure beyond a normal citizen, usually a no-weapons order, and other terms).
Your boyfriend has the right to a hearing regarding his alleged violation. He is in jail, awaiting that hearing; he has no right to trial on the accusations.


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Schieffer falsely claimed Clinton is "saying ... maybe the surge is working"
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On Face the Nation, Bob Schieffer claimed that Sen. Hillary Clinton is "saying it looks like ... maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there." But as Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working. ... We're just years too late changing our tactics. We can't ever let that happen again."
On the August 26 edition of CBS' Face the Nation, during an interview with Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, host Bob Schieffer falsely claimed that Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) is "saying it looks like ... maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there." In fact, as Media Matters for America has repeatedly noted, Clinton said in her August 20 speech to the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) that changed tactics in Iraq are "working" -- not President Bush's troop "surge" policy.
According to an August 21 New York Times article, Clinton actually said: "We've begun to change tactics in Iraq, and in some areas, particularly in Al Anbar province, it's working. ... We're just years too late changing our tactics. We can't ever let that happen again." The Times also reported that "[a]ides to Mrs. Clinton said her remarks that military tactics in Iraq are 'working' referred specifically to reports of increased cooperation from Sunnis leading to greater success against insurgents in Al Anbar Province." And according to an April 29 Times article, the progress in Al Anbar "began last September" -- months before Bush announced his plan to increase the number of troops in Iraq.
Moreover, Clinton's statement to the VFW that the changed "tactics in Iraq ... particularly in Al Anbar Province" show "it's working," is not new, as Media Matters has also noted. The New York Daily News reported on August 23 that she made similar comments about the Al Anbar province in March: "Camp Clinton insisted she was talking only about a limited improvement in Anbar, linked to better relations with tribal leaders -- a claim she made to the Daily News in March." Clinton was also quoted in a May 7 New York Observer article saying, "We are making some progress it turns out, in what is called Al Anbar province against al Qaeda and the reason we are is that our military leaders have learned a lot in the last several years there and they have made common cause with some of the tribal leaders, who don't like Al Qaeda any more than we do because Al Qaeda is also going after them."
From the August 26 edition of CBS' Face the Nation:
SCHIEFFER: Well, when the Senate and House come back into session, at the end of the summer here, the first thing they're going to have to deal with is what to do about Iraq -- funding the war.
EDWARDS: Yes.
SCHIEFFER: You're seeing even some Democrats, like Senator Clinton -- to go back to Senator Clinton -- saying it looks like that maybe the surge is working in the sense that there is less violence there. What do you think the Senate should do here, Senator? I know you have said that you'd like to immediately draw down about 40,000 troops there and then work from there and eventually get all of them out. Do you think that's in any way a possibility or is the president going to be able to ride this out?
EDWARDS: Well, I think there's actually a mandate from America, regardless of what I think. I think America said very clearly in the November 2006 elections that they wanted a very different course in Iraq and I think the Congress has a responsibility under that mandate, and I think they should stand their ground. I think they should not submit a single funding bill to the president for the war that doesn't have a timetable for withdrawal. And I think they should use whatever legislative tool is available to them, including filibuster.
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Looking for a Highly Recommended Dual Flush Toilet
We are on the process of remodelling the bathroom.
The house is suited where nature and animal is just around your house. So the idea of a Nature-friendly house is also in mind.
So when it comes to toilet... an ideal toilet should be:
1. Dual Flush :thumbsup:-so its a water saver
2. One piece -:thumbsup: So its easier to clean, does not hide the dirt in the crevices between the tank & bowl
3. Elongated :thumbsup:- so for household with men using it... its less messy to "Aim"
4. Does not use electricity - there are high efficiency toilet but they use low voltage to perform well
5. Have a high Maximum Performance Rating (MaP) Report as independently tested by Veritec
Of course, there new released toilets might not still be in the list ...for as long as it performs well also
6. Low profile - I have never seen a dual flush that is low profile... Low profile means the tank has a "short" height which translates to more spacious bathroom
7. Fairly priced -
There are many toilet manufacturers ...
Caroma, kohler, gerber, vitra, american standard, zurn,mansfield, vortens
BUT there seems to be NO makers of Dual Flush, Elongated, One piece toilet at the very least...
Any recommendation:yes:
Not one-piece but still good
We found a non-electric, dual-flush, elongated, flush-mounted toilet from Sterling that is just beautiful (not one of your requirements but it is nice to have!) It is not one piece but it looks like it is and it has a lip on the base so that it is easy to clean like a one-piece. In addition to being flush with the wall, you don't see the "piping" on the side because it's enclosed! It's the nicest one we found and the least expensive. The only critique I have is that it is a little small (but not low since it's comfort height) but "delicate" is the way I described it.
It's the Stanton model from Sterling (a division of Kohler). Let me know if this is what you had in mind.
- Mel
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