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Kivio First Public Beta Available
theKompany.com is pleased to announce the first public beta of Kivio, our diagramming and flowcharting tool for Linux/KDE.
Kivio is the first and most complete diagramming tool for KDE. Kivio has been integrated into KOffice through the use of KParts. This technology preview release is the first public beta of Kivio. There is a core set of functionality and features to start getting feedback from the Linux/KDE community.
A second beta will be released within a day of the final KDE 2 release to ensure compatibility and release some new features. You can find out more and download Kivio here. [Ed: Nice screenshots too. Only RPM available at this time.]
Re: Kivio first public beta available
Looks very nice, Shawn! Congratulations on this first release! I look forward to installing and using it on my distribution soon (Debian Slink).
By Navindra Umanee at Wed, 2000/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
This is just awesome. theKompany really, really is on point. I have been patiently waiting for a quality diagramming application for Linux for quite some time. GNOME's Dia program is coming along, but lacks MANY vital elements. And Kivio has Python scripting!!! The first thing I will do is use it to model my Zope objects ;).
One thing I miss dearly from Windoze is something called a "Mind-mapping" application, which is a very flexible way of sketching out ideas using a diagram, with links, arrows, and symbols/shapes. I'm a very visual thinker and mind-mapping really aides in the thought process. One excellent example was the
I wonder what theKompany will come up with next! I just ordered a copy of PowerPlant today. I was thinking, too, that wouldn't it be a good idea to create a KDE distribution (the standard desktop with some enhancements, applications like Kivio, Magellan, and KOffice) and provide an update service to it through Magnum (theKompany installer/updater)? This way, non-developers could get a quality package of desktop applications, and this would put KDE on par with HelixCode's strategy, which is VERY appealing to new users that want an easy way to setup a desktop environment and applications.
Just food for thought. Anyways, three cheers to theKompany AND the KDE team for such excellent, excellent work!
By Eron Lloyd at Wed, 2000/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
I think that Eron Lloyd and I are not the only ones that have thought of a KDE-distribution. Bare-bones Linux plus KDE and KDE-applications in a special KDE-distribution will happen sooner or later, I am sure, the sooner the better.
theKompany may very well be the ones that does it.
By reihal at Wed, 2000/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
Wait-- why would it need a bare-bones Linux distro?
I like Helix's idea: If you use RPM, the install downloads and installs rpms transparently; if dpkg is used, then it downloads and installs debs transparently.
In my opinion, a Linux distro isn't needed... it wouldn't be a great on anyways.
Keep up the Superb Work!
By Jason Katz-Brown at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
Actually, KOffice is a part of the default KDE desktop, it isn't a theKompany thing, except for their help on Kword. I personally am waiting for some news on Krayon, right now the link just leads to the koffice.kde.org/killustrator page, which hasn't been updated in ages. I'm tired of GIMP layering crashing!
By David Simon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
In the case of KWord and Krayon, those really aren't mine to take over, which is why we simply point to the web sites. Our developer support on those projects has been slim at this point, but there are others working on them more now, so that helps everyone.
I agree with you about the web pages, we had some discussion of updating them, and I offered my web designer, which was agreed to, I just needed some stuff first, but everyone got too busy with KDE 2. We definitely need to get the web site updated soon, I'm glad your note reminded me of that.
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio first public beta available
By Jost Schenck at Tue, 2000/10/24 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Thank you both for the kind words :). This release of Kivio does *not* have the Python scripting active yet, we are working on it right now. We are also hoping to put a DEB of Kivio up by the end of the week. Things got a bit hectic at the last minute, but we really wanted to get this out to people. Thanks for all the support :)
By Shawn Gordon at Wed, 2000/10/18 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Any chance of source for at least the final release? ;-) I don't doubt that the debs will be for Debian Potato and those probably won't work on my machine.
By Navindra Umanee at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
I am very eager to use an application like Kivio. Professionally, I build dynamic websites using an opensource application server written in java and configured with xml. It would be wonderful if I could define entities and relations (and a couple of attributes specific to the application server I use) and convert that information to xml definitions of data structures that can be read by the application server.
By Case Roole at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
We have some very interesting ideas ahead for Kivio such as integration with databases via KDE-DB to generate ERD's and other fun things, it's all just a matter of time and resources to get them out. Keep watching, there should be more features quickly :).
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
stuart@pulse:~> kiviopart
kiviopart: error in loading shared libraries: /opt/kde/lib/libkiviopart.so: undefined symbol: hasGroup__C7KConfigRC8QCString
Oh well...I am only using 1.94, so I guess I'll have to update to RC2 afterall...or wait a little longer for KDE 2.0 and the second beta....
But anyway....from the screen shots this looks like something I'll be using a lot..
Keep up the good work!
By Stuart Herring at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
I'm having similar issues, I haven't been able to run Kivio. I'm using RH6.2 + KDE RC2.
Really sad thing, though it looks very nice on the screenshots.
By Carlos Miguel at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
This is the error message:
kiviopart: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libkiviopart.so: undefine
By Carlos Miguel at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
We did make an update to the rpm early today which solved the problem for most people, but you have to be on the latest Qt, and the KDE2 RC2 to be totally compatible, which it sounds like you are. Try pulling down the RPM again just to make sure that the one you got was correct. When KDE2 final comes out, we will all be on the same libraries and it should be ok at that point.
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
A similar error message...
I have tried both packages (yesterdays and today), and I still get the same error:
kiviopart: error in loading shared libraries: kivio.so: cannot opened shared object file: No such file or directory.
Could this be a PATH error? I checked the installation with KPackage - everything seems to be there.
Darn. Guess I'll have to wait until next week ;)
By Eron Lloyd at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: A similar error message...
It looks like your KDE2 libraries are binary incompatible with the versions used to build Kivio.
Could you please send me the output of the following commands:
ldd /usr/bin/kiviopart
please send them to firstname.lastname@example.com so we don't clutter up this discussion forum. This is true for anyone having this problem.
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: A similar error message...
Where do you have KDE installed?
Uninstall it and try again using
rpm -ivh --prefix=/usr
(replace with the actual rpm file name)
By Carlos Miguel at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
The version I see on your ftp server looks like it is still an old version. (2630990 Oct 18 19:21 kivio-0.9.0-1tkc.i386.rpm)
I'm running RH7.0 with the RC2 kde (qt-2.2.1-3)
The error I get is...
ganesh% kiviopart 2>&1 | c++filt
By Brian Wallis at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
If you can please direct support questions to firstname.lastname@example.com we can better address the different issues. We are putting up a few different RPM's and DEB this week (DEB should be up now). Once KDE 2 final is released, it should solve many of the issues. We are trying to accomodate as many people as possible in the meantime. Thanks
By Shawn Gordon at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
I Got the same error.Try the tarball worked for me
By AC at Mon, 2000/10/23 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Is this/will this be an open-source project? I'm not complaining if it isn't, but licensing terms aren't available on the website, at least not to the page linked to.
By ac at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
I was wondering about this also. I didn't see any source packages for Kivio. Do they plan on selling select apps with their cd set?
I get the uneasy feeling that their in house projects are going to be binary only packages.
Hope I'm wrong.
By Simon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Well we ended up in a last minute rush to get Kivio out to meet our internal deadline. It will be open source, however we haven't decided on the license yet that works best for us over the long term and we're having our lawyers review them. Because of that, we only released the binary for now until we get it figured out.
I do hope you've noticed all the other projects that we are doing that are totally free open and available such as VeePee, PyQt/PyKDE, KDE-DB, Kugar and Korelib. This should be more than enough compared to our commercial undertakings to show our support of OSS and open licensing. Our Python stuff particularly is totally free and isn't even hampered by the GPL.
Remember, we do have a business to run so there has to be some things we make money on like PowerPlant so we can keep working on the things I just mentioned.
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Thanks for the reply and the reassurance. I'm all for you guys making money off your projects; further proof that OSS works.
I'll have to take a look at some of the other projects on the site.
On a side note have you guys considered packaging up KDE with your installer similar to what the Helix Code people have done? It would be great for people who don't want/know how to compile source or download dozens of packages and install.
Thanks and Congrats.
By Simon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Don't take me wrong, but even Qt went GPL...
How about a dual license?
By Carlos Miguel at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
to reply to Simon and Carlos. Unlike many other companies, we try to not pre-announce things way in advance. We started on our update technology a year ago with a mind towards things like what Helix eventually did and RedHat is doing. Great minds think alike? :), maybe, but we are very focused on KDE and we have some very exciting things planned with other prominent members of the KDE community. Hang on and see what happens shortly after the release of KDE 2, I think you will all be pleasently surprised.
As to the license issue that Carlos mentions. It's really a matter of just having the legal people make a solid determination for it, a dual license might be the way to go, but I'm a developer and not an attorney, so I'm just waiting on an educated opinion. Don't worry, it should all be cleared up by the next release, in the mean time try to enjoy the software if you can :).
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Only for programmers?
Waow, I am really impressed. Looks like a nice productivity tool which will make lots of people's work easier.
By Divine at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Only for programmers?
The beauty of the Python based scripting available with VeePee is that it's a layer above Python and is meant for the power user. Just as it's not required to use VBA with Microsoft products, it isn't necessary to use VeePee in our products, but it's there for you if you want to use it. I just want to emphasize that it is designed for normal people, at least as much as a scripting environment can be.
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Hummm.... can't seem to find the source and the rpm is x86 only....
By AC at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
You hadn't time to read the above, did you ?
By Lenny at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Don't be pressured to open-source it.
Hi Shawn,
Great work. I hope you will have great luck with your product. I know that I will buy it when it is finished.
I'm a big fan of the GPL. I am also a fan of closed-source development using LGPL libraries. I think commercial firms should be encouraged to port their stuff to linux using the LGPL libraries. As far as I know, all KDE libraries are LGPL (except QT, which you will have to pay for, I guess).
As your product is not a library, there is no reason why you should feel pressured to open source it. I hope you guys make lots of money with your project.
By Magnus Pym at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Don't be pressured to open-source it.
me man. Where are you coming from?
By Anonymous at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Don't be pressured to open-source it.
Hehe, a slow day at Microsoft, or what? ;)
By Haakon Nilsen at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
ok, very nice program... but I dont see the sources. Is this open source ?
I dont use RH so I need to recompile it...
By Romero at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: KDE Requirements for Kivio?
I like what I see and would like to try this program. Question is: I don't use the KDE desktop environment; does anyone know if this program requires the KDE environment to run, or just QT and KDE core libraries? I don't mind installing some KDE libraries, but I'm not sure I want to change my desktop environment right now.
By Dave Rosky at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: KDE Requirements for Kivio?
You will need most kde libs:
Did I forget some?
By Al_trent at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: KDE Requirements for Kivio?
Hmm, I dont't think you need to install KOffice to use Kivio. Just kdelibs and QT should be enough.
By rinse at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Answers from the RPM
OK, for fun I downloaded the RPM and here are the unresolved deps:
error: failed dependencies:
It looks like it needs quite a bit more than just QT and the kde core library. In particular, it looks like it *does* need Koffice, at least the core libraries anyway.
If this app matures, I think it will definitely fill a void in UNIX apps and could become really popular. It seems like kind of a shame to make a nice app like this so heavily tied to a particular desktop environment - sort of goes against the general Linux philosophy (that of choice). Suggestion for the developers: when the source is released, include a compile option to shed the KDE/Koffice integration portions so fewer extra libraries will be required for non-KDE users, who won't benefit from those portions anyway.
By Dave Rosky at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
Dave, our focus as a company is heavily tied to KDE for the most part, and we are very happy with the level of KDE and KOffice integration we've been able to achieve and even more is planned. Not to sound flippant, but the idea of choice for Linux goes many directions. We choose to support KDE, you choose not to use KDE, you can also choose to not use Kivio because it uses KDE. If someone requires us to make our products and projects a particular way, then it removes our choice from the equation. Is one persons choice more important than anothers?
By Shawn Gordon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
Shawn (and David),
I think I might have been misunderstood. Although I didn't actually intend to start a long thread, I would like to clarify myself. Also, lest people think this is a Gnome vs. KDE thing, it is not - I actually use XFce most of the time because I have some older, smaller systems and I like simplicity.
Firstly, I think application integration is great. When you started this project and you wanted to have integration with other productivity applications, you obviously had to make a choice, and I think Koffice and KDE was a very good choice as it is more mature and functional than other open source office suites.
My point is simply that your application looks to be very useful and may fill a void that will make it attractive to many users of UNIX and Linux, even as a standalone application. KDE/Koffice integration is fine, but if you make it possible for your program to run on non-KDE systems without the installation of a lot of additional software, you will probably have more users in the end and advance the use of UNIX in general as a productivity tool.
One should definitely *not* feel compelled to avoid Kivio simply because it uses KDE -- that would be rather silly and sophomoric. If Kivio is an awesome application in its own right (as it appears it may become), I will want to use it regardless of whether it integrates tightly or loosely with my particular office applications.
It seems it should be possible, even at runtime, to determine if certain libraries are not available and just disable the integration functions that require those libraries. As an example, these days many Windows applications have high levels of integration with MS Office, but it is certainly possible to install and run these (binary) applications without having Office on your system, you just loose the integration functionality. I'm not familiar with the intricacies of KDE programming, but my question is basically why is this kind of behavior not possible to implement with an application like Kivio?
Maybe I'm making a mountain out of a mole hill - I'm sure that if I like Kivio enough, I'll probably go ahead and install all of the extra stuff; however, I would certainly prefer not to. True, disk space is cheap, but nobody wants to use it inefficiently, and a full installation of the items required by the RPM is not small.
By Dave Rosky at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Don't be cheap.
Disk space for all of KDE2 (including KOffice) amounts to about 75 U$S cents.
Making Shawn's life harder for even 3 minutes costs more than that. So, be a pal, pay the 3 quarters, install the stuff, and we can all be happy ;-)
By Anon. Advocate. at Tue, 2000/10/24 - 5:00am
Tables Turned?
Here's a excerpt from the KImageShop web page:
"KDE Image Manipulation. There have been renewed talks of future cooperation between KDE and Gimp developers, both on the gimp-developers list as well as on the #gimp channel. Most seem to agree that the Gimp should evolve towards a toolkit-agnostic architecture, but there has as yet not been unanimous agreement on a collaboration. "
So here we have a case of KDE app developers wishing that an existing mature, useful application was more more toolkit agnostic because it would have made their efforts much easier.
Gimp, while perhaps not perfect, is a relatively mature open source image manipulation program. KImageShop is a brand new, from-the-ground-up effort. One of the great benefits of open source development should be the efficiency you get from reuse of existing code. It would be great if KImageShop could borrow code from Gimp and ImageMagick - this is the way open source should work. But the problem is that the underlying Gimp architecture is apparently too heavily tied to the GTK toolkit, making resue in a KDE application difficult.
Would making Gimp more toolkit-agnostic be an undue burden on the developers and limit their choice too much? Maybe at this point it would, but it probably would have been much easier to do had it been thought of at the beginning of the project.
By Dave Rosky at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
You do not need to use kde to use kivio, you just need to install it! Hard drive space is cheap, and you dont need all of kde, just the main libs, and accessory libs, like koffice. P.S. I think it would be hard for theKompany to add an option not to add KDE integration, because KDE comes with, among other things, a couple of extra widgets, which would be hard to work without. Also, I expect GNOME's office suite as well as OpenOffice to come up with a program simillar to this very soon. Competetion is good for the industry, if a great Open Source enviroment like the Linux/BSD community can be called that.
By David Simon at Thu, 2000/10/19 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
Let me make a counter example: Gimp is a very popular GTK application. If you want to use Gimp, you must have GTK on your system. No big deal. But suppose you also had to download and install (and maintain) a dozen or more of the Gnome RPMs and keep them all current? As a non-Gnome user, you might do it if you like Gimp enough, but you probably wouldn't be to happy about it. If and when Gimp becomes bonoboized, I hope they do it in a way that will avoid non-Gnome users from having to install and maintain so many additional packages that they don't otherwise need.
Here's another rub: If someone is responsible for deploying applications in a working environment with several machines, as I am, they now have to track and maintain not one or two, but a dozen or more extra packages that aren't used for anything else. Yes, I have scripts that to updates on multiple machines, but it's extra tracking work that I could do without.
It seems that it should be technically possible to have it both ways -- to detect whether KDE is present or whether the program is stand-alone, and provide more or less integration functionality depending on the result. If this can be done, the application will have a lot more general appeal.
By Dave Rosky at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
Your main argument seems to be that GNOME (and similar packages) are difficult to maintain to their latest version. Not so.
urpmi, when given the name of an rpm, automatically goes on the net, grabs the latest version of the package AND grabs all the packages that it requires. And, if you don't upgrade GIMP except occasionally (and you often don't want to update unless there is a feature or bug-fix added you might want to use, or if it is a security issue), there is no need to do that very often!
All you have to do to make it update is put in a cron job on each machine, going 'urpmi gimp', or something similar, every 6 months or so, or just do it manually! Also, GIMP does not require a dozen or more GNOME packages, all it needs are the base libraries (for instance, you dont need any of the utilities or games or editors or ...)
Plus, every time GIMP is updated, that doesn't neccesarily mean that you need to get a new GNOME as well!
By David Simon at Sat, 2000/10/21 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
"urpmi, when given the name of an rpm,
Thanks for that info. I didn't know about it, and I'll look into it.
"Also, GIMP does not require a dozen or more
Actually that's exactly my point. In fact, last time I installed GIMP, it didn't need *any* GNOME libraries, it just needed the GTK libraries. Now, the last version of GIMP I installed was not componentized, so that may change. I expect that I need to install QT to use a QT application.
Like I mentioned in one of the other posts, the extra package installation and maintenence is not really that big of a problem for me. In my case, I'm probably making a mountain out of a mole hill on that one.
The issue is really more one of software design and who the target audience is. I beleive that theKompany has potentially created a program that could be of appeal to an audience much larger than just KDE and Koffice users. It may also appeal to non-technical users. If you want users of other desktop environments (non-technical users, in particular) to be able to easily use your program, you don't want them to have to be maintaining lots of extra libraries and packages. This is one of the things that creates entry barriers to average users adopting Linux. Windows developers tend to take into account ease of installation and use for average users, Linux developers often do not. If we keep assuming all of our users are highly technical, then Linux will not grow beyond the technical community.
There are many examples, particulary from the Windows world, of applications that integrate tightly with other packages (generally MS Office), but are able to run stand-alone without the user having to install several pieces of Office. It might take a little extra coding effort, but it should be possible to do this with Linux applications as well.
By Dave Rosky at Sat, 2000/10/21 - 5:00am
Re: Answers from the RPM
error: failed dependencies:
all this is just Qt, the KDE libraries and the KOffice libraries. You need to install Qt and kdelibs to run any KDE program anyway. For this program, you additionally need the KOffice libs, but don't worry, those are not that big.
By gis at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Mac app like this allows "export to web site"
Sort of brainstorming and diagramming app. In one mode (called "web site brainstorm" or something) you could attach files and images to a node (making them "compound nodes") and then link that node to another (or link one element of a node to another node). Then when exported to HTML a page would be made of each node with appropriate links from/to other nodes/pages, images, etc.
Supposedly this WWW mode was a toss in expected to be not useful for much beyond "roughing up websites" but it became a great way to actually design a web site.
By AC at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am
Re: Kivio First Public Beta Available
Congratulations! The screenshots show a great interface ... it seems as if you have moved to feature parity with Dia already. Wow.
I have a question: once the diagram is up on the page, is it static? I mean, suppose you want to display the status of your servers using a Kivio diagram (with appropiate VeePee code behind it) and one of them started going up and down could the Kivio diagram show that dynamic behavior (a color change)?. Doesn't have to be real time ...
And another thing. Doesn't this help out the folks working on project planning tools?
By Allen at Fri, 2000/10/20 - 5:00am


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Talk about hot air.
Radio talk show host Dr. Laura Schlessinger has apologized for throwing out the N-word multiple times in an on-air rant with a black caller who had complained about her white husband's friends and family making racist comments about her at home, The Associated Press reported.
"I articulated the N-word all the way out — more than one time," Schlessinger wrote on her blog Wednesday. "And that was wrong. I'll say it again — that was wrong."
According to audio and transcripts of Tuesday's show posted by Media Matters for America, Schlessinger accused her caller, Jade, of being "hypersensitive" for resenting her husband for not sticking up for her when his friends and family teased her for being black.
When the caller asked about the N-word, Schlessinger responded: "Black guys use it all the time. Turn on HBO, listen to a black comic, and all you hear is n----, n----, n----."
The advice host repeated the epithet several times in the conversation when the woman objected to her point and use of the slur. Schlessinger accused her of having a "chip on your shoulder", and later told her not to "Double NAACP me."
When the subject veered to President Obama, Schlessinger said: "We've got a black man as president, and we have more complaining about racism than ever. I mean, I think that's hilarious."
Audio from the show was later removed from DrLaura.com, according to Media Matters.
Schlessinger wrote on her blog Wednesday that she had been trying to make a "philosophical point" but realized she'd made a "horrible mistake."
"I talk every day about doing the right thing. And yesterday, I did the wrong thing," she wrote. "I didn't intend to hurt people, but I did."
Schlessinger explained that she "pulled "herself off the air after the first hour because she was "so upset I could not finish the show."
The conversation got "embroiled over the N-word," she wrote, but added that she hoped Jade would call her back again for help: "which is what she wanted from me in the first place and what she did not get."
Selected Reading: AP, Media Matters, Dr. Laura

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Some time ago I wrote about my Van Leeuwen ancestors. Since I have a number of photos of the children, I thought I would make them available.
I listed the children in that earlier post but will list them for quick reference.
Gerhardus Hermanus Van Leeuwen (1881-1883)
Elsebina Johanna Van Leeuwen (1883-1883)
Johanna "Annie" Hermiena Van Leeuwen (1884-1958) married Ebele Edsinga (1884-1962)
Elsebina "Elsie" Maria Catharina Van Leeuwen (1886-1927) married Elmer Leroy Staker (1884-1966).
Gerhardus Hermanus "George Henry" Van Leeuwen (1887-1937) married Marie Timmers (1890-1975)
Hermiena "Minnie" Van Leewen (1890-1971) married George Berglund (1894-1962)
Jantjen "Jane" Van Leeuwen (1891-1942) married Frederick William Bremer (1894-1963)
Marie "Mary" Van Leewen (1893-1977) married Andrew "Andy" Hewitt (1892-1981)
Hermanus "Herman" Van Leeuwen (1896-1973) married Cora Edna Biddulph (1899-1985)
Berendena "Dena" Van Leeuwen (1898-1959) married David Delos Donaldson (1894-1953)
Christiena Van Leeuwen (1901-1901)
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NEW YORK -- Bob Giardina is looking to the future for good news. The past year and a half haven't offered much of that for Town Sports International (TSI), New York. The company hasn't posted a revenue increase since first quarter 2009, and that increase was just 0.3 percent.
Giardina and company have been trying to turn around falling revenue and membership numbers since Giardina's return as CEO in March. TSI reinstated a $20 processing fee for new members on June 1. It increased dues by 1.5 percent for most members on Sept. 1. It raised initiation fees throughout the year from an average of $11 in the first quarter to an average of $52 in the third quarter. It expanded its student memberships beyond the summer, allowing students to work out at its clubs during non-peak hours throughout the year for $20 a month. It offered a 30-days-for-$30 trial membership. And it implemented a low-price (with a high initiation fee) à la carte membership at four clubs.
Giardina says the efforts are about to pay off.
"Overall, I'm very happy about many aspects of the business, including increased traffic and how our elevated member experience is having a positive impact on attrition," Giardina said on a call with analysts in October. "Third quarter revenue was still not quite up to the expectations we had set for ourselves. But as you know, the first component of the business that has to move in the right direction is membership, and we are encouraged by the success we are seeing on this front."
Giardina may have reason for some optimism. TSI's earnings were better than the company had initially indicated for the third quarter, and the fourth quarter outlook is roughly in line with what Wall Street was looking for, says Sharon Zackfia, an equity analyst who follows TSI for William Blair & Co., Chicago.
Zackfia says a turnaround for the club industry may be slower than for retail and restaurants since the downturn affected the industry later.
"Town Sports is finding a stabilizing environment, but it's not mimicking the other industries that started turning positive earlier," she says. "It might be a last-out-and-last-in sort of thing."
Zackfia speculated that it took people a while to cancel their memberships, so it may take a while to resume them.
TSI's memberships were down over the same period last year, but attrition rates improved to 3.8 percent per month compared to 4.2 percent per month in the third quarter last year. In the fourth quarter, Giardina expects to have the first year-over-year membership growth since first quarter 2009, he said on the call.
"Thanks primarily to continued improvements in attrition, as well as our new student membership plan ... our sequential second to third quarter membership count improved significantly from the trend over the past couple of years," Giardina said.
Membership numbers were affected by the closure of five clubs since third quarter 2009. Plus, exiting members typically have been those paying higher dues, which has caused the average dues per member to continue to decline in 2010. Monthly electronic dues dropped from $64 at the beginning of 2010 to $61 in the third quarter.
Giardina said the company had received only minimal resistance to the September dues increase, and he plans to increase dues again in 2011.
These efforts aren't expected to increase revenue significantly in the fourth quarter. The company anticipates fourth quarter revenue of between $110 million and $111 million compared to $114.3 million in fourth quarter 2009. TSI's third quarter 2010 revenue was $113.1 million, a decrease of 6.1 percent from the same period last year. However, total ancillary revenue was $21.7 million in the third quarter, up from $20.8 million a year ago. Within ancillary revenue, personal training revenue increased 2.3 percent to $13.8 million while other ancillary revenue rose 8 percent to $7.8 million.
"If you are already a member, you might be inclined to spend more," Zackfia says about the growth. "It's the initial sign-up that seems to be harder."
TSI continues to hold back on spending. Capital expenditures totaled $10 million year to date, down $29.8 million from the same period in 2009. Capital expenditures in the fourth quarter are expected to be $13 million to $15 million, Giardina says, putting 2010 capital expenditures at $23 million to $25 million, considerably lower than the $49 million the company had in 2009.
For 2011, Giardina anticipates $32 million to $35 million in capital expenditures, about $7 million to $8 million of that for two clubs that TSI plans to open in the second half of 2011.
The plan to open two new clubs isn't necessarily a sign that Giardina and TSI are hopeful of an improved year in 2011, Zackfia says.
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Four Startups for Students Ideas Worth Doing in 2018
If you're at college or university, it's the best possible time to launch your own business. To forestall your disagreement and questions, I'll provide three valid reasons why you should follow your entrepreneurial ambitions now.
Many students don't dare to launch a startup. They think that it's impossible to find money for their crazy ideas. In fact, some startups don't need many funds. Moving service, residential cleaning service, and accessories making are pretty low-cost business ideas.
While other students might be partying their free time away, you could be turning your passion and expertise into income opportunities as an entrepreneur. So, what kind of business can you start?
Design an app.
Are you earning your BA or MA in computer science or software development? Do you have an idea for the next killer app? Then bringing it to life will be your best choice.
One of the most successful apps of all time, the Pulse News reader was created in May 2010 by two Stanford grad students (Ankit Gupta and Akshay Kothari). Later, they sold the app and dropped out of school. Pulse aggregates different sources of content into one easy to view menu.
Other successful apps developed by students are HBCU Buddy, Rover, Power Planner, CleverMiles, MadPad, Battery Go, Mafuta Go, iHomework, etc.
To venture into app development field, you'll need to follow these steps:
Step 1: Assess the market potential of your idea.
Almost 60% of developers don't break even on costs when developing and executing an app. Even worse, almost 70% report their most successful app never made more than $5,000. Why do they fail? Because of inefficient marketing? Poor quality of the product? Awful design? Maybe. But the main reason is that the app simply doesn't solve a problem. Look around you. Every man-made invention has been designed for some reason. So, figure out what problem your app will solve.
Step 2: Analyze user needs.
So, you've specified the problem that you'd like to address. Think whether the users need your software solution. Is your answer the best one out there? Is it a significant problem that hasn't been answered yet?
Step 3: Write an app.
Make sure you have basic software development skills and knowledge.
- Are you familiar with various programming languages, such as Java, C++, and HTML?
- Do you have strong general computing skills (including database management, memory allocation, security, and hardware interaction)?
- Can you create a user interface that is easy-to-use on the go?
- Do you have an understanding of the software development process and lifecycle, including the design-develop-test-release-maintain cycle, and long-term life cycle support and maintenance?
Step 4: Get feedback.
Show your demo version to family, friends, and anyone else who can give you constructive criticism. Don't seek out the people who will tell you, "Wow, that's cool." Brutal honesty is crucial at this stage.
Step 5: Launch an app.
Protect your intellectual property before announcing your app launch. After that, get it featured on the app store.
Step 6: Promote your app.
Mind that work is not over when you debut the product. It won't sell itself. Make your app accessible to your target audience. And invest some money in marketing.
Start an essay writing service.
I've always liked reading and writing. So, it was no surprise to anyone that I decided to pursue a degree in English language and literature. In my freshman year, I understood that I couldn't lead such a frugal life. I started to work as a librarian at my college. I could perform my homework if there were not many visitors in the library.
Some of my mates had part-time jobs too. And they had troubles with balancing their studies and work. I've got to know that they sometimes paid essay writing services to get their essay writing done. That was the first time I thought about earning money by writing.
I applied for a job. The selection process at the service was really tough. But I passed it and was accepted as a writer. In a year, when I gained experience, I made up my mind to launch my own startup.
With my partners (my mates who were willing to make money producing essays) we created a website and advertised our small company via the social nets. In three months, we recruited a few more writers. During the last three years, our company has grown. And we're still working on its development. I easily combine my studies with editing papers a few times a week in our company.
Here are the main steps you need to do if you want to launch your own essay writing service:
Step 1: Get a job at some service.
Thus, you'll understand how it works. A vision of your own company will become clearer.
Step 2: Find partners.
First, you need support. If other people believe in your idea and work towards bringing it to life, you'll feel more confident.
Second, professional writers and editors will be unlikely to work for you at the start of your venture. Students from your network will not refuse from occasional earnings.
Third, you might need funds for the next step. You can encourage your partners to have a whip-round.
Step 3: Develop a website.
There's no need to search for a reputable developer. Your college probably has a department of computer science or software development. Ask tech-savvy students to design a website for you. It will be cheaper.
The website should be easy-to-use. It's important for the customers.
- Create an intuitive website design to make an impression for the future visitors.
- Make an order placement quick and simple.
- Develop a chat to provide instant customer-writer and customer-support assistance communication.
- Customers need a dashboard to keep track of the orders status, payments, and other details.
- There should be a possibility to write a testimonial.
Important features for your staff:
- Writers and editors need a functional message manager to categorize them Read/Unread, Important/All.
- The writing staff also needs a dashboard to check their orders, earnings, and other work related activities.
As an owner of the website, you will find these admin features to manage an online essay writing platform essential:
- CMS technology;
- the tools for user and money management should be convenient.
Step 4: Hire more staff.
As your business begins to grow, you'll need more writers, editors, technical support assistants, and customer support assistants.
Step 5: Advertise your service.
Let more students know about your essay writing service via social nets.
The success of your startup will depend on the quality of service. Write academic papers that meet the customer's expectations. Offer secure payment and guarantees. Upgrade your blog constantly and manage comments.
Launch a personal training program
Are you athletic and into sports? Think about starting a personal training service.
Two Stanford business students, Ann Scott and Leslie Silverglide, created Wello (now Weight Watchers) 2011 with a simple intention – to make fitness easier. This online fitness platform provided a personal, gym-standard training experience delivered through live video sessions (it's a two-way video like Skype – both people can see each other). In 2014 Wello was acquired by Weight Watchers. A startup still connects people with personal trainers to receive private fitness consultations through online video chat.
Keep reading to know how to start your personal training business:
Step 1: Get a certificate.
Entrepreneurs who want to launch a personal training business do not necessarily need to be professional trainers before they can kick start the program. But special certifications will be to your advantage in the market place.
Step 2: Get a job and gain confidence.
Many educational institutions have a gym on the campus. Try to enroll as a fitness instructor in some field. Use your working experience to the utmost. Learn to create individual training plans. Ask your more experienced colleges for advice. Get their feedback on your strengths and weaknesses.
A job can help you decide whether the personal training program is a right startup idea for you. Ask yourself the following questions:
- Can you balance studying and a job?
- Coul d you manage the responsibilities of an owner of personal training business?
- Could you offer effective training routine to your possible clients?
Step 3: Launch a personal training program.
To start working on your own, you need to do the following:
- Write a business plan.
- Decide what equipment you need and where to train (at home, outdoors, online, or in a gym). Find a way to combine these strategies.
- Learn and arrange all the legal and tax aspects of a small business.
- Get a liability insurance that best meets your needs.
- Use the latest technology and trends to empower your startup.
Business growth rests on the quality of service. So, always try to exceed your client's expectations. Remember, one client will often lead to another.
Start a blog.
Carli Bybel is one of the most well-known YouTubers. The girl was at high school when she decided to make some money on Youtube. In 2011, she uploaded her first video. Within a month, she received around 1000 subscribers. Amazed by the feedback, she continued posting makeup and hairstyle tutorials. Her subscribers grew to one million after two years. Thus, she found her key to success and hasn't looked back since. At the moment, she has 5 and a half million subscribers. Her channel is called 'The Beauty Bybel'.
Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on photographs (photoblogs), videos (video blogs or "vlogs"), music (MP3 blogs), and audio (podcasts). Everyone can become a blogger. Though this occupation won't bring you much cash at once, it's worthwhile to give it a try. Consider the next steps:
Step 1: Choose your topic.
Find something you're really passionate about. In this way, you won't only inspire others, but also gain expertise by interacting with subscribers and doing research for your blog posts.
Step 2: Define your audience.
You should know who you're trying to reach when crafting your content. Otherwise, you might reach, well … nobody.
Step 3: Develop your exclusive style.
There are a lot of blogs out there. What makes yours stand out? If you want to engage the audience, the best bet is to make it eye-catching and talk about things most people have an opinion about.
Step 4: It depends on the type of blog you want to keep.
If you want to create your own website, you'll need to get a domain and hosting, create a theme, set up WordPress on your server and configure settings, etc. It's much easier to start your blog on one of the free platforms, such as Blogger, Tumblr, Weebly, Squarespace or YouTube.
Step 5: Produce compelling content.
Finally, start posting new blog posts/videos and publishing them regularly (at least once a week). To reach more subscribers, you'll require ongoing marketing, promotions and even paid advertising.
It's time for us millennials to prove those negative stereotypes wrong. We're not entitled. We don't ask for special privileges. We're not lazy. We're some of the most ambitious people in this world. We can influence and change the world around. As a millennial, you can show that by launching the world's next great startup.


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I Got my Invitation for Ancestry DNA
So I didn't see it until today. When it's too late.
Still pouting....
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Oh, RATS!! Did you try to contact them anyway?? Maybe they will smile and say yes??ReplyDelete
Oh no! I would try and contact them to see if they will extend the offer.ReplyDelete
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I'm sure they will still let you have one. They have been offering them to selected popular bloggers for awhile now. Send me a message and I will tell you who to write: yourgeneticgenealogist AT gmail DOT comReplyDelete
Carol, Valerie, Nancy and CeCe - thank you all so much for your sympathy and support. CeCe - thank you for the information - I am giving it the old college try and have sent off my plea!ReplyDelete
I did not receive an invitation yet. Hoping.ReplyDelete
I just received an email that my invitation is still pending.ReplyDelete
Man! I hate it when that happens.ReplyDelete
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I just received my kit! But, I am letting my husband take it, he was told he has Native American ancestry . . . so, we will see. Next round I will get mine and I'm very much looking forward to that!ReplyDelete


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Today's blog post is a special message from your AAA Secretary, Deb Martin.
What Do 10,000+ Members of AAA Have In Common?
Beyond having DNA in each of their cells and being smarter than the average scholar, what possibly could 11,000+ active members of AAA have in common? Well, for one thing, 10,000+ active members have not yet voted in the AAA elections.
Why is that?
I know there are some members who feel that their vote doesn't matter. Here is the thing: Last year, for many of the candidates the vote was very, very close. Literally, some people won their seat by a few votes. More often than not, the votes were very close, like 52% to 48%. So there is empirical data to suggest that this is NOT a good reason for not voting since one vote can make a difference.
I know there are some members who feel that the AAA is run by a small inside group who controls all the power. Here is the thing on that: Not true. I am a biological anthropologist and I didn't know hardly anyone on the board when I got elected to the Secretary position. Every year, 1/3 or so of the people cycle off the board, and new people cycle on. There are people in positions from all walks of anthropological life and it would be statistically and scientifically impossible for a small group of people to control who is on the board or in section positions at any given moment.
I know that there are some members who feel that only cultural anthropologists get on the slates. This is not true. The slates are made up from a pool of candidates who put their name in the mix. Many of the slates are specifically designated and both candidates must represent the designation: cultural, linguistic, biological, archaeology, practicing/professional etc. At any given time, there is representation by all kinds of anthropologists, and diversity within the subdisciplines as well.
I know that there are some members who do not vote because they don't personally know any of the candidates. Whoa! This one really makes me chuckle. There are almost 12,000 paying members of the AAA!! Of course we don't personally know many of the candidates running, why should we? That is why there are platform statements and short bios attached with each candidate. You do not need to personally know anyone to make an informed decision about who you would rather see hold the position.
So please, go vote. Once you are in the system, you will see how easy it is to navigate, with photos, short platform statements and bios, everything you need to see who your gut tells you to vote for.


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According to another study, eating vegetables like spinach and broccoli may slow cognitive decline. Activities ranging from cultural or political events to doing handicrafts were also found to promote brain health.
"These studies add to the growing understanding that we may be able to reduce our risk of Alzheimer's by changing our lifestyles — losing weight, changing our diets, and staying mentally and socially active," said Marilyn Albert, Ph.D., chair of the Alzheimer Association's Medical and Scientific Advisory Council. "This study should make physicians and policy makers take notice that they can make significant contributions to healthy aging in several areas by encouraging people to eat healthful foods and exercise more."
Additional research suggested that minorities may be affected at a greater rate by Alzheimer's disease than whites are. Alzheimer's disease symptoms begin, on average, almost seven years earlier in U.S. Latinos than they do in non-Latino U.S. whites, according to one report.
A study in South Carolina adds to the meager data on racial differences in the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease. Another study suggests that African Americans bear a disproportionate burden of Alzheimer's disease.
"We are the only state that keeps a comprehensive database of people with a diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease," said James N. Laditka, D.A., Ph.D., of the University of South Carolina at Columbia. Laditka and colleagues found that African Americans aged 55 to 64 years were more than three times as likely to have Alzheimer's as their European American counterparts. Laditka and colleagues also found that the highest rates clustered in counties where local populations were more likely to be overweight.
"In South Carolina, we may be anticipating what will happen in the rest of the U.S. as the country grows in girth," Laditka said. He noted that South Carolina has greater rates of obesity, diabetes, and related health problems than the rest of the country, especially among African Americans.


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TORONTO, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A Baltimore man who voluntarily fought with Libyan anti-government rebels a year ago, was jailed in solitary confinement, then freed, says he's preparing to go back.
Matthew VanDyke, 32, gained international attention when he was captured by the military of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. VanDyke left Baltimore Feb. 26, 2011, was captured March 13 near Brega and jailed in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison for 166 days. When he was freed in August, he said he returned to fighting before heading back to the United States in November.
With the anniversary of his departure approaching, VanDyke told United Press International in a telephone interview and e-mail exchanges that he's working on a book and a documentary about his mission as a rebel fighter, which he has decided isn't complete.
"I will be returning to Libya sometime in 2012," he said via e-mail. "I will be visiting wounded Libya veterans at the hospital in Boston on Feb. 17, the anniversary of the revolution."
VanDyke said he befriended several Libyans in earlier personal travels in the Middle East and feels an affinity for them. Asked if he would be willing to fight in any other Arabic countries still undergoing political upheaval, he said he wouldn't rule it out.
"There are some Libyans who are going to Syria and I would join them," he said. "I'm watching and waiting for the right conditions and the right time."
VanDyke has a master's degree from Georgetown University in political science with a specialty in Middle East security studies.
He spoke haltingly with UPI on the telephone, carefully choosing his words as he alleges media and other organizations misquoted and misrepresented him in the past.
Indeed, reviewing reports on him from U.S. and foreign media, there are inconsistencies, which VanDyke said he would eventually clarify.
One that galls him in particular was a report he entered Libya as a journalist under false pretenses.
"I didn't go into Libya saying I was a journalist and my family knew I wasn't going to do journalism," he said. "They knew I was going to support the revolution; they didn't know that I was necessarily going to be on the front line."
After he was captured, neither his family nor friends knew where he was. In addition to efforts by the U.S. State Department, Human Rights Watch also joined the search.
"We all worked hard to try and locate him and get him home safe for all those months, and it is a bit tragic to now see him try and join the fight as a rebel," Peter Bouckaert, emergencies director for Human Rights Watch, told the Baltimore Sun in an e-mail message.
Additionally, the Committee to Protect Journalists took up the cause of locating and freeing him. After VanDyke was liberated from prison in August when rebels overran Tripoli, CPJ member Joel Simon wrote a scathing blog rebuke of VanDyke's activities.
"Pretending to be a journalist in a war zone is not a casual deception," Simon wrote. "It's a reckless and irresponsible act that greatly increases the risk for reporters covering conflict."
For his part, VanDyke said he has documentation to repudiate Simon's allegations.
"There are several things in that blog post that are just factually inaccurate that can be proven inaccurate through documents, video and audio evidence," he said. "The truth is going to come out sometime in the future and, when it does, anybody who has been repeating their accusations isn't going to look good."
When asked by UPI who had initially asked the committee to help find him, he said it was a former college classmate whose name he couldn't remember.
"They (CPJ) should never have advocated for me," VanDyke said.
In July 2015, Simon posted a blog stating that VanDyke did not claim to be a journalist in Libya.
Prior to Libya, VanDyke worked as an embedded journalist in Iraq for The Baltimore Examiner, which stopped publication in February 2009, and in Afghanistan for the Iraqi Kurdish Globe newspaper. Asked if he carried weapons during those assignments, VanDyke answered flatly, "No."
He also denied being a "soldier of fortune" or mercenary.
"I haven't accepted any payment," he said. "I don't think anybody housed and clothed and fed me except for my friends.
"I wasn't 'clothed' -- my clothing was stuff that my friend had acquired and, later, stuff that was captured from warehouses that had been abandoned by Gadhafi's people."
VanDyke has spoken openly about having obsessive compulsive disorder, which he says includes frequent hand-washing and being leery of sugar. Asked if the condition had affected his decision to take up arms in a foreign country, he said it hadn't.
"It [OCD] doesn't really have anything to do with what I do in life or my goals or how I achieve them," he said.
However, he said he has had military aspirations related to his study of intelligence issues.
VanDyke said beginning in 2007 he applied to both the CIA and FBI at different times. In both cases, he couldn't pass lie detector tests, which he attributes to his disorder.
"Everything rides on passing this polygraph test, which really only measures the amount of your anxiety and your nerves, not whether you're telling the truth," he said. "I was telling the truth -- I was just so nervous, the machine wouldn't be able to tell that."
Also in 2007, VanDyke said he was "talking to a (U.S.) Marine recruiter and I came quite close to signing a contract" and that he had also considered the U.S. Army's Green Berets.
"They had a program ... that fast-tracked people for Special Forces, which I thought my experience in the region thus far and knowing some Arabic would seem like a good fit for me," he said.
He said he decided against both uniformed positions to pursue filmmaking and writing.
As for the stir VanDyke caused among journalists, Robert Mahoney, deputy director of the Committee to Protect Journalists told UPI in a phone interview new wireless and miniature electronic technology is blurring the lines of traditional journalism.
"Those people who go to what I would say 'do journalism' -- if they go to a place and report images of conflict and interview people and then publish it, then they're 'committing journalism,'" he said. "So what you have is far more freelancers going into areas where they could be putting themselves or others in danger in order to do reporting."


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High School senior Rachel Joy Scott knew she was going to die young.
And she did, shot to death on April 20, 1999 as she sat outside on the lawn at school eating lunch with a friend – the first victim of the tragic Columbine High School massacre.
That Rachel had such a premonition came as no surprise to those who knew her, she'd often talked about how she just knew it, how she accepted it as fact.
Indian Land High School Principal Kathy Faris unexpectedly announced Thursday she is giving up her position at the end of the month, a position she has held five years.
Faris' announcement came in a resignation letter sent to faculty and staff Thursday, a little more than a month before students return to school Aug. 15.
Five local teens put their heads together this spring to express why they think libraries are essential and won $2,000 for the Del Webb Library at Indian Land in a national video contest.
The group – Samantha Hoelzer, Kendall Lierz, Lewis Lindsey, Lindsey Scott, and Ryan Scott – produced a short silent film featuring Sherlock Holmes to win first runner-up in the American Library Association's "Why I Need My Library" teen video contest.
Adam Hegler isn't exactly what you'd call a career student, even though he's been at it steady since he graduated from Andrew Jackson High School in 2002.
No, in fact, Hegler is finally done with his higher learning – almost – and all those years of hard work and good study habits are paying off.
Not only did the 26-year-old Kershaw native graduate magna cum laude May 6 from the University of South Carolina School of Law, he did so with an estimated 3.91 grade-point average, the highest in his class.
LHS student joins national honor society
Lancaster High School student Austin Franceschelli of Lancaster has been selected for membership in the National Society of High School Scholars (NSHSS).
The society recognizes top scholars and invites only those students who achieved academic excellence. The announcement was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, a senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes.
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Jarrod Bell is an excellent example of what it means to be a great student.
Not only is the Erwin Elementary fourth-grader good at his studies, but teacher Eron Watts said he always comes to school ready to work, with a positive attitude that motivates his classmates.
"He gives them a helping hand when they are struggling with an assignment or he just says encouraging words to make them feel good," Watts said of Jarrod. "They don't even have to ask for his help; he just jumps in to assist them."
Sarah Panzau was supposed to be dead.
Instead, there she stood April 15 in the gym at Buford High School, the day before spring break, very much alive and telling students how her life changed in the drunken blink of a eye.
Listening to her, it was hard to tell which drove home the message better – Panzau's words or the sight of her scars and what little remained of her left arm.
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The Lancaster High School Band will perform in Washington, D.C., on May 6.
The Lancaster High band students were invited to represent South Carolina in the Salute to Veterans program taking place in various locations around the country during 2011.
The Lancaster band is scheduled to perform at the Iwo Jima Memorial.
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Need info about Edna Mitchell
Edna Mitchell was born about 1804, in Canada or the US. She
married Joseph Bourgor, ( Bougor,Burger,Burgor,Begor,etc.)
No one knows the correct spelling,they were all used at
different times.They had two sons that I know of,Philip,
born Canada,1844,and Charles,born Vt.1850. Anyone with any
more information,please let me know.
Elliott's of the North
My Elliott's came from Ireland and settled in the Northern part of
our country. I have to start with George, born Circa 1820 in Vt., NY.,
NH., Main, or Canada. We don't know for sure, we just know it was one
of the above,tho Vt seems to be the most likely. He married Mary
Blake of Ct. They had one child, Edwin Cyrus Elliott, born June 27, 1845
Essex County, NY. Edwin met & married Amanda Sherman of NY.They soon
moved to Vt. They had 4 children; Mable A., Grace A., Bessie O., and
Horace Daniel. Edwin joined the Calvary, the 11th Reg. of NY., during
the civil War. He died Dec. 24, 1915 in Weybridge, Addison County,Vt.
Any more info about any of these Elliott's will be welcome.
The Stief Family from Germany, became the Steeves Family.
The Stief family starts in Germany circa 1683. That's when Augustin
Stief was born. He eventually married Anna Barbara Worner. They had a
son named Johann Heinrich Stief, b. about 1715 in Ohnastetten Germany.
He died in 1779 in Hillsborough, Albert, New Brunswick. In the early
17oo's, some of the family migrated to the United States ( Pennsylvania,
then moved to New Brunswick when they were offered land up there in a land grant.It was during this time that the name Stief changed into
Steeves. Since they were among the first families to settle in New
Brunswick they became very powerful as well as numerous . The Steeves
Family and another powerful & numerous family, the Taylor's, intermarried several times throughout the years. Even to this day, most
of the population up there is either a Taylor or a Steeves. My late mother in law was a product of a Taylor- Steeves marriage.
So there you have it! My wife's Family Blood Lines on her mother's
side are Taylor's,& Stief into Steeves. Irish,German,& a touch of
Bourgor from Vermont
My grandfather, Theodore Joseph Bourgor, was born July 18,1887 in
Weybridge, Vt. He was baptised at the Church of St. Mary of the Assumption in Middlebury Vt. His father was Philip ( Philigon )
Bourgor, his mother was Mary Duchain, both from Canada.
Theodore migrated down to Mass., where he met my grandmother.
They were married in East Northfield Mass. on July 30,1917. They
lived in Springfield Mass. for awhile, then moved to Ct. where
they raised 5 kids. He was a farmer all his life.
Some info about " My Scanlons"
My Gr.Uncle, Michael Scanlon, son of Thomas & Bridget Scanlon,served
in the Spanish- American War just like my Gr. Uncle William Chute Jr. did! William was in the infantry, Michael was in light artillery,
battery A, Ct. Volunteer Artillery. They formed in Branford Ct. They
mustered into service on May 17,1898 at Niantic with 5 officers and 120 men. They mustered out at New Haven on October 25, 1898 with 5 officers and 157 men.
Soon after Michael returned home he started to work for the
railroad, and he spent the rest of his working days riding the
rails. He was assigned at New Britain, New York, Waterbury Ct.
and Providence, RI., where he retired. He was about 80 yrs old
when he died in 1954.
My Chute Line
William Chute was b.1835 somewhere in Ireland. It's reported that
he was born in County Kerry, ( the Dingle Area ).He married Margaret
Smith, b.1837, somewhere in Ireland. They had two kids,Thomas, & Mary
born in Ireland, then they all moved to the USA.They settled in New
Britain, Ct., where they had 9 more kids. They were Walter, Robert,
Rosanna, William Jr., Margaret, Anne, James, Edward, and Elizabeth.
Thomas and Robert were constantly in trouble and getting arrested
for drunkenness , brawling, and stealing, ( robbing ). The others
were OK., with William Jr. volunteering for service when the Spanish-
American War started. He was stationed in Virginia at a military
hospital taking care of wounded and disease filled soldiers when he
caught Typhoid & died. The citizens of New Britain, Ct., took up a
collection and bought him a tombstone,( they considered him a hero).
The sad thing about this is that William Jr. died Sept. 3, 1898,
and his father, ( my gr grandfather ), died about 1 month later, on
Oct.20,1898, of a heart attack. So far I can't find any more info
about my family, except that William Sr.'s parents were named Thomas
and Mary Chute and were probably born about 1810.
If anyone comes across any information please let me know.
My Redmond Family Branch
Here's what I know about my grandmother on my mother's side of the tree. My grandmother, Anna Redmond,was born April 13,1893, in what she called " the glen "near Waterford City, in Ireland. Her father's name
was David. She had a sister named Alice, her brothers names were James,
David,& Patrick. She arrived in Boston with her uncle Jim and his family
about 1911. They settled in or near Westfield, Mass.She eventually met
and married my grandfather Theodore Bourgor,from Vt. They moved to Ct.
where they raised a family of 3 girls and 2 boys. She eventually lost
all contact with her family. I'm hoping that maybe someone from her
family will see my letters & contact me.
My Branch of Scanlon's
Thomas Scanlon;
b.1835 Tipperary Ireland
d.1896, Dec. 3 New Britain, Ct.
Bridget Holloran
b 1843 County Cork, Ireland
d.1893, July 23 New Britain Ct.
Cornelius Scanlon
b.1867 England
d. New Britain Ct.
James Scanlon
b.1870 England
Richard Scanlon
b.1872 England
Michael Scanlon
b.1874 New Britain Ct.
d.1954 Providence, RI.
Cathrine Scanlon
b.1876 Nov.5 New Britain Ct.
Mary E. Scanlon
b.1879,Feb. 24 New Britain Ct.
d.1965 New Britain Ct.
Anna Scanlon
B.1882,July 7 New Britain Ct.
D.1977,Oct.14 New Britain Ct.
Margaret Scanlon
B.1886,May 13 New Britain Ct.
Michael Scanlon married Hannorah ( Nora ) Finnerty in New Britain, Ct. in 1901. She was born 1878 in County Kerry, Ireland. Her
Father was Corneilius Finnerty. Michael & Hannorah had 10 children:
b.1902 Providence,RI.
d.1942 RI.
b.1905 RI.
d.1975 RI.
b1903 RI.
d.1944 RI.
b1920 RI.
b.1911 RI.
d.1977 RI.
d.1971 RI.
b.1915 RI.
d.2003,Nov.3 RI.
b.1917 RI.
d.1969 RI.
b.1907 RI.
d.1922 RI.
b.1909 RI
d.1969 RI
This is all the info I have so far.
The Ayers Family
My late father-in law was Austin Ayers, born Dec 2, 1903 in Naugatuck
Ct., he died May 28, 1957 in Cheshire, Ct. His father was John Ayers,
born 1873 in England, his parents were Irish. They moved to Canada when
John was young. After he was an adult he moved to New York where he met
and married Grace Penney. They moved to Ct. & raised their family.Besides
Austin, they had Leo, Norman, Robert, & Grace. There might have been more
children. Austin eventually met & married Ina Taylor. They settled in
Cheshire, Ct., & raised 4 children, Grace, William, Alice, and Nancy.
This is all the information we have, but would like more. So if anyone
is possibly related, or has some information, please let us know.
Looking for Taylor's of New Brunswick
My wife's grandparents were from New Brunswick. John Taylor was
born 7 Feb.1876,-died 7 Sept.circa 1916 in NB. Bessie Alice ( Steeves)
Taylor was born 17 Jan 1877, NB, died in New York, as far as we know.
Their children were all born in Hillsborough,Albert,New Brunswick.
They were; Ina Bernice Taylor, b. July 4,1908,( my mother-in-law ),
Harry Taylor, b Nov. 14,1904,
Thomas William Taylor, b June 25,1898
Anna Ruth Taylor, b Jan. 26,1911
Lena Taylor, B Sept. 4,1896
Ella Lois Taylor, B. June 30,1902
After John died, Bessie sold everything & moved to Fairfield, Ct.
Then she moved to New York. And that's about all we know about our
branch of the Taylor's. We'd like to know how the Taylor's got to NB,
and what happened to them after New York? Any possible information
will help! Ajax
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Well I finally reread The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. I am really looking forward to the movie that is now in production in New Zealand. Peter Jackson is the director (thank goodness) after others that were interested in the movie dropped out. I just got a look at the first day of filming which is posted on Peter Jackson's blog. The sets are amazing! He walks around the set of Rivendell and in some caverns where they most likely will film Bilbo's exchange with Smaug the dragon.
What does this have to do with a crossword you ask? While I was reading The Hobbit I made some notes on characters and such and created a crossword for the book. At first I thought of doing more than one, but in the end I just went with a big crossword that covered the entire book. Here it is with a very nice background:


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Cody Zeller is NBA-bound.
The 7-foot Indiana sophomore announced his decision to enter the draft in a statement at a news conference at the school Wednesday.
"Attending and playing basketball for IU not only fulfilled my collegiate dreams, but it also has provided me with the opportunity to fulfill my lifelong goal of playing in the NBA," Zeller said in a statement. "While I will continue to pursue my degree in the future, I believe it is in my best interest to pursue my professional basketball career in the NBA next season."
The decision came less than 24 hours after junior teammate Victor Oladipo declared for the draft.
Neither decision was a surprise. Both players are considered probable NBA lottery picks. But while Oladipo's stock appeared to soar in recent months, Zeller's play at times raised questions about whether he's physically ready to compete in the NBA.
Zeller, a second0team All-America pick by the Associated Press, scored 1,157 points in 72 games in his Indiana career, a 16.1 average. He also averaged 7.3 rebounds.
The Hoosiers were 56-16 with Zeller and made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA tournament's Sweet 16. This year, Indiana won its first outright Big Ten Conference championship since 1993 and earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA tournament.
PHOTOS: Other NCAA stars planning early entry for the NBA Draft
Terry Hutchens also writes for The Indianapolis Star.