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Tip-off: Tuesday, 8:00 p.m. EDT
Line: Oklahoma City -10, Total: 215
Oklahoma City is on a roll, and there's no reason that shouldn't continue when it hosts Golden State on Tuesday night.
The Thunder are 12-2 SU and 7-4-1 ATS in March. And the scary part is that they've done it with superstar Kevin Durant playing some of his worst ball of the season. Durant hasn't exactly been a disaster, but this month he's averaging 24.8 PPG on 44.8% shooting, both well below his season averages (27.7 and 46.2%). He's struggled badly over his past four games, shooting just 36.2% from the field. While a 6-for-21 day on March 20 cost them in a stunning home loss to the Raptors, the Thunder were able to come away with three SU wins, as well as a 1-1-1 ATS record, in their three games last week. Basketball lines.
If history is any lesson, a home date with the Warriors will do Durant some good. Since moving to Oklahoma City from Seattle, Durant and the Thunder have hosted the Warriors five times. In those games, Durant has averaged 33.4 PPG on 53.8% shooting. And while his shooting from the field has been off recently, Durant still frequently gets to the line and makes his freebies (7.6 FT attempts per game this month, making 92.5%). He's also been just fine from behind the arc, hitting 44.6% of his threes during March.
Durant's gotten more than enough help from him friends of late. Despite their star's relative shooting slump, the Thunder are averaging 105.6 PPG in March. Point guard Russell Westbrook has evolved into a true star, averaging 23.0 PPG on 48.1% shooting and 8.0 APG this month. And James Harden is now one of the league's elite sixth men, averaging 16.6 PPG on 47.8% shooting off the bench in March. And, like most of the other teams who have emerged as the league's elite in recent weeks, the Thunder are playing outstanding defense. They're allowing just 95.0 PPG in March after allowing 102.2 PPG before this month. Since newly-acquired big man Kendrick Perkins made his OKC debut on March 14, the Thunder are allowing just 91.1 PPG as Perk has solidified their interior defense.
The Warriors have been playing some impressive ball themselves of late, scoring back-to-back, double-digit victories (by 38 over the Raptors on Friday, and by 10 over the Wizards on Sunday). But not only were those wins over two of the league's weaker sisters, they were also both at home. And Golden State is a much different team when they get out of Oakland. The most obvious difference is its shooting. At home, the Warriors shoot 48% from the field, 41% from three and score 106.4 PPG. On the road, those numbers fall to 45%, 37% and 100.3 PPG. Look no further than their best player, Monta Ellis, who hits 48% of his shots from the field and 41.0% of his threes for 27.8 PPG at home, but just 42% and 29% for 20.8 PPG away. Basketball betting lines.
Golden State is 23-14 SU and 19-18 ATS at home, but just 9-28 SU and 17-20 ATS on the road on this season. It's gotten worse of late, as the Warriors dropped six straight road games, SU and ATS. They were outscored by an average of 112.3-97.8 in those losses. Golden State has been double-digit underdogs six times this season, and it is 1-5 ATS in those games.
Of course, complicating matters is that the Thunder have been double-digit favorites four times in the last 11 days, and have gone just 1-2-1 ATS in those games. Still, I don't trust the Warriors to be competitive on the road Tuesday night. My pick is Oklahoma City. The FoxSheets have a few trends working in OKC's favor, including:
Play Against – Underdogs (GOLDEN STATE) – off a home win scoring 110 or more points, with a winning percentage of between 40-49% on the season. (133-81 since 1996, 62.1%, +43.9 units. Rating = 2*).
And considering Golden State's shooting woes on the road, combined with the Thunder's strong defense, I'm also picking the Under in this one. It helps to have a five-star trend from the FoxSheets to back that up:
GOLDEN STATE is 14-1 UNDER (93.3%, +12.9 Units) after failing to cover 3 of its last 4 against the spread this season. The average score was GOLDEN STATE 97.5, OPPONENT 99.5 – (Rating = 5*). Basketball scores.


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The Real Experience is Coca-Cola European Partners' (CCEP) flagship education programme for secondary schools, colleges, and universities in Great Britain. Our programme is run by qualified teachers employed directly by CCEP and is free of charge. On these pages you can find out more about our two key initiatives: Real Education Centres and The Real Business Challenge.
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Journalism Students Learn Ethics Through Online Case Study
By DoIT Communications Department
January 09, 2013
MADISON - You're a college student working for a news service, and your editor asks you to check out a breaking-news situation. You head to the scene, where you learn a teen singing sensation, Caitlyn Isaac, may have overdosed at her hotel following a concert. What do you do? Who do you interview? And when do you know you've got a story ready to go?
Students in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication's J202: Mass Media Practices course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found themselves in this hypothetical reporter's shoes, working through a series of ethical questions involved in the newsgathering situation by way of an online case-study module.
The situational case study, presented in a "choose your own adventure" style format, is an example of how faculty and teaching staff across the UW campus are using technology to enhance students' learning experiences.
"We know how to teach them to write a lead [to a news story], but it's hard to approximate getting them to think on their feet and evaluate sources of information," says Michael Mirer, the lead teaching assistant for J202 this spring, who used the case-study scenario in class last semester.
A campuswide effort called Educational Innovation is prompting the development of new and different ways of teaching. While some of that involves top-to-bottom changes to programs or classes, many faculty and teaching staff find smaller-scale exercises such as the journalism case study can be just as enriching.
The module was developed by Katy Culver, assistant professor of journalism and mass communication, with Mitchell Bard, the lead teaching assistant in the fall semester, and a team from the Division of Information Technology (DoIT), led by Ron Cramer, senior learning technology consultant within DoIT's Academic Technology group.
Students used the journalism case-study module for the first time in the fall semester. In past semesters, they would have read about a real-life case study and discussed it in a lab for the course.
"There was nothing wrong with those discussions, but I don't really know if they stuck, because the students hadn't gone through the reasoning," Culver says.
Throughout the reporting scenario, students meet different people to interview and make decisions about what path is most likely to produce a solid story. For example, talking to bartenders and hotel workers leads students down a dead end without reliable information, but conversations with the hotel manager and the police public relations officer put the reporter on the right path.
At the same time, the reporter's editor is sending text messages that demand a story as soon as possible. Students learn not only about the deadline pressure of journalism, but also about the reporter's responsibility to decide when there's enough information to publish a credible story.
"I liked talking about it this way. 'When do you go with it? When do you have enough? When are you confident you have the truth?' Sometimes it's OK not to report - sometimes you don't have it," Mirer says.
Culver has developed a range of blended learning activities for J202 to maximize students' time in and out of class, and earlier this year she approached DoIT Academic Technology about developing a situated learning experience.
Cramer suggested using DoIT Academic Technology's "Case Scenario/Critical Reader" tool.
"When I saw it for the first time in the summer, the example was for medical students - you're a gynecology resident and the woman presents with this or that," Bard says. "What could be more different than what we're doing? But it was immediately obvious that this would work for us."
The idea for the journalism case study, which takes about 15 minutes for students to complete, started on one sheet of paper with Culver and Bard's initial ideas for what might work. The story expanded to bigger sheets of paper and an elaborate backstory the pair developed, even as they resisted the urge to broaden the exercise.
And to be compelling, the scenario also needed to follow a design framework developed by DoIT Academic Technology called "the seven Cs": content, context, challenge, characters, choices, consequences and connections.
"The biggest challenge is getting all pieces into something that's a cohesive narrative and meets the learning objective," Cramer says.
People who are interested in developing a situational-case scenario can contact DoIT Academic Technology to learn more, Cramer says.


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Welcome NSFG Participants
On this Page
- What is the National Survey of Family Growth?
- Who Is Doing the National Survey of Family Growth?
- How Was I Chosen?
- Are These Interviews Just for Families, or Those With Children?
- Will my Answers be Kept Private?
- Do I Have to Answer the Questions?
- How Long Will it Take?
- Who Is the University of Michigan?
- Where Do I Get More Information?
You, or a member of your family, may have a chance to take part in an important national survey - The National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG). The National Center for Health Statistics, a part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for overseeing this survey. The NSFG gathers and publishes important data on marriage, cohabitation, and divorce; family life; having and raising children; and medical care. The survey is used to measure reproductive health status, to determine the need and effectiveness of health education programs, and for researchers to monitor American families.
Family Facts - Examples of NSFG Data [PDF - 137 KB]
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This section is designed to answer some of the most commonly asked questions about the NSFG:
What is the National Survey of Family Growth?
The National Survey of Family Growth gathers information on family life, marriage and divorce, pregnancy, infertility, use of birth control, sexual experience, and men's and women's health. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services uses the survey results. This information is used to plan health services and educational programs.
The survey is authorized by a Federal law, Section 306(b) 1 (h) of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 242), which asks us to collect "statistics on family formation, growth, and dissolution."
The survey provides accurate national statistics on critical issues like:
- People making choices about school, work, and having a family
- Women looking for a safe and effective way to space their children
- The health care that men and women get, including family planning and reproductive health
- Risk for sexually transmitted infections
- Child care services used by working parents
- How programs for families and children are working
Who Is Doing the National Survey of Family Growth?
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, does the survey. You can find out more about the Center at the NCHS website. NCHS has asked the University of Michigan to do the interviews. A professional, female interviewer from the University of Michigan's Survey Research Center will come to your home and find out if you are eligible for the study. The interviewer who comes to your home will have a University of Michigan identification badge with her picture on it and a Letter of Authorization from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She will ask you questions and type your answers into a laptop computer. You will also get to answer some questions by putting answers into the computer yourself.
How Was I Chosen?
We do not know who lives at your house or what your name is. We take a sample of households from all across the United States. When your interviewer arrives, she will find out if there is someone in your household we need to include in our study.
Why Should I Take Part? Why Not Interview Across the Street?
We cannot talk to all of the millions of men and women in this country — that would cost too much and take too long. So we scientifically select a "sample" of households. We then choose one person from some of those households to be in the survey. Choosing the sample scientifically lets us take the information we learn and use it to better understand the whole population. Once participants have been chosen they cannot be replaced.
Are These Interviews Just for Families, or Those With Children?
No. If you do not have children, or live alone, your responses are just as important to the study as anyone else's. You will be asked only those questions that apply to you. For example, we need to have accurate information about topics such as:
- How many people are choosing not to have children or to have them later in life
- How long marriages and other relationships last
- How often divorced fathers see their children
- The need for infertility services
Will my Answers be Kept Private?
Yes. Federal law protects the confidentiality of all the information you provide [Section 308(d) of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 242M), the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 USC 552a), and the Confidential Information Protection and Statistical Efficiency Act (PL 107-347)]. Each research staff member has signed a legal confidentiality pledge. The answers you give will be combined with answers from many other people. The data will be reported as percentages, totals, and averages. By law we cannot release information that could identify you or your family to anyone else. Anyone who breaks the law can be fined up to $250,000, lose their job, and/or be sent to prison.
Do I Have to Answer the Questions?
Your help with this study is voluntary. Saying yes or no to being in the study will not change any benefits you get now or in the future.
Most people find the interview interesting and enjoyable. Your participation is very important because each person interviewed represents thousands of others. Some of the questions may be sensitive for some people. You may choose not to answer any question for any reason and may stop the interview at any time.
How Long Will it Take?
Interviews take about 60-80 minutes for most adults. Interviews for teenagers take about 60 minutes. A few interviews take a little less or a little more time. We will do the interview at the time that works best for you. Also, for your help in being part of this study, you will receive $40 as a token of our appreciation.
Who Is the University of Michigan?
The University of Michigan was one of the first public universities in the United States. Today, the University is one of the largest research universities in the world. This study is only one of many important surveys done by the University's Survey Research Center. Other studies' topics include families, health, retirement and other important issues.
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Jim Hass of Amerec - "...Steam is truly the perfect touch of luxury for any bathroom, regardless of size."
Woodinville, WA (PRWEB) March 30, 2014
The home remodeling industry is back. As Mike LaFollette of Angie's List states, "After two straight years of solid growth in the home remodeling industry, the Remodeling Futures Program at Harvard University predicts "double-digit [percentage] gains in annual home improvement spending" through the first half of 2014." Many of the planned remodels include an upgraded bathroom, and many are warming to the idea of steam showers.
Matt Muenster of the DIY hit show BathCrashers shared his Top 10 Bathroom Trends, and included in the list was steam showers, along with several other features Amerec states can be added to the steam shower with their system. With chromatherapy, a variety of colors can be added to the steam shower, from bold to subdued, while the tile can remain a beautiful white subway tile or possibly recycled glass. Also on the list is the introduction of music, which can be achieved in a variety of methods.
At HGTV, Sean McEvoy notes in his article on Modern Bathroom Design that many of the styles come from the Nordic countries of Europe, to which Amerec is related through its parent company, TyloHelo World Group. As McEvoy states, these bathroom remodels can range in size from "tiny to titanic." Jim Hass, sales director for Amerec, stated:
"The beauty of including a steam shower in a bathroom remodel is that it can be included anywhere a shower is planned, provided the shower is fully enclosed. With fold down seats, a standard shower (approximately 36"x36") provides enough room to relax in the enveloping heat of steam. Unlike soaker tubs and other popular additions, a steam shower only requires a seat, a steam head, and a sensor to be located in the room. Steam is truly the perfect touch of luxury for any bathroom, regardless of size."
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Trendy Coffee & Cake Shops
Coffee & cake cafe's seem to be mushrooming throughout major cities in Thailand, and Chiang Mai is no exception. Most of them mimic the Starbucks format, though prices are usually a lot more reasonable than Starbucks, for which, like Haagen Dasz I can find no other words besides 'total rip off'.. :-P (Chiang Mai has two Starbucks outlets, one on the Night Bazar road near the Suriwong hotel and one in the Airport Plaza shopping mall. And Haagen Dasz you'll have to find for yourself if you want it! 8-) )
Nescafe instant coffee used to rule Thailand, but this is finally changing. Nescafe became the de-facto standard for 'coffee' for a long time, taking over from the old-style Thai filter coffee stalls which are now increasingly hard to find. (Here's a good one though: http://chanchao.fotopages.com/?entry=79797(Old style Thai coffee))
Now there are many independent, trendy little coffee shops around. Some of course do better than others.. I think a good one is just South of the Night Bazaar on Chang Klan road on the left hand side. But for this review I picked this new one, not because the coffee or cakes are better than elsewhere, but because of the nice river-side setting. It is in fact right next to the well known Riverside Restaurant, close to the Nawarat bridge.
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Voters may say 'no' to incumbents this time
"There's a 'political rebellion' brewing in America that is touching both Democratic and Republican incumbents."
There was a time, way back when George Washington was president, when the public wasn't angry with Washington, D.C. That was because the nation's capitol was in New York City.
Two centuries later, distrust of government is as all-American as super-sized portions. The citizenry's disgust and distrust of Washington has formed an ill wind, threatening to carry away all incumbents. In modern terms, this year's election whirlwind promises to Leave No Incumbent Behind (LNIB).
Incumbents are a threatened species. Come November, this cyclone may sweep clean the Capitol Hill's hallways, taking with it a combined total of centuries' worth of legislative know-how and institutional memory. It has the potential to destroy what will remain of the political middle ground.
Voter distrust of incumbents is distinctly the issue in Florida where a proven leader, Gov. Charlie Crist, exited the Republican primary over the galloping challenge of silk-stocking reactionary Marco Rubio. Voters' incumbent distrust was also paramount in Utah where an exemplary public servant and reliable conservative, Sen. Robert Bennett, lost the Republican primary to two Tea Party ideologues.
Washington Republican leadership is composed of seasoned politicians and their special-interest lobbyists who have mastered the dark arts of media manipulation. They've grown cynical over the success of their clear-headed, coldly deliberate use of emotionally outrageous statements, incivility, falsehoods and the language of violent rebellion.
Many in the Republican Party base have migrated to the Tea Party, without breaking ties with the Republican Party. My sense of fair play compels me to warn them: The Republican Party is not your friend.
Republican Party professionals had a strong hand in creating the Tea Party movement. They now find themselves facing an energized group of activists that is unhappy with the establishment. The Tea Party people, like those on the far political left, are purists. They not only believe that they are the true Americans, but that they alone possess the right interpretation of all things constitutional.
Former GOP Rep. Mickey Edwards of Oklahoma said it best: "Increasingly...constitutional constraint (is) being driven from the process. One is expected to listen -- and to obey -- the preferences, indeed the demands, not of 'constituents' but of that small band of constituents who dominate party primaries and party conventions."
That brings us to the next major primary, when we will see if the Tea Party people have caught on yet to the fact that the Republican Party is using them. We will see if they're able to tap into the anti-establishment vote on their own. If Tea Party candidate Rand Paul beats Kentucky's Secretary of State Trey Grayson, the choice of the Washington Republican establishment, then this movement has legs.
The situation in West Virginia is different. The defeat of 14-term Congressman Allan Mollohan, D-W.Va., wasn't just about antiincumbent feeling; it's because of long-standing ethics charges that finally caught up with him. Voters are just not in the mood to look the other way.
Finally, the Hawaiian, mail-only, special election for Congress reveals just how perilous the political winds are this electoral season. Longtime Rep. Neil Abercrombie has decided to run for governor. Three candidates to fill his congressional seat are moderates -- lawyers and political veterans fighting to replace him. But, a messy, adolescent-like squabble between the two Democrats has given the GOP a chance to win this seat. As the Honolulu Star-Bulletin put it, although thoroughly Democratic, the "District ... will go Republican if it can't find a Democrat it likes."
In Pennsylvania, Sen. Arlen Specter refused to let an autocratic minority of his own party end his public service, so he became a Democrat. Ironically it now looks as if Democratic Party purists have a shot at defeating him. This race is the litmus test of anti-incumbent feeling.
Should toxic, anti-establishment feelings manifest itself, it will be clearest during the rest of the primary season. This primary season, more than most, is an interesting one to watch on both sides of the partisan divide. Which faction will prevail? How strong is the current anti-incumbent tidal wave.
It's always tough to know exactly what is going to be the issue du jour six months out. In the 2006 mid-term elections, voters viewed the Republican majority as out of touch. In 2008, the economy hit the skids right after Labor Day, and the GOP never regain their footing.
I have to imagine something is going to be dominating this year, as well. The key for Democrats, as well as Republicans, will be to put themselves in the best possible position to demonstrate to the voters that they are listening.
But, the bottom line: The results this fall will be taken as a comment on President Obama's leadership and policies. Still, there will be those voters turning out to send a message to Washington. Can't wait to see how this all will play out. As John Boehner, House Minority Leader, said, "The American people are awake."
Donna Brazile is a political commentator on CNN, ABC and NPR; contributing columnist to Roll Call, the newspaper of Capitol Hill; and former campaign manager for Al Gore.


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David Stouck's comprehensive biography of architect Arthur Erickson has won two BC Book Prizes; while Okanagan author Ashley Little has been awarded two B.C. Book Prizes as well – for two different books.
Stouck's Arthur Erickson: An Architect's Life won both the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize for the best original non-fiction literary work, and the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize, recognizing the author that contributes most to the enjoyment and understanding of British Columbia.
Ashley Little, who becomes Calgary's Alexandra Writers' Centre Society Writer in Residence this month, won the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize for the best work of fiction for her young adult novel Anatomy of a Girl Gang, about a gang of teenage women in Vancouver. Little also won the Sheila A. Egoff Children's Literature Prize for the best non-illustrated book written for children for another YA novel, The New Normal.
Other winners announced Saturday night in Vancouver include: Jordan Abel, who won the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize for The Place of Scraps; Julie Morstad who won the Christie Harris Illustrated Children's Literature Prize for the best illustrated children's book for How To (which she both wrote and illustrated); and CBC broadcaster Grant Lawrence, whose The Lonely End of the Rink: Confessions of a Reluctant Goalie received the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice Award.
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Marion County Sheriff's Holiday Traffic Detail
Marion County Sheriff's office will be participating in a countywide traffic detail targeting speed and alcohol related violations for the upcoming Thanksgiving Holiday. Deputies will be conducting extra traffic enforcement and patrol now through Saturday. November 30
In an effort to ensure the safety of the motoring public, the sheriff's office will be enforcing a Zero Tolerance Policy on speeding, drunk driving, and seatbelt violations. Marion County residents are urged to obey traffic laws to ensure a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving season.


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"Dreamgirls" conference draws big crowds
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The first annual Dreamgirls conference is drawing big crowds with the hope of spreading an important message.
"It doesn't matter where you come from. Whether you are from a low income community, whether you are black, white, it doesn't matter. You can live your dream," Roslin Fields said.
This year, South Carolina officially became the state with the highest percentage of crime against women. The Dreamgirls conference was started by Fields, a former middle school teacher who saw just how big of a problem violence and bullying was.
"I taught middle school for 28 years, and during the time that I was teaching, I had many girls that would come to me and go into the guidance counselors office because they were being abused, and they didn't know how to get out," she said.
So, instead of continuing to teach, Fields retired from her position and began her mission of getting the community aware of the signs of domestic violence and bullying.
Saturday, more than 1,4000 people gathered to hear testimonials, stories and speeches from women who dealt with bullying and domestic violence. While the statistic is sticking with South Carolina this year, Fields said she is already seeing a group of girls, motivated not to become the latest victim.
"I already see a generation coming up that will not allow themselves to be abused," she said. "They will not allow themselves to touch on that subject."
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"From Portland to Paris:" Mildred Burrage's Years in France" exhibition will focus on Portland-born artist Mildred Burrage (1890-1983), who as a young aspiring painter traveled in the early 1900s to Giverny, France. There Burrage trained her eye on the landscape, creating oil paintings and filling sketchbooks with her Impressionist style. She wrote copious letters to her family back in Maine, detailing her adventures and providing vivid accounts of the artists, dealers, and distinguished figures whom she encountered, including French artistic legend Claude Monet and avid collectors Gertrude and Leo Stein. While Burrage was a prolific artist up until her death, this exhibition will celebrate these crucial, formative years (1909-1914) when she traveled abroad and was introduced and exposed to modern European movements. For more information call (207) 775-6148 or go to website address above.
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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. (Confucius)
…. and can be interrupted for a thousand different reasons. I had to halt my Sky Dance – but I'm so happy to still be dancing on these paths in the sky ….
My project was to follow the Great Himalaya Trail across the breadth of Nepal from Kanchenjunga Base Camp in the east to Hilsa on the western border with Tibet …. 'running' a distance of over 1000 miles. My dream was simple – to cross this beautiful country keeping as much as possible to trails through the high mountains – moving fast and light – with minimal support – making a journey within and without (body, mind and soul) – and sharing the experience so that would become something so much deeper than my own personal journey.
I knew that this beautiful journey would need all my humility, courage and passion – but importantly also the sensitivity and willingness to adapt with calm and patience.
Sky Dance: well I'm back safe now in Kathmandu with a thousand mixed emotions. It is earlier than I had hoped … I'm humbled, scratched and sad I had to stop. But I also have a deep joy in my heart to be safe and well, and also the confidence, reason and hope to believe that I can and will complete my Sky Dance (if I have the opportunity to return in 2012).
The long story short: things had started so well, I was making good progress and loving it. Then in a remote region between the Kanchenjunga and Makalu areas I temporarily lost the path between two villages and got in a bit of a tangle in a big dark forest of himalayan proportions. Never lost but just needed to take my time to find the safe way down to the only bridge across the torrent below. And making any kind of progress through the jungle thicket is slow and painful work. The getting tangled part wouldn't have mattered – just lost time. But what did matter was losing my small sack with all the important things – satellite phone, permits for my entire journey, solar panel, camera, money, compass, maps for that section etc.
On a journey like this communication is vital and without my hard won permits for the breadth of Nepal there was no option but to stop. The worst part was losing the communication and knowing that I'd be causing so much concern and anguish not being able to let people know that I was safe. That is my deep regret.
It was literally a 'dark' few days for me in that forest – but I knew if I kept my calm then all would be well. I felt very strongly the love and support from my family, friends and so many who were following my journey. This gave me strength in ways that I have never ever needed to draw on before. I'm deeply thankful that I was allowed to find that deep core of stillness, calm and patience within and reach in deeper than I have ever needed before.
Even during those 3 days and nights there were moments I was so close to nature and given a gift to enjoy: a shaft of sunlight through the thicket, the sight of a bird, the beauty of a white tipped mountain at dawn glimpsed through the darkness of the roots and branches, climbing high, high until at last I reached out of the forest albeit into the prickly undergrowth with clouds swirling around but that feeling of lightness and freedom to be in the open.
And once I crossed that bridge across the river it was like finding life anew. From being very alone there were some magical moments – soul connections – and meetings with incredible kindness from complete strangers who were just so generous despite having so little themselves. Our lives may only touch that once – but we will know eachother.
They say a picture paints a thousand words, but with the loss of camera and diary, my words will have to paint a thousand pictures. On a journey like this you live a thousand experiences and live a thousand worlds in even one day.
Despite having lost so much in that little sack, I felt incredibly rich. I had my life, I had the love and support of my friends and family, and I had some incredible connections with complete strangers. Life is beautiful.
The Facts:
Left Kathmandu on October 10th to fly to Biratnagar in the east of Nepal and jeep journey north to Taplejung. Walked in towards Kanchenjunga and reached base camp (5144m) on 13th of October where my 'Sky Dance' started in earnest. Made good progress across the Nango La (4776m) and the Lumbha Sambha La (5100m). Temporarily lost the path between Thudam and Chyamtang. Lost communications and permits for good. Reached Chyamtang on 21st October. Walked out via Num to Khandbari, short jeep ride to Tumlingtar and return flight to Kathmandu arriving on Tuesday 25th.
Going Forward:
My Sky Dance has been cut short …. but there is still so much opportunity in life and I hope perhaps I have the chance to turn around the misfortune of my interrupted journey. Before returning to Europe, with the support of my family and The North Face, I will accept an invitation to take part in the 2011 Everest Sky Race – a 200km journey (with 11000m ascent, 7000m descent) covered during a 9 day stage race from Dolakha through the Rolwaling valley, crossing the Tashi Lapsa (5755m), Renjo La (5340m), Gokyo La / Ri (5350m), Cho La (5420m), ascending Kala Pattar (5540m) and finally arriving at the base camp of Ama Dablam (4700m). It will be a tough race but an incredible journey. If I am fit and well at the end of the race then I shall make my way back up to Everest Base Camp and run from there back to Kathmandu. It will be a repeat of the record run that I made in 2007 with Stephen Pyke and Mark Hartell, and it is with their support that I might retry our effort. Perhaps I will have the opportunity to improve our time, perhaps not. What is more important is that with the support of the Nepal Athletics Association and joined by both international and Nepali runners for various sections; we hope to give my 'run' a deeper meaning – turning it into an opportunity to really encourage trail running in Nepal – both as a means of economic income, but also and most importantly to try encourage, inspire and persuade the wider population of the incredible value of sport and challenging our whole selves – mentally and physically. I hope the race and run might be a platform to live out our philosophy within The North Face to never stop exploring.


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2014 Hyundai Elantra GT Hatchback Automatic
Where GT stands for "Grand Trim."
For all that, though, the Elantra's overall agility is similar to that of many front-drive compact cars. Pushed even moderately, the Elantra resists turning into a corner, and the resistance ramps up in direct proportion to entry speed. This also applies to transitional responses. Braking isn't a bragging point, either. There are discs all around, but we still detected hints of fade at the test track, and the 178-foot stopping distance from 70 mph was lamentable. That result would have ranked fifth among a recent five-car comparison of compact sedans and isn't worthy of a car wearing a GT badge. Not to mention a car whose passenger complement is likely to include your kids from time to time.
On the plus side, the ride quality has a GT feel to it and is firm and well damped, thanks to the suspension tune that comes with the Style package included on our test car. (It alters the chassis a little to compensate for the larger 17-inch wheels.) The ride feels a bit jiggly on lumpy pavement, but it never goes harsh. Attention Hyundai chassis team: Make this suspension setup standard on all Elantras, then add a little more starch to the GT recipe.
Another plus: The GT is commendably quiet at most speeds. There's a little wind noise north of 80 mph but almost no rumble coming up through the suspension, another tribute to the damping system.
Good Ol' Hyundai Value
Like all current Hyundai-Kia offerings, the Elantra GT offers persuasive value. The 2014's base price has crept over the $20,000 frontier for the automatic, but, as you'd expect of a Hyundai, the car includes an appealing list of standard features: AM/FM/CD audio, A/C, power heated side mirrors, Bluetooth connectivity, tilt-and-telescoping steering wheel, iPod and USB jacks, steering-wheel auxiliary controls, fog lights.
Our test car packed some extras that were wrapped up in two option packages. The $3250 Tech bundle included a very user-friendly nav system, panoramic sunroof, automatic headlamps, and dual-zone auto climate control. The $2550 Style Group added 17-inch alloy wheels, the altered suspension tune, Hyundai Blue Link telematics, leather upholstery, a power driver's seat, aluminum-clad pedals, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, pushbutton start, and LED taillights. Add the $125 carpeted floor mats, and you have a grand total of $26,485. That nets you a well-equipped compact car with an exceptionally handsome interior, top-notch fit and finish, and hatchback versatility.
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One of the best ways to make a piece of clay work your own is to literally put your mark on it. In Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life, you will learn to go further, bringing the form and surface of your work together into a signature style using a variety of clay carving tools in combination with carving techniques like sgraffito, etching, wire-cutting, relief carving, and more.
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Advice on the Best Tools for Carving, Cutting, Scratching, and Slashing Clay
by Robin Hopper
An infinite variety of graphic marks can be made in soft clay through the use of a wide assortment of knives, forks, scalpels, welding rods, wire-ended or wooden modeling tools, sticks, bones, awls, needles, saws, wires, kitchen utensils and just about anything that can be creatively employed to produce an image, mark or sign. The nature of working with tools is such that artists usually develop favorites that seem to become extensions of their hands. Most potters and ceramic artists I know seem to have boxes of tools selected or made for specific processes of surface enrichment. They invariably are seeking the one tool that will out-perform all others, feel better in the hand or just be more pleasurable in use.
Tools either can be purchased or found objects. In sensitive hands, sometimes the most unlikely looking implements give the greatest results. Almost any tool takes time to give out its secrets for best use, so continued play or exploration of potential is a given if you want to use tools to their optimum level. Slight variations of pressure, twist or movement can produce or reveal the most amazing complexity of marks from even the simplest of tools.
Tools and Methods
The tools that seem to perform best with either soft or leather-hard clay - the states where most slashing, scratching, carving and cutting is done - primarily are tools with sharp points or edges. Clays generally are abrasive, finely granular materials that quickly will take the edge off of softer metal tools. Most cutting tools perform best when kept sharp. The types of material used for ceramic tool making varies from fairly soft alloy metals to knife-quality steel and beyond, into tungsten carbide, a fine, very hard crystalline material.
The price of the tool often will indicate the quality. The better the quality, the more efficiently it will do the jobs required of it. Inexperienced clay workers often blame themselves for problems caused by tools that are inadequate for the job. Potters' tools that are packaged as beginner sets often make an already difficult process more so with unsatisfactory tools that quickly become dull from abrasion, causing unwanted "chattering," or bouncing, of the tool on the clay because it is too dull to cut properly.
The best tools usually are individually handmade by small companies that understand exactly what the potter needs from personal experience and discussion with the people who use them. Tools made from high-quality knife steel, such as those made by Dolan Tools, will outperform soft metal tools and keep an edge against the abrasive qualities of clay for a long time. Knife steel easily can be sharpened with a file to maintain a sharp cutting edge.
The best and most long-lasting edge on pottery cutting tools is provided by tungsten carbide, a material considerably harder than steel. Even though it is very hard, crystalline tungsten carbide is extremely brittle, and tools made from it should be used carefully. Avoid dropping these tools on hard surfaces, as they may break. Tungsten carbide tools usually are individually handmade by small companies, such as Bison Tools.
Although more expensive than metal tools, the cutting quality of tungsten carbide tools is much better. They even are capable of trimming and cutting through bisque ware! Should they require sharpening, they can be returned to the company.
For the serious potter, tungsten carbide tools are probably the most satisfactory tools, turning what was often mundane work into sheer pleasure. Buy the best tools you can afford, or make your own using the best materials you can afford.
The way clay cuts depends on both the state of the material and the cutting tool. As a general rule when using knives and scalpels, the stiffer the clay, the more easily controlled the cut, and the softer the clay, the more resistance there will be to the cutting tool. Clay tends to cause the knife blade to drag by sticking to its surface.
Wire Cutting
The potter's wire is much more than a tool for separating a thrown pot from the wheelhead or throwing bat. It can be simply a flexible wire with a handle at each end, or it can be fitted into a handle similar to a small woodworker's bow saw and tightened to form a rigid cutting edge. Such a tool can have numerous interchangeable plain or twisted cutting wires to give a wide variation of possible cuts.
The twist wire shows multiple cuts that pick up on the features of the glaze, emphasizing the thick and thin qualities. Twisted wires with a much greater textural emphasis can be made from sprung wire curtain rod, which is often used for stringing kitchen curtains and is usually covered with a plastic coating. This can be found in old-fashioned hardware stores. After removing the plastic coating, the wire can be gripped with needle-nosed pliers and stretched to create a variety of wavelike patterns of grooves. Pulling this type of wire through soft clay and moving it from side to side will give a surface evocative of sandy beaches after the tide has receded. Using the process of slab making by throwing a block of clay on a hard surface, wire cutting it into slabs and pulling and stretching the sheets of soft textured clay on a hard surface allows for a great variety of expanded patterns.
Surface carving is usually done best with a variety of tools—from knives and gouges to wire-ended modeling tools—when the clay is leather-hard. The thickness of the objects to be carved should be considered carefully early in the process.
Surface Expansion
Creating linear images in soft slabs of clay or in soft thrown clay cylindrical forms and then pushing from beneath or inside the thrown form allows expansion of the image and textural development at the same time. Spraying or brushing the surface with a solution of sodium silicate and quick drying it with a blowtorch or heat gun while leaving the underside or inside of the form quite soft will produce remarkable surface textures when the clay expands from beneath or inside. Often resembling aged, tooled leather, these textured surfaces react well with thinly sprayed colorants or glazes or when fired in wood, salt or soda firing kilns.
For the rest of this article and the articles below, download your free copy of Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life!
Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life also includes:
Making and Glazing Incised Ware
by Ann Selberg
Whether you work with sgraffito, relief carving, incized line decoration, or some other clay carving technique, there are a few tricks to successfully glazing ware with carved surfaces.
Considerations for Carving Clay
by Emily Reason
Carving into a clay surface can be very gratifying, but when you're making pieces for use, you need to be mindful that the carving accentuates the function, rather than hindering it. Being attentive to a few basic design considerations will help you keep your clay carving appropriate to the form.
Designing and Carving Geometric Patterns on Pottery
by Yoshi Fujii
It can be challenging to carve geometric patterns into pottery. Aside from sharp tools and patience, you need to know the optimum timing and plan your design carefully ahead of time to do it well. Yoshi Fujii shares his secrets for creating gorgeous carved pottery here.
About Ceramic Arts Daily:
Ceramic Arts Daily is a free online website and newsletter written and produced for the benefit of potters and ceramic artists worldwide. The newsletter features both renowned and emerging artists, their work, techniques and artistic perspectives. Regular features include tips and techniques designed to help every artist expand their skill set and widen their artistic horizons. Ceramic Arts Daily also delivers video tips, in which potters and ceramic artists demonstrate various projects and processes. Think of them as e-workshops!
Ceramic Arts Daily is designed to be interactive, inviting your comments and fostering a community in which each person can contribute to the growth of their own and others' skills. You may be surprised at what you learn!
Ceramic artists on Ceramic Arts Daily know what ceramic art is all about - from functional pottery to abstract ceramic sculpture. This is about community. You'll be drawn in by artists' stories, inspired by their work and find confidence to try some of their techniques. With Ceramic Arts Daily, you'll learn a little bit of everything. Then you can choose the techniques you enjoy the most to create something new!
So start today by downloading our free Ceramic Carving Tool Techniques: Bringing the Ceramic Surface to Life. Then, get ready for Ceramic Arts Daily to introduce you to new artists and show you new techniques!


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Deakin University is located in Victoria, Australia's smallest mainland state, with Melbourne as its capital. Exchange students attend classes at the Geelong Campus of DU (one hour train ride from Melbourne). The second largest city in Victoria, Geelong (aboriginal word for "bay") has a population close to 200,000 and is noted for Bells Beach and Torquay, famous surfing sites. The Geelong campus is set on a 300 hectare site and is the second largest campus of the University, with around 4,000 students. Located approximately 7 miles from city center, a daily bus service operates from the University to the city and surrounding areas. Geelong campus information.
Location: Deakin University (Geelong Campus), Australia - Geelong Victoria 3217 Australia
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Mar 6, 2013 | Save-The-Date
The UNLV College of Fine Arts presents the 10th annual Nevada Entertainer/Artist Hall of Fame honoring acclaimed musical director Vincent Falcone; celebrated architect Joel Bergman; and Jeanette Farmer, expert in theater technical support and show production. Also recognized are Robin and Danny Greenspun, who receive the College of Fine Arts Dean's Medal for continually demonstrating commitment to education and extraordinary contributions to the College of Fine Arts, and Grammy Award-winner Eric Whitacre, College of Fine Arts Alumnus of the Year.
The evening begins at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in the UNLV Student Union ballroom. Tickets for the event are $75 and include cocktails, dinner, ceremony, and performances. All proceeds benefit the College of Fine Arts.
Recipients receive the Sidney Award, named for the Nevada Entertainer/Artist Hall of Fame's first inductee, George Sidney, who epitomized the term artist-educator. Sidney, a three-time Academy Award-winning director and producer, worked with such legends as Tony Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Clark Gable, Howard Keel, Ann-Margret, and Lana Turner. Sidney was a frequent guest lecturer in UNLV film classes, providing students with priceless insights into the industry.
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>General Running>Who's racing this weekend?
My Little Pal
Whereabouts? I'm up just north of Muskegon. It's a really great race...not too big, nice atmosphere, beautiful course, microbrewed beer and chili at the finish.
Are you still recruiting?
I asked for hounding, which is numerous steps above bug.
Jedi mind tricks don't work on me.
I need a siren's call to get me out.
And, a siren as my pace setter to keep me running!
When it's all said and done, will you have said more than you've done?
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My home town is Bellevue. It's a little burg on M78 between Battle Creek and Charlotte.
Rick "The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare." - Juma Ikangaa "I wanna go fast." Ricky Bobbyrunningforcassy.blogspot.com
I used to work for Hastings Mutual, which is just north of Battle Creek about 20 - 30 miles.
Tougher than most, dumber than the rest. "You can not count the miles until you feel them" TVZ
My dogs are fast, not me
E.J.Greater Lowell Road RunnersCry havoc and let slip the dawgs of war!May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, may the sun shine warm upon your SPF30, may the rains fall soft upon your sweat-wicking hat, and until you hit the finish line may The Flying Spaghetti Monster hold you in the hollow of His Noodly Appendage.
God willing, 26.2 on Sunday morning.
1/2 on Sat
My first half marathon is Sunday morning.
Miracle Match Half Marathon in Waco, Texas. My first half marathon as a runner (I've always been a racewalker) so I'm looking forward to it.
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VANBENSCHOTEN-L ArchivesArchiver > VANBENSCHOTEN > 1999-08 > 0935375738
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Subject: [VB] List Member Compilation
Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 22:35:38 EDT
Sorry for the problems with the first listing - hope this works.
Obviously we all descended from Elias Teunison and his son Teunis Eliason.
>From there my research has a James Van Benschoten, baptized 1737 who married
a Elizabeth Kermer/Carmer. One of their children was Abram Benscoter b. May
11, 1772. Died Mar. 10, 1846. Married Barbar Hontz. One of their children
John Benscoter b. Sept 19,1801 married l. Sarah Masters, 2. Ann Coates, 3.
Jane Coates. The marriage to Ann Coates produced Sarah A.Benscoter, Sylvester
Benscoter, twins, b.1833. and John Wesley Benscoter b. 1827 and Christopher
Benscoter. Sarah A. Benscoter m. Holden Tripp Vaughn who were my great
All the Huntington Valley Pennsylvania origins call themselves BENSCOTER
Benschoter, Dawn
I reside in Maumee, Ohio. My branch is as follows Teunis> Elias> Isaac>
Aaron> Jeremiah> Henry> Quiros> Lewis> Ralph> Anthony> and my husband Mark
Benschoter. Many of our immediate "branches" are in Michigan - with some in
Benschoter, John
Hello, I'm John Benschoter from Lansing, Michigan here. I am a part of
the Elias Line--Isaac--Aaron
I, John Benschoter branch off with Cornelius Benschoter> Oliver Peake >
John Morgan> Don Alger> Don Alger Benschoter Jr. (my father).
I have an uncle that lives near Dallas, Texas.
It was about a year ago that I found Nugent's Grove on the map. It's a
cemetery in Iowa.
In the book, the first and only use of the Benschoter name was in the
piece on Jeremiah Van Benschoten.
I think that Aaron must have had something to do with the name change.
I have no proof yet. It seems that his children took on the name
George Denison Benschoter's (912) son, Harvey (962) became a lawyer and
changed the name to Van Benschoten. There are lawyers in Saginaw, Michigan
who are descendants of George.
Benschoter, Leon "Benny"
Benschoter, Robert
My great grandfather was a son of Jeremiah Van Benschoten. His name was
Henry. He settled in Wood Co. Ohio and we still live here. Our anscestors
were farmers,some fruit and vegetable farmers. Currently I am in Portage,
Brandstetter, Richard
Cloninger, Agnes E.
Fink, Ruth
Girard, Maureen
I'm in Carmel, California, and my most recent Van Benschoten ancestor,
Sarah, was born in New York City 30 Nov 1824 to John and Mahala Thompson Van
Benschoten. She died at Bloomington IL 23 Oct 1902. She married a young
German immigrant Methodist Episcopal minister, and they spent their lives
raising a large family and establishing churches throughout the central
Midwest. Sarah's daughter and her family moved out to California around
1870-75, and we've been here ever since (though most of Sarah's youngest
descendants and their families have elected to move eastward out of
CA--evidently returning to their ancestral roots!)
Hartley, Marian
My gg-grandmother was Rachel Van Scoten, daughter of Cornelius Van Scoten
& Hannah. She married John Bogart and they lived in Columbia, NJ & later
Platea, Erie Co., PA. Cornelius was the son of Cornelius Van Benschoten &
Heyltje Quick. I reside in Klamath Falls, Oregon.
Kenney, Carole Kessel
My latest VanBenschoten is Mary Jane VB who married John Perine, a
traveling minister [a "circuit rider"] who switched religious persuasions as
easily as some switch their brand of coffee today.... I have Bible pages for
them starting in 1801. They settled and died around Port Jervis NY after
much traveling around [Oyster Bay LI, north Jersey, among them] My more
recent family, their descendants, lived in Brooklyn and Queens [though my
Perine branch were originally Perrin from France via Staten Island; one of
the Perines has given us DAR status]. I was born in
Woodhaven Queens and grew up in Westbury LI. I've lived in King of Prussia,
PA for 23 years now.
McNeill, Marge
Marge McNeill from down here in Myrtle Beach, SC. My Mom, who is the
last VB on our direct line grew up on her father's (Jay Van Benschoten) farm
on the road between Andes and Margaretville, NY in Delaware County. Several
of his VB ancestors lived in that area after they migrated from Kingston NY.
Mominee, Robert
Early Dutch Families of Ulster County, NY Research Center
Patterson, Jane
I'm in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, by way of Colorado, California and
Michigan. Been here for 20 years, so it's pretty much home now. My mother
was the Benschoter, the last of her line...she was born in California. Her
father was Ray Alexander Benschoter (he's in the Book) was born in Wood
County, Ohio. He came to California during the Depression, met my
grandmother, fell in love and the rest is history :-).
My grandfather's siblings ended up in California too, as far as I know.
Reuther, Jan RAUB
The Van Scoten/Van Benschoten name "married out" of my family with my 3rd
Great Grandmother...and I never knew I had ancestors with these names until a
few months ago!
My ancestors were from the NY/NJ Minisink area, then from Sussex (now
Warren) County, NJ.
I'm now living in Western New York, along the Niagara River.
Scotten, Greg and Ann
Unfortunately, my last name, "Scotten", is not derived from Teunis's
birth village, but from a small village in central England. Some have listed
that name among the Van Bunschoten derivatives and I was not sure whether it
was listed because it was my name. My Van Benschoten roots are from my late
mother's family. Until recently, genealogy has given low priority to female
lines, but for me, my mother's female lines have been the most fascinating.
My line is: [in Bunschoten- i) Teunis, ii) Elis Teunissen, iii) Teunis
Ellisen] in America- 1) Teunis Elissen Van Bunschoten, 2) Elias Van
Bunschoten, 3) Isaac Van Benscoten, 4) Garret Van Benschoten, 5) Catrina Van
Benschoten Reynolds, 6) James Van Benschoten Reynolds, 7) Catherine
Reynolds Lawrence, 8) Estella Julia Lawrence Curran, 9) Marie Curran
Scotten, 10) Gregory Scotten.
I have just completed an article on my research into Bunschoten and
Teunis. Over the years I have shared copies of my original source material
of with many of the cousins and hope that this version will be
useful to you once it is published.
Smith, Bobbie
My father, Robert Cameron VB, b. 1910 was a boat builder and ship
carpenter in NJ. I never realized it, but in reading thru the VB book
several of our ancestors also worked in the boat building trade.
My great grandmother, Emma Louise Smith b. 1861 who married an earlier
Robert Cameron VB b. 1859 was listed in Carole's family Bible pages. She was
able to furnish the birth date, which I did not have. :-)
My great grandfather Robert Cameron VB b. 1859 worked for the railroad as
well, in fact he died when he was crushed between railroad cars. My dad
Robert Cameron VB b. 1910 worked for the railroad before he went into boats
and ship carpentry.
Carole and I are descended from Teunis Elias VB. Are our VBs the only "holy"
ones so far? Our ggg-grandmas were sisters, and I guess it's no accident
that they both married preachers. It would be interesting to see what kinds
of professions the different lines followed over the years, and whether there
are similarities or differences we could discern.
Stone, Arthur J.
I'm , and have a copy of the "Book" - I am in South
Turner, Sue Vaughn
VanBenschoten, Sandy
My husband and I (since I'm the in-law - this is his story) have lived
our entire lives in Bergen County NJ, and are only 6 miles from where we both
grew up. He has, however, 2 brothers, a sister, and mother who have moved and
now live near Kingston, NY near Tuenis Eliason's old "stompin" grounds!
His older brother lives in Washington State and another sister lives in
van Benschoten, Anthony Eliasen
I am in London,England.
van Benshcoten, Richard D.
I'm Richard D. van Benschoten - live in Kansas City MO now - my brother
(Anthony van Benschoten) and I grew up at Vinecroft on the Hudson in West
Park NY, just down route 9W from Kingston.
Van Scoter, Todd
Reading the book, it always amazed me at the different occupations that
our family was involved in. While yours was boats, my family line seemed to
have migrated toward the southern tier of NY. If any of you have ever been
there you might have seen a town called Hornell, in this town is a street
named VanScoter street. And in the town of bath there is a florist named
VanScoter Florist. I had written the town historian about the VanScoter
street and got a very nice letter back from a sweet lady about its history,
unfortunately she was the widow of the late town historian and didn't have
much info. Going back through the book I was amazed by the number of Van
Scoters that lived in the Southern Tier of NY and worked in the Rail Road
industry. When you drive through the area of Southern NY/ Northern
Pennsylvania you can still see the large numbers of Rail Road stations and
train yards (like in Dansville, NY and Scranton, PA).
The again there was a normally large number of Farmers in my family line
many of whom moved to Wisconsin to find land to farm on.
My grandfather and father are still train fanatics, while I am not so
much I did pick up a little bit and still like to stop and check trains out.
Warner, Linda
I was from New Jersey. At least I was raised there. My parents were
raised in New York State and now I live in Wisconsin.
Bobbie Smith has come up with these outlines of the Van Bunschoten family and
its "branches."
As I check thru the VB book for founders of the different lines, this is what
I have come up with - in some areas I need your help - in other areas I just
need confirmation.
Theunis Eliasen b. 1643 - founder of the Van Benschoten and Van Bunschoten
Cornelius VB b. 1741 - founder of the Van Scoten line
Antony VB b. 1746 - founder of the Van Scoter line
Jacobus (James) bp. 1737 - founder of the Benschoter line
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