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Family Tree Maker 2011 is almost here. Join us for a free webinar on September 15th at 8:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time and discover why it's the best version yet.
You'll learn how to:
- Use Smart Stories—a new narrative tool to help you create and share family stories.
- Create new fan charts.
- Dress up your charts using photographs and embellishments.
- Add your own historical events to timelines.
- And much more.
To attend the Family Tree Maker 2011 webinar, click here to register.
And if you have questions you'd like answered, please enter them in the Comments section below. We'll try to respond to them during the webinar or on the blog. (Please limit your questions to functionality available in Family Tree Maker 2011.) We appreciate your questions and look forward to talking to you soon. Thanks!
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142 Comments
Will FTM 2011 finally allow you to sync only the changes to a Database and not the full database?
Does FTM 2011 allow us to order source citations, attached to a specific person and/or across all individuals, in an order other than the date they were added to FTM (e.g., alphabetical by source title, custom, etc.).
How do we get rid of the green leaves without info
Perhaps this will be corrected with 2011
In FTM 16 there is a chart called "All-in-one" which I think is the BEST of all the charts that have been available. Will there be anything like that in FTM 2011
I suggest improving existing releases before pushing out "new" versions and charging your existing customers upgrade fees.
I agree with Brandon (#5). I want to go back to version 11 where I could put all the facts I wanted on my Decendancy Chart, and have all my pertinent information in one print-out form.
Really hope there is a vast improvment in syncing with the Ancestry online family tree. Not just this half way house that you currently have in FTM2010. Even the ability to upload your tree from FTM to Ancestry without haveing to create a whole new tree on Ancestry and haveing to reinvite all your Guests would be a vast improvment.
Could you provide more details about 'And much more.'?
Harvey (#4), in FTM 2010 the "All-in-one" tree is now the "Extended Family Chart" under the "Charts" type.
Has the problem been fixed in FTM2011 on creation of Source Citation with media images when uploading (sharing) on Ancestry. e.g. cemetery source citation with media images of burial deeds and photo of headstone. In Ancestry the source citation has been transferred but without the media images.
In FTM2010 I have added photos to the media section and in the 'Caption' I have entered
the year of the photo plus some words to describe the picture. For example
the 'Caption' is "1985 Whipsnade Zoo, Dunstable".
Yet when I run the following the pictures are not in order –
1) Slideshow
2) Publish – Media Reports – Photo Album.
I was informed by the Customer Service Feb 2010 "We hope this issue will be resolved in the next patch for Family Tree Maker 2010" – I'm still waiting.
About (#4) & (#9) – The "All-in-one" Chart is A LOT better than the "Extended Family Chart". Will FTM2011 have the "All-in-one" again as some of the older vers had? The "Extended Family Chart" does not make the tree the same, and is not a good replacement.
Anyone that was a fan of the "All-in-one" will agree.
Will FTM 2011 have a "Auto" button to make sure all children in the full FTM file is in birth order?
What would be nice is if the FTM would mirror the online Ancestry tree. Navigating through FTM is like a small nightmare.
I used FTM for many years, but then switched to an Apple computer. Why does FTM
lack an Apple-comparable (I.e. Mac) version? Very disappointing!
I just added a family photo to the top of a family group sheet. Really like that BUT the caption does not appear. It's nice to have a photo, but the individuals are unidentified — not too handy!
I currently have FTM2010 and am fairly well satisfied. Currently, when merging edited information to multiple individuals from a census report on Ancestery into FTM2010, the information as edited is transfered only to the original person where the census was found. All others receive the orginal documentation information as it was presented by Ancestery which requires individual editing. I have contacted customer service at Ancestery.com about this problem in the past and even spoke with a tech shortly after receiving your first e-mail regarding the 2011 version. All to no avail. Will FTM2011 be correcting this problem? Thank You
When is the Mac version going to be available?
Will FTM 2011 allow us to insert source citations in the "Notes" portion of an individual's record? This is the single most missed item from my previous genealogy software and I'd love to see FTM include it!
Older versions printed calendars. Will this version add this capability? (Also – concur with All-in-one comments. Please bring back.)
What about FTM for us MAC users? When is it coming???
Second question regarding Census merging. While looking at a page of a census I have found other indivduals listed elsewhere on that page other than ones I was looking for that do not have hints posted for in their own data. I know there are ways to merge this information but why can't the "merge wizzard" simply ask if one would like to post this information elsewhere? Sure would make life more simple
I do not FTM yet. I am creating a Family Heritage book in bookemon.com. I want to know if you can save a family group page as a Word file? Or can you only print it out in FTM?
I was waiting for the new FTM to be released and confident that it would be MAC compatible. What is going on guys? I don't understand how you can afford to leave us out in the cold like this!
when is the Mac version coming out?
Have fun you guys……… I have an Apple IMac computer and are totally left out.
I'm with the other Mac users: I was happy to hear earlier this year that a Mac version of FTM is in the works. Will it be released along with FTM 2011? Or is there even a release date set?
Until then I'm using Synium's MacFamilyTree, as well as FTM 2010 (and as soon as I get 2011, that one as well) on Windows XP using Parallels for Mac. I do prefer FTM to other software.
Is this version available for a MAC? If not, when will FTM be available for all of us Apple Mac people who are left out???!!!!
Anyone finding any info on FTM 2011's MAC Version/compatability? I sent them a request for info and didn't get any response.
Re: "Will FTM 2011 allow us to insert source citations in the "Notes" portion of an individual's record? This is the single most missed item from my previous genealogy software and I'd love to see FTM include it!"
Although I may have not fully understood your question, this has been possible for as long as I can remember. I have included source citation information within the "Notes" portion of an individual's record, for at least the last 5-years (and numerous FTM versions). This has allowed me to quickly look at all my key source information at one-time versus opening individual source citations to review the citation details (i.e., although a duplication of my effort to maintain the information in two locations, I have found it to be particularly useful).
Still no Mac version with portable code and intel commonality, no excuse
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Amen to the comments from Mac users. Please help us. I put untold hours into my FTM data on my old pc, but now everything is on hold for me. We love our Macs, but miss our FTM.
I have a Mac OS X version 10.5.8 and did not know that FTM was not available for Apple Macs which could explain why I find my trees confusing. I feel I should erase what I have so far and start over but it says I cannot do that without losing information I know is correct and want to keep. Confusion reigns.
This will be my first webinar. Shirley Jensen
When will FTM work with the Mac?
I hate FTM 2009 & 2010, love version 16 but can't use it on my newer laptop. I say quit making newer versions until you get the 'bugs' out of the older ones. Navigation is a nightmare. I probably will not upgrade until it's a must.
I agree with the above. I havc used FTM since the DOS days. I believe that a new version should build on the previous version. At this point, I actually feel like going back a couple of versions. It is so unfair to your long standing clients to change every new version without incorporating all the information that we have input in the previous versions.
To those who are looking for the FTM MAC version; FTM stated a couple months ago that the FTM MAC version would be available by the end of the year or earlier, during a FTM webinar. Given the pre-sales of FTM 2011 do not mention the MAC version, I am assuming the release will be later this year and assume Ancestry.com will share a additional FTM MAC update via this blog and/or the Sept. 15th webinar.
Seems like I have the same complaint as many previous readers; why is there no compatible FTM version for the Mac? Many members are Mac users, and you're beginning to alienate us…
I've been an Ancestry customer for almost 10 years. However, when I read all the seemingly serious user comments on this Blog, I get very uneasy about using the newer versions of FTM. It appears as though you are ignoring, and thereby confirming, many of the FTM problems, but I doubt that is so. Still, that is the impression when you don't respond to a comment. I know the upcoming Webinar will address some of the issues, but why not respond on your Blog too? I know Ancestry.com could afford to assign a person responsible for providing an accurate response to each and every comment, so why not do it? Granted, some concerns are not valid, but you still need to respond, so others will know the truth. Sorry to be so candid, but I've wanted to say this for a long time.
I hope so-called users don't waste valuable time on the Webinar talking about Macs and old versions of FTM.
When I upload a GED to Ancestry.com does this include photos and/or other media such as death certificates, etc?
I concur about the need for a MAC version that will work on Macs without an emulator. The PC emulators make it very hard to allow two way transmission of genealogical information (mac firewalls). I finally gave up. Yes that Gedcom file is still there waiting to be utilized. My deceased wife's 20 years worth of work. I am currently running snow leopard 10.6. If you don't hurry up more will migrate to Family Search or Reunion. Do something, you're loosing $$$$$$.
Is there a Mac version? If not, I cannot wait and will have to buy something else
Will the new version put names in correct aphabetical order? Will it download from Ancestry correctly? I have had nothing but problems with this last version and spend all my time correcting
errors – I have been told my 2010 version is "corrupt" and I have done everything suggested to correct but no luck. You would do a service to correct all the "bugs" or get a new Programer before you throw out a new version.
MAC version of FTM
It was announced quite some time ago that there would be a MAC version released sometime later this year.
It stands to reason that they had to finalize the code for FTM02011 before they could finalize the code for FTM-Mac2011 to insure they played nicely together with each other and with the Member Trees.
According to the last I heard the MAC version should be out by Christmas.
If a true sync with Ancestry were available I'm sure FTM would be shouting about it, so forget syncing with Ancestry. And without that of what use is a new version coming so close on the heels of the current version? I see nothing new, nothing worthy of a paid upgrade. I am not falling for this.
I am a new user of Ancestry.com. I ordered FTM2010 and I could not get it to load on my computer. I sent it back. Is it possible to get 2011 instead of a new 2010. Also, is it possible to download my whole Ancestry.com family file down to FTM are do I have to retype the information.
Question – When I enter information in notes or the research facts the font is different sizes and when I go from person to person the information moves all over the page and I have to fix it all the time. I wish we could get a font size instead of a slide bar that is very touchy and only does two sizes, very small or large. Why not give a whole page where you can out in the persons name, birth , death, spouse, children, mother & father all at one time.
Thank you Sue
I renewed my membership for one month , on International , My great grand Parent`s came from Sweden ,all I know is great grandfather came from Gotenborg , and his wife Landskrona , and her maiden name was pearson , don`t know who there parent`s are my gr. grand mother ,had a sister nameed Ida , I don`t know where to begin , I don`t know Swedish ,and there a ton of Carl Edwin Hanson`s and Anna M. Pearson, Hanson ,I can`t afford to search for month`s , I think I made a mistake in persuing this quest ,
Jim Re: #47
There will be no true synch between Ancestry Member Trees and FTM until they "speak" the same language- which at present they don't.
As an example -just look at the list of events in the dropdown menu of the Member Trees application vs. the list of events in the dropdown menu in FTM.
Seems like I have the same complaint as many previous readers; why is there no compatible FTM version for the Mac? Many members are Mac users. I have been an Ancestry.com member for many years and frankly this is beginning to get to me. Please HELP!
I have been waiting for the Mac version of FTM for so long. I ordered Reunion but sent it back after reading the Mac FTM was coming in the fall. I am really tired of waiting. Surely we will hear September 15th when the Mac FTM will be available. If not I plan on purchasing Reunion and moving right on.
1) Media Items/Photo Reports: FTM allows a Media Item Report which you can choose each item. But if your person has over 30 Media Items, this is very time consuming when generating a Book. The Photo Album Report can cover all associated Media Items, but lists them in Rows and the smallest is two per row. You cannot see these, (especially read) them when you want them as a part of a Book. Will the 2011 version allow for the Photo Album to list each Media Item per page? Also allowing you to change the page setup per page to allow for the best readable fit (landscape/portrait)? Also, will the Photo Album provide a Checklist of which items associated with that person that you wish to include/exclude?
2) Hint Web Searches/Media Items: When we search Ancestry.com, etc. for possible matches and find a match, FTM allows you to merge the Facts/Source/Media with your tree. However, I have noticed that if your Media is a Census Record which spans over (2) pages, only the first page is merged with the FTM record. How do we get FTM to recognize that the record has two pages and merge them both as page one and page two?
3) Index of People: We can currently organize the Index of People alphabetically or by birth order, etc. Is there a new feature in 2011 which allows you to further sub-group the Index of People based on Descendants/Ancestors of a person? This way, I can split an index with over 5,000 names index into maybe 16-17 groups. ie. Ancestor JB had 16 children. The master group with all the 5,000 names for JB. Then, possibly 16 sub-groups indexed based on each of those 16 children. This way, each sub-group only has maybe 1,000 -3,500 names rather than 5,000 to search from. And so on, so if one of those 16 sub-groups is a rather large family (like 14 children), then that group can also be sub-grouped. I have too many family members with the same name and close births, I want to separate them out by Family Branches.
4) Relationships: FTM corrected the ability to allow for Step/Foster/Adopted Parents. But the Relationship does not transfer to the Children. ie. there should be Natural Bro/Sis; Step Bro/Sis, etc. This allows for actual Blood-Line Lineage (especially if we choose to do DNA testing at some point). Can this be approached at some point in time?
Is there any other time this is offered? I always have committments on Wednesdays at this time, but would really like to avail myself of the information.
Webinars can always be found in the Learning Center Archive.
Using FTM 2008 and I am interested if the newer versions have fixed the problem with entering a stepchild to an existing family and having the mother or father then duplicated in the child's information.
Is FTM2011 able to convert information from older versions of FTM, if so what versions.
When you say "sync", does that mean transferring people and information between my Ancestry.com tree, and FTM 2011 tree? I have FTM 2006 and am updating to 2011, hoping to be able to do this.
Also, when I save hints I often end up with duplicate people in my tree and have to go through and delete the extra ones. I never know which ones to delelte. It happens all the time and is very annoying. It even adds a different spouse, "unknown spouse" or lists the same spouse twice, and puts the same children under all (however many) spouses that are listed. If the information can be transferred between Ancestry.com and FTM 2011, will those duplicate people transfer also?
Will the FTM 2011 have the same selection of reports as FTM 2006? I like the different formats of reports.
I have my large family tree on:
http://WWW.GSP.CC FAMILY TREE MAKER 2005 CATALOGUE 1423A
Would I be able to easily tranfer it to Ancestry.com's 2011 edition?
Has your Kinship Report been corrected to show ALL RELATIONSHIPS? Our family has many double relationships and your newest version only shows one relationship per person, unlike the old 2006 version, which was excellent.
Have all the errors to the bookmaking portion of your new program been corrected? A year ago, I tried the 2009 version for one weekend and ended up submitting 2 pages of errors in the bookmaking portion of the program. This was after several calls to technical support to verify that there was not any way around the errors. Your 2006 version was FANTASTIC – the best bookmaking genealogy program on the market! Why were not all of the bookmaking features included and included correctly in your new version?
Will FTM2011 convert information from version 16 fully or will it be a new install like 2010 which would not merge anything from version 16 nor did it ever install correctly in XP, Vista or Windows 7 money spent on an upgrade with no good results, sad.
Version 16 is the best of all the upgrdes so far. I go back as far as the dos versions.
When I started using FTM and Ancestry I worked backwards from myself and my husband. Now I realize that I should have made an individual tree for each of us and possibly for each of our parents. Is there any way to make a tree from a couple rather than from an individual. Is there a way to go back and divide a tree. I want to be able to give relevant tree info to each group IE my cousins, his siblings, my siblings, etc.
I know I must not be in the loop, but please show us how to add photographs and stories. Thanks
I love my Mac and I am obsessed with ancestry. Mac people need FTM TOO! When will the Mac version be released?
I have FTM 2006 version 13. I believe this is almost identical to version 16. It was the BEST and is the newest FTM program that I will use. For those of us that have been using FTM for years and have created large books (my last book was over 500 pages), for the company to come out with a brand new program with no way to convert or carry over our books made in the older version was not good!!! I, for one, love to be able to continually update my books with more current information. Since I have no intention of completely remaking these books, I am forced to stay with the older version until FTM does something about this problem.
I would like to be able to right click/copy from any established share report. And I would like to be able to pursue family trees from Mexico south and don't seem able to do this in Ancestry.com
I would like to sort individuals in a tree according to the date of an event, i.e. sort chronologically by birth date, death date, marriage, etc. Sorting "by hand" is difficult and time-consuming. Will this feature be available soon?
#73 Jean
I am not sure which version of FTM you are using, but you can sort by birth date, marriage date, death date in FTM 2010. Within the People/Family view, in the index on the left side of the screen, go to "sort" and select the desired sorting criteria (e.g., "Family, Give Name", "Birth Date", etc.). Also within that Index portion of the screen, you can add the birth date, marriage date or death date next to the indivdiual's name.
When will there be a MAC version?
Will FTM finally be fully uploadable to Ancestry.com? I have,in my Media, about 1100 phtos and 300 stories. Heretofore that's been too much for the capacity of Ancestry.com to take. So I've bee forced to just upload my FTM info, without any Media.
When will this problem be fixed? It's really a severe drawback to being able to share my info with Ancestry.com members overall.
Thomas Atkins
After searching the Web and reading all these posts it would seem to me that the single most important update to FTM that the majority of users want is the ability to update or sync their desktop FTM Tree to Ancestry.com without deleting and creating new trees. Why has this not been addressed in the 2011 version? At least there should be some sort of update to let us know that it is in the works and when we can expect a solution. I do not plan on updating until this issue is resolved.
I bought FTM 2009, bought FTM 2010 – now 2011? I think not.
Roger Re:# 77
There are a multitude of reasons it hasn't been done yet.
Probably the biggest reason is because Member Trees and FTM don't even "speak" the same "language" yet.
This can easily be seen by just comparing the events drop down menu of the two applications. You will see events on one that are not on the other. It will be interesting to see what the events menu on the FTM-MAC version contain.
How can you synch data when one side doesn't even recognize data from the other side?
Another reason is perhaps they wanted to get the FTM-MAC version done and released so that they could make sure the synch worked on all versions.
You may be sure that if Ancestry could have done it by now that they would have done so. They know that such an ability will put them far ahead in the race to develop a robust application for "cloud" genealogy which, at this point in time, represents the Holy Grail of online genealogy.
The map location of a town under the tab "places" is not always the correct location. Is this going to be corrected?
With the 2010 version, downloads from my ancestry.com tree were unreliable. Some of the basic information (e.g., birth dates) that was included in my tree did not download; some of what did download was altered in the download (i.e., a birth date in my tree appeared as a different date in the download into my FTM. No one in customer support was able to tell me how to correct this pervasive problem. In order to use FTM, I would have had to check each and every entry. Has this inaccurate download problem be corrected?
Using FTM & Ancestry since high school to many yrs. to count. I feel I am still Very New at this. Is there a dictionary of words/terms related to the above mentioned.
All in "One Family Tree" & "Extended Family Chart" for example, Why keep changing the names and places of certain information. I need a GPS!
Thank You
Andy RE:# 79
Appreciate the response and I understand the database incompatibility problem. However since the upload to Ancestry is available in FTM 2010 ( which essentially translates your FTM file to Ancestry language ) it would seem to me that a one step process could be created to upload and replace an existing tree (or merge new data) of the same name and automatically notify and give all existing invitees access to the new tree. I would think that this would be a great enhancement and in my opinion would appease most users until true live sync can be put into place. What do you think?
Cathy #23
Yes you can export a family group sheet to word by creating your FGS then right click on the group sheet and export to RTF which means rich text file and it will be saved into a word document. You can also click on share by the print button and choose the same RTF option.
Roger Re:#79
I'm not certain the "translation" on upload is accurate. I've been meaning to test it by doing the following:
1) Create a member tree with only events that are not shared with the FTM events and then downloading that Member Tree into FTM and compare the results with the original online tree.
2) Create a FTM tree using only events from the FTM dropdown menu that are not shared with the ATM dropdown events and then uploading that to an AMT tree and compared those results to the original FTM tree.
That would test just how well each application can "translate" the other.
Unfortunately, I've been tied up with other projects and just haven't had the time to follow thru on this yet.
As to your one step process, that would depend on just how far along Ancestry is on developing synching (and yes, it is my belief that they *are* working on it). It may be the case of not wanting to expend time and resources on a temporary fix if a real cure is around the corner.
I would like to permanently get rid of those annoying green leaves that have no info – when you have about 15,000 names in your file it's really time consuming to check all of those that don't have info.
Will FTM 2011 fix this flaw?
Being fairly new at this and working on building a family tree on Ancestry.com. I, like probably many others was unaware of a FTM program. Could you please just touch on why we should purchase it. What are the benefits to having FTM along with the membership with Ancestry.com. Thank you.
Andy RE:#85
I would agree that "translation" may not be completely accurate as there is no doubt that some events are not translated accurately or at all. I still maintain a quick and easy tree upload, replace and notify invitees (or better yet apply the link from the tree being replaced to the new tree thus eliminating the need for notifications at all) would not be that difficult to implement and would be well received.
In "Places", locations are listed by county then state. How can I "list" everyone from one state by using "manage places". Example: Search for just those from "Ohio" and not specify county?
Referring to 57 Tonie, & 65 Joanne Becker, Will 2011 allow us to see 1/2 brothers & or sisters, as well as various spouses, these are blood lines.
My take on it is this, it can't be as simple as most people believe it to be or Ancestry would have already done it. As much as I rag on Ancestry about some of their bone-headed decisions, even I don't believe that they would be stupid enough to withhold an easily accomplished change requested by many users over a long period of time.
There has to be some technological barrier we are not aware of or some overriding business reason that prevents this from being done.
What those barriers and reasons may be we can only guess.
Will this new version of FTM 2011 give us the ability to decide for ourselves who is included, as well as the information for that person, when we create a Report??
Right now if I run a Register Report from my great-grandfather that includes all of his descendants, it will NOT include any information for the spouses of his children that did not continue the direct bloodline by having children of their own other than the date and name of the person the individual married. Case in point: my grandfather had a brother who was married, but unfortunately they were not able to have any children. Even though I have all the information in my FTM 2010 for his brother's wife, there is NO way to include this information when creating a Family Register other than the fact it states the name of the woman and the date of their marriage. It is like she is not even important to the Family since she "technically" is not related by blood and did not continue the family line since she bore no children!! Second case in point: one of my grandfather's sisters was married 3 times. She only had children through her 1st husband. In this case when you run the same Family Register, the only person shown to be her husband is the 1st one with whom she had children. Once again, even though I have all the information for her other 2 husbands, none of their information appears on the Family Register since she had no children with these last 2 husbands.
I realize that you are using the format for these Reports from the New England Historical Society, which is fine as a default setting. But why can you not also allow us the ability to change these settings and thereby giving us the ability to custom design these Reports in the fashion in which we want them?? After all, is not this supposed to be about OUR FAMILY, and if so, should not WE be the ones who are making the decisions about how we want to format these Reports?? It is almost as if you are saying that if you are not related directly by blood, or at least have children with those who are, then those people are NOT important!! Well I will tell you… that I could not disagree with you more!! Some of those same Aunts and Uncles who you are deciding are not important enough to include simply because no children were born during their marriage, are just as close to me in MY FAMILY as those who are related to me by blood. It is a DISGRACE that so far we can not inlcude them in these Family Reports.
I have been both a subscriber and user of Ancetry.com and Family Tree Maker for almost 10 years now, and this is an issue that myself, and many others that I have spoken to, feel strongly about!! And quite honestly, if it does not get resolved soon, I will begin to look elsewhere for a Family Tree program that does address the concerns we have expressed to you time and time again, but as of yet still continue to go unanswered. How about finally dealing with the issue, and making the needed changes to your newest release of FTM???
I have been anxiously awaiting a version of FTM that allows me to update my tree online without having to create a new page. I used to be able to do this with the pre-Ancestry.com versions. When do you plan to give us back this functionality?
Also when I upgraded to FTM 2009, it did not do a great job of converting the file and now there are mistakes in there that I did not create. I am wondering if you have someone there could can compare my old FTM file with my new one and fix the new one (without me having to pay for the service since it wasn't my fault that it happened).
I've been using this software for nearly 15 years and the issues with the three or four most recent versions have almost completely turned me off this hobby of genealogy – all those hours of work entering data, destroyed by upgrading to the most recent version.
I've developed an extensive family tree in FTM. I recently engaged the services of a genealogist to trace my family's European roots which I haven't been able to do. She's doing her work in Ancestry. How do I import the people, facts, and sources that this individual compiles into my tree without deleting/overlapping my work?
I will be out of the country on Sept 15. Is there some way I can see it after 9/27?
I have two questions for the September 15 Webinar presenters:
In The Master Genealogist program, details in data entry fields (dates, places, etc.) can be automatically repeated by pressing F3 (that is, pressing F3 will automatically repeat whatever information was last entered in that field). If there such a feature in Family Tree Maker?
When importing information from another program (such as The Master Genealogist) or merging parts or all of separate trees in FTM, how can I make sure that all persons, including those related only by marriage, are included in the import or merge?
I have a few home movies that I would like to upload to my tree. Will a video and recording upload component be added this time around??
How can historic place names, which are now obsolete, be added to the list of place names in FTM other than just "Ignoring" the Old place name? Can we link historic names to today's place names?
I am still useing FTM2005. Is there a way to get all my info from 2005 to any newer verion of FTM.
FTM needs a magnification function so that this of us with visual impairments can get print, etc. to a size we can see clearly.
It would be nice if you ever made it a truly searchable data base. I can't search by occupation, religion, or any other variable. I would like to be able to do include in my narriative some fairly low key stats on my ancestors.
2009 and 2010 versions took away things that worked for me…like being able to do my narratives and to be able to publish a book. As it stands now, I have to write my narrative in Word and none of my source information is connected unless I reenter it by hand.
It would be nice if the compact file command worked, if the back-up method wasn't so unfriendly.
I would like to be able to put tags on two people and then be able to do a relationship chart. Now I have to change the home person and even then I don't get what I want.
The charts need to be more compactable. To try to print even a small segment of my tree takes a zillion pieces of paper with a ton of white space.
I too want a MAC version.
#49, Sue this is just a pure limitation of the Notes feature. This feature does not support the ability to set the font size and is a major hole in a core feature like this (and something I would have expected they got for free as part of the window's infrastructure). You will see a slider that looks like adjusting the font size but it is really just a zoom in/out feature. The reason you get this different sizes is that you pasted something from another application and the font size came from there (e.g. the only way to set the font size is to use another app and then paste). It would be helpful for FTM to give the user control over font size but if nothing else tell us what the default size is so I can use that when pasting from another app.
#89 Sherrie, I submitted an enhancement request back in early June for a similar thing: Enhancement – Filtering on Resolve Place Names [Incident: 100620-000210] But hopefully if they do this one they will have extrapolated that this filtering/sorting should be done in the Places tab as I too have fought with the S/W as I try to clean up my "places" as well as trying to find a person that could be in one of many towns in the same state or county. I asked for the filtering when cleaning up data since the list of names returned includes foreign countries, other states, and then 3-5 entries for the state I know the place is in and I end up choosing the wrong one.
I am looking forward to the webinar on FTM2011. I currently am using FTM2010 and I have incountered a problem that I hope will be resolved with FTM2011. I have about 28,800 names in my family tree and FTM2010 no longer has the name index working. All of the names and records are in the program but they will not list in the name index. I have done several procedures to correct this problem, short of unloading FTM2010 and then reloading FTM2010. I am hoping that once I have loaded FTM 2011 the name index will be restored. Do you have any ideas about this?
This will be the first purchase of Family Tree Maker for me…so it better be damn good.
I will put all my hard work (10+ years) into the program when it arrives and see what it can, will, and should do.
I hope I can give you a good report.
Please have webinars on another night than Weds. Many of us in the Bible belt still go to prayer meeting at our churches on Weds night.
Arlene Re: # 105
Be sure to back up the files from your old program first.
Also, depending on what you old program is, be aware that everything might not, depending on what bells and whistles you used on your old program, transfer to FTM by either GEDCOM or direct import.
Question 1.
I prefer to use the Outline Descendant tree format when I send relatives our family tree. Each time I must click on the facts that I want to include in that tree. When will I be able to save the list of facts so I don't have to do this repetition?
Question 2.
I back up my tree every time I make any change to it.I used one of these back ups to transfer my tree to my laptop computer. Several of the Media puieces were no longer linked to the people they were intended for and others no longer came up for the intended person. What is the use of a back up if it does not do the job properly? and When will this problem be fixed?
Sharon Re: # 106
Since all webinars are archived and can be seen anytime does it really matter that much when it is presented?
I agree with to many people to start listing numbers but the one's about the "all in one tree" is really important. Yes I can do an "extended family chart" but do you really know how difficult it is to read when you print it out. 410″ by 8.25″ is a long piece of paper. As far as the books go that is another major issue. What is the good of having 10,000 names in a tree if you can't share the information with family members. I miss a lot of the features from the 2006 version I was using before I finally gave into buying the 2010 version. I agree that if you have something that works and works well why do you take that out of the new release and replace it with crap? I am going to check out the 2011 but I can asure you that I will never upgrade again until they get the charts and books to work right. I love to share my findings with my relatives but if I have to give them a chart that is 410″ long forget it. You did it once it should be easier to copy into the new version rather than to start from scratch.
Will there be a MAC version?
Re #40
Wow, over 100 comments so far (mostly questions and problems) and still no response(s) from Ancestry.com? I understand that Ancestry.com will respond to the most common concerns during the Webinar, but what about all the others? Will we be left to think that the unanswered concerns are real problems that may never be addressed?
BTW, will FTM 2011 include a DETAILED list of ALL the "known issues"?
I think Ancestry.com is missing a great opportunity to satisfy their most interested and loyal customers, by simply providing a short written response to each comment here on their Blog. Anyone agree?
Well- maybe every original comment, but certainly not to repeated ones like:
"When will the MAc version be out" or "Is there a Mac version".
There are 23 such comments in this particular Blog- and the question has been answered at least twice in this same Blog.
Does no one actually read the Blog but just sign on and post a question instead?? !!
I think FTM is a fabulous product and appreciate the upgrades. One aspect of an earlier version I miss is the ability to choose between vertical and horizontal orientation for descendant charts. Is this feature included in the upgrade? Also, are there more media report options? I'd like to print contact sheets (with my existing FTM captions)for specific lines of my family. In other words, print contact sheets for all photos attached to John Doe's descendants. Is this possible with the new version?
I have used FTM since it first came out, I have over 9000+ people in my software and 32 kb. Questions: 1. Will the software run quicker with large files? 2. Will the problem of underlined information in notes that is copied to another be fixed. Currently the underlined information when pasted losses the informatio immediately following (not underlined) or it underlines EVERYTHING being copied. 3. When an underlined topic at the beginning of a sentence is moved down, the underline format remains so the next thing entered on that line is underlined. 4. When coping information from one person to another, the cursar goes to the beginning of the next line automatically thereby entering null space in the file that shows up in the printing to the "Register Report" 5. When when creating an export individual's descendents file and choosing descendent and ancendents the parents of the descendent's spouse are NOT included. I was told by tech support that the only solution is to go thru the list of people and manually add them to the export file. This is TOO manual. Will 11 resolve this? 6. Will adding a source be easier. I hate adding the same information to notes and then duplicating to source. When I print a register report I want to see the sources with that person NOT at the end of the report.
7. And lastly will I be able to dwld a tree from Ancestry.com with the permission of the tree owner?
i have a couple who have been married to each other twice. I have the dates of both marriages, but no date for a divorce. How should I handle this so that each marriage shows up on reports? Thank you.
I would enter a divorce date of "Before xxxx" (XXXX=year of remarriage) and then enter a custom event of "Remarriage" with the date of the second marriage. That makes it very clear as to the chain of events.
I started using FamilyTree with version 5 way back in the early 1990s. After about a decade I upgraded to version 16. Last year I purchased version 2010. What a disappointment. I found it to be very unfriendly. After loading much new information and attempting to get familiar with the program I finally gave up. I have reverted to using V16 and am having search mile hard files to locate and reenter all the updated information.
My question is, will 2011 be more like 2010 or V16? That will determine whether I will purchase it or not.
Will the GEDCOM export feature be included in 2011?
I asked this question 2 weeks ago and never received an answer to my email.
I update my website frequently and have to use one of your competitor's software programs to export my family file to the World Connect Project, I have been purchased all FTM versions for ten years. I will not purchase 2011 if it is not included.
Robert Re: #119
FTM has for some time had the ability to export to a GEDCOM.
To the best of my knowledge there is no genealogy program that will export a GEDCOM and automatically upload it to Rootsweb WorldConnect Tree.
May I ask what competitor software you are using to upload you info to WorldConnect?
I do not like the current version 2010, infact I hate it, I like the older versions better, and I hate that 2010 verison won't upload all my pictures to the ancestry site, when I upload only a few of my pictures will appear on the site. I hope this is improved as it is frustrating. The whole 2010 is frustrating
is there any way to revert back to an older version??? without loosing all my files/
I use/used FTM for many years. Working right now daily with V2006 because it works fast and easy. If I have something planned for a nice graphic export, I'll import the V2006 data into V2010, and I'm happy (I know it's also a stupid way doing it!).
I'm particulary missing other languages like German and my own Dutch……
Hoping V2011 will be as easy to handle as V2006, with the graphical output of V2010 at least,
kind regards,
John van Haeften
Does 2011 scan to H.P. scanners? Your tech's told me 2010 does not like H.P. products. All FTM programs from 5.0 thru 2005 worked fine with H.P. scanners. I was forced to upgrade to 2010 because 2005 would notwork with Vista. 2010 may take up to 30 tries at 40 seconds each to get 1 scan.
Why can't Ancestry send out updateds automatically without having to log on as administrator?
I don't care for the Web Search results format with 2010. I like the Ancestry World Tree version. Lately Ancestry World Tree has a hard time finding anyone is this to force us to use the new Web Search?
On 3-2-2010 after talking to your tech's I sent a letter to FTM listing most of my major complaints about 2010. All I got in return was a bed bug letter no help.
I have 16 generation ancillary family file that I would like to merge with my main file. However I want to only merge the first six generations of the ancillary file. Is there a way to do this without having to identify one by one the individuals that I want to merge. I have isolated the desired individuals into a "genealogy report". Is there a way to turn the genealogy report or any other type report into a Gedcom or family file?
1st, I feel there isn't any "customer service"
2nd, you don't adjust the past issues in the new versions
3rd, I thought Ancestry.com owned FTM so why didn't they make them compatible and similar in the 1st place? Money
4th, yes, I just bought an imac, waiting for you to get off the pot, (I know, it will be here before the end of the year, right)
5th, and yes they could answer here, but why pay someone to do that, and they could have a permanent bulletin board on the home page for a few these questions that are asked 1000's of times, but whatever.
Question for the webinar about the new fan charts.
My version of FTM 2011 arrived today, and I started to explore the fan charts, because in v16 the fan chart was one of my favorite charts because I could create a wall poster for my review and family discussions. Although I was happy to see the "Include empty branches" options check-box returned to this chart, it appears that when I un-check "Include empty branches" it only removes the empty chart boxes but does not adjust the spacing of the boxes on the chart (e.g., a 10-generation chart is over 1,000 pages — a similiar chart in v16 would have been a dozen 8.5×11 pages). Please let us know if there is an advanced option that should be selected which would address this challenge.
whew, quite a list of enhancement requests, or in many cases a reversion to feature loved in earlier versions. I have used FTM for since the very early days, when you would sell cd's with fa,ily trees on them. My request is to have the 2011 version and beyond support the left side mouse buttone that causes Internet Explorer to go "BACK", to the previous page, such a time saver, and yet it doesn't work in FTM. Reporting in general has really gone downhill since the earlier versions, a major weakness in the new approach you have implemented. I will say that the web integration that you have achieved is fantastic, love it, just wish I didn't have to give up so much to get it. Please keep going, you offer the best value around in my opinion.
1. Will FTW 2011 import book information from FTW 2005 better than FTW 2010? 2. Does FTW 2011 automaticaly select all generations in the tree when I compile a register report?
Loaded FTM2011 yesterday and found an error. Under the PERSON tab, Index of Individuals: If there are two individuals with the exact name, only the one with the older dates displays. If the second person is located via other means and is being worked on, if the Index of Individuals is chosen, and that person has multiple spouses, the individuals shows up as many times as the individual has spouses – but now, the older individual doesn't show up!
I looked forward to the 2011 version of FTM in hopes that it would solve my "problem". I simply want to add pictures to my descendent report without having to do it manually. My old Family Orgins program would do that nicely. As I use this report to hand out to relatives as a "work in progress", I don't want to manually have to chose each picture separately. Thank you.
Version 2006 included an Index Family Tree Report option. Later versions do not include that. Will 2011 include an Index Family Tree Report option?
I was really disappointed when I did a gedcom upload. I basically had to start from scratch editing the information that I had already gone through.
None of this information was put into the tree format until I asked for it.
I have spent too many hours researching and editing to go through this all again.
My problem with 2011 is i can not use copy and paste function. Ftm 2011 wants to web clip everything highlighted. This does not work for me.
In 2010 the census index data that i have been using for years, i can highlight,copy and paste the Name & Age data for the whole family group into personal notes for each individual. So every family member has the whole family listed in their notes section.
If you use the web clipping it puts this info into a paragraph which is too hard to see at a glance who's who. I have had 100's of comments of my trees on line from individuals how they really like how my notes are put together. Besides that , relatives can understand it better.
Please fix this so we can copy and paste into notes,from web search in FTM, without using web clipping. I have been using FTM versions for 12 years, not a NOVICE.
#104: Wendell, not sure what you are seeing but I filed a bug report on one issue that was driving me crazy with the index. If you add the mother first before adding the father and you have set the option to list by married name (e.g. you should get: SMITH, Mary Jane HENDRICKSON (where Hendrickson is the maiden name)) you will find the name gets tossed what seems like randomly in the list. Don't have FTM2011 to check this yet but the fix is easy on a per person basis. Basically when you add the husband it fails to trigger an update of the wife's database entry.
Anyway the trick is to just modify the wife's name and then set it back to it's original value and all is good. I would go to Mary Jane HENDRICKSON and add an "a" to the end of her name and then click another field before removing it, then the index is correct.
Also occasionally I get a name that just won't go in the right place after having the program up for a while, in these cases a restart of FTM usually does the trick. Hope these help you.
When I create a Descendant Report (Genealogy Reports:Register Report), the names of relatives who do not have children are omitted from the list of persons of their generation. This causes hurt feelings in people who are not able to have children. I do not see why these people are left out. I keep hoping each upgrade will fix this, but I am always disappointed. Will version 2011 finally add these names to their generation's listing?
The Register Report is based on a format and style used by noted genealogical journals for years.
People who do not have children are only shown as children of their parents in the parent's generation and are not carried forward.
In short- there is nothing to "fix" as it is working as planned.
That being said- Ancestry could design a few new report formats on their own that don't depend on the traditional report formats.
1 In the new photo album will we be able to choose the photos to be included in the album as well as not having all of those stat informaiton at the top of the first page.
2 In 2011 did they correct the ongoing issue with accents in some of the reports. Instead of an accent all that you get is some wierd grouping of letters and signs.
Does 2011 allow for the children of mutiple parents to be listed under the common parent. EX one father and five childernb listed under him, wife one 2 chilern listed under husband. Wife 2 3 children listed under just her, husband will still have all 5 listed?
For the September 15 Webinar.
With the data error report, I think the 2006 version that I had previously allowed me to mark on the record that the error was OK so I wouldn't see it on the report anywhere. I don't see this feature in FTM 2011.
Also, in upgrading to Windows 7 and FTM 2011, I lost Charting Companion which I loved for charts. It would be nice if FTM had better charts so I didn't have to go purchase CC. It was free last time with FTM 2006. thanks.
How does FTM handle children of unwed parents? Also is there a way to indicate twins, triplets, etc.?
#140: Lauri, Agree on Charting Companion as it has much better charts and supporting features. Although I use CC, FTM and a couple of other genealogy S/W pkgs since each one does different things better than others. The good news is they are hoping to have an update (expect no cost if like for FTM2008 and 2009) by the end of the month so monitor their support site for the update notices.
#139: Russ, FTM2008,9,10, and suspect 11 all support what you are asking but as follows:
Family View (the main view) only shows the common children of the husband/wife pair being displayed. So if the husband has multiple wives the children displayed are only for that wife unless you attach the child to multiple parents (sometimes done if say a child from say a first spouse was adopted by the second spouse).
Person View (the Facts/Notes alternative view) also includes a "tree view" at the top of the window which shows the parents, spouses, and one child. Here you can toggle between spouses, or select any of the children for the selected individual. The key here as if the husband was selected then the drop down list for children will show all children (independent of spouse) but if the wife was selected then only her children will be displayed.
Give it a try and hopefully it meets your expectations, I use the person view a lot for the exact reason you are stating.


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Game Day
Quick Facts:
Television: None
The Huskie Sports Radio Network with Bill Baker and Sid Simmons
airs on 1360-AM WLBK (DeKalb), 95.7-FM WSEY (Rockford, Freeport,
Sterling, Dixon) and 102.9 FM (LaSalle-Peru).
Rob Judson (Illinois 80) is 40-53 in his fourth season
at Northern Illinois. Akron head coach Keith Dambrot is 3-1 in his
first season with his alma mater and 23-35 all-time. Dambrot spent
1991-93 seasons as the head coach at Central Michigan and went 20-34
in his two campaigns with the Chippewas.
Will be announced on game day.
Northern Illinois vs. Akron Probable Starting Lineups
Northern Illinois Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG
F 33 Johnathan Byrd 6-9 225 Sr. Chicago, IL 11.0 5.0 0.0
F 25 Paige Paulsen 6-7 220 So. Custer, SD 9.5 4.3 0.8
G 15 Zach Pancratz 6-5 198 Fr. Schaumburg, IL 4.0 3.0 1.8
G 23 Mike McKinney 6-4 200 So. Evanston, IL 11.3 5.8 1.3
G 3 Anthony Maestranzi 5-10 165 Jr. Bartlett, IL 6.8 1.3 4.5
Akron Ht.
Wt. Yr. Hometown PPG RPG APG
F 21 Jeremiah Wood 6-6 245 So. Akron, OH 13.5 9.0 1.5
F 23 Darryl Peterson 6-5 220 Jr. Cincinnati, OH 11.5 3.3 0.3
C 52 Nick Meyers 6-9 230 Sr. Bloomington, MN 2.3 2.0 0.5
G 10 Dru Joyce 6-0 165 So. Akron, OH 7.5 1.5 6.8
G 12 Mario Collins 5-5 165 Sr. Columbus, OH 5.0 2.3 2.3
What You
Need To Know About Todays Game
Northern Illinois is in its 100th season of college basketball and
will be playing its 1,962nd contest this afternoon ... The Huskies
are 1,005-956 all-time and will be looking for their second win
of the season today ... Northern Illinois will also be looking for
its first win in a conference-opener since 1996 and first win in
a MAC-opener since 1984 ... Dont be surprised if the Huskies
head into the halftime break in front ... NIU has gone into the
lockerroom with the lead in all four games this season and has outscored
its opposition 126-113 in the opening 20 minutes ... Two primary
reasons for that first half productivity has been the Huskie bench
and senior post player Johnathan Byrd ... NIU is getting 28.0 points
per game from its bench with a combined 20.3 points coming from
James Hughes and Cory Sims ... Byrd is averaging a career best 11.0
points per game on the season, 8.3 of which, are coming in the first
half ... The Huskies played their sixth overtime game of the Judson
era on Wednesday (Dec. 1) and are now 4-2 in the extra period ...
The 76-74 loss to Bradley also marked the second overtime game in
the history of the Convocation Center ... The only other overtime
game in the Convo was a 101-100 double-overtime loss at the hands
of these same Akron Zips on Jan. 29, 2003 ... NIU responded from
that overtime defeat with an impressive 78-60 win over Ball State
at home.
The Akron Zips
Akron comes into todays match on a three-game winning streak,
with all three wins coming by at least 12 points ... The Zips are
1-1 on the road this season, with that lone loss, a 90-88 defeat
at Drake (Nov. 19), coming in the season-opener ... Sophomore All-MAC
pick Jeremiah Wood leads the team in scoring and rebounding ...
Wood is nearly averaging a double-double with 13.5 points and a
MAC-best 9.0 rebounds ... Junior Darryl Peterson and newcomer Bubba
Walther join Wood with 11.5 and 10.3 ppg. averages, respectively
... One of the leagues highest scoring teams, Akron is averaging
80.5 points per game and is shooting a robust 48.4 percent from
the floor.
The NIU Series
With Akron
A lopsided affair over the past six years, the Zips carry a seven
game winning streak over the Huskies into tonights contest
and hold a 15-5 lead all-time over the Dawgs ... Akron
has won three straight over Northern Illinois in DeKalb, including
a 101-100 double overtime win on Jan. 29, 2003 ... Akron leads the
series 6-4 in the 10 games played in DeKalb ... Northern Illinois
last win in the series came Jan. 5, 1998, by a 66-64 margin ...
A relatively new rivalry, the NIU-UA series began 1988 with the
Huskies dropping a 75-68 contest at Chick Evans Field House.
What? No
No, were not sending the Thundering Herd out the door to Conference
USA just yet, but the Huskies have become accustomed to facing Marshall
in their early-season Mid-American Conference lid-lifter ... A staple
in the MAC scheduling process since the 1998-99 season, Marshall
and NIU have hooked up 5-of-6 times in the early to mid-December
Conference-openers, with the lone exception coming during the 1999-2000
season when the Huskies fell 79-56 at Akron (Dec. 11) ... Perhaps
the change is good, however, as Marshall racked up a 4-0 record
in those games and NIU is 0-5 all-time in the early MAC openers.
Huskies Hope
To Buck Losing Trend In Conference Openers
Needless to say, but conference-openers havent been much fun
for Northern Illinois over the past decade ... Winless in nine straight
MAC openers, NIU hasnt won a league lid-lifter of any kind
since a 65-62 overtime win vs. Loyola on Jan. 4, 1996 ... In all,
the Huskies have dropped eight straight league openers since the
Loyola triumph and havent won a MAC opener since the 1983-84
season, a 74-67 overtime win over Central Michigan on Jan. 4, 1984.
Huskies Embark
On Month-Long Road Swing
From Charleston, IL, to beautiful Manhattan, KS, before a pair of
tournament games in sunny Corpus Christi, TX ... Todays contest
with Akron will be the final home game before a 29-day road trip
for the NIU basketball team ... NIU opens the road swing in Charleston,
IL, for an in-state battle with the Eastern Illinois Panthers, before
a date with the currently undefeated Kansas State Wildcats in Manhattan
... The Huskies then travel to Corpus Christi, TX, for games against
St. Bonaventure of the Atlantic 10 and either the host Texas A&M
Corpus Christi Islanders or Alcorn State Braves ... The host Islanders
are off to a 3-1 start, with marquee wins coming against Florida
State (85-79), Texas Christian (85-79) and Old Dominion (71-67).
City: Newcomer At Best Down The Stretch
Northern Illinois newcomer Cory Sims is at his best with the game
on the line ... Although the Huskies have dropped a pair of close
home decisions by a combined four points, the junior college transfer
has played a big part in putting the Huskies in a position to win
each of those games ... The teams best penetrator thus far,
Sims has scored 22 of his 39 points (56.4 percent) in the games
final 6:19 ... Wednesday vs. Bradley, Sims scored 10 of his career
high 17 points in the final 4:49, plus the overtime period, to bring
NIU storming back in a 76-74 overtime loss ... Sims also scored
seven of his 10 points in the final 2:14 in a 65-63 home loss to
Southwest Missouri State and five of his 10 points in the final
6:19 in the opener at Loyola.
Working Overtime:
Six Huskies Averaging 23 + Minutes Per Game
Head coach Rob Judson has settled into an eight-man rotation and
six of those players are seeing the brunt of the playing-time load
... Six Huskies are averaging better than 23 minutes per game including
Anthony Maestranzi (32.5) and Mike McKinney (30.8) who are averaging
better than 30 minutes an outing ... Five different Huskies have
topped 30 minutes in a game this season, led by Maestranzi and McKinney
who have each done it three times in four games ... Newcomers Zach
Pancratz (27.5 mpg) and Cory Sims (27.5 mpg) have eclipsed 30 minutes
twice this season and Paige Paulsen (23.3 mpg) played a career high
31 minutes vs. SMS (11/24/04) ... Johnathan Byrd (23.8 mpg) is the
other Huskie averaging at least 23 minutes per contest.
Calling Up
The Reserves: NIU Bench Producing Big Numbers
Northern Illinois bench has provided an impressive 39 percent
of the teams scoring this season with reserve center James
Hughes leading the way with a scoring average of 10.5 ppg ... Hughes
ranks second on the team in scoring and tied for first in rebounding
(5.8) despite playing just 17.3 minutes per game, which ranks eighth
on the club ... Fellow reserve Cory Sims ranks fourth with 9.8 points
per game which includes a career-high 17 points vs. Bradley (Dec.
1) ... Overall, the Huskies are averaging 28.0 points from their
bench, with a majority of those points coming from the three player
rotation of Hughes (10.5), Sims (9.8) and Todd Peterson (5.0).
Byrd Lifts-Off,
Sets Career-Highs In Nine Statistical Categories
The most improved player in the Mid-American Conference? ... At
the very least, senior forward Johnathan Byrd will get strong consideration
as he continues his torrid start to his final season of collegiate
basketball ... Byrds 44 points (11.0 ppg) through just four
games nearly doubles the 28 points he scored during his entire junior
season and his average of 23.8 minutes per game triples the 7.9
minutes off the pine he averaged a year ago ... After opening the
season with a career-high 11 points at Loyola (11/20/04), Byrd reset
that career number with 13 first-half points in the Huskies
84-69 win at DePaul and did it again with 14 points vs. Bradley
(12/1/04) ... Byrd is shooting a team-best 67.9 percent from the
floor (19-of-28) and is tied for the MAC lead with eight blocked
shots ... Just four games into the season, Byrd has set career highs
in points (14), field goals (6), field goal attempts (9), free throws
(3), free throw attempts (4), rebounds (7), blocks (3), steals (2)
and minutes (32) ... The Morgan Park High School product is also
shooting 66.7 percent at the free throw line (6-of-9) after shooting
28.6 percent (6-of-21) last season.
Not In My
House: Hughes, Byrd Producing Big Blocked Shot Totals
Senior Johnathan Byrd and sophomore James Hughes have become a dominant
defensive force in the middle for the Huskies this season ... The
duo is tied for the Mid-American Conference lead in blocked shots
per game (2.0) and have combined for 16 of NIUs 18 blocks
this season, with each player owning eight swats ... Hughes had
a breakout game defensively vs. Bradley (Dec. 1), blocking a season-high
four shots ... Over his career, Hughes has blocked four or more
shots five times including six swats on two occasions as a freshman
... Byrd has flourished in his senior season and has had multiple
blocks in each of the past three games, including a career-high
three vs. SMS (Nov. 24).
Scores 15 Points vs. DePaul, Earns Jay Goedert MVP Award
Following a second-half three-point barrage, which saw Northern
Illinois extend its nine-point halftime lead on DePaul, junior forward
Todd Peterson was named the inaugural Jay Goedert Most Valuable
Player for the Northern Illinois - DePaul contest on Nov. 27 ...
Named for the former Northern Illinois (1985-87) and DePaul (1987-97)
assistant coach, Goedert was a member of legendary coach John McDougals
final staff (1985-86) at NIU and also served on Jim Rosboroughs
first staff (1986-87) ... Goedert then moved on to DePaul, where
he coached under Joey Meyer (1987-97) for 10 seasons ... Peterson
finished the contest with 15 points on 5-of-6 shooting from three-point
range to help lead the Huskies to the resounding 84-69 road win.
The Season: Maestranzi Near Perfect As Huskie Assist Man
Finally healthy after an injury-plagued 2003-04 season, junior point
guard Anthony Maestranzi has been near-flawless running the point
for Northern Illinois this season ... A capable shooter from the
perimeter (seven three-pointers), Maestranzi has done his best work
as a set-up man, dishing out 18 assists, while committing just four
turnovers ... Over his last 128:54, Maestranzi has committed just
three turnovers and is averaging one turnover every 42:58 of playing
time during that stretch ... Over the last three games, the Bartlett,
IL, native has dished out 16 dimes and has a 5.3:1 assist : turnover
ratio and needs just 12 more helpers to move into the Northern Illinois
top 10 for career assists ... The 5-foot-10 guard currently has
182 career assists.
Free Throw
Shooting Carries NIU While Offense Comes Around
Its way to early to start talking about records, but a Northern
Illinois team has never shot free throws this well ... Among the
Mid-American Conference leaders with a 76.3 percent shooting stroke
from the line, the Huskies have connected on 61-of-80 charity shots
through four games and four Huskies are shooting better than 75.0
percent from the stripe ... Sophomore guard Mike McKinney is leading
the way at 87.5 percent and has hit 14-of-16 free throws this year
... Sophomore center James Hughes is just off McKinneys pace
with 81.8 percent shooting (18-of-22) and even Johnathan Byrd, who
hit just 6-of-21 free throws last season, is shooting 67.0 percent
(6-of-9) ... In 2003-04, NIU ranked 11th in the MAC in free throw
shooting (428-of-653, .655) and let a devastating 225 points slip
away during a campaign that saw them drop 13 games by 10 points
or less.
Strained Ligament Adds To NIUs Walking Wounded
With just 12 scholarship players available due to Ben Rands
NCAA-mandated redshirt (transfer from University of Iowa), the Huskies
have little margin for error with regards to injuries ... Unfortunately
that margin for error continues to get even smaller with the recent
left thumb injury sustained by sophomore forward Paige Paulsen ...
A strained ligament in his left (non-shooting hand) thumb, Paulsen
suffered the injury at practice on Nov. 26, the night before he
poured in a career-high 19 points at DePaul ... Paulsen joins Craig
Reichel, Ryan Paradise and Bryson McKenzie in the NIU infirmary
... While McKenzie has seen increased playing / practice time following
a pair of arthroscopic knee surgeries, Paradise and Reichel havent
had such luck ... Paradise is still recovering from a pair of off-season
wrist surgeries on his left shooting wrist and is now working into
a light conditioning regimen ... Reichel suffered a deep bone bruise
in his right ankle during workouts, but is now going through full
practices and is suiting up during the games.
Baby Steps:
Young Huskies Get Their Rebounding On the Rebound
With 11 first or second-year players in the program, Northern Illinois
head coach Rob Judson is looking for consistent, day-to-day improvement
from his young ball club and has gotten it thus far with improved
rebounding efforts vs. Southwest Missouri State (11/24/04), DePaul
(11/27/04) and Bradley (12/1/04) ... NIU was outrebounded 42-25
to open the year at Loyola (11/20/04) and relinquished 18 offensive
rebounds to the Ramblers, which led to a 21-6 second-chance point
advantage ... Over the last three games, however, the Huskies have
been dominant on the glass, outrebounding their last three foes
by a combined 17 boards, which include 39 offensive rebounds.
Charges Up Career Three-Point Standings
After two seasons, junior forward Todd Peterson is currently on
pace to break the Northern Illinois career record for 3-point field
goals ... Already with 120 treys for his career, Peterson buried
60 triples last season (fifth in NIU single-season history) and
needs just 25 more to move into the NIU Top Five ... Current assistant
coach Donald Whiteside (1987-91) holds the career record with 204
treys ... Tied for eighth with Marlin Simms (1991-96), next on the
list for the 6-foot-8 forward will be Randy Tucker (1992-94) who
hit 124 treys.
Sims Making Smooth Transition To Division I Basketball
Junior College transfer Cory Sims has provided Northern Illinois
with the depth they so sorely missed at the point guard position
last season and has produced three double-figure scoring games in
the seasons first two weeks ... Sims opened his Division I
career with back-to-back 10-point efforts vs. Loyola (11/20/04)
and SMS (11/24/04) before pouring in a career-high 17 points vs.
Bradley (12/1/04) ... In the one contest Sims failed to reach double-figures
(at DePaul, 11/27/04), the Livingston, AL, native helped five other
Huskies accomplish the feat by dishing out a career high six assists
... Sims currently ranks fourth on the team in scoring (9.8), fourth
in rebounding (4.3), second in assists (3.5) and third in minutes
Plays 35 Minutes, Joins Elite NIU Company For Freshmen
Although he was the third freshman of the Rob Judson Era to
start a season-opener, rookie shooting guard Zach Pancratz quickly
distinguished himself from Julian McElroy (2001) and Rome Sanders
(2002) by playing an unprecedented 35 minutes in the opener vs.
Loyola ... Pancratz became the first Huskie freshman to play 30+
minutes in his collegiate debut since Kenny Battle played 31 against
DePaul on Nov. 24, 1984 ... Pancratz also became the first Huskie
freshman to both start and score in an opener since Matt Nelson
poured in 13 points against Chicago State on Nov. 14, 1999.
Just Add
Water: James Hughes Makes Instant Impact Off The Pine
Although he ranks eighth on the team in minutes played (17.3), sophomore
center James Hughes has had little trouble doubling his point and
rebound production from a year ago as he ranks third on the squad
in points (10.3) and tops in rebounding (5.8) per game ... One of
the nations most efficient players, Hughes is averaging 0.6
points per minute of playing time and has a 1.04 to 1 positive impact
ratio, meaning the 6-foot-11 sophomores point, rebound and
blocked shot average per minute equals 1.1 ... In addition to the
0.61 points per minute, Hughes is averaging 0.31 rebounds and 0.12
blocks per minute of playing time.
Byrd, Hughes,
McKenzie NIUs Three-Headed Monster At Center
Its not Luc Longley, Will Perdue and Bill Wennington (of
Chicago Bulls fame), but the results, at least during the early
portion of 2004-05, have been the same ... Northern Illinois head
coach Rob Judson has gone with the center-by-committee
approach so far this season and is getting great production from
senior Johnathan Byrd and sophomores James Hughes and Bryson McKenzie
... Although McKenzie played just one minute in the opener against
Loyola (Nov. 20), Byrd and Hughes have flourished, helping the Huskies
outscore their regular-season opponents in the paint by a combined
110-102 ... Byrd and Hughes are playing a combined 41.1 minutes
per game and account for 21.5 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.0 blocks
and 1.3 steals per game ... During the 1994-95 season, when Longley,
Perdue and Wennington were Chicagos Men in the Middle,
the trio averaged 17.2 points, 14.1 rebounds, 1.0 steals, 3.0 assists
and 1.2 blocks in 51.7 minutes.
Defense ...
Defense ...
The Northern Illinois calling card under Rob Judson has always been
defense and with the return of Mike McKinney, the MACs top
perimeter defender, and James Hughes, the MACs leading returning
shot-blocker, the defense should again vault to the forefront as
the Huskies look to move up the MAC standings ... Although NIU has
started the season 1-3, the defense has been steady, as the Huskies
have allowed just 68.2 points per game ... In the opener, Loyola
shot just 40-percent for the game and just .286-percent (6-of-21)
from beyond the arc ... In a narrow 65-63 loss to SMS, the Huskies
allowed just 36 percent shooting (9-of-25) in the opening half and
forced the Bears into 20 turnovers ... The most impressive defensive
effort, however, came in the second half of NIUs 84-69 win
at DePaul, where the Huskies held the Blue Demons to 32-percent
shooting (8-of-25) and forced the heavily-favored hosts into 14
Welcome Back: Fourth-Year Sophomore McKenzie Returns
It was a long road to recovery for (fourth-year) sophomore Bryson
McKenzie, but the 6-foot-10 center made his return to collegiate
basketball on Nov. 20 in the season-opener against Loyola ... Although
he played just one minute, the court time by McKenzie was his first
in a regular-season game since Jan. 3, 2004, against Ohio ... The
Gary, IN, native also contributed in both preseason matchups and
finished with a five-point, two-rebound effort in five minutes of
playing time vs. IIT (Nov. 8) and scored two points and grabbed
three boards in eight minutes vs. Laval (Nov. 13).
NIU Unveils
Huskie Hoop Time For 2004-05 Season
In a nutshell, Huskie Hoop Time is everything encompassing NIU mens
basketball for the 2004-05 season ... A marketing slogan coined
by NIU basketball coach Rob Judson, Huskie Hoop Time was the official
name of NIUs Midnight Madness on Oct. 15/16 and is printed
on red silicon bracelets that will be sold throughout campus for
$1 promoting fan and student ownership with the mens basketball
program ... Proceeds from the $1 bracelets will go to the Illinois
Military Family Relief Fund to help support the families of Illinois
soldiers fighting the war on terrorism ... The effort is being called
Hoops For Troops.
We Have Our Point Guard, Lipkins Inks With NIU
Northern Illinois mens basketball coach Rob Judson announced
the signing of Houston, TX, Sharpstown HS point guard Quintan Lipkins
to a national letter of intent on Nov. 10 ... A 5-foot-9, 160-pound
speedster, Lipkins was the No. 3 scorer in Texas Class 4A last season
(24.5 ppg), and terrorized opposing defenses as he led Sharpstown
to an 18-12 overall record ... An outstanding creator for his teammates,
Lipkins dished out a Sharpstown single-season record 296 assists
last year en route to earning All-District 22 accolades for the
second consecutive season. A three-year starter for the Apollos,
Lipkins has started 85-of-91 career games and has scored over 1,500
points as a prep, an average of 16.5 points over his high school
career ... Lipkins enters his senior season as the No. 2 returning
scorer in the state of Texas.
Low RPMs:
Reichel, Paradise, McKenzie Among The Wounded
With just 12 scholarship players available due to Ben Rands
NCAA-mandated redshirt (transfer from University of Iowa), the Huskies
have little margin for error with regards to injuries ... Unfortunately
that margin for error got even smaller with the injuries sustained
by freshman Craig Reichel and sophomores Ryan Paradise and Bryson
McKenzie ... While McKenzie has seen increased playing / practice
time following a pair of arthroscopic knee surgeries, Paradise and
Reichel havent had such luck ... Paradise is still recovering
from a pair of off-season wrist surgeries on his left shooting wrist
and is now working into a light conditioning regimen ... Reichel
suffered a deep bone bruise in his right ankle during workouts,
but suited up and went through warmups before the Nov. 24 game against
Southwest Missouri State.
No Place Like Home: NIU Home Numbers Solid In 2004
The Convocation Center finally became Home Sweet Home
in 2004 ... After going 7-7 at home in the facilitys first
year, NIU finished last season with an 8-5 overall mark including
wins over MAC foes Miami, Ohio, Eastern Michigan and Central Michigan,
as well as in-state foes Illinois State and Eastern Illinois ...
The Huskies were markedly better statistically as well, shooting
46.6 percent from the floor, while hitting 43.5 percent from three-point
range ... Defensively, NIU held opponents to just 65.0 points and
a 37.4 percent success rate from the field ... The 8-5 home record
for the Huskies was the best since the 1999-2000 season when NIU
also went 8-5 at Chick Evans Field House.
Charges Up Career Three-Point Standings
After two seasons, junior forward Todd Peterson is currently on
pace to break the Northern Illinois career record for 3-point field
goals ... Already with 114 treys for his career, Peterson buried
60 triples last season (fifth in NIU single-season history) and
needs just 31 more to move into the NIU Top Five ... Current assistant
coach Donald Whiteside (1987-91) holds the career record with 204
treys ... Next on the list for Peterson will be Marlin Simms (1991-96)
who stands eighth with 120.
MAC Preseason Rankings
Toledo in the West, Buffalo in the East, those were the preseason
predictions by the Mid-American Conference News Media Association
Poll released at MAC Media Day Oct. 21 in Cleveland ... Toledo was
the overwhelming pick to win the West, receiving 31 of the 37 first-place
votes ... NIU was picked sixth with 88 total votes, well ahead of
seventh-place Central Michigan (49 votes) ... Buffalo received 29
of 37 first-place votes in the East with Kent State (7) and Miami
(1) also receiving Divisional Champion recognition ... Toledo was
also the overwhelming favorite to win the FirstEnergy MAC Tournament,
getting 19 of the 37 possible votes ... Buffalo was second with
eight tourney championship votes.
Pl West Division
1. Toledo (31) 252
2. Ball State 290
3. Western Michigan (3) 189
4. Eastern Michigan (3) 153
5. Bowling Green 116
6. Northern Illinois 88
7. Central Michigan 49
Pl East Division Pts
1. Buffalo (29) 207
2. Kent State (7) 174
3. Miami (1) 171
4. Marshall 84
5. Akron 79
6. Ohio 62
Huskie Newcomer
Sims Cited Top Transfer By Street & Smiths
Street & Smith Magazine named NIU newcomer Cory Sims the top
transfer in the Mid-American Conference heading into the 2004-05
season ... A NJCAA Division II All-American, Sims led Lewis &
Clark Community College to a 24-11 overall record and a spot in
the NJCAA National Tournament ... A versatile perimeter performer,
Sims was awarded the Jack Cistriano Best Small Man Award
after averaging 22.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game
... In addition to ranking No. 7 nationally in scoring, Sims ranked
No. 31 in steals with 2.6 per contest.
Calling Card
Could this be a better defensive unit in 2004? ... You bet, especially
with the MACs top returning shot-blocker (James Hughes) and
top perimeter defender (Mike McKinney) coming back ... The all-time
freshman shot-blocker in school history, Hughes swatted 53 shots
as a rookie and averaged 1.77 blocks per game, placing him second
in the league and No. 46 nationally ... Hughes also finished sixth
nationally among freshmen in that category, as he blocked at least
one shot in 24-of-30 games and had multiple swats 13 times ... McKinneys
defensive efforts were more subtle ... In fact, you could call the
Evanston native the Silencer after what he did to 2004-05
Preseason Player of the Year Keith Triplett (Toledo) on Feb. 11,
2004, and a host of other high-scoring performers around the League
... McKinney held Triplett (19.6 ppg) scoreless through the first
24:36 of that Feb. 11 contest, before going to the bench with his
third foul ... McKinney also Silenced Kent States
Eric Haut (six points), former Bowling Green guard Ron Lewis (11
points) and Eastern Michigans Markus Austin (five points)
holding the trio a combined 22.2 points below their season norms.
Noting The Huskie Newcomers
For the second consecutive season, Rob Judson has five newcomers
entering the program, although just four will be eligible due to
NCAA transfer guidelines (Ben Rand) ... Frank Clair enters NIU after
an outstanding prep career at Chicagos Leo High School ...
The IHSA Class A State Tournament MVP in 2004, Clair brings an excellent
mid-range game to go with a developing array of post moves ... Strength
will be key for Clair and as that develops, the sky is the limit
for the 6-foot-6 small forward ... Basketball savvy, gym rat, headstrong,
all excellent descriptions of freshman shooting guard Zach Pancratz
... A dead-eye, self-made shooter, Pancratz spent many-a-morning
waiting for Convocation Center personnel to open the gym as he shot
more than 1,000 jumpers a day in preparation for his first season
at the Division I level ... His high school teammate, Craig Reichel,
is a weight coaches dream ... With 230 pounds on his 6-foot-8 frame,
Reichel will have the opportunity to develop into a physical presence
and could be a staple in the NIU frontline for years to come ...
In addition to his size, Reichel possesses a soft shooting touch
as he hit 35-percent of his 3-point attempts as a high school senior
... Injuries decimated the NIU backcourt in 2003-04, but the addition
of junior college transfer Cory Sims should help bolster NIUs
depth at that spot ... A NJCAA Division II All-American, Sims is
a nice combination of a Floor General and a Play
Maker ... Last season, Sims was the top guard at the NJCAA
Division II level and led his team to the National Tournament ...
As with most transfers, Sims is going through a speed adjustment,
but should settle in nicely to complement the shooting ability of
Anthony Maestranzi in the backcourt ... Although he will be forced
to sit out the 2004-05 season because of NCAA transfer guidelines,
Ben Rand will make an impact on this seasons team as a practice
player, where he can use his size and athletic ability at the guard
position to emulate some of the bigger backcourt players the Huskies
will face ... A 6-foot-6, 190-pound swing player, Rand stole the
show at Huskie Hoop Time (NIUs version of Midnight Madness)
hitting a pair of threes and making a pair of acrobatic layups in
only 10 minutes of scrimmage time.


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IRC New Roots Community Farm
The IRC New Roots Community Farm opened in 2009 on a 2.3 acre lot near the IRC office. Eighty families immediately began growing produce for their families.
In January 2011, the New Roots Community Farm became certified to sell at farmers' markets.
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Local Restaurants Buy Produce from IRC Farmers
IRC Farmers Make Record Sales
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Traditionally, the Westside of Santa Cruz has been defined as the area west of the San Lorenzo River located within the city limits of the city of Santa Cruz, excluding the Downtown.
Sights & Attractions
- The Lighthouse & Lighthouse field
- Cowell's Beach and Steamer Lane
- Its Beach
- Woodrow and The Circles
- The Getchel Hedge
- Fair Avenue Temple
- Long Marine Lab
- Antonelli Pond
- numerous surf shops
- numerous vintners
- Neary Lagoon
- Mitchell Cove
- Surfing
- Derby Park
- Garfield Park
- Natural Bridges State Park
- Pogonip
- Springtree Homeowners Association
- Westlake Pond
- Wilder Ranch State Park (just north of the Westside)
For a complete listing of the businesses on Mission Street and Ingalls Street, see those pages.
Food & Drink
- Vasili's Greek Taverna (Greek - Opa!)
- Kelly's French Bakery
- Cafe Brasil (Brazilian, great brunches)
- Sushi Totoro
- Emily's Bakery
- Pleasure Pizza
- La Mission Mexican Restaurant (Mexican plate)
- O'mei (Chinese)
- Coffeetopia
- Upper Crust Pizza
- Westside Coffee Company
- Ferrell's Donuts
- Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing
- Bay Street
- Beach Street
- Delaware Avenue
- High Street
- Highway 1
- Ingalls Street
- King Street
- Mission Street
- Stockton Avenue
- Swift Street
- West Cliff Drive
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Police Department
The Town of Mamaroneck Police Department protects and preserves the rights of its citizens and enforces applicable state, county, and local laws. It provides fundamental police services such as crime prevention and investigation, patrol, and traffic enforcement. Additionally the Police Department assists local ambulance corps in responding to medical emergencies.
The Police Department also sponsors outreach efforts. Community outreach focuses on safety and crime prevention education. Meanwhile youth outreach programs ensure that children are introduced to important safety information early on.
The Police Department is proud to be a part of the Town of Mamaroneck's exceptional public safety system.
Staff Contacts
|Chief Richard Rivera
|Chief of Police
|(914) 381-6100
|Lt. Robert Koziak
|Records/Administrative Division
|(914) 381-6100
|Lt. Paul Creazzo
|Patrol Division
|(914) 381-6100
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|Detective Division
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Nov 19, 2012
dried everything
My visit to Marrakech has not done any good to my obsession with dried fruits, it has made it even worse.
You have to know that Ceesie is addicted to any kind of dried fruit: dried dades, figs, apricots, bananas, mango,... name it, Ceesie loves it.
Aside from producing smelly gas is dried fruit very good for you. It's very high in fiber, which is important for your digestive health.
I guess I'll be going back to rainy Belgium with an extra luggage of dried natural sweets.
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Staff & Pros - THGC
Meet The Tater Hill Team...
Eric Evans - Head Golf Professional and Manager
PGA Professional Eric Evans grew up in Plymouth, Vermont and spent his childhood years skiing and golfing at Okemo. Eric studied PGA Golf Management at Campbell University in North Carolina and was the golf pro for Riverwood Golf and Athletic Club for two years prior to returning to Vermont. Eric has recently taken on the position as Head Golf Professional and Manager at Tater Hill Golf Club in Windham, VT. He also works in Okemo's Competition Center during the winter months.
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He knows every bump, dip and undulation on the course and knows how to keep our equipment running!
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Turkey's PM vows to "settle accounts"
For the fourth day thousands of Turkish citizens are protesting a government decision to destroy Taksim Square—an Istanbul greenspace—to make space for a shopping mall. Protesters are chanting, banging pots and pans, and occasionally throwing stones. Police are firing tear gas in return. One protester has died, and police have injured about 1,000 and detained 800 around the country.
When Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the plans for his new shopping center, the public flooded the government with peaceful complaints. Erdogan refused to listen, declaring he is "not going to seek the permission of [the opposition]." Erdogan has made many similar decisions recently and ignored public disapproval of each.
The violent attacks on protesters are part of a growing restriction of free speech in Turkey. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, Turkey recently surpassed China and Iran in the total number of journalists in jail, making it the world's leader in this dubious competition. According to Turkish journalist Hamdiye Çiftçi, imprisoned for publishing photos of police torturing a little boy, "If you work as a journalist in my region, you lie in a bed of nails. Your loved ones bid you farewell each day as if you will not return."
Erdogan also criticized "a menace which is called Twitter" and called social media the worst source of lies in society. He argues that the majority of Turks support his decisions and the protests are the work of extremist government opposition groups. He calls participating protesters naive and accuses them of blindly following social media. His intelligence service is searching for the responsible parties and Erdogan promises to "settle accounts with them."
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Another blast of Bush bashing
Published: Monday, May 24, 2004 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Monday, May 24, 2004 at 12:00 a.m.
To The Editor: The New York Times' pean of loathing smeared large on the front page of the Times-News' "Perspective" section (Sunday, May 16) reveals how a propagandist can seem to "expose" the work of other propagandists.
Private Jessica Lynch has said she never had the chance to fire one shot in her own defense.
If anyone is guilty of propagandizing her story, consider the super-hypers of press and media who, unwilling to wait for facts, at first invented some of her story.
But, her rescue was a true and inspiring, well-coordinated successful military action President Bush's press and media enemies really didn't want to acknowledge.
Private Lynndie England, conversely, was reported to be hanging around Abu Ghraib Prison because her boyfriend was assigned there. Was she AWOL?
Check her first sergeant's morning reports.
Are liberal feminists of the New York Times covering for the female general officer responsible for events at Abu Ghraib who perhaps failed to clarify conflicting orders or authority structures?
The incidents are a disgusting anomaly.
Even though any "photograph" can be "fabricated" (faked) by computer, investigation was begun last January.
I believe Rich's piece is a purposely confusing and essentially meaningless word salad.
N.O. Klaner
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Food Curated Turns Its Attention to ACME Smoked Fish
Aftabudin Rayman has been smoking fish there for 27 years!
For her latest video, Liza De Guia of Food Curated — who for the record named her show long before "curated" became a dirty word — spends seven minutes in smoked-salmon heaven at ACME Smoked Fish in Greenpoint. The video narrows its focus on Aftabudin Rayman, a 65-year-old Guyanese native who's been with ACME since 1984 and smokes many thousands of pounds of fish each week in immense, walk-in boxes. Rayman, who was also profiled by the Times in 2000, is only the fourth smoker in the company's hundred-odd year history. He tells Food Curated that he'd like to continue working for as long as possible, and ACME Smoked Fish's Vice President Adam Caslow compares Rayman's hot-smoking finesse and overall ability to that of a "great athlete."
Hot-Smoking for Gold at ACME Smoked Fish [Food Curated]
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Covenant education
A gift to our children and the whole community
One of the most momentous decisions families face concerns the education of their children. Our family has tried all the options-public school, Christian school, homeschool. One principle to which I adhere strongly is that, under God, decisions about education belong to parents. Christian children are God's and He has delegated to Christian parents the privilege and responsibility to bring up their children for Him, which includes making decisions about where and how to educate them. While I defend the right of all parents to make educational decisions, I have come to a strong conviction, which I do not hesitate to commend to you. I believe the best education for Christian children is covenant education. But what is covenant education? Covenant education is a Christian education. Some Christians think that "education is education" and that the only thing distinctive about a Christian school is a class on the Bible, or a chapel time, or the beginning of classes with prayers. Other Christians think that "God was banished from the schools when prayer was eliminated" and that "if prayer could be restored our schools would be Christian again." I disagree. Education, by its nature, requires a foundation (a philosophical starting point) and a superstructure (a philosophical context). I am convinced that belief, or lack of belief, in the Triune God who is both Creator and Redeemer of creation makes a critical difference to every aspect of the education enterprise. Covenant education is Reformational education and it combines some commitments that have a unique impact on the nature and quality of learning. Among these commitments are:
- Believing in the Bible as trustworthy, authoritative, and relevant to education.
- Seeing the child as created in the image of God, sinful in Adam, claimed in the covenant, and redeemed in Christ.
- Viewing the world as created good by God, fallen and cursed because of sin, but redeemed and reclaimed by Christ.
- Understanding the purpose of education as preparing citizens of Christ's kingdom to live all of life under His lordship. Because of its theology, covenant education is different. It is realistic about sin, but essentially positive toward creation and learning. It plays defense against the world but is primarily on the offensive for Christ's kingdom. It is devotional but rejects pietism in favor of academic rigor and serious intellectual inquiry. Covenant education is community education. God's covenant with us binds us to Him as individuals and families. But it also binds us together as a community of His people. We recognize that within the covenant community God has given some the gifts to be educators. We celebrate and take advantage of these gifts. We come together as parents, children, administrators, and teachers in a common school so that together we can educate our children. What about some of the objections?
- "This kind of education is expensive." No doubt about it, but it's worth every penny. As one who has spent many thousands of dollars on covenant education, I believe the money is better spent on education than almost anything else-home, cars, vacations, clothes-I could spend it on. Besides, I have this "vision"-of the whole covenant community taking education so seriously that no Christian family will be denied a covenant education for lack of money.
- "My child will have a long bus ride." I never heard this one until I moved to Pennsylvania, because I never before lived where the state provided transportation to private schools. In the past we took a "covenantal approach." We shared responsibility for getting our children to and from school by forming carpools.
- "These schools could do more for children needing special education, gifted education, and technical education." True, but almost any legitimate educational need can be met if God's people become willing to provide the financial resources and to do the work.
- From public-school advocates: "These schools shelter children from reality." Hardly. The covenant school looks squarely at the world of sin and rebellion while not condoning it. The covenant school appreciates "common grace"-the insights and abilities of unbelievers who, for instance, can make important scientific discoveries or produce great literature. But the covenant school prepares the student to think and live in the "real world"-a world created by and accountable to God, a world redeemed by and destined to reach its consummation in Christ.
- From homeschool advocates: "These schools will corrupt my child." Yes, your sinful child will go to school with other sinful children. But, the covenant school brings together redeemed but imperfect children. This is great preparation for life with other Christians in the family, the church, and the kingdom because in this world all Christian institutions consist of Christians who are "works of grace in progress."