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The Backyard Breeder and Puppymiller's Big Book of Old Excuses
1. When called on bad breeding practices, ALWAYS claim that you are merely an innocent posting as a favor to a friend or family member.
2. Point out that everybody you know breeds this way, therefore it must be okay.
3. Claim that "snobby show breeders" are only criticizing you because they want to corner the market on puppy profit.
4. Claim that a Champion in the pedigree is just as good as 56 Champions in the pedigree. Not that it matters, because you doubt that there is such a thing as a dog with 56 champions in the pedigree.
5. Claim that you are just trying to produce good pets, therefore good pets are all you need for breeding.
6. When asked about health testing, enthusiastically point out that your bitch had a health checkup before breeding.
7. Be sure to mention that you do not need to run such health tests as OFA, CERF, thyroid, cardiac, patellas, etc., because your dogs look healthy and had no visible problems at their last vet checkup.
8. Point out that these tests cost too much and would cut into your profit margin. Be sure to champion the right of poor people to breed dogs.
9. Confidently assure worried rescuers that no puppy you produce, or any of their puppies or grandpuppies or great-grandpuppies will end up in shelters because you have a bunch of friends who have told you that they'd like a pup from your bitch.
10. Point out that you don't need Championships or working titles on your dogs because you are breeding for temperament and your dog is really sweet.
11. Silence those annoying people who ask about your health guarantee by assuring them that buyers can return any sick puppies and you will replace it with another pup as long as it got sick within a certain amount of time of sale and as long as you don't
think the buyer did something to make the puppy sick.
12. If your breed or line is rare (or you have a "rare" color, or believe your breed or color is rare), be sure to remind everyone that you do not need to show, temperament test, or health test your breeding stock because you are doing the world a service by continuing
this "rare" breed/color/line.
13. No matter what anyone else says, claim that you obviously know what you are doing because you've been breeding for a long time. Point to the hundreds of puppies you've pumped out over the years as proof.
14. If this is your first attempt at breeding, make sure to remind everyone that you have to breed your dog because how else are you going to learn how to breed?
15. Assure everyone that your dog does not need to be shown because you were assured by someone at Petsmart/the park/the vet's office/a friend that your dog is a perfect example of the breed.
16. Always remember that "rare" colors, oversized or undersized dogs, and mixes of popular breeds are great selling points. Anyone who doesn't think so is obviously not in tune with their customers' wishes.
17. Claim that your dogs are better because they are not inbred, as inbreeding obviously produces sick/stupid/deformed dogs. If breeding poo dogs or other mutts, always point to hybrid vigor as proof of your dogs' superiority.
18. Remind everyone that you do not need a waiting list because your puppies are cute.
19. Assure everyone that your puppies will not end up in shelters because they are cute.
20. Claim that your breed never ends up in shelters in your area, therefore your puppies will never end up in shelters.
21. If asked why you think your dogs are breeding quality, point out that they "have papers." Extra points awarded for using the phrase "AKC Certified." Double points if those papers come from the Continental Kennel Club.
22. If you sell a sick puppy, always blame the owners for making it sick. If the owners are clearly not responsible, blame their vet. (see #11)
23. If presented with irrefutable evidence proving you wrong on any excuses you have used, pretend your server did not receive the post/e-mail.
24. Claim that none of the rules of ethical breeding apply to you because you only intend to have one litter and therefore aren't a "real" breeder.
25. If all else fails, tell everyone who criticizes you to get a life.
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Dot Hacker Readies First of Two New Albums With 'Elevator' (Song Premiere)
On the rare occasions when Josh Klinghoffer isn't touring, writing or recording with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the guitarist keeps busy with his other band, Dot Hacker. The group today premieres a new song, "Elevator," from an album due this summer—the first of two planned for this year.
Dot Hacker formed in 2008 when Klinghoffer, guitarist Clint Walsh and drummer Eric Gardner—who had toured together as part of Gnarls Barkley—joined forces with bassist Jonathan Hischke, who Klinghoffer knew previously. The music for "Elevator" dates from around that time, Klinghoffer tells Speakeasy.
"It's had a real slow, up and down journey, like an elevator," Klinghoffer says. "Sometimes I'd listen to it and think it was the greatest thing I'd ever heard, and sometimes I thought it was obnoxious."
It fell into the latter category for his bandmates when Klinghoffer played it for them in 2008, and they left it off Dot Hacker's first album, "Inhibition," which came out in 2012. Hischke came up with a bassline he liked for it, though, and eventually the others came around, too. "It became Eric's favorite song," Klinghoffer says. Gardner and Hischke lock into a taut rhythm on the track, which features atmospheric keyboards, a mix of big, trebly electric guitar and rich acoustic guitar, and menacing vocals from Klinghoffer.
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By far one of my favorite places to consume tea is the Samovar Tea Lounge in the Yerba Buena Gardens of San Francisco. I love that little piece of heaven so much that I even subscribe to their newsletter (I keep my subscriptions to a bare minimum). When I received today's, I just had to share these beautiful pictures of oolong tea being processed on the Big Island of Hawaii. As the newsletter describes, this is a "Hawaii-grown oolong with notes of caramelized raisins, and a mellow sour cherry astringency finish. Good for many delicate infusions." Sounds interesting, right?
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Amblyopia is reduced vision in an eye that has not received adequate use during early childhood.
Amblyopia, also known as "lazy eye," has many causes. Most often it results from either a misalignment of a child's eyes, such as crossed eyes, or a difference in image quality between the two eyes (one eye focusing better than the other.)
In both cases, one eye becomes stronger, suppressing the image of the other eye. If this condition persists, the weaker eye may becomes useless.
With early diagnosis and treatment, the sight in the "lazy eye" can be restored.
The earlier the treatment, the better the opportunity to reverse the vision loss.
Before treating amblyopia, it may be necessary to first treat the underlying cause.
Glasses are commonly prescribed to improve focusing or misalignment of the eyes.
Surgery may be performed on the eye muscles to straighten the eyes if non-surgical means are unsuccessful. Surgery can help in the treatment of amblyopia by allowing the eyes to work together better.
Eye exercises may be recommended either before or after surgery to correct faulty visual habits associated with strabismus and to teach comfortable use of the eyes.
The correction may be followed by:
Patching or covering one eye may be required for a period of time ranging from a few weeks to as long as a year. The better-seeing eye is patched, forcing the "lazy" one to work, thereby strengthening its vision.
Medication—in the form of eye drops or ointment—may be used to blur the vision of the good eye in order to force the weaker one to work. This is generally a less successful approach.
If not treated early enough, an amblyopic eye may never develop good vision and may even become functionally blind.
It is estimated that two to three percent of the general population suffers from this form of visual impairment.
Learn how to make the most of your child's amblyopia treatment.Learn More
Selecting the right eye patch for your child with amblyopia can help ensure the success of treatment.Learn More
Strabismus is a deviation of the eyes. The term is used to describe eyes that are not straight or properly aligned.Learn More
Encourage activities that make your child rely on sight, and other tips.Learn More
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EL OJO PEREZOSO O LA AMBLIOPÍA ES LA PÉRDIDA DE LA VISIÓN EN LOS OJOS QUE NO SE CORRIGE CON ANTEOJOS. ES UNA AFECCIÓN QUE COMIENZA EN LA NIÑEZ.Learn More


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This article originally appeared in "Native American Research" by Curt B. Witcher, MLS, FUGA, FIGS, and George J. Nixon in The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy
Once a reasonable hypothesis has established the tribe of a potential ancestor, a host of new sources become available for the researcher to gather information about particular Native Americans. Learning as many specific details about the clan or tribe as possible continues to be of paramount importance, and locating and accessing specific records will increasingly become the focus of research endeavors.
The history of a potential ancestor's tribe is critical to continuing research. It is important to know where and when the tribe existed, the customs of the tribe'especially those customs relating to naming patterns, marriage, and burial practices'and other important life events. Emmet Starr's History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore is an extraordinary example of a tribe/nation history containing excellent general data and significant genealogical information.<ref>Emmet Starr, History of the Cherokee Indians and Their Legends and Folk Lore (Oklahoma City, Okla.: Warden Co., 1921; reprint, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 2003).</ref> Six chapters of more than 150 pages are devoted to 'Old Families and Their Genealogy.' Other lists include council members and nearly two hundred pages of biographical sketches. Woven through the entire work is a serious treatment of the customs and legends of the Cherokees. Serious efforts should be made to identify for use several major histories for the tribe or nation being explored.
Though customs varied from one tribe to another, scholars have found that Native Americans generally used two types of names: personal names and honorary names. In some tribes, one or the other of these names was considered sacred. Personal names may have been given or changed at birth, adolescence, the first hunting or war expedition, some notable feat, or the attainment of chieftainship. Tracking and documenting these name changes for any given Native American can be a formidable challenge. To these Native American names, Europeans often added a third, English name. A transitional record is one that indicates both a Native American name and the English name of a potential ancestor. Such records are a great boon to furthering research, but they are somewhat rare.
Kinship terms have varying meanings among many Native Americans. For example, 'father' does not always denote the natural parent. Many tribes are organized matriarchally rather than patriarchally, with lines of descent and property being passed down through the mother's line. The following excerpt is from a classic work of reprinted ethnology reports titled The North American Indian.<ref>John Trenchard and Walter Moyle, Iroquois Source Book, 3 vols. (New York: Garland Publishing, 1983-85).</ref> From 'An Iroquois Source Book, Volume 1, Political and Social Organization,' it indicates how complex such an organization can be for the genealogical researcher, describing some of the laws of descent of the Iroquois league, which was comprised of five nations: Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Seneca.
- In each of the five nations who composed the original league, there were eight tribes, named as follows: Wolf, Bear, Beaver, and Turtle; Deer, Snipe, Heron, and Hawk. . . . In effect, the Wolf tribe was divided into five parts, and one fifth of it placed in each of the five nations. The remaining tribes were subject to the same division and distribution. . . . The Mohawk of the Turtle tribe recognized the Seneca of the Turtle tribe as a relative, and between them existed the bond of kindred blood. . . . A cross-relationship existed between the several tribes of each nation and the tribes of corresponding name in each of the other nations, which bound them together in the league with indissoluble bonds. . . .
- Originally, with reference to marriage, the four tribes first named were not allowed to intermarry; neither were the last four. In their own mode of expressing the idea, each four were brother tribes to each other, and cousins to the other four. . . . At no time in the history of the Iroquois could a man marry a woman of his own tribe, even in another nation. . . . Husband and wife, therefore, were in every case of different tribes. The children were of the tribe of the mother. . . . As all titles, as well as property, descended in the female line, and were hereditary in the tribe, the son could never succeed to his father's title of sachem, nor inherit even his tomahawk. . . .
- The mother, her children, and the descendants of her daughters in the female line, would, in perpetuity, be linked with the fortunes of her own tribe; while the father, his brothers and sisters, and the descendants in the female line of his sisters, would be united to another tribe, and held by its affinities.
- The next feature of importance in their system of descent was the breaking up of the collateral line. . . . Thus a mother and her sisters stood equally in the relation of mothers to the children of each other; the grandmother and her sisters were equally grandmothers, and so up in the ascending series. . . . Thus the children of two sisters were brothers and sisters to each other; they were all of the same tribe. So also were the children of two brothers, although they might be of different tribes. 2
Knowledge of the individuals and groups that interacted with Native Americans is important for successful Native American genealogical research because most native peoples had few written records. Indeed, most Native American languages have a written history of only approximately one hundred years, making the researcher dependent almost exclusively upon the records of individuals who interacted directly with the tribes or clans. Understanding the collection-development policies and record-retention schedules of local, state, and national archives, libraries, and societies is vital to successfully locating these primary source accounts and documents. Indeed, understanding the basics of what might be called an information hierarchy will greatly assist research endeavors.
At the local level, city and county historical societies tend to collect the manuscript or primary source documents as well as very early imprints or first editions, while local public libraries tend to collect published accounts and secondary source materials. Local archives tend to collect official governmental papers as well as those records not kept in the local courthouse, which deal with sale and transfer of property, tax records, and other locally generated documents. State historical societies tend to collect primary source documents that concern multicounty areas of a state or those primary sources that local historical societies do not or cannot maintain in their collections. State libraries typically attempt to collect all consequential secondary source materials for their particular states. Indeed, special state-named collections can be found in many state libraries. In many areas, these special collections are rather comprehensive. Some larger academic libraries contain substantial historical collections and, in very rare cases, even function as the archive for a county. Both primary and secondary source materials at all levels of collection must be consistently consulted to successfully engage in Native American genealogical research.
Combining knowledge of the information hierarchy, of the geographic area historically and contemporarily inhabited by a particular tribe or clan, and of the various individuals and organizations that interacted with specific native peoples will maximize record possibilities. Local and state historical societies and libraries contain many record possibilities that must be explored when collecting Native American data.
Extraordinary record possibilities may also be explored at federal records centers and the National Archives' regional archives. Because the federal government interacted frequently with the Native American tribes and nations during the United States' settlement period, one can expect to find many useful records in repositories that contain federal documents. Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians, compiled by Edward Hill, describes thousands of feet of manuscript collections and many important microform collections.<ref>Edward Hill, comp., Guide to Records in the National Archives of the United States Relating to American Indians (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982).</ref> Genealogists can also glean many useful tips from Loretto Dennis Szucs's and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking's The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches.<ref>Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking, The Archives: A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches (Salt Lake City: Ancestry, 1988).</ref>
The National Archives and Records Administration's (NARA) Southwest Region Archives is particularly rich in Native American records and federal documents relating to native peoples, though useful documents may be found in numerous regional archives as well as at Archives I and Archives II in Washington, D.C., and College Park, Maryland, respectively. NARA's Southwest Region archival holdings cover the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, and contain many documents relating to Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles. The records of the Five Civilized Tribes, as they were called, as well as other Native Americans who were settled in the Indian Territories of Oklahoma, can be found among this region's vast holdings.
Researchers would be wise to consult NARA's Archival Research Catalog (ARC) at http://www.archives.gov/research/arc. This online catalog lists holdings of NARA's repositories nationwide. While only a percentage of all the documents within the federal archives system are cataloged and listed in ARC, it is nonetheless an excellent access tool that continues to grow in size and utility. On ARC's main Web page, one will find a link to a digital copy of the entire Guion-Miller Roll Index as well as Dawes' Index to the Final Rolls of Citizens and Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory. Many other Native American records are available on the NARA website as well. One will find an extremely helpful collection of links under the heading of 'Indians/Native Americans' in the Archives Library Information Center (ALIC). These link to NARA, the National Park Service, the Library of Congress, universities, and other significant digital research collections.
There are several other fine groups of sources for researchers who are seeking to obtain more tribe-specific information. These include dictionaries, encyclopedias, guides, detailed histories of tribes, federal government documents, and special transcriptions or methodology publications. The more successful researcher of Native American genealogy will pay attention to the finer details of a particular tribe's life and culture'details that may provide valuable clues and additional sources of data.
The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups devotes more than sixty pages to both a general and tribe-specific treatment of the Native American experience.<ref>The Harvard Encyclopedia of American Ethnic Groups (Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1980).</ref> While it might be considered dated, the information provided in this truly timeless tome is concise and accurate. The maps indicating Native American tribes circa 1600 and the primary locations of 173 Native American groups in 1970 are particularly useful. The Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian contains significant sections devoted to directory data, a bibliography of works accessible by tribe, and biographies of Native Americans.<ref>The Reference Encyclopedia of the American Indian, 10th ed. (Nyack, N.Y.: Todd Publications, 2003).</ref> Particularly useful are the lists of reservations, tribal councils, associations, and government agencies.
Important information can be found in many dictionaries and handbooks dealing with the native peoples of North America. Such sources often contain references to other, more detailed works. The three-volume Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas contains significant tribe-specific historical details, variant spellings of tribal and clan names, and noteworthy individuals belonging to the Native American group.<ref>Dictionary of Indian Tribes of the Americas, 2nd ed. (Newport Beach, Calif.: American Indian Publishers, 1993-95).</ref> The various maps are useful, as is the subject and title index. Frederick W. Hodge's Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico is a classic work.<ref>Frederick W. Hodge, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 302, 2 parts (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912; reprint, New York: Rowman and Littlefield, 1971).</ref> Organized in a dictionary format, it has long been recognized for providing useful data about various tribes, clans, and nations of Native Americans. In it can be found significant information about Native American tools, well-known individuals, geographic locations, arts and customs, institutions, and languages. Another exemplary classic work is John R. Swanton's The Indian Tribes of North America.<ref>John R. Swanton, The Indian Tribes of North America, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 145 (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1984).</ref> Its dictionary format makes the more than seven hundred pages of information readily accessible. Both of these later two works have been reprinted numerous times and should be rather widely available.
As oral histories and interviews are used to assist in establishing tribal affiliation, they can also be used to gather more specific details about particular Native American groups, bands, or tribes. Commonly called narratives or firsthand narrative accounts, these materials often represent some of the earliest accounts concerning particular groups of Native Americans. These early accounts were typically by European Americans, such as missionaries, trappers, fur traders, frontier families, and government agents. Firsthand accounts can provide citations to sources that are also narrative or firsthand accounts, well-documented works, or contemporary works that might not be so well-known.
Firsthand accounts can contain the writings of Native Americans as well as those individuals who first interacted with them. A fine example is American Indian Women: Telling Their Lives.<ref>Gretchen M. Bataille and Kathleen Mullen Sands, American Indian Women: Telling Their Lives, reprint ed. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1987).</ref> Also available as an electronic book, this work contains more than fifty pages of notes and bibliography'excellent for leading the researcher to additional sources. An excellent strategy is to always look for both the narratives as well as any notes and references that lead one to still other sources.
Late'twentieth-century firsthand accounts can provide much useful historical and cultural information about particular tribes or groups of Native Americans. These sources are frequently overlooked by researchers who are too focused on individual-specific records. Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders is a collection of eighteen interviews with Native Americans from thirteen different tribes or confederacies.<ref>Harvey Arden and Steve Wall, Wisdomkeepers: Meetings with Native American Spiritual Elders (Hillsboro, Ore.: Beyond Words Publishing, 1990).</ref> In this work, the careful reader can learn the native names for particular ancestral homelands, locations and identities of sacred places, important historical details pertaining to little-known and nonfederally recognized tribes, and rough sketches of family narratives, which easily form the core around which family histories can be developed. John Gattuso's Circle of Nations: Voices and Visions of American Indians is another richly illustrated collection of contemporary firsthand accounts that provide documentary assistance to the historical researcher interested in a fuller understanding of particular Native American cultures.<ref>John Gattuso, Circle of Nations: Voices and Visions of American Indians (Hillsboro, Ore.: Beyond Words Publishing, 1993).</ref>
Careful researchers should necessarily be concerned about the objectivity of firsthand narrative accounts. It is significant to note through whose eyes the events were being seen. The usefulness of these accounts, though, in providing geographical data and kinship and cultural information, as well as actual names of some Native Americans, cannot be discounted. Larger academic and public libraries, as well as some special libraries, have such works.
Federal government documents are some of the most potentially useful records for obtaining significant data about particular Native American tribes. Two factors contributing to their significance are the frequency of federal government interactions with the native peoples during the settlement of many areas and the large number of documents produced by the Government Printing Office. Additionally, the availability of federal government documents is quite good because there are numerous repositories in most states and many of these documents are available through interlibrary loan.
While federal government documents are plentiful, their use may be challenging for the beginning researcher. The documents have their own classification system, which is designed more for archiving large bodies of material than for accessing those materials. This classification system, commonly known in library circles as the SUDOC system, groups materials by the issuing government agency regardless of subject matter. Native American records may be found filed under 'I' for Department of the Interior, 'LC' for the Library of Congress, 'SI' for Smithsonian Institution, 'W' for the Department of War, and 'Y' for Congress, etc.
Having access to a good, comprehensive index is important; that one does not exist for the totality of federal government documents is problematic. There are a number of keys, though, to unlocking the rich amounts of information in documents published by the Government Printing Office (see figure 19-3). First, always seek the assistance of a government documents librarian or information professional. For almost every document collection there is at least one person who is expert in its use and committed to assisting others in gaining access to the myriad of data contained in it. Some states and regions even have government document roundtables where information professionals gather on a regular basis to discuss the use and dissemination of data found in federal government documents.
Second, make use of the standard indexes available for accessing government documents, particularly the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications.<ref>Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1895-).</ref> The Monthly Catalog is the official index to published government documents. Published since 1895, it is the most comprehensive source for document location. Because federal government documents are cataloged by the authoring federal agencies, knowing the possible government agency of publication is helpful in locating documents more quickly. Access to government documents published after 1976 is enhanced by a number of CD-ROM and online versions of the Monthly Catalog that are currently available in most larger government document repositories.
There is free online access to the modern version of the Monthly Catalog at a site called GPO Access. Now called the Catalog of U.S. Government Publications (CGP), this resource is a comprehensive index of more recent publications from all agencies of the United States government. The types of government publications include traditional print, microfiche, electronic resources, audiovisual media, maps, and posters. CGP provides the user with the capability of searching bibliographic records, which describe federal government publications by keyword. At the present time, CGP on the Web is available only from January 1994 to the present. While that recent date is limiting, it is important for researchers to remember that the date (1994) is referring to the publication date of the item, not the date of the subject covered by the particular federal publication. Researchers interested in government information published prior to 1994 should still consult the other print and electronic versions of the Monthly Catalog available in depository libraries throughout the country.
Some other standard indexes follow, listed by general time period covered.
- A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774'March 4, 1881. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885. Reprints and microform available.
- Comprehensive Index of Publications of United States Government, 1881'93. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1890. Reprinted in 1953.
- United States Government Publications, A Monthly Catalog, 10 vols. Washington, D.C.: Lowdermilk & Company, 1885'94. 10 volumes.
- Checklist of United States Public Documents, 1789'1909. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911. Reprints and modified editions available.
- Cumulative Subject Index to the Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications, 1900'1971, 15 vols. Washington, D.C.: Carrollton Press, 1973'75.
It is imperative to consult these indexes when endeavoring to use federal government documents for any type of historical research, most especially for those time periods before 1895. It is also important to note that there are numerous smaller indexes to federal documents that could prove quite beneficial to one's research into tribe-specific data.
Third, continually look for special guides, finding aids, and explanatory publications. As increasing numbers of individuals become aware of the vast amounts of information contained in government documents, new finding aids are developed to complement those that already exist. Documents librarians or local information professionals can assist in locating such guides. A useful contemporary work for the researcher seeking to become more familiar with government documents is the Introduction to United States Government Information Sources.<ref>Introduction to United States Government Information Sources, 6th ed. (Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited, 1999).</ref> This work, also available as an electronic book, will inform you not only how to access federal documents but also of the existence of such specific titles as the United States Statutes at Large, which contains the text of Native American treaties from 1778 to 1842 in volume seven.
The richness of materials contained in federal government document collections can scarcely be overemphasized. Histories of tribes; laws relating to allotments, patents, alienation, citizenship, and cessation of tribal relations; reports of various territorial governors dealing with Native Americans; and tribal council resolutions can all be found in government documents. The second volume of Charles J. Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties is devoted entirely to eighteenth- and nineteenth-century treaties with Native American tribes.<ref>Charles J. Kappler, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904).</ref> Available as well in reprint, thousands of individual names are included in its more than one thousand pages.
Major microform publishers, such as the University Publications of America division of LexisNexis, make significant document collections pertaining to Native Americans available for research. These collections can include copies of major council meetings, documents from the Office of Indian Affairs, and records of the U.S. Indian Claims Commission. Large public libraries and major universities may include such records in their collections.
Almanacs and ethnic-specific encyclopedias are excellent sources of data for tribe-specific information, lists of primary and secondary source materials, supplemental historical data, and addresses of institutions and organizations that researchers may contact for specific information. The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada, edited by Duane Champagne, is an excellent example of such a work.<ref>Duane Champagne, ed., The Native North American Almanac: A Reference Work on Native North Americans in the United States and Canada, 2nd ed. (Detroit: Gale Research Co., 2001).</ref> Among its nearly 1,500 pages are a general bibliography coupled with extensive chapter-specific references and maps indicating locations of tribes and bands. This encyclopedic work covers in some depth nearly every aspect of Native American life. The sections devoted to chronology, research centers and organizations, demography, and major culture areas assist the researcher both in determining tribal affiliation and in gathering substantial quantities of significant works pertaining to a particular tribe or nation. Chapters on law and legislation, languages, religion, and nonreservation populations provide vital tribe- or nation-specific details that enable a researcher to find and access a larger body of records.


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Went for high tea with Next today, which was absolutely lovely. Cakes, cocktails and chatter, and of course wonderful company. It was just what a perfect blogger event should be like! Probably inappropriate wear for afternoon tea, with all the black, spikes and leather, but oh well! I'll post about the event later on in the week, But it was really lovely, and I was very pleasantly surprised with what Next has to offer over the coming months! I'm absolutely shattered though, Daytime drinking just simply doesnt agree with me! Now to change straight into my PJ's and curl up in bed!
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
crosses and burgundy
Went for high tea with Next today, which was absolutely lovely. Cakes, cocktails and chatter, and of course wonderful company. It was just what a perfect blogger event should be like! Probably inappropriate wear for afternoon tea, with all the black, spikes and leather, but oh well! I'll post about the event later on in the week, But it was really lovely, and I was very pleasantly surprised with what Next has to offer over the coming months! I'm absolutely shattered though, Daytime drinking just simply doesnt agree with me! Now to change straight into my PJ's and curl up in bed!
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I love the top! Looks like it could go well with anything!ReplyDelete
Love your necklace! The shirt is lovely too, very unique :)ReplyDelete
I will forever love that skirt! D: So gutted I can't find one absolutely anywhere... Love the top with that necklace! Next must've been an awesome experience. :DReplyDelete
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I never choose any burgundy when I'm shopping but having seen it on a few bloggers I think I might give it a shot next time i see something I like in it.ReplyDelete
Love a bit of glitter on nails, they look great!
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I love the shirt, i defiantly want it! Glad you had a great eventReplyDelete
love your pleather skirtReplyDelete
and amaazing top and necklace
I love this look, a big fan of black, spikes, and leather! ;) So you can't go wrong with this. That shirt is awesome too, not everyone could carry off walking around with little crosses all over their top.ReplyDelete
love this outfit, especially the shirt!ReplyDelete
Haha just got out of my bath and am in bed, hard life eh <3ReplyDelete
I love your coat and your shirt is very cute!ReplyDelete
I love your necklace & shirt, event sounds good xReplyDelete
Love that blazer color on you Lily! Cake and tea sound great right about now :)ReplyDelete
This shirt is perfect! xxxReplyDelete
I love that shirt, it's so perfect! Loving the gothic shirt with the leather skirt.ReplyDelete
Jealous of how long your hair is!
Love this outfit! xReplyDelete
I love that shirt so much. So nice.ReplyDelete
uh, this outfit is delicious!ReplyDelete
i absolutely adore the shirt; wish i'd got my hands on a leather skirt too! xo
The top is beautiful and the coat is absolutely gorgeous, I love the outfit and the next press day seemed lovely :) xoxoReplyDelete
Big fan of the crosses on the top. I really like details like that. xxReplyDelete
the shirt is gorgeous!ReplyDelete
I love the color of your coat !ReplyDelete
I love your outfit! The blouse is just amazing! I am following you now :)ReplyDelete
xoxo, Laura
The blouse is insanely cool. Glad you had so much fun at the event!ReplyDelete
I'm a huge fan of this outfit! I have that skirt also and wear it religiously, certainly one of my favourites. It goes lovely with that Burgundy coat!ReplyDelete
I love the print on the blouse and the colour of your coat! I know what you mean, my boyfriend and I went out drinking for someone's birthday mid morning a few weekends back and I was drowsy and had a headache for the rest of the day! xoReplyDelete
love the jacket and necklace :) xReplyDelete
Love love love your shirt!! xxReplyDelete
Love all the different combonations to this outfit; the pleats, the crosses, the burgendy :) Lovely outfit, want them all! And your nails are so lovely, need to get myself some glitter!ReplyDelete
Love the shirt. It's really different :) Glad you had a good time at the Next event too! xReplyDelete
I love the colours of this outfit :) xoReplyDelete
the blouse and the necklace looks amazing. :) like the combination!ReplyDelete
Love the combination of the burgundy and leather! Although not very suited for high tea as you say hah! The dress in the last post was lovely tooReplyDelete
I really want this skirt!!! I've not seen it in primark anywhere! lovely outfit xxReplyDelete
love the shirt, really nice outfit :)ReplyDelete
Lily amazing as always darling glad you enjoyed your event!!:)ReplyDelete
Really love the boohoo coat, makes a lovely burgandy contrast :)oxReplyDelete
amazing shirt :) saw one similar on ASOS and a really nice tshirt in topshop with crosses on it, but by the time I got paid it was gone :(ReplyDelete
Love the coat, it's such a nice colour :)ReplyDelete
Ooh lovely nails. I really want to try Look BeautyReplyDelete
Haha I'm rubbish at daytime drinking too, I always feel shattered by the evening!ReplyDelete
Love the outfit, that colour is so nice.
Chloe x
Gorgeous outfit! I really want a shirt like that, looks amazing. Love the burgandy with the whole outfit too! The next event sounds like it was so lovely! XxReplyDelete
Ooh love the burgundy coat! It's such a nice colour, but not everyone can get away with it, but you my dear, you definitely can!ReplyDelete
oo a high tea sounds lovely. love how you mixed black with burgundy.xReplyDelete
Burgendy is my favourite colour and I love your shirt! :)ReplyDelete
Amazing blouse!ReplyDelete
this outfit is amazing, the colours and patterns are adorable!ReplyDelete
LOVE THIS SHIRT!!..;and the whole outfit! I have been loving this colour all winter!!ReplyDelete
Peace and sunshine....x
P.S. hope you had a nice curl up in bed.... :)ReplyDelete
loving the cross shirt! awesome choice. I am totally on the look out now :) www.shysavvyshopper.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Help me please guys!ReplyDelete
I totally love this look :)ReplyDelete
Sounds like a lovely event! XReplyDelete
i LOVE this outfit. oh my god. its perfect!ReplyDelete
Hope you don't get a hang over from daytime drinking :) feel better.ReplyDelete
I love the leather skirt and spikes <3
great outfit, love your blouse ♥ReplyDelete
Heehee Daytime drinking doesn't work for me either. I love the burgandy blazer very nice touch! <3ReplyDelete
your nails look so pretty! the burgandy really goes well with your hair. every one of your posts i think how lovley your ombre hair is :)ReplyDelete
i love that shirt! and your nails look really good too:)xoReplyDelete
Hey! y tu cabeza??? lindos colores en tu outfit! visita mi blog!!! :)ReplyDelete
Your nails look lovely! :)ReplyDelete
i love that you wear the same clothes in different posts, and always look stunning! its inspirational to think we don't have to all have one use of a garment then it's immediately unwearable again (like with some vlog/bloggers) love your blog!XReplyDelete
This is one of my favourite outfits of yours ever! I love the blazer with the shirt and skirt! :) I'm glad you had a fab time having tea with Next! It sounds fab :)ReplyDelete
Gem x
Crosses are a great look lately.ReplyDelete
Love your outfit! So edgy, definitely one of my favorite outfits that I've seen from you!ReplyDelete
xx maggie
the afternoon tea party must be full of stylish people like you. :DReplyDelete
nice blazer btw..
Love this outfit and colours :) xxxReplyDelete
ohhh i love ur shirt :) xxxxxReplyDelete
I love your shirt!♥ReplyDelete
love the shirt and jacket :) xReplyDelete
This is a lush outfit.. full of everything I love.. crosses, leather and spikes :)ReplyDelete
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One of my fave outfits so far! Lovely! :) xxReplyDelete
beautiful :)ReplyDelete
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Lovely outfit. I adore the coat... shame its all sold out :( <3ReplyDelete
love the coat, and the skirt actually - but always feel a bit funny about shopping at primark because of the ethical issues that seem to surround it, what do you think?ReplyDelete
would love people to check facelesschic.blogspot.com xx fc
another great outfit! I fancy the same style in black but then there's also the one you wore here that I really like as well as it seems more like a coat. which one would you recommend value for money and shape/style-wise?ReplyDelete
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nice outfit...the pleather pleated skirt never fails to disappoint!xxReplyDelete
LOVE this oufit! Necklace and shirt = amazing xReplyDelete
love the shirt! can't believe its from primark!ReplyDelete
Drooling over the shirt ! I'm shirt addicted at the moment, but as I have just had the baby my boobs don't fit in much damn it! Anyway drool I need. xReplyDelete
honestly really really really want your whole wardrobe! your gorgeous:')ReplyDelete
love the shirt! xxReplyDelete
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Who said feminism was solely the territory of intellectuals? The story of Lisinia Collazos – indigenous leader and militant of a peaceful feminist movement in southwest Colombia – embodies the deep changes endured by women in times of war.
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We hope that the negotiations between the armed insurgency (FARC for now, but likely ELN as well) and the Colombian government will conclude rapidly with a signed agreement that will guarantee a definitive and permanent ceasefire between the parties. The current balance of forces in this negotiation should be examined in light of the strategic objectives of capital and its dynamics in Colombia on the one hand, and in light of the indigenous and popular struggles on the other. This will help to place us in context and help the popular forces avoid a trap that will help capital in its objective to continue to dispossess people, this time in the name of peace, while continuing war and terror by other means.
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Last month, we discussed feeling customers' pain, which builds desire for change, but change to what? This month, we will discuss dreaming the dream, making the customer visualize enjoying the benefits of your products and services.
Commercials on TV always show someone enjoying a much better life from using the product being advertised. Take the example of dandruff shampoo. Dandruff does not cause physical harm. But they show us how bad dandruff makes you feel and the social rejection it causes (feeling the pain). Then, they show you how amazingly the subject's life has improved since using the product: a better job or a new relationship. As you can see, they are selling a dream, not the actual product.
How does this relate to water equipment? Don't sell the nuts and bolts, sell the dream. You might ask your customer to picture how happy he will be when he won't have to scrub the tub after every bath due to the soft water. Ask him what he would do with the extra leisure time. Get him to picture himself enjoying it.
When discussing saving money, ask the customer to picture how happy his next trip to the supermarket will be when he spend less because he needs fewer cleaning products.
If you are demonstrating a POU cooler to an office manager, ask him to tell you how great it will feel when fellow workers tell him what a wise decision he made by having great water while saving money.
Dreaming involves encouraging the customer to picture himself using the product. It also involves having him picture the reaction of others to his good decision.
Are these techniques effective? Spend an evening analyzing TV commercials and you will see how powerful it is. The desire for a product is raised to the purchase point in less than 60 seconds.
The quality of the show in your demonstration effects the price the customer will pay. For example, in a fancy restaurant, a dish such as cherries jubilee might sell for $6.95 per serving. Why buy that when a gallon of cherry ice cream is $3? The answer is people are buying the show, not the nuts and bolts.
What can you do to build the show in your demonstration?
• Take the family into their bathroom and put on a black light. It lights up the spots on the sink, tub and toilet and lets them see the debris left by hard water that can harbor germs.
• The tea bag test. Boil raw water and your softener or RO water in separate containers. Place an orange pekoe tea bag in each container and show the family the difference in quality.
These are just two examples; the list includes many standard demonstrations such as the bubble bath, taste test, and rubbing butter on a glass surface and cleaning half with raw water and half with improved water. If the customer isn't willing to make the purchase, was it caused because your demo left out the show that it could have had?
Take a look at your demonstration, are you are dreaming the dream and selling the show? This technique builds desire and makes the client see the price as a good value.
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How Reuters Should Be Responding To The AP's Suicide
from the step-up,-folks deptEarlier today we wrote about the AP's plans to DRM the news, explaining what a backwards plan it was. The story is getting lots of play elsewhere, with many pointing to a NY Times report, where the AP's CEO Tom Curley makes some amazing statements:
"If someone can build multibillion-dollar businesses out of keywords, we can build multihundred-million businesses out of headlines, and we're going to do that," Mr. Curley said. The goal, he said, was not to have less use of the news articles, but to be paid for any use.First of all, someone should sit Curley down and explain to him fair use -- a concept of which he appears to be ignorant. This whole exercise seems to be an attempt to pretend that you can take away fair use rights via metadata. You can't. But, more importantly (from a business perspective) this shows a near total cluelessness on how Google works. Yes, Google built a multi-billion dollar business out of "keywords" but they did so not by forcing people to pay, but by adding value to people who did pay. That's the opposite of what Curley's trying to do. If you can't understand the difference between positive value and negative value, you should not be the CEO of a major organization.
Meanwhile, Ryan Chittum, at the Columbia Journalism Review says that people should chill out because the AP isn't going after bloggers, he seems to miss a few points. First, the AP might not be "going after bloggers" now, but it certainly has shown a willingness to do so in the past. At some point, you can bet it will happen again. Furthermore, the AP claims that it's really only going after "wholesale misappropriation." Hmm. How is that defined?
"We want to stop wholesale misappropriation of our content which does occur right now--people who are copying and pasting or taking by RSS feeds dozens or hundreds of our stories."Dear AP: your RSS feed is for syndicating your stories. If you don't want the content out there, don't syndicate the content!
But, honestly, the bigger issue is that the AP actually thinks that these spam sites rerunning the AP RSS feed (which, I'll note, links to AP stories directly) somehow harms them. These are spam sites at best. The AP claims (totally unbelievably) that such sites are taking "tens if not the hundreds of millions" of revenue away from the AP. Really? Prove it. These are tiny spam sites that get no traffic. They're not making you lose any money. If your entire business can be undermined by someone copying your headline and a snippet of your first sentence from your own RSS feed, then you have failed in business. The AP needs to hire someone who understands basic business tenets, not to mention basic technology, law and economics. The amazing thing is that I've heard from a couple AP reporters who are sickened by this as well, and feel that Curley is destroying the organization. They know this is a huge mistake.
Either way, I'm still wondering why the AP's competitors, such as Reuters and CNN (which is starting a similar wire service) haven't been a lot more vocal in trying to get more sites to look at them as a friendly alternative. We recently noted that Reuters appeared to have a much more clued-in understanding of the internet, and Chris Ahearn, the President of Reuters Media said today: "Reuters stands ready to help those who wish an alternative to the AP." That's definitely a start, but it was just in a Twitter message directed at Jeff Jarvis, rather than a much more outspoken statement. Why not be blatant about it? Post a public statement/blog post/Twitter message/Facebook message etc. that says something like:
Dear internet: We love our friends over at the Associated Press, but we believe they are making a grave mistake in trying to limit linking and fair use of content. This seems to go against the very principles of the internet and the free flow of information, in which we believe. Therefore, we encourage you to link to our work, to paraphrase it and use it to develop your own commentary. We have our RSS feeds out there because we expect you to use them, and we expect you to do great things with them. We believe our content stands on its own in quality, and see no reason to try to hide it or lock it up when we know that through cooperation and sharing we can all build on the information -- and that improves the situation for everyone. We look forward to linking, sharing and conversing with all of you.It's time for Reuters, CNN or any other news wire to stand up and publicly tell people to switch their links away from the AP and to their own content.
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We don't pull handcarts, but we too have a destination in mind — a place of peace, a haven of happiness, a home among companions and friends.
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In 1857, newlyweds Carl and Elise Christensen wanted to gather in the Western United States with fellow believers in their newfound faith. To the Christensens, this meant sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, traveling by rail from New York City to Iowa, and then setting out for the Utah Territory by handcart.
Years later, Carl — better known as C.C.A. Christensen — tried to capture his experiences in artwork. His paintings are beloved today for their simple yet emotional portrayal of the remarkable pioneer journey he knew so well: the natural wonder of the landscape, the daily routines of the pioneers, their hardship and suffering, as well as their joy and hope. These were not imagined or secondhand depictions. Christensen could paint these things because he lived them, as he pushed and pulled his own handcart more than a thousand miles across the wide, desolate, yet beautiful American West.
It was a trek made sacred by sacrifice. At the trailhead in Iowa City, Carl wrote of what he called "our first trials": "We had to give up books." He explained, "We were only allowed to take fifteen pounds in weight for each person who was to travel with the handcarts, and that included our tinware for eating, bedding and any clothing we did not wish to carry ourselves" (see "Their Faces toward Zion: Voices and Images of the Trek West," by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel (Bookcraft, 1996)).
Life for the pioneers had to be reduced to only the essentials for survival. Books were a luxury they couldn't afford. And then, once they arrived in the Salt Lake Valley, the hardships did not end. They began another journey: the journey of building new lives in a new land.
Carl and Elise could have stayed in Europe, where life was, in many ways, more comfortable and established. But they had a destination in mind that meant more to them than physical comfort, and their faith drove them forward in spite of hardships.
Our journeys today are no different. We don't pull handcarts, but we too have a destination in mind — a place of peace, a haven of happiness, a home among companions and friends. It will require sacrifice, we may have to give up some nonessentials, but that's what makes a journey sacred and beautiful — even a work of art.


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Can any nation (states, including members of federations) be satisfied that all of its inhabitants, regardless of gender, race, wealth or education, are capable of living such a life? Since none of them could answer affirmatively, they are all regarded as developing nations. But how should we objectively establish the extent to which people are able to lead a life worthy of human dignity? Is it possible to measure quality of life with regard to an ideal state? Nussbaum argues that the most important elements of people's quality of life cannot be reduced to a single metric without distortion. The Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per head of the population would be such a flawed indicator, since it masks inequality, discrimination, and poverty. Nussbaum asks simply: what is each person able to do and to be? Each person should be appreciated as an end (Kant). This is the gist of her capabilities approach. Can one be educated adequately? Is medical care available to all? 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