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Monday, 25 February 2008
Research Canadian Pacific Railway Workers
Posted by Diane
My great-grandfather supposedly helped build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Is there any way to find out more about that part of his life?
Canada was still a sparsely populated country when the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) incorporated in 1881. Building that first cross-country rail link took thousands of workers and a massive effort.
In 1885, CPR worker Donald A. Smith altered the course of the country's history by driving the final spike into the transcontinental railroad, which ultimately opened up the Canadian West to settlement. You can read a brief history on the
CPR archives Web site
If your ancestor worked on the railroad, you'll be especially interested in the archives' collection of historical images, documents, publications and artifacts, plus materials on topics such as tourism, immigration and colonization.
Although it's a private collection, the CPR archives in Montreal provides researchers with fee-based services or on-site access on a case-by-case basis. You'll need to submit a written request to arrange a visit.
You'll find more online resources for researching rail workers at
Cyndi's List
Canadian Railway Records: A Guide for Genealogists
by Althea Douglas and J. Creighton Douglas (Ontario Genealogical Society, $26) offers a glossary, chronology, and an introduction to online sources. See more history in
Canadian Pacific Railway
(MBI Railroad Color History) by Tom Murray (Voyageur Press, $36.95).
Lisa A. Alzo
international research
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Monday, 25 February 2008 20:47:02 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Land Records: What Are Metes and Bounds?
Posted by Diane
In my land-records research, I've come across the term "metes and bounds." What does it mean?
Metes and bounds is an old method of surveying territory for settlement, used in the original 13 Colonies. "The indiscriminate survey system, or metes and bounds, dates to England," says Ohio genealogical speaker and writer Jana Sloan Broglin. "This system used objects for marking property lines, such as trees, rocks, or bends in streams and rivers." Errors were common: Trees fell, rocks looked alike, river bends moved, compass directions were off. Also, land plots could end up with odd shapes.
The United States passed the Land Ordinance of 1785 to rectify this situation and establish a system for political organization of the mostly unmapped western lands won in the Revolutionary War. The more-reliable rectangular survey system divided land into ranges, 24x24-mile tracts, 6-square-mile townships and square-mile sections, all based on a north-south meridian and east-west baseline.
Each section could be subdivided for sale. Within each township, section 16 was set aside for school revenue.
A rectangular survey land description, or aliquot parts, for your ancestor's plot might be "NE ¼ NW ¼" or the northeast quarter of the northwest quarter of a section. The description also would include a section number and the township's position in relation to the range line and baseline.
Broglin's home state was the first surveyed under the new system. "Ohio was surveyed in several major subdivisions, including the Congress lands, US Military District, Connecticut Western Reserve, Virginia Military District, French Grants, Ohio Company First and Second Purchases, Donation Tracts and Refugee Tracts," she says. Early surveyors created 5-square-mile townships rather than the later 6-mile standard. (Get help with Ohio research in Broglin's July 2008
Family Tree Magazine
Ohio State Reserch Guide.)
Why is all this important for genealogists? If your ancestor purchased land from the government in a public-land state, you know to look for General Land Office (GLO) records of the transaction.
Start by searching the
Bureau of Land Management's GLO database of land patents
. Land entry case files are at the National Archives and Records Administration, which has a
guide on its Web site
If your ancestor bought land from a private party (not the federal government), or lived in a state-land state (the 13 former Colonies, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maine, Vermont, West Virginia, Texas and Hawaii), look for land records in county courthouses and at state archives.
land records
Tuesday, 19 February 2008 14:16:29 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008
Belgian Waffling
Posted by Diane
What advice can you offer on genealogy in Belgium? My husband's family came from there, and I would like to know where I can go to find information—no one even knows when or how the family got from Belgium to the United States. All I've found so far is it was in the late 1800s.
Based on the problem you've described, it sounds as though you really should be focusing on researching the family in the United States rather than Belgium. In order to cross the pond, you first have to pinpoint the Belgian immigrant.
So first, you'll have to learn who the immigrant was, when he came to America, and the specific town he came from. To do that, you'll need to thoroughly trace each generation of the family in America, starting with your husband.
You might try asking your husband's relatives if they know any family stories that might provide additional clues, or if they have any family papers that could contain leads—a naturalization record or a family Bible, for example.
A good next step would be searching federal census records for each generation of your husband's family: Beginning in 1850, censuses list each person's place of birth. So if a family member did in fact immigrate during the late 1800s, census records should indicate that. Later censuses even tell you parents' birthplaces.
If your husband's ancestor became a citizen in the late 19th or early 20th century, his naturalization documents will likely tell you the town where he last lived in Belgium. Obituaries often provide clues, too.
Your best bet is to check every source you can about each previous generation, as you never know where a lead is going to turn up. That includes records about the siblings of your husband's ancestors: Maybe your husband's forebear didn't apply for citizenship, for example, but his brother did. (See our feature on naturalization records in the
May 2008
I'd also recommend you look to Belgian genealogy organizations and networks, such as the
Belgian Roots Project
, for help. Since immigrants tended to settle in the same places as their countrymen and leave their homeland for the same reasons, these groups could provide historical and social context to help guide your search. You may also be able to connect with cousins through these organizations' queries and databases. Browse our online
Belgian Toolkit
to find more resources and Web sites.
By following all these leads, you should be able to find clues to your husband's Belgian ancestry—just don't try to cross the pond prematurely.
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Wednesday, 30 January 2008 17:51:55 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008
Finding Birth Dates and Parents' Names
Posted by Diane
My great-great-grandfather Edwin Lemon was born in Chester County, Penn., in 1818. This is all I can find about him. How do I find his parent's names and the month and day of his birth?
When you boil it down, finding parents' names is what genealogy research is all about. Make sure you've taken the basic steps to talk to family, search for home sources, and research your more-recent Lemon ancestors.
You don't say how you know Lemon's birthplace is Chester County. Family stories and even later records identifying birthplaces sometimes turn out to be wrong. Look into Chester County history and see if boundary changes could have affected where you should look for records on Edwin.
Assuming Chester County is the right place, you're not likely to find a vital record from 1818, and unfortunately, no magical record is guaranteed to give you the information you need. Instead, search for records on all the members of the Lemon family and create a timeline of their locations and dates. Eventually the clues will add up to answers. Here are some records to search for:
Baptismal and other religious records
. Lutheran, Reformed, Quaker, Moravian and Roman Catholic were common denominations in Pennsylvania. Check the
Family History Library (FHL) online catalog
for microfilmed records from churches in Chester County. (Run a place search on the county, then click the church records heading.)
Court records.
If you know when Lemon's father died, look for will and estate records. But your ancestors could have shown up in court records for land purchases, trials and otehr reasons. The subscription site Ancestry.com has an
index to Chester County wills from 1713 to 1825
and a
court records index covering the late 1600s to the mid-1700s
. The FHL has some microfilmed county court records and indexes and try the Pennsylvania State Archives (see below).
Tax records
. Everyone had to pay taxes, so search for Lemons in Chester County tax records (alson on FHL microfilm) when your ancestors lived there.
: Since Ben Franklin started the
Pennsylvania Gazette
, newspapers have been a fixture in the Keystone State. Find out which papers covered Chester County, and where they're available, at the
Chronicling America Web site
. Also visit the
Pennsylvania Newspaper Project site
. Several
sources for online newspaper databases are listed on our Web site
For more ideas, you'll want to use the
Pennsylvania State Archives
genealogical records guides
. Here, you can see the
types of county records available
what the archives has on microfilm for each county
. As one of the three original counties William Penn created in 1682, Chester County is the subject of a lot of microfilm.
For more helps researching Pennsylvania ancestors, see the
February 2007
Family Tree Magazine
Pennsylvania State Research Guide.
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Wednesday, 23 January 2008 20:44:45 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008
Saving Old Family Newsletters
Posted by Diane
My aunt found several copies of our family newsletter dating back to 1959 in an old suitcase. It appears they were run off on a duplicating machine because the typed part is somewhat smeared blue ink. The paper feels like carbon paper.
Any ideas or suggestions on how to preserve these and make the pages more readable?
Your newsletters may have been copied on a
spirit duplicator
(also called a Ditto machine) or a
mimeograph machine
, both popular in schools and churches until modern photocopiers took over in the 1960s and 1970s.
These machines produced copies from a waxed master, resulting in less-than-sharp print quality—letters that bleed;
s and
s that look like solid circles.
You can enhance your newsletters' readability by scanning them and using photo-editing software (which comes with most scanners) to increase the contrast of the scan and remove stray marks. Try placing a plain white sheet behind the newsletter when you scan it.
If you don't have a scanner, try a photocopier that lets you adjust contrast—a copy shop can help with this. Make sure your final photocopies are on acid-free paper (see below for suppliers), which is much slower to yellow and deteriorate than regular copy paper.
As far as preserving the originals, they're undoubtedly on paper that contains acid. Place the newsletters in an archival file folder separated by sheets of buffer paper (which has a low pH level to help neutralize the acids in your newsletters), and put the folder in an acid-free envelope or box.
For even more protection, treat your newsletters with an acid-neutralizing spray such as Archival Mist. Test a small area first to make sure the ink won't run.
Acid-free paper, archival folders, buffer paper, acid-neutralizing spray and other supplies are available at many scrapbooking stores and through online retailers such as
Archival Methods
Light Impressions
Store the original newsletters away from sunlight and protect them from extremes in temperature and humidity—a closet in the living area of your home is best. To prevent wear and tear, use your digital or paper copies for reference.
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Wednesday, 09 January 2008 16:28:51 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
The Skinny on Scanners
Posted by Allison
I'm in the process of digitizing my family photos, and I have to wonder: Does the type of scanner or software really matter? I am not correcting any of them; they're going in "as is" because 98 percent are in excellent shape.
Of course, the companies manufacturing such gizmos like to play up the benefits of their products' features—and it's true that a $500 scanner can do things a $100 scanner can't. But for genealogists, it's kind of like choosing between a Ford or a Rolls Royce: Although the Rolls offers lots of bells and whistles, you'd probably opt for the cheaper Ford if all you really care about is getting from point A to point B.
We recommend family historians scan photographic prints at 300 to 600 dpi for archival purposes. (If you plan to enlarge any far beyond their original size, however, you'll probably need to scan those at a higher resolution.) Today, flatbed scanners in the $80 to $100 range offer 1,200-dpi or higher optical resolution—more than enough for the type of scanning you're doing.
If you have a lot of photos to scan, you might want to pay a little extra to get a model with a document feeder or other convenience features. Old photos, which often have cardboard backings, won't work with feeders, though. So you'd have to skip the feeder anyway if you're working with heritage photos.
(Note that slides and negatives require a scanner built for that purpose—rather than a regular flatbed—to get the best results. Such models have high resolutions and correspondingly high price tags.)
Likewise, you'll probably find that the photo-editing and -organizing software that came with your scanner or computer will work fine for your needs. Once you've had an opportunity to get familiar with the program's setup, you might decide you want to "step up" to another program that has additional features or an interface better-suited to your working style. Adobe's $100
Photoshop Elements
is one popular choice—but you certainly don't need to shell out $650 for the
professional Photoshop
program, which is loaded with fancy features you'll probably never need.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007 23:56:23 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Chart Challenges
Posted by Allison
I have
Family Tree Maker 2008
software, and I can't figure out how to print a basic family group sheet that includes all my facts. Can you help?
For this answer, we'll turn to
Family Tree Magazine
contributing editor Rick Crume, who reviewed Family Tree Maker 2008 in our March 2008 issue. Crume says "you need to tinker a lot with the settings" to get a decent family group sheet—but you can do it following these steps:
Click on the link to the Publish workspace at the top of the screen.
Use the mini-family tree at the top of the screen to select a parent in the family or click the file folder icon to search the Index of Individuals.
Under Publication Types, select Relationship Reports and click on the Family Group Sheet.
Click on the Detail tab.
Click on the Items to Include button (with the green arrow).
Hit the + button to add facts, click Select All and hit OK.
Uncheck "Include only preferred facts" and "Include blank facts" and check OK. (Whew!)
Here's a hint about pedigree charts: The default font size in four-generation charts is too large (10-point), so many place names get omitted. Reducing the font size for facts to 8 may help. (You could also remove "in" from the facts, but that process is even more convoluted.)
Wednesday, 12 December 2007 22:31:54 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Monday, 10 December 2007
Untangling Terms of Use
Posted by Allison
I wanted to use a Web site such as
to order a mousepad with my ancestors' photos on it. But all these sites' terms of use state that I have to give up my rights to the photos! For example,
PhotoWorks' terms
say, "You hereby grant to PhotoWorks, Inc. non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, modify, transmit, display and distribute your Content for the purpose of delivering the Service and warrant that you have a right to grant such a license. In addition, you warrant that all moral rights in any Content and uploaded materials have been waived and do hereby waive any such moral rights." I feel that if I use the service of one of these companies, I've already paid it for the service, therefore it does not--and should not--have any rights to my photos. Why do these companies think they should be able to do this?
You'll find this type of standard disclaimer when you use any photo Web site. Unfortunately, all the legal mumbo jumbo and complicated wording make most companies' terms of use, er, challenging for the average consumer to understand. We're not legal experts and therefore can't offer legal opinions. But as scary as this clause may sound, it doesn't appear that PhotoWorks is trying to take away any rights from its customers. Let's look at it one part at a time.
1) The first key phrase is "for the purpose of delivering the service." In order to produce your calendar, put your photos on a CD, create an album, or make whatever product you've ordered, the company of course has to digitally reproduce, possibly edit and print your photo. Therefore, you'll be required to legally grant the company the right to use your photo. You're only giving the company the right to create the product you asked it to, nothing else.
2) You grant this right "non-exclusively"--meaning that you also can extend your rights to anyone or any other company you wish.
3) The statement "[you] warrant that you have a right to grant such a license" is also important: It's an acknowledgment that you actually have the copyright or permission to use the photos you upload. This statement protects the company against legal action if a customer reproduces photographs illegally. For example, say you get your kid's picture taken at Olan Mills, then you scan one of the photos and upload it to PhotoWorks so you can order a product. That's a violation of copyright law, because professional photo studios almost always copyright their work (that way, you have to buy the photos from that studio). It would be impossible for PhotoWorks or any such site to vet all the photos its users upload. By PhotoWorks' inclusion of this statement, Olan Mills (in this example) couldn't sue PhotoWorks if PhotoWorks' users were reproducing Olan Mills' copyrighted photographs without the studio's permission.
4) "Moral rights" has nothing to do with morality, but with the copyright holder's right to attribution and to the integrity of the work (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights). Again, in my not-legal opinion, by "waiving moral" rights, you're waiving your right to have a "credit line" on a PhotoWorks products and allowing the company to "change" the image by affixing it to a coffee mug etc.
When you boil it down, what PhotoWorks is asking is common-sense stuff and shouldn't raise red flags for most family historians. Of course, some services or companies may include some terms of use that you simply don't agree with—which is why we encourage consumers not to ignore them. If you see something that concerns you, you can choose not to use that service—before it's too late.
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Monday, 10 December 2007 17:00:43 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007
Family Tree- and Photo-Sharing Web Sites
Posted by Diane
We received this question via
our MySpace page
: I've heard about Web sites that will host pictures to give my family its own sharing place of current pictures of our kids (considering we're all over the United States). Do any of these also have a genealogical chart you can fill in?
It sounds like you could use a family-oriented social networking Web site. Many of these sites let you upload photos, build a family tree online (you may even be able to upload a GEDOCM to cut down on data entry), create profile pages for family members and even add important dates to calendars.
Usually, you can opt to keep your family's pages private by giving everyone a password, and you can also grant certain people editing privileges.
You're in luck! The
January 2008
Family Tree Magazine
(now on newsstands and at
) has an overview of genealogy social networking sites. Here are some family-photo sharing sites that also let you create a genealogy chart:
offers basic tree-building (when our reviewer checked, you couldn't enter places or events besides birth and death), photo- and video-sharing. There's a free trial period; after that, the site costs $49.95 per year.
is a graphically cool site where you can upload photos and add a calendar and a family tree (with dates and places of birth and death, but not baptisms and burials). Our reviewer found navigation easy, and the site is free.
Ancestry.com Member Trees
is also free, but after you add a tree, you'll see "shaky leaves" that indicate Ancestry.com's subscription-only databases may have records on your ancestors. Member Trees lets you add photos and video clips with searchable descriptions, and create a book using Ancestry Press.
offers an easy way to type information into a tree, or a more-elaborate, downloadable Family Tree Builder. You also can upload photos. The free Basic plan limits storage space; you also can choose a paid plan for $2.95 to $9.95 per month.
If your family's on Facebook, relatives can upload a program called Family Tree to their profiles and use it to create a pedigree chart.
See the Genealogy Insider blog for more information
With the capabilities of Web 2.0, these sites are updated frequently and new social networking sites are popping up all the time. If the whole family will be using the site, let other people weigh in on which you choose.
Readers: Which family social networking sites would you recommend? Any tips for families that use a site? Click Comment to post here, or
add your two cents to our Web Watch Forum
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Tuesday, 20 November 2007 16:59:36 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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Thursday, 08 November 2007
Spanish Lessons
Posted by Allison
Both of my grandfathers were born in Spain and left in the late 1800s or early 1900s. I know where and when they were born, but would like to find a ship's manifest of their journey from Spain to Cuba, and information on earlier generations. I visited a Web site you recommended in the
September 2007
issue ("Record Highs and Lows"), but it's in Spanish—with no English version—so I couldn't use it. Is there another way to research Spanish immigrant relatives? A Web site that's helpful to us
You've run into one of the key challenges of research in the old country: the language barrier. Although some countries have Web sites with information in English, most of their resources—and more important, their records—naturally are going to be in the native tongue.
That doesn't mean you have to become fluent in Spanish to trace your overseas roots. But you will want to brush up on some basics, especially family history-related terms. Many foreign genealogical records are formulaic enough that you usually can decipher them with knowledge of key words such as birth, marriage, death, mother, father, etc., and a translation dictionary. For starters, try the Family History Library's (FHL) helpful
Spanish Genealogical Word List
And of course, the Internet isn't the only place to look for records of your Spanish ancestors. The FHL has microfilmed numerous Spanish documents. Find ones relevant to your family tree by searching the
online catalog
for the town, municipality or province where your ancestors lived and the port they emigrated from. Knowing where your grandfathers were born gives you a head start on tracing earlier generations—you already know where to focus your search.
You also can write to archives and record offices in Spain for records. See our how-to guide to researching in Spain and Portugal (in the
June 2004
Family Tree Magazine
) for guidance on where to write, and consult the FHL's
Spanish Letter-Writing Guide
for help composing your correspondence in Spanish (you're more likely to get a response that way).
Some other resources you might find helpful: GenForum's
Spain message board
, where you can pick the brains of other genealogists researching there, and
by Hispanic genealogy expert George R. Ryskamp. The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research has a good
list of Web links
to explore. Consider joining a Hispanic genealogical society in your area to take advantage of its resources and members' knowledge.
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Thursday, 08 November 2007 17:59:47 (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00)
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But Rickard is about more than accomplishments on the soccer field. To keep the team's focus on spiritual things, he maintains a year-long discipleship program with his players and has established prayer groups on the team. A committed husband and father, Jim and his wife Jolene, live in Santa Clarita with their two daughters, Michaela and Brooke, and son, Trenton. Jim earned his Master's in Business Administration from California Lutheran University in 1999, passed the CPA exam, and continues to work at the Stewardship Services Foundation in the off-season.


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Baltimore County detectives continue to investigate the double shooting that occurred on October 2 at 4:40 p.m. in the 2100 block of Southorn Road, 21220. The victims have been identified as Brandon James Jewell, 27 years old, and Charley William Jewell, 66 years old, both of the 2100 block of Southorn Road, 21220.
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Hello, Columbus
Yes, I know LinuxCon has come and gone, and I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the 20-year thing, the gala party, and with Linus being there and all. The buzz is still going, and that's good. But if you're going to a Linux show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting, so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!) Oh, look! It's a blog item having to do with OLF below.
With the Utah Open Source Conference off the table this fall — rumor has it is coming back as a spring event starting in 2012 — one of the last chances to get in a Linux conference in 2011 is to head to Columbus, Ohio, next weekend for the Ohio Linux Fest.
Ohio Linux Fest runs from Sept. 9-11 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in downtown Columbus. For the ninth time in as many years, OLF opens its doors again for Open Software professionals, enthusiasts, and everyone interested in learning more about Free and Open Source Software.
That, I hope, includes you.
OLF has three outstanding keynoters this year: Bradley Kuhn, a free software advocate with portfolio, is director of the Software Freedom Conservancy. Cathy Malmrose is a cofounder and CEO of ZaReason, an optimized-for-Linux computer company. Cathy also is a founder of Partimus, an organization which supports computers in education by setting up and maintaining Linux-based computer labs in San Francisco Bay Area schools. Last, and certainly not least, is Jon "maddog" Hall, who of course needs little introduction, but for the record he is the executive director of Linux International, an association of computer users who wish to support and promote the Linux operating system (which accompanies a resume of digital accomplishments too extensive to go into here).
Friday features sessions, an all-day Medical track focusing on the use of Linux and open source software in the health care field, and an all-day Ubucon presented by the Ubuntu project. The day closes with maddog's keynote.
Saturday opens with Cathy's keynote followed by a full slate of talks on four different tracks and company demonstrations on the Open Source Solutions Stage. A talk by Bradley will focus on the issues of freedom with software as a service (SaaS). And maddog wraps up Saturday's talks with a look forward 20 years to free software in the year 2031 before music by Dual Core ends the day.
On Sunday, sharpen your No. 2 pencils: The Linux Professional Institute will host exams, and the Diversity in Open Source workshop takes place on Sunday as well.
Were I to go to this event, naturally I'd catch all the keynotes — especially Cathy Malmrose's — and this would be my so-called Linux expo "dance card" for the weekend:
On Friday, Three must-see talks would be Mark Terranova's presentation on "So What Kind of Cult is Linux, Anyway?" — and wondering aloud whether Mark's going to dress up in the penguin suit — and follow it up with Edward Cherlin's "Linux for All" before going to Ruth Suehle's "Off Your Linux Machine and Into Your Doctor's Office."
After some stiff coffee Saturday morning, I'd make a point to go to Mel Chua's "Level-up with Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics: turn your life into a data-driven video game with FOSS" (and anyone who can say that in one breath wins), followed Karlie Robinson's "The Business of Linux – How Individuals Can Get in the Game," and later in the afternoon I'd catch Paul Frields' "Graduating to GUI: PyGObject for Beginners."
On Sunday, I would take the LPI exam — I should have taken it at SCALE but I was so swamped with double duty in the Fedora booth and in the SCALE front office (I'm co-chair of publicity) that I didn't have time to put pencil to paper. Next year, count on it.
If you live within driving distance of Columbus — and my definition of driving distance means if you can drive there in a day — you should attend this event. Of course, you can fly there as well if you live further, but get there to be at what has become Linux's must-attend fall event.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)


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Hickman, Willianna Lewis and Daniel
Scott County, KY natives and former slaves, Daniel (1841-1917) and Willianna Hickman left Kentucky with their six children, part of the 140 Exodusters heading to Nicodemus, Kansas. In her narrative about the trip, Willianna Hickman tells of a measles outbreak and how the families followed the trails made by deer and buffalo because there were no roads. When they arrived at Nicodemus, she was shocked to see that families were living in dugouts. The Hickman family continued on to their homestead, 14 miles beyond Nicodemus, to Hill City. Minister Daniel Hickman organized the First Baptist Church, the Second Baptist Church, and the WaKeeney Baptist Association. He was elected the first county coroner. The Hickman family moved to Topeka in 1903. For more see the Willianna Hickman entry in We Are Your Sisters: Black Women in the Nineteenth Century, ed. by D. Sterling, pp. 375-376; and the Daniel Hickman entry in vol. 4 of African American National Biography, edited by H. L. Gates, Jr. and E. B. Higginbotham.
Subjects: Freedom, Migration West, Nicodemus, Politicians, Politics, Appointments & Elections, Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion & Church Work, Undertakers, Cemeteries, Coroners, & Obituaries, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Scott County, Kentucky / Hill City and Nicodemus, Kansas
Micheaux, Melvina
Birth Year : 1832
Death Year : 1916
Micheaux was born in Alabama. She and her husband, David Micheaux, were slaves in Calloway County, KY. Melvina and her three children moved to Illinois, later joining other Exodusters in the move to Nicodemus, Kansas. One of her children, Calvin Swan Micheaux, Sr. (1847-1932), was the father of Oscar D. Micheaux (1884-1951), an author who established the Micheaux Film and Book Company. He became a producer of films, the first of which was The Homesteader (a silent film). For more on Oscar D. Micheaux, see The Life and Work of Oscar Micheaux: Pioneer Black Author and Filmmaker, 1884-1951, by E. J. Young. Melvina Micheaux was the mother of Andrew Jackson Micheaux, the great, great grandfather of pro football player Austin Wheatly. See Andrew Jackson Micheaux and Melvina Micheaux photos.
Subjects: Migration West, Mothers, Nicodemus, Grandparents, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era], Movies and Films
Geographic Region: Alabama / Calloway County, Kentucky / Nicodemus, Kansas
Nicodemus Company
Start Year : 1877
The seven-member company formed to develop the town of Nicodemus in 1877. S. P. Roundtree, the company's secretary, was an African American minister from Kentucky; he was branded on one cheek when a boy because the master's son had taught him how to read. W. R. Hill, the company's treasurer, was a white man from Indiana who had experience developing towns. W. H. Smith, the company's president, was an African American born in Tennessee. Ben Carr, vice president, was an African American. The others were Jerry Allsap, Jeff Lenze and William Edmona, all from Kentucky. W. R. Hill and W. H. Smith later became business associates in the development of the Hill City Town Company. For more see The Origins and Early Promotion of Nicodemus, by K. M. Hamilton.
Subjects: Communities, Migration West, Nicodemus, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Nicodemus, Kansas / Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky / Indiana / Tennessee / Hill City, Kansas
Nicodemus, Kansas
Start Year : 1877
The community of Nicodemus was founded in 1877 by a group of African Americans from Lexington; two years later there were over 600 people. The first families to arrive lived in dugouts, homes dug into the earth. The population continued to grow until the anticipated railroad bypassed the town, and then the population began to decrease. There are about 100 people living in the town today. Nicodemus is a National Historic Landmark, the only entirely African American community in Kansas. For more see Going Home to Nicodemus, by D. Chu and B. Shaw; and The Origins and Early Promotions of Nicodemus, by K. M. Hamilton.
See photo images of Nicodemus at the African-American Mosaic, a Library of Congress website.
Subjects: Communities, Migration West, Nicodemus, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Nicodemus, Kansas / Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky
Seymour, William
Birth Year : 1843
Death Year : 1920
William Seymour was born a slave in Kentucky. He and his wife, Mary Elizabeth, were members of the Exodusters Movement: they settled to Ottawa, Kansas, and later moved on to Colorado Springs, Colorado in the latter part of the 1890s. When the family of eight left Kentucky, it included Sorelda Seymour, the mother of William, his wife and five children. All were born in Kentucky. While in Kansas, William and Mary Elizabeth Seymour had three more children, according to the 1885 Kansas State Census. In 1903, William Seymour would become the first African American to serve on a jury in El Paso County, Colorado. A bronze sculpture of Seymour stands on the lawn of the Pioneer Museum, which was the former location of the El Paso County Courthouse. Seymour also helped found the St. John's Baptist Church. According to the 1920 U.S. Federal Census, the Seymour family lived on Moreno Street in Colorado Springs. For more about Seymour and his descendants, see E. Emery, "Bronze honors golden ideals 1st black to sit on El Paso jury," Denver Post, 03/01/2002, p. B-03.
See William Seymour statue at the waymarking.com website.
Subjects: Migration West, Nicodemus, Ministers, Pastors, Preachers, Religion & Church Work, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Kentucky / Kansas / Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado
U. S. Congressional Hearings on Northern Emigration
Start Year : 1879
End Year : 1880
So many African Americans [Exodusters] were moving to Nicodemus, Kansas, that the U. S. Congress held hearings to find out why. A Select Committee was appointed by the Senate on December 15, 1879, charged with finding out why African Americans were emigrating north, especially those going to Nicodemus. The committee interviewed 153 African Americans (none from Kentucky) from January 19, 1880 to February 23, 1880. The investigation had ten summary points, the first being that the exodus was not the work of Republican leaders from the North. For more see "Report and Testimony of Select Committee to Investigate the Causes of the Removal of the Negroes From the Southern States," U.S Senate, Executive Document no. 693, 46th Congress 2nd Session, GPO 1880. Available at the University of Kentucky Libraries, Storage.
Subjects: Migration North, Nicodemus, Exodusters [African Americans migrating West around Reconstruction Era]
Geographic Region: Nicodemus, Kansas


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Tori Spelling Reveals Possible '90210' Cameos on 'Mystery Girls'
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By Kathleen Perricone
Tori Spelling is back on TV, and with her 90210 co-star Jennie Garth, in their new sitcom, Mystery Girls.
The mom of four called in to On Air with Ryan Seacrest on Wednesday morning to talk about her new project … and of course, reminisce about her old Peach Pit days.
"We're even closer [than ever]," she says about Jennie. "I can't believe we've known each other for over 20 years. She's truly like my sister. And the fact that we get to work together everyday again, it's kismet. It's all come full circle."
And their new roles aren't a far cry from their real lives. In Mystery Girls, which Tori created, the two play ""90s stars from a TV show like 90210, but it was called Mystery Girls," she explains. "And 20 years later, we come back together and we start up a real detective agency in real life … it's campy and it's going to be fun. Tonight is a really special episode for all the 9021o fans because it's an homage to 'Donna Martin Graduates.' My character is Holly Hamilton, so it's 'Holly Hamilton Graduates.'"
In fact, in tonight's premiere, Joe E. Tata, who played Peach Pit owner Nat on 90210, makes a cameo as Principal Frost.
But Tori promises they're working on getting other 90210 alums on Mystery Girls this season. "We've talked to Luke [Perry] and possibly about Shannen [Doherty]."
And if her character had to make out with one of her former co-stars, Luke, Jason Priestley, or Ian Ziering, who would she cast? "Probably Luke," she reveals.
Mystery Girls premieres tonight, July 23, at 8:30/7:30c on ABC Family.


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WATCH: Martin Garrix & Tiesto preview 'Wizard' at ADE
The mastermind behind festival favorite "Animals," Martin Garrix, has teamed up with Jay Hardway for a new track, "Wizard." Fans at ADE this year got a taste of the tune at Tiesto's massive concert at the Ziggo Dome.
Tiesto personally invited Martin to join him at his solo gig, and while the both of them were on stage, they dropped "Wizard."
From first listen, Martin and Jay's new track sounds like it's going to be another chart-topper.
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Death Toll From Iranian Earthquake Rises To 30
(Iran) -- The death toll from today's earthquake in Iran stands at 30. Hundreds more were injured in the six-point-three magnitude shaker.
State media reports the nation's only nuclear power station was unaffected by the quake despite its close proximity to the epicenter.
State authorities are reporting the small town of Bushehr has been destroyed, leaving its population of 12-thousand in dire need of help.


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Hope Solo won't be disciplined for Twitter rant
Hope Solo won't be disciplined for a Twitter rant that her coach fears could have been detrimental to the image of U.S. women's soccer.
After the goalkeeper lashed out against former U.S. soccer legend Brandi Chastain, calling into question the NBC commentator's knowledge of the game and allegiance to the program, Solo had a meeting with coach Pia Sundhage and team captains.
"We had a conversation: If you look at the women's national team, what do you want (people) to see? What do you want them to hear?" Sundhage told reporters Sunday in Manchester, England, where the team will finish group play Tuesday. "And that's where we do have a choice -- as players, coaches, staff, the way we respond to certain things."
Chastain, hero of the U.S. victory at the 1999 Women's World Cup, was critical of the current team's defense during NBC's broadcast of their 3-0 victory vs. Colombia during group play in Glasgow, Scotland.
Solo tweeted that Chastain should back off her comments "until you get more educated" about today's game, adding "the game has changed from a decade ago."
Chastain defended her comments Saturday, speaking to reporters in Birmingham, England. She said her new job is to be a journalist.
"I'm here to do my job, which is to be an honest and objective analyst at the Olympics," she said.
Solo continued to tweet on the topic Sunday. Former Atlanta Beat coach James Galanis supported Solo on Twitter, writing that the old generation of American soccer players have for years been afraid the new generation "will eclipse their legacy."
Solo answered, "Some people see through it." The tweet was later deleted.
Later, she responded incredulously to a reporter's tweet that she would not face punishment. "discipline? Ha! For what! Never even a topic! We talked about our team deserving the best!" she tweeted.
U.S. captain Abby Wambach said the meeting was about getting on the same page and creating a "bubble" around the team.
"We have to appreciate different people's personalities and their opinions," she says. "However, we also want to create a bubble. We want to create some sort of symmetry in terms of what we're doing here and why we're here, and that's what we're all about."
Wambach aired some opinions of her own following the victory over Colombia, in which she was punched in the face by Lady Andrade during an offensive rush. She called for the play to be reviewed and the player to be disciplined, and FIFA on Sunday obliged.
FIFA spokesman Alex Stone said the disciplinary committee was meeting on the issue, but no update was expected before Monday, according to the Associated Press.
After the game, Wambach said she wanted to retaliate after the punch, but didn't because of the consequences.


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Men of D.I.S.T.I.N.C. Inc. Presents National Oasis 2013
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WATCH: Britney Spears dons leather underwear in bondage-inspired video
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During the broadcast of the iHeartRadio Music Festival on the CW, Britney Spears premiered her official music video for her latest single "Work B**ch" - and WOW, Britney is back and better than ever!! It's Britney B**ch!
Brit-Brit's new video is full of amazing-ness, and here's why:
1. First of all, someone's been hitting the gym!! Britney looks STUNNING! What is your secret Brit?!
2. If you've EVER doubted this woman, how dare you! She is the QUEEN! You better work b**ch!! Or she'll whip you into shape.
3. She's STILL got it! She can move just like she did, if not better than, her "Baby One More Time" days.
4. "Stuck in the desert?? No problem! I'll just take my lambo out of here ..."
5. Each and every outfit in this video is incredible. Seriously, where do we get these delightful articles of clothing.
6. Britney is a GODDESS.
7. "Hey guys, just being AWESOME, and hangin' out with my sharks."
8. And finally, do YOU have a minion of hot dancers to take you around the desert on an upside-down pyramid?! No? Didn't think so.
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System number: 60-0042
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Quality Review Case Files, SSA/DCFAM/OQAPA/OQA.
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System location:
Social Security Administration
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Office of Assistance and Insurance Program Quality
6401 Security Boulevard
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Records also are maintained at Regional offices of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment Offices (See Appendix C for address information).
Categories of individuals covered by the system:
Randomly selected applicants for and/or beneficiaries of:
a. Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments under title XVI of the Social Security Act. Records of some SSI beneficiaries may have been transferred from State welfare rolls for aid to the aged, blind and disabled.
b. Retirement, Survivors Disability Insurance (RSDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act.
Categories of records in the system:
Quality review case files contain information from SSA records and information obtained by Quality Review Specialists from RSI and SSI applicants and/or beneficiaries and from third party sources. These case files may contain information relating to any combination of these three programs.
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Sections 205(a), 1631(d)(1) and 1631(e)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act.
Both title II (Disability Insurance) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) quality review case files are used for accumulating data concerning the eligibility or entitlement of applicants/beneficiaries and of benefit amounts paid under the RSI programs and the SSI program. Case files also provide data necessary to complete the Quality Review Data Base and to provide information to SSA's regional offices to review cases in order to obtain information on the general level of accuracy of the entire beneficiary rolls in the programs noted previously.
Routine uses of records maintained in the system, including categories of users and the purposes of such uses:
With respect to SSI data, disclosure may be made as indicated below. However, disclosure of any information constituting "returns or return information" within the scope of the Internal Revenue Code will not be disclosed unless disclosure is authorized by that statute.
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2. To the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), as necessary, for the purpose of auditing SSA's compliance with safeguard provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) of 1986, as amended.
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7. State agencies for administration of the Medicaid Quality Control System.
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is party to litigation or has an interest in such litigation, and SSA determines that the use of such records by DOJ, the court or other tribunal is relevant and necessary to the litigation, provided, however, that in each case, SSA determines that such disclosure is compatible with the purpose for which the records were collected.
Wage and other information which are subject to the disclosure provisions of the IRC (26 U.S.C. § 6103) will not be disclosed under this routine use unless disclosure is expressly permitted by the IRC.
With respect to title II data, routine disclosure is made only as indicated in items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
13. To student volunteers and other workers, who technically do not have the status of Federal employees, when they are performing work for SSA as authorized by law, and they need access to personally identifiable information in SSA records in order to perform their assigned Agency functions.
14. We may disclose information to appropriate Federal, State, and local agencies, entities, and persons when (1) we suspect or confirm that the security or confidentiality of information in this system of records has been compromised; (2) we determine that as a result of the suspected or confirmed compromise there is a risk of harm to economic or property interests, identity theft or fraud, or harm to the security or integrity of this system or other systems or programs of SSA that rely upon the compromised information; and (3) we determine that disclosing the information to such agencies, entities, and persons is necessary to assist in our efforts to respond to the suspected or confirmed compromise and prevent, minimize, or remedy such harm. SSA will use this routine use to respond only to those incidents involving an unintentional release of its records.
Policies and practices for storing, retrieving, accessing, retaining and disposing of records in the system:
Records are maintained in paper form (e.g., paper forms in manila folders).
Quality review case files are retrieved by use of the SSN. Retrieval will be speedier if the individual's State of residence, program under which benefits were received and/or applied for and sample selection month are supplied.
Quality review case files are stored in SSA's regional offices that have jurisdictional responsibility for review of the selected sample cases. All quality review case files are stored either in locked cabinets and/or locked rooms in space serviced by GSA guards.
Access is limited to SSA employees with responsibility for reviewing and maintaining such case files and, in the case of SSI quality review case files, to State Medicaid Quality Control employees pursuant to item 7 above. (See Appendix G to this publication for additional information relating to safeguards SSA employs to protect personal records.)
Retention and disposal:
a. Title XVI quality review case files are retained for 18 months after the close of the fiscal year for which the cases were selected for quality review.
b. Title II quality review case files are retained for 18 months after the close of the fiscal year period for which the cases were selected for review.
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Office of Assistance and Insurance Program Quality
Office of Quality Assurance and Performance Assessment
Social Security Administration
6401 Security Boulevard
Baltimore, Maryland 21235
Notification procedure:
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the appropriate address in Appendix C. When requesting notification, the individual should provide his/her name, Social Security number (SSN), State of residence and type of claim filed (e.g., RSI). (Furnishing the SSN is voluntary, but it will make searching for an individual's record easier and avoid delay.)
An individual can determine if this system contains a record about him/her by writing to the systems manager(s) at the above address and providing his/her name, SSN or other information that may be in the system of records that will identify him/her. An individual requesting notification of records in person should provide the same information, as well as provide an identity document, preferably with a photograph, such as a driver's license or some other means of identification, such as a voter registration card, credit card, etc. If an individual does not have any identification documents sufficient to establish his/her identity, the individual must certify in writing that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense.
If notification is requested by telephone, an individual must verify his/her identity by providing identifying information that parallels the record to which notification is being requested. If it is determined that the identifying information provided by telephone is insufficient, the individual will be required to submit a request in writing or in person. If an individual is requesting information by telephone on behalf of another individual, the subject individual must be connected with SSA and the requesting individual in the same phone call. SSA will establish the subject individual's identity (his/her name, SSN, address, date of birth and place of birth along with one other piece of information such as mother's maiden name) and ask for his/her consent in providing information to the requesting individual.
If a request for notification is submitted by mail, an individual must include a notarized statement to SSA to verify his/her identity or must certify in the request that he/she is the person claimed to be and that he/she understands that the knowing and willful request for, or acquisition of, a record pertaining to another individual under false pretenses is a criminal offense. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR § 401.40).
An individual who requests access to his or her medical records shall be given direct access to those records unless SSA determines that it is likely that direct access would adversely affect the individual. If SSA determines that direct access to the medical record(s) would like adversely affect the individual, he or she must designate a responsible representative who is capable of explaining the contents of the medical record(s) to him or her and who would be willing to provide the entire record(s) to the individual. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.55).
A parent or guardian who requests notification of or access to a minor's medical record shall at the time he or she makes the request designate a physician or other health professional (other than a family member) who is capable of explaining the contents of the medical record(s) to them and who would be willing to provide the entire record(s) to the individual. These procedures are in accordance with SSA Regulations (20 CFR 401.55(c)(2)(ii)).
Record access procedures:
Same as notification procedures. Requesters should also reasonably specify the record contents being sought.
Contesting record procedures:
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Corvallis, Ore. • Solomon Hill had 16 points, including five 3-pointers, to help the No. 4 Arizona Wildcats bounce back from their first loss of the season with a 80-70 victory over Oregon State on Saturday.
The Wildcats (15-1, 3-1 Pac-12) were coming off a 70-66 defeat Thursday night just down the road against the Oregon Ducks. Arizona, which had made a habit of pulling off late wins, couldn't manage another against the Ducks.
The Beavers (10-6, 0-3), who trailed by as many as 17 points in the second half, didn't give the Wildcats much trouble. Ahmad Starks had 18 points to lead Oregon State, which dropped its third straight.
Mark Lyons added 16 points for the Wildcats, who were plagued by 16 turnovers but made 10 of 25 3-point attempts.
The Wildcats pulled ahead 13-6 early on Grant Jarrett's 3-pointer, but Oregon State did its best to keep up and pulled to within 17-16 on Starks' 3-pointer with 12:18 to go in the first half.
The Beavers pulled to within 24-23 on another 3 from Starks, but Hill answered with a 3-pointer.
Lyons hit a layup that put Arizona up 32-27, but Langston Morris-Walker hit on a long jumper and Devon Collier dunked on a fast break to keep Oregon State close.
California 67, Washington State 54 • Tyrone Wallace scored a season-high 16 points, Justin Cobbs made six free throws in the final two minutes and California overcame a sloppy offensive performance to win in Berkeley, Calif.
UCLA 78, Colorado 75 • In Boulder, Colo., Travis Wear scored 14 of his career-high 23 points in the second half and Jordan Adams' two free throws with 7 seconds left sealed UCLA's ninth straight victory.
Adams finished with 18 points for UCLA (14-3, 4-0 Pac-12). Shabazz Muhammad added 14 and Kyle Anderson 12 for the Bruins.


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Zhejiang Province Imports White Shrimp Seed from Thailand for the First Time
Hawaii Longline Leader Testifies on Ways to Strengthen the MSA
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Former Pacific Seafood Executive Sentenced for Embezzlement
Louisiana Shrimp Landings Lowest in 10 Years Due to Dead Zone Becoming More of a Problem
MSA Reauthorization Fault Lines on Recreation and Stock Target Flexibility Exposed in House Hearing
Court Battle over Placentia Bay Salmon Farm Could Scare Off Future Investors, Says Marystown Mayor
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Domestic Red Crayfish is a Big Success for Chinese E-commerce Platforms
ISSF Seeks to Strengthen Tuna Conservation Efforts at IAATC
National Fisheries Institute Introduces Unique and Easy Summer Shrimp Recipes
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Summa Equity Acquires 75 Percent of Salmon Smoker Milarex
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Australian Heard and McDonald Islands Toothfish Fishery is Recertified Under MSC
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Brian Crawford Scott's earliest political memory consists of President Bill Clinton's re-election in 1996. It goes without saying, then, that the 26-year-old actor ploughed into his fair share of historical research after he won the role of Berger for the touring production of the Broadway revival of 'Hair.'
"It was part of the rehearsal process almost before we started rehearsals," Scott said, speaking from Santa Barbara, Calif., the first city on this national tour, the energy of his voice bolting straight from the phone. "Hair" plays three shows at Kingsbury Hall on Jan. 19 and 20.
"It's a very physical show," Scott continued. "We're learning the hard way that we've got to stay in shape if we're going to make it through the rest of the tour strong and healthy."
With its hippie milieu of drugs, sex and rock 'n' roll, matched with copious references to racial strife and the Vietnam War, few other musicals reveal the past as a foreign country quite like "Hair."
James Rado and Gerome Ragni's 1967 musical proved so controversial during its 1970s spate of national tours that it provoked church-group protests, bomb threats and, for its Boston production, a legal challenge that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
The musical's fans weren't paying too much attention to the controversy. They were too busy grooving to its bold, almost ridiculously glorious soundtrack, and its alluring message of love and peace amid turbulent national change. "What is so likable about 'Hair'?' asked then-New York Times critic Clive Barnes. "I think it is simply that it is so likable."
The revival production, which first opened in 2007 at Central Park's Delacorte Theater in New York City, wowed theater critics in a similar manner. There's something timeless about the musical's heralded "Age of Aquarius." (Local audiences might remember Utah actor Will Swenson, of 2002's "The Singles Ward" and 2004's "Sons of Provo," who played Berger in the original New York revival.)
The surest way to bring a nostalgic tear to the eye of an aging hippie is through Galt MacDermot, the composer responsible for the surging strains of "Aquarius" and "The Flesh Failures," better known as "Let the Sunshine In."
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"The time period adds a wonderful texture in terms of clothes and style," Scott said. "But at the end of the day, it's about the struggle of these characters attempting to find out where they fit during a conflicted era of history."
As Berger and his "tribe" of free spirits and student political activists romance one another, confront authority and launch into revelry, their string of song anthems draws a portrait of change and argument.
Contemporary audiences might feel we're in another era of change, said Dan Sher, executive producer of Big League Productions, the company bringing "Hair" to Salt Lake City with local Broadway presenter MagicSpace.
"Sometimes they're singing about sex, sometimes they're signing about drugs, sometimes they're singing about rock 'n' roll. But in almost every song, they're singing about what it means to be an American," Sher said.
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'Hair' makes the cut
The national tour of this revival production of the 1967 musical plays at Kingsbury Hall.
When • Saturday, Jan. 19, 2 and 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m.
Where • Kingsbury Hall, 1395 E. Presidents Circle, University of Utah campus, Salt Lake City.
Tickets • $37-$64.50; at 801-581-7100 or kingsburyhall.utah.edu.
Info • Visit www.HairOnTour.com for more information about this production.


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