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The philosopher Manly Hall put it succinctly: "astrology is the study of the anatomy and psychology of God."
Haha sexy people! Feeling rebellious? Feeling like society is crushing your individuality? Feeling stifled in your relationship?
Yes honey you are UNIQUE and this NEW MOON in AQUARIUS(very intense as is not ASPECTED) is going to put the accelerator on your INTELLECT. This also initiates the Chinese New Year of the Yin Fire Rooster which starts on the following day, Jan 28.
The year of the ROOSTER is very INTENSE, loads of drama and theatrics, but there is FOCUS, DRIVE, DETERMINATION, POSITIVITY too. Every 12 years there is a Rooster year, beginning at Chinese New Year. A year of the Rooster always comes after a Monkey year and before a Dog year.
Chinese astrology is considered to be the most ancient system in the world and is believed to be over 5000 years old. While Western astrology is depends on the 12 months of the year, Chinese astrology is based on a upon a twelve year lunar cycle. Your sign is determined by the year in which you were born (in the Chinese calendar). Each sign and those born under it, are represented by one of twelve animals, and each sign is given a set of attributes that the Chinese believe describe the nature of each particular animal.
According to legend, the Lord Buddha summoned all the animals to wish him goodbye before he departed the Earth, but, only twelve animals came to bid him farewell. He rewarded them by naming a year after each one in the order that it arrived. How cute!
Sun and New Moon in Aquarius will vroom you to feel REBELLION is in the air. Uranus is DIRECT! Yay! But channelize this feeling as a PATH TO GROWTH. As a way to FOSTER COMMUNITY! Sometimes this HUGE REBELLION can cause disruptions and if you let yourself be aware, you will see how this REBELLELIOUS STREAK is actually hampering your growth. Analyse. Study yourself.
Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment….Buddha said that. The one and only Sakyamuni. All well and fine Buddha, but this NEW MOON IS IN AQUARIUS and Aquarius is all about the FUTURE! So bite it!
Let us think of the FUTURE this NEW MOON. Set your INTENTIONS! It's like one of the most important manifestation portal. Let us join TOGETHER(a MASTER SWITCHWORD) and CREATE-DIVINE-PARADISE for all of us. That is a SWITCHPHASE and is very powerful to activate.
This MAGICAL MOMENT available to us right now can define our PURPOSE. And this my friends will not be any old PETTY DREAM. This will not even be about how much money you can hoard or how your friend will buy that car, this is about HUMANITY. This time is best to PROJECT PEACE and rethink of your equation with HUMANITY. How do you feel about it? Now Aquarius is very INTELLECTUAL. Air Sign. So intellectualize this. Get to the crux of how you feel for people, for animals, for trees, for birds. Do you give a flying fuck if the Environment is destroyed? Or our future is damned? If you do, then synthesise your feelings and get prepared to go full throttle to do something. HELP OUT.
I would suggest you STOP INTERNAL PROJECTIONS and go out tonight to genuinely meet new people. You could actually meet someone AMAZING! I am feeling this twinflame vibe very strongly. You can too tune into these energies…with MEDITATION!
Also a good time to ponder about WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A HUMAN? Lot of activity going on in the SUBCONSCIOUS and UNCONSIOUS! I do it all the time!!! Try it! Transitions in life give us mind-space to think of things which we would have not bothered with. However, feeling UP one moment and DOWN the next is also possible. This vacillation will probably keep you in chaos if you don't consciously CALM THE FUCK DOWN. Sweety these influxes are for HUMANITY and AQUARIUS will shove a finger into our eyes and show us the TRUTH.
To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity…Nelson Mandela. This is the norm. Human Rights are BEING DENIED at every step of the way. The drone bombings, the Syrian crisis, stoning women who are raped, abusing and molesting children…I could fucking go on and on…but you know exactly what I mean. The Aquarian energy does NOT SUPPORT THIS. Humanity and its greater good is the plan of Aquarius.
Eccentricities and quirkiness is to be fed. Honey there is NO BOX, so fuck that "think outside the box" shit. Nope. The vista is open and is glorious. Take a dip in the waters of existence and embrace the Aquarian energy. This is also the AGE OF AQUARIUS.
Oh, oh…good day for PRIDE MARCHES and any form of unconventional activity. Uranus is in Aries and Jupiter is in Libra. Let us look what this clash of archetypes could mean down here. Tension. Definitely. Who are you? You know who you are? But does that equate to or is similar in some way to what people see? How do people perceive you? Is there a clash? This will be a prominent motif in this cosmic dance.
Who are you? Who does the world think you are? Conflicted? I suggest, look objectively at the two ideas and contradictory opinions. But DO NOT GIVE UP BEING WHO YOU ARE! No way Jose! You are smart and sexy and gorgeous….let no one else tell you otherwise! Just don't let past bullshit get in your way. Hello, don't you know?
There is NO PLACE for the PAST with AQUARIUS.
There is this parallel aspect happening Venus in Pisces is squaring Saturn in Sag. Sag is ruled by Jupiter and Pisces is by Neptune. Venus hates to be restricted by SATURN who TEACHES US THE POWER OF LIMITATIONS. Neptune is SPIRITUAL, the higher OCTAVE of VENUS. So there is love but one of a spiritual variety which if not aligned with SPIRITUALITY will bring much conflict. If what you seek does not align with your SOUL EVOLUTION, then boy, you are in for a RUDE AWAKENING. Time to separate EMOTIONS and be super OBJECTIVE.
So Venus will be going retrograde on the 4th.
With Venus going into its pre-shadow on January 30th/31st, there may be some new developments, changes, or reconsiderations unfolding regarding relationships, money, values, pleasures, indulgences, femininity, beauty, lust, and creativity. These Venus themes will go through a 'figuring out' process during the retrograde starting March 4th until the post-shadow from mid-April to mid-May. The retrograde portion of this upcoming period will consist of some inward reflection on these Venus themes…CARMEN DE LUCCA COLLECTIVE EVOLUTION
Hello, it's an Aquarian New Moon! Oh ho, the Sun is also in Aquarius. What more of a hint do we need? The rise of FEMINISM, the protests of the indigenous people for water rights, racism…it's all making a HIGE COMEBACK! All themes and motifs of the HUMAN CONDITION.
At 8:08pm Mars at 29:52 Pisces Quintiles Pluto at 17:52 Capricorn.
This is a welcome aspect for sure! Mars is set to ingress Aries, but gets magical nod from Pluto that his actions are well-received. Pluto as an authority in Capricorn, will allow the childlike instincts of Mars to create some magical envelope to play in. Sex, passion, financial backing and more will create some magical outcomes that we might have only imagined in our Higher Minds;) Use this energy to your best advantage!…5D ASTROLOGY
Yummy stuff really. You could explore SACRED SEXUALITY and YABYUM meditation during this time. It could create spiritual fireworks if you know how to use your body. Personal pleasure transforms into COSMIC ORGASMS. Love those words. But seriously are you feeling KINDER? Do you feel a connection?
Are your teenage children rebelling? You must work through this with a lot of patience and care. Arouse in them feelings of love and compassion. Spend time with them. Let them explore their styles, sexuality and friendships. Just make sure you are guiding them and educating them about the world.
The Moon in Aquarius decan 1. The needy embryonic Moon is not comfortable in a decan that is so much about cutting the umbilical cord to freedom. It is also one that will tend to rebel against its mother country and feel at odds in whatever home they find themselves. The Moon here is continually searching for the 'Promised Land' but rarely finds it. This New Moon Aquarius 1 is so idealistic, that it finds squaring its high expectations with earthly domestic reality extremely hard…DARKSTAR ASTROLOGY
There is a conflicting energy surely. This need to identify with the collective and the need to hold onto our individuality. I think we need to stop focussing on PROMISED LANDS. Who promised it? Why can we not move on? The world is without BRODERS, man made them and look where we are. Polarised. Divisive. Segregated. Selfish.
The Sun is the SELF and the Moon is our internal makeup emotions, feelings, instincts. Reinvention is the name of the game. A reset on ourselves as a WHOLE. Both of them are in Aquarius and we can DO IT.
Sartre, my favourite and I mention him here because I interpret his work as extremely SPIRITUAL and profound. The prevalent energy is all about the EXISTENCE OF HUMAN. Sartre says existence is a result of CHANCE and our FREEDOM creates meaning and purpose and he asks us to RELY ON OUR OWN RESOURCES. Sartre thought that existence manifests itself in the choice of actions, anxiety and freedom of the will. In this way the responsibility of building one's future is in one's hands, but the future is uncertain and so one has no escape from anxiety and despair. The choice is ours….whether we look to the heavens for inspiration or whether we are nihilists.
There is no escaping this Sartrian FREEDOM and CHOICE this NEW MOON in Aquarius.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness…LAO TSU


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Susan lives on a farm with a noisy rooster. Susan would spray the rooster with water each time it crowed. Eventually, the rooster stopped crowing. What type of operant conditioning did Susan use? A) Positive Reinforcement B) Positive Punishment C) Negative Reinforcement D) Negative Punishment
B) Positive Punishment. Susan ADDED (positive) a stimulant (the water) in order to STOP (punishment) an undesirable behavior (crowing). Adding a Stimulant: Positive Removing a Stimulant: Negative To Keep Doing a Behavior: Reinforcement To Stop Doing a Behavior: Punishment
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During World War I, America declared war against Germany in the year ____.
1917. Following increased tensions and the discovery of an intercepted letter from Germany encouraging Mexico regain territory lost to the U.S. in the Mexican-American War, Congress voted to declare war on Germany on April 6, 1917.
Subject: Anatomy
Identify the three bones of the middle ear.
Anatomical Term: Malleus, Incus, Stapes OR Common Term: Hammer, Anvil, Stirrup
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Legal Challenge to Refugee Health Care Cuts Begins Today
TORONTO, ON - Canadian doctors and lawyers have banded together to challenge the legality of the Federal government health cuts to refugee claimants. Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care (CDRC), the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers (CARL), and two individual patients who were severely impacted by the cuts, are asking the Federal Court of Canada to declare that the cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional and illegal. The legal challenge is being heard in the Federal Court of Canada in Toronto on December 17-18, 2013 and on January 30, 2014.
The Interim Federal Health Program has been in existence since 1957 and paid for basic health care for refugee claimants and refused claimants until they were removed from the country or became eligible for provincial health care. Without consultation, in June 2012, the federal government abolished the half-century old program and replaced it with a program that denies basic, emergency, and life-saving medical care to thousands of refugee claimants who have lawfully sought Canada's protection.
"The cuts to refugee health care violate the fundamental human rights of refugees as protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, without any lawful justification", said Lorne Waldman, President of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers. "The cuts cause unwarranted suffering, as well as unnecessary costs to the Canadian health care system."
The legal challenge argues that the cuts to the Interim Federal Health Program threaten the rights to life and security of the person contrary to section 7 of the Charter, amount to cruel and unusual treatment contrary to section 12 of the Charter and discriminate against certain refugees in violation of section 15 of the Charter. It also argues that the cuts fail to comply with Canada's obligations to protect the rights of refugees under international law.
"The federal government has abdicated responsibility to meet the most basic health care needs of vulnerable refugees and refugee claimants", said Audrey Macklin, Professor and Chair in Human Rights Law at the University of Toronto, and a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers. "These cuts are inconsistent with Canada's basic legal obligations under domestic and international law".
"These cuts have already caused a great deal of suffering. They continue to place the pregnancies of refugee women at serious risk, cause denial of treatment for sick children and deprive refugees with cancer of coverage for chemotherapy", said Dr. Philip Berger, a founding member of Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care and Chief of Family Medicine at Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital. "It's deeply disturbing that the federal government is using denial of health care to discourage refugee claimants from coming to Canada to seek protection from persecution".
The value of Canadian citizenship does not lie in cruelly depriving vulnerable non-citizens among us – including children – of life sustaining health care; rather, we show what it means to be Canadian when we treat vulnerable people who live among us with dignity and compassion.
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Legal Challenge Alleges Refugee Health Care Cuts Are Unconstitutional
A legal challenge is being filed at the Federal Court of Canada, arguing that the federal government's cuts to refugee health care are unconstitutional, and in breach of Canada's obligations under international law. The challenge will be heard at the Federal Court of Canada in Toronto on December 17th and 18th, 2013.
Canada has a long tradition of providing basic health coverage to refugees
The Interim Federal Health Care Program, a federal insurance program, has historically provided temporary health, vision and dental insurance to all refugee claimants and resettled refugees, up until the time they were either accepted as refugees and were eligible for provincial health care, or if not accepted, until they had exhausted their legal options to remain in Canada. Refugee claimants have received some type of interim federal health insurance coverage since 1957.
Cuts eliminate most federal healthcare benefits for refugees—even if they are children
On April 5, 2012 the federal government passed an Order-in-Council to make drastic cuts to the health benefits paid by the federal government to refugee claimants. These changes were made without advance notice or consultation with the provinces or health and immigration stakeholders. The cuts came into effect on June 30, 2012, including the following:
- Refugee claimants have coverage for medical services, but no longer have federal coverage for vision care, dental care or prescription medications—even life-sustaining ones such as insulin. This rule even applies temporarily to privately sponsored refugees—people who Canada recognizes as being in need of protection.
A child refugee claimant with a heart condition awaiting his hearing develops a dental abscess. The infection can spread to his heart, yet he is unable to receive dental care while awaiting the outcome of his family's hearing.
A refugee claimant is diagnosed with cancer after he arrives in Canada but before his claim has been decided. He can see a doctor but has no insurance to cover the costs of his chemotherapy or medication.
- Refugees from countries that the Minister has designated as safe ("Designated Country of Origin" or "DCO"), such as Mexico and Hungary, as of Dec. 15, 2012 receive no medical care at all, unless their condition poses a public health risk or security concern for Canadians.
A woman who is five months pregnant flees her abusive partner in Mexico. As Mexico has been designated as a so-called "safe" country, this woman will not only have no access to any prenatal care, she will also not have health coverage for the delivery of her child, or postnatal care.
- Refugee claimants whose claims have been rejected can only obtain medical care where their condition poses a public health or security concern. Even where the person cannot be removed from Canada, due to a government-issued moratorium on removals to particularly dangerous countries like Afghanistan or Iraq, she or he has virtually no health coverage despite being able to work legally in Canada.
A refused refugee claimant from Afghanistan cannot be returned to Afghanistan, given that there has been a moratorium on all removals to Afghanistan since 1994. He is able to obtain a work permit so that he can support himself while his immigration status is in limbo. If he has a heart attack, as a refused refugee claimant, he is not entitled to health coverage for treatment or for necessary medications.
Cuts to refugee healthcare have significant impacts
The changes to the healthcare coverage for refugee claimants are significant for a number of reasons:
- This is a dramatic cut to the basic level of health coverage to some of the most marginalized and vulnerable people in Canada (sometimes, a claimant's health problems are directly related to the persecution they suffered in their home country);
- People are likely to suffer significant health risks under this new policy;
- Refugees have had federal health insurance coverage for 55 years; these cuts mark a major shift in Canada's tradition of universal health care and its humanitarian treatment of refugees;
- The changes were imposed without consulting provinces, the public or direct stakeholders;
- The changes will result in a significant downloading of costs onto the provinces and onto individual physicians who provide certain emergency services free of charge;
- The complexity of the changes, coupled with the lack of consultation, have made it difficult for the medical community to understand the cuts, and to accurately inform patients about their coverage;
- The average annual cost of the IFHP was about $552 per refugee claimant;
- Ironically, the cuts may well increase government health costs in the long run as emergency care generally costs much more than the preventive care which is being eliminated.
Legal challenge alleges refugee health care cuts are unconstitutional
The legal challenge is being filed at the Federal Court of Canada on behalf of two patients who have had critical health care denied to them since the government cut health care coverage for refugees in June of 2012. The cuts to refugee health care are also being challenged by two public interest groups who bring additional expertise and resources to the fight: Canadian Doctors for Refugee Care, a group of doctors who treat refugees across the country, and the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, a national organization of lawyers and academics who are concerned with refugee law and policy.
The challenge argues that the cuts to refugee health care violate the fundamental human rights of refugees, as protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, without any lawful justification.
- The cuts threaten the rights to life and security of the person in section 7 of the Charter. The Supreme Court of Canada has already made clear in the Chaoulli decision that denying medical care can increase the risk of medical complications and cause severe psychological stress that threaten the security of the person and can even lead to death, in violation of section 7. The government has not clarified its reasons for these cuts. Assuming that the goal of the cuts is to discourage fraudulent refugee claims, there is no evidence that these cuts will have that result. Accordingly, the government's decision to cut health care benefits is arbitrary and unjustified.
- The cuts amount to cruel and unusual treatment, contrary to section 12 of the Charter. These cuts reduce or deny basic and life-sustaining health coverage for refugee claimants, likely causing significant and unnecessary pain and suffering to refugee claimants. The changes to the refugee health care coverage are inconsistent with international practice; numerous European countries provide more comprehensive healthcare coverage to refugee claimants than Canada.
- The cuts discriminate against refugees from certain countries, and discriminate against people based on their immigration status, contrary to section 15 of the Charter. For the first time, the type of health care coverage provided to a refugee depends on their country of origin. The federal government's changes to refugee health care insurance deny medical assistance to people from certain countries, such as Mexico and Hungary, which have been designated as safe by the Minister, while providing care to refugees from other countries. The cuts to refugee health care also discriminate on the basis of immigration status by denying basic health care to individuals residing in Canada on the grounds that they are seeking refugee protection.
The cuts are inconsistent with Canada's international law obligations. Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention Relating the Status of Refugees, Canada is obliged to provide basic health care for refugees and children. The cuts do not comply with those obligations.


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Quick infoBoard: Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals
Post Name: General Manager, Sr. Executive & Market Analyst
Description: GNFC invite General Manager, Sr. Executive & Market Analyst posts.
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Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilisers & Chemicals Ltd - GNFC published an official notification for Recruitment of General Manager, Sr. Executive & Market Analyst posts. Eligible candidates can apply for this recruitment. You can view more details about this recruitment including No. of posts, name of post, Educational qualification, Age limit, Selection process, How to apply etc... You can also view official notification and other important facts about this recruitment e.g. Important links and Important dates.
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- Around 45-50 years.
- Additional General Manager (Human Resources):
- Incumbent should be a MSW/MLW / MPM / other equivalent qualification from reputed Institute / University. Preference would be given to Candidates having post-graduation from IIM-Ahmedabad / Bangalore / Kolkata / Madras
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A gantry crane is a machine for lifting, reducing, and moving a load with the movable or fixed hoisting system as part of the device. Strong, long lasting and normally lasting a mammoth time, it operates on a track on the floor or ground level. However, they are also readily available working on rubber tyres, to suppress the demand of a track. It is an engineering marvel as it provides native support in the mobility problems referring to goods and payloads. The heavy weight lifting capabilities of gantry cranes are an included benefit in its usage. They are likewise handy in the displacement of products from heights to heights.
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On the subject of getting the 'O' ring onto dialysis buttons, we have used 10mm pyrex brand test tubes ( No. 9820) for years. Place the dialysis membrane over the open end of the test tube. Roll the 'O' ring onto the test tube, allowing the 'O' ring to hold the membrane. Firmly hold the membrane covered tube onto the dialysis button, then roll the 'O' ring up the tube, fold the membrane down and roll the 'O' ring down the tube and into its groove in the button. Gerry Bunick bunick at biovx1.bio.ornl.gov Coordinator, Structural Biology Programs Oak Ridge National Laboratory


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This is a complaint I hear fairly frequently, especially when people are on a detox or a particular diet. Here are my thoughts/responses/tips:
1. Make sure you are actually hungry. Many people misinterpret the feeling of thirst for a sensation of hunger. They are actually dehydrated without knowing it because they don't drink enough water and because they consume so many caffeinated beverages – sodas, coffee, tea, chocolate, etc. which have a diuretic effect.
2. Look for emotional triggers to eating. Many people eat when they are angry or frustrated, need to relieve stress or comfort an emotional wound without even realizing it. Many times when people deal with the reasons they are angry, frustrated or fearful, their hunger resolves.
3. You may not be getting enough good nutrients in your food, even if you are eating a predominantly organic diet. Everyone needs trace nutrients – things like selenium, boron, copper, manganese, cobalt, chromium, germanium, molybdenum, and many others. Although organically grown foods normally test higher in all these nutrients, even organic foods do not always contain all the necessary trace nutrients because the soil they are grown in is often depleted. The body will register a lack of nutrients as hunger no matter how much food is eaten. In other words, you could be "full" but your hunger not satisfied. There are many Experts who feel that this lack of trace nutrients is a major reason for the American overeating and obesity epidemic.
4. Not getting enough good nutrients in your food may also be from a digestive imbalance. The problem of feeling hungry is not always due to inadequate food intake, but poor absorption of nutrients from the digestive system. If you are not getting enough nutrients, your body will still send you messages that say it is still hungry.
5. Rule out parasites. Parasites are an epidemic (in NY anyway) and these parasites can feed off the nutrients that we eat and leave us hungry.
6. Many people are chronically tired and hungry because they have an hormonal imbalance. (This is not something that always shows up on a blood test) For instance, when people have significant drops in their blood sugar, it leaves them feeling ravenously hungry, exhausted and highly anxious.


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Category Archives: Special Collections
An Extracted Scot Finds Himself in Hungary: How to Get Started with Ancestry.com
By Stephen McClain, Reference Department
Originally posted November 20, 2015
Did you know that Williamson County Public Library patrons can access Ancestry.com for free while in the library? Neither did I – and I am guessing that many other people in Williamson County don't know either. Like many people in the United States, I have a multicultural background, but have never been absolutely certain what my ethnicity truly is. I have long been interested in tracing my roots and wondered when my ancestors first arrived on this continent, but without access to the proper resources, I never really looked into it. My surname suggests that I am Scottish and I have always celebrated that part of my lineage without really knowing the percentage or who first emigrated from the land of bagpipes and single malt whisky. Also, I have been told that my maternal side is of German or Austrian descent, but no one is really sure.
Census Records, Birth and Death Certificates and Marriage Records
When I first started searching Ancestry.com for information on my grandparents, the most readily available data that I found was census records. The search tab at the top left side of the home page provides users with a number of search options, but the easiest way to get started is to simply click the green "Begin Searching" button in the middle of the page. Though I was too young to remember meeting him, I know my paternal great grandfather's full name and where he lived. By searching his name and town of residence, I was able to locate his father's name via a combination of census, birth and death records. I repeated this process several times, and through the historical mist, I was able to find that my fifth great grandfather was born in Scotland in 1681 and arrived in what would become the United States in 1766. My family name has apparently been in this country for a very long time and the reveal of this information somewhat diminished my feelings of a connection with the Scottish homeland. I am not going to stop enjoying single malt Scotch whisky or listening to the pipes, but maybe I shouldn't have gotten married in a kilt…either way, I had another side of my family to research.
The maternal side of my lineage has always been somewhat of a mystery. No one in the family seems to know where the names come from. The names of my maternal grandparents both suggest German, Austrian, Slovak or Hungarian lineage. I searched my grandfather's name and with very little effort, found out that his father was Hungarian. The 1920 U.S. Census records show that he was born in Hungary and his native tongue was Slavish. While his mother was born in Pennsylvania, her parents were born in Hungary as well, with the same linguistic details. I am 3rd generation Hungarian and never knew it! Maybe that's why I like stuffed cabbage and lekvar pierogis so much? I don't know. Regardless, I was excited to know that I had found a relatively recent connection to my European past. And because in many cases, Ancestry.com provides users with an actual scanned copy of the documents, I was able to see that this area in Pennsylvania was a true ethnic community. The birthplaces of the majority of the people (or the birthplaces of their parents) listed on the census record were Eastern European; Austria, Hungary, and Russia. How could my mother and her siblings have grown up not knowing that their grandparents were from Hungary? The reason is probably because so many European migrants of that time wished to disassociate themselves from their past and start a new life in America. They were struggling to make a new start while making a living in a brand new country, most often doing very difficult factory work. Maintaining and passing on a cultural identity was probably not on their list of important things to do.
When I was younger, I remember being told to be careful what you look for, you might find something you didn't want to know. I grew up knowing most of my great aunts and uncles on my mother's side of the family. There was only one uncle that I never met, who was killed in WW II…or so I thought he was the only one. Upon examining some census data that listed the household members at my great grandparents' residence, I read a name listed that I had never heard before. A female child that was unknown to me. This mystery aunt was 2 years older than my oldest great aunt, of whom I grew up visiting on a regular basis. Who was this person? Was she the black sheep of the family that was shunned and disowned? Was she a convicted criminal that the family was keeping hidden? Maybe she was busted for making bathtub gin during Prohibition. I hoped so. That would be so cool. I was both eager and afraid to find out. I had to know who this person was and I could only hope that there was some guarded, veiled story to go along with this ghost on the census form. With anxious trepidation, I called my aunt and asked if she knew the identity of this missing relative. Without hesitation, she said, "That was grandma's sister who died." Mystery solved, though, too abruptly for my apprehensive curiosity. But what happened to her and why was she never mentioned? I was told that she died from a common complication after childbirth simply because she didn't have access to the necessary medication and treatment. Wow. It had happened so long ago that she was never mentioned in my time. No romantic tales of rebellion, crime or calamity, but a somber reminder of harder times, to say the least.
Phone and Street Directories
My searches also produced a large number of scanned city phone directories dating back to the 1920s. When searching for a name on Ancestry.com, users are given categories on the left of the page. One of those choices is "Schools, Directories and Church Histories." Though it was never mentioned in any family stories, I now know that the likely reason my maternal grandparents met is because their families lived on the same street. These old phone directories most often show not only telephone numbers and addresses, but also the name of individuals who were living at that address, i.e. another relative or a boarder. This is a great tool in locating exactly where a relative may have lived. And if nothing else, it is intriguing to see telephone numbers such as "WAlbridge 1154 and BLackstone 2311."
Military Records
My paternal grandfather and many of my maternal great uncles were in World War Two. I was able to locate the muster rolls that listed my grandfather's name and the ship he was on. (Yeah, I never heard the term "muster roll" either. It is the register of the officers and men in a military unit or on a ship. Thanks, Wikipedia.) I also found out that my maternal great uncle was killed at Pearl Harbor and I located a detailed photograph of the monument that lists his name. Additionally in the military records, I was able to find the scanned copies of WW I and WWII draft registration cards for both of my great grandfathers. The documents are hand written and include the signatures of the men. To locate documents such as these, simply type in the name of the person that you are searching and after clicking "Search", you will see all of the results for that name. To the left of the page, there is a listing of categories, such as "Census and Voter Lists" and "Birth, Marriage and Death." The third category is "Military." This option will produce information on draft registration, enlistment, casualties, and gravesites, just to name a few. There is also a great deal of information on Civil War soldiers and the American Revolution.
This is just a sample of the information available at Ancestry.com and a bit of my personal experience in looking for my roots. It was great fun for me searching through my relative's collective pasts and getting just a glimpse of their lives well before I was a twinkle in someone's eye. Whenever you are ready to do your own searching, come to the second floor of the Williamson County Public Library and log on to a computer or visit one of the staff in the Special Collections department and they will help you with your queries. Access to Ancestry.com is only available to patrons while they are physically in the library. On the library's website, move the mouse over Special Collections on the left of the page and click on Digital Genealogy. From there, click on Access Ancestry Library while visiting the library. The Williamson County Public Library also offers free classes on Introduction to Ancestry.com once a month.
But be advised, you may find something you didn't expect…
Beginning genealogy: Those (not so) pesky neighbors!
By Jason Gavin, Special Collections Librarian
Originally published September 12, 2014
You've started your family genealogy, and zipped right through the first few generations using census records on Ancestry.com. Great! Then the inevitable happens – you hit a brick wall. Great-great-Grandma or Grandpa seems to simply disappear off the face of the Earth! Now what? It's time to take a closer look at the census records you've already used, and look at those nosy neighbors.
It's always worth bearing in mind that census records were compiled by a (sometimes very) fallible human being walking door to door, knocking, and asking "who lives here?". If you stay aware of this fact, you won't make the mistake of assuming that because a name is spelled a particular way, in must not be Grandpa Stephen, because he spelled his name with a "v". If the census taker heard "Gavin", he might have written "Gavin" on the census. If, on the other hand, he heard "Caffin", that's what he'll write (I've seen it happen!). And if the name was even slightly exotic, be it French, German, Italian, Swedish, etc. – forget about it! I am often tempted to believe that to be hired as a Federal census taker prior to 1900, applicants had to pass a grueling exam, where only the most hard-of-hearing, sloppiest penmanship, and poorest spellers passed. I can't prove this, but I have my suspicions.
The other reason it's worth remembering this door-to-door-knocking fact, is that it means all of the families listed above and below the family you're researching were next door neighbors. This can be tremendously helpful! For one reason, youthful betrothed tended to marry the guy or girl next door, or a couple of houses down, or the next street over. If you can find great grandpa while he was single in the census records, you can very often find great grandma's family on the next page or sometimes even living next door.
Another reason this is useful is because families during certain periods tended to move in groups. The Johnsons moved from North Carolina to Kentucky to Tennessee with the Smith family, for example. And along the way, sons might marry daughters. You never know how little clues like this might help you break through your brick wall. As an example, I found a house full of my ancestors in the 1880 census, along with a very elderly lady by a different last name of Hollingsworth. Continuing my line yielded a few more results, but I eventually hit the familiar brick wall. This was solved eventually not by researching my family name, but by tracing the Hollingsworths, and looking at their neighbors. And sure enough, I found a family of Hollingsworths living next door to some Gavins in 1850, which filled in the gap I was looking for and allowed me to plow headlong into the next brick wall on the Gavin line.
Paying attention to occupations and nationalities of neighbors can also lend some context to the history and kind of location your ancestors were in as well. Was everybody a farmer? This might indicate a poor rural location. Is there evidence for industry? Do you see blacksmiths or railroad workers clustered in the neighborhood? Were the majority of the neighbors German or Irish, or did they speak languages other than English? This might give a clue as to your ancestor's nationality. What was the average age of people in the community? An extreme lack of elderly individuals might indicate the area was fairly newly established, whereas a uniform lack of young men of certain age might indicate heavy recruitment for a war.
Like so much in genealogy, the smallest, most overlooked clues can lead to big breakthroughs with a little patience and diligence.
Guest Post: Lest We Forget
By Thelma Battle
The cultural tradition of funeral services, among many African- American citizens, has been a unique tradition since slavery. Oral history tells us that during slavery times many slaves were not allowed the opportunity to have a funeral or to pay respect to the deceased. The deceased if fallen dead in the field, for instance was taken, wrapped and a hole was dug, with no funeral or burial rites. The only person to view this process was the digger of the hole. This was not always the case in many other instances of deceased slaves. Williamson County, Tennessee is known for its slave cemeteries, meaning that some slave owners had the decency to see that their slaves had a proper burial; and that loved ones were allowed to attend the burial.
The history of some African American funerals, carry a uniqueness that often interprets the region of habitation.
The cultural tradition of African Americans providing printed funeral programs at the ceremony of a loved one is a unique, yet national among most African Americans.
History tells us that slaves were sold and many slave families were separated forever. This cruel act meant such slaves would never see their loved ones again or have knowledge of who they were. Today the ability to put in writing the life and times concerning the deceased and sharing it with family, friends and loved ones is an expression of freedom. It is a reminder as well as a celebration of "Who You Were" and "Whence You Came", What You Stood For". The order of service, the undertaker, flower girls and pallbearer and cemetery is also announced.
Today many African Americans come together at funerals bearing an oppressed history, but are able to share in the freedom of this day and time; and in doing this act take home a keepsake printed history of the deceased. Such material is often priceless to genealogists tracing family trees.
Lest We Forget: The 2018 Thelma Battle Collection African American Exhibit
By Marcia Fraser, Special Collections Department
Now, throughout February, the Special Collections department at Williamson County Public Library is hosting the 2018 Thelma Battle Black History Month Photographic Exhibit, "Lest We Forget," spotlighting the lives of residents in Franklin's black community who have lived and died in Williamson County. This exhibit features the vast funeral program collection housed in Special Collections as part of the Thelma Battle Family History Collection.
Why funeral programs? Oftentimes, we really don't get to know a person until he or she dies. Have you ever been to a funeral, or read an obituary, and realized there were important things about that person that you didn't even know? Maybe you weren't aware of some of the ways he participated in the community, or who his family connections are. This is what makes funeral programs and/or obituaries so valuable. If you're researching your family history, they're absolute gold!
Obituaries tell us a lot. Things like a person's full name, his parents' names, when he was born, who his children and grandchildren are, who predeceased him, who survived him, what he did for a living, when he died, and sometimes why. A funeral program gives you that and more – who preached the service, who the pall bearers and flower bearers were, what scripture was read, which songs were sung. A funeral program can give you the family and friend connections of the deceased. That's a lot of information to find in one place, and if you're researching your genealogy, it could give you the very link you need to connect you from one generation to the next on the family tree.
We now have over 1200 funeral programs from our local black community in Special Collections, and we're still collecting. They are filed alphabetically in notebooks, and also digitized in our data files, so they're available for the cost of a copy, ten cents a page. We are always seeking ways to enlarge our collection and so we invite you to share copies of programs you have that we don't. If you have family funeral programs or obituaries you can share, we would love for you to bring them in and allow us to copy them and add them to our collection. Talk to one of the librarians in Special Collections to see if you have a program we need. An index of names in our current collection is available to exhibit attendees to search.
This year's photograph exhibit will also include a new oral history film about Ms. Battle's work as a grassroots historian, "Thelma's Battle; Preserving African-American History in Franklin, Tennessee." The film will be available for viewing as part of the exhibit.
The exhibit is held on the 2nd floor of the library in the Special Collections department at 1314 Columbia Ave. in Franklin, and will run from Feb. 1st – 28th. There will also be displays in the upstairs and downstairs display cases near the elevators. For more information, call 615/525-1246.
Finding Your Family on Census Records Through Ancestry.com
by Dorris Douglass, Special Collections Librarian
Use of Ancestry.com is free In the Special Collections Department and to help you use it, here are some very important tips to remember.
- Pay absolutely no attention to spelling! Census takers couldn't spell. This researcher has seen the name Jacob spelled "Jacup" on the census.
- Pay close attention to extra people with a different last name in a household. Frequently those listed as "boarder" were aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews and especially mothers-in-law.
- Pay close attention to who is living next door. The guys either married the gal next door or their first cousin. This researcher looked for an ancestor for 10 years only to find him living next door to a grandson by a different last name.
- Be aware that ages recorded in the census can be 2 to 3 years off. However, usually the younger the closer to the truth. By the time one got to their 80's either he or his family members had forgotten how old he really was.
- Know the abbreviations for Men's first names: Alexr= Alexander, Benj = Benjamin, Geo =George, Hy=Henry, Jas = James, Jno =John ( Why I have no idea), Patk=Patrick, Robt= Robert Thos=Thomas, Wm=William. The last letter of the longer abbreviation are usually written as a superscripts, so that you might see only the Tho for Thomas unless you look carefully for the little tiny s. Periods were usually omitted after the abbreviation.
- Know common nicknames and know that nicknames often rhyme. Some are very tricky.
- Belle=Isabel, Mable, Sybil;
- Beth, Betty, Betsy, Bessie =Elizabeth;
- Biddy, Bridey= Bridget;
- Bill = William, rhymes with Will;
- Cal=Caleb, Calvin;
- Cate (old spelling) =Catherine;
- Carrie= Carololine;
- Carey= Charles (modern nickname Chuck);
- Cephus=Josephus;
- Daisey = Margaret ( for a Queen Margaret whose favorite flower was a daisy);
- Dick = Richard, rhymes with Rick;
- Dollie, Dolly, Doll = Dorothy;
- Duke=Marmaduke;
- Ed, Ned, Ted =Edward, Edmond;
- Elsie= Elizabeth:
- Ella, Ellie, Nelly = Elle , but also Helen;
- Etta, Nettie = Henrietta;
- Fee = Felix;
- Hi = Hiram,
- Jack = John;
- Kit = Christopher,
- Lois= Louise,
- Lottie = Charlotte;
- Ky = Hezekiah;
- Mae, May, Molly, Polly =Mary;
- Mag, Maggie, Meg, Peg, Peggy = Margaret;
- Mattie, Patty, Patsy = Martha;
- Maud =Magdalene,
- Maude (male) = Mordichi;
- Nancy=Hannah,
- Neil, Connie,=Cornelius;
- Sallie, Sally = Sarah,
- Stella = Estel, Esther;
- Sukey ,Susan, = Susannah (Suckey, African American 1870/ 80 = a former slave midwife who took care of the sucklings);
- Ted = Theodore (but can be = Edward).
Come join us to hunt for your ancestors!
Adventures in Digital Storage (in honor of Preservation Week)
By Lance Hickerson, Reference Department
"Today, the average household creates enough data to fill 65 iPhones (32gb) per year. In 2020, this will grow to 318 iPhones."
This is a conclusion from the seventh EMC Digital Universe study at Hopkinton, Massachusetts highlighting a special concern with how "data is outpacing storage. The world's amount of available storage capacity (i.e., unused bytes) across all media types is growing slower than the digital universe."
Concerns about digital storage and preservation are not new, but they are now more pressing. Michael Irving, of New Atlas, explains how "even the best of our current range of devices are only relatively short-term solutions to the problem. Hard drives, and optical storage such as DVDs and Blu-Ray discs, are vulnerable to damage and degradation, with a life expectancy of a few decades at best." Irving continues:
Scientists are increasingly looking to nature's hard drive, DNA, as a potential solution to both the capacity and longevity problems. As our own bodies demonstrate, DNA is an incredibly dense storage medium, potentially squeezing in a mind-boggling 5.5 petabits (125,000 GB) of information per cubic millimeter. By that measure, according to University of Washington professor, Luis Ceze, all 700 exabytes of today's accessible internet would fit into a space the size of a shoebox. You could then tuck that shoebox away in a vault for thousands of years, and the DNA-stored data would remain intact.
Indeed, digital storage modeled on DNA is a promising solution. But until it becomes more than experimental, what should we do in the meantime? For instance, what if you have just been chosen as the archivist for a massive collection of family photographs? How would you choose to store the data? In addition to preserving the actual physical photos, what is the best approach from a digital point of view? After the photos are scanned, what is the best way to store them as digital documents?
A helpful answer comes from Denise May Levenick, who inherited her family photo treasures. She shares tips and techniques for preserving a collection in her latest book, How to Archive Family Photos: A step by step guide to organize and share your photos digitally (Family Tree Books: Cincinatti, 2015. In our library nonfiction section under 745.593 May). It is good to keep in mind that, although focusing on photos, the principles she outlines apply to more than photo collections.
One important decision for digital material concerns negotiating different file formats. Ms. Levenich explains about using JPG and TIFF files.
JPG is a file format that uses compression when saving files and is called a lossy file format because repeated opening and saving of JPG files deteriorates the image quality over time. TIFF is a file format that does not use compression when saving files and is considered a lossless format because it maintains its quality over time.
What this means for preservation is that the TIFF lossless format better maintains the digital data than the JPG format, which loses quality with use. One concern with TIFF files, however, is that TIFF is sometimes unreadable by various programs. In this case, our staff librarian photo buff, Rebecca Tischler, recommends saving picture files in PNG. PNG, pronounced "ping," stands for the Portable Network Graphics format which compresses information in a lossless manner, meaning all the image information is there when the PNG file is decompressed. Further it neither degrades nor loses information with saving, restoring, or resaving like the JPG. Don't count out the JPG, however, as it has its uses too, one being the JPG can preserve a lot more color than the PNG.
Once your format is chosen, it is necessary to back up your photo files. Ms. Levenick recommends the 3-2-1 rule.
- 3 Copies
- 2 different media
- 1 copy stored off-site
She explains, "Many different combinations will provide a good backup solution, but the key to a great backup system is to spread out your copies across different media and different storage locations. When hurricanes and tornadoes wipe out a home and family photo collection, it's reassuring to know that digital copies are safe in the cloud, or stashed at a relative's home in another state. Don't wait for a disaster to safeguard your precious family memories. Practice the 3-2-1 Backup rule regularly, especially after a major scanning session."
- https://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2014/20140409-01.htm
- Michael Irving, "New record for storing digital data in DNA" in New Atlas (July 11, 2016)
- http://newatlas.com/dna-data-storage-record/44273/
- Denise May Levenick, How to Archive Family Photos: A step by step guide to organize and share your photos digitally (Family Tree Books: Cincinatti, 2015), pp. 108-109; 126.
- The Data Deluge: An e-Science Perspective, Tony Hey*(firstname.lastname@example.com) + and Anne Trefethen*(firstname.lastname@example.com),UK e-Science Core Programme
Heritage Display March 2017
By Rebecca Tischler, Reference Department
Last Month, we had an interactive display upstairs. Patrons could add their ancestry to a world map and see where some of their neighbors came from as well. Some had many ancestries, and some only had one, but it was interesting to see how diverse our patrons were.
And those who didn't know their background, we pointed them to the Special Collections department, where patrons can get some help doing genealogical research with databases such as Ancestry.com and HeritageQuest. If you want to know more about where your family comes from, ask one of our wonderful Special Collections Librarians for help.
But for now, take a look at all the responses that were left at the display.
- English, Welsh, Polish, German, French, Scandinavian, Scottish
- Welsh
- Greek, English
- Snowbeast (AKA Canadian)
- Venezuela
- Indian
- Hispanic
- British
- Tamil, Hindi
- Prussia, Austria, Germany
- Italy, Germany
- Norwegian, German
- African American, German
- German, Prussian, Polish
- Scottish
- Thai
- English, Welsh, Italian
- Tamil, Hindi
- Alien
- Chinese
- China
- English, Scottish, Norman French
- Mongolia
- French, Great Britain
- German
- Brazilian
- Mexican, Spanish
- Mexican
- French, Mexican
- Italy, Germany, Europe
- English, Irish
- German, French, Irish
- Cuba
- Armenian
- Scottish, English, French
- Swedish, German
- Deutschland
- Swiss-German, English
- French, Irish
- Polish, English, Irish
- China
- Chinese, Hunan
- Thai, Chinese
- German, Swiss
- Antarctican
- Kiwi
- Canadian
- Pennsylvania Dutch
- Ireland, Germany
- Guatemala
- At this library we found out the Hill family from Texas is the Hill family from ESSEX U.K.!
- Irish, Italian
- Norwegian, Icelandic
- Czech, Dutch, German, English
- Norwegian, French, Polish
- Brazilian, Italian, Irish, English
- Irish, German
- Mexican
- Tartar Kazakhstan
- Italy
- Swedish, English, Scottish, Irish
- Scottish, Scandinavian, Polynesian, German
- Mexicana Latin of African and Spanish ancestry
- Venezuela, Peru
- Black, Irish, Blackfoot
- Balkar
- Cherokee, English, French, Scottish, Irish, German, Swiss, Nordic
- Germany
- Mexico
- Mexican
- Spanish, Mexican
- Columbian
- Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian
- Mexican
- Indian, German, Dutch, English
- Italy
- Syrian
- European
- Vietnamese
- Anglo-Irish, German-Polish
- Scottish, Welsh, English
- Spanish, Scottish, French, Polish, Welsh, Irish
- Haitian
- Irish, Cherokee
- Spanish, Italian, Greek, English, Scottish, Irish, Moroccan
- Indian, Irish, German, English
- German, English, Irish, Dutch
- Spanish, Scottish, Irish, English, Danish, German, French, Ecuadorian, Incan
- Ghanaian, Haitian
- German, Irish, Scottish
- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Swiss German, Cherokee
- Haiti
- Celts, France, Ireland, England/Wales
- French, Scottish, Cherokee
- Canadian
- Italian
Save your Stuff: Preserving Your Recorded Materials
By Lon Maxwell, Reference Department
People amass stuff. We are all hoarders of one type or another; we just prefer to be called collectors or connoisseurs. We tuck our prized collections away in corners of closets, in attics, in garages and occasionally in storage facilities because we cherish these items. We want to keep them as mementos, memories or keepsakes to show our descendants and maybe have those people love them the same. The question is: are we storing them properly? We want to save these pieces of who we are for the future, but are they going to make it to the future? Libraries have been worrying about this for ages and there are many great places to find information on preserving your collections. Actually, there is too much information out there so here we will pull together the most important as well as the easiest steps for preserving your materials such as books, newspapers, magazines, comic books, film, slides, negatives, magnetic tape (both audio and video), records and even a little on documents and art.
Once again, cleanliness is essential. Clean hands, or even archivist gloves, and a clean workspace are ideal for going through your old photographs. Ideally, photos should be stored at 40 degrees or less in a location with 30 to 40% humidity. This is very specific because the stability of modern color photos degrades with heat and according to the preservation department of the Library of Congress, "Relative humidity is the single most important factor in preserving most photographic prints." Never let adhesives come in contact with photographic prints and only mount them on acid free cardstock.
If you are dealing with a photo that has deteriorated or if you are working with an older format like tin or daguerreotypes you will probably want to consult a professional. The American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works has an online directory of conservators to help you find one in your area.
Films, Slides and Negatives
Film and slides contain cellulose, an organic substance, and as such are subject to decay. Temperature and humidity are mentioned here time and again, but here it is most important. The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) recommends storage at 40-50° and 20-40% relative humidity. They also suggest freezing film, but this is for long term storage and should be done in the proper manner, starting in a middle to low humidity environment, packaging the material and freezing them for very long term. This is not a thing you want to do if you are planning on getting these items out next week or even next month. These materials are the best case for digital transfer. There are many services out there that can help you get these materials digitized for future use and reproduction.
Magnetic Tape Recordings (reel to reel, 8-Track, cassette and Video Tape)
When you are working with magnetic recordings storage should be considered. While demagnetization is unlikely, it can happen so avoid storing your material near large machinery and electrical transformers. Handle reel to reel tapes from the edge and center hole only. Grasping the reel itself to hard can break the reel or crush the delicate tape. Any kind of cassette should only be handled by the outside edges. Do not touch the spools. Store them in a cool place with lower to mid-level humidity.
Other Audio Sources (Records, Wax Cylinders, CDs)
Never mess with the groove. When handling any of these older recordings keep your fingers confined to the label for records, the center hole for CDs, and for the truly old cylinders, just the edges. The grooves are where the recorded material is read by the needle or laser and damage will come from your fingerprints and any dirt on your hands. They should also be stored upright with dividers every six inches to support them in cool dry places. Always allow these materials to reach room temperature in the room where they are to be played before using them if they are stored at a low temperature. Always store like sized material together. Make sure manufacturers cleaning instructions are followed for all playback devices.
Most people do not have a Monet in their house or a painting from the Dutch masters in their office waiting room, but with art there is no telling what will become valuable. For forty years the Jesuit house in Dublin, Ireland had a painting hanging in their parlor. In the 1990s it was determined to be a lost Caravaggio. You never know what may come of the paintings on your walls, so it never hurts to take care of them properly.
As with every other type of material, cleanliness is the first and easiest step. Make sure that you handle paintings by the sides of the frame, not the painting itself, and have enough people for the job. Dust your paintings with "a clean, soft, natural-hair artists' brush (3.5cm to 5cm tip)" in one direction if there is no peeling or cracking evident in the paint according to the Smithsonian Institution. Display your art where there is a little exposure to UV light and as little fluctuation in temperature and humidity as possible and avoid extremes in both. Finally, make sure art is hung with the proper hardware and check those hooks, wires and brackets periodically to make sure they are in good condition.
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Save your Stuff: Preserving Your Printed Materials
By Lon Maxwell, Reference Department
People amass stuff. We are all hoarders of one type or another; we just prefer to be called collectors or connoisseurs. We tuck our prized collections away in corners of closets, in attics, in garages and occasionally in storage facilities because we cherish these items. We want to keep them as mementos, memories or keepsakes to show our descendants and maybe have those people love them the same. The question is: are we storing them properly? We want to save these pieces of who we are for the future, but are they going to make it to the future? Libraries have been worrying about this for ages and there are many great places to find Information on preserving your collections. Actually, there is too much information out there so here we will pull together the most important as well as the easiest steps for preserving your materials such as books, newspapers, magazines, comic books, film, slides, negatives, magnetic tape (both audio and video), records and even a little on documents and art.
This is a library blog so books come first. The easiest and first step in preservation is careful use. Make sure your hands are clean, that you are reading in a clean area free of food or drink and that you are not forcing the book open to 180°. Never use glues, rubber bands or adhesive tape on books. Never dog ear the pages or mark you place with paperclips or acidic inserts. When storing your books, try to put upright books of similar size together so that they support each other and don't allow them to lean at an angle. Books should be kept in a cool room with low humidity (<35%) and as little exposure to direct, harsh light as possible. Avoid vents and registers as well as rooms like attics which experience extreme temperature changes. Clean your books and cases regularly. Finally when you remove a book from the shelf, grab the book on both sides of the spine at the midpoint. Do not grab it from the top.
Saving the newspaper is a great way to remember a great moment in your, or humanity's, history. Whether it is a paper from your child's birth, VE Day, the moon landing or the election of the first African American president, newspapers show a segment of time contemporary to the event. Once again, the rules of cleanliness are paramount. No dirty hands or coffee cups here. Newspapers to be preserved should be opened flat on a surface large enough to support the entire paper. Do not fold the paper against any existing folds. When folding the newspaper back to store it always use the existing folds and keep the edges aligned as much as possible. Newspapers should be stored flat and in protected boxes with some kind of supporting material. Like comics and magazines, these boxes and boards should be acid and lignin free. Storage space should have the same conditions as that needed for books.
For the most part the documents that we have now that we want to preserve are those that have already come down to us from generations past. Many of these are already preserved, but even more are not and have already begun to deteriorate. Think about these things and what they are and represent. Discharge papers from the civil war or world war two, your great grandparent's marriage license, an ancestor's immigration papers. These are great things to have, but remember that someday, you may be someone's great grandparent. Now is the time to preserve your documents, before they start to degrade. The basic rules for books still apply to documents (as well as manuscripts, drawings, prints, posters, and maps). In addition, you want to make sure any marks or inscriptions that you make are done in pencil only and on a clean surface to avoid pressing dirt or other contaminants into the paper. Paper items should be stored flat and supported like periodicals, unless the size of the object makes this prohibitive. At that point rolled in an archival tube is the safest storage option.
One of the reasons that those Superman, Batman and Captain America comics from the 1930s and 40s are so valuable is that there are not many surviving. Everyone has heard the old, "I'd be a millionaire if my Mom hadn't thrown away my comic collection" shtick, but this is far from true. These were comics. They cost 10₵, because they were made cheaply. No one expected them to be kept for seventy or eighty years. Modern comics are better, but still need preserving. The rules for books apply here as well, with a little modification. Never bend a comic back upon itself. It weakens the spine and you may be beaten by nerds. Comics should be stored in supportive enclosures. That means polybags, backing boards and archive boxes. You want to make sure the boards and boxes are ph. neutral and lignin free. Otherwise the very things protecting you comics can be causing their slow disintegration. Magazines should be treated in exactly the same way although those with glued bindings (similar to what you see on National Geographic) should be treated like books for the purpose of reading them. Do not open these to a flat position.
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What You Need to Know about DehydrationWise Blog Team
It's critical to understand the importance of hydration and how to stay safe if your regular water supply is interrupted. Going without food isn't fun, but going without water will get you in big trouble – fast. You can only go without water for about three to five days. As soon as cells are deprived of water they start to deteriorate and die, soon after which organs quickly shut down and the damage can be irreparable.
You need 64 ounces of water every day. If you're working hard, it's hot or you're sweating, you'll need much more.
Dehydration danger signs
How can you tell if you're getting dehydrated? Danger signs include:
- Swollen tongue
- Weakness
- Dizziness
- Heart palpitations
- Confusion
- Sluggishness
- Fainting
- Inability to sweat
- Decreased urine output or concentrated, deeply yellow urine
Signs that a dehydrated person needs immediate medical attention:
- Fever higher than 103°F
- Confusion
- Sluggishness
- Headache
- Seizures
- Difficulty breathing
- Chest or abdominal pains
- Fainting
- No urine in the last 12 hours
Purifying water
If a safe water supply is interrupted, making your own clean water with a water purifier is the smartest bet, especially since water is very heavy and not very portable. We favor all the Katadyn purifiers because they are reliable and made for emergency use. Be sure you get a purifier and not a desalinater unless you plan to make drinking water from salt water.
If you don't have access to a purifier, boiling water is an excellent way to purify it as all pathogens die at 185 degrees. Boil water hard for at least 1 minutes (2 minutes if you're in the mountains) then transfer to clean containers and store for up to 24 hours.
Water purification tablets contain either chlorine or iodine and are also effective, but tend to leave a medicinal taste.
Collecting water safely
- If you don't have a purifier, your next best friend is your hot water heater (the old fashioned kind, not the tankless kind). Old-fashioned hot water heaters contain about 40 gallons of water, but before you drain it turn off the power or gas.
- Canned food also contains potable water so don't throw away any liquid in the cans.
- Rainwater, clean snow and ice are safe to drink. A rain barrel is an inexpensive investment – be sure the top is screened to keep out insects.
- Create a collection system with a clean tarp, plastic sheeting or plastic garbage bags. Cut a hole in the center and position the tarp so it makes a V into a clean collection container.
- Water in toilets, waterbeds and pools is not safe to drink.
- Water in rivers and lakes is usually not safe to drink without purification.
- When in doubt, don't drink it. If you get sick from drinking contaminated water vomiting and diarrhea will dehydrate you all that much faster.
Storing water
Clean, sterile glass or stainless steel pots are the best containers for storing water. Plastic can be used as long as it's clean, but plastic degrades over time and can leave harmful trace chemicals in the water.


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A: We cannot allow companies to get ever bigger, outsource more jobs, dry up more opportunities, or build taller barriers to entry for our aspiring independent businesses. We must be friendly to new businesses, and companies who want to compete fairly in America. Government must be about protecting the middle.
"Deregulation with a reliance on huge wealth to do right by the people has never worked," Domina said during a telephone interview. "We need to return to a thoughtful, progressive tax system in which big corporations pay their fair share," he said. And that, in turn, would "drop the tax burden on average Nebraskans," he said.
The resumes of Sasse (R, NE) and Cotton (D, AR) do not exactly fit the profile of populists. That is especially true for the lines dedicated to the Boston Consulting Group and McKinsey & Company, firms that advise corporations on strategy, efficiency and ways to increase profitability.
In Sasse's case, he has used ties to McKinsey to burnish his private sector credentials, but in the process, he has stretched the point. He says on his campaign website that he "joined McKinsey & Company, advising leaders in times of crisis." He was actually a "special adviser" to the firm, on an hourly contract--never an employee.
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Most of us are going a thousand miles an hour in a thousand different directions.
I am. For example, this week I'm working on at least 3 different teaching materials, resources for our website, a doctoral project, recruiting small group coaches, and doing a wedding. In the middle I attend meetings and then outside the Parkview doors do the family thing, which is awesome.
This is life.
This is great.
Especially when we feel like it's what we're made for.
But even when we're doing what we're made for and what gives us life back when we do it, we can get to the point where the tank runs low. This is an interesting spot.
The culture we live in says our value in life is based on our accomplishments.
You aren't a slacker are you? Did your mamma raise a slacker?
But then we begin to think, deep down inside, that we need to do something about our life and pace or we aren't going to survive.
When do we know that we're really tired and need rest and retreat with God? Ruth Haley Barton, author and founder of the Transforming Center gives some great signs that we need to seriously find ways to rest. She provided the concepts at a recent retreat – I give the descriptions that follow each one.
- Feeling too much "ought" or "should" – we get caught in feeling like everything is vitally important and we're obligated to do something about it.
- Having unrealistic expectations – when we desire to try and climb every mountain when our boots have holes and we've never seen a mountain.
- Having difficulty receiving help from others – we don't just THINK we are the only ones who can do what we do, we're CONVINCED of it
- Having few or no boundaries in our life – we don't say "no" often enough to the things that we feel we "ought" to do (see #1)
- Becoming "performers" or "perfectionists" – when we become compulsive and intolerant about avoiding errors and become obsessive about the way we present ourselves (i.e. the show must go on!)
- Finding sadness or unresolved tensions in relationships – when we feel our most important relationships are killing us rather than giving us life (including our relationship with God!) We say "don't go there" when it comes to certain relationships.
- Becoming dependent on our own willfulness – acting as if we really are in control of the universe and if we don't do something the planets will all crash into each other (metaphorically of course!)
- Becoming isolated – when we find that we're hiding from the people we work with, interact with, even love and respect (Just me and Jesus, that's all I need…)
- Becoming overloaded with information – being constantly connected to information streams like the web, our smartphones, etc. without creating space. Reading tweets, blogs, and Facebook compulsively and without any regard to the flesh-and-bone life around us.
If you said, "Hey, that's not a sign that you're tired or being drained" then I hate to say this but someone has to:
You're tired and drained.
Or you soon will be.
Unplug. Retreat with God.
Get alone. Be quiet. Focus on your breathing.
Pray: "God, I'm here. I'm tired. I'm listening"
And wait.
Throw away distractions. Turn off your phone. Turn off the TV. Ask your family to give you 30 minutes (or however much time works for your life) and just get quiet with God.
Let your mind focus on Him.
Be ready for some honest thoughts to come to light.
Write them down.
Plan to do it again tomorrow or in a week.
Soon you'll begin to feel a bit more rested and ready to turn the sources of exhaustion around and do what it is that you love and ACTUALLY love it again. You may actually start to love God again, who knows.


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Whether it's the wildlife, scenery, or people you remember most, Africa is out on its own for sheer scale, variety and dramatic impact. It's an extraordinary place that will entice you back again and again, from the elegance and charm of Cape Town to the primal attractions of the Serengeti and the impossibly-perfect beaches lapped by the Indian Ocean.
With its gleaming towers rising out of the desert, constantly sun-drenched beaches, world-beating designer shopping and fabulous hotels, the UAE serves up the very last word in urbane glamour, while Oman is a stylish and sophisticated choice for those looking to enjoy the very best Arabia has to offer.
How can you begin to sum up Asia? Mysterious, majestic, surprising, spiritual, energetic, enticing… it's all those and more. A trip here is a true voyage of discovery, not least because its cultures and history have been hidden to Western eyes for too long, and with so much to explore, you'll be back time and again.
Explore, cherish and fall in love with Australia, the world's largest island; the epic countryside and adrenaline-junkie Eden of New Zealand, or the spectacularly laid-back islands of French Polynesia – which bring to life just how dreamy reality can get.
Hunker down by translucent shores and shady palms to breathe in jasmine and hibiscus and watch the hovering of miracle-winged hummingbirds. Why not explore the stunning tiny islands of the Caribbean?
From the sun-kissed Mediterranean to sophisticated cities, Europe's diversity is without equal. Its converted castles, restored monasteries, refurbished palaces and rolling landscapes are all testimony to its fascinating history, whilst the gourmet cuisine, vintage wines and glamorous nightlife reflect the continent's irrepressible joie de vivre.
Choose from idyllic islands adrift in the Indian Ocean, seducing you with overwater villas, underwater reefs, iridescent white sands, swaying sugar cane and cerulean oceans; or the magnificence of the Indian Subcontinent's temples, Buddhist Kingdoms and beaches throughout Sri Lanka – all serving up a feast for senses as well as the soul.
Straddling the two Poles and encompassing myriad landscapes and cultures, The Americas offer an almost tireless treasure trove of experiences for travellers, from the remains of ancient civilizations in South America to the gleaming cities of Canada and the US, peppered amongst ever-changing landscapes which define majesty.
With a fresh approach to 21st-century holidaying, spontaneous fun and treats at every turn, LUX* South Ari Atoll unites great design with a raft of leisure, wining and dining facilities that won't fail to delight. Here, your tastebuds will be treated to everything from North African, Indian and Lebanese fusion at Senses, to Japanese Teppenyaki at Umami or vibrant Italian at Allegria.
Head out on the water to seek Whale Sharks (the area is a hotspot for them); or stroll through the tropical pathways and discover hidden treasures along the way... an ice-cream cart here, a fresh coconut stall over there; a secret bar concealed by palm trees – there one day, gone the next. Watch out for impromptu movie screenings on the beach; a pop-up musical extravaganza; and a whole host of other surprises – all popping up when you least expect it.
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Mechanical circulatory support system developer, Thoratec Corporation, has started its CE Mark Clinical Trial for HeartMate III™ and has seen a first patient implanted with the new device.
In early May Thoratec's financial results suggested its HeartMate franchise was doing pretty well, showing 7% year on year revenue growth. At the time of that release the company was sounding optimistic about its product pipeline, including the next generation HeartMate III system.
HeartMate III is a centrifugal-flow chronic left ventricular assist system. The company says its fully magnetically levitated technology underpinning is designed to lower adverse event rates through improved hemocompatibility while enhancing ease of surgical placement through a compact size.
The Hannover Medical School in Hannover, Germany performed the first human implant of HeartMate III under the direction of surgeon Jan Schmitto, M.D., Ph.D. and Professor Axel Haverich M.D., chief of the Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery Department at the Hannover Medical School. "I am highly enthusiastic about the potential for HeartMate III based on its elegant implant technique and the promise of improved clinical outcomes," commented Dr. Schmitto. This implant marked the first patient enrolled in the HeartMate III CE Mark Clinical Trial, which will enroll up to 50 patients at nine sites in Europe, Australia, and Canada. The study includes a primary endpoint of six-month survival compared with estimated mortality based on the Seattle Heart Failure Model.
In addition to the first implant performed by Dr. Schmitto in Hannover, Germany, enrollment of the HeartMate III CE Mark Trial has also commenced at the Vienna Medical University in Vienna, Austria with an implant under the direction of Daniel Zimpfer M.D., Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Professor Gunther Laufer M.D., Head of the Department of Cardiac Surgery.
Physician comments
"We are very pleased to participate in this important study that will help to advance the field of mechanical circulatory support with next generation LVAD technology from Thoratec," said Dr. Zimpfer.
Company comments
"We are pleased to reach this significant clinical milestone with an important pipeline product," said Gary F. Burbach, President and Chief Executive Officer. "We are also excited about the potential for HeartMate III to advance heart failure therapy, improve clinical outcomes and enhance the patient experience."
Source: Thoratec Corporation, PR Newswire


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The totals are in on Charms for Charity.
In July, an extraordinary group of artists came together recently to raise more than $12,000 for cancer research.
For months, talented Precious Metal Clay (PMC) and Art Clay artists from all over the country have been making charms and crafting charm bracelets. Hundreds of designers donated their time, energy and materials to create charms from Metal Clay
In all, the Metal Clay community raised $12,270 to fight cancer. Of that, $6,917.50 was donated to the American Cancer Society and $5,352.50 was given to The Marrow Foundation.


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Metso to supply board machine rebuild for Cartones Ponderosa in Mexico
Metso will rebuild the folding boxboard machine at the San Juan del Río mill of Cartones Ponderosa, S.A. de C.V. in Mexico. The start-up of the rebuilt machine is scheduled for the second quarter of 2012. The value of the order will not be disclosed. The order is included in Paper and Fiber Technology's Q2 2011 orders received.
Metso's delivery will include rebuilds of the coating and drying sections. Drying capacity will be increased with two impingement dryers enabling both a production and a speed increase. Replacing the coating station with a curtain coater and a new coating color supply system will further improve the folding boxboard quality.
Cartones Ponderosa, S.A. de C.V. located in San Juan del Río is the leading producer of coated cardboard in Mexico. The company produces more than 50% of the total Mexican recycled coated board made, and is the only exporter in its field.
Metso is a global supplier of sustainable technology and services for mining, construction, power generation, automation, recycling and the pulp and paper industries. We have about 28,500 employees in more than 50 countries. www.metso.com
For further information for the press, please contact:
Pekka Turtinen, Senior Sales Manager, Paper business line, Metso, tel. +358 40 770 7649
JP Beaudoin, Senior Vice President, Paper business line, Metso, tel. +1 678 641 1016


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Plant Food for Otto Luyken Laurel
Otto Luyken English laurel (Prunus laurocerasus 'Otto Luyken') originated in the Mediterranean, according to Sheri Davis, master gardener at the University of Idaho Extension. The low-maintenance shrub needs little fertilizer generally. The shrub produces evergreen, glossy leaves, fragrant white or yellowish flowers and purple berries in the fall. Grow it as a specimen plant, a hedge or even a topiary.
Balanced Fertilizer
Otto Luyken laurel is related to azaleas and rhododendrons and has similar fertility requirements. No additional fertilizer is needed in well-amended, fertile soils, but gardeners may apply a few tablespoons of a slow-release, granular fertilizer (10-10-10) in the spring or fall, according to the U.S. National Arboretum. The plants have shallow roots and are easily burned by fertilizer; spread fertilizer several inches away from the base of the plant.
Soil Amendments
Soil amendments are preferable to granular fertilizers except in the poorest soils, because they pose less of a risk of burning the plant. Spread three or four shovelfuls of well-rotted manure or humus at the base of the shrub every spring. These amendments break down slowly, providing nutrients as they improve soil texture.
Mulches and Acidic Fertilizers
Mulches conserve moisture and prevent weed growth, but they also play a role in fertilizing Otto Luyken laurels. These shrubs prefer slightly acidic soil and benefit from pine bark and pine needle mulches, which lower the soil pH. Some fertilizers also add acid to the soil, lowering the pH level temporarily. When the soil pH level is high, the leaves become yellow (chlorosis) due to an iron deficiency. Alkaline soils bind up iron, making it unavailable for plants.
General Care
Otto Luyken laurel grows in sun to partial shade in USDA plant hardiness zones 6 to 8. It needs regular watering and is not considered drought-tolerant. The plant grows 3 to 5 feet high and benefits from pruning after flowering. Shearing to form hedges mutilates the leaves, advises Washington State University Clark County Extension. Instead, prune individual stems.
Otto Luyken laurel is an invasive plant in some areas and is listed as a "plant of concern" by the King County, Washington, government. It spreads easily through seeds, layering and suckers and may outcompete native plants in moist climates. It is also difficult to eradicate.
All parts of the shrubs are poisonous, including the seeds, leaves and stems, and may be fatal to humans and livestock if eaten.