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The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation's historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service's National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America's historic and archeological resources.
The National Register of Historic Places lists many properties significant for Hispanic Heritage. We take the opportunity of Hispanic Heritage Month to highlight just some of the properties that exemplify the contributions of Hispanic culture and achievement.
New Hispanic Heritage properties featured
Past Highlights
Hispanic properties in Travel Itineraries
Hispanic properties featured in Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plans
Hispanic Heritage in the National Parks
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You can find more properties in the National Register of Historic Places listed for Hispanic Heritage by doing an advanced search for the Hispanic Area of Significance in our database.
National Register Brochure in Spanish (Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos)
Featured Historic Properties for Hispanic Heritage Month:
Mission Soledad
Image courtesy of the California State Historic Preservation Office
National Farm Workers Association Headquarters, Delano, California
was the starting point of the NFWA March from Delano to Sacramento, and their reorganization as the United Farm Workers of California (UFWOC), and for its association with Cesar E. Chavez, labor activist, who used this building as his headquarters during this period.
Past highlights:
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad Historic District, Soledad, California
Mission Soledad was the thirteenth of twenty-one Catholic missions established in California by the Franciscan order between 1769 and 1823. The missions and subsequent settlements impacted the overall development of the state through architecture, language, and culture. Mission Soledad is the final resting place of Governor Jos' Joaquin de Arrillaga, first governor of Alta California 1804-1814.
St. John the Divine Catholic Church, Kansas City, Kansas
For more than 50 years, St. John the Divine has served as the centerpiece of religious life for the Mexican American Catholic community of the Argentine.The building was maintained and adorned by its parishioners, reflecting vernacular Mexican and Spanish art and culture. The property played a significant role in the religious and social community of Argentine.
Chicano Park
Image courtesy of the California State Historic Preservation Office
Chicano Park, San Diego, California
Chicano Park, in San Diego, California, was the site of a powerful protest in 1970 by members of the local San Diego Hispanic community over the planned redevelopment of a vacant site within the Barrio Logan community that had been previously promised to the community as public open space.
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Capilla de San Isidro, Los Fuertes, Colorado
As the social and religious center of the Los Fuertes community, the church is the location for ongoing cultural usage and the site of repeated community gatherings since the community constructed this church
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Nuestra Senora Reina de La Paz
Photograph courtesy of the California State Historic Preservation Office
Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz, Kern County, California
Nuestra Señora Reina de La Paz (commonly known as La Paz) is a property encompassing 187 acres in the Tehachapi Mountains of eastern Kern County, California, and is associated with Cesar Chavez (1927-1993), one of the most important historic Latino leader in the United States. The site is also important for its association with the United Farm Workers of America (UFW), the first permanent agricultural labor union established in the history of the United States.
Montoya Ranch, Huerfano County, Colorado
In the late 1860s and early 1870s, Hispano settlers began farming, ranching and building houses in the rich verdant Huerfano River valley from Badito, the county seat, west to the present-day location of Gardner and up Turkey Creek to the north. Local tradition holds that Montoya Ranch was built originally as a community defense facility, possibly under the leadership of Pedro Antonio Garcia, to serve a communal defensive purpose during a time when conflicts with Native Americans were common in the region.
Dra. Concha Melendez Ramirez
Image courtesy of the Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office
Casa Dra. Concha Melendez Ramirez, San Juan, Puerto Rico:
Concha Meléndez Ramírez (1895-1983), Puerto Rico's renowned educator, poet, essayist, literary critic and intellectual, suggested that the great Latin American novel which would encapsulate the American experience would be conceived in urban areas, "the space where the typical Latin American would achieve an ideal state of consciousness and intellectual capabilities."
Lerma's Nite Club, San Antonio, Texas
For people who love to dance, conjunto music runs the gamut of dance styles; polkas, waltzes, redobas, doble paso (two-step), boleros, mambo, huapango, cumbia and mazurka. For those that love variety of sound in music, there's also conjunto country, a synthesis of blues, rock, jazz, salsa, Latin jazz, Cajun zydeco conjunto, meringue and reggae. Lerma's was closed for violations by a Texas agency, but the community that loves the place has formed to save Lerma's.
Benson Historic Barrio, Cochise County, Arizona
"We had so much fun!" These are the words Benson Barrio resident Edward Ellsworth used to recall his youth when the Benson Historic Barrio in Conchise County, Arizona, was full of children at play. The Benson Historic Barrio is significant for its association with the history of Hispanic residents in this ethnic enclave. Mexicans and Mexican Americans have been part of Benson's history since the agricultural and railroad eras in the late 19th century.
Photo by Juan Llanes Santos, courtesy of the Puerto Rico State Historic Preservation Office
Ernesto Memorial Chapel, Camuy, Puerto Rico
The Ernesto Memorial Chapel is of significance to the history of Puerto Rico in the areas of architecture and social history as it represents the establishment of Protestant ideals, concepts and values within the local social network during the early 20th century and the religious openness promoted by the change of regime in the island after the Spanish-Cuban-American War of 1898. ...
Pilsen Historic District, Cook County, Illinois:
The Pilsen neighborhood, nestled in the crook created by the Chicago River and the railroad lines that run along West 16th Street, has historically been a first-stop neighborhood for American immigrants, first from Bohemia and later from Mexico. Pilsen neighbors helped their fellow residents improve their homes and build new ones, aiming to ensure that the neighborhood remained fully accessible to new immigrants.
Rio Grande City Downtown Historic District, TX
Rio Grande City has a long and colorful history dating from its 18th century origins as a Spanish land grant to its place in the Mexican and American Civil Wars and as a Calvary post through the first half of the 20th century. This historic district lies at the heart of the South Texas border town of Rio Grande City and contains the city's best collection of commercial, domestic and combination commercial/residential properties dating from its earliest period of development...
Lamesa Farm Workers Community Historic District
Learn more about the Farm Security Administrations efforts to improve housing and living standards for migrant workers in the cotton producing farmlands of West Texas.
Padua Hills Theatre
Explore the history of this Southern California hillside theatre, including the unique theatrical group called the Mexican Players. For over 40 years this group, performing Spanish language folk dramas, educated American visitors on the rich and diverse culture of Mexico.
El Centro Español de Tampa
Learn more about this exemplary Spanish club in the Gold Coast States.
Genero P. and Carolina Briones Home, Austin, Texas
Photograph courtesy of the Texas Historical Commission
Genero P. and Carolina Briones House
Discover the multicolored tinted concrete home of Texas bricklayer and plasterer Genero P. Briones.
Casa Amadeo, antigua Casa Hernández
Find out more about this influential Puerto Rican-owned music store in New York City.
Arkansas Sculptures of Dionicio
Explore the outdoor tinted concrete sculptures of artist Dioncio Rodriquez.
Cine El Rey
Discover South Texas's most luxurious "Mexican Theatre"
Rancho Camulos
Learn more about the inspiration for the setting of the novel Ramona
Trevino-Uribe Rancho
One of the most significant examples of Spanish/Mexican vernacular architecture in the United States
Santa Barbara Presidio Historic District
Learn more about the presidio and pueblo of Santa Barbara, California during the Spanish Colonial period.
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District, Florida
Photograph courtesy of Florida Dept. of Commerce, Division of Tourism; Robert M. Overton, photographer
St. Augustine Town Plan Historic District
Read more about St. Augustine, town plan of the oldest continuously occupied European settlement in the United States.
Guadalupe Center
Learn about the successful settlement house and social center that served Kansas City, Missouri's Hispanic population.
Trujillo Homestead
Meet the Trujillo family, first generation Hispanic-American ranchers in Alamosa County, Colorado.
Edificios En San Juan
Learn about these modern apartment buildings in San Juan's neighborhoods.
Rancho De Los Kiotes
Visit Rancho De Los Kiotes, home of Leo Carillo--actor, preservationist and philanthropist, in Carlsbad, California.
San Elizario Historic District, TX
Learn about this historic district composed mostly of wood and adobe buildings.
Supreme Court Building, San Juan, PR
This Modern Movement style building symbolizes the evolution of four hundred years of the complex judicial and political development in Puerto Rico.
Saint Joseph Church and Shrine, MI
Learn what an Irish church in Cambridge, Michigan has to do with Hispanic Heritage!
This church was built to support a small but growing Catholic community of Irish families who had settled in the northwest township of Cambridge. The shrine, built in the 1930s as a representation of the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem, stands on a hillside behind the cemetery and church, its pathways ...
Barela-Reynolds House (J. Paul Taylor House)
Photo courtesy of the New Mexico State Monuments
Barela-Reynolds House, NM
Find out how a housekeeper, a priest, and the Gadsen Purchase fit into the history of this house in Mesilla, NM! One of several historic buildings facing the famous plaza in Mesilla , New Mexico , the Barela-Reynolds House (also known as the J. Paul Taylor House) is an excellent example of a combined store and residence, a type of structure once common in 19th century New Mexico towns and villages ...
Bullion Plaza School, AZ
Follow the history of the segregation and desegragation of Arizona schools through this building. Segregation of Mexican-American students was a common practice in Arizona public schools from the early decades of the 1900s until the early 1950s-precisely the period during which Bullion Plaza School served as a segregated school for Miami 's Mexican-American children...
Travel Itineraries
Photo courtesy of La Purisima Mission State Historic Park
La Purisima Mission in the Early History of the California Coast Travel Itinerary, our itineraries feature many of the Spanish Missions
In Print and Online itineraries are self-guided tours to National Parks and other historic places. Each includes detailed maps, tourist information, location information, and color photographs.
Travel virtually to:
• Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Along the Georgia-Florida Coast
Teaching With Historic Places
Rancho Los Alamitos -Ranch of the Little Cottonwoods
Photo courtesy of Beth Boland
The Teaching with Historic Places program offers a series of lesson plans that use places listed in the National Register to examine subjects that are part of history and social studies curricula. Included among the many lessons now available on-line are nine that focus on Hispanic History:
• Californio to American: A Study in Cultural Change
• The Hispano Ranchos of Northern New Mexico: Continuity and Change
• Forts of Old San Juan: Guardians of the Caribbean
• (Lección en Español Frederica: An 18th Century Planned Community
• Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village
• The Vieux Carré: A Creole Neighborhood in New Orleans
• Castolon: A Meeting Place of Two Cultures
• San Antonio Missions: Spanish Influence in Texas
• Ybor City: Cigar Capital of the World
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
National Park Service photo
American Latino Heritage Projects
This website highlights projects undertaken by National Park Service parks and programs as part of the Service's commitment to telling the American Latino story. Projects vary from increased interpretation, collaboration with community organizations, and the production of scholarly documentation.
National Park Service Hispanic Heritage Month Web Feature
Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
In 1776 Spanish Captain Juan Bautista de Anza led almost 300 people along the first overland route to connect New Spain with San Francisco. Explore maps of the route, historical sites associated with the expedition and an audio library of sounds along the 1200-mile trail using the Anza Trail guide. Access journals of the expedition members and learn about the Spanish exploration and colonization of Alta, California in an interactive study environment.
• Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (past feature)
• Chamizal National Memorial
• Coronado National Memorial
• De Soto National Memorial (past feature)
• Dry Tortugas National Park
• El Morro National Monument
• Fort Matanzas National Monument
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area: Presidio
• Gulf Islands National Seashore: Bateria de San Antonio
• Padre Island National Seashore
• Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site
• Pecos National Historical Park
• Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument (past feature)
• Salt River Bay National Historical Park and Ecological Preserve
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park (past feature)
• San Juan National Historic Site (past feature)
• Santa Fe National Historic Trail
• Tumacácori National Historical Park (past feature)
National Register of Historic Places Flickr Photostream: Tagged Hispanic
Government Wide Hispanic Heritage Month Portal The Library of Congress, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the National Archives with the National Park Service have created a portal to bring together the exhibits and features of our various offices that highlight Hispanic Heritage.
Cultural Resources Management (now CRM Journal)
"CRM" is the flagship publication of the NPS Cultural Resources Programs and contains articles on the full range of cultural resources management and preservation topics. The following issues deal directly with questions regarding Hispanic cultural resources. Search the CRM Issue Archives, then search by specific title:
- Hispanic History in the National Register of Historic Places
- Exploring Hispanic History and Culture--A Dynamic Field
Diversity in the National Park Service
A highlight of the National Park Service's on-going efforts to reflect the diversity of American culture.
Library of Congress: Built in America (HABS/HAER/HALS)
The Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) and Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS) collections document achievements in architecture, engineering, and design in the United States through a comprehensive range of building types and engineering technologies, including sites related to Hispanic history and culture. Searches on keywords like "Spanish," "missions," or "Spanish forts" will provide information on an array of associated sites. Most of the site records have publication-quality drawings, photographs and historical data.
Spanish Colonial Research Center
As a way of recognizing our Spanish colonial past in the United States and in commemoration of the Columbus Quincentennial in 1992, the National Park Service established the Spanish Colonial Research Center in partnership with the University of New Mexico. The center's primary purpose is serving research needs by providing a computerized data base from Spanish colonial documents. More than 85,000 pages of microfilmed Spanish colonial documents and approximately 4,500 maps, architectural plans, and sketches of North America have been accumulated.
National Register Information System
You can find more properties in the National Register of Historic Places listed for Hispanic Heritage by doing an advanced search for the Hispanic Area of Significance in our database.


text: The approaches of these mutual funds can help you defend your wealth against a bear market. August 11, 2011 By Michael Shari Editor's Note: This story has been updated since its original publication in the September issue of Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine. A mere two years after the end of the last bear market, another grizzly rout seems to be charging our way. From the market's April 29 peak through August 10, Standard & Poor's 500-stock index has plummeted about 17.6% -- just 2.4 points shy of official bear-market territory. And in the week of August 8 alone -- the economically (not to mention thermally) heated week following the U.S' credit downgrade by S&P -- the Dow Jones industrial average fell 635 points, or 5.6%, on Monday and climbed 430 points, or 4.0%, on Tuesday, only to tumble another 520 points, or 4.6%, on Wednesday. Sponsored Content SEE ALSO: Investing in Volatile Markets Advertisement Clearly, investors are unsettled and uncertain about the future -- with good reason. Risks abound: Joblessness remains disconcertingly high at 9.1% as of July. Economies in the U.S. and much of the developed world are fragile. And despite the recent Band-Aid that Congress and the Administration slapped on the U.S. debt problem, investors still worry about our extraordinary budget deficits -- not to mention those of countries such as Greece, Italy and Spain. If the market's gyrations leave you queasy and you fear that stocks will continue to fall, you may want to play some hard defense. Fortunately, plenty of mutual funds, employing a wide array of strategies, let you do just that. Here are five approaches to protecting your portfolio, listed in order of increasing complexity. 1. Invest with careful stock pickers. Some plain, old-fashioned stock funds have proven records of outpacing their brethren in tough times. They do this by picking stocks that tend to hold up well in down markets, raising some cash when they have trouble finding bargain-priced stocks (but not enough to be considered market timers), or some combination of the two. The problem with these kinds of funds is that they will almost always suffer at least a bit in periods of stress, and because every bear market is different, they may not do as well in future downturns as they have in the past. Launched in 1970, Sequoia Fund (symbol SEQUX) has compiled a distinguished record, first under Richard Cunniff and William Ruane, disciples of value-investing guru Benjamin Graham, and more recently under Robert Goldfarb and David Poppe. The fund invests in large, predictable businesses that have a lot of cash on their balance sheets but not much debt -- and thus can weather tough economic times. In addition, the managers let the fund's cash position expand when they have trouble finding attractive opportunities -- at last report, 25% of Sequoia's assets were in cash. Advertisement Over the past ten years, Sequoia returned an annualized 4.7% through August 10, topping Standard & Poor's 500-stock index by an average of 3.4 percentage points per year. The fund shone especially bright during the two bad bear markets of the '00s. In 2008, it lost 27.0%, ten points less than the S&P 500's decline; in 2002, when the index sank 22.1%, Sequoia dropped only 2.6%. Looking at Sequoia another way, it captured 77% of the monthly increases in the S&P 500 from January 1, 2000, through June 30, 2011, but shared in only 48% of the index's declines. DGHM AllCap Value (DGHMX) differs from Sequoia in three notable ways: It's only four years old, it's practically unknown, and it stays fully invested at all times. The fund stood out during the last market conflagration, dropping a relatively modest 22.4% in 2008. And private accounts run by the fund's sponsor, Dalton, Greiner, Hartman, Maher & Co., held up well during the 2000-02 bear market. The accounts, which employ the same bargain-hunting strategy as the fund, essentially matched the S&P 500's 22.1% decline in 2002 but earned double-digit gains in both 2000 and 2001, down years for the market. DGHM invests mainly in high-quality, undervalued companies that are leaders in their industries and generate strong free cash flow (the cash profits left after the capital outlays needed to maintain a business). The mutual fund is run by ten analysts, each of whom is responsible for a sector. One of the fund's earliest and best-performing holdings is Teradata, a digital storage company whose stock has more than doubled since September 2007. 2. Bring some balance to your portfolio. Balanced funds can cut your stock losses through a simple maneuver: They hold less in stocks. The typical balanced fund invests about two-thirds of its assets in stocks and the rest in bonds. Vanguard Wellington (VWELX), one of the oldest and cheapest balanced funds (annual expense ratio: 0.30%), benefits from an extra dose of an all-too-rare ingredient: common sense. At least a year before mortgage securities started to implode in 2007, co-manager Edward Bousa began selling shares of banks that had stockpiled them. Bousa, Wellington's stock picker, says he was early to react to anecdotal evidence of homeowners recklessly borrowing more than they could afford -- particularly if housing prices were to fall, as, of course, they subsequently did. As stocks sank in 2008, Bousa bought shares of small, profitable banks -- and watched them soar as the market rebounded in 2009. Recently, he was snapping up energy stocks, which he expects to hold up because global demand remains strong. The fund's fixed-income manager, John Keogh, invests mainly in high-quality corporate bonds. Advertisement FPA Crescent Fund (FPACX) is more flexible than the typical balanced fund. Manager Steve Romick will lower the fund's allotment to stocks if he thinks the market looks dodgy. He may even sell stocks short, betting on their prices to fall. Romick can invest in companies of all sizes, but recently he has been gravitating to big firms because that's where he's finding the best deals. On the bond side, Romick can buy junk and convertible securities as well as investment-grade debt. Crescent, a member of the Kiplinger 25, has captured 84% of the S&P 500's advances since 2000 but participated in only 40% of its declines. 3. Play the merger game. Merger arbitrage isn't as scary as it sounds. When one firm announces that it will acquire another, shares of the target company typically jump -- but not all the way to the purchase price. Arbitrageurs buy after the deal is announced, hoping to earn the final few dollars per share of appreciation between the target's post-announcement price and the price at which the deal is consummated. Success hinges on picking deals that actually go through, and performance has virtually no connection with the overall stock market. Merger Fund (MERFX) doesn't win points for a creative name, and it won't make you rich during bull markets (it earned a modest 11% in both 2003 and 2006, its two best years over the past decade). But you can't knock its record of protecting customers during nasty markets -- it lost 5.7% and 2.3%, respectively, in 2002 and 2008. Run by Roy Behren and Mike Shannon, Merger is a member of the Kiplinger 25. 4. Hedge your bets with a hedge-fund-like mutual fund. An excellent defense against falling share prices is a fund that owns stocks its managers think will gain and sells short stocks they expect to crater. Advisers consider so-called long-short mutual funds safer than similar hedge funds because they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and disclose their holdings quarterly. They are also cheaper than hedge funds, which charge high performance fees. Advertisement One of the most intriguing funds in this category is Wasatch Long/Short Fund (FMLSX). Launched in 2003, the fund tends to be heavier on stocks owned than on stocks sold short; at last report, the amount of the fund's assets in stocks exceeded its short positions by a factor of 5.5 to one. The fund's performance reflects the tilt toward owning stocks rather than betting against them. It has made money in every year of its existence except 2008, when it lost 20.9%. Managers Michael Shinnick and Ralph Shive take a value-oriented approach in deciding what to buy and what to short, although they also incorporate technical analysis -- the study of price charts, trading volume and other such things -- in deciding what to short. 5. Go all in against the market. One sure way to hedge against sinking stocks is to buy an inverse stock index fund -- one that's designed to move in the opposite direction of a particular benchmark. Legions of these funds exist -- for example, Rydex Inverse S&P 500 Strategy (RYURX), among open-end funds, and ProShares Short S&P 500 (SH), among exchange-traded funds. These funds have two fundamental problems: They are guaranteed to lose money when stocks rise, and, because inverse funds can achieve their goals only on a daily basis, results over longer periods may diverge from what you'd expect. Not surprisingly, the Rydex fund excelled in 2008, soaring 40.9%, but it lost 27.3% in 2009, 16.8% in 2010 and 5.4% in 2011 through August 10. If you want pure insurance for a longer period of time, consider Pimco StocksPLUS TR Short Strategy Fund (PSSDX). The fund uses derivatives to establish a position opposite that of the S&P 500. What makes Short Strategy different from the typical inverse market fund is that those derivatives are backed by a portfolio of bonds that are actively managed by the legendary Bill Gross, Pimco's founder and co-chief investment officer. The fund gained 47.7% in 2008; since then, it has consistently lost less than the Rydex fund -- 14.4% in 2009, 8.9% last year and 1.4% so far in 2011.

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Student Excused with Red Sox Fever
We saw a young Pirates fan get dismissed from school because of Bucco Fever, and it looks like this epidemic is now reaching young Red Sox fans. The kid with Red Sox Fever is only missing recess (which is awesome) and choice time (which I've never heard of), which would have been either chess or drawing. No offense to either of those activities, but I'm picking a Postseason game at Fenway over them every single day of the week. Especially if Fenway has the cure to Red Sox Fever. I just hope once he's cured he gives his mom a huge hug because this is the coolest thing ever.
The note:
Dear Jude,
Please allow Brian to be dismissed at 11:45 a.m. - he has Red Sox fever and needs to visit Fenway for the cure. Please note if they lose today and tomorrow please expect grumpy child syndrome to be present on Monday.
Fondly, Kerri
(the insane baseball mom)


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Denver, we have a winner
There's nothing like fresh basil. But sometimes it needs a little something fresh for contrast — a little zing to cut its musky bass notes. It needs … lime.
The winner of our recipe contest — and its prize of a year's membership at the Denver Botanic Gardens — is Jeanne-Marie Oliver of Longmont, who knows this magic combination well. Her own garden is indoors and hydroponic — yes, the familiar AeroGarden; a couple of Denver Post staffers have them, and they keep these folks supplied with fresh herbs all winter. Jeanne-Marie grows mostly basil in it ("I grew the other herbs the first time through, but realized how much we really liked and used the basil, so I stuck with that," she says). She's able to harvest basil about every other week.
Her household of lucky diners includes her husband, two daughters, 16 and 20, and two pooches, a fierce Pomeranian and a watchful Border Collie mix. The humans in the clan are vegetarian, and I loved Jeanne-Marie's recipe for pasta with add-ins because, rather than having to cater to everyone's whims, which is always exciting with young eaters, you just set the seasonings on the table and let them build their own. She sets up small dishes of capers, grated parmesan, chopped kalamata olives, green onions and tomatoes. You could adapt the concept for carnivores with crunchy bits of pancetta or good ham, steamed or grilled asparagus chunks, caramalized cipollini onions, crumbled chevre, slivers of dry salame. Or with home-grown Thai basil and rice noodles (and add-in dishes of bean sprouts, shiitakes, cilantro, etc…) The only limit is your imagination.
Here's Jeanne-Marie's winning recipe, which is so simple you just about have to make it.
Pasta with Accessories
1 pound of pasta (campanelle is her favorite shape)
1/4 cup butter
1 cup chopped fresh basil
1 tablespoon lime (or lemon) juice
Cook pasta and drain. Set the table with your favorite pasta accessories. On medium heat, add butter to pasta pot; cook until melted. Turn the heat down to low; add the pasta, basil and lime juice. Toss until it's all coated; then bring it to the table warm.
Want to grow your own basil from seed? Remember that basil does NOT like it cold. A kiss of frost is pretty much the kiss of death for it; temps below 65 will make transplants pouty. So if you're starting it now, be prepared to baby it indoors for a good while. (When I plant mine, I put it in my south-facing brick planter for extra insurance against cold nights). It germinates quite happily from seed indoors, but put it in the warmest room for best results; it likes the starting medium around 70 degrees.
One more reason to plant basil: Sweet corn. My garden buddy Sheron has many divine culinary tricks in her vast repertoire, but one of her best is basil-lime butter on sweet corn. Buzz equal amounts of butter and olive oil in the food processor and add basil and lime juice and zest. We let other folks grow the corn, but having something homegrown on it makes it yummier.


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Åberg's cubic creations can be expanded, twisted, shrunk and spun into a variety of configurations. His sculptures are manipulable only by hand (and that's certainly the point), but, in watching Åberg maneuver his cubes through a series of conformations, we find ourselves envisioning a similar set of cubes, in the near future, that is capable of rearranging entirely on their own.
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Boost Installation Howto (1.39 and newer)
Boost Installation Howto (1.39 and newer)
- Step 1: Install Boost
- Step 2: Tell the Dynamic Linker about Boost
- Building with MPI
- Using a specific compiler
- Using a specific Python installation
- Deleting an old version
- Installing from SVN
These instructions are for 1.39 and newer. Installing an older version?
If you are using Ubuntu Karmic, please see this bug report. As of 2009-11-04, you need to use a Boost SVN checkout. If you are seeing errors like AttributeError: 'Boost.Python.StaticProperty' object attribute '__doc__' is read-only, you are affected by this issue.
Step 1: Install Boost
You may install via your operating system's package manager or from source.
From Source
These instructions will help you install the Boost C++ libraries on a Unix-like system. If you already have them installed, make sure that it's the version required by the software you would like to use. If not, no problem, we'll build it now.
On Linux, make sure you have the Python headers (i.e. development information) installed. Your operating system may call this package something like python-dev or python-devel.
Next, download the boost release tar.bz2 file. To untar the file, use tar xfj boost_1_39_0.tar.bz2.
On OS X, you may have to modify a couple of files to build Boost.Python properly. See https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3930.
Then, do this from the boost download directory:
$ ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$HOME/pool --libdir=$HOME/pool/lib --with-libraries=signals,thread,python $ ./bjam variant=release link=shared install
On recent versions, the second line should read
./b2 ./b2 install
A few notes:
You may omit --with-libraries=... if you want to build all of boost, but it will make the compile take somewhat longer.
Whenever you see a line beginning with the "$" dollar sign, this means you should enter the subsequent text at your shell prompt. You don't have to be root. If a command is marked with "sudo", these do require root privileges if you are using a Python interpreter that is installed globally.)
Please make sure that the Boost.Python configuration process finds the version of Python you intend to use. It is output during the configure/make stage.
- You may adapt the file and directory names to suit your liking, however the rest of this tutorial will assume that you use these paths.
- Even though the lines may appear wrapped above, you need to type the commands all on one line.
Using a Mac with Snow Leopard and building for PyCUDA with 32-bit CUDA?
Note: Since there is now 64-bit CUDA on the Mac, this is likely irrelevant by now.
Boost needs to be built to in 32 bits to match the 32-bit version of CUDA if that's what you choose to build against. On a Snow Leopard Mac, replace the boostrap and bjam commands with:
$ ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=$HOME/pool --libdir=$HOME/pool/lib --with-libraries=signals,thread,python $ ./bjam address-model=32_64 architecture=x86 variant=release link=shared install
The architecture setting comes from http://old.nabble.com/Boost-on-Snow-Leopard-failing-to-build-32-bit-target-td25218466.html and is the key to not getting "the architecture is invalid" error when running PyCuda's tests.
Using a multiprocessor machine?
If you have a multiprocessor machine, you may want to use
$ ./bjam -j4 variant=release link=shared install
instead of the last command. (Replace the "4" by your processor count.)
Potential Problems
Missing Compression Libraries
If you see something like:
...failed updating 30 targets... ...skipped 2 targets...
at the end of the build process, please double-check that you have the Python headers installed. If you failed fewer targets (up to 5), you're probably ok for most of my packages, but you might still want to install libz-dev and libbz2-dev for that "perfect score".
Broken libdir configuration
If you see something like
common.copy /lib/libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0 cp: cannot create regular file `/lib/libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0': Permission denied cp "bin.v2/libs/math/build/gcc-4.3.3/release/threading-multi/libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0" "/lib/libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0" ...failed common.copy /lib/libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0... ...skipped <p/lib>libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so for lack of <p/lib>libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0... ...skipped <p/lib>libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt.so for lack of <p/lib>libboost_math_c99f-gcc43-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0...
a broken project-config.jam may be at fault. When I ran bootstrap.sh, it did generate a broken project-config.jam--it used
option.set libdir : /lib ;
instead of
option.set libdir : /home/andreas/pool/lib ;
Fortunately, that's easily fixed.
This bug has been reported here: http://www.nabble.com/-Boost--Boost-1.39:-libdir-installation-path-problem-td23353816.html
Error: /bin/sh: g++: not found
Even though you might have followed the instruction from How to install Hedge from Git and installed (Debian/Ubuntu package g++-4.3), you might have forgotten to check if you installed the basic g++ package. To check this type
aptitude show g++ | grep State:
If it says
State: not installed
please install it via
sudo apt-get install g++
It seems obvious that you have installed g++ if you installed the package g++-4.3, but it is not true. Thus you have to take care of this!
Step 2: Tell the Dynamic Linker about Boost
If you use a bash or /bin/sh or another POSIX-compliant shell, use this command:
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/pool/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
or, if you are still using a C Shell, use this:
setenv LD_LIBRARY_PATH $HOME/pool/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
You might want to put this command in your startup script, so you don't have to type this over and over. If you forget this step, you will see errors like this one later on::
...gibberish... ImportError: libboost_python-gcc42-mt-1_39.so.1.39.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory ...gibberish...
On OS X, LD_LIBRARY_PATH is spelled DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH.
Building with MPI
Note: The code hedge uses mpi4py now, and this step is not necessary any more to use hedge with MPI.
using mpi ;
to project-config.jam. (And no, don't omit any spaces from that line)
Using a specific compiler
using gcc : : gcc4 ;
to project-config.jam. (Again, don't omit any spaces from that line)
Using a specific Python installation
Add/modify the line
using python : 2.5 : /usr ;
in project-config.jam to suit your system and your preference.
Deleting an old version
Before you install a new version of Boost make sure to delete your old version. This includes all files of Boost in your $HOME/pool folder as well. Boost is in the lib and include subdirectories.
Installing from SVN
You can get the development version of Boost using
svn co http://svn.boost.org/svn/boost/trunk boost-trunk
Once the code is successfully checked out, proceed as above.


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BMW ConnectedDrive Services & Apps in the BMW 6 Series Convertible.
Communication, information and entertainment – BMW ConnectedDrive Services & Apps give you a whole new experience of mobility. You can simply install apps such as "BMW Connected" on your smartphone and connect the device with the iDrive in your BMW 6 Series Convertible by means of a snap-in adapter. This enables you to access Facebook and Twitter messages or calendar entries on your car display, for example, or obtain information on your current location via "Wiki Local" directly in the cockpit.
The equipment option ConnectedDrive Services forms the basis for using the personalised digital mobility assistant BMW Connected in the vehicle as well as the BMW ConnectedDrive functions, which provide the driver with a wide range of information, entertainment and service features while on the road.
The offer includes access to current location-based information such as weather and news, as well as an online search powered by GoogleTM and practical office functions. Services and features such as parking information, as well as travel and hotel guides can be accessed directly in the car without a smartphone via the ConnectedDrive menu.
Convenient, unlimited access to selected smartphone apps is also integrated. ConnectedDrive Services also provides access to the BMW ConnectedDrive Store, in which services and apps can be ordered and extended anytime and anywhere to suit the user's individual requirements. The equipment option ConnectedDrive Services offers all this and more, making every trip in a BMW a real experience.
The Apps equipment feature is a platform enabling convenient use of selected smartphone apps in BMW vehicles. To make a variety of apps available for their customers, BMW not only develops its own apps, such as BMW Connected App and the BMW M laptimer, but also works closely with partners like Spotify, Napster, GoPro, Deezer and Audible so that those apps can also be used safely inside the car. Simply attach a compatible smartphone to the vehicle via the Snap-in adapter or a smartphone USB cable, or wirelessly. All of the app's functions can then be conveniently operated via the iDrive Controller. The selection of apps available for use in the car is constantly expanding thanks to close partnerships between BMW and a variety of different suppliers. For further information see www.bmw.com/apps.
BMW Car Hotspot LTE
The BMW Car Hotspot LTE via WLAN provides the opportunity to enjoy a fascinating high-speed internet experience even while on the move. A range of different end devices can be used for this, from iPod™ and iPad™ through to laptops and mobile phones of various different manufacturers.
Preparation for Apple CarPlay®
Thanks to Preparation for Apple CarPlay®, drivers can conveniently use a compatible iPhone® conveniently and wirelessly while driving. This allows smartphone content and functions such as music, iMessages/text messages, telephony, Siri, navigation and selected third-party apps, to be displayed and operated in the regular manner, even via the vehicle's user interface. Preparation for Apple CarPlay® can be used via touch input, the iDrive Controller or voice control, depending on the vehicle's equipment. Apple CarPlay® lasts for three years and can subsequently be extended via the BMW ConnectedDrive Store.
Microsoft Office 365
Work productively on the commute. Thanks to perfect integration of Microsoft Office 365 in the vehicle, emails, contacts and calendar entries are continuously synchronised with other devices and can be edited directly – even without a smartphone. Plus, Skype for Business conference calls can be automatically joined with just one click.
Request specific information on the road and receive practical information and tips – Concierge Service by BMW ConnectedDrive make it possible. At the touch of a button this convenient service connects the driver to a BMW Call Centre employee, who acts as their ""personal assistant"" on the road.
Whether a particular restaurant, the nearest cash dispenser or an emergency pharmacy – the BMW Call Centre agent is there to help and can even send information directly to the BMW navigation system. It is also possible to conveniently reserve cinema tickets while driving. Concierge Service works independently of your mobile phone and are available both at home and abroad, around-the-clock, seven days a week and at no extra cost.
Concierge Services.
BMW Connected is a personal mobility assistant which facilitates everyday mobility and aids drivers in reaching their destinations relaxed and on time. All relevant services are also remotely available at all times on iPhone und Apple Watch via the app.
Destinations that have been found in the web or via other application such as Yelp, Apple Maps, Google Maps can be easily and conveniently imported into BMW Connected and seamlessly transferred to the vehicles navigation system with just a single click. Meetings, including addresses and intended arrival times, saved in the iPhone calendar are automatically imported into the BMW Connected mobility agenda. Based on current location and traffic conditions, BMW Connect calculates the planned arrival time, alerts users ahead of time and guides them on foot from the parked car to their final destination. If a delay is unavoidable due to unforeseeable traffic obstacles or if no parking space is available in the immediate vicinity of the final destination, users can send a text message via BMW connected to inform the waiting party of the estimated time of arrival, without having to physically use their phone. In addition, BMW Connected learns to recognize frequent destinations and automatically adds them to the mobility agenda.
The BMW Connected App can be downloaded from the Apple App Store.
- BMW Connected App on the App Store
The perfect song for every situation, every road and every mood. Online Entertainment offers direct and unlimited access to more than 22 million music titles inside the BMW – all without a smartphone or other device. There are plenty of tracks here to suit every taste. As soon as an artist's song or album is played in the car, it is automatically downloaded to the car's hard disc. For guaranteed listening enjoyment without any interruptions.
With the Online Entertainment offer, a flat-rate account lasting one year can be opened with any BMW music partner, for example with Napster, which can be used in six different European countries at no additional cost: Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Spain and the Netherlands.
With the Remote Services of the BMW Connected App (available in the Apple App Store), various vehicle-related functions, such as locking and unlocking the car, can be operated remotely.
Just as the BMW ConnectedDrive customer portal, the app also offers the opportunity to access vehicle information such as range or the status of the windows and doors. That way the driver is always fully informed about the status of the vehicle, even from a distance, and also has all information conveniently gathered together at one glance.
This information package is rounded out with the display of the vehicle's current location. To use this feature, customers simply need to activate Remote Services once in the BMW ConnectedDrive customer portal at www.bmw-connecteddrive.com.
Remote Services.
Real Time Traffic Information (RTTI) provides the most up-to-date traffic information at all times. Precise details about the location and duration of delays are transmitted in order to keep the driver informed, practically in real time, about the current traffic situation on motorways, country roads and on many routes within the city. Intelligent alternative route suggestions help the driver reach
the destination as quickly and efficiently as possible. Furthermore, Hazard preview warns the driver about events such as serious accidents and heavy rain. These hazards are then displayed on the map in the vehicle display. If the driver approaches a hazard, a specific warning appears.
The data are drawn from such sources as anonymous movement profiles from the GPS data of vehicle fleets, smartphone apps and police reports, and also takes into account established traffic patterns such as peak commute times.
The traffic information is clearly presented, with the roads depicted in green, yellow, orange and red. Furthermore, the equipment option Real time Traffic Information also includes On-Street Parking Information for a more specific and efficient search for parking space.
Real Time Traffic Information.
The Intelligent Emergency Call guarantees fast, targeted assistance round-the-clock as well as support from trained staff – in the driver's native language, even abroad. If an accident takes place involving the activation of an airbag or the belt tensioners, an Intelligent Emergency Call is automatically issued. Relevant details such as the exact position of the car, the severity of the accident and the possible risk of injury to occupants are transmitted to the BMW Call Centre via the car's built-in SIM card, i.e. independent of a private mobile phone. The BMW Call Centre will inform the nearest rescue coordination centre and provide assistance over the phone until the rescue services arrive. The emergency call can also be triggered manually in case other road users require help, for example.


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Thanks to countless reports from analysts and others, we've all been expecting an Apple TV for a while now.
These days, Apple shareholders in particular would love to see one come out.
The smartphone market is pretty saturated now, and Apple needs another category to dominate.
But maybe we should all temper our enthusiasm.
A Russian Apple blogger just made a showing off his concept for an Apple TV. (A French Apple blogger spotted it.)
It's…kind of boring. It looks like a TV.
And maybe that's the problem…TVs all look pretty much the same – great.
They're thin with big screens and small, out-of-the-way frames.
How is Apple going to improve on that?
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How they were built: Cincinnati Reds
A look at the composition of the Reds' projected playoff roster
When Walt Jocketty became general manager of the Cincinnati Reds in April 2008, he didn't like what he saw.
The Reds hadn't had a winning season since 2000, finishing with 90 losses in the 2007 season. That much losing can become pervasive throughout an organization, and Jocketty saw the need to shake Cincinnati out of those doldrums.
"When I first came over here, the first thing I thought we had to change was the culture," Jocketty said. "People were used to losing and accepted it. You can't do that. We tried to change the outlook on how we approach things. We build this Major League club and this organization to compete every year, to be in contention every year. We want to be in the fight every year."
It took a couple of more years, but the Reds have done just that. They won the National League Central crown in 2010 and again in '12, and Cincinnati is postseason bound yet again in 2013.
While the Reds' outlook may have needed a reversal when Jocketty arrived, he was fortunate to inherit a strong farm system with players who were ready, or would be shortly, to help out in the big leagues. Many of those players form the nucleus of the roster that got Cincinnati to the postseason this year and will carry the club as far as it can go.
"That has always been a part of my philosophy in building a championship club," Jocketty said. "You have to have the core of your team, or as much as possible, of your organization, drafted, signed and developed within your organization. They have to carry the philosophy and ideals of your organization and mold your club. Then you add via free agents and trades to fill it out. That's how our club has been built."
Here's a closer look at how the Reds' roster was built.
Homegrown players
Of the 25 players on the Reds' projected playoff roster (see chart), 14 are homegrown, 11 coming from the First-Year Player Draft. When Jocketty stepped into the GM office for the first time, draftees like Joey Votto, Jay Bruce, Homer Bailey and Todd Frazier were all considered top prospects. Votto finished second in NL Rookie of the Year Award voting in that 2008 season, while Bruce finished fifth. Johnny Cueto had signed as an amateur international free agent in 2004 and made 31 starts that season as well.
|Year (round)
|Joey Votto
|2002 (2nd)
|Ryan Hanigan
|Johnny Cueto
|Int'l sign
|Homer Bailey
|2004 (1st)
|Jay Bruce
|2005 (1st)
|Sam LeCure
|2005 (4th)
|Chris Heisey
|2006 (17th)
|Devin Mesoraco
|2007 (1st)
|Todd Frazier
|2007 (1st supp)
|Zack Cozart
|2007 (2nd)
|Mike Leake
|2009 (1st)
|Billy Hamilton
|2009 (2nd)
|Aroldis Chapman
|Int'l sign
Others flowed up the pipeline as well, from 17th-rounder Chris Heisey to second-rounder Zack Cozart and game-changing Billy Hamilton, also a second-round selection by scouting director Chris Buckley and his staff.
Then, of course, there was Aroldis Chapman. When the big left-hander left Cuba and became available as a free agent before the 2010 season, there was frenzy over who would sign him and for how much. Preliminary lists of teams thought to have the ability to vie for his services did not include the Cincinnati Reds.
But there they were, the victors at the end of the day, swooping in with a five-year, $25.25 million deal (along with a player option in 2015) that now appears to be one of the biggest bargains in international signing history.
That's not to say there weren't bumps along the way. It took a little while for the organization to settle on a role for Chapman, moving him back and forth between trying to start and coming out of the bullpen. The young fireballer had difficulty with things like holding runners on, and off the field, it took a little while for him to adjust culturally to life in the United States.
"We had to go a little bit more [with the deal], because there was a club that was right behind us," Jocketty said, recounting how the negotiations escalated. "I credit our scouts for doing it and also for ownership for allowing us to make a bold move like that. They trusted our judgment. It was a risk we had to take, because it was a lot of money to guarantee.
"There were some hiccups along the way, but we got through it. He's become an attraction and a big fan favorite. That's extremely important for a smaller-market club."
The Reds haven't been overly involved in the trade market, with just a handful of players on that projected roster coming via a deal. Two came back in 2006, when in a span of a few weeks, Cincinnati got Bronson Arroyo from the Red Sox and Brandon Phillips from the Indians at the start of the season.
Acquired via trade or waivers
|Bronson Arroyo
|Red Sox
|Brandon Phillips
|Mat Latos
|Sean Marshall
|J.J. Hoover
|Shin-Soo Choo
|Alfredo Simon *
Their two more recent trades were closer to being of the blockbuster variety and both have paid off. In December 2012, the Reds were part of a big three-team deal that sent Didi Gregorius to the D-backs and brought Shin-Soo Choo to Cincy. He's been a key to their 2013 success as an on-base machine atop the lineup.
As important as that deal has turned out to be, the one Jocketty made the previous December was even bigger. Packaging Edinson Volquez with three prospects -- Yonder Alonso, Brad Boxberger and Yasmani Grandal -- netted Mat Latos from the Padres. All Latos has done is go 28-10 over the past two seasons while topping 200 innings in each of his two years with the Reds. Cincinnati signed him to a two-year deal prior to the 2013 season, and it has control of the 25-year-old through 2015. Getting him wouldn't have been possible if the Reds' farm system hadn't been deep and continued to develop from the point Jocketty inherited it.
"Because of the strength we had in our organization, with the depth in catching and first base, and our pitching depth, we were able to trade players for Latos, a guy we felt was key for us to be successful going forward," Jocketty said. "We needed a young guy at the top of the rotation to build around with [Johnny] Cueto.
"We took a lot of risk and a lot of criticism at the time. I told my guys we can't look back. As it turns out, I'd do it again. You have to take risks from time to time and hopefully they work out."
Acquired via free agency
|Ryan Ludwick
|Jack Hannahan
|Xavier Paul
|MiLB FA
|Cesar Izturis
|MiLB FA
|Manny Parra
Free agents
Rather than use the free agency to add big, superstar players, the Reds' acquisitions have been a bit smaller. The additions Jocketty has made have largely been role players, albeit important ones in their march to another postseason spot. Outfielder Ryan Ludwick might be the exception to that rule, having been a regular in 2012 before missing most of 2013 following a torn labrum. Jack Hannahan, Cesar Izturis and Xavier Paul have proven to be valuable part-timers in 2013, while the bullpen has gotten help from Manny Parra.


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|Solus (or Soluntum, near modern Solanto), one of the three chief Punic settlements on Sicily, was on the north coast about 16 km east of Panormus (modern Palermo). It lay 183 meters above sea level, on Monte Catalfano, in a naturally strong situation, and commanding a fine view. The date of its founding is unknown. Solus was one of the few colonies the Phoenicians held when they withdrew before the Greeks to the northwest corner of the island. Together with Panormus and Motya, it allied with Carthage. Dionysius took the city in 396 B.C., but it soon broke away again to Carthage. In 307 B.C. it was given to the soldiers and mercenaries of Agathocles, who had made peace with Carthage after he abandoned them in Africa. In the First Punic War, Solus opened its gates to Rome only after Panormus fell. Under Rome it was a municipal town of no great importance, scarcely mentioned by Cicero. It was noticed by Pliny and Ptolemy, and later. Its destruction probably dates from the time of the Saracens.


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The first lady had some guilt to lay on Olympic gold medalist, Gabby Douglas for eating at McD's after winning gold in England. Gabby is the picture of health and while Ms. Obama is no cow, she certainly doesn't look like she has avoided Big Macs all her life either. But I am not gonna talk about that. I want to talk about the gold.
This year's Olympic gold medal is composed of 92.5 percent silver, just 1.34 percent gold, and the remainder 6.16 percent is made up of copper and is worth about $650.00. I was disappointed when I learned this. I thought it was pure gold. Sure, if it were it would be worth a lot more and there would be a greater risk of theft, but wow, only 1.34% gold? Currently gold is going for about $1600.00 per ounce, so weighing about 400 grams or, 14 ounces, that would be a lot of money, about $22,000.00 or so if it were solid gold.
I would think that an Olympic medal of any sort would be worth more than anyone could pay me if I had won it. It would be like winning the Superbowl and getting one of those rings. I don't know if you have ever seen one, but wow, they are a lot of bling! But did you know that many people who have one these things have sold them? I know because I watch Pawn Stars and they have stuff like that come in all the time.
I like money. I would like to have more of it and will gladly take any extra that you may not want. You can contact me via my church website, http://www.thebodylive.com if you would like to send me money. But I have grown to know that money, as nice to have as it is, does not make you truly happy. Family, friends, and faith work best for that. Faith in Jesus Christ as Savior is a great source of happiness and more specifically, joy. Jesus said that we should not spend all of our time on earth storing up treasure here, but that we should store up things in heaven that really make a difference for eternity.
Jesus was and is not anti money. He did say that people who love money had a problem. They tend to rely more on their riches than on Jesus. Jesus knew that money was not important in heaven but was very useful on earth when we keep things in the proper perspective. But once we leave this world, money and gold and rings and stuff like that stay here and are absolutely worthless to those who die.
There is a joke I heard long ago about gold and its value in heaven. A rich man died and asked if he could take a bag of his gold to heaven. When he got permission to take it and was walking around the streets of heaven, he noticed that all the angels were laughing at him. When he asked his friend who had been there a while, why the angels were laughing at him, his friend told him that they thought it was funny that he was carrying a bag of pavement around like it was something valuable.
What is valuable in heaven? YOU are! Your soul and the souls of every human being are so valuable to God that He allowed Jesus to die for us on a cross so that we may live with Him in heaven. When we forget that things of this world are only temporary and focus on riches here, it is then possible that we miss out on what God has in store for us. Our eternal life is that important to God. He loves us. He made a way for all who believe and ask for forgiveness to receive eternal life and a place in heaven.
I don't know if the streets in heaven are really made of gold. I think it is far more valuable than we can imagine and it will not be our focus when we get there. I know that here on earth how we treat others with what we have is far more valuable than the stuff we have. If we put stuff above the lives of others, we miss out on true happiness and become self-centered and ultimately self-condemned. Love is something to give away, not to waste on one's self. Marriages don't work unless you love your spouse at least as much as you love yourself. Giving love to your child is far more important than teaching a child to love himself. God loves us so much that He gave so that we may have eternal life. God's love is given to us so that we can give it away to others.
As for Gabby Douglas, she knows that value of a gold medal. She also knows that there is something far more valuable, and that is knowing Jesus and God's love. And something in me says that after training for the Olympics for as long as she did, that the Big Mac she ate after it was over was pretty valuable too. Winning gold can only sustain you for little while, after that, you need something more.
Winning Gold
The first lady had some guilt to lay on Olympic gold medalist, Gabby Douglas for eating at McD's after winning gold in England. Gabby is the picture of health and while Ms. Obama is no cow, she certainly doesn't look like she has avoided Big Macs all her life either. But I am not gonna talk about that. I want to talk about the gold.


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There are a number of significant additions to the FamilySearch.org Photos and Stories program. This seems to be the most rapidly changing part of FamilySearch.org lately. The changes include the following items. I have included some of the wording from the blog post to make sure I reflect the intent of the release. You will see that wording in quotes.
Increased file size for photos
When it was rolled out, Photos allowed a maximum of a 5MB file. It usually takes some file reduction to meet that limit. The new file size maximum is 15MBs which is a significant size increase and will include many more files without alteration. This increase really doesn't affect those of us storing our files as Camera RAW, DNG or TIFF files, we will still have convert them to smaller files and to JPG format. But those photos I already have as JPG files will now be able to be uploaded without conversion, especially those taken with a smartphone such as my iPhone 5.
Link Photos to Living People in Family Tree
I have no interest in putting photos of living people into FamilySearch.org or any other program, but "you can now link photos and stories to living people in Family Tree. As long as you have the rights to see that living person in Family Tree, you will also see the photos and stories linked to that person." That means if you do not have the rights to see that living person, you will not see the photos.
Upload PDF files to the new Documents section of the program
I have already commented on this new development. From the reaction I am getting from the community, I think that most people do not understand the importance of being able to include your own documents in Family Tree. This has been one of the most asked questions in past as to when this feature would be added. Well, it is now available. You can upload your scanned images of family documents and records. The blog post includes detailed instructions about how to upload and include scanned images.
Here are the instructions from the post:
If you use the beta picture viewer (discussed next) you can change photos to documents or documents to photos. This is useful if you have uploaded scanned documents as photos and now want them to appear as documents. In other words, you do not have to delete a scanned document from your photos folders and upload it again as a document.
To change a previously uploaded photo to a document:There is a new Beta version Picture Viewer
- Click My Photos.
- Click the item you want to change.
- Click View photo in BETA viewer.
- Click Options.
- Click Change to Document.
I have noticed this viewer lately and it does give a big advantage over the old one because you can see the photos in a full screen view. I will have to spend some time with this feature and then will do a video explaining all the options for both photos and documents. For now, see the instructions included in the blog post.
As I mentioned in the beginning, some of these new changes are significant. The ability to add in your own scanned documents in PDF format is something we have been waiting for.


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Although most patients with hypercortisolism can be diagnosed and treated the long-term
effects of hypercortisolism and its treatment are unknown. This study will attempt to
answer the following questions:
1. What is the rate of perioperative complications? Patients with Cushing syndrome often
undergo transsphenoidal surgery of the pituitary gland as treatment for the disease.
During this surgical procedure the pituitary gland is reached by passing through the
sphenoid bone. The risk for patients to develop hypopituitarism in the immediate
postoperative period is unknown. Patients with Cushing syndrome have abnormal levels
of hormones circulating in the blood and affects of the surgery are often not apparent
until long after the procedure.
2. What is the recurrence rate? The recurrence rate of the disease has been estimated
between 5 - 10%. However, these figures have not been confirmed. If the actual rate
of recurrence is higher than estimated many patients may elect to undergo radiation
therapy which has a lower rate of recurrence.
3. Do any factors in the immediate postoperative period predict who will experience a
recurrence of Cushing syndrome?
4. What are the long-term complications of hypercortisolism? Studies have shown that
patients with hypercortisolism have a four times greater risk of death than people of
the same age without hypercortisolism. Researchers tend to believe this figure is too
high. However, it is well established that hypercortisolism weakens bones (decreased
bone density), causes secondary hypogonadism, increases levels of fat in the blood
(hyperlipidemia), and decreases thyroid function (hypothyroidism). The potential for
these conditions to be reversed is not known.
These questions will be addressed by blood and urine sampling in the postoperative period,
and by outpatient follow-up and periodic questionnaires in the first 10 years after curative
surgery for Cushing syndrome performed at the NIH.
Although most patients with hypercortisolism now can be diagnosed correctly and successfully
treated, the long-term sequelae of hypercortisolism and its treatment are unknown. This
study addresses the following questions: 1) What is the recurrence rate after successful
treatment of Cushing's syndrome? 2) Do any factors in the immediate postoperative period
predict recurrence of Cushing's syndrome? 3) What are the long-term complications of
hypercortisolism in terms of mortality, morbidity, return of endocrine function and bone
density? and 4) What is the quality of life for patients after surgical treatment of
Cushing's syndrome? While most of these questions relate specifically to the care of
patients with Cushing syndrome, the final question has relevance to the many patients
rendered Cushingoid by the therapeutic use of glucocorticoids. These questions will be
addressed by blood and urine sampling in the post-operative period, and by outpatient
follow-up and periodic questionnaires in the first 20 years after curative surgery for
Cushing syndrome performed at the NIH.
Patients with Cushing syndrome documented at the NIH will be recruited into this protocol
prior to surgery intended to cure Cushing syndrome selectively. Thus, patients undergoing
transsphenoidal exploration for resection of an adenoma, or unilateral adrenalectomy for
an adenoma, or resection of a tumor producing ACTH ectopically will be candidates for this
study. We will also recruit as many of the 500 patients treated since 1983 as possible,
so as to have a group of "late follow-up" patients. These individuals will participate
primarily by questionnaire.
Hematocrit about 30%. A CBC will be obtained prior to entering the study. Patients with
hematocrit above 30% will be accepted into the study; iron replacement will be given to
those patients with low TIBC.
Ages 18 - 85. Children less than 18 are being studied under other protocols and the
questionnaire has not been validated for younger individuals.
For the questionnaire portion of the protocol there is an additional inclusion criterion:
Patients must be able to read and write in English.
There are no formal exclusion criteria, if the patient meets the inclusion criteria above.
All ethnic groups and both genders will be recruited. However, patients may be
withdrawn from the study by the PI if they are unable to meet study requirments, such as
mailing questionnaires.
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