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My current method of coping without search/annotation/pattern recognition
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My current method of coping without search/annotation/pattern recognition
Shari S.
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Posted: 8 Oct 2012 11:43PM GMT
There are other ways to do this, and I'm sure there are better ways, but I thought I would describe my current method for being able to organize my matches meaningfully. I only wish I'd done this from the very start. I'm at over 1600 matches now, which of course is wonderful, but even after cutting out the ~400 private trees, it's just a mess to manually organize with any system. And heaven help the person who needs to look for something they weren't checking for when they opened the first thousand matches. (If we're lucky, eventually that's all of us.)
What I'm really hoping is that describing my method here will lead to "wash the car to make it rain" syndrome, and tomorrow Ancestry will debut search/annotation features and something to track recurring surnames not already in your tree. Fingers crossed! :)
This method may sound a bit fiddly, but it only adds about 10-20 seconds to looking over a match, depending on how much you have to type.
Apologies in advance for being Windows-centric in these instructions.
* Two web browsers (ideally one being Firefox for reasons discussed below)
* Google Docs
* Textpad (Free trials can be downloaded from Textpad.com. However, any robust text editor will do, aka not Notepad. Word processors might have the necessary features; I just don't use them for these kinds of tasks because text editors are lighter/easier.)
Make a form in Google Docs. This form is where you're going to input data from each match. GDocs will then transform it into a spreadsheet. I started out just doing a spreadsheet manually, but scrolling around was getting really unwieldy.
See the attached image for what I have in my form. I have fields for basic information (URL, user name, confidence level, whether there's a Shared Ancestor Hint), a place to note any obvious connections, and places to note surnames in specific geographical areas. (Alas, Ancestry only looks at birth info for locations, but I'll take what I can get.)
You can always update the form with new fields later. If you do, the spreadsheet will show those cells in a different color for matches from before that field was added. That way, it's easy to see who needs to be re-checked for the new data.
1. Open your live GDocs form in one web browser.
I use two browsers because I find it faster to ALT+TAB between windows than to switch to the correct tab when many tabs are open. I also prefer keeping my hands on the keyboard instead of pausing to grab the mouse, so this is what works for me.
2. Open your main list of DNA results in another browser that isn't Google Chrome.
I love Chrome, but it doesn't save web pages as text files. Unfortunately, a week or two ago Firefox stopped working for me when trying to look at match pages. (Every other page on Ancestry and the rest of the Internet is fine. It's a known issue affecting a few people so hopefully it will be sorted soon.) This means I'm stuck with IE. IE isn't quite as good here because you have to remind it every single time to save files as text, but I'm too lazy to download even more browsers, lol.
3. Right-click "Review Match" and open each match in a new tab. (How many tabs to open depends on how many tabs it takes to make your computer grumpy and slow.)
4. Visit each tab and do the following:
a. CTRL+S to save the file as text. Name the file the same as the username.
b. Copy the URL and paste it into the form.
c. Fill in other basic info on form.
d. Examine your match as usual. Switch to the form as needed to fill in any fields particular to your interests.
e. Press submit when done. Click the link to start the form over. On to the next tab and begin again!
Textpad has great searching features. Press CTRL+F5, point at the directory where you saved all of your match web pages as text files, and type in what you want to look for.
Textpad will then search all of those files for the name or location you entered. It will give you a report of the file name and the line with the info on it. Note the file name (same as the user name), find it in your spreadsheet (that the form automatically created), and follow the link.
I've had a few occasions (one just today) where I noticed that a surname in an area (that I was looking at for other reasons) kept reappearing. This has led to some great discoveries. (It has also caused me to question some previously "verified paper trail" matches as new connections to the same match arose, but I'm not going to get on my soapbox once again about the perils of thinking you've "verified" your DNA match without comparing the actual segments. Ah, restraint! :)
Despite my luck earlier today, with so many matches looked at over a period of months, my brain doesn't always notice how often certain surnames outside my tree are recurring. The special fields on my spreadsheet let me check for surname patterns in a few areas. (This is so limited, but it's better than nothing.)
Another benefit to using Textpad (instead of just searching files in Windows Explorer) is that you can make macros to do little jobs, which brings us to the next bit. This is how I looked at all high confidence matches for recurring surnames.
1. Put copies of all high confidence match text files in a separate directory.
2. Open all of these files (at once) in Textpad and delete the text above and below the list of surnames. (All surnames, not shared surnames.) Search for "Surnames (10 generation pedigree)" to see about where to stop deleting at the beginning, and search for "1st gen2nd" to see where to start chopping at the bottom.
3. Sort each file (F9).
4. The top of the file will now be several blank lines then several lines of individual names. Use SHIFT+DOWN ARROW (or your mouse) to highlight and delete all of that. You are then just left with a list of surnames. (They will have numbers after them, but these can be ignored.)
5. Go to your first file and make the following macro:
a. Put the cursor at the end the first surname.
b. Click the macro recording button (or CTRL+SHIFT+R).
c. Hit TAB.
d. Type in the user name for that file. (It will be visible as the file name.)
e. Move your cursor to the next line.
f. Hit the END button.
g. Click the button to stop recording (or CTRL+SHIFT+R again).
(You don't have to save the macro. It will be there until you record a new one or close Textpad.)
6. Run the macro through the rest of the file by hitting the "play" button (or CTRL+R) over and over. (Or, if you saved the macro, you can tell it to play through the rest of the file.)
7. Redo the macro for each file. (Redo because you have to type a different user name for each file, although you could run the same macro then just press F8 to replace all instances of the old name to the new name.) Run the macro for each file.
Each file now has a list of surnames with the user name after it.
8. Make a new text file.
9. Copy and paste the contents of each file into this file. (CTRL+A, CTRL+C, go to new file, CTRL+V.) I think there's a Unix-like concatenate command for Windows, but this didn't take me very long.
10. Save the new file.
11. Press F9 to sort all of the surnames.
12. Start looking for recurring surnames!
(Update the master file of high match surnames as needed.)
The above sounds like a huge pain (and I know it's a kludgy way to do things - the part of me that used to write perl scripts is weeping in shame), but all in all it probably took me under 20 minutes and I was deeply rewarded. Two surnames beyond my "too common to bother with at this time" threshold came up a few times. I then searched for those names among all my text files and found so many matches to two particular families that I know I must be on to something hot.
I've also used similar methods to look and concatenate for just files with a certain surname to see if named ancestors/locations are recurring.
Yes, it's absolutely nutso that we don't have even a basic search engine and that some of us are going to such lengths. However, it *has* paid off for me to the point where I wrestle with going back and saving all of the matches from before I started doing this so they will be searched, too. (So far I've only gone back to do the High/Moderate ones. After that my brain shuts down and keeps repeating, "Why am I manually searching in 2012?!")
Anyway, I'm sharing in case it helps any diehards... and also in the hope of rain. :)
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Not sure what to do. DS fell today and hit his head and there is a huge lump. Last week he fell and scraped up his back pretty bad. He plays hard outside, I get that, but TELL ME. I called the school and got voicemail. Im pissed. WWYD
2nd injury at preschool without the teacher telling me.
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*Charlotte Avery 12-28-12*
I just talked to his teacher.
Go over this teacher's head. If they aren't seeing things happen then the kids aren't being properly supervised, for one thing. Once, maybe, but this is twice and a decent school would be more on top of this. I'd be looking for another school and making sure the director of this one knew how I felt.
My dear, happy girl was born in mid-August 2009. I've been married many years and am definitely an "older mom."
I would be upset. At the school I work at, it is required that we call home any time a child hits their head, no matter how minor and even if there isn't a bump.
It can be hard with little kids who may not always communicate, but the teacher should have maybe pushed a little more to find out what happened when she saw him getting up.
Mom to 3 boys
Wife to the best hubby ever :)
Let's assume we give the teacher the benefit of the doubt and are able to conclude that it was a random fluke that she just didn't happen to see it - not throwing stones of improper supervision, ratios, etc.
EVEN THEN I would be upset. SOMETHING happened that was enough to bring him to tears. THAT should have been pointed out to you! Perhaps it was a bullying situation and he didn't want to tell his teachers. Maybe he just wasn't comfortable talking to her. Regardless. It should have been brought to your attention.
I agree that you should go over the teacher's head. That "explanation" isn't cutting it.
Things are beautiful if you love them. ~ Jean Anouilh
Talk to the head of the program. little boo boos I don't expect them to tell me - but if child falls and hurts/scratches back... that's kind of more than a little boo boo.
If teachers/care givers change over the course of the day - then there should be a book - a simple note pad... that the person can review before you leave with your child and report any happenings.
It's irresponsible for them not to tell you. The head of your child's program should work with you to address this immediately. GOOD LUCK
I get an incident report on things that happen that the teacher didn't see. For example, the incident report was on my DS telling his teacher he got a cut on the playground...she didn't see him get the cut, but she wrote a report about it.
Even if they didn't see what happened, they should give you a incident report that "Your DS said he fell and got a scrap. We washed it up and gave him TLC, etc....Solution: to better supervise the children when they are playing on playground or whatever"
There needs to be some documentation and accountablilty.
I would be pissed especially since this is the second time it happened.
Mama to Zachary September 2009, Natalie January 2014
THanks for all of your replies. I've been filling in DH via g-chat, but I think we will discuss it for real tonight after the kids are in bed, as I don't want DS to hear any of it.
It's seriously not THAT he got hurt, I just can't believe TWICE they didn't say anything, oh and tday his other teacher told me he was pushing, but I am willing to bet they didn't see what happened before the pushing.
My mama bear wants to pull him out and switch schools, but he LOVES it there now. We will see what DH says.....
Karter John born October 5, 2009
Logan Ross born March 6, 2014
At the preschool I work at, if they hurt themselves enough for a visible boo-boo, they get an accident report. I can see how a scraped back might be missed if the child doesn't say 'ow, I hurt my back' or behaves as if he hurt his back, but I agree with pp, how could they miss a giant bump on his head?
Of course it depends on the child and the teacher's knowledge of a child, but in general if a child falls and is crying, if they aren't complaining of being hurt or behaving as if they are, and they get over it quickly and are off playing again, we probably wouldn't inspect the child's body, either.
As for making a report anytime a child is brought to tears (mentioned by a pp), I don't think that takes into account how many times children are brought to tears in a given day. In the 3s class I help out in, I'd say all but two cry regulary over something or another, generally because someone else has the toy they want, or someone wants the toy they have and it is grabbed away, or because they don't want to transition to another activity. They are still learning to function in a group, and the road is rocky sometimes :)


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In other words, the difference between the synthetic and the real, between bogus support for a position and the genuine expression of opinion. The distinction appears to have eluded a number of American companies, among them the supermarket giant Walmart. When Working Families for Walmart was set up in 2005, it portrayed itself as a grassroots organisation, only for it to transpire that it was started and funded by Walmart.
In Canada in 2009, marketing agency Morrow Communications created a blog to promote the use of bicycles in Montreal. Social media was harnessed, with videos posted and a dedicated Facebook page. But all was false, part of a marketing campaign to launch a new public bike system in Montreal.
Astroturfing is far from just a transatlantic phenomenon. In Japan in 2008, McDonald's hired people to stand in line for a new hamburger, while last summer a campaign by the Alliance of Australian Retailers against plain cigarette packaging was exposed as one which was started and funded by the Australian arm of tobacco company Philip Morris International.
Talk to anyone in PR and they will admit that increasingly clients suggest ideas which are straight from the astroturf. Often they seek to utilise the power of the internet with extensive, but spurious, social media campaigns. But Tim Pinto, a specialist in media and advertising law with Taylor Wessing, cautions that the law can bite, and bite hard, if an astroturfer is exposed: "It's a wrong to think that the law lags behind here. The Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008 provide for a criminal offence for traders who falsely represent themselves as a consumer or engage in misleading marketing."
Those who cross the line can, depending on the severity of their transgression, face an unlimited fine or imprisonment for up to two years.
But while consumer protection legislation discourages the astroturfers, there is the problem of enforcement. Trading standards bodies, whose task it is, rarely have the resources, but Pinto nevertheless expects the climate to change further when, in March, the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will have jurisdiction to rule on online ads.
The ASA's new powers will give it the same jurisdiction over ads on websites and social networks that it already has over advertising in traditional media such as TV, billboards and newspapers. Websites found to be in breach of the ASA's codes may find themselves appearing in a "rogues' gallery" on the ASA websites.
"Ads on websites, Twitter and Facebook will be caught. Clients take seriously the impact of an adverse ASA ruling, and will need to ensure they adhere to the same standards as for traditional media," says Pinto.
The impact of exposure as an astroturfer is not to be taken lightly, says Gavin Ingham Brooke, of PR company Spada. "Being uncovered as an astroturfer would be terminal," says Ingham Brooke. "Corporates and professional services firms build their brands on trust, ethics and personal relationships as opposed to product attributes. A few false reviews for a new product or item may be easily forgotten, whereas the value clients place on peer reviews means that falsifying reviews could damage the firm irreparably."
How, though, to counter false reviews? In the travel sector especially, the problem has grown to epidemic proportions. Allegations of dirty tricks abound on quality review websites as hotels and restaurants use the sites to attack rivals or boost their own ratings by posting fake reviews.
One solution has been pioneered by Eviivo, an online hotel booking company. "We've set up a system whereby the only people who can post reviews of hotels on our site, bookdirectrooms.com, are those who've actually stayed at the hotels," says Simon Walsh, Eviivo's strategy director. "It's proved a huge success in combating astroturfing."
While Figes had cause to rue his foray into both astroturfing and the law doubtless, for anyone else so inclined, it pays to heed Ingham Brooke's advice: "Good PR professionals tell the truth well. They don't lie."


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Briton in Sierra Leone contracts Ebola virus
The British Department of Health confirmed Saturday that a Briton living in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola.
"We can confirm that a British national residing in Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola virus infection," Xinhua quoted the health department as saying.
It said that medical experts are assessing the situation to ensure that appropriate care is delivered, and consular assistance is being provided.
"The overall risk to the public in the UK continues to be very low. Medical experts are currently assessing the situation in Sierra Leone to ensure that appropriate care is provided," said John Watson, deputy chief medical officer.
"We have robust, well-developed and well-tested NHS (National Health System) for managing unusual infectious diseases when they arise, supported by a wide range of experts," he added.
The outbreak of Ebola began in the forested zone on the borders of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia earlier this year, and spread to Nigeria last month. The disease has already killed over 1,300 people.
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KNOX City, Texas — Danny Leon Reece, 71, of Knox City died Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in Knox City.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church in Knox City with the Rev. Jerry Vincent officiating.
Graveside services at 2 p.m. Saturday in Throckmorton Cemetery with the Rev. Peter Parker officiating.
Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. today at the funeral home in Knox City.
Arrangements have been made under the direction of Smith Family Funeral Homes.
Mr. Reece is a retired oil field pumper.
Survivors include mother, Cloriene Reece of Throckmorton; three sons, Jeff Reece of San Antonio, Ronnie Reece of Abilene and Mike Reece of Frisco; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 200 S. Central Ave., Knox City, Texas 79529.
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Ostracised by her friends and excluded from school, Mia (Jarvis) is a lairy teenager living in a high-rise block with her mother and younger sister. One day her mum brings home an enigmatic stranger (Fassbender) who is to cast a spell upon them all...
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By analyzing 6,934 cases of colorectal cancer included in a national study, the researchers found people in the poorest areas had a 13 percent greater incidence of colorectal cancer and 15 percent higher incidence of advanced colorectal cancer, compared with people in better-off areas. This held true even after taking into account education and other factors.
"We need to understand more about the health care utilization patterns of patients in poorer neighborhoods and obstacles to colorectal cancer screening in those neighborhoods," Doubeni said in a news release from the American Association for Cancer Research.
In a third report, a team led by Heather J. Hoffman, an assistant professor of epidemiology and biostatistics at George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, found that race played a larger role than insurance in getting a timely breast cancer diagnosis.
In a study of almost 1,000 women examined for breast cancer, white women with private insurance waited an average of 15.9 days between testing and diagnosis, while privately insured black women waited 27.1 days and Hispanics 51.4 days, the researchers found.
For women on Medicare or Medicaid, the wait between testing and diagnosis was 11.9 days for whites, 39.4 days for blacks and 70.8 days for Hispanics.
Amongst those without insurance, the wait was 44.5 days for whites compared with 59.7 days for blacks and 66.5 days for Hispanics.
The results surprised the research team. "We thought having health insurance would even the field among all women," Hoffman said in the AACR news release. "Insured women should have had the same rapid evaluation regardless of race and ethnicity."
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Televue TV85 Evergreen Package
The Televue-85 combination of the apochromatic doublet lens and the special dispersion glass come together in the genius of the Tele Vue design to provide a stunning 4.4º rich-field which will dazzle the vision with delicate jewel-like stars.
"Deep-sky views with the Tele Vue 85 were equally impressive. At 17x with the 35-mm Panoptic, stars in the open cluster M44 shone like diamonds against a dark background." -- Sky & Telescope Magazine, September 1998
The apochromatic performance of the new Nagler designed, fully multi-coated 2-element objective and 2" Everbrite diagonal produce natural stellar and planetary color rendition even at the highest useful powers. All air-to-glass surfaces in the Tele Vue 85 are multicoated to provide high transmission and virtually eliminate internal reflections. The tube's textured, flat-black inner surface also suppresses reflections and helps deliver high-contrast images. The diagonal itself is know for its legendary full 99% reflectivity properties and permitting the use of long focal length 2" eyepieces. Whether your pushing beyond the theoretical magnification limits of 150x or taking your breath away with incredible low power, picture window views of the heavens, the Tele VueTV-85 is there to deliver.
"Dawes' limit states that an 85-mm objective should resolve double stars separated by as little as 1.3 arcseconds. My first double-star test was Gamma Leonis. This beautiful pair has a 4.4-arcsecond separation and components of magnitude 2.2 and 3.5. It is considered easy for small telescopes. I centered the star using a 35-mm Panoptic eyepiece, which yielded a tack-sharp 17x image. Switching to a 7-mm Nagler upped the magnification to 85x, which easily split the double. I then tried the 15-mm Panoptic and 5x Powermate to obtain 200x. The stars were sharp Airy disks surrounded by extremely clean concentric diffraction rings. A wonderful view! My next target was the 4th-magnitude double Gamma Virginis, with a 1.7-arcsecond separation. The stars were easily split at 200x. Pushing further, I tried the 7-mm Nagler with the Powermate for 428x. The stars appeared sharp and clean with perfect Airy disks surrounded by concentric diffraction rings. The only image degradation was due to the seeing, not the optics. Truly awesome! I had the same visual impression, both at 200x and 428x, when I turned the scope to the 1.6-arcsecond double Xi Ursa Majoris. Incredible!
While a typical eye can resolve Dawes' limit with as little as 12x per inch of aperture, most observers are more comfortable with 20x to 30x and some even prefer 50x or more. Using the Tele Vue 85 at 428x called for a remarkable 125x per inch of aperture! But that's not the end of the story. After the double stars, my next target was the Moon, since I wanted to test the scope for signs of color aberration. If any was present, the Moon's bright limb projected against a dark sky would be where I'd find it. The evening was very steady with the nearly first-quarter Moon high in the western sky. I began with the 20-mm Plssl. The 30x view was incredible with the brilliantly lit Moon standing out in sharp contrast against a jet-black sky. There were no signs of internal reflections to degrade the image. Upping the power to 40x with the 15-mm Panoptic gave an even better view. Numerous craters along the terminator were razor sharp and the ghostly bluish glow of earthshine was clearly visiblea breathtaking sight. Next I added the Powermate for a 200x tour of the lunar surface. Mountain ranges, rays, rilles, and microscopic craters stood out in sharp, bold relief. For nearly an hour I watched mesmerized as the shadow cast by the rim of Theophilus moved across the crater's floor." -- Sky & Telescope Magazine, September 1998
But, the Televue-85 isn't only a night owl. You'll love this telescope for bird watching and nature studies, too. The included 20mm TeleVue Plossl eyepiece provides outstanding scenic views - from the nesting eagles to the sailing ships. The small size and light weight of the TV85 permit the use of lighter-duty tripods for easy field carrying and transportation, making it an ideal companion for nature hikes, vacation trips and travel. The padded shoulder bag provides protection and room for the scope and six eyepieces, and this true rich field telescope can even be considered "carry on" luggage.
As incredible as the Televue-85 performs, it the lasting qualities that count when it comes to making a serious scope investment. Not only is the TV85 a work of optical art - but mechanical as well. The 2" rack and pinion focuser was designed with a brass, non-marring clamp ring instead of a single set screw. Not only will this hold your accessories more securely in place, but it won't mar the barrel of your prized optics - and neither will the 1.25" adapter. The focuser glides smoothly and cleanly, with just enough tension to keep from making corrections too quickly - yet loose enough to keep from feeling "stiff" in cold weather. By including simple standard equipment such as a clamshell tube holder, you can easily mount it to an optional photo tripod or enjoy the optional lightweight and transportable Televue TelePod with your system.
"The Tele Vue 85mm f/7 APO refractor is truly an incredible instrument with superb, well-corrected optics. The scope's mechanical construction is also first class all the way. Whether you are traveling half way around the world to photograph a total solar eclipse or just casually observing from your backyard, the Tele Vue 85 offers today's amateurs an extremely powerful, compact instrument capable of delivering stunning images of the universe around us. This scope is a real gem!" -- Sky & Telescope Magazine, September 1998
Photographers will love the Televue TV-85. For those who are looking for an outstanding tele-photo lens, optional Televue adapters will quickly turn the TV85 into a 600mm (12x) f/7 performer worthy of your best nature and sky shots. If you demand high quality optics, then this is the scope for you.
"In addition to being a top-rate visual instrument, the Tele Vue 85 doubles as a very high quality lens when coupled to the optional field flattener, which increases the focal length slightly to 660 mm (f/7.8). This combination delivers a field about 3 by 2 on 35-mm film, which is perfect for photographing objects such as the Lagoon and Trifid nebulae, the Pleiades, and the Andromeda Galaxy." -- Sky & Telescope Magazine, September 1998
Just look at all you get in the Televue TV85 Package....
Televue TV85 Evergreen Package Features...
Included 20mm 1.25" TeleVue Plssl Eyepiece delivers 30X with a 2.9mm exit pupil.
- Soft foam-fitted Cordura-style nylon carrying case with cut-outs for scope and six eyepieces.
- Thread-in metal dust cap to protect optics from damage and dust during travel and storage.
- Retractable lens shade to protect against dew at night and provide better contrast during daylight viewing.
- 2" Everbrite dielectric coated mirror diagonal with outstanding 99% reflective properties.
- 1.25" adapter with a non-marring brass clamp rings.
- Comes complete with specially manufactured 10:1 dual speed focuser for exceptional smoothness and focus sensitivity.
- Clamshell mount for easy adaptation to option mount and tripod, or photo tripod systems.
- Five Year Manufacturer Warranty
Televue Product Number: GXC-3370
All Televue products are available to ship world-wide from OPT, and effective July 1, 2008, are covered by a Five Year Worldwide Limited Product Warranty! Always be sure to save your original packaging materials should you need to return any Televue product for warranty or repair.
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- Tele Vue 85: An Unconventional Scope Review by Better View Desired Reviews
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By that I mean that it shows enough detail to identify and enjoy any bird you are likely to see in the field. And, believe me, I demand a high level of detail beyond what is necessary merely to identify the bird to enjoy it. I want to see something very close to the living bird. I want to be able to appreciate in inner architecture of the feather patterns—to see, at reasonable distances, the individual barbs on the feathers, even the breast feathers. I want the color to absolutely precise and as subtle in its shading and tones as it would be if I walked right up and held the bird in my hand. The Tele Vue 85 goes beyond need. The 85 shows, at any distance and any power, right out to the limits of daylight viewing, all the detail, I am convinced, that there is to see. In direct comparison with the finest scopes on the market, the Tele Vue 85 consistently shows a brighter, more subtly detailed, image of the bird. You can see things in the Tele Vue's image that just aren't there in the Pentax 80 mm or the Nikon Fieldscope. You can see things in the 85's image that aren't there in the Ranger. In the testing situation the detail was especially evident in the breast feathers of the hawk. All of the scopes clearly showed the feather pattern of the breast. The 85 showed individual feathers. At closer range, the 85 is the equivalent of a long range microscope, showing more detail than you could possibly see with the naked eye.
Of course, the TV 85 would make an ideal scope for the birder with a co-interest in astronomy. There are very few other scopes on the market that bridge the full range of optical utility from sparrows to galaxies as well as the Tele Vue 85. With the proper camera mount, the 85 would also make an exceptional 600, f7 telephoto lens. Tele Vue also sells a .8x converter/corrector for photographic use that makes the 85 into a wide field 480 mm f5.6 lens. So, to sum all this up, the Tele Vue 85 easily sets a new standard for optical performance in a scope compact enough (barely to take into the field after birds. If I had an afternoon to just study birds from a stationary location—to really look and enjoy the incredible beauty of the living birds—then the Tele Vue 85 would be the scope I took with me. And, even now, every time I look at a bird through one of the exceptional conventional spotting scopes I have to use, I will be thinking: I wonder what this would look like through the Tele Vue 85? I wonder what this bird really looks like? -- Better View Desired Reviews (condensed (Posted on 2/11/09)
- TV-85 Review by Scoping for Optics
1= Houston, We Have a Problem & 5= It's Out of This World
… the Tele Vue [85] took me for one of the best birding rides of my life. Scanning out across the lake at 75x, I spotted a whitish speck in the distant heat waves that I thought might be a loon. I then inserted a 2x Barlow lens between the zoom eyepiece and the scope, doubling its magnification to an incredible 150x. I could then clearly make out the face pattern and upturned bill of a Red-throated Loon. This local rarity was not even visible though my 10x binoculars. Continuing to play at 150x, I could discern the eye color of some immature gulls on a jetty 200 yards from the shore — ah, if only shore bird season weren't so long past! -- Kenneth V. Rosenberg, Living Bird Magazine, Winter 2002 (Posted on 2/11/09)


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What I Like About Mustang
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One of the issues for Desktop Java developers is that the Java platform isn't everywhere, meaning that you cannot count on everyone having the latest/greatest release (although a vast majority do have some version of Java). The only solution to this is to make getting Java as easy and seamless as possible for your users.
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Two Items Walk into a ToolBar...
Some of us recently visited the Sun offices in St. Petersburg, Russia, where we have lots of great client engineers working on AWT, Swing, and 2D. We spent most of the week working on various desktop development issues (like planning the features in the next release after Mustang).
Mustang, Swing, and NetBeans on Windows Vista: Looking Good!
I've been playing around with the Windows Vista Beta1 release lately, seeing how we're doing for compatibility and native look and feel. There are some minor issues that need to be fixed, but in general we're looking great.
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Bulls can't stop Bryant, fall to red-hot Lakers
LOS ANGELES—For all of the Lakers' problems this season, they're still a team possessing the talents of superstars Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard and Steve Nash, so when the Bulls don't execute, play defense at their typical level or suffer through a miserable offensive outing, it's a recipe for disaster.
All of the above occurred Sunday, as the Bulls (35-28) fell to the star-studded Lakers (33-31), 90-81, and despite imposing their blue-collar style of play and keeping Bryant relatively in check, their injury-related lack of depth and scoring deficiencies caught up to them, resulting in the final score.
All-Star center Joakim Noah (18 points, 17 rebounds) had his hands full from the outset of the contest, as his counterpart Howard (16 points, 21 rebounds), much maligned for his performance all season, appeared motivated, the Lakers looked to get him established from the early going and he was a force on the glass.
[WATCH: Thibodeau says Dwight Howard set the tone early]
Meanwhile, the backcourt of former league MVPs Bryant (19 points, nine assists) and Nash (16 points) continued their reversal of historical roles, as Nash focused more on scoring and Bryant, whose shot was off early, handled play-making duties.
Still, despite Howard's interior dominance, the visitors managed to keep things close via their typical, grind-it-out style of play, even as they again struggled with their shooting, besides Nate Robinson (19 points, eight assists)—again filling in for injured starting point guard Kirk Hinrich, who was sidelined for the game, along with top reserve Taj Gibson and superstar Derrick Rose—who was also effective in setting up his teammates.
At the conclusion of the opening period, the Bulls trailed, 20-16, with their offensive struggles either not boding well for the remainder of the afternoon affair or signaling there was no way to go but up in the future.
[WATCH: Noah says the Bulls are capable of playing better]
Marco Belinelli (11 points), after a quiet first quarter, came out aggressive offensively in the second frame—part of that could be attributed to Bryant, who was guarding him, taking a breather, but after three consecutive games with 20-plus points while starting in place of injured starter Rip Hamilton, he also had the responsibility of being a primary scorer—to help the Bulls survive with their second unit in the contest.
Backup center Nazr Mohammed also provided a lift off the bench, as he banged with Howard on the defensive end and building off a solid performance in the team's previous outing, a home win Friday over Utah, also gave the guests an offensive boost.
While the Lakers were decisively winning the battle of the boards and got balanced scoring, as veteran forwards Metta World Peace and Antawn Jamison, as well as reserve guard Jodie Meeks, made timely shots, behind dynamic play from Robinson, the Bulls remained within striking distance and as Noah and starting forwards Carlos Boozer (12 points, 10 rebounds) and All-Star Luol Deng (11 points, eight rebounds) began to get more involved, they even briefly overtook their hosts.
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At the intermission, the Bulls were still behind, 44-40—due to a 10-2 Lakers spurt, following the Bulls taking their only lead of the first half as sloppy ball security and poor shot selection did them in late in the period—after a Robinson driving layup with two seconds left on the clock.
After the break, Lakers took the upper hand and extended their advantage behind the play of Nash, who utilized his uncanny shooting touch and ability to operate in the pick-and-roll to his benefit, presenting issues for the Bulls' usually stout defense.
Furthermore, aside from Noah, who was rebounding at his normal high level, the Bulls struggled on the glass and couldn't muster up much offense either, leading to them falling into a double-digit hole.
Things quickly snowballed, as the hosts, who started out absolutely frigid from outside, began to knock down long-range jumpers, and couple with their offensive-rebounding dominance, the Lakers built a commanding lead, though Bryant was mostly held in check.
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Heading into the final stanza, the Bulls were on the wrong end of a 73-61 score, following forward Earl Clark's jumper to beat the third-quarter buzzer.
The fourth quarter didn't start out on a positive note for the visitors, whose struggles in pick-and-roll defense continued, resulting in easy opportunities for the Lakers, though the duo of Noah and Robinson, the two most productive Bulls on the day, ensured that for the time being, the deficit didn't grow.
In fact, during a Lakers lull, the Bulls capitalized, with Boozer picking up his level of play, and trimmed it to a single-digit affair, but as both teams hit a scoring drought, the needle didn't move for either side until the hosts gradually got back into the swing of things, which again put the visitors in an untenable situation.
While the game wasn't out of hand, the Bulls' pace, efficiency and offensive firepower made it too difficult to battle back as the game entered its stretch run and when Bryant asserted himself as a scorer, it was all but over.
With the way the Lakers have been surging lately, the afternoon matinee's result could be viewed as predictable, especially as the short-handed Bulls continue to grind through the campaign, shooting woes and all.


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The locality of Chhatarpur is a downtown area situated in the South West district of Delhi. Mainly known for the Chhatarpur Temple, also called Shri Adhya Katyani Shakti Peeth Mandir, this place is visitedby many people. Itis famous for being a green area, with the presence of several farmhouses in the locality.
The Chhatarpur area has extended beyond its previous demarcation, and now has a Chattarpur Extension, which is a listed colony. The connectivity of this place with respect to the whole of the city is excellent considering its accessibility to the Metro station. Many people working in Gurgaon prefer staying here because of thepeaceful surroundings.
This locality is close to other important localities such asGadaipur, New Manglapuri, Andheria Mor, Mehrauli, Sultanpur, IGNOU Road, Ber Sarai, Satbari, and Khanpur. Itisalso big on commercialistation. Many marble industries have set up shop in this area.
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The Capital Institute for Neurosciences (CIN) today announced it has launched a new program to treat Alzheimer's disease and other cognitive disorders, providing specialized care as well as medical and social support for patients and their families.
As part of the Institute for Neurosciences, the Alzheimer's Disease and Cognitive Neurology Program provides patients with the latest technology, testing and interventions.
Dr. Erol Veznedaroglu, director of CIN and chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at Capital Health, said investing in a dedicated Alzheimer's program is essential to any truly comprehensive neurosciences institute. It provides many advantages to patients, such as the ability to offer a range of neurologic services in one integrated center, including state-of-the art brain imaging and vascular interventions. For example, a patient might initially have been suspected to have Alzheimer's disease but may, in fact, be having small seizures or strokes, or possibly a metabolic impairment.
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Dr. G. Peter Gliebus, a widely published physician trained in neurology, and more importantly, fellowship trained in cognitive-behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry, has been named director of the program. Dr. Gliebus said the program is crucial because the number of people with cognitive disorders is increasing rapidly as the population ages.
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"Neither Head nor Tail to the Campaign": Esther Pohl Lovejoy and the Oregon Woman Suffrage Victory of 1912
Jensen, Kimberly, Oregon Historical Quarterly
IN FEBRUARY 1913, Oregon suffragist, physician, and public health activist Esther Clayson Pohl Lovejoy summed up Oregon's 1912 woman suffrage victory for the Woman's Progressive Weekly: "It was pre-eminently a campaign of young women, impatient of leadership, and they worked just about as they liked--and that is how they will vote. There was certainly neither head nor tail to the campaign." Lovejoy cited the independent work of a number of suffrage groups, the support of the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA), positive press coverage, the impact of visiting speakers, and the diverse activities of Oregonians for the cause. "There were lunches, dinners and talks here and there and everywhere," she wrote, "and a continuous distribution of literature. Oregon women worked during this campaign as they never did before--and the returns showed clearly that where they worked they won." (1) Pohl Lovejoy was at the center of much of this activity. Her assessment of the vital role of a coalition of independent, diverse suffrage groups and the impact of modern mass advertising and public relations outlines key areas of historical investigation and analysis for the 1912 victory.
By 1912, important developments in the long history of women's quest for voting rights in Oregon suggested the possibility of a successful campaign. Oregon women had what Pohl Lovejoy called a "local grievance:" they were voteless but surrounded by suffrage states. Women had achieved the vote in Idaho (1896), Washington (1910), and California (1911), and it appeared that the Republic of China would grant suffrage to women. (2) Abigail Scott Duniway, the veteran but domineering first-generation suffrage leader of Oregon and the Pacific Northwest, had lost most local and national support by 1912 and was bedridden most of the campaign. The Washington and California victories--based on new strategies of mass media and advertising--may have influenced Oregon suffragists to reject Duniway's passive campaign style known as the "still hunt," which favored behind-the-scenes work among elite male leaders and avoided public debate or discussion. (3) The ideas and new style of activism of Pohl Lovejoy and other Portland campaigners were significant contributions to victory. The 1912 Oregon campaign may have succeeded because of the strength of independent organizations with "neither head nor tail to the campaign," the ability of those like Pohl Lovejoy to form coalitions for action in spite of conflicts, and the effectiveness of modern mass advertising. This study will address these issues surrounding the 1912 campaign with a primary focus on Portland, Esther Pohl Lovejoy, and her suffrage activism. (4)
ESTHER CLAYSON WAS BORN in 1869 in a logging camp in Seabeck, Washington Territory, to immigrant English parents. From an early age, she and her brothers worked in the family's boarding house and hotel and, later, in their hotel and restaurant when the family moved to East Portland in the 1880s. At eighteen, Esther started work as a clerk, earning twenty dollars a month at the Lipman and Wolfe department store to help support herself and her mother and younger sisters. In 1890, inspired by early women physicians practicing in Portland and the promise of interesting and remunerative work, she began the three-year course of study at the University of Oregon Medical Department (UOMD). Her funds ran out after the end of the first term, however, and she took a year off to return to department store employment. "There were no scholarships to be won," she recalled, "and 18 months behind hosiery and underwear counters was the price of my last two terms." (5) Those years gave Esther a labor consciousness and a concern for the needs of workers that she retained throughout her life.
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September 2011 Security Bulletin Webcast Q&A
Hosts: Dustin Childs, Sr. Security Program Manager
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Chat Topic: September 2011 Security Bulletin Release
Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2011
Q: For MS11-070 (KB2571621), it says, "The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege if a user received a specially crafted Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) replication packet on an affected system running the WINS service." The description of the bulletin does not say how the system gets affected.
A: This is a local elevation of privilege vulnerability that is due to the way the WINS server improperly processes a sequence of specially crafted packets received on the loopback interface. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker would first have to log on to the system. An attacker could then run a specially crafted application that could exploit the vulnerability by sending specially crafted packets to the loopback interface, allowing the attacker to take complete control over the affected system.
Q: Has anyone reported any detection issues on 2008 servers? Ran Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer (MBSA) and it didn't show any as applicable, which is not right.
A: Server 2008 RTM/SP1 reached End of Support on July 12, 2011. There are no security updates for these products available. However, Server 2008 SP2 is in public support, and MBSA will report applicable updates on Server 2008 SP2.
Q: Is it true that by turning on Windows Updates, servers and desktop machines reboot?
A: Updates often require a system restart to complete their installation. The Windows Update Product Team has written about Windows Update and automatic reboots, and you can see a blog post that digs into the issue at http://blogs.technet.com/b/mu/archive/2008/10/02/windows-update-and-automatic-reboots.aspx.
Q: I tried to install Security Advisory 2616676 using System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) by downloading it manually, but it is not running on the target computer (it is in the taskbar running for a long time). Is it because of something you said about first installing Security Advisory 2607712? This is for Windows 7 and Windows Vista.
A: On Windows Vista and Windows 7, administrators need only install Security Advisory 2616676.
Q: On Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008, if you install Security Advisory 2616676 and Security Advisory 2607712 will it cause any problems? I know both are required on XP and 2003, so should I just push both to all systems?
A: On Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 you can install both Security Advisory 2616676 and Security Advisory 2607712 without affect to the other.
Q: Is the update Security Advisory 2616676 likely to be superseded in the next few days?
A: We will be updating Security Advisory 2607712 for XP/2003 to make it properly supersede previous updates and protect cumulatively.
Q: Presuming a bit of time before applying any updates, do you recommend immediately removing all DigiNotar certificates out of IE browsers?
A: Yes, Microsoft recommends customers running Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, users should install Security Advisory 2616676. Customers running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows Server 2003 should install both Security Advisory 2607712 and Security Advisory 2616676.
Q: Do all the Office updates this month pertain to all Office 2010 versions?
A: Yes. The Office updates pertain to all versions of Office 2010 -- Standard, Professional, and so forth.
Q: Will Microsoft Security Advisory 2607712 be made available in SCCM and be deployed as a security update?
A: Security Advisory 2607712 will not be offered in SCCM. Administrators can take the Download Center packages and roll it into their deployments manually.
Q: With MS11-074 if we have Internet Facing SharePoint sites, what is our level of exposure? I'm not sure I understand how this is exploited. Is it more if someone had their own SharePoint site that was malicious, they could infect a browser to the site or if a SharePoint site does not have the update, an attacker could gain access to the SharePoint server itself?
A: MS11-074 addresses XSS vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities could be leveraged to execute un-trusted script on the browser of the authenticated SharePoint user. CVE-2011-1892 could allow information disclosure of files on the SharePoint server by an authenticated SharePoint user. This example would be a server attack directly against the SharePoint server.
Q: Is there any dynamic blacklist/kill-switch technology in current Microsoft products to block (current/future) compromised untrusted root CA certificates without needing to send out continuous Microsoft security updates?
A: Yes, Microsoft takes advantage of various technologies including OCSP, CTL, and CRL updates on various releases of Microsoft Windows. In order to ensure that all customers are comprehensively protected in all scenarios, and that every release of Windows receives the update, we released an update that adds the certificates to the Microsoft Untrusted Certificate store. Customers are comprehensively protected because after the update is installed, users will be protected from accessing sites signed by fraudulent DigiNotar Certificates.
Q: Has MS11-071 info been shared with the creator of HyperTerminal, Hilgraeve? May HyperTerminal Private Edition might also be affected?
A: Hilgraeve's original HyperTerminal product was licensed by Microsoft for inclusion with several versions of Windows, from Windows 95 to Windows XP. Windows Vista and Windows 7 do not include that code, though the name remains. MS11-071 addresses the code as contained in Windows XP SP3, the last version to include the code. Since the issue addressed in MS11-071 is publicly known, users of HyperTerminal PE are advised to contact Hilgraeve for information on updates to that software.
Q: Why does Security Advisory 2607712 show in SCCM as being superseded by Security Advisory 2616676 for XP?
A: Microsoft is investigating the supersedence of Security Advisory 2616676 and Security Advisory 2607712. To be fully protected, customers should ensure Security Advisory 2607712 and Security Advisory 2616676 are installed on all releases of Microsoft XP and Windows Server 2003. Customers can download Security Advisory 2607712 on the Download Center.
Q: Why has Security Advisory 2616676 not been issued with an MSRC number given the severity of the vulnerability?
A: Security Advisory 2616676 is not contained in a bulletin because it is not considered a vulnerability in a Microsoft Product.
Q: Security Advisory 2607712 is no longer available in SCCM for XP, nor is Windows Server 2003, how do we deploy it?
A: Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 customers that want to install Security Advisory 2607712 update should download the update via the Download Center.